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Police ran operations at the Opera House and in the beachside suburb of Manly on Thursday, but did not provide details on the nature of the threat.
Helicopter shots showed the usually crowded hub completely deserted and afternoon concerts were cancelled.
Police issued a release at 15:30 AEST (04:30GMT) saying that both operations had concluded.
The operation resulted in the cancellation of one ferry service between Manly and Circular Quay. | A police operation that evacuated the Sydney Opera House was sparked by "information on social media". | 35,308,166 | 99 | 22 | false |
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Over the next seven weeks the northern hemisphere showpiece, which features England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy, will see the cream of European rugby meet across five rounds, culminating in the final set of games on 18 March.
Scotland play Ireland in the tournament's opening match in Edinburgh at 14:25 GMT, before defending champions England host France at Twickenham at 16:50 GMT, while Wales play Italy at 14:00 on Sunday in Rome.
Last year's tournament attracted an average 72,000 fans a game, leading sport's global standings above American football's NFL in second and the Fifa World Cup in third - according to statistics published by European football body Uefa.
More than a million people in total watched last season's 15 matches, with 81,916 fans packing in to see England beat Wales 25-21 at Twickenham in the best-attended game.
England secured the 2016 title with a perfect record of five wins from their five games, earning them the Grand Slam.
They are the bookies' favourites to win again but an Ireland team that claimed a famous win over world champions New Zealand in Chicago in November are serious contenders to regain the title they won in 2014 and 2015.
Wales are without head coach Warren Gatland - who has stepped away from his role for a year to coach the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand in the summer - but interim replacement Rob Howley leads a team that includes the likes of barnstorming wing George North.
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Scotland come into the tournament buoyed by the domestic success of a Glasgow Warriors side currently fourth in the Pro12 and into the last eight of the top-tier European Champions Cup.
France and Italy are both under relatively new leadership, with Guy Noves and Conor O'Shea taking over in January and June 2016 respectively, but the former showed signs of their old form in an improved showing in the autumn Tests, while O'Shea was the mastermind behind Harlequins' 2012 Premiership title.
One of the key factors in deciding the destination of the title may be the strength in depth of each squad.
High-profile stars such as Ireland's Johnny Sexton, Wales' Taulupe Faletau and England's Billy Vunipola will miss the start of the tournament through injury, and the physicality of the modern game means more are sure to join them on the sidelines.
For the first time bonus points will be on offer.
In addition to the four points to be gained for a win, teams can pick up a further point for scoring four or more tries or by losing by seven points or less.
Another change is that referees have been told to pay extra attention to high tackles, with more severe penalties to be handed down to players who make contact with an opponent's head, whether accidentally or recklessly.
While the chance to clinch this season's title will spur on supporters, the tournament will also be a chance to renew age-old rivalries and add another chapter the tournament's long history of famous results.
And in a competition that saw England captain Bill Beaumont carried shoulder-high from the pitch in 1980, David Sole's slow walk onto the Murrayfield turf in 1990, Scott Gibbs carving through the England defence at Wembley in 1999 or a fresh-faced Brian O'Driscoll's hat-trick against France in 2000, there is every prospect of new heroes being made. | The 123rd edition of the Six Nations, which begins on Saturday, is set to be watched by the highest average attendance per match of any tournament in world sport. | 38,859,441 | 778 | 36 | false |
Lorna Wood, 34, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to Maisie and Lola by failing to provide adequate care and treatment for the two dogs.
Alloa Sheriff Court heard that the dogs were underweight as a result of not being fed properly.
The Scottish SPCA said both animals weighed about 13.2kg, almost 7kg short of their ideal weight.
SSPCA Inspector Louise Seddon said: "Maisie, the Border collie, was extremely thin under her coat and I could only feel bones rather than fat or muscle.
"Although it was difficult to pinpoint an exact timeframe as to how long they had been suffering, the vet confirmed that they had a lack of food for a number of weeks.
"Whilst in our care it became clear to us that Maisie and Lola were simply not being fed as they quickly put on a significant amount of weight when they were fed adequately.
"We are delighted that Wood has been dealt with by the courts and hope she will give serious consideration to her ability to care for animals in the future." | An Alloa woman has been banned from keeping dogs for three years after neglecting two animals in her care. | 39,973,377 | 225 | 24 | false |
Flooding in Cumbria and Yorkshire has devastated entire communities, while storms have battered much of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in the wettest December on record.
In the natural world, seasonal rhythms have been knocked out of kilter, with flowers and crops blooming earlier than usual and animals' normal patterns confused by the lack of a traditional winter.
So what impact has the peculiar weather had across the country?
The mild December was notable for the number of wildflowers, daffodils and other spring-like flora flowering before the year had ended.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has reported plants such as irises, marigolds and narcissi flowering weeks early at its Rosemoor gardens in Devon, with more than 20 other varieties of shrubs still flowering after a lack of frost.
At RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey, witch hazels that usually flower in mid-January have already been in bloom, with Narcissus bulbocodium flowers - which normally arrive in March - making their earliest ever appearance.
Guy Barter, chief horticultural adviser for the RHS, said northern and western regions had been affected the most.
"This is a most astonishingly early season, the earliest I can recall in over 20 years working for the RHS," he said.
"We knew something was up when the earliest daffodils flowered before Christmas, when I have never seen them flower before mid-January."
Down at Trewithen Gardens in Cornwall, head gardener Gary Long saw his first magnolia blossom on New Year's Eve, more than five weeks earlier than last year and 10 days earlier than the previous record set in 2012.
He said the site had declared spring on 7 December after the first camellia went into bloom.
"The season is well ahead of us," he said.
"We all know it's been much milder than usual but 2016 is already turning out to be a horticultural record-breaker."
As well as flowers and shrubs, fruit and vegetables have also been coming through at unusual times, with crop farmers having to adapt to the unusual agricultural conditions.
Herefordshire asparagus farmer Chris Chinn said he was "absolutely astonished" to see foot-long asparagus sprouting two months ahead of schedule at his farm in Ross on Wye, while the National Farmers' Union (NFU) warned last month food production in the UK could be threatened by the increasingly volatile weather.
Lee Abbey, a horticultural adviser with the NFU, said abnormal weather would "naturally" have an impact on food production and crop storage, but added that farmers were working "incredibly hard" to ensure customers would not be affected.
For the animal kingdom, the cost of a mild winter may not be fully known for months.
Bees, a species crucial for crop pollination and helping plants to grow, have had a tough year, with their natural foraging habits badly affected by a wet summer and then the unusual winter.
Tim Lovett, from the British Beekeepers Association, is expecting a number of colonies to be lost, and fears the country could "reap a whirlwind" from a bad 2015 for apiaries.
"Mild, wet weather isn't good news for bees," he said.
"When it's cold they huddle together to generate heat by clenching and unclenching muscles in their abdomen, but when it's warm and damp it's more difficult for them to deal with.
"The cold obliges them to cluster and not bother to go out, they're more economical with their honey stores, but when it's mild they're not forced into clustering and they may get misled into going out foraging and [if they are caught in rain] get drowned out."
Not all animals are suffering in the clement conditions, though.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said blackbirds, great tits and varieties of thrush are singing more this winter, having been confused by the warmer weather into setting up territories, with insectivorous species such as goldfinches finding it easier to prey on caterpillars and other animals.
While many migratory birds have been unaffected by the change, with their patterns determined by day length, some birds have been reported as nesting earlier than normal.
Martin Fowlie, from the RSPB, said some birds had been "fooled" into altering their usual habits, but he hopes the expected cold weather next week will see wintry habits return.
"Once a cold snap comes though, things should rapidly revert to normal," he said.
At least 20 roads in the county have been closed in the wake of Storm Desmond at the weekend.
Michelle O'Neill said the problem is one that the local community "will have to deal with time and time again".
Further flooding is possible as heavy rain continues to raise water levels at Upper Lough Erne, the Rivers Agency has warned.
The minister rebutted criticism that it has taken her five days to visit the county and review the damage.
"I think people would prefer to see that the work is done rather than me coming down to get my picture taken," she said.
"For me, the priority has been to ensure that my agencies played their role and the Rivers Agency have done tremendous work on the ground.
"After any big flooding incident, you have a review of the situation and I'm sure that Transport NI will have a look at what has failed in the last week and what can be done in the future.
"One of the things the task force in 2009 highlighted was that there isn't an engineering solution to the problem in the lough.
"It's going to be a long-running problem. It's going to be here forever and a day, so what we need to do is make sure we tackle the issues when we can with things like raising roads and pumping stations."
Mrs O'Neill said she could understand the frustration of the local community.
"They have a right to be frustrated - I would be frustrated if I faced the challenges that some of the people in rural Fermanagh face.
"But to put it in context, over 110mm of water fell in one day in Fermanagh. That's the monthly average in one day. So that shows why there are significant problems this week.
She commended staff who had been "working around the clock" to ensure roads could be opened so that the community had access to vital services.
"I think everybody understands the nature of the lough and the problems it poses for the people of Fermanagh," she said.
"But I think what's important is that all the agencies work together and that has very much been evident this week."
A family row meant Helen Andre, 82, and Davy Moakes, 86, from Derbyshire, never tied the knot in 1951.
Ms Andre's daughter Debbie Williams, who tracked Mr Moakes down, said the pair were "madly in love" after being reunited.
She said they originally split because her mother's parents did not approve of his job as an artist.
"Back in the 1950s [being an artist] was probably wasn't considered a good career for a future son-in-law," she said.
"It broke both their hearts but in those days you did as you were told."
Ms Williams said after her mother became widowed for a third time she decided to find Mr Moakes.
She said: "They got talking and rekindled their relationship and they fell madly in love... I am so happy for them."
The couple, who have outlived five partners between them, were married at Ripley registry office on Friday afternoon.
Mr Moakes said: "If you love someone as much as we do it never goes away."
The new Mrs Moakes said: "I've loved him all my life, I'm overjoyed, we're together at last."
It comes after Prime Minister David Cameron admitted his enthusiasm for tidal had been "reduced" as the UK government tries to agree a subsidy.
BBC Wales has heard reservations relate to the proposed lagoon's modelling and turbine engineering.
But Tidal Lagoon Power said questions on the engineering and environmental impact had been addressed in depth.
The proposals are for 16 turbines, placed roughly a mile out to sea, to generate 320 megawatt of power - which would then be converted into electricity.
The turbines are key to this whole project succeeding - the engineering has to maximise the power generated without harming a precious inter-tidal environment.
It is a brand new technology on this scale and experts say it has to be spot on to be both cost effective and to avoid unwanted side effects ranging from plumes of water heading towards the Mumbles to sediment building.
Roger Griffiths lives in the marina and is a retired mechanical engineer with Swansea University and a former professor at the University of California.
He believes more testing of the turbines in the right conditions is needed before anyone could be sure they would work efficiently.
"What we don't have are some practical measurements of the performance of these turbines under difficult conditions - the lowest depth of water and the use of the turbines in reverse flow, when the tide is coming in, back to front. They're not suited in shape to cope with flows in that direction," he said.
Prof Griffiths added: "All these theoretical estimates are fine but they're guessing - intelligent guessing - about the efficiencies of these turbines."
Dr Bob Allen, a former tidal engineer at Swansea University has similar concerns, saying there has been an assumption the turbines would work to the same efficiency with the tide flowing in both directions.
"When the flow is going in the wrong direction the efficiency will be very low, but they've assumed that they're going to have the high efficiency for all the time - and that's just not going to happen," he said.
Others question the modelling to assess the wake of water from the turbines once they are in the bay.
Prof Roger Falconer, a water management expert from Cardiff University, said Wales had huge potential for tidal but he queried the modelling on tidal currents in Swansea's bay.
He supports building the Swansea lagoon but said it was important to ensure the location was right to minimise the huge, high-velocity wake which could be created by the turbines.
"The more you spread these turbines out, the more you can reduce this wake dramatically and any potential re-circulation effects," he said.
"It's a matter of getting this balance right and we need to get it right before we go on to build any more lagoons."
He said he hoped some of the design aspects could be improved so the project could go ahead.
Dr George Aggidis, an engineer at Lancaster University, is another supporter of tidal energy.
"Manufacturers are really moving very fast and coming up with new solutions for turbines to operate at very high efficiency so they can increase significantly the annual power that's generated."
But he said there still needed to be further research into modelling the turbines in Swansea.
"It's a new piece of research that has to take place worldwide - work that could easily take up to two years but results could start feeding into current projects immediately."
Tidal Lagoon Power said questions on the engineering and environmental impact had been addressed in depth by experts through a robust planning and validation process.
A spokesman said: "The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon is a world-first that employs proven technology in a new way.
"The project has been awarded a Development Consent Order and its design has been validated through independent technical adjudication on behalf of government and on behalf of the investors who are backing it.
"We are working in partnership with respected organisations in the fields of global engineering, industry and construction to prepare the project for delivery."
Source: Tidal Lagoon Power Ltd
In April it emerged that a council-owned car park was set to be sold and used for older people's accommodation.
Last year the Shoreline Housing Partnership, which owned six nearby high rise blocks, made a decision to demolish the buildings, moving hundreds of people out.
Shoreline now say the new development is "not financially feasible".
Designs for 46 one and two-bedroom apartments were presented to residents for consultation in January.
Tony Bramley, of Shoreline, said: "We thoroughly explored this proposal [for the so-called Nelson Court] commissioning local architects to draw up designs, looking at prospective locations and carrying out consultation with affected high rise residents.
"While we've always been clear that funding and a location would need to be sought, we genuinely hoped that we would be able to make it work but it's simply not financially feasible and we've been unable to gain the level of funding required to support the scheme something that is particularly challenging at a time when public subsidy is so tight.
"This may come as a disappointment to some residents but we remain committed to helping them find accommodation that meets their needs and preferences."
Shoreline said it had appointed a firm to lead on proposals for the regeneration of the cleared site and immediate surrounding area.
Trade unions representing 80% of teachers at French middle schools are leading the action against the plans.
The government wants to reduce teaching of Latin and ancient Greek, scrap an intensive language scheme and change the history curriculum.
Reports have shown increasing inequality and declining performance in French schools.
But the unions say the reforms would only serve to increase inequalities and class separation.
Teachers are expected to hold protests in Paris and dozens of towns and cities around the country on Tuesday.
The action follows weeks of strongly-worded dispute between Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem and her critics.
Ms Vallaud-Belkacem recently described opponents of the history programme as "pseudo-intellectuals" after they said it would deprive pupils of vast chunks of France's cultural heritage.
School change plans come round regularly in France.
They tend to answer to the same perceived imperative: how to restore the "republican" school system to a lost golden age and stop the inexorable decline in international rankings.
This time, Socialist President Francois Hollande and Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem have targeted the "college" - the middle-school for 11- to 15-year-olds that comes between "ecole" (primary school) and "lycee".
But with awful predictability, their designs have again provoked a chorus of outrage - and not just from the teaching unions.
French teachers furious at controversial curriculum changes
The former centre-right Education Minister Luc Ferry has described the changes as "scandalous, empty-headed, noxious and partisan".
With the teaching profession voting overwhelmingly on the left, many teachers are reluctant opponents of the Socialist changes.
But they say the requirement, for example, to devise course work combining different subjects is badly thought out and imposes hours of extra labour.
It is believed that David Spence fell on to Paisley Road West, near Copeland Road, at about 21:20 on Wednesday, before being struck by a car.
The 79-year-old was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he later died. The male driver of the silver Nissan Note was uninjured.
Police Scotland appealed for any witnesses to the incident to contact them.
Sgt Kenneth Canavan said: "Mr Spence is seen on CCTV crossing the road then falling to the ground where he was struck by a Nissan Note that was travelling east on Paisley Road West.
"Members of the public, including a passing paramedic, stopped to assist and Mr Spence was taken to hospital but unfortunately he died early this morning."
Its move to outlaw the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) comes after police called for the group to be banned.
All three bloggers were hacked to death with sharp weapons earlier this year.
The attacks have led to big protests from activists who have accused the authorities of failing to protect critics of religious bigotry.
Police said last week that preliminary investigations implicated the the ABT in the three bloggers' murders.
They pointed to the similarities in the way all three bloggers were killed.
In each case, the attackers carried out their assaults on a busy street.
Death threats to secular bloggers are on the rise in Bangladesh. A few years back, hard-line Islamists demanded a blasphemy law to stop bloggers they perceived as being anti-Islamic from writing about Islam.
The first blogger to be killed - in February - was Bangladeshi-born US citizen Avijit Roy, who was hacked to death in the capital, Dhaka.
In March, another blogger, Washiqur Rahman, was also hacked to death in Dhaka.
Bangladesh is officially a secular country but more than 90% of its 160 million population are Muslim.
The ABT is the sixth Islamist militant group to be banned.
The bill aims to revoke parts of the UK government's 2016 Trade Union Act.
It would mean current restrictions on industrial action in the NHS, the fire service, schools and other devolved services in Wales would change.
UK ministers say industrial relations are a matter for Westminster.
A key element of the UK government's law is to only allow strikes backed by 40% of a union's members in a ballot.
But members of the Welsh Assembly's Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee agreed the new legislation was needed to maintain Wales' "social-partnership" approach.
In March, Welsh Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford said it would be a "democratic outrage" if ministers in London tried to block the Welsh Trade Union Bill.
The Labour Welsh Government argues UK ministers should not impose restrictions on union activity in Wales in devolved services, such as the NHS and schools.
The committee report was not supported by one of its eight members as Conservative AM Janet Finch-Saunders did not agree with its conclusions.
Committee chair John Griffiths said: "While the partnership approach is not without its tensions and difficulties, it seems to be serving Wales well.
"Industrial action across the UK is at its lowest for years and strikes have been less prevalent in Wales than in England in recent years."
He added: "It is clear to us that the success of the social partnership is dependent on equality between partners and that the relevant provisions in the 2016 act are likely, to varying degrees, to affect this.
"In view of the above, we support the general principles of the bill and agree that it is needed to disapply the relevant provisions of the 2016 act."
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has said the Wales Act 2017, which received Royal Assent in January, "puts beyond doubt that this policy area is not devolved".
UK ministers, he said, would "act at the earliest opportunity" to "protect the interest of taxpayers and our public services in Wales".
Thousands of people have their teeth whitened every year in High Streets and shopping centres, by staff with no formal dental training.
After complaints about poor treatment, the council says teeth whitening is a dental procedure so only dental professionals should administer it.
However, teeth-whitening companies say it is a cosmetic not dental process.
The law in this area is unclear as teeth whitening was uncommon when the 1984 Dentists Act came into force.
The act says only dentists can perform dental procedures.
Teeth whitening is a way of lightening the natural colour of teeth using bleaching methods.
People often want it because their teeth have become discoloured through drinking, eating, smoking and with age.
One of the most common forms of teeth whitening is through laser treatment.
This involves putting a bleaching gel on the teeth, which are then exposed to an LED light for 15 to 30 minutes.
General Dental Council (GDC) chief executive and registrar Evlynne Gilvarry said: "Over the last few years we have received hundreds of complaints from the public and dental professionals about poor tooth whitening."
BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast spoke to Paula, who regrets having her teeth whitened at a beauty salon.
She said: "My teeth lost their shine, they were almost opaque. My gums went white, and my teeth were so sensitive after the treatment that even just the fresh air hurt them."
Paula went to dentist Dr Wyman Chan to put right the work.
He said: "The enamel on Paula's teeth had been stripped away, so I had to put an alkaline substance on her teeth to heal it.
"Her gums were also damaged by the bleach, which had not been properly applied."
Dr Chan says lots of patients have come to him after having a bad experience of teeth whitening.
"If you go to a non-dental professional, any dental problems would be missed. And they really have no idea about what they're doing," he said.
But Edward Mills, from the company Smart-Smile, told 5 Live Breakfast: "I have never had a single complaint from a customer.
"I welcome further regulation of the industry, but think the GDC should only clamp down on non-dentists who use peroxide-based whitening treatments, and not the chlorine-dioxide treatments, which I use, because they are safe."
The GDC says it does not distinguish between treatments and only dentists and dental-care professionals should be allowed to whiten people's teeth in the UK.
The council successfully prosecuted the director of a national chain of tooth-whitening salons in March this year - and is warning it will bring similar proceedings in the future.
Its view is supported by the Department of Health, which says tooth whitening should be performed by a suitably trained and competent dentist or dental-care professional.
A survey conducted by the GDC and exclusively revealed to 5 live Breakfast found more than 80% of the 1,021 adults polled thought teeth whitening should be carried out only by a registered, trained and qualified dental professional.
Ministers hope this move - and others - will cut annual bills by £50.
It comes in the wake of Labour's promise to freeze energy bills.
The Tories and Lib Dems have yet to agree all the details but expect to have a deal before the chancellor's autumn financial statement next week.
Ministers want to implement the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) scheme that gives free home insulation to low income households more slowly, over four years instead of two. This would cut the annual cost by half.
They plan to fund another levy, the warm homes discount, out of tax rather than customers' energy bills.
Regulations could also be changed so the the cost of transmitting energy, which makes up about 20% of an average bill, could be cut.
Sources say they hope a reduction in bills will show that the government has made a substantial cut to the element of energy bills over which they have some control.
Officials say this figure is not designed to match Labour's planned saving from its pledge to freeze energy prices for 20 months if it is elected in 2015, which is about £72 per year.
They say they will not make the comparison because they do not accept that Labour's price freeze would save this amount of money.
Sources also expect the big energy firms to say how much they will be cutting their bills on the same day that the government announces the changes.
The average price of gas and electricity paid by UK households has risen by about 18% and 9% in real terms since 2010 and by about 41% and 20% in real terms since 2007. A series of recent energy price hikes by the major suppliers has continued to put the issue at the centre of political debate.
The Conservatives and the Lib Dems have been keen to avoid their discussions becoming a big coalition row.
Both sides describe the plans as a "defensive measure" designed to take the heat out of the cost of living debate.
One Conservative source said: "Nick Clegg realises that he doesn't want the Lib Dems to be the party on the side of high bills."
But there are some outstanding areas of disagreement.
The Lib Dems are pushing to ensure that there is no watering down of the government's carbon targets and are pushing for some kind of compensation for slowing down ECO.
One area being looked at is whether new incentives could be offered to encourage people to take up the Green Deal scheme, under which the government lends householders money to pay for energy saving improvements.
The householder pays the money back over many years through their energy bill during which, in theory, the consequent lower energy costs help offset the loan.
On Wednesday, the Climate Change Minister Greg Barker told BBC Newsnight he wanted to "marry up" ECO and the Green Deal which has thus far had a very poor take up.
The ECO scheme began this year and obliges energy firms to pay for low income households to make their homes more energy efficient. The cost of this is transferred directly to everyone's energy bills.
ECO is a two year project that will expire in March 2015. But under the government plans, it would be extended until 2017. This would halve the amount that energy firms have to spend each year and that saving would then be passed on to consumers.
Further savings are expected to come by reducing the cost of ECO, which vary wildly from company to company.
The Department of Energy estimates it adds an average £47 a year to the average household bill. The government is expected to act to bear down on the costs of the scheme so that the cheaper forms of insulation are used - such as lagging - rather than more expensive forms of solid wall insulation.
The warm homes discount helps people in the most vulnerable, low income households by taking £135 off their annual energy bills. The costs are borne by the energy firms who pass them onto their customers.
The energy department estimates that the warm homes discount adds £11 a year to the average fuel bill and the government is planning to transfer the cost of this away from bills to general taxation.
There are questions about whether this would amount to a state aid to energy firms - something that is banned under EU law - and about how the government would choose to distribute the money.
But sources say that transferring the warm homes discount to taxation is far easier than doing the same with ECO.
The governor of the Turkish border province of Kilis said 35,000 refugees had reached the border area - up from an estimated 20,000 on Friday.
Turkey says it is prepared to help the refugees but the frontier remains shut.
They are fleeing a Syrian government offensive on rebel-held positions near the northern city of Aleppo.
In the past few days, the Syrian army - backed by Russian air strikes - has made a series of gains around Syria's largest city.
In other developments:
On Saturday, Kilis Governor Suleyman Tapsiz said Turkey was able to help refugees inside Syria.
"Our doors are not closed, but at the moment there is no need to host such people inside our borders," he said.
Turkey has been providing food, shelter and blankets to thousands of civilians who are stranded on the Syrian side of the border.
The Turks have so far refused to open the border crossing.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn on Saturday urged Turkey to do so.
"The Geneva convention is still valid which states that you have to take in refugees," Mr Hahn said, as EU foreign ministers discussed the crisis in Amsterdam.
The call was echoed by Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders, whose country currently holds the EU presidency.
"I look at these images of people standing at the Turkish border and I just wanted to underline the message people who are in humanitarian need should be allowed in," he said.
The thousands fleeing Aleppo have spent their first night in temporary shelter at the Turkish border but the crossing remains closed.
Turkey has welcomed more than two million Syrians since the start of the war and it is unclear whether it will accept another huge wave in one go.
Human rights groups are calling for the gates to open but at a time when the EU is trying to reduce the flow of refugees to Europe, there will be diplomatic pressure on Turkey to act with caution.
The Turkish government is using the new refugee exodus to take aim at Russia, whose air strikes on Aleppo have prompted thousands to flee. But there is no sign that Russia is pulling back and as opposition fighters retreat, the Assad regime is strengthened and thousands more civilians will flee, hoping for sanctuary in Turkey.
In November, the EU clinched a deal with Turkey, offering it €3bn (£2.3bn; $3.3bn) to care for Syrian refugees on Turkish soil.
On Thursday, 60 donor countries meeting in London pledged billions of dollars to ease the plight of Syrian refugees.
About 4.6 million people have fled Syria during the civil war that began in 2011. Another 13.5 million are said to be in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country.
Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees - 2.5 million.
March 2011: Anti-government protests erupt across Syria, but Aleppo is initially untouched as a result of a state crackdown
February 2012: As the rebellion turns into a conflict, clashes between rebels and the government are reported with increasing frequency in Aleppo province
July 2012: The battle for Aleppo begins. Rebels make swift advances, but are unable to consolidate their gains and the city becomes divided
2013: The government begins bombarding rebel districts with barrel bombs, causing thousands of casualties
September 2015: Syria launches a fresh offensive in the wake of Russia's intervention in the conflict
February 2016: The government captures towns north of Aleppo, threatening to encircle the city
Aleppo profile
Chrissy Kendall was found dead at a property in Kinver Road, Moston in Manchester, at 13:00 GMT on Saturday.
Det Supt Phil Reade said: "My thoughts are with Chrissy's family at this devastating time." The results of post-mortem tests are expected later.
A 46-year-old man, who was arrested in Failsworth, is in police custody for questioning.
Robert Davies Hughes, of Johnstown, Carmarthen, is accused of nine indecent assaults and three attempted indecent assaults.
It is alleged the offences took place in Carmarthen and Hereford in the 1970s and 1980s.
Mr Hughes' solicitor Andrew Issac told Llanelli Magistrates' Court his client would be "firmly denying" all charges.
Thursday's hearing was adjourned and Mr Hughes was bailed ahead of his next appearance at Swansea Crown Court on 17 July.
Holding, 20, made 30 appearances in all competitions this season and was named the club's player of the year.
Woolery, 21, has scored two goals in 19 games this term for the Trotters, who were relegated to League One in April.
Midfielder Tom Walker, 20, and 19-year-old defender Alex Finney have also had their extension options exercised.
Managerless Bolton are bottom of the Championship table, but ended a 14-match winless run by beating play-off-bound Hull City 1-0 on Saturday.
Penn, 30, was out of contract and opted to join the Cumbrians rather than accept a new deal with relegated York.
The former Cheltenham, Burton and Kidderminster player has signed a one-year contract.
"His [Curle's] ambitions for the club and for me were key and drew me to the move," Penn told BBC Radio Cumbria.
"I'm really excited by what we've got. The club have made some very good signings and it will show where we're going to stand this season."
Penn arrives at Brunton Park having scored three goals in 37 games for the Minstermen in 2015-16, and joins fellow new signings Nicky Adams and Joe McKee.
"It's good to have competition, it brings out the best in everybody," Penn added. "I've played against Jason Kennedy and Luke Joyce and they remind me of myself. As a team it can only make us better."
Carlisle finished 10th and eight points off the top seven.
Penn has been part of play-off campaigns at Cheltenham and York in recent seasons and hopes his influence can have similar impact.
"I've been captain the last four years," Penn said. "Looking over the squad there are leaders out there, the lads in midfield, if we get the match-winners in there we'll be a force to be reckoned with."
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It brings the bank's total provision for PPI claims to £8.4bn.
One reason for the increase is the extended deadline for PPI claims, which can now be made until June 2019. On Wednesday, Lloyds announced it was putting aside an extra £1bn
Barclays also reported a 35% rise in third-quarter profits, boosted by its investment banking business.
For the three months to the end of September, pre-tax profits were £837m.
Barclays' investment banking profits were up 40% compared with the same time last year. US investment banks generally, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, have been reporting strong figures as they benefited from an increase in bond trading.
Barclays also earns most of its investment banking revenues in the US and they have been boosted by the weaker pound.
However, profits for the first nine months of the year fell 10% to £2.9bn, driven by the disposal of "non-core" businesses.
Barclays has been selling off non-core businesses, including operations in Africa, European retail banks and some Asian banking operations. Costs associated with that and losing revenue from those businesses have acted as a drag on profits.
The withdrawal from those businesses is expected to be completed next year.
Barclays chief executive Jes Staley said: "Our core businesses are performing well, non-core rundown is approaching the final lap toward closure, we are on top of costs and our capital position is resilient with strong reasons for confidence in meeting our end state target."
Commenting on the results, Laith Khalaf, senior analyst with Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Barclays continues to pull the old good bank, bad bank routine, though soon it's going to need to find a different tack, because the bad bank is being consigned to the history books.
"Barclays expect to close this side of the business next year, which will be a big step for the bank, and will allow it to fully focus on its core activities.
"Barclays still has work to do, but there's an increasing amount of light at the end of the tunnel. However despite the bank's international exposure, it is still vulnerable to poor economic conditions in the UK, so if we do get a Brexit-induced slowdown, Barclays will feel the burn."
He was "ranting about Europe".
"Do you know the Vale of Glamorgan is the most Eurosceptic place in Wales?" asks the Welsh Tory leader.
If so, Mr Davies should feel at home. He's announced he'll vote to leave the EU.
He's always been a Eurosceptic, he says, so he didn't need to agonise over whether to make that announcement.
"Anyone who knows me knows I agonise over very little. That's why I look so young."
But before going on an anti-EU charm offensive, he has another objective: becoming first minister.
Campaigning for the EU referendum on June 23 is on hold until after the assembly election on May 5 - an election he hopes will usher in a Welsh Tory government.
That'll be difficult. It's likely some form of coalition would be needed to put the Tories in charge.
And while Mr Davies says he doesn't rule anything in or out, Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood, leader of the assembly's third biggest party, has no appetite to work with him.
Nevertheless, Mr Davies is convinced there are enough Tory supporters out there.
Just look at last year's general election, he says. More people voted Conservative then than voted for Carwyn Jones's Labour Party at the last assembly election in 2011.
That may be true, but turnout at assembly elections has been much lower than in general elections.
"So what we've got to do is energise people to say the assembly is important," Mr Davies says.
"The assembly election is vital to our future wellbeing - and we need change. After 17 years here of Labour running services into the ground we need to secure real change in Wales."
Being a member of the national assembly is a privilege, he tells me.
The other three party leaders in the institution were campaigning for its creation 20 years ago. What was Mr Davies attitude towards devolution back then?
"I suppose quiet indifference would have been the word I would have used. Ultimately, I was securing my family's future - my business's future - by getting my head down and working here on the family farm.
"Really, politics was most probably not that important to me at that time."
He adds: "I didn't even vote at the national assembly referendum in 1997."
Since then he's had a "calling" to get into politics, sparked by the BSE crisis which convinced him, he says, that rural communities needed a stronger voice.
Nowadays he advocates more power for the assembly, including powers over taxation that would allow a future Conservative administration to cut income taxes in Wales.
But it's the NHS that will be the big battleground in this election.
Conservatives feel it helped them capture Labour seats in Westminster, including the Gower constituency - now represented by a non-Labour MP for the first time in more than 100 years, Mr Davies reminds me.
"We're not falling back from communities," he says. "It's the Labour Party who are falling back from communities."
His attitude towards devolution may have changed over the years. But his Conservatism hasn't.
As if to prove the point, he tells me about how he couldn't breathe when he was born on the farm - the farm where he still lives, and where he and wife Julia raised their four children.
"So I was blue when I was born and I'm blue now ... and I'll be blue when I die. There's an after-dinner joke there somewhere isn't there."
Now he wants to turn the Welsh government blue.
550-330 BC - Achaemenid dynasty rules the first Persian Empire. At its greatest extent under Darius I stretches from the Aegean Sea and Libya to the Indus Valley.
The ruined city of Persepolis testifies to the grandeur of the first Persian Empire
492-479 - Persian attempts to conquer Greece fail.
330 - Alexander the Great of Macedon conquers the Persian Empire, founding a short-lived empire before dying in Babylon in 323.
312-140 - Most of Persia is part of the Greek-dominated (Hellenistic) Seleucid Empire, founded by a general of Alexander the Great.
140 BC - 224 AD - Persia - known as the Parthian Empire - under the rule of the Arsacid dynasty.
224-651 AD - Sassanid dynasty rules Persian Empire; Zoroastrianism is the dominant religion.
Advent of Islam
636 - Arab invasion brings end of Sassanid dynasty and start of Islamic rule.
9th century - Emergence of modern Persian language (or Farsi), written using a form of Arabic script.
9th-13th century - Decline of Islamic Caliphate, which is replaced by a series of Iranian and Turkic dynasties, including the Shia Buyids, the Seljuk Turks and the Empire of Khwarezm.
1220 - Mongol forces of Genghis Khan overrun Persia, which becomes part of the Ilkhanate, ruled by descendants of Genghis' grandson Hulagu.
15th century - Competing Iranian, Turkic and Mongol dynasties, including the empire of Timur the Lame (Tamerlane) in eastern Iran.
1501 - With the support of Shia Qizilbash warrior tribes, Shah Ismail I becomes first ruler of Islamic Safavid dynasty; Shia Islam declared state religion.
1571-1629 Apogee of the Safavid Empire under Shah Abbas I, who reforms the army, sidelines the Qizilbash and establishes first diplomatic links with western Europe.
1639 - Treaty of Qasr-e Shirin (or Treaty of Zuhab) ends about 150 years of war against Ottoman Empire.
1736 - Nadir Shah deposes the last Safavid ruler and founds the short-lived Afsharid dynasty.
1751 - Karim Khan, of the Zand dynasty, briefly restores stability.
1794 - Mohammad Khan Qajar kills the last Zand shah and founds the Qajar dynasty, restoring stability to Iran after half a century of instability.
1828 - Iran cedes control of Caucasus to Russia after second Russo-Persian war.
1890 - "Tobacco Riots": ruler Naser al-Din Shah forced to withdraw trade concessions granted to Britain after mass protests.
1907 - Introduction of constitution which limits the absolutist powers of rulers.
1914-1918 - Iran declares neutrality but is scene of heavy fighting during World War I.
1921 February - Military commander Reza Khan seizes power.
1923 - Reza Khan becomes prime minister.
1925 December - Parliament votes to make Reza Khan ruler, deposing Ahmad Shah Qajar.
1926 April - Reza Khan crowned Reza Shah Pahlavi. Mohammad Reza, the Shah's eldest son, is proclaimed Crown Prince.
1935 - Formerly known as Persia, Iran is adopted as the country's official name.
The 1979 revolution ended the Shah's increasingly autocratic rule and ushered in the Islamic Republic
Slideshow: Iranian revolution 1979
Iranian views on the revolution
1979: Shah of Iran flees into exile
1941 - The Shah's pro-Axis allegiance in World War II leads to the Anglo-Russian occupation of Iran and the deposition of the Shah in favour of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1950 - Ali Razmara becomes prime minister and is assassinated less than nine months later. He is succeeded by the nationalist, Mohammad Mossadeq.
1951 April - Parliament votes to nationalise the oil industry, which is dominated by the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Britain imposes an embargo and a blockade, halting oil exports and hitting the economy. A power struggle between the Shah and Mossadeq ensues and the Shah flees the country in August 1953.
1953 August - Mossadeq is overthrown in a coup engineered by the British and American intelligence services. General Fazlollah Zahedi is proclaimed as prime minister and the Shah returns.
1963 January - The Shah embarks on a campaign to modernise and westernise the country. He launches the 'White Revolution', a programme of land reform and social and economic modernisation. During the late 1960's the Shah became increasingly dependent on the secret police (SAVAK) in controlling those opposition movements critical of his reforms.
1978 September - The Shah's policies alienate the clergy and his authoritarian rule leads to riots, strikes and mass demonstrations. Martial law is imposed.
1979: Exiled Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran
1979 January - As the political situation deteriorates, the Shah and his family are forced into exile.
1979 1 February - The Islamic fundamentalist, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returns to Iran following 14 years of exile in Iraq and France for opposing the regime.
1979 1 April - The Islamic Republic of Iran is proclaimed following a referendum.
1979 4 November - Islamic militants take 52 Americans hostage inside the US embassy in Tehran. They demand the extradition of the Shah, in the US at the time for medical treatment, to face trial in Iran.
1980 January - Abolhasan Bani-Sadr is elected the first president of the Islamic Republic. His government begins work on a major nationalization programme.
1980 July - The exiled Shah dies of cancer in Egypt.
1980 22 September - Start of Iran-Iraq war which lasts for eight years.
1981 January - The American hostages are released ending 444 days in captivity.
Witness: 30th anniversary of Iran-Iraq War
1981 June - Bani-Sadr is dismissed, he later flees to France.
1985 - After the US and Soviet Union halted arms supplies, the US attempted to win the release of hostages in Lebanon by offering secret arms deals, this would later become known as the Iran-Contra affair.
1988 July - 290 passengers and the crew of an Iran Air Airbus are mistakenly shot down by the USS Vincennes.
1988 July - Iran accepts a ceasefire agreement with Iraq following negotiations in Geneva under the aegis of the UN.
1989 February - Ayatollah Khomeini issues a religious edict (fatwa) ordering Muslims to kill British author, Salman Rushdie, for his novel, 'The Satanic Verses', considered blasphemous to Islam.
1989 3 June - Ayatollah Khomeini dies. On 4 June, President Khamene'i is appointed as new supreme leader.
1989 August - Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani is sworn in as the new president.
1989 November - The US releases 567 million dollars of frozen Iranian assets.
Major earthquake kills thousands
1990 June - A major earthquake strikes Iran, killing approximately 40,000 people.
1990 - Iran remains neutral following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1990 September - Iran and Iraq resume diplomatic ties.
1995 - US imposes oil and trade sanctions over Iran's alleged sponsorship of "terrorism", seeking to acquire nuclear arms and hostility to the Middle East process. Iran denies the charges.
Reformist Khatami: Isolated by conservative resurgence
Khatami justifies years in office
Profile: Mohammad Khatami
1997 May - Mohammad Khatami wins the presidential election with 70% of the vote, beating the conservative ruling elite.
1998 September - Iran deploys thousands of troops on its border with Afghanistan after the Taleban admits killing eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-e Sharif.
1999 July - Pro-democracy students at Tehran University demonstrate following the closure of the reformist newspaper 'Salam'. Clashes with security forces lead to six days of rioting and the arrest of more than 1,000 students.
2000 February - Majlis elections. Liberals and supporters of Khatami wrest control of parliament from conservatives for the first time.
2000 April - The judiciary, following the adoption of a new press law, bans the publication of 16 reformist newspapers.
2000 May - Inauguration of the Sixth parliament.
2001 June - President Khatami re-elected.
2002 January - US President George Bush describes Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "axis of evil", warning of the proliferation of long-range missiles being developed in these countries. The speech causes outrage in Iran and is condemned by reformists and conservatives alike.
2002 September - Russian technicians begin construction of Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr despite strong objections from US.
2003 June - Thousands attend student-led protests in Tehran against clerical establishment.
2003 September - UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, gives Tehran weeks to prove it is not pursuing an atomic weapons programme.
2003 October - Shirin Ebadi becomes Iran's first Nobel Peace Prize winner; lawyer and human rights campaigner became Iran's first female judge in 1975 but was forced to resign after 1979 revolution.
2003 November - Iran says it is suspending its uranium enrichment programme and will allow tougher UN inspections of its nuclear facilities. IAEA concludes there is no evidence of a weapons programme.
2003 December - 40,000 people are killed in an earthquake in south-east Iran; the city of Bam is devastated.
2004 February - Conservatives regain control of parliament in elections. Thousands of reformist candidates were disqualified by the hardline Council of Guardians before the polls.
2005 August-September - Tehran says it has resumed uranium conversion at its Isfahan plant and insists the programme is for peaceful purposes. IAEA finds Iran in violation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Iran is an ally of Lebanon's powerful Shia Muslim Hezbollah group
2004 June - Iran is rebuked by the IAEA for failing to fully cooperate with an inquiry into its nuclear activities.
2004 November - Iran agrees to suspend most of its uranium enrichment under a deal with the EU.
2005 June - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran's ultra-conservative mayor, wins a run-off vote in presidential elections, defeating cleric and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
2006 January - Iran breaks IAEA seals at its Natanz nuclear research facility.
Bomb attacks in the southern city of Ahvaz - the scene of sporadic unrest in recent months - kill eight people and injure more than 40.
2006 February - IAEA votes to report Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear activities. Iran resumes uranium enrichment at Natanz.
2006 April - Iran says it has succeeded in enriching uranium at its Natanz facility.
2006 31 August - UN Security Council deadline for Iran to halt its work on nuclear fuel passes. IAEA says Tehran has failed to suspend the programme.
2006 December - Iran hosts a controversial conference on the Holocaust; delegates include Holocaust deniers.
UN Security Council votes to impose sanctions on Iran's trade in sensitive nuclear materials and technology. Iran condemns the resolution and vows to speed up uranium enrichment work.
2007 February - IAEA says Iran failed to meet a deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, exposing Tehran to possible new sanctions.
2007 March - Diplomatic stand-off with Britain after Iran detains 15 British sailors and marines patrolling the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab waterway separating Iran and Iraq.
Former president Rafsanjani has been influential since the revolution
Profile: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
2007 April - President Ahmadinejad says Iran can produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale.
IAEA says Iran has begun making nuclear fuel in its underground uranium enrichment plant. It also says that Iran has started up more than 1,300 centrifuge machines.
2007 May - IAEA says Iran could develop a nuclear weapon in three to eight years if it so chooses.
2007 June - Protests erupt after government imposes petrol rationing amid fears of possible UN sanctions.
2007 July - Iran announces plans to stop making cars that only run on petrol and switch to dual-fuel vehicles, which also run on gas.
Iran agrees to allow inspectors to visit the Arak nuclear plant following talks with the IAEA.
2007 October - US announces sweeping new sanctions against Iran, the toughest since it first imposed sanctions almost 30 years ago.
2007 December - A new US intelligence report plays down the perceived nuclear threat posed by Iran.
2008 February - Iran launches a research rocket to inaugurate a newly built space centre. Washington describes the launch as "unfortunate".
2008 March - President Ahmadinejad makes unprecedented official visit to Iraq, where he calls on foreign troops to leave. He also stresses his government's desire to help rebuild Iraq and signs a number of cooperation agreements.
Conservatives win over two-thirds of seats in parliamentary elections in which many pro-reform candidates were disbarred from standing. The conservatives include supporters of President Ahmadinejad as well as more pragmatic conservatives who oppose his confrontational foreign policy.
UN Security Council tightens economic and trade sanctions on Tehran.
2008 May - IAEA says Iran is still withholding information on its nuclear programme.
Iran's new parliament elects former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani as its speaker.
2008 June - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana presents an offer of trade benefits, which Tehran says it will look at, but will reject if it demands suspension of uranium enrichment.
2008 July - Iran test-fires a new version of the Shahab-3, a long-range missile it says is capable of hitting targets in Israel.
2008 August - Informal deadline set by Western officials for Iran to respond to package of incentives in return for halt in nuclear activities passes without reply.
Iran says it has successfully launched a test rocket capable of carrying a satellite into space.
2008 September - UN Security Council passes unanimously a new resolution reaffirming demands that Iran stop enriching uranium, but imposes no new sanctions. The text was agreed after Russia said it would not support further sanctions.
2008 November - Parliament votes to dismiss the interior minister, Ali Kordan, who admitted that a degree he said he held from Oxford University was fake. The move is a blow to President Ahmadinejad ahead of next year's presidential election.
The 2009 election sparked reformist protests and a brutal police response
Q&A: Iran protests
In an unprecedented move, President Ahmadinejad congratulates US president-elect Barack Obama on his election win. Mr Obama has offered to open unconditional dialogue with Iran about its nuclear programme.
2008 December - Police raid and close the office of a human rights group led by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi. Officials say the centre is acting as an illegal political organization.
2009 February - Speaking on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he would welcome talks with the US as long as they are based on "mutual respect".
2009 March - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei tells anti-Israel rally that US President Obama is following the "same misguided track" in Middle East as President Bush.
2009 April - An Iranian court finds Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi guilty of spying for the US. She is sentenced to eight years in prison.
2009 May - Iran rejects a US state department report saying it remains the "most active state sponsor of terrorism" in the world.
Jailed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi is freed and returns to US.
2009 June - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is declared to have won a resounding victory in the 12 June presidential election. The rival candidates challenge the result, alleging vote-rigging. Their supporters take to the streets, and at least 30 people are killed and more than 1,000 arrested in the wave of protests that follow.
The Iranian authorities claim foreign interference is stoking the unrest, and single out Britain for criticism.
2009 July - President Ahmadinejad dismisses his most senior vice-president, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, under pressure to do so by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
2009 August - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sworn in for second term as president, presents cabinet - the first since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979 to include women.
A number of senior opposition figures are accused of conspiring with foreign powers to organise unrest and are put on trial.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says there is no proof that opposition leaders blamed for the post-election unrest were agents of foreign powers.
2009 September - Iran admits that it is building a uranium enrichment plant near Qom, but insists it is for peaceful purposes.
A leading figure of the 1979 revolution, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri became a vocal critic of the system
Obituary: Ayatollah Montazeri
The country test-fires a series of medium- and longer-range missiles that put Israel and US bases in the Gulf within potential striking range.
2009 October - Five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany offer Iran proposal to enrich its uranium abroad.
2009 November - Iran refuses to accept the international proposal to end the dispute over its nuclear programme. UN nuclear watchdog IAEA passes a resolution condemning Iran for developing a second uranium enrichment site in secret.
Iran denounces the move as "political" and announces plans to create 10 more uranium enrichment facilities.
2009 December - Death of influential dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri triggers further clashes between opposition supporters and security forces. At least 8 people die in what is the worst violence since the contested presidential election.
2010 January - Iran executes two men arrested during the period of unrest that followed the disputed presidential election of June 2009. It also puts 16 people on trial over the Ashura Day opposition protests in December, when eight people were killed.
Iranian physics professor Masoud Ali-Mohammadi is killed in a bomb attack in Tehran. No group claims responsibility. The government accuses the US and Israel of his death, while Iranian opposition groups say Mr Mohammadi supported one of their candidates in last year's presidential election.
2010 February - Iran says it is ready to send enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment under a deal agreed with the West. The US calls on Tehran to match its words with actions.
Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says the opposition will continue its peaceful struggle against the government.
2010 May - Iran reaches a deal to send uranium abroad for enrichment after mediation talks with Turkey and Brazil; Western states respond with scepticism, saying the agreement will not stop Iran from continuing to enrich uranium.
2010 June - UN Security Council imposes fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, including tighter financial curbs and an expanded arms embargo.
Iran's nuclear programme is a source of tension with the West
Q&A: Iran nuclear issue
Iran's key nuclear sites
2010 July - International outcry as a woman is sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
27 killed as suicide bombers attack a Shia mosque in Zahedan near the Pakistan border.
2010 August - In what Tehran describes as a milestone in its drive to produce nuclear energy, engineers begin loading fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
2010 September - Stuxnet - a computer worm which affects industrial systems and which may have been created by a nation-state - is reportedly detected in staff computers at the Bushehr nuclear plant.
Sarah Shourd, a US citizen caught hiking with two friends near the Iran-Iraq border, is freed after a year in prison. The three deny they were spying.
US imposes unprecedented sanctions against eight senior Iranian officials for human rights violations.
2010 October - A former British embassy employee jailed in 2009 for espionage has his sentence commuted.
2010 December - Main achievement of talks in Geneva between Iran and key world powers on Iran's nuclear programme is to agree to hold another round of talks in Istanbul in January.
President Ahmadinejad sacks Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, thought to be his main opponent within Iranian leadership.
2011 January - Nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says Iran now possesses technology needed to make fuel plates and rods for nuclear reactors.
2011 February - First mass opposition demonstrations in a year amid a wave of unrest rippling across the Middle East and North Africa.
Iran sends two warships through Suez Canal for first time since the Islamic Revolution, in what Israel describes as an act of provocation.
2011 April - Rare public row between Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad over the resignation of Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi.
2011 May - Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation says the generating unit at the Bushehr nuclear power plant has begun operating at a low level.
2011 August - Two US citizens arrested on the Iran-Iraq border in 2009 are found guilty of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison.
2011 September - Iran announces that the Bushehr nuclear power station has been connected to the national grid.
2011 October - The US accuses Iran of being behind an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington. Tehran rejects the charges as part of an American propaganda campaign.
Iran has responded with defiance to ever tighter sanctions imposed by the UN and the West.
Q&A: Iran sanctions
2011 November - A report by the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA says Iran is carrying out research that can only be used to develop a nuclear bomb trigger. Iran rejects the findings as politically motivated.
2011 November/December - Protesters attack the British embassy in Tehran after London imposes tighter economic sanctions. Britain evacuates its diplomatic staff and expels all Iranian diplomats, but ties are not severed.
2012 January - US imposes sanctions on Iran's central bank, the main clearing-house for its oil export profits. Iranian threatens to block the transport of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran begins enriching uranium at its undergound Fordo plant, in what the US terms a "further escalation" in the nuclear row. The European Union imposes an oil embargo on Iran over its nuclear programme.
2012 February - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors leave Iran after being denied access to the Parchin site, south of Tehran.
2012 March-May - Supporters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei beat those of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in parliamentary polls boycotted by pro-reform groups.
2012 May - UN nuclear inspectors find traces of uranium enriched at 27% at Iran's Fordo nuclear site, a day after Iran and world powers hold inconclusive talks on Iran's nuclear programme in Baghdad.
2012 June - US exempts seven major customers - India, South Korea, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Turkey - from economic sanctions in return for their cutting imports of Iranian oil.
2012 July - European Union boycott of Iranian oil exports comes into effect.
2012 September - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) quarterly report says Iran doubles production capacity at Fordo nuclear site and "significantly hampered" IAEA ability to inspect Parchin military site.
Canada breaks off diplomatic relations over Iran's nuclear programme and support for the Assad government in Syria.
2012 October - Iran's rial currency falls to a new record low against the US dollar, having lost about losing 80% of its value since 2011 because of international sanctions. Riot police attack about 100 currency traders outside the Central Bank.
EU countries announce further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, focusing on banks, trade and crucial gas imports.
2012 November - Leaked IAEA report says Iran is ready to double output at the Fordo underground uranium enrichment facility.
2013 January - Iran tells IAEA it plans to upgrade uranium enrichment centrifuges at its Natanz plant, allowing it to refine uranium at a faster rate.
Iran arrests 11 journalists accused of co-operating with foreign Persian-language media organisations as part of a clampdown against the BBC and Voice of America in particular.
2013 April - Iran says it has begun operations at two uranium mines and a uranium ore-processing plant, furthering its capacity to produce nuclear material.
2013 June - Reformist-backed cleric Hassan Rouhani wins presidential election, gaining just over 50% of the vote.
2013 September - President Rouhani tells US broadcaster NBC that Iran will never build nuclear weapons, and repeats offer of "time-bound and results-oriented" talks on the nuclear question in his address to the UN General Assembly.
2013 November - Iran agrees to curb uranium enrichment above 5% and give UN inspectors better access in return for about $7bn in sanctions relief at talks with the P5+1 group - US, Britain, Russia, China, France and Germany - in Geneva.
2014 January - World powers and Iran begin implementing a deal on Iran's nuclear programme following intense talks in Geneva.
2014 April - The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has neutralised half of its higher-enriched uranium stockpile, as per a deal agreed earlier in the year.
The US refuses to issue a visa to Hamid Aboutalebi, Iran's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, over his involvement in the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.
2014 June - President Rouhani says Iran is ready to assist the Iraqi government in its battle against extremist Sunni insurgents, amid reports that Iranian Revolutionary Guards are in Iraq providing military training and advice.
The UK says it plans to re-open the British embassy in Tehran. Full diplomatic relations with Iran were suspended after attacks on the embassy in 2011.
2014 July - The sixth and final round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group begin in Vienna.
2014 August - Iran says it has shot down an Israeli drone near the Natanz uranium enrichment site.
Parliament dismisses pro-reform Science Minister Reza Faraji-Dana for allegedly supporting students and lecturers involved in the 2009-2010 election protests.
2014 November - Russia agrees to build up to eight nuclear reactors in Iran, in move that might ease Iranian demands to have own uranium enrichment.
Vienna negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme fail to finalise preliminary deal signed in Geneva in November 2013. The two sides express confidence that remaining sticking points can be resolved, and agree a seven-month extension to the talks.
2015 July - After years of negotiations, world powers reach deal with Iran on limiting Iranian nuclear activity in return for lifting of international economic sanctions. The deal reportedly gives UN nuclear inspectors extensive but not automatic access to Iranian sites.
2016 January - Serious rift in relations after Saudi Arabia executes leading Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Crowd sets Saudi embassy alight.
International economic sanctions on Iran lifted after UN says satisfied with progress on fulfilling nuclear agreement. President Rouhani embarks on the first European state visit of an Iranian president for 16 years.
2016 February - Reformists perform well in elections to parliament and Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that chooses the Supreme Leader.
2016 December - The US Senate approves a ten-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, which penalises American companies for doing business with Tehran.
The prime minister announced last month major web providers had agreed to block internet pornography to new customers unless households opt to access it.
But Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales told Channel 4 News the idea "won't work".
He said police should be given more resources to enforce existing laws.
Mr Wales said: "It's an absolutely ridiculous idea. It won't work. The software you would use to implement this doesn't work.
"Additionally when we use cases of a paedophile who's been addicted to child porn videos online, you realise all that Cameron's rules would require him to do is opt in and say, 'Yes, I would like porn please'."
Mr Wales, who co-founded online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in 2001, said problems like online child abuse, hacking social media sites and abusive or threatening messages could be tackled without the introduction of new legislation.
Responding to calls for tougher regulation of the internet, he said: "For me, what's interesting about criminal gangs hacking into people's Facebook account is that all of that activity is already illegal.
"I can't think of any new laws that would actually help with that. What would help is actual enforcement.
"My view is that instead of spending literally billions of pounds, billions of dollars, snooping on ordinary people and gathering up all of this data in an apparently fruitless search for terrorists, we should devote a significant proportion of that to dealing with the real criminal issues online - people stealing credit card numbers, hacking into websites and things like that.
"Unfortunately we're not seeing a lot of that. We see a lot of flash and a lot of snooping. But this is, at the end of the day, going to take an investment in real, solid police work."
The PM said last month that an agreement with internet service providers (ISPs) meant that by the end of 2014 every new broadband contract will ask customers to opt in to receive adult content, while existing customers will be contacted and asked to decide whether to use the "family-friendly" filters.
The deal is with the the UK's biggest ISPs - BT, Virgin, Sky and TalkTalk - who account for around 90% of UK internet users.
Mr Cameron also called on search engines like Google to "blacklist" terms used by paedophiles to hunt for child abuse images.
He said the companies would "rewire their technology" to protect children - but the lack of further detail on the proposals led some experts to suggest they would be unworkable.
Mr Wales said micro-blogging website Twitter should make it easier for users to report abuse, but rejected calls for tighter regulation of the social network after abusive messages, including rape threats and bomb threats, were sent to female users.
He said: "When you think about rules about verbal threats, human society has a long history of rules and laws around this, and those rules and laws are very well thought-out. They deal with complicated cases.
"I do think that Twitter has needed in the past to do more to give people more control of the environment, to allow faster means for people to complain and to have people behaving badly exposed, blocked or arrested as necessary.
"But it is not like we don't have a law against threatening people. We do, and people are quite rightly being called up on this."
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About 12,000 litres pooled on to the carriageway following an HGV crash on the M606 in Bradford on Friday.
The Environment Agency said "no significant impacts" had been reported and becks around the motorway were "running clear".
It added "some of the pollutant is being washed through the system and can be seen in the [River] Calder."
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Stoke City's Walters, 32, was unable to train with his Republic team-mates on Thursday morning as he instead worked with the medical staff.
The initial indications were that the knock was not serious.
However, it's a further issue for boss Martin O'Neill given the injuries to James McCarthy and Robbie Keane.
On the plus side, Everton midfielder McCarthy was able to take part in training for the first time since the squad got together 10 days ago.
McCarthy, who has been bothered by a thigh injury, worked alone after completing the warm-up ahead of Wednesday morning's session, but stayed with the rest of the squad on Thursday as he stepped up his recovery.
Squad skipper Keane was out on the pitch, although only as an observer with the 35-year-old striker unlikely to resume training until the middle of next week at the earliest because of a calf problem which required an injection.
Keane accepts that he faces a battle to be available for the Group E opener against Sweden in Paris on 13 June but is certain he will be fit for the second game against Belgium five days later.
"Luckily for me, it's not as bad as I first thought," Keane told FAI TV YouTube.
"They are saying a couple of weeks which would maybe get me (fit) for the Sweden game or maybe missing that one.
"But I'll definitely be ready for the second game."
Keane did show off his hurling skills on Thursday as he and staff member Dick Redmond tested out each other's ability at the Gaelic Athletic Association sport.
The players were due some down-time later in the day, with golf on the agenda ahead of the final day of their pre-tournament training camp in Cork before a weekend off.
After the Belgium game in Bordeaux on 18 June, the Republic face Italy in their final Group E match on 22 June in Lille.
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Scotland's Hawkins, 25, missed out on the medals but put in an impressive performance with a personal best time of two hours 10.17 minutes.
Kenya's Geoffrey Kirui won gold with a season's best of 2:08:27.
Bahrain's Rose Chelimo won the women's race in 2:27:11, as two-time champion Kenya's Edna Kiplagat took silver.
She pipped the USA's Amy Cragg to the line, although they both finished in a time of 2:27:18. That was USA's first medal in the event since 1983.
Great Britain's Aly Dixon led the race up until the final nine miles when she was caught by the pack. The 38-year-old Sunderland runner eventually finished 18th in 2:31:36.
Windsor-born Charlotte Purdue, 26, was the best-placed Briton, coming home in 13th in 2:29:48.
"It was amazing," she told BBC Sport. "I was aiming for a top-20 finish. I knew I could do it.
"When I caught Aly, I gave her encouragement. There was also a British guy shouting at me, 'come on Aly Dixon' - he kept doing it. But apart from that, the crowd were great."
Earlier, Hawkins said he could have finished among the medals had he changed his tactics.
"It is bittersweet. I could just see third place in the distance," said Hawkins, who was ninth in the marathon at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
"The last five kilometres, I kept the same distance, which was quite frustrating. Maybe I left it a bit late.
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"I wanted to get a medal but fourth is still pretty good I guess. I was just hanging on towards the end.
"I'm still young. Hopefully, in the future I can get in the medals. Hopefully, I will push on in the Commonwealth Games and Tokyo 2020 after that."
Hawkins' performance equalled that of fellow Briton Peter Whitehead, who was fourth in the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg.
Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola took silver in 2:09:49, two seconds in front of Tanzania's Alphonce Simbu.
Britain had two other runners in the race, with Andrew Davies 31st in 2:17:59 and Josh Griffiths 39th in 2:20:06.
Griffiths was the club runner who beat Britain's elite men in the London Marathon to qualify for the World Championships.
In the men's 400m hurdles heats, Britain's Jack Green hit a hurdle on the final bend.
However, despite finishing fifth and outside the top four automatic qualifying spots, he went through to Monday's semi-finals as a fastest loser.
"I was running really well. I was really pleased until I managed to wear one," said the 25-year-old.
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"I should've been in a position where I could have taken that on and won the race but that's the 400m hurdles for you. At least I am through so I have to make those changes for tomorrow."
He described it as his "worst race of the year", adding: "I will make sure tomorrow is much better."
Kyron McMaster, of the British Virgin Islands, was one of the favourites but the 20-year-old was disqualified for a lane infringement.
In the men's 110m hurdles, Andrew Pozzi was the only Briton from three athletes to reach the semi-finals on Sunday evening as David Omoregie and David King failed to progress.
Pozzi, who claimed the European Indoor 60m hurdles title in March, won his heat in 13.28 seconds in the same race as one of the main contenders, Jamaican Ronald Levy, failed to finish.
"I knew I got out very well so once I got to halfway it was about staying clean over the barriers and avoiding any big mistake," said Pozzi.
"Ronald is a big loss to the competition but I'm happy to make it through and make it to the semis tonight.
"I need a little bit faster to go into the final but I'm ready to do that."
Meanwhile, in the women's 400m heats, Zoey Clark was the only Briton to qualify for Monday's semi-finals as team-mates Emily Diamond and Anyika Onuora missed out.
Clark, 22, claimed the third of three automatic qualification spots from her heat with a time of 51.88.
Olympic gold medallist Shaunae Miller-Uibo, of the Bahamas, and world champion Allyson Felix, from America, each won their heats to ease through to progress.
Elsewhere, Britain's Zak Seddon, Ieuan Thomas and Rob Mullett failed to progress to the men's 3,000m steeplechase final on Tuesday.
Irene Nel, 73, came to Bristol on a tourist visa in 2012, but two weeks into her stay she fell ill and was diagnosed with kidney failure.
Daughter Desree Taylor said Mrs Nel signed on regularly with the police but the last visit included a health check.
The Home Office said Mrs Nel must leave Britain because her visa had expired.
Last year, more than 100,000 people signed a petition urging it not to deport her.
Her family say she is still very ill and needs dialysis three times a week to stay alive, treatment they claim she will not receive in South Africa.
Ms Taylor said her mother had to sign on regularly at Patchway police station and said the procedure usually took less than 10 minutes.
She said: "They've done a medical assessment on Mum, so that to me looks like they're trying to prove that she can fly, to deport her."
Ms Taylor said the Home Office had been warning for more than a year that her mother would be deported, and she thought the delay "could be because they [Home Office] are worried about setting precedents".
She said: "She is my Mum and I should have the right to look after her."
Mrs Nel said: "They're waiting for me to die. We've really tried our best - I don't know what to say anymore."
She said: "I never slept last night because I know I've got to sign again. I don't know what they're going to do to me. I'm terrified. The day they arrest me to say I must go, that's going to kill me."
Initially Mrs Nel's medical insurance paid for her treatment, but stopped. She has been cared for by the NHS for the past four years.
Steel beat team-mate Kate Avery in a sprint finish in Bulgaria last year, and repeated that result at the trials in Liverpool last month.
Scotland's Laura Muir switches from success in the 1500m to the under-23 team in Hyeres.
GB have topped the medal table at the last 12 European Cross Country events.
The team won nine medals, including four gold, in Bulgaria 12 months ago.
All the athletes in Hyeres will be invited to carry an 'I Run Clean' message on their bibs to show their commitment to a doping-free sport.
"We want our participating athletes to reassure those watching at the course and at home that they are competing without resorting to doping," said European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen.
Thousands were expected at the two-day Geronimo Festival, held at Harewood House near Leeds, over the Bank Holiday weekend.
But many families took to social media to complain about poor organisation at Sunday's event.
Geronimo's organisers apologised and said queues had been reduced on Monday.
The festival, started by father-of-seven Simon Goldman, was first held at Tatton Park, Cheshire, last May.
Its website advertises a circus, theatre groups, bands, jousting, a funfair, motorcycle displays and sheep-shearing, with tickets priced between £18.50 and £25.
Parent Jo Murricane, who had press tickets to review the festival on her blog, said the event had not lived up to expectations, and there had been an hour-long queue for the car park.
She said some families had left before they even entered, despite having paid for tickets.
"I have never been to such a large scale event that has been so poorly organised," she said.
"There were random tents all over the place, a central arena (with nothing happening in it), and it all looked a little bit lack-lustre and small-scale," Mrs Murricane said.
"It was a family festival, and no one was having any fun."
"It's as if the masses of people were a surprise to the organisers."
Others complained of "abysmal and expensive" food stalls with huge queues.
One person on Facebook said: "We ended up leaving at 15:30 [on Sunday] with two very hungry unhappy children who had more fun at Burger King on the way home."
Another parent wrote on Twitter: "Absolute shambles! So poorly project-managed and executed."
In a statement, the festival's organisers said they had extended opening hours on Monday after some guests "did not have a good experience on Sunday".
Queue times had been "significantly reduced" by Monday and festival-goers were "excited", they said.
Geronimo said it was working closely with Cheshire Council for "the smooth-running" of the Tatton Park leg of the festival at the end of May.
The 23-year-old was previously with Bradford, who went into liquidation on Tuesday, and has followed ex-Bulls team-mate Alex Mellor to Huddersfield.
O'Brien scored 10 tries in 31 outings for Bradford in 2016 as they finished fifth in the Championship.
But the Bulls were wound up after the club's administrators were unable to find a suitable buyer, leaving their players as free agents.
O'Brien, 28, has scored two goals in 29 appearances for League One Sky Blues this campaign.
He started his career with Celtic before enjoying spells with Motherwell and Barnsley prior to joining Coventry in July 2014.
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She was found dead in a shop doorway at the corner of Donegall Place and Castle Lane on Saturday morning.
Police cordoned off the scene and are investigating the cause of her death but said a crime is not suspected.
She is the fifth person to die in Belfast this year who had been receiving help from homeless charities.
The Extern charity said it had worked with the woman and had offered her emergency accommodation.
Danny McQuillan, a direct with Extern, said it was a "complete tragedy that once again another homeless person has died on our streets".
"Nobody should be living and certainly nobody should be dying on our streets in 2016."
The woman, whose name has not been released, was found by a passerby who knew her.
James Edwards told BBC Newsline: "I walked past her and I noticed her sleeping bag wasn't wrapped around her."
He noticed that something was wrong when he tried to cover her with the sleeping bag, and the emergency services were called to the scene.
"She was a really, really nice girl and she didn't have a bad bone in her body," Mr Edwards said.
"It's just an awful shame - this girl could have had help."
Last month, the Lord Mayor of Belfast held an emergency meeting of agencies that work with the homeless following the death of a man in a shop doorway in High Street on 24 February.
Worcestershire Local Medical Committee (WLMC) said it has "no confidence" the trust running the county's hospitals can implement the changes.
The trust plans to downgrade A&E in Redditch and treat more patients at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
The BBC has so far been unable to contact the trust for a comment.
WLMC is the elected statutory body representing the interests of all the family doctors working in Worcestershire.
It said the current plans for A&E in Worcestershire are "a series of piecemeal changes with no coherent strategy or clear timetable for implementation".
Last week a report by a panel of experts, brought in by the West Midlands Clinical Senate, also said it "does not support" plans for a downgraded emergency department at the Alexandra Hospital.
The WLMC statement said: "We believe the senate report recognizes our concern that the changes suggested carry a real risk of fatally weakening the Alexandra Hospital and overburdening the already struggling Worcestershire Royal Hospital."
Neal Stote, chairman of the Save the Alex campaign, said the statement from WLMC "explodes the myth" that concerns about the proposals are limited to just "a few troublemaking GPs".
Following the senate criticisms the trust board said it has set up a working group of emergency medicine clinicians, including experts from outside Worcestershire and local GPs, who will work with the West Midlands Clinical Senate, on "a new model for A&E".
In February, four A&E consultants quit the Alexandra Hospital and a fifth resigned from Worcestershire Royal over concerns about planned changes at the hospitals.
The Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which faces a £27.6m deficit, has struggled to meet A&E targets and is subject to a bullying inquiry.
The trust runs Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Kidderminster Hospital and the Alexandra Hospital.
He said Russia would not "stoop" to the level of "irresponsible diplomacy" but would work to restore ties with the US under President-elect Donald Trump.
The country denies involvement in hacking related to the US election, calling US sanctions "ungrounded".
Mr Trump praised Mr Putin as "very smart" for holding off on reprisals.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev accused the outgoing US administration of President Barack Obama of ending in "anti-Russian death throes".
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Mr Obama, who will be replaced by Donald Trump on 20 January, had vowed action against Russia amid US accusations that it directed cyber-attacks on the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Emails stolen from her campaign manager and from the servers of the Democratic National Committee - some containing embarrassing information for Democrats - were released during the election campaign.
This was a carefully stage-managed response from Mr Putin - dangling the possibility of tit-for-tat expulsions and then showing magnanimity in postponing any response - at least for now.
It is fundamentally a put-down for the Obama administration, suggesting that, in Moscow's view, it is such a lame-duck, so irrelevant, as to make any response unnecessary.
It also poses an immediate test for President-elect Trump. Will he be convinced by the evidence the US intelligence agencies say they have? And, if so, what course will he steer in his relations with Russia?
This is no new Cold War. Russia is simply a kind of "pocket" superpower, nothing like the Soviet Union of old. But Mr Putin has shown here in relations with the West, as in Ukraine and Syria, that he can play a limited hand with great skill. Mr Trump will need to respond to this challenge in a decisive but graduated way.
In a statement on the Kremlin website (in Russian), Mr Putin said: "We won't be expelling anyone.
"We won't be banning their families and children from the places where they usually spend the New Year holidays. Furthermore, I invite all children of American diplomats accredited in Russia to the New Year and Christmas Tree in the Kremlin."
He wished Barack Obama and his family a happy New Year, as well as Mr Trump and "the whole American people".
In a message on the presidential website, Mr Putin said that, with the accession of Mr Trump, "the two states, acting in a constructive and pragmatic manner, can take real steps for restoration of mechanisms for bilateral co-operation".
President-elect Trump has dismissed the hacking claims as "ridiculous" and said Americans should "get on with our lives" when asked previously about the possibility of sanctions.
However, he said late on Thursday he would meet US intelligence chiefs next week to be "updated on the facts of this situation".
Russia's foreign ministry had reportedly suggested expelling 31 US diplomats from Moscow and four from St Petersburg.
It also suggested banning US diplomats from their dachas (holiday homes) in Serebryany Bor near Moscow and a warehouse on Moscow's Dorozhnaya Street.
Russia is sending a special plane to the US to fly home its diplomats.
The move followed reports that they were struggling to buy plane tickets because flights were full ahead of the New Year holiday.
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has denied a report by CNN that Moscow is shutting down a school attended by diplomats' children.
She said it was a "lie" that the Anglo-American School faced closure as retaliation.
Meanwhile, the Russian embassy to the UK tweeted a visual gag calling the Obama presidency a lame duck.
Pavel Felgenhauer, a Russian military affairs analyst, told BBC World Service things were going to get "very nasty" from here on in.
But US Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is currently on a visit to the Baltic states, told the BBC it would have been a mistake for the US not to respond to the hacking.
"This is something that is not just about American democracy, it's about all democracies," she said. "There's upcoming elections in Germany and France and for the US just to roll over and to let this happen with no response would have been a huge mistake."
US intelligence agencies, including the FBI and CIA, concluded that the aim of the hack was to cause damage to Mrs Clinton and the Democrats and favour Mr Trump.
Stephen Fawke, 60, of Amazon Close, Basingstoke, was sentenced on Friday to one count of theft.
Reading Crown Court heard the sentence related to fraud committed at Broad Street Mall between 2005 and 2013.
Mr Fawke was given a 12 month prison sentence, which was suspended for one year.
He was also ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and to pay £3,000 in compensation.
Hall, 84, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, will start the sentence after completing a 30-month term for similar offences.
He admitted indecently assaulting the girl when she was 13 and was found guilty of one count in a majority jury verdict at Preston Crown Court.
He was cleared of 15 rape charges and four indecent assaults.
The charge Hall admitted involved an incident at a dinner party where he crept into his victim's bedroom and assaulted her.
Sentencing him, Mr Justice Turner, said there had been "an element of grooming" to his offences.
Mr Justice Turner said there had been a "breach of trust" in relation to the assault on the girl when she was 13.
He said that Hall had acted with "a sense of arrogance and immunity... vile bravado and horrible betrayal".
He added that the 84-year-old had shown "a lack of candour or remorse" and criticised him for not admitting to these offences when he was convicted of other offences in 2013.
Hall did not react to the sentence as he listened to the proceedings through headphones, while his victim, who was also in court, wiped away tears with a handkerchief as details of the offences were mentioned.
The former broadcaster, who was accused of abusing two girls between 1976 and 1981, is already serving a 30-month jail term after he pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting 13 other girls, one as young as nine.
His original 15-month sentence, for abuse that occurred between 1967 and 1985, was later doubled at the Court of Appeal.
Speaking after the hearing, the Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West, Nazir Afzal, said Hall's convictions "were only made possible by the courage of his victims".
"I would like to thank them for coming forward and ensuring that he was brought to justice," he said.
School governors in West Sussex are writing to MPs to warn them they will refuse to sign off budgets or carry out their supervisory work.
They are backing local head teachers who have warned they might have to cut school hours because of cash shortages.
But the Department for Education says schools in England are receiving record levels of funding.
The letter from governing bodies says they have been in "shock and incomprehension" about what funding cuts will mean for schools.
Schools in West Sussex have been at the forefront of a national campaign over funding - with heads warning that they face cutting teaching staff, merging classes or reducing school hours.
School governors - including parents and representatives from the local community - do not get paid, but they have a responsibility of oversight for how schools are run, appointing staff and scrutinising school finances.
And governing bodies in West Sussex are warning that unless their "urgent concerns" about a lack of funding are addressed, they will withdraw their services.
This could cause administrative problems - but it will be seen as symbolic support for an increasingly vocal campaign over school funding.
The letter from governing bodies, usually seen as moderate voices, warns of the need for "direct action" over funding problems.
They warn that they cannot "sit idly by" as schools are put in an "impossible financial situation".
But governors say they will continue to work where there are any issues concerning child protection.
Head teachers in West Sussex have organised a Worth Less? campaign, highlighting their concerns about underfunding of schools in the local authority.
The heads of almost every state school in the authority signed a petition supporting the protest - and the campaigners are expecting a high level of support from governing bodies.
The National Governors Association is also calling on the government to increase overall funding for schools - but it is not offering its formal support for governing bodies withdrawing their services.
Last week it was revealed that £384m, earmarked for schools in England under academy conversion plans, had been taken back by the Treasury.
The National Audit Office has warned that schools face £3bn in spending cuts by 2020.
On Tuesday, Schools Minister Nick Gibb will face questions from MPs on school funding and questions about how it is to be redistributed under a new funding formula.
The Department for Education has said that the core school budget has been protected in real terms - and that funding for schools in 2016-17 is at record levels of more than £40bn.
The department has argued that the new funding formula will provide a much fairer basis for allocating funds to schools and will give head teachers more certainty over their future budgets and long-term planning.
The 21-year-old spent last season on loan at Walsall, scoring five times in 52 appearances in all competitions.
Tykes boss Paul Heckingbottom told his club's website: "I am really, really pleased to get Jason to join us.
"We have been monitoring him for a while and as soon as we became aware that there was a chance, we jumped at it."
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The choice has been well-received by both analysts and politicians - even some, like Senator John McCain, who have been critical of many of President Trump's decisions.
But who is Herbert Raymond McMaster?
Lieutenant General HR McMaster is a decorated military official, having served in command positions during the Gulf War in the early 1990s and with the Central Command during the Iraq war in the early 2000s.
He was awarded the silver star for valour for his actions. In Afghanistan, he headed an anti-corruption and transparency task force.
But he is also known for his academic interest in history - and applying that intellectual approach to the battlefield.
Lt Gen McMaster graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1984, but went on to become something of a scholar of military history.
He earned in MA in history from the University of North Carolina in 1994, and taught history at the military academy for two years, before being awarded a PhD in American history in 1996.
That same year, he published a popular military history of the Vietnam War, "Dereliction of Duty", which was deeply critical of the decision-making process in Washington during the era.
The New York Times review of the book credited Lt Gen McMaster as having "doggedly waded through the records of every meeting of the Joint Chiefs" and noted that he concluded that the war was ''lost in Washington . . . even before the first American units were deployed".
That academic mindset and intellectual approach to military command impressed many people during this time in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He is widely labelled as a deep military thinker: Time magazine said that he "might be the 21st Century Army's pre-eminent warrior-thinker".
In 2005, he led an operation at Tal Afar in Iraq which was widely held as an example of success in a difficult war.
He seized the town, cutting it off from outside fighters - and then slowly but surely worked his way through the city districts, leaving troop outposts in place - and not allowing the enemy to return, in stark contrast to earlier US strategy.
Lt Gen McMaster's approach was lauded by President George W Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Writing at the time for the Daily Telegraph, Tim Collins, a former SAS officer and journalist, said Lt Gen McMaster - then a colonel - had taken "a refreshingly unconventional approach".
"By using academics and Middle East experts as advisers, he sought to educate his men about the intricacies of Tal Afar. Successfully, it would seem, for his forces won over at least some of the disillusioned Turkmen population at the same time as isolating the relatively small cadre of die-hard extremists," he wrote in September 2005.
Yet despite attempts to replicate the strategy, Lt Gen McMaster himself told the New Yorker magazine the following year that constant fresh consideration was the key.
"It is so damn complex. If you ever think you have the solution to this, you're wrong, and you're dangerous. You have to keep listening and thinking and being critical and self-critical," he said.
He also spoke about some of the tragedies he witnessed during the operation in a 2007 interview with the Sunday Times, in which he spoke of the "child abuse" of al-Qaeda training young men, through often brutal means.
"I saw the most unimaginable horrors," he said. "Things you can't even imagine another human thinking of. In one case, the terrorists murdered a young boy in his hospital bed, booby-trapped the body, and when the family came to pick up the body they detonated the explosives to kill the father."
Sir Max Hastings, writing in the Guardian in 2007, called Lt Gen McMaster "the most successful unit commander to have served in Iraq" and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Ricks noted that his "influence already outstrips [his] rank".
He was pulled back to Baghdad in 2007 to be part of the informally-titled "Baghdad brains trust" - along with several other military academics - tasked with coming up with a fresh approach.
In the year since, he has applied his famous deep-thinking approach to his work at the Army Capabilities Integration Centre, which he began in 2008. He also served as the commander of the Army's Manoeuvre Centre of Excellence.
During this period, he was promoted up the chain of command for his contributions to his current rank, a three-star lieutenant general - the second-highest rank ordinarily achievable.
New footage shows the kits being helped through the water by their mother.
The images taken in Devon by local filmmaker Tom Buckley provide the first evidence of the new arrivals.
The Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) said the slowly expanding population would help to provide an insight into their effect on the surrounding River Otter system in east Devon.
The Angling Trust warned that a population increase could have detrimental effects on other wildlife.
Mark Elliott, from the DWT, said: "We are thrilled that the beavers have bred. The baby kits appear fit and healthy … This tells us that the beavers are very much at home in this corner of Devon."
The two females were found to be pregnant when they were taken in to captivity to be tested for disease. It's not thought that the other female has yet had her kits.
The colony of wild beavers was first spotted living on the River Otter in February 2014.
In January 2015, Natural England granted a licence to the Devon Wildlife Trust that allowed the beavers to remain on the river, as part of a pilot experiment.
This is the first time that an extinct mammal has been re-introduced to England. Other species, such as wild boar, have naturalised after escaping from enclosures.
Beavers were hunted to extinction in England and Wales for their valuable fur and glandular oil during the 12th Century and disappeared from the rest of the UK 400 years later.
Steve Hussey, from the DWT, said "We have no plans to tag them at the moment. If we do, it will just be for identification purposes. The less we disturb them the better.
"They are healthy beavers, so they will breed. But they are not like rodents, they only have one litter a year, and they take two to three years to reach sexual maturity. The river system in east Devon is nowhere near filled to capacity. "
Beavers are known as a "keystone species" because of the dramatic impact they have on their environment. They fell large and small trees, and create sophisticated dams that hold vast amounts of water. They use these lakes as "superhighways" to get to foraging areas.
Tom Buckley commented: "When I saw these new born baby beavers I was totally overwhelmed and I thought it was a miracle.
"One of the kits, however, seemed extremely unhappy to be out in the big wide world and as soon as its mother let it go, it rushed back to its burrow. Not surprising really - the world can be a very scary place."
Mark Owen, from the Angling Trust, said the fact the young beavers would not be tagged or tracked meant the trial lacked any "scientific credibility".
"There is an increasing prospect of a population explosion that could do considerable harm to other wildlife through the uncontrolled damming up of watercourses which can, among other things, prevent fish from reaching their spawning grounds," he said.
"This irresponsible programme should never have begun and it won't be long before the substantial sums spent in other European countries in dealing with problems caused by beavers will be required here in the UK."
But Friends of the Earth campaigner Alasdair Cameron said: "[Beavers] bring huge benefits to the countryside - boosting biodiversity and keeping the rivers clean - we're delighted that they are back and doing well."
The DWT is urging people not to search for the kits as they would be disturbed by noise and dogs.
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There are plenty of striking pictures from the show floor.
But are any of the exhibitors interested in delighting your ears?
Rather like the city of Las Vegas itself, it has its own distinctive beat.
There's the hubbub of chatter. The hiss of vending cart coffee machines. The thumping bass and discord of various sound systems vying for attention. The amplified echo of a hundred demonstrations. The ringtones and message alerts from thousands of mobile phones.
And also - this being a tech fair - the whizzes and ticks and buzzes and bings of robots and drones.
In a nutshell: it's extremely loud.
After hours of stalking the vast halls of CES besieged by visuals, I decided to try and find beguiling sounds instead.
Things did not get off to a good start.
The first robot I encountered - a service machine designed to guide people around museums - responded to my greeting by asking me whether I was "fickle after kissing".
Its mortified owner told me it was confused. It wasn't the only one.
Next, I asked one of the show guides where I could find some interesting noises, and was promptly escorted to a section of the show floor dedicated to in-car speakers.
I had to explain that as much as I admire Lady Gaga, the strains of her hit Bad Romance blasting out of the back of a Jeep rammed floor-to-ceiling with sub woofers wasn't what I had in mind either.
It was in a start-up zone called Eureka Park that I struck audio gold.
I was drawn in by the sound of crickets - very incongruous in a giant exhibition hall with no natural light, let alone greenery. It was coming from an air purifier called Clair with a built-in Bluetooth speaker nestling at a tiny stand towards the back.
"When people sleep they need fresh air and also this kind of sound can help people sleep better," said a spokesman who introduced himself as Bono from South Korea.
"So, we put them both together."
Thank you, Bono.
It's the sort of stuff that's perfect for radio, in fact. After that, I captured the warm American male tones of a virtual assistant designed for cars and the staccato gunfire of a man who was evidently immersed in a VR game of mortal combat that only he could see.
Next came machine-like marching sounds from a team of forearm-sized Aelos robots playing miniature football, and a delegate attempting to play Let It Be by The Beatles on a Magic Instruments digital guitar. It's supposed to be easy to learn. Perhaps he tried the wrong tune.
I bonded with natural-voiced Emys, a Kickstarter-funded desktop robot that looked like a cross between ET and a Ninja Turtle. It has been designed to teach young children foreign languages (did you know that castle in Spanish is castillo?).
I also hugged a gurgling Talkie - a cuddly little monster with wi-fi that you can use to exchange voice messages with your children.
Olly, a robot that claims to adapt to the personality of its owner, told me about feeling both happy and sad in a mournfully child-like voice.
"By the end of the day I'll be dead," complained an uncomfortable promotions girl, fidgeting in a pair of towering stilettos.
"And if I'm not - just kill me."
Meanwhile, a little bat-shaped speaker chimed like a casino slot machine, as it tried to re-establish a connection with the smartphone it was supposed to be streaming music from.
What's the sound of CES? It's all of those things. All at the same time. All day long. And it's music to my ears.
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Graham Shields first dropped Howard Primary School in Moygashel, County Tyrone, as a voting station in January.
It followed loyalist intimidation of Sinn Féin workers at the station during last May's EU and council elections.
After a row over how the public were consulted, Mr Shields reviewed his decision to no longer use the school.
The decision has now been reaffirmed.
Mr Shields ruled that residents due to cast their ballot in Moygashel in next month's general election will instead vote at Dungannon Leisure Centre or Roan St Patrick's Primary School in Eglish, depending on their address.
During last year's elections, a group of up to 40 loyalists held a union flag protest outside Howard Primary School.
Observers from the Electoral Commission were at the school last year and raised concerns about what they described as a hostile environment.
In a detailed ruling on Monday, the chief electoral officer outlined how he had been informed that Sinn Féin election workers were allegedly threatened by a man with a knife.
It went on to say an individual was subsequently convicted of causing criminal damage and the possession of a blade or point in a public place.
Sinn Féin posters were cut down on the morning of last year's vote and some of the loyalist protesters ran onto the school grounds.
They were removed by police, who deployed Tactical Support Group (TSG) officers to the scene.
In his ruling, Mr Shields said he had reasonable cause to conclude that some voters would be "deterred by the presence of a significant number of protesters, many of who had their faces covered with scarves, and TSG officers".
The polling station is in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency which was the UK's most tightly fought Westminster seat in 2010.
Sinn Féin held on to the seat by four votes, which was reduced to a majority of one after recounts and a court case.
Dungannon Leisure Centre is about about a mile and a half away from Howard Primary School.
Lord Morrow, of the DUP, has challenged the version of events contained in Mr Shield's report.
He said the ruling was "provocative".
"The people of Moygashel are saying 'why should we be penalised by the actions of some'?" he said.
"It never happens anywhere else. It has never happened in history, so therefore it's an unreasonable step to take. The sitting MP here is sitting on a majority of four votes, so therefore it has the potential to change the result of an election."
He said they would be looking at all options to "ensure that the people of Moygashel get fair and equal treatment and they are not going to be made second class citizens when it comes to casting their vote".
However, Sean Lynch of Sinn Féin said he disagreed with Lord Morrow.
"The original decision to close the polling station in Moygashel was the right one and this was upheld," he said.
"This was a crowd of loyalists, flag-waving protestors that had intimidated people from going in to vote on that night, last year on the council and European elections.
"This was a protest that was intimidatory, was hostile and they prevented people from going in to vote."
The former tannery at Wirksworth station was built around 1750 and has been renovated by volunteers.
It sits on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway tourist line to Duffield, which was re-opened in 2011.
Transport Secretary, and local MP, Patrick McLoughlin officially opened the booking office earlier.
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Leigh Gration, the railway's commercial manager, said the stone building was originally used to store raw animal skins before they were sent away for processing.
The line was built in 1862 and by the turn of the last century, the building was being used by an animal feeds dealer.
The doorway through which feed was delivered directly by rail is now the booking office's main entrance.
"Coincidentally this mezzanine floor level is at platform height," he said.
The building cannot, however, claim to be the world's oldest ever ticket office.
That accolade belongs to the Red Hall in Bourne, Lincolnshire, which was built in around 1650.
It became a booking office for the Bourne and Essendine Railway Company in 1860, until its closure in 1959.
Volunteers have renovated the tannery, installed internal partition walls, heating, lighting, a counter and disabled access.
The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway was closed to all traffic in 1989, having closed to passengers 40 years earlier.
It was fully re-opened in 2011.
Some eight out of 10 top slots were occupied by all-male acts, analysis of more than 600 headline appearances across 14 major festivals found.
And a quarter of all headline slots were taken up by the same 20 acts.
The study comes as 175,000 people head to the Glastonbury Festival.
Musician and writer Emma-Lee Moss said the music industry was "skewed towards a male demographic".
She said: "If we continue talking - and we continue investigating and agitating - hopefully, naturally, things will become more inclusive.
"We have got such amazing musicians in the UK who are women. What about a festival that wasn't just women-led headliners, but also most of the bands?
"It's not just the headliners that are imbalanced, it's acts all across the board, and we all know there are people making music that are not just white men. If someone decided to reflect that in their line-up, they'd be celebrated."
Male rock acts such as Muse, Kasabian and The Killers dominated the festival headline slots in our analysis. Twenty acts - or about 6% of the 308 acts in our sample - took up 24% of all headline slots.
Dr Simon Warner, a popular music researcher at Leeds University, said: "There remains a small number of groups who can actually generate consumer interest, and I think it's down to sheer economics.
"If you are going to get 80,000 you need to have acts that can get [punters] to spend cash. If you are spending hundreds of pounds, you are not going to go for an indie band, you are going to go and see the Red Hot Chili Peppers or whoever."
And there was a stark gender imbalance.
In our study, only 37 headline performances involved all-female acts, while 68 were bands of mixed gender.
Rihanna was the only female act to clock up four top slots. She was followed by Florence and the Machine and Grace Jones, with three headline slots each.
Michael Baker, of the publication Festival Insights, which runs the UK Festival Awards, said: "Some festivals do attempt to address gender imbalance, such as Field Day, whose curator recently told me that they failed to book 50% female acts because there simply weren't that many available."
To promote diversity, festival organisers need to foster and promote emerging talent, he said.
"Festival organisers are aware of the lack of interesting acts at the top, and many have taken to differentiating themselves from their competitors via non-music activities," he said.
"What needs to happen, however, is more long-term thinking and effort applied to the representation and promotion of emerging talent at festivals."
The lack of women headliners was reflected not just in traditional rock festivals, but at more pop focussed events such as V and Wireless.
As Prince once put it, there's joy in repetition.
If you're tired of Radiohead playing Street Spirit, or The Killers bashing out Mr Brightside, then you're either not a fan or (more likely) a member of the band.
But there is a worrying reliance on white, male guitar bands at music festivals - which is strange, because white, male guitar music is massively out of favour.
The charts are dominated by pop and hip-hop, with acts like Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Stormzy, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift dominating streaming services. If bookers took a risk on these acts, they'd undoubtedly attract a younger, more passionate crowd - ensuring their longevity in the process.
Of course, no-one is going to do that when heritage rock bands guarantee ticket sales. Festivals are already taking a financial risk - why take on more?
The V Festival is an honourable exception. Born in the midst of Britpop, it's re-positioned itself as a festival for pop connoisseurs, booking acts like Calvin Harris, Beyonce, Rudimental, Olly Murs and P!nk as headliners. It's proof that audiences will embrace diversity - in gender, in genre and in the race of their artists - if they're given the chance.
Hopefully others will take note. And when they do, it's our responsibility as fans to make it work.
Success on the music streaming service Spotify does not guarantee top dog status on the festival circuit.
Drake, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna were the most listened to on Spotify, but had just nine festival headline slots between them.
The most listened-to tracks from our sample of headliners came from the world of mainstream pop, hip hop and dance.
And it appears the dominance of hip hop and pop on streaming services is changing the make-up of festivals.
Based on Spotify's classification system, the proportion of headline acts in our sample described as being indie and rock has been in decline since the 1990s, at the same time as hip hop and pop acts rise.
Though, as 1990s pop duo Daphne and Celeste can attest, rock fans do not always appreciate pop invading its territory. The pair were faced with a barrage of boos and bottles when they took the main stage at Reading Festival in 2000.
Some 94% of headline acts hailed from the UK, the US and Canada.
London was the music capital in the UK, producing most headline acts, followed by New York, California, Manchester and Glasgow.
Mr Baker said: "Our tiny nation alone exports a massive amount of the world's most popular music."
The average age of a festival headliner is 39. The V Festival, held in Essex and Staffordshire at the end of August, had the youngest headliners with an average age of 32.
The Rewind Festival, which showcases bands from the 1980s and is held at three sites - Berkshire, Cheshire and Perthshire - in August, had the oldest headliners with an average age of 56.
And Glastonbury headliners have been getting older.
BBC England's data unit analysed more than 600 separate headline performances across 14 UK festivals. They were Download, Reading/Leeds, T in the Park, V Festival, Isle of Wight, Bestival, Latitude, Wireless, Rewind, End of the Road, Cornbury, Boardmasters and Lovebox.
Festivals that were not defined around headline acts were excluded. These include Creamfields, Boomtown Fair and Womad. Fairport's Cropredy Convention was also excluded as it is traditionally headlined by its organisers.
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The 29-year-old has missed the last two games to have the problem scanned but is now out for the rest of 2016.
Tomkins, a dual-code England international, scored one try in his 10 appearances this season.
Meanwhile, Wigan captain Sean O'Loughlin will serve a one-match ban for a high tackle against Wakefield.
O'Loughlin had been charged for Grade C offence - that usually carries a guideline two to three game suspension - for the tackle on Wakefield's Chris Annakin but his penalty was reduced to one game and a £300 fine after he submitted an early guilty plea.
"The independent tribunal took into consideration O'Loughlin's first half dismissal, guilty plea and long professional career having not previously appeared before the disciplinary tribunal," the Rugby Football League statement reads.
Edward Hughes, known locally at Iori, was hit by a black Vauxhall Insignia on the junction of Wian Street and London Road in Holyhead on 3 June.
He was taken to a hospital in Stoke but later died from his injuries.
He was described as a "popular local character who will be "sorely missed".
North Wales Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses to the incident.
Welsh teenager Williams, 17, beat Elin Johansson of Sweden in the final of the women's -67kg category.
Liverpool's Walkden, 25, who won bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games, won gold in the +73kg category after a final win over Poland's Aleksandra Kowalczuk.
Double Olympic champion Jade Jones won gold on the opening day of the event.
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It's called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project and is one of the biggest scientific attempts in history.
When the telescope is finished it'll see further into the cosmos than ever before, to help us discover new galaxies and maybe even find alien life.
Ayshah finds out how a radio telescope works...
The snap poll was called for 3 June after Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili lost a confidence motion in parliament in March.
For the past five years, Mr Mosisili has been locked in a power struggle with his bitter rival Tom Thabane.
And the country's political landscape has proved just as uneven as the famously mountainous terrain of the country known as the "kingdom in the sky".
Lesotho is an enclave completely surrounded by South Africa and the economy is heavily dependent on remittances from its only neighbour.
It is one of three constitutional monarchies in Africa, although executive power is exercised by the government, led by the prime minister.
More than two-thirds of the country is covered by mountainous terrain, with many areas accessible only by horseback or light aircraft. This makes elections difficult to arrange and administer.
Elections in 2012 and 2015 produced no clear winner, prompting the formation of sprawling coalition governments, both of which collapsed.
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Mr Mosisili and Mr Thabane are political veterans, both in their 70s.
Incumbent Prime Minister Mosisili came out on top in a tight contest in February 2015, and governed as the head of a seven-party coalition.
He overturned an alliance led by Mr Thabane which consisted of no less than 12 political parties.
In late 2016, Mr Mosisili fell out with his deputy Monyane Moleleki, who later left the ruling Democratic Congress (DC) and joined the opposition coalition, depriving the prime minister of his majority.
But Mr Mosisili refused to step down and instead advised King Letsie III to call a fresh election.
The DC party has entered into an election pact with two other parties; the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and the Popular Front for Democracy (PFD).
They face a loose four-party alliance led by Mr Thabane's All Basotho Convention (ABC).
The opposition coalition has been beset by infighting in the lead-up to the poll.
In contrast, Mr Mosisili's alliance has remained steadfast, choosing to field only one candidate per constituency.
However, Mr Mosisili draws most of his support from remote rural areas, and the winter weather may prevent them from reaching polling centres.
Lesotho has a history of political instability, particularly military intervention in the political process.
In 1998, allegations of electoral fraud led to violence and a mutiny among some troops, which prompted military intervention from the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
As tensions died down, the country enjoyed a period of relative stability for several years.
But tensions arose again in June 2014, when then Prime Minister Thabane suspended parliament for nine months to scupper a confidence vote that is likely to have seen him removed from office.
The struggle between Mr Thabane and Mr Mosisili has also played out in the higher echelons of the military, with both men appointing allies to run the Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF).
The Lesotho Times recently reported that the army had asked the commissioner of lands to make 22 areas available to the army to be "used for the foreseeable security threat and security purposes".
The LDF has denied that it is planning to intervene if the incumbent government is not returned.
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The world number two exuded the utmost class in the aftermath of Istomin's five-set victory in the Rod Laver Arena. He signed autographs, offered sincere congratulations to the current world number 117, and declined the opportunity to comment further on the malaise which has affected him since winning his first French Open title last June.
Istomin has had a fine career - spending plenty of time in the world's top 50 - but after an injury-affected 2016, he had to win the Asia Pacific Wildcard play-off in China (saving four match points in his semi-final) to qualify for this Australian Open.
His only previous tournament this year was in Thailand, where he lost to the world number 211 in the second round of the Wind Energy Holding Bangkok Open.
Lukas Rosol was 100 in the world when he beat Rafael Nadal in the second round of Wimbledon 2012, but Istomin can claim an even bigger upset given Djokovic's recent record in Melbourne, where he has won five titles in the past six years.
Conquering the clay of Roland Garros last year has affected Djokovic's sense of direction.
That burning desire to become only the eighth man in history to win all four of the sport's Grand Slams drove him forward. An unwitting consequence of that magnificent achievement appears to be a diminished appetite for the incessant demands of the tennis tour.
He has lost surprisingly since then to Sam Querrey in the third round of Wimbledon; to Juan Martin del Potro in the first round of the Olympics; to Roberto Bautista Agut and Marin Cilic in the autumn of last season; and now to Istomin.
There have been personal problems and niggling injuries along the way, and he has still been good enough in that time to win titles in Toronto and Doha - and finish as runner-up at both the US Open and the ATP World Tour Finals.
I would be very surprised if Djokovic fails to add to his Grand Slam tally of 12, but I think it unlikely he will ever be able to dominate the sport as he has in the past.
After all, from the start of 2011 through until last year's French Open, Djokovic won 11 Grand Slam titles and appeared in all but five of the 22 finals staged.
That is a staggering effort which bears comparison to the standards set by Roger Federer, who won 16 of his 17 Grand Slams in a six and a half year period. But 35-year-old Federer has added only one since he turned 29.
It is perhaps just not possible in the modern age to sustain such relentless success for any longer.
In Djokovic's case, the years of obsession and dedication began at the age of six, when he was spotted watching some lessons through the fence of a newly built tennis academy in his home town.
He was invited to come and play the following day by a coach called Jelena Gencic, who would have a profound effect on his career.
As Djokovic himself said at the World Tour Finals in November: "Every year is an evolution for me. It's hard to expect to repeat all these things forever. Nothing is eternal. I'm trying to do the same things. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't."
What might the future hold for Djokovic?
He says regaining the world number one position from Andy Murray is not his main priority, and that may be wise given Murray would move more than 3,500 ranking points ahead of him by winning a first Australian Open title.
He says he has no plans to add to his current coaching team of Marian Vajda and Dusan Vemic, and if Djokovic sticks to his schedule we won't see him again until the second week in March when he is due to defend his Masters title at Indian Wells.
And what does this mean for the men's game in 2017 - and for the ongoing Australian Open?
It leaves Andy Murray in pole position, it gives the returning Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal even greater hope of further glories, and offers encouragement to the next generation of players who have had to bide their time so patiently. Twenty three-year-old Dominic Thiem and 19-year-old Alex Zverev currently look best placed to take advantage.
Simone Favaro got the crucial try with the last move of the game, following earlier touchdowns by Chris Fusaro, Zander Fagerson and Junior Bulumakau.
Rynard Landman and Ashton Hewitt got a try in either half for the Dragons.
Glasgow showed far superior strength in depth as they took control of a messy match in the second period.
Home coach Gregor Townsend gave a debut to powerhouse Fijian-born Wallaby wing Taqele Naiyaravoro, and centre Alex Dunbar returned from long-term injury, while the Dragons gave first starts of the season to wing Aled Brew and hooker Elliot Dee.
Glasgow lost hooker Pat McArthur to an early shoulder injury but took advantage of their first pressure when Rory Clegg slotted over a penalty on 12 minutes.
It took 24 minutes for a disjointed game to produce a try as Sarel Pretorius sniped from close range and Landman forced his way over for Jason Tovey to convert - although it was the lock's last contribution as he departed with a chest injury shortly afterwards.
Glasgow struck back when Fusaro drove over from a rolling maul on 35 minutes for Clegg to convert.
But the Dragons levelled at 10-10 before half-time when Naiyaravoro was yellow-carded for an aerial tackle on Brew and Tovey slotted the easy goal.
The visitors could not make the most of their one-man advantage after the break as their error count cost them dearly.
It was Glasgow's bench experience that showed when Mike Blair's break led to a short-range score from teenage prop Fagerson, converted by Clegg.
Debutant Favaro was the second home player to be sin-binned, on 63 minutes, but again the Warriors made light of it as replacement wing Bulumakau, a recruit from the Army, pounced to deftly hack through a bouncing ball for an opportunist try.
The Dragons got back within striking range with some excellent combined handling putting Hewitt over unopposed after 72 minutes.
However, Favaro became sinner-turned-saint as he got on the end of another effective rolling maul to earn his side the extra point with the last move of the game, Clegg converting.
Dragons director of rugby Lyn Jones said: "We're disappointed to have lost but our performance was a lot better [than against Leinster] and the game could have gone either way.
"Unfortunately too many errors behind the scrum cost us a great deal, though from where we were a fortnight ago in Dublin our workrate and desire was excellent.
"It was simply error count from individuals behind the scrum that cost us field position, it's not rocket science - they were correct in how they played and we had a few errors, that was the difference."
Glasgow Warriors: Rory Hughes, Taqele Naiyaravoro, Alex Dunbar, Fraser Lyle, Lee Jones, Rory Clegg, Grayson Hart; Alex Allan, Pat MacArthur, Zander Fagerson, Rob Harley (capt), Scott Cummings, Hugh Blake, Chris Fusaro, Adam Ashe.
Replacements: Fergus Scott, Jerry Yanuyanutawa, Mike Cusack, Greg Peterson, Simone Favaro, Mike Blair, Gregor Hunter, Junior Bulumakau.
Dragons: Carl Meyer, Ashton Hewitt, Ross Wardle, Adam Warren, Aled Brew, Jason Tovey, Sarel Pretorius; Boris Stankovich, Elliot Dee, Brok Harris, Nick Crosswell, Rynard Landman (capt), Lewis Evans, Nic Cudd, Ed Jackson.
Replacements: Rhys Buckley, Phil Price, Shaun Knight, Matthew Screech, Ollie Griffiths, Luc Jones, Charlie Davies, Nick Scott.
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The 31-year-old, who left the club for Manchester United in 2004, headed in his 199th Premier League goal as the Toffees beat Stoke 1-0 at Goodison Park.
Rooney said a lot of "relief and emotion" came out as he celebrated what proved to be the decider before half-time.
"On a personal note, I'm absolutely delighted to score the winning goal at Goodison Park," he told BBC Sport.
"It was a special moment for me. There was a lot of relief and a lot of emotion. It was an important goal just before half-time.
"I've felt at home since I first stepped in the training ground. I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time."
Rooney found space in the area to head a Dominic Calvert-Lewin cross past Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland in what was the Toffees' best move of the match - one the former England captain was twice involved in before adding the finishing touch.
Calvert-Lewin also went close for the home side as Stoke struggled to break Everton down on the opening day.
Xherdan Shaqiri's long-range effort did force new Toffees goalkeeper Jordan Pickford into a fine save in stoppage-time, with the 23-year-old leaping across his line to tip wide.
Rooney scored the first of his Premier League goals for Everton with a sublime strike against Arsenal as a 16-year-old in 2002. His 199th in the English top flight 15 years later wasn't quite as dramatic, but it will have meant just as much to the boyhood Blues fan.
Sir Alex Ferguson moved to snap up the teenager after some flashes of genius in an Everton shirt and Rooney returned to Goodison Park as England and Manchester United's all-time leading goalscorer.
He helped start the move that resulted in the winning goal with some neat link-up play with Idrissa Gueye and Sandro Ramirez, before showing all that experience to peel away in the area and guide a free header into the opposite corner.
The forward started tenaciously and could have found himself in the book for a late tackle on former United team-mate Darren Fletcher, but Rooney's desire to track back and help his side defensively also proved invaluable against a direct Stoke threat.
This season could go a long way to deciding his legacy among the Everton faithful, but the former England captain will also be hoping to play his way back into Gareth Southgate's plans with a World Cup looming next summer.
The winning goal on his Goodison Park homecoming proved a perfect start.
Everton have spent the best part of £100m this summer, with a club record £50m move for Swansea playmaker Gylfi Sigurdsson potentially still to come before the deadline.
Pickford's late save from a Shaqiri effort that looked to be heading for the top corner will have helped prove his worth as the most expensive British goalkeeper, and the £30m man also instilled confidence in his back three with his commanding presence around the Everton box.
The England Under-21 international was, alongside Rooney, the standout among five new arrivals who started for Ronald Koeman's side.
Stoke, meanwhile, have done most of their business on the cheap.
Kurt Zouma looks a solid acquisition for Mark Hughes' side and the on-loan Chelsea defender stopped Calvert-Lewin doubling the hosts' lead with a superb block in the second half.
The Potters snapped up Scotland international Fletcher from West Brom, and the 33-year-old central midfielder made more passes (45) than any other play on his side while also firing narrowly wide from distance.
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Everton boss Ronald Koeman said: "The points are really welcome because you don't know what to expect on the first day. It wasn't the performance we like. The team looked nervous on the ball - that's the reason I changed the system at half-time. We need to improve a lot."
On Wayne Rooney scoring the winner: "Wayne showed he is still one of the best in his position. He was very comfortable on the ball and made good decisions on the ball and scored a great goal."
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Stoke boss Mark Hughes said: "The story is all about him [Rooney] because he has won the game for Everton. The one man you don't want in those situations is Wayne.
"I'm disappointed with the result but not the performance."
On Jordan Pickford's late save to deny Xherdan Shaqiri an equaliser: "It was fantastic. Obviously Everton have invested a lot of money in their side. There didn't seem a great deal of difference between the two sides."
Everton host Hajduk Split in the Europa League qualifying play-offs first leg on Thursday (20:05 BST), before visiting Manchester City on Monday, 21 August (20:00).
Stoke play Arsenal in the Premier League next Saturday (17:30), before welcoming Rochdale in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, 22 August (19:45).
Match ends, Everton 1, Stoke City 0.
Second Half ends, Everton 1, Stoke City 0.
Idrissa Gueye (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darren Fletcher (Stoke City).
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jordan Pickford.
Attempt saved. Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
Wayne Rooney (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Michael Keane.
Wayne Rooney (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Allen (Stoke City).
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Michael Keane.
Attempt blocked. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mame Biram Diouf.
Cuco Martina (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Cuco Martina (Everton).
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Stoke City. Jack Butland tries a through ball, but Peter Crouch is caught offside.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.
Phil Jagielka (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Stoke City).
Offside, Stoke City. Kurt Zouma tries a through ball, but Peter Crouch is caught offside.
Substitution, Everton. Kevin Mirallas replaces Sandro Ramírez.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.
Offside, Stoke City. Mame Biram Diouf tries a through ball, but Peter Crouch is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Peter Crouch with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Sandro Ramírez (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Substitution, Stoke City. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting replaces Bojan.
Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Saido Berahino.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Michael Keane (Everton) because of an injury.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Jack Butland.
Attempt saved. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Morgan Schneiderlin (Everton).
Joe Allen (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Tom Davies (Everton).
Joe Allen (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Cuco Martina with a cross.
Substitution, Everton. Tom Davies replaces Davy Klaassen.
Foul by Davy Klaassen (Everton).
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It was the first time the Gunners had recovered from a three-goal deficit to draw a Premier League match.
"It was a physical and mental test - they started much faster but we showed we are mentally strong," Wenger said.
"At 3-0 down after 70 minutes you'd take a point, but in the end we were frustrated not to win the game."
Charlie Daniels, a Callum Wilson penalty and Ryan Fraser put Bournemouth on top by the hour mark but Alexis Sanchez and substitute Lucas Perez hit back before Olivier Giroud levelled in stoppage time.
"We wanted to win the game and we wanted three points, but on the other hand some big teams have dropped points here," Wenger added. "We had to cope with the pace of Bournemouth, who scored four against Liverpool here.
"But when you're 3-0 down you have to acknowledge the quality of the response of your team."
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Having spoken before the game about the "uneven" festive fixture programme, Wenger's side were in action two days after playing Crystal Palace on Sunday, against a Bournemouth team with an extra day's rest after their win at Swansea on Saturday.
Both sides played their three Christmas games in the space of 198.75 hours - 81.75 hours more than Southampton, who had the toughest schedule.
"Bournemouth deserve a lot of credit as they are a good team who played with pace, but the disadvantage is too big to play against a team with three and a half days' recovery," the Frenchman said. "It's too uneven to only have two days' rest. That's too big a handicap.
"We had three or four players we had to play tonight that we had to wait until the warm-up to see if they could play.
"Hector Bellerin had a knock so he was uncertain to play, and that's the problem with only 48 hours [between games] - you have to play some players again. Laurent Koscielny too, and we had Gabriel that we didn't start in the end.
"And then I didn't start Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain because I didn't take a gamble with him, because I didn't know who we'd have to take off.
"This complicates the job a lot, but we have to shut up and cope with it."
Asked whether his side would have won with an extra day's rest, Wenger replied: "I'm ready to play tomorrow, as long as we play an opponent who has played today. We want to play a team with the same rest that we have had."
Wenger's opposite number Eddie Howe also conceded that the schedule had aided his team.
"I'm not going to deny it had an impact," the Bournemouth boss said. "That's what you have a squad for and make changes, like we did."
BBC Radio 5 live summariser Steve Claridge felt Arsenal's performance raised serious concerns about their ability to challenge for the title.
"There are one or two players that are not good enough to take that club where they need to go - particularly ones Wenger has brought in recently, who have made absolutely no difference.
"They're not a better side than they were last year. Mustafi, not good enough tonight. Xhaka, not good enough tonight - that's £70m already there.
"Clearly there are one or two deficiencies that need to be addressed. When they don't dominate, they lose or they concede. They can't dog games out, they cannot grind it out.
"They haven't got people that go 'hold on a minute, this isn't our time in the match, let's stay nice and tight and we are not going to lose, we'll not concede and when we do have our moment that's when we'll win the game'."
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Howe was left frustrated after captain Simon Francis was shown a straight red card for fouling Aaron Ramsey eight minutes from time.
"It was a foul but I don't think it was a sending-off, I don't think he's lifted his studs in a dangerous way," Howe said.
"Whether it was the defining factor, I'm not sure. But I don't want to be negative - I was proud of the players and their effort. They gave absolutely everything, and they should be congratulating each other. We have to acknowledge we've got a point against a very good team.
"It was a real committed performance from us. We wanted to disrupt their rhythm and we did that perfectly. The key moment was their first goal, which changed the momentum of the game, and you have to praise Arsenal for the way they came back into it."
Howe also felt Bournemouth were hampered by losing Joshua King and goalscorer Ryan Fraser to injury within the space of five minutes at 3-0. Striker Benik Afobe was unavailable after failing to receive international clearance, having pulled out of the DR Congo squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.
"Ryan and Josh were being a real nuisance, and I thought we lost that threat when they went off," Howe added.
"I'm not going to deny having our best players to bring off the bench might have made a difference. There's been dialogue between Benik and his association, they've been very good about it, but we're waiting for final confirmation from them."
Border Precision Engineering was "heavily reliant" on the deal, according to Robin Knight of liquidators Alix Partners.
He said the firm faced "severe trading issues" after the contract ended.
Staff were turned away from the factory in Kelso on Monday and later learned that the company was in liquidation, with the loss of 80 jobs.
It is understood that the contract was terminated about 10 days ago.
Mr Knight said: "The business experienced severe trading issues with the loss of a major contract and it was heavily reliant on one contract."
The company previously went into administration in 2013 - but was saved by a management buyout, backed by investors syndicate Tri Cap.
The liquidator said they were working to find a "viable solution" for the firm.
He said: "This is a highly skilled workforce working in a precision market and we will be doing our very best to find a viable solution."
SNP MP Calum Kerr, who represents Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, said it was a "big blow" for Kelso and the Borders.
He added : "I am currently seeking urgent meetings with those involved to see if I can be of any assistance and if there may be a future for the business.
"I will also be contacting Fergus Ewing, the enterprise minister in the Scottish government, to arrange an urgent discussion and to find out what kind of help he may be able to make available."
Conservative MP James Cartlidge is to raise the issue during a debate in Parliament.
The late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi supplied arms to the IRA during the Troubles and Libyan Semtex was a key weapon in its bombing campaign.
Libya compensated US victims of terrorism, but UK victims were left out of the deal.
Earlier this year, former prime minister Tony Blair denied trying to prevent IRA victims getting any financial compensation from Libya.
Mr Blair's comments came in written evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Links between the IRA and Libya can be traced back to 1972 when Gaddafi first praised the group as allies in a struggle against Western imperialism.
Gaddafi later helped provide the IRA with the weaponry they needed to wage an armed campaign that lasted more than 30 years and claimed more than 1,000 lives.
Victims of IRA bomb attacks say they are entitled to money from the frozen bank accounts of Gaddafi.
Towards the end of Gaddafi's rule, relatives of the victims in the 1988 Pan AM flight bombing over Lockerbie received compensation from Libya, which accepted responsibility for the attack.
Circle Holdings plc took over the hospital in February this year in a £1bn, 10-year deal.
Chief executive Ali Parsa will be replaced by Steve Melton, who will serve on an interim basis.
Mr Parsa will remain on the board of Circle as founder and a non-executive director, the company said.
Under the deal Circle assumed the financial risks of making the hospital more efficient and paying off its £40m of debts.
The company said the main reason for Mr Parsa to step down was to give him more time to fulfil "his passion for social entrepreneurship".
"Ali has been instrumental in forming the entrepreneurial vision and early development of the company," Michael Kirkwood, chairman of Circle Holdings, said in a statement.
"He has been a pioneer developing a business model which empowers doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals to redefine UK healthcare delivery for the benefit of their patients.
"The board and Ali have agreed that now is the appropriate time for him to assume a non-executive role."
Mr Parsa said: "I wish to step down from my executive leadership role so that I have the time I need for other projects that now require some of my focus."
Tracey Lambert, Unison head of health for the eastern region, said: "Bringing in a private company like Circle to run the hospital has always been a dangerous experiment.
"Ali Parsa made a lot of claims about the unprecedented level of savings he could make at Hinchingbrooke and now he is walking away before he has completed his job. That is because not only are his claims exaggerated, but they are made at the expense of staff and patients.
"There is still a very big question mark over the long-term financial viability of Circle and whoever is in charge of the hospital bringing in a private company to run an NHS hospital is not right for the health service."
Mr Melton, who takes over, is currently Circle's head of mobilisation. He joined the company in February 2008.
Circle said it would recruit a permanent successor to Mr Ali, with candidates from both inside and outside the company.
Three people were killed in a blast in Abuja, with another three killed at the paper's offices in the northern city of Kaduna.
Witnesses say at least one was a suicide bombing, but officials have not confirmed this.
No-one has said it carried out the blasts although the Islamist group Boko Haram has staged similar attacks.
The blasts at the offices of ThisDay newspaper, a leading daily, happened around 11:30 GMT.
Several witnesses, including the chairman of ThisDay's editorial board, said the blast in the capital was the result of a suicide attack.
"The suicide bomber came in a jeep," Olusegun Adeniyi told reporters at the scene in Abuja.
"[Security guards] opened the gate for them. The guy drove in through the gate and rammed into the building and exploded," Mr Adeniyi said.
However, a spokesperson for Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency earlier said the Abuja blast appeared to be caused by a bomb planted inside the building.
Parts of the newspaper's office, including the printing press, have been completely destroyed.
The Kaduna explosion happened outside a complex housing a number of newspapers, including ThisDay.
A suspect has been arrested and is thought to be a member of the Boko Haram group, news agency AFP quoted police as saying.
The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar in Kaduna says that another, smaller explosion occurred in the city just before 16:00 GMT.
Witnesses told our correspondent an explosive device was thrown by the passenger of a motor bike at the junction of a major highway.
Two people were taken to hospital, our correspondent says.
Footage filmed by the Nigerian paper the Daily Trust, showed a scene of confusion in Abuja as people sifted through the rubble while a number of small fires burned.
Police and paramilitary forces cordoned off both offices while emergency workers evacuated the injured and removed the bodies of those who died.
"The ceiling of our building collapsed on to our computers because of the force of the blast," an Abuja office worker in the building next door to ThisDay told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
A ThisDay employee, Samson Oliver, was dozing after a night shift when the blast occurred: "When I woke up with shock and fear, I saw everywhere was so dark, something like smoke everywhere, and I ran out and saw that it was a bomb explosion."
Boko Haram - whose name means "Western education is forbidden" - wants to establish Islamic law in Nigeria and has launched a series of deadly attacks across the country, including the capital, in the past 19 months.
Last month the group warned journalists not to misrepresent its views.
England have not reached the last four since 1996 and face Russia, Slovakia and Wales in the group stage.
Roy Hodgson's side were the only nation to qualify for the finals in France with a 100% winning record and beat Germany 3-2 on Saturday.
"We have got to get close to the semi-finals," said former striker Hurst.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek, he added: "Anything less will be extremely disappointing for the squad, players and fans.
"We want to get through, a good performance in the quarter-finals, maybe losing on penalties."
Hurst believes Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy will make the biggest impact in France in the summer.
The 29-year-old, who has scored 19 goals for the Foxes this season, scored his first England goal in the win against Germany.
"He has come from nowhere. If you look at his background, performing like he is performing, he is a very good, level-headed guy. I like his performances and the way he plays, he is very intelligent. Playing for a smaller club, I think that would be fantastic and he deserves every chance he warrants."
Hurst also praised the impact of Tottenham's 19-year-old midfielder Dele Alli.
He added: "He has made an impact not only at club level but the games he has played for England. He is very exciting among a number of exciting young players we have."
A possession order had been granted against Arran Coghlan, 44, at the High Court on 20 July, for the house in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
Coghlan, who has previously been cleared of killing three people, had fought the order for four years.
But the High Court ruled his appeal had "no real prospect of succeeding".
Coghlan was given 90 days to hand over the keys to the house he bought in 2007, and an NCA spokesman has now confirmed the property was vacated last month.
He said a decision on its disposal would be "made in due course".
At a proceeds of crime hearing in 2012, a judge said Brook Lane Chapel had probably been bought with the profits of drug dealing in the Stockport area.
Mr Justice Simon ruled that Coghlan had "engaged in unlawful conduct as a drug dealer" and lived on the proceeds from 1999 until at least April 2004.
The NCA argued that Coghlan's relatively meagre legitimate income over the relevant timeframe could not have covered the thousands he pumped into "extravagantly" restoring the house.
The ruling opened the way for the NCA to seize the property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Coghlan claimed the NCA based its case against him on "fraudulent misrepresentations" but the High Court upheld its decision that his appeal had "no real prospect of succeeding".
Charges were dropped against Coghlan in 2010 when he was accused of shooting dead Stephen Akinyemi in a fight at his home in Alderley Edge.
He was also cleared in 1996 of shooting Chris Little dead at the wheel of his Mercedes in Marple, Stockport.
Seven years later he stood trial and was cleared of the murder of drug dealer David Barnshaw, who was kidnapped and forced to drink petrol before being burned alive in the back of a car in Stockport in 2001.
West Mercia Police said a post-mortem carried out on 16 September had not established the cause of his death.
Investigators are examining dental records to work out his identity. The skull was found on 20 August by junction four of the M54 at Shifnal.
Tests determined the remains had been at the scene for at least two years.
The skull was found by maintenance workers at the eastbound exit slip road of the motorway.
Police are being helped by the National Crime Agency, the UK Missing Persons Database and forensic anthropologists to identify the person, the force said.
A police search by the slip road ended on 10 September.
Watson, 23, was beaten on a tie-break in the third set in Acapulco, despite a stunning comeback in the second.
World number 83 Watson also lost in the first round of the Australian Open last month - her most recent tournament.
British number one Johanna Konta progressed and will face Croatian Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the next round.
The boy was "sold like goods" in Birmingham's red light area during 2009 and 2010, Warwick Crown Court was told.
A three-month trial heard the teenager was stripped, beaten with a stick, and raped by two of the defendants, with some abuse streamed on the internet.
Judge Sylvia de Bertadano said he was let down by police who did not investigate his initial complaints.
The trial in February heard the victim, now aged in his early 20s, had absconded from a care home when he was 14 years old.
Stephen Kelly, 39, of Elm Road, Bournville, Birmingham, found him begging in Birmingham city centre and prostituted him to others in cars, vans and hotels, the jury was told.
He was raped by Alan Priest, 63, of Mucklow Hill, Halesowen and the convicted sex offender's former male partner, 25-year-old Ashley Sherrington.
The boy first went to West Midlands Police in 2009 and 2010, but showed "incredible courage" by making a further complaint in 2012, Judge de Bertadano said.
Passing sentence on the boy's abusers, she told the defendants: "Each of you in your own way exploited this vulnerable boy.
"Therefore you are each partly responsible for his situation as a young man who is struggling to get his life back together and finds himself unable to escape from the legacy you have left him."
The youngster was described in court as having a troubled family background.
Assistant Chief Constable Carl Foulkes described the crimes as "horrific" adding: "As a force we have learned from the original investigation, the review and lots of other elements of this case."
The inquiry led to the identification of another victim who was indecently assaulted by former Special Constable Ronald Potter about 15 years ago.
Potter, 79, from Tippers Hill Lane, Fillongley, near Coventry, was jailed for three years.
Jason Piontecki, 32, from Swansea, pleaded guilty to nine counts of sexually abusing children under the age of 13 over a number of years.
Swansea Crown Court heard the young victims had been massively affected by what had happened to them.
Judge Paul Thomas said: "The long term damage at this stage is incalculable."
The court was told chat logs were recovered which showed Piontecki discussing the abuse with others online and that there were graphic details of others viewing the abuse and explaining what they wanted to do to the children.
Judge Thomas told him the chat logs were "stomach churning".
"What the chat logs make all too horribly clear is that you didn't just do this for yourself but for others too," he added.
"Your perversion was such you lost restraint."
Piontecki was arrested earlier this year following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
He will serve two thirds of a 15 year sentence and has been ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.
Colin Radcliffe, from the NCA's child exploitation online protection command said: "Jason Piontecki led a seemingly normal life, however his sexual interest in children could not stay hidden and has ultimately led to his downfall."
Pallets, wood and other items were taken away by Northern Ireland Housing Executive staff and community volunteers at about 06:00 BST on Friday.
Sinn Féin councillor JJ Magee said many residents were supportive of the move.
Concerns had been expressed that the bonfire was too close to blocks of flats and a children's nursery.
Mr Magee said he believed there are other materials which have been hidden and may be placed on the site before 8 August, which is when the bonfire was due to be lit.
In August, anti-internment bonfires are lit in some republican areas to commemorate the introduction of internment without trial of republican suspects, which was brought in by the British government in 1971.
Mr Magee also said the process of removing the material has been ongoing throughout the summer, and that Housing Executive contractors had already removed up to 140 pallets on Tuesday.
"There is community engagement all year in relation to this," he said.
"There are ringleaders in the crowds that are using younger people to bring material there. I'd like them to stop and get involved in the community, in the summer schemes."
"I'd encourage them to stop collecting, and go and listen to residents and youth leaders who are frustrated with this," added Mr Magee.
On Wednesday, a Housing Executive spokesperson said it was regularly removing materials from the site, and would continue to do so.
Tests have confirmed that 15 of the birds - 12 red kites and three buzzards - had eaten an illegal poison.
Police have been investigating the discoveries of dead birds since March.
A reward for information leading to a prosecution has been added to by donations from RSPB Scotland, landowners, farmers and the public.
The Heed, who were beaten 2-1 at Woking on the opening day on Saturday, made a bright start and Scott Barrow headed narrowly wide from Callum Williams' cross.
Reece Thompson thought he had put Guiseley ahead but it was disallowed for offside before Jordan Preston fired into the side-netting at the other end.
Alex Purver then forced James Montgomery in the Gateshead goal into a fine save in first-half stoppage time as the ball bounced around the box.
And the hosts went ahead six minutes into the second half when Byrne climbed highest to send a header past Jonny Maxted from Paddy McLaughlin's corner.
Maxted then pulled off a super save two minutes from time to prevent Richard Peniket adding a second with a close-range header.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Gateshead 1, Guiseley 0.
Second Half ends, Gateshead 1, Guiseley 0.
Jake Lawlor (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Lee Molyneux (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Guiseley. Callum McFadzean replaces John Rooney.
Substitution, Gateshead. Richard Peniket replaces Danny Johnson.
Substitution, Guiseley. Raul Correia replaces Alex Purver.
Substitution, Gateshead. Jon Mellish replaces Jamal Fyfield.
Substitution, Guiseley. Euan Frank Mulhern replaces Kevan Hurst.
Goal! Gateshead 1, Guiseley 0. Neill Byrne (Gateshead).
Second Half begins Gateshead 0, Guiseley 0.
First Half ends, Gateshead 0, Guiseley 0.
Robbie Tinkler (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
Reece Thompson (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Jamal Fyfield (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan led a consortium which bought a 68% controlling stake in the Swans in July.
American investors Robert Hernreich and Romie Chaudhari join as directors, while Leigh Dineen leaves the board despite remaining vice-chairman.
Brian Katzen has resigned having sold the 21.1% share he held with business partner Jeffrey Crevoiserat.
John van Zweden is another to step down from the board having sold his 5.3% stake in full.
The other long-term directors who have left are Steve Penny, Gwilym Joseph and Don Keefe, though none of those three were shareholders.
Club accountant Gareth Davies has been appointed secretary, while Huw Cooze remains in his role as the Supporters' Trust's board representative.
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Like Kaplan, Hernreich and Chaudhari are both from investment firm backgrounds.
Hernreich is also a former co-owner of Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball team the Texas Rangers.
They are understood to have relatively small shareholdings, with Levien and Kaplan holding the vast majority of the consortium's 68% controlling stake.
Swansea are the only Premier League club with a fan's representative on its board, and the Supporters' Trust has previously suggested it would consider requesting a second board member.
The Trust has met with Levien and Kaplan on several occasions and has retained its 21.1% stake in the club.
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The premises in Lower Dunbar Street was broken into some time between 16:00 on Sunday and 12:15 on Tuesday.
Nick Clasper, area inspector with Police Scotland, said any theft was "deplorable" but this incident was "particularly disappointing".
He said the food bank was run by "selfless volunteers" and provided support to people in the local area.
Military officials say they will register weight before professional exams, to link promotion and fitness.
Defence Minister Ruben Saavedra has said soldiers "must be prepared both on an intellectual and physical level".
And the police have forbidden overweight members to wear uniforms until they slim down.
The move may already have delivered results, if unexpected ones.
In the town of Oruro south of La Paz, two policemen patrolling in civilian clothing succeeded in catching some thieves in a street market, apparently because they weren't in uniform.
On 2 December, President Evo Morales suggested that soldiers and officers who neglected their fitness should not be promoted, insisting that staying in good shape was a "responsibility" of the security forces.
Soldiers and police have complained of a lack of sports facilities, so the government has been supplying equipment to barracks and police stations.
The 28-year-old agreed a deal to rejoin former club Wasps from the 2016-17 campaign after four seasons with Sale.
"I don't think anybody can emulate what Cips can do in his maverick mind, that's why he's so fantastic," Diamond told BBC Radio Manchester.
"Unfortunately we've not got anybody ready in the academy, so the first port of call will be to look in England."
Cipriani, who has been capped 14 times by England but was omitted from their 2016 Six Nations squad, will remain with Sale until the end of the season.
"It's not really a divorce, it's just a separation really," continued director of rugby Diamond. "It's a cycle that happens. You don't get too attached and you don't build your team round one man, you'll see what we've got every week.
"The surprising thing for me is that he's gone to Wasps with the fact that they've got [Jimmy] Gopperth, they've got [Ruaridh] Jackson there already.
"To play for England, if that's your ambition, you've got to be playing every week and I'm not sure that'll happen for him there."
Cipriani, who had been linked with a summer move to Toulon, was approached by the French Top 14 side earlier this year but Diamond says Sale would not approve his early release.
"I thought a couple of weeks ago he'd decided to stay," said Diamond. "He had an offer for Toulon to take him this year only but obviously we were never going to release him for that."
He is one of at least 35 mayors or deputy mayors investigated for links with organised crime in since 2015, the authorities say.
Delvin Salgado, the mayor of El Negrito in the north of the country, was detained as part of a countrywide police operation.
He said he had "nothing to do with" the accusations.
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Prosecutors said Mr Salgado was detained for "assassination and illicit association".
He is accused of committing two murders between 2013 and 2014 as well as maintaining links with local criminal groups.
There were 115 other raids across the country on the same day, with an unspecified number of arrests on suspicion of robbery, cocaine trafficking, marijuana trafficking, arms smuggling, human trafficking, land stealing and being part of assassination groups.
Local media reported that when Mr Salgado was arrested he said: "I swear on my mother and father, who just passed away, that I have nothing to do with this."
The government has attempted a crackdown on criminality in Honduran society. In April this year it started a purge of the police, and 300 high-up police officials have so far been sacked for their part in various crimes. As part of the purge, about 10,000 officers are being investigated.
The development faced local opposition last year amid concern it would affect nearby homes and an ancient woodland.
A report to Cardiff council's planning committee said amendments to the plans had led to a "substantial reduction in the likely impact upon this woodland".
The plan is for a seven-storey accommodation block with over 500 beds.
The application had been recommended for approval during Wednesday's meeting.
The report said 176 residents living near the site formally objected due to a range of issues, including parking concerns and damage to ancient trees.
Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens, who had also objected, said residents already faced problems due to Cardiff Met site users parking in residential areas.
Conservation charity The Woodland Trust also objected, saying ancient woodland sites were "irreplaceable".
However, the report said the application had been subject to a number of amendments to ensure the woodland was preserved.
"He was ruthless," says Ian Durrant, who was one of a core of Scottish players to be offered contract extensions, but the midfielder was soon to find out how blunt Souness could be.
"We had a few altercations, one on the training ground when he put one on my chin and I wasn't getting up for the second round," Durrant recalls, laughing.
"I overstepped the mark trying to be too fly and he put me in my place. After that, we had a great relationship.
"He didn't want to be in second place and he knew what lay ahead."
There was much lying ahead for Durrant, too.
For a time, the lithe, skinny figure of Durrant was spellbinding. He burst from midfield and played with an alertness and awareness of the where the game would open up.
By 1988, the 22-year-old was establishing himself as a midfield player of significant talent and reputation, but then a high, studs up tackle from Aberdeen's Neil Simpson's left Durrant with a cruciate ligament injury that took three years for him to recover from.
Twice Durrant was told by doctors that he would not play again. It took a third operation in America to rescue his career.
"I was never going to be the same player," he says. "I went from being a runner breaking the lines to being more of a passing player. My whole game changed. I never had the spark that I used to have.
"[I've] never spoken to [Simpson]. At the time of the tackle you're bitter, because you're told by surgeons that you're going to be out for a lengthy time. But over time it heals. Sometimes you do look back and think what could have been.
"There were disappointments, a mental thing going on in my head: will I get back?"
Durrant remained part of the Rangers squad that won nine consecutive league titles, then in 1998 moved to Kilmarnock, who were managed by his former team-mate Bobby Williamson.
He spent four years in the side at Rugby Park - "the pressure of playing for the Old Firm was taken away from me and I thoroughly enjoyed that" - before turning to coaching, a career change that eventually took him back to Ibrox, where he saw at first-hand the troubled reign of Paul Le Guen.
The Frenchman lasted only seven months in the job, when a combination of player unrest and poor results saw him depart and be replaced by Walter Smith. "I don't think [Le Guen] did his homework on the Scottish game," he says.
Durrant was at the club in February 2012 when Rangers Football Club Plc were put into administration and subsequently liquidation, and worked through the Charles Green era, a time when Ibrox was a place of endless turmoil and the team had to work its way back up from the bottom tier.
"At that time, you got a club suit with a bullseye on the back of it," he says.
"[Green] came in with the fanfare, trumpets, straw hats, balloons, everything. We were going for certain players, and then all of a sudden we don't have the money for that.
"It wasn't long before we knew we were fighting fires again. It just went from one disaster to another disaster.
"I saw my best friend [McCoist] age overnight. I wanted it to end for him, it was too much, it was hurting him and his family. You know Ally, he tries to make everything bubbly, but I knew inside it was killing him.
"It was horrendous. He's getting a phone call to go to Ibrox for a meeting which is nothing to do with football, it's financial, cut back this, people are losing their jobs."
Durrant left Rangers last summer, having spent more than a season working with the development squad. It ended a 25-year association with the club, over two spells, but he saw the change coming under manager Mark Warburton.
"I knew they were wanting to change, six or seven months ago," he said. "I was sad to go, but I'd geared myself up for leaving.
"[Warburton] said he wanted the club to go in a different direction. In the youth department, it's a young man's game. I'm nearly 50 now and he's wanting to re-energise it."
Still emotionally committed to the club, Durrant believes Rangers can compete with Celtic, at least in the upcoming Old Firm game at Celtic Park, despite an unconvincing opening to the league campaign.
"It's not been that bad a start to the season," he says. "They'll go in as underdogs, but the underdogs have shown in that past that they can have their day."
The Electoral Office said it intends to deliver the 2015 election results by the early hours of the following morning.
The office has been criticised in the past for slow counts by an independent watchdog.
It will recruit 1,500 counters and 3,500 polling staff for the count.
There will be speed counting tests, but a former counter said previous delays were due to poor management.
The 2010 general election was the first time votes were counted overnight in Northern Ireland.
Overnight counts did not take place for security reasons during the Troubles.
Northern Ireland's 2014 European election results required two days of counting.
This was attributed to the complexity of the single transferable vote system used in Northern Ireland.
The system is also used in the Republic of Ireland and Malta, who also declared their results after a similar period.
Following the 2014 elections the Electoral Commission, a watchdog that monitors elections in the UK, said: "There appeared to be a lack of overall management and oversight on the first day of the count resulting in some count staff not being used as effectively as they could have been."
A former vote counter spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, because of a confidentiality clause all counters have to sign.
The counter worked at Kings Hall, Belfast in the May 2014 election, and said "management was very disorganised. There were too many chiefs and not enough Indians".
The election worker said: "Communication with counters was very poor. Four hundred people were at a standstill for an hour and no information was given.
"Everyone stops when the calculations are being carried out. The calculations took a really long time."
The election worker also claimed:
Graham Shields, the chief electoral officer at Electoral Office for Northern Ireland (EONI) said the idea that the calculations done during a count could be hurried was "naive and simplistic".
He defended the level of management, describing supervisor training as "in-depth". He said it was carried out over a half-day or evening session, and that they used EONI's full-time staff and retirees that have performed the role previously.
He said that "some counters were good while others were poor", and a new recruitment test would allow them to "weed out those that are not up to standard".
The 2015 General Election is a first past the post ballot, which is easier to count than single transferable vote ballots. Mr Shields said the Northern Ireland results should be declared by the early hours of the morning after the ballot closes.
He also added that his teams had used a "contingency of additional staff", including council employees.
The simplicity of first past the post ballots allow for counters to work through the night if needed. Single transferable vote ballots require counters to rest overnight.
Mr Shield noted that Scottish local elections, which also use the single transferable vote system, employ electronic ballots, and returned a result in just eight hours.
Ghostly pale and totally blind, olms - fondly known by locals as "baby dragons" - only reproduce every 5-10 years and are thought to live to 100.
This clutch of eggs started to appear in January in an aquarium in Postojna Cave, a tourist destination where the creatures have lived for millennia.
Observing baby olms develop and hatch is a rare opportunity for science.
The first of 23 developed eggs hatched on 30 May; a second baby olm (pictured below) was slowly wriggling out of its egg on Wednesday night.
"It is the end of one part of the story and the beginning of a whole new chapter: feeding and living without the egg," said Saso Weldt, who looks after and studies the olms at Postojna Cave.
He told BBC News nobody witnessed the first egg hatching, but the moment was captured thanks to an infrared camera.
"I was in the cave doing some other biological work. Since we have all the eggs on an IR camera, we saw that one was missing. Then you rewind and suddenly you realise, something has happened."
Mr Weldt and his colleagues hope to see a full count of 23 healthy hatchlings within a few weeks.
The staff at Postojna have been consulting amphibian experts to help them care for the fragile eggs, including a French team that has studied the olms in an underground mountain lab since the 1950s.
That laboratory is the only other place where these animals have ever been observed emerging from their eggs.
"In the cave, in nature, they hatch all the time - but nobody here has ever seen a hatchling younger than about two years," Mr Weldt said.
This clutch of eggs, which has captivated the Slovenian public, was laid by a single female over a period of several weeks.
"We did not do a paternity test, so we cannot know if it was a single father or not. But it was one mother," Mr Weldt said. "She's with our colony of proteus and she's doing well."
The eggs have been kept in a separate enclosure and watched very closely.
Originally there were 64, but only 23 embryos developed. The rest of the eggs were unfertilised and decayed, or were lost to fungal infections in the water.
"It's quite normal - the losses are expected," said Mr Weldt.
In fact, the baby dragons' odds would likely be much worse in the wild.
"In nature, out of 500 eggs let's say, two adults may arrive."
Native to the subterranean rivers of the Balkans, these bizarre and iconic animals acquired their nickname in centuries gone by, when floods occasionally washed their pallid, wriggling bodies into the open.
Dragons are legendary in this region - and the pink lizard-like beasts with their unique, frilly gills were taken to be babies of the species.
When Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, he cited olms and their sightless, undeveloped eyes as an example of natural selection in action.
Darwin reportedly was offered some olm specimens but refused because he feared he would not be able to keep the sensitive little organisms alive.
Decades earlier, the famous scientist Humphry Davy visited the region and encountered the proteus in caves.
He was fascinated by the immature, tadpole-like appearance of the adults and discussed at length whether science would ever establish how these animals reproduce - or if they were, as it was rumoured, immortal.
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Alistair Love had a header cleared off the line for Rovers and the same player forced a superb save from Graeme Smith.
There was little further sign of a breakthrough until a slack back-pass by the visitors allowed Gemmell in to round Smith and score.
Kevin Dzierzawski had a late chance to draw the sides level, but goalkeeper Ross Stewart saved superbly.
Match ends, Albion Rovers 1, Peterhead 0.
Second Half ends, Albion Rovers 1, Peterhead 0.
Attempt saved. Kevin Dzierzawski (Peterhead) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Albion Rovers 1, Peterhead 0. John Gemmell (Albion Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal.
Ricardo Talu (Albion Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rory McAllister (Peterhead).
Attempt missed. Rory McAllister (Peterhead) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Peterhead. Andy Rodgers replaces Jordon Brown.
Substitution, Albion Rovers. Mark Ferry replaces Ally Love.
Attempt missed. Josh Mullin (Albion Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Cameron Kerr (Peterhead) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ally Love (Albion Rovers).
Substitution, Albion Rovers. John Gemmell replaces Andrew Barrowman.
Foul by Gary Fisher (Albion Rovers).
Jordon Brown (Peterhead) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jamie Redman (Peterhead) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Gary Fisher (Albion Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gary Fisher (Albion Rovers).
Jamie Stevenson (Peterhead) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrew Barrowman (Albion Rovers).
Ally Gilchrist (Peterhead) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ross Dunlop (Albion Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordon Brown (Peterhead).
Substitution, Albion Rovers. Scott McBride replaces Ross Davidson.
Attempt missed. Cameron Kerr (Peterhead) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Gary Fisher (Albion Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Redman (Peterhead).
Corner, Peterhead. Conceded by Ally Love.
Substitution, Peterhead. Nicky Riley replaces Shane Sutherland.
Foul by Gary Fisher (Albion Rovers).
Scott Ross (Peterhead) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Albion Rovers. Conceded by Cameron Kerr.
Attempt saved. Paul Willis (Albion Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Ally Gilchrist (Peterhead) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Paul Willis (Albion Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ally Gilchrist (Peterhead).
Michael Dunlop (Albion Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rory McAllister (Peterhead).
Corner, Peterhead. Conceded by Ross Stewart.
Attempt saved. Rory McAllister (Peterhead) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
The singer claimed his former manager, Gerald Goldstein, and lawyer, Glenn Stone, had cheated him out of earnings dating back more than 20 years.
"They wanted to punch this poor guy in the face," Stone's defence lawyer, Nicholas Hornberger, said after the verdict.
The 71-year-old is famous for hits like Dance to the Music and Everyday People.
The singer first brought action against Mr Goldstein and Mr Stone, along with their affiliated entertainment company, Even St Productions in 2010.
The jury decided in the musician's favour on Tuesday after two days of deliberation.
Mr Hornberger said the jury would have been justified in awarding even more money.
"The case illustrated how many artists in the music business, as well as the film industry, are victimised by the people who they trust to look after their interests," he said.
The jury awarded $2.5m (£1.7m) in damages against Even St Productions, $2.45m (£1.5m) against Mr Goldstein and $50,000 (£33,000) against Mr Stone.
The singer had claimed he did not receive any royalty payments between 1989 and 2000, and alleged his former manager diverted the money to live a lavish lifestyle.
Defending lawyer Gregory Bodell contended the musician received as much as $9m (£5.9m), but broke a 1988 agreement to make new records as part of a plan to revitalise the singer's career.
"We are very disappointed with the jury verdict. We believe the evidence does not support the number they came up with," Mr Bodell said.
"We believe the jury got it completely wrong."
Stone was the frontman for the 1960s funk group Sly and the Family Stone, who were considered pioneers of the genre.
After scoring hits with songs such as Everyday People, Dance To The Music and Family Affair, Stone went solo in 1975 and released four albums.
In 1987, the singer was arrested and sentenced for cocaine use, after which he appeared to go into retirement.
In 2011, it was reported he was homeless and living in a camper van after falling on hard times and fighting drug addiction problems.
Makkonen became known as the father of SMS after developing the idea of sending messages via mobile networks.
Despite the nickname, he was often quick to point out that he did not invent the technology single-handedly.
In 2012, he told BBC News - in an SMS interview - that he believed texting in some form would be around "forever".
Speaking on the 20th anniversary of the first text message, Makkonen said that he considered the development of SMS a joint effort and that it was Nokia who helped to popularise the service.
"The real launch of the service, as I see it, was when Nokia introduced the first phone that enabled easy writing of messages (Nokia 2010 in 1994)," he said.
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He added that he did not use "txt spk" himself, though he pointed out that texting could be thought of as having had an impact on the development of language.
Jarmo Matilainen, managing director of Finnish telecoms group Finnet Association, had been working with Makkonen, himself a former managing director of Finnet Ltd, in recent years.
He described Makkonen as a "grand old man of the mobile industry".
"It's very sad. He was just going to retire and he should have had many years ahead," said Matilainen, who added that Makkonen's fascination with communications technology had been irrepressible.
"We liked to talk about SMS and that kind of thing, 3G and so on. He liked to talk about this all time," he said.
Although the use of SMS in the UK has begun to fall, it remains popular worldwide with trillions of texts sent every year.
Breaking the Silence said the rules of engagement during the 50-day conflict were "the most permissive" it had seen.
It published testimonies of soldiers, one of whom said they were ordered to shoot to kill any person they saw.
The military said the group had failed to provide any proof of its claims.
The fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza left a total of at least 2,189 Palestinians dead, including more than 1,486 civilians, according to the UN.
On the Israeli side, 67 soldiers and six civilians were killed.
Breaking the Silence, a group of serving and ex-soldiers, said its report contained interviews with more than 60 unnamed active duty and reserve Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel who took part in Operation Protective Edge.
The offensive was aimed at stopping rocket attacks from Gaza and the threat of attacks by militants using tunnels.
The group declared that its testimonies painted a "troubling picture of a drastic change in the IDF's combat norms". Guiding values, such as the principle that soldiers use the minimum amount of force necessary, were "devalued and discarded", it added.
A sergeant in the mechanised infantry said: "The rules of engagement are pretty identical: Anything inside [Gaza] is a threat, the area has to be 'sterilised', empty of people - and if we don't see someone waving a white lag, screaming, 'I give up' or something - then he's a threat and there's authorisation to open fire."
Another sergeant, who served in an engineering unit, said: "From the very start they told us, 'Shoot to kill.' As far as the IDF was concerned, there wasn't supposed to be any civilian population there."
Breaking the Silence alleged that destruction of civilian infrastructure and homes occurred "without any clear operational justification". Many homes were shelled in order to "demonstrate presence in the area", or even as an act of punishment, it added.
A sergeant in an infantry unit recalled that armoured bulldozers "didn't rest for a second. Non-stop, as if they were playing in a sandbox. Driving back and forth, back and forth, razing another house, another street."
Israel said militants deliberately operated in residential areas and that it took special measures to try to avoid harming civilians.
The director of Breaking the Silence, Yuli Novak, said there was a "broad ethical failure in the IDF's rules of engagement... from the top of the chain of command", and called for an external investigation to look into the policy behind the rules.
The IDF said it was "committed to properly investigating all credible claims".
"Today, as in the past the organisation Breaking the Silence has been asked to provide any evidence or testimony related to IDF activities prior to publication, in order for genuine investigations to be carried out," a statement said.
"Unfortunately, as in the past, Breaking the Silence has refused to provide the IDF with any proof of their claims."
Following last year's conflict, Israeli soldiers and commanders were given the opportunity to present complaints, and "exceptional incidents" were referred to the Military Advocate General's office for further investigation, the statement added.
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"Nodular sclerosing is the most common of all types of Hodgkin lymphoma in the UK. Nearly six out of 10 of all diagnosed cases are this type and it is the most common type in young adults. It is usually found at an early stage when lymph glands in the neck become enlarged."
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The 28-year-old stopped playing football in March having again been diagnosed with nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma after previously overcoming the disease in 2014.
Thompson's treatment has included a course of chemotherapy and stem cell replacement in Manchester.
He said on Twitter: "Simple terms, I'm cancer free."
Thompson, who has also had spells with Tranmere, Bury and Southport, rejoined Rochdale, where he began his career in their youth system, from Carlisle at the start of last season.
He made 27 appearances, scoring three goals, in all competitions for his hometown club, who finished ninth in League One, and played his most recent game in the 2-2 draw at MK Dons on 11 March.
The football world was quick to congratulate Thompson on his good news.
Police said SAR Geelani recently organised an event in Delhi against the 2013 hanging of parliament attack convict Mohammed Afzal Guru.
The arrest comes days after a student leader from a top Indian university was charged with sedition over a campus rally against Guru's hanging.
Mr Geelani was also made a co-accused in the parliament attack case, but the Supreme Court cleared him in 2003.
Afzal Guru had always denied plotting the attack, which was carried out by Kashmiri militants and left 14 people dead.
Senior Delhi police officer Jatin Narwal told the PTI news agency that Mr Geelani was arrested on Tuesday after "examining media clips of the 10 February event".
He added that Mr Geelani was the "main organiser" of the function.
"The request for booking a hall for the event at the Press Club was done through Mr Geelani's e-mail and it was proposed to be a public meeting, which did not turn out to be so," the officer said.
The coastguard received a call at about 14:00 GMT reporting a man in the water and an overturned boat at Ness Point.
Attempts were made to revive the man, but he later died. The coastguard said a search for two other people possibly on board would continue overnight.
Coastguard rescue co-ordinator Peter Byatt said the 18ft (5.5m) speedboat had been recovered.
Lowestoft and Southwold Coastguard, RNLI crews from Lowestoft, Southwold and Gorleston and an RAF search and rescue helicopter have all been involved in the search.
Humber coastguard had initially planned to suspend further searches until the morning.
The 33-year-old called out fellow Brit Haye after his third-round knockout of American BJ Flores on 15 October.
Bellew, who won the WBC world title belt in May, is in talks with Haye over a possible fight at heavyweight.
"The dream fight is Denis Lebedev, it really is, but the dream is very hard to make," he told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"In an ideal world my next fight would be Lebedev and then maybe him. But I'll be honest, I really don't know. We'll see where it goes."
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Russian Lebedev holds the WBA and IBF cruiserweight titles, and the winner of any potential contest would become undisputed world champion.
Former world heavyweight champion Haye, 36, initially retired from boxing in 2011 and, after beating Dereck Chisora in 2012, was absent from the ring for three years before announcing his return in 2015.
He most recently won a second-round stoppage against Kosovo's Arnold Gjergjaj in May.
"I might have to bypass Denis Lebedev and the dream of being undisputed unified champion, and just go for it and try to be heavyweight champ - I think it sounds a bit better to be honest," added Bellew.
"We [Bellew and Haye] have been having meetings and we're going over things - both of us want it but we'll see where it goes.
"I've got no problem fighting at heavyweight, not a problem at all.
"I was a heavyweight as an amateur and I've always been pretty sure that I was destined to be a heavyweight as a professional also, so it was only a matter of time."
Full-back Josh Adams went over to give Warriors the lead but Teimana Harrison and Haywood scored to put Saints ahead.
Hooker Haywood touched down from a rolling maul to increase their lead before Bryce Heem scored a consolation try for Worcester.
Stephen Myler kicked nine points for the hosts to seal the result.
It was a first win in three league matches for Saints while Worcester slipped to their 11th defeat of the season, but remain six points above bottom club Bristol.
The visitors went ahead inside the opening 10 minutes when Wynand Olivier's break was finished by full-back Adams.
Northampton drew level through Harrison's first try of the season and Myler's penalty put Saints ahead after 30 minutes.
Saints extended their lead on the stroke of half-time as Nic Groom began a move that was finished by Haywood, and the hosts did not let Worcester get close enough to really threaten the outcome after that.
Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder told BBC Radio Northampton:
"I'm all about getting a performance and winning; you want to play entertaining rugby but I'd rather win than lose.
"I think the players are all trying, there are some tired bodies but we're working hard and we're back in the top six.
"We're not playing as well as we could be, but we've got a combination of young and old and should be better next season."
Warriors director of rugby Gary Gold told BBC Hereford and Worcester:
"You lose games of rugby in two ways - you're either beaten by a better team or you create the problems yourself, and today I think we largely created the problems for ourselves.
"It's frustration, it's a second week in a row that we've had that - we need to be more clinical in our execution.
"I think Northampton are a very accomplished driving team and we neutralised them very well today and stopped them from exerting pressure."
Northampton: Tuala; K Pisi, Tuitavake, Mallinder, Foden (capt); Myler, Groom; Waller, Haywood, Brookes, Paterson, Day, Gibson, Clark, Harrison
Replacements: Clare, Waller, Hill, Ratuniyarawa, Dickinson, Dickson, Wilson, Estelles
Worcester: Adams; Heem, Olivier, Willison, Humphreys; Mills, Hougaard; Bower, Annett, Schonert, O'Callaghan (capt), Spencer, Dowson, Lewis, Potgieter
Replacements: Bregvadze, Leleimalefaga, Alo, Cavuabti, Mama, Baldwin, Lamb, Pennell
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The failure to fortify flour has caused serious disabilities, including spina bifida, and resulted in terminations and stillbirths, their study said.
The US and 77 other countries already have a policy in place.
The Department of Health said it was currently considering the matter.
This follows the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition recently saying it was in favour of folic add being added to flour for bread in the UK.
Folic acid is found naturally in some foods, such as green vegetables, nuts and granary bread.
It is added to some breakfast cereals, but it is very difficult for pregnant women to get enough from diet alone.
That is why in 1992, the Department of Health in England recommended that women take folic acid supplements before pregnancy to reduce their risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect (NTD) - which involve defects of the brain, spine or spinal cord.
But recent research shows that only 28% of pregnant women take them at the correct time.
However the government has so far been reluctant to force manufacturers to add folic acid to all bread.
This study, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, said the current policy was not working and the UK should be following the example of the US in fortifying flour with folic acid.
The US has seen a 23% fall in pregnancies with neural tube defects since the policy was introduced in 1998.
The researchers estimated that a similar policy in the UK would have prevented 1,798 pregnancies with NTD in England and Wales, 152 in Scotland and 64 in Northern Ireland over a 14-year period up to 2012.
This equates to a fall of 21% in pregnancies with neural tube defects over that period.
While most of the NTD pregnancies are terminated, around 75 babies a year are born with serious disabilities.
The research team, led by Prof Joan Morris from the Wolfson Institute of Preventative Medicine at Queen Mary University of London, said putting folic acid in flour was safe and could only be a good thing.
"Europe is the only region not to have a policy of fortifying flour with folic acid, despite evidence that it can cut the risk of neural tube defects by around 70%."
Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said too many women had folic acid levels below the new World Health Organization recommendation for women entering pregnancy.
"This highlights the importance for pregnant women, and those trying or likely to get pregnant, of taking a daily folic acid supplement of 400 micrograms - before and up to the 12th week of pregnancy."
Prof Alan Cameron, vice president of clinical quality for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said: "Food fortification will reach women most at risk due to poor dietary habits or socio-economic status as well as those women who may not have planned their pregnancy." | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his side "refused to lose the game" as they came back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 at Bournemouth.
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A decision on controversial plans to build student flats at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed campus has been deferred.
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Within days of addressing the Rangers squad for the first time as player/manager, Graeme Souness had told 14 players that they would leaving the club.
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Albion Rovers left it late with John Gemmell scoring the only goal as they defeated Peterhead in Coatbridge.
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Matti Makkonen, who helped to launch the worldwide sensation of texting, has died at the age of 63 after an illness.
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Rochdale midfielder Joe Thompson says he is in "complete remission" after his second battle with cancer.
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It is considering asking those who normally pay for their child's school dinner to make a £1.50 contribution.
The Welsh government said schools could not charge for breakfast clubs but could charge for the "wraparound childcare" before such sessions start.
Anglesey council said no decision has been made on the proposals.
It said it could bring in an estimated £171,000 a year.
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In a letter to shareholders it said it was "extremely disappointed with Yahoo's dismal financial performance, poor management execution, egregious compensation and hiring practices".
Recent results showed Yahoo made a loss of $4.3bn (£3bn) loss for the year.
Yahoo said in a statement it would "review Starboard's proposed director nominees and respond in due course."
Starboard's letter included accusations that the company generally lacked accountability and oversight by the board.
The former internet trailblazer has been struggling to deal with falling share prices and investor dissent.
Yahoo said it would cut 15% of its workforce as it pursued what it called an "aggressive strategic plan" to return to profitability.
The job cuts will reduce the number of its employees to about 9,000 by the end of 2016.
Starboard Value also said the company, which has been led by chief executive Marissa Mayer for the past four years, was undervalued by investors.
Starboard said there were opportunities to unlock "significant value" for investors but it said the board were not the people to do it: "We believe the board clearly lacks the leadership, objectivity, and perspective needed to make decisions that are in the best interests of shareholders."
In December, the company announced it was reversing a plan to sell its stake in the Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba, and would instead look to spin off its core internet business.
Ms Mayer was forced to change course on the Alibaba sale following pressure from several activist investors.
It is also closing offices in Dubai, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Madrid, and Milan.
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Poppi Worthington was 13 months old when she was found with serious injuries at her home in Barrow, Cumbria, in December 2012.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) previously said there was insufficient evidence to bring charges.
It now intends to review the case.
Key dates in the Poppi Worthington case.
A spokeswoman said: "On 19 September the CPS appeals and review unit received a request under the victims' right to review scheme in relation to the death of Poppi Worthington.
"The case material will be considered and the review will be completed as soon as possible."
Following Poppi's death a family judge ruled that, on the balance of probabilities, she had been sexually assaulted by her father Paul Worthington.
He was questioned on suspicion of sexual assault but never charged with any offence. He denies any wrongdoing.
In November 2015, the detective then in charge of the case admitted mistakes were made and an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission is currently under way.
Cumbria's Safeguarding Children Board published a serious case review in June which concluded that the child's family had a "complex history", and if that had been noted more support could have been offered.
A second inquest was due to be held next month after the first, in October 2014, lasted just seven minutes and concluded Poppi's cause of death was "unascertained".
Cumbria coroner David Roberts has said the new inquest will be adjourned until the CPS has concluded its review, which was expected to take about two months.
His spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt said Dickens died on Friday of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke on Christmas Day.
His novelty songs, including May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose, earned him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983.
He is also credited with introducing rhinestone suits to country music.
Dickens was the oldest member of the Grand Ole Opry, a weekly music concert broadcast live on US radio from Nashville, Tennessee.
He had performed almost continuously on the show since 1948, making his last performance on 20 December last year to celebrate his 94th birthday.
Pete Fisher, vice-president of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, said the show "did not have a better friend than Little Jimmy Dickens".
"He was a one-of-a-kind entertainer and a great soul whose spirit will live on for years to come," he added.
Despite being just just 4ft 11in (1.5m) tall, Dickens said he had never been self-conscious about his height.
"It's been very good for me. I've made fun of it, and get a laugh here and there," he said in a 2009 interview.
Country star Brad Paisley, who performed with Dickens several times, said he had an "incredible and unique place in country music history".
"It is with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to my hero and friend today. I loved you Jimmy," he tweeted.
Kaitlyn Regehr, 30, was travelling home on the 207 bus towards Acton on 6 October when a man grabbed her.
She posted an appeal on social media asking people "to help me find this awesome dude so I can buy him a pint".
The Met Police said they were investigating an allegation of sexual assault and no arrests had been made.
Ms Regehr said: "I was heading home on the 207 and a man grabbed my bum and I moved out of the way.
"Someone saw it and he called the guy out loudly enough for the whole bus to hear and said, 'do you have women in your life? That could be your mother, that could be your sister; she is someone's sister'."
Ms Regehr, a writer and documentary filmmaker, posted her story on Facebook and Instagram. It has received more than 42,000 likes and been shared more than 22,000 times.
In the post she wrote: "I thank you not just because you stood up for me, or because you made me feel safe, but because on your transit home - in this big, potentially anonymous city - you humanised assault.
"You didn't turn away. You took a stand. You said something."
Ms Regehr reported the assault to the police, but said she initially felt reluctant to share her story.
"I just spoke to them and they are looking at CCTV, and in a way - because I didn't see the attack - I said to the police I felt silly reporting it," she said.
"But the police were adamant they want to take a stand against it, especially on public transport."
Ms Regehr said she had been on the 207 bus since the assault, but she had not seen the man who helped her.
"The post is being widely shared and people in my neighbourhood are also sharing it - but I have not found the Good Samaritan yet," she said.
In a statement, the Met Police said detectives were investigating an allegation of sexual assault on a woman on a route 207 bus at about 22:50 BST on 6 October.
No arrests have been made and enquires continue, officers said.
The 20ft (6.1m) minke was spotted on a beach west of Elie at about 16:00 on Friday.
A team from British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) led the operation to refloat the mammal at high tide.
An initial attempt failed when the whale re-beached itself, but a second attempt was made later in the evening.
The BDMLR believe the whale has now swum away and out of danger.
A spokeswoman for the organisation said: "One of the rescue team from last night has been out and walked the coastline where the whale was refloated from last night and there is no sign of it.
"Hopefully it managed to get out into deeper water and we won't see it again."
The whale is thought to have been in good condition and uninjured. A BDMLR team used pontoons to refloat it.
Cameras recording outside the aircraft will display pictures on the screens.
Spike Aerospace, which is designing the plane, says drag will be reduced by removing windows, which "cause significant challenges in designing and constructing an aircraft fuselage".
The S-512 supersonic jet is not expected to launch until 2018.
In a blog on its website the company said windows required additional structural support and added weight to the aircraft but these problems could be eliminated by using micro-cameras and flat displays.
It plans to surround the aircraft with cameras and display the views on the cabin screens. Passengers will be able to dim the screens or change the images.
Dr Darren Ansell, an expert in space and aerospace engineering at the University of Central Lancashire, said that the experience for passengers of being in a plane without windows could be an unusual one.
"There will be no natural light - it will all be simulated - so it will be a bit like being in a tube. And how would it work from a safety perspective? If there was an accident how would you know which way the plane was facing, and where you had landed, when the cameras have failed?" he said.
Spike Aerospace is based in Boston in the US and is made up of a team of engineers who have experience of aircraft design and building.
In December, it announced plans for the S-512, which it claimed would be the world's first supersonic business jet.
Expected to cost $80m (£48m), the jet will carry 18 passengers and the company claims it will be able to fly from New York to London in three to four hours rather than the six to seven it currently takes.
It will have a cruising speed of Mach 1.6 and a maximum speed of Mach 1.8. In comparison, a Boeing 777-300 has a cruising speed of Mach 0.8.
Other firms are racing to develop similar supersonic jets, including Aerion and Gulfstream.
A 26-year-old man from Burnley was struck by a Ford Fiesta on Trafalgar Street at 22:40 BST on Saturday.
He is being treated for leg injuries, a broken arm and swelling to the brain.
A woman from Accrington, aged 44, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of drink-driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
The changes will affect 36 million low-income families.
The announcements come ahead of a October's presidential poll, in which Ms Rousseff will seek a second term.
Her popularity has dropped in recent weeks because of high inflation and mismanagement accusations involving Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras.
The amendments to the social security programme, known as Bolsa Familia, were announced ahead of Labour Day.
"This will be an important indirect salary gain and more money in the pockets of workers," Ms Rousseff said.
Along with the increase in payments there would be a 4.5 % rise in the income bands used to tax workers, she added.
Brazil is struggling to keep inflation under the official target rate of 6.5 %.
An April opinion poll found support for Ms Rousseff had slipped from 44% in February to 37% in April, though she remains the frontrunner.
The price rise was revealed after the BBC submitted Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to local authorities that run crematoriums across the UK.
The average cost of a cremation at Roselawn crematorium, run by Belfast City Council, was £198 five years ago.
This year the price rose to £360, but is still the cheapest by some distance.
In comparison, a cremation in the London borough of Hackney will cost more than £1,000.
The average price of an adult cremation in the UK has risen by a third over the last five years and now stands at £640, according to the data.
The City of Belfast Crematorium, based at Roselawn Cemetery at Crossnacreevy, just outside the city, provides cremation services for people from all over Northern Ireland.
According to the FOI responses, Roselawn recorded the second highest price rise of all the UK crematoriums surveyed across the five year period.
The highest price hike was in Barrow-in-Furness, England, where cremation costs increased by 101% and now stand at an average of £721.
The secret station was manned by civilian volunteers who would send and receive messages for the Army.
It was discovered in 2012 at a house just outside Norwich called Pinebanks.
Complete with a fake bookcase to conceal the room and an escape tunnel, Historic England said it was a "rare example."
By June 1940, the increasing threat of German invasion and potential occupation prompted Prime Minster Churchill to set up a secret mission called GHQ Auxiliary Units, with a particular branch known as "Special Duties".
It used civilian volunteers, living in areas like the south-east of England and East Anglia seen as most under threat of invasion, to spy and report on German military activities, had the UK been invaded.
Historic England said these recruits to "Churchill's secret army" transmitted messages from hidden "Out-stations" to military-run "In stations", like the one at Pinebanks.
"So much information about the stations was either hidden or destroyed," said Historic England's Tony Calladine.
"This small but significant dugout has great potential to teach us about a relatively little known area of our 20th Century military history."
Details about their locations and construction were kept secret and very little documentation on the 32 In stations exists.
Only 12 In stations have been found so far and Historic England is asking the public for help in tracing the remaining 20.
By July 1944, 3,500 civilians had been trained and 125 civilian-run Out stations had been established, often hidden in dugouts.
Two other wireless stations are protected as ancient monuments - Hare Warren Control Station in Wiltshire and an Out station at Heiferlaw in Northumberland.
The Pinebanks station is at Thorpe St Andrews near Norwich. It is not open to the public and was gutted by a fire in 2014.
The drugs with an estimated value of £400,000 were found in a house at Farkland in October 2014.
The man has been charged with possession of class B drugs, possession with intent to supply class B drugs and cultivating cannabis.
He is due to appear at Londonderry Magistrates Court on Thursday.
The Atacama large milllimetre/submillimetre array (Alma) in Chile is the largest, most complex telescope ever built.
Alma's purpose is to study processes occurring a few hundred million years after the formation of the Universe when the first stars began to shine.
Its work should help explain why the cosmos looks the way it does today.
One of Alma's scientific operations astronomers, Dr Diego Garcia, said that the effective switching on of the giant telescope ushered in a "new golden age of astronomy".
"We are going to be able to see the beginning of the Universe, how the first galaxies were formed. We are going to learn so much more about how the Universe works," he told BBC News.
Alma consists of an array of linked giant antennas on top of the highest plateau in the Atacama desert, close to Chile's border with Bolivia.
It has been under construction since 2003. With the addition of new antennas, the telescope has been able to see progressively deeper into the cosmos and discern star formation processes in ever greater detail.
The full testing and commissioning of its 20th antenna has enabled Alma to record events that have never been seen before. It is now that the first scientific discoveries can be made.
As a taster of what is to come, the European Southern Observatory, one of the organisations that run the facility, has released the first images taken by Alma. They show - perhaps appropriately for the occasion - the collision of two galaxies known as the Antennae Galaxies.
These colossal collections of stars can be seen using optical telescopes, such as the Hubble Space Telescope. But Alma, which gathers light that is not visible to the eye, is able to pick out clouds of dense cold gas from which new stars form.
The images show concentrations of the star-forming gas at the centres of each galaxy and also in the chaotic region where they are colliding. It is here that new stars and planets will be born.
The image was taken using just 12 antennas. The sharpness and resolution of images will increase dramatically as more antennas are added. The aim is for Alma to have 66 antennas by 2013.
So what do the researchers hope to discover?
Alma observes light at millimetre and sub-millimetre wavelengths. It is at these wavelengths that astronomers can make out the swirling gas that came together in the very early Universe, more than 13 billion years ago, to form the very first stars to shine in the Universe.
Cosmologists have their theories of what happened at this time. Now, astronomers will be able to literally see for themselves whether these theories are correct.
Alma will also enable them to see the formation of planets around distant stars. One of the early projects is the study of a very young star called AU Microscopii which is just 1% the age of our own Sun.
It is thought that it has a "birth ring" of matter around it that is in the process of coalescing into planets.
Astronomers are also studying processes around another young star 400-light-years away, given the functional designation HD 142527 that may be forming up to a dozen Jupiter-sized planets.
Another intriguing project is to study the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy known as Sagittarius A. Dust prevents it from being seen by optical telescopes - but using Alma, astronomers will be able to see this mysterious object in unprecedented detail.
In addition, a Japanese team plans to use Alma to study another cosmic oddity: a dazzlingly bright galaxy called Himiko, creating the equivalent of 100 Suns each year, while around it little else is happening.
It is hoped that Alma can show the processes occurring deep inside Himiko's star-forming nebula.
But as well as being scientifically ambitious, the project is an incredible feat of engineering. The man leading the European Southern Observatory's efforts to construct the array, Pascal Martinez, described Alma as the "Pyramids of the 21st Century".
He tells me: "The sheer scale of the engineering project, its technical complexity and what this hardware will achieve in terms of our understanding is really at the cutting edge and a tribute to humanity."
Mr Martinez's job is to supervise the assembly of antennas on Alma's lower site, which is still at very high altitude - nearly 3,000m above sea level.
Each antenna is carefully put together from components shipped in from a number of high-tech companies around the globe, and then carefully transported up the plateau to the "high site" on giant 28-wheeled transport vehicles. The antennas are then placed on to their slots and connected to the rest of the array.
Alongside the European assembly site are the Japanese and North American astronomy agencies also assembling their antennas as part of their contribution to this huge international project.
Each agency, in friendly rivalry, claims that their design of antenna works best. But although the European, Japanese and North American systems each look subtley different, they do exactly the same job.
In collaboration with the Republic of Chile, each international partner has helped construct a new generation of telescope that has now begun to probe deeply into the origins of the early Universe.
Award-winning journalist Javier Valdez was shot dead on Monday, close to the offices of the newspaper he had founded in his home state, Sinaloa.
He had spent his career investigating drug cartels and had been repeatedly threatened.
He is one of several journalists who have been killed in Mexico this year.
In Mexico City on Tuesday, protesters wrote "They are killing us" and "No to silence" - a phrase used by Mr Valdez - on the road next to the iconic Monument to Independence on the main thoroughfare, Paseo de la Reforma.
Those who were there in person held images of Mr Valdez, while others stuck in their office worked below his projected image on a big screen.
Judith Calderón Gómez, the head of journalists' lobby group Casa de los Derechos de Periodistas, told those present that prosecutions had only happened in 0.03% of cases.
She called on the government to "give a real sign they are interested in guaranteeing journalism in the country".
BBC Mundo's Juan Paullier, who met Mr Valdez once, said he was "a charming, brave and respected man" and his death was "a terrible loss for Mexico's embattled journalism".
"He wanted to tell the stories and dreams of the victims," he said, and " in a country where impunity is the norm, the only certainty seems to be that cases like this won't stop".
Mexican news outlets Animal Político and Tercera Vía are going on strike on Wednesday to protest against the murder, and the ongoing risks to reporters.
Last week, Mexico appointed a new prosecutor to investigate crimes against freedom of expression - including the killing of journalists.
Mr Valdez had once said: "The government couldn't care less. They do nothing to protect you. There have been many cases and this keeps happening."
Speaking at a launch of his book last year, Mr Valdez said being a journalist "is like being on a blacklist" and that gangs "will decide what day they are going to kill you".
In March, after journalist Miroslava Breach was shot dead, Valdez was quoted as saying "No to silence" and "Let them kill us all".
Like Valdez, Breach had reported on organised crime, drug-trafficking and corruption.
Other Mexican journalists killed this year include freelancers Maximino Rodríguez and Cecilio Pineda Birto, according to the CPJ.
The CPJ says at least 40 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 1992.
During his career spanning nearly three decades, Mr Valdez wrote extensively on drug-trafficking and organised crime in Mexico, including the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel.
The cartel is believed to be responsible for an estimated 25% of all illegal drugs that enter the US via Mexico.
Its former head Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was recaptured in 2016, following two jail breaks, and was extradited to the US in January.
Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto condemned the killing, calling it an "outrageous crime", and added that his government remained committed to press freedom.
Sinaloa state attorney general Juan Jose Rios said the death was being investigated, and Valdez's family and colleagues would be protected.
More journalists are killed in Mexico every year than in any other country that does not have a continuing war. The only countries where more journalists are killed are Syria and Afghanistan, according to the group Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Four men became seriously ill on Saturday, with two still in intensive care.
A woman and two men were hospitalised on Sunday, with one man seriously ill and the other two critical.
Greater Manchester Police said the drugs are known locally as "magic" or "pink champagne" and come in crystal form.
A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs and remains in custody for questioning.
Det Insp Jim Faulkner of GMP's Oldham Borough said the increasing number of people affected is causing the force "no end of concern".
He said symptoms to watch for include rigid muscles, shallow breathing, a fast racing pulse, hyper-aggression, seizure, foaming at the mouth and unconsciousness.
"Please, if you believe that you or somebody you know has taken the drug and begins showing these symptoms then get yourselves to the hospital immediately," he added.
"We have arrested one man in connection with the supply of the drugs, however our inquiries and operational activity will be continuing."
Of the men hospitalised on Saturday, two have been released.
Nikki Sinclaire, who represented the West Midlands until 2014, denies making "significant" expenses claims she knew to be false.
But, the ex-UKIP member told Birmingham Crown Court she was told just months before of a case against MEP Tom Wise.
It would have made no sense to "fiddle" expenses so soon after, in 2009.
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Previously, Ms Sinclaire told the court her expenses were dealt with by her staff.
The first of 10 alleged improper expenses claims against her dates to October 2009, the same month as the UKIP briefing about the allegations against Wise.
Wise, a former MEP for the East of England, was jailed the following month after admitting falsely claiming travel expenses.
Referring to Wise, Ms Sinclaire said: "Why would that be the time I would decide to start fiddling my expenses?"
Her lawyers said she would not have been signing off fake expenses for financial gain as the total she could have made was "about €3,000" (about £2,465).
Ms Sinclaire, 47, from Solihull, also accused former aide John Ison of spying on her for UKIP bosses and submitting at least one "deliberately corrupted" expenses claim on her behalf, in an attempt to undermine her.
The court heard about tensions between Ms Sinclaire and then UKIP leader Nigel Farage from Mr Ison, who admitted making secret recordings of her "for the good of the party".
He also reported her to the police in September 2010 without her knowing.
Ms Sinclaire said that on her solicitor's advice, she offered no comment at police interviews in 2012.
She denies the charges. The trial continues.
Wolfsburg beat Chelsea in the last 16 last season on their way to the final.
Manchester City Women, competing in Europe for the first time, face 2015 Russian national champions Zvezda-2005.
Scottish champions Glasgow City face Swedish debutants Eskilstuna United, while Hibernian will play German Frauen Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.
The first legs will be played on 5-6 October, with the second legs on 12-13 October, and the seeded teams will be at home for the second leg of each tie.
Glasgow were seeded for the draw, while Chelsea, Manchester City and Hibernian were unseeded.
The 2016-17 final will be held in Cardiff, at the Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday, 1 June 2017.
Sturm Graz (AUT) v FC Zürich (SUI)
Breidablik (ISL) v Rosengård (SWE)
LSK Kvinner (NOR) v Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Avaldsnes (NOR) v Lyon (FRA)
Eskilstuna United (SWE) v Glasgow City (SCO)
SFK 2000 Sarajevo (BIH) v Rossiyanka (RUS)
Chelsea (ENG) v Wolfsburg (GER)
FC Twente (NED) v Sparta Praha (CZE)
Apollon (CYP) v Slavia Praha (CZE)
Athletic Club (ESP) v Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)
Minsk (BLR) v Barcelona (ESP)
Medyk Konin (POL) v Brescia (ITA)
Manchester City (ENG) v Zvezda-2005 (RUS)
BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ) v Verona (ITA)
Hibernian (SCO) v Bayern München (GER)
St. Pölten (AUT) v Brøndby (DEN)
Colin Mackenzie, who was appointed in 2008, announced in September he would be retiring.
Adverts appeared in the national press for the £136,000-a-year post, and a micro site was launched.
An appointment is expected to be made towards the end of November.
The total sales for 25 stand at 538,000 so far, with four days of the chart week still to run.
Only two albums have sold more than 500,000 copies in a week.
Take That's Progress sold 519,000 in its debut week in 2010, and Oasis's Be Here Now, the current record holder, sold 696,000 in its first week in 1997.
Meanwhile in the US, Adele has sold a record-breaking 2.3 million copies of the album so far.
The sales figures mean the record is on course to break the record currently held by boy band NSync's 2000 album No Strings Attached, which sold 2.4 million copies in its first week of release.
Adele performed her hit single Hello on Saturday Night Live at the weekend. That track alone has sold 2.5 million copies in the four weeks since it has been on sale.
Elsewhere in the UK chart, Elvis's former number one collection If I Can Dream is back at number two on the mid-week album chart, and Justin Bieber's Purpose is at three.
Enya's first album in seven years, Dark Sky Island, is currently at number four and last week's number one, One Direction's Made in the A.M., is at five.
There are a further nine new entries heading for this week's top 40 album chart.
They include a special edition of Take That's III, Olly Murs with Never Been Better, Cilla Black's The Very Best of and Tracey Chapman's Greatest Hits.
On the singles mid-week chart, Justin Bieber and Adele are battling it out, with Bieber's Sorry ahead of Adele's Hello by 3,000 copies.
Bieber's Love Yourself remains at three and his What Do You Mean is at number five mid-week.
His three entries in the Top Five last week made him the first male artist to achieve that feat in 34 years, since John Lennon in January 1981.
Dianne Ngoza was due to be removed from the UK at 17:00 GMT after losing an immigration battle.
Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell said she had "received assurances" from immigration minister Robert Goodwill that the case had been put on hold.
She is now calling for Ms Ngoza to be freed from detention at Yarl's Wood.
Ms Ngoza left Zambia 22 years ago and has "no network of social, family or work with anyone back in Africa," and considers herself British, her campaign website says.
However, she was ordered to leave after her visa renewal was turned down.
More than 2,000 people have since signed a petition to keep her in Greater Manchester.
Campaigners say she has been involved in a range of community organisations and human rights groups, and had recently been nominated for a Spirit of Manchester 2016 award.
Ms Powell said people's "overwhelming support" had been a "great comfort" to Ms Ngoza.
"I am pleased that the minister has listened to the concerns raised about Dianne's case and I will continue to put pressure on the minister until all avenues have been exhausted," she said.
Ms Powell added that Ms Ngoza should now be released from Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal centre in Bedfordshire and given the right to appeal against her deportation from within the UK.
Meanwhile, solicitors have launched an appeal for Ms Ngoza to be able to stay under human rights legislation, but that application has not yet been heard.
Mervyn Cross, of law firm Duncan Lewis, said he was yet to receive correspondence from the Home Office confirming the latest developments.
The firm would therefore still submit an application challenging Ms Ngoza's removal, he added.
A Home Office spokesman said: "We expect people with no legal basis to remain in the UK to leave the country voluntarily, and we provide support to help people return to their home country.
"Where they refuse to do so we will seek to enforce their removal."
But Peter Robinson found himself out of his depth on Sunday - while cleaning out his koi carp fish pond.
The DUP leader took to Twitter to describe how he plunged in to the water, while removing algae from the sides of the pool.
"Half way through making my fish feel better about themselves I lost my footing and headlong fell into the pond," he tweeted.
"That was the easy part. Getting out of a pond with slippy sides is not easy, especially as the water level is beyond the level of my mouth and nose."
The First Minister said his afternoon dip provided plenty of laughs for his family.
The slip-up is also likely to raise a smile or two from his election opponents.
"My call for help went unanswered as family either chortled and convulsed or searched for insurance policies.
"The First Minister issue was almost settled," he added.
He later said that he only wanted "tweets of sympathy", not "responses about slippery slopes or expressions of concern about my fish".
The Labour leader said his party was not wedded to the idea of freedom of movement as he gave a speech in Peterborough on Tuesday.
Ms Wood said she feared he could be helping "make a case for leaving the single market".
However, Mr Corbyn told BBC News he did not think immigration was too high.
Ms Wood said: "The most important outcome for Wales from any negotiations is to be in the single market.
"By upping the ante on migration, Mr Corbyn and the Labour party risk giving Theresa May the political cover needed for a hard Brexit.
"If the speech makes rejecting the principle of freedom of movement a priority, then it will help the Tories make a case for leaving the single market, which would be disastrous for the Welsh economy.
"Labour, despite being the UK opposition, cannot be trusted to know what is best for the Welsh economy."
Tackled on the issue at First Minister's Questions on Tuesday, Carwyn Jones said he believed people would accept freedom of movement in order to work as "perfectly reasonable" if it guaranteed membership of the single market.
It follows claims that party leaders want to impose candidates from outside Wales for the assembly election.
Six general election candidates signed the petition which claims there is "no coherent plan" to fight the campaign and "no effective leadership" in Wales.
UKIP has questioned the credibility of the petition and its Wales chairman said "disgruntled members" signed it.
Many Welsh activists have raised objections to former Conservative MPs Mark Reckless and Neil Hamilton being in the running for selection, accusing the party of "parachuting" them in.
Earlier in February, Mr Gill announced that local members would decide the rankings of candidates for regional list seats, not the party's national executive committee.
However, some Welsh members remain unhappy at the way the matter has been handled, with UKIP Vale of Glamorgan councillor Kevin Mahoney quitting the party.
"It is understood by all that UKIP in Wales is operated on the basis of mutual respect and understanding," the petition states.
"In light of the extraordinary circumstances prevailing and indeed, as a last resort, to prevent further harm and disharmony within 'the party' it is necessary to censure and remove those responsible forthwith."
The petition accused Mr Gill of showing "a lack of leadership in all aspects pertaining to this matter".
It said "through his inactivity or unwillingness to resolve the prevailing circumstances, [he] has exacerbated the situation to the point where members no longer have faith in his ability to lead UKIP in Wales in any effective way".
UKIP general election candidates backing the petition were Joe Smyth (Islwyn), Darran Thomas (Brecon and Radnorshire), Ken Beswick (Torfaen), Blair Smillie (Alyn and Deeside), Nigel Williams (Delyn), and Paul Davies Cooke (Vale of Clwyd).
Mr Williams, one of the petition organisers, said it was "better late than never" to raise their concerns with the assembly election so close.
He called for a leadership election, saying UKIP Wales could choose "any one from ten great people" but Wales chairman David Rowlands said it "adds nothing to the debate".
Gethin James, a UKIP councillor and assembly election candidate for Ceredigion, told BBC Radio Cymru: "It's not a good situation, but I'm 100% behind Nathan Gill.
"People don't know how much work he's done.
"The problem is with the national executive, not with Nathan Gill."
On Tuesday, Mr Gill told BBC Wales he had no intention of standing down, saying claims that he had failed to support rank-and-file members in Wales were "nonsense".
A UKIP Wales spokesman said: "Despite efforts of one or two individuals phoning around the party membership in Wales their petty 26 person petition included someone from England, six people who were not even members and a growing number who denied even ever signing it."
Three men and a woman were hit by a car that failed to stop on Humberstone Gate on 1 November.
Wahid Rob, from Neston Road in Leicester, has been charged with four counts of attempted grievous bodily harm and dangerous driving.
He is set to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on 10 July.
Indications that many of the attackers were North African or Arab in appearance prompt soul-searching, with some alluding to the perception that sexual violence against women is widespread in North Africa and the Middle East.
Many express concern about the possible impact the incidents could have on Germany's perception of migrants and refugees from the regions.
On Twitter, the Arabic-language hashtags #Germany and #Cologne have been used more than 17,000 and 2,500 times.
Twitter user @Osama_Saber voices the fear that the incidents will bring "shame of historic proportions" on all Arabs living in Germany.
"I have never felt more respected than I feel here," Facebook user Israa Ragab - an Egyptian living in Germany - writes.
"Every time I watch the TV and hear them saying the suspects could be from North Africa or Arabs I feel so ashamed and disgusted."
Twitter user @LLLLoL00 is blunter: "Every time we try to improve the image of Arabs, a bunch of scumbags just destroys everything!"
Commenting on the arrest of an Iraqi and a Palestinian in relation to sexual harassment allegations on New Year's Even in Berlin, Deutsche Welle Arabic journalist Nahla Elhenawy voices the opinion that such incidents are symptomatic of wider problems relating the treatment of women in the Middle East and some Muslim-majority countries.
"The ugliness of our region is reaching Germany," she tweets.
Many social media users fret that the sexual harassment incidents could lead to a backlash in Germany and elsewhere against liberal policies towards refugees from Syria, such as those espoused by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"Will Europe regret receiving people who suffer from religious and political repression?" â€
Bosz, 53, led Ajax to last month's Europa League final, which the Dutch club lost 2-0 to Manchester United.
Tuchel left Dortmund at the end of May after two years in charge.
He led the club to victory in the German Cup last season and helped them qualify for the Champions League with a third-place finish in the Bundesliga.
Bosz replaced Frank de Boer at Ajax at the start of last season and was under contract with the Amsterdam side until 2019.
"I have mixed feelings about this move," said Ajax managing director Edwin van der Sar.
"When we brought Peter to Ajax last summer it was not the intention that the partnership would end after one year.
"We have had a great season, especially in the Europa League. As with our players, the coach also attracts the attention of clubs from Europe's top leagues."
Emergency departments saw nearly 3,000 patients a day in May - the highest level for nearly two years.
The figures show 82.5% of patients spent less than four hours in urgent care - up from 80.3% in April.
But this is still less than the Welsh Government's target of 95%.
The improvement comes as A&E departments in May were busier than April with 9,000 more patients attending over the course of the month.
A Welsh Government spokesperson said: "Emergency department attendances in May 2016 were at their highest level since July 2014, with nearly 3,000 patients seen on average every day and significant peaks in daily attendances experienced during the month.
"It's encouraging that frontline staff were broadly able to meet these pressures, with more than eight out of 10 people spending less than four hours in the department from arrival until admission or discharge.
"We know there is more work to be done by local health boards, and we expect them to work hard to improve patients' experiences and eliminate instances of lengthy delays."
Patients were also asked to help the NHS by using the most appropriate service for their need and only going to accident and emergency departments when necessary.
"He was such a brilliant writer," says Terry Jones of his old friend and fellow real ale aficionado Douglas Adams.
"Maybe that's why he hated it - he put so much effort into it."
It's an ironic observation, given that Adams became a household name when his radio series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, evolved first into a cult science fiction novel and then a hit BBC TV series.
Adams died in 2001 aged 49 following a heart attack. The movie version of Hitchhiker's Guide came out in 2005.
On Sunday, the late writer's 60th birthday is being marked with a special show at London's Hammersmith Apollo.
Comedians, writers and scientists are coming together for the event.
Contributors include Stephen Fry, Robin Ince, Jon Culshaw , Stephen Mangan and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Terry Jones will be in conversation with Clive Anderson about Douglas's comic genius.
"I'm going to be reminiscing about how Douglas nearly killed all the Pythons when we all piled into his minivan and he drove up the wrong ramp of a motorway," laughs Jones.
Jones first met Adams around 1974 when Adams began co-writing Monty Python sketches with Graham Chapman after the departure of John Cleese.
Adams even made some appearances in the fourth series of the cult comedy show.
"You can see him loading a missile onto the back of a cart," recalls Jones. "He also appears as a surgeon looking intently into the camera."
Their friendship developed over a shared interest in real ale, which led to Jones being one of the first people to hear the radio version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1978.
Hitchhiker's success
"Mike Palin and I were supposed to be writing Ripping Yarns, but we got a phone call from Douglas asking to come to the BBC to listen to a tape of the show.
"We got a bit anxious, as we realised the producer Geoffrey Perkins and Douglas were looking at us the whole time for any sign of amusement.
"Then they put on the second episode and the third, at which point we said we had to leave. As we walked away from the BBC, I said: 'Well, that was quite funny, wasn't it?'"
Why did Adams' writing strike a chord with people?
"It wasn't the narrative or the characters," says Jones. "It was the ideas. He was brilliant at reversing our perceptions of things - at turning them upside down.
"There's a bit in Hitchhiker's Guide where Arthur Dent asks: 'What's so wrong about being drunk?', and Ford Prefect says: 'You ask a glass of water'."
Adams was born in Cambridge in 1952, and studied at St John's College, Cambridge before embarking on a career as a radio and TV writer and producer.
His life was changed by the success of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
More than 15 million copies of the book and its sequels have been sold throughout the world.
The story begins with bemused Earthling Arthur Dent, who wakes one morning to find his house is about to be demolished to make way for a bypass.
Before the end of the first episode he has hitched a lift on an alien spaceship as it destroys his home planet to make way for an interstellar bypass.
A UK tour of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - featuring members of the original radio and TV cast - is set to take place later in 2012.
Adams went on to write other books, including Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul and the Meaning of Liff - an alternative dictionary of nonsense words and place names.
Hangover
Adams, however, was never a punctual writer. He was was once quoted as saying: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."
In the 1990s, Adams and Jones collaborated on a project called Starship Titanic.
Says Jones: "He'd been paid an advance seven years before to write the book, and he never had - so he fobbed them off with a computer game.
"He rang me up and asked if I would like to write the book to get him out of a hole. I asked 'how long have I got?' and he answered: 'Five weeks!'
"So there I was bashing away at a typewriter like when you see writers in Hollywood films."
Asked what Douglas was like as a person, Jones offers an anecdote about being offered two tickets to a screening of Abel Gance's five-hour epic 1927 silent film Napoleon.
"My wife said she had a a hangover and couldn't possibly see a five-hour silent film, so I rang Mike Palin up and he said he had a hangover and couldn't possibly face a five-hour silent film.
"And then I rang Douglas and he said he couldn't possibly face it either - so I thought I'd just go on my own.
"And just as I was opening the front door, Douglas rang back and said: 'Well it's such an awful idea, I think I have to try it.' And that's the kind of person he was - he loved ideas, he had to test everything out."
Douglas Adams The Party takes place on Sunday 11 March at the Hammersmith Apollo, London. The event is being held in association with the Save the Rhino charity, which Adams supported.
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The 23-year-old from Ayrshire has the muscle-wasting condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and has been a wheelchair-user since he was nine.
But having made his Paralympic debut in London in 2012, he has gone on to win European bronze and World silver in the BC3 pairs competition.
"If I wasn't playing boccia, I wouldn't be playing another sport because, quite simply, there isn't another sport I can participate in at an elite level," he tells BBC Sport
Christopher Joseph Boyle, 59, from Fitzroy Avenue was placed on probation for two years.
He admitted stealing the money which he then spent on drink and gambling.
A defence lawyer said his client suffered from a range of mental health issues including schizophrenia.
The prosecution said that in April 2013, Catherine Boyle told her five children she had saved £38,000, that she had placed under the stairs of the home she shared with her son, Christopher.
He said Mrs Boyle had "saved this money up over a significant number of years".
After she revealed the amount and whereabouts of the money to her five children, the siblings agreed it should be stored at her house and would be used for "funeral expenses for the older generation when the time came".
In November 2014, Mrs Boyle raised the prospect of covering funeral expenses with her eldest child Christopher - and it was at his stage that he told her there was only about £8,000 of the £38,000 left.
When challenged, Boyle admitted he had spent the money on alcohol and gambling.
He also told a family member he would bet £500 or £1,000 on a horse race, adding he was "addicted to drink and betting".
The theft was reported to police, and when he was arrested and interviewed, Boyle made no comment.
The prosecution also revealed that since his arrest, Boyle has spent a total of five months on remand.
A defence lawyer reiterated his client's claim that he was addicted to both gambling and alcohol, saying Boyle was sorry for what he did - especially given that he had stolen from his own mother.
The lawyer also said that while the theft has meant Boyle is isolated both socially and from his family, there may be the potential for a reconciliation.
The City regulator is warning people aged over 55 to be cautious over unsolicited callers putting on pressure to sign up to a "special deal".
Scammers often praised victims for being "knowledgeable investors", the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said.
A survey suggested a lack of confidence in spotting scams among this age group.
If someone invests their cash with an unauthorised firm, they will have no protection from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) which protects them if something goes wrong with a regulated firm.
The FCA said that new pension rules, which allow those aged 55 and over to cash in their pension pot, could be seen as an extra opportunity by fraudsters to target people in that age bracket.
Mark Steward, director of enforcement at the FCA, said: "Be alert to the warning signs like being contacted out of the blue, promises of low risk and/or guaranteed above market returns, special deals just for you, time pressure and, very often, flattery."
The schools are ranked on the average points scored per entry.
Schools where the full-time equivalent of fewer than 30 pupils took the qualifications are not included.
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The prime minister has been addressing a UN session in New York marking the 17 new Sustainable Development Goals.
"Aid is not enough on its own. Of course not. But it is essential. And it works,'' he said.
"So today, I call on others to follow Britain's lead. I say to my fellow world leaders from developed countries: we've been making these aid promises for years. Now, let us all deliver on them.''
"The world is watching."
It is made up of a mainland territory called Rio Muni, and five islands including Bioko, where the capital Malabo is located.
Since the mid 1990s the former Spanish colony has become one of sub-Sahara's biggest oil producers and in 2004 was said to have the world's fastest-growing economy.
Despite having the highest wealth ranking of any African country, a large proportion of the population still lives in poverty. According to the African Development Bank, while oil and gas revenues have led to improvements in basic infrastructure in recent years, there has been no significant improvement in living conditions for the population.
The government has increased spending on public works, but the UN says that less than half the population has access to clean drinking water and that nearly 10 percent of children die before reaching age five.
The country has exasperated a variety of rights organisations who have described the two post-independence leaders as among the worst abusers of human rights in Africa.
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Francisco Macias Nguema's reign of terror - from independence in 1968 until his overthrow in 1979 - prompted a third of the population to flee. Apart from allegedly committing genocide against the Bubi ethnic minority, he ordered the death of thousands of suspected opponents, closed down churches and presided over the economy's collapse.
His successor - Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo - took over in a coup and has shown little tolerance for opposition during the three decades of his rule. While the country is nominally a multiparty democracy, elections have generally been considered a sham.
According to Human Rights Watch, the ''dictatorship under President Obiang has used an oil boom to entrench and enrich itself further at the expense of the country's people''.
The corruption watchdog Transparency International has put Equatorial Guinea in the top 12 of its list of most corrupt states. In 2008 the country became a candidate of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - an international project meant to promote openness about government oil revenues - but failed to qualify by an April 2010 deadline. It has since re-applied.
A 2004 US Senate investigation into the Washington-based Riggs Bank found that President Obiang's family had received huge payments from US oil companies such as Exxon Mobil and Amerada Hess.
Observers say the US finds it hard to criticise a country which is seen as an ally in a volatile, oil-rich region. In 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hailed President Obiang as a "good friend" despite repeated criticism of his human rights and civil liberties record by her own department. More recently President Barack Obama posed for an official photograph with President Obiang at a New York reception.
In October 2014, President Obiang's son Teodorin, a government minister, was forced to relinquish more than 30 million dollars of assets in the United States, which the authorities there say were bought with stolen money.
Equatorial Guinea hit the headlines in 2004 when a plane load of suspected mercenaries was intercepted in Zimbabwe while allegedly on the way to overthrow President Obiang.
New rules, coming into force in 2016, will see rights to show La Liga pooled and sold collectively, bringing it more in line with the Premier League.
The deal, which could see broadcasters pay far more, will still benefit the bigger clubs but to a lesser extent.
A ministry spokesman said the changes allow Spain to "adapt to modern times".
The ruling will regulate the rights to transmit games in the Spanish first and second divisions as well as the Copa del Rey and Super Cup competitions.
Of total revenues from the sale of the rights, 90% will go to all of the clubs in La Liga - half of that money will be shared equally between the 20 clubs, with the other half divided up according to criteria including recent performance and size.
The other 10% will go to second division clubs, with 70% of that money being divided equally.
Sport ministry spokesman Miguel Cardenal added: "You just have to see that last year the club that came last in the Premier League earned more than [current Spanish champions] Atletico Madrid," Cardenal said.
In February, the Premier League sold television rights to its games for three seasons from 2016-17 for a record £5.136bn.
Spokesman Sami al-Kurdi told Reuters news agency the FSA had begun attacking soldiers to "defend our people".
At least 80 Syrian soldiers were killed by rebels over the weekend, an activist group said.
The ceasefire is part of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan - very little of which has been actually implemented, observers say.
The FSA's announcement and a defiant speech by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday have raised questions about the viability of Mr Annan's six-point plan.
On Monday French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said there had been "so many abuses" by the Syrian regime that no lasting solution was possible while Mr Assad remained in power.
But UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated that Mr Annan's plan "remains central" to resolving the Syrian crisis.
Thirty-one people were killed in Syria across Syria on Monday, largely by government forces, said the Local Co-ordination Committees, a network of anti-government groups.
Earlier the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, a UK-based group, said at least 80 soldiers had been killed in clashes with Free Syrian Army fighters in Damascus and Idlib province.
1. Process led by Syrian parties working with international envoy
2. End to violence by all sides; army troops to stop using heavy weapons and withdraw to barracks
3. Parties to allow humanitarian aid
4. Authorities to free detainees
5. Authorities to ensure freedom of movement for journalists
6. Authorities to allow peaceful demonstrations
Maj Kurdi told Reuters on Monday: "We have decided to end our commitment" to the ceasefire.
The announcement essentially formalises the existing situation whereby both sides have been conducting operations in recent weeks more or less as though the truce no longer existed, says the BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut, neighbouring Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the formation of a new opposition coalition - the Syrian Rebels Front - was announced at a news conference in Turkey.
Spokesman Khaled al-Okla said the new group represented 12,000 fighters, and that it had been formed in part as a response to Arab and international "failure" to "rein in Assad from his crimes".
The developments put pressure on Mr Annan and the international community to find a way to implement Mr Annan's plan - which has universal international support.
Mr Annan is to brief the UN Security Council on Thursday, and will go on to Washington for talks with the US administration.
Russia and China have repeatedly opposed UN-backed Western intervention in Syria - such as the no-fly or buffer zones proposed by some Syrian rebels - and observers say there is no international "Plan B" in Syria if the Annan plan fails.
The US want to try to persuade the Russians to use their leverage with Damascus, to bring about a radical change of direction by the regime, our correspondent says.
But he says there was no sign of that in President Assad's speech to parliament on Sunday. The Syrian leader he insisted Damascus was facing not an internal crisis but an external war, waged against it because of its support for resistance to Israel.
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Abdirahman Abdirizak Mahmoud Adam, 22, died in hospital after he was discovered in St Matthews Way, Leicester, on Monday afternoon.
Leicestershire Police wants to trace anyone who may have inadvertently recorded events surrounding the attack on CCTV, dashcams or smart phones.
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The force are trying to establish whether Mr Adam sustained his injuries in the street or elsewhere.
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Det Ch Insp David Swift-Rollinson said officers have been trawling through CCTV in the area, but appealed to the owners of private CCTV cameras.
He said: "We would ask anyone who owns CCTV or has dashcams in their vehicles, to check whether they have captured any footage from Monday afternoon, which may assist with our investigation."
He added that a number of people could have witnessed what happened.
It has not yet been revealed how Mr Adam died.
In an article, the paper's former editor compared the Everton midfielder, who has a grandfather born in Nigeria, to a "gorilla".
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said it was a "racial slur... and something we won't tolerate".
Mr MacKenzie has been approached for a comment but is currently on holiday.
Previously, he said in a statement it was "beyond parody" to describe his column as "racist".
A spokesman for Merseyside Police said their investigation was on-going and they would be speaking to relevant witnesses.
In his column in The Sun, published on 14 April, Mr MacKenzie said looking at Barkley's eyes gave him a "similar feeling when seeing a gorilla at the zoo".
He also said that men with similar "pay packets" in Liverpool are "drug dealers" and in prison.
Alongside the article, The Sun published an image of a gorilla next to a picture of the midfielder who was attacked in a Liverpool bar.
The Sun, which suspended its former editor, apologised "for the offence caused" adding it was "unaware of Barkley's heritage".
"The views expressed by Kelvin MacKenzie about the people of Liverpool were wrong, unfunny and are not the view of the paper.
"Mr MacKenzie is currently on holiday and the matter will be fully investigated on his return."
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said he made a complaint to police and reported the article to the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
In comments to Liverpool City Council's cabinet earlier, Mr Anderson said "Merseyside police are investigating and will be interviewing the person concerned.
"This has been a continuous attack from this individual and a racial slur on one of the sons of this city and something we won't tolerate."
Staff and volunteers at Felbrigg Hall, a stately home in Norfolk, were asked to wear badges and lanyards in support of an LGBTQ campaign.
But 30 of the 350 volunteers were offered duties away from the public after choosing not to wear them.
In a statement, the trust said it would now be an "optional" decision.
A spokesman also confirmed all volunteers could resume their public-facing roles and it was "business as usual".
The row was sparked following the National Trust's Prejudice and Pride campaign to mark the 50th anniversary of homosexuality being decriminalised.
As part of the campaign the conservation charity is holding an exhibition at the estate, including a film, which reveals Felbrigg's last lord, Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, was gay, which was known by close friends.
However, in an article in the Telegraph last week, the lord's godchildren criticised the move, saying it was unfair of the organisation to "out" someone who chose to keep his sexuality secret.
Several volunteers on the estate were reported to have agreed with them.
The National Trust had initially said it was committed to promoting equality and inclusion and in a letter to Saturday's Telegraph its director general Dame Helen Ghosh said anyone who did not agree with the campaign was "free to step back from the volunteer role or take a different role for the duration".
However, the organisation later released a statement saying it was now "making it clear to volunteers that the wearing of the badge is optional and a personal decision".
The statement added: "We are aware some volunteers had conflicting, personal opinions about wearing the rainbow lanyards and badges.
"That was never our intention."
Dame Helen said the National Trust was marking the anniversary of the law change at "a dozen or so of our properties of the people who lived there and whose personal lives were outside the social norms of their time".
She said the film and exhibition about Lord Ketton-Cremer were "sensitive, respectful and celebratory".
Its 10th awards in London honoured individuals and organisations that have made "outstanding contributions" to the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Owens, 44, tweeted that he was "truly humbled and honoured" by the award.
He refereed the Rugby World Cup final, won by New Zealand 34-17 over Australia at Twickenham on Saturday.
His next appointment is a more low-key affair when he officiates a match between two village teams in Swansea on Saturday.
Owens, from Mynyddcerrig in Carmarthenshire, recently talked about the private struggle with his sexuality in a BBC programme, True to Myself.
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They trailed after 44 seconds when Jed Wallace volleyed in, but Ipswich's Joe Garner levelled from 25 yards.
Martyn Waghorn slammed the visitors ahead, and made it 3-2 at the interval after Aiden O'Brien had equalised.
Millwall sub Tom Elliott stabbed home with time running out, but Spence rose high to nod in a dramatic winner.
Defender Spence's goal was his first for the Tractor Boys and only his fifth in 199 career appearances, meaning Ipswich are one of three Championship sides yet to drop a point.
Waghorn, making his first start since joining from Rangers, profited from tireless play by team-mate David McGoldrick to score his second of the match, and his third in two league appearances.
It is the first time Ipswich have won their opening three league matches of a season since the 1999-2000 campaign, when they last won promotion to the Premier League.
Millwall manager Neil Harris said his goalkeeper Jordan Archer made a "horrendous error" for Garner's equaliser as he parried the long-range strike into his own net.
The Lions remain without a win since their return to the second tier, suffering only their second home defeat in 20 matches.
For Mick McCarthy's side, however, it is the first time they have scored four or more goals away from home since November 2015, when they won 5-2 at Rotherham.
Millwall manager Neil Harris:
"It is not good enough here at The Den, it is unacceptable.
"Ipswich showed their class and ability at key moments. In my opinion we have given them four goals away at key moments.
"We were ahead after 44 seconds and we give a goal away, yes the goalkeeper should save it - there is no doubt about that. It is a horrendous error. He should save it at the end of the day, it is what he is in the goal for.
"The fourth goal is the icing on the cake, I have not got the professionalism or leadership in my group to deal with a free-kick against a non-physical Ipswich side."
Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy:
"Our front four were magnificent, we had to survive a barrage. The irony is that it was a defender who scored the winner.
"I was not expecting a 4-3, we scored some magnificent goals but conceded three as well and that was disappointing but they were good.
"They have not been beaten here too often and I don't think they will either. I hope they don't. Millwall are hard to play against, they are a real handful and I think they will be fine."
Match ends, Millwall 3, Ipswich Town 4.
Second Half ends, Millwall 3, Ipswich Town 4.
Dominic Iorfa (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dominic Iorfa (Ipswich Town).
Attempt missed. Shaun Williams (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jed Wallace with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Cole Skuse.
Shane Ferguson (Millwall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Danny M. Rowe (Ipswich Town).
Offside, Millwall. Jed Wallace tries a through ball, but Fred Onyedinma is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Jed Wallace (Millwall) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Jed Wallace (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Tom Elliott (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town).
Goal! Millwall 3, Ipswich Town 4. Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Grant Ward with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Tom Elliott (Millwall).
Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Danny M. Rowe (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Byron Webster.
Foul by George Saville (Millwall).
Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. George Saville (Millwall) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Lee Gregory (Millwall) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall).
Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Millwall 3, Ipswich Town 3. Tom Elliott (Millwall) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
Jed Wallace (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town).
Luke Chambers (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dominic Iorfa (Ipswich Town).
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Danny M. Rowe replaces Martyn Waghorn.
Substitution, Millwall. Fred Onyedinma replaces Aiden O'Brien.
Substitution, Millwall. Tom Elliott replaces Steve Morison.
Substitution, Millwall. Shane Ferguson replaces James Meredith.
George Saville (Millwall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Joe Garner (Ipswich Town).
Attempt blocked. Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Freddie Sears.
Attempt saved. Jed Wallace (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Aiden O'Brien (Millwall).
The Frenchman, 35, was due to be out of contract at the end of this season after joining from Bournemouth for an undisclosed fee in January 2016.
Kermorgant has scored eight goals so far this term for the Royals.
"Yann has been very important for us throughout the season, with his experience and the quality that he has," Reading manager Jaap Stam said.
After hearing that the British government wanted to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK after Brexit, Sebastian Kurz told David Davis: "You had better come to Austria and say that, because nobody in Austria knows it."
While the UK foreign secretary and international trade secretary have been touting future trade deals further afield, the British diplomatic machine has been on a mission to ensure the Brexit message gets through to the UK's EU neighbours.
The Brexit secretary has spent more time in European capitals than in Brussels, where he has been accused of being underprepared for the two-year process of negotiating the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
This year Mr Davis has touched down in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Slovakia, all three Baltic states, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Poland and the Netherlands.
He has been to Germany twice, which appears to underline his belief that the Germans will exert serious influence on the final withdrawal agreement.
The EU position is that the 27 remaining countries are united behind their chief negotiator Michel Barnier, but I understand some in the British government still believe that member states can be played off against each other. A source from the Department for Exiting the EU denied that Mr Davis was deploying the tactic of "divide and rule".
They described the trips as a chance for the UK to hear other countries' concerns and for them to receive the oft-repeated message that Britain is leaving the EU but not Europe.
The source would not reveal whether Mr Davis had a masterplan for which neighbour to visit, when or in what order.
At home, he indulged in petrol-head diplomacy with the European Parliament's Brexit Co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt when they attended the same classic car event at Silverstone recently. The two men discovered a shared love of vintage vehicles during a meeting in Brussels last year.
"I explained [to] him how to 'remain' in the race with a good old British car," said Mr Verhofstadt in a tweet accompanied by a photo of the Belgian wearing overalls and the minister in slacks.
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And EU citizens have also heard directly from the Brexit secretary - known as "El Ministro Britanico del Brexit" in Spain or "Ministrul Britanic Pentru Brexit" in Romania.
After the government published its paper on the rights of EU nationals living in the UK, Mr Davis explained the policy in editorials for foreign-language newspapers. Each one was crafted for a local audience.
Britain's ambassadors have been deployed to illuminate that issue too, particularly in countries with a big population of British expats or large numbers of citizens in the UK.
It led to a slew of videos posted on social media by diplomats more used to working the cocktail party circuit than the camera.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman explained that rather than a specific Brexit push it was part of the UK's strategy to promote its values, which has included sending a British float to Pride in Paris and dispatching the Red Arrows to Croatia and Finland.
The UK's man in Madrid appeared on the Spanish cookery show El Comedista to talk about tortillas and the King of Spain's state visit to the UK.
Food has also been used by Conservative members of the European Parliament to woo their continental colleagues in Brussels, according to the Telegraph. The newspaper reported that they have hosted dinners at the city's best curry house.
Tory MEPs are also planning a foreign media blitz in the autumn, although a spokesman said their aim was to clarify the British position rather than influence the negotiations.
But the UK's overall effort has been criticised as "lacking in strategy" by a minister from an EU country that recently received a British delegation.
"We were really perplexed by the poor quality. The UK used to be the benchmark for diplomacy but not any more," he told me. "It all changed in the space of a month when they set up those new government departments."
He spoke of diplomatic initiatives started but not pursued, mixed messages from ministers and a general lack of co-ordination.
This week the Environment Secretary Michael Gove met Danish fishermen but it was not all plain sailing, with one of the attendees describing the meeting as "a frank exchange" - diplomatic code for the opposite of a chummy chat.
The Visegrad Group of four Central European countries- Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary - are expecting the Chancellor Philip Hammond to take part in a summit they will stage in September, but I have heard whispers they would prefer Boris Johnson to attend so that they can talk about their future relationship rather than the Brexit financial settlement.
In Brussels, officials from member states complain about a lack of briefings from the UK's equivalent of an embassy to the EU, known as UKREP.
An insider added that UK civil servants no longer join their foreign colleagues for drinks or to watch football matches, depriving them of a crucial diplomatic back-channel.
Isles of Wonder was based on the transformation of Britain, from a "green and pleasant land" to the internet era, via the industrial age.
A cast of 10,000 volunteers were involved in the memorable £27m show, which featured farmyard animals, several Voldemorts and even James Bond.
Its creation was captured by Ben Delfont, a stage manager for the event.
The rescue package will see an extra £2.4bn a year ploughed into services by 2020 - a rise of 14% once inflation is taken into account.
It will pay for 5,000 more GPs and extra staff to boost practices.
It comes after warnings from the profession that the future of general practice was at real risk.
Rising patient demand coupled with a squeeze in funding has led to patients facing longer waits for appointments and increasing difficulties getting through to their local surgeries.
Both the British Medical Association and Royal College of GPs have been increasingly vocal about the pressures over the past year.
Unveiling the GP strategy, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said he was "openly acknowledging" the problems and acting.
"GPs are by far the largest branch of British medicine and as a recent British Medical Journal headline put it - if general practice fails, the whole NHS fails.
"So if anyone 10 years ago had said, 'Here's what the NHS should now do - cut the share of funding for primary care and grow the number of hospital specialists three times faster than GPs,' they'd have been laughed out of court.
"But looking back over a decade that's exactly what's happened. Now we need to act and this plan sets out exactly how."
The extra money, coming from the overall increases in the total NHS budget which has already been announced, will bring the total spent on general practice to £12bn by 2020.
It means more than 10% of health spending will go on GP care - up from just over 8% currently.
The investment will help pay for the 5,000 extra GPs and 5,000 more non-medical staff, including nurses, pharmacists and therapists, that were promised by the Conservatives in their election manifesto.
Alongside the money, the strategy also includes:
The announcement was widely welcomed by the profession. Dr Maureen Baker, who chairs the Royal College of GPs, said: "This is the most significant announcement for our profession since the 1960s.
"For too long GPs have been undervalued, underfunded, and not recognised for the essential role we play. We genuinely hope that today's news marks a turning point for general practice."
British Medical Association GP leader Dr Chaand Nagpaul said the strategy was a "vital step", but added it was essential "words are translated into action".
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Qiaoqiao, was reportedly taken by a group of men on Monday, while being taken on a walk outside of Beijing.
The story of her abduction and her blind owner Tian Fengbo's ensuing grief led to outrage among Chinese netizens.
She was found on Tuesday with a letter in a plastic bag on her collar reading: "We were wrong... we beg pardon".
Mr Tian said he could "barely eat or sleep" after Qiaoqiao, a seven-year-old Labrador, went missing.
"Qiaoqiao always accompanied me. She was like a friend to me. Now I feel like I've lost a close friend," Mr Tian told local media after she went missing.
He added that the dog had been living in his care for five years and has since become part of his family.
Residents in the area where the dog was taken told local media that there have been a series of recent dog thefts.
The motive of Qiaoqiao's kidnappers remains unclear but it is common in China for pets to be abducted from the streets or even in the comfort of their homes, by dog thieves and sold to meat markets.
The incident began trending on China's popular micro-blogging site Weibo after news of the incident emerged, with calls for harsher punishment for Chinese dog thieves.
"What kind of monster must you be to slaughter a blind man's dog," remarked one angry netizen.
"Is this the kind of nation China aspires to be? Dogs are man's best friend, not food," said another.
One user noted: "Ever wondered why everyone celebrates when villagers take matters into their own hands and punish no-good dog thieves themselves?"
Tunisia Defender Zied Boughattas opened the scoring for the hosts on the stroke of half-time and Ihab Msakni added the second in the 65th minute.
The second leg of that tie is on 18 May in Gabon, with the overall winners progressing to group stage of the tournament.
Earlier on Friday it ended 0-0 between Al Ahly Tripoli and Misr Elmaqasah of Egypt, that games was played in Tunis because of the ongoing security concerns in Libya.
The tie will now be decided on 17 May in Egypt.
Etoile and Al Ahly Tripoli had begun the 2016 season in the African Champions League, the most prestigious and richest club event on the African calendar alongside TP Mazembe of the DR Congo.
Reigning African champions Mazembe fell by two goals away to Wydad Casablanca and were held at home with the Moroccans equalising in stoppage time.
Etoile and Mazembe have won nine Confederation of African Football titles each, achievements surpassed only by Al Ahly of Egypt with 18 triumphs.
The silver lining for Etoile is demotion to the Confederation Cup gives them a chance to win the competition twice in a row after beating Orlando Pirates of South Africa in the final last year.
Brazilian striker Diogo Acosta has been in good form for the Red Devils from Mediterranean resort Sousse.
If Etoile can close the gaps exposed by Enyimba in Nigeria they should build a lead at home to surprise qualifiers Mounana of Gabon.
Recently-appointed Mazembe coach Hubert Velud has appealed for patience from supporters disenchanted by failure to reach the Champions League group stage.
"I just got here," he said, referring to his arrival this year after the contract of fellow French coach Patrice Carteron was not renewed.
"Mazembe want to win trophies every year and we have the Confederation Cup in our sights now."
The club from Congolese mining city Lubumbashi have been goal shy lately, sorely missing Tanzanian striker Mbwana Aly Samatta, who moved to Belgium.
Ghanaian Daniel Nii Adjei showed signs of inheriting the leading scorer role, but has lacked consistency.
Mazembe host Stade Gabesien, a Tunisian outfit competing in Africa for the first time and unbeaten in qualifying tor the play-offs with two victories and four draws.
Hichem Essifi, the striker Tunisians call 'The Hulk' because of his imposing physique, will warrant special attention from the Congolese.
Three days after winning the South African title a record-extending seventh time, Mamelodi Sundowns face Medeama of Ghana near Pretoria.
Sundowns goalkeeper Denis Onyango told BBC Sport: "We have to switch our minds to a new focus and concentrate, we know we want the club wants which is to conquer Africa and that's what we have to think about.
"First we have to get to the group stage. But is a dream for the club and the players to conquer Africa and to make history - we know we have an opportunity to do it.
"We know we are playing a good team and we must give our best. We are taking it very seriously. If we can win 3-0 at home that would be fantastic."
Young Africans must shackle leading Confederation Cup scorer Arsenio 'Love' Cabungula from Angolan club Esperanca Sagrada in Dar es Salaam if they hope to become the first Tanzanian team to reach the group stage.
The match between Stade Malien of Mali and FUS Rabat of Morocco pits former Confederation Cup title-holders against each other in Bamako.
Mouloudia Bejaia of Algeria against Esperance of Tunisia and Al Merrikh of Sudan against Kawkab Marrakech of Morocco complete the first-leg schedule.
Owners Moorbrook Textiles confirmed the move at the Robert Noble's March Street Mill in Peebles.
It said a new owner was the best way to secure "continuation of production" and employment for 87 staff at the site.
A 30-day consultation on the move has started with management continuing to "actively seek" a buyer.
Moorbrook Textiles owns both the Robert Noble and Replin Fabrics brands which are run from the mill.
Robert Noble dates back to 1666, established under the David Ballantyne name in Galashiels.
Replin Fabrics was established in 1945.
Both brands were acquired and brought under Moorbrook Textiles ownership in the 1990s.
The company said that despite "significant investment" the "seasonal and volatile nature of the business" and "changes in global demand" had stopped the mill achieving "sustainable positive financial results".
Managing director Ian Laird said the brands had strong global reputations for delivering high quality products to worldwide customers.
"We have worked hard to deliver a strong sales pipeline, and we have invested to strengthen the businesses," he said.
He added that both businesses were in a stronger position than they were 10 years ago.
"Despite this, continuing losses mean that if a buyer or alternative solution cannot be found, production at the mill will cease this year," he said.
"We fully acknowledge the impact the potential closure of our Peebles mill would have on the local community and are working closely with all employees, customers, suppliers and government agencies to minimise this impact.
"It remains our earnest hope that a buyer can be found who can offer a better strategic fit for the excellent products and hardworking workforce at March Street Mills."
Manufacturing at Moorbrook's mill in Ayrshire is unaffected.
Some Peebles staff may be offered the opportunity to relocate to suitable positions in the Ayr business.
However, there have been signs that IS and its supporters would not shy away from their use.
A month ago, online supporters of the group boasted of an attack against Kurdish forces near the Tigris river in northern Iraq, saying they had used an unspecified chemical weapon.
They said 40 mortar rounds had been used to deliver the weapons targeting Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in the village of Tall Rim on 11 August.
The next day, IS officially acknowledged firing mortars in the area and published photographs showing the rounds being fired, apparently illustrating the same attack, but it did not mention chemical weapons.
Separately, German officials said they suspected that IS had used mustard gas against Kurdish forces in that area south-west of Irbil, at about that time.
While talk of non-conventional weapons is not currently a burning issue among IS supporters, there has been a long history of debate on the subject in jihadist circles going back more than a decade.
Many have argued in favour of their use, comparing them to weapons like catapults used in early Islamic times. But others have objected, saying Islam does not permit such indiscriminate killing.
IS itself has a track record of flouting international conventions and may have recently found a new ally to help it justify the use of weapons like mustard gas.
Last month, IS supporters online celebrated what they said was a pledge of allegiance to IS leader Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi from radical Saudi cleric Nasir al-Fahd.
Mr Fahd is the highest profile figure to sanction the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in jihad, publishing a fatwa on the subject in May 2003.
Mr Fahd's fatwa appears to sanction the use of a nuclear weapon against the US as a form of retaliation for Muslim deaths.
"If a bomb were dropped on them killing ten million [Americans] and burning as much of their land as they have burned Muslims' land, it would be permissible, without the need to mention any other evidence," he wrote.
"But we might need other evidence if we wanted to wipe out more than that number of them."
The fatwa also quotes extensively from Islamic texts to argue that jihadists can use WMD if they judge that is the only way to "repel the infidels".
He was arrested the same month and remains in prison to this day.
On 24 August, a pro-IS media group circulated what were said to be handwritten messages from Mr Fahd, smuggled out of prison, announcing his loyalty to IS and encouraging others to fight under its banner.
Given Nasir al-Fahd's standing in jihadist circles, if the notes are genuine, his backing for IS would boost the group's claim to religious legitimacy.
It would also help it justify any use of chemical or other non-conventional weapons, given his high-profile endorsement of WMD use by jihadists.
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Cousins made 136 appearances for the Addicks following his debut in August 2013, having first joined the club at under-13 level.
The versatile Greenwich-born 22-year-old can also play at right-back or in the centre of defence.
"I felt this was the right time for me to move on," Cousins said.
"For it to be to a massive club like QPR is a real pleasure for me."
Rangers boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink told the club website: "He's young, he's hungry, he's got Championship experience and he's got great potential to keep on improving at QPR.
"I am absolutely delighted he's a QPR player and can't wait to start working with him."
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Accelerated growth in both new orders and production pushed Ireland's PMI to 57.5 in February. A figure above 50 suggests expansion.
Overall eurozone manufacturing PMI held steady in February at 51.0.
France's manufacturing sector contracted to 47.6, the lowest score in the eurozone.
Manufacturing in the eurozone matched January's figure, even though new orders rose to a seven month-high.
Meanwhile, lower oil prices have reduced manufacturing input costs, said Markit.
Ireland's manufacturing growth seems to be resilient, said Investec's chief economist Philip O'Sullivan, but "any uncertainty ahead of the upcoming UK election - given that Ireland's closest neighbour has repeatedly been identified by manufacturers as a key source of demand - is likely to put that to the test".
Job creation in Ireland's manufacturing sector reached its highest since May 1998, Markit said.
Greece, France and Austria all saw their manufacturing sectors contract in February.
France's manufacturing PMI fell as sharp declines in output, new orders and employment weighed on the index.
"France is the most worrying, not just because it trails behind all other countries, but it is also the only country seeing a steepening downturn," said Markit's chief economist Chris Williamson.
McCalliog scored in the famous 3-2 win over world champions England at Wembley in 1967, 50 years ago this weekend.
It was a debut to remember for McCalliog, who was taken with the bow of Stuart Armstrong in last month's 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Slovenia.
"I was very pleased for Gordon and for the boys because it was a real pressure situation," said McCalliog.
"I was actually at the game, I thoroughly enjoyed it. They put a smile back on Scottish soccer that night."
Strachan had commented that Armstrong's man-of-the-match performance at Hampden was the best Scotland debut he had ever seen.
McCalliog, just 20 years old at the time, scored with three minutes remaining as Scotland recorded arguably their most distinguished victory, with Denis Law and Bobby Lennox also on target.
"With regards to the comparison (with Armstrong) I think that's what football is all about," McCalliog told BBC Scotland's Sportsound. "We all have opinions and that's what keeps the game bubbling along."
McCalliog, who had spells at Chelsea, Sheffield Wednesday, Wolves and Manchester United, would only win another four Scotland caps after netting the third goal in the Wembley win.
However, he says he has no regrets and simply cherishes the appearances he did make and having the chance to be part of the triumph over the World Cup holders.
"It seems like yesterday," he said. "It's a wonderful memory and it's still imprinted very much so in my head, it was a fabulous day.
"People would save up for two years so they could go to Wembley. It was an important game, we had it rammed down our throat about 1966 so all the boys were determined we would get a good result.
"To have Billy Bremner on my right-hand side and the wonderful James Baxter on my left was a dream come true.
"There were easily four world class players in the England side; Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Alan Ball and probably Ray Wilson and that's not to mention Gordon Banks. They certainly were a great side, they were unbeaten for 18 games, and it was a tough call for us to go out and beat them.
"The Scotland selection was quite difficult back then. The manager didn't pick the team, the committee did. There was a lot of competition. I'm very grateful for the five caps, it would have been nice to have got a few more."
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Fraser, the world number 90, hit nine birdies to finish with an eight under par 63, three shots ahead of the field.
More than half of the men's world's top 10 pulled out of competing at Rio 2016, citing the Zika virus.
Briton Justin Rose, one of a group on four under, hit the first ever Olympic hole-in-one on the par-three fourth.
"There is always an element of luck but you could chalk it up as a good hole-in-one," said Rose.
"I won a car that time [his last hole-in-one] but this is definitely better, better bragging rights. When you are the first to do something no one can take that away from you. That was definitely a cool moment."
Newly crowned Open champion Henrik Stenson is tied for second with Canada's Graham Delaet on five under.
Rose is one of five men tied for fourth on four under; along with Belgium's Thomas Pieters, Gregory Bourdy of France, Alex Cejka of Germany and Spain's Rafael Cabrera Bello.
Danny Willett, who became the first British winner of the Masters for 20 years in April, finished level par with a 71.
The second round begins on Friday at 11:30 BST, but there is no halfway cut as only 60 players are in the Olympic field.
In July, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy said he was unlikely to watch television coverage of the Olympic golf competition, preferring "track and field, swimming, diving, the stuff that matters".
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At present, there are no Chinese players in the elite top 16, with 17th-placed Ding Junhui the highest ranked.
Liang Wenbo, Tian Pengfei, Xiao Guodong, Li Hang, Zhou Yuelong and Yu Delu are the only others from China currently ranked in the top 64.
"Over the next 10-15 years, China will dominate most sports. The government are pouring money in," said Hearn.
Of the nine ranking events this season, the Shanghai Masters and China Open are played in China. In 2014, the country built its own Crucible Theatre to try to lure the World Championship away from Sheffield, which is contracted to host the tournament until 2017.
Ding, 29, is their most successful player with 11 ranking title victories, but has dropped out of the top 16 following a poor season. He had to come through three rounds of qualifying to compete at the World Championship.
"It is inevitable one day [that Ding Junhui will win the World Championship]," Hearn told BBC World Service Sport.
"He hasn't had the best of seasons but that may make him the most dangerous player in the field - he has no pressure.
"If Ding happens to win it, it will be a big boost to the game in China and bring in the start of an era with more and more Chinese players.
"Do I want to see the top-16 players all Chinese players? Do you want to see a draw between all Chinese players? The system is there, if they are good enough, to do exactly that."
In a news conference on Wednesday, Hearn hinted that O'Sullivan's refusal to talk to the media following his first-round World Championship win could lead to first-time fines for the same offence from next season.
Current rules mean O'Sullivan was just warned after beating David Gilbert 10-7.
In February, Hearn said O'Sullivan is "close" to being bigger than snooker.
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"Ronnie is a renegade so gets headlines for other things, which is all part of character building," said Hearn. "Snooker is played with self control and players who exercise that don't become renegades. Ronnie is a one off.
"If Ronnie breaks the rules, he gets punished. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand the frailties of nature and understand everyone is different."
Hearn was also bullish about snooker's future as a global game, with major tournaments played in 10 countries.
"Some people have written an obituary about snooker before it's dead," added Hearn. "The truth is that globally, snooker has never been bigger than it is now.
"The danger from the UK is people asking, 'where are the 18.5 million people who watched the Dennis Taylor v Steve Davis final of 1985?' The world has changed. You don't have three or four TV channels - there are hundreds, which takes people's attentions. "
In November Argentine authorities charged HSBC with helping more than 4,000 clients evade taxes.
The bank was accused of helping clients hide money in Swiss bank accounts.
HSBC rejected the charge and said in a statement that it complied with Argentina's laws.
The central bank said that HSBC Argentina's president and chief executive, Gabriel Martino, "had not directed the necessary measures to mitigate and adequately address the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities."
HSBC responded by saying: "HSBC Argentina continues to operate normally in the country.
"HSBC Argentina complies with the laws and regulations that govern its activity in the country and will continue cooperating with the Justice and regulators in Argentina."
Ricardo Echegaray, head of Argentina's AFIP tax agency, called the central bank's move "positive".
He said the bank's clients who had moved money abroad through secret channels should accept criminal liability and pay the taxes owed.
"They will have to recognize that together with Martino, and the HSBC authorities here in Argentina, they looked to cheat Argentina, to move funds abroad that they had never declared and on which they had never paid taxes," Mr Echegaray told a press conference.
In March Argentina ordered HSBC to return $3.5bn (£2.3bn) from offshore accounts.
Argentina's central bank has the authority to revoke the licenses of officials who legally represent commercial banks before the financial regulator.
HSBC is already facing investigations in several countries over allegations it helped clients dodge taxes.
In February, two senior HSBC executives apologised for "unacceptable" practices at its Swiss private bank which helped clients to avoid tax in the UK.
At the time Stuart Gulliver, HSBC group chief executive, said the behaviour of its Swiss unit had caused "damage to trust and confidence" in the company as a whole.
The decision is being seen as a precedent for protecting the privacy of cloud computing services.
The US Department of Justice had wanted to access a server in Ireland, as part of an investigation into a drugs case.
The ruling, made by an appeals court, overturns an order granted by a court in Manhattan in 2014.
The DoJ said it was disappointed by the decision and was considering what it would do next. If it appeals, the case could then move to the US Supreme Court.
Microsoft said it welcomed the ruling.
"This decision provides a major victory for the protection of people's privacy rights under their own laws rather than the reach of foreign governments," the company said.
"It makes clear that the U.S. Congress did not give the U.S. Government the authority to use search warrants unilaterally to reach beyond U.S. borders.
"As a global company we've long recognized that if people around the world are to trust the technology they use, they need to have confidence that their personal information will be protected by the laws of their own country."
The company thanked the companies that had backed its appeal, which included the likes of Amazon, Apple and Cisco.
Another of Microsoft's backers was the Open Rights Group, a UK-based organisation that campaigns for digital rights.
"The US Court's decision has upheld the right to individual privacy in the face of the US State's intrusion into personal liberty," the group's legal director Myles Jackman said on Thursday.
"As a consequence, US law enforcement agencies must respect European citizens' digital privacy rights and the protection of their personal data.
"States should not arbitrarily reach across borders just because they feel they can bully companies into doing so."
Microsoft had warned that allowing the search warrant to be conducted could open up a global privacy "free for all". Other countries, the company said, would perhaps seek to apply their own search warrants to servers located in the US.
Echoing a constant concern of those in tech industry, Microsoft said the laws were simply too outdated to be effective.
"The protection of privacy and the needs of law enforcement require new legal solutions that reflect the world that exists today - rather than technologies that existed three decades ago when current law was enacted."
But there is continued concern in the law enforcement community that cloud storage, together with encryption, is providing something of a safe haven for criminals.
Judge Susan Carney ruled against the DoJ on the basis that the Stored Communications Act of 1986 limited the reach of warrants applicable outside the US. She noted that such restrictions were vital to maintaining good relations with other nations.
Furthermore, she said there were mechanisms available for co-operation between countries in investigations - though law enforcement agencies often complain that this route is more expensive and time-consuming.
Another judge involved in the ruling, Gerard Lynch, said the 1986 law was in urgent need of an update.
"I concur in the result," he wrote. "But without any illusion that the result should even be regarded as a rational policy outcome, let alone celebrated as a milestone in protecting privacy."
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Peter Lenkov said Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park were offered "unprecedented raises" but "chose to move on".
"It's heartbreaking, but this happens on long-running shows," he wrote in a statement posted on Twitter.
Kim and Park have appeared in the show since its inception in 2010.
According to Variety, the pair had been seeking the same salaries as stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan but were being offered between 10 and 15 percent less.
In his statement, Lenkov said CBS - the studio behind the reboot of the classic 1970s TV show - had been "extremely generous and proactive in their renegotiation talks".
"In the end, everyone tried their best to keep the ohana" - a Hawaiian word for family - "intact".
Lenkov went on to stress that Hawaii Five-0 "has and will continue to showcase one of the most diverse casts on TV".
Production begins next week on the eighth season of the show, which will have its premiere on CBS on 29 September.
Kim confirmed his departure earlier this week on Facebook, saying he had "made the difficult choice not to continue" after failing to reach an agreement with CBS.
"The path to equality is rarely easy," he wrote in a lengthy post in which he encouraged his fans "to look beyond the disappointment of this moment to the bigger picture".
Park has yet to comment on leaving her role as officer Kono Kalakaua.
"Daniel and Grace have been important and valued members of Hawaii Five-0 for seven seasons," said CBS earlier this week.
"We did not want to lose them and tried very hard to keep them with offers for large and significant salary increases."
Jack Lord and James McArthur played Detective Steve McGarrett and colleague Danny Williams in the original TV series, which ran from 1968 to 1980.
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Second behind Brian O'Driscoll in the list of most starts; second - also behind O'Driscoll - in the list of most minutes played.
By the end of this championship no man will have led his country in more matches than the Italian, who has carried more ball and made more metres than anyone in the tournament's history.
But the numbers don't tell the whole story; since his Six Nations debut in 2004, the number eight has regularly been the shining light in a losing team, arguably the sole 'world-class' player in the Azzurri ranks.
Another, less flattering, statistic: in his 55 championship matches, Parisse has won just nine times, a winning ratio of 17%.
The defeats would have taken their toll. Following the end of former coach Jacques Brunel's unspectacular period in charge, Parisse was ready to call time on his international career.
But on the eve of his 14th Six Nations championship, the 33-year-old finds himself more invigorated than ever.
"The last two years with Brunel were really difficult - especially from the motivational point of view," he admitted to BBC 5 live.
"I thought of finishing my international career. But I met Conor O'Shea and he gave me another vision of the future."
Not only was new Italy boss O'Shea able to talk Parisse out of retirement, but he also shared his ambitions for Italian rugby.
"We talk a lot and share ideas," Parisse explained. "Conor arrived with a lot of energy, with the idea not just to be the coach of the Italian team but to be a director of rugby in Italy.
"I want to leave a legacy and give to Italian rugby a lot of things on the field, but work with Conor in the background [as well], trying to help players in Italy improve.
"It is not an easy job, but as soon as you have people who are motivated, with energy, and clever enough to understand the things we have to change, [then] hopefully in 15 years we can meet in Rome for a beer and talk about the things we have done for Italian rugby."
Parisse reveals he could have taken up a lucrative contract in Japan last summer, in the process retiring from Azzurri duty.
Few would have blamed him for going down this route at this stage of his career, but the player says the pride of playing for his country trumped any financial motivation.
"I could have left the Italian team and played in Japan on a good contract, but I am a bit old school.
"For me what's important is putting on your jersey and representing something and putting on the Italian jersey for me is a huge honour. I have played 120 caps, but every time I go out in the Italian shirt I feel the same emotion as when I was 18."
O'Shea's first few months as Italy coach provided huge signs of encouragement - a historic victory over South Africa in November the highlight - along with the traditional inconsistency, exemplified by the defeat by Tonga.
Meanwhile, the two professional clubs - Treviso and Zebre - are struggling on and off the field.
However Parisse feels the same players can flourish in the national set-up, as shown in the victory over the Springboks.
"When we beat South Africa there were 12 players on the pitch who played for Zebre, the same players who conceded 70 points to Leinster two weeks ago," he added.
"How can you explain that those players performed against South Africa? Because there were put in a good environment.
"The objective for us is to put the guys from Zebre and Treviso in a good environment to be competitive every single week."
And Parisse says he wants to give back to the game in Italy when he finishes his playing career.
"I would like to maybe in the future help as a coach or as a manager. Italian rugby is my responsibility today as captain, so maybe it could be my responsibility after my career."
Despite his advancing years, Parisse believes he is mentally and physically fresh ahead of the championship. Plenty to add to the record books yet.
In a unanimous statement, the council called on both parties "to adhere to the permanent ceasefire immediately".
President Salva Kiir signed the agreement on Wednesday but expressed reservations about it.
Rebel leader Riek Machar signed the deal a week earlier.
At least seven previous ceasefires have been agreed and then shattered within days or even hours.
Under the agreement, the rebels will be given the post of first vice-president, a position Mr Machar held until 2013 when he was dismissed by President Kiir.
The security council expressed its "readiness to consider appropriate measures" if the deal was not implemented, including "an arms embargo and additional targeted sanctions".
The statement also expressed concern "with any statement by any party suggesting a lack of commitment to implement the agreement".
On Wednesday, the US welcomed the deal but said it did not "recognise any reservations" that President Kiir had highlighted at the signing ceremony.
Fighting between forces loyal to the two men over the past 20 months has left tens of thousands of people dead and forced more than 2.2 million from their homes.
The leaders of Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia all helped to broker the agreement and witnessed the signing in South Sudan's capital Juba.
South Sudan is the world's youngest state, having broken away from Sudan in 2011.
Fighting broke out in December 2013 after President Kiir accused his sacked deputy Mr Machar of plotting a coup.
Mr Machar denied the charges, but then mobilised a rebel force to fight the government.
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Scott Sinclair and Leigh Griffiths scored in the first half.
Callum McGregor, Dedryck Boyata and Mikael Lustig struck after the break as the champions picked up their biggest victory at Ibrox.
"It was a very comprehensive win," said Rodgers. "The only disappointment is that we should have scored more goals."
Celtic's unbeaten domestic run now stretches to 42 games, with four league games and the Scottish Cup final remaining.
In six Old Firm derbies this season, Celtic have won five, with the aggregate score 16-4 in their favour.
Rodgers' first experience of the fixture ended in the same scoreline at Celtic Park in September but he was much more satisfied with this display as they moved 36 points clear of Rangers in third place.
"What I look for is improvement in performance, and from the first 5-1 to today's 5-1 there's a totally different dynamic to the team," he added.
"I said when I came in my job was to build a team who could go into any stadium without fear and play.
"Obviously this is one of the great rivals for Celtic, so for us to come here and show that was pleasing.
"We had a couple of moments, like the goal at the end, which typify it.
"Our defenders defend forward. They are aggressive, step in, and that's where the fifth goal comes from, with Mika [Lustig] winning it and then scoring like a winger or centre forward.
"But you have to earn the right. Fundamentally in any game you have to defend, and how I like my team to defend is with that aggression and high level of pressing, and the players did it right the way through.
"From the first to the last minute their physicality in the game was top class.
"Rangers started off with a diamond and if you're not concentrated, not organised, you can get outnumbered and outpassed. But the players tactically were absolutely superb in the game.
"So yeah, a big difference in terms of the 5-1 at the beginning of the season to the 5-1 today."
Barcelona suffered a second successive league defeat to offer some hope to their Spanish rivals and Paris St-Germain, already crowned as French champions, won again in Ligue 1.
And striker Mario Balotelli was criticised again for his performances at AC Milan, where he is on loan from Liverpool.
But what else happened around Europe? BBC Sport rounds up the stories you may have missed.
Real Madrid's dressing-room celebration picture following last weekend's El Clasico win against Barcelona is still causing amusement for some and anger for others.
Dutch second-tier side Almere City saw the funny side and tweeted their own tongue-in-cheek version of the Real picture, which featured Cristiano Ronaldo, sans shirt, showing off his physique.
Almere's version included reserve goalkeeper Roy Pistoor in the role of Ronaldo, showing he has some way to go to match 'CR7's' six-pack.
But former Germany international Oliver Kahn, who has never been shy of criticising Real, was less amused.
"Lately, I've been seeing more of Cristiano Ronaldo's six-pack than my own wife's breasts," he complained bizarrely to German public broadcaster ZDF.
As if life as a Newcastle fan was not depressing enough this season, one St James' Park old boy seems determined to rub salt into their wounds.
Hatem Ben Arfa gave the Toon faithful another glimpse of his talents on Sunday with a superb hat-trick for Nice against Rennes to continue his fine form since leaving Tyneside.
After falling out of favour at Newcastle and spending time on loan at Hull, Ben Arfa was released last January.
He has since rebuilt his career back in his native France and his 16 goals this season make him second top scorer in Ligue 1, behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
After just one season in charge of Fiorentina, former QPR, Leicester and Swansea manager Paulo Sousa is struggling to shake off rumours that he could be on the move again.
Following links with AC Milan, and stories that he was unhappy with a lack of transfer activity in Tuscany, the Portuguese has been forced to answer claims he met representatives of Russian club Zenit St Petersburg.
"I cannot justify myself every time I go out for dinner," said Sousa.
"I have a contract and I am the coach of Fiorentina. We have seven games and 21 points at our disposal, so I am concentrated only on that.
"Could I open a new era with Fiorentina? A coach doesn't just train the players, he needs to have a complete 360 degree vision, and so far this is what I have done."
Julian Nagelsmann might be one of Europe's youngest top-flight coaches, but the 28-year-old has wasted no time building a big reputation since taking over at struggling Hoffenheim.
After being lined up to take charge next season, Nagelsmann was promoted ahead of schedule in February. The job came his way as Huub Stevens was forced to step down because of heart problems after just four months at the helm.
Nagelsmann has since won five and lost just two of his nine games in charge, to take a side who were joint bottom at the start of his reign to 14th place, four points clear of the automatic relegation spots.
He enhanced his reputation further on Saturday when Nadiem Amiri and Mark Uth - two substitutes he introduced during the game - scored in a 2-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt.
In his first home game since succeeding Gary Neville as Valencia manager, Pako Ayesteran is up and running after claiming victory against Sevilla.
Alvaro Negredo struck in stoppage-time against his former club to give Valencia a 2-1 La Liga win.
Daniel Parejo's deflected free-kick in the 41st minute opened the scoring for Valencia, who had not won in La Liga since 2 March, but Kevin Gameiro equalised in the 86th.
Negredo restored the home side's advantage a minute into stoppage time as Valencia moved up to 13th in La Liga, nine points clear of the relegation zone,
Neville was sacked on 30 March after less than four months in charge.
While it boasts one billion users, Google Maps has recently seen defections by some key developers and partners.
Reports suggest Apple may abandon Google Maps next week at its annual developer conference.
They suggest Apple may announce its own mapping application to replace Google Maps on its smartphones and tablets.
To counteract any negative publicity, Google executives held a media event on Wednesday in San Francisco to preview new mapping features and trumpet a decade of achievements in digital mapping, including its use of satellite, aerial and street-level views.
Among the stand-out features were 3D enhancements to Google Earth, a portable device for taking "street view" panoramic photos and offline access to Google Maps on Android phones.
"It's much more than finding a way home," said Brian McClendon, vice president of engineering for Google Maps.
Google Imagery, the company's most sophisticated 3D rendering to date, makes use of an automated process to generate very detailed models from 45-degree aerial photos. Google has actually commissioned a fleet of planes to do the job. The end result is zoomable, three-dimensional cityscapes, complete with top and side level views of buildings, streets and landscaping.
Fly-over views of San Francisco's Civic Center, City Hall, AT&T Ballpark and waterfront
were shown during Wednesday's demonstration
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"We are trying to create magic here," said Peter Birch, program manager for Google Maps, who compared the offering to "Superman wings."
"It's almost as if you are in a personal helicopter hovering over the city," he said.
The feature will be available on both Android and iOS devices in a matter of weeks, Mr Birch told the BBC.
He would not be drawn on the possibility of a snag with Apple if Google Maps is de-bundled from Apple's smartphones and tablets: "I can't really speculate on what the rumours may be… Apple is a good partner of ours.
"We have a lot fantastic applications already on the platform. Google Earth is one of the top applications, and we've been on Apple devices since 2008," he said.
"It's a really fantastic showcase for the platform and we're really excited to be offering new features."
Google aims to bring the new 3D imagery to desktops later this year.
By the end of the year, the California-based company anticipates 300 million people will be able to look at their communities using this technology. The initial metropolitan areas were not specified, but Mr Birch indicated both American and international cities would be part of the initial rollout.
Should Apple actually divest Google Maps from its mobile screens later this year, as the Wall Street Journal first reported, experts say it would be a strike against the search giant.
"It's a negative for Google, but it's not going to have a big revenue impact, and it may in fact motivate them the create a more powerful mapping application that people can download from the iTunes store if Apple doesn't try to block it," said Greg Sterling, a long-time Google watcher and contributing editor at Search Engine Land.
"It's a platform battle," according to Di-Ann Eisnor, a social mapping expert and vice president of Waze, a commuter tool that relies on real-time crowdsourced data from its 18.5 million users to inform its mobile mapping application.
But the war goes beyond Android versus iOs.
Google created a backlash of sorts when it began charging for commercial use of its API last autumn. Developers and publishers like Foursquare, the location-based, mobile check-in app with 20 million users, opted to go with the free and volunteer-driven OpenStreetMap, the world's largest crowdsourced atlas, as its baseline mapping technology, instead of Google Maps. So did the mobile version of Wikipedia.
With 600,000 registered users, OpenStreetMap also has the support of Microsoft. As more big players start working on OpenStreetMap, Ms Eisnor and others say it could be another "viable alternative" to Android and iOs.
John Jackson, a technology analyst with CCS Insight in Boston agrees with the notion of platform wars, calling it "an epic battle for the future of mobile computing".
Between Apple, Google and Microsoft, "we may end up with three centres of gravity", he told the BBC.
The 33-year-old attended free classes at the Nottingham Television Workshop twice a week from the age of 11.
The charity offers free training for people aged between seven and 21 in performance skills for television, film, radio and theatre.
The actress, from Wollaton in the city, made a plea that "there should be places like that in every city".
She told Radio Times: "It's striking how many successful actors came out of Nottingham.
"We don't need to send people to expensive drama schools.
"When I went to the Nottingham Television Workshop it was free. Even now it's affordable - £100 a term - and if people don't have that there are bursaries and sponsors."
Ms McClure was discovered by Nottingham-based director Shane Meadows while training at the after-school drama workshop.
At the age of 16 she made her movie debut in his film A Room For Romeo Brass.
In 2011, the actress won a Bafta and a Royal Television Society Award for her part in the film This Is England 86 - also a Mr Meadows project.
Workshop director Nic Harvey said its ethos has been that "talent comes first, then we work out how their training can be paid for".
"Drama schools have a responsibility to go out there and attract hard-to-find talent with bursary and scholarship schemes," he said.
"If an aspiring young actor from a hard-up background can't see opportunities to develop their potential and make a road into the industry, then professional drama training will be the privilege of those who can afford to take financial risks.
"Great actors need great empathy, a chemistry with people from all walks of life."
The study looked at the wellbeing and mental health of 7.5 million young people in the UK aged 16 to 24.
The figures also show a rising proportion of young people who felt dissatisfied with their health.
But at the more positive end of the scale, almost three-quarters said they were "happy" or "very happy".
The figures from the ONS show a picture of a growing number of young people who are satisfied with their lives - but with a persistent minority reporting unhappiness or suffering from anxiety.
Almost 83% of young people report high or very high levels of satisfaction - a slight improvement on previous years.
But in terms of anxiety, 18% report high levels of anxiety and almost 16% have "medium" levels of anxiety.
In a separate measure, there are almost 21% of young people with "evidence indicating depression or anxiety".
And young people's perceptions of their own physical health seemed to be progressively more negative, with more expressing dissatisfaction and fewer feeling satisfied.
The ONS also published figures for the wellbeing of younger children which showed about one in eight youngsters between the ages of 10 and 15 reported symptoms of mental ill-health.
At the beginning of the university term there were particular warnings about the need to respond to mental health problems on campus.
Sir Anthony Seldon, University of Buckingham vice-chancellor, has been calling for universities to take a more active role in promoting students' wellbeing.
"We have a crisis, which is growing each year, in student mental health in our universities. I am not blaming the universities, but things must now change quickly before more avoidable misery is spread, and more lives lost.
"There is excellent practice in some areas in some universities, but the sector overall needs to rise quickly to their example."
Sir Anthony has set out ideas for how universities could take responsibility and intervene to help students, including better use of personal tutors, buddy schemes for support between students, tackling "lad culture" and the promotion of healthy living and diet.
Anxiety UK, a charity which helps people with stress and anxiety, is publishing a support guide to help students.
The charity says that overstretched health and counselling services could mean that students do not always get access to the help they need.
Trudy Jones, 51, from Blackwood, who was on holiday with friends, is thought to have been on the beach in Sousse when a gunman began firing on Friday.
Her four children said she was their rock, while friends described her as "adorable" and "fun loving".
Jac Randell, originally from Cardiff, said hotel staff in the resort were "prepared to take the bullets for us".
A statement from Ms Jones' family read: "Our mother of all people didn't deserve this, such a caring person who put everyone else before herself.
"She was the rock of our family and kept us all going. None of us have a clue how we're going to cope without her."
They described Ms Jones, who worked at Highfields Nursing Home, as "always willing to help others".
"She'll be missed by so many people," they said in the statement, issued via Gwent Police.
"She loved everyone around her including all of the people she cared for at work.
"We are all devastated and would appreciate if everyone can respect our privacy."
Colin Thomas, who has a brother in the care home where Ms Jones worked, said people remained in a state of shock over her death.
"She couldn't do enough for the inpatients up there," he said.
"She was just adorable. Everybody liked her - to see this happening is just terrible."
Hairdresser Ceri Lock described how she had done Ms Jones's hair just before she went to Tunisia.
"She was really looking forward to her holiday, she just couldn't wait to go," she said.
"She was always a fun-loving person, always wanted to help people.
"She was like a bottle of pop - she was always smiling - it's so, so sad.
"I think it has affected the whole village, the whole neighbourhood."
Another holidymaker, Jac Randell was in Sousse with his partner Hollie Nicklin when the gunman opened fire.
Mr Randell said they ran from the attacker expecting to get shot in the back.
"Hotel staff formed a line of protection around the hotel," he said.
"They were prepared to take the bullets for us. You can't thank them enough."
Mr Randell and Ms Nicklin, who live in Warrington, Cheshire, said it made them feel sick to think someone had been "watching and waiting to attack" while they were on the beach.
Ms Nicklin said: "I genuinely believed we were going to die. I genuinely believed that was it."
First Minister Carwyn Jones paid tribute to the families of those who have been affected by the tragedy.
It has been confirmed 18 British are among the dead.
Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui, 23, who has reported links with Islamic State (IS), opened fire on tourists at noon on Friday.
More details have emerged of the attack, which saw Rezgui shoot at people on the beach near the Imperial Marhaba and Bellevue hotels.
He entered at least one of the hotel lobbies, where grenades were also detonated.
He then walked through the streets of Sousse where he was reportedly chased by local Tunisians, firing shots at them.
It has also been reported that local builders threw rubble down at him from rooftops as he passed by in the street. The attack eventually ended when he was shot dead by police.
Many British tourists returned on Saturday on special flights while the two scheduled flights to Cardiff arrived on Sunday.
An RAF C17 transport plane left Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Monday at lunchtime bound for Tunisia to help evacuate casualties.
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Businesses put the growth down to expansion in the services sector, while manufacturing production also remained strong.
Meanwhile, cost pressures eased marginally, remaining steep overall.
The findings are contained in the Bank of Scotland's regional purchasing managers' index (PMI) for May.
However, growth remained below that of the UK as a whole.
The PMI for Scotland stood at 51.5 last month, up from March's four-month low of 50.1. It was 50.6 in April.
The index, which produces a single-figure measure of the month-on-month change in combined manufacturing and services output, indicates a rise in business confidence towards the next 12 months.
The firms surveyed in the report attributed confidence to "an unexpected economic upturn".
Fraser Sime, of Bank of Scotland, said: "Latest PMI data signalled the Scottish private sector moving up a gear, as growth reached a three-month high."
He added: "The positive news was driven by rises in combined output and new orders, fuelled by solid underlying demand.
"Also, easing price pressures added to the overall improvement in business conditions. That said, Scottish private sector growth remains below that of the UK as a whole."
Economy Secretary Keith Brown said: "The latest Bank of Scotland PMI figures show a welcome rebound in Scottish service sector business activity in May while manufacturing output remains strong and continues to improve.
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Colchester Hospital's leadership was labelled "poor" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which put the hospital in special measures in 2013.
End-of-life patients did not always receive "safe or effective care", the watchdog also found.
The hospital said the report did not reflect the improvements it had made.
Operations were regularly cancelled and some cancer patients had to wait more than 100 days for treatment, the CQC found.
Outpatients were often placed "at high risk of avoidable harm" because of a "real lack of understanding" of waiting lists, it said.
Many items of equipment had not been tested "for several years", despite this being raised as a concern at a previous inspection.
Mothers were not treated "with sufficient dignity and respect" on the postnatal ward, inspectors found.
Staff were praised for being "dedicated" but inspectors said they "felt let down" because many agency workers did not show the same level of commitment.
Prof Sir Mike Richards, the Chief Inspector of Hospitals, said the hospital has a "serious number of problems" and has shown "only limited capacity to improve".
"While the staff have been working hard through many issues to drive improvements locally, their efforts have been affected by poor leadership and a high use of agency staff, some of whom are unsuitable in terms of their skills and knowledge," he said.
He recommended the trust remains in special measures for the next three months, during which time it must submit a weekly improvement plan.
The trust's council of governors said the report might have an impact on recruitment and was "likely to have a negative effect on the morale of our dedicated and loyal staff".
All high-risk medical devices have been checked since the inspection, it added.
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The former party president told activists he would "work every day" to repay the faith shown in him.
Mr Farron beat fellow Lib Dem Norman Lamb in the contest to replace Nick Clegg, with 56.5% of the votes cast.
He is aiming to rebuild the party after a disastrous general election defeat that left it with eight MPs.
Mr Farron won 19,137 of the 33,897 votes cast in an election in which 56% of the party's members took part.
Speaking at a rally in central London, Mr Farron said the party owed Mr Lamb a "massive debt of thanks" and paid tribute to Mr Clegg, calling him "truly remarkable".
He said he had been "completely gutted" the day after the general election, when Lib Dem colleagues who had given "blood, sweat and tears" lost their seats.
Mr Farron, 45, said 17,000 people had joined the party since that day, and urged supporters to fight "ward by ward" to recover the party's standing, calling for "hundreds and hundreds" of new Lib Dem councillors.
"We may not be able to change Britain from the top down just at the moment, but we can change lives from the bottom up," he said.
"That's community politics."
The Tim Farron story
Challenge facing the new Lib Dem leader
Mr Farron told the BBC that the party could not afford to "feel sorry for itself" or "navel-gaze" and had to begin its fight back immediately over issues such as pay, civil liberties and climate change.
Liberalism in British politics was "under threat but absolutely essential", he told Radio 4's Today programme.
Under his leadership, he said the party would oppose the cuts to tax credits and other benefits in George Osborne's Budget and push for greater spending on infrastructure such as transport and broadband
"Youngish families on lowish incomes, who are hard-working and in-work and people who are rich - the 6% richest people in the country - will benefit from an inheritance tax cut," he said.
"That is not sound economics, that is not about making tough decisions, that is about redistributing the damage done by the financial crash towards the poor and away from the rich and that is just morally wrong.
"Societies which are unequal are not just morally failing but they are failing in output as well."
Mr Farron, 45, is popular with activists and was the bookies' favourite to replace Mr Clegg. But former leader Lord Ashdown and former deputy leader Vince Cable have recently criticised him, questioning his judgement.
Mr Farron said that the two men were "right about most things" but "obviously" he disagreed with them about this.
Mr Lamb, a care minister in the coalition government, offered his congratulations, saying Mr Farron would make a "fantastic" leader who championed social justice while Mr Clegg tweeted: "It's a tough job but the best in politics. I know Tim will do us proud."
Party president Sal Brinton said: "Tim is a fantastic communicator and his energy, enthusiasm and passion will inspire and drive the Liberal Democrats back to winning ways."
Dorset Police said officers attended an address in Harley Gardens at about 14:20 BST and found a woman, believed to be aged in her 20s, had suffered serious injuries.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Armed officers, assisted by a helicopter, conducted a search of the area and a 26-year-old local man was located at Hengistbury Head.
He was arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently assisting officers with inquiries.
The address in Harley Gardens has been cordoned off while crime scene investigators carry out their examinations.
Det Insp Mark Samuel said: "Following the discovery of a woman's body today, Dorset Police has launched a murder investigation.
"A cordon has been put in place at the address while crime scene investigators examine the scene. Officers are also carrying out house-to-house enquiries.
"I am appealing for anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious in the Harley Gardens area yesterday, Saturday 1 October, or today to contact Dorset Police as soon as possible.
"Officers from the local Neighbourhood Policing Team will be carrying out high visibility patrols in the area over the coming days to officer reassurance to the community and can be contacted with any concerns."
There are two obvious answers to that question. One, the two sides will get back round the table in a bid to break the deadlock. In fact, the first talks are to take place at the conciliation service Acas on Thursday.
And, two, hospitals will start the process of rearranging all those cancelled operations.
Ultimately both tasks will prove tricky. The British Medical Association and government are, it is fair to say, still some way from reaching an agreement - the Acas talks are just focused on getting them back round the table rather than finding a solution to the deadlock.
And this is being done with the clock ticking before the next walkout - planned for 26 January - gets under way.
In the meantime, hospital managers are trying to find spaces on the operating lists for the 4,000 patients who have had their treatment postponed. This comes on top of the few thousand cancellations that were made ahead of the first strike on 1 December which ended up being called off at the last minute.
And all this, of course, comes in the middle of winter - the busiest time of year for hospitals. Suffice to say, it will be a logistical nightmare for hospitals in the coming weeks.
But sooner or later both these issues will be resolved. What is uncertain is the long-term impact of this dispute.
While the past weeks, if not months, have seen people poring over the details of the new junior doctor contract, if you step back it is clear that this row is about much more than payments for anti-social hours, career progression and limits on working hours.
It is a row that goes to the very heart of the challenge facing those who work in the NHS, those who use it and those in charge of running it. That is to say, how do we keep squeezing more from a system that it is plain to see is under so much pressure?
This week - Conciliation service Acas is hopeful that talks between junior doctors' leaders and government can restart
26 January - Doctors to stage second strike, this time for 48 hours, but emergency cover will again be provided
10 February - All-out strike to run from 08:00 to 17:00
The junior doctors' row explained
There are plenty of people - both in government and outside it - who think there is more the health service can give. And they may be right.
But it is also quite obvious that the tide of goodwill is running low. On the picket lines and on the wards, junior doctors have spoken almost as one, arguing the government is simply asking too much of them.
And it not just doctors who are angry. Last weekend thousands of nurses and midwives took to the streets of Manchester, Newcastle and London to object to government plans to take away their bursaries that cover the costs of studying.
They argue their degrees are different from other courses because they spend a lot of their time working in hospitals and in the community and do not have the opportunity to do the part-time work that many students do to help them with the cost of studying.
And this is likely to be just the start. Talks are already under way to reform the consultants contract, while many believe next on the hit list will be Agenda for Change, the contract which covers more than 1m staff from caterers and admin staff to nurses and midwives.
The NHS may be getting more money this Parliament - £8.4bn above inflation by 2020 - but that is dwarfed by the £22bn it has been told to make in "efficiency savings" in return.
Staff costs make up about half the budget. It almost goes without saying, they're the obvious target.
Relations have been deteriorating for years, despite some fruitful co-operation in Afghanistan, anti-piracy efforts at sea and shared peacekeeping operations.
Nato accuses Russia of sending regular military units and heavy armour into eastern Ukraine to help separatist forces. Some are calling it an invasion by stealth. Russia denies the allegations and accuses Ukraine's pro-Western government of aggression.
What other tensions with Russia led to the current chill?
The end of communism brought a clamour from East and Central European politicians for Nato membership, as a bulwark against any future aggression by Russia. Nato membership was also seen as a mark of commitment to Western values and standards.
In 1999 - nearly 10 years after the Berlin Wall fell - Nato admitted three former Warsaw Pact countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
More former Soviet bloc countries joined Nato in 2004: the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Russia was particularly riled by the expansion of Nato to the Baltic states, which were formerly in the USSR and viewed from Moscow as part of the "near abroad". That phrase, commonly used by Russian politicians, implies that ex-Soviet states should not act against Russia's strategic interests.
At the Nato summit in Wales this week, Finland - not a Nato member - is due to sign a Host Nation agreement with the 28-nation alliance. It means Finland will give Nato forces logistical support - though not a base - on its soil. No Nato country has a border with Russia as long as Finland's.
Sweden has also decided to sign the agreement but a date has not yet been set. The two Nordic countries already co-operate closely with Nato and may become members in the future.
In early 2008 Nato also held out the prospect of future Nato membership to Georgia. The Kremlin saw that as a direct provocation, just as it saw closer Nato ties with Ukraine.
Last month Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said he would ask parliament to clear the way for a Nato membership bid. Such a move had been blocked by former President Viktor Yanukovych, a friend of Moscow, who was ousted in February after mass protests gripped Kiev.
The US-led development of an anti-ballistic missile defence system alarms Russia.
Nato argues that the missile interceptor shield will be purely defensive, posing no threat to Russia, and that it is intended to thwart any future missile attack by a rogue state. Iran and North Korea are seen as potential threats to Western security in that connection.
Russia wanted an equal partnership with Nato in developing such a system. But that option was not pursued, and Nato is beginning the deployment of interceptor missiles and radars in Romania, the Czech Republic and Poland.
In December 2013 Russia deployed mobile tactical Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad enclave in response to the Nato project.
Russia's brief war against Georgia in August 2008 soured relations with Nato.
During the war Russia backed separatists in two breakaway regions of Georgia - South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia smashed the Georgian military, which had tried to reoccupy South Ossetia.
Russia poured troops into Georgia - at one point they pushed close to the capital Tbilisi - and the West called Moscow's actions disproportionate. Later Russia recognised the two breakaway regions as independent, but in reality it is a frozen conflict, as the regions are not recognised internationally.
Nato suspended the Nato-Russia Council created in 2002, then Russia suspended military co-operation with Nato. Relations thawed the following year.
Russia - a historic ally of Serbia - has been staunchly supporting Belgrade on the Kosovo issue.
Serbia has never accepted Kosovo's secession - achieved with Nato help in 1999 - though it has agreed not to block Kosovo's path to EU membership. Many other countries also reject Kosovo's 2008 independence declaration.
Russia froze military co-operation with Nato shortly after the alliance launched large-scale bombing raids on Serbia in 1999.
Kosovo, mainly populated by ethnic Albanians, broke away in an armed revolt by separatists and there was international outrage at the brutality of Serb security forces. Nato intervened when civilians fled the Serb forces en masse, pouring into neighbouring countries.
During that intervention there was a tense stand-off with Russian troops in the capital Pristina, but it was soon defused.
In 2007 Russia suspended its observance of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty.
The treaty, limiting the amount of key military equipment in designated regions, was signed by Western and former Warsaw Pact states in 1990. It was revised in 1999 to take account of former Soviet satellites joining Nato.
However the alliance - unlike Russia - refused to approve the updates, insisting that Moscow must first pull its remaining troops out of Georgia and Moldova.
Nato has announced plans to deploy a rapid response force of several thousand troops in Eastern Europe, closer to Russia's borders.
The force could be mobilised within 48 hours, made up of member states' troops on a rotating basis.
Such a move would further undermine the CFE treaty, though Nato insists the new force would not have permanent new bases.
Former West Ham midfielder Reo-Coker and ex-Manchester United winger Richardson, both 32, have been on trial at the struggling La Liga club.
"We will be offering them deals for next season," Adams told Sky Sports.
"However, we have a cash flow situation at the moment that doesn't allow us to bring them in."
Reo-Coker has played for teams in Major League Soccer in America between 2013-16 since leaving Ipswich Town four years ago.
He played for West Ham United in the 2006 FA Cup final which Liverpool won on penalties.
Former England player Richardson made six appearances for Cardiff in 2016 after spells at Aston Villa and Sunderland.
Granada have lost both games since former Arsenal and England captain Adams, 50, was appointed head coach earlier this month.
His first game ended in a 3-0 home defeat to Europa League semi-finalists Celta Vigo before a 2-0 defeat at fourth-placed Sevilla.
Granada are 19th in the 20-team La Liga, seven points from safety with six games remaining.
They are at home to 15th-placed Malaga on Tuesday (19:30 BST) and could be relegated at the weekend if results go against them.
The body of Janet Murgatroyd, 20, was found in the River Ribble in Preston after a night out in 1996.
A man's manslaughter conviction for her death was quashed on appeal in 2004.
Lancashire Police's Det Ch Insp Gary Brooks said: "Twenty-one years on from Janet's brutal murder we remain committed to finding her killer."
He added: "Janet was a young woman with her whole life ahead of her. A student at the University of Central Lancashire and a part-time staff member with Lancashire Police, she had much to look forward to and enjoy.
"However, this was all taken away from her in a vicious attack, which we believe was sexually motivated.
"This was an opportunist offence by a very dangerous man who, despite the passage of time, still needs to be brought to justice."
The student had been shopping with a friend in Preston on 15 June 1996 before drinking in several pubs later that day.
She was seen leaving The Adelphi pub with a man before separating from him and was later spotted sleeping on Fishergate near Preston Railway Station.
Janet was subsequently seen fleeing from a man across Penwortham Bridge, by a taxi driver early on 16 June.
Two witnesses described hearing the sound of a female moaning and saw a man crouched down on the bank of the River Ribble. Detectives think this was Janet and her killer.
Her body was found later floating in the River Ribble.
The cause of death was drowning and head injuries, a post-mortem examination found.
The Proteas lost opener Quinton de Kock to a seven-ball duck before Hashim Amla (59) and David Miller (51) helped the visitors to 275-7 from 50 overs.
England batsman Ben Duckett was bowled by Chris Morris to leave Northants 1-1 but opener Max Holden hit a run-a-ball 55 to accelerate the innings.
Tom Sole's 54 pushed Northants close but Morris took 3-36 to ensure victory.
South Africa were without one-day captain AB de Villiers, who is still recovering from illness, but pace bowler Morne Morkel returned to the side and bowled accurately to finish with figures of 2-32.
The Proteas play the first of three one-day internationals against England on Wednesday, before the Champions Trophy begins on 1 June.
About 22,000 Romanians and Bulgarians are employed each year under the seasonal agricultural workers scheme.
But it will close when labour market curbs for workers from those countries are lifted at the end of 2013.
The government does not intend to open a new scheme for workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Home Office Minister Mark Harper said: "At a time of unemployment in the UK and the European Union there should be sufficient workers from within those labour markets to meet the needs of the horticultural industry."
A report by the Migration Advisory Committee earlier this year warned scrapping the seasonal workers scheme could also trigger a surge in labour costs and ultimately higher prices for fruit and vegetables.
The government's migration experts said they did not expect a shortage of labour on farms in the short-term but shortages could develop after two or three years.
It was difficult to predict whether Bulgarians and Romanians would continue to seek work on British farms when they were able to apply for any job in the UK without restrictions, it added.
But Bulgarian officials told the Department for Work and Pensions they do not expect there to be substantial reductions.
The report also says it is unlikely British workers will make up the shortfall, due to low wages and the nature of the work.
Responding to these concerns, Mr Hoban said: "We do not think that the characteristics of the horticultural sector, such as its seasonality and dependence on readily available workers to be deployed at short notice, are so different from those in other employment sectors as to merit special treatment from a migration policy perspective."
The move was welcomed by campaign group Migration Watch.
Chairman Sir Andrew Green said: "This decision has to be right. We now have a labour market of 500 million in the European Union, it simply makes no sense to bring in unskilled workers from outside.
"This decision is a welcome indication that the Government is serious about reducing immigration. It can only be helpful to the young British workers seeking their first job."
But farmers' groups warned closing the scheme could lead to higher fruit and vegetable prices.
The British Growers Association is seeking an urgent meeting with ministers to understand how the government intends to work with the sector.
BGA chief executive James Hallett accused the government of ignoring the advice of its own advisory committee to consider setting up a replacement scheme targeting workers from non-EU countries such as the Ukraine.
He said the government's decision could "have a significant and damaging impact on investment and production decisions affecting the UK with immediate effect".
Meurig Raymond, deputy president of the National Farmers' Union (NFU), which represents 47,000 farmer and grower members across England and Wales, said: "Our grower members will be rightly outraged at this decision by the immigration minister which will have a devastating impact on the horticulture sector in the UK.
"This decision completely contradicts David Cameron's belief that farmers are the backbone of Britain and the recommendations of the Migrant Advisory Committee that horticulture would suffer immeasurably without access to a reliable, flexible and consistent source of migrant seasonal workers."
Hertfordshire University robotics professor Kerstin Dautenhahn purchased the house in Hatfield 10 years ago in order to observe how ordinary people get along with machines in everyday life.
Robot vacuums, dogs and simplistic humanoid children are all regular visitors.
It is frequently home to two prototype "care robots" - Care-O-Bot, who looks like a 440lb (200kg) mobile phone in a Tuxedo, and Sunflower, a splendid homage to '70s sci-fi.
They are designed to fetch and carry, attract attention and monitor their human housemates for signs of pre-programmed unusual activity.
While local residents are aware of their cyber-neighbours, the exact location of the house is kept secret for security reasons.
"When we first started investigating robots as home companions we had a proper lab, but we realised people felt very uncomfortable," Prof Dautenhahn told the BBC.
"They felt observed and studied... so, we moved into a more realistic environment where people feel more at home."
It's not exactly home from home - the house is kitted out with more than 60 sensors, which the robots can be programmed to respond to.
There are big cushion-like sensors on the sofas and chairs and beds, so the robots know where their human is resting, and much smaller devices on the cupboards and doors, light switches, taps and even on the toilet seat.
An old Xbox Kinect sensor keeps watch in the kitchen and small round surveillance cameras are installed in the living room ceiling. There are further Xbox controllers on the table, not for a quick game of Fifa, but to manually control the robots if need be.
"We try to use as much existing technology as we can," said senior research fellow Dr Joe Saunders.
"It's very expensive to develop new technology, especially if it exists already."
Invited to spend the night, I found the sensors - generally discreet as they were - extremely unnerving. The constant hum of computers was eerie too.
It felt like the house was watching me - and it was.
The next day I was presented with a chart detailing exactly when and where I had moved, how restless I'd been in my sleep and even, to my embarrassment, when I went to the loo.
The robot house did not miss a thing.
"Initially people are concerned," said Prof Dautenhahn.
"But if you point out the benefits - if the house notices someone gets up and goes to the bathroom and doesn't return for an hour to bed it's probably a [bad] situation which might have happened - if you outline that most people are very positive,"
And how about the risk of a rogue robot deciding to have a midnight feast on a BBC journalist?
"It's very unlikely - simply because the robot is very sensitive," said Dr Saunders.
"If you go within 10cm [4in] of it, it will shut down completely and it has various other sensors, so it knows how to avoid you and not to come too close."
The university has also invested in researching robots designed to interact with children with special needs.
Kaspar has proved extremely popular with children with autism, even among those who have a tendency to shun human interaction almost entirely.
To adults his simplified features and slow gestures may seem a little creepy.
"Children with autism, the moment they see [Kaspar], 99.9% of them run to it hug it, kiss it, interact with it," said Dr Ben Robbins who works with the machines.
"To them, they feel safe. It has human features but it is still very robotic - it is not pretending to be a person."
Battery life is a perennial thorn in the side of artificial intelligence.
Large robots, like Care-O-Bot, have a lifespan between charges of about two hours.
But small, highly active machines like Oberon - a member of the university's robot football team Boldhearts, who showed off his ball skills in the garden - have just 10 minutes of power at a time.
Another challenge that continues to stretch the robotics community is autonomy.
"There's a strange paradox in AI (artificial intelligence)- things that are easy for people to do are hard for robots and things which are easy for robots are hard for people," said Joe Saunders.
"Our robots are about 80% autonomous now - the other 20% may take five or 10 years."
With robot vacuum cleaners and even lawn mowers already becoming more mainstream, will this street and many others be full of robot houses in the next decade?
"It's very difficult to put a timeline on it," said Prof Dautenhahn.
"We will see more and more technology that assists people in their homes - but it will probably be 20 years or longer for multi-purpose robots.
"It's still very hard to put it all together into one system."
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out a review of services, ranking health trusts and social care services on a number of areas.
These included acute care, discharge from hospital, access to rehabilitation and continuing care and support.
Plymouth was ranked as "best performing", with one of the lowest mortality ratios.
Torbay and Devon were both ranked as "better performing".
A stroke, which is caused by a blood clot or ruptured blood vessel, is the greatest single cause of severe disability in the country.
Depending on the severity, it can result in partial paralysis, impaired co-ordination, loss of sight and language difficulties.
Early diagnosis and treatment is important.
Care and support for stroke victims in Plymouth is provided by Plymouth Hospitals Trust, NHS Plymouth and Plymouth City Council adult social care.
Derriford Hospital has a direct admission for patients to a dedicated stroke unit where they are cared for by a specialist team of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, speech and language and occupational therapists.
It also offers direct access to a TIA clinic - any patient who has had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mini stroke (a TIA) can be referred and seen within 24 hours.
Patients whose stroke is caused by a clot, rather than a bleed, can be given thrombolysis (clot-busting drugs).
Plymouth scored top marks in the category "support for participation in community life".
Services provided by Plymouth City Council adult social care include a specialist counselling service for stroke survivors, carers and family members, a weekly self-help communication support group and an exercise group to help people improve strength, mobility and fitness.
The CQC gave Plymouth its lowest score for not providing extra support to help patients return home as soon as possible.
Plymouth city councillor Grant Monahan said he was pleased the efforts to improve care for stroke patients had been recognised.
"Our development of the stroke services directory and the stroke specific counselling service go a long way to helping those who've suffered a stroke get the help they need once they leave hospital," Mr Monahan said.
"This can be a devastating condition and the work we're doing with our partners offers a lifeline."
A statement issued by Plymouth Hospitals Trust said the considerable effort by health organisations and social care agencies to improve care for stroke patients over the past two years had been demonstrated in the rating given to the area.
Councils will be given a share of £4m if they find creative ways of getting more 16 to 24-year-olds and other under-represented groups to register.
Communities are also being asked to come up with ideas to get people involved in the democratic process with the best ones being backed financially.
The UK is moving to a system of individual voter registration in 2014.
At the moment, people are registered by household with the head of a household responsible for ensuring all eligible voters are included.
But, in future, everyone will be expected to register individually, providing identification such as their National Insurance number.
Councils are beginning a rehearsal of the new system which comes into force in England and Wales next June and in Scotland in September 2014, following the independence referendum.
Labour has warned that the switch could see millions of people being potentially disenfranchised, but the government says it will help eliminate fraud and make the register more accurate.
Ministers say two-thirds of people already on the register will not have to do anything because the current register will be matched against other public databases such as that held by the Department of Work and Pensions.
Those people whose records do not match will be asked to register using the new form.
The government's campaign, launched at the Local Government Association conference, is targeting those with historically low levels of registration, including under-24-year-olds, social tenants and hard-to-reach groups, such as students.
"If you aren't on the register, you can't vote, simple as that, but it's also an important part of being a member of society," Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith said.
"For example, it could have an impact on your credit rating and your application for a mobile phone contract.
"We all share responsibility to encourage everyone entitled to vote to get registered to do so. This means not only the government, but also civil society, campaigners, politicians and parties."
Electoral registration officers are currently testing the computer system that will be used to match the names and addresses of existing electors against the Department for Work and Pensions database.
The incident happened in the Newstead area near Melrose on Monday.
Staff alerted the police after the man tried to withdraw £5,000 to pay for the roofing work.
Police said they were following a positive line of inquiry but urged anyone with information to get in touch with them as soon as possible.
"We'd also continue to urge residents to always be wary of unknown or unexpected callers who claim that maintenance work is required on your property," added Insp Ali Hutchens.
"Never accept offers on your doorstep and if you are made to feel uncomfortable or intimidated call a trusted friend, neighbour or police."
One Newry shopping centre has seen a 62% jump in customers from across the border.
The boom has been fuelled by sterling's decrease in value - after the UK's Brexit vote in June.
It means, for example, a 128GB tablet device is about 90 euros (or £80) cheaper in Northern Ireland.
Peter Murray, the manager of Newry's Buttercrane shopping centre, said it had been "a real beneficiary" of the referendum currency swing.
"At the minute it is good and going to stay good up until Christmas, which is great news for border areas," he said.
A euro was worth £0.76 on 23 June, compared to about £0.89 now.
It gives Republic of Ireland visitors increased spending power on trips to Northern Ireland.
Online price checks also reveal significant savings on some items.
The same well-known brand of whiskey is 27 euros on shelves in the Republic of Ireland - but in Northern Ireland it is £15 - the equivalent of 16 euros.
"At the moment places like Newry and Derry are winning," said the chief executive of the CBI in Northern Ireland, Angela McGowan.
"But in the longer term what is going to happen with trade and the border?
"We do not know how Brexit is going to end up."
The Northern Ireland tourism sector is also getting a so-called Brexit bounce from Eurozone visitors - which helped boost hotel occupancy to record levels in August.
The 22-year-old Englishman travelled back to his parent club for diagnosis after Saturday's 1-1 draw with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
"Unfortunately I have torn my ac joint in my shoulder," he said on Twitter.
"Which is going to keep me out for around two to three months. Gutted I won't be involved in upcoming games."
Matthews joined Accies on a season-long loan from the English Championship club and has made 13 appearances.
Accies sit in ninth place in the Scottish Premiership, two points ahead of bottom side Partick Thistle.
Matthews went off eight minutes before the end of the game against Caley Thistle and was replaced with 23-year-old Robbie Thomson, Accies' summer signing from Queen of the South.
So much so, that Josue Garcia, the photographer who took it, has already been asked to give a number of interviews.
Mr Garcia works for the Panamanian president's office, so he will not get rich by selling the image.
But his eyes light up with pride when he is introduced to me as the man who captured "that" photograph.
Quiet and a little bashful, he goes back to editing the other pictures he took at the summit.
Because while all the attention may have been focused on Presidents Castro and Obama, there were 33 other delegations there as well.
"Thirty five human beings working for 900 million citizens of the Americas," is how the summit's host, Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela, puts it.
And there is certainly no shortage of problems in the western hemisphere for them to tackle.
Inequality is rampant in many of the 35 nations, and in his message to the summit, Pope Francis said governments could no longer "hope that the poor collect the crumbs that fall from the table of the rich".
It was a sentiment echoed by Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez, who told the BBC that it was time to move away from trickle-down economics.
"At the same time that we're growing, we have to share those riches and do so in a socially just manner," he said.
"How? We have to follow the best social policy which is generating genuine, decent jobs for our people."
The Pope warned the immense disparity of opportunities between one country and another also led many people to "feel obliged to abandon their homeland and family, becoming easy prey to human traffickers and slave labour".
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina also touched on the problem of migration in his speech at the summit, reminding his fellow leaders that 77,000 unaccompanied minors had left Central America for the US between 2009 and 2014.
Their reasons for leaving are manifold, but they include some of the region's most difficult challenges such as insecurity, domestic violence, drug trafficking, gangs, poverty and exclusion.
And then there is the western hemisphere's longest running armed conflict between left-wing Farc rebels and the government in Colombia.
The two sides are currently engaged in peace talks in the Cuban capital, Havana.
The fact they should have sat down to negotiate after more than five decades of strife and a number of previous failed attempts was lauded by many leaders at the summit.
Cuba's good offices in hosting the talks are also thought to have contributed significantly to convincing US State Department officials to recommend the Communist island be removed from the US list of countries sponsoring terrorism.
Colombia's neighbours in particular are cheering the process on.
They hope an eventual settlement will mean less trouble in their border areas, which are used by the Farc as hideouts and as corridors through which they smuggle cocaine.
President Varela of Panama told the BBC drug trafficking remained a major problem in the region, especially because of the crime it bred.
He said: "70% of the homicides in Latin America are related to drug trafficking, and 70% of those homicides are kids between 18 and 30 years old."
Gang-plagued Honduras has the world's highest murder rate, according to a United Nations report.
But Latin America as a whole does not fare much better.
Since the mid-1950s, murder rates have been five to eight times higher than those in Europe or Asia.
But for all the negatives, summit host Mr Varela is optimistic.
For him, the historic handshake that captured all the headlines demonstrated countries can put aside their political and ideological differences to work together for things that really matter to the people such as basic sanitation, water, security, education and health.
"The things that unite us are that we want to work for our people and face the same challenges," he said.
And for Mr Varela, that unity was encapsulated in the moment he, Mr Obama and Mr Castro waved to the cameras after that news-making handshake.
The Welsh Government believes it is an outrage that EU powers in devolved areas will be heading in the direction of Westminster, rather than Cardiff, after Brexit.
Alun Cairns believes that would take too long, and in order for trade to continue with the rest of the EU the morning after we leave, there needs to be a quick way of dumping all the Brussels rules and regulations into a temporary Westminster "holding pattern".
The calculation is that farmers and steelworkers will agree that uninterrupted trade with some of their biggest customers will outrank the constitutional niceties of the devolution settlement.
In the end, this standoff comes down to trust. The Welsh Government is being asked to trust the UK Government that it is a temporary arrangement. It would appear that trust is in short supply.
UK Government sources in Wales tell me the angry tone of the Welsh Government's response is "completely different" to the reality of the negotiations behind the scenes between the officials from both governments.
The accusation is that the first minister is grand-standing in Brussels, the response is a scathing statement accusing the UK Government of astounding ignorance, and a crude power grab.
So where does it go from here? The question is whether the UK Government is prepared to make a concession on the holding pattern, which is a central part of the repeal bill, and something which it has been unwilling to touch so far.
One possibility could be what's called a "sunset clause", or deadline in which a specific and limited time-frame for the temporary arrangement of say two years is set out in legislation.
Alun Cairns acknowledges it sounds sensible but in reality removes the incentives for any of the parties to strike a deal because they know if nothing is agreed within the time-frame then it will collapse.
Of course this is just one of the problems facing the UK Government as it looks to head off any rebellions with a slim majority when the proposed legislation is debated and voted on in the Commons in the autumn.
And there is also the possibility of a transitional deal for the UK after Brexit which could buy ministers some breathing space in order to put together a new plan which everyone can agree on.
Mr Poroshenko said the chance to implement a peace plan was lost because of the "criminal activities" of pro-Russian militants.
The shaky 10-day ceasefire between the Ukrainian authorities and separatist groups had been due to end late Monday.
Both sides have accused each other of violating the truce.
Interfax-Ukraine news agency quoted pro-Russian militia saying Ukrainian forces had resumed shelling the town of Kramatorsk.
"The decision not to continue the ceasefire is our answer to terrorists, militants and marauders," Mr Poroshenko said.
Earlier on Monday, the office of French President Francois Hollande said Ukraine and Russia had agreed to work together to establish a bilateral ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.
It followed talks between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France.
Armed pro-Russian rebels are occupying key buildings in towns and cities across the east, defying the government in Kiev.
Separatist leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk have declared independence.
However, Ukrainian troops are besieging the insurgents in several areas.
European leaders and the US have urged Russia to use its influence with the rebels to end the violence and have threatened to impose another round of economic sanctions against senior Russian figures and businesses.
There had been hopes that the ceasefire would hold after the French presidency said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mr Poroshenko had agreed to work on "the adoption of an agreement on a bilateral ceasefire between Ukrainian authorities and separatists".
It followed a four-way teleconference between the two men, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Mr Putin had earlier stressed the importance of extending the ceasefire, and called for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to play an "active role" in monitoring a truce.
However, the OSCE earlier said it was scaling back monitoring operations and freezing deployments to Ukraine's east.
Although timing of any rate rise is far from certain, the British Bankers' Association (BBA) said "competitive" deals had driven increased lending.
Personal loan and credit card borrowing have also increased, the BBA said.
The figures come as Citizens Advice warned that problem debt for young adults is on the increase.
The BBA said there were 80,221 home loans approved in August by the major High Street banks.
Of these, 46,743 were for mortgages for house purchases, a 16% rise on the same month a year earlier. Remortgaging accounted for 25,540 approved home loans, a 38% rise compared with August 2014 and the highest level for four years.
"Remortgaging numbers also continue to be strong, as shrewd homeowners snap up competitive deals," said Richard Woolhouse, chief economist at the BBA.
Considerable comment regarding the timing of rising interest rates could have prompted some homeowners to lock into new deals. Many commentators now believe the date of any rate rise by the Bank of England could come later next year rather than earlier.
The Bank's chief economist Andy Haldane even suggested in a recent speech that the Bank might have to cut rates to combat low inflation.
Mortgage brokers said that the relatively low mortgage rates on offer could be a response to a mismatch of supply and demand.
"The mortgage market remains over supplied with lenders having more money to lend than there are people looking for home loans. This means criteria will have to loosen and rates will have to remain low to ensure lenders hit their volume targets," said Mark Harris, chief executive of SPF Private Clients.
"For many, the main issue is not so much finding a cheap mortgage rate but being able to prove affordability to satisfy the lender and meet [the regulator's] tighter criteria."
The BBA figures also show that demand for personal loans has been rising and has expanded over the past two years.
"Increased demand for personal loans continues to reflect better credit availability, lower interest rates on personal loans and stronger household finances," it said.
Annual growth in High Street banks' credit card borrowing was 5.1% in August, it added.
A rise in unsecured borrowing, particularly by young adults, has been raised as a concern by charity Citizens Advice.
Prosecutors allege that Roman Seleznev, the son of a Russian MP, was a "master hacker" behind a plan which led to $170m (£131m) of fraudulent purchases.
He is accused of hacking into a number of outlets in Washington state in order to steal credit card data.
However, his lawyers say the evidence is inadequate.
The prosecution's witness list includes the owners and managers of Mad Pizza, ZPizza, Village Pizza and Casa Mia, among other restaurants.
The Associated Press reported that Steve Bussing, who owns Red Pepper Pizza near Seattle, was forced to spend roughly $10,000 (£7,740) on a new computer system after his one was breached.
Mr Seleznev and his girlfriend were arrested by US Secret Service agents at a Maldives airport in 2014.
He is the son of Valery Seleznev, a Russian member of parliament for the Liberal Democratic Party.
Lawyers have argued that Mr Seleznev Jr's arrest was a "kidnapping" or an "illegal rendition" that violated international law, but a US District judge has blocked that argument from the trial.
The hacking scheme is alleged to have been carried out between 2008 and 2014, ending with the arrest of Mr Seleznev in July of that year.
Kevin Wilson spotted Adams, 18, at a trial in Leicester two years ago. He said managers should start searching the grass-roots for talent again.
"The aggressive scouting has gone out of the window now," he said.
Adams came off the bench to score twice in the League Cup semi-final with Tottenham at Bramall Lane.
It was only his fourth appearance for Sheffield United since Blades manager Nigel Clough gave him a two-year deal in November, after a £100,000-plus move from Ilkeston, who are pushing for promotion from the Evo-Stik League Premier Division.
"A lot of people look at DVDs instead of going out and having a look at the grass roots," said Wilson.
He added that "scouting by DVD takes the leg work out, but we are under 30% of players in the Premier League being English and we wonder why our game is deteriorating.
"There are still quite a few players out there now capable of coming through. They are just not getting their chance."
Adams is not the only player Wilson has found amongst the lower reaches of the game and then helped to cultivate their talent.
Kieran Wallace was a team-mate at Ilkeston before following Adams to Sheffield United and former Ilkeston winger Jake Mulraney left for Queens Park Rangers in December 2014.
Adams was discarded by Coventry before Wilson picked him up.
He then spent two years nurturing a player capable of operating at a much higher level than League One, where Sheffield United are currently.
"He can go all the way," said Wilson.
"I know he will be judged more when he is playing every game but the boy has got everything.
"He was always someone you could see could go on. He had the 'wow' factor.
"At one time I had 49 scouts and managers watching him. Sometimes they have to believe in their judgement.
"With Nigel helping him, I am sure Che can keep developing and in the end will prove to be a good buy."
Northern European countries mostly have the best results, the comparison shows.
"Many member states are still landfilling huge amounts of municipal waste... despite better alternatives," the EU environment commissioner said.
The UK also relies too much on landfill, according to the EU report.
A "medals table" for waste management shows red flags - the worst scores - dominating the results for Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, Malta and Romania.
The UK gets one red flag for the category "existence of ban/restrictions for the disposal of municipal waste into landfills".
The UK's overall score is 32, while Austria and the Netherlands top the table with 39 points each.
In a statement to the BBC, the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said "recent statistics show our recycling rate improves every year and we are sending less waste to landfill".
"We are pleased this has been recognised and that the UK is listed in the top performers," the statement went on. "There is still room for further improvement and by working together with local authorities, businesses and communities we will continue to see the amount of waste recycled go up, with less going to landfill."
The best performing countries - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden - resort to landfill for less than 5% of their waste.
Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik said poor waste management was widespread despite the provision of EU budget funds for recycling schemes.
The Commission says full implementation of EU waste legislation would save 72bn euros (£57bn; $89bn) a year, increase the annual turnover of the EU waste management and recycling sector by 42bn euros and create more than 400,000 jobs by 2020.
The 10 worst performing states will be given Commission "roadmaps" for improving their waste management, with the aim of spreading best practice across the 27-nation bloc.
Mr Biden, who is in Turkey for talks, said they discussed how to pursue a "political transition" in Syria.
The US wants a bigger Turkish role in the fight against IS, but Turkey wants this linked with plans to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Mr Biden also praised Turkey's role in supporting Syrian refugees.
Speaking at the joint press conference after the meeting. Mr Biden said that they had discussed the crises in Iraq and Syria in "considerable detail".
"We spoke about our work as part of an international coalition to degrade and eventually defeat Daesh," he said, using an Arabic name for Islamic State.
He added that they had discussed a range of issues in Syria, including the need to deny Islamic State "a safe haven" and "strengthen the Syrian opposition and pursue a political transition away from the Assad regime".
Mr Erdogan said: "We want to continue our co-operation with the United States by strengthening it."
Mr Biden, who is in Turkey for a three-day tour, said that Turkey was "carrying a heavy humanitarian burden", with over 1.6m Syrian refugees in Turkey.
He also announced an additional $135m (£86m) in humanitarian aid for civilians affected by Syria's civil war.
The meeting came amid reports of strains between the two countries over Syria, and Turkey's role in the fight against IS.
Turkey has pressed for a no-fly zone in Syria but has not won US backing.
Mr Biden and Mr Erdogan have also had a public row over foreign jihadis crossing Turkey's border with Syria.
Last month, the US vice-president said that Mr Erdogan had privately admitted Turkey had allowed foreign jihadists to enter Syria.
This was angrily denied by the Turkish president, who called his relationship with Mr Biden "history".
Mr Biden's office said he had apologised, but the vice-president then said it was not an apology, merely a clarification.
On Friday, Mr Biden held talks with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who praised the "deep-rooted" relationship between the countries.
Mr Biden said: "We've been friends for a long time and one of the great advantages of being back in Turkey with a friend and Nato ally is we're always direct with one another."
IS militants have seized large areas of Iraq and Syria this year, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.
On Saturday, Iraq's army launched an operation to retake parts of Ramadi, a city in Anbar largely controlled by IS.
The jihadists control almost all of Anbar, despite operations by the Iraqi army backed by air strikes from the US and its allies.
Turkey's main contribution to the military campaign against IS has been to allow some Kurdish fighters from Iraq to travel through Turkey to assist in defending the Syrian town of Kobane near Turkey's border.
The Environment Agency (EA) launched an investigation into the incident at the Foss Barrier on 26 December.
Its report said water entering the pumping station led to the decision to raise the barrier to prevent the control room flooding.
The EA is now upgrading the barrier.
The barrier consists of a 16.5 tonne moveable gate that can be raised and lowered. It stops the flow of the River Foss and pumps water around the barrier into the nearby River Ouse to maintain a steady water level.
The report said the service tunnel, housing power cables, control systems and drainage pipes, became overwhelmed as water levels in the River Foss rose during heavy rain.
It identified an opening in a construction joint as "providing a route for water to leak into the service tunnel".
As the water leaked in, a pump designed to clear it from the tunnel was unable to cope. The barrier was raised and the water pumps were switched off.
The report recommends that "openings between the building and the service tunnel should be sealed so that when water enters the service tunnel it cannot rise and flood the building," and that "there is a risk that without undertaking the remedial steps a repeat of the event would compromise the facility."
In March, the EA said it was installing more powerful pumps and constructing a new control room as part of part of a £13m project to be completed by November 2017.
The Whitby-based William Riley aided in the rescue of 145 people on board the hospital ship SS Rohilla, when it sank off the Yorkshire coast in 1914.
A group of York fundraisers called the Ales Angles joined RNLI volunteers to row the boat the 16 miles between Newburn and Tynemouth.
The vessel was restored by the Whitby Historic Trust.
The row started at Newburn Sailing Club at 09:30 BST on Saturday, ending four hours later at the mouth of the Tyne.
Tynemouth RNLI spokesman Adrian Don, said: "The row was completed over an hour earlier than expected thanks to a fast-flowing ebb tide.
"This was a great opportunity for our volunteer crew members to get a taste of what it was like to crew a lifeboat a century ago.
"Our volunteers really enjoyed the experience, despite a few blisters on their hands."
The William Riley tours the country raising money for the RNLI.
Elaine Fairfax, from London, placed the winning bid after another fan doubled her previous offer of £500,000, live on Chris Evans' Radio 2 breakfast show.
"Oh my God," said Gary Barlow, upon being told the news by Chris Evans.
The businesswoman, who made her fortune by setting up a pet insurance firm, will now receive a 45-minute, one-off performance from the band.
"We'll come and sing to you, have a drink with you, have selfies, see your friends, meet your mum and dad," said Barlow. "Whatever you want us to do, we'll do it.
"Try and get rid of us. You'll be pushing us out the door by the end of it".
The proceeds will go to Children In Need, which stages its annual telethon on Friday.
It is the first time Take That have performed a private show for a competition winner since the start of their career.
"The last time we did something like this was in 1991 for Jackie magazine," said Barlow.
The prize was orchestrated by Chris Evans, who suggested the idea to Barlow in an email a few days ago. He phoned his bandmates Mark Owen and Howard Donald, and they had agreed to take part within four minutes.
"This is a charity we all love," said Barlow, who has previously organised the fundraising Children In Need Rocks concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.
Earlier this year, the singer surprised a mega-fan by turning up unannounced at her 40th birthday party in Maidstone, Kent.
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The Scotland international gave Hull the lead from the spot after he went down in the area, despite there appearing to be no contact from Palace defender Scott Dann.
Palace manager Alan Pardew said Snodgrass should be "embarrassed".
"The player has really fabricated that," he added.
Snodgrass was already on a yellow card when he won the penalty, and would have been sent off had referee Mike Jones thought he dived.
"Apologies from my end, it was never a penalty," tweeted Snodgrass after the match. "But genuinely thought defender was going to slide, so tried to ride the tackle."
Manager Mike Phelan added: "The ref made the judgment and we've had many appeals turned down this season, so I am not going to complain."
Palace needed a late equaliser from substitute Fraizer Campbell to earn the draw at the KCOM Stadium.
The result leaves Hull in 19th place on 12 points, with Palace dropping to 15th, just three point above the relegation zone.
BBC Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy said "unless you have retrospective punishment for obvious offences like this, it will continue".
Ex-Palace striker Ian Wright said on MOTD: "Robert Snodgrass dived. He's just gone down. He's expecting Scott Dann to tackle him, but he's not tackled him.
"When you're under the kind of pressure Alan Pardew is under you need luck. Palace need the referees to do their bit."
Rugby union referee Nigel Owens told BBC Radio 5 live footballers who dive should be punished.
"If a player is found to be guilty, I don't think a fine would make any difference," he said on 606. "Then you ban the player depending upon the seriousness of the offence.
"Citing doesn't stop the flow of the game, and I think it would be hugely beneficial. When a player does the dive, I think it's very difficult for the referee to make a decision at that time.
"If you had the citing, it would be highlighted afterwards and they can look at it and say 'right, this guy definitely has dived, and we'll deal with him accordingly' and I think that would get rid of a lot of the problems."
Mr Obama ended his eulogy for the Reverend Clementa Pinckney, singing Amazing Grace and reading out the names of the nine victims.
"What a life Clementa Pinckney lived," Mr Obama said. "What an example he set. What a model for his faith."
Thousands were in attendance at the South Carolina funeral.
Mr Obama said the attacks have called the US into action and the country cannot slip into a "comfortable silence" about racism, guns and other problems again.
Last week's attack on a bible study group at a historic African-American church is thought to be racially motivated.
The tragedy has reignited debate about race relations and sparked a backlash against the Confederate battle flag.
None of America's previous 43 presidents could have delivered this kind of eulogy, which sounded in parts like a sermon, in others like a state-of-the-union address and, at the end, a salvation meeting where, extraordinarily, he broke into song - Amazing Grace.
Often Barack Obama has been reticent to talk about America's racial dilemma. He has never wanted to be typecast as its first black president.
But here, in one of the most memorable speeches of his presidency, it sounded like he was almost ventriloquizing the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King. This was perhaps his most expansive elucidation of the race issue to date.
Carrying out a kind of national audit, he spoke powerfully of the legacy of slavery and segregation and dealt with the unfinished business of the civil rights movement: a criminal justice system that often appears to unfairly punish blacks, racial discrimination in the workplace, poverty, education, and voting rights which once more seem at peril.
This was Barack Obama as the preacher president.
Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old suspected gunman in custody, has been photographed holding the flag.
Mr Obama said a flag did not cause the murders, but the country was ignoring the pain it caused.
The president was accompanied in Charleston by First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden and his wife Jill.
Former secretary of state and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was in attendance as well.
Mr Obama delivered lengthy remarks, garnering applause and cries from the audience as he spoke in a preaching, rousing style.
"[Clementa] understood that justice grows out of recognition of ourselves in each other," Mr Obama said. "My liberty depends on you being free too."
In making a moral choice to change the tide of gun violence, the US will express God's grace, he said.
He touched on the way racial bias effects how young black people get jobs, go to school and vote.
Addressing the families of the victims, Mr Obama said the nations shares in their grief.
"Our pain cuts that much deeper because it happened in a church," he said.
The alleged killer Dylann Roof was "blinded by hatred" and could not see the grace of the churchgoers, who welcomed him openly into their prayer circle.
"The alleged killer could not imagine how the city of Charleston and the US would respond, with revulsion at his evil act," Mr Obama said.
The first two funerals, for Ethel Lance and Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, were held on Thursday.
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, the Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Reverend Al Sharpton were in attendance.
The new proposed rules will come in from April 2015, but some of the current rules will be relaxed from 27 March, 2014.
The changes affect those over 55 who have savings in a defined contribution (DC) pension scheme, such as a personal pension. In a DC scheme, the pension depends on the amount of money you, and perhaps your employer, have saved in the scheme.
The position for those in defined benefit (DB) - or final salary - pensions is unlikely to change, although there may be a restriction preventing people in public service pension schemes from transferring into a DC scheme.
The chancellor announced plans for some temporary rules until the full proposed reforms come into force. These will run from 27 March, 2014 to 6 April, 2015
If you are aged over 60 and have not touched your pension pot, and your total pension savings are no more than £30,000, you can withdraw all of the savings.
The first 25% of the money you take out is tax-free, and the rest is taxed as the top slice of your income in the tax year of withdrawal.
To take some fictional examples: Clara is 62 and has no other income, but does have a £20,000 DC pension pot. She withdraws all £20,000 in one year. She receives £5,000 (25%) tax-free and pays no tax up to her personal allowance of £10,000. She pays 20% tax on the remaining £5,000.
Denise's pension pot is also £20,000. She is still working, and earns £65,000 a year. She decides to empty her pension pot. Like Clara, the first £5,000 would be tax-free, but the balance of £15,000 is taxed at 40%, because she has already used all her basic rate tax band.
If you want to take advantage of the new rules, you should first check what tax you will pay on the money you take out.
What is an annuity?
If you have a pension which is in "capped drawdown", so that you are taking some money out each year, the amount you can withdraw from your drawdown fund will increase from 120% to 150%.
Alternatively, if you are in capped drawdown and have at least £12,000 a year of "secure pension income", including the state pension and annuities in payment, you can move to "flexible drawdown" which gives you complete freedom over how much you take out of the pension pot.
Before 27 March you could only move to flexible drawdown if you had secure pension income of at least £20,000 a year. Remember that any money you take out of your drawdown fund will be taxed at your marginal rate, so you may want to take the money out in stages so as to minimise the tax cost.
The government is consulting on the rules which will apply from 6 April, 2015, but it is expected that you will be able to take your entire DC pension savings as a lump sum and spend or invest it as you like, as long as you are over 55.
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Up to 25% of the money will be tax free, as now, but the balance will be subject to tax at your marginal rate.
For example, Emily is 60 and has taxable income of £50,000. She has £250,000 in her pension pot, and takes all this money out on 7 April, 2015. She will receive £62,500 without tax (25%) and the balance will be taxed at a mixture of 40% and 45%. She also loses her personal allowance because her total taxable income is over £100,000.
She would have paid less tax if she had spread the withdrawals over several years.
There is very little time left in this tax year - only just over a week between 27 March and 4 April. If you want to take out some money from your pension using the rules which apply from 27 March, you should contact your pension scheme or adviser without delay.
It will be very challenging for these companies to deal with the flood of requests they are likely to receive.
Meanwhile, if you have already used your pension savings to obtain an annuity, then this change is not expected to affect you. You will continue to get your annuity from your pension provider as before.
These changes give pension savers control over their pension pots. But do not forget that taking the money out now may trigger a tax charge. You should check out how much the tax will be before you take the money.
The team from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) will visit premises in the Mallusk Industrial Estate, on the outskirts of Belfast.
They will take an inventory of any chemicals being stored by companies there.
The work is being done following recent fish kills in nearby rivers.
In September, hundreds of juvenile trout and salmon were killed by pollution in the Three Mile Water.
The previous month, a 150m stretch of the Sixmilewater was affected. The local angling club said 200 fish had been killed.
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan said: "This work programme will involve a team of NIEA staff visiting every premises within Mallusk Industrial Estate, closely inspecting each site for pollution risks, particularly storage and handling of oil and potential pollutants, and checking that each site is correctly connected to the public sewer network.
"Where any pollution risks are identified NIEA will ensure the site owner involved takes all necessary remedial action to remove that risk."
Last year, NIEA staff visited 150 businesses in the Mallusk Industrial Estate.
"Beau Biden was an original. He was a good man. A man of character. A man who loved deeply and was loved in return," the president said.
Beau Biden died at the end of last month from brain cancer aged 46.
He was seen as a rising star of US politics but suffered from health problems in recent years.
Beau Biden had intended to run for Delaware state governor in 2016.
About 1,000 people - including Bill and Hillary Clinton and numerous other top politicians - attended the funeral at a Roman Catholic church in Wilmington, the largest city in the state of Delaware.
Vice-President Joe Biden led a procession into the church with his family at the beginning of the service.
Mourners heard President Obama describe Mr Biden as a public servant who learned through early tragedy what mattered most and as a result decided upon living "a life of meaning" that would inspire those around him.
"He was a scion of an incredible family," the president said, "who brushed away the possibility of privilege for the harder, better reward of earning his own way."
The president described Beau Biden as a son, a father, a soldier and a politician who refused to take short cuts in his determination to serve his country and others.
He said that a "cruel twist of fate" killed Beau Biden's mother and infant sister in a car crash four decades ago and left Beau - three years old at the time - and his younger brother Hunter in hospital.
The accident happened shortly after Mr Biden won election to the Senate in 1972
Coldplay singer Chris Martin was a soloist at the service - he volunteered to perform after hearing that Beau Biden liked the band.
Mr Biden was diagnosed with brain cancer in August 2013 and underwent treatment that was initially successful. However, the cancer recurred earlier this year.
Labour councillor and former train driver Alistair Watson died suddenly at his home on Wednesday evening.
It follows the death of the council's former Depute Lord Provost, Gerry Leonard, earlier this week.
The Labour group leader on Glasgow City Council, Frank McAveety, said Mr Watson was a "champion for the people" and a "loyal friend".
Mr Watson had been the councillor for Cardonald for 22 years, working most recently as the former Labour administration's business manager.
He also served as convener of the council's Land and Environmental Services Committee and was a former chair of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said his death was a "shock to the Labour family".
"Alistair Watson worked for his community and the Labour Party tirelessly," she said.
"Glasgow Labour has lost a giant and the city of Glasgow has lost a passionate advocate."
Mr McAveety said: "The city has lost a major political figure. He was a shrewd politician and a champion for the people of Cardonald.
"On a personal level, I have lost a loyal friend. The Labour Party and family has lost a crusader who was always fizzing with ideas."
He added that Mr Watson had been an "approachable, decent and compassionate man who made a real difference".
The council said Mr Watson had been a life-long Aslef member and trade unionist whose background in transport had "fuelled his passion" for projects like Glasgow Crossrail and the city's airport rail link.
Lord Provost Eva Bolander said: "Alistair was a towering figure, physically and politically. An astute and seasoned politician.
"He had a significant and hugely influential role in local politics. My condolences go to his family."
Denmark contributes two thirds of Greenland's budget revenue, the rest coming mainly from fishing. Potential oil, gas and rare earth mineral reserves have attracted prospecting firms.
Greenland enjoys perpetual daylight for two months each year but over 80% of the island is covered by an ice cap 4km thick in places. Global warming is feared to be causing the ice cover to melt increasingly fast but has also increased access to Greenland's mineral resources.
The USA has long seen Greenland as strategically important and established a radar base at Thule at the start of the Cold War.
The island's population is only 57,000. Inhabitants face severe social problems, notably unemployment, alcoholism and HIV/AIDS.
Population 56,200
Area 2.17m sq km (840,000 sq miles
Major languages Greenlandic, Danish
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 68 years (men), 73 years (women)
Currency Danish krone
Head of State: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
Prime Minister: Kim Kielsen
A former policeman and environment minister, Kim Kielsen took office as prime minister in December 2014 after a coalition deal struck in the wake of snap elections.
His predecessor and Greenland's first woman prime minister, Aleqa Hammond of the Siumit social-democratic party, stepped down in October 2014 over a spending scandal.
Broadcasting in Greenlandic and Danish, is the main source of news and entertainment.
There are no daily newspapers. The major titles - a weekly and a bi-weekly - publish in Greenlandic and Danish.
982 - Greenland discovered by the Norwegian, Erik the Red, who calls his discovery "Greenland" to make it more attractive. In 986 he returns with settlers but by 1600, only Inuit inhabitants remain.
1721 - New Danish settlement established near present-day capital, Nuuk.
1940 - Denmark is occupied by Germany during World War II. The United States assumes protective custody over Greenland for the duration of the war.
1953 - Greenland becomes an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
1979 - Greenland attains home rule following a referendum.
1999 - Danish High Court rules that Inuit were illegally exiled from their land in northern Greenland in 1953 to expand US airbase at Thule but denies them right of return.
2008 - Greenlanders vote in referendum for more autonomy, greater control over energy resources and granting Kalaallisut or Western Greenlandic status of official language in place of Danish.
2010 - Greenland's ice sheet is shrinking faster and making a bigger contribution to rising sea levels, a study in the journal Science confirms.
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And he insisted UN condemnation of illegal Jewish settlements on occupied land was in line with American values.
Israel's PM said Mr Kerry's speech was "obsessively focused" on settlements.
Earlier, US President-elect Donald Trump tweeted in support of Israel, saying he would not allow it to be treated with "disdain and disrespect".
He urged Israel to "stay strong" until he assumed office next month.
On Friday, the US chose not to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to Israeli settlement construction, leading to an angry response from Israel.
The issue of Jewish settlements is one of the most contentious between Israel and the Palestinians, who see them as an obstacle to peace and the creation of a viable Palestinian state.
More than 500,000 Jews live in about 140 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
A "two-state solution" to the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is the declared goal of their leaders and many international diplomats and politicians.
It is the shorthand for a final settlement that would see the creation of an independent state of Palestine within pre-1967 ceasefire lines in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, living peacefully alongside Israel.
The United Nations, the Arab League, the European Union, Russia and the United States routinely restate their commitment to the concept.
Blame and bitterness keep peace at bay
Reconsidering the two-state solution
Mr Kerry said: "The two-state solution is the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. It is the only way to ensure Israel's future as a Jewish and democratic state. That future is now in jeopardy."
He added: "The Israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution, but his current coalition is the most right-wing in Israeli history with an agenda driven by the most extreme elements.
"The result is that policies of this government, which the prime minister himself just described as more committed to settlements than any Israel's history, are leading in the opposite direction. They are leading towards one state."
In his reply, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was disappointed with the US secretary of state's speech, which he said was "unbalanced".
Mr Kerry, he said, had "paid lip service to the unremitting Palestinian campaign of terrorism" against Israel.
The conflict, Mr Netanyahu added, centred on the Palestinians' refusal to recognise Israel's right to exist, but Mr Kerry "does not see the simple truth".
A spokeswoman for the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, Hanan Ashrawi, told the BBC that Palestinians had adhered to past agreements but the Israelis had not.
"We have accepted the two-state solution and we've acted accordingly and we have honoured all our commitments as per the declaration of principles and the agreements," she said.
"Unfortunately it's Israel that has violated all its commitments, all the agreements and that is constantly now stepping up, as John Kerry said... its settlement activities and in an insane manner that is... specifically planned to destroy the two-state solution."
Barack Obama began his presidency with a flurry of diplomacy aimed at breaking the Arab-Israeli deadlock. It did not work and pretty soon, a succession of Arab revolutions and wars gave the president more pressing things to think about.
Now, at the eleventh hour, another flurry, which has angered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
But could it help set the scene for future diplomacy? France is organising a peace conference in mid-January and it has been suggested that decisions taken there could form the basis of another UN resolution before 20 January, when President Obama leaves office.
However, Donald Trump has made it clear he has no plans to push Israel into a corner.
In two tweets issued on Wednesday morning New York time, Mr Trump said: "We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect.
"They used to have a great friend in the US, but... not anymore. The beginning of the end was the horrible Iran deal, and now this (UN)! Stay strong Israel, January 20th is fast approaching!"
Critics have urged the president-elect to use more conventional channels to communicate on international matters.
Mr Netanyahu replied on Twitter: "President-elect Trump, thank you for your warm friendship and your clear-cut support for Israel!"
The UN resolution passed last Friday stated that the establishment of settlements "has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace".
The US decision to abstain infuriated Mr Netanyahu, who has taken diplomatic reprisals against the countries that voted in favour of the resolution.
Meanwhile, an Israeli committee has postponed a vote to authorise construction of almost 500 new homes in Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.
The move apparently follows a request from Mr Netanyahu's office.
Forecasters have said up to 30mm (1.1in) of rain could fall in south, mid and west Wales between Sunday night and Monday morning.
A yellow "be aware" warning has been issued from 21:00 BST and is in effect until midday.
Localised flooding is likely, potentially worsened by wind-blown debris from Saturday's strong gusts.
The warning covers Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Swansea, Torfaen and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan tweeted: "They've closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. 'The decision is not subject to review.' Praise be to freedom of speech!"
The bank said the decision was "not taken lightly" and that the accounts were "still operative" at present.
An MP from Russia's ruling party has said its parliament will demand an explanation from the UK.
RT says the entire Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group, of which NatWest is part, is refusing to provide its services.
The broadcaster, previously known as Russia Today, says NatWest wrote to its London office saying: "We have recently undertaken a review of your banking arrangements with us and reached the conclusion that we will no longer provide these facilities."
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The bank, RT said, had insisted its decision was final and it was "not prepared to enter into any discussion."
A letter posted online by the channel appears to show that the freeze is not in effect yet. It warns that banking facilities will be "cancelled and closed" on 12 December.
RBS said in a statement: "These decisions are not taken lightly. We are reviewing the situation and are contacting the customer to discuss this further. The bank accounts remain open and are still operative."
The UK Treasury said it does not comment on individual cases, but added that no new sanctions or obligations relating to Russia had been imposed on British banks by the government since February 2015.
A spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May said: "It's a matter for the bank, and it's for them to decide who they offer services to based on their own risk appetite."
MP Sergei Zheleznyak, from the ruling United Russia party, told the privately owned Interfax news agency: "We will be demanding an explanation from Britain's official authorities in connection with this situation."
Mr Zheleznyak, who sits on the international affairs committee of the State Duma (parliament's lower house), called NatWest's refusal to offer its banking services "outrageous" and "an infringement of the rights of journalists".
RT chief Ms Simonyan said the closure included the personal accounts of some senior staff working in the UK.
She told Russian state media: "They haven't explained the reasons and I think they can't explain them because there can't be any reasons. We have an absolutely transparent operation there, absolutely transparent funding. There have never been any complaints in this regard at all.
"They have failed to defeat us by simply vilifying us, by picking on our broadcast, so they decided to try the banking flank: 'Try broadcasting when all your accounts have been closed.' Yet we will try."
RT, which is run by the Kremlin, has previously been accused of biased reporting and found in breach of Ofcom regulations.
The UK broadcasting regulator criticised a programme in which RT claimed the BBC had "staged" a chemical weapons attack for a news report on Syria.
Ofcom ruled that parts of the RT programme were "materially misleading".
Russian media outlets have made inroads into the UK recently.
The state-funded Sputnik news agency set up in Edinburgh in August to broadcast live radio programmes from Scotland. It said its goal was "telling the untold" to Scottish and UK audiences, although critics say it will act as a Kremlin mouthpiece.
Dr Carneiro, who claimed constructive dismissal against Chelsea, also reached a discrimination settlement against the club's former manager Jose Mourinho.
Chelsea said it apologised "unreservedly" to the former first team doctor for the distress caused.
On Monday it emerged Chelsea had offered Dr Carneiro £1.2m to settle her claims, which she had rejected.
In a statement, Dr Carneiro said: "I am relieved that today we have been able to conclude this tribunal case. It has been an extremely difficult and distressing time for me and my family and I now look forward to moving forward with my life.
"My priority has always been the health and safety of the players and fulfilling my duty of care as a doctor."
Addressing the London South Employment Tribunal centre in Croydon, Daniel Stilitz QC, for Chelsea and Mr Mourinho, said: "We are pleased to be able to tell the tribunal that the parties agreed a settlement on confidential terms."
Dr Carneiro claimed she was sexually discriminated against after she went on to the pitch to treat Chelsea player Eden Hazard during the opening day of the Premier League season last August.
She claimed that Mr Mourinho shouted the Portuguese phrase "filha da puta" at her, which means "daughter of a whore", as she ran on to the pitch.
Hazard had to leave the pitch, briefly leaving the team with only nine men at what Mr Mourinho claimed was a crucial stage in the game.
Chelsea went on to draw 2-2 with Swansea and Mr Mourinho publicly criticised both Dr Carneiro and first team physio Jon Fearn for being "impulsive and naive".
Dr Carneiro left the club in September after being demoted.
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Many will guess but we may never know how much money is winging its way into Dr Eva Carneiro's bank account. She did not accept a £1.2m settlement offer so this was no small business.
It seems bizarre that a dispute that began with a doctor running onto a football pitch to help an injured player would end 10 months later with a flurry of negotiations along the nondescript corridors of a building in Croydon.
Although she will have her critics, this was a major victory for Dr Carneiro who fought for justice in the male dominated world of Premier League football.
Chelsea Football Club would have been keen to avoid the potential embarrassment of a personal feud going even more public.
Jose Mourinho's new employers, Manchester United, would also have been keen to ensure that this did not drag on any longer.
Mr Mourinho will find watching the European Championships better preparation for rebuilding a reputation as a winner than being grilled in Croydon.
As for the public? We had already been treated to the subtleties of swearing in Portuguese. It was time to move on.
Chelsea said in a statement: "The club regrets the circumstances which led to Dr Carneiro leaving the club and apologises unreservedly to her and her family for the distress caused.
"We wish to place on record that in running onto the pitch Dr Carneiro was following both the rules of the game and fulfilling her responsibility to the players as a doctor, putting their safety first.
It added: "Jose Mourinho also thanked Dr Carneiro for the excellent and dedicated support she provided as first team doctor and he wishes her a successful career."
In a statement to the tribunal, Mr Mourinho - who was sacked by Chelsea in December after a run of poor form - conceded that he used the term "filho da puta", meaning "son of a whore" and insisted he had been using it throughout the match.
But Mary O'Rourke QC, acting for Dr Carneiro, told the tribunal on Monday: "He [Mourinho] uses the word 'filha' because he is abusing a woman."
The FA ruled on 30 September 2015 that the words did not constitute "discriminatory language" after consulting an independent academic expert in Portuguese linguistics.
A spokesman for Women in Football said: "Women in Football are delighted that Eva's name has been rightly cleared and her professional reputation as a doctor upheld.
"Eva has been courageous in her fight for a public apology from Chelsea and acknowledgement that on the day in question she was simply doing her job.
"We completely deplore and condemn her treatment by the club since and welcome their unreserved apology."
Mr Mourinho's presence at the tribunal on Tuesday was unexpected because it was not thought he was going to give evidence until next week.
Also in attendance were Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia, chairman Bruce Buck, head physio Jason Palmer and head of communications and PR, Steve Atkins.
The case was expected to last seven to 10 days and could have led to potentially embarrassing witness statements and documents - including texts and emails - being made public.
Dr Carneiro alleged that on 10 August last year Mr Mourinho told Mr Atkins that he did not want Dr Carneiro on the bench at the next match, adding: "She works in academy team or ladies team, not with me."
She also claimed Chelsea took no action following complaints about sexually explicit chanting at various away games - in particular at Manchester United and West Ham - and a lack of female changing facilities.
Further allegations were that she was not provided with a club suit, and regularly had to endure sexually explicit comments from her colleagues.
Pilot Peter Barnes, 50, died when his helicopter clipped a crane at St George Wharf in Vauxhall, in January 2013.
Pedestrian Matthew Wood, 39, from Sutton, Surrey, was also killed.
Former Met Police pilot Captain Paul Watts said the visibility was poor.
The inquest jury at Southwark Coroner's Court heard that Mr Barnes, who had 24 years' flying experience, was contending with poor visibility and freezing fog on the morning of the crash.
He had been flying from Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey to Elstree in Hertfordshire but was diverted to Battersea heliport.
Capt Watts, who worked with Mr Barnes and knew him to be an experienced flyer, was asked if he would have made the same journey at the same time.
He replied: "I believe his plan was not one I would have made."
Mr Barnes had been flying along the commonly used H4 route when he asked permission from air traffic control to proceed and was told to "hold on the river for a minute".
The court heard it was unclear how long he waited for.
Capt Watts told Coroner Dr Andrew Harris: "It is unlikely that he (Mr Barnes) would have ignored clearance, and he should not have expected to get it at that stage."
Simon Hutchins, the general manager of London's only licensed heliport, said he raised concerns about the St George Wharf construction site as early as 2008 but the matter was not taken further.
A jury member asked him: "Did you consider that the layout of the area at the time made it likely for an accident to occur?"
Mr Hutchins said a request for the heliport to be "officially safeguarded" had still not been met, though the matter was due to be addressed later this month.
The inquest continues.
After Percival's early penalty, Lewis Tierney crossed for Wigan, but scores from Percival and Morgan Knowles put Saints 16-4 up at half-time.
Luke Walsh's drop-goal and James Roby's late try secured victory for the visitors in tricky, wet conditions.
Saints move up to fourth for the start of the Super 8s, as Wigan stay second.
With leaders Hull FC beating Salford, the Warriors missed the chance to stay level on points with the Black and Whites.
Wigan were on a nine-match winning run before their loss to Leeds last Friday, but will now go into their Challenge Cup semi-final against Hull FC next week following back-to-back defeats.
It was an impressive defensive effort throughout by Keiron Cunningham's St Helens side, highlighted when Joe Greenwood kept out Sam Tomkins' effort on the line in the second half.
New Zealand prop Frank-Paul Nuuausala was sent to the sin-bin on his home debut for Wigan for his strike on Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, who was also shown a yellow card.
Wigan forward John Batemen made his return after his eight-week ban and £10,000 fine for an alleged fracas with another player.
Wigan head coach Shaun Wane:
"I'm gutted, devastated. We didn't turn up and got what we deserved.
"The smartest team won. They were good on the floor and were allowed to be good.
"Our defence was very good for large parts of the game but our attack was off. Too many individual players had a poor game.
"We've got seven hard days of work ahead of us now. We need to make sure we turn up against Hull with the same commitment to defence but we've got to be better on attack."
St Helens head coach Keiron Cunningham:
"I'm just pleased for my players, they stood up to everything Wigan threw at us - they could probably still be playing now and not score.
"That's what self-belief brings to a side. We went through a tough spell but we're a real close-knit group and now we're heading in the right direction.
"Wigan are a great attacking side and were fully stacked tonight. They had lots of threats but I thought we stuck to the plan.
"We're not going to fall in love with ourselves, we give ourselves a good shot for the top four."
Wigan Warriors: S Tomkins; Tierney, Gildart, Sarginson, Manfredi; Williams, Smith; Sutton, Powell, Flower, Bateman, Isa, O'Loughlin.
Replacements: Crosby, Nuuausala, Mossop, Shorrocks.
St Helens: Lomax; Owens, Fleming, Percival, Swift; Turner, Walsh; Walmsley, Roby, Richards, Greenwood, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Wilkin.
Replacements: Amor, Vea, Thompson, Knowles.
Referee: Phil Bentham.
Attendance: 20,049.
The Northern Ireland international was in Edinburgh on Friday afternoon to meet the club's management.
The 6ft 3in forward left Rangers in June 2012 for Swiss outfit Sion before moving to Palermo and then Norwich, who loaned him to Rizespor and then Birmingham City.
The 29-year-old was released by Norwich City at the end of last season.
The latest official statistics show that the long ice age of wage stagnation is grinding on - and that graduate earnings have been in a deep freeze stretching back for the past decade.
Since university tuition fees in England rose to £9,000 there have been recurrent questions about whether it's still financially advantageous to get a degree.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published its latest figures on the graduate labour market - and it shows that graduates are still getting a career benefit.
They earn more on average than non-graduates and are much less likely to be unemployed. Postgraduates earn even more and those with higher grades of degrees are paid more than those with lower.
None of that might seem particularly surprising - although there is a slightly worrying rise in graduates in non-graduate jobs.
But the big backdrop - so big that it's sometimes not seen - is the long-term flatlining in earnings. Employment levels have picked up towards pre-recession levels, but pay is still under a layer of permafrost.
The latest graduate earnings figures track median salaries back to 2006. There was a slight upwards nudge between 2006 and 2008, for young and older graduates - and since then barely a flicker.
Graduate Labour Market, 2015
Source: BIS
What is really tough about these figures is that they are not real-terms numbers, taking into account inflation. These are salaries in cash terms.
A young graduate in 2008 was typically earning about £24,000 and in 2015 a young graduate was still typically earning £24,000.
Apart from the rising costs of bills and underlying inflation, think about the other extra factors hitting graduate finances. They will have £27,000 in tuition fee debt, not to mention sky-rocketing rent and property prices. More money is going out, without any more going in.
Across the whole graduate population, there has been a similar glacial freeze in earnings. The typical salary of graduates in 2015 was £31,500, about £500 more than six years earlier.
Before everyone starts shouting at the computer at the same time, yes, that £500 won't have covered all the extra costs facing a family over the past six years, particularly if some of them are helping their own children through university.
The BIS department only publishes these figures in cash terms - and it means that in real-terms, once inflation is added, pay rates would have gone down.
The Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics has described this stagnation in earnings as unlike anything since the 1920s - with an estimated 9% real-terms drop in average earnings since the recession.
Behind these figures, across a decade, will be an awful lot of frustrated people, who will have hoped to have been earning a little more and to move to a bigger house or to have enough extra for a holiday with a growing family.
This pay-rise drought stretches across the last years of the Labour administration and through the coalition and into the current government.
And it challenges a post-war political system, in the United States and western Europe, built on the idea of rising living standards.
The stalled earnings have come alongside the politics of anger and resentment, caustically burning away at establishment politicians.
It isn't helped by a new class of the super-rich turning their pay packets into lottery wins, such as the BP chief's 20% increase to £14m per year.
And maybe the media's focus on the extremely rich and the extremely poor has caused a blindspot for the vast bulk of people in between.
These latest UK government figures show that graduates are still ahead in the jobs market.
Universities minister Jo Johnson says these latest figures show that "graduates continue to benefit from higher employment rates and earnings. More students than ever before, including from disadvantaged backgrounds, are achieving their dream of a university education".
But the jobs figures also cast a light on non-graduates too.
They show that an increasing number of graduates are working in non-graduate jobs - and that might be seized upon as evidence that there is less incentive to go to university, if you're going to end up working in a low-skill job.
But a closer look at the evidence shows that it's getting even tougher for those without a degree.
If you take the whole workforce, across all age groups, 21% of those non-graduates are in high-skilled jobs. Not having a degree hasn't been a barrier for them.
But among younger non-graduates, aged up to 30, this has fallen to 17%. It's harder for them to get into high skill jobs than their parents - and they are increasingly likely to be concentrated in low and medium skill jobs, or not working at all.
The figures also reveal something of a qualifications arms race.
Those with postgraduate degrees have the kind of benefits that once accrued to those with first degrees. They are likely to earn considerably more than either graduates or non-graduates and can be very confident of entering high-skilled careers.
Graduates have kept ahead in earnings, but it's a race where everyone is running up a down escalator.
The Senegal international was arrested, allegedly on suspicion of assault, three days before starting Sunday's 2-0 Premier League win at Arsenal.
"Of course I'm concerned," said Bilic at his news conference before Leicester visit Upton Park on Saturday.
"I spoke with him. But he looks very positive, he's not worried about it. I am happy with him."
Bilic also confirmed midfielder Morgan Amalfitano is no longer in the first team and explained why West Ham did not sign former England international Joey Barton.
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Amalfitano was left out of the squad for the opening weekend victory at Emirates Stadium.
It was reported that the 30-year-old, who has one cap for France, had missed a team meeting and his manager had made him train with the youth team.
Bilic said he has had a "quiet meeting" with Amalfitano, who arrived at Upton Park from Marseille last summer, to explain the situation, adding: "He's not in the first team any more and that is it.
"My first job is to protect the team, to keep the team as a unit in the best possible way.
"If I feel that someone is damaging it in a way, I have to react - and I did that."
West Ham pulled out of talks to sign former QPR captain and free agent Joey Barton this week following protests from fans.
But Bilic said the fans' reaction was not the only factor in the decision not to give the 32-year-old midfielder a contract.
"It was altogether. Not just one thing.
"We were thinking about Joey and I like him as a player. We discussed, we had some talks and ideas about him. But after that we decided, and Joey also, not to do it.
"It was not the best timing."
Watch more from Slaven Bilic on Football Focus, Saturday 15 August at 12.15 BST on BBC One and online.
The Australian author, who was born in South Africa, previously won in 1983 and 1999 and could become the first author to win the prize three times.
He faces competition from 12 authors, including 2012 nominee Deborah Levy and A L Kennedy, who was a judge in 2012.
Chair of judges Amanda Foreman said the listed books challenged "expectations of what a novel is and can be".
The Man Booker shortlist will be announced on 13 September, with the winner being declared at a ceremony at London's Guildhall on 25 October.
Alongside Coetzee, who previously won with Life & Times of Michael K and Disgrace, the longlist includes six UK-based authors, five from the US and one from Canada.
Notable omissions from the list include the latest novels by previous winners Ian McEwan and Julian Barnes and Pulitzer Prize winner Don DeLillo.
Ms Foreman said the range of books was "broad and the quality extremely high".
"Each novel provoked intense discussion and, at times, passionate debate, challenging our expectations of what a novel is and can be," she said.
"The writing is uniformly fresh, energetic and important - it is a longlist to be relished."
The prize, which was won in 2015 by Marlon James for his third novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, was first awarded in 1969.
Its sister prize, the Man Booker International Prize, was won in May by South Korean author Han Kang's The Vegetarian.
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Harry Maceachen from Shrewsbury was born with a rare liver disease and has just undergone his second transplant.
His father Simon was a living donor as no suitable match could be found from the organ donor register.
Mr Maceachen said: "It's a big operation for a four-year-old and he's getting very tired - he's not normally like this."
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Harry's usually boisterous character was illustrated in a show-stealing appearance on BBC Breakfast in December, when his infectious laughter and excited energy captured hearts and distracted presenters.
Harry was treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital while his father stayed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham - with mother Clare travelling between the two.
"We've had a lot of family support which has made a big difference," Mr Maceachen said.
It felt "amazing" to be going home after two weeks in hospital with Harry, said Mrs Maceachen.
"We are obviously going to be in and out a lot over the next few weeks because they will keep a very, very close eye on Harry and his progress," she said.
"But it will be really nice to go home and sleep in our own bed and sit on our own sofa and watch out own television."
Harry was born with biliary atresia which meant he had blocked bile ducts.
He had his first liver transplant aged one but experienced a rare mechanical failure, Mrs Maceachen said.
She said "hopefully" he would not need another transplant.
"Children don't need a full liver and Simon's will grow back," said Mrs Maceachen.
"We've explained to Harry what is going to happen and I think it's been easier for him to understand he is going to be having part of daddy's tummy rather than the alternative."
Mr Maceachan is a volunteer at Shrewsbury Parkrun and he and his family fundraise for the Children's Liver Disease Foundation.
Coverage of the 2016 race for the US presidency has been largely focused on Donald Trump, who has dominated the polls and the headlines with his larger-than-life persona and controversial views on immigration. But a very different candidate is slowly gaining on him.
On Tuesday, news broke that Dr Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon popular with evangelical voters, has just about tied Trump according to a new New York Times/CBS News poll. Carson strikes a dramatically different political pose, often noted for his calm demeanour and professorial speech style.
Carson's support leaped from 6% to 23% among likely Republican primary voters, whereas Trump increased his margin only slightly from 24% up to 27%.
However, both men have made much of their status as political outsiders.
"I'm not politically correct," Carson has said many times. "I am not a politician."
So who is he?
Early life
Ben Carson was born in 1951 in Detroit, Michigan. His mother raised him and his siblings after their father left the family when Carson was 8. He credits his mother, Sonya, with prioritizing his education even after he struggled with his grades.
Carson eventually went to Yale, where he met his wife Candy. Then he studied at The University of Michigan School of Medicine. He did his residency at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Maryland, where he became the director of paediatric neurosurgery at just 33 years old. He pioneered techniques for operating on brain cancer and epilepsy.
Carson gained international fame in 1987 for performing the first successful surgery on twins conjoined at the head.
The pace of his work slowed when he was diagnosed and then successfully treated for prostate cancer in 2002.
Best-selling author and television fame
He has written a number of books including a 1990 memoir called Gifted Hands. In 2009, it became the basis for a movie on the television network TNT in which Carson was played by Cuba Gooding Jr.
He also spent much of his time speaking to classrooms of young students in Baltimore.
"I can't even count how many times I saw Ben Carson when I was a kid," writer Ta-Nehisi Coates once told to GQ magazine, "Any time anyone wanted to bring out any sort of inspirational figure for young black kids, especially young black boys, in Baltimore, you turned to Ben Carson."
The books also lay out Carson's strong religious convictions. He was raised a Seventh Day Adventist and these religious beliefs also inform many of his political views.
Political aspirations
Carson began drifting toward politics with the publication of his 2012 book, America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great, which was critical of the election of Barack Obama. He then rose to fame in the conservative political arena after giving a speech at a 2013 National Prayer Breakfast that was unexpectedly critical of Obama's health care plan.
The president was sitting just two chairs away, and Carson was exuberantly lauded for his gall by Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin. In a subsequent speech, he called Obamacare the "worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery".
Later that same year, he retired as a surgeon.
A political action committee named "Draft Carson" began quietly amassing a $14m war chest, and in May 2015, Carson announced he would enter the presidential contest as a Republican. He has credited the draft movement as a major reason he jumped into politics.
Conservative and controversial views
Though his affect may differ from Trump's, Carson also has a history of controversial statements which have landed him in hot water.
While he concedes that gay marriage is now "the law of the land," at one point he told an interviewer that marriage should be between a man and a woman, and that "no group, be they gays, be they Nambla, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn't matter what they are, they don't get to change the definition". He also once said that homosexuality is a choice and said prison inmates were evidence of this. He subsequently apologised forboth comments.
Recently, he made headlines in California by denying that there is compelling evidence to support climate change. He identifies as pro-life and has supported a ban on abortions after 20 weeks. He says there is no contradiction between this and the fact that his past medical research was done using fetal tissue.
Fe gafodd Dr Paul Thomas ac Adele Baumgardt - ynghyd â gweddill bwrdd y corff - eu gwahardd o'u gwaith dros dro ym mis Tachwedd yn dilyn pryderon nad oedd y corff yn gweithredu'n effeithiol.
Roedd y ddau wedi'u gwahardd tra bod ymchwiliad yn cael ei gynnal i gwynion yn erbyn y ddau.
Cafodd gweddill y bwrdd ddychwelyd ym mis Chwefror eleni, a heddiw dywedodd y Gweinidog Iechyd Cyhoeddus Rebecca Evans bod y berthynas y tu fewn i arweinyddiaeth bwrdd Chwaraeon Cymru "wedi'i chwalu ac nid oes modd ei adfer".
Mae Dr Thomas wedi dweud wrth BBC Cymru bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi bod yn "echyrdus" wrth ddelio gydag ef, a'i fod yn teimlo ei fod wedi cael ei "adael yn y gwynt" fel chwythwr chwiban oedd wedi amlygu materion oedd angen eu datrys o fewn y sefydliad.
Dywedodd Paul Thomas ei fod wedi ei benodi i newid y ffordd y mae Chwaraeon Cymru'n gweithio ond na chafodd y gefnogaeth oedd ei angen gan Lywodraeth Cymru sydd wedi "troi ei chefn" arno.
"Sut maen nhw'n disgwyl denu pobl fel fi o'r gymuned fusnes i weithio gyda nhw os mai fel yma maen nhw'n trin pobl?", meddai.
Roedd hefyd wedi'i synnu a'i siomi nad oedd unrhyw un o Lywodraeth Cymru wedi cysylltu gydag e i ddweud wrtho ei fod yn cael ei ddiswyddo. Dywedodd Dr Thomas wrth BBC Cymru ei fod wedi clywed y newyddion wrth gael neges testun gan ffrind.
Dywedodd Rebecca Evans AC: "Fy nod uwchlaw popeth arall yw effeithiolrwydd Chwaraeon Cymru a'i gyfraniad i les y genedl drwy ei sylw i chwaraeon ac ymarfer corff, a dyna'r rheswm am fy mhenderfyniad.
"Rwyf wedi gofyn i'r cadeirydd dros dro, Lawrence Conway, i aros yn y swydd am weddill 2017 o leia', ac i fwrw 'mlaen gyda'r aelodau bwrdd sy'n weddill."
Pwrpas y corff, sy'n gwario tua £22m y flwyddyn, yw hyrwyddo chwaraeon ar lawr gwlad ac ar lefel elît, a dosrannu arian.
Dros y chwe mis diwethaf mae'r corff wedi bod yng nghanol cyfres o ddadleuon am waith y bwrdd a'r modd y mae'n rhoi cytundebau.
Ym mis Chwefror, dywedodd Ms Evans bod yr adolygiad o Chwaraeon Cymru wedi ei gwblhau, ond bod nifer o gwynion newydd am y bwrdd a'i aelodau wedi cael eu derbyn ar ôl hynny.
Mae BBC Cymru ar hyn o bryd yn herio penderfyniad Llywodraeth Cymru i beidio cyhoeddi'r adolygiad o dan y Ddeddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth, ac mae disgwyl penderfyniad am yr apêl yr wythnos nesaf.
Mae llefarydd ar ran Chwaraeon Cymru wedi dweud bod y cyfnod diweddar wedi bod yn "heriol" ond y byddai'r mudiad yn edrych i symud ymlaen wedi datganiad y gweinidog.
Dywedodd y llefarydd bod y gweinidog wedi dweud bod staff Chwaraeon Cymru wedi gwneud gwaith "arbennig" yn ystod y cyfnod, ac yn glir iawn bod y mudiad wedi ei "reoli'n dda" ac yn gweithredu'n llwyddiannus dan arweiniad cadeirydd dros dro.
"Mae Chwaraeon Cymru yn parhau i fod yn fudiad sydd wedi ymrwymo i weithio mewn partneriaeth, fel bod pobl dros Gymru yn cael y cyfle i fwynhau chwaraeon a bod yn actif, a chefnogi ein pencampwyr a rhai'r dyfodol."
Dywedodd Russell George AC, llefarydd Ceidwadwyr Cymru ar chwaraeon: "Dyw'r diswyddiadau yma ddim yn taflu goleuni am beth aeth mor bell o'i le gyda bwrdd Chwaraeon Cymru.
"Gydag Erthygl 50 yn cael ei danio, mae'n ymddangos bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi dewis diwrnod arbennig i gladdu newyddion drwg.
"Gan fod Chwaraeon Cymru'n derbyn dros £22m o arian cyhoeddus, ry'n ni'n haeddu llawer mwy o dryloywder gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ac fe fyddaf yn ysgrifennu atyn nhw gyda'r bwriad o ofyn am gyhoeddi adolygiad y cyn-gadeirydd."
Llefarydd Plaid Cymru ar chwaraeon a iechyd yw Rhun ap Iorwerth AC, a dywedodd: "Does dim amheuaeth fod hwn wedi bod yn gyfnod anodd iawn i staff a'r holl bobl sy'n ymwneud â Chwaraeon Cymru.
"Mae cwestiynau difrifol i'w hateb gan y Gweinidog yn dilyn ei datganiad heddiw ar y broses recriwtio wreiddiol ac ar yr adolygiad sicrwydd gafodd ei gynnal. Byddaf yn gofyn i'r Gweinidog gynnal adolygiad o'r prosesau a chyhoeddi'r adolygiad sicrwydd.
"Byddaf hefyd yn gofyn am eglurhad gan y Gweinidog ar y materion a arweiniodd at chwalu'n llwyr y berthynas o fewn arweinyddiaeth bwrdd Chwaraeon Cymru a'r gefnogaeth y byddant yn ei roi nawr fydd yn galluogi Chwaraeon Cymru i symud ymlaen i'r dyfodol. "
Dywedodd llefarydd UKIP ar chwaraeon, Gareth Bennett AC: "Rwy'n gobeithio fod cyhoeddiad y gweinidog heddiw yn dod ag eglurdeb i bawb sy'n ymwneud â Chwaraeon Cymru, yn enwedig y staff a phawb sy'n elwa o chwaraeon elît a chymunedol.
"Rwy'n croesawu ymrwymiad y gweinidog i sicrhau effeithiolrwydd Chwaraeon Cymru, ond rwy'n yn edrych ymlaen i Lywodraeth Cymru'n cyhoeddi canlyniadau eu harolwg.
"Rhaid i ni gael hyder bod y swm sylweddol o arian cyhoeddus sydd wedi'i fuddsoddi yn Chwaraeon Cymru'n cael ei ddefnyddio'n gall, a bod unrhyw wersi o'r hanes anffodus yma'n cael eu dysgu."
At the Ted (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference in Vancouver, he showed off his latest gizmo - a cardboard centrifuge that can spot malarial parasites in blood.
Toy-inspired, it costs 20 cents (15p).
He also launched a citizen science project to identify disease-carrying mosquitoes by their sound.
The "abuzz" project asks people to record the sound of mosquitoes' wings beating, on the microphones of their mobile phones, which are available even on the most basic models.
Acquiring acoustic data on wing beat sounds - the frequency of which varies from species to species - together with the time and location of the human-mosquito encounter creates a "powerful tool" for identifying where disease-carrying mosquitoes may be.
Prof Prakash has a passion for getting low-cost scientific tools with a practical use into the poorest communities.
"There are one billion people who live with no infrastructure, electricity or healthcare," he told the Ted audience.
"Frugal science is about building solutions for these communities."
Prof Prakash - who has also designed a paper microscope that costs less than a dollar (80p) - came up with the idea of Paperfuge during a field trip in Uganda.
He spotted a $1,000 centrifuge - a medical tool used to separate liquids such as blood - being used in a remote clinic as a doorstop.
"They had no electricity so it was useless to them," said Prof Prakash.
On returning to his Stanford lab, he was inspired to create a cheaper option, by toys - first a yoyo and then a whirlygig - also known as a button on a string - that is made using a spherical object suspended on threads that are then pulled to make it spin.
"Could we use the physics of these objects to build centrifuges?" he asked.
Prof Prakash and his colleague Saad Bhamla recruited three undergraduate engineering students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford to build a mathematical model of how the device worked.
The team created a computer simulation to capture design variables such as disc size, string elasticity and pulling force.
They also borrowed equations from the physics of supercoiling DNA strands, and eventually created a prototype that spun at up to 125,000 revolutions per minute.
"There are some beautiful mathematics hidden inside this object," Prof Prakash said.
Using the device to spin blood in a capillary coated with orange dye for 15 minutes separates malarial parasites from red blood cells, enabling them to be spotted under a microscope.
And in 2014, Prof Prakash launched Foldscope, a paper microscope that costs under a dollar.
Foldscope has now sold 50,000 units in 130 countries.
Used by amateurs and children as well as scientists, the projects it has inspired are being shared on a citizen science database.
Prof Prakash plans to ship one million more microscopes this year.
The 82-year-old was driving a car that collided with a skip in the south of the city on Sunday.
It happened in Galwally Avenue at about 14:40 GMT. No other vehicle was involved.
Police said they were investigating the cause of the collision and have appealed for witnesses.
Analysis by the Royal College of GPs suggests that over the past three years, investment in general practice has fallen by £400m in real terms.
That is equivalent to a 7% cut in spending per patient, it says.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the RCGP, which is meeting in Harrogate, he government wanted to increase access to GPs by extending opening hours.
On Tuesday, the prime minister said he wanted more patients to be able to get help in the evenings and at weekends, as he set out details of a £50m pilot programme in nine areas of England to widen access.
But the college said its analysis - based on official data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre - showed the government was taking money away from GPs despite claiming it wanted to move care away from hospitals.
The RCGP's chairwoman Dr Clare Gerada said the cuts meant doctors were being required to do more work with fewer resources, damaging services for patients.
In 2012-13, £8.5bn was invested in general practice, when everything from spending on pay, IT, tests and drugs was taken into account, it said.
In many ways it is hard to measure what effect the cuts cited by the RCGP might be having.
The most obvious measure of judging performance used to be through the 48-hour target for waiting for an appointment. But this was scrapped by the coalition.
The Patients Association has consistently said the feedback it gets flags longer waits as an issue.
The RCGP also says it is getting harder to keep extra services going; such as dieticians and talking therapies.
Some of the biggest cuts have been among these 'enhanced services' - and in longer opening hours, the very thing ministers were talking about extending earlier this week.
For a government that makes a big play of protecting the NHS budget, it raises some tricky questions.
That compared with £8.3bn in 2009-10, which is the equivalent of £8.9bn in 2012-13 prices.
In terms of spending per patient, that represents a fall from £168.40 a year to £156.45 - a drop of 7%.
Dr Gerada also pointed out that the investment represented 9% of the entire NHS budget, even though GPs had 90% of the contacts with patients.
She said: "Our figures should send out a warning to government and the rest of the NHS that we will soon have a catastrophe on our hands if urgent action is not taken to reverse the decline in funding.
"GPs are keen to do more for their patients, but we are heaving under the pressure of ever-increasing workloads and diminishing resources.
"Some of us are routinely working 11-hour days with up to 60 patient contacts in a single day and this is not safe or sustainable.
"You do not want a tired GP seeing you. You do not want a tired GP any more than you want a tired pilot or a tired surgeon."
Dr Gerada also expressed concern about the season ahead and said general practice was close to reaching a "tipping point" which would see the profession "fall over".
"We're trying to squeeze more and more activity out of a smaller and smaller pot of money," she added.
"If we have a cold winter, I'm really afraid that patients will suffer considerably.
"The front door of the NHS is the GP's surgery. If that gives, the rest of the NHS will give and very rapidly."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who addressed the conference on Thursday afternoon, did not object to the figures.
But he said the problems with investment in GPs "goes back further than three years".
"In the NHS we have invested in hospitals, in A&Es and we have not had a parallel investment in primary care."
He added the government was now looking to invest in programmes that increased access to GPs - hence the announcement this week to extend opening hours and increase the use of technologies such as email and Skype.
Patients Association chief executive Katherine Murphy said: "This chimes with what patients are saying to us. They are finding it harder to access GPs both in and out of hours.
"The mantra is about moving care out of hospitals and into the community, but if we are going to achieve that we have to stop throwing money at hospitals and invest in GPs so they can provide quality care."
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said: "These figures are embarrassing for a prime minister who got elected on a promise not to cut the NHS.
"They make a mockery of yet more promises he has made on GP access this week and show he simply can't be trusted on the NHS."
Maupay, 20, who has played for France from Under-16 to Under-21 level, joined St-Etienne from Nice in August 2015 and scored three goals in 23 appearances for the top-flight club.
He spent time on loan in France's second division last season, scoring 11 goals in 28 league games for Brest.
His move from the Ligue 1 club is subject to international clearance.
Maupay, who featured for St-Etienne in the Europa League, is familiar with Brentford, having scored for Nice in a pre-season friendly in 2014.
Bees head coach Dean Smith said the forward is a player that the club has been "tracking for a long while".
"He fits all the profiles we set when we look for a player," Smith said. "We are very lucky to have got him and I look forward to working with him."
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The 22-year-old woman and 27-year-old man were assaulted by a man outside a block of flats on Rannoch Road in the early hours of Thursday.
Police said it was understood the culprit was with another four men as they tried to join a party nearby.
Police Scotland appealed for any witnesses, or anyone who was in the group of men, to contact them.
Fitzpatrick had been suspended on Monday when the GAA's Central Hearings Committee ruled he had misled a recent disciplinary hearing.
However, when the player's appeal was heard on Wednesday night, that verdict was overturned.
He is available to play in Sunday's Ulster Football Championship fixture.
Fitzpatrick had originally been banned for one match following an incident during a Division Three Football League game against Armagh in March.
Fresh video evidence then emerged which led to Fitzpatrick being handed the lengthy suspension.
The news will be a relief to Antrim joint-manager Gearoid Adams who feared Fitzpatrick might quit the game.
Antrim's Conor Murray will miss the match at Ballybofey because of a two-match ban imposed following his red card in the game against Armagh.
He narrowly beat second placed Liberal Democrat candidate Dennis Brewer with a majority of 621 votes, securing his second term which will last four years.
Mr Oliver said his priorities would be job creation, investment and "hope for a better tomorrow".
He said a referendum on the mayoral system would be held in Torbay in 2016 because he did not agree with it.
In October 2014, Mr Oliver was sacked from his duties as head of the Conservative group after he received a vote of no confidence as leader of the council by colleagues in a private meeting with a secret ballot.
On Friday, former MP Lib Dem Adrian Sanders lost the Torbay constituency seat to Conservative Kevin Foster.
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As Maggie Taggart reports, the fire service has appealed for people to install and maintain smoke detectors in their homes.
The 20-year-old finished on a tournament record 19 under par to beat South Korea's Ryu So-yeon.
Hull started the final round with a one-shot lead ahead and shot six birdies in her bogey-free round for a six-under-par 66 at the Florida course.
"It's wicked to do it at 20," she said. "It feels good to be joining the winners this year."
World number one Lydia Ko was tied for 10th, while England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff finished tied for 36th.
Scotland's Catriona Matthew finished in 46th place.
Hull had been tied with Ryu after 16, but the Korean missed her par putt on the 17th as Hull birdied the hole to take the lead and complete a two-shot swing.
Both players then parred the last as Hull took the title, in the final tournament of the season.
The world number 29, who finished seventh at the Rio Olympics, had a bogey-free weekend, with 12 birdies and 24 pars in her final 36 holes and wins $500,000 (£404,891) in prize money.
"I just feel pretty good where I am at the moment," added Hull. "I feel like I am mentally good. I feel relaxed. I think that's the key for me.
"If I come into a week relaxed I feel good. This week it happened for me. I'm confident. I'm happy."
It is Hull's second title since turning professional in 2013, having won the Lalla Meryem Cup on the Ladies European Tour in 2014.
The warrant named Salih Muslim of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and nearly 50 other people.
The PYD is affiliated with YPG Kurdish militias, who are backed by the US in the fight against jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
Turkey has blamed the PYD and the YPG for the bombing of a military convoy in Ankara in which 28 people died.
Both groups have rejected claims that they had any involvement in the February attack.
The US has also cast doubt on the Turkish allegation, and a dispute over the two groups' role in Syria has strained relations between Washington and Ankara.
Turkey has long insisted that Syrian Kurdish militants are an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has carried out an insurgency in the south-east of Turkey for decades.
The Syrian Kurds reject the claim.
A Turkey-based Kurdish militant group - the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) - has said it carried out the 17 February attack.
The TAK was once linked with the PKK. The two groups are classified as terrorist organisations by Turkey and the US.
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The centre-back was shown a second yellow for barging Jamie Vardy when the pair were off the pitch, while Daryl Janmaat was also sent off later on.
"I thought he'd done that on purpose - it looks like he did," Carver said.
"The ball was off the pitch - he had no need to make the challenge. He will miss two games. Is it an easy way out?"
Carver had not calmed down by the time of the post-match news conference.
"I thought he meant it. When the ball went on to that left-hand side my first reaction was don't do it. He did it. Vardy was off the pitch, Willo was off the pitch, the ball was off the pitch. There was no need to do it and I'm not accepting that.
"I told him that to his face. I don't want to go into his reaction."
Carver was furious with his side and in honest post-match interviews said:
BBC pundit Martin Keown said Carver "is taking players apart" and he should be supportive publicly. Robbie Savage said it was "one of the worst sides I have ever seen in the Premier League".
Of his side's other red card, Carver said: "I got keeper Tim Krul to speak to Daryl Janmaat, I told him to stay calm and he didn't. The game had gone away from us. We can't keep shooting ourselves in the foot."
The Magpies are in relegation trouble having lost eight consecutive Premier League games under Carver, who is in charge until the end of the season.
Newcastle conceded a Leonardo Ulloa goal after 38 seconds and a Wes Morgan strike in the 17th minute. Ulloa sealed the game after the break from a penalty.
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Former Arsenal centre-back Keown on Final Score was not impressed with the Newcastle manager.
"When you're in a position like Newcastle are in, you have to stick together, but John Carver is digging players out. There was a lack of desire, granted, but he is out of his depth at the moment.
"It's not just about demanding the effort. He needs guidance on how to behave because he is taking players apart. Just don't say it. If he was an experienced head, a long-term manager, he wouldn't do that."
Former Newcastle striker Michael Owensaid on Twitter: "Amazing quotes from Carver. Fans may like that type of honesty but as a manager, I'm not sure you can say things like that. I guess we haven't heard the end of this one."
But ex-Manchester United defender Phil Neville, speaking on Match of the Day, felt Carver's criticism of his team's performance was justified: "The comments about his Newcastle team were strong from John Carver, but they could've been stronger. The Newcastle players were a disgrace.
"Mike Williamson's sending-off was a reckless challenge, but I don't think he did it on purpose and that was a silly comment from the manager to suggest he did.
"But I look at Newcastle and see the supporters protesting, the manager having a go at the players and the players playing like that. They're in a sorry state."
Former Derby midfielder Savage on BBC Radio 5 live:"Mike Williamson's challenge was bizarre, with Jamie Vardy off the pitch. Daryl Janmaat's challenge was stupid and meant they finished with nine men. There was a real lack of discipline.
"The performance from some of the Newcastle players was so, so poor. I have never seen such a poor display from a group of players. That was one of the worst sides I have ever seen in the Premier League.
"I played in the worst Premier League team of all time - that Derby side of 2007-08 - and there were times when, with the crowd against you, that I thought: 'If I get sent of here I'll miss the next few games.' Because playing was making it worse.
"There are only two people who will ever know - Williamson and Janmaat."
Ex-Nottingham Forest manager Stuart Pearce was at King Power Stadium for BBC 5 live.
"The worst-case scenario you could paint for the football club has happened - they lost 3-0 and had two players sent off. The finger of blame should not be pointed at the manager but solely at the players. They need to give more for this wonderful club."
Former Leicester striker Dion Dublin told Final Score: "It's harsh from the manager. I think a lot of it is because he's just finished the game. For me it's similar to Nigel Pearson and the comments he made the other night in his post-match press conference, for which he has since apologised.
"I don't know any players who would want to get sent off so they can get out of the firing line. I'm hoping John Carver is just trying to put the pressure on himself because they have had a stinking set of results. It's woeful to see a club like Newcastle suffering like they are."
Northern Echo journalist Scott Wilson on Twitter: "Brutal honesty from Carver with written press. Completely stood by Williamson comments and said Colback/Krul only players excused of blame."
The Set Pieces editor Iain Macintosh: "That's the most extraordinary press conference I've ever attended. Carver absolutely destroyed everyone, save for Colback and Krul. Those players aren't going to let Carver on the bus home."
Irish Independent journalist Dion Fanning: "John Carver seems to have taken Nigel Pearson's midweek press conference as a personal challenge. Astonishing performance."
Pembrey in Carmarthenshire saw the mercury drop to -6.7C, with similar lows parts of Ceredigion and Powys.
The cold snap is not expected to last as highs of 12C are predicted in Cardiff on New Year's Day.
The clear skies and sunshine have produced some beautiful winter scenes, as walkers round the country recorded.
Eight-year-old Yuusuf Warsame was killed while visiting relatives in August when a grenade was thrown into a flat in Gothenburg.
Swedish police said the male suspect, "has now died".
Yuusuf's mother Deega Bibi told the Birmingham Mail her family has been left "psychologically scarred".
Police said the "despicable" attack may have been linked to an underworld feud.
Yuusuf, a pupil of Nelson Mandela Primary School in Birmingham, was asleep in bed with his mother, brother and sister when the grenade smashed through a window and bounced off a wall towards them.
He died of his injuries on the way to hospital.
His mother told the newspaper: "I had no idea what had happened, but there was a lot of smoke and damage. At first I thought the loud bang was something like a fridge.
"I carried Yuusuf into the corridor and held him. It was dark and it took a while to realise he was covered in blood. I could not wake him, so I laid him back on the bed.
"What happened in that room that night will never leave me."
Mr Trudeau said he and his cabinet members make themselves available to a broad range of Canadians.
Critics say the "cash-for-access" events allow special access to cabinet ministers. The Liberal Party says it is following political fundraising rules.
But Conservatives say the practice goes against the Liberal party's own "open and accountable" ethics code.
Last week the opposition party asked the federal ethics and lobbying watchdogs to look into whether any of the events potentially broke federal conflict of interest and lobbying rules.
Trudeau faces 'cash-for-access' criticism
Mr Trudeau fielded numerous questions from journalists on Monday over the Liberal Party practice of charging people up to CA$1,500 ($1,140; £900) to attend fundraisers with him and senior cabinet members.
"I can say that in various Liberal Party events, I listen to people as I will in any given situation, but the decisions I take in government are ones based on what is right for Canadians and not on what an individual in a fundraiser might say," he said.
Mr Trudeau said he is "always open to discussions and suggestions on how we can improve the confidence people have in our political system".
In Canada, political contributions to federal parties were capped at CA$1,525 in 2016.
Union and corporate donations to political parties are banned. Only Canadian citizens can donate.
During Monday's wide-ranging, year-end news conference, Mr Trudeau also spoke emotionally about his personal "low point" over the last 12 months, which was his first full year as prime minister.
He said it was the death of two Canadians held in the Philippines by Abu Sayyaf militants.
Robert Hall and John Ridsdel were killed by the Abu Sayyaf group after a multi-million dollar ransom deadline expired.
The two men had been kidnapped by the Islamist group in September 2015, along with Filipina Marites Flor and a Norwegian, Kjartan Sekkingstad. Both were later released.
It is official Canadian government policy not to pay ransoms for Canadians kidnapped abroad.
Mr Trudeau said it was "personally difficult" to have the responsibility of "directing and articulating the Canadian position" and to speak with the bereaved families. | US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the prospect of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on a two-state solution is in grave jeopardy.
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The online marketplaces could be legally required to spot the tax evasion committed by many of their overseas sellers.
UK firms say they are being put out of business by the unfair competition.
Amazon and eBay said they make all users aware of their legal obligations.
"If the scale of the fraud is as big as the anecdotal evidence indicates, then we could be talking about billions of pounds," said Rita de la Feria, a professor in tax law at Durham University.
She says that under EU law Amazon, eBay and other online marketplaces could be held jointly liable for all unpaid VAT, along with the offending traders, if action was taken against them.
"If you knew that fraud was being committed you are liable," she added. "If you should have known that fraud was being committed, you are liable as well.
"This principle means that someone like Amazon, someone like eBay can be de facto tax inspectors. Legally they are obliged to police this."
The latest HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures show that £13.1bn of UK VAT - about 11% - goes unpaid each year. That equates to 40% of the UK's overall tax gap.
Not all of that missing money is down to online tax evasion, but it could make up a significant proportion.
Paul Miloseski-Reid has been the lead officer on e-commerce for UK Trading Standards for the last nine years. Based on an analysis of thousands of marketplace traders he estimates up to £2bn of VAT is being lost each year.
"The legislation provides a safe harbour defence for intermediaries, up until the point they become aware of that illegality," he said.
"To keep that defence they need to demonstrate that they acted quickly to stop that illegality in the future. This could be an automatic solution where the VAT number given by the seller is automatically checked against the European database."
But despite flagging up several seller accounts to eBay in 2011, Mr Miloseski-Reid says the problem persists.
"There's been assurances given that they will tackle any sellers that are giving false VAT numbers or don't have their VAT number registered on the system. It's now 2015 and I still see some of the same problems.
"I would like to see more systematic changes in terms of verifying VAT numbers that make it impossible for businesses that are not properly VAT registered to trade on a marketplace."
Both eBay and Amazon suggested the onus was on HMRC to find and prosecute tax evaders on their websites.
An eBay spokesman said: "eBay reminds all its users of their need to comply with their legal obligations. If eBay sellers are found to be breaching UK VAT compliance rules, we will cooperate with HMRC in all cases where HMRC provides evidence of underpayment of taxes."
"Marketplace sellers are independent businesses responsible for complying with their own VAT obligations," an Amazon spokesman added.
"We do offer tools and information to assist sellers with their compliance, but we don't have the authority to review their tax affairs. Naturally we cooperate with HMRC as we are required to by law."
HMRC wants to extend its powers to collect more data on companies and individuals it suspects of tax evasion. It has also said this would apply to "intermediaries".
"HMRC will intervene to prevent, detect and stop fraud at the earliest stage," a spokesman added. "We are developing better intelligence around the nature and scale of suspected fraud in this area."
But struggling UK traders say not enough action is being taken.
Joe Mullins, manager at online retailer Safield Distribution, said the unfair competition from tax-evading sellers had seen their online sales fall sharply, particularly on Amazon.
The firm, which specialises in lighting products, moved into a new warehouse in Romford a year ago.
"We thought we'd see a lot more growth this year than we have," he said.
"If it continues then within the next couple of years it could be a case of having to look elsewhere for other jobs."
Richard Allen, who successfully pressed for the closure a loophole allowing CDs and DVDs to be sold VAT free by Channel Island companies, is now campaigning for an end to tax abuse on online marketplaces.
"If you have a competitor that's selling the same product as you with a 20% advantage, you cannot compete.
"So it is actually seriously dangerous for businesses in the UK, to the point where you could be wiped out over one Christmas."
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Green, 26, has represented her country at two World Cups and has also been part of three Olympic squads.
The left-back has made more than 60 appearances for the Football Ferns, scoring seven goals.
"I've only heard good things about Reading and the professional environment here," Green said. "I'm excited to be involved."
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader will visit the Somerset site on Sunday, although no timing has been announced.
Festival organiser Emily Eavis said she was "honoured" to welcome him, calling his visit "a special moment for the festival".
Kanye West, The Who and Florence and the Machine top the bill for the festival, which opened yesterday.
Florence stepped in after Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg, forcing the band to pull out.
Other acts appearing include Rudimental, Burt Bacharach, Pharrell Williams, Mark Ronson and The Moody Blues.
The Dalai Lama will be talking in the festival's Green Fields area.
A spokesman said the key themes of his visit would be "the promotion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's message of compassion, non-violence and the oneness of humanity".
Glastonbury will also have a visit from Professor Stephen Hawking, who is due to appear in the Kidz Field. It's not known what format his "performance" will take.
And the festival has not lost its political principles. This year, two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot will appear to give talks about their protests against President Vladimir Putin.
The 22-year-old was getting into his car at Ulsterville Gardens at about 19:00 GMT on Saturday when the men demanded his keys and money.
When he refused, they attacked him then ran off empty-handed. He was treated in hospital for head and facial injuries.
A short time later, three men aged 20, 22 and 25 were arrested nearby at Donegall Avenue in the Village area.
Police have appealed for information.
General secretary Frances O'Grady told delegates at its annual conference in Brighton that mistreatment is becoming more widespread in the UK.
She warned "greedy" businesses that her organisation would "shine a light on you".
This comes amid a renewed focus by trade unions on improving conditions for workers.
The TUC said the type of working practices "typified" by Sports Direct, which has been under fire for the treatment of its staff, was becoming more widespread.
"Sports Direct may be in the spotlight now, but they are not the only ones. There are other big companies that bring shame on our country. So let me give fair warning to any greedy business that treats its workers like animals - we will shine a light on you," Ms O'Grady told delegates.
"Run a big brand with a dirty little secret? A warehouse of people paid less than the minimum wage? A fleet of couriers who are slaves to an app? Let me put you on notice. There will be no hiding place. We will organise and we will win," she said.
Sports Direct's decision to end zero hours contracts in stores and put some agency workers on permanent contracts was a spectacular win for the trade union movement.
But unions know that the number of people on zero hours contracts is rising and self-employment continues to grow.
So, they are responding to this growing casualisation of the workforce - both to help those that are being exploited but also to sign up young people who are under-represented in trade unions.
Unions have also launched legal action against businesses like courier and taxi firms which have thousands of self-employed drivers who are not classified as workers and who don't enjoy basic workers rights.
Last week, Sports Direct promised to improve conditions after the sportswear chain's lawyers produced a critical report of how some staff were treated.
MPs had previously said working practices at the Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire were closer to "that of a Victorian workhouse than that of a modern High Street retailer".
Ms O'Grady said the firm's promise to abolish zero-hours contracts for its directly employed, casual retail staff - and to make sure all staff were paid above the national minimum wage - was down to "trade union shareholder power".
"Britain's unions will not rest until every worker gets the fair treatment they deserve," she said.
The TUC general secretary earlier praised the actions of pub chain Wetherspoons which said it would now allow all staff on zero-hours contracts to move to ones that provided guaranteed minimum hours after trialling the idea in parts of the business.
"The success of the Wetherspoons trial proves that businesses can be successful without zero-hours contracts," she said.
The US State Department is still studying whether to go ahead with the Keystone XL project.
Mrs Clinton has previously avoided taking a position on the matter.
But at a campaign event, Mrs Clinton said the pipeline would be a "distraction from the important work we have to do to combat climate change".
"Therefore, I oppose it," she told supporters in Iowa.
Until now, Mrs Clinton, a former secretary of state, had avoiding giving an opinion on the project, saying she did not want to interfere with the Obama administration's deliberations.
But her main rival for the Democratic candidacy, Bernie Sanders, has long opposed the scheme and called on her to make her position clear.
The 1,179-mile (1,897km) pipe was first proposed seven years ago, and would transport oil from the oil sands in Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf of Mexico via Nebraska.
Supporters say the project will create jobs and US increase energy security, while opponents say it will only increase carbon emissions.
Salford went six points ahead on three separate occasions, but were pegged back each time by the Vikings.
A Josh Jones try and two Gareth O'Brien penalties stretched Salford's lead to 10 points, before Corey Thompson's score for Widnes set up a tense finish.
However, Caton-Brown dived over with two minutes remaining to seal a third win for Salford over Widnes in 2016.
Hull KR's loss to Hull FC on Thursday meant Widnes were already guaranteed a top-eight spot, while Salford are unable to finish any higher than ninth.
Caton-Brown's opener was cancelled out by the first of Matt Whitley's two scores for the home side, while Justin Carney and Patrick Ah Van swapped tries to make 12-12 at half-time.
The pick of Salford's five touchdowns was Caton-Brown's second, the former London Broncos man finishing a move that started on halfway with Robert Lui's superb offload, only for Whitley to level again.
After the Red Devils had gone 26-16 up, Thompson's try came while both sides were down to 12 men, with Jack Buchanan of Widnes and Salford's Craig Kopczak both in the sin-bin following a scuffle.
But Caton-Brown had the final say, powering over in the corner to complete his treble in the closing seconds.
Widnes Vikings: Hanbury; Thompson, Runciman, Marsh, Ah Van; Mellor, Brown; Burke, White, Buchanan, Whitley, Dean, Houston.
Replacements: Cahill, Heremaia, Manuokafoa, Farrell.
Salford Red Devils: O'Brien; Caton-Brown, J. Griffin, Sa'u, Carney; Lui, Dobson; Kopczak, Tomkins, G. Griffin, Murdoch-Masila, Jones, Flanagan.
Replacements: Krasniqi, Hauraki, Kenny, Evalds.
Referee: Gareth Hewer
The team were studying the birth of stars when they discovered a supermassive black hole and saw clouds speeding towards it at 800,000 mph.
The observation supports a theory black holes feed on clouds of cold gas.
Dr Timothy Davis from the school of physics and astronomy said it was a "magical" experience.
He added: "At that very moment, nature gave us a clear view of this complicated process, allowing us to understand supermassive black holes in a way that has never been possible before.
"It's possible that the black hole has an ever bigger appetite and is devouring even more of these cold clouds of gas surrounding it."
Researchers said previous models suggested the gradual growth of supermassive black holes happened when surrounding hot gas accumulates smoothly onto them.
But these observations - a first - suggest in addition to this, these black holes may occasionally "gobble up" faster-moving cold gas as it comes nearby.
The astronomers are part of an international team studying the Abell 2597 galaxy, one of the brightest in the universe.
The results were published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.
Prof Michael Macdonald, co-author of the paper, from MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, admits they got "very lucky."
"We could probably look at 100 galaxies like this and not see what we saw just by chance," he said.
Dover realistically needed to win to have any chance of overhauling Aldershot for the final play-off position and sit three points adrift with a goal difference inferior by six, with just a game to go.
The hosts enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges but Oliver Norburn opened the scoring for the visitors in the 31st minute when he was at the back post to convert from close range after a long ball from the right.
But Dover were level five minutes before the interval when they were awarded a penalty and Ricky Miller sent the goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot.
Anthony Dudley then fired Macclesfield ahead in the 73rd minute when his shot went through the legs of goalkeeper Mitch Walker.
Dover at least earned a point through Ross Lafayette's late goal but it kept their promotion hopes only barely alive.
They travel to Barrow on Saturday while Aldershot host relegation-threatened Braintree.
Match report supplied by Press Association.
Match ends, Dover Athletic 2, Macclesfield Town 2.
Second Half ends, Dover Athletic 2, Macclesfield Town 2.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Ejiro Okosieme replaces Rhys Browne.
Goal! Dover Athletic 2, Macclesfield Town 2. Ross Lafayette (Dover Athletic).
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Moses Emmanuel replaces Aswad Thomas.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Luke Summerfield replaces Danny Whitaker.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Chris Holroyd replaces James Thorne.
Goal! Dover Athletic 1, Macclesfield Town 2. Anthony Dudley (Macclesfield Town).
Rhys Browne (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Loui Fazackerley replaces Tyrone Sterling.
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Mitchell Pinnock replaces James Hurst.
Second Half begins Dover Athletic 1, Macclesfield Town 1.
First Half ends, Dover Athletic 1, Macclesfield Town 1.
Goal! Dover Athletic 1, Macclesfield Town 1. Ricky Miller (Dover Athletic) converts the penalty with a.
John McCombe (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Dover Athletic 0, Macclesfield Town 1. Ollie Norburn (Macclesfield Town).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Unknown artists painted the Monument to the Soviet Army on Saturday night, local media reported.
Russia has since demanded an explanation of the "vandal incident", the Itar-Tass agency reported.
It is the latest in a series of modifications of the monument which have tried to make political points.
Reports had suggested Connor was considering a new contract with Giants after they offered improved terms.
Connor agreed to join Hull FC in June, but was waiting after his 22nd birthday in October to complete the move.
Rugby league teams are entitled to compensation for players under the age of 22 who sign elsewhere having been offered terms at their current club.
In a statement, the club said: "The contract, which is signed by both the player and the club, was lodged and accepted by the Rugby Football League.
"This contract is legally binding and states that the player has signed for Hull FC and will join the club from the 1 December 2016 in preparation for the new season.
"If the contract is not fulfilled for any reason then the club will have to pursue legal proceedings for breach of that contract and for the inducement of that breach."
A Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen six weeks ago. At least 1,400 people have been killed, the UN says.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saudi Arabia and Yemeni rebels are discussing when to start the ceasefire.
The Saudi foreign minister said any truce would depend on the rebels' co-operation.
Saudi Arabia insists the Houthis must lay down their arms for the humanitarian ceasefire to be implemented. The rebels have not yet responded to the appeal.
The Saudi-led coalition aims to restore the government of exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
He fled the capital Sanaa in February and took refuge in the southern port city of Aden, before leaving for Saudi Arabia.
Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia has accused Shia-led Iran of backing the Houthis, who are affiliated with the Zaidi sect of Shia Islam. Tehran denies the accusations.
Aden has seen some of the heaviest fighting in recent weeks, with hundreds of families reported to be trapped in the city centre with dwindling supplies.
Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Assistance, said at least 6,000 people had been injured in the fighting, many of them civilians in Aden.
"People in Aden have endured extreme hardship as a result of conflict over the last six weeks and must be able to move to safer areas to seek medical and other assistance," Mr Laerke said.
The key word in Saudi Arabia's proposed ceasefire announcement in Yemen is "conditional".
It depends, say the Saudis, on Yemen's Houthi rebels laying down their weapons and stopping fighting. Even if their leaders agree to that condition, it is far from certain that will translate into a ceasefire on the ground.
The last time the Saudis announced a pause in their air strikes to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians, the Saudis say the rebels took advantage of the lull to seize a major military barracks and advance further into the port of Aden. The air strikes then resumed.
The Saudis don't trust the rebels but they also know they can't keep bombing Yemen indefinitely.
At a press conference in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir said $274m (£180m) would be provided in humanitarian assistance.
However, on Wednesday, a statement by 22 aid agencies working in Yemen said a humanitarian pause would "not alleviate the humanitarian impacts of the current conflict".
The charities - who say their work is being hampered by a lack of fuel in Yemen - called instead for a permanent end to the fighting.
Also in Riyadh, Mr Kerry said the US and Saudi Arabia did not have plans to send ground troops into Yemen.
This is despite earlier pleas by Yemen's government to the UN to authorise the deployment of foreign ground forces.
A letter to the UN said Houthis were "targeting anything that moves" in Aden.
Mr Bernardi confirmed his move in Australia's upper house on Tuesday, ending months of speculation.
The outspoken senator has repeatedly criticised PM Malcolm Turnbull's government for being too moderate.
Mr Bernardi's views on topics including same-sex marriage, climate change and abortion have polarised public opinion.
"This has been a very difficult decision for me," Mr Bernardi said. "Perhaps the most difficult one of my political life."
"The level of public disenchantment with the major parties, the lack of confidence in our political process and the concern about the direction of our nation is very, very strong."
Mr Bernardi said he had not spoken "to any sitting MPs" about joining his party, but he would run candidates at the next election.
The 47-year-old South Australian was first elected to the Senate in 2006 after becoming the youngest ever Liberal Party state president aged 29.
The son of an Italian immigrant father and fourth-generation Australian mother, Mr Bernardi was a stockbroker, financial adviser and elite rower before entering politics.
Backed by powerbrokers on the Liberal Party's right, Mr Bernardi was appointed a shadow parliamentary secretary, but resigned in 2012 after making controversial comments linking same-sex marriage to bestiality.
He has maintained a high profile from the backbench, making regular forays into public debate.
Mr Bernardi has his own website, blog, podcast, and is the self-published author of seven books - including two children's books.
In an email to supporters in March 2016, Senator Bernardi said his mission was to build a movement "to fight against the tyranny of political correctness".
"Unless the mainstream parties connect with the 'forgotten people' they will choose a different path," Mr Bernardi wrote.
"It's a global phenomenon and would be foolish to think it won't emerge in Australia."
A company controlled by Mr Bernardi's wife, Sinead, trademarked the name Australian Conservatives last year.
Mr Bernardi has pointed to Brexit and the rise of far-right politics in Europe as evidence of the public losing faith in major parties.
After spending time in New York observing Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Mr Bernardi wrote he had learned "what needs to be done".
"My time in the United States has been invaluable not only in identifying some of the common problems evident in global politics but also formulating solutions," he wrote.
Among his views that have attracted controversy, Mr Bernardi has been critical of abortion and questioned whether climate change was caused by human activity.
"We will be united by the desire to create stronger families, to foster free enterprise, to limit the size and scope and reach of government while seeking to rebuild civil society," he said on Tuesday.
"We will give hope to those who despair at the current state of Australian politics and who demand a better way for themselves, for their children and for the nation."
Senior Liberal Party figures have been increasingly strong in their attacks on Mr Bernardi since reports he would defect emerged on Monday.
"The Liberal Party's values are not limited to conservatism. We are Liberals because we are open to new ideas; tolerant of difference," tweeted Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne.
Trade Minister Steve Ciobo said: "With one or two exceptions he's never laid a glove on the Labor Party. Every time he's been in the headlines it's been about criticism of his own parties."
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said voters would be "angry about the betrayal of the Liberal Party values".
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said: "A government which can't govern itself, can't govern the nation."
Lord Harris claimed resources were being weakened, leaving vulnerable inmates unsupervised.
It comes as the parents of a man who killed himself at a young offenders institution criticised authorities.
The National Offender Management Service said reducing the number of prison suicides was a top priority.
Labour peer Lord Harris was asked by the government in February to conduct a review on how to reduce self-inflicted deaths in custody, and is expected to present his findings next summer.
He believes the unnecessary imprisonment of some individuals, including those with mental health problems, is preventing others from receiving the support they need.
Lord Harris said: "The critical issue is why some prisoners are [in jail] in the first place.
"Are there interventions that could have been done, could have saved the government money by stopping them ending up in the criminal justice system in the first place, or not necessarily ending up in prison?
"Obviously there will always be a core of prisoners who do need to be in prison. But, if some of the others were not there, there would be more resources to make sure those individuals were supported and prison achieved its objectives in terms of rehabilitation."
Lord Harris's comments come as the parents of Steven Davison, a 21-year-old man who killed himself while at Glen Parva young offenders institution in 2013, questioned why prison authorities did not do more to protect him.
Davison, from Loughborough in Leicestershire, was jailed for possession of a knife, with which he had threatened to harm himself.
He was told he would be moved to a mental health hospital when a bed became available, but killed himself in his cell in September 2013.
An inquest ruled staff had failed to monitor him properly and were inadequately trained in helping those who were vulnerable.
His mother Lynda explained: "It was like 'he's just another lad who's been sent to prison'."
She added: "Instead of looking at why he's been sent to prison and what he needed, it was like [the authorities said] 'There you go Steven - there's your cell - get on with it'."
Davison was graded as at "low risk" of self-harm and suicide at the prison, and was not moved to a safe cell - where he would not have been able to hang himself - the inquest heard.
His mother said he was "let down" by prison authorities, even though he "cried for help".
Davison's father, Jeffrey, said the people who assessed his son were prison officers and "weren't trained in mental health".
He also criticised the lack of communication coming from Glen Parva.
"We didn't even know he was self-harming himself in prison," he said.
A prison officer at Glen Parva, who wished to remain anonymous, said self-harm incidents in the prison were a daily occurrence "from minor scratches to people taking chunks off their arms".
"It is very, very difficult to monitor the lads because of staff shortages - we just don't have the manpower to look after those who are vulnerable or need special attention," he explained.
"If someone is on constant watch, we have to sometimes call in staff from other wings, which means that wing then suffers. It's not our fault, because we can't be everywhere all the time," he added.
Last month, chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick said there had been a "rapid deterioration" in prison safety in England and Wales.
At a recent Justice Select Committee hearing, it was also acknowledged by officials they had underestimated the increase in prison population which hit the system last autumn. Prior to that, hundreds of staff had been made redundant and 16 prisons had been closed down.
Prison suicides in England and Wales have risen by 52% since 2011-12, according to Ministry of Justice statistics.
They reveal that 87 inmates took their own lives over the 12 months to September 2014, compared with 57 in the year to September 2012.
In some cases, suicide had been the result of bullying and violence.
Ministry of Justice figures show the number of recorded assaults in English and Welsh prisons has increased by more than a thousand over the last year, from 14,045 in 2012-13 to 15,441 in 2013-14.
Deborah Coles, co-director of Inquest, a charity that helps families of people who die in custody, said more help was needed for vulnerable prisoners, especially those with mental health issues.
She told Today: "We are sending far too many people to prisons that are ill equipped and ill resourced to deal with their needs."
She said many suicides in prison are "preventable" and added: "All those people charged with the inspection and monitoring of prisons are warning ministers that there is a crisis and I think that ministers' indifference to this issue is really concerning.
"If we don't dramatically reduce those going to prison we're going to see ongoing deaths of men, women and children."
Steve Gillan, general secretary of the Prison Officers Association, said officers did not receive sufficient mental health training.
"It's become critical now and you can't be in denial that there's inadequate training for the modern prison officer," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
Michael Spurr, chief executive of the National Offender Management Service, said that reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths in prisons was a top priority.
He said: "The rise in the latter part of 2013 and in the early months of this year was very concerning and we have been working hard to understand the reasons for this.
"As is the case in society at large, there is no simple explanation with complex and individual reasons behind any suicide."
And he added: "Every death is tragedy for the individual and their families and we will continue to work tirelessly to prevent suicides in our prisons."
Nigel Newcomen, the prison and probation ombudsman, said many jails were making the same mistakes: "Some of the particular concerns we have are about weaknesses in risk assessment, weaknesses in... the suicide and self-harm prevention processes.
"These are weaknesses we've been identifying for a number of years," he explained.
Meanwhile, Jeffrey Davison remains angry at his son Steven's death, and with the way the Ministry of Justice runs its prisons. "As far as I'm concerned the prison didn't look after him," he said.
"We didn't want them to love him. We wanted them to take care of him... and then he can come home to us."
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On one bedpost hung the metal ligature which had cut into his neck when he was strangled. Another piece of wire had been tied around his ankles.
One of the children who had been fishing in the river saw Isaac's body.
Those who had not fled the village knew him well, and now they were waiting for his mother to arrive.
People in Yei are afraid - afraid to speak out, and afraid they might be the next ones to be pulled from their homes in the middle of the night and to turn up dead in the river.
The government faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) controls the town of Yei, 150km (93 miles) south-west of the capital, Juba, but not too much around it.
A few miles out along any of the roads - to the Juba or to Uganda, they only travel in large convoys as military vehicles are prone to guerrilla attack.
The rebels are known as the SPLA In Opposition, or "IO", but when civil war spread to this previously peaceful part of South Sudan everything became even more complicated.
What began in December 2013 as a political crisis, almost immediately became ethnic, as the two largest tribes turned on each other - the Dinka and the Nuer - the ethnic groups of the president, and the former vice-president - now the rebel leader.
There were massacres, the army split broadly along ethnic lines, and civil war has now driven millions from their homes, brought famine to parts of the country and created an impunity which has allowed rape, killing and war crimes to run wild.
The SPLA is not a terribly disciplined army, and although both sides have been accused of atrocities here they are blamed for most of them.
We joined their patrols - on foot and by car - as they showed us abandoned villages and some burned huts which they blamed on wild fires.
Brigadier General Chol Deng Chol
"There's no raping, there's no killing. We use capital punishment against soldiers who commit rapes"
But they wouldn't take us to some of the places where we'd heard atrocities had been carried out - it was "too far," or the "roads were too bad."
There are different layers to the government security forces in Yei - the regular army, the national security officers, the police, and another group known as the Matiang Anyoor.
People are afraid of the Matiang Anyoor.
"They are just another battalion," said Brigadier General Chol Deng Chol who is in overall charge - and has been since the violence started in Yei.
But as a unit of mainly Dinka soldiers, said to have been established by the head of the army, they are the ones suspected of perpetrating some of the worst atrocities in Yei.
"There's no raping, there's no killing. We use capital punishment against soldiers who commit rapes," said Gen Chol.
"The only people we fight are the rebels. This is when the killing occurs. We don't kill our own civilians in our own country," he said.
"They pretend civilians were killed, when the people killed were rebels."
But the testimony we collected in our short time in Yei directly contradicted his assurances.
Everyone was afraid to be identified, but they all had terrible stories.
One man described how his sister was raped by three soldiers, an older woman how she was robbed and badly beaten in her own home.
Another man told of 10 young men being pulled from their individual family homes, chained together and then shot.
There was the description of a pregnant woman killed and then the baby cut from her womb and left to die.
There are many accounts of cattle theft, of robbery and murder.
"There are now two people who have been killed in my family: My brother and my father," said one of the men we spoke to.
"It was government troops. For no reason they will kill you. They make the raping, looting (sic).
"That's why people are afraid. That's why thousands of people flew out the town of Yei - because of their behaviour."
Every day an average of 2,000 people are crossing into Uganda from the old-established states of Western, Central and Eastern Equatoria in the south of the country.
This region has some of the best agricultural land in South Sudan, but people have not harvested and are not planting.
With more than five million people - half the population - needing food aid in the next few months, this deepens the crisis.
Around half a million people have fled in the eight months since a peace deal in Juba dramatically collapsed in fighting, and government forces chased the rebel leader and his men through this area and out of the country.
This was a peaceful farming region where different tribes lived together, but now the army is often described as "the Dinka army" and a cycle of killing and revenge killing has escalated between the Dinka and other ethnic groups.
That is why the UN warned of "the potential for genocide" in this part of South Sudan.
"As yet we haven't seen that Rwanda type of situation - I doubt we will see that sort of thing," said David Shearer, the new special representative of the UN secretary general in the country.
But he said: "A lot of it is breaking down into one ethnic group against another."
Back in the village by the river Isaac's mother arrived screaming, and collapsed, pounding her hands on to the ground in grief.
He is just the latest person to disappear in the night, the latest victim of what people in Yei believe is a deliberate attempt by their own army to drive them away from their homes.
Any end to the fighting, the war crimes and the impunity seems as far away as ever.
Stafford Hospital, which was renamed County Hospital, was at the centre of a £6m public inquiry into care failings.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham would not give an exact time scale, saying he didn't want to make promises that "can't be delivered".
Overnight closures at the hospital began in 2011.
Consultant-led maternity services were moved in January.
Mr Burnham said he wants to see a return of full maternity and accident and emergency services to Stafford.
On a visit to Stafford two weeks ago, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said if the Conservatives won the election, overnight services would be restored as soon as soon as it was "clinically safe" to do so.
Labour has said that within 100 days of winning it will commit "additional resources needed to fulfil Ed Miliband's long-term pledge to fund the hospital Stafford needs".
It's no wonder Andy Burnham wants to talk about the NHS - it's the top priority for voters and one of the few areas where polls show Labour are trusted more than the Tories.
In Stafford, where A&E's been closed overnight and maternity services downgraded since the inquiry into care standards, it's even more important. Paediatric inpatient beds are moving elsewhere later this month.
But although campaigners blame Labour for allowing the scandal to happen on their watch, the party believes it's got a real chance of overturning a Tory majority of more than 5,000 to win the Stafford seat back on Thursday.
The Liberal Democrats said last month that Westminster should not tell local areas how to run hospitals.
UKIP said both the Conservatives and Labour "have promised to wave a magic wand to restore Stafford Hospital to full service, when it was they who forced this situation in the first place."
The National Health Action Party, which is fielding a candidate in Stafford, has described both the Tory and Labour pledges to restore services as an election bribe.
Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, which ran the hospital, went into administration in April 2013. The hospital was taken over by the newly-formed University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust.
A full list of candidates for the Stafford constituency can be found here.
The Careers Wales body used to vet work placements, but that role has been scrapped by the Welsh Government.
Head teachers in Gwynedd and Anglesey said the decision had hit "the majority of authorities across Wales".
Government officials said £2.4m is being spent over four years to support links between education and industry.
Traditionally, students in Year 10 and 12 are sent on placements for up to two weeks during June and July to experience the real world of work.
Careers Wales used to check that employers and their workplaces were suitable, safe environments for students, and also met legal requirements on insurance and risk assessments.
But Skills and Science Minister Julie James wrote to all head teachers in 2015 to tell them the body would be forced to phase out the work, as it faced "a significantly reduced budget".
Head teachers have been writing to parents of pupils at secondary schools in Gwynedd and Anglesey explaining why no work experience will be offered this year.
"Unfortunately there were a very high number of locations that needed to be checked this year, and the necessary trained school staff were not available to carry out this work," said an official responding for both counties.
"This decision has already been taken by the other north Wales authorities and the majority of authorities across Wales."
In neighbouring Conwy, the picture is similar, where Year 10 pupils were being offered an alternative range of career activities.
The authority said it would also "support sixth formers where work placements are required to fulfil university entrance requirements".
Neil Foden, head of Ysgol Friars in Bangor, and also a national executive member for the NUT Wales union, said the decision had been "inevitable".
"There was talk of appointing two officers to verify work experience placements for Gwynedd schools. That cost was just too much for us," he said.
Parent Owain Evans has a Year 12 son at Ysgol David Hughes in Menai Bridge on Anglesey who was supposed to be going on a placement with a legal firm.
Mr Evans also hosts students himself at his architects' office.
"I think I'm really disappointed - for ourselves as employers and also for the children," he said.
"It is a way of connecting with industry - for employers this is our future, the young people coming to us."
The Welsh Government said strengthening links between schools and employers was "a priority".
A spokesman said Careers Wales was working to establish a new Education Business Exchange which will "support a national network of business education partnerships".
He added: "There are many ways schools can provide pupils with activity to help them in their understanding of, and improve competence in, the world of work, including employer talks, visits to industry and employer coaching and mentoring."
19 January 2016 Last updated at 17:01 GMT
Last year, the Oscars were called out for having no black nominees.
Actress Jada Pinkett Smith and director Spike Lee say they won't attend this year's awards - because of the lack of diversity.
The president of the Academy, who runs the Oscars, issued a statement saying she was "heartbroken" about the comments and said that they are already working on including a wider range of people in the organisation.
The 20-year-old former Kilmarnock forward has signed a one-year deal at Tynecastle after leaving relegated Dundee United.
"I'm pleased to get him," Neilson told BBC Scotland.
"I think he has good potential. He still has a long way to go but he is the type of player we want to get in."
United paid Killie a transfer fee of around £150,000 for Muirhead, handing him a three-and-a-half year deal in January 2015, but he only scored twice in 27 appearances.
He spent time on loan at Partick Thistle last season, scoring twice in eight games, with both goals coming against Kilmarnock in a 5-2 victory.
Muirhead was released by United in late April and Neilson hopes to coax the best form out of the Scotland Under-19 international after a frustrating spell at Tannadice.
"We all knew of his time at Kilmarnock," he said. "We had looked at him, then obviously Dundee United came in and paid a big fee for him and he went there.
"The way things have worked out with United getting relegated there was an opportunity to get back in and we have managed to do something.
"He did really well at Kilmarnock. We think coming here he still has a lot of hard work to do. We want to bring in Scottish players as well we want to develop."
Neilson confirmed that two further signings, Conor Sammon and Faycal Rherras, will join up with the squad for pre-season training this week.
"Two good players and two good additions to the squad," Neilson said.
"Connor gives us a bit experience up front. He played really well when he was at Kilmarnock and got a big move to England. He has played at the highest level down there so I'm really pleased top get him.
"Rherras is a good addition at left back. He is young, he needs to develop. He has played at the top level in Belgium. He has recently been playing for the Moroccan under-23s. He is a good player and another we think we can develop."
Neilson also hopes to bring in a goalkeeper before Monday's deadline for players to be registered for the first Europa League qualifier on 30 June.
"There has been a lot of goalkeepers put to us and we are still going through it and trying to get the right one," he said.
"Jack Hamilton did really well for us at the end of last season so we've got him.
"We would like to get a couple more additions in but it's proving more difficult than we had hoped. We will see how it goes in the next couple of days."
The calculation is based on tired employees being less productive or absent from work altogether.
Research firm Rand Europe, which used data from 62,000 people, said the loss equated to 1.86% of economic growth.
The main impact was on health, with those sleeping less than six hours a night 13% more likely to die earlier than those getting seven to nine hours.
The study evaluated the economic cost of insufficient sleep in the UK, US, Canada, Germany and Japan.
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And while the impact of tired workers in the UK may sound bad, it still ranked better than both the US and Japan which lost the most working days due to lack of sleep.
The report called on employers to recognise and promote the importance of sleep, urging them to build nap rooms.
It said they should also discourage staff from "extended use" of electronic devices after working hours.
Individuals were advised to wake up at the same time each day and exercise during the day to improve their sleep.
"The effects from a lack of sleep are massive. Sleep deprivation not only influences an individual's health and wellbeing but has a significant impact on a nation's economy," said Marco Hafner, a research leader at Rand Europe and the report's main author.
Mr Hafner said small changes could make a big difference, saying if those in the UK currently sleeping under six hours a night increased this to between six and seven hours it would add £24bn to the UK's economy.
In the new role, Mr Manzoni, who will start work this month, will oversee the administrative and commercial performance of government departments.
The position confers the right to attend meetings of the cabinet.
Mr Manzoni, who was chosen after an external competition, is currently head of the Major Projects Authority within the Cabinet Office.
As CEO of the civil service he will work alongside Sir Jeremy Heywood, the cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, whose portfolio focuses on the implementation of policy decisions made by the government.
The roles of cabinet secretary and civil service head were split in 2012 but have been consolidated following the retirement of Sir Bob Kerslake.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, who recently claimed that the UK "has the best civil servants in the world but not yet the best civil service", welcomed Mr Manzoni's appointment
Despite recent reforms, he said there was still "much more to do".
"Hardworking people expect us to spend their money carefully and this appointment will help us to do just that."
Prime Minister David Cameron added: "John's experience of business and the private sector puts him in the perfect position to accelerate the pace of these reforms in the years ahead."
Mr Manzoni said his priority was "building on the existing momentum to strengthen the execution muscle of Whitehall and embed a sustainable productivity agenda across government".
As CEO of the civil service, Mr Manzoni will take charge of:
Mr Manzoni joined the civil service in February, as head of a cross-departmental unit which seeks to get better value for money from major government projects.
Previously, he was president of Canadian oil and gas company Talisman Energy and an executive at BP for 24 years.
The appointment was announced alongside a new report on the progress of civil service reform.
The report says that by April 2015, most senior civil service posts below the level of permanent secretary will be open to external candidates.
By mid-2016, senior civil servants who wish to apply for permanent secretary posts will be expected to have completed a leadership course at a tertiary-level business school.
The regions of Cantabria, Asturias and the Basque Country are worst affected, with high winds spreading the flames.
Spain's forestry association said the unusually high temperatures did not explain the origin of the fires.
Association head Raul de la Calle suggested "cattle farming interests" could be responsible.
He said some people believed the fires would make the pasture more "appetising" to the animals, El Mundo reported.
More than 80 fires are currently burning in Cantabria, where 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of land of "very high ecological value" have been destroyed, regional president Miguel Angel Revilla said.
However none of those fires are currently threatening inhabited areas, he added.
About 100 soldiers have been sent to the region.
In Asturias there are 38 fires, of which 31 have been contained.
Spain's interior ministry has warned of continuing high winds in the north.
It would make for something of a irony then if Hereford FC, the phoenix club grown from the ashes of Hereford United's demise in December 2014, should go on to reach Wembley at the first time of asking.
In their first season in existence, the new Bulls are through to the semi-finals of the FA Vase - by fortunate coincidence, in the first season since Wembley was chosen to host the final as part of a two-match Final Day, shared with the FA Trophy, on Sunday 22 May.
Over two legs, the first at Edgar Street on Saturday, they take on another 'phoenix club' Salisbury - managed by BBC pundit, award-winning author and much-travelled former striker Steve Claridge.
Claridge himself has starred at Wembley, his stunning last-minute curler for Leicester City beating Crystal Palace to take the Foxes back to the Premier League in 1996.
But he admits that playing the tie over two legs reduces the chances of it being settled by such drama.
"The best team will probably win over two legs," said Claridge. "That doesn't always happen when it's one leg. One game can be decided on a bit of luck, someone hitting the post or bar and it not going in.
"Over two legs, it's a bit more tactical and gives both teams the correct time to apply themselves and show their true colours."
It was also 20 years since the old Hereford came closest to Wembley, losing to Darlington in the Third Division play-off semi-finals.
If the reborn Bulls do make it to Wembley following the second leg (Saturday, 19 March at 15:00 GMT), they would more than make up for it by becoming the first club to win the FA Vase in their first season of existence.
The two games are likely to break the FA Vase's semi-final attendance records.
Both legs are all-ticket, starting with Saturday's sell-out at the 4,913-capacity Edgar Street (12 March, 15:00 GMT), followed by the second leg at Salisbury's Raymond McEnhill Stadium, where they had 1,800 fans for the quarter-final win over Ashford.
In the other two-leg semi-final, Essex Senior League side Bowers & Pitsea play Northumberland side Morpeth, starting with Saturday's first leg at the Len Salmon Stadium.
But Claridge admits that, with all respect to their other two possible final opponents, Hereford v Salisbury would have made for a better supported Wembley occasion than a mere semi-final.
"We have two games here where we could probably have sold the tickets two or three times over," he said. "But, if we both were to have got to Wembley, we might have got 20,000 or possibly 30,000."
Both sides go into Saturday's opener top of their respective leagues.
Salisbury are eight points clear, having won 21 of their 25 games under manager/director Claridge.
Hereford, by way of contrast, have stumbled slightly of late, losing 2-0 at home to Highgate United on 23 February - their first league defeat in almost exactly six months.
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"Just 18 months ago, the old Hereford United were languishing in the Southern League with crowds of around 500, while most fans stayed away in protest at the club's ownership. The former FA Cup giant-killers had been taken over, relegated two divisions and were weeks from bankruptcy.
"The re-formed Hereford FC started this season in English football's ninth tier - five divisions below the Football League. But they have had a phenomenal run, topping the table and attracting 4,000-plus crowds to Edgar Street.
"Fans dream of a double - promotion from the Midland League, and a Wembley visit in the FA Vase final. The whole city is backing the Bulls, who have a trip to the national stadium in their sights."
BBC Wiltshire's Will Walder
"The last six years have been a mixture of on-field success and off-field pitch disaster for football fans in Salisbury. Thrown out of the Conference in 2010 after missing a deadline to pay creditors, Salisbury won promotion back into the Conference Premier in 2013, only to be expelled again a year later.
"In a period known as the WhatsApp era at BBC Wiltshire, the club was taken over by supporter Mark Winter and mysterious Moroccan businessman Medi Otail Touzar, a man who would only communicate with us using the messaging app.
"Mark Winter took Mr Touzar to court to try to overturn the ownership. This failed and ensuing court cases against Mr Touzar meant the club ultimately went bust and out of business. But, as the newly-formed Salisbury FC, Wembley fever is building in Wiltshire's only city."
Hereford FC have been forced to upgrade the close-circuit television system at Edgar Street "at significant cost to the club" following a smoke bomb thrown during the FA Vase sixth-round win over Camberley.
The Football Association requested a comprehensive response to the incident, which involved two full days of internal evidence gathering at the club before the submission of a 4,000-word report.
And they remain under surveillance by the FA, who are now sending an advisor on crowd control to the Salisbury game.
The club warned in a statement: "We cannot overstate how seriously the FA treat incidents like the one that occurred at the Camberley game. They have a wide range of punishments available to them if further incidents occur.
"Hereford FC will not hesitate to take action against any individual who acts in a way that not only costs the club thousands of pounds, but also tarnishes the good reputation we all want to build."
Two seventh-tier clubs, Northern Premier League side Nantwich Town and Isthmian League high-fliers Bognor Regis Town, both have two-leg ties against National League sides on successive Saturdays (12 and 19 March).
Former FA Vase winners Nantwich, bidding to become the first team to win both national non-league knockout competitions, start at home against struggling Halifax.
Bognor's first leg is also at home against 2013 Trophy runners-up Grimsby Town, currently third in the National League.
Nantwich, Bognor and Grimsby all go into the two-leg semis having all won four of their last five matches.
Grimsby's most recent victory was 4-2 at Halifax last weekend which, according to the form book, may yet to prove a dress rehearsal for Finals Day on Sunday 22 May - when, for the first time, the Vase and the Trophy are on the same day.
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The firm's chief financial officer Anthony Noto accidentally made public a tweet that was meant to be a private direct message to a colleague.
The message expressed his desire to acquire another company.
Mr Noto, who joined the company in July this year, deleted the tweet soon after.
It read: "I think we should buy them. He is on your schedule for Dec 15 or 16 -- we will need to sell him. i have a plan."
Twitter often acquires smaller firms who have created good features based around the micro-blogging service.
Speculation over which firm Mr Noto was referring to has begun.
Technology news site Recode suggested Shots - a selfie app backed by Justin Bieber - as well as Secret, a somewhat controversial app for anonymously sharing messages with a wide audience.
Others noted that Mr Noto had recently followed several employees at Mic, a news website aimed at young people.
Mr Noto is by no means the first to suffer a "DM fail".
Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner accidentally posted a picture of himself in his underwear.
After first claiming he had been "hacked", Mr Weiner later admitted he had intended to send the image as a direct message.
Mr Sanders is expected to perform well in West Virginia, despite Mrs Clinton's huge lead in overall delegates.
"We're going to fight for the last vote," Mr Sanders said on Monday.
Minutes after the West Virginia polls closed, Donald Trump was projected the winner in the Republican race.
And he later was declared the winner in Nebraska too, which was a Republican-only contest.
He is the party's presumptive nominee after his last remaining rivals left the race last week, although their names remained on the West Virginia ballot.
According to exit polls, the most important issue for voters in that state was the economy and jobs.
Mr Trump is now trying to unite the Republican Party after a contentious primary season.
Many top Republican leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, have declined to support Mr Trump's candidacy, saying the New York businessman does not represent conservative values.
Mr Trump will meet Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Mr Ryan on Thursday in hopes of resolving their differences.
Some Republicans are concerned that Mr Trump will negatively affect other races, hurting the party's chances of retaining control of Congress.
Mr Trump is deeply unpopular among key voting blocs including women, Latinos and African Americans.
On the Democratic side, Mrs Clinton is on the defensive in West Virginia because of comments she made during a town hall meeting in March.
Addressing environmental issues, she said she wanted to put coal companies out of business.
Battered by dwindling demand and new environmental rules, coal companies are among the top employers in West Virginia.
Mrs Clinton later said she had misspoken and that she had wanted to bring new industries to the state.
Mr Sanders's message of economic fairness has also resonated in West Virginia, one of the poorest states in the country.
While a win in West Virginia will not derail Mrs Clinton's path to the Democratic nomination, Mr Sanders' continued success will give him leverage to influence the party's platform.
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The 25-year-old Dutch international forward has joined the Premier League club for an undisclosed fee.
I had been at Ajax a long time and wanted a new challenge in a new environment and a new country
"Siem will give us intelligence in the final third and create goalscoring situations," said manager Alan Pardew. "It is a big signing for this club."
His brother, Luuk, 23, spent six months on loan at St James' Park from Borussia Monchengladbach last season.
De Jong, who can play as an attacking midfielder or as a striker, led Dutch champions Ajax to four consecutive Eredivisie titles.
He progressed through their youth system and made his debut in September 2007, before being made captain in the summer of 2012.
De Jong, who has also played in the Champions League and Europa League, made almost 250 appearances for the Amsterdam club and scored 78 goals.
"It is a big club which my brother told me all about, so I already feel good here," said De Jong.
"I had been at Ajax a long time and wanted a new challenge in a new environment and a new country.
"Coming to Newcastle is a great opportunity and the chance to play for a club like this in the Premier League was one I could not turn down."
Switzerland-born De Jong made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2010 and has won six senior caps, scoring two goals, but was not selected for the World Cup.
Pardew added: "I think our fans are going to enjoy the way he plays and I cannot wait to start working with him."
Newcastle have already signed Tenerife striker Ayoze Perez as Pardew looks to fill the attacking void left by Shola Ameobi, Loic Remy and Luuk de Jong.
Ameobi, 32, has been released after 14 years at his hometown club, while De Jong and QPR striker Remy returned to their parent clubs following loan spells.
"I think I was wrong, I should not have gone ahead with my speech and called off the rally. I apologise if I hurt anyone," he told news agency ANI.
Gajendra Singh hanged himself from a tree on Wednesday at the gathering attended by a few thousand people.
Politicians have been trading blame over his death.
On Thursday, activists from the opposition Congress party and the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) protested outside Mr Kejriwal's house.
They accused Mr Kejriwal of insensitivity in having continued his rally after the farmer hanged himself, as well as responsibility for the death itself. Mr Kejriwal has blamed government policies which he says led to the farmer's death.
The police have also been accused of failing to prevent the death, while some have questioned whether the farmer had intended to kill himself.
The police have also been accused of failing to prevent the death, while some have questioned whether the farmer had intended to kill himself.
In the interview on Friday morning, the chief minister for the first time admitted that it was a bad idea to go ahead with the rally, but said he could not see the tree from which the farmer hanged himself because it was at a distance from the stage.
"If we had any inkling that he would do something like that, someone would have acted," he said, adding that "the incident took place in front of me. I am not able to digest it, I could not sleep that night".
Mr Singh had come from Rajasthan to attend the farmers' rally convened by Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial land acquisition bill.
Opponents of the bill say it will hurt the interests of farmers but the government says it will boost the economy.
The bill was passed in the lower house of parliament last month but has not yet been approved by the upper house, where Mr Modi's BJP is in the minority.
More than 300,000 Indian farmers have killed themselves since 1995 because of mounting debts and poor harvests.
But correspondents say Gajendra Singh's death is the most high-profile incident of its kind, taking place as it did before thousands of people at a rally in the capital.
Faith Spear refused to step down as chairman of Hollesley Bay prison's Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) after voicing prison reform concerns.
Her refusal, she says, led to her feeling bullied by other board members - a matter she raised with the East Anglian Daily Times.
The government said she would be reinstated if no wrongdoing is found.
None of those accused of bullying Mrs Spear have been suspended, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed.
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Mrs Spear, of Ipswich, said the situation "just escalated" after she wrote of her concerns about prison reform under the pseudonym Daisy Mallet in this year's The Prisons Handbook.
In it she described herself as a "whistleblower without a whistle". She says she wrote it as a private individual with a passion and interest in prison reform and not as the chairman of the Hollelsley Bay IMB.
The suspension letter from prisons minister Andrew Selous said she was accused of "failing to treat colleagues with respect" and for "acting in a manner which could bring discredit or cause embarrassment to the IMB".
"It all blew up because I refused to stand down," said Mrs Spear. "I voiced concerns about the system yet I have been attacked personally.
"It has been absolutely terrible. But I have no regrets about speaking out. The IMB tried to silence me."
She later spoke of her issues with the board to the EADT which resulted in an article cited by Selous in her suspension notice.
An MoJ spokesman said: "There is an ongoing investigation into Hollesley Bay Independent Monitoring Board.
"No conclusions have been made and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.
"As with all public appointments, a member of staff can be suspended during an investigation. If no wrongdoing is found they will be reinstated."
Toys tied in to the forthcoming release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the latest instalment of the science-fiction juggernaut, are being unwrapped and demonstrated on YouTube.
Amateurs have posted unboxing videos onto Google's service almost since its inception.
However, Disney's action highlights how the activity is being adopted by the companies that make and sell the goods.
Clips of toys being unpackaged and played with have proven to be particularly popular.
One of YouTube's most popular channels is FunToyzCollector, a four-year-old account that shows products being held up by an elegantly manicured pair of hands from a variety of angles.
It has clocked up more than 7.7 billion views since launching, and this week alone attracted more than 75 million clicks.
Its most popular video highlights a Play-Doh tie-in with Disney's Frozen movie, which has gained more than 337 million views alone since July 2014.
The Star Wars unboxing event kicked off in Sydney, followed by YouTube broadcasts from around the globe, prior to the release of the toys in shops on Friday.
Unboxing videos are undeniably popular - out of the top 25 most viewed YouTube channels five are dedicated to the activity.
Along with DisneyCollectorBR, there's It'sBabyBigMouth, which focuses on unwrapping Kinder eggs and building the toys, BluCollection, HobbyKidsTV and another toy-fixated channel - DisneyCarToys.
Social media expert Tom Cheesewright says the attraction is partly to do with the vicarious thrill of seeing someone open a brand new product.
"There's the first-person hands in front of you - it seems you're there. You're seeing it unwrapped first," he says.
For many children it has become the modern equivalent of leafing through a toy catalogue, and the clips can hold more interest than cartoons or other programming.
For marketers the idea of having their target audience watching and then rewatching lengthy clips rather than short commercials has obvious appeal.
According to Google Consumer Surveys data, 62% of people who watch the videos are those researching a particular product.
Its Trends analytics page suggests that people in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are those most likely to search for the term "unboxing".
One of the earliest examples of an unboxing video upload is from 2006 when an American gamer unpacked a PlayStation 3 delivered from Japan. It was of interest to others because the console had yet to go on sale in the US.
Tech products - especially smartphones - remain a popular topic.
But today, clothing, lipstick, food, and even bras also get the treatment.
Lingerie firm Adore Me is one company that has taken notice.
It recently broadcast a TV advert inspired by the activity which it said was intended to broaden its appeal with "millennials" - people born in the 1980s or later.
According to Google, 34% of the views for unboxing videos related to food, electronics, toys and beauty and fashion happen from October to December - in the run-up to Christmas.
It would take more than seven years to watch all the videos on YouTube with "unboxing" in the title that were uploaded in 2014, Google says.
Unboxing videos can be real moneyspinners.
The YouTube clips are often preceded with adverts for other products or have banner ads superimposed, meaning that they can generate millions of dollars revenue for their creators.
Last year, Disney paid almost $1bn (£660m) for the YouTube channel network Maker Studios. Later in the year, Maker Studios added five toy review channels to its roster.
"Toy-review channels have... become the authority on the hottest toys on the market, as well as one of the fastest-growing genres of family programming online," it said at the time.
But their evolution wasn't planned or predictable.
"They naturally snowballed," Mr Cheesewright says - and that snowball shows no signs of slowing down.
The Insolvency Service said 18,866 individuals became insolvent in England and Wales between April and June.
That is a fall of 29.3% on the same period a year ago, and the lowest total since the summer of 2005.
The number of companies going bust has also fallen to its lowest in more than seven years.
Altogether 3,908 firms became insolvent over the last three months, the smallest number since the end of 2007.
Experts said the news reflected increasing strength in the economy, and the return of real-terms increases in wages.
"It has taken a long time, but with wages outstripping inflation again, people are finding it easier to repay their debts without resorting to insolvency procedures," said Phillip Sykes, president of R3, the insolvency trade body.
At the same time, there has been a jump in the number of people taking out mortgages to buy a flat or house.
In the month of June, 66,582 homeowners took out a new mortgage, according to figures from the Bank of England.
That was up from 64,826 in May, and just 1,469 short of the recent peak in April.
But the same figures show a significant fall in lending to businesses.
Total borrowing by UK non-financial companies fell by £5.5bn in June, the biggest drop for four years.
"On the face of it, this sharp reduction in bank lending to businesses raises serious question marks about activity and investment," said Howard Archer, the chief UK and European economist with IHS Global Insight.
The fall in personal insolvencies was welcomed by the Money Advice Trust (MAT), which runs National Debtline.
However it warned about increasing debt levels.
"Many households will be able to accommodate this extra borrowing as the economic recovery continues - but we are concerned that many will turn to credit to plug gaps in their budgets," said Jane Tully, head of insight and engagement at the MAT.
She said the situation could be made worse for some people by the changes to tax credits in the years ahead.
Household debt is forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility to reach 169% of household income by 2020.
Cardiff University researchers found online hate in the aftermath of the murder of Lee Rigby peaked in the first 24 hours then declined sharply.
They found tweets from police and media were about five times more likely to be retweeted compared with tweets from other users following the attack.
The fusilier was killed on 22 May 2013.
The research is being published in the British Journal of Criminology on the second anniversary of his murder near Woolwich Barracks in London.
Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale drove into the 25-year-old before hacking him to death.
During the study, social and computer scientists at the university focused on the production and spread of racial and religious cyberhate and the Twitter battle between police and far-right political groups in the first 36 hours following the attack.
Their findings suggest the dominance of traditional media and police information flows in social media are likely effective channels for the countering of rumour, speculation and hate.
Dr Matthew Williams said: "We concluded that cyber-hate has a 'half-life' following crime events of national interest.
"The sharp de-escalation of hate can be explained by post-event media and police Twitter messages that have a defusing effect and counter-speech from everyday Twitter users that challenge abusers."
Dr Pete Burnap said: "The ability to observe a large portion of the population in near real-time via social media networks provides those responsible for ensuring the safety of the public a new window onto mass social reaction."
The College of Policing is currently putting 6,000 officers through their Mainstreaming Cybercrime training course, which covers cyber-hate and harassment online.
The company said turnover rose by more than 26% to almost £22.4m in the year to the end of March 2016.
Pre-tax profits climbed by more than £110,000 to £793,000.
Aberuthven-based Hadden said its results had been boosted by a general improvement in construction industry activity.
In its accounts published at Companies House, the company said: "The speculative housing sector's recovery has allowed the company to progress completion of dwellings at their existing land bank, and purchase a further site for mixed housing development."
It added: "The results for the year and the financial position at the year end were considered satisfactory by the directors who expect to maintain the company's position in the foreseeable future."
Hadden has worked on a number of high-profile projects in recent years, including the internal refurbishment of Hutcheson's Hall in Glasgow's Merchant City and restoration of the art deco Birks Cinema in the centre of Aberfeldy.
Current projects include a new £3m community hub in East Calder, West Lothian, and a luxury apartment development at the former Eastern Primary School in Broughty Ferry.
The rules, introduced last year, allow those aged 55 and over full access to their pension pots with the first 25% tax free.
Undercover footage shows one unregulated consultant giving advice and suggesting high risk investments.
The government has said they are committed to protecting pension savers.
Panorama sent an undercover reporter to a call centre in Derby - run by a company called Lifestyle Connections - which offers free pension reviews on behalf of its sister company First Review Pension Services.
The undercover footage shows call centre staff offering assessments to people which they claim will show how the new pension freedoms affect them and what will happen at the consultation.
The Pension Advisory Service has warned: "You should be very wary of anybody who approaches you regarding a free pension review because at the end of the day they're there to make money and you need to be really clear before you accept any offer from them."
The Lifestyle Connections call centre tries to sign people up to face to face consultations, which are then carried out by First Review Pension Services.
In the undercover footage, an employee of Lifestyle Connections, is seen telling Panorama's undercover reporter to lie to the people she is being trained to call.
The employee then reveals the aim of the company is to get "everyone to invest in Cape Verde". The employee adds that the customers shouldn't be told this.
Cape Verde is an emerging tourist destination off the north west coast of Africa. Both Lifestyle Connections and First Review Pension Services are owned by a company called The Resort Group - a property developer with a string of resorts there.
"There is clearly no doubt that it's all about selling an investment in Cape Verde," says pensions expert Alan Higham. "It's not about a proper pension review... it's not about working out what's generally best for you. It's about trying to find the best line to sell you this investment in Cape Verde."
Another employee at the call centre told the undercover reporter that The Resort Group owner Rob Jarrett, a former financial advisor from Leeds saw an opportunity during the 2008 financial crisis.
She says that "when the slump came, the recession, he wanted to look for a way of getting more investment".
On 25 June, Panorama asked the Resort Group for a statement.
It replied: "We are grateful to Panorama" and "are investigating as a matter of urgency. All investments with the Resort Group PLC are safe and all our investors have received all payments due." A pension transfer into the Resort Group is not possible without advice from an IFA.
The Resort Group also told us it decided that in February, that First Review and Lifestyle Connections would stop taking on new business after 30 June. First Review Pension Services and Lifestyle Connections said that, if true, they cannot condone this behaviour which is now the subject of an internal review.
Panorama requested interviews with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Pensions Regulator about the results of its investigation but none were available to be interviewed.
The DWP released a statement saying they are committed to protecting all pension savers including those seeking to access their pension freedoms.
Nearly a quarter of a million people have taken advantage of the new freedom to take control of their pensions.
The Pensions Advisory Service advise that "the biggest protection is raising customer awareness....and getting people to do due diligence into the company they're doing business with."
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Unite Against Fascism Scotland said about 400 protestors turned out for a rally to counter a "White Pride" event in Hunters Square and on the Royal Mile, attended by about 40 people.
Police Scotland said three of the arrests related to religiously-aggravated offences, with the others for minor public order offences.
A spokesman said the protests "on the whole passed off peacefully". | Ten people have been arrested after a fascist demonstration in Edinburgh. | 39,393,695 | 93 | 16 | false |
About 50 firefighters were called to the former CWS building, next to the Printworks near Victoria railway station.
Plumes of smoke were seen across the city after it was reported just before 17:30 BST.
The operation has since been "scaled down", Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue (GMFR) service said.
A spokesperson added that crews were expected to remain at the scene overnight.
Tram services were halted in the area and electricity supplies were isolated as a precaution. There were no reports of any injuries.
The building is on the corner of Hanover Street and Dantzic Street.
GMFR Incident Commander Paul Etches said firefighters had done a "fantastic job" tackling the fire which was "challenging".
He said he hoped trams would be "back to normality" by Tuesday morning.
Some roads in the area remain closed.
GMFR earlier said on Twitter: "Firefighters trying to prevent the fire spreading.
"Our air unit is really helping us fight this fire. Please avoid the area."
Eyewitness Peter Wilcox said: "Smoke has been billowing up for an hour or so, clouds of black smoke have gathered over the Victoria station area.
"We've had various fires over that part of Manchester over the years but this is quite frightening to see it in the central area."
The building is part of the £800m NOMA project which aims to transform a 20-acre site around the city's Victoria railway station with new housing, offices, entertainment premises and shops.
NOMA tweeted: Fire Crews onsite. We can confirm the building is vacant and everybody accounted for. | A seven-storey building in Manchester city centre has been damaged in a large fire. | 34,511,165 | 357 | 20 | false |
It is thought the trend reflects a slump in car sales brought on by the continent's economic crisis.
The popularity of cycling appears to be going beyond the traditional "cycling capitals" of northern Europe such as Amsterdam and Copenhagen.
Italy was typical of many southern European states, with 1.6 million bikes bought as against 1.4 million cars.
The northern Italian city of Milan is among the latest European cities to roll out a public bike-sharing scheme, modelled on widely-used predecessors in Paris and London.
In 2011 car sales in Italy slumped to the level at which they stood in 1964, according to local media.
The Spanish capital, Madrid, has recently unveiled plans for a "green ring" of cycle paths looping ten kilometres around the city.
Only in Belgium and Luxembourg did car sales outstrip those of bikes in 2012.
"There are more and more people cycling, as a fashion thing, but also for economic reasons," Pedro Carvalho, head of a magazine for cyclists in Portugal, told AFP.
Authorities in London say the number of trips per day in the city by bike went up by 66% in the 10 years up to 2011 to reach 500,000.
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Kimi Raikkonen drove with it for two laps on Thursday, at the final pre-season test in Barcelona.
The design is a prototype based on one agreed by all the teams and F1's governing body after years of research.
However, it is not necessarily the definitive design that will be used next year as further testing still needs to be carried out.
The device is being introduced to protect drivers from flying debris following a series of deaths and injuries across motorsport.
It has the support of the F1 drivers, although a small minority say they would prefer to leave cockpits completely open.
"My opinion is it's really a massive step in safety," said Mercedes' Nico Rosberg.
"Most fatalities in the last years this would have saved those people, the large majority. So it is huge step and I think it's definitely needed.
"OK, visually you can say it is not quite as good as now but from some angles I saw it, like from the front, it looked pretty cool. So I am sure with a bit of thinking about it it will look cool eventually."
The 'halo' emerged as the best solution after various devices were tested.
Observers expressed concerns the design would affect visibility, but top-level sources have told BBC Sport that this is not the case.
The driver's eye-line is below the main body of the structure, while the central support strut at the front effectively disappears from view because of a human's binocular vision.
However, there is some concern that it might impede the view of the starting lights in certain circumstances.
According to Ferrari, Raikkonen, world champion in 2007, said the visibility was "OK" following Thursday's run-out.
Red Bull are proposing a different solution, what one source described as a "half canopy", although one senior insider told BBC Sport that the design "doesn't look very promising".
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So says Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka, in the 1971 film of Roald Dahl's classic children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
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Unfortunately, few of us are lucky enough to have a chocolate factory full of non-union Oompa Loompas (Wonka seems to play fast and loose with anti-human trafficking laws) to help you get your idea to market.
But, what you do have that dubious employers like Mr Wonka don't, is the power of the internet. And fewer trips to the dentist.
Jake Zien is a 24-year-old designer from Milwaukee who now lives in New York, where he works for a tech start-up.
He is also a successful inventor. His product, the Pivot Power, is a strip plug that bends. He had help from over 700 other people - many of whom were strangers - who all get some share in the profits.
Mr Zien has made over $350,000 so far.
He is just one of a community of people who are part of Quirky - a platform where people collaborate to produce new products that the company manufactures and sells.
"I joined Quirky back in 2010 after a family friend told me he'd read about the company in an in-flight magazine," says Mr Zien.
"The friend, an intellectual property lawyer, had been consulting with me for some time about developing my idea for a flexible power strip.
"He mentioned that Quirky purported to do exactly what I needed - to be the missing piece that's needed to turn a nascent idea into a commercially available product. I joined the site and submitted my idea a week later."
He believes being able to work on his idea with others made it a commercial success.
"It was Quirky that did the overwhelming majority of the work, and I see the product's success as a "perfect storm" combination of factors, such as my timing in submitting the idea, rather than a complete testament to the quality of the submission."
The company has been operating for four years, and now has a community of around 400,000 people.
"We can get anything from bar napkin sketches to patented and prototyped ideas," says Quirky's Bret Kovacs.
The community gives feedback on the idea, then every Thursday the Quirky team have a meeting which is streamed live, where they decide on which ideas to take forward.
The community and the company then work together to make the products a reality.
The inventor and those who have influenced development get a share of 30% of sales from the Quirky website, or 10% from items sold elsewhere.
But the company has bigger ambitions.
They are in the process of launching a new partnership with US mega-corporation GE, which they hope will change the way patents are used.
GE is giving the Quirky community access to patents and technologies with the express purpose of letting people tinker with them and find innovative new uses.
"Just for too long, patents have been misused and really misunderstood, the only places you really hear about patents today are in the court of law," says Mr Kovacs.
"Our goal with partnering with GE on this front is really to bring patents back to their original intended use. Certainly they are meant to protect the inventor, but what's really important about patents is they are meant to inspire."
Quirky is not alone in wanting to bring patents full circle. They were originally intended not only to stop ideas being stolen, but also to foster innovation and help others improve on existing technology.
The patent process was a sort of a quid pro quo because to get protection for your idea you had to be transparent about the details.
Those following the latest Apple/Samsung court battle, or the infamous patent trolls that have sprung up in recent years, could be forgiven for thinking it was about stifling innovation instead.
Marblar is a new UK start-up founded by three PhD students busy dusting off unused patents held by universities and other institutions and finding new uses for them. In other words, it finds problems that fit solutions that already exist.
Rather than Quirky's consumer focus, this is about hard science.
"As scientists we saw that a huge amount of science never gets commercialised," says chief executive Daniel Perez.
"Often this is because the application might not be obvious. Imagine if you're in the Oxford physics department, and you develop a cool new laser. Your intention was to use it in satellites, but when you're done the gold standard happens to be much better.
"The technology's already patented, it's been published, but you know other people aren't incentivised to take a look at this laser and to think of new ways it could be used," he says.
Building a crowdsourcing platform seemed an obvious way to find new ideas, according to Mr Perez.
The team take an existing patent and break it down.
"We don't just post the patents because certainly a life science researcher couldn't understand laser physics [for example] anyway. We ask people from a variety of different backgrounds very simple questions - what would you do with this technology?"
Each project is run as a competition. About two-thirds of the way through, a short-list of finalists is drawn up. At the end there is a winner, chosen by the patent-holder, as well as a winner chosen by the crowd.
Prizes ranging from $1,000 up to $25,000 are awarded as well as community points, called marbles.
A recent project took a small laser - or spectrophotometer - designed to be used on a Mars rover - and found a new use for it as a breath analyser that could diagnose and track people with liver disease based on levels of ammonia found in their breath.
So is cash enough of an incentive?
"What we've found is that the prize money isn't the biggest motivator for people," says Mr Perez.
"They're in it because they want to chew on interesting technology and they want to see something get realised."
Nevertheless, although the company is less than a year old, they have plans to make participation worth potentially much more.
"We're actually going to be putting seed [funding] rounds around some of the concepts that are moving through Marblar," he says.
This would be good news for the competition winner as well as Marblar. They will both have an equity stake in the new company, says Mr Perez.
"Without having put any money in, from having an idea about how to use someone else's technology, it's a quick way to own a piece of the next big thing."
The Labour leader said he was hoping for a vote to Remain, but said this was "not unconditional by any means".
On a Sky News Q&A he said the EU was needed to tackle climate change and solve the refugee crisis - but called for it to change "dramatically" and become more "democratic".
He also said EU state aid rules would not prevent a Labour government from nationalising Britain's railways.
Plans put forward by Brussels would open up domestic networks to cross-border competition by December 2019, with mandatory tendering of contracts.
Unions say this would scupper Mr Corbyn's commitment to bring the railways back into public ownership - but he said Labour would fulfil its pledge if elected - "and if that means an argument, then we'll have that argument".
Vote Leave said the EU would "have the final say" on whether Mr Corbyn could get his way.
The UK votes on Thursday on whether to remain in the European Union or to leave.
There has been a renewed push in recent weeks by the Remain side to appeal to Labour voters, amid fears the party's core supporters are drifting towards Leave.
Mr Corbyn, who has previously expressed Eurosceptic views, said he was "not a lover" of the EU which he said needed to change to "share our wealth and improve our living standards and our working conditions all across the whole continent".
Asked if he would shoulder some of the blame if Britain votes to leave, he replied: "I'm not going to take the blame for people's decisions.
"There will be a decision made on Thursday.
"I'm hoping there is going to be a Remain vote, there may well be a Remain vote, there may well be a Leave vote."
Told he did not sound "too keen" on the EU, he replied: "Whatever the result, we have got to work with it."
Mr Corbyn told the audience of young voters the referendum was "a big decision".
"If we stay in Europe there are implications; if we leave Europe there are massive implications."
He criticised the proposed EU-US trade deal, saying it would "import the worst working conditions and standards from the US into Europe", and said Europe "shields tax havens".
However, he said that issues like climate change and the refugee crisis could only be tackled "across national borders".
He added: "I want to remain in Europe in order to work with others to change it."
Mr Corbyn also said he wanted to join other nations in challenging rules preventing state aid to the steel industry, saying national governments should be "assertive".
Vote Leave said leaving the EU was the way to help the UK's steel industry, adding that Brussels "works for elites but not for working families".
The main risk factors for the disease are a lack of exercise, smoking, depression and poor education, it says.
Previous research from 2011 put the estimate at one in two cases, but this new study takes into account overlapping risk factors.
Alzheimer's Research UK said age was still the biggest risk factor.
Writing in The Lancet Neurology, the Cambridge team analysed population-based data to work out the main seven risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.
These are:
They worked out that a third of Alzheimer's cases could be linked to lifestyle factors that could be modified, such as lack of exercise and smoking.
The researchers then looked at how reducing these factors could affect the number of future Alzheimer's cases.
They found that by reducing each risk factor by 10%, nearly nine million cases of the disease could be prevented by 2050.
In the UK, a 10% reduction in risk factors would reduce cases by 8.8%, or 200,000, by 2050, they calculated.
Current estimates suggest that more than 106 million people worldwide will be living with Alzheimer's by 2050 - more than three times the number affected in 2010.
Prof Carol Brayne, from the Institute of Public Health at the University of Cambridge, said: "Although there is no single way to treat dementia, we may be able to take steps to reduce our risk of developing dementia at older ages.
"We know what many of these factors are, and that they are often linked.
"Simply tackling physical inactivity, for example, will reduce levels of obesity, hypertension and diabetes, and prevent some people from developing dementia.
"As well as being healthier in old age in general, it's a win-win situation."
Dr Simon Ridley, head of research at charity Alzheimer's Research UK, said there was still much to discover about the disease.
"While age is the biggest risk factor for most cases of Alzheimer's, there are a number of lifestyle and general health factors that could increase or decrease a person's chances of developing the disease.
"However, we still do not fully understand the mechanisms behind how these factors are related to the onset of Alzheimer's."
Dr Ridley said there were more than 820,000 people in the UK living with dementia, and an ageing population would lead to spiralling numbers being affected.
"As there is still no certain way to prevent Alzheimer's, research must continue to build the strongest evidence around health and environmental factors to help individuals reduce their risk."
He added: "This new study also highlights that many cases are not due to modifiable risk factors which underlines the need to drive investment into new treatment research."
Of the seven risk factors, the largest proportion of cases of Alzheimer's in the US, UK and the rest of Europe can be attributed to physical inactivity.
The study says about a third of the adult population in these countries are physically inactive.
Physical inactivity is also linked to increased risks of other health problems, such as cancers and cardiovascular diseases.
Mr Bale failed to get re-elected as Labour leader - and thereby council leader - a week ago with the vote tied.
But on Monday he was re-elected despite a challenge by councillor Lynda Thorne.
Mr Bale told BBC Wales he was "happy with the result" and "excited about the city's future".
Opposition councillors have previously called for him to resign and several people within his own party felt he should have stepped down.
The Llanishen councillor survived a vote of no confidence in March after he struggled to pass his budget.
This shouldn't come as a total surprise, since a glance at the past six months of polls show that every time it looks like Mr Trump is going to surpass his Democratic opponent in the standings, the trend reverses itself.
The American people, perhaps, could never quite get their heads around the prospect of a Trump presidency, and countervailing forces asserted themselves every time it looks like that might be a reality.
If that's the case here, then the timing may be just right for a comfortable Clinton win.
None of the polls, of course, take account of how voters are reacting to the FBI clearing Clinton of criminality on the latest batch of emails. Here's my blog on how that twist may impact the election.
Who is ahead in the polls?
48%
Hillary Clinton
44%
Donald Trump
These are the latest predictions from the number crunchers at some US media:
New York Times Upshot: Clinton has 84% chance of winning
FiveThirtyEight: Clinton has 65% chance
HuffPost: Clinton has 98% chance
Of course, the US election isn't won based on national preferences, it's a state-by-state slog to reach 270 electoral votes. The latest round of battleground polling shows there are still just enough toss-up states to allow Mr Trump to win the presidency.
To prevail the Republican would have to either clear the table when it comes to these states or post a surprise win in a place like Pennsylvania, Michigan or Virginia, where polling shows Mrs Clinton ahead.
Such a shoot-the-moon scenario is certainly possible, and it could be aided by polling that underestimates white voter turnout or overestimates Mrs Clinton's support in key constituencies like blacks and the young.
For this to become a reality, however, Mr Trump would essentially have to be perfect or polling would have to be off in a variety of disparate states that have decidedly different electorates. An error in New Hampshire polling, for instance, wouldn't mean expectations in Florida would be more likely to be wrong. A miss in Michigan would have little bearing on the fate of Colorado.
Mr Trump would also have to count on the evidence of massive Hispanic turnout in early voting not panning out when votes are counted on Tuesday night.
Heading into election day, the Clinton team has reason for cautious optimism. A Trump win at this point would have to be considered a modest (but far from unprecedented) upset.
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Peter MacDonald and JP McGovern had been in interim charge at Broadwood since March, following the resignation of Barry Ferguson.
The pair kept the struggling Bully Wee in Scottish League Two.
But while both applied to manage Clyde on a permanent basis, ex-Albion Rovers striker Chapman, 51, was chosen to lead the club forward.
The new boss won numerous domestic honours with Kilmarnock Ladies in his first managerial role, and later guided Dumbarton to the League Two title.
Chapman leaves fellow League Two side Annan after a third-placed finish this season, and a play-off semi-final defeat by Forfar Athletic.
He also led the club to a famous Scottish Cup victory over Premiership side Hamilton Academical in January 2016.
"The board has just completed a rigorous appointment process and Jim was one of a most impressive list of candidates interested in the post," Clyde chairman Norrie Innes said in a statement.
"Over the years, Jim has contributed a lot to the game and sport in general and this has largely been within the environment of the very demanding lower leagues. He now has the appetite for a fresh challenge.
"Jim has left Annan Athletic - and the many good people at a fine club - to help Clyde progress to a higher level. He demonstrated a very strong desire to join Clyde and this was very important to us.
"I would also like to thank all those who applied for the position, especially Peter MacDonald and Jon Paul McGovern who both have very real qualities that will serve them well in the future."
The collision, involving two cars, happened on the N13 at Moyle.
Another man has been taken to hospital in Londonderry.
The area has been sealed off by police as emergency services attend the scene.
The consumer group made its findings to the Assembly's enterprise committee.
It said the restrictions could include higher charges, longer delivery times and refusal to deliver to NI.
The Consumer Council said while the level of exclusion was similar to other UK peripheral areas, it was 10 times higher than any other region in the UK.
Speaking about the research Kellin McCloskey, head of postal services at the Consumer Council, said: "Online shopping is becoming increasing popular, with over a third of NI consumers shopping online at least once a month.
"However, delivery restrictions can exclude some potential online shoppers from this increasingly important market, with NI consumers impacted particularly heavily.
"With only half of online retailers offering the same delivery service across the UK, regardless of location, many NI consumers can find themselves out of pocket, paying more for the delivery of their purchases.
"In instances where free and standard delivery were withdrawn for Northern Ireland addresses consumers could end up paying on average £10.00 for 'free' delivery or an additional £2.71 for 'standard' delivery."
Ms McCloskey said cost was not the "only factor" and said one in five retailers indicated that delivery times would vary and almost a fifth of retailers withdrew some of the delivery options available.
"The Consumer Council plans to work in partnership with politicians, eRetailers and other UK consumer organisations, to help raise awareness of these issues and seek solutions to ensure these they are addressed," she said.
Chairperson of the committee for enterprise, trade & investment, Patsy McGlone, said, "The committee considers it grossly unfair to local consumers that over a third of online retailers either do not deliver to Northern Ireland addresses or impose restrictions on what they will deliver here.
It is of particular concern that this is happening within a single EU member state at a time when the EU Commission has plans in place for a digital single market and growth in e-commerce across all member states."
Mr McGlone said the committee would "welcome the opportunity" to work with the Scottish Parliament or any of the devolved institutions to help resolve this problem for the benefit of all consumers.
Saturday's 2-0 loss at Bloomfield Road left the Shrimpers eight points outside the play-offs with six games remaining.
"I can't fault the effort, what I can fault is the quality in the final third," Brown told BBC Essex.
"When you step up a division you need to step up your quality."
Second-half goals from Blackpool's Mark Cullen and Jacob Blyth means Brown's men have won just one of their last four games - last Wednesday's 3-1 victory over Sheffield United.
"We asked questions but they weren't serious questions," Brown added. "Consequently we've come away with nothing. You can hear the disappointment in my voice.
"I don't play mind games. I really thought two games ago it (the play-offs) was off and one game ago it was on again."
The ceremony at the Monastery of St Mina took place under heavy security.
At least 45 people were killed in the bombings targeting St Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria and St George's Church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta on Sunday.
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency across Egypt in response.
He ordered troops to be deployed to protect "vital infrastructure" and warned of a "long and painful" war against jihadists, who have killed hundreds of people in the country in the past four years.
Hundreds attended the funeral of some of the 17 people who died when a bomber blew himself up after being stopped by police at the gates of St Mark's Cathedral, where Pope Tawadros II led a Palm Sunday service.
Priests in flowing, dark robes stood before a line of coffins marked with the word "martyr", and the building was filled with the prayers and chanting.
Many of the mourners expressed outrage at the state's failure to protect Copts from attacks by IS, which threatened in February to escalate its campaign against them.
"Where should we go pray? They are attacking us in our churches. They don't want us to pray but we will pray," Samira Adly, whose neighbours died in the attack, told Reuters news agency.
"Everyone is falling short... the government, the people... nothing is good."
Youths who gathered outside the monastery during the funeral shouted "Down with any president as long as Egyptian blood is cheap" and "Down with military rule", according to Reuters.
A cousin of one of the 28 people killed in the attack in Tanta, where the suicide bomber managed to get inside St George's Church, also expressed anger at the failure to keep the congregation safe on an important day in the Christian calendar.
"How did the bomb enter when there's security outside the church? They're saying now the metal detector wasn't working," said Beshoy Asham.
The attacks raised security fears ahead of a visit to Cairo by Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
But Archbishop Angelo Becciu, the Vatican's deputy secretary of state, insisted on Monday that there was "no doubt" that the trip would go ahead on 28 and 29 April.
"What happened caused disorder and tremendous suffering, but it cannot stop the pope's mission of peace," he told Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper.
Egypt's cabinet meanwhile gave its backing to President Sisi's declaration of a nationwide state of emergency, saying the security forces would "do what is necessary to confront the threats of terrorism and its financing".
The cabinet said the state of emergency came into effect at 13:00 (11:00 GMT), but the decision must still be approved by parliament within seven days.
Analysts said the decision was a political one because the security forces already enjoy wide-ranging powers that they have used to crush dissent since Mr Sisi led the military's overthrow of Egypt's first democratically elected president in 2013.
More than 1,000 people, most of them supporters of Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, have been killed and tens of thousands imprisoned.
The 20-year-old from Kettering shot a five under par 67 on Thursday to join So Yeon Ryu in second, with China's Shanshan Feng leading on six under.
Hull is still seeking her first LPGA Tour title, but finished second in the ANA Inspiration in April.
"I felt like I've had a good year. I just want to get a win in," Hull told the LPGA Tour's official website.
Hull enjoyed a run of four straight birdies from the sixth hole.
"I'm happy with it," she added. "Obviously left a few out there. I think I can go get them tomorrow."
Scotland's Catriona Matthew is a further four shots back after an opening 71.
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A court in Paris ruled that the internet search firm's Irish subsidiary was not liable for tax in France.
Google employs 700 people in France, but advertising contracts sold for display in France are booked through its subsidiary in low-tax Ireland.
In 2015 the company paid just 6.7m euros in corporate taxes in France.
The court was advised that Google did not have a "permanent establishment" or sufficient taxable presence in France to justify the bill.
"Google Ireland Ltd isn't taxable in France over the period 2005-2010" the court said in a statement.
European authorities have become increasingly tough on American technology giants including Google and its parent company Alphabet.
In June the EU fined Google a record 2.4bn euro for abusing its dominant position in the search engine business.
France's newly elected administration, led by Emmanuel Macron, has also reiterated the intention to pursue international companies they perceive as not paying their fair share of tax.
Italian and British authorities have struck deals with Google to reclaim some of the tax they believe the search giant owed. But the figures agreed were much smaller, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars rather than the $1.3bn claimed by France.
The 18-year-old was attacked on Saturday while she walked along a path off Haslett Avenue East in Three Bridges, West Sussex.
Detectives are going through the CCTV to see if it shows the victim or her attacker prior to the assault.
Officers are also carrying out house-to-house inquiries in the area.
Det Insp Paddy Mayers said: "I'm grateful to those people who have contacted us but I'm sure there are many more who will have passed the victim in Haslett Avenue East or Worth Road and could have seen her.
"They may have also seen the attacker. If you were driving in the area at about 23:00 BST on Saturday and saw anything at all, please contact us.
"You might think what you can tell us is of little importance but it could prove vital to our investigation."
Sussex Police said the victim, who was wearing a white cardigan and grey tracksuit bottoms, was found "staggering" along the road by a passer-by shortly before 23:30.
She was treated by paramedics and taken to a specialist unit that supports victims of rape and sexual assault.
Rob Ramshaw hit the post from 10-yards out as the Heed had the better of the early chances.
The visitors went close to opening the scoring after the break when Ryan Bowman's header was cleared off the line by Kyle Storer.
Gateshead continued to press late on, but the Robins held out for a point.
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Cheltenham Town boss Gary Johnson told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
"It was a dull game, a boring game, I don't like to use that word, but I thought it was dead.
"I thought the pitch was dead, I thought the supporters were dead and I thought the players were dead as well."
"There was no real quality in the game and Gateshead had the better chances.
"It feels like a loss, but it wasn't - and we're hoping that this is a punch on the nose for the lads and we come out fighting."
Officers were called to Shrewsbury Road, Liverpool, at 23:30 BST on Saturday after reports he was found on a street.
The man was taken to hospital where he later died. A post-mortem examination is due to take place today and he is yet to be formally identified.
A 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody.
The capital's airport is situated on the north side about six miles outside the capital. But on the iOS 6 map application its position is given as a farm in Dundrum, three miles south of the city.
Airfield is a 35-acre estate which sits in the Irish Justice Minister Alan Shatter's constituency.
The error led him to issue a statement.
"I know on occasion mistakes can be made and I am surprised to discover that Airfield has, in Apple's new operating system iOS 6 maps application, been designated with the image of an aircraft," he said.
"Airfield, a 35-acre estate with working farm, formal gardens and cafe is of course a famous and immensely popular, important local amenity.
"Clearly the designation is not only wrong but is dangerously misleading in that it could result in a pilot, unfamiliar with the area, in an emergency situation and without other available information, attempting a landing.
"I have arranged that Apple be informed of the error and requested that it be urgently corrected.
"In context of Airfield there are a variety of possible alternative images that could be utilised such a cow, a goat, a sheep, a flower or any indeed other type of plant as Airfield operates a nursery.
"An aircraft is an entirely inappropriate flight of imagination."
Dublin Airport later took to Twitter to reassure its followers.
"Just in case anybody is confused Dublin Airport is not moving to the southside. #mapfail," it tweeted.
And Apple has not just been confusing airports. It has also misplaced the city's zoo.
It is situated in the grounds of Phoenix Park in the west of the city but the company's mapping mistake means it is showing up in Temple Bar - an enclave in the city centre, full of bars and nightclubs.
Some jokers have asked if anyone would notice the difference between the party animals and the inhabitants of the zoo.
Many users in the Republic of Ireland and further afield have failed to see the funny side.
They've taken to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and other social media networks to mock the failings of the mapping application.
Apple said it appreciated all the customer feedback it was receiving about the app and would work hard to improve it.
The company decided to develop its own mapping software after deciding it no longer wanted to use Google's equivalent.
Apple's own system has been created using data from navigation firm TomTom and others.
In a statement, Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said the launch of Apple Maps was a major undertaking for the firm.
Several people were injured, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, but it did not say who carried out the strikes.
Russia has said the future of the truce is in doubt after the US-led coalition struck the Syrian army in Deir al-Zour.
A Syrian political adviser told the BBC the US strike could not be a mistake.
The cessation of hostilities brokered jointly by the US and Russia does not exclude attacks on IS or other jihadist groups.
An activist in Aleppo confirmed there had been strikes on the eastern neighbourhoods of Karam al-Jabal and al-Shaar.
The Aleppo Media Centre reported three injuries in an air strike on al-Sakhour neighbourhood.
The US attack on Saturday has led to a deterioration in relations between the US and Russia, with both Russia and Syria saying it proved there was co-ordination between the US and the Islamic State group.
The US military said the coalition believed it was attacking IS positions, and has expressed regret for the "unintentional loss of life".
But President Bashar al-Assad's media adviser Bouthaina Shaaban said she did not believe the attack was unintentional.
"The United States, the superpower, the greatest country in the world, makes mistakes in targeting the army? I mean, this doesn't make sense to ask," she told BBC World television.
"The other explanation is that there is one authority in the United States who wanted to conduct this, the other doesn't want to. And that's why they are finding it very difficult to implement what they agreed upon with the Russian," she said.
The attack put "a very big question mark" over the truce's future, said Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
But French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that despite the US-led strike the Syrian government was mostly to blame for the violations of the truce.
Syria said on Sunday it had lost a warplane in the area of Saturday's attack, which so-called Islamic State (IS) said it had shot down.
The BBC's Lina Sinjab, reporting from neighbouring Lebanon, says it is rare for the Syrian government to acknowledge losses caused by IS, and the announcement may be intended to draw attention to the consequences of the US-led air strike.
The air attack caused a bitter row between the US and Russia at the United Nations Security Council on Saturday night, with each country's representatives walking out while the other was speaking.
Analysis by BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus
Washington's mistaken air strikes on Syrian government forces raise several questions; not least why American aircraft were hitting what they thought were IS positions in an area where IS was engaged with Syrian forces.
The US role is clearly not directly to assist Mr Assad's troops against IS fighters.
The strikes, belatedly called off after the Russians notified the Americans, have made a delicate situation even more complex.
They have put at risk a ceasefire that, so far, is only partial and that has not yet provided the promised access for aid deliveries to begin in earnest.
The error - admitted by the Pentagon - is bound to erode what limited trust, if any, exists between Washington and Moscow. If the ceasefire does survive, that is going to make implementing any plans for a coordinated US-Russian air campaign against IS that much harder.
Only if the current ceasefire, which started on Monday, holds for seven days, will the US and Russia begin co-ordinated action against the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham group, which was previously known as the al-Nusra Front, and IS.
The deal was meant to allow the safe passage of aid to besieged areas of Syria, but some 20 trucks have been waiting in Turkey since Monday, unable to travel to rebel-held east Aleppo.
How will the new Syria truce work?
It happened at the junction of Belfast Road and Wallace Avenue at about 15:00 GMT on Monday.
The man who died was the driver of one of the cars.
Wallace Avenue and the Belfast Road remain closed with diversions in place.
Labour lost 40 seats to the SNP, which took 56 of Scotland's 59 seats and has just one Scottish MP - the same as the Lib Dems and Conservatives.
Mr Murphy, who lost Renfrewshire East to the SNP, said Labour had been "overwhelmed" on a "dreadful night".
But he said he would stay on as leader and stand for Holyrood in 2016.
Speaking at a news conference in Glasgow, Mr Murphy said Labour had "faced a perfect storm" following last year's Scottish independence referendum.
"Firstly the 'Yes' vote finding a home in one party while the 'No' vote was spread over three," he said.
"We were hit by two nationalisms - English nationalism, stoked up by David Cameron, and the Scottish nationalism of the SNP."
Mr Murphy also said Scottish Labour had lacked "continuity of leadership" with "five leaders in just seven short years".
He said that he and deputy Kezia Dugdale had not had the time to reform the party and were "determined to have a period of stability".
He said: "We will bounce back, and be the change that working people need".
Mr Murphy was the biggest casualty of the night for Labour in Scotland.
His once safe majority in Renfrewshire East - a seat he had held for nearly 20 years - was eliminated by the SNP's Kirsten Oswald who swept to victory with 23,564 votes to Labour's 19,295.
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It was the first time the Gunners had recovered from a three-goal deficit to draw a Premier League match.
"It was a physical and mental test - they started much faster but we showed we are mentally strong," Wenger said.
"At 3-0 down after 70 minutes you'd take a point, but in the end we were frustrated not to win the game."
Charlie Daniels, a Callum Wilson penalty and Ryan Fraser put Bournemouth on top by the hour mark but Alexis Sanchez and substitute Lucas Perez hit back before Olivier Giroud levelled in stoppage time.
"We wanted to win the game and we wanted three points, but on the other hand some big teams have dropped points here," Wenger added. "We had to cope with the pace of Bournemouth, who scored four against Liverpool here.
"But when you're 3-0 down you have to acknowledge the quality of the response of your team."
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Having spoken before the game about the "uneven" festive fixture programme, Wenger's side were in action two days after playing Crystal Palace on Sunday, against a Bournemouth team with an extra day's rest after their win at Swansea on Saturday.
Both sides played their three Christmas games in the space of 198.75 hours - 81.75 hours more than Southampton, who had the toughest schedule.
"Bournemouth deserve a lot of credit as they are a good team who played with pace, but the disadvantage is too big to play against a team with three and a half days' recovery," the Frenchman said. "It's too uneven to only have two days' rest. That's too big a handicap.
"We had three or four players we had to play tonight that we had to wait until the warm-up to see if they could play.
"Hector Bellerin had a knock so he was uncertain to play, and that's the problem with only 48 hours [between games] - you have to play some players again. Laurent Koscielny too, and we had Gabriel that we didn't start in the end.
"And then I didn't start Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain because I didn't take a gamble with him, because I didn't know who we'd have to take off.
"This complicates the job a lot, but we have to shut up and cope with it."
Asked whether his side would have won with an extra day's rest, Wenger replied: "I'm ready to play tomorrow, as long as we play an opponent who has played today. We want to play a team with the same rest that we have had."
Wenger's opposite number Eddie Howe also conceded that the schedule had aided his team.
"I'm not going to deny it had an impact," the Bournemouth boss said. "That's what you have a squad for and make changes, like we did."
BBC Radio 5 live summariser Steve Claridge felt Arsenal's performance raised serious concerns about their ability to challenge for the title.
"There are one or two players that are not good enough to take that club where they need to go - particularly ones Wenger has brought in recently, who have made absolutely no difference.
"They're not a better side than they were last year. Mustafi, not good enough tonight. Xhaka, not good enough tonight - that's £70m already there.
"Clearly there are one or two deficiencies that need to be addressed. When they don't dominate, they lose or they concede. They can't dog games out, they cannot grind it out.
"They haven't got people that go 'hold on a minute, this isn't our time in the match, let's stay nice and tight and we are not going to lose, we'll not concede and when we do have our moment that's when we'll win the game'."
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Howe was left frustrated after captain Simon Francis was shown a straight red card for fouling Aaron Ramsey eight minutes from time.
"It was a foul but I don't think it was a sending-off, I don't think he's lifted his studs in a dangerous way," Howe said.
"Whether it was the defining factor, I'm not sure. But I don't want to be negative - I was proud of the players and their effort. They gave absolutely everything, and they should be congratulating each other. We have to acknowledge we've got a point against a very good team.
"It was a real committed performance from us. We wanted to disrupt their rhythm and we did that perfectly. The key moment was their first goal, which changed the momentum of the game, and you have to praise Arsenal for the way they came back into it."
Howe also felt Bournemouth were hampered by losing Joshua King and goalscorer Ryan Fraser to injury within the space of five minutes at 3-0. Striker Benik Afobe was unavailable after failing to receive international clearance, having pulled out of the DR Congo squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.
"Ryan and Josh were being a real nuisance, and I thought we lost that threat when they went off," Howe added.
"I'm not going to deny having our best players to bring off the bench might have made a difference. There's been dialogue between Benik and his association, they've been very good about it, but we're waiting for final confirmation from them."
Border Precision Engineering was "heavily reliant" on the deal, according to Robin Knight of liquidators Alix Partners.
He said the firm faced "severe trading issues" after the contract ended.
Staff were turned away from the factory in Kelso on Monday and later learned that the company was in liquidation, with the loss of 80 jobs.
It is understood that the contract was terminated about 10 days ago.
Mr Knight said: "The business experienced severe trading issues with the loss of a major contract and it was heavily reliant on one contract."
The company previously went into administration in 2013 - but was saved by a management buyout, backed by investors syndicate Tri Cap.
The liquidator said they were working to find a "viable solution" for the firm.
He said: "This is a highly skilled workforce working in a precision market and we will be doing our very best to find a viable solution."
SNP MP Calum Kerr, who represents Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, said it was a "big blow" for Kelso and the Borders.
He added : "I am currently seeking urgent meetings with those involved to see if I can be of any assistance and if there may be a future for the business.
"I will also be contacting Fergus Ewing, the enterprise minister in the Scottish government, to arrange an urgent discussion and to find out what kind of help he may be able to make available."
Conservative MP James Cartlidge is to raise the issue during a debate in Parliament.
The late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi supplied arms to the IRA during the Troubles and Libyan Semtex was a key weapon in its bombing campaign.
Libya compensated US victims of terrorism, but UK victims were left out of the deal.
Earlier this year, former prime minister Tony Blair denied trying to prevent IRA victims getting any financial compensation from Libya.
Mr Blair's comments came in written evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Links between the IRA and Libya can be traced back to 1972 when Gaddafi first praised the group as allies in a struggle against Western imperialism.
Gaddafi later helped provide the IRA with the weaponry they needed to wage an armed campaign that lasted more than 30 years and claimed more than 1,000 lives.
Victims of IRA bomb attacks say they are entitled to money from the frozen bank accounts of Gaddafi.
Towards the end of Gaddafi's rule, relatives of the victims in the 1988 Pan AM flight bombing over Lockerbie received compensation from Libya, which accepted responsibility for the attack.
Circle Holdings plc took over the hospital in February this year in a £1bn, 10-year deal.
Chief executive Ali Parsa will be replaced by Steve Melton, who will serve on an interim basis.
Mr Parsa will remain on the board of Circle as founder and a non-executive director, the company said.
Under the deal Circle assumed the financial risks of making the hospital more efficient and paying off its £40m of debts.
The company said the main reason for Mr Parsa to step down was to give him more time to fulfil "his passion for social entrepreneurship".
"Ali has been instrumental in forming the entrepreneurial vision and early development of the company," Michael Kirkwood, chairman of Circle Holdings, said in a statement.
"He has been a pioneer developing a business model which empowers doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals to redefine UK healthcare delivery for the benefit of their patients.
"The board and Ali have agreed that now is the appropriate time for him to assume a non-executive role."
Mr Parsa said: "I wish to step down from my executive leadership role so that I have the time I need for other projects that now require some of my focus."
Tracey Lambert, Unison head of health for the eastern region, said: "Bringing in a private company like Circle to run the hospital has always been a dangerous experiment.
"Ali Parsa made a lot of claims about the unprecedented level of savings he could make at Hinchingbrooke and now he is walking away before he has completed his job. That is because not only are his claims exaggerated, but they are made at the expense of staff and patients.
"There is still a very big question mark over the long-term financial viability of Circle and whoever is in charge of the hospital bringing in a private company to run an NHS hospital is not right for the health service."
Mr Melton, who takes over, is currently Circle's head of mobilisation. He joined the company in February 2008.
Circle said it would recruit a permanent successor to Mr Ali, with candidates from both inside and outside the company.
Three people were killed in a blast in Abuja, with another three killed at the paper's offices in the northern city of Kaduna.
Witnesses say at least one was a suicide bombing, but officials have not confirmed this.
No-one has said it carried out the blasts although the Islamist group Boko Haram has staged similar attacks.
The blasts at the offices of ThisDay newspaper, a leading daily, happened around 11:30 GMT.
Several witnesses, including the chairman of ThisDay's editorial board, said the blast in the capital was the result of a suicide attack.
"The suicide bomber came in a jeep," Olusegun Adeniyi told reporters at the scene in Abuja.
"[Security guards] opened the gate for them. The guy drove in through the gate and rammed into the building and exploded," Mr Adeniyi said.
However, a spokesperson for Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency earlier said the Abuja blast appeared to be caused by a bomb planted inside the building.
Parts of the newspaper's office, including the printing press, have been completely destroyed.
The Kaduna explosion happened outside a complex housing a number of newspapers, including ThisDay.
A suspect has been arrested and is thought to be a member of the Boko Haram group, news agency AFP quoted police as saying.
The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar in Kaduna says that another, smaller explosion occurred in the city just before 16:00 GMT.
Witnesses told our correspondent an explosive device was thrown by the passenger of a motor bike at the junction of a major highway.
Two people were taken to hospital, our correspondent says.
Footage filmed by the Nigerian paper the Daily Trust, showed a scene of confusion in Abuja as people sifted through the rubble while a number of small fires burned.
Police and paramilitary forces cordoned off both offices while emergency workers evacuated the injured and removed the bodies of those who died.
"The ceiling of our building collapsed on to our computers because of the force of the blast," an Abuja office worker in the building next door to ThisDay told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
A ThisDay employee, Samson Oliver, was dozing after a night shift when the blast occurred: "When I woke up with shock and fear, I saw everywhere was so dark, something like smoke everywhere, and I ran out and saw that it was a bomb explosion."
Boko Haram - whose name means "Western education is forbidden" - wants to establish Islamic law in Nigeria and has launched a series of deadly attacks across the country, including the capital, in the past 19 months.
Last month the group warned journalists not to misrepresent its views.
England have not reached the last four since 1996 and face Russia, Slovakia and Wales in the group stage.
Roy Hodgson's side were the only nation to qualify for the finals in France with a 100% winning record and beat Germany 3-2 on Saturday.
"We have got to get close to the semi-finals," said former striker Hurst.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek, he added: "Anything less will be extremely disappointing for the squad, players and fans.
"We want to get through, a good performance in the quarter-finals, maybe losing on penalties."
Hurst believes Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy will make the biggest impact in France in the summer.
The 29-year-old, who has scored 19 goals for the Foxes this season, scored his first England goal in the win against Germany.
"He has come from nowhere. If you look at his background, performing like he is performing, he is a very good, level-headed guy. I like his performances and the way he plays, he is very intelligent. Playing for a smaller club, I think that would be fantastic and he deserves every chance he warrants."
Hurst also praised the impact of Tottenham's 19-year-old midfielder Dele Alli.
He added: "He has made an impact not only at club level but the games he has played for England. He is very exciting among a number of exciting young players we have."
A possession order had been granted against Arran Coghlan, 44, at the High Court on 20 July, for the house in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
Coghlan, who has previously been cleared of killing three people, had fought the order for four years.
But the High Court ruled his appeal had "no real prospect of succeeding".
Coghlan was given 90 days to hand over the keys to the house he bought in 2007, and an NCA spokesman has now confirmed the property was vacated last month.
He said a decision on its disposal would be "made in due course".
At a proceeds of crime hearing in 2012, a judge said Brook Lane Chapel had probably been bought with the profits of drug dealing in the Stockport area.
Mr Justice Simon ruled that Coghlan had "engaged in unlawful conduct as a drug dealer" and lived on the proceeds from 1999 until at least April 2004.
The NCA argued that Coghlan's relatively meagre legitimate income over the relevant timeframe could not have covered the thousands he pumped into "extravagantly" restoring the house.
The ruling opened the way for the NCA to seize the property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Coghlan claimed the NCA based its case against him on "fraudulent misrepresentations" but the High Court upheld its decision that his appeal had "no real prospect of succeeding".
Charges were dropped against Coghlan in 2010 when he was accused of shooting dead Stephen Akinyemi in a fight at his home in Alderley Edge.
He was also cleared in 1996 of shooting Chris Little dead at the wheel of his Mercedes in Marple, Stockport.
Seven years later he stood trial and was cleared of the murder of drug dealer David Barnshaw, who was kidnapped and forced to drink petrol before being burned alive in the back of a car in Stockport in 2001.
West Mercia Police said a post-mortem carried out on 16 September had not established the cause of his death.
Investigators are examining dental records to work out his identity. The skull was found on 20 August by junction four of the M54 at Shifnal.
Tests determined the remains had been at the scene for at least two years.
The skull was found by maintenance workers at the eastbound exit slip road of the motorway.
Police are being helped by the National Crime Agency, the UK Missing Persons Database and forensic anthropologists to identify the person, the force said.
A police search by the slip road ended on 10 September.
Watson, 23, was beaten on a tie-break in the third set in Acapulco, despite a stunning comeback in the second.
World number 83 Watson also lost in the first round of the Australian Open last month - her most recent tournament.
British number one Johanna Konta progressed and will face Croatian Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the next round.
The boy was "sold like goods" in Birmingham's red light area during 2009 and 2010, Warwick Crown Court was told.
A three-month trial heard the teenager was stripped, beaten with a stick, and raped by two of the defendants, with some abuse streamed on the internet.
Judge Sylvia de Bertadano said he was let down by police who did not investigate his initial complaints.
The trial in February heard the victim, now aged in his early 20s, had absconded from a care home when he was 14 years old.
Stephen Kelly, 39, of Elm Road, Bournville, Birmingham, found him begging in Birmingham city centre and prostituted him to others in cars, vans and hotels, the jury was told.
He was raped by Alan Priest, 63, of Mucklow Hill, Halesowen and the convicted sex offender's former male partner, 25-year-old Ashley Sherrington.
The boy first went to West Midlands Police in 2009 and 2010, but showed "incredible courage" by making a further complaint in 2012, Judge de Bertadano said.
Passing sentence on the boy's abusers, she told the defendants: "Each of you in your own way exploited this vulnerable boy.
"Therefore you are each partly responsible for his situation as a young man who is struggling to get his life back together and finds himself unable to escape from the legacy you have left him."
The youngster was described in court as having a troubled family background.
Assistant Chief Constable Carl Foulkes described the crimes as "horrific" adding: "As a force we have learned from the original investigation, the review and lots of other elements of this case."
The inquiry led to the identification of another victim who was indecently assaulted by former Special Constable Ronald Potter about 15 years ago.
Potter, 79, from Tippers Hill Lane, Fillongley, near Coventry, was jailed for three years.
Jason Piontecki, 32, from Swansea, pleaded guilty to nine counts of sexually abusing children under the age of 13 over a number of years.
Swansea Crown Court heard the young victims had been massively affected by what had happened to them.
Judge Paul Thomas said: "The long term damage at this stage is incalculable."
The court was told chat logs were recovered which showed Piontecki discussing the abuse with others online and that there were graphic details of others viewing the abuse and explaining what they wanted to do to the children.
Judge Thomas told him the chat logs were "stomach churning".
"What the chat logs make all too horribly clear is that you didn't just do this for yourself but for others too," he added.
"Your perversion was such you lost restraint."
Piontecki was arrested earlier this year following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
He will serve two thirds of a 15 year sentence and has been ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.
Colin Radcliffe, from the NCA's child exploitation online protection command said: "Jason Piontecki led a seemingly normal life, however his sexual interest in children could not stay hidden and has ultimately led to his downfall."
Pallets, wood and other items were taken away by Northern Ireland Housing Executive staff and community volunteers at about 06:00 BST on Friday.
Sinn Féin councillor JJ Magee said many residents were supportive of the move.
Concerns had been expressed that the bonfire was too close to blocks of flats and a children's nursery.
Mr Magee said he believed there are other materials which have been hidden and may be placed on the site before 8 August, which is when the bonfire was due to be lit.
In August, anti-internment bonfires are lit in some republican areas to commemorate the introduction of internment without trial of republican suspects, which was brought in by the British government in 1971.
Mr Magee also said the process of removing the material has been ongoing throughout the summer, and that Housing Executive contractors had already removed up to 140 pallets on Tuesday.
"There is community engagement all year in relation to this," he said.
"There are ringleaders in the crowds that are using younger people to bring material there. I'd like them to stop and get involved in the community, in the summer schemes."
"I'd encourage them to stop collecting, and go and listen to residents and youth leaders who are frustrated with this," added Mr Magee.
On Wednesday, a Housing Executive spokesperson said it was regularly removing materials from the site, and would continue to do so.
Tests have confirmed that 15 of the birds - 12 red kites and three buzzards - had eaten an illegal poison.
Police have been investigating the discoveries of dead birds since March.
A reward for information leading to a prosecution has been added to by donations from RSPB Scotland, landowners, farmers and the public.
The Heed, who were beaten 2-1 at Woking on the opening day on Saturday, made a bright start and Scott Barrow headed narrowly wide from Callum Williams' cross.
Reece Thompson thought he had put Guiseley ahead but it was disallowed for offside before Jordan Preston fired into the side-netting at the other end.
Alex Purver then forced James Montgomery in the Gateshead goal into a fine save in first-half stoppage time as the ball bounced around the box.
And the hosts went ahead six minutes into the second half when Byrne climbed highest to send a header past Jonny Maxted from Paddy McLaughlin's corner.
Maxted then pulled off a super save two minutes from time to prevent Richard Peniket adding a second with a close-range header.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Gateshead 1, Guiseley 0.
Second Half ends, Gateshead 1, Guiseley 0.
Jake Lawlor (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Lee Molyneux (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Guiseley. Callum McFadzean replaces John Rooney.
Substitution, Gateshead. Richard Peniket replaces Danny Johnson.
Substitution, Guiseley. Raul Correia replaces Alex Purver.
Substitution, Gateshead. Jon Mellish replaces Jamal Fyfield.
Substitution, Guiseley. Euan Frank Mulhern replaces Kevan Hurst.
Goal! Gateshead 1, Guiseley 0. Neill Byrne (Gateshead).
Second Half begins Gateshead 0, Guiseley 0.
First Half ends, Gateshead 0, Guiseley 0.
Robbie Tinkler (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
Reece Thompson (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Jamal Fyfield (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
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High rental housing costs mean an estimated 3.8 million workers - one in eight - are in poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).
It said in-work poverty was up by 1.1 million since 2010-11, and 55% of those in poverty were in working families.
People with less than 60% of median income are classified as poor. Overall poverty was down, the government said.
Its figures suggested poverty numbers had been falling compared to six years ago.
"Since 2010, the number of people living in poverty has fallen by 300,000 but we know there is more to do. We are increasing the National Living Wage and taking millions of people out of income tax, to make sure it always pays to be in work," a government spokesman said.
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The government has vowed to focus on those facing the financial squeeze despite being in work - dubbed the "just about managing" families.
In her first statement as Prime Minister, Theresa May, said: "If you're from an ordinary working-class family, life is much harder than many people in Westminster realise. You have a job but you don't always have job security."
Amelia Graham, a mother-of-two from Liverpool, works for 30 hours a week but says she has no long-term guarantee of work. Her wage is topped up by Universal Credit.
The charity worker says that after paying rent and utility bills, she has just £66 a week left.
"I feel like I am constantly begging and borrowing off my family just to keep things ticking over. I am absolutely dreading Christmas," Ms Graham says.
"There is no movement in my budget to be able to save and put away."
Visiting a food bank for help was "embarrassing", she adds.
Yet, the JRF said that the economy "is not working for low-income families".
Its report suggested 7.4 million people, including 2.6 million children, were living in poverty despite being in working households. There was growing insecurity underneath the positive economic picture, including rising levels of employment, it said.
"The economy has been growing since 2010 but during this time high rents, low wages and cuts to working-age benefits mean that many families, including working households, have actually seen their risk of poverty grow," said Helen Barnard, head of analysis at the JRF.
"As it negotiates Brexit, it is vital that the government does not allow its focus to slip from the domestic concerns that make a huge difference to people who are just about managing. This report shows that people on low incomes cannot rely on economic growth and rising employment alone to improve their financial prospects.
"Families who are just about managing urgently need action to drive up real-term wages, provide more genuinely affordable homes and fill the gap caused by cuts to Universal Credit, which will cost a working family of four almost £1,000 per year."
There is better news in the report on pensioner poverty and the number of people in workless families in poverty, which are both improved compared to 10 years ago. Attainment levels among young people have also risen compared with 10 years ago and five years ago.
The lone parent employment rate is improved, but workers in poverty was worse than 10 and five years ago.
Analysis of the recent Autumn Statement by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggested workers would feel the squeeze on pay for more than a decade - earning less in real terms in 2021 than they did in 2008.
The Resolution Foundation also suggested that the biggest losers between now and 2020 would be lower income families, with the poorest third likely to see incomes drop.
The JRF study suggested that in-work poverty was driven by housing costs, especially in the private rented sector, where the numbers living in poverty had doubled to 4.5 million in a decade.
This was the key factor behind London recording the highest poverty rate at 27% - 6% above the UK average, according to the study.
A recent report by property agent Savills forecast that rents across the UK would rise considerably faster than house prices over the next five years. It predicted that rents will go up by 19% between now and 2021, while house prices will only rise by 13%.
The charity called for more affordable housing to be built, alongside the reversal of various cuts to welfare and the end of the freeze on working-age benefits.
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "A fair day's work should mean a fair day's pay. But wages are simply too low, and millions are struggling to afford the basics, even when they are working hard.
"After the financial crisis, UK wages fell further than in any other developed country except Greece. It is time for employers to give their staff fair pay and decent hours, while the government should lift the public sector pay cap and invest in our economy."
The chief executive of Child Poverty Action Group, Alison Garnham, said: "Since 2010, the poverty gap - the distance below the poverty line that the typical family living in poverty finds themselves - increased by 13%.
"A typical family under the poverty line is now £57.40 per week short, after housing costs, of the official poverty line. Parents in poverty are more deprived than they were at the start of the financial crisis."
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The 27-year-old, whose previous deal was due to expire in 2019, has played every minute of every game this season, scoring once in 22 appearances.
He has played 169 times since joining City from Swindon Town in 2013.
"Bristol City feels like a family," he said. "I couldn't be happier to agree a new contract here."
MSL-Curiosity weighs almost a tonne and is the size of a Mini Cooper.
It will carry instruments to study whether Mars had the conditions in the past to support microbial life.
The US space agency has selected an equatorial depression called Gale Crater to investigate that question.
The $2.5bn rover will launch from Florida in November.
It should touch-down at the Red Planet in August 2012.
Gale Crater is about 155km in diameter, and its lowest point is about 4.6km below datum, the reference point on Mars from which all other elevations are measured.
The landing zone will be much narrower than the crater's width. But Nasa has high confidence the rocket-powered descent system designed for MSL-Curiosity can put it inside a target zone less than 20km across.
If this Skycrane, as it is known, works as planned, the rover will be delivered close to the central peak of the crater.
This is a huge mountain that contains layers of deposits that should offer an impressive view of millions of years of Martian geological history.
"What we've learnt over 150 years of exploration is that if you start at the bottom of the pile of layers and you go to the top, it's like reading a novel," said mission project scientist John Grotzinger from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
"We think Gale Crater is going to be a great novel about the early environmental evolution of Mars that offers strong prospects potentially for the discovery of habitable environments, and maybe even a shot at discovering organic compounds."
Dr Grotzinger stressed that MSL-Curiosity is not a life-detection mission; it cannot identify microbes or even microbial fossils. But it can assess whether ancient conditions could have supported organisms.
This means Gale must show evidence for the past presence of water, a source of energy with which life forms could have metabolised, and a source of organic compounds with which organisms could have built their structures.
Gale has been chosen because satellite imagery suggests it may well be one of the best places on Mars to look for these biological preconditions.
The Skycrane will lower MSL-Curiosity on to the relatively flat valley floor on the end of tethers before blasting away to a safe distance. The robot will then drive up to the base of the central mountain.
In front of it, the rover should should find abundant quantities of clay minerals that will give fresh insight into the very wet early epoch of the Red Planet. Above the clays, the deposits change to sulphates, which relate to a period in time when Mars was still wet but was beginning to dry out.
In addition, there is evidence water flowed down the mountain at some point in the past, cutting a deep gully and depositing sediments out on the plain.
The rover will get to investigate all of this.
"The suite of things that we can see at Gale represents a diverse number of environments over a long period of time, possibly tens to hundreds of millions of years, plus the modern environment," said Dawn Sumner, a geologist at the University of California Davis, US.
"It's also going to be just an incredibly beautiful place - it will be a lot like the southwest of the US, areas like Monument Valley where you have steep-sided cliffs with the rover going in the shallower valleys between them," the co-chair of the landing site working group explained.
Gale was selected after a rigorous investigation of some 60 competing sites. The selection process took five years and involved about 150 researchers.
High-resolution imagery was acquired of the best sites, and Nasa even built models of some of the site surfaces and dropped a simulation rover on to them to assess their suitability.
Michael Watkins, the mission's project engineer, said the expected precision of the new entry, descent and landing system meant that the space agency could have chosen any of the top contenders.
"We can control the lift of the vehicle a little bit during entry and we can cancel out some unexpected differences in atmospheric drag that would cause the landing zone to be large," he told reporters.
"Previous missions have had landing zones that have been up to 10 times larger than MSL. MSL is going to land in a 20km-across spot."
MSL-Curiosity has been funded for an initial surface mission of two years. But the fact that Nasa's Opportunity rover continues to roll across the Red Planet today, seven years after landing, suggests the new vehicle may have a very long life ahead of it. What is more, the new vehicle carries a nuclear battery that will provide ample power on a planet where dust storms can blight the operation of solar panels.
MSL-Curiosity is currently being prepared for its November launch at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center.
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England take on the three top-ranked teams in the world - the USA, Germany and France - in the tournament.
Head coach Mark Sampson has made seven changes to the squad that lost to Norway and drew with Sweden in January.
Notts County striker Rachel Williams retains her place, while Chelsea forward Eniola Aluko is left out again.
England face France in their opener on 1 March in Pennsylvania.
They then face the hosts and world champions in New Jersey on 4 March and European and Olympic champions Germany in Washington on 7 March.
Following that, Sampson's squad are expected to play several other friendlies before their Euro 2017 campaign gets under way against Scotland on 19 July in the Netherlands.
England came third in the SheBelieves Cup last year, drawing with France and losing narrowly to Germany and the US.
Sampson said: "Last year we came close but didn't get over the line. This year we need to put that right and find our way to win. We are improving with every camp and we go to the US in the best shape we have been as a group.
"We'll be coming up against some really tough opposition but winning this tournament has to be our objective and would be a real feather in our cap going into the Euros."
Goalkeepers: Karen Bardsley (Manchester City), Siobhan Chamberlain (Liverpool), Mary Earps (Reading)
Defenders: Laura Bassett (Notts County), Millie Bright (Chelsea), Lucy Bronze (Manchester City), Rachel Daly (Houston Dash), Steph Houghton (Manchester City), Jo Potter (Notts County), Alex Scott (Arsenal), Casey Stoney (Liverpool), Demi Stokes (Manchester City)
Midfielders: Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City), Jade Moore (Notts County), Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal), Jill Scott (Manchester City), Fara Williams (Arsenal)
Forwards: Karen Carney (Chelsea), Toni Duggan (Manchester City), Nikita Parris (Manchester City), Jodie Taylor (Arsenal), Rachel Williams (Notts County), Ellen White (Birmingham City).
However, there is a big question about whether an all-Valleys approach makes sense today.
What unites them? Does it still make sense to have an economic strategy with such a geographical identity?
Life in various valleys communities today is varied and within each community there are pockets of poverty and pockets of prosperity.
This was highlighted by a recent so-called "deep place" study into Pontypool by Dr Mark Lang.
However, there are clearly still serious economic challenges in the valleys and the taskforce has been gathering the opinions of people living in those communities.
The minister responsible, Alun Davies, who represents one of the poorest valleys constituencies in Blaenau Gwent, has already said one message from communities was that there are not enough jobs near enough to home and there are too many zero-hour contracts and agency work.
He has clearly listened not just to people on the ground but to academics such as Prof Karel Williams and Dr Lang, who for several years have been arguing for more emphasis on what they call the foundational economy.
In other words, the sectors that exist in all communities: health, education, care, food and energy.
Perhaps this is a new thread to weave communities together in the way that coal once did.
Mr Davies has now outlined six economic or growth hubs - an idea suggested by the Bevan Foundation think-tank, although this is double the number it suggested.
The charity has calculated one in 15 jobs in the valleys is temporary, one in four are paid below the living wage and there are 67,000 fewer jobs than you would expect from the age profile of its communities.
But be careful with statistics - averages can be misleading. They can hide both extreme deprivation and wealth and can lead to sweeping statements about a whole community.
Averages can still help to paint a picture. In the case of Blaenau Gwent, it is a depressing one. It is one of the most deprived local authorities in the UK where the rate of unemployment is 50% higher than the Welsh average.
About one in six adults have no qualifications and for those who are working, wages are more than £60 a week less than the Welsh average.
Changing statistics such as those are a real challenge and are complicated, with many influences beyond Welsh Government control and the impact of Brexit.
We should remember the 1993 Valleys initiative was derailed by a UK-wide recession.
But this initiative does feel different from those in the past with the emphasis on more bread and butter - jobs closer to home and growth hubs.
The big question is how quickly the impact will be felt.
The controversial programme, accused by some of exploiting its participants, is one of four up for the guild's best documentary series award.
Keeley Hawes, Toby Jones, James Nesbitt and Sheridan Smith are among those in contention for acting honours.
The prestigious awards will be handed out at a ceremony at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London on 13 March.
Benefits Street will compete for its prize against ITV's Broadmoor and two other Channel 4 programmes - 24 Hours in Police Custody and Grayson Perry: Who Are You?
The drama series prize sees three BBC shows - Happy Valley, Line of Duty and The Honourable Woman - nominated alongside ITV's biographical drama Cilla.
The single drama award pits Dylan Thomas drama A Poet In New York against Toby Jones' Marvellous, BBC Three's Murdered By My Boyfriend and ITV's Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This.
Last year's awards saw ITV thriller Broadchurch take home three awards - one for best drama series, one for lead actress Olivia Colman and a writing award for creator Chris Chibnall.
A full list of this year's nominations is available on the BPG website.
The punk/new wave band, which features American musician Chrissie Hynde, join other big name acts at the music event near Beauly in the Highlands.
Sister Sledge are Thursday night's headline performers and Franz Ferdinand will headline on Saturday night.
Belladrum will be held from 3 to 5 August.
Sister Sledge singer Joni Sledge died at the age of 60 in March.
The surviving members of the group recently issued a statement to say they would fulfil their tour dates.
Sister Sledge is best-known for the Grammy-nominated disco anthem We Are Family.
Also performing at Bella will be Scottish singer KT Tunstall, Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit, rock veterans Feeder, songwriter Birdy, Glaswegian noise-pop artists Honeyblood and musician William McCarthy.
Karine Polwart, Neon Waltz and Hot Dub Time Machine are also due to appear.
Last November the amount of money borrowed saw the biggest monthly increase since the financial crisis.
The research, conducted for BBC News by Experian and debt charity StepChange, looks at personal loans, credit and store cards. It does not include mortgages.
Borrowing can bridge a gap when people are hit by unforeseen expense.
But researchers warn that it can quickly become a problem regardless of how much people earn and where they live.
The research analysed where people have sought advice or help for debt in Britain - and looked at 750,000 calls to StepChange over the past five years.
Topping the list for debt worries is the London Borough of Newham, followed by Barking and Dagenham, Manchester, Sandwell in the West Midlands and Hull.
StepChange says that debt is not necessarily connected to where you live - it can hit in cities or villages, and in areas where incomes are high as well as low.
"Half of the people who get in touch with us do so because something bad has happened in their lives," explained Mike O'Connor, chief executive of StepChange. "They lose their job, they get ill, they get divorced. It can hit anybody."
Dan Kiley is from Stafford. He became ill whilst working as a teacher, and had to leave his job.
He felt he'd always been careful with his money, and kept on top of things. But under these new circumstances he was shocked how quickly things spiralled out of control.
"It was after I became ill that I started forgetting about the payments," he said. "It just escalated, I was up to my neck in it. And that was just having a credit card, having a phone and having a car."
Dan got advice, was able to renegotiate his debts , and now has a new job. But that was not before the pressure of debt hit hard.
"I felt like I was drowning, felt trapped," Dan explained. "There was no light coming from anywhere, it was horrendous. And at one point I did go really dark and I did want to end it all."
Dan isn't on his own. Some 1.4 million people have contacted StepChange alone, one of a handful of charities helping Britons with their money. Most of those seeking help are young and in work.
"People are borrowing at their fastest rate in 10 years," added Mr O'Connor. "Whether that becomes a problem will depend on economic growth, are our salaries going to go up? The fear is people are building up a problem for the future."
His biggest piece of advice is to seek help early, before debt feels overwhelming.
The 62-year-old former Essex coach, who scored 8,900 runs for England in a 20-year Test career, has been helping to coach the Bears batsmen in pre-season.
And he will remain in touch with the county throughout the summer.
"His job isn't to change people in any dramatic way, just to offer advice. He talks a very straightforward game," said director of cricket Dougie Brown.
"Graham is a very impressive bloke whose record speaks for itself. For our guys to get advice from somebody like him is pretty powerful. We think it will pay huge rewards.
"He doesn't pull any punches. Having him around will just bring that extra expertise to us as we try to be as well-equipped as we can possibly be in all departments."
Gooch worked with new Bears skipper Ian Bell and team-mate Jonathan Trott in his five-year stay as England batting coach.
Gooch and Bell have remarkably similar Test records. Both have played 118 Tests. Gooch, who made 20 Test centuries, averaged 42.58. Bell, who currently averages 42.69, has made 22 centuries for his country.
Edgbaston was the scene of Gooch's Test debut four decades ago, when he made a First Test pair against Australia in 1975.
Warwickshire's batting coach for many years was former batsman Neal Abberley, until his death in 2011, since when another of their former players, ex-wicketkeeper Tony Frost, has been in the role.
Gooch, who has already completed two of his scheduled four contracted coaching days with Warwickshire, will retain his links with Essex, where he spent the whole of his county playing career.
A statement released by Essex said: "He will continue to give considerable financial support to the Essex Cricket Academy and future Essex cricketing talent, through his scholarship fundraising. This support has been ongoing for the past 14 years since Graham was given the honour of being appointed Essex head coach."
"Graham will continue to be a valued member of the cricket committee, and club ambassador at Essex County Cricket Club."
Gooch held the head coach's role for Essex until being replaced by Paul Prichard in March 2005, after which he worked as a batting coach until joining the England coaching set-up.
Swathes of the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales (NSW) have been partially submerged in floods.
Torrential rain lashed heavily populated areas as the remnants of Cyclone Debbie moved down the nation's east coast.
As floods continued to rise in some towns, photographers captured locals surveying damage to their communities.
Several rivers broke their banks, prompting emergency warnings.
Residents in Billinudgel, NSW, used surfboards to paddle down the street.
Queensland's capital Brisbane was not spared, and an evacuation order was issued for the town of Beaudesert.
Businesses were inundated in South Murwillumbah, one of the towns hardest hit.
The severe weather washed away roads and brought down trees.
Insurers say it is too early to estimate a damage bill.
Authorities said tens of thousands of people lost power in the downpour.
Even a bull shark turned up in the floods, prompting a warning.
Fortunately for New South Wales and Queensland, the storm system has now moved out to sea.
Malaysia has said a wing section found on the French Indian Ocean island came from the lost Malaysia Airlines flight.
But French investigators have yet to confirm the link.
The relatives of the passengers - who were mostly Chinese - have protested at the Malaysian embassy in Beijing.
Flight MH370 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March 2014 when it vanished from radar. The Boeing 777 had 239 people on board.
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Relatives: 'They won't tell us the truth'
The families of those aboard have been angered by the apparent discrepancies in statements by French and Malaysian officials, and have accused the authorities of hiding the truth.
On Friday, they held a protest outside Malaysia Airlines' offices in Beijing, before scuffling with police at the gates of the Malaysian embassy.
Lu Zhanzhong, whose son was aboard the plane, told AFP news agency that the families wanted to go to Reunion to "see the truth".
"I want to see if my son's luggage is there," he said.
On one level, you could argue, it is simply a refusal to accept the obvious.
The evidence after all is strong; the satellite data shows the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean and now the debris find - matching the sea current patterns - adds further corroboration.
But the unwillingness of many of the Chinese relatives to believe that conclusion is not as illogical as it sounds.
There are indeed real question marks over the way the Malaysian authorities have handled both the search for the plane and the release of information - marred by delay, confusion and apparent self-interest.
And here in China too, the families feel there is no-one they can trust. There are no independent media voices campaigning on their behalf or doggedly pursuing the truth.
Their own attempts to demand answers have been met with the usual control and harassment by plain-clothes policemen.
Bewildered and despairing, it is perhaps little wonder that some find comfort in the myriad conspiracy theories swirling online; that the plane might not be at the bottom of the ocean and that their loved ones might still be alive.
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Dominique Sorain, the top French government official for Reunion, said a military transport plane had begun patrolling the island's coastal waters and a ship had also departed but had to turn back because of bad weather.
He said helicopters would also take part while soldiers and policemen would patrol the eastern part of the island where the wing part was found.
"This... will last a week, after which we will draw our first conclusions," he said.
Mr Sorain said some objects found on the beaches since last week had been placed under seal until they could be examined, but he said it was not clear if these belonged to a plane or not.
The wing section found on Reunion, known as a flaperon, is being examined in the French city of Toulouse by international aviation experts.
Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said paint and "many other technical details" on the flaperon tallied with MH370's maintenance records.
Window panes and seat cushions found near Reunion had yet to be identified, he said.
However, a spokesman for the Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss, said none of the new debris appeared to have come from MH370. Australia is leading the maritime search for MH370.
French officials, moreover, have said no other debris has been recovered. They have also said there was only a strong possibility that the flaperon had come from MH370 - avoiding the firm link made by the Malaysians.
Mr Liow said he understood why the French team had been less categorical in their conclusions over the flaperon, saying: "We respect their decision to continue with their verification."
He added that differences between the countries' statements were down to "a choice of words".
China's foreign ministry said Malaysia must keep investigating the crash and "safeguard the legitimate rights and interests" of relatives.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been co-ordinating the deep-sea hunt in the southern Indian Ocean, where the plane is believed to have gone down, thousands of miles east of Reunion.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the search would continue as "we owe it to the hundreds of millions of people who use our skies".
The five were arrested in Milford Haven and are in police custody.
It follows a multi-agency operation between Dyfed-Powys Police, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and Pembrokeshire council.
Det Ch Insp Ross Evans said: "The victims are our priority and those affected are being fully supported."
As part of anti-slavery awareness week, the force said it was raising awareness, identifying offences and supporting victims.
He added: "In reality modern slavery can happen anywhere and there is no typical victim of slavery."
Neil Mahrer, senior conservator at Jersey Heritage, has led a team removing the coins from the large mound one by one for two years.
He said he expected it to be a "few thousand fewer".
The team are clearing the coins in view of the public in a special laboratory at La Hougue Bie Museum in Grouville.
Mr Mahrer said: "We worked out the estimate by the hoards volume and assumed it was just coins but we found much more jewellery than originally expected."
Richard Miles, who along with Reg Mead discovered the hoard in a Jersey field in 2012, is working with the team.
"[It is] incredible to see all the coins and jewellery coming out, items that have not been seen for two thousand years," he said.
Mr Mahrer said they expect to finish the process of separating the coins in December.
The coins and jewellery will then be valued and it will then be up to the States of Jersey to decide if they want to purchase it.
Mr Miles said: "We, the landowner and everybody else wants this to stay in Jersey; we just need to find the means to keep this treasure in tact and keep it here."
The ship returned to the city for the first time since 1977 in November last year and is undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment.
It had a temporary berth outside the Glasgow Science Centre, but this has now been confirmed as permanent.
The Friends of TS Queen Mary are still hoping to raise £700,000 to fully fund the restoration.
The group of trustees, who rescued the vessel from scrap in 2016, has already raised £1.3m for the refurbishment.
TS Queen Mary, which was built in Dumbarton in the 1930 and is one of the oldest Clyde-built steamers, spent 40 years taking up to 2,000 people at a time for excursions "Doon the watter".
Dr Stephen Breslin, chief executive of Glasgow Science Centre, said he was "delighted" to have the TS Queen Mary as a permanent neighbour.
"Shipbuilding is an intrinsic part of Glasgow's heritage and we are excited to be working with Friends of the Queen Mary to celebrate and engage people with the social and engineering history of this iconic vessel and shipbuilding on the Clyde.
"As well being a unique visitor attraction and events space, the ship will also be a platform for inspiring new generations of future engineers and mariners."
The charity hopes the vessel will welcome 150,000 visitors and students each year once it has been restored.
Charity trustee Iain Sim said: "TS Queen Mary is the last her kind in the world.
"She is woven into Glasgow's rich social fabric and she represents the best of Scottish engineering.
"We are delighted that she will be berthed permanently at Glasgow Science Centre as a heritage destination and education/training centre."
Glasgow Southside MSP Nicola Sturgeon has also welcomed the news that the ship will be allowed to stay permanently on the River Clyde.
She added: "The restoration will bring a major benefit not only in the form of visitors but in giving students unique hands-on experience.
"It's a very fitting addition to the Clyde and I look forward to visiting over the years to come."
He had held on to the small house in Carmel, California for eight years after his mother passed away, visiting occasionally from Seattle to comb through the artefacts of their family life.
Now he had finally arranged to sell the house and this was to be his last visit. With boxes of pictures and documents to sort through, daytime TV became his constant companion.
Then Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, and Blaine Gibson was hooked.
"I was stuck in the house and it was on the rolling news all day," he says. "And it hadn't just crashed into the South China Sea, it went across the Malay Peninsula to somewhere in the Indian Ocean. It was a complete mystery."
Mr Gibson sold the house and flew back to Seattle, but the mystery of MH370 went with him. For a year he investigated quietly, reading articles and posting on a Facebook group dedicated to the disappearance, until he read that there would be a commemoration for families on the first anniversary.
A dedicated traveller, Mr Gibson had been moving from country to country with no overarching purpose. Now he sensed he had a mission. He booked a ticket to Kuala Lumpur and headed to the event.
He mingled with family members and listened to their stories. He watched as a woman called Grace stood up to talk about her mother, and it reminded him of his own late mother.
"I was touched by the plight of the families," he says. "I just couldn't imagine how they felt, knowing nothing about their loved ones for a year.
"So I just decided, I'll go look for it for myself. I always suspected that the first piece of evidence of that plane would be a piece of debris washing ashore somewhere, that someone just happened to find."
For a year Mr Gibson visited beaches from Malaysia to Mauritius to the Maldives, keeping an eye out on some and combing others. Then one ordinary day in Mozambique, scanning a coastal sandbank, he saw something that didn't belong there.
When he picked up the triangular piece of debris from the sand, it was lighter than he expected. But he felt immediately that it was from MH370. Air crash investigators working on the case have since said it "almost certainly" is.
"The question people ask me is how could you find this?. But you could ask someone how could you possibly win the lottery? Nobody looks at the huge number of times you bought tickets and didn't win. They just look at the one time you did," he says.
Listen: One man's quest to find MH370
Three months later, Mr Gibson is back in the news. His travels have taken him to Madagascar, where he has turned up what may be another piece of the puzzle - debris that appears to be part of an in-flight TV monitor.
It may be another small coup for a man operating on the fringes of a huge international search effort. Mr Gibson sees himself as an important addition to the main search, someone at ground level, in among the sand and tall grass, talking to locals.
Mr Gibson says his search for the wreckage fits in well with his love of travelling and his ambition to visit every country (current count - 177). But it's clear that there is a powerful love of mystery involved.
Before MH370 appeared on his radar, he had travelled to Russia in 1996 to investigate the so-called Tunguska event - an enormous explosion over Siberia in 1908 thought to have been caused by a meteor.
He went to Ethiopia looking for the Lost Ark of the Covenant - the chest, known to Indiana Jones fans around the world, that according to the Bible holds the Ten Commandments.
And he's dabbled in studying the collapse of the Mayan Civilisation.
He is frank about having less luck with those adventures than with MH370. "I did not find the Tunguskan meteorite," he concedes. And: "In Ethiopia I did not actually find the Ark, but I think I was near it."
But when Mr Gibson speaks, there is an almost child-like sense of awe at chasing mysteries of such scale. "I love travelling, and I love solving mysteries, and I love to do good things for people," he says.
There is also a sense that the pursuit of mystery lends purpose to an otherwise itinerant lifestyle.
"Yes it has given me purpose," he says, "and purpose in things I enjoy - travelling, meeting people, and solving mysteries.
"I've learned a lot about aviation and I've learned a lot about oceanography. I've learned something about marine biology and something about politics. And I've learned something about people too."
As for the celebrity that goes with it, he says it is "not that important" to him. He puts himself out there to publicise the search for the plane and keep it going, he says, and if that means giving interviews, so be it.
There is a limit to what Mr Gibson's suspected plane parts can tell us. The fact that they are all small suggests that the aircraft hit the water hard, rather than being glided down by a pilot, and he believes firmly that the pilots did not purposely down the plane.
They also indicate that the Australian search team is looking in roughly the right place - oceanographers predicted that aircraft parts would eventually wash up where they've been found.
But they are unlikely to ever tell us why the plane ended up thousands of miles off course, in one of the most remote corners of the earth. Realistically, unless they find the "black box" flight recorders at the bottom of the ocean, we'll never know for sure
In the meantime, Mr Gibson's quest continues. After another raft of media interviews, he's headed down the south-east coast of Madagascar and eventually to South Africa.
First though, he has to make an important stop in the Madagascan capital, Antananarivo, to turn in his new find.
"I feel very good when I hand in the debris," he says. "I feel like I have contributed something. But at the same time there is a sadness. These are pieces of evidence that the plane crashed."
And the new piece, the TV monitor case, will be the hardest, he says. Much harder than a part of a tail or wing.
"Every time you fly, you see the monitor on the back of the seat in front. For somebody, this might have been the last thing they saw."
Hundreds of thousands of people around the world joined the debate about the news that Jodie Whittaker is to star as the first female Time Lord.
The social reaction was as varied as the hashtags used to share them which included Doctor Who, Dr Who, #doctor13 and #jodiewhittaker.
While some people talked about the great role model the new Doctor would be for girls and women, others wondered why it had taken so long and some were firmly in the camp that the Doctor was only ever meant to be male.
People with young girls in their families appeared to be delighted at the announcement including David Owens who wrote: "My 8-year-old daughter pumped her fist and shouted "yes!" when the new @bbcdoctorwho was revealed. Think that tells you all you need to know."
Simon Tucker responded saying: It's great mate. My nieces can grow up in a world with a good Wonder Woman, a female Jedi, female ghostbusters & a female Dr Who."
And @BlackRyu82 wrote: "My youngest daughter loves new Ghostbusters. We watched it together almost daily at one point. Super excited to watch Dr Who with her!"
One user applauded the move saying; "The lack of women, and lead women, in sci fi is embarrassing. Doctor Who just made a step in the right direction".
And the casting milestone made some people feel quite emotional like Carla Joanne who tweeted: "Wow. I don't even watch #DrWho & this made me choke up a little. I will def be tuning in".
Giving Jodie Whittaker the lead role could pull in more new viewers including @Laidback_Blake who wrote: "Ooh a lady Dr. Who this time. I may have to watch this season."
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The news was greeted in an apparently tongue-in-cheek way by some including @plewis16 who tweeted: "A woman as Dr Who ? I can't believe it - outrageous. Send for the Daleks! And change the locks on all police boxes. What would Hartnell say?"
But not everyone was happy. On Facebook Nicki Murphy wrote: "I like Jodi, I think she is a terrific actor but I'm sorry, this is an exercise in pleasing the PC brigade. How about writing some new, quality roles for females... this is an attempt to meet some quota!!!"
And a female Doctor was all too much for life-long fan Wendy Roberts who posted: "No disrespect to the actress chosen but the producers have brought my Dr Who history and memories to an abrupt end."
Si Stringer took a more nuanced view of the Facebook discussion posting simply: "People who accept a shape-shifting, time-travelling immortal character unable to accept female lead in a television show."
The conversation will no doubt not end here but as one Twitter user pointed out, whatever your view about a female Doctor, one thing is for certain: "The world hasn't ended."
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The wave technology company Wave-tricity will develop and test a new device called the Ocean Wave Rower.
The two-year project has received £4m of EU funding and will generate clean energy by capturing the natural motion of sea waves.
It is expected to lead to the creation of jobs in engineering and operations with Wave-tricity, as well as opportunities for local businesses.
Matthew Fairclough-Kay, managing director at Wave-tricity, said: "Everyone on the team is looking forward to starting operations in Pembrokeshire and bringing the prospect of clean wave energy a step closer to commercial success."
Rail Minister Claire Perry said the welfare system should encourage people to make better choices.
David Cameron has said obese people unable to work could see their sickness benefit cut if they refuse treatment.
But Mrs Perry told the BBC she preferred the "carrot" approach rather than the "stick".
The prime minister's proposed cut in benefits would also apply to people who are unable to work because of alcohol or drug problems, and refuse to get help.
Mrs Perry, who was speaking on BBC 2's Daily Politics programme, said a national debate was needed about what constitutes a healthy diet.
"If it was all about willpower I would weigh eight stone. I think we live in a world where dietary advice is incredibly confusing. Every week we read 'it's carbs, its not carbs, it's fat, it's starvation' - whatever it is, people are busy, running around after their children," she said.
"I think everybody would like to be slimmer and healthier and what the welfare system could do is encourage people to make better choices."
Asked whether she agreed with the PM's benefits proposal, Ms Perry said she preferred to see incentives for people to get healthy and become more active, adding that increased exercise was associated with better mental health.
She added: "For many women who are struggling having to lose weight after children... it is a real problem and anything we can do to motivate people and give incentives to do it. I prefer to focus on carrots - the healthy choice - rather than sticks."
David Cameron has announced a review of the current system, which he says fails to encourage people with long-term, treatable issues to get medical help.
According to the government, some 100,000 people with such conditions claim Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
Mr Cameron wants the review to look at whether it would be appropriate to withhold benefits from those who are unwilling to accept help.
Labour said the policy would do nothing to help people to get off benefits.
The Men ACWY vaccine is offered free to all 17- and 18-year-olds and first-time university entrants under 25 because students are particularly at risk.
But only a third of young people get the life-saving vaccine, and cases of Men W are on the rise.
Meningitis Now said it was "deeply concerned" about low vaccine uptake.
Julia Styles lost her daughter Emily at 19 as she was preparing to go to Winchester University.
She had been working as a teaching assistant and had plans to become a special needs teacher.
When she started feeling unwell, a few days after Christmas 2013, she was at her boyfriend's house. The following day when she tried to get up, she collapsed.
"There was no rash at any point. Even when Emily was unconscious, I still didn't think it was meningitis," Julia says.
Julia has decided to talk about the pain of her daughter's death, on New Year's Day 2014, to prevent similar tragedies happening to other families.
Emily died before the Men ACWY vaccine was introduced in the UK, in August 2015, which protects against the four groups of meningococcal bacteria: A, C, W and Y.
She wants parents to imagine exactly what she has gone through.
"There wasn't a vaccine then. I didn't have choice.
"I would say to parents now, 'Just imagine for a moment if your child walked out the door and the next time you saw then they were unconscious and then you were burying them,'" Julia says.
She says the single most important thing parents can do is to make sure they get their children vaccinated.
"Do it while you're buying them the pots and pans and things they need for university."
Meningitis can be difficult to spot because the symptoms are similar to common illnesses such as the flu or a hangover - but it can kill within hours and requires urgent medical treatment.
Teenagers are the second most at-risk group for contracting meningitis, after babies and toddlers.
Up to a quarter of students carry the bacteria, and they tend to pass it on easily.
Living in close contact with other young people in university halls means students are far more likely to be infected if not protected by the vaccine.
Meningococcal bacteria are passed from person to person by coughing, sneezing and intimate kissing.
Dr Tom Nutt, chief executive at Meningitis Now, said: "We remain deeply concerned about the low level of vaccine uptake - just 33% last year, which remains disappointingly below the 2015 uptake rate of 38%.
"It's vital that young people and their parents are not complacent about the threat of meningitis - we urge them to take up this lifesaving vaccine."
Cases of meningococcal group W have been rising every year in the UK since 2009, with 210 in 2015-16 compared with 30 in 2011-12.
Dr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at Public Health England, said the Men ACWY vaccination programme would "save lives and prevent lifelong and devastating disability".
"We have seen a rapid increase in Men W cases across England in recent years, and vaccination is the most effective way of protecting against infection."
She urged teenagers and young people to get vaccinated as soon as possible and seek urgent medical help if they were concerned about their friends' health or their own.
Those who are due to leave school this summer, or who are aged 17 to 18 and not in school, are now eligible for the Men ACWY vaccine and should contact their GP practice.
UK firm IGas says there may be up to 170 trillion cubic feet (4,810 cubic km) of gas in the areas it is licensed to explore in northern England.
But it remains unclear how much of the gas will be economically extractable.
Shale gas is extracted by fracking - pumping water, chemicals and sand at high pressure into rock to release gas.
Critics argue that the process may cause earth tremors and want investment in green energy.
Fracking has revolutionised the US energy market and the energy industry has hopes for a similar transformation in the UK.
IGas is one of the companies granted a licence by UK authorities to explore parts of the country believed to contain large resources of shale gas.
The company's licences cover an area of 300 sq miles across Cheshire.
It had previously said it had about nine trillion cubic feet of shale gas. It now estimates that the volume of "gas initially in place" could range from 15.1 trillion cubic feet to 172.3 trillion cubic feet, the higher figure being nearly 20 times higher than the previous estimate.
The UK's annual gas consumption is currently about 3 trillion cubic feet.
"The licences have a very significant shale gas resource with the potential to transform the company and materially benefit the communities in which we operate," said IGas chief executive Andrew Austin.
"Our estimates for our area alone could mean that the UK would not have to import gas for a period of 10 to 15 years".
Energy firm Cuadrilla, which has drilled wells near Blackpool in Lancashire, says it has 200 trillion cubic feet of gas in its licence area of the Bowland Shale.
That suggests the overall number for the region could be in excess of 400-500 trillion cubic feet in total.
"It's not unreasonable to assume that there could be as much as 500 trillion cubic feet in the Bowland shale across the North West," said Mr Austin.
"Even if the industry can only extract a fraction of that, combined with North Sea reserves, it could make the UK self sufficient in gas for decades to come."
The amount of gas that is extractable will become clearer once a significant number of wells have been drilled and gas flow rates tested.
In a report published earlier this year, the Energy and Climate Change Committee also cast doubt on the value of shale gas extraction.
Although it said shale gas in the UK could help secure domestic energy supplies, it also warned that it may not bring down prices.
The process of fracking also remains controversial - it has been blamed for causing earth tremors and there are concerns about water contamination and the large volumes of water required.
Environmental group Friends of the Earth has described fracking as "dirty and unnecessary", arguing that the UK should instead focus on investing in renewable energy.
IGas plans to carry out exploratory drilling, not including fracking, in Cheshire at the end of the year.
Gas and oil discoveries in shale rock in the US have led to a boom in gas and oil production there recent years, and have also dramatically reduced gas prices.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the US will overtake Russia as the world's biggest gas producer by 2015, and Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest oil producer by about 2020.
The shale gas industry is in its infancy in the UK. But supporters believe it could play a key role in our future energy supplies.
A report by the British Geological Survey for the Department of Energy and Climate Change is due to give an updated assessment of how much gas there is in the Bowland Shale in the North West of England in the coming weeks.
Industry sources have told the BBC they expect the BGS assessment to result in a "very big number".
Gareth Bennett is UKIP's lead candidate for the South Wales Central region.
Earlier in March, party immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe said UKIP's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) was considering deselecting Mr Bennett.
UKIP has not yet confirmed whether or not it will take action.
In a statement Gareth Bennett said any move to deselect him would be a "slap in the face for party members" who voted for him to be a candidate.
"If the small clique clustered around the national leadership want to continue to oppose me, then let battle commence," he said.
"There will only be one winner in this contest.
"I have complete faith that the NEC will continue to support me.
"I am informed by my many friends and allies there that there have been no official moves made thus far to question my candidacy."
The NEC's next scheduled meeting is on 4 April.
On 17 March Mr Bennett told WalesOnline: "I think in Cardiff the starkest area which has changed completely is City Road.
"That's probably where we have a multiplicity, a melting pot of different races all getting on each other's nerves, I think, and certainly causing lots of problems because of different cultural attitudes, very visible problems of rubbish which is being left on the street uncollected all the time."
Mr Bennett was then asked on BBC's Daily Politics what evidence he had for his claim.
He said: "I haven't got any firm evidence to give you now."
Officers saw a "large bladed weapon" in the man's car when it stopped near the palace on Friday evening.
As they arrested him, both men suffered minor arm injuries, police said.
The 26-year-old man was also treated for minor injuries. He was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault, and under the Terrorism Act.
No members of the Royal Family were in Buckingham Palace at the time.
The incident happened outside the Mall roundabout near Spur Road - which runs along the corner of the Palace grounds - at about 20:35 BST, police said. The man had stopped his car in a "restricted area" and police saw the weapon.
Det Supt Guy Collings said the "quick and brave" actions of the officers meant the man was detained very quickly, and that no members of the public had any contact with him.
The two officers and the suspect had all since been discharged from hospital and the suspect was taken to a central London police station for questioning, police said.
Enquiries into the full circumstances are ongoing, they added, and there was still a police cordon at the scene.
Eye-witness Kiana Williamson said: "We turned up and there was one police van and one car; there was also a civilian's car that had veered towards the police car.
"They were trying to get the man out of the car, shouting; more police were arriving on to the scene and the man was fighting back.
"I saw one injured policeman with an injury to his arm, although it didn't look severe.
"He was being tended to by another officer.
"The man had been restrained and looked almost unconscious by the side of the road."
Another passer-by, who did not want to be named, said her partner initially thought he had seen a sword.
She told the Press Association: "The police didn't just run up to the car. There was some shouting prior to this; I couldn't tell you what, I was a bit panicked...
"My partner saw a sword, which I didn't see, as well as a policeman with blood on him, looking like his hand or chest was injured.
"The police officer had it in his hand, walking away with it."
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O'Sullivan's tournament had been overshadowed by his claims that he had been bullied by snooker bosses.
But he seemed unaffected by the controversy as he scored a tournament-high break of 146 to win three from four frames and get back to 11-9, having trailed 10-6.
The pair then shared the next two frames and Ding held his nerve, scoring a classy 117 to earn a semi-final place against Mark Selby.
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Selby was in sensational form to thrash Marco Fu 13-3.
The reigning champion scored 139 and 143 but it was no surprise the latter mark was beaten by O'Sullivan in a match that featured five centuries and 18 breaks of more than 50. Only one of the 23 frames did not include a half-century.
O'Sullivan, 41, who hugged his equally emotional opponent at the end, said: "It was a fantastic match and I am really pleased to be involved. I really enjoyed it. I would rather lose a good match than win an awful one.
"Ding is a special lad, a beautiful guy. He is all good; he doesn't have a bad bone in his body.
"He wants to win this title so bad. He is in a great place and I wish him all the best."
Six-time world champion Steve Davis on BBC Two:
In the same way boxers collapse into each other's arms at the end and say, 'you are a great player'. That moment was very similar, regardless of whether it was a physical contest or not, it was the same mentality.
For all of the times when Ronnie O'Sullivan throws teddies out of the pram, players appreciate other great players. From Ding Junhui's perspective, getting to the final last year was a massive stepping stone. This is another part of the jigsaw puzzle and unlocks the World Championship a little further for him.
Ding has always been clinical in among the balls and he looks very strong in that department, but beating Liang Wenbo from behind, showing heart and determination, and now beating O'Sullivan, he has answered a lot of questions at the Crucible that he has not answered before.
It is a bit like a video game for Ding, he has beaten the boss but now has to go to the next level to face a bigger boss - Mark Selby.
Facing the world champion will be a bigger hurdle mentally and we cannot say how it will pan out. Selby has looked astonishing so far, if Ding beats him, then he has to play someone great in the final. He is only halfway through in sessions played.
Ding, last season's runner-up, is looking to become the first Asian player to lift the world title, and said he "played great".
"I kept my form from the first frame to the last frame and I put him under pressure," Ding said.
"I do not have a good record against him but every time I had a chance I did well. He was not in his best form but he is still good enough.
"Ronnie said I looked a different player and I looked stronger. I thank him. To beat him you have to work hard. I am more confident."
A spirited O'Sullivan comeback before the mid-session break kept alive hopes of him claiming a sixth World Championship title.
The Englishman had won a crucial final frame on Tuesday with a blistering century inside four minutes and, after taking scrappy opener, a rapid break of 97 made it three in a row to cut the gap to 10-8.
But Ding, who has often been accused of crumbling under pressure, responded with a fine 69.
O'Sullivan was in full flow, turning down the chance of a maximum by going for a pink rather than a slightly trickier black during a magnificent 146.
Only Mark Allen and Graeme Dott have ever managed a 146 at the Crucible but neither did so in the seven minutes and 32 seconds it took O'Sullivan to clear up and reduce the gap to two frames.
But Ding, 30, kept his opponent at bay in the closing stages with breaks of 87, 63 and 117 to win two of the final three frames and get over the line.
Barry Hawkins beat Stephen Maguire 13-9 to reach the last four, having made breaks of 126, 98 and 86 in the match. The 2013 finalist faces four-time champion John Higgins next.
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Cases heard in England's magistrates' courts currently take 149 days on average to complete - a week longer than four years ago.
In some parts of the country, magistrates take three times as long to deal with cases as elsewhere.
The Ministry of Justice said new technology would speed up courts.
Magistrates in England and Wales, whose courts process about 90% of all criminal cases, dealt with 1,360,858 defendants last year, 5.4% fewer than the 1,444,505 in 2011. Crown courts saw 139,000 cases in 2014.
In July, the government announced 57 magistrates courts and two crown courts would close in the wake of a 30% budget cut since 2010, which has seen HM Courts and Tribunals Service funding cut from £1.5bn to £1bn.
BBC News Online reporters covered the working of courts in three parts of England on Monday. They encountered:
To look back at the Local Live court streams visit Beds, Herts & Bucks, Northamptonshire or Suffolk.
Ministry of Justice figures obtained by the BBC show what victims call a "postcode lottery" in the justice system.
In the Sussex (Western) region, magistrates cases take an average of 124 days to be dealt with. In Furness and District, in Cumbria, the figure is just 37 days.
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11 times the case has come to Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court
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Corby has some of the slowest courts in England, taking 108 days on average to deal with cases. This, the court's bench chairman Terry Knights warns, could be causing some cases to collapse, letting the guilty walk free.
"I fear we are right on the cusp of things suddenly starting to unravel. The whole court system is Dickensian," he said.
"It isn't unusual to get a court appearance which is someone's sixth court appearance for one case.
"At the end of the day some of the witnesses and some of the victims say I can't be bothered with this - and they don't turn up and therefore the case falls apart. Justice isn't done."
A senior Essex magistrate, who asked not to be identified, said there was a "perfect storm" for delays in the county, which has a growing population, court closures, crime hotspots including a major international port and airport and the introduction of new police software which has caused issues.
"We are seeing trials taking place something like a year after events that are in court," he said.
"During that year people's memories have faded, some people who were prepared to give evidence don't wish to do so any longer, so both the quality and quantity of evidence, which is absolutely critical, starts to slip away.
"The other thing is the victims of the alleged offence don't get the closure. They have this hanging over them for very much longer than they should do."
The step-father of a sexual assault victim in Suffolk, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: "The court system is a postcode lottery, the time cases take really depends on where you live.
"The whole process was about twice as long as it needed to be and the impact on us as a family was awful and we will never forget how terrible that was."
Danielle Moss, whose ex-partner was jailed for three years for causing injuries to their son Ollie, said the case took two years and three months to get to trial.
"It is an awful long time, you feel like you're living a sentence," said Ms Moss, who believes her former partner is innocent.
Essex lawyer Caroline Woodley at law firm OBWPerera, told of "a huge backlog of trials" in her area.
"We experience a lot of delays. It is bad and it is probably getting worse. Delays are happening on a daily basis.
"In court, the majority of the delays involve us not getting the paperwork on time from the prosecution whether at the initial court hearing or after that, prisoners not being delivered at the right time or to the right court, interpreters not turning up on time or to the right court and there are delays in getting cases listed."
Heather Robbie from Victim Support said: "Cases are taking longer to come to court, it sometimes takes more than a year between the original crime and it coming to court.
"It is tough for victims. In our experience some people are really quite frustrated, they get stressed and anxious, it can affect their physical and mental health and it can affect the quality of their evidence."
Justice Minister Shailesh Vara said: "The magistrates are stating the obvious. There are delays. We know that.
"We want to make sure that delays are minimised if not eliminated completely, because it is important that justice takes place efficiently and properly and to make a system that is less stressful for all concerned.
He said the delays in the worst areas were not "acceptable", adding he wanted to see video conferencing and use of mobile telephones in people's sitting rooms to deal with certain cases.
RBS is cutting the jobs of 220 face-to-face advisers, as it switches customers to an automated online service.
It said personalised advice would now only be offered to customers with more than £250,000 to invest.
However, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said such services could make financial advice cheaper.
A Natwest and RBS spokesperson said in a statement: "Our customers increasingly want to bank with us using digital technology. As a result, we are scaling back our face-to-face advisers and significantly investing in an online investing platform that enables us to help a new group of customers with as little as £500 to invest."
RBS is cutting a further 200 jobs in insurance products.
After a seven-month study, the FCA and the Treasury's joint Financial Advice Market Review concluded that the new technology could "play a major role in driving down costs".
The FCA said it should also set up a new advice unit to help financial firms set up the automated programmes - known as robo-advice.
Such programmes allow consumers to go online, answer some questions, and receive financial help without having to pay for individually-tailored suggestions.
At least three more High Street banks are thought to be planning to launch such services.
Most banks scaled down their financial advice services in 2013, when a review by the previous regulator made it impractical for them to provide cost-effective help to most consumers.
Robo-advice consists of a series of online questions, such as:
The provider, such as a bank or wealth management company, will then suggest how you should invest your cash, and then help you to do so.
The FCA said that many consumers did not want to pay for full regulated advice, but simply wanted more informal guidance.
It recommended several ways in which employers could be encouraged to give such guidance, with consumers able to pay for it over a period of time.
And it suggested that consumers be given "nudges" at certain times in their lives to prompt them to take action on their finances.
"The package of reforms we have laid out today will help increase both the accessibility and affordability of the advice and guidance, to ensure that consumers get the help they really need when they really need it," said Tracey McDermott, the FCA's acting chief executive.
The FCA also said the Treasury should consider allowing those nearing the age of 55 to access some of their pension pots to pay for financial advice.
And it recommended that the government should champion the idea of "pensions dashboards" - a means by which consumers can keep track of different pension plans they have paid into over the course of their working lives.
The town hit the headlines last year when local police officers were linked to the disappearance of 43 students.
The government said corrupt officers from Cocula and nearby Iguala abducted the 43 and handed them over to a local drug gang, that then killed them.
The case highlighted high levels of corruption not just in the local police force but also in local government.
Mr Penaloza Santana was arrested on 16 December on suspicion of having links with "a criminal group which operates in northern Guerrero state", the prosecutor's office said.
Officials did not give any further details, but local media reported that a suspect in the students' disappearance had linked Mr Penaloza Santana to the Guerreros Unidos (United Warriors) drug gang,
The 43 students from a teacher training college went missing on 26 September 2014.
The 43 were all students at an all-male teacher training college in the town of Aytozinapa, in south-western Guerrero state. The college has a history of left-wing activism and the students regularly took part in protests.
They disappeared from the town of Iguala on the evening of 26 September 2014 amid a confrontation between municipal police and the students in which six people were killed.
Independent forensic experts have matched charred bone fragments reportedly found at a rubbish dump near Iguala to Alexander Mora, one of the 43 missing students. They also say there is a high probability another set of remains could belong to Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz, another of the students. However, experts from the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights say the chain of evidence was broken and they could not be sure the bone fragments had been found at the dump.
According to the official report, the students were seized by corrupt municipal police officers who handed them over to members of a local drugs gang. The gang mistook the students for members of a rival gang, killed them and burned their bodies at the dump before throwing their ashes into a nearby stream.
They think officials have failed to investigate the role soldiers from a nearby barracks may have played in the students' disappearance. The government has refused to let the soldiers, who were in the area at the time of the disappearance, be questioned by anyone but government prosecutors. The families also point to the report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights which said that there was no evidence the bodies of the 43 were burned at the dump.
A government investigation concluded that they were seized by corrupt municipal police officers, who handed them to members of the Guerreros Unidos.
According to the investigation, the students were killed by the gang, who mistook them for members of a rival group.
Their bodies were then burned at a rubbish dump outside of Cocula, the report said.
DNA tests revealed that bone fragments police said they had found at the rubbish dump were those of one of the missing students, Alexander Mora.
However, an independent investigation into the students' disappearance has since rejected the government's account of events.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said in September that it had found no evidence that the bodies were incinerated.
The commission urged the government to continue looking for the missing students but did not offer any further clues as to what might have happened to them.
D'Oliviera, who hit 202 not out in the teams' last meeting in Cardiff in May, missed the recent defeat against Kent.
Glamorgan are without paceman Timm van der Gugten because of Holland duties.
But they have recalled Graham Wagg, Craig Meschede and Michael Hogan, who sat out the Northants defeat.
Ruaidhri Smith is out for at least four weeks with a side strain suffered at Swansea, but teenager Lukas Carey could retain his place after taking seven wickets on debut.
Worcestershire are in fourth place in Division Two, 14 points behind leaders Essex in the only promotion spot with five games to play.
Glamorgan need to recover from being bowled out for under 100 in their last two innings, in the Championship and the T20 quarter-final exit against Yorkshire.
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Pick, 23, was caught with anabolic steroids in his system during an out-of-competition test, and banned for two years in 2015.
He spent time at Huddersfield before joining Rovers in 2013.
"Speaking to Shaun, he is committed to making this a positive experience," head coach Paul Rowley said.
"He wants to take this opportunity with both hands. Our staff did their homework on Shaun - as with all our players - to make sure we got our man with a clear focus on achieving our goals.
"The staff and I look forward to working with this young man, and providing clear and honest guidance, which will see him realise the huge potential he has."
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Colin and Eithne Bell, who set up the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust after their son's death, won the cash in the Euromillions draw.
Mr Bell, from Newry, said there was no panic when he checked the ticket.
He simply turned to his wife and said: "Eithne, I think we've won a million pounds."
The couple's son, Kevin (26) was killed in a suspected hit-and-run in New York City in 2013.
Friends and supporters in Newry raised about £150,000 towards the cost of his repatriation from the USA.
Since then, retired teacher Colin has made it his life's mission to help other families whose loved ones die in sudden or tragic circumstances abroad.
Celebrating after the presentation of their £1m lottery cheque, Colin said the main beneficiaries would be his six children, aged between 26 and 32.
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Their son, Kevin, was also a popular member of the local GAA club.
"He was a great young fella, full of craic," his father said.
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The 1922 executive committee of Tory MPs, which will oversee the contest, had suggested David Cameron's successor should be announced on 2 September.
But the party's board has recommended an extra week to allow for the "full participation" of members.
Under the proposed timetable, nominations would open from Wednesday and close at noon on Thursday.
The Conservative Party's board's recommendation needs to be approved by the board of the full 1922 Committee on Wednesday. If approved, nominations would open straight after the Wednesday meeting.
In a statement, the board said: "The board and the 1922 committee both agree that the leadership election should take place as speedily as practical considerations allow.
"In order to ensure there is full participation by the membership, the Party Board recommends that the date of the declaration of the leader is the 9 September 2016."
David Cameron has said he intends to stand down as prime minister and Conservative leader, after the UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the EU. He had campaigned hard for a Remain victory and said "fresh leadership" would be needed to lead Brexit negotiations in future.
MP John Baron is said to be considering running - and Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Stephen Crabb are likely to throw their names into the ring.
Other potential candidates include Nicky Morgan, Jeremy Hunt, Andrea Leadsom and Liam Fox. Chancellor George Osborne and Justice Secretary Michael Gove have ruled themselves out.
The BBC's political correspondent Carole Walker said Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 committee, has met the party's chief whip to discuss complaints that party whips had already been getting involved in the leadership campaigns.
The party's 1922 committee will oversee the contest. Its executive has suggested the contest should follow the system used to elect David Cameron in 2005, which would see MPs pick two candidates to put to the wider membership.
MPs wanting to stand need to be nominated by two others to get onto the ballot paper. If there are three or more candidates, a ballot or series of ballots will be held of all the party's 331 MPs to whittle down the field to two. In each round, the candidate with the fewest votes will be eliminated.
After that, a vote of the wider party - in which all Conservative members will have a say - will be held to choose the winner, with hustings taking place.
The suggested timetable is for a leader to be in place by 9 September, with nominations opening on Wednesday 29 June and closing by noon on Thursday 30 June. However, this will have to be approved by the Conservative Party's board and the 1922 committee as a whole.
If agreed, it means the party will have a new leader in time for its autumn conference, which starts on 2 October - the deadline David Cameron had set when he announced his intention to resign.
EU officials have suggested Britain could use the brake for up to four years, but would have to prove public services were under excessive strain.
It could be imposed within three months of the UK applying, if EU states agree.
But Mr Cameron will tell Donald Tusk he wants the brake in force straight after the EU referendum, with no time limit.
The pair are meeting at Downing Street to finalise a package of measures to put to EU leaders ahead of a summit between 18 and 19 February.
Eurosceptic Tory MP Steve Baker, Chairman of Conservatives for Britain, said an emergency brake on welfare payments to EU migrants is "a red herring".
Speaking to Andrew Neil on the BBC's Sunday Politics, he said: "We think it's undeliverable... I think that they've ended up trying to manufacture the appearance of success out of very little."
Mr Baker said he expects between "50 and 70" Conservative MPs to campaign for a vote to leave the EU and that he's "prepared at this point to go into the campaign without any cabinet big beasts".
Some Leave campaigners are hoping big names such as Theresa May, Boris Johnson or Michael Gove will join their campaign when the date is announced.
Mr Cameron has said cabinet ministers will be free to campaign to leave the EU, but he is expected to ask them to back whatever he wins from re-negotiations.
Former defence secretary Liam Fox urged cabinet members considering joining the Leave campaign to ignore the "false concept of party loyalty".
He told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend MPs should "make the decision that is right for their country not what is right for them".
As part of his attempts to renegotiate the UK's membership of the EU, Mr Cameron had proposed denying in-work benefits to all EU migrants until they had been in the UK for four years.
He said stopping those migrants from claiming tax credits - income supplements paid to those in low-paid work - would reduce high levels of immigration to the UK.
Some Central European nations are against the plan however, saying it is discriminatory towards their citizens.
EU leaders rejected Mr Cameron's plan and proposed the "emergency brake" as an alternative, to break the deadlock in the EU renegotiations.
The proposed brake, full details of which have not been confirmed, would allow any EU state to deny in-work benefits to new arrivals for up to four years - but only after proving services were under strain and securing the approval of a majority of other EU states.
Mr Cameron said the current proposal was "not good enough".
He is expected to tell Mr Tusk the brake must come into force immediately after the UK's referendum on EU membership, and must remain in place long enough to stem EU migration to the UK.
Mr Cameron will also say the brake should be seen only as a "stop gap" while a more permanent solution is found.
The PM will tell Mr Tusk he is prepared to delay the referendum, which has been promised by the end of 2017, until he is satisfied with the deal on offer.
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Peter Carter, 49, who is originally from Yorkshire, was convicted of raping the nine-year-old and sexually abusing her between 2005 and 2009.
He was also found guilty of abusing a seven-year-old girl at the same property in August 2011.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Carter was told he would be monitored for three years after his release.
He was also placed on the sex offenders' register.
Jailing him, temporary judge John Becket QC told Carter: "In different ways you have traumatised your two child victims.
"Your conduct was reprehensible in raping a young girl who was nine years old at the time.
"The court must seek to deter you and others from committing such crimes and to protect children from you."
The court heard that Carter gave up his job as an engineer and moved to Scotland where he started a carpentry business.
Both girls, who were abused at his farmhouse, gave evidence against him via a video link.
The older girl told the court that, when police interviewed her about Carter's abuse, she was unable to say what had happened to her out loud.
She wrote down details of the sex assaults on a piece of paper.
Carter claimed that his victims were lying about what happened and still maintains his innocence.
Patrick Warren, 11, and David Spencer, 13, vanished on 26 December 1996.
The pair were spotted at a petrol station close to their homes in Chelmsley Wood, near Birmingham, just after midnight.
At a press conference earlier, David's brother Lee O'Toole said his family wanted closure.
He said: "David was my backbone. If I needed anything I would go to him. I looked up to him like a role model.
"I'm convinced someone out there knows what happened. I am begging them to come forward."
West Midlands Police launched a missing persons investigation after Patrick - known as Paddy - and David failed to return home.
Despite a number of searches and appeals, the boys have never been found.
In 2006, child killer Brian Field, who was jailed in 2001 for the murder of schoolboy Roy Tutill, was questioned by officers in connection with the case but never charged.
Det Ch Insp Caroline Marsh, from the force's homicide team, said the case will never close.
She said: "I do believe that the boys are deceased and something very serious must have happened to them.
"If the boys were murdered someone knows who is responsible for that and I appeal to anyone with information to come forward."
Immunotherapies - which harness the body's own defences to fight tumours - can clear even terminal cancer in a small proportion of patients.
However, a small study by the University of Texas found those harbouring a more diverse community of gut bugs are more likely to benefit.
Cancer Research UK said understanding gut bugs had "great potential".
The human body is home to trillions of micro-organisms - estimates suggest our own tissues are so heavily outnumbered that our bodies are just 10% human.
And a growing wealth of studies shows these microbes can influence our immune systems and have been implicated in auto-immune diseases and allergies.
Immunotherapies are one of the most exciting breakthroughs in treating cancer. They work by taking the brakes off the immune system to help it to attack tumours more easily.
The research group compared the gut bacteria in 23 patients who responded to the therapy and 11 who did not.
Dr Jennifer Wargo, a melanoma surgeon and scientist, told the BBC News website: "We found a night-and-day difference in the diversity of bacteria species in the faecal samples."
The study, presented at the National Cancer Research Institute's Cancer Conference in Liverpool, found Ruminococcus bacteria in much higher levels in those that responded to treatment.
It suggests that it may be possible to boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy by altering the balance of bacteria in the gut.
Procedures such as a trans-poo-sion - a transplant of faecal matter containing beneficial bacteria - are already used as a treatment for some diseases.
Dr Wargo added: "It is hugely plausible I think - we still need to dig a little deeper, but I think we're on to something.
"I think it really does shape our body's immune response as a whole and to cancer."
It is not yet clear if the differences in bacteria are the cause of the better response.
People with diets containing more fruit and vegetables tend to have a richer set of gut bugs, so it is possible that it is those with a healthier lifestyle that respond better to therapy.
"It might point to a healthy diet increasing your chances, which I think would be a great message," she added.
Sir Harpal Kumar, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, said: "Our bodies are filled with trillions of bacteria, and we are just beginning to scratch the surface of understanding their great potential.
"It's really interesting and exciting to see new evidence emerge on the close connection between the immune system and the bacteria living in our guts. As this, and several other studies, have shown, manipulating these bacteria could be exploited in future to help patients respond better to treatment."
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Adele Bellis was left with permanent "life-changing" scarring, lost an ear and is partially bald after the attack in Lowestoft last August.
She had already suffered a knife attack in the street four months earlier in which she was stabbed in the mouth.
Her former partner, Anthony Riley, 26 is accused of organising both the attacks on Miss Bellis, then 22.
In a video interview played at Ipswich Crown Court, she said she was talking on the phone when a man walked past with his face covered and carrying a bottle.
He then spilled the bottle all over her, she said.
"After two or three seconds my skin just burned and I knew it was acid," she said.
"I remember I was smoking, I was just crying and shouting 'I'm burning, I'm burning'."
As her clothes dissolved, people tried to help her.
In the knife attack earlier on 29 April, Miss Bellis said Mr Riley led her down an alleyway where she saw a masked man, allegedly co-defendant Leon Thompson, 39.
"The man jumped on Anthony and he didn't really do much," she said.
"I turned around to see what was happening and this guy stabbed me."
Andrew Jackson, prosecuting, said not content with the knife attack, Mr Riley had recruited another man to pour sulphuric acid over her.
It is alleged Riley forced Jason Harrison, who owed him money, to do it, and jurors were told Harrison has already admitted his part in the conspiracy.
Mr Riley, of Raglan Street, Lowestoft, denies false imprisonment, conspiracy to apply a corrosive liquid and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm with intent.
Mr Thompson, of Alma Road, Lowestoft, denies wounding with intent, having a knife in public, conspiracy to apply a corrosive liquid and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm with intent.
The UK government has brought forward a deadline to complete the move to a new voter registration system from December 2016 to this December.
As of May, 70,000 Welsh voters had not been transferred, the commission said.
A UK government spokesman said the claims were "nonsense" and "nobody will lose their right to vote".
Voters who have not been processed when the deadline passes will be taken off the electoral roll and must re-register.
Speaking to BBC Wales' Sunday Politics programme, Phil Thompson, head of research at the Electoral Commission, said: "Our view was this is a risk - you're taking people off the register in December who are still eligible to vote and if you take them off you're putting the onus on them to re-register before that set of polls.
"We were disappointed with the decision, we've made a clear recommendation it should remain as 1 December 2016."
But the government spokesman said: "Individual electoral registration brings us into line with every other serious democracy in the world.
"It means that we can prove electors are genuine for the first time, and dramatically reduces the risk of electoral fraud.
"We have already confirmed 96 out of every 100 voters as genuine on the register. By the end of this year, the rest will have been contacted nine times.
"The chances of them being genuine voters, as opposed to 'ghost' entries of people who have moved, died or were registered fraudulently, is vanishingly small."
In his conference speech last week, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the Conservatives of attempting to influence the results of next year's polls by forcing voters to re-register.
"They want to gerrymander electoral boundaries across the whole country by ensuring the new, reduced house of commons boundaries will be decided on the basis of the missing millions from the voters' register," he said.
The chairman of the Welsh Conservatives and former Tory MP Jonathan Evans said the current voter registration system is "flawed" and needs to be changed ahead of next year's elections.
He said: "I've had through my letter-box more than three or four communications from the Electoral Commission outlining how this system is changing and we don't need to delay for a further year."
Mr Thompson said the deadline was changed in the knowledge the boundary commission would use data gathered from the electoral roll in December as a basis for its work when it begins reviewing constituency boundaries next spring.
Canvassing is under way to reduce the number of voters affected.
The multi-million pound scheme includes plans to ease congestion in the city and create new park and ride services and bus priority lanes.
Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake said the project would make it "quicker and easier to move around the city".
First West Yorkshire has previously pledged to invest £71m on new buses.
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Funding has also been contributed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the private sector.
The money will be used to fund a range of projects, including new park and ride services in Stourton and north Leeds and developing proposals for rail stations at Thorpe Park and White Rose Business Park, as well as a parkway station on the Leeds to Harrogate line to serve Leeds Bradford Airport.
Transport Minister Andrew Jones said: "New segregated bus corridors and investment in park and ride schemes will be a huge benefit to people who live and work in Leeds, and those who visit the city.
"Better transport facilities don't just help people get around, they help them get on - connecting them to jobs and helping to deliver economic growth in the north."
The government had previously pledged to invest the money in plans for a trolley bus network in Leeds but the proposal was scrapped in 2016 after a planning inspector said the scheme was "not in the public interest".
Ahead of the Scotland Bill's second reading on Monday, the SNP said the bill was "woefully lacking".
The Scottish Liberal Democrats described the party's amendment to the bill as "game playing".
Labour said the SNP's manifesto commitment to full fiscal autonomy had been abandoned.
In its amendment to the bill on Monday, the SNP will argue that the proposed measures "fall short of what people in Scotland want and what Scotland's economy and society need".
The amendment states the party "believes that the legislation would be strengthened by the inclusion of additional devolved powers over job creation, taxation, welfare and wages as early priorities as Scotland moves to a position in the medium term where the Scottish Parliament and Government are responsible for all revenue raising".
It will also say that the legislation will not fully implement the agreement reached by the five political parties in the Smith Commission.
Angus Robertson, the SNP's Westminster leader, said the bill was "woefully lacking".
He added: "The Smith powers are widely seen as the bare minimum which should be delivered to Scotland.
"It is abundantly clear that there needs to be substantial changes and improvements to bring the bill up to scratch - and to deliver the powers people in Scotland want to see."
A UK government spokesman said: "First, the UK government is delivering the Smith Agreement in full through the Scotland Bill. Second, there are no vetoes. Third, the people of Scotland voted to remain part of the UK last year and this Bill delivers new power in that context.
"Finally, the Scottish government already has a wide range of powers to create economic growth and tackle poverty - and it is about to get more."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie accused the SNP of playing games.
He said: "First it was full fiscal autonomy then full fiscal responsibility - now both of those have been forgotten.
"The SNP know that their economic plans are bad for Scotland.
"If they really had the courage of their convictions they would have tabled an amendment mentioning full fiscal responsibility."
Ian Murray, Labour's shadow secretary of state for Scotland, said: "The SNP promised in their manifesto to deliver full fiscal autonomy, but they have barely settled into their Westminster offices before completely abandoning it.
"The SNP know their policy of full fiscal autonomy would be a disaster for Scotland, they just won't admit it."
He added: "Labour will seek to amend the Scotland Bill to ensure the Smith Agreement is delivered in full alongside greater powers over welfare to deliver one of the most powerful devolved parliaments in the world."
The picture shows Mervyn Storey and Philip Logan beside a smiling Robert Coulter.
Rev Coulter was an Ulster Unionist MLA from 1998 until 2011.
At the time, one DUP source said the former Presbyterian minister was "happy for it to be made public that he is voting DUP this year."
However another DUP source has contacted the BBC to say the photograph should never have been released.
They said "the Rev Coulter earned his well-deserved retirement in 2011. He decided to step aside and certainly we would believe he should have been allowed to retire without being drawn into a political dispute."
The source added it looked like "a desperate approach" and was "probably unwise."
Earlier, when the BBC contacted Mr Coulter he said he would be voting down the line for all unionist candidates.
He was not was not prepared to say which candidate he would be putting first on the grounds that it is a secret ballot. He added that he is friendly with both the UUP and DUP candidates.
But Robin Swann, who succeeded him as the Ulster Unionist MLA for the area claimed the DUP's use of their photograph was "student union politics designed to do the UUP maximum damage ahead of the election".
He and his UUP running mate Andrew Wright also have a photograph of Robert Coulter with them.
It has echoes of an incident before last year's Westminster election involving former Ulster Unionist MP Martin Smyth.
The DUP's South Belfast candidate Jonathan Bell tweeted a picture with the former MP saying he had his support and that he had signed his nomination papers.
But Mr Smyth later accused the DUP man of "misleading" him saying he had already pledged his support to the Ulster Unionist candidate Rodney McCune.
He said he only signed Mr Bell's nomination papers because he was told he could also sign Mr McCune's papers.
The first boat struck rocks near the Greek island of Farmakonisi, while the second overturned near Kalolimnos. Many of those killed were children.
Meanwhile German Chancellor Angela Merkel said human traffickers must not be allowed to profit from exploiting people desperate to reach Europe.
More than a million migrants arrived in Europe illegally last year.
More than 700 died in the Aegean crossing from Turkey to Greece. At least another 100 have died in the Aegean this year.
After a joint cabinet meeting in Berlin, the German and Turkish leaders reaffirmed their commitment to tackling the crisis.
Mrs Merkel pledged to ensure Turkey would receive more than €3bn (£2.1bn; $3.3bn) promised by the EU in return for strengthening its border controls.
"Today, once again, we heard of dreadful numbers of dead, including children, in the Aegean," the chancellor told a joint news conference.
"We cannot let that happen, and let illegal traffickers and people smugglers be in charge between Turkey and Greece, continuing to put people in danger and profiteering."
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On Thursday, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned that Europe's migration crisis was putting the European Union at grave risk.
Mr Valls told the BBC that Europe could not take all the refugees fleeing wars in Iraq or Syria. If it did, he said, it could "destabilise our societies".
The Greek coastguard said it had rescued 26 people from the sinking of the wooden sailboat off Kalolimnos, but that it had recovered 34 bodies - 16 women, 11 children and seven men.
It was not known how many people were on the boat, but some estimates said up to 100, and a search is continuing for more survivors.
The boat off Farmakonisi was carrying 48 people. Forty made it to shore, but six children and two women drowned, according to Reuters.
The cold and the dangers do not appear to be deterring refugees from trying to reach Europe - more than 30,000 have made such crossings to Greece already this year.
Turkey is home to nearly three million refugees, most of them from Syria.
Many of them pay smugglers thousands of dollars to make the crossing to Greece. They then head north, trying to reach Germany and Scandinavia.
Now back in their work suits, EU politicians are clearly feeling the heat of growing public disquiet and the realisation that spring, calmer seas and the likely arrival of hundreds of thousands more migrants are just around the corner.
So this has been a week of grand political statements, which hog the headlines but actually change very little.
Manuel Valls, the French prime minister, said today that the very idea of Europe was endangered by migration, his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte described this as a race against time, and on Wednesday Austria unilaterally declared a limit on the number of newcomers it would accept.
You'll notice it didn't say how that cap could be enforced. Austria's government is unlikely to use military might to turn asylum seekers away.
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Mrs Merkel met Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday amid mounting pressure to rethink Germany's open-door policy and impose caps on its refugee intake.
French PM Valls appeared to suggest her current message was wrong in his interview with Lyse Doucet, the BBC's chief international correspondent.
Although he said Mrs Merkel "had courage", he added: "A message that says 'Come, you will be welcome' provokes major shifts" in population.
He added: "We know clearly that after the Cologne incidents that with the continuous flow, not only to Germany but the countries of Northern Europe, Austria, the Balkans are confronted with this influx, that's why we need to find practical solutions for our borders."
Mr Valls was referring to attacks in the German city on New Year's Eve - largely attributed to foreigners - that have sparked 800 complaints, 520 of them relating to sexual crimes.
EU countries hope Turkey will help to control the flow of migrants.
Proposals to pay Turkey for stemming the influx of migrants and refugees have reportedly stalled amid objections from Italy.
Last week Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said all of the funding should come from the EU budget, rather than national governments having to pay two-thirds of it.
Jodie Mitchell, of Selkirk, admitted behaving in a threatening and abusive manner towards the child at Falkirk Central Retail Park on 6 February.
The 26-year-old was originally charged with assault, but pleaded guilty to the alternative charge.
Sheriff Craig Caldwell deferred sentence until 30 July for reports.
McLaughlin suffered the injury in an impact tackle against Portadown in a pre-season friendly.
"We are devastated for him as a club as I know what he is going through," said Bannsiders boss Oran Kearney.
Full-back Lyndon Kane is sidelined until October at the earliest after a breaking a foot bone.
Kane broke a metatarsal bone against Derry City while midfielder David Kee is ruled out until the middle of September with a knee injury.
McLaughlin, who also has a medial ligament injury, scored the winner for Coleraine in the Irish Cup semi-final against Glenavon in April.
"He knee is currently swollen, so we will wait two or three weeks before he has an operation," Kearney told the club website.
"James' aim will be to be ready for next pre-season."
Half of Scotland's 10 most expensive streets are in the capital, according to research by the Bank of Scotland.
Edinburgh is home to 13 of the top 20 most expensive streets, with Aberdeen accounting for four and Glasgow two.
Only streets where there have been at least seven transactions in recent years are included in the survey.
Properties in Ann Street and Hatton Place in Edinburgh, Lorisbank Road, Rubislaw Den South and Friarsfield Way in Aberdeen and Baroness Drive in Glasgow are also worth more than £1m on average.
Mar Hall Avenue in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, is the only street featured in the top 20 outside one of the main cities, with homes worth £917,000.
Eight out of the ten most expensive streets in Aberdeen are all located in the AB15 postcode.
It emerged earlier this year the number of homes in Scotland sold for more than £1m has more than doubled over the last 12 months.
There were 111 sales of more than £1m in Scotland in the first half of this year, compared to 43 in the same period in 2014.
The latest Bank of Scotland street value report is based on house price data collected by the Registers of Scotland on house sales between January 2010 and October 2015.
Nitesh Patel, economist at the Bank of Scotland, said: "As Scotland's financial and political hub, it's expected that Edinburgh would hold some of the most expensive properties.
"However, Aberdeen accounts for three of the top five most expensive streets, providing the Granite City with a strong presence.
"Interestingly we're seeing Mar Hall Avenue, Bishopton, become the first street outside of a major city to feature in our research.
"The amount of homes in Scotland that have sold for more than £1m has more than doubled within a year, many of these sales took place before the new land and building transaction tax came into force April of this year. This is likely to have impacted some streets in this survey."
Dallas, 25, has returned to his club because of a calf injury.
Forward Jamie Ward is already out after fracturing his wrist while playing for Burton Albion on Saturday.
Manager Michael O'Neill has not opted to call up any replacements at this stage for the game against the second-placed team in Group C.
Ward sustained the injury in Saturday's game against Barnsley, while Dallas has not played since sustaining his calf problem during last month's international break.
Dallas played in the win over San Marino at Windsor Park on October 8 but was then forced to miss the defeat by table toppers Germany three days later.
After three rounds of fixtures, Azerbaijan stand on seven points, three ahead of Northern Ireland, with Germany leading the table on a maximum nine points.
Ward has started Northern Ireland's Past six competitive games and scored in the 4-0 win over San Marino.
The striker's absence could increase Kyle Lafferty's chances of earning a recall.
Lafferty scored within four minutes of coming on as a substitute in Norwich City's 3-2 defeat by Leeds United in the Championship on Saturday - his first league goal since January 2015.
Chris Brunt and Will Grigg are back in Northern Ireland's squad for the World Cup qualifier.
Brunt, 31, missed Euro 2016 because of a serious knee injury sustained in February but he has returned to West Brom duty in recent weeks.
Wigan's Grigg asked to be left out of recent squads for personal reasons.
Northern Ireland squad
Goalkeepers: M McGovern (Norwich City), A Mannus (St Johnstone), T Carson (Hartlepool United)
Defenders: A Hughes (Kerala Blasters), G McAuley (West Brom), J Evans (West Brom), C Brunt (West Brom), R McGivern (Shrewsbury Town), C McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town), L Hodson (Rangers), T Flanagan (Burton Albion)
Midfielder: S Davis (Southampton), N McGinn (Aberdeen), O Norwood (Brighton), C Evans (Blackburn Rovers), S Ferguson (Millwall), P McNair (Sunderland), P Paton (St Johnstone), M Lund (Rochdale).
Strikers: K Lafferty (Norwich City), J Magennis (Charlton Athletic), C Washington (QPR), W Grigg (Wigan Athletic)
Peacock, 22, will not compete in Doha due to injury.
But Browne, 24, who was runner-up to Peacock at London 2012 and the 2013 World Championships in the T44 100m, said: "Jonnie hasn't really run well over the last year and a half."
However, he said the Briton's absence would be "devastating" for the sport.
Browne told BBC World Service that the news, confirmed on Thursday, "wasn't a surprise".
"Jonnie has always been injury prone, which is unfortunate not only for amputee sprinting but for British Athletics and the whole sport."
He added: "To be quite frank I've beaten Jonnie for the last two years. He was the least of my worries, to be honest with you."
Browne insists he was more concerned by new world record holder and fellow American Jarryd Wallace and Germany's Felix Streng.
But he continued: "Jonnie always brings out the best in me and the rivalry has been good for the sport.
"Him being there was going to be awesome, because it would have shown we have five, six guys who are ready to run fast. That's more devastating."
Though Browne only managed silver at the 2010 Paralympics and subsequent Worlds, he has been running quicker than Peacock.
Most recently, the American beat his British rival at the IPC Anniversary Games in London in July.
It was won in 2010 by the SDLP's Alasdair McDonnell who had a 6,000 vote majority.
However, his challengers say he can be toppled.
If election campaigns were based on the number of posters on the streets, then Mr McDonnell would be well ahead in the constituency.
The SDLP team has covered the area in hundreds of pictures of its party leader.
Other candidates have followed suit and, in certain parts of this constituency, there is not a lamp post free of party literature.
Mr McDonnell is a veteran of election campaigns and is defending the seat he won back in 2005 when he became the first nationalist to win the constituency.
The former GP retained it in 2010 when he topped the poll with 14,026 votes.
In that election, Sinn Féin decided to withdraw their candidate and Mr McDonnell was about 6,000 votes ahead of his nearest rival, the DUP's Jimmy Spratt.
This time the battleground in South Belfast is very different.
Sinn Féin offered an electoral pact with the SDLP but that was rejected so Sinn Fein have selected Máirtín Ó Muilleor, a former Belfast mayor, to challenge Mr McDonnell.
Mr Ó Muilleor topped the polled in the Balmoral electoral area during last year's local government election in Belfast.
He is convinced he can beat the SDLP leader.
He told the BBC: "I topped the poll last year in this constituency.
"My colleague Deirdre Hargey topped the poll in Botanic. So I believe people will plump for the poll toppers.
"They believe Sinn Féin can deliver for South Belfast and we are going to do very well. We are certainly going to top the nationalist poll in this constituency."
Mr McDonnell accepts that Mr Ó Muilleor will take votes away from him and estimates that the Sinn Féin vote in the constituency is "around 4,000."
However, he insists he will win the seat and says his vote could be in the region of 10,000 - 11,000 votes.
He said he is attracting new voters and states that he is getting support from those who have backed him before.
He said: "I am fighting this election on my record. My record is good.
"People are telling me they appreciate all the work that has been done for them".
He added: "People don't want to lose the quality of the service and the substance of the service they have had over the last 10 years".
If the battle between the SDLP and Sinn Féin is key in this seat so, too is the contest within unionism.
The Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Unionists had discussions about running a joint candidate but ultimately they could not come to an arrangement so now both parties are standing in the constituency.
The DUP selected Jonathan Bell who is currently a junior minister in the Stormont Executive.
He says he is disappointed that there is not an agreed unionist candidate.
He said: "I think a lot of people wanted a single unionist candidate and they told me that on the doors, but there is no point crying over spilt milk. We tried to get it and we could not get it.
"So I think the general feeling is that the unionist people will vote for the unionist that can win. We are convincingly the largest party."
Naturally the UUP candidate has a very different analysis.
Rodney McCune who works as an adviser to the executive minister Danny Kennedy thinks the result in South Belfast will be very tight.
He said: "I think that 9,000 to 10,000 votes may well be the winning total. It is also going to be small margin in terms of the victory I would suspect."
He said his party can triumph and recapture the seat they lost in 2005 when the Rev Martin Smyth stood down.
Mr McCune believes he can win.
"There is a real opportunity for an Ulster Unionist to be returned in South Belfast and, of course, Ulster Unionists are the only pro-union candidates who have ever represented this constituency at Westminster."
In the 2010 election in South Belfast, the Ulster Unionists polled 5,900 votes and their candidate was Paula Bradshaw.
This time Paula Bradshaw is standing under Alliance Party colours. She was elected last year to Belfast City Council as an Alliance councillor and hopes that her success can be repeated.
She said: "If people vote exactly as they did last year in local government election I have a very high chance. We are running neck and neck with the SDLP and DUP at 20% all round the South Belfast constituency."
Ms Bradshaw is one of nine hopefuls on the South Belfast ballot paper.
South Belfast is one of the most diverse constituencies in Northern Ireland with plenty of choice on offer.
Clare Bailey is running for the Green Party and Lily Kerr is standing for the Workers Party.
Ben Manton is the NI Conservative Party candidate and Bob Stoker, once an Ulster Unionist, is now running under the UKIP banner.
Their names jostle for position on lamp posts in all parts of this constituency.
In the battle for Westminster the poster war in South Belfast is in full swing.
Boro are winless in their last 10 Premier League games and currently sit in the relegation zone, three points from safety with 11 games remaining.
They are also the league's lowest scorers with just 19 goals.
"I am the first critic, so I don't need to hear the criticism," said Karanka.
The 43-year-old believes there is a confidence crisis among his players who have failed to score in their last four league games, but insists he has Gibson's support.
"The most difficult moment for me was when I arrived here, but he was the first one who transmitted his confidence. I don't need to feel that every day," he said.
"You can feel the spirit of the team and it is just trying to recover their confidence and to show them that they are able to do a lot of good things."
Boro host Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-final on Saturday, and the Spaniard is hoping to repeat his side's win in 2015, when they knocked City out in the fourth round.
"When we beat Manchester City in the FA Cup two years ago and everybody told me I was the best," he said.
"I have said always that the day I think I am the best, I will go home because that day, I will die."
The Chamber was shot almost entirely in Wales and receives its premiere in Cardiff on Thursday night.
It is described as a "claustrophobic" thriller set on a stranded submarine off the North Korean coast.
Bradfield worked with director Ben Parker to compose the soundtrack.
He likened the experience to working with his Manics band-mates.
"I'd been given a few offers before, and they didn't feel quite right. And then Ben made contact, and just reading the script made me feel like doing it.
"Ben, as director, has quite a commanding presence, and I like that.
"I've been in a band with Nicky, Sean and Richey for all of my adult life and they are very specific, and I like it when people have strong ideas.
"So I just thought I'd better stop chickening out on these offers, I've got to do it sooner or later. And I'm just really glad that I did."
The film follows the crew of a research submarine and a team of special forces who commandeer the vessel to search for an object on the sea floor that is in danger of falling into enemy hands.
Production mainly happened at Ffilm Factory 35 at the Sony Technology centre in Pencoed.
The Chamber is Parker's directorial debut, and he said securing the right soundtrack would be crucial to its success.
"It can make or break a film, it's incredibly important," he said.
"There are some films where music can take a back seat, but the sound design of this film and the music adds to the atmosphere, and to the mood.
"It was another character in that space - there were four main characters, and then the music."
He added recent missile tests by North Korea made the subject particularly relevant.
"Over the time we've been making and releasing the film, it's quite unnerving that things in that part of the world have been kicking up. The film is almost prescient in its depiction of what's going on in North Korea."
Produced at the Manics's Faster Studios in Cardiff before they closed last year, Bradfield created the soundtrack with long-time collaborators and producers Dave Eringa and Loz Williams.
Bradfield drew inspiration from composers Mica Levi and Penderecki for a score that attempts to draws on the film's claustrophobic setting.
He said: "I completely loved the experience, and loved the challenge as well. I'm not trying to be disingenuous, but it's scary having a new boss.
"Because being in the band, you always feel you've got a boss - whether that's the audience, your band mates, or your own pride, but you feel like there's a boss. And I like that, when somebody says 'no, I want something else', or 'I love that' or 'I want this' or 'I want that'. I love that experience.
"Of course I'd love to do it again. I've got to go full throttle back with the Manics soon, but hopefully I will be back in the film world sooner or later."
Tennis player Maria Sharapova failed a doping test after the World Anti-Doping Agency banned the drug on 1 January.
Four Russian athletes, who have not been named, tested positive for the substance this week.
"Twenty-seven have tested positive for meldonium and there are some 127 cases in the world," said Vitaly Mutko.
Russia's athletics federation is suspended from international competition for its alleged involvement in widespread doping, with a decision on potential reinstatement due in May.
Dmitry Shlyakhtin, head of the All-Russia Athletic Federation, said the latest positive tests will not "aggravate" that "complex" decision.
Russia's international ban - which includes this summer's Rio Olympic Games - applies only to its athletics federation and followed an independent World Anti-Doping Agency report last year that alleged "state-sponsored doping".
Last week, Russia's four-time breaststroke world champion Yuliya Efimova failed an out-of-competition test.
World number seven Sharapova, meanwhile, failed a drugs test at the Australian Open.
The 28-year-old said she had been taking meldonium since 2006 for health reasons.
According to Wada, a substance may be "considered" for the prohibited list if it meets two of the following three criteria:
A substance can be added to the prohibited list without first featuring on the watch list.
Grindeks, the Latvian company that produces the drug, says meldonium can take "several months" to leave the body.
It said the "terminal elimination" of the drug depends on a variety of factors such as dose, duration of treatment and sensitivity of testing methods.
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McIlroy is going for his third career win at the tournament, having also won it for his maiden Tour win in 2009.
"I have some great memories and I get a lot of support here," said McIlroy.
The Northern Irishman will face some stiff competition from the likes of former Dubai resident Henrik Stenson, who won the Desert Classic in 2007.
Martin Kaymer, Louis Oosthuizen and Graeme McDowell are also in the field at the Emirates Club.
"Leaving any tournament without a win is sort of disappointing, but you try to put a positive spin on it," said McIlroy, who is a combined 81 under par for his last six appearances in this event.
"I think golfers, that is what we usually do. We are disappointed for a bit and then we try to put positive spins on it, and the nice thing is there's always a next week in golf.
"I'm sort of going for three in a row in Dubai with winning here last year and then winning the DP World Tour Championship at the end of last season, so it seems to bring out my best golf.
"There are a couple of little things that I took from Abu Dhabi (where he finished third) and worked on last week.
"So hopefully you will see my game just a little bit sharper and I will be trying to win for the third time to join Ernie Els as the only people to win three times."
The song emerged last week and has been widely shared on social media.
One line in it asks: "Is there still freedom of expression in the country?" and refers to a "doctor" who can't tolerate criticism.
The information minister said President John Magufuli "loves" the song.
He also suggested that it be "improved" to take on other issues, such as tax evaders, corrupt businesspeople and drug traffickers, said Information Minister Harrison Mwakyembe.
Nay wa Mitego's arrest came days after President Magufuli warned media to be careful about exercising freedom.
"Media owners, let me tell you: 'Be careful. Watch it. If you think you have that kind of freedom - not to that extent,'" Mr Magufuli said.
Police earlier said the rapper would be questioned "for releasing a song with words that malign the government".
He was reportedly held at a hotel in Morogoro, before being transferred the 190km (120 miles) to the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
Other lines in the song said: "Who are you now? Don't you want to listen to advice? Don't you want criticism?"
The lyric is addressed to someone he calls "a doctor specialising in lancing boils".
The phrase "lancing boils" has been used repeatedly by Mr Magufuli to refer to people he deems obstructive.
Mr Magufuli, who came to power in 2015, presents himself as a no-nonsense man of the people, unafraid of sacking corrupt or incompetent officials.
Recent opinion polls have suggested he is popular, but critics accuse him of an impulsive style of governing and being intolerant of dissent.
Another line in Nay wa Mitego's song goes: "I see you handed a club to a madman," which has been interpreted as referring to an official appointed by the president who has been accused of heavy-handed behaviour.
The BBC's Sammy Awami in Dar es Salaam says the rapper is popular for his scathing lyrics, attacking not only the government but even his fellow artists.
On his social media accounts he uses the name "NayTrueboy", saying he always speaks his mind and tells the truth.
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Konta, who broke into the world's top 10 last year, beat Agnieszka Radwanska to win her second WTA trophy at the Sydney International on Friday.
The 25-year-old begins her campaign against Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens on Tuesday (midnight on Monday in the UK).
"I'm very pleased with the level I played," said Konta of her Sydney win.
"But we all know that it's not a given. It doesn't decide how you will do in the next event.
"I'm taking it as a positive from the week itself, but I'm looking to again work hard here and really try to do the best that I can."
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Sydney-born Konta reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open last year - the furthest she has ever progressed in a Grand Slam.
And despite enjoying her most successful season to date, she chose to split with coach Esteban Carril in December after two-and-a-half years together.
Konta is now working under Belgian Wim Fissette, who has previously coached former world number one Kim Clijsters and two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka.
"My previous situation came to a natural end so I was in the market. It came together nicely for us," Konta told BBC Radio 5 live.
"We're doing some great work together. I'm really enjoying learning from him. He's a coach who's been on tour for some time and has worked with some of the best players.
"I'm trying to be a sponge and trying to absorb all the information he's passing on."
Sue Barker, who reached the semi-finals of the women's singles at the Australian Open in 1975 and 1977, believes Johanna Konta is good enough to win this year's competition.
"Last year's Australian Open was her big breakthrough tournament," Barker told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme.
"We had been seeing her get better and better but at the Australian Open she started to believe in herself. She has not sat back and has improved week after week.
"I watched her final against Radwanska in Sydney last week and it was the best I've seen her play. She looked incredible and doesn't have a weakness.
"She is hitting the ball so hard and she is not just a top-10 player, she is a Grand Slam contender."
Konta will return to ninth in the world rankings on Monday following her win in Sydney and Barker thinks Konta can beat the best players.
"Johanna is seeded ninth so has not got the protection of being in the top eight but there is not one person that's just so outstanding in the women's game," added Barker.
"Angelique Kerber is a solid world number one but she is beatable and Johanna has the game to beat her. She certainly has a chance to win it."
Top leaders say the project has led to environmental problems and issues involving relocating 1.3m people.
The Three Gorges is the world's largest dam and could have cost up to $40bn. This appears to be the first time that central government leaders have admitted to problems with the project.
The admission came in a statement from top government body, the State Council.
The statement initially praised the scheme's achievements, saying it had helped alleviate flooding, improve navigation and generate electricity.
But it went on: "There are urgent problems that need to be addressed, such as stabilising and improving living conditions for relocated people, protecting the environment, and preventing geological disasters."
China's revolutionary leader Mao Zedong dreamed of building the Three Gorges Dam. Construction started in 1994.
The dam was completed in 2006, with the reservoir reaching its full height last year after submerging 13 cities, 140 towns and 1,350 villages.
Local leaders and campaign groups have for some time complained about problems associated with the project.
At a government-organised conference in 2007, local officials warned of "environmental catastrophe".
One problem appears to have been caused by fluctuations in the water level of the vast reservoir, which stretches for 660km (360 miles). This causes frequent landslides.
The government said more also needs to be done to help those forced to move because of the construction.
They need more jobs, better transport facilities and improved social security benefits, said the State Council, chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao.
The Three Gorges was a contentious scheme even before it was approved.
A third of the members sitting in China's normally compliant parliament voted against the plan or abstained.
Perhaps in a tacit acknowledgement of the problems, there were no major celebrations when the reservoir reached its full height last year.
In this latest statement, the State Council said it knew about some of the problems even before work started 17 years ago.
It says others arose while the dam was being built and some have happened since, because of "new demands as the social and economical situation developed".
The task now was to begin sorting out some of these problems, said the government.
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It's called the Ice Bucket Challenge and what started as a small idea to raise money for charity, has now gone viral online.
Everyone from Cheryl Cole to David Beckham and even the former President of the United States, George Bush, have done it.
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The official Communist Party watchdog also promised to prosecute Zhao Xinwei for "serious discipline breaches", which generally refers to corruption.
His paper covered the restive western region that has seen deadly clashes between police and ethnic Uighurs.
Mr Zhao is alleged to have "improperly discussed" party policies in the region, including combating terrorism.
The former editor is accused of failing to follow the party line on separatism, religion, extremism and other sensitive issues
His "words and deeds were not in line with the centre or regional party committee", a statement on the watchdog's website said.
It went on to say that he had "publicly made comments in opposition".
Mr Zhao has been expelled from the party and his case has been passed to the legal authorities, the watchdog said.
In recent months, China has brought in new rules tightening restrictions on criticism of party policy.
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In September 2012 the UK Border Agency awarded the services company a contract worth up to £40m to find more than 150,000 missing people.
By the end of March, Capita told UKBA 8,328 of them had left the UK and it had managed to contact a further 5,250.
The government said it was "pleased" with progress made so far.
The existence of the "migration refusal pool" - those refused leave to stay longer in the UK but whose departure from the country had not been confirmed - was revealed in July last year.
The chief inspector of immigration, John Vine, said it stood at more than 150,000 at the time.
UKBA says Capita had sorted through the records of 79,336 people by the end of March this year.
The figures are disclosed in UKBA'a final annual report, which comes after it was split it into two bodies - UK Visas and Immigration and an Immigration Enforcement command.
Capita's payment-by-results deal is worth up to £40m, but the target it faces has not been revealed.
A Home Office spokesman said: "We are pleased with the progress that Capita is making on migration refusal pool cases. Their work ensures we can focus on tackling immigration abuse.
"Allowing people with no right to be in the country to stay here indefinitely undermines the immigration system. Any individuals with no right to be in the UK are expected to return home."
The Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse in Scotland was rolled out in October 2015 following the successful launch of so-called Clare's Law in England and Wales.
Of the 1,044 requests to Police Scotland, 443 disclosures were made.
A total of 371 people were subsequently told their partner had an abusive past.
Chief Constable Phil Gormley said the scheme was part of a long-term approach to support potential victims of the "despicable crime".
He added: "In some instances, such a disclosure can break the cycle of violence and abuse, protecting many people.
"Working with our partners, we continue to support people through the disclosure process and to prevent people becoming victims.
"Police Scotland will not tolerate domestic abuse - we will tackle it and we aim to prevent it destroying the lives of its victims, as well as those of children, who all too often witness such abuse."
Clare's Law was introduced across England and Wales in March 2014.
The initiative is named after Clare Wood, who was murdered by her violent ex-boyfriend in 2009.
The 36-year-old was strangled and set on fire by George Appleton in Salford, Greater Manchester. She was unaware of his history of violence against women.
Her father Michael Brown, who is originally from Aberdeen, campaigned for people to have the right to ask for information about partners,.
He also called for the police and other agencies to have the power to take the initiative and tell someone if there are grounds for concern.
Scottish Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said the scheme sent a "strong and unequivocal message that domestic abuse is unacceptable".
He said the Scottish government was committed to action that could help reduce the risk of further harm.
Mr Matheson added: "I am pleased that in its first year of national operation the scheme has helped so many people access information in a safe and supportive way which could make a real difference to their lives."
Dr Marsha Scott, chief executive of Scottish Women's Aid, said: "It is good to see this evidence that the Disclosure Scheme is being used by police and by women, and we look forward to seeing the evaluation of the longer-term impacts of disclosure on women's lives, space for action, and safety."
This week the company announced more than 1,000 jobs were to go at its Belfast plant, which makes the wings for its new C-Series plane.
It is part of a cost-cutting drive that will see Bombardier shed 7,000 jobs across its global workforce.
Alastair Hamilton told the BBC's Inside Business programme he had confidence in management at the firm.
"I'd be pretty confident that if they are going to do a plan such as they've done over the last few days, that they will have that well thought through and they'll have built that to make sure that they are fit for the future," Mr Hamilton said.
Bombardier is one of Northern Ireland's largest private sector employers, providing jobs for 5,500 people and additional work for many other local suppliers.
It operates in four locations - east Belfast, Newtownabbey, Dunmurry and Newtownards.
The firm's significance to the economy is huge - it produces 10% of Northern Ireland's total manufacturing exports.
The company has been under severe financial pressure, as cost overruns on its new C-Series jet have drained cash out of the company.
"I think we're at a turning point for the C-Series," Mr Hamilton said.
"We've made our investment, we've made that investment at risk, we fully understand that, but this is about rebuilding this operation for a future of high-tech, high quality, composite-based manufacturing."
Blackpool took a 13th-minute lead when Armand Gnanduillet latched onto Kyle Vassell's precise pass and brushed off Tom Eastman in the area before firing home.
But Colchester equalised nine minutes before the break through Sammie Szmodics, who showed great composure before finding the net from close range from Richard Brindley's pass.
Colchester winger Drey Wright went close early in the second half and Blackpool keeper Sam Slocombe thwarted Kurtis Guthrie's far-post header.
But the hosts went ahead 11 minutes after the break when Porter flicked home from two yards after substitute Tarique Fosu had helped on Brennan Dickenson's corner at the near post.
Potts was denied by Colchester keeper Sam Walker while Slocombe foiled Fosu, before Porter made it 3-1 with eight minutes remaining when he collected Fosu's pass and showed fine footwork before slotting home.
Blackpool midfielder Brad Potts netted with a low free-kick from nearly 25 yards with a minute remaining, but Colchester held on.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Colchester United 3, Blackpool 2.
Second Half ends, Colchester United 3, Blackpool 2.
Drey Wright (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Brad Potts (Blackpool).
Attempt missed. Tom Aldred (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Richard Brindley.
Goal! Colchester United 3, Blackpool 2. Brad Potts (Blackpool) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Foul by Tom Eastman (Colchester United).
Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Chris Porter (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Goal! Colchester United 3, Blackpool 1. Chris Porter (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tarique Fosu-Henry.
Attempt missed. Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Blackpool. Jack Payne replaces Jim McAlister.
Substitution, Blackpool. Danny Philliskirk replaces Kyle Vassell.
Attempt missed. Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Colchester United. Craig Slater replaces Tom Lapslie because of an injury.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Luke Prosser.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Tom Lapslie.
Attempt blocked. Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Colchester United. Glen Kamara replaces Kurtis Guthrie.
Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United).
Clark Robertson (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Brad Potts (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Luke Prosser (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Tom Lapslie.
Attempt blocked. Tom Aldred (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Danny Pugh (Blackpool).
Foul by Tom Eastman (Colchester United).
(Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Chris Porter (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Substitution, Blackpool. Bright Samuel replaces Colin Daniel.
Goal! Colchester United 2, Blackpool 1. Chris Porter (Colchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tarique Fosu-Henry.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Tom Aldred.
A new visitor centre and accommodation has been developed at Harlech Castle, and a new footbridge installed.
The Cadw scheme, funded by the Heritage Tourism Project, is expected to attract more tourists to the area.
The West Cheshire and North Wales Chamber of Commerce said it would create "robust" economic benefits.
Executive director Colin Brew said the development had "already had a positive impact in terms of opportunities for local businesses and boosting the local supply chain".
And he believes it will continue to boost the economy by attracting more visitors, in turn establishing itself as a "key visitor attraction" in north Wales.
His comments came as First Minister Carwyn Jones visited the site on Thursday.
"In 2014, the heritage economy in Gwynedd employed over 8,000 people — 15% of all employment in the county," Mr Jones said.
"It's therefore vital that we continually improve the heritage tourism offer to attract even more visitors."
In 2014, Dr Gareth Christopher Menagh, 33, admitted three charges of recording women doing a private act, for his own sexual gratification.
Menagh, of Lady Wallace Lane in Lisburn, filmed two female colleagues, one of whom was heavily pregnant, changing their clothing in 2011.
He was fined £6,000 on his conviction.
Since 2011, he has been only allowed to work under conditions imposed by the General Medical Council.
In deciding to remove the doctor from the medical register, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service found that his conduct was "fundamentally incompatible with continued registration".
The panel found that Menagh showed a deliberate disregard for the principles set out in general medical practice.
It also reported that he abused his position of trust, exploited vulnerable people, and committed offences of a sexual nature.
It also said voyeurism is a serious offence and his actions showed a lack of respect for both his colleagues and the law.
The report added: "The tribunal determined that your actions have brought the profession into disrepute, and that your conviction seriously undermines public confidence in the medical profession."
Menagh, who has been working in a trust in England, has 28 days to appeal.
Officials are worried about both the effect of returnees, and those who support them and their activities, on domestic security.
So who are these fighters and how large is the problem of radicalisation? The BBC explains.
How serious is the problem?
Authorities are concerned about a minority of Australia's small Muslim community.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in March 2015 said at least 90 Australians were in Iraq and Syria supporting IS, and another 20 Australians had been killed in the conflict.
About 100 passports had been cancelled on national security grounds, she said.
Who are the Australian jihadists?
Terrorism expert Clive Williams of the Australian National University says Australian jihadists are Sunni Muslims, the branch of Islam which the Islamic State (IS) follows.
Studies have shown that more than half of those who have embraced radicalism were born in Australia and about 60% are of Lebanese heritage.
Most were married with children, and were not particularly religious prior to believing in extreme Islamic ideologies.
What about specific individuals overseas?
The issue of foreign fighters began making headlines in July 2014, when an 18-year-old from Melbourne blew himself and several others up in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq.
Arrest warrants were issued that same month for two Australian IS fighters, Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar. Sharrouf was previously jailed for plotting to attack the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney.
Local media have described Mohammad Ali Baryalei, a former Sydney bouncer, as Australia's most senior IS member. He was reportedly killed in Syria in late 2014, although authorities have yet to confirm it.
In October 2014, videos emerged of an Australian teenager who had joined IS threatening attacks on PM Tony Abbott, the US and the UK. The 17-year-old, named as Abdullah Elmir but who calls himself Abu Khaled, was believed be in Syria.
In March 2015 it was reported that another Australian teen, an 18-year-old Muslim convert from Melbourne, who travelled to the Middle East to fight with the Islamic State, had died in a suicide attack in Iraq.
What about the effect in Australia?
Two men believed to have been recruiting people to fight in Syria were arrested in September 2014, when authorities raided an Islamic centre in Brisbane, Queensland. One man was believed to be the brother of Abu Asma al Australia, said to be the first Australian suicide bomber to die in Syria.
That same month, authorities revealed an an apparent plot to kill members of the public selected at random, linked to an intercepted phone call involving Baryalei. More than 800 policemen conducted raids across Sydney which resulted in 15 people arrested.
On 23 September, teenager Abdul Numan Haider - described by police as a known terror suspect - stabbed two counter-terrorism officers at a police station in Victoria state. He was shot dead.
Australia saw its most high-profile threat on 15 December, when self-styled cleric Man Haron Monis took hostages in a Sydney cafe.
Two hostages were killed and Iranian-born Monis was shot dead. He had asked for an IS flag during the siege, but no evidence of direct links with the group has been reported.
In February 2015 two men, Omar Al-Kutobi and Mohammad Kiad, were arrested and charged with planning a terror act in Sydney.
What is the government doing?
In September 2014, Australia raised its terror threat level from medium to high - meaning that an attack was likely.
In early October, it joined the US-led coalition carrying out raids on IS sites, with Prime Minister Tony Abbott saying it was a "death cult" that must be stopped.
It passed legislation making it easier for the government to cancel passports and ban Australians from travelling to certain areas, and has now banned travel to the Iraqi city of Mosul and Syria's Raqqa province, which are IS strongholds.
Most recently, it committed 300 more troops to help train the Iraqi army to fight against IS.
How has the Muslim community in Australia reacted?
Australia's mostly overseas-born Muslim community makes up just 2.2% of the country's population, according to the 2011 census.
Prominent community representatives, including the Grand Mufti who is the country's top Muslim authority, have condemned extremist violence.
But they have also criticised the Australian government's anti-terror laws, saying they restrict freedoms and harm relations with the Muslim community.
They have raised concerns that Australia's military involvement in Middle East conflicts would stoke radicalisation at home. And campaigners have also reported a rise in verbal or physical attacks on Muslims in recent months.
How anti-Muslim sentiment hit one Australian
The ambassador's convoy was moving at high speed when the seven-year-old was fatally hit in April.
The US provided the family with 1m Central African francs (£1,257).
The boy's family also received two cows, flour, onions, rice, salt, sugar, soap and oil, according to the Associated Press news agency.
The US said it would also build a well to provide fresh drinking water for the boy's community, located near the northern city of Mokolo, according to state department officials.
Department spokesman Jeffrey Loree described the contribution as a "compensation package commensurate with local custom, as well as the needs of the family and village".
"US diplomats have visited the family on several occasions following the accident and will continue to provide all support possible," he added.
Ms Power was on a week-long trip to show US support in the battle against militant Islamist group Boko Haram when the accident occurred.
The boy, Birwe Toussem, was among villagers lined up along a two-way highway to greet the ambassador.
He ran onto the street as the motorcade drove by at about 60mph (100km/h).
An armoured jeep struck the boy, initially stopping, before US security ordered it to continue travelling through the unsecured area, the AP reports.
An ambulance in the caravan immediately responded to the scene, but the boy died shortly thereafter.
Cameroon's government, local aid organisations and the UN also donated 5m francs to the family, bringing the pay-out to more than $10,000 (£7,393).
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Lawyers acting for the club had pleaded with the court to give it more time to pay the outstanding £50,000 to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
They said the sale of one of the club's star players was expected to generate £20,000 within the next two weeks.
But HMRC pressed on with the winding up petition with the club being described as "plainly insolvent" by the court.
The court heard Ilkeston Town's chairman, Gary Hodder, was negotiating with investors interested in purchasing the Blue Square Bet North club.
It also argued that it could afford to pay off its tax debt by instalments of £1,000 a month from income from the start of the season.
After a two-minute hearing, court registrar Christine Derrett sealed the club's fate when she said: "I'm sorry, the company is plainly insolvent and I therefore make the final compulsory order."
Conwy councillors have agreed to the action amid concern about the risks to animals and the environment.
A report says usage has increased over the years and some do not decompose.
The Welsh government is also looking at their effect, and the Marine Conservation Society and Keep Wales Tidy is calling for a ban.
Dr Sue Kinsey, the MCS pollution policy officer, said she was delighted by the proposals agreed by councillors on Thursday, which are expected to be ratified at a meeting of the council's cabinet committee on 11 September.
She said: "MCS has provided evidence in the form of our latest Beachwatch report which highlights the increase in balloon litter over the years - we now see an average of 9.5 items of balloon litter per kilometre on UK beaches.
"It impacts wildlife, pets and livestock through entanglement and ingestion."
A Welsh government spokesperson confirmed the environment minister has agreed to "establish an evidence base on the impact of the release of Chinese and air lanterns".
She said: "We will be commissioning independent research to help inform this evidence base."
Some local authorities in England have already taken action to stop the use of balloons and lanterns, including Plymouth, Oxfordshire and the Shetland Islands, said the report to Conwy's communities overview and scrutiny committee on Thursday evening.
It says the council, as one of the largest land owners in the county, with about 166 parks and 204 recreation areas, should take a responsible stance.
The report said requests for permission to hold balloon releases often come from groups as part of fund-raising stunts.
However, Keep Wales Tidy said "the problems begin when balloons fall back to the ground".
A spokesperson said: "Not only do they add to our litter problem, some animals also mistake them for food."
BBC Wales contacted other Welsh councils. Some, such as Caerphilly and Carmarthenshire said that while they did not have a policy on banning their use, they advised people on the environmental concerns.
Ceredigion council said it did grants permission to launch lanterns on beaches it managed on assurance they were non-wired and made of biodegradable material. The coastguard service also has to be informed in advance.
A bomb attack in Oslo left seven people dead before a gunman opened fire at a youth camp, killing at least 84 people.
David Cameron spoke to Norway's PM and the UK has offered police assistance.
In her message, the Queen said: "I am deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic loss of life of so many people on the island of Utoeya and in Oslo."
She added: "Prince Philip joins me in extending our heartfelt sympathy to your majesty and the people of Norway. Our prayers and thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by the dreadful atrocity."
The Norwegian embassy in Belgrave Square, central London, was open on Saturday, its flag flying at half mast.
A spokesman said: "We're open for any Norwegians who might need someone to speak to or feel the need to be with someone."
At least seven people were killed in the bombing and scores more are known to have died at the camp for young members of the Labour Party in Utoeya, an island outside the capital.
Police have charged a 32-year-old Norwegian man, Anders Behring Breivik, over both attacks.
The Foreign Office has advised British nationals in Norway to take extra care.
In a statement on its website, the Foreign Office said: "We recommend that British nationals stay indoors for the time being. British nationals are advised to exercise caution, monitor local media reporting and follow advice given by the emergency services."
Diplomats also say they are checking whether any British nationals are affected by the tragedy.
Around 250,000 British tourists visit Norway every year, the Foreign Office says on the Norway travel advice section of its website.
And according to the UK embassy in Oslo, there are also 25,000 to 30,000 Britons resident in the country.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he was "outraged" by the attack that had led to an "absolutely horrific" loss of life.
Mr Cameron said: "It's on a scale, frankly, that is hard to comprehend. The Norwegians are old friends and allies and neighbours of Britain, and I know that everyone in Britain will want to stand with the Norwegian people in the days of sorrow that lie ahead.
"Also, we'll want to make sure that we learn like others, any lessons there are to learn about how to be more secure against horrific outrages like this. And that's something we can discuss at the National Security Council on Monday."
He also said he had spoken to the country's PM Jens Stoltenberg to express the UK's condolences and offer assistance in tracking down the perpetrators.
Home Secretary Theresa May said she had also spoken to Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget on Saturday morning.
"I told him that the Norwegian people remain foremost in our thoughts and that the loss of so many young people is particularly tragic.
"I made clear to Minister Storberget that we will help in any way we can. In particular I offered police assistance, which we stand ready to provide should Norway request it," she said.
Meanwhile, First Minister Alex Salmond expressed condolences on behalf of Scotland and said his government had offered help.
"Scotland and Norway enjoy very strong bonds of friendship stretching back over many years, and our thoughts and sympathies are today with the Norwegian people, particularly the families of all those affected by these terrible incidents," he said.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has written to the mayor of Oslo, saying: "Our thoughts are with those who have died, the bereaved and those injured."
Owner Steve Hayes has been actively trying to sell the club since October and four parties were interested back in February.
But in a statement the High Wycombe-based outfit said they were seeking fresh interest following stalled talks.
Hayes announced his desire to sell up after Wycombe District Council decided not to back plans for a new stadium.
Wasps chairman Mark Rigby added: "London Wasps has a long and successful history and is one of the best known brands in the game, and the board is convinced that the right backer exists.
"With a great squad in place and the excellent Dai Young at the helm, we believe we are set to make a strong impact next season.
"Time is however short and we urgently need a new investor or consortium to back this belief."
The statement said the board, after independent advice, could confirm that London Wasps Holdings Limited remained a going concern.
Wasps are enduring a torrid domestic season. They have won just two of their last 12 Premiership fixtures and sit second from bottom in the table.
In addition Hayes, who also owns League One football club Wycombe Wanderers, is currently
The 50-year-old businessman was one of two men arrested in February as part of Operation Tuleta, the investigation running alongside Operation Weeting, which was set up to probe alleged law-breaking at News International.
He is currently on bail until June, subject to further enquiries.
Northern staff have walked out for three days until Monday, while Merseyrail staff are on strike and also plan action on 10 and 23 July.
Southern workers also plan to walk out on 10 July.
The RMT union is in dispute with the companies over driver-only-operated trains, which it says would be unsafe and lead to widespread job losses.
Mick Cash, RMT general secretary, said: "Once again RMT members are standing firm in the fight for safe and accessible rail services.
Sharon Keith, regional director at Northern, said: "We are doing everything we can to keep our customers on the move during the three days of industrial action affecting our network."
Northern said it expected to run more than 40% of its timetable and it would have additional rail replacement buses.
However, all services are expected to be extremely busy and travellers should allow extra time for travel, the company said.
On Saturday and Monday, most services are to run between 7:00 and 19:00 BST with many routes winding down from late afternoon. On Sunday most services will operate between 09:00 and 17:00.
Merseyrail trains are to run from 07:00 to 19:00 but some stations will be closed. There will be no trains running on Ellesmere Port, Hunts Cross and Kirkby lines.
Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde, managing director, said customers were urged to check before travelling.
He added: "The team has put together the best possible timetable that we can to provide a limited train service on both strike days."
The strike on the 23 July coincides with the final day of The Open golf championship at Royal Birkdale although the tournament's website says a Merseyrail service to get people to and from the venue is planned.
According to Southern the industrial action on 10 July is "not expected to have any further affect on services".
An ASLEF union driver overtime ban continues.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and naval personnel attended a ceremony to mark the start of construction of HMS Juffair at Mina Salman Port in Bahrain.
The establishment is being developed to support Royal Navy deployments in the Gulf through the creation of a permanent and improved base.
Mr Hammond said it showed the UK's commitment to the region.
Mr Hammond said: "The presence of the Royal Navy in Bahrain is guaranteed into the future, ensuring Britain's sustained presence east of Suez.
"The new facility will enable Britain to work with our allies to reinforce stability in the Gulf and beyond."
Bahrain has been criticised over allegations of serious human rights abuses, but Mr Hammond said the UK was helping the Persian Gulf State to change.
He said: "Bahrain is not perfect by any means, but it at least knows what it has to do and it is taking steps to do it.
In some cases, he said, the state's authorities were "seeking our support to help them reform., for example, their police force, their judicial system, their prison service... to gradually improve the standards and bring it closer to what we would expect to see."
The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner said the UK's growing military commitment to the Gulf was "likely to remain controversial".
Its opponents and backers would expect to expect to see "tangible progress to reform", he added.
Bahrain has paid most of the £15m ($23m) needed to build the base, with the British paying ongoing costs.
The 20-year-old, who started her career at Manchester United's Centre of Excellence, joined Everton in 2013.
"This was the perfect move for me, I needed a fresh start and this will be the perfect place for me to develop," she told Bristol City's club website.
The Vixens were promoted back to the English top flight in 2016.
Manager Willie Kirk added: "Millie's arrival is going to create good competition for places and I imagine she will be a prominent member of the team."
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Jones, watching the action from the stands ahead of taking charge on Monday, saw the hosts produce an accomplished display at the Northern Gas and Power Stadium.
Pools dominated possession from the off but spurned a great chance to take the lead when striker Rhys Oates was denied from the penalty spot following Ronnie Henry's 40th-minute handball.
It mattered little, though, as the hosts netted twice in the next six minutes.
Featherstone grabbed the opener, firing into the roof of the net after seeing an initial effort superbly saved by Jamie Jones, before Walker, restored to the starting line-up, turned home a second following good work from Oates.
Stevenage responded well in the second half, with Matt Godden twice rattling the crossbar either side of a Tom Pett header which went narrowly wide.
But Hartlepool, who also went close through substitute Padraig Amond, ultimately secured a deserved victory.
Report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Hartlepool United 2, Stevenage 0.
Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 2, Stevenage 0.
Foul by Ryan Loft (Stevenage).
Scott Harrison (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United).
Attempt missed. Tom Pett (Stevenage) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Steven Schumacher (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Charlie Lee (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Charlie Lee (Stevenage).
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Michael Tonge (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Michael Tonge (Stevenage).
Michael Woods (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Matt Godden (Stevenage) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Nathan Thomas replaces Lewis Alessandra.
Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Scott Harrison (Hartlepool United).
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Michael Tonge.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Jamie Jones.
Attempt saved. Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Matt Godden (Stevenage) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box.
Substitution, Stevenage. Ryan Loft replaces Ben Kennedy.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Josh Laurent replaces Brad Walker.
Attempt blocked. Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Tonge (Stevenage).
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Padraig Amond replaces Rhys Oates.
Substitution, Stevenage. Michael Tonge replaces Dale Gorman.
Foul by Ronnie Henry (Stevenage).
Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Fraser Franks.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Luke Wilkinson.
Substitution, Stevenage. Josh McQuoid replaces Henry Cowans.
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United).
Rhys Oates (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
(Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rhys Oates (Hartlepool United).
South West Water's sale (SWW) included the Kilworthy reservoir at Tavistock in Devon which fetched £170,000.
The plot in Tavistock was advertised as a Grand Designs project on the website of estate agents Webbers, with planning permission for a house.
SWW said half the proceeds would go back to customers through lower bills.
Other lots included Kerley Water Storage Tank at Chacewater near Truro in Cornwall which sold for £30,000 and the Voskelly Water Pumping Station near St Mawes which sold for £9,400.
Guy Busby, head of property and support services at SWW, said its aim in auctioning "redundant assets" was to cut costs and bills.
Errr, where are the crisps? And the Prosecco or whatever region of fizz you can afford?
Plus in the same sex couples section, why is everyone blonde?
Where are the brunettes? Or non-white gay couples? They appear to be under-represented in this "diverse" world of technology.
The new set of emojis was made available on Wednesday via an iOS 8.3 update to Apple phones (You have to go to settings and it can only done using Wi-Fi, not 3G or 4G).
But on Wednesday night social media was busy with posts about the cartoon symbols missing from the new list.
Especially, food.
There was a whole thread on social media of people complaining that there are no tacos. Really.
If the Mexican corn-based food is not a big part of your life, then crisps probably are.
Britain loves potato chips and the country is the largest manufacturer in the world.
The cartoon emotion list is also missing a glass of fizz to indicate those joyous occasions of celebrating good news.
A cocktail glass with a stirrer in or a glass of red wine just doesn't cut it in the same way.
The diversity within the new same-sex couple list is also under representing brunettes and non-white people.
All the same-sex couples are blond and some would argue that the stereotypical colours for boys and girls are not what they once were.
Yet, the gay couples are shown wearing blue if they are male and pink if they are female.
There has also been criticism of the different ethnicity groups that have been added.
Up until Wednesday there was no option for a black person, yet there was an Indian man with a turban.
There has also been some criticism about the bright yellow skin tone in the new emojis.
But before Apple even started using the digital images, even the earliest emojis in the 90s in Japanese messaging programs used yellow faces.
The new emoji characters with six skin tones are apparently based on the Fitzpatrick Classification scale, which was founded by dermatologist Thomas Fitzpatrick in 1975.
The skin tones are measured on how well each one reacts to UV rays, said the Unicode Consortium in their emoji diversity plan.
There have been 300 new emojis added, with an extended flag section but there are sure to be quite a few nations or countries that have been unrepresented, given there are more than 200 national flags.
If you can spot any that have been missed, please tweet us @BBCNewsbeat.
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Polling a sample of the population has often been likened to tasting soup: if it is well stirred then you need to have only one spoonful to tell what the whole bowl is like.
In the same way, a well conducted poll of 1,000 people can, in principle, give us an idea of what the country as a whole is thinking.
However, there are several problems that pollsters need to overcome to have a chance of accurately reflecting the whole electorate.
Firstly, no poll can be 100% correct 100% of the time.
Polling companies generally claim that 95% of the time, a poll of 1,000 people will be accurate within a margin of error of +/-3%.
This means that a figure in the poll could be up to three percentage points higher or lower than that shown.
So if "Leave" is on 32% and "Remain" 38%, there is a chance they could both be on 35%.
It is, however, more likely that the figures will be 1% out rather than 3%.
Pollsters use weighting to try to ensure their samples represent the general population of the UK.
At its most basic level, this means that if a poll of 1,000 people is made up of 550 men and 450 women, it is unrepresentative because it does not reflect that the UK population is 51% female.
So the answers of female respondents will be given slightly more weight (in this case they will each count as 1.133 people) to give them a representative impact on the final findings.
Conversely, the men will be weighted to each count as 0.891 people.
The same procedure is routinely carried out for age group, social class and region.
Some pollsters also weight data by previous voting records, by asking respondents how they voted in the May 2015 General Election.
This is done to try and make the sample more closely match the political make-up of the whole population.
This is not without problems though. Some people may not remember who the voted for and a few will even lie about it.
Most companies also weight or filter by likelihood to vote so that the answers of people who are most likely to vote are given the most prominence in the results.
This does have the effect of reducing the number of people on whose answers the final voting intention figures are based - which in turn raises the effective margin of error.
Polls are often rounded, so occasionally a result may not add up to exactly 100%.
The BBC EU referendum poll tracker only includes polls which measure responses to the actual referendum question: "Should the UK remain a member of the European Union, or leave?"
The poll tracker currently includes the following companies:
BMG Research
ICM
Ipsos-Mori
Opinium
Panelbase
TNS
Survation
YouGov
More detailed methodology information is usually available on their websites.
The poll tracker does not include any polls not based on the wording of the referendum question, or polls carried out on behalf of political parties or groups associated with either side of the campaign.
The date for each poll is the final date on which fieldwork was conducted.
Where multiple polls have the same fieldwork completion dates, no value is shown. The data for all polls can be found in the drop-down table.
But why does pollution cause problems, and what should people do?
Winds have brought in pollutants from the Continent and dust from the Sahara, as well as "home-grown" pollution.
Levels hit the maximum of 10 on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) air-pollution quality scale in Norfolk on Tuesday - meaning a "very high" risk of air pollution - and are expected to be high in parts of England on Wednesday.
At level 10, adults and children with lung or heart problems, and older people, should avoid "strenuous" physical activity altogether - such as exercising outside in the afternoon when levels are particularly high.
When the reading is between seven and nine, those with health and lung problems should reduce physical activity, and those with asthma may find they need to use their inhaler more frequently.
Yes, if they experience symptoms. These are likely to be minor :
But the advice is that anyone experiencing them should consider reducing outdoor activity.
Quite simply because you are breathing in particles that are carried deep into the lungs which then irritate or inflame.
Those who are young and healthy are unlikely to suffer serious short-term effects. But long-term exposure can affect the respiratory system and contribute to heart disease, it is thought, by thickening the blood.
Last year the World Health Organization (WHO) said air pollution was a potential cause of lung cancer.
A recent WHO report calculated seven million people had died as a result of pollution - both indoor and outdoor - in 2012.
Outdoor pollution was linked to:
Pollution is a major problem in cities such as Beijing and Mexico City.
The 25-year-old Mexican was too powerful for his 34-year-old Puerto Rican opponent, winning 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111 on the judges' cards.
"I'm very happy," said Alvarez. "Much respect to Miguel Cotto. He's a great champion. But now it's my era."
Alvarez, who has won 46 of his 48 professional fights, now wants to face unbeaten Kazakh Gennady Golovkin.
"If he wants to fight right now, I'll put on the gloves and fight him right now," said Alvarez.
WBA and IBF champion Golovkin, 33, has 31 knockouts from his 34 career wins.
On the undercard, Francisco Vargas recovered from the first knockdown of his career to win the WBC super-featherweight title with victory over Takashi Miura.
Despite nasty cuts above and below his right eye, Mexican Vargas stopped his Japanese opponent in the ninth round to end a brutal fight.
Vargas, 30, is unbeaten in 23 fights, while defeat was Miura's second in his 34 bouts.
I've always enjoyed covering Formula 1. In fact, it's where my interest in photography started. However, for one reason or another, I have never covered a Championship decider. But that all changed in Abu Dhabi last weekend.
I have covered an F1 race at the spectacular desert racetrack before - back in 2009 - so I already knew a little about this great venue. I was obviously keen to get back out there, but also conscious that I had a huge responsibility to capture another possible great British triumph in F1.
In the end it all turned out perfectly. Lewis became champion and I managed to deliver some nice snaps.
The weekend starts on Thursday with the drivers' press conference, which normally features one or two of the main players.
For obvious reasons this week, both Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg attended and a rather contrived photo of the two shaking hands was set up before the press conference.
Thanks to Hamilton straightening his t-shirt, the shot, which appeared in media outlets around the UK, looked to be a rather hesitant Lewis contemplating whether to shake Nico's hand or not. This picture portrayed a tension between the two men which many felt had been underlying all season.
This is one of the practice sessions and shows Hamilton heading out of the Mercedes garage. It's a fairly standard pit lane action shot, but a little tricky to get spot on.
Shot on a wide angle zoom at about 1/15th of a second, the idea is to give the impression of speed but at the same time keeping the driver's helmet sharp as the focal point of the picture.
With the pit lane in half shadow, the background bleaches out to give a high contrast effect. I'm very pleased with this.
Each team at the end of the year produces a photograph which includes the entire team's operation from mechanics to chefs.
Surprisingly Mercedes chose Sunday morning for their picture - Championship decider day. This was great for the photographers, as it gave us a chance to get an early picture of Hamilton and Rosberg together and find out the kind of mood they were in.
From this side position you get a strong grasp of the body language between the two and the very apparent lack of eye contact.
Up to this point, the start is by far the biggest moment of my day.
There had been much speculation as to whether there would be some sort of coming together at the first corner or if the third placed Williams might get between the two Mercedes. As it played out, Lewis made the perfect start and was clear into turn one.
It always makes for a nice picture when all of the cars approach the first corner. Especially when the start-finish bridge is seen in the background - in this case branded with Abu Dhabi putting the picture in situ.
Saying that, Alonso locking his brakes also adds an extra piece of drama to this particular picture.
As the race develops Hamilton creates a big lead thanks to great driving and some misfortune for his team mate.
I know I need a picture of him during the intensity of the race and a little track knowledge always helps. I make sure I am positioned to capture a clear shot of Lewis turning into one of the chicanes where each car's front wheel is often a little airborne.
Shot on a 500mm telephoto lens I can get right into the cockpit to see the driver fighting the wheel in the desert heat.
The race is won and Lewis Hamilton is World Champion. As soon as he gets out of his car he heads straight for girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger and his brother Nicholas.
I chose a high vantage point on the photographers' platform to have an overview of the whole area.
As he jumps into his family's arms, I can see both Nicole's and Nicholas' face either side of his helmet as they hug - a very touching moment.
From the exact same spot as the last image I am able to get a clean view of the podium, a must-have for such a historic moment in British sport.
Here I capture Hamilton lifting the winner's trophy, but I also get some shots of his tears during the National Anthem and the post-presentation champagne ritual.
After I have wired the podium and parc ferme images back to PA's newsdesk in London, I head down to the front of the garage for the official team celebration picture.
I know this is where it could all go wrong, but thankfully Mercedes organise it beautifully.
A huge scrum of photographers gathers as Lewis poses for the camera, surrounded by his family.
Despite Mercedes' best efforts to organise the photo call, once Lewis is lifted on to his mechanics' shoulders, draped in the union jack, many photographers can't help themselves and an almighty scrum ensues for the best position.
This sort of shot makes for a great atmospheric picture if you can get it.
During moments like this you rarely get any chance to compose your picture or even see what you are taking. In fact at this point I held my camera above my head and pointed the lens in the direction of Hamilton, focusing the picture with my thumb on the back of the camera.
Out of the 100 or so shots that I managed to rattle off, I finished up with about six useable ones. Personally, I think the other cameras add atmosphere to the scene, giving an idea of chaos on the ground, in contrast with the serenity of Lewis sitting aloft as Formula 1 World Champion.
The male Senegal parrot, which the charity has named Apollo, was rescued in the Torry area on Wednesday.
He has plucked out all of his feathers except for those on his head and wings, and has bruising to his chest area.
The bird is now in the care of the Scottish SPCA's animal rescue and re-homing centre in Drumoak.
Animal care assistant Kyle McWhirr said: "Apollo has plucked out all his feathers other than the ones on his head and wings.
"He also has some bruising on his chest and our vet believes he must have flown into something.
"A lot of birds pluck their feathers due to boredom or stress."
He added: "Senegal parrots aren't known for speaking much but Apollo is starting to make noises such as squeaks and whistles.
"It's not uncommon for pet birds to escape through an open door or window so we think there may be someone looking for Apollo.
"If no one comes forward we'll find him a loving new home."
Anyone who recognises Apollo has been asked to contact the Scottish SPCA.
He was killed by an explosion on 30 December in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province while taking part in a foot patrol.
Pte King, 19, from Darlington, joined the Army in 2009.
The number of UK personnel killed in Afghanistan since military operations there began in 2001 now stands at 394.
The soldier was killed by a bomb while supporting Afghan National Army members of the patrol who had come under fire from insurgents while searching compounds around the village of Llara Kalay.
Pte King, who was deployed to Afghanistan in October, leaves behind his mother Karen, father Barry, brothers Ian and Stephen, and girlfriend Kelly.
In a statement, his family said: "John was a tremendous son, brother and boyfriend. He was a devoted grandson, a loving family member, and a proud soldier who died doing a job he adored. He will be sadly missed by all his family, friends, and loyal German Shepherd dog Rex."
Lt Col Dan Bradbury, Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, said Pte King had only been with the regiment for 18 months, but it was one of the busiest periods in its recent history.
"From early on he was able to fit in quickly through a combination of hard work, grit, a willingness to endure difficult conditions and an irrepressible sense of humour.
"Always the first to volunteer for anything, he was one of B Company's characters: someone who could be found at the front at work or play, and was hugely popular as a result. His cheeky smile - no matter what we were doing - is the thing we will miss most of all.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his comrades in Afghanistan - who will today be resuming their efforts to improve security - but most of all with his family in Darlington. We will remember him."
Twelve of the 27 committee chairmen have already been elected unopposed.
But MPs standing for the remaining positions faced a secret ballot of colleagues on Wednesday, with the outcome to be announced on the floor of the Commons at 10:30 BST.
The roles have been divided up between the political parties based on the results of the general election.
Chairmen are elected using an "alternative vote" system, under which MPs rank their favourites in order of preference, with the first to get more than 50% of votes going through.
Some, like Public Accounts and Backbench Business, are reserved to the Opposition, but the rest are parcelled out in proportion to the parties' strength.
With the Conservatives now running a majority government, they take on the chairmanship of the Justice Committee, previously held by Lib Dem veteran Sir Alan Beith.
Meanwhile, the SNP - which is now the third largest party in the Commons - has been handed the Scottish Affairs and Energy and Climate Change.
Committee chairmen receive extra pay on top of their MP's salaries for doing the job.
Here is the list of the committee chairmen who have been re-elected unopposed:
Watson, 40, has been in charge of the team since Iestyn Harris' departure in July 2015, going on to guide them to safety in his first season.
The former Salford and Wales scrum-half kept the club up after they beat Hull KR in the Million Pound Game last year.
"We're looking to get some stability within the club," said Blease.
The 52-year-old told BBC Radio Manchester: "We like where we're going at the moment on the field. I think we've got a good group of players and Ian's delivering the right culture for those players.
"We've had a chat with owner Marwan Koukash and we've decided to enter negotiations with Ian to see if we can sort a longer-term deal for him."
Blease also said they are in talks with their players who are out of contract at the end of the season and announcements could be made within the next few weeks.
The 32-year-old did not play in last month's final Test against the Black Caps in Auckland because of the injury.
The England and Wales Cricket Board said Pietersen will have a scan next week to determine when he can resume training.
* England will play a minimum of three matches in the Champions Trophy, but this could increase to five if they reach the final.
Pietersen tweeted: "Injuries are a sportsman's worst nightmare! This one is hurting me the most."
The ECB said in a statement: "England and Surrey batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the upcoming Investec Test series against New Zealand as he continues his recovery from significant bone bruising to his right knee."
The first Test against New Zealand begins on 16 May at Lord's.
England coach Andy Flower said recently that Pietersen needed "significant rest" in order to be fully fit for a busy 2013 schedule.
Following the two-Test series, England host the Champions Trophy tournament and then compete in a five-Test Ashes series against Australia, which gets under way on 10 July at Trent Bridge.
England then travel to Australia for another Ashes series, which runs from 21 November until 7 January 2014.
Pietersen first experienced knee pain while fielding in the warm-up match in Queenstown at the start of the month. The problem failed to go away and he spent time off the field during the drawn first Test in Dunedin.
He scored a duck and 12 in the first Test, but recovered with 73 in his only innings in the drawn second Test in Wellington.
He flew home before the third Test for further investigation into his injury as Jonny Bairstow came into the England side as his replacement.
Following a meeting with a specialist and undergoing a scan, Pietersen's knee was put in a brace on 27 March.
It is understood, he was to spend two weeks wearing the brace before a similar period of rest ahead of returning to training.
However, Pietersen will continue with the brace for at least an extra week after the batsman continued to experience significant pain from his knee.
He will undergo another scan at the end of next week when it is hoped a clearer picture of his absence will emerge.
Former England captain and Test Match Special summariser Michael Vaughan told BBC Radio 5 live: "England have managed it right - it gives an opportunity for someone like Jonny Bairstow. It gives other players opportunities, but it's so important that Kevin Pietersen is right for that Ashes series.
"He's still the player that I believe can change a game within a three-hour period, he's still the player that England miss the most, particularly in that batting line-up".
Pietersen endured an up-and-down 2012 in which he retired from one-day and Twenty20 internationals before hinting on 6 August that he was considering retiring from Test cricket.
Five days later he said he wanted to commit to all forms of cricket for England in a video posted on YouTube but was subsequently dropped for the third Test against South Africa for sending "provocative texts" about team-mates to opposition players.
Pietersen was then left out of the England squad for the World Twenty20 before being omitted from the England Test squad for the winter tour of India.
However, he signed a new four-month England contract in October, although was told to undergo a "reintegration" period before returning the team.
Later that month, Pietersen was included in the England squad for the tour of India and produced a man-of-the match performance in the second Test, making 186 runs. England won the series 2-1, with Pietersen finishing with 338 runs at an average of 48.28.
The theft happened at a house in Belwood Road, Penicuik. sometime between 12:15 and 18:15 on Tuesday.
The jewellery including, cufflinks, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, earrings, brooches and watches, also has sentimental value.
Police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. They are also asking second-hand dealers to keep an eye out for the items.
PC Scott Clark, of Police Scotland, said: "As you can imagine, the victim is utterly devastated at the theft of these pieces of jewellery, which hold significant financial and sentimental value.
"As part of our inquiries we would urge anyone who remembers seeing any suspicious activity around Martyrs Cross on Tuesday afternoon or evening to contact police immediately.
"We will be engaging with a number of second-hand retailers to locate the stolen goods, but I would also request that members of the public who are approached and asked to buy any such jewellery should decline and get in touch with us."
Turnout was low, 32.2%, but above the 30% threshold for the vote to be valid. The deal was rejected by 61.1% of votes, compared with 38.1% in favour.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the government might have to reconsider the deal, although the vote is not binding.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko insisted his country would "continue our movement towards the EU".
A foreign ministry official in Kiev told the BBC that the result was disappointing, adding that Dutch Eurosceptics could not take Ukraine hostage to express dissatisfaction with the EU.
The vote was widely seen in the Netherlands as a test of public opinion towards the EU.
It was triggered by an internet petition begun by Eurosceptic activists that attracted more than 400,000 signatures.
The result creates a headache for the Dutch government, as the Dutch parliament approved the EU association agreement with Ukraine last year. All the other 27 EU member states have already ratified the deal.
"My view is that if the turnout is more than 30%, with such a victory for the 'No' camp, ratification cannot go ahead without discussion," Mr Rutte said in a televised reaction. It is also an embarrassment for a Dutch government that currently holds the EU presidency.
Geert Wilders, who leads the anti-EU and anti-Islam Freedom Party, said the result was the "beginning of the end for the EU".
Dutch result difficult for Ukraine and EU
The Dutch have delivered a resounding no, with caveats.
The referendum was ostensibly about Ukraine - but the No campaigners weren't concerned with the intricacies of the trade deal. Two-thirds of the electorate didn't cast their ballot, so some argue the result cannot be taken as a true reflection of anti-EU sentiment.
Dutch PM Mark Rutte has promised to at least acknowledge the result, and politically it will be hard to ignore. Expect weeks or months of protracted discussions in The Hague, and Brussels.
The Ukrainian government is adamant that its wide-ranging deal to align itself with the EU will remain on course, despite the Dutch No vote.
There is a huge amount of political will, both among top EU officials and powerful EU member states, namely Germany, for Ukraine's post-revolutionary political order to succeed.
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has insisted the referendum result will "not be a strategic obstacle for Ukraine on the path to Europe". And Dmytro Kuleba, a senior foreign ministry official, told me that "Dutch Eurosceptics cannot take Ukraine hostage to express dissatisfaction about the EU".
The vote comes less than three months before British citizens decide in their own referendum whether to leave the EU altogether.
A spokesman for campaign group Leave.EU, Brian Monteith, said: "This humiliating rejection of the Ukraine agreement demonstrates that people don't have to support the EU and its expansionist agenda to feel European."
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev also appeared to welcome the result, tweeting that it was an indication of the European attitude to Ukraine's political system.
The Russian government was vehemently opposed to the EU deal with Ukraine and was widely thought to have pressed then-President Viktor Yanukovych to reject it in November 2013. Mr Yanukovych's decision prompted protests in Kiev that ultimately led to his downfall.
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have widely been blamed for the killing of 298 people when a Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam was shot down in July 2014. The Netherlands lost 193 of its citizens.
The Ukrainian president stressed the non-binding nature of the vote.
"I am sure that strategically this event is not an obstacle on Ukraine's path towards Europe," Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Mr Poroshenko as saying.
Dutch Interior Minister Ronald Plasterk accepted the cabinet would need to consider the result but added that the government might need to look again at the 2015 referendum law that triggered Wednesday's vote. The minimum threshold could be based on the number of voters rather than the percentage, he suggested.
One of the Dutch Eurosceptics behind the referendum, Thierry Baudet, said there could be more votes in the future, covering the euro, open borders and any future EU trade deal with the United States.
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker had described the stakes in the run-up to the vote as being high, warning that a No vote could trigger a wider crisis in the 28-member bloc.
The Manannan vessel hit Victoria Pier at about 22:40 GMT on Wednesday, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company said.
The injured passengers were taken to hospital, said the company, adding early indications suggested a "systems control failure" led to the crash.
Sailings between Douglas and Liverpool are disrupted.
After leaving Liverpool at 19:05 on Wednesday, the Manannan catamaran sailed to Douglas and on arrival hit the pier while attempting to dock.
Mark Woodward, chief executive of the Steam Packet Company, said the cause of the "systems control failure... is unclear."
"At this stage, it is looking likely that over the peak Easter days we will not be able to accommodate all passengers.
"MV Arrow will be arriving tomorrow, allowing us to dedicate Ben-my-Chree to passengers."
The 15:00 and 19:15 sailings to and from Liverpool are cancelled.
Mr Woodward said five passengers were initially treated on board the vessel for "what are believed to be minor injuries" but ambulances were called as a precaution.
"We apologise for any disruption caused to passengers... safety is absolutely paramount to the Steam Packet Company," he said.
The disruption will affect people travelling to the Isle of Man for the Easter Festival of Running, which starts on Good Friday.
Sea debris caused more than £100,000 damage to the Manannan ferry last year, putting the vessel out of action over the Easter period.
Derby Liberal Democrat Ajit Atwal has apologised for the photograph, which was taken on holiday in India, but said he had "done nothing wrong".
Leader of Derby City Council, Paul Bayliss, called on Mr Atwal to "reconsider" his positions after a national newspaper published the photo.
Mr Atwal said he had been naive, but had not committed a crime.
He said a politician friend in India allowed him to pose with a bodyguard's assault rifle while he was visiting the country in September.
Labour councillor Mr Bayliss said: "He's in a position in the public eye. He needs to exercise judgement whether he's in this country or not.
"This suggests to me he doesn't exercise very good judgement and I think he needs to reconsider his position as both a councillor and a JP (justice of the peace)."
Mr Atwal said the picture could be viewed on his Twitter profile for seven months before he took it down.
He said Mr Bayliss's criticisms and the story's appearance in The Sun were "politically motivated".
"Looking back now, I probably was a bit naive," he said.
"What crime have I committed? I was 6,500 to 7,000 miles away. It was not official business.
"Where's the gross misconduct? What have I done wrong?
"I am up for election this year. It's politically motivated. I am just trying to be discredited."
A spokesman for the Liberal Democrats said: "Mr Atwal removed the image from his Twitter feed before being asked to do so by the party.
"Derby City Liberal Democrats has also launched its own investigation into the matter."
Mr Atwal apologised if he had "caused anyone any alarm or distress".
The vote in Strasbourg is intended to close loopholes in the EU's 2005 anti-torture regulation, and the move is backed by EU governments.
The ban includes items such as portable electric shock devices, shackles and handcuffs modified to inflict pain.
The changes extend restrictions on chemicals used in executions and ban training in torture techniques.
The EU's prohibition on the death penalty has already limited US prison authorities' access to some chemicals used to kill death row prisoners by lethal injection.
The new legislation also seeks to block the transit of torture equipment through EU countries.
European companies will be barred from advertising such equipment at trade fairs or online.
Amnesty International says there is a flourishing global market in "sinister equipment like leg chains and spike batons, which can easily be turned into tools of torture" and "introducing tighter EU restrictions on the sale, brokering and promotion of these devices will bring us a step closer to eradicating this shameful trade".
The Dutch liberal MEP steering the new law, Marietje Schaake, says tougher rules are needed because "torture continues in half of the 158 countries that ratified a convention banning it".
"In the name of security and counter-terrorism we often turn a blind eye to very grave human rights violations," she said.
The updated regulation now needs formal approval by the Council - the EU governments - to become law.
It will look at whether Sharia law - Islamic religious law - is compatible with UK laws and whether it is being "misused", Theresa May added.
Some Sharia councils had sought to "legitimise" forced marriage and issue unfair divorces to women, she said.
The review will be completed next year and seek best practice among councils.
It will be led by Professor Mona Siddiqui, an expert in Islamic and inter-religious studies from the University of Edinburgh.
What is Sharia and how is it applied?
The review was announced last year, as part of the government's counter-extremism strategy.
The use of Sharia in Britain has increased over the last few years, with thousands of Muslims settling disputes before Sharia councils each year.
Councils have no legal powers in the UK and only deal with civil matters.
However, the home secretary said there was evidence some Sharia councils might be working "in a discriminatory and unacceptable way".
In a written statement to MPs, Ms May said it would be a "full, independent review" to explore "whether, and to what extent, the application of Sharia law may be incompatible with the law in England and Wales".
She said: "A number of women have reportedly been victims of what appear to be discriminatory decisions taken by Sharia councils and that is a significant concern.
"There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen."
Professor Siddiqui said it would be a "wide-ranging, timely and thorough review" into "what actually happens in Sharia councils".
The review panel will also include family law barrister Sam Momtaz, retired High Court judge Sir Mark Hedley and specialist family law lawyer Anne Marie Hutchinson QC.
They will be advised by two religious and theological experts - Imam Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi and Imam Qari Asim.
The panel will begin work immediately and is expected to complete its review in 2017, the Home Office announced.
The agreement is the result of "internal political discussions", but uncertainty remains regarding which devolution deal the borough may join.
Councillors are split over whether to join the Liverpool City Region or a new Cheshire devolution deal.
Council leader Terry O'Neill said he would "continue conversations" with neighbouring authorities.
Labour-controlled Warrington Borough Council submitted a joint devolution bid to the government with Cheshire East Council and Cheshire West & Chester Council in August 2015.
However, in June 2016 councillors on the ruling Labour group in Warrington voted to reject the deal, which would have seen an elected mayor for the county.
The BBC understands some wanted the council to consider joining the Liverpool City Region instead.
A cross-party group of councillors tasked with deciding a way forward is due to present recommendations in December.
One Labour member of the taskforce, Morgan Tarr, claimed "the majority" of the group believed that the "best option available" to was to continue negotiations with the Liverpool City Region.
Helen Jones, Labour MP for Warrington North, previously argued the Cheshire devolution plans were a Conservative "stitch-up", because a mayor in the county was "very likely" to be a Conservative.
Mr O'Neill said: "We are now in agreement that the model of devolved powers from Whitehall, together with an elected mayor, is the most appropriate arrangement for our borough.
"We will continue our conversations with other local authorities and government to ensure we have the best set of benefits to support the long term future of the borough and the best outcomes for our residents and businesses."
The US president-elect had earlier accused the newspaper on Twitter of changing the terms of the meeting.
The apparent U-turn came a day after he berated media chiefs at Trump Tower for their "unfair" election coverage.
During the campaign, Mr Trump railed against liberal bias but has also benefited from blanket TV coverage.
The meeting is currently happening in the Churchill Room of the New York Times.
Reporters are live-tweeting the conversation, in which Trump has appeared to suggest that he may still attempt to prosecute Hillary Clinton, as he had said during his campaign.
In other developments:
Early on Tuesday, the US president-elect tweeted that he had called off his meeting with what he always refers to as the "failing" New York Times.
The Republican - known to be an avid media consumer - said the newspaper had switched the terms at the last moment, adding: "Not nice."
Trump's gilded cage - Analysis by BBC's Nick Bryant
Nothing lays bare Donald Trump's thin skin quite like criticism from his hometown.
Tellingly, most of his tweet-storms since election day have been aimed at Big Apple targets: the New York Times, the satirical show Saturday Night Live and the Broadway musical Hamilton.
Since his unexpected win, Manhattan has taken on the feel of a real-life Gotham, with the billionaire cast by his many detractors as an evil super-villain.
In his eponymous skyscraper he resides, tweeting maniacally, as protesters swirl angrily below fearful that he poses a mortal threat to their city and their planet.
Trump Tower also looks more and more like a gilded cage.
While he boasted during the election that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose voters, he has not stepped foot on to its sidewalks as president-elect.
Now Fifth Avenue is lined with heavily armed police to prevent people from harming him.
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The Manhattan billionaire said he would instead be holding "great meetings" about who to appoint to his cabinet.
His spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, later told reporters: "The meeting is taking place as planned."
Jonathan Mahler, a political correspondent for the New York Times, tweeted that it was the president-elect who had tried to change the rules of engagement.
He said Mr Trump had asked for the discussion to be private and off-the-record, but the daily had refused.
A New York Times spokeswoman said it had only learned the meeting had been cancelled when he tweeted.
The newspaper has been reporting on potential conflicts of interest Mr Trump could face between his business interests and the presidency.
On Monday evening, he invited leading figures from the American TV networks for an off-the-record briefing at Trump Tower, where they were subjected to a tirade about election reporting.
The media executives and anchors - including NBC's Lester Holt, CNN's Wolf Blitzer and ABC's George Stephanopoulos - were apparently expecting to discuss coverage of his presidency.
But instead Mr Trump reportedly labelled them "liars" and called journalists the "lowest form of humanity".
One attendee leaked the details to the New York Post, saying: "The meeting was a total disaster.
"The TV execs and anchors went in there thinking they would be discussing the access they would get to the Trump administration, but instead they got a Trump-style dressing down."
The New York Times reports that during his complaint about "dishonest" coverage Mr Trump singled out CNN president Jeffrey Zucker.
According to the Washington Post, Mr Trump also referred to NBC's Katy Tur and ABC's Martha Raddatz, without naming them.
But Ms Conway said the meeting was "very cordial".
Throughout his campaign, Mr Trump accused the media of dishonesty, sometimes targeting individual journalists at his rallies and even denying some outlets accreditation to his events.
He feuded with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who later alleged that he had offered her gifts, including hotel stays, in an attempt to influence coverage.
The presenter said she was not the only journalist who had been offered freebies by Mr Trump.
Two weeks after his shock election victory, Mr Trump has yet to hold a news conference, and US media outlets have griped that no president-elect has delayed holding a press briefing for so long since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Wales women face the hosts three times, on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Evans won the first of her 75 caps in 2005 and ends a three-year absence.
She said, "I'm really excited to be back. It was an honour to captain Wales for a number of years and to step back on the pitch for Wales this week is going to take me back years."
Abi Welsford (capt; Swansea City Spartans), Beth Bingham (Loughborough University), Danni Jordan, (Clifton HC), Ella Jackson (GK; University of Exeter), Hannah Cozens (Loughborough University), Joanne Westwood (Swansea City Spartans), Julie Whiting (FC Lyon), Leah Wilkinson (vice capt), Holcombe HC, Lisa Daley (Swansea City Spartans), Natasha Marke-Jones (Swansea City Spartans), Phoebe Richards (Buckingham HC), Roseanne Thomas (GK; Wimbledon HC), Sarah Jones (Holcombe HC), Sarah-Jane Thorburn (Swansea City Spartans), Sian French Bowdon (Hightown HC), Sophie Clayton (Swansea City Spartans), Tina Evans (University of Birmingham), Xenna Hughes (East Grinstead).
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The benchmark FTSE 100 gained 0.34% to close at 6,973.04.
Private equity firm 3i Group was the biggest gainer, rising 3% after a strong set of full-year results.
The company, which owns the Agent Provocateur lingerie business, says its net asset value had increased by 14% to 396p a share.
Mondi was another big winner in the FTSE 100, adding nearly 2.8%.
On Wednesday, shares in the packaging company jumped nearly 9% after the company reported a 29% rise in first-quarter operating profits.
Three of the five biggest losers on the 100-share index were companies going ex-dividend.
GlaxoSmithKline, Kingfisher and Aberdeen Asset Management all shed more than 1%.
On the currency markets, the pound hit a five month high against the dollar, trading at $1.5748, but was little changed against the euro at €1.3868.
Reforms of the welfare system which came into force in April mean child tax credits are now capped at two children.
A clause in the new rules means mothers who have a third child as a result of rape can be exempted - but would have to provide evidence to do so.
There has been a political row over the policy, which First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called "disgusting".
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has defended it, saying she wants the UK government to implement the exemption "in the most compassionate way possible".
The Tory leader has faced criticism from a number of politicians, including Ms Sturgeon and Scottish Labour's Kezia Dugdale, over her stance on the matter.
The plan to restrict tax credits for any new claimants to a maximum of two children was announced in the 2015 Budget, and came into force from the start of April.
Women who have a third or subsequent child as s result of rape will still be able to claim tax credits, but will have to demonstrate their "exceptional circumstances" in order to qualify - an exemption campaigners have dubbed the "rape clause".
The UK government's Department for Work and Pensions argues that allowing women to claim tax credits for a third child in specific circumstances is an exception they have made in a "compassionate" way.
However, a large group of psychologists signed a joint letter warning that "the way in which this rape clause is to be administered will cause significant psychological harm".
Protestors gathered in Glasgow's George Square to speak out against the policy.
SNP MP Alison Thewliss, who attempted to force an emergency debate at Westminster over the changes, spoke at the rally.
She said: "Tonight we gather to speak with one voice and send a clear message to this Tory government: 'Scrap the rape clause and two child policy now.'
"The fact that women have to demonstrate in George Square in 2017 against such a barbaric and vile policy is bad enough. What's worse is the wall of silence these women are being faced with.
"Ruth Davidson and Theresa May cannot hide behind that wall of silence much longer. We are not giving up and we will fight this appalling policy every step of the way. We will not rest until our voices are heard and these anti-women policies are consigned to history."
Ms Davidson said Holyrood had the power to create new benefits, saying the Scottish government could use this to offset the two-child policy if it chose to.
She said: "We support the exemptions which the UK Government has put in place on restrictions to child tax credits, and we want to see the UK Government implement them in the most compassionate way possible. That work is on-going.
"The SNP has said it opposes the two-child policy on tax credits, so it now has a choice to make.
"At Holyrood, we now have the power to create new benefits. So the Scottish Government could, if it wanted, propose a new benefit to provide funding for families with more than two children.
"Of course this would have to be paid for, but if the SNP government believes this to be of such importance, then it can act.
"However, if Nicola Sturgeon simply wants to use this to complain about the policies of the UK government - and not act at Holyrood when she has the power to do so - then she leaves herself open to the charge of gross hypocrisy."
Pressure had been building on Ms Davidson to speak out after Ms Dugdale wrote a newspaper column urging her to confront Prime Minister Theresa May about the "barbaric" changes.
The Scottish Labour leader has since written to Ms Davidson asking her to "join with us and condemn this appalling act", saying the clause "should shame every single Tory MSP".
Ms Sturgeon posted on Twitter that the Conservative leader "seeks to defend the indefensible", and called her response "pathetic".
She wrote: "Scottish government spends millions mitigating welfare cuts and will continue to do so. We wouldn't have to if Tories didn't make callous cuts."
The man was seized in the southern province of Daraa, government and opposition sources said.
No group said they had carried out the abduction but rebels have targeted the families of officials in the past.
Meanwhile, President Bashar al-Assad reiterated that he would not resign, despite growing international pressure.
"To resign would be to flee," Mr Assad told Argentina's Clarin newspaper and news agency Telam.
Comparing himself to a skipper of a ship in stormy seas: "The first thing he does is face the storm and guide the ship back to safety."
The president also welcomed US-Russian efforts to hold a peace conference on Syria, but warned that Damascus did not "believe that many Western countries really want a solution in Syria".
In a separate development, a car bomb blast in Damascus killed three people and injured five.
Syria's state media blamed "terrorists" for the explosion, adding that experts were working at the scene to dismantle another explosive device.
Mr Mekdad's father, who is said to be in his 80s, was abducted in his home village of Ghossom on Saturday, the deputy foreign minister's office was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
According to a Facebook post by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based opposition body which monitors news from Syria, "regime forces have since detained relatives of a suspect thought to be involved in the kidnapping".
Adding that "rebel battalions and factions have denied responsibility of the action", the Observatory noted that an undeclared agreement to cease mutual kidnappings was supposed to have taken effect in Daraa on Friday.
Faisal Mekdad has given interviews to Western media, defending President Bashar al-Assad.
Last month he told the BBC's Jeremy Bowen that Syria was facing a conspiracy by the West and al-Qaeda to destroy its independence but he insisted the government was "winning the war".
Since the uprising against Mr Assad began just over two years ago, the UN estimates that at least 80,000 people have been killed and some 4.25 million people have been displaced from their homes.
Organisers of the Little Stoke Parkrun said they were given until 28 May to reach an agreement with Stoke Gifford Parish Council or "leave the park".
They have decided to cancel Saturday's free-for-all run "on safety grounds".
Last month councillors voted to charge Parkrun saying it was "unfair" to expect residents to pay for the event.
The decision was met with widespread criticism with Parkrun saying it would search for a new venue as its ethos remained to offer weekly 5k (3.1m) runs at no financial cost to each entrant.
However, on Wednesday Parkrun said it had yet to determine the long term future of the Little Stoke gathering but had to cancel the final scheduled run on the 28th.
"We appreciate that this will be frustrating to our runners and volunteers, but the last thing we want is the strength of feeling to boil over from either parkrunners or local residents," a statement online said.
"We hope to provide you with a further update next week," said the organisation.
The council said its original statement still stood which was that the three-year-old event had led to "increased wear on the park" and Parkrun had refused a request to contribute "a small monetary amount towards the upkeep".
In a statement, the WHO said the deaths had occurred in January to March, with 151 suspected cases recorded.
There was, it said, a "serious risk of further spread of the disease" in DRC.
The acute, mosquito-borne viral disease has killed 225 people in Angola and infected about 1,600 there.
The WHO said the DRC health authorities had set up a national committee to respond to the outbreak, including "screening and sanitary controls" on the country's borders.
People travelling to Angola will now be vaccinated against the disease, it added.
The WHO statement says that the DRC's health ministry has in addition activated a contingency plan which includes more community engagement to fight the disease and better training of health workers.
Yellow fever is a virus that can cause bleeding, jaundice and kidney failure, It is spread by mosquitoes, usually the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same species that spreads the Zika virus.
It is endemic in tropical regions of Africa and South America.
A vaccine can prevent infection but there is no specific drug treatment for people who are infected.
The FaceDementia app, by Alzheimer's Research UK, "takes over" personal Facebook pages, and temporarily erases important memories, mimicking how dementia affects the brain.
Users can watch their personal photos, important details and status updates disappear before their eyes.
Their real page remains intact.
The app does not hold on to any data or scramble a user's real timeline or Facebook information, instead presenting an overlay to show the effects of dementia.
People can also watch short videos featuring people affected by dementia explaining what impact the symptoms, simulated by FaceDementia, have had on them or their relative.
Rebecca Wood, chief executive of Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "Facebook's appeal is that it can gather your friends and family and keep them close, with memories and contacts all contained within one space. It also develops a diary of your life since you joined the site and documents your thoughts and musings during that time.
"We wanted to use these Facebook features to illustrate how those thoughts and memories can be confused, or forgotten altogether, as experienced by some of the hundreds of thousands of people across the UK living with dementia.
"Stigma around dementia is due in part to a lack of public awareness and understanding, so FaceDementia will be invaluable in helping people better understand the condition."
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Harry Kane's superb finish on the turn after 63 minutes gave Spurs a point after Philippe Coutinho slipped in Daniel Sturridge's pass early in the second half.
Keeper Hugo Lloris kept Spurs on level terms with fine saves from Sturridge and two from Adam Lallana in the opening half - while Coutinho was inches off target in the closing moments.
Mauricio Pochettino's side had chances of their own in the second half, with Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet saving well from Christian Eriksen and Mousa Dembele, while Son Heung-min should have done better than volley wide from Eric Dier's pass.
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The draw means Leicester would go seven points clear with victory at home to Southampton on Sunday.
Kane's brilliant turn and finish after Eriksen chased a lost cause into the corner at least gave Spurs a point when they threatened to leave Anfield empty-handed after Coutinho's opener.
In the final reckoning, however, they will regard this as a chance missed - and manager Pochettino's body language seemed to suggest as much as he agonised over Mignolet's late save from Dembele and the sight of Toby Alderweireld's header flashing inches wide from the resulting corner.
Spurs will now be banking on Southampton doing them a favour at the King Power Stadium on Sunday as a seven-point advantage with only six games left is a big gap to claw back and would need something close to a Foxes collapse.
A point still gives Spurs something to cling to as they chase that first title in 55 years - but they will know it could have been all three had they been more clinical to benefit fully from that outstanding first-half work by keeper Lloris.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will be taking big decisions about his squad as he tries to make his own permanent imprint on Anfield in the summer.
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He will surely have already drawn one conclusion from his first six months at the club - the new-look Liverpool that will surely emerge next season must be built around the mercurial talent of Coutinho.
The 23-year-old returned from international duty with Brazil but no-one would have imagined he had taken the arduous journey from South America given his energy and inspiration.
Coutinho was wisely brought to Anfield by Brendan Rodgers and has flourished further under Klopp, as proved by the brilliance of his goal against Manchester United in the Europa League and the composure he showed to finish in front of the Kop against Spurs.
He is the man who sprinkles magic on this Liverpool side and has years ahead of him to develop into a truly world-class talent.
Klopp will be bringing in new faces as he reshapes Liverpool but Coutinho will be going nowhere.
Sturridge has the twin objective of piecing his Liverpool career together again after suffering a succession of injuries over the last two years while cementing a place in England manager Roy Hodgson's Euro 2016 squad.
Here, it was clear he is still taking tentative steps on the road back as he looked ring rusty and still short of the form that made him such a potent force.
Sturridge showed his vision with a clever pass for Coutinho's goal but his snatched finish straight at Lloris in the first half hinted at fragile confidence. He had run out of steam by the time he was replaced by Divock Origi late on.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: "Tottenham are fighting for the title, we fought for the three points. It didn't look like six or seven positions between the two teams. If you want to change the situation, we have to stay in the game. It is about belief. We are not sure we can always beat teams like these.
"You have to learn to become a winner. On this way, we have a few knocks but we are still on a good way. There is not a lot wrong and we can build on this."
Liverpool travel to Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League on Thursday (20:05 BST) before hosting Stoke a week on Sunday (16:00 BST). Tottenham face Manchester United at home on the same day (also 16:00 BST).
Match ends, Liverpool 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jordan Henderson.
Substitution, Liverpool. Jordon Ibe replaces James Milner.
Attempt missed. Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Mamadou Sakho.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Simon Mignolet.
Attempt saved. Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Ryan Mason (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Allen (Liverpool).
Attempt missed. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dejan Lovren (Liverpool).
Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emre Can (Liverpool).
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Ryan Mason replaces Dele Alli.
Attempt blocked. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Kane.
Attempt saved. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Attempt blocked. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
Attempt missed. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Divock Origi.
Foul by Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur).
Emre Can (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Danny Rose.
Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Allen replaces Adam Lallana.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Eric Dier.
Attempt saved. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathaniel Clyne.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kyle Walker.
Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Divock Origi (Liverpool).
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jordan Henderson.
Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Daniel Sturridge.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kevin Wimmer.
Attempt blocked. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Nacer Chadli.
Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Adam Lallana (Liverpool).
Attempt blocked. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Toby Alderweireld.
Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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The Queen and Prince Philip were among the spectators at Royal Deeside.
The Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife also attended the event which is traditionally held on the first Saturday of September.
There had been some speculation that Prince William and his wife Catherine might also be there.
The Gathering, held at The Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park, is seen as the biggest event in the Highland Games calendar.
It has a long history and in its modern form it stretches back nearly 200 years.
Competitors take part in events including hammer throwing, caber tossing and tug-o-war.
Lonely Planet put the West Yorkshire city fifth on its list of best places to visit in Europe - saying it had shrugged off its "industrial past".
Zagreb in Croatia is named in first place, followed by Gotland in Sweden.
Leeds was praised for its "urban regeneration", "flourishing cultural scene", "thriving nightlife and "reputation for food and craft beer".
Lonely Planet's Best in Europe list is published each year, highlighting the most exciting destinations.
James Smart, Lonely Planet UK destination editor, said: "Once defined by its industrial past, Leeds is now a confident, cultural hub in the north of England.
"With major events this year, including the reopening of Leeds Art Gallery and the 50th anniversary of Leeds Carnival, there's never been a better time to head to Yorkshire and join the party."
Mr Smart said all the destinations offer "something new, exciting or undiscovered that make them worth exploring right now."
1. Zagreb, Croatia :: 2. Gotland, Sweden :: 3. Galicia, Spain :: 4. Northern Montenegro :: 5. Leeds, UK :: 6. Alentejo, Portugal :: 7. Northern Germany :: 8. Moldova :: 9. Paphos, Cyprus :: 10. Le Havre, France
Judith Blake, leader of Leeds City Council, said it was a "fabulous endorsement" for the city.
"To be recognised as one of the top places in Europe, we can all be incredibly proud of," she said.
"It's particularly encouraging to see the quality of our city's impressive cultural, leisure and nightlife scenes acknowledged and I hope this recognition means we will soon be welcoming even more visitors from across Europe and beyond."
At number one, Lonely Planet said Zagreb was "often overlooked" in favour of Croatia's extensive Adriatic coastline.
"This booming inland capital is both cosmopolitan and edgy, combining sun-splashed Austro-Hungarian squares brimming with coffee drinkers with a heady mix of Brutalist architecture, thriving street art and urban regeneration."
God Save the Queen, the national anthem for the UK as a whole, is currently used for England during most sporting events.
However, Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins believes England needs its own anthem and presented his case in the House of Commons as a ten minute rule motion.
His English National Anthem Bill was adopted by the House.
The idea will be debated again at a second reading on 4 March.
The bill would bestow a responsibility on the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to hold a consultation across the UK, and Mr Perkins suggested there could even be an "X Factor style programme" to select a song.
Goodbye to God Save the Queen?
Jerusalem's meaning
Mr Perkins said it "seemed incongruous" for the English to sing about Britain when their teams play against other home nations, while the Welsh and Scots sing an anthem that reflects their nation's identity.
"It reflects a sense that we see Britain and England as synonymous," he said.
"This not only denies us English an opportunity to celebrate the nation that is being represented but is also a cause for resentment amongst other countries within the British Isles who feel that England have requisitioned a British song."
But his proposal for an English anthem was opposed by Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP for North East Somerset.
"When the honourable gentleman for Chesterfield said that now English crowds take St George's flag rather than the Union Jack, to me that's a matter of pity, of shame, that we have given up viewing ourselves as one United Kingdom, whether we are supporting England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland," he said.
"These expressions of the individual nationalism are a disuniting factor in our country, in a country that we ought to want to make more united," he said.
Mr Perkins said there had been a lot of interest in choosing an anthem when he spoke on radio stations across England.
"I won't say which area it was that thought the most appropriate choice for an English national anthem should be Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now," he said.
"It will remain a secret between myself and the listeners of BBC Humberside, but it was perhaps reflective that each local area has its own sense of what Englishness means."
Campaign group England In My Heart wants Jerusalem to be adopted and arranged for a van with loudspeakers to drive around Parliament playing the song ahead of the debate.
"It's about time England was able to celebrate being English at sporting events," said group member Eddie Bone.
"Let the Scots and the Welsh celebrate theirs and then we come together at the end and sing God Save the Queen."
Another campaign group, Anthem 4 England, said Jerusalem has come out as favourite in previous polls.
Member Gareth Young said it was his personal favourite too.
"It's a beautiful song and it actually mentions and is about England, unlike its competitors," he said.
He said people wrongly think it's a hymn and also "object to the fact that it references a Middle Eastern city" but said these objections were "largely based on ignorance" as Jerusalem was a metaphor for a better place.
Using the UK anthem as the English anthem was an "unnecessary strain on relations between England and Scotland" in the wake of the independence referendum, he added.
"God Save the Queen is the British anthem and should belong equally to the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish," he said.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Jerusalem would be his choice for England's national anthem, according to the ConservativeHome website.
Jerusalem was chosen as the anthem to be played for English athletes competing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi following a month-long public vote.
The England cricket team have used Jerusalem as an unofficial anthem for more than a decade - but still also sing God Save The Queen before many matches.
Land of Hope and Glory - which was used by England at the Commonwealth Games before 2010 - often comes up as second choice, behind Jerusalem, in public polls.
Toby Perkins said I Vow To Thee, My Country and There'll Always Be an England were also options.
Campaigners have also suggested creating an anthem from scratch.
Mr Aikman, who raised more than £500,000 with his "Gordon's Fightback" campaign, died aged 31 on 3 February.
Politicians including Nicola Sturgeon, Kezia Dugdale and Alistair Darling joined Mr Aikman's husband Joe Pike for the service in Edinburgh.
Celebrant Caroline Lambie, who also married the couple, told mourners "there was no-one like Gordon".
Ms Lambie, from the Humanist Society of Scotland, said that it was natural to mourn.
She added: "In a way, we are mourning that our lives will never be the same without him."
People arrived at Warriston Crematorium in Edinburgh to a recording of Highland Cathedral, played by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
The coffin was taken into the service to the strains of Forever Young by Bob Dylan.
The service heard an account of Mr Aikman's diagnosis with MND, and his successful campaign of fundraising for research into the condition.
His husband read the poem Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep.
The celebrant told the congregation that while the pain of losing Mr Aikman would diminish over time, the light he had brought into their lives would not.
Ms Sturgeon, who agreed to double the number of specialist MND nurses after meeting Mr Aikman, said she was filled with admiration for his tenacity.
She said: "Gordon faced up to his diagnosis with incredible courage and dignity.
"His campaign to raise awareness of MND and achieve better care and treatment for those diagnosed was inspirational and will make a huge difference for others in the future."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale also spoke about her memories of close friend Mr Aikman.
She said: "Today I'm saying goodbye, but also thank you.
"Gordon gave us all something so special. He gave us his friendship, his courage and the determination to make things better for those who follow.
"He did so much good in such a short space in time. We miss you terribly but pledge to honour your life in how we now choose to live ours - to savour every day."
Alistair Darling, who worked with Mr Aikman on the Better Together campaign in the lead-up to the Scottish independence referendum, described him as a true hero.
Referring to his involvement in a charity ice bucket challenge, the former chancellor said: "It takes some convincing to get me to agree to have a bucket of cold water over my head but I did it because Gordon was an inspiration.
"Truly, we have lost a hero but he leaves us greater hope that one day there will be a cure. That was what he wanted. We will not forget him."
Mr Pike said it was "so painful" to say goodbye, but said the service was about celebrating Mr Aikman's achievements.
He said: "Life is never without Gordon and never will be without Gordon.
"He is gone but I, like so many others, now see life through Gordon's eyes.
"He has made me a better person because, even when he was dying, Gordon taught us all so much about how to live."
The cremation service was followed by a celebration of Mr Aikman's life in Edinburgh city centre.
Mr Aikman, from Edinburgh, was diagnosed with MND in 2014 while he was director of research for the Better Together campaign in the Scottish independence referendum.
He went on to win cross-party support for his campaign calling for funding to find a cure for MND and for specialist nursing care.
He was awarded a British Empire Medal in 2015 and an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh University for his work to transform care for people with the disease.
The case was due to be heard next week, but Betsi Cadwaladr health board will now consult on the future of services at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan.
It had planned to reduce services to midwife-led care only.
Interim chief executive Simon Dean apologised for the "difficult period of uncertainty and worry".
He added: "After very careful consideration following legal advice and despite significant ongoing concerns about the obstetric service at Glan Clwyd Hospital, we have advised the court that we no longer seek to contest the judicial review brought against us.
"I wish to make it clear that the legal process is ongoing and has not yet been concluded.
"We all acknowledge what a difficult period of uncertainty and worry this has been for our staff and patients, for which we are very sorry."
Ann Jones, Labour AM for the Vale of Clwyd, said the decision marked "a stage to move forward and for the board to work hard to regain peoples trust whilst continuing to provide vital public services".
Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar said: "I'm glad that NHS chiefs have finally caved in, but it shouldn't have taken the threat of judicial review for the health board to do the right thing."
The health board had been expected to go ahead with the plans to end consultant-led services in April, but the bid for a judicial review put them on hold.
Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru's North Wales AM said: "They ignored nurses, midwives, doctors, patients and the general public on this matter and ploughed ahead without even a consultation. This arrogance from senior management must stop."
Liberal Democrats' North Wales AM Aled Roberts called it a "botched process" that had "gone on for too long".
Captain Dara Fitzpatrick was taken to hospital on Tuesday after being found in a critical condition by RNLI crew.
The surface search for her three colleagues who are still missing will continue overnight.
The air search, however, will be scaled down until first light on Friday.
The aircraft lost contact at about 01:00 local time as it was coming in to refuel during a rescue operation.
The three other crew on board have been named as Chief Pilot Mark Duffy and winchmen Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith.
Irish coastguard search and rescue manager, Gerard O'Flynn said Ms Fitzpatrick was the most senior pilot with CHC which runs the contract to provide search and rescue services in the Republic of Ireland.
"She's been with the company for some 20 years and outside of her work as a pilot she did an enormous amount of work on water safety and was always available to do school visits and just highlight basic water safety," he said.
"For all of us involved in the coastguard and particularly, for her family and everybody, it does come as a complete shock, and we want to extend our sincere sympathy to all her family and indeed to her flying colleagues in CHC and simply to everybody who knew her."
Capt Fitzpatrick was the mother of a young son. Her sister, Niamh Fitzpatrick, paid tribute to her on Twitter and asked for prayers for her missing crew members.
Mr O'Flynn said the Irish naval service, the Garda (police) diving unit and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) had joined the coastguard's "hugely resourced" search operation.
He also said that a number of fishing vessels were assisting the emergency services and were "doing Trojan work out there".
"Obviously with the passage of time the chances of recovering somebody alive decreases, but we are treating this as a search operation and we don't give up hope until we absolutely have to."
I spoke to one of those who had been out and he described the conditions as quite rough with a four to five metre swell but said they had recovered some of the wreckage.
He said that the debris field covered quite a considerable area.
But the search is continuing for those three missing crew members as well as the flight recorders which may go some way to explaining what actually happened here.
The head of the Irish coastguard, Eugene Clonan, told a news conference earlier on Tuesday that it was a "very dark day" for emergency services in Ireland.
He added that as time went on, "hopes are fading that we will find the rest of the crew".
Debris has been spotted in the water and a search by two RNLI lifeboats, two Irish coastguard helicopters and several local fishing boats is focusing north of Achill Island in County Mayo.
The helicopter which crashed was a Dublin-based aircraft that had been providing support for another Sligo-based coastguard helicopter during an overnight rescue mission.
The Sligo helicopter had been responding to a distress call from a crewman in need of medical attention on a UK fishing vessel about 150km west of Eagle Island.
The BBC understands that the second helicopter, the R116 from Dublin, was sent to help the Sligo aircraft communicate with the base at Malin, as the fishing boat was too far out for the first helicopter to stay within communication range.
The Sligo crew picked up the fisherman, who had a serious hand injury, and transferred him to hospital.
Shortly afterwards, communication was lost with the Dublin-based aircraft.
Conditions were described as good when the R116 helicopter - crewed by two pilots, a winch man and a winch operator - lost contact on its final approach to Blacksod refuelling depot.
The Sligo helicopter returned to the scene and began to search for their colleagues.
Declan Geoghegan from the Irish coastguard said the accident had hit the "rescue family" hard.
"We don't know what happened and obviously there will be an air accident investigation into it," he said.
"We'll continue to search for the missing crew members until such time as we have recovered them and the flight recorder."
The Irish President, Michael D Higgins, paid tribute to Cpt Fitzpatrick on "behalf of the people of Ireland".
He said she had lost her life "while providing assistance to others".
"We are all grateful for the courage, resolution and exemplary commitment to the aims of the coastguard that Captain Fitzpatrick and her colleagues have consistently displayed.
"My thoughts are with her family at this difficult moment and also with the families of the missing crew," the president said.
The Irish Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, also offered his condolences, saying: "As the search for the Dublin-based helicopter R116 is currently under way I would like to express my sincere support and sympathies for all those involved."
The search operation is being led by the Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Centre in Malin Head, County Donegal.
The Irish naval vessel, the LÉ Róisín, arrived in the search zone to assist on Tuesday morning.
It is the second fatal accident involving Irish Coastguard crew members over the past six months.
In September 2016, volunteer Coastguard Caitriona Lucas died while assisting in a rescue operation off the County Clare coast.
The mother of two was one of three crew members on board a rigid inflatable boat which flipped over during a search for a man near cliffs at Kilkee.
"Once they're done I'm going to say, 'Okay, that's goodbye to all that,'" he said in an interview with his grandson.
"At this point in my life, age 80, it'd give me more satisfaction."
The actor and director, known for such films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, was recently seen in a remake of Disney film Pete's Dragon.
The Oscar-winning star of The Sting and Out of Africa is also known for founding the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
Speaking to his grandson Dylan, Redford said he was "an impatient person" who found it hard "to sit around and do take after take after take".
The actor, who once studied as an artist in Paris, also revealed he was considering "going back to sketching" as he entered his ninth decade.
Redford said he had a pair of acting projects in the pipeline - "a love story for older people" and "a lighter piece".
The two films - Our Souls at Night co-starring Jane Fonda and The Old Man and the Gun co-starring Casey Affleck - will be released in 2017.
Redford's last directorial feature was The Company You Keep, a 2012 thriller in which he also appeared.
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Ryley Turner, five, got the top of his shoe trapped in the escalator at intu Lakeside in Essex on Saturday.
As the escalator kept running, his foot was drawn further into the mechanism.
Bystanders and firefighters spent more than an hour releasing him in a rescue described as a "miracle" by Ryley's father Adrian.
Mr Turner, from Grays, was visiting the shopping centre to get foreign currency for a holiday, and to go to the cinema with his son.
"We were on the escalator, about two-thirds of the way down, when Ryley started shouting 'ow ow ow'," Mr Turner said.
"His shoe was being dragged into the mechanism. I tried to pull him out, I was screaming for someone to push the stop button."
Mr Turner, 36, said hundreds of shoppers stopped to watch the rescue attempt, with a number of shoppers offering to help free Ryley's foot - including one man who had bought a screwdriver.
A member of staff from a BHS shop at the bottom of the escalator sat with Ryley and tried to keep him and Mr Turner calm.
"The people who helped were just amazing," Mr Turner said. "I wish I had their names. I would like to say thank you to everyone who helped us."
Mr Turner and Ryley's mother dropped off a thank-you card to firefighters from Grays who had assisted during the "very distressing" rescue.
"When they pulled him out, I cried my eyes out," Mr Turner said.
Ryley was left with a cut to his foot but no broken toes or other bones, an escape his father described as "a miracle".
Police officers were called to the town's High Street at 12.20pm.
The area was cordoned off and an investigation was launched.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "The death is currently being treated as unexplained and inquiries are ongoing."
16 February 2016 Last updated at 17:11 GMT
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Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani said the armed forces would get an extra $24m (£18m) to help them meet security needs.
The military would begin patrolling sports venues from 24 July, he added.
More than 80,000 police and soldiers will patrol the streets of Rio for the duration of the games.
The state of Rio de Janeiro has recently cut budgets across the board, including that of the police.
The police in Rio recently staged demonstrations against the late payment of salaries and a lack of basic necessities like car fuel and toilet paper.
Correspondents say the protests are a symptom of the political and economic woes which have engulfed Brazil in recent times.
Brazil's Senate suspended the country's President Dilma Rousseff in May, and then began impeachment proceedings against her over allegations that she manipulated the government budget ahead of her 2014 re-election campaign.
On the economic front, government figures for the first quarter of 2016 showed that Brazil was experiencing its worst recession in 25 years.
And the Olympic organising committee has had to deal with news that several famous sportsmen - including golf world number one Jason Day - have withdrawn from the games because of fears about the Zika virus.
However, the CEO of the games has said that concerns about the virus affecting the Olympics have been "blown out of the proportion."
The 29-year-old was suspended last month "pending an internal investigation into behaviour away from the club".
He helped England to a Test series win over New Zealand in November, having made just 13 Super League appearances in 2015 because of injury.
The club said his suspension has been lifted and he has been disciplined "in line with club policy".
The raids took place at informal refugee camps in the Baalbek region.
On Monday, at least eight bombers blew themselves up in the predominantly Christian village of Qaa, killing five people and injuring almost 30 others.
No group has said it was behind the attacks, but suspicion has fallen on jihadist militants from Islamic State.
IS has carried out previous suicide bombings that have killed scores of people in Lebanon.
Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) cited an army statement as saying that troops had raided Syrian refugee encampments on Tuesday and arrested 103 Syrians "for not having legal papers". Nine motorbikes were also confiscated.
Troops also searched the Qaa Projects (Masharia Qaa) camp for "wanted individuals", according to an NNA reporter in the area.
Masharia Qaa is located outside the village of Qaa, where the mayor advised residents to stay indoors after Monday's unprecedented attacks.
In the first wave of attacks, four suicide bombers blew themselves up one after the other at dawn outside a house in Qaa.
Five people were killed and another 15 wounded, including four soldiers who went to investigate the first blast.
It was not immediately clear who or what the attackers planned to target, but the house was about 150m (490ft) from a Lebanese customs border point on the road linking the Bekaa valley to the Syrian town of Qusair.
In the main square of Qaa, a statue of Saint Elias, holding his sword menacingly, stands tall and imposing.
Emotions are running high in the predominantly Christian border town, where anger is mounting towards tens of thousands of Syrian refugees living in makeshift settlements nearby.
The mayor described the residents of these encampments as "ticking bombs".
As such, the suicide attacks might have been a turning point in the relationship between the Lebanese and the Syrian refugees there; from annoyance to suspicion and accusation.
The consequences for both groups could be dire.
Many residents believe that ultimately the saint will protect the town. But they are not only counting on God's intervention. People openly carry weapons, from guns to rifles, dangling from their waists or in their grasp.
They are vowing to take security in their own hands.
Soon after nightfall on Monday, 13 other people were wounded when another four assailants opened fire and detonated their explosive vests near the Church of Saint Elias, shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest"), NNA said.
People had reportedly gathered at the church for the funerals of those killed that morning.
The army later issued statements calling on residents not to gather anywhere in the area and requesting that the funerals be postponed until further notice.
Baalbek-Hermel governor Bashir Khodr also imposed a curfew on Syrian refugees living in the village and surrounding areas.
"The security situation today is above all considerations," Mr Khodr told the television channel LBC.
The militant Shia Islamist movement, Hezbollah, blamed the attacks on IS and said it was postponing a religious event in Beirut on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, who visited Qaa after Monday morning's attacks, said the border villages formed part of a "fence" for Lebanon. "When a terrorist enters, he can go anywhere," he added.
Mr Bassil, whose Free Patriotic Movement party leads the largest Christian bloc in parliament, called on Sunday for municipalities to ban gatherings or camps of Syrian refugees.
Lebanon has seen repeated attacks linked to the five-year conflict in Syria, where Hezbollah has sent thousands of fighters to support President Bashar al-Assad.
Bhupinder Kondal resigned from Oldknow Academy in January 2014, saying she was under "undue pressure" from governors.
Ofsted later said the school was "inadequate" and governors promoted a "narrow, faith-based" ideology.
Mrs Kondal returned after a new board was appointed in September but has now quit to seek a "fresh challenge".
In a statement the school thanked Mrs Kondal for her 13 years as principal and for leading the school through "a period of transition".
The academy's latest Ofsted report, in March, said it was "making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures".
The education charity Ark will take over Oldknow Academy from September and is now set to appoint a new head teacher
The academy was one of 21 schools in Birmingham investigated as part of the Trojan Horse affair.
It was subsequently found that a small group of governors had tried to "make significant changes to the ethos and culture of the academy without full consultation".
Ark said Oldknow will "remain a local, non-selective, non-denominational, mixed school".
The charity, which runs 31 schools nationwide, including four in Birmingham, has promised to consult with parents, staff and pupils over its plans.
The school said a celebration event for Mrs Kondal will be held in July.
Tom Dunn opened the scoring in the first minute, while Paul Grant, Anthony Watson and Tom Homer all crossed to wrap up a bonus point by half-time.
Six further tries followed, with Grant and Watson each getting their second, before Rhys Priestland, Zach Mercer, Ben Tapuai and Ross Batty all crossed.
Mosese Ratuvou scored the French side's only try of the game.
Bath's comprehensive victory means they finish top of Pool Four.
And their superior points difference over Pool Three winners Brive, who also finished with 23 points, means they pipped the French side - their likely opponents in the last eight - to a home quarter-final.
Bath: Homer; Rokoduguni, Joseph, Fruean, Watson; Ford (co-capt), Fotuali'i; Catt, Dunn, Palma-Newport, Ewels, Stooke, Mercer, Louw (co-capt), Grant.
Replacements: Batty, Obano, Knight, Charteris, Mercer, Cook, Priestland, Tapuai.
Pau: Buros; Lestremeau, Fumat, Dupouy, Ratuvou; Fajardo, Moa Teutau; Hurou, Lespiaucq Brettes Sclavi, Pesenti, Ramsay, Habel Kuffner, Dougall, Butler (capt).
Replacements: Boundjema, Jacquot, Tierney, Tutaia, Daubagna, Dupichot, Malie, Bernad.
Sin-bin: Habel Kuffner (36)
Ref: Ben Whitehouse
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Seven sailors were left missing and three injured after Saturday's collision, which the US Navy said almost sank the destroyer.
The US Navy said rescue workers found the bodies on Sunday after gaining access to damaged parts of the ship.
It said they will be taken to a Japanese hospital to be identified.
The incident took place some 56 nautical miles (104km) south-west of the Japanese port city of Yokosuka, at about 02:30 local time on Saturday (17:30 GMT Friday).
Japanese broadcaster NHK said the collision led to the flooding of the crew's sleeping quarters while they were asleep.
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"The damage was significant," 7th Fleet commander Vice-Admiral Joseph P Aucoin said. "There was a big gash under the water." Repairs would take some time to complete, he said.
At a press conference in Japan on Sunday, Vice Adm Aucoin would not confirm how many remains had been found so far. Families of the sailors are being notified, he said.
"This loss is something we all feel," he said.
Marine traffic records suggest the ACX Crystal, a 222-metre (730ft) Filipino-flagged container ship, made a sudden U-turn roughly 25 minutes before the crash. It is not known why it changed course.
Similar records for the USS Fitzgerald are not publicly available.
The Navy ship's starboard side was heavily damaged in the collision, but the vessel later managed to slowly return to its base in Yokosuka, with the assistance of US navy tug boats.
Japan's coastguard said the ACX Crystal had a gross tonnage of just under 30,000, about three times that of the USS Fitzgerald.
It sustained lighter damage to its port bow.
The Associated Press agency said there were no injuries reported among the 20 Filipino crew members on board the ACX Crystal.
It remains at port in Tokyo.
The 25th Oil and Gas Survey found 67% of north east Scotland businesses had shed staff at a faster rate than at any time in the survey's history.
But a similar proportion felt the sector had reached "rock bottom" and the rate of job cuts would now slow.
More than 40% had cut pay or changed benefits to cope with low oil prices.
The survey, conducted by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Fraser of Allander Institute, canvassed the views of 130 businesses, employing more than 308,000 UK staff in total.
The findings included:
James Bream, research and policy director at Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce, said: "We're likely to remain in an uncertain position through 2017 and 'the bottom' will arrive at different times and feel different for each company.
"It is clear that companies are striving to become fitter, leaner and they are working hard to look for new markets to secure their future and employment levels where that is within their control.
"There is no question of complacency in the north east and our brilliant people will continue to demonstrate that the oil and gas sector should be considered a success story in generating economic value for the UK economy."
The survey was conducted in September.
Meanwhile, the UK's oil and gas industry has claimed chemical discharges to sea and emissions to the air have continued on a downward trend over the last 15 years.
Trade body Oil & Gas UK said the average oil-in-water concentration last year was less than half of the recommended limit set by the OSPAR Commission.
That was despite the industry's first increase in production since 2000.
The findings are contained in Oil & Gas UK's Environment Report 2016.
Mick Borwell, health, safety and environment policy director with Oil & Gas UK, said: "The environment report comes at a challenging time for the UK oil and gas which is working extremely hard to navigate through the downturn, while maintaining environment and safety standards.
"Despite the UK Continental Shelf being a mature basin with technically challenging production, the overall trend for the last 15 years is downwards for discharges, emissions and accidental releases. Put simply, we are using the same amount of chemicals and emitting less CO2 in the production of more oil and gas.
"Industry is committed to minimising the effect on the natural environment and all operators have an environmental management system which is designed to minimise environmental effect."
The attack happened at a house on Phibsboro Road at about 22:30 local time on Saturday night.
The man was taken to the Mater Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
A woman in her 40s was arrested in connection with the incident.
It says a PIRC (Pensions & Investment Research Consultants) report wrongly states the firm has a chief executive-to-average-employee pay ratio of 400:1.
The retailer says the PIRC figures include a bonus that was never paid, and a "true ratio" would be about 9:1.
PIRC denied these claims, saying its analysis of the period from 1 August 1 2015 to 31 July 31 2016 was correct.
It added in a statement: "At the time of collation, PIRC's analysis of the ratio for the period under review was correct. Changes to the company remuneration scheme in subsequent periods will be updated in our 2017 annual review.
"Far from being 'fake news', PIRC's analysis was correct and the company had an opportunity to question our analysis at that time. The [Sports Direct] remuneration policies that led to PIRC's analysis were only subsequently amended."
A chief executive-to-average-employee pay ratio of 400:1 would be the second highest in the FTSE 350.
Sports Direct had said that the data sets used in the PIRC study were "incorrect", and included a bonus entitlement which was accrued by former chief executive Dave Forsey, but was never collected.
"This is fake news that appears to have been either deliberately or recklessly circulated by an irresponsible organisation that is making headlines at the expense of Sports Direct," a spokesman for Sports Direct said.
"We have contacted PIRC to request a copy of the report and we will be writing to them to express our disappointment. It is incorrect to state that Sports Direct has the second-highest ratio of chief executive-to-average-employee pay."
The PIRC wages data was originally published in City AM, a free newspaper for workers in the City of London.
Over the past year Sports Direct has faced a barrage of criticism over its financial performance, corporate governance and conditions for workers at its warehouse in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
A report by the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills committee said employees of the company were "not treated as humans".
Since then, the company has promised an independent inquiry and to undertake significant reforms, including offering compensation to workers who had been underpaid.
Several senior employees have left the company. Mr Forsey stepped down as chief executive and was replaced by Mr Ashley. Veteran banker David Brayshaw was recruited as an independent director.
The figure was released following a Freedom of Information request by the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
It includes the cost of upkeep for buildings and maintaining the force's mechanical and electrical systems.
Police Scotland responded by saying it was developing an estate investment programme.
Last October, the Scottish Police Federation raised concerns about the "crumbling police estate".
The Association of the Scottish Police Superintendents later said that the force was facing "significant budget challenges" and that many stations were in a "shocking state of disrepair".
Police Scotland has been reviewing buildings in a number of locations which could be closed as part of a wide-ranging estate review.
In November, the force said it needed "modern, flexible buildings which are fit for the future".
In releasing the maintenance figures, Scottish Lib Dem justice spokesman Liam McArthur said: "We've seen reports of police cars held together with duct tape, leaking interview rooms and officers searching charity shops for gear.
"Now this Freedom of Information request reveals that, over the next 10 years, the cost of routine maintenance of the police estate will be more than a quarter of a billion pounds.
"That is a huge bill and it is what is required just to keep up, replacing outdated electrical equipment and buildings.
"It won't even begin to cover the new investment that is required to ensure officers and staff have the 21st century resources they need."
In its response, Police Scotland said the estimated spending on maintenance included replacing "components and systems assessed against the anticipated lifecycle" that may be required over the next 10 years.
Police Scotland Deputy Chief Constable Iain Livingstone said: "The Police Scotland estate was inherited from the legacy arrangements of eight forces and the Scottish Police Services Authority.
"Much of the estate had not been maintained or upgraded to an adequate standard. In addition, a number of the buildings are no longer suitable for the demands or needs of local communities."
Mr Livingstone said the total was the amount the force would have to pay "if we were simply to maintain our current estate".
He added: "However, that is not our intention, and through the Policing 2026 Strategy, which was approved by the SPA and placed before the Scottish Parliament this week, we laid out ambitious plans to build the police service Scotland needs for the future.
"These plans detail our intention to ensure Police Scotland becomes financially and operationally sustainable within three years.
"As part of these plans, Police Scotland is now developing an estate investment programme to ensure we have buildings which are fit for purpose across the wide range of communities we serve.
"The actual amount Police Scotland will spend on estates over the next 10 years will be calculated and refined as this investment programme is developed to ensure we continue to deliver a quality service to local communities."
Mr McArthur blamed the size of the maintenance bill on the "botched centralisation" of the force by the Scottish government in 2013.
But the government responded by saying it was "committed to protecting the £1bn police resource budget in real terms in every year of this parliament, a boost of £100m by 2021".
A spokeswoman added: "We have also increased the capital budget in real terms in 2017-18 and provided a further £61m to support the delivery of Policing 2026, the 10-year strategy to ensure Police Scotland is equipped to tackle new and emerging threats.
"We will continue to press UK ministers over the glaring disparity on VAT which sees Police Scotland, unlike all other UK territorial police forces, unable to recover VAT."
15 December 2016 Last updated at 08:32 GMT
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The corpse was discovered in a BMW outside West Bromwich police station on Thursday morning.
Formal identification and a post-mortem examination of the dead man will take place in due course, West Midlands Police said.
Sukhwinder Singh, 40, of MacDonalds Close, Tividale is due to appear before Walsall Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
The 20-year-old forward, on loan from Millwall, headed in Dan Walker's cross to give the visitors the lead.
Damon Lathrope then doubled the advantage when his 30-yard free-kick looped over home keeper Ritchie Branagan and into the top corner.
Kristian Dennis had a late effort blocked for the hosts, but the Shots defence held firm for a clean sheet.
Aldershot Town boss Barry Smith told BBC Surrey:
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"It was a good away performance, we got the goals at good times and the boys worked ever so hard to get that result.
"The starting eleven and the boys that came on, they worked very hard defensively and that allowed us to win chances in order to take them.
"I think overall our team defensively ensured a good performance, where the strikers worked hard to stop them getting the ball forward and when they did get it forward the midfielders tracked their runners which allowed us to defend well.
"I've got a great squad, their attitude is superb and I've said that all along. The players have worked ever so hard during the week topping up their fitness levels and that showed."
The New Zealand-born 26-year-old arrived in Wales in 2014 and has scored 337 points for the region.
Anscombe, who was named in Wales' summer tour squad earlier this week, has played for Wales nine times.
"It is great to see Gareth re-signing his dual contract and becoming another player to commit his future to the game in Wales," said coach Warren Gatland.
"Gareth has recovered well from recent injuries to hit form once again and is deserving of his place in Wales' upcoming summer tour."
Anscombe says he is pleased to be staying somewhere he now considers "home".
"It's pleasing to recommit to Wales and Cardiff Blues, who are a region I very much want to be a part of," Anscombe commented.
"I'm looking forward to the summer tour, but I'm only at the start of my international career and hopefully I can contribute a lot more in the years to come.
"There's a lot more to do before that and it's very important for me that Cardiff Blues finish the season well and next year push into to the top six and play at a consistent high level.
"Wales feels like home now, the boys have been a big part of that and my partner and I feel really settled here in Cardiff."
Blues go to Stade Francais in a semi-final play-off on Friday, 19 May for the last remaining place in the European Champions Cup.
If successful, Anscombe will then link up with Wales for the summer Test matches against Tonga and Samoa in June after the play-off final on Friday, 26 May.
Blues head coach Danny Wilson added: "It's great news that Gareth has recommitted his future to Cardiff Blues and Wales.
"Since he has returned from injury he has got better every week and proven his quality.
"He is a key figure for us and is not just a good professional, but also an important leader within the squad.
"Gareth has a big future with Cardiff Blues and he has all the quality and potential to kick on with Wales."
Swans have had three managers in 2016-17 with Paul Clement having arrived in January with the club at the foot of the table.
Their struggle ended as Hull were relegated instead after their 4-0 defeat by Crystal Palace.
"I don't think it needs a big overhaul in the squad," said Jenkins.
"I think that's always dangerous."
There has been speculation over the futures of striker Fernando Llorente and midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, whose efforts played a major part in the Welsh club looking forward to a seventh season in the top flight.
Sigurdsson has 13 assists for the season, while Llorente has 14 goals and scored in each of the three victories Swansea recorded during a timely late unbeaten run of four matches.
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Chelsea were reportedly interested in Llorente in January while Everton have been linked with Sigurdsson.
Jenkins hopes neither player wants to move on with Llorente contracted until the end of 2017-18, while Sigurdsson has signed a deal until June 2020.
"Now and again you get players who want to leave the club for whatever reason and we have to deal with that," Jenkins told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
When asked whether Sigurdsson and Llorente would want to stay, Jenkins responded: "We'll have to discuss that and hopefully they will."
"It's always a difficult one offering new contracts to players every year."
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Jenkins says the club's priority will remain being financially stable while hoping to hold on to their top players.
"I don't think there's been many an occasion at Swansea City over the last six years in the Premier League when players have left because we've wanted to transfer them," said Jenkins.
"And I think that will always continue as finances will dictate and we'll do our best to make sure that better players want to stay with us.
"Sometimes we don't satisfy everybody's wishes, but we've got to try and work within the financial situation we are in and parameters we've got.
"We'll always try and do that and make sure the club is financially sound and to me that's first and foremost."
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Jenkins remained chairman when Swansea were taken over by an American consortium led by Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien in July, 2016.
There has been controversy over their management of the club since, particularly the decision to appoint Bob Bradley as the Premier League's first American manager in October.
He took over from Italian Francesco Guidolin, was was dispensed with after poor early form.
Clement succeeded Bradley and after overseeing a change in fortunes and hopes Sigurdsson and Llorente will be part of his squad next season with talks to start with the American owners and Jenkins over the next few days.
"Gylfi has remained extremely professional - and there has been a lot of speculation about him during this period," said Clement.
"But he's focused totally on playing well, putting the work in on the training field, delivering performances week-in, week-out, home and away.
"There's no wonder that the fans have this affection for him.
"I've enjoyed working with him and I would like to do that moving into the future, but we'll see what happens.
Clement added: "I think Llorente and Sigurdsson have enjoyed their time here this season, especially the second half.
"They've been instrumental in our form and how we've done, but no decisions have been made on any player, really, moving ahead to next season.
"We need to do that over the coming days, but ultimately me as the manager, coach, I want to keep the best players here."
In the Middle East media, pan-Arab Al-Arabiya TV quotes observers as saying that the agreement is "loose, and open to interpretation". The TV adds that the "Munich agreement remains mere pledges on paper as US Secretary of State John Kerry admitted."
Syrian TV in its early morning bulletin focuses on military successes against "terrorists" and reports the Russian deputy foreign minister's announcement of an agreement to settle the crisis only near the end of its newscast.
However, the agreement is widely reported in Iran which is supportive of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but Iranian media stress that the cessation of hostilities does not include regions under the control of "terrorist groups" such as the so-called Islamic State and al-Nusra Front.
Iranian English-language Press TV also broadcast an interview with Ken Stone, described as a Canadian peace activist, who sees the plan as a "step forward".
The Saudi, pro-government Al-Riyadh newspaper quotes various "experts" as saying that it was unlikely that any agreed ceasefire would be "implemented on the ground". In contrast, Lebanon's Al-Akhbar newspaper, which backs the Syrian government, runs a front-page headline heralding "a Syrian breakthrough in Munich".
In Russia, which backs the Syrian government militarily, the Munich talks feature prominently on TV news bulletins. Channel One follows up its report on the talks with a jubilant report on the advances of the Syrian army, creating the overall impression that government forces are gaining momentum on the ground.
Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung, publishing in Munich where the talks have been held, is upbeat, reporting hopes of a "realistic implemention in 7 to 10 days".
But the conservative Berlin paper, Die Welt, is more sceptical, headlining its story "Ceasefire all round, unless the Russians don't want it". It says the "partial success" of the Munich security conference has led to "very fragile agreements", concluding that "almost everything depends on the Russians".
French papers, too, express little confidence about the deal. Le Monde talks of a "fragile agreement for a humanitarian truce" and Liberation says the deal was reached with "difficulty amid distrust and caution".
Le Figaro says bluntly: "The outcome of the Syrian conflict is still far from over. John Kerry did not hide the issues he is still in disagreement with Russia on, especially the fate of Bashar al-Assad."
But in the USA, The New York Times sees the agreement as "a chance to halt the brutality in Syria", saying in an editorial that it sees "a glimmer of hope after the relentless attacks by Russia in support of the Syrian regime".
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Shapovalov was fined $7,000 (£5,600) for his actions during a Davis Cup match with Great Britain's Kyle Edmund.
The 17-year-old trailed 6-3 6-4 2-1 when he struck the ball in anger and hit Arnaud Gabas, defaulting the match.
"I know how dangerous it can be to fire a ball," he told the BBC. "My first concern was that the referee was OK."
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast's Nicky Campbell, he added: "I turned over and saw the official bending down, holding his eye. So from that moment on I was in complete shock and regret right away.
"I kind of blacked out for the next 10 minutes maybe. I remember going to the bench, asking if the ref's OK."
Shapovalov, who escaped the maximum $12,000 (£9,600) fine because it was deemed to be unintentional, said he spoke to Gabas after the match and the French umpire even managed to "joke around a little bit" regarding the incident in Ottawa.
Gabas went to hospital as a precaution but no damage to the cornea or retina was found. He was due to see an eye doctor in France for a further examination.
"I've been hit several times in the eye and other parts, so I know how dangerous it is," added world number 251 Shapovalov.
"I'm very lucky he is OK. If things had gone worse I don't think I would have been able to forgive myself and I don't think I would be able to move past it.
"I'm hoping I'll learn from it and move forward so that it is a lesson for me."
The teenager also apologised to Edmund and and the British fans, saying he was "odds on" to lose match before he was disqualified.
"I feel bad that I didn't allow the British team to have the celebration that they deserved," he added.
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The Raglan Road pub in Nottingham created the unusual tribute to the billionaire business mogul in its men's toilets.
Manager Ruth Beraki said it was the owner's idea but insisted it was not meant to be a political statement.
"We are not trying to influence people. It is only meant to be a bit of fun," she said.
She said many people have been spotted taking selfies with the image and "think it is brilliant".
No complaints had been made and no-one had said anything about it "not being appropriate".
"It's a talking point," Ms Beraki added.
The Raglan Road bar was converted from a lighting shop to a pub in 2008.
In March, a pub in Kennington set up urinal-style voting booths, with the help of the Last Leg satire show, featuring the likenesses of Donald Trump and fellow Republicans Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz to allow punters to vote for their least favourite candidate.
In August, a pub in Dublin also decorated its urinal with a portrait of the Republican candidate to make patrons' trip to the toilet "a wee bit more entertaining".
Ms Beraki said she had not yet considered putting a photo of Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton next to the one of Mr Trump.
The BBC has made efforts to contact Mr Trump for a comment but is yet to receive a response.
The singer and X Factor judge cited "unreasonable behaviour" in the action filed at the High Court in London.
The high profile couple split in February after claims the England star had been unfaithful during their four-year marriage.
The divorce could go through before the World Cup in South Africa next month, according to reports.
The 26-year-old Girl s Aloud star married the footballer in 2006 in a lavish ceremony in Hertfordshire.
The pair met in 2004 and were engaged a year later after the footballer proposed in Dubai.
OK! magazine covered the wedding, despite Cheryl Cole's earlier insistence that the ceremony would be a "quiet affair".
In 2008, the couple's marriage was rocked by tabloid speculation about Ashley Cole's infidelity.
They eventually split following further claims made in tabloid newspapers.
It was alleged that Ashley had texted compromising photographs of himself to several women, while another came forward to claim she had slept with him in 2009.
The removal of the engines, which have lain idle for two years, would leave 142 active vehicles in the capital.
Savings from the proposal would be invested in making more staff available to crew Fire Rescue Units.
But the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said it would be "dangerous and reckless" to get rid of them permanently.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has released three plans to make the savings.
It insists no stations will close and no firefighters will be forced to leave their jobs.
The Brigade said it had continued to meet London-wide attendance time targets while the 13 engines had been out of service.
It said that bringing them back would improve response times by about four seconds for the first engine to reach the scene.
An alternative proposal has been put forward by London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore, who recommends putting the 13 fire engines back into service but making savings by establishing alternate crewing at stations with some specialist appliances.
The proposals will be discussed on 2 December and there will be a full public consultation on how the Brigade will find the savings, LFB said.
The FBU said it was "opposed to the removal of any fire engine from London."
A spokesman said: "In wake of the Paris attacks, it would be dangerous and reckless to reduce the number of fire engines and we would urge the London Fire Brigade to think again.
"The ten fire stations that were closed last year increased response times. By removing these fire engines, we fear that response times could increase again."
They were hit by the silver van on the A25 Reigate Road in Dorking, near the junction of Pixham Lane, at about 18:50 BST on Friday.
A man died at the scene while a woman was taken to St George's Hospital in London where she was pronounced dead, Surrey Police said. The force described the two victims as elderly.
The road was closed for officers to investigate but has since reopened.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust (ULHT) has said from Wednesday 17 August the department will only open from 09:00 to 18:30 daily.
The trust says it does not have enough doctors to staff the department safely and also maintain services in Lincoln and Boston.
Protesters claim the decision will put lives at risk, which the trust denies.
Charmaine Morgan, the Labour County Councillor for Grantham South, said she hoped the protest would make the trust rethink.
"This is one of the most serious situations the people of Grantham could face and is potentially life-threatening for some of our residents.
"This is a drastic change and it is not even only a night time closure but from the early evening."
The trust said the temporary closure at Grantham would enable to it maintain safe staffing levels at its two other A&E departments, both of which take a higher number of A&E patients.
Emergency departments at the hospital normally work based on having 15 consultants and 28 registrar or middle grade doctors.
However, it currently has just 14 consultants - 10 of whom are locums - and 12 middle grades.
Dr Suneil Kapadia, medical director at ULHT, said: "We have not made this decision lightly, but we've made it for the right reasons - to maintain patient safety in all three A&Es.
"We know this will be an unpopular decision but reducing the opening hours of Grantham A&E is the safest option for Lincolnshire."
He said the trust was actively trying to recruit more doctors and would fully reopen Grantham's A&E as soon as possible.
Presented by Barney Harwood, this Newsround special explores the issue of bereavement and the effect it has on children's lives.
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An Irish coastguard helicopter pilot has died following a crash off the coast of Mayo in the Republic of Ireland.
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The 22-year-old forward spent the second half of 2016-17 on loan at Rovers, making eight appearances.
Dunn had previous loan spells away from the Premier League club at Cheltenham Town, Burton Albion and Morecambe.
"I'm pleased to be able to bring a player of Jack's quality to the club on a permanent basis," said Rovers manager Micky Mellon.
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The latest decklift means the remaining gap is about 50m - the equivalent of an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
The next stage of work involves using ballast and adjusting cables to ensure the height is aligned and ready for the final closure of the two sections.
Work on the final stage is set for January with the bridge connecting Edinburgh and Fife due to open in May.
Economy Secretary Keith Brown said: "Connecting all three of the Queensferry Crossing towers, from Fife right over to the south deck fan is another example of the good progress being made on the project.
"Despite the huge size and weight of the units being lifted, lifting them into place is a very precise operation.
"This is truly world class engineering taking place to bridge the Firth of Forth for the third time in consecutive centuries.
"Successfully building the new bridge and the road network requires careful planning and delivery of over 10,000 operations.
"The workforce continue to do an excellent job in often very tough conditions."
Michael Martin, Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) project director, said: "In total, we will have four principal deck closures on the Queensferry Crossing.
"Earlier this year, we closed the gap between the North Tower deck span and the northern approach viaduct.
"Then, in October, we achieved closure between the Centre and South Tower deck spans.
"We have now lifted the Centre Tower/North Tower closure section into place and work is on-going to fix it permanently into position.
"We are continuing to make considerable progress on the project as a whole. In fact, for the first time we can say that the three towers and their decks are now connected directly to Fife.
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Activists say at least 30 people have died since Saturday, and that residents trying to flee the city's Ramel district have been fired on by troops.
The government in Damascus says it is tackling armed terrorist gangs.
More than 1,700 people have reportedly died in the six-month uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
The Ramel quarter and neighbouring areas are said to be under constant heavy gunfire on Monday as tanks and troops move through the streets.
The assault began on Saturday, a day after mass anti-government protests in the city.
By Jim MuirBBC News, Beirut
Latakia was one of the cities to be caught up in the revolt soon after it erupted in mid-March. Despite repeated attempts by the regime to stifle defiance, it keeps breaking out.
It is a sensitive city. Its population is 600,000 or so, and it has a Sunni Muslim majority, as does the country, but there are also areas dominated by President Assad's minority Alawite community.
The current punishment is being meted out to mainly Sunni areas, a fact that could further aggravate sectarian tensions already sensitised by the situation.
On Sunday, activists said Syrian warships had joined the attack, firing shells on the city.
One resident of Ramel told Associated Press news agency: "We are being targeted from the ground and the sea. The shooting is intense. We cannot go out. They are raiding and breaking into people's homes."
He said that at least three gunboats were taking part and mosques had been targeted.
A Syrian military official on Monday denied as "absolutely baseless" reports that gunboats had fired on Latakia, Syria's official Sana news agency reported.
A UK-based Anglican priest who is visiting his family in Latakia said the atmosphere in the city was extremely tense.
"[On Sunday] you could hear a lot of shooting and bombing from different parts of the city," the Reverend Nadim Nassar told the BBC. "The whole city is now shut... the fear is very high and people don't know what's going on and what is next," he said.
The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least one young child had been killed.
State television denied any shelling had happened.
It said the security forces were fighting armed gangs who had set up barricades and were shooting from rooftops.
The government said three members of the security forces were killed and 40 wounded in clashes. It interviewed some of the city's residents in other places who called on the army to clear out the "terrorist gangs".
Activists deny that their movement is armed but said at least one officer and a number of soldiers had defected to join the uprising.
International journalists face severe restrictions in operating in Syria, and it is hard to verify reports.
Meanwhile, newspapers in the region have expressed anger about Arab states' failure to respond to events in that country.
Latakia has seen many anti-government protests in the past six months.
Syria has come under increased diplomatic pressure in the past week to stop its crackdown on the dissent.
The US has imposed sanctions on Damascus and has said these could be increased, while calling on other countries to follow.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait have all recalled their ambassadors, while Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has described the methods used by the Syrian security forces as "unacceptable".
Mr Assad has reiterated promises of political reform, while remaining adamant his government would continue to pursue the "terrorist groups" he has blamed for the unrest.
Protests have been targeted in Homs, Hama, Damascus, Deir al-Zour in the east, Deraa in the south and Aleppo and Idlib near Turkey's border.
A doctor in Hama told the BBC that medical services there had been severely affected by recent government attacks.
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They feel the symptoms are not socially acceptable and may embarrass those close to them, Parkinson's UK said.
It added it was concerned that too many people were struggling alone with their diagnosis, affecting emotional health.
The disease affects 127,000 people in the UK - about one in 500 people.
The main symptoms are tremor, slowness of movement and rigidity.
The charity surveyed 1,868 people with the disease to find out how they dealt with their diagnosis.
One in three with the condition said they had delayed telling friends and family about their diagnosis with some of the main reasons including the fear of being stigmatised.
The charity said the findings also revealed a worrying level of emotional repercussions for people diagnosed with Parkinson's.
Younger people reported being hardest hit by the diagnosis to the extent that many said they felt "like their world had ended" and said "they didn't know who to turn to".
Steve Ford, chief executive at Parkinson's UK, said not getting help for the degenerative neurological condition was having a devastating impact on people's emotional health.
"We are determined that each and every person with Parkinson's is aware of the support available so they can feel equipped to have these difficult conversations.
"We know that the right support, whether through family, friends or Parkinson's UK, is vital for those with the condition, to help them come to terms with their diagnosis and know that they're not alone."
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The hosts had to hold on at the end to register a 24-20 victory after Martin Landajo went over, with the boot of Leigh Halfpenny easing home nerves.
Victory came seven days after a 32-8 mauling by Australia.
"We are generally pleased because we'd had some criticism," said Howley. "I thought they answered that criticism in their performance and how proud they are to wear the Welsh jersey."
He added: "I'm pleased for the whole squad, who worked so hard off the back of the last game."
Wales dominated the first half at Principality Stadium, but led only 6-3 at the break thanks to Halfpenny's kicking against their tenacious opponents.
"I thought we deserved the win," added Howley.
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"The players were a little frustrated at half-time. We had a lot of pressure in their 22 and they were quite smart.
"At half-time we weren't rewarded for that dominance and that's disappointing and I said to the players it's important we learn from those aspects.
"It is important that when you get opportunities you take them."
Wales captain Gethin Jenkins became the fourth most capped international of all time.
But most attention was given to his uncharacteristic kick out of hand that led to scrum-half Gareth Davies scoring a try.
He credited former Wales, Cardiff Blues, Pontypridd and British and Irish Lions team-mate Martyn Williams with the inspiration for that moment.
"I learned that from Martyn. I think one kick a game is my limit," said Jenkins.
"It's a great feeling. When it comes to the things we have been working on, I think we put a lot more of that into practice this week.
"But we also know we have got a long way to go, looking at the last few games.
"We played some good stuff. We sort of let them back into the game with that one try.
"But they are a quality team. It was backs against the wall time and it is nice to come away with a win."
Centre Jonathan Davies says Wales must be more clinical in their remaining autumn series games against Japan and South Africa.
"We can be a bit more clinical at times but we are creating chances which is a good thing," the 28-year-old told BBC Radio Wales.
"We have things to look back on and improve but there were a lot of positives from that game.
"We created a few chances and took two and it would have been nice to have converted a few more chances but it's something to work on.
"We're a very talented bunch, we know that, and sometimes it's frustrating for us but we've got to keep working and keep pushing."
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Written by journalist Jonathan Maitland, An Audience with Jimmy Savile focuses on the decades of abuse carried out by the late presenter and how he managed to cover up his crimes.
McGowan told the BBC's Andrew Marr he had had "third, fourth, fifth and sixth thoughts" about doing the play.
But a lot of abuse victims thought the play was 30 years too late, he added.
Since his death in 2011, it has emerged that Savile was one of the UK's most prolific sexual predators.
Once a beloved TV entertainer who raised £40m for charity, he is thought to have exploited his status to prey on hundreds of people in television dressing rooms, hospitals, schools and children's homes.
The play's synopsis, describes how Savile "groomed the nation".
When asked by Marr if he had had second thoughts about the role, McGowan answered: "Third, fourth, fifth and sixth thoughts, yes".
He described the play as "very controversial", adding: "Its a very strange experience letting this person speak through me."
However, he continued: "A lot of people have said, 'Is it too early to do this play?,' but if you talk to the victims, a lot of them say it's thirty years too late."
McGowan said he was just one of the millions of British TV viewers who was duped by the disgraced star.
"I was so duped by him that, just after he died, BBC North wanted me to do a tribute show about him because I'd done an impression of him on my show. They asked me to talk about him and his voice and how much affection he was held in and I did it.
"So subsequently, I feel very pleased to be able to redress that [with the play].
An Audience with Jimmy Savile opens on 10 June at the Park Theatre in London, yet no images of McGowan in character have been released to the press.
Writer Maitland said that was a deliberate move as "it's very distressing for victims and survivors and other people to see images of him".
He continued: "When a story about Savile is on the news, you have to [show pictures] but I thought if people are paying to see a play where Savile is a character that's fine, you can have someone portraying him but we don't want to cause people unnecessary offence by having an actor dressed up as him."
Five opposition groups, including the Al-Wefaq movement, said in a statement that the vote was an attempt to establish "absolute rule in Bahrain".
It comes a day after a government minister said that all sides should participate in the democratic process.
The polls will be the first since anti-government protests rocked the Sunni-ruled kingdom in 2011.
Dozens died when the government moved to quash the demonstrations.
The protesters had been demanding more rights and an end to discrimination against the majority Shia community by the Sunni royal family.
Since then talks intended to resolve tensions have collapsed, and protests have continued. Thousands of people have been arrested.
The opposition groups announced on Saturday they would be refusing to take part in the government's "sham" elections, claiming they would be unfair.
On Friday, Information Minister Sameera Ebrahim Bin Rajab said participation in the elections was a "free national duty" and condemned the opposition groups' plans for a boycott.
"They tend to raise the banner of boycott in an attempt to open the door for foreign interference in our domestic affairs," she said, quoted by Bahrain News Agency (BNA).
Last week Nabeel Rajab, a leading Bahraini human rights activist, was arrested and charged over Twitter remarks deemed "denigrating" to government institutions.
Sunni Muslims are a minority in the country but through the al-Khalifa dynasty have ruled over the Shia Muslim majority for more than 200 years.
The small island country is a key US ally in the Gulf and hosts the US Navy's 5th Fleet.
Bahrain is also closely allied with Saudi Arabia, which in 2011 sent troops into the country to help the government quell the uprising.
The 27-year-old learned of the failed test earlier this week and said he had "let a lot of people down".
Ellesse said they "cannot condone the lifestyle choices he has made".
The Briton signed with Ellesse in March after buying his own kit at this year's Australian open because his Nike deal had run out at the end of 2016.
Evans, who has accepted the finding, could be banned for up to four years for an anti-doping violation, according to International Tennis Federation (ITF) rules.
Liam Broady, who plays fellow Brit Marcus Willis in the second round of Wimbledon qualifying on Wednesday said: "Evo's a mate. I know Dan can only blame himself but I think Dan can often portray that he doesn't care about a lot of things, he's quite a cool cookie.
"But no-one loves tennis more than Evo does and this will hurt him. I hope he's OK, to be honest. My only concern is about Dan. He's a friend."
Willis added: "It's a shame. He's a cracking tennis player and nobody really knows what happened. He had a moment where he was stupid and it's cost him a little bit.
"But I've no doubt he'll be back up there after his ban."
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Moncur, 23, turned down the chance to join Posh this summer to move to the Tykes from Colchester for a fee believed to be about £500,000.
But he has made two appearances for Barnsley so far and has been allowed to leave on loan.
Neither McGee or Oduwa, both 20 have made a Spurs first-team appearance.
However, Oduwa has had loans at Luton, Rangers and Colchester, while McGee comes in following the release of keeper Ben Alnwick from his Posh contract because of "family and geographical reasons".
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It followed an intervention by Northern Ireland's Attorney General.
Last year, Ashers bakery was ordered to pay £500 for refusing to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan on it.
A Belfast court found that customer Gareth Lee had been discriminated against on the grounds of his sexual orientation.
He was backed in the case by the NI Equality Commission.
The commission paid almost £39,000 in legal fees.
However, the McArthur family who run Ashers, said they had decided "after much careful and prayerful consideration" to appeal.
Following a short hearing on Wednesday, the case has been rescheduled for 9 May.
Speaking shortly after the court ruling last May, the McArthurs said: "We continue to insist that we have done nothing wrong as we have discriminated against no individual, but rather acted according to what the Bible teaches regarding marriage."
The judge had ruled that, as a business, Ashers was not exempt from discrimination law.
The firm was found to have discriminated against Mr Lee on the grounds of sexual orientation as well as his political beliefs.
At the 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 body of Michael Freshwater, 49, was discovered at a flat in Westridge Road on 29 April.
The boy, from Kent, is the ninth person to be arrested in connection with the stabbing.
Ashton Singh, 26, appeared at the city's magistrates' court on Tuesday, charged with perverting the course of justice and was remanded in custody.
The 2017 count from the River Awe in the south-west Highlands is projected to be the lowest since records began.
Fishery groups believe the declining salmon count is the result of "intensive" fish farming in the area, and the spread of sea lice at farms.
The government said a number of factors could be to blame, but said a project was under way to tackle the lice issue.
MSPs are set to hold an inquiry into the industry in early 2018, after the rural economy committee studied a petition from Salmon and Trout Conservation Scotland (STCS) about protecting wild fish from sea lice breeding in salmon farms.
The group said this year's count from the Awe has only been running at a third of the 2016 count, which was itself only just above the all-time low since records began in 1965.
The 2016 total was 807 fish, but STCS said the 2017 count may "struggle to reach 400", with 30 weeks of the season already past.
They said juvenile salmon migrating from rivers in the south-west Highlands had to "run the gauntlet" close to lice-producing salmon farms the whole way up the west coast before reaching the open ocean.
STCS wants farms moved into closed containment tank systems to prevent the spread of parasites, saying only this could allow both farmed and wild fish to thrive.
Director Andrew Graham-Stewart said the numbers of mature west Highland sea trout had "collapsed" since the arrival of intensive fish farming, and said wild salmon numbers were also now in a decline which is "accelerating into a free fall".
Roger Brook, chairman of the Argyll District Salmon Fishery Board, said rivers like the Awe were facing "a very precarious future", and called on the government to make changes.
He said: "The Scottish government has promoted the continued expansion of the salmon aquaculture industry whilst refusing to implement adequate control on the siting of farms and the levels of sea lice on the farms.
"We call upon the Scottish government to insist that future farms are sited away from the probable migration routes. The worst existing farms, both in terms of location and lice control, should now be closed."
Scotland's farmed salmon industry continues to grow, with exports rising by 17% by value last year. However, there have been persistent concerns about sea lice, which can spread at farms and potentially damage ecosystems.
Efforts have been made to tackle the spread of lice at farms with "cleaner fish" which attack and eat the parasites. Scottish Sea Farms said their use has been "transformational", with lice levels at a three-year low at the end of 2016.
A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said: "We recognise that a number of factors may be having an impact on wild salmon stocks, including the activity of aquaculture, which can result in elevated numbers of sea lice in open water and hence is likely to increase the infestation potential on wild salmons.
"The magnitude of any such impact in relation to overall mortality levels is not known for Scotland. Marine Scotland Science has recently commenced a project to address this issue."
Robson, who presided over one of the most famous Great Escapes in Premier League history with West Brom, feels Swansea's class will tell in the defining weeks of the campaign.
"I just think Swansea have too many good players to go down," the former England captain told BBC Radio Wales.
"It is about which teams hold their nerve and believe in themselves."
Robson believes Swansea should focus only on their next game, away at title-chasing Arsenal, even though first-team coach Alan Curtis feels it is the contests against their rivals that will define the season.
"You can only focus on your own job though, you can't worry about the teams around you. You need to focus on your games," Robson said.
"Beat your rivals and it is more than likely to you escape.
"If you can get around the 38 point mark, that should be enough."
Wales defender Neil Taylor believes Swansea's efforts in their 2-1 defeat at Tottenham, showed their Premier League credentials.
"It was a hard game and after all that work, we are disappointed to come away with nothing," he said.
"But we can take heart from this game, there is no way we looked like a team that is dead and buried and out of it.
"There is fight in this team yet and we will have a chance.
"You can't fault players for their application at Tottenham, if mistakes were made it doesn't matter, because it was not through a lack of trying."
Swansea have only lost once in the Premier League at Arsenal, a much better record than the one they took into their White Hart Lane visit and Taylor believes the players should cling to that fact.
"Arsenal in midweek will be a similar type of game (to Tottenham), but we have a decent record at the Emirates Stadium," he said.
"We need to pick up points in these types of games, it takes the pressure off other games and that will be the key.
"So hopefully we can try and take that into the Arsenal game, but with a different result."
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been promoting his ambition to triple paternity entitlement as well as existing plans to allow parents to share their leave.
The Lib Dem leader has also responded to a poll that suggested he could lose his Sheffield Hallam seat on 7 May.
He said he was "not complacent but confident" of holding on.
According to the latest poll by Lord Ashcroft, Mr Clegg trails Labour by two points.
The Lib Dems pointed out the Ashcroft survey did not name the candidates, saying the party fared better when names were included.
On a campaign visit to Scotland, Mr Clegg - who had a 15,284 majority from the Conservatives in 2010 - said: "I'm confident - not complacent but confident - that we're going to win. That's what our own polling and our canvass returns show."
He said he would be knocking on doors in his constituency over the Easter weekend and described being MP for Sheffield Hallam as "one of the greatest pleasures of my public life".
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The party acknowledged its plans to extend paternity leave entitlement to six weeks would not be welcomed by all businesses, but said there would be benefits for some employers through better staff retention.
The policy, which the Lib Dems said would cost £58m a year, would apply to fathers in all parts of the UK except Northern Ireland, which has separate employment laws.
It would entitle fathers to paternity pay at the statutory rate, currently £138.18 a week.
The party also highlighted rules to allow some couples to share their parental leave which come into force for babies due on or after 5 April.
Lib Dem Equalities Minister Jo Swinson said: "Shared parental leave is my proudest achievement as a minister and I'm delighted that it finally becomes a reality this week.
"It will help drive a cultural change that champions the role of dads, but we can go further to challenge the gender stereotypes that all too often write fathers off as hapless or bumbling."
Meanwhile, BBC chief political correspondent Vicki Young said the Lib Dems were keen to get some of the credit for the economic recovery after over 100 business leaders signed a letter to the Daily Telegraph supporting the Conservatives.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said the bosses should be "careful what they wish for".
He told BBC Radio 4's The World at One: "If we do get the Conservatives in government, what they have promised to do is take action that could potentially take us out of Europe with all the threat to the jobs and the future in the single market, and these deep ideological cuts which will affect things like education and skills and science and our industrial strategy."
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The 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty to engaging in an act in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act between 25 April and 8 May this year.
He admitted the charge ahead of a committal hearing and prosecutors dropped two other charges.
Earlier hearings were told he prepared to make explosives after obtaining instructions online, said local media.
His computer had contained encrypted documents detailing how to make bombs, and police had also seized pressure cookers, a powder containing ground-up matchstick heads, and pipes connected to caps, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
Police also told the court radical Islamic propaganda was found during the raids.
The boy was initially also charged with possessing items connected with a terrorist act, and failing to provide a password, but prosecutors later dropped those charges, reported the AAP.
The boy did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody. He is set to appear in court again on Thursday.
A 15-year-old was arrested last week and was among several charged with conspiring to prepare for a terrorist act.
Some of the handcuffed defendants were jeered as they were individually escorted into court by police and armed guards in front of TV cameras.
The trial focuses on events at the Akinci airbase which it is alleged was the plotters' headquarters.
It is taking place in a purpose-built courtroom outside the capital Ankara.
The defendants face charges from attempting to assassinate the president to murder. As some arrived at court they were met by protesters chanting "We want the death penalty!"
Some of the demonstrators had relatives killed or injured during the coup attempt and threw nooses towards the suspects.
Rebel soldiers tried to grab power in July 2016, leaving 249 civilians dead.
Military chief Gen Hulusi Akar and other senior officers were held hostage at the base for several hours on the night that the coup took place.
The trial is the largest yet relating to the coup. Anyone convicted is expected to get life imprisonment.
Although Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed a referendum on the issue in his speech after narrowly winning a vote to expand his powers in April.
The president has been increasingly supportive of a reintroduction of capital punishment since the failed coup.
But the EU has made clear that any such move would effectively bring an end to Turkey's negotiations to join the bloc.
Last July, orders were allegedly sent out from Akinci air base, north-west of Ankara, to bomb parliament as troops attempted to oust President Erdogan.
In the aftermath of their botched attempt, thousands of people have been arrested, many suspected of having links to Fethullah Gulen, a cleric living in exile in the US.
Mr Erdogan's critics say he is using the purge that followed the coup to stifle political dissent.
Mr Gulen - the key figure accused in the case - is among those being tried, albeit in absentia. He denies the charges.
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Victory at Sixfields for the Cobblers, who are 14 points clear at the top with six games remaining, would secure them at least an automatic promotion spot.
But Rovers, whose top scorer with 25 goals in all competitions this term is Taylor, have their own promotion hopes.
"We have a gameplan to try to execute a win," he told BBC Radio Bristol.
"It will be a tough game. But we'll be going there to ruin their promotion party."
Manager Darrell Clarke added: "Northampton are going to win the league and they thoroughly deserve it. We will go there with respect.
"But we'll be expecting to win. We'll have a gameplan to try and win a football match. The expectation will always be sky-high here, while I'm manager."
Clarke's third-placed side go into Saturday's game level on points with fourth-placed Plymouth and fifth-placed Accrington, and two points behind Oxford United.
Mr Trump tapped Stephen Bannon, Breitbart News executive chairman, to become his campaign chief executive, and promoted Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser and pollster, to campaign manager. The additions effectively demoted Paul Manafort - Mr Trump's onetime top campaign aide. He stepped down a few days later.
The transition follows a string of recent controversies and gaffes involving Mr Trump that has left him trailing Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the polls by an average of about seven percentage points.
The overhaul is Mr Trump's second in less than two months.
Ms Conway confirmed the news early Wednesday, describing it as "an expansion at a busy time in the final stretch of the campaign."
Campaign manager
Ms Conway, 49, has served as an adviser and pollster for Mr Trump and his running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence.
The Republican strategist and veteran pollster first joined Mr Trump's campaign in July after working for a super PAC that supported Mr Trump's primary rival, Senator Ted Cruz.
Ms Conway is considered a gender gap expert who has spent most of her career helping conservative politicians court female voters through her company, The Polling Company/WomanTrend.
Campaign chief executive officer
Mr Bannon will temporarily step down from his role as executive chairman of Brietbart News, a right-wing political website that has largely favoured Mr Trump, to serve as the Republican nominee's CEO.
He has been criticised for pushing Breitbart's pro-Trump coverage, with former editor-at large Ben Shapiro accusing him of shaping "the company into Trump's personal Pravda."
The former naval officer and investment banker became executive chairman of the company after Andrew Brietbart, the founder of the namesake news network, died in 2012.
Mr Bannon's hiring is considered a return to the "bare-knuckles brawl" politics and populist movement that energised much of Mr Trump's primary run under the leadership of former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, according to Washington Post's Robert Costa.
A Bloomberg article in October of last year described him as "the most dangerous political operative in America."
Roger Ailes
Informal adviser
Multiple US media outlets have reported that disgraced former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes has been tapped to aid Mr Trump as he faces off with Mrs Clinton on the debate stage in September.
Mr Trump has denied the claims, saying Mr Ailes has "no role" in preparing him for the debates.
Before his career at Fox, Mr Ailes was credited with preparing Richard Nixon in 1968, President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and Vice President George HW Bush in 1988 for their debates.
Last month, Mr Ailes stepped down from the network, which he co-founded and ran for two decades, in the wake of allegations that he sexually harassed numerous female employees, including former host Gretchen Carlson and anchor Megyn Kelly.
Former campaign adviser
Roger Stone's departure from the primary campaign last August was the first sign of internal conflict simmering within Mr Trump's 2016 bid.
Though Mr Stone, who counts Mr Manafort as a friend and business partner, has no official connection to the campaign, he continues to talk to and advocate for the Republican standard-bearer, according to US media.
Earlier this week, Mr Stone penned an op-ed for the Washington-based newspaper, The Hill, arguing that voter fraud and concerns over electronic voting technology could lead to a rigged election against Mr Trump.
Former campaign manager
Mr Lewandowski, now a paid CNN commentator, left the campaign on 20 June but remains in contact with Mr Trump, according to US media.
The 42-year-old, who is considered the brains behind Mr Trump's successful primary run, reportedly had a contentious relationship with several campaign staffers, including then-strategist Mr Manafort.
His brash and abrasive demeanour led to controversy earlier this year, when he was charged with battery after allegedly pulling a female reporter, Michelle Fields, out of Mr Trump's way after an event.
Mr Trump defended his campaign manager until the charges were dropped.
Mr Lewandowski also faced allegations of being sexually inappropriate in tone to female reporters while working on the campaign and in a previous job, according to a Politico report.
Former campaign chairman
Brought on to professionalise Mr Trump's campaign, the 67-year-old seasoned political operative - with help from the Trump children - replaced the combative Mr Lewandowski in June.
However, he struggled to keep Mr Trump on message as the New York real estate mogul's standing in the polls declined.
He advocated a more disciplined, conventional campaign, calling for scripted speeches and teleprompters over Mr Trump's off-the-cuff approach.
Mr Manafort also had come under fire for his ties to Russian oligarchs, foreign governments, and more recently, his work for the Russian-backed, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled after an uprising in November 2013.
The New York Times reported in August that the Ukrainian government had discovered ledgers pledging more than $12m (£9.2m) in undisclosed cash payments to Mr Manafort between 2007 and 2012. He has vehemently dismissed the claims.
Mr Manafort resigned on Friday saying he had become "a distraction" to the campaign.
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In its latest "name and shame" campaign, it lists 230 employers which have not complied with the law.
In total 13,000 employees have received - or will receive - compensation for their loss of pay.
Among the worst offenders was the retailer Argos, as well as hairdressers and beauty treatment businesses.
About 50 employers in the hospitality sector - including two fish and chip shops - were fined for not paying the minimum wage, or the National Living Wage for those aged over 25.
However the largest fine, of £800,000, was levied on Argos.
In February Argos admitted failing to pay 37,000 staff an average of £64 each. However, only a third of those are included in the latest figures, as the others were no longer working for the company at the time.
Employees had been required to attend briefings before their shifts started, but without being paid. They also had to undergo security searches after their shifts ended.
Sainsbury's, which bought Argos a year ago, has already apologised for the mistake.
"I am pleased to say the issue was resolved quickly, and processes have been updated to ensure this cannot happen again," said John Rogers, the chief executive of Argos.
Despite the government's apparent success in cracking down on pay, it is thought that hundreds of thousands of workers are still not getting their legal entitlement.
In October last year the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of people whose pay was below the headline rate of the NMW was 362,000.
However that number includes workers whose pay levels are perfectly legal. For example, those who have accommodation or other benefits supplied as part of the job.
The TUC said the problem was still far from being solved.
"We know there are more wage-dodging employers out there," said Frances O'Grady, the TUC's general secretary. "TUC research suggests there are at least a quarter of a million workers being cheated out of the minimum wage."
The current rate for the National Living Wage is £7.50 per hour.
The adult rate for the National Minimum Wage is £7.05 for those between 21 and 24.
David Drumm moved to the US in 2009, the same year that Anglo Irish Bank collapsed and had to be bailed out by Irish taxpayers.
He filed for bankruptcy in the US.
A day after the bankruptcy bid failed, Irish state broadcaster RTÉ reported that extradition proceedings have now begun.
On Tuesday, a Boston court rejected Mr Drumm's request for protection from his creditors and ruled that he can be held liable for debts of 10.5m euros (£8.34m).
It was alleged during the case that the 48-year-old former bank boss secretly transferred money and assets to his wife, so they could not be seized during bankruptcy proceedings.
In a scathing ruling, the judge accused Mr Drumm of telling "outright lies" during the court hearings.
He said the ex-banker was "not remotely credible" and that his conduct during seven months of bankruptcy deliberations was "both knowing and fraudulent".
On Wednesday, RTÉ said the Irish Director of Public Prosecutions has directed that Mr Drumm be charged with up to 30 offences.
The broadcaster said it had learned that an extradition file, outlining the charges, has been sent to the US authorities.
The office of the Irish Director of Public Prosecutions and the Irish Department of Justice both declined to comment on the case when contacted by the BBC.
Anglo Irish Bank's collapse and rescue cost taxpayers more than 30bn euros (£23.5bn) and was a focus of widespread public anger in the Republic of Ireland.
The anger increased in 2013 as a result of the Anglo tapes controversy, during which Mr Drumm's conduct made international headlines
Transcripts of phone calls made by bank staff during the period immediately before Anglo's collapse were leaked to the press and published by the Irish Independent newspaper.
In the tapes, Mr Drumm was recorded joking about the haemorrhaging of funds from the failing bank, saying to a colleague "another day, another billion".
He could also be heard instructing Anglo Irish bank bosses to go to the Irish Central Bank with their "arms swinging" to secure cash for their sinking bank. He told them to say: "We need the moolah."
Mr Drumm later issued a statement of apology, saying he was "shocked and embarrassed" by the content of the tapes.
Last year, two other former Anglo Irish Bank bosses were convicted by an Irish court of making loans to illegally prop up the bank's share price before the bailout.
Pat Whelan, Anglo's former head of lending in Ireland and Willie McAteer, the bank's former finance director were found guilty after a high-profile trial.
They avoided jail however, and were given community services sentences after a Dublin judge said they believed they had acted lawfully.
Mohammed Alam, of Croydon, south London, was arrested at a business address on Tuesday by officers from Counter Terrorism Command.
Armed officers were present but no shots were fired.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday, where he was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 8 January.
He was charged under the Terrorism Act 2006 with distributing or circulating a terrorist publication.
A deal has been done to fulfil a series of live shows that were planned before the presenter was dropped from the show for hitting a producer.
The gigs will be stripped of all BBC branding and content and will be called Clarkson, Hammond and May Live.
The first live show will take place in Belfast on 22 May.
BBC Worldwide said it had agreed the tour could continue "so as to not disappoint fans".
A spokesman called it "a sensible approach in the circumstances".
Thousands of people around the world had already bought tickets.
A spokesman for Brand Events, who are co-producing the shows, said they wanted to thank "ticket holders for their continued patience".
"The fans are the most important people to Jeremy, Richard and James so we're delighted to be able to say 'we're still coming'. We're sure it'll be something you won't want to miss."
The shows will take place in venues around the world including Australia, Norway, South Africa and the UK.
Live shows that were due to take place in Stavanger, Norway earlier this month have been re-scheduled to 20 and 21 June.
A Top Gear Festival planned for Sydney in April will instead become an indoor arena show staged in both Melbourne on 18-19 July and Sydney on 25 -26 July.
The live show dates are:
Clarkson was dropped by the BBC earlier this month following a "fracas" with a Top Gear producer.
There is no news yet as to whether fellow presenters James May and Richard Hammond will return to the show.
But executive producer Andy Wilman this morning denied he was quitting the hit show.
Kim Shillinglaw, controller of BBC Two and BBC Four has been asked to look into how to take the show forward without Clarkson and to work out how they can broadcast the last programmes in the current series.
The hosts led 23-0 after a dominant first-half display, with Henry Purdy, Ross Moriarty and Steve McColl all crossing and Billy Burns kicking a conversion and two penalties.
Zebre were later awarded a penalty try which Edoardo Padovani converted.
Padovani also slotted a penalty for the Italian side while Gloucester failed to earn a four-try bonus point win.
Purdy went over in the corner, Moriarty bundled over and McColl outpaced the Zebre defence to score three unanswered first-half tries.
Gloucester lost Lewis Ludlow to the sin bin early in the second half and Zebre were awarded a penalty try as they reduced the deficit.
Henry Trinder made his comeback from injury but he failed to help his side earn the extra point a fourth try would have sealed, with a Padovani penalty completing the second-half scoring.
Gloucester head coach David Humphreys told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
"We got a win in difficult conditions and I was very pleased with the performance of some of the players who came in.
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"What makes the second half even more disappointing was that the first half was so good.
"We just never really got going, error after error, penalty after penalty, and once than happens sometimes it's hard to change the momentum in a game.
"We have got to develop a squad that has 30 players ready to come in and play, make a change here, rest a player here, and the performance doesn't suffer."
Gloucester: Cook; McColl, Meakes, Atkinson, Purdy; Burns, Braley; Thomas, Lindsay, Doran-Jones; Stooke, Thrush; Moriarty, Rowan (capt), Ludlow.
Replacements: Dawidiuk, Murphy, Thomas, Hicks, Thomas, Laidlaw, Trinder, Thorley.
Zebre: Palazzani, Berryman, Bisegni, Pratichetti, Sarto, Padovani, Violi, Lovotti, D'Apice, Chistolini, Bernabo, Bortolami (capt), Sarto, Meyer, Ferrarini.
Replacements: Fabiani, de Marchi, Ceccarelli, Biagi, Caffini, Burgess, Toniolatti, Canna.
Referee: Andy Brace (Ireland).
Attendance: 9,973
Planning wedding proposals is a relatively new business for me and for Hong Kong. We have plenty of wedding planners, but Hong Kong men are busy and women are keen on romance so increasingly people want planners to help with the proposal as well.
My day is long. It starts at about 10:00. I also work for an advertising company - who are very happy for me to develop my proposal planning business.
People always do the same old thing: they pop the question over dinner at a restaurant, there are flowers and a ring. This is not enough for some here who want a bigger display of sincerity. Most of my clients are from Hong Kong or mainland China.
It isn't your typical nine-to-five job - a lot of it is about when you get inspiration or an idea to make somebody's proposal really special. Sometimes I just get inspiration looking out of the window.
I work on about two or three proposals each month- the ideas occupy me throughout the day.
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It all started with a YouTube video where a music band helped a man propose in a restaurant - it was so popular and went viral. That's what gave me the idea. After I first launched the business, it took about a month before somebody got in contact.
That first proposal was a real learning experience. The girlfriend was a flight attendant who was due to go to Frankfurt. He wanted me to plan a proposal there.
We arranged for her hotel to give her a card telling her to get into a waiting limousine. That would take her to a restaurant which had been decorated with photographs of the two of them and flowers - the proposal location. But the girl never showed up. She told me later that they had already broken up.
I learned a lot from that - to get much more detail in order to make sure a proposal can actually happen.
Our starting price is HK$6,000 (£470) but people are increasingly spending about $8000. I spend a lot of my day thinking up ideas and organising the event - we need to employ photographers, videographers, all sorts of people involved in the process.
Most of the work planning proposals happens in the late afternoon and early evening when it is easiest to meet the client without their partners suspecting anything is up.
I meet my clients in cafes and we scope out places with atmosphere - these meetings are when we brainstorm to come up with big ideas and talk about the role-play side of things.
Sometimes they know exactly what they want. I remember one client asked me to write "marry me" on the beach in fire.
Once we created snow on a beach. We rented a snow machine, put LED candles to create a romantic atmosphere at night and got a friend to bring our client's girlfriend to the beach on a pretext. Once she was on the beach we began the snow. She was so surprised. We put up a dome with lots of flowers and her partner was waiting there to propose. She walked along a pathway lit up by LED lights. She said yes.
My time at night is also important. At night there is more silence. I have more time to think of romantic ideas. I watch television and I watch videos and that's how I get these ideas. Sometimes I don't finish working and preparing for a proposal until midnight.
Once we arranged a proposal for a woman who worked as a waitress at a restaurant. We enlisted the help of her colleagues who told her a company was having an event and to prepare drinks and snacks. During this "event" we sent restaurant staff out, saying the company needed some private time.
We then decorated the room with balloons and when the staff returned her boss took her to the middle of the room and everybody - all 40 people in the room - sang a line of a song for her. She kept crying. She was so tearful. Her boyfriend then came out to sing the chorus.
This was one of those ideas that came to me late at night after I met the client for a brainstorming session.
Romance doesn't come easily to people in Hong Kong in my view - they worry about security, property and money. The most expensive proposal I had was to decorate a home, to fill it with flowers and balloons - that actually cost $30,000.
But still I'm not sure there is enough of a market in Hong Kong for planning proposals to be a full-time job. Most people in Hong Kong take a bad view of this. There are comments like: "why waste money on this when you can save it for your wedding?"
I've had a few women make inquiries, but in the end shyness overcame most of them and they pulled out.
My husband proposed to me in the car. He played me some music on his phone, gave me some drawings, I thought it was a lazy Christmas gift but then he opened my car door and spoke some romantic words. I wasn't aware it was a proposal.
Even when I don't have a proposal on the go I am always working and thinking of ideas right down to the shape of the ring box - these details matter. I want people to have romance in their lives.
Ann Fong was talking to the BBC's Samanthi Dissanayake in Hong Kong
American investors Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien, alongside remaining chairman Huw Jenkins, will have had little time for celebration at a 'Great Escape' engineered by manager Paul Clement, with Swansea defying the odds by being joint-bottom on New Year's Day, only to survive with a game to spare.
Paul Clement's younger brother Neil, a mainstay of the West Brom side who defied the history books in 2005 with their own Premier League renaissance, no longer holds the family bragging rights when it comes to stunning revivals.
However, for Swansea to avoid a similar season of struggle next term, they will need to address the challenges for a club with one of the smallest budgets in the richest league in the world.
Jenkins has already stated that Swansea will not 'overhaul' their playing squad, and having accrued 26 points from the second half of the campaign under Clement's watch, that view is perhaps prudent, if not the headline fans may have wished for.
But another campaign like this one will not be good enough, something the Swans hierarchy are happy to acknowledge.
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Having backed and then sacked Francesco Guidolin and then hired and fired Bob Bradley within 85 days, not to mention spending a record fee of £15m on striker Borja Baston - current ratio, £15m per goal - there can be little doubt Swansea made mistakes across the board this season, something chairman Jenkins agrees with.
"The last year has been very hard for a number of reasons, on and off the field," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"To get over the line and stay in the Premier League gives us a great opportunity to do things in the summer to push on. And Paul Clement having a full year here with us, I think that will also be key.
"Against all the odds he's kept us up and I'm delighted for him because he took a risk in coming here.
"He gives us a chance to re-organise again in the summer.
"Looking back, [there are things] we should have done differently, collectively.
"I think for everybody, with the changes in the shareholding, the changes in players and managers throughout the first half of the season, it didn't look good and it didn't create a good image for our football club.
"It was probably the lowest point and I concede on that.
"Over the last 15-years we've always been proud of what we've done and what we've achieved and we've tried to do things in the right way.
"And perhaps in the first six months of this season, that was a big let down and we lost a little bit of pride and belief in what we were doing.
"But we can't dwell on that and look back too much. We've put it right and we've got a great opportunity to add further and push forward with a strong squad for next season.
"With Paul Clement, I think we've gone back to the old Swansea way of putting the football first."
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For Swansea's fans rightly proud of their previous fan ownership and community club model, a lack of investment from the new owners would be unforgivable.
But chief operating officer Chris Pearlman says there should be no concern on that front, even though the club intend to remain debt-free.
"The objectives of Jason and Steve are simple: to do everything they can to make the best club possible, to stay in the Premier League and to finish as high as possible," Pearlman told BBC Wales Sport.
"That's the big picture and Premier League status in the number one focus, every move we make this summer will be with that end goal in mind for the club. They will put all available resources behind doing that.
"They've now first-hand got a sense of what the pressure is like when things aren't going well, and how important every decision they make is.
"The implications for not succeeding are massive. We've all learned quickly how intense everything is and we know in the Premier League the pressures are enormous.
"The owners won't recklessly pour debt into the club, which is important for supporters to know, we are debt-free and that is how we intend to continue operating.
"What we need to do is invest into the team but also look for new revenue streams to invest further. All the goals we have in mind are to allow us to invest more in the team."
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Pearlman reiterated the view that taking ownership of and expanding the Liberty Stadium remains a priority and says the Liberty's capacity of 20,520 is prohibitive.
"The first thing we need to do before we explore expanding, is to look for a way to gain more control of the stadium," he said.
Swansea council built the £27m stadium where Swansea and the Ospreys rugby team have played since 2005.
The Swans and the Ospreys currently pay rent to the Swansea Stadium Management Company (SSMC) - a partnership between the council and two clubs.
"The current agreement is a dated agreement between Swansea, the Ospreys and the city council," Pearlman said.
"Putting an expansion is very expensive and for us to do that, we need to make sure we have 100% control over the stadium.
"The conversations are progressing with both parties. It's not the easiest thing to get done, but ultimately it's in the best interest of all three parties for us to take over the ground.
"Assuming that happens, we will take a much closer look at expanding the stadium.
"We are missing out on a new generation of fans, because they can't come and watch us play."
The family is still waiting for DNA results to confirm the body's identity.
Seen as Africa's Che Guevara, the anti-imperialist revolutionary was hastily buried in a 1987 coup.
Permission for an exhumation was denied during the 27-year rule of his successor Blaise Compaore, who was ousted in an uprising last year.
Mr Compaore has always denied being involved in the ex-leader's killing, insisting that the "facts are known" and he has "nothing to hide".
While he was in office, a Burkina Faso court blocked a request by Mr Sankara's family for his remains to be exhumed.
That changed last year when a transitional government came in after street protests.
The exhumation started in May but the autopsy report was delayed during last month's seven-day coup.
Ambroise Farama, one of the lawyers representing the Sankara family, said that the revelations about Mr Sankara's body were "mind-boggling", the AFP news agency reports.
"You could say he was purely and simply riddled with bullets," he said.
Autopsies on the other 12 soldiers buried with him in 1987 revealed they had only one or two gunshot wounds.
"But as far as Thomas Sankara was concerned, there were more than a dozen all over the body, even below the armpits," Mr Farama is quoted as saying.
Soldiers linked to Mr Compaore were behind last month's putsch, which delayed presidential elections due last Sunday.
Burkina Faso's interim government has now rescheduled the poll for Tuesday 29 November.
'Africa's Che Guevara': Thomas Sankara's legacy
The Spaniard used the pair's record at Ferrari from 2007-09 as evidence.
"In terms of speed, Felipe is not any slower. When they were together, Felipe was as quick as him in a way," he said.
It will be great if Webber can say 'bye-bye' to F1 with a win
"So if we have a competitive car we will enjoy the season and do very good things. If not, it will be very similar to this year."
Raikkonen won the 2007 world championship with Massa in fourth place.
The following year, the Brazilian finished second - one place above the Finn - before Raikkonen finished sixth - five positions ahead of his team-mate - in their final year together.
Ferrari have signed Raikkonen because they feel he will be more consistent than Massa.
While sometimes qualifying close to Alonso, and occasionally ahead of him, Massa has had an up-and-down time in races during the last four years.
This weekend, meanwhile, Alonso can break the Formula 1 record for most career points.
With at least a sixth-place finish, Alonso - who currently has 1,559 points - will overtake Michael Schumacher's 1,566.
The 32-year-old Spaniard admitted the change in the points system in 2010 - to more than double the number of points awarded for top-six finishes, and to extend points down to 10th place - had somewhat skewed the equation.
But he still said he would be pleased to break the record, not least because it would be hard for him to break the record for wins (he has 32 and Schumacher 91) and titles (Alonso has two and Schumacher seven).
"It's important, as there are a few records I can achieve in F1," Alonso said. "Not the number of titles, as Schumacher has so many, not the number of wins, because of Schumacher too.
"But getting the most points in history will be very nice to have.
"It would be very nice to achieve that record here in Japan, to have something to celebrate, but first let's get those points before we talk too much about this record.
"Of course the points system changed, and that helped the new generation, but when the next driver passes me no-one will mention the points system, so I'm happy to have it."
Alonso admitted it was "almost impossible" for him to win the drivers' title this year - he is 77 points behind Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel with only 125 still available in the remaining five races.
He said his target for the rest of the year was to secure second-place overall and try to ensure Ferrari finished in the runners-up spot in the constructors' championship.
Alonso also wants his friend Mark Webber, Vettel's team-mate, to win a race before he leaves F1 at the end of the season to join Porsche in endurance racing.
"He decided to retire and then comes also some bad luck," Alonso said. "It's a shame for him. I wish him luck for the five remaining races.
"It will be great if he can say 'bye-bye' to F1 with a win at least and celebrate that weekend."
Roberts missed the first two Tests with a hamstring injury, while Phillips (knee) and Corbisiero (calf) sat out Saturday's defeat in Melbourne.
The trio need to prove their fitness when training resumes on Wednesday.
"They are all making good progress," said tour manager Andy Irvine.
"The medics are reasonably hopeful."
All three could potentially come into the starting XV, to be named on Wednesday, for the final Test with Warren Gatland and his coaches meeting on Tuesday to discuss selection.
The Lions already need to replace injured captain Sam Warburton, ruled out with a hamstring tear, with either Ireland's Sean O'Brien or Welshman Justin Tipuric ready to take over at open-side.
Brian O'Driscoll is expected to lead the side in what would be his final Lions Test, but Irvine conceded the loss of their captain is a "serious blow".
"Sam started the tour with a knee injury but got better as the tour progressed," Irvine said.
"In the first half of the second Test, I thought he was the outstanding player on the park. He's extremely disappointed that he's not available for what is going to be one of the biggest games the Lions have played for 30 or 40 years.
"We can't hide from the fact it is a big blow not having our captain when he is in such good form. But on the positive side we're fortunate that it's one of the positions where we have tremendous reserve strength."
While the Lions have lost their leader for the third Test, Australia have been boosted by the availability of their captain James Horwill, after he was cleared by an independent appeal official of stamping on Lions lock Alun Wyn Jones in the first Test.
"We were surprised as anyone when the IRB (International Rugby Board) said they were going to investigate it," Irvine said. "We were of the view it was done and dusted and it's irrelevant now as far as we're concerned.
"My view was it didn't look very clever and the ball wasn't close to it, but I've seen a hell of a lot worse in my time."
The Lions have been relaxing on the Sunshine Coast since their second Test in Melbourne, a decision Irvine defended after criticism from former England and Lions coach Sir Clive Woodward, who labelled it "a mistake".
"I've been on five Lions tours now and, believe me, after the second Test the boys are physically and mentally exhausted. They need a break," Irvine added.
"This place has been absolutely fabulous - the lads needed to recharge the batteries and where better to do that than here.
"It's back to the hard work tomorrow [Wednesday] because on Saturday we have one of the most vital matches the Lions have played in a long, long time."
The Dow Jones closed up 12.81 at 17,827.75 while the S&P 500 was up 5.8 points at 2,072.83.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index rose 29.07 points to 4,787.32.
Initial claims for jobless benefits rose to 313,000 last week, figures showed, the first time it has been above the 300,000 mark since September.
Figures from the Commerce Department showed orders for non-defence capital goods excluding aircraft, fell 1.3% in October - the second month in a row the measure has fallen.
Separate figures from the Commerce Department showed that consumer spending - a key factor behind US economic growth - rose 0.2% in October.
Among individual stocks, shares in farm equipment maker Deere fell 3.2% after it predicted that sales would fall in the current quarter.
Hewlett-Packard was up 4% after results late on Tuesday.
They will face fines of up to 100% of the total they helped evade or £3,000, whichever is the highest.
The government will also be able to publicly name culprits who enable tax evasion or help move money offshore.
The powers were announced as part of the 2015 Budget and will come into force on 1 January.
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Jane Ellison said the government has led reform of the international tax system to root out tax evasion.
She added: "Closer to home we are creating a tax system where taxes are fair, competitive and paid.
"The raft of measures we have introduced to tackle avoidance and evasion will create a level playing field for the vast majority of people and businesses who play fair and pay what is due."
Govia Thameslink (GTR) and the RMT rail union will meet for a third day at the conciliation service Acas from midday.
The two sides are in a long-running dispute about GTR's plans for drivers to open and close carriage doors instead of conductors.
The walkout is due to begin next Monday, with 40% of normal services cancelled.
An Acas spokesperson said: "Acas talks have adjourned for the day and will resume tomorrow."
GTR said it could not make any further comment.
It had previously said it needed a resolution on Thursday in time to implement an emergency timetable next week.
Lines with no rail service during the strike are expected to include:
Experts believe the tomb belonged to an important figure dating back to the last quarter of the Fourth Century BC.
A large mound complex has been unearthed at the Kasta hill site in the past two years.
Lead archaeologist Katerina Peristeri said it certainly dated from after the death of Alexander the Great.
"The land of Macedonia continues to move and surprise us, revealing from deep within its unique treasures," Mr Samaras said while visiting the mound complex on Tuesday.
Other ancient sites have been found in the Macedonia region of northern Greece, principally the Vergina tomb of Alexander's father, Philip II, which was unearthed in 1977.
There has been widespread speculation that a prominent figure in ancient Macedonia may have been buried at Kasta hill, 600km (370 miles) north of Athens.
The burial mound is 497m (1,600ft) in circumference and constructed with marble imported from the nearby island of Thassos and there are suggestions it was built by the renowned architect, Dinocrates, who was a friend of Alexander's.
Ms Peristeri has in the past spoken of key historic events in the area involving some of Alexander's generals.
Alexander's widow Roxana and their son Alexander were murdered in 311BC by Cassander, who came to the fore after Alexander the Great's death in Babylon in 323BC.
A lion statue found at the site has been erected close to where it was discovered at Amphipolis, which was originally an Athenian colony but later conquered by Philip II.
Hines, 26, has made five appearances for Boro this season, while Nouble, 23, has played twice for Ipswich this term.
"In Seb we have someone who brings great experience and adds quality to the squad," Sky Blues manager Steven Pressley told the club website.
"Frank's ambition certainly aligns with my expectations."
Meanwhile, midfielder Carl Baker has left Coventry by mutual consent after four years and 28 goals in 182 appearances for the club.
Neath Port Talbot council challenged the most - 54 since they were made in September 2015, saying some were "unreasonable" and "disproportionate".
The assembly passed the rules, written by civil servants, two years ago.
The Welsh Government challenged some of its own standards in March.
The 176 standards imposed on the Welsh Government, councils and national parks in Wales aim to make it easier for Welsh speakers to know which services they can receive in the language.
Merthyr Tydfil council's figures, obtained by BBC Radio Cymru, were the second highest with 40 challenges followed by Torfaen at 32.
Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Gwynedd and the Vale of Glamorgan councils did not challenge any of the rules.
The Welsh Language Commissioner's office said it would be inappropriate to comment.
Incredibly, this was only the fifth point they've brought home from their Champions League travels, with a win over Spartak Moscow and an unlikely draw in Barcelona their only other positive achievements in the competition on foreign soil.
The key for Brendan Rodgers is to ensure that this result acts as a catalyst towards more consistent success away from Celtic Park, which should help him achieve his ambition of turning Celtic into a team that regularly reaches the latter stages of Europe's elite tournament.
That is unlikely to happen this season, with their final away fixture of this campaign at the Etihad, where Manchester City inflicted Barcelona's first defeat in Group C on Tuesday night.
Any points from that match next month, or the one before it at home to Barcelona in three weeks' time, would be an even greater achievement than returning from Monchengladbach with a draw.
Rodgers believes his side were handed the toughest group possible and it is difficult to disagree.
Even finishing third would have to be considered an impressive outcome and the chance of a run in the Europa League could be beneficial to Celtic as Rodgers seeks to improve them further.
Most observers of Scottish football have already agreed that a sixth league title is as good as wrapped up only a quarter of the way through the season.
That's not a sentiment you'll hear from anyone at Celtic, but Rodgers' squad looks strong enough to be able to handle any domestic challenge while also battling on the European front.
So the opportunity to test themselves against better opposition - albeit not the cream involved in the last 16 of the Champions League - is surely one they would relish.
Players like Moussa Dembele, Scott Sinclair and Jozo Simunovic will continue to cruise through domestic games, in which they are head and shoulders above most of their opponents.
But will they improve by doing that? Undoubtedly, Rodgers will be able to work with them and their teammates in training to add to their qualities, but playing against Manchester United, Ajax, Schalke and Zenit St Petersburg in the latter stages of the Europa League would certainly be more beneficial.
And who is to say Celtic couldn't remain in that tournament well into next year?
If Rodgers wants Celtic to become a "last-16 team" in Champions League terms, proving their mettle in the Europa League would be a good start.
However, this very much remains hypothetical with Borussia Monchengladbach still favourites to finish above them.
They too face Barcelona and Manchester City in their final matches, with City at home next up.
Celtic have to gain three points more than the Germans in order to pip them to that Europa League spot and, no matter how much progress they have made under Rodgers, that will be extremely difficult to achieve.
The Northern Irishman has been speaking about the project he has undertaken, looking two to three years into the future.
So, at the outset of that project, if Celtic can emerge from those final two games with dignity still intact, that will be a pretty good starting point. | Wales' win over Argentina has restored some pride, coach Rob Howley said.
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Bailey, 16, was stabbed during a fight with a fellow pupil at Cults Academy.
The schoolboy's killer is serving nine years for culpable homicide.
An independent review into the death of Bailey in October last year found his death was "potentially avoidable" if teachers had known his attacker carried a knife.
The sessions will be rolled out next year to P7 pupils in Aberdeen.
Critics have questioned whether pupils would report their friends.
PC Seb Cook, of Police Scotland, told one S1 class at Aberdeen's Hazlehead Academy: "You'll have heard about the tragic incident that happened a year ago in Aberdeen.
"We never, ever want anything like that to happen again.
"You guys will never need to take anything sharp or dangerous into school."
Hazlehead head teacher Jim Purdie said: "It's not just about carrying weapons or blades, it's about the legal aspect of that, and then the consequences for the pupils, for their families, for their friends.
"There's an expression we often use, which is if we don't know things are happening we can't do anything about them. We are constantly reminding our children to take responsibility.
"If there's something that is upsetting them, they know who to tell."
One pupil, asked what they would do if they knew someone had a weapon, told BBC Scotland: "I would probably just go up to a teacher, maybe even up to the person and just say 'why are you doing that, think of the consequences'."
Another said: "People say don't grass up a mate, but if it's serious I think you should."
Police Scotland was asked about incidents involving weapons in schools.
Supt Andy McKay, of Police Scotland Safer Communities, said: "Police Scotland relies on local authorities to report all incidents of weapon possession so that accurate figures can be collated.
"Following the report into Bailey Gwynne's death, Aberdeen City have been working closely with Police Scotland to ensure each and every incident of weapon possession is reported, however it will be up to other local authorities to consider this recommendation moving forward.
"As a result, the figures collated to date may not offer a true reflection of the national picture in relation to possession of weapons in schools due to inconsistent reporting and recording methods.
"Figures represent a snapshot in time, and may not accurately portray a divisional or national perspective."
A strategy aimed at preventing knives and weapons getting into Aberdeen schools was approved last month.
Staff will be provided with clarity on the recording of incidents in schools, pupil searches and when and how to confiscate weapons, including knives.
Other actions approved by the council include providing professional learning opportunities to teachers in order that they can deliver anti-weapon and knife crime lessons.
A review, conducted by child welfare professional Andrew Lowe, made 21 recommendations.
Mark Mason, 48, from Rhyl, Denbighshire, died after being stabbed in the store's car park on 27 October.
James Davies, 20, Anthony Baines, 30, and Mark Ennis, 31, from Liverpool, deny murder and malicious wounding with intent.
Jake Melia, 21, also from Liverpool, has admitted all charges.
On Thursday, Mold Crown Court heard Mr Baines had been dealing class A drugs in Rhyl for at least four years and had sold drugs to Mr Mason.
He told the court he had known Mr Mason since he began dealing in the town, firstly as user, but he then went on to sell drugs for a rival crew.
Mr Baines said he never had a problem with Mr Mason, who had done "bits and pieces" for him as a worker.
He said he never chased people for money despite being ripped off by dealers "plenty of times" as it was not in his nature.
Mr Baines said he knew where CCTV cameras were in the town, including outside the Home Bargains store, and made sure he avoided them when the visited.
Earlier in the trial the court heard the attack was the result of a turf war which had erupted between two rival gangs over the control of the drugs trade in the Rhyl area.
Jurors were shown CCTV footage of a white Renault van near The Cob area of Rhyl on the afternoon of 27 October, with "an incident" taking place in the background.
Mr Baines said on the day of the stabbing he had been told about the attack in the Cob area, and wanted to "confront" Mr Mason about what had happened.
But he denied arming himself with a weapon, saying he just wanted to speak to him.
Mr Baines said the three of them bumped into Mr Mason later that night and got him to pull over to "have words". Mr Melia then chased him.
He said, when he returned to the van, Mr Melia said he had stabbed three people.
Justin Trickett and Sam Illidge were also stabbed but their wounds were less severe.
"I knew I was going to be arrested for some offence because the car was insured in my name and we've been caught on the parking eye cameras," he said.
"I told Melia to get rid of his knife... I think it must have gone in the sea."
The trial continues.
The book, called The Most Beautiful, will chronicle the couple's relationship and marriage and the painful loss of their son in 1996.
Publisher Hachette said the book was due for release in April 2017, marking the first anniversary of the pop star's death.
"Ours was a rare, almost otherworldly connection," Garcia said.
"I want to share our love story, and with it the highs and lows - always coming from a loving place, as this man is still part of my family and always will be."
The couple were introduced backstage at a Prince show in 1990, when Garcia was just 16.
An accomplished dancer, she had caught Prince's attention after her mother sent a video of her belly dancing to the musician in the hope he might hire her.
They stayed in touch and two years later she joined his touring band. After falling in love, they married on Valentine's Day, 1996. White doves were released as they exchanged vows.
She became pregnant almost at once, but their son Boy Gregory died just a week after birth due to Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare defect of the skull.
That loss, followed by a miscarriage not long afterwards, tore the grieving couple apart and they divorced in 2000.
"Prince was loved the world over but few knew him intimately," Garcia said in a statement announcing the memoir.
Its title refers to Prince's only UK number one, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, which she inspired.
Prince was also in the process of writing a memoir before his death. It is not known if the book was finished, or whether it will see the light of day.
The musician died on 21 April following an accidental overdose of the painkiller Fentanyl. He was 57.
A tribute concert is planned in his home town of Minneapolis for next month. However, local paper The Star Tribune has reported that the event might be in trouble, with no contracts signed and only one act confirmed to play.
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The 3-0 win - thanks to goals from Tom Rogic, James Forrest and Moussa Dembele - gave Celtic their 100th major trophy, and Rodgers his first as manager.
The Northern Irishman said his players had been "really impressive" but they must now build on their success.
"It's a winning club, that's what the history of this club has been based on," said the former Liverpool manager.
"It marks a milestone, the century of trophies and we've got to start off the next century of trophies. That will be important for us and the club."
Celtic, unbeaten domestically this season, controlled most of the game, scoring twice in the first half through Rogic and Forrest.
Aberdeen rallied just after the interval, but their challenge ended when Anthony O'Connor conceded a penalty that Dembele converted.
"It's a great night for the Celtic supporters to celebrate and we push for the next one," said Rodgers.
"It's six months and a week since I came in and we talked about what we wanted to achieve and how we wanted to do it and we're well on our way to that.
"We're trying to improve standards on and off the field. We're shaping up the team to play in a certain style and that's going very well.
"There are things we'll analyse, what can we do better, how can we improve. Ultimately, the goal was to win the cup and thankfully we've won it."
Rather than dwelling on his first trophy, Rodgers focused instead on the efforts of his players. He praised the performance and, in particular, the command of Scott Brown in midfield.
"I've a huge job to do here in terms of building on it and sustaining it," he said. "It's a great achievement.
"For the players, it's something to show for the great work they've been doing. It's great for the confidence and it sets us up for the rest of the season.
"If I'm to say anything on getting my own first trophy as Celtic manager, having Scott as the captain is a huge honour.
"He really dominated the game and collectively he pulls the team together on the field."
Counterpart Derek McInnes urged his Aberdeen players to use the disappointment of the defeat as motivation to reach another cup final this season.
He felt some in his side did not perform to their full potential and insists that, although Celtic will grow stronger, they can still be defeated in a one-off match.
"There's a lot of pain and not feeling good about ourselves," McInnes said. "We were beaten by a better team.
"The difference is that, when we take them on in a cup final, we need everyone to be at their maximum.
"It's important we try to pick ourselves up. We're a team that can get to another final this season.
"This isn't an end-of-season defeat. There's so much more to come this season. We expect more of ourselves and people maybe expect more of us.
"It's important that we stick together and recognise there's plenty to play for. I don't mind putting ourselves up there to be shot down.
"We were huge underdogs, but I still expected us to win and I still thought we would win the game."
At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Samantha Power said Russia had told the council outright lies about its conduct in Syria.
She said Russia and the Syrian regime were "laying waste to what is left of an iconic Middle Eastern city".
Russia said Syrian forces were trying to remove terrorists from Aleppo while harming as few citizens as possible.
Ambassador Vitaly Churkin did not say Russian forces were involved.
But he said that bringing peace to Syria was "almost an impossible task now." He also accused opposition armed groups of sabotaging the ceasefire.
The northern city of Aleppo has become a key battleground in Syria's bloody five-year civil war.
Save the Children said on Sunday that humanitarian workers on the ground reported that approximately half of the casualties pulled from the rubble were children.
One hospital told the charity that 43% of the injured they treated on Saturday were children, and a Syrian ambulance crew said more than 50% they picked up in the past 48 hours were children.
Ms Power told the meeting that Russia, which is supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, had "long had the power to stop this suffering".
She said: "Instead of peace, Russia and Assad make war. Instead of getting life-saving aid to Syrians, Russia and Assad are bombing hospitals and first responders."
She accused Russia of preparing air strikes against eastern Aleppo even at the very moment its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was telling the UN that Russia was committed to a peaceful solution.
Ms Power went on to call on the council to "have the courage to say who is responsible and tell Russia with one voice to stop".
Several representatives at the meeting suggested Russia may have committed a war crime over the bombing of a humanitarian convoy near Aleppo on Monday.
Russia has denied carrying out the attack, which destroyed 18 of 31 aid trucks. It has said that rebel shelling or a US drone were responsible.
Russia has not admitted to bombing Aleppo since the end of the recent ceasefire.
The UN meeting, requested by the US, UK, and France, follows an intensification of the bombing campaign over Aleppo.
UN special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura said at least 213 civilians had been killed since the offensive began, many of them women and children. He said the conflict had reached "new heights of horror".
Hours after the end of a week-long cessation of hostilities on Monday, the Syrian regime declared a new offensive against eastern Aleppo and jets began pounding the area, where 275,000 people are trapped.
Mr Churkin said there was a humanitarian corridor by which residents could leave but it was being blocked by rebels.
Mr de Mistura said reports suggested Russia had used incendiary weapons in Aleppo, which he said "create fireballs of such intensity that they light up the pitch darkness in Aleppo as if it were daylight".
He said that Russia and the Syrian regime were also using so-called bunker busting bombs - designed to penetrate the earth and destroy underground targets - against residential areas.
"The systematic and indiscriminate use of such weapons in areas where civilians are present may amount to a war crime," he said.
Mr de Mistura called for the Council to recommend weekly 48 hour pauses in fighting to ensure that UN aid workers could reach eastern Aleppo.
The UK ambassador accused the Syrian regime of a "sick bloodlust against its people".
The five other Scottish Wildcat Action priority areas are Strathbogie in Aberdeenshire and Strathavon in Moray.
Also, Morvern, Strathpeffer and Northern Strathspey' in the Highlands.
Few pure-bred Scottish wildcats survive because of crossbreeding with feral cats and also loss of habitat and disease.
Images of wildcats captured on camera traps are used to identify wildcats from feral cats.
Scottish Wildcat Action is a partnership project involving more than 20 organisations including Scottish Natural Heritage and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
It is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund and Scottish government.
Forward Porter, 24, and defender Johnson, 21, both joined the club at the start of the season and have agreed extensions after helping secure a 10th-place finish in the National League.
"I'm delighted to have Daniel on board for next season, he's had a fantastic season," manager Neil Smith said.
"George has been brilliant in every position we've asked him to play, he gives 100% and deserves his new deal."
Alan Dunne, Jack Holland and Jordan Higgs are the other players to remain contracted to Bromley for the 2017-18 season, but Connor Dymond and Lee Minshull have left the club.
The movie, which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco, features a fictional plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un.
A leaked scene from the film showed the leader's head engulfed in a slow-motion fireball.
Hackers, calling themselves the Guardians of Peace, warned of a "bitter fate" for viewers of the "awful" film.
There has been speculation that North Korea is behind the attack, which revealed scripts from upcoming movies as well as stars' salaries and employees' personal emails.
Although North Korea deny involvement, they have said the movie is an "act of terrorism" and promised "merciless" retaliation if it was released.
Most recently they described the hack as a "righteous deed" and said may have been carried out by its "supporters and sympathisers".
However, perhaps North Korea has more to worry about than a movie described by one critic as "muddled muck".
It may want to start by looking at these very real problems its citizens are facing.
WARNING: this article contains details some may find disturbing.
More than a quarter of all North Korean children have had their growth stunted from malnourishment.
Two-thirds of the population, approximately 16 million people, don't know where their next meal is coming from, according to the UN.
This lack of food means than North Korean men are, on average, between 3 - 8cm (1.2 - 3.1in) shorter than men in South Korea.
North Korea has built up its military arsenal and nuclear programme instead of helping feed its people, another United Nations report found.
The situation has been made worse as families' movement is strictly controlled by the state, making it hard for them to source food.
Earlier this year, Michael Kirby, who led a UN Commission of Inquiry into North Korean human rights violations, told BBC World Service that families were being forced to use the ashes of their relatives as fertiliser due to lack of other resources.
Meanwhile large amounts of government money is spent on the Supreme Leader and "the advancement of his personality cult." Kim Jong-Il, Kim Jong-un's late father, reportedly spent £700,000 a year on Hennessy cognac.
The horrific conditions in North Korean gulags or work camps are beyond what even the most sadistically minded screenwriter could imagine.
Inside these compounds, prisoners are forced to carry out back-breaking labour, tortured if they don't obey the rules, left to die when injured and deliberately starved to death.
Former inmate Jeong Kwang-il, who fled North Korea in 2003, told a UN panel he dropped a third of his body weight in three months at a detention centre.
"Then they hang you so you would not be able to stand or sit," he said.
"If you are hung like that for three days, four days, you urinate, you defecate, you are totally dehydrated… [it] was so painful that I felt it was better to die."
Prisoners are forced to bury the bodies of those who died.
Except in winter they can't because the ground is frozen hard, so they are stored in a warehouse until March.
Jeong Kwang-il wrote in The Guardian: "When we got into the warehouse to remove the corpses, it was really horrible since the bodies were rotten and eaten by rats. We buried corpses as if they were trash. No one knows or remembers who they were."
Parents, grandparents and children are all punished for the "sins" of one relative. Shin Dong-hyuk, 30, is believed to be the first person born in a prison camp who managed to escape.
Shin thinks that he and his family were imprisoned because two of his uncles defected to South Korea during the Korean War. He saw his own mother executed.
Despite multiple reports condemning North Korea for how it treats its citizens, the country brushes these aside as misunderstandings.
Earlier in September North Korea published a 50,000-word report saying its citizens "enjoy genuine human rights" and there had simply been "serious misunderstandings."
On Tuesday North Korea's UN ambassador, Ja Song-nam said that "the so-called 'human rights issue' in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is politically fabricated" and instead asked for the United Nations Security council to look into reports of CIA torture.
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They attacked government buildings, killing at least six police officers, and a power station under construction, where 13 employees died, officials say.
Twelve IS fighters also reportedly died and fighting seems to be continuing.
Government and Kurdish forces began a long-awaited operation against the IS capital in Iraq, Mosul, on Monday.
Mosul lies 170km (105 miles) to the north-east of Kirkuk, a multi-ethnic city claimed both by Iraq's central government and the Kurds.
Government forces said on Friday they had regained control of a further two villages - al-Awaizat and Nanaha - south of Mosul, evacuating 65 displaced families and killing 15 IS militants.
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Hours after the initial assault, witnesses in Kirkuk said gunfire could still be heard and militants were walking openly through the streets. Initial reports suggested as many as 16 civilians had been killed.
Local media say a state of emergency has been declared and Friday sermons have been cancelled as mosques remain closed.
A news agency affiliated to IS said fighters had broken into Kirkuk's city hall and seized a central hotel but officials denied this.
District police chief Brig Gen Sarhad Qadir told the BBC suicide bombers and other IS fighters had attacked three police buildings and the headquarters of a political party in Kirkuk.
"All of the militants who attacked the police emergency building and the old building of the Kirkuk police directorate have been killed but a number of other militants are still in Dumez district," he said.
The governor of Kirkuk, Najm al-Din Karim, insisted that Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and counter-terrorism forces were completely in control of the situation.
He blamed the attack on IS sleeper cells.
"Because of the ongoing Mosul offensive, they may want to create a situation where forces would be withdrawn from there and the focus shifted to Kirkuk," Mr Karim told Kurdish news agency Rudaw.
"Also because they are being defeated in Mosul, they want to boost their morale with these kinds of actions."
Five Iranian employees are believed to be among the dead in the attack on the power plant to the north of Kirkuk, Iraq's electricity ministry said.
Seven other employees and five police guards were wounded.
The power plant, which is still under construction, is being built by an Iranian company.
A 55-year-old man suffered serious head injuries during the incident at a house in Channel View, Bassaleg, at about 04:00 GMT on New Year's Day.
He was taken to the city's Royal Gwent Hospital where he remains in a stable condition.
The man charged has been remanded in custody and will appear in court on Saturday.
The mayor told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme the London 2012 Olympics was "playing a role" in the solution.
"It is sending a clear message about effort and achievement, and what it takes to connect the two," he said.
Riots spread across England after police shot Mark Duggan in Tottenham, north London, on 4 August last year.
The mayor said £70m had been pumped into inner city areas of London to try to avoid a repeat of the violence and looting, but "lots of different solutions" were needed.
"There are still deep social problems that we've got to address by looking at what happens in the lives of young people, their role models, their ideals, what they want to achieve.
"I do think sport and the Olympics play a role. Sport builds self-esteem, character, confidence and the ability to understand how to lose - all those vital things," he said.
The mayor went on to say there had been a "culture of easy gratification and entitlement" during last year's riots.
By Mike SergeantLocal Government Correspondent in Tottenham
From the apocalyptic scenes of last August, to the euphoria of the Olympics. In these heady days of London 2012, the summer of 2011 seems like a bad dream.
In Tottenham High Road, where the riots began - the physical signs are still there. Some of the properties that were burnt to the ground have yet to be completely rebuilt. Long delays in getting compensation and rising insurance premiums have been a source of anger and frustration.
The government, though, says 95% of damage claims have now finally been settled. The post office quickly reopened on new premises - one of many impressive stories of revival.
Those here are determined to move on from what they hope was a freak storm. But in the back of everyone's mind the lingering question: could it ever happen again?
He said the "clear message" that the Olympics was sending "could not come at a better time for a country that is making a difficult psychological adjustment to a new world without easy credit, where life is considerably tougher than it was before the crunch".
Mr Johnson also stressed the importance of getting young people into work, stating there were 67,000 more apprenticeships than a year ago.
Meanwhile Jason Featherstone, director of Surviving Our Streets, a charity which works with young people, told BBC Radio 5 live that he believed things were "still as raw as a year ago" and there could be a repeat of last year's riots.
"I can't see too much progress been made, in the sense of the killing of Mark Duggan, the lack of police information coming forward in regards to what happened in that case.
"I believe we are teetering on more unrest - another incident like this might happen again," he said.
The Air Canada flight from Shanghai to Toronto was diverted to Calgary after the turbulence hit.
Eight passengers suffered neck and back injuries and 13 more were taken to hospital for observation.
The injured were in a stable condition, an emergency services spokesman said.
Bing Feng, a passenger, described hearing "lots of screaming" as the plane became "like a rollercoaster".
Another passenger, Yi Lee, said: "To start with it was just OK, normal just up and down, and all of a sudden it was really violent and just shaking everybody.
Even enthusiastic fliers like me can get nervous when there is some chunky turbulence around. But although people can get hurt if they aren't strapped in, turbulence doesn't crash airplanes.
Lots of things can cause turbulence, but pilots can often predict when it's coming, so they can either avoid it or put on the fasten seat-belt signs. And aircraft are built to withstand even the worst excesses of mother nature. Wings are bent until they snap, hulls are tested by attacking them with artificial lightning strikes. In the most extreme examples, turbulence could potentially damage an aircraft, but it won't knock it out of the sky.
There is a brilliant blog about it here. It points out that most of the small number of injuries each year are to flight crews. It also says that the best place to sit if you hate turbulence is over the wings - and the worst place is at the back.
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"Suddenly the flight is just going down and everything is really scary. The girl sitting next to me, she was sleeping and she just fly up [to the ceiling]."
Gord Murray, a frequent flyer, said the turbulence was the worst he'd ever experienced.
Some passengers were taken off the plane strapped to stretchers. Emergency Medical Services spokesman Stuart Brideaux said the injuries were limited to non-life-threatening neck and back injuries.
Air Canada's chief operating officer Klaus Goersch said the passengers had been through a "very unsettling experience".
He praised the crew's response and said some of the injured had been quickly discharged.
The Boeing 777 with 332 passengers and 19 crew on board landed at Calgary without further incident, the airline said in a statement.
Matthew Ellis wants more government funding for counter-terrorism and the 2% cap on how much the police can ask for from council taxpayers raised.
"Local commissioners should have the ability to raise the money that they think is necessary," he said.
The Home Office said counter-terrorism funding would rise by 30% by 2022.
Mr Ellis told BBC's Sunday Politics West Midlands he wanted to be make decisions over spending and be held to account "because the whole point of PCCs was more accountability," he said.
The Conservative PCC said day to-day policing in Staffordshire was in "a fairly good position financially" but the "additional resources that are on the streets now are tipping finances over the edge".
"I would be more than willing to have a conversation with the 1.2 million people who I represent across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent and say 'guys this is why I need to put the council tax up a bit more' and then it's down to me to justify that," he said.
Ruth Smeeth, the Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North and Kidsgrove, said she would like to see funding increased at a "national level", especially as the county had "lost 501 warranted officers in the last six years".
Meanwhile, Sir Bill Cash, Conservative MP for Stone, said: " I actually do think what Matthew is saying needs to be very seriously considered and I shall be taking it back to the home secretary when I get back to Parliament."
The Home Office said last week it agreed in 2015 that overall police funding would be protected in real terms - and that cross-government spending on counter-terrorism would rise from £11.7bn to £15.1bn.
Kasem became a household name in the US after launching the nationally-syndicated show in 1970.
He also voiced cartoon character Shaggy in Scooby-Doo.
He had suffered from Lewy body disease, a form of dementia, and had recently been at the centre of a bitter family court battle over his care.
His death comes days after a judge allowed the star's daughter Kerri to withhold food, liquid and medication from her father against the wishes of his wife of 34 years, Jean.
A message posted on Twitter by Kerri Kasem said: "Early this Father's Day morning, our dad Casey Kasem passed away surrounded by family and friends.
"Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken.
"Thank you for all your love, support and prayers. The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our Dad."
Kasem began his career in the 1950s and found fame with the chart programme.
He famously ended his broadcasts with his signature sign-off: "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars."
After spells hosting countdown shows under other titles, he returned to American Top 40 in the 1990s and retired from the airwaves in 2009.
Around the world, his radio rundown was broadcast in 50 countries and he was known for the spin-off TV show America's Top 10.
In Scooby-Doo, Kasem voiced the scruffy, food-loving but sometimes cowardly Shaggy from the first series in 1969 until 1995, and again from 2002 until 2009.
He had numerous other roles in TV shows, animations and commercials over the years.
The veteran presenter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1981 and was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1992. In 2003, he was honoured with the Radio Icon award at The Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas.
Among those paying tribute were Ryan Seacrest, who took over from Kasem as host of American Top 40 in 2004.
In a statement, Seacrest recalled how he would listen to Kasem every week "and dream about someday becoming a radio DJ".
"Casey had a distinctive friendly on-air voice, and he was just as affable and nice if you had the privilege to be in his company. He'll be greatly missed by all of us," he said.
Rock star Bryan Adams described him as "one of the greats of American radio".
Last month, Jean Kasem moved her husband from a California nursing home to friends in Washington state, after courts in California awarded Kerri temporary conservatorship over her father's care.
Court documents showed that Kasem's daughters Kerri and Julie had accused Jean of "elder abuse" by isolating their father from his children. Kasem and Jean also had a daughter together called Liberty.
When he was about 18 months old, he was diagnosed with toddler diarrhoea, put on a low-fibre diet and his mum Caroline was told he would grow out of the problem.
But the diarrhoea continued and so did the accidents.
"He would go to nursery with a bag of spare clothes because he had two or three accidents a day," Caroline says.
"As he got older he started to realise that wasn't normal."
With no sign of any improvement after almost two years, Caroline sought a second opinion and Jack was diagnosed with chronic constipation. The diarrhoea had just been a symptom of a more serious underlying problem.
Finally, with advice from children's continence charity ERIC, Jack was put on a course of medication which helped to clear the contents of his bowel and then a dose which would help to keep his system moving in the future.
Within two or three months, his mum says, he was "all clear", just in time for starting primary school in Wiltshire, but they had been dealing with a misdiagnosis for nearly two years.
One particular incident brought it home to Caroline just how awful Jack's problem had become and how traumatic it felt for him.
"He'd locked himself in the toilet with one of his baby brother's nappies and was trying to put it on..."
Constipation in children is not unusual - children's continence charity ERIC says between 5% and 30% of children suffer from it, yet parents complain that the condition often goes unrecognised.
It says GPs are failing to diagnose the problem properly and not referring to a specialist when they should - and sometimes the advice they give is wrong.
Rhia Weston, from ERIC, says children should be encouraged to drink more water, prescribed a laxative to clear them out and then put on a 'maintenance dose'.
Changing their diets and adding more fibre may work, but it is not going to solve everything.
"More often it's to do with dehydration because the child is not drinking enough at school and is possibly holding on and not going to the toilet at school," she says.
"Or it may be caused by a fever or medication. They can experience one painful poo and then it becomes a vicious cycle of not wanting to go."
Although constipation can be caused by physical problems too, she said it was important to make sure children got a decent amount of exercise and had a toilet routine in place - for example, sitting on the toilet 20 minutes after each meal.
Dr Anton Emmanuel, consultant neuro-gastroenterologist at University College London, agrees that traditionally the emphasis has been on increasing fibre intake.
"But that doesn't work for everyone. If people have tried that and it doesn't work, they need to try something else," he says.
One new therapy - called biofeedback - focuses on re-training the body's functions to work normally, rather than relying on the laxative effect of drugs.
Biofeedback uses special sensors connected to computers to measure bodily functions, even ones we are not aware of, and this information helps patients find out how their bodies are actually working.
By retraining the pelvic floor and sphincter to work the right way, the idea is that normal bowel control can be re-learnt and restored.
Dr Emmanuel explains: "Therapies have failed because the pelvic floor is tightly shut. People avoid loos, they hold on, and so the pelvic floor doesn't relax."
He says that, over three or four biofeedback sessions, people can see improvements by doing pelvic floor exercises, among others.
Tammie Cherry, from Kent, has experienced the positive effects of biofeedback after nearly 30 years of suffering with chronic constipation, which often led to painful stomach cramps and terrible episodes of diarrhoea.
She first noticed the problems around the age of 10 but was told she would grow out of it if she ate more fibre in her diet - but that didn't work.
She was eventually referred to St Mark's Hospital in Harrow and treated at the Biofeedback Unit. After two months of a tailored diet while following specific stomach exercises, she had normal bowel movements and some control over her life again.
"I can go shopping now, sit down on a bus and go out of the house without being caught short - and I've got no chronic pain. It's fantastic."
Constipation is the second or third most common reason among potty-trained children for going to see the GP, but Dr Emmanuel says it's important to look more deeply.
"Constipation is just a symptom. It can mean different things in different people. We must understand the mechanism of the individual because it's not the same for everyone."
Caroline describes how they had to help Jack retrain his body how to poo which led to a battle of wills and many, many tears.
Now that he is five years old, in Reception class, and in a good toilet routine, he is a very different boy, his mum explains.
"Physically he is much more content and, because his body is working better, he is happier."
Looking back, Caroline knows that with a correct, early diagnosis and some proper support Jack's early years should have been very different.
The social network is tweaking the algorithm that picks posts for feeds to do a better job of spotting "low quality" web pages.
Instead, the algorithm will seek out more informative posts.
It said the change was part of broader work it was doing to make Facebook less profitable for spammers.
The change was aimed at sites that contained "little substantive content" and were set up only to profit from users' attention, it said.
Facebook said it had already worked on ways to stop spammers from advertising on the network and now it wanted to do more to take on "organic posts" that turned up in news feeds.
Users had told it they were "disappointed" when they clicked on links that seemed to point to a news site but instead put them on a page built largely around adverts, Facebook said.
And these included pages with intrusive pop-up or interstitial ads, or that used pornographic pictures for dating sites or shocking images for treatments that purported to tackle many different ailments.
Facebook said its analysis of hundreds of thousands of web pages helped it to identify those run by spammers.
And this "fingerprint" of a spam site was now being used to spot whether posts for feeds had similar characteristics.
Facebook said the updated algorithm would be rolled out across its many territories over the next few months.
"The change could help Facebook fight fake news, as fakers are often financially motivated and blanket their false information articles in ads," wrote Josh Constine on news site TechCrunch.
He added that the change was important as it would help build trust in the content users were being fed.
Shajul Islam is accused of imprisoning John Cantlie and Dutch journalist Jeroen Oerlemans against their will.
He was arrested at Heathrow airport on 9 October and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
Mr Cantlie, who had worked for the Sunday Times, was taken hostage by Islamist militants in Syria in July.
Earlier, a 26-year-old woman who had been arrested at Heathrow alongside Mr Islam on suspicion of terrorism was released without charge.
Speaking at the time of their arrest, Scotland Yard said the pair had flown to the UK from Egypt and confirmed both were British.
Two addresses in east London were searched under the Terrorism Act in connection with police inquiries, the Met added.
Wednesday's court hearing was told by prosecutor Piers Arnold that Mr Islam - a trainee doctor who studied at St Bart's and University London Hospital - had joined a jihadist group in Syria and worked as a medic for them.
There could be 15 British nationals in the jihad camp in Syria, he said.
The court also heard that the accused had been arrested on a flight back from Egypt with his wife and one-year-old daughter.
Mr Islam was remanded in custody. The next hearing will take place on 2 November at the Old Bailey.
England forward Rooney, 30, played 52 minutes before going off to a standing ovation from the 58,597 crowd.
Former Paris St-Germain striker Ibrahimovic, who joined in July, was replaced in the 65th minute.
Defender Eric Bailly, a £30m signing from Villarreal, also made his home debut on an emotional night for Rooney.
"Tonight is a night myself and my family will always remember," he said after the game.
Former Manchester United managers Sir Alex Ferguson, who signed Rooney from Everton on 31 August 2004, and David Moyes - who managed the England captain at both clubs - were present.
In addition, new England boss Sam Allardyce was also at Old Trafford to see Rooney, who has scored 53 goals in 115 appearances for his country.
Rooney was given a guard of honour as he emerged from the tunnel with his children Kai, aged six, Klay, three, and seven-month-old Kit to a red mosaic with the word 'Rooney' spelt out in the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand.
The former Everton player has scored 245 goals in 520 United appearances and is the club's second-highest goalscorer.
Rooney has won five Premier League titles during his time at Old Trafford, as well as the Champions League, one FA Cup, two League Cups and the Fifa Club World Cup.
He will be trying to win the Community Shield for the fourth time with United when Jose Mourinho's side face Premier League champions Leicester City at Wembley on Sunday.
Rooney has announced that all proceeds from his testimonial will go to disadvantaged children and young people across the United Kingdom.
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De Gea, 24, has one year left on his deal and the Spain international has been linked with a move to Real Madrid.
United boss Louis van Gaal has picked Romero, 28, ahead of De Gea for the first three games of this season, saying the latter is lacking "focus".
"I hope De Gea stays here. He's a good team-mate who always works hard," said the Argentina international.
"It surely is a difficult situation for him but when one is a great professional like he is, and one has a good head like his, you keep training to get better day by day because he could play on a weekend.
"It happened to me last year in Sampdoria. I was not playing but I was working as if I was going to play."
Romero joined United this summer on a free transfer after leaving the Italian club.
He has conceded only one goal in his three games so far - in the 3-1 Champions League play-off first-leg win over Club Brugge - and says he enjoys training alongside De Gea and another "fantastic" Spanish goalkeeper, 33-year-old Victor Valdes.
"One has won everything and the other has his career ahead of him to continue to win things," Romero added.
"For me it's a privilege and it makes me happy to work with those two."
Things started badly for the Minstermen when Simon Heslop fouled Craig Eastmond in the box. Defender Jamie Collins stepped up to send Scott Flinders the wrong way.
Daniel Nti however responded quickly for York, dinking a beautiful shot over Ross Worner from a tight angle.
Substitute Danny Galbraith put Gary Mills' men in front from 25 yards, courtesy of a deflection over Worner.
Sutton's Dean Beckwith was sent off for receiving two yellow cards in the latter stages, but his side salvaged a draw when Eastmond was fouled in the box for the second time, and again Collins placed in calmly.
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Match ends, York City 2, Sutton United 2.
Second Half ends, York City 2, Sutton United 2.
Goal! York City 2, Sutton United 2. Jamie Collins (Sutton United) converts the penalty with a.
Shaun Rooney (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gomis (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Sean Newton (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second yellow card to Dean Beckwith (Sutton United) for a bad foul.
Substitution, Sutton United. Brandon Haunstrup replaces George McLennan.
Substitution, Sutton United. Gomis replaces Adam May.
Dean Beckwith (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, York City. Kaine Felix replaces Richard Brodie.
Goal! York City 2, Sutton United 1. Daniel Galbraith (York City).
Clovis Kamdjo (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Sutton United. Maxime Biamou replaces Roarie Deacon.
Substitution, York City. Daniel Galbraith replaces Jack Higgins.
Second Half begins York City 1, Sutton United 1.
First Half ends, York City 1, Sutton United 1.
Goal! York City 1, Sutton United 1. Daniel Nti (York City).
Goal! York City 0, Sutton United 1. Jamie Collins (Sutton United) converts the penalty with a.
Jack Higgins (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Chief executive Andrew Kerr is leading the search for someone to chair the inquiry and determine its remit.
He hopes to appoint an industry figure with experience of Private Finance building contracts by the summer.
The council said all schools are due to open in time for the new term in August when the inquiry will begin.
The schools were closed last month over safety fears when a wall collapsed at Oxgangs Primary School and others were found to be missing vital wall ties.
Children at all 17 schools are now back in classrooms but finding alternative accommodation was a major logistical operation and some youngsters face lengthy journeys to temporary sites.
Andrew Burns, City of Edinburgh council's leader, said: "I'm pleased to be able to say that the progress is been quite rapid in recent days and we are still on schedule to have three of the schools reopening this month in May, five schools next month in June and the remaining nine schools by the middle of August for the start of the new term."
Melanie Main, Edinburgh's Green education spokeswoman, said: "This update report is woefully inadequate in the detail it provides.
"What is required is a full, in depth inquiry with a agreement on what the inquiry will cover.
"It is neither clear who will make these decisions nor what will be included in scope, but, if it turns out that the Labour/SNP administration intend to make these decisions behind closed doors, that would be unacceptable.
"If the confidence of the public and school communities is to be restored this fiasco must be carefully examined so that the facts can be laid out honestly and publicly and the right steps be taken to ensure the council can provide safe, fit for purpose schools for our children well into the future."
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Schools closed over safety fears
7,600 Primary and secondary pupils affected by the closures
61 Alternative schools are being used
655 Teachers relocated
70 Bus services laid on to transport pupils
You watched some of it in disbelief and some of it in anger and confusion. Where did this weakness come from? Who stole Scotland's serenity?
Ireland forward Jon Walters brushing past the bag of nerves that was Craig Forsyth. The aimless deliveries from one player and then another. More angst from left-back Forsyth. Further mishaps in possession. From everybody. This was an ailment that spread from back to front, left to right.
In those moments - and they must have been interminable for the massed ranks in the visiting support - you wondered if this was the day that the smiley-happy vibe that has surrounded this Scotland team was going to change to something altogether more serious.
Scotland were being bullied and then Scotland were being beaten. The goal when it came told you much about their plight. A corner and a free header for Daryl Murphy. Then a save from David Marshall and a tap-in for Walters.
Where were the Scots? Where was the desire to clear that ball? Lack of hunger is not a charge that is easily levelled at this team, but when Robbie Brady swung in that corner the Scots were passive when the Irish were alert and forceful.
It was painfully easy and it was coming. The Republic are a very average side but even average sides can make it pay when the opposition has a death-wish.
The defending for Walters' goal was wretched. So was the decision to allow it, for the striker was offside when he poked it past Marshall.
If it was a lucky break for Ireland, then they probably warranted it. They set the tempo, inflicted the panic and forced the errors. At the break, Scotland were in disarray. It wasn't meant to be like this.
In the dressing room they woke from their 45-minute nightmare and roused themselves. The decision to play Matt Ritchie ahead of Ikechi Anya was a strange one even before kick-off and with every passing minute of the first half it became stranger still.
Ritchie has had a terrific, and historic, season with Bournemouth, but nothing about his Scotland performances suggested he was a better option than Anya. He has something, no doubt about it. He couldn't have scored 15 goals for his club in the rough-house that is the Championship unless he had quality, but whatever it is he has, it hasn't been visible for Scotland. Not yet.
Selecting him ahead of Anya was a Strachan gamble and a Strachan fail - and it was one he rectified at the break.
Anya played a part in the equaliser. It was almost as if his effervescent personality galvanised Scotland into bettering themselves. It was another moment in the Shaun Maloney playbook and, for Ireland, a flashback to the November meeting between these sides at Celtic Park when the same player with a similar finish sparked familiar feelings of despair in Martin O'Neill's team.
Maloney, like so many around him, toiled at the Aviva. Little went right for him. He tried to play, tried to influence things, but was undone by inaccuracy - his own and those around him. He was a bystander for much of it, but his cameo was special.
From Chicago, came some much-needed fire. His interchange with Anya followed by his curling finish - the shot deflecting off John O'Shea en route - happened almost in slow motion right in front of the Tartan Army. Shay Given lost the flight of it.
The twin sights of the ball in his net and the Scotland fans celebrating in front of his nose was a double whammy of misery for the legendary Irish goalkeeper.
The temptation was to blink in disbelief. Nobody could see where a Scottish goal was coming from, but then, nobody in the stadium has the kind of self-belief that Maloney possesses.
The goal was a tad fortunate but for the Scots it was like an oasis of beauty.
When the purists bang on about football being the beautiful game somebody ought to sit them in front of a television and put on the DVD of this attritional, thud-and-blunder occasion.
It was agricultural stuff. Passionate, no question. Intense. But brutal. Oh so brutal, right from the moment James McCarthy stuck the elbow into Russell Martin's face and drew blood.
It would be wrong to say that it was all second-rate. Some of what we saw at the Aviva was world class - the stadium architecture, the passion of the Irish anthem, the ear-splitting noise of the magnificent fans, home and away.
And the emotion. That was pretty hot, too.
This was a match that Ireland really needed to win in order to avoid a potentially fatal blow to their qualifying hopes. Their players knew it and played like it. They were aggressive and psyched, as if assistant manager Roy Keane himself had locked them in a room for an hour beforehand and laid it on the line as only he can.
They weren't good enough, that was the bottom line. They allowed Scotland back into it even though Scotland will hardly - you would hope - play as poorly as this again.
You wouldn't quite say that Ireland's chances are now shot; they are severely damaged. They don't look like a team that can haul themselves back into contention in the run-in.
Scotland fight on - and dream on. In the player interviews in the aftermath there was an inescapable sense of relief that they'd managed to dig out a result on a day when they were so far off their best. An error-strewn performance but a sweet point. Maybe a critical one.
According to official statistics, 700 fewer people were on the register in March.
The total number of jobless is about 57,000.
However, the unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.7%, which is above the UK average of 6.9%.
Other data published on Wednesday revealed that the Northern Ireland economy continued to grow in the final months of 2013.
There have now been three consecutive quarterly increases.
Stormont economy minister Arlene Foster said: "This is good news in relation to economic performance."
"The various business confidence surveys also continue to give us reasons to be to be positive about the prospects for further improvements in business and economic conditions," she added.
Mrs Foster said the continuing decrease in unemployment benefit claimants was "the most sustained fall since June 1995".
"The rate of unemployment in Northern Ireland (7.7%) is above that of the UK (6.9%) but compares favourably to the rates in the European Union (10.8%) and the Republic of Ireland (11.9%)," she said.
The driver has been arrested but police have released no further details.
Part of the city has been sealed off and emergency services have launched a major operation.
Graz is Austria's second largest city and the square was hosting an event related to the nearby Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix.
The area's governor confirmed that three people had died and 34 were injured, some seriously.
Governor Hermann Schuetzenhoefe told reporters that the suspect arrested was a 26-year-old man. The motive for the attack is not clear.
Emergency forces sent 60 ambulances to the scene and four helicopters to take victims to hospital.
The Austrian Grand Prix takes place this weekend in Spielberg, and it is thought that many of the city's emergency services had been deployed there. Crowds had gathered in the square to take part in a Formula 1 event.
There are unconfirmed reports that after crashing the man exited the vehicle and attacked people with a knife.
Photographs from the scene show a heavily damaged SUV and blood on the pavement.
Eyewitness Helmut Reinisch told the BBC he saw bodies lying on the ground "covered in blood," including a young boy.
An eye-witness also told the agency that the car was travelling at 100km/h (62mph) when it entered the square.
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Now aged nine, he is able to remain remarkably calm when describing how such a tragic event unfolded.
"[Potts] bought two litres of petrol and poured it all over the house, everywhere," he explains to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme. "Then my mum and eldest brother went to try and stop him, but he lit the fuel just in time."
Potts, Zach's mother, Tracy, and his 15-year-old half-brother, Shaun, were killed in the blaze in Manchester, in September 2011.
Zach survived, along with his 18-year-old half-sister, Cailin. He spent the next two months at a children's hospital.
His father, Ric - who Zach now lives with - says it was "heartbreaking" to see the condition his son was left in.
"He had wires and tubes and things coming out from him all over the place. They put him into an induced coma, to help his body deal with the shock and the burns as best as [it could]. He was about 20% burns, mainly up to his arms."
According to Dr Jane Monckton-Smith, a criminologist currently leading one of the biggest studies of domestic homicide in the UK, such family killings are on the increase.
She says that in 95% of cases the killer will be a man, and usually the head of the household.
The perpetrators of such crimes often share certain traits, such as a need to control those around them, she adds.
Watch the Victoria Derbyshire programme's full film on domestic homicide here.
Ric believes Potts showed this same behaviour towards Zach's mother, Tracy.
"From what I could gather he used to check the phone to see who she'd been talking to and texting," he says. "He was allowed out [to socialise], but she wasn't."
Zach and his father both agree that what happened that day has brought them closer together. But Zach still remembers the moment he found out his mother had died.
"I was crying, and when I think about it, it makes me emotional," he says.
His burns act as a reminder of what happened that night. Children at school sometimes ask him about them, leaving him to decide whether to ignore or explain them.
Denise Williams met her ex-husband, Steven Wilson, when she was 16.
Six months into their marriage he had started to show his "true colours", she says.
"He knew I had nowhere to go, no-one to run to. He'd call me all the different names under the Sun, he'd verbally abuse me, mentally abuse me, physically abuse me, punch me, kick me, whatever he had to do."
Denise had cut ties with Wilson on several occasions, only to go back to him.
She left him for the final time in February 2002, but - planning to go back for them later - did not take her two sons, Bret, eight, and, Bradley, seven, with her.
When the couple met at a restaurant a few days later, the children were in the back of Wilson's car. He assaulted Denise, and drove off with them.
About 20 minutes later, Denise received a call from Wilson. In it, she says, Wilson told her: "I've just killed the kids, and I'm going to kill myself."
Denise remembers trying to listen out for the boys in the background, but couldn't hear them.
Wilson had murdered his two sons by stabbing them.
Denise vividly recalls the moment the police sergeant knelt on the floor and told her: "Denise, they're dead."
She still suffers from regular nightmares in which she relives their deaths.
"I'm on a field, and I can see the car, and I can hear them calling, 'Mummy, Mummy, please help us Mummy.' And all I can see is a knife - a knife going up and down in a car as he's killing the boys."
Wilson was given two life sentences for the murders, but hanged himself in prison.
Denise says she felt "cheated", and "very, very angry at the fact that he hasn't got to live with this".
"I'm the one left behind having to cope, trying to live with all this."
Wilson killed himself on Mother's Day - which Denise believes was one final act of revenge.
According to Dr Monckton-Smith, perpetrators of domestic homicide will try to take their own lives "in a lot of these cases" - and often show "a lack of remorse, which could be because they have a personality disorder".
She also believes the killers nearly always plan the murders.
Denise believes her boys were killed by Wilson as an act of revenge towards her.
"He lost power, he lost the control he had over me. Because I left him, he'd lost everything," she says.
"[The murders] were just purely to hurt me, because he knew how close me and the boys were.
"I think he knew that he'd lost the boys - that they'd come back to me - and so, if he couldn't have them, he made sure I couldn't have them [either]."
But despite the trauma she has suffered, Denise says she is glad of the eight years she had with her boys.
"The children may have died, but their memory is never going to die - it's always there."
The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.
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The hosts, 47 places above their opponents in the football pyramid, had only two shots on target throughout.
Substitute Memphis Depay curled just wide in the second half, but it looked like the visitors would earn a replay.
However, after Memphis was fouled inside the area, Rooney stepped up to score and send the hosts through.
Read about how the game unfolded
Reaction to Saturday's FA Cup third-round games
Just two weeks ago Louis van Gaal's future as Manchester United manager appeared to be in huge doubt.
The Red Devils had failed to win in seven games but, after surviving a 2-0 defeat at Stoke on Boxing Day, Van Gaal has overseen an improvement in both results and, in patches, performances.
After a combined 31 shots on goal in their last two games against Chelsea and Swansea, Manchester United seemed a livelier prospect, despite their plentiful possession still having no end product.
And, at Old Trafford on Saturday, Memphis fizzed an effort just wide in the second half, only for the home fans to burst into ironic cheers, rather than roar encouragement.
A drab draw against a League One side would likely have seen Van Gaal come under criticism once again, but Rooney's strike could give him some breathing space.
Back in 1990, Mark Robins scored a goal in the FA Cup for Manchester United that is said to have saved Sir Alex Ferguson from the sack.
Van Gaal may have just had his 'Robins moment'.
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Sheffield United looked to have secured a lucrative replay at Bramall Lane but, as the game entered the 90th minute, Memphis broke into the area and fell as he was challenged by midfielder Dean Hammond.
His acrobatic reaction suggested the hosts may have got lucky when referee Jon Moss pointed to the spot, but replays showed there was limited contact.
"I thought it was a penalty but it was an absolute shocking performance from Manchester United," BBC Radio 5 live pundit Robbie Savage said.
"For me, Van Gaal, I'd get rid of him."
Two years ago Sheffield United reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup and had forged a reputation as seasoned giant killers.
In recent years, they have beaten Aston Villa, West Ham and Southampton in cup competitions and, given the sense of unrest at Old Trafford, they will have fancied their chances of claiming a higher division scalp.
They had the game's first shot on target, which came in the 67th minute after Chris Basham fired straight at David De Gea, but retreated into their own half as they looked to keep Manchester United out and take the tie back to South Yorkshire.
That perhaps proved their undoing as the hosts pressed in the closing stages, leading to the moment when Memphis was brought down inside the box.
A little more conviction, and the result could have been different.
"There just seems to be an acceptance of bad performances," former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes told BT Sport.
"Every time you come to Old Trafford you see negative football."
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal: "You have to see also how the opponent is playing. Everybody shall give applause to Sheffield United. They were very organised but it is much more difficult to attack than to defend.
"Again a clean sheet is also the benefit of our organisation. I'm very disappointed that we are not creating too many chances, that we have to improve."
Sheffield United boss Nigel Adkins on BT Sport: "The players have worked extremely hard against superior opposition.
"The grit, desire and character gave the supporters something to cheer about. The supporters have got right behind the players and there is a togetherness at the football club."
Manchester United travel to Newcastle in the Premier League on Tuesday, while Sheffield United are back in League One action as they face 2013 FA Cup winners Wigan.
The draw for the FA Cup fourth round takes place on Monday and is live on The One Show on BBC One from 19:00 GMT.
Match ends, Manchester United 1, Sheffield United 0.
Second Half ends, Manchester United 1, Sheffield United 0.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
Martyn Woolford (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Memphis Depay (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Basham (Sheffield United).
Attempt blocked. Ryan Flynn (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Louis Reed.
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Neill Collins (Sheffield United).
Goal! Manchester United 1, Sheffield United 0. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty Manchester United. Memphis Depay draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Dean Hammond (Sheffield United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Matt Done replaces Conor Sammon because of an injury.
Delay in match Conor Sammon (Sheffield United) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Memphis Depay (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Daley Blind.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Basham (Sheffield United).
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dean Hammond (Sheffield United).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United) because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.
Daley Blind (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Conor Sammon (Sheffield United).
Foul by Memphis Depay (Manchester United).
Paul Coutts (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Louis Reed replaces Jay McEveley because of an injury.
Substitution, Manchester United. Andreas Pereira replaces Marouane Fellaini.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jay McEveley (Sheffield United) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marouane Fellaini.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Martyn Woolford.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Dean Hammond.
Attempt saved. Matteo Darmian (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dean Hammond (Sheffield United).
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daley Blind with a cross following a corner.
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While England, Scotland and Wales use private companies, local commissioners said they could not afford to do it.
In Scotland and Wales, NHS spending in the independent sector represents about 1% of their respective budgets.
In England, that figure is close to 7%. Officials elsewhere say outsourcing appears to keep waiting lists down.
Up until a year ago, Northern Ireland was doing this.
However, last September, the plug was pulled on a significant contract.
The Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Board said this had contributed to the current waiting list crisis.
The multi-million pound contract was between the Department of Health and Kingsbridge private hospital.
Chief Executive of Kingsbridge Mark Regan said people were now borrowing money in desperation to pay for their elderly parents' hip operations.
"The patients we see are now turning to other options to pay for their health care including credit unions, bank loans or family members for money," he said.
"Perhaps they aren't buying that new car in order to pay for their mother or father's hip replacement."
He told the BBC that private companies provided value for money.
"Use of the independent sector, contrary to popular belief, means we are charging exactly the same as the NHS - it is called the NHS tariff," he said.
However, the health unions argue that the Department of Health should not be funding the private sector and should plough any money back into the health service.
Patricia McKeown, of the union Unison, said she did not believe that health care should be used for profit.
"I don't know why there would be any place inside the NHS for private medicine," she said.
"Why is it that people can be offered next day treatment if they pay for it and very often by the same doctor who is the person they are seeing inside the NHS system."
The British Medical Association (BMA) said a short term financial fix to private companies was not the answer. Dr John D Woods said the BMA strongly opposed it.
"Paying private companies is a knee jerk reaction," he said.
"Yes, it may help those on a current waiting list, but it does not provide a long-term answer for the health service.
"When Northern Ireland uses the independent sector - eventually - in the long term, it just leads to long waiting lists."
Northern Ireland's latest figures reveal a large number of specialities reporting immense pressures and worsening service provision.
The Health and Social Care Board said that, financially, the situation was so dire that they could not afford to pay either the independent sector or local health service consultants over-time to clear the backlog.
Basically, unlike England, Northern Ireland's commissioners do not have a choice.
The board's director of performance, Michael Bloomfield, said: "The major reason that we are seeing the increase in waiting times and their pace - is directly associated with the lack of funding to provide additional activity - whether that's within the health trusts or within the independent sector."
Mr Bloomfield said that while the health board would like to use the independent sector to tackle waiting lists, there simply was not the money.
Hospital delays
It had been hoped that at least £47m from the Northern Ireland Executive's June Monitoring round would go towards paying the private sector.
Hip, knee and back surgery would have been among the operations that could have been cleared from waiting lists.
But the current stalemate at Stormont meant that money was never released.
Mr Bloomfield said the board was in regular discussion with the trusts about waiting lists.
"You can only hold people, those managers to account for those things that are within their control. Waiting lists are increasing because there is a considerable gap between the demand for elective services and the capacity to deliver those services," he said.
"We clearly cannot hold people to account for things they cannot do."
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Should the health service spend in order to tackle the current waiting lists or turn a blind eye to those currently waiting and plan long-term instead?
Mr Regan from Kingsbridge said you cannot forget that behind the statistics are men and women who need help desperately.
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Janice Okoh's script for Three Birds, a play about three young siblings who are left home alone, has won the £16,000 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.
Playwright Simon Stephens, who chaired the judging panel, praised its "humanity and imagination".
Stephens made the announcement at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
Okoh will now develop the play with the theatre, with a view to staging a full production.
The theatre will also work with Alistair McDowall, Gareth Farr and Louise Monaghan, who received secondary judges' awards of £8,000 each.
Organisers said all four playwrights examined what it is like to grow up in Britain today. "It was a range that was reflective of the creative energy in this country and the moment," Stephens said.
Okoh, from south-east London, worked in the City for seven years before taking an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. She has written three plays for BBC Radio 4 and teaches English as a foreign language.
"I decided I wasn't happy in law, even though I loved the life," she said. "I was doing [writing] courses and got into this radio thing, and from there I got into theatre and thought 'I could write a play.'"
Previous Bruntwood Prize winners include former schoolteacher Vivienne Franzmann, whose play Mogadishu was staged at the Royal Exchange earlier this year before transferring to the Lyric Hammersmith in London.
It has since earned nominations at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards and the Theatre Awards UK.
The prize is open to writers with any level of experience.
Michael Oglesby of property company Bruntwood, who was also on the judging panel, said "We are delighted to have been the catalyst for such a wonderful variety of creative writing.
He added: "In these harsh economic times it is essential that companies provide the stimulus and support for the arts."
The ceremony was held as the Royal Exchange announced details of its spring and summer 2012 season, including a new adaptation of Alan Sillitoe's seminal 1958 novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and Maxine Peake starring in August Strindberg's Miss Julie.
Patrick Farren, from Stoneburn Place in the city, admitted making a "nuisance of himself" in the Church Brae salon.
Staff called the police and Farren also admitted verbally abusing officers when they arrived. The 53-year-old was then arrested for disorderly behaviour.
The judge at Londonderry Magistrates Court jailed him for nine months.
Farren, who has 195 previous convictions - 100 of them for disorderly behaviour - was detained by police after the incident on Thursday.
The court was told that he had been given suspended jail sentences on Saturday and on Monday of this week for similar offences.
The judge said that given the accused's extensive record of relevant convictions he had no alternative but to send him to prison.
The latest results of the Lego Idea initiative also show that a set called birds has also been given the green light with a Doctor Who series being considered for the future.
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It will reopen the river to fish species, many of which vanished after weirs were installed in the 1800s.
Fish passes will be installed at weirs on the river in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.
It will allow threatened shad to access their historic spawning grounds in the upper reaches of the river.
Twaite shad and allis shad are said to have been favoured in the court of Henry III in the 13th Century, and were once abundant and famed across Europe for their taste and quality.
The Bristol Channel, into which the Severn flows, has the only viable breeding population of twaite shad in the UK.
Richard Parry, from the Canal and River Trust, said it would help "restore this important fish stock to the upper River Severn".
Heritage Lottery Fund trustee Tom Tew said: "Unlocking the Severn is a very rare opportunity to right 150 years of wrongs.
"It will save a wonderful, but endangered, migratory fish and hugely benefit the River Severn's wider environmental health."
The £19.4m project will install four fish passes, which allow fish to travel past the blockages, in Worcestershire, open up the River Teme to fish at two locations near Worcester, and improve access at a weir on the Severn near Tewkesbury.
It will also see England's only fish viewing gallery built at Diglis Weir in Worcester, and the UK's first "Shad Fest" will take place.
Work will begin next year and the whole project, which will also benefit salmon and eel, is expected to take five years to complete.
The scheme, which is the largest of its kind ever attempted in Europe, was developed jointly by the Severn Rivers Trust, the Canal and River Trust, the Environment Agency and Natural England.
Funding includes £10.8m from the Heritage Lottery Fund and £6m from the European Commission.
The JB Christie bakery in Airdrie was shut on Friday and Saturday while NHS Lanarkshire investigated nine confirmed and nine suspected cases.
Inquiries indicated a possible link to the bakery although all staff were found to be clear of the infection.
All the patients, who were treated as Monklands Hospital, were "well and responding to treatment".
NHS Lanarkshire said its investigation focused on iced cakes, decorated cakes and pastries produced at the bakery up to and including 27 April.
Since the closure the bakery has been subject to a "deep clean" and any fresh ingredients or foodstuffs disposed of.
Bakery owner Andrew Chisholm said: "Throughout this period of closure a team of environmental health officers were invited into the bakery to review all aspects, policies and working procedures and they were very satisfied with their findings and thanked us for our immediate reactions.
"The bakery employees have been very compliant with the requests from the health board to be fully screened and with almost immediate results stating that no employee was at any risk to the public to work within a food environment."
NHS Lanarkshire consultant Dr Josephine Pravinkumar praised the bakery for its co-operation.
She added: "Our initial investigations have indicated that there may be a link between these cases and the bakery.
"While the risk of contracting hepatitis A from products is very low, people who have consumed these products from the bakery since 1 March are being asked to look out for any flu-like illness, loss of appetite, nausea, fever, abdominal pains or jaundice (a yellowing of the eyes or skin).
"If anyone does experience any of these symptoms, they should contact NHS24 on 111 or their GP in the usual way."
People are becoming less likely to face the worst of a hurricane or typhoon if they live close to the Equator, and more likely if they live on the edges of the tropics.
The storms are reaching their maximum intensity 52-63km further north and south every decade.
The paper, led by the US agency Noaa, underlines a previous finding that the area defined as the Tropics is clearly expanding.
The researchers believe humans are influencing the changes - with climate change, ozone depletion and aerosols playing a part. They cannot yet be certain which factor is most significant.
The lead author, James Kossin from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (Noaa) National Climatic Data Center, says the research is based on observations of the point of maximum intensity of the storm.
He told BBC News: "By the time a serious storm reaches maximum intensity, someone has picked it up and is monitoring it, so we can be pretty confident of this data.
"What we can't be sure of yet is exactly what's causing the trend. There is compelling evidence that the expansion of the tropics is attributable to a combination of human activities, but we don't know which is the primary factor.
"If ozone depletion is mainly to blame, then the situation is likely to stabilise by the middle of the century after ozone-depleting chemicals are phased out. But if climate change is the main factor then there's no end in sight to this phenomenon."
Hurricanes are formed when warm air above warm seas rises upwards to create low pressure, which in turn sucks in more air at the sea surface. The Earth's spin twists the column of air and intensifies the process.
Dr Kossin says the central Tropics are now less "hospitable" to storms, as the ideal conditions for storm creation are shifting slightly north and south. His paper shows that the degree of wind shear in an area an important factor in storm formation, as well as sea surface temperature.
The Tropics dominate world weather by producing a strong updraught of warm moist air which cascades out towards the poles. The area generating the updraught has been expanding since 1979 by 0.5 degrees- 1 degrees latitude per decade.
Warming in the deep tropics causes stronger updraughts that spread further pole-ward, and greenhouse gases are thought to be contributing to this process. The atmosphere is also being heated by tiny particles known as aerosols; some produced by dirty diesel engines and cooking stoves, others by ozone in the troposphere.
Another factor is ozone in the stratosphere. This causes stratospheric cooling, which in turn affects air currents from the tropics.
Noaa says the migration of tropical storms is a global phenomenon with regional variations. In the Southern Hemisphere the Pacific and Indian oceans show a strong pole-ward trend.
The largest shift in the Northern Hemisphere is in the western Pacific. The Atlantic and eastern North Pacific exhibit small movement.
Dr Kossin says the team has tested for the influence of the natural climate system ENSO, but it is unlikely to have played a big part.
Julian Heming, an expert in cyclones at the Met Office, told BBC News that the research did not mean that people very near the Equator would escape severe storms entirely. Typhoon Bopha in 2012 and Typhoon Haiyan both hit land in the Philippines at or below 10 degrees from the Equator.
He said: "It is worth remembering that this paper is not showing any increasing trend in tropical cyclone intensity - just the location of peak intensity."
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Paul Hollywood remains as a judge and will be joined by Prue Leith.
Prue is already a well-known food writer.
It's the presenting line up which is more surprising.
Comedian and writer Sandi Toksvig will be joined by Noel Fielding.
Noel is a comedian and actor.
Channel 4 boss Jay Hunt says "Paul and Prue have huge amounts of expertise and warmth. I'm looking forward to seeing them putting our great new bunch of amateur bakers through their paces."
Bake Off will start on Channel 4 after being on the BBC for many years.
Goldberg, who had been suffering from brain and sinus cancer, passed away on 2 October.
His other work included Snow Dogs with Cuba Gooding Jr and Little Giants starring Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill.
The 1993 comedy Cool Runnings was loosely based on the 1988 Jamaican Olympic bobsled team.
It starred John Candy as the team's coach.
Goldberg co-wrote the screenplay with Lynn Siefert and Tommy Swerdlow.
He also enjoyed a career in theatre, acting and directing in numerous off-Broadway and regional productions.
Goldberg gained a fine arts degree from Carnegie Mellon and a master's degree from the University of Michigan before moving to Hollywood in the late 1980s.
He is survived by daughter Kayla, brother Mark, sister Randi and parents George and Dorothy.
The funeral will take place on October 6 in Philadelphia.
A Los Angeles memorial is expected to take place at a later date.
Mrs Nicholson and her husband Keith, from Castleford, West Yorkshire, took just three years to spend their prize money - equivalent to £3.5m today.
Son Howard said she had died following a "long fight against dementia" after developing the condition in 2009.
He requested donations to Dementia UK in her memory.
"After suffering with dementia for five years, she died on 11 April 2015 at Pinderfields Hospital with her sons at her side," he added.
"Viv was a one-off in all ways - a loving and loved mother, a glamorous great-grandmother and a friend to many."
Mrs Nicholson was a 25-year-old liquorice factory worker when she and her husband, a miner, won their fortune.
They made a number of extravagant purchases, including cars, jewellery and a ranch-style home.
But after Mr Nicholson's death in a car crash in 1965, his wife was landed with a huge tax bill and later declared bankrupt.
Afterwards, she struggled with alcohol and depression.
Mrs Nicholson later moved to Malta but was deported following a fight with a policeman.
She married three more times. One subsequent husband was killed in a car crash and another died from an overdose.
Speaking to the BBC in 2011, she said she had "no regrets" about her "spend, spend, spend" philosophy.
A West End musical celebrating Mrs Nicholson's life - named in honour of her trademark catchphrase - premiered in 1999.
Rui Li, 44, who worked at Poole Hospital, was last seen by her daughter on the evening of 23 May. She was reported missing on Tuesday morning.
The body, believed to be that of Ms Li, was discovered in a car in Verwood Crescent, near Hengistbury Head, on Friday evening.
A father and son, aged 26 and 60, who were arrested on suspicion of murder, remain in custody.
Both were known to Ms Li, police said.
No formal identification of the body has taken place but officers said Ms Li's next of kin had been informed.
The area around the car, a silver Fiat Punto, remained sealed off throughout Saturday following the discovery at about 22:30 BST on Friday.
Forensic experts are examining the car and the surrounding area.
Det Insp Marcus Hester, of Dorset Police, said: "We now wish to speak with anyone who has any information about the silver Fiat Punto, W887 PDL.
"This car may have been seen in the area of Cromer Motors on St Clements Road and on or around Knyveton Road in Boscombe between Sunday 25 May and Wednesday 28 May.
"We also believe that this vehicle travelled between Verwood and Hengistbury Head on Wednesday 28 May."
Officers are also appealing for information about the movement of a large white Ford Transit van, registration Y491 GFT, thought to have been in the area around Cromers Motors and Burnham Drive between Saturday 24 May and Tuesday.
On Friday, Ms Li's daughter, Lu Yao, issued a statement through police in which she said she had last seen her mother, happy and smiling, on Friday night when she returned home from work.
Ms Li was recorded by CCTV cameras leaving Poole Hospital on Friday evening in her Porsche Boxster, which has a personalised number plate.
The car was recovered from an address on Wolverton Road in Boscombe.
The coroner has been made aware of the discovery of the body.
The 25-year-old will join the White Rose club for the start of next season.
Willey, who has played five limited-overs games for the national team, took a hat-trick to help Northants win the FLt20 trophy in 2013 and has also claimed 148 first-class wickets.
"I'm looking forward to working with Jason Gillespie and the rest of the lads," he told the county website.
Last week, Willey smashed a 40-ball century against Sussex to steer Northants through to the quarter-finals of this year's T20 Blast competition.
And he admitted it would be a wrench to leave the club for whom he made his first-team debut in 2009.
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"This has been a tough decision to make because of my personal attachment to the County Ground. I came here many, many times as a boy and dreamed of playing for Northants," the left-arm quick bowler said.
"I will always be grateful for the years of coaching and mentoring that I have received which gave me the best start to my career.
"However, I feel that the time is right to move on, to experience a new approach to training and to broaden my cricket education. Yorkshire gives me the best opportunity to challenge myself working alongside some of the best players in the country."
Northants head coach David Ripley told BBC Radio Northampton: "He's one of our best players so obviously there's disappointment about that, but certainly no bitterness. He [Willey] has come through the system and been a great ambassador for the club.
"We hoped to keep him for the last year of his contract, but we also appreciate that his desire to play Test cricket might be better suited in Division One.
"It's difficult to argue with that; he's going to a good club and if he makes it to the Test match arena then good on him."
Sixteen Category One Academies, including many from Premier League clubs, have been included this season.
Portsmouth's board voted against the EFL's proposal in the summer.
"Once the games kick off, we'll all walk out to show our contempt for this decision," Bob Beech from group SOS Pompey told BBC Radio Solent.
"We thought if fans boycotted the games completely, the club would suffer financially through no fault of their own.
"We voted through unanimously at our own meeting to walk out shortly after kick-off."
Traditionally a competition for just League One and League Two clubs and previously known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, the tournament has been expanded to 64 teams.
Portsmouth have been drawn in a group alongside Reading under-21s, Bristol Rovers and Yeovil.
SOS Pompey's opposition to the EFL Trophy has been echoed by other clubs since the new format was confirmed.
Cambridge United chief executive Jez George said the changes may not have gone ahead had EFL clubs known some Premier League sides would reject the invitation to play.
Six clubs, including Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham, declined the chance to enter under-21 sides.
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Speaking on her 16th birthday, Malala said efforts to silence her had failed.
She was shot in the head on a school bus by Taliban gunmen because of her campaign for girls' rights.
The speech at the UN headquarters in New York was her first public address since last October's incident in Pakistan's north-western Swat valley.
Malala has been credited with bringing the issue of women's education to global attention. A quarter of young women around the world have not completed primary school.
After the shooting, Malala was flown from Pakistan to the UK for treatment, and now lives in Birmingham, England.
By Rajini VaidyanathanBBC News, UN
There were huge cheers when Malala Yousefzai took to the podium. A few months ago, such a moment might have seemed unimaginable. Her speech, to more than 500 young people aged 12-25 from around the world, was delivered with grace and compassion.
Malala may be the focus and inspiration behind today's events, but she hopes her message will highlight the challenges millions of her contemporaries face. Many here say she's their inspiration.
There is a buzz of excitement at the UN. Corridors and chambers normally filled with sharp-suited diplomats have, for one day at least, been taken over by teenagers. It's Malala's story and incredible recovery from her attack that have brought the issue of universal education to greater global attention. The challenge is to keep up the momentum to make a real change.
Amid several standing ovations, Malala told the UN on Friday that the Taliban's attack had only made her more resolute.
"The terrorists thought that they would change my aims and stop my ambitions," she said, "but nothing changed in my life, except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born."
She continued: "I want education for the sons and daughters of the Taliban and all the terrorists and extremists."
Malala - who is considered a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize - said she was fighting for the rights of women because "they are the ones who suffer the most".
"The extremists were, and they are, afraid of books and pens," added Malala, who was wearing a pink shawl that belonged to assassinated Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto. "They are afraid of women."
She called on politicians to take urgent action to ensure every child has the right to go to school.
"Let us pick up our books and pens," Malala summed up. "They are our most powerful weapons.
"One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education first."
A passionate campaigner for female education, Malala addressed more than 500 students at a specially convened youth assembly.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also addressed Friday's session, calling Malala "our hero".
The schoolgirl, who set up the Malala Fund following the attack, presented a petition of more than three million signatures to the UN secretary general demanding education for all.
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Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown opened the session, telling the youths gathered they were a "new superpower" in the world, and appealing to them to help overcome obstacles to accessing education.
The event, described by the UN as Malala Day, was organised by Mr Brown, now the UN Special Envoy for Global Education.
He said: "Getting every girl and boy into school by 2015 is achievable.
"Malala says it is possible - and young people all over the world think it is possible," he said.
Aid agencies say that female access to education in Pakistan is a particular problem.
They say that the country ranks among the lowest in terms of girls' education enrolment, literacy and government spending.
Unesco and Save the Children released a special reported ahead of Malala's speech.
It found that 95% of the 28.5 million children who are not getting a primary school education live in low and lower-middle income countries: 44% in sub-Saharan Africa, 19% in south and west Asia and 14% in the Arab states.
Girls make up 55% of the total and are often the victims of rape and other sexual violence that accompanies armed conflicts.
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He stabbed a police officer before being shot dead by police.
The Daily Politics' Adam Fleming looks back at a day on which four people were killed, including the attacker, and at least 40 were injured.
Police discovered the animals - some of them in cages - in the basement and back room of Gary Samuels' Armley Vets practice in Leeds, in February 2015.
Samuels, of Weston Road, Enfield, was sentenced after being convicted of six offences under the Animal Welfare Act.
The RSPCA described the conditions the animals were kept in as "unthinkable".
Four dogs and a cat were put down after the raid on the practice in Town Street. But, 21 animals have been rehomed.
Officers discovered some of the animals by accessing a trapdoor covered with carpet, while others were found shut in a separate room.
RSPCA Inspector Nikki Cheetham said: "I've seen a lot of shocking things working for the RSPCA but I would certainly never have expected to deal with something like this.
"It is unthinkable to consider what was going on in this surgery as clients were coming and going, paying their vet fees."
Samuels' sentence was suspended for 12 months. He was also ordered to carry out 15 hours of unpaid work, fined £200 and told to pay £500 towards the costs of the prosecution.
His assistant, Rochelle McEwan of Stonecliffe Close, Leeds, who was also convicted of six offences under the Animal Welfare Act, was sentenced last month.
With one grand prix to go, the Briton trails Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by 12 points, with a maximum of 25 available in the last race.
Can Hamilton come from behind to pip the German or will Rosberg be celebrating his maiden drivers' crown? BBC Sport takes a look at how the title may be decided...
Hamilton has won the past three races ahead of Rosberg, but a similar result in the final race of the season would hand the German his first title.
For Hamilton to win his fourth world title - after successes in 2008, 2014 and 2015 - he needs to claim victory in Abu Dhabi on Sunday and hope Rosberg finishes outside the top three, or does not finish at all.
If Hamilton comes second, Rosberg would have to finish outside of the top six. There is still a chance for Hamilton, albeit a slight one, if he comes third as he would need Rosberg to finish ninth, 10th, out of the points, or not finish.
A retirement for Hamilton would gift Rosberg the title before the race has finished.
The Briton has battled for the title in the final race on four occasions - 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2014 - with Rosberg a factor only once before, two years ago.
Quite possibly. Hamilton's engine failure 16 laps from home in Malaysia prevented an almost certain victory that would have left him leading the championship by five points at that stage. Rosberg's subsequent win - emphatically backed up in Japan - has turned the tide dramatically.
Hamilton has had three engine failures this season but Rosberg says he is "not worried" he could experience a similar problem, as "it is something that I cannot influence".
Both Hamilton and Rosberg have two new engines left going into the final two races, which should be enough to see them through to the end of the season - barring failures of the kind experienced by the Briton in Malaysia - without incurring grid penalties.
A 12-point deficit will be tough to surmount but Hamilton has already wiped out a sizeable gap this season.
He trailed Rosberg by 43 points five races in, but had established a six-point lead six races later, after winning the Hungarian Grand Prix in July.
A week later he won in Germany and had a 19-point cushion. Six races further on and there has been a 45-point swing back towards Rosberg.
It is worth remembering that championships have been won from less promising positions.
In his debut F1 campaign in 2007, Hamilton was 17 points clear of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, who was then lying in third, with two races to go.
Under the old system offering 10 points for a win, Raikkonen triumphed in China and Brazil while Hamilton faltered, and the Finn snatched an unlikely world title.
It is an unlikely scenario, but if both men end the season on the same points a countback system is used.
Firstly, the number of wins is used. However, this will not come into play as a deciding factor as both men have won nine races, and a 10th for Rosberg gives him the title.
Secondly, the number of runner-up places is used.
Rosberg has come second in four races, Hamilton three. If Rosberg comes seventh in Abu Dhabi and Hamilton second then both men end on 373 points, both with nine wins and both with four second-place finishes.
The world champion would then be decided by who finished third more often - and the title would be Hamilton's as he leads that 'race' 4-2.
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If Rosberg does not finish or scores no points and Hamilton comes fourth, then both men end up on 367 points. Rosberg would this time have the edge on the strength of his four second-placed finishes, compared to only three from Hamilton.
Eight users have complained to Shanghai's consumer watchdog that their iPhone 6 series handsets spontaneously combusted or exploded.
The US tech giant said it had conducted tests on the devices and had found "no cause for concern with these products".
One technology analyst told the BBC she did not believe it to be a widespread problem.
Apple said the iPhones had external physical damage "which led to the thermal event".
The watchdog's report quoted one woman as saying her iPhone 6S Plus exploded in August, shattering the screen and leaving the battery and back of the phone blackened.
The regulator refers to combustion and smoking, but it is not clear whether flames were seen.
Apple has denied that it was slow to respond to consumer complaints raised by the state-run Shanghai Consumer Council.
'We treat safety as a top priority and have found no cause for concern with these products,' the company added.
Xiaohan Tay, technology analyst for IDC in Beijing, said: "From what we are seeing in the market, it doesn't seem to be a big problem yet in China, we can't confirm whether all iPhone 6 and 6S models are at risk."
"At this point, it doesn't seem that there is any major implication yet for the iPhones sold outside of China," she told the BBC.
However, complaints against Apple have surged in the past two months according to the Shanghai Consumer Council.
They include reports of sudden shutdowns of the iPhone 6 and 6S - even though batteries still had enough power.
Apple last month offered to change iPhone 6S batteries for Chinese users who complained of the sudden shutdowns.
But it has maintained that the problem did not constitute a safety issue.
The firm has seen Chinese sales fall over the past three quarters following rising competition with domestic smartphone makers offering cheaper models.
Those domestic handset makers are likely to have received a boost after South Korea's Samsung Electronics recalled 2.5 million Note 7 handsets globally following a series of battery fires.
Analysts say those problems have not only damaged Samsung's reputation but have raised distrust of foreign smartphone brands in China.
Two men in a car were reported to have entered a vehicle servicing firm's grounds on the Annvale Road in Keady at about 17:25 BST on Friday.
One of the men got out of the white Hyundai car and fired two shots.
No-one was hurt in the incident but employees were left "very badly shaken", police said.
The car used by the gunmen was found burnt out on Dundrum Road near Tassagh in County Armagh about 20 minutes later.
Police are asking for anyone who may have seen the car between 14:00 and 17:45 on Friday afternoon to contact them.
Kemal Bulut was one of at least 37 people who died on Sunday when a car bomb exploded in the Turkish capital.
"Our capital was shaken by the fatal attack which targeted innocent people and we've once again been devastated by the news we received," the club said.
"We have learned with sorrow that Umut Bulut's father Kemal Bulut was one of the people to lose their lives."
The 32-year-old international has made 36 appearances for his country and won the Süper Lig with the Istanbul-based club last season.
"The club and the players offer their condolences to Umut Bulut and his family," added a club statement. "The pain is very great."
The line-up sees many returning auteurs including new films from Gus Van Sant, Nanni Moretti and Jacques Audiard.
Films from Woody Allen and new Pixar animation Inside Out will play out of competition, alongside Asif Kapadia's Amy Winehouse documentary.
The festival begins on 13 May with a jury chaired by Joel and Ethan Coen.
Festival director Thierry Fremaux announced the line-up in Paris on Thursday, simultaneously launching a campaign to stem the tide of "selfies" on the red carpet.
"We don't want to prohibit it, but we want to slow down the process of selfies on the steps," said Fremaux. "We think it's ridiculous and grotesque and really slows things down."
"You never look as ugly as you do in a selfie," he added.
Thursday's press conference follows earlier announcements regarding the opening film - La Tete Haute (Standing Tall), by French actress-director Emmanuelle Bercot - and the worldwide premiere of Fury Road, the latest chapter in the revived Mad Max franchise.
Seventeen films were unveiled in competition and 14 in Un Certain Regard, although Fremaux noted there would be more films added to the line-up in the coming days.
Blanchett will star alongside Rooney Mara in Carol, based on a novel by The Talented Mr Ripley author Patricia Highsmith. The 1950s new York-set drama is directed by Todd Haynes of Far From Heaven fame.
In Gus Van Sant's The Sea of Trees, Matthew McConaughey and Ken Watanabe play two men who meet by chance in Japan's Suicide Forest, where both have gone to end their lives; Naomi Watts also stars.
Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard will co-star in a new adaptation of Macbeth, from up-and-coming Australian director Justin Kurzel, while Italy's Paolo Sorrentino follows up 2013's The Great Beauty with the English-language drama Youth starring Sir Michael Caine as a retired orchestra conductor who receives an invitation to perform for the Queen.
The line-up also includes two other Italian directors, Gomorrah's Matteo Garrone - premiering his The Tale of Tales - and Cannes regular Nanni Moretti, with My Mother.
As tradition dictates, France is represented by four directors - including Audiard, Maiwenn, Valerie Donzelli and first-timer Stephane Brize.
Asia is represented by The Assassin, from Taiwan's Hou Hsiao-hsien, China's Jia Zhangke whose Mountains May Depart marks his fourth film at Cannes and Our Little Sister, from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Canada's Denis Villeneuve's is showing Sicario - a crime drama starring Emily Blunt and Benecio Del Toro.
Screening out of competition, Woody Allen's 45th film, Irrational Man, sees Joaquin Phoenix star as a college professor who starts a relationship with one of his students (Emma Stone).
There are no films from British directors in the competition line-up, though there is considerable anticipation for London-born Asif Kapadia's Amy screening in the Midnight section.
Last year's Palme d'Or was won by Winter Sleep, from Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Some 80 locals, described by police as far-right, brawled with 20 young asylum seekers in Bautzen.
The asylum seekers were chased to their hostel and put under police guard.
The mayor said the town had to avoid becoming a playground for the far right. A curfew has been imposed on the young asylum seekers.
Anti-migrant tensions have been mounting in Bautzen this year.
Locals cheered when a building due to house migrants was set on fire in February.
The following month, President Joachim Gauck was verbally abused when he visited Bautzen to discuss the influx of refugees in Germany.
Bautzen and the nearby town of Niedergurig are home to four asylum shelters.
Bautzen is 60km (38 miles) east of Dresden, where the "anti-Islamisation" Pegida movement began.
Since the arrival last year of 1.1 million irregular migrants and refugees in Germany, some areas, particularly eastern states, have seen a rise in anti-migrant violence as well as support for the anti-Islam AfD party.
Germany's federal police force says there have been 700 attacks on asylum accommodation this year, including 57 arson attacks.
Each fresh outbreak of refugee-related violence is potentially a political problem for Chancellor Angela Merkel. Some voters say large-scale migration could destabilise German society.
As a result the chancellor's conservative coalition has been haemorrhaging voters to the insurgent anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. That's a particular worry given that this weekend voters in Berlin region go to the polls, and next year Mrs Merkel's national government faces re-election.
But many Germans from other parts of Germany are more likely to blame the clashes on racist sentiment, rather than see it as a product of the chancellor's welcoming stance on refugees.
That is because this beautiful area of ex-communist eastern Germany already has a rather ugly reputation for neo-Nazi support and right-wing extremist violence.
Wednesday's outbreak of violence in Bautzen was a dramatic escalation after days of tension in the town.
The clashes appeared to be triggered by an incident the previous evening, when a 32-year-old resident was hurt by a bottle being thrown.
On Wednesday night a group of some 80 people, described by police as right-wingers, shouted slogans at up to 20 young asylum seekers, accusing them of taking over the central Kornmarkt shopping centre.
Tensions escalated, fuelled by alcohol, and scuffles broke out.
Police said they tried to separate the groups and asked them to leave. Then the asylum seekers - all thought to have come to Germany as unaccompanied minors - hurled bottles and wooden sticks at the police, who responded with pepper spray and batons.
When they did disperse, they were pursued by the locals to a nearby asylum centre.
An ambulance crew was caught up in the clashes when far-right residents hurled stones at their vehicle as they tried to take an 18-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker to hospital for treatment.
"It wasn't anarchy, but there was at least a chaotic phase that I would say lasted between 45 and 90 minutes," said police chief Uwe Kilz.
Local mayor Alexander Ahrens said he would not tolerate the violence. "It cannot be that Bautzen turns into a playground for right-wingers spoiling for a fight".
The young asylum seekers will now face an alcohol ban and a 19:00 curfew.
A youth zone and a new public space are planned for the building, with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) running the contest.
A panel featuring leading architects and council representatives will shortlist the five best designs.
Lancashire County Council (LCC) said the £13m redesign was "to make it more appealing to passengers".
The LCC and Preston Youth Zone plans include a sports hall, arts facilities and 36 bus bays.
Preston Bus Station was considered the largest bus station in Europe when it opened in 1969.
The site, which was under-threat from demolition, was given Grade II listed status in 2013.
The Spaniard was sacked on Monday as the coach of Granada, who are currently bottom of the Spanish La Liga.
The 50-year-old replaces Belgian Georges Leekens who quit after Algeria were eliminated from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations at the group stage.
Christian Gourcuff resigned as coach in April 2016 to be replaced by Milovan Rajevac who quit after just two games.
The move came as a surprise to many in Algeria as another Spaniard Joaquin Caparros had been expected to be given the job.
Former Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka had also been linked to the position.
Alcaraz's first competitive match in charge will be against visiting Togo as Algeria begin their qualifying campaign for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Benin and The Gambia are the other two teams in Group D with only the pool winners guaranteed a place at the finals in Cameroon.
Algeria are aiming to reach a third straight World Cup but are bottom of their qualifying group with a single point from two matches so far.
They are five points behind leaders Nigeria and their next games are home and away against Zambia, who are also on one point.
Only the winners of Group B will play the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Already sitting on top of multi-year highs, the Shanghai Composite closed more than 2% higher at 3,577.30 - hitting its highest since May 2008.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.9% to close at 24,120.08 points.
Investors were unfazed by data that showed property prices fell at the fastest pace on record from a year ago since the survey started in 2011.
Average new home prices in China's 70 major cities dropped 5.7% in February - the sixth consecutive fall - following January's 5.1% decline.
The weak reading followed numbers on Tuesday which showed foreign direct investment in China grew at its weakest pace in six months.
Markets in the rest of Asia were more cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy statement.
Investors will look for clues in the statement as to when the US central bank will raise interest rates.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up 0.6% to 19,544.48, a fresh 15-year high.
Shares of Nintendo finished up 21% after the videogame maker said it was stepping into the smartphone games market.
The market showed little reaction to data that showed export growth slowed sharply in February after surging in the previous months.
Exports rose 2.4% from a year ago, compared to a 17% jump in January.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended flat at 5,842.3.
Shares of the world's fourth largest miner Fortescue Metals plunged nearly 9% to its lowest level in six years after the firm pulled a $2.5bn (£1.7bn) bond issue on a weak response from investors concerned over slumping iron ore prices. It closed down 5.3%.
South Korean shares closed down almost 0.1% with the benchmark Kospi at 2,028.45.
Data that showed the country's unemployment rate rose to a five-year high in February.
The jobless rate was 4.6% - the highest since February 2010 - up from 3.8% in January.
A historical society which offers trips of the site at Rhydymwyn, near Mold, say the restrictions are unnecessary.
The group have called for site owner Defra to lift the ban in time for the 70th anniversary of the bomb test that formed part of the Manhattan Project.
Defra said it was vital to protect sites that are home to bats.
The Rhydymwyn Valley Works Site in Flintshire has been open to the public as a nature reserve since 2003 and its history can be traced back to a foundry in 1747.
In World War Two it was used for making mustard bombs and smoke grenades for the allied forces and its location was so secret it did not figure on any local maps.
"There is no reason why we can't continue to pick it up again if someone takes a more reasonable view."
Colin Barber, chairman, Rhydymwyn Valley History Society
In 1942, as part of Britain's highly secretive Operation Tube Alloys project, work into producing weapons-grade uranium with atomic potential started there.
Many of the scientists who worked on Operation Tube Alloys worked on the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb.
The research was conducted in Building 45, which was listed in 2008.
The bat protocol order introduced in 2012 prevents people entering Building 45 between April to November each year.
"We showed due diligence. We knew the bats were in the buildings. We are confident that numbers increased during this period and there wasn't any real reason why we should have been excluded from taking the parties round," insisted the history society's chairman, Colin Barber.
"And there is no reason why we can't continue to pick it up again if someone takes a more reasonable view."
More than 60 species of bird, including kingfishers, have been identified at Rhydymwyn as well as 150 species of flowers and signs of otters.
Defra said it is an offence to disturb bats and affect their ability to roost.
It said: "Access to Building 45 is only restricted during the months of the year when the creatures are roosting."
It added: "Defra owns the Rhydymwyn site, and we take advice on its management from Welsh bodies such as Natural Resources Wales.
"Bats are protected by law, which means we need to close Building 45 at certain times of the year. Any landowner in the same position would be legally obliged to take the same decision."
A spokesperson for Natural Resources Wales said it had nothing further to add to Defra's comments.
Some residents of Harmondsworth, Hillingdon could have their properties compulsorily purchased for demolition.
In retaliation they targeted the director of corporate responsibility's house by laying a giant plastic runway across his drive.
Matt Gorman said he was "not happy" about the incident and said his family's privacy had been invaded.
The protestor's stunt came after the Airports Commission backed a third runway at Heathrow which is being considered by the government.
The group also targeted the property of the airport's chief executive John Holland-Kaye.
Veronica Rumsey, who has lived in her house for 43 years said the action was to show "we were here first".
Her neighbour, Neil Keveren, said they were living without "peace of mind" and he would fight for his property.
He said: "I'm not leaving it and that is all there is to it. If it takes more direct action there will be more direct action."
In July Mr Keveren was fined £600 for blocking the tunnel which leads to Heathrow Airport terminals 1, 2 and 3, but he said "people need to know that we are going to go the whole hog".
Heathrow Airport said it had created a plan which had the local community "at its core" and included a compensation package of more than £1bn for noise insulation and compulsory purchases.
In a statement it said: "The protestors are a small minority...Heathrow expansion will create 40,000 new jobs in London and up to 180,000 jobs and £211bn of economic growth across the country."
John Stewart the chair of the main anti-Heathrow expansion group Hacan said: "This just shows how angry people are.
"The fact that ordinary residents are willing to go to these lengths is a signal of just how difficult it will be for the airport and any government to build a third runway at Heathrow."
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His career was punctuated by lurid tales of extra-marital affairs, alcohol and drugs, but throughout it all he maintained a close contact with the Royal Family.
His body of photographic work featured the cream of British society, although he was usually dismissive about his work.
He was most proud of the stunning aviary he helped design for London Zoo.
He was born Anthony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones on 7 March 1930, into a family of minor gentry.
His father, Ronald, was a barrister while his mother, society beauty Anne Messel, later became Countess of Rosse, following her divorce from his father.
In his teens, he contracted polio and had to lie flat on his back for a year. It left him with a permanent limp.
But visits by such luminaries as Noel Coward and Marlene Dietrich, arranged by his uncle, the theatre designer Oliver Messel, helped alleviate the boredom.
He was educated at Eton, where his passion for photography began. He went on to Jesus College, Cambridge, and was cox of the victorious eight in the 1950 Boat Race.
He never completed his course on architecture, and at 21 took up photography as a career, setting up a studio of his own in London.
It was his flair for taking less formal photographs that earned him the commission, in 1956, for the 21st birthday pictures of the Duke of Kent.
Later he was invited to Buckingham Palace to photograph the Prince of Wales and other members of the Royal Family, including Princess Margaret.
Unlike some photographers, he did not set out to create a rapport with his subjects.
"I don't want people to feel at ease," he once said. "You want a bit of an edge."
His engagement to Princess Margaret was announced in 1960.
At the time there had been no recent precedent for anyone so near to the throne marrying outside the ranks of royalty or the British peerage.
The wedding took place on 6 May 1960, and after a honeymoon tour of the Caribbean in the royal yacht Britannia, the young couple moved into Kensington Palace.
Early in 1961 Armstrong-Jones was raised to the peerage as Lord Snowdon, and he took his seat in the House of Lords a year later. A son, David, Viscount Linley, was born in 1961, and their daughter, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, three years later.
In 1963 the Queen made him Constable of Caernarvon Castle, and as such he took a leading part in the arrangements for the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969.
He was scathing about the ceremonial surrounding the event, claiming that most of the procedures used were "completely bogus".
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon went to Jamaica together in 1962, when the princess represented the Queen at the independence celebrations, and they made an official visit to the United States in 1964.
In the early years of their marriage, he and Princess Margaret were treated almost as Hollywood stars. The press relished incidents in which the Snowdons donned leather jackets and raced motorbikes along London's North Circular Road.
They consorted with celebrities of the day, and provided a marked contrast to the more conservative Queen and Prince Philip.
But the marriage quickly experienced the sort of difficulties that were destined to plague royal relationships over the following 20 years.
Snowdon's womanising was part of the reason for the break-up. A natural charmer, he had a string of relationships throughout his life and seemed incapable of remaining faithful.
One close friend was quoted in a biography of the earl as saying: "If it moves, he'll have it."
Margaret's own predilection for late-night partying, and the desire of both of them to be the centre of attention, also fuelled the breakdown.
By then, Snowdon had embarked on a varied professional career - acting as adviser to the Council of Industrial Design, and working for various publications, including the Sunday Times.
The aviary he helped design for London Zoo opened in 1964. It was regarded as cutting-edge in its use of new materials, providing the maximum amount of space for birds to fly.
He helped to make several television documentaries. The first, Don't Count the Candles, from 1968, was about old age and won seven international awards.
In 1975 he directed two programmes in BBC television's Explorers series, and in 1981 he presented two programmes on photography, Snowdon on Camera, for which he was nominated for a Bafta Award.
Snowdon designed an electrically powered wheelchair, called the Chairmobile.
It was during a debate on the mobility of people with physical disabilities that he had made his maiden speech in the Lords in April 1974.
In March 1976, it was finally announced that he and Princess Margaret would live apart.
When Margaret had a relationship with Roddy Llewellyn, Snowdon was able to play the part, though not very convincingly, of the cuckolded husband, and the divorce became final in 1978.
Snowdon always refused to speak about the marriage but he regularly saw the children and continued to photograph the Royal Family.
In December 1978, he was married again, to Lucy Lindsay-Hogg, a researcher on a BBC television series on which he was working. They had a daughter, Frances, the following July.
In June 1980 Snowdon started an award scheme for disabled students. The money for it came from the reproduction fees he had received over 20 years from his royal photographs.
The following year the Snowdon Council was formed, of which he was president. It comprised 12 members co-ordinating a dozen different bodies concerned with helping disabled people.
Also in 1981 a compromise was reached in his long-running row with Lord Aberconway, president of the Royal Horticultural Society, who had said that disabled visitors to the Chelsea Flower Show were not encouraged.
It was agreed that guide dogs would be admitted, and a special garden was created for those with disabilities.
While married to Lucy Lindsay-Hogg, Snowdon had a long affair with journalist Ann Hills, who took her own life in 1996.
Two years later, at the age of 68, he fathered a son, Jasper, with 33-year-old Melanie Cable-Alexander, a journalist on Country Life.
This proved the final straw for Lucy, and the couple divorced.
By then Snowdon had lost his seat in the Lords, following Labour's clear-out of hereditary peers. Instead, he took a life peerage as Baron Armstrong-Jones to enable him to remain in the House.
Despite an increasing disability as a result of his childhood polio, Lord Snowdon travelled widely, doing work for the theatre and fashion houses as well as portraits and travelogues.
A friend once said of him, "It's impossible to imagine a gentler, more cultured man."
Father-of-two Mark Pilgrim, 48, from Tilehurst, was struck on the eastbound carriageway between Reading and Maidenhead on Friday night.
His death is being treated as murder by Thames Valley Police.
Det Ch Supt Chris Ward said he believed Mr Pilgrim was "ejected" from the vehicle he was travelling in a mile east of Junction 10, towards London.
He added: "We know that at about half past four in the afternoon he was on a bus in Reading but I need to know who he was with, what he was doing and who he was talking with."
A female driver reported hitting a man on the motorway between junctions 10 and 8/9 at about 22:00 BST on Friday. He was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.
A post-mortem examination held on Sunday found Mr Pilgrim had multiple injuries to his head and body, consistent with hitting the ground from a vehicle.
Det Ch Supt Ward said: "Our work so far suggests that Mark was alive until he left the vehicle on the M4 and so we want to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious on that stretch of motorway before 10pm on Friday.
"We are also trying to trace Mark's final movements on the day of his death, so if you saw Mark on Friday, please get in touch."
The 22-year-old, who plays for Exeter Chiefs, started all five games in the championship, scoring one try.
"At the start of the tournament we said that we wanted to be the best side in Europe," Nowell told BBC Radio Devon.
"To do that you have to win all five games, so to come back and to achieve that is massive for us."
England will take on World Cup semi-finalists Australia in a three-match series in June.
"We want to be the most dominant team in the world," added Nowell.
"The first stage for us was Europe and now it's going to be a massive test going down to Australia in the summer. It's going to be another challenge for us but one that we can look forward to after a good start."
The Cornishman was given a week off following international duty and missed Exeter's Premiership defeat by Saracens, but is set to return to the side when they host Worcester on Saturday.
"The England players have bounced out of the Six Nations on great form, and I think that's fantastic for English rugby," said Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter.
"It's fantastic for this tail end of the Premiership, because you're going to see an awful lot of very good international players playing right at the top of their game."
Normally used to paralyse or kill its prey, the venom also contains a compound that appears to act as long-lasting pain relief.
In research on rats, the compound was still working three days later.
The findings meant it may be possible to create a new pain therapy for patients who had run out of options, the researchers said.
Most medicines for moderate to severe pain, called opioids, work by reducing the perception of pain.
They do this by attaching to specific proteins in the brain and organs of the body, called opioid receptors.
But the Rg1A compound found in the venom of a Conus regius snail, a native of the Caribbean, works in a different way using a new pathway.
Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists from the University of Utah said the compound appeared to have a beneficial effect on parts of the nervous system.
And this could open the door to new opportunities to treat pain, they said.
They said drugs that worked in this way could reduce the use of opioids, such as morphine, which are addictive and can cause a number of serious side-effects.
J Michael McIntosh, professor of psychiatry at the University of Utah Health Sciences, said: "What is particularly exciting about these results is the aspect of prevention.
"Once chronic pain has developed, it is difficult to treat," he said.
"This compound offers a potential new pathway to prevent pain from developing in the first place and offer a new therapy to patients who have run out of options."
In tests on rats, scientists found that those animals treated with a chemotherapy drug that caused them to be hypersensitive to cold and touch, experienced pain - but those also treated with the snail compound did not.
"We found that the compound was still working 72 hours after the injection, still preventing pain," Prof McIntosh said.
The King of rock and roll created endless hits which revolutionised popular music in the 1950s and are still greatly loved by all ages.
In 2016, Presley sold one million albums making him a top earning dead star.
One high-profile fan of the singer is former first minister Lord Trimble.
He began collecting records by the artist in 1959.
"I remember in summertime when you walked past the amusement arcade that had a jukebox, it was always playing I'm All Shook Up," he told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.
"Throughout the summer, the young men of the town who had a high opinion of themselves were playing it endlessly.
"Even in the troubled years of his lifetime when he had some serious health problems, he was capable of producing excellent recordings.
"He had a considerable range in terms of what he could sing - I often say to people, moving from Elvis to Wagner was a frictionless transition!"
From collections to creations, one die-hard Elvis fanatic was so inspired by the King, that he built his very own replica Graceland in Ballyronan, County Londonderry.
Barney Coleman told the BBC: "Elvis is next to God to me in music terms."
A carpenter by trade, Mr Coleman said he looked at the layout of the real Graceland on his computer and based his replica on it.
"I wanted it in his style, I didn't want to make it bigger, smaller or wider," he said.
"A lot of people have driven in and stopped and chatted when I was working on the house.
"It's just a pity I didn't have it built before he died, as I might have been able to invite him over to come and chill out."
Born nine years after Elvis died, Caroline McKnight grew up listening to Elvis' dulcet tones thanks to her dad's love of rock and roll.
"He died before I was born but I still feel like his music is as prominent today as it was then - it's timeless and speaks to fans in a unique way," she said.
"There'll never be another artist like him again.
Londonderry born Caroline enjoys Elvis music so much that she even considered calling her son Presley.
"I was going to call my son Oliver Presley, but my Granny pleaded with me not to do it because she thought that he might get bullied at school.
"I've also got the word Elvis tattooed on my back. I got it done when I was in my 20s.
"When I went in to get it done the tattoo artist spent an hour trying to talk me out of it, but I'd wanted it for so long I went ahead with it.
"Sometimes people will comment about it, but I don't regret it at all."
Ms McKnight's Elvis songs include I Can't Help Falling in Love and Suspicious Minds, which she sang at her dad's sixtieth birthday party.
Stephen McCann not only loves Elvis, but also got an Elvis impersonator to propose to his wife in Belfast's Waterfront Hall.
"She wasn't really expecting it as she's quite a shy person - but it was great," he said.
However Elvis' involvement in the couples wedding did not stop there.
"We travelled to Vegas to get married and my wedding suit was an Elvis costume.
"It took me 25 minutes to get from my hotel room to the wedding car because so many people stopped me and asked for photographs," he said.
"Everyone asks my wife what she wore on our wedding day, and she always says it didn't really matter because she didn't want to upstage me."
The couple also have a dog named Elvis and have turned their downstairs bathroom into a shrine to the King of rock and roll.
"It's filled with books, plates, rings and all sort of paraphernalia - everything Elvis."
It also requires children to have an immunisation card to allow them to go to school.
The law will help the government reach its vaccination target, Health Minister Sarah Achieng Opendi told the BBC.
Some parents and members of a religious cult have refused to allow their children vaccinated, she says.
The government's vaccination campaign targets several life-threatening diseases including polio and meningitis.
In 2015, the World Health Organization estimated that 70 children out of every 1,000 will die before they reached the age of five in Uganda.
Ms Opendi told the BBC Focus on Africa radio programme that 3% of Uganda's children had not been immunised.
During sensitisation campaigns, some children had been found hidden in slums by their parents to avoid the exercise, she said.
Some religious leaders have previously been arrested but could not be charged because there was no specific law, Ms Opendi added.
The cult that refused to immunise their children is known as 666 and was growing, she said.
"It started in a few districts in eastern Uganda, but now it has spread and now we are seeing it all over the country," the minister said.
President Museveni signed the act into law on 10 March, but this has only just been made public.
Ministers are to bring forward changes in Parliament enabling MPs to use the language when the Welsh Grand Committee meets in Westminster.
Currently, MPs can only speak Welsh in the Welsh Affairs select committee.
The UK government had previously rejected calls to overturn rules prohibiting members from speaking Welsh.
The Welsh Grand Committee meets occasionally to discuss issues relevant to Wales and includes its 40 MPs.
It last met in 2016 and MPs have used Welsh when the committee has met in Wales.
Alun Cairns, Secretary of State for Wales, said: "I hope that MPs who can speak Welsh will choose to use this service in order to help promote the Welsh language across Parliament."
Ministers are proposing the change in a motion that will be tabled during government time in the Commons.
The move does not change the rules as they apply to general House of Commons debates.
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Jack Marsters, 18, was arrested after the flare was discharged in Bo'ness Academy, West Lothian just before the start of the school day on 28 April.
Marsters' actions led to the entire 1,200-pupil, 90-teacher school being evacuated.
No damage was caused and no one was injured.
The flare set off the school's smoke alarm system, alerting the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
Marsters, of Bo'ness, pleaded guilty at Falkirk Sheriff Court to culpable and reckless conduct.
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But Rex Tillerson has come pretty close to saying the agreement is not worth keeping, even though he's had to admit it's working.
This week the secretary of state informed congress that Tehran is keeping its side of the bargain to restrict its nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, which he's required to confirm every 90 days.
In spoken remarks, though, he talked only of Iran's bad behaviour and linked that to the future of the deal - a message that will resonate far more on Capitol Hill and to which it was probably aimed.
Former President Barack Obama would have agreed with all the charges: that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism, that it supports proxies which undermine US interests in the region, that it's hostile to Israel and that its ballistic missile tests challenge UN Security Council prohibitions.
But Mr Obama kept those issues separate from the nuclear agreement, which would have been impossible to achieve without that narrow focus.
Mr Tillerson, on the other hand, called this a mistaken approach and said the review would take a comprehensive look at all of the threats posed by Iran.
He also gave the deal itself short shrift.
He said it delayed rather than blocked Iran's goal of becoming a nuclear state, ignoring arguments even by critics that it has reduced a significant security threat for now.
Iran, for its part, continues to deny it was ever trying to develop nuclear weapons.
And the secretary of state raised the stakes by bringing in comparisons to North Korea.
He dismissed the agreement as a short-term effort to "buy off a power who has nuclear ambitions" that would backfire in the long term, the kind of approach that he said failed with Pyongyang.
Indeed, "an unchecked Iran has the potential to travel the same path as North Korea," he said. "The Trump administration has no intention of passing the buck to a future administration on Iran."
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Such an approach might not violate the letter of US commitments but could still jeopardize the agreement.
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The recommendation included voters in Northern Ireland.
The issue was examined by members of the Irish parliament's Joint Committee of European Union Affairs.
It recommended extending voting rights in both parliamentary and presidential elections and discussed the option of a new "Northern Ireland constituency".
The committee has now called on the Irish government to set up a new electoral commission, to take the proposal forward and investigate in detail the necessary infrastructure and constitutional changes required to extend the vote.
Committee members discussed a range of potential scenarios, including the possibility of a Northern Ireland constituency that would have the power to elect its own representatives to the Irish parliament (Dáil).
The idea was not mentioned in the final report, but the chair of the committee, Dominic Hannigan, said the issue emerged during their meetings.
He said they discussed a range of options for potential northern voters, such as whether a new, separate constituency should be created north of the border, or whether Northern Ireland's 18 Westminster MPs should simply be given dual speaking and voting rights in both Dublin and London.
Mr Hannigan, from the Irish Labour Party, said the latter option was suggested by Sinn Féin members of the committee.
Sinn Féin currently has five MPs who do not take their seats at Westminister, in line with the party's long-standing policy of abstentionism.
Mr Hannigan said it would mean that for the first time, unionist MPs would have the right to debate and vote in the Dáil, although he accepted that "not all MPs" in Northern Ireland would take up the offer.
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Mr Hannigan said it was important that Irish citizens living outside the state were given a stake in the affairs of their homeland.
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On a campaign visit to Barry, he told BBC Wales an extra £350m would come to Wales from new taxes within the first year of his party taking power.
He said the longer-term picture would depend on the results of a spending review once Labour settled into office.
Mr Miliband said the party's "broad approach" was to have "fair" taxes, cut the deficit, and "balance the books".
"As a result of the tax changes that we've announced like the mansion tax, the bank bonus tax and other tax changes, £350m extra will be coming to Wales and that'll be happening within about the first year of a Labour government," he said.
"As for the decisions on the precise allocations of the budget in terms of what happens overall, that's going to wait for our spending review in government because we've got to look at the books.
"We've said we're going to protect key areas like health and education and that will obviously have a positive effect on the block grant for Wales.
"But we're going to get the deficit down and we're determined to do so."
Mr Miliband also set out Labour's plan for action on immigration within 100 days of taking office.
It includes an extra 1,000 border staff, full exit checks and measures to stop serious criminals entering Britain.
This issue includes EU and worldwide migration, border controls and rules on work and benefits.
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Attacking the government's record, Mr Miliband said: "David Cameron once promised to cut net immigration to tens of thousands and told people to throw him out of office if he didn't deliver. He has broken that promise, with net migration standing at 298,000.
"Nothing damages people's faith in politics more than broken promises like that."
Elsewhere on the campaign trail on Tuesday, the Welsh Conservatives were promoting a plan to help people buy their first home.
The Help to Buy ISA, announced in the Budget in March and due to take effect in the autumn, will give first time buyers a 25% bonus on savings made towards a deposit on their first home.
The Tories claim it could help 45,000 people in Wales get onto the housing ladder in the next five years.
Welsh Conservative chairman Jonathan Evans said theirs was "the party of home ownership and aspiration".
"For many thousands of people across Wales the idea of owning a home was once a distant dream," he added.
"Thanks to the changes we have brought in over the past five years, such as amending the way Stamp Duty is collected and introducing the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, buying a home has become a real possibility."
Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats have launched a manifesto specific to Cardiff, with local priorities including cleaner streets, keeping local libraries open, and a "city deal" of investment to boost the local economy.
Welsh leader Kirsty Williams said: "This is an ambitious manifesto for the people of our capital city, building on our Wales and UK manifestos with truly local priorities to ensure we create opportunity for everyone in Cardiff."
Also on the campaign trail on Tuesday, Plaid Cymru is promising to end what it calls a "postcode lottery" over funding for patients to get new drugs and new types of treatment on the NHS.
Health spokesperson Elin Jones said the party would ring-fence a £50m rebate from drugs companies to spend on the scheme, and would set up a national panel to ensure equal access to such treatment for patients wherever they lived in Wales.
More than 300,000 vehicles will be decommissioned in the capital Beijing.
Recent findings from the state's environmental agency showed that 31% of the air pollution in Beijing comes from vehicle exhaust fumes.
Next year, the government plans to scrap up to five million vehicles from other regions.
The action plan, aimed at strengthening control on vehicle emissions, "will be a major agenda item for the country's energy savings, emissions reductions, and low-carbon development during the next two years".
That is according to a statement on the government's web portal.
Fighting pollution has emerged as a priority for China's leaders as they try to reverse damage done by decades of manufacturing-driven growth, which has sacrificed the nation's air, water and soil qualities.
The state council did not offer details on how the latest plan will be implemented.
But in Beijing, the municipal government has previously offered subsidies to car owners to voluntarily turn in their ageing vehicles to be scrapped.
In addition to removing vehicles which contribute to air pollution, experts are calling for quality upgrades in fuels, which can also help mitigate air pollution and smog.
After years of denying the issue existed, the central government earlier this year accepted that pollution was of genuine concern.
It now publishes figures for the air quality in China's major cities, and in 2013 promised $275bn (£163bn) to tackle the issue in the next five years, setting targets for air quality improvements.
Following the country's doping scandal, the International Olympic Committee has left it up to individual sports' federations to ban Russian competitors.
Wada "stands by" its recommendation last month of a full Russia team ban.
And Wada chief Olivier Niggli said the IOC's decision will "inevitably" mean "lesser protection for clean athletes".
Wada president Sir Craig Reedie said investigators had "exposed, beyond a reasonable doubt, a state-run doping program in Russia that seriously undermines the principles of clean sport embodied within the World Anti-Doping Code".
There was also concern expressed for Yuliya Stepanova, the Russian runner whose evidence helped expose her nation's doping scandal, but will now not be allowed to compete in Rio under a neutral flag.
"Wada has been very vocal in supporting Yuliya's desire to compete as an independent athlete," added Niggli.
"Ms Stepanova was instrumental in courageously exposing the single biggest doping scandal of all time. Wada is very concerned by the message that this sends whistleblowers for the future."
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Olympic organisers have been accused of a lack of leadership and creating a "confusing mess" over the Russia decision.
The United States Anti-Doping Association (Usada) said the IOC had delivered a "significant blow to the rights of clean athletes".
"Many, including clean athletes and whistleblowers, have demonstrated courage and strength in confronting a culture of state-supported doping and corruption within Russia," said Usada chief Travis Tygart.
"Disappointingly, however, in response to the most important moment for clean athletes and the integrity of the Olympic Games, the IOC has refused to take decisive leadership."
The IOC also ruled that any Russian athlete who has served a doping ban will not be eligible for the Games.
That means it will not allow whistleblower Stepanova to compete as a neutral athlete in Rio.
Tygart added: "The decision to refuse her entry into the Games is incomprehensible and will undoubtedly deter whistleblowers in the future from coming forward."
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko: "We are very grateful to the International Olympic Committee for the fact that in choosing between collective responsibility and the rights of individual athletes, it took the decision that every athlete whose reputation today is untarnished, who is clean, without doping, has the right to compete in the Olympics."
UK Sports Minister Tracey Crouch: "While this is solely a decision for the International Olympic Committee, the scale of the evidence in the McLaren report arguably pointed to the need for stronger sanctions rather than leaving it to the international federations at this late stage."
British IOC member Adam Pengilly: "I believe that the Russian federation has mocked the Olympic movement and I worry about the future of clean sport, I worry about the future for clean athletes, the Olympic movement and the Olympic Games.
"Some have suggested the IOC has passed the buck and I'd have to agree. There's been an abdication of responsibility here."
World marathon record holder and four-time Olympian Paula Radcliffe: "While I applaud no athlete going to the Games who has previously served a doping suspension, this cannot fairly be only Russian athletes.
"A truly strong message for clean sport would have been to ban all those who have been caught cheating."
Six-time Olympic track cycling champion Chris Hoy tweeted: "What sort of message does this send out? Surely IOC's job is to make crucial decisions rather than passing the buck."
Five-time Olympic distance runner Jo Pavey tweeted: "Such a disappointing decision by the IOC. Does not send out a strong message that doping will not be tolerated."
Double Olympic rowing gold medallist James Cracknell tweeted: "Bottled it - IOC passing the buck to individual federations (sports) on whether to allow Russian athletes to compete in Rio 2016. Bad day. Russian track & field appeal fails so their ban remains."
Olympic 400m bronze medallist Katharine Merry tweeted: "IOC are useless... like I said last week.. what EXACTLY would a country have to do to get a blanket ban? #cantshakemyheadhardenough."
Double Olympic gold medallist rower Andrew Hodge tweeted: "Decision based on promises from Russia, & leaving to the IFs is a poor move from a position on strength. Sad day."
American long-distance runner Kara Goucher tweeted: "So if you're Russian and served a drug ban you aren't allowed, but the US can send previously banned athletes. What?"
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A report by the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee calls for long-term security of funding for the channel.
It also said its budget should be increased to ensure S4C can reach Welsh speakers who do not watch it on TV.
The channel currently receives £74.5m from the BBC licence fee every year.
It also receives £6.8m from the UK government but the channel recently said it would need an extra £6m to enable its content to appear on all new platforms.
The committee published its report ahead of a UK government review of the channel later this year.
BBC Wales understands former S4C executive Euryn Ogwen Williams has been asked to chair the review.
The report criticised the UK government for "benign neglect" of the channel because it last reviewed S4C in 2004.
Committee chairwoman, Bethan Jenkins AM, said: "Currently, legislation on S4C is focused on its role providing television broadcasting; but we know that modern audiences consume content on their phones and stream programmes on-demand.
"Since 2011, S4C's budget has fallen by £20m - that's without taking inflation into account. If S4C is going to survive and thrive to promote Welsh language and culture, it must be able to compete for audiences online without being restricted by an outdated remit and a shrinking budget."
The committee recommends redefining S4C's remit from being a TV channel that serves audiences in Wales to being a content provider that is required to promote and foster the Welsh language.
It also calls for the current governance system, which is led by the S4C Authority, to be replaced by a unitary board comprising senior managers and non-executive directors - a model recently adopted by the BBC.
Many of the recommendations mirror those made by S4C in its document, Pushing the Boundaries, published in April 2017, which set out its vision for the next 10 years.
S4C chairman Huw Jones said: "We're grateful to the committee for their detailed interest in the services S4C should provide in the future and the manner in which it is financed.
"The report will certainly be an important and valuable contribution to the discussion regarding these matters which will happen in the wake of the independent review of S4C."
World Duty Free has hired 44 more staff following a move to larger premises at the airport.
The retailer runs outlets at airports across the UK, including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
It sells a wide range of products, including cosmetics, perfume, fashion accessories, spirits and souvenirs.
Edinburgh Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar said: "This fantastic World Duty Free store doubling in size is a great example of how we have listened to our passengers and have delivered greater choice to improve the constantly evolving Edinburgh Airport experience."
Fred Creighton, director of retail operations for World Duty Free, added: "Edinburgh Airport is one of the UK's most successful and vibrant airports and is an important part of our business."
Koichi Hagiuda did not give a reason as to why the gift had been rejected.
Japan gave Mr Putin a female Akita called Yume in 2012. This dog was intended as a companion for her.
Mr Hagiuda wrote in a blog post: "Unfortunately, we heard from our counterparts, and our hope to present a bridegroom was dashed."
If accepted, the gift would have been presented to the Russian president at a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan next week.
Akitas originate from northern Japan.
Mr Putin also owns a male Bulgarian Shepherd called Buffy, which was given to him by the Bulgarian prime minister in 2010.
His Labrador, Konni, given to him as a gift by Sergey Shoigu, currently Russian defence minister, died in 2014.
Mr Putin once brought Konni to a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is scared of dogs. Some press reports at the time said he had done so to intimidate her. But earlier this year, Mr Putin told a German newspaper that he did not know about her fear.
He said: "When I learned that she does not like dogs, I apologised, of course."
They aim to develop a monitoring tool to help police and government officials curb cases on websites like Twitter.
The experts said "trigger" events like last June's referendum result are known to lead to a spike in incidents.
Hate crime recorded by police in England and Wales jumped 41% in the month after the vote to quit the EU.
Last July, the UK government published a plan to deal with hate crime in England and Wales in a bid to increase reporting of incidents and improving support for victims as well as reducing the scale of the problem.
Prof Matthew Williams, from the university's Social Data Science Lab, said: "The referendum on the UK's future in the European Union has galvanised certain prejudiced opinions held by a minority of people, resulting in a spate of hate crimes.
"Over the coming period of uncertainty relating to the form of the UK's exit, decision makers, particularly those responsible for minimising the risk of social disorder through community reassurance, local policing and online governance, will require near real-time information on the likelihood of escalation of hateful content spread on social media."
Hate crimes in Wales were up 60% over the EU referendum vote period compared with the same time the previous year.
The researchers are collecting data over a 12-month period, starting from 23 June 2016 when the UK voted to leave the European Union.
Mr Williams said the lab was working with the UK Head of the Cross-Government Hate Crime Programme at the National Police Chiefs Council, among others, as part of the project.
The university's Social Data Science Lab has worked with the Metropolitan Police, the Ministry of Justice, the Home Office and the Los Angeles Police Department.
The funding has been provided by the Economic and Social Research Council which supports training and study.
Some 24 offenders in high-security jails had been segregated for more than six months on 1 June, Whitemoor's Independent Monitoring Board said.
Prisoners can be segregated for their protection, as punishment or to prevent trouble. But the measure should be used as a "last resort", regulations say.
The Prison Service said segregation played an "important role".
In its report, the Independent Monitoring Board said most prisoners in segregation "were complex to manage, either in terms of compliance or in respect of getting them back onto mainstream accommodation."
It said seven of the 24 prisoners who had been held in segregation for six months or more were at Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the case of a prisoner being held for two-and-a-half years - at various segregation units - is one of the longest on record.
In 2013, however, it emerged an inmate at HMP Bronzefield had been held in segregation for more than five years.
At the time, the chief inspector of prisons said it amounted to "cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment".
Concerns have been raised about the long-term impact of prolonged segregation on mental health.
In a 2014 report, the chief inspector of prisons said use of "special accommodation" at Whitemoor "was not always justified and there was evidence that prisoners remained there too long".
And earlier this year, the prison ombudsman said governors had been warned "about the risk of holding vulnerable prisoners in segregation units" after eight suicides in 2013-14 - the highest number for almost a decade.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: "Segregated prisoners are not held in isolation, and are provided with as normal a regime as possible. They are also visited on a daily basis by a member of healthcare staff."
Scotland on Sunday says the path is being cleared for Nicola Sturgeon to replace Alex Salmond as SNP leader as other potential candidates rule themselves out.
The Scottish Mail on Sunday reports on a poll which predicts Scotland will back the SNP at the next election but only if it abandons the fight for independence.
The Sunday Herald has Alex Salmond saying Scots were tricked into voting "No", as well as a story on the Conservative "threat" to Gordon Brown's devolution timetable.
The Sunday Mail pays tribute to the people of Scotland with a headline which says, "Campaigning, fierce debating, energising, just inspiring, record-breaking, decision-taking, celebrating or heart aching, history-making, country-shaking Scotland, Wow!"
The Sunday Post has David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg insisting further powers for Holyrood will be delivered.
The Scottish Sun on Sunday goes with Gordon Brown putting pressure on Westminster to deliver more devolution powers.
The Citizens Advice charity said more than 1,300 people in Wales got in touch over the issue in 2013/14 but HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said overpayments had reduced since 2012.
Working tax credits are payments to top up earnings of lower paid workers.
People's income rising unexpectedly or an HMRC error leads to overpayments.
BBC Wales has spoken to a nurse in Pembrokeshire who was told that she owed £10,000 dating back to 2009.
Amanda Worth, from Llanfyrnach who lives with her husband and her 15-year-old son, said she had no idea that she was in debt with the Inland Revenue.
"We received 10 letters in one day which indicated we had an overpayment for each year dating back five years for amounts between £2,000, £3,000 and £400 - totalling £10,000," she said.
"They asked us to pay them back within a month. It was shocking, absolutely shocking. I didn't know what to do.
"All of a sudden you're in debt. I tried to contact them but it was a bank holiday.
"When we tried to contact them on the Tuesday, it took over an hour and a half to get the right telephone number to actually speak to somebody instead of something automated telling you what you want."
Mrs Worth said that she felt sick about owing so much money.
Figures from Citizens Advice show there were 918 people who visited a bureau with an issue about debts relating to overpayment of tax credits in 2010/11.
That has increased by 45% to 1,329 in 2013/14.
In England, there has been a 52% increase from 12,024 in 2010/11 to 18,273 in 2013/14.
Sian Williams, project manager at Flintshire Citizens Advice Bureau, said that a number of people had visited the bureau with concerns.
"People find it very stressful. They can be quite anxious; we've had people in tears. It's quite scary to receive a demand from HMRC," she said.
"A lot of people may just believe that they have to pay it back and it must be their fault. But actually people should get advice and sometimes it could be challenged."
The HMRC said it could not comment on Mrs Worth's case but added: "As a result of policy changes which came into effect in April 2012, tax credits overpayments have reduced as a proportion of money paid out.
"Overpayments fell from £1.6bn (5.4%) in 2011/12 to £1.5bn (5%) in 2012/13, out of around £30bn a year paid to 4.5 million families.
"If an overpayment occurs as a result of HMRC's error, claimants do not need to repay the overpaid money. An overpayment only needs to be repaid if a claimant has failed to meet their responsibilities in telling HMRC of any changes of circumstance."
But a trial is under way in London which aims to prevent Alzheimer's in people at high risk, before they show any physical signs of the disease.
These people have at least a 50-50 chance of carrying a rare genetic mutation which means they will develop the disease early in life - typically in their 30s or 40s.
Sophie Leggett, from Suffolk, saw her aunt and her mother develop Alzheimer's in their early 40s.
Now 39, she has chosen not to know whether she too has the rare genetic mutation that obliterated their lives and could soon take over hers.
She recalls seeing her mother decline, just as she was coping with her own baby baby girl, was hard to bear.
"I would look at her lying in a bed unable to communicate, unable to do anything at all for herself, and grieve for her - for the mum that I'd lost - but also for the fact that I felt like I was looking at my future," she says.
She is worried if she has the mutation, it could be passed on to her daughter, who is now in her teens.
"I can cope with the possibility that it could happen to me. And I have many a time made a deal with God saying I'll take it, give it to me, but don't let my daughter have it. I think we all want to protect our children. And I don't want her to feel the fear that I feel now for myself."
That is why she is taking part in a pioneering study which she feels could "change the future".
The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU) is an international collaboration working with 200 people who - because of their genes - are at high risk of developing early onset Alzheimer's.
Dr Cath Mummery from University College Hospital in London is leading the UK branch of the study. She says this trial the first of its kind.
"They know that they may get Alzheimer's disease because they may have a mutation that causes it, but they don't have symptoms. So we're trying to prevent the onset of the disease which is very different."
The researchers are looking out for subtle signs of Alzheimer's that can start to appear years before physical symptoms emerge.
They are monitoring changes in the brain and spinal fluid and checking cognitive performance.
And they are testing two immunotherapy drugs to see if they can stop the disease.
Dr Mummery says if they are successful the benefits could extend well beyond this rare genetic group.
"Genetic Alzheimer's disease is very similar in the way that it affects people - apart from being younger - to sporadic Alzheimer's disease, the one you see in the general population," she explains.
"The really exciting bit after that is potentially we can extrapolate to that population and start to look at using this treatment for preventative measures for them."
Dr Mummery says she has found it humbling to work in the trial with people who have seen so much suffering in their families, and are ready to go through such extensive testing to help the research.
Sophie says that for a long time she struggled to deal with the spectre of Alzheimer's. Now though, she can discuss it freely. She has given advice to a new production at the Royal Court Theatre in London about familial Alzheimer's, called "Plaques and Tangles".
The playwright, Nicola Wilson, says talking to Sophie was a moving experience.
"It brought me back to a quote I've got at the beginning of the play text by the physician William Osler, which is ask not what disease the person has, but rather what person the disease has."
In her mind's eye Sophie has no version of herself growing old. She assumes she will get Alzheimer's. She does not believe the trial will produce a treatment in time for her, but she wants to help future generations.
The Director of Research at Alzheimer's Research UK, Dr Simon Ridley, said the DIAN-TU study offered a unique opportunity to test new experimental drugs at the point when they were likely to have the biggest impact.
"The insight gained from the study has the potential to transform approaches to clinical trials and treatment development not only for families with rare genetic forms of Alzheimer's, but for everyone affected by the disease."
You can hear Adam's report on the PM Programme, BBC Radio 4 at 1700BST Thursday 22 October 2015.
Reports a man had fallen in the Strand in Torquay were made to emergency services at 18:50 GMT on Saturday.
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said the injured man was taken by land ambulance to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital.
He said officers were yet to speak to the man and were unsure of the circumstances of the fall.
The spokesman added that poor weather conditions had prevented the man being taken to the hospital by air ambulance.
The business trends report from the accountancy and services group BDO said that in September growth expectations among manufacturers saw their steepest fall since May 2013.
Optimism among UK business generally saw a slight fall, the report said.
But with many manufactures reliant on exports, worsening economic conditions overseas are starting to hit.
BDO's manufacturing index, which records growth expectations over the next three months, fell from 113.2 in August to 111.6 in September.
A reading above 100 still indicates growth, but the unexpected sharpness of the fall shows how manufacturers are suffering from the recent downturn in the global economy, said BDO partner Peter Hemington.
"With global conditions becoming increasingly challenging, it was only a matter of time before the stellar increases in economic growth recorded earlier this year came to and end.
"Given their reliance on exports, manufacturers have borne the brunt of weakening global demand but the effects of stuttering worldwide growth are obvious throughout the economy," he said.
Last week, poor economic data from Germany intensified worries about growth in the eurozone and helped to send global stock markets into reverse.
However, UK businesses overall are only slightly less positive about growth expectations over the next quarter, BDO found.
The general index fell from 103.8 in August to 103.3 in September.
Meanwhile, worries about global growth have failed to dent recruitment expectations over the coming months. The BDO employment index rose from 111.2 in August to 112.3 in September.
The report said: "This indicates that the recent trend of falling unemployment is likely to continue, with firms expecting to increase hiring towards the end of the year."
The armed gangs are based in a forest, from where they raid nearby villages.
Defence Minister Mansur Dan Ali told the BBC that about 1,000 troops would be deployed immediately, with more would joining later.
Hundreds of people have been killed in villages in and around Zamfara in the last three years.
President Buhari has faced criticism for not focusing earlier on what is being described as the country's third security crisis, behind the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east and the growing militant attacks on oils pipelines in the southern Niger Delta region.
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There are fears that fighters from Islamist militant group Boko Haram may have joined the gangs in Zamfara.
A large swathe of forest spreading from Zamfara to neighbouring states is now referred to as the "New Sambisa", after the forest where Boko Hararm militants are holed up in the north-eastern Borno state, reports BBC Hausa's Aliyo Tanko.
Thousands have been forced to flee their homes following the violence in Zamfara and surrounding states of Katsina, Kaduna, Niger and Kano.
Residents of the affected areas have accused the local authorities of failing to defend them.
Sadiq Khan's life to date has been characterised by beating the odds - which is what he has just done to become mayor of London.
When Labour politicians put themselves forward to run for mayor last year, Mr Khan was far from being the favourite. The bookies' money was on Baroness Jowell, a veteran of the Tony Blair years who had helped bring the Olympics to London.
But if there is a pattern in Mr Khan's career, it's one of coming from behind.
The new mayor did not have a privileged start in life. He was one of eight children born to Pakistani immigrants, a bus driver and a seamstress, on a south London housing estate.
From an early age, he showed a firm resolve to defy the odds in order to win success for himself and the causes important to him.
That resolve has won him the biggest personal mandate in the UK, a job with wide-ranging powers over London and with enormous emotional significance for him.
Some question whether he has the experience or record of good judgement necessary for the role.
He insists he is there to represent all Londoners and to tackle inequality in the capital, and now he has the chance to prove it.
Age: 45
Marital status: Married with two daughters
Political party: Labour
Time as MP: Has represented Tooting in south London since 2005
Previous jobs: Human rights solicitor, chair of Liberty
"Son of a bus driver" became one of the most hackneyed phrases in Mr Khan's time on the stump - so overused in his leaflets and speeches that he was eventually forced to make fun of his own campaign, joking he had given the Daily Mirror an "exclusive" on his background.
But his parents' story holds real significance for him. Amanullah and Sehrun Khan emigrated from Pakistan to London shortly before Sadiq was born, in 1970. He was the fifth of their eight children - seven sons and a daughter.
He has often said that his early impressions of the world of work shaped his belief in the trade union movement. His father, a bus driver for 25 years, "was in a union and got decent pay and conditions" whereas his mum, a stay-at-home seamstress, "wasn't, and didn't".
He lived with his parents and siblings in a cramped three-bedroomed house on the Henry Prince Estate in Earlsfield, south-west London, sharing a bunkbed with one of his brothers until he left home in his 20s.
He attended the local comprehensive, Ernest Bevin College, which he describes as "a tough school - it wasn't always a bed of roses". The nickname "Bevin boys" was at that time in that part of south London a byword for bad behaviour.
It was at school that he first began to gravitate towards politics, joining the Labour Party aged 15. He credits the school's head, Naz Bokhari, who happened to be the first Muslim headteacher at a UK secondary school, with making him realise "skin colour or background wasn't a barrier to making something with your life".
Mr Khan was raised a Muslim and has never shied away from acknowledging the importance of his faith. In his maiden speech as an MP he spoke about his father teaching him Mohammed's sayings, or hadiths - in particular the principle that "if one sees something wrong, one has the duty to try to change it".
He was an able student who loved football, boxing and cricket - he even had a trial for Surrey County Cricket Club as a teenager. He has since spoken about the racist abuse he and his brothers faced at Wimbledon and Chelsea football matches, saying he felt "safer" watching at home and became a Liverpool fan simply "because they were playing such great football at the time".
He studied maths and science at A-level with the idea of becoming a dentist. He was switched on to law by a teacher who told him "you're always arguing" - and by the TV programme LA Law, starring Jimmy Smits as Victor Sifuentes, a charismatic partner in a California law firm.
"LA law was about lawyers in LA who do great cases, act for the underdog, drove nice cars, look great and I wanted to be Sifuentes," Mr Khan told Business Insider recently.
He studied law at the University of North London and put his degree to good use straight away, becoming a trainee solicitor in 1994 at Christian Fisher under the human rights lawyer Louise Christian.
The same year he met and married his wife Saadiya Ahmed, a fellow solicitor and coincidentally the daughter of a bus driver - with whom he went on to have two daughters, Anisah and Ammarah. He also began his 12-year stint as a councillor for Tooting, encouraged by Guyanan-born local activist Bert Luthers.
Just three years later, aged 27, he was made an equity partner and the firm was renamed Christian Khan.
During this time he worked on a number of high-profile cases: he won compensation for Kenneth Hsu, a hairdresser wrongly arrested and assaulted by the police; teachers and lawyers who had experienced racial discrimination; Leroy Logan, a senior black police officer accused of fraud; corrupt former Met Police commander Ali Dizaei; and helped overturn an exclusion order (later upheld on appeal) on US political activist Louis Farrakhan.
The irony of a man who represented people in cases against the Met going on to become the force's chief scrutineer has not been lost on his opponents. Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, speaking at an event alongside Home Secretary Theresa May, recently characterised Mr Khan's legal career as "coaching people in suing our police".
He left his law firm somewhat abruptly in 2004, afterwards telling the Law Gazette: "If you're in government, you're a legislator and you have the opportunity to make laws that can improve things for millions of people."
In 2005, Mr Khan fought and retained the marginal seat of Tooting for Labour, one of five new ethnic minority MPs elected that year.
Contemporaries on either side of the political divide remember being impressed by a "fiercely bright" and "persuasive" individual who was "impossible not to listen to".
He combines that sharpness with what is often called his "cheeky chappy" demeanour. He is fond of calling people "mate" and has even done so on the floor of the Commons.
Two months after he entered the Commons, he was thrust into the limelight by the 7 July bombings.
When Parliament met to discuss the attacks, he told MPs: "Today Londoners and the rest of the UK have even more reason to be proud of Londoners - proud of the way heroic Londoners of all faiths, races and backgrounds, victims, survivors and passers-by, acted on Thursday; proud of the way ordinary courageous Londoners carried on with their business and stopped the criminals disrupting our life."
In a 2010 Guardian interview, he recalled thinking: "I couldn't hide - and I don't mean this in an arrogant way, but there were so few articulate voices of reason from the British Muslim community.
"There were angry men with beards, but nobody saying, 'Actually, I'm very comfortable being a Brit, being a Muslim, being a Londoner'."
The intervention marked him out as one to watch, but his path to promotion was not altogether smooth.
Mr Khan wore his civil liberties credentials on his sleeve, challenging the government over ID cards and joining 48 other Labour rebels to vote against prime minister Tony Blair's plan to allow the detention of terror suspects without charge for up to 90 days.
He later claimed party chiefs had penalised him by preventing him from visiting Pakistan in the wake of an earthquake there and did not want to give him an office with a sofa.
But the rebellion was not altogether to his disadvantage.
Tony Blair was on his way out, and Mr Khan was able to position himself on the ascendant "soft left" of the Labour party alongside Ed Balls and Gordon Brown.
"It was a tough school; it wasn't always a bed of roses. But you become street wise, you become savvy and you learn social skills - you learn about how to deal with people." - on his schooldays
"The way allegations of misconduct against police officers are investigated is flawed and inadequate." - as a human rights solicitor
"Although I'd won cases at the European Court of Human Rights, and I'd won cases in the House of Lords and the Court of Appeal, I still couldn't escape the fact that if you're part of the legislature and the executive, you can make legislation that improves the quality of life for literally millions of people." - on leaving law to become an MP
"Today Londoners and the rest of the UK have even more reason to be proud of Londoners - proud of the way heroic Londoners of all faiths, races and backgrounds, victims, survivors and passers-by, acted." - on the 7/7 attacks
"Most people feel nagged by their parents from time to time, but very rarely is it about the future of bus regulation." - on his father
"I sleep in my own bed. When I get home I put the rubbish out and get my girls up to go to school." - on staying grounded
"For the last eight years you've seen a red carpet mayor, somebody who is fantastic going to openings, great with a flute of champagne in his hand. I'd rather roll up my sleeves and fight for all Londoners." - on launching his mayoral bid
When Gordon Brown took over at Number 10, Mr Khan was given his first job in government as a whip and then as communities minister, a move that created disquiet among some other MPs in the capital who had been around for longer.
A post at the Department for Transport followed in 2009 and he became the first Muslim in the Cabinet. This was at a time when there were only four Muslim MPs and he was often confused for international development minister Shahid Malik.
He would go on to claim during the mayoral campaign that as transport minister he had "pushed" Crossrail through Parliament, but the Mayorwatch website has shown Mr Khan only took on responsibility for the project after the relevant bill had become law.
At the 2010 election, Mr Khan's own majority was squeezed to an uncomfortably small margin of just 2,524 votes and Labour was out of government for the first time in 13 years.
In the chaotic months of Labour soul-searching that followed, he again showed a canny ability to ally himself with what was seemingly a lost cause and turn it into success.
True to his Brownite colours, he was chosen as Ed Miliband's campaign manager and helped steer the less-favoured Miliband brother towards an unexpected leadership election victory.
He told the New Statesman afterwards that the night before the result, he told Miliband to "prepare for defeat".
"I learned this from (television series) Rumpole of the Bailey," he said. "Always tell your client he's going to lose because, if he loses, he's expecting it; if he wins, you're the fantastic lawyer who got the victory." However, he added: "I had a feeling we'd done it."
In that contest, as in the Labour mayoral nomination, Mr Khan's support for the trade union movement helped his campaign secure crucial votes.
He was rewarded with the post of shadow justice secretary - a role in which he did not get off to an auspicious start. His first major speech was badly received when he chose to highlight Labour's failings in government, and in then Justice Secretary Ken Clarke he faced an adversary with whom he admitted he struggled to find things to disagree about.
His other brief as shadow political reform minister did not provide much of a chance to shine either, as the coalition needed little help killing off its own proposals for Lords reform and his personal support for changes to the voting system was tempered by his view that the referendum on this - which saw the British public reject change - came at the wrong time.
When Mr Clarke was sacked and replaced with Chris Grayling, however, Mr Khan was able to take the fight to the despatch box more convincingly as a vocal opponent of reforms to legal aid and restrictions on books in prisons.
When the Conservatives later reversed several of Mr Grayling's flagship policies he described it as a "huge climbdown" that showed Labour had been right to resist them.
Labour's disastrous showing in the 2015 election and the swift resignation of Ed Miliband - the man he had helped to the leadership - could have thrown Mr Khan off-course, but he found a new focus for his campaigning energy.
Just a week after the election he announced he would seek the Labour nomination for mayor. He had already been tipped as a possible contender for at least a year but, with typical shrewdness, he had steadfastly refused to be drawn on the subject in public while sounding out MPs and councillors in private to see if he had enough support.
Once he had confirmed his mayoral ambitions, his quest for the nomination - let alone an election win - still seemed like a long shot. Baroness Jowell, who had been MP for Dulwich and West Norwood for 23 years and held a number of senior ministerial positions under Labour, was widely seen as the natural choice.
That received wisdom was upended during the Labour leadership contest, when commentators predicted the influx of new members into the party over the summer of "Corbynmania" could play into Mr Khan's hands. He would take some flak over his role in Jeremy Corbyn's election as party leader, as he nominated him but later voted for Andy Burnham.
In the event, however, Mr Khan came out top as Labour choice of candidate not just with new members but in all three groups who could vote. It was a remarkable victory which, as the BBC's Norman Smith observed on the day, surprised him as much as it did his rivals.
The campaign that ensued was bloody. A former aide to long-time Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, Ayesha Hazarika, reflected that when Zac Goldsmith - who had a reputation for being decent, attractive and independent-minded - was first picked as the Conservative candidate there was despondency in Labour ranks.
Mr Khan said himself at one hustings that he thought his opponent had been a "nice guy until [Conservative strategist] Sir Lynton Crosby got his hands on him".
Whoever came up with the approach, Mr Goldsmith's campaign focused heavily on portraying Mr Khan as an associate of "extremists" - which in turn allowed Labour to attack the Conservatives for pursuing "divisive, dog-whistle" tactics.
Mr Khan took this to be an attempt to smear him by association because of his religion. The Conservatives insisted they were talking about his brand of left-wing politics - but Mr Goldsmith repeatedly said the Labour candidate had "given platform, oxygen and cover to extremists".
It became a source of such bitter tension between the two camps that when David Cameron stuck up for Mr Goldsmith's campaign at prime minister's questions he found the word "racist" flung back at him from the Labour benches.
While polls consistently suggested Mr Khan was ahead, Labour pessimists and Conservative optimists would remind themselves that Mr Goldsmith was likely to benefit from a Tory incumbency, from lower turnout among groups that tended to vote Labour, and from the under-reporting of Conservative support seen at the 2015 general election.
But those things were not enough - or proved not to be the case at all. Voter turnout was 45%, an increase of 7% on 2012, and it was clear quite early on in the day that Mr Khan had a healthy lead over his Conservative rival.
Another London Labour MP born to immigrant parents, David Lammy, told the BBC Mr Khan's election was a "huge moment" and predicted: "If we ever see a black or Asian prime minister in this country I have no doubt they will owe an enormous debt to Sadiq Khan."
Now, the boy from Tooting will have to prove himself all over again.
Love them or loathe them, the mayor's predecessors Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone - the only other men to have done the job - are political heavyweights.
Even within his own party, Mr Khan has been accused of lacking vision. The perception of him as inexperienced also lingers on.
One close Labour ally pointed out that "unlike Ken, he has held ministerial office - but more than that, he represents the future. Unlike Boris he'll be wholly focused on getting results for London - this isn't just a stepping stone for his career".
She predicted he would be anxious to make good on the ambitious promises he made during the campaign, particularly on addressing London's housing problems.
If that were not enough to be getting on with, he faces a dilemma over how to navigate between co-operating with the Conservative government and teaming up with Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party in condemnation of the Tories.
In this respect he may hope to repeat the tactics of Boris Johnson, who managed to pull off alternately angering and assisting the government.
If he is to succeed he will need to display the same knack for steering his own course as he has shown as a schoolboy, a campaigning lawyer, a backbench MP and a shadow minister.
But those who voted for him will not forget his emphasis on his own disadvantaged background, his speeches about social justice and his promise to be a "mayor for all Londoners".
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform says there is clear evidence cannabis could have a therapeutic role for some conditions, including chronic pain and anxiety.
It says tens of thousands of people in the UK already break the law to use the drug for symptom relief.
But the Home Office says there are no plans to legalise the "harmful drug."
Plant cannabis contains more than 60 chemicals.
The All Party Parliamentary Group wants the Home Office to reclassify herbal cannabis under existing drug laws, from schedule one to schedule four.
This would put it in the same category as steroids and sedatives and mean doctors could prescribe cannabis to patients, and chemists could dispense it.
Patients might even be allowed to grow limited amounts of cannabis for their own consumption.
People with multiple sclerosis can legally take a cannabis-based medicine.
This licensed medicine, called Sativex, is a mouth spray and contains two chemical extracts (THC and CBD) derived from the cannabis plant.
Under current laws in England and Wales, cannabis is not recognised as having any therapeutic value and anyone using the drug, even for medical reasons, could be charged for possession.
The NHS warns that cannabis use carries a number of risks, such as impairing the ability to drive, as well as causing harm to lungs if smoked and harm to mental health, fertility or unborn babies.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform took evidence from 623 patients, representatives of the medical professions and people with knowledge of how medical cannabis was regulated across the world.
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average age of patient
67%
try conventional medicines first
37% don't tell their doctor
72% buy street cannabis
20% grow their own
Co-chair Baroness Molly Meacher said: "Cannabis works as a medicine for a number of medical conditions.
"The evidence has been strong enough to persuade a growing number of countries and US states to legalise access to medical cannabis.
"Against this background, the UK scheduling of cannabis as a substance that has no medical value is irrational."
The group commissioned a report by an expert in rehabilitation medicine, Prof Mike Barnes, which found good evidence that medical cannabis helps alleviate the symptoms of:
And there was moderate evidence that it could help with:
But there was limited or no evidence that cannabis helps:
It found short-term side-effects of cannabis were generally mild and well tolerated, but that there was a link with schizophrenia in some long-term users.
"There is probably a link in those who start using cannabis at an early age and also if the individual has a genetic predisposition to psychosis. There should be caution with regard to prescription of cannabis for such individuals," says the report.
Also, there is a small dependency rate with cannabis at about 9%, "which needs to be taken seriously but compares to around 32% for tobacco use and 15% for alcohol use".
The evidence for cognitive impairment in long-term users is not clear but "it is wise to be cautious in prescribing cannabis to younger people, given the possible susceptibility of the developing brain", says the report.
Smoking cannabis in a joint rolled with tobacco can make asthma worse and probably increases the risk of lung cancer.
Prof Barnes said: "We analysed over 20,000 scientific and medical reports.
"The results are clear. Cannabis has a medical benefit for a wide range of conditions.
"I believe that with greater research, it has the potential to help with an even greater number of conditions.
"But this research is being stifled by the government's current classification of cannabis as having no medical benefit."
Cannabis is currently classified as a Class B drug, with possession carrying a maximum sentence of five years in jail or an unlimited fine.
Those supplying or producing cannabis face tougher penalties, with a maximum of 14 years in jail.
The drug comes in many different forms - hash is cannabis resin, while marijuana is the dried leaves and flowers of the plant.
A Home Office spokesman said: "There is a substantial body of scientific and medical evidence to show that cannabis is a harmful drug which can damage people's mental and physical health.
"It is important that medicines are thoroughly trialled to ensure they meet rigorous standards before being placed on the market.
"There is a clear regime in place, administered by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, to enable medicines, including those containing controlled drugs, to be developed."
About 24 US states, Canada, Israel and at least 11 European countries already allow access to cannabis for medical use.
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The Canadian, who fought in UFC from 2009 to 2011, was knocked down five times in the first two rounds against Adam Braidwood before it was stopped.
He walked out of the ring but was then taken to hospital and fell into a coma.
"It is with incredible sadness, sorrow and heartbreak to report that Tim has passed away," his family said in a statement on Sunday.
"He was surrounded by family, listening to his favourite songs," they added. "We will miss him so greatly. We ask for privacy during this difficult time."
Hague beat Pat Barry on his UFC debut but went on to lose his other four fights.
He held a similar record after moving to boxing, starting with victory over Patrick Graham, then losing the following three bouts, including two knockouts against fellow Canadians Mladen Miljas and Braidwood.
Judge James Orenstein was hearing a US government request to make it retrieve information from a locked iPhone seized by law enforcement officers.
On Monday, the judge expressed doubt that he had the authority to do so.
Apple has agreed to similar requests previously but is now refusing, saying it would erode customers' trust.
Referring to the US Department of Justice's request for him to order Apple to help it unlock the phone, the judge said: "What you're asking [Apple] to do is do work for you."
And he compared the request to a hypothetical one in which the government was asking him to order a drug company to take part in an execution against its conscientious objection.
He asked the department's lawyer, Saritha Komatireddy, whether or not he would have the legal authority to do so.
Ms Komatireddy asked to respond in writing, adding that the hypothetical was "somewhat inflammatory".
"Purposefully so," the judge responded.
Apple has argued that the order the government is seeking would be burdensome, in part because of the erosion of its customers' trust.
The company also said it lacked the technical ability to unlock phones running its newer operating systems, iOS8 and iOS9, though the phone at issue in the case runs an older system.
Ms Komatireddy questioned whether unlocking the phone would really be a burden for Apple, noting the company "has been doing this for years without any objection".
The judge pressed Apple's lawyer, Marc Zwillinger, to explain the company's change of heart.
Mr Zwillinger said the company had become more concerned about customer data in light of recent high-profile data breaches.
"Right now, Apple is aware that customer data is under siege from a variety of different directions," he said.
The judge asked both sides to submit additional letters addressing his questions to the court by Wednesday and said he would rule as soon as he could.
Ms Komatireddy said at the hearing that the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI were taking part in the underlying investigation, which is not public.
Sitting members of the House of Representatives met fellow MPs who have so far boycotted sessions.
The parliament was elected in July but has been hampered by an upsurge in political violence across the country.
Oil-rich Libya has been plagued by instability since the overthrow of Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Militia groups, some of them remnants of forces which helped oust Gaddafi, have been fighting for power among themselves.
Recent fighting has forced the internationally-recognised new parliament to convene in the small city of Tobruk near the Egyptian border, with different militia groups controlling most of the country.
The talks were brokered by the recently-appointed UN special envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, who described the talks as "very constructive and very positive".
He said they had "agreed to start a political process and to address all issues in a peaceful way with a very strong call for a complete ceasefire".
The talks involved about a dozen sitting members of the House of Representatives and a dozen elected members who had chosen not to travel in Tobruk because of political disagreements.
Representatives from the UK and Malta also attended the talks.
Members of the militias who control Tripoli and other major cities were not believed to be present.
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed since widespread fighting broke out between rival forces in Benghazi in May.
The fighting later spread to other parts of the country, and has left most of the country outside the control of the elected government.
Since Islamist-leaning armed groups took control of Tripoli in August, they have attempted to reinstate Libya's previous parliament and appoint a parallel government, but this has not been recognised internationally.
The Irish firm reported a 1.8% rise in operating profits in Scotland for the year to the end of February.
But it said growth would have been stronger had it not been for "challenging trading conditions" in the final quarter.
It blamed the new drink-drive law, which came into force in December.
The legislation reduced the legal alcohol limit from 80mg to 50mg in every 100ml of blood.
C&C is the latest drinks firm to report an adverse effect on business.
Earlier this month brewer Greene King, which also operates pubs and restaurants across the UK, said sales would have been higher in its latest financial year had the legal limit not been changed.
Overall, C&C reported net revenue growth of 10.3% to £490m for the year, with operating profit down by 9.2% to £82.5m.
C&C said its Tennent's brand remained "in robust health" with a strong performance in both the on and off-trade sectors and in terms of exports, which rose by 37%.
The group increased brand investment on Tennent's and is planning a further increase in the next financial year.
It said other brands launched in recent years continued to "make good progress".
Caledonia Best sales grew 3.6% in the year, while its premium Belgian lager Heverlee saw volume growth of 116%.
Overall net revenue in Scotland increased by 61.4%, boosted by the acquisition of wines and spirits wholesaler Wallaces Express last year.
Northern Irishman Allen, 31, led 5-2 before the four-time champion fought back to win.
"It's my own fault. I don't prepare properly for these tournaments," world number 11 Allen.
"I don't practise at 10 o'clock in the morning. I didn't get started until 12 o'clock today."
The Northern Irishman led 5-3 after hitting three century breaks in a brilliant first session on Friday only for Higgins to dominate Saturday's morning session as he moved 9-7 up.
Allen won the first frame of the final session to reduce the lead to the minimum but suffered a kick while on a break of 58 in the next and after Higgins pinched that frame, the Northern Irishman was largely frozen out for the remainder of the contest.
"I think 13-9 wasn't really a fair reflection on the match. I felt like I really played well in spells but a couple of things went against me," added the Antrim man.
"John played really well himself. Take nothing away from him. He closed out the match the way you would expect John Higgins to do."
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However, Allen felt the match slipped away from him in Saturday's morning session as Higgins took six of the eight frames.
"Twelve o'clock is normally the time when I'm getting up and lazing about the house," added Allen, who has won three ranking tournaments in his 12-year professional career.
"You need to prepare in all facets. Not just working on the table but working on the table at the right times. I just wasn't prepared for a 10 o'clock match."
However, when asked whether he will address the morning session issue in the future, Allen replied:"Probably not."
Allen added that he is attempting to lose weight in order to boost his ability to perform in the major tournaments.
"I've got to keep working hard and lose a bit of weight. I've lost a stone and half since the Masters. There's maybe another seven [stone] to go. I'll just keep working hard."
The Northern Irishman revealed that his hopes of working again with his former coach Terry Griffiths had been dashed.
"Myself and Terry thought we were getting back together. He's said 'no'. That's a hard one for me because we had a very close relationship."
Payments which come from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are due to fall and farmers are predicting tough times ahead.
Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies revealed payment details on Tuesday.
But unions described the announcement as a "major hit" for many farmers.
Outlining the plans for the three-tier payments, Mr Davies said farmers will receive £16.50 per hectare for moorland over 400 metres above sea level.
These are radical, significant changes - possibly the biggest for a decade.
This is the government and the minister Alun Davies taking the long view.
Of course, there are criticisms in terms of potential loss of income for some farmers and potentially this could see food prices go up.
But broadly it has been welcomed.
Many farmers will see changes in terms of how much they will get in farm income from now on.
But there will be an adjustment period of five years until 2019.
Farmers with severely disadvantaged land will get £166 per hectare (2.47 acres) and almost £200 per hectare will be paid for low lands.
There will be a transition period for the new payment scheme over five years until 2019.
"My decisions are aimed at placing the Welsh farming industry in the best possible position to face the future with confidence," said Mr Davies.
"They will result in an industry that can make the most of new opportunities, increase productivity, and is better placed to cope with exceptional circumstances, such as the harsh weather experienced last spring.
"The new arrangements will also lead to a fairer and more transparent distribution of funding, with a move away from historic payments, and will help ensure we use and safeguard our natural resources more effectively."
Last year it was announced that direct farm payments for Wales would be around €2,245m (£1,870m) over 2014-2020, with €355m (£296m) allocated for rural development schemes.
But the budgets for both are being reduced by 12.6% and 5.5% respectively after allowing for expected inflation.
And there are also plans to use 15% of money for rural development projects rather than direct payment to farmers.
The Farmers' Union of Wales called on the Welsh government to use "every tool in the box" to minimise the impact for farmers who will lose out.
President Emyr Jones said: "While we have repeatedly expressed concerns about the amount of preparatory work done to investigate payment systems which would reduce the impact of a new payment system, it has to be accepted that whatever system was implemented would have led to large numbers of businesses losing significant sums."
The sex of a child is determined by the chromosomes in the father's sperm.
But the daily newspaper Mangalam, in Kerala state in southern India, printed six suggestions for those who want to have baby boys.
There is a cultural preference for male children in India.
"The chance of a girl or a boy at conception is totally random," said Dr Shazia Malik, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at The Portland Hospital in London, debunking the article.
"There is no scientific evidence on any method that will change this statistical chance when a baby is conceived naturally."
Mangalam, which filed the story in the health news section of its site, also advises potential mothers-to-be not to skip breakfast and to have sex only on certain days of the week, when the male sperm is "stronger". It said men can play a role and help strengthen their sperm by avoiding acidic foods.
But the strength of a sperm does not affect the baby's sex. The only way a baby can be male is if the fertilising sperm carries a Y chromosome.
Feminist Indian website The Ladies Finger translated the article from the original Malayalam language, which is spoken in Kerala.
"With all these inconvenient laws regarding sex determination, it is a relief that there is finally a fool-proof checklist to follow for boy-bearing," The Ladies Finger site wrote, sarcastically.
Tests to determine a foetus' sex are illegal in India, but that does not stop them taking place and leading to sex-selective abortions.
In 1961, there were 976 girls for every 1,000 boys under the age of seven. According to the latest census figures, released in 2011, that figure had dropped to 914.
Gita Aravamudan, Indian author of Disappearing Daughters: The Tragedy of Female Foeticide, said Mangalam's article is not likely to have a major impact, especially as it is written in a minority language, but it is one of many articles, "remedies" and old wives' tales that offer ways to avoid having a female baby.
"This article is even more ridiculous than usual, but such ideas are common," she told the BBC.
"It shows that attitudes like this still flourish despite initiatives taken by the Indian government, NGOs and health workers. The message isn't going through: people still value boys more than girls."
The preference for boys is longstanding in some cultures, and often comes from men being seen as the stronger sex and financial providers for families, especially during parents' old age.
In India, dowries, paid when girls eventually marry, are also seen as a high cost that could be avoided.
Nepal Football Association president and ex-Asian football vice-president Thapa, 55, was found guilty of "various acts of misconduct over several years".
He is also under investigation by Nepalese authorities for allegedly embezzling millions of pounds of football development money.
Lao Football Federation chief Viphet Sihachakr was given a two-year ban.
Fifa said Sihachakr "solicited and accepted a payment from another football official" in relation to the 2011 elections for the Fifa executive committee at the Asian Football Confederation congress.
Thapa, in the context of the 2009 and 2011 elections at the Asian Football Confederation congress, was accused by Fifa of "committing various acts of misconduct ...including the solicitation and acceptance of cash payments from another football official, for both personal and family gain".
He told the BBC he would fight against the decision.
"I had been extending co-operation to their investigation for the last four years. I will now appeal it at the Court of Arbitration for Sport," said Thapa, who is also a member of the Nepal parliament.
Thapa's ban will cover all football activities at both national and international level and comes into force with immediate effect.
The lodge resort development on the outskirts of Holyhead was given the go-ahead in autumn 2013 after initially being turned down.
But developers had to agree to pay towards a community programme as part of the project.
It will see investment in education, medical services and a leisure centre.
As well as a 500 holiday lodge village on land at Penrhos country park, up to 320 houses will be built in the Kingsland area of Holyhead.
Much of the accommodation will initially be used to house the thousands of workers expected to be needed for a new nuclear power station at Wylfa.
Councillors were told that the developers had agreed to put £1.5m into education in the Kingsland area to help address additional pressures brought by the new planned housing.
A further £600,000 will be invested in medical services in the area, while about £1m will be spent mitigating any impact on tourism on the island while construction is ongoing.
As part of the agreement, money will also be spent relocating library facilities and meeting the cost of extra pressures on the emergency services on the island.
The developers are also committed to funding a 690 sq-m public leisure centre and spending more than £500,000 on swimming provision.
The package of 32 measures was backed by the meeting of the island's planning committee on Wednesday.
The overall Land and Lakes project is expected to cost about £120m, creating up to 600 jobs.
As part of deal, the developers are also committed to ensuring up to 80% of the workforce is local.
A memorial event was held at Horse Guards Parade, attended by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
And the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh joined the PM and former prisoners of war at a remembrance service at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London.
David Cameron said it was important to "honour the memory of those that died".
In Tokyo, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito observed a minute's silence at a service.
VJ Day ended one of the worst episodes in British military history, during which tens of thousands of servicemen were forced to endure the brutalities of prisoner of war camps, where disease was rife and there was a lack of food and water.
It is estimated that there were 71,000 British and Commonwealth casualties of the war against Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity. More than 2.5 million Japanese military personnel and civilians are believed to have died over the course of the conflict.
Veterans and their families watched a fly-past of historic and current military aircraft on Horse Guards Parade as part of Saturday's events.
Actor Charles Dance read the poem The Road to Mandalay, by Rudyard Kipling.
The poem was set to music and became a favourite marching tune for many in the 14th Army in Burma, now known as Myanmar.
Veterans, war widows and members of their families then marched from Horse Guards Parade to Westminster Abbey, accompanied by marching bands.
Members of the public lining Whitehall applauded as the parade went past, with many of the veterans waving union jacks.
Wreaths have also been laid at the Cenotaph on Whitehall.
You could tell them by their medals and cap badges, and by the military bearing that some still have.
Elderly former servicemen mingled with tourists in Trafalgar Square and the Mall between ceremonies to remember, mourn and celebrate the sacrifice of friends and comrades in the war against Japan.
The day started solemnly at St Martin-in-the-Fields, as the last post was sounded, a piper played a lament, and a survivor of Japanese prison camps reflected on comrades who died in them.
Even the church's 12 bells - ringing as the old soldiers emerged into the sunshine - had a plangent tone.
At Horse Guards Parade, there were more poignant reminders of what many who fought regarded as the "forgotten" war - overlooked by a home country celebrating Victory in Europe.
But as a Hurricane fighter and modern Typhoon jet flew incongruously close and low overhead, and Charles Dance recited the poem "The Road to Mandalay", the mood was lighter.
Finally, a parade of veterans and military bands down Whitehall signalled celebration - of extra decades of life and tyranny defeated.
At the service at St Martin-in-the-Fields the Reverend Dr Sam Wells told the congregation: "The struggles, the suffering and the sacrifice of the war in the Far East are a defining experience in our nation's history.
"We stand in awe of those who were tried in ways beyond what most of us ever have to go through and greater than many of us can ever imagine.
"People who lost life, limb and liberty that we might know peace."
And former prisoner of war Maurice Naylor spoke at the service, saying it was an honour to be joined by the Queen - "a veteran herself" - and members of her family.
He said: "How do I feel now? I feel lucky to have survived so long and still be able to address you. I feel sad for the families of those who died as a result of their captivity."
Although fighting in Europe ended in May 1945, the battle between the Allies and Japan continued.
It was only after two atomic bombs were dropped on the country that the Japanese surrendered on 15 August that year.
In Japan, Mr Abe expressed "profound grief" at his country's actions in WW2, but he faced criticism from South Korea and China who said Japan had failed to properly atone for its actions.
Events have also taken place across the UK to mark the 70th anniversary:
A service will be held at the Far East Prisoner of War Memorial Building at the National Memorial Arboretum on Sunday.
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Ganesh Thapa, an influential figure in Asian football, has been banned for 10 years by Fifa for bribery.
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A deal that will see a holiday park developer invest more than £4m in an Anglesey community has been agreed by the island's council.
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Brian Graham opened the scoring after just eight minutes and Chris Higgins turned a John McGinn effort into his own net just before the break.
David Gray prodded in the third goal seven minutes into the second half.
Martin Boyle, who missed several good chances in the first half, completed the scoring from 12 yards.
With nearest challengers Dundee United dropping points at Cappielow, it was a good day for Neil Lennon's men.
Queen of the South topped the table at one stage but remain sixth after their fifth successive league defeat.
Hibs started at a great tempo, with Andrew Shinnie and Boyle combining to test goalkeeper Lee Robinson in the opening minute. But the home fans didn't have to wait too long for the opener.
Darren McGregor's shot was blocked a yard off the line by Grant Anderson but Graham, making a rare start up front, was at hand to knock the ball high into the net.
Boyle's pace was causing all sorts of problems for Queens and twice when clean through on goal he was denied by Robinson.
There was a warning for the hosts when Mark Millar's strike crashed off the base of the post. However, Hibs continued to dominate and notched a second on 42 minutes.
McGinn fired in a shot from 12 yards on the angle that looked net-bound but was helped over the line by Higgins.
Boyle had a glorious chance to score number three before half time but inexplicably scooped the ball over the crossbar from six yards out with the goal gaping.
Within eight minutes of the second half Hibernian did find the net for the third time. A corner was swung low into the box from the right and captain Gray flicked the ball home with an outstretched left leg.
Lennon decided to give Jason Cummings a run from the bench with the points safe but it was the player keeping the club's top scorer out of the team who had the final say.
Boyle once again skipped between two Queens defenders on the edge of the box before smashing the ball home.
Hibernian manager Neil Lennon: "It was one of the best performances in my time as a manager. I thought we were awesome today. It could have been five at half-time. We never took our foot off the pedal. Some of our attacking play was outstanding. We looked a very very good side today. We looked strong, we looked quick, we looked hungry, everything you want as a manager.
"I think we got what we deserved. I think Martin Boyle could have had four before half-time. It was a wee test of his character. He could have sat in the dressing room at half time and felt sorry for himself but he came out and scored a great goal.
"That is the benchmark now. I asked them in the dressing room Can you live up to that? We have been playing well now for some time but nobody wants to listen. I think anyone here today could see we are a good side."
QotS caretaker boss Jimmy Thomson: "We were under no illusions coming here. Hibs are a good team but when you give them a goal after seven minutes it makes it very difficult. I think it was individual errors. When you ask people to pick people up at corners and they don't do it you have problems.
"Our league position will not be defined by playing here and not getting a win. I wouldn't be interested in the job full time. I have other things going on but taking the job would be very restricting."
Match ends, Hibernian 4, Queen of the South 0.
Second Half ends, Hibernian 4, Queen of the South 0.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Jordan Marshall.
Attempt blocked. David Gray (Hibernian) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Jordan Marshall.
Attempt blocked. Jason Cummings (Hibernian) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Darren Brownlie.
Attempt saved. Kyle Jacobs (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Brian Graham (Hibernian).
Andy Dowie (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Hibernian. Marvin Bartley replaces Martin Boyle.
Attempt missed. Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Brian Graham (Hibernian).
Lee Robinson (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Martin Boyle (Hibernian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dean Brotherston (Queen of the South).
Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Millar (Queen of the South).
Brian Graham (Hibernian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Darren Brownlie (Queen of the South).
Substitution, Queen of the South. Steven Rigg replaces Derek Lyle.
Substitution, Hibernian. Jason Cummings replaces John McGinn.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Andy Dowie.
Attempt saved. Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Derek Lyle (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Goal! Hibernian 4, Queen of the South 0. Martin Boyle (Hibernian) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by David Gray.
Foul by John McGinn (Hibernian).
Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Brian Graham (Hibernian) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Hibernian. Dylan McGeouch replaces Fraser Fyvie because of an injury.
Delay in match Fraser Fyvie (Hibernian) because of an injury.
Lee Robinson (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card.
Andy Dowie (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Martin Boyle (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andy Dowie (Queen of the South).
Attempt saved. Martin Boyle (Hibernian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Queen of the South).
Goal! Hibernian 3, Queen of the South 0. David Gray (Hibernian) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.
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Australian couple Sean and Shelley Thomas found it in a sand dune at Rattray Head on Scotland's north-east coast.
The note inside, written by then 14-year-old Raymond Davidson, is dated 1 January 1971.
The couple said it would be "wonderful" to track Mr Davidson down before they returned home to Brisbane on Sunday.
Mrs Thomas said: "We went for a walk along the sand dunes. It was just at the bottom of one of the sand dunes hidden under a couple of other bottles.
"My husband was having a bit of a poke around as he actually collects bottles and stuff at home, and we noticed that one of them had something inside it. We cracked it open and, there you go."
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The 23-year-old world number 143 was found guilty of altering the outcome of his match against Kamil Majchrzak at an ATP Challenger in Morocco in October.
Riccardo Accardi and Antonio Campo have also been banned and fined for their roles in attempts to fix matches.
Accardi was given a 12-month ban while Campo was suspended for four months.
Cecchinato, who is able to appeal, was found guilty of "several other instances of sports corruption" and suspended until January 2018.
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Keepers threw a party for Nickel - who was born at the Welsh Mountain Zoo in Colwyn Bay in 1995 - to celebrate the milestone on Thursday.
Nickel and the zoo's 10 other chimps were given some treats to unwrap.
Head keeper Michelle Pywell said: "It was wonderful to see the chimps all taking part in the celebration and sharing many presents."
Chimpanzees can live up to about 50 years.
Investors' confidence took another hit owing to growing concerns about the eurozone debt crisis and the weak economic recovery in the US and Europe.
European markets closed sharply lower for the second day but US shares recovered to close slightly higher.
Meanwhile, a report suggests credit rating agency Standard & Poor's will downgrade US government debt.
US network ABC reported that Washington expected S&P to cut its AAA rating following the protracted and acrimonious process of raising the country's debt ceiling.
Any downgrade would further erode global investors' confidence in the US economy. S&P has declined to comment on the report.
Earlier, a decline in the US jobless rate caused the US markets to open higher and gave temporary relief to European indexes.
But London's FTSE and Frankfurt's Dax both closed down about 2.7%.
US stocks recovered from a late-morning slump to end the day slightly higher.
At a specially-convened press conference after European markets closed, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that G7 finance ministers would meet within days to discuss measures to combat the eurozone debt crisis, which is the main cause of the growing turmoil in global financial markets.
He also said that Italy would speed up measures to balance its budget by 2013, a year earlier than planned, and work to amend the Italian constitution to make balanced budgets a requirement for future governments.
He also announced some labour market reforms.
European markets had been down as much as 4% in the morning, before recovering, and then lurching back down again by the end of the session.
"Failed rallies are not a good sign," said markets analyst Louise Cooper, from BGC Partners.
"Investors are just really, really nervous, thinking what can be done to get us out of this hole, and there are not many answers," she told BBC radio.
The FTSE 100 closed down 2.7%, with banking shares such as Lloyds, RBS and Barclays suffering falls as large as 7%. The London market has now lost 10% in the past week.
In Germany the Dax closed down 2.8%, while the French Cac 40 ended just over 1% down.
US stocks ended the session up 0.5% as investors recovered their poise following heavy falls in late morning trading.
Investors are also worried about the state of the US economy after recent data on economic growth and consumer spending raised questions about the strength of the recovery.
Some analysts have even suggested the US could be heading for another recession.
Earlier, the EU's Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, Olli Rehn, said he thought the movements were "incomprehensible" and "not justified by the economic fundamentals", particularly in Italy and Spain, the latest focus of investors' concerns.
Analysts suggested the instability would continue as the main reasons for the concerns had not gone away.
"The markets are looking for a resolution on the eurozone debt crisis and that resolution is not easily at hand," said Jan Lambrets, head of financial markets at Rabobank, who forecast "a very grim road" in the months to come.
Investors are worried as European authorities have so far been unable to control the crisis and are unhappy that changes to a key rescue fund agreed last month have not yet been enacted.
"Until markets have seen some resolution, we're not going to see any return of confidence," Nomura economist Peter Westaway told BBC News.
"There was a lot of mutual backslapping after the eurozone summit a couple of weeks ago, but they haven't delivered," he said.
By Robert PestonBusiness editor, BBC News
Peston: Origins of today's market mayhem
US unemployment rate down in July
Mr Rehn stressed that measures to improve the scope and effectiveness of the 440bn-euros rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), agreed on 21 July, should be in place by September.
"The political will to defend the euro should not be underestimated," Mr Rehn added.
On Thursday, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called on eurozone countries to approve those changes as soon as possible, but also to consider expanding the fund further.
Many analysts argue these changes need to be implemented quickly in order to calm stock markets.
Mr Barroso said that authorities were failing to prevent the sovereign debt crisis from spreading. "We are no longer managing a crisis just in the euro-area periphery," he said.
His comments triggered sharp falls in markets across Europe because of fears that Italy and Spain might become engulfed in the crisis which has led to Greece, the Irish Republic and Portugal already being bailed out.
That sentiment ripped across the world, hitting markets in Asia and the US, where the Dow Jones index had its worst day since December 2008, closing 4% down.
This latest crisis of confidence has come at a time when many of Europe's leaders are on holiday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a telephone conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to discuss the latest problems in the eurozone.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who is on holiday in Italy, discussed the financial situation with Chancellor Merkel and the governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, on the telephone.
There were rumours earlier that the European Central Bank (ECB) was preparing to buy Spanish and Italian bonds to try to help those countries, which briefly helped their stock markets.
By Stephanie FlandersEconomics editor, BBC News
Flanders: Echoes of 2008
The ECB was said to have bought up bonds issued by the Irish and Portuguese governments on Thursday.
But traders were disappointed that the bank did not appear to have intervened to help Spain and Italy, whose borrowing costs have risen significantly recently.
Reports suggest the Italian government is under pressure from the ECB to implement reforms, hence Mr Berlusconi's hastily-arranged press conference.
On Friday, the head of the Belgian central bank and ECB governing council member, Luc Coene, said that a buy-back of Italian and Spanish debt was possible - if Rome and Madrid pressed ahead with economic reforms.
The gap between German bonds - the safest in Europe - and Spanish and Italian debt again reached a record since the euro was introduced in 1999.
It is hoped the service at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, in Llantrisant, will provide faster diagnosis and shorter stays.
It will be located at the entrance to A&E so care can be brought straight to the patient - easing pressure on the department.
It will be staffed 24 hours a day, daily by doctors and nurses.
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: "The Royal Glamorgan Hospital will become a beacon site for acute medicine, with the aim of strengthening care."
The announcement comes after a leading doctor warned hospital emergency departments in Wales are "on the edge" with staff shortages and waiting times too long.
Dr Robin Roop, head of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in Wales (RCEM), said some patients were waiting more than 24 hours in A&E.
The charges follow a forensic report into the death in prison of Gen Alberto Bachelet in 1974.
The report suggests Gen Bachelet died as a result of torture.
Gen Bachelet was loyal to President Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a military coup in 1973.
Judge Mario Carroza ordered air force colonels Ramon Caceres and Edgar Ceballos be held at a detention centre pending trial on charges of being "co-authors of the crime of torture that caused the death" of Gen Bachelet.
The two ex-military officials have not yet commented on the charges.
Judge Carroza agreed to investigate the death of Gen Bachelet last year following a complaint brought by relatives of the victims of Chile's military rule alleging that the general had been tortured to death.
Last month, Judge Carroza said investigators had found that Gen Bachelet had died of heart problems aggravated by torture sessions after his arrest.
He said a new forensic study concluded that "all the interrogations to which Gen Bachelet was submitted damaged his heart and was the likely cause of death".
Gen Bachelet was held in a military academy for six months and tortured by members of the same air force he had led before the 1973 military coup led by Gen Pinochet.
Gen Bachelet died on 12 March 1974 while serving a sentence for treason in the capital, Santiago.
His wife, Angela Jeria, and his daughter Michelle were also held and tortured before fleeing to Australia.
Ms Bachelet became Chile's first female president in 2006. She now heads the UN women's agency.
The incident happened at a home in Wood Place in Livingston between 21:00 and 23:00 on Tuesday.
A 36-year-old man sustained serious injuries to his face and was taken to St John's Hospital in the town for treatment.
The 43-year-old man is due to appear at Livingston Sheriff Court later.
It is the third time in four days a Ferrari has been fastest, as the teams reached one-third distance in their preparations for the 2015 season.
Sauber's Marcus Ericsson was second ahead of Lewis Hamilton, whose Mercedes team completed by far the most mileage.
McLaren had another tough day, still struggling with their new Honda engine.
Jenson Button did only 35 laps and was 6.8 seconds off the pace as he was hit initially by a problem with oil levels and then was forced to abandon the day's running following a fuel-pump failure.
McLaren posted 79 laps over four days - compared to more than 500 by Mercedes. But director of engineering Matt Morris insisted the team had had a positive test as they bedded in their relationship with Honda.
"We have had a number of problems," Morris said. "We have had some operational issues - all of us working together as a team for the first time - things you take for granted when you have been with an engine supplier for many years.
"You drop the ball sometimes, like saying getting oil levels wrong and all these sorts of things. We have had a few issues like that.
"We have also had some minor electrical issues, which resulted in a lot of downtime but have actually been relatively easy to fix.
"The main thing is that we have not been burning bodywork or blowing up engines.
"I am pretty happy that we are going to come out of this test with no major issues to resolve."
Hamilton had a harmless spin at the chicane in the morning but still managed 117 laps as Mercedes completed an impressive overall distance of 1,419 miles in four days.
Hamilton told his team over the car radio: "Well done, guys. Great first week back."
On his spin he said: "It was a bit damp, I was the first on slicks, so I just had a spin.
"But reliability has been pretty special this week. It's one of our highest weeks of mileage.
"The car feels very similar to last year. It's very difficult to pick out any differences, really."
Lotus also had an encouraging final day as they completed their first test with a Mercedes engine, after switching from Renault last year.
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The team, who slipped from fourth to eighth in the championship last season, had initially not planned to be at this test with their new car, but ended up ahead of schedule and ran for two and a half days.
Frenchman Romain Grosjean was sixth fastest and his day was ended by an engine problem, but the team said they were confident the car was a major advance on last year.
"It's a shame it's ended early," said trackside operations director Alan Permane. 'It's been going really well, especially as a week ago we did not even expect to be here.
"The car is most definitely a big step forward over last year, even though we are still short of a lot of parts so it's not very representative.
"It's surprising we were running as quickly as we were given that. It's very encouraging - in fact, Romain was just saying that the car feels a lot like the 2013 car. He's a lot happier.'"
The second test is at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya from 19-22 February.
1 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:20.841
2 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:22.019
3 Lewis Hamilton (GB) Mercedes 1:22.172
4 Max Verstappen (Ned) Toro Rosso-Renault 1:22.553
5 Felipe Massa (Brz) Williams-Mercedes 1:23.116
6 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Lotus-Mercedes 1:23.802
7 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Red Bull-Renault 1:23.975
8 Jenson Button (GB) McLaren-Honda 1:27.660
Loch Ness RNLI went to the aid of the 5.5-tonne boat after it got into difficulty at Dores, south of Inverness.
The Inverness Coastguard Team assisted in the operation to pull the vessel off the shore and a lifeboat towed it to Dochgarroch.
There was one person on board the boat. He was uninjured.
Fishing boats use the loch when travelling between Fort William and Inverness.
The latest "shout" was Drumnadrochit-based Loch Ness RNLI's 24th of the year, making 2016 the volunteer-run station's busiest year so far.
Both cases concerned the way the companies had enforced their ownership of critical technologies that devices require to connect to mobile networks.
They had both tried to ban Apple products from sale based on their use of these standard-essential patents.
The regulator ruled Motorola had abused its position. Samsung settled its case.
The South Korean firm escaped an official rebuke by offering to respect restrictions on its use of standard-essential patents (SEPs) over the next five years.
SEPs are inventions recognised as being critical to being able to implement an industry standard technology.
Examples of such technologies include the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a cellular standard at the heart of 3G data; and H.264, a video compression format used by YouTube, Blu-ray disks and Adobe Flash Player among others.
By creating and recognising such standards, device manufacturers are able to make sure their products can share content and communicate with each other.
Owners of standard-essential patents can register them to qualify for Frand (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) payments.
This commits the owner to offering a licence to all so long as the applicants agree to a non-excessive fee. In return the owner expects anyone who uses their innovation to pay, and the status can mean cheaper patent renewal fees.
In the tech sector the idea is to ensure different companies' products can communicate and share data formats with each other.
However, the principle has run into problems when companies disagree what constitutes a "fair" price, and the owner then attempts to ban their rival's products.
The commission chose not to impose a fine on Google-owned Motorola. However, its ruling against the firm set a new legal precedent.
It confirmed that a "safe harbour" provision exists if an organisation using another's SEP agreed to abide by whatever a court said would be a fair payment if the two parties could not agree a fee between themselves. Under such circumstances, the patent owner cannot seek an injunction against the licensee.
However, the European Commission added, the licensee need not give up their right to challenge the validity of the patent.
The cases both date back to 2012 when the regulator announced it would investigate the two firms.
Motorola had temporarily caused several iPad and iPhone models to be pulled from sale that year on the basis that Apple had failed to license some of its 2G GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) inventions.
Apple managed to end the ban by offering to pay a bigger licence fee, but was subsequently made by Motorola to give up the right to challenge the patents at a later date in order to end the dispute - a move the European Commission has now ruled was "an abuse of a dominant market position".
The Samsung case centred on the firm's 3G mobile data inventions.
After the South Korean firm and Apple failed to agree royalty fees for the technologies, Samsung launched lawsuits in Germany, the Netherlands and elsewhere.
Following the announcement of the European Commission probe, the Galaxy phone maker dropped the cases. It added it would not seek similar SEP-related injunctions in Europe for five years so long as those using the patents agreed to take part in a 12-month negotiation processes, and would respect a court ruling if those talks failed.
The European Commission has now made that offer legally binding.
"[The] decisions reflect the commission's balanced approach with respect to intellectual property rights and competition rules," said competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia.
"Both competition and the protection of intellectual property are essential to innovation and growth."
The decisions restrict the ability of companies to counter Apple's own patent claims - the US firm has sued several others based on its ownership of non-SEP inventions.
But consultant Florian Mueller noted that Google might still welcome the news bearing in mind it is in the process of selling the Motorola handset division to Lenovo.
"It helps to clear up a mess before a major transaction is consummated," he wrote.
The floors are grubby and almost everything there, crammed tightly into every available nook and cranny, appears to be on sale or part of a bulk buy special offer.
The sole customer on a hot June afternoon is an Italian tourist, who buys a huge bag of chocolate which she says is "for presents".
The store appears more akin to a discounter, a place for bargain hunting, and offers no obvious improvement on buying the products in a supermarket.
This, say critics, is exactly the high street chain's problem. Its products are sold so widely - in supermarkets and even in newsagents - that it appears mass market, yet its prices suggest a premium product.
And it's the problem which Thorntons' new owner, Italian firm Ferrero, will have to address, assuming shareholders agree to the £112m offer which its board has recommended.
The deal, if it is completed, will enable Ferrero to step ahead of its Swiss rival Lindt to become the UK's fourth-largest chocolate brand, behind Mondelez, Mars and Nestlé, giving it a near 7% UK market share.
But Ferrero will have to decide what to do with that market share. Should it continue with outgoing chief executive Jonathan Hart's already well-advanced plan of reducing the number of shops, and instead focusing on wholesale sales - the cheaper end of the market? Or should it try moving the brand more upmarket?
Put simply, says independent analyst Nick Bubb, it's a choice between continuing to be "Motel Chocolate" or Hotel Chocolat.
The competition between Thorntons and its upstart Hotel Chocolat rival was once so intense that in 2007 Thorntons' then top chocolate maker, Barry Colenso, was forced to resign after being caught squashing truffles in one of Hotel Chocolat's stores.
Thorntons' rival seems to have caught and overtaken the older brand. Recently, Hotel Chocolat reported a £6.6m pre-tax profit for the six months to 28 December, beating Thorntons' £6.5m profit for the half year, despite having just 81 stores compared with the latter's 242.
The firms' diverging fortunes illustrate the wider problem facing the British chocolate industry. People may like chocolate, but, in the UK at least, they're eating less.
UK chocolate sales grew by 1.6% last year to just over £4.1bn, but the amount of chocolate sold fell 1% to 437 million kg, according to market research firm Mintel.
In the meantime, the costs of core ingredients such as cocoa and palm oil have increased, putting more pressure on chocolate firms.
With the amount of chocolate people are eating unlikely to grow, manufacturers are under pressure either to cut costs or put up prices.
Mass market brands such as US firm Mondelez have taken the drastic step of offering less product for the same money. For example, this year the group said that multi-packs of creme eggs would contain five rather than six eggs due to "economic factors".
But other firms have tried to make their products more upmarket so they can charge more money for them, says Euromonitor food analyst Jack Skelly.
"It's hard to get people to eat more chocolate, so the idea is to increase value sales by making a more premium product," he says.
He points to Cadbury's decision to make pouches containing chunks of some of its most popular bars, such as Wispa and Twirls, which he says have a more expensive and bulky feel. This then allows the firm to charge a bit more.
Ultimately, Mr Skelly says all firms need to decide which audience they're targeting: the hungry impulse buyer in a local newsagent, or the more discerning customer who treats chocolate as a luxury.
"For a firm which wants to make billions of dollars globally, it's about getting it sold in as many different stores of possible; for a lower scale product it's about getting the brand message across," he says.
But for a product like chocolate, deemed a treat by many, it seems a significant number of people are willing to spend more for a spot of indulgence.
More than a third of British chocolate buyers splash out on premium products either "regularly" or "all the time", according to market research firm Canadean.
"Irrespective of their financial situation, consumers are still willing to trade up on a regular basis in categories inherently associated with treating and indulgence," says Canadean research manager Michael Hughes.
To take advantage of this, manufacturers need to push the luxury concept to make consumers "feel they're getting a real treat", he says.
Hotel Chocolat co-founder and chief executive Angus Thirlwell says that's exactly what his company has aimed to do.
"It's an emotionally charged food product that people are buying for the taste and the way it makes them feel," he says.
To capitalise on this, he says the chain has focused very carefully on ensuring a high cocoa content in its chocolates, and making its stores feel like a "sanctuary" providing "escapism" for customers.
While Mr Thirlwell's aims may sound a bit lofty - it's just chocolate after all - the firm's growth into a multi-million pound empire, with 81 shops, eight cafes, two restaurants, and a hotel, in just over a decade, suggests he's on the right track.
Hotel Chocolat has also been careful about its distribution network, he says, selling through its own stores or selected partners, such as John Lewis, that fit the brand's values.
The intention, he says, is to make people feel good about eating chocolate, so that it becomes "an emotional experience" rather than just something to "munch".
"We started with a basic premise: let's distribute it in a way that will make people feel good about buying chocolate, so not in a commoditised way," says Mr Thirlwell.
This approach extends to store openings, which he is happy to grow at a "natural pace", he says.
"Certainly we want to strike the right balance, between making our creations sufficiently available but not so ubiquitous that they become a commodity. It's a real treat to savour and enjoy, and if they become too widely available there's a risk that could diminish."
The quartet are Manchester City defender Demi Stokes, midfielder Isobel Christiansen and striker Nikita Parris plus Chelsea's Millie Bright.
Alex Greenwood, Fran Kirby and Jo Potter are also in, despite currently being out with long-term injuries.
Eniola Aluko, Rachel Daly, Gemma Davison and Claire Rafferty miss out.
Sampson's squad includes 19 players from the 2015 World Cup, and there are no players aged under 23.
"An important part with any major tournament is you've got to be able to handle pressure. This team is experienced in doing that," said Sampson.
"We go into the tournament in a good place. The players are growing in belief that we can win the big games."
Chelsea striker Kirby has been out for much of the last year with a knee injury but has returned to training.
Her team-mate and fellow forward Aluko was last season's top goal scorer in the Women's Super League but has again been overlooked.
She last played for England on 12 April last year against Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Striker Daly plays for Houston Dash in the United States and scored on her England debut against Serbia last year but has not been picked.
The tournament, which starts on 16 July, will take place in the Netherlands and England's first match is against Scotland on 19 July.
Sampson has named his squad more than three months before Euro 2017 because he recently said form "isn't a priority" and "we've worked with our player pool for three years now and are clear on the right players we want".
Some of England's players are currently representing their clubs in the FA Cup, with the one-off Women's Super League Spring Series kicking-off on 22 April.
That will serve as a transitional tournament due to the traditional WSL season being moved to a September start.
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Manchester City defender Lucy Bronze says she is sympathetic to those who have missed out with the Spring Series season still to come but has questioned how many big games there are to come which will emulate the Euros.
She also denies there will be complacency among the squad now they know their places are secure.
"If you get complacent between now and the Euros, you won't play. Even I couldn't tell you England's starting XI," she said.
"Mark likes to pick specific people for specific games and if you become complacent in the squad, you're knocking your chances of playing."
Following the Euro 2017 opener against Scotland, England face Spain in Breda on 23 July and Portugal in Tilburg on 27 July.
The Lionesses - who finished third at the 2015 World Cup - were unbeaten in eight qualifying games but have won just one of five outings, including defeats by France and Germany at the SheBelieves Cup.
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Karen Bardsley (Manchester City), Siobhan Chamberlain (Liverpool), Carly Telford (Notts County)
Defenders: Laura Bassett (Notts County), Lucy Bronze (Manchester City), Alex Greenwood (Liverpool), Steph Houghton (Manchester City), Jo Potter (Notts County), Alex Scott (Arsenal), Demi Stokes (Manchester City), Casey Stoney (Liverpool)
Midfielders: Millie Bright (Chelsea), Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City), Jade Moore (Notts County), Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal), Jill Scott (Manchester City), Fara Williams (Arsenal)
Forwards: Karen Carney (Chelsea), Toni Duggan (Manchester City), Fran Kirby (Chelsea), Nikita Parris (Manchester City), Jodie Taylor (Arsenal), Ellen White (Birmingham City)
The University College Union has also pledged to disrupt open days and graduations if it is not settled.
The row, which led to a two-day walkout last week, is over a 1.1% pay offer, which the Universities and Colleges Employers Association say is "good".
However, union general secretary Sally Hunt says the offer is an "insult".
The employers group has argued that the offer is at, and even, beyond the "limit of affordability" for some higher education institutions.
But the UCU says its members have suffered a real-terms pay cut of 14% since 2009 and complains the squeeze on staff salaries has come as university leaders enjoyed hefty increases.
Ms Hunt is unhappy with the offer, especially in light of the 5% pay rise her union says that vice-chancellors have enjoyed.
UCU members rejected a 1% offer in a strike ballot in early May.
Ms Hunt said: "Following the decision to back escalating strike action, local branches have already come forward with strike dates timed to target open days and graduation ceremonies.
"The employers need to recognise that staff will no longer accept their pay being held down while a few at the top enjoy the rewards of increased money for universities. Nobody wants to take industrial action, but clearly enough is enough.
"We hope the employers will respond positively to members' decision to escalate their action and come back to us with a serious pay offer."
A spokesman for the university employers' association said the pay offer rose to 2.7% for about half of employees when progression was taken into account.
He added: "Higher education institutions were pleased that their students were not affected where examinations were taking place.
"Few academic staff actually voted to support this strike action and the institutions tell us that the majority of their staff understand the financial realities for their own workplaces.
"Rather than ask their members to inflict damage on themselves, their students and their HE institutions, we feel it is time for UCU to conduct a consultation that enables their members to consider all the elements of the full, fair and final offer that is on the table."
He argued the weighting of the offer meant the worst paid university staff will get a rise of more than 5%.
Talks on zero-hours contracts and on improving lower pay for female academics have also been offered, they added.
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The 20-year-old County Down swimmer clocked one minute 04.05 seconds to beat the previous record of 1:04.53 she set in the heats earlier in the day.
Firth was 2.28 seconds ahead of Dutch woman Marlou Van der Kulk as she repeated her London 2012 triumph.
The Northern Irishwoman's British team-mate Jessica-Jane Applegate won bronze.
"It feels amazing. I'm just so happy," said Firth after her triumph.
"I've had a lot of setbacks in the last four years, breaking my wrist. I'm so glad to have retained my title."
Firth will be back in action on Sunday in another of her strongest events, the 200m freestyle, while she will also compete in the 100m breaststroke and 200m individual medley later in the Games.
As a 16-year-old, Firth clinched gold for Ireland in London and went on to win three silver medals at the IPC World Championships in Montreal a year later before opting to switch allegiance to Great Britain.
She subsequently had to sit out the 2015 World Championship after suffering the wrist injury.
The Northern Irishwoman competes in the S14 classes, for competitors with an intellectual disability, and she raced in eight events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Firth set a new world record for the S14 200m freestyle at the Scottish National Championships in Glasgow in June.
Protective hoardings were removed and holes made at the four corners of the artwork "Spy Booth".
Businessman Hekmat Kaveh, who has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to keep the artwork in place, said he had arranged for a restorer to look at the artwork, to see if it could be saved.
Two weeks ago, a Perspex cover was put up to protect the artwork, after it was daubed with silver writing.
The piece, depicting men "snooping" on a phone box, appeared in April, three miles from government listening post GCHQ.
Mr Kaveh said: "There are four very large holes on the four corners, which I've measured, and one is 10cm.
"It looks as if it was being prepared to be taken away, despite the fact I'm in the process of purchasing it to make sure it stays.
"There's been damage to the plaster and the painting.
"It's been reported to the police and the council. It's on a listed building, it's criminal damage."
In a statement, Gloucestershire Police said it was called at about 13:00 BST on Monday "to investigate a reported offence at the Banksy site in Fairview Road Cheltenham".
It continued: "Unknown offenders removed a piece of wood surrounding the Banksy artwork on the side of the building and a number of holes were drilled around the image.
"The artwork was not damaged and there is no sign of forced entry to the property. "
Campaigners have been trying to keep the artwork in situ on the corner of Fairview Road and Hewlett Road, after the owners of the house claimed it had been sold and workmen arrived to remove it.
Last month, Cheltenham Borough Council issued a temporary stop notice preventing further removal work from taking place on the Grade II* listed building.
Mike Redman, the council's director of environmental and regulatory services, said: ''As the property is listed, the removal of the wall, or a section of the wall, requires listed building consent (LBC)."
Sales growth in their home market slowed to a virtual trickle last year, at least when compared with the ballooning market a couple of years back, and it is set to remain relatively weak throughout 2012.
So Chinese carmakers, which have long fought tough rivals from well-established non-Chinese manufacturers, are looking to diversify abroad.
Many of the new Chinese cars displayed at Auto China 2012 are expected to be exported to Europe.
Some Chinese carmakers have entered Europe, already, of course, mainly through acquisitions.
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) owns MG in the UK. Geely owns Volvo and has a stake in Manganese Bronze, the maker of London's black cabs.
Others are even gearing up for direct investments in the mass-production of their own marques within the European Union.
Great Wall Motors was the first to arrive with The Steed, a small pickup truck that will be produced in its recently opened factory in Bulgaria.
Others are sure to follow as cash-rich Chinese companies target parts of the world where local investment has dried up because of the financial crisis.
"Just as the Japanese and Koreans did decades ago, Chinese carmakers are hoping to gain strong positions in the longer term in the Western European and US markets," observes the German magazine Der Spiegel.
Great Wall's Bulgarian factory, in the village of Bahovitsa, near the town of Lovech, is not the first car plant in the area.
Bulgarians used to assemble the infamous Soviet Moskvich here during communist times, and this was where Rover's plans to produce its old Maestro model flopped some 17 years ago.
Great Wall's joint venture with Bulgaria's Litex Motors comes across as much more ambitious than either of those, however.
Though initially no more than 120 people will work here, European Whole Vehicle Type Approval has already been granted for several models, and the plan is to expand the workforce to 2,000 people and produce 50,000 cars a year for the European market.
"Bulgaria is an excellent starting point for our entry into the European markets," Great Wall's president Wang Fengying said after opening the plant in February.
"In the next three to five years, we will have a great variety of car brands, which will be sold in all European countries," she said, according to an exuberant Bulgarian media.
"Bulgaria will flood the rest of Europe with cars made in Lovech," exclaimed the daily newspaper Standart, "just as the Japanese and Koreans."
Others were more guarded, pointing out that Chinese cars have yet to establish a reputation of quality and reliability in Europe.
Bulgaria might one day be remembered as "the place where the Chinese car expansion into Europe started", observed weekly magazine Kapital.
"The only question is, what cars will the plant produce, and who is going to buy them?"
Bulgarian-produced Chinese cars will go head-to-head with the Dacia brand, which is built at Pitesti in neighbouring Romania.
The Pitesti plant, owned by the French carmaker Renault, produces affordable cars that also rely on an "inexpensive but reliable" marketing strategy.
But Dacia and Renault are far from worried.
According to the Romanian website Ziare, Great Wall's cars will be more expensive than Dacia's, as well as inferior because of the company's lack of experience.
Great Wall's president acknowledges that the carmaker has much to learn.
"We realise that we have a long way to go to achieve some of the standards that German cars have," she told Bulgarian daily Dnevnik.
"But from a market point of view, we know that there are also people in Germany who would like to buy a quality car at a reasonable price.
"This is our chance to establish a presence in Germany."
Henry Li, general manager of BYD Auto's export division, agrees.
"In the short term, competition will be more fierce, especially when international brands are launching low-cost vehicles," he says.
"We try to create our own competitive edge. We are not only staying in a low segment, but are creating new technologies and improving quality."
Chinese ambitions in Europe are not limited to the motor industry, however.
"China is buying up Europe," the European Council on Foreign Relations notes in a current policy brief.
"Its automobile manufacturers have bought MG and Volvo. Its transportation firms are acquiring, leasing or managing harbours, airports, and logistical and assembly bases across the continent. Its development bank is financing projects in Europe's periphery, much like it does in Africa."
China has been actively seeking business opportunities in the Balkan region, "especially in Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria", according to Prague-based website Transitions Online.
In October last year, for instance, Guangdong Nuclear Power Group said it might take part in efforts to build two new reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania.
In Serbia, a consortium of Chinese companies is investing some 2bn euros in the country's EPS power utility. Another Chinese company is building a 1,500m bridge over the Danube near Belgrade.
Similar stories are emerging across Europe, which last year attracted more investment from China than the rest of Asia or North America did.
"In 2011, for the first time since Chinese companies started heading abroad, Europe became their favoured destination," according to the French newspaper Les Echos.
As yet, China's non-financial investment in the 27 European Union member states totals just $15bn, or less than 0.2% of all foreign investment in Europe, according to the consultancy Rhodium Group.
But that proportion is set to soar as China's investment overseas trebles by 2020, Rhodium predicts.
The Beijing motor show is open to the public from 27 April until 2 May.
Four engines and a command support unit were sent out to the Technotots Nursery at the Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate at 06:30.
Crews wearing breathing apparatus used hose reels to control the fire. The blaze was contained within an hour, but crews remained on the scene to ventilate the building and damp down.
Police were called to assist, and advised motorists to avoid the area.
Voting will be held in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said.
Polling will be held from 4 February to 8 March. Votes will be counted on 11 March.
Analysts say that the effect of the rupee ban is expected to play a crucial role in all five state elections.
The government said the ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes was to curb corruption and the illegal hoarding of wealth as well as promote a shift to digital modes of payment. However, critics said the ban mostly impacted the poor and agrarian communities who largely depend on cash for their daily transactions.
Mr Zaidi said a total of 160 million voters would be eligible to cast their votes in the five states.
Voting will be held in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh in seven phases on 11, 15, 19, 23, 27 February as well as 4 and 8 March.
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A victory in this state will be crucial to India's ruling BJP, but they will be up against two strong regional parties, the Samajwadi Party (SP) which currently rules the state and the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), which is led by Dalit icon and former chief minister Mayawati.
The north-eastern state of Manipur will go to polls in two phases on 4 and 8 March.
The western state of Goa and the northern state of Punjab will vote in a single phase on 4 February while the northern state of Uttarakhand will go to polls on 15 February, along with parts of Uttar Pradesh, which it borders.
Goa is currently ruled by the BJP while India's main opposition party Congress governs Manipur and Uttarakhand. Punjab is ruled by an alliance between the BJP and the regional Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party.
Mr Zaidi said that steps were being taken to encourage the participation of women in all five state elections.
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust said it had a backlog of 22,000 letters, from 2011 to 2017 about patient appointments and care.
Some patients may not have received the follow-up care they should have, the chief executive said.
Patients adversely affected will be contacted by the trust.
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A review is also under way.
Worcestershire Royal Hospital; Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre; and Alexandra Hospital, in Redditch, are all run by the trust.
The trust, which has been rated inadequate since December 2015, was criticised earlier this week by the Care Quality Commission.
Its latest report found patients were being cared for in emergency department corridors as standard practice and no "tangible improvements" had been made since an earlier inspection in November.
An initial review into the letters error found 11,000 letters require no further medical actions.
The focus is now on the remaining letters, a statement said, which should be completed by September.
Chief executive Michelle McKay apologised that some letters within the trust's management system had not been processed properly.
"We regret that this means some patients may not have received the follow-up care they should have," she said.
"We are working closely with our primary care colleagues and partner health organisations to urgently review the individual cases of these patients and to ensure, where appropriate, patients receive the necessary follow-up care quickly."
She said an inquiry was under way to understand how this had happened.
"This is a serious issue which we are working hard to quickly address.
"However, it is important we reassure our local communities that more than half a million patients are seen in our outpatient departments each year and the vast majority of these patients will have had the appropriate letters sent to ensure they receive the right follow-up care."
The 75-year-old has been on hunger strike in recent years at Ashworth psychiatric hospital in Maghull, being force-fed daily to keep him alive.
He has requested a transfer to a Scottish prison, where there is no precedent for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike.
Brady's fate will be determined by a mental health tribunal. A previous tribunal hearing in July 2012 was postponed after Brady fell ill days beforehand.
Few killers achieved the notoriety, or attracted as much public loathing, as the so-called "Moors Murderer".
He was jailed in 1966 for three counts of murder, and has been detained at the top-security psychiatric hospital since 1985.
But the real number of victims was higher: over a period of 18 months, Brady and his accomplice, Myra Hindley, kidnapped and murdered five children and teenagers in north-west England.
They buried at least three of their victims on Saddleworth Moor, near the Lancashire town of Oldham.
Details of the crimes shocked Britain, not least because Brady's accomplice was a woman but also because of the complete lack of remorse either showed during the subsequent trial.
Brady was born Ian Stewart on 2 January 1938, the illegitimate son of a Scottish waitress.
His violent personality was shaped by an unstable background. His mother neglected him and he was raised by foster parents in the Gorbals, Glasgow's toughest slum.
After a spree of petty crime as a teenager the courts sent him to Manchester to live with his mother and her new husband, Patrick Brady.
Ian assumed his stepfather's name, continued his criminal activities and developed into a fully-fledged teenage alcoholic.
By now he had acquired new interests, building up a library of books on Nazi Germany, sadism and sexual perversion.
He first met Myra Hindley when she worked as a secretary at the same company in Manchester in which he was working as a stores clerk.
For Hindley it was love at first sight. Brady impressed her by reading Mein Kampf in the original German.
As their relationship developed, they began taking obscene photographs of each other before turning their attention to kidnapping, child molestation and murder.
Between July 1963 and December 1964, 16-year-old Pauline Reade, 12-year-old John Kilbride and Keith Bennett, also 12, were reported missing, all in the Manchester area.
Another victim, 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey, disappeared on 26 December 1964.
Authorities were baffled by what they referred to as the "unrelated" cases, and were left without a single piece of solid evidence.
In the meantime, Brady and Hindley were intent on a campaign to corrupt Myra's brother-in-law, David Smith, and recruit him into their circle.
A petty criminal with convictions of his own, Smith was amused when the conversation turned to murder and he questioned Brady's ability to follow it through.
On 6 October 1965, Brady offered a practical demonstration with Edward Evans, a homosexual teenager, striking him fourteen times with a hatchet before finishing the job by strangling him.
Horrified, Smith phoned the police next morning, directing them to Brady's address.
The officers found Brady and Hindley at home. In a room upstairs they discovered Mr Evans' corpse. The bloody murder weapon was also recovered, along with Brady's collection of books on perversion and sadism.
A 12-year-old girl and neighbour recalled several trips she had made with the couple to Saddleworth Moor, and the police launched a search which uncovered the body of Lesley Ann Downey on 16 October.
Four days later, another search of Brady's flat turned up two left luggage tickets for Manchester Central Station, leading police to a pair of suitcases.
Inside the cases, they found nude photographs of Lesley Ann Downey, along with tape recordings of her final tortured moments, pleading for her life as she was brutally abused.
A series of seemingly innocent snapshots depicted portions of Saddleworth Moor, and detectives paid another visit to the desolate region on 21 October, unearthing the body of John Kilbride.
Police announced that they were opening their files on eight missing persons, who had disappeared over the previous four years, but no new charges had been added by the time the couple went to trial.
Jurors were horrified by the Downey tape, and by Brady's bland description of the recording as "unusual".
On 6 May 1966, both defendants were convicted of killing Edward Evans and Lesley Ann Downey. Brady was also convicted of murdering John Kilbride, while Myra Hindley was convicted as an accessory after the fact.
Brady was sentenced to concurrent life terms on each count, while Hindley received two life terms plus seven years in the Kilbride case.
Nineteen years later, in November 1985, Brady was transferred from prison to a maximum-security hospital after being diagnosed a psychopath.
There, he confessed to the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett, whose remains had still not been found, in an interview with tabloid reporters.
Searchers returned to the moors a year later, with Myra Hindley joining them for an abortive outing in December 1986 and Brady joining them in 1987.
They uncovered the remains of Pauline Reade on 30 June 1987, nearly a quarter-century after her disappearance.
It took pathologists a month to decide that the girl had been sexually assaulted, her throat slashed from behind.
The whereabouts of the remains of Keith Bennett are still unknown.
The Director of Public Prosecutions announced in 1988 that, in the public interest, there would be no prosecution of the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett.
In August 1987, Brady posted a letter to the BBC, containing sketchy information on five "new" murders he said he had committed, but police decided there was insufficient evidence to pursue an official investigation.
Brady had accepted from the start that he would never be released, unlike Myra Hindley who, in trying to secure parole, claimed that Brady had forced her into the murders by abusing and torturing her into submission.
But Brady reacted to her allegation by claiming that "for 20 years I continued to ratify the cover I had given her at the trial whilst, in contrast, she systematically began to fabricate upon it to my detriment".
Myra Hindley died in 2002, still a prisoner.
Brady has said he would rather die quickly than rot slowly in jail.
But his attempts to force the authorities to allow him to starve himself to death have failed. In March 2000 a judge described his hunger strike as part of his "obsessive need to exercise control".
The mental health tribunal's decision on his request to be moved to prison will dictate whether or not Brady can take control of how he dies.
Capt John Cox, a Fellow at the London-based Royal Aeronautical Society, told me the known facts about what happened on the missing EgyptAir flight MS804 were confusing.
If the timings we have are right (they are still not officially confirmed), there were three minutes of smoke and heat warnings, followed by four minutes of powered flight without warnings, followed by a two minute fall.
"For a fire, that's a very short period of time. For an explosive event, like a bomb, that's a very long period of time," he says.
"It's got me and many other experts scratching their heads. There is an answer, but it's not clear yet."
Capt Cox has some sobering statistics. Every year, there are about 900-1,200 smoke-related incidents on aircraft in the US. If you double that number, you'll get a rough, global figure. The vast majority end perfectly safely, but fires have brought down planes.
"It's shockingly regular, and along with drones, it's the only part of aviation that's getting more dangerous," Capt Cox says.
He puts the rise down to two things: an increase in the number of flights, and a huge rise in people taking lithium batteries on board.
One estimate says that an airliner carrying 100 people could have 500 lithium batteries in the cabin, in cameras, laptops, tablet computers, phones, e-readers, etc.
He says crushed batteries are increasingly problematic. "Maybe someone falls asleep. Their tablet computer or phone slips down the side of the chair. They move the seat and accidentally crush the battery."
Potentially, that could start a fire.
To be clear, if you buy lithium batteries from a respectable company, they are thoroughly tested and safe, with a one in 10m failure rate. But Capt Cox says there could be 3.5bn batteries taken on aircraft throughout a year.
It only takes one to go wrong, and they pack a hell of a punch, as I reported in 2014.
And then there are the "grey market" batteries and chargers some people buy on the cheap. They may well not have been safety tested at all.
Modern aircraft have smoke detectors, but the only automatic extinguishers are in the cargo bay. Otherwise, it's down to crew members using a hand-held fire extinguisher. There's one in the bin of each toilet, for example.
A recent paper co-written by Capt Cox says experience shows that many fires start in "inaccessible locations" - places that crew may not be able to reach.
He also made the point that the US regulator, the FAA, recently said you can never eradicate all sources of ignition on an aircraft.
Capt Cox used to fly the A320 and says it's a wonderful aircraft. He's never heard of a major fire in the front right part of the plane. And it has been flying in various forms since the late 1980s.
Many airlines also now train their staff in how to cope with a lithium battery fire.
I want to stress this again, we do not know what caused the Egyptair airliner to come down. It could be an accident. It could be more sinister. But fires on aircraft are an issue and Capt Cox is calling on the industry to do more to tackle it.
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Some have written to Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths asking for clarity on the Welsh government's shared equity loans.
They claim homeowners may have to repay bigger than expected debts because of confusion about the rules.
The Welsh government said it gives Help to Buy customers clear guidance.
Launched in Wales in January 2014, the scheme has helped 1,200 people buy their homes.
The buyer has to find a deposit of at least 5%, with the Welsh government lending 20% and a mortgage covering the rest.
Major improvements such as building a conservatory are banned, but one buyer told the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales he had to install flooring in a newly-built house to cover a bare concrete floor.
Martin Fidler Jones from Hawthorn near Pontypridd borrowed £37,000 through the Help to Buy scheme in October 2014 to help pay for his £185,000 home.
After installing the flooring, he claimed he faced a "tax" on making the house habitable, as he would have to pay back 20% of its increased value when he eventually sells it.
"I think there'll be a great number of families along the line who'll get a significant bill from this without necessarily signing up to that in the first place," he said.
A Welsh government spokesperson said there was nothing to prevent Help to Buy owners from undertaking "small DIY jobs to make their homes more comfortable".
But the spokesperson added that "significant home improvements" were not permitted, "to protect customers from making investments which would increase the value of their property and, as a result, also increase their debt to the Welsh government".
Sunday Politics Wales is on BBC One Wales at 11:00 GMT on Sunday 15 March.
Lesley Griffiths met her UK counterpart in Cardiff.
She said negotiations take time but she needed to know the UK government would "fight" for Wales in trade deals.
UK Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom said she would "seek the best" for Welsh farmers.
Ms Griffiths said Welsh lamb exports to the EU were worth £122m a year - 93% of its business overseas.
But she has concerns the industry here could lose out in talks and be "flooded with much cheaper imports from New Zealand" in a future free trade deal.
"It's up to the UK government to fight in those negotiations for all four countries," she told BBC Wales.
Ms Griffiths said Wales was also involved in showing it was open for business.
"I'm visiting other countries to get trade agreements and the first minister is over in America next month and we want them to start taking our lamb again, but that has been seven years in progressing that," she said.
"We need to know there is some short term acceptance [by the UK government] of industry concerns."
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Food and farming in Wales has been closely tied into the EU in terms of customers, subsidies and regulations, the details of which need to be unpicked as part of Brexit discussions.
It is an important sector for the Welsh economy and valued at £6.1bn, while employing 45,000 people.
The Welsh Government's Food Action Plan, launched in 2014, has the target of growing the sector by 30% by 2020, with exports being seen as a significant way to achieve that.
Until now, 40% of all the Welsh lamb produced has been exported to customers within the EU.
Brexit raises questions about whether that will change once Wales is no longer in the EU nor the single market.
Dai Davies, chairman of Meat Promotion Wales - Hybu Cig Cymru - echoed those concerns and is meeting with officials from Beef and Lamb New Zealand Ltd in Aberystwyth.
"We've already heard it could take a decade to leave the single market but it could take a further 10 years to open new markets," he told BBC Radio Cymru.
During the meeting in Cardiff, Mrs Leadsom said she was "very aware" of the concerns of farmers and the UK government would seek the best possible deal, working closely with the Welsh Government.
Earlier, Ms Griffiths visited the St Merryn abattoir and meat processing site in Merthyr Tydfil.
It was seen as a feather in the cap for the then Welsh Development Agency when it opened in 1990, providing much-needed jobs in a period of relatively high male unemployment.
It takes in live animals from farmers across a wide area and supplies large UK supermarkets with beef and lamb.
It is owned by the Birmingham-based 2 Sisters group, owned by Boparan Holdings, and employs 23,000 across the UK with, until recently, 1,000 in Merthyr.
The plant has the capacity to process 2,400 cattle and 24,000 lambs each week.
In November, the company said there would need to be 350 job losses as it was moving some of its packaging work to its plant in Cornwall, which the BBC understands was about capacity issues.
The packaging area at Merthyr Tydfil was working at under capacity so it had become more efficient to transfer the work and run the Cornwall site at nearer to full capacity .
Supplying supermarkets, which are in turn up against rival retailers, is a very competitive business. However, the group's financial results for 2016 show a 58.2% increase in operating profits.
The packaging work at Merthyr Tydfil tends to be less skilled and paid around the minimum wage where as the slaughtering and boning processes are more highly skilled and attract higher wages.
More than half of the 700 workers now at the site are not born in the UK, with many from EU countries like Poland, Portugal and Lithuania.
Ms Griffiths said: "I've been listening to concerns of the management team.
"Trade agreements take many years but they have concerns not just about exports but the labour force - with 56% coming from the EU. So you can imagine they feel it's a perfect storm post-Brexit.
"But it is up to the UK government to have these negotiations and get the best deal for us."
PC Nathan Lawn purposely pulled the solicitor over in her car for failing to wear a seatbelt, a Norfolk Police misconduct hearing was told.
PC Lawn was "rude and confrontational" and tried to ensure she got a fine and not sent on a driver awareness course.
The hearing was also told he used his position as an officer to try to discredit his ex-wife.
He was dismissed without notice following the hearing.
On 6 October last year, PC Lawn stopped the solicitor in Blofield, Norfolk, to issue her with a traffic offence report (TOR) over the seatbelt infringement.
"At the time PC Lawn knew that she was a solicitor who had represented his ex-wife during his divorce proceedings," the hearing was told.
"PC Lawn deliberately targeted the solicitor when making the stop because she had represented his ex-wife during divorce proceedings.
"During the stop PC Lawn was rude and confrontational towards the solicitor."
He then made a "concerted effort to seek to influence" the outcome of the ticket he issued to ensure the solicitor was fined.
The misconduct hearing, on 8 May, was also told the former PC used his status as an officer to pursue misconduct allegations against his ex-wife with her employer.
After being told the outcome of her firm's investigation, he contacted senior staff on a "number of occasions to overturn" its findings.
He also sought to have the decision reviewed by the Health and Care Professions Council.
"This amounted to an extended and committed campaign to discredit his ex-wife," the hearing was told.
In dismissing PC Lawn, the force hearing found the officer's conduct breached the expected standards of professional behaviour.
Thirteen local authority areas are set to benefit from the latest planned rollout of services.
Some places will be able to access high speed technology for the first time.
Others will see an expansion of existing fibre broadband provision.
Digital Scotland is a publicly-funded initiative made up of two projects, one covering the Highlands and Islands and the other the rest of Scotland.
The first locations in the Highlands and Islands, in Inverness-shire and Moray, were announced in October 2013.
The latest announcement includes the first locations to have their networks upgraded, as well as places such as Bridge of Allan, Castle Douglas, Findhorn, Fochabers, Kintore, Melrose, Scone and Taynuilt, which will receive superfast broadband for the first time.
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "The scale of the challenge of delivering fibre broadband into rural Scotland is greater than any other part of the UK and indeed, much of Europe.
"It's fantastic news that many rural communities and businesses, from the Highlands to the Borders, will soon begin to see the benefits of high quality digital connectivity, making them more economically viable in the long term."
The Scottish government is involved in the Digital Scotland partnership along with local government organisation Cosla, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and other public bodies and businesses.
Cosla spokesman Stephen Hagan said the announcement was "the start of the narrowing of the digital divide between rural and urban areas across Scotland".
He added: "Local communities across Scotland, especially in rural areas, have been loud and clear that better speed broadband services were a top priority for them and for that reason all 32 Scottish Councils agreed last year to pool over £90m to deliver this project alongside European Union funding of more than £20m."
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael said: "It is good to see progress being made by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the Scottish Government to deliver on the UK Government's commitment to achieve a transformation in broadband across the country by 2015."
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport's Broadband Delivery UK project aims to provide superfast broadband access to "to at least 90% of premises in the UK".
The issue has historically troubled the Church, with many opposing the appointment of females.
The commission of seven men and six women will study the issue, and look into the historical role of women in the early years of the Church.
Deacons are a clergy rank one below priest.
They are ordained ministers who can preach or preside over weddings and funerals, but cannot celebrate Mass.
Supporters say women are poorly represented within the church and that appointing female deacons would give women greater sway in decision-making.
The Pope first remarked in May that he was willing to set up a commission to study the issue.
He had told senior members of women's religious orders he was open to the issue of considering female deacons: "It would be useful for the Church to clarify this question. I agree.'"
The Vatican also clarified that the Pope was not considering the possibility of ordaining women priests.
Currently all Catholic priests and deacons are male. Priests must be celibate, but deacons can be married men.
It was two years ago, addressing a meeting of international Catholic theologians, including both men and women, that Pope Francis first raised the possibility of opening up more posts to women inside his Church.
He said "women are the strawberry on the cake and there is need for more of them".
The remark, with its perhaps unintended overtones of male chauvinism, was taken as demeaning by some Catholic women. But now the Pope has appointed 13 leading theologians from various parts of the world to look into the historical role of women in the early years of the Church.
Pope Francis's immediate predecessors declared that women could never be ordained as priests, but now a new chink appears to have opened in the protective armour of the Roman Catholic Church's all-male and all-celibate clergy.
The 24-year-old was injured during the County Championship match with Durham at the Oval earlier this month.
Scans show Ansari has suffered "moderate soft tissue damage" to his left thumb, but has not sustained any ligament damage.
He missed the defeat at Yorkshire this week and Surrey say the left-armer will be out for "the immediate future".
Ansari was forced off the field on day three against Durham after being hit while bowling.
He required surgery on the same thumb at the end of last season, having dislocated it in Surrey's Championship match against Lancashire in September - on the same day he received his first Test call-up by England.
Vice News journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury were detained by police as they filmed in the south-east region of Diyarbakir on Thursday.
Their lawyer told the BBC police interrogated them about alleged links to Islamic State and Kurdish militants.
They deny the charges, which Vice News calls "baseless and alarmingly false".
The trio had been in the region filming clashes between police and Kurdish militants, Vice News said.
Violent exchanges between security forces and youths from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have erupted in recent days. Turkey has limited journalists' access to the region.
By Selin Girit, BBC News, Istanbul
The two British journalists and their translator were detained on Thursday at their hotel, their lawyer told the BBC.
He said they were initially accused of filming a military base nearby without permission. Then the material on their computers and cameras was investigated.
The lawyer said the journalists were subject to questions of whether they were working on behalf of the IS or the Kurdish militant group PKK. They denied the accusations, saying they were only doing their job.
The Vice News journalists were working in the predominantly Kurdish south-eastern town of Diyarbakır when they were detained, which has seen intense clashes between militants and security forces recently - it's increasingly difficult for journalists to report from the area.
Turkey was dubbed as "the biggest prison for journalists" in 2012 and 2013 by journalism organisations. In general though, detained foreign journalists would either be released or deported.
The journalists' lawyer told the BBC they had a right to object to the court ruling within a week, but that they do not expect an overturn of the decision.
The journalists' lawyer said the trio were detained at their hotel and initially accused of filming a military base without permission.
Their camera and computers were seized and investigated, he said.
They were then asked questions about whether they had been collaborating with the PKK or the so-called Islamic State group, before being formally arrested by a local court. They have denied all charges.
Kevin Sutcliffe, Vice News's head of news programming in Europe, said the Turkish government had levelled "baseless and alarmingly false charges" in an attempt to intimidate and censor its coverage.
"Vice News condemns in the strongest possible terms the Turkish government's attempts to silence our reporters who have been providing vital coverage from the region," he said.
No further court dates have yet been set.
Police said the suspect was detained in relation to atrocities committed in the west African country between 1989 and 1993.
The 51-year-old suspect was arrested in east London at 07:00 BST on Thursday. A second property in central London was also searched.
The Metropolitan Police is liaising with the Foreign Office.
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Bhayla is a nondescript village of around 450 low slung brick-and-cement homes straddling a highway dotted by pharmaceutical, engineering and bio-tech factories.
Most of the homes in this dense village are owned by land-owning upper castes, but around 70 belong to Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) like Mr Kabira, who form the lowest rung of India's harsh caste hierarchy.
Mr Kabira's crime? He dared to park his newly-bought auto-rickshaw for passengers near the village at the bus stop, which also doubled up as its three-wheeler stand.
His parents worked all their lives as scavengers, collecting manure, but their son had decided to shun the indignity of a lowly caste-based occupation. Instead, he took out a loan and started plying a three-wheeler.
"Most of the auto-rickshaws here are owned by upper-caste men. They couldn't tolerate a Dalit plying his trade at the bus stand. So they beat me up and threatened me," he says.
Mr Kabira did not take any chances. He left the village with his family to live with a relative some 15km (nine miles) away and drove his three-wheeler. When he returned to Bhayla in 2014, he sold off his auto-rickshaw, paid back his loan and signed up as a 217 rupees-a-day ($3; £2.40) contract worker in the "housekeeping" - a euphemism for a cleaning job - at a pharmaceutical factory.
A few houses away, Dayabhai Kanabhai Kabira, 42, faced the ire of upper-caste neighbours in a different way. A canny farmer, he had inherited two acres of farm land from his father, and sold it to buy a four-acre plot some 40km away to augment his income.
As his joint family grew, he built a second storey on his tiny plot to accommodate a growing joint family of a dozen people into four-and-a-half crowded rooms. His next door neighbour, an upper-caste farmer who lives in a shiny three-storey house, promptly built a 20ft (6m) high "caste" wall between the two homes.
"They built the wall so they didn't have to see my face any longer," says Mr Kabira.
Dalit lives have improved in Gujarat - and all over India - and many upper-caste people are finding it difficult to digest this. "Conflict increases where social conditions [for Dalits] may be getting slightly better," says Pratap Bhanu Mehta of the Centre for Policy Research, a leading think-tank.
In the past, conflicts between Dalits and upper castes were restricted to fights over land, wages, water, housing and the practice of untouchability.
But earlier this month, things took a new, devious turn in Gujarat, one of India's most prosperous states, ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP for more than a decade.
A video surfaced showing four Dalit men being assaulted by zealous "cow protection" vigilantes. Their crime was that they were doing their caste job of skinning a dead animal. (Many Hindus consider cows sacred and the slaughter of the animal is banned in many Indian states. There have been attacks across India where Muslims have been accused of eating or smuggling beef.)
A night patrol with India's cow protection vigilantes
Angry Dalits came out in protest and the parliament in Delhi was in uproar. Some 30 Dalits, including women, have tried to take their own lives - and one has died - since the incident.
On Sunday, tens of thousands of community members pledged to boycott some of their traditional tasks, including the disposal of dead animals and manual cleaning of sewers.
However, atrocities against Dalits are nothing new in Gujarat, the birthplace of former India leader Mahatma Gandhi, who waged a campaign against untouchability all his life.
But, as social scientist Ghanshyam Shah says, even Gandhi was helpless when schools in Gujarat set up by organisations owing allegiance to his ideals refused to admit Dalit students. The state saw some of the earliest upper-caste agitations against affirmative action for the Dalits in the 1980s.
Gujarat has only 2.3% of India's 200 million Dalits - 14th most populous state for the community - yet it ranks high in terms of atrocities against them, with more than 1,000 cases of "crimes" against Dalits recorded in 2015.
Between 1990 and 2015, 536 Dalits were murdered in Gujarat and 750 Dalit women raped. The conviction rate is abysmal: suspects in 95 of 100 cases are freed, according to one study. Eleven districts remain officially declared as "atrocity prone" for Dalits since 1981.
"Dalits are protesting. They are asking questions, filing right to information applications, petitioning authorities and quizzing village council heads," says Dalit rights activist Martin Macwan. "Upper castes are getting jittery and the violence continues."
His organisation Navsarjan Trust carried out a four-year-long study - published in 2010 - recording 98 untouchability practices in nearly 1,600 villages in Gujarat.
Most of the findings were startling, for example:
But the recent violence against the Dalits, according to Mr Shah, is rooted in a shrill campaign by radical Hindu groups "telling people what to eat, drink, dress and monitor their behaviour".
Critics say the self-styled "cow protection" vigilantes are running extortion rackets and running amok even as Prime Minister Modi maintains a curious silence.
The agitation in Gujarat may not hurt the BJP in polls much - a third of Dalit voters have voted for the Congress party in the recent past. But, as psephologist Sanjay Kumar says, it might hurt the party's electoral prospects in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, two states with large Dalit populations and which go to the polls early next year.
"It is a canary in the mine," warns Mr Mehta. "There is deep social conflict bubbling from below."
This cannot be good news for Mr Modi.
Bottom side Villa kept them at bay until the 48th minute, when Yaya Toure turned home David Silva's pass.
A Micah Richards mistake let Sergio Aguero make it 2-0 soon after, before Aguero exchanged passes with Silva to fire home a third.
Raheem Sterling tapped in City's fourth before Aguero missed a late penalty.
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City's win sees them close the gap on both north London teams after Tottenham drew with Arsenal earlier - they are now two points behind the third-placed Gunners with a game in hand.
But they remain 10 points behind leaders Leicester, who beat Watford in Saturday's late kick-off.
City's poor form had put their top-four place in doubt, let alone their title challenge, but this was a convincing response to their critics.
There have been many question marks over City's defence recently but they were hardly tested here - Villa only managed two shots in total and only one on target, which saw Joe Hart deny Jordan Ayew with the score at 0-0.
City's attack is far more reliable and, although they had to be patient against Villa's massed backline, their flurry of second-half goals means they are now the top scorers in the Premier League with 52 goals from 29 games.
Pellegrini said before kick-off that his side needed nine wins from their last 11 games to have any chance of becoming champions - he now has one of them.
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Villa boss Remi Garde insisted after the final whistle that his side can still stay up but, with nine games to go, their prospects are becoming even bleaker.
The gap between Villa and safety was eight points before kick-off, but was increased to nine by Sunderland's draw at Southampton.
"Until the end, I will believe we can do it but we have to be realistic," Garde told BBC Sport.
"If we play like we did in the first half here, we have a chance. If we play like we did in the second half, we have no chance."
City, who are yet to rearrange their game in hand - which is at Newcastle - take on another struggling side, Norwich, at Carrow Road next weekend.
Villa will face another team vying for the title when they host Tottenham.
Two of the three Panamanians on board the disabled vessel died of thirst after the failed distress call.
Princess Cruises said that although passengers had spotted the castaways and alerted staff, the captain had not received the message.
The one survivor - Adrian Vasquez, 18 - was later rescued after 28 days at sea.
Mr Vasquez and his friends set out in their three-metre-long open fishing boat the Fifty Cents from the port of Rio Hato in February, and were on their way back after their catch when the engine failed.
After 16 days adrift, he says, they saw a cruise ship sailing past, and had made attempts to flag it down with a red sweater. "We felt happy, because we thought they were coming to rescue us," he said.
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Three birdwatchers on board the cruise ship - the Star Princess - said they had spotted the fishermen waving for help and told ship staff, but had been unable to persuade them to change course.
The crew member they told said he would tell the bridge, but the ship sailed on.
In a statement,
Princess Cruises said a preliminary investigation had found that there appeared to have been a "breakdown in communication" in relaying the passengers' concern.
It said the captain - Edward Perrin - and the officer of the watch were not notified.
"Understandably, Capt Perrin is devastated that he is being accused of knowingly turning his back on people in distress. Had the captain received this information, he would have had the opportunity to respond."
Princess Cruises added that it understood its responsibility under the law of the sea to help any vessel in distress, and said its ships had been involved in more than 30 rescues over the past decade.
It said the investigation was continuing.
Mr Vasquez was eventually rescued 1,000km (620 miles) off the mainland, near the Galapagos Islands. His friends had already died of thirst.
He said he survived thanks to a sudden rainstorm that replenished his drinking water supplies.
He told the Associated Press he still felt anger at the ship he saw sail past two weeks before his rescue.
"I said 'God will not forgive them'. Today, I still feel rage when I remember."
Birdwatcher Jeff Gilligan, the first to see the boat, described the episode as "very disturbing" and said he could not understand what had happened.
Jessica Hedley, 25, tried to save David Christie with first aid following the crash on the A92 near Freuchie.
She had denied causing his death by careless driving, but pled guilty on the second day of her trial last month.
Hedley had been overtaking a truck at about 04:30 on 21 February 2015.
She hit Mr Christie who was travelling home to Ladybank after going to an all-night garage in Freuchie.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard the 49-year-old was riding a bike equipped with a light and was wearing a high-visibility yellow tabard when the crash happened.
Martin Green, 31, a close family friend of Mr Christie, was the last person to see him before he went out on his bike to make the two mile trip to the garage.
Mr Green said: "I had been with him all day and night. We had been drinking on and off.
"He got changed and went to cycle to Freuchie to get cigarettes.
"I expected him to be back in about 40 minutes but I got concerned when he didn't come back and phoned the police."
Defence solicitor Ross Donnelly said Hedley has been extremely remorseful from the outset.
"This incident has had a considerable impact on her and she has required treatment for panic attacks, anxiety and depression," he said.
Hedley will now face an inquiry by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The 30-year-old helped the Tynecastle club win promotion to the top flight last season following his second spell at Dundee United.
Capped twice by Senegal in 2009, Gomis has featured in 21 games for Hearts this season.
His departure was announced soon after Hearts signed former Cardiff and Wigan midfielder Don Cowie.
"Morgaro is at the stage where he wants to play regular first-team football every Saturday and with the depth of our squad it was something I couldn't guarantee," Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson told the club website.
Gomis won the Scottish Cup with Dundee United in 2010, moving on to Birmingham for two seasons before making a return to Tannadice in 2013.
Motherwell could also re-sign James McFadden, who had signed a deal until the end of January as he awaited news from the United States following a trial with Philadelphia Union.
Manager Mark McGhee said: "He was supposed to be going to America but that's fallen through so if he's going to stay around here, and if there's nobody else that steals him away from us, then he will be welcome to stay around here a bit longer."
Meanwhile, defender Craig Reid, 29, has been released from his Fir Park contract.
The Windermere Steamboat Museum collection includes vessels dating back to the 13th Century and what is reputed to be the world's oldest mechanically-powered boat, the SL Dolly.
The Heritage Lottery Fund grant means the Lakeland Arts Trust now has the £13.4m needed to build a new museum.
Work is due to be completed in 2015.
New facilities will include a wet dock, where visitors will see boats displayed on the water, a conservation workshop and new jetties.
It is estimated the project will create about 90 jobs when the site, which is currently closed, reopens.
Gordon Watson, chief executive of the Lakeland Arts Trust, said: "Immediate steps are to complete design development so that construction can start next year.
"We are looking forward to reopening the museum and welcoming visitors to enjoy the wonderful collection of Windermere boats and take part in exciting new activities and events inspired by the collections and beautiful site."
Tiffany Hunt, of the Heritage Lottery Fund, added: "This wonderful collection of historic boats is now set to be housed in a new and sustainable museum, spectacularly located on Windermere.
"We felt strongly that this was a great opportunity to invest a significant amount of money in an area that relies heavily on tourism as well as reveal the social histories behind the local boatbuilding industry.
"Equally important will be opportunities for people to acquire traditional skills and get involved with caring for these steamboats, which are such a culturally distinctive part of Cumbria's landscape."
The museum's collection of more than 40 vessels, also includes:
• Two dugout boats dating from between 1200 and 1320 AD showing the earliest form of boat construction
• Five yachts charting sailing on the lake from the 18th Century to late 20th Century
• An 1870 Windermere ferry boat and copper ore barge
• Beatrix Potter's tarn boat that she used to sketch in on Moss Eccles Tarn
• Other material including archives, photographs, paintings and costumes
It is the latest unusual blessing for the Right Reverend Christopher Lowson, who has also blessed church toilets.
"Gritters and toilets are really important parts of our lives," he told BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
All 43 of Lincolnshire's gritters were blessed by various clergy at the county's eight depots earlier.
The Right Reverend Lowson said: "Toilets is probably the strangest thing [I've blessed] but it's actually making the point that God is not just interested in what you might think of as holy stuff, but the whole of life."
Talking about the first time he blessed toilets, he said: "As we finished, the toilet flushed and this rather embarrassed man came out of it with the congregation standing with the bishop in the middle of them.
"So the toilet was blessed in several ways really."
Gritters are not the only vehicle to have been blessed.
Last year, the Bishop of Chelmsford blessed the Queen's Bentley when it failed to start following a Sandringham church service.
The car then burst into life and the Queen said: "Don't let it stop."
An air ambulance was blessed by Exeter Cathedral's Dean, and the Bishop of Plymouth blessed a new lifeboat.
In 2011, the Bishop of Wakefield blessed keen churchgoer Mandy the Yorkshire Terrier.
The vicar of St Anne in the Grove, Southowram, noted that Mandy "seems to know that a different code of behaviour is needed in church".
"One of the reasons we've never had a real live donkey for Palm Sunday services is a worry about what it may deposit on the floor but with Mandy, we've never had a problem," the vicar said.
Foyjur Rahman, 44, was accused of being one of the men who attacked Abdul Samad in Islington on 21 May 1997.
Mr Samad, from Bow, arrived in Alwyne Road with a bag of curry where he was set upon by two men armed with a knife and a meat cleaver, the jury heard.
Rahman was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years at the Old Bailey.
The jury heard the victim, who was also known as Kamal, was killed during a dispute between two Bangladeshi groups.
He suffered 18 separate injuries including a four-inch (10cm) wide wound to his waist, and died the following day in hospital.
Rahman was living in east London and helped to run a different curry takeaway in east Putney at the time.
The jury heard Mr Samad had been put under pressure to act as an "intermediary" between the rival groups.
The suspects plotted to kill the father of two by luring him into a quiet street after he refused to act as a go-between, the Old Bailey heard.
Mr Ellison said DNA and fingerprints found on masks discarded near the scene with the murder weapons matched Rahman.
Another associate, Mohiuddin Bablu, who fled to Birmingham then Bangladesh was convicted of the murder in 2012, he said.
The day after the killing, the 44-year-old went to New York.
He was eventually extradited in January of this year and arrested at Heathrow Airport.
Det Sgt Nick Miller said it had "taken many years and liaison with law enforcement agencies across three countries" to convict the men.
In a victim statement, Mr Samad's family said "not a single day that passes when Kamal... is not in our thoughts".
"It was no surprise to hear that, whilst he had suffered such horrific injuries, he warned bystanders to stay away as the men who had attacked him were dangerous," they said.
The men, aged 17, 20, 22, 29, 39 and 46, were expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Police have now made a total of 76 arrests after violent scenes followed a pitch invasion at Hampden on Saturday 21 May.
The disorder marred the end of the Hibs v Rangers clash, which ended in a 3-2 victory for the Edinburgh side.
The exercise involved the military police, with 50 of them playing the part of unruly protesters.
A helicopter monitored the "march" next to Rio's Sambadrome in order to inform the actions of agents on the ground.
After fresh violent street unrest, the Brazilian government recently announced plans to deploy up to 170,000 security personnel during the World Cup.
President Dilma Rousseff said the armed forces could also be brought in if needed.
Since last June, protesters have staged a number of street marches, with some violent episodes, raising concerns about security at the tournament.
Brazil is also preparing to host the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
But the focus is now on the World Cup, which kicks off on 12 June.
Police admit they were caught by surprise by the large demonstrations which took place last year during the warm-up tournament Confederations Cup.
More than a million people took to the streets to protest against corruption and excessive spending on preparations for the World Cup and the Olympics
"We learned that each day is a continued process of learning for all of us. The Confederations Cup was a laboratory for the World Cup and even later for the Olympics," the commander of Rio's riot police, Colonel Andre Luiz Vidal, told Efe news agency.
Earlier this month, a cameraman died after being hit by fireworks apparently let off by protesters.
The 25-year-old was a private who did a nine-month tour of duty from November 2013 after serving in the Army Reserve for six years, the US military said.
Six months into his tour of Afghanistan a female soldier accused him of sexual harassment and Johnson was later sent home, a military lawyer who represented him said.
Johnson acted alone in the Dallas attack and had no known criminal history or ties to terrorist groups, authorities said.
He lived with his mother in the quiet Dallas suburb of Mesquite.
The BBC's Laura Bicker in Mesquite says the area is characterised by nice houses and well-kept gardens and neighbours say they are shocked that someone from there could kill police officers.
His sister wrote of her shock on Facebook, saying: "I keep saying it's not true … My eyes hurt from crying," in a post that she later deleted.
"The news will say what they think, but those that knew him know this wasn't like him. This is the biggest loss we've had," she wrote later.
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Johnson belonged to an informal gun club and took frequent target practice, the Los Angeles Times newspaper reported, quoting an unnamed law enforcement source.
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His military occupational specialty was carpentry and masonry, the army said, and he had been awarded medals including the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with campaign star, an Army Achievement Medal, an Army Service Ribbon and an Armed Forces Reserve Medal with "M" Device, among other standard awards for service.
But lawyer Bradford Glendening said Johnson was sent home after the sexual harassment accusation, with the army recommending an "other than honourable discharge".
Johnson was ordered to avoid all contact with the accuser.
Mr Glendening said Johnson was to have been removed from the army in September 2014 but for unknown reasons was instead given an honourable discharge in April 2015.
Johnson's Facebook profile photograph showed him giving a raised fist "black power" salute associated with the Black Panther Party movement, a radical political organisation that emerged during the 1960s in response to police brutality in California.
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Johnson had joined Facebook groups that referenced the Black Panther Party, the LA Times reported, including one called the Huey P. Newton Gun Club, named after one of the Black Panthers' founders.
The group was created in Dallas last year to oppose police brutality, teaches self-defence and conducts patrols in areas where black men have been killed by the police.
However, one of the group's members told the newspaper they did not know Johnson and had nothing to do with him.
Johnson's Facebook profile also had photographs of the Pan-African or Black Liberation flag made up of red black and green stripes, an image depicting a black power salute and a photograph of him with Professor Griff, a former member of the US rap group Public Enemy.
Johnson was killed when police used explosives placed by a robot to end a tense stand-off in a building where he was holed up.
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Jade Anderson's body was discovered by police at a property in Atherton, near Wigan, at about 14:00 GMT after someone saw the girl unconscious in the house.
Police have not established the cause of death but said her injuries were "consistent with having been attacked by dogs". Four of the dogs were killed.
Jade did not live at the Chaucer Grove home and was thought to be visiting.
Greater Manchester Police said four dogs described as "aggressive and out of control" had since been put down.
Early indications were two of the dogs put down were bull mastiffs and two may be Staffordshire bull terriers, officers said.
Police arrived to find the girl alone in the house and managed to get four of the five dogs contained in the garden.
The force said the animals were then put down "humanely" by armed officers. A fifth dog was securely contained.
The dogs' remains will now be examined as part of the investigation into the incident.
Supt Mark Kenny said: "First and foremost, our thoughts are with the family of the girl who has tragically lost her life.
"I understand this is an extremely distressing incident for all concerned, including the community, and we will work hard to establish the full circumstances that led to this tragedy."
He added there would be a "significant" police presence in the area while police investigated the incident.
Friends have already posted online tributes to Jade on social media websites.
Ellie Morris wrote on Facebook: "Can't believe this has happened. My best friend dead, miss you so much baby girl, my princess. Love you so much, can't believe this has happened.
"You always called me your little sister, told me you will be there for me through thick and thin? Love you baby girl, thinking of you, RIP Jade Anderson, love you."
Another friend, Melissa, who lives across the road, said: "She was amazing, she was actually a really good friend and she was really pretty."
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs estimates about 210,000 people are attacked by dogs in England every year.
Five children and one adult have been killed by dogs on private property since 2007.
The south Wales force has been given £155,000 to be one of six UK forces to test the system and public reaction.
Five neighbourhood police officers gave the cameras a trial run in Caerphilly during December.
The force's police and crime commissioner said the technology should strengthen criminal cases and protect police from wrongful accusations.
The £1.4m funding trial was approved by Home Secretary Teresa May, an advocate of the technology, last week.
The other police forces in the trial are Hampshire, Leicestershire, Durham, Thames Valley and the Metropolitan Police.
Once switched on by officer, the device records what an officer sees to a hard drive. The recording can be download by the officer when back at base.
Gwent Police has another £100,000 of its own money to raise the number of officers to be trained to 360, with the first expected to be used from April.
Police commissioner Ian Johnston said: "Body worn camera evidence is impactful and irrefutable and the principles of securing and preserving evidence are enhanced by them. They will strengthen cases going to the criminal courts.
"Scientific research also supports the evidence that body worn cameras can assist in de-escalating an incident when the offenders are made aware of its presence.
"In some cases, they could also provide evidence that will help those who feel aggrieved over the way they have been treated by the police and also to help protect police officers themselves from wrongful accusations.
"I'm confident that the benefits of using these cameras and the associated technology will be realised in terms of criminal justice savings and in terms of police officer integrity and safety."
Gwent temporary deputy chief constable, Lorraine Bottomley, said: "Evidence from other force areas which have used this technology indicates that its can increase the number of early guilty pleas and successful prosecutions in relation to incidents investigated by the police.
"Other forces have also seen a decline in the number of vexatious or spurious complaints against officers which can waste a lot of precious police time and resources."
Body-worn video was first used in Britain by Devon and Cornwall Police in 2006.
Staffordshire Police says it will see all frontline officers, PCSOs and specials issued with them and claims its £350,000 investment in the technology is the biggest by any police force in Europe.
The faintly incised "butterfly-like" motifs were revealed on Tuesday as sunlight lit up the rock at the "right moment, at the right angle".
Experts believe the marks were deliberately made to be delicate and to catch light at certain times of day.
The find was made during excavations at Ness of Brogdar.
The incisions are so faint they do not show up in photographs taken so far of the stone.
The block formed part of wall of a structure at the dig site. It has since been moved to safe location.
Archaeologists have made a sketch of the motifs, which are among a large number of Neolithic markings found on the islands.
The discovery has led archaeologists to consider re-examining other stones in case other incised marks have been missed.
Dr Antonia Thomas, of the University of the Highlands and Islands and an expert on Neolithic art, described the designs as being among the "finest and most beautiful" found in Orkney so far.
She said the lightly made marks may have appeared to be animated as sunlight hit them at particular times of the day.
Dr Thomas added that another archaeologist, Prof Richard Bradley, had suggested Orkney's marks may have had pigment rubbed into them, but this colour had long since been lost.
Ness of Brogdar site director Nick Card described the discovery of butterfly-like motifs as "very fortuitous" as it depended on the light hitting them at the "right moment and at the right angle".
Since 2002, Neolithic buildings, artwork, pottery, animal bones and stone tools have been discovered at Ness of Brodgar, the location of the Ring of Brodgar standing stones.
The dig is being led by the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and supported by Ness of Brodgar Trust.
The finding of the marks follows another discovery that has excited archaeologists in Orkney.
A Roman coin was found at the Knowe of Swandro on Rousay, the location of a Neolithic chambered tomb, Iron Age roundhouses and Pictish buildings.
Ben Frost, 27, barricaded himself into his girlfriend's flat in Princetown on Dartmoor on 18 January.
He was arrested two hours after breaking through the roof, Plymouth magistrates heard.
Unemployed Frost admitted two charges of causing criminal damage and two of threatening behaviour.
Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to Oakery Crescent, in Princetown, after the siege began following the break-up the day before, magistrates heard.
People in the area were evacuated and cordon was put up around the scene while officers pleaded with him to come down.
Frost, of no fixed address, was jailed for a total of eight weeks suspended for 18 months and ordered to pay a total of £650 compensation.
Stephen Walker, defending, said Frost was a "sensitive, intelligent" man who had "mental health issues".
The siege had sprung from a "desire to free himself from a situation that had spun out of control".
Mr Walker said: "It was a miracle he did not come off the roof and kill himself."
Vicente del Bosque led his side to an emphatic victory in Ukraine to become the first coach to win a World Cup, a European Championship and a Champions League title.
Spain have now won the last two European Championships and the last World Cup in South Africa.
So are they the best national side to play the game?
BBC Sport looks at the contenders and asks the experts for their views.
Who do you think is the best team? Get involved at #bbcfootball.
BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty:
The debate began long before Spain's goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas lifted the trophy at the end of the Euro 2012 final. In fact the debate began long before the end of the tournament in Poland and Ukraine.
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Such was the scale and artistry of their 4-0 win against Italy that they staked the most eloquent claim to be the greatest international team in history.
When the template for the all-time great sides is assembled, Brazil's legendary World Cup-winning side in Mexico in 1970 is invariably used. It was built around legends like Pele, Tostao, Jairzinho, Rivelinho and Gerson - and many more besides in a marriage of team work and individual brilliance.
"Spain are going to dominate for years to come. They have to be the best side ever. I can't see any other team getting near this. Spain have really set the bar high and they have time on their side. They're beautiful to watch and there's something extra special about this team. They're a group of winners."
Germany have had great sides through the ages and Argentina won World Cups in relatively quick succession in 1978 and 1986 - but has anyone ever had a tighter stranglehold on the world game than Spain?
They have now been untouchable in three major competitions and already few would back against them in South America when the World Cup goes to Brazil in 2014.
They are the ultimate combination of silk and steel. They conceded one goal in Euro 2012 and have the Barcelona "carousel" of Xavi and Andres Iniesta augmented by Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso in midfield.
Del Bosque felt confident enough in this brilliant side to ignore the claims of a conventional striker such as Fernando Torres, although he made a devastating late contribution against Italy.
David Silva and Cesc Fabregas more than compensated - and it was all done without their great goalscorer David Villa and iconic defender Carles Puyol.
The greatest? It would have to be a very powerful argument against Spain.
Tim Vickery, South American football expert:
Brazil 1970 are usually wheeled out when the debate gets going on the best international side of all time. But take away the advantage of television - Mexico 70 was the first World Cup screened all over the globe - and their predecessors from 12 years earlier have a much better claim.
Man-for-man, it is no contest. It is hard to think of anyone from the 1970 side who would have walked in to the 58 team, who had so much that was new. Their pioneering use of a back four gave them defensive cover, and they did not let in a goal until the semi-final, where they beat France 5-2.
"This Spain team is the best ever. We mention the Brazil sides with Pele but this is absolutely unbelievable what they have achieved."
There were attacking full-backs and dangerous free-kicks. Their preparation - with physical specialists, doctors, dentists and even a premature experiment with a sports psychologist - broke new ground. And with the collective side of their game right, the individual talent could flourish. While Pele and Garrincha were both on the field, Brazil never lost a game.
They were the first Brazilian winners of the World Cup - and remain the only South American side to have lifted the trophy in Europe. And they also kept on winning. Only a controversial last-minute refereeing decision prevented them claiming the 1959 Copa America, and they successfully defended their title in the 1962 World Cup, despite losing Pele, then at the peak of his powers, in the second game.
They beat Spain on the way - it would be fascinating to see them up against the Spain of today.
French football journalist Matt Spiro:
France's crowning moment came when they won the 1998 World Cup on home soil, yet the team that clinched the European crown two years later was a far more complete side and is widely regarded as the nation's best ever.
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While goalkeeper Fabien Barthez and the powerful back four of Lilian Thuram, Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly and Bixente Lizarazu were imperious in both competitions, Roger Lemerre's team also displayed an enviable attacking swagger.
Patrick Vieira excelled in 2000, adding steel alongside canny skipper Didier Deschamps, and the inimitable Zinedine Zidane was by then established as the world's leading player. His mesmerising performance against Portugal in the semi-final remains one of the most stylish in the competition's history.
"The first-half performance by Spain in the final was superlative and they should go down as the best team in history. Their technical ability is better than anyone we've seen.
"We will be talking about that first-half display for 30 or 40 years."
In attack, Les Bleus were blessed with a deadly cocktail of talent. The speed and skill of Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka, David Trezeguet's potency, Youri Djorkaeff's trickery, and the guile of Christophe Dugarry invariably left opponents floundering as 13 goals were plundered in six games - one more than Spain this year.
Like Vicente del Bosque's current Spain team, France had extraordinary depth - as the final victory over Italy demonstrated.
They were on the verge of defeat when substitute Sylvain Wiltord struck a late leveller. In extra-time, two more players sent on by Lemerre - Robert Pires and Trezeguet - combined to conjure a sublime golden goal.
It was a fitting way for this incredibly tough, gifted and ruthless team to sign off.
The call comes as Brazil's trade surplus with China has been rising, hitting $11.5bn (£7bn) last year.
Brazil has also asked China to reduce its exports amid concerns that the influx of low-cost Chinese goods was hurting its manufacturing sector.
China is Brazil's biggest trading partner.
These issues were discussed during Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan's visit to Brasilia.
Brazil's exports to China are currently dominated by commodities and natural resources such as iron ore.
However, the country's manufacturers are now looking to increase their shipments to China in a bid to take a share of one of the fastest growing economies and consumer markets in the world.
Earlier this year, Brazilian plane maker Embraer appointed actor Jackie Chan as its brand ambassador in a bid to boost sales of private jets in the Chinese market.
The firm has already received orders from one of China's leading aircraft leasing firms for 13 new jets.
"We are discussing some issues of concern to Brazilian industry, such as Brazilian exports of manufactured goods to China," Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
Mr Temer said he had also asked Beijing for a "voluntary" reduction of Chinese exports to Brazil amid fears of their impact on the local manufacturing industry.
MPs voted by 522 to 13 in favour of Theresa May's proposal to hold a general election on 8 June.
Mrs May has argued an election will help the UK make a success of Brexit and provide long-term certainty.
The SNP had said it supports fixed-term parliaments, but would not stand in the way of an early election.
However, Natalie McGarry and Michelle Thomson - who are both sitting as independents after being suspended from the SNP - voted against an election.
Ms McGarry has been charged with fraud offences relating to a potential financial discrepancy in the accounts of two-pro-independence groups, while Mrs Thomson has been reported to prosecutors after a police investigation into allegations of mortgage fraud.
A decision on whether they will be able to put themselves forward as SNP candidates is expected to be made by the party's National Executive Committee on Saturday.
Shortly before the Commons debate on the early election started, Ms McGarry fainted and was treated by ambulance staff before later announcing on Twitter that she was pregnant.
Ahead of the Commons vote, opposition parties highlighted Mrs May's U-turn after she had previously insisted she would not be calling an early election.
But the prime minister told MPs there was a "window of opportunity" to hold a vote before Brexit negotiations begin in earnest in June, and that the country needed "strong leadership" to make a success of the process.
The prime minister is hoping to significantly boost her current Commons majority of 17 to increase her authority ahead of 18 months of talks which will determine the manner of the UK's exit from the EU.
The vast majority of Labour and Liberal Democrats MPs joined the Conservatives in supporting her call for a snap election.
Nine Labour MPs opposed the snap election as did three independents - including Ms McGarry and Ms Thomson - and the SDLP's Alisdair McDonnell.
The next general election had been due to be held in 2020, but the Fixed Term Parliaments Act allows for one to be held earlier if two-thirds of MPs are in favour.
Mrs May has said she will not take part in any TV leaders' debates, leading to criticism from other party leaders that she is "running scared".
The SNP won 56 of Scotland's 59 seats in the 2015 general election, with the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats winning one each.
Opinion polls have suggested the SNP continues to enjoy a commanding lead among Scottish voters, with the Conservatives in second place and Labour third.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon joined SNP MPs outside parliament ahead of the vote, where she said a victory for her party in the election would see the UK government's arguments against a second independence referendum "crumble to dust".
The Scottish Parliament last month backed Ms Sturgeon's bid to hold a new referendum in 2018 or 2019, but Mrs May has rejected the proposal, repeatedly insisting that "now is not the time".
Ms Sturgeon told journalists: "If the SNP wins this election in Scotland and the Tories don't, then Theresa May's attempt to block our mandate to give the people of Scotland a choice over their own future when the time is right will crumble to dust."
She also insisted that "only the SNP stands between Scotland and an increasingly hard-line Tory government".
The Scottish Conservatives are confident of winning seats from the SNP in the forthcoming election, with leader Ruth Davidson insisting her party is the "best bet" for unionist voters seeking to defeat the SNP.
And she said there was "no way" the SNP was going to win 56 seats this time around.
But a Scottish Labour spokesman insisted that: "In constituencies across Scotland, it is only Labour that can stop the SNP."
He added: "If voters want to stop the SNP and its plans for a divisive second independence referendum, their only option is to vote for Labour."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie also said his party was "relishing the prospect of this election".
He stated: "It is a chance to change the direction of the whole of the UK. Our optimistic agenda is pro-UK, pro-EU and progressive. We stand with the majority opinion in this country."
And Scottish Greens co-convener Patrick Harvie urged Scottish voters to use the election to "reassert our choice for a fairer and more equal society." | Tens of thousands of hospital appointment follow-up letters have not been sent to GPs due to a computer system issue.
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Huw Lewis will give his response to a review by Prof Graham Donaldson, which called for major curriculum changes.
A plan to boost children's computing skills has already been announced.
Earlier in June, Mr Lewis said he accepted the Donaldson review, saying the changes that would result could take eight years to implement.
Among the recommendations were:
However, schools in Wales will still be expected to follow a central curriculum rather than be given the wider freedom granted to academies in England.
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Located next to the existing Jane Crookall Maternity Ward, the £4m facility is the first major extension to Noble's Hospital in Braddan since it opened in 2003.
Alfred Cannan MHK said it is a "substantial investment in a vital service to protect the vulnerable".
The government said the unit has been delivered "to budget and on time" and conforms to British and EU standards.
Dr Prakash Thiagarajan, a consultant paediatrician and neonatologist at the hospital, said the "first-class facilities will help us offer the best possible care. It will also help us to deliver the necessary support to parents."
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Harry Monaghan poked home the opening goal in the 39th minute after the ball had been headed down inside the area.
Nathan Boyle sneaked in at the back post to hammer home his eighth goal of the season after 48 minutes.
For the Candystripes, it was their third victory over Bohs this season. Kenny Shiels's side having also won two league encounters between the sides.
Shiels opted to rest a number of players for the third round tie, including striker Rory Patterson, who was named among the substitutes.
Patterson had scored the match-winning goal in both Premier Division clashes between the teams, including a 1-0 triumph at the same venue four weeks ago.
With regular central defensive pair Ryan McBride and Aaron Barry both injured, former Alicante defender Christian Castells was handed his debut, while it was revealed prior to kick-off that Austrian centre-back Max Karner had been signed until the end of the season to provide further cover.
Keith Ward, Monaghan and Ronan Curtis came into the starting line-up as Derry continued their bid to win the FAI Cup for the sixth time in their history, their last final appearance having come in 2014.
The Brandywell men had sealed their place in the last 16 with a 2-1 replay win away to Drogheda in round two in May, the sides having drawn 1-1 in the initial tie.
The hosts had a couple of first-half chances but Stephen Best headed straight at Ger Doherty and Mark Quigley's headed effort went over the bar.
At the other end, Dean Delany saved from Curtis, before the impressive Monaghan nudged his side in front, and Boyle extended the visitors' advantage.
Derry had opportunities to add to their tally, Curtis flashing a header narrowly wide, Conor McCormack firing a 25-yard shot just over and Patterson seeing an attempt cleared off the line.
For the home side, Dan Byrne headed over and Paddy Kavanagh struck the woodwork, before Doherty saved the rebound from the same player on the line.
Karkamis lies just across the border from Jarablus, an IS-held town which Turkish-backed rebels are expected to try to capture in the coming days.
A rebel force is massed in the area and preparing the offensive.
Turkey blames IS for a bomb attack that killed dozens of people in the south of the country at the weekend.
It says the group must now be cleared from the border region, and has been bombarding targets across the border in northern Syria ahead of an expected ground attack.
Turkey's increasing entanglement in Syria's war has added to the strain on its administration and security services following an attempted coup in mid-July.
It accused Fethullah Gulen of masterminding the attempted overthrow from his US home and has dismissed or detained thousands of the cleric's alleged followers. Mr Gulen denies any involvement.
On Tuesday, US officials confirmed they had received an extradition request for the cleric - and but they said it was on grounds of alleged crimes unrelated to the coup bid, though they did not clarify.
The BBC's Mark Lowen says the decision to evacuate Karkamis is not necessarily a sign that a ground operation is imminent, but a response to the shelling by jihadists.
The evacuation order came by loudspeaker, and minibuses were sent in to transport those without cars, he says.
As well as IS forces, Turkey has shelled Syrian Kurdish forces nearby, apparently to deter them from taking Jarablus themselves.
Fifty-four people were killed when the southern city of Gaziantep was hit by a suicide bombing on Saturday.
Our correspondent says the attack on a wedding in the city, blamed on IS, may have been spurred by reports of the imminent Syrian rebel offensive.
More victims of the blast are being identified and our correspondent says the wave of bombings in Turkey could intensify as the country becomes ever more embroiled in the Syrian war.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that IS should be "completely cleansed" from areas in northern Syria near its border.
Turkish forces have been exchanging shellfire with IS positions in the Jarablus area since Monday.
However, Turkey is also wary of moves that might bolster Syrian Kurdish forces, known as the YPG, which it views as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Turkish-Kurdish rebel group fighting for autonomy since the 1980s.
On Monday, Turkey shelled YPG positions near Manbij, a town they took from IS this month.
The 1,500 fighters poised to enter Syria from Gaziantep are believed to be Turkish-backed Syrian rebels. A senior rebel official quoted by Reuters said they were fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army.
The identity and motive of the suicide bomber who attacked the wedding party have yet to be revealed.
Soon after the attack, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said IS was the likely perpetrator but Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Monday that investigators actually did "not have a clue".
He downplayed earlier reports that the attacker was between 12 and 14 years old, saying this could not be confirmed.
The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) said the wedding was for one of its members, and IS have targeted Turkish Kurds in the past.
Many of the victims were children - the two youngest were four years old.
Sixty-six people are still in hospital, 14 of them in a serious condition, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported.
A disproportionately large number of women and children were killed in the attack because it targeted henna night, a part of the celebration attended mainly by women and children, says BBC Monitoring's Turkey analyst Pinar Sevinclidir.
Syrian government forces are not directly involved in the battle for the border at Jarablus, having gradually lost ground in the north over more than five years of civil war.
Turkey's long-time position has been that President Bashar al-Assad must be ousted as a condition for peace in Syria.
However, Prime Minister Yildirim acknowledged this week that he was one of the "actors" and suggested he could play a role in an interim leadership.
The Roman practice of augury was the study of the flight of birds to interpret the will of the gods, not the flight of fixed-wing aircraft.
Still, the unscheduled descent from the skies to a runway lined by fire crews and the subsequent blocking of the runway at Luton airport so soon after taking off from RAF Northolt on Sunday afternoon must have meant something.
It undoubtedly meant Mr Johnson was late for his evening meeting with Federica Mogherini, the EU's foreign policy chief.
This morning, she was gracious. They "had a good exchange on the main issues on the agenda... and we will welcome him as a new member of the family".
But a member for how long?
Heading to a working breakfast with his 27 fellow foreign ministers early on Monday morning, the new foreign secretary did not duck the inevitability, as he sees it, of Britain leaving the European Union, but he also took care to stress once again his central message - that British exit from the EU is not the same as Britain leaving Europe.
The trouble is that many of his EU counterparts do feel those two are the same, and it is awkward for the man who led the Brexit campaign to victory that some of his campaigning rhetoric still haunts him.
Comparing the EU's alleged ambitions - the creation of a superstate - to those of Hitler, as Boris Johnson did in May, even if he said their methods were different, was judged spectacularly offensive.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has said Mr Johnson "lied a lot" to turn British public opinion against the EU. He vowed to speak to the new foreign secretary "with the greatest sincerity and frankness.''
Later, he told a news conference that Mr Johnson had behaved with "a certain modesty" at his first EU meeting.
Mr Ayrault also called for a quick start to formal talks on British exit to end what he called "the current situation of uncertainty".
That is a phrase on many lips. It was also used in Brussels by US Secretary of State John Kerry.
His presence at the gathering was also awkward for Mr Johnson. It marked another symbolic first: the first participation by a US secretary of state in an EU Foreign Ministers Council.
Mr Kerry specifically explained his attendance as a demonstration of the level of enthusiastic US support for the EU and European integration - even if he balanced it slightly by stressing his and President Barack Obama's concern for Britain's prospects after the EU divorce.
Mr Johnson's own verdict on his debut at the European high table? "Very good, long, productive day."
There will be lots more, probably far longer and far more difficult, days to come.
Labour-run Glasgow City Council said it may need to make £60m of savings while Fife, also controlled by Labour, forecast £30m.
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said he was investing an extra £240m in local services when he unveiled his draft budget on Thursday.
The figure is disputed by opponents who claim a £300m funding drop.
The draft budget document showed the amount of money local government will receive from Holyrood dropping from just under £10.1bn this year to slightly less than £9.65bn in real terms in 2017-18.
But Mr Mackay insisted that, "in totality", local services would receive additional funding because local authorities were allowed to increase council tax by up to 3%.
Money due to be paid directly to head teachers to close the attainment gap will now be funded from central government, allowing councils to keep money raised by changes to council tax on higher-value properties.
They will also get £357m from the NHS next year to pay for closer links between the health and social care sectors.
Councils are of course heavily dependent on the Scottish government for money.
The amount of cash that they receive - the core funding - is coming down when compared with last year. This is the cash that they have flexibility over and can choose to spend as they wish.
However, there is new funding from the government. Most significantly there is £120m going straight to head teachers as well as £107m to ensure people working for the joint boards covering health and social care are paid the living wage.
As well as this government money, there are a couple of extra sources of cash which will be available to councils.
The changes to the council tax will see people in higher-band properties paying more from April. In addition, councils across Scotland will have the power to increase the charge by 3%.
It will be up to individual councils to decide whether or not they want to do this.
This is really about whether you are comparing like with like.
Is it about the money available for local services or is it about the core government funding which makes up such a large proportion of council budgets?
Councils across Scotland will be calculating just how much better or worse off they think they are going to be. Glasgow expects cuts and savings of at least £60m - potentially more - and Fife £30m.
That does not mean they expect £60m or £30m less from the government overall. This may mean making savings in one area to balance out meeting rising costs somewhere else.
But some local authority leaders said the drop in core local government funding amounted to continued austerity.
Glasgow City Council leader Frank McAveety told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the decision to raise the council tax rate for higher-value properties would ultimately benefit more affluent local authorities, but not Glasgow.
He added: "We're talking about a reduction of £60-£70m this year, even with the 3% [council tax rise]. So we're talking about the maximum raising from that of about £6m, so there's a massive gulf.
"The idea that that compensates for the cumulative impact on Glasgow over the years is just kidding on."
He added: "The truth of the matter is that local government services will have less money this year again and that's an ongoing thing for Glasgow and the minister should be ashamed of himself."
The co-leader of SNP-controlled Aberdeenshire Council, Richard Thomson admitted that the local authority would have less money over the next financial year.
However, he told the programme: "Yes, we will have less money but certainly not of the magnitude that's bring talked about in Glasgow and Fife. The early indications are that we had a settlement of just over £400m last year and we're expecting it to be slightly under this year, so we're not talking about a huge difference.
"A very large part of the smallness of the difference in Aberdeenshire across the two years is about the ability to retain every penny that's available through the increase in council tax on houses banded E to H.
"That's a very significant portion for Aberdeenshire, it's about just over £8m."
The leader of Fife Council, David Ross said: "No matter how Derek Mackay tries to dress it up, this is a significant cut in the core funding to councils across Scotland that will have a real impact on local services.
"We won't know the detail of exactly how the settlement will affect Fife until next week, but my initial view is that we will still be forced to make over £30m cuts to services in Fife.
Mr Mackay insisted that "the totality" of funds available for local services would increase as a result of his budget.
He claimed that if it had been so unpopular, his budget would have been rejected by the local government umbrella body Cosla.
He said: "You have to look at the whole package to local government. If this settlement was so bad tell me why Cosla hasn't rejected the package that I've presented to local government?
"They're considering the package and they certainly haven't rejected it because they recognise that there's been movement in areas of policy."
Mr Mackay also rejected criticism of the decision not to introduce a 50p level of tax for top earners - a policy included in the SNP's 2015 manifesto.
He did, however, decide not to pass on a cut in income tax for people earning £45,000 a year to £43,430, that will be given to people elsewhere in the UK.
He said: "We'll keep it under review, but we won't raise it in such a way that it could lose income in tax receipts to Scotland.
"If we believe it will raise more revenue in Scotland then we will look at that, but if it looks as if it would lose us money to invest in public services then it's not an increase worth making."
The "Herd About MK" scheme will see 50 new fibreglass cows placed across the town in one of the area's biggest-ever arts and charity projects.
Many of the life-size structures have been sponsored and decorated by local businesses.
Money is being raised for three local charities.
The cows will be on display at spots across Milton Keynes until November.
The project was launched at centre:MK but the statues will move around the city with a number of showcases planned at different landmarks.
You can't quite tell if drummer Sean Moore is pleased or perplexed by how little the general public seem to know about Manic Street Preachers - the band he's been performing with for the best part of three decades.
His comments kick-start a new, feature length documentary about the group, which hopes to redress the balance.
Twelve years in the making, No Manifesto is an exhaustive, entertaining and highly revealing portrait of the Welsh band.
We see them at home, in the recording studio and on tour.
Along the way Moore explains his love of target shooting, guitarist and lead singer James Dean Bradfield declares his passion for Wimpy hamburgers, and a very proud Nicky Wire shows off his garden shed.
The film was a labour of love for American director and self-confessed Manics fan Elizabeth Marcus.
She had already worked on the acclaimed documentaries Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, and her cinematic credentials helped her gain unprecedented access to the band.
When I caught up with her in Cardiff, where the film is receiving its world premiere, she admitted the process of documenting the group over such a long period of time did lead to some tension.
"There were definitely moments when it felt awkward. We were filming them while they were trying to do their job.
"They were trying to record an album (Send Away The Tigers) and rehearse for a tour and there were times that made for a little bit of conflict.
"But in general they were very co-operative and took a very hands-off approach to the filming.
"I never felt that they were putting on any kind of act, they weren't phony.
"And I thought that was pretty cool because that's something that the fans appreciate."
In fact, those fans enjoy almost as much screen time in the film as the Manics themselves. Marcus interviewed nearly 100 of them, all over the world, and their contributions replace the usual array of talking heads you would expect to see in a documentary like this.
Pundits, journalists and music experts are noticeably absent from No Manifesto.
That's not to say the fans are uniform in their opinions of the band.
There are complaints about the Manics' official merchandise and the use of swear words in their lyrics, while Nicky Wire's penchant for yellow eye shadow comes in for particular criticism.
But in the same breath they acknowledge that the band has managed to stay together, and keep making music, through tragic and turbulent times.
As one fan puts it: "The more you find out about the Manics, the more human they become."
And that tragedy came early on in their career. On 1 February 1995, guitarist Richey Edwards disappeared. He's never been found.
There's a tangible sense of loss running through the film, which is released almost 20 years to the day since Edwards was last seen alive.
In one sequence Nicky Wire goes through a memory box at home, containing letters and postcards his friend sent him when they were teenagers.
"We'd write to each other all the time," he recalls.
"Young, angsty, good stuff."
He slowly opens a card which simply reads: "Happy birthday to the nicest mind destroyer."
Although they are now a three piece band, Richey Edwards still casts a long shadow over Manic Street Preachers, as Radio One DJ Huw Stevens told me ahead of the film's release.
"The Manics are a band that have had a lot happen to them and they come to terms with things in their own way," he said.
"If you listen to their music now you'll see that Richey is still part of the band, even though he's not with them physically.
"He is always in the lyrics, the artwork and the concept of Manic Street Preachers.
"And although they've created some fantastic albums since he disappeared, the albums they did with Richey are a huge part of the Manics' history."
No Manifesto is full of poignant moments, but there's humour and warmth here too.
Huge chunks of the film focus on the band's creative process, which leads to a great exchange between James and Sean: "You've got to make it more Billy Bragg than Lonnie Donegan."
Later on, James happily debunks the myths of song writing.
"I'm not sitting at a little desk in St Petersburg with a bottle of absinthe," he offers.
"I'm sitting in my living room with a pot of coffee."
But it's Nicky Wire, discussing the band's upbringing in south Wales, who delivers arguably the best lines in the film: "It gave us a real moral fibre.
"A love of high culture and extremely low culture. I'm much more comfortable eating a burger than I am going to a posh restaurant. And that's because I'm Welsh."
In their early days, Manic Street Preachers famously announced that they were going to make one album, sell 16 million copies of it, then split up.
Nearly 30 years on, they're still making music, still selling records, still enjoying acclaim.
No Manifesto charts the highs and lows of a band who are now in their mid-40s, but who remain as colourful and contentious as ever.
Zafreen Khadam, 32, was found guilty of 10 counts of disseminating terrorist publications after a trial at Sheffield Crown Court.
She shared links to execution videos and terrorist magazines online under usernames such as PrincessKuffar.
Prosecutors said Khadam, of Vincent Road, Sheffield, had "glorified" IS.
Barrister Simon Davis told jurors Khadam at one stage described Kuwaiti-born Mohammed Emwazi - nicknamed Jihadi John - as "kind of scary" but said she "would marry him".
He told the court she set up 14 Twitter accounts and used Whatsapp to share videos, including one showing the beheading of Kurdish fighters and another of a Jordanian pilot being burned alive.
She also shared links to seven issues of "terrorist publication" Dabiq and a speech entitled What is Terrorism?
Mr Davis said: "The prosecution case is that this defendant was disseminating terrorist information or propaganda, or spreading the word.
"Our case is that her intention was to encourage people to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terror."
Kahdam, who worked as a make-up artist, told the court she had become interested in IS after reading an article about a footballer who had gone to join the group.
She told the court: "It was always about understanding them. I never supported them in my heart. It was an act."
Det Ch Supt Clive Wain, head of the North East Counter Terrorism Unit, said it was clear Khadam "openly demonstrated support for Daesh and their ideology".
He said that during the investigation police reviewed hundreds of hours of videos and about 20,000 social media postings.
He said that officers were concerned that had she not been arrested, she may have attempted to travel to Syria.
He said: "Khadam has not disputed posting the information, claiming she did so out of curiosity and the belief that she did not consider it to be terrorist material.
"Yet this material glorified terrorism and delivered powerful messages, encouraging terrorist acts and calling upon others to kill."
Police are investigating the activities of the Military Reaction Force (MRF), an undercover Army unit.
They are looking at 18 shooting incidents, two of them fatal.
Det Ch Insp Peter Montgomery said a witness had given the investigation team significant new information.
As a result, he said, there is a new line of inquiry.
Earlier, detectives appealed for information about 18 shooting incidents that took place in Belfast between April and September 1972.
Two years ago, the BBC's Panorama programme broadcast claims by former MRF soldiers that their unit had killed unarmed people while hunting "the IRA".
They claimed MRF actions "saved lives".
However, seven months after their interviews were broadcast, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it had begun an investigation into the allegations.
The inquiry is being carried by detectives from the PSNI's Legacy Investigation Branch, a special police unit that investigates historical cases, many of them killings that took place during the Troubles.
The incidents under investigation are:
In total, 17 people were injured, two of whom died.
More than half of those who were shot were teenagers, the youngest person to be wounded was a 15-year-old boy.
Earlier, Det Ch Insp Montgomery, said: "We are looking at these incidents as part of an overall investigation into the activities of the Military Reaction Force at the time.
"We know these events took place a long time ago and we know they took place during one of the worst years of the Troubles when many shootings occurred but we believe there are people out there who can help us progress this investigation and we are appealing to them to contact us."
The MRF was a small, secretive unit within the Army and consisted of about 40 undercover soldiers who patrolled west Belfast in unmarked cars.
It operated for about 18 months before it was disbanded in 1973.
In a report, NHS England warns that by 2020-21 the gap between the budget and rising costs could reach £30bn.
The organisation's chief executive, Sir David Nicholson, said services needed to be concentrated in fewer hospitals.
Otherwise he said pressures could lead to another tragedy on the scale of the failings at Stafford Hospital.
Sir David told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We need to make sure that the way in which services are organised is in the best way for patients."
He said concentrating specialist services was key - citing stroke services in London where 31 hospitals used to provide stroke care, with the city having some of the worst outcomes for patients. Services are now concentrated in eight hospitals - and outcomes are some of the best in Europe.
Sir David also said preventative care and improved services for people in the community were crucial - and said there needed to be a drive to make the NHS more efficient and productive.
He said it was "really very urgent" that decisions were made.
And Sir David said trying to maintain services in the same number of hospitals could lead to staffing numbers being cut on every ward.
"That is completely unacceptable to us in the NHS.
"It's a really stark choice for us, do we go for service change, change in the way we deliver services to patients or do we sleepwalk into a position where we reduce the quality for patients."
He warned that: "If we don't tackle these issues now and over the next couple of years - the future for many of our organisations is facing those very dangers that Mid Staffordshire faced during the years it was involved in this terrible tragedy."
NHS England plans to publish a document giving some indication of the scale of reform needed by the end of the year.
It expects most of the new local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to come forward with more detailed plans for meeting the financial challenge early in 2014.
The warning of a further £30bn gap between NHS funding and likely costs and demands comes on top of an estimated £20bn the health service is being asked to find by 2014/15.
Hospital changes have been very controversial in communities across England.
In Stafford, despite the criticisms of the local hospital in the public inquiry, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to object to plans to downgrade some services.
The controversial plans for services in the town have been drawn up rapidly after the involvement of a special administrator appointed by the healthcare regulator Monitor. A final decision about the proposals is expected within weeks.
But the call for a more honest debate about how savings should be made within the health service was welcomed by medical organisations.
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges said it agreed that changing where and how services are delivered was better than other less palatable options.
"Doctors would certainly agree that it is unacceptable that the only solution to the financial pressures is to reduce care to patients or charge for services," a spokesman said.
Prof Chris Ham, chief executive of the Kings Fund think tank said the need for fundamental change was pressing, following the disruption of the recent reorganisation of the NHS in England.
"The government's recent NHS reforms failed to address these challenges.
"This time politicians and policymakers must deliver. This means having the courage to transform services, rather than making further bureaucratic and structural changes."
The very public call by NHS England for backing to make changes which will lead to some hospitals losing services or units will increase the pressure for all political parties to define their future positions on health service funding.
Before the 2010 election, all the main parties agreed with the call from Sir David for £20bn worth of savings in the NHS in England by 2014/15.
Now NHS England is pressing for them to acknowledge the funding gap after the next election may only be bridged with difficult and controversial change.
Economist Anita Charlesworth, from healthcare policy research group the Nuffield Trust, said hospitals did need to improve efficiency, but that merging two hospitals was not the answer.
Instead, she said, seeking ways to prevent people from reaching a crisis point where they needed a hospital in the first place could be one solution, as well as improving community healthcare.
Christina McAnea, from the Unison union, said there needed to be a debate about the future of the NHS.
She added: "With funding flat lining and the demand for £20bn in so-called efficiency savings, is it any wonder that the there is potentially a funding gap?
"Realistic levels of funding and a more integrated approach between health and social care is the way forward."
Dr Clare Gerada, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: "We have been saying for a long time now that the government needs radically to recast the way it funds the NHS because general practice, the cornerstone of the health service, is at breaking point."
Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste were each jailed for three years on Saturday for "spreading false news".
Ambassador John Casson said he was "shocked and concerned" by the ruling.
Egyptian authorities objected to his remarks and Mr Casson has attended a meeting with officials.
In comments made outside the court and on Facebook, Mr Casson said the court's decision would "undermine confidence in Egypt's stability".
Egypt's foreign ministry called his words "unacceptable interference" in the country's judiciary.
Twitter users in Egypt have also called for Mr Casson to be expelled over his comments, with more than 800 users tweeting the "expel_the_British_ambassador" hashtag.
In a statement issued after the meeting, the British Embassy in Cairo said the ambassador "explained the UK's position on the court ruling, especially in light of the fact that two British nationals were involved in the case".
Two British journalists working for al-Jazeera were sentenced in absentia in the original trial last year.
Canadian-Egyptian Mr Fahmy and Egyptian Mr Mohamed were led away to begin their sentences after Saturday's verdict.
Mr Greste was deported back to his home country of Australia earlier this year and was on trial in absentia.
Giving the verdict, judge Hassan Farid said the three men were not registered journalists and had been operating from a Cairo hotel without a licence.
Their lawyers are expected to appeal.
A 45-year-old man was seriously assaulted outside the Anchor Bar in Paisley at about 21:30 on Saturday.
He was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) where his condition was described as stable.
In the second incident, a 30-year-old man received facial injuries after being attacked on Graham Street in Johnstone at 00:40 on Sunday.
He also had lacerations to his head and was also taken to the RAH.
Police Scotland confirmed that the incidents were not connected, and appealed for witnesses.
The site was captured by Islamist-led militias after days of fighting in the eastern city, officials said.
Meanwhile, Italy has offered to help extinguish a huge blaze that has engulfed the biggest fuel depot in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Libya has been gripped by instability since the 2011 uprising, with swathes of the country controlled by militias.
"We have withdrawn from the [Benghazi] army base after heavy shelling," Special Forces officer Fadel al-Hassi told reporters on Tuesday.
The fighters also confirmed in a statement that they had taken control of the base.
On Monday, officials said that at least 38 people had been killed in clashes between troops loyal to the Libyan government and Islamist fighters in Benghazi.
At least 97 people have also been killed in fighting between rival militias battling for control of Tripoli's main airport in the past week.
The government has blamed clashes between the armed groups for starting the fire at the Tripoli fuel depot, and preventing firefighters from putting out the blaze.
The depot is about 10km (six miles) from Tripoli on the road to the international airport.
The government has been unable to disarm the numerous armed groups controlling large parts of the country, which are behind Libya's worst violence since the 2011 uprising that toppled Col Muammar Gaddafi.
It has led some Western governments to urge their nationals to leave and withdraw foreign staff from their embassies in Tripoli.
Sukhraj Atwal, 30, of Derby, had denied killing 74-year-old Satnam Singh in July 2015 outside a Sikh temple.
Nottingham Crown Court heard that the victim was "brutally assaulted" over a long-running family dispute.
He was found with 41 fractures to his ribs, a fractured skull and severe brain damage.
The trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard Mr Atwal repeatedly stamped and jumped on Mr Singh in the early hours of 23 July.
The attack on Coronation Street in Derby was not captured on CCTV, but Mr Atwal's car was seen entering and leaving the area shortly before Mr Singh was found.
Mr Atwal, who chose not to give evidence in court, will be sentenced later.
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France midfielder Pogba, 23, has returned to Old Trafford for £89m.
"Paul is a huge talent and someone with the personality to handle that price tag," Ferdinand told BBC Sport.
"He can do everything. He is still working out the best way to use all of his weapons but, once he does, he will be an absolute monster of a player."
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Pogba joined United in 2009 but made only seven substitute appearances before leaving for Italy in 2012 as a 19-year-old, with a tribunal ruling Juve had to pay £1.5m for him.
"Paul told me before he left that he wanted to be the best player in the world," added Ferdinand, who made 453 appearances for United after a British record £30m transfer from Leeds in 2002.
"He is on the right track to achieving that.
"He won a lot of trophies at Juventus and his mentality means he wants to keep on winning things. If he does that at United then he will be up there to contend for individual accolades as well.
"From training with him and playing with him I know all about his self-belief and work ethic, as well as his ability as a player. Those are the two big things you need to be a success at United.
"Paul's character means he will deal with being such a big investment - so that won't be a problem.
"As well as that, he will relish the responsibility on his shoulders of bringing medals and trophies to the club. That won't faze him at all."
Pogba helped France reach the final of Euro 2016 as hosts - where they were beaten by Portugal - but did not always live up to his billing as one of the biggest stars at the tournament.
"Paul started off a bit anxious and eager to please but he settled down in the knockout phase," said 37-year-old Ferdinand, a former England captain.
"He produced two excellent and really mature performances in the quarter-finals and semi-finals against Iceland and Germany.
"I said two years ago at the 2014 World Cup that I thought he would become the world's best midfielder. He is not there yet - but there is a lot more to come from him.
"What I like about him is that he has so much in his armoury. He still has to learn to do certain things at the right times in games - and in the right order - but that is just fine-tuning really."
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Pogba's fee eclipses the £85m Real Madrid paid Tottenham for Wales forward Gareth Bale in 2013.
"It is a lot of money but United are getting a top player for the next five to 10 years for that price," said Ferdinand, who spent 12 years at Old Trafford.
"United are spending that money on someone who knows the club and knows the culture already, so it is less of a gamble than it would be on someone who has never been there before.
"It was a mistake to let him leave but bringing him back is a statement of intent. He is going to be a top player for years to come and he will make a big difference to United's title chances."
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The winner was somewhat controversial, with Dons defender Anthony O'Connor adjudged to have fouled Alex D'Acol, with the Brazilian netting the penalty.
Aberdeen dominated large spells but squandered opportunities when presented to O'Connor, Adam Rooney and Andrew Considine inside the area.
The win moves Hamilton into the top six of the Premiership.
The referee Willie Collum wasn't allowed time to settle into the game. Only five minutes had passed when D'Acol fell backwards inside the penalty area, and Collum felt there was enough in the contact from O'Connor - even though it seemed minimal - to award the spot-kick.
D'Acol's finish was crisp, and Hamilton were left in a familiar position but looking, again, for a different outcome. Eight times previously this season they had led 1-0 but failed to claim a victory, but the early goal initially worked in their favour.
Aberdeen looked rattled, with O'Connor and Mark Reynolds uncertain on their feet at times, while the attacking play tended to be too hurried, lacking poise. They were more assertive after the break, but accumulated penalty claims rather than clear chances.
The visitors felt there was a pull on Kenny McLean inside the area and then a trip on Shay Logan as he galloped into the box, but Collum wasn't convinced enough by the merits of either.
The home side sensed that there was a hesitancy to try take advantage of in Aberdeen's start to the game. D'Acol and Eamonn Brophy were willing runners up front, and there was a relentless energy to the central midfield three of Greg Docherty, Darian Mackinnon and Ali Crawford.
Other chances were created, although they tended to be sporadic. D'Acol shot over, Mackinnon saw a effort pushed away and Grant Gillespie's half-volley was deflected wide by his own player.
After the break, it was resistance that was more critical to Hamilton, and the back three was well screened by the tireless midfielders. Gillespie, though, rifled another effort on target after a cute back heel by Crawford, but the effort was straight at the Aberdeen goalkeeper Joe Lewis.
Hamilton were holding on by the by the end, but they did enough to seal the victory.
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The outcome will frustrate Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes, since his side came into the game on a run of six straight victories. He has picked a consistent starting line-up in that time, but the efforts of key players like Rooney, Johnny Hayes and Graeme Shinnie fell just short on this occasion.
There was plenty of spirit and commitment - the team never let up chasing a goal - but it would have felt like one of those nights when Rooney met Hayes' cross with a header only to see it saved by Hamilton goalkeeper Gary Woods.
McInnes made three changes at once in the second half, sending on Peter Pawlett, Niall McGinn and Miles Storey to add more pace and direct running to the side, but the latter lashed his best opportunity wide on the run. Aberdeen have the squad and the means to recover, but this was a reminder of how competitive the division can be.
Even with the final kick of the ball, Aberdeen might have equalised, but Considine lashed the ball over from close range.
Match ends, Hamilton Academical 1, Aberdeen 0.
Second Half ends, Hamilton Academical 1, Aberdeen 0.
Attempt missed. Andrew Considine (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt missed. Miles Storey (Aberdeen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Louis Longridge replaces Ali Crawford.
Peter Pawlett (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical).
Foul by Adam Rooney (Aberdeen).
Michael Devlin (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Georgios Sarris (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt missed. Anthony O'Connor (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Georgios Sarris.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Daniel Redmond replaces Greg Docherty.
Attempt saved. Grant Gillespie (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Greg Docherty (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Greg Docherty (Hamilton Academical).
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Grant Gillespie (Hamilton Academical).
Substitution, Aberdeen. Peter Pawlett replaces James Maddison.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Miles Storey replaces Mark Reynolds.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Niall McGinn replaces Wes Burns.
Foul by James Maddison (Aberdeen).
Darian MacKinnon (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gramoz Kurtaj (Hamilton Academical).
Foul by Mark Reynolds (Aberdeen).
Alejandro D'Acol (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Gramoz Kurtaj replaces Eamonn Brophy.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Michael Devlin.
(Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6-second violation by Grant Gillespie (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt missed. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Adam Rooney (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Andrew Considine (Aberdeen).
Alejandro D'Acol (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Andrew Considine (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Eamonn Brophy (Hamilton Academical).
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Georgios Sarris.
When COP President Laurent Fabius smacked down his gavel on December 12, it signalled that agreement had been reached at the UN climate conference in Paris on one of the world's most intractable environmental and economic problems.
After years of onerous, cantankerous and often tedious talks, somehow all 196 participants, like a large collection of cats, had agreed to be herded in the same direction.
They had agreed to keep global temperatures "well below" 2C and "to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels".
This was a globally significant moment and the celebrations lasted long into the night.
Four months later and almost 170 countries are poised to ink the agreement at UN headquarters on Friday.
The momentum seems to have been maintained since the heady days of Le Bourget in December.
Perhaps it has something to do with record global temperatures in the intervening months, or the recent evidence about the lack of Arctic sea ice? Maybe it's the growing worries over Antarctica?
For now at least, most politicians and most scientists are on the same page. They agree that to have any chance at all of stemming the worst warming, the deal must enter into force. And quick.
That will only happen when at least 55 countries representing at least 55% of global emissions of carbon dioxide sign and ratify the pact, indicating that they agree to be bound by the rules.
For some this will involve a debate before parliament, for other countries it will mean new legislation. Some countries like Palau, Switzerland and the Marshall Islands have already taken these steps so will be able to sign and join on 22 April.
The US and China have indicated that they too will do everything they can to join the agreement within the year.
Together they represent almost 40% of emissions so there is a possibility that if enough countries can be persuaded, the deal could come into effect in 2017 or 2018.
President Obama would love to make sure that his successor can't welch on the deal, especially if the next US leader is a Republican.
Some scientists worry that the rush to put Paris into practice could mean enshrining in international law some worrying ideas.
Keeping temperature rises below 2C and striving to keep them as close to 1.5C will require more than dramatic cuts in carbon emissions.
According to Dr Oliver Geden, from the German Institute of International and Security Affairs, the world will need to remove huge amounts of the gas from the atmosphere.
The vast majority of scientific scenarios to keep below 2C require negative emissions by around 2070, he says.
One idea involves growing crops that capture carbon, burning them to make electricity and then burying the resulting CO2 permanently.
"Those people who will sign the treaty in New York, I suspect that most of them have never heard of negative emissions," he told me.
"They don't have any idea of the amount and requirements of it. They have only heard that 2C is still feasible."
Dr Geden says that the world would need to dedicate land equal to 1.5 times the size of India to keep below 2C. He says it is "science fiction".
"It is magical thinking, it might happen but as long as we can't see that it works on scale, we should not assume that it will be there to save us."
Even if the leaders who sign on Friday are not fully aware of what the long-term implication of the plan is, the act could ultimately work to everyone's benefit.
People make things real by believing in them. If enough savers believe that a bank is about to collapse, and they rush to withdraw their money, they make the idea the reality.
The same can be said of the Paris agreement.
Even if the contents aren't enough to keep temperatures anywhere near 1.5C, if enough people sign up for it and keep the momentum going forward it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Markets and investors will be the key. If they believe that the extraction of fossil fuels is going to be limited they will not want to stay in that game. The recent collapse of one of the world's leading coal companies, plus the announcement by Saudi Arabia that it sees its future away from oil, all are significant signs on the road.
According to Prof Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, a long-time participant in climate negotiations and adviser to the German government, things can actually change really quickly if people believe that something is inevitable.
"While 1.5C seems almost impossible, you never know how quickly the industrial revolution happens," he said.
"If all the investors decide to not put all their money into fossil fuels, it can happen in 10 years."
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COP 21 - the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties - saw more than 190 nations gather in Paris to discuss a possible new global agreement on climate change, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of dangerous warming due to human activities.
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The two-time champion will get a 30-place grid penalty for using more than the permitted number of engine parts.
Reliability problems mean Alonso needed the engine to complete the season, but it also has upgraded parts.
The new power unit has a lighter engine block for better reliability and a redesigned exhaust to boost efficiency.
Alonso, 35, will run the new engine in first practice on Friday before Honda decides whether to keep it in the car for the second session.
"We had a plan at the middle of the season which races were the best ones to pay the penalties," said Alonso.
"This one was one of the best because the conditions change here and the rain may come, and also Suzuka is the next one and we want to do a good job there because it is the home grand prix.
"So it was one of the best races to go for the rest of the season with a little more confidence. And the last time I started last in Spa I was fifth or fourth after five laps, so maybe in this weekend I am lucky as well."
At this stage, Honda is planning to run the engine only on Friday, with Alonso switching back to the same specification as team-mate Jenson Button for the rest of the weekend. But it is not impossible the Spaniard will run the new engine for qualifying and the race as well.
The new parts mean Alonso will be using his eighth internal combustion engine, turbocharger, and MGU-H - the part of the hybrid system that recovers energy from the turbo - and his seventh control electronics, and energy store (battery).
The only part of his engine carried over from previous races is the MGU-K, which recovers energy from the rear axle.
If everything goes to plan, Alonso will use the new engine for the entire Japanese Grand Prix meeting next weekend.
At this stage, Honda is not planning for Button to use it in Suzuka because it does not want any grid penalties at its home race.
Drivers are permitted to use only five of the six constituent parts of the engine without incurring a penalty.
The order will give police and the council powers to disperse those involved in drug and alcohol consumption, rough sleeping and other anti-social behaviour.
Officials said the issues are having a "detrimental effect" on life.
A report said there had been over 300 incidents in the last 12 months such as drink and drugs, fights and harassment.
It said vulnerable people would be given welfare help and warnings before any action was taken.
But North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones raised concerns during a public consultation that the order may move problems elsewhere and not solve them.
Failure to move away from specific parts of town would result in £100 fixed penalty fines or prosecution in court.
A public consultation on the plan is due to close next week.
The lower limit is being introduced in eastern areas of the town, from Kendrick Road, extending east to the borough boundary.
Signs for the new zone will cost £35,000.
Reading Borough Council also plans to impose a 20mph limit in the Oxford Road area, Amersham Road estate and the area surrounding EP Collier School.
The 32-year-old is the second player to move from the Silkmen to the Blues this summer following full-back Andy Halls.
He started his career at Huddersfield, and has also played for Hereford, Port Vale, Mansfield Town and York City.
"The manager phoned me and I was really impressed with what he was saying about the club," McCombe said.
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The investigation began in April after an anonymous letter made "serious allegations of corruption" about the council's procurement processes.
The staff, from the authority's Corporate Property and Procurement, were suspended on full pay following an internal audit investigation.
The council said a full disciplinary investigation would now take place.
North Lanarkshire Council chief executive, Paul Jukes, said: "I received an extensive report from internal audit last Friday (September 30).
"Having considered the report, I have taken the decision to suspend three members of staff from Corporate Property and Procurement on full pay to allow for a disciplinary investigation to take place.
"The council will have no further comment to make while this disciplinary investigation is carried out."
Visitors to The London Picture Archive can search any address in the capital and find photos, maps, prints and paintings of how the area once looked.
It took two years to digitise and find the location of the pictures, which are from between 1450 and the present day.
The map has been made from the collections of the London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Art Gallery.
Images include well known sites in the capital such as Covent Garden and Tower Bridge, as well as less prominent sections of outer London.
Archive photos courtesy of Collage - The London Picture Archive
The court asked the public prosecutor to investigate if the government had broken the law.
Mr Bashir denies the ICC charge he committed war crimes in Darfur.
A court had ordered him to stay in South Africa while it ruled whether he could be arrested.
He had gone to South Africa for an African Union summit and the government argued he enjoyed diplomatic immunity.
He left the summit early, before the court could rule on this issue.
The BBC's Nomsa Maseko in Pretoria says that Judge Dunstan Mlambo suggested there was reason to believe that the South African government had committed a crime by ignoring the court order.
He gave the government 24 hours to explain why and how Mr Bashir was allowed to leave the country.
The judge explained that the wider consequences could be huge - saying the state cannot function if it ignores court orders.
"If the state... does not abide by court orders, the democratic edifice will crumble stone-by-stone until it collapses," he said.
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When Judge Mlambo said a democratic state can not function when the government does not uphold court decisions, he was speaking to the cabinet, especially President Jacob Zuma.
The judge was very firm against the government's decision to allow Mr Bashir to fly out of South Africa in violation of a court order.
But even with those strong words, it does not sound like the newly-appointed head of the National Prosecuting Authority, Shaun Abrahams, is obliged to press criminal charges.
Mr Abrahams was appointed just a week ago by Mr Zuma, whose government is implicated in this case.
Senior members of the governing African National Congress reacted with vitriolic attacks on the judiciary during a snap debate in parliament.
So the chances of delivering a successful prosecution in this case are incredibly slim, if at all.
Judge Mlambo ruled that President Bashir did not have immunity while attending the AU summit.
He said that South Africa had disregarded international law in order to preserve relations with the AU.
Previously, the AU has urged member states not to cooperate with the ICC, accusing it of bias against Africa.
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Mr Bashir is accused of arming pro-government Arab militias who targeted black African villages after rebels took up arms in Sudan's western Darfur region.
He denies the charges.
The UN says that about 300,000 people in Sudan have died since fighting began in 2003. More than 1.4 million people are thought to have fled their homes.
The government says these numbers have been exaggerated.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said vintage jets would not be allowed to perform "high-energy aerobatics" over land until further notice.
At least 11 people died when a Hawker Hunter crashed into traffic on the A27 in West Sussex on Saturday.
CarFest North was hit by tragedy when a pilot died in Cheshire on 1 August.
Kevin Whyman, 39, was killed when his Folland Gnat aircraft crashed during an aerial display at Oulton Park.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is carrying out an investigation.
In a statement, the CarFest South organisers said the decision had been taken as both a mark of respect and in consideration of the CAA's airshow review.
"We send our heartfelt condolences to all of those affected by the terrible incident on Saturday," they said.
"We hope to hold future air events at future festivals and would like to offer our support and good wishes to the air display community."
The event in Hampshire takes place at Laverstoke Park Farm from 28 to 30 August.
A flypast by the Gnat Display team honouring Mr Whyman will still go ahead on Saturday afternoon and will be accompanied by a minute's silence.
Mr Evans, a car enthusiast who has recently been named as the new presenter of BBC Top Gear, created the motoring and music festival which raises money for BBC Children in Need.
Displays that were set to take place at CarFest South included Abarth Extra 300, Huey, The Old Buckers and Night Flight Pyros.
The East of England Ambulance Service was fined £1.2m last year over failures to reach 75% of life-threatening emergencies within eight minutes.
MPs, health watchdogs and patient groups have criticised the service.
A drive is now under way to recruit "compassionate people with a commitment to patient care" to boost operations.
More than 400 paramedics recruited last year will be fully qualified at the end of the month to work for the service covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Some will work in rural areas where the service's performance record has been heavily criticised.
New recruit training can last up to 18 months and covers classroom work at universities in Norwich, Cambridge or Chelmsford as well as blue-light duty alongside experienced crews.
Chief executive Dr Anthony Marsh hopes hundreds more applicants would come forward.
"We have the most ambitious paramedic recruitment campaign in England," he said.
"Taking on more paramedics will help us to continue to improve the caring service we give to patients."
Student paramedics go through eight weeks of training in the classroom and three weeks of blue-light driver training before starting on the front-line.
They then receive three more weeks of classroom training in their first nine months as students.
During the 12 to 18 months which follow, studies involved a mix of classroom and practical work at the University of East Anglia or Anglia Ruskin University.
The Perseid meteor shower has been on display, as debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet hit Earth's atmosphere.
Shooting stars were caught on camera on Thursday night across the region, and Friday offers another opportunity.
Armagh Observatory's Dr David Asher said the trick was to get outside somewhere clear and dark, and look up.
"You're better without a telescope because they can appear anywhere in the sky," he said.
The Swift-Tuttle comet revolves around the Sun once every 130 years on average, leaving a trail of dust in its wake.
A meteor outburst is produced "when the Earth passes close to or through one or more of the dense dust trails produced during a previous revolution of the comet around the Sun," according to the observatory.
It opened its doors to the public for a free event on Thursday evening, allowing star-spotters to enjoy the celestial show.
"In perfect conditions we see a hundred an hour," said Dr Asher.
"Nothing in life is perfect, so you could still see a meteor every minute or two if it's clear."
Dr Asher also advised star-spotters to wait until the moon has set, a little after midnight.
The meteor shower occurs when the earth runs through the debris stream of the comet,
"You get lots of theses little solid grains hitting the atmosphere at high speed and vaporising," said David Asher.
"So you get these streaks of light, these meteors or shooting stars in the sky."
But is there any chance one could fall to Earth?
Dr Asher said it's not very likely.
"I don't think any will reach the Earth," he said.
"It's a risk that the satellite industry takes seriously, they ask space agencies to warn them when there's a particularly intense meteor shower.
"These tiny grains even though they're very small they can cause electrical problems."
As always, however, the view is weather-dependent and BBC Northern Ireland's forecasters have warned that cloudy skies could obscure visibility throughout the weekend, but there could be the odd break so keep your eyes peeled.
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."
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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.
"We have made important progress, vaccinating more than one million babies since September 2015, in which time the number of cases in infants aged one and under has dropped by 50%.
"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."
The Hoegh Osaka was towed to Berth 101 at Southampton docks by four tugs, from a point between East Cowes and Lee-on-the-Solent, on Thursday.
Opening the rear door on Friday revealed one of the pieces of heavy machinery it had been carrying.
Teams involved in returning the cargo ship to port have been praised by the transport secretary.
Patrick McLoughlin praised the "extraordinary dedication and courage" of the salvage crews.
Salvers are due to hand back control of the ship to its owners later. The ship ran aground on 3 January.
Investigations by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MIIB) are set to continue with the ship back in port.
Hugh Shaw, the secretary of state's representative for maritime salvage and intervention, praised the "skill and professionalism" of all parties involved in the rescue and salvage operations.
He cited salvage company Svitzer for preventing a potential environmental disaster.
"If they hadn't got on board and found the crack in the hull and repaired it, we would have been looking at a much worse situation."
He revealed more than 12 of the ship's crew stayed on board the ship in freezing conditions on Wednesday night to enable it to be towed into Southampton.
Ship owners Hoegh Autoliners said they would be working to remove the vehicle cargo, thought to be worth up to £60m, from the berthed ship and assess any repairs needed to the vessel.
Spokesman Øyvind Erwik said: "A lot of work remains - physical and legal.
"The cargo's condition will only be ascertained when it is safely discharged."
He said the company would not speculate further on the cause of the grounding until the investigation was complete.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "I congratulate all those who have worked tirelessly day and night to bring this ship back to port.
"They battled exceptionally difficult weather conditions with extraordinary dedication and courage."
The Environment Agency confirmed no pollution had occurred although contingency plans had been in place.
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Hannah Davies, 23, died at the scene on the A92 north of Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire, on Saturday.
Her 13-month-old daughter was airlifted to hospital and treated for minor injuries before being released.
Ms Davies' family said: "We would like to thank the folk who stopped to try and help our daughter as well as the emergency services and the hospital."
Police Scotland have appealed for any witnesses who saw Ms Davies' black Nissan Note about the time of the incident to contact them.
Sgt Malcolm Kinross, of the Road Policing Unit, North East Division, said: "First of all, I would say that all our thoughts are with the friends and family of Hannah at this utterly devastating time.
"I would like to thank everyone who assisted at the scene."
He urged anyone who saw a black Nissan Note at about 10:50 on Saturday on the A92 Inverbervie to Kinneff road, to contact police on the 101 number.
The rapper's hit One Dance spent its sixth week at number one, while album Views climbed three places to the summit.
Elsewhere, the first new single from the Stone Roses for more than 20 years, All For One, entered at number 17.
The song had been at number four in the midweek charts following its surprise release last Thursday evening.
Justin Timberlake has also slid from his midweek position.
His single Can't Stop The Feeling had been at number one in the midweeks after a well-received Eurovision performance, but entered the singles chart at number two.
It was a close race for the top spot: One Dance notched up 105,000 sales, while Can't Stop The Feeling sold 99,000.
About 75,000 of Drake's sales came from streams rather than purchases, about 71% of the song's total.
Calvin Harris and Rihanna's This Is What You Came For drops a place to number three this week, while Sia's Cheap Thrills and Mike Posner's I Took A Pill In Ibiza remain at numbers four and five respectively.
A second Drake song - Too Good, featuring Rihanna - also appears in the top 10, climbing 15 places to number eight.
Further down the chart, X Factor alumni Reggie 'N' Bollie land at Number 26 with New Girl. The track is the duo's first since finishing second place on last year's series.
On the album chart, Drake's Views spent a second week at number one.
His closest competitor was Beyonce's Lemonade, which landed at number two. Views outsold it by just under 800 chart sales.
Meanwhile, Norwegian DJ Kygo is this week's highest new entry at three with Cloud Nine.
Last week's number one from Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool, dropped to number four, while Meghan Trainor's new album Thank You debuted at number five.
Justin Bieber's Purpose dropped to number 12 - the first time it has fallen out of the Top 10 in the 26 weeks since its release.
Corinne Bailey Rae's third studio album The Heart Speaks in Whispers is a new entry at number 14 - her first appearance in the album chart for six years.
Other new entries included Pierce the Veil, who scored their first top 40 album with their fourth collection Misadventures, which entered at 17, and Foy Vance's The Wild Swan, which debuted at number 28.
Kanye West's The Life Of Pablo made its debut at Number 30 following an Official Charts rule change which makes albums that are only available on streaming services chart eligible.
The creation of MediaCityUK led to 4,600 jobs between 2011 and 2016, the Centre for Cities think tank noted.
But, its report stated the impact on the wider region was "negligible".
The BBC however, said it was "surprised" by the findings and cited other studies which highlighted positive effects of the move.
Salford city mayor Paul Dennett also said the BBC's move north had been "a significant catalyst" for the "continued development and regeneration of Salford and Greater Manchester".
The Centre for Cities (CFC) released its findings as several UK cities, including Liverpool, consider bidding to be the new home of Channel 4.
As well as the BBC, MediaCityUK is home to ITV, the University of Salford and several bar and restaurant chains.
But the CFC report said many jobs had come from displacement of businesses from other parts of Greater Manchester.
Paul Swinney, its principal economist, said: "While the BBC's move has been positive for Greater Manchester in other ways, it has done little to create new jobs across the city region, or to encourage new businesses to set up in the area.
"The lesson for cities bidding to be the new home of Channel 4 is that if they are successful, they should not expect to see a major boost to their economies beyond the jobs that the relocation would directly bring."
But, a BBC spokesman said all other "independent assessments" of the Salford move recognised it had been of "considerable benefit".
"The BBC was crucial to the development of MediaCityUK, bringing thousands of jobs, millions of pounds of investment and supporting the wider creative industries," he said.
"To suggest our investment only benefits Salford, and not the rest of the region, seems very strange given the scale and size of our operation today."
Mike Blackburn, chairman of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership, added: "Quite frankly a report that says the BBC has not had a positive impact on Greater Manchester is ridiculous."
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The mission is called Luna 27, and hopes to launch in five year's time.
One of the aims will be to try to discover if there is enough water and raw materials to make fuel and oxygen.
They will do this by sending a probe to the an area near the Moon's south pole which has never been explored, is freezing cold and has areas of constant darkness.
The probe will drill down into the Moon's surface and send back the research samples.
The European Space Agency also has plans to see if astronauts can live and work on the Moon for long periods of time.
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Orkney Rape Crisis will have a support worker available to provide information in the islands.
The support will also be available for appointments with doctors, police or at court.
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Andrea Aburas told a press conference her "beautiful" daughter, Nadine, would never hurt anyone.
Her body was discovered at the Future Inn in Cardiff Bay on 30 December.
She had been there with Sammy Almahri, 44, from New York, and South Wales Police launched an international manhunt to find him.
Ms Aburas said on Monday: "Nadine was my baby, she was such a beautiful and kind hearted girl. She would never hurt anyone, she just wanted to help people.
"She was a born healer for people... always putting others first. The loss of Nadine has torn my heart in two.
"Her family and friends are absolutely heartbroken by what has happened to her."
Ms Aburas made a direct appeal to Mr Almahri: "I am asking you, as Nadine's mother, please hand yourself into the authorities and please help us find the answers that we need so we can let Nadine rest in peace.
"You told us that you loved Nadine, if that is true, please let the police help you.
"I want the world to know that my Nadine was beautiful inside and out. She will remain our beautiful Nadine forever."
Det Supt Paul Hurley also appealed for Mr Almahri to contact police.
"Sammy, please surrender yourself to the authorities."
South Wales Police is working with counterparts in New York and Tanzania to trace Mr Almahri and Interpol has issued a wanted notice.
Detectives said the pair had known each other for three years and had met up previously in New York city.
On 30 December they checked into the Future Inn within 30 minutes of each other and left shortly before 22:00 GMT but returned at 23:00.
Five hours later, Mr Almahri left the hotel and is believed to have booked and boarded a flight at 10:00 GMT from Heathrow to Doha, Qatar, before flying on to Tanzania.
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The visually-impaired athlete completed the 750m swim, 20km bike run and 5km run in one hour 14 minutes 53 seconds.
There were silvers for Ryan Taylor (PT2) and Kerry Large (PT4), ahead of debutant Ruth Wilson, who took bronze.
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Rob Lawrie, 49, from Guiseley, faces a prison term if convicted of trying take the girl to her relatives in Leeds.
The girl's father Reza Ahmadi said Mr Lawrie "only wanted to help, he's going to jail and I feel guilty".
Former soldier Mr Lawrie is due before a French court in January.
Two petitions urging the UK Foreign Office to seek clemency from French officials have secured more than 123,000 signatures.
The Home Office said Mr Lawrie knew "there was a proper process".
The Afghan girl, known as "Bahar" was living in the camp with her father.
Her father said: "He wanted to help me and help my child and he didn't want money, only to help.
"He's going to jail, only for helping, I feel guilty."
Mr Lawrie said: "This (camp) is no place for a child.
"The jungle is an ex-chemical dump, there's asbestos everywhere.
"At that point a I just knew what I had to do."
Home Office minister Charlie Elphicke said: "Mr Lawrie knew what he was doing, he made a decision to smuggle this person.
"A decision to take the law into his own hands, he knew there was a proper process for claiming asylum and he knew that that process should have been followed."
Mr Lawrie hid Bahar in a compartment above the driver's seat of his van.
He was stopped by border officials who discovered two Eritrean boys had sneaked into the vehicle without his knowledge.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We have been in contact with French police regarding Mr Lawrie's arrest, and are ready to provide consular assistance if requested."
The Welsh government wants Welsh speakers to be able to express their health needs in their first language.
But the British Medical Association (BMA) has said the Welsh language should not be a priority when delivering health care.
The strategy is being launched by the Welsh government on Wednesday.
The BMA said it was in favour of the Welsh language but felt that money spent on the NHS should be spent on health care.
Concerns have also been raised that targeting Welsh-speaking staff could hinder recruitment.
But Health Minister Lesley Griffiths said the Welsh government wanted to make sure patients and their families felt they were "able to use Welsh when being assessed and receiving treatment or care".
"We all feel more comfortable discussing personal health and emotional matters in our first language," she said.
• Creating a systematic approach to Welsh language services as an integral element of service planning and delivery
• Building on current best practice and planning, commissioning and providing care
• Increasing the capability of the workforce to provide Welsh language services in priority areas and language awareness among all staff
• Creating leaders who will foster a supportive ethos within organisations, so that Welsh speaking users receive language sensitive services as a natural part of their care
• Providing education, learning and development programmes which reflect the services' responsibility to plan and provide Welsh language services
• Ensuring that all national strategies, policies and leadership programmes mainstream Welsh language services
SOURCE: Welsh government
"This framework is a key step to increasing not only the physical and mental wellbeing of Welsh speakers who need access to health and social care services, but also their emotional wellbeing."
Gwenda Thomas, deputy minister for social services, said many Welsh speakers could only express their care needs effectively in Welsh.
"For example, people suffering from dementia and people who have a stroke often lose a grasp of their second language," she said.
"Children under the age of five can often only speak their first language."
The strategy says the challenge of addressing the shortage of Welsh speaking staff must be overcome.
"It is no easy task and requires strong leadership from human resources departments," it said.
"It is worth considering whether language skills could be identified in the same way as gender balance is considered within staff teams in service areas such as home care, stroke and dementia services."
Cymdeithas yr Iaith (the Welsh Language Society) supported the plans and said during the consultation that the BMA had to realise that "not being able to express yourself and therefore potentially not receiving the appropriate treatment is the same as other examples of bad service - like not being able to have a hospital bed or a shortage of staff".
Welsh language commissioner Meri Huws has backed the "fundamental principles" of the scheme saying it was a "valuable opportunity to reinforce Welsh language services in those areas".
However, she also raised some concerns such as questioning whether there was a "strong enough long-term foundation" because the strategy worked on the basis of three-year action plans.
The Sunday Times reported American writers will be eligible to enter for the first time from 2014.
At present the literary prize only considers works by writers from the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe.
Booker organisers said "some changes to the rules" would be announced on Wednesday.
"The information which is currently in circulation is incomplete," said a spokesperson on Monday.
By Will GompertzArts editor
I suspect the idea to make American novelists published in the UK eligible for the Man Booker Prize stems from changes in the publishing and literary prize landscape. The industry is consolidating; authors are increasingly peripatetic; American and UK publishing lists are converging; and digital downloads don't respect borders.
The chairman of this year's prize highlighted this cultural shift by describing the shortlist as striking for its "global range". Edges have become blurred regarding an author's nationality. Widening eligibility would help iron out some of these awkward anomalies.
It would also help in defending the Booker from the potential threat posed by the recently announced Folio Prize: a new £40,000 annual award for literary fiction for which any novel written in English and published in the UK is eligible.
According to The Sunday Times report, "the organisers increasingly believe that excluding writers from America is anachronistic. The Booker committee believes US writers must be allowed to compete to ensure the award's global reputation".
The writer and broadcaster Lord Bragg was quoted as saying he was "disappointed... though not that surprised. The Booker will now lose its distinctiveness. It's rather like a British company being taken over by some worldwide conglomerate".
Howard Jacobson, who won the prize with The Finkler Question in 2010 told The Telegraph it was the "wrong decision" but declined to expand on his comments.
Of the six authors announced last week on this year's Man Booker shortlist, four live and work in the United States.
Jim Crace, nominated this year for Harvest, told The Independent: "If you open the Booker prize to all people writing in the English language it would be a fantastic overview of English language literature but it would lose a focus.
"I'm very fond of the sense of the Commonwealth. There's something in there that you would lose if you open it up to American authors."
But Kazuo Ishiguro, who won the Booker in 1989 for Remains of the Day, told The Independent he was in favour of the move. "It's sad in a way because of the traditions of the Booker, and I can understand some people feeling a bit miffed, but the world has changed and it no longer makes sense to split up the writing world in this way."
Next March the newly-created Folio Prize will hand out its first accolade. The £40,000 prize will be awarded to a work of fiction written in the English language published in the UK - including American authors.
The Folio Prize was first announced in 2011 amidst a row in literary circles about the decision by Booker judges that year to focus on "readability", but organisers have denied it is a rival to the Booker.
It is backed by a 100-strong academy of authors and critics which includes Margaret Atwood and Philip Pullman.
Speaking to The Bookseller last week, Booker Prize director Ion Trewin said the organisers had discussed changing its entry requirements in the past year, but would stick with the existing rules "for the moment".
He said: "The problem of non-simultaneous publication between the UK and US is one of the reasons why [we limit geographic submissions], because we are a contemporary prize making the award in the year the books are published. Admitting any writer who writes in English isn't easy while - even with e-books - still there is often a gap between the US and UK. It's the reason we haven't taken that step."
The winner of the 2013 Booker Prize for Fiction will be announced on 15 October at an awards ceremony at London's Guildhall.
The 28-year-old former Portsmouth and Bristol City forward has scored four goals in 31 games this season, with just one of them coming in League One.
His best goalscoring campaign to date was in 2010-11, when he netted 12 times for Rotherham in the fourth tier.
"He's a striker that takes the ball in - he'll take us up the pitch," Pilgrims boss Derek Adams told BBC Radio Devon.
"He's experienced, he's won promotion out of this league and he's played the last five games for Oxford, so he comes in and he's ready to go."
Meanwhile, Adams says he hopes to sign a winger from a Championship club before the transfer window closes.
"It's been going on for a number of weeks now, and we're just waiting to hear back," the 41-year-old added.
The authorities say 56 inmates died as rival gangs clashed on Sunday.
Brazil wants to increase co-operation with neighbouring countries to reduce the influx of weapons and drugs into the prison system, said Mr Moraes.
Brazilian prosecutors said one of the factions involved in the uprising had links with Colombia's Farc rebel group.
"We will set up police intelligence units in every Brazilian capital," Mr Moraes announced.
"They will gather data focusing mainly on drug trafficking and organised crime inside and outside prisons," added Mr Moraes.
The new security plan has three main points: the reduction in the number of cases of manslaughter; combating organised crime inside the jails, including transnational organisations that smuggle in drugs and weapons; and the modernisation of the prison system.
Mr Moraes called for a change in the law to reduce the number of people serving time for minor crimes.
He said that 72% of women in Brazilian jails had been convicted of drug trafficking offences and most of them were arrested in possession of relatively small amounts of illegal substances.
They should be serving alternative sentences or wearing electronic tags outside prison, said Mr Moraes.
He also announced that President Michel Temer had allocated funds for the construction of five new high security jails.
Sunday's 17-hour prison uprising was the deadliest in Brazil in years. Fifty-six inmates were killed. Many were decapitated.
Officials say police have managed to recapture 40 of the 87 prisoners who escaped.
Mr Moraes criticised the private company that manages the Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Centre.
"We are carrying out an investigation, but it's clear that the company in charge of the prison has failed," he said.
"You can't allow weapons, including knives, other sharp objects and shotguns, to be smuggled into a prison."
The clashes appeared to be between members of Family of the North (FDN), a powerful local gang, and rivals from the First Capital Command (PCC), Brazil's largest gang, whose base is in Sao Paulo, in the south-east.
Prosecutor say FDN has links with Colombia's Farc rebel group, from whom it buys guns and drugs.
The Melbourne race was originally scheduled for 3 April, the latest start to an F1 season in decades.
But teams complained about the compressed schedule caused by trying to cram in a record 21 races.
Australia will be followed by Bahrain, China and Russia at two-week intervals, with the British Grand Prix on 10 July.
The revised schedule for what was described as an "updated provisional calendar" - suggesting there could be further changes at a later date - was released following a meeting of F1's legislative body, the world motorsport council of governing body the FIA, on Wednesday.
The list also sees a date change for Malaysia, moving it two weeks apart from the Singapore race with which it had originally been twinned.
Singapore organisers objected to the races being back-to-back because they felt it would negatively affect their event to have another race so close geographically on the following weekend.
And a mid-season break of four weeks has been reintroduced after a decision to cut it to three was criticised by teams, saying it would make the workload on mechanics intolerable.
In other notable changes, the new European Grand Prix in the Azerbaijani capital Baku will be on 19 June, a week after the Canadian race in Montreal.
The season ends in Abu Dhabi on 27 November as originally scheduled.
A number of rule changes were announced.
Tweaks to the rule regarding track limits, after controversies about drivers going beyond the lines demarcating the edge of the circuit, will include a requirement for drivers to "make every reasonable effort to use the track at all times and may not deliberately leave the track without a justifiable reason".
And a change has been made to engines for next season to try to make them louder, following criticisms that the new turbo hybrid engines are too quiet.
Polmadie footbridge, which connects Glasgow Green with Oatlands and Richmond Park, opened in 1955.
It was closed to pedestrians, cyclists and river users earlier this year following concerns over safety.
Work to remove the bridge deck, leaving the concrete piers in place, will begin on 12 October. Restrictions on river users will be lifted when complete.
The process is expected to take about five months, after which access to footpaths along the riverbanks will also be restored.
Glasgow City Council has appointed demolition contractors, JCJ Group, to carry out the work.
Councillor Alistair Watson, executive member for Sustainability and Transport, said: "This is good news. It's a popular and busy bridge, used by the local community and residents from both sides and I know its closure is having quite an impact on the area.
"Obviously there is a lot of preparation work required before the main removal work can begin, however, I'm sure the local residents, cyclists and river users appreciate the work is required to ensure public safety.
"The bridge deck is in such a poor condition that repairing or strengthening it is not an options. By removing the deck we can lift the restrictions on river users and the walkway below."
The council said it was investigating funding options to replace the bridge deck.
On Saturday, 40,000 litres of diesel got into a storm drain at Caterpillar's Larne plant.
That pipe, which runs into the sea, created a huge slick that spread across several miles.
Caterpillar said it had reported the incident when it was discovered.
Operations director Robert Kennedy said the company regretted the mistake and had been working to address the consequences.
It has employed environmental contractors who have been using a biodegradable detergent in bays along the coast.
It is hoped that this action, and the fact that it is a light oil, means the action of wind and waves will disperse the spill.
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency is investigating the incident.
The agency described it as one of the most serious in recent years.
It is likely to prove an expensive mistake for Caterpillar.
As well as any fine the company incurs, it will have to pay for the contractors.
The environment agency will also bill the company for a survey being carried out to monitor the situation.
It could also be liable for costs incurred by any company or individual affected by the spill.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the tram, which was carrying about 60 people, was travelling at 43.5mph in a 12mph zone.
In its interim report, it said there was no evidence of any track defects, or obstructions on the track.
The investigation also found no malfunction of the braking system.
The tram derailed last Wednesday morning shortly after coming out of a tunnel with a 50mph speed limit.
TfL has offered to pay for the funerals of those who died but came in for criticism after it was revealed the families had not been told about it in person.
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Initial analysis shows the driver, Alfred Dorris, did apply the brake after coming out of the tunnel but only enough to reduce his speed from 50mph out of the tunnel to 43.5mph. The tram travelled 25m before stopping.
Mr Dorris, from Beckenham, south-east London, has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and released on bail until May.
It is understood that establishing if the 42-year-old, who has worked for First Group since 2008, was asleep or had blacked out are lines of inquiry.
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The seven people killed in the crash were Dane Chinnery, 19, Philip Logan, 52, Philip Seary, 57, Dorota Rynkiewicz, 35, and Robert Huxley, 63, all from New Addington, and Mark Smith, 35 and Donald Collett, 62, both from Croydon.
A further 51 people were taken to hospital, with eight of them suffering injuries described by London Ambulance Service as serious or life-threatening.
The RAIB said factors that led to the speeding were still under investigation and it has advised London Trams and Tram Operations Ltd to put speed restrictions in place before the bend out of the tunnel.
Mike Brown, London's transport commissioner, said: "We will follow the RAIB's advice and, before service is resumed, will implement additional temporary speed restrictions and associated signage near Sandilands to supplement existing safety arrangements.
"We are continuing to carry out a thorough safety assessment and are taking the advice of an independent panel of tram experts.
"We will only resume services for the local community once that rigorous assurance process has been completed."
The report also found:
Aslef, the train drivers' union, said it was "clear that the lack of adequate safety systems were at the root of this dreadful accident".
It wasn't a surprise that the tram was going 43.5mph but it is still shocking nonetheless - that is three-and-a-half times the 12mph speed limit.
The report says further speed limits should be imposed, and the mayor has said it will happen at three other sites on the tram system where they've identified - we can presume - similar issues of speed on bends.
What will be particularly worrying to commuters is why did it take this horrendous tragedy to identify these places?
This has also gone political. The unions, quiet until now, have broken their silence. They think this was down to a lack of safety equipment.
Aslef also thinks Tramlink should be brought back under TfL's control and there are serious questions that previous incidents were not investigated properly.
This whole terrible incident seems to be escalating politically and the answers are months away.
District organiser Finn Brennan said a system to make sure trams travelling too quickly in a potentially dangerous area could be slowed down and stopped should be put in place, as on the mainline railway and London Underground.
"If it had been then this awful event could have been avoided," he said.
Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell thanked the RAIB for the speed the report had been released, adding the recommendations "should be very helpful in providing reassurance" to passengers once services resume.
The Office of Rail and Road is carrying out its own investigation into whether safety rules were being followed.
Chief inspector of rail accidents Simon French said the inquiry would look at the wider context of the accident, including the sequence of events, the way the tram was driven, the infrastructure and how people were injured.
"We will also be looking into previous occurrences of over-speeding in this area and underlying management issues," he said.
The mayor of London has apologised after it was revealed the families of those who died were not initially told TfL had offered to pay for the funerals.
Mr Logan's widow Marilyn, said she only heard about it "through the grapevine" and then only received a non-personalised letter that did not include any names.
"It was as if TfL was saying 'Well it's happened, we'll pay for the funeral, now go away and be quiet'", she said.
Sadiq Khan said it "was not good enough" and TfL had to "make sure we learn lessons where we can".
He has also now contacted the families personally.
But why did so many communities once have what is now a rare facility?
As far back as the 1850s, newspaper reports from Wrexham to the Rhondda tell of campaigns for outdoor swimming baths.
Cardiff's Guildford Crescent is believed to be the site of the first of 50 open air pools in Wales.
A roof was later built over it before it was bought by the local authority - and known as the "Corporation Baths".
Historian Dr Daryl Leeworthy from Swansea University said it was not the most hygienic of experiences in the early days.
"When it opened around 1862… It was situated alongside the railway line," he said.
"So every day the locomotives would come along, burning coal and the soot would sit on the baths.
"A first class ticket holder would go in when the water was fresh and you'd have a brilliantly clean bath.
"But the water wasn't changed for the other ticket holders.
"If you were the third class ticket holder, you'd be swimming not just in the dirt of your peers but also everyone else who'd gone in all week and the soot that came off the train."
It took some communities decades of lobbying to get similar facilities, with the 1920s and 30s arguably the boom years for their construction, amid tensions in the coal industry.
"The government tries to ameliorate those tensions by coming up with the Miners' Welfare Fund - designed to provide education, healthcare and recreational facilities in coalfield areas which they hoped would make coalfield communities less riotous," Dr Leeworthy added.
"It provided a levy of a penny per tonne of coal pulled out of the ground, so it was essentially a business tax, if you like, and that money was directed to local committees who responded to grant applications from communities.
"So the swimming pools and recreation grounds that were built were very much a demand from communities themselves."
The depression in the 1930s meant funding for pools came from another source - the "Special Areas Commission", which allowed councils to employ local people purely to build local amenities.
Around 12 pools were either upgraded, such as the Lido in Pontypridd, or built for the first time.
During the 1970s and 80s many pools were in disrepair and some newly formed county councils converted open air baths into indoor facilities, such as Splott Pool in Cardiff.
But others such as Pontnewynydd Baths near Pontypool were filled in and turned into parks.
Lisa Barrett spent most of her childhood summers at Bailey Park Pool in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, where her mother ran the facility.
The local council says it would now be difficult to find a business model that works for an outdoor pool.
But Ms Barrett said hundreds of local people are behind the idea of digging deep and resurrecting it.
"We understand where they're coming from with regards to money," she said.
"But we've had a lot of builders and tradesmen come to us and say we'll help and make this a reality."
Campaigners in Brynamman, Carmarthenshire, like Jason Rees, say they're looking at new designs which could reduce operating costs, but they need all the help they can get.
"We're looking at ways of keeping it open for longer," he said.
"Not just the summer months and we're looking at cleaning it without chemicals - a naturally cleaning pool... at no cost other than the up front cost of building it.
"I'd like to see a few more local people involved to generate income or volunteer their time to help us with it."
Perhaps history could repeat itself as in 1931 when the International Voluntary Service turned up in depression-hit Brynmawr in Blaenau Gwent where unemployment was 80% or more.
Dr Leeworthy said: "They came across to south Wales with all these volunteers from Poland, Belgium some of them even from the United States, France, Norway and so on, to help miners in Brynmawr to build this swimming pool.
"It's a remarkable transformation of an area, providing a leisure facility which had long been wanted but had been found difficult to provide.
"The local authority simply had no money, it's having to deal with massive levels of unemployment and that's its primary focus."
The Lido in Pontypridd was reopened in 2015 after decades of planning and millions in charitable grants.
Dr Leeworthy catalogued more than 50 outdoor baths across Wales as part of his research into the recreation facilities - he says there is a lesson to be learned from the only outdoor pool still open in Wales.
"There's a lesson of patience… the future in the long term of sites like this is really that against times of hardship people focus on things that can transform their communities for the longer term," he said.
The Tory leader said she was the only person who could "deliver for Britain" and negotiate the right Brexit deal.
Warning of "five more years of Tory austerity", Labour's leader promised more spending on health and education.
The Lib Dems are focusing on Remain-voting target seats while UKIP says only it can stop Brexit "backsliding".
In Scotland, the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has warned that a vote for Labour risks "handing the keys of No 10" to Theresa May, while leaders in Wales and Northern Ireland are also making their last pitch for votes.
After a week dominated by security issues since the terror attack in London, the prime minister promised on Tuesday to change human rights laws if they hamper a crackdown on terror suspects, by potentially seeking opt-outs from the European Convention on Human Rights.
The proposals have been criticised by her opponents, who have urged that "basic rights" should be upheld.
But returning to her central message on Brexit - the reason she gave for calling Thursday's election 50 days ago - Mrs May said that money which has until now been spent on EU projects could deliver "huge benefits" across the UK after its withdrawal, due in 2019.
She has been highlighting her party's promise to put £23bn into a National Productivity Investment Fund, focusing on housing, road, rail and broadband improvements.
The PM's day started in London, where she chatted to butchers at Smithfield meat market in the City. She was accompanied by her husband, Philip, who was also at her side as she visited Southampton and Norwich.
Speaking in Norwich, she said a Labour government would "wreck the economy" while she wanted to build a country that was "more confident in itself and in which no community was left behind".
Mrs May, who will end the day in the West Mildands, said that negotiations with the EU would begin in less than a fortnight and the question for voters was about who they trusted to deliver the best deal for Britain: "Brexit matters, Brexit is the basis of everything else. We need to get that Brexit deal right."
But emphasising Labour's plan to invest billions on public services, to be paid for by higher taxes on business and top earners, Mr Corbyn said the NHS could not afford "five more years of underfunding, understaffing and privatisation".
Addressing activists in Runcorn, he said the election was "all about the kind of society we want to live in", saying: "Never before has there been a clearer choice between the parties... a choice quite simply between hope and fear."
He said: "The re-election of a Theresa May government will mean five more years of cuts to the NHS, five more years of increases in waiting times, five more years of more and more people waiting for social care and five more years of austerity."
Instead, Mr Corbyn - who has also addressed crowds in Glasgow and Colwyn Bay - urged people to reject this "arid road" and back Labour's "positive and inclusive" vision.
The Labour leader has had to reshuffle his top team on the eve of the election after announcing shadow home secretary Diane Abbott would be taking a break because of ill health.
Ms Abbott pulled out of a number of media engagements on Tuesday and the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, said Lyn Brown, the shadow police minister and candidate for West Ham, had been asked to stand in for her indefinitely.
Meanwhile, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has urged Labour supporters to "send a message" to Theresa May on issues such as Brexit and social care by supporting his party in seats where they are the Tories' main challengers.
Endorsing tactical voting on campaign stops in Solihull, St Albans and Twickenham, he said: "This was undoubtedly an election called in the interests of the Conservative Party and it hasn't quite turned out the way she expected because Theresa May's made some very poor decisions, that have shown weakness and a level of heartlessness."
Former Business Secretary Vince Cable said his party offered an alternative to the continuing austerity proposed by the Conservatives and Jeremy Corbyn's "Venezuelan-style socialism".
Campaigning in Edinburgh, the Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said re-electing SNP MPs would ensure Scotland retained a "strong voice" in Westminster and deny the Conservatives the "crushing majority" they were expecting.
"People in Scotland should not risk waking up to Tory MPs who can hand Theresa May a majority and then rubber stamp anything she wants," she said.
"Instead, voters should take the opportunity to stand up for Scotland's schools, hospitals, public services, pensioners and jobs by rejecting the Tories' extreme and dangerous plans."
At their final election rally, the Green Party called on people to "vote with their hearts".
"I'm calling on people across the UK to vote not just for the MP they want, but the kind of country they want," co-leader Jonathan Bartley said, emphasising his party's opposition to the Trident nuclear deterrent and support for a universal weekly basic income.
Visiting Great Yarmouth, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall said only his party could keep the pressure on the next government to deliver a "real Brexit" - with lower immigration, exclusive fishing rights for British trawlers within UK territorial waters and no "divorce bill".
And Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said a re-elected Conservative government with an increased majority would pose a "threat" to Wales and her party would stand up for Welsh interests in the run-up to Brexit and afterwards.
Protesters were beaten up even after being "subdued", said the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.
Kenya's police chief said officers intervened to curb "lawlessness", but an internal inquiry would be held to look into the allegations against them.
The opposition called the protest to demand electoral reforms.
Church leaders appealed for calm, saying next year's general election should not lead to death and destruction.
"We must hold elections in a peaceful and harmonious manner without breaking this country," said Bishop Alfred Rotich of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops.
A group of 15 opposition supporters pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday to taking part in the illegal protest in Nairobi, the capital.
They denied the more serious charge of being armed and breaching the peace.
Police fired tear gas and water cannon, and beat up opposition supporters with clubs in an attempt to break up the protest.
Police said they were forced to act to end rioting and looting.
"I condemn the lawlessness visited on the public by rioters yesterday and an internal inquiry is under way to determine whether any police officer broke any law while quelling the riots," said police chief Joseph Boinnet.
However, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said the protesters were subjected to "serious bodily harm", even after they had been "subdued".
"When police disobey the law with such corrosive impunity, they lose legitimacy as law enforcers and alienate themselves from the very public they are mandated to serve," it added in a statement.
The protest was called by main opposition leader Raila Odinga to demand that the electoral commission be dissolved, and that a new one be appointed.
Mr Odinga accuses the current commission of being biased, and fears that the elections will not be free and fair.
The commission denies the allegation.
Mr Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta are expected to be the main contenders in the election.
In 2014, the International Criminal Court dropped crimes against humanity charges against Mr Kenyatta, saying there was insufficient evidence to press ahead with the case.
Mr Kenyatta had been indicted in connection with post-election ethnic violence in 2007-08, in which 1,200 people died. He denied the charges.
John Gittins spoke out at the pre-inquest hearing of Lily Baxandall.
The 95-year-old, from Abergele, died last year after waiting in an ambulance at Glan Clwyd Hospital for four hours.
In 2013, Fred Pring of Mold, died after waiting 42 minutes for an ambulance, and last year, Clive Turner, of Rossett, spent five hours in one.
Mr Gittins said "the buck stops" with the health bosses and has called Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board chief executive Trevor Purt, and his Welsh Ambulance Service Trust counterpart Tracy Myhill, to give evidence at the full inquest into Ms Baxandall's death later this year.
The pre-inquest hearing in Ruthin heard former catering supervisor Ms Baxandall was found by a cleaner on 1 September 2014, after falling and cutting her head.
After arriving at Glan Clwyd's emergency department at 17:00 BST her family said she remained outside in one of 11 ambulances waiting to discharge patients until 9.50 BST, by which time her condition had deteriorated.
A post mortem examination gave the provisional cause of death as pneumonia due to a subdural haematoma due to a head injury.
Following inquests into the deaths of Mr Pring and Mr Turner last year, narrative verdicts were returned and the coroner issued letters with a view to preventing future deaths.
Referring to these cases, Mr Gittins said he wanted to examine "whether things are changing."
Maria Aurora Moynihan's body was found on the street on 10 September next to a sign reading "drug pusher to the celebrities you're next!"
Baron Anthony Moynihan was linked to drug smuggling, fraud and prostitution.
More than 3,000 people with alleged links to drug use or dealing have been killed since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in June.
Mr Duterte, who once promised to kill 100,000 criminals, has brushed off criticism of the bloody crackdown, including by the UN, which said the killings could be crimes under international law, the US, and numerous human rights bodies.
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Maria Aurora Moynihan, 45, had been on bail after being arrested in a drug raid in 2013.
"Witnesses told us they heard a series of gunshots, then saw a vehicle leaving the area," Chief Inspector Tito Jay Cuden told AFP news. Authorities said packs of methamphetamine were found with her body.
CCTV footage from the area where Ms Moynihan's body was found showed a vehicle stop and open its door along a deserted street. A police investigation has begun.
Ms Moynihan was also the sister of Filipino celebrity Maritoni Fernandez.
Ms Fernandez called for privacy so that "we as a family may take this time to grieve, mourn but most of all celebrate the life of this exceptional human being I will forever have the privilege of calling my sister".
Baron Moynihan took his seat in the UK's House of Lords in the mid-1960s after the death of his father, saying: "I have every intention of shaking this place up. The sparks will fly."
While a lord, he married Philippine dancer Luz de la Rossa Fernandez and left the UK for Manila amid allegations of gambling debts and fraud.
In the Philippines, he was linked to the ownership of a number of brothels, as well as the drugs trade.
Eventually, he became a target of a number of law enforcement agencies, including the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which reportedly enlisted his help in the capture of notorious Welsh drug smuggler Howard Marks.
He died of a heart attack in Manila in 1991, aged 55. He left behind two sons who might have inherited his title. Genetic evidence, however, showed that the older boy was not Baron Moynihan's son, and the younger was born of a bigamous marriage.
The House of Lords eventually awarded the title to his half-brother Colin Moynihan, a Conservative politician.
Daisy Mae Burrill was found in a serious condition by paramedics on 11 March at Warren Street in Fleetwood, Lancashire.
She was taken to hospital having suffered a suspected cardiac arrest but died three days later. A post-mortem examination revealed she died from a head injury.
A 30-year-old man is in custody after he was arrested in Fleetwood.
A 29-year-old woman was also arrested in Thornton on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a child and remains in custody.
Lancashire Police said it could not confirm their identities at this stage.
They were initially arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and were bailed pending further enquiries before their re-arrests on Wednesday.
The Welsh language commissioner is issuing notices to local councils, the Welsh government and national parks on the standards they will need to meet.
The organisations will have six months to prepare before the new measures come into force on March 26 2016.
In July, Wrexham council warned the new rules could cost it £700,000 a year, leading to further cuts to services.
The standards are expected to be along similar lines to draft plans, published in January 2014.
These included requiring bodies to make it clear that they welcome correspondence with the public in Welsh and giving the language priority on bilingual signs.
Under the draft proposals the main switchboard of the organisations would also be staffed by a Welsh speaking member of staff and all press releases would would have to be published in Welsh.
Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) chief executive Steve Thomas said his organisation "works well with the commissioner", Meri Huws, and that the WLGA has been part of "very positive" discussions around language standards.
But he acknowledged "there are concerns" at the potential costs associated with implementing changes.
Any organisation found not to be meeting the required standards could face a fine of up to £5,000.
Other public bodies, including the NHS, and parts of the private sector, will be issued with similar notices in the future.
Manon Elin, of the Welsh Language Society Cymdeithas yr Iaith, said: "The process of creating these new rights, through the standards, needs to be expedited and simplified."
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The Reds' club doctor will now travel to the UK from the team's tour of Australia to complete Benteke's medical in the next 48 hours.
However, the 24-year-old Belgium international will not join up with his new team-mates on the tour.
Benteke joined Villa from Genk in 2012 for £7m, scoring 49 goals in 101 games.
Liverpool made a move for the striker after receiving funds from the £49m sale of Raheem Sterling to Premier League rivals Manchester City.
Benteke, who still has two years left on his Villa contract, scored 12 goals in 12 games last season to help Tim Sherwood's side avoid relegation from the top flight.
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The home, on the shore of Lake Ontario, was captured by a local photographer after being battered by water whipped up from the lake by freezing winds.
The photographer said many people on social media refused to believe the images were genuine.
John Kucko said he was "amazed at how many people think I sprayed foam on the place" and posted video footage as proof.
He said he found the house after being "tipped off" by a local and "was on a mission to find the place before sunrise."
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New York state remains subject to a blizzard warning from the US National Weather Service, with 12 to 20 inches of snow expected in New York City and surrounding areas on Monday and Tuesday.
The heaviest snowfall is expected to come on Tuesday morning when it will fall on the city at rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour.
Blizzard warning are also in place along much of the East Coast, as people brace for the so-called Nor'easter storm.
Major cities from Boston to Washington DC are forecast to receive several inches of snowfall, which comes only one week after unusually clement weather.
Last month was the second warmest February on record since record-keeping began in 1895.
Lack of food was a factor in why seven big cats, including sabre-toothed tigers, went extinct at the end of the last Ice Age, say scientists.
The trend is continuing, threatening a range of modern big cats, they warn.
If the prey of big cats continues to decline it will add to other pressures such as habitat loss, a study found.
Dr Chris Sandom from the University of Sussex said: "I think it adds an extra pressure for these animals. They are already suffering quite heavily from other conflicts with humans."
He said the lesson from the past was that even if Ice Age big cats had survived conflicts with humans and the changing climate, they would not have had much left to eat.
"We're in a continued decline of big, exciting animals," he added. "These charismatic predators are facing this consistent threat that started in the Ice Age and continues to this day and we need to turn that trend around."
The research, led by scientists at Sussex and Oxford universities, looked at the causes of extinction in seven big cats - four different types of sabre-toothed cats, the cave and American lions, and the American cheetah.
They found that if the animals had survived until modern times they would have lost the majority of their prey, partly due to human influences.
The researchers then turned their attention to modern big cats, and the status of their prey.
If all the prey species currently considered at risk were to go extinct, then the lions of East Africa and the clouded leopards of Indo-Malaya would be in a similar position to their Ice Age relatives, say the scientists.
The same would apply to some populations of tiger, leopard and cheetah.
Prof David Macdonald, Director of the University of Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, said: "The Churchillian aphorism that those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it was painfully in mind when we saw how many of the prey of lions and East Africa and of clouded leopards in Indo-Malaya look set to go down the same drain down which their counterparts in other regions have already been flushed."
The Sunda clouded leopard is a medium-sized wild cat found in forests of the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
The study is published in the journal Ecography.
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The total amount has dropped from 641,000 tonnes in 2012/13 to 453,000 tonnes in 2014/15 - a 30% fall in three years - with the amount spent on landfill having fallen by at least 23% in the last four years.
However, £130,000 is still being spent on Welsh landfill every day, according to figures obtained by BBC Wales.
So, what happens to a piece of recyclable rubbish after it is dropped into a bin bag headed for the dump?
Take, for instance, an empty aluminium drink can.
It gets binned at a home in Ruthin, Denbighshire, before being put out for refuse collectors on a Tuesday.
From there, it is driven to a transfer station half a mile (0.8km) away, where it is moved to a lorry with about 20 tonnes of other waste.
The articulated lorry drives its load 20 miles (32km) to Cory Environmental's Hafod Landfill site, near Johnstown, Wrexham.
It is then tipped on to the enormous dunes of rubbish - the site receives about 110,000 tonnes a year - and is ploughed with the surrounding junk into layers of waste by a giant £250,000 compactor.
How long will the can remain there before it eventually breaks down?
"It'll probably be there forever," said Ian Craven, Cory's area manager.
Scanning the mind-boggling channels of waste, you can see more crushed and twisted cans scattered around it. Lots of them.
Cory has planning permission to fill the site until 2043, with three million cubic metres of space still vacant.
The firm plans to make the site as green and attractive as possible, with trees and wildflower planting to create wildlife habitats, attractive for species such as the great crested newt.
The contaminated water - or leachate - and gasses are extracted from the waste mass, before finished areas are sealed with a capping layer of clay and topped with soil.
"People think it's just a hole in the ground but hopefully we will produce something that is of benefit to the environment and that people can eventually use and enjoy," Mr Craven said.
But the scale of the public cost of sending recyclable and compostable waste to landfill remains unappealingly massive.
Denbighshire council spent more than £1.4m on landfill and incineration last year.
Alan Roberts, senior waste officer at the authority, said it could save up to £500,000 a year if people put all their waste into the correct bin.
"Our recycling is at a very high level, comparatively, but it could be higher. Currently, around about 63% of the rubbish is recycled.
"A very significant proportion of what we collect in people's black wheelie bins is still recyclable material which has been put in the wrong container."
He estimated 20% of black bin waste collected was food and a further 20% was paper, cardboard and other items, all of which could all be recycled.
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There is, he explained, still a "yuck factor" when it comes to storing food waste separately.
"People don't appreciate that they do really have food waste," he added. "But of course, things like bread crusts, vegetable peelings, even tea bags and coffee grounds actually do tend to come out of most kitchens."
Overall, the annual amount of biodegradable municipal waste (food, paper, and garden waste) from Wales sent to landfill has dropped from over 850,000 tonnes in 2005/6 to 256,000 tonnes in 2014/15 - a 70% reduction.
But how do you "nudge" - as Denbighshire puts it - people into being even more disciplined with their unwanted leavings?
"The approach we have taken has really been about removing the barriers to recycling and also, at the same time, making it somehow less convenient to choose not to recycle," Mr Roberts said.
Measures include smaller refuse wheelie bins and larger ones for recycling and, occasionally, enforcement action and even prosecution.
Mr Roberts said Denbighshire gets "massive support" from residents, but there are some individuals who simply will not cooperate.
For 2014/2015, it had the highest rate of any Welsh council for the percentage of its overall waste that was reused, recycled or composted - 65.9%.
But, like four more Welsh councils, Denbighshire's annual spend on landfill actually rose over the last four years. This, it said, is largely due to increases in landfill tax.
The Welsh government has targeted councils with recycling 58% of their waste by 2016, with that eventually rising to 100% by 2050.
Seven authorities had achieved the 2016 benchmark as of August, with Blaenau Gwent having the lowest rate of the rest, at 50%.
Denbighshire sends about a third of its non-recyclable waste to landfill, with the rest processed into a refuse-derived fuel, which is then burned to generate electricity and heat.
Some councils, such as Monmouthshire, dispose of almost all of their non-recyclable rubbish using these kinds of methods, such as energy from waste systems.
But for those areas still relying heavily on landfill to swallow their imponderable supply of waste, there remains an ignominious and airtight time capsule marking their legacy below ground.
"There are stories of old landfill sites that have been dug into from Victorian times and it is still possible to read the newsprint," Mr Roberts added, explaining that even organic waste takes much longer to degrade inside landfill.
"The waste will sit there."
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Ian Macdonald, 55, said "I am very sorry about this" before severing Eric Martin's jugular vein in the attack.
After the stabbing on Gylemuir Road on 1 December 2014, Macdonald then said: "I shouldn't have done that."
Lady Wise said: "It was only through extreme good fortune and expert medical attention he has survived the attack."
The judge at the High Court in Edinburgh said it was "very troubling" given the absence of any understanding or explanation of why the crime occurred.
She told Macdonald she took into account that he had shown considerable remorse, but she had to impose a substantial period of imprisonment.
She said he would have been jailed for nine years, but for his guilty plea to attempted murder.
The court heard Macdonald appeared very calm after repeatedly stabbing Mr Martin who suffered a severed jugular vein in his neck.
Lady Wise was told Macdonald did not suffer from any mental disorder and offered no explanation for the attack.
He repeatedly struck him on the body with a knife to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life.
Advocate depute Lisa Gillespie said at the time of the assault Mr Martin, a retired engraver, was in good health and was fit and active.
A woman resident looked out her window and saw Mr Martin lying on the ground and Macdonald walking up and down with his hands behind his back. He appeared "blank and emotionless".
She asked Macdonald what had happened to the victim and he also told her that he had stabbed him.
A doctor was concerned by his behaviour, passive appearance and calm description of events and called in a consultant psychiatrist.
Unemployed Macdonald, who lived alone in Gylemuir Road, proceeded to give a similar account to the psychiatrist who found no signs of mental illness.
Mr Martin was treated at hospital for wounds to his neck and chest. The severed ends of the jugular vein were tied to stop bleeding. He was let out of hospital nine days later.
Defence solicitor advocate Brian Gilfedder told the court: "It is a very unusual and perplexing crime committed with no motivation whatsoever, or reason for that matter."
He said that Macdonald was at "a total loss" to understand why he committed the offence.
Ms Hughes put up the rows of icicles on her home in the appropriately named Light Close in Corsham, Wiltshire.
Later she received an anonymous note claiming the "tacky" lights had made the street "very common".
But Ms Hughes thinks they look amazing - so she went out and bought some more.
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The row sparked a number of comments on BBC Wiltshire's Facebook page - with many people struggling to see the problem.
Mo Moncrieff-Jury said: "Heard about this on the radio and I was expecting a garden full of blow-up santas, reindeer and flashing multi-coloured lights at least - LOL."
Adrian Smith added: "The letter says nothing about the lights but everything about the author. Perhaps a party at the house where we can all say how nice it looks?"
Ms Hughes put up the lights with the help of neighbour Jordan Franklin.
They feature two rows of icicles along the top of the house and some around the fences, "basically covering the front of the house".
"We've gone through all the time and effort trying to be Christmassy for someone to attempt to knock us down," said Ms Hughes.
"But at the same time I thought it was quite funny someone had gone to all that effort of posting the letter to then do it anonymously," Ms Franklin added.
"All it's done is spurred us on and made us go out and buy more lights and they went straight up in the dark."
Ex-Soviet army officer Dmitri Kovtun will appear by video-link after he was granted "core participant status" by inquiry chairman, Sir Robert Owen.
Mr Litvinenko died of radioactive poisoning on 23 November 2006.
Mr Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoi are suspected of murdering him but both deny involvement and remain in Russia.
It was during a meeting with the pair at a London hotel in November 2006 that Mr Litvinenko drank tea containing a fatal dose of the radioactive substance polonium-210.
The 43-year-old had been an officer with the Federal Security Service - the successor to the KGB - but fled to Britain where he became a UK citizen and a fierce critic of the Kremlin.
Mr Kovtun and his colleague Mr Lugovoi initially refused to take part in the inquiry, which opened in January and is sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
However, in March Mr Kovtun changed his mind and offered to give evidence.
A statement issued by the inquiry on Monday said: "Sir Robert Owen, chairman of the Litvinenko Inquiry, has designated Mr Dmitri Kovtun as a core participant to the Inquiry, pursuant to rules 5(2)(a) and (c) of the Inquiry Rules 2006.
"Sir Robert is satisfied that Mr Kovtun has complied in full with his directions dated 2 April 2015."
The statement also said that Mr Kovtun "does intend to assert the privilege against self-incrimination".
Billy Latham, of Bexhill, Sussex, had faced a manslaughter charge at Lewes Crown Court, but a judge discharged the jury and terminated the trial.
Mr Latham, 36, was cleared when a not guilty verdict was entered.
Peter Morley, 74, died 10 days after suffering a head injury during an alleged row in July 2014 following a reported dog attack on his own pet.
Prosecution lawyers claimed there had been an assault during the incident in Turkey Road, Bexhill.
After the trial ended on 9 October, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it was considering appealing against the judge's decision to end the trial.
A CPS spokeswoman said had lawyers decided against the move.
She said: "This was a complex case which turned on the prosecution proving beyond reasonable doubt that the alleged assault caused the victim's death.
"The trial judge ruled that there was not a sufficient link between the two and so the case was stopped."
She added: "The CPS sought independent advice regarding an appeal of this decision. After careful consideration we have decided not to pursue an appeal."
But after they began to spread, he became more concerned, travelling south from his village to the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka to get medical help.
Now doctors fear Sahana may be the first female to ever be afflicted by so-called "tree man syndrome".
If their diagnosis is right, she becomes one of a tiny group worldwide with epidermodysplasia verruciformis.
It is a rare genetic disease that produces scaly, bark-like growths which particularly affect the hands and feet.
Only a few people - all men - are thought to have the disease.
For some, it is incapacitating, with one man unable to touch his wife and child for a decade.
Abul Bajandar's hands were each consumed by growths which weighed 5kg (11lb), with warts also growing on his legs, giving him the appearance of a tree.
The 27-year-old, who was the first Bangladeshi diagnosed with the disease, has now undergone 16 separate surgeries at Dhaka's Medical College Hospital to allow him to use his hands once more.
Doctors told the AFP news agency last month that he would soon be able to leave the ward - and those same doctors are now conducting tests to establish whether Sahana has the same unusual skin disorder.
For her worried father, Mohammad Shahjahan, it is little comfort.
"We are very poor. My daughter lost her mother when she was only six. I really hope that the doctors will remove the barks from my beautiful daughter's face," he told AFP.
Doctors are hopeful Sahana may have a less aggressive version of the illness and should be able to recover more quickly.
People trying to get into Winchester's Boomtown Fair complained of sunstroke, dehydration, fainting, and a lack of toilets or water while stuck.
Organisers blamed the queues on increased searches and delays opening the site gates caused by bad weather.
But many people expressed their anger on social media and described the situation as "dangerous".
Charlie Hadley tweeted: "We have been queuing for THREE hours. My best friend just recovered from chemo and is flagging. What's going on????"
Richard Evans posted: "Boomtown festival is now a serious safety concern. People are fainting. My daughter has been queuing for nearly 6 hours."
Tommy Palmer said: "Boomtown queue currently expected to take 5 hours. Blinding sunlight with no water. This is just as dangerous as the security risk."
Acts headlining Boomtown this year include The Specials, M.IA. and Cypress Hill.
Organisers describe the event on its posters as "the most fully theatrical and immersive festival experience on Earth".
A festival spokeswoman said: "We were delayed in opening our gates early this afternoon due to the recent wet weather conditions.
"This delay in opening, along with the large-scale searching operation we are running this year have affected the time for people spent in the queues.
"The welfare of our attendees is absolute importance, we have been, and will continue to, send additional provisions and distributing water to those in the queues.
"Security, event management, medical and welfare teams are in position at all the gates and we are actively looking at ways to speed up the queues and get people into the festival."
The claim: Andrea Leadsom MP says the Bank of England, the IMF and the US all said the UK should adopt the euro.
Reality Check verdict: None of these three recommended the UK should adopt the euro.
The euro was introduced in 1999. Britain did not have to join because the UK negotiated a permanent opt-out from European Monetary Union (EMU) as part of the Maastricht Treaty, signed in 1992.
Joining has remained an option. So have the Bank of England, IMF or the United States ever said the UK should join the Euro?
Back in 1999 the then governor of the Bank of England, Eddie George, said: "It really is too soon to say whether all participating countries will be able to exist comfortably within the single monetary policy framework or whether there will be tension."
He also said that it would be "tremendously difficult" ever to know for certain if the British economy was ready to join.
Just one year later, in 2000, Sir Eddie reiterated the same position, suggesting that the UK's hesitance to join the euro was down to "a real debate about the risks and potential costs of divergence between our own monetary policy needs and those of the members of the eurozone".
In the same year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that a strong case for or against UK membership of the euro didn't exist.
It judged that the main benefits from joining EMU would be savings in transaction costs and better market transparency. This, they argued, would have a positive impact on investment, productivity and growth.
On the negative side, they said: "joining the EMU would imply relinquishing an independent monetary policy and a flexible exchange rate."
The Reality Check team looked into what the US Treasury were saying in the lead up to the introduction of the euro. We found a number of statements on the benefits of the EMU in general, with one suggesting that any move to strengthen Europe economically would be good for the United States.
But we didn't find any explicit recommendations from the US Treasury arguing for the UK to join the euro.
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Transport ministers from Malaysia and China joined the Australian deputy leader and Angus Houston, the official leading the search, at the talks in Canberra.
So far, an intensive search operation has found no sign of flight MH370.
The next stage is set to involve a long search of a large area of ocean floor.
The plane went missing on 8 March as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board.
It lost contact with air traffic controllers over the South China Sea. Officials now believe, based on satellite data, that it ended its journey in the sea far west of the Australian city of Perth.
It is not yet known what caused the plane to fly so far off course. Finding its "black box" flight recorders is seen as key to understanding what happened.
Last week, Australia announced that the operation was entering a new phase, after an initial search of the area where acoustic signals thought to be from flight recorders were heard found nothing.
Speaking in Canberra, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said new sonar and submersible equipment would be needed.
"It's possible that some of it may be owned by navies or governments around the world, but it's likely that the majority will have to be provided from the private sector," he said.
He said the plan was to call for bids for a single operator to lead the search in its new phase.
He said he was optimistic that this could be done "in the space of one to two months", and said that in the interim the Bluefin-21 robotic submersible would continue working.
Mr Truss also said that detailed mapping of the ocean floor would be a key part of the next stage.
"Much of this area has never been mapped and so it will require a significant effort for us to understand the ocean floor in that area," he said.
More meetings would begin on Wednesday where experts would share all the information, including satellite data, collected to date, it was agreed.
Angus Houston said they wanted to ensure their assumptions were correct.
"We've got to this stage of the process where it's very sensible to go back and have a look at all of the data that has been gathered, all of the analysis that has been done and make sure there's no flaws in it, the assumptions are right, the analysis is right and the deductions and conclusions are right,'' AP quoted him as saying.
Australia has warned that the next stage of the search could take up to a year.
The Discovery Project will offer 14 to 19-year-olds with ASD help with their homework, revision and applications to college or university.
They can also attend yoga and circus skills classes to boost their co-ordination and social skills.
The initiative aims to ease anxieties and prepare them for further education.
One in three people on the autistic spectrum aged between 16 and 24 are not in education, employment or training, Cardiff University said.
That figure is more than double the number among the general population despite those with ASD often displaying above average levels of intelligence.
People with ASD often struggle to interact in social situations and to adapt to change, the institution said.
Only 15% of adults with autism are employed full-time and of those who graduate from university, 26% are unemployed - the highest rate in any disability group.
Scott McKenzie, widening access officer at Cardiff University, said that while there was a lot of help available once students get to university, getting there in the first place was a big challenge for some.
"New environments can generate a lot of anxiety for young people on the autism spectrum, but it needn't be a barrier to entering further or higher education," he said.
"With the right support, pupils can have the confidence to overcome their anxieties and go on to become experts in their chosen field, with the ultimate aim of helping them gain a foothold on the career ladder."
Cardiff University vice-chancellor, Prof Colin Riordan, said it was vital prospective students with ASD knew support was available.
"I'm hopeful that this bold and worthwhile initiative will serve to encourage more prospective students on the autism spectrum to continue their education and realise their academic potential here at Cardiff."
Hendry, 49, admitted sending unwanted text messages and emails to beautician Sarah Kinder after she ended their relationship in March.
An allegation of common assault against Hendry was dropped after Ms Kinder retracted her statement.
Blackpool magistrates adjourned sentencing until 20 August for a Probation Service report.
The court heard Hendry, of Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, accepted he made unwanted visits to Ms Kinder's home in the town and twice threw stones at her bedroom window.
Ms Kinder retracted her allegation the ex-footballer grabbed her arm several times as she tried to get in a taxi.
She attended Blackpool Magistrates' Court but was not required to give evidence in a scheduled trial.
Hendry began seeing Ms Kinder after his wife Denise, 42, passed away in 2009 as a result of botched cosmetic surgery.
Ms Kinder broke off the relationship in late December 2014 but they were reunited on 21 February, the court heard.
Hendry was told sentencing options ranged from a custodial sentence to a community order.
Ms Kinder finally ended the relationship on 3 March and Hendry's catalogue of harassment followed from that date until 18 April, it was said.
He said in a basis of plea he was "extremely upset and confused" by the March break-up and accepted his behaviour which followed was "unacceptable".
Hendry would check "if she was okay" by sometimes driving past her home and entered it once through an unlocked front door.
He saw Ms Kinder in two bars in Lytham on 17 April and had been told she was "very drunk, upset and walking barefoot". He went over to help as she got into a taxi but added: "I accept she did not want my help."
Hendry received a 17-month driving ban earlier this year after admitting drink-driving in Lytham early on 21 February.
He was previously reported to have "bombarded" Ms Kinder with text messages following the first split and was given a harassment order.
The central defender captained his country in the 1998 World Cup and appeared for a series of clubs including Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Blackpool and Rangers.
He also managed Blackpool and Clyde.
Cuthbert has not played since March because of heel and knee injuries, missing Wales' tour of New Zealand.
Wales captain Sam Warburton and forward Josh Turnbull return after sitting out the 34-16 win over Edinburgh and scrum-half Lloyd Williams may be involved.
"The players we have available next week shows what we are slowly building," coach Danny Wilson said.
Former Ulster number eight Nick Williams won the man of the match award against Edinburgh while Wales utility back Matthew Morgan made his debut off the bench.
Former Scarlets fly-half Steve Shingler scored a try in an impressive 15 point debut, while ex Scarlet colleagues George Earle and Kirby Myhill also started, though Myhill went off with a knee injury.
Head coach Danny Wilson welcomes the increased competition for early-season places.
"Sam Warburton will be available next week, it is a position of strength for us, Josh Turnbull will also be back for us," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"So we will have to select from Josh Navidi, Nick Williams, Ellis Jenkins, Sam Warburton and Josh Turnbull.
"If we can get that [squad depth] in all positions, fantastic, but in that one there is great competition which is good for us and Wales."
Fly-half Shingler moved from Parc y Scarlets as Blues man Rhys Patchell made the journey in the opposition direction.
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Shingler has welcomed the fresh start at the Arms Park and feels the region are on the up.
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Roman Catholics have been more used to receiving guidance from the Vatican than giving it.
But with Pope Francis has come a growing sense that he intends fundamental change in the way his huge Church is run - and that he wants to include "ordinary" Catholics in it.
His unprecedented exercise in consultation - the survey sent to all Catholic bishops with instructions to consult as widely as possible - is a powerful further sign of reform in the old top-down way of governing the Church.
The survey's 39 questions deal with sensitive subjects - contraception, gay marriage, sex outside marriage, and whether divorced and remarried people should be allowed Holy Communion.
The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales was the first in the world to put the survey online, and is encouraging all Catholics to complete it by the deadline on 20 December.
Their responses are likely to confirm what bishops already know - that the behaviour of Catholics, including the roughly one third who go regularly to church, is diverging dramatically from the model of Catholic practice set out by the Church.
Examples taken from the survey on the family by the Catholic Church in England and Wales
But rather than criticise, Pope Francis is convinced that the Church needs to understand - and his survey is part of that effort.
A few weeks ago, the Pope criticised the Roman Catholic Church for being too focused on enforcing the rules for human behaviour based on its traditional beliefs.
He called it being locked up in "small things and small-minded rules", and an obsession with "the transmission of a disjointed multitude of doctrines".
There is no sign that Pope Francis plans a major overhaul of Church doctrine, but it is clear that he wants a switch in emphasis to a message of mercy and forgiveness, especially towards those who are suffering.
The survey is itself a tacit acknowledgement that the way the Church deals with Catholics who cannot - or will not - follow official church teaching must change.
The way the survey has been worded has been criticised as obscure and convoluted, but there is no denying that it goes to the heart of fundamental and often awkward issues in the way Catholics lead their lives.
In one section - headed "On Unions of Persons of the Same Sex", one question asks: "What pastoral attention can be given to people who have chosen to live in other types of union?"
Another addresses the issue of contraception - but instead of using that word it refers to "The openness of the married couple to life".
The Church rules out artificial contraception, but questions whether couples are "aware of how morally to evaluate the different methods of family planning", before asking more directly "Is this moral teaching accepted?"
The truth is that much of the Church's moral teaching is not accepted.
Professor Linda Woodhead of Lancaster University, in research among 1,672 British Catholics for the Westminster Faith Debates, finds them largely holding on to their identity as Catholics, but more likely to trust their own reason and judgement than the Church's rules in deciding their moral behaviour.
On an issue by issue basis, the results are remarkable, and give an insight into what the Pope is likely to learn from his survey.
According to Professor Woodhead's findings, four in ten churchgoers - who are more respectful of the Church's teaching than non-attenders - would ban abortion altogether, and just under half of churchgoers think same-sex marriage is wrong.
She says: "If we measure ['faithful Catholics'] by the criteria of weekly churchgoing, certain belief in God, taking authority from religious sources, and opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage and euthanasia, only 5% of Catholics fit the mould, and only 2% of those under 30".
Those figures exclude elements such as the teaching on contraception, widely ignored by Catholic lay people.
Pope Francis is not offering to change teaching on contraception.
The Church would not believe it was serving anyone by dismantling its values - diluting what it regards as a "gold standard" for people who want to lead a good life.
Like the Church's understanding of what constitutes a "valid" marriage - that is, between a man and a woman - contraception is an issue of doctrine, or core belief, and not open to reform.
But that is not to say there is not considerable room for manoeuvre, allowing the change of focus to the "kinder" and non-judgmental approach Pope Francis has repeatedly called for.
The Pope has shown that he is aware that even those Roman Catholics who shun the rules are hurt by the way the Church deals with them, in deeds as well as words.
For example, in the past the Church has described "deep-seated homosexual tendencies" as "objectively disordered".
Pope Francis has said that he does not feel in a position to judge homosexual people.
Then there are the divorced people who have remarried - and are, according to the strict interpretation, therefore committing adultery and are denied Holy Communion.
The Vatican document accompanying the survey hints at a realisation that all might not be well by pointing out mournfully that "many Catholic children and young people will never see their parents receive the sacraments".
Even Catholic bishops thought of as traditionalist - such as the Bishop of Portsmouth, Philip Egan - have called for a more merciful way of dealing with such people.
Even without a reform of core beliefs, there could be significant changes in practice and what has already been identified as Pope Francis's "style" to reduce conflict in the Church's ideal values and the real lives of its members.
As some in the Church have already pointed out, to a great extent "style is substance" when it comes to applying the rules.
In matters such as contraception for example, new thinking could call for Catholic couples to be "open to life" in their sexual relationship, but leave up to their consciences how exactly they manage it.
Responses to the survey are to be given to Catholic bishops before they gather in Rome next September for a special meeting, or synod, to discuss the Church's approach to "the family".
They are due to meet in 2015 to issue new guidance to Catholics based on their discussion next September.
Most were selected by the traditionalist popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, but the Catholic commentator John Wilkins says even traditionalists are aware of the gulf between teaching and practice.
"It's a dangerous gap for an institution like the Church," says Mr Wilkins. "It can deal with it in two ways - either by clamping down from the top, which runs the risk of reducing the Church to a small sect, or by adapting its teaching, focusing on Jesus, so that Catholics can say, 'yes, that's me, that's what I believe'."
To some extent the very fact of the Pope's survey, broaching issues Catholics were once not encouraged to discuss, has raised expectations, assumptions which, whether justified or not, might be hard to satisfy.
The woman slipped at the top of Harseshaw Linn Waterfall near Bellingham, shortly after noon on Saturday.
Several rescue teams came to her aid and she was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, while the dogs were taken to a vet.
The rescue took three hours 20 minutes.
A spokesman for the Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team said the waterfall is at the bottom of a steep wooded ravine.
The North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team and North East Ambulance Service helped them winch the woman, who is in her early 40s, on a stretcher out of the waterfall before carrying her through the ravine to fields, where the Great North Air Ambulance was waiting to take her to hospital.
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India is the fastest growing smartphone market in the world, with one report estimating that there were 239 million smartphone users in the country by the end of 2015.
Xiaomi is popular in India, but is currently in seventh place in the market, behind players like Samsung, Apple and Indian company Micromax.
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The inquiry, which has cost more than £7m, interviewed its last witness three years ago but has yet to be published.
Whitehall sources said the process of allowing some people to respond to the inquiry's findings had not begun.
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday he "very much hoped" the report would be ready by the end of the year.
But Mr Cameron has also conceded that this timetable was not in his gift.
BBC News understands there are still significant obstacles to overcome.
Before publication, those facing criticism have to be given an opportunity to respond privately.
Sir John Chilcot had intended to begin this process last year but Whitehall sources said this was yet to get under way.
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson says the prime minister is hopeful this will happen soon.
But Sir John first wants the Cabinet Office to agree to publish more of the notes and conversations about Iraq between former Prime Minister Tony Blair and ex-US President George W Bush.
The Cabinet Office is said to be close to deciding which documents will be made public but if that list does not satisfy Sir John then the report could be still further delayed.
The independent inquiry into the Iraq War was set up before the last election by the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Public Administration Committee chairman Bernard Jenkin has said delays to the publication of the report have become "very serious".
Mr Jenkin said the report was "at least four years overdue" and an explanation was needed.
He urged ministers to "sort this out". The government said it had been in talks with the inquiry and the process would end as soon as possible.
The inquiry started in 2009 but two years later it was still taking evidence from key witnesses.
Sam King MBE sailed to the UK on the Empire Windrush in 1948 and was elected as Mayor of Southwark in 1983.
A war veteran, he was also a driving force behind Britain's first black newspaper, the West Indian Gazette.
Dione McDonald said the 90-year-old had been unwell in recent months and had passed away with his family around him.
Born in 1926, Sam King first came to Britain after volunteering for the Royal Air Force as an engineer in 1944, after spotting an advert in the local paper.
In an interview last year, he said he had "left Portland, Jamaica, in temperatures of 75F (23C)." When he arrived in Britain the temperature was 39F (4C): "I thought I was going to die."
After returning to Britain on the MV Windrush and settling in Southwark, he found work as a postman and became an active campaigner in the community.
In the mid-1950s he became circulation manager of the Brixton-based Gazette.
He later helped organise the first Caribbean-style carnival in London which later became the first Notting Hill Carnival in 1964.
Tributes have been paid to Mr King with many calling him a "pioneer" in British politics.
Speaking to BBC Radio London, Labour MP Diane Abbott said Mr King was a "very dignified and very gentlemanly" person who helped break down barriers for black people in politics.
"Someone like myself who was fortunate to become an MP stands on the shoulders of people like Sam King," she said.
Southwark Councillor Michael Situ tweeted that the World War Two veteran was "principled, inspiring and always willing to serve".
Maria Adams drove up and down the car park of Tesco in Roker, Sunderland, as her friend held on to a towel hanging out of the boot of her Nissan Juke.
Newcastle Crown Court heard her friend did not require a wheelchair but had jumped in one owned by the store to take part in the prank.
Judge Penny Moreland said the driving was a "piece of stupidity".
Adams, 20, from Whitburn, South Tyneside, admitted dangerous driving.
The court heard shoppers watched as the man in the wheelchair let go of the towel and was sent "whizzing along with the momentum".
She was disqualified from driving for two years, ordered to pay £1,369 prosecution costs and a £60 victim surcharge.
She was also given a four-month curfew and a 12-month community order.
Ms Mogherini hoped the two sides could sign an agreement by the end of 2015.
She was speaking after meeting President Raul Castro and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Tuesday in the Cuban capital, Havana.
Ms Mogherini is the highest-ranking EU official to visit communist Cuba for several years.
Her visit is seen as another sign that the island is strengthening its ties with the West, after decades of Cold War tensions.
In December, Cuba and the United States announced they would be improving their ties, which have been frozen since 1961.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also met Cuban leaders in Havana on Tuesday and praised the thaw in Cuba-US ties. Cuba was allied to Moscow during the Cold War.
While EU-Cuban relations never reached the levels of animosity of those between Cuba and the US, the EU did have economic sanctions in place against the island until 2008.
Under its 1996 Common Position, the EU had moreover restricted its ties with the Cuban government until reforms were made in areas such as democracy, a multi-party system, human rights and fundamental freedoms.
In February 2014, the EU announced it would enter into negotiations with Cuba to restore full bilateral relations.
However, the two sides only held three meetings in 2014, prompting Ms Mogherini to call the pace "slow".
The Cuban foreign minister and Ms Mogherini are due to meet again at the Summit of the Americas in two weeks time and on 22 April in Brussels.
The EU is Cuba's second-biggest trading partner after Venezuela and also represents a major source of investment.
One-third of tourists to the island every year come from the EU.
The estate, which tumbles down a hillside below Highgate, opened in 1979, the year she came to power.
Every flat here has its own south-facing balcony or courtyard. There is an abundance of greenery, designed as a visual continuation of the wild space of Highgate cemetery, which borders the estate.
Karl Marx, buried among the ivy and brambles, would surely have applauded a publicly funded project that upgraded the lives of its working-class inhabitants.
But the thought of Mrs Thatcher spreading her philosophy of home ownership here may well have felt as if the lady herself was walking across his grave.
On this estate you will meet musicians, architects, and solicitors - alongside what in Mrs Thatcher's time were known as blue-collar workers: cleaners, hospital porters and bus drivers.
Of the 300 flats on the estate, two-thirds are occupied by council tenants. The rest are privately owned.
People like John Holland, who works as a security guard, bought his house from the council thirty years ago. That was shortly after Mrs Thatcher's Housing Act was passed in 1980, enabling tenants to buy their homes at a large discount.
At the time he and his sister paid £39,000 for their five-bedroom property, even though it was valued at around £70,000.
"Right-to-buy had a huge impact on Britain's housing market. The high discounts made the offer a fantastic bargain for those lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. It meant that there was some real growth in levels of owner occupation and helped to create more mixed communities. So it was great for individuals - but there has been an equally great sting in the tail.
"Put simply, the sales proceeds were not used to build the new affordable homes we needed then and even more desperately need now. Some homes have been sold on into the private rented sector, with much higher rents adding to the growing housing benefit bill. The short-term gain for individuals was huge. The long-term impact is a major contribution to our present housing crisis."
Today it is worth around £600,000.
Unsurprisingly, right-to-buy made him a happy man indeed.
"If it weren't for Mrs Thatcher's policy, we couldn't have afforded to buy," he says.
"There's no way we'd be property owners now if it wasn't for her. It was perfect, absolutely perfect."
Other long-term residents of the estate have very different views. One man, who did not want to be named, said most people could not afford to buy at the time. Others who did manage to purchase had subsequently struggled.
"A lot of people who bought couldn't afford the repayments, because the economy went down under Mrs Thatcher," he says.
"Also the scheme meant they stopped building enough social housing."
Linda Treherne, a resident of the estate since it was built, is also bitter about the policy.
Under the rules, councils were prevented from reinvesting most of the proceeds of council house sales in new homes. After 1990, most local authorities were only allowed to spend 25% of such receipts on building houses.
"It took control away from the council's housing departments. Because of right-to-buy, we are in a mess," she complains.
She points out that some people on the estate bought two properties, and now rent them out.
"It really rankles me that people made such a profit," she says.
Some residents are second-generation owners, having bought their homes from the original council tenants.
Architect Alex Thomas paid £250,000 for his flat three years ago. The original tenant had bought it for just £30,000 in 2000.
"He bought a yacht, I expect," says Thomas.
Fabian Watkinson, a musician, is also a second-generation owner. The previous owners sold it to him on the very first day they were allowed to, three years after they bought it from the council.
He is not exactly full of praise for Margaret Thatcher, but admits he is lucky to have it.
"I have to say I'm grateful for the right-to-buy. I'm very happy," he says.
But he believes the real legacy of the policy is in the nature of the mixed communities it created.
Here on the Whittington estate, professionals live right alongside manual workers; black and white live on the same streets.
"Right-to-buy has created a social mix," he says.
"Overall I think it worked very well. It has created a great sense of community. I know my neighbours."
Architect Alex Thomas agrees.
"The people who own flats take a pride in the place, and often get involved in community groups. So the policy had positive benefits."
Lying in his shady grave next door, Marx would never have agreed.
For this was a policy that attempted to cut across all class lines, and fulfil the very capitalist aspirations of acquiring a home and putting money in the bank.
But with two million Britons having taken up Margaret Thatcher's offer since 1980, even he would have to recognise its enduring appeal.
The 26-year-old made nine appearances for Saints this season after joining from Hull KR in October 2016.
Walker could make his debut against his former side Huddersfield on Friday.
Coach Chris Chester said: "I have worked with Adam for a number of years, and we have got a good relationship. He is one of the best young British forwards in Super League."
Glasgow University is being given a total of £18m by the Scottish Funding Council to develop two of the centres.
One will focus on electronic sensor and imaging systems. The other will aim to pioneer medical research projects.
A Digital Health Institute will also be created in Edinburgh to address demands on health and social care services.
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has pledged £10m over the next five years to support the Innovation Centre - Sensor and Imaging Systems (IC-SIS) at Glasgow University.
It is hoped the facility will support collaborative projects with industry and deliver new products to market.
Estimates suggest that the initial £10m investment could generate up to £596m for the Scottish economy.
The centre will be supported by 11 other Scottish universities and 22 industry partners.
The SFC is also providing £8m of funding to Glasgow University over five years to back the creation of the £20m Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC).
Stratified medicine involves examining the genetic make-up of patients and their differing responses to drugs designed to treat specific diseases.
By building up an understanding of the "strata" of responses and the genetics of the diseases, medical researchers hope to create more personalised and effective forms of treatment.
The facility, at the new South Glasgow Hospitals Campus, will involve a consortium of other universities, NHS Scotland, and industry partners, including biotech firm Life Technologies.
It will focus on developing new forms of treatment for chronic diseases, including cancer, stroke, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
Construction work is expected to begin in November this year, with a fully-operational centre due to open in September 2015.
The SFC will also provide £10m over five years to support the development of a Digital Health Institute (DHI).
The project is a collaboration between Edinburgh University, Glasgow School of Art, NHS24 and a consortium of other universities.
The institute will look at ways of addressing "the unsustainable demands" on health and social care services in Scotland through new technology.
A key part of its work will be help companies develop and market new and innovative products which help address the cost savings which are thought to be necessary to maintain current care standards in Scotland.
Edinburgh University campus will be the starting point for the institute with the administrative functions being based there.
The first lab will be in Forres with the intention to set up a second in the Lothians area in the near future.
A mobile lab will also be set up to allow the 14 health boards across Scotland to benefit.
The "experience labs" will let companies and academics work quickly with people on the ground to test new solutions and develop towards commercial exploitation.
First Minister Alex Salmond said the three innovation centres would place Scotland at the forefront of "life sciences, innovative technology, ideas and development" and create "an enormous number of jobs in a highly-skilled and high value field".
He said: "This is an exciting new collaboration between all parts of public life, with Scottish industry, higher education institutions, multinationals, our small and medium sized enterprises and our public sector partners working together to provide solutions to demand-led problems facing industry in Scotland by supporting innovation for future growth.
"Innovation centres offer game-changing opportunities for collaboration between our academic and business base.
"The investment and partnership model is unique and their potential for growth is huge."
Over the Memorial Day weekend, Alice could only manage $28.1m (£19.2m), while X-Men: Apocalypse debuted on top with an estimated $65m (£44.4m).
Both films received poor reviews from the critics.
On Friday, Alice Through the Looking Glass's star Johnny Depp received a restraining order after wife Amber Heard alleged he assaulted her.
Heard had filed for divorce earlier in the week.
But Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore, said the takings for Disney's Alice Through the Looking Glass probably had little to do with the news of Heard's allegations.
"I think the reviews had more to do with the film's performance than any personal drama for Depp," Dergarabedian said.
The first film, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, took $116m in its opening weekend in 2010.
The sequel, directed by James Bobin, had been expected to open with $60m plus. The film cost $170m (£116m) to make.
"It's a disappointing result," said Dave Hollis, distribution chief for Disney, who said the firm's strategy was to make "big bets".
"But when you make big bets, there are times when you have results that are disappointing," he added.
The latest X-Men instalment also opened well below the $90.8m debut of 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past and the $132.4m (£90.5m) opening of February's X-Men spin-off Deadpool.
The Angry Birds Movie grossed $18.7m (£12.7m) in its second weekend, knocking it back from first to third place.
Captain America: Civil War took fourth spot, with comedy Neighbors: Sorority Rising rounding out the top five.
The cleaners are employed by KGB Cleaning Services and earn £7.20 an hour, which they say forces them to live in poverty and "constant worry."
They are calling to be paid the Living Wage Foundation rate of £8.45 an hour.
The university said they would raise the issue with management and KGB Cleaning Services has been asked to comment.
The cleaners work on campuses in Newport, Treforest, Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff.
The union Unison said they are one of the only groups of workers at the University of South Wales which do not benefit from the Living Wage, and called the university "hypocritical for boasting it is a Living Wage employer."
Unison said: "Had the university not outsourced the work, those staff would today benefit from decent wages."
One worker said: "I understand someone struggling to get by if they haven't got a job but if you have to get up before 5am to work hard every day, there has to be some reward."
Another said: "We are the bottom rung of the ladder but the whole thing would collapse without us."
The university said it was aware of the points raised by Unison, and although it was a dispute between the cleaners and the contractor, they would raise the issue with their management.
A spokesman said: "We have built into the contact with KGB the need to pay the National Living Wage, and have stipulated that expected increases in the Living Wage in the coming years will also be honoured by the contractor."
They added: "The university values highly the contribution that cleaners make on our campuses."
Michael Gove was visiting the Antrim Show alongside DUP MPs Paul Girvan and Ian Paisley.
On Friday he said that subsidies after Brexit will have to be earned rather than just handed out.
Northern Ireland, with 3% of the population, currently receives almost 10% of the UK's EU farm subsidies.
Mr Gove said: "There will always be some areas of UK where more is spent on agriculture.
"Northern Ireland and upland areas of Scotland, Wales and England will receive support in future to ensure communities there can survive."
Farmers will only get payouts if they agree to protect the environment and enhance rural life, part of what Mr Gove calls his vision for a "green Brexit".
In Antrim he promised that the UK framework for agriculture would have the flexibility to allow the devolved administrations to make sure the policy is right for their areas.
Mr Gove did not define the limits of any framework, saying he has to consult the devolved administrations.
The Conservative Party manifesto pledged to keep overall farm subsidies at their current levels until 2022.
Sinn Féin said that Mr Gove pulled out of a prearranged meeting with them "without prior notice at the very last minute".
South Antrim MLA and party chairperson Declan Kearney said: "This is the latest example of the Tories' disrespect for voters in the north and is in default of the British government's responsibility as a co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement to be rigorously impartial in the political process.
"The Tory deal with the DUP is making it more difficult to reach a resolution to the current political difficulties in the north," he added.
Officers' suspicions were heightened by the diminutive figure wearing a fleece in hot weather, Spanish media report.
On closer inspection the "passenger" was also wearing sunglasses, headphones and a rather large baseball cap.
Car-share or carpool lanes have been introduced in some cities to prioritise vehicles with two or more people.
The aim is to reduce congestion by encouraging people to travel together rather than driving separately.
The incident took place during the morning rush hour on the A6 motorway last Thursday, El Pais reports.
The driver was stopped "to explain his strange companion," the force said.
The driver was fined €200 (£153; $226), the paper says. Another driver was caught on the same road with an adult-sized doll complete with wig and sunglasses, it adds.
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He was aged 12 in April 2012 when he dived for a football in Leavesden Green recreation ground, landing on a shard of glass which cut his hand causing lasting nerve damage.
A legal battle saw a High Court judge overturn an earlier ruling which had dismissed claims for compensation.
The case has cost Watford Borough Council £100,000 in legal costs.
The boy's original claim for damages was thrown out in October after a county court judge found the council had an adequate system of checks to ensure safety in the park.
Evidence was put forward at the county trial showing that the bin area had been inspected that morning and any broken glass removed.
The boy, who was not named due to his age, had been playing football with his friends on a makeshift pitch in the park.
When the ball went astray, he dove to prevent it heading into an area where there was a shelter and bin.
"He put his hand on the ground near the shelter, near one of the bins, and unfortunately hit his hand against a shard of broken glass," said Mr Justice Jay at the High Court.
Broken glass in the area around the shelter was known to be "quite a significant problem", especially during school holidays, he added.
Justice Jay said the earlier decision had to be overturned as the borough council had failed to comply with an order over disclosure of evidence prior to the county court trial last October.
He added the county court judge had not properly taken into account the fact that the council had not produced an assessment of the risk of broken glass in the park.
The decision means the boy is entitled to claim "substantial" damages which his lawyers valued at about £200,000.
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Spinner Adam Zampa took 3-23 but Bangladesh scored 44 in the last three overs to make 156-5 after being put in.
All-rounder Mahmudullah struck seven fours and a six in an unbeaten 49 from 29 balls and Shakib Al Hasan made 33.
In reply Usman Khawaja fired a maiden T20 fifty but Australia lost 5-37 inside five overs before edging home with nine deliveries remaining.
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The Australians, winners of five 50-over World Cups, have yet to win the T20 version, with defeat by England in the 2010 final the nearest they have come to date.
After losing to New Zealand in their first group match they overcame a few decidedly anxious moments against the Tigers to revive their Group 2 campaign and are next in action against Pakistan - who have also played one and lost one thus far - in Mohali on Friday.
The blonde 23-year-old leg-spinner born in New South Wales made his debut for Australia in a one-day international against New Zealand last month and took three wickets in two matches.
After failing to get in the wickets column in his first three T20 internationals, he struck with his second delivery against Bangladesh, took another in his next over with a quicker flipper that claimed an lbw and an important third when left-hander Shakib top edged to backward point.
Bangladesh were dealt a major blow shortly before the start of the match when Tamim Iqbal, their cavalier left-handed opener and leading run-scorer in all three formats, was ruled out because of illness.
Tamim had struck five sixes in his maiden T20 international century against Oman in the first stage but in his absence, four separate batsmen hit sixes against the Australians, each of them reaching double figures at a strike rate in excess of 100.
The majority were all too brief cameos but Mahmudullah shared 51 from 29 balls with Mushfiqur as Bangladesh recorded their highest total in four T20 meetings with Australia.
Ruthless with anything short, stylish left-hander Khawaja appeared to have done the bulk of the work for the Australians when he missed a leg glance and was bowled with 42 required from as many balls.
Glenn Maxwell then looked to have settled any doubts when he smashed three fours in the 16th over bowled by debutant left-arm spinner Saqlain Sajib, but after two mighty sixes in the following over that also saw Mitchell Marsh depart, the big-hitting all-rounder was stumped with nine still needed.
Having been dropped and seen a run out chance fumbled, John Hastings hit straight to deep mid-wicket before, to the great relief of the Australian bench, James Faulkner received a long hop from Sajib and pulled it for a winning boundary.
Australia captain Steve Smith: "We made it difficult for ourselves at the end. I thought they bowled well in the middle overs. We needed one of top four to go on and we need to look at that in the next couple of games.
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza: "We've lost two, but we have to play hard in the final two matches and see what happens."
It is South Africa's third successive Test series win in Australia, following victories in 2008-09 and 2012-13.
The hosts resumed on 121-2, 120 runs behind but lost eight wickets in under 20 overs on the fourth morning.
"I am embarrassed. We've lost five Tests in a row and that's humiliating," said Australia captain Steve Smith.
"We are not being resilient, we are not willing to tough it out and get through tough periods. It is not good enough."
Smith, who took 40 minutes to score his first runs of the day and was eventually ninth out after moving his score on from 18 to 31, said his players were not "digging in" and "having the pride in our wicket", adding "I'm quite sick of saying it".
South Africa's Kyle Abbott took 6-77 in the second innings, while Kagiso Rabada claimed 4-34 to leave the hosts facing the prospect of a first series whitewash on home soil.
The tourists won the first Test in Perth by 177 runs and captain Faf du Plessis now wants his side to complete the sweep when the third Test starts at the Adelaide Oval on 24 November.
"That's the mission for us now. We want to do that very badly," he said.
"We've got Australia in a position where they're under pressure and won't let that go. It's hard enough to get them in this position so we'll do everything we can to keep them there."
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The cyclist from Wanlockhead was on the B797 near Mennock at about 19:20 on Monday when the accident happened.
Police said no other vehicle was involved.
He was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with a serious head injury.
The average figures since 2010 were confirmed by the PSNI.
They came after a senior police officer said officers were coming under threat predominately from dissident republicans, but also from loyalist paramilitaries.
"There is a steady drumbeat of that," Det Ch Const Drew Harris said.
"We could expect every month one or two officers to be in the position where they're having to move home." he told the BBC's Nolan Show.
The figures released by the PSNI indicated that an average of seven officers had been moved after being threatened since 2010.
On average, nine officers were also admitted into the PSNI Home Security Aid scheme per year. The scheme involves security features, such as reinforced doors, cameras and security lights, being installed at the homes of officers.
Meanwhile, an investigation by the BBC's Nolan Show found that mental health-related absence within the PSNI had increased by almost 40% in four years.
Mr Harris said this created huge upheaval.
Last month, the PSNI said it was working hard to bring those carrying out paramilitary shootings to court after the number of such attacks doubled in the last year.
Twenty-eight paramilitary-style shootings were recorded in 2016-17, with republicans believed to be responsible for 25 and loyalists for the other three.
A further 66 people were the victims of paramilitary-style assaults, police said.
In February, it was revealed that police in Northern Ireland deal with one paramilitary death threat against a member of the community each day.
Last month, the leader of Northern Ireland's largest party said all paramilitary groups should disband.
Asked if the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) should disband immediately, Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster said: "There should be no paramilitary organisations."
Before he was chief executive he headed up the bank's investment banking arm, Barclays Capital, which has been associated by investigators with the offences that led to Barclays' £290m fine.
There were widespread calls for his resignation because the offences took place within his department and on his watch, especially after the bank's chairman, Marcus Agius, announced his own resignation.
Mr Diamond had already said that he would not take a bonus for this year as a result of the scandal.
It was not the first time the 60-year-old Boston-born former academic - he began his career as a university lecturer - had made the headlines.
Mr Diamond was previously best-known for his huge wealth: last year he topped the list of the highest-paid chief executives in the FTSE 100.
In 2011 Mr Diamond earned £20.9m, comprising salary, bonuses and share options, and he is reported to have a personal wealth of £105m.
There has long been controversy about the amount he earns.
In 2010, Lord Mandelson described him as the "unacceptable face of banking", saying he had taken a £63m salary for "deal-making and shuffling paper around".
Barclays dismissed the figure as "total fiction" saying that his salary as head of Barclays Capital was actually £250,000.
BBC business editor Robert Peston said he believed Mr Diamond had earned £6m in 2009 from a long-term incentive scheme and £27m from selling his stake in a Barclays-owned business that had been sold.
He joined Barclays in 1996, having worked in senior positions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley International.
As the world financial system teetered on the brink in 2008 and 2009, Mr Diamond won accolades for his role in the successful and profitable takeover of the US operations of Lehman Brothers.
The deal - described by Mr Diamond himself as "transformational" - catapulted Barclays into the top league of global investment banks.
He took over as chief executive of Barclays in September 2010.
Barclays set itself apart from its competitors by refusing a British government bank bailout at the height of the credit crunch crisis, arguing that Barclays would make more money if it was not subject to any extra government controls.
Instead, Barclays opted to raise money by selling a large stake in itself to foreign investors (mainly from Qatar, China and Singapore), which boosted the bank's share price and Mr Diamond's bonuses.
Those bonuses themselves have become increasingly controversial: there was "no possible justification" for his 2010 award of £6.5m, according to Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union.
This response may be expected from a trade union leader, but shareholders have started to show unease too. This April, nearly 27% of the votes cast at Barclays' annual general meeting rejected the bank's remuneration report.
The opposition came despite Mr Diamond's bonus payments being restructured so that he would only receive half of them unless certain challenging targets for the bank were met.
For many, Mr Diamond compounded his offences when he told MPs last year the time for "remorse and apology" by banks over their role in the financial crisis should end.
But his time at Barclays was finally ended by a scandal at Barclays Capital, for which remorse and apologies were not enough.
He may now have more time to indulge his other interests, which include sports and the arts.
Away from banking, Mr Diamond is a fan of Chelsea and also follows the New England Patriots American football team. He plays golf off a 9.2 handicap.
He also chairs the board of theatre company Old Vic Productions, whose other members include Dame Judi Dench and Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry.
The third all-Wales annual report for cancer looks at the progress made in the Welsh NHS against the Welsh government's cancer delivery plan.
It focuses on early diagnosis and more effective cooperation between GPs, hospitals and other health care providers.
More than 18,000 people were diagnosed with cancer each year by 2012.
But there has been a 25% reduction in deaths between 1995 and 2012 among people under 75.
The Welsh government report also shows that since 1995, there has been a 17.5% improvement in the number of people still alive a year after diagnosis, with a 20.1% improvement in the number of those still alive five years after diagnosis.
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: "New and more effective treatments mean that many more people can now expect to live longer after their cancer treatment.
"However, the report also sets out the challenges the Welsh NHS faces. We do expect to see improvements over the coming year in the percentage of patients, newly diagnosed with cancer who are treated within 62 days."
Dr Andrew Goodall, chief executive of NHS Wales, said: "We will continue to track our progress in future years to ensure that we are in a sustainable position to achieve our vision by 2016."
Matilda Ho spoke at the Ted (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference about the need to spread the message about healthy eating.
She is backing a range of start-ups, including one that offers protein made from silkworms.
China has a growing problem with obesity and diabetes.
"China has 20% of the world's population but only 7% of land is arable," Ms Ho told the BBC.
"One in four diabetics is now Chinese and one in five obese people."
Ms Ho began tackling the issue with an online farmers' market which now supplies 240 types of new produce from 57 farmers.
It has gained 40,000 subscribers since it was launched 18 months ago.
"I wanted to use technology to shorten the gap between growers and consumers," Ms Ho told the BBC.
"It is a right to know where your food comes from and it empowers consumers."
The food is delivered to customers via electric vehicles and in biodegradable boxes to keep the carbon footprint low.
China has a rapidly rising middle class and a culture where it is polite to over-order food for guests in restaurants.
Ms Ho realised that one online start-up was not enough and has now launched an accelerator to promote a range of food tech firms.
It includes a start-up that uses silkworms as a sustainable source of protein.
"In China, silkworms are by-products of the textile industry so they are affordable and accessible," explained Ms Ho.
"They also don't sound like a bug so it doesn't sound as yucky as an insect. As kids we raised silkworms at school."
There is a history of insect eating in China but silkworms are the only insect currently legal in China to use as an ingredient in food.
There is a push to legalise crickets too but that is likely to take three to five years to become law.
The pair have had seven unsuccessful world title challenges between them and a tight contest was predicted.
But Groves landed more the regular and telling blows and was awarded the verdict 118-110 by all three judges.
Chris Eubank Jr successfully defended his British middleweight title for the first time with a fourth-round stoppage of the previously unbeaten Tom Doran.
Groves, 28, was knocked out twice by Carl Froch in 2013 and 2014 and outpointed by WBC super-middleweight champion Badou Jack last year.
"I think I performed great, but I got caught with punches," Groves told Sky Sports. "Martin Murray is a class act and should be a world champion.
"It was make or break, but I had him out on his feet. That was my first step up since losing to Badou Jack. I did well but hats off to Murray. What a performer."
Murray, 33, has come up short in three middleweight world title fights and was also outpointed by Germany's WBA super-middleweight champion Arthur Abraham in his most recent fight.
Groves, defending his lightly-regarded WBA 'international' belt, looked the sharper in the first three rounds but Murray got a foot-hold in the fourth, pinning his opponent in the corner and unleashing a barrage of blows.
The Londoner's seasoning at the higher weight became evident in the middle rounds and he wobbled Murray with a right uppercut at the end of the seventh.
Murray appeared to be fully recovered by the ninth but he was stiffened by a left-right combination at the end of the round and staggered to his corner.
But just when the St Helens fighter looked like he might be spent, he landed with a couple of monstrous right hands in the 10th, which Groves did well to absorb.
Murray continued to search for a knockout blow over Groves' low left hand in the last two rounds but it was Groves who landed with the more telling shots.
And when the final bell sounded, Murray was almost out on his feet.
Following his defeat, Murray said he would not be quitting boxing.
"I got beaten by a better man. He was good and he hurt me a couple times," he told Sky Sports.
"I'm gutted. I'm sorry I didn't do enough today and I got beat clearly. But I'm not ready to retire.
"People say George Groves is finished but he proved he's not and I definitely have so much more to give."
Eubank Jr, 26, was fighting for the first time since winning the British middleweight belt from Nick Blackwell, who was put into an induced coma after the contest having suffered bleeding on the skull.
Blackwell woke from his coma a week later without requiring an operation, although he has been forced to retire.
Eubank's father, Chris Eubank Sr, admitted he lost his ruthless instinct after his 1991 rematch with Michael Watson, which left the latter with life-threatening injuries.
But Eubank Jr was as effective as ever against Doran, dropping the Welshman three times before the referee called a halt to proceedings.
Eubank is targeting a match with WBA and IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, who is undefeated and has 32 knockouts from 35 fights.
But, having taken some solid shots from the unheralded but game Doran, challenging the Kazakh knockout artist is likely be a step up too soon.
"It's all about making statements," Eubank Jr told Sky Sports. "I feel I'm at world level now and can be challenging for world titles.
"Gennady Golovkin - everybody's scared of you but I'm coming for you and I'm coming for your belts."
Dillian Whyte returned to action following his defeat by Anthony Joshua last December with a sixth-round knockout of the Czech Republic's Ivica Bacurin.
Birmingham super-flyweight Kal Yafai continued his serene progress in the pro ranks with a first-round stoppage of Hungary's Jozsef Ajtai. Yafai, 27, is unbeaten in 19 paid fights.
Former Olympic bronze medallist Anthony Ogogo got his stop-start career back on track with a first-round victory over Croatia's Frane Radnic.
Ogogo, 27, forced his opponent to retire in his corner to improve his pro record to 10 wins in as many fights, with six of those by knockout.
Conor Benn, son of former two-weight world champion Nigel, made it three wins out of three with a savage knockout of the Czech Republic's Lukas Radic.
But former Commonwealth light-welterweight champion John Wayne Hibbert was stopped on a bad cut in the sixth round by Italy's Andrea Scarpa. The Essex boxer, 31, hoped a victory would lead to a world title shot.
The 54-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent went 5-0 up but was pegged back to 10-10 before pulling clear to win 16-13.
Taylor, who dedicated victory to his ill mother, said: "It's been very tough recently with her being in hospital.
"This week's been a little bit of escapism. My mind goes blank for that two or three hours while I'm playing, and I've loved it."
Taylor has won the Grand Slam, contested by players from both the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO) circuits, in six of the eight years it has been staged.
He topped his group without losing a match before defeating Peter Wright, Michael Smith and Mervyn King on his way to Sunday's final.
"It was very, very tough and Dave didn't give up," said Taylor, who is hoping to win a 17th world title next month.
"If he'd started off the game like he finished it, then it would have been a different kettle of fish."
Chisnall admitted a slow start had cost him the chance to win a first major title in the PDC.
"I'm happy with my performance over the last week but the final got away from me at the beginning," the 34-year-old from St Helens said.
"You can't give Phil Taylor a 5-0 lead, and even though I've been further behind this week, Phil was too good in the end."
Scott County, a poor area where needle-sharing by drug users is common, has seen 79 new cases in recent weeks - up from an annual average of five.
Governor Mike Pence has authorised health officials to implement a needle exchange programme - a remedy he has opposed in the past.
HIV is the virus that causes Aids.
"Scott County is facing an epidemic of HIV, but this is not a Scott County problem; this is an Indiana problem," the governor said.
"With additional state resources and new tools provided by this emergency declaration, I am confident that together we will stop this HIV outbreak in its tracks."
The outbreak was first identified in late January. Since then, officials have diagnosed 79 people with the life-threatening virus - up from 26 cases just one month ago.
State officials said the governor's emergency declaration provides additional resources for officials to coordinate a response to the "outbreak of HIV that has reached epidemic proportions".
State epidemiologist Pam Pontones said almost all of the cases originated from illegal drug users sharing syringes.
A large majority of the victims had shared a needle with an infected person while injecting Opana, a prescription painkiller.
Officials expect the number of infections to rise, and are working to contact as many as 100 other people linked to those with confirmed cases.
The order will authorise local health officials to create a temporary needle exchange programme under the supervision of the state health agency.
Mr Pence, a Republican, has opposed such programmes in the past on the grounds that they are not effective in controlling drug use.
Ed Clere, a member of the state's legislature and another Republican, said similar legislation was proposed last year but it became stalled in the state's Senate.
"Unfortunately we're back here, not just with needle exchange as a hypothetical theory, but with a real situation where a needle exchange could make a difference," he said.
Scott County is located about 30 miles (48km) north of Louisville, Kentucky.
Joanne Morris's cottage on Station Street, Bloxwich, was raided by police in November.
Nearby properties, including Bloxwich police station, were evacuated and cordoned off for up to three days.
Morris earlier admitted a total of 10 charges and has been jailed for seven years after a hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
The 48-year-old - who went by the name of Paul Morris at the time of the arrest - was caught when airport borders agency staff intercepted a parcel containing gun parts addressed to her.
Police said a raid on her home uncovered the largest single haul of its kind in the West Midlands in the past 10 years.
Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on detonators, while officers said 1.5kg of explosives was discovered that "had the potential to flatten homes and put lives in danger".
West Midlands Police said search teams found seven sticks of plastic explosives, detonators and fuses buried in a flower bed, plus a basic improvised explosive device made up of gun powder and metal caps inside a plastic denture tablets tube.
Det Sgt Craig Newey, said Morris had "accrued a dangerous arsenal of firearms and explosives over several years".
He said she was "highly trained" and had all the components to build "viable explosive devices".
"Though there was no evidence she intended to use them in anger, they posed a huge risk and were potentially deadly," Det Sgt Newey said.
"Chemical warfare protection suits and ration packs were found at the address. One hypothesis was that Morris was preparing for some kind of world war three 'doomsday' scenario."
The haul included ammunition presses, bullet casings, bullet heads and gun powder, as well as explosives typically used by the army for demolition exercises, police said.
Morris worked as a nurse after leaving the army and was an ambulance controller at the time of her arrest.
In May, she pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawfully possessing ammunition, four counts of unlawful possession of an explosive substance, one count of making an explosive substance and one count of illegally possessing a shotgun.
The eight include the chair, vice chair and secretary of committee.
Kathryn Johnston, who is among those who have stepped down, said there was a "dysfunctional element" in the party's regional executive.
However, the new chairman said the committee rejected all the allegations of former committee members. Their positions have now been filled.
Those who resigned said they were stepping down due to concerns about "a small minority" who, they claim, support other political groups but are "secretly organising" within Labour.
The eight said the activities of those whom they term a "vocal and troublesome element" were contrary to the Labour Party's rulebook.
Ms Johnston, who is a former secretary of Labour NI, said they had taken the decision after five months of meetings.
Ms Johnston told Good Morning Ulster that administrators of the People Before Profit Facebook page were also Labour NI members - which is against Labour Party rules.
"Rules are rules, it is quite clear," she said. "Chapter two of the Labour Party rules [says] you can't be a member of two parties."
Boyd Black, chairman of Labour NI, said the resignations were made before an executive committee meeting on Monday night.
He said the meeting was called "after a number of grassroots party activists had indicated that they would attend in order to call the [former] EC members to account on a number of issues, including inactivity and lack of accountability".
He said the party remained "fully committed to Jeremy Corbyn's 'For The Many Not The Few' policy manifesto".
The resigning officers remain members of the Labour Party.
A spokeswoman for People Before Profit said: "We have no knowledge of any current members of People Before Profit who are involved at any level in the Labour Party of Northern Ireland.
"Reports of People Before Profit members involved in entryism into the Labour Party of Northern Ireland have come as a surprise to us."
Sting, Robbie Williams and Emeli Sande are among the acts who will be performing in front of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
The show takes place at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith on 6 December and will be broadcast on ITV.
Walliams said he was "very honoured and excited" to be hosting the show for a second time.
"I was lucky enough to host back in 2012 so will be looking forward to another fabulous evening with huge talent."
This year's line up includes Funny Girl actress Sheridan Smith, Barry Gibb, One Republic, DNCE and Gary Barlow.
There will be performances from Barlow's musical The Girls, An American In Paris and Dreamgirls, as well as the cast of Cirque Du Soleil's The Beatles Love show.
Also performing on the night will be this year's Britain's Got Talent winner, magician Lance Corporal Richard Jones, and dance troupe Diversity, who previously won the show.
McFly singer Tom Fletcher will read from his book The Christmasaurus and comedians Joe Lycett, Alan Davies and Rob Beckett are also on the line-up.
The show is staged annually in aid of the Royal Variety Charity, which helps people from the world of entertainment in need of care and assistance.
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We know that Theresa May's government won't provide a running commentary on the Brexit process so what did we learn today?
With the government looking at protecting certain industries in Brexit negotiations, former Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb highlighted the importance of Europe to the automotive and aerospace industries in Wales.
He asked Alun Cairns: "Given that Brexit probably won't mean retaining full membership of the single market will you nevertheless commit to fighting and doing everything you possibly can to retain full single market-style benefits for those critically important sectors in the Welsh economy?"
Mr Cairns told him the UK had landed some important investments. "We want to retain the most open market arrangements and I think the confidence shown by Nissan demonstrates that they understand the priority we are placing on that."
Labour's shadow Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens wanted Ford in Bridgend to be offered the same deal as Nissan in Sunderland. She also highlighted the "potentially disastrous" impact of the loss of European Investment Bank funding.
Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats were worried about the impact of Brexit on farming and the Welsh red meat industry. Plaid parliamentary leader Hywel Williams (no vegetarian, he) asked Mr Cairns what steps he was taking "to ensure that in the future French, Italian, Spanish and German people continue to have Welsh meat and eat it?"
Alun Cairns and Guto Bebb gave little away about the government's plans. We did learn that Wales is "open for business" - whatever that means - and that Mr Cairns had had meetings with "key stakeholders".
On European funding, he suggested that Brexit offered an opportunity to do things differently with regional funds, again questioning how well £4 billion has been spent in the poorest parts of Wales over 16 years.
Mr Bebb sidestepped a question from Labour MP Paul Flynn who invited him to condemn the suggestion from Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies that after Brexit farm subsidies be decided at Westminster rather than in Cardiff.
But Ministers agreed that they they do want people in EU countries to have access to Welsh red meat. To have their steak and eat it, to coin a phrase.
Police were called to the scene on the A720, near the Dreghorn junction, just before 17:00 on Saturday.
The teenager was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with serious injuries.
The incident involved a blue Skoda Citigo travelling westbound. Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
The road was closed until about 03:00 while an investigation was carried out.
Sgt Andy Gibb, of Police Scotland, said: "We're currently working to establish the full circumstances surrounding this collision and are asking anyone who may have witnessed this, or who has any other information which can help with our inquiries, to come forward."
The court ruled Hamza, Babar Ahmad, Syed Talha Ahsan, Adel Abdul Bary and Khaled al-Fawwaz did not show "new and compelling" reasons to stay in the UK.
Their appeal came after the European Court of Human Rights backed successive UK courts in ruling for extradition.
The men have left Long Lartin prison in a police convoy.
Three police 4x4s, two armoured vans and a blacked-out police people carrier arrived at the Worcestershire jail at 18:15 BST.
A Home Office spokesman welcomed the decision and said it was "working to extradite these men as quickly as possible".
The BBC understands two US civilian jets - one of which is registered to the US Department of Justice - are on the tarmac at an air base in eastern England.
Judges Sir John Thomas and Mr Justice Ousley said in their ruling that there was an "overwhelming public interest in the functioning of the extradition system" and that there was "no appeal from our decision".
Of the long legal battle to send the men - whose extradition requests were submitted between 1998 and 2006 - to the US, Sir John told the court: "It is unacceptable that extradition proceedings should take more than a relatively short time, to be measured in months not years.
"It is not just to anyone that proceedings such as these should last between 14 and eight years."
There was no doubt each man had, over the years, "either taken or had the opportunity to take every conceivable point to prevent his extradition to the United States", he added.
The comments echoed those of James Eadie QC - representing the home secretary - who, during this week's hearing, argued the men's applications amounted to an abuse of process.
The judges' written ruling, read out in court, concluded that "each of the claimants' applications for permission to apply for judicial review or for a re-opening of the statutory appeals be dismissed".
By Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent
Abu Hamza's final appeal against extradition ended in judicial fireworks in the High Court - although the judges expressed their anger in completely different terms to those used by Abu Hamza when he preached in London.
Barring an utterly unforeseen legal twist - and this case has had its fair share - the next time we'll see Abu Hamza will be in Federal Court in New York.
The battle has seen prime ministers and US presidents come and go. Six home secretaries had his file in the ministerial red box.
But put aside the courts and the politics for one moment and remember his real impact.
He caused lasting harm and enormous community tension.
And he cast a long shadow over the lives of British Muslims who wanted to get on with life - just like the Christians and Jews Abu Hamza hated.
The judges rejected a plea by Abu Hamza to delay his extradition so he could undergo an MRI brain scan which, his lawyers said, could show he was unfit to plead because of degenerative problems.
"The sooner he is put on trial the better," they said.
The 54-year-old, a former imam at Finsbury Park mosque, north London, was suffering from chronic sleep deprivation and depression as a result of eight years in prison, his lawyers added.
But during the hearing, Sir John observed there were "excellent medical facilities in the United States".
The BBC's Dominic Casciani, at the High Court, said the British government had got the result it had wanted to see for years on Abu Hamza, who the US first attempted to extradite in 2004.
His extradition was halted when the UK decided to try him on allegations relating to his sermons. He was convicted in 2006.
The judges also rejected appeals from Mr al-Fawwaz and Mr Bary, who are accused of being aides to Osama Bin Laden in London.
The US alleges they promoted violent jihad against the West and were involved in the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa, which killed more than 200 people.
The battle to stay in the UK is also over for Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan, who are accused of running pro-jihad website Azzam.com - which the US says was hosted there - and of helping terrorists.
In a statement prepared in prison before the verdict, Mr Ahmad said that, "By exposing the fallacy of the UK's extradition arrangements with the US, I leave with my head held high having won the moral victory."
Mr Ahmad's father, Ashfaq, said outside court he was appalled the British legal system had let him down "in a manner more befitting of a Third World country than one of the world's oldest democracies".
"We will never abandon our struggle for justice for Babar and the truth will eventually emerge of what will be forever remembered as a shameful chapter in the history of Britain," he added.
And Emma Norton, legal officer for human rights group Liberty, said that, as Mr Ahmad's alleged offences took place in the UK, "It beggars belief that he won't be tried here."
"Isn't British justice - so admired around the world - capable of dealing with crimes committed in the UK by its own citizens?" she added.
In a statement released by its embassy in London, the US said it was "pleased" the men were being extradited after "a lengthy process of litigation".
"The law enforcement relationship between the United States and United Kingdom is predicated on trust, respect, and the common goals of protecting our nations and eliminating safe havens for criminals, including terrorists," it added.
Lord Reid, who was home secretary in 2006 and 2007, meanwhile, said that like "the vast majority of people in this country" he had a sense of satisfaction "that justice, or at least this sense of the judicial process" had been complete.
He told BBC News "The propriety, the attention, the compassion, the legal approach that has been taken on this by the British stands in marked contrast to what was meted out to the victims of some of these alleged crimes."
But he urged the home secretary to look at the length of time the legal process took "because there is no doubt there has been a degree of frustration".
BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said the judges had thrown down the gauntlet for Parliament to look at judicial reviews - which can be used to re-open issues that have already been decided.
One of the challenges was to stop suspects from storing up last-minute legal challenges that frustrated the courts and bewildered the public, he added.
The "daring" nude sculpture sold for £11.6m after five minutes of bidding, auctioneers Sotheby's said.
The bronze Iris, Messenger of the Gods, is very rare as it was cast during Rodin's lifetime and had been estimated to reach between £6m and £8m.
The previous auction record for a Rodin was set in 2008 when his sculpture of Eve sold in New York for £9.6m.
The Iris sculpture last appeared at auction in 2007 at Sotheby's in London when it sold for £4.6m.
It is one of only two casts made in Rodin's lifetime that are still in private hands. The remaining five are in museums.
Rodin created Iris between 1890 and 1891. The sculpture that sold on Wednesday was cast between 1902 and 1905.
Auguste Rodin died in 1917 at the age of 77.
Iris is said to be the personification of the rainbow in Greek mythology and was a link between the gods and mankind.
According to the Rodin Museum, the work's explicit pose "aroused not only indignation but also fascination" and "suggests the movements of the French Can-Can and a gymnast stretching her limbs".
Wednesday's sale also saw Pablo Picasso's Tete de femme, a 1935 portrait, sell for £18.9m.
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Fr Seamus Quinn said Oisin's mother told him that his life support was gradually being withdrawn.
The Belfast Trust has said the teenager remains critically ill.
The 13-year-old was injured following an incident at St Michael's College, Enniskillen, on Monday. It was reported to police at 14:45 GMT.
A 17-year-old youth, a sixth former at the school, was detained following the incident.
He was later released on bail pending further inquiries.
Fr Quinn said Oisin was a "typical 13-year-old lad".
"He's big, strong, happy, a lad of fond of sports, into all sorts, football, running, and everything like that and a good-natured friendly young fella," he said.
The parish priest said the whole community was devastated by what had happened.
St Michael's is a Catholic boys grammar school with 700 pupils.
The school released a statement on Wednesday.
"A group of students were playing at lunchtime when one student became unwell and we sought medical assistance," the school said.
"He was taken by ambulance to the South West Acute Hospital for medical help.
"We have no further information at this time."
The school said the Western Education and Library Board's critical incident response team was "on hand to offer reassurance, advice and emotional support to school staff and pupils".
A spokeswoman for Northern Ireland's Department of Education said it was "aware of the incident".
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Well that's exactly what this new baby prince from Bhutan, a tiny mountain country in the Himalayas, received.
Tens of thousands of people turned up to help celebrate Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck's birth by planting 108,000 tree saplings.
Bhutanese people take nature conservation very seriously and by law 60 percent of the country must always be under forest cover.
Many of the people who live in the country are Buddhists, and in Buddhism trees are symbols of long life, health, beauty and compassion.
Dasho Karma Raydi, who was among the volunteers taking care off the trees said: "We are now nurturing the plants as if we are nurturing the little prince''.
This isn't the first epic tree-planting session that Bhutan has taken part in. In 2015 the country set a Guinness World Record by planting almost 50,000 trees in just one hour.
Ridwaan Shaikh, 22, hit Bradley Cresswell, 21, after they had been to Hydeout Nightclub in Watford on 17 September.
Mr Cresswell suffered a bleed to the brain and never regained consciousness.
Shaikh, of Ilford in London, denied murder and manslaughter but was found guilty of the latter at the Old Bailey.
The two young men were with groups of friends when they encountered each other at the nightclub.
Shortly before closing time, one of Mr Cresswell's friends knocked one of Shaikh's friends to the floor.
Mr Cresswell later separated from the group and was walking alone towards Bentine Lane when Shaikh knocked him unconscious, although he soon recovered.
The two groups met each other again in The Parade about 40 minutes later and began arguing, where Shaikh hit Mr Cresswell, this time fatally.
Insp Pushpa Guild, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire major crime unit, said: "He was determined to pursue Bradley and waited for an opportune moment before cowardly striking the fatal punch."
It detects chemical compounds in people's breath, in an attempt to distinguish unique "breath prints" in those with risky pre-cancerous changes.
Experts say if proven in large trials, it could spot patients on the brink of cancer so they can be treated earlier.
But more work is needed to validate the test, which appears in the journal Gut.
Stomach cancers affect about 7,300 people each year in the UK.
But in most Western countries it is diagnosed late when the chance of survival is poor. This is partly because symptoms - such as indigestion and pain - can be mistaken for other diseases.
Scientists believe earlier detection may help improve the prognosis.
The new "nanoarray" breath test builds on earlier work from researchers in Israel, Latvia and China.
It relies on the idea that people with cancer may have unique breath signatures - containing minute chemical compounds that are not found in the breath of people free from the illness.
Researchers studied breath samples from 145 patients. Around 30 of these were already known to have stomach cancer.
The rest had been referred for investigations because of concerning symptoms. They did not have full-blown cancer - but some had worrying changes that doctors call "pre-cancerous" that could develop into malignancies.
Scientists tried out the test on a number of different scenarios.
It was fairly good at distinguishing cancerous samples from non-cancerous ones.
And it showed some promise at identifying worrying pre-cancerous changes that were at high risk of developing into the disease.
But it was not accurate in every case - some patients were misdiagnosed as being at high risk.
Scientists say more work is needed before it is ready to use in clinics.
Dr Emma Smith of Cancer Research UK, said: "Diagnosing cancer in its early stages offers patients the best chance of successful treatment, so research like this has potential to help save lives.
"But we would need to be sure the test is sensitive and accurate enough to be used more widely."
Research involving thousands of European patients is now under way.
The hosts took the lead when Lee Frecklington slid in to convert Joe Mattock's cross from close range.
Rotherham's Matt Derbyshire was sent off when he was adjudged to have deliberately elbowed Gaetano Berardi.
Luke Murphy's deflected strike levelled before Leeds keeper Marco Silvestri saw red for bringing down Frecklington and Halford scored from the spot.
With the visitors having used all three substitutes defender Giuseppe Bellusci, who had given away the ball prior to the penalty, had to go in goal but he could do nothing to stop Halford's effort.
The victory means the Millers have now won five of their past six matches and are now five points clear of the relegation zone.
Both of this season's league meetings between the sides have finished with both teams reduced to 10 men and Rotherham winning by a single goal margin, the Millers earning a 1-0 win at Elland Road in December.
They now travel to fellow strugglers Bristol City on Tuesday while Leeds host QPR.
Rotherham boss Neil Warnock:
"We still haven't achieved anything, we are a good group of lads with our feet on the floor. There are going to be hiccups, but I don't think a hiccup will bother us for the game after.
"We have to scrap for every point and that's what we will be doing. At 1-1 with 10 men most people would have taken the draw, but we're not like that!
"You have to work hard to get spirit like that, it's a good recipe, I have done it all my career and I enjoy it. It shows that we don't know when we are beaten. I am enjoying it."
Leeds head coach Steve Evans:
"I have just lost in a derby at a club that is very close to my heart and it's hard to take.
"I have not had any phone calls, the people that look after me, what they have had is not for me to be talking about because I want to be Leeds United head coach. All I have to think about now is QPR on Tuesday.
"This result doesn't hurt my future, it's hurts me today and tomorrow and until next time we play. I didn't want to come back to Rotherham and lose, I wanted to come back and win and for large parts of the second half I thought as sure as night follows day that we were going to."
Susan and Paul Rutherford argued a spare room in their Pembrokeshire home was essential as it was used by carers who look after Warren, 15, overnight.
The Court of Appeal has now ruled the spare room subsidy - which reduces housing benefit for social housing tenants - is "unlawful".
The couple said they were "delighted".
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said it had already been granted permission to appeal the judgment at the Supreme Court.
Mr Rutherford, of Clunderwen, told the BBC: "It was just so unfair, somebody had to do something to get the law changed, or the situation changed."
He added: "We're all saving the government millions of pounds between us and we need looking after and helping, rather than penalising. us."
Mr and Mrs Rutherford's appeal focused on the impact of the policy on disabled children needing overnight care.
The couple continued their fight, despite a short-fall in payments being covered by Pembrokeshire council.
Mr Rutherford added: "It was just the fear that, what happens if this money stops?"
Warren suffers from a rare genetic disorder which means he is unable to walk or talk, cannot feed himself and needs 24-hour care.
His family's spare room is used by carers, who sometimes stay overnight, and to store the medical equipment he needs.
Warren's grandparents, who provide around-the-clock to care, say they live in constant fear he might lose his home and have to go into care.
Disabled adults who need a spare room for carers are exempt from the benefit restriction, but the same does not apply to children.
The family's lawyers have argued those with severely disabled children should be entitled to the same exemption as disabled adults.
A second appeal concerned a woman, identified only as "A", in relation to the effect of the policy on women living in properties adapted because of risks to their lives.
Her home was equipped with a panic room.
In both, the appellants claimed the policy unlawfully discriminated against them
Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, Lord Justice Tomlinson and Lord Justice Vos, allowed both appeals, on the grounds that the "admitted discrimination" in each case "has not been justified by the Secretary of State".
The housing benefit changes - dubbed the "bedroom tax" by Labour - were introduced in April 2013. Since then families claiming housing benefits have been assessed for the number of bedrooms they actually need.
Families deemed by their local authorities to have too much living space have received reduced payments.
The government rejects the term "bedroom tax", saying the regulations remove what is in fact a "spare room subsidy".
The DWP said it "fundamentally disagrees" with the Court of Appeal ruling, which it said "directly contradicts" a previous High Court ruling it its favour.
A spokesperson said: "We know there will be people who need extra support.
"That is why we are giving local authorities over £870m in extra funding over the next five years to help ensure people in difficult situations like these don't lose out."
An 11-year-old girl fell into the water from the Splash Canyon ride on Tuesday 9th May. She was taken to hospital but she sadly died.
The Park say they are remaining closed today as a "mark of respect".
The school attended by the girl is also closed today.
The Splash Canyon ride has up to 21 boats that hold 6 people. All children must be with an adult when they ride on it.
Specially trained police officers are supporting the girl's family and an investigation is trying to find out exactly what happened.
There have been no reports of injuries, say Japanese officials.
A fire official told AFP news agency the blaze started at a two-metre-tall (6.7ft) cooling tower at a factory owned by a unit of Nippon Steel.
Haneda airport is about 25km (15.5 miles) from central Tokyo. The steel plant is situated in the city of Kawasaki, which is next to the airport.
Passengers at the airport uploaded pictures of the fire on social media showing large plumes of black smoke.
One Twitter user wrote (in Japanese): "I was about to board my flight at a gate at Haneda airport when I realised many people were looking outside the window so I went over and realised there was a huge fire.
"Our flight was delayed by 15 to 20 minutes, and the pilot said it was partly because of the fire (but no major issue).
"Because of recent news about explosions in Yokosuka and China, I started wondering if it was something similar and people were looking nervous.
"The pilot also said they received a lot of enquiries [about whether] there was any accident."
The fire spread to a factory next door operated by consumer goods company Kao, and 600 employees were evacuated, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported.
There was no immediate impact on the airport, NHK also said.
One passenger, Darren Pauls, said on Twitter that operations appeared unaffected and the airport train was still running.
It was the second large fire to break out in Japan on Monday, following a blast at a US military base in Sagamihara which has been extinguished.
The US Army said the warehouse stored compressed gases including nitrogen, oxygen and freon. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the blast.
They drag the small boy into a minibus - he is shoeless and wearing torn shorts and a dark blue shirt that is at least three sizes too large.
Ousseynou is one of an estimated 30,000 children who beg on the streets of the capital, Dakar.
"This is the emergency phase of our operation," says Niokhobaye Diouf, the national director of child protection.
In the past, Senegal's authorities have been accused of complacency over tackling child begging.
But in June the president ordered "the immediate removal of all children from the street".
Since then more than 500 children have been "extracted" from the streets by a child protection unit.
On the bus sit another 30 boys, aged between four and 13 years old, who are being taken to a shelter.
Ousseynou will not stop crying, saying that his marabout, or spiritual guide, is waiting for him at a Koranic school on the outskirts of Dakar.
It is common for Senegalese Koranic schools to send their students, known as "talibe", out to beg for food and money.
Alioune Badara Seydi, Koranic teacher
"A child's place is not on the street, but how else can we provide for them?"
In the poor suburb of Sica Mbao, about 75 talibe beg for food and money every morning, from between 07:00 and 10:00.
Koranic teacher Alioune Badara Seydi argues that poverty and lack of state support leave the schools with no other alternative.
"These children are sent to us by parents across the country who live in extreme poverty, but who want their children to learn the Koran," he says.
"A child's place is not on the street, but how else can we provide for them?"
He goes on to explain that the religious education they provide is valuable and begging teaches humility as well as reinforcing solidarity within a community.
"Many of the children that have been educated in this Daara [Koranic school] became important marabouts," he says.
When most of Senegal's population lived in villages, begging seldom led to exploitation, and did not expose the children to the hardships of a big city's streets.
In Dakar - which has a population of more than a million people - it is a different story.
Children have reported being beaten if they fail to earn the sums demanded by marabouts, which can range from between 350 CFA ($0.50, £.049) and 500 CFA.
At least five children living in residential Koranic schools died in the first half of 2016 allegedly as a result of beatings meted out by their teachers or in traffic accidents while being forced to beg, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report published in July.
Dozens of other children have been severely beaten, chained and sexually abused or violently attacked while begging over the last 18 months, the report said.
Although arrests of abusive teachers have increased slightly over the past year, courts in Senegal have prosecuted only a handful of cases and prosecutions for forced child begging are almost never pursued, HRW says.
Activists say leaders have been worried about the potential political fall-out of such arrests.
"Politicians don't want to upset influential Muslim leaders," says Moussa Ndoye, who is in charge of a community project aiming to reduce child begging.
"I have yet to see any strong actions to support the president's recent declarations."
But authorities argue the "removal" operations which started in June have already had an impact.
"This is the first time the police have ever forcibly removed children from the streets to protect them," says child protection director Mr Diouf.
"Already there are visibly less children begging in the city's business centre. We know some marabouts are returning to their villages".
But Mr Ndoye believes these measures are insufficient.
"It makes no sense to just pull children off the streets, no thought has been put into this action, there is no plan," he says.
"The action must be clearly mapped out and funded and involve the entire community. The state and the marabouts must speak to each other."
Mr Diouf does concede that policing the streets in search of children will not be enough to end the practice.
He says the authorities are in the process of registering all of the Koranic schools so they can be properly regulated.
At the state-run shelter for rounded up children, Ousseynou is provided with clean clothes, medical care and food.
The children's guardians, either their parents or their marabout, will be summoned to pick them up.
They will be issued with a warning: If the same child is found on the streets again, they will face prosecution.
In a blogpost, she said that because this was "a unique time in Yahoo's transformation", she planned to take a similar approach to when she had her first child and "work throughout".
Ms Mayer famously returned to work two weeks after giving birth to her son.
In its corporate blog, Yahoo said it was "extremely happy" for Ms Mayer.
Forty-year-old Ms Mayer has been chief executive for three years at Yahoo. She is in the process of changing the internet firm's focus away from the traditional desktop and towards mobile and video adverts, in order to increase sales.
In the company's last earnings report, she said she was encouraged by an increase in revenue from that division, despite recording a net loss of $21.6m in the quarter to 30 June.
Yahoo is also in the midst of spinning off its stake in China's Alibaba.
Ms Mayer said she was surprised by the news that she was expecting twins, since there is no history of it in her family, but that she and her husband, start-up investor Zachary Bogue, had "embraced" it and they were "very excited".
"Moving forward, there will be a lot to do for both my family and for Yahoo; both will require hard work and thoughtful prioritisation," she wrote in her post.
"However, I'm extremely energised by and dedicated to both my family and Yahoo and will do all that is necessary and more to help both thrive."
She plunged down the shaft at a branch on High Street in Solihull and had to be rescued by firefighters.
The woman, who is said to be in her 20s, is now being treated in the trauma centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.
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A spokesman said: "Ambulance staff were told that the woman in her 20s had tried to use the lift but when she stepped into the lift shaft there was nothing there and she fell approximately 25ft to the bottom of the shaft.
"Ambulance staff worked with firefighters to extricate her from the confined space."
The Starbucks coffee branch will remain closed until an investigation into how the incident happened is completed.
A spokesman said they were "shocked and distressed by this terrible incident", adding they were "working closely" with authorities.
The Health and Safety Executive said it was a matter for the local authority and not them.
Solihull Council said it has a member of staff at the scene.
Quigg, a former WBA super-bantamweight champion, will move to Los Angeles to train at Roach's famous Wild Card gym.
"I have moved up to featherweight with the goal of becoming a two-weight world champion. I need a fresh challenge to help me grow," said Quigg, 28.
"This is an opportunity that I couldn't pass up."
I believe this move and change will take me to another level
American Roach trained former world champions Mike Tyson, Miguel Cotto and Oscar de la Hoya, and spent almost four years working with Quigg's fellow Briton Amir Khan.
Quigg made the step up to featherweight after losing his WBA title in a unification bout against Carl Frampton in February 2016 - his sole loss in 35 career fights.
His featherweight debut ended with a ninth-round stoppage of Jose Cayetano in December.
Discussing his split with Lancashire-based Gallagher after six years, Quigg said. "We have been a great team and achieved a lot and had some great wins together.
"I'd like to thank Joe for everything he has done for me; he is a tremendous coach and friend, which we will remain.
"Our first fight together was for the British title and I went on to become world champion under his guidance and for that I will be forever grateful."
Somerset County Council's Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR) was meant to be completed by March 2014.
The council has blamed the delay on a bridge being redesigned but did not confirm if costs will go up. The road will now open at the end of next year.
Independent county councillor Mike Rigby said: "Clearly something's gone horribly wrong with the project."
The project will link the west and east of the town.
The council said piling work had begun for the Kingston Loop bridge, which goes over Station Road.
A council spokesman: "Some progress has been visible but much of the recent work to revise the design of the bridge over Station Road has been taking place behind the scenes.
"This is now complete and we are entering the final phase of the project, with work on the bridge having started this week."
The BBC understands the delays were caused by engineering problems with the disused bridge.
The council also declined to confirm whether the delay would mean increased costs for the project.
Mr Rigby has been investigating the cause of the delay for the past year.
He was told by the council he needed to sign a confidentiality agreement before the reasons were disclosed.
"I've asked the question repeatedly about what's going on, and I can only be told if I sign an agreement making me promise I won't tell anyone when I find out," added Mr Rigby.
The roads project is linked to the planned regeneration of the Firepool area in Taunton, which relies on the new road for bringing better access.
Planning permission has now been submitted for a new cinema, hotel, shops and housing for Firepool.
A "small fee" has been agreed for the 20-year-old, who is expected to link up with Swansea's Under-23 side when the transfer is formally completed.
Harries made 16 appearances for the Sky Blues as they were relegated to League Two last season.
He played in the Checkatrade Trophy final at Wembley, before representing Wales at the Toulon Tournament.
Police sealed off Cimla Road, Neath, on Thursday morning following its discovery at the bottom of Cimla Hill.
Although it was only 1.5ft (0.5m) wide on the surface, the council said the void below was 20ft (6m) wide and deep.
The repaired road will be resurfaced once the concrete has hardened and is expected to reopen on Monday.
Refuse and recycling collections unable to take place because of the road closure will also be carried out Monday.
According to dealer and gallery owner Matthew Marks, he died of natural causes at home in New York.
Known for vibrant works with geometric shapes and bright colours, the artist had retrospectives at New York's Guggenheim and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art over his career.
In 2013, he was presented with the National Medal of Arts by US President Barack Obama.
Kelly was born in Newburgh, New York, in 1923 and served in the US military during World War Two before studying art at Boston's School of the Museum of Fine Arts. He went on to travel and study in Paris.
On his return to New York, he held his first solo show in 1956.
Influenced by artists such as Picasso and Matisse, Kelly's work was dubbed by art historian Jules Langsner as "hard-edge painting".
His pieces included paintings, sculpture and tattoos.
Analysis by Will Gompertz, arts editor
Ellsworth Kelly was a giant of post-war American painting. He belonged to the pioneering New York-based Abstract Expressionist school that counted Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still among its number.
What made his work stand out (in every respect) was his commitment to working with colour at its greatest intensity, not mixed and applied wet-on-wet as was the preference for many of his peers.
By doing this he became the American artist who arguably bridged the gap between European modernism as practiced by Matisse and Picasso - and Manhattan's bullish expressionism.
He saw the world in fragments of vibrant hues and had the skill and intellect to make sense of the complexities of life in the simplest of shapes and brightest of colours.
He told W magazine in a 2012 interview: "I know how not to go too far or how not to go too small. I'm doing a sculpture now, a rather big one - and it's Âreally waiting and waiting.
"I sometimes don't try to invent something. I wait for some kind of a direction - and it happens. I get an angle, for instance, and it just appears, and I say, 'Oh my God - that's it!'"
Kelly also carried out public commissions around the world, including a memorial for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
In 2000, alongside architect Richard Rogers and composer Stephen Sondheim, he was presented with a Praemium Imperiale award, one of the world's biggest art prizes.
Kelly is survived by his partner, photographer Jack Shear.
Immigration caps on eight central and eastern states will be extended to 17 other EU states. Bulgarian and Romanian migration is curbed separately.
Though not an EU member itself, Switzerland signed up to the bloc's rules on freedom of movement.
Brussels criticised the decision to impose the new new quotas.
There is concern in Switzerland about a growing influx of workers from poorer EU members.
When it signed up to the freedom of movement rules in 1999, the country claimed the right enact a "safeguard clause" if the annual influx of workers from countries exceeded a certain number.
From mid-2014 the clause becomes invalid, so the quotas can in theory only last for 12 months but Switzerland is due to hold two referendums aimed at limiting immigration.
By Imogen FoulkesBBC News, Bern
Since it first signed up to free movement of people, the vast majority of immigrants to Switzerland have come from traditional EU member states: first Germans, working in the health service, then Portuguese and Spanish, working in the tourist industry.
Free movement of people is supposed to mean what it says: citizens of EU and Switzerland are free to move and work anywhere in the bloc. But Switzerland negotiated a "safeguard clause" allowing it to introduce limits if immigration became too high. Now it has invoked that clause. The EU is angry about this, first because Switzerland is using it at all, second because it has separate quotas for different regions, when everyone in the EU is supposed to be treated the same.
Swiss employers, who say they are short of skilled labour, are angry too, but others claim the measures will not make much difference because the safeguard clause is valid only until 2014. But there are two referendums on the way aimed at limiting immigration, one from the Swiss People's Party, and one from environmental groups.
The limits on the eight newer EU member states were first introduced last year.
From 1 May, the number of long-term residence permits granted to immigrants from those countries will be capped at at total of 2,180 for 12 months. The states concerned are Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.
From the same date, long-term residence permits for the 17 older EU states will be capped at 53,700 for 12 months.
Immigration to Switzerland from Bulgaria and Romania - the two newest EU states - is severely restricted, and may remain so for years to come.
In a statement from her office, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the new quotas disregarded "the great benefits that the free movement of persons brings to the citizens of both Switzerland and the EU".
The vast majority of immigrants to Switzerland come from traditional EU members like Germany, Spain, Portugal and Italy, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports from Berne.
It is thought that Portuguese seeking work will be hardest hit, she adds.
The Swiss government has come under pressure from both the right-wing People's Party, and the Green Liberal Party, which say immigration has reached unsustainable levels, our correspondent says.
Switzerland has low unemployment, high salaries, and a safe currency. A government statement said the number of people arriving in Switzerland had exceeded the number leaving by up to 80,000 in recent years.
Limiting work permits "can help to make immigration more acceptable to society", the statement added.
Andrew Reilly was charged with driving a Ford Focus at a woman and attempting to strike her on Cullen Place on Saturday.
The 47-year-old made no plea or declaration during a hearing at Dundee Sheriff Court.
He was remanded in custody and the case was continued for further examination.
Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said they were members of a group set up in March called Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB).
The men, aged 26 to 34, had been working in the construction and marine industries.
Singapore is increasingly concerned about the spread of militant jihadism in neighbouring countries.
In January, it arrested 27 Bangladeshi workers - deporting 26 - accused of supporting militant Islam.
The ministry said the eight men held in April had intended to join the so-called Islamic State militant group.
But after deciding it would be too hard to travel to Syria they instead planned to return to Bangladesh to overthrow the government and had "identified several possible attack targets".
Money, bomb-making instructions and extremist recruitment material was seized from the men, officials added.
There was no indication of plans to target Singapore, said the statement.
The actress, who played Deirdre for 42 years - until her death in January aged 60 - was honoured with an award for outstanding achievement.
William Roache, who played on-screen husband Ken Barlow, presented the award to Kirkbride's husband David Beckett.
Rival soap EastEnders dominated the awards ceremony in Manchester, winning eight awards.
The BBC One soap - which marked its 30th anniversary earlier this year with a live episode revealing who murdered Lucy Beale - won the coveted best soap title.
Long-serving cast member Adam Woodyatt, who plays Lucy's father Ian, won the best actor award, while Kellie Bright - Queen Vic landlady Linda Carter - was named best actress.
Bright also scooped the award for best dramatic performance, presented by The Queen Vic's first landlady, Anita Dobson.
Woodyatt and Laurie Brett, who plays Ian Beale's wife Jane, were named best on-screen partnership.
The search for Lucy's killer was named best storyline and the soap's live episode was named best single episode.
EastEnders scriptwriter Rob Gittins also received the outstanding achievement award for off-screen work.
Coronation Street picked up just one other award, with Sally Dynevor winning best comedy performance as Sally Webster.
Paying tribute to his longtime co-star Kirkbride, Roache called her "a wonderful, natural, instinctive actress who devoted her career to Coronation Street".
Roache said "love and warmth shone through" her character, adding that she was "as much a part of the street as the cobbles themselves".
"She could make you laugh and make you cry in equal measure, though she preferred to make you laugh."
Receiving the award, Kirkbride's husband made his own tribute: "On behalf of her family, her friends, her co-workers, we were the lucky ones, we knew you. Thanks Annie."
The event also included a tribute to EastEnders star John Bardon, who played Jim Branning, who died last year.
The ceremony will be broadcast on ITV on Thursday 21 May at 20:00 BST.
More than one million men were wounded or killed in the Battle of the Somme during World War One.
An overnight vigil was held at Scotland's National War Memorial in Edinburgh.
A whistle, which was sounded to lead men over the top, was blown by a Scots soldier to mark, to the minute, 100 years since the battle began.
Alan Hamilton blew a whistle used by his great uncle at 07:30 on Friday.
Service personnel and veterans groups were among those keeping a silent vigil throughout the night.
It is one of a series of similar events planned across the UK.
The Queen and Prince Philip will join the congregation at Westminster Abbey in London for an evening vigil.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will attend evening events at the Thiepval Memorial in France, where 70,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave are commemorated.
A two-minute silence was held on Friday morning.
The Somme offensive followed a week-long bombardment of enemy defences designed to allow allied troops to walk through the German lines.
The reality was very different, with 57,470 British soldiers killed or injured in the first day alone.
It lasted 141 days and hardly a family in Scotland was unaffected by the carnage.
Neighbouring forces are currently helping Lancashire Constabulary at the site near Preston as campaigners stage a month of civil disobedience.
Drilling is expected to begin at the site by the end of August.
A force spokesman said extra officers would help "ensure the safety of protesters, staff and the public".
The site, run by energy firm Cuadrilla, has been the scene of daily demonstrations since January.
A force spokesman said the decision to move to 24-hour policing, which amounted to 50 to 80 officers every day, was due to increased protester activity over the last week.
Campaign group Reclaim The Power began a month of direct action protests at the site in Little Plumpton at the start of July.
Cuadrilla, which was granted permission to work at the site by Communities Secretary Sajid Javid in 2016, has said drilling is due to start in the summer with fracking a few months later.
It would mean for the first time, UK shale rock will be drilled horizontally, a process which has prompted environmental concerns.
In April, Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw said the monthly cost of policing the site was £450,000.
The Lancashire Constabulary spokesman said between January and June, the additional policing costs - which do not include "the cost of those officers that are assigned to policing the site on a day-to-day basis" - had been about £625,000.
Mr Grunshaw, who has previously written to Mr Javid about the cost of policing, said the protests have had a "huge impact" and it was "unfair" for people in Lancashire to shoulder the "drain" on the police budget.
He said officers from Cumbria, Merseyside and North Wales were supplementing the police presence at the site to deal with "professional protestors".
Mr Grunshaw also
Anti-fracking protester Tina Rothery, who has been demonstrating at the site entrance since January, said she was "stunned" at the decision to supply round-the-clock policing.
She said it was a "complete waste of money" and the "blame" for the cost "lies with both Cuadrilla and the government for its decision to overrule such strong local opposition to this industry".
A spokesman for the energy firm criticised the "reckless and in many cases illegal behaviour of a small number of professional activists" in stretching Lancashire's police force "to the limit".
"Cuadrilla is going about its law abiding business and unreservedly condemns the self-serving and selfish actions of these so-called protesters".
Reclaim the Power has held protests at other sites, including at PR Marriott Drilling in Chesterfield, due to its perceived links with Cuadrilla.
Anti-fracking campaigners said the drill to be used in Lancashire has been housed at the site, a claim that was neither confirmed nor denied by Cuadrilla for "commercial reasons".
The drill suffered "a large amount of criminal damage" in May, according to Derbyshire Police.
Malcolm White, 53, from Pittenweem, was killed while driving on the Ovenstone to Carnbee road near Anstruther between 20:25 and 20:45 on Wednesday.
In a statement issued through Police Scotland, his family described him as "a loving, caring and adoring husband, father, brother and son".
They added: "He will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him.
"We respectfully request privacy at this most difficult time."
Police have appealed for anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or seen the tractor in the area beforehand, to get in touch.
The new centre was to have provided training facilities for the club as well as being a training and competition venue for other sports.
The club said it was now working with Dundee City Council to find an alternative location.
An amended planning application for the sport centre is likely to be submitted early next year.
Dundee City Council leader Ken Guild said: "The football club withdrawing its interest has given us an opportunity to take another look at the site and see if there is another way to lay out the facilities that we want to have there in a more efficient and effective way.
"It will also offer an opportunity to locate the new facilities further away from potentially sensitive areas within the park.
"The eastern end of Caird Park is still an ideal location for this impressive centre where it will integrate with the existing athletics stadium and velodrome."
Dundee FC managing director John Nelms said: "The club maintains a good relationship with the council and we continue to work alongside them in relation to an alternative location for the club facility."
Sports including badminton, basketball, netball, rugby and volleyball will be provided for in the new building.
Objectors to the centre have highlighted concerns over protected species in the area.
Sheikh Khaled al-Baradei was shot by a sniper as fighting erupted between gunmen in the Sunni district of Qobbeh and the Alawite area of Jabal Muhsin.
The deaths bring to 15 the number of people killed in Tripoli since Monday.
Lebanon's prime minister has urged all sides to help the army restore order.
"The army is carrying out its role with all devotion," Najib Mikati told reporters on Thursday, following a meeting with security chiefs and MPs at his residence in Beirut.
On Wednesday, Mr Mikati, a Sunni from Tripoli, warned that there were "efforts to drag Lebanon more and more into the conflict in Syria, when what is required is for leaders to co-operate... to protect Lebanon".
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is an Alawite and members of the Shia sect hold key posts in the government and security forces.
Syria's majority Sunni community has meanwhile been at the forefront of the revolt against the state and has borne the brunt of the crackdown during the conflict, which the UN says has left more than 18,000 people dead.
The latest clashes in Tripoli began at dawn on Friday and saw Sunni and Alawite fighters firing small arms and rocket-propelled grenades between Qobbeh and Jabal Muhsin.
The exchanges sparked large fires in both areas, which are located in the east of Lebanon's second largest city. A security source told the Reuters news agency that at least seven Alawite-owned shops located in Sunni districts had been torched.
Sheikh Baradei was shot early on Friday. Unconfirmed reports said the 28-year-old had been a commander of the Sunni Islamist fighters.
The two other deaths were reported in Qobbeh and the neighbouring Sunni district of Bab al-Tabbana, officials said.
Two journalists are also said to have been wounded by snipers.
A Lebanese security source told Reuters the situation was "alarming and dangerous", adding: "It is very likely that it will escalate this time."
Relative calm had returned after hundreds of soldiers backed by tanks were deployed on Thursday along Syria Street, which divides Bab al-Tabbana and Jabal Muhsin and has become the frontline.
Both players came into the tournament less than fully fit, with Williams, 35, struggling with a thigh problem.
The American, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, used her experience to good effect in the first set of the final.
She broke Wimbledon finalist Muguruza twice in the second set before the 21-year-old Spaniard withdrew.
"I'm very sorry to have had to retire, but sometimes the body just doesn't recover," said Muguruza.
Williams, who was taken to three sets by Britain's Johanna Konta in the quarter-finals and Italian Roberto Vinci in the semi-finals, made a slow start but her superior hitting helped her go 4-2 up.
Both players exchanged breaks of serve before world number 25 Williams closed out the set.
Muguruza's movement was hampered by the start of the second set and errors began to creep into her game before she retired.
Meanwhile, Britain's Heather Watson was beaten 6-3 6-4 in the second round of qualifying for the China Open by Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko.
The BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee said the 5 August edition of What's The Point Of... had criticised the Met Office for promoting a "climate change theory" said to be "alarmist".
The programme, it went on, did not make clear the Met Office's work was in line with "prevailing scientific thought".
The committee's chairman said it had fallen "well short" of standards.
In its report, the committee said What's The Point Of..., presented by Daily Mail sketch writer Quentin Letts, had a "humorous and mildly provocative" tone.
The 5 August programme, it went on, "included contributors who spoke from a particular perspective" that was not made clear to audiences.
According to the committee, editorial oversight had been "limited" and the "contentious nature of some content was not recognised" before transmission.
It also said that while a Met Office representative was interviewed, "her contribution... did not adequately address the criticisms" the show made against it.
"It is clear that this programme fell well short of the standards of impartiality audiences have a right to expect," said the Editorial Standards Committee's Richard Ayre.
"The BBC recognises this and the Trust will receive updates on the steps the BBC Executive has said it is taking."
The programme will not be re-broadcast and is "no longer available" on the BBC iPlayer "following the outcome of a finding by the BBC Trust".
Kim Dong Chul, 62, made the apparent confession on Friday, apologising for spying and bowing to reporters.
Mr Kim has previously told journalists he is a naturalised US citizen, born in South Korea, and that he was arrested in October for "espionage".
Forced public confessions by foreign prisoners are common in North Korea.
Mr Kim said that he was first approached by South Korean intelligence officers in 2011 to engage in paid espionage, North Korean news agency KCNA said.
He was arrested while receiving a USB stick containing military and nuclear secrets from a source, KCNA said.
According to Chinese state news agency Xinhua, Mr Kim said he was first introduced to South Korean spies by US intelligence officers.
"You could say that my anti-North Korean behaviour was also instigated by the United States," he was quoted as saying.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service told AP news agency Mr Kim's case was not related to the organisation, without providing further details.
In January, Mr Kim said in an interview with CNN in the presence of North Korean guards, that he made frequent trips to the North Korean special economic zone of Rason, where he was caught.
He said he had not worked for the US during any of his spying activities and that he used to live in Fairfax, Virginia.
His interview came weeks after North Korea jailed US student Otto Frederick Warmbier for attempting to steal a propaganda sign.
The US has previously accused North Korea of using its citizens as pawns in a diplomatic game. Pyongyang denies the accusations.
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Two men, both aged 32, were injured in separate gun attacks in Newry between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Four men aged 20, 27, 26 and 29 arrested in connection with the incident remain in custody.
Another man, aged 28, who was arrested on Thursday, was previously released on bail pending further enquiries.
"You have major interests that often stand in the way of it," he said.
Mr Blair believes education could benefit from the innovation of different types of school providers.
He said that particularly in developing countries this could include for-profit schools.
Speaking at the Global Education and Skills Forum, Mr Blair said that when he was in office there had been a "rhythm" to the government's attempts to push through changes in education.
"When you first propose it, people tell you it's a terrible thing. When you're doing it, it's hell, and after you've done it, you wish you'd done more of it."
Mr Blair told the education conference that he had found widespread support for the principle of education reform, but "not when the reform comes to them".
He called for a greater range of groups to be involved in running schools and for greater use of technology.
And he did not rule out the idea of using the private sector to run for-profit schools if they "can come in and run schools effectively".
He said that the public sector is "not good at innovating" and would benefit from a more diverse range of partners to experiment with different ways of delivering education.
"Nothing should stand in the way" of trying to improve schools, he said.
And he called on the current education ministers to "scour the world" for the ideas that worked best.
"Governments always make the mistake of thinking their problems are unique," he said.
The former prime minister declined to be drawn on questions about US presidential candidate Donald Trump or the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
"When I look at politics today, I am not terribly sure that I quite understand it."
But he warned of a culture of political "populism" which was tapping into a mood of resentment.
"There's a lot of anger about."
He said this was playing out in the debate around migration, which he said tapped into people's concerns that "incomes are stagnating and they aren't really getting anywhere in life".
He said the answer was not to "blame migrants" but to "get the education and skills" that could lead to better jobs and opportunities.
Jack Stephens said Ranieri had "done the impossible" by helping Leicester win the Premier League and was the team's "greatest ever manager".
He invited fellow fans to show their gratitude ahead of Leicester's home game against Liverpool.
It is Leicester's first game since Ranieri was sacked.
Jack, from Leicester, said: "I wasn't very pleased because I personally thought it was the wrong decision.
"As a chairman I think you need to show more loyalty to your manager."
Fans gathered at the Clock Tower at 18:00 GMT where they sang Leicester City and Claudio Ranieri songs alongside a gospel choir from De Montfort University.
They then marched through the city, finishing at the King Power Stadium at 19:45.
Jack's mother Lucy said there had been a lot of interest in the celebration - including from Italian news media - after Jack and his 18-year-old sister promoted it on Facebook.
"We've had messages from Spain and abroad and it's really got people going," she said.
"Obviously because Ranieri is such a classy man he's not said anything against anybody."
Ranieri said his "dream died" when he was sacked nine months after winning the Premier League.
Former Leicester City player Gary Lineker admitted the sacking made him "shed a tear" and said: "I think they should be building statues to him, not sacking him."
Forensic artist Hew Morrison's research included studies of photographs taken in the 1920s of what is said to be the skull of the 12th Century Norse earl.
Before sainthood, Magnus Erlendsson shared the earldom of Orkney with his cousin, Hakon.
Hakon's jealousy of his cousin's popularity on the islands led to Magnus being put to death.
Although the date of his martyrdom is uncertain - they range from days in the years 1115 to 1118 - Orkney's annual St Magnus International Festival has chosen 2017 to mark the anniversary.
University of Dundee graduate Mr Morrison, whose other reconstructions include that of a Bronze Age woman buried in the Highlands, hopes his work on St Magnus will be displayed during the festival.
St Magnus' life and death are a feature of the Orkneyinga Saga, an interpretation of Orkney's early history, including the conquest of the isles by Norway and the islands' earls.
The saga, written between the late 12th and early 13th centuries, tells of the collapse of the cousins' shared earldom. Hakon turned against Magnus and eventually betrayed him and had him executed.
The doomed earl's head was split in two by an axe, according to the saga. Miracles were said to have happened where Magnus was buried, including rocky ground changing into a grassy field.
Centuries later, in 1919, a wooden box with a skull showing a wound and an assortment of bones inside was discovered during renovations to St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall on Orkney.
A University of Aberdeen professor and an Aberdeen church minister examined the bones and determined that they must be Magnus' remains. The relics were interred in a pillar of the cathedral.
Mr Morrison said he first heard the story of the bones when he was a boy.
He said: "I had forgotten about it until I visited Orkney back in 2015 whilst working on another facial reconstruction project.
"Understanding that the bones are permanently inside a pillar of the cathedral, thus inaccessible, I wondered whether there had ever been decent enough photographs taken of the remains that could be used to recreate a two-dimensional facial reconstruction.
"I managed to track down through Orkney Archives excellent photographs taken in 1925 that were suitable to use."
Mr Morrison has used computer software to create his reconstruction, drawing on what is shown in the vintage photographs to help guide the shape of skull.
He said: "The photographs from 1925 were fortunately of a good quality, but most importantly a scale ruler was photographed alongside these photographs, which allowed me to scale the skull up to life size.
"The missing jaw was re-created using a formula from the fields of anthropology and orthodontics.
"For this part of the reconstruction, I worked alongside my friend Keli Rae who is also a forensic artist and had previously used this method for replacing missing jaws prior to reconstructions."
Mr Morrison also drew on modern data of male European tissue measurements to gauge the skin depth for his reconstruction.
But he said: "An individual's hair and eye colour cannot be determined from the anatomy of a skull.
"No DNA/isotopics from samples of bone were available that would have helped to determine hair and eye colour.
"Although there were no visual records such as illustrations or paintings of St Magnus created during the time of his life, there are depictions of him in the form of stained glass windows and statues, but these were created many years after his death."
He added: "Taking into regard St Magnus's Scandinavian ancestry, light-coloured hair and blue eyes were added to the face."
Orkney's St Magnus festival will be held in June.
Counsel for his widow Marina told a hearing if proven this would be an "act of state-sponsored nuclear terrorism".
Mr Litvinenko, 43, is thought to have been poisoned with polonium-210 after meeting two Russians for tea at a central London hotel in November 2006.
Sir Robert Owen said the full inquest would take place in early 2013.
Parts of a police report into Mr Litvinenko's death will be withheld to omit a section about his alleged links to British intelligence.
Prime suspect Andrei Lugovoi has since been elected as a Russian MP.
Ben Emmerson QC, counsel for Mr Litvinenko's widow Marina, said they believed Russia was responsible.
"If that hypothesis were to be evidentially substantiated, this would be an act of state-sponsored nuclear terrorism on the streets of London."
The death of Mr Litvinenko, a former Russian security officer who had obtained asylum in Britain, led to a major diplomatic incident in 2006 as the Kremlin was accused of masterminding his murder.
Thursday's pre-inquest review hearing was told "interested parties" would receive a summary of Scotland Yard's investigation report into Mr Litvinenko's death but certain intelligence reports would be withheld, including where the Metropolitan Police was asked to examine any links between Mr Litvinenko and British intelligence.
By Gordon CoreraSecurity correspondent, BBC News
Alexander Litvinenko's killing prompted a major diplomatic row with Russia - diplomats were expelled and intelligence and security co-operation suspended.
Now an inquest may aggravate relations which have still not fully healed.
The reason is that the family of Mr Litvinenko have been pushing for the inquest to examine the possible role of the Russian state in the killing.
His widow told me she believed the Russian state was responsible because of the impossibility of anything other than a state getting hold of the rare substance polonium.
The coroner indicated he would most likely be looking at Russia's role and expects to take evidence from there. That may prove difficult.
But there may also be difficulties closer to home, especially when it comes to information being released which may show any links between MI6 and Mr Litvinenko which the government may want to keep quiet.
Counsel to the inquest, Hugh Davies, said: "This redaction, of course, should not be taken as indicating one way or the other whether Mr Litvinenko did indeed have any such contact."
He said all competing theories would be examined, adding: "The court is committed to transparency."
Mr Emmerson said Mrs Litvinenko "is keen that the significance of all the evidence, including that which is redacted, is in one way or another fairly and independently evaluated and that as much as is possible should be made public".
He said she wanted to know if it was "a targeted assassination of a British citizen committed by agents of a foreign state in the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom".
Mr Davies said some foreign witnesses could give evidence by video link.
Mr Lugovoi is represented as an interested person but Dimitri Kovtun, another Russian former agent who was present at a meeting with Mr Litvinenko on 1 November 2006, is not.
Others with interested person status include Home Secretary Theresa May, Mrs Litvinenko and her son Anatoli, and Russian tycoon Boris Berezvosky.
Sir Robert, a High Court judge appointed as an assistant deputy coroner for the inquest, apologised for its delay saying there would be no further delay.
A website has been launched for the inquest, which gives details on the process and lawyers' biographies.
British prosecutors named Mr Lugovoi as the main suspect but he was later elected as a Russian MP and Moscow refused to send him to the UK for questioning. He has denied involvement.
Prime Minister David Cameron raised the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his recent visit to London.
Earlier this year the then Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke, wrote to the then coroner asking for clarification about the estimated £4m inquest costs.
The victim, who does not want to be named, was left with a broken hand and ribs after the burglary in Dorothy Road, Leicester, on 27 April.
He said he and his family are scared every time someone comes to the door.
Four arrests have been made, but Leicestershire Police has re-issued an appeal.
The victim said: "I just went to the door and was attacked in my own home without warning.
"I want the people responsible caught so that I can stop living in fear and to stop this happening to anyone else.
"This has left me and my family scared every time someone comes to the door or a car passes the house."
Police said two people, believed to be men, took a safe containing cash, watches and personal belongings in the attack, before leaving in a silver Volkswagen Transporter van.
A video filmed by a neighbour and posted on Facebook appears to show the pair arriving at the house.
Three men, aged 37, 38 and 53, and one 27-year-old woman, have all been arrested on suspicion of burglary.
Det Sgt Steve Hutchings said: "This burglary happened in broad daylight in a residential street - someone knows who is responsible.
"We have made arrests in relation to the incident, but we need the help of the community to be able to find those responsible."
Wayne Bennett's Broncos' success gave the southern hemisphere a 2-0 series lead following Sydney Roosters' victory against St Helens on Friday.
Four first-half tries set the platform, with Wigan affected by a severe ankle injury to hooker Michael McIlorum.
Three further tries wrapped up the game despite a late second score from Wigan.
The atmosphere at the DW Stadium was cautiously upbeat in the build-up but Brisbane soon dented the positivity when Corey Oates went in at the corner following a video referee review.
McIlorum went off on a stretcher after a delay and Broncos responded best when Kodi Nikorima took advantage of a fortuitous bounce off a post-pad from Anthony Milford's kick.
Wigan got on the board from Sarginson who drove onto Farrell's pass down the short side left but the joy was short-lived, as Nikorima's glorious at-the-line pass put Matt Gillett over and a score for Jarrod Wallace silenced the home support, building up a three-score lead at the break.
Wigan showed character after half-time with field position and possession, but a breakaway by Greg Eden led to Oates' second that put the game to bed.
Nikorima touched down a Darius Boyd kick to puncture any remaining intensity of the contest and Eden's debut try took the score beyond 40 points.
George Williams' late try was a rare flicker of delight for the majority of the 19,103-strong crowd.
Former Great Britain coach Brian Noble told BBC Radio 5 live sports extra:
"There's not a lot of difference between the two sides, but in the NRL teams play at such intensity week in week out, and you have to be more clinical and incisive because you get fewer opportunities.
"Everything Brisbane did was clinically cool and when it comes to goal-line defence Wigan have been given a lesson.
"Decision making at the wrong or right times wasn't there. I thought Wigan would get closer, but the Broncos were the NRL Grand Finalists. They're an outstanding team and had a lot more experience than Wigan."
Wigan Warriors head coach Shaun Wane told BBC Radio 5 live sports extra:
"Absolutely [it was disappointing], we were beaten by the better team, we hold our hands up and they were clinical, their skill was excellent.
"We were in that defensive system most of the game but they've burned us on every error we've made.
"There's no excuse, our injury [to Michael McIlorum] was nothing to do with us losing. Micky might be out for about six months, he's gone to hospital with the broken ankle. But he's playing rugby league and these things happen.
"I'd love to carry on this concept, I want another go at them, as a coach it's down to me to make us better to cope with playing them, the way we'll bounce will be the best thing to happen to this club."
Brisbane Broncos winger Greg Eden told BBC Radio 5 live sports extra:
"It's an awesome feeling, the first time pulling that shirt on is a brilliant feeling and it's everything I dreamed of since I was a kid and I'm fulfilling that down under.
"All three English teams are going through tough times with injuries and we played really well so it's tough for Wigan."
[On England and Broncos coach Bennett]: "Wayne is great at talking to us and bringing the best out of us along with Stephen Kearney, both have coached at the highest level and it's awesome being around them."
Wigan: Tierney; Gildart, Gelling, Sarginson, Manfredi; Williams, Smith; O'Loughlin, McIlorum, Flower, Farrell, Isa, Bateman.
Replacements: Clubb, Powell, Tautai, Sutton.
Brisbane: Boyd; Oates, Roberts, Kahu, Eden; Milford, Nikorima; Blair, McCullough, McGuire, Gillett, Glenn, Parker.
Replacements: Thaiday, Wallace, Ofahengaue, Waddell.
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A 1-0 win against France in Friday's quarter-final ensured Germany's place in the last four, where they will play the hosts in Belo Horizonte.
Speaking before Brazil's 2-1 last-eight victory over Colombia, Low said: "They will have a home advantage.
"The South Americans are fighting for their lives here."
After needing extra time to overcome Algeria in the last 16, Germany produced an improved performance against France, particularly in defence.
Mats Hummels headed home early in the first half, and Low's side restricted France to few clear-cut chances.
"There weren't many goalscoring opportunities, which was part of our plan," added Low.
"We didn't want to give France chances with the quality of strikers they possess. We closed them down well - and that was the key.
"France gave everything to try to force the equaliser, but defenders Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng were excellent and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer did well when called upon."
France coach Didier Deschamps felt there was not a great deal of difference between the two sides, but Germany's experience helped carry them through.
Germany have reached the knockout stage in every World Cup since 1982 whereas France, champions in 1998, went out in the group stage at two of the past three tournaments.
"They are used to playing big matches and have a more experienced team," said Deschamps.
"The players are a bit frustrated as there was not a massive gap but the adventure stops here.
"I am quite proud of what we have achieved so far. I'm hurt and disappointed but there are a lot of positive things happening with this team."
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The ex-Newcastle and England player was arrested in North Tyneside, late on Thursday.
Northumbria Police confirmed a 43-year-old man had been arrested for possession of a class A drug while another man of the same age was arrested for supplying drugs.
Both men have now been released on bail, police said.
Mr Gascoigne admitted drink driving at Newcastle Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "At shortly after 1730 BST Thursday 21 October, police attended a property in North Tyneside.
"A 43-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a class A drug.
"A second man, aged 43, was later arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of drugs."
This latest policy removes previous limits suggesting patients wait until the disease progresses.
The WHO has also recommended people at risk of HIV be given the drugs to help prevent the infection taking hold.
UNAIDS said these changes could help avert 21 million AIDS-related deaths and 28 million new infections by 2030.
The recommendations increase the number of people with HIV eligible for antiretrovirals from 28m to 37m across the world.
But the challenge globally will be making sure everyone has access to them and the funds are in place to pay for such a huge extension in treatment. Only 15m people currently get the drugs.
The recommendations have less relevance to the UK however. Nine in 10 people with diagnoses are already on the drugs with patients entitled to ask for them before they reach the threshold WHO refers to.
Although the use of the treatment as a preventative measure is not recommended.
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a combination of medicines used to treat HIV. It is not a cure, but can control the virus so that patients can live a longer, healthier life and reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to others.
The drugs prevent HIV from multiplying, which reduces the amount of the virus in the body.
Having less HIV in the body gives the immune system a chance to recover and fight off infections and cancers.
By reducing the amount of HIV, the medicines also reduce the risk of transmitting the virus to others.
Mark Dybul, executive director of the Global Fund, a private-public initiative which is one of the biggest funders of HIV research and treatment, said: "The recommendations are critically important to moving us towards the fast-track treatment and prevention goals.
"We must embrace the ambition if we are going to end HIV as a public health threat."
Michel Sidibe, of UNAIDS, added: "Everybody living with HIV has the right to life-saving treatment. The new guidelines are a very important steps towards ensuring that all people living with HIV have immediate access to antiretroviral treatment."
The WHO announcement comes after extensive research into the issue.
A US National Institutes of Health study due to run until 2016 was stopped early after an interim analysis found giving treatment straight after diagnosis cut deaths and complications, such as kidney or liver disease, by half.
Meanwhile, a UK study found giving healthy gay men drugs meant one case of HIV could be stopped for every 13 men treated for a year.
Trailing 3-2 from the first leg, Malmo turned the tie in their favour on away goals when Markus Rosenberg scored.
The visitors needed a goal to stay in the tournament but saw a Nir Bitton effort disallowed for a foul.
Dedryck Boyata's own goal then made Celtic's task that much harder and Europa League group stage football beckons for Ronny Deila's side.
It will be a second successive appearance in that competition for the Scottish champions, having lost at the Champions League play-off stage in the Norwegian's debut season.
Malmo are likely to benefit by over £20m from participation in the Champions League group stage, while Celtic stand to make around £8m.
And, with Dutchman Virgil van Dijk expected to join Southampton, Deila also faces the task of replacing one of his first-choice defenders.
With the tie so tight at the midway stage, both sides knew how important an early breakthrough in Sweden could be and Celtic threatened first.
Saidy Janko sped away on the right and Malmo looked stretched as both Leigh Griffiths and Stuart Armstrong were prevented from converting.
Former Celtic forward Jo Inge Berget had scored both of Malmo's goals in the first leg and the Norwegian forward was very much in the mood in the first half.
Berget twice flashed shots wide and almost found his captain Rosenberg with a teasing low cross.
Griffiths lifted a volley wide after some suspect Malmo defending and, but for goalkeeper Johan Wiland's unconvincing intervention, Van Dijk would surely have headed Celtic ahead from Stefan Johansen's ball rather than sending his effort wide.
Deila could have been satisfied with the visitors' opening to the match but the complexion of the tie was about to change.
Yoshimar Yotun's left foot whipped a fierce corner delivery in from the right and Rosenberg rose above Van Dijk to make the crucial connection, albeit with his shoulder rather than his head.
Malmo looked equally fragile when trying to defend a Celtic corner as Bitton leapt to meet the cross and then knocked in the resulting loose ball.
Serbian referee Milorad Mazic, who had just booked Griffiths for clattering into Anton Tinnerholm, blew for a foul against the away team but replays showed that Bitton's marker, Kari Arnason, had handled in the challenge.
Buoyed by that let-off, Malmo pressed for a second on the night and Rosenberg cut back for Nikola Djurdjic, who was only denied by a terrific Craig Gordon save.
Celtic failed to heed the warning and the same two players combined again early in the second half with Rosenberg firing wide.
And Gordon came to the Scottish champions' rescue again with a brilliant double-save, blocking Vladimir Rodic's drive and Rosenberg's rebound.
But the keeper was then left exposed at Rodic's corner as substitute Felipe Carvalho nodded towards goal and Boyata's boot touched the ball over the line, despite the best efforts of Gordon.
Deila, who had sent Kris Commons on for Stuart Armstrong at half-time, introduced Nadir Ciftci and then Gary Mackay-Steven as Bitton and James Forrest were withdrawn.
But the substitute trio could not instigate the two-goal comeback Celtic needed with Commons' long-range effort over the closest they came.
It's a second Europa League group stage campaign in a row for the Scottish champions.
Last term, Deila's men reached the last 32 of the tournament, losing to Inter Milan over two legs, but the Norwegian had stressed in recent weeks that reaching the Champions League group stage with Celtic had been his goal since joining the club last summer.
With Van Dijk a likely departure and Boyata having only recently joined, Deila faces the task of rebuilding his defence for Europe and Celtic's Premiership defence.
Match ends, Malmö FF 2, Celtic 0.
Second Half ends, Malmö FF 2, Celtic 0.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF) because of an injury.
Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Scott Brown (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF).
Substitution, Malmö FF. Agon Mehmeti replaces Jo Inge Berget.
Kris Commons (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jo Inge Berget (Malmö FF).
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Jo Inge Berget (Malmö FF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Celtic. Stefan Johansen tries a through ball, but Virgil van Dijk is caught offside.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Yoshimar Yotún.
Corner, Malmö FF. Conceded by Dedryck Boyata.
Stefan Johansen (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Stefan Johansen (Celtic).
Anton Tinnerholm (Malmö FF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Malmö FF. Erdal Rakip replaces Vladimir Rodic.
Kris Commons (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Yoshimar Yotún (Malmö FF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Kris Commons (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gary Mackay-Steven.
Substitution, Celtic. Gary Mackay-Steven replaces James Forrest.
Nadir Ciftci (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Oscar Lewicki (Malmö FF).
Nadir Ciftci (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF).
Foul by Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic).
Jo Inge Berget (Malmö FF) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kris Commons.
Anton Tinnerholm (Malmö FF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Anton Tinnerholm (Malmö FF).
Offside, Malmö FF. Nikola Djurdjic tries a through ball, but Markus Rosenberg is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Nikola Djurdjic (Malmö FF) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Celtic. Nadir Ciftci replaces Nir Bitton.
Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
Jo Inge Berget (Malmö FF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
A misfit who grew up hating school, Ms Amoruso left home at 17, intent on a life of anarchy and getting by for free in Olympia, Washington.
She says she received a rude wake-up call one day when she was caught shoplifting (but let off), which she had been doing in order to support her lifestyle.
"I learned the hard way that taking shortcuts and living for free is not really living free," she says.
Now 30, Ms Amoruso says that her early mistakes were crucial in helping her build Nasty Gal from a simple eBay store selling vintage items in 2006 to a $100m (£60m) business with more than 350 employees selling cool, quirky new and used clothing items to millions of women around the world.
"It was like throwing myself at the wall the way you throw spaghetti - to see if it sticks," she says.
It goes without saying that Ms Amoruso is not your typical entrepreneur, and certainly not cut from the same cloth as the legions of technology bosses who flock to Silicon Valley in search of funding and riches.
After the shoplifting incident in 2003, Ms Amoruso moved to San Francisco, California.
A community college drop-out, she developed a hernia and so started work as a security guard checking IDs at an art school - a job she took for the health insurance it provided.
Bored, she decided to open an eBay store re-selling vintage clothing after reading a book called Starting an eBay Business for Dummies.
She named her eBay store Nasty Gal Vintage, after a song and album by the jazz singer Betty Davis, second wife of the legendary Miles Davis.
In her memoir, #GIRLBOSS, she says eBay was a crucial platform because she learned to respond to every customer comment, to really understand who was buying her finds and what they wanted.
That helped her beat other vintage sellers because she knew how to style the pieces she found - using young models who were paid a salary of burgers at a local restaurant - to appeal to her demographic.
After a spat with rival sellers ended with her getting kicked off the auction platform, she struck out on her own, buying the domain name NastyGalVintage.com (NastyGal.com was initially owned by a porn firm) and communicating with her customers through social media sites such as MySpace and eventually Facebook and Twitter.
"Using social media allowed me to have a conversation with our customers - I would say it was the number one reason we created awareness," she adds.
That put Ms Amoruso ahead of competitors who were just realising the power of social media to drive business.
"Every other fashion brand out there - including those that I call competitors - are run by mostly old white men, and the customer knows it," she says.
"This generation is super savvy - it doesn't matter who you hire to run your social media if the person behind the scenes pulling the strings is far from the customer."
Ms Amoruso says Nasty Gal amassed its 1.2 million Instagram followers and millions of Facebook likes by aggressively styling the firm's clothing in unique looks that "you can't find at the mall".
She pioneered the idea of styling outfits from head to toe and mixing old and new, expensive and cheap and made sure that Nasty Gal wasn't just a retail website, but a lifestyle that could appeal to a certain type of woman.
That has helped to build loyalty - most customers are women in their 20s who return again and again to the site, buying up 93% of Nasty Gal's inventory at full price. Half of the site's business comes from return customers - something almost unheard of in retail circles.
Even after Nasty Gal started taking off - moving from a tiny office to a large space in Los Angeles - Ms Amoruso initially resisted taking outside investment, a rarity among tech firms, most of which aren't profitable in their early years.
"I had the luxury of a profitable business," she says.
That allowed her to wait for the right investor - which took some time.
"When I decided to raise money, every guy was on to the fact that women like to shop as if it was the newest thing. They all had their theses and were ready to invest in any company that was making clothing for women, but there's no soul to that," she says.
Although she eventually found the right match in Danny Rimer, of Index Ventures, who pledged $9m in March 2012, she still retains a large amount of control, which has allowed her to hire smart people.
However, she does add: "It's only in the last six months that I can say my team has better ideas than I do - and how much of a relief that is."
Ms Amoruso has big plans for Nasty Gal - including opening physical retail stores later this year - and while she knows her rags-to-riches tale of a naive ingenue is appealing, she is careful to emphasise just how much hard work and what she calls "sweat equity" got her to where she is today.
As she counsels future "girlbosses" in her memoir: "Don't act like you've arrived when you're just receiving the invitation."
Michael Davies, 71, had been staying at a hotel with his wife Pat at the holiday resort when he disappeared in the early hours of Wednesday.
The couple, from Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, travelled to Sandown on the island by coach, Hampshire Constabulary said.
Police confirmed the search is continuing across the island.
A spokesman said: "A police helicopter was used last night and the search is continuing today right across the island."
Mr Davies, who suffers from high blood pressure, has not been seen since about 01:00 BST on Wednesday.
The force said Mr Davies wandered off after dinner at the Hotel Maria in Sandown at 21:30 and CCTV images later show him less than half a mile inland from the seaside hotel.
Neighbours of the former miner say he is well-known and well-liked.
Gwyneth Knight said: "Everyone here is very upset and worried about what has happened. He's a very kind and friendly man, he'll do anything for you. It's such as shame."
Police said the pensioner's family were worried because Mr Davies relies on medication to control his blood pressure, which he would not have access to.
He is described as white with cropped white hair and was wearing a blue T-shirt, a blue Reebok jumper, jeans and a baseball cap.
She moved up from fourth to second in the final, double points medal race.
With the Rio Games fewer than six months away, it was a consecutive silver World Championships medal for the world number one.
Shaw, 32, said: "I was so pleased to cross that finish line. It's been a really tough week in terms of nerves."
Meanwhile, fellow Brit Nick Dempsey failed to make the podium after finishing fourth. He had been in second place ahead of the final day's racing.
He said: "Although I'm gutted to finish fourth, I genuinely feel ready to win again. Six months out from the Games, things are coming together."
EU tourists booking a break will be told whether the deal constitutes a "package holiday".
Operators ensure that anyone on a package deal is flown home if an airline goes bust, or is given a refund or replacement if hotels go under.
UK travel organisation Abta argued that the rules should have gone further.
It said that the extra protection failed to cover all trips that "look and feel like a package holiday" to consumers.
The new rules were given approval by the European Parliament and must be adopted by member states in the next two years.
European officials decided to review rules made in 1990 owing to the changing way that holidaymakers buy holidays, with many more now booked online.
Protection for package holiday deals has been in place for some time, with an operator responsible for all aspects of the holiday, should things go wrong. For example, a refund or replacement of a hire car would be the responsibility of the tour operator if the provider went bust.
New Flight Plus arrangements were added in the UK a few years ago, giving greater protection to those who book a flight and then a hotel through the same website than to those who book everything independently.
Now the new EU rules ensure that it is clear to holidaymakers whether their deal is a full package holiday, and which consumer protections that includes.
A new "linked travel arrangement" system relates to those who book a flight online and are then invited to click through for other services such as a hotel, which they then book in the next 24 hours.
The new rules will make it clear which operator is liable at each stage of the holiday and customers will be guaranteed the right to compensation if services provided are not up to standard.
Business trips arranged by an organiser through a general agreement are excluded from new rules, as these agreements usually offer separate protection for travellers.
He told MPs on the Welsh Affairs Committee the draft Wales Bill "enshrines permanently" the existence of the assembly.
Mr Crabb said it would be "ridiculous" for AMs to oppose the bill in a favour of a "row with the UK government".
First Minister Carwyn Jones will give evidence to the committee in November.
More powers over energy, transport and the running of the assembly have been offered in the draft Wales Bill which was published last Tuesday.
It also proposes a "reserved powers" model, which lists the policy areas still controlled by the UK government - such as defence and foreign affairs - with everything else assumed to be devolved.
Mr Jones has claimed that the reserved powers model could actually weaken devolution, calling for more cross-party talks on the plans.
Mr Crabb told the Welsh Affairs committee on Monday he wanted to create greater clarity about the share of powers between Wales and Westminster.
"The devolution arrangements have been found wanting - spectacularly so, I would say, given how vague, unclear, and how silent the existing devolution legislation is on so many aspects of policy that the two administrations need to work out who's responsible for," he said.
The Welsh secretary also warned AMs that there would be no further legislation about powers for Wales during this Parliament after the draft bill.
"I think if they were to walk away from this, that would be a massive, massive own goal," he said.
"If they were to say 'sorry we don't want that now' after having spent so long asking for everyone of those powers - then to turn round and say we don't want it after all, we'd rather have the row with UK government because it suits the political culture of Wales much better - I just think that's ridiculous."
The Welsh Affairs Committee will meet at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay on 9 November to take evidence from assembly party leaders, other AMs and constitutional experts.
The 26-year-old from Powys missed out on a medal at the Olympic Games, finishing seventh in the -78kg category.
The 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist admits it was a hard few months following Rio.
"It's obviously something you can't really prepare for," Powell said.
"For the first six weeks after I had no interest in doing any judo whatsoever.
"I needed that time to mentally recover from it and get my head back on track and now I feel really motivated and feel ready to go again.
"I think the break is just what I needed to collect my thoughts and decide what I wanted to do with the next four years."
Powell, who won bronze at the European Championships earlier this year, beat Emma Read to win 78kg gold at the Senior British Championships and is now looking ahead to 2017.
"I was nice to get into a competitive environment," Powell told BBC Wales Sport.
"It's really nice to be back on the map. I've just been back training for three weeks. I felt a bit rusty and I wasn't as sharp as normal.
"Next year I'm looking to do really well at Europeans and Worlds and my first competition back is Paris Grand Slam at the beginning of February. This was a warm-up event really."
Powell became the first Welsh woman to compete in judo at the Olympics after collecting more ranking points than British rival Gemma Gibbons, who won silver in London 2012.
"It was a really unique situation for Rio really because me and Gemma were going head to head in every competition so it was constant pressure and I had to compete at every competition to stay on track and stay ahead," Powell added.
"In this cycle hopefully there won't be the same pressure from the British side of things so I can pick and choose my events more."
Johnson shot a three-under-par 67 to lead fellow American Kevin Chappell by one on seven under after round two.
Victory will secure Johnson a $10m bonus, while the fate of England's Casey, who like McIlroy shot 70 to stay two under, is also in his own hands.
World number one Jason Day withdrew from the event with a back injury.
The Australian, who would also have won the overall title with a win at East Lake, pulled out of the BMW Championship eight holes into his final round two weeks ago and lasted just eight holes into his second round in Atlanta.
The top five players in the play-off standings coming into the 30-man season finale - Johnson, Day, Patrick Reed, Adam Scott and Casey - all knew they would claim the bonus with victory.
Casey kept in the hunt with a birdie on the last. He had dropped a shot on the the par-four 17th after failing to get up and down from a greenside bunker.
Scott carded a one-over 71 to drop to level par, while Reed shot 70 to stay three over.
Chappell, who is chasing a first PGA Tour title, needs to win the tournament and for Johnson to finish outside of the top 10 to claim the bonus.
Northern Ireland's McIlroy is in a similar position of needing players in the top five to fade but he remained buoyant at halfway.
He was three over par for his round after eight holes but birdied the 10th, 12th and 17th to move into a tie for fifth.
McIlroy said: "I just didn't feel comfortable with my swing and let that feed in to how I played, especially the first few holes. I made some really sloppy swings and poor shots.
"If I can shoot a couple of scores in the mid 60s at the weekend, you never know."
Johnson, who had a share of the lead after round one, moved clear of the field after mixing five birdies with two bogeys in his 67.
"I played really, solid golf and just didn't get a lot out of it," he said. "I had some close looks that I didn't make.
"Still, three under is a great score around here. I'm never going to be upset with that."
Scotland's Russell Knox says he is in for an "interesting weekend" after a four-under-par 66 lifted him to one under, six behind Johnson.
"The round has put me back in there," he added. "This course is very difficult and a couple more of those and you just never know."
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Shia militia sources in Iraq have confirmed that Gen Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force is personally taking part in leading the operation.
Tikrit, 150km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, has been occupied by IS for more than eight months and an offensive to recapture it was declared by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday.
The Iraqi army and security forces along with Shia militia groups who call themselves Popular Mobilisation units are pushing into Tikrit from several directions.
As sources on the ground have told BBC Persian, a number of IRGC officers were involved at a command level before the operation was officially launched.
Iranian authorities are yet to comment officially but Iran's Fars news agency, considered to be very close to the Revolutionary Guards, has extensively reported on the role of Gen Soleimani in the operation.
It has even published photographs that show the general among Iraqi commanders and officials, saying they were taken around Tikrit.
One of the groups in the Popular Mobilisation units is Saraya al-Khorasani (Khorasani Brigades), who say they are under the command of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A Brigades commander told BBC Persian that Iranian forces under Gen Soleimani were training and morally preparing Iraqi Shia fighters for the operation long before it began.
Although Iran was left out by the US and its allies when they formed a coalition against IS last year, its direct involvement in fighting IS militants in Iraq was revealed long before the coalition was formed.
Since last summer, a number of Shia militia groups have emerged in Iraq that openly pledge their allegiance to Iran and declare themselves as followers of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iranian officials have always pointed out that their country is helping both Shia and Kurdish forces in the fight against IS but it was in a battle in late August 2014 that Iran's direct military involvement was made clear.
Back then, Iranian forces were playing an openly active role in helping Kurdish and Shia forces take back the town of Amerli from IS in a joint operation.
It was during the battle of Amerli that BBC Persian accessed the weapons and ammunitions sent from Iran for the militia forces.
Gen Soleimani's has been the recognisable face of Iran's influence and involvement in Iraq since the fight against IS began.
Now, if the operation to liberate Tikrit leads to success then it will mark a victory for Iran and its man in the field who may add to his titles, the conqueror of the home town of his old enemy, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
When it handed over its last overseas territory, Macau, to Chinese administration in 1999, it brought to an end a long and sometimes turbulent era as a colonial power.
The roots of that era stretch back to the 15th century when Portuguese explorers such as Vasco da Gama put to sea in search of a passage to India. By the 16th century these sailors had helped build a huge empire embracing Brazil as well as swathes of Africa and Asia. There are still some 200 million Portuguese speakers around the world today.
For almost half of the 20th century Portugal was a dictatorship in which for decades Antonio de Oliveira Salazar was the key figure.
This period was brought to an end in 1974 in a bloodless coup, picturesquely known as the Revolution of the Carnations, which ushered in a new democracy.
Population 10.7 million
Area 92,345 sq km (35,655 sq miles)
Major language Portuguese
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 77 years (men), 83 years (women)
Currency euro
President: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
A veteran of the centre-right Social Democratic Party, Mr Rebelo de Sousa went on to have a high-profile career in journalism and broadcasting before being elected to the largely-ceremonial post of president in March 2016. He stood as an independent, campaigning to heal the divisions caused by Portugal's 2011-2014 debt crisis and austerity measures, and beat the left-wing candidate Antonio Sampaio da Novoa in the first round.
Prime minister: Antonio Costa
Socialist Party leader Antonio Costa formed a centre-left government in November 2015 after a month of political drama, amid expectations of an end to four years of fiscal austerity.
He joined forces with two far-left parties to oust the centre-right coalition of incumbent Pedro Passos Coelho that topped the poll in inconclusive October parliamentary elections.
Born in 1961, Mr Costa is a veteran Socialist Party politician, serving as a government minister twice before being elected mayor of the capital Lisbon in 2007, resigning to become the Socialists' candidate for premier in 2015.
Portugal's commercial TVs have a lion's share of the viewing audience, and provide tough competition for the public broadcaster.
Public TV is operated by RTP. The main private networks are TVI and SIC. Multichannel TV is available via cable, satellite, digital terrestrial and internet protocol TV (IPTV). Cable is the dominant platform.
The switchover to digital TV was completed in 2012.
The public radio, RDP, competes with national commercial networks, Roman Catholic station Radio Renascenca and some 300 local and regional outlets.
Some key dates in Portugal's history:
1908 - King Carlos and eldest son assassinated in Lisbon. Second son Manuel becomes king.
1910 - King Manuel II abdicates amid revolution; Portugal proclaimed a republic.
1911 - New constitution separates church from state. Manuel Jose de Arriaga elected first president of republic.
1916-18 - Portugal fights First World War on Allied side.
1926 - Military coup. General Antonio de Fragoso Carmona becomes president.
1928 - Carmona appoints Antonio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance.
1932 - Salazar becomes prime minister, a post he will retain for 36 years, establishing authoritarian "Estado Novo" (New State) political system.
1936 - Salazar backs General Franco's nationalists in Spanish Civil War.
1939-45 - Portugal maintains official neutrality during Second World War, but allows UK to use air bases in Azores.
1949 - Portugal becomes founding member of Nato.
1955 - Portugal joins United Nations.
1968 - Antonio Salazar dismissed from premiership after stroke; dies in 1970.
1974 - A near-bloodless military coup sparks a mass movement of civil unrest, paving the way for democracy. The 25 April coup becomes known as the Carnation Revolution.
1974-75 - Independence for Portuguese colonies of Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Cape Verde Islands, Sao Tome and Principe, and Angola.
1982 - Military Council of the Revolution abolished, civilian government formally restored.
1986 - Portugal becomes member of EEC (later EU). Mario Soares elected president.
Tina and Mike Trowhill have campaigned for the inquiry for over a year, after discovering their son's ashes were scattered without their knowledge.
Justice Secretary Michael Gove told Hull North MP Diana Johnson that Hull City Council had been asked to commission the inquiry.
Ms Johnson said it was a "victory" for parents.
The council said it would consider Mr Gove's request for a local inquiry, but said a national inquiry should be launched instead.
An inquiry in Shropshire last June concluded that a national inspector should be created for crematoriums after parents were unable to receive their babies' ashes.
In March, Scottish MPs agreed new regulations on burials and cremations.
Hull City Council said: "We are very sensitive to the need to ensure that parents across the country do not have to deal with the upset and uncertainty of not knowing what has happened to their baby's ashes.
"No decision has yet been made to hold a local enquiry but we will consider the Minister's request taking into account all the work undertaken locally with the hospital and funeral directors, the previous enquiries in Scotland and Shropshire and the recent national call for evidence, towards which we have contributed substantially.
"Our position has always been that this is a national issue and that the best way to ensure that parents, at a time of great distress, have confidence in a consistent and caring process across all hospitals, funeral directors and crematoria in dealing with the ashes of their babies is for the government to develop and issue clear guidelines within a national Code of Practice, based on the findings of a national inquiry."
MP Diana Johnson, who supported the Hull campaign, said: "This is a victory for Tina Trowhill and other parents in Hull and from around the country.
"Only full independent scrutiny will give families confidence that the terrible errors of the past will not be repeated in the future."
She said it was "regrettable" that the independent inquiry had only been announced after a year of campaigning.
"I want the council to get on now and do the right thing and find out for the 100-odd families who have come forward to find out what happened to their babies' ashes," she said.
The Trust says women would be more affected than men, while those from poor backgrounds would be hit hardest.
It says the freeze would compromise government pledges on social mobility.
In July, Chancellor George Osborne announced a consultation on freezing the threshold for five years, rather than linking it with average earnings.
This would affect those who took loans from 2012, when annual tuition fees were raised to a maximum of £9,000 in England.
From next April these so-called "repayment plan 2" graduates whose earnings exceed £21,000 will start to repay the loans.
But the government says updated forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility show fewer are likely to start paying than was expected when the policy was introduced, increasing the burden of higher education on the taxpayer.
The Sutton Trust report, by higher education consultant John Thompson, says freezing the loan repayment threshold - alongside other changes such as replacing maintenance grants for poorer students with loans - will significantly increase the cost of going to university.
It says this risks undermining pledges by successive governments to improve social mobility, as well as raising uncertainty in students' minds over the terms of their borrowing.
The study calculates that the overall extra repayment for a typical borrower taking out a loan of £36,000 over three years would rise by £2,800 over 30 years - up from £30,650 to £33,400.
The study also notes that women would be affected more adversely than men by any future freeze.
It calculates that if the £21,000 threshold was not frozen, the average male who borrowed £36,000 over three years would pay back £34,900 over 30 years; the average female would pay £26,400.
However, if the five-year repayment threshold freeze came into force, a typical male borrower would pay £37,100 (£2,200 more) over 30 years, while the typical female borrower would repay £29,700 (£3,300 more).
The research says this is because women tend to have lower earnings and are more likely to be paying back money across the full 30-year borrowing period, after which loans are written off.
The Trust says the freezing of the threshold, alongside the changes to maintenance grants, will have a major impact on students from lower income groups, who could see their average debt rise to more than £50,000.
It says loan terms for current borrowers should not be altered and that new borrowers should be given definite terms that will apply to the full repayment period.
"The danger is that this will have an adverse effect on the willingness of young people to take out the student loans," it says.
Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust said: "The fact that this measure will adversely affect low earners and graduates from low income homes, who are already being penalised by the budget shift from grants to loans, is a serious cause for concern."
The University and College Union said the findings strengthened the case for a proper review of university funding and particularly how the loans system would affect different groups of graduates.
A spokesman for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said: "We want our world-class higher education system to remain financially sustainable and welcome responses to our current consultation on the threshold for student loan repayments.
"Our reforms to student finance will mean that students from low-income backgrounds receive a substantial increase in the cash-in-hand to help with living costs whilst at university."
In the July Budget, Mr Osborne also announced the scrapping of the university maintenance grants for lower income students and said the government would link the £9,000 student fee cap to inflation for those institutions that could show they offered high-quality teaching.
Natalie McGuinness was attacked at a house on Mailcoach Road on Wednesday morning and later died in hospital.
Police were confronted by a man with a knife when they arrived at the scene at about 10:30 local time on Wednesday. They shot him with a stun gun.
The accused, 33-year-old Oisin Conroy of Mailcoach Road, Sligo, was remanded in custody at Sligo District Court.
Mahad Abdi Abshir, 28, from Camden, died from head injuries after he was found in Castlehaven Road.
Police were alerted by a London ambulance crew at 05:40 BST on 2 May. He was taken to hospital where he died two days later.
Police said a man was arrested in Leicester and will be taken to a north London police station.
In a statement Mr Abshir's family said he would be dearly missed.
"Mahad was a loyal, kind-hearted, forgiving man and was very much loved by his wife and family."
SA Brain also revealed the first images of how its Cardiff brewery site might look when redeveloped.
The planned site will cover more than three million square feet and feature offices, hotels and apartments alongside a waterfront leisure zone.
The brewery's building and chimney will be kept in recognition of its heritage.
They will form a backdrop to the waterfront scheme, where water taxis and small private yachts will be able to moor.
Chief executive Scott Waddington said: "We recognise the brewery site has huge potential for redevelopment and at the same time we needed to re-invest in our brewing plant, office and training facilities.
"This presented the opportunity for us to relocate and enable the Central Quay development to take place."
He added: "While moving from our Crawshay Street home in the centre of Cardiff will be sad, I am excited by the potential the scheme creates for both our business and employees.
"We are also aware of numerous other brands that want a presence in Cardiff and believe Central Quay's waterfront location will drive huge investment from some of the national and international operators who want to be in Cardiff."
The project is a joint venture with Rightacres Property.
Rightacres chief executive Paul McCarthy said: "The timing for bringing forward the Brain's site ties in perfectly with the Metro system delivery programme.
"Public transport is pivotal to the success of any business district and to have a Metro terminal at Central Quay, adjacent to the central train station would be good for all concerned."
Rightacres will continue developing the masterplan over the next few months in consultation with Cardiff planners and other stakeholders in the 15-acre site to the south of the station.
Mr McCarthy said: "We would hope to submit detailed planning for our first buildings towards the middle of next year with a view to getting under way with construction towards the end of 2017."
Cardiff council leader Phil Bale said: "The city council has been involved in trying to unlock this opportunity for a number of years and we are delighted that Brains and Rightacres have come to an agreement which will help deliver on our aspirations to extend the city centre south of the train station."
Mr Waddington added: "We are looking at a number of different opportunities for the new brewery facility and hope to announce our final decision early in the new year."
Conservatives Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow, and Thurrock's Jackie Doyle-Price have written to government ministers outlining their concerns.
Chief Superintendant Sean O'Callaghan, of Essex Police, said action had been taken where appropriate.
Harlow and Thurrock councils said they had been doing all they could to deal with illegal sites.
Harlow has seen 68 unauthorised sites set up in the last year - a problem "echoed in Thurrock", the MPs said in their letter to the Home, Communities and Justice secretaries.
They claimed Essex Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh had failed to uphold the law and deal with the issue effectively.
The MPs also criticised the force's crime commissioner (PCC) Nick Alston for "his failure to represent the views of residents in Essex".
Mr Halfon told BBC Essex his constituents had been complaining about anti-social behaviour and the rubbish left behind by travellers.
"The police commissioner, instead of being a poodle for the police's bureaucracy, should be a bulldog for residents of Harlow and Essex," Mr Halfon told BBC Essex.
He called for a zero-tolerance policy on anti-social behaviour, adding that authorities should use "all laws available" to move illegal travellers on.
PCC Nick Alston said he had been involved in several public meetings about the issue, and held regular discussions with the chief constable.
He added it was crucial the situation was dealt with "proportionately and fairly".
Ch Supt O'Callaghan told BBC Essex the sites were assessed on an individual basis and visited regularly by officers.
Harlow Council said it was doing all it could "within the constraints of current legislation".
A Thurrock Council spokesman said action had been taken to remove travellers who were in breach of planning law.
The 28-year-old from Bristol rose to a career-best 46 in the world rankings as a result of his nine-under-par finish.
"It's hard to believe because I was on a drip for 13 hours," Wood said.
"The heat got to me and there was no chance of me playing the way I felt, so to finish fourth is a massive result."
Wood, who ended the event in Sun City four shots behind runner-up Henrik Stenson and 10 strokes adrift of winner Marc Leishman, says even making the first tee on the opening day was an achievement.
"I was wheeled through the hotel in a wheelchair and tucked into bed by two doctors and I was in a bad way - so, whatever the result was this week, I was glad to be playing," Wood added.
"I've enjoyed my whole week here and it gives me a good step going into 2016 - especially in Ryder Cup year."
Peers voted by 286 to 219 to delay the cuts, pending an assessment of the impact on claimants.
In January the Lords voted to remove the cuts from the Welfare Reform Bill altogether, but they were later reinstated by MPs in a Commons vote.
Ministers may try to overturn the fresh defeat at a later date.
A Department for Work and Pensions spokesman said: "The vote in the House of Lords is a routine part of the legislative process and next steps will be announced in due course."
This stage in a bill's journey is known as "parliamentary ping pong", when legislation is batted between the two Houses until agreement is reached on its contents.
The government wants to cut Employment Support Allowance by £30 a week to encourage some new claimants to return to work.
In a bid to stave off another defeat over the plans, Work and Pensions Minister Lord Freud offered several concessions and warned peers against supporting the "wrecking amendment" which he said "undermines conventional parliamentary process".
But crossbench peer Lord Low - who put forward the successful amendment - said the cut in support to disability benefit claimants was "drastic" - and the concessions were "just not enough".
He said the government had not been able to provide evidence for its argument that the cuts "incentivised" people back to work and insisted his "moderate" amendment would give ministers time to justify the policy.
The decision by peers to inflict defeat on the government sets up another showdown between the Commons and the Lords, coming not long after last year's clash over tax credits, which led to moves by ministers to limit the powers of the Lords.
"It just makes me so angry. [The scammers] keep changing their names and Facebook just let them do it," says Maggie Hughes, who says at one stage she was a member of between 25 and 30 online raffle groups on the social media site.
Anyone can set up a raffle group on Facebook and then begin inviting contacts to join, although Facebook says it shuts down illegal raffle pages - those not licensed by the Gambling Commission - as soon as they are reported.
The page owners then choose a prize, and sell tickets - using PayPal or a bank transfer.
From then on, it works just like a normal raffle. A number is drawn at random and the winner earns a prize.
At least that is how it should work.
Maggie became suspicious of one woman online when she says she won some prizes.
"I played her tombola [raffle] and I have not received any prizes from her at all," she says.
Maggie is disabled and her husband has dementia. She says the £40 to £50 she estimates she has lost is a lot of money to her.
"It's very hard, it just upsets me. It makes me angry that this girl is getting away with it."
The woman Maggie says she dealt with, Lauren Brattle, appears to have a number of online aliases.
Her raffles were among the many mentioned on a Facebook page that raises awareness of possible scams.
Ms Brattle says the allegations against her are false and she has not done anything wrong.
The page is moderated by Liz Hodgson, who deals with problem raffles run all over the country.
"[The problem] is huge," she says. "It's so big at the moment. Everybody's creating their own groups.
"There are daily posts in the 10s, of people having issues with admins on these raffle groups.
"They're not drawing them correctly, the [players] aren't receiving their prizes."
Tracie Morgans, a member of Liz's online page, said she knew of one woman who "walked away with £400 worth of people's money" without giving out prizes.
"She was boasting that she was taking her kids on holiday," she adds, having been scammed twice in the past herself.
"There are so many nasty, selfish, greedy, money-hungry idiots," says Karen Evans, also a member of Liz's page. "I didn't realise how rotten the world was."
Karen says she has also been cheated out of money on a raffle group.
"I played a page and I paid for the raffle and all of a sudden the page wasn't there any more. I tried to inbox the girl and she blocked me."
The Gambling Commission, which regulates all gambling activities in the UK, says complaints about social media raffles have been greatly on the rise in recent years.
The prizes on offer, it adds, have included a shotgun, a monkey and a pregnant spaniel.
In order to be legal, online raffles must be licensed by the Gambling Commission.
Facebook says it shuts down raffle pages as soon as they are reported and found to be illegal, and the Gambling Commission says almost all of the raffle groups reported to them are now no longer active.
For some users, the possibility of being scammed is not the only issue associated with the raffle pages.
It is also the fact they allow people to freely gamble online.
Liz says she "would absolutely say people are becoming addicted".
"Quite a lot of the posts on the scammers group are where people have placed their last £50 or £60 on one raffle.
"And they've got children and they're spending their children's money."
Some raffle groups say they are raising money for charity.
The BBC understands Ms Brattle - the woman Maggie says scammed her - had previously claimed her raffles made money for the Sick Person's Trust, but the charity says it has not received any money from her.
She denies this.
The police told us they are investigating a complaint.
"It's absolutely disgusting that this charity hasn't received a penny," explains Maggie.
But the wider question surrounding raffle groups is - with so many popping up daily - how to stop them.
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Sue Hayman takes the environment, food and rural affairs brief, while Christina Rees becomes shadow Welsh secretary.
The new shadow chief secretary to the Treasury is Peter Dowd.
The business brief became vacant when Clive Lewis resigned on Wednesday to oppose his party in the Brexit vote.
Other shadow cabinet members remain in place.
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The four newly-promoted MPs are all part of the party's 2015 intake.
Ms Long-Bailey, MP for Salford and Eccles, was previously shadow chief secretary to the Treasury and was described by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell as a "brilliant" member of the "next generation of our socialist leadership team" last week.
Ms Hayman, MP for Workington in West Cumbria, was a shadow environment minister before her promotion, while Ms Rees, MP for Neath, was a shadow justice minister. Mr Dowd is MP for Bootle.
Ms Rees and Ms Hayman both nominated Owen Smith in his unsuccessful challenge to Mr Corbyn's leadership in 2016.
There are now 14 women in Mr Corbyn's 29-member shadow cabinet.
The Labour Party said that more junior shadow ministerial roles would be filled "in due course".
What is striking about this announcement is not who has been appointed, and to which job - it is the leadership's approach to the frontbenchers among the 52 Labour rebels who defied Jeremy Corbyn in last night's vote on Brexit. Most of them tonight are still in a job, despite abandoning the collective responsibility of the party's official position and ignoring their leader. I understand it's unlikely there will be any sackings. This in itself is extraordinary, not least because among the rebels were three whips, the very people responsible for party discipline. It illustrates what you might call Jeremy Corbyn's human resources challenge. When you discount those who won't serve under him, and those who have but no longer do, his options are limited.
Mr Lewis announced his resignation from the party's front bench as MPs began voting for the final time on the Brexit bill on Wednesday.
In a letter to Mr Corbyn, he wrote that he was leaving the shadow cabinet "with a very heavy heart", but Labour had not won "the protections the people of this country need" during the Commons debates on Brexit.
Asked on the BBC about Mr Lewis's departure, Mr Corbyn said: "It's not a disaster.
"The majority of Labour MPs voted to trigger Article 50. Fifty-odd voted against it, mainly on the basis of their strong message from their own constituents."
Labour's chief whip Nick Brown will handle any disciplinary action to be taken against the 52 Labour MPs who rebelled against the party line and voted against the Brexit bill on Wednesday.
Swedish firm Minesto wants to harness power under the sea off the coast of Holyhead.
It will set up its UK offices there and hopes to become a manufacturing centre, creating more jobs there.
The so-called Deep Green technology works on the principle that underwater "kites" can reach speeds 10 times faster than the current.
This works in the same way a kite flies faster than the wind, and the firm says 10 times higher speed gives 1,000 times more power.
Off the coast, the Deep Green device will operate at least 15m below the surface and can still create enough power to make it worthwhile, even though the current is of a low velocity.
Minesto has secured £9.5m of EU funding and will create 30 jobs. The rest of the money will be privately raised.
Development rights were granted a year ago.
It will be two years before the first seven tonne device will be installed.
The Welsh government said it has been working with Minesto "over a number of years" on feasibility studies for the development.
ANALYSIS by Sarah Dickins, BBC Wales economics correspondent
It's another example of a company wanting to generate energy and money from our seas. But this is a different technology and doesn't involve building a lagoon.
There are some similarities to the planned £850m Swansea tidal lagoon project in that this is not just about generating energy but also creating jobs in manufacturing and project development, as the technologies will be made here.
It could lead to a new industry in its own right.
This project once again produces the dilemma: does it make economic sense in the long term to pay much more for our electricity as a new technology develops with the promise of jobs and investment, or is that too much of a risk?
This latest project hopes to be paid £250 per megawatt hour for its electricity initially while the new industry develops. The company says it expects to in time be cheaper than nuclear, which is less than £100 per Mwh, without the risk or waste.
The tidal lagoon project for Swansea Bay hopes to get £168 per Mwh.
Both the proposals for tidal kites on Anglesey and the tidal lagoons are about more than energy generation. Both promise to develop new design and manufacturing in Wales which could be exported.
There has been criticism in the past that Wales missed out on the development of onshore wind projects and now turbines and blades are largely imported into the UK.
This could make the proposals more valuable to the Welsh economy than purely the money generated by the power of the tides.
Minesto's plans are to set up headquarters in Holyhead this year, where design, marketing and sales will take place followed by manufacturing in 2016.
It hopes that by 2019 it will be employing 120 people in a wide range of jobs from engineering, sales, and research and development as a new industry forms around Holyhead.
Anglesey is being developed under the banner Energy Island, with plans for the Wylfa Newydd nuclear investment and a range of renewable projects at its centre.
The island's council says the programme could contribute nearly £12 billion to the wider economy of north Wales over the next 15 years and describes it as a "once in a generation" opportunity to boost the economy.
First Minister Carwyn Jones, said: "This investment will not only help create greener and more efficient sources of energy, but will also create jobs and vital opportunities for growth in north Wales."
Anders Jansson, chief executive of Minesto, said: "Establishing Minesto UK Headquarters in north Wales is a strategic decision that can make Wales a global leader within marine energy."
A public exhibition is being held on Thursday 21 May at Holyhead Town Hall from 10:00-20:00 BST.
The latest proposal comes eight months after a £70m tidal energy project off Anglesey was suspended.
But last month there was new hope of reviving the scheme off The Skerries. to the north-west of the the island.
Compared to the third quarter, growth was up 0.6%, beating market expectations of 0.4%.
Household consumption, construction and public spending were the main factors driving the better-than-expected growth.
The strong data comes despite the global commodity slump hitting the country's vital mining and oil sectors.
Australia's benchmark ASX/200 was up 1.5% on the positive news.
"Given Australia is going through the biggest mining pullback in our lifetimes, this is a pretty good outcome," said David de Garis, a senior economist at National Australia Bank.
Analysts also said the stronger-than-expected figure meant further cuts in interest rates were unlikely in the near future.
The Australian central bank has held rates steady since May last year and earlier this week decided to keep its main interest rate at 2% for a tenth consecutive month saying it saw "reasonable prospects" for growth.
However The Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens said the bank would be keeping an eye on the country's low inflation rate.
"Continued low inflation would provide scope for easier policy, should that be appropriate to lend support to demand," he said.
Australians must be feeling pretty smug these days. Despite a collapse in global commodity prices, it has managed to escape recession yet again.
So what are Australians getting right? Well - it may just come down to that "lucky country" cliché we hear about "Down Under" all the time.
There's no denying that as mines have closed, jobs have been lost and that's putting pressure on the government to find new avenues of growth - but don't forget Australia is already a highly diversified economy.
Services like tourism, finance, business, technology and education are major components of Australia's economy and they've benefited from a weaker Australian dollar. The agriculture sector is also seeing renewed interest - check out the reports I did on Australia's agricultural sector here.
Mining has also seen a boost from the lower Australian dollar, because it has meant that Australia's products are cheaper at a time when demand has dropped.
Investments in mining software have helped the industry to remain competitive even in a downturn, and maintain Australia's global share of resource exports.
Payne missed the 21-10 defeat by England at Twickenham but could return to action if coach Joe Schmidt partners him with Robbie Henshaw in midfield.
Schmidt may however opt to retain Stuart McCloskey, who impressed on his debut, despite his side's loss.
Ireland have added uncapped Munster flanker Jack O'Donoghue to their squad.
The 22-year-old will boost Schmidt's back-row options for the forthcoming fixtures against the Italians in Dublin, and against Scotland a week later, with Sean O'Brien sidelined for the rest of the tournament with hamstring trouble.
Ireland, champions for the past two years, are still seeking their first victory in this year's competition.
O'Donoghue adds depth to Ireland's loose forward stocks, with Jordi Murphy and Tommy O'Donnell also in the 35-man training squad, but Ulster's Chris Henry is omitted again.
CJ Stander, Josh van der Flier, Jamie Heaslip and Rhys Ruddock were the four back-row forwards selected for the match squad in Ireland's 21-10 defeat to England at Twickenham on 27 February.
That quartet will feature strongly across Ireland's final two fixtures, with Schmidt's men targeting two wins from their final two games following a draw with Wales and then losses to France and England.
Despite the pressing need for victories, boss Schmidt may yet decide to mix up selection with one eye on long-term development, hence O'Donoghue's addition to the squad.
Connacht prop Finlay Bealham is the only other uncapped member of Ireland's squad ahead of Saturday's clash with the Italians in Dublin.
Speaking at Monday's press conference, Andrew Trimble praised the attributes of his Ulster team-mates Payne and McCloskey.
"Obviously you have got two contrasting styles between Jared and Stu, so it's just what sort of rugby Joe wants to play," said Trimble.
Ireland: Forwards: Finlay Bealham (Connacht), Rory Best (Ulster), Sean Cronin (Leinster), Ultan Dillane (Connacht), David Foley (Munster), Cian Healy (Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), Jack McGrath (Leinster), Jordi Murphy (Leinster), Tommy O'Donnell (Munster), Jack O'Donoghue (Munster), Mike Ross (Leinster), Rhys Ruddock (Leinster), Donnacha Ryan (Munster), CJ Stander (Munster), Richardt Strauss (Leinster), Devin Toner (Leinster), Josh van der Flier (Leinster), Nathan White (Connacht).
Backs: Keith Earls (Munster), Craig Gilroy (Ulster), Robbie Henshaw (Connacht), Paddy Jackson (Ulster), Rob Kearney (Leinster), Ian Madigan (Leinster), Kieran Marmion (Connacht), Luke Marshall (Ulster), Stuart McCloskey (Ulster), Fergus McFadden (Leinster), Conor Murray (Munster), Jared Payne (Ulster), Eoin Reddan (Leinster), Jonathan Sexton (Leinster), Andrew Trimble (Ulster), Simon Zebo (Munster).
And whether you love or loathe him, it's a fact that the Republican will set a range of records as soon as he occupies the Oval Office.
From his age to his bank balance, via his notable lack of pets - here are just some of "The Donald's" historic "firsts".
Donald Trump celebrated his 70th birthday on 14 June, which makes him the oldest man in US history to assume the presidency. The previous record-holder, Ronald Reagan, was 69 when he took office in 1981.
Perhaps keen to allay fears about his senior status, the business mogul had his doctor prepare a gushing letter pledging that he would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency".
The average age of all 44 previous incoming presidents is a sprightly 55.
The youngest ever incumbent - Theodore Roosevelt - got the job aged 42 years and 322 days, after President William McKinley's assassination in 1901.
Mr Trump is the first billionaire president. Exact estimates of his personal wealth vary, with Forbes putting it at $3.7bn (£3bn) and the man himself claiming in a statement that it's "in excess of TEN BILLION DOLLARS".
Many of America's past presidents have also been extremely wealthy, of course. Recent estimates say George Washington's estate would be worth half a billion in today's dollars.
Before his 1963 assassination, JFK reportedly lived off a $10m trust fund thanks to the vast wealth of his father - investor and alleged bootlegger Joseph P Kennedy, Sr.
Mr Trump will be following in the footsteps of former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger by taking just a symbolic dollar as a salary.
When Mr Trump began unveiling his cabinet picks, the number with fat wallets quickly drew the scorn of Democrats.
"Donald Trump's administration: of, by and for the millionaires and billionaires," tweeted Vermont Senator and Democrat presidential contender Bernie Sanders.
For better or worse, this will be the wealthiest administration in modern American history.
According to the Washington Post, commerce secretary nominee Wilbur Ross is worth around $2.5bn on his own - roughly 10 times what George W Bush's first cabinet were worth in 2001, when the media branded them an assembly of millionaires.
Treasury appointee Steven Mnuchin quite literally bought a bank after 17 years at Goldman Sachs, and reports put his wealth at over $40m.
It has been estimated that the cabinet could be good for an eye-watering $35bn, all told. As Quartz pointed out, this is more than the annual gross domestic product of Bolivia.
Mr Trump's triumph is also significant because, until now, no-one has been elected president in more than 60 years without experience as a state governor or in Congress.
The last president with no political experience, Dwight Eisenhower, was Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in World War Two, before he was elected to office in 1953.
Before that, Herbert Hoover, who was president from 1929 to 1933, was previously an engineer and humanitarian.
But as Mr Trump tells it, his lack of links to the Washington establishment is an asset not a flaw - and more than made up for by his experience as a deal-maker.
Mr Trump has named his son-in-law, real estate developer Jared Kushner, as a senior adviser - prompting cries of nepotism from opponents.
Some claim the appointment makes the 36-year-old the most powerful presidential son-in-law in US history.
He isn't the first to fit that profile, however.
President Woodrow Wilson's Treasury Secretary, William Gibbs McAdoo, was also married to his daughter, Eleanor.
That said, their case pre-dates America's 1967 anti-nepotism statute, and Mr McAdoo was already a cabinet secretary when he wed.
Ivanka Trump, Mr Trump's elder daughter and wife of Mr Kushner, is also being spoken of as the most influential "First Daughter" ever.
So much fuss has been made of what Donald Trump owns that you might have missed one glaring absence - a pet.
It looks likely that he'll be the first US President in over a century not to have an animal pal in the White House, after plans to have him adopt a goldendoodle dog reportedly fell through.
According to the Presidential Pet Museum, almost every commander-in-chief has had a pet, and some had a virtual menagerie.
John F Kennedy stands out for owning a veritable Noah's Ark - everything from a rabbit named Zsa Zsa to a canary called Robin - but the crown belongs to Calvin and Grace Coolidge (White House occupants from 1923-1929), who the museum says "quite literally had a zoo".
Their animal companions included at least a dozen dogs, a donkey named Ebenezer, and various creatures presented as gifts by foreign dignitaries - among them lion cubs, a wallaby, a pygmy hippo named Billy, and a black bear.
Donald Trump won the presidency on a pro-job platform, and has blamed free-trade policies for the collapse of the US manufacturing industry.
This is a rare stance for a US president, probably last seen in his fellow Republican Herbert Hoover in the 1930s.
In September 2015, Mr Trump told the Economist China is "killing us", and that millions of Americans are "tired of being ripped off".
He said that as president, he would consider a 12% import tax to make the Chinese "stop playing games".
During his election campaign, Mr Trump also threatened to rip up Nafta, the free trade agreement between Canada, the US and Mexico, which has been in place for 23 years.
He also vowed that the US would quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, a 12-nation agreement, on his first day in the White House.
Former model Melania Trump is as trailblazing as her husband.
She will be the first presidential spouse from Slovenia, and the first non-native English speaker.
She is only the second FLOTUS born outside the US, though - the first being Louisa Adams, wife of the sixth US President, John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), who was born in London.
As Mr Trump has been married twice before, Melania will also be the first third wife to reside in the White House. The only other US president to have divorced was Ronald Reagan, who split from his first wife, actress Jane Wyman, long before leading the nation.
Melania speaks Slovenian, English, French, German, and Serbian, and may be the most competent linguist to hold the role of FLOTUS.
She is the first president's wife to have posed nude, for GQ magazine in 2000 among others.
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Gabriel Rasmus, Anas Abdalla and Mahamuud Diini were arrested at Dover on 3 April.
In a brief statement, West Midlands Police said the men would appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday.
They are charged with preparing for acts of terrorism between September 2014 and April 2015.
Two other men who were arrested at the same time are no longer being held on suspicion of terrorism offences - but are being investigated by immigration officers.
A woman who was also arrested faces no further action.
Mr Rasmus, 28, of Lozells, Mr Abdalla, 26, of Acocks Green and Mr Diini, 25, of Small Heath, were found in the back of a lorry at the Port of Dover.
Mari Reid of the Crown Prosecution Service's counter-terrorism unit said: "The allegation is that they were attempting to smuggle themselves out of the United Kingdom and travel to Syria or Iraq in order to engage in terrorism.
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The Kilmarnock striker, a prolific scorer in two spells at Ibrox, feels his former team are "a million miles away" from challenging Celtic.
"Is there anybody going to buy any of these players?" said Boyd.
"These guys are probably on the most they will ever earn in their careers so they are not going to leave."
Caixinha, who replaced Mark Warburton as Rangers manager, has been in charge at Ibrox for seven matches.
His team are 36 points adrift of treble-chasing Celtic in the Premiership, and nine behind second-placed Aberdeen.
Rangers were hammered 5-1 by Celtic on Saturday, the biggest defeat they have suffered at the hands of their rivals at Ibrox.
It follows Celtic's 2-0 win in the Scottish Cup semi-final the previous weekend.
"As a new manager coming in, he will have an opportunity to sign players," Boyd told BBC Scotland.
"Every manager will have a shopping list but where is the money coming from to turn it round?
"You've still got a squad of 20 players and I can't think of any of them, apart from Clint Hill and Philippe Senderos being out of contract in the summer.
"You'd have to get rid of them one way or another, but the wage bill can't jump away back up. It's about balancing everything.
"The big problem is that when you tell people they are not needed, they will just down tools.
"When they are told they are not needed, you have to find money to pay these guys off. They become a hindrance hanging about the place."
Boyd, 33, acknowledges it is very days for Caixinha, but says he has yet to see Rangers develop under the Portuguese.
He said: "The gap is getting even wider. When you do something mid-season you usually get a reaction from the players. I haven't seen any.
"I know there's not been a transfer window but you can always judge what a manager gets out of players in that short period of time.
"Rangers were a far better team earlier in the season. They weren't taking chances but they were dominating games.
"They were difficult games to play against Rangers whereas now it's just like playing against anyone else. The fear factor is not there.
"Scottish football needs a strong Rangers, even for the national team because they can make players better for the country.
"You just want to have a team out there who can challenge Celtic at least. But it's a million miles away."
Scrum-half Henry Pyrgos returns from injury to captain the side and make his 100th club appearance.
Flanker Josh Turnbull features for Cardiff after being released by Wales.
Kristian Dacey misses out through injury, having been a replacement in Blues' win over Ulster, and Matthew Rees captains the side at hooker.
Glasgow have lost just once at home this season and have won their last nine games against the Blues.
Wales Under-20 international Jarrod Evans comes in at fly-half for the visitors with Rhys Patchell moving to full-back.
Thomas Davies at loose-head prop is the only other Blues starting change.
Meanwhile, Cardiff's Wales centre Cory Allen is out for the season because of an ankle injury.
Bennett played in Scotland's Six Nations win over Italy last week and Swinson made a late appearance off the bench.
Pyrgos makes his first appearance of the season following wrist surgery while fellow Scotland cap Duncan Weir continues at fly-half.
The Warriors played recent home games at alternate venues after heavy rain took its toll on the Scotstoun pitch but they are back in Glasgow's west end for Sunday's match.
"We are really looking forward to making our return to Scotstoun on Sunday," said Glasgow head coach Gregor Townsend.
"We've missed playing at our home ground, but we've picked up two good wins recently and the players can't wait to get out on the pitch in front of a big crowd.
"Cardiff Blues are a well coached team who are organised in defence and innovative in attack. We will have to play very well to continue our winning run.
"It's great to welcome back Henry Pyrgos, who has been stuck on 99 caps since playing so well in last year's Pro12 final.
"To have him coming back into the selection mix with so much rugby still left to play is a real boost for the squad."
Glasgow Warriors: Peter Murchie, Lee Jones, Mark Bennett, Alex Dunbar, Rory Hughes, Duncan Weir, Henry Pyrgos (capt); Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson, Tim Swinson, Greg Peterson, Rob Harley, Chris Fusaro, Leone Nakarawa.
Replacements: James Malcolm, Jerry Yanuyanutawa, Sila Puafisi, Scott Cummings, Simone Favaro, Mike Blair,. Sam Johnson, Glenn Bryce.
Cardiff Blues: Rhys Patchell, Blaine Scully, Aled Summerhill, Rey Lee-Lo, Dan Fish; 10 Jarrod Evans, Tomos Williams; Thomas Davies, Matthew Rees (capt), Salesi Ma'afu, Jarrad Hoeata, James Down, Josh Turnbull, Ellis Jenkins, Manoa Vosawai.
Replacements: Ethan Lewis, Corey Domachowski, Taufa'ao Filise, Macauley Cook, Josh Navidi, Lewis Jones, Garyn Smith, Harri Millard.
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Lloyd Linton, Dunx McClement (Scotland)
Citing commissioner: John Montgomery (Scotland)
TMO: Iain Ramage (Scotland)
The Real Madrid forward, 29, was left out of the team on Saturday as he recovers from a thigh injury.
Ronaldo's Real team-mate Pepe also sat out the friendly, as did Fenerbahce midfielder Raul Meireles.
Eder and Ricardo Costa had the hosts' best chances but both were foiled by Greece keeper Orestis Karnezis.
"In the first half we clearly deserved to be ahead and, apart from the last few minutes when we were worn out, we always had control of the game," said Portugal coach Paulo Bento.
"We have to be prepared and we have to be able to play without players who are our first choices."
Portugal face Germany, United States and Ghana in their World Cup group, while Greece meet Colombia, Ivory Coast and Japan.
Mr Munde was on his way to the airport to take a flight to his home state of Maharashtra when his car was hit by another vehicle, officials said.
Doctors at the AIIMS hospital said he was not breathing when brought in and efforts to resuscitate him failed.
Mr Munde, 64, was appointed just last week to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government.
India has some of the most dangerous roads in the world - nearly 140,000 people died in road accidents in India in 2012, according to the government's National Crime Records Bureau.
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari told reporters: "An accident took place earlier in the morning, following which he was taken to hospital in Delhi. Doctors declared him dead at about 8am [02:30GMT]."
"Mr Munde was brought to the emergency department... by his personal assistant and driver. He was sitting in the back seat of his car which was hit by another car or any other vehicle... from the side he was sitting," Dr Amit Gupta of the AIIMS Trauma Centre told reporters.
"On his arrival at the Trauma Centre, there was no spontaneous breathing, no blood pressure, no pulse, no cardiac activity."
Dr Gupta said there were "no major external injuries on his body... clinically we might say that he had a sudden cardiac death".
The minister's driver and secretary escaped unhurt.
Prime Minister Modi was among the first to mourn Mr Munde's death.
"Extremely saddened and shocked by the demise of my friend and colleague Gopinath Munde. His demise is a major loss for the nation and the government," Mr Modi tweeted.
He described Mr Munde as "a true mass leader" and said that "hailing from backward sections of society, he rose to great heights and tirelessly served people".
One of the most popular politicians in Maharashtra, Gopinath Munde wielded great clout at the national level too. He was deputy leader of his party, the BJP, in the last parliament.
Mr Munde was a politician who had risen from the masses. He came from a small area in central Maharashtra called Parli and belonged to a low-caste grouping known as the OBCs, or the Other Backward Classes. They constitute a large voter base for any party, and Mr Munde's popularity among them made him an important leader for the BJP.
His home district of Beed is infamous for female foeticide, and given that he has three daughters and no son, he was often hailed as an example for others to follow. One of his daughters, Pankaja Munde-Palve, is a member of the Maharashtra state assembly.
Mr Munde's body was being flown later on Tuesday to his village where his funeral will take place on Wednesday.
He was deputy chief minister in Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999 and elected twice to the lower house of parliament in 2009 and 2014.
Reports said Mr Munde had been on his way to Maharashtra to address a victory rally in his constituency, Beed.
Although he had recently been appointed rural development minister in the new federal government, he was a popular choice to become the chief minister of Maharashtra, should his party win state elections due in a few months.
His is the second big loss for the BJP in Maharashtra in the past eight years - in 2006, senior party leader Pramod Mahajan was shot dead in his home in Mumbai.
Mr Mahajan was Mr Munde's brother-in-law and correspondents say their closeness to some extent helped Mr Munde rise within the BJP.
The deal will see Microsoft pay $8.5bn (£5.2bn) for Skype, making it Microsoft's largest acquisition.
Luxembourg-based Skype has 663 million global users. In August last year it announced plans for a share flotation, but this was subsequently put on hold.
Internet auction house eBay bought Skype for $2.6bn in 2006, before selling 70% of it in 2009 for $2bn.
This majority stake was bought by a group of investors led by private equity firms Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowit.
Other major shareholders include tech-firm Joltid and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
Shares in Microsoft ended the day in New York down 0.5% at $25.68. In contrast, eBay - which owns a stake in Skype - saw its share price rally 2.5%.
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said: "Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the world.
By Tim WeberBusiness editor, BBC News website
It's a done deal: Microsoft has bought Skype for a whopping $8.5bn.
That's a lot of cash for an eight-year-old company that's not making a lot of money.
So what's in it for Microsoft?
For starters, the firm gets well over 600 million users who make Skype the world's largest phone company for international voice calls.
More importantly, Microsoft buys into a lot of potential.
Marry Skype's software with the Xbox Kinect and an HD television set, and Microsoft can make a powerful argument for getting into millions of living rooms.
Think beyond teleconferencing for the whole family: there's one-on-one training, home schooling, even patient care delivered remotely and in vision.
Smarten it up for the corporate world, and Microsoft can challenge the telepresence business of firms like Cisco and Polycom.
And Skype is multi-platform, reaching into the worlds of Apple and Linux.
Finally, Skype is mobile, and can be paired with Windows Phone 7.
The hitch: Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer will have to work hard to integrate Skype, to ensure the voice/video-over-the-internet company is not strangled by his firm's notorious bureaucracy.
"Together we will create the future of real-time communications so people can easily stay connected to family, friends, clients and colleagues anywhere in the world."
Skype will now become a new division within Microsoft, and Skype chief executive Tony Bates will continue to lead the business, reporting directly to Mr Ballmer.
"It's a strategic asset and a defensive move [for Microsoft]," said Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Financial.
"If they can put it on Windows 8, it gives them an advantage. It helps them in the tablet market."
Other analysts say Microsoft's aim in buying Skype is to improve its video conferencing services.
Although the price tag of $8.5bn will not stretch the US giant, some experts have questioned whether it is paying too much for a company that has struggled to turn a profit.
Michael Clendenin, managing director of consulting firm RedTech Advisors, said: "If you consider [Skype] was just valued at about $2.5bn 18 months ago when a chunk was sold off, then $8.5bn seems generous.
"[It] means Microsoft has a high wall to climb to prove to investors that Skype is a necessary linchpin for the company's online and mobile strategy."
This view was echoed by Ben Woods, head of research group CCS Insight.
"The big unanswered question is how do Skype assets work for Microsoft... how do you justify the price?" he said.
Skype was founded in 2003.
Calls to other Skype users are free, while the company charges for those made to both traditional landline phones and mobiles.
The 16-year-old will swim the 100m and 400m freestyle in Brazil, just weeks after completing his GCSE exams.
City of Derby star White will compete alongside London 2012 gold medallists Ellie Simmonds, Ollie Hynd, Jessica-Jane Applegate and Josef Craig.
"Tokyo [in 2020] was always the main objective for me, so to go to Rio is amazing and an added bonus," he said.
"I'm just going to enjoy myself, soak up the experience and watch and learn from the other athletes as much as I can."
White trains alongside world, European and Commonwealth champion Adam Peaty as they share the same coach, Mel Marshall.
The student at Pingle School, Swadlincote, near Derby, completes regular strength and conditioning sessions with the Derbyshire Institute of Sport (DIS), designed to improve core flexibility and help prevent injury.
It helped him set a new British record in his 100m freestyle S9 category in winning a silver medal at the British Para-Swimming International Meet in April, which doubled as the British Paralympic trials.
White added: "I had actually done most of my training for the 400m, so the 100m was probably my best performance.
"I'm looking forward to getting in some more solid training once my exams have finished.
"I remember watching the Paralympics in London and thinking 'that could be me in eight or 12 years' time', but now the opportunity has come earlier, I have to grasp it.
"I'll have to see if I can sneak into a final and I could be involved in the relay as well if they decide to take a British team, but the main thing is to take experiences forward for Tokyo."
Lancaster has left his post after England's early World Cup exit.
His decision to select rugby league convert Sam Burgess for the pool-stage defeat to Wales attracted criticism.
"I think he was trying to put the right pieces into place but selection unfortunately was his downfall," Davies told BBC Wales Sport.
"It was not only Burgess and the centre partnership but crucial selections at 10, half-back, the front row with [Dylan] Hartley not being picked, so it all added up.
"It kind of was inevitable for Stuart Lancaster, which is a shame."
Lancaster, 46, was made permanent coach in 2012 and won 28 of his 46 games, but failed to win the Six Nations.
Burgess' brief rugby union career with England was a controversial one, and the 26-year-old has since rejoined Australian rugby league side South Sydney Rabbitohs.
A review into England performance at the World Cup took place after the tournament, with Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie stating that Lancaster agreed he should step down from his role.
"At the moment it seems to be rather rudderless," said Davies.
"I do feel sorry for [Lancaster]. He's a decent guy and tried to do the right thing but unfortunately it didn't work out.
"When you're a host nation and you don't get out of the pool stage, questions are going to be asked.
"On top of that, the leaking of stories coming from the squad and the Sam Burgess debate, there was no way he could have stayed unfortunately for him."
Wales head coach Warren Gatland is among those who have been linked to the England post, although the New Zealander is contracted to Wales until the end of the 2019 World Cup.
England have never had a foreign head coach, and Davies would like to see home-grown coaches in the set-up which will succeed Lancaster.
"It's a great time to come in," he added.
"Having had two very disappointing World Cups, it's a great opportunity for someone to come in, have a look at the talent they've got and the resources, and turn things around.
"World rugby needs a strong England and the Six Nations needs a strong England. I'm sure they'll be strong come February.
"I would like some kind of home-grown coaches involved.
"Whether they go for a head coach there or rugby director with a consultant from the southern hemisphere or outside England, there's enough clever people in England and clever rugby people in the wider world."
They are Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, Rosalie Flanagan and Stephen Shaw QC.
Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said they would bring "rigour, integrity and independence" to the job.
The panel has been set up to help address a crisis at Stormont, sparked by a police assessment that IRA members were involved in a murder last month.
Kevin McGuigan Sr was shot dead close to his home in east Belfast on 12 August.
The murder investigation resulted in a breakdown of trust between unionist and republican politicians at Stormont.
Does Northern Ireland need a new body to provide paramilitary assessment?
Last Friday, Ms Villiers announced that the government had commissioned an independent assessment of paramilitary groups.
The panel will assess the structure, role and purpose of paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland.
Their report will be published in mid-October and will be used to inform parties at Northern Ireland's political talks.
Read more on how the crisis unfolded
Lord Carlile has been the independent reviewer of national security arrangements in Northern Ireland since 2007.
He is a practising barrister and a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Ms Flanagan has held a number of top posts in the civil service at Stormont, and worked in the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister from 2002 until 2010.
Mr Shaw is a senior barrister who has acted for local and central government as well as private firms and public companies, specialising in commercial and public law work.
In a statement, Ms Villiers said: "I am very grateful to each of the reviewers for agreeing to take on this important work.
"They are all highly respected individuals. I am confident that they will bring rigour, integrity and independence to this important task."
Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy said the panel was unnecessary.
"Nothing and no one can be allowed a veto over the democratic process. Sinn Féin is in government on the basis of our electoral mandate," he said.
However, the DUP's Arlene Foster said she was pleased the panel had been appointed.
"We think it'll be a fuller assessment than we've had thus far and hopefully it will be helpful to the process," she said.
The claim: Since 1992, 27 other countries have been more successful at exporting goods to the single market than the UK has.
Reality Check verdict: In terms of volumes of sales, the UK has done much better. But if success is measured by the percentage increase in the amount exported, then Mr Johnson is right.
"In the 20 years since the 1992 creation of the single market, actually there were 27 other countries not in the EU who have done better than the UK at exporting into the single market goods, and, I think, 21 countries who have done better at exporting services."
The former mayor of London is referring to research published by Civitas (see the table on page 17), which uses Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) trade statistics.
The measure he is quoting is the percentage increase in exports of goods to the 11 founding members of the single market between 1993 and 2011.
Top of the list is Vietnam, which achieved a 544% increase in exports. But it started at a pretty low level, increasing from $73m (£50m) a month to $400m a month over the period.
Number two on the list is Qatar, which has managed a 496% increase to $300m a month. Number three is Ukraine.
But, actually, while the UK came in at number 28 on the ranking of the top 35 in terms of percentage increases, it exported more to the 11 countries than anyone else on the list, including the USA and China.
The comparison for exports of services does not cover the same time period - it is looking at 1999-2010 (you can find it on page 33 of the same document).
On the services, the UK comes in at number 22 in terms of percentage increase, but is second in value of sales (behind the USA).
Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate
KL1 200m winner Chippington and KL2 200m champion Wiggs added to their Paralympic and World titles.
Young took gold in the men's VL3 200m event.
Britain's Rachel Cawthorn won Canoe Sprint European Championships bronze in the women's K1 1,000m event at the same venue earlier on Saturday.
Wiggs beat compatriot Charlotte Henshaw in the KL2 200m, with Henshaw's silver one of three for Britain alongside Ian Marsden (KL1 200m) and Robert Oliver (KL3 200m). There was also a bronze for Nicholas Beighton in the KL2 200m event.
Former swimmer-turned canoeist Chippington, who has won 12 Paralympic medals, beat Russian Alexandra Dupik into first place by almost a second and a half.
"It's nice to get the first major event out the way and deliver a successful performance," she said.
Wiggs was almost three seconds faster than her team-mate Henshaw, who was competing in her first major championships.
She was at a military parade in Richmond, North Yorkshire, to mark the amalgamation of the Queen's Royal Lancers and the 9th and the 12th Royal (Prince of Wales's).
The new regiment will be called The Royal Lancers.
Soldiers marched through the town before entering Richmond Castle for the takeover by the new commanding officer.
The lancers have historical links to the East Midlands, with the 9th and 12th Regiment mainly recruited from Derbyshire and Leicestershire and the Queen's Royal Lancers from Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
On her visit to North Yorkshire, the Queen was wrapped against the spring chill in a soft wool coat and silk-wool dress by designer Karl Ludwig.
Her hat was designed by Angela Kelly and she wore a brooch of the Queen's Royal Lancers.
The royal engagement came just hours after Kensington Palace announced that the Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to a girl, weighing 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg).
Both Catherine and her daughter were "doing well", the statement added.
"I don't know where my daughter is," said Patrick Jardin. "I don't know if she's still alive or in which hospital she might be." His daughter had been working at the Bataclan concert hall as a lighting director.
Confirmation of her death emerged on Monday but the search goes on for several others missing since Islamists opened fire on the Bataclan and several other sites in Paris on Friday night.
The hashtag #rechercheParis has been widely used. And as the identities of the dead and wounded have been confirmed, many of the names and faces originally posted on Twitter have been updated with the simple word "deceased".
At least 10 of the victims are yet to be identified.
Hospitals in Paris said in a statement on Monday that of the 80 people admitted in a critical condition, 29 remained in intensive care. Another 48 are still being treated but are no longer in a critical condition.
One nurse posted a message on Sunday saying that some patients who were not in a critical condition had not been identified and were labelled as "X".
Remi Suquate was among the crowd watching Eagles of Death Metal at the Bataclan where at least 82 people were killed.
Lola Ouzounian was also at the Bataclan, and also 17 years old. One young woman wrote that Lola was her teacher's daughter. "Let's help him, please," she tweeted.
Most messages on social media gave brief details of those who were missing: their height, age and hair colour.
One appealed for help in finding Seraphin Amafela, 29, with the simple message: "Letter K tattooed on left shoulder."
For some of those searching for friends and loved ones, word eventually came that they had not survived.
Sven Alejandro Silva Perugini, a Venezuelan working in Spain, had been at the Bataclan concert. For days, appeals on social media were made from friends and relatives at home. But eventually his body was identified.
The #rechercheparis hashtag did, however, have some successful outcomes.
For days, friends of Eli Sardon, a 23-year-old student, appealed for help in tracing her. She had been at La Belle Equipe restaurant when it came under fire.
Finally, on Tuesday, someone from a Paris hospital rang up to say that someone of Eli's description was being treated.
"Thanks, everyone, thanks. You don't know how much help you've been," tweeted one friend.
The fifth hurdle on the long road to Wembley - after the extra preliminary round, preliminary round and first and second qualifying rounds - will see another 40 fall.
Non-league clubs that do successfully negotiate this stage will be 90 minutes away from a potential money-spinning first-round tie against Football League opposition.
There is a midfielder who gets booed because he shares a name with a managerial great, a club close to Charlie Austin's heart, the manager who played for Ajax at 16, a boss who married the Arsenal Ladies goalkeeper and a roofer who cannot stop scoring.
BBC Sport takes a look at some of the stories behind this weekend's ties.
Check out this weekend's FA Cup third qualifying round fixtures.
Alex Ferguson: a name to provoke booing from many opposition fans up and down the country.
And it seems it does not matter whether it is the former Manchester United manager or a 21-year old playing for Chippenham Town. If that is your name and your nickname also happens to be Fergie, you are guaranteed an earful from the terraces wherever you go.
Former Swindon Town reserve midfielder Ferguson, 21, has grown accustomed to being heckled by opposition fans when his name is read out over speakers before games.
Sir Alex won 13 league titles, two Champions Leagues, the Cup Winners' Cup, five FA Cups and four League Cups during his reign as Manchester United manager between 1986-2013.
"I was born in 1994, the same year Manchester United won a league and cup Double, but I'm not a fan," Chippenham's Ferguson said ahead of his team's tie at Uxbridge, who play in the eighth-tier Southern League Division One Central.
"My dad and I both support West Ham United.
"But sharing the same name as the greatest manager of all time can work in my favour because people tend to take more notice of you.
"Whenever my name is read out over the speakers before a game I think 'here we go' because it always provokes a reaction from opposition fans.
"Sometimes it's good but there's always a few jeers too."
Chippenham, who play in the seventh-tier Southern League Premier Division, have lost only two of their 16 league and cup games this season.
It is six years since Charlie Austin last played for Poole Town but there are permanent reminders of the Queens Park Rangers striker's spell all around their Tatnam ground.
The Dolphins insisted on a sell-on clause and add-ons when Austin left for Swindon Town in 2009, after scoring 64 goals in 57 games.
It turned out to be a shrewd piece of business as his move from Swindon to Burnley 18 months later netted Poole £260,000, money the Southern League Premier Division outfit have since spent on ground improvements.
Two new stands have been built, with Austin delighted to help repay the club that he served on his way to the full-time game and a call-up by England in May.
"I didn't know anyone when I first joined Poole but they are a superb club, very friendly," Austin, 26, told BBC Sport.
"I was a builder at the time and was getting up early to do shifts and then getting down to training and play matches.
"It was a great stepping stone for me. They certainly gave me a platform to express myself.
"I still get down and watch them when I can. "
One of Austin's greatest memories at Poole was scoring a hat-trick in the FA Cup preliminary round in August 2009 to help his side to a 7-2 win over Barnstaple.
"It was nice to get the win more than anything - and a £30 goal bonus at £10 a goal. Taking that from the manager was very nice," he said.
Family commitments will prevent Austin from attending Saturday's game at Hastings United, who play in the eighth-tier Isthmian League Division One South.
But Austin will be willing on his former club, managed by his close friend Tom Killick.
Managing Rushall Olympic in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup is a world away from the glamour of playing alongside Marco van Basten, Frank Rijkaard and Ronald Koeman at Ajax.
Richard Sneekes was only 16 years old and still at school when Johan Cruyff sent him on for his debut in the closing stages of a 5-1 Dutch league win over Haarlem in October 1985.
With Cruyff spoilt for choice in terms of talent at his disposal, Sneekes was limited to three senior Ajax appearances.
But 30 years on, the former Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion midfielder is putting the philosophy drummed into him growing up with the Dutch giants to good use in his first permanent managerial job.
"A few weeks before my Ajax debut, the youth coach told me I was going with the first team," Sneekes told BBC Sport.
"I said I was too young and didn't want to go. I ended up sitting on the bench, it was about giving me experience.
"Six weeks later I found myself on the same pitch as Van Basten, Rijkaard and Koeman.
"After the game I had to ask someone if I was allowed in the players' lounge. I was 16 and had school the next day."
Sneekes, who played in Bolton's 2-1 defeat by Liverpool in the 1995 League Cup final, has been manager at Rushall, on the outskirts of Walsall, since May 2014.
"Everything I learned at the Ajax academy is in my DNA," added the 46-year-old. "It is a challenge to see if I can make my philosophy work at this level.
"Obviously the pitches start to turn in December and January but you will never hear me say to my players 'just hoof the ball'."
Rushall, who play in the seventh-tier Northern Premier League Premier Division, visit West Midlands rivals Stourbridge.
"I was rubbish as a player in the FA Cup," replies Marcus Bignot when asked to recall his biggest moment in the competition.
The former Queens Park Rangers defender, now manager of ambitious National League North leaders Solihull Moors, does remember one amusing moment in 1993 after scoring for non-League Telford United against Huddersfield Town in the first round.
"It was on Match of the Day and I was voted 'Celebration of the Week'. I think it was a chicken dance, it's embarrassing now," he said.
"The next day I was playing a Sunday League game and the opposition scored.
"They celebrated... with a chicken dance. They must have all stayed up the night before and seen my celebration on Match of the Day."
Bignot, 41, has been putting a smile on the faces of fans at Solihull Moors since being appointed manager in 2011.
The club, formed in 2007 as a result of a merger between Moor Green and Solihull Borough, have grown both on and off the pitch in four years under his guidance.
"In 2011 there were two teams - the first team and the under-18s. Now we have 32 youth teams alone," said Bignot, ahead of his side's home tie with Worcester City, who also play in National League North.
Birmingham-born Bignot's playing career saw him play under Dario Gradi, Ian Holloway, Brian Talbot and Kenny Jackett among others.
He is putting all he learned from each into practice.
Bignot also believes a long stint in charge of Birmingham City Ladies, while he was still playing full-time, has also proved invaluable.
Married to Arsenal Ladies and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Emma Byrne, Bignot added: "Women's football has been massive in my development as a manager.
"It's no secret I want to manage full-time in the Football League.
"I could have moved last year to a bigger club, but if I achieve what I want to achieve at Solihull Moors then it will be much more satisfying."
Craig Bannister has got plenty to shout from the rooftops about after scoring nine times in four FA Cup qualifying ties this season.
The 30-year-old self-employed roofer retired from playing after breaking his leg twice in the space of 18 months between 2010 and 2012.
Fast forward three years and Bannister's remarkable scoring form has propelled ninth-tier side Sporting Khalsa, based in the Black Country, on their best ever run in the competition.
"I have a young family to support and the second time I broke my leg, playing for Rushall Olympic, that was it, I was finished," the Manchester United fan told BBC Sport.
"I'm self-employed and I couldn't earn money with a broken leg.
"I went to watch some non-league games and started to get itchy feet again. I spoke to the doctors, got the all-clear, and then managed to convince my wife.
"I got myself fit and haven't looked back."
Khalsa, founded in 1991, entertain Northern Premier League Division One South Spalding United.
17 February 2017 Last updated at 13:34 GMT
The latest incident happened at Forest Street, off the Springfield Road, at about 20:50 GMT on Thursday. He is in a stable condition in hospital.
Chief Superintendent Chris Noble said it was too early to say if the shootings were linked.
"There is an active line of inquiry around the involvement of violent dissident republicans," he said.
The move to bring Fr Denis Chrysostom Alexander back to face trial in Scotland follows criticism by his alleged victims that the Crown was dragging its heels over the case.
It comes after a two-and-a-half-year inquiry, sparked by a BBC Scotland investigation.
Fr Chrysostom denies the allegations.
Run by Catholic Benedictine monks, Fort Augustus Abbey school in the Highlands closed its doors to the public in 1993.
Allegations of decades of child sexual and physical abuse at the exclusive boarding school were finally made public by a BBC Scotland investigation in June 2013.
The BBC spoke to former pupils who claim they were abused by monks or teaching staff over five decades.
Many of those then reported their allegations to the police, sparking a major historical abuse police inquiry.
However, some of the former pupils had expressed concern over the length of time prosecutors were taking over deciding whether to prosecute.
Hugh Kennedy, 52, who first told the police about his allegations against Fr Chrysostom, who now lives in Australia, more than two-and-a-half years ago, told the BBC this week he had been ready to give up.
He said: "My experience of having brought this to the attention of the Scottish judiciary and the police has been quite frankly awful. I can see why so many men decide not to bother and why so many men decide it's just not worth the effort.
"It's almost as if it feels as though if I'm held at bay long enough, this matter will just go away."
The BBC interviewed Mr Kennedy on Tuesday. That same day he had been told by his liaison at the Crown there was no news about his case.
On Wednesday, the BBC put Mr Kennedy's claims to the Crown, that it had been dragging its heels over the case.
Today the Crown told the BBC it was seeking Chrysostom's extradition.
A spokeswoman for the crown said: "Crown Counsel have instructed proceedings against Denis Alexander. Charges are being finalised with a view to seeking his extradition."
This morning the BBC spoke to Fr Chrysostom in Sydney. He denied the allegations, and said the matter was being looked at by his archbishop.
The final decision to extradite Chrysostom will be up to the Australian authorities, but it is now possible that Mr Kennedy will get the opportunity to face his alleged abuser in a courtroom.
One other former Fort Augustus monk has appeared in court on charges of assault, a further seven cases remain under consideration.
Moelfre inshore lifeboat launched at about 11:00 BST, along with the local coastguard team and rescue helicopter from Caernarfon.
The lifeboat crew found the man in his forties clinging to his fishing kayak, having struggled to climb back on.
He showed signs of immersion and was transferred to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.
The man, who was wearing all the correct safety equipment, estimated he had been in the water for more than 15 minutes.
Lifeboat helm Alan Owen said the man was "coughing heavily" by the time they got him to the beach "which is a clear sign of salt water ingestion".
Mr Owen praised the multi-agency response, which he said resulted in a "quick and efficient rescue".
In a nod to Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, youngsters will find their winning ticket in commemorative chocolate bars.
They will be distributed to all 72 primary and secondary schools in the region to mark the railway's opening.
One child from every school will win a return trip between Stow and Edinburgh on 5 September.
The Borders Railway will officially begin operating between Tweedbank and Edinburgh the following day.
Councillor Sandy Aitchison said: "All pupils will enjoy a week-long series of events and lessons around the themes of literacy and journeys.
"This will include some additional prizes of book tokens as well as lots of interesting Borders Railway themed activities.
"Those lucky enough to find one of the rare Golden Tickets will join fellow pupils from schools across the Borders to take part in the historic opening of the new railway line."
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it hoped to resolve the dispute during a round of talks, but noted that it had enforcement powers available should they fail.
Google said it was taking its responsibilities seriously.
The news comes exactly one year since the controversial ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Along with other search engines, the internet giant has been obliged to remove links to articles that contain "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant" information about an individual.
Under the decision, the person named must make a request to have the links removed from the results for a specific search.
Google has consistently said that it considers it a mistake to make it the arbiter in such cases, as the ruling effectively does.
The ICO confirmed to the BBC that it was discussing 48 cases it believed Google had not got "quite right" and has asked the internet giant to revise its decisions.
The action available to the ICO, should the discussions over those cases fail, includes a fine and a legally binding enforcement notice that could lead to court action, if the firm refused to comply.
But the body would only take such action if it found that Google's processes were not fit for purpose, rather than as a direct reaction to a single complaint.
An ICO spokesman said: "Since the details of the right to be forgotten ruling were first announced, we have handled over 183 complaints from those unhappy with Google's response to their takedown request.
"In around three-quarters of these cases, we have ruled that Google was correct to turn down an individual's request to have their information removed. This suggests that, for the most part, Google are getting the balance right between the protection of the individual's privacy and the interest of internet users."
But, it said, there were still a "significant number of cases where we believe Google haven't got it quite right and they have been asked to revise their decision".
While Google has done so in "many cases", the ICO said it was "looking to resolve the remaining cases through discussion and negotiation with Google, though we have enforcement powers available to us if required".
A Google spokesman said: "We haven't always got privacy right in Europe, not just because of errors we've made, but our attitude too. But our swift and thoughtful implementation of the right to be forgotten ruling showed that for Google this was a genuine 'we get it' moment.
"We've also worked hard to give users more control over the data we collect and we're looking at how to make those tools easier to find and use. So stay tuned."
Free speech campaigners have claimed that the ruling makes it easier for people to hide negative - though fair and accurate - references to them online and there have been sites set up to track the links taken down.
The BBC said in October 2014 that it would publish a list of its articles to which links have been taken down. A spokesman said on Wednesday that that remained its intention, though a decision on when and where to publish has not yet been taken.
However, others have pointed out that the ruling helps people avoid bad news stories unfairly dominating the results of searches related to them.
Google has said that it has received more than 250,000 requests to remove about 920,000 links, of which 41.3% have been removed from its search results, according to its transparency report.
While the ruling only applies to European sites, the deputy information commissioner David Smith told the Times that he believed Google should remove links on its US domain as well.
The ICO is also running a review of websites and apps used by children, it announced on Tuesday.
It will look at how information collection is explained and what parental permission is sought on 50 websites and apps.
It said: "The same approach will be taken by 28 other privacy enforcement authorities from around the world, with a view to publishing a combined report in the autumn. The ICO will also consider action against any website or app that it finds to be breaking the Data Protection Act."
Consultant Peter O'Keefe was suspended from Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales in 2012 and dismissed in August 2015.
On Friday, an employment tribunal heard claims his dismissal was prompted by concerns he voiced over patient safety.
However, the health board said his claim was "frivolous".
Mr O'Keefe, 51, had been suspended on full pay for more than three years while the health board investigated allegations against him.
He was dismissed with immediate effect in August last year after an independent inquiry panel found he had bullied and harassed 26 colleagues over a ten-year period.
An appeal panel subsequently upheld the ruling in the case.
But the preliminary hearing in Cardiff on Friday was told by Mr O'Keefe's lawyers he was sacked after raising concerns to managers following a report into the death of a patient in 2011.
The concerns were shared with those he was criticising who "took umbrage" and demanded he withdraw the comments, the tribunal heard.
There was also a "reluctance or refusal" by some to work with him.
Yet Giles Powell, counsel for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, told the hearing Mr O'Keefe's unfair-dismissal claim should be struck out as it was "frivolous".
He added that Mr O'Keefe himself had conceded he "behaved unacceptably".
Judge Wayne Beard reserved judgment on whether to grant the health board's application to strike out his claim to a date yet to be decided.
If it chose, Mario Draghi, the president of the ECB, could put Greece in a position that would leave it little choice but to start printing its own currency, and in effect leave the eurozone.
But it's not a card that he wants to play.
As the clouds have gathered again over Greece's economic future, customers have been pulling their money out of Greek commercial banks. Private sector bank deposits in Greece declined by €23bn (£16.3bn), or 18%, between November 2014 and March this year, according to figures from the Bank of Greece.
So far, what has happened in Greece is not a full-scale run on the banks. In a previous episode of instability three years ago it was called a "bank jog". But it's at a fast enough pace to be causing concern. Because if customers take enough of their money out, and if the bank can't raise enough new funds to allow them to pay out, then banks could fail.
For now, banks are able to rely on borrowing money from the Bank of Greece (the country's central bank) using an arrangement known as emergency liquidity assistance (ELA). That is currently reported to be €80bn and has been raised repeatedly in recent months.
And this is the trump card: it's the ECB's governing council that tells the Bank of Greece whether this should continue, whether it should limit the payments or whether it should stop funding the banks.
Is there a point beyond which the ECB would call a halt to the funds channelled through the ELA?
Certainly, though it's hard to put a specific figure on it.
The key point is that ELA is supposed to be available to European banks that are solvent, but facing temporary liquidity problems.
So if the ECB's governing council took the view that the Greek banks were not solvent it would have to tell the Bank of Greece to pull the plug.
It's a principle behind ELA and behind central bank lending in general - you don't, or should not, lend to and prop up banks that are bust. Although admittedly it is not always straightforward in practice to identify whether a struggling bank is bust or just having temporary liquidity trouble.
We know enough about what happened in the case of Cyprus to be sure that it is something the ECB would consider.
The ECB did publicly threaten to put a stop to ELA for the Cypriot banks, unless there was an international bailout that would ensure they were solvent. There was a similar threat to Ireland in correspondence which has since been published.
As for the Greek banks today, the ECB's president Mario Draghi has said they will continue to receive funding as long they remain solvent and have adequate collateral.
The view at the ECB appears to be that the banks are in temporary difficulty. Executive board member Peter Praet said in April:
"The assessment that we get is that [Greek] banks are solvent, but it is true that it is a stressful situation".
The financial troubles of the Greek state are one of the sources of that stress. There's a kind of toxic embrace between the finances of the government and the banks. The banks own Greek government debt, and some of their capital is dependent on the Greek state.
So, if the interminable political negotiations between Greece and its eurozone partners conclude with the Greek state defaulting on its debts, the country's banks will also sustain financial damage. For its part the government is ticking over - just - partly due to short term borrowing from the banks.
Another factor with a bearing on the banks' solvency is the performance of the Greek economy. The worse it gets the more loans to business and households will not be repaid.
If at any point the ECB concludes the banks are bust it could yet decide to order the Bank of Greece to turn off the taps. Arguably, it should do so in those circumstances.
If the ECB pulled the plug, then Greece's banks would collapse.
The government could try to impose financial controls (as Cyprus did for a time) but the banking expert Frances Coppola doesn't think that would work. Instead, she writes, if the ELA were turned off: "Greece would have no choice but to create a completely new currency and reflate its economy directly via the central bank. That means leaving the euro, at least temporarily."
So the ECB's trump card, if it were played, could have very dramatic consequences that would be profoundly political.
It is arguable that, legally, giving up the euro is incompatible with staying in the European Union. In those circumstances, perhaps Greece would make closer friends with other powers that the EU doesn't greatly care for, such as Russia and China.
There is also the idea built into EU treaties and ideology that the euro is supposed to be for ever. A departure from that principle would have serious political ramifications and as such would constitute intervention far beyond the remit of what was envisaged for a technocratic central bank.
The ECB's main job is supposed to be stabilising prices - not redrawing the European political map. It is far from relishing the powerful hand of cards it holds.
The bank probably wishes it wasn't at the table, or better still: that there was no game underway at all.
The man was arrested in Strabane, County Tyrone, on Friday morning.
Police said he had been released unconditionally.
So when Google announced that Sundar Pichai was taking the reins on Monday, his promotion gained thousands of column inches worldwide - not least of all in his native India.
The Hindu newspaper called the news "a bonus for people of Indian-origin world over". The Times of India hailed the "quiet yet thoughtful" man from Chennai (Madras).
But his ascent is far from unique. In fact, it is becoming ever more common for major international companies to have an Indian-born CEO.
One study, by the University of Southern New Hampshire, says that Indian managers are more successful because of "a paradoxical blend of genuine personal humility and intense professional will".
Whatever the model is, it seems to be working. Mr Pichai is the latest, and the most high-profile, Indian-born CEO. You can read more about him here - but here are five more Indian-born CEOs who are making waves.
Mr Nadella, 47, who was named the head of Microsoft in February last year, was one of the first to tweet his congratulations to Mr Pichai on Monday.
On his first day in the job, the father-of-three sent an email to all staff, calling it "a very humbling day for me".
"I am... defined by my curiosity and thirst for learning," he told staff. "I buy more books than I can finish. I sign up for more online courses than I can complete.
"I fundamentally believe that if you are not learning new things, you stop doing great and useful things."
Born in Hyderabad, he joined the company in 1992 and was previously in charge of Microsoft's Cloud OS service, which powers products such as Bing, Skype and Xbox Live.
Microsoft's man at the top
After working for Nestle, then PepsiCo, Mr Banga - who is from Pune - took over as CEO of the credit card company in July 2010. He began his career with Nestle in 1981.
In a speech in April to his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), he outlined what he called the "grand plan" he had at the start of his career.
"Get with somebody good. Get with somebody global. Do something that interested me. That's it. So, don't stress if you haven't got a detailed plan for your life. Anyone can have a good idea or plan; what makes it great is execution."
He also outlined six main lessons for good leadership:
Named the third most powerful woman in business by Fortune magazine last year, Ms Nooyi was, like Sundar Pichai, born in Chennai.
She was named CEO of PepsiCo in 2006, having joined the company in 1994.
The company she presides over is a food and drinks giant: some of the brands owned by PepsiCo include Starbucks, Muller, Frito-Lay and Tropicana. The company says 22 of its brands are each worth more than $1bn (£640m).
"In my case, I benefited because I grew up outside of the United States," Ms Nooyi said in an interview in March.
"I understand exactly how the world works, and I could see the world through the eyes of people from outside the United States."
Mr Menezes, from Pune, is another IIM graduate. He took over as head of the British drinks giant Diageo in July 2013.
Like Ajay Banga, he began his career with Nestle in 1981.
Among the brands the company owns are Guinness, Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Captain Morgan rum.
One of his biggest moves as CEO was to buy a majority stake in India's United Spirits company, though that deal has since provided Diageo with a number of headaches.
Mr Narayen, from Hyderabad, has run the software firm since December 2007. He began his career with Apple.
"There's an Indian community that's vibrant and thriving," he said of Silicon Valley in an interview in February. "We attribute a lot of that to the importance of education that we all grew up with."
In the interview, he said Hyderabad's schools - modelled on the British public school system - helped his progression, as did having a foreigner's appreciation of the opportunity the US had given him.
Dozens of trainee drivers had MRI scans before and after they acquired "The Knowledge", memorising hundreds of journeys and street names.
The University College London team, writing in Current Biology, found brain parts linked to memory grew bigger.
They said it proved the brain could adapt to new tasks, even in adulthood.
Earlier studies of the brain of the cabbie had already noted the increase in "grey matter" in the hippocampus, an area found at the base of the brain.
However this research tried to work out if the change had happened during the intensive learning period prior to starting work, or on the job itself.
They scanned a total of 79 trainees, just before they started to learn the "All-London" Knowledge, which can take between two and four years to complete.
Would-be taxi drivers have to learn 320 routes within a six mile radius of Charing Cross, which covers a mind-boggling 25,000 streets and 20,000 landmarks and places of interest.
Throughout the process, any changes to their brains were mapped by regular MRI scans.
Compared with similar scans from non-taxi drivers, those who had attempted the Knowledge had increased the size of the posterior hippocampus - the rear section of the hippocampus which lies at the front of the brain.
As would be expected, they were better at memory tasks involving London landmarks than the non-cabbies, but this advantage appeared to come at a price, as the non-cabbies outperformed them in other memory tasks, such as recalling complex visual information.
Prof Eleanor Maguire, who led the study, said: "The human brain remains 'plastic', even in adult life, allowing it to adapt when we learn new tasks.
"By following the trainee taxi drivers over time as they acquired - or failed to acquire - the Knowledge, a uniquely challenging spatial memory task, we have seen directly and within individuals how the structure of the hippocampus can change with external stimulation.
"This offers encouragement for adults who want to learn new skills later in life."
The reasons why the brain was able to adapt remain unclear, although the hippocampus is one of the few areas of the brain in which new cells can grow.
Dr John Williams, head of neuroscience and mental health at the Wellcome Trust, which helped fund the research, said: "Only a few studies have shown direct evidence for plasticity in the adult human brain related to vital functions such as memory, so this new work makes an important contribution."
Istvan Balla, 54, from Hungary, is due to appear at Cannock Magistrates Court on Thursday, Staffordshire Police said.
Central Motorway Policing Group were called to the motorway after drivers called 999 reporting a lorry going in the wrong direction.
It happened between junction T4 and Weeford Plaza, near Lichfield.
Ex-shadow business secretary Ms Eagle said she wanted to bring the party and the country "back together".
Labour Party general secretary Iain McNicol said he had received enough nominations to trigger a contest.
Mr Corbyn has refused to step down since losing the support of most of his MPs in a vote of no confidence.
Launching her leadership bid, Ms Eagle said: "I'm not a Blairite. I'm not a Brownite. I'm not a Corbynista. I am my own woman."
The party's ruling committee, the National Executive Committee, is expected to decide this week whether Mr Corbyn needs the backing of MPs to stand in the contest.
Ms Eagle said she would not have stood for leader "if I did not think I could be a good prime minister for Britain".
"These are dark times for Labour. And they are dangerous times for our country."
Ms Eagle said Mr Corbyn, who has faced numerous frontbench resignations - including her own on 27 June - was unable to hold the government to account and then replace it by winning a general election.
"Jeremy Corbyn is unable to provide the leadership this huge task needs," she said.
"I believe I can."
When asked if her chances were doomed if Mr Corbyn was allowed on the leadership ballot paper, she said: "I don't go in for suicide missions."
She said the EU referendum result had left the UK "divided and uncertain".
While she had supported the Remain campaign, she said the vote to leave was for many "a howl of pain".
The questions now were how to bring hope to parts of the country that felt neglected, how to protect jobs, investment and living standards and how to remain an open, tolerant society, she said.
Ms Eagle said she would "not stand back and allow Britain to become a one-party Tory state".
"It's about giving hope to people all over the country that Labour can be an alternative government, ready and equipped to serve," she said.
"I will unite, I will not divide. I can bring our party together again."
Another potential leadership contender, Owen Smith, said earlier that he was to hold crisis talks with Mr Corbyn to put ideas to him about how to "avert a damaging contest" and a party split.
But Mr Corbyn has said he would not "betray" the party members who elected him last year by standing down.
He has also suggested he would be willing to challenge the executive's decision in court if they say he is not automatically included on the leadership ballot paper.
There is a dispute in the party about whether, as leader, Mr Corbyn would be automatically given a place on a new ballot, or whether he would need the backing of MPs and MEPs to do so.
Anyone wishing to challenge Mr Corbyn needs the backing of 20% of Labour MPs and MEPs - which currently means 51.
Some say Mr Corbyn would also need this backing to be able to stand, but his supporters say he has an automatic place as leader.
A long-standing member of the National Executive Committee, Christine Shawcroft, told the BBC the relevant section of the rulebook refers only to "potential challengers".
And Unite union leader Len McCluskey has said excluding Mr Corbyn would be "a declaration of civil war" and warned of "the mother of all splits" if he is kept off the ballot paper.
But Harriet Harman, former deputy Labour leader, insisted that Mr Corbyn would have to have the support of 20% of the party's MPs to get on a new ballot "because the leader needs to lead an alternative Labour government".
Mr Corbyn received the backing of only 40 MPs in a confidence vote in which 172 expressed opposition to his leadership of the party.
By Ross Hawkins, BBC political correspondent
Jeremy Corbyn has suggested he may go to court if he's not automatically on the ballot paper in Labour's leadership election.
His rivals say he needs the support of a fifth of Labour MPs and MEPs to compete; he says he doesn't.
Two different and completely contradictory bits of legal advice have been obtained. Who's right? This is the key passage in the party rule book:
Do the words "in this case any nomination" apply only to challengers, or do they suggest the sitting leader needs the backing of MPs and MEPs too?
Mr Corbyn's opponents say there is a precedent. When Neil Kinnock - then leader - was challenged by Tony Benn in 1988 Lord Kinnock says he sought nominations.
One barrister active in Labour politics, and a fierce critic of Mr Corbyn, Jolyon Maugham QC, told the Today programme the rules had changed since then and the words above do not force the current leader to find Parliamentary friends.
Don't be fooled into thinking this is just a legal dispute though; the rulebook is another battleground for a bitter political scrap.
Labour's ruling committee, the NEC, will decide and their decision may then be challenged in court.
Whatever the result, the losing side in the dispute won't cheerfully accept it.
Those trying to replace Mr Corbyn argue any leader who can't get the support of 20% - just 51 - of his MPs is a pretty hopeless leader.
The other side say the argument shows the Labour leader's challengers are afraid of a fair fight.
Constable Daniel Woodall, 35, and another officer were shot while serving an arrest warrant at a home in Edmonton, Alberta, earlier this month.
Mr Woodall had been working for Edmonton Police for eight years.
His funeral in the city featured a procession of hundreds of officers who marched to the sound of bagpipes.
Mr Woodall's coffin was draped in the Canadian flag and carried as the cortege moved across the city.
Four locations around Edmonton were set up for the public to watch a live video stream of the ceremony.
Howard Burns, president of the Calgary Police Association, said officers' "hearts go out" to Mr Woodall's family.
He told the Calgary Sun newspaper: "I know this is a terrible tragedy. Their lives will never be the same, but hopefully all of the support they've been shown will make this just a little easier for them.
"Often the police can become the public punching bag.
"But I can tell you, when something like this happens and the public rallies around our people, you have to take a step back and say, 'Wow, this is why I do my job.'"
Mr Woodall worked for Edmonton Police's hate crimes unit after being recruited from Greater Manchester Police.
The arrest warrant he was serving was for criminal harassment.
Another officer, Sgt Jason Harley, 38, was shot at the same time.
He was saved by his bulletproof vest.
The CBC reported that the last member of Edmonton Police to be killed on duty before Mr Woodall was in 1990.
As it became apparent that European clubs were no longer willing to wager on the 23 year-old target-man, he decided to try his hand in Algeria.
The North African league has long proved fertile ground for journeymen or prodigious sub-Saharan talents looking to make a name for themselves and eventually play in Europe.
In 2014 he signed for RC Arbaa and has made a success of the move - this season he has scored 10 goals and made one assist.
Yet as the the current campaign comes to a close, Guessan and 20 other foreign players around Algeria are preparing their respective departures as a new law will force a footballing exodus of sorts.
On 25 July, 2015, the Federation of Algerian Football issued a statement announcing that, effective June 2016, it would implement a law stipulating that foreign players could no longer come to Algeria to play in the professional leagues.
"I did not believe it at first, as every professional league has foreigners and that improves the quality of football," said Guessan.
However, the president of the FAF, Mohamed Raouraoua, rationalised the decision by questioning Algerian clubs' recruitment record.
"Forty-six percent of the 28 foreign players have played less than half of the season," he stated.
"The idea behind signing foreign players is that they are supposed to contribute. There even two players who have not played a single minute. So what is the point? We must ask questions."
Reaction to the federation's announcement has varied.
ES Setif president Hassen Hammar declared that he backed the federation's verdict, as he believes clubs are not recruiting responsibly.
MC Alger president, Omar Ghrib, contested the decision, claiming that professional leagues should not interfere with how clubs make transfers.
"If the federation wants to run the club, they should pay the players," Ghrib said.
While the quality of foreign players has been being closely scrutinised, the FAF's principal justification for the law is a lack of fiscal responsibility.
In February, video emerged of Mohamed Coumbassa, a Guinean midfielder, collecting donations from USM El Harrach supporters because he had not been paid for six months.
To exacerbate matters, it later emerged that Coumbassa had played 18 matches for El Harrach without ever being granted a work permit.
Conversely, CR Belouizdad's Gilles Ngomo is planning his departure from Algeria after spending eight years in the country with three different clubs.
"I had some wonderful years in Algeria. I adapted very well and the people were fantastic," he said.
'Hoping for change'
The Cameroonian midfielder is married to an Algerian and even considered applying for Algerian citizenship in 2012.
He told BBC Sport: "If the law is necessary, then I hope it will improve living conditions for foreign players."
Though the President of the Professional League, Mahfoud Kerbadj, insists that the law pertains to "all foreigners, not just Africans", analysts around the continent believe the law will primarily impact sub-Saharan African players, who will be denied access to a league seen as a springboard to European football.
Another Cameroonian midfielder, Abenego Tembeng, who currently plays for DRB Tadjenanet, told BBC Sport that he had begun planning a move abroad immediately after hearing about the law.
"I started making plans with my agent right away, but while we're waiting for the end of the season, we're hoping something will change," he said,
"I do not know if this law will be temporary. I hope things work out and I can remain with Tadjenanet next season."
But if Tembeng would like to remain at Tadjenanet for another year, Guessan himself has no hope of remaining in Algeria.
After scoring 10 goals in 21 matches for RC Arbaa - and being the leading goalscorer in the Algerian league for much of the 2015/16 campaign - the former Nantes man is looking to play across the Mediterranean basin once again.
"I planned a lot of projects in Algeria. Big clubs here had followed my progress, but now I am going to focus on moving to Europe," he said.
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circa 2500 BC - Palau's first inhabitants - thought to have come from present-day eastern Indonesia - settle in the islands. The early Palauans develop complex social systems, practice fishing and farming.
English captain Henry Wilson's vessel, 'Antelope', was shipwrecked on one of the islands of Palau in 1783
1783 - English captain Henry Wilson is shipwrecked on a reef and becomes the first Westerner to visit. Wilson and his crew stay for three months and rebuild their vessel with local help. European contacts grow and Britain becomes Palau's main trading partner.
1885 - Spain asserts its claim to the islands.
1899 - Spain sells Palau to Germany, which begins to exploit the islands' resources using native labour. Phosphate is mined and coconut plantations are developed.
1914 - After Germany's defeat in World War I, Japan seizes Palau. The main town, Koror, is developed and becomes the administrative centre for Japan's regional possessions. The Japanese civilian population in Palau peaks at 26,000.
1940-45 - Japan's military fortifications and naval facilities in Palau are targeted in allied attacks during World War II. Some Palauan islands witness fierce fighting between US and Japanese forces.
1947 - Palau becomes a United Nations Trust Territory under US administration.
US Marines attack Japanese troops positioned in Palau
1979 - Palau - and the Marshall Islands - opt not to become part of a single, federal Micronesian state.
1981 - Republic of Palau comes into being, following the territory's adoption of a constitution in July 1980. President Haruo Remeliik takes office.
1983-90 - Successive referendums on a proposed Compact of Free Association with the US fail to approve the arrangement, under which Palau would manage its own affairs and the US would retain responsibility for defence.
1985 - President Haruo Remeliik is assassinated in June. Lazarus Salii is elected president in September 1985.
1988 - President Salii dies in an apparent suicide. He is succeeded by President Ngiratkel Etpison.
1992 - President Kuniwo Nakamura is elected, and re-elected in 1996.
1993 - After investigations by US authorities a Palau minister of state and his wife are found guilty of the 1985 murder of President Remeliik.
1993 - Proposed Compact of Free Association with the US gets the green light in a referendum. Requirements for the mandate were changed in a 1992 vote; only a simple majority vote was needed to approve the compact.
1994 - Palau becomes independent under the Contract of Free Association with the US. Palau receives financial and other aid from Washington, and the US retains responsibility for defence and the right to operate military bases. Palau joins the UN.
2000 November - Former vice president Tommy Remengesau wins presidential elections.
2003 August - Palau signs the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
2004 November - Incumbent President Tommy Remengesau is re-elected.
Referendum backs constitutional changes allowing dual citizenship, limiting terms in congress to three and allowing president and vice-president to stand for election as a team.
2006 October - Government institutions begin the move to a new capital, Melekeok.
2008 November - Former ambassador to Taiwan Johnson Toribiong wins presidential election, beating outgoing Vice-President Elias Camsek Chin.
2009 January - President Toribiong inaugurated.
2009 September - Palau creates world's first "shark sanctuary", banning all commercial shark fishing in its waters.
2009 October - Six Chinese ethnic Uighurs are freed from US military prison at Guantanamo Bay and sent to Palau for resettlement.
2010 January - US agrees to give Palau additional aid of $250 million, after Palau had rejected an earlier offer of $156 million. President Toribiong denies any linkage to Palau's agreement to host the Guantanamo Uighurs.
2012 November - Parliamentary and presidential elections. Tommy Remengesau is elected president for the third time, having previously served two terms from 2001-9.
2013 November - Typhoon Haiyan causes damage to a number of islands in Palau, including Kayangel and Babeldaob.
2014 February - President Remengesau announces that Palau plans to ban all commercial fishing from its waters. He says the country's economic potential lies in tourism rather than fishing.
2015 February: The governor of Palau's Peleliu State pledges to cooperate in efforts to recover the wartime remains of Japanese soldiers ahead of a visit in April by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.
Controversial plans to end consultant-led maternity services at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest emerged late last year.
£3m is being spent on new and improved facilities at Glangwili, Carmarthen, as well as a new midwife-led unit at Withybush.
The changes will begin on 4 August.
The plans have sparked protests.
The local patients' watchdog expressed concerns that closing the special care baby unit in Haverfordwest to transfer it all to Carmarthen could put lives at risk.
Hundreds gathered outside the Senedd at a demonstration last month.
Staff were told of progress on the developments at meetings last week.
Consultation ended in May and Hywel Dda health board has insisted the care mothers will receive will be safe.
The changes are:
A Hywel Dda health board spokesman said building work was on schedule but construction of the Withybush midwife-led unit will not start until obstetric services have transferred to Glangwili to minimise disruption.
Changes to paediatric services are expected in October.
The spokesman added: "Following a series of meetings with senior paediatric clinical staff it is clear that the timelines for recruitment mean that it is not possible to safely move the service at the beginning of August.
"It is imperative that any changes are made safely and therefore changes to paediatric services in Glangwili and Withybush Hospitals will now take place in October and not at the same time as maternity and neonatal service changes."
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Sixth seed Nishikori won 1-6 6-4 4-6 6-1 7-5 to inflict an earliest Grand Slam defeat of the season on Murray.
The Scot, 29, finished runner-up at the Australian and French Opens before winning Wimbledon and Olympic gold.
"I tried my best. I fought as hard as I could with what I had today," said the world number two.
"I pushed myself as hard as I could over the last few months and I'm very proud of how I've done."
The defeat was only the second in 28 matches for Murray, who had reached the final of his previous seven tournaments, stretching back to the Madrid Open in May.
That run brought him his first Italian Open, fifth Queen's Club, second Wimbledon and second Olympic titles.
"If someone had offered me the summer that I have had before Wimbledon, I probably would have signed for that," said Murray.
"After a few days away, I would imagine I'd be very happy with how I've done and learn from this match and the summer as a whole, because it's been tough.
"I'm happy how it's gone. There's just a few things I could do differently next time."
Murray let a two-sets-to-one lead slip against Nishikori and became embroiled in an argument with the umpire and tournament referee after play was halted when the stadium sound system emitted a loud noise, with the Scot holding break point.
"They stopped the point and I was just curious why that was and that was it," said Murray, who went on to lose seven games in a row.
"Did it affect me? Definitely I would say to 4-1.
"I didn't play a good game after I got out of the change of ends and then he held pretty comfortably the next game. But after that I don't think so."
Murray's form dipped after an impressive first set, with conditions changing when rain prompted the roof to be closed in the second set.
The roof remained shut despite the weather improving at Flushing Meadows.
"We were told at the beginning of the event and also today that if the forecast's good they will open the roof during the match if that's the case," said Murray.
"Why that didn't happen today I don't know. It's not really for me to say."
Murray will next head to Glasgow for Britain's Davis Cup semi-final against Argentina, which begins on 16 September.
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller:
"Early in the fourth set, with Murray leading by two sets to one and a break point up - and in control of the rally - a let was called as a sound like a gong was heard under the closed roof. Murray allowed himself to be distracted for too long as Nishikori ran away with the set to take the match the distance.
"A hugely successful summer started to take its toll on Murray here in New York. But having already won Wimbledon and Olympic gold, this may be a disappointment that is not that hard to swallow."
Cardiff council's cabinet outlined its proposals after a public consultation.
Other cuts include reducing the senior management team by a third, cutting £1.1m from youth services and offloading play centres.
The drug and alcohol counselling service could become volunteer-led but seven libraries no longer face closure.
Cardiff council leader Phil Bale said it was becoming impossible for the council to continue delivering services as they are.
"We have been heartened by the many groups that have come forward offering to volunteer and to help provide services in different ways in the future.
"But there's no getting away from the fact that austerity is driving us down a dark and miserable path that no one would choose to travel," he said.
Cardiff council employs around 10,000 people, excluding teachers, of which there are about 6,000.
In total, 587 posts are at risk but the council hopes that more than 200 jobs could be transferred to other providers who take on services.
The cabinet will review the budget on 19 February before going to a vote at full council on 26 February.
Steve Belcher, south Wales regional organiser for union Unison said the job cuts were a "person catastrophe".
A local charity has described these figures as conservative.
Despite the increase, the BBC can reveal there is just one full-time Autism Spectrum Disorder coordinator in place across all five health trusts.
Autism NI accused the executive of moving backwards rather than forwards in attempting to address the problem.
According to a 2014 health department report, the rate of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among school age children has increased by 67% since 2010.
In the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust alone, there are 500 cases waiting to be seen.
While on paper the average waiting time for an initial assessment is 13 weeks, in practice a growing number of families are having to wait up to 12 months before their child is assessed and diagnosed.
As some of these children require a "statement" from their health trust to receive extra help in school, families say their child's health and education are suffering.
Ann Marie Ferguson, from Antrim, said the Northern Health Trust had let down her nine-year-old son Cormac.
"This time last year Cormac walked out in front of a moving car," she said.
"He had had a bad day in school. There had been an outburst and sometimes the school doesn't know how to react. Leaving the school he walked out in front of a car. Understandably everyone was upset and concerned. It was dreadful."
After an initial assessment eight months ago, Cormac was referred to the ASD team at the Northern Health Trust. They are still waiting to hear when that appointment is taking place.
According to his mother, the incident involving the car proved he needs to be seen urgently.
"He said I had told him that when people die they go to heaven and are happy, so in his mind if he died he'd go to heaven where he would be happy," she said.
"That is a scary thought process for a nine-year-old. Basically, he just threw the head up and said this is it."
In a statement, the Northern Health Trust said in the last four years, referrals to its autism service had increased by 80%.
The trust said the majority of children referred had already been assessed by a health professional, such as a consultant paediatrician.
"The outcome of this initial review may result in a referral to the specialist autism team," the statement added.
"Once a referral is received by this team, the information is reviewed and data collected to support the assessment process.
"Assessment for an ASD is a process rather than a single event which can occur over a series of appointments, and take a number of months to complete."
The trust said "service pressures", an increase in referrals and staff vacancies, meant there was a waiting list for appointments, and it was trying to address these issues.
In a separate development, the family learned that their request for an assessment with an educational psychologist has been turned down.
By law a child must be assessed and diagnosed before receiving a statement of special educational needs.
Issued by education and library boards, this statement outlines how a child's special educational needs would be supported. As a legal document, children must receive the help that is detailed on the statement.
Legislation designed to ensure those affected are afforded the same entitlements as those with other disabilities was passed in 2011, but Autism NI said it was disappointed that it had made little impact.
According to the charity, compared to Scotland, health and education sectors in Northern Ireland are failing those struggling with the condition.
Autism NI's chief executive Arlene Cassidy said the executive was moving backwards instead of forwards.
"There has been a significant increase each year in calls to our family support team. So far this year the organisation has dealt with over 2,000 calls. In 2010 that figure was 816," she said.
"These families require help and advice often involving follow-up calls and meetings. They turn to us because either the trust or the board can't help them or help them quickly enough."
Julia Irvine's son Nathan is one of the 500 cases in the Belfast Health Trust, and she said she wrestled with the system for almost a year to get an appointment.
However, 24 hours after her local MP got involved, the Belfast Health Trust called to offer her an appointment within six weeks.
"I was disgusted that my voice was ignored, but they felt threatened after being called by a politician," she said.
"There is no system in place. You try and get a medical referral for your child, but that means nothing really in an educational context because then you have to start fighting for a statement. That's a separate process.
"There is no joined-up thinking. No-one talks to each other. Your educational psychologist may send in a report but that is about the length of it. Everything is a fight."
Rebus raised more than £800,000 last year on Crowdcube.
Investors in the company, which reports suggest number more than 100, could now lose their money.
Rebus specialised in pursuing claims against companies that mis-sold complex investments, which were later deemed to be tax-avoidance schemes.
According to the company's website, it was managing 1,700 claims with a value of more than £930m.
It employs 29 full-time members of staff.
This is the second high-profile failure of a crowdfunded company in the past few months, after Zano, the mini-drone project that raised £2.3m on Kickstarter, was shut down in November last year.
They are among the same-sex spouses who had already married abroad but whose marriages were not legally recognised in their own country, until now.
Monday morning has heralded a new dawn for them and many other gay and lesbian couples in the Republic of Ireland.
From midnight, same-sex marriage became legal and their two-year marriage is now automatically recognised in law.
The couple, who have two grown-up daughters, met in Dublin 13 years ago and got married in New York in May 2013.
"We'll most definitely have a glass of champagne at midnight on Sunday night to celebrate the fact that we're properly married in Ireland," Ms Howard said.
"It's going to be absolutely fantastic," she added. "We've been campaigning for years and years, so it's a terrific moment."
Earlier this year, the family took part in the successful referendum campaign that saw 62% of the Irish electorate vote in favour of introducing civil marriage for same-sex couples.
The vote was held 22 years after homosexual acts were decriminalised in the Republic of Ireland.
Ms Howard, a 50-year-old management consultant, has been open about her sexuality for almost 30 years, but said that when she made the decision to come out as a lesbian in her early 20s she did so in "a different Ireland".
"When I was coming out it was a very closed country.
"It was difficult to be who you are because society wasn't really interested or accepting of people who were gay or lesbian and so much has changed. Life has changed enormously."
She said that although she always expected that same-sex marriage would be legalised in her own country eventually, she was taken aback by the popular support for the Yes campaign.
"I didn't expect it to happen as quickly as it has done, or as emphatically and as happily as it has done. This year has been incredible for Ireland.
"Post-referendum, there's a huge sense that Ireland has done something incredibly good," she added.
"It is fair and it is the right thing to do and we're a better country for it, there's most definitely that feeling and sense from people."
As a result of the Marriage Act 2015, same-sex marriages now have the same status under the Irish constitution as a marriage between a man and a woman.
Ms Howard said this was very important for her own family because children "weren't recognised in civil partnership legislation but they are recognised in marriage".
"It's a big issue for us but it's even more important for people who have small children and children under 18... to know that they have the same rights and constitutional protection as straight families do, this is going to be enormous."
So do the happy couple feel the need to celebrate their new legal status with an Irish wedding?
"My partner doesn't like big events," Ms Howard said of her wife, who works as a doctor at St James' Hospital in Dublin.
"I made a promise to her that I'd never make her marry me again.
"Now I'm kind of living to regret that, because I'd love to have another party.
"We're in negotiations about that."
Football's governing body Fifa announced that the cheapest ticket for overseas fans for the final on 13 July was $440 (£288) and the most expensive $990 (£650).
The tournament starts on 12 June next year, with the first game being played in Sao Paulo.
Tickets will go on sale from 20 August.
Fans have until 10 October to apply and a ballot will be held to decide which of these applications are successful.
Only later will tickets be sold on a first come, first served basis.
In total about three million tickets will be available for fans.
For Brazilian nationals the cheapest tickets start at $15. These are only available for students, those aged over 60 and people on social welfare programmes. For other Brazilians tickets start at $30.
The lowest price paid for a ticket in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was $20, also for group stage matches in the special category set aside exclusively for residents.
The governing body had previously said that tickets in Brazil would be the "cheapest ever".
The Fifa ticket website will include a map of the ground that shows the location of different categories of tickets.
This meant there would be "no surprises" over where fans would end up sitting, said Fifa marketing director Thierry Weil, who is in charge of ticketing strategy.
Supporters can request a maximum of four seats per match, and for a maximum of seven matches.
He said there would be a reselling system run by Fifa, if people were unable to attend games for which they had bought tickets.
At least 400,000 tickets will be reserved exclusively for residents of Brazil, with about 50,000 for construction workers who were involved in building and upgrading the grounds for the tournament.
The Smartscooter, made by Gogoro, would be available for pre-order in Taipei from 27 June, the company announced.
Riders will be able to change batteries at a number of Gogoro charging stations around the city.
But this will be the only way they can recharge the scooters, leaving owners tied to the manufacturer's network and pricing plans.
As part of the initial offer, Smartscooter owners will receive one year's theft insurance, two years of free maintenance, and two years' unlimited access to the battery charging stations.
The hi-tech Smartscooter runs on two easily removable batteries that give it a range of about 60 miles (97km).
It can be integrated with a smartphone and features customisable sounds as well as a digital display.
But Gogoro has not yet said how much it plans to charge for the batteries once the two-year special offer period is up.
And the firm will have to hope buyers are primarily driven by a desire to help the environment, as the price is much higher than many fuel-powered alternatives.
Gogoro chairman and co-founder, Horace Luke, said his company wanted to "demonstrate to the world the leadership behind smart energy and smart transportation".
He said the scooter's reception by Taiwanese citizens had been "phenomenal" so far.
Scooter is the primary mode of transport on the densely populated island - there are about 15 million for 23 million citizens.
So it is not surprising that the company, founded by two former executives from mobile phone company HTC with $150m of backing from Taiwanese investors, has decided to roll out its operation there.
The Smartscooter's success will depend upon Gogoro's ability to build a convenient charging network, and the willingness of Taiwanese citizens to stump up the hefty price and tie themselves to one company.
The crash happened at the junction of Meteor St and Moira St in Adamsdown, Cardiff, just after 00:30 BST.
The 22-year-old woman was driving a black BMW. A 21-year-old male passenger is in hospital with serious injuries.
Four people have been arrested in connection with the crash and Meteor Street is closed in both directions while investigations are carried out.
Baroness D'Souza also spent £270 holding a car for four and a half hours while she had lunch with the Japanese ambassador in central London.
The details were released after an FOI request by the Press Association.
The Lords said she usually drove herself to events but sometimes needed a car on call for security reasons.
The newly released figures also show the peer spent tens of thousands of pounds on travel, flying business class, staying in hotels costing up to £300 a night, and ordering £123 of room service for a "breakfast meeting".
The former university lecturer, who earns a salary of more than £100,000, was made a life peer in 2004 by Tony Blair and sits in the Lords as a non-party crossbencher.
The Lords Speaker's expenses have been published - with individual receipts - after a Press Association request under Freedom of Information laws.
Earlier this year a similar disclosure revealed her Commons counterpart, John Bercow, ran up a £172 bill for attending a conference less than a mile from parliament.
Among the details released are:
A House of Lords spokesman told the Press Association: "The Lord Speaker usually drives herself to events she attends as a representative of the House of Lords.
"However, at events she has attended at high-profile venues including those that you have highlighted, the security requirements of the hosts often require that she is brought in a car which must also wait for her departure.
"The hosts often do not permit a separate car to be sent to collect guests for security reasons. The Lord Speaker's Office always explores the possibility of booking separate cars in order to ensure best value for money.
"Part of the Lord Speaker's role is to represent the House at international conferences and foreign Parliaments. Significant efforts are made to ensure travel is booked in the most cost-effective way possible.
"As part of international visits modest gifts are sometimes exchanged. Gifts given by the Lord Speaker are almost always sourced from the House of Lords gift shop."
More than 50 people took part in the River Thames swim between Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
The event, which is in its sixth year, sees participants swim 70m (230ft) from the Red Lion Hotel at Henley to the Leander Club at Remenham, Wokingham.
Organiser Beatrice Heller said the milder weather had attracted more swimmers than ever before.
"Five of us did it the first year when it was about minus eight and there was ice floating on the river," she said.
This year the "totally for fun" event saw a water temperature of 10C (50F), said Ms Heller.
"It was the biggest turn-out by far, the most we've had before is 23" she said.
"I think the warm weather made people think, 'oh yeah I'll give that a go'."
The party leader said there were "grave concerns" about language used in a BBC interview by the former London mayor.
But Mr Corbyn said: "There's no crisis. Where there is any racism in the party... it will be rooted out."
MP John Mann, who called Mr Livingstone a "Nazi apologist" in a public confrontation, has been reprimanded.
The Labour MP had been referring to comments Mr Livingstone made about Adolf Hitler.
The row was prompted by the suspension of Labour MP Naz Shah over comments she made about Israel on social media.
Mr Livingstone appeared on BBC Radio London defending her and said he had never heard anyone in the Labour Party say anything anti-Semitic.
He added: "When Hitler won his election in 1932 his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews."
Labour MP John Mann then accused Mr Livingstone of being a "Nazi apologist" in front of a media scrum as he arrived at Westminster's media studios.
Asked about the confrontation on the BBC's Daily Politics, Mr Livingstone said Mr Mann "went completely over the top" but Mr Mann stood by his remarks.
Mr Livingstone said he was not suggesting Hitler was a Zionist, saying the Nazi leader was "a monster from start to finish", but he said he had simply been quoting historical "facts".
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his long-time ally had been suspended amid "very grave concerns about the language he used in the interview this morning" and would face an investigation by the party.
He told BBC deputy political editor John Pienaar: "Anybody that thinks this party is not cracking down on anti-Semitism is simply wrong. We have suspended where appropriate, we have investigated all cases. We will not tolerate anti-Semitism in any form whatsoever in the party."
Asked if there was a crisis in the party, he said: "It's not a crisis. There's no crisis. Where there is any racism in the party it will be dealt with, it will be rooted out."
He said those who suggested the party was in crisis were "nervous of the strength of the Labour Party at local level".
Meanwhile, a Labour spokesman said John Mann was told it was "completely inappropriate for Labour Members of Parliament to be involved in very public rows on the television".
For years it has been more surprising when Ken Livingstone hasn't raised hackles than when he has.
That's why so many Labour MPs feared a miscalculation when their party's leader brought his old comrade back into the fold.
But his staggering comments today about Hitler and anti-Semitism crossed a line - they were enough for Jeremy Corbyn to suspend him.
But the problem for the leader doesn't end with that act.
No one believes that Jeremy Corbyn himself tolerates discrimination against Jews.
But on repeated occasions Labour has been slow and clumsy in closing down cases of anti-Semitism among its members when they emerge.
Any moments of delay or doubts about the leadership's determination, open the window a tiny crack to the kind of intolerance that the vast majority of the Labour Party, and indeed the public, find appalling.
Public denials that there is even an issue could make it even worse. Perhaps in politics as in normal life, the first step towards fixing a problem is acknowledging that it exists.
And with only a week before Jeremy Corbyn's first big test at the polls, In elections in London, Scotland, Wales, and all round England, it's the kind of mess, and political distraction Labour could do without.
On Wednesday Labour MP Naz Shah was suspended, pending an investigation, over comments she made on Facebook before she became an MP, including a suggestion that Israel should be moved to the United States.
She has apologised but it sparked fresh claims from senior Labour figures that the party was not doing enough to tackle growing anti-Semitism in its ranks.
Shadow Commons leader Chris Bryant told MPs: "I'm sick and tired of people trying to explain it away and, yes, I'm talking to you Ken Livingstone."
Ken Livingstone's way with a provocative soundbite was the making of him, propelling him to national prominence from the grey world of local government, but it has also got him into a lot of hot water over the years. Not for nothing is his autobiography called You Can't Say That.
He was suspended from office as London mayor for four weeks in 2006 for comparing a Jewish journalist to a concentration camp guard - a comment he continues to be unrepentant about, saying it was a "fuss about nothing". The suspension was overturned in court.
He remains popular in left wing circles as one of the few socialists to have achieved real power in the UK - but he had largely disappeared from the political scene, following his defeat in 2012 London mayoral contest.
He was enjoying semi-retirement when his old friend and ally Jeremy Corbyn was unexpectedly elected Labour leader last year. The two go back a long way.
Profile: Ken Livingstone
Labour's mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan said: "Ken Livingstone's comments are appalling and inexcusable. There must be no place for this in our party."
And Labour MP Rachel Reeves, told BBC Newsnight: "We know we've got a growing problem of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. But also part of the problem is the slow response from the leadership of the party. We do need to see much swifter and more decisive action."
Explaining his stance, in a BBC News Channel interview, Mr Livingstone said Naz Shah was "not anti-Semitic - she was completely over the top, what she said was rude".
He added: "I've heard a lot of people being critical of Israel, but if I was to denounce the South African government, you wouldn't say I was racist.
"And one of my worries is this confusion with anti-Semitism and criticising the Israeli government policy undermines the importance is tackling real anti-Semitism."
But Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said Mr Livingstone's comments were "abhorrent and beyond disgraceful".
"He denies anti-Semitism in Labour when the evidence is there for all to see. He lacks any sense of reality and decency. He must now be expelled from the Labour Party."
Prime Minister David Cameron said it was "quite clear the Labour Party has got a problem with anti-Semitism" adding: "They've got to deal with it."
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The charity conducted an assessment of almost 30,000 dogs across the UK over the past four years and found 35% of pets were carrying too many pounds.
Four years ago the figure was 21%, and PDSA warns that if the trend continues, almost half of all dogs could be overweight by 2013.
The charity said obesity posed a threat to the animals' health and lifespan.
Senior veterinary surgeon Sean Wensley said: "Overweight pets are less mobile, less willing to play and more likely to develop a number of serious health conditions.
"Ultimately, owners control their pet's diet and exercise. The good news is it's never too late to achieve positive change with their veterinary practice."
As part of efforts to highlight the problem PDSA is relaunching its annual pet slimming competition, Pet Fit Club, which aims to encourage owners to get their pets to lose weight.
In 2009, it was won by Labrador Keano, from Plymouth, who after shed 1st 6lbs (10kg).
He was so overweight at 7st 2lbs (46kg), he could not roll over on his back before joining the PDSA scheme, but regular walks and proper dog food helped him find a new lease of life.
Mother-of-two Louise Drewery responded following the Facebook message by the father of Stacey Hewitt, who lives in Redcar.
The transplant was carried out at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle in February.
Ms Drewery said that both herself and Ms Hewitt were doing well.
The pair's story will feature in a television documentary on Wednesday.
Ms Drewery said she was motivated to help after hearing how the illness was affecting Ms Hewitt's young son, Alfie.
"I just thought I can help somebody else make their life easier, which it has done for Stacey. She's not tired all the time, she's got so much more energy," she said.
"She can do things with her little boy that she couldn't do before.
"It makes me happy that she is doing so well."
Ms Drewery's husband Nigel initially offered to donate the kidney, but the couple found out his blood group was incompatible.
The whole process of tests took 13 months before she was accepted as a donor.
"It was almost like it was supposed to be," said Ms Drewery.
"Every single test was spot on."
Ms Drewery said that since the surgery the pair have developed a friendship and talk to each other nearly every day.
Ms Hewitt said she did not think her father's Facebook post would attract any donors. She said she was "very thankful" for her new kidney.
"I can't thank her enough," she said.
"She's made my life a lot better."
His comments come after midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng led his Milan team off in the 25th minute of a friendly at Pro Patria on Thursday after being racially abused by fans.
Seedorf said: "I don't see it as such a positive thing because [it] empowers more and more of this behaviour."
We are just empowering that little group with their behaviour to make this mess
Patrick Vieira and Rio Ferdinand were among those to back Boateng.
Speaking on Twitter, World Cup-winner Vieira said: "It was brave of Kevin-Prince Boateng to do what he did and it was the right thing. We need to stand up and stand together. Well done."
Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand tweeted: "Fair play to him. Well done #UefaStandUp"
Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany tweeted: "Act of racism against Boateng during Milan's friendly. How about becoming extremely intolerant towards racist idiots? They need to be told."
But Seedorf, 36, who now plays for Botafogo in Brazil, would have preferred Ghana international Boateng to employ a different approach against those chanting abuse.
"They should just be identified and kicked out of the stadium," he said. "Leave the 90% that were enjoying the match and finish the game."
Seedorf added: "If Boateng was able to identify the whole corner, you just kick the whole corner out, That is how I think it should be handled.
"Walking away? Yes, you send a signal. But this has happened more than once and I don't think it really changes all that much. We are just empowering that little group with their behaviour to make this mess."
Seedorf played for Milan from 2002 to 2012 and won the Champions League with the side in 2003 and 2007.
But if you find yourself feeling lonely, what can you do about it?
For many people, loneliness is not solved overnight - but people from all walks of life, including single fathers, millennials in a new city, widows, teenage mothers, and happily married husbands, have told the BBC their tips for making their days a bit brighter.
"At St John Fisher Church in North Harrow, we started a knitting group for ladies at home to get together over a cup of tea and knit for charities. We laugh and chat all afternoon." - Teresa Arrigo
"My saving grace was the internet - I found a group for widowed people called Way Up (for the over-50s. Way is for the under-50s). The group showed me that after I was widowed I discovered that, despite people expecting me to get over it, all the different emotions I experienced were normal and OK." - Angie Cole
"My lifesaver is the internet - websites for counting penguins and watching a guy and his chicken sail around the world." - Diane Keel
"I am a single dad. My loneliness hit me when I had to sell the business to look after my young children full-time. What helps now is going to the gym and a bit of voluntary work while the kids are at school." - Qamar Qureshi
"I am often lonely. I am currently in the USA as my husband is on secondment and knew no-one when we arrived. I cannot work, so the days are long. The solution for me is to get out, even if it's only for a walk - it helps as you usually see someone to say hello to. I also joined a gym, which gives structure to my week." - Helen Stenson
"I am a mum of two young children, and I definitely found that going to baby groups when they were little and mixing with other parents helped me to stop feeling as lonely. I still try to go to groups with them now, when I can. As much as you might not feel like going out, it does help, and it feels like a real achievement when you do, so that is a boost too." - Emily Holbrook
"I am 79 years old and was always feeling lonely in the evenings - I told my daughter that I would like a kitten, so she searched a cat sanctuary and I chose a little black one and called him Barney. He was eight weeks old when I got him, and he has completely changed my life around because he wants attention all day. I cannot imagine my life now without him. I am disabled but manage to look after him very well, and he is a happy little boy of five months." - Joan Gutteridge
"My cat - she is a constant companion at home and a real comfort. I have to keep going to make sure she has everything she needs, and she relies on me as her significant other. She has become more cuddly, which I find makes me happy." - Kerry Williams
"When I reached rock-bottom, I signed up to volunteer for two charities - one helping disadvantaged families and children, and the other in conservation work. I also joined a community choir, got an allotment - and adopted a cat. I am beginning to feel a lot more connected to my community, and a lot less lonely." - Nancy Saunders
"I offered my time to Age UK, and I help in a day centre. I've met lovely people, and, even better, I'm giving something to the community." - Ruth
"Self-employed people like me struggle. I worked as a video producer and TV repair person from home for over 20 years. I employed a part-time co-worker, scheduled meetings with other professionals once a month, joined a networking breakfast group, joined a gym for badminton classes, joined a club (in my case a video club) - any excuse to meet up, especially with other like-minded professionals." - David James
"Join the University of the Third Age. It is a collection of older people who want to follow new interests or carry on with existing ones. There are groups for cycling, motorcycling, cooking, languages, sewing. The list is endless - all you need to do is contact their local group, you will be given a warm welcome." - John Watts
"My advice would be find your local toddlers' club. I now attend one with my grandson and have made new friends. Also join the library - ours has great children's story times." - Nina Kent
"A few months ago, I came across a phone app called Meetup. It's changed my life already. I've been on a few 'meetups' and met some lovely groups of normal people. I've been on walks, quiz nights, [a] comedy show, booked a weekend in Cornwall and even started Kung-fu." - Keith Littlebury
"I use the internet to overcome loneliness - I use YouTube for music, documentaries and stand-up comedy. Laughing helps a lot." - Kerry Williams
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The 20-year-old could not make a first-team appearance for Bolton due to restrictions imposed by the EFL.
Signed after leaving Blackburn Rovers' youth team in summer 2016, Lavelle was told in July he would not be given a new contract with the Trotters.
"Sam is young but has a lot of promise. We are looking forward to working with him," boss Jim Bentley said.
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A mortar attack hit a checkpoint in the city of El-Arish, officials said.
But the group claimed a suicide bomber blew up a car with explosives at the checkpoint, which it then raided.
Jihadist militants have killed hundreds of security personnel in Sinai since the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
Egypt's Interior Ministry said the attack hit the Safa checkpoint in northern Sinai.
Witnesses reported hearing a massive explosion and said the city had been sealed off.
Government forces later killed five of the militants who carried out the attack, officials said.
In a statement on Twitter, IS said the attack was "part of a series of operations in response to the humiliation and searching of Muslim women at checkpoints".
The group has claimed numerous deadly attacks in the region recently, targeting mainly security forces.
It has also said it was responsible for the bombing of a Russian airliner over Sinai in October that killed all 224 people on board.
Violent thunderstorms hit much of the South East and in Sussex a lightning strike sent a workshop up in flames.
At the height of the storms - between 02:30 and 03:30 BST - fire crews in Tunbridge Wells were called out 60 times in 60 minutes.
Residents reported up to a metre of water in some properties although no rescues were needed.
Crews pumped water out of homes.
In the worst-hit areas firefighters called on the Red Cross and local housing providers for extra assistance. Water pumps from other crews in the county were also used.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service were unable to confirm at this stage how many houses needed water pumping out, but the rain subsided by about 04:30 BST.
The service was still being called out on Wednesday morning to flooding, one restaurant owner in Tunbridge Wells arrived at their business in Mount Pleasant Road to find it partially under water.
The storms come as flash floods also hit parts of the South West with heavy rain sending a 4ft torrent of water through a Cornish village.
In Herne Bay a house was struck by lightning, damaging the roof, and at 03:00 East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was called out to the Three Ponds Industrial Estate, on the outskirts of Newhaven, following another lightning strike which developed into a fire.
There were no reports of anyone being hurt.
Helen Bailey, a season ticket holder at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, was last seen walking her dog near her home in Royston, Hertfordshire, on 11 April.
There has not been any trace of the 51-year-old or her pet despite searches.
Earlier this week, Hertfordshire police said there was no evidence to indicate "any foul play."
A spokesman said: "We are hoping Arsenal fans may be able to help in our ongoing investigations."
Ms Bailey, who lived with her partner, had gone on a walk with her miniature dachshund Boris and had said she "needed a little time to herself".
The author wrote the Electra Brown series for teenagers and started a blog called Planet Grief after her husband of 22 years drowned on holiday in Barbados in 2011.
She met Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger at a question-and-answer session at Emirates Stadium in February 2012.
A Where is Helen Bailey? Facebook page created by her friends has been viewed 50,000 times.
The Unison union claims employers Cordia - a body of Glasgow City Council - are refusing to discuss the issues surrounding the strike.
It is over additional payments for tasks which the janitors say are "dirty, unpleasant, involve regularly working outside or heavy lifting".
Janitors first walked out in March and are set for further action on 20 April.
Cordia said they had given Unison three opportunities to outline their issues and that the matter was considered by a committee before being rejected.
A spokesman for the facilities company said: "Cordia has completely exhausted all internal processes after negotiations with Unison and is not required to convene a meeting to further negotiate when at this stage there is no possibility of a settlement."
But Unison said janitors were entitled to the Working Context and Demands Payment which ranges from about £500 to more than £1,000.
Sam Macartney, Unison branch officer, said: "We want justice for jannies in Glasgow.
"The city's parents, carers and the wider public will be rightly astonished that the employer is refusing to even meet these hard-working janitors and their trade union."
Industrial action over the payment began on 19 January when janitors began boycotting a number of duties.
Unison said Cordia were using "spurious arguments" to justify not awarding the payment.
The 24-year-old centre-back spent last season on loan at Sheffield United, making 34 appearances to help the Blades to the League One title.
Ebanks-Landell, who helped Wolves win the third-tier title in 2015, signed a three-and-a-half-year deal in January.
"We beat off a number of clubs, including Championship sides, to bring him here," said MK boss Robbie Neilson.
Meanwhile, Wolves winger Ben Marshall has returned home from the club's pre-season tour of Austria for treatment on an injured hip.
No likely length of absence has been suggested by the club, who for now say only that they are "hopeful he will return to action as quickly as possible" after consulting a specialist.
This follows the injury suffered by Marshall's fellow winger Helder Costa, who will miss the start of the new season following ankle surgery.
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Speaking at the University of Maryland, Yang Shuping drew a parallel between air pollution in China and the country's restrictions on free speech.
Angry Chinese social media users accused her of denigrating her homeland and told her to stay in the US.
But the university backed her, saying it was vital to hear different views.
Ms Yang - who was selected by the university to speak - contrasted wearing a face mask against pollution with the "sweet and fresh" air in the US.
"The moment I inhaled and exhaled outside the airport, I felt free," she said in a video of the speech posted on YouTube.
"I would soon feel another kind of fresh air for which I will be forever grateful. The fresh air of free speech. Democracy and free speech should not be taken for granted. Democracy and freedom are the fresh air that is worth fighting for," she continued.
Her speech became one of the hottest topics on the internet in China, with posts about it having been viewed more than 50m times by Tuesday.
Many Chinese social media users were angry, including fellow Chinese students at the University of Maryland who made their own YouTube video in which they accused Ms Yang of "false statements".
One of the students, Xinliang Jiang, said China was "still improving" and "needed to embrace suggestions from the outside world" but said Ms Yang's speech amounted to "deceptions and lies".
The city authorities in her home city of Kunming in southwestern China also weighed in, saying air quality had been good almost every day so far this year and adding: "In Kunming, air is very likely to be 'sweet and fresh'."
The People's Daily newspaper meanwhile accused her of making a "biased" speech.
Faced with mounting uproar, Ms Yang issued a statement on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo, saying she was "surprised and disturbed" by the reaction to her speech and "deeply loved" her motherland.
"I apologise and sincerely hope everyone can forgive me. I have learned my lesson," she wrote.
She was nevertheless backed by her university, which said in a statement: "Listening to and respectfully engaging with those whom we disagree are essential skills, both within university walls and beyond".
Some Weibo users agreed. "It looks like even if Chinese people go to America, they still can't have freedom of speech," one said.
China is now front and centre, and its role as a leading dragon can be beneficial for growth prospects for the world economy.
The world desperately needs engines of growth right now, and fortunately - with continued strong and pragmatic economic policy making - China can provide that impetus.
China is now the world's second biggest economy and the largest exporter of goods, with 9.6% of the global share, followed by Germany, the United States and Japan. China has an income per capita of $4,400 in current dollars and is well established as a high-middle income country.
China's foreign reserves, which now exceed $3 trillion, are the largest in the world.
Behind this rise, there has been a dramatic structural transformation entailing rapid industrialisation, a massive movement out of agriculture, and an impressive stretch of trade-related growth.
China has the potential to grow dynamically for another 20 years. This is in part because, as of 2008, the country still had a capita income that was just 21% of US per capita income - measured in purchasing power parity terms. This US-China income gap is evidence that a big technological gap still exists between China and the industrialised countries.
China can continue to enjoy the advantage of backwardness before closing the gap.
By 2030, China's income per head (measured in purchasing power parity) may reach about 50% of that in the United States. By then, China's economic size (in purchasing power parity terms) may be twice as large as the US; and measured at market exchange rates, China may be at least the same size as the US two decades from now.
Yet China and other emerging markets must confront several serious challenges in the coming years. First, contagion from the Euro area and sagging demand in high-income countries could dampen hopes for moderate world growth over the next few years. Indeed, a double-dip recession in advanced countries cannot be ruled out as a downside risk.
Nationally, China must tackle what amounts to a triple imbalance.
Engineering a shift towards domestic demand and moving from an over-reliance on export-led growth represents the first rebalancing.
The process should be balanced between consumption and continued strong growth in investment. The latter is critical for industrial upgrading, raising incomes, as well as developing "green economy" sectors and protecting the environment.
The second rebalancing entails a structural transformation to reduce income disparities. In spite of the general improvement of living standards, China has shifted from a relatively egalitarian society in 1979 to a country with alarming income inequality. The Gini index [a common measure of social inequality] reached 41.5 in 2005, approaching the level of Latin American countries. The widening of disparity may threaten social stability and hinder economic growth.
The third imbalance relates to environmental costs that have accompanied rapid growth. China needs to shift its stance vis-a-vis short-term growth and long-term environmental sustainability. The future structure of production must shift towards cleaner technologies.
As a result of superior growth in the developing world, we are now in a multi-polar growth world, with economic weight shifting from the G7 economies [of seven leading industrialised nations] to developing economies.
China's contributions to the multi-polar world are manifold. For high-income countries, China's growth will expand markets for their capital goods and intermediate goods exports.
Many developing countries are still major producers of agricultural and natural resource commodities. Chinese consumption and production growth will continue to support adequate commodity prices and thus help these exporters.
In addition, the Chinese government and Chinese firms will also provide funds for natural resource and infrastructure investment in emerging markets and low-income countries. This is already happening, and it is likely to continue. In particular, there is a growing role of Chinese finance in the Africa region - the developing region with the most constrained access to finance.
Also, as China undergoes industrial upgrading, it will leave space for other developing countries to enter the more labour-intensive industries. Chinese enterprises are expected to relocate their existing production to other lower wage countries as they upgrade to higher value-added industries - just like Japan and East Asian economies did a few decade ago.
The difference is that, because of its size, China may become a "leading dragon" for other developing countries instead of a "lead goose" in the traditional flying geese pattern of the international diffusion of industrial development.
Over time, there is also the possibility of the gradual emergence of the Chinese Renminbi as a global reserve currency.
This is something that would require many fundamental reforms in the Chinese economy; however, it is almost inevitable given the growing relative strength of China in the multi-polar world.
Justin Yifu Lin is the author of Demystifying the Chinese Economy, the 18th book to his name. He is the World Bank's chief economist and senior vice president for Development Economics. Before joining the World Bank he served as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Beijing University.
About half of players competing at the past three World Cups routinely took non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, claims Jiri Dvorak.
He says it is still an "alarming trend" among players, including teenagers.
"It has become a cultural issue, part of the game," said Professor Dvorak.
"It is absolutely wrong," added the Czech, who left Fifa in November after 22 years.
"For me it's clearly abuse of the drugs - that's why we use the word alarming."
However, the Professional Footballers' Association - the players' union in England - said misuse of painkillers was "not a major issue" among its members.
BBC pundit and former England defender Danny Mills says painkillers in football have always been widespread - "and always will be".
"I've been in many dressing rooms where I've seen other players pressured into playing with painkillers," he said.
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He added players at the top level of the game did not see them as an issue because they were legal and often monitored by health professionals - but he felt some players lower down the league ladder might suffer problems without that safety net in place.
Professor Dvorak spoke to the BBC as part of State of Sport week, which on Thursday examines the balance of athlete welfare against a winning-at-all-costs culture in sport.
A government-commissioned review into safety and wellbeing in British sport, headed by 11-time Paralympic champion Baroness Grey-Thompson, is due to be published imminently.
It is expected to recommend significant reforms designed to improve the way athletes are treated by governing bodies.
Professor Dvorak collected data about the intake of medication by all players at every Fifa tournament between 1998 and 2014, discovering almost 50% took 'everyday' anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers that are available over the counter.
He says some clubs prioritise success over player welfare, leading to players feeling "pressured" into taking medication to overcome minor injuries and play in important games.
Professor Dvorak previously raised these concerns when he was employed by Fifa, but claims the world governing body has still not addressed the issue appropriately.
Fifa says its stance on the issue has not changed since Dvorak first warned about the long-term implications of players misusing painkillers in 2012.
The misuse of legal medication could "potentially" have life-threatening implications for players, claims Professor Dvorak.
"We have to make a strong statement for the players: wake up, and be careful," he said. "It is not that harmless and you can't think that you can take them like cookies. It has side-effects."
Only one footballer based in England has raised concerns about the misuse of painkillers directly to the PFA in the past decade, according to head of player welfare Michael Bennett.
"It was an individual with a back problem and he was taking ibuprofen tablets to get through games and training with it," Bennett told BBC Sport.
"The issue arose more when he left the game, when he realised he was still taking them and it was a continual problem for him.
"He addressed the issue by going to see his personal GP and decreased the medication he was taking, and coming off it.
"In my time of working in this field, about eight or nine years, that is the only person who has had an issue with painkillers.
"It is not a major issue for us."
BBC pundit Danny Mills made more than 320 appearances for sides including Manchester City and Leeds United in a 14-year career that ended at the age of 32 through injury. He saw painkillers as part and parcel of football and thinks players are unlikely to see them as an issue as a result.
When you're talking about painkilling injections, painkilling drugs, anti-inflammatories, it's widespread in football. Always has been, always will be. As a player the first thing you ask is, "Is it legal?" and if it is, fine. Is it going to help, is it going to get me through a game? If yes, then generally, without too many questions, without too much concern, you take what's being offered.
Most professionals are dictated to now by physios, by doctors, and things are monitored, so they do not see it as a huge issue.
I've been in many dressing rooms where I've seen other players pressured into playing with painkillers. Myself as well, I had pain-killing injections in a broken toe for six months - one before the game, one at half-time. I'd wake up at midnight screaming in agony as it wore off but it was my choice, I wanted to do it. Was it good for me long-term? Probably not.
But players will always look for the short-term fix. Most players would take the attitude, 'it's painkillers, it's legal, it's monitored'. There are times when it might not do the injury any good, there's a good chance you might make it worse but you take that risk. Sport is all about risk and reward. As long as there is that reward, people will always take risks. You're going to win a medal, you're going to get three points. Ultimately it has to be down to the individual to make up their mind. But would I do it again? Yes.
Three former Premier League footballers have blamed the overuse of legal anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers on health problems.
These include over-the-counter pills, such as ibuprofen and vitamins, as well as stronger pain-relief injections like cortisone.
Daniel Agger, former Liverpool and Denmark defender
Agger, 32, retired from competitive football when his contract expired at Brondby in June 2016.
Fifteen months earlier he collapsed in the dressing room after being substituted just 29 minutes into a game against FC Copenhagen.
He was an injury doubt and, in a desperate bid to play, had taken more than the recommended maximum dose of anti-inflammatory drugs in the week leading up to the game.
"The body could not cope with it," he told Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in July 2016.
"I have taken too many anti-inflammatories in my career.
"I know that full well, and it sucks, but I did stop it [in the end]. I am not gaining anything personally from saying this but I can only hope that other athletes do.
"It could be that others take a pill or two less."
Ivan Klasnic, former Bolton Wanderers, Werder Bremen and Croatia striker
Klasnic, 37, suffered kidney failure while playing for German club Werder Bremen in 2007.
He blamed team doctors at Werder Bremen, saying they failed to diagnose his problem in time and continued to prescribe painkilling medication to him which can be very damaging to kidneys.
The doctors at the club say the problem was caused by genetics and not painkillers.
He was left critically ill in September after his body rejected a transplanted kidney provided by his mother.
Dominic Matteo, former Liverpool, Leeds and Scotland defender
Matteo, 42, said he took painkilling injections "for years" during a career spanning more than 350 appearances, and had to have spinal surgery two years after he retired in 2009.
He added he thought under-pressure managers did not consider the long-term effect of players having this treatment and then taking part in games.
"I took painkilling injections to play football when my body was telling me to do otherwise," he said in a 2011 interview.
"Even though the operation was a success, I don't think I'll ever be completely fine but hopefully I'll be able to lift my kids again.
"This problem all dates back to when I was at Liverpool and I had injections to play games. Then, after Liverpool, when I was at Leeds nothing changed; I'd get an injection every Saturday just to play."
Last week, British cyclist Josh Edmondson told the BBC he broke the sport's rules by secretly injecting himself with a cocktail of vitamins when riding for Team Sky.
The 24-year-old, who was on the team's books in 2013 and 2014, also said he had severe depression after independently using the controversial painkiller Tramadol.
Speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan, he said he risked giving himself a heart attack by self-administering the medication secretly at night.
"In 2014 I was under a lot of pressure, not just from the team but from myself," said Edmondson.
"You want to renew your contract for one thing, and for me the bigger thing was not letting anyone down - this team had given me a chance by signing me."
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The works will include the master's chalk portrait of St Anne, sketches of bodies, animals, water and plants, plus some technical drawings.
The exhibition will begin at Newcastle's Laing gallery in February.
It will then visit the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery and Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea.
Da Vinci made only around 20 paintings during his lifetime, including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, but left many more drawings.
Royal Collection Trust director Jonathan Marsden said the selected works were "among the greatest artistic treasures of this country".
He said: "Through this touring exhibition, we aim to bring these extraordinary works of art within easy reach of people across Great Britain and Ireland."
Julie Milne, chief curator at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, said: "We are honoured to be chosen as the first venue to host this exhibition of ten Leonardo da Vinci drawings on its tour of the UK and Ireland.
"This will be a rare opportunity for people in the North East of England to see the exquisite work of one of the greatest artists of all time."
Victory moved the visitors to within a point of Salford, who missed the chance to close the gap on leaders Castleford.
Clinical Hull FC led 22-0 as Fetuli Talanoa and Danny Washbrook went over either side of Albert Kelly's brace.
The hosts crossed through Niall Evalds but fell further behind to Carlos Tuimavave and Jamie Shaul tries, before Weller Hauraki's late consolation.
Jake Connor's five successful kicks further bolstered the visitors' margin of victory, as Salford lost for the second game in a row, having won their previous seven.
The result was in huge contrast to April's reverse fixture, when Salford had won 54-18 at Hull.
Missing Scott Taylor, Marc Sneyd and captain Gareth Ellis through injury but welcoming back Liam Watts and replacement Josh Griffin, Hull FC played with the ruthlessness of the side that won the Challenge Cup last term.
They took full advantage of opportunities presented to them, with Shaul running the length of the field to earn his second-half try after picking up a loose ball inside his own 10m line.
The win came at the end of a week in which Hull have mourned the death of legendary coach, Arthur Bunting, aged 80.
Hull FC head coach Lee Radford:
"We had spoken about it during the week and anyone who knows a little bit about the history of the club realises Arthur's importance and impact on the club.
"That was for you, coach."
Radford added to BBC Radio 5 live sports extra:
"Defensively, we were really sound. Everybody had written us off a couple of weeks ago, but nothing is won yet and nothing is lost yet.
"We lost Danny Houghton this morning with a stomach bug. We slipped Danny Washbrook in there - for him to get Man of the Match was very pleasing."
Hull FC stand-off Albert Kelly told BBC Radio 5 live sports extra:
"We came here with a game plan and we did it to the best of our ability.
"We needed a clinical performance tonight and I think the boys turned up with the right mind to get the win."
Salford Red Devils coach Ian Watson:
"We started off lacking energy and were a bit soft physically. Hull just got on a roll and taught us a lesson on how to play really direct and quick.
"We were very flat and we didn't start with the attitude we normally do. We didn't play with any kind of enthusiasm and energy. They came to beat us and the speed at which they played was very good and they were very clinical.
"It's definitely not a panic situation for us. The defeat today would have hurt the players but we need to remember that we are a good team and get back to doing what we can do."
Salford Red Devils: O'Brien, Bibby, Welham, Sa'u, Evalds, Lui, Dobson, Tasi, Brinning, Hasson, Murdoch-Masila, Hauaki, Griffin.
Replacements: Kopczak, Carney, Lannon, Krasniqi.
Hull FC: Shaul, Michaels, Fonua, Tuimavave, Talanoa, Kelly, Connor, Bowden, Washbrook, Watts, Manu, Turgut, Thompson.
Replacements: Downs, Griffin, Fash, Matongo.
Referee: Ben Thaler
Sanaa Shahid was with her four-year-old son when they were targeted by solicitor Alexander Mackinnon on the Glasgow-bound service from London.
He took exception to their presence in first class and told them they should not be in the country.
Mrs Shahid said the incident had also left her young son fearful.
Speaking on BBC Scotland's Kaye Adams programme, Mrs Shahid said she was determined to speak up against racism.
She told the programme: "I'm born and bred in Glasgow. I consider myself to be Scottish Pakistani. Everything has finished now, but if I was to travel down to London, if I go on public transport, it would still be in the back of my mind.
"I'm not scared to speak up, which is why I did speak up about all of this, because no-one should accept this and no-one should make you feel like you don't belong in your own country. But the thing that scares me is that there's people out there that won't know what to say.
"If this was to happen to my mum, my mum would maybe turn round and say to me 'just ignore it'.
MacKinnon was fined last week at Carlisle Magistrates Court after admitting the racially aggravated offence, carried out on 29 December.
Mrs Shahid, who works as a corporate lawyer, said she was accosted by a drunken MacKinnon on the 14:30 train as it travelled north.
He had targeted her son, telling him to be quiet as he sat in the carriage quietly playing a computer game.
He then turned to Mrs Shahid and said they did not belong in first class or the country.
Mrs Shahid told MacKinnon he was a racist and began filming him.
As he prepared to be escorted from the train by British Transport Police, MacKinnon told Mrs Shahid: "You're so wonderful wasting police time, miss", before swearing at her and her son.
Mrs Shahid answered: "You're a disgrace to humanity. Just get off."
Mrs Shahid said the incident had also taken its toll on her four-year-old son. She told the programme: "He is aware. he's a very sensitive boy and he was aware of everything that had happened at the time.
"He's fearful of the police. He thinks that the police are there to take you away if you are bad.
"In the few days after the incident he said 'mama is the police going to take me away, I'm naughty, is the police going to take me away?'
Mrs Shahid added: "It has affected him, but it's something that we're working on."
UK airline, LinksAir is launching the service to East Anglia after reporting a 30% rise in passenger numbers in 2015 between Cardiff and Anglesey.
An Anglesey council spokesman said: "The airport plays a crucial role in making north Wales an attractive place to do business and attract visitors.
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Nicolae Gorea, 40, from Moldova, was more than twice the drink drive limit when he drove on the A548 in the Deeside Industrial Park on Good Friday.
A fellow trucker tried to stop him by driving to a roundabout - but he drove off, Flintshire magistrates heard.
Gorea admitted dangerous driving, drink driving and fraud.
District Judge Gwyn Jones jailed Gorea for 42 weeks and banned him from driving for two years.
The court heard he was spotted driving the wrong way along the busy road at about 22:35 BST by another lorry driver, Brian O'Connor, who tried to flag him down before driving to a roundabout to try and stop him.
But, unable to understand him, the defendant drove on, the court heard.
Mr O'Connor called the police before driving to another roundabout and eventually making Gorea stop and get out of his vehicle.
When police arrived they noticed there was damage to the front of his lorry, indicating it had been in contact with street furniture.
Checks also showed that Gorea was wanted by The Met police following a fraudulent driving licence application when a foreign Romanian driving licence had been used.
Interviewed, he said he had parked up for the night at Deeside Industrial Park on 14 April, drank between 200 and 300 millilitres of whisky and then decided to move the vehicle.
He admitted he had driven the wrong way and said he "was tired, confused and drunk."
The defendant also received a notice to be deported.
"You were driving a Romanian registered heavy goods vehicle with a 40 foot trailer on one of the arterial roots into north Wales on a busy Easter weekend," the judge said.
"You were significantly under the influence of alcohol and the manner of your driving clearly showed that."
He also praised Mr O'Connor for trying to stop the defendant and said his actions may well have helped others not to be hurt. | An HGV lorry driver who was caught driving the wrong way along a dual carriageway in Flintshire after drinking whisky has been jailed. | 39,629,543 | 423 | 34 | false |
Cala, which is run from Edinburgh and Buckinghamshire, said pre-tax profits before exceptional items rose by 18% to just over £60m.
Group revenue also climbed by 15% to £587.1m.
Cala, which was founded in Aberdeen in 1875, has expanded in recent years, particularly in southern England.
Last year, it completed more than 1,150 homes, an increase of 16% on the previous year.
The average selling price was 6% up at £538,000.
The company said its gross margins had been affected by "challenging market conditions" in Aberdeen, where prices continued to fall as a result of the declining oil price.
It also reported a slowdown in demand for homes priced above £1.25m, following changes to the Stamp Duty Land Tax south of the border.
Chief executive Alan Brown said: "Despite headwinds in some of our markets, we have continued to build on the strong momentum we have generated over recent years, once again delivering robust volume and revenue growth while still achieving incremental improvements in our return on capital employed."
He added: "In the 13 weeks since the EU referendum result, and although still early days, the group saw positive trading with total enquiry levels and reservation rates up 9% and 46% respectively while website users have also risen by 32% on the equivalent period last year.
"Sales prices have also remained stable while cancellation rates have actually reduced slightly.
"Overall, we remain on course to deliver an annual capacity of 2,000 to 2,500 units within the next four years through delivering premium quality, well designed homes and communities in prime locations across the UK." | Upmarket housebuilder Cala Group has posted record profits for the fourth year in a row, despite reporting "headwinds" in some markets. | 37,540,130 | 341 | 34 | false |
The reunions are scheduled to take place in February. If held, they would be the first reunions since 2010.
In September, the North cancelled a planned reunion, blaming "hostility" from the South.
The move comes ahead of annual US-South Korea military drills later this month, which are expected to anger the North.
Pyongyang has asked Seoul to cancel the annual drills - a request that has been refused.
North Korea has in the past cancelled or suspended reunion meetings in retaliation for South Korean actions it opposes. Critics have accused the North of using reunions as a bargaining chip.
By Lucy WilliamsonBBC News, Seoul
Organising Korea's family reunions is a complex task. With no unauthorised contact allowed between the two neighbours, many of those living here in the South have lost touch with their relatives, and have little idea of their address or even if they are still alive.
Officials on both sides spend weeks deciding who is willing and available to travel to the reunion site, and out of 70,000 relatives here in the South, only 100 or so are allowed to take part each time.
"Family reunions are just one-time showcase events," says Min Byung-yel. "Even if they could keep up the average of reuniting 100 families a year, only 1,000 families will have met in 10 years' time, and many of us will probably be dead by then."
Like many relatives here, Mr Min is over 80. He fled to the South during the 1950-53 Korean War. His younger sister, who was six when he left, is the only close relative still alive in the North.
"It would be great if my turn comes around, and I could see my sister, but I'm not counting on it. And I don't even know if she'll remember me now," he said.
Millions were separated from their families by the division of the Korean peninsula after the 1950-1953 war.
The reunion events are highly emotional occasions where North and South Koreans meet briefly in the North before heading home again.
Yeo In-chan is on the waiting list to meet his older brother, who would now be 83.
"I'm happy that the reunions may go ahead, but I think the number of people taking part is too limited," he told the BBC.
"People who have been selected this time may be excited. But think about the majority of those who will be left behind: they have to watch other families reunite on television, and for them the pain is greater than the joy."
South Korea has used a lottery system in the past to help determine who is to be included.
The process in North Korea, on the other hand, is more opaque, with critics saying Pyongyang plays politics with the families involved.
The reunions are scheduled to be held from 20 February to 25 February, at the Mount Kumgang resort in North Korea.
Before Wednesday's meeting, Lee Duk-haeng, head of South Korea's delegation, said: "We will make all-out efforts to come up with good results such as on a schedule for the family reunion so that we can deliver good news to separated families.
"We will do our best to start the new year off on the right foot for the South-North relationship."
It is estimated that there are about 72,000 South Koreans - nearly half of them aged over 80 - on the waiting list for a chance to join the family reunion events.
However, only a few hundred participants are selected each time. Most do not know whether their relatives are still alive, because the two countries prevent their citizens from exchanging mail, phone calls and emails.
It is a rare glimpse of co-operation on the peninsula, after years of deteriorating ties, the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul reports.
The programme was suspended after the North's shelling of a South Korean border island in November 2010.
In September, Pyongyang cancelled the planned reunions of 100 families, blaming South Korea's "confrontational attitude".
Last month, North Korea began urging an end to slander and "hostile acts", but many in the South remain sceptical that warmer ties are so easy to secure, our correspondent adds.
Last year, the military exercises, known as "Foal Eagle", led to an unusually sharp and protracted surge in tensions. The North threatened pre-emptive nuclear strikes, as nuclear-capable US stealth bombers flew practice runs over the peninsula. | North and South Korea have agreed to hold reunions for families separated after the Korean War, following calls from Pyongyang to improve ties. | 26,043,929 | 982 | 31 | false |
Gerard McSorley, 66, who played Father Todd Unctious in the show, was charged with causing criminal damage to the flower pots at Bunbeg in June.
Originally from Omagh, County Tyrone, McSorley did not attend a hearing in July and an arrest warrant was issued.
A Dungloe District Court judge applied the Probation Act to him on Tuesday.
The court heard that Bank of Ireland manager Marion Boyle called the police to her branch of the bank in Bunbeg following the incident.
"He left after roaring and shouting at Ms Boyle and damaged a flower pot outside the bank," a police inspector said.
The inspector added that McSorley, of Cul Na Toinne, Magheraclogher, Bunbeg, made a full admission and apologised.
A defence solicitor said plastic flower pots were involved and she was not sure of the value, but that McSorley had 40 euros compensation for Bank of Ireland.
She added: "He is very calm and well-liked in Bunbeg."
McSorley has starred in a variety of films including Braveheart, The Constant Gardener and Veronica Guerin.
The England player had drunk two espresso martinis and a glass of champagne less than an hour earlier, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
He was said to have had "glazed eyes" and smelt of alcohol when he was arrested after his Mercedes collided with a minicab in London last June.
He denies drinking and driving.
The Wasps fly-half, then playing for Sale Sharks, was breathalysed following the collision shortly after 05:00 BST on 1 June.
He was found to have 67 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath. The legal limit to drive in England and Wales is 35 micrograms.
Giving evidence, the 28-year-old admitted he had been out drinking and eating sushi with other players at Eight Over Eight in Chelsea after an England XV match against Barbarians.
Mr Cipriani, from Raynes Park in south-west London, scored two tries and 10 conversions in the 73-12 win at Twickenham stadium.
The court was told he had two espresso martinis and a vodka cranberry at dinner between 20:30 and midnight, but he said he felt "fine" and was not drunk.
Asked if the meal had lined his stomach, he replied: "Well, we had a lot of rice, some dim sum. I eat a fair bit. We probably had double orders on what we were having."
Afterwards, he went to a nightclub for about 30 minutes before going to a friend's house.
"I had three hours sleep, I woke up and I felt all right," he said.
The player left at 04:00 to have breakfast, which consisted of a fry up, a "small champagne flute" and two more espresso martinis. He then got a cab to his car.
The court heard Mr Cipriani looked "crestfallen" when he was arrested after the collision at 05:15 on Imperial Road in Fulham.
He accused the private hire driver, Muhammad Qasim, of hitting his car, which was written off as a result of the collision.
The court heard he was allegedly "slurring" and driving at speed before the crash.
But he denied speeding and added: "I was not drunk, I felt fine."
When prosecutor Katie Weiss asked him how he felt about the positive results of road-side test, he replied: "I was shocked at the fact that it was over [the limit]."
The player was then asked about the impact a conviction would have on his career.
He replied that it would be difficult for him to get to training and that it depended on the coach as to whether it would stop him playing for England.
Defending, Philip Lucas said the player had been cautioned in the past, for having an "article with intent to damage or destroy property". He said the item had been an egg.
The court was also read a statement from Mr Cipriani's England team-mate, Christian Wade, who confirmed the drinks Mr Cipriani claimed to have had, but said the vodka was consumed at the second venue, not at dinner.
"I know Danny well and he did not seem drunk to me at all. If he had, I would have called him a cab."
Senior District Judge Howard Riddle has reserved judgment until 24 June, telling Mr Cipriani: "I really have got to think about this. That is why I can't give you an answer today - I regret that."
However the Liverpool player is expected to be fit for their tournament opener against Slovakia on 11 June.
Blackburn defender Adam Henley has left Wales' Euro 2016 finals training camp in Portugal with an undisclosed injury.
Walsall striker Tom Bradshaw is ruled out of the tournament in France because of a calf injury, while there is still a doubt over midfielder Joe Ledley.
Ledley hopes to recover from a leg fracture and be named in Wales' Euro squad when it is announced on Tuesday.
The Crystal Palace player injured his leg on May 7 and boss Chris Coleman admits he is "50-50" to make the finals, which start for Wales against Slovakia in Bordeaux.
Danny Ward missed part of Wales' training camp in Portugal as the Liverpool goalkeeper recovered from a knee injury that forced him to miss the end of the season.
Preston goalkeeper Chris Maxwell travelled to the training camp in the Algarve as a precaution but Ward has since rejoined the squad.
Henley, 23, was always an outsider to make the final 23-man squad while Bradshaw - Walsall's 20-goal top scorer - has also left the camp in Portugal, where Coleman's initial 29-man preliminary squad is down to 27.
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Keirron Tastagh, 36, and 40-year-old George Shaw are aiming to beat the current record of 28 days for the journey using standard sea kayaks.
They will try to cover up to 50 nautical miles per day whilst wild camping along the route.
The pair, who hold several kayaking records, are raising money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
They said they plan to remain self-sufficient by carrying all their supplies and safety kit with them.
They began their journey by kayaking to Northern Ireland from the Isle of Man and will take a clockwise route starting from Strangford, County Down.
Keirron said they have three main aims.
"Firstly, we want to raise funds for the RNLI which provides an essential service and has a special significance here in the Isle of Man.
"Secondly, we want to use the trip to promote sea safety, and we also hope it will inspire others to challenge themselves and encourage their sense of adventure."
In 2012 the pair set a sea kayaking record during an expedition to the Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea, completing the furthest paddle west from Dutch Harbor on Unalaska to Herbert Island.
It's the fifth time her face has changed in 63 years and is the first time her portrait has been modified in 17 years.
The new "heads" side of the coin has been designed by Jody Clark who at 33 is the youngest person to design a monarch's profile on the currency.
Coins with the Queen's new image will enter circulation later this year.
Ian Rank-Broadley redesigned the picture of the Queen back in 1998, which means all coins dated since then contain his work.
He told Newsbeat: "It's not an easy job to render the monarch's features as nobody wants to look older than they are.
"If you're approaching your nineties you don't want millions of people to think that you're approaching your nineties."
Do you know what the seven inscriptions of the £1 coin mean?
•DECUS ET TUTAMEN
•NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT
•PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD
•PRO TANTO QUID RETRIBUAMUS
•DOMINE DIRIGE NOS
•Y DDRAIG GOCH DDYRY CYCHWYN
•NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA
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Ever spotted "IRB" on your pound coin?
Ian revealed they're his initials, tucked underneath the Queen's neck. Newsbeat takes a look at some other secrets of the change in your pocket:
Above the Queen's head it says D G REG F D or DEI GRA REGINA FID. The D G REG has been shortened from 'Dei Gratia Regina' which is Latin for 'By the Grace of God, Queen'.
The F D stands for 'Fidei defensor' which is also a Latin phrase and means 'Defender of the Faith' which reflects her position as Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
It might be an exclusive club to have your design on a coin but the Royal Mint is currently going through competition entries from the public too.
There are a lot more "tails" designs than there are "head" designs. There have been 21 £2 coin tail designs, 23 £1 designs and 50 50p designs (including 29 designs for London 2012 Olympics).
Let's see if you got any right
•"An ornament and a safeguard"
•"No one provokes me with impunity"
•"True am I to my country"
•"What shall we give in return for so much"
•"Lord direct us"
•"The Red Dragon shall lead"
•"It is vain without the Lord"
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The Brewers took the lead when Tom Naylor converted Mark Duffy's pass from three yards in the third minute, while John Mousinho twice went close.
There was a long delay at the end of the first half when Posh defender Harry Toffolo was carried off.
Posh rallied after the break and Chris Forrester's flicked header went just wide and Michael Smith also shot wide.
Burton, who surprisingly lost at home to Shrewsbury at the weekend, now have a three-point lead over second-placed Gillingham.
The visitors dominated the first half and after Naylor scored his third goal of the season, Duffy and Mousinho saw shots miss the target.
At the other end, Marcus Maddison's turn and shot was well saved by Jon McLaughlin.
As the half came to a close, Burton came close to a second as Mousinho's header was superbly saved by Posh keeper Ben Alnwick.
Peterborough, who drop to eighth, created better chances in the second half but Nigel Clough's side never looked in any real danger.
It will be the second rugby international to be held at the home of Kilmarnock Football Club
The Scots defeated Tonga 37-12 in Ayrshire in November 2014.
Vern Cotter's men kick-off their Autumn Test Series against Australia at BT Murrayfield on Saturday 12 November, followed by Argentina, also at Murrayfield, the following Saturday.
The 2014 victory over Tonga was the first international to take place on a fully artificial surface.
Glasgow Warriors played at Rugby Park twice last season as a result of flooding to their Scotstoun pitch.
Ayrshire-born Glasgow and Scotland prop Gordon Reid said: "Rugby Park is a fantastic sporting venue. Having played there both for Scotland and Glasgow Warriors, I know there's always a great buzz and atmosphere around the ground on game day.
"Personally, I really enjoy playing on the artificial surfaces which is another bonus of playing at Rugby Park. It makes for a quick game and the skill level is usually higher, so it should prove an exciting game for the fans.
There are fears gonorrhoea is becoming untreatable as antibiotics fail.
The World Health Organization sees developing a vaccine as vital in stopping the global spread of "super-gonorrhoea".
The study of 15,000 young people, published in the Lancet, showed infections were cut by about a third.
About 78 million people pick up the sexually transmitted infection each year, and it can cause infertility.
But the body does not build up resistance no matter how many times someone is infected.
The vaccine, originally developed to stop an outbreak of meningitis B, was given to about a million adolescents in New Zealand between 2004 and 2006.
Researchers at the University of Auckland analysed data from sexual health clinics and found gonorrhoea cases had fallen 31% in those vaccinated.
The bacterium that causes meningitis, Neisseria meningitidis, is a very close relative of the species that causes gonorrhoea - Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
It appears the Men B jab was giving "cross-protection" against gonorrhoea.
Dr Helen Petousis-Harris, one of the researchers, said: "This is the first time a vaccine has shown any protection against gonorrhoea.
"At the moment, the mechanism behind this immune response is unknown, but our findings could inform future vaccine development."
Protection seemed to last about two years.
The disease is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae and spread by unprotected sex.
Symptoms can include a thick green or yellow discharge from sexual organs, pain when urinating and bleeding between periods.
However, of those infected, about one in 10 heterosexual men and more than three-quarters of women and gay men have no easily recognisable symptoms.
Untreated infection can lead to infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease and be passed on to a child during pregnancy.
However, the vaccine in question - known as MeNZB - is no longer available.
Many of its components are also in a new Men B jab - called 4CMenB.
The UK is the only country in the world to be rolling 4CMenB out as a routine childhood immunisation.
Fellow researcher Prof Steven Black, from Cincinnati Children's Hospital in the US, said: "The potential ability of a group B meningococcal vaccine to provide even moderate protection against gonorrhoea would have substantial public health benefits."
The importance of preventing people developing a gonorrhoea infection is of mounting importance as the infection is getting much harder to treat.
Last week, the World Health Organization warned about the global spread of gonorrhoea that could not be treated with antibiotics.
Dr Teodora Wi, from the WHO, said there had even been three cases - in Japan, France and Spain - where the infection was completely untreatable.
She said: "There are high hopes that now there's going to be some cross-protection.
"We are still a long way before we develop a vaccine for gonorrhoea, but we have now some evidence that it is possible."
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UKIP have been campaigning hard in the Lincolnshire seat, an area which voted heavily to leave the European Union.
The seat has returned Conservative MPs since it was formed in 1997 - Tory Stephen Phillips had a majority of more than 24,000 votes in 2015.
He resigned in November, citing "irreconcilable policy differences" with the government.
Although he backed leaving the EU, he had since been critical of the government's approach to Brexit.
Mr Phillips won with 56.2% of the vote in 2015, Labour came second with 17.3% with UKIP a close third on 15.7%.
But UKIP has been throwing its weight into the by-election campaign, hoping to bring about a similar upset to last week's Richmond Park by-election, which saw the Lib Dems overturn a 23,000 Conservative majority.
UKIP will be hoping to capitalise on Eurosceptic feeling in Sleaford and North Hykeham, situated in Lincolnshire, west of Boston - which had the highest majority of Brexit voters in Britain.
UKIP's former leader Nigel Farage and his successor Paul Nuttall have been on the campaign trail in the constituency, supporting their candidate Victoria Ayling - a former Conservative who stood for the Tories in Great Grimsby in 2010 - running Labour a close second.
Conservative candidate Dr Caroline Johnson, a consultant paediatrician, stood unsuccessfully for Scunthorpe in 2010, losing to Labour. She has said she is "completely behind the government's plans for Brexit".
Jim Clarke, a refuse driver, is standing for Labour. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been to Sleaford to give a speech backing Mr Clarke. The party will be hoping for a strong performance after losing its deposit in last week's Richmond Park by-election. Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has been in the constituency backing his candidate, Ross Pepper, an optical assistant.
In all 10 candidates are vying for the seat. The result of the by-election is expected at about 04:00 GMT on Friday.
The full list of candidates is:
The project will involve replacing pieces of the 120-year-old timber at Swanage Pier.
The Swanage Pier Trust, which owns and operates the pier, said a new visitor centre also featured in the plans.
The trust has been allocated £893,800 in Heritage Lottery Funding for the project. It has until November to raise the remaining £900,000.
According to the trust, the Victorian pier - which is one of only 14 remaining timber piers in the country - attracts about 125,000 people each year.
Members of the public have been asked to share their views on the plans, which are on display at the Pierhead Watersports building on Swanage Pier until 8 April.
The Bairns lost 4-1 to Kilmarnock over two legs in last season's decisive clash, having seen off Hibernian.
They travel to Tannadice for the first encounter on Tuesday, before hosting United three days later.
"I would like to think (our experience) will be an advantage," club technical director Smith told BBC Scotland.
"I would like to think we would learn from last year - it was a hard lesson and hopefully they'll take that experience forward."
Having finished second, one place higher than their opponents, in the regular Championship season, Peter Houston's side have benefited from an extra week of rest, while United battled past Morton in the play-off quarter-finals.
"I don't think there was any doubt (we ran out of steam) last year," former Terrors boss Smith added.
"We had played the games we were asked to play, managed to win the three games, but Kilmarnock were able to rest their players because they knew their destination, and their league results didn't matter.
"The first game, we noticed a slight difference in terms of our sharpness but managed to win late-on. But on the Sunday, a few days later, we just seemed to run out. Kilmarnock started very, very strongly, scored two goals in the first period, which made it difficult for us to lift ourselves.
"I think it is better that Peter and the team get a rest prior to the (United) game. I hope it works out that way."
Falkirk have been in Scotland's second tier since 2010, and Smith believes they are ready to re-enter the top flight after successive runners-up finishes.
"I think it's now getting to that stage," Smith said. "The club has worked hard the last few seasons in building up slowly, and I think now we would be prepared, if we did manage to achieve our aim, to handle it.
"We know Dundee United. We know the club, we know the thinking within the club. We know it's a difficult place to go and play, but so is our place.
"We'll have our players up for the two games, and we'll just be hoping that on the week we get the results necessary to get Falkirk back up to where I think they belong."
There had been speculation about a rethink over interest charges because of fears of excessive levels of debt.
But on Tuesday the Department for Education and the Student Loans Company confirmed the proposed increase.
The Department for Education said "borrowers will only ever pay back what they can afford".
Labour's shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said young people faced a government which saw "education as something to be sold and their aspirations as something to be taxed".
The announcement rules out suggestions that the government was considering limiting interest rate increases for student loans on tuition fees and maintenance costs from September 2017 to August 2018.
But there has so far been no announcement on whether the government will push ahead with another increase in tuition fees for 2018, which would put fees over £9,500 per year.
Hundreds of thousands of young people will hear about their A-level results and university places this week - and those taking up courses this autumn will be charged 6.1% on loans as soon as they arrive.
With fees increasing to £9,250, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has calculated that students will have accumulated £5,800 in interest charges before they have even graduated.
The increase from 4.6% to 6.1% in interest charges will also apply to other former students who have studied since fees were increased to £9,000 in 2012.
The interest rate is based on the inflation rate, using the retail prices index in March, plus an additional 3%.
During the general election, Labour campaigned for scrapping tuition fees - and in the wake of the election there was renewed debate about whether tuition fees and interest charges were unacceptably high.
Former Labour education minister Lord Adonis has called the level of interest charges "indefensible", and the head of the Russell Group of universities has called for a reassessment of interest rates.
The amount of debt owed by students this year went past the £100bn level, having more than doubled in six years.
Labour's Angela Rayner accused the government of "sneaking these changes through without allowing MPs to vote on them".
"Graduate debt is already skyrocketing, and too many students fear a lifetime of debt," she said.
Universities Minister Jo Johnson has argued that the fee system represents a fair distribution of costs between students and taxpayers and that this provides financial sustainability for universities.
He says that this has allowed a record number of students from poorer backgrounds to enter university.
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "As has always been the case, borrowers will only ever pay back what they can afford so no-one will see monthly repayments rise and only the highest earners will pay the top rate of interest."
The department says that the loans give "protections other lenders don't offer", such as not requiring repayments if income falls below a threshold of £21,000 and that any unpaid debts are paid off after 30 years.
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Yn ôl ffynonellau o'r blaid Geidwadol, mae Mr Reckless, Aelod Cynulliad rhanbarthol dros Ddwyrain De Cymru, wedi cynnal trafodaethau gydag Andrew RT Davies, arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr yng Nghymru.
Mae disgwyl cyhoeddiad ddydd Iau fydd yn arwain at Mr Reckless yn ymuno â grŵp y Torïaid ym Mae Caerdydd.
Serch hynny, mae'n ymddangos mai aelod annibynnol fydd Mr Reckless, yn hytrach na'i fod yn ailymuno â'r Blaid Geidwadol.
Mae yna beth anfodlonrwydd am dderbyn Mr Reckless yn ôl i'r blaid, yn dilyn ei gyhoeddiad dramatig yn 2014, pan adawodd e'r Ceidwadwyr i ymuno ag UKIP.
Aeth yr Aelod Seneddol dros Rochester a Strood ar y pryd ymlaen i ennill is-etholiad ym mis Tachwedd y flwyddyn honno, cyn colli'r sedd yn etholiad cyffredinol Mai 2015.
Cafodd ei ethol i'r Cynulliad ym mis Mai 2016, wrth i UKIP ennill ei seddi cyntaf ym Mae Caerdydd. Fe yw cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Newid Hinsawdd, Amgylchedd a Materion Gwledig.
Yn y gorffennol, mae Mr Reckless hefyd wedi bod yn ymchwilydd i Douglas Carswell, adawodd UKIP fis diwethaf.
Byddai ymuno â'r Ceidwadwyr yn y Cynulliad yn golygu mai'r Toriaid fyddai'r ail blaid fwyaf yn y Cynulliad gyda 12 sedd, gyda Phlaid Cymru ar 11.
A Farc negotiator told Colombian broadcaster Noticias Uno "there won't be a signing of the final agreement on 23 March".
He blamed the government for the delay.
The two sides have been holding peace talks for three years to end more than 50 years of armed conflict.
Senior Farc negotiator Jesus Santrich told Noticias Uno that the delay had been caused by government negotiators "changing the rules of the game".
The deadline of 23 March 2016 for the signing of a final agreement had been set by President Juan Manuel Santos on 23 September.
That day, the president travelled to Cuba to announce that the two sides had reached agreement on the issue of transitional justice, one of the thorniest on the agenda.
He and Farc leader Timochenko shook hands at the conference centre in Havana, where the talks have been taking place since November 2012.
A day later, however, another Farc negotiator, Ivan Marquez, was already casting doubt on the viability of the six-month deadline to sign a final agreement.
On Sunday, Jesus Santrich re-iterated those doubts.
He blamed government negotiator for the delay saying they had gone back on points which had already been agreed.
"That was a closed deal," Jesus Santrich said of the agreement on transitional justice.
"And then we had to discuss it twice more, and they [the government] came up with this made-up theory that this was just a draft," he said.
The government maintains the deal on transitional justice reached on 23 September only covered some points and that a comprehensive deal was only reached on 15 December.
The next item on the agenda will be the disarmament of the rebels.
An estimated 220,000 people have been killed as a result of the 51-year-long conflict and more than six million have been internally displaced.
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Britney Cooper hit a 48-ball 61 as West Indies made 143-6 batting first, while Sophie Devine picked up 4-22.
New Zealand began well in reply, but lost their leading run-scorers Devine and Suzie Bates in the seventh over.
Sara McGlashan and Amy Satterthwaite put on 59, but Stafanie Taylor's three late wickets proved crucial as the White Ferns subsided to 137-8.
West Indies, who have never won a global title in the women's game, will play Australia in Kolkata on Sunday in a rematch of the 2013 World Cup final.
They were indebted to a superb innings from number three Cooper, who did not play in West Indies' previous game and averaged just nine from 44 previous T20 internationals.
The defeat completes a double disappointment for New Zealand, whose men's team lost their semi-final against England on Wednesday - with both teams having come into those games unbeaten.
West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor: "We have been waiting for this for four years now and it's fantastic to be in a final. If we are consistent enough we can definitely win in the final."
New Zealand captain Suzie Bates: "Credit to the way West Indies batted, especially Britney Cooper who took the game away from us with a good performance. Probably 140 was too much - we thought we could do it, but we lost wickets at crucial times."
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Roman Roslovtsev, known for protesting against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Putin mask, crossed into Ukraine from Belarus.
He told local television he was seeking asylum because of persecution by the Russian security service.
Ukraine's border agency said that an application for asylum was being reviewed by migration authorities.
The agency published a statement which did not name Mr Roslovtsev, but said a "famous Russian writer and public figure" known for protest activities had applied for asylum.
Mr Roslovtsev, 36, has been detained as least nine times by Russian authorities after walking in Moscow's Red Square in his Putin mask.
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Authorities say his actions breach Russian protest laws. Mr Roslovtsev says he is protesting over the exact laws which are cited in his arrests, which he describes as "absurd".
Born and raised in Moscow, he trained as an accountant before choosing to protest against Russia's actions in Ukraine.
He was filmed by the BBC this year protesting against Article 212.1 - a controversial Russian statute which allows people who breach protest laws to be jailed for up to five years.
After 20 days in police custody he said the time had not been pleasant, "but if their aim is to stop me protesting, they've achieved the total opposite".
Moscow remains at odds with Kiev following Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its alleged support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Anderson must undertake return to play protocol after suffering a blow to the head while batting in Tuesday's second ODI between the sides at Stormont.
Anderson scored 26 batting at three in his sixth ODI appearance for Ireland.
Afghanistan beat the hosts by 39 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series after the first game between the sides was abandoned because of rain on Sunday.
Leinster Lightning captain Anderson was struck on the helmet by a Shapoor Zadran bouncer in the 30th over of Tuesday's match, and has since shown symptoms of a concussion.
Before being available for selection again, the 33-year-old must complete a return to play protocol so his availability for the remaining fixtures on Sunday and Tuesday has yet to be determined.
Anderson will remain part of the squad in Belfast during his recovery.
In the age of devolution, it is shorter than it used to be and led by a backbencher rather than a government minister.
Unusually, in this year's debate the secretary of state for Wales didn't even speak. Stephen Crabb's absence was highlighted by Labour MPs, including his Labour shadow Nia Griffith.
"I am amazed to see that the Secretary of State for Wales is not in his place to respond to today's debate," she said. "This is despite him making an extremely important announcement about fundamental changes to the Wales Bill on Monday to journalists and not to thishouse, with the Wales Office tweeting at the time that MPs could wait until today to debate these changes."
Mr Crabb's deputy, Alun Cairns, told MPs he had "parliamentary business elsewhere". This was later updated to "an important telephone conversation" with Welsh Economy Minister Edwina Hart.
Caerphilly Labour MP Wayne David suggested Mr Crabb may have resigned or even died.
He said: "Not only am I concerned about the secretary of state being absent from this important debate, but I am also concerned that he was absent at a StDavid's Day reception hosted in Lancaster House earlier today.
"Perhaps he has died or perhaps he has resigned and not told the house?"
Shortly afterwards, as if to prove that reports of his demise were premature, Mr Crabb did appear in the chamber, but did not speak during the debate.
There was another possible explanation for his absence - he was photographed at the Conservative Women's Bexley lunch, where guests tweeted photographs of him speaking to them.
A Wales Office spokesman said "It is very common for junior ministers to respond to backbench debates and the secretary of state was there for the closing speeches".
Asked about the "parliamentary business elsewhere", the Wales Office said it would not discuss the secretary of state's diary (although Mr Crabb himself retweeted photographs from the lunch).
Mr David accused Mr Crabb of showing "disrespect" to MPs and to First Minister Carwyn Jones, whose reception he failed to attend.
The debate itself, led by Aberavon Labour MP Stephen Kinnock, was a largely consensual affair, with little to trouble the headline writers. You can read the exchanges (including the ones Mr Crabb missed) here.
Separate factions within the shareholder group are understood to be unable to agree whether to accept an improved offer to settle claims they were misled about the strength of the bank's finances when asked to pump in more money in 2008, months before RBS nearly collapsed.
Judge Robert Hildyard adjourned the case until 7 June, but warned this would be the final chance to reach an out-of-court settlement. He said the two sides must inform him whether a settlement has been reached by 1 June.
The judge said he understood that it was "an exceptional case with exceptional logistical problems", but added: "We must have certainty one way or the other. The court must know whether the matter is to proceed or not."
He had already expressed his impatience at the delays.
In a brief hearing on Wednesday, Jonathan Nash QC, for the claimants, told the judge that "progress towards a settlement remains good".
Both sides will attend court on Thursday for a short hearing to update the judge on further progress.
The majority of shareholders have agreed to accept the deal.
However, groups representing some of the smaller claims are thought to be keen to fight the case, which would involve seeing disgraced former boss Fred Goodwin give evidence on his role in the bank's near-collapse.
The cost of the legal action already exceeds £100m and without the backing of the larger shareholders, smaller groups may struggle to find the financial resources to fight a trial scheduled to take 14 weeks.
A spokesperson for the investor group did not respond to requests for comment, while RBS declined to comment.
For the first time, couples who have children from a previous relationship will be able to have IVF treatment on the NHS.
The number of cycles women undergo will also be increased from two to three to increase the chances of success.
It follows recommendations made by the National Infertility Group.
It is understood the changes to allow the treatment for couples who have a child living in their home could come in from September of this year.
The Scottish government will have talks with health boards about the possibility of allowing three cycles of IVF from April 2017.
One in seven couples will have difficulty having a child, and about 2% of births in the UK are now the result of fertility treatment.
Scotland's health service has already met a target to see couples within a year and provide two rounds of treatment.
Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell said she hoped widening access to IVF would help more couples who were struggling to conceive.
She added: "Scotland already leads the way on IVF access and rights in UK, and these changes will ensure Scotland's provision is a fair and generous as possible."
She was responding to the publication of a report by the National Infertility Group, which had recommended the changes.
But Ms Campbell said the government would not be accepting a recommendation to remove eligibility for couples where the woman is aged between 40 and 42.
The existing criteria in this area would remain, Ms Campbell said, with women in that age range eligible for one cycle of treatment, if the couple fulfil certain additional criteria.
The National Fertility Group had said that successful outcomes for fertility treatment for women between 40 and 42 were "very poor".
'Devastating effect'
Prof Adam Balen, chairman of the British Fertility Society, said the announcement on the extension of IVF treatment was "great news for people in Scotland planning a family who have fertility problems".
He added: "Infertility affects one in seven couples, and treatment should be available on the NHS. Infertility can have a devastating effect on people's lives, causing distress, depression, and the breakdown of relationships.
"IVF treatment is cost-effective and enables childless couples the chance to have much wanted families."
The society has pointed to a "gulf" between IVF funding in Scotland and England, saying there was still a "postcode lottery" for fertility services south of the border.
The Jags had been accused of listing an ineligible player by naming Callum Murray as a substitute in last week's game against Formartine United.
But the league's management committee decided no action would be taken against the club.
However, it also decided that its rules would be reworded.
Murray, who did not play in the 0-0 draw with Formartine, had recently been recalled from a loan spell with Highland League rivals Deveronvale to cover for injuries.
In season 1992-1993, Elgin City won the Highland League but were later stripped of the title after having been found to have fielded ineligible players.
Buckie are likely to win the championship if they beat bottom side Strathspey Thistle on Saturday.
The Jags and Cove Rangers are two points behind Brora Rangers, but the present leaders have played all of their games.
Buckie have a superior goal difference over Cove, who face 12th-placed Lossiemouth, going into the final game of the season.
The title winners will have a chance to win promotion to League Two of the Scottish Professional Football League.
Victors of the Highland and Lowland Leagues will meet in a play-off to decide who should face League Two's bottom club in the play-off final.
Highways England has proposed junction 10A, claiming it will reduce congestion at junction 10 about 700 metres (0.4 miles) to the east.
The new junction will use two bridges and connect to the A20 and a new dual carriageway link road built to the A2070 near Sevington.
Project manager Salvatore Zappala said it would "unlock the potential for future growth in the Ashford area".
A nine-week public consultation on the plans will run from 14 January until 17 March.
There will also be a series of public exhibitions in Ashford.
John O'Sullivan was denied in the first half by the reactions of Rovers goalkeeper Remi Matthews, before Andy Butler headed over in reply.
Doncaster then went close as Andy Williams intercepted a poor back pass only to fire over the crossbar.
Clarke punished Doncaster's wastefulness, volleying home with 13 minutes left to play.
The result keeps Bury well-clear of relegation danger, but Doncaster are eight points from safety, having failed to win a league game since 2 January.
Bury manager David Flitcroft told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"The goal was immaculate. He creates chances for himself, but the rest of the players had to work hard for the clean sheet.
"It's a massive clean sheet. You don't play against a Darren Ferguson team that lies down.
"We had to withstand a lot of pressure, but we expected that.
"We said to the players before the game, to get a zero, we're going to have to work incredibly hard."
The Mercedes driver came under scrutiny over his behaviour at the same media event in Japan, during which he gave short answers and played on his phone.
He also said fans and not journalists should ask the questions and walked out of a post-qualifying Mercedes briefing.
Hamilton trails team-mate Nico Rosberg by 33 points with just four races left.
The 31-year-old was upset by criticism of his behaviour in the pre-Japan news conference by some in the media, and after qualifying on Saturday told a group of journalists that he was "not here to answer your questions".
He added: "I don't really plan on sitting here many more times for these kind of things." He has since blocked a number of F1 journalists on Twitter.
However, his resolve on this issue has been quickly challenged by governing body the FIA heading into the Austin weekend, as attendance at the six-driver Thursday news conference is mandatory under the sport's regulations.
Hamilton's Mercedes commitments also appear to be unchanged.
According to the media schedule released by the team, Hamilton is due to fulfil his written media obligations after qualifying and the race.
Hamilton finished third in Suzuka as Rosberg picked up his ninth win of the season.
Rosberg can now afford to finish second to Hamilton at the remaining races and still claim a maiden world title.
Output fell by 0.9% in June compared with May.
Between April and June it fell by 0.7% compared with the first three months of the year.
The release mainly covers the period in the run up to the referendum, which was held on 23 June.
An influential survey released last week, the Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI), indicated that activity in the construction industry also fell in July, confirming "a clear loss of momentum since the second quarter of 2016".
However it suggested that the Brexit vote was the main factor weighing on activity.
Brexit latest: housing and construction
"The downturn looks set to deepen in the third quarter," said Samuel Tombs from Pantheon Economics.
"Meanwhile, Brexit negotiations will be protracted, so businesses will hold off committing to major capital expenditure for a long time to come," he added.
"In addition, the public investment plans won't be reviewed until the Autumn Statement at the end of the year and few construction projects are genuinely 'shovel ready'.
"Accordingly, we continue to think that a slump in construction activity will play a key role in pushing the overall economy into recession over the coming quarters."
The Hatters, trailing 3-2 from the first leg, fell further behind when Nathan Delfouneso opened the scoring.
Kelvin Mellor's own goal, Scott Cuthbert's header and Danny Hylton's penalty then hauled Luton in front.
But Armand Gnanduillet made it 5-5 on aggregate, before Stuart Moore's own goal sent the visitors to Wembley.
Goalkeeper Moore's misfortunate capped an incredible night of League Two play-off action, as Exeter City beat Carlisle United in the other semi-final - also 6-5 on aggregate and also courtesy of a 95th-minute winner.
The Grecians had looked to be coasting towards the final on Sunday, 28 May before Carlisle scored two late goals to level the tie.
But Jack Stacey's spectacular long-range strike in stoppage time means Blackpool will face Exeter in the Wembley showpiece.
Having only confirmed their place in the play-offs on the final day of the regular season, the Tangerines' passage to the final appeared a straightforward one when Delfouneso put them 4-2 ahead on aggregate.
But Luton, roared on by a partisan home crowd, battled back and deservedly levelled the tie by half-time of the second leg through a Mellor own goal and Cuthbert's well-placed header.
They completed the turnaround early in the second half in controversial circumstances - striker Hylton appeared to dive to win the penalty with which he made it 5-4 on aggregate, a chipped Panenka effort that went in off the bar.
Blackpool were not to be outdone, however, and the impressive Gnanduillet headed in to level matters and send the last-four match towards extra time.
But, as at St James Park, there was more drama to come when Jordan Cook tried to clear Mellor's header off the line, but instead hit the back of Moore and the ball crept into the net to send Blackpool, who have dropped from the top tier to the fourth tier in the space of six years, into the final.
Luton Town manager Nathan Jones:
"I'm a bit shaken. We showed we are a good side but also that we are a naive side at times. We dominated and were excellent the way we played.
"I'm really proud of my team. We were in total control of the game and two little incidents cost us the game. Up until 75 minutes we were in total control."
Blackpool manager Gary Bowyer:
"We gifted them two goals. But the courage these boys had to come back was brilliant.
"We knew if we could get to 3-2 they'd be nervy - as all teams are - but it was amazing the bravery they had to play still.
"It's what you play football for, and you have to realise what these supporters have been through the last few years.
"We were 14th on 14 February and have gone on the run, we've come here to the favourites in the play-offs and won."
Match ends, Luton Town 3, Blackpool 3.
Second Half ends, Luton Town 3, Blackpool 3.
Own Goal by Stuart Moore, Luton Town. Luton Town 3, Blackpool 3.
Attempt blocked. Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ian Black with a cross.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Glen Rea.
Attempt blocked. Neil Danns (Blackpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kelvin Mellor.
Attempt saved. Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Brad Potts.
Attempt missed. Ian Black (Blackpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bright Samuel following a corner.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Stuart Moore.
Attempt missed. Bright Samuel (Blackpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Armand Gnanduillet.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Tom Aldred.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Dan Potts.
Attempt saved. Brad Potts (Blackpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bright Samuel.
Attempt missed. Mark Cullen (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bright Samuel with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Mark Cullen (Blackpool) because of an injury.
Substitution, Luton Town. Jordan Cook replaces Olly Lee.
Attempt missed. Olly Lee (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dan Potts with a cross.
Offside, Blackpool. Ian Black tries a through ball, but Mark Cullen is caught offside.
Olly Lee (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Olly Lee (Luton Town).
Brad Potts (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Bright Samuel (Blackpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Armand Gnanduillet.
Isaac Vassell (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mark Cullen (Blackpool).
Goal! Luton Town 3, Blackpool 2. Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mark Cullen.
Substitution, Blackpool. Bright Samuel replaces Andy Taylor.
Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Neil Danns (Blackpool).
Attempt missed. Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Alan Sheehan.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by James Justin.
Foul by Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town).
Ian Black (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Danny Hylton (Luton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pelly Ruddock.
Attempt missed. Danny Hylton (Luton Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Olly Lee.
Attempt blocked. Glen Rea (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Sheehan with a headed pass.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Kelvin Mellor.
Attempt saved. Clark Robertson (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ian Black with a cross.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Pelly Ruddock.
The road bridge over the River Wharfe at Tadcaster partially collapsed in December, with a temporary footbridge currently connecting the two sides.
Plans to widen the bridge were agreed at a council meeting, but in a letter the Samuel Smith's Brewery said the proposal contradicted planning policy.
The brewery did not wish to comment.
Repairs to the bridge are set to conclude in December, with paths widened to improve safety for pedestrians.
The seven-page letter said the proposal was "contrary to the provisions of the adopted Development Plan and national planning policy".
It said the move could impact "important nature conservation interests" and did not consider the effect it would have "on the behaviour of flood waters".
Chris Metcalfe, county councillor for Tadcaster at North Yorkshire County Council, said the brewery could apply for a judicial review on the move.
Speaking to BBC Radio York, the Conservative councillor said: "The brewery had every opportunity to lodge any objection within the statutory consultation period.
"It's absolutely mind-blowing to take this view, especially when aware of the public opinion in Tadcaster."
The government pledged £3m for repair work within days of the bridge collapse, and £1.4m was given by the region's Local Enterprise Partnership to widen and strengthen the bridge.
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has announced an immediate inquiry.
Milan's Kevin-Prince Boateng sparked the walk-off by picking up the match-ball midway through the first half and kicking it into the crowd.
The Ghana international then removed his shirt and was followed by both sets of players and officials.
There had been appeals for the abuse to stop from the public address announcer.
I can only salute Milan's decision to leave the pitch. Also noted that the majority of the fans were completely supportive of the players
Former Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspur player Boateng later tweeted: "Shame that these things still happen... #StopRacismforever."
FIGC president Giancarlo Abete branded the incident "unspeakable and intolerable".
In a statement on the FIGC website, Abete added: "We must react with force and without silence to isolate the few criminals that transformed a friendly match into an uproar that offends all of Italian football."
On his way from the pitch, Boateng applauded sections of the crowd, who then reacted angrily towards the corner of the ground from where the chants came.
It was quickly established that play would not restart and Milan's official website said other black players in their side - M'Baye Niang, Urby Emanuelson and Sulley Muntari - suffered abuse.
Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri told reporters: "We are disappointed and saddened by what has happened.
"Milan play for the right to respect all players. We need to stop these uncivilised gestures.
"We are sorry for all the other fans who came here for a beautiful day of sport. We promise to return, and we are sorry for the club and players of Pro Patria, but we could not make any other decision.
"I hope it can be an important signal."
Milan's organising director Umberto Gandini told BBC Sport: "It is so sad but we had to give a strong signal. Very proud of all Milan players for their decision."
Fellow players, including Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany, threw their support behind Boateng and his team-mates.
Kompany said: "I can only salute Milan's decision to leave the pitch. Also noted that the majority of the fans were completely supportive of the players."
However, not all players believe Boateng took the correct action. Former Milan star Clarence Seedorf told BBC Radio 5 live: "I don't feel it's such a fabulous thing. These people will feel empowered now. They should just be identified and kicked out of the stadium."
Piara Powar, executive director of Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE), called for the FIGC to take strong action.
"We salute Kevin-Prince Boateng for his actions and his team-mates for their support," said Powar.
"This is the not the first time a player has walked off in Italy - if the situation continues it may not be the last.
"Italy, as much as any country in Europe, has a serious problem of racism to deal with. Football infrastructure is in need of renewal and at serious odds with the changing nature of Italian society.
"We look forward to strong action by the FIGC."
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Prime Minister of Canada and internet darling Justin Trudeau has shown the rest of the world's leaders how to do publicity once again - by bringing his three-year-old to the office.
A prime minister's business never stops - his official itinerary for the day included a national caucus meeting, questions in the House of Commons, and a meeting with the university presidents.
But he still found time for hide-and-seek.
Little Hadrien Trudeau literally had the run of the place - illustrious marble corridors and all - and stole the show in a series of photos posted to social media.
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Artistic director Donald Shaw has picked out some of his highlights:
"A big part of the festival is shows that are unique," says Donald Shaw. "These are shows that will never come together again, one-off moments musically."
He says Calexico and guests is one of the many shows that fall into that category.
The band, who are named after a California/Mexico border town, straddle musical boundaries but there is a "distinct roots element to what they do", says Donald Shaw.
The Celtic Connections show, Across the Borderline, is about women's experiences of crossing borders.
"Some of the guests include people like Guatemalan Latin Grammy winner Gaby Moreno and US songstress Pieta Brown," the artistic director says.
"It is the opposite of Trump's plan to build a wall between Mexico and the US. It is about musically how there are artists on both sides of the border influenced by each other.
"I think it will be a special night. It will be one of those typical celebratory nights."
"Shooglenifty are no strangers to Celtic Connections," says Donald Shaw.
"They are one of the great troubadours of fusion-trad music, a Highland band who have toured the world and played in venues like Sydney Opera house and Borneo World Music Festival.
"Very sadly their fiddler Angus R Grant passed away this year through cancer. So it's a very special night. They are bringing in a lot of well-known fiddlers who have been inspired by Angus's playing and by the band.
"I think there is something like 60 or 80 musicians involved.
"They are a band that would have been playing in the very first years of Celtic Connections, they would have been part of the scene, so it is an important night."
2017 is the 150th anniversary of Canada coming together as a state.
"One of the shows we are doing is with Le Vent Du Nord and De Temps Antan, who are actually two Quebec bands", says Donald Shaw.
"As part of the night they will raise a hand in solidarity to the great country that they live in."
Mr Shaw adds: "The music they play, Quebecois traditional music and work songs, has been a big influence on the change in folk music in this country.
"A lot of the songs are in French but the melodies have been inspired by Scottish and Irish traditions that were there 200 or 300 years ago.
"It is a fascinating region musically."
"It is the 70th anniversary of independence for India and we have a special show for that," says Donald Shaw.
It features Trilok Gurtu and Evelyn Glennie.
He says: "Glennie, of course, is one of the top percussionists in this country and Trilok is one of the great Indian percussionists, who has worked with all sorts of people, including Bjork, Jan Garbarek and Salif Keita.
"It is going to be a fantastic meeting of minds and probably one of the more unusual gigs we put on."
Artistic director Donald Shaw says: "Celtic Connections, which has been running since 1994, shares a similar timeframe with the Feisean movement.
"This is the Gaelic festival movement that was set up nearly 30 years ago and is one of the reasons why traditional music and Gaelic song has experienced such a strong renaissance.
"The Feisean movement was set up with the idea of having weekend festivals and masterclasses to teach young people traditional music and Gaelic song.
"It is a very simple idea but that built up over the years and through that movement we found a way to reach a new generation."
He adds: "One of the shows we have is Fèis Rois, one of the Feisean groups from Ross-shire, who have created a show with fiddler Lauren MacColl.
"She has written music inspired by the Brahan Seer, the 17th Century 'Scottish Nostradamus' who lived near Dingwall.
"I think it will be pretty compelling in terms of musicians involved."
"Dirt Road is a book by the Scottish author James Kelman," says Donald Shaw.
"It is a fantastic book that was released in the last year, all about the southern heartlands of the US and its zydeco and Appalachian music.
"The book is basically a love story between a father and son on a travelogue. They end up in Louisiana and their lives are transformed by the music there."
He adds: "One of the festival's great musicians is Dirk Powell, who has toured with people like Jack White, Joan Baez and Eric Clapton.
"He's coming with his own show, along with one of the great Louisiana singers Jon Cleary.
"If you like a bit of deep south Americana music, that will be one to check out."
"Shirley Collins was a big name in the 1960s folk revival," says Donald Shaw.
"She had amazing experiences collecting songs in the 1960s with Alan Lomax.
"In the 70s she lost her voice and she has not done anything for 35 years. This is her returning to the live stage for the first time.
"It is a pretty special moment. She has special surprise guests with her and I guess she is very revered in the English folk scene. She is one of the great singers and great collectors of folk songs."
"Balkanopolis is something a bit out of the ordinary," says artistic director Donald Shaw.
"Slododan Trkuja is a great Serbian singer and multi-instrumentalist. He has a band, who are known as a 'circus', called Balkanopolis.
"The whole night is a celebration of Balkan music.
"If you have never experienced a night of crazed Balkan music, it is worth checking out."
Slododan Trkuja is also involved in La Banda Europa.
Donald Shaw says: "It is almost like a political statement. It is a band of 35 musicians from all over Europe coming together."
Edinburgh composer and producer Jim Sutherland is behind the project and will premiere the new music he has written for it.
Donald Shaw says: "It is about saying 'whatever rhetoric we get from the politicians, it is very much ignored by the musicians'.
"Musicians need free movement to survive, otherwise the traditions won't evolve at all.
"The original music commissioned back in 2008 was inspired by the unusual musical instruments from the European folk communities and this is an update with a brand new piece called We Are An Ocean.
"It'll be a pretty majestic night."
Two of Brazil's finest female performers - Roberta Sá and Baby do Brasil - are to play together as part of the festival's special link with the South American country this year.
Donald Shaw says they are two divas of Brazilian music. "They are two fantastic, soulful female singers in the one gig."
Celtic Connections has brought six Brazilian stars over to Scotland this year in conjunction with the Mimo festival in Brazil.
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Lukaku, 23, scored twice in a 4-0 win over Hull to help his side go level on points with fifth-placed Arsenal days after turning down a new contract.
The Belgian is the Premier League's leading scorer with 21 goals.
"You need to have hope in life. The fans love Romelu Lukaku and everyone loves Rom," said Koeman afterwards.
Former Chelsea player Lukaku has turned down the most lucrative contract offer in Everton's history.
The Toffees had been confident the Belgium international would sign a new five-year deal thought to be worth around £140,000 a week.
Everton fans roared when Lukaku's name was read out at Goodison Park on Saturday.
The hosts were leading 2-0 when Lukaku struck twice in added time to seal his side's sixth successive home league win.
He is the first Everton player to score at least 20 league goals in a season since Gary Lineker hit 30 in 1985-86.
"You are surprised about this?" added Koeman when asked about Lukaku's performance.
"He is a professional and every professional gives the best for the club, the players, for everybody.
"Of course we like to keep best players and we will do the maximum to keep these players.
"But the final decision will be with the player himself."
Former England striker Alan Shearer on Match of the Day
"The impressive thing is that this is his fifth full season and he is on target to play over 30 games in every season, which is superb.
"I do think he'll go. I think the big boys will come sniffing for him. I think Manchester United will be looking for a forward or two, as will Arsenal and Chelsea.
"He's 23 years old, got a fantastic goalscoring record. They paid £28m for him? When you look at the prices now, you're talking £60m, £70m?"
Meanwhile, Everton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is facing "several weeks" out after suffering a calf injury against Hull.
The French midfielder, 27, had to be replaced after half an hour.
"I am a little bit worried he will be out for several weeks but we need to wait for the scan to know what happened," Koeman said.
Everton are sixth in the table on 50 points with nine games remaining.
Their first game back after the international break is away to Liverpool in the Merseyside derby on Saturday, 1 April (12:30 BST).
They were advised to agree proposals to set up a "waste transfer facility" on a site at Easter Langlee, near Galashiels.
The council's existing landfill site is due to reach capacity in 2017.
Plans to build a plant which would produce energy from the region's waste were scrapped earlier this year.
From January 2021, landfill sites in Scotland will no longer be able to accept biodegradable municipal waste that has not met "stringent pre-treatment processes".
A report to Scottish Borders Council estimated that the new transfer facility will cost £5.5m.
A spokesman for the council said: "The report recommends that the landfill site is closed in 2017, and that a waste transfer station is developed at Easter Langlee to take its place.
"The landfill will subsequently be restored and waste will be transported out of the Borders to alternative treatment facilities in order to comply with the 2021 landfill ban.
"This option is considered to represent the most flexible and cost effective way forward for the council at the current time. It will also provide time for the development of the council's new waste management plan."
About 40,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste is put into the Easter Langlee landfill site by the council every year.
The Commission, which drafts EU laws, says there is too much national fragmentation in Europe's air traffic control - and that costs the EU nearly 5bn euros (£4bn) annually.
It says the Single European Sky plan could triple air traffic and cut costs.
Currently flights are too long, creating extra pollution, it says.
The Commission estimates that Europe's air management inefficiencies add 42km (26 miles) to the average flight.
It adds that the US - a comparable aviation market - handles twice as many flights for the amount that Europe spends on flight management.
The EU Transport Commissioner, Siim Kallas, said that early next year he would present new draft legislation to accelerate implementation of the single airspace plan and to step up enforcement actions, including infringement procedures where necessary.
Member states which fail to implement EU laws on time can be taken to the European Court of Justice, which has the power to impose fines.
The single airspace plan sets performance targets aimed at boosting airspace capacity and cutting costs.
Under the plan, the many national air traffic control systems would be merged into nine Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs).
A European network manager would also have new centralised powers, including authority for route planning.
Major firms, such as Ford, General Motors and Toyota, have reported sales dips in the first half of the year.
They come after a record 17.55 million cars, SUVs, minivans and pick-up trucks were sold in 2016.
Forecasters expect US sales to fall to about 17 million this year, as demand recedes after years of increases.
Sales growth in previous years was boosted by unusually low borrowing costs and pent-up demand, as cash-strapped households delayed purchases during the economic downturn around 2009.
"That was not sustainable forever," James Lentz, the chief of Toyota North America, told the BBC's Michelle Fleury.
America - where more than 90% of households own at least one vehicle - is known for its car-loving culture, suburbs and weak mass transit.
But the 2016 record for new car sales wasn't that much higher than the 17.4 million peak set in 2000 - even though the US has 42 million more people, and carmakers were offering buyers generous incentives.
With technology set to transform driving, and more and more people around the world living in dense, traffic-logged cities, the slowdown could be a warning that carmakers face a bigger problem.
"There's a pretty general consensus that this recent phase of elevated auto sales is coming to an end, and really the question is whether it's going to end with a hiss or a pop," says Tony Dutzik, a senior policy analyst at Frontier Group, a liberal think tank.
Until the economy contracts more broadly, there's unlikely to be a dramatic sales decline in the US, says Katherine Davidson, a London-based global sector specialist for the asset manager Schroders. But growth in the long term is more unlikely, she says.
"Whether we have passed peak forever in the US is I think the bigger debate," she says. "It's entirely possible we have seen the best years of the US auto market."
One theory used to explain stalling sales growth in the US is that younger Americans, who were hurt disproportionately by the economic crisis, are waiting longer to buy cars, just as they are waiting to make decisions about marriage, homeownership and child bearing.
The average age of buyers of new vehicles in the US increased about seven years between 2000 and 2015, and is now around 50, though the precise number varies depending on the survey.
"I think the way Americans move through their life stages is changing a little bit," says Stephanie Brinley, a senior analyst at IHS Markit.
As the US economy improves and the generation knocked by the recession ages and regains its economic footing, it will help sustain car sales, says Mr Lentz, of Toyota.
"We're very, very bullish on Gen Y and the car industry," Mr Lentz told the BBC, referring to the generation, also known as millennials, often defined as being born roughly between 1980 and 1994.
Indeed, the share of purchases by buyers born between 1977 and 1994 has already increased from 21% in 2012 to about 29% today, says Thomas King at JD Power, a marketing information services firm headquartered in California.
The growth paused this year as credit tightened amid concerns about too easy car loans, but Mr King expects it to increase over the long term.
That group clearly has an appetite for new cars - including larger ones such as SUVs and minivans - key sources of sales strength in recent years, says Jeremy Acevedo, an analyst for Edmunds,
But he says carmakers shouldn't rely on younger buyers to drive new sales. He says they're already part of the market, getting access to cars through family help and other means.
"Even if they're not out there registering ... it's still very clear that they're influencing car sales, and still driving vehicles around on roads today," he says.
Yet Gen Y's level of future purchases is also hard to predict because of bigger changes, says Mr Dutzik of Frontier Group.
This generation is the first to enter prime car-buying years with e-commerce and ride hailing services such as Uber and Lyft widely available, he says.
"You have a set of folks right now ... who have before them a range of options that have been available to no previous generation," says Mr Dutzik.
"The question is how is it going to change [their decisions]? And that's something I think we're still learning."
For carmakers, the future is especially hazy, since car-sharing firms might step up their purchases, even if future households scale back, he added.
Mr King of JD Power says he expects US sales to remain at about the current levels over the next few years, thanks in part to financial incentives for buyers.
"Overall the demand [from regular households] still remains very high from a historical perspective, and the rate of decline is very, very modest," he says.
Mr Lentz, of Toyota, also expects a plateau. But some companies have told investors they are ready for a sharper contraction.
Chuck Stevens chief financial officer at General Motors, said in April: "We are very cognizant of that we operate in a cyclical industry, and we're eight years into expansion, and it's not like we're sitting and waiting for a downturn to be prepared."
A 2016 McKinsey report predicted the annual growth rate for global car sales would slow to about 2% by 2030, due to economic factors and increased use of taxi and car-sharing services.
Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler are among the firms that have announced layoffs in recent months.
Companies are also shifting resources away from the US and Europe to markets such as China, where a growing middle class is predicted to drive strong growth.
But there are risks in those markets too, as rapid urbanisation and traffic jams keep demand for cars in check.
"We believe forecasters have overstated demand growth expectations for the global car fleet, by failing to factor in the impact from population density and congestion in emerging market urban areas," analysts at LGIM wrote in a note in June.
One thing is certain, Ms Brinley of IHS Markit says: "It's a cyclical industry. It always has been."
The 29-year-old has passed 1,000 first-class runs in each of the past three seasons, and has 575 Championship runs at an average of 44.23 in 2016.
"The desire to play for England is as strong as it has ever been," he said.
"I feel now is the right time to accept a new challenge in an environment which will hopefully see me fulfil the dream of playing for England."
Uncapped Stoneman made his debut for Durham in 2007 and has played in three Championship-winning sides, as well as captaining the team which won the One-Day Cup in 2014.
The left-hander, who played alongside Surrey coach Michael Di Venuto at Durham, had been approached by both Surrey and Hampshire.
"Joining Surrey under the guidance of long-time mentor Michael will provide the platform to reach new levels with my batting," he added.
Surrey have not disclosed the length of Stoneman's contract.
Developer Pegasus Life wants to build new homes on the cliff top at Dawlish in Devon where the rail line was closed for more than two months last winter.
Storms left the line, which connects Cornwall and much of Devon with the rest of the UK, dangling in mid air.
Pegasus called it an "excellent and appropriate concept for this wonderful location".
Network Rail has threatened legal action if the scheme goes ahead and results in damage to the line.
Teignbridge Council officers are recommending approval for the plans, subject to Network Rail lifting its objections to the 31 retirement homes at Old Teignmouth Road.
Network Rail told the authority: "We have serious concerns that the proposal if permitted could destabilise the cliff. The area concerned has a high profile of cliff failures and associated rock stabilisation works having to be carried out.
"You should recall we recently had to shut the main line railway as a result of damage to the sea wall caused by storms.
"Before we were able to reopen the railway we also had carefully controlled sea cliff collapses and therefore we know there are potential issues in this locality."
And it warns: "Network Rail will consider any such failure and damage [to the railway line] as an act of nuisance and shall take all necessary action to seek redress for the damage caused and any financial penalties for closure of the railway through the courts."
Howard Phillips, chief executive of Pegasus Life said: "We are committed to creating stunning homes that sit in harmony with their surroundings.
"Prior to our application, there was extensive consultation with the local community, and a high level of support was received.
"We will build the new homes in sensitive appreciation of the special landscape, including ensuring there is a 10m (33ft) exclusion zone from development by the cliffs and would only proceed when Network Rail have the assurances they need."
The council's planning committee is due to consider the application on 13 January.
Mr Charles' manager, Patrice Capogreco, said the actor may take legal action against the drivers and taxi company.
The first incident occurred on Wednesday night after a Melbourne event where Mr Charles was declared Victorian Senior Australian of the Year.
When Mr Charles tried to get in a taxi the driver allegedly demanded upfront payment because "he might not pay".
The second incident occurred at Melbourne airport at 15:00 local time Friday (04:00 GMT).
Mr Charles was attempting to get inside a taxi when it suddenly drove away, Ms Capogreco told the BBC.
"He's a strong, resilient man and it takes a lot to affect him, but enough is enough," she said.
The Victorian taxi regulator said it was investigating the case as a matter of priority.
"This type of behaviour is unacceptable and illegal. [We] deplore discrimination and racism of any kind," the Taxi Services Commission said in a statement.
It said taxi fares must be prepaid for all trips between 22:00 and 05:00.
However, Mr Charles had said Wednesday's incident had occurred at around 21:00.
In an interview before the second incident, Mr Charles told the BBC it was common for Indigenous Australians to be refused a taxi.
He said some Aboriginal Australians were forced to ask strangers to flag taxis down on their behalf.
"We're so used to it ... being abused by this behaviour," Mr Charles said. "White Australia has to get used to the term racial vilification."
The actor had a cameo role in the Warner Brothers Peter Pan sequel film Pan this year. He is best known for his work on Australian films, including Tom White and The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith.
Mr Charles is also well known as an Aboriginal elder and role model.
Musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was involved in a similar incident in 2012.
The service was created by the Labour Party and ever since, it's been seen politically as "theirs".
Labour leader after Labour leader has used the party's historic link with the NHS as an important political dividing line with the Conservatives.
And for the Tories in turn, trying to reduce the public's scepticism about their attitude to the health service has been a huge task. Remember how much David Cameron talked about the NHS? One of his first big campaigns as Tory leader was centred entirely around the service.
And speech after speech, campaign after campaign, he tried to detoxify the impression that the Tories simply couldn't be trusted with nurses and doctors. Part of that was the political decision to protect, or ring fence the NHS budget from cuts, while other parts of the public sector were having their budgets sliced.
But now pressure on the NHS is really starting to bite. For diehard Labour supporters there is just no question about who can look after the service.
And the party's announcement today of an extra £37bn for the NHS in England over five years, roughly an extra 7% every year, is a traditional kind of commitment - billions more go in, Labour outflanking the Tories on public spending.
It's not completely clear, however, how all of the £37bn would be spent. I asked the man who wants to be the health secretary in four weeks time, Jonathan Ashworth.
He outlined £10bn more for infrastructure, extra cash for patient care to get waiting lists back down, £500m for a winter crisis fund, an end to the public sector pay cap, and new targets too.
But while Labour has not yet detailed every single part of its plans, like mental health for example, he couldn't therefore account for every penny of that huge extra sum he wants taxpayers to stump up for.
Nor was he able to give final details on how it would be paid for. Labour is publishing its manifesto on Tuesday, and it's only then that their plans for taxation will become fully clear.
We do know Labour will introduce new taxes for higher earners, the top 5%, and according to Mr Ashworth "every single penny" will go towards the health service.
But until the full details of their economic plans are clear it's just not possible to see if their sums really add up on the NHS, or anything else.
Even senior members of the Shadow Cabinet have still not been given full details of the proposals. Mr Ashworth says they would expect more back from the service in return for more funding. But it's notable that what Labour is promising is essentially more cash, and more targets.
At a time when some are calling for a fundamental rethink, there is not much sign that either of the two big parties are looking at radical rethinks.
PS There are rumours the Conservatives may also promise some more cash for NHS when they launch their manifesto later in the week. I understand the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, has been pushing for extra money. Watch this space.
25 April 2016 Last updated at 07:57 BST
Tyler has been rewarded after he was spotted helping police tidy up after a football match.
He was helping to pick up rubbish after he'd been to watch a Newcastle United match last month.
The police posted the video on social media to try to find out who he was.
Lots of people saw it and identified Tyler as the helpful litter picker.
But an extraordinary rescue on the world's highest mountain has bonded two climbers, one from Israel and one a Turk.
By his own account Nadav Ben-Yehuda was only 300 metres from the summit of Mount Everest, and on course to become the youngest Israeli to conquer it, when he spotted someone lying in the snow, clearly in trouble.
He recognised Aydin Irmak as a Turkish climber he had befriended down at base camp. Other climbers, set on reaching the summit, or just too exhausted by the altitude, had passed by without helping.
Irmak had no gloves, no oxygen and no shelter, according to Ben-Yehuda, and was unconscious.
So the Israeli abandoned the goal he had been preparing for over many months, and helped to carry Irmak down the tough, nine-hour descent to base camp, from where both men were evacuated by helicopter for medical treatment. Both are suffering from frostbite. Irmak would certainly have died without help.
The story has inevitably been widely covered in the Israeli media, but it is also being reported in some Turkish newspapers - a rare piece of positive news about a country many Turks only ever see in the most negative light.
Turkish-Israeli inter-state relations have been deteriorating for many years, driven by a Turkish government which feels outrage over Israeli policy towards the Palestinians, and an Israeli government which has refused to soften that policy to accommodate the sensibilities of the only ally it had in the region.
Relations hit an all-time low in May 2010, when Israeli commandos stormed a ship full of activists trying to break the blockade of Gaza, killing nine Turkish citizens.
Attitudes in Turkish society have also hardened towards Israel. Rising Islamic piety in much of the country has led to a stronger sense of solidarity with perceived Islamic grievances elsewhere, the Palestinian issue foremost until the dramatic Arab uprisings of the past year. That hostility has also been fuelled by Turkish television dramas, which often portray Israel as a brutal military oppressor.
The story of Nadav Ben-Yehuda and Aydin Irmak contradicts that narrative.
So could it help break the ice between Turkey and Israel?
There have been other "ice-breaking" episodes: the time Turkey sent water-bombing aircraft to help Israel combat deadly forest fires in December 2010, and the aid Israel sent to Turkey after the earthquake that struck Van last year. But neither prompted a breakthrough in restoring relations.
Turkey is still adamant that there can be no real improvement until Israel apologises and pays compensation for the nine people killed on board the Gaza flotilla. A Turkish prosecutor has asked a court in Istanbul to accept an indictment of murder against senior Israeli military commanders over the incident.
The two countries are at odds over other issues, in particular Israel's involvement in the exploitation of oil and gas off the coast of Cyprus, a project Turkey opposes because it does not recognise the Cypriot government.
Trade between Israel and Turkey, though, has been largely unaffected - it actually grew last year to well over $3bn (£2bn). Israeli tourist numbers have dropped sharply, but those who come receive the same hospitality given to other visitors in Turkey's more liberal-minded coastal resorts.
The turmoil in the Arab world, especially Turkey's strife-torn neighbour Syria, means that Ankara is once again relying more on its alliance with the US, and co-operation with staunch US allies like Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
And the US is telling Turkey to fix the row with Israel, saying it is an unnecessary distraction from the more serious challenges confronting Ankara in the Middle East. It is still is not clear how that thaw can happen.
But the tale of a good deed high in the Himalayas can only help.
It is the first conviction of a traditional fox hunt under legislation introduced in Scotland in 2002.
Johnny Riley, 24, and his father, John Clive Richardson, 67, of Bonchester Bridge, were fined £400 and £250 respectively for deliberately hunting a fox with dogs near Jedburgh last year.
They plan to appeal against the decision.
During their trial, the pair had denied breaching the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002.
Their defence lawyer David McKie said they had worked within the terms of the legislation by using hounds to flush out a fox from cover to waiting guns.
However, depute fiscal Fiona Caldwell argued the two men had clearly broken the law at Townfoothill near Jedburgh on 16 February last year.
She said evidence had shown it had been a "deliberate course of acts culminating with those responsible for the hunt, hunting the fox with dogs".
The verdict was welcomed by the League Against Cruel Sports Scotland which supplied video footage to the trial.
Its director Robbie Marsland said: "Today's guilty verdict is the first successful prosecution for mounted fox hunting in Scotland and while we're delighted with the outcome, and our role in this, we remain of the view that the law needs strengthened.
"The Scottish government has committed to consult on the hunt ban following a review by Lord Bonomy, who clearly stated there was evidence of lawbreaking by Scottish hunts."
He said the guilty verdict had confirmed that to be the case and said they looked forward to working to help "strengthen the law".
However, the Countryside Alliance voiced disappointment at the conviction claiming the huntsmen had been subjected to "trial by television".
It said footage which had been given to the BBC had put pressure on police and prosecutors to take the case forward.
Director Jamie Stewart said: "Scottish mounted packs not only adhere to the law but also work under an enhanced protocol."
He said the organisation was disappointed with the verdict and would await the full transcript of the judgement before making further comment.
PC Andrew Loughlin, wildlife crime officer for the Scottish Borders, said: "Wildlife crime is a priority for Police Scotland and we will always take action against those who breach wildlife laws.
"I would ask those who undertake countryside pursuits to keep their dogs under control as they will be held accountable should their dogs chase or kill wild mammals.
"We continue to work with our partners to tackle the issue of illegal fox hunting and would encourage anyone who witnesses this activity to get in touch with police via 101."
Trussell Trust figures showed 85,656 three-day food packages were given out in the 2015/16 financial year, compared to 85,875 the year before.
It also said benefit delays and changes remained the biggest causes of Welsh food bank use, at 43% of all referrals.
Wales manager Tony Graham said 85,000 supplies given out in Wales is "85,000 too many".
Of those, 31,267 three-day food packages went to children, figures showed.
But the charity said it was not clear exactly how many people received help because some visited more than once.
"Hunger is clearly an issue that continues to have a real impact on people in this nation," Mr Graham said.
Meanwhile, the charity has partnered with Rhondda Cynon Taf council to see £20,000 go towards rolling out debt and money advice and budget cookery courses in food banks in the area.
Caledonian MacBrayne said the MV Hebrides, sailing from Harris, suffered a technical failure as she was preparing to dock at 11:00 on Sunday.
The speed of the vessel, which had 76 passengers and crew on board, could not be slowed and it crashed into pontoons and rocks on the seabed.
No-one on the ferry or on shore were hurt in the incident.
Travel from Uig on Skye to Tarbert and Lochmaddy is disrupted - with extra sailings on alternative routes.
A team of divers will inspect a below-water area of the hull.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has announced that it has begun an investigation of the incident.
Morag Macleod, who was waiting to board the ferry, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme about the boat's approach to the harbour.
"There was quite of a few of us standing there and we just watched this ferry take a route we had never seen it take before," she said.
"It was going at quite a speed past us into the bay instead of having gone into berth where it usually does by the pier.
"We were seeing it building momentum, thinking crikey the brakes have failed, that's the way it looked."
Calmac said the vessel "encountered a technical failure" and has apologised for the disruption.
In its latest statement on the incident, Calmac said it was continuing to form contingency plans.
The ferry operator has put on two return sailings, instead of the usual single return journey from Lochboisdale on South Uist to Mallaig, on Monday.
There will also be an additional return sailing on the Berneray to Leverburgh, Isle of Harris, route.
CalMac's operations director Drew Collier said: "We are doing everything possible to ease disruption for our customers and apologise for the undoubted inconvenience which is being experienced.
"We are grateful for the support, patience and understanding we have received from passengers and we ask that our customers continue to bear with us while we work to sort out the best alternatives possible.
"The safety of our passengers, crew and vessel is paramount and everyone can be assured that a full formal investigation is under way."
The Premier League club also failed to take notice of a written warning sent three weeks before the final breach.
City were fined £35,000 last month but the written reasons have now been released.
A first-team player missed a test on 1 September 2016 because the hotel address provided was no longer correct.
In addition, City also failed to inform the FA of an extra first-team training session on 12 July 2016, while anti-doping officials were unable to test reserve players on 7 December, 2016 because six of them had been given the day off without the FA being informed.
Clubs are required to provide accurate details of training sessions and player whereabouts so they are available for testing at all times.
If clubs fail to provide this information - or testers are unable to find the players they are looking for - three times in a rolling 12-month period then they are deemed to have breached the rules.
The final breach on 7 December occurred despite the FA writing to City on 14 November to remind them clubs must notify the governing body if five or more players in a particular squad are given a day off from a scheduled session.
They were also warned in writing after the second strike in September.
City told the FA the two training-session breaches were "administrative errors" related to the club's new management team under Pep Guardiola being unfamiliar with the system.
An independent regulatory commission hearing was critical of City's failure to meet their obligations and heed warnings.
"It is no less concerning that in this case, despite the club being made aware of their breaches on two previous occasions [and] the resources available to the club, they failed to deal with these and implement a system to correct this," it said.
BBC Sport's Simon Stone
The fact City accepted the charge is not a surprise.
Doping is a word that attracts big headlines and they are even greater when it is attached to one of the world's leading football clubs.
However, as I understand it, the three breaches of the whereabouts rule were relatively low level.
Still, it is slightly embarrassing for the Blues.
The constitution is a matter "reserved" to Westminster, so as with the referendum last year the Scottish government would need the UK Parliament's approval to hold one.
However, unlike last time, the UK government might not feel bound to allow a vote.
Parliament in London might say that the matter was recently settled and that it would not allow a series of votes in a "neverendum".
Senior SNP figures have said that the vote last September was a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity.
That said, if the SNP put the promise of a referendum in its manifesto and again got a majority for it in the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections, it could be difficult for Westminster to say no.
It would do the Union no good if the UK Parliament could be accused of trying to frustrate Scottish desires.
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Conor Murray's try had given the visitors a narrow lead early in the second half after England had dominated territory and possession but failed to convert it into points.
But two tries in five minutes from Anthony Watson and Mike Brown snatched back control of what had been a tight, error-strewn match.
And ferocious, often last-ditch defence then kept waves of Irish attacks at bay and left Jones's men top of the championship table.
Ireland have now failed to win any of their opening three matches and, with Wales next to visit Twickenham in a fortnight, talk will turn to a possible Grand Slam for the men in white.
It is premature - England must also visit France on the last weekend - but the ebullient Jones will be delighted with the way they came through the sternest test of his young regime.
An open first quarter saw Johnny Sexton and Owen Farrell exchange penalties, both sides ceding promising positions with sloppy errors from cold fingers on a freezing late afternoon.
Ireland were running it from deep, England looking to use the power and bulk of Maro Itoje and the impressive Billy Vunipola to smash holes in the green-shirted wall.
The hosts camped out in the opposition 22 as the half wore on and several times spurned space and numbers out wide, the imprecision that of a team new to each other rather than as familiar as this one should be.
Ireland were giving them a regular helping hand, their half-backs repeatedly failing to clear their lines, and Farrell put his team in front with his second penalty after Murray's pass put Devin Toner in trouble.
Murray was to have his revenge. After James Haskell was sin-binned for a late and high tackle on him, the scrum-half burrowed over from a close-range ruck, Sexton stroking over the conversion from the touchline for a 10-6 lead.
Farrell narrowed it to a one-point match after Toner was penalised for blocking him off, and the 14 men in white held firm until Haskell returned and the momentum swung again.
England went wide right through Nowell, the forwards battered towards the line and, with Irish defenders sucked in, Chris Robshaw's long pass found Watson all alone on the left for the simplest try of the winger's international career.
Five minutes later they struck again. Once again it was Vunipola who crashed through the initial tackles, Watson taking it on and huge gaps appearing on the right for Farrell to send the lurking Brown into the corner.
Only a desperate last-gasp tackle from Jack Nowell denied Robbie Henshaw a try in the corner, and replacement Danny Care then became England's second man to be yellow-carded for not rolling away as Ireland pressed again.
It left the hosts without a recognised scrum-half for the last nine minutes, and as debutant Josh van der Flier drove for the right-hand corner with the defence stretched to breaking it took another new cap, replacement centre Elliot Daly, to somehow hold him up.
England coach Eddie Jones: "I think our performances have stepped up. We were facing a better team today.
"We probably left 10 to 15 points out there, as we couldn't always convert our attacking pressure. We weren't quite sharp enough and we were letting them get a hand in at crucial times.
"Vunipola was great. He just loves playing rugby. He loves the team environment and loves playing for England."
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England: Mike Brown, Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Owen Farrell, Jack Nowell, George Ford, Ben Youngs; Joe Marler, Dylan Hartley (captain), Dan Cole, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Chris Robshaw, James Haskell, Billy Vunipola.
Replacements: Jamie George, Mako Vunipola, Paul Hill, Courtney Lawes, Jack Clifford, Danny Care, Elliot Daly, Alex Goode.
Ireland: Rob Kearney, Andrew Trimble, Robbie Henshaw, Stuart McCloskey, Keith Earls, Jonathan Sexton, Conor Murray; Jack McGrath, Rory Best, Mike Ross, Donnacha Ryan, Devin Toner, CJ Stander, Josh van der Flier, Jamie Heaslip (captain).
Replacements: Richardt Strauss, Cian Healy, Nathan White, Ultan Dillane, Rhys Ruddock, Eoin Reddan, Ian Madigan, Simon Zebo.
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
Touch judges: Nigel Owens (WRU) & Alexandre Ruiz (FFR)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (SARU)
The camera at the junction of Cardiff's Newport Road and Colchester Avenue snapped motorists going through the red light or breaking the 30mph limit.
It caught over three times as many drivers as the next busiest camera - North Road, Cardiff, which had 3,836.
All but one of the ten most prolific Welsh speed cameras are in south Wales.
Figures which show the number of drivers caught speeding by fixed speed cameras on Welsh roads have been released by the GoSafe Partnership - which is made up of local councils, Welsh police forces and the Welsh government.
The camera topping the list on Newport Road, one of the busiest roads in Cardiff - saw 12,107 motorists caught between April 2014 and March 2015, an average of more than 30 a day.
This would generate an estimated £3,000 each day in £100 fixed penalty notices issued to drivers exceeding the 30mph limit.
But Chris Hume, partnership manager at GoSafe, which is responsible for red light and speed camera enforcement, insisted the camera was helping with safety.
"This camera has been there since 2011. The collision history on the 50m stretch of road there in the three years before that was that there were 10 collisions which caused injuries - two of them involved pedestrians," he said.
"Since the camera has been there we have had three collisions.
"That suggests the camera needs to be there. We're talking about one of the busiest arterial roads into Cardiff which has about 36,000 vehicles a day. So only one in every 1,000 drivers are doing something wrong."
He said the cameras were not being used to generate money for councils or police forces, with all the revenue from fines going to the UK government.
Last year, the Newport Road speed camera was dubbed the "UK's busiest" after it was revealed it was catching more drivers than a speed camera on the M60 in Greater Manchester.
Top 10 busiest permanent speed cameras in Wales
Source: GoSafe Partnership
The 37-year-old followed Thursday's time-trial triumph with a comfortable victory after attacking on the first lap in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Storey finished well clear of Poland's Anna Harkowska, who also finished second to Storey in the time trial.
"I feel really good," said Storey.
"The worlds before a Paralympic year, in any sport, are the hardest because everyone wants to take the psychological advantage into the Paralympic year.
"Next year will be my third Paralympics as a cyclist, and you need to take those psychological scalps. The next 12 months people really begin to ramp it up so it's a really good indication of where you are and what you need to do."
Storey is Britain's most decorated female Paralympian with 22 medals.
She has won 11 gold, eight silver and three bronze medals in both cycling and swimming across six Paralympics.
Storey won four golds at the 2012 Games in London and has now won 22 world titles across both sports.
She began her sporting career in the pool, winning six medals at the 1992 Paralympics before switching to cycling in 2005.
Elsewhere, Simon Price finished fourth in the C2 men's road race after a closely contested sprint finish. Hannah Dines (T2) and Megan Giglia (C3) also finished fourth - although neither was in medal contention.
Lora Turnham and Corrine Hall - the defending world champions - came sixth in the women's tandem race. An early attack left Steve Bate and Adam Duggleby out of the running in the men's tandem event.
Stefan Stocker presided over the firm during a period in which Takata airbags were linked to the deaths of five people.
Additionally, concerns that some of Takata's designs may be defective have led to widespread recalls.
Since 2008, an estimated 24 million cars have been recalled worldwide.
Under certain conditions, Takata airbags can be set off with too much explosive force and potentially fire out metallic shrapnel.
The company has been heavily criticised by regulators in the United States for its slow response to the problems, which first came to light six years ago.
Takata says Mr Stocker is stepping down in order to speed up the decision making process within the company. His role will be taken over by the current chairman, Shigehisa Takada.
The 23-year-old Wales international midfielder joined the Vixens in 2015.
She has previously played for Arsenal Ladies and Coventry City.
"I gave Hayley the captaincy last year, at a young age, but she has not let me down," head coach Willie Kirk told Bristol City's club website. "She has handled it with a lot of maturity."
Kirk's side will begin their 2017 league campaign against Reading at Ashton Gate on Saturday, 22 April.
Besik Kudukhov, who won freestyle 60kg silver at London 2012, died in 2013.
He was found to have taken the steroid turinabol when the World Anti-Doping Agency re-tested samples this year.
An International Olympic Committee (IOC) disciplinary committee said the case has "now terminated its investigation with no action taken".
Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt - who finished third in London - tweeted in August on hearing of the failed test: "If possible he must be allowed to keep the medal. It will keep his family's honour intact. For me humanity is above everything else."
Vice-president of United World Wrestling, Georgy Bryusov said: "The IOC will not deprive Besik Kudukhov of his silver medal".
Islington council spent more than £6.2m buying back homes it sold to people for less than £1.3m, a Freedom of Information request reveals.
Housing charities blame a lack of investment in social housing.
The government has vowed to build more affordable houses and in February called the current market "broken".
The Right-to-Buy policy was introduced by the Conservatives in the 1980s, allowing council house tenants to buy their homes at a discount.
BBC News looked at local authority areas where waiting lists rose for four consecutive years since 2011 and chose 10 at random.
One property in Islington in north London was sold for £17,600 in 2004 (at a discount of £26,400), and was bought back by the authority for £176,750 some 11 years later.
House prices there rose by 135% over that period, according to Rightmove.
Iona Bain, founder of the Young Money Blog, said: "The unfairness is accentuated by the fact that someone who could take advantage of Right to Buy has not only benefitted from living rent-free for 20 to 30 years but now can pocket inflated profits by selling at a time when councils are desperate for homes.
"They have lucked out from an extraordinary period of house price rises, unprecedented pressure on the housing system and major flaws in how this scheme was devised.
"If I was a young private renter struggling to pay my bills, let alone save for a deposit on my first home, I would be very angry."
Figures from the House of Commons Library show, as of 2016, affordable homes were not being replaced at the same rate they were being sold.
Meanwhile, Birmingham, one of the biggest councils in Europe, agreed in its budget to buy back Right-to-Buy homes when they became available - up to 200 in total.
Kate Webb, head of policy and research at housing charity Shelter, said: "Ironically, soaring house prices means councils are paying vastly inflated sums to buy back what they once sold off at a discount.
"If Right to Buy is to work, then it has to be accompanied by an iron-clad guarantee to replace properties sold on a like-for-like basis, otherwise councils simple won't have enough properties for all those families crying out for a home, and will be left paying the price for generations to come."
Paul Dossett, head of local government at Grant Thornton UK LLP, said the policy had been a "financial disaster".
He said: "When you consider the amount of people currently struggling to get on the housing ladder and the stretched finances of many councils due to increased demand across numerous services, these figures are unacceptable."
The government has now extended the policy so housing association tenants can buy their own homes at a discount, fulfilling a pledge in the 2015 Conservative party manifesto.
Right to Buy has already been brought to an end in Scotland while in Wales the government is hoping to ban the scheme to reduce pressure on social housing. A separate scheme exists in Northern Ireland.
Islington councillor Diarmaid Ward, who has responsibility for housing, said the council had bought back properties "at the low end of the market".
"We're no longer buying back ex-council homes," he said. "We've now embarked on the biggest home-building programme in a generation: building 500 new council homes for social rent by 2019."
Camden's housing chief councillor Pat Callaghan said: "We intend to build over 1,000 council homes - but with 5,000 people on our waiting list, we need government backing to fully meet our residents' needs."
Labour party leader and Islington North parliamentary candidate Jeremy Corbyn promised to build a million new homes in five years if Labour were in power.
He said: "Homes built for social rent are at the lowest levels since official figures began.
"The Conservatives have failed to deliver a promised one-for-one replacement for homes sold through right-to buy - instead only one is being built for every eight sold."
The Conservative Party has been contacted for a comment.
Liam McCarthy, from West Bromwich, was remanded in custody to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on 19 November.
The unemployed 25-year-old, of Phoenix Street, appeared before city magistrates on Thursday charged with rape and two counts of assault.
Police were called to City Hospital at 09:00 BST on Wednesday and cordoned off the scene for forensic examination.
The UoW has been criticised over BBC Wales revelations of a visa scam at a partner college in London.
Hugh Thomas, who has been under pressure to quit, said he was stepping down in the "best interests of the transformed university".
The UoW will be rebranded in a merger and future students will receive Trinity St David college degrees.
The merger involves Trinity St David and Swansea Metropolitan colleges.
BBC Wales education correspondent Ciaran Jenkins said it will effectively signal the end of the University of Wales as an institution after 120 years.
The new merged college will operate under the royal charter of Trinity Saint David, which dates back nearly 190 years.
The university has said the development signifies "a sense of history and a new beginning".
It's not every day that a national institution with 120 years of history, the second largest university in the UK, suddenly disappears.
The University of Wales, based on the plans announced on Friday afternoon, will no longer exist.
There will be no more University of Wales degrees, which 250,000 people in Wales and around the world currently hold.
We're talking about an institution of which Prince Charles is the chancellor, which since 1893 has served communities in Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Swansea, and all manner of places throughout the world.
Today's decision effectively brings all that to an end.
It comes after two BBC Wales investigations, the latest into allegations of a visa scam involving one of its partner colleges in London.
The pressure mounted from there with the vice-chancellors of Wales's other universities calling for the brand to be scrapped, and that seems to be what's happened.
The future of the University of Wales had come into question following Welsh government proposals to rationalise the structure of higher education in Wales.
It was compounded by scandals involving courses validated by the University of Wales at outside bodies at in the UK and overseas.
Education minister Leighton Andrews told BBC Wales earlier this month that Mr Thomas should resign, with the university's leadership "untenable".
He said what had happened over the last year was "deplorable" and he thought the University of Wales "probably requires a decent burial."
Mr Andrews had warned of the damage to others in the university sector, while several colleges in Wales which awarded University of Wales degrees announced plans to award their own degrees as the revelations continued to unravel.
Rayat London College has been suspended by the UK Border Agency and prevented from recruiting overseas students following a visa scam.
Last year BBC Wales revealed Fazley Yaakob, a pop star with two bogus degrees, was running a college offering UoW courses in Malaysia.
It led to a damning report from the higher education watchdog, the QAA, which found serious shortcomings in the way the university collaborates with colleges around the world.
Vice-chancellor Prof Medwin Hughes said the university had committed itself to an "irreversible change which will deliver for our nation. It signifies a sense of history but also a commitment to a new beginning."
He told BBC Wales it was an "historic day" and that the three institutions were recreating themselves under the new degree-awarding "brand" of University of Wales: Trinity St David.
Mr Thomas, announcing his resignation, said the "historic decision" taken by the governing body for merger had led him to assess what in leadership terms was in the best interests of the transformed university.
Vice chairman Alun Thomas said Mr Thomas was a man of "integrity and commitment".
"We understand Hugh's reasons for standing down at this time and we thank him unreservedly for leading the university to a position where the inheritance of its founders can be secured."
A Welsh government spokesperson said: "We welcome the decision of the chairman to resign. It is the right decision in light of recent events.
"The University of Wales has played an important part in the history of Wales. It's important that any successor institution builds upon that history."
Conservative education spokeswoman Angela Burns AM said: "It is now crucial that lessons are learned and that Welsh Higher Education regains its credibility".
Dr Peter Noyes, vice chancellor of the University of Wales, Newport, said Friday's announcement "should not detract from a distinguished history lasting 12 decades".
"Wales should be sad that this day has come but those who have played a part in the institution's history, whether graduates, academics or others should look back with fondness on this national institution," he said.
"We are heading towards a future with a transformed higher education sector in Wales and it had become clear that the University of Wales was unable to play a part in that future."
The claim was made in a letter from a purported whistleblower who says hundreds of email accounts were monitored without legal authority.
The letter claims officers shredded documents to cover up the monitoring, despite being ordered to preserve them.
Scotland Yard says the allegations in the letter are "deeply troubling".
A spokesman for the IPCC said: "We have begun an independent investigation related to anonymous allegations concerning the accessing of personal data.
"We are still assessing the scope of the investigation and so we are not able to comment further."
If the alleged whistleblower's allegations are true, the hacking would be unlawful if personal communications were intercepted for any other reason other than to combat major crime, terrorism or some other serious public need. Such monitoring must be approved by the home secretary.
A public inquiry into undercover policing was announced in March 2015 following controversy surrounding the conduct of some officers.
And last month, the IPCC revealed it was investigating whether the National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit inside Scotland Yard had shredded documents, despite orders to preserve them for the inquiry.
Green Party peer Baroness Jenny Jones has now revealed that she received a detailed letter days later, making new and more extensive allegations against the Met.
It says that the document shredding had been happening "for some time and on a far greater scale" than the IPCC had been aware of in order to cover up illegal gathering of intelligence on protest groups.
"For a number of years, the unit had been illegally accessing the email accounts of activists," says the letter.
"This has largely been accomplished because of the contact that one of the officers had developed with counterparts in India who, in turn, were using hackers to obtain email passwords."
The writer claims several hundred campaigners were targeted and officers would be tasked to read the emails and pass on any contents deemed valuable.
While the letter is anonymous, it contains detailed information to support the writer's assertion that he or she is a serving detective and provides the email passwords of 10 people who were allegedly targeted.
Colin Newman, a volunteer for Greenpeace in Cornwall, is on the list. He regularly dresses up as a fish to draw attention to threats to the oceans.
The former civil servant told the BBC he had been arrested twice for taking part in direct action and cautioned for trespass in a protest against coal-fired power stations.
But he stressed that he neither considered himself anti-police nor "a threat to national security". He said he had attended training sessions with police forces to help them understand and manage peaceful protests by campaigners like him.
"When I was told I was on this list I was at first surprised, then angry and then felt violated," he said.
"I trust the police. But some of my emails were very private - they include details of counselling. I have had sleepless nights."
Baroness Jones said: "This illegal hacking is one of the worst cases of state snooping that I've ever heard. The personal information within the letter is accurate and it could only have been obtained illegally.
"There is more than enough to justify a full scale criminal investigation. It is completely unacceptable that the police can stick their noses into the lives of innocent people without a shred of evidence that they are involved in terrorism or serious crime."
A spokesman for Scotland Yard confirmed that it was taking the allegations seriously.
"All possible steps are being taken to ensure that all relevant material and associated computer systems are preserved to assist the IPCC's investigation," said the spokesman. "Whilst at this stage the allegations have not been thoroughly investigated, they are deeply troubling and the MPS will provide the IPCC with its fullest possible support. "
Next month the Metropolitan Police is expected to face pressure at a rare public preliminary sitting of the undercover inquiry over claims that it is failing to co-operate with the already-delayed probe.
In a statement, Lord Justice Pitchford, the chairman of the inquiry said: "We would welcome the opportunity to speak with the author of the letter and I would urge that person to contact the Inquiry on terms of confidentiality."
The transport, local government and environment departments, plus the Treasury, have all agreed deals ahead of the spending review on 25 November.
The cuts will help the public finances back into surplus, he said.
A Treasury source told BBC News the agreements were "really good progress".
The departments will be expected to cut day-to-day spending over the next four years through a combination of efficiency savings and closing low value programmes.
Negotiations are continuing with others, the source added and it has been revealed there are plans for nine new prisons to replace old jails.
The chancellor has asked most parts of the government to come up with savings of between 25% and 40% by the end of the current parliament. A number of departments, including health and overseas aid, have had their budgets protected.
In a speech in London, Mr Osborne warned that if the government does not control spending and reduce levels of national debt there is a risk of loss of confidence in the economy.
"I know some ask: why do we need this surplus?" he said. "I'll tell you why: to protect working people.
"A surplus will make our country more resilient, safe and secure. It means that next time we have the money to help us through the tough times when the storms come. Let me put it another way: if our country doesn't bring the deficit down, the deficit could bring our country down.
"That's why, for the economic security of every family in Britain, the worst thing we could do now as a country is lose our nerve."
Analysis by BBC chief political correspondent Vicki Young
After defeat in the Lords over cuts to tax credits George Osborne wants to restate the economic case for balancing the books. He's trying to get the message across that he's not reducing spending because of an ideologically driven desire to shrink the state, but because paying billions in debt interest is a waste of money and leaves the country vulnerable if there's another economic downturn.
Thirty per cent cuts sound dramatic but they apply only to day-to-day spending and in departments such as transport, the bulk of expenditure goes on infrastructure such as road and rail upgrades, which won't be affected.
The chancellor insists negotiations are going smoothly but many larger, high-spending departments are still to settle. Revealing that four departments have reached an agreement puts pressure on others such as Theresa May and Iain Duncan Smith.
The settlement with the four departments will see their day-to-day spending cut by 8% in each of the next four years. This will be achieved, Mr Osborne said, through a combination of further efficiencies, stopping some areas of spending and refocusing others.
He insists this will not affect capital spending and investment in infrastructure such as road and rail upgrades, flood defences and broadband.
During the election campaign, Mr Osborne ruled out increasing income tax, VAT and national insurance to help pay down the annual deficit, the difference between the money the government raises and what it spends, which is forecast to total £69.5bn this year.
Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, said these pledges meant cuts of the magnitude being talked about would be needed if the government was to hit its target of reaching a budget surplus by 2019-2020.
And the Local Government Association said that while the settlement with the Department for Communities and Local Government did not include council funding, should town halls see a similar reduction in resources, it would leave them £16.5bn worse off by 2020.
One department which has not yet reached an agreement is the Department for Work and Pensions, from where Mr Osborne is seeking £12bn in welfare savings.
The chancellor is currently seeking new ways to save £4bn after the House of Lords rejected legislation paving the way for working tax credit cuts.
But Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is strongly resisting attempts by the Treasury to make Universal Credit less generous by increasing the penalties faced by claimants who take extra work, the BBC understands.
Universal Credit is a new type of benefit designed to support people who are on a low income or out of work.
It is replacing six existing benefits - income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, income support, child tax credit, working tax credit, and housing benefit.
Speaking on Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron said the spending review was about putting the security of UK families first.
"By making the further savings we need over the course of this parliament, we can prioritise what matters for working families - schools, the NHS and our national security," he told the CBI annual conference.
For Labour, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the government's approach was "more about the politics than the economics". He accused ministers of getting their priorities wrong and undermining "those people who are working hard by cutting their tax credits".
He told the BBC Labour would stop tax cuts to the wealthiest and would continue to oppose cuts to corporation tax.
He insisted that Labour would make sure corporations and the wealthiest paid their taxes and warned that cuts to HMRC's budget would mean that even more tax collectors were laid off.
The shadow chancellor said he always asked for a written record, even if it was just for £10 to cut a hedge, because it was the "right thing to do".
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said this was "absurd" and showed Labour did not understand business.
He added he did not think anyone in the country would do such a thing.
On Sunday Mr Balls told BBC Radio 5's Pienaar's Politics that people should ask for a record of paying somebody, even if it was for small jobs like cutting a hedge, because they have a "legal obligation" to pay tax.
But Mr Duncan Smith told BBC Breakfast Mr Balls's comments demonstrated "Labour's complete lack of understanding of how business works and how people get by".
Analysis, by personal finance correspondent Ian Pollock
Cash payments are not dirty. In case you had gained the opposite impression, paying a self-employed person in cash for doing a job around your house or garden is completely legal.
Furthermore there is no legal obligation on you to keep a record of the payment, or to account for it to anyone at all. It is your money and you can do what you like with it.
All UK tax obligations lie with the self-employed person you are paying. As a matter of fact, a tradesman is not obliged to even offer you a receipt.
But they should keep proper records so they can pay the right income tax and pay VAT too, if applicable.
Of course, everyone knows that some tradesmen prefer cash because it is hard to trace.
That makes it easier for them to dodge their own tax obligations, if they so choose.
But so long as you have not colluded with them, there is no onus on you to do anything about it. You aren't even obliged to grass them up, though HMRC would like you to do so.
He added: "Here we have a man that would be the chancellor who is wandering around saying Big Brother is going to watch you carefully, that if you do any cash transactions and don't keep receipts, somehow they are going to punish you. I find that absurd."
And Mr Balls's colleague, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, also said he did not think most people would keep a receipt for such things.
He told BBC Breakfast: "I don't think everybody will keep a receipt..I don't necessarily keep a receipt for everything I pay for though it's a good idea to keep a record."
The shadow chancellor's comments were made as Labour and the Tories continue to row over alleged tax dodging in light of the HSBC tax scandal.
Pressed on the issue Mr Balls said: "It's not your job to pay their taxes for them and I think most people you give a tenner to are not going to be VAT-registered.
"They've got the legal obligation to make sure they pay their taxes if it's that kind of transaction - but I think the sensible thing for anybody is that you've got a record of it and you've done it properly."
Mr Balls had been "extremely careful" about observing such rules ever since entering politics, he explained.
Backbench Conservative MP Peter Bone, appearing on the same programme on Sunday, accused him of implying that all small businesses were trying to dodge taxes.
"There are so many cash businesses," Mr Bone said. "If you go into a cafe for a cup of tea you would not expect a receipt for it. If you were running a fish and chip shop you do not always give receipts.
"It shows a complete lack of understanding of business. Is he trying to imply that if you are a small business that deals in cash, you are trying to dodge tax?
"I think it shows how completely out of touch he is with small business. There is an implication that everybody is out to fiddle their taxes. It is just wrong."
In recent weeks, Mr Balls has been asked to answer accusations that the Labour Party is anti-business, but has insisted it has a track record of supporting an "open, dynamic, wealth-creating, entrepreneurial economy". | More than 2,000 artists will perform in Glasgow over the next 18 days as part of Celtic Connections.
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A Russian wrestler who died in a car crash will not be stripped of his Olympic medal despite his sample testing positive for a banned steroid.
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Global demand for oil will grow by 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2017, down from 1.4 million bpd this year, the IEA said.
This represents a cut of 100,000 bpd from the IEA's forecast last month.
Meanwhile, increasing supply is keeping pressure on crude prices, which have fallen sharply in the past month.
After reaching a price of above $52 a barrel in June, Brent crude fell 14.5% in July due to combination of rising stockpiles and worries about the outlook for demand.
However, prices jumped as much as 5% on Thursday following comments from the Saudi energy minister that suggested action could be taken to cut excessive production.
Brent was up 4.2% at $45.90 a barrel, while US added 4% to $43.37.
Global supply of oil rose by 800,000 bpd in July, with output from nations in the Opec oil producers' cartel rising sharply.
"Opec crude oil output rose by 150,000 bpd in July to 33.4 million bpd - holding at an eight-year high - as Saudi Arabia produced at the highest ever and Iraq pumped harder," the IEA said.
The IEA said huge amounts of stored oil was also putting pressure on prices.
"The massive overhang of stocks is also keeping a lid on prices, with both newly produced and stored crude competing for market share in an increasingly volatile refinery margin environment."
However, the IEA said that stockpiles may ease in the coming months, which could act to stabilise prices.
"Oil's drop ... has put the 'glut' back into the headlines even though our balances show essentially no oversupply during the second half of the year," the IEA said, referring to crude oil.
The agency said slowing demand growth had encouraged struggling refiners to substantially cut output for the first time since 2008-09, which would help eat into the massive overhang of petrol, diesel and other refined fuels.
It said that this could ultimately be supportive of oil prices.
"The resulting product stock draw (fall in stockpiles) will increase refiners' appetite for crude oil and help pave the way to a sustained tightening of the crude oil balance." | A weaker economic outlook means demand for oil in 2017 is likely to grow at a slower rate than this year, according to the International Energy Agency. | 37,043,011 | 502 | 32 | false |
Some speculated that the Paris attacks would change that. In fact, it has only made it more obviously true. And, in case anyone forgets, Mr Trump is happy to remind them.
"Everyone is now saying how right I was with illegal immigration and the wall," he tweeted on Thursday. "After Paris, they're all on the bandwagon."
Mr Trump cites the opening speech of his campaign, where he warned that Mexico was sending its "criminals and rapists" to the US, as a defining moment in the Republican presidential race.
"I was tougher when it wasn't very politically popular to be tough," he said last week. "And I took a lot of heat."
That campaign kick-off started Mr Trump's steady rise to the top of the Republican presidential pack among Republican voters nationally and in key early-voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire.
By the time the Republican presidential debates arrived, nearly every candidate was echoing Mr Trump's calls for increased border security and denouncing anything remotely close to an "amnesty" that would give undocumented immigrants in the US a way to eventually earn citizenship.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said visitors to the US should be monitored the same way shipping companies like Federal Express track packages.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz called illegal immigration an economic concern, arguing that US elites would be more willing to address the issue if lawyers and bankers were crossing the southern border.
Mr Trump, however, wasn't done roiling the Republican race. On 30 September the New Yorker turned his focus to the issue of Syrian refugees.
"I'm putting people on notice that are coming here from Syria as part of this mass migration, that if I win, they're going back," he said, contending that the so-called Islamic State militants could be hiding among the refugees.
"This could be one of the great tactical ploys of all time," he said.
The comments were derided at the time. Now, following the Paris attacks, such a view has become accepted wisdom among the Republican presidential candidates - and Mr Trump is once again taking credit.
Mr Cruz said the Obama administration's plans to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees is "nothing short of lunacy".
"I recognise that Barack Obama does not wish to defend this country, that he may have been tired of war, but our enemies are not tired of killing us," he added.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who places second behind Mr Trump in many polls, likened the threat of militants posing as refugees to having a "rabid dog" in the neighbourhood.
"You're probably going to put your children out of the way," he said. "It doesn't mean that you hate all dogs by any stretch of the imagination, but you're putting your intellect into motion."
Mr Carson said that it would be "almost malpractice" for IS not to try to infiltrate the refugees streaming into Western nations.
Even the candidates with more moderate positions on immigration have had to carefully modulate their statements to reflect the current sentiment among Republican voters.
Many conservatives eye Marco Rubio suspiciously on the issue thanks to his leadership of the 2013 comprehensive reform effort in the US Senate, for instance. In September he said he would be "potentially open to the relocation" of some refugees.
On Sunday, however, he had changed his tune. "We won't be able to take more refugees" because of security concerns, he said.
"It's not that we don't want to," he told an ABC interviewer. "It's that we can't."
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham had been an early supporter of accepting Syrian refugees. Now, however, he's calling for a "timeout" until the the possibility of IS infiltration is addressed.
If the goal of Mr Trump's fellow Republican candidates was to prevent any daylight from appearing between their stance on Syrian refugees and that of the man they're chasing in the polls, however, it was mission unaccomplished.
By Thursday the New York billionaire was telling reporters that as president he would consider creating a government database to track Muslims in the US and closing down mosques "where bad things are happening".
"I think that now everybody is feeling that security is going to rule," Trump told Yahoo News. "And certain things will be done that we never thought would happen in this country in terms of information and learning about the enemy. And so we're going to have to do certain things that were frankly unthinkable a year ago."
Will this become the new normal for the Republican campaign as well? Perhaps.
"It's not about closing down mosques," Mr Rubio told Fox News. "It's about closing down any place - whether it's a cafe, a diner, an internet site - any place where radicals are being inspired."
For the moment, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush isn't willing to cross that line.
"You talk about closing mosques, you talk about registering people, that's just wrong," he said on CNBC. "It's manipulating people's angst and their fears. That's not strength. That's weakness."
Last week the Washington Post's Philip Rucker and Robert Costa reported that Republican elites were growing increasingly anxious "bordering on panic" that an outsider like Mr Trump could seriously challenge for their party's nomination.
"We're potentially careening down this road of nominating somebody who frankly isn't fit to be president in terms of the basic ability and temperament to do the job," an unnamed strategist told the paper.
That was before the Paris attacks and the resulting immigration furore that has made nearly every Republican candidate sound more like the Donald Trump of just a month ago.
The real-estate mogul will surely face a coming onslaught from competitors and establishment interest groups to take him down before voting begins in February. Already a group affiliated with the Kasich campaign has announced a $2.5m (£1.65m) negative advertising campaign in New Hampshire questioning Mr Trump's capacity to serve as US commander-in-chief.
The fusillade may take its toll on the front-runner, leading to his eventual defeat. When it comes to setting the terms of the debate on immigration, border security and the fate of Syrian refugees, however, Mr Trump has already won.
Republican candidates in - and out - of the 2016 presidential race
Comedian and poet John Hegley is among the headliners for the Big Lit event in Gatehouse of Fleet.
The programme of workshops, talks, readings and entertainment runs until Sunday.
Organisers said that from small beginnings it had evolved into a "mighty four-day festival of wall-to-wall events".
Convener Chrys Salt said the event had started out over one day as part of another festival but had continued to grow and grow.
She said it made sense for it to become a stand-alone festival as it grew in size.
"Now we are four days, wall-to-wall, anything literary, musical, you name it," she said.
Author Karen Campbell and broadcaster Billy Kay are among the others taking part this year.
The International Ski Federation [FIS] imposed the punishment after ruling she helped to "manipulate" results to ensure her place at the Sochi Olympics.
Mae, who represented Thailand, and five officials were punished after an investigation into four Slovenian races which took place before the January qualification deadline for the Games.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport will now consider the appeal.
The Singapore-born British violinist competed for her father's nation at the Sochi Winter Olympics and under his surname 'Vanakorn'.
She finished 67th and last in the Giant Slalom - more than 50 seconds slower than Slovenian race winner Tina Maze - and 11 seconds behind the 66th competitor.
A CAS statement said: "The Court of Arbitration for Sport has received two appeals from Ms Vanessa Vanakorn, filed against the decisions taken by the Hearing Panel of the International Ski, in relation to her qualification for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games."
Last month Mae told BBC Sport that her ban was "nonsensical".
The stamp was released on Thursday, and features a black and white photograph of the late Derry poet.
A special first-day cover envelope showed an extract from his 1969 poem, Bogland.
Mr Heaney's son said he was "immensely moved" that his father's life was being celebrated with a commemorative stamp.
Michael Heaney said: "The year since he died has been a sad time for our family, but this is not only a wonderful testament to his life and work, but also a reminder of the generosity and support people have shown since Dad's passing.
"We would like to express our deepest thanks and appreciation to everyone involved in bestowing this rare honour on the husband, father, grandfather and poet we miss so much."
Mr Heaney died in August 2013 at the age of 74 after suffering from ill health.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past".
He was acclaimed by many as the best Irish poet since Yeats.
Bottas starts from pole with Vettel second and Hamilton down in eighth after a five-place grid penalty.
Hamilton is 14 points behind Vettel in the championship.
But Hamilton said it "made no sense" for Bottas to 'back up' Vettel so he could catch up, adding: "It makes more sense for him to win the race."
Bottas added: "From what I've seen on the pre-race strategy notes, that kind of plan is not on those notes.
"We need to focus on having a good start of the race and we need to win the race. And for sure Lewis can fight back from where he's starting."
Bottas said that trying to slow Vettel down would risk Mercedes losing the race.
"If you start playing games like that here it's quite tricky," he said.
"If the car behind gets within the DRS (overtaking aid) zones and gets a good slipstream, it only needs one mistake and you can lose the win. So not planning on that at the moment."
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Hamilton added that he did not rate his chances of winning particularly highly.
"Valtteri has been quickest all weekend so it is not really in my mind at the moment," he said.
In fact, Hamilton was quicker than Bottas in every single session through the weekend apart from the top 10 qualifying shoot-out.
And he looked like he had the pace to be potentially fastest then, too - which would have meant starting sixth following his penalty for an unauthorised gearbox change - but he made crucial mistakes on all his laps before a yellow flag for a stranded car effectively ended the session early.
"I didn't deliver," he said. "I have been quick all weekend and in Q3 I didn't do the time I could have done and when you're disappointed in yourself it is a large pill to swallow. But we move on and I will."
Rachael Hamilton - who stood down as a list MSP to fight the seat - took Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire with a majority of more than 9,000.
She held the constituency for her party from closest rival Gail Hendry of the SNP.
Labour's Sally Prentice was third with Lib Dem Catriona Bhatia fourth.
The by-election was called after John Lamont stood down to fight the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk seat at Westminster which he also won.
"We had an all-female line-up and I was just pleased to be one of those," said Ms Hamilton.
"I am pleased to be going back to the Scottish Parliament - I am absolutely delighted.
"And I am also delighted for John in his Westminster seat as well. The number of seats that we are winning throughout Scotland for Westminster - I think that is really encouraging as well - I think the Conservatives are on the up."
She added that the push for another independence referendum had definitely helped her "on the doorsteps".
"We can stand up and oppose independence and I believe that is what voters in the Borders were really gunning for," she said.
In 2008 he played a starring role for Portsmouth in a famous win against Cardiff City. Curiously, he was partnered in centre midfield beside former Ibrox idol Pedro Mendes who was brilliant.
I came on as a substitute, replacing the now QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink for the last 20 minutes.
Kranjcar's contribution at Wembley that day was simply breathtaking.
Attacking midfielders are often the chief composers for team's attacking threat. Awareness, creativity, precision are words that spring to mind when describing the craft.
They seek out and explore space between opposition, midfield and defence probing for the incisive pass, always scanning for the next opportunity.
In addition, they have to be able to turn with the ball under pressure, dribble past defenders and score goals. It becomes clear why the attacking midfielder is such a valuable role.
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Kranjcar is the depiction of such a player. However, having watched him struggle against an industrious Hamilton on Saturday at a packed Ibrox, I couldn't help think he was a shadow of the opponent I faced in that FA Cup final.
The Croatian looked laboured, was caught in possession often and had no impact on the match whatsoever.
There is no question that he isn't up to speed in terms of his match sharpness but Hamilton deserve massive credit as their midfield five didn't give Rangers any time to imprint their usual fluid passing game.
In Ali Crawford the visitors have a very talented attacking midfielder who showed his high-profile adversary how it's done with an exquisite turn and finish for the opening goal.
The question is do Rangers persist with Kranjcar until he finds his sharpness or do they give one of the many other players in the same position an opportunity?
Harry Forrester changed the game when he came on for Rangers with his outstanding assist and positive runs. He looked much more of a threat than Kranjcar.
I hope Kranjcar rediscovers his undoubted ability soon as Scottish football is a better place with a player of his profile and experience and, at 31, he still has a good few years of entertaining supporters before he brings down the curtain on a distinguished career.
The golfer, one of the US's richest and most-admired sportsmen, said he was co-operating with the government inquiry.
Mr Mickelson, investor Carl Icahn and William Walters, a high-profile gambler, are being investigated for possible illegal share sales, using information given by Mr Icahn.
Mr Icahn has also denied doing anything wrong. Mr Walters has yet to comment.
A source familiar with the investigation, quoted by the Reuters news agency, said none of the men had so far been accused of any wrongdoing.
The FBI, along with the Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors in Manhattan, are said to be looking into trading in two different stocks.
One line of inquiry is focusing on trades in cleaning products company Clorox.
Mr Icahn, a billionaire investor and prominent activist, was mounting a takeover bid for Clorox around the time that Mr Mickelson and Mr Walters placed their trades, the New York Times reports.
Mr Icahn's offer to buy the company caused the value of its stock to rise.
According to reports in several US newspapers, investigators are examining whether Mr Icahn discussed his bid with Mr Walters, and whether Mr Walters relayed that information to Mr Mickelson.
A lawyer for Mr Mickelson, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, said the golfer was not the target of the probe.
The statement from Mr Mickelson, denying wrongdoing, said he could not fully discuss the matter "under the current circumstances".
Practising before a tournament on Saturday, Mr Mickelson made a jovial reference to the investigation in a conversation with fellow US golfer, Robert Garrigus.
"It's been an interesting evening," the Reuters news agency quoted him as saying. "I don't have much to say about it."
After his round, Mr Mickelson confirmed he had been approached by FBI agents and said: "It's not going to change the way I carry myself. Honestly, I've done nothing wrong. I'm not going to walk around any other way."
Mr Mickelson, 43, has won five major championships and is one of the most popular figures in US golf.
Investigators are also reportedly looking into trades that Mr Mickelson and Mr Walters made relating to Dean Foods, the Wall Street Journal reports (pay wall).
The New York Times quotes sources saying federal authorities are looking into trades placed in August 2012 just before the company announced quarterly results.
Those trades appeared to have no connection to Mr Icahn, the newspaper added.
The FBI and other federal agencies have not commented publicly on the allegations.
Forest owner Fawaz Al Hasawi said last week that the chance of a deal with the group led by John Jay Moores was over and he wants to remain in charge.
But Trevor Watkins, the lawyer who represents the prospective buyers, said the collapse of the deal was a mystery.
"Sometimes relationships break down and there is no way back, but sometimes there is," Watkins told BBC Sport.
"The fact somebody says they don't want to sell does not mean you fall out of love, throw your toys out of the pram and don't want to speak to somebody again."
Al Hasawi has claimed he has spent £122m since buying Forest in 2012, but has been widely criticised after the second collapsed takeover of the Championship club in six months.
Former Bournemouth chairman Watkins said the deal between the group, led by Moores and Charles Noell, and Al Hasawi seemed to be a matter of hours away before it fell through.
He said the discussions were "amicable" and "positive" and his clients were left bemused by the breakdown.
"We were just about there and it was all systems go," he added. "We honestly do not know what happened but something happened that knocked it off course.
"If we knew why it keeled over at the last minute we would have tried to put it right."
However, Watkins said the two sides had not fallen out and the US group had "fallen in love with the club and city".
"Forest is a big club, a big name and iconic," he said. "Who wouldn't want to be involved? It's a club with a great history. There is huge frustration and sadness.
"They feel they have an opportunity to add value and build for the long term."
Forest supporters have become increasingly angry and disillusioned with the Al Hasawi reign, which has seen the club fail to pay bills on time, be placed under a transfer embargo and part company with seven managers.
Academy director Gary Brazil is in interim charge following the sacking of Philippe Montanier last month, but the club are still without a chief executive, and fans have staged protests at the City Ground in recent weeks.
7 November 2016 Last updated at 07:08 GMT
One of the big issues being talked about by politicians and the American public in the election is immigration.
Immigration is when people come into a country, where they weren't born, to live - usually to work or study.
Ayshah visits the US cities of Detroit and Findlay to find out what children there think about immigration and its impact on the country.
The Welsh club trailed 2-1 after the first leg, but the contest was really over before half-time in the second-leg with the home side 3-0 ahead.
Striker Aldin Turkes scored twice whilst Marco Mathays netted controversially as the visitors were trying to make a substitution.
A goalless second period means the European dream is over for Bala.
The Aberdeen-based company announced the "encouraging" find after completing drilling at an Eagle exploration well in the Greater Kittiwake Area (GKA).
EnQuest said initial analysis indicated "excellent reservoir properties".
EnQuest anticipates gross total recoverable reserves to be similar in size to those in the nearby Gadwall producing oil field, which was returned to production by the firm last year.
It has estimated total gross recovery from Gadwall at about six million stock tank barrels.
The company said it was continuing to evaluate the Eagle results.
In February 2014, EnQuest acquired a 50% stake as well as operatorship of GKA, which includes the Kittiwake field.
The company also has a 100% interest in the Kittiwake to Forties oil export pipeline.
In an update, EnQuest also reported that its 2016 drilling performance in the Central North Sea had been "excellent".
It said drilling of the Scolty/Crathes development wells was completed ahead of schedule and under budget, while the Crathes reservoir "exceeded expectations", with a small reserves upgrade.
Neil McCulloch, from EnQuest, said: "Following last year's production growth and unit operating cost reduction successes at GKA, this latest success demonstrates EnQuest's ability to create value from maturing assets and from near field exploration opportunities."
In March, EnQuest reported that its pre-tax losses more than doubled last year to about $1.3bn after it took a hit from the oil price slump.
In 2007 Theresa May said ministers should gain Parliamentary approval before talks with the European Union.
Mrs May is now resisting pressure to give Parliament a vote on her plans for Brexit prior to EU negotiations.
Downing Street said her 2007 comments related to how ministers negotiated policy while inside the EU.
In June the UK voted to leave the EU, prompting the resignation of former prime minister David Cameron, who was replaced by Mrs May.
In a pamphlet published in 2007 Mrs May, who as a Conservative MP was then in opposition, argued it should be "impossible to override" Parliament.
She said "ministers should have to set out their negotiating positions" to a Commons committee "and gain its approval" before talks were held with the EU.
Ministers who failed to do so should resign, she said.
In October this year Downing Street said it was "very likely" MPs would be able to vote on the final Brexit agreement reached between the UK and the European Union.
But Remain campaigners have been calling for Parliament to be given a vote on the government's negotiating strategy.
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The former shadow minister for Europe, Labour MP Pat McFadden, said Mrs May could no longer deny Parliament a meaningful role in what Brexit means.
He told the Times: "This paper shows that the prime minister does in fact believe that ministers should get parliamentary approval for negotiating strategies with Europe.
"Sooner or later, ministers will realise that they can't support Brexit in the name of parliamentary sovereignty and deny parliament a meaningful role in what Brexit means."
Mrs May has promised to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - beginning two years of formal exit negotiations with the EU - by the end of March.
But the prime minister opposes a vote before Article 50, saying those calling for one are "trying to subvert" the outcome of June's referendum.
Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister who speaks for the Liberal Democrats on Brexit, told the Independent: "I agree entirely with what Theresa May wrote in 2007, that it should be 'impossible to over-ride' Parliament and that 'ministers should have to set out their negotiating positions'.
"What a pity she appears to have changed her mind."
Downing Street said the situation now was about negotiating an entirely new relationship with the EU and was based on the mandate given in the referendum by British voters.
It follows a report warning that Welsh pupils' number abilities are "at best average" at over half the schools inspectors visited last year.
Despite improvements, Estyn says too many pupils struggle with the basics.
The minister said schools need to ask themselves honest questions about the issue and how to address numeracy.
As a result, Mr Lewis said he was organising a conference of maths teachers to be held in the new year.
In an interview with BBC Wales, Mr Lewis said: "We need a greater sense of urgency from schools.
"It really is time now for head teachers in particular to ask themselves very honestly: 'Is my school operating well enough in terms of that whole-school numeracy policy or do we need to apply some urgent attention to this?'."
Improving numeracy is an education priority for the Welsh government and it introduced the National Numeracy Programme in 2012.
Since its introduction, the Welsh government has also introduced:
While the situation is improving, there are still too many pupils struggling to use basic number techniques such as division, Estyn said.
Inspectors have been looking at the effectiveness of numeracy strategies to gauge how far schools have made progress since the first baseline survey last year.
Estyn's chief inspector, Anne Keane said: "Pupils' numerical reasoning skills are generally not strong enough and this is something that we see too often in school inspections and thematic work.
"Staff need more support to widen their knowledge and understanding of strategies to help pupils to use numeracy across the curriculum."
Dominic Samuel fired the visitors in front with a shot from inside the box before Danny Graham headed in to level by the break.
Liam Moore restored the visitors' lead when he chested in from close range but Wes Brown nodded home from a corner to make it 2-2 on his Championship debut.
Reading snatched all three points as Evans struck from inside the box.
Garath McCleary went close to giving the visitors the lead when his shot was expertly tipped away by Jason Steele and he was involved again as they went ahead, with his pass finding Samuel whose shot beat the Rovers keeper at his near post.
Marvin Emnes then rattled the bar before Graham headed in the equaliser and he should have claimed a second after the break when he nodded the ball straight at Ali Al-Habsi.
Reading took the lead for a second time when Moore bundled the ball over the line after Liam Kelly's 25-yard attempt had hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced on the line.
Rovers thought they had claimed at least a point when Brown headed Craig Conway's cross past Al-Habsi but Evans stroked home from McCleary's cross deep into time added on as Reading moved back up to third in the table.
Blackburn boss Owen Coyle:
"I felt overall we were the better side. We knew they would have possession, but that being said, we have created eight, I would suggest, gilt-edge chances. I'm talking about ones that should be in the back of the net.
"As well as we played, we have to be clinical at one end and at the other. I know we're decimated with centre-backs missing, but we've got to make sure we don't give up the goals and the softness of them, that we did today.
"It's hard to take, we've given everything, but we have got to tidy up on individual errors."
Reading manager Jaap Stam:
"We deserved the win. We're always looking for a certain way of playing, dominating with possession and creating chances.
"We still tried to control the game, but every time we scored they got back and that gives the opposition confidence. I think after it went 2-2 we regained possession and controlled the game a bit more and went forward as well more.
"In doing that, we're very happy. But I'm honest, and they made it very difficult for us.
Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Reading 3.
Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Reading 3.
Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Jason Lowe tries a through ball, but Danny Graham is caught offside.
Substitution, Reading. Jake Cooper replaces Liam Kelly.
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Reading 3. George Evans (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Garath McCleary.
Foul by Yann Kermorgant (Reading).
Wes Brown (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Wes Brown tries a through ball, but Sam Gallagher is caught offside.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Ryan Nyambe replaces Hope Akpan.
Foul by Garath McCleary (Reading).
Wes Brown (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Joey van den Berg (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt missed. Garath McCleary (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yann Kermorgant.
Foul by Liam Moore (Reading).
Hope Akpan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Liam Kelly (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chris Gunter.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Jason Steele.
Attempt saved. Roy Beerens (Reading) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by George Evans.
Paul McShane (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hope Akpan (Blackburn Rovers).
Foul by Tyler Blackett (Reading).
Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Paul McShane (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt missed. Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Craig Conway following a set piece situation.
Foul by Liam Moore (Reading).
Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Reading 2. Wes Brown (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Craig Conway with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Ali Al Habsi.
Attempt saved. Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Marshall with a cross.
Chris Gunter (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers).
Offside, Reading. Liam Moore tries a through ball, but Liam Kelly is caught offside.
Roy Beerens (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Marshall (Blackburn Rovers).
Offside, Reading. Liam Kelly tries a through ball, but Yann Kermorgant is caught offside.
Jason Lowe (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Liam Kelly (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jason Lowe (Blackburn Rovers).
The helium plasma - a cloud of loose, charged particles - lasted just a tenth of a second and was about one million degrees Celsius.
It was hailed as a breakthrough for the Max Planck Institute's stellarator - a chamber whose design differs from the tokamak fusion devices used elsewhere.
The Sun's energy is created by fusion.
Physicists are in a worldwide race to create stable fusion devices that could not only mimic the Sun but release abundant energy, without the volumes of toxic waste generated by nuclear fission - the splitting of the atom.
The team at Greifswald, in northeastern Germany, aim in future to heat hydrogen nuclei to about 100 million C - the necessary conditions for fusion to take place like in the Sun's interior. They will use deuterium, a heavier type, or isotope, of the element.
The stellarator's plasma was created on Thursday using a microwave laser, a complex combination of magnets and just 10mg of helium. The Max Planck Institute calls its machine Wendelstein 7-X.
The project began nine years ago and has cost 1bn euros (£720m; $1.1bn) so far.
The EU's main nuclear fusion project is called Iter, at Cadarache, in the south of France. But it will not be fired up until the 2020s. It is controversial, having already cost more than €10bn.
Iter will be a tokamak device - the word comes from Russian, meaning a ring-shaped magnetic chamber.
Scientists have been working on nuclear fusion for more than 50 years but the extreme temperatures involved and the difficulty of controlling plasmas mean progress is slow.
New Forest District Council said the cost of rebuilding 119 new huts at Milford-on-Sea has now risen to £2.36m
It has put the increase down to rising construction costs and extra work on the promenade.
Lib Dem councillor David Harrison accused the Tory-led authority of showing the "strangest of priorities".
"I suspect that if residents in other areas of the New Forest were asked whether they thought this extra expense was worthwhile, they would say a firm 'no'.
"We've had cutbacks in every area of service the council delivers - surely some of that money would be better put aside to protect those services," he said.
Most of the old privately-owned concrete huts were destroyed by waves and high winds during the 2014 St Valentine's Day storm, with the rest requiring demolition later.
Conservative-run New Forest District Council (NFDC) said the initial plan to replace the huts had been expanded to improve public spaces around the huts and early tender prices had come in "significantly over budget".
Colin Read, executive director of operations, said: "Our decision to look at the wider benefits that could be gained from this project for residents and visitors to Milford has meant that costs have risen."
Cabinet members voted to approve the increase and the decision will now be sent to a full meeting of the council. If approved, the authority hopes to have the work completed by Easter 2017.
Colin Holdsworth, of the New Forest Beach Hut Owners Association, said: "I'm sad it's taking as long as it is to come to fruition. There are details over which the owners are not content, but only details."
Danny Wallis, 29, was found dead in Clarence Row, Gravesend, after Kent Police officers were called to the property at about 19:45 BST on Sunday.
Travis Smith, of no fixed address, was arrested shortly afterwards and charged with the murder on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old is due to appear before Medway Magistrates' Court later on Wednesday.
Two other people were arrested following Mr Wallis' death.
A 23-year-old man has been released on bail and a 29-year-old woman was released without charge.
Elliot, 29, suffered a serious knee injury during the Republic's 2-2 friendly draw with Slovakia on Tuesday.
"There was a wave of emotion knowing I'd miss the rest of the season with Newcastle and the Euros with Ireland," Elliot told his club's website.
The relegation-threatened Magpies were already missing keeper Tim Krul.
Krul, 27, was ruled out for the rest of the season after injuring a knee in October.
Elliot has since made 21 Premier League appearances.
"Regrettably, the severity of this injury will rule Rob out for a number of months," said a Newcastle statement, which explained Elliot had damaged an anterior cruciate ligament.
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Elliot said: "When I found out it was my cruciate ligament, that's when the tears came.
"It's nice to know that there are so many good people wishing me well at such a dark time."
Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez must now choose between Karl Darlow and 19-year-old Freddie Woodman for Saturday's match at fellow strugglers Norwich City.
Darlow, 25, has made just one Premier League appearance for the Magpies, while Woodman is yet to make his first-team debut.
Newcastle are 19th in the table, three points from safety with eight games remaining.
West Ham's Darren Randolph, 28, came off the bench to replace Elliot on Tuesday.
Republic manager Martin O'Neill could recall Shay Given, who has recently returned to training after a knee injury.
The Stoke keeper, who will be 40 on 20 April, was working as a television pundit at Tuesday's game and spoke to O'Neill about his recovery.
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29 April 2015 Last updated at 13:07 BST
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The 21-year-old, who can also play in defence, returns to League Two with the Spireites, having helped Blackpool win promotion from the division while on loan at Bloomfield Road last season.
He scored in his only appearance for Wigan this term, in a 2-1 win over Blackpool in the League Cup.
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Sebastian and Jacob Holmes, aged five and three, and their family were stranded for 12 hours, on 6 December.
To coax the "terrified" boys to safety, from the bungalow in Levens, the RNLI volunteer rescuers promised them their helmets.
Their father Alan said the gifts delivery was a "fantastic" gesture.
The brothers were among six members of their family and two dogs, carried out of the bungalow after they used flash lights to signal for help while standing on kitchen worktops and bunk beds to escape the rising water.
Mr Holmes said: "The boys were sitting on the top bunk but they were scared and crying that they wanted their daddy to come and help. We felt so helpless.
"When we heard the RNLI team had managed to get them out safely we were just so relieved. We are both just so grateful.
"To take the effort to come up here and meet the boys in person and deliver them in time for Christmas is a fantastic gesture."
The RNLI volunteers visited the family at their home in Lytham St Annes on Wednesday to give them rescue helmets to the boys as a Christmas present.
The team, along with other emergency services, evacuated hundreds of people from their homes across Cumbria as "unprecedented" levels of flooding hit the county.
Cumbria is still recovering after some areas were hit by flooding three times in less than a month - many flood-hit areas are braced for further problems with more heavy rain forecast for Christmas night and Boxing Day.
Josh Clarke opened the scoring, moving past Nedum Onuoha before squeezing a shot under QPR keeper Alex Smithies.
Sawyers met a Maxime Colin pass with a fine first-time effort into the top left-hand corner to add a second.
Idrissa Sylla went closest to a QPR response, only for John Egan to nod his goal-bound header over the bar.
Victory lifted Brentford to within a point of the Championship play-off places after 15 games, but Lewis Macleod was carried off the pitch on a stretcher after suffering a knee injury.
Defeat leaves Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's QPR 13th in the table with only one win from their past seven home league matches.
In a high-tempo start to the west London derby, Brentford carved out several chances with Sawyers forcing Smithies into the first save of the match after 20 minutes.
Scott Hogan twice threatened for the Bees, while Conor Washington was the first to test Brentford keeper Daniel Bentley before Clarke put the visitors ahead.
QPR looked brighter after the interval, with Tjaronn Chery a particular menace, but it was Sawyers' neat side-footed finish that ensured victory for Dean Smith's side and ended a four-match winless run.
QPR boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink told BBC Radio London:
"It was frustrating and painful, as I did not see it coming. We made Brentford look very good.
"We made them counter-attack us and that is not what we set out to do. They won the midfield.
"We have taken a step back. It was not the performance I was looking for or the kind of performance we have put in in the last six games.
"I am disappointed for the fans as well. We have to put our hands up, say sorry, and try to put it right."
Brentford boss Dean Smith told BBC Radio London:
"In the first half we were outstanding, with the intensity of our pressing and our intensity on the ball. The only disappointment was we weren't out of sight at half-time.
"We played deeper in the second half but our counter-attacking at pace was a joy to watch, and it created a number of chances.
"We had four warriors at the back and we defended our box well. We were the better team in both boxes."
On Lewis Macleod's injury: "I'm not too sure at the moment. He told the medical staff he heard a click in his knee, which doesn't sound nice.
"It didn't look good but I'm hoping it is not too serious."
Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Brentford 2.
Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 0, Brentford 2.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Ryan Woods.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Nedum Onuoha.
Attempt blocked. Konstantin Kerschbaumer (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
Attempt missed. Konstantin Kerschbaumer (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Scott Hogan.
Attempt saved. Sebastian Polter (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek with a cross.
Konstantin Kerschbaumer (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers).
Substitution, Brentford. Konstantin Kerschbaumer replaces Josh Clarke.
Attempt missed. Pawel Wszolek (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Brentford. Sullay Kaikai replaces Lewis MacLeod because of an injury.
Delay in match Lewis MacLeod (Brentford) because of an injury.
Foul by Lewis MacLeod (Brentford).
Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Ben Gladwin replaces Ariel Borysiuk.
Attempt missed. Sebastian Polter (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek with a cross.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Tjaronn Chery tries a through ball, but Idrissa Sylla is caught offside.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by John Egan.
Attempt blocked. Idrissa Sylla (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek with a cross.
Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Cousins (Queens Park Rangers).
Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Queens Park Rangers 0, Brentford 2. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
Substitution, Brentford. Lewis MacLeod replaces Josh McEachran.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Sebastian Polter replaces Conor Washington.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Tjaronn Chery.
Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Clarke.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Andreas Bjelland.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Pawel Wszolek replaces Jack Robinson.
Harlee Dean (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Idrissa Sylla (Queens Park Rangers).
Attempt blocked. Jordan Cousins (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Jack Robinson tries a through ball, but Idrissa Sylla is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Foul by Ryan Woods (Brentford).
Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Jordan Cousins tries a through ball, but Conor Washington is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
The buy-to-let index, produced by LSL Property Services, shows average rents rose to £743 in August - a monthly rise of 0.7%. The record high of £744 a month was in October 2012.
Compared with August 2012, they are up 1.3%. However that is still below the inflation rate of 2.7%.
London saw the highest rent increases with prices up 4.8% year-on-year.
Wales saw the second highest jump, a rise of 2.3%, while Yorkshire and the Humber are 1.6% lower than in 2012.
The overall figures contrast with last month's report which showed that private tenants were experiencing smaller rent increases than normal.
David Newnes, director of LSL Property Services, put this down to stronger demand - due in part to students returning to university and living in rented accommodation.
"Better availability of finance has allowed some households to leave the rental market. And rents certainly felt the short-term impact of that," explained Mr Newnes.
"But releasing a blast of pent-up pressure to buy a home is unlikely to change the long-term trend in renting. Although government schemes are helping, buying a first home is still extremely hard on the back of low salary growth."
LSL owns the property chains Your Move and Reeds Rains.
In response to the survey, Shelter's chief executive Campbell Robb said "Until we get to the root of the problem by building more affordable homes, more and more ordinary people are going to be left behind by our housing shortage."
But the government says it is working to help renters.
"Official Valuation Office Agency figures show that median rents were unchanged nationally over the past year," said the housing minister Mark Prisk.
"However, this government is determined to kickstart a bigger, better private rented sector that gives tenants more choice," he added.
"That's why we're getting Britain building more rented homes, with a £1 billion investment to help developers build to rent and a further £10 billion in loan guarantees to help grow the number of rented and affordable homes."
The findings chime with a recent assessment from the Office for National Statistics in which it found that London rental prices were seeing sharper rises than the rest of the country.
The 23-year-old's previous deal was due to expire next summer.
North, capped 55 times by Wales and also a British and Irish Lions player, has appeared 42 times for Saints since joining from Scarlets in 2013.
"He is a proven world-class performer, something he has shown over and over again in his time here," said Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder.
North had concussion problems last season, suffering four blows to the head in a five-month period, the final one of which came when he was knocked unconscious in the act of scoring his second try for Northampton against Wasps on 27 March.
Following that incident he was ordered to rest after being examined by a neurosurgeon, before returning to play for Wales in the World Cup.
He played in four of Wales' matches as Warren Gatland's side reached the quarter-finals before losing to South Africa at Twickenham.
North, who became the youngest-ever try scorer at a World Cup when he crossed against Namibia in 2011 aged 19 years and 166 days, added: "It has been a pleasure to play for this great club and for its fans, who are some of the best in rugby.
"It's been a fantastic couple of years where we have enjoyed much success and is a hugely competitive environment where I can continue to develop and improve as a player."
There had been speculation that North might return to a Welsh region, possibly on a dual contract with the Welsh Rugby Union, like the one which will bring centre Jonathan Davies back to the Scarlets from Clermont Auvergne next season.
But Mallinder had maintained he was "very, very confident" he would stay in England and he has now signed an undisclosed-length deal to keep him at Franklin's Gardens.
The British number one lost 1-6 6-4 6-4 to her 20-year-old opponent in China.
Third seed Konta - the world number 10 - was the highest-ranked player remaining in the draw.
"I'm happy I got to play four really great matches in the first week of the season. I feel very fortunate to have gotten that time on court," said Konta.
The Briton won the opening set in just 22 minutes and led 4-2 in the decider, but Siniakova won four successive games to reach her third WTA final.
Konta said: "I think she definitely started slower, and me, quite well. But all credit to her, she really raised her level in the next two sets.
"She was going for every single shot and played quite freely, so it was a difficult match for me to do what I would have liked."
Czech Republic's Siniakova, who beat second seed Simona Halep in the second round, will play American Alison Riske in Saturday's final.
World number 39 Riske reached the final for the second year in a row by beating Camila Giorgi 6-3 6-3.
Tipuric came off as unbeaten Ospreys won 19-14 at Munster on Saturday.
Ospreys pack coach Chris Gibbes said: "He's probably going to miss this week. There are no after-effects in terms of his concussion or his head knock."
The Welsh Rugby Union guidelines on concussion state Tipuric could return six days after his blow.
Fellow Wales cap James King replaced 25-year-old Tipuric on Saturday, who has won 24 caps for the national side.
The WRU has joined a global International Rugby Board drive to improve care for concussed players.
If Tipuric was involved at lower levels of the game, the WRU guidance is not to return to play for at least two weeks.
But the specialist care available to professional players means they can make more rapid returns to the field of play.
The WRU recently launched a "zero tolerance" initiative aimed at educating players and coaches about the potential dangers of concussion and brain injuries.
Widnes, who were not consulted about Wigan's initial cancellation, will now visit the Warriors on Sunday, 2 July.
Friday's game will begin at the original start time of 20:00 GMT.
The Rugby Football League will investigate Wigan for a potential breach of operational rules.
Unlike Wigan, Widnes have an artificial surface at their ground which is unaffected by the Storm Doris weather.
Following the deterioration of the surface at the DW Stadium on Thursday because of Storm Doris, the Warriors and fellow tenants Championship football side Wigan Athletic concluded that of the back-to-back home fixtures on Friday and Saturday, the Latics' match against Nottingham Forest would be more difficult to rearrange than the Widnes fixture.
However, the decision to publicise the postponement was done without consultation with Widnes or the RFL.
The RFL spoke with the clubs late on Thursday, stating the rescheduling of the match was down to them, and the decision was publicised on Friday that the game would go ahead, with a reversal of the schedule and reduced prices for fans.
"Having requested and received compensation from Wigan Warriors to help mitigate the commercial loss, the club felt that it should make a gesture to both sets of supporters," Widnes chief executive James Rule said.
Under the RFL tier 1-4 rules, which include Super League, it states: "Matches shall only be postponed in accordance with the Operational Rules and the Match Day Operations Manual."
Any postponement requires a pitch inspection by RFL personnel, usually the appointed Match Commissioner.
The hasty rescheduling of the game comes less than a week after Super League champions Wigan won the World Club Challenge against NRL counterparts Cronulla Sharks.
Head coach Shaun Wane has named the same squad for a third week in a row after victories in their opening two matches of the season.
Denis Betts has brought Jack Buchanan and Jordan Johnstone into the Widnes squad for Tom Gilmore and Ted Chapelhow.
His Vikings side won twice at the DW Stadium in 2016, but were beaten at home.
Wigan: Bateman, Burgess, Clubb, Escare, Farrell, Flower, Gelling, Gildart, Isa, Leuluai, Marshall, Nuuausala, O'Loughlin, Powell, Sutton, Tautai, Tierney, J Tomkins, Williams.
Widnes: Armstrong, Bridge, Buchanan, Burke, Cahill, J Chapelhow, Craven, Dudson, Hanbury, Heremaia, Houston, Johnstone, Leuluai, Marsh, Olbison, Runciman, Thompson, White, Whitley.
Referee: James Child.
Bakir Izetbegovic, a member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, said the appeal would be launched before a 10-year deadline expired on 26 February.
Bosnian Serb officials warned the move would trigger a new political crisis.
In 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) cleared Serbia of direct responsibility for genocide.
The ICJ found only one act of genocide during Bosnia's 1992-95 war - the massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces in the town of Srebrenica in 1995.
It was Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two.
The ICJ also ruled that Serbia had violated international law by failing to prevent the killings.
On Friday, Mr Izetbegovic said the appeal would be submitted by Bosnia-Herzegovina's legal representative.
"Everyone needs the truth, even those who oppose it, a truth that will be written by international judges, experienced and impartial," he said.
But Bosnian Serb officials said such a move could not be made without consensus within the country's presidency, where a Bosnian Serb and a Bosnian Croat take the other two seats.
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik also urged ethnic Serb politicians to challenge the legitimacy of any appeal.
In Serbia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic described Mr Izetbegovic's announcement as "bad" for relations between the two countries.
Politicians from Bosnia's two semi-independent entities - the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Republika Srpska - have often clashed, triggering political crises.
The powers of the central government in the capital Sarajevo are very limited.
Tattooist Andy Millard fears a national register of practitioners would drive people into backstreet studios, making them vulnerable to harm.
Such places could operate out of kitchens using equipment bought online.
The Welsh government wants licensed practitioners to meet a standard of care and hygiene.
But former Army medic Mr Millard, from Builth Wells in Powys, who has been practising for more than 30 years, said: "If they raise the bar too high, all that adds into the cost.
"It's going to be passed on to the client. It makes it easier for people then to decide 'do I go to a studio or do I go see the guy down the road because it's a hell of a lot cheaper?'"
Julie Barratt, director of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health in Wales, said: "Unless finance follows function, that is there is new money for new burdens, this work may not get done.
"That is highly undesirable. The powers wouldn't be being given if there wasn't a need and there clearly is a need."
The Welsh government has said councils will be able to charge licence fees to recover costs and that those fees "should be retained by the enforcing department to offset the cost of providing the service".
It was after claims from a newspaper that he offered advice on how to get around rules on player transfers.
Sam apologised for his actions and said he's "deeply disappointed."
Under 21s coach Gareth Southgate will take over for now.
Sam had taken over from Roy Hodgson in July following England's disastrous performance at Euro 2016 in France.
But Sam only managed England for one match in 67 days, making him the shortest serving full-time England manager in history.
It means that the Football Association will have to look for another manager for the national side.
Benefits for Cameron Mathieson, five, stopped after he spent more than 12 weeks in Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool.
Supreme Court judges agreed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had been "grossly unfair" when it stopped his payments after 84 days.
His family said they had continued the fight over Disability Living Allowance (DLA) "on behalf of other families".
Cameron, from Warrington, Cheshire, died in 2012.
All three of the Byrnes-trained runners had been backed down by punters from much bigger prices.
The trio were available at combined odds of 3,314-1 earlier in the day, whereas the treble at starting prices was just 42-1.
Bookmakers estimated the hat-trick cost the industry more than £1m.
War Anthem won the 6.40 race at 6-1 (had been 16/1) before Mr Smith took the 7.10 at 7-4 (was 12s). Top Of The Town sealed the hat-trick in the 8.10 contest, going off 5-4 favourite, having been 14-1.
Byrnes told reporters: "After Galway we needed it. I did my brains in at Galway with Sea Light and Crystal Pearl."
Last week at the Galway Festival, Byrnes and Russell failed to collect with the well-backed Crystal Pearl and Sea Light, the latter twice failing to win.
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The government estimate is an increase of 16% from the £123m it budgeted for the 2015 general election.
The price tag reflects the scale of the operation to staff tens of thousands of polling stations, process millions of votes and distribute candidates' mailings.
The cost of last year's EU referendum was similar.
That cost the taxpayer around £142m.
Taking the 2015 election as a guide, around 7.6 million postal votes were sent out. There were over 46 million poll cards and ballot papers printed to reflect 650 separate candidate lists for the election.
On the day of the vote itself, 41,000 polling stations were staffed for many hours by tens of thousands of people.
That evening, more than 30 million votes were counted by tens of thousands of people sorting through thousands of ballot boxes.
Holding national votes has become an expensive business.
Based on the government's estimate, obtained from the Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland Office, this would become the UK's most expensive election.
Since 2010, holding by-elections have on average each cost close to £240,000.
Costs for 8 June are higher than previous elections because this poll is being held on a stand-alone basis. Often joint local and national elections are held, where administrative costs can be shared between different bodies polling on the same day, such as councils.
The anticipated costs may also reflect expectations over turnout, the number of candidates and parties standing and how many people are expected to vote.
The deadline to hold the national poll on the same day as this May's local elections had passed by the time Theresa May surprised many in Westminster and called for a snap election.
As a result, returning officers in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been allocated up to £101.6m in total for the 8 June poll.
The cost of delivering election mailings for candidates is expected to match the £41.7m spent on the 2015 general election, according to the Cabinet Office.
Spending by individual candidates and political parties on the campaign trail is treated separately.
For the 2015 general election, there was a total reported spend of over £39m by 57 parties and 23 non-party campaigners, according to the Electoral Commission.
Yet, on 4 May, many will put themselves forward for one of the 1,254 seats up for grabs in Wales.
But what does your local councillor really think of their job, colleagues and the public they serve?
When offered the chance to speak anonymously, and these councillors and former councillors agreed to spill all.
Some details have been changed to protect the anonymity of the interviewees.
"It's true, you get phone calls at very inappropriate times and sometimes I'd like to stick that phone where the sun don't shine. Some of the questions you get asked are ridiculous but, nevertheless, they expect you to know the answer. But there's also a lot of satisfaction when you're able to help someone. I've spent this morning dealing with the bus companies and it looks I'm getting somewhere so it's been a good day. One year we had a Christmas tree blow down and I was there on Christmas Day and Boxing Day trying to sort it out. I was thinking: "What am I doing this for?" Financially, forget it, you're way out of pocket. Unfortunately a lot of people want to be a councillor just because it looks good but they're not interested in doing any of the work. People are always telling me there are too many councillors and we don't need them, and they're probably quite right. On the other hand, a lot of us are there because we want to help and get involved. I get a lot of satisfaction out of it. But I'm single and retired and I have time on my hands. Yesterday I had a phone call from a lady asking if I could trace someone who left the village many years ago. I was able to help her and she was absolutely delighted. There seems to be more and more paperwork as the years go by. A lot of it could be avoided and a lot of it is job creation to be honest with you. I don't get nervous on election night anymore. It wouldn't really bother me if I was deselected. It wouldn't be the end of world. I'd probably give a sigh of relief. "
"I worked in a very male-dominated industry before becoming a councillor so I was used to dealing with male egos. Despite this, the male chauvinism I encountered at the council was like nothing I'd ever seen before. The personal insults I received wouldn't be tolerated in any other working environment. I'm not the only woman who resigned and I know of other women who did so for similar reasons. I used to dread going into meetings. Some women councillors aren't as vocal as their male colleagues. I think they're afraid to speak out because of the culture of bullying. I had no other choice but to resign. I always thought that politics might be a dirty business but it was far worse than I could have imagined. Anybody with any personal integrity would find it an uphill battle. I did find the ward work really rewarding. You've got to really fight sometimes but I enjoyed that. I like talking to people. There was a family who were going to be evicted so I went to court with them and we won. If I hadn't achieved anything else that would have made it worthwhile. The vast majority of the people I spoke to were only too grateful for the help that you gave them and I enjoyed even the small wins. There was one occasion when I was threatened by a resident at a surgery all because they thought someone had carried out building work without planning permission. After that my partner used to come with me to keep an eye on me at my surgery. Other women councillors I knew had a terrible time on social media. I'm really sad how it turned out and still feel disillusioned by the whole thing."
"Within weeks of being elected people were approaching me about all sorts of trivial matters. Some of these matters had been going on for eight years and I was able to set up a meeting and get the problem sorted almost straight away. What on Earth had been going on for eight years? What has shocked me is that 90% of people that I help don't even bother to say thank you. I'm not doing it for the thanks but I find it staggering. Then there's the political side which is a dirty, stinking world. I despise politicians quite frankly. I carry on because instead of shouting at the TV now I can challenge these people in the council chamber. But I'm more furious now than I was before I became a councillor. The quality of so many councillors is so low it's nothing short of frightening. You wouldn't let them run a paper stand and they're handling multi-million pound budgets. There's an utter lack of accountability for senior officers' actions. I'm staggered by the level of dishonesty. I see them lying to councillors and committees. There's moral corruption and no accountability. And there's so much wasting of rate payer's money. Every month I get three or four invites asking me to events with free alcohol and food for councillors and their hangers-on. It's absolutely outrageous and I've refused every single invite. I resigned from my party and became an independent because it is as morally corrupt as every other party and I couldn't stand to be in the same room as my party leader."
"I came back from university, one of my parents was ill and I needed something to keep me busy. There was a lack of facilities for children in my area and nothing was getting done about it, so I decided to run as a councillor. Once I was a town councillor I got the council to match fund the park with £25,000. It was a huge confidence boost and finally the kids had somewhere to go. Being a councillor is gruelling and fast-paced. When I went into it I thought I'd be mostly championing local people but there's a broader strategic role and I also need to be a robust opposition councillor. I'm not downbeat on politics because it's a vehicle for change. Politics matters. Sometimes us councillors don't understand the power and the role that we've got. The cabinet are often very remote from the areas they're making decisions about. Part of our challenge is making them aware of that. I love the individual contact I have with constituents. It's great when you can help them out of a hole they're in, such as accessing a food bank. It's a rewarding job and I love what I do and would never change it. I feel a huge weight on my shoulders and don't want to let people down. My constituents have access to me 24/7. It takes a while to adjust to that. I've been called at two in the morning by a lady who was going to court the next day over not paying her bills. She was so upset and I just wished she'd contacted me weeks earlier so I could have stopped it getting to that stage. Being a councillor is a full time job yet you can't live off the wage so you have to work another job, hence the reason most councillors in my area are retired, white men. I think we need to make it more attractive, part of the solution could be paying more."
"I've stood in all political elections (local, general, by-elections and as a European candidate) for the past 25 years but haven't been successful yet. I'm not party motivated but I'm interested in making money for charity and local causes. I think in local elections the candidates should be from the area and aware of local issues. The problem is most candidates have to stick to set party doctrine and its not clear what they've done as individuals. There's a lot of cronyism in politics, you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. It needs a wind of change. No wonder the public are apathetic with all that squabbling amongst each other and leadership problems. The public thinks: "Why should I bother?" People look on me as a joke but I've been raising money for 25 years. If I was a councillor I wouldn't want to go to planning application meetings, I want to get face-to-face with people. And there's so much litter around here that doesn't get picked up so I'm going to get my own team together. I'm not answerable to anyone as an independent, I am who I am. Politicians are after their own interest, half of them."
"I was first elected 30 years ago after losing on three previous occasions. Finally coming through as a party of opposition was incredible. When the result was announced the supporters were dancing and singing. Then reality set in. On my first visit to the civic centre, I was blanked by the ruling party members and had a testy first meeting with the chief exec. I learned quickly that to do your job as a councillor you must read everything that comes your way and learn the protocols. The best thing about being a councillor is that it opens doors to organisations who can be of help to you in serving your constituents. I always got a kick out of being able to help my people and always strove to do my best by them, but of course you can't win them all. I always think an honest attempt is sometimes just as good as a success. I am proud that during my tenure I never claimed expenses or allowances but financed myself through my normal employment. Being a councillor is hard work and you are available to your constituents at all hours and in all places. Being a leading member of your community is a very humbling experience. Yes, council meetings can be boring and long-winded but if you concentrate on winning your battles you can produce results for your constituents and local area. Looking back, would I do it again? Yes, of course I would." | Billionaire Donald Trump continues to dominate the polls and drive the debate in the Republican presidential nomination, staying a step ahead of his competitors on the issues of immigration, border security and the Syrian refugee crisis.
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University Hospital of Wales said a high number of seriously-ill patients were admitted through the week, putting services under pressure.
Doctors will prioritise these cases, resulting in longer waits for others.
Alice Casey, from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, asked people to "think carefully" if they needed to go to the emergency unit.
The health board said there were 5,310 visits to the emergency unit in January, up 13% on the previous year.
On Friday, patients were told to stay away from Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, after several patients fell ill with symptoms associated with the norovirus.
In a letter published in the Independent newspaper, 100 experts said the new curriculum in England would "severely erode educational standards".
The group said it was "narrow" and did not develop pupils' ability to think.
The Department for Education said it was based on "careful analysis" of the world's most successful school systems.
The criticism of Mr Gove's policy comes two days after two teaching unions announced a series of strikes in a row over, pay, pensions and workload.
Schools across the country are likely to be affected by the rolling programme of walkouts by members of the the National Union of Teachers and the NASUWT, along with a national strike before Christmas.
The signatories of the curriculum letter, which include professors from Nottingham Trent, Leeds Metropolitan, Oxford and Bristol universities, said children would have to learn mountains of detail for English, maths and science without understanding it.
They also said the curriculum changes betrayed a serious distrust in teachers.
The letter said: "This mountain of data will not develop children's ability to think, including problem-solving, critical understanding and creativity.
"Much of [the proposed curriculum] demands too much too young. This will put pressure on teachers to rely on rote learning without understanding.
"Inappropriate demands will lead to failure and demoralisation. The learner is largely ignored."
It added: "This curriculum betrays a serious distrust of teachers, in its amount of detailed instructions, and the education secretary has repeatedly ignored expert advice."
But a spokesman for the DfE said: "The distinction made by the signatories between knowledge and skills is a false dichotomy.
"The new curriculum is based on careful analysis of the world's most successful school systems. We are giving schools more freedom over the curriculum and teaching - not less.
"We are reforming the exam system to test deeper cognitive skills such as mathematical problem-solving and extended writing, which are neglected now, but these skills do not exist in a vacuum and depend on solid foundations."
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg said: "Yet again Michael Gove's back-of-an-envelope plans have been criticised by experts.
"We need to ensure young people have the knowledge and skills for the modern world of work. Going back to an outdated, narrow curriculum will damage our future economic prospects."
But there was a 17th athlete who lived in the Olympic Village, took part in the team's training, attended all of their matches and did not win a medal.
Natalie Seymour was the team's first reserve and did not play a game.
She announced her retirement this January at just 27, having taken an 18-month break from the sport after the Olympics.
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And the former Canterbury player, who won 74 caps for England and Great Britain, has found an excellent way of overcoming what she describes a "difficult" and "confusing" time - by becoming one of the country's leading triathletes.
Her first season as a triathlete began with the British Championships in Liverpool, an event she entered "just to see what I could do" but at which she finished fourth in her age group.
It culminated in a ninth place in the 25-29 age category at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in London last September.
"Since I've started, I've really enjoyed it," she told BBC Radio Kent. "The season I had, I thought 'this is something I'm really enjoying' and it confirmed I'd made the right decision."
I could wish things had been different but I look at everything that's happened since. I'm in a great position
Seymour is younger than many of the current international hockey squad but says she has no regrets over giving it up.
"It was a difficult time [at the Olympics] because it wasn't the experience I wanted," she explained. "Confusing or rollercoaster is a really good way to describe it.
"At the time, I didn't really know what to think or feel.
"Prior to the tournament, I already knew the position I was in. I had a really important role for the squad, and it was about trying to focus on that really.
"There's no doubt, if you'd asked me much closer to selection, I'd want to be playing at London 2012.
"I could wish things had been different but I look at everything that's happened since - I'm in a great position, and really enjoying what I'm doing."
Her Olympic experience could have been transformed when captain Kate Walsh broke her jaw in the opening game of the tournament, but the defender was not called on.
"When Kate got her injury, the biggest concern for me was whether she was OK," Seymour said.
"While you'd love to play, there's no part of me that would wish anyone else to have their Olympics ended in such a horrible way.
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"When you've trained alongside people for three years, it's hard to feel like that but I was part of it and I gave all I could."
And post-hockey, Seymour has another focus in addition to her blossoming triathlon career - a doctorate in clinical psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London.
It is a career move she had planned even before her unhappy Olympic experience.
"While I was involved in the central hockey programme, we had support from the English Institute of Sport," she said.
"I actually applied for the doctorate during the programme just to practise applying. I was number 60 on a reserve list for this interview and only found out about it two days before. Something was telling me I should go for this while the opportunity was there.
"I had to make a decision about two weeks before the Olympics. I knew that I wanted to take some time out from the sport."
Now, even with a busy schedule of working and studying five days a week, Seymour still manages to train twice a day and in 2014 will compete for the Thames Turbo triathlon team.
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"I could see that my career as a psychologist was starting to evolve," she continues.
"After the season I had in triathlon, I evaluated it with my coach and felt it was a great opportunity to see what I could do with this sport.
"It was then I realised I needed to make a clear decision on my mind to focus on triathlon."
And Seymour believes that in part she has her negative Olympic experiences to thank for her success in her new sport.
"It's the freshness I'm really enjoying," she said. "The central programme gave me an opportunity to be the best I can be as a hockey player. Now it's not something I want to do and I'm relishing the new challenge.
"I have to believe that it happened the way it was meant to or you can dwell on it too much.
"I don't think there's unfinished business at an elite level but I certainly think I can succeed to a very high level in triathlon.
"I genuinely enjoy learning and that's why I'm still studying now and why I'm relishing the challenge of a new sport."
If all goes well, that new challenge could lead her to what she was so tantalisingly close to 18 months ago, showcasing her skills on an Olympic stage.
The NUJ called on campaigners to rein in abuse, much of which it said was fuelled by anonymous attacks on social media against individuals.
The organisation also said there was a particular issue with intimidation of BBC journalists.
Both sides of the campaign have condemned abuse in all its forms.
The comments from the NUJ, three days before the referendum, came the day after a large crowd of protesters gathered outside BBC Scotland's Glasgow HQ, claiming the corporation's coverage had been biased against independence.
Protesters draped a banner over the entrance to the building calling for the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson to be sacked, after a clash with First Minister Alex Salmond at a media conference earlier last week.
The NUJ also said it had experienced a number of Labour MPs accusing BBC journalists of political bias against the pro-Union Better Together campaign.
The NUJ said it had already advised several of its members on making complaints to the police and vowed to "name and shame" those who continued to threaten or bully journalists.
And the union also called on the leadership of the campaigns for and against independence to consider the implications of accusing journalists of bias when they were simply asking challenging questions.
Weekend 'abuse'
NUJ Scottish organiser Paul Holleran said: "People have the right to protest if they believe strongly about an issue, however protesters outside the BBC offices in Glasgow this weekend have demanded that journalists be sacked, for allegedly being biased in favour of the Union.
"Journalists in Edinburgh and Aberdeen were abused over the weekend when simply turning up to report on events organised by both sides.
"Others were on the receiving end of a range of abuse and intolerance on social media, some of which has been logged and may be reported to the police."
Blair Jenkins, chief executive of the Yes Scotland campaign for independence, said of the BBC protest: "I don't think there was anything that happened here yesterday that caused anyone serious concern."
On the Nick Robinson banner, he added: "I would rather people didn't produce banners like that, but it is a free country and people are allowed to express an opinion."
Mr Jenkins, a former BBC Scotland head of news, said he had experienced intimidation as a journalist, adding: "Most journalists in this building (BBC Scotland) and everywhere else would regard yesterday as very, very low on the Richter Scale - it was a perfectly civil protest by people who were expressing a point of view."
Blair McDougall, the campaign director for Better Together, which is backing a "No" vote, said of the protest: "There was an enormous banner, with a picture of a BBC journalist's face on it calling him a liar and calling him corrupt.
"There was a line of police protecting the BBC building from a crowd of people demonstrating on behalf of the government party in Scotland. Is that the sort of country we want to live in?"
Mr McDougall added: "We have real concerns about the BBC coverage, we have often very furious rows behind the scenes, but we don't make it public as we are not in the business of intimidating journalists and we have got to be clear that is exactly what that demonstration was designed to do."
A BBC spokesperson said: "We believe our coverage has been fair and impartial and has adhered fully to the requirements of our Editorial and Referendum Guidelines."
The 31-year-old, who signed a four-year contract with the club last July, has impressed again this season.
He made his England debut in April and believes staying with the Clarets can help his international chances.
"It is about playing Premier League football and continuing to work at the international set-up," he said.
"I'm delighted to be involved in that and have a taste for it and now I've got a hunger for more. I want to continue improving every day and I'm more than happy where I am at the moment."
Defender Michael Keane has also been heavily linked with a summer move from Burnley, but Heaton is not concerned by the prospect of the club selling players.
"It is the nature of the beast, especially at this level, that when players do well they will get talked about," added Heaton, who joined Burnley from Manchester United in 2013.
"Our biggest strength is our team ethic and our unity. Whatever happens we will deal with it and we'll keep moving forward."
A 12-year-old girl was also injured and was airlifted to hospital in Oban.
Emergency services were called to the scene near the village of Benderloch, north of Oban, at about 14:40 BST on Sunday.
Police Scotland said inquiries were ongoing but the incident was not being treated as suspicious. A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
The Health and Safety Executive has been informed about the incident.
The 12-year-old was taken to Lorn and Islands Hospital.
The area where the incident happened is part of the Barcaldine Forest, where there has been logging activity recently.
Margaret Adams, convenor of the local community council, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the tragedy would have a "massive" impact on the community.
"Even if people don't know the child they will know the family, in a small community," she said.
"It really will have quite an affect on the locals."
Ms Adams said logging had been going on in the area for several months, with signs up warning of the dangers.
She added: "The signs make it very clear that they don't want people to go up because there will be heavy machinery and logs stacked."
Local resident Elaine Walton told BBC Scotland there had been plenty of warnings about forestry operations but it was possible to access the area by avoiding the fenced-off tracks.
"The Forestry (Commission) sent every household in the area a letter telling us the plans for the works, that the place would be sealed off and that there were other walks down at Sutherland's Grove," she said.
"But if you live in the area you know that there are little ways to get up on the hill if you want to and young people explore and find these ways."
A spokesman for Forest Enterprise Scotland said: "Our thoughts are with the family and their friends at this very difficult time and we offer them our deepest condolences.
"We will now focus on working with the site contractor, Tilhill Forestry, and the Health and Safety Executive as investigations into this tragic incident continue."
Saracens took the honours on the pitch, returning to the top of the table with a 26-16 victory over struggling London Irish, but did the decision to schedule a game on the other side of the Atlantic pay off?
Premiership Rugby chief executive Mark McCafferty says the planning for next year's return visit has already started with the aim of selling-out a regular season game at the 25,000 stadium by 2018.
McCafferty, one of many driving forces behind taking England's top-flight competition to north America, believes they now have a template for future growth.
"It's always a challenge to get through the first one, but I think we've made a really good start," he told BBC Sport after the full-time whistle.
But, on a weekend when the Six Nations took a pivotal twist, the inaugural game was battling for recognition in its own country, let alone trying to break into the American sporting consciousness.
"I don't imagine it changing for next year (from a Six Nations weekend)," McCafferty said. "But, I do imagine a point in future when that would be the case.
"We have to plan around winter. Early March is a good time of year with not competing too much with the other US sports, which are obviously huge."
Despite a week of publicity events and both sets of players meeting the local community, it was hard to find any column inches or much radio or TV time devoted to publicising the game to the US audience.
The main talk on the New York sporting agenda in the build-up to Saturday's game centred around who local NFL sides the Jets and the Giants will try to snap up as free agents, and college basketball's Big East series coming to town at Madison Square Garden.
Saturday's crowd of 14,800, which is around average for a domestic Premiership fixture was labelled "a good starting position" by the organisers.
"We've got to make sure we have a date in the calendar that gives us the best possible chance at it being successful," McCafferty added.
"I guess our message is 'Premiership rugby's in town'," he added. "We want to get as many Americans out there as possible watching it."
Saracens' Alex Goode, who scored 19 points in the game: "Anywhere we can grow the game and get more fans on board is brilliant. It's a huge role for the game to keep expanding, keep bringing the popularity of the game to new places.
"Maybe we've done it today, we don't know. But's it's been great for the fans and the players to have a different scenery and we've really enjoyed ourselves and the American people have been great."
London Irish winger Alex Lewington, a first-half try-scorer: "I'd love to play here every week to be honest.
"The size and quality of the pitch were unbelievable. It was amazing and I'd love to do it again next year."
London Irish scrum-half Scott Steele: "It's not very often that you get the chance to go to New York with your usual job. The training facilities that we used during the week with the New York Jets were amazing.
"When I first heard about the idea of taking a game away, factors like jetlag came to mind. But, we got looked after really well by everybody and it's been a really good occasion."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall: "An occasion like this deserves us to be able to come here with our full squad. That wasn't to be because it's in the middle of the Six Nations.
"I do feel it needs to be organised at a time of the year when all the stars you can have here are going to be here.
"We had a lot who played very well for England against Wales. I think America would love to see the likes of Maro Itoje, George Kruis and Billy Vunipola.
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"But, it felt like something different. Not like a run-of-the-mill Premiership match, which is an important thing."
London Irish head coach Tom Coventry: "Spending some time together on a tour in the middle of a Premiership season is very unusual.
"There's been plenty of positives, the only negative (for us) has been the result really.
"I think it's a progression of growing the game of rugby union in general. For Premiership Rugby, I think it's a positive step forward."
A meeting of top v bottom might have been viewed as something of a mis-match before kick-off, but the actual result reflected a hard-fought contest.
'Home side' London Irish, eight points adrift of safety, gave an encouraging account of themselves in their must-win scenario, particularly in the first-half.
Curious locals among the crowd were treated to two well-taken tries in the opening 40 minutes from Saracens and England full-back Alex Goode and Exiles winger Alex Lewington as Irish took a well-deserved six-point lead into the break.
But Irish were once again not clinical enough in the second half, when Saracens turned the screw to score 20 points to their three.
The scrappy nature of centre Nick Tompkins' match-winning try late on summed up the Exiles' lack of good fortune in their struggle at the Premiership's basement.
End result: Saracens get a big result in the Big Apple by going back above Exeter at the summit, Irish remain deep in the mire with the threat of relegation increasingly looming with just six games to play.
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The negatives of the 69 photographs, which were taken by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, were recently found in their archives.
They show the effects of the explosion near the Arndale Centre on 15 June 1996.
No-one died, but many were injured and buildings were severely damaged.
The bomb was the second biggest to have exploded on mainland Britain, weighing 3,300lb.
It went off on the same day that England played Scotland at Wembley in the Euro 96 football tournament.
The events of the day were the inspiration for the recent BBC One drama From There To Here, which featured a recreation of the explosion and its aftermath.
The Republican-led Congress sent the bill to the president on Tuesday.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama vetoed the bill "without any drama or fanfare or delay".
The 875-mile (1,400km) pipeline would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the US state of Nebraska where it joins pipes running to Texas.
The project has pitted Republicans and other supporters, who say it will create much needed jobs, against many Democrats and environmentalists, who warn the pipeline will add to carbon emissions and contribute to global warming.
The Keystone bill is Mr Obama's third veto as president and his first since Republicans won full control of Congress in November.
More vetoes are expected in the coming months as Republicans in Congress craft legislation to reverse Mr Obama's action on health care, immigration and financial regulation.
The Keystone XL pipeline project was first proposed more than six years ago, but has languished, awaiting a permit required by the federal government because it would cross an international boundary.
The White House has said the bill passed by Congress interfered with the normal permitting process.
Without a veto-busting majority in Congress, Republicans are considering inserting Keystone into other critical legislation dealing with energy, spending or infrastructure in the hope that Obama would be less likely to veto those priorities.
Primary six and seven pupils at Bunscoil an Lúir have been learning meditation and breathing exercises on a regular basis.
The depression charity, Aware, is behind the initiative.
They say meditation can help children develop emotional resilience and fight the effects of stress.
In the lesson in Bunscoil an Luir, pupils are taught to relax, moderate their breathing, and concentrate, by taking things a little more slowly.
An external mindfulness tutor appointed by Aware leads the lessons, which seem to be having an impact both inside and outside the classroom.
11-year-old Brídín Ni Mhurchú said she had learned how to relax and not become anxious about things like homework.
"I take a deep breath in and then out and just don't think about anything else," she said.
10-year-old Lonan Mac Domhnaill said mindfulness helps him keep his temper in difficult situations.
"I learn how to calm down whenever I'm stressed and don't get into a tantrum and get angry," he said.
11-year-old Amber McGinnis Mallon uses the techniques she has learned in class to relax at home.
"Say if I'm angry at my brothers I would go to my room," she said.
"Then I hear the birds outside instead."
Even their initially sceptical teacher, Ciarán Catney, has been won over by the classes.
"We're giving the children the tools to deal with stress," he said.
"When we started I thought I was getting time to correct some books or get some plans ready."
"But when I was sitting doing different activities and things with the children, I was learning that I didn't realise how stressed out I could be at times as well."
"So I was de-stressing myself."
The chief executive of Aware, Siobhan Donaghy, said she hoped to be able to offer similar classes in other schools across Northern Ireland.
"It would help children to reduce stress, and to cope with things that happen in life," she said.
"Younger and younger children nowadays are suffering from stress, many from anxiety and some from depression."
But what about those who say it is not a school's role to teach mindfulness?
"We believe that emotional education for young people is so incredibly important as they try to make their way through life," Ms Donaghy said.
"These children are going to move into secondary school soon, where they're going to face all sorts of pressures.
"They need the techniques and tools to deal with that."
They say the bulk carriers' heavy chains are destroying crab pots worth thousands of pounds and parts of the sea bed in Mounts Bay.
It is legal for the vessels to anchor free of charge in the bay, which is sheltered from the weather.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said there were "ongoing efforts" to address the problem.
Cargo ships from as far away as Hong Kong and Liberia have anchored off the coast in between jobs.
The rest periods can be more frequent if global trade is down.
Jeremy Rowe, a Mounts Bay fisherman, said it "hurts that pristine fishing grounds are being wrecked".
He said: "It does put a massive question mark over inshore fishing - a historic way of fishing - in this part of the world."
Paul Trebilcock from the Cornish Fish Producers Organisation said there was "genuine conflict" and it was a "serious concern" for some inshore fishermen.
In a joint statement, the MCA and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), said they "both recognise that there is an ongoing situation in relation to use of this space, and are both keen to participate in ongoing efforts to identify any further steps that can be taken".
Its introduction has so far been blocked by the veto power despite attracting the support of a narrow majority of MLAs.
However, no-one should leap to the assumption that the Stormont parties will drop the controversial petition system in isolation, without revisiting all of the rest of the Good Friday Agreement's "ugly scaffolding".
Back in 2014, a Stormont committee reviewed the petition of concern system and concluded that there was no consensus for reform.
The committee considered whether the use of such petitions should be restricted to certain key areas.
It also discussed whether petitions should be triggered by weighted majorities of 65%. Again it could not achieve consensus.
Then last year the Alliance party tried to stipulate reforms to the petition of concern system as a precondition for taking the justice department again in a DUP and Sinn Féin led coalition.
The former Alliance leader David Ford claimed Arlene Foster thumped the table in exasperation at this suggestion.
The cross-community voting system, which is triggered by petitions of concern, was introduced as a guarantee against majority rule in Northern Ireland.
Nationalists had long argued that the border was an effective gerrymander in order to guarantee a unionist majority. So they were never going to be prepared to participate in an assembly which might look like a recreation of the old pre-Troubles Stormont parliament.
If the petitions of concern were dropped in isolation, then same-sex marriage might progress. But equally there would be nothing to stop, for example, a unionist majority changing, say, the definition of a victim.
Some argue that the system should be changed so cross-community voting can only apply to constitutional or Troubles related matters.
But some politicians will baulk at any attempt to tightly define what they might regard as a "key area".
As the DUP leader put it, she thinks her critics want to keep the veto power for what they think is important but prevent her party deploying it in relation to its priorities.
If the current cross-community system of "parallel consent" (a majority of both unionists and nationalists) is dropped that would logically mean there is no need to get MLAs to sign in as Unionists, Nationalists, or Others when they take their seats.
One argument in favour of this is that it might enable Stormont politics to evolve, with a vote for smaller parties or others appearing less of a "wasted vote".
But there is still the problem of "majority rule" - which means most commentators have talked about requiring weighted majorities in order to ensure some level of cross-community backing for controversial policies.
However, this in turn could lead to dilemmas. The TUV, for example, has suggested a weighted majority of 60%. This threshold would have blocked the November 2015 vote in favour of same-sex marriage just as assuredly as the old petition of concern. Moreover a coalition of unionists and others could, theoretically, have outvoted the nationalists who made up just 37% of the seats in the old assembly.
The Stormont committee's 65% suggestion would - using the old assembly break down - require some nationalist buy-in, but not the assent of Sinn Féin. However, at this threshold the old DUP team would have still been able to block initiatives they opposed.
The arch critic of the Stormont system, Bob McCartney, once told me that the working of the assembly was like a Heath Robinson contraption and that any attempt to alter it only added an extra layer of bizarre complexity.
So it's not just about abolishing the petition of concern, but working out what might replace it.
Certainly the post-election talks are unlikely to achieve any breakthrough on these basic building blocks of the Good Friday Agreement in a matter of weeks.
The PM has made welfare reform one of his key EU demands.
One option under consideration would see all claimants denied in-work benefits unless received unemployment benefit in the previous year.
No 10 said it would "not give a running commentary" on negotiations.
But UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who is campaigning for the UK to leave the European Union, said the idea was "appalling".
Legal restrictions preventing EU citizens from being discriminated against mean ministers are increasingly focusing on ideas that would also prevent thousands of Britons from getting benefits.
Ministers have admitted an EU treaty change will be required to make any major welfare changes.
A document seen by BBC News in the summer from government lawyers to ministers said "imposing additional requirements on EU workers that do not apply to a member state's own workers constitutes direct discrimination which is prohibited under current EU law".
The legal opinion came several months after a speech by David Cameron last November in which he first announced his intention to stop EU migrants from claiming in-work benefits - typically housing benefit and working tax credits - for four years.
BBC News has learned that Whitehall officials were not fully consulted about the legality of the proposal prior to the speech.
David Cameron says he has a mandate to pursue EU reform following the Conservatives' general election victory.
The PM wants to renegotiate the terms of the UK's membership ahead of an in/out referendum by the end of 2017. He has said he will campaign for Britain to remain in the EU if he gets the reforms he wants.
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The legal problems that have emerged are forcing ministers and officials to focus on indirect discrimination - options that disproportionately affect EU migrants but would also impact UK citizens.
One option would see in-work benefits banned from anyone who had not received out-of-work benefits in the previous 12 months.
The proposal could see someone who has worked for many years failing to qualify for support if their income fell because, for example, their employer cut their hours.
While some exemptions would be introduced, for those leaving education for instance, the scheme would "create an incentive for people to give up work for a little while in order to subsequently qualify for in-work help", said an official.
This option appeals to some ministers as changes already introduced as part of Universal Credit stop EU migrants from claiming out-of-work benefits.
An option BBC News revealed in the summer - a four-year residency test for all benefit claimants - has now been fully costed and is being considered by Treasury officials.
It would mean Britons, even if they had lived in the UK all their lives, would be ineligible for in-work benefits for four years from their 18th birthday.
If implemented, some unemployed British families who failed the test could be thousands of pounds worse off if one of them found a job.
"They would be much better off staying on out-of-work benefits," said a Whitehall official familiar with the proposals.
The legality of the proposals is being considered in Whitehall, as are the politics - officials say ministers are wary as both options will affect tens of thousands of British people and could undermine one of the government's central messages, that people should always be better off in work.
A third proposal, which has been floated by the Minister for Government Policy Oliver Letwin, would see in-work benefits denied to people who had not paid enough National Insurance contributions for three years.
That option was seen as being problematic however, said one official, as it would change the nature of Universal Credit and may conversely make EU migrants eligible for out-of-work benefits.
The prime minister remains insistent about getting welfare reform from his EU negotiations, despite officials believing the changes already introduced have tightened the system considerably.
"New EU migrants now face one of the toughest in-work benefit systems in Europe when they come here," said one official.
"We have made benefit tourism a thing of the past," they added.
But Mr Farage said the prime minister's renegotiation strategy was unravelling.
"Even the one area where he was going to go to the European Council and try to get a rule change, actually we've surrendered already by saying we will change the British social security system," he told Radio 4's Today.
"So young couples in this country, aged 21, who work and have got children, will, if this goes ahead, be better off not working than being in work. I think it's appalling."
The museum aims to raise $500,000 (??320,000) on Kickstarter to help safeguard the suit and build a climate-controlled display case.
Conservators say the suits were built for short-term use with materials that break down over time.
They also plan to digitise the suit using 3D scanning.
The suit used by Armstrong on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 is deteriorating and hasn't been displayed for nine years.
"In 2006, we decided to give it a rest, to take it off display and put it in our state-of-the-art storage, which is at a low temperature and low humidity, to preserve it and figure out how to get those climate-controlled conditions from storage into a display case," said Cathy Lewis, spacesuit curator at the Washington DC-based museum.
She added: "The suit itself is a very complex machine. It's made of many different materials - about 12 different types of textiles and fabrics that have been combined together in one.
"To preserve or conserve any single one of those textiles would be very easy, but then we would have to take the suit apart and we're not going to do that."
The museum plans to display it for the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing.
Later, it hopes the suit will be the centerpiece in Destination Moon, a new gallery set to open in 2020.
Khabi Abrey, 30, was one of seven people taken to hospital after the fire on the ninth floor of the Balmoral Road flats in Westcliff-on-Sea on Saturday.
Lillo Troisi, 47, of Balmoral Road, has been charged with murder and two counts of arson.
Mr Troisi, who is unemployed, is due before Southend Magistrates' Court later.
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The other two charges in full are arson with intent to endanger life and arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.
Ms Abrey and her unborn baby died in hospital on Monday night.
A post mortem examination gave the cause of death as complications arising following breathing in fumes.
Her unborn baby died of cardiac arrest due to Mrs Abrey's inhalation of fire fumes.
Essex Police are continuing to appeal for anyone who had any more information about the fire.
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The defending champions include 15 of the squad that beat Canada to win the last World Cup in 2014.
Rachael Burford, Rochelle Clark, Tamara Taylor and Danielle Waterman will play in their fourth consecutive World Cup.
Bristol's Sarah Hunter, who led the world number ones to the Six Nations title in March, captains a squad with a combined total of 1,207 caps.
Six players also represented Great Britain in the rugby sevens at the Rio Olympics last summer.
England are in Pool B and open their tournament against Spain on 9 August, before facing Italy on 13 August and USA on 17 August.
Simon Middleton's side go into the World Cup after beating Australia, Canada and New Zealand in the International Women's Rugby Series earlier this month.
"We are confident we have an incredibly strong squad, made up of hugely experienced players who have featured in previous Women's Rugby World Cups and other major tournaments such as the Olympics," said Middleton.
"At the same time, we have younger players who have been involved in a Grand Slam-winning side and a successful three-Test series against some of the best teams in the world earlier this month."
He added: "Our focus has always been on going to Ireland to win the Women's Rugby World Cup. To do that, we are going to have to give more than in any competition we've played over the past year."
Forwards: Zoe Aldcroft (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Sarah Bern (Bristol), Rochelle Clark (Worcester Valkyries), Amy Cokayne (Lichfield), Vickii Cornborough (Harlequins), Vicky Fleetwood (Saracens), Sarah Hunter (Bristol), Heather Kerr (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Justine Lucas (Lichfield), Alex Matthews (Richmond), Harriet Millar-Mills (Lichfield), Izzy Noel-Smith (Bristol), Marlie Packer (Bristol), Abbie Scott (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Tamara Taylor (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks).
Backs: Rachael Burford (Harlequins), Natasha Hunt (Lichfield), Megan Jones (Bristol), La Toya Mason (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Katy Mclean (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Amber Reed (Bristol), Leanne Riley (Harlequins), Emily Scarratt (Lichfield), Emily Scott (Saracens), Lydia Thompson (Worcester Valkyries), Danielle Waterman (Bristol), Kay Wilson (Richmond), Amy Wilson Hardy (Bristol).
The Australian-born Green Party leader told activists in a speech on immigration she rejected "those who try and divide us by our country of birth."
She accused politicians of attempting to "sound tough... to stave off the perceived threat from UKIP".
Conservatives want to tighten immigration controls. Labour has pledged prompt action on the issue.
UKIP wants to use an Australian-style points system to select migrants with skills and attributes needed in the UK, claiming annual net migration could be brought back to a "normal level" of about 50,000.
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Ms Bennett made her speech at the Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey, north London, accompanied by Green MEP Jean Lambert.
"Elections should be about discussion and disagreement - but on the topic of immigration we've seen the entire political establishment attempting to sound 'tough' in an attempt to stave off the perceived threat from UKIP," said Ms Bennett.
"As a migrant, and someone who loves this country for the tolerance it has shown those arriving on its shores, I've watched in horror as politicians line up to blame those not born here for failures in government policy.
"And as a migrant I utterly reject those who try and divide us by our country of birth."
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She added: "I may have been born on the other side of the world, but that doesn't mean that I don't love this country."
The Conservatives say they plan to "control immigration and build a system that puts the British people first".
"We will regain control of EU migration by reforming welfare rules, tackle criminality and abuse of free movement and cut immigration from outside the EU," a spokesman said.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said his party would set out a "credible" set of measures on immigration within 100 days of taking office.
He has pledged to recruit an extra 1,000 border staff, introduce full exit checks and stop serious criminals coming to the UK.
He also challenged David Cameron to match his pledges, accusing him of "abandoning the issue to UKIP".
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In an interview with the BBC, Nolan Bushnell said the Japanese firm was left in a "very difficult position".
To take the title fight to the final race, Hamilton must stop team-mate Nico Rosberg winning the race on Sunday.
Hamilton was 0.230 seconds quicker than the German, who was only third, the two separated by Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
Hamilton was 0.096secs quicker than the Dutchman, whose team-mate Daniel Ricciardo was fourth fastest.
Hamilton was faster on both the medium tyres that the Mercedes drivers ran early in the session - by 0.05secs - and on the softs later on.
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The session was held in hot and sunny conditions in Sao Paulo, but rain is expected later in the day and the weekend is forecasted to be cool and showery.
Wet conditions are likely to bring Red Bull into the mix for victory, which could play into Hamilton's hands.
McLaren driver Jenson Button, Hamilton's former team-mate, said: "If it's wet, it mixes things up. Lewis knows he's really good in the wet and can make a big points score. Nico knows there's a lot more to lose. I'm sure Nico wants it to be dry. But everyone watching wants it to be wet."
Rosberg has a 19-point advantage over Hamilton, who has won the last two races in the USA and Mexico.
A victory would extend Rosberg's advantage to at least 26 points, which means Hamilton could not overtake him in Abu Dhabi in two weeks' time.
Ricciardo said Mercedes were likely to finish one-two if the race is dry and if Rosberg is second behind Hamilton, then he would need only a third place in Abu Dhabi in two weeks' time to secure his first world title.
Rosberg says he is focusing only on trying to win in Brazil.
"It's awesome to be fighting for the world championship with two races to go and so, yeah, excited about the weekend, looking forward to it and of course going to try to go for the win," he said.
Behind the Mercedes and Red Bulls, Williams driver Valtteri Bottas was fifth fastest, split from team-mate Felipe Massa - in his last Brazilian Grand Prix - by the Force Indias of Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg.
Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were only ninth and 10th, Vettel 1.672secs behind Hamilton and 0.002secs quicker than the Finn, but did not run on the soft tyre.
Ferrari ran only the medium, which is in the region of 0.7secs slower than the soft tyre used by all ahead of them to set their best times.
Vettel had a spin late in the session at the fast downhill left-hander called Mergulho, the penultimate corner on the track.
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Jenson Button, two races from the likely end of his F1 career, was 13th, one place and 0.044secs ahead of McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso.
Jolyon Palmer, confirmed as staying at Renault next season, was 19th fastest, his team-mate Kevin Magnussen sitting out the session as Russian GP2 driver Sergey Sirotkin was given a chance, ending up slowest of all.
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The exhibition, which will open at SeaCity Museum in 2018, will chart the club's history from 1885, when it was St Mary's Young Men's Association FC.
Other highlights will include items linked to the Saints' highest top-flight finish, second place in 1983-84.
Fans are being asked to donate their memorabilia for display.
The club's FA Cup final win in 1976, when a Bobby Stokes goal clinched a 1-0 win over strong favourites Manchester United, Southampton's long-standing rivalry with south coast neighbours Portsmouth, and the birth of the Premier League will all feature in the exhibition, which is being put together by the club, in partnership with the city council and the museum.
Gareth Rogers, chief executive of Southampton Football Club, said: "It is fantastic that fans will be able to contribute to the celebration of our history as they have played such a pivotal role in that journey.
"I cannot wait to see the variety of memorabilia they come forward with".
Councillor Satvir Kaur said: "Since Southampton Football Club's birth as a church football team back in 1885, the Saints have grown to become an integral part of the fabric of our city and its identity.
"It is a club that is not only much loved and cherished by locals, but one that is now recognised and respected around the world."
A series of "memorabilia roadshows" are planned for members of the public to showcase their collections - which it is suggested could include programmes, tickets, commemorative items, photographs and signed shirts.
The first roadshow will be held at St Mary's Stadium on 21 May, with more dates to be announced, the council said.
The Environment Agency has put warnings in place around rivers in Cambridgeshire, Essex and Suffolk.
The agency gives warnings when flooding is expected and "immediate action" is required.
In Norfolk some trains have been cancelled between Norwich and Sheringham due to flooding on the line near Worstead.
In Cambridgeshire, flood warnings are in place along the River Granta from Linton to Babraham. In Essex, warnings are in place along the River Wid from Ingatestone to Writtle and the River Stort at Clavering and Manuden.
In Suffolk, warnings have been issued for the Chediston watercourse at Halesworth, the Rattlesden River from Rattlesden to Combs Ford, Stour Brook at Haverhill and Sturmer and the Bumpstead Brook from Steeple Bumpstead to New England.
There is also a flood warning on the River Kennett from Ousden to Freckenham.
Some MPs, including shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt, have suggested the next leader must seek re-election or re-endorsement before 2020.
But interim Labour leader Ms Harman said whoever was elected should get on with the job for the next five years.
A "truth and reconciliation" probe will examine Labour's defeat, she added.
In an interview with the Observer, Ms Harman said that once a leader was elected it was "for them to be getting on and doing that job" until the next election, in 2020.
It comes as Mr Hunt - who has ruled out standing in the leadership context - said the party should hold another leadership campaign in three years to make sure it had made the right choice as leader.
Ms Harman said she had also warned leadership contenders at a recent shadow cabinet meeting that they should demonstrate their effectiveness as opposition politicians.
She had told them "the eyes of the party" were on them, she said.
Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall and Mary Creagh have announced they will stand for the Labour leadership.
Candidates must get the support of 35 of the party's MPs in order to stand in the contest, which will be decided in September.
Ms Harman said ex-deputy leader Margaret Beckett would also lead a commission to examine "in a forensic way" the reasons behind Labour's election defeat.
"We want at the end of this truth and reconciliation commission to have a better and honest understanding of why we ended up in this situation, but we need to be united and coherent in order to be attacking the government and also to make sure we are in a united position to go forward," she told the newspaper.
Ms Harman said she believed voters had only made their minds up late on in the campaign not to back the party.
There were "a large number" of undecided voters who had made up their minds at the last minute and "stuck with the devil they knew", she told the Observer.
"There is some anecdotal information about people hovering outside the polling stations thinking 'Should I do this or that?' It is down to us to find out why we couldn't convince people to trust us," she added.
Goalkeeper Parkin 17, has been an unused Spireites substitute this term.
Midfielder Brownell and defender Smith are both yet to play a first-team game.
"We feel as though there is more development in these kids and I'm pleased to see them progress," Chesterfield academy manager Mark Smith told the club website.
Shahid Ramzan claimed he was wrongly convicted of cheating the taxman out of more than £5m.
The 42 year old was jailed for nine years in 2012 after he was convicted of crimes including hiding criminal property worth more than £20m.
His appeal was rejected at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh.
Lawyers acting for Ramzan said mistakes had been made during the judge's final speech to the jury during his original trial, which dealt with a complex series of financial transactions.
However, judges ruled that the trial judge had not misdirected the jury, and that Ramzan's conviction was safe.
A full written judgement will be issued later this year.
Ramzan began trading from the bedroom of his Broughty Ferry home with only a telephone, a computer and a fax machine before building up a global financial network. Prosecutors claimed his international dealing was a cover for his real business, exploiting loopholes in VAT regulations.
He was found guilty of five charges including evading, either alone or with others, VAT payments of £5,611,839 between October 2002 and July 2004, and transferring or hiding "criminal property" of £20,610,213.
Sussex, who lost to Northants on Wednesday, are currently eighth in Division One with four games remaining.
"They have got to deal with this disappointment and do it quickly," Adams, 45, told BBC Sussex.
"They need to clear it out of their system and plan for what has to be done to keep Division One status."
David Willey hit a 40-ball century as Northants defeated Sussex by seven wickets in their T20 quarter-final.
Sussex have gone seven Championship games without a win and Adams wants the side to rediscover their early season form, when they beat Hampshire and Worcestershire.
"You only need to think back to the way it started - they came out the traps absolutely flying, won two in a row and everything at that point was going fantastic," he said.
"It looks hard work at the moment and there is a bit of negativity coming into the squad and the environment. That is not the fault of anyone - it is just what happens.
"They can turn it around and say they will be a different side in the next four or five weeks, by being aggressive and attacking sides."
Adams, who captained Sussex to the Championship title in 2003, 2006 and 2007, believes two wins from their last four matches should be enough for the county to clinch survival.
"They need to construct how they will go about it - they will have to do it in a positive way and take a few risks," he added.
"I'd like to see the younger players given more of a go as well, as with youth you get that real desire to make a difference.
"There is a big task ahead for Mark Robinson, Ed Joyce and the team, but the talent is there. It is just a case of making sure the focus and mentality is right."
The Portishead branch line shut in 1964 but is now part of the MetroWest Phase 1 project which aims to reopen the line to passenger services by 2019.
Work will involve opening a new station in Portishead, reopening Pill station, building new footbridges and doubling part of the track.
A six week consultation will run until 3 August.
When complete the line will link Portishead with Bristol Temple Meads and the Severn Beach Line.
Nigel Ashton, leader of North Somerset Council, said it was a "fantastic opportunity".
"I've been hearing about [the plans] for 25 years... but now I really do think that we're there, and we've got the plans for the station so it's getting quite exciting.
"It'll make a huge difference to businesses and work travel, and to social life in Portishead."
The reopening the Portishead branch line is part of a wider £100m scheme investing in local rail projects by West of England councils.
It is not yet known which company will run trains on the line. First Great Western's current franchise is due to end in 2019.
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He now holds the record for the 'longest distance travelled whilst juggling a football'.
Dan walked 200 miles from Wembley Stadium to Old Trafford while keeping a ball in the air - and raising bags of cash for kids' charity Unicef.
It's estimated he did half a million keepy-uppys over his 10-day journey!
Joe was there to meet Dan at Old Trafford as he finished his amazing challenge.
The FCA said it was concerned that many retail investors buying "contract for difference" products did not understand them adequately.
It also noted that 82% of clients lost money on the products.
In the FTSE 250, shares in both CMC Markets and IG Group Holdings sank by more than 30%.
Meanwhile Israel-based Plus 500 saw its shares drop 35% after it said the FCA proposals would "have a material operational and financial impact" on its UK regulated subsidiary, which accounts for about 20% of the group's revenues.
The benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 13.86 points at 6,760.69.
Banking shares helped to lift the index, with shares in HSBC climbing 3.2% after Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating on the company to "equal-weight" from "underweight".
Shares in Drax Group jumped 15% after the power producer said it planned to buy energy supplier Opus Energy for £340m. Drax also announced it would buy four gas turbine projects.
On the currency markets, the pound edged up 0.1% against the dollar to $1.2737, and rose 0.5% against the euro to €1.1883.
After missing a penalty, Hogan grabbed a late equaliser against the Robins.
"I'm really pleased for him. He got a well-deserved round of applause in the dressing room," said Smith.
The 24-year-old striker suffered a cruciate ligament injury on only his second appearance for the Bees in August 2014, requiring two operations.
Hogan returned from 19 months on the sidelines for the west London club last month, having re-ruptured his cruciate ligament last year when close to his first comeback.
In his fourth match back, Hogan was initially denied his first Bees goal when City goalkeeper Richard O'Donnell saved his spot-kick with four minutes remaining.
However, the former Rochdale frontman notched from close range in the first minute of stoppage time.
"He could easily have been distraught after that but he wasn't," Smith told BBC Radio London.
"He snapped up a chance right at the death. That is one for him, his family and all the medical team who have nursed him back to full fitness."
Hogan's goal was his first since hitting a hat-trick for Rochdale against Oxford United in March 2014, prior to his move to Brentford later that summer on a three-year contract.
Peter Willett called Americans a "baying mob of imbeciles" in a piece written for a golf magazine.
Danny, who apologised on Wednesday and said his brother had said sorry to him, admitted it had been "tricky to focus".
"I have to be relatively selfish about it - I appreciate it is his career, but it's my career too," he added.
"Peter's a writer, and unfortunately that's not quite panned out great the last few days that he's associated with me.
"If his last name wasn't Willett, nobody would really be making that much of a fuss about it. It was just an unfortunate circumstance."
Willett, 28, is hopeful that the incident will fade away when play gets under way with Friday's opening foursomes at 13:35 BST.
One American fan was clearly heard shouting "want any cookie dough" in reference to the offending article during practice on Thursday but Yorkshireman Willett said: "The fans have been great. There's a few shouts out there but you can expect that.
"There are some pretty rowdy US fans at every Ryder Cup, that's the nature of the beast. We don't mind a bit of heckling - we hope it doesn't go too far.
"Hopefully everyone can kind of draw a line under it and we can just come out here and play some golf.
"I'm not saying it will be completely forgotten but hopefully it's died down a bit more."
American Patrick Reed, who top-scored on his Ryder Cup debut with 3½ points at Gleneagles in 2014 and made shushing gestures to the home crowd in an attempt to fire up the US challenge, has asked fans to "forgive and forget".
The 26-year-old said: "The first Ryder Cup is such a special and awesome moment, so to have something distract you from enjoying it is unfortunate.
"I heard that his family was embarrassed, that they were thinking about flying home, and that's something that just can't happen.
"I'm hoping the fans can put it aside and allow the rookies, not only on our side but their side, to enjoy it and allow Danny to enjoy the week.
"It hasn't affected us in any way. I hope that our fans don't just completely annihilate them."
Ben Millar, 22, said he was waiting on a man called Jeffery on Saturday when they began discussing Ireland.
Jeffery said he often visited Ireland and Mr Millar said he wished he could see his family more often.
A note on the dinner receipt read: "Hopefully, this can get you back to Ireland for the holidays."
Mr Millar had served Jeffery and his family for the rest of the evening after their conversation and only discovered the tip after they left.
Mr Millar told ABC News he was shocked by the gesture and that he had never been tipped so well.
His girlfriend, Taryn Kieth, is pregnant and he plans to save the money until his son Killian is born, and then introduce his new family to his Irish relatives in Belfast.
"I also hope I can reach out to Jeffrey so he knows how much I appreciate it," Mr Millar said.
"It means a lot to me, but more to my family back home who will benefit from seeing me again since almost two years."
He said would "love it if Jeffrey could come over when I go back, so I can show him the true Northern Ireland, not just the tourist aspect".
According to a report in the Daily Mirror, five players from Crewe United have been suspended.
The match in question is Crewe's Irish Cup sixth round tie at Warrenpoint Town which they lost 5-0.
It is alleged there were attempts to bet large sums on more than four goals being scored in the game.
Crewe, who play in the Mid-Ulster League, said they suspended the five players as soon as the IFA informed them of the investigation.
Reaching the sixth round of the senior competition was seen as a significant achievement for the club from Glenavy near Lisburn.
The team, managed by former Northern Ireland international Peter Kennedy, won five matches to get to the last 16 stage of Northern Ireland's premier cup event.
There has been no suggestion that anyone from Warrenpoint was involved in any wrongdoing.
The IFA said on Wednesday: "Following allegations of inappropriate betting by registered players of Crewe United around the club's Irish Cup sixth round match against Warrenpoint Town, an investigation was carried out by the Irish FA's Security and Integrity Department.
"A case report has been prepared and has now been submitted to the Association's Disciplinary Committee who will consider it at their next meeting on Wednesday, 8 March. "
The acquisition comes just days after Google launched its new Pixel phone which also puts a strong focus on an AI digital assistance function.
Amazon and Microsoft are also making a push into getting computers to learn and respond like human beings.
Samsung has recently seen its image battered by the global Note 7 recall.
The company plans to use Viv in its phones, televisions and a wide range of other devices.
The deal showed Samsung's "commitment to virtual personal assistants and is part of the company's broader vision to deliver an AI-based open ecosystem across all of its devices and services," the South Korean tech giant said in a statement.
"With the rise of AI, consumers now desire an interaction with technology that is conversational, personalised and contextual - an experience that fits seamlessly within their everyday lives," the firm added.
According to Viv Labs chief executive Dag Kittlaus, the new AI assistant's mission is to "breathe life into inanimate objects".
Mr Kittlaus was behind developing Siri, the digital assistant bought by Apple in 2010. He remained with Apple until he left in 2012 when he began working on Viv.
"We see a future that is decidedly beyond apps, where you can get what you need quickly and easily no matter where you are, or what device you are near," he said.
Earlier this week, Google launched a number of new devices that also place a virtual assistant at the heart of their functionality.
The AI technology in the Google smartphones and voice-activated speakers is one step ahead of Apple's Siri in that they can hold a conversation, in which one question or command builds on the last, rather than dealing with each request in isolation.
Retail and technology giant Amazon's also has an AI-driven device on the market.
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Social Security Minister Jeane Freeman said she was "watching" the impact of pilots in Finland, Holland and Canada.
She also expressed interest in proposed pilot schemes in Glasgow and Fife.
A universal basic income offers all adults a non-conditional flat-rate payment. Models have varied, but in some any income they earn over this is subject to progressive rates of tax.
Ms Freeman told BBC Scotland that a universal income was worth considering but more evidence was needed to determine how effective it was.
"We have a very strong commitment to reducing poverty and inequality and any idea that we think can contribute towards that, then we are very interested in it," she said.
"We are interested in the idea of the universal basic income and we're watching to see how that plays out in Finland where the government there is running a pilot and the Netherlands and Canada."
The minister said she was aware of similar projects planned for Glasgow and Fife but said there was a "difficulty in running pilots in Scotland".
Finland has started paying the benefit to a number of unemployed people.
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Ms Freeman said the universal basic income was a proposal for "acting as an alternative to the bulk of the benefits system" and that she was unclear how this could be adequately evaluated in Scotland while the government did not have full control over the welfare system.
She added: "I'm not clear how it might work in Scotland but that doesn't mean to say I'm discouraging people who want to test that out and be very interested in seeing how that progresses."
Councillor Matt Kerr, executive member for social justice at Glasgow City Council said a universal basic income would remove "fear" from the lives of many people who were struggling financially.
"Every citizen would know that there was a level below which it wouldn't be acceptable for them to fall in terms of income," he said.
He said people would not have to worry about changes to their circumstances adversely affecting their living standards.
He also said this would eliminate anxiety about losing out on cash if someone came off benefits and started work.
The councillor said that the authority was at an early stage in working up a pilot scheme.
"We intend to take a paper forward to the executive committee in the next few weeks and that starts the process," he said.
If approval was given, Councillor Kerr said discussions would then begin with the Scottish government, academics and other partners, to shape the pilot scheme in a way that would enable an effective appraisal of its effectiveness.
Jamie Cook, head of RSA Scotland (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), said the concept of a basic income was an old one but was gaining fresh traction due to the challenges posed by modern life.
"We are seeing the growth of automation as a challenge...and we're seeing changes in the nature of work," he said.
"I think its partly that the welfare state was very much a structure of its time and the world has changed dramatically since that period."
Mr Cook said the current welfare system could act as a disincentive to work.
He said a basic income could provide the security to try new things such as starting a business, while knowing that bills could be paid.
But he accepted that it was up to politicians and the public to arrive at an acceptable figure for a basic income.
Lloyds Bank said the government will see a return of £21.2bn on its investment.
At the height of the financial crisis taxpayers owned 43% of Lloyds.
Its return to the private sector is in stark contrast with the other bailed-out bank - Royal Bank of Scotland - that is still 73% owned by taxpayers.
The government has been slowly selling down its stake in Lloyds for the past five years.
Ministers have claimed that all the public money used to buy Lloyds shares has been returned.
However, the true cost is disputed, with some critics claiming the lost interest has not been taken into account.
Others have argued that the heavy losses previously suffered by Lloyds also hit the government's stake.
Either way, the £20.3bn of public funds used to buy the shares had already been recouped due to dividend payments made to all shareholders.
At last week's annual meeting, Lloyds chief executive António Horta Osorio told shareholders he expected the government to make at least £500m from the bailout.
But on Wednesday morning he said the true figure was closer to £900m and called Lloyds one of the "strongest banks" in the world.
He also said the government had received more money than was originally invested.
"The fact that the government decided to use taxpayers' money, which is a last resort, to put £20.3bn in Lloyds at the time is evidence that the bank was in a very difficult situation," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"When I arrived six years ago the bank was in a very difficult financial situation and not focused on its customers in the UK."
The shares have been sold off by Morgan Stanley at below the 73.5p average price paid in the three-stage bailout.
But taking the dividend payments into account means the total £20bn outlay has already been repaid.
Former chancellor George Osborne had hoped to offer the shares at a discount direct to the public, with a campaign similar to the classic Tell Sid campaign for British Gas in the 1980s.
Reaction from the City was broadly positive.
"Lloyds is now back to business as usual, and the withdrawal of a large seller from the market should be positive for the share price," said Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"The Treasury won't be making a song and dance about the Lloyds sale, seeing as we are in a period of purdah running up to the general election.
"Indeed the champagne corks should probably be kept on ice seeing as the taxpayer has only broken even on the face value of the Lloyds bailout, and is still nursing a loss if you factor in the borrowing costs associated with stumping up the money back in 2009."
The turnaround has not been without pain. About 57,000 jobs have been cut at Lloyds as it returned to profitability.
The EU also forced the bank to sell 600 branches due to competition rules and £17bn was set aside to fund PPI misselling - the biggest bill for any of the banks caught up in the scandal.
"We were the first bank of the big banks to drop legal actions that were dragging paying PPI and I was the first bank to drop that legal action and start addressing s the issue seriously. It was a bad product this had to be done [fixed] on principle and not in terms on financial provisions," Mr Horta Osório added.
But this year a £4.3bn profit - the biggest in a decade - finally allowed the bank to put its past behind it.
While the sale of the Lloyds stake marks a major turning point for the bank, taxpayers' other bailed-out institution - RBS - remains firmly in government hands.
RBS was rescued with a £45bn bailout in 2008 and 2009 and has failed to turn a profit since.
The bank recently posted a ninth consecutive year in the red, with losses of £7bn, bringing total losses since the bailout to £58bn.
The lender still faces £5.9bn of charges related to historic misconduct issues and potential legal costs.
A £400m pot has also been set aside to compensate small business owners and customers of its controversial Global Restructuring Group.
The now-defunct division secretly tried to profit from struggling businesses, leaked documents showed last year.
These days more and more politicians use platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to share their views with the public.
But was Arlene Foster's decision to respond to Martin's McGuinness' resignation via a video posted on Facebook an attempt to control the message?
Rather than face questions from journalists on this occasion, the outgoing First Minister opted to go direct to her social media followers.
It's a tactic used by many politicians, says Nic Newman, a research associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University.
"Politicians have never liked having their messages mediated by TV and print. Before social media they had no option and to reach large audiences they had to go via the (traditional) media," said Mr Newman, who specialises in digital and social media.
"Today they can talk and engage directly with millions of voters without difficult questions from journalists.
"What is really happening is a new form of media management, and this gives politicians more control."
Step forward Boris Johnson.
Despite accusing Donald Trump of "quite stupefying ignorance" and being "clearly out of his mind" during the US Presidential election campaign, the foreign secretary appeared to change tack this week.
In a short video posted to the British Embassy in Washington's Twitter page, Mr Johnson praised the US President elect's "exciting agenda of change".
No news conference, no press, no probing questions on claims of a U-turn.
And love him or loathe him, Donald Trump revolutionised the social media game for politicians during last year's election race.
He used Twitter, in particular, as a battleground for a war of words with his critics - from Hillary Clinton to the cast of the Broadway show Hamilton to, most recently, Hollywood actress Meryl Streep.
Even Trump's incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said last month that the new president may not hold regular press conferences, instead replacing them with live chats on social media.
However, media commentator and former Fleet Street editor Roy Greenslade doesn't think this poses a threat to mainstream journalism and the job of holding public figures to account.
"What's at the heart of all of this is whether the public trust what you are saying and whether it is valid and credible," he said.
"(By posting on social media) politicians can bypass questions from journalists but they can't bypass analysis by the media afterwards.
"Look at Donald Trump and his tweets during the US election campaign. That didn't stop journalists from analysing and critiquing his words."
Journalists and politicians have never been easy bedfellows but could social media - and how it's increasingly being used by those in power - change the traditional relationship between the two?
"Increasingly we are seeing politicians using social media to get their main messages out unchallenged," said Nic Newman.
"The attention and discomfort (to them) makes no sense in a world where they can get messages across without that kind of scrutiny.
"An overly negative media and one that portrays politicians as 'near criminals' has a lot to answer for.
"But there's clearly a long history of politicians manipulating people through propaganda and we should be concerned about the way social media's algorithms... appeal to emotion rather than facts and evidence."
The presenter was writing in his first column for the Sun since he was released from the show on 25 March after an "unprovoked physical attack" on a producer.
"Heartfelt thanks to all those who have written to say how much they will miss me on Top Gear," he wrote.
"It's not as much, however, as I'll miss being there."
He did not add anything more about the incident.
Clarkson had been suspended by the BBC on 10 March, following what was called a "fracas" with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon.
The decision caused an outpouring of support from Top Gear fans, with more than a million people signing an online petition to reinstate him.
The row, which took place in a Yorkshire hotel, was said to have occurred because no hot food was provided following a day's filming.
An internal investigation followed and the BBC's director general Tony Hall confirmed Clarkson's contract would not be renewed.
His weekly Sun column had not appeared in the interim but the paper had assured readers that he was on holiday and "had not been sacked".
Clarke, who scored 259 not out in the drawn first Test in Brisbane, finished the day unbeaten on 224 from 243 balls.
David Warner (119) and Michael Hussey (103) also scored tons as the hosts finished the day on 482-5.
Donald Bradman scored three Test double-hundreds in England in 1930.
Clarke, who hit 39 fours and one six, shared partnerships of 155 with Warner and 272 with Hussey, who was dismissed by Dale Steyn with the last ball of the day.
1 Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) - 1,788 in 11 matches at 99.33, 2006
2 IVA Richards (WI) - 1,710 in 11 matches at 90.00, 1976
3 GC Smith (SA) - 1,656 in 15 matches at 72.00, 2008
4 SR Tendulkar (Ind) - 1,562 in 14 matches at 78.10, 2010
5 RT Ponting (Aus) - 1,544 in 15 matches at 67.13, 2005
31 MJ Clarke (Aus)* - 1,265 in nine matches at 140.55, 2012
* Australia have three Tests remaining in 2012
Jacques Kallis took 2-19 as Australia were reduced to 55-3 before the all-rounder limped off with an injured right hamstring.
Kallis's exit in the 17th over saw the momentum swing dramatically back Australia's way, the 37-year-old having dismissed Ed Cowan (10) and Ricky Ponting (4) in 3.3 overs.
It also increased the pressure on the visitors' attack, Vernon Philander having been ruled out with a bad back hours before the match started.
Opener Warner hit 16 fours and four sixes in his third Test century, leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who finished the day with figures of 0-159 from 21 overs, proving the main victim.
After Warner was dismissed fending Morne Morkel to Graeme Smith at slip, Hussey joined Clarke and kept up the momentum.
The left-hander brought up his second consecutive Test hundred and 18th in all with a six off Tahir, one ball after Clarke had reached his 200.
It was the 31-year-old Clarke's 21st Test hundred in his 85th Test and Australia's second-highest first-day total in a Test match after the 496 scored against South Africa in Sydney in 1910.
In addition to his scores in the current series, Clarke scored 329 not out (Sydney) and 210 (Adelaide) against India in January.
He now has 1,265 Test runs in the calendar year at an average of 140.55. Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf scored a world-record 1,788 Test runs in 2006.
Christina Edkins died in March after being attacked on a bus on Birmingham's Hagley Road, as she travelled to Leasowes High School in Halesowen.
Pupils at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School in Ladywood have made and published a magazine to raise funds.
The memorial shield will be given to pupils for outstanding personal achievement in sport.
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School, which Christina attended, is a sister school to St Patrick's with shared staff and activities.
Bereavement counsellor for both schools, Lorraine Sergeant, said: "A lot of children were affect by the tragic loss of Christina.
"Children were coming to school very upset, obviously with the media coverage and everything."
She said the magazine created by pupils continued Christina's achievements by celebrating "youth and children's young experiences".
Proceeds from its sales will buy the memorial sport award, chosen because it reflects Christina's love of sport and success as a netball player.
Ms Sergeant said that memorial garden was also being created at Christina's former primary school "to remember Christina for the happy things that happened in her life".
A man from Walsall is currently detained at a secure mental health unit, accused of killing Christina. He will appear in court for a plea and case management hearing on 6 September.
Betty Goodchild told staff in Halesworth, Suffolk, she first went skating at Earl's Court in London when she was 12 years old.
Carehome owners, The Partnership In Care (TPIC), set up an artificial ice rink at one of their homes in Risby, near Bury St Edmunds.
Ms Goodchild said she had a "wonderful time."
The nursing home group has been running coach trips to the rink in Risby from its other homes in Halesworth, Ipswich and Sudbury.
It has about 300 residents, many of whom have dementia.
They were able to sit in their own wheelchairs or use a chair designed for ice rinks.
Emma John, resource manager at TPIC, said: "We always ask what people's wishes are for Christmas and this lady said she wanted to go on an ice rink again.
"It's about the magic of Christmas and the opportunity for residents to take part."
The nursing home also invited local schoolchildren to meet residents and skate.
New York City's Pirlo, 37, has not been picked by the Azzurri since September's qualifying win over Bulgaria.
Balotelli, 25, scored one league goal in a season-long loan from Liverpool.
West Ham defender Angelo Ogbonna, Manchester United full-back Matteo Darmian and Southampton striker Graziano Pelle are all included.
Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio, 30, has already been ruled out with a knee injury.
Italy coach Antonio Conte, who joins Chelsea after the tournament, will announce his final 23-man on 31 May.
The 1968 European champions have been drawn alongside Belgium, Sweden, and the Republic of Ireland in Group E.
Euro 2016, which is being hosted by France, starts on 10 June and runs until 10 July.
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint Germain).
Defenders: Davide Astori (Fiorentina), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham), Daniele Rugani (Juventus).
Wingers: Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), Mattia De Sciglio (Milan), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Davide Zappacosta (Torino).
Midfielders: Marco Benassi (Torino), Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna), Jorginho (Napoli), Riccardo Montolivo (Milan), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Stefano Sturaro (Juventus).
Forwards: Eder (Inter), Ciro Immobile (Torino), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Graziano Pelle (Southampton), Simone Zaza (Juventus).
Ministers in England are discussing ways to invest more money into care services for the elderly and disabled.
Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb called for a cross-party commission on social care to ask the public how much they are prepared to fund the service.
"If you keep sleepwalking towards the edge of the precipice, real people will suffer," Mr Lamb said.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid will unveil spending plans on Thursday.
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One option is to let them increase council tax beyond the extra 2% for which they already have permission, while another is bringing forward extra money they have been promised in 2019.
This comes as fewer people are getting help from local authorities.
Older people's services - representing the bulk of care - have been particularly badly hit.
Spending has fallen by 9% in real terms over the past five years with local government blaming cuts to their funding from central government.
The result has been an even larger drop - of over a quarter - in the numbers getting help in care homes, nursing homes and in their own homes for daily tasks such as washing and dressing.
It has meant growing numbers having to go without help or pay for their own care - councils fund services only for the poorest, with those with assets of more than £23,250 expected to pay the full cost of care themselves.
Regulators have warned these cuts have started adding to pressures in the NHS with A&E units said to be bearing the brunt.
Old and frail patients are being admitted because of the lack of community support, which is also being blamed for the growing number of delayed discharges - cases where patients are ready to leave hospital but cannot.
The BBC has been told that before the referendum Number 10 was considering plans for a cross-party commission to look at the costs of health and social care.
David Cameron's team invited three former health ministers - Mr Lamb, Conservative Stephen Dorrell and Labour's Alan Milburn - to present their plan to the government.
Mr Lamb said: "We went in and talked to them and presented them with a paper, then the whole run up to the referendum took over and we never got any response from that.
"Then, of course, there's been a change of government but the need for this government to engage in this and for all parties to stand up to their responsibilities as well, to join a process, to ensure that we reach a once-in-a-generation settlement for the health and care settlement is absolutely fundamental."
When asked what he would say to Theresa May's team, Mr Lamb replied: "Engage. Talk to us now. There is an urgency about this."
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Ahead of last month's Autumn Statement there were suggestions the government would invest more money into social care, but it was not included in Chancellor Philip Hammond's announcements.
However, ahead of the local government financial settlement for 2017-18, expected on Thursday, the Treasury is understood to be discussing ways in which funding could be increased.
The prime minister's spokeswoman refused to comment on the speculation, but said an announcement would be made soon.
And she added it was not "just about money", pointing to the wide variation in the delays being seen getting patients out of hospital from area to area.
"There are other issues to be addressed," she added.
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One option is to allow councils to increase the 2% precept they applied this year by even more in the coming years. The plan was to allow an extra 2% a year for the rest of the parliament, meaning an overall rise of 8% by 2019-20.
But under the steps being considered is giving councils the ability to get to 8% sooner or perhaps even go above the 8% limit.
The second option is to use the Better Care Fund. That is a pot of money councils share with the NHS, which is worth £3.9bn this year and is due to increase by £1.5bn in 2019. Many have argued the extra funding should be brought forward.
John Sibley's mother is 89 and suffers from dementia. She was a resident in a care home until she fell and fractured her leg in June, when she was admitted to hospital.
Although she has been ready to be discharged since July, a shortage of care home places and a lack of personal funds mean she is still staying in a windowless hospital room.
The 65-year-old, from South Gloucestershire, says: "We don't need a 2% precept; we need hundreds of millions of pounds.
"We need a two-tier system again with homes run by either the council or NHS, and other homes run privately.
"I just want her to get somewhere where she can have a life with some dignity and respect; some quality of life."
Martin Green from Care England, which represents care providers, said that funding problems in the industry were "reaching a crisis point".
"Research shows that about 40% of care services will no longer be viable in the medium term, so this is a huge number of care services that will be lost, some companies will definitely go bankrupt," he said.
NHS: Budget controlled by NHS England and pays for hospitals, GPs, district nursing and mental health care. Services are provided free at the point of need.
Care: Budget controlled by councils and pays for care home and nursing home places as well as support in the home for tasks such as washing and dressing. Services are means-tested so only the poorest get help towards their costs.
Conservative councillor Izzi Seccombe, of the Local Government Association, said that increasing the precept "would not plug" any funding gap.
She said the £383m raised from a previous 2% precept was eclipsed by larger costs, such as the £600m cost of the national living wage increase.
A key problem with the precept system, she added, was variation in the amount of money raised between wealthy and poorer areas, creating a "postcode lottery".
Labour's shadow social care minister Barbara Keeley said the crisis has been "caused by savage Tory cuts to the budgets of local councils".
"The right solution would be for Theresa May to admit the Tories have got it wrong and deliver the needed funding for social care," she said.
"Asking taxpayers and councils to pick up the bill for their failure is no substitute for a proper plan."
Kirsten Johnson's Cameraperson looks at her own career, which has included working on Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Citizenfour, the film about whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Festival juror Nino Kirtadze said it was "expansive and intimate, formally ambitious and morally humble".
Johnson showed "real bravery... to turn the camera on herself", she added.
The grand jury at the annual international documentary festival also gave a special mention to Shimon Dotan's documentary about Israeli settlements in the West Bank, The Settlers.
Kirtadze said it "stood out [as] a psychological spiral in storytelling that drags you deeper and deeper into the history of this very delicate issue".
Other winners included Sonita, a film about an Afghan refugee living in Iran, which took the Youth Jury Award; a Chilean short about Alzheimer's, I'm Not From Here, which was awarded the Short Doc Award; Seed, a story about humans' 12,000 year relationship with seeds, which won the Environmental Award.
Festival director Liz McIntyre said it had been "an extraordinary year of brilliant creativity and originality [with] an awe-inspiring display of talent, both home grown and from around the world".
Unemployed Paul Wright, 53, fears he may be forced to camp in nearby woods, despite "serving Queen and country".
WSCC said Mr Wright had been asked to move the caravan after complaints.
If Mr Wright refuses, the council will move it and keep it in a safe compound for a certain time, after which it will be dismantled, a WSCC spokesman said.
Mr Wright said he was in the Parachute Regiment for nine years, which included two tours of Northern Ireland.
"When I was in the Army quite often we lived rough because of the jobs that we did, but it still doesn't excuse the fact that a man should have to live like this after serving Queen and country," he said.
"They're not looking after the people that have looked after them. There's an awful lot of ex-servicemen in awful situations, it's not just me."
He said he had been told the caravan would be removed from the lay-by on the A259 in five days.
"The council have told me they can't offer any accommodation - the only place I can sleep is in the lay-by in the trees," he said.
But on Friday, WSCC said Chichester District Council was helping Mr Wright to find alternative accommodation.
The spokesman said: "We understand Mr Wright is in a difficult position, but we have had to take action in this case following complaints.
"We have been working with the district councils to assist him.
"The issue is subject to ongoing court proceedings therefore we are unable to comment further."
The fire broke out at about 20:20 BST on Friday, at Charles Trent Yard in Poole, Dorset, the fire service said.
Plumes of smoke could be seen for miles, and 60 firefighters brought the blaze, which gutted 170 vehicles, under control at about 05:00 BST.
Dorset Police assisted in securing the area and there are no reports of any casualties, investigators are looking into what caused the blaze.
Opposition leaders have called for a boycott after a number of protesters died in clashes with security forces.
Under the current constitution, the president cannot seek re-election because he is over the age of 70 and has already served two terms.
President Sassou Nguesso first came to power in 1979.
He is now coming to the end of his second seven-year term. He won the last election 2009 with nearly 79% of the vote in a poll boycotted by half the opposition candidates.
Tens of thousands of people took part in a peaceful demonstration against the referendum in September.
Four people died on Tuesday, when security forces dispersed further protests in the capital Brazzaville and the economic capital Pointe-Noire.
Protesters told the BBC the security forces used live ammunition and that army helicopters were deployed. Several activists and opposition leaders reported arrests and intimidation.
The outcome of Sunday's vote and the Congolese people's response to it will be watched closely in the region, as presidents in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are also expected to try to run for third terms in forthcoming elections, the BBC's Maud Jullien reports.
There have been months of unrest in Burundi, where President Pierre Nkurunziza was re-elected for a controversial third term in July.
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Among the changes being voted on are scrapping the presidential age and two-term limits.
Texting and internet services were cut and public meetings banned ahead of the referendum, residents said.
The opposition have been campaigning under the slogan "Sassoufit", a pun on the French expression for "that's enough" (ca suffit).
He replaces David Willetts as MP for the safe Conservative seat, securing a majority of 13,920 over UKIP.
The 31-year-old was born in Britain and grew up in York, where his Chinese-born parents ran a takeaway.
Mr Mak was the first member of his family to go to university, studying law at Cambridge.
He subsequently went on to a career in corporate law and ran his own business.
Asked by a reporter from the BBC Chinese service how he felt at being the first British MP from the Chinese community, Mr Mak said his priority was to represent the people of Havant.
In a pre-election interview with Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, the politician was keen to downplay the importance of his family's origins:
"This is modern Britain.
"Having a Chinese-looking person stand for parliament and becoming an MP is not a story," he said.
"It's no big deal."
In a 2012 interview with photographer Mike Tsang, Mr Mak said his parents were originally from rural Guangdong in southern China.
They had made huge sacrifices for their children and were "a great inspiration", he said.
According to the 2011 census, ethnic Chinese made up 0.7% of the population of England and Wales.
While Mr Mak is the first Chinese or East Asian elected to the House of Commons, he is not the first member of a UK parliamentary body from those ethnic groups.
Anna Lo - born in Hong Kong - served in the Northern Ireland Assembly, but has stood down, partly because of racist abuse.
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Britain's first South Asian MP, Dadabhai Naoroji, was elected in 1892.
More than 20 have expressed an interest in the East Pier site which has been vacant since Stena Line moved its operation to Cairnryan three years ago.
Dumfries and Galloway Council and the ferry operator have worked together on a regeneration strategy for the area.
Any development is expected to include a mix of commercial, retail and residential use.
There is also the potential for a casino licence for the area, as well as a major revamp of the wider Stranraer waterfront, including expansion of the current marina.
The local authority said it had had discussions with a number of interested parties to assist them with their inquiries.
The final submission date for possible schemes has been set for the end of October.
Officers were called to Orford Ness just before 11:00 BST by the National Trust, which reported the discovery at its nature reserve.
A police cordon is in place on the beach and an investigation is under way.
The death is currently being treated as unexplained and the body has not yet been identified.
But Welsh results are now the same as England as a whole and better than most of its regions.
Top A* and A passes were up slightly (0.2%) to 19.4% and better than northern and midland English regions.
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams said it was "another strong performance".
Teaching unions have warned comparing Welsh and English results is increasingly difficult due to significant changes to exams.
There are wide-ranging reforms to qualifications in Wales and other parts of the UK under way.
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Entries in French were down again this year while the number taking maths in the summer was affected by the start of a new course last September, with the first pupils due to take exams in November.
Ms Williams, on a visit to Cefn Hengoed school in Swansea, said: "Teachers and pupils can be proud that Wales has maintained our record pass rate. I will continue to focus on raising standards and ambitions for excellence across all our schools."
David Reynolds, professor of education at Swansea University, said results have varied only slightly over the past few years.
"There have been similar results and you could say the system is maxed out if you like," he said.
"But that's not true. If you look at the range of variations in schools, there are huge differences still between the top and bottom performing schools, suggesting there is still room for improvement."
New Welsh-specific GCSEs started being taught in schools and colleges last September but they will not be awarded until next summer.
More new qualifications will be rolled out over the next two years.
At the same time there are major changes being introduced in England, and next summer GCSEs there will be graded 9 to 1 rather than A* to G.
Teachers said care needed to be taken when looking at the drop in science results with around 4,000 15-year-olds and under - who would have done BTEC qualifications in the past - now included.
National Association of Head Teachers policy director in Wales Rob Williams said the results came with the biggest policy changes in education in a generation already under way.
"It's really difficult to compare," he said. "You have very diverging policies between England and Wales and there are changes in GCSE in both the countries and there are more coming in.
"Reflecting over the years is going to be much, much harder. For us in Wales it's going to be more important looking at the next three, four or five years and look back at how we're improving ourselves."
The NUT's Owen Hathway said: "That we have seen the record high pass rate sustained yet again, especially against the backdrop of major education reforms, is a fantastic achievement. It is also pleasing to see the pass rate for the very top grades is up".
Qualifications Wales chief executive Philip Blaker added: "The overall GCSE results for Wales this summer are stable, with some small shifts which can be considered normal variation.
"In some subjects, performance has improved, such as French, geography and history whereas, in others it has fallen, for example ICT, religious studies and Spanish.
"This is to be expected since cohorts vary from one year to the next, in both size and ability."
Rebecca Williams, from teaching union Ucac, said: "Comparisons, both with previous years within Wales, and with other nations in the UK, are going to become increasingly difficult - indeed futile, as the changes work their way through the system."
She said the Pisa international test results - due again by the end of this year - could become an increasingly important benchmark.
"It's possible that - for better or for worse - external measures such as Pisa will take on greater importance in measuring educational performance in a comparative context," she added.
The Conservatives said they were worried about a stagnation in A* to C passes, with the results offering "a mishmash of reasons to be both optimistic and downbeat".
This remarkable rise attests to the military's predominant power and to the field marshal's ability to harness that power for his own and for his institution's purposes.
Key to his political skill has been his secrecy coupled with expert role-playing that duped his opponents into thinking he was an unambitious professional officer while simultaneously appealing to the Egyptian public as the man to lead them out of the post-Mubarak political morass.
Who then is this rather mysterious officer and how and for what purposes is he likely to rule Egypt?
First and foremost, Field Marshal Sisi is the product of the military high command under former President Hosni Mubarak, as his career trajectory and personal alliances suggest.
The "political track" in the Egyptian military is the army and within it, the infantry, the corps which produced both the late presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat.
Mr Mubarak was chosen by Sadat as his vice-president precisely because as an air force officer he did not command the loyalty of forces required for a coup.
After succeeding Sadat following his assassination in 1981, Mubarak ultimately settled on the lacklustre infantry general, Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, to preside over the officer corps - more or less as a CEO - rewarding loyalists with promotions and patronage generated in the military's sprawling economy.
Field Marshal Sisi was one of Field Marshal Tantawi's favourites, who doled out plum assignments to this rising infantry officer.
He was provided the necessary foreign training, contacts and polish by stints at the UK's Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC), at the US Army War College, and as military attache in Riyadh.
His credentials as a commanding officer were burnished by appointments as battalion, brigade and division commander and chief-of-staff within the mechanised infantry and by his final operational command as chief-of-staff of the Northern Military Zone, headquartered in Alexandria.
Having established the professional basis for military leadership and the personal connections within the officer corps so essential to it, he was then shifted to the yet more vital post of deputy head of Military Intelligence, the organisation with primary responsibility for watching over the officer corps.
It was from that position that Field Marshal Tantawi recruited him into the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf), through which the former was ruling Egypt after having agreed to the overthrow of Mr Mubarak in 2011.
Not listed among the original 20 officers on the Scaf and then its youngest member, Field Marshal Sisi was obviously brought on board by Field Marshal Tantawi because of his personal loyalty and political talents.
In 2006, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi was sent to the US Army War College to study for a master's degree.
In a research paper, called Democracy in the Middle East, he warned that it was "not necessarily going to evolve upon a Western template".
He argued that "democracy, as a secular entity, is unlikely to be favourably received by the vast majority of Middle Easterners, who are devout followers of the Islamic faith". Rather, he wrote that it "cannot be understood without an understanding of the concept of the Caliphate", the system of joint political and religious rule in Muslim lands in the first six centuries after the Prophet Muhammad's death. That period reflected the values of "fairness, justice, equality, unity and charity", he explained. However, he did not talk about implementing Islamic law.
He also predicted that "there is no guarantee that the police and military forces will align with the emerging ruling parties" in nascent democracies.
He immediately became a key public face of the Scaf, handling such controversial matters as the "virginity tests" inflicted by the military upon female demonstrators they had arrested.
Yet more important was Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's behind-the-scenes role as the Scaf's contact man with the Muslim Brotherhood, also assigned by Field Marshal Tantawi.
Widely known as a devout Muslim by virtue of his conservative family life, fondness for using Koranic phrases in his everyday speech, and by his advocacy of Islam to Western audiences, Field Marshal Sisi set about convincing the Brothers that he shared many of their views and was an officer they could trust.
In this he was hugely successful. President Mohammed Morsi turned to him in August 2012, when looking for an officer to replace Field Marshal Tantawi as commander-in-chief and defence minister.
He agreed, on the proviso that there be no victimisation of Field Marshal Tantawi, his Chief-of-Staff General Sami Enan, or any other officers close to them.
In the event, those key officers who were retired off were given honours, plum assignments or both, and a further 70 or so officers older than the then major general - hence of higher rank - were also retired, thereby placing him in effective as well as nominal control of the military.
So Abdul Fattah al-Sisi rose to the top not by overthrowing his seniors, but rather by looking after them.
President Morsi and his Brotherhood colleagues clearly believed that Field Marshal Sisi was their man, an image that he cultivated, while simultaneously assuring the military that he was protecting its interests.
He was deferential to Mr Morsi in public and on those occasions where the media had deemed the two men disagreed, the military chief seemed to give way.
Yet on vital security interests in the Sinai and along the Suez Canal, he pre-empted the president by issuing a military decree, demonstrating to his officer colleagues that he would not subordinate the military's vital security role to the Brothers.
That impression was further reinforced by the 2012 constitution, drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly, which assigned more power and privileges to the military than it had enjoyed in any previous constitution dating back to the first in 1923.
A month prior to Field Marshal Sisi's "coup" against President Morsi on 3 July 2013, the Brotherhood's spokesman was going out of his way to extol the military and his leadership of it.
Khairat al-Shatir, the organisation's deputy general guide, financier and eminence grise, was sufficiently confident of the power relationship to rudely lecture Field Marshal Sisi on his responsibilities.
To the very end Mr Morsi clearly believed that the field marshal would stand by him, dismissing as he did the minister of defence's message on 1 July that the president had to take account of the will of the people or the military would be compelled to act.
Although the Brotherhood and its leadership was obviously delusional in this and other respects, its failure to appreciate Field Marshal Sisi's objectives speaks of his ability to conceal them and to dupe his opponents.
Lest there be any doubt about Field Marshal Sisi's independence from his original base in the Tantawi high command, personnel moves subsequent to overthrowing Mr Morsi should dispel them.
His very first appointment on the day he dispatched the president to jail was that of General Mohammed Farid al-Tohamy to head of General Intelligence Service (GIS), a key post into which Mr Morsi had some months earlier placed a loyalist.
Gen Tohamy, eight years older than Field Marshal Sisi, had acted as his mentor, first in the mechanised infantry and then in intelligence.
A Mubarak-Tantawi loyalist, Gen Tohamy had been retired from the military into the post of Director of the Administrative Oversight Authority, the government's chief anti-corruption organisation and one used primarily to cover up the misdeeds of those in power, including military officers.
Much hated by the Brotherhood, which had begun a campaign against him, Gen Tohamy was charged by Field Marshal Sisi with orchestrating the crackdown on it, which resulted some two weeks later in the massacre of some 1,000 demonstrators at two protest camps and the subsequent designation of the Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation.
In retrospect, it seems incredible that the Brothers should ever have trusted Field Marshal Sisi, the known protege of General Tohamy, protector of the Mubarak-Tantawi networks of corruption, and strong advocate from his position in intelligence of a hardline policy against Islamists.
The degree to which Field Marshal Sisi is both a product of the military and continues to depend upon it is reflected in his nascent presidential campaign.
The army's Department of Morale Affairs is responsible for managing its public image and boosting goodwill towards troops.
When Field Marshal al-Sisi was appointed armed forces chief in 2012 by an Islamist president, it released a documentary that highlighted his piety.
After Mr Morsi's overthrow, the department produced a video for soldiers and riot police featuring a cleric who likened opponents of the military takeover to an early Islamic sect that some scholars considered to be infidels, and thus permissible to kill.
It also encouraged a cult of personality around the field marshal that led to his face appearing frequently on state television and in state-run newspapers, on posters and billboards, and even on memorabilia ranging from chocolates to underpants.
Ahead of January's constitutional referendum, the department released music videos encouraging a "yes" vote by children's, women's and men's choirs, and even the belly dancer Sama Elmasry (pictured).
General Samir Farag - whose military career was also in the mechanised infantry and intelligence, who was appointed by Mr Mubarak as governor of Luxor and head of the Cairo Opera House, and who has been accused of extensive corruption in those roles - is rumoured to be a key campaign aide, as is former Assistant Defence Minister for Financial and Administrative Affairs, General Mahmoud Nasr - a man who might be thought of as "book-keeper" of the sprawling Mubarak-Tantawi patronage networks.
Thus far the campaign has been run out of the military's Department of Morale Affairs, which draws upon the military's own off-budget resources to finance the films, campaign posters, and presumably rent-a-crowds that have helped generate the groundswell of support for the field marshal.
Mohammed Hassanain Heykal, Nasser's confidant and able defender of his dubious legacy, including the role of the military, is thought to be a key campaign adviser.
Amr Moussa, former foreign minister under Mr Mubarak and then head of the Arab League, was called in by Field Marshal Sisi to oversee the drafting of the military-backed constitution, passed by referendum in January.
Mr Moussa, who was known to be close to the Scaf, and at one time was considered by it as their possible candidate for president, has endorsed Field Marshal Sisi's bid for the presidency.
The principal theme of the campaign so far is counter-terrorism, while the field marshal's rhetoric is heavily laced with references to Islam.
He has declared, for example, that Egyptians will have to "put their trust in God, the army and the civilian police to take Egypt to freedom, stability and progress".
His economic policy is shrouded in ambiguity. Negotiations with the IMF have been suspended, as conditions that organisation would impose for a loan would be political suicide for any candidate associated with them.
But negotiations with crony capitalists in exile have been resumed, presumably to lure them and their money back to Egypt.
A minimum wage for public servants has been declared, as has a stimulus package more generally.
In the meantime the economic crisis intensifies, as reflected in rising unemployment, poverty, inflation, and government debt, power outages, capital flight and an absence of tourists.
For all of this Field Marshal Sisi has avoided any direct blame, skilfully shuffling that off onto Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi and his hapless cabinet, which resigned on 24 February.
In an interview given in the United Arab Emirates before the announcement, he had himself evinced displeasure at the Beblawi government's performance.
One poll suggested that two-thirds of Egyptians approved of Field Marshal Sisi and his performance, with another indicating that only a fifth approved of Mr Beblawi and his government.
The field marshal's popularity is due to that of the military, which continues to be the most trusted institution in the country, with around 90% of Egyptians expressing their support for it; to his message of restoring stability by virtue of a crackdown on Islamists; by his skilful projection of an upbeat officer image, replete with snazzy headgear, combined with that of a devout Muslim harbouring traditional respect for women and Christians; and by his careful avoidance of substantive policies, especially those of economics.
That this message, which avoids truly critical matters, can be so popular and believable attests in part to his skill in delivering it, which rests both on his military background and on his traditional upbringing in Cairo's al-Gamaliyya district, the very heart of historic, Islamic Cairo venerated by novelist Naguib Mahfouz and in the imagination of most Egyptians.
He is the very living example of what traditional Egyptian values and practices can produce.
And even if he is ultimately revealed as a "fahlawi", a skilled deceiver of others, that too could be positively interpreted as a sign of his Egyptianness and suitability for a leadership role.
So what sort of a president might Field Marshal Sisi make?
Again there is an element of duplicity in the projected presidential image, which is that of a new, "believing" Nasser.
But he cannot be a new Nasser, despite his probable efforts at emulation and Nasser's daughter Hoda's assertion that he will be - except in one vital respect, which is that of military authoritarianism.
He cannot be a new Nasser because of profound change in both the external and internal contexts.
The Cold War is over and Egypt's regional role much diminished.
But Field Marshal Sisi is seeking to rekindle nationalist pride, probably in part to offset inevitable domestic problems.
His dealings with Russia, including a well-timed trip to Moscow in mid-February to complete an arms deal, were intended as part of the launch of his presidential campaign, evoking memories of Nasser's rejection of the much hated West in favour of the Soviets.
But in reality any arms deal with Moscow will be more in the way of political cover for the Egyptian military's continuing dependence on the US than an assertion of real independence.
Egypt's vulnerable economy precludes any substantive power projection into the region, which in any case is now populated with states comparatively much more powerful than they were in Nasser's era.
As for the domestic economy, again the shadow of Nasser appears to loom over Field Marshal Sisi, who is already identifying the new era as one of grand projects, just as Nasser had done with the Aswan Dam and various other undertakings.
In this case the project is the proposed development of the Suez Canal area, which is being ballyhooed as the driving force behind Egypt's bright future as a leading emerging economy.
While development of this region makes sense economically and from the security perspective, it will be hobbled by the same governance issues that drag down Egypt's overall development, even though the Chinese and Russians may buy into it out of their own security calculations.
Moreover, the canal project has been chosen in part because that region is the very epicentre of the military's influence, and indeed its land ownership.
So here is the opportunity, at least in Field Marshal Sisi's view, for the military to demonstrate its management prowess, while generating further revenues for its own, off-budget economy.
Indeed, since he became the de facto ruler of the country, the pace of government contracting with military-controlled companies has significantly increased, suggesting both his move to cement his control of the officer corps as well as his plans for the future economic role of the military.
On the overthrow of President Morsi
The armed forces cannot just turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to the movement and call of the Egyptian people.
On US criticism and suspension of aid
You left the Egyptians. You turned your back on the Egyptians, and they won't forget that.
On protests against the interim government
I urge the people to take to the streets... to prove their will and give me, the army and police, a mandate to confront possible violence and terrorism.
On the military's political ambitions (Aug 2013)
This is not the rule of the soldiers, nor is there the slightest desire to rule Egypt.
On dreams (Dec 2013)
I saw President Sadat, and he told me that he knew he would be president of Egypt, so I responded that I knew I would be president too.
In sum, the military under Field Marshal will expand its influence yet further into the economy and state, more or less as it did under Nasser, and in this it has every chance of success.
The three institutional components of the deep state - the military, the ministry of the interior, and the General Intelligence Service - are already under his control, something which none of his predecessors ever totally managed.
Nasser, Sadat and Mr Mubarak all had to build up the security and intelligence agencies under the interior ministry in order to balance off the military, whereas Field Marshal Sisi has no such need.
The counter-insurgency campaign currently under way draws upon both military and security forces, again a novel approach reflecting the field marshal's dominant position in both.
As for the directly political domains of parliament and political parties, Field Marshal Sisi does not have the need, as did Nasser, to formulate a single party to crowd out opposition, including in parliamentary elections, and to burnish his image.
At present, he is relying on the military, other elements of the deep state and Mubarak-era technocrats to manage his campaign, thereby suggesting he hopes to rule as a sort of presidential version of King Abdullah II of Jordan or King Muhammad VI of Morocco, balancing off the various political parties and forces under him while relying on the deep state for the essence of his rule.
In this way he can use nominally independent political forces and actors as political shock-absorbers, blaming them for failures while also manipulating them so they not coalesce in opposition to him.
At present, many of these political actors seem content to accept this role.
When and if they do not, he will still have the option to cobble together a political party under his tutelage, although this effort would suggest either weakness or overweening ambition on his part.
Field Marshal Sisi is an enormously talented, manipulative, and highly politicised officer who has managed to rescue the military and the deep state more generally from potential destruction at the hands of revolutionaries or Muslim Brothers.
He was charged with that role by the high command of the Mubarak-Tantawi era, he has executed it, and is now reaping personal rewards for his sterling performance.
The danger is that his ambitions, combined with the institutional interests of an overly large, inadequately trained, arrogant and corrupt military will lead to political, economic and foreign policy over-reach, much as a similar combination did under Nasser.
Dr Robert Springborg is Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies, King's College, London.
So much so that he decided he needed "do something different", heading down to the UK's busiest train station with a sign asking passers-by for a job.
It worked. Alfred was inundated with offers and started work as a PR manager within weeks.
Now he's back at London Waterloo, but with a different sign. This time it has "Now I'm hiring" printed on it.
"I went back to the exact same spot," he told Newsbeat.
"I've already had more than 90 CVs to go through."
The 22-year-old was offered a job at a recruitment consultants shortly after his stunt last August.
Now he says he wants to give something back.
"More people are going to university and a degree is less relevant," he said.
"I wanted a degree to mean something again.
"Tuition fees went up the year or two after I went to uni, so kids are paying a lot of money and still struggle to find a role.
"Their friends who didn't go to university are probably on a bigger salary than them."
Alfred graduated from Coventry University with a degree in marketing, but found permanent work tough to come by.
"It's depressing getting those rejections. I wasn't crying or nothing, but depression was creeping in.
"I live 30 seconds from Waterloo, so I thought it's only got to work once and it did.
"I got offers for interviews pretty much straight away. I got home and I had over a thousand retweets and messages.
"Barcelona picked it up, Manchester United tweeted me. I was offered an internship there, but I just couldn't relocate with the salary being offered, which was gutting, even though I'm an Arsenal fan!"
Alfred hopes returning to the station five months on will inspire other graduates to try something different when looking for work.
"Really know how to sell yourself on your CV, " he said.
"Make sure it's clear what you can bring to the role. Call the company and show them what you're all about.
"It has changed my life.
"People say I don't wear a suit anymore so I must be successful."
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First Minister Carwyn Jones said he was "disappointed" although pleased the prime minister "has listened to our arguments and has sought to deliver a fairer settlement".
Welsh secretary David Jones said Wales had been cushioned from the full extent of cuts it could have faced.
Plaid Cymru said it was less than feared but "devastating news".
At the time of the EU budget deal in February, the Welsh government said it feared the agreement could mean a reduction of ??400m for Wales.
It now says the cut will be ??60m.
David Jones said the UK government has decided to re-allocate EU structural funds for 2014 to 2020 to minimise the impact of reductions in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
It represents a 5% cut, compared to the last six years.
Under this deal, Wales will receive a total allocation of around ???2.145bn, which Mr Jones said was "a substantial uplift" of ???375m compared to the amount it would have received under the EU formula.
"What is important now is that the Welsh government uses this money wisely to help deliver strong and sustainable growth for Wales," he added.
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It's a cut - disappointing say Labour, devastating even say Plaid - but both accept it could have been so much worse.
The prime minister has told the leaders of the devolved nations that he has limited the cut in their European regional aid to 5%, providing them with the money they need to deliver strong, sustainable growth.
It means Wales loses out on ??60m, not the ??400m the Welsh government had feared - a sign that David Cameron has listened to Welsh government arguments says Carwyn Jones but still disappointing.
Plaid Cymru says the cut is devastating, while in Scotland the SNP have welcomed the announcement as victory for common sense.
According to Welsh Labour MEP Derek Vaughan, the original plans would have meant a budget cut of 22% for areas such as west Wales and the valleys.
Mr Vaughan - a member of the European parliament's budget committee - said that efforts to lobby the EU Commission and UK government had been "largely successful".
The final settlement of this and other EU funding pots would mean that Wales will be "in a position to benefit more than ever from assistance available at a European level."
David Cameron said in a letter to the Welsh government that the decision "will provide Wales with the funds it needs to deliver strong, sustainable growth and I hope it will carry your support."
First Minister Carwyn Jones expressed his disappointment that there was a drop in funding, but welcomed the decision to limit the scale of the cuts.
"The prime minister has proposed that all parts of the UK should take a 5% cut in their Structural Fund budgets.
This will deliver a more equitable settlement, but it still represents a reduction of around ??60m in our budgets over the next funding period.
"That said, we are pleased that the prime minister has listened to our arguments and has sought to deliver a fairer settlement than that originally proposed.
"We hope that the UK government will now move quickly to agree these arrangements with the European Commission so that our new programmes can start on time."
Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans has described the reduction in EU funding as "devastating news for our nation" and accused Labour MPs from Wales of aiding and abetting the overall cuts in the EU budget.
"As a net beneficiary of EU membership, parts of Wales receive structural funds for all-important fields such as agriculture and education - funding which is vital for some of our poorest communities," she said.
"Some of these are not only the worst off areas in Wales but throughout the whole of Europe.
"Areas such as west Wales and the valleys are new set to miss out on vital EU cash that could have helped strengthen and develop our economy."
In a speech on Friday, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will promise extra investment and help for under-pressure services.
The package includes plans to recruit 5,000 new GPs and another 5,000 support staff, including practice nurses.
Financial incentives may be offered to those willing to work in the most deprived areas.
Those who have left the profession or want to work part-time will be given more help, Mr Hunt will promise.
But he will say that in return, GPs need to get on board with his plans for weekend opening, which involves groups of practices pooling together to share the extended hours.
It builds on plans set out at the start of this year for NHS England to make the profession more attractive as the NHS is struggling to recruit new doctors.
More than one in 10 GP training places remained vacant last year.
A survey of more than 15,000 GPs by the British Medical Association before the general election in May suggested a third were considering retiring in the next five years and one in 10 was thinking about moving abroad.
Mr Hunt will urge GPs to work with him. "I want to be upfront: this is not about change I can deliver on my own," he will say.
"If we are to have a new deal, I will need your co-operation and support.
"Within five years, we will need to look after a million more over-70s.
"Put simply, if we do not find better, smarter ways to help our growing elderly population remain healthy and independent, our hospitals will be overwhelmed."
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Dr Chaand Nagpaul, of the British Medical Association, said GPs were "ready to work with the government".
But he warned seven-day services may not be the right idea to push forward with.
"Pilots of seven-day routine working are increasingly demonstrating a low uptake of routine weekend appointments," he said.
"Therefore, to make the most of the limited GP workforce and precious NHS resource, the government should focus on supporting practices during the day and further develop the current 24/7 urgent GP service so that patients can be confident of getting access to a quality GP service day and night."
Mr Key, who on Monday called an election for 20 September, said the vote would be held within three years.
The current flag shows the Southern Cross constellation and includes the Union Jack - the UK's national flag - in one corner.
Mr Key said the flag represented a period of history from which New Zealand had moved on.
"It's my belief... that the design of the New Zealand flag symbolises a colonial and post-colonial era whose time has passed," he said in a speech at Victoria University.
"The flag remains dominated by the Union Jack in a way that we ourselves are no longer dominated by the United Kingdom."
"I am proposing that we take one more step in the evolution of modern New Zealand by acknowledging our independence through a new flag."
Mr Key said that he liked the silver fern - popularised by national teams including the All Blacks - as an option, saying efforts by New Zealand's athletes gave "the silver fern on a black background a distinctive and uniquely New Zealand identity".
But he said he was open to all ideas and that retaining the current flag was "a very possible outcome of this process".
A group of cross-party lawmakers would oversee the vote process and a steering group would seek public submissions for new flag designs, he said.
Mr Key said there was no move to cut ties with the British monarchy.
"We retain a strong and important constitutional link to the monarchy and I get no sense of any groundswell of support to let that go," he said.
It is not clear to what extent there is support for changing the flag. One poll late last month showed only 28% of respondents wanted to change the flag, compared to 72% who were happy with the current version.
Representatives of service personnel have argued that troops have fought and died under the existing flag.
"The view of the RSA is there is no need to change the flag,'' Don McIver, national president of the Returned and Services Association (RSA), was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.
The opposition Labour party has said it supports the process.
"We're not going to differ or divide from the government on this issue. It's a broad constitutional issue, if the country wants a debate about the flag so be it, but it's not the primary issue for this election," leader David Cunliffe said.
The polls have been scheduled so that a new government will be in place by the G20 meeting due to take place in Australia in mid-November.
Mr Key's National Party currently has a sizeable lead over the Labour opposition, polls show.
Anthony McCallen, 65, was chaplain at the now defunct St William's Children's Home in East Yorkshire, where James Carragher, 75, was head.
The pair denied a total of 87 sex offences against children at the home between the 1970s and the 1990s.
Leeds Crown Court heard Carragher, a convicted sex offender from Merseyside, took boys naked swimming late at night.
The jury heard they both preyed on boys aged between 10 and 16 years old.
In total, 18 men gave evidence describing how they were indecently "touched".
One victim stormed out of court after telling the jury the pair had visited him as he slept and sexually assaulted him.
Another witness spoke of how boys were taken swimming "after lights-out" at the home and told not to "wear any swimming trunks".
Following the verdict, Judge Jeffrey Marson QC praised members of the jury for the way they conducted themselves.
He said: "I've never ever in many years of doing this had a jury who had to consider so many charges, it is way beyond the norm, and they are some of the most difficult charges to deal with".
Carragher, who was jailed for seven years in 1993 and 14 years in 2004 for sex offences, pleaded not guilty to 50 counts of indecent assault and 12 other serious sex offences.
McCallen, also of Merseyside, who was convicted of abusing two boys in the 1990s, denied 18 indecent assaults and seven other serious sexual offences.
After a 10-week trial and 11 days of deliberations, the jury found Carragher guilty of 21 indecent assault and three serious sex offences, but he was cleared of a further 30 charges.
McCallen was found guilty on a total of 11 charges including a serious sexual offence. He was acquitted of eight other charges.
But the jury was unable to reach verdicts on 13 charges and were discharged by the judge.
The pair are due to be sentenced on 4 January.
St William's in Market Weighton, which closed in 1992, was owned by the Diocese of Middlesbrough and run by members of the De La Salle Brotherhood.
In a statement, the diocese said it hoped "those affected by the abuse can move on with their lives".
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Marc Muniesa and Mame Diouf suffered midweek knocks but may be fit, while Xherdan Shaqiri has trained and is "an option", manager Mark Hughes says.
Liverpool will assess playmaker Philippe Coutinho, who was forced off against Bournemouth due to illness and missed training on Thursday and Friday.
Sadio Mane requires knee surgery and will miss the rest of the season.
Joel Matip should return to the starting line-up after a back problem reduced him to the role of substitute in midweek.
Guy Mowbray: "It's hard to know who to make favourites.
"Stoke? Much stronger at home, and unburdened by immediate relegation pressure.
"BUT…..three defeats in a row and one win from six is troubling form. They're not (mathematically) safe yet and perhaps need to engineer a sense of tension.
"Liverpool? Five games unbeaten and one defeat in seven - plus the other three teams in the top four have all won at Stoke this season.
"BUT….all five league defeats have come against sides currently in the bottom half, and their recent away form borders on rotten.
"Those still going for an away win might pair it with Definitly Red for the Grand National. Me? I'm sticking a pin in for both."
Twitter: @Guymowbray
Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "With the quality of opposition we have been up against in the last couple of weeks, you can argue this run of fixtures has been the most difficult we've had this season.
"Apart from Leicester, where I was disappointed with our performance, we've had decent-enough performances. That continued against Burnley because I felt we were the better team on the night.
"The way we view the season as a whole helps us because the focus is on the next game and the next series of fixtures. We set realistic goals throughout the season and move on to the next one."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on the current injury and illness toll: "It compromises our situation and makes like not easy.
"These are the highest-quality players and if you took out all the players which we miss now from other teams I'd be surprised if they could play their best football.
"We don't play them (the top six) any more so we don't have influence on their games but I don't think 65 points will be enough to go to Champions League so we need to collect a few more points.
"But at this moment it is only how we can make a line-up against Stoke - and that is a real challenge."
When you are ahead with a few minutes to go, you make sure you win. Liverpool do not have the ability to do that at the moment. You could argue they are too nice, and they are also missing the injured Adam Lallana and Sadio Mane.
Stoke have now lost three on the spin and have scored only one goal in their past four matches, but I don't see Liverpool going there and winning.
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Mr Sobyanin secured 51.3% - just above the 50% threshold needed to avoid a second-round ballot.
His main rival, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, polled 27.2%.
Mr Navalny called for a run-off and refused to recognise the results, saying they had been "deliberately falsified".
Mr Navalny said he had won enough votes to force a second round and that the count had been marred by "many serious violations".
By Daniel SandfordBBC News, Moscow
Sometimes even when a candidate loses an election, they are still a winner. Only seven-and-a-half weeks ago Alexei Navalny was sitting in prison, a convicted criminal claiming political persecution who was then released pending his appeal.
When he started campaigning the opinion polls were predicting he would get less than 10% of the vote. But he knew that a significant proportion of Moscow was looking for a new kind of politics, and he took to the streets to meet the voters, something Muscovites had not seen in years.
Deprived of access to state-controlled TV, he fought using the internet and word-of-mouth. Although President Vladimir Putin's candidate Sergei Sobyanin has still beaten him, this result was much less comfortable than the Kremlin expected, and will force a further rethink of its strategy in Moscow.
It is only the beginning of Alexei Navalny's career as a conventional politician - if it is not cut short again by him being returned to prison.
But Moscow's electoral commission said there had been no serious violations and a run-off would not take place.
With all the votes counted, the commission said turnout in the Moscow vote was a low 32%. The Communist candidate, Ivan Melnikov, came third with 10.7%.
Mr Sobyanin, once President Putin's chief of staff, told supporters earlier the election had been transparent.
"We have something to be proud of," he said at a late-night rally in Bolotnaya Square. "We have organised the most honest and open elections in the history of Moscow."
Mr Navalny warned late on Sunday that if he was denied a run-off, he would "appeal to the citizens and ask them to take to the streets of Moscow".
City authorities have allowed him to hold a rally on Monday evening with up to 2,500 supporters.
In late 2011, Moscow was the scene of the biggest anti-government protests since Soviet times after a general election marred by allegations of ballot-rigging.
"Right now Sobyanin and his main supporter Vladimir Putin are deciding whether to have a relatively honest election and to have a second round, or not," he said as partial results were still coming in.
The opposition leader is currently on bail after being found guilty of embezzlement in what he insists was a political trial.
In other mayoral votes on Sunday, anti-heroin campaigner Yevgeny Roizman won by a narrow majority in Yekaterinburg, the main city in Russia's Urals industrial zone, election officials say.
Mr Roizman, a former MP often critical of Kremlin policy, defeated ruling party candidate Yakov Silin by a margin of 30% to 26%, according to preliminary results. Unlike Moscow, the city's mayor is elected by a simple majority in a single round.
Mayoral elections were abolished in Moscow in 2004 but re-instated as a concession to pro-democracy campaigners.
Mr Navalny ran a Western-style campaign, holding informal meetings with voters outside metro stations and using glossy posters of himself with his family.
He is credited with bringing grassroots politics to the Russian capital, inspiring thousands of volunteers to support his campaign.
Mr Sobyanin became mayor in 2010 after Yuri Luzhkov, who had governed the city for almost two decades, was forced out of office.
The Kremlin-backed candidate has kept a low profile during the race, shunning debates with the five other candidates.
In all, six candidates stood in the election.
Forney scored his first in the opening period but the Giants trailed 2-1 after Curtis Leinweber and Riley Wetmore found the net for the hosts.
Justin Faryna and Lou Dickenson extended the lead but James Desmarais pulled one back for the visitors.
Derrick Walser and Forney scored in the third period and Forney in overtime.
Forney's decisive strike in the first period of overtime ensured four points from the weekend's two Elite League games for the Giants, who defeated Sheffield Steelers 4-1 in Belfast on Saturday.
The Giants were without Matt Nickerson and Chris Higgins for the clash with Dundee because of injury, but Craig Peacock and Darryl Lloyd were back after suspension.
The Harlequins forward, 26, picked up the injury on 10 January and had been a doubt for the start of the Championship.
But he is now back in full training and set to start in the front row.
"Everything is on track for Joe," forwards coach Steve Borthwick told BBC Radio 5 live.
"To have him back fit is brilliant. He's been incredibly diligent to make sure he is in the best physical shape."
Meanwhile, flanker James Haskell is also available for selection after a long-term foot problem.
Haskell played a key role in England's Grand Slam and unbeaten tour of Australia in 2016, but missed the autumn series because of the injury.
Tom Wood played on the open-side flank in Haskell's absence, and the Northampton forward is expected to retain his place against the French.
However, with Chris Robshaw injured, there is a strong possibility Maro Itoje will move from the second row to the back row.
"The versatility that Maro offers is brilliant," Borthwick added.
"The way he plays, it's not about trying to change anything. It's about going on the field and bringing energy, enthusiasm and physicality."
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The Briton took the first set comfortably, but lost the initiative in the second and then let a lead slip in the deciding set.
Konta, 25, looked increasingly weary in the final event of the WTA Tour season.
Svitolina will now face the Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova, who beat Chinese wildcard Zhang Shuai 6-2 6-2.
The tournament features the leading 12 players who did not qualify for last week's WTA Finals in Singapore.
Konta appeared to be cruising to the final, with the Ukrainian having no answer to the power and accuracy of her serve and ground strokes in the opening set.
The world number 10 broke her 22-year-old opponent in the third and seventh games to take it in just 26 minutes.
Svitolina took a bathroom break at the end of the set and the interruption appeared to affect Konta's rhythm.
After a string of unforced errors, the Briton - under pressure for the first time in the tournament - soon trailed 5-0 in the second.
The momentum of the match had swung round, and though Konta briefly rallied in the third set to open up a 3-1 lead, she couldn't sustain the recovery and her serve was picked apart again with decisive back-to-back breaks.
It is one of 41 pieces of post-war public art in England newly protected by the government.
The list also includes three works by Barbara Hepworth and one by Henry Moore, opposite Parliament in London.
Heritage minister Tracey Crouch said: "Not only are they magnificent sculptures but they are also an important part of our history."
The bright red work of art (and 40 others) now protected
Gormley's Untitled [Listening] in Camden, north London, was one of the artist's first public sculpture commissions and dates back to 1984.
The work, in Maygrove Peace Park, shows a human figure sat on a boulder, cupping an ear. It was commissioned by Camden Council to show its commitment to peace, with the park opened on the anniversary of the atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
Hepworth's Winged Figure, on London's Oxford Street, and Single Form (Memorial) in Battersea Park, London, have been given Grade II* status, with Rosewall (Curved Reclining Form) in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, given Grade II listing.
The Oxford Street work was designed to make people "feel airborne in rain and sunlight", she said, with the Battersea Park sculpture being her response to the death of a friend.
Knife Edge Two Piece, an abstract bronze sculpture by Henry Moore which can be found opposite the Houses of Parliament, has also been listed.
The 41 sculptures reflect life in the years following the war, with themes including industry, family and play. There is also a work commemorating children killed in the Blitz.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport made the listings on advice from Historic England.
Roger Bowdler, the body's director of listing, said: "These sculptures were commissioned and created for everybody and have become a precious national collection of art which we can all share.
"They enrich our lives, bring art to everyone and deserve celebration. We have worked with the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, Tate, and the Twentieth Century Society throughout this project to ensure our most special public art is protected and continues to enhance our public spaces."
Fifteen of the newly-listed works are outside of London, including three in Harlow, Essex, which has become known as the Sculpture Town.
A map has been made showing the locations of all of the sculptures.
Only 16 overs were possible at the Sydney Cricket Ground as India avoided the defeat that would have all but secured England's qualification.
India had reached 69-2 when a third rain delay forced play to be abandoned.
England are three points ahead of India in the table, with four on offer for the winner of Friday's game in Perth.
The final, against Australia, will be played at the Waca in Perth on 1 February and represents both teams' last one-day international before the World Cup starts on 14 February.
Australia qualified for the final with a game to spare after winning their opening three matches.
England beat India by nine wickets to claim a bonus-point win in their previous group encounter.
Rain delayed the start in Sydney by 40 minutes after India lost the toss, interrupted play after 16 balls and returned to force play to be abandoned at 20:05 local time (09:05 GMT).
Ajinkya Rahane was unbeaten on 28, having seen Shikhar Dhawan (8) edge to slip and Ambati Rayudu (23) fall to a splendid David Warner catch over his shoulder running towards to the boundary.
India remain without a win in nine games on their tour of Australia.
Prop Jenkins, 35, has departed Wales' tour of New Zealand with a calf injury and will miss the final Test against the All Blacks in Dunedin on Saturday.
The three-time Six Nations Grand Slam winner has won 126 caps for his country and started Wales' opening two games against the world champions.
"He's been outstanding," said McBryde.
The veteran Cardiff Blues forward has admitted he is unlikely to play at the 2019 World Cup and Wales coach Warren Gatland has said he is planning an "exit strategy" with the prop as he heads towards retirement.
But asked whether Jenkins could push for more Wales caps and a place on the Lions' tour to New Zealand next year, McBryde said: "On current form, you've got to say yes to that."
"I congratulated him before he went because he has taken on not only what he does on the pitch, but off the pitch as well with regards to his mentoring role with someone like [fellow prop] Rob Evans."
Jenkins won the first of his five Lions caps on the 2005 tour of New Zealand, which the visitors lost 3-0, before playing twice in South Africa in 2009 in a 2-1 series defeat.
The former Toulon player, who made his debut for Wales against Romania in 2002, was selected for the Lions' victorious 2013 tour of Australia, but flew home early because of a calf injury.
McBryde says Jenkins takes good care of himself, which could help prolong his career at the highest level with the Lions due to play three Tests matches against the All Blacks next summer.
"One of his strengths is how professional he is off the field with regards to managing himself," said McBryde, who has agreed a new deal to remain part of Wales' backroom team until after the 2019 World Cup.
"He knows himself that he has got to look after his calves with the number of problems he has had there. He's had issues with his toe, his achilles, his calf etc.
"He's managing to keep on top of that and you see him doing his pre-hab exercises in the morning and he's always keen to do a bit extra at the end of training.
"And we're managing that with regards to the load he's doing during the week.
"He doesn't need to do as much as someone like Rob Evans, for instance, because there's a certain amount of mileage on the clock that you need to look after to him."
Jenkins' New Zealand tour ended after suffering a calf injury in the 36-22 defeat by the All Blacks in Wellington last weekend.
Steve Hansen's All Blacks have an unassailable 2-0 series lead going into Saturday's game in Dunedin.
Wales, beaten 39-21 in the first Test at Eden Park, have not beaten the Kiwis since 1953.
He tweeted on Tuesday, "Lauren! I found your student ID in the park. If you still need it my office will get it to you. Hanx."
The ID card shows that she is enrolled at Fordham University in New York City.
There is no word yet on whether Lauren got her ID back from Mr Hanks, though one Twitter user has claimed it belongs to her friend.
Mr Hanks is familiar with having strangers return lost items -he tweeted in March that someone had found his credit card on the street and returned it.
In its first billing cycle, it collected 30.5m euros (£21m), compared with about 67m euros (£47m) that was due.
In April, the company sent bills to 1.7m households. Irish Water said 675,000 households had paid so far and it had received 46% of payments due.
Anti-water bill campaigners are claiming a victory.
But the company defended the rate of payments, calling it "a solid start".
Head of communications Elizabeth Arnett said: "Typically, in well-established UK water utilities, customers take an average of three months to pay a water bill.
"No reminders have been issued to our customers and yet we have a payment rate that is broadly in line with what would be expected for a new utility sending out a new bill for the first time.
"This represents a solid start for Irish Water".
However, those opposed to water charges have said that the figures represent a victory for them.
Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald said it signalled to the Irish government in no uncertain terms that the majority of the people do not support water charges.
Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy said it represented "a massive victory for people power" and that a clear majority of people have sent a message that they will not pay these charges.
Householders who refuse to pay face fines.
The 35-year-old started his career with Newport and had spells with Leicester, Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Wasps and Newport Gwent Dragons among others.
Powell made his Wales debut in 2008 and won the last of his 23 caps in 2012.
He earned notoriety in 2010 when he was charged with drink driving after allegedly taking and driving a golf buggy on the M4 motorway.
Powell toured South Africa with the British and Irish Lions in 2009 but did not make a Test appearance.
He had a spell with rugby league team Wigan between 2013 and 2014, before returning to union with the Dragons.
Powell joined Merthyr in the Welsh Championship in 2015 and helped them win promotion to the Premiership.
"Andy's found it hard to get over his current knee injury and will not be forgotten. He was a big part of our success last season as captain," said Merthyr chairman Peter Morgan.
"Andy had plenty of time for everyone he will be sadly missed on the field and off, but will always be welcome to our club."
Symons was confirmed as manager at Craven Cottage on Wednesday.
The 43-year-old had been in charge on an interim basis following the sacking of Felix Magath last month.
It was believed that Symons would have to stand down from his role with Wales - who play Belgium on 16 November - but he is keen to remain as part of Chris Coleman's backroom staff.
Symons has been assistant to Coleman since January 2012, but the Wales manager has previously said he could not do both long term.
Wales top European Championship qualifying Group B ahead of Israel and Belgium after their 2-1 home win over Cyprus on 13 October.
The game in Brussels is followed by a four-month gap until Wales face Israel in Haifa on 28 March, 2015.
Fulham owner Shahid Kahn has given Symons his blessing to continue his work with Coleman in the Welsh set-up.
"He's [Symons] the guy to decide the best use of his time," said Kahn, who also owns NFL American football team, Jacksonville Jaguars .
"I know in my case I have a number of interests business and personal."
Football Association of Wales chief executive Jonathan Ford is confident Symons wants to stay on.
"Having spoken to him before his appointment [at Fulham] I know that he really wants to see this through," said Ford.
"We're all delighted for him, we'd anticipated because he's been doing such an amazing job there.
"We just hope he can continue his role, he'll certainly be with us away in Belgium, and we hope he can continue his role and see us all the way through to France in 2016."
68-year-old Warnock is due to have a meeting with Dalman next week to talk about his future with the Bluebirds.
"He's been magnificent right across the board. He's brought togetherness to the club," Dalman told BBC Radio Wales.
"He's brought the joy back to the club as well as the football, so I think he's done an exceptional job."
Dalman continued: "I am a massive fan of Neil, I will expect him to be here next season. If it's up to me that's exactly what will happen and we'll do the best that we can. I'm pretty confident about things in general."
Warnock took over in October as replacement for Paul Trollope, with the club second from bottom in the table after two wins in 11 games.
The former Rotherham United and Leeds United boss has turned their form around since arriving at the club but wants to push for promotion next season.
"We are very fortunate at Cardiff City in the sense that Neil's ambitions are fully aligned with ours. He wants to go for that promotion for his own reasons as well as the club's," Dalman said.
"In terms of what he wants, of course we've discussed it and we analysed it. There is a plan, we know what's needed, we know what he wants and we'll do the very best we can to give that to him."
Warnock has stated that it would not take big money to launch a promotion bid in 2017-18, but Dalman admits the club is still bound by the impact of Financial Fair Play.
"It's problematic for us at the moment. We're in a good position but given the sort of budget we need to put together, that may put us in some difficulty," he added.
"We've got some work to do, it's not that simple. Do I want to sell our best players? The answer is no, but certainly, do we need to change the cost base? Probably."
Essex added 16 runs to their overnight 335-3, with Lawrence 51 not out and Ravi Bopara 66 not out at stumps.
There was enough time for Lawrence to become the fifth Essex player to reach a half-century, following Alastair Cook, Tom Westley and Nick Browne's efforts on the first day.
Play was called off at 17:10 BST.
The civil nuclear infrastructure in most nations is not well prepared to defend against such attacks, it added.
Many of the control systems for the infrastructure were "insecure by design" because of their age, it said.
Published by the influential Chatham House think tank, the report studied cyber defences in power plants around the world over an 18-month period.
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and terrorists were all increasing their online activity, it said, meaning that the risk of a significant net-based attack was "ever present".
Such an attack on a nuclear plant, even if small-scale or unlikely, needed to be taken seriously because of the harm that would follow if radiation were released.
In addition, it said "even a small-scale cyber security incident at a nuclear facility would be likely to have a disproportionate effect on public opinion and the future of the civil nuclear industry".
Unfortunately, research carried out for the study showed that the UK's nuclear plants and associated infrastructure were not well protected or prepared because the industry had converted to digital systems relatively recently.
This increasing digitisation and growing reliance on commercial software is only increasing the risks the nuclear industry faces.
There was a "pervading myth" that computer systems in power plants were isolated from the internet at large and because of this were immune to the kind of cyber attacks that have dogged other industries.
However, it said, this so-called "air gap" between the public internet and nuclear systems was easy to breach with "nothing more than a flash drive". It noted that the destructive Stuxnet computer virus infected Iran's nuclear facilities via this route.
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The researchers for the report had also found evidence of virtual networks and other links to the public internet on nuclear infrastructure networks. Some of these were forgotten or simply unknown to those in charge of these organisations.
Already search engines that sought out critical infrastructure had indexed these links making it easy for attackers to find ways in to networks and control systems.
Keith Parker, chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, said: "Security, including cyber security, is an absolute priority for power station operators."
"All of Britain's power stations are designed with safety in mind and are stress-tested to withstand a vast range of potential incidents," he added. "Power station operators work closely with national agencies such as the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure and other intelligence agencies to always be aware of emerging threats."
In addition, said Mr Parker, the industry's regulator continuously monitors plant safety to help protect it from any outside threats.
In June this year the International Atomic Energy Agency held its first international conference about the cyber threats facing plants and manufacturing facilities. At the conference Yukiya Amano, director of the IAEA, said both random and targeted attacks were being directed at nuclear plants.
"Staff responsible for nuclear security should know how to repel cyber-attacks and to limit the damage if systems are actually penetrated," he said in a keynote address to the conference.
The civil nuclear industry should do a better job of measuring cyber attack risks and improve the way it defends against them, according to Chatham House. Many plants examined by the report's researchers lacked preparedness for large-scale attacks that took place outside office hours.
"The nuclear industry is beginning - but struggling - to come to grips with this new, insidious threat," said Patricia Lewis, research director of Chatham House's international security programme.
The 25-year-old will now go into the IPL auction on 4 February.
The Twenty20 tournament runs from 5 April to 21 May, but Stokes is likely to be involved in England's one-day series against Ireland on 5 May.
"It's a good opportunity to go away and experience different competitions," said Stokes, who has played 18 T20 internationals.
England begin a one-day series against India on Sunday.
Stokes' international team-mates Sam Billings and Jos Buttler are already contracted to IPL teams, while Jason Roy has put himself forward for the auction.
Alex Hales and limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan are also expected to be in the auction, although it is not yet clear how long England will allow them to play for.
After the Ireland series, England host the Champions Trophy in June, but Stokes said he would he happy to return early from the IPL for England duty.
"If they want us to come back and report for England, which is our job, then we'll come back and have no complaints," he said.
"This year's IPL is a chance for not just myself but other England guys to experience what it's like and see a different side to T20 cricket."
Defender Baptiste, 31, made 24 Championship appearances on loan with Preston last season.
He has been reunited with Rangers boss Ian Holloway, who he worked under for Blackpool, helping them win promotion to the Premier League in 2010.
"Alex is one of the biggest characters I've worked with in my time in the game," Holloway told the club website.
"He's versatile - he can play anywhere across the back - and that was a big plus for me."
Baptiste, who has previously played for Mansfield Town, Blackpool and Bolton, could make his QPR debut against Northampton Town in the League Cup on Tuesday.
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Both China and Turkey claim the group, held since March 2014 after entering Thailand illegally, as their citizens.
The court ruled that the group must remain in detention until their nationalities are proven.
The court case could have implications for whether hundreds of other Uighurs held in Thailand could be repatriated.
The group of 17 people - mostly reported to be from the same family - say they are Turkish citizens, and the Turkish government recently issued them with passports.
However, China says they are Uighurs from its north-western region of Xinjiang.
It has criticised Turkey's offer to repatriate them and has insisted that their real home is in China.
China's authorities blame Uighur separatists for instigating violence and the frequent unrest in Xinjiang. They have launched a widespread crackdown in Xinjiang, arresting hundreds and executing dozens in recent years.
In response, some Uighurs are reported to have fled China and secretly travelled through South East Asia on their way to Turkey.
The group have challenged the right of the Thai authorities to keep them in custody, and say the conditions they are being kept in are unacceptable.
However, the court ruled on Friday that Thai immigration had a legal right to detain the group. It made no judgement on the question of their nationalities.
The lawyer for the group said that he would appeal against the ruling.
The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says that it is likely that Chinese diplomatic pressure played a hand in the court's decision to keep the group in custody.
Officials in Beijing have been pushing Thailand to repatriate more than 300 Uighurs who were found last year hidden in a rubber plantation in the south of the country.
Facing isolation from its traditional Western allies after last year's military coup, the Thai government has been working to improve relations with China - which means that even though the Turkish government has offered them a home, the Uighurs are unlikely to be released while there are still objections from Beijing, our correspondent says.
Who are the Uighurs?
Activists say that Uighurs have experienced economic, cultural and religious repression by the authorities over the decades, in addition to difficulties obtaining passports.
Uighur activists say they are seeking asylum and fleeing persecution, but Chinese authorities say that many Uighurs are leaving the country to link up with Islamist militants.
A woman, also in her 20s, was punched in the face during the incident in the Castle Street/King Street area at about 12:00 BST on Monday afternoon.
Police have said the man suffered two stab wounds to his body.
His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
In January, the Javelin Park site was given the go-ahead by the government after having been previously refused by Gloucestershire County Council.
Stroud District Council launched the legal challenge in order to get the issue reconsidered.
But, the government said the council had "misread" the inspector's report.
Zack Simons QC, acting on behalf of the district council, told Mrs Justice Lang the planning inspector had "made errors" when considering how to apply parts of Gloucestershire's waste core strategy that related to the "landscape and visual impact of any scheme".
Mr Simons told the court the policy was "misinterpreted in part", which then "wrongly influenced" the secretary of state's decision.
However Richard Honey, on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government Greg Clark, said the district council's argument was based on a "misreading" of the minister's decision and the inspector's report.
Mr Honey argued the secretary of state or inspector "didn't misinterpret policy" and that any concerns over the "height and scale" of the building were "correctly considered".
Councillor Geoff Wheeler, from the district council, said: "Our legal challenge is based upon landscape impact. We don't believe that this aspect was assessed correctly, hence our aim is to ensure that this issue is reconsidered."
Developer Urbaser Balfour Beatty, which has the contract to build the facility, near junction 12 of the M5, said it was "confident" the High Court would "uphold the Secretary of State's decision to award planning permission".
Mrs Justice Lang has reserved her judgement.
Brian Conville, a 25-year-old from Dublin and 20-year-old Canadian Joseph Gagnon, were on the final stage of their journey when their boat capsized.
It happened at about 05:00 local time and they spent hours on their upturned boat in heavy seas awaiting rescue.
They were airlifted to hospital by the Irish Coast Guard.
Mr Conville's spokesman, Owen Douglas, told BBC News NI that both rowers had suffered mild hypothermia and exhaustion but were recovering well.
The pair had set off from St Johns in Newfoundland on 13 June, aiming to become the youngest pair to complete the voyage from Canada to Ireland.
For the past five weeks, they have been rowing day and night, rotating responsibility with two hour shifts on the oars.
They were aiming to arrive in Crookhaven Harbour, County Cork, late on Sunday, but stormy seas overwhelmed their vessel before dawn on Friday.
They were rescued by a Waterford-based helicopter off Mizen Head and airlifted to Tralee Hospital in County Kerry.
The men had to climb on the hull of their overturned boat and await rescue after an alarm beacon was triggered, according to Tatiana Rezvaya-Crutchlow from the Ocean Rowing Society.
She praised the actions of the Irish Coast Guard and said it was a shame the rowers were not able to complete their record attempt after "doing so well'" in their Atlantic crossing.
The pair are both experienced rowers and Ms Rezvaya-Crutchlow said they had been "very well prepared" for the crossing.
Mr Douglas said it would have taken a lot of effort to hold on to the boat for hours in rough weather conditions.
He added that the men were relieved to be safe and well, but said he expects they will feel frustrated at having come so close to reaching their goal.
He described how Mr Gagnon's parents had arrived in Dublin Airport on Friday morning and were met by Mr Conville's parents, just as news emerged that their sons' alarm beacon had been triggered.
Mr Douglas said it was a worrying time for both families until they were informed that the rescue had been successful.
The Irish Coast Guard's search and rescue manager Gerard O'Flynn said: "It highlights that if you can raise the alarm and stay afloat then you stand a very good chance of being rescued."
Mr O'Flynn praised the work of the helicopter crew and officials at the incident control offices who provided top cover support for the rescue mission.
Staff were told on Wednesday that a 45-day consultation was being held over the loss-making airport's future.
The government's aviation minister Robert Goodwill has described its threatened closure as "disturbing".
In an email to customers seen by the BBC, Mr Buchanan said the situation had arisen as a result of "ongoing operational losses".
He said "the lack of reliable prospect of profitability in the medium term" was another reason.
A task force is being set up to assess the impact and help support the 144 staff affected, while a petition against the closure has already attracted more than 5,000 signatures.
On Thursday, Thanet MP Sir Roger Gale asked Mr Goodwill in Parliament to look into how the airport could be kept open in the "national interest".
Mr Goodwill told the Commons he would meet him to talk about its future.
The airport was bought by the co-founder of the Stagecoach Group, Ann Gloag, for £1 in October last year.
Sir Roger said he believed the former RAF airfield was a national asset which should be kept open.
He told the House of Commons: "Yesterday the owner of Manston in Kent announced the proposed closure of that very important airfield.
"Given that Manston has the fourth-longest runway in the country, is a major diversion field and a search and rescue base would my right honourable friend, in the national interest, review this to see how Manston may be kept open?"
Mr Goodwill replied: "It's disappointing that Manston has not been able to attract some of the low cost carriers that they were hoping to do so, but I'll be happy to meet with the honourable gentlemen to see if there can be a way forward."
Travel journalist Simon Calder believes there is an "inevitability" about Manston's closure, however.
He said: "If you're a small airport on the edge of south-east England and you have such strong competitors not too far away like Gatwick and Stansted - I'm afraid the future doesn't look very optimistic."
On Wednesday, the leader of Thanet District Council, Clive Hart, described the airport's possible closure as "potentially a devastating blow" to the local economy.
Unite regional officer Ian McCoulough said he was "seeking clarification from the management" about the airport's future.
The paper goes for a headline with all the Ds, proclaiming that it is "D-Day for a Deal with the DUP" as talks between Prime Minister Theresa May and DUP leader Arlene Foster get under way.
But the main front-page story concerns allegations of vote fraud from Londonderry. It follows Sinn Féin's historic victory over the SDLP with a margin of just 169 votes.
The paper carries a photograph of Patsy Doherty from Derry who says that he turned up to vote only to find that somebody had already done it for him.
"I am so annoyed. I want to know who stole my vote," he tells the Belfast Telegraph.
SDLP assembly member Mark H Durkan calls it "deeply troubling". The paper says police are investigating the allegations and says the SDLP is due to meet the head of the electoral office later on Tuesday to present evidence from constituents.
The Mirror opts for a mock-up picture of Theresa May, casting her as Princess Leia from Star Wars complete with trademark plaits and guarded by a pair of storm troopers.
"May the farce be with you," reads the headline as the paper reports that the Queen's Speech and Brexit talks are "up in the air" as Mrs May gets set to negotiate with the DUP.
There are puns a-plenty inside, the headline above a picture of the prime minister's new cabinet proclaims: "Throne into chaos".
The writer states that she "forced a smile at the first meeting" of her cabinet. Another headline reads Marching Orders? amid reports on fears about what kind of demands the DUP may make and whether these could include rulings on controversial Orange parades in Northern Ireland.
The Irish News reaches for a weather metaphor to describe the political turmoil.
"Storm clouds over Stormont growing" reads the front-page headline.
Inside, there's a quaint literary allusion as Arlene Foster is labelled the "darling buddy of May".
Beneath that headline, commentator Fionnuala O'Connor remarks that neither of the two women in the spotlight is a "whizz with words" and picks up "a little wounded yelp" at the end of one of Mrs Foster's "proud declarations that the DUP is eager to plays its part in saving the nation".
That yelp, she says, was "clearly about the sudden, unflattering focus on association between the party and loyalist paramilitaries, on Ian Junior being repulsed by homosexuality, Sammy et al's climate change denial, Mervyn and others' insistence that the Lord created the Giant's Causeway a blink of historical time ago."
The News Letter carries a front-page photograph of the Queen, crown on, perched on the golden throne and set to get on with that speech. But press the pause button. It is not happening just yet.
"DUP deal may delay Queen's speech" reads the front-page heading as the paper's political editor Sam McBride reports that the "extraordinary outcome" of the general election could delay the Queen's speech to parliament.
If the state opening of parliament is delayed, then the Queen may have to miss part of Royal Ascot, one of her favourite annual events, he says.
"The monarch particularly looks forward to heading to the Berkshire racecourse each June," says the paper.
You can almost hear Dexy's Midnight Runners trilling: "Come on Arlene" in the background.
Inside, the News Letter quotes David Trimble, one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement. He dismisses any notion that the DUP-Conservative deal would undermine the 1998 peace process. The paper quotes from a Radio 4 interview where he says: "There's some people who spend their time dreaming up moonshine."
Meanwhile, the summer holidays are a mere flip flop away.
But Irish News columnist Leona O'Neill is not walking on sunshine.
"I look upon organising a trip away with two teenagers and two small children in much the same way as I would gaze upon the letter from the dentist telling me I'm due a filling or, indeed, root-canal treatment," she writes.
Last time, she says, at the end of a week in the Wicklow Mountains complete with grouchy teenagers surgically removed from their wi-fi and a late night poltergeist, there was talk of divorce on the way home and various children swore they were going to live with granny.
Roll on those hazy, lazy, crazy days of summer.
But, in May 2014, Fleming Fulton school in Belfast received a highly critical inspection from the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI).
The school has 119 pupils with physical and learning difficulties.
The report concluded that the school had "significant areas for improvement" and it was placed in formal intervention.
Two years on, the school is still in that process, but a follow-up inspection said it had improved in many areas.
Now, staff and governors have spoken frankly to the BBC about the challenges they had to face to turn a corner.
The original ETI inspection singled out leadership and management as "inadequate."
Obvious concern
At the time, the principal, Karen Hancock, had been in post for less than a year.
"The outcome of the report was not what we expected, or wanted," she said.
"What we had to do was look at how the school was being led, and look at people's roles within the school."
"Teaching and learning was satisfactory but, again, we wanted to make sure that it improved."
"Parents were obviously concerned about what was going to happen because when a school goes into formal intervention you get the tag of inadequate."
"We had to reassure them that we were going to take the inspection very seriously and address the issues that had been highlighted."
A school in formal intervention receives specially-tailored support and help from the Education Authority (EA) to improve.
It also has to prove it is taking action to address its shortcomings, and receives follow-up inspections from the ETI.
There are currently only 23 schools in formal intervention in Northern Ireland.
Marian Bradley has been a governor at Fleming Fulton for a ten years.
Her daughter Maebh, who has cerebral palsy, has been a pupil for the same length of time.
Urgent appraisal
She now thinks that formal intervention has been a positive experience, but admits that was not how she felt two years ago.
"We welcomed it in a funny kind of way because it meant we were going to get support to get better, and when we get better our pupils get a better quality of education," she said.
"I'm saying that now a couple of years on, but when that report came out it was devastating for all of us."
The governors were also told to "urgently appraise" their roles in the 2014 inspection, and Ms Bradley said they had taken action.
"For example, I'm a governor but I'm dedicated to curriculum development in the school," she said.
"So I train with the teachers as a governor and I can stand over that teachers are making improvements and I see how the training is impacting on what happens in the classroom."
In November 2015, a follow-up inspection from the ETI found that "key actions and changes" had taken place.
It noted significant improvements in school leadership, governance, and teaching and learning in the school.
Some things, like planning and the evaluation of learning, still have to improve, and the school is still in formal intervention.
But Karen Hancock said that the school had made huge progress.
"I think it's now up to us to prove over a longer period of time that we can sustain the improvements we have already made."
Fleming Fulton held a "meet and greet" day on 28 April for parents and the local community, and Mairead Bradley said that, despite recent problems, the school staff did incredible work.
Her daughter Meabh became a pupil at the school aged three, and is now in year 9.
"We came into Fleming Fulton and we were surrounded by experts, but they were caring, kind, amazing people."
"So when they first saw Meabh they could see her potential, and until then nobody had ever mentioned that Meabh had potential."
"So to me this school is a place where miracles happen."
Philip Hammond said the purpose of the campaign, titled "More than meets the eye", was to "dispel the myth" that the Army is not recruiting.
The new drive comes as the Army is being cut from 100,000 to about 82,000.
But it wants to increase the Army Reserve from 19,000 to 30,000, and has failed to meet its targets so far.
Meanwhile, a poll commissioned by the Army to mark the campaign's launch suggested that 23% of people were not satisfied with their current career.
When asked what was missing, 30% said a decent salary; 27% said excellent training and personal development; 25% said a challenging and exciting role; 35% said UK and overseas travel; and 18% said getting paid while getting qualifications.
The research, carried out by OnePoll, surveyed 2,000 people in December 2013.
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said this was the Army's third campaign in a year - stressing it had so far failed to meet its targets for recruiting reservists.
As part of the recruitment drive, TV and cinema adverts will show how the Army Reserve - formerly known as the Territorial Army - is integrated with its counterpart.
Mr Hammond told BBC Breakfast there is not a recruitment crisis, but "there's certainly a big challenge in continuing the flow of recruits to the Army and indeed to the other services".
By Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent, BBC News
Launching a £3m recruiting campaign in the midst of ongoing defence cuts may seem perverse. Later this month the Army will be announcing the fourth round of its redundancy programme as the overall size of the regular force shrinks by 20,000.
But the Army says it is an organisation that always need a healthy flow of new recruits. That may prove to be an increasingly hard task as the Army moves from operations to contingencies. By the end of this year all British combat troops will have left Afghanistan.
The other challenge will be dramatically increasing the size of the Army Reserve. The new restructured Army will rely more on part time soldiers. But so far the Army has struggled to meet its recruiting targets and this will be the third high profile recruiting campaign it has launched within the past year.
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"The end of the campaign in Afghanistan is going to change the proposition and we need to get across to people what the Army is about, what the Army will be doing post the Afghanistan campaign," he said.
"The purpose of the campaign that we're launching today is to dispel forever the myth that somehow the Army isn't recruiting.
"Yes, the regular Army will be smaller in the future than it has been in the past and, yes, there will be one further round of redundancies unfortunately, but that does not mean that the army is not recruiting."
The Conservative MP and former soldier John Baron criticised the government's plans.
"The plans to replace 20,000 regulars with 30,000 reservists is fundamentally flawed, both because I think it's going to cost a lot more than government envisages to actually execute... but also there's a capability gap.
"The original plan was to hold the 20,000 regulars in place until we knew that the reservist plan was going to work.
"That plan was changed to save money; we're trying to get defence on the cheap and now we're seeing the result of that because we know that there are real problems with trying to recruit."
Shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker said the campaign was a welcome step towards acknowledging Labour's concerns that there would be a significant capability gap in the Army.
He said: "Labour previously called for the government to pause its reductions to numbers in the regular Army until it was clear there could be adequate uplift in the numbers of reserves. We hope the recruitment campaign is a success. This really is the last chance for the government to get its Army reform plans back on track."
Chief of the General Staff, Gen Sir Peter Wall, said: "The Army offers people unique opportunities for challenge and adventure, both at home and overseas, during peacetime and on operations.
"It develops personal qualities that are key to success in any walk of life: leadership, judgement, determination, and physical stamina."
Later in January, the Army will announce the fourth round of its redundancy programme as the overall size of the regular force continues to be reduced.
January will also see the MoD launching a simplified online application form, a more streamlined medical clearance process and an army fitness app to make it easier for potential recruits to join.
Mark Cope appeared at Teesside Magistrates' Court accused of child abduction.
He was charged after an incident in which a 14-year-old girl went missing on Thursday and was found on Friday.
No pleas were taken and Mr Cope, of De Montfort House, Shirrall Grove, Birmingham, was remanded in custody to appear at Teesside Crown Court on 21 September.
Messi and his father Jorge were both sentenced to 21 months in jail each by a Spanish court earlier this week.
They will appeal against the decision after being found guilty of defrauding Spain of 4.1m euros from 2007 to 2009.
Neither man is expected to serve any time in jail and Barcelona have launched a social media campaign urging fans to show "unconditional support".
A club statement said: "Using the hashtag #WeAreAllLeoMessi while posting a photo or message with both hands open, the campaign is encouraging all Barça fans to express their sympathy for the greatest footballer in the world by voicing their unconditional support on social networks.
"By making it clear that #WeAreAllMessi, we want Leo to know that he is not alone. All members, supporters clubs, fans, athletes, media and everyone else are invited to participate."
The 29-year-old Argentine, who has helped the club win the Champions League four times and La Liga on eight occasions, was also fined 2m euros (£1.7m), while his father was fined 1.5m euros.
Under the Spanish legal system, prison terms of under two years can be served under probation.
The pair were found guilty of using tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights.
By Andy West, Spanish football writer:
The hashtag #WeAreAllLeoMessi - and its equivalents in the Spanish and Catalan languages - immediately became a hugely divisive issue in Spain.
It enjoyed support from many Barca fans, who believe their club is being politically persecuted by the central Madrid government for its part in the campaign for Catalan independence from Spain.
They point to the fact that Messi's case was pushed through despite one branch of the government recommending it was dropped, and that other sports stars - including former Real Madrid duo Jose Mourinho and Iker Casillas - received much lighter punishments for similar tax offences.
However, the hashtag clearly leaves itself wide open to ridicule and critics have taken full advantage on social media, with a widespread attitude summed up by one tweet which read: "No, I haven't defrauded millions haha."
And even some Barca fans share that opinion, with one tweeting: "I'm a Cule [Barca fan] but supporting someone who has defrauded the tax office seems pathetic. #WeAreNotAllLeoMessi"
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The Scot, 24, holds the British record for the 1500m and that will be her primary aim with the final on 7 August.
"That's the first event and that's the one my training and racing is going to be more tailored towards," Muir told BBC Scotland.
"But I still think I can do really well in the 5,000m."
Muir won gold in the 1500m and 3,000m at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade in March.
She also holds the British indoor record at 5,000m, and the World Championships schedule allows her the time to go for glory over both distances.
The 5,000m heats begin on Thursday, 10 August, three days after the 1500m final.
"I think I've shown I've got the ability to do both and the timetable works really well in London to do the two events," said Muir.
"All rounds of the 1500m will finish before the 5,000m starts and I have two or three days recovery in between. So it works perfectly for me to be in my best shape for the two.
"We showed indoors over 3,000m that I was really strong over that event and my training indicates I can do a really good 5,000.
"Having that opportunity of a home championships is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
"You don't have it coming round very often so I think all the athletes will go out there and make the most of it."
Muir, who finished seventh in last year's Olympic 1500m final, added that the stress fracture in her foot which caused her to miss two weeks of training last month is not causing any concerns.
"We returned to training a few weeks ago and have been gradually building it up," she said.
"The foot has responded really well - I've not got any pain and I'm running completely normally."
Experian identified the group, which only made up 8% of the population, as suffering the biggest rise in ID theft.
There was a 17% rise in victims among this group compared with 2014.
The analysis comes shortly after fraud prevention service Cifas said Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn had become a "hunting ground" for identity thieves.
Experian said those on social media should be cautious about the information they shared, especially if details such as their pets' names were used as passwords elsewhere on the web.
"It is vital that those embracing technology also embrace protecting themselves online. Using the latest device doesn't necessarily mean full protection and being complacent about the risk of ID theft makes for a tempting target for ID fraudsters," said Nick Mothershaw, a fraud expert from Experian.
The next biggest rise in identity theft was among older and retired households, predominantly living in rural communities.
"These people are being targeted through phone and email scams by fraudsters trying to steal their details," said Mr Mothershaw.
"They tend to be less aware of the types of scams fraudsters undertake, who can be very manipulative and sound trustworthy on the phone. The sole rule is to never give out personal details, passwords or Pins to anyone, whether it is on the phone or by email."
A report published earlier this year estimated the annual cost of fraud in the UK was £193bn - equal to nearly £3,000 per head of population.
Source: Cifas and Get Safe Online
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Former Scotland captain Coetzer, 31, joined Northants in 2011 and helped the side win the FLt20 in 2013.
But Coetzer, who went to the World Cup with Scotland earlier this year, only played four Championship matches this summer, with a batting average of 5.29.
Meanwhile, 28-year-old paceman Chambers moved from Essex in 2013 and played just five Championship games in 2015.
Northants head coach David Ripley told the club website: "Kyle has been a model professional during his time here, he deals with success and failure in equal measure, a very valuable thing in a cricket dressing room. We wish him and his family well in the future.
"After a slow start in 2014, Maurice has put in a big effort this year but has been unable to get past our other seam bowlers and play regularly in the first team."
A terrific new exhibition has opened in Washington DC's National Museum of American History, and in it, a section dedicated to the area on the US west coast which is synonymous with cutting-edge technology.
The display details the trailblazing chip companies blending with hippy counter-culture to make the ideal mix for innovation and entrepreneurship to thrive.
It was this secret sauce - pushed on by military investment and subsidies for companies making technology that helped the US armed forces - that provided the spark for the biggest and most powerful technology hub in the world.
But for how long?
"San Francisco, centre of the universe," said Satya Nadella, the chief executive of Microsoft, as we sat down to film a BBC interview that will air soon.
"Rome also felt like that one day. Everything has a time."
He's perhaps slightly biased - Microsoft is based in Seattle, not San Francisco - but he does share the sentiment of many who wonder if the elements that made Silicon Valley happen no longer exist.
"You should go to Shanghai," Mr Nadella said, on my first day in the new job. Ah.
But Silicon Valley has a track record of keeping things going strong. The late nineties dotcom crash hit the companies here hard, but many - like Amazon and Cisco - are still here, surpassing all valuation expectations.
Here, the talk is of "unicorns", start-ups that are valued at more than $1bn. How this is judged is as mysterious as the unicorn itself - it's not about profit, just simply how much money others are willing to throw at a company.
Calling these firms unicorns is perhaps pretty apt - their numbers are often complete fantasy, built on excitement and buzz and not much else. But still the money comes, fuelled by a paranoia here of missing the "next Facebook" (although these days they're more likely to say the "next Snapchat").
Warnings of another crash have been in the air ever since the last one - but those fears haven't been realised.
More likely is that Silicon Valley will be a victim of its own success - products created here have given us the ability to communicate and work over long distances better than ever before. Geographical location is becoming somewhat irrelevant.
And so other parts of the world are muscling in, and have been for some time. There's Berlin, Tel Aviv, and New York, to name a few. London finds itself with an advantage given the proximity of its tech hub, in east London, to the City of London and its bankers. No wonder the British government is putting extra effort into supporting the development of financial technology - Fintech.
And then of course there's China - a place that is increasingly turning to technology design and innovation rather than simply manufacturing.
But not so fast.
Never a place to be outdone, Silicon Valley is again heading in a new direction. Some of the most exciting, and indeed terrifying, innovations are being worked on here. It's the testing bed for driverless cars, for new types of trains, for robotics.
It's a place that is perhaps slowly learning to laugh at itself, shedding some of its image as somewhere that operates in a different reality. HBO's sitcom, Silicon Valley, has nailed the "it's funny because it's true" approach.
Silicon Valley will be in good health as long as good people with good ideas flock here.
"The American sense of hope and enthusiasm is extremely contagious and when you're beginning your start-up you're trying to pull off the impossible," said Robyn Exton, a Brit who took her start-up, Her, to San Francisco in 2015.
I'd met Robyn in 2014 at a London tech event, where she was trying to get her lesbian dating app, then called Dattch, off the ground. Even with London's efforts in building its start-up scene, it's a sign of Silicon Valley's continued power that means people like Robyn will continue to make the move.
This is, if you hadn't noticed, a rather elaborate way of welcoming you to this blog - a place where I'll be covering the twists and turns of the technology industry in North America. Based in the beating heart of it all, San Francisco.
For while there are contenders for Silicon Valley's crown, there's still no place quite like it.
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King Abdullah of Jordan, which is hosting 224,000 refugees, warned its resources were "exhausted", adding: "We have reached the end of the line."
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meanwhile appealed to all sides to stop fighting "in the name of humanity".
As he spoke, Syrian state media blamed a rebel group for a massacre in Aleppo.
The bodies of more than 70 men and teenaged boys were found on Tuesday on the banks of the River Quwaiq in the second city's rebel-held western district of Bustan al-Qasr.
In a separate development, Israeli forces attacked a target on the Syrian-Lebanese border overnight, security sources said.
Sources told the AFP news agency that the Israeli air force had bombed a weapons convoy. However, it was unclear if the attack had taken place on Syrian or Lebanese territory. The Israeli military has declined to comment.
Meanwhile, the head of the main opposition alliance, the National Coalition, announced on Facebook he was "ready for direct discussions with representatives of the Syrian regime in Cairo, Tunis or Istanbul".
Moaz al-Khatib set out two conditions - the release of the 160,000 people he said were being held in Syrian prisons and intelligence facilities, and the resumption of the issuing of new passports by Syrian embassies.
By Jim MuirBBC News, Beirut
This is good news for a relief effort which has so far been hampered by being severely under-funded. While the US, Europe and others have increased their own donations, what made the difference was a change of heart by some of the rich Arab states of the Gulf. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait each promised $300m.
In the past, the Gulf states have been reluctant to put funds through the UN, partly because it works largely through Damascus. The UN insists, though, that it does not give money directly to the Syrian government, and it is also looking at other ways of getting aid to rebel-held areas.
While the big new pledges will be extremely welcome, in the past performance has not always lived up to promises. This is also just what is needed for the next six months, and the challenge is growing bigger every day.
Addressing the International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait City on Wednesday, Ban Ki-moon described the situation in Syria as "catastrophic".
"I appeal to all sides, and particularly the Syrian government, to stop the killing... in the name of humanity, stop the killing, stop the violence," the UN chief said.
He also called for urgent financial aid to ease the suffering of civilians, warning that if funds were not forthcoming "more Syrians will die".
In December, the UN set a funding target of $1.5bn, which it said was needed to provide food, shelter and other aid over the next six months to four million people inside Syria and 700,000 others who have fled abroad.
Kuwait's emir opened the conference by calling for humanitarian efforts in Syria to be redoubled and announcing a donation of $300m.
Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said the "horrifying reports" of violence were a "cause for concern over the security of Syria [and] its future".
The $300m pledge was matched by the United Arab Emirates, which was represented by Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nuhayyan, and Saudi Arabia, which sent its Finance Minister, Ibrahim al-Asaf.
UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening pledged £50m, Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa $20m, and the German foreign ministry 10m euros ($13.5m; £8.5m). A Kuwaiti-led NGO coalition also pledged $183m.
At the end of the conference, the UN secretary general announced that the $1.5bn target had been exceeded. The UN refugee agency's chief spokeswoman, Melissa Fleming, said it was the largest total raised at such a meeting.
Earlier, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos had told delegates that the winter weather had made matters worse for Syrian refugees and internally displaced people, with many struggling without suitable clothes, blankets or fuel.
"We are watching a human tragedy unfold before our eyes," she added.
On Tuesday evening, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said international aid was not being distributed equally within Syria, with government-controlled areas receiving nearly all of it.
"The current aid system is unable to address the worsening living conditions facing people inside Syria," MSF president Dr Marie-Pierre Allie said in a statement.
MSF said rebels controlled areas where at least a third of the country's population - about seven million people - were currently living.
The UN said 49% of the food aid it was distributing to 1.5 million people in co-operation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and other aid agencies was delivered either to rebel-held or contested areas.
Also on Tuesday, the UN special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, told the Security Council in New York that the conflict had reached "unprecedented levels of horror".
His comments came after the discovery of dozens of bodies in Aleppo. Most of the dead had their hands tied behind their backs and gunshots wounds to their heads, suggesting they were executed summarily.
On Wednesday, the state news agency Sana reported that the families of the victims had "identified a number of the killed, stressing that the al-Nusra Front abducted them because of their refusal to co-operate".
Sana's reporter said the water level in the river was too low to carry the bodies any distance suggesting they had been killed in Bustan al-Qasr.
However, locals said several of those killed were from rebel-held districts and had disappeared after crossing into those under government control. Some had been detained by security forces, they added.
The National Coalition blamed the government and called for an international investigation. It warned that "ongoing global inaction towards human rights violations encourages the killers to continue their crimes".
The change, which will need parliamentary approval, would prevent people from Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania from seeking asylum in Germany.
Border controls were imposed by Germany to slow the influx of migrants and refugees earlier this month.
The UN refugee agency says more than 514,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe this year.
The majority have come via Greece and almost 3,000 people have died on the journey or are missing, it says.
Germany alone expects between 800,000 and one million people to seek asylum in 2015, more than four times the number last year.
Although the largest number are from Syria, almost 40% of asylum applications have come from countries in the Western Balkans, including Kosovo, Albania and Serbia.
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Migrant crisis in graphics
Explaining the migrant exodus from the Balkans
All EU countries have their own lists of "safe countries", where asylum seekers can be returned quickly provided their individual applications are rejected, and member states are soon expected to agree a common list that includes Kosovo, Albania and Serbia.
MPs are now likely to add the three countries to the German list by the end of 2015.
The cabinet also agreed other measures to help Germany's 16 federal states cope with the increase in the number of migrants and refugees. The national government will pay the states a flat fee of €670 (£500; $750) a month for every person looked after.
The package of measures also includes stricter asylum rules and faster procedures, enabling authorities to carry out deportations without prior warning.
The movement of migrants has continued despite the recent border controls. German police registered 30,000 new arrivals in the past 10 days, according to Bild newspaper. Neighbouring Austria said 3,700 migrants had crossed its borders on Monday.
Hungary fenced off its border with Serbia a fortnight ago as it tried to stop people following the Western Balkan migration route. An estimated 85,000 people have since entered Croatia instead, trying to get into Slovenia or Hungary via a different route.
There is growing concern over Germany's ability to take in such large numbers of refugees.
German President Joachim Gauck warned on Sunday there was a limit to what the country could do, even though it wanted to help refugees. "Our ability to take in people is limited, although we don't know yet where those limits are," he said.
Social tensions have increased, especially in eastern areas, and asylum shelters have been targeted by far-right activists.
As the phone lines closed on Saturday morning, the UK total stood at a record £37.1m.
On Friday night, Barra Best and Jo Scott presented BBC Northern Ireland's contribution to the UK-wide TV extravaganza, broadcast on BBC One.
The appeal currently funds 197 projects in every county across Northern Ireland, to the value of over £8m.
Highlights of Friday night's Northern Ireland fundraiser included performances from Shane Filan and Irish boyband HomeTown.
Former Westlife singer-turned-solo-artist Filan was in Belfast to perform his new single Right Here.
He said he was "delighted" to support BBC Children in Need.
"Over the years I've seen some of the great work they do locally for children's and young people's projects, both big and small," he added.
Another highlight was a nationwide live performance of Miley Cyrus song The Climb, with 175 children from Northern Ireland joining more than 2,000 others from across the UK to form a choir for the rendition.
BBC Radio Ulster presenters and staff were busy all week collecting donations.
An on-air charity auction held by the Hugo Duncan Show raised £31,500.
In London, Sir Terry Wogan missed Friday's fundraiser for health reasons, the first time he has not hosted it since its 1980 launch.
Last year, the Northern Ireland total on the night was £732,333, contributing to an overall UK total of £32.6m.
The final UK total was £49.1m.
BBC Children in Need spends the money raised by the appeal to make a positive change to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
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Speaking at the BFI London Film Festival's Black Star Symposium, the Selma star issued a plea for a more diverse industry.
His comments came as British Film Institute research revealed that 59% of UK films in the last decade had no black actors in any role.
It also found that 13% of UK films had a black actor in a leading role.
Oyelowo, whose latest film A United Kingdom opened the BFI London Film Festival this week, said the only way to achieve diversity in the UK film industry was if the "demographics of the decision makers changes".
He said: "The odd token thrown, the odd bone given is not going to do it.
"Don't pat yourself on the back because you made that black drama. Bully for you. That's not diversity. It's got to be baked into the foundation of where the ideas flow from."
Oyelowo, who now lives in Los Angeles, spoke of acting friends who had visited him from the UK.
"We have sat there together, we have prayed together, we have scratched our heads together, we have felt displaced together, we have felt abandoned together," he said. "They are still here. I felt I had to leave.
"Please stop this talent drain. You have to change the demographics of the people who are making these decisions.
"You are the curators of culture. You are those who are going to shape the minds of those coming up.
"If I'd seen a film like A United Kingdom when I was leaving drama school, I don't think I would be living in America now."
Oyelowo's words were echoed by British actor David Harewood, who also moved to the US to seek better opportunities.
"It's something we've talked about for many years," the Homeland star told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"The [BFI] data is proving the fears that many of us had that there are structural problems within the industry that are preventing us from displaying aspiration black characters.
"A whole swathe of black life is not being catered for so we have to go - as I am now - abroad to find roles where we can play authoritative characters."
Speaking at the premiere of her new movie Moonlight at the London Film Festival, British actress Naomie Harris also said she had to go to the US to further her career.
"I definitely think that for my career to have continued I definitely had to go to America and I'm really glad that I did, there is just a lot more material," she said.
"But I live here, I never left London and I'm able to work here as well as there and I couldn't ask for more."
Harris, who plays Moneypenny in the James Bond films, added that she was not surprised by the BFI research.
She said: "It's not surprising because that's what we see, we see a lack of diversity. But what I think is really positive is that is changing and I think this year in particular shows that."
The BFI London Film Festival runs until 16 October.
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The public event at RAF Feltwell would have featured a display from the Red Arrows.
Col Robert Novotny, commander of the 48th Fighter Wing, said the two-day event had been cancelled "out of prudence... to make sure that our folks were safe."
He denied the decision played into the hands of "terrorists".
"We cancelled our picnic - we haven't cancelled a single combat sortie," he said.
"We haven't taken our foot off the throat of the enemy - none of that has changed.
"So if the terrorists consider us cancelling a picnic as a victory, I think they should readdress their calculus."
In 2013, the event was cancelled due to budget cuts.
This weekend's event was due to be hosted by US crew based at RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall.
It was cancelled a week after a gunman killed 38 people, including 30 Britons, in Tunisia.
Asked whether the cancellation related to the massacre, Col Novotny said: "There are some things which I can't share right now.
"They are not enough to significantly alter the way we do business, other than deciding having military personal from both the US Air Force and RAF is probably not the best thing to do this year.
"What we learned over the last 48 hours... gave us a great pause as to whether we wanted to have a large mass gathering on a military base.
"We decided out of prudence that we would cancel the event this year as far as to make sure that our folks were safe."
He said it was hoped the Red Arrows would return for a future display.
The Lincolnshire-based team said on Twitter: "We're sorry to say tomorrow's display and event has been cancelled by organisers."
Mr Manaure said on Twitter that reports the boy had died were false, adding that "God will allow him to soon". He gave no further details on the kidnapping.
Derek's age has not been revealed.
Local media first reported the kidnapping at the end of December but Mr Manaure only addressed the reports directly on Tuesday.
He wrote: "I await with much anxiety and hope the return of my son Derek 'safe and sound'. Son, here I am waiting for you. May God protect you and bless you.
And in another tweet: "Talk of the death of my son Derek is only a rumour. God will allow him to soon return to his family. I trust in you, God."
There has been no official statement on the kidnapping and it is not clear if Mr Manaure has reported it to the police or if a ransom demand has been made.
Mr Manaure, who plays for Cangrejeros de Monagas in Venezuela's national basketball league, first hinted on 30 December on Twitter that something had happened to his son.
He wrote: "I put my son in the hands of God, hoping that he will soon be at my side because I believe that God will protect you and protect you from all evil."
Following reports that his son had died and subsequent messages of condolences from former and current teammates, Mr Manaure tweeted again on Tuesday.
Mr Manaure is a native of Caracas. He recently bagan a career outside of basketball as a reggaeton singer.
Venezuelan sports stars have been targeted by kidnappers in the past. In 2011, Venezuelan-born US Major League baseball player Wilson Ramos was kidnapped by armed men in the city of Valencia. He was rescued two days later by the security forces.
There are no official statistics about the overall number of kidnappings in the country, but a study based on anecdotal evidence and perceptions of security among Venezuelans suggests a steep rise in the first half of 2016 as Venezuela's economic crisis deepened.
According to the study, by the Institute of Criminal Science and Criminology at the University of Santa Maria in Caracas, almost all kidnappings go unreported and most of them end in fewer than 24 hours, after a ransom is paid.
The Belfast-based business agreed to sell its television stations and brand to ITV for £100m in October.
That will leave UTV as a radio-focused business, which will change its name as part of the deal.
ITV has said it will retain the UTV name rather than rebrand the TV business as ITV Northern Ireland.
Documents published by UTV on Friday show that its former chairman, John B McGuckian, still owns more than 7% of the business.
About 3% is held personally with the remainder held by the McGuckian family's Milestone Trust.
Mr McGuckian was ousted from the UTV board in 2012.
The documents also contain details of a transitional arrangement between UTV and ITV.
That will allow the UTV radio business to remain in the Havelock House building in Belfast for up to a year, for a fee of £37,500 a month.
The TV newsroom will also continue to provide news to the U105 radio station for a fee of £11,000 a month.
It's been running since the 1970s, but is, like transport in many places around the world, struggling a bit under the pressure of a booming population and ageing infrastructure.
And so, right now they're busy upgrading various parts of the network, and making adjustments to trains so more people can get on during rush hour.
But there's a problem - some of the components that need replacing are obsolete. And so Bart engineers are searching on eBay to pick up what they need. eBay!
"It's like buying a computer in 1980 and trying to keep it alive today," Bart worker Richard Severo told NBC Bay Area.
"You go back and say… can you repair this? And they are going to look at you and say: this thing belongs in a museum."
Frustrating, sure, but surprising? Probably not. Bart is 43 years old. It's no wonder aspects of it are no longer being made.
But how soon is too soon when it comes to technology being made obsolete?
Consider that question and apply it to the recent news that Nest - the Google-owned smart thermostat company - is giving up on its Revolv product.
Revolv is a little device that you can use to control other smart devices in your home, like light bulbs or entertainment equipment. There's a clever back-end that means you can control and monitor your home using an app, wherever you are. It's part of the connected home future companies have been trying to get the public excited about for a few years now.
One person excited by that possibility was Arlo Gilbert - chief executive of health app specialists Televero - who has Revolv set up in his home. He calls controlling all of his devices like conducting a "beautiful orchestra of home technology".
The orchestra will stop playing on 15 May when Nest switches the Revolv system off. To be clear - that doesn't just mean it will no longer be updated. It means it'll stop functioning altogether. Cease to be. An ex-hub.
"My house will stop working," wrote Mr Gilbert.
"My landscape lighting will stop turning on and off, my security lights will stop reacting to motion, and my home-made vacation burglar deterrent will stop working. This is a conscious, intentional decision by Google/Nest."
Unlike the scarce parts needed by the poor folk trying to maintain the Bart service, Mr Gilbert isn't dealing with old, niche hardware. Revolv was being sold up until September 2014.
Is that acceptable? Should Google be allowed to make a decision like that, rendering a $300 (£213) product useless because it doesn't see any lucrative potential for it?
Writing in Wired magazine, Klint Finley described the move as proof that the so-called "Internet of Things" cannot be trusted.
"We generally expect our old gadgets to still be useful as hand-me-downs or backup devices. We don't expect to have to send them off to landfills just because the company we bought them from decided to stop supporting them," he wrote.
"Until that changes, the Internet of Things will remain a dream."
Nest sees it this way.
"Revolv was a great first step toward the connected home," it said in a statement. "But we believe that Works with Nest is a better solution and are allocating resources toward that program.
"Third-party developers interested in building integrations with Nest products can do this by building on Nest's open APIs, available through the Works with Nest developer program."
It has urged Revolv customers to contact Nest to discuss options, including compensation. We don't know yet if that compensation will be a full refund.
But it's the inconvenience highlighted by Arlo Gilbert that makes the move, and the manner in which it has happened, more frustrating.
Getting a new smartphone is a relatively simple, even enjoyable, process - you pick up your new one, import what you need from the old one, and off you go. New phone!
But will you want to do the same with smart appliances? I can't see anyone is eagerly counting down the days until the latest model of their smart fridge is released.
So, unlike most consumer tech, where we have a desire to have the latest version, we'll only look to replace internet-of-things devices when they stop working altogether through old age.
Not, surely, when the company that makes it decides it wants to stop looking after it.
So, what's the alternative?
We can't force Google or indeed any company to promise to look after (failing) products until the end of time just to keep people like Mr Gilbert happy. But nor should consumers lose out when a company loses interest.
Some have suggested Nest should make the Revolv platform open source. Open up the back-end to allow some other company, or team of volunteers even, to take up the reins and keep Revolv going for those who need it.
Or perhaps companies selling connected home devices should make a public commitment about future support. Not just a typical warranty, but a declaration that the device you're spending lots of money on will not be forcibly disabled by the manufacturer within, say, five years.
Failing all that, how about making devices that don't become utterly useless if the cloud service powering them is shut down?
But then maybe, as Mr Gilbert also suggests, we need to look differently at what "ownership" means.
If Google can decide to kill off a device in your home, was it ever really yours? Perhaps these devices should be rented rather than bought, and the costs adjusted accordingly.
From the sounds of it, Nest is facing a lot of problems behind the scenes. What it didn't need was consumer anger on top.
Revolv wasn't a huge product. That's why Nest binned it. But it's the principle that irks Mr Gilbert and others.
Maybe think of it like this - isn't there enough e-waste in the world without Google intentionally creating more?
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Dogger Bank Creyke Beck A and B would be built 77 miles (125km) off the Yorkshire coast.
Forwind Ltd said it would consist of 400 wind turbines producing up to 2,400 MW of electricity, enough to power nearly two million homes.
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said the development had the potential to support hundreds of jobs.
Mr Davey said: "Making the most of Britain's home grown energy is creating jobs and businesses in the UK, getting the best deal for consumers and reducing our reliance on foreign imports.
"Wind power is vital to this plan, with £14.5bn invested since 2010 into an industry which supports 35,400 jobs."
Forewind said it believed the project could generate between 4,000 and 5,000 direct and indirect jobs.
The offshore farm would connect into the national grid at an existing substation at Creyke Beck, near Cottingham, East Yorkshire, the developers said.
The company has already spent £60m on initial surveys and planning.
Construction on the site is expected to start in 2019.
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He's heading to the International Space Station for a mission next year.
Major Peake is training at the European Astronaut Centre in Germany, where he's using a pool to try and experience what it's like to work in zero gravity.
Watch this clip of Major Tim Peake talking underwater!
The Liverpool fighter felled Radosevic with a left hook to the body and the Montenegrin failed to beat the count.
It was the 13th knockout victory of his career and and extends his unbeaten record to 23 wins and one draw.
"I'd be a liar if I said Canelo doesn't get my stomach going," Smith, 27, said.
Smith is a possible opponent for Alvarez's next fight, expected to be in Las Vegas in September.
"Every time anyone mentions Canelo and Vegas to me, it gives me goose bumps," Smith added.
WBC middleweight champion Alvarez is regarded as one of the world's best pound-for-pound fighters, and defended his title against Britain's Amir Khan last month.
On the undercard at the Echo Arena, Liverpool's Tom Stalker became the new WBO European lightweight champion after unanimously outpointing Antonio Joao Bento of Portugal.
However, Liverpool's Ryan Farrag lost his EBU European bantamweight title after being knocked out in the third round by Karim Guerfi of France.
South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrat Sebastian Kindersley's campaign leaflet said his party had "tightened up English langusge tests".
"I hold my hand up, it's a mistake," Mr Kindersley said.
"On the upside it will give people hours of fun looking for errors in the next leaflet."
He described the error as ironic, but it had been a mistake "and they happen".
"It's been pointed out and I apologise if I've upset anyone," he continued.
"Various people" had been involved in putting together his election leaflet, but he said the mistakes "are mine and I take full responsibility".
"When the next ones come out people can entertain themselves looking for more dastardly errors," Mr Kindersley added.
His leaflet also mentioned the Lib Dems' work to increase free childcare for "disadvataged 2 year olds" rather than "disadvantaged" children.
"I hadn't noticed that one," Mr Kindersley said.
"I'm considering keeping the typos as a talking point."
Up to 15,000 of the erroneous leaflets were printed.
Rebels fired rocket launchers on an army post in Hakkari province just after midnight, NTV in Turkey said.
Military jets are pursuing them and bombing their escape routes, NTV said.
The interior minister says at least 115 rebels have been killed in a large-scale military offensive in the area in the last two weeks.
Idris Naim Sahin said the offensive close to Semdinli town - also in Hakkari province - was ongoing and that troops were taking steps to prevent rebels fleeing into northern Iraq.
The offensive is one of the biggest in years, with NTV reporting that about 2,000 troops are involved.
Several thousand Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels are believed to be based in hideouts in northern Iraq.
According to the governor for Hakkari province, Orhan Alimoglu, six soldiers, two village guards and 11 Kurdish rebels were killed in the attack near the village of Gecimili.
He said 15 soldiers were injured in the incident.
The number of clashes between the PKK and the Turkish armed forces has risen in south-east Turkey over the past year.
A series of clashes in June left dozens dead.
The PKK is classified as a terrorist organisation by the EU and the US.
It launched a guerrilla campaign in 1984 for an ethnic homeland in the Kurdish heartland in the south-east of Turkey.
It has now dropped its claim to an independent Kurdish state, but says it is fighting for autonomy and the cultural rights of the Kurdish people.
Andrew Wommack, who has said publicly gay people are "not normal", is due to appear at God TV's Summer Celebration, in Plymouth.
The city council said it had "received verbal and written assurances" that its equality standards would be upheld.
Pride in Plymouth said it was a "real backward step".
Director of the organisation, Jo Lewis, said: "The council has made a mistake and haven't given it the thought they should have done."
She added it was unacceptable to allow Mr Wommack to "publicly preach discrimination towards LGBT people", "in a publicly-funded building".
Mr Wommack, from Texas, will be carrying out three evening services in the Guildhall.
Organisers God TV has described the event as "not-to-be-missed empowering teaching".
On his website, Mr Wommack claims "homosexuality is wrong from a moral and social point of view" and "their lifestyle is not only destructive to themselves but also to society".
Plymouth City Council said the organisers "have provided verbal and written assurances that their event will comply fully with our equalities policy, which is one of the booking conditions".
Plymouth Humanists have also started a social media campaign urging God TV to disown some of Mr Wommack's views.
Chairman, Ben Kerr, said Mr Wommack's "attitude to gay people threatens to undermine the good work that is going on in Plymouth to counter homophobic attitudes".
God TV said the event's primary message was "love and compassion" and it accepts "the need to exercise freedom of speech responsibly and lawfully".
Pride in Plymouth said it would not be staging an official protest but expected "the council to take legal action if hate speech was spouted".
Ex-Arsenal trainee Ferrier rejected a new contract with the Wood, meaning his transfer fee will be set by a tribunal.
The 22-year-old was Boreham Wood's leading goalscorer last season, with 11 goals in 30 National League games.
Ferrier is the second Wood player to join Dagenham this summer, following the arrival of defender Ben Nunn.
Alexander Mackay's case was described by a sheriff as "one of the worst management failures I've ever seen".
Dundee Sheriff Court heard the G&D Pallets saw room in Dundee was in an "appalling state" when Michael Rice was injured.
Mackay, 65, will be sentenced on 2 May.
The court was told surgeons were only able to reattach one of Mr Rice's fingers, leaving him permanently disfigured and impaired.
Depute fiscal Shona McJannett told the court that the incident took place while Mr Rice was sawing wood at the company's warehouse.
Miss McJannett said Mr Rice was employed as a casual worker in 2010 and given "basic training".
He was then taken on again on a casual basis in 2011 and given no refresher training.
The prosecutor said: "At the time the premises were very busy and they were struggling for space in the saw room.
"There were pallets partially blocking one door, completely blocking the second door and stacked up throughout the room and around the saw.
Miss McJannett said Mr Rice was working alone in the saw room at the time of the incident.
Mr Rice had turned and tripped over a broken pallet that was lying near the saw bench where he was working.
The fiscal said: "As he fell, he held out his hands and his right hand came into contact with the running blade of the saw.
"The emergency stop button was damaged and didn't work, which Mr Watson said he was unaware of but other employees had known for some time."
Mackay, of Blairgowrie, admitted a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act committed in December 2011.
Sheriff Alastair Brown said: "This is one of the worst management failures I've ever seen.
"The workplace was in an appalling state and resulted in significant injury to someone who was vulnerable.
"That being so there is a very serious possibility of a prison sentence being imposed."
Mrs McAreavey, 27, daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football boss Mickey Harte, was found murdered in her honeymoon hotel room on the island on Monday.
Three men have been charged in connection with her killing.
Avinash Treebhoowoon, 29, has confessed to the murder.
The confession followed the revelation that a lawyer for another man, Raj Theekoy, who is charged with conspiracy to murder, said his client had spoken to police and implicated the other two men.
Sandip Moneea, 41, and Mr Treebhoowoon appeared in court on Wednesday accused of her murder.
All three were remanded in police custody for a week and will return to court next Wednesday, when they are expected either to be formally charged or released.
BBC Northern Ireland reporter, Mervyn Jess, who is in Mauritius, outlined the latest developments on Thursday.
"There was a reconstruction held today at the actual location of the crime at the Legends Hotel," he said.
"In the reconstruction the suspects outlined what they said happened, notes were recorded by the police and photographs were taken. It lasted about one and a half hours. Journalists were prevented from attending the reconstruction by the hotel management.
"Now that the police have the confession there will be a pooling together of all the evidence which will then be put to the director of public prosecutions.
"The DPP will then decide whether or not the two men charged with murder will face those charges in court or whether they will face a lesser charge. If they are found guilty of murder they face up to 45 years in jail. If they are instead found guilty of manslaughter they face up to 18 years in jail.
"I spoke today to the officer in charge of the investigation and he outlined quite graphically what the suspect said to him.
"It was a robbery gone wrong. Two men had gained entry to the McAreavey's room while they were out. They had been in the apartment earlier doing their jobs - they were room attendants, so they would be in the apartment cleaning and making the bed and so on.
"They had noticed a fair amount of money in the room either in a purse or in a wallet. And they obviously returned to see if that money was still there while the couple were out.
"They were then in the process of stealing the money when Michaela came back to the apartment unexpectedly to get a biscuit to have with a cup of tea.
"She discovered these men stealing money, then obviously there was an altercation, she was pushed to the ground and held down, she was screaming, there was a bit of a struggle.
"Then one of the men held her legs while the other applied pressure to her neck and that pressure resulted in her being strangled and dying at the scene very quickly. The men then took her and placed her in the bath and turned on the tap."
"I can't think of any occasion in the UK when a suspect helped out with a reconstruction, with the exception of once, in more recent years, when one of the Moors murderers went up onto the moors over 40 years later to try to pinpoint where the crime took place and where bodies were buried.
"Certainly so soon after a murder, to have two of the suspects back at the scene again within three days would be unthinkable in our country."
The body of Mrs McAreavey is expected to arrive in Northern Ireland from Mauritius on Friday.
It is understood her family hope to hold her funeral next Monday - in the same County Tyrone church where she married on 30 December.
'She is my life'
On Wednesday evening, a police chief in Mauritius told the Press Association that skin tissue found under the fingernails of Mrs McAreavey could prove crucial to the police case against the three men charged over her killing.
Mrs McAreavey's husband, John, has described her as "his rock".
He said their hopes, dreams and future were gone and he had been left heartbroken and totally devastated.
"I love my wife, very, very much and my world revolved around her.
"I can't describe in words how lost I feel as Michaela is not just the light of my life - she is my life," Mr McAreavey said.
The funeral mass is expected to take place at St Malachy's in Ballymacilroy near the Harte family home in County Tyrone.
The 50-year-old driver of a Seat Ibiza, which crashed with a BMW 320 in Shotton Colliery on Saturday, died at the scene.
Durham Police said a 26-year-old man from Hartlepool had been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
Two men from the Shotton area, aged 33 and 28, were bailed after there arrest on suspicion of assisting an offender.
While urging calm from both sides, media outlets also said the US was "harassing China" and that Beijing is "not frightened to fight a war".
The USS Lassen sailed in the Spratly archipelago on Tuesday as a challenge to China's claim over the islands.
China condemned the move and summoned the US ambassador in a show of protest.
China claims sovereignty over much of the South and East China seas.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen breached the 12-nautical mile zone that China claims around the Subi and Mischief reefs in the Spratly archipelago.
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The Global Times - which is owned by the Chinese Communist Party's newspaper People's Daily - published an English-language editorial titled "After the show, it's time for US destroyer to leave".
"We should stay calm. If we feel disgraced and utter some furious words, it will only make the US achieve its goal of irritating us," it said.
It added that Beijing should deal with Washington tactfully and "prepare for the worst".
"This can convince the White House that China, despite its unwillingness, is not frightened to fight a war with the US in the region, and is determined to safeguard its national interests and dignity."
It called on Beijing to track US warships and launch interventions if US vessels stopped in the South China Sea.
The newspaper used stronger language in an editorial in Chinese, calling for China to "hold its temper" while pouring scorn on the US.
"It can't finish the situation in Iraq or Afghanistan; it dares only to make noise against Russia; it has failed to achieve anything in Syria; and it can't really take down Pyongyang. China really hasn't provoked it, but the US truly is only a 'paper tiger'," it said.
Xinhua state news agency similarly slammed "the lame-duck Obama administration" for trying to reassure allies in Asia "at a time when its so-called Asia Rebalance policy falters", and warned that China "will take whatever means at whatever cost to safeguard its sovereign interests".
People's Daily carried a commentary in Chinese by Su Xiaohui, the deputy head of the China Institute of International Studies, who noted that South East Asian countries "did not want to see the South China Sea's peace broken".
"Those who upset plans will be met with suspicion and condemnation," he wrote.
Under maritime laws the 12-nautical mile zone cannot be claimed for features that were submerged and raised through human intervention.
The reefs, which were submerged, were turned into islands by China by a massive dredging project which began in late 2013.
China says its work is legal and for civilian purposes, but Washington believes Beijing is constructing military facilities to reinforce its disputed claim to most of the region - a major shipping zone.
The USS Lassen operation was part of America's Freedom of Navigation programme to challenge "excessive claims" in the world's oceans and airspace, and was welcomed by several countries in the region, including the Philippines and Japan.
Other countries in South East Asia have competing claims for the Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands and Scarborough Shoal, which are thought to have resource-rich waters around them.
Ethem Orhon, 67, is accused of attacking the women in a Sainsbury's car park in Hampton, London, on 20 May,
Kingston Crown Court heard he had been arrested for possession of a knife on 19 May and was bailed two hours before the alleged assaults.
Mr Orhon, of Hampton, denies two counts of attempted murder.
He has also pleaded not guilty to two counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
The prosecution says Suzanna Brand, 53, Janet Morsy, 63, Jean Sullivan, 68, and Charandasi Chandiramani, 71, were entirely innocent and selected at random in the car park in south-west London.
The court heard they had suffered appalling injuries after Mr Orhon attacked them with a Leatherman knife, which was shown to the jury.
Ms Brand was stabbed 12 times, including in her back and side that led to two collapsed lungs and laceration to her liver.
Ms Morsy was heard pleading "please don't" shortly before Mr Orhon stabbed her three times. She lost a litre of blood in the attack.
The jury heard that Mr Orhon did not say a word during the attacks, but was eventually stopped by police officers who had to draw their Tasers before he surrendered.
The prosecution said Mr Orhon felt he had been mistreated by the police and that this was his motive for the attacks.
It said the trial would hear of the "true bravery" of members of the public who tried to help, including two school children who may have prevented further attacks by distracting him and calling the police.
The trial continues.
Australia's national carrier says it will connect Perth, in the west of the country, to the UK capital using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.
The 9,000 mile (14,498km) flight will take 17 hours.
Perth will be a hub for passengers from eastern Australia going to the UK, tourism minister Steven Ciobo said.
He also said the new service would boost employment and tourism in Australia, a sector growing three times faster than the rest of the national economy, and one that supports 580,000 jobs.
Mr Ciobo also said that the UK was Australia's third-largest source of international visitors, with 660,000 people travelling from there to Australia in 2015.
"When Qantas created the Kangaroo Route to London in 1947, it took four days and nine stops," Qantas chief executive officer Alan Joyce said.
"Now it will take just 17 hours from Perth non-stop."
He added: "The opportunities this opens up are huge.
"It's great news for travellers because it will make it easier to get to London. It's great news for Western Australia because it will bring jobs and tourism. And it's great news for the nation, because it will bring us closer to one of our biggest trade partners and sources of visitors."
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners used on the route will carry 236 passengers, Qantas said.
The new flights will make up the longest non-stop passenger route in the world.
The current longest non-stop scheduled flight is Emirates Airlines' 14,200-kilometre Dubai-to-Auckland, New Zealand, service, which takes 16 hours 35 minutes in an Airbus A380.
The first air travel connecting the UK to Australia began in 1935, flying passengers from Sydney to Singapore, where services linked with London-bound flights.
However, the journey time to London was 12 days and included a section on a train.
Qantas launched its pioneering weekly service on the Kangaroo Route on 1 December 1947, initially taking four days and carrying 29 passengers and 11 crew from Sydney to London.
The journey flew to Darwin, in northern Australia, and then on to Singapore, Calcutta in India, Karachi and Cairo, before it travelled to Tripoli, in Libya, and then on to London.
The announcement of the new route comes as Boeing also announced airline Iran Air was buying 80 of its passenger planes.
The 10-year deal includes the purchase of 50 Boeing 737 aircraft and 30 777 planes.
Ranger was in court on Wednesday over an alleged scam involving a vulnerable person's bank details.
"It was kept in-house by Nile and his ex-advisors. It's something that goes back a couple of years," said Brown.
"Nile's got to deal with it. He can't expect to just sweep it under the carpet and make it go away."
The 25-year-old former Newcastle and Swindon forward, who joined the Shrimpers in the summer, has scored twice in 11 appearances and impressed enough to sign a three-and-a-half-year deal on 1 December.
But he has been charged with conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, regarding offences alleged to have been committed in February 2015.
The League One club have said Ranger will continue to be available for selection, and Brown had a 30-minute conversation with the striker on Thursday.
"He's confident he'll train Thursday, train Friday and play a big part in the game on Saturday, if selected," said Brown.
"It's a big decision. I've got to make sure that physically he's capable of causing damage to Oldham Athletic and secondly, mentally, he's onside with everything we're trying to do.
"But on a positive front, we're trying to extend Marc-Antoine Fortune's contract. It runs out on 1 January but we're looking to extend that until the end of the season and possibly beyond."
Work on the TransPennine Express Railway - between Manchester and York - and Midland Mainline - from London to Sheffield - was paused in June.
Sir Peter Hendy, Network Rail chairman, said the "temporary pause" had "given us the space to develop a better plan".
Transport minister Patrick McLoughlin said work could now resume immediately.
The TransPennine upgrade is expected to provide capacity for six "fast or semi-fast trains" per hour between Manchester, Leeds and York , reducing journey times by up to 15 minutes.
The Manchester to York section of the work is now planned to be completed by 2022.
Once completed, the whole line from Liverpool to Newcastle will be fully electrified, the Department for Transport added.
The electrification of Midland Mainline north of Bedford to Kettering and Corby will now be completed by 2019, and the line north of Kettering to Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and to Sheffield will finish by 2023.
"We face some difficult challenges, and there is more work still to do, but the secretary of state's decision means we can now move forward with our plans to electrify TransPennine and Midland Mainline," Sir Peter added.
By BBC North of England correspondent Danny Savage
There was uproar in June when it was announced that the electrification of the TransPennine route and the Midland Mainline between London and Sheffield was being delayed indefinitely.
Upgrading the TransPennine line between Manchester and York was part of a wider package of measures to improve the rail network in the North, as part of Chancellor George Osborne's ambition to create a northern economic "powerhouse".
When the delay was announced some people commented it was a "northern powercut".
Now the work is to resume.
In June, Mr McLoughlin told Parliament he was pausing both electrification projects - resulting in criticisms from rail users and MPs in the affected areas.
He told MPs he was delaying or cutting back parts of a five-year £38bn plan to modernise the UK's rail network, blaming Network Rail for rising costs and missed targets.
At the time, he said "better services" could be delivered on Midland Mainline before electrification was completed.
Addressing the TransPennine route, he told Parliament in June: "We need to be much more ambitious for that route."
Network Rail then carried out a review of the projects and an update on the projects was delivered to Mr McLoughlin on Monday.
In a letter to Network Rail, the transport minister said work on the two lines could be "unpaused with immediate effect and progressed with some urgency".
He said "connecting up" cities in northern England was "at the heart of our plan to build a Northern Powerhouse".
"This government will see the job through and build a better, faster and more reliable railway for passengers in the North and Midlands," he said.
In June, Labour accused the government of deceiving the public over its decision to pause the two projects, saying it was clear the plans were in "serious difficulty" before May's general election.
Shadow transport secretary, Lilian Greenwood, said: "We warned ministers for months that these projects were at risk, but they cynically waited until after the election to withdraw support."
Ministers had been forced to change course after an "outcry" from passengers after the projects were stopped, she added.
Ms Greenwood accused the government of "incompetence", saying the delays had led to a "damaging hiatus, which had seen construction job losses and resources shifted to other projects".
This is the result of a high profile campaign, named "Crack-hard Special Operation", launched on 23 May last year, a day after suicide attacks killed 39 people in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang.
According to Chinese media, the campaign targeting terrorists and religious extremism had become a strong deterrent, with 112 people turning themselves in to the police.
Ordinary people have shown strong support by reporting crimes, the reports add, stressing that legal procedures were strictly followed and the rights of the defendants respected.
It is not clear what Beijing means by a terror group. Access to journalists in Xinjiang is limited, making verification difficult.
Even by Chinese standards, the smashing of such a large number of terror groups is quite staggering.
On the one hand, there were enhanced armed patrols, setting up of check points, networks of neighbourhood watch and "inspection of households"; and on the other hand a de-radicalisation programme was put in place to combat religious extremism, and there was a crack down on the trade in illegal videos and criminals engaged in illegal marriages.
It is worth noting that these reports did not directly mention the fact that there had been a series of attacks in Xinjiang while the "crack-hard" campaign was going on, including the one in Kashgar on 12 October in which 22 people were killed.
There was also a bomb and knife attack on 18 November in Shache prefecture in which 15 people were killed, including 11 attackers.
There was a reference, however, to a security operation in which up to 10,000 ordinary people lent a helping hand, some staking out suspects for seven days in the mountains. This was praised as a shining example of the "people's war".
Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs?
There is no figure as to how many people have been arrested and convicted during the year-long crackdown, but there have been interim reports during the year.
For instance, Chinese media reported that less than two months into the campaign, more than 400 people had been arrested and 40 violent groups smashed.
A number of people have been executed, often after trial proceedings lasting a matter of days.
In June last year, 13 people were executed in Xinjiang for acts of terror, including three who were convicted of a deadly jeep-crash in Tiananmen Square in October 2013.
Twelve more were put to death last October for attacks that left nearly 100 people dead in Shache in July.
About 60% of Xinjiang residents are Uighur Muslims and although ethnic tension has existed for decades, there seems to be an escalation of violent clashes in the past few years.
The Chinese authorities blame a separatist movement, hostile foreign forces and religious extremism for the troubles, while rights groups criticise the government for repression of religious freedom and dissidents in the region.
Amnesty International said in a statement soon after the campaign started: "Ethnic Uighurs face widespread discrimination including in employment, education and housing, and curtailed religious freedom and political marginalisation."
It criticised the "deplorable" mass sentencing of 55 people at a stadium that month, in front of more than 7,000 people.
"Those responsible for the recent violent attacks have shown a callous disregard for human life and must be held to account. But speedy show-trials will not deliver justice for the victims," the statement said.
Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for World Uighur Congress based in Sweden, told the BBC that the recent report from Xinjiang simply shows that the crackdown on the Uiguir people had intensified, and the resentment from the people is increasing.
He dismissed the Chinese government's phrasing of pre-mediated attacks, insisting that conflicts can occur any time where there is provocation, and that the Chinese authorities simply don't want to shoulder any responsibility for the situation in Xinjiang.
Nicola Sturgeon greeted them outside the House of Commons, where the SNP leader said they would make Scotland's voice heard like never before.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed David Mundell as the new secretary of state for Scotland.
Mr Mundell is the only Conservative MP in Scotland.
He had previously served in the Scotland Office as a junior minister.
The SNP won all but three of Scotland's 59 seats in last Thursday's election, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats also only holding on to one seat each.
Labour confirmed its sole remaining Scottish MP - Ian Murray in Edinburgh South - will be the party's shadow Scottish secretary as the party's MSPs held a near three-hour long meeting held to discuss Scottish Labour's election performance.
The party's leader Jim Murphy has refused to resign but there have been calls for him to go to allow the party to have a fresh start.
Speaking outside the party's HQ after the meeting, finance spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said the "overwhelming majority" of MSPs wanted Mr Murphy and his deputy Kezia Dugdale to "lead us forward into the future".
The SNP is due to formally appoint its Westminster group leader following a meeting of its MPs on Tuesday, with Moray MP Angus Robertson expected to continue in the post he held during the previous parliament.
The role will take on a new prominence with an appearance at Prime Minister's Questions every week after the SNP was officially given third party status in the House of Commons.
As the third largest party in Parliament, the SNP is also expected to take up a front bench on the opposition side of the Commons, which had been occupied by the Liberal Democrats before 2010.
Among the SNP ranks at the Westminster event were former leader and first minister Alex Salmond, and 20-year-old Mhairi Black, the UK's youngest MP in about 350 years.
The group was met by a huge press pack and onlookers wielding a giant Saltire flag.
Speaking to reporters, Ms Sturgeon said the SNP would be the "principled opposition in this place to the Conservative government."
She added: "The SNP has worked long and hard in this election to make Scotland's voice heard. To have people in Scotland in such overwhelming numbers put their trust in us is fantastic, but also is a big responsibility.
"We are determined to make Scotland's voice heard here in Westminster, but we are also determined to be that voice for progressive politics that we promised to be during the election; to stand up to policies from a Conservative government that will damage Scotland; and to make common cause with others of like mind from across the UK."
Ms Sturgeon, who had a brief telephone conversation with the prime minister last Friday, said she hoped to have "more detailed conversations" with Mr Cameron in the near future.
She said: "His starting point seemed to be to implement the Smith Commission proposals. I don't think that goes far enough and I think that has to be looked at again.
"David Cameron cannot simply operate as if nothing has changed in Scotland - everything has changed."
Mr Salmond, who arrived at the event at the St Stephens' entrance to parliament separately from other SNP MPs, said: "When I was last here we had to run around to look like a crowd - now we are a crowd.
"Obviously we are seeing a major change and shift in Scottish politics. Behind the number of MPs we are seeing a seismic shift - clearly Scotland is on a journey, there's no doubt about that whatsoever.
"But Nicola Sturgeon was quite right - the election result was not a mandate for independence or for a referendum on independence."
Asked how he would adjust from being first minister to a Commons back bencher, Mr Salmond added: "I loved being first minister but everything has its time and I think things are turning out not too badly."
Ms Sturgeon has already issued calls for more powers for Holyrood in the wake of the SNP's election success.
She wants business taxation and control over welfare to be devolved as "priorities", and will meet the prime minister in the coming weeks to discuss the issue.
Some Tory politicians have urged Mr Cameron to offer the SNP full fiscal autonomy.
The policy, which the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said would leave a multibillion-pound shortfall in Scotland's finances, was contained in the SNP's election manifesto.
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, who served as Scottish secretary in John Major's Conservative government, said a White Paper on full fiscal autonomy was needed.
He told the BBC's Today programme: "They got 50% of the vote and 95% of the seats and the reality is you have to respond to that and I think what the government needs to do is produce a White Paper which sets out how fiscal autonomy, devo-max, call it what you will, would work in practice so people are aware of the advantages and the disadvantages.
"The big advantage being Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP would not be able to produce fantasy manifestos that promise the earth without having the responsibility of raising the money to pay for it."
Former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling, who led last year's campaign against independence, told the same programme that he believed the cross-party Smith Commission agreement on more powers for Scotland which was agreed after the referendum had been "completely overtaken by events".
He added: "It won't do the business for Scotland, it's lopsided, therefore it is unfair on England - and if you compound that, as David Cameron has suggested, by saying that essentially English MPs will decide tax and spending, you are well on the way to breaking up the Union."
Mr Darling said the UK instead needed to move towards a federal solution by offering substantially more powers and responsibilities to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
He added: "Critically they have got to be more responsible for raising the money to pay for things, but at the same time you remove this anomaly where, when I was an MP, I could vote for English education, but I couldn't vote for Scottish education.
"That's got to be dealt with, there's no question about that. But I think if we're intelligent about this we've got a chance for building a constitution for the 21st Century."
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Using techniques including wearable technology, they are looking for what are known as biomarkers - the very early physical signs of the disease.
These can be spotted long before more obvious symptoms emerge.
They hope it will open up new avenues for tackling Alzheimer's before the brain suffers serious damage.
Nearly 47 million people worldwide were estimated to be living with dementia in 2015.
Experts hope to find new markers - tell-tale signs on eye scans, brain scans or in the blood, for example - that might offer the earliest clue of the onset of dementia.
The research, funded by the National Institute for Health Research and the Medical Research Council, is being aided by around 250 volunteers, including former university academic Peter Lindon.
He has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and hopes his involvement in this latest research project may answer some troubling questions.
"The importance is hard to overestimate because the question of one's short-term memory deteriorating has many consequences," he says.
"The major concern one is principally bothered about is how much time you've got when you're likely to be competent, until the time that you are no longer competent."
Peter has undergone a whole range of tests, mental and physical, to help researchers identify the biomarkers for Alzheimer's with early diagnosis possibly the best hope of finding an effective treatment.
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Researcher Jennifer Lawson, from Oxford University, says: "Over the last decade or more, 99% of clinical trials into treatments for Alzheimer's disease have failed.
"We think the reason for that is we are simply trying these in people far too late.
"By the time someone comes to their GP and they think they might have some memory problems and they get a diagnosis of Alzheimer's, it's likely the brain has been under attack from this illness for 10 or even 20 years before."
In a highly-equipped laboratory in Newcastle University's Clinical Ageing Research Unit, another volunteer, Trish Jones, has undergone an examination of how she walks, known as a "gait test".
This research uses cheap and portable wearable technology to track how Trish moves, meaning it can be used as she goes about her everyday life.
As Trish acknowledges, that gives researchers a much more accurate picture of what is really going on.
"The fact is that when I'm walking normally, I do have a wobble," she says. "Walking here in the lab is very straightforward, no wobbles, no nothing!
"It doesn't show you the right picture so it's important to have this on for seven days because when I'm walking normally I can be distracted and just start veering off.
"People probably think I'm drunk, I don't know - I hope not!"
Lynn Rochester, professor of human movement science at Newcastle University, says the act of walking can give us vital clues about how the brain is functioning.
"Gait, or how someone walks, isn't on the face of it an obvious thing that we'd want to measure in this type of study.
"But we're not headless chickens, we have to think about what we're doing with our feet and particularly when we are walking around in the real world.
"You have to make a lot of decisions about navigation, someone might be distracting you and talking to you, you are turning and looking at obstacles in the environment, so there's an awful lot of cognitive skills that are required to enable someone to walk safely and independently."
The 35-year-old won two silver medals in the canoe double (C2) with partner David Florence at London 2012 and Rio 2016.
The London canoeist also became a world champion in 2013 in the C2, along with Florence.
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"I'd like to say a massive thanks to everyone involved in helping me live my dream," he said.
"It has been a true honour to represent Great Britain at the highest level and I look forward to cheering on British Canoeing and Team GB in the future."
Alan was the Syrian three-year-old whose photograph - lying dead on a beach - focused world attention on the refugee crisis in September 2015.
Mufawaka Alabash and Asem Alfrhad, both Syrian nationals, are being tried in Bodrum, the same Turkish seaside city where his body was washed up.
Mr Alabash and Mr Alfrhad face up to 35 years in prison each if found guilty.
They are charged with human smuggling and with causing the deaths of five people "through deliberate negligence".
Both said they were innocent of the charges at the hearing on Thursday, which, the BBC understands, has already finished.
Their next hearing will be in early March and the men will remain in custody until then.
Alan's five-year-old brother Galib and his mother Rihan also drowned when the boat they were on sank during an attempted crossing to the Greek island of Kos.
The father of the family, Abdullah, survived. He is currently thought to be living outside Turkey.
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Speaking in Brussels, The Mayor of London called on a gathering of politicians and business leaders not to "instil fear" during withdrawal negotiations.
He also stressed the economic importance of London to the EU.
Prime Minister Theresa May is due to invoke Article 50 on Wednesday.
Mr Khan said: "Now is the time to be confident in the European Union and to act with confidence. There is no need - as some have suggested - for the EU to send a message, or to instil fear, by punishing the UK.
"Because a proud, optimistic and confident institution does not secure its future by fear."
Mr Khan's speech was intended to put the "emotional" argument for a fair deal between the EU and the UK.
Stressing that all Europeans living in London were Londoners, he said the capital would remain Europe's only global city after withdrawal, and that both sides need each other to boost their own prosperity.
"My city is not only the beating heart of Britain's economy, but the single most important organ for growth across Europe. I say this with friendship and all due respect - but a bad Brexit deal that hurts London would hurt the European Union too," he said.
Such a deal could see major businesses quitting Europe altogether for territories such as Singapore and New York, he added.
Mr Khan also called on the prime minister to make a gesture of goodwill when she invokes Article 50 by offering a "cast iron" guarantee of the rights of 3.3 million EU citizens in the UK.
"We're talking about people's lives and families... and that is just too important to use as a bargaining chip," he added.
London was one of the few areas in England to vote in favour of remaining in the EU in last June's referendum.
Some £235m of bank debt will be written off, helping to cut the total to £329m.
Three major investors will also inject £75m into the firm. Much of it will go into refurbishing 175 hotels, starting next year.
Travelodge also wants to find new operators for 49 hotels and pay greatly reduced rents on 109 more.
It said it would work with its landlords to try to find other businesses to take over the running of the hotels, in the hope of avoiding job losses.
Travelodge has been struggling with debts estimated at more than £1bn, but has been making profits on its day-to-day operations. It will now be given more time to pay off its remaining debts at lower interest rates.
It does not own its hotels and many of its leases were agreed at the peak of the property market before the 2008 financial crash.
Chief executive Grant Hearn said it was now in a much stronger financial position.
"This new appropriate level [of debts, interest payments and rental costs] will provide greater security for our staff, suppliers, landlords and developers," Mr Hearn said.
"This is a successful brand with millions of customers and the company will emerge in excellent shape from this process."
As part of the deal, control will pass from private equity firm Dubai International Capital, which bought Travelodge in 2006, to Goldman Sachs, GoldenTree Asset Management and Avenue Capital Group.
Dubai International Capital raised the money to finance the deal by issuing a £480m eurobond.
This debt was added to Travelodge's balance sheet, but will now by written off by the Dubai investment firm as part of the restructuring deal, further reducing its debts.
The reductions in hotel numbers and rent payments are proposed as part of a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), a legal process which helps companies reduce debts and outgoings. It has to be agreed by at least 75% of creditors, including landlords, suppliers and staff.
The struggling chain said there would be no changes to 347 hotels if the proposed changes went ahead, the majority of its 505-strong estate.
The British Property Federation gave a cautious welcome to the deal to save the UK's second biggest budget hotel chain, but expressed concern about CVAs.
Liz Peace, chief executive of the British Property Federation, said some landlords were being asked to "take a big hit" to keep a far bigger business afloat.
"We are becoming increasingly concerned with a system that creates such a range of winners and losers and allows advisers to dice and slice creditors to reach the required voting thresholds.
"Such rules need reviewing and some greater sense of fairness restored," she said.
Accountancy firm KPMG, which is running the CVA, said landlords would get about 23.4 pence in the pound back. If Travelodge had gone into administration, they would just have received 0.2p in the pound, it said.
"We are constantly seeking to improve and evolve our CVA structures, based on feedback from the landlord community," Brian Green, restructuring partner at KPMG said.
"Accordingly, we are again including a 'clawback' mechanism for landlords, so they can share in the turnaround of the restructured company's future, and landlords are also being offered the option of lease extensions."
Twenty-two people died and 116 were injured in a suicide bombing at the US singer's concert on 22 May.
The We Love Manchester Emergency Fund charity has raised over £11.7m, with £3m raised at the One Love Manchester concert staged by the singer at Old Trafford on 4 June.
"Ariana Grande exemplified Mancunian spirit," the chair of the charity said.
Councillor Sue Murphy added: "Her fundraising concert raised millions for the appeal and buoyed all our spirits.
"We are grateful to her for agreeing to be patron of this charity, which seeks to help everyone who was affected by the tragedy."
Gift payments from the appeal have already been released to the bereaved families and those who were in hospital for more than seven days following the attack.
Grande is also set to get honorary citizenship of Manchester under plans put forward by the city council.
Residents in Overdale Road, Old Basford, reported a number of shots being fired just after 15:00 BST on Tuesday.
A 22-year-old man suffered a minor injury in the disturbance but did not require hospital treatment.
Nottinghamshire Police said a 24-year-old man was detained on suspicion of firearms offences on Saturday.
The force added two women, aged 33 and 30, and a 32-year-old man who were previously arrested have been bailed pending further enquiries.
Elephant grass (Miscanthus) planted as a biomass crop is a valuable habitat for the brown hare, according to research.
A study suggests the grass can support hare populations when planted at the right scale.
Numbers of brown hares have declined in the UK over past decades, though they are still common in some areas.
Dr Silviu Petrovan of the conservation science group at the University of Cambridge carried out the research.
"What we strongly suspect is that these areas of Miscanthus are very good at replacing lost diversity in the farmland," he told BBC News.
"If you have a single block of Miscanthus with arable land and grassland fields in the vicinity (mixed farmland) it offers really high quality habitat for brown hares."
In the study, scientists from the University of Cambridge, University of Hull and The Open University radio-tracked brown hares in North Yorkshire across the seasons.
They discovered hares never fed on the grass, but they liked to sleep in it during the day, as they are nocturnal.
Even small areas of elephant grass of only 10 hectares could harbour animals.
But large swathes of Miscanthus were inhospitable, the scientists found.
Miscanthus is grown in many parts of the UK, particularly near power plants, where it is harvested and burned for fuel.
The grass requires little management and is not sprayed with herbicides.
Dr Phil Wheeler from the Open University, who led the research, said: "In some respects, although these biomass crops are alien to the UK, they mimic unfarmed or unintensively cultivated bits of farmland, many of which have been lost as farming has intensified.
"Our research suggests that for hares, diversifying farmland by planting biomass crops in small chunks might replace something of what has been lost."
But he said if biomass crops are only viable when planted over wide areas, they may end up as another challenge to farmland wildlife.
The research is funded by the wildlife charity, People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), and published in the European Journal of Wildlife Research.
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Simon Thomas' comments follow fresh questions about the party's leadership.
Speaking at the National Eisteddfod on Anglesey, AM Rhun ap Iorwerth said he would consider succeeding Leanne Wood.
Another of the party's AMs, who did not want to be named, called for a leadership contest claiming Ms Wood had "lost authority in the group".
Speaking to BBC Wales' Newyddion 9 programme, Mr Thomas said he would like his party to "concentrate on the leadership question they do have, which isn't a question around one person as leader, but the question of 'are we performing as well as we could be as an assembly group?'"
"I don't think we are so we all have to raise our game," he said.
Mr Thomas, who represents Mid and West Wales, also said it was expected that questions around leadership arise between elections.
"That's not saying anything in favour or against any person, it's just obvious it's going to be part of the discussion," he said.
"If anyone thinks they could do a better job as leader than Leanne Wood, they should stand using the party's procedures rather than say things anonymously."
According to the Plaid Cymru constitution, the leader must face re-election every two years. This usually happens unopposed.
The next opportunity to stand against the current leader will be next year.
Nesta Thomas, from Caernarfon, fell and hit a metal barrier as she left her local Morrisons on 11 February 2016, the hearing in Caernarfon was told.
She refused an ambulance but died eight days later after it was found she had fractured a vertebrae in her spine.
A pulmonary embolism due to deep vein thrombosis caused by the fracture was given as the cause of death.
A conclusion of accidental death was recorded and Morrisons, who was not represented at the case, has since installed sliding doors.
Mrs Thomas' daughter Christine told the hearing the door gave her "a heck of a shove".
The day after the incident, Ms Thomas was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor complaining of back pain where it was discovered she had fractured a vertebrae in her spine.
However, she had been suffering a chest infection, which doctors thought was getting worse, so they decided to concentrate on treating that first.
Doctor Mark Lord, who conducted the post mortem examination, said he found no evidence of a chest infection.
But he did find fragments of a blood clot, which could have been mistaken for an infection.
He concluded she died of a pulmonary embolism due to deep vein thrombosis, caused by being immobile because of the fracture.
"If she hadn't been immobile, she would not have had the clots," he said.
Coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones recorded a conclusion of accidental death.
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Eighty-nine of those killed were attending a rock concert at the Bataclan Theatre.
Stiff Little Fingers are due to play in Paris on Tuesday night.
The band came to prominence during Belfast's punk movement in the 1970s, which was the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Band leader Jake Burns said their experience of musicians avoiding Belfast because of the Troubles made them more determined to take to the stage in Paris.
He said: "Having grown up in Northern Ireland in the 70s, I remember bands not coming to play because of the conflict.
"As a youngster, it was frustrating to be deprived of such a normal part of life.
"For us as a band, our performances were sometimes delayed because of disturbances and road blocks, nothing serious. But we do have an appreciation of just how difficult these situations can be.
"Obviously, in Northern Ireland, conflict became very much the normal state of affairs. Here, it isn't.
"It's a huge shock to the system for people here. Unfortunately, we can't do a lot to help, we're just here to do our job."
Stiff Little Fingers have played in Paris on numerous occasions in the past.
"We've always enjoyed playing here, and as tragic as this situation obviously is, I think the quicker people can get back to normal life, the better."
The band kept in touch with their French promoter over the weekend, when there was a nation-wide ban on large public gatherings.
Once the ban was lifted, they saw no reason to cancel their show.
"As long as the promoter was willing to go ahead, we didn't see any reason why we shouldn't play," said Jake.
The BBC understands that extra security will be provided at the Backstage at the Mill venue, where the concert is being staged.
The band Eagles of Death Metal, which was playing at the Bataclan Theatre at time of the attacks, have cancelled their European dates.
One of the merchandise sellers with Eagles of Death Metal, Nick Alexander from Colchester, was killed as suicide bombers armed with guns stormed the music venue.
At least three employees of Universal Music France were also among the dead.
The band had been due to play 21 more concerts across Europe in the run-up to Christmas after their appearance at the Bataclan Theatre.
But they're cutting short a tour that had been due to run until 10 December in Portugal.
The American band Foo Fighters has called off the remaining dates of their European tour, while U2 cancelled their Paris show, which was due to take place on Saturday.
The Irish band spent the evening laying flowers near the Bataclan theatre.
Jake said he understood the decisions of both bands.
"In fairness to the Foo Fighters, they are incredibly close friends with the Eagles of Death Metal so that must have affected them badly. And with regard to U2, there was a nation-wide ban so they didn't have much choice."
He said he has had no indication of whether or not their fans are likely to avoid their gig in light of the security threat.
"I really have no idea of what to expect with regards to audience.
"Obviously, we hope people will come out, but equally you couldn't blame people for being a bit nervous, so we just have to play it by ear.
"We were driving in last night and the city was much quieter than normal, but it wasn't a ghost town. I didn't see evidence of heightened security."
Expressing condolences for the families of the victims, he said: "It's such a tragedy. I can't even begin to imagine how horrific it must have been for those involved.
"For us, we're musicians, we've just come to do what we do. Hopefully the people who come tonight can manage to forget about their troubles for an hour and a half.
"That would be our job done as we see it."
Scotland international Fletcher, who turns 31 on Sunday, was in talks with the Hammers about moving to Upton Park after being granted a free transfer.
"Fletcher broke down on negotiations this morning," said Allardyce after Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Liverpool.
Red Devils boss Louis van Gaal thought Fletcher would leave but claimed West Ham only wanted the Scot on loan.
He added: "That was not the agreement."
Fletcher has made 342 appearances for Manchester United but has started only five times under Van Gaal.
The Dutchman said: "He is my third captain so it is not a problem for me.
"Manchester United just want to help him play more. For him now that is a big pity."
The National Association of Head Teachers says increased employer costs for national insurance and teachers' pensions will put schools under strain.
The NAHT says heads are having to cut back on areas such as equipment, maintenance and teaching assistants.
The Department for Education said it was protecting the schools budget.
The NAHT's questionnaire of 1,069 school leaders (the majority of whom, 82%, were primary heads) found that:
The NAHT survey also found almost half of school leaders (45%) thought their budget would be untenable, on current projections, within two years.
Two-thirds (67%) said they would not be able to balance the books in four years' time, and 7% of those surveyed were already running a deficit.
Four in five (82%) said budget cuts would have a negative impact on standards.
NAHT general secretary Russell Hobby said: "Flat cash education spending at a time of rising costs is pushing many schools closer to breaking point.
"Employer costs for national insurance and teachers' pensions will increase by over 5% from this school year, adding to already over-stretched budgets.
"School leaders are being forced to cut spending in all areas, including essential maintenance and - most worryingly - on teachers and teaching assistants.
"Education is an investment in the future, leading eventually to higher productivity, better social outcomes and reduced spending on other public services - cuts to this budget are a false economy."
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "We are protecting the schools budget, which will rise as pupil numbers increase.
"This government is committed to making sure schools are funded fairly so all pupils have access to a good education - a key part of our core mission to raise standards across the country and make sure every child reaches their full potential.
"We have made significant progress towards fairer funding for schools, through an additional £390m allocated to 69 of the least fairly funded areas in the country - the biggest step toward fairer schools funding in 10 years."
"It is down to councils to determine exactly how funding is allocated to individual schools."
Key cost increases faced by schools include:
Last month, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said spending per pupil in England's was likely to fall by 8% in real terms over the next five years.
The IFS says this will be the first time since the mid-1990s that school spending has fallen in real terms.
At the same time, more than 90 Conservative MPs wrote a letter demanding ministers urgently rewrote the rules for funding schools in England.
In an unusual move, Commons Speaker John Bercow put his name to the letter intended to put pressure on Chancellor George Osborne ahead of the Spending Review.
Representatives from the League One side inspected the pitch on the morning of Saturday's scheduled match and deemed it "not suitable to play on".
National League Eastleigh said recent work to re-lay the pitch had been completed to the required standard.
Chief executive Mark Jewell said the game would have gone ahead "had it been a National League or FA Cup game".
Eastleigh's first-team squad trained on the same pitch after the game was cancelled and are next due to host League One club Portsmouth at their Silverlake Stadium on Saturday.
"We're adamant the pitch is ready to play on," Jewell told BBC Radio Solent. "Our regulars have never seen the pitch look so good."
In a statement, AFC Wimbledon said: "We discovered from a newspaper article that the Eastleigh pitch was being laid this week.
"We arranged to visit the ground early today (Saturday) to inspect the pitch. We are very sorry for the inconvenience to our fans."
The club declined to comment further when contacted by BBC Sport.
She has photographed some of the more colourful characters who shop on her high street in the Bristol suburb of Bedminster.
"A lot of people put a lot of effort into dressing up in Bedminster," she said, "I don't see it in other parts of Bristol."
"I often just ask people if I can take their picture because I really like their hat," she added.
An outdoor display of East Street Tales runs until October 22.
The photographer captures some of the characters she sees on a daily basis on East Street in Bedminster, including this man who takes his two pet chickens for a daily walk.
"I find myself going to people who dress differently but that doesn't give an overall picture of people in Bedminster. So there is a little bit of a dilemma as, being a photographer, I like to be objective," said Ibolya.
The BBC has gathered some of the most beautiful and interesting photographs from across England on its Pinterest board.
Monitor is looking at whether South Tees Hospital NHS Trust breached its licence to provide healthcare services.
The watchdog is concerned about an increase in C difficile infections and a rise in "never events" - incidents so serious they should never happen.
The trust said it had made "significant improvement" and welcomed the scrutiny.
It said it had failed to meet the national target of 18 weeks between referral and treatment for three quarters of the past year with approval from its board of directors.
It was working through a "backlog of patients" after an "exceptionally busy and prolonged winter period", it said.
Monitor regional director Robert Davidson said: "Patients rightly expect the highest possible standards of care from their local hospital.
"We've got concerns that this isn't always happening at South Tees and that's why we have launched this investigation."
The trust said its aim was to have "a zero-harm culture to patients" but the target it had been set for for reducing cases of C difficile was "very difficult".
The eight "never events" it has reported since 2010 had been "subject to rigorous review", it said.
Stockton South conservative MP James Wharton called waiting times at the trust "unacceptably long" and said "clearly something is not as it should be".
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs services at the James Cook Hospital, Friarage Hospital and six community hospitals across Teesside, Hambleton and Richmondshire.
Charlie Chan is a breast cancer and melanoma surgeon. He is also a rock star photographer.
"My patients always come first so I work full-time as a surgeon and photography is my night job," he says. "I decided to become a surgeon at the age of 12 and concentrated on that."
But photography had been a passion of his since he was 15, and so he started smuggling his Leica camera into gigs.
He got his first press pass from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival and started music photography work 10 years ago.
His subjects include musicians Jamie Cullum, Gregory Porter and Wilko Johnson, who was encouraged by Mr Chan to seek a second opinion after he had received a terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis in 2013.
Mr Chan arranged for Johnson to see surgeon Emmanuel Huguet, who later operated to remove the tumour and save his life.
You would think that being a surgeon would be more than enough career-wise for most people, so why pursue another profession?
Mr Chan says he uses similar skills in both professions. When shooting in black and white, he sees "light and composition which helps my day job, when performing a breast reconstruction, as you appreciate light and form in the same way".
For Mr Chan, both careers are about people. He wants his photos to tell a story and for the "viewer to be there in the moment", while he says a rewarding and wonderful part about being a surgeon is being able to share good news with his patients who are "very brave in the face of adversity".
Mr Chan is not alone in his "dual career". While some people take more than one job out of financial necessity, many people are doing so out of choice and for the challenge.
Professional networking website LinkedIn has seen a growing trend in the registering of "multiple", "dual" and "portfolio" career descriptions.
Just look at George Osborne: MP for Tatton, adviser at BlackRock Investment Institute, and soon-to-be editor of the London Evening Standard.
Rupert Toovey founded Toovey's auctioneers in 1995. Fifteen years later he was ordained as a deacon.
The Reverend Rupert Toovey says his secular work is as vocational as his work as a deacon, with each supporting the other. From his late teens, his faith and auctioneering work went hand in hand.
"To serve and listen to people has been a constant thread," he says. "Each role is simultaneously rewarding and vocational."
On visits to people's homes to view antiques, Mr Toovey says: "The objects reflect the patchwork of their lives and it is a privilege to be invited to share these precious moments with them.
"As with the priestly work, I accompany people in profound moments of change in their lives in a particularly personal and private way."
He says his life has "a wholeness that fits together in a most unexpected way".
The majority of people Mr Toovey attends to, baptises and marries, are people he has met through the network of his business life, including the Lord Mayor of Westminster.
"Modern society too often compartmentalises life. I am at once a father, priest, auctioneer, employer, [and] friend," he says.
Professional careers adviser Rachel Brushfield says some people look for more than one career because they "want a better work-life balance, more meaning and purpose".
The ability to be "as dynamic as the workplace" and the autonomy of designing your own "stimulating future-proof career" are motivating factors for her clients.
In 2007, New York Times columnist Marci Alboher popularised the term "slash careers" - as in surgeon/photographer - citing creative fulfilment and diverse skillsets as benefits for employers and employees.
But people taking second jobs has been a trend for decades.
According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of people with second jobs has stayed roughly between 1.1 million and 1.3 million since 1993.
Official statistics no longer break out earnings figures. However, looking back, in autumn 2001, men with a second job earned more on average in their main job than those with only one.
One high earner with several jobs is Duncan McNair, a commercial lawyer, author and elephant campaigner.
He founded the charity Save the Asian Elephants in 2015 and has always written creatively.
Taking cases before the European Court of Human Rights, chairing a review of the RSPCA's welfare scheme, and writing satire, all use his advocacy skills, stretching them further than legal practice alone.
Mr McNair finds his skills "built around the law to be hugely useful in campaigning" for elephants.
While working at Cubism Law and undertaking extensive pro-bono work, Mr McNair donates proceeds from his satirical book series, The Morello Letters, to Save The Asian Elephants.
"The practice takes the majority of time and the rest is filled drafting articles, speeches and writing the final third of the latest Morello book," he says.
"Ideas for the letters come to me while waiting for buses, as sparks of the imagination, explaining my fanatical relationship with post-it notes."
The Morello world offers a "nirvana of humans and animals living in humorous harmony", with a rich source of characters he often finds in the legal profession.
"I'm incredibly lucky to be able to advocate for these causes and to have a various workload. They aren't jobs, they are component parts of my heart and soul."
Sharp falls on Wednesday saw billions wiped off stock markets, with some indexes 20% down from their 2015 peak.
"Once the emotion has left the market, you're left with businesses doing reasonably well," said Mr Greifeld.
"How did the low oil price turn into bad news?" he added.
"Better to have it at $26 per barrel than $126. And China's 6.9% growth may be disappointing, but it's still growing."
Concern over the falling oil price and China's slowdown are seen as the main factors behind the market falls.
The price of crude oil has dropped from more than $110 a barrel in mid-2014 to about $28 a barrel. And on Tuesday, China's latest figures showed growth expanding by 6.9%, the slowest in 25 years.
"There's always a psychology about [the markets], you can't underestimate where the animal spirits are… and if people want to believe in a certain direction they will," said Mr Greifeld at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland, where these topics are being actively discussed.
In terms of listings on the stock market, he said: "We've had a very good three-year long run, but after seeing the markets over the last week, I would think listings could be down this year."
Yichen Zhang, chairman and chief executive of Citic Capital, a China-focused investment fund, is also attending the WEF event in the alpine village of Davos. He agreed that the market sell-off may have been overdone.
He predicted that the slowdown in China would hit bottom this year or next, but argued that it was no bad thing.
"[Chinese] economic growth was on steroids," said Mr Zhang, and needed to reach more normal levels.
"Since the financial crisis, it has contributed the most growth to the global economy, about 30-40% of growth [comes from China]."
He added that there was a fundamental misunderstanding in the West about how the economy works.
"People don't understand how much control it has over economy. A large part of it is state-owned, the entire banking system is still controlled by government."
That means that the country should manage to avoid a crisis and that the slowdown will be a gradual and controlled process, said Mr Zhang.
However, he questioned whether now was the right time to deregulate its markets. He said it would have been better to introduce this during the boom years when "China could do no wrong".
The government was criticised for its lack of management on the stock markets when they slumped earlier this year. A newly introduced "circuit-breaker", aimed at making the markets more stable, was axed after it proved ineffective.
The road at junction 41 westbound was closed from 07:00 to 09:00 BST and 16:00 to 18:00 weekdays for a six-month trial, which started last August.
The junction will now be reopened, but a consultation on its future will continue.
Steve Garvey, president of Port Talbot Chamber of Trade, said the trial closure had "decimated" businesses.
He said: "There has been a 20% fall in trade across the board. There has been a huge impact on the footfall since August.
"A couple of stalwarts of the chamber of trade have gone since this came in.
"A ladies accessories business and another T-shirt business have both been lost since August.
"We can't say it was exactly down to the closure, but it will certainly have contributed. Most cafes used to be open until 5pm, but many are closing earlier now.
"The biggest problem we have had is the working day went from 9-5 to 9-3 as the traffic was so congested people left early to avoid the backlog.
"Simply, it meant people were around for two hours less. We are just really relieved it's going to be open again."
Announcing the on-slip road was to reopen, Transport Minister Edwina Hart said: "The final report into the trial closure confirms the primary measure - the overall balance of monetised journey time benefit for the westbound M4 and local roads routes - is £180,000 per annum.
"On this basis the trial has demonstrated a benefit to the M4 without overall dis-benefit to the local road network.
"The report also states that car parking, footfall, queue lengths and air quality did not show any significant impact attributable to the trial closure."
Downing Street described the former ambassador to Moscow, who will now play a key role in the UK's Brexit talks, as a "seasoned and tough negotiator".
Sir Ivan's exit, which came earlier than planned, sparked a row with his resignation note criticising "muddled thinking" from ministers.
Some MPs had accused him of being "half-hearted" towards Brexit.
Critics of the outgoing ambassador were accused of trying to "politicise" the civil service, with a trade union saying there was a "deafening silence" from ministers in defending officials' independence.
Sir Tim was the UK's ambassador to Moscow from 2011 to 2015. He has also advised a succession of foreign secretaries as well as holding other roles in the UK's EU mission.
John Pienaar, BBC deputy political editor
The resignation of Sir Ivan Rogers has revealed more than the difficulty and complexity of Britain's EU divorce.
It has highlighted wider strains in Whitehall between some mandarins and some ministers, up to and including Theresa May.
Mandarins and ambassadors perennially advise more junior mandarins on the importance of speaking truth to power.
On this occasion, Sir Ivan's leaked farewell memo can fairly be read as a protest and a warning. Concern is growing among some high-ranking officials that ministers don't understand or won't admit the scale of the task they're facing.
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He said he was "honoured" to be appointed to the role, officially called the UK's permanent representative to the EU, adding that he would ensure "the right outcome" for the UK after Brexit.
Downing Street said Sir Tim had "extensive experience of securing UK objectives in Brussels" and would "bring his trademark energy and creativity to this job".
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit Secretary David Davis both issued statements welcoming the appointment.
But former UKIP leader Nigel Farage was less enthusiastic, tweeting: "Good to see that the government have replaced a knighted career diplomat with.... a knighted career diplomat."
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale said Sir Tim's record was less likely to be criticised by Brexit supporters than that of some other potential candidates, adding: "It would be very hard to say that Sir Tim Barrow is an out and out pro-European."
In his farewell note to fellow UK diplomats in Brussels, Sir Ivan said: "I hope you will continue to challenge ill-founded arguments and muddled thinking and that you will never be afraid to speak the truth to those in power.
"I hope that you will support each other in those difficult moments where you have to deliver messages that are disagreeable to those who need to hear them."
On the UK's Brexit negotiations with the EU, he said he did not yet know the government's negotiating plans for Brexit, telling colleagues "serious multilateral negotiating experience is in short supply in Whitehall", adding this was not the case in the European Commission or in the European Council.
He said the government would only succeed if it "negotiates resolutely", adding, in a reference to the remaining 27 EU states: "Senior ministers, who will decide on our positions, issue by issue, also need from you detailed, unvarnished - even where this is uncomfortable - and nuanced understanding of the views, interests and incentives of the other 27."
Sir Ivan had previously warned ministers that EU-UK trade talks could take a decade to complete, advice revealed by the BBC last month.
Politicians on both sides of the EU debate were divided in their response to Sir Ivan's resignation, with pro-EU MPs saying the loss of his experience at a crucial time was a blow to the government's negotiating strategy.
Labour has demanded a statement from Brexit Secretary David Davis.
But former cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith, who backed Brexit, was among those criticising the outgoing diplomat, saying when a civil servant "starts going public", ministers "can no longer trust that individual".
Another pro-Brexit Conservative, Sir Peter Lilley, said half of Sir Ivan's parting note to his fellow UK diplomats in Brussels read "like a CV" and the other half "like some degree of sour grapes".
These attacks were condemned by former Foreign Office permanent secretary Lord Ricketts, who said he was "really concerned at the undertone of denigration" of Sir Ivan and said it was vital for ministers to "stand behind" his successor.
Dave Penman, leader of the FDA union for senior Whitehall staff, said he had "a lot of concern" about some of the comments, adding: "What surprises me is the deafening silence from ministers who should be taking to the airwaves to defend the integrity and capability of the impartial civil service."
Four of them had been arrested during various police investigations since early last year, said Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
Authorities said 139 graves had been found on the border with Thailand.
The route is used by people-smugglers bringing migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh into Malaysia.
The migrants are mainly Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar - also known as Burma - or economic migrants from Bangladesh.
The eight other policemen were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission for alleged involvement in human trafficking, Mr Wan Junaidi said.
"We will have to see whether or not there are any links to the camps. Because the arrests were made in the north, we suspect there may be some connection," he told reporters outside parliament.
On Tuesday, authorities started excavating the graves, found in jungle in northern Perlis state, to confirm how many bodies they held, and who they were.
Thai police uncovered similar abandoned camps on the Thai side of the border earlier in May.
Reports from news agencies taken to see the camps in Malaysia detailed evidence of torture and abuse.
Reports in Malaysian media questioned whether officials on both sides of the border were complicit. On Tuesday, Malaysia said park rangers were under investigation for suspected involvement in human-trafficking.
The discovery of camps in Thailand triggered a crackdown on human-trafficking that appears to have led traffickers to abandon their human cargo on boats in the waters off Thailand.
The boats, crammed with hundreds of starving migrants, started coming ashore in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Facing international pressure, the two countries agreed to provide temporary shelter for the migrants on the condition that they will be repatriated by other countries within a year.
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Samuel Garner, 17, died on Sunday after being hit on Welford Road, Leicester, three days before his 18th birthday.
The Leicester City fan had spent the afternoon watching his side's 1-1 draw with Manchester United.
Leicestershire Police have now released CCTV footage of the area moments before the collision.
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The images show the vehicle, which police say was stolen from Blaby, Leicestershire, on 29 April, driving through Leicester city centre and down Belvoir Street.
The car was last seen driving off towards Aylestone Road before being found burned out on Monday on College Road, Whetstone.
Officers said the vehicle was being driven on false plates with the registration number YW08 LLV.
Det Insp David Swift-Rollinson said he hoped releasing the pictures would "jog someone's memory and prompt them to come forward".
During an emotional appeal for information on Thursday Samuel's parents, Scott and Tracie, said the family had been due to go to Prague the day after his death.
One of his Samuel's friends described how she tried to pull him away from the black BMW.
Anyone with any information on the collision is asked to contact Leicestershire Police.
The 21-year-old batsman had 12 months remaining on his existing deal.
Kohler-Cadmore, who celebrated his late-season recall with his maiden first-class century against Middlesex, has signed a two-year contract that will keep him at New Road until 2017.
"I haven't scored the weight of runs I would have liked but I feel there is a lot more to come," he said.
"It was massive to get that first century. The first one is probably the hardest one to get and once you've got one, you have the belief and the confidence that you are going to get a lot more."
Director of cricket Steve Rhodes said: "Getting that hundred was a big relief to him and thoroughly deserved.
"The areas we asked him to go away and learn in second-team cricket have certainly paid off and he is scoring good runs."
Kohler-Cadmore lost his place in the County Championship side after struggling for early-season runs but made the most of his recall for the final two games in place of the injured Alex Gidman, hitting 257 runs.
After an impressive 89 against Durham, he made a superb 130 not out to help Worcestershire beat second-placed Middlesex at New Road.
In a succession of concluded contract talks over final two months of the campaign, Ross Whiteley has signed for another four years, while Brett D'Oliveira, Joe Leach, Tom Fell, Joe Clarke and Ed Barnard have all committed to New Road for three more years.
He is a one-man multi-skilled music-making machine - he sings, writes, plays numerous instruments and produces his own records.
His songs combine classic melodies with the warps and beats of cutting-edge music, as if he has fed the influence of idols like Stevie Wonder, Tom Waits and Stevie Ray Vaughan through a modern pop super-computer.
He also jumps between genres with glee, flipping between the haunting electronica of James Blake and the soulful guitar-based balladry of Ed Sheeran. His voice, meanwhile, can go from a Tom Waits growl up to a Sam Smith soar.
And he has a very hip beard.
The combination of these qualities means he has found himself riding the zeitgeist. As well as topping the BBC Sound of 2016 list, he has won the Brits Awards Critics' Choice prize and the BBC Introducing trophy at the BBC Music Awards.
Never in this history of music tips has one artist been so vigorously feted. Now, with his debut album Phase due out in February, all that is left to do is to prove the tipsters right.
He was born, to be precise, on 11 October 1991 in High Wycombe Hospital in Buckinghamshire.
His mum was a primary school music teacher and dad a police officer. "The thing that was most constant when I was growing up was just complete support and adoration from my parents," he says.
He admits to being a show-off as a child, so his parents tried to channel that attention-seeking streak into activities like acting and singing.
"I would sing around the house and I would always play on things just because instruments were always there, but I didn't show any genius as a child. I wasn't a prodigy or anything like that.
"I just really enjoyed making noises and really enjoyed the reaction that I got from making those noises. So they put me on music lessons to encourage me to hone in on that talent rather than show off."
"My mum would play Stevie Wonder around the house and I remember just loving the songs and feeling so blown away by how much was going on," Garratt recalls.
"At that age, I mentally couldn't fathom the amount of detail. I just loved the tones and the melody and Stevie Wonder's energy behind his singing.
"That was the first real awakening. Then the first time I discovered Tom Waits for myself. He became, and still is, a very, very important voice and inspiration to my lyric-writing and my songwriting."
Garratt was also into Californian singer Jackson Browne at the time. Although the two troubadours have very different vocal styles, he heard similarities between Waits and Browne.
"I genre-hop quite a lot," he explains. "I love manipulating genre and deconstructing it and making it irrelevant. Genreless music is great because it means you get to write in any genre that you like.
"That was a really inspiring moment for me, to see folk music be completely blown apart by two completely separate voices, but still be able to find the tangible link between them."
As a cheeky 13-year-old, Garratt tried to be the UK's entrant at Junior Eurovision with a composition called The Girl.
The national qualification was broadcast on ITV2 - but his song came last.
"That was the first time I tried to achieve anything as a musician, but my intentions were wrong," he said recently. "I did it more for attention rather than for a love of what I was doing."
That disappointment did not put Garratt off, and he kept writing and performing while he worked as a teaching assistant with a boy with cerebral palsy during a gap year after secondary school, and then training to be a teacher at university.
At the time, he was working on an album with an independent label. Thanks to YouTube, we can see him in his bluesy pre-beard days.
But then he called it all off - his training and his album.
He disagreed with much of what his course was teaching him, and at the same time lost confidence in his music.
"I dropped out of uni and had to re-evaluate everything because I wasn't happy in what I was doing," he says.
"I was trying so hard to achieve something for the wrong reasons. I wasn't proud of the songs I was writing, and I was performing the music because I liked the way that people reacted rather than because I was proud of the songs.
"When I dropped out of uni I had a real self-destructive moment where I had to break myself apart.
"I felt like I was going through a quarter or a midlife crisis, but I was not even 20, and that freaked me out even more. But thankfully I had to make some harsh decisions and I think I made the right ones."
One of the decisions was to enlist one of his best friends as his manager. He went back to square one.
"I could go up on stage and play guitar fast and sing loud and people were impressed by that, but until I knew I had the right songs under my belt I was just using loud singing and fast guitar playing as cheap tricks, gimmicks, to fool people into thinking I'm a better musician than I actually am," he says.
"So instead, what I actually needed to do was to lock myself away and spend the year writing the best songs that I could.
"The minute I started to treat music with a totally different level of respect and integrity, everything changed and suddenly things started to fall into place.
"I found my way back to a path that I felt was very familiar, but knew I'd never walked on before."
That process brought him to the attention of the management company that launched the careers of previous Sound Of... winners Ellie Goulding and Jessie J, and then Island Records.
The big breaks
Garratt points to appearances on the BBC Introducing stage at the 2014 Reading Festival and at BBC Radio 1's Future Festival last January as key moments, after which people started to sit up and take notice.
He also supported Mumford and Sons on their recent UK arena tour, before now being showered with these pre-emptive awards.
"I am still fixed firmly onto the ground," he insists. "I have got a small but very good team of people around me. Things are going very, very well but I am just seeing it as that. I am trying to stay as grounded as possible.
"It is difficult because I don't ever want to give the impression that I'm not grateful because I am so unbelievably, overwhelmingly grateful for this.
"But I also have to be dangerous about how personally I take it because I know who I am as a person, and I have worked very hard on myself to not let this kind of success get to my head in any other way other than what it is, which is so utterly complimentary."
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The 25-year-old, who began his career at QPR, has made 206 league appearances over five seasons with Rovers.
Brown has played 45 times in all competitions in 2015-16 for Darrell Clarke's side, who lie fourth in the table, two points off the top three.
"This is a fantastic football club that's going in the right direction," Brown told the club website.
"We have new owners who are looking to move the club forward, and it's an exciting time to be here."
Noren hit a final round of 65, then birdied the first extra hole after the pair tied on 17 under, three clear of England's Andrew Johnston.
England's Lee Westwood, one of three wildcard picks for Europe's Ryder Cup team, carded a 63 to finish fourth.
Defending champion Danny Willett tied for 12th after a final round of 66.
Aided by a brilliant front nine of 30 which included four birdies in a row, 2009 champion Noren overturned a one-shot overnight deficit to lead by two with four holes to play.
Hend, the 2015 Scottish Open champion, reduced his deficit to a single shot with a birdie on the 15th and when Noren three-putted the 17th from long range to force a play-off.
After hooking his drive into the trees but seeing the ball bounce across the fairway, Hend only just cleared the water with his approach before chipping to five feet, but Noren made certain of the win by holing a birdie attempt from 25 feet.
Two north Belfast lodges involved in the dispute backed an agreement in June, but Ballysillan lodge refused to endorse it.
Ballysillan members who opposed the deal are due to resign which would leave supporters of the proposed agreement with a majority in the lodge.
However, this does not mean the dispute is over.
The lodges still have to re-enter talks with a nationalist residents group in the Ardoyne area, the Crumlin Ardoyne Residents Association (CARA).
The proposed deal would result in the completion of the return leg of the Orange Order parade prevented from passing the Ardoyne shop fronts in July 2013, and the protest camp at Twaddell Avenue being dismantled.
In August, the Ballysillan lodge suspended its protest.
In a statement, it said it would continue to apply for an evening parade past the Ardoyne shops.
Two other north Belfast lodges, Ligoniel and the Earl of Erne, who had backed the proposed deal to end the Ardoyne parade dispute in June have continued their protest.
The long-running parading dispute has been ongoing since July 2013.
It began after a Parades Commission determination not to allow a return leg of an Orange parade to pass a section of the Crumlin Road.
Keith Brymer Jones, an internationally-acclaimed ceramics expert, is behind a new factory to be based in part of the old pottery works.
The site in Elenora Street has been largely unused since the company went into administration in 2008.
Mr Brymer Jones said the move will create 50 jobs.
The main range of production would be in porcelain, a material rarely within the ceramics industry in the city.
"There aren't that many porcelain manufacturers in Stoke," Mr Brymer Jones said.
"It's mostly fine bone china or ovenware, so that's quite exciting for us as we'd be bringing porcelain into Stoke."
The Spode works is the UK's oldest ceramic factory, and in its heyday it was a thriving pottery employing hundreds of workers.
Mr Brymer Jones, who also has his own range of ceramics, added: "The history of Stoke and ceramics is very, very well-known. For us, made in England and made in Stoke would be an incredible achievement.
"If we don't move into Stoke in the next five to 10 years, we're going to lose a whole generation of skill sets that worked in the Potteries back in the day."
He also hopes that the new investment will improve education in the ceramics industry.
"We want to team up with local colleges and Staffordshire University to start doing some modules and courses," he said. "It's incredibly exciting, I do get incredibly emotional. It's meant to be really."
Production at the new factory is set to begin in 2018.
The 24-year-old tighthead will join the Premiership side, who play their home games in Coventry, after seeing out the rest of the season in the Pro12.
Moore, who has won 10 Ireland caps and been part of the past two Six Nations triumphs, missed last autumn's 2015 World Cup through injury.
"I am excited about the challenge ahead in the Premiership," said Moore.
"However, up until the move I am fully committed to Leinster and I would like to thank everyone here as well as the Leinster fans for the support they have shown me."
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young and his coaching team have first-hand experience of Moore's talent, having faced them in the European Champions Cup this season.
"Marty has already proven his international pedigree with Ireland and, at only 24, he has plenty of years ahead of him to continue his development and become a top-class tight-head," said Young.
"We already have talented tight-heads at the club, but his addition will strengthen the depth we have in this key position."
Moore is Wasps' first signing for next season, although they have already announced that stand-off Alex Lozowski will join Saracens.
Wasps released Samoan international tighthead prop James Johnston earlier this month to allow him to join Worcester Warriors.
It is the first young beaver to be spotted at the trial site this year.
SBT said it suspects further breeding has occurred but is yet to be captured on camera.
The trial is the first licensed reintroduction of a mammal to the UK and has brought the beaver back to Scotland after a 400-year absence.
Roisin Campbell-Palmer of SBT said: "This footage shows a recently emerged kit, in good body condition, investigating the top of the lodge where it lives.
"It is fantastic news that evidence of continued breeding at the trial site is occurring.
"Though the monitoring period has officially ended, our education ranger is still in place carrying out guided walks, delivering the education programme and keeping an eye on beaver activity."
She added: "During the spring and summer, beavers are more active while it is still light so there is a greater chance for people to see them in the wild. Our guided walks are still running, where you can learn all about these fascinating animals."
The five-year trial, which was led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, started in May 2009, when the beavers first arrived in Knapdale from Norway.
It ended in the spring of this year, with a report setting out options for the future of beavers in Scotland currently being considered by the environment minister, who is expected to make a decision later in the year.
Against the dollar, the pound had fallen more than 2%, at one point dropping below $1.21, while against the euro it fell below €1.10.
It has now fallen about 19% against the dollar since the referendum, to lows not seen since 1985.
One analyst said it was "trading like an emerging market currency".
At one point the pound hit $1.2088 against the dollar on Tuesday evening and against the euro it touched €1.0939.
In the first hour of trade in Asia it was back above $1.22, a rise of 0.8%.
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Neil Wilson from ETX Capital said the mood around the pound had been extremely negative in recent days and that it was "now trading like an emerging market currency."
He also said comments by a senior Bank of England official had not helped.
Michael Saunders, a member of the Bank's interest rate-setting committee, said earlier that the pound could still "fall further", but that the recent sharp drop was not an immediate cause for concern.
The comments were interpreted as a signal that the Bank could keep interest rates lower for longer.
Earlier in the day, some traders had said sterling came under pressure from reports that US banks Citi and Morgan Stanley could move staff out of London, adding to worries about foreign investment leaving the UK.
"It really isn't terribly complicated. If we are outside the EU and we don't have what would be a stable and long-term commitment to access the single market then a lot of the things we do today in London, we'd have to do inside the EU 27," said Rob Rooney, chief executive of Morgan Stanley International.
Traders also pointed to leaked documents, warning that a withdrawal from the EU single market could cost the Treasury more than £66bn a year, as a reason for the drop.
Why does the fall of the pound matter?
On the upside, it matters for exporters which are boosted as their goods are far cheaper on foreign markets.
It matters for multinational companies like pharmaceutical firms which earn much of their income in dollars. It matters for the tourism industry in the UK, as foreign visitors flock here for bargains and good value holidays.
On the downside, it matters for tourists travelling abroad who will find everything they buy much more expensive.
It matters for the food and fuel this country imports as it becomes more expensive. It matters for inflation, as the rise in import costs feeds through to businesses and the High Street.
And remember, it does not need much of a rise in inflation to wipe out real income growth which at present is running at around 2%. If real incomes start falling, that is when the fall in sterling becomes a truly political issue.
Because the pound in your pocket will actually be worth less.
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The falls in the pound on Tuesday pushed the FTSE 100 to an intra-day high, but it closed the session 0.4% lower at 7,070.88 points.
Many of the companies in the index generate most of their revenues abroad, and a weaker pound means overseas revenues are worth more when they are converted back into sterling.
The index broke its last intra-day high from 27 April 2015, when it reached 7,122.74 points, but could not hold on to beat that day's record closing high of 7,103.98.
The area around the volcano on the island of Fogo is a popular hiking destination for tourists and is also used for agriculture, including wine-making.
Residents have been re-housed in temporary accommodation, some of which was already built in preparation for such evacuations.
Parents used to bring their children to the park as a rite of passage, to see what fate was in store for them in the afterlife if they stole, lied, or failed to respect their elders.
Depictions of a drug addict being tied to a red hot pillar and grilled, a rumour monger having his tongue pulled out, a tax dodger being pounded by stones, or an old woman suckling from her daughter-in-law while her baby cries - the ultimate display of filial piety - are all on display.
And every bit as much of a fixture is Teo Veoh Seng, the artisan who has looked after the statues for 70 years.
High on the park's steep hill, Mr Teo is carefully painting feathers on a giant cement bird, an upright turtle wearing a jester's hat riding on its back.
Nearby a cluster of brightly coloured life-sized topless mermaids lounge under the baking sun.
Crouching to mix colours from his vibrant selection of paints, he then hoists himself up onto wooden scaffolding twice his height.
It's hot and humid, but Mr Teo barely breaks a sweat.
"I'm 82 years old and I have been working at Haw Par Villa for 68 years," says Mr Teo.
He's one of a long line of family members who've been artisans at the park since it was built in 1937 by two tycoons from Myanmar (also known as Burma).
Aw Boon Haw and his brother Aw Boon Par developed the herbal ointment Tiger Balm, but they also had a philanthropic streak. Haw Par Villa was their gift to the people of Singapore.
Mr Teo's relatives found jobs building the park, and the Aw brothers also gave the family space inside to build themselves a house.
He was born in that house. The park, with its bizarre and macabre statues, was his backyard and playground.
"Haw Par Villa has a reputation for being scary but I've never seen anything frightening."
"As a young boy, I used to play in the park until seven or eight at night and got home only when the sky turned dark. Nothing strange has ever happened."
In 1948, when he was just 13 years old, Mr Teo started work learning the art of creating and maintaining the park's strange sculptures and figurines.
It was a job his father and his uncles did, and his grandfather and grand-uncles too.
And still now, five days a week, every week of the year, Mr Teo can be found chiselling away at a statue's cement casing, before delicately painting it with fine brush strokes.
Armed with his brush, his small tin cans of paint, and his old-fashioned tools, Mr Teo repairs and repaints every one of the park's hundreds of statues each year.
"One reason I've stayed in the job so long, is that I don't need to travel to work," he says.
"I also enjoy quite a bit of freedom in what I do. I start my work early in the morning around seven o'clock when it's still cool, and I rest in the afternoon to avoid the hot sun. I start working again when the weather gets cooler and I usually work until nightfall."
He used to work with a small team of artisans but they have all died, and Haw Par Villa has struggled to replace them.
Mr Teo says his children had no interest in following in his footsteps. The wages are low and the work is arduous.
"I have seven daughters and one son. Why would they want to work here? All of my children got a better education than I did and they either chose to go into business or work with big companies.
"They're paid better and they don't have to work under the hot sun," he says.
Now he has just one apprentice, 48-year-old Chen Jinlong, who was recruited from China five years ago.
In its heyday Haw Par Villa was estimated to attract a million visitors a year. These days just 200,000 people pass through its gates annually.
"In the old days, the crowds here were bigger because there weren't many interesting places to visit in Singapore. There used to be only Haw Par Villa and the Botanic Gardens," says Mr Teo. "Now there's the zoo, the bird park and many other places to go."
"This place is considered old and rundown," says Mr Teo.
But it still has nostalgic value for Singaporeans, and the tourism board is funding a major refurbishment starting later this year.
For now, the park might be tired but Mr Teo is not. The sprightly octogenerian says he has no plans to retire.
"I will continue to work because I'm still able to. Also I feel happy in my job. When I see a broken statue I feel it's a waste to leave it like that. I want to fix it."
The attack in the foyer of the Manchester Arena at the end of a concert by singer Ariana Grande killed 22 people and injured a further 59.
Nicola Sturgeon said six people had "presented at hospitals in Scotland", with four since discharged.
Police are also in contact with the family of two girls from Barra.
One of the teenagers who was unaccounted for after the attack has been found alive in hospital. in Manchester.
Fifteen-year-old Laura MacIntyre is said to be seriously injured. Her friend, 14-year-old Eilidh MacLeod remains missing.
None of the six Scots known to have been treated in hospital are thought to have life-threatening injuries.
Police have named the suspected suicide bomber as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, who died in the blast after detonating an improvised explosive device he had been carrying at about 22:35 on Monday night.
A number of children are among the 22 people confirmed to have died. A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
So-called Islamic State has said it was behind the attack, via IS channels on the messaging app Telegram.
Speaking after chairing a meeting of the UK government's Cobra emergency committee, Prime Minister Theresa May said the suicide bomber deliberately chose the place where he could cause "maximum carnage".
Mrs May condemned the "cowardice" of the attacker and hailed those who rushed to help, who had shown "the spirit of Britain - a spirit that through years of conflict and terrorism has never been broken and will never be broken".
She vowed: "The terrorists will never win and our values, our country and our way of life will always prevail."
Security has been stepped up at key locations across Scotland as a precaution, with a "significant" increase in the number of armed officers on patrol at transport hubs and other crowded places.
Police Scotland will review security at all public events in the next fortnight as a result of the Manchester attack, including the Scottish Cup Final on Saturday.
Officers are also at motorway service stations as part of efforts to identify potential witnesses returning to Scotland from Manchester.
Following a meeting of the Scottish government's resilience committee on Tuesday night, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon repeated that there was no intelligence of an increased risk to Scotland - but said people should remain vigilant.
She said her government and Police Scotland had liaised closely with the UK government and police forces in England and Wales.
Ms Sturgeon said: "Police Scotland are providing support to the families of Laura MacIntyre and Eilidh MacLeod from Barra.
"Both families have asked for privacy at this difficult time. Our thoughts go out to them and to the families of everyone who has been caught up in this tragedy.
"Scotland stands together, in solidarity, with the people of Manchester - we will not be divided by those who seek to destroy our way of life."
She earlier condemned the "dreadful atrocity" and said there could be nothing more cowardly than an attack focused on children and young people.
Anyone who has concerns about loved ones should contact the Greater Manchester Police emergency number on 0161 856 9400.
The UK threat level has been has been judged to be severe for nearly three years - which means an attack is considered highly likely.
But in recent months the tempo of counter terrorist activity has been increasing with - on average - an arrest every day.
After the attack in Westminster by Khalid Masood in March, police and security officials have been warning that further attacks were almost inevitable.
But they also believed that those were more likely to be low-tech involving knives or vehicles. The fact that the Manchester attack involved explosives will worry them.
It may not have been at the level of complexity seen in Paris in 2015, when multiple attackers sent from Syria used guns and suicide belts, but it will still have required planning to make an improvised explosive device.
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The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is meeting in Edinburgh, held a minute's silence and said prayers for the dead and injured in the blast.
Flags were being flown at half mast at the Scottish Parliament and at council headquarters across Scotland.
A vigil was due to be held in George Square in Glasgow for victims of the Manchester attack.
Reacting to the news, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said: "Terrorism has once again struck our country and, once again, we are faced with a sense of disbelief that someone could be capable of carrying out such an appalling act."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale described what happened in Manchester as "a barbaric and sickening attack, targeted at young and vulnerable people enjoying a night at a concert".
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: "My deepest sympathies are with the victims, and with families who have lost loved ones, as well as those desperately waiting for news."
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said a deal reached on Sunday would see Israel pay $20m (£15m) in compensation.
It will also allow Turkey to send aid to Gaza and carry out infrastructure projects in the Palestinian territory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the agreement would help bring "stability" to the Middle East.
Turkey was once Israel's closest ally in the region, and the two countries share many strategic interests.
The Turkish and Israeli prime ministers announced the deal to restore diplomatic ties at simultaneous news conferences in Ankara and Rome.
Mr Yildirim said the two countries would appoint ambassadors "as soon as possible" after the agreement is signed on Tuesday.
A "lifeline to Palestinians" would be provided, he added, with the first ship loaded with 10,000 tonnes of aid due to leave for the Israeli port of Ashdod on Friday.
The reconciliation deal between Israel and Turkey will see a return to normal diplomatic relations, but ties are unlikely to have the warmth that they did in the past.
It is Turkey's growing diplomatic problems - strategic tensions with Russia; difficulties with Europe due to the growing authoritarianism of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan; and above all the failure of Turkey's Syria policy (which has also soured ties with Washington) - that have prompted this move.
Turkey gains a privileged role in Gaza's economic development and a lessening of its isolation in a deeply troubled region.
Israel sees an end to its practical difficulties with Turkey and gets assurances about future Hamas activity on Turkish soil.
There could also be important economic benefits to both countries in terms of the energy sector and tourism.
Turkey will also be allowed to invest in a series of development projects in Gaza, including residential buildings, a hospital, a power station and a desalination plant for drinking water.
In return, Turkey agreed to pass legislation protecting Israeli troops from legal claims over the Mavi Marmara incident, and to prevent any military action or fundraising by Hamas operatives based there.
"The total embargo imposed on Palestine and on the Gaza region in particular, is to being lifted to a great extent through Turkey's leadership," Mr Yildirim asserted.
But Mr Netanyahu said Israel's "defensive maritime blockade" of Gaza, which is dominated by the militant Islamist movement Hamas, would remain in place.
"This is a supreme security interest of ours. I was not willing to compromise it. This interest is essential to prevent the force build-up by Hamas and it remains as has been and is," he added.
Israel maintains its blockade of Gaza to try to prevent weapons or materials reaching Palestinian militants, with whom it fought a devastating war in 2014, while allowing humanitarian aid into the territory.
Palestinians say the policy is tantamount to collective punishment, and UN and aid officials have warned of deteriorating conditions in Gaza.
The Turkish-owned ship Mavi Marmara was part of a flotilla attempting to breach the blockade when it was intercepted by Israeli commandos on 31 May 2010.
Ten pro-Palestinian Turkish activists, one of them a dual American citizen, were killed and dozens wounded as clashes broke out after the commandos boarded the ship, descending on ropes from helicopters.
The two sides had blamed each other for the violence. The activists said the commandos started shooting as soon as they hit the deck. Israel said the commandos opened fire only after being attacked with clubs, knives and a gun which was taken from them.
A UN inquiry was unable to determine at exactly which point the commandos used live rounds.
Talks on normalising ties started after Mr Netanyahu telephoned Mr Erdogan, then Turkish prime minister, in 2013 to make it clear that the results of the Mavi Marmara incident were "unintentional" and to "express regret" over the loss of life.
Sunday's event at Rio's Maracana stadium will see Britain's sports stars celebrate their largest ever haul of overseas medals.
Lancashire-based clothing manufacturer Simon Jersey has designed the athletes' red, white and blue outfits.
The quirky costumes are matched with shoes encrusted with flashing bulbs.
The Accrington-based designers said the USB-charged shoes were inspired by the carnival spirit of Rio de Janeiro.
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The jacket will feature a "thank you" to Brazil, written in Portuguese, and a "hello" to Tokyo, the host nation of the next Olympic Games in 2020.
Liz Murphy, of Simon Jersey, said the theme of the costume was inspired by the "spirit of the Rio carnival".
She added: "This is a fantastic contract for us to win. We're the first uniform supplier to actually get this contract, it would normally go to a big high street retailer.
"A billion people are going to see this costume on Sunday night and that's really fantastic."
Brazil has planned an elaborate celebration for the closing ceremony, featuring a traditional street party carnival known as the Cordão da Bola Preta.
And, just as Rio de Janeiro put in a guest appearance at the closing ceremony of London 2012, Tokyo will make a special eight-minute presentation.
The pictures have been published by the team probing the 1989 stadium crush in which 96 people were fatally injured.
Investigators believe the man shown, who was the subject of three earlier separate appeals, is actually the same person.
It follows more than 60 other appeals issued on behalf of the coroner.
The officer in command of Operation Resolve, Assistant Commissioner Jon Stoddart, said: "We have been able to establish through forensic work that appeals 32, 38 and 64 are likely to be the same person.
"We believe this man could have assisted many people on the day of the disaster and we would really like to identify him."
The photographs of those yet to be traced are shown on the Operation Resolve website.
The crush happened on the terraces at the Sheffield stadium during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.
Coroner Sir John Goldring is presiding over new inquests into the disaster, which are being held in Warrington, Cheshire.
At least 39 people were killed as heavy rains triggered flooding and landslips, and toppled walls and trees.
More than 100,000 villagers remain in evacuation centres.
The government is holding an emergency meeting to decide whether additional rice imports will be needed.
The meeting had already been scheduled for next week to try to prepare for drought which predictions suggest could be induced by the El Nino severe weather system.
But an official from The National Food Authority (NFA) told Reuters news agency the meeting would be held this week, after some 400,000 tonnes of paddy rice was destroyed by Koppu.
Koppu is now over the Balintang channel north-west of Luzon and has weakened to a tropical depression, the disaster management agency said, and the weather is improving.
However, the storm dumped some 130cm (4ft 3in) of rain which is still subsiding and tens of thousands of people remain in shelters - some with no remaining homes to return to.
Disasters management spokesperson Romina Marasigan told the press 194,387 families or 907,267 persons had been affected by the typhoon.
The official death toll stands at 26, but officials told Associated Press news agency that 39 people had died, while a tally conducted by AFP suggests the number is 47.
In the Luzon farming region, flooding took many lives, while landslides claimed more in mountainous areas.
The disaster agency has estimated the value of the damage to agriculture and infrastructure at 6.6bn Philippine pesos ($141m; £92m).
Koppu is the second strongest of 12 storms to hit the archipelago this year.
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines, causing major destruction and leaving more than 7,300 people dead or missing.
The new fintech hub will operate from an entrepreneurial centre set up a year ago at Royal Bank of Scotland's headquarters in Edinburgh.
Backed by both the UK and Scottish governments, it will provide free space and expertise to fintech entrepreneurs.
It aims to be a "centre of excellence" for a sector which was estimated to be worth £6.6bn to the UK economy in 2015.
Fintech encompasses innovation in financial services, including e-banking, payment technologies, crowdfunding and digital currencies like bitcoin.
The new development means fintech entrepreneurs will be given their own space at an expanded Entrepreneurial Spark "hatchery" for start-ups at Gogarburn.
Louise Smith, head of design in personal and business banking at RBS and a UK government fintech "envoy", said: "The fintech sector has huge potential for our economy so it is essential that these entrepreneurs are given all the support they need to ensure Scotland is at the heart of the fintech revolution."
Entrepreneurial Spark chief executive Lucy-Rose Walker said: "The new space is the first of its kind and will be a centre of excellence right at the heart of the financial services sector in Scotland.
"We're bringing together industry leaders and networks and marrying that with Entrepreneurial Spark's tried and tested approach to build, grow and scale businesses.
"All of that makes this a key milestone in Scotland's journey towards its ambition of being a world leader in fintech and innovation."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was delighted that the existing Entrepreneurial Spark hub was expanding to include space for fintech start-ups.
She said: "This will contribute to the immediate need for physical space for fintech companies while the wider financial services industry continues to work collectively to deliver the fintech strategy.
"Scotland is already playing an active role in the fintech sector and the strategy will further enhance our standing, both nationally and internationally."
In some cases, the results confirmed conventional wisdom.
In others, it totally reshaped it.
Here are five things we learned after a remarkable evening in America's heartland.
For the past few months it seemed as though the New York real estate mogul had become an unrivalled political savant. Every move he made, no matter how questionable, only strengthened his standing among conservative voters.
That bubble, however, has burst. Despite leading in the Iowa polls for the past several weeks, rival Ted Cruz posted a solid victory on caucus night. In the end Mr Trump's much-heralded cadre of new voters didn't show up in the predicted numbers and Mr Cruz's formidable ground game, backed by strong evangelical support, carried the day.
This hardly means it's the end for Mr Trump. He may well hold onto his large lead in New Hampshire, a state where the conservative voters often embrace the renegade outsider, and find success in the Southern primaries that follow. The notion that the New Yorker could steamroll his way to the Republican nomination, however, has now been firmly dispelled.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio's speech in Iowa on Monday night sounded more like a victory celebration than the concession speech of a third-place finisher. By finishing with 23% of the vote, however - a hair's breadth from second-place Trump - Mr Rubio shattered pre-caucus expectations.
Now he's well positioned to gain new support in New Hampshire, as voters looking to stop outsider candidates Cruz and Trump rally to his side.
This is the kind of Iowa result that candidates like New Jersey's Chris Christie, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Ohio Governor John Kasich were dreading. They have placed all their hopes in New Hampshire, and now they'll have to face off against a man who has the political wind at his back.
The polls for Mr Rubio in the coming states haven't looked particularly encouraging, but that could quickly change. And even if he suffers setbacks in the Southern states that follow New Hampshire, he likely will have the resources to wage a long fight for the nomination.
At this point it comes as little surprise that Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finished in a virtual tie in Iowa - polls had been indicating such a result was likely.
Nevertheless, the outcome marks a significant achievement for Mr Sanders, who was polling in single digits in Iowa six months ago.
Mrs Clinton is simply not going to be able to deliver the knockout punch to her rival the way she once had hoped. Instead, she faces a likely defeat in New Hampshire - where the Vermonter is strong - and then a protracted fight across the country that could last at least through March.
She still has the greater financial resources and a much more developed campaign infrastructure, but she had those advantages in Iowa as well. The electorate will change, however - becoming more moderate and more ethnically diverse. There is more hospitable ground ahead for Mrs Clinton - but a nomination victory, if it comes, will take time to realise.
If Mr Cruz had been defeated in Iowa it would have been a devastating blow to his campaign. He had raised expectations of a victory in the caucuses and heralded it as proof that he could build a coalition of evangelical, grass-roots Tea Party and libertarian voters.
As it turns out, that coalition exists - and it will likely re-emerge after New Hampshire, as South Carolina and other Southern states hold their primary contests.
Mr Cruz has nearly $20m in campaign cash on hand and supporting political committees with even greater resources. He's built a political machine that can operate through the entire primary calendar and, if necessary, wage a two-front battle with Mr Trump and an establishment-backed candidate like Mr Rubio.
In his victory speech on Monday night, Mr Cruz credited his grass-roots organisation - as he should - but he also gave Republicans a look at a more moderate, general-election version of himself. He'll need to convince his party that he is a candidate who can beat the Democrats in November. This was his first step toward making that pitch.
Democrat Martin O'Malley is gone, as is Republican Mike Huckabee and - in all likelihood, Rick Santorum.
On Monday night rumours abounded that Ben Carson was poised to exit. Although his camp quickly denied this, the retired surgeon's 9% performance in a state that once viewed him as a front-runner likely means the end is near.
Carly Fiorina's bid is on life support, and Rand Paul - at one point thought to be a contender for the nomination - garnered less than 5%, a far cry from his father's 21% in Iowa just four years ago.
New Hampshire will likely cull the herd even further, threatening the future of candidates like Mr Bush, Mr Christie and Mr Kasich if they can't slow Mr Rubio's momentum.
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In an interview with Fox News, Mr Trump called Mr Tillerson, 64, a "world-class player" who has made "massive deals".
As Exxon CEO Mr Tillerson has had business ties with Russia's leadership and is said to have a good relationship with President Vladimir Putin.
He has criticised sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Crimea.
In an interview Fox News Sunday, Mr Trump praised Mr Tillerson, saying: "He's a world-class player. He's in charge of an oil company that's pretty much double the size of its next nearest competitor."
Mr Trump added that Mr Tillerson knows many of the players and he knows them well. He does massive deals in Russia."
Republican Senator John McCain expressed "concern" about Mr Tillerson's potential links to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom the senator called "a thug, a bully and a murderer", during an interview with Fox News on Saturday.
However, speaking on to CBS on Sunday, he said the Senate would give Mr Tillerson a "fair hearing" should he be selected by Mr Trump.
Mr Tillerson is likely to be named America's top diplomat next week. NBC News reports that ex-US ambassador to the UN John Bolton may serve as his deputy.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani withdrew himself from consideration for the post last week.
This is the latest twist in Donald Trump's weeks-long search for a top diplomat: he has been considering close to a dozen candidates with significantly different views and backgrounds.
Transition officials say he has finally settled on Rex Tillerson although there has been no official announcement.
The long-time oil executive does not have any diplomatic experience but he has done business with many foreign governments, including in Russia where he has developed a good relationship with President Vladimir Putin.
That is one reason his nomination would be closely scrutinised by lawmakers - especially in the wake of intelligence assessments that Russian hackers acted covertly to promote Mr Trump's campaign.
A former company commander in the Parachute Regiment, he served in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sierra Leone, including a tour of duty in Helmand province and a stint as right-hand man to Gen Sir Mike Jackson.
The 43-year-old is a father of three, who recently remarried after losing his first wife to cancer. Born in Nottingham, he attended a local comprehensive school, later gaining a degree in international politics and strategic studies at Aberystwyth University. A mild-mannered character when you meet him in person, his action-man credentials were nevertheless burnished further when a story emerged about him facing down a would-be mugger who threatened to smash a bottle over his head.
This sort of stuff makes him stand out in a Parliamentary Labour Party packed with former university lecturers, journalists and other varieties of pen-pusher.
But the question hanging over him since he arrived in Parliament in 2011, after winning the Barnsley Central by-election, is whether there is more to him than an impressive back story?
He was cautiously on-message in his early media appearances.
This may, in part, be a legacy of his 20 years in the armed forces, when he was prevented by Queen's Regulations from publicly expressing political views, even though he had been a member of the Labour Party since his teens.
He confessed in one of his first interviews, that he went out of his way to avoid the media spotlight until he was selected to fight Barnsley Central, a contest caused by the jailing of MP Eric Illsley for expenses fraud.
He has been more outspoken recently, particularly on the subject of Britain's nuclear weapons, even hinting that he might have to leave the party if it ditches its commitment to renewing Trident.
And on Thursday, he made a wide-ranging speech setting out his vision for getting Labour back into power, arguing for a break with the New Labour era and a more "radical" economic policy to tackle ingrained inequality.
Mr Jarvis had been urged to stand in last year's Labour leadership contest, amid much excited chatter about him being the candidate the Conservatives would fear most.
He was pursued by "Dan fans" and dogged by reporters and film crews for a couple of days until he ruled himself out, saying he had to put his young family first.
He now says he regrets not giving more thought to a leadership bid - and is once again being touted as the standard-bearer of the "moderate", or anti-Corbyn, wing of the party, if as some expect, there is a challenge to the Labour leader in the summer.
His speech on Thursday was pored over for signs of attacks on Jeremy Corbyn - there were none - and the outlines of a distinctive policy agenda - there was talk of an end to short-termist economics and getting the unions more involved in training.
The key soundbite, in a conscious echo of Tony Blair's famous crime mantra, was: "Tough on inequality, tough on the causes of inequality."
It got mixed reviews from Labour figures on social media but it did enough to earn him a blast from Ken Livingstone, Mr Corbyn's defender-in-chief, who laid into his decision to accept donations from a hedge-fund manager.
"Hedge-fund managers have been the most rapacious and damaging form of capitalists that we've had. It's absolutely bizarre. It's a bit like Jimmy Savile funding a children's group," said Mr Livingstone.
According to the Register of Members' Interests, Mr Jarvis received £16,800 from hedge-fund manager Martin Taylor in February to support his work as an MP.
Mr Livingstone went on to say that there was an "embittered group of old Blairites who are looking for someone to challenge Jeremy" and they think Dan Jarvis is "someone credible to run".
It provoked a furious reaction from Labour MPs opposed to Mr Corbyn, with one calling the Savile reference "disgusting".
Mr Jarvis has opted not to respond, although the episode will have offered him a small taste of what he can expect if he does decide to challenge Mr Corbyn for the leadership.
The home side had only just drawn level on 54 minutes to wipe out the visitors' interval lead when McKirdy picked up a loose ball in the centre circle and showed amazing pace to race clear on the break, and slot past Scott Shearer on 57 minutes to end the Stags' unbeaten run at six matches.
Three minutes earlier Pat Hoban had turned well to steer home the equaliser from close range after keeper Jamie Jones had been forced to claw a long Rhys Bennett cross away from his goalmouth.
After a poor first half-hour with few openings, the visitors had broken through on 32 minutes when Charlie Lee was allowed to get his head onto a Henry Cowans free-kick and flick the ball past Shearer.
Mansfield should have levelled five minutes later, but Mal Benning headed over from six yards after getting on the end of a long Kevan Hurst cross.
On 42 minutes Benning looked to receive a shove in the back from Ronnie Henry in the box as he tried to head at goal, but penalty appeals were turned down.
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Match ends, Mansfield Town 1, Stevenage 2.
Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 1, Stevenage 2.
Attempt missed. Kyle Howkins (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Henry Cowans.
Attempt blocked. Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right following a fast break.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Dean Wells.
Foul by Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town).
Dean Wells (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town).
Rowan Liburd (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Dean Wells.
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rowan Liburd (Stevenage).
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rowan Liburd (Stevenage).
Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Fraser Franks (Stevenage).
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card.
Lee Collins (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Substitution, Stevenage. Dean Wells replaces Charlie Lee.
Attempt missed. Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Rowan Liburd (Stevenage) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town).
Ronnie Henry (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage).
Attempt missed. Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Jamie Jones (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Danny Rose replaces Pat Hoban.
Attempt missed. Pat Hoban (Mansfield Town) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Stevenage. Rowan Liburd replaces Harry McKirdy.
Ronnie Henry (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Fraser Franks.
Kyle Howkins (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Foul by Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town).
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Ninth seed Waites, 38, eased past number four seed and fellow Englishman Jamie Hughes 6-1 in his semi-final.
He remains on course for a second world title at Frimley Green, having thrashed Tony O'Shea 7-1 in the 2013 final.
Smith, 40, beat Dutchman Richard Veenstra 6-5 in the other last-four tie, sealing the match with a 10-dart leg.
Waites was the only one of the four semi-finalists to have qualified for a Lakeside final before, and that previous experience appeared to give him an edge early on against Hughes.
After two comeback wins over Geert de Vos and top seed Glen Durrant, this was a comfortable victory for the Yorkshireman.
He was 5-0 up inside 46 minutes, winning 15 of the 19 legs that were played before the interval.
Hughes managed to avoid a whitewash by winning the sixth set but Waites, who has recently recovered from surgery on a long-term shoulder injury, comfortably closed out the match.
He almost did it in style, missing a shot at the bull for a 161 checkout, before a successful attempt at double four saw him through to a second World Championship final.
In contrast to a one-sided first semi-final, the second was as tense as they come.
Modest Canadian Smith is accumulating a growing group of supporters 3,000 miles from home and came through an enthralling contest with Veenstra - who began the tournament as a 66-1 outsider for the title.
Neither player held more than a one-set advantage in the match, but Smith saved his best until last.
Leading 3-2 in the decider, he got seven darts into a perfect leg. Although the magical nine-darter did not materialise, a 10-dart leg was more than enough to see him into the final.
As for Veenstra, reaching the last four on his Frimley Green debut was far beyond his expectations.
He was scheduled to return home to the Netherlands on Tuesday, but had to cancel his boat trip home after knocking out third seed Jeffrey de Graaf in the first round.
The 34-year-old has had a memorable week in Surrey, also knocking out defending champion Scott Mitchell in the quarter-finals, and is definitely a name to look out for in the future.
•Scott Waites could join a select group of players who have won the BDO World Championship title on more than one occasion - John Lowe, Eric Bristow, Jocky Wilson, Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, Ted Hankey and Martin Adams.
•Jeff Smith is aiming to become the third non-European winner of the BDO World Championship title, following fellow Canadian John Part (1994) and Australia's Tony David (2002).
•Smith's 10-dart leg, which sealed victory against Richard Veenstra, equalled the best leg of the tournament so far.
Jeff Smith: "This year has proved that last year wasn't a fluke. I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing. Anyone can win tomorrow. You've just got to put your head down, play one leg at a time and see where you end up."
Scott Waites: "That seemed a little bit more straightforward than the other two days. Jamie's such a fantastic player and he didn't perform today."
BBC pundit Bobby George on Waites' win over Hughes: "Obviously you can come back from 5-0 down, but you've got to be right on your game to do it and Hughes wasn't on his game today. If you watched him yesterday (against Wesley Harms) and then watched him today, he didn't seem like the same guy.
"Waites didn't play as well as he has in the games before, because he had the pressure to make him play better. He's done his job, he's in the final."
According to court documents, Michael Sandford, 20, told police he wanted to shoot Mr Trump.
His mother Lynne said she feared her son may try to take his own life if he is detained in a US prison.
She said she want him to be deported "so he could be back in this country and get psychiatric help".
If convicted, Mr Sandford, who has Asperger's syndrome, could face up to 30 years in prison.
Speaking on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, Ms Sandford said she did not want her son to "escape punishment" but did not want him to be incarcerated abroad.
Mr Sandford has a history of contact with mental health services, she said, and had previously tried to take his own life.
There was "no way" he would cope with the conditions in a US prison if he received a lengthy sentence, she said.
His family had been told he was being held "in isolation 22 hours a day with no window to the outside world".
"He is really closed off to society, to everything," she added.
"He is very gentle, calm person" and would think "there is no point," she added.
"Why would he live the next 30 years in these situations? So yes I think he would attempt to commit suicide again."
Mr Sandford travelled to the US around a year ago.
His mother said she "desperately" tried to stop him from leaving the UK, but despite support from medical professionals was unable to do so.
"We were basically told because he's 18 unless you have him declared mentally incompetent, there's nothing you can do," he said.
"And because he is very articulate, very bright, we could not stop him."
His mother said she would go from hearing nothing at all to receiving 10 calls a day from him. He would refuse to answer questions about what he had been doing or his lifestyle, she added.
"Next thing I knew, on 18 June, I was woken at midnight by a call from the Foreign Office - it shocked me," Ms Sandford explained.
"They said he had been arrested. My world fell apart, I was shaking head-to-foot and burst into tears. I couldn't believe it."
"I need to know what happened to him in the last year in America. Who put these ideas in his head?"
According to court documents, Mr Sandford told the secret service that he had driven to the rally in Las Vegas from California in order to kill Mr Trump and he had been to a gun range the day before to practise shooting.
He also said he expected to die in the attempt, which he had been planning for a year.
Ms Sandford said her son "had never mentioned politics in any way in his entire life and never taken an interest in politics."
The Foreign Office said in a statement: "We have offered advice and information to the family in this case and will continue to do so. We remain in contact with Mr Sandford's legal representatives and have submitted a request to visit him."
The Federal Bureau of Prisons says it works to provide education to staff and inmates on suicide prevention.
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays from 09:00-11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.
The Finn spun into the spectator zone in Saturday's stage 11 at the Rally Monte Carlo and hit a photographer at low speed.
Latvala carried on driving, saying after the stage that he had not realised he had hit someone.
As well as the ban, Latvala has also been fined £3,800.
Explaining his failure to stop, Latvala said: "My visibility was hampered briefly by thick steam from the engine and mud that had sprayed up from the ditch."
But a statement from the rally stewards rejected that claim.
"Looking at the images, it would be hard to believe that the driver and/or co-driver had not realised that they had hit a spectator as the body could be seen quite prominently on the bonnet and right in front of the windscreen," it read.
"At that moment the visibility through the windscreen on the driver's side was not so bad and the body could be seen clearly."
Wilson, 57, took charge on Christmas Eve 2015, but after winning only six of their 26 league games this campaign the club are in the relegation zone.
Saturday's loss, their fourth in the last six games, left the Spireites in the drop zone on goal difference.
Left-back Ritchie Humphreys has been named as caretaker manager.
The 39-year-old, who is also the current chairman of the players' union, the Professional Footballers' Association, will be in charge for Tuesday's EFL Trophy game at Luton.
Former Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley boss Wilson has managed in more than 1,000 competitive games and replaced Dean Saunders at the Spireites with the club 18th in League One.
Last term, Chesterfield finished in the same position they were in when Wilson took over, but are now 22nd in the table.
Following what proved to be his final game, Wilson said: "We're not playing badly. Yes, we're getting punished for opportunities we're giving to other teams but we're not playing badly.
"But it's about results, winning games, getting as many points as we possibly can and get us in a safe or safer position."
Director and company secretary Ashley Carson told BBC Radio Sheffield that Chesterfield did not want to be a club that had a "knee jerk reaction" when things were not going well.
But he said poor results, plus a dwindling fan base, had prompted the board's decision to relieve Wilson of his job.
"He had a great affinity for the club and he's an absolutely top drawer manager, but it gets to the stage where you look at everything that's happening and think 'we have got to change something'," Carson continued.
"We've just had to look at the bigger picture with all this, and feel the time is right, and that if we get a new (management) team in before the end of the month they can make some changes while the transfer window is open."
Two recent books claimed officials get huge payments for investigating candidates for sainthood, with little control over how they spend the money.
The new rules mean external oversight of the bank accounts concerned.
Pope Francis has made reform of the Vatican a priority of his papacy, including perceived corruption.
The new rules set out the mechanism by which donors supporting a candidate for sainthood pay for the services of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Vatican office responsible for reviewing candidates for sainthood.
How does someone become a saint?
The rules call for an administrator to be named for each prospective saint, and they must "scrupulously respect'' the intention of each donation.
The administrator must keep a running tab on expenditures and donations, prepare an annual budget and be subject to the oversight of the local bishop or religious superior.
However, the rules do not specify how much money should be given by donors.
The costs to the Vatican of investigating candidates can be high, if lots of travel is necessary to collect testimony and conduct research about the candidate's life, including establishing whether they performed miracles.
However, recent books by Italian journalists alleged that there was no oversight over how some donations were spent and that candidates supported by wealthier donors were likely to have cases resolved more quickly.
Hamid Nehal Ansari confessed to spying and was jailed for three years by a military court, a prison official, who asked not to be named, told the BBC.
There were no further details, and the military has not officially commented.
Ansari entered Pakistan's Kohat region illegally via Afghanistan in 2012, and was held by the army, media reports said.
His family, who struggled to determine his whereabouts until earlier this year, have told Indian media they believe he entered Pakistan to search for a woman he had befriended online.
Pakistan and India frequently arrest each other's citizens, often accusing them of being spies after they have strayed across the land or maritime border.
The two neighbours have a history of mistrust and have fought three wars.
Kezia Dugdale also said the manifesto offered a vision where the "rich and powerful pay their fair share".
But the Conservatives said Labour's "nonsensical manifesto doesn't add up".
And the SNP said it had already introduced many of the policies Labour was proposing.
The Labour manifesto, which was unveiled by Jeremy Corbyn in Bradford, commits the party to opposing a second referendum on Scottish independence, which it describes as "unwanted and unnecessary".
It also says a Labour government would establish a People's Constitutional Convention that will consider the option of a more federal UK.
Among the other measures contained in the manifesto are:
The manifesto - a draft of which was leaked last week - also outlines Labour plans for public ownership of utilities and the Royal Mail, and to introduce a £10 an hour minimum wage.
And the party said it would also lower the threshold for the 45p rate of income tax from £150,000 to £80,000 and introduce a new 50p rate on earnings over £123,000.
However, income tax is devolved to Holyrood - so the changes would only apply in Scotland if the Scottish government chose to introduce them.
Mr Corbyn said the manifesto was a "programme of hope", which he contrasted with a Conservative campaign which he claimed was "built on one word - fear".
And he insisted that Labour's plans were fully costed, telling activists: "We can embark on this ambitious programme without jeopardising our national finances."
The manifesto launch was attended by Ms Dugdale, who said the party was was offering a "radical vision for a country that works for the many, not just a privileged few".
And she said a Labour government would redistribute wealth and power across the UK - arguing that the Tories had made working families worse off while offering tax breaks to the wealthiest.
Ms Dugdale added: "The SNP has done nothing to stop this austerity - it has simply passed it on with £1.5bn worth of cuts to local services since 2011.
"A Labour vision for our country is one where the rich and the powerful pay their fair share.
"Labour's manifesto gives voters a real choice: a fairer Scotland for the many, not the few; or a Scotland caught between the two extremes of Tory and SNP nationalism."
By BBC Scotland political editor Brian Taylor
One journalist, from a paper generally seen as supporting Labour, opened by suggesting that the party's policies, as leaked a week back, had proved relatively popular with the focus groups, before whom all politicians bow.
On stage, Jeremy Corbyn beamed, beatifically. This, you could see him thinking, was the stuff to give them. That'll teach my critics.
However, his interlocutor wasn't quite finished. The snag, he said, was that those same members of the public didn't seem to favour Mr Corbyn as leader and PM in waiting.
During an election, politicians are programmed to smile. But it has to be said that, with this addendum, Mr Corbyn's grin faded a mite; only fractionally but perceptibly.
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Responding to the manifesto launch, SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson said Labour was "pledging today what the SNP are already delivering for the people of Scotland".
He added: "Scrapping hospital parking charges, free tuition, publicly-owned water, ending the Bedroom Tax, increasing renewable energy and expanding free childcare will all seem familiar to voters in Scotland - because they are already happening under an SNP government.
"And on Scotland, Labour can only mimic the Tories' anti-independence obsession. In Scotland we don't need a poor copy of the SNP, we need strong SNP voices standing up to the Tories at Westminster."
Mr Robertson also said Labour "are not going to form the next government", and that it was the SNP that had led the opposition to the Conservatives at Westminster.
Meanwhile, the Conservatives said that the economic sums in the Labour manifesto "simply don't add up", and claimed working families would "pay for Corbyn's chaos with higher taxes".
The party's treasury minister, David Gauke, said: "It's clear that proposal after proposal in this manifesto will mean more borrowing and debt: from promises on benefits, to promises on prison guards, to promises on nationalising the water network.
"It is simply not worth taking the risk of this shambles being in charge of our economy and our Brexit negotiations in three weeks' time.
"For strong, stable leadership through Brexit and beyond there is only one choice at this election: Theresa May and her Conservative team."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said Labour would not provide the "competent opposition" the country needs.
He added: "On the biggest issue of our generation, Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, has nothing to say.
"The Conservatives can't have it all their own way and Labour are incapable of even providing a competent opposition.
"Liberal Democrats are standing up for the mainstream. We will oppose a hard Brexit and offer a competent, fairer voice for the country."
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His Team Sky team-mate and fellow Brit Chris Froome finished second, with Italian Vincenzo Nibali third.
The race was made up of 21 stages and was raced over 23 days. There were nine flat, four medium mountains with one summit finish, five high mountains with two summit finishes, two individual time trial stages and one prologue.
Prologue - Saturday, 30 June: Individual time trial. Liege, 6.4km
Winner: Fabian Cancellara - Report (Cancellara in yellow)
Stage 1 - Sunday, 1 July: Liege - Seraing, 198km
Winner: Peter Sagan - Report
Stage 2 - Monday, 2 July: Vise - Tournai, 208km
Winner: Mark Cavendish -
Stage 3 - Tuesday, 3 July: Orchies - Boulogne-sur-Mer, 197km
Winner: Peter Sagan - Report
Stage 4 - Wednesday, 4 July: Abbeville - Rouen, 215km
Winner: Andre Greipel - Report
Stage 5 - Thursday, 5 July: Rouen - Saint-Quentin, 197km
Winner: Andre Greipel - Report
Stage 6 - Friday, 6 July: Epernay - Metz, 210km
Winner: Peter Sagan - Report
Stage 7 - Saturday, 7 July: Tomblaine - La Planche des Belles Filles, 199km
Winner: Chris Froome - Report (Wiggins in yellow)
Stage 8 - Sunday, 8 July: Belfort - Porrentruy, 158km
Winner: Thibaut Pinot - Report
Stage 9 - Monday, 9 July: Individual time trial. Arc-et-Senans - Besancon, 41.5km
Winner: Bradley Wiggins - Report
Stage 10 - Wednesday, 11 July: Macon - Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, 195km
Winner: Thomas Voeckler - Report
Stage 11 -Thursday, 12 July: Albertville - La Toussuire - Les Sybelles, 148km
Winner: Pierre Rolland - Report
Stage 12 - Friday, 13 July: St-Jean-de-Maurienne - Annonay Davezieux, 226km
Winner: David Millar - Report
Stage 13 - Saturday, 14 July: Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux - Le Cap d'Agde, 217km
Winner: Andre Greipel - Report
Stage 14 - Sunday, 15 July: Limoux - Foix, 191km
Winner: Luis Leon Sanchex - Report
Stage 15 - Monday, 16 July: Samatan - Pau, 159km
Winner: Pierrick Fedrigo - Report
Stage 16 - Wednesday, 18 July: Pau - Bagneres-de-Luchon, 197km
Winner: Thomas Voeckler - Report
Stage 17 - Thursday, 19 July: Bagneres-de-Luchon - Peyragudes, 144km
Winner: Alejandro Valverde - Report
Stage 18 - Friday, 20 July: Blagnac - Brive-la-Gaillarde, 223km
Winner: Mark Cavendish - Report
Stage 19 - Saturday, 21 July: Individual time trial. Bonneval - Chartres, 53.5km
Winner: Bradley Wiggins - Report
Stage 20 - Sunday, 22 July: Rambouillet - Paris, 120km
Winner: Mark Cavendish - Report
The research suggests the risk of psychosis is three times higher for users of potent "skunk-like" cannabis than for non-users.
The study of 780 people was carried out by KCL's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.
A Home Office spokesman said the report underlines the reasons why cannabis is illegal.
Scientists found the risk of psychosis was five times higher for those who use it every day compared with non-users.
They also concluded the use of hash, a milder form of the drug, was not associated with increased risk of psychosis.
Psychosis refers to delusions or hallucinations that can be present in certain psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
"Compared with those who had never tried cannabis, users of high potency skunk-like cannabis had a threefold increase in risk of psychosis,' said Dr Marta Di Forti, lead author on the research.
She added: "The results show that psychosis risk in cannabis users depends on both the frequency of use and cannabis potency."
Dr Di Forti told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the availability of skunk-like cannabis was becoming more widespread.
Cath from Berkshire, who asked to remain anonymous, believes smoking skunk caused her to experience mental health problems.
"I dabbled with a friends' group in my early 20s, and went from someone who had never experienced any mental health issues whatsoever, to an absolute wreck.
"I was terrified of leaving the house, and I became petrified of death, of the mysteries of the universe, and of being alone. You name it, I was terrified of it.
"It took about six years to feel normal again and now, almost 20 years later, I have absolutely no doubt that my issues were triggered by casually and naively smoking this so called 'soft' drug.
"For years I have shuddered as campaigners have sought to declassify or promote the product as I understand first-hand the hidden yet, until now, unspoken dangers of this awful drug."
"In London, it's very difficult to find anything else," Dr Di Forti said.
"There were lots of reports from police across the UK saying we have become a great producer of skunk. And not only do we use it locally but we export, so this is a Made in England product."
Someone suffering from psychosis would often be "extremely paranoid and become very suspicious" about the people around them, she added.
She has called for "a clear public message" to cannabis users, comparable to medical advice on alcohol and tobacco.
GPs should be encouraged to ask how often and what type of cannabis patients use, she added,
A Home Office spokesman said the findings backed up the government's approach: "Drugs such as cannabis are illegal because scientific and medical evidence demonstrates they are harmful.
"This report serves to emphasise how they can destroy lives and communities."
Skunk contains more THC - the main psychoactive ingredient - than other types of cannabis.
Unlike skunk, hashish - cannabis resin - contains substantial quantities of another chemical called cannabidiol or CBD and research suggests this can act as an antidote to the THC, counteracting psychotic side effects.
Sir Robin Murray, professor of psychiatric research at King's, commented: "This paper suggests that we could prevent almost one quarter of cases of psychosis if no-one smoked high potency cannabis.
"This could save young patients a lot of suffering and the NHS a lot of money."
The research was carried out over several years, comparing 410 patients aged 18-65 who reported a first episode of psychosis at a south London psychiatric hospital with 370 healthy participants within the same age range from the same area of London.
It will be published later this week in the Lancet Psychiatry.
Rosanna O'Connor, director of alcohol, drugs and tobacco at Public Health England, responded: "No drug use is without risk as this report demonstrates.
"Anyone having problems with drug use should seek help from their local specialist drug services. It is important to remember that treatment for all types of drug problems, including cannabis, are readily available and very effective".
Cannabis user Robert, from Hertfordshire experienced a "temporary psychosis" after taking home-grown cannabis in his 20s.
"It was utterly terrifying, and the worst night of my life," he told the BBC News website.
"As someone affected by this issue it is hard watching mainstream media, particularly comedy films, portraying cannabis as a harmless life-enhancing substance with limited ill-effects - it's simply not true."
Another person who contacted the BBC website felt that legalising cannabis would allow varieties to be regulated.
Phil, from Cambridgeshire, said: "Speaking as a 'toker' for past 25 years, super skunk is the term they should be using.
"The cause of all this is the illegality. If things were more open and informed, people could buy 'saner' variety seeds."
The bombing campaign in the skies over Yemen is in its sixth month now. Every day, residents of the capital, Sanaa, listen nervously for the rumble of jets. They know what will follow: a flash in the sky, a sickening pause, then the thud and boom of explosions as the missiles strike.
The aim of the Saudi-led coalition is to oust Houthi rebels from the city. The Houthis took Sanaa last year, with the help of forces loyal to Yemen's ousted former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the support of Iran.
In response, Saudi Arabia, Iran's regional rival, has imposed a blockade on the north of the country, controlling what comes in by land, sea and air.
"Yemen is one of the world's worst crises," says Tariq Riebl, head of programmes in Yemen for the charity Oxfam.
"We have bombings every single day via airstrikes. We have ground fighting of very heavy levels. The country is facing famine which could start in a couple of weeks or months if things continue the way they are. We have more than a million people displaced across the country."
Away from the capital, towards the Saudi border, the bombing is even more intense. We travelled across the mountains that ring Sanaa to investigate reports of deliberate attacks on civilians - attacks that could amount to war crimes.
On the evening of 29 August, Ahmed Al Beyna, 13, had dinner as usual with his parents and his brother Mohammed. They live in the village of Alrabu Matwara, near the town of Abs in the north-west of the country. Just before 6pm, the brothers set off for work at a nearby water bottling plant.
They were coming to the end of their night shift when the missile struck.
"There was an explosion, then everything burst into flames," says factory worker Khalid al-Hababi.
"Most of the workers came out like pieces of coal, buried beneath the rubble."
"Everything is gone," said Akram, another worker who witnessed the aftermath. "There's nothing left. No factory, no people. We found the workers burned on to the machines."
When we arrived, two days after the strike, smoke was still rising from piles of molten plastic.
The owner showed us a list of who was working that night. More than half were killed, 13 men in total, including Ahmed and his brother.
The Saudis said the bottling plant was in fact a weapons factory and a training camp for African mercenaries. We saw no evidence of that.
The bottling plant near Abs is just one of dozens of civilian targets that have been hit since the Saudi-led campaign began at the end of March.
The airstrikes are backed by a resolution at the United Nations Security Council. But the UN's top humanitarian official in Yemen, Johannes van der Klaauw, says attacks on civilian infrastructure are violations of the laws of war.
"Schools and hospitals, markets, enterprises and factories should not be stricken, should not be shelled. Even in warfare there are certain rules, and they are being violated in this conflict," he said.
Since the conflict started, more than 2,000 civilians have been killed. Some are victims of months of vicious ground fighting between the two sides. Houthi soldiers, some of them no more than teenagers, are accused of firing heavy weapons in built-up areas.
But it is the Saudis and their coalition partners, mainly Gulf Arab countries including the United Arab Emirates, who have overwhelming force.
The coalition's efforts are supported by Britain and the United States. Both countries continue to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, and are providing the Saudi-led coalition with liaison officers and technical support.
Oxfam, whose own warehouse in Yemen has been hit by an airstrike, says the UK could be in breach of domestic and international laws on the sales of arms.
"It's difficult to argue that a weapon sold to Saudi Arabia would not in some way be used in Yemen," says Mr Riebl.
"Or if it's not used in Yemen it enables the country to use other weapons in Yemen."
The Arms Trade Treaty, which came into force in December 2014, prohibits the sale of weapons where there is a clear risk they could be used for war crimes.
The British government says it is not participating directly in the Saudi-led operations, but acknowledges it is providing technical support and precision-guided weapons to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Air Force has a fleet of British and American-made fighter jets, including F15s, Tornados and Eurofighter Typhoons.
In July, a consignment of Paveway IV missiles, a highly accurate 500-pound bomb originally earmarked for the RAF, was delivered to Saudi Arabia.
"The UK is digging into its own weapons supplies to replenish Saudi stocks," says Michael Stephens of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
The majority of the Saudi airstrikes are being carried out by American-made F15 jets. The Saudi-led coalition has publicly given few details of which weapons are being used in Yemen. Saudi Arabia is also involved in the air campaign over Syria in airstrikes against Islamic State targets. But Mr Stephens says British missiles are being used in Yemen.
"They're firing UK-supplied weapons," he says.
The combined effects of intense ground fighting, airstrikes and the blockade are having a devastating effect on the country.
A million and a half people have fled their homes, seeking shelter in makeshift camps. Half the population of Yemen doesn't know where the next meal will come from.
That number now includes Ibrahim and Khadija Al-Beyna, the parents of Ahmed and Mohammed, who were killed in the airstrike on the water bottling plant. The brothers were the only breadwinners in a family of nine.
Ahmed was a typical teenager, his mother, Khalidja, remembers: always on his bike or chasing pigeons.
"They took our children," says Ibrahim. "Not one but two. Mohammed and Ahmed. Together, in one moment, in one day. Whoever did this to us, may God repay them."
In recent days, the airstrikes have intensified. In the capital, there is talk of an impending advance by pro-Saudi forces.
This war is part of the wider regional struggle for power between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
In Sanaa, the Houthis do not enjoy universal support - far from it. But with every airstrike, and every civilian death, resistance to the Saudis and their allies is growing.
Part two of Gabriel Gatehouse's special report from Yemen is on Newsnight on Friday 11 September. You can also catch up on on iPlayer afterwards.
Wythenshawe Hall, which is owned by Manchester City Council, was partially destroyed by the blaze, which was tackled by 50 firefighters at its height on 15 March 2016.
Jeremy Taylor, 28, of Cheadle Hulme, pleaded guilty to arson at Manchester Crown Court.
He was remanded in custody for sentencing on 18 August.
The roof and upper floor of the Grade II timber-framed hall, which was built in 1540, were gutted in the fire.
Refusing a bail application, Judge Martin Rutland told Taylor: "It is inappropriate for you to be at large having pleaded guilty."
The judge said arson was an extremely serious offence and the property in question was a unique building where a huge amount of damage had been caused.
In 2015 she won the bronze medal in the all-around at the European Championships becoming the first female gymnast to win an individual all-around medal for Great Britain, in her first senior year. She was also part of the team who took bronze at the World Championships - Great Britain's first ever team medal.
Ellie, 17 is the current BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year and regularly competes alongside her older sister Becky who is also part of the Great Britain Gymnastic Team.
Here, Ellie answers questions set by BBC News School Reporters from Aston Manor Academy in Birmingham.
If you weren't an athlete, what would you want to be and why?
I would either be a coach or a physiotherapist, so I'm still involved in gymnastics or sport.
Describe what a typical day of training is like for you
I usually start training at 10am and finish at about 6pm.
Training involves a lot of condition, cardio and strength work and also training your routines and learning new skills.
What keeps you motivated to train?
I think just how you feel when you get to go out there and compete for you club or country just gives you such a buzz you just want to keep doing it because there no feeling like it!
What do you think is the biggest myth about being a successful sportsperson?
I don't think people realise really how much time, dedication and determination you really need to become a successful sportsperson.
What advice would you give to other young people wanting to get into competitive sports?
I think that you should set your goals but don't be to disheartened if they don't go to plan - just create more stepping stones and keep pursuing your dreams!
Sophie Ecclestone (Cricket)
Keelan Giles (Rugby Union)
Tom Hamer (Para-swimming)
Ellie Robinson (Para-swimming)
Lauren Rowles (Para-rowing)
Georgia Stanway (Football)
Jess Stretton (Para-archery)
Rebekah Tiler (Weightlifting)
Amy Tinkler (Gymnastics)
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How do you feel before a major event or competition and how do you manage your nerves?
Obviously you're going to always be a bit nervous but I think the thing that calms me down is that I know how much hard work and training I've put in to be ready for the competitions.
I tell myself: "if you weren't ready you wouldn't be there".
Do you have a certain ritual or routine you follow before a competition and if so what?
Not particularly. Depending on my nerves I either talk to people about something totally different to gymnastics or just put my headphones in and get in my zone.
What kind of support network do you think you need in the sports industry?
I think you just need someone who is willing to support you through good and bad times and those people are usually friends, family or coaches. They see the day in and day out progressions and struggles.
Who do you think is a brilliant role model for aspiring athletes?
I think people who are at the highest level in their sport and still are so humble about it are amazing role models, people like Mo Farah and Max Whitlock.
What is your 'golden moment' so far in your career?
I can't decide between my individual all-around European bronze medal or our World Team bronze medal - I am really proud of them both!
But as the decades have gone by and health care has shifted from curing illnesses to helping people manage long-term conditions such as dementia and heart disease, there has been an increasing sense that the two systems need to become more joined up.
All three main political parties have their own ideas of how this should be done - and NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens signalled his support for greater integration with the publication of his Five-Year Forward View last autumn.
But Greater Manchester has taken the bull by the horns and proposed a pooling of budgets.
At this stage (and it must be said the details are still emerging) it seems to mirror what is being rolled out in Scotland and what has happened in Northern Ireland since the 1970s. So will this catch on across the rest of England?
It could be argued it already has. From April there will be small pooled budgets in every 151 local authority areas - including the 10 boroughs in Greater Manchester - as part of the government's Better Care Fund initiative. They will be worth £5.3bn in total.
That represents less than 5% of the combined spending on health and care nationally, but is clearly a step towards full integration.
Details are still sketchy, but documents seen by the BBC suggest that the plan would be to create a pan-Greater Manchester board of health and local government officials to oversee the £6bn combined health and care budget.
That would probably draw on money from several sources: the social care budgets held by the 10 local authorities, the regional funds NHS England control for specialist, complex care like heart surgery and the money held by the 12 local GP-led clinical commission groups for local health services, such as district nursing. It looks like this could take two years to get fully up-and-running.
What is not yet clear is where the ultimate accountability for all this money will lie. The words devolution suggest the Greater Manchester board will be in charge. But it would be a surprise if NHS England did not retain some kind of control on the health money which will make up the majority of the £6bn pot.
In theory, there is much to recommend this approach. By joining up budgets, it will allow Greater Manchester to plan the health and care of its population in a much more coordinated manner.
The need for this has never been more obvious. This winter, hospitals have increasingly started to struggle to discharge frail patients because of the lack of support available in the community.
That, of course, leads to blockages in the hospital system. It has also been suggested the lack of care is one of the factors behind the rise in attendances to A&E.
While the NHS budget has been protected this Parliament, the same cannot be said for social care.
Spending has fallen in real terms while the number of people receiving help has dropped by a quarter to 1.3m in the past four years alone.
Pooling of budgets also opens up the possibility of more innovative approaches to keeping people well.
For example, some local authorities have started funding home improvements on the basis that a warm home can do more for someone's health than medication.
However, for all the consensus on this issue, there is an elephant in the room.
Social care is means-tested, so everyone is expected to make a contribution towards their care - with many paying the full cost. If you integrate the two systems, where do you decide where one ends and the other starts?
Nasreem Buksh, 43, was found dead at a flat on Dixon Avenue at about 07:00 on Saturday.
Police confirmed a man was being detained in connection with the death and a report would be sent to the procurator fiscal.
After the first leg of their play-off finished goalless, Fraser Mullen, for Beath, and Kieran Gibbons, for Kilby, netted in normal time.
With no further score after 30 more minutes of play, the hosts scored all five of their spot-kicks.
Liam Henderson struck the decisive penalty, keeping Gary Locke's side in Scottish League Two.
The home side came flying out of the traps and duly took the lead after just three minutes. There was excellent build-up play down the left involving Robbie Buchannan and Dale Carrick, before Henderson laid the ball off for Mullen.
The former Hearts and Hibernian defender drilled a low shot beyond Matthew McGinley in the visiting goal to break the deadlock.
The Blue Brazil keep their foot on the gas, and only a magnificent stop by McGinley denied Carrick from doubling the lead. The striker also crashed a header off the crossbar before Kris Renton's deflected volley flew inches wide.
East Kilbride slowly eased their way into the game and Joao Victoria, then Sean Winter, came close to a leveller.
The Lowland League champions began the second half on the front foot and had claims for a penalty turned down by referee Craig Charleston after the ball appeared to strike the arm of David Syme.
The Lanarkshire side's pressure did pay off, though, when the home defence failed to clear their lines, allowing Gibbons to drill the ball along the slippery surface from 25 yards out and find the bottom corner.
Neither side were able to strike a knockout blow before normal time expired, and the game
East Kilbride's Adam Strachan fired in a deflected 20-yard effort that struck the crossbar on its way over.
Both teams looked weary as the rain-soaked pitch began to take its toll. but Cowdenbeath almost snatched a late winner through Craig Johnston, whose effort was tipped over by McGinley.
With Mullen, Johnston, Renton and Syme netting spot-kicks for Cowdenbeath, and Strachan, Russell McLean and Victoria replying, it was Jamie Sneddon's save from Paul Woods that proved crucial.
The stop gave Henderson the opportunity to seal victory for the Blue Brazil, and the defender duly converted his penalty, preserving Cowden's SPFL status, and consigning East Kilbride to another season of junior football.
Cowdenbeath manager Gary Locke: "I don't think it's really anything to celebrate. The chairman is a flamboyant character, and when I came to the club, he said, we're in the play-offs, just win them for us.
"Credit to the players, they've battled really hard over the two games. East Kilbride were fantastic, I certainly feel if they came up they'd be top-four or top-five team in this league.
"So it was a really difficult two games, it gets to be a bit of a lottery when it goes to penalties, but I'm delighted the club's kept their place in the league, because the consequences of going down would've been pretty tough, I'd have thought."
East Kilbride manager Martin Lauchlan: "It's devastating - we put so much into the game. We lost a goal early - the worst possible start we could've had - but after that we looked the better team and the more likely to score.
"I think our fitness levels looked terrific. It's so difficult to get to this point, with so many play-off games, and to get here and lose it is tough.
"I think they showed in the game they're well capable of playing at this level, but we're bitterly disappointed."
Match ends, Cowdenbeath 1(5), East Kilbride 1(3).
Penalty Shootout ends, Cowdenbeath 1(5), East Kilbride 1(3).
Goal! Cowdenbeath 1(5), East Kilbride 1(3). Liam Henderson (Cowdenbeath) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Cowdenbeath 1(4), East Kilbride 1(3). Joao Pereira Vitoria (East Kilbride) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Goal! Cowdenbeath 1(4), East Kilbride 1(2). Craig Johnston (Cowdenbeath) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Penalty saved! Paul Woods (East Kilbride) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Cowdenbeath 1(3), East Kilbride 1(2). David Syme (Cowdenbeath) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Goal! Cowdenbeath 1(2), East Kilbride 1(2). Russell McLean (East Kilbride) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Cowdenbeath 1(2), East Kilbride 1(1). Kris Renton (Cowdenbeath) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! Cowdenbeath 1(1), East Kilbride 1(1). Adam Strachan (East Kilbride) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! Cowdenbeath 1(1), East Kilbride 1. Fraser Mullen (Cowdenbeath) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty Shootout begins Cowdenbeath 1, East Kilbride 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Cowdenbeath 1, East Kilbride 1.
Corner, Cowdenbeath. Conceded by Matthew McGinley.
Attempt saved. Craig Johnston (Cowdenbeath) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, East Kilbride. Russell McLean replaces Sean Winter.
Corner, Cowdenbeath. Conceded by Craig Howie.
Corner, Cowdenbeath. Conceded by David Proctor.
Foul by Craig Johnston (Cowdenbeath).
David Proctor (East Kilbride) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Sean Winter (East Kilbride) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Cowdenbeath. Craig Johnston replaces Dale Carrick.
Corner, Cowdenbeath. Conceded by Bernard Coll.
Attempt blocked. Kris Renton (Cowdenbeath) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, East Kilbride. Bernard Coll replaces Barry Russell.
Second Half Extra Time begins Cowdenbeath 1, East Kilbride 1.
First Half Extra Time ends, Cowdenbeath 1, East Kilbride 1.
Attempt missed. Gerry McLauchlan (Cowdenbeath) header from very close range is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Cowdenbeath. Conceded by David Proctor.
Gerry McLauchlan (Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sean Winter (East Kilbride).
Delay in match Craig McLeish (East Kilbride) because of an injury.
Corner, East Kilbride. Conceded by Gerry McLauchlan.
Attempt blocked. Adam Strachan (East Kilbride) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
First Half Extra Time begins Cowdenbeath 1, East Kilbride 1.
Second Half ends, Cowdenbeath 1, East Kilbride 1.
Substitution, East Kilbride. Dominic McLaren replaces Scott Stevenson.
Corner, East Kilbride. Conceded by Jamie Pyper.
Attempt blocked. Adam Strachan (East Kilbride) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Jamie Pyper (Cowdenbeath).
Adam Elliott, 26, had been convicted for driving with his head poking out of a Ford Ka car roof, in Gateshead.
Elliott, of Newcastle, got a suspended jail term after he admitted dangerous driving but denied he was standing up.
But 6ft 7in (2m) tall Elliott, has now been jailed for 18 months over the collision with two vehicles that happened as police pursued him.
Newcastle Crown Court heard that while he was being sentenced for the driving-while-standing-up offence, in December 2016, the judge was unaware that days earlier he had been involved in the crash.
He was not arrested for the crash offence until May this year.
The court was told that during the crash, he smashed his Ford Galaxy into a stationary bus and an oncoming car as he tried to get away from police.
The crash happened in Gateshead before he was due to be sentenced for driving the convertible Ford Ka near the Tyne Bridge while sitting on the headrest, steering with his knees and waving to other motorists.
He had initially claimed he was too tall for the small car.
In relation to the crash, he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.
The court was told Judge Robert Adams was unaware of the crash when he gave Elliott, of Aldwick Road, Newcastle, a suspended sentence in March.
In a statement via prison video link, Elliott, said: "My love and passion for cars has now dwindled - they have caused me nothing but trouble."
Gary Spedding was held by immigration officials on Thursday after he arrived at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport.
Mr Spedding, 23, had travelled to Israel to meet Israeli politicians and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
The Israeli embassy in London said Mr Spedding was denied entry into Israel because he "organised a violent protest" in Belfast.
Mr Spedding, 23, was put on a flight bound for the UK on Friday evening after being detained overnight.
He told BBC News the authorities deported him and issued him with a 10-year ban from entering the country because of his campaigning on Twitter.
"I'm in contact with numerous Israeli activists. I'm very engaged with the Israeli and Palestinian peace movement," he said.
"This seems to be the first time that the security and emigration at Ben Gurion airport have said that the reason they are giving is specific to my social media activities."
Mr Spedding is originally from England but had spent the last number of years studying in Northern Ireland.
He was a member of the Palestine Solidarity Society at Queen's University, Belfast.
He has claimed that during his detention, the Israeli authorities examined his mobile phone and got access to personal contacts with his "Palestinian and Israeli friends" and "fellow activists".
Mr Spedding also said the Israeli authorities viewed confidential Alliance Party submissions to the recent Haass talks, aimed at resolving outstanding issues in the Northern Ireland peace process.
Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster on Saturday, Mr Spedding said that he found the explanation given for his deportation "completely perplexing".
"I'm an international activist, I'm not some huge, famous person or anything like that, so I can't go into a country and organise protests.
"It's not my country, it's not my place to go into a different country and organise protests. The protest is already happening," he said.
Mr Spedding told the BBC that he now intends to take legal action.
Alliance MP Naomi Long said Mr Spedding had been travelling in a personal capacity.
"He was detained on the basis that his campaigning for Palestinian rights was viewed by the authorities in Israel to be a threat to stability in that he could have arranged campaigns or protests while he was in the country," she said.
"I think that was largely based on work that he had done, particularly campaigns led on social media.
"However, I was concerned to learn he had been detained and I was understandably worried for his welfare.
"I contacted the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on his behalf as soon as I learned of his circumstances and ensured he received consular assistance.
"I am glad he is safe and well," Ms Long added.
A spokesman for the Israeli embassy in London said: "Mr Spedding's entry into Israel was denied due to his involvement in organising a violent protest in Queens University, Belfast, in which an Israeli representative was attacked, and others were forced to take shelter to prevent being hurt.
"No country has an obligation to allow foreigners who have been involved in violent activities targeting its nationals to enter its territory."
CKI is a Hong Kong-based conglomerate, owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing.
The offer represents a 28% premium on Duet's share price, when last traded on Friday.
Any formal bid by CKI would be subject to approval from Australia's Foreign Investment Board Review (FIRB).
Earlier this year the Australian government rejected a $7.4bn combined bid by CKI and China's State Grid Corp for a controlling stake of state-owned energy grid, Ausgrid, citing security concerns.
In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, Duet said its board was considering the proposal, and it was also advising shareholders to "take no action as there was no certainty the proposal will proceed further".
CKI sees itself as a global infrastructure company with investments and operations in many countries including the Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand and Canada.
Forbes magazine estimates that Mr Li's wealth from his property, energy, retail, ports and technology businesses amounts to $33.5bn (£26.2bn).
She told NBC's Nightly News she was also "completely stunned" after naming La La Land instead of Moonlight.
She was presenting with Warren Beatty but they were mistakenly given the envelope naming La La Land's Emma Stone best actress.
"You were completely stunned, you don't know what has happened," she said.
Dunaway was speaking for the first time since the Academy Awards blunder two months ago.
It has been described as the biggest mistake in 89 years of Academy Awards history.
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She told the Nightly News host Lester Holt on Monday how the mistake played out for her and Beatty, her former Bonnie and Clyde co-star.
"He took the card out and he didn't say anything. He paused, he looked over me, offstage, he looked around and I finally said, 'You're impossible!," she said.
"I thought he was joking, I thought he was stalling. Warren's like that, he kind of holds the power - a dramatic pause."
She added that she felt "very guilty" and that there should have been something she could have done to put things right.
"Why didn't I see Emma Stone's name on top of the card?," Dunaway said.
Stone had won the best actress Oscar for her role in La La Land just before the best picture announcement.
Beatty has already said the night felt like "chaos" when he was a guest on the Graham Norton Show earlier this month.
An investigation into the mistake later found the holders of the top secret envelopes, two accountants from the LA auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), were responsible.
Martha Ruiz and Brian Cullinan were standing at either side of the stage, out of view, where they handed out the winners' envelopes to the presenters of each award as they went out on stage.
Duplicates of each award envelope are made, which led to the second copies of the previous award being handed out instead.
The firm apologised for the blunder and accepted full responsibility and the Academy said they will continue using PwC despite the mix-up.
Academy president, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, wrote in a letter to members that new rules will also mean electronic devices are banned backstage.
Cullinan was posting Twitter photos just before the mix-up. He and Ruiz will not be working on Oscars night again, PwC has also said.
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Kieran Brooks, 14, from Newton Abbot, died on Thursday morning at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
He had been in a coma following the accident in the resort of Chatel on 23 February.
The Torquay Boys' Grammar School pupil was injured when his equipment became trapped in a chair lift.
His fellow pupils have been informed of his death, the school said.
Kieran was with a group from the school on a half-term trip when his equipment snagged in the chair lift, restricting his airway and causing him to choke.
He was airlifted to hospital in Annecy where medical staff tried unsuccessfully to bring him out of his coma.
Kieran was flown back to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, in Exeter, on 5 March.
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesperson said: "He passed away peacefully with his family around him."
The police force is now investigating Kieran's death on behalf of HM Coroner.
The spokesperson said their enquiries would involve liaising with the French authorities but that, at this time, it was not being treated as a criminal inquiry.
Torquay Boys' Grammar head teacher, Roy Pike, said poems had been read out and music that had been especially composed for Kieran had been played at assemblies.
He said: "You can imagine the devastation across the school.
"Our condolences go out to his parents."
There will be an extra £90m for day-to-day spending through to 2019-20 while the capital budget will get an extra £30m million through to 2020/21.
Stormont's annual budget for day-to-day spending is around £10bn, while the capital budget is around £1bn.
The amount Stormont will have for day-to-day spending is still expected to fall in the period from 2015-2020.
The money comes on top of £250m earmarked for Northern Ireland in the Autumn Statement - also payable over the next four years - said Alan Shannon, an economist with financial services firm PwC in Northern Ireland.
"While the overall £370m increase is welcome, once inflation is taken into account, it represents an overall decline in cash available to the region, and sets a distinct tone for continued austerity," he said.
Stormont is currently without an Executive and has not set a budget for 2017/18.
If a budget is not set within the next three weeks, civil servants will take control of Stormont's finances.
That will allow public services to continue operating, but the head of the Civil Service has warned that no new project or programme can be launched in the absence of ministerial endorsement.
The chancellor's major policy change was to announce an increase in national insurance payments for many self-employed people.
National insurance is effectively a form of income tax.
Currently employees pay national insurance at a rate of 12% on earnings of between £8,000 and £43,000.
Self-employed people pay at a rate of just 9%. That will now increase to 10% next year and 11% the following year.
The Treasury says only self-employed people with profits above £16,250 will end up paying more.
It added that, when combined with income tax changes, only someone with profits of more than £32,900 in 2019-20 would be worse off overall.
About 130, 000 people in Northern Ireland are self employed equivalent to 15% of the workforce.
In the construction sector, about 40% of workers are self employed.
York Art Gallery was recognised for the renovation and modernisation of its Victorian building.
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The gallery picked up the accolade at the European Museum of the Year awards held in Zagreb.
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Brian Stack, who was Chief Prison Officer at Portlaoise Prison in the Irish Republic, was shot in Dublin in 1983. He died 18 months later.
The IRA never claimed responsibility for the murder, but his family believe he was targeted because of his job.
His son, Austin Stack, described the meeting as very productive and genuine.
Two of the murdered officer's sons met Mr Adams at the Irish houses of parliament in Dublin on Thursday evening.
Speaking after the meeting, Austin Stack told the Irish state broadcaster RTE that no promises has been made, but that the Sinn Fein president had agreed to help them as best he could.
Mr Stack added that his family felt the offer was genuine and said they are due to meet Mr Adams again in about four weeks.
His father was shot in the back of the neck as he walked along Dublin's South Circular Road shortly after leaving a boxing tournament.
He was the only prison officer to be assassinated in the Republic of Ireland during the Troubles.
The man who carried out the shooting escaped on a motorbike, driven by an accomplice.
The prison officer was left brain damaged and paralysed from the neck down by the shooting and died from his injuries.
Austin Stack, the eldest of his three children, was 14 at the time of the shooting and is now the assistant governor of Wheatfield Prison in west Dublin.
He said he believes the IRA carried out the attack because his father thwarted a number attempts by members of the paramilitary group to escape from Portlaoise Prison and to smuggle weapons into the high security jail.
Mr Stack has said he wants the IRA to admit responsibility for his father's murder and his family want answers and closure from their discussions with the Sinn Fein president.
They have asked Mr Adams to speak to his contacts about the killing in the hope they can find out who carried it out and why.
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The Dutchman, 27, raced into a 3-0 lead and a whitewash looked likely but 45-year-old Scot Anderson fought back to take the fourth and sixth sets.
Van Gerwen, who won the title in 2012 and 2014, then closed out the match.
He wrapped up the win with a 160 check out on double 20 and the £100,000 prize money to seal a 5-2 victory.
"This is my third one and I played fantastic all week so it's great to go on and win the trophy," Van Gerwen told Sky Sports.
"I averaged 106 or 107 in the early sets and if you play like that you deserve to win the trophy. Gary pushed me to the end and never gives up."
I don’t mean a bit silly, like skiing on a Nintendo Wii, or a little crackers, like running around in Snapchat’s Spectacles. I mean the sort of technology that when you look across a room and see someone wearing it you don’t think “wow” or “that’s futuristic”.
You just think… plonker.
That’s how I felt when Rory started wearing Google Glass (sorry, Rory) and that’s how I've always felt about 3DTV.
That was the first nail in its coffin. The second was the fact it really didn’t bring much to the TV-watching experience. The third? It was too expensive, even at a discount. And the fourth? It was uncomfortable, and according to some surveys, straining many people’s eyes and giving them headaches.
This week we learned that both LG and Sony have now stopped making 3D-enabled televisions. The firms follow Samsung - the world’s biggest TV maker - who confirmed the move last year. It means there are currently no major manufacturers making 3DTVs.
At this year’s CES trade show, there was barely a whimper of 3D TV, compared to just two years ago when it was being heralded as the next big thing.
But you could argue that 3DTV was never about the home experience. Where it would come into its own was in huge cinemas with full surround and the kind of environment that would do the new(ish) medium justice. But here, too, things have ground to a miserable halt.
Despite the moderately promising start made by Avatar, no single 3D production ever became a must-see.
The 3D high point for me was the remake of the Jungle Book, but the enjoyment there was clearly the return to the songs that soundtracked my early childhood - not the fact the odd branch stuck out of the screen, even if it did enhance the immersion of the jungle which had been so beautifully animated.
In the cinema, 3D was milked for all it was worth. Watching the 3D version of the film would often be a more expensive ticket. And while some theatres would give you free glasses you could return at the end, many would make you pay for them on the basis that you could “bring them back next time”. Imagine being the sort of person who brings their own pair of 3D glasses to a date. It's up there with owning your own pair of bowling shoes.
Then, having to watch an hour’s worth of hollow Hollywood tat with plastic strapped to your face would soon see off any chance of an eventful evening.
Even James Cameron, who directed Avatar, is fed up with 3D. It has "become a studio-driven top down process to make money”, he said (as if Hollywood has ever been anything else). The cinema-going public was immediately sceptical - knowing that the more the movie industry told them it was the next big thing, the more it felt like a pathetic gimmick. To quote The Oatmeal, “saying that 3D movies are the future of cinema is like saying that Magic Eye books were the future of literature”.
Which is why most major studios have just about stopped bothering. The former head of Dreamworks Animation said that the industry “blew it” with 3D, something he blamed it as much on poor story-telling as limitations of the tech. And while there are plenty of 3D films lined up for this coming year, many of them have been bodged together using post-production, rather than filmed with 3D viewing in mind.
There is still an audience for the technology in China, but it’s with no great sadness we accept that 3D is rather quickly on its way to being technology of a bygone era. A format that lost a format war without even having an opponent.
It may well resurge. There has been good progress in making glasses-less 3D which, to my mind, is the biggest barrier here. But such innovations would just have to an added feature rather than the be-all-and-end-all - the window for selling 3D to the public has been slammed shut.
So what’s next?
According to CNet's report, TV makers are instead focusing on newer technologies such as HDR. And at CES 2017, one crowd-pleaser was LG's super-thin and light TV - the kind of innovation, I thought, that appealed to more people than something like 3D.
Movie studios are pouring resources into virtual reality story-telling. I took part in a demo a year or so ago by the Oculus VR team at Facebook - it was a short animated film about a lovely little hedgehog who invites you into his home and… you’re six years old again. I cheered. I awww-ed. It’s remarkable - and it won an Emmy. Virtual reality is heralding new levels of realism and immersion to gaming, and films could, and hopefully will, follow suit.
Which is great - because wearing a virtual reality headset doesn’t make you look silly at all.
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Having failed to inspire in three previous qualifiers, a new-look side were rejuvenated with Alex Greenwood's angled finish earning an early goal.
Carney's penalty and Rachel Daly's debut goal sealed a 3-0 half-time lead.
Ellen White and Izzy Christiansen made it 5-0 before Carney scored twice from close range against the poor visitors.
Serbia, who played their last qualifier in November and are 41 places below England at 45 in the world rankings, looked unfit and barely got into the England half, let alone carved out a chance.
But after four goals in their last six matches, Mark Sampson's Lionesses rediscovered their goalscoring touch and entertained a 5,503 crowd at Wycombe's Adams Park with an added pace to their passing and movement.
The victory puts them within a point of Group Seven leaders Belgium, with England having a game in hand, and should they beat Serbia again on Tuesday it will guarantee a runners-up spot in the group.
Eight group winners and six runners-up will earn a place at Euro 2017 in the Netherlands next summer. The other two group runners-up will go into a play-off for the last remaining place at the finals.
Daly made her England debut after some impressive displays in the United States for Houston Dash, and the Harrogate-born striker was one of several new faces in the side.
Both the 24-year-old and White started instead of regular strikers Eniola Aluko and Toni Duggan, who were left out of the squad, and both grasped their opportunities.
Notts County striker White was making her first start since England's World Cup third-place play-off win against Germany last July and wasted little time in making her mark by hitting the post early on and winning Carney's first-half penalty.
She then selflessly set up Daly, who made no mistake from close range, and capitalised on poor Serbian defending to score her first goal since 2013.
Christiansen also offered added industriousness in midfield after returning from an ankle injury to score her second England goal.
And Nikita Parris, who replaced Daly to also make her England debut, almost scored with her first touch before causing havoc as the scoreline became embarrassing for the visitors.
Having scored 52 goals in their 10 qualifying games for last year's World Cup, England have been through a lean spell recently, managing just three goals in their last three Euro 2017 qualifiers after beating Estonia 8-0 last September.
After Greenwood found the bottom corner for England's best goal from Fara Williams' cute pass, Carney helped end that run, albeit a little untidily, as two of her three goals were bundled home in the second half.
As the Serbian defence failed to clear a corner, the Chelsea midfielder poked in from a yard out and then took advantage of an attempted Serbian clearance as it fortuitously cannoned into the net off her foot.
Her smile afterwards told how little she knew about the goal, but her display and an improved performance brought back the cheer to the England side after a difficult period over the winter.
It also showed that Sampson has plenty of options with which to find the right blend in his squad as he attempts to lead England to next year's European Championship in the Netherlands.
Head coach Mark Sampson: "It was a pleasing performance. It is important to be clinical in front of goal and credit to the players. This week their attitude has been exceptional and they deserved this performance. You can feel it when we get the preparation right, so we are really pleased.
"It is important to score goals but it was another clean sheet as well. We stayed solid and organised and showed inventiveness in final third and also I have to say a special mention to the two debutants."
Midfielder Karen Carney: "It was special but I didn't really know much about two of the goals! I think we played really well and it was a good thing to get the Lionesses back on the map.
"I think we have found our rhythm of game well so we are excited for the next game."
England travel to Serbia on Tuesday for the away fixture, and a victory would take them above leaders Belgium and guarantee at least second place in the group.
SpaceX and Orbital both have multi-billion dollar Nasa contracts to supply cargo to the station, filling the void left by the retirement last year of the space shuttle.
California-based SpaceX has set the pace so far, having successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule into orbit, and safely returning the capsule to Earth, in December 2010.
The company says it could launch for the ISS as soon as 30 April.
Orbital Sciences Corporation is still to test fire its Antares rocket, and its Cygnus capsule has yet to make it to space.
But the company is now looking to move quickly, with a static launch test and a first launch into orbit scheduled for the summer, and a possible rendezvous with the ISS in the autumn.
Frank Culbertson, a former astronaut and senior vice president at Orbital, admits it does feel a bit like a race.
"A little bit. They actually started the development of their system about a year-and-a-half before us, but we're almost neck-and-neck in terms of who's going to launch next, who's going to get to the station first.
"They're probably three or four months ahead of us on the schedule that we see, but who knows how things will work out?
"Nasa needs both companies to succeed on every single mission if at all possible."
The two companies have very different pasts, and have built very different spacecraft.
While Orbital has been in business since 1982, building satellites, small rockets and missile interceptors, SpaceX is just a decade old, even if its plans are big.
SpaceX designs and builds much of its Falcon 9 rocket system in-house, while its Dragon capsule can carry cargo or crew, say its makers.
The company's chief executive, PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, says Dragon could be used to ferry astronauts into space by 2015, and the company is one of four companies that Nasa has awarded seed funding to develop commercial crew vehicles.
Orbital has chosen a different path, buying in many of the components from across the globe.
Much of the the liquid-fuelled lower-stage rocket is designed and built in the Ukraine, while its engines are 40 years old and come from the Soviet Union's ill-fated N-1 lunar rocket.
Orbital's Cygnus capsule, meanwhile, is a purpose-built cargo vehicle that is designed to ferry supplies and not astronauts to the ISS. After being filled with waste from the station, it will burn up on its return to Earth.
While SpaceX will launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Orbital has chosen the lesser-known Wallops Island, a Nasa-operated facility just four hours drive from Washington DC.
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, or MARS, to give the launch site its proper name, is still a building site as final work is completed to ready the site for a static test firing of the Antares rocket.
The rockets themselves lie on their sides in a massive hangar just over a mile away from where they will be transported to the pad aboard an equally massive "erector launch vehicle" which will lift them into position on the surface of MARS.
Antares' launch and flight into space will be controlled from a nearby Nasa control room. There, amid the screens and consoles, Jay Pittmann, Nasa's range commander at Wallops, says the agency is learning the art of letting go.
"It is a risk to hand that off to a commercial entity and to give up control. That is the biggest difficulty for us, not being in every part of that, assuring that every piece is going to work.
"In the end, we're taking our lifeline and we're handing it to these commercial companies, but we have confidence that they're going to get there."
There is also an eagerness to have access to American rockets, even if they're not Nasa's.
"We're relying on the Russians and other nations to get equipment and material to the International Space Station," he says. "Quite honestly, that's not as comfortable a position as we'd like to be in as a nation."
It's not just the agency which is conscious of the risks involved. Orbital will have the task of guiding the Cygnus capsule to the ISS from the company's control facilities at its Dulles HQ, near Washington, and the design of the entire rocket system is its responsibility.
Frank Culbertson says things could go wrong.
"Nasa has to bless us, and Nasa has full veto power when we get within the vicinity of the station, but the companies are responsible for their performance," he says.
"Since it's a fixed-price contract, we also have to control our costs, control our resources, and if we're ever going to make any money on it, we've really got to do it efficiently.
"That means in reality there may be some failures. If that's the case, we just learn from them and we go on and we get the next one going."
What all parties are hoping is that Orbital and SpaceX can not only get to the station safely, but that they can lead the way in cutting the cost of space travel.
"What I'd like to see is that the competition between the two firms spurs some technical breakthroughs that result in lower cost for getting to space," says Prof Howard McCurdy of the American University in Washington DC.
"It just costs too much right now. You wouldn't want to drink water in space if you knew what it cost to put it there."
The Tunisian forward fired home from Scott Allan's pass, netted again with an overhead kick and headed a third.
Paul McGowan and Roarie Deacon threatened to add to the visitors' lead after the break.
Neil McCann's side join city rivals Dundee United on three wins from three in Group C. The top two meet at Dens Park on Sunday.
Premiership Dundee and Championship United will compete for top spot in the group and automatic qualification to the second round.
The four best runners-up from the eight groups also progress, with Scotland's European representatives Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone entering in the second round.
Match ends, Cowdenbeath 0, Dundee 3.
Second Half ends, Cowdenbeath 0, Dundee 3.
Attempt missed. Randy Wolters (Dundee) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Cowdenbeath. Matthew McInally replaces Cameron Muirhead.
Hand ball by Roarie Deacon (Dundee).
Corner, Dundee. Conceded by Scott Rumsby.
Corner, Dundee. Conceded by Scott Rumsby.
Attempt missed. Mark O'Hara (Dundee) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Shaun Rutherford (Cowdenbeath) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mark O'Hara (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shaun Rutherford (Cowdenbeath).
Corner, Dundee. Conceded by Jamie Pyper.
Marcus Haber (Dundee) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by David Syme (Cowdenbeath).
Foul by Marcus Haber (Dundee).
Robbie Buchanan (Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Randy Wolters (Dundee).
Josh Morris (Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Cammy Kerr (Dundee) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Harvey Swann (Cowdenbeath).
Substitution, Dundee. James Vincent replaces Glen Kamara.
Foul by Kevin Holt (Dundee).
Jamie Pyper (Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Dundee. Randy Wolters replaces Scott Allan.
Substitution, Dundee. Marcus Haber replaces Sofien Moussa.
Sofien Moussa (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Rumsby (Cowdenbeath).
Attempt missed. Roarie Deacon (Dundee) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Shaun Rutherford (Cowdenbeath).
Roarie Deacon (Dundee) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Cowdenbeath. Conceded by Kerr Waddell.
Corner, Cowdenbeath. Conceded by Darren O'Dea.
Foul by Roarie Deacon (Dundee).
Harvey Swann (Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robbie Buchanan (Cowdenbeath).
Roarie Deacon (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robbie Buchanan (Cowdenbeath).
Roarie Deacon (Dundee) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Dundee. Conceded by Joe McGovern.
Attempt saved. Paul McGowan (Dundee) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Higher construction fees mean the cost of creating 2,500 extra primary school places has gone up from £61m to £70m.
Council education head John Ennis has written to the education secretary to appeal for more government funding.
Mr Ennis said: "Unless extra government funding is made available, it presents some very real problems for Reading's school expansion programme."
Reading Borough Council said "an acute shortage" of labour in the South East was affecting trades such as bricklaying and carpentry, with the cost of building materials also "spiralling".
Mr Ennis said the extra £9m cost was a rise of 20% in "just three months".
He has written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to outline the "very serious pressures" Reading is facing and to request extra funding.
He said: "Things have moved on significantly since early last year when funding decisions on school expansions programmes were made by central government.
"Construction costs have spiralled since that time and continue to rise by the day.
"This is something we as a local council have absolutely no local control over, and it is only right that central government acknowledge this as fact and provide local councils like Reading with adequate funding to meet the demand for school places."
Latest census figures show a 34% population rise in Reading of children aged four and below in 10 years - the second highest rise in the South East since 2001.
A Department for Education spokesperson said it was giving the council "£35m from 2011-2015 to spend on new places - compared to just £8.4m by the previous government over an equivalent period".
He added there would be three schools open in the county by September and that the council would receive £586,000 to spend on new school places in 2015-17.
Bunney, 23, sustained medial knee ligament damage, while 25-year-old Moore has ruptured his ankle ligaments.
Both picked up their injuries while at the club's training camp in Tenerife.
"I'm looking to recruit in both positions because of the seriousness of the injuries. I'm not prepared to wait and make do," said manager Keith Hill.
The National Institutes of Health said that out of every 100 funding applications it considered, 30 were granted to white applicants.
This compared with 20 to black applicants.
The study, published in the journal Science, found the gap could not be explained by education or experience.
It suggested small differences in access to resources and mentoring early in a scientist's career could accumulate, leaving black researchers at a disadvantage.
Black people make up 13% of the US population, but only 1.2% of lead researchers on biomedical studies are black.
The NIH said concerns over this prompted it to commission a study, which was led by University of Kansas economics professor Donna Ginther.
The research - which was published on Thursday - examined submissions for NIH grant applications by more than 40,000 researchers from 2000-2006.
The study found that 71% of grant-seekers said they were white; 1.5% said they were black; 3.3% were Latino; 13.5% were Asian; and 11% were identified as "other" or "unknown".
NIH director Francis Collins said it would take action to address the potential for "insidious bias" in the grant process.
"This situation is not acceptable," he told reporters in a conference call. "The data is deeply troubling."
When applicants send proposals to the NIH, they identify their race, ethnicity and gender.
This information is removed from the application before the materials are sent to review.
Mr Collins said it was possible that reviewers could guess the race or ethnicity of an applicant by looking at names or where they trained.
He said they would look at reviewing grants on the basis of scientific merits alone, without requiring information about an applicant's qualifications or background.
The NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, disbursing $30bn (£18bn) each year.
Police said two men, 18 and 19, were found injured inside the Canterbury house. A third, 21, was found nearby.
Officers have said the party in Salisbury Road was well-attended and have appealed for witnesses.
Six first-year students had shared the house and two organised the party - two of their housemates said everyone who turned up seemed to be from London.
Alex Mackie, who had an exam on Thursday and had tried to sleep through the party, said: "I heard a sudden screaming and shouting. I think loads of people ran into the house, and then there were a lot of people screaming.
"Lots of people then left, and then about 20 minutes later, there were police vans and paramedics."
Conall Deeney said: "I thought it was going to be an end-of-exams party.
"We were just assuming students would turn up, but then obviously not. I probably knew two people at that party and the people we live with."
Kent Police said officers were called to the house at about 01:15 BST on Thursday following reports of the attacks.
Ch Insp Emma Banks said one of the men remained in a critical condition.
A team of seven men will be in charge at the Vale of Glamorgan, led by Tory councillor John Thomas.
The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) said newly-formed council cabinets in Wales were not reflecting the fact more than a quarter of councillors are women.
A Conservative spokesman pointed to the Vale's female mayor and young deputy mayor as evidence of its diversity.
About 28% of councillors are women following elections on 4 May, the ERS said.
The proportion ranges from 42% in Swansea to 10% in Ynys Mon, where only three women were elected. However, Ynys Mon will be led by a woman - Llinos Medi, of Plaid Cymru.
So far, the Vale of Glamorgan is the only authority with an all-male cabinet.
The Conservatives said they had a lot of first-time councillors in the county without cabinet experience.
Mr Thomas, who takes over from a Labour-led administration, said: "The new cabinet brings a wealth of professional and political experience to the council and will provide the leadership needed to develop services fit for the 21st Century."
A female mayor - Janice Charles - has been appointed. The mayor has ceremonial duties and presides over meetings, but does not have executive responsibilities for running the council.
ERS Cymru director Jess Blair said: "The Vale of Glamorgan council's failure to have any women on their cabinet is a new low for diversity.
"We have serious concerns that other authorities across Wales are also failing to appropriately diversify their cabinets with all councils so far failing to be gender balanced."
A spokesman for the Vale's ruling Conservative group said: "We are proud to have returned on May 4th with a diverse and talented team of first-time councillors, many of whom will go on to be instrumental in shaping the future of the Vale of Glamorgan.
"In Janice Charles, the Vale of Glamorgan will have an excellent champion as mayor, supported ably by Leighton Rowlands - who we have appointed as the Vale's first ever Youth Champion, and as the youngest deputy mayor in Vale history.
"We have ambitious and exciting plans for the Vale, and this will be an administration which works tirelessly to increase engagement with young people, to increase diversity and to attract new people into politics."
The boy was found outside St Peter's Church, in Hough Lane, Bramley, on Wednesday morning. It is believed he had only recently been born before he was left by the doorstep.
He was taken to hospital by ambulance but was later pronounced dead.
West Yorkshire Police said the white baby boy was found in a Tesco bag for life.
The boy was wrapped in a towel and shirt.
Officers believe the mother could be in desperate need of medical attention and appealed for her to get in touch.
Det Ch Insp Nicola Bryar, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "We believe he was left at the vicarage sometime during the hours of darkness Tuesday into Wednesday and we would like to hear from anyone who was in the area and saw someone in the vicinity.
"The death of this baby boy in these circumstances is a real human tragedy and we need to establish exactly how this situation has come about."
Dr Robert Lewis, 51, is accused of using routine examinations as a "pretext" to carry out assaults against women applying to join the ambulance and fire service.
Luton Crown Court heard he touched one woman's breasts like he was "polishing headlights".
Dr Lewis denies eight charges involving six women.
Jurors heard the offences took place at the Larksfield Surgery in Stotfold, near Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
Two women alleged he put his hand down their knickers and another described the doctor as being like a 14-year-old boy "grabbing his first pair of boobs" during an examination.
Another claimed he got her to bend over while he pulled out a tape measure and touched her bottom, the court heard.
Prosecutor Mark Fenhalls QC told the jury Dr Lewis had been acquitted of other allegations after a trial last November, but a jury could not decide on some and had found him guilty of others.
He said the new trial involved some of the allegations from the previous case but also new complainants who had come forward since.
"The assaults were subtle and carefully designed to avoid detection," Mr Fenhalls said.
"He was taking advantage of young women who were desperate to pass medicals.
"During some medical examinations, he used the pretext of breast and hernia checks to carry out assaults."
Dr Lewis, of Northbridge Street, Shefford, has pleaded not guilty to five charges of indecent assault and three charges of sexual assault between 1999 and 2007.
When questioned by the police in January 2013, the doctor denied indecently assaulting any patients, saying he always explained what he was doing and would get the patient's consent.
The trial continues.
Women were recruited from China by a Chinese gang that promised them jobs as au pairs or masseuses in Austria.
Police say the victims had to pay up to €10,000 (£8,600;$10,750) for Austrian entry visas and were forced to hand over their passports.
They were kept under constant watch and their earnings were confiscated.
Investigators say gang members threatened the women with violence if they tried to leave.
The women were also transported around the country to work in different brothels after working in Vienna for a period of time.
Police searched more than ten houses and found counterfeit IDs and money, a gun and €30,000 in cash.
SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell made the announcement at a news conference on Tuesday, when he confirmed they would not support a petition of concern.
It follows a plea by Ann Travers, the sister of an IRA murder victim.
The bill was introduced after Sinn Fein appointed Mary McArdle, who was convicted over the murder, as a SPAD.
Last week, the SDLP's Dominic Bradley told the BBC his party was considering supporting a petition of concern to stop the bill from becoming law, because SDLP amendments had not been accepted.
The petition would have forced a cross-community vote and effectively blocked the bill.
Ms Travers met the SDLP leadership to ask them to reconsider and the party's former deputy leader, Seamus Mallon, also warned against the move.
At the press conference on Tuesday, Mr McDonnell said: "We will not be supporting a petition of concern.
"While we are deeply concerned about the flaws in the bill and our amendments have not been accepted, nevertheless we feel the victims' issue takes priority.
"We have had lengthy discussions with a number of victims' groups and other parties. We believe that, going forward, there is a need for a much greater focus on victims' issues.
"We will be taking the opportunity to ensure victims no longer remain in the shadows."
The law was proposed by TUV leader, Jim Allister, after Ms McArdle was appointed as an advisor to Culture Minister Caral Ni Chuilin two years ago.
Mr Allister praised Ann Travers after the SDLP announcement.
"It is a remarkable testimony to what human courage can do and achieve," he said.
"My ambition for this law is that it might be referred to as Ann's Law."
Mary Travers was shot dead by the IRA in Belfast in 1984.
The Catholic schoolteacher was targeted as she walked out of Sunday Mass with her father, resident magistrate Tom Travers.
McArdle was sentenced to a life term for the murder and was released under the Good Friday Agreement.
Ann Travers said she "was happy" the SDLP would not block the bill.
Sinn Féin MLA Daithà McKay said the SDLP decision "undermines the ethos of the Good Friday Agreement".
"This legislation is against the core principles which underpin the Good Friday Agreement which at its heart is the ethos of inclusivity and equality," he said.
He added that the bill may be in contravention of European Convention of Human Rights and "if passed will no doubt result in further legal challenge".
The 20-year-old is a product of the Premier League club'ss academy, but has yet to make a first-team appearance.
"He's a ball-playing midfield player, very comfortable on the ball and a good passing range," Blackpool boss Neil McDonald told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"Hopefully he can come into the squad and add that competition and force his way into the team."
Smith is available for the Tangerines' game at Millwall on Saturday.
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Members of the Commons Environmental Audit Committee are calling for a moratorium on the use of sprays containing neonicotinoids.
Britain has refused to back an EU ban on these chemicals saying their impact on bees is unclear.
But MPs say this is an "extraordinarily complacent" approach.
Wild species such as honey bees are said by researchers to be responsible for pollinating around one-third of the world's crop production.
In their report, MPs say that two-thirds of these species have suffered population declines in the UK.
They argue that a "growing body of peer-reviewed research" points the finger at a group of pesticides called neonicotinoids.
"We believe the weight of scientific evidence now warrants precautionary action," said the committee's chairwoman, Labour MP Joan Walley.
"So we are calling for a moratorium on pesticides linked to bee decline to be introduced by 1 January next year."
Following on from research published in January by the European Food Safety Authority that suggested these chemicals posed an "unacceptable" threat to bees, the European Commission proposed that neonicotinoid sprays be restricted to crops not attractive to pollinators.
There are already some restrictions in place in France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia. But the idea of a two-year ban did not attract enough support after the UK and Germany both abstained.
Joan Walley says the UK government's approach to the issue is "extraordinarily complacent".
"If farmers had to pollinate fruit and vegetables without the help of insects it would costs hundreds of millions of pounds and we would all be stung by rising food prices," she added.
But the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) says that a ban is not justified at present.
Defra's chief scientist Dr Ian Boyd admitted the research was "very finely balanced".
"Neonicotinoids will kill bees, let me be absolutely clear about that. It is what numbers do they kill and whether it affects populations - the question is whether banning them in any way would be proportional and at the moment the balance of evidence suggests it wouldn't be," he said.
There have been a number of studies showing that the chemicals, made by Bayer and Syngenta, do have negative impacts on both honey and bumblebees.
One study suggested that neonicotinoids affected the abilities of hives to produce queen bees. More recent research indicated that the pesticides damaged their brains.
But Defra argues that these studies were mainly conducted in the laboratory and do not accurately reflect field conditions.
It has published its own work showing that in the field, these chemicals had little effect on bee health, although Defra acknowledges the study lacks statistical power.
They are also calling on the European Commission to agree to a major new field study that would settle the debate.
"That will allow informed decision-making, rather than rushing into a knee-jerk ban based on inconclusive studies," said a Defra spokesman.
Dr Ian Boyd says that despite being used for 20 years, there has been no satisfactory answer to the key question: what effect are these chemicals having on pollinators in the field?
Given the finely balanced state of the science he says that other factors such as the costs to farmers have to be considered in the decision to keep using these pesticides.
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"It is a very difficult analysis to do, we really don't have full data - but it does suggest that the cost-benefit trade-off at the moment is weighted to retaining neonicotinoids because if you just cost this in financial terms then you move in the direction of having a significant financial cost to take them out of the system," he said.
But the Commons Environmental Audit Commission rejects this approach, saying that "economic considerations should not form part of environmental risk management decision-making".
The committee also asks for more openness from the chemical manufacturers who should publish their own research on the safety of these products.
This seems to be one thing on which Defra and the committee agree.
"I personally believe that all those data should be open access; I think that everyone should be able to see them," said Dr Boyd.
"There are issues around confidentiality but I don't think any of those are insurmountable," he added.
Pesticide manufacturer Bayer said it "strongly disagrees" with the idea of a two-year moratorium.
With fellow producer, Syngenta, it has produced its own action plan on how to protect bee health.
"There has been a long history of the safe use of neonicotinoid insecticides and it is clear that when they are used responsibly and properly, any impact on bees is negligible," said Utz Klages of Bayer.
"This has already been confirmed by the competent EU and member-state authorities in their market authorisation assessments, based on the extensive safety data that had previously been submitted and proven in many monitoring studies."
The committee of MPs says the government's lack of action is in marked contrast to the efforts of the UK's largest garden chains.
B&Q, Wickes and Homebase have withdrawn non-professional plant protection products that contain neonicotinoid chemicals.
The report has been welcomed by many campaigners including the charity Buglife, which praised the "robust stance".
The issue is unlikely to disappear anytime soon. The European Commission told the BBC that it would continue to press forward with plans for a moratorium.
A spokesman said they were planning to appeal against the recently rejected ban.
In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency is being sued by beekeepers and environmental groups over its "failure" to protect pollinators from neonicotinoids.
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Francie Molloy won the seat after polling 17,462 votes (46.93%).
However, Sinn Fein's majority fell by more than 10,000 votes from their 2010 general election victory.
Joint unionist candidate Nigel Lutton was second on 12,781 votes. The SDLP's Patsy McGlone polled 6,478, with the Alliance Party's Eric Bullick on 487.
The overall voter turnout in the by-election was 55%, down from 63% in the last general election.
By Gareth GordonPolitical correspondent, BBC Northern Ireland
All the parties will take some heart from Mid Ulster, the by-election with one winner but no real losers.
Sinn Fein will take the win, albeit with a vote down by just over 5% for the new MP Francie Molloy.
His predecessor Martin McGuinness blamed complacency in his party's voters because the media wrote off the challengers.
The unionist parties believe the controversial plan to stand aside and back an agreed candidate, in Nigel Lutton, worked - increasing the combined unionist vote to just over 34%.
Although he came third, the SDLP's Patsy McGlone succeeded in increasing his party's actual vote in a reduced overall poll.
And in the Alliance's first election since the flag row began, Eric Bullick increased its vote from 397 to 487.
Before the poll was called, Mr Molloy had been deputy speaker at the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Sinn Fein MPs have a long-standing abstentionist policy from Westminster, with its other four current MPs opting not to sit in the House of Commons, but continuing to represent their constituents by lobbying the government.
After being elected, Mr Molloy said: "I would like to thank my colleague and comrade Martin McGuinness for the work that he has done over the last 15 years in moving Mid Ulster forward.
"Martin will be a hard act to follow, I understand that. But we will try our best to do that, we will continue to build the process within it and work with everyone," he said.
"I want to represent all the people of Mid Ulster, not just those who actually voted for me, not just the Sinn Fein support within the area, but all the people of Mid Ulster."
The election pitted the agreed unionist candidate, Mr Lutton - whose father was killed by the IRA - against Mr Molloy.
The Sinn Fein candidate had previously been accused of being a suspect in the murder, by the DUP MP David Simpson, who used parliamentary privilege to make the allegation.
Mr Molloy vehemently denied the claims, challenging Mr Simpson to repeat them without the legal protection afforded by Parliament.
After the result was announced, Mr Lutton did not shake hands with the new MP, but BBC political correspondent, Gareth Gordon, said the pair had "exchanged brief pleasantries" in the counting hall.
Mr Lutton, who works as an undertaker, was announced as the only unionist candidate after the DUP, UUP and TUV agreed to stand aside in an attempt to consolidate the unionist vote.
On the night he polled 599 fewer votes than the combined total of the three unionist candidates in the 2010 general election.
However he achieved 34% of the vote, an increase of 2% on the previous unionist share of the vote in the constituency.
The DUP and UUP both hailed his performance as a success.
Mr Lutton said he was "relieved and humbled by the result".
"As a nobody coming in, I wasn't expecting to increase the unionist vote," he said.
He told journalists that someone in the counting hall had made him laugh by describing him as the "undertaker who resurrected unionism".
Mr Lutton's candidacy caused controversy within the UUP, resulting in the lost of two of its high profile MLAs.
Basil McCrea and John McCallister both resigned from the UUP last month, objected to their party's electoral pact with the DUP.
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said Mr Lutton was an "agreed" unionist candidate but said the move should not be described as "unionist unity".
"I always looked at this as an experiment. We'll go away and look at the result in much more detail and then we'll think about the implications going forward," he said.
"We're a long way from the next scheduled election which is Europe and I can think of ways in which we could clearly cooperate.
"We have Jim Nicholson already standing. I would be more than happy to recommend every Ulster Unionist voter to give a second preference to the DUP and we'd hope the same thing would come back the other way. I think that's a very sensible next step in cooperation, Mr Nesbitt added.
The DUP's Arlene Foster hailed the increase in unionism's share of the vote in Mid Ulster.
"As unionism in the west is growing again, thanks to this man [Nigel Lutton], and the cooperation that has happened in this election, I think we should send out a very confident message to unionism that we can go forward from this and I'm hoping that's exactly what we will do," Mrs Foster said.
Despite a reduced overall turnout, the SDLP's Patsy McGlone increased the SDLP's vote by about 650.
The Alliance candidate, teacher Eric Bullick, said he had increased his party's share of the vote by 23% since the last general election, polling 487 votes - up from 398 votes three years ago.
The by-election was the first time Alliance has faced the electorate since Belfast City Council took a controversial decision to restrict the flying of the union flag at the city hall last December.
Mr McGuinness claimed media coverage of the by-election had played a part in the drop in Sinn Fein's majority.
"I would have preferred if the media had said 'this is going to be a close contest', but the media didn't say that," the deputy first minister said.
"The media said 'Francie Molloy is home in a boat, Nigel Lutton has no prospect whatsoever of winning the election'. And I think a certain amount of complacency sets in, but for us it was a tremendous result."
Mr McGuinness added that his successor would make a "fine MP".
One tiny city is preparing to greet them, despite concerns about its size.
Wales will play England in the northern city of Lens on 16 June.
The town has a population of under 40,000, but as many as 100,000 fans are expected to arrive there.
Ticketless fans are being urged to travel to larger towns in the area such as Lille.
But for those planning to brave the crowds in Lens, what should they expect when they get there?
In a similar way to many towns in Wales, Lens once had a booming coal mining industry.
"There is a lot of testimony of the mining heritage in the town," said Marlène Virey, from the Lens tourist office.
"We have got the two big slag heaps, so you could have a walk on them," she said.
The mining mountains, or "terrils" as they are referred to locally, dominate the landscape.
There were 340 of them in the area during the 1970s, but 200 remain today.
The Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin was recently registered on the UNESCO list of world heritage sites, which protects the slag heaps from damage.
Base 11/19, named after the two mining shafts, is one of four main protected sites in the basin. It sits just outside Lens.
The two slag heaps are 186m (610ft) tall, said Tino Cioffi, a tour guide who tells visitors about the mining history of the town.
Formed from rocky mining spoils, they are "the highest mining mountains in all of Europe," he claimed.
The site was established by the Societé des Mines de Lens in 1894, operating for almost a century before being closed in 1986.
It was "really terrible" said Mr Cioffi, leading to "high unemployment" levels in the town, at almost double the national rate.
Lens will play host to four games during the competition, in the Stade Ballaert-Delelis, which will hold 38,000 fans.
Anyone else arriving will be competing for a spot in the 10,000 capacity fanzone, or the handful of bars and pubs in the town centre.
For those left on the streets, purchasing and drinking alcohol has been banned on match days.
Sylvain Robert, the Mayor of Lens told BBC Wales he was worried they will not be able to cope with the influx of people.
A much-needed economic boost was given to the town in 2012, with the arrival of the £109m Louvre-Lens museum, an outpost of the Louvre art gallery in Paris.
It opened on the site of a disused colliery. A modern building of glass and aluminium, it is aptly sandwiched between the football stadium and the mining mountains.
"It's a collection of 205 artworks," said Bruno Cappelle, from the Louvre-Lens team.
"They are all coming from the Paris Louvre and you can see a little bit of everything, so you've got all the techniques and all the civilisations that you could see in Paris."
To time in with the Euro 2016, they have a special exhibition on this summer, celebrating their much-loved local football club - RC Lens.
"It's a big collection of objects and testimonies, by supporters of the local team.
"This is really something very important here in Lens.
"There used to be the mines and football, now there is football and the museum," he said.
For Welsh fans searching for further links to home, many restaurants in the town centre serve a surprising local delicacy.
Welsh rarebit became popular after soldiers fighting in World War One brought it over with them, said Mr Cioffi.
Much of Lens was destroyed during the War and the town is surrounded by major remembrance sites at Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Vimy Ridge and La Maison Blanche, Cabaret Rouge Cemetery, Loos Memorial and Dud Corner Cemetery.
Capacity concerns aside, the town seems really excited to welcome Welsh fans.
"For the inhabitants, it's very exciting to welcome other football supporters, because in Lens, it's a tradition to support football - the inhabitants are fond of football," said Ms Virey.
Mr Cioffi said: "Lens people I think, will support the Welsh team of course.
"We have the same history and it's a small team, like Lens.
"And I hope to drink some beers with Welsh people."
The plan by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock would see the setting up of a Scottish Senate to revise Holyrood legislation.
It would consist of 46 members elected using proportional representation.
The peer's idea will be examined by members of the House Lords later who are currently examining the details of the Scotland Bill.
The Scottish National Party said the idea was a "non-starter" and there was "no desire" for such a move.
Lord Foulkes believes elections for the second chamber could be held on the same day as elections for the Scottish Parliament.
At present there are controversial plans to turn the vacant school building into a luxury hotel.
The Calton Hill site was a one-time contender for the Scottish Parliament.
However, that plan was vetoed by senior Labour figures and a new building was constructed at Holyrood instead.
Iran had agreed to provide information to help allay concerns about a military dimension to its programme, but had failed to do so, the IAEA reported.
These include suspected work on detonators which can set off nuclear bombs and high explosive charges.
It comes weeks before a deadline for Iran and world powers to reach a final deal to resolve the nuclear issue.
The US, EU and other powers suspect Iran is secretly seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has strongly denied the charge, insisting its programme is purely for peaceful purposes.
Since the election of President Hassan Rouhani last year, Iran has promised to further co-operate with the IAEA.
Last November, Iran and the IAEA reached an agreement which outlined how Iran would co-operate with the agency's investigations into Iran's past nuclear activities and address the agency's concerns.
In an IAEA report released on Friday, the agency said that some of five steps that were meant to be completed by 25 August had been missed.
It also said more activity had been conducted at a military base in Parchin, where research on developing nuclear weapons is alleged to have taken place.
"These activities are likely to have further undermined the agency's ability to conduct effective verification," the AFP news agency quotes the report as saying.
The IAEA negotiations are separate from a parallel diplomatic process between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the US, Russia, China, Britain and France - plus Germany, known at the 5+1 group.
Two months ago, they agreed to extend the deadline from 20 July to 24 November to reach a comprehensive agreement under which Iran would curb its nuclear activities in exchange for the easing of economic sanctions.
US and Iranian officials are currently meeting in Geneva to hammer out a deal.
Sir David, who famously sold the Ibrox side for £1 to Craig Whyte, was told by Lloyds Banking Group that he could retain ownership of his metals business if he sold Rangers and reduced the club's debts.
Mr Whyte is accused of a fraudulent acquisition of Rangers.
He denies a charge of fraud and another under the Companies Act.
The High Court in Glasgow heard a second day of testimony from Ian Shanks, a relationship director with Lloyds Banking Group.
During cross-examination with Craig Whyte's defence QC, Donald Findlay, Mr Shanks said the bank had told David Murray that he could split Murray Metals from his wider company interests and retain ownership of the business on the condition that he sold Rangers and repaid its debts.
The court heard claims that the metals business was important to Sir David as it was where the tycoon made his fortune.
In an email dated from April 2010, Mr Shanks wrote: "When we did the Murray Group restructuring last year, we agreed that the metals business could be 'spun out' to David once he sold his shares in Rangers."
The court was told that the bank gave Sir David a year to sell the Ibrox side and pay off its debts, which included an £18m overdraft.
Donald Findlay put it to Mr Shanks that: "That's an incentive, surely, to get the deal done."
Mr Shanks replied: "I agree."
The trial was later told of a draft letter written by Alastair Johnston, who was then chairman of Rangers, for Mr Shanks in January 2011.
In the letter, Johnston claimed the Rangers board were "masquerading as directors", effectively "stooges" for the "objective" of the bank.
He then insisted Lloyds wanted to "drain every single penny out of the club... to the extent Rangers as a thriving concern would be throttled into submission".
The then chairman spoke of "carnage" and referred to the "impoverished remains" of the club.
He also described the "head count" of the playing squad as "dangerously under water".
The banker told the court he did not remember receiving the letter.
But, Mr Findlay asked: "The approach of Alastair Johnston was 'this was everybody's fault, but mine'?"
Mr Shanks: "That is a fair assessment."
The QC suggested Johnston had been presiding over a "financial disaster".
Mr Shanks said the club had been in "difficult circumstances", but that it was "still operating".
The court was also told of contact between Mr Shanks and then Rangers chief executive Martin Bain in 2010.
There was mention of the transfer of striker Nikica Jelavic to Rangers from Rapid Vienna.
It was said the Austrian club "required the balance of transfer funds" to be "cash backed".
Rangers wanted to facilitate this by "seeking to increase the funding from Ticketus" - but that there was to be no mention of the firm on the year-end accounts.
Mr Findlay asked: "They hid the use of Ticketus?"
Mr Shanks: "Yes."
Prosecutors allege Mr Whyte pretended to Sir David Murray, and others, that funds were available to make all required payments to acquire a "controlling and majority stake" in the club.
The Crown alleges Mr Whyte had only £4m available from two sources at the time but took out a £24m loan from Ticketus against three years of future season ticket sales.
The court has heard the sale was eventually made to Mr Whyte for £1 but came with obligations to pay an £18m bank debt, a £2.8m "small tax case" bill, £1.7m for stadium repairs, £5m for players and £5m in working capital.
The second charge under the Companies Act centres on the £18m payment between Mr Whyte's Wavetower company and Rangers to clear a bank debt.
The trial before eight men and seven women continues.
Real visit fierce rivals Atletico Madrid six days earlier in La Liga.
The Spanish club's boss Rafael Benitez hopes Bale, who has been out with a calf problem, and James Rodriguez will recover from injury in time.
"I am very cautious, but they are recovering well," said former Liverpool manager Benitez.
"We will see how they are once they begin to train with the team next week."
Bale limped out of Real's 4-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk on 16 September and a scan later confirmed the injury.
The 26-year-old has scored six of Wales' nine goals to spearhead their bid to reach the finals of a major tournament for the first time since the 1958 World Cup.
After travelling to Zenica to face Bosnia-Herzegovina, they then host Andorra on Tuesday 13 October.
Chris Coleman's side need a point to qualify for the Euro 2016 finals, which will take place in France.
Police say they killed the man in the Norrebro district after he opened fire on them.
It came after one person was killed and three police officers injured at a free speech debate in a cafe on Saturday.
In the second attack, a Jewish man was killed and two police officers wounded near the city's main synagogue.
Police say video surveillance suggested the same man carried out both attacks. They do not believe any other people were involved.
The head of Danish intelligence said investigators were working on the theory that the gunman could have been inspired by the shootings in Paris last month. The attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine, a kosher supermarket and a policewoman claimed 17 lives.
Jens Madsen told reporters the man had been identified and had been on the agency's radar for some time.
Police were working to determine whether the man had travelled to Syria or Iraq, he said.
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said it was "a very sad morning" and described the shootings as "a cynical act of terror against Denmark".
"We do not know the motive for the alleged perpetrator's actions, but we know that there are forces that want to hurt Denmark. They want to rebuke our freedom of speech,'' she said, according to the Associated Press.
Ms Thorning-Schmidt later visited the synagogue and said Denmark would do everything to protect its Jewish community.
On Saturday a gunman attacked a free-speech debate hosted by controversial Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks.
One man - identified by Danish media as film director Finn Norgaard, 55 - was killed and and three police officers wounded.
Officials said the gunman fled by car. A black Volkswagen Polo was found abandoned a short distance away.
Police said the gunman then called a taxi to take him home.
They used information from the taxi driver to identify the address, near the railway station in Norrebro. They released photos showing the alleged attacker wearing a purple balaclava and thick puffer jacket.
Hours later, a gunman opened fire outside a synagogue in Krystalgade street, about 5km from the scene of the first attack, killing a Jewish man and wounding two police officers.
The victim was named as Dan Uzan, 37. He had been on security duty while a bat mitzvah ceremony was taking place inside the synagogue.
Early on Sunday, police said they had been keeping the Norrebro address under observation, waiting for the occupant to return.
When the man appeared, he saw the officers, pulled out a gun and opened fire, police said. They returned fire and shot him dead.
It was always a case of not if but when. What's surprising is that it has taken this long for Denmark to be scarred by a fatal terror attack.
In September it will be 10 years since the Jyllands Posten newspaper inflamed the Muslim world with the publication of 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, including one of him with a bomb in his turban.
The country has been perpetually vigilant since 2005, after its embassies in the Middle East were burned and Danish exports threatened.
Kurt Westergaard, the 79-year-old cartoonist who drew the seminal turban caricature, has spent the past decade living under a death fatwa (religious ruling). He narrowly escaped an attempt to kill him at home, and had to lock himself into a panic room when a Somali militant broke into his home in the city of Aarhus.
He continues to live under police protection.
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French President Francois Hollande said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve would visit the Danish capital on Sunday.
US National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said they had been in touch with their Danish counterparts and were ready to help with the investigation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Jewish people in Europe to migrate to Israel following attacks on Jews in recent weeks.
"This wave of attacks will continue. I say to the Jews of Europe - Israel is your home," he told a cabinet meeting.
The occupants of the car had been wearing fake suicide vests and had knives and an axe, officials said.
Seven people were injured in the attack, one of whom later died.
It came hours after a van was driven into crowds in Barcelona, leaving 13 people dead and scores injured.
Police say the van driver, who fled the scene, could be among those killed in Cambrils, but this has not yet been confirmed.
"The investigation points in this direction," said Catalonian police official Josep Lluis Trapero, but there was no "concrete proof".
He added that, despite police training, it was "not easy" for the officer who had shot dead four of the five suspects.
The attack in Cambrils unfolded when an Audi A3 was driven at people walking along the seafront in the early hours of Friday.
The car overturned and those inside then attacked people with knives. Police said four were shot dead at the scene and the fifth was killed a few hundred metres away.
Waiter Joan Marc Serra Salinas heard the shots that rang out on Cambrils promenade.
"It was bang, bang, bang. Shouting, more shouting. I threw myself on to the ground on the beach," he said.
The Mayor of Cambrils, Cami Mendoza, praised the "speed and efficiency" of the police response.
A total of 3,186 passengers used the service between Brixham and Torquay in Devon from when it started in December 2014 to April last year.
During that time, the Brixham Express company received £544,000 in subsidies from Torbay Council.
The authority said the payments, which have since stopped, were in line with the firm's contract.
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Figures released to the BBC following Freedom of Information requests show a cost per passenger journey of £171, based on the total subsidies paid by Torbay Council in January and April 2015.
Steve Darling, leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Torbay Council, said: "It's extremely disturbing, they might as well have given them a stretch limo with champagne on ice between Brixham and Torquay."
The Conservative-controlled council said it stopped the subsidies last April because the firm started using smaller vessels which did not comply with its contract.
When Brixham Express won the contract in 2014 as part of Torbay Council's green travel plan, it promised a catamaran. but it has not arrived yet.
The firm has blamed delays in getting a safety certificate.
The service started with a number of large hired vessels including the Pride of Exmouth, but since last April it has been using small fishing boats with a maximum capacity of 35.
A council spokesman said: "Post-April 2015 no subsidy has been paid to the company, as they have not been able to comply with the vessel specification contained within the contract."
The Department for Transport (DfT) said the subsidies came via the council from the government's Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
A DfT spokesman said: "Since 2011, we have provided £600m to transport projects across England to improve journeys for local people. It is for the relevant local authorities to make sure these projects are delivered."
No-one from the ferry firm was available for comment but Brixham Express skipper John Ford said: "With the new fast ferry still not on site people have lost faith in the whole situation which is totally understandable.
"But this has never been tried before in Torquay and we're going to do our utmost to make it work."
Archaeologists say the skeletons are in good condition and they expect to find as many as 40 in the coming weeks.
The land was home to a friary between 1290 and 1538, making many of the remains 450 years old.
The discovery was made in the university's New Museums site, which is about to undergo a major redevelopment.
It is currently home to the many of the university's science departments and examination halls as well as the David Attenborough building and the Museum of Zoology.
The team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) will spend the next four weeks on the site before renovations get underway.
Site director Craig Cessford said building work through the centuries has left a number of skeletons "chopped through".
He said: "The bones are really perfectly preserved apart from where early 20th Century foundations have chopped through them so in places you'll only get half a body.
"Even when the friary was in use they sometimes chopped through the burials - so it's not just in the modern period that the skeletons have been disturbed."
The Augustinian friary was founded in 1290 but fell victim to the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538 under Henry VIII.
"They come in, they set up their friary and mark off an area as a cemetery and they start burying people in nice neat rows," Mr Cessford said.
"Eventually, after 100 or 150 years they fill up their area and they just start back at the beginning again and we know they did that at least three times.
"It still has the potential for surprises."
The skeletons will now be processed, washed and studied by specialist osteo-archaeologists.
The CAU is working closely with the university's Department of Archaeology on a project called After the Plague, based around the discovery of around 400 skeletons in a burial site at Cambridge's Hospital of St John in 2010.
It's hoped the friary remains will become a "comparative collection", Mr Cessford added.
The 25-year-old Scot won the inaugural title with a 6-1 6-4 success against Stefan Olsson and begins his defence against the Swede on Thursday.
Reid is also the reigning doubles champion and again pairs up with England's Alfie Hewett.
"It feels great to be back, it gets the excitement flowing," said Reid.
"To be the first person to win the trophy was special and to retain it would be even better.
"I've got great memories but now it's about focusing on trying to do the same this year. I'll take it one match at a time.
"Stefan is in good form and enjoys playing on the grass, so it's not going to be an easy match at all."
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Reid, who collected an MBE from the Queen in Edinburgh last week, added the first Wimbledon singles title to his Australian Open victory last year.
He began 2017 by collecting the doubles prize in Australia, completing the set of majors, with two previous French Open wins and US Open success in 2015.
"Singles-wise, this year has not been ideal but the doubles has been good," Reid told BBC Scotland.
"Hopefully, I can use this tournament to get some confidence for the second half of the season."
Reid, who also won Paralympic singles gold last year, recalls "drinking champagne with the Murray team" last year following Andy Murray's second Wimbledon title.
Murray has reached the last eight as he attempts to defend his title and Reid is aiming for another Scottish double, with the help of some superstition.
"I'm trying to get the same lucky number 13 locker as last year," he laughed.
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Culture Secretary Maria Miller told BBC Radio 4: "We feel that marriage is a good thing and we should be supporting more couples to marry."
There would be adequate protection for religious freedoms, she said.
The bill has divided Conservatives, with former Defence Secretary Liam Fox recently describing it as "ill thought through and constitutionally wrong".
Conservative MPs will get a free vote on the legislation when it is debated in the Commons on Tuesday 5 February, meaning they will face no repercussions if they decide to defy government policy.
More than 100 Tory MPs are thought to be against the idea, but the bill is likely to pass through the Commons with the support of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs.
Same-sex couples have been able to enter into civil partnerships since 2005, entitling them to the same legal rights as married couples across a range of matters, such as inheritance, pensions provision, life assurance, child maintenance, next of kin and immigration rights.
The new law, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, will enable same-sex couples to get married in both civil and religious ceremonies - where a religious institution has formally consented.
It will also allow couples who have previously entered into civil partnerships to convert their relationship into a marriage.
Mrs Miller said the government recognised that "some churches won't want to participate in same-sex marriages".
"We are trying to make sure that there are the protections there for churches who feel that this isn't appropriate for their particular beliefs," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
However, the government also wanted any religious institution that did want to carry out same-sex marriages to be able to do so, she said.
The Church of England and Roman Catholics, among other denominations, have voiced opposition to the plans and are expected to oppose the bill, even with its caveats.
But some religious groups, including Quakers, Unitarians and Liberal Judaism, are in favour.
The culture secretary set out the legal position of the Church of England and the Church in Wales in some detail in a blog post in December.
"The Church of England, as the established church, is a special case. It has a duty in law to marry any person in their local parish church, regardless of their religious affiliation," she wrote.
The legislation would ensure this duty did not apply to same-sex couples, she said.
But she added that it could put forward a change to the law "of its own accord" if its governing body, the Synod, changed its policy: "Put simply, should the Church of England decide to carry out same-sex marriage in the future, it can itself amend legislation to effect this with the approval of Parliament."
Mrs Miller told the Commons in December that no religious organisation "will ever be forced to conduct marriages for same-sex couples".
Mr Fox has said the proposals will put the established church in an "anomalous and absurd" position.
In a letter to constituents that was made public earlier this month, Mr Fox said same-sex relationships should be treated "with tolerance and respect", but he did not believe there was much demand for them to be recognised as marriages.
"The legislation looks as though it was made on the hoof to deal with the political problem du jour," he wrote.
The government was in danger of "further weakening and splintering Britain's traditional religion at a time when many Christians feel that they are under threat", he said.
"To fail to understand this is to risk an affront to a large stabilising and normally acquiescent section of this country which will sow completely unnecessary seeds of dissent."
The Bishop of Leicester, the Right Reverend Tim Stevens, said marriage should continue to be "a union between one man and one woman. It is a social institution that predates both church and state and has been part of the glue that has bound countless successive societies together."
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Kiko Mizuhara had been criticised for liking a photo on social media deemed offensive to China and allegedly appearing in photos which some saw as glorifying Japan's military past.
Some had threatened to boycott her latest film in response.
Her five-minute video, posted on Weibo, is being widely discussed online, with many asking why she felt she had to do it.
Criticism first arose after Mizuhara was named as a character in No Other Love, a Chinese romantic comedy directed by popular Chinese actress Zhao Wei.
A photo began circulating online, said to be of her, showing a woman at the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Japan.
The shrine is seen in China as a symbol of Japanese militarism in World War Two, as it honours the war dead, including convicted war criminals.
Another image showed a woman posing in front of Japan's Rising Sun flag, a symbol of imperialism.
Mizuhara was also accused of "liking" an Instagram post from 2013, which appeared to be a picture by controversial artist Ai Weiwei of someone raising a finger to China's Tiananmen Square.
In her video on Friday, the actress said she wanted to "sincerely apologise" to everyone in China, but also "clarify a few things", including that the Yasukuni picture was "definitely not me".
She added: "I would like to confirm that I am not in the [flag] picture and that I am a supporter of peace."
The Instagram like was a "regrettable incident", she said, but she had retracted it after she realised how inappropriate it was, saying that her friend too had deleted the photo.
She concluded by apologising in Mandarin and saying that "love and peace will bring us together and make the world a better place".
The video has been shared more than 90,000 times on Weibo and received more than 140,000 comments, many noting how unhappy she looked.
The majority of the comments have been positive, some saying their "heart ached" watching it.
"Are we in the Cultural Revolution now?" asked one user on Weibo.
"I want to let you know we believe in you. In my heart you are always a lovely and brave girl who shows great goodwill to our country China. We love you and apologise to you," said another comment.
Someone posting on Mizuhara's own Instagram account said: "I am a Chinese, but I think you [haven't done anything] wrong, believe me, no good person would blame you."
The apology also prompted Taiwanese and Hong Kongers to post mock "apologies" of their own in the "First Annual Apologise to China Contest" Facebook group.
"I'm sorry I use a Xiaomi phone, but use an Apple iOS," said one user.
"I'm sorry the sky is so blue," another commented.
China and Japan's wartime history and ongoing territorial rows in the region have often led to a tense relationship, with nationalists on both sides seizing on seemingly trivial issues to make a point.
But others said Mizuhara was making herself out to be a victim, showing China to be a bully.
"Chinese netizens never asked her for an explanation or apology. Her doing this makes it seem like we're exercising our power," said another user. "We've never requested a foreigner to apologise."
No Other Love had already run into political trouble.
The Communist Youth League had encouraged a boycott of the film, saying its Taiwanese star Leon Dai was a pro-Taiwanese independence.
China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province to eventually be reunited with the mainland.
Mr Dai, who reportedly supported Hong Kong's pro-democracy Umbrella Movement and Taiwan's Sunflower movement, was replaced after he failed to clarify his political stance.
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Commission director Maria Luisa Sepulveda said they had identified another 9,800 people who had been held as political prisoners and tortured.
The new figures bring the total of recognised victims to 40,018.
The survivors will get lifetime pensions of about $260 (£157) a month.
An earlier report by the commission recognised 27,153 people who suffered human rights violations under military rule.
The official number of those killed or forcibly disappeared now stands at 3,065.
'Peace and reconciliation'
Ms Sepulveda said the commission had examined 32,000 new claims of human rights abuses over the past 18 months.
By Gideon LongBBC News, Santiago
The report from the Valech commission doesn't change the substance of what we know about human rights abuses during the Pinochet years, but it does alter the numbers - particularly as far as the victims of torture and detention are concerned.
Until now, we knew there were around 28,000 victims of torture and abuse. Now, that figure needs to be revised upwards to nearly 38,000.
This is the fourth major report into human rights abuses in Chile since 1990. The first, in 1991, looked specifically at deaths. We know that around 3,200 people were killed in political violence during General Pinochet's rule.
The second and third reports, published in 2004 and 2005, looked at torture. This latest report is an update to those two.
With it, the Valech commission has concluded its work. But that doesn't mean an end to human rights investigations in Chile. Hundreds of cases are still before the country's courts, and will be for many years to come.
She said of those, 9,800 were found to fulfil the commission's criteria.
In order to be officially recognised as victims, people had to have been:
Furthermore, all the cases had to have happened between 11 September 1973 and 10 March 1990, when Gen Pinochet was in power.
The BBC's Gideon Long in Santiago said Ms Sepulveda did not give details of the kind of abuses the victims had suffered, nor did she release the names of the victims.
The report was presented to Chilean President Sebastian Pinera at a ceremony in the presidential palace.
Justice Minister Teodoro Ribera said the document would contribute to peace and reconciliation in Chile.
In the first half of 2017, private equity investment in the capital's tech sector totalled £4.5bn, said the Mayor of London's agency, London & Partners.
At the same time, venture capital invested £1.1bn in London's tech firms.
That total was more than in any other six-month period in the past decade, the agency said.
The city's "fundamental strengths" as a centre for technology and business were unchanged, said London & Partners.
"The Brexit vote has understandably created some uncertainty, but it is no surprise to see that London continues to attract more than double the amount of investment [of] any other European city," said Laura Citron, chief executive of London & Partners.
"We have everything companies need to be successful: policymakers, finance, infrastructure, world-class universities and talent."
According to London & Partners, London's tech sector has attracted more venture capital investment than any other European city since the Brexit vote, including Dublin, Paris and Amsterdam.
It said the city had received £1.8bn in venture capital funding for 544 deals in the tech sector since the UK voted to leave the EU on 23 June 2016.
During the same period, Berlin, the next most popular city for venture capital tech investment, had received £775m for 136 deals, London & Partners said.
One of the companies benefiting is virtual reality start-up Improbable, which saw investment of £388m during the first half of this year.
Improbable's chief executive, Herman Narula, said: "For a technology business looking to raise growth capital and scale, investment can come from anywhere in the world, but London is a great place to be located.
"London provides access to the UK's tremendous tech talent, and is also an attractive place to work for the global talent vital to growing a tech business."
Civil servants are currently in control of Stormont's finances because the executive collapsed before agreeing a 2017-18 budget.
James Brokenshire's intervention will, however, stop short of imposing a budget for now.
He will instead reallocate underspends and other money in what is known as a monitoring round.
In a statement, Mr Brokenshire said that having taken advice from civil servants he had concluded it was necessary to "provide additional clarity... in addressing financial pressures and maintaining public services".
He will make a written statement to the House of Commons with adjusted indicative budget positions and departmental allocations.
He said these will take account of extra money arising from the UK's spring budget, which has not yet been allocated.
The BBC understands that about £116m will be allocated, including £42m flowing from the spring budget.
Northern Ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since January, when the coalition led by the two biggest parties, the DUP and Sinn Féin, collapsed over a green energy scandal.
Under the current rules, civil servants only have control of 75% of the £10bn block grant.
By the end of July, this will rise to 95% of funds - but they are reluctant to take some spending decisions in the absence of direction from ministers.
The issue of passing a full budget for Northern Ireland from Westminster, in the absence of Stormont, is on hold for now.
The autumn is thought to be the more probable time for this, if a political deal continues to prove elusive.
A budget would give Northern Ireland access to all of its block grant.
The report, commissioned by the BBC Trust, examined how the corporation reflects views from across the UK.
It found the BBC had been "slow" to catch up with public opinion on areas such as immigration and the EU.
But former ITV chief Stuart Prebble, who led the review, praised the BBC for an "impressive breadth of opinion".
"I have been impressed by the commitment of the BBC's journalists to ensuring that they bring a diversity of voices and viewpoints on a wide range of news stories to audiences across the country," he said.
The report found that too much weight is given to the views of politicians and the BBC should find ways to report more "contentious" views from people outside Parliament, which would reflect wider public opinion.
Mr Prebble said it was clear "the BBC cannot afford to rest on its laurels and it should ensure it does all it can to keep up with the ebb and flow of public opinion, which means avoiding over-reliance on Westminster voices, making efforts to find new voices even if they are contentious, and challenging their own assumptions on the accepted consensus."
The report suggested that the audience of Question Time should be chosen from a wider group, rather than just BBC viewers.
BBC coverage of immigration, religion and the European Union between 2007 and 2012 was examined as part of the study.
On reporting religion, if found there were some gaps in knowledge among some generalist reporters
Mr Prebble said the BBC had not fully reflected concerns about immigration's effect on Britain saying coverage was too often "dry and clinical".
He put this down to an over reliance on interviewing politicians, many of whom were reluctant to address the issue.
Mr Prebble's investigation picked up from a 2007 report by John Bridcut, which set out 12 "guiding principles" aimed at protecting against biased reporting and ensuring impartiality.
Mr Bridcut's report found that technological and social change had led to a wider range of opinion in society than the traditional right and left wing views.
BBC Trustee David Liddiment said: "Our impartiality reviews are an important inducement for the Executive to question itself, in this case on its breadth of opinion, to ensure it is doing all it can to achieve what licence fee payers expect and that it is constantly alert to changing public opinion.
"We deliberately chose some complex and controversial subject areas for the review in immigration, religion, and the EU, and our generally positive findings are testament to programme-makers across the corporation.
"It is clear that there is more to do and we will look to the Executive to deliver on this." he added.
The BBC executive team has set out a series of actions in response to the report's findings, including:
Mr Prebble's review is the fifth report examining impartiality commissioned by the BBC Trust. Previous reports have focused on business, science, coverage of UK nations and the Arab spring.
In a statement, the BBC said it was "pleased" its news coverage was found to be "remarkable" and "impressive", adding that it set out "interesting insights".
"Stuart Prebble has concluded, overall, that our coverage of immigration is 'broad and impressive', that on the EU we offer 'a wide and comprehensive range of information and viewpoints' and that the BBC's coverage of religion is 'comprehensive and impressive'.
"He also states that the overwhelming number of journalists within the BBC leave their personal politics at home.
"We agree it is always vital to guard against unconscious bias or 'group think' and will continue to do so and we've committed to a number of actions to improve our coverage even further."
Victor Nealon was living in Redditch, Worcestershire, when he was found guilty of attacking a woman and jailed for life.
In December, his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal after fresh DNA evidence came to light.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has turned down a claim and said there was no automatic right to compensation.
A spokesperson for the MoJ said claims were dealt with on a case-by-case basis and that it would not comment on individual claims.
Mark Newby, Mr Nealon's solicitor, said his client was "very angry" about the decision and planned to challenge it.
Mr Nealon was arrested after a woman was sexually assaulted on her way home from a nightclub in Redditch in 1996.
Despite being jailed for life in January 1997, Mr Nealon always maintained his innocence.
Last month, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) ,a body set up to investigate claims of miscarriages of justice, apologised after two previous appeals to have the case reviewed were turned down.
On the third attempt, the CCRC referred the case to the Court of Appeal.
Last year, three judges heard DNA material found on the the 22-year-old victim's blouse belonged to an "unknown male" and called into doubt the jury's original guilty verdict.
However, in turning down Mr Nealon's claim for compensation, the MoJ said the owner of the DNA could not be identified, and added it could not be established that it "undoubtedly belonged to the attacker".
National Grid has consulted on routes for the cables to run between the station and to the east of Llangefni.
It said its chosen route would "keep the effects of the new connection" as low as it could.
Plans to connect Wylfa Newydd at Cemaes Bay to a substation at Pentir, Gwynedd, have proved controversial.
Campaigners have been concerned about the impact of pylons on the countryside.
Last year, the National Grid said it would use underground cables instead of pylons under the Menai Strait between Anglesey and the mainland.
It has also confirmed up to three miles (5km) of underground cables with no pylons close to Gaerwen and Bangor.
For the latest section of the route, the National Grid said it had taken feedback into consideration following a consultation.
"People said if an overhead line was progressed, that we should keep close to the existing line," it added in a statement.
The National Grid has published an interactive map showing the proposed routes of the power cables.
The lock in Buckland, Buckinghamshire, collapsed on 28 March, leaving boats in the nearby town of Aylesbury unable to connect back to the main waterway.
The Canal and River Trust said the boats would be pulled out this week and reunited with their owners.
The cause of the collapse is unknown, but the charity estimated the damage at "several hundred thousand pounds".
The trust said it was called about the lock by a passing member of the public, but no boat was using it at the time.
Work began earlier to move the boats, which are being taken by lorry to the Willowbridge Marina in Bletchley.
Jeff Whyatt, senior waterways manager for the Canal and River Trust, said: "We are still working on how and why the towpath and lock wall at Buckland Lock collapsed and hopefully we'll have a clearer idea in the next few weeks when our investigations are complete.
"Thankfully, no-one was hurt and we are working as quickly as we can to get the lock and the Aylesbury arm back open as soon as possible."
It is hoped the repair work would be completed by the August bank holiday weekend.
Nathan Edge filmed the moment he, his girlfriend and dog, Hudson, were turned away from the Shangri-La, near Mansfield, on Saturday where they had planned to celebrate his birthday.
Eating establishments are legally required to let assistance dogs in.
The restaurant has since apologised and said it was due to a lack of space.
The video of them being refused entry has been viewed more than 50,000 times.
Mr Edge, 21, said most places he eats "go above and beyond" to make him feel welcome.
He said: "I was surprised and incredibly disappointed. All I wanted to do was have a nice night out with my girlfriend and have an equal choice.
"I wasn't asking for any special measures just to be treated equal, so it was very hurtful."
Under the Equality Act, service providers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure disabled people are not treated less favourably, including amending "no dogs" policies to allow guide dogs entry.
Guide dogs and assistance dogs are highly trained and hygienic, according to Kelly France from the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
"Guide dogs are there to give people independence and mobility. To have someone say 'you can't come in here' is terrible."
Jason Liu, from the Shangri-La in Mansfield Woodhouse, said the incident was not about discrimination but "purely around adequate spacing and health and safety".
"I would like to apologise and understand this incident has greatly upset Mr Edge and his party," he said.
"I would like to make it very clear that we have no issues accepting guide dogs into our establishment, this is a proven fact as Mr Edge has dined with us previously."
Mr Edge said he joined over 100 campaigners in Westminster last week to lobby MPs to do more for the rights of assistance dog owners.
"A matter of days later I was facing the same problems myself," he said.
Archaeologists and volunteers have uncovered what could be the remains of walls dating back to 700 to 500 BC at Nybster in Caithness.
Andy Heald, of AOC Archaeology, said further investigations would need to be made to confirm the structure's age.
Evidence of possible Pictish and medieval occupation has been recorded.
A key feature of the site are the remains of a massive stone wall roundhouse, known as a broch.
Caithness has more brochs per square mile than any other part of Scotland, according to Highland Council.
Examples of the ancient buildings are also found on Orkney.
What lies beneath Nybster has intrigued the dig team, which is being led by AOC Archaeology and Caithness Archaeological Trust.
Mr Heald said he believed the site may have been occupied long before the Iron Age and provided habitation to various communities for 1,000 years.
He said: "We have dug down to what might be the earliest wall on the site and this wall may have been used to seal off the site as a territory, as if someone was saying 'this land is mine'.
"Typical of sites like these, it was reused and modified at different times."
Archaeologists are wary of any alterations that may have been made to the site during excavations led by Sir Francis Tress Barry in the early 19th Century.
A series of stone steps that may have been constructed on Sir Francis' instructions have been uncovered at the settlement.
From his Highland home at Keiss Castle, the British consul to Spain explored the ruins of nearby Caithness brochs.
According to an obituary written following his death in 1907, Sir Francis found the remains of elk, wolf, wild boar and a great auk, an extinct seabird.
Older artefacts found in the latest dig include the core, or centre, of a cannel coal bracelet.
The smooth circular stone was cut to create the hole in the bracelet.
It also suggests trade between the residents of Nybster and other parts of the Highlands because the nearest source of cannel coal is 50 miles (80km) away in Brora, in Sutherland.
Pieces made of bone have also been found.
Pep Guardiola's side fell behind early in the second half when Oscar Wendt scored for Borussia Monchengladbach.
Lars Strindl and Fabian Johnson added goals in quick succession for the home side, who moved into third spot.
Ribery, on as a substitute for his first match since injuring an ankle in March, struck with nine minutes left.
Bayern had dropped just two points in 14 league matches this season, and have looked imperious despite uncertainty over the future of coach Guardiola, who is out of contract at the end of the season.
Former Arsenal and Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann had suggested during the week that Guardiola's team could go through the whole Bundesliga season without defeat.
They were on top in the first half, with Borussia goalkeeper Yann Sommer making superb saves to deny Robert Lewandwoski and Thomas Muller, before Kingsley Coman hit the post.
But Sweden left-back Wendt surprised them nine minutes into the second half, slotting in after being set up by midfielder Raffael.
Borussia struck twice more in three second-half minutes, with striker Strindl finishing well from Granit Xhaka's knockdown, before Fabian Johnson took on Julian Korb's through ball and placed his shot beyond keeper Manuel Neuer.
France midfielder Ribery, brought on for the final 15 minutes, found the net after being set up by Arturo Vidal, but it was too late.
Match ends, Borussia Mönchengladbach 3, FC Bayern München 1.
Second Half ends, Borussia Mönchengladbach 3, FC Bayern München 1.
Attempt blocked. Rafinha (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Thorgan Hazard replaces Lars Stindl.
Offside, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Lars Stindl tries a through ball, but Josip Drmic is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Josip Drmic (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oscar Wendt.
Offside, FC Bayern München. Rafinha tries a through ball, but Franck Ribéry is caught offside.
Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Josip Drmic replaces Raffael.
Rafinha (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Offside, FC Bayern München. Jérôme Boateng tries a through ball, but Franck Ribéry is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Javi Martínez (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Arturo Vidal following a set piece situation.
Rafinha (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Rafinha (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Marvin Schulz replaces Mahmoud Dahoud.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Mahmoud Dahoud.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Julian Korb.
Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 3, FC Bayern München 1. Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.
Attempt blocked. Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.
Attempt missed. Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Mahmoud Dahoud.
Attempt blocked. Sebastian Rode (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Mahmoud Dahoud.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Franck Ribéry replaces Robert Lewandowski.
Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Foul by Arturo Vidal (FC Bayern München).
Granit Xhaka (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Foul by Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München).
Havard Nordtveit (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Arturo Vidal with a cross.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Andreas Christensen.
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Granit Xhaka (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 3, FC Bayern München 0. Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julian Korb with a through ball following a fast break.
Attempt missed. Javi Martínez (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Arturo Vidal with a cross following a corner.
Sixty Senedd seats are being contested, with the results expected in the early hours of Friday morning.
Wales is also electing four police and crime commissioners (PCCs), while a parliamentary by-election is taking place in the Ogmore constituency.
Polling stations will remain open until 22:00 BST on Thursday. Counting for the PCC elections in Wales will take place on Sunday.
For the assembly election, voters will be given two ballot papers.
Forty assembly members will be elected for constituencies as in general elections, and the other twenty via another vote to represent five larger regions.
Regional AMs are elected from lists of candidates to represent North Wales, Mid and West Wales, South Wales West, South Wales East, and South Wales Central.
There will be full coverage of the results and their implications across BBC Wales television, radio and online.
The BBC Wales Election 2016 website and mobile apps will be live throughout Thursday night and Friday.
The Times Educational Supplement asked councils how much maintained schools had asked to borrow since 2013-14.
Borrowing in the 137 of 174 local authorities that responded rose £20m to £56.7m, the TES said, over three years.
The government says school budgets have been protected, but heads say they continue to face rising cost pressures.
The Department for Education added it was up to head teachers to prevent their schools from going into debt.
"We have always been clear that local authorities need to work with schools to prevent any deficits and surpluses becoming significant," it said.
The figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws looked at the financial years 2013-14, 2014-15, and up to the end of November 2015.
They do not cover academies which are not maintained by local authorities.
The data also revealed the average permitted deficit per school, for indebted schools, has almost doubled to £122,828 since 2013-14.
Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said cost pressures were really biting in schools.
"The simple fact is that there has been no real-terms increase in schools' budgets, and schools have had to deal with extra costs and inflationary pressures," he said.
Although the chancellor's Spending Review confirmed per pupil funding will be stable as numbers increase, the Institute of Fiscal Studies has warned there will be significant cost pressures of up to 8% on schools over the next five years.
Schools will have to find extra resources to cover rises in pension, National Insurance and pay costs over the course of this Parliament.
Mr Trobe predicted the situation was likely to get worse, saying: "If you can't balance the budget this year, you're going to struggle to balance the budget next year and to pay off the deficit."
The DfE is to look at what needs to be done to rebalance school funding from area to area and is launching a consultation on the issue.
Presently schools are funded at quite different levels, as local authorities receive varying grants based on estimates of their historic needs. Schools are then allocated per pupil funding based on rates set by their local authority.
They then receive extra funds based on how many disadvantaged pupils they have and the characteristics of the school.
It happened on Saturday afternoon. There are no reports of any injuries.
Bedford Street is expected to stay closed until about 18:30 GMT.
By coincidence, the street had been closed since Saturday morning to allow filming to take place for a BBC drama series.
The popular crime thriller staring Adrian Dunbar and Vicky McClure is now in its third series.
Set in the 50th state, the police drama starring Jack Lord as Detective Steve McGarrett ran from 1968-1980.
It featured an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police force and was perhaps best known for McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno", and the show's memorable theme tune.
The new show pays homage to the original, although it is a 21st Century take on the classic series.
"We're trying to retain the integrity of the original ideas, characters and stories in a new contemporary, aggressive kind of way," says Alex O'Loughlin, the Australian actor who plays McGarrett.
"The sense of humour is different. If you look at the original show it was a long time ago, it came off the air 30 years ago and the humour was very different.
"We can do a lot more, we're pushing a lot of boundaries," he says. "It's a really modern reboot."
Fresh from Lost, where he played Jin-Soo Kwan, actor Daniel Dae Kim gets to stay in Hawaii as Detective Chin Ho Kelly.
"I was really excited because I felt like after a run of six years on Lost I was ready for something new in terms of energy and creative input," he explains.
"There are so many times when you start a project and no-one knows anything about it, and you spend a lot of time trying to explain to people what the premise is.
"We're very fortunate in that everyone knows what Hawaii Five-O is and what they're going to get."
But viewers will get something very different. The re-imagination of Hawaii Five-O is a fast-moving, action-packed drama with a much grittier feel than the original.
Acting has evolved and stylistically the differences are enormous, says O'Loughlin.
"You look at television back then and you look at it now. We want a documentary feel to some of this stuff… we want to find as much realism as we can," he adds.
Only one episode, the pilot show, has been made. During the summer the first series will be shot on location in Hawaii, and the drama will air for the first time in the US in the autumn.
The first show sets the scene and explains McGarrett's background.
"The difference between this show and the original is that in the original you didn't know where McGarrett came from," explains O'Loughlin.
"You didn't know his back story and in this one you do. You know why he comes to the island - it's all revealed in the pilot and that's how we kick the show off.
"He's a navy seal. He has a mission that he sets out on in the beginning of the pilot, and that's what leads him to the beginning of our adventure which will be Hawaii Five-O."
Hawaii Five-O is just one of a several new dramas that network executives in the US hope will become the next must-watch show on TV.
The CBS network is also launching Blue Bloods, a legal and family drama starring Tom Selleck. The show follows a family of cops in New York.
The Defenders is a legal drama/comedy set in Las Vegas starring Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell.
"It's a show about two men who are very good attorneys but not so good at handling life," says executive producer Carol Mendelsohn.
In the cut-throat world of television, finding that magic formula for a new show can be fraught with problems.
"Broadcasters are looking to the American production machine for the next CSI, for the next NCIS, for the next Lost, the next 24," says Armando Nunez, president of CBS Studios International.
Hawaii Five-O is a tried and test franchise, although re-working an old idea does not guarantee success.
"There are certain problems peculiar to launching a show that is already a named brand like Hawaii Five-O, which would be similar to when we launched the spin-offs to CSI," says Ms Mendelsohn, executive producer behind both CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Defenders.
"There are also problems attendant to launching a brand new show that nobody is familiar with... you never know until you're on the air," she adds.
"We love everything about The Defenders… we just hope that a year from now we're talking about season two."
Daniel Dae Kim says he hopes the lure of paradise will help build a loyal audience for Hawaii Five-O.
"In the dead of winter when there's no sunlight around half of the planet, when you turn on your TV after a long hard day, you want to be able to see something that brings you a little pleasure," he says.
"When you see beautiful beaches and palm trees and beautiful people, it'll be a little bit of escapism with your entertainment."
The injury means Willey could be unavailable for some of England's one-day international series against Sri Lanka next month.
He has played 13 one-dayers and 11 Twenty20 matches for the national team.
The 26-year-old took two wickets in his first match for Yorkshire against Notts last week and 3-55 in their latest game against Surrey.
The research, published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, analysed data involving nearly 295,000 patients.
The findings stood despite patients at these hospitals being sicker and suffering more complications.
Researchers also found death was more likely following a weekend admission, which they said showed staffing was factor in the so-called weekend effect.
That is the term given to the on-going debate about Saturday and Sunday services.
Ministers in England are looking to improve staffing levels on the weekend, citing previous research as the basis for their policy.
Higher rates of death following weekend admissions and among babies born at weekends have been identified in two papers published by the British Medical Journal since the summer.
While this study confirms what would be expected - better resourced hospitals provide better care - it is this link with weekend care that has sparked interest.
The St George's University of London team looked at what factors were behind variation in death rates following emergency abdominal surgery at 156 NHS trusts between 2005 and 2010.
This included surgery on ulcers, to remove appendixes and repair hernias.
While only a small number died within 30 days - just over 12,000 patients - there were small but significant variations in the death rates between those hospitals with the highest level of staffing and those with the lowest.
The third of hospitals with the lowest number of doctors per bed had death rates 7% higher than the third with the most. The difference was the same for nurse staffing levels.
Weekend admissions for emergency surgery led to an 11% increased risk in death compared with weekdays.
Lead researcher Dr Peter Holt said it was likely there would be a number of factors behind the higher death rates at weekends, but "clearly" staffing was one.
"We need to ensure the whole system is safe seven days a week," he said.
But he added the government needed to focus on getting emergency care right before even thinking about non-urgent services.
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Janet Davies said the study highlighted the importance of supporting "hard-working" staff.
"The NHS could reduce its staff turnover and save on the cost of temporary staff if it valued and invested in its permanent staff," she said.
"The benefits for all - staff, patients, and the NHS itself would be immeasurable."
Ms Tsai, 59, leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wants independence from China.
In her victory speech, she vowed to preserve the status quo in relations with China, adding Beijing must respect Taiwan's democracy and both sides must ensure there are no provocations.
China sees the island as a breakaway province - which it has threatened to take back by force if necessary.
In her speech, Ms Tsai hailed a "new era" in Taiwan and pledged to co-operate with other political parties on major issues.
The will of the Taiwanese people would be the basis for relations with China, Ms Tsai said.
"I also want to emphasise that both sides of the Taiwanese Strait have a responsibility to find mutually acceptable means of interaction that are based on dignity and reciprocity.
"We must ensure that no provocations or accidents take place," Ms Tsai said, warning that "any forms of suppression will harm the stability of cross-strait relations".
She thanked the US and Japan for their support and vowed Taiwan would contribute to peace and stability in the region.
Ms Tsai had a commanding lead in the vote count when Eric Chu of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) admitted defeat.
Mr Chu congratulated Tsai Ing-wen and announced he was quitting as KMT head. Taiwan's Premier Mao Chi-kuo also resigned.
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The election came just months after a historic meeting between the leaders of Taiwan and China.
However, the flagging economy as well as Taiwan's relationship with China both played a role in the voters' choice, correspondents say.
The KMT has been in power for most of the past 70 years and has overseen improved relations with Beijing - Ms Tsai's is only the second-ever victory for the DPP.
The first was by pro-independence advocate Chen Shui-bian; during his time as president between 2000 and 2008 tensions with China escalated.
Analysis: Cindy Sui, BBC News, Taipei
The victory by Tsai Ing-wen marks a defeat for not only the pro-unification ruling party KMT but also China.
Despite the past eight years of reduced tensions and much improved relations built by the KMT and China, Taiwanese voters have voted for Ms Tsai from the pro-independence party instead. Basically, they've voted to keep Beijing at a distance.
This reflects not only widespread dissatisfaction with President Ma Ying-jeou of the KMT over insufficient measures to improve the lacklustre economy, low wages and widening wealth gap - it also reflects growing worries by Taiwanese people that the island may become too economically dependent on China and that this will make it hard for Taiwan to fend off pressures by Beijing to reunify with it one day.
The message voters have sent Beijing is that, while they want reduced tensions and good relations, they cherish Taiwan's sovereignty, democracy and self-rule even more.
The challenge now is for Ms Tsai to find a way to work with China, the island's biggest export market, trade partner and security threat.
Ms Tsai, a former scholar, has said she wants to "maintain [the] status quo" with China.
She became chairwoman of the DPP in 2008, after it saw a string of corruption scandals.
She lost a presidential bid in 2012 but has subsequently led the party to regional election victories. She has won increased support from the public partly because of widespread dissatisfaction over the KMT and President Ma Ying-jeou's handling of the economy and widening wealth gap.
Saturday's polls come after a historic meeting between President Ma and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore in November for talks that were seen as largely symbolic - the first in more than 60 years.
Eric Chu, 54, is the mayor of New Taipei City and stepped up to become chairman of the party in October.
The KMT has lost its majority in the legislature for the first time in history.
The former accounting professor was seen as popular with young people in the party, but had been unable to change public opinion that is increasingly unhappy with the party's friendly stance towards China and the island's economic travails.
In 2014, hundreds of students occupied the parliament in the largest show of anti-China sentiment on the island for years. Labelled the Sunflower Movement, protesters demanded more transparency in trade pacts negotiated with China.
Taiwan for all practical purposes been independent since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, when the defeated Nationalist government fled to the island as the Communists, under Mao Zedong, swept to power.
Glyn Jones, 54, died on the farm at Brynsiencyn, Anglesey, last January.
A pathologist told the inquest at Llangefni that he did not die from the one tonne-weight of the bale but from noxious fumes when he was trapped.
The inquest jury returned a unanimous conclusion of accidental death.
The father-of-two was killed while he was in a shed removing bales to place on a trailer with a vehicle similar to a forklift, the inquest heard.
His younger brother, David Jones, said in evidence: "He was crouched down, silage was on top. He had a handful of silage in his right hand and a phone in his left."
Coroner Dewi Pritchard-Jones said it was a mystery how he came to be buried, adding: "The evidence is not clear."
12 March 2017 Last updated at 14:58 GMT
It's a Hindu spring festival that came from India but is now celebrated all over the world.
Holi is also known as the "festival of colours" or the "festival of love".
Watch Martin's video guide to it, including why people throw coloured powder at each other!
Two annexes to existing grammar schools in Kent will be set up on KCC land at the old Wildernesse School site in Sevenoaks.
The law forbids the opening of any new grammar schools, but changes made last year enable existing schools to expand.
Parents in Sevenoaks set up an online petition to campaign for the expansion.
More than 2,600 people signed, arguing the area was the only part of Kent without a grammar, meaning more than 1,100 pupils who passed the 11-plus had to travel for an hour to Tunbridge Wells.
The new "satellite schools" are expected to take in 120 pupils in a year. KCC initially said the annexes would be linked to existing grammar schools in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
Academic selection and grammar schools were abolished in most areas of England in the 1960s and 70s but some areas retained them - including Buckinghamshire, Kent and Trafford.
KCC's preferred site, in Seal Hollow Road, is currently used by Knole Academy, whose lease runs out in 2015.
A new £18.3m building is under construction for the academy.
"We said back in March 2012, that we were determined to provide young people in Sevenoaks with access to a local grammar school, within current legislation," said KCC leader Paul Carter.
"The team has been working very hard to get this far.
"Our property team will be taking a close look at the site to assess its suitability for refurbishment or whether any rebuild will be required.
"We will be making a provisional allocation in the capital budget for this."
KCC said it would submit detailed proposals for the grammar school expansion to the government in the coming weeks.
"I expect them to do their job", he said, and consider the candidate as required by the US Constitution.
Scalia, a long-time conservative on the court, died on Saturday.
Leaders of the Republican-controlled Senate have said they would delay confirming any nomination until a new president is in power next year.
Republicans argue it should be up to the electorate to pick a president who can nominate the right candidate for the job.
Scalia's death leaves the court finely balanced with four judges appointed by Democratic presidents and four by Republican ones, so the new appointment would leave the court liberal or conservative leaning.
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"The Constitution is clear about what is supposed to happen now, said Mr Obama, during a news conference at an economic summit in California for South-East Asian countries.
The president must nominate someone for the court and then it's up to the Senate to confirm or reject him or her, he said.
"There's no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off years. That's not in the constitutional text."
The president vowed to announce his preferred candidate "in due course" and called on Washington to employ "basic fair play" to get it done.
In recent years, the court has made key rulings on gay marriage, abortion and Mr Obama's key healthcare legislation.
Names on Michael Lowe's nomination form for the East Retford South ward on Bassetlaw District Council included three Labour supporters and a former Labour councillor, MP John Mann said.
Nottinghamshire Police said the matter had been referred "for consideration".
The local UKIP party said it would not comment as police inquires continued.
Mr Mann, who is running for re-election as the Labour MP in Bassetlaw on 7 May, tweeted earlier a police investigation was underway into the allegations.
Kevin Sly, whose name appears on the nomination form alongside those of his two daughters, Gemma and Jessica Sly, said they had been interviewed by officers.
"I'm not very happy at all," said Mr Sly, who describes his family as Labour supporters but not "active" members of the party. "I don't even know the guy."
Mr Sly, who lives in Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, near Retford, said the signatures alongside their names were not real.
Mr Mann said another person whose name was on the form, Anne Moore, was a Labour supporter who lived in the same town.
Signatures of 10 registered electors from the ward in which the candidate is standing must be obtained in order to apply, the Electoral Commission states.
David Scott, UKIP candidate for Bassetlaw in the general election, said Mr Lowe, who unsuccessfully contested the Worksop West seat at the county council elections in 2013, would not comment while a police investigation was under way.
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The 24-year-old defender, who previously had spells with Hull City, Aldershot and Portsmouth, is the 11th new signing made by Argyle this summer.
He has moved to Home Park after failing to agree a new deal with the Red Devils, after two years in Sussex.
Bradley played 49 games for Crawley last season, with his only goal coming at Argyle's fierce rivals Exeter City in a 2-2 draw on 14 November.
Plymouth have not disclosed the length of Bradley's contract with them.
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Police said the 18-year-old woman was raped in the toilets of Moo Moo nightclub in Tunbridge Wells in the early hours of Friday.
The attack happened between 01:30 BST and 02:03 at the Newton Road club, which held the party on A-level results day.
Officers seized CCTV from the nightclub as part of their enquiries.
The attacker is described as a white man with brown hair. He was wearing dark jeans and a short-sleeve T-shirt.
Moo Moo's Facebook page billed the event, from 21:30 to 03:00, as an "adventure as we go Pokemon mental to celebrate everyone's A-Level results when our three floors become three different Indigo League Locations."
Matthew Gordon said locals threatened him and his girlfriend at a restaurant, and that he was forced to write a letter of apology at a police station.
However police told BBC Hindi they had not insisted on an apology letter.
Australia's high commission in India issued a statement asking its citizens to research and respect local customs.
It was "concerned" by the incident and was speaking to local authorities, it added.
Bangalore police said they are investigating the incident.
Speaking to local media about Saturday's incident, Mr Gordon said they had been harassed by a group of people who appeared to be political activists.
"One of them came to me and confronted me about my tattoo. Soon they surrounded us and threatened to skin my leg and remove the tattoo," he was quoted as saying.
Ramesh Yadav, identified as one of the people responsible for heckling Mr Gordon, is a known activist from India's governing BJP party.
He denied threatening Mr Gordon and said he had only advised him to cover the tattoo because it could hurt local sentiments.
Mr Gordon's Facebook posts on the incident have been widely shared in India.
In one post he shared a picture of his letter of apology that he alleged police had forced him to write before he could leave the station.
"I should not have to apologise for what is on my skin and be put in a traumatising situation where it is apparently acceptable to be harassed, threatened and mobbed," he said.
However Bangalore Commissioner of Police NS Megharikh told BBC Hindi that they had never insisted on an apology letter and that Mr Gordon had written it on the advice of a "local friend".
"There was some altercation near the restaurant. In any case, the police responded to a call from the spot and only brought them to the police station to resolve the issue,'' he said.
Police also believe it may have been home to the people responsible for one of the US's most deadly mass shootings.
At around 5pm on Wednesday, acting on a tip off, police raided a house on Redland's Center Street, a leafy residential road about 15 minutes' drive from where the San Bernardino shooting occurred.
Using battering rams, police smashed through a window and climbed in.
It was a quick but measured entry - police were worried the home might contain explosives.
From a house opposite, 20-year-old Adrian Tejeda filmed everything.
"[Police said] lock all the doors," he tells the BBC.
"I got some calls from family saying 'Have you seen the news?'.
"I said 'Yeah I can see it because I'm right here!'"
Late into Wednesday night police continued to search the property. The surrounding houses were quiet, curtains drawn.
But nowhere was forcibly evacuated, a police officer at the scene said, although some residents had opted to leave - perhaps more due to the 20 or so satellite trucks that had descended on the scene, rather than any worry over a possible threat to their safety.
As is so often the case in these shocking incidents, those who knew or came into contact with the suspect were surprised that something like this could possibly happen.
"What kind of neighbourhood is this?" Mr Tejeda continues. "It's peaceful. Nothing really bad happens.
"It's a bunch of innocent people."
He says he thought he had seen the at least one of the suspects in the past, going in and out of the house, but nothing ever stood out as being unusual or strange. Certainly nothing that hinted at what would take place in San Bernardino.
"That's crazy stuff to think they're living right next door to you," Mr Tejeda says.
Hours before the arrest, at an unconfirmed address in the same town, the suspected shooters Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, both later killed by police, are said to have taken their six-month-old daughter to the home of Farook's mother.
According to a family spokesman, the couple said they had to go to a doctor's appointment.
Debate about what the shootings will mean for America's continued soul-searching on violence has already started here.
At a nearby bar, a man who did not want to be named said he worried that the shooting would be used to fuel anti-gun law arguments - due to California's apparently "restrictive" gun laws.
The state's strict - by American standards - regulations require passing a test to get hold of a weapon, and there is a waiting period.
But "Guns and Ammo" shops can still be seen peppered throughout the state, promoted with neon lights.
At least two of the weapons used in the shooting were bought legally, it has been established - news that will perhaps push the possibility of action even further away.
Psychologists and dermatologists at Guy's Hospital in London will question 400 patients with the rare genetic condition xeroderma pigmentosum (XP).
They have to protect themselves from the effects of daylight, as their skin cannot repair itself in the normal way.
Research suggests a third to a half of all medicines for long-term conditions are not taken as recommended.
Examples include children not using asthma inhalers to prevent an attack, and even transplant patients not taking medicine that stops their body rejecting the new organ.
Psychologist Prof John Weinman, from King's College London, told BBC News: "Medicine is waking up to this but it's a massive worldwide problem.
"Some doctors just assume a good diagnosis is enough, and treatment will be followed.
"They might not check to see how much the patient understands the condition.
"Certainly, there are major communication challenges."
Ben Fowler, 55, from Brighton, has a less harmful variant of XP - but he still needs to put on strong sunscreen and cover up, even on a cloudy day.
He has had many skin lesions removed - and had skin cancer on multiple occasions.
Specialist doctors monitor him three times a year.
Mr Fowler, who runs a furniture design business, told BBC News: "It took me a long time to recognise the importance of UV.
"I thought the doctors meant I shouldn't go sunbathing on the beach.
"Then, I noticed that some photographic paper had gone black even though I kept it in a drawer in my studio.
"This brought it home to me that UV is there all the time - and it's damaging the cells in my skin.
"I also got a letter from the doctors, expressing concern that I wasn't doing enough to protect myself.
"A doctor can tell you what's wrong with you in layman's terms - but you don't always understand the science behind it.
"Once I realised I had to avoid UV or be really careful, I recognised I needed to alter my behaviour profoundly - and I did."
Funded by the National Institute for Health Research, the study will question patients from Europe, Tunisia, Japan and the US.
A consultant dermatologist at Guy's Hospital, Dr Bob Sarkany, runs the NHS service for the UK's 100 XP patients.
Many of them put protective film over their windows to block invisible ultra-violet (UV) light, which causes permanent damage to their cells, from entering their homes.
Some children with XP have to wear visors to protect the face and neck.
The average life expectancy of an XP patient is just 32.
Dr Sarkany said: "XP is important, but a much more common problem is people without the condition who have had life-threatening skin cancers.
"A lot of those people have problems protecting their skin from the Sun after cancer - we don't understand why.
"We hope our research with XP will allow us to help these other patients."
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While Premier League Bolton were preparing for an FA Cup semi-final, a crowd of 583 watched Eastleigh lose 3-0 at home to Ebbsfleet in the Conference South.
A day later, more than 75,000 fans saw Bolton play Stoke at Wembley - although Wanderers were on the end of a 5-0 thumping.
Just under five years on, the fortunes of the two clubs appear to be going in different directions as they prepare to meet on Saturday.
Eastleigh, now fourth in the National League, are into the third round of the FA Cup for the first time in their 70-year history.
They host a Bolton side rock bottom of the Championship and £172.9m in debt.
A sell-out crowd of more then 5,000 is expected at the Silverlake Stadium, just a short walk from Southampton Airport, to watch the only non-league side left in the competition.
It's all a far cry for the club from being knocked out at the third qualifying round stage by Gloucester City just three seasons ago.
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Plotting this season's course has been the Spitfires' colourful manager Chris Todd.
The former Swansea, Torquay and Exeter defender has taken the semi-professional club to the same round as the teams from the top two divisions while also revealing his skills as a singer, actor and author.
Todd, who was only handed the job permanently back in October, admits a win against Bolton would be "breathtaking".
"It would be everything for what we're trying to achieve as a football club," he said.
"It would be more history and a momentous occasion for everyone involved, who works day-in, day-out to make this club successful."
Bolton's off-field problems surrounding their financial future have been well-documented, alongside their perilous position at the foot of the Championship.
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But midfielder Ben Strevens, who scored the winning penalty in Eastleigh's first-round victory at Crewe, and assisted the decisive second goal against second-round opponents Stourbridge, is expecting a tricky test.
"It doesn't matter that Bolton are down the bottom of the league," the 35-year-old told BBC South Today.
"It's sad what's going on there off the field, but the fans will be fully behind them and wanting to do well in the cup.
"We're under no illusions, it's going to be a tough game."
Perhaps the toughest challenge for Eastleigh will come before a ball is even kicked.
With a record crowd expected, work on an unprecedented scale has been going on to get the ground ready to host temporary broadcasting facilities and equipment as well as additional catering outlets.
Chief executive Mark Jewell will have one eye on the weather and the other on the pitch after having to postpone their National League game against Bromley last Saturday.
"As long as we don't have biblical proportions of rain before Saturday, we should be OK," he said.
"The pitch will hopefully get some drying time and then from Thursday, we'll get the covers on.
"Off the field, it's been quite hectic. We've had crowds of 4,000-plus here before, but a sell-out is a first.
"We're using it as a learning curve for when we hopefully go on to bigger and better things in the future."
Saturday's Football Focus is scheduled to be broadcast live from Eastleigh at 12:10-13:00 on BBC One.
Ms Rudd said the British had wanted to control the flow of information to "keep the element of surprise".
She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she had been very clear with Washington "that it should not happen again".
Ms Rudd said the Manchester-born bomber Salman Abedi had already been on the radar of the British security services.
She claimed the 22-year-old, born to parents of Libyan origin, "was known up to a point" in the UK.
Ms Rudd spoke out as the government raised the terrorism threat level to "critical" - the highest possible rating - on Tuesday amid fears another attack was imminent.
She said this meant the police would have 3,800 soldiers to call on and equipment for "as long as we need them".
The measures follow Monday night's attack at Manchester Arena, which killed 22 and injured 59.
Counter-terrorism detectives have spoken in the past about how important it sometimes is for them that names of suspects do not make it into the media. They say a delay of around 36 hours, before the public know who they are investigating can allow them to arrest known associates of the suspect before they know police are looking for them.
Information about the bomber's identity first emerged in the US - with American TV networks CBS and NBC naming Abedi as the suspect.
Ms Rudd was asked whether she would be looking at how information sharing may have resulted in the premature release of details the British police and security services had not wanted in the public domain.
The home secretary told Today: "Yes, quite frankly.
"The British police have been very clear they want to control the flow of information in order to protect operational integrity - the element of surprise - so it is irritating if it gets released from other sources, and I've been very clear with our friends that that should not happen again."
Pressed on whether the Americans had compromised the investigation, she said: "I wouldn't go that far, but I can say they are perfectly clear about the situation and that it shouldn't happen again."
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said Ms Rudd's irritation stemmed from the fact "crucial information about the investigation" had been "leaked to the media in the US".
She had been concerned that this "might have compromised aspects of the investigation", namely that it may have "alerted associates" of the bomber "that the security forces here knew who they were looking for".
He added: "Ms Rudd, I'm told, got on the blower to US officials and gave them a piece of her mind. Officials say they are in no doubt about our views on that."
Edwin Mee, 46, of Glasgow, had denied targetting cadets while working at Croydon's Mitcham Barracks in 2010 and 2011.
In total, the father-of-five was convicted of 16 offences against nine victims.
He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 12 June.
On Tuesday, Mee was convicted at Southwark Crown Court of 10 sex assaults, two rapes and an assault by penetration.
He preyed on his victims, whose ages ranged from 15 to the early twenties, at the barracks' careers and information office.
During his trial, the court heard Mee would stay late at the careers centre and conduct interviews with applicants out of hours to "deliberately" target his victims.
One 15-year-old told the trial she was kissed against her wishes while a 16-year-old said Mee slapped her bottom.
Another said she saw Mee as a father figure until he raped her.
Prosecutor Rosina Cottage told the court: "This is a pattern of bullying sexual behaviour that was repeated again and again to the female cadets to make them feel that he had power over them and control over their future."
Jurors were discharged after failing to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault, having spent more than 30 hours deliberating.
Mee had denied all 21 charges against him and was cleared of three sex assault allegations.
The 16-year-old disappeared after entering the water at Culham, Oxfordshire, on Saturday evening.
His family said they were forced to hire a boat and find private divers to recover his body when they were left without police help.
Ellis's sister Alex said she was glad for the apology but added "words mean nothing without actions".
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In a Facebook video message, Thames Valley Police Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Ross said: "I am profoundly sorry for the treatment of the Downes family over the weekend, in particular the level of support, the level of compassion, the lack of information and communication that we afforded them, and in particular Mr and Mrs Downes and Ellis's two sisters.
"This fell far below the standards that we would expect from our staff and I apologise for that."
Replying on her own Facebook page Alex Downes said she was "glad that the police made the first step by admitting they had done us wrong by referring themselves to the IPCC".
She added: "All we want now is for things to change about the way [Thames Valley Police] handle operations so that we can prevent this happening again in the future."
Ellis' father Darren Downes said he believed "a lost dog" would have got better treatment than his missing son.
Mr Downes said on the evening his son went missing his family sat for "hours and hours" without any contact from the police.
He eventually discovered no divers had been used to search the river and his daughter Alex had to contact private companies.
Thames Valley Police axed its specialist search and recovery team, which carried out underwater operations, as a result of budget cuts in 2014.
Mr Downes said the private dive team was initially barred from entering the water, which delayed the search by several hours. Police relented when he threatened to "go down and jump in myself".
Dive team chief executive Peter Faulding has branded the police's obstruction of his team "disgusting" and said the operation was the worst he had seen in his career.
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Emergency services were called to a property on City Road near the Penlline Street junction at about 04:30 GMT.
The fire service is investigating after the blaze started in the Moonlight shisha cafe and spread to the flat and roof above it.
Police were asking people to avoid the area.
South Wales Police evacuated the area - home to dozens of cafes, bars and restaurants - at the height of the fire and the fire service said several people now needed temporary accommodation.
Local resident Matthew Haines told BBC Wales he had heard a major explosion and had gone around the corner to see what had happened.
"I thought, 'I wonder what's happened. Is it one of the places round the corner?' We've just had a recent kebab shop go up.
"The fire literally took minutes, it was in full swing. I counted 13 fire engines, water tenders, air lift. The fire service were working non-stop."
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Police were called to the A259 Rye Road, in Brookland, Romney Marsh, at 15:50 BST on Sunday, to reports of a "serious collision".
The man riding the motorbike and two women, both passengers in a Renault Megane, died as a result of the crash, Kent Police said.
The road was closed for several hours and police have appealed for witnesses.
Ex-heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko encouraged the crowd to continue occupying Kiev's Independence Square.
The protesters oppose President Viktor Yanukovych's policy of strengthening ties with Russia rather than the EU.
They began a series of rallies in November calling for his resignation.
The protests, and occupation of the square by activists, were sparked by Mr Yanukovych's decision to abandon plans to sign an association agreement with the European Union.
Instead, Ukraine struck a deal with Russia in December, which has seen big cuts in the price of gas imports from Russia.
Moscow also supported Ukraine's finances with a $15bn purchase of government bonds.
Some 10,000 people are estimated to have gathered for this latest rally - considerably fewer than the peak of the campaign in December which saw crowds estimated at 200,000.
Many protesters have stayed camped out in Independence Square since the opposition campaign began.
There have been occasional outbreaks of violence as police tried unsuccessfully to clear the square using tear gas.
"The authorities are pretending they cannot hear us. I know it's hard for us, but we have enough strength to win," Mr Klitschko told the crowd.
He called for renewed demonstrations after the Orthodox Christmas holidays on Monday and Tuesday and warned of a general strike.
The last major opposition protest at the end of December was given further impetus by an attack on activist and journalist Tetyana Chornovol, who was severely beaten up on Christmas Day.
She had accused Mr Yanukovych of corruption over his financing of his official residence outside Kiev.
Mr Yanukovych denied any allegation of corruption and called for an investigation into the attack on Ms Chornovol.
The 41 pupils and seven staff from Arthur Terry School, Sutton Coldfield, were kept "safe and well" and had consular support, the school said.
They were stuck at Istanbul Ataturk airport for more than 24 hours after landing during the coup attempt.
The group was expected in Cape Town to start a 10-day South Africa trip.
They will be driven to an outward bound centre in Sedgefield on the Western Cape, to take part in community projects, working in two schools.
Headteachers, Neil Warner and Richard Gill, said the "students were delighted" to be continuing their trip and "have made us all very proud with how they have reacted to a challenging situation".
Richard Moore, British Ambassador to Turkey, said on Twitter a consular officer was with the group until about 02:30 BST on Sunday. He praised the children for their "patience and bravery" as well as their "amazing teachers".
Information about the South Africa trip said it would provide a "real insight into a totally different culture and way of life". The students had raised funds through events such as a fun run and raffle.
Flights at Ataturk airport were grounded during the coup attempt and parents of the pupils who had travelled with Turkish Airlines took to Twitter to say they were "petrified" and called for help from the airline, Foreign Office and media.
One worried mother wrote: "Help! Please get our children out of Ataturk airport".
The school was able to reassure parents their children were safe.
A statement later said: "It's great to know that many of you have had direct contact with your sons/daughters and know that they are safe, well cared for and in good spirits."
The Foreign Office, which initially advised British nationals in Turkey to stay indoors, said the situation "appears to be calming" and flights were returning to normal. It added people should remain vigilant.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says the 22-year-old, capped 24 times, will be out for a further six to eight weeks.
Oxlade-Chamberlain suffered his initial knee injury in the Champions League defeat by Barcelona on 23 February.
"There is no chance of the Euros for him," said Wenger. "He will be back at the beginning of July."
Oxlade-Chamberlain, who made his England debut against Norway in 2012, had been scheduled to feature for the Gunners' Under-21 side earlier this week.
"He was out for a while and was not overloaded with games," Wenger added.
"You want a guy of 22 years of age to go to the European Championship, so it is very sad."
Oxlade-Chamberlain was a surprise call-up to Roy Hodgson's squad for Euro 2012, becoming the third-youngest England player to feature at a major tournament when he started the 1-1 draw with France in Donetsk.
He was part of Hodgson's 23-man World Cup squad in 2014, but did not feature after injuring a knee during England's final warm-up game against Ecuador.
England will face Russia, Slovakia and Wales in Group B at Euro 2016, which begins on 10 June.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) London's average house price in 2015 was £472,000 - 13.5 times London's average annual wage.
The typical mortgage lets you borrow a maximum of four and a half times your average earnings.
Between 2005 and 2016 average private rents in London rose 38%, while average individual earnings rose just 21%, according to a report by the Mayor of London.
Ahead of the general election BBC London has taken a look at how the different parties would address three housing issues facing many Londoners.
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Marketing manager Hayley Miller moved to London because the "job opportunities here are better than anywhere else".
Despite earning above the national average she says she "doesn't earn enough to see home ownership as an option".
"Above national average, doesn't feel like it in London," she said.
"It's creating that Peter Pan mentality. We work and play but can't settle down here for life."
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Housing campaigner Robert spends 47% of his take home pay on renting in Hackney, which creates "never ending financial pressure".
"You're in a period of anxiety waiting for the renewal cost for the letting agent," he said.
In the last two years his rent has increased 23%.
"The main concern for someone in my position and my age is you worry how long you can sustain those rent increases," he added.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation estimates 58% of renting households in London - equivalent to 1m households - spend more than a third of their income on rent.
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All three parties say that improving the housing supply will help take the pressure off current private rented stock and help stabilise prices.
Tracy Strassburg: Priced out of London
Tracy, a mother of two boys from Nunhead in south-east London, told the BBC she is being priced out of London.
Despite working as a yoga teacher and receiving £950 a month in housing benefit she struggles to make the £1400 a month she needs to pay for a two bed flat.
She is left borrowing up to £450 a month from her mother and running up debts on credit cards.
Her eldest son, who will turn eight in November, has lived in six different addresses.
She says every time she moves house she has to downsize the property for an increased price.
Each party promises to grow council and local housing association stock, which provide cheaper rents for those in need, which could in turn take pressure off of the private rented sector.
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This election issue includes house building, home ownership and social housing.
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Duffy beat Olympic champion and defending world champion Gwen Jorgensen into second place both in the final event and the overall standings.
Briton Helen Jenkins came fourth in Cozumel to end the season in fifth.
Compatriot and Olympic silver medallist Jonny Brownlee, second in the men's standings, races for the title at 22:30 BST on Sunday.
GB's Non Stanford was eighth in the women's race, while team-mate Vicky Holland, a bronze medallist in Rio, did not finish after crashing on the bike leg.
Duffy, who led after the 1.5km swim, extended her lead over the main field on the 40km bike as she worked alongside GB's Lucy Hall and Jessica Learmonth, and held on in the 10km run to win in one hour 57 minutes 59 seconds.
American Jorgenson, world champion in 2014 and 2015 and beaten only twice in the past two years before Mexico, finished 1min 17secs behind, with Australia's Charlotte McShane third.
Watch highlights of the women's race at 14:30 BST and watch the men's race live at 22:30 on Sunday.
The Democratic race has turned increasingly negative in recent days as the candidates traded barbs about their qualifications for the presidency.
The Democrats have largely avoided the personal attacks that have dominated the Republicans' debates.
But with so much at stake that changed at Thursday's debate.
"Does Secretary Clinton have the experience and intelligence to be President? Of course she does?" Mr Sanders said at the debate. "But I do question her judgement."
Mr Sanders repeatedly criticised Mrs Clinton for her financial ties to Wall Street, particularly her paid speeches to an investment bank. He also faulted her for supporting the Iraq War.
Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton has questioned whether Mr Sanders has adequately thought out his policy proposals after he struggled to provide specifics during an interview with the New York Daily News.
"It's easy to diagnose the problem. It's another thing to do something about it," Mrs Clinton said.
The candidates' recent tensions were on display on stage. Mr Sanders mocked Mrs Clinton's responses at times while Mrs Clinton occasionally talked over her opponent.
Other highlights included:
A resurgent Mr Sanders has won seven of the last eight contests, sparking a groundswell of enthusiasm from his supporters.
The Sanders campaign drew more than 25,000 people to a rally on Wednesday in Washington Square in Manhattan.
However, buoyed by earlier wins across the southern US, Mrs Clinton holds sizeable lead in the number delegates needed to secure the nomination.
Many analysts believe that Mr Sanders needs to pull off an upset in New York to remain viable in the race.
Mrs Clinton, who represented the state in US Senate for two terms, holds a commanding lead in New York, according to recent polls.
Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky said action would be taken after the checks while an MP described the film as "shameless propaganda of sin".
The live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast features Disney's first ever gay character and love scene.
A Russian law prohibits the spreading of "gay propaganda" among minors.
The 2013 legislation, which has angered human rights activists and the international gay community, describes homosexuality as "non-traditional sexual relations".
Homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia in 1993 and the country officially removed it from a list of psychiatric disorders in 1999.
However, homophobic attacks have been documented in recent years.
Director Bill Condon has spoken of an "exclusively gay moment" in Beauty and the Beast.
It involves LeFou, who is a sidekick of the film's main antagonist Gaston.
LeFou, played by US actor Josh Gad, tries to come to terms with feelings for Gaston that swing between lust and admiration, as a side-plot to the main story.
The movie is due to be released in Russia on 16 March.
But Vitaly Milonov, an MP of the governing United Russia party, urged the culture minister to hold a screening of the film before it was released to see if it complied with the law and to "take measures to totally ban" it if he found "elements of propaganda of homosexuality".
His colleague Alexander Sholokhov said that if the scenes violated the law, the film should be banned from cinemas.
"As soon as we get a copy of the film with relevant paperwork for distribution, we will consider it according to the law," Mr Medinsky said.
Meanwhile, Russian actor Pavel Derevyanko told state-run TV Russia 24, "I will not take my kid to this movie."
When the first Beauty and the Beast trailer was released last year it had almost 130m views in 24 hours.
Emma Watson plays Belle, the young girl who falls in love with a monstrous beast with a dark secret.
Her suitors - the Beast and Gaston - are played by Brit stars Dan Stevens and Luke Evans.
The cast includes Ewan McGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kevin Kline and Stanley Tucci.
In another groundbreaking moment, the film is to feature the first interracial kiss in a Disney live-action film.
The animated version of Beauty and the Beast came out in 1991.
Rooney, 25, signed a new five-year contract in October just 48 hours after announcing his intention to leave, also issuing a statement casting doubt on the quality of Sir Alex Ferguson's squad.
The striker, with the England squad for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Wales, has since helped United win a record 19th domestic title and reach the Champions League final, where they lost to Barcelona.
And Rooney has started this season in devastating form, with five goals in three successive Premier League wins that have put United at the top of the table.
He said: "I'm thankful I ended up staying and signing because I said at the time after I signed my new contract that I had made a mistake and I owed performances and goals to the fans for what happened.
"It's the best decision I've made in football career. To still be there and enjoying it, winning things and seeing the team coming through and playing the way it is, is fantastic. The average age of the side in the last two games has been 23. That's great for the future for us and hopefully we can bring more success to Old Trafford.
"What I did say at the time was wrong and I admitted that. We've brought players in, which is great. I'm enjoying playing with these younger players. It is not only going forward where they help us, they do a bit more running as well which is always good for me.
"I'm enjoying it. I'm in a happy place both on and off the pitch. We're playing a different way, a lot more high pressure on the opposing team and playing with a lot more energy and pace and that's certainly helping us."
Rooney also gave his support to United's new 20-year keeper David de Gea, who has had uncertain moments since his £18.9m summer move from Atletico Madrid.
He said: "I think he's obviously a good shot stopper. I hadn't seen much of him before he signed but he is a good shot stopper and his passing out from the back is alongside Edwin Van der Sar's. He very rarely kicks long to a forward, he always tries to pick someone out.
"He's still young and got a lot to learn but he's working hard and doing well in training. He's a strong character. After the Manchester City game and then West Bromwich Albion he didn't seem to be too affected by the fact that not everything went for him. He was on the training pitch the next day working hard and in the last couple of games he's done well for us. I think he will only get better the more he plays."
The US online retail giant has filed a lawsuit in Seattle, Washington.
It says its brand reputation is being damaged by "false, misleading and inauthentic" reviews paid for by sellers seeking to improve the appeal of their products.
It comes after Amazon sued a number of websites in April for selling fake reviews.
Amazon says the 1,114 defendants, termed "John Does" as the company does not yet know their real names, offer a false review service for as little as $5 (£3.24) on the website Fiverr.com, with most promising five-star reviews for a seller's products.
"While small in number, these reviews can significantly undermine the trust that consumers and the vast majority of sellers and manufacturers place in Amazon, which in turn tarnishes Amazon's brand," the technology giant said in its complaint, which was filed on Friday.
Amazon said it had conducted an investigation, which included purchasing fake customer reviews on Fiverr from people who promised five-star ratings and offered to allow purchasers to write reviews.
It said it had observed fake review sellers attempting to avoid detection by using multiple accounts from unique IP addresses.
Amazon said the lawsuit was not targeting Fiverr, which is not a defendant in the complaint. Fiverr said it was working with Amazon to resolve the issue.
"Amazon is bringing this action to protect its customers from this misconduct, by stopping defendants and uprooting the ecosystem in which they participate," the lawsuit says.
Anyone, whether they are a customer or not, has the ability to review products sold on Amazon's online store, but the rules of the site forbid paid-for or fictional reviews.
Prof Colin Raston, a chemist from Flinders University in South Australia, has discovered that his Vortex Fluidic Device (VFD) can also slice tiny carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to uniform length with unprecedented precision.
Individual CNTs, which are just a few nanometres in diameter or about the width of a small virus, have incredible properties - they are 200 times stronger than steel yet five times more flexible, and conduct electricity five times more efficiently than copper wires.
But an inability to consistently create nanotubes with uniform lengths and properties has been one of several obstacles that has frustrated scientists' efforts to harness these materials, which can be used for highly targeted drug delivery in cancer therapy.
"When you make CNTs normally, they're entangled - it's like a bowl of spaghetti. They're all stuck together and they're different lengths," Prof Raston told the BBC.
Shortening them currently requires toxic chemicals, which can chemically alter the surface of the CNTs, changing their properties and limiting their functionality.
Prof Raston's VFD, which mixes fluids inside a rapidly spinning glass tube, could offer a cleaner, faster alternative for cutting CNTs down to size, also opening up applications for electronics.
"What our device does is untangle the carbon nanotubes and then slices them, so you overcome two problems in one go," he says.
Using just water, a liquid solvent, and a laser, his team was able to consistently produce CNTs with an average length of 170 nanometres, without degrading their properties. The results were published in Nature's Scientific Reports.
"It's one of highest tensile strength materials, and yet you put it in a liquid, and you spin it in a special way and with a laser you can cut it down," he says.
Prof Raston says his sliced CNTs are small enough for drug-delivery vehicles, and could also improve the efficiency of solar cells.
The idea for the VFD was conceived on a 15-hour flight from Los Angeles to Sydney in 2010. Prof Raston wanted a small machine to use for continuous flow processing, a type of manufacturing where chemical reactions take place between fluids mixing inside a tube.
"It was a eureka moment," recalls Prof Raston. "I came up with the idea for the device, and I drew the plans on the plane."
The VFD has what looks like a glass test tube, about 20mm in diameter, tilted at a 45 degree angle. This tube is spun at very high speeds, up to 9,000 revolutions per minute.
"While you're spinning it, you actually add liquid to the bottom of the tube through stainless steel jet feeds," explains Prof Raston. "The speed of the spinning tube coupled with the incoming flow creates intense, highly dynamic micro-mixing."
This mechanical energy means the machine can create bio-diesel without adding any heat, and can also unravel and correctly fold proteins, he says.
Prof Raston and his colleagues demonstrated protein unravelling by successfully unboiling an egg, reverting gelatinous whites back into liquid form. It was an achievement that in 2015 earned the research team an Ig Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
The tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobels honour scientific research that seems unusual or funny at first glance but on closer inspection has merit.
That same protein-folding mechanical energy is what enables the device to manipulate CNTs: "Because of the complex way the liquid moves it has intense shear [force], and therefore it bends the nanotube," says Prof Raston.
This creates a kink in the structure - with the nanotube bent, his team added vibrational energy, using a near-infrared laser to slice through the weakened kink where the tube was folded.
Assoc Prof John Stride from the University of New South Wales in Sydney is an expert in carbon nanostructures, and says "if the researchers can reliably slice the CNTs 'to order' then this is a real advance".
"Anything that allows us to control and manipulate these nano-objects will be of use in developing applications," he says.
"The beauty of the approach is the relative low-tech aspect of it essentially being a spinning column of liquid that does the initial work… with a near-infrared laser providing the energy to cut the tubes.
"It's almost like laundry in the washing machine being spun out… it's very simple to picture what's happening, but of course that's occurring on the molecular scale, which is really quite intriguing."
Prof Stride also says that, if they're proven to be inert, shortened CNTs may provide an "effective mechanism for drug delivery to the inner cell region".
"It's a nice finding. I don't think it will completely revolutionise carbon nanotube research, but it's a significant advance in the field."
The visitors took the lead thanks to Kyle Lafferty's low drive from distance but Ryan Bowman squared it with a close-range header.
Moult made it 2-1 with a wonderful lobbed effort into the top corner.
The Englishman went close to a second, but the officials decided Christophe Berra had cleared his header off the line.
Hearts' Jamie Walker went closest to an equaliser with a second-half dig from distance that goalkeeper Trevor Carson touched wide.
The win is Well's second Premiership triumph on the spin, and their second of the campaign, while interim Hearts head coach Jon Daly has now overseen one win, one draw and two defeats.
One man may not make a team, but Moult proved how vital he is for Motherwell after Hearts went ahead through Lafferty's strike.
His first telling contribution was an assist for Bowman, nodding Richard Tait's deep delivery back across goal where his team-mate was waiting to head home.
Minutes later, Moult showed his range of skills to bag the winner with a wonderful finish. He gathered on the edge of the box, dug the ball out of his feet and found the top corner with a terrific floated effort.
He thought he had a second with a back-post header that looked in all the way before Berra intervened to clear.
Hearts came into this one on the back of two successive clean sheets and four points from six.
It started so well when Lafferty gathered, drove towards the box and fired an accurate low drive past Carson and just inside the post.
Their solidity at the back deserted them for Motherwell's equaliser, with Bowman left in space to finish easily.
While Moult's winner was a superb finish, questions might also be asked about how he found space in such a dangerous area.
It simply did not click for the visitors, who lacked any real threat for much of the match.
The international break gives the Tynecastle club space to appoint the man they want to become their next permanent head coach - with Hearts owner Ann Budge expected to make an announcement at the beginning of the week - and how Daly would have loved a win ahead of that to reinforce his credentials.
Motherwell will take great confidence from this result, with manager Stevie Robinson appearing to have made some shrewd summer moves.
Keeping hold of Moult until after the transfer window shuts this week would mark more fantastic business for the Fir Park outfit.
Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson: "There's an inner belief that they're never going to be beaten. We earned it. Hearts are a good side but I thought we out-battled them at times.
"Second half, I thought we played really well and probably deserved the result.
"We're creating a lot of chances. I still think there's lots of things we can improve on. Defensively we're very good. We're solid, we're strong and we coped with a bombardment for 5-10 minutes with crosses into the box.
"Louis (Moult) is a Motherwell footballer for the next year unless someone makes an offer that the board can't refuse."
Hearts interim head coach Jon Daly: "I thought we could have played more football; when we did, I thought we were the better team.
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"Motherwell are quite direct and they are good at what they do. We did the work on that and it's disappointing not to deal with it.
"It's frustrating. It will be a long two weeks now until the Aberdeen game."
Match ends, Motherwell 2, Heart of Midlothian 1.
Second Half ends, Motherwell 2, Heart of Midlothian 1.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Prince Buaben.
Attempt missed. Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Motherwell. Alex Fisher replaces Chris Cadden.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Lewis Moore replaces Jamie Walker.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Prince Buaben replaces Connor Randall.
Attempt missed. Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Chris Cadden (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian).
Foul by Ryan Bowman (Motherwell).
John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Christophe Berra (Heart of Midlothian).
Allan Campbell (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Don Cowie (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt missed. Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Cedric Kipre (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Cedric Kipre (Motherwell).
Kyle Lafferty (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Kyle Lafferty (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from long range on the right is blocked.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Cedric Kipre.
Substitution, Motherwell. Allan Campbell replaces Elliott Frear.
Cedric Kipre (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt missed. Louis Moult (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Elliott Frear (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Smith (Heart of Midlothian).
Richard Tait (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Heart of Midlothian).
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Esmael Gonçalves replaces Cole Stockton.
Connor Randall (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Louis Moult (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Connor Randall (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt blocked. Louis Moult (Motherwell) header from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Trevor Carson.
Attempt saved. Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Ryan Bowman (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christophe Berra (Heart of Midlothian).
Foul by Charles Dunne (Motherwell).
The Fair Education Alliance (FEA) says while progress has been made in improving standards, this has been uneven, with some pupils missing out.
The FEA says more must be done, such as overhauling careers guidance and efforts to promote pupils' wellbeing.
Ministers say their policy is about achieving fairness and social justice.
In 2014, the FEA - a group of education organisations - published targets to be achieved by 2022, to help close the gap in opportunities and achievement between rich and poor children in England.
The goals were:
The latest report looks at the progress made against these targets.
It says while there have been some advances in the past year - for example, GCSE results improving in the north-east England and the university graduation gap closing slightly - generally, progress has been static.
FEA chairman Sir Richard Lambert said the latest figures showed some schools and regions were providing high quality education for pupils, irrespective of background, and this must celebrated.
"More parents who can afford to make the choice are now choosing to send their children to state schools, many more of which are featuring in the lists of the nation's top performers," he said.
"But the big picture is still much too patchy. Progress is uneven, and in some cases non-existent. And the report shows that inequality is not just the result of income differentials.
"There is also a geographic divide between good and bad outcomes.
"On the current trajectory, the targets that we have set for reducing inequality in the school and higher education system by 2022 will not be achieved.
"That would leave another generation of young people condemned to second-class schooling through no fault of their own. So we have to redouble our efforts."
The alliance calls for a number of measures to help raise standards and close the achievement gap:
The report says: "At national level, some progress has been made in closing the gaps for some of the poorest children and young people in England.
"Despite small overall improvements in outcomes for these young people, progress is uneven and education still remains particularly unfair in some parts of the country.
"In mapping the education journey of children at schools serving low income communities or those from poor families, a school pattern emerges.
"Within the same area, poorer children are better served by some schools than others, and in these better schools they are achieving above expectation.
"Often underpinning this success are a whole school approach to achievement, enrichment activities, the development of character and high expectations."
Malcolm Trobe, interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: "The FEA's suggestion of a mortgage deposit scheme as an incentive to attract teachers to an area is an innovative approach which we welcome.
"Schools across the country are experiencing significant difficulties in recruiting teachers, and this is particularly acute in the most challenging areas.
"More must be done to attract people into teaching in general and in particular into these areas."
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "All of our reforms are underpinned by a total commitment to fairness and social justice.
"Thanks to our reforms there are now 1.4 million more pupils being taught in good or outstanding schools compared to 2010, and the attainment gap is narrower than ever.
"We have also introduced new, rigorous GCSEs so more pupils have access to the world-class education they deserve."
Mrs May said she "never thought I'd see the day when members of the Jewish community" would be "fearful" of staying in the UK.
She was speaking at a service in London to remember those killed in the terror attacks in France this month, including four people in a kosher supermarket.
Police say there is "heightened concern" about risks to Jewish people.
The president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Vivian Wineman, welcomed the home secretary's speech, saying Jews in the UK should be alert to the terror threat but not alarmed.
Mrs May said the attack on the supermarket in France was "a chilling reminder of anti-Semitism, not just in France but the recent anti-Semitic prejudice that we sadly have seen in this country".
"I know that many Jewish people in this country are feeling vulnerable and fearful and you're saying that you're anxious for your families, for your children and yourselves," she continued.
"I never thought I would see the day when members of the Jewish community in the United Kingdom would say they were fearful of remaining here in the United Kingdom."
"And that means we must all redouble our efforts to wipe out anti-Semitism here in the United Kingdom," she said.
The UK's threat level remains severe, which means a terrorist attack is highly likely.
On Friday Met Police assistant commissioner Mark Rowley, the national policing lead for counter-terrorism, said a security review was being carried out in the UK in the aftermath of the attacks in France.
He said police were holding talks over "more patrols in key areas" following concern from the Jewish community and after "anti-Semitic rhetoric from extremists" in France and elsewhere.
Speaking after Sunday's service, organised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Mr Wineman welcomed the decision to increase police protection for the Jewish community.
He said: "Of course there is a real terrorist threat. People shouldn't be alarmed, they should be alert but not alarmed. There is a threat but don't exaggerate it."
When asked if British Jews were moving to Israel because of the terror threat, he said there had always been a steady stream going and they went for positive reasons to express their Jewish identity.
He said that the British Jewish community was "very happy here" and that the "vast majority of British people were not anti-Semitic".
Jonathan Sacerdoti, from the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism UK, said the terror threat was not just against Jews, but was "a threat against Britain".
"We are not running scared and we are not running away. We are here to stay, and we are here to say that it is time Britain stands up to this," he said.
In a letter read out at the commemoration service in London, Mayor Boris Johnson said: "I've set a clear expectation that the police treat all harassment and hate crime offences very seriously."
Speaking at the service, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said that education was the way to tackle anti-Semitism.
Afterwards he added: "We know that in Paris a pensioner, a rabbi's son, a teacher and a shop assistant were wiped out because they were Jewish.
"And if history tells us anything, we need to be constantly vigilant."
He has written to more than 1,000 Islamic leaders at mosques in England urging them to help "explain and demonstrate how faith in Islam can be part of British identity".
Mr Pickles said he was "proud" of the way British Muslims in Britain had responded to the Paris attacks but there was "more work to do".
"You, as faith leaders, are in a unique position in our society. You have a precious opportunity, and an important responsibility," he said.
Later, the Muslim Council of Britain said it had not been sent the letter but would be writing to Mr Pickles to ask that he "clarifies his request".
Deputy secretary general Harun Khan said: "Is Mr Pickles seriously suggesting, as do members of the far right, that Muslims and Islam are inherently apart from British society?
Mr Khan said Muslim communities around the country have "redoubled their efforts to bring communities together and defy extremists of all kinds" following the Paris attacks.
In an attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January, militant Islamists killed eight journalists, two police officers, and two other people.
Two days later, an Islamist gunman killed four Jewish men in a kosher supermarket in the city. The same gunman is believed to have shot a policewoman the day before.
A network of criminals from eastern Europe and Russia used malware to hack into dozens of First Commercial Bank ATMs, police say.
CCTV footage shows masked thieves walking away with bags of stolen cash.
One Latvian man was held in northeast Taiwan, while two other suspects were arrested in the capital Taipei.
More than half of the money has been recovered but another 13 suspects are believed to have fled the country.
"This is the first time that an international team of ATM thieves has committed a crime in Taiwan," the head of the police's Criminal Investigation Division, Lee Wen-chang, said.
It remains unclear exactly how the thieves installed malware on the machines, but it allowed them to quickly withdraw large amounts of cash.
Investigators believe they may have used mobile phones.
In response, banks have frozen withdrawals from more than 1,000 ATMs.
Former soldier Lanna Monaghan also subjected the child to cold showers, bit and kicked him - and hit him so hard with a wooden spoon that it broke.
Monaghan, formerly of Fort Augustus, told police she had a temper and could "zone out" and be "out of control".
The 34-year-old was remanded in custody at the High Court in Edinburgh.
The court heard that Monaghan had seen the electric training collar being used on a dog and told the pet owner: "If it works on a dog it will work on kids."
Judge Lady Rae was shown photographs of injuries found on the boy and asked if those on his neck were consistent with what appeared to be electrodes on the collar.
She was told they were and said: "So it must have been applied on a number of occasions."
The abuse ended when the boy was aged three after a concerned woman contacted the authorities.
Monaghan admitted five charges of assaulting the boy, who does not live with her, at addresses in the Highlands in 2014 and last year.
She admitted repeatedly fixing a dog collar with an electric shock device attached around his neck and inflicting shocks on him in July last year.
The private hire car employee also admitted forcibly placing him in a shower and turning it on and off while kicking the boy on the body.
Monaghan, who served in the Army for nine years, also admitted biting him on the ear and repeatedly striking him with a wooden spoon.
She had initially denied to the authorities to giving the toddler electric shocks with the dog training collar, the court heard.
But she later claimed that she had picked up the device during a visit to another woman's home.
She gave three shocks in quick succession to the boy's neck because he had refused to swallow a mouthful of food.
Monaghan told police: "I am truly sorry for what happened, I can't believe it happened."
She claimed the child "pushes my buttons, spitting on me, peeing on the floor and being sick on the floor".
She admitted that at times she would be crouched down to the child's eye level, shouting and swearing aggressively at him when he wet himself and cried.
The prosecutor said: "She did not appear to recognise the possibility that the child was reacting involuntarily and through fear."
The judge rejected a defence plea to allow Monaghan to remain on bail ahead of sentencing because she is pregnant.
Lady Rae told a weeping Monaghan: "This is an appalling catalogue of charges of physical cruelty, I think that is the only way to describe it, to a toddler over 15 months."
The judge told her that she had to call for a background report because she had never served a prison sentence before, but added: "Realistically it would be very difficult to avoid custody in a case such as this. This was a toddler, a defenceless child."
Monaghan will be sentenced at a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow in July.
The Reverend Andrew Dotchin was told he could not go into The Wine Bar in Tacket Street, Ipswich, by a doorman due to health and safety fears.
The vicar of Whitton said he was "gutted" as "dog collars and sandals" are what vicars wear.
A Wine Bar spokesman said it was "unfortunate" but a man in sandals had previously cut his foot.
Mr Dotchin had been to a beer festival with friends on Easter Sunday when they then decided to go to the bar.
"We were stopped dead - sorry, we don't let sandals in here," said Mr Dotchin.
"It's the old health and safety rules - we serve in glass and the glass might break and hurt your toes."
The vicar said he always wears sandals in line with what the Bible says but joked the doorman might not have liked the sight of his feet.
"A few of my school friends were on the side of the bouncer," he said.
"The Bible says how beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news - not these feet, no.
"Socks are an instrument of Satan - if you look at any pictures of stained glass windows, look at the toes - no-one in heaven is wearing socks.
"Jesus says only wear sandals in Mark ch 6 v 9. I am practising for heaven."
The Wine Bar spokesman said: "There is no hard and fast policy. On that evening it was fairly busy.
"It was on a bank holiday we had a gentleman wearing sandals who cut his foot.
"It was just unfortunate Mr Dotchin was at the bar on that particular evening."
The Warriors looked on course for victory heading into the third and final day as they needed 77 runs, with eight wickets left, to win the contest.
However, rain meant no play at Eglinton on Thursday with a halt finally called at 15:00 BST.
The Warriors were on 48-2 at the close on Wednesday, needing 125 for victory.
On Wednesday, the Warriors had moved on from 89-4 to post 167 in reply to the Knights' first-innings total of 130.
As Davy Scanlon produced figures of 5-29, the Knights were dismissed for 161 in their second innings.
Niall McDonnell and Andy McBrine both hit 30 in the North West's first innings while Robert McKinley top-scored in the Knights' second innings with an unbeaten 43 as Greg Thompson notched 37 with Shane Getkake contributing 35.
After their first-innings lead, the Warriors collect 11 points with the Knights taking 10 from the fixture.
The next fixture in the inter-pro series sees Leinster Lightning take on Northern Knights at Belmont on Sunday in a 50-over game.
Hanley Energy Irish Interprovincial - Day Three
Northern Knight (First innings) 130 (37.5 overs): J Shannon 71, C Young 5-37, S Thompson 3-32 and 161 (55 overs): R McKinley 43 no, G Thompson 37, S Getkake 35, D Scanlon 5-29
North West Warriors 167 (First innings) 167 (64.5 overs): N McDonnell 30, A McBrine 30, Nat Smith 4-34 and 48 for two after 15 overs
Game drawn after no play on day three
Heng Li Ying, 29, sold access to the footage via online forums, Channel News Asia reports.
She pleaded guilty to three counts of privacy invasion.
Her lawyer said his client was truly remorseful for her actions for making the videos, which featured women in various stages of undress.
She sold videos to at least 22 people, at a price of either 10 cents (£0.06; $0.07) or 20 cents per second of footage, the Strait Times says.
According to the news site, the gym contacted the police when they were alerted about films of their members circulating online.
The Cottage Ward at Leek Moorlands Hospital is expected to be closed to new patients for at least a week.
A number of patients and staff have reported flu-like symptoms although evidence of the virus is yet to be confirmed.
An NHS spokesperson said they regretted having to close the ward but added that other wards were still open.
Director of nursing and quality, Siobhan Heafield, said: "It is important that we make all possible efforts to limit the spread of the virus.
"Other wards are not affected and they and our routine clinics and the minor injuries unit continue to operate as normal.
"Winter has arrived rather late this year and the recent cold weather has increased the level of flu-like illness and those at risk of getting serious complications from flu may be more vulnerable if they haven't yet had the flu jab."
Two men and a woman were arrested after the front door of a property was set on fire in Berwyn Street, Bala.
North Wales Police officers were called at about 23:00 BST on Tuesday.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and the police are carrying out a joint investigation.
The Detroit-based automaker reported revenues of $35.7bn (£23.7bn), 4.5% lower than $37.4bn last year.
Net income in the three months to 31 March was $945m, up from $145m a year earlier when the results were affected by the costs of vehicle recalls.
In March, GM said it would close its Russian plant because of weak demand.
In South America, as well as lower demand from Brazil, results have also been hit by the strength of the dollar.
"Clearly the macro environment in South America, and it's primarily Brazil, deteriorated versus even where we thought it was going to be," said GM's chief financial officer Chuck Stevens.
However, chief executive Mary Barra remained optimistic.
"Our results in the first quarter provide a solid foundation to achieve our financial commitments for the year.
"Continued execution of our plan... will drive profitable growth, return on invested capital and shareholder value."
Earlier in April, GM announced first quarter sales of 2.4 million vehicles, just behind Volkswagen and Toyota.
Toyota is currently the world's biggest automaker, having announced global first quarter sales of 2.52 million vehicles.
Dumfries and Galloway Council has agreed to commission the probe into the beleaguered DG One in Dumfries.
Councillors decided to continue repairs on the site which it has already been revealed are set to run at least £3m over their £10m budget.
Council leader Elaine Murray confirmed she would also write to the Health and Safety Executive and Police Scotland.
The local authority is to draw down £500,000 initially to allow repair works to continue.
A report is then expected back within eight weeks to put a final price tag on the remedial work.
They decided against more dramatic options which could have seen the building demolished and replaced or simply knocked down.
"It is not a position any of us would have wanted," said Ms Murray.
"This is the best outcome we could have given the situation - we will be able to deliver a facility for Dumfries."
Earlier, Ms Murray had told councillors she would be contacting the police and the HSE to look at the potential of a criminal investigation.
It echoed calls made by south of Scotland MSP Colin Smyth who said such a probe should not be ruled out.
He said the "eye-watering" scale of repairs meant questions needed to be asked as to whether the building was safe during the time it was being used by the public.
DG One opened in 2008 but a string of problems led to its complete closure in 2014.
A long-running legal wrangle meant it took nearly two years before the council reached a settlement with contractors to allow the current repairs programme to begin.
It has unearthed further problems which Ms Murray described as "absolutely shocking".
"It is an absolute disgrace and we feel - in the administration group at least - that we need to investigate the possibility of criminality and how that can be taken forward," she said.
The council also agreed to commission an independent inquiry into the DG One building and its construction so that "all lessons are learned".
A spokesman for Kier, who built the centre, said last week that a settlement for the building had been reached last year allowing full remedial works to be undertaken.
Crowds paid their respects to Alessandro Giancaterino, 42, and Gabriele D'Angelo, 31, waiters at the Hotel Rigopiano.
Another body, of a woman, was found on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 16.
But rescuers continue to search for 13 people still missing, and say there is a chance survivors could be trapped in the hotel bar.
They are trying to punch their way in through the 80cm (2ft 7in) concrete wall, in the hope that some could still be alive in air pockets there.
"We are working on the theory that the avalanche did not necessarily hit or destroy every room and that we haven't yet reached the heart of the structure," said a spokesman for the fire service, Luca Cari.
He said rescuers were working around the clock at the remains of the hotel - which in 2009 hosted Hollywood star George Clooney.
So far, 11 people have been found alive following the 120,000-ton avalanche - which police have calculated had the equivalent impact of the hotel being hit by 4,000 fully loaded trucks travelling at over 100 km/h (60 mph).
On Tuesday, first victims were laid to rest - chief waiter Giancaterino in the next village of Farindola, while fellow waiter D'Angelo was being buried a few kilometres away.
Giancaterino was in the hotel at the time as he had offered to stay for a double shift on 18 January to cover a fellow worker who was struggling to get in through the snow drifts, said AP news agency.
"He was a great hard worker. He was very professional," said his brother, Massimiliano Giancaterino. "This is the memory that I want to keep of my brother, beyond obviously the private ones that I keep in my heart."
At the hotel, rescuers have been able to excavate a path into the hotel which allows access for heavy machinery, said firefighters' spokesman Mr Cari.
They will now try to create a shaft through the thick concrete wall dividing the bar from the kitchen, in the hope that there could be an air pocket - and possible survivors - in the space behind.
As the search continued, a rescue team was sent from the base co-ordinating the avalanche operation to help in an unrelated helicopter crash nearby, public broadcaster Rai reported.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has called for a "united effort and common front in the face of disaster".
But further concerns have been raised about the emergency services' handling of the disaster and authorities have opened an official inquiry into the circumstances of the tragedy.
Details have emerged of an emergency phone call between a restaurant owner and a senior official at the local authority co-ordinating rescues in Pescara. A transcript has been published by Italian daily La Repubblica.
At 18:20 local time (19:20 GMT), after the hotel's collapse, Quintino Marcello tells the official that his chef, Giampiero Parete, who was staying at the Rigopiano, contacted him on Whatsapp five minutes before.
"The Rigopiano hotel has collapsed, there's nothing left. He's there with his wife and little children. Act immediately. Go up there!"
But La Repubblica says the official insists the hotel is fine and that the fire brigade checked it out during the morning. It was a barn containing sheep at a farm that had collapsed, the official says.
Mr Parete had already contacted emergency services some time before, La Repubblica says, but they checked with the hotel owner, Bruno di Tommaso, who told them he was unaware of an avalanche - though crucially he was not at the scene.
Earlier, relatives of the missing complained that the snow-bound hotel should have been evacuated before the avalanche hit late on Wednesday afternoon. One relative, Alessio Feniello, accused authorities of wrongly telling him that his son, Stefano, had been rescued.
It has also emerged that the hotel owner sent the authorities an email asking for help a few hours before the avalanche, saying that guests were "terrorised by the earthquakes and have decided to stay out in the open".
Prosecutor are also examining whether environmental risks were properly assessed during the construction and subsequent renovation of the hotel.
The discovery was made by the BBC's Rip Off Britain, which was investigating food hygiene at branches of several big-name takeaways and coffee shops.
A scientist who examined the results told the programme the presence of the bacteria increased the risk of anyone who consumed the ice becoming ill.
KFC said it was extremely disappointed and had launched an investigation.
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Dr Margarita Gomez Escalada studied the sample, taken from a Birmingham KFC restaurant, at Leeds Beckett University.
She told the programme: "We found high levels of bacteria in the ice.
"The presence of faecal coliform suggests that there's faecal contamination either on the water that made the ice, or the ice itself, and so it increases the risk of getting sick from consuming this ice."
Undercover researchers visited a branch of Costa in Loughborough, the Chicken Cottage in Hampstead, a Café Nero in Bath and the Wimpy in Basildon, as well as the KFC at Martineau Place in Birmingham.
At each location, Rip Off Britain said its researchers asked for a cup of tap water with ice, as this can be an good indicator of standards behind the scenes.
Most of the samples that were taken turned up low and harmless levels of bacteria when tested, Rip Off Britain said.
Dr Escalada said: "It's really hard to say how the faecal bacteria got to the ice that we tested. The thing I think is most likely is that it got there through manipulation. So someone touched the ice and their hands weren't particularly clean."
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The programme said that the KFC in question had temporarily closed for a deep clean following a zero hygiene rating only weeks before the sample was taken.
Angela Rippon, who co-presents Rip Off Britain said: "When we reported this to KFC they were horrified. They literally leapt to action and they got the Food Standards Agency back.
"This particular place now has a rating of five out five, so they're pretty good."
The presenter said the investigation highlighted the importance of hygiene ratings labels, which restaurants in England have no legal obligation to display.
KFC said it was undertaking "a retraining programme with all team members on our standards for touch point cleaning and procedures".
The restaurant chain added that it took "food safety and hygiene extremely seriously".
Gabor Presser filed for damages of at least $2.5m (£1.7m) at New York's US District Court.
Presser claims one-third of New Slaves, from West's album Yeezus, is an unauthorised copy of the 1969 song Gyongyhaju Lany.
Lawyers for West and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC have yet to comment.
Presser said he wrote Gyongyhaju Lany, which roughly translates as Pearls in Her Hair, when he was in the band Omega. He said it was "one of the most beloved pop songs ever in Hungary and across Eastern Europe".
The musician and composer, who began his music career during the '60s, said he was unaware his song was being used until West's lawyer emailed him soon after marketing began, indicating the star "would like to work out a deal with you as soon as possible".
Presser, who filed his legal claim on 20 May, said he was given 24 hours to respond to the email.
His complaint stated West's lawyers sent him a $10,000 (£6,850) cheque and insisted he grant a licence, but Presser added he did not cash the cheque.
"Kanye West knowingly and intentionally misappropriated [the] plaintiff's composition," the complaint said. "After his theft was discovered, defendants refused to deal fairly with plaintiff."
Rapper West headlined Glastonbury last year, and is one of the biggest names in popular music with 21 Grammy Awards under his belt and more than 11 million albums sold in the US alone.
However he is notoriously erratic and uncompromising, comparing himself to figures including Jesus and Leonardo Da Vinci, and occasionally launching into long mid-set rants.
It is the latest high-profile copyright case to make headlines - in April a US court ruled Led Zeppelin founders Robert Plant and Jimmy Page must face trial in a row over the song Stairway to Heaven.
A Los Angeles district judge said there were enough similarities between the song and an instrumental by the band Spirit to let a jury decide if damages should be awarded.
Bees, butterflies and birds returned to remote mountaintops in the Seychelles only six months after exotic plants were removed.
Taking out exotic plants seems to make native plants more accessible to pollinators, say scientists.
Plants have been moved around the world for centuries, meaning native and exotic plants often grow side-by-side.
There has been debate over the loss of plant biodiversity in some parts of the world, as "alien" plants invade ecosystems.
The study was carried out on the tropical island of Mahé in the Seychelles, an island archipelago in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.
International researchers monitored pollinators at eight isolated areas on the top of mountains.
Four of them had all exotic shrubs (about 40,000 woody plants) removed, while the others remained unchanged.
Over an eight-month monitoring period, the removal of exotic plants appeared to improve pollination.
In restored sites, plants produced more flowers and attracted more visits from pollinating animals, which was linked with the production of more fruit.
Meanwhile, the number of pollinator species (including bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, moths, beetles, birds and lizards) was higher in the cleared areas six to 14 months after exotic species had been removed.
"Ecosystem restoration resulted in a marked increase in pollinator species, visits to flowers and interaction diversity," said a team led by Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury of TU Darmstadt in Germany.
"Our results show that vegetation restoration can improve pollination, suggesting that the degradation of ecosystem functions is at least partially reversible. "
The research is published in the journal Nature.
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Jessica Lawson fell into a lake in the Massif Central region on 21 July 2015. She died in hospital the next day.
Her father Tony said: "We still don't know to this day exactly what happened to Jess while she was in their care."
East Riding of Yorkshire Council said it would not comment until a French inquiry into the incident ended.
Mr Lawson, from Kirk Ella, on the outskirts of Hull, said he was due to meet Education Secretary Nicky Morgan on Thursday.
Jessica was one of 24 students and three staff from Wolfreton School in Willerby that were on a five-day trip to the Club Correze adventure centre near Meymac.
It is believed she became trapped under an overturned pontoon, which she and a group of children were jumping from while swimming.
Mr Lawson said: "Twelve months on and we still have more questions than answers, both from the school and East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Their only advice to us is 'seek legal advice' and that was basically it."
He said the family had been left isolated and alone, and he did not want others to go through what they had experienced.
Speaking ahead of the first anniversary of Jessica's death, he said: "18 July is the day I put her on the bus and waved her goodbye and that's probably going to be the hardest day for me. That was the last time we saw her. We never expected for her to never return back on the coach with the other 23 children."
Kevin Hall, director of children's services at the council, said he recognised the lack of information coming from the investigation in France was "very difficult" for the family.
"Regrettably, the council is not able to influence the speed of the judicial process by the French authorities and until those investigations are complete it would be inappropriate to comment further," he said.
"However, we do not underestimate the emotional impact this must be having on all concerned."
Headteacher Dave McCready said his "thoughts go to [the] family at this sad time".
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it was "continuing to support the family".
The 38-year-old victim, who is from Bradford, was punched in the face and hit his head on the road outside the takeaway on Westgate.
West Yorkshire Police said the fight involved a number of people.
Joshua Balmforth, 20, of no fixed address, has been charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm.
He is due to appear at Wakefield Magistrates Court later.
Three other men who were arrested have been released on police bail.
The injured man is being treated at Leeds General Infirmary.
Deaths of up to 10 cats found decapitated in Croydon and nearby are being investigated by the Met Police.
The vet, who wished to remain anonymous, told BBC News he had ruled out slaughter by another animal.
However, the RSPCA said it was keeping an open mind as to the cause pending further test results due in mid-March.
The vet said he believed a "sharp-bladed instrument" had been used.
It has been suggested the deaths may be the work of the same person - dubbed the Croydon Cat Killer or Cat Ripper by some.
Of the 16 carcasses he examined, the vet said, he had been able to link 10 of the deaths, with the most recent examination undertaken on Thursday.
Incisions had been made with a weapon "like a knife, but not a scalpel because the incisions are too long for that", he said.
In the past two cases, he revealed, raw chicken was found in the cats' stomachs, suggesting the animals had probably been lured by the killer with the offer of the meat.
"I think they are being strangled and then taken off-site to be butchered, and then the bodies are being returned and dumped, that is why there is no blood found at the scene," he said.
As the killings progressed, he said, the decapitations had vastly improved in surgical competency.
"My fear initially was the cats were being hacked to death because the cuts were really random but the incisions have become much more precise, which suggests they are being killed first."
The killer is thought to have worn gloves and protective clothing when catching the cats because DNA analysis has found no evidence of foreign material beneath their claws.
More than 40 cases of beheadings have been reported to South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty centre to date, with the majority dating back to the past three years.
Boudicca Rising, from the centre, said she believed the killings were the work of one "sick individual" and remains "are being displayed where people will find them".
There was an attempt to return the remains to where the killer suspected the cats lived, she said.
Dr Naomi Murphy, who works within the dangerous and severe personality disorders unit at HM Prison Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire, said this extreme form of cruelty to animals strongly suggested the work of a sadist, someone who enjoyed harming other creatures.
"Because these killings involve weapons it seems like the type of person who plans and gets pleasure from thinking about the pain they are going to inflict.
"What happens when people are sadistic, like any kind of addiction, they often have to go further and further to satisfy their addiction," she said.
On Friday the Met Police said the number of incidents linked to the investigation at this stage was in single figures. A force spokesman said officers were also aware of a similar allegation in Surrey.
The RSPCA said it was conducting tests on the cat bodies and the results could take a few weeks to come back.
It called on people to contact them if a cat was found dead in "suspicious circumstances". SNARL is coordinating efforts to retrieve cat bodies for post-mortem examinations.
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or call the Crimestoppers charity anonymously.
The vessels were discovered by archaeologists as they excavated a section of a quarry at Must Farm near Peterborough in 2011.
The boats are being kept in cold storage at Flag Fen, where they will be sprayed with a special wax.
The two-year project will stop the ancient timbers from degrading.
The technique prevents the boats from drying out too quickly and enables them to be kept in one piece.
Previously log boats have been cut into pieces for conservation.
It is hoped the process will reveal more about the Must Farm log boats, one of which is almost 30ft (9m) long.
Visitors to Flag Fen will be able to watch conservators at work, with the aim of eventually putting the boats on public display in glass cabinets.
Ian Panter, principal conservator at the York Archaeological Trust, designed the conservation strategy for the boats.
He said: "It's the first time we've had this number of log boats on one site.
"To undertake the conservation with the public able to view it and watch the process develop over the next few years is a great opportunity to see it in action.
"We're keeping the boats wet and cold to help keep everything as it is - so there's no biological activity to digest through the timber - to reduce decay of the wood."
Mr Panter said he believed the boats were used for fishing and transporting cargo along the River Nene.
Carbon-14 tests will be carried out to give precise dates of when the boats were made and could also reveal why they were abandoned in the river.
"I think they had been intentionally sunk but we don't know why," Mr Panter said.
Eric Bolling, a long-time host at the network, allegedly sent the messages on separate occasions several years ago.
His lawyer described the claims as "untrue and terribly unfair". Fox News said an investigation was under way.
It is the third high-profile harassment case to hit the conservative cable news outlet recently.
Citing 14 unnamed sources, the Huffington Post, a politically liberal news site, reports that Mr Bolling sent unsolicited photos of male genitalia by text message to at least two colleagues at Fox Business and one at Fox News.
"Eric Bolling has been suspended pending the results of an investigation, which is currently underway," a Fox News spokesperson said.
Mr Bolling's lawyer, Michael Bowe, told Reuters news agency: "The anonymous, uncorroborated claims are untrue and terribly unfair.
"We intend to fully cooperate with the investigation so that it can be concluded and Eric can return to work as quickly as possible."
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An unidentified object was spotted on Monday within Finnish territorial waters. It was detected again early on Tuesday, the navy said.
The incident comes amid growing concern in the region over Russia's military exercises.
In October, Sweden launched a hunt for a foreign submarine suspected to have entered waters near Stockholm.
Navy operations chief Commodore Olavi Jantunen told Helsingin Sanomat newspaper that the depth charges, dropped at 03:00 on Tuesday (midnight GMT), were meant only as a warning.
"The bombs are not intended to damage the target, the purpose is to let the target know that it has been noticed."
Defence Minister Carl Haglund said the object seen in the Baltic Sea this week could have been a submarine.
"We strongly suspect that there has been underwater activity that does not belong there. Of course it is always serious if our territorial waters have been violated," he told Finnish news agency STT.
Commodore Jantunen was more cautious, telling Finnish public broadcaster YLE only that the sightings involved a "possible underwater object".
Finland has become increasingly worried about the military exercises of neighbouring Russia. The two countries share a 1,300km (800 mile) border.
But the defence minister did not say whether he thought Russia was involved.
Finnish Border Guard ship Turva patrolled the waters off Helsinki on Tuesday
Finnish media reported that although the target was believed to have left the area, the investigation into the incident would continue.
Finland had a close eye on its waters and it had gathered useful information about the target for further investigation, Commodore Jantunen said.
Finland is not part of Nato but it has strengthened its ties with the Western military alliance since the Ukraine crisis.
Earlier in April, Finland also agreed to increase defence co-operation with other Nordic countries in response to Russia's activity in Ukraine.
Last October, Sweden launched a week-long search for a suspected submarine in its waters.
Naval vessels and planes scoured the Stockholm archipelago, amid suspicions that a Russian submarine was in trouble there.
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Five-month-old twins and their 17-month-old brother were airlifted to Cork University Hospital on Tuesday evening.
The twins, a boy and a girl, are suffering from moderate burns, their brother has less serious injuries.
Their burns were sustained when a petrol canister accidentally exploded at about 18:30 BST.
The canister was brought into the family home on Tuesday evening and Gardaà are investigating the cause of the fire.
Police and paramedics treated the children at the scene at the family home in Drinagh, near Drimoleague.
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The bittern, a member of the heron family, was seen resting in the reeds at at Llandrindod Wells Lake.
Reeds were planted at the lake as part of a major regeneration scheme by Powys council.
"The presence of the bittern proves once again that the efforts made to restore the ecological balance of the lake are working," said Powys council cabinet member, Graham Brown.
"With such a rich ecology now developed, it is no wonder bird watchers are coming from across Britain to see what is on offer, which is also boosting local tourism."
The RSPB estimates there are only about 80 breeding pairs of bitterns in the UK, with 600 of the birds spending the winter in Britain.
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Tasmanian devils live on an island off the coast of Australia but it's taken lots of hard work to try and keep them from going extinct.
A disease has caused their numbers to fall from an estimated 250,000 to 10,000.
Now, a group of 22 disease-free captive bred creatures have been flown from Sydney to their natural habitat in Tasmania.
They've been released into bushland, surrounded by fencing to help protect them from any wild Tasmanian devils infected with the disease.
It's hoped if this first reintroduction is successful, more of these endangered animals can be released to help save the future of the species.
The social network has made him the fourth-richest man in America and a hero to any aspiring college entrepreneur.
Of course Zuckerberg was already something of a prodigy when he started his global empire. But for those with more modest abilities, there are now thousands of schools across the country offering courses in entrepreneurship.
The days seem long gone when students sought skills that would secure them a job for life working for somebody else.
"There's been a massive shift," says Derrick Maggard, director of the Apex Systems Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Virginia Tech.
"Most of these students grew up during the great recession and saw their parents, maybe their grandparents or an aunt or uncle struggle and get laid off by large companies.
"They're almost fearful to go into the corporate world," Maggard said. "They say, I don't want that to happen to me - I want to do my own thing and control my destiny."
He says the most important characteristics for a successful entrepreneur are the ability to handle ambiguity and the skills to bring an idea to fruition.
"Ideas are a dime a dozen and there is nothing in the world that somebody hasn't already thought of. It really comes down to the ability to execute an idea and that is a really difficult process," he says.
Mark Zuckerberg is now worth more than $52bn (£39bn), adding $18bn to his fortune in the last year alone according to Forbes.
And while he represents a tiny percentage of entrepreneurs, many other successful companies have been started in a college dorm room.
Dyn was co-founded in 2001 by Jeremy Hitchcock, studying at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts.
He developed a way to optimise the flow of data between online companies and their users to improve internet performance. Dyn, based in Manchester, New Hampshire, now employs 400 people and boasts clients such as Twitter and Etsy.
"I'd give the same advice to any university student," says Hitchcock.
"Go start a company or be part of something where you're creating or building, because you're at a time in life when you have that freedom of exploration. And do something that's crazy, that's non-traditional."
Maggard says there is no better place for experimentation than a college campus where students can also develop professional networks.
"If you are a student entrepreneur and you have an idea with a time limit on getting it to market, I would encourage you to take a leave of absence and give it a go. But those are rare," he says.
"Work on it while you're in school. Develop the idea and continue to do customer research. Then when the time is right and you are ready to move forward, go for it."
29-year-old Mehr Pastakia already had a degree in horticulture but started her rooftop garden company while studying at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Baltimore.
"I just wanted to learn what everybody else seemed to know about business," she says. "I had a few really great classes and really great classmates that made it totally worth it for me."
One of the most important lessons was how to manage conflict and develop self-knowledge as a leader, she says. She was also able to meet a potential investor who focuses on backing women-owned companies.
"Female entrepreneurs are on the rise," says Maggard. "But one challenge they do face is equal access to capital. Venture capitalists are known to invest less in female led start-ups."
"Research shows that women are more risk averse than men, and this can be paraded around as unfavourable," says Kathy Korman Frey, entrepreneur in residence at George Washington University and founder of Hot Mommas Project, the world's largest online library of female entrepreneur case studies.
But, she says, attitudes towards women entrepreneurs are changing.
"If I know my investment is safer with a person who is going to consider all the options and then make a move, that's a (good) investment strategy."
She says millennials - particularly women - also have a different definition of success and are better at identifying work-life balance.
"They are much more sophisticated in looking beyond their current state and saying, this is the way I'd like my life and my work to be. They don't want to be part of the 50 percent winding up in divorce court like their parents," she says.
Maggard agrees that the new generation of college entrepreneurs have ambitions that go beyond making big bucks.
"A lot of our students are coming to do research to solve really big problems," says Maggard.
"They're thinking about things in a way that will allow them to make a difference in the world. We have this social entrepreneurship and social impact culture and it's very cool.
"We just have to surround them with the right mentors, the right tools and the resources so they can be successful."
A new independent panel now has the last say - not Scottish government ministers.
The changes were brought in through last year's Children and Young People Act.
The panel can block a closure, give it consent or ask a council to look at it again.
One driving force is to try to ensure that parents and communities have faith in the process being followed even if, inevitably, many decisions to close schools will prove highly controversial.
Until now, if Scottish government ministers "called in" a local authority proposal to close a school they would also then make a final decision in relation to the closure.
The School Closure Review Panel now has responsibility for reviewing cases called and reaching a final determination.
The Scottish government said it hoped this will remove the scope for any suggestion of political considerations having influenced a decision.
The panel cannot overturn a closure decision simply because it disagrees with it. There would need to be a flaw or error in the process followed by the council or the information used to justify the closure.
Minister for Learning Alasdair Allan said: "The new panel strengthens and increases transparency in these far-reaching decisions, and it also removes the potential for any suggestion of decisions being influenced by political considerations.
"That is a perception that, despite the reality, is hard to refute; from today these decisions, rightly, will be taken away from the political spotlight and at arm's length from ministers."
For each decision that is called in, the Convener of the School Closure Review Panel will be required to constitute a panel of three members. They are then required to reach a decision in eight weeks.
Convener Iain Nisbet said: "This is an important issue for education authorities and local communities alike, and I am looking forward to working with the panel members to deliver a fair, transparent and independent review process.
"Alongside amendments to the consultation process, updated guidance on participation of children in decisions affecting them and the introduction of a legislative presumption against the closure of rural schools, this represents a new phase in school closures and consultations."
Denis Donaldson was murdered in County Donegal in April 2006, months after being exposed as an agent who worked for the police and MI5 for 20 years.
Patrick Gillespie, of Craigvar Street, Glasgow, is charged with committing the offence between 2006 and 2016.
The accused, who also has an address in Donegal, was remanded in custody.
Mr Donaldson, 55, was once a key figure in Sinn Féin's rise in Northern Ireland politics.
He was shot dead at an isolated cottage near Glenties.
TV footage showed bloodied runners and spectators being treated at the scene and the road strewn with debris.
The FBI said that this was a "potential terrorist investigation".
In a TV address, President Barack Obama said "we will find out who did this" and that those responsible would feel the "full weight of justice".
"We don't yet have all the answers," he said. "We still do not know who did this or why."
President Obama said he had called Boston Mayor Tom Menino and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to offer federal assistance.
He said the government would increase security around the US "as necessary'' but did not say whether the White House thought the incident was part of a larger plot.
By Mario CacciottoloBBC News, Boston
It was a beautiful day in Boston, and everyone was in high spirits for the marathon.
I was in Washington Square, about two miles from the finish line, where a band was playing and there was a carnival atmosphere.
Suddenly the news started to filter through that there had been an explosion near the finish line.
The music turned off and the mood changed quickly. People reached for their mobile phones to reassure loved ones, and the crowds dissipated fast.
Small groups of runners and their supporters huddled together, pooling information and trying to find out just what had happened in Boston on marathon day.
At an initial news conference, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said authorities had received "no specific intelligence that anything was going to happen".
He urged people to stay indoors and not congregate in large groups.
At a second conference he said the death toll now stood at three. He said that no suspects were in custody.
Governor Patrick, speaking at the same news conference, confirmed reports that more than 100 people had been injured, some gravely.
He said Boston would be "open" on Tuesday but that there would be "a heightened law enforcement presence".
"There will be random checks of backpacks and other parcels. We are also asking that everyone be on a state of heightened vigilance," he said.
Details of the victims have not been revealed, however the Associated Press news agency reported that an eight-year-old boy was among the dead. Quoting a family friend, the report said the boy's mother and sister were also injured as they waited for his father to finish the race.
The city mayor's office has set up an emergency hotline for friends and relatives on +1 617 635 4500.
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The Federal Aviation Administration has created a no-fly zone over the area, while security at key sites in Washington DC and New York has been tightened.
Vice President Joe Biden - breaking off from a telephone conference call on gun control - said: "Our prayers are with those people in Boston who have suffered injury."
State police officer Roupen Bastajian had just finished the race when he heard the blasts.
"I started running toward the blast and there were people all over the floor," he said.
"We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing."
A doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital said "several amputations" had been performed there.
The first explosion came at about 14:50 local time (18:50 GMT), approximately two hours after the winners crossed the line.
There was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street just before the finish line sending some runners tumbling to the pavement while others were knocked down by those rushing to the scene.
Another loud explosion occurred a few seconds later, and smoke rose from the scene of the blasts.
Bloodied victims were initially rushed to a medical tent set up to care for fatigued runners.
Emergency services descended on the scene, which was quickly locked down.
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Stragglers heading for the finish line were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts.
Mike Mitchell of Vancouver, Canada, a runner who had finished the race, said he was looking back at the finish line when he saw a "massive explosion."
Smoke rose 50ft (15m) in the air, he told Reuters news agency, and people began running away and screaming after hearing the noise. "Everybody freaked out," he said.
A fire then broke out at the John F Kennedy presidential library a few miles away from the finish line.
Police said it might have been caused by an incendiary device but it is unclear whether it is related to the bombings.
The annual Boston Marathon this year had a field of about 23,000 runners and was watched by hundreds of thousands of spectators.
It is held on Patriots Day, a Massachusetts state holiday which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution in 1775.
British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, following events in Boston.
Police say 80 people are currently presumed dead after the fire at the west London tower block on 14 June.
Adele encouraged fans at the show to donate money to help the victims of the blaze.
She said Wembley's prices were "extortionate" and asked the crowd to donate rather than waste the money on "overpriced wine".
"It's been two weeks since the fire, and still the people who were affected by it are homeless," Adele said in a video message before the show.
"I promise that the money we raise together will go directly to the people who are living in that block."
Later in the show, on she said on stage: "Usually I ask everyone to get their phone out and put their lights on. But before I do that I want you to donate.
"Did anyone see the video before I came on? I've been down to Grenfell tower.
"I can't tell you how out of control and how chaotic it still is down there, it's been two weeks since this happened... it's atrocious that we can't get answers.
She added: "It's our job as human beings to be compassionate... You'll be hearing a lot more from me about [Grenfell] in the days and weeks and probably years to come."
She dedicated her song Hometown Glory to the victims of the fire and encouraged them to give money to Unite for Grenfell.
The concert was attended by 98,000 fans - a stadium record for a UK music event. She has three further dates at Wembley this week - the final one on Sunday.
"I wanted my final shows to be in London because I don't know if I'll ever tour again," she said in a message printed in the programmes.
"I've done 119 shows and these last four will take me up to 123, it has been hard out an absolute thrill and pleasure to have done."
Adele: great voice, that's a given, but the best bits of last night's gig were actually in between the songs.
After starting the show with, not surprisingly, Hello, Adele told the audience she was extremely nervous about playing Wembley for the first time.
But she shouldn't have been. Her banter alone had the audience in the palm of her hand.
From complaining that her dress was too tight to admitting that she will be marking the end of her epic world tour on Sunday with fags and whisky, Adele showed she may be the world's biggest singing star but she's still one of us.
And she struck the right note when talking about Grenfell Tower. The building's burnt out remains featured in the video which accompanied Hometown Glory, a song which already induces goosebumps.
She asked the crowd, the biggest ever at a gig at Wembley, to donate to the victims of Grenfell and promised she would be back on the ground, helping those families displaced by the fire, as soon as the Wembley run finishes.
To be able to talk about something so horrific, but then pick her audience back up again to enjoy the rest of the show, proved Adele's deft hand at performing.
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Officers were called to ground adjacent to Rashilee Avenue, near Park Mains High School, at about 05:40.
A Police Scotland spokesman said the death was being treated as unexplained.
Inquiries are under way to identify the man and a post mortem examination was due to be carried out.
The prosecution requested arrest warrants for four additional crew members. Eleven others, including the captain, had been detained earlier.
The ferry with 476 people on board sank off South Korea on 16 April.
Divers have recovered 183 bodies, but scores are missing presumed drowned.
Many of the victims were students and teachers from Danwon high school, south of Seoul.
The ferry sank on a trip from the port of Incheon to the island of Jeju.
In the latest move on Saturday, the arrests warrants were issued for two helmsmen and two members of the steering crew.
Prosecutor Yang Jung-jin, of the joint investigation team, said the four crew members were taken into custody late on Friday, the Associated Press reported.
The 15 crew members are facing charges of criminal negligence and of failing to help passengers, the prosecution says.
On Friday, divers found 48 bodies of students wearing lifejackets in a single room on the vessel meant to accommodate just over 30 people.
The group was crammed into a dormitory and all were wearing lifejackets, a South Korean Navy officer said.
The presence of so many victims in the cabin suggested many had run into the room when the ship tilted, correspondents said.
The head of the operation to retrieve bodies said he had "no idea" how long the ship search would take.
Furious relatives have repeatedly criticised the speed of the recovery operation.
On a visit to Seoul on Friday, US President Barack Obama expressed his condolences for South Korea's "incredible loss" and offered America's solidarity.
"So many were young students with their entire lives ahead of them," Mr Obama said. "I can only imagine what the parents are going through at the moment - the incredible heartache."
The South Korean government has said it is "mobilising all available resources" towards the rescue effort.
The prosecutors are also said to be investigating whether modifications made to the ferry made it more unstable.
Factors under consideration include a turn made around the time the ship began to list, as well as wind, ocean currents and the freight it was carrying.
Reports have emerged indicating that the ship's sleeping cabins were refitted some time between 2012 and 2013, which experts say may have inadvertently affected the balance of the boat.
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Messi, 27, received the Golden Ball after scoring four goals in Brazil but was subdued against Germany.
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Sabella said Messi's award was "very deserved", adding: "He played a great World Cup to get us where he did."
Barcelona star Messi said of the award: "The truth is it doesn't interest me at this moment."
The four-time world player of the year added: "We wanted to win the World Cup for all the people in Argentina and we couldn't do it. We tried, but we didn't have the luck we had in other games."
Midfielder Javier Mascherano added: "The pain is immense. We wanted to win this for the people of Argentina, for those who came here to support us, but we lost.
"We have represented our country the best we could. We have to lift our heads despite the pain. We gave everything we could out there."
Messi's goals came during the group stage, with a double against Nigeria following strikes against Bosnia-Hercegovina and Iran.
Former England captain Gary Lineker was disappointed by Messi's performances during the tournament.
"I'm not sure we saw the best of Messi," said the Match Of The Day presenter. "In the final, he was largely suppressed."
Former England defender Rio Ferdinand added: "Messi did some fantastic things, but he wasn't doing it consistently."
Sabella said he was proud of his players but admitted they had paid the price for missing chances against Germany.
Mario Gotze scored the only goal in Rio, volleying home with seven minutes of extra time remaining, but Messi, Gonzalo Higuain and Rodrigo Palacio all missed good opportunities for Argentina.
"Beyond the pain of the defeat in the final, they can look themselves in the eyes and say they gave everything for Argentina," Sabella said.
The former Leeds and Sheffield United player refused to discuss his future amid reports he is preparing to stand down.
"I cannot speak about the future," said the 59-year-old. "The future for me now is to be with the players and my people - the coaches and my family - and to rest a bit."
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Puppies reacted positively and wanted to play when researchers in France played them a tape of phrases like, "Who's a good boy?''
However, the international team of researchers found that adult dogs ignored this kind of speech.
When we talk to dogs, we often speak slowly in a high-pitched voice, similar to the way we talk to young babies.
The researchers think this way of talking may be our natural way of trying to interact with non-speaking listeners.
Prof Nicolas Mathevon of the University of Lyon/Saint-Etienne in France said pet-directed speech is similar to the way we talk to young infants, which is known to engage their attention and promote language learning.
"We found that puppies are highly reactive to dog-directed speech, in the absence of any other cues, like visual cues," Prof Mathevon told BBC News.
"Conversely we found that with adult dogs, they do not react differentially between dog-directed speech and normal speech."
The scientists recorded people saying the sentence: "Hi! Hello cutie! Who's a good boy? Come here! Good boy! Yes! Come here sweetie pie! What a Good boy!" as if they were speaking to a pet.
This was played back through a loudspeaker to dogs of all ages and compared with normal speech.
The researchers also found that human speakers use dog-directed speech with dogs of all ages even though it is only useful in puppies.
"Maybe this register of speech is used to engage interaction with a non-speaking [animal] rather than just a juvenile listener," said Prof Mathevon.
Dogs have lived close to humans for thousands of years, which is reflected in mutual understanding and empathy.
"Dogs have been selected by humans for centuries to interact with us," he added. "Maybe we have selected puppies that want to play or engage in interaction with us.
"And maybe older dogs do not react that way because they are just more choosy and they want only to react with a familiar person."
The experiment adds a new dimension to the idea that we talk differently to puppies because we are swayed by their cute ''baby-like'' appearance.
This theory - known as the baby schema - suggests we respond to the faces of baby animals in a similar way to those of human babies because we want to take care of them.
"One of the hypotheses was that we humans use this dog-directed speech because we are sensitive to the baby cues that come from the face of a small baby as we are sensitive to the faces of our babies," said Prof Mathevon.
"But actually our study demonstrates that we use pet-directed speech or infant-directed speech not only because of that but maybe we use this kind of speech pattern when we want to engage and interact with a non-speaking listener.
"Maybe this speaking strategy is used in any context when we feel that the listener may not fully master the language or has difficulty to understand us."
Dr David Reby, a psychologist at the University of Sussex, said the research could lead to better ways for humans to communicate with animals.
"There could be a practical use if we identify in the long term ways to speak to dogs that help and support their acquisition of new commands."
The research is published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B- Biological Sciences.
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Mr Conlon and three others were jailed in what is widely regarded as one of the UK's worst miscarriages of justice.
Previously unseen files from an inquiry into the case indicate persistent attempts to try to "reconvict" the four, Mr Conlon's lawyer has said.
His sister Ann McKernan said releasing the documents would reveal the truth.
It was Mr Conlon's dying wish to see evidence gathered as part of an inquiry into the case made public.
Following a freedom of information request, the first six files from Sir John May's five-year probe into the bombings were released to the BBC after a redaction process that took nearly a year.
But the vast majority of the files - more than 700 - remain closed at the National Archives at Kew.
Gerry Conlon (pictured), Paddy Armstrong, Paul Hill and Carole Richardson, who always protested their innocence, served 15 years before their convictions were quashed by the Court of Appeal in 1989.
All made signed confessions and were charged with the Guildford bombings, but would later retract their statements, claiming they had been obtained using violence, threats to their family and intimidation.
But all four were found guilty and received life sentences.
It was only after a campaign that received support from high-profile politicians and law lords that the four were finally released.
The "Balcombe Street Gang" IRA unit later claimed responsibility, although no-one else was ever charged.
Mrs McKernan said her brother always believed the files contained information that needed to be made public.
"Gerry had applied to get in the queue," she said.
"They refused. They wouldn't let him.
"He knew that there was stuff in there that had to be released to the public."
Files released so far - working papers that include letters, meeting minutes and memos - have shown some inquiry members refused to accept Mr Conlon's assertion that he was not in the IRA.
In the papers, assessor Richard Barratt suggests that Mr Conlon's alleged IRA background would have influenced the legal process in 1974 ahead of the Guildford Four's trial.
The allegation of IRA membership was a claim Mr Conlon always denied.
One February 1994 memo headed "Conlon's Proof" quotes a document suggesting Mr Conlon admitted he was a member of the IRA until 1974.
It gives "three reasons" to believe the statement was true:
And in a letter to Sir John May that February, Richard Barratt, a chief inspector of constabulary for HMIC, said: "Rightly or wrongly intelligence about Conlon's involvement in IRA affairs would have influenced detectives in their attitude to him..."
He continued: "... almost certainly the approach to the case of the DPP [Director of Public Prosecutions] and his staff, as well as prosecuting counsel in the lead-up to his trial, would have been affected by this background knowledge".
Mr Barratt added: "Conlon has portrayed himself as an innocent young Irishman who was plucked from the street by rogue police officers... This is patently false."
But another earlier memo from the collection of documents, written in 1990 and headed Metropolitan Police special branch papers, said of Mr Conlon: "The intelligence material is thought to amount to very little."
Throughout February 1994, the inquiry, which also examined the convictions of the Maguire Seven, debated whether the information should be disclosed "in the public interest" and the impact of demonstrating the four were not "innocents plucked from the streets".
A memo dated 9 February 1994 about the information said: "It is by no means conclusive of guilt but it does have the effect of destroying almost all the arguments and evidence deployed on the four's behalf over the years."
Mrs McKernan said the Conlons were "an ordinary Catholic family" growing up in the Falls Road in a working-class area.
"My family weren't republicans," she said.
Lawyer Alastair Logan, who represented Mr Conlon in the years following his conviction, said the documents were not comprehensive and were working papers.
But he added: "They give us an indication that some of the problems that we had in the course of the case over many years, the persistent attempt to try and 'reconvict' the Guildford Four, was still going on after their acquittal."
He said once the Guildford Four had been acquitted, no-one could assert they were guilty without risking a defamation claim.
But Mr Logan said a "whispering campaign" began, based on claims the Guildford Four were guilty.
He said it was primarily motivated by police but also by others whose reputations were involved.
"It wasn't just police. It was law officers and certain judges," he said.
He added: "So far as we are concerned, their reputations had been restored by the acquittal, but the police reputation was in tatters."
Richard O'Rawe, Mr Conlon's biographer and a former spokesman for IRA prisoners in the 1980s, said: "They wanted to establish some kind of guilt - it was guilt by association."
He said that during the early 1990s people tried to make out Mr Conlon was in the IRA, but he added that the Guildford Four "were just a bunch of hippies" without the discipline and reliability to be part of a "military machine".
Mr O'Rawe said his lifelong friend was left "burning up inside" because he never saw the files.
Mr Conlon referred to the papers in a BBC interview in 2011.
He said: "I lost so much that I need to have the truth come out. I need the papers that the government have put a public immunity interest on being released."
He said he condemned the IRA.
"I don't support the IRA. I don't support militant nationalism. I condemn them as much as I condemn the British government and the British police because they let us rot in prison when they could have helped us," he said.
Sir John May's final, public, report did include some information about Mr Conlon's alleged IRA background, and his denial of it.
Calling for the release of the rest of the files, Mrs McKernan said: "The government's guilty of hiding evidence and to this very day they are still hiding the evidence.
"You've only got six files out of 700-and-odd. Release the rest of them. Release the rest of the files. Let the public see because surely I've nothing to hide and neither has my family."
Mr Conlon died two years ago at the age of 60. He spent a quarter of his life in jail.
The remaining files show a release date of 1 January 2020, but Mr Logan said it would be a tragedy if they were not made public sooner.
He said: "Impunity at any time is hugely reprehensible.
"What I am sure is that we need to know the truth. And because part of that inquiry was held in camera, in secret, we will never know the truth until those papers are revealed."
Mr Logan said the surviving members of the Guildford Four, Paul Hill and Patrick Armstrong, still asserted their innocence and wanted the truth to be told.
At one stage, campaigners claimed there was a 75-year embargo on the papers but the National Archives said two years ago the review date of 2019 had not changed.
A government spokesman said the Home Office did not comment on matters of national security.
But the Home Office did provide background which said the government expected to release the files as planned in 2020 "subject to any sensitive or personal safety issues that may arise".
The BBC has asked to see more files.
Weather experts say that it is not unusual for snow to fall in tropical Hawaii, but rarely has it fallen so heavily at such low altitudes.
The snow is heaviest around two of the island's highest peaks, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.
Other parts of Hawaii were hit by flash floods, US media reported.
More snow is also forecast for Sunday.
Meteorologist Matt Foster told the Los Angeles Times that while Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa - both of which are nearly 14,000ft (4,260m) - are sometimes hit by snowfall five or six times a year, two to three feet of snow in "a few short days is at the higher end of what we'd typically get".
Mr Foster said there are occasionally winters when both mountains receive little or no snow, including 2015.
The winter storm snowfall is expected to keep the access road to the two peaks closed until Monday, when ski and snowboard enthusiasts are expected to take to the slopes.
Much of the rest of Hawaii is being hit by heavy rainfall, with temperatures of around 20C (68F) - far warmer than on the higher ground.
The US National Weather Service says that the unsettled weather pattern will continue over the next few days because of low pressure and "deep tropical moisture".
It says that while localised heavy rainfall can be expected at times, there will also be breaks in the weather with some sunshine possible.
Misconduct charges against the three were dropped in October 2015, two years after they were first arrested.
Caerphilly MP Wayne David said the council should be reimbursed for their salaries paid while suspended.
Rejecting the call, minister Shailesh Vara said the case was concluded within the average time for such matters.
Chief executive Anthony O'Sullivan, his deputy Nigel Barnett and head of legal services Daniel Perkins have been suspended from Caerphilly council on full pay for around three years.
Public spending watchdog the Wales Audit Office (WAO) had said they were involved in the process that awarded them pay rises of up to 20%.
The WAO said it was unlawful - a clear conflict of interest - and the police investigated.
By the time the case against the three men was dropped, their salary costs while suspended had reached more than £1m.
During a Westminster Hall debate on Tuesday, Mr David said the length of the legal proceedings was not the fault of Caerphilly council, or local taxpayers.
He asked ministers to "give careful and serious consideration" to reimbursing the council for the salaries.
"The buck, let it be said, stops, if it stops anywhere, with the government and the Ministry of Justice, who are responsible for our legal system," he said
Minister for the courts and legal aid Shailesh Vara said he understood the concerns of people in Caerphilly about the cost of the case, but he said the obligation of the justice system to investigate cases must continue.
He said it was not for Parliament to challenge the investigation by the WAO and that the case had been concluded well within the average time for cases of this nature, around 25 months.
Caerphilly council is awaiting an independent report before deciding what, if any, disciplinary action to take against the three executives.
Lamine Diack, the former president of world governing body the IAAF, is already being investigated by French authorities.
He was arrested last year on corruption and money laundering charges, over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against Russian drugs cheats.
Confirming the investigation was being widened, an official from the prosecutor's office said: "We are looking at these elements, but at this stage it is a question of verification. Nothing has been proved."
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has told the BBC it wants to be a party to the French investigations.
Tokyo, which will host the 2020 Olympics, defended the voting process when it came under scrutiny in January.
And Rio 2016 organisers said on Tuesday that the city "won the right to host the Games because it had the best project".
"The difference in the votes, 66 to 32 against Madrid, excludes any possibility of an election that could have been rigged," communications director Mario Andrada said.
Diack, 82, was head of the International Association of Athletics Federations for 16 years until he stepped down last August.
He resigned as an honorary member of the IOC in November - a day after being provisionally suspended by the organisation following the start of the French investigation.
In December, a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report into alleged IAAF corruption claimed Diack had been prepared to sell his vote to decide on the host city for the 2020 Games in exchange for sponsorship of IAAF events.
Diack's son Papa Massata, who was employed by his father as a marketing consultant for the IAAF, is also under investigation, and a warrant for his arrest has been issued by Interpol.
Last month, Wada investigators called for a follow-up inquiry into all World Championships awarded by the IAAF for 2009-2019 after finding evidence of possible wrongdoing.
Diack Jr has been banned for life by the IAAF but told the BBC in December he and his father were innocent of the claims against them.
Prosecutors are now looking into whether the alleged corruption could have extended to vote-rigging.
The Guardian claimed last year that - according to leaked emails - Diack Jr requested a payment of $5m from Doha in 2011, shortly before a decision was made about the city's unsuccessful bid for the 2017 World Championships. The Doha bid denies any wrongdoing.
In January, the newspaper reported he apparently arranged for "parcels" to be delivered to six IOC members in 2008, when Qatar was bidding for the 2016 Olympics, which will be hosted by Rio.
An IOC spokesman said the organisation had been in close contact with French prosecutors since the beginning of this investigation.
He added: "The IOC's chief ethics and compliance officer had already asked for the IOC to be fully informed in a timely manner of all issues that may refer to Olympic matters and has already applied to become a party to the investigations led by the French judicial authorities."
BBC sports editor Dan Roan:
With the disgraced former president of the IAAF - Lamine Diack - having served as an IOC member between 1999 and 2013, investigators will want to know whether he could have influenced a bloc of voters when it came to deciding Olympic hosts.
Since the 1999 Salt Lake City bribery scandal blew the lid on systematic corruption within the IOC, it has overhauled its rules, and regained trust in the integrity of its bidding process.
But being dragged into the sprawling French probe into the IAAF's doping and extortion scandal will be something of a reality check for an organisation that has portrayed itself as a good example to crisis-hit governing bodies of sports such as football and cycling.
Last month, Wada commission chief Dick Pound said he was "fairly certain" the IOC was free of organised corruption, and the widening of this inquiry does not mean we are heading for a sensational revote of Tokyo 2020.
But with investigators now taking a closer look at the bidding for an event as prestigious as the Olympics, the reputation of sport's most powerful figures will be called into question yet again.
The order includes 100 Airbus A320neo and 100 Boeing 737Max8, both of which are designed to be fuel efficient, and the right to buy a further 150 planes.
The airline said the deal was the largest in European aviation history.
Delivery of the planes is due to begin in 2016.
"Today is a historic day for Norwegian," said the airline's chief executive Bjorn Kjos.
"We have secured our fleet renewal for years to come and are very pleased with the agreements with both Airbus and Boeing."
Norwegian operates 261 routes to 100 destinations and has approximately 2,500 employees.
The company says it is the second largest airline in Scandinavia and the third largest of its type in Europe.
The Office for Budget Responsibility's (OBR) says the UK faces the challenge of an ageing population and the high cost of technological advances.
It also says: "Lifting current limits on public sector pay increases would pose a fiscal challenge."
But on Brexit, the OBR says a large "divorce bill" for leaving the EU would not be a big threat to UK finances.
Instead it argues that trade agreements with the EU and other trading partners are more important for the long-term growth of the UK economy.
The OBR's first ever Fiscal Risks Report outlines a range of risks that the UK now faces, and adds that the issues are complicated because the "ongoing challenges must be faced while negotiating Brexit and in an environment of 'austerity fatigue'".
It also says that the country's finances are far more fragile than they were before the financial crisis, ten years ago: "The deficit is at 2-3% of GDP (only just back to its pre-crisis level), but net debt is above 85% (more than twice its pre-crisis level).
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond MP said: "This is a sober analysis of the challenge we continue to face, and a stark reminder of why we must deliver on our commitment to deal with our country's debts.
"The Labour party would ignore these warning signs from the OBR, adding to the bill that our younger generation will have to pay. "
John McDonnell, Labour's shadow chancellor, said: "The Tories want to blame Brexit for their failures on the economy, but what this report really reveals is that one of the biggest risks to our economy is Theresa May's weak Government, and the last seven year of Tory economic failure."
The report outlines how economic growth is central to the amount of tax the country can collect. As an example, it says that over 50 years, an annual fall of just 0.1% in economic output would cause Britain's debt-to-GDP ratio to be 50 percentage points higher.
It says that the way taxes are raised is changing as society changes. It outlines ways in which taxes are bringing less cash into the Treasury:
The OBR also examines how another crisis in the financial sector could hit the government's budget, largely because of the large contribution it makes in taxes. Finance and insurance accounts for 3% of the UK workforce but represents 7% of economic output.
The report says: "Financial crises are fiscally costly. Regulation has been tightened since the crisis, but credit-related vulnerabilities remain. And Brexit and cyber-security represent new sources of risk."
As well as dealing with the obvious threats the 300 page report highlights a range of risks that could batter the government's tax and spending plans in the coming years.
It covers everything from foreign currency exposure to cost over-runs in infrastructure projects like the HS2 high speed rail link.
For instance, it explains how NHS spending on clinical negligence claims has doubled in cash terms over the past six years and has risen by almost half over the past two.
The reports adds: "There is a risk that greater pressures on medical professionals lead to higher numbers of incidents and future claims. This type of adverse feedback seems plausible".
On the future cost of decommissioning nuclear power stations, it says that estimates range from £95- £218bn.
It says: "While the numbers are big from the perspective of the department managing them they are less so from the perspective of the public sector as a whole. That said ... the risk that annual spending rises by more than £1bn in any year is far from negligible."
And it also covers the risks of "unanticipated events" which include everything from flu pandemics to coastal flooding and widespread electricity failure.
It says: "successive terrorist attacks have prompted debate over the funding of police and security services, while the number of tower blocks that have failed fire safety tests since the tragedy at Grenfell Tower could require significant sums to resolve".
Under its charter, the Office for Budget Responsibility has to produce a report on fiscal risks every two years. The Treasury has to reply to the report within a year.
Humza Yousaf said the Scottish government would prefer to use an "in-house operator" if it is permitted following a European Commission review.
The tendering process for Northern Isles and the Gourock-Dunoon ferries is to be paused during the review.
The current providers, Serco and Argyll Ferries Ltd, have been informed.
The review is expected to last for about nine months and comes after advice from the European Commission.
Britain's exit from the European Union also means ministers will no longer have to comply with EU regulation.
Labour welcomed the review saying there was growing pressure for ferry services not to be put out to tender.
However, the Conservatives expressed concern that commercial ferry operators could be frozen out in future.
The European Commission has advised the Scottish government that future public ferry contracts could be awarded to an in-house operator without the need for tendering.
Mr Yousaf said: "We cannot pre-judge the outcome of the review. However, should it conclude that it would be possible to apply the Teckal exemption and meet state aid rules then we would be minded to provide ferry services through an in-house operator, taking account of the communities they serve.
"This would, of course, be subject to wider policy and value for money implications and the views of those communities.
"We need to give very careful consideration to the potential impact of any changes before final decisions are made.
"Pausing the current tendering exercise for the Gourock-Dunoon service will give us time to consider these complex issues so we're clear on how best to deliver ferry provision in the future."
Big government projects usually have to be put out to tender to meet EU procurement laws. However, a Teckal exemption is an opt-out clause that can be applied in some circumstances.
De Luca held off stiff competition from former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis to take the 24th annual prize.
His novel includes lines such as: "I was her plaything, which she moved around.
"Our sexes were ready, poised in expectation, barely touching each other: ballet dancers hovering en pointe."
The judges said they were swayed by this scene in particular, which involves the Neapolitan orphan protagonist and a mysterious woman he has watched from afar.
However these passages cannot be quoted in full in this story due to their somewhat graphic content.
Another line in The Day Before Happiness reads: "She held me in her arms; they cracked. A few short snarls escaped her before a bite that called the pain from my nose to make it course through my neck."
Organisers said the prize's purpose was "to draw attention to poorly written, perfunctory or redundant passages of sexual description in modern fiction".
De Luca was announced as the winner at a ceremony at the In & Out Club in London on Wednesday.
He has previously been hailed as "the writer of the decade" by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and won the European Prize for Literature in 2013.
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The little luxury the inmates treated themselves caused anger in Colombia when it was revealed in September.
People asked why the prisoners were allowed access to special privileges.
However, no-one seemed surprised by the fact that a group of men would want to have a manicure.
That is because here in Colombia it is not unusual for men to "get their hands done".
The first time I noticed this trend was at a conference hosted by the Colombian Armed Forces' Retired Officers Association.
Wherever I looked, I saw hands with shiny, perfectly polished nails - many of them covered by a subtle varnish.
There was hardly a hand in the room which had not been improved by a manicure.
Ever since, I have kept looking at Colombian men's hands to try to confirm if it was more than just coincidence.
Well, it turns out that my first impression has been backed up by a survey conducted by the e-commerce website Groupon.
It suggests that Colombian men are much more likely than any of their regional neighbours to get their hands and/or feet done.
According to the survey, more than 27% of Colombians get manicures, while only 14% of Brazilians, 11% of Mexicans, 9% of Argentines and 5% of Chileans are likely to do so.
Fabian Ojeda of the men's grooming salon La Barberia in Bogota, is not surprised by the figures.
"Unlike in other places in Latin America and the world, here it is very common," he tells me of Colombian men's penchant for manicures.
He says that on average, out of the 50 men who will visit Las Barberia to get their hair cut, 15 will also get a manicure.
And that, he says, does not include the men whose sole purpose in visiting La Barberia is to get their nails done.
While Mr Ojeda's clients are mostly well off, he says the practice is not limited to any particular socio-economic group.
Juan Carlos Castro is the director of the Cosmetics and Grooming Chamber of the National Association of Businesses of Colombia.
He says he believes it is a Colombian cultural phenomenon. A few months ago he was in Paris, attending an international cosmetics fair.
When he mentioned male manicures to delegates from other countries, they found the concept strange.
But Mr Castro has grown up with it.
His father used to be in the military and is fond of manicures.
He still does get his nails done, even now that he is 80.
"It shows rank, somehow, in the armed forces," Mr Castro explains.
His grandfather also did it, he recalls.
Luis Alfonso Parra owns one of the largest nail varnish factories in Colombia; he sells a million bottles per month.
He reckons Colombian men get their hands manicured for one obvious reason: "Women look at your shoes, your suit or shirt and your nails."
He sells three products for men: base (to strengthen the nails), tone (in a light pink colour) and gloss (to give them shine).
Products specifically made for men represent 10-15% of his production.
But he says, men will not apply his products at home.
They much prefer to go to a hairdresser or a grooming salon to get their nails cut, filed, polished and varnished.
Mr Ojeda says that prices can vary from anything between 15,000 pesos ($4.50; £3.00) to 40,000 pesos, making it an accessible treat to most Colombian men.
"You will find men getting their hands manicured in upmarket grooming salons but also in any corner hairdresser," he says.
And I can attest to the fact that I have seen Colombians from many backgrounds and in many occupations who boast the tell-tale shiny nails.
From bankers to policemen in the middle of the jungle and even demobilised Farc rebels.
It is a habit that almost everyone seems to have embraced.
Just not this correspondent, or at least not yet.
John Price, 82, from North Yorkshire, tried to put the boys into a trance before molesting them when he worked in York and Pocklington, East Yorkshire.
He denied all 13 counts of indecent assault on the boys, then aged between 11 and 17, from the 1970s and 80s.
Price, of Ash Tree Close, Bedale, is due to be sentenced at Teesside Crown Court on 13 June.
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Judge Howard Crowson remanded him in custody and said prison was "inevitable" but he first wanted to learn more about the state of Price's health.
He said the medical evidence would only affect the length of the term, if it did at all.
The once-respected church leader was convicted of a similar offence in 1999 and was prevented from using his title of reverend.
The trial heard he attacked two youths while he was at York Methodist Church, and the other two while he was a minister in Pocklington.
Jurors were told the children were offered hypnosis to help with stress and pain before being assaulted.
Price sometimes used a blanket, or cloak, as part of his technique, while telling one boy to hold a 50p piece until he dropped it, believing then his victim was in a trance.
The victims said they were not hypnotised but immobilized with shock at the minister's actions, the jury heard.
One of the boys was told not to be "silly" and the matter was brushed aside when he complained to a senior church figure, who has since died.
Price told the jury he had done nothing to be ashamed of and had said he did not know how to hypnotise anybody.
An incident was reported by a woman in the Murray Street area of New Elgin on Wednesday 27 July.
Grzegorz Burzawa, 33, of Elgin, appeared at the town's sheriff court under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 charged with rape and sexual assault.
He made no plea and was released on bail.
The Briton, 27, had to agree to fight the IBF's mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov but will instead face Wladimir Klitschko in a rematch.
Fury beat Ukrainian Klitschko on points on 28 November to claim three versions of the heavyweight crown.
Lindsey Tucker, championships chairman at the IBF, told BBC Sport: "It's true he's been stripped of his IBF belt."
He added: "Our challenger was Vyacheslav Glazkov, but instead Fury's gone and signed a rematch clause with Wladimir Klitschko."
Fury, who is unbeaten in 25 professional contests, retains the WBA and WBO versions of the heavyweight title, while the WBC belt is held by American Deontay Wilder.
The 31-year-old Glazkov, also a Ukrainian, has won 21 of his 22 professional fights.
The contract for last month's title fight in Dusseldorf included a clause for a rematch, for which the date and the venue have to be decided, and Klitschko - who had been world champion for 11 years - announced last week he would take up the option.
Fury has been at the centre of controversy following his comments about women and gay people.
The Manchester fighter has been quoted as saying a woman's "best place is on her back" and has criticised homosexuality and abortion.
He subsequently said: "Tyson Fury loves his fellow humans. He doesn't hate anybody."
Meanwhile, Greater Manchester Police are investigating an allegation of hate crime against Fury after a complaint was received following comments the fighter made on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
Eric Rafferty, 69, of Aberdeen, was convicted of seven offences of rape, attempted rape and indecency against his victims between 1982 and 1990.
Judge Lord Uist told Rafferty at the High Court in Edinburgh: "These are offences of the most appalling nature.
"It has taken a long time for justice to catch up with you, but the day of reckoning has finally arrived."
He added: "All four girls were subjected to the most abhorrent sexual practices by you. These were unspeakably wicked crimes."
Defence solicitor advocate Iain Paterson said Rafferty partially accepted responsibility for the sex crimes but denied rape.
Mr Paterson said that if Rafferty survived prison he would come out "significantly older".
He said the former carer had no previous convictions, but that Rafferty accepted a custodial sentence was "absolutely inevitable" and would undertake a sex offender programme in prison.
Lord Uist said: "The only reason that it is now he is being dealt with was because, as is fairly common in this type of case, a sufficient number of victims did not make their disclosures until many years later."
The Italian was given the suspension in December for breaching the Football Association's agent rules over the sale of Ross McCormack to Fulham in 2014.
Despite the reduction, the 60-year-old has confirmed he will appeal against the decision at the High Court.
Cellino's ban is due to come into force on 18 February.
He and the club were also fined £250,000, but his fine has now been reduced to £100,000 and the club's to £200,000.
Leeds released a statement to say they were "disappointed by the outcome" of their appeal against the ruling.
The statement continued: "It is important to note, that no other club official, director, chairman or owner have ever been joined in as a party to any other alleged FA agents regulations breaches. Also, no fines have ever been issued over and above £100,000.
"The original decision and now the appeal decision are so excessive and disproportionate, that Mr Cellino feels, like he always has, duty bound to continue the fight against such injustice for the good of the club and its supporters.
"Additionally, Mr Cellino has been concerned throughout this process not just about the true independence of the FA but also about the consistent and numerous leaks of information connected to this matter leaking to the media."
The ban is the third imposed on the former Cagliari owner by the FA since taking over the Elland Road club in April 2014.
In January, he sold 50% of the club to fellow Italian businessman Andrea Radrizzani.
Leeds are fourth in the Championship, five points behind second-placed Newcastle.
In a statement on Facebook, she said she meant "absolutely no disrespect to the Hawaiian people".
The actress had told the BBC's The Graham Norton Show that the incident happened when she was filming The Hunger Games in the US state.
She faced a backlash, with some viewers calling on her to apologise.
Lawrence, who won an Oscar for her role in the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook, had told the BBC presenter she had been filming in a location where there were "sacred rocks".
"You're not supposed to sit on them because you're not supposed to expose your genitalia to them," she said.
"I, however, was in a wetsuit for this whole shoot so - oh my God, they were so good for butt-itching. One rock that I was butt-scratching on ended up coming loose.
"It was a giant boulder and it rolled down this mountain and almost killed our sound guy."
She added: "His whole station got destroyed, it was a huge dramatic deal and all the Hawaiians were like 'Oh my god, it's the curse'. And I'm round the corner going, 'I'm your curse - I wedged it loose with my ass'."
More than 1.3 million people watched the clip after it was posted on BBC One's Facebook page.
Some viewers called on Lawrence to apologise for her comments.
Arghya Ghosh commented: "Weird to see how perspectives work, I mean it's funny to her because she doesn't belong to that culture. I mean if you destroy a historical or cultural site, it's pretty much a crime."
Marcia Ogasawara, from Hawaii, said she didn't find it funny, adding: "If she left the part of it being sacred out, then I wouldn't care; but knowing native Hawaiians built that for some significance and her talking like it's not a big deal, it's very disappointing."
The star later took to her own Facebook page to apologise, starting the post: "From Jen to the Internet."
"I meant absolutely no disrespect to the Hawaiian people," she said.
"I really thought that I was being self-deprecating about the fact that I was 'the curse', but I understand the way it was perceived was not funny and I apologise if I offended anyone."
It is not known exactly where the rocks are in Hawaii but some of the scenes of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire were filmed on the North Shore of Oahu at Kawela Bay.
It was used as the location for a scene when the tributes appear on top of the saltwater lake at the arena for the Quarter Quell.
Sam Winnall headed narrowly wide for the Tykes early on, before Thorsten Stuckmann saved well from Adam Hammill as Barnsley pressed for an opener.
Doncaster struggled to create chances, while Winnall and Conor Hourihane both drew further stops from Stuckmann.
But the German keeper was unable to hold on to another Hourihane shot, and Fletcher tapped in to grab the points.
The victory, Barnsley's eighth in nine league games, put them 10th in the table, seven points outside the play-off places, with Doncaster still 17th.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Christian Dibble has left Oakwell to join National League South club Chelmsford City.
It is modelled after the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, which put a firewall between traditional banking and more risky financial activities.
Many people have argued that the Act's repeal in 1999 contributed to the financial crisis that engulfed the US.
Previous attempts to revive Glass-Steagall failed to gain enough support.
The latest attempt to push legislation through Congress is backed by Republican Senator John McCain and Democrat Elizabeth Warren
"Since core provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act were repealed in 1999, shattering the wall dividing commercial banks and investment banks, a culture of dangerous greed and excessive risk-taking has taken root in the banking world," said Senator McCain in a statement announcing the introduction of the legislation.
The new act would re-establish a wall between traditional consumer banks that are insured by American regulators and riskier financial instruments like investment banking and credit derivatives.
It would also aim to shrink the size of so-called "too big to fail" institutions in the hopes of reducing the need for a government bailout.
"Despite the progress we've made since 2008, the biggest banks continue to threaten the economy," said Senator Warren, who won election to the US Senate on her reputation as a thorn in the banking sector's side.
"The 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act will re-establish a wall between commercial and investment banking, make our financial system more stable and secure, and protect American families."
In 2010, Congress passed sweeping financial reform known as Dodd-Frank, although many of the law's provisions have yet to be implemented.
It remains unclear how likely it will be that the act will pass, especially in the face of a divided Congress.
However, they could not reach a definitive diagnosis on his underlying mental state.
They said the well-documented breakdown that resulted in him cutting off his own ear in 1888 could have been the result of alcohol or stress.
Van Gogh died from a gunshot wound in July 1890, in an apparent suicide.
The gathering of medical professionals and art historians weighed up evidence, including many of the Dutch post-impressionist's letters.
Popular theories about his mental health have included bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or syphilis.
"One single thing cannot explain the entire picture of what happened to Van Gogh," medical ethics professor Arko Oderwald told the Telegraph newspaper.
Louis van Tilborgh, a professor of art history at the University of Amsterdam, told the New York Times some of the debate over Van Gogh was "fierce".
In July, new research suggested that Van Gogh had cut off his entire ear rather than just part of it.
Later that month, The Art Newspaper named the young woman he had given the ear to with the words "keep this object carefully" as farmer's daughter Gabrielle Berlatier.
The ex-prime minister said it was natural when losing an election for a party to "go back to first principles".
But he said Labour needed to come up with policies that "meet the challenges of the time" and appeal to the public.
He did not mention Jeremy Corbyn by name, but his remarks have been seen as veiled criticism of the Labour leader.
Mr Brown stepped down after three years as Labour leader and prime minister following the 2010 general election.
He remained as a backbench MP but resigned his seat at the general election in May.
In a speech to the Child Poverty Action Group on Wednesday, Mr Brown cautioned that a party could not rely solely on principles to get in to government.
"While you cannot deliver policies without principles you cannot deliver principles without having power.
"You have quickly to move to a stage where emphasising your principles, you build a programme then call for popular support.
"Making the desirable possible requires us to make the desirable popular, electable, credible and something that people want to hold on to."
Later, in an interview with BBC deputy political editor James Landale, the former PM emphasised that "when you lose an election you tend to think how can we go back to first principles, look at what we're really about and then decide what we do next".
"The most important thing we've got to do," he said, "is to have a programme and then have policies based on that programme and show to people that they meet the challenges of the time, suit the circumstances they face and appeal to them for what they can do for them and their families.
"Once we have done that then I think we can give people what is sadly lacking in British society today, and that is hope that we can have a better future."
Labour should focus on "British values", he said, to show that the party supports work, personal responsibility, independence and "compassion" to children.
"Once you have a programme that is based on these principles, then because the Conservatives have moved so far away from the promises they made even a few months ago at the general election, then people would want to turn to a party that had that programme."
Rebecca Williams, 24, was initially in a critical condition following the blaze at her boyfriend Cameron Logan's family home in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire.
She has now left hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said.
Blair Logan, 26, appeared in court on Monday charged with murdering his brother and was remanded in custody.
He also faces charges of assault to injury, danger to life and attempted murder.
Ms Williams, a journalist with Global Radio, was initially taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow following the fire.
She was later transferred to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Cameron Logan's parents were treated for smoke inhalation following the fire.
Hash tags like "Greatfallofchina" started to fill my Twitter feed, and as each day brought more falls on the mainland Chinese stock markets (both the Shanghai Composite and Shenzhen CSI 300 saw major falls), each day also brought more panic for investors.
Research houses put out daily reports trying to make sense of the fear and anxiety amongst investors as billions of dollars evaporated in front of their eyes.
But where do Asian economies stand in all of this? And was all the fear and anxiety overblown and misplaced?
After all, as one economist told me, "sometimes markets move so much faster than economists can update their data".
There's no denying that Asian investors were rightly concerned by the stock market falls and recent yuan devaluation in China - there was a knock-on effect on commodity prices and some Asian currencies touched multi-year lows.
Adding to concerns was what appeared to be incompetence on the part of the Chinese government after they failed to halt the market slide despite pumping in an estimated $200bn.
Even the International Monetary Fund (IMF) came out and acknowledged that global growth would be affected by what happens in China - because it makes up such a large part of the global economy.
And then there are low commodity and oil prices - a boon for Asian countries like India which import raw materials and oil, but not so great for countries like Malaysia which is a net exporter of oil.
Well, many economists feel that Asia will ride it out.
To find out why, we need to cast our eyes back to 2008 and the last financial crisis.
According to Standard & Poor's (S&P), Asia's economic growth before the crisis was 5.5% - a fifth of which was driven by external demand from the US and Europe.
During the global financial crisis of 2008, S&P says global trade collapsed and has never fully recovered.
But all of this happened against a backdrop of increased growth rates for Asian countries such as India and Indonesia. Even China - although no longer at double digit growth - still posted a respectable 7% during this period.
Well, one theory is that countries in Asia were buying and selling a lot more from each other than they were elsewhere.
So regional trade between the ASEAN region and China grew at a steady clip over the last few years, buffering them from the slowdown in the US and Europe.
Asian economies have piggy-backed on the success of China's two-decade long economic boom. Selling to China helped the fortunes of businesses in Jakarta, Hanoi and Singapore.
Then there's also domestic demand - something that China is trying to transition its economy towards and which now accounts for 45% of China's gross domestic product (GDP).
Increasingly, economists are seeing the trend of a domestic demand-led story in some of Asia's most populous economies such as Indonesia and India.
But what policy makers didn't do during the good times was fix some inherent structural problems in their own countries.
Investment in infrastructure, for example, didn't keep up with the pace of growth, and red tape and corruption were also left unaddressed.
Some economists believe that China's stock market volatility and the subsequent panic across global (not just Asia) markets was not necessarily grounded in economic fundamentals but driven more by investor sentiment. However, there are some very real concerns that Asian countries need to address as China's economy slows.
There are bright spots for Asia - namely the improving US economy.
America looks like it's getting stronger, and crucially the labour market is recovering. It is the biggest trading partner for most of Asia - so when US consumer demand recovers, so does Asian trade.
But that could be scuppered by a potential increase in interest rates this month by the Federal Reserve. And China's economic health remains a question mark at the moment.
But economists say China needs to slow down as it changes and rebalances its economy - and the government needs to manage growth expectations to keep this transition orderly. It is the "new normal" that China and the world needs to get used to.
As the proverb says, a high tide lifts all boats.
So when China and America's economies were doing well, Asia's was too.
But when the tide goes out, those left standing better be ready to start picking up the pieces.
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The 25-year-old Swede says his experience persuaded him to move to Tynecastle after leaving Lyngby.
"I had some other options, but Hearts was my number one all the time," said the goalkeeper.
"The last time I was here, I felt really good. When I was living in Glasgow, everything was perfect."
Noring has played little first-team football at his last three clubs - Bodo/Glimt in Norway, Heerenveen in the Netherlands and then Lyngby in Denmark.
But he has been brought in by head coach Robbie Neilson to challenge Jack Hamilton, the 22-year-old who recently received his first call-up to the senior Scotland squad, for a starting place with Hearts.
And, after a successful trial, he signed just in time to travel to Malta for the second qualifying round of the Europa League against Birkirkara on Thursday.
"The way I'm playing as a keeper, it suits me playing in Scotland," said Noring. "Playing physical suits me well.
"That was the main reason I wanted to come back, because the country suits me and the people are very kind. And the football is very good too."
Noring was with Trelleborgs when he had loan spells with both Malmo and Celtic, where Fraser Forster and Lukasz Zaluska stood between him and a starting place three years ago.
"It was the first time I moved abroad," he recalled. "You get to know yourself a little bit more and the training at Celtic was a step up. So you learn a lot.
"Fraser was there and Lukasz was number two, so it was a good learning experience to be there.
"I like the mentality of the people. They are very open-minded and helpful and easy to work with.
"Everyone is straight on about what they think of things. If you are doing something good, they will say it, but if you are doing something bad, they will say it also. I like that mentality."
Lloyd Byfield, 48, admitted stabbing 26-year-old Leighann Duffy after breaking into her Walthamstow home on Hatherley Road last September.
At the Old Bailey, Byfield was told he would serve a minimum of 26 and a half years in prison.
The court heard he had pursued a relationship with Ms Duffy before he smashed his way into her flat.
The six-year-old child who witnessed the assault suffered minor injures, but did not require hospital treatment.
Judge Nicholas Cooke told Byfield he may never be released.
The sacking, announced by Pakistan's prime minister, had been demanded by Shia protesters in the city.
They have been mounting a three-day protest vigil with the shrouded bodies of the victims of Thursday's attacks.
The banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi said it carried out the bombings, which killed at least 92.
Security concerns have grown among Pakistan's Shia minority, which makes up about 20% of the country's predominantly Sunni population.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf announced that the governor of Balochistan had been put in charge of running the province after talks in Quetta, with representatives of the Shia community.
Formidable power of Pakistan's anti-Shia militants
Protesters had previously rejected a delegation led by the Minister for Religious Affairs, Syed Khurshid Shah, which came to the city on Saturday.
The worst of Thursday's attacks targeted a snooker hall. A suicide bomber detonated his device and a car bomb was detonated minutes later as police, rescuers and media arrived.
The president of the Shia Conference, Syed Dawood Agha, had told the BBC his community would not bury its dead until the army had given an assurance it would take administrative control of the city.
Among the dead was Quetta-based rights activist Irfan Ali, who was reportedly helping those wounded in the first blast.
Balochistan is plagued by a separatist rebellion as well as the sectarian infighting.
The Taliban and armed groups that support them also carry out attacks in the province, particularly in areas near the Afghan border.
Competition included ITV detective drama Vera's two-hour finale starring Brenda Blethyn, seen by 4.9 million, and film The Impossible on Channel 4.
A second series of Poldark, starring Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark, has already been commissioned.
The actor won legions of fans as the brooding, scythe-wielding Cornish hero.
The Telegraph's Allison Pearson called the finale "devastatingly good", adding: "It's hard to remember a more emotionally pummelling hour of TV drama."
She wrote: "If you weren't crying, what's the matter with you? There were enough salty tears shed across the UK last night to fill a Cornish cove."
She also suggested the tagline for the next series should be "Poldark 2: Better Than Downton."
The Independent called for "some Poldark perspective", pointing out that "Winston Graham, author of the original novels, was no Jane Austen".
However Ellen E Jones concluded: "Poldark is not a sophisticated drama, but the simple things can sometimes be very satisfying."
The Daily Mail's four-star review said, "Poldark has been a joy."
It added: "The sunsets, the seascapes, the glowers, the swoons, the dances, the duels, the feuds, the passions - Sunday nights will be dull without them."
Poldark was originally made for TV in the 1970s, with Robin Ellis in the lead role, and hooked audiences of 15 million.
This series has averaged around eight million viewers a week including catch-up services.
"Huge emotions, lots of excellent acting, probably a bit too much flashing between different plotlines," wrote The Guardian's Vic Groksop.
She added: "Adieu, Captain. See some glimpses of your chest again soon."
The bare-chested antics of Poldark star Turner have become a subject of national debate in recent weeks, thanks to promotional images of the actor scything in a field without his shirt on.
Last week Stylist chose to debate, "Is it OK to objectify Poldark" in its new Ask a Feminist column, just one of many articles published on the subject.
Poldark actress Heida Reed - who plays former flame Elizabeth - told The Telegraph she felt the obsession was an example of reverse sexism.
"Of course it's nice for everyone involved that he's viewed as a sex symbol or a very attractive man. But it's getting a little bit ridiculous. I think it just undermines the rest of the show," she said.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre performance report for 2014-15 showed calls had risen by 6% in a year.
The figure is up from 5.6 million 10 years ago and 2.6 million 20 years ago.
Just five out of 11 ambulance services met their target to respond to 75% of the most serious calls in eight minutes.
Overall, just 72% of these life-threatening calls were seen in that timeframe - down from just over 75% the year before.
Just over a third of the 999 calls ended up with an ambulance being dispatched.
The results come after A&E units endured their busiest winter for a decade, with waiting times dropping to their worst level since the four-hour target was introduced a decade ago.
Professor Keith Willett, from NHS England, pointed out the growth in workload was even outstripping that on A&E.
He said attempts were being made to relieve the pressure with pilots already underway allowing crews more time to decide whether to dispatch an ambulance to the less serious calls;. He said there had been some "encouraging" initial results.
The 27-year-old, capped 20 times by England, said in December that he would take a year out from the game once his Saints contract expired in the summer.
He won the Premiership and European Challenge Cup in 2014 but knee, shoulder and lower-back injuries have limited club and country progress.
"I've had some amazing highs and some frustrating lows," said Corbisiero.
"I have always been well looked after and supported. It's been an honour to be part of such a special group of players and I wish them all the best."
Saints signed British and Irish Lion prop Corbisiero from London Irish in 2013, where the United States-born loose-head had progressed through the club's academy to play 79 first-grade games.
However, fitness curtailed his Saints outings to just 30, and knee surgery this season has ruled him out of the current campaign thus far.
"Alex has made a big contribution to the Saints, on and off the pitch, and we've all been frustrated that he has not been able to make a consistent run of appearances in the first team," said director of rugby Jim Mallinder.
"We wish him success in whatever he decides to do in the future."
There were 5,674 recorded cases of child rape in 2009/10 and 7,775 cases in 2013/14, said Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
But less than a third of child rapes cases lead to suspects being charged or summonsed, according to the figures.
Recorded adult rapes rose 38% from 9,383 in 2009/10 to 12,952 in 2013/14 according to the report.
About a fifth of adult cases lead to suspects being charged or summonsed.
The Metropolitan Police recorded the highest number of adult rapes per 100,000 people in 2013/14 with 3,056, while Dyfed-Powys was lowest with 62.
The North Wales force recorded the highest number of child rape cases per 100,000 people with 144 in 2013/14 while Hertfordshire recorded the lowest number with 73.
Essex, Kent and Suffolk forces came bottom of the table of charges or summons for cases of child rape, with 21% of cases resulting in action.
Northumbria came top of the same table with 47% of cases seeing charges or a summons.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said: "These figures are extremely disturbing and a shocking indictment of the widening justice gap created by this government.
"Over the last four years, there has been a dire trend in recorded incidents of rape going up, but prosecutions and convictions going down.
"Rape and the sexual abuse of a child are some of the most abhorrent and heinous crimes. And victims deserve justice."
Crime prevention minister Lynne Featherstone said rape sentencing lengths were up and the total number of rape prosecutions in England and Wales was up, from 3,819 in 2009/10 to 3,891 in 2013/14.
"The coalition government is clear that every report of rape must be taken seriously, every victim must be treated with dignity and every investigation must be conducted thoroughly and professionally," she said.
"The increase in the number of rapes being reported to police is encouraging as it shows more victims are finding the courage to come forward."
Paul Ford, secretary of the Police Federation National Detectives' Forum, said: "Policing is under significant pressure through budget cuts and this is having an impact on the level of service that policing can provide to victims."
Devon and Cornwall has one of the highest rates of recorded adult and child rape.
Yet only 15% of adult rape cases and 27% of child rape cases result in a charge or summons according to the figures.
The force's Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg said police performance on rape was under "regular review".
Fee Scott of Devon Rape Crisis said: "We will get a lot better outcomes if we believed people and we don't judge them on what they were wearing, doing, saying or drinking.
"All of that stops women coming forward because they are fearful of the reaction they will get from the authorities.
"This report gives a very depressing picture of what the outcome might be."
Linfield face SP La Fiorita of San Marino in the second qualifying round, with the winners facing Celtic.
However, the first leg was due to be played on 12 July at the height of the marching season in Northern Ireland.
Citing safety concerns, Celtic said: "No tickets will be available for Celtic supporters for the match."
Uefa has confirmed that a potential Linfield v Celtic match would be on Friday, 14 July. The dates for the second qualifying round ties are 11/12 July and 18/19 July.
With Celtic away from home for the first leg, the potential Linfield clash sparked security concerns.
In a statement on Friday, Celtic said: "Following security concerns raised by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Celtic has taken part in discussions with Linfield and the PSNI over recent days.
"While there can be an option to reverse the fixtures if both clubs agree, during discussions, Linfield made it clear that they did not wish to reverse the tie and they wanted play their home leg first.
"In addition, as is often the case in football, Celtic's football management team wished to play our away leg first so that we could benefit from the advantage of playing the second leg at home in front of our supporters at Celtic Park for this crucial European tie.
"Following the discussions, it was agreed among the clubs and PSNI and has now been confirmed with Uefa that, should Linfield progress to the second qualifying round, Celtic's Uefa Champions League match against Linfield will take place at Windsor Park on Friday, 14 July, with a 5pm kick-off.
"No tickets will be available for Celtic supporters for the match. The safety and security of all Celtic supporters travelling and attending matches is of paramount importance to the club." '
Earlier, Linfield Chairman Roy McGivern said he was pleased that agreement had been reached to stage the match - should Linfield qualify - on 14 July.
"I would like to thank all of those involved for their efforts in resolving what was a difficult situation and we can now concentrate fully on our forthcoming games against FC Fiorita from San Marino," he said
PSNI Supt Norman Haslett said: "Police have been in close contact with representatives from both Linfield and Celtic football clubs due to the possibility of a Belfast fixture between the two clubs in July.
"Public safety concerns surrounding the fixture and the impact on the greater Belfast area over the Twelfth period have featured strongly in our considerations and discussions. I can confirm that all parties have now reached agreement on the arrangements for the match, should it proceed."
A police spokesman in Takhar province, which includes Darqad, confirmed it had fallen and said heavy fighting was continuing in two other districts.
Although the Taliban has said its fighters have been ordered to help victims, there are worries insecurity is hampering the relief effort.
The quake left at least 2,000 injured.
There has not been much damage or loss of life in Darqad itself after the magnitude-7.5 earthquake but many other areas near it have been destroyed, the BBC's Shaimaa Khalil reports from Kabul.
There are worries the latest fighting will have an even more detrimental effect on any aid getting to the remote province, she adds.
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Earlier on Wednesday, the Afghan authorities told the BBC that aid had started to trickle through to neighbouring Badakhshan province - the epicentre of the earthquake.
The Afghan minister for disaster management said that tents and blankets had been distributed in some communities but there were still many others which had not yet been reached.
He added that most roads in the eastern province of Nuristan had been blocked by landslides. One plan the Afghan authorities were considering, he said, was to reach affected area via neighbouring Tajikistan.
Aid workers have warned that some Afghans and Pakistanis made homeless by Monday's earthquake could die from exposure.
There is an urgent need for tents and blankets for those forced to spend a second night outdoors, they said.
Children are especially at risk of succumbing to the extreme cold.
Thousands spent Tuesday night in near-freezing temperatures, reluctant to go back inside for fear of aftershocks, Pakistani media reported.
On Tuesday, the Afghan presidential palace tweeted that the death toll had risen to 115, with 538 people injured. It said that 7,630 homes, 12 schools and 17 mosques were among the buildings destroyed or damaged.
In a televised address, President Ashraf Ghani urged those living in affected areas to help the rescue effort.
The governor of Badakhshan province, Shah Waliullah Adeeb, said survey teams were heading into more remote areas on Tuesday but landslides had blocked roads and helicopters were needed.
Afghan victims included 12 schoolgirls killed in a crush as they tried to leave their classes in Taluqan, Takhar province.
In Pakistan, at least 248 people were killed and 1,665 injured, the national disaster agency said.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province alone, authorities said at least 202 people had died, and more than 1,480 were injured. At least another 30 died in the north-western tribal areas.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the earthquake was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, 76km (45 miles) south of Faizabad, in Badakhshan province.
It was deep - more than 200km below the surface - which meant the shaking at ground level was less than for a shallow earthquake.
The USGS said a series of aftershocks - all measuring 4.0 or higher - had struck west of the original quake.
Afghan quake: The corner of a continental collision
Residents of Kabul and the Indian capital Delhi were shaken by the earthquake and buildings in the Tajik capital Dushanbe were also damaged.
The region has a history of powerful earthquakes caused by the northward collision of India with Eurasia. The two plates are moving towards each other at a rate of 4-5cm per year.
In 2005, a magnitude-7.6 quake in Pakistan-administered Kashmir left more than 75,000 people dead.
In April this year, Nepal suffered its worst earthquake on record, with 9,000 people killed and about 900,000 homes damaged or destroyed.
The demonstrators said their land was being taken away to make room for the planned $50bn (£31bn) project.
The waterway will be 278km (172 miles) long and will be deeper and wider than the Panama Canal.
Work is due to start this month and be completed in five years.
The protesters waved flags and chanted anti-government slogans. Most had come from villages along the planned canal route.
Government officials said in November that the canal would have a minimal impact on the environment and that it would create 50,000 jobs in one of Central America's poorest countries.
But protests along the canal route have increased in recent weeks with thousands of people concerned that their property would be appropriated without proper compensation.
The project is expected to include two ports, an airport, a resort and an economic zone for electricity and other companies.
There have been questions raised about the finances underpinning the project and allegations that Wang Jing, the Chinese businessman behind the plan, lacks experience in developing and financing big infrastructure projects.
The Commons' Health Committee said there was now "compelling evidence" a tax would reduce consumption.
Its report, which puts pressure on ministers who have so far been resisting a tax, also proposes a crackdown on marketing and advertising.
Food industry representatives say a new tax would be unfair on consumers.
The government will be setting out its plans early next year when it publishes a child obesity strategy, but has said a tax is not something it favours.
The cross-party group of MPs acknowledged no single measure would provide a solution to the problem.
But the committee's report said calls for a tax could "no longer be ignored".
It pointed to evidence from Mexico which introduced a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks of 10% and saw a 6% reduction in consumption.
The MPs urged the government to use the strategy to take strong action on the issue, pointing out that a fifth of children start primary school overweight or obese, rising to a third by the time they leave.
As well as a tax, the committee called for:
The MPs said the government in England should work with its counterparts in the rest of the UK on these points.
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Committee chair Dr Sarah Wollaston said: "We believe that if the government fails to act, the problem will become far worse.
"A full package of measures is required and should be implemented as soon as possible."
The report from MPs comes just a month after a review by Public Health England, which also backed similar measures.
TV chef Jamie Oliver has also called on ministers to introduce a tax on fizzy drinks, saying it is the "single most important" change that could be made.
Sugary drinks are the single biggest source of sugar for 11 to 18-year-olds.
They get between 12 and 15% of their energy from sugar, but official recommendations say it should be less than 5%.
But Food and Drink Federation director general Ian Wright said the committee's report was "disappointing".
"No-one seems to have considered hard-pressed consumers in all this. Consumers already pay billions in VAT on food and drink," he said.
"As a result of the arbitrary new tax recommended by the committee, which, if introduced, would inevitably be increased year-on-year and extended to other foods, would leave consumers paying significantly more, every week, for the products they love."
Public Health Minister Jane Ellison said: "This government is committed to turning the tide on childhood obesity. That is why we are developing a comprehensive strategy looking at all the factors, including sugar consumption, that contribute to a child becoming overweight and obese. This will be published in the coming months."
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Isabel Gentry, 16, was in the middle of her AS revision last Wednesday when she started feeling unwell and was taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary by ambulance.
Hours later, the St Brendan's Sixth Form College student was allowed home.
The NHS Foundation Trust, said it believes the assessment and treatment were "appropriate" as initial symptoms were "not typical of meningitis".
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Bristol Royal Infirmary, said the teenager, known as Izzy, was discharged after initial treatment and a five-hour observation in the accident and emergency department.
The trust said Izzy "appeared to improve" and was advised she should seek further medical attention if her symptoms returned.
She was readmitted later that day and her symptoms were recognised by doctors as being "typical" of meningitis. She died two days later.
Deborah Lee, chief operating officer for the trust, said an initial investigation into Izzy's death had not revealed any shortcomings in the "assessment, care or treatment given at the time of her presentation".
She continued: "Izzy's symptoms were not typical of meningitis at the time of first presentation and we believe that both the assessment and treatment were appropriate.
"Sadly, we cannot bring Izzy back but will do our very best to see if there is any learning for ourselves or others that could prevent such a tragedy happening again."
Friends have posted tributes on social media to the teenager.
Ben Flinton wrote: "Absolutely devastated to hear of the sudden passing of Izzy Gentry. One of the nicest, funniest girls I'll ever meet."
Chloe Hughes said her friend was "taken way too soon", adding: "God really does take the best ones, rest in peace you gorgeous girl."
Eryn O'Connell wrote: "You were without a doubt one of the most bubbly souls going with an amazing energy. You brought so much life to us all and it will never be the same without you."
Avon Coroner's Court confirmed that an inquest into the teenager's death is likely to be opened and adjourned next week.
Amina Ali Nkeki was found carrying a baby by an army-backed vigilante group on Tuesday in the huge Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon.
She was with a suspected member of the Boko Haram Islamist group.
In all, 218 girls remain missing after their abduction from a secondary school in north-east Nigeria in April 2014.
The girls were taken by militants from Boko Haram.
Amina, now 19, was reportedly recognised by a civilian fighter of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), a vigilante group set up to help fight Boko Haram, and briefly reunited with her mother.
The Nigerian military named the suspected Boko Haram fighter as Mohammed Hayatu. He said he was Amina's husband.
He has been arrested and taken to the regional capital Maiduguri, along with Amina and her baby, for medical attention, the military said.
Aboku Gaji, leader of the JTF in Chibok:
"The moment this girl was discovered by our vigilantes, she was brought to my house. I instantly recognised her, and insisted we should take her to her parents.
"When we arrived at the house... I asked the mother to come and identify someone. The moment she saw her, she shouted her name: 'Amina, Amina!' She gave her the biggest hug ever, as if they were going to roll on the ground, we had to stabilise them.
The mother called the attention of other relations to come out and see what is happening. The girl started comforting the mother, saying: 'Please Mum, take it easy, relax. I never thought I would ever see you again, wipe your tears. God has made it possible for us to see each other again.'
Afterwards, we had to make them understand that the girl would not be left in their care. She must be handed over to the authority."
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Hosea Abana Tsambido, the chairman of the Chibok community in the capital, Abuja, told the BBC that Amina had been found after venturing into the forest to search for firewood.
"She was saying… all the Chibok girls are still there in the Sambisa except six of them that have already died."
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Sources told the BBC that she was from the town of Mbalala, south of Chibok, from where 25 of the kidnapped girls came.
In recent days, Nigerian media reported that the army had launched operations against Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest.
Nigerian army spokesman Col Sani Usman Kuka Sheka issued a statement saying a Chibok schoolgirl was among a group of people rescued by Nigerian troops.
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Amina was found by a local vigilante group out on a routine patrol. These groups have played a vital role in the fight against Boko Haram. They sprang up in 2013 in the main city of north-east Nigeria, Maiduguri.
It was a desperate measure at a terrible time when the jihadists were winning the war, seizing territory whilst reports of soldiers fleeing rather than fighting were common. More vigilante groups then sprang up across the north-east and, with local knowledge of the terrain, they had some success stopping their homes from being taken over - even though they were armed just with rudimentary weapons.
As the Nigerian military started getting its act together at the beginning of 2015 with help from outside, it started retaking territory and in some areas worked effectively with the vigilantes.
There is, however, great concern that as peace returns the vigilantes - who have tasted power - pose a danger themselves.
During the 2014 attack, the gunmen arrived in Chibok late at night, then raided the school dormitories and loaded 276 girls on to trucks.
Some managed to escape within hours, mostly by jumping off the lorries and running off into roadside bushes.
In total, 219 girls remained missing before this latest news.
A video broadcast by CNN in April this year appeared to show some of the kidnapped schoolgirls alive.
Fifteen girls in black robes were pictured. They said they were being treated well but wanted to be with their families.
The video was allegedly shot on Christmas Day 2015 and some of the girls were identified by their parents.
The Chibok schoolgirls, many of whom are Christian, had previously not been seen since May 2014, when Boko Haram released a video of about 130 of them gathered together reciting the Koran.
The abduction led to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, that was supported by US First Lady Michelle Obama and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai.
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The 14-year-old girl was stuck up to her waist when she was pulled from the sand on Machynys beach, outside Llanelli, at 19:20 BST on Saturday.
Coastguards attended along with the RNLI, police, fire and ambulance crews.
Incident commander Steve Richards, of Llanelli Fire Station, has warned people to be aware of the sinking sand and high tides.
"If you are venturing out to the beach around the Llanelli area, let people know where you're going and make sure you have a mobile phone with you," he said.
"The girl was very lucky to get out of that sand with the speed of the tide yesterday."
From disgruntled clients to drunken college antics and vengeful exes, your best-kept secrets are just a click of a mouse away.
The internet means there is a permanent record of everything said about companies and private individuals, both good and bad.
But now a new generation of online reputation managers promises to clean up your record on the web.
The 21st-Century equivalent of a PR consultant, their job is to shape a company or person's web image by promoting the positive and burying the negative.
For a fee, they will monitor what is written about clients and drown out unwanted comments or photographs by creating or sourcing a barrage of positive Google-friendly content.
Clients are typically private companies who want to ensure potential clients get a good first impression of the organisation when they do an online search; or celebrities and private individuals who want to clean up their online personas when going for a new job.
One of those firms specialising in cleaning up your online profile is California-based Reputation Defender.
"Today, every life transaction, hiring, dating, getting insurance, applying for university, is directly affected by a search engine," said the firm's chief executive Michael Fertik.
"You must make sure that people who see your online resume - effectively, the first page of a Google search for your name - see positive, truthful and highly relevant information about you," he added.
Social media consultant Suw Charman-Anderson agreed that what people see and say about you online can have a major impact.
"Whether you are a company or a private individual, no-one can afford to ignore their online reputation," she said.
By the very nature of the internet, people can say pretty much anything about anyone with little in the way of repercussion.
Many posts are written anonymously and hosts are not regarded as legally responsible for what users post on their sites.
This information acts as a "permanent memory" that can come back to haunt people years later.
With search engines getting more powerful and potential employers, clients and partners plugged in to the internet, the whole world can access that potentially damaging information at the touch of a button.
A recent Microsoft study showed that 78% of job recruiters conduct internet background checks on their clients.
What started as a niche market has exploded. There are now many firms offering to improve your online persona. They include Online Reputation Manager, Reputation Hawk, Done! SEO Services and Reputation Management Partners.
While the trend began in America, companies such as Reputation Professor have since been established in the UK.
But not everyone is in favour of manipulating the information available in cyberspace.
Critics say the practice is unethical and dishonest.
"Sometimes a company has bad reviews and it deserves those reviews," said Ms Charman-Anderson.
"If that is the case, those companies would be better off spending their time and money addressing the complaints."
Mike Hughes, a reputation correspondent with Reputation Management Partners (RMP), insists that they screen all potential clients.
"If you are an unethical company then we don't want to work with you," said Mr Hughes.
"Often clients come to us when a competitor has gone online and posted a bad report about them to try to damage their business."
The company's fees range from $100 (£64) a month for a private client or small business to up to $250,000 (£160,000) for large corporations with many employees and products to manage.
Elsewhere prices vary from as little as $10 to as much as $30,000 a month according to the complexity of the case.
Typically it takes six months to clean up a client's online persona.
Online reputation managers work by pushing offending material down off the first couple of pages of search results - research shows 90% of users don't look past the first page.
Clients of Done! SEO Services include a businessman in his 40s who was convicted of a drink driving offence in his teens.
He approached the company because references to the incident were still coming up in Google searches of his name, affecting his professional reputation.
"In a case like that we can really make a difference. But if there's an intrinsic problem with a company or a product and a lot of people are posting negative comments then it becomes very difficult, even impossible, to mount a campaign," says Christian Neeser, director of search engine optimisation at Done! SEO Services.
In some instances, online reputation managers will approach the host of the offending material and ask that specific content is destroyed.
The removal of content varies from polite requests to remove the offending items to lawyers' letters.
Though this approach is generally cheaper, it can make the problem worse by antagonising the person who posted the original criticism or complaint.
Susan Alpert runs her own catering firm. She recently had her online persona detoxed after an ex-boyfriend turned nasty and started anonymously posting negative information about her company online.
"I'm just starting out in business, I can't afford to have people reading bad stuff about me before they've even met me," says Ms Alpert.
Six weeks since she hired an online reputation manager, she is pleased with the results. But, with her ex-boyfriend continuing to post, she fears the service could end up costing her a lot of money in the long run.
And in the world of online reputation recovery, there are no guarantees.
Experts advise individuals and companies to take a pro-active approach.
Instead of sitting back and waiting for others to create an online reputation for you, they recommend regularly taking to the web to trumpet your own achievements.
Said Ms Hughes: "When it comes to your online reputation, there's no such thing as too positive."
Eight lifeboat men from the Mumbles lost their lives in 1947 when they went to the aid of the shipwrecked SS Samtampa, whose 39 crew also died.
The 7,000 tonne steamer, en route from Middlesbrough to Newport, ran aground at Sker Point near Porthcawl in the face of a 70mph (112kph) gale.
Flags are flying at half-mast on Monday over the lifeboat house at Mumbles.
It is believed the lifeboat was struck by an exceptionally high wave.
The stricken vessel broke into three on the rocks within 80 minutes.
Maureen Donald, daughter of the lifeboat's second coxswain William Knowle, who was 10 when her father died, said: "The maroons [lifeboat alert flares] went.
"He ran to a young man on the prom and he said: 'Can I borrow your bike, son?'
"That was the last time I saw him. My mother then came home, she closed the legion club, and said: 'You'd better go to bed. 'I'll sit up and wait for Daddy.'
"(I) went to sleep and the next thing I heard was screaming.
"My mother heard me coming down the stairs, I think, because she met me halfway and said: 'Daddy's gone.' And I said: 'What do you mean he's gone?'
"She said: 'The lifeboat has floundered and we are not going to have him again, he's gone.' And with that she just collapsed. It was pretty awful."
Mrs Donald's mother also lost her brother on the lifeboat, called Edward Prince of Wales.
Local church verger Bill Barrington, 93, said the impact of the tragedy still lived with the Mumbles.
"Well, we really still haven't recovered," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"It's always been here. It's always been part of the community.
The Mumbles is one of the busiest lifeboat stations in Wales.
Last year, the town's two boats were launched 70 times between them, bringing ashore 89 people.
Salvagers righted the Eastern Star on Friday after officials said chances of finding anyone alive were slim.
Just 14 of the 456 passengers and crew are known to have survived. More than 100 are still missing.
The tragedy looks set to be China's worst shipping disaster in more than 60 years of Communist rule.
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Hundreds of the bodies were discovered after emergency workers righted the ship with cranes and raised it above the river's currents.
Hooks were welded onto the ship and a net stretched around the entire structure in order to lift it.
By first light on Friday, the ship could be seen lying on its side with its name visible just above the water. Xinhua state news agency later tweeted a picture of the righted vessel, its roof apparently crushed.
Officials said there had been no further signs of life inside the ship, Xinhua news agency reports.
Chinese President Xi Jinping promised a thorough investigation into the cause of the disaster, after angry relatives protested at the scene.
Authorities tightly controlled access to the site, leading family members and journalists to complain about a lack of information.
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Most of the 14 people known to have survived jumped from the ship as it began to sink. Three were rescued by divers from air pockets in the upturned hull.
The cause of the sinking is not yet known, but survivors have spoken of an intense storm which flipped the boat over in minutes.
The captain and chief engineer, who were among those who escaped, have since been detained.
Maritime agency records showed the ship was investigated for safety violations two years ago. It was held alongside five other vessels in 2013 over safety concerns.
China's deadliest maritime disaster in recent decades was in November 1999, when the Dashun ferry caught fire and capsized in the sea off Shandong province, killing about 280.
The Eastern Star could become China's deadliest boat accident since the SS Kiangya sank off Shanghai in 1948, killing somewhere between 2,750 and 4,000 people.
Ince pounced for Derby's opening goal from close range before Darren Bent doubled the visitors' lead with a stunning right-foot volley.
Wolves rallied after a dismal first half when Helder Costa pulled a goal back on the hour but Ince restored Derby's two-goal lead with a penalty.
Dave Edwards headed in Wolves' second but they were unable to force a draw.
Victory at Molineux enabled Derby to climb into the top half of the Championship table.
Wolves, who look set to appoint former Norwich, Aston Villa and Blackburn manager Paul Lambert as successor to Walter Zenga, slip to 19th - three points clear of trouble.
Caretaker boss Rob Edwards witnessed a poor first half from the hosts, who were indebted to goalkeeper Andy Lonergan keeping Derby's lead to just two goals at the break.
A much better second-half display saw an Ivan Cavaleiro shot cleared off the line by Richard Keogh before Costa's goal.
But a debateable penalty was awarded to Derby when Cavaleiro was adjudged to have fouled Ince and the forward added his second goal of the game from the spot.
Wolves had a strong penalty shout of their own turned down moments later when Ince appeared to trip Cavaleiro in the opposite box and Edwards' near-post header was not enough to rescue the game.
Wolves caretaker boss Rob Edwards: "There is a lot of quality here and it is about finding some consistency now.
"We all need to stick together and I am sure that when the new manager comes in and has a couple of weeks to work with the players, we can get a positive result.
"The second half was a real positive for us. That is how I love my team to perform, with that commitment and spirit and quality. At times it was all there.
"It was shame that we didn't put that into the first half and being a couple of goals behind is a mountain to climb."
Derby manager Steve McClaren: "It was a fantastic first half. We earned the right to play and played great football. That is the kind of football that we want to see.
"We should have scored more than two in the first half but it was good to see he progress that we have made in three weeks that they can play at that level.
"It is hard to maintain for 95 minutes and we knew that we needed a third goal but when it came we shot ourselves in the foot again.
"In the end it was frustrating, but you can't fault the attitude and commitment. You have to build confidence and then belief comes."
Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Derby County 3.
Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Derby County 3.
Matej Vydra (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Matej Vydra (Derby County) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Scott Carson following a set piece situation.
Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tom Ince (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Foul by Johnny Russell (Derby County).
Danny Batth (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Derby County. Craig Bryson replaces Will Hughes.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jed Wallace replaces Conor Coady.
Attempt missed. Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by George Saville following a corner.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Richard Keogh.
Attempt saved. Bradley Johnson (Derby County) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie Hanson with a cross.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Andy Lonergan.
Attempt saved. Matej Vydra (Derby County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Will Hughes.
Scott Carson (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Attempt blocked. Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron Borthwick-Jackson.
Substitution, Derby County. Matej Vydra replaces Darren Bent.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Dominic Iorfa.
Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Derby County 3. David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Cavaleiro with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Darren Bent.
Foul by Johnny Russell (Derby County).
Hélder Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Johnny Russell (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Derby County 3. Tom Ince (Derby County) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty Derby County. Tom Ince draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) after a foul in the penalty area.
Foul by Max Lowe (Derby County).
Hélder Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Johnny Russell (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Will Hughes.
Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Derby County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Will Hughes.
A Oes Heddwch? (Is There Peace?) includes a requiem by composer Paul Mealor to words by poet Grahame Davies.
It will be performed by the National Eisteddfod Choir and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to open this year's event.
The eisteddfod will be held at Bodedern, Anglesey, from 4-12 August.
Organisers said the war's first battle had particular relevance to Welsh and eisteddfod history.
In 1917, poet Ellis Humphrey Evans, who had competed for the prestigious eisteddfod chair that year, was killed before being told he had won.
A month after his death a black shroud was placed over the chair in memory of Hedd Wyn, as he was known.
Mr Mealor said: "Growing up in Wales, one is surrounded by the legend of Hedd Wyn.
"I am humbled and honoured to be able to contribute something, through the medium of music, to honour him and his work."
Mr Davies' grandfather, John William Davies, fought in the Welsh Fusiliers.
"Hedd Wyn's story is an integral part of our experience as Welsh people.
"It's one of the most poignant stories of the First World War, and a symbol of losing a generation of young boys," he said.
Other sections are composed by brothers Aled and Dafydd Hughes with words by Guto Dafydd.
Amy Stewart, 31, failed to return to the Stirling jail on Sunday.
She was jailed in 2004 for the murder of a 21-year-old man in Glasgow.
Police Scotland said she had been arrested in the Rutherglen area of Glasgow at about 16:30.
The Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers' index (PMI) registered 57.7, down from May's reading of 58.6 but still well above the measure of 50 which indicates expansion.
The survey also said employment in the sector grew at a record pace.
The services sector accounts for about three quarters of UK economic growth.
The PMI survey also indicated that business volumes in the service sector rose at the fastest pace for six months.
Markit chief economist Chris Williamson said the services sector index taken together with strong construction and manufacturing data published earlier this week suggested economic momentum was holding.
"Alongside an ongoing surge in construction and the largest quarterly rise in manufacturing output for 20 years, the services PMI confirms that the economy is firing on all cylinders," Mr Williamson said.
He said the data pointed to UK growth of 0.8% in the second quarter, building on economic growth of 0.8% in the first three months of the year.
Mr Williamson said that this made it more likely than not that an interest rate rise would occur later this year rather than in 2015.
"The persistent strength of the PMI surveys raises the likelihood of policymakers deciding that a pre-emptive rise in interest rates later this year is warranted, especially given the speed at which the labour market is improving," he said.
Bank of England officials have given mixed signals on the timing of a potential interest rate rise.
Last week, MPs accused Bank of England governor Mark Carney of being an "unreliable boyfriend" after he suggested interest rates could rise by the end of this year and then appeared to row back on idea the following week.
Mr Carney said there may be more "spare capacity" in the economy than the Bank originally estimated in its February Inflation Report, adding policymakers think more slack may need to be used up before that happens. The Bank is particularly concerned by the slow rate of increase in average wages.
He told the BBC that markets were too focused on when interest rates would rise, rather than the point they would ultimately settle at, adding interest rates could rise to a "new normal" of 2.5% by the end of the first quarter of 2017.
David Tinsley, UK economist at BNP Paribas, said if the survey's employment figure was reflected in the official data, "then it appears we are set to see even larger falls in unemployment ahead".
"The knock-on impact of more payrolls should support consumer spending over coming quarters," he added.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, pointed out the Markit survey noted reports of rising wages as the service sector labour market tightened.
"This fuels the belief that earnings growth will trend up over the coming months despite the relapse in April reported by the Office for National Statistics," he said.
"This would be good news for consumers' purchasing power and would boost growth prospects."
Auckland Castle Trust said work on the 17th Century walled garden in Bishop Auckland will start in September.
The £10m scheme will see large glass domes placed in the tiered garden and other landscaping work designed by Japanese architects SANAA.
It is part of a £60m development of Auckland Castle.
A visitor centre and viewing tower between the castle and Bishop Auckland market place have already been approved, as have plans for a museum extension on the castle's Scotland Wing.
David Ronn, managing director of the Auckland Castle Trust, said: "We wanted something that would help us stand apart and positively contribute to the transformation of Bishop Auckland into a place of international architectural, cultural and recreational renown.
"While an expression of contemporary culture, the design is a showpiece that complements and enhances the historic setting within which it sits."
Archaeological work on the garden has found the remains of glasshouses used for growing pineapples and other exotic fruits.
As well as the restaurant and events area, the 2.5 acre garden will also be remodelled with new paths and plants and the repair of the Bishop's stairs.
Thousands of people are standing vigil outside the hospital in Chennai.
Ms Jayalalitha, 68, has been receiving treatment for months and was last seen in public in September.
The former film star has been Tamil Nadu chief minister four times and is revered by many in the state.
With the extreme devotion she inspires among her supporters, many of whom refer to her as "Amma" (mother), there are concerns that a serious deterioration in her condition could spark unrest.
Police have been put on alert across Tamil Nadu and outside her official residence in Chennai (Madras).
There have already been scuffles outside the hospital, following incorrect reports of her death in Indian media. The reports have since been retracted, and a flag flying at half-mast over her party's headquarters has been hoisted once more.
News of her health over the last few months has been closely monitored and guarded, and in a sign of the sensitivity around the issue two people were arrested for spreading rumours about her health in October.
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The latest statement from the Apollo Hospital added that Ms Jayalalitha was being "closely monitored by a team of experts" and she was still on life support systems.
On Sunday evening, the hospital had asked the public to "pray for her speedy recovery".
Leaders, including President Pranab Mukherjee have tweeted, expressing concern about her health.
Last month a letter released by her party seemed to hint at a recovery for the politician saying she had been "reborn" thanks to prayers from her supporters.
As it also urged people to vote for her party at upcoming by-elections, critics said it could have also been an attempt to quell fears about the extent of her illness and mobilise her supporters.
Tencent, best known for its WeChat mobile app, has been investing in a number of sectors, including gaming, entertainment, cloud computing and online financing.
Tesla said the stake was passive, meaning Tencent would not get a say in how the US firm was run.
Shares in Tesla rose 2.3% in early trading following the announcement.
Tesla's range of electric cars has included the Model S and the Roadster, which was billed as the world's first electric sports car.
The company also specialises in battery storage, and, through its SolarCity subsidiary, residential solar panels.
The firm has been raising capital ahead of the launch of its mass-market Model 3 sedan, and gained about $1.2bn through a bond and share sale earlier in March.
Tencent, one of Asia's largest technology firms, has backed several electric vehicle companies in the past.
It was an early investor in NextEV, a Shanghai-based start-up which since has rebranded itself as Nio and has offices in San Jose, California, close to Tesla's base.
Tencent is now the fifth-largest shareholder in Tesla behind chief executive Elon Musk and investment companies Fidelity, Baillie Gifford and T Rowe Price.
Mr Musk remains the largest shareholder, with a stake of about 21% as of the end of 2016.
It is the latest in a series of offensives to recapture territory taken by the jihadists since they burst onto the scene in mid-2014. Here is how IS has lost other key battles in Syria and Iraq:
Kobane, Syria
When: 22 September 2014-26 January 2015 (four months)
Significance: The battle of Kobane (aka Ain al-Arab) on the Syrian border with Turkey was highly symbolic for IS because it was the group's first real test in combat. Many jihadist critics of the group said IS wasted its fighters and weapons.
Who: IS versus US-backed Kurdish fighters (with heavy US air cover)
How: Protracted fighting that extended to urban street combat. IS deployed a large number of suicide bombers, many of whom were foreign fighters.
Aftermath: Heavy destruction of the city's infrastructure and residential areas (more than 3,200 buildings destroyed, according to the UN), significant displacement of its predominantly Kurdish population, and high numbers of deaths on both sides, especially IS. The jihadist group later tried to play down its defeat by gloating that it had left Kobane in ruins.
Tikrit, Iraq
When: 2 March-1 April 2015 (one month)
Significance: Tikrit is a symbolic Sunni city as the hometown of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and seen in Iraq as a bastion of Sunni power. It was also the site of the Camp Speicher massacre, in which IS summarily killed at least 1,700 young Shia conscripts in June 2014.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces - predominantly the Shia-led Popular Mobilisation forces (PM) supported by Iranian advisers - and US coalition air strikes in second half of the campaign.
How: Although IS put up stiff resistance, the battle for Tikrit was shorter than observers had anticipated. Its recapture by Iraqi forces was helped by the fact that most of the city's residents had left ahead of the battle, which allowed Iraqi forces to bomb IS positions more freely.
Aftermath: Tikrit escaped the level of damage that affected other areas lost by IS. This allowed civilians to return relatively quickly. PM members were accused of reprisal attacks against residents following Tikrit's recapture, which the PM put down to "individual acts".
Baiji, Iraq
When: April-October 2015 (five months)
Significance: Baiji is home to Iraq's biggest oil refinery and lies on a strategic route that leads north to IS's stronghold of Mosul. IS moved into Baiji in April immediately after losing Tikrit.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces (including PM) and coalition air cover.
How: As was the case in Kobane, the battle for Baiji was protracted and involved urban warfare, including weeks of IS hit-and-run attacks. Iraqi forces were besieged for several days in parts of the refinery compound. IS threw in lots of suicide bombers, many of them foreign fighters, including British teenager Talha Asmal.
Aftermath: IS pursued a scorched-earth strategy in Baiji, bombing and burning most parts of the oil refinery on its way out. To this day, the refinery has not resumed production.
Ramadi, Iraq
When: 21 December 2015 - January 2016 (one month)
Significance: Ramadi is the capital of Sunni-majority Anbar province in western Iraq. Its swift capture by IS in May 2015 was a major victory for the group and a huge blow to the Iraqi army, which crumbled.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces and Sunni tribal fighters with heavy support of US air strikes. The PM was kept out for fear their involvement might stir sectarian tensions.
How: IS put up fierce resistance. Iraqi forces were slowed down by booby-traps, snipers, suicide bombers and the presence of civilians in the city. Even after Iraqi forces captured its centre, pockets of IS militants remained active, attacking in subsequent weeks.
Aftermath: Ramadi's infrastructure took a strong hit in the fighting. It was estimated that at least 60% of the city lay in ruins. This delayed the return of many residents.
Palmyra, Syria
When: 7-27 March 2016 (three weeks)
Significance: Palmyra (aka Tadmur) in central Syria is home to famous Roman ruins and is a world heritage site. Its capture by IS in May 2015 sparked international fears for its fate. It is also strategically located near oil and gas facilities and key highways.
Who: Syrian army supported by Russian air cover and Shia militias.
How: IS's unimpressive combat performance in Palmyra was perhaps the first in a series of battles that would see the group less determined to hold on to territory. It focused on targeting Syrian army positions based on the outskirts of Palmyra.
Aftermath: After IS was driven out of Palmyra, it was discovered to have suffered less destruction than expected. In fact, save for some temples that IS had blown up, the archaeological site was left mostly intact.
Falluja, Iraq
When: 22 May-26 June 2016 (little over one month)
Significance: Falluja was the longest-held IS city - originally captured in January 2014 - and considered the second-most important IS stronghold in Iraq after Mosul. It was a symbol of Sunni resistance and a hub for Sunni militancy. Falluja was seen as the source of jihadist attacks targeting Baghdad.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces (including PM and Sunni tribal fighters) supported by US air cover. Similar to the battle for Mosul, it was agreed that the PM would not enter the city and would only secure its surrounding areas, to avoid sectarian tensions.
How: Although IS fought fiercely in Falluja, it did not hold on to the city for long as had been expected. After Palmyra, Falluja was another example that IS was not going to fight to the death in its strongholds.
Aftermath: Although IS initially banned civilians from leaving to use them as human shields, government-facilitated corridors allowed people to gradually escape. Unlike neighbouring Ramadi, Falluja was spared heavy destruction, which allowed residents to move back soon after IS's expulsion.
Manbij, Syria
When: 31 May-12 August 2016 (two-and-half months)
Significance: Biggest urban area controlled by IS in Syria's northern Aleppo province. The city was also a strategic gateway for IS, linking its areas of control in Syria and Iraq with the Turkish border.
Who: IS versus Kurdish-dominated US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) with heavy US air cover.
How: After putting up stiff resistance for over two months, IS appeared to have weighed its options pragmatically and decided to withdraw, with many militants heading to the nearby IS-held border town of Jarablus. Its withdrawal was soon to be replicated elsewhere in Syria.
Aftermath: Manbij residents were quick to take to the streets celebrating IS's defeat and restored freedoms. In addition to the military defeat, the scenes of celebrations widely shown in the media were a big blow to IS.
Jarablus, Syria
When: 24 August 2016 (14 hours)
Significance: Key town on Syrian-Turkish border.
Who: Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels backed by Turkey.
How: IS militants withdrew hours after coming under heavy fire that included Turkish air strikes. They reportedly headed south towards the IS-held city of al-Bab. IS did not acknowledge its defeat and its supporters struggled to put a positive spin on it.
Aftermath: Syrian rebels took control of the border town which did not suffer much damage in the limited fighting.
Shirqat, Iraq
When: 20-22 September 2016 (48 hours)
Significance: Strategically important because it lies on the route from Baghdad to Mosul.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces (including PM)
How: Although the battle was a swift victory for Iraqi forces, IS put up stiff resistance that included suicide attacks and raids on army bases and patrols.
Aftermath: Residents soon returned to the town which, like Jarablus in Syria the previous month, had suffered little damage in the fighting.
Dabiq, Syria
When: 15 October 2016 (hours)
Significance: The small northern Syrian town was highly symbolic as it featured heavily in IS propaganda as the prophesied location of an apocalyptic showdown between Muslims and their enemies. IS used its control of Dabiq to support its claim of being the righteous Muslim group to win recruits. It named its flagship magazine Dabiq after the town.
Who: FSA rebels backed by Turkey
How: It is not clear if IS militants put up a fight at all. Although IS made no comment on its remarkably quick loss, it had paved the way for the outcome by explaining it as a prelude to a future end-of-times battle.
Aftermath: Losing Dabiq was a blow for IS, not least in terms of its propaganda.
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Christopher Clarke, from Yardley, was confirmed dead at the scene following a collision with a car on the A452 in Solihull at 15:50 GMT on Sunday.
Two people in the car suffered minor injuries and were taken to Heartlands Hospital, a spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said.
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Some called for Neville to go, with the ex-England defender having overseen only three wins in his 16 league games.
Celta went ahead through ex-Manchester City striker John Guidetti with 10 minutes to go and added a second through Hugo Mallo four minutes later.
Valencia are six points above the relegation zone with eight games to go.
The club went out of the Europa League last week, despite beating Athletic Bilbao in the second leg of their last-16 tie, and still have to face four of La Liga's top six in Barcelona, Real Madrid, Villarreal and Sevilla during their run-in.
Neville said: "We must focus on the last eight games of the season. From my point of view, the situation is not good and the results not good enough. The fans are rightly frustrated, as am I."
England coach Neville has delayed meeting up with the national squad for friendlies against Germany and the Netherlands in the build-up to Euro 2016.
Match ends, Valencia 0, Celta de Vigo 2.
Second Half ends, Valencia 0, Celta de Vigo 2.
Orellana (Celta de Vigo) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Daniel Wass with a through ball.
Foul by Hugo Mallo (Celta de Vigo).
Santi Mina (Valencia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Celta de Vigo. Orellana tries a through ball, but Planas is caught offside.
Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Theo Bongonda replaces Nolito.
Attempt missed. Orellana (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Hugo Mallo following a fast break.
Attempt missed. Jonny (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Daniel Wass (Celta de Vigo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Orellana.
Goal! Valencia 0, Celta de Vigo 2. Hugo Mallo (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner. Assisted by Planas.
Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Planas replaces Guidetti because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Guidetti (Celta de Vigo) because of an injury.
Goal! Valencia 0, Celta de Vigo 1. Guidetti (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Orellana.
Substitution, Valencia. Álvaro Negredo replaces Paco Alcácer.
Attempt missed. Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Jonny (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nolito.
Daniel Wass (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Javi Fuego (Valencia).
Pape Cheikh (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Danilo (Valencia).
Paco Alcácer (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Hugo Mallo (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Paco Alcácer (Valencia).
Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Hugo Mallo.
Substitution, Valencia. Sofiane Feghouli replaces Rodrigo.
Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Pape Cheikh replaces Claudio Beauvue.
Nolito (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Javi Fuego (Valencia).
Attempt saved. Rodrigo (Valencia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paco Alcácer with a headed pass.
Guidetti (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Javi Fuego (Valencia).
Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Sergio Álvarez.
Attempt saved. Rodrigo (Valencia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paco Alcácer.
Foul by Guidetti (Celta de Vigo).
José Gayá (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Paco Alcácer (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by José Gayá.
Attempt missed. Danilo (Valencia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Rúben Vezo.
Jonny (Celta de Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
In the past a shortlist would have be announced before the final vote.
But the change opens the possibility of as many as seven cities battling it out over a two-year global campaign.
The deadline for the official submission of bids is 15 September with the declared candidates so far being Paris, Rome, Hamburg and Budapest.
Boston withdrew from the race last week because of a lack of public support, but the US Olympic Committee is still planning on entering a city, with Los Angeles considered the likely choice.
Toronto and Azerbaijan's Baku are also said to be considering bidding.
Christophe Dubi, the IOC's executive director of the Olympic Games, said: "We could not really use the same cut as we used in the past. It would be unfair to say there will be a cut, an artificial one. We have to change the way we do things."
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After about six years of courtship, the political marriage between Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto has finally been solemnised and consummated.
The couple now has a healthy, bouncing baby known as Jubilee.
It was born on Saturday, weighing an incredible 12kg (the number of political parties that merged to create Jubilee).
In Mr Kenyatta's Kikuyu culture, the birth of a baby boy is welcomed with five loud ululations by the women present.
Some of Kenya's leading gospel and secular artistes and comedians were on hand to raise the decibel metre, as they led the crowds of thousands in celebrating the birth.
And in Mr Ruto's Kalenjin customs, a baby boy is sprinkled with traditional beer by the elders as a sign of blessing.
The Jubilee launch did not spare a coin in its sprinkle.
The well-fed boy was floating on the millions of shillings spent on the lavish ceremony; from high-end vehicles with comprehensive branding, to extensive catering for the masses and cash allowances for the thousands of delegates who attended.
But now the hard work begins - to ensure baby Jubilee lives up to expectation and delivers political victory for its parents.
Prior to Saturday, Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto were living in what Kenyans call a "come-we-stay" relationship - an unofficial marriage that has not been endorsed by the parents.
The pair came together informally in early 2011 when the rival communities they represent decided to bury their differences, which were at their most destructive when hundreds of people died and thousands others were displaced following the disputed elections of 2007.
The two men went on joint rallies across the country to preach peace and heal the bitter rift between their two communities.
The rallies then took on an urgent stride as both men faced charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The cases were later dropped.
Mr Kenyatta's political parent is The National Alliance (TNA), which he used to secure the presidency in 2013, while Mr Ruto became his deputy running under his own United Republican Party (URP).
TNA and URP are now dead and Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto are one - assuming the roles of Jubilee party leader and deputy respectively.
Now Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto have to attend to the duties every parent faces - ensuring baby Jubilee is vaccinated against all forms of political threats and gets a good education to attain the grades needed to secure victory in the 2017 election.
On the face it, Jubilee appears to be a platform to simply retain power in a convincing win next year.
To do this Jubilee needed to have more national outlook beyond its mainly Kikuyu and Kalenjin core support.
And so Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto have been on a sustained charm offensive to parts of the country and communities that tend to support the opposition such as the Coastal region.
Joseph Warungu:
"The new party is really about one man and one issue: William Ruto and the 2022 general election."
The harvest was plentiful.
Twelve parties folded up, gave up their identity and turned red - the colour of Jubilee.
More than 40 opposition legislators suddenly found reason to reject the parties that sent them to parliament or the Senate and decided that east or west Jubilee was best.
The Jubilee party is now confident that it is ready to take on the opposition in next year's election.
They are so confident that in his party launch address, President Kenyatta told the main opposition Cord coalition, led by Raila Odinga, that they should "get their act together so that we can face one another in a peaceful manner [during the election]".
Cord is yet to name its presidential candidate.
But at a deeper level the new party is really about one man and one issue: William Ruto and the 2022 general election.
He, more than President Kenyatta, will need this new platform the most.
Many observers argue that although the real brutal and unpredictable competition will be at the local county level, at national level President Kenyatta himself is in a strong position to win re-election in 2017 for several reasons.
His Jubilee party has very deep pockets and continues to command wide support from the Kikuyu and Kalenjin - the two communities that have been the only ones to occupy the presidency since the country's independence in 1963.
Jubilee is in government and that comes with its advantages.
Jubilee has also made some inroads into parts of the opposition territory to woo other communities, and is working round the clock to try and deliver some of the commitments it made in its 2013 election manifesto.
But most importantly, the opposition has not taken political advantage of some of Jubilee's failures including its poor record in fighting corruption, weak rule of law and the continued growth of nepotism and tribalism in public appointments.
Mr Kenyatta has one more thing going for him - very few African incumbents lose elections. When they do, it's out of carelessness or empty pockets.
So Mr Ruto is looking beyond 2017 to the 2022 election, when he is meant to replace Mr Kenyatta as the Jubilee presidential candidate.
He needs the new binding Jubilee platform because he cannot fully trust his Kikuyu political "in-laws" to back him the way he's backed them up to now.
In the recent past there were prominent Kikuyu politicians who openly said Mr Ruto should not count on automatic Kikuyu support when his turn comes.
Secondly Kenyan politicians can be restless grasshoppers - jumping from party to party depending on where the grass is greenest.
The new Jubilee platform and a new law that prevents such party political hopping means those inside Jubilee will be locked in.
Thirdly, Mr Ruto is a bold politician who has a single focus on the big picture ahead.
His fearless march tends to leave bruised souls who would jump at any opportunity to oppose him.
His planning therefore is meticulous and does not leave things to chance.
In addition to the Jubilee platform, there is widespread talk in Kenya that he has placed his allies in key public institutions.
So with the birth of baby Jubilee, Mr Ruto and Mr Kenyatta are now in the business of changing diapers and buying lots of toys for the baby to ensure they themselves don't see red at the next election.
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The Office for Fair Access says some £478m was committed to supporting students financially in 2014-15.
The watchdog said it was key that universities evaluated the effect of bursaries and fee-waivers on student success, access and progression.
Universities are working on common tools for assessing bursaries' effect.
Students are offered subsidised loans to pay their tuition fees, but many universities offer those from low income and disadvantaged backgrounds bursaries and fee-waivers as a way of widening access to degree courses.
In total, a fifth of institutions reported they did not evaluate this financial support at all in 2014-15.
This amounts to some £50m of spending for which there was no evaluation.
A further 25% of institutions reported they had evaluated their financial support, but only by seeking the opinions of participants, not by looking at the impact on student behaviour.
Overall, 45% of institutions looked at how effective the support they offered students had been, by evaluating its impact on access, drop-out rates versus retention and attainment figures.
In its report, access agreement monitoring for 2014-15: institutional evaluation, and equality and diversity, Offa said: "With such significant investment, it is essential that institutions understand the effectiveness of their financial support on access, student success and progression, and adapt programmes of spend according to evidence of effectiveness."
However, the watchdog was clear that 99% of institutions were evaluating the range of activities they undertook to attract students from a wider range of backgrounds.
Director of fair access Prof Les Ebdon said: "Universities and colleges spent £725m on activities and programmes to support fair access through their access agreements in 2014-15, so it is hugely important that they have a considered approach to evaluation to ensure that their investment is having the greatest impact."
A spokesman for Universities UK said it was encouraging that most institutions now evaluated the impact of their financial spend.
"How the evaluation is done will vary across institutions and this will become more sophisticated as the evaluation process is embedded," he said.
"Furthermore, Offa has been working with institutions to develop a set of common measures for assessing the impact of bursaries so this should provide an important tool for institutions to enhance their evaluations further."
The barriers - 300m (980ft) high and up to 100 miles long - would act like hill ranges, softening winds before twisters can form.
They would cost $16bn (£9.6bn) to build but save billions of dollars of damage each year, said Prof Rongjia Tao, of Temple University, Philadelphia.
He unveiled his idea at the American Physical Society meeting in Denver.
However critics say the idea is unworkable, and would create more problems than it solves.
Every year hundreds of twisters tear through communities in the great north-south corridor between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountain ranges.
The proposed walls would not shelter towns - they would not be strong enough to block a tornado in motion.
Instead, they would soften the clashing streams of hot southern and cold northern air, which form twisters in the first place, Prof Tao said.
"If we build three east-west great walls, one in North Dakota, one along the border between Kansas and Oklahoma, and the third in the south in Texas and Louisiana, we will diminish the threats in Tornado Alley forever," he said.
As evidence, he points to China - where only three tornadoes were recorded last year, compared to 803 in the US.
China too has flat plain valleys running north-south, but the difference is they are broken up by east-west hill ranges.
Although only a few hundred metres high, they are enough to take the sting out of air currents before they clash, Prof Tao believes.
Back in the US, he notes that the flat farmlands of Illinois experience wildly varying risks of twisters.
"Washington County is a tornado hotspot. But just 60 miles (100km) away is Gallatin County, where there is almost no risk," he told BBC News.
"Why? Just look at the map - at Gallatin you have the Shawnee Hills."
These act like a barrier 200-250m (820ft) high, protecting Gallatin, he says.
"We may not have east-west mountain ranges - like the Alps in Europe - we can build walls."
"We've already been doing computer simulations and next we aim to build physical models for testing [in wind tunnels]."
Rather than create an eyesore, the walls could be "attractively" designed, says Prof Tao.
He cites the Comcast skyscraper in Philadelphia - also about 300m high, and built with a reinforced glass exterior.
"Our tornado wall could even be built of glass too. It could be a beautiful landmark," he told BBC News.
"I spoke to some architects and they said it's possible. It would take a few years to finish the walls but we could build them in stages."
Prof Tao has yet to approach government or environmental agencies with his scheme, but the reaction from meteorologists has been highly sceptical.
Harold Brooks, of the National Severe Storms Laboratory, said the great walls "simply wouldn't work".
He told USA Today that tornadoes still occur in parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri despite east-west hill ranges similar in size to Prof Tao's proposed barriers.
Another leading tornado expert, Prof Joshua Wurman of the Center for Severe Weather Research, was equally dismissive of Prof Tao's proposal.
"Everybody I know is of 100% agreement - this is a poorly conceived idea," he told BBC News.
"From what I can gather his concept of how tornadoes form is fundamentally flawed. Meteorologists cringe when they hear about 'clashing hot and cold air'. It's a lot more complicated than that."
Though much of the blame does lie with warm air rushing north from the Gulf of Mexico, stopping it would be nigh on impossible, Prof Wurman says.
"Perhaps if he built his barrier on the scale of the Alps - 2,000-3,000m (9,800ft) high, it would disrupt it," he says.
"But clearly that would also cause a drastic change in climate."
And there lies the real crux of the problem, says Prof Wurman. Any geoengineering scheme powerful enough to eliminate tornadoes would also by definition have catastrophic side effects.
"The cure could be worse than the disease," he told BBC News.
"So the solution to tornadoes is not trying to get rid of them.
"It's better predictions and warnings so people can get out of way. Better homes. Better shelters."
He added: "Don't get me wrong, I'm open to new ideas. I consider myself an out-of-the-box thinker. But just because an idea is heretical, doesn't mean it's a good one."
Keegan Downer was killed by Kandyce Downer, 34, less than a year after she was appointed her legal guardian.
The toddler had 153 scars and bruises suffered due to "barbaric and evil" treatment, West Midlands Police said.
A serious case review found her death could not have been predicted.
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But the report published on Wednesday said it found the assaults inflicted on Keegan may have been prevented by more professional involvement and supervision of Downer and her children.
Keegan, also known as Shi-Anne, died on 5 September 2015.
She was placed in foster care from an early age after being born in March 2014 to a heroin addict.
The short, sad life of Keegan Downer
However, a guardianship order was granted to mother-of-four Downer in January 2015, and Keegan lived at Downer's family home in Beckbury Road, Weoley Castle, Birmingham.
The Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board report found that "very little" was known of what life was like for Keegan after she was placed with Downer.
"After the SGO [special guardianship order] was granted Shi-Anne was almost invisible to professionals," the report said.
She was not seen by any health, care or social services experts in the three months before her death.
The review found Keegan "should never have been placed" with Downer due to her "not really fitting the criteria to be awarded an SGO" and "the flawed and incomplete assessments".
The report adds: "The review author is firmly of the opinion that if an SGO was going to be awarded in this case (which he doesn't believe it should have been, as it neither met the original purpose or even the spirit of why SGO's were introduced) that a supervision order should have been attached to it."
Special guardianship orders have been reviewed by the government in the wake of this case and others, the review said.
We've had growing concerns for a number of years about the assessment and choice of individuals who choose to apply (for SGOs).
There's a perception that the standards of assessment are not as high as they would be for foster carers. There should be high standards across the board.
The government did try to address this issue and made some tweaks to the system, which is welcome. Time will tell if those changes prove to be significant.
As for foster carers being taken seriously - the feeling is probably that they are not treated on the same level as professionals; that they are not valued in the same way. They are often not included in conversations about what should happen (to the child). They should be. Who knows the child better?
The review author also met with the foster mother who took care of Keegan for the first 10 months of her life.
The report says the foster carer, who says she was not contacted when Keegan was murdered, told a social worker she had "concerns" about Downer and her "motivation and how she was going to care for Shi-Anne didn't add up".
Meanwhile, the vetting process for Downer was "overlooked for seven weeks" while a social worker was off ill.
Birmingham City Council's children's services department took on an independent agency, called Minster Social Work Ltd, to assess whether Downer would be an appropriate guardian.
The allocated social worker was off sick for seven weeks and there were "important messages sent via email that were not read", the review found.
No-one else did any work on the case and three other social workers "knew nothing about it" despite being allocated it, the report said.
Despite this, the private firm returned a "positive assessment" of Downer's suitability to be the child's guardian.
Peter Hay, director of the council's children's services, said people had lost their jobs in the wake of the case.
"Employment action has been taken, including to the regulator. Those people are no longer working with us," he said.
Penny Thompson CBE, independent chair of the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board said: "There was a superficial assessment by an external agency commissioned by the city council; little challenge on behalf of Shi-Anne and her lifelong interests; poor information exchange; insufficient discussion between involved agencies, and too much focus on Kandyce Downer's wants rather than the child's needs."
Downer was jailed for life in May 2016. She must serve at least 18 years behind bars.
An NSPCC spokesman said: "It is clear that the process of making Kandyce Downer responsible for Shi-Anne via a special guardianship order was deeply flawed, with a disturbing lack of assessment and scrutiny."
The city council's children's services is being taken over by a trust following years of failings.
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Britain's world heavyweight champion apologised last month for a video he posted online containing homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic comments.
But ex-champion Klitschko, who fights Fury in Manchester on 9 July, said: "I was in shock at his statements.
"When he got to the Jewish people he sounded like Hitler. The man is an imbecile."
The 40-year-old Ukrainian, who lost to Fury in November to suffer his first defeat in 11 years, added: "We cannot have a champion like that. Either he needs to be shut up or shut down in the ring, or just suspended, because you cannot create more hate.
"I'm fighting a guy who can't hold his mouth on certain things."
The Campaign Against Antisemitism has also called for Fury to be banned and complained to the British Boxing Board of Control.
The undefeated 27-year-old, who took the WBA and WBO heavyweight titles from Klitschko in their first bout, later said he was sorry for causing offence and promised to improve his behaviour "as an ambassador of British boxing".
He was also criticised shortly after his victory over Klitschko last year, when comments on homosexuality, paedophilia and women saw more than 100,000 people sign an online petition seeking to have him removed from the BBC's 2015 Sports Personality of the Year shortlist.
Hamburg, in northern Germany, is unlike most of the country's cities. It is a "city state", which gives it not just a louder voice than counterparts such as Frankfurt and Munich, but also more autonomy over its own affairs.
One of the key tools at its disposal is tax - it gets to decide how to spend some business and property taxes - both pots of money currently denied to the mayor of London.
Ever since the Brexit vote, in which most Londoners voted to remain in the European Union, Sadiq Khan has been using that disconnect with the rest of the UK and concern over London's economic future as leverage to push for more powers for the capital in areas such as fiscal devolution and skills.
The kinds of powers that being a "city state" can deliver.
Mr Khan had a meeting with the chancellor Phillip Hammond on 15 November, ahead of the Autumn Statement, in which he set out the case for more devolved powers for London.
He specifically asked for more powers in relation to skills, housing and transport, and in the longer term to increase London's share of the central taxes raised in the capital.
The London mayor's counterpart in Hamburg is first mayor Olaf Scholtz, whose office in the Rathaus building looks more Palace of Westminster than London's City Hall.
Mr Scholz said cities like London could do more for their citizens if they had the power he has.
For example, if Hamburg decides housing is a vital part of the city's economic strategy and it wants to build more affordable housing in the city, "we can do it without asking others," he said.
"If we think there is a new strategy necessary in the case of vocational training we can do so. If we think we think we have to build new universities we can do so," he continued.
More affordable housing for London was one of Mr Khan's election promises and is an area he is hoping Wednesday's Autumn Statement might help him with.
But Hamburg's mayor does not need any more powers for this . He can and has already forced developers to ensure that a third of homes built on state-owned land are social housing, a third affordable and a third privately sold.
In terms of skills, Hamburg also has powers to support key industries that are not devolved to cities in the UK.
In Hamburg aviation is big business, employing 40,000 people. The local authority spends some of its funds on universities to help train the population in skills required by firms such as Airbus and Lufthansa Technik, as well as the hundreds of small and medium sized businesses that feed into them.
Uwe Gröning, who runs Innovint - a company that builds aircraft interiors such as galley trays and child safety seats - said giving local politicians the power to influence the city's skill base had been good for businesses in Hamburg, and it could do the same for London's big industries.
He said: "A centre for aviation training never would have been established with the national government, but with the regional government, Hamburg said 'yes, we need it, we do it'. That's the difference - London has to establish those powers."
There are pitfalls though to London getting too much local power, according to Brian Melican, who is originally from Wallington, south London, but has lived in Hamburg for eight years.
The journalist, who writes about regional government and industry, said as a city state Hamburg placed too much emphasis on supporting specific industries and ignored others, and London might do the same given the chance.
"If you make the wrong decision, or you become too focused on one particular piece of infrastructure, or one set of skills, you run the risk obviously of ignoring areas of the economy or society that might become more important in the coming years," he said.
"An example here in Hamburg is the harbour. Hamburg [is] very invested in the harbour - [but] it would have been more sensible to pool resources with surrounding regions and open a deep sea harbour, which those two states have now done on their own, leaving us with this rather limited river harbour."
Mr Melican also cited the determination to fund a philharmonic orchestra, which was nine years late and left the city with a 700m euros bill, forcing the closure of city museums.
"So yes, there's a clear danger that if a small state or a city state gets its teeth into something that turns out to be far bigger than it can chew, it's left with the bill. Central government is not going to just step in," he added.
Mr Khan says more power "isn't about having a bigger share of the pie" but "deciding how that share is spent" and claims that when London thrives the whole country benefits.
More of the tax spending powers that Hamburg possesses are what London's City Hall is really after though. With all the talk of regional devolution from central government, that is becoming more of a possibility.
The 32-year-old was out for a third-ball duck in England's only innings of the first Test win at Headingley.
In 14 Tests, the Middlesex player has scored 724 runs at an average of 30.16 and strike-rate of 35.62.
"If you don't play well enough, you get dropped," said Compton "That's fundamentally how it works."
Compton returned to the Test side last December for the tour of South Africa, following a two-and-a-half-year absence.
He scored 245 runs in eight innings batting at number three.
He admits his style of play is not as exciting as all-rounder Ben Stokes, who has been ruled out of the rest of the Sri Lanka series through injury, but is confident about his own value to the side.
"We're in the entertainment business, it's about getting bums on seats, and I suppose watching Ben's 200 is better than watching Compton's 80," he said.
"If I was sitting on the couch I'd rather watch Stokes' 200. I'm by no means unaware of that. The way that I play doesn't always look that pretty.
"I know deep inside me there's a player in here who could change all those opinions very quickly, but, unfortunately, until you do it and people see it in real life, there's no point in me saying anything else."
Victory at Chester-le-Street will give England an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series, with the final match at Lord's starting on 9 June.
He told MPs that names of 2,500 suspects had been collected from agencies across EU member states.
He also said law enforcement agencies did not have the capability to monitor online communications of suspects.
This was one of the most "pressing problems" facing police, said the EU criminal intelligence body chief.
Asked how many people had left Europe to travel to countries like Syria, Mr Wainwright told the home affairs select committee: "We're talking about 3,000-5,000 EU nationals.
"Clearly, we're dealing with a large body of mainly young men who have the potential to come back and have the potential or the intent and capability to carry out attacks we have seen in Paris in the last week."
Head of MI5 Andrew Parker had said last week, following the attacks in Paris that left 17 dead, that about 600 Britons were now thought to have travelled to Syria.
Mr Wainwright said there was a "security gap" facing police forces across Europe who are trying to track down extremists online.
In some cases, potential terrorists were "effectively out of reach" of law enforcement agencies, he added.
He said: "The reality is the security authorities today don't have the necessary capability to fully protect society from these kind of threats."
Mr Wainwright also told MPs that criminals and terrorist suspects were increasingly sending "highly encrypted" messages online using the so-called "dark net".
When asked about the co-operation of internet companies in tackling extremist activity, he argued that more needed to be done.
"Social media is a recruitment tool," said Mr Wainwright. "Not just that, social media is a propaganda tool.
"We have to have a closer, much more productive relationship between law enforcement and technology firms.
"Also I think we need to have the right legalisation in place to allow the authorities to monitor suspected terrorist activity."
Committee chair Keith Vaz asked if Britons could sleep "soundly" at night, to which Mr Wainwright replied: "The British people can be assured that here in the UK we have some of the most well developed and effective counter-terrorism arrangements in the world.
"That said, the threat is here and clearly affects the UK, at least as much as many other countries across Europe. It's a real threat."
His comments come amid renewed debate about whether UK police and security agencies should be given strengthened powers to intercept emails and messages after the attacks in France.
Meanwhile, Mr Parker's predecessor as director general of MI5 said on Tuesday that the threat of terrorism in the UK has risen - while the ability of the security services to address that threat has decreased.
Lord Evans, speaking in his maiden speech in the House of Lords, said: "When I left MI5 in 2013, I felt cautiously optimistic that we were over the worst as far as al-Qaeda and Islamist terrorist attacks were concerned in this country.
"It seemed to me that we were making significant progress. Regrettably, subsequent events have proved that judgment to be wrong."
The independent crossbench peer said events in Syria and Iraq had given extremist networks in the UK a "jolt of energy" and that he had no doubt the numbers going to fight in Syria and Iraq would rise "significantly" in coming months.
Lord Thomas of Gresford said while Scotland and Northern Ireland had long-standing judicial systems, cases of Welsh law would "not be frequent".
"You cannot even find any publication where Welsh laws are collected," he said.
The Supreme Court said the Lord Chief Justice would rule on Welsh matters.
In a review of its selection commission, chief executive Jenny Rowe said: "As the body of Welsh law increases I believe that... will require consideration of the appointment of a Welsh justice."
The 12 Supreme Court judges currently include two from Scotland and one from Northern Ireland.
The review said the current pragmatic solution was to bring in an acting judge "who is seen as Welsh for any cases which come from Wales".
The Supreme Court said that so far, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, had been invited to play that role due to his Welsh background.
He was one of five judges who considered an asbestos compensation bill, rejected by the Supreme Court in February.
However, he was one of two judges who had disagreed with the majority view of the court which ruled the Welsh government had no right to force companies to meet NHS costs of treating affected workers.
The Lord Chief Justice was also on the Supreme Court panel in July 2014 which approved Welsh government moves to protect the wages of agricultural workers.
Producing a film or TV series is a long and laborious process - the whole operation can often take years, during which time the project can be thrown into uncertainty as a result of reality suddenly rendering the project distasteful.
Bastille Day, which stars Idris Elba in a story about civilians killed by a bomb going off in Paris, was pulled from cinemas in France the day after it was released because of what happened in Nice.
StudioCanal stopped adverts for the film immediately after the attack and soon cancelled it altogether, commenting that it was "not in line with the national mood".
"Studios, like many major corporations, are risk averse," says Andreas Wiseman, head of news at Screen Daily.
"The performance over its opening weekend can often make or break a film, so distributors spend a long time strategising over an optimum release date.
"If there is a chance a social or political context might turn media or audiences against a film, studios will reroute."
The studio's request to pull Bastille Day out of French cinemas was supported by the film's lead actor - Elba told The Sun that the producers probably thought the film was "insensitive" and did not "feel right to have out there".
Many French film fans, though, were disappointed with the studio's decision - one told Reuters he "didn't make the connection with Nice".
"There are so many differences. I think it's a coincidence and I find it a shame for the people who made the film."
In America, TV series Shooter - a drama about a sniper - was postponed after unrest prompted by the shooting of black men by police.
USA Network initially delayed the show's debut by a week - "after further consideration", it was subsequently postponed until the autumn.
Paris-based film journalist Lisa Nesselson, who saw Bastille Day in a French cinema after the Nice attack, says she is unsure whether TV networks and film studios should react in the same way.
"I don't know if films are delayed or pulled out of respect for terror victims, because it's assumed that nobody will be in the mood to see that topic or a little of both," she says.
"I might be in favour of changing television programming in deference to a violent national event, but I find it much harder to grasp why a movie that requires an individual to make the decision to pay to get in should be punished for being about the 'wrong' thing at a particular moment in time."
Perhaps the biggest single event of recent times to affect the film and TV industry was the 9/11 attack in 2001.
A scene in Spider-Man featuring the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center was deleted from the film and the trailers in light of the sombre national mood and the location was also edited out of Men In Black II and Zoolander.
On television, Friends - one of the most successful sitcoms of all time - cut an entire storyline from one episode which saw Chandler detained at an airport after making a joke about a bomb.
It was swiftly replaced by a new storyline involving Monica and Chandler and the already-filmed footage was only released years later as part of a box set.
In the UK, one of the longest delays to a major film came in 2007, when Gone Baby Gone was due to be released.
It came out in the US in October and was set for a UK release in December - but was halted by the disappearance of Madeleine McCann as the producers felt the plot, which dealt with a young girl going missing, was distasteful.
Wiseman says that while audiences like to identify with characters and storylines, a story which appears to reflect a real-life horror can be difficult to watch.
"Hollywood studios want and need audience identification in their films, but too much identification can become uncomfortable for some unsuspecting viewers who find material too close to real-life tragedy."
He adds that once promotion has begun, films can be more difficult to change or postpone than TV shows.
"Delays can be very costly, especially if they happen after advertising has already been booked and campaigns are underway.
"If a campaign is fragmented or becomes confused in its timing, then audiences are likely to find something else to watch."
However, he says it "can work both ways".
"While many films about terrorism were shelved around 9/11, a whimsical and sweet film like Amelie unexpectedly took off in the US and in many other countries [because] audiences wanted a joyful escape."
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The decision in the most populous state - North Rhine-Westphalia - came after an online student petition collected more than 43,000 signatures.
Students also complained about a question on Apartheid in South Africa, which had difficult vocabulary.
For many it was a very important exam.
It was part of the state's middle-school leaving exams, taken by 16-year-olds, and counted for half of all the marks in English.
The marks obtained in those exams usually determine what sort of apprenticeship students can do after secondary school.
In light of the complaints, the English exam marks are being revised.
Different leaving exams, called the "Abitur", are taken by students at Gymnasien - schools more geared towards higher education.
Dario Schramm, 16, launched the online petition on Thursday, and it quickly drew thousands of signatures, German media reported.
Commenting on the Prince Harry speech, he complained that there was "loud background noise". The prince gave the speech on Aids at a children's centre in Lesotho in 2015.
A headmaster in Düsseldorf, Bernd Hinke, was quoted as saying: "Some students were extremely upset, there was weeping and great disappointment".
The three-time world champion finished fourth in Sochi last month as Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas won.
"You digest the pain of a tough weekend, which you deal with internally, and then you try to put it into a positive," said the Briton.
"It's just making sure you take the right steps moving forwards."
Hamilton heads into the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 13 points behind Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the championship, with Bottas 10 further back.
"I hope this weekend is a lot better," said Hamilton.
"I'm always looking forwards. It is a continuation. Second in the championship, still fighting, have another 16 races to go.
"The last race, there were just a lot of small things that led to it, no one thing bigger than another, that just led us in the wrong direction."
Hamilton said the main issue was the car was not working properly with the tyres.
"The whole weekend I generally wasn't in the right window," he added.
"We have a good understanding of where we went wrong on our side of the garage so we have grown from the experience.
"Having a win, a fast car and a car that struggled, I think we're better equipped but I can't really say whether it will be better.
"There are a lot of challenges this weekend, a lot of [car] upgrades for everyone and we will be doing everything we can [in Friday practice] to make sure the car is in the right place."
Hamilton said Bottas' maiden win changed nothing, as he had always considered the Finn a serious rival.
"Of course he's a credible competitor," he said. "He was when he joined. Lots of people had perceptions about how he would perform and he has proved everyone wrong. He will remain a competitor for the rest of the year, the fight will go on.
"It adds to the spectacle. I have to do a better job on more weekends than my team-mate and win the championship so it doesn't really change anything.
"It's great to have a strong team-mate because it helps the team move forward in a good direction."
Spain is traditionally a race at which teams bring their first major development parts of the season, and so far it has not disappointed.
The Mercedes has a raft of aerodynamic changes at the front of the car, including a much narrower nose, under which is a unique aerodynamic shaping device that has been likened by some to a snowplough.
Ferrari and Red Bull also have major upgrades to their cars, one to try to keep them up with Mercedes, the other to try to bridge the gap to the top two teams.
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Vettel is yet to admit Ferrari have become the team to beat, after their huge step forward over the winter.
"I don't feel it is like that," the four-time world champion said.
"Mercedes are still the ones to beat. Maybe not if you look race by race, but overall they have been the dominant team and it is difficult to break that.
"But we are trying our best. We are in a much better position than in previous years but it is still fairly early.
"It matters what you keep doing not what you have done. I know we still have the same people and believe they can bring the upgrades we need to keep fighting."
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Nigerian journalists are typically paid wretched salaries, and even the pittance to which they are entitled is often owed for months at a stretch.
A former editor with Nigeria's ThisDay newspaper last month became something of a celebrity in local media circles after an Abuja court awarded him damages against the newspaper's publishers.
Paul Ibe had in 2011 filed proceedings against his former employer, seeking payment of outstanding monthly salaries and other allowances.
"I went to court not because of the money but because of the principle involved," he told me.
"Every labourer deserves his pay."
But it is not as if their employers expect these journalists to work without pay.
They just do not think that the staff's income should come from the organisation's pockets.
My friend, who was a reporter with one of Nigeria's popular newspapers, said her boss often justified his non-payment of salaries by saying: "I've given you a platform to make money. Use it."
He was referring to the opportunity to collect payment from individuals or organisations in exchange for publishing their stories.
Nigerian journalists are known to prowl to and fro in search of anyone whose pay will inspire their pens.
It is common for "brown envelopes" containing cash to be handed out during press briefings - a practice that has been going on for so long that many young journalists with whom I have spoken have no idea that it is unethical.
After covering an event, they linger expectantly until the envelopes stuffed with cash arrive.
Woe betide you if you fail to meet their expectations.
Whatever you read about yourself and your event, if the item manages to find space in the newspaper, will be entirely of your own making.
With this kind of goings-on, you cannot expect the average Nigerian journalist to be fair in the presentation of facts.
I know a top Nigerian politician who goes beyond brown envelopes to listing a number of editors on his payroll.
As he disburses his staff salaries monthly, he also makes payments into the editors' bank accounts.
This ensures that whenever he has any "news" to disseminate, it gets published in several media without any questions asked or facts checked.
The Nigerian media has become a thriving arena for all sorts of sponsored falsehoods.
The judicial system is equally dysfunctional, making it tortuous to win a libel case.
This strikes at the very core of democracy, where the electorate, to make sensible choices, relies on the media for facts.
In 2008, I joined Nigeria's now-defunct Next newspapers as one of its pioneer editorial staff.
Founded by Pulitzer-winning journalist Dele Olojede, it was celebrated for its vehement policy against brown envelopes.
Within months of its launch, it was boldly reporting several important national stories that most mainstream newspapers would not touch.
When its reporters began garnering local and international awards for investigative journalism, Mr Olojede reminded us that most of those stories had been lying in the public domain, simply waiting for someone to report them.
"Real investigative journalism requires dogged digging," he said.
He explained during an editorial meeting: "I wanted to pay salaries that would enable the average reporter buy a beer for himself and a friend after work on Friday, and a small car for himself."
But revenue soon began to dry up.
In Nigeria, established newspapers are paid to keep big stories off the front page. Adverts are supposed to buy silence.
Often, Next would run a story in its popular weekend edition, only for editors to arrive at the office on Monday to meet an aggrieved marketing team - certain big advertisers had terminated their business that morning.
After one revelation about corruption in the oil trade, scores of advertisers instantly pulled out.
Many organisations began to distance themselves from the newspaper, for fear of being seen to be supporting the enemy of their friends.
At the time Next eventually called it quits in 2011, staff were owed more than five months' arrears.
Rumours of the newspaper's reporters accepting brown envelopes had begun to filter in, but few editors had the heart to reprimand offenders.
It is difficult to ascertain whether corruption in Nigeria's journalism emanated from pressure by the political and business elite, or if the media themselves initiated jukebox journalism.
Following Mr Ibe's court victory - which only one newspaper reported - journalists from around the country have been sending congratulatory messages, thanking him for giving them hope.
He has shown that the country's journalists do not have to put up with being used and abused by their employers.
However, it will take more than one court victory to bring an end to this kind of malpractice and create a thriving Nigerian media.
Split into three stages, the cycle race covers 515.5km (320 miles), and will see riders weave across the Yorkshire landscape.
The race starts on Friday, 29 April in Beverley, East Yorkshire, and will end on Sunday, 1 May in the North Yorkshire resort of Scarborough.
Last year's inaugural race was watched by an estimated 1m people and brought £50m into the region's economy.
The event was launched after Yorkshire hosted the Tour de France Grand Depart in 2014.
More than 140 riders joined the first race, including Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins.
The 2016 Tour will see the men's race start on 29 April with a women's race held on Saturday 30 April.
Beverley played host to the 2015 Tour and riders will parade around the town before heading to the racecourse for the official start.
They will then weave through the Wolds, crossing the A64 at Tadcaster before heading north past Wetherby and into the Yorkshire Dales.
Once the cyclists leave Pateley Bridge there is a tough climb at Greenhow Hill. It is then downhill from Grassington to Gargrave and along the A65 before a finish in Settle.
The second leg, which begins in the home town of Olympic cyclist and 2014's Otley Grand Prix winner, Lizzie Armitstead, will see male and female cyclists ride the same route for the first time.
Past Harewood, the start of last year's Grand Depart, riders should be able to pick up speed as the route loops to the east of Leeds. The race then heads south towards Pontefract and into South Yorkshire for a finish in Doncaster.
The final day starts in Middlesbrough, which forms part of the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire before riders take a tour of market towns including Stokesley and Northallerton.
From Thirsk they will head on to Sutton Bank and through the national park before going over the moors to Whitby and finishing along Marine Drive in Scarborough.
As well as the professional race there is a mass-participation "sportive" for cyclists along the same roads as the Tour de Yorkshire.
This will take place on the same day and roads as the third stage of the event's pro ride.
The race, which is paid for through private and public funding, is organised by Welcome to Yorkshire and Amaury Sport Organisation, which organises the Tour de France.
The body of Christopher Laskaris, who was known as Adam to his friends, was discovered at St John's Close in Hyde Park, Leeds, on 17 November.
Philip Craig, 37, and 22-year-old Dempsey Pattison, both from Leeds, have been charged over the death of the 24-year-old.
Mr Craig was also charged with a burglary offence.
The county Down runner, 35, clocked 9:54.40 as she finished eighth at the Folksam Grand Prix meeting.
O'Flaherty's time was three seconds inside her previous season's best set last week in Hungary.
Meanwhile, Leon Reid clocked 20.57 to finish fifth in the 200m in Lucerne.
The Northern Ireland athlete, who booked his Commonwealth Games spot by improving his personal best to 20.38 when finishing a surprise third at the recent British World Championship trials, was competing at the Spitzen Leichtathletik event.
Jamaican duo Nickel Ashmeade (20.37) and Warren Weir (20.44) filled the first two places while Switzerland's Alex Wilson (20.46) and American Dedric Dukes (20.47) were also ahead of the Bath-based Reid, who is hoping to transfer international allegiance to Ireland.
Rio Olympian O'Flaherty will compete again in Belgium on Saturday.
O'Flaherty, who set her personal best of 9:42.61 in 2015, was out of racing for over a month after tearing a calf muscle at a British Milers Club meeting in Solihull in May.
After struggling in a number of races on the continent following her injury, the Newcastle athlete was under 10 minutes for the first time this season in Hungary and then clocked 9:59.46 in Letterkenny on Friday night.
Twelve Northern Ireland athletes have already achieved Commonwealth Games considerations standards although it is far from certain all those with the Gold Coast marks will be selected for the trip to Australia next Spring.
The Gothenburg race was won by Kenya's Caroline Tuigong who clocked 9:35.57 ahead of American Katie Landwehr (9:37.00) and Britain's Lennie Waite (9:37.94).
The 27-year-old British number two failed to trouble Babos as the Hungarian claimed victory in just over an hour in Mexico.
Babos, 23, will face second seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarter-finals.
Defending champion Heather Watson takes on Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in her second-round tie at 22:15 BST.
There have been calls to protect the language in legislation.
But why is the Irish language such a divisive issue between the largest power-sharing partners and the latest touchstone in Northern Ireland's culture war?
This year's nursery class at Beann Mhadagáin primary school in west Belfast contains some of the 5,000 or so children in Northern Ireland now educated entirely in Irish.
But in another part of Belfast, evening classes are under way. Not far from Stormont, locals are learning Irish in east Belfast.
An upsurge in numbers of Protestants learning Irish would not be surprising to students of history.
At the turn of the last century, Irish, although in decline, was seen as a language for all.
UUP councillor Chris McGimpsey, who has studied Protestant engagement with the Irish language, says: "An integral part of unionist identity in Ireland was the fact that they were Irish.
"There was a great sympathy for and complete comfort with the whole concept of Irish, Irishness and the Irish language."
He says the partitioning of Ireland in 1921 was a turning point in unionist attitudes to the language
Partition prompted nationalists in Northern Ireland to embrace the language in greater numbers, according to the historian Diarmaid Ferriter.
"They felt completely abandoned by their southern counterparts, and in that sense there was more at stake for them when it came to the language," he says.
"There was more importance attached to it because of their minority status and they really needed to find markers of identity."
The survival of the Irish language in west Belfast owes a lot to a pioneering project in the 1960s when a group of families decided to make the Shaw's Road area into a Gaeltacht, an Irish speaking area.
A second wave of Northern Ireland's lrish language revival movement occurred on another site - the Maze Prison.
Republican prisoners and those interned in the Troubles in the early 1970s built on the example of the Shaw's Road Gaeltacht and began learning Irish.
As the campaign for political prisoner status escalated in the 1980s, learning the Irish language - in what became known colloquially as the Jailtacht - became a way for prisoners to set themselves apart from the prison officers.
Feargal MacIonnrachtaigh, whose father was interned in 1973, says republican prisoners would use the language as a means of both communication and resistance.
"People were inspired by this idea that you could reclaim your identity and you could go through a process of 'reconquest' in terms of the language," he says.
In 1982, Sinn Féin established a cultural department to promote the Irish language.
Mr McGimpsey says that from that point, Sinn Féin was perceived to have "hijacked" the language for political gain.
Manchán Magan is the great grandnephew of Mícheál Seosamh Ó Rathaille, known as 'The O'Rahilly', who fought and died in the 1916 Easter Rising.
"For my granny, the language was a cultural nugget but it was also this weapon of war against the British" he says.
Despite his republican heritage, Mr Magan says he feels that the language has been "used as a political weapon".
"Sinn Fein started to use it, not just to create pride and identity and a sense of an 'esprit de corps' in their people, but as almost a weapon or a signifier of difference from the unionist community and that was a tragedy," he says.
Robin Stewart is a former loyalist paramilitary who is learning the language in east Belfast.
"Learning Irish isn't going to make me a republican - in fact what it does is strengthen my own identity and lets me challenge republicans and their version of what Gaelic and Irish history is," he says.
The classes he attends are run by Linda Ervine, a sister-in-law of the late Progressive Unionist Party leader, David Ervine.
"David learned Irish when he was in Long Kesh along with other loyalist prisoners - he was very proud of the fact that he had a bit of Irish, Gusty Spence was the same.
"They didn't feel threatened by the language; they knew that there was nothing to fear from the language."
The DUP's Gregory Campbell remains unapologetic about remarks he made last month about the use of the language in the assembly by some Sinn Féin MLAs.
"I am offended each time, every single day that they abuse the Irish language," he says.
"Now that means that I will use whatever device I have to use to expose their duplicity, and their politicising of the Irish language."
Sinn Fein MLA Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, who is a prominent Irish language advocate, says: "It is deeply saddening that we have somebody who wants to use the Irish language as a stick with which to beat people.
"No-one has anything to fear from an Irish language, and you know, increasingly when I am out on the streets, I believe that it has been accepted by ordinary people, it has to be a shared language."
An Irish language act, aimed at helping to support and protect the language, could create an entitlement to use Irish in interactions with government bodies and a number of other services.
However, the actual proposals are not yet available and the minister responsible, Sinn Féin's Carál Ní Chúilín, told Spotlight that she would bring an Irish language bill before the assembly in the New Year.
The issue is also one of the outstanding matters in the current round of talks.
Despite a crusade to establish the Irish language in everyday usage by dominant political figure Éamon de Valera, the Republic of Ireland's last census found that little over 100,000 people speak it on a daily basis.
"I think one of the lessons to be learned from the experience in southern Ireland is if it becomes associated with a particular political project, or if it becomes identified with a particular political impulse, you are not going to succeed in what your professed aim is, which is to promote the speaking of the Irish language" says Prof Ferriter.
In Northern Ireland less than 4% of the population is fluent, although over 10% say they have some ability in Irish
There are some signs of a cross-community revival.
"It would be nice to have a Gaeltacht Quarter in east Belfast, but it would also be nice to have all our cultures understood and recognised," says Mr Stewart.
In Northern Ireland, cultural symbols are an important part of identity and language is often used to imply what cannot be said.
A flags and culture and identity commission is one proposal under consideration as part of the current round of talks, but Stormont has yet to decide on the Irish question.
Spotlight is available to watch on the BBC's iPlayer
The 47-year-old was shot a number of times at Welsh Street in the Markets area at 09:09 BST on Tuesday 5 May.
The gunman made off on foot.
Police have said they hope the opportunity provided by Crimewatch will "generate calls from people who can help us apprehend the killer".
Detective Superintendent Kevin Geddes, from the PSNI's Serious Crime Branch, said the investigation was progressing but they needed more information.
Police have said they do not believe dissident republicans were behind the attack, and do not believe Mr Davison's murder was sectarian.
So far, three people have been arrested over the murder, but all of them have been released without charge.
It is understood Mr Davison was involved in the fight in a Belfast bar in January 2005 that led to the death of Robert McCartney. It was one of Northern Ireland's most high profile killings.
Mr Davison's uncle, Terence, was later acquitted of Mr McCartney's murder.
Crimewatch will be broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland on Tuesday at 21:00 BST.
The Grade II listed Durham Miners' Association hall in Red Hill, Durham City, opened in 1915 when the county's coalfield employed 200,000 men.
The red-brick mansion contains hundreds of photographs and banners, as well as a debating chamber with 300 seats nicknamed the pitmen's parliament.
The association is planning to apply to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £2m.
Among the hall's treasures is a letter written in 1943 from the USSR ambassador on behalf of Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin. The letter thanks Durham miners for a charitable donation of £1,500 for an X-ray machine.
Chairman of the association, Alan Cummings, said: "It's about a rich, exciting heritage - hard times and good times - and that should be celebrated. This building represents the finest of that."
But Mr Cummings said it was a struggle to pay growing maintenance and running costs.
Mining historian Dr Stuart Howard, of Sunderland University, said the miners' hall was "probably the finest trade union building in Europe".
"It was meant as a status symbol, so when negotiations went on here the status and strength of the union was communicated," he added.
Although the author has written lots of books before this will be her first time writing a film script.
The first film of the series will be titled Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.
Rowling said: "I always said that I would only revisit the wizarding world if I had an idea that I was really excited about and this is it."
The new film will feature Newt Scamander, the fictional author of the textbook Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, owned and read by students at Hogwarts school.
Rowling said: "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world."
Warner Bros, the film company that made the Harry Potter movies, does not know yet when the new film will be made.
Pakistan batsman Younus, 37, agreed to a return to the White Rose on a short-term deal in February.
However, Younus has now said that he would be unable to turn down a possible call to tour Bangladesh with Pakistan.
Pujara, 27, has scored 2,073 runs at an average of 47.11 in 27 Tests.
Pujara, who played three County Championship games for Derbyshire in 2014, averages 57.01 in first-class cricket.
"We have moved quickly to bring in Pujara and he is a superb player," said director of cricket Martyn Moxon.
"He is an outstanding young Test cricketer who is hungry to perform in the English game.
"In the brief conversations I have had with him, he is very much looking forward to be joining Yorkshire and being part of our plans."
The crash happened on the A4067 between Glais and Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley at 13:35 GMT and the road was closed for several hours.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service used cutting equipment to free one casualty.
Four men and an elderly woman have been taken to hospital.
Dr Rowan Williams said the murder of Pakistan's only Christian cabinet minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, could not be "managed or tolerated".
Writing in London's Times, he said Mr Bhatti was a martyr and Pakistan was being blackmailed by extremists.
Mr Bhatti was killed in an ambush by Taliban gunmen as he drove away from his mother's home on 2 March.
He had been the Pakistan government's only Christian cabinet minister until his assassination in Islamabad.
The minister was an outspoken critic of Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws which Dr Williams, who leads the Church of England and the senior bishop of the worldwide Anglican Church, also attacked in his article.
The law carries a death sentence for anyone who insults Islam. Critics say it has been used to persecute minority faiths.
Those who supported Mr Bhatti's killing, said Dr Williams, "inhabit a world of fantasy, shot through with paranoid anxiety."
Dr Williams claimed there was a faction in Pakistan "wholly uninterested in justice and due process of law, concerned only with promoting an inhuman pseudo-religious tyranny."
And he called for a debate in Pakistan about the blasphemy laws, because "part of the problem is the weakening of properly traditional Islam by the populist illiteracies of modern extremism."
Mr Bhatti died "for all practical purposes as a martyr," said Dr Williams.
"Not simply for his Christian faith, but for a vision shared between Pakistani Christians and Muslims."
Students of Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, claim a female warden forced them to strip after finding blood on a bathroom door.
The warden was suspended after parents complained.
She initially defended her actions but later denied the entire incident.
Surekha Tomar had told reporters that after finding blood on the bathroom door, she tried to find out if one of the children had begun menstruating for the first time.
"I thought a 10-year-old might feel scared or ashamed to tell me if they had started their period so I wanted to find out. I am like their guardian. If I ask them something like this or check them, I have not committed a crime," she told Indian television channels.
Later however, she said that the entire incident was engineered by other teachers who wanted her to lose her job.
Many of the children have alleged that they were forced into taking off their clothes for the inspection.
"There was some blood on the bathroom door. Ma'am wanted to investigate. She asked us to strip. She wanted to check if one of us had started our period.
"She told two of our schoolmates to check and said if you don't tell us I will beat you. She said if you don't have shame I don't either," one student told reporters.
One parent told reporters that he had found out about the incident in the newspapers.
"I called my girl and she said it is true, and that she was also asked to strip. I left my job to come and get her. The warden should be jailed," he said.
Other teachers in the school also condemned the incident, and said that if proven, strict action needed to be taken.
The Prison Officers Association (POA) said there was an "ongoing disturbance" at the category B training prison, HMP Swaleside, on the Isle of Sheppey.
Specialist "Tornado" teams have been deployed to tackle the unrest, the Prison Service said.
POA chairman Mike Rolfe said the extent of the disturbance was unclear, but it did not appear to be on the scale of a riot at HMP Birmingham last week.
Riot police were used to quell last Friday's disturbance, which lasted for 12 hours and involved hundreds of inmates.
A Prison Service spokesman said: "The Prison Service is dealing with an incident involving 60 prisoners at HMP Swaleside.
"The incident is contained to one landing on A Wing. The rest of the prison is secure with all prisoners in locked in cells."
Later, he added: "The situation at the prison remains contained and is in the process of being resolved."
Mr Rolfe described Swaleside as "a particularly difficult place to work" because of an "acute staff shortfall" and high levels of violence.
A man claiming to be an inmate there contacted the BBC to say the disturbance had started when staff raided cells and confiscated prisoners' possessions.
The unverified source said tension between inmates and prison officers had increased after an intake of young, inexperienced staff, and the cutting of family visits.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the disturbance had been contained but prisoners had refused to go back into their cells.
"Tornado" squads were also used to quell last week's riot in Birmingham, after prisoners set fires, stole keys to residential areas from a guard and one inmate was seriously injured.
Up to 240 prisoners were moved following the riot, but the Ministry of Justice has not commented on whether any were sent to Swaleside.
Guardian prison correspondent Eric Allison said he had been told of problems at the prison during a recent research visit.
"The governor told me that it was a troubled jail," he said.
"He said that there were high levels of violence and access to and use of [formerly] legal highs".
However, Mr Allison said Swaleside, which houses about 1,100 inmates serving terms of more than four years, had some "innovative" education schemes.
An HM Inspectorate of Prisons report in July described the prison as "dangerous" and found levels of violence were "far too high", with many of the incidents classed as serious.
On Thursday, a former deputy prime minister and two former home secretaries called for the prison population of England and Wales to be cut to 45,000,
In a letter to the Times, Nick Clegg, Ken Clarke and Jacqui Smith said jails had become unacceptably dangerous.
They said inmate numbers had risen to more than 85,000 since Michael Howard declared in 1993 that "prison works".
Former Lib Dem leader and deputy PM Mr Clegg, ex-Conservative Home Secretary Mr Clarke and former Labour Home Secretary Mrs Smith said the recent violent unrest at Birmingham Prison was a "wake-up call for this country".
Last year, over 2,000 people took part in the event.
The A4086 Pen y Gwryd road was closed during races.
The sold-out event included a lake swim in Llyn Padarn, cycling over Llanberis pass and along the Ogwen Valley, and a run through Padarn Country Park.
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I saw the end of Jo Konta's win over Donna Vekic in the gym while I was waiting to go on, and her calmness in such a tense finish really impressed me.
A number of times she was pretty close to getting broken at the end - she was 0-30 down - and she stayed focused and managed to get through it.
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You saw right at the end just how much emotion she had inside her. You don't see Jo react like that too much and certainly not during a match, but it's obviously in there.
She can go a long way here. She's certainly good enough, and hopefully Wednesday's match was the first of many on Centre Court.
It's difficult to give other players advice because playing on that court is obviously a great experience but everyone deals with those things differently; everyone has different personalities.
I found for myself that when I've been in tight matches like Jo's on Wednesday, maybe engaging the crowd a little more can help - but that might not be something she's comfortable doing.
She remains very calm on the court and that's a positive thing, but there can be times out there when it's good to let the emotions out as well.
Playing with the crowd on your side is not a regular experience for most tennis players and it can take some getting used to.
We play all over the world and I'd say 90% of the time in matches it's a fairly neutral crowd.
Obviously when you play against Roger or Rafa or Novak in different places they have huge, huge fanbases and people may want them to win, but most of the time people just want to see a great match. They want to be entertained.
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But when we're playing at Wimbledon, pretty much all of the crowd want the Brits to win, and using that to your advantage and enjoying it and embracing it can really make the difference.
It always feels a little bit different out on Centre Court, not just because of the crowd but also the history there.
You can tell how much they want you to win because they live every point from the very first game, often groaning or sighing when you make a mistake. You need to try and block that out for sure, but then it's part of the Centre Court experience.
Maybe the first few times it can be frustrating to hear that, or you can worry a little bit, but now I know exactly what to expect when I go out on that court.
Jo is top 10 in the world, she's British and looking to get into the second week for the first time here.
She will play more and more matches on that court and hopefully over time become more and more comfortable. Wednesday's match will have done her a lot of good, that's for sure.
Fabio Fognini is one player who does let his feelings show on court.
I expect a really serious test when we play on Friday because he's good off both forehand and backhand, and can hit a lot of winners. This will be our first meeting on grass, so we'll see how that changes things.
We're the same age and we grew up playing each other pretty much since we were 12, so I've known Fabio a long time as well as his family, because his dad, mum and sister have come to a lot of tournaments over the years.
On the court he can sometimes be a little bit different out there and show his emotions a lot - but then so can I.
Despite the extrovert competitor you see on court, he's nice and friendly off it and I've always got on well with him. I'm looking forward to seeing him out on Centre Court.
Andy Murray was talking to BBC Sport's Piers Newbery
Many public workers have not been paid in months. Rio de Janeiro has been struggling with a long-standing financial crisis because of a drop in global oil and commodity prices.
It declared a financial emergency ahead of the Rio Olympics earlier this year.
State governor Luiz Fernando Pezao announced austerity measures last week.
He said that unless they were approved, the state could not guarantee that workers would receive their full salaries next year.
The Rio financial secretariat said the state was "blocked from making any kind of payment until the amount it owes the state has been paid".
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The state has been hard hit by Brazil's worse recession in a century, and officials say it owes the federal government about $53m (£43m).
With tax revenues dropping, Rio has already made sharp budget cuts.
On Friday, Governor Pezao announced more austerity measures, including cuts to social programmes, a tax increase for retired people, a sales tax increase and a transport fare rise.
Mr Pezao said he would travel to the capital Brasilia to negotiate with the federal government.
Officials told Reuters news agency that they hoped to have the accounts unfrozen in the coming days.
Only one body has been found since the plant partially collapsed in February, killing four men.
Efforts to recover the three remaining bodies were halted amid fears of a further collapse.
The men's families had opposed plans to use explosives for the demolition.
Steve Hall, son-in-law of victim Ken Cresswell, previously said: "We want the men back in one piece, not many pieces."
The remains of the boiler house at the Didcot A plant will be brought down between 05:30 and 07:30 BST.
Remote-controlled vehicles will be used to place explosive charges at the base of the building's columns.
RWE Npower described the operation as "extremely complicated", and said the recovery operation will resume as soon as the building is demolished and the area declared safe.
Earlier in the week, the firm sent letters to people living nearby informing them preparations for the demolition had started.
It said noise from the explosion would last "about a minute" and any airborne dust would not be harmful "but could cause a nuisance".
It warned members of the public to not attempt to enter the site "for safety reasons and out of respect for the families of the three men involved in this incident".
Michael Collings, 53, from Brotton, Teesside, Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, were killed in the collapse.
Mr Collings' body was recovered soon after, but family members have criticised the length of time it has taken to find the other three.
John Howley, the uncle of Mr Cresswell, described it as "diabolical".
Labour MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion also branded it a "national scandal".
Roads in the area will be closed during the blast.
A blaze damaged buildings on Cathedral Green in Exeter before spreading to the Royal Clarence Hotel, which dates back to 1769.
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The 23-year-old, who joined CSKA in 2012 and scored 54 goals in 168 games, is set to sign for what BBC Sport understands is a Foxes club-record fee.
"Everything has been finalised and Musa will be in England for his medical on Wednesday," Tony Harris told BBC Sport.
BBC Sport understands Musa turned down Southampton, Everton and West Ham.
CSKA Moscow coach Leonid Slutsky admitted the Nigerian, who can play as winger or striker, is on his way out of the club.
"He'll be leaving on Tuesday," Slutsky told the Russian media.
"If you look at the way things are done over there, you'll see he is a player just made for English football."
Musa made his international debut against Madagascar in September 2010 and has scored 11 times in 58 appearances for the Super Eagles.
He scored twice in Nigeria's 3-2 loss to Argentina at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, becoming the first Nigerian to score twice in a World Cup finals match.
His first goal in that Group F game was his country's fastest at the tournament, coming after just four minutes.
Derby's Richard Keogh headed Matt Lowton's cross into his own net on 29 minutes but Jacob Butterfield replied with a 20-yard volley within a minute.
Andre Gray and Sam Vokes both scored penalties before Scott Arfield's shot deflected in off Jason Shackell.
Burnley trail Middlesbrough in second by four points, with Derby fifth.
Relive Burnley's 4-1 win over Derby
The Rams have taken only two points from their last five league games, although they perhaps did not deserve to lose by such a hefty margin to one of their main rivals for automatic promotion.
Chris Martin and Tom Ince forced saves from Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton before Keogh's own goal, and they had another good period of pressure after Butterfield's well-taken equaliser.
However, they were undone by a period of poor defending which saw them concede two penalties in four minutes after half-time.
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Keogh tripped Gray who was jinking inside the six-yard box, allowing the Championship's leading scorer to net his 17th goal of the season, before ex-Burnley captain Shackell handled a right-wing cross and Vokes duly converted the resulting spot-kick.
On his return to Turf Moor, Shackell's evening was made worse when Arfield's low effort looped off his foot and over Scott Carson into the net.
While Derby are faltering, the Clarets are growing into genuine top-two contenders. Their manager Sean Dyche was able to select an unchanged starting line-up for the fifth game in a row, while they have scored 12 goals and let in just two during a three-game winning sequence in the Championship.
Burnley manager Sean Dyche: "We have to stay strong now. Some of our football was excellent in the second half, there was some real quality out there.
"Don't forget Derby are a very good side, but I'm delighted because now we've started scoring from all over the pitch and that does make a difference.
"Margins are tight at the top of the division, but we just have to keep working hard and keep scoring like that."
Derby head coach Paul Clement: "Things were looking positive at half-time, but that four or five-minute period in the second half proved costly for us.
"I'm not an idiot, though. We've lost 4-1 and we have to do better.
"That's been the difference - what happened in the two penalty areas. They defended theirs well and we didn't. I've no complaints about the penalty decisions.
"It's just been a night to forget."
Match ends, Burnley 4, Derby County 1.
Second Half ends, Burnley 4, Derby County 1.
Stephen Warnock (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joey Barton (Burnley).
Attempt blocked. Chris Martin (Derby County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cyrus Christie.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Michael Keane.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Ben Mee.
Foul by George Thorne (Derby County).
Joey Barton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Burnley. Dean Marney replaces Sam Vokes.
Substitution, Derby County. Craig Bryson replaces Nick Blackman.
Foul by George Thorne (Derby County).
Rouwen Hennings (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Burnley. Rouwen Hennings replaces Andre Gray because of an injury.
Substitution, Derby County. Johnny Russell replaces Tom Ince.
Delay in match Andre Gray (Burnley) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right.
Attempt saved. David Jones (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Vokes.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Scott Carson.
Attempt saved. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by George Boyd.
Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Derby County) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by George Thorne.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Matthew Lowton.
George Thorne (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joey Barton (Burnley).
Substitution, Derby County. Abdoul Camara replaces Bradley Johnson.
Bradley Johnson (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Bradley Johnson (Derby County).
Joey Barton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Burnley 4, Derby County 1. Scott Arfield (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matthew Lowton.
Stephen Warnock (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Arfield (Burnley).
Attempt saved. Bradley Johnson (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by George Thorne.
Hand ball by Bradley Johnson (Derby County).
Bradley Johnson (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joey Barton (Burnley).
Bradley Johnson (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matthew Lowton (Burnley).
Goal! Burnley 3, Derby County 1. Sam Vokes (Burnley) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Jason Shackell (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
He said Americans must "get our act together" or risk limiting themselves to 1.5% to 2% growth.
"It would be much stronger growth had we made intelligent decisions and were there not gridlock," he said.
Mr Dimon said it was "almost an embarrassment" to be an American citizen at the moment.
The bank boss has pushed for investment in roads, bridges and other infrastructure and called for lower corporate taxes.
President Donald Trump had promised to prioritise those policies, but his agenda has been derailed by conflict-of-interest issues and the investigation into his presidential campaign's ties with Russia.
Republicans have been divided among themselves over healthcare reform, causing uncertainty in one of the largest sectors in the economy.
American businesses are strong enough to continue to grow without progress in Washington, said Mr Dimon, who has taken US politicians to task before.
But he said major problems needed fixing, including education and infrastructure.
"We have become one of the most bureaucratic, confusing litigious societies on the planet," he said. "It's almost an embarrassment being an American citizen travelling around the world and listening to the stupid [stuff] we have to deal with in this country."
Mr Dimon said he has been overseas in countries, including France, Argentina, Israel, Ireland, India and China.
"It's amazing to me that every single one of those countries understands that practical policies to promote business growth is good for the average citizens of those countries for jobs and wages," he said. "And somehow in the great American free enterprise system, we no longer get it."
Mr Dimon heads America's largest bank. He made the remarks as the firm reported a 13% year-on-year rise in quarterly profit.
Profits at its consumer and community banking unit contracted, amid pressure on home loans.
But they climbed at the firm's commercial banking and the firm's asset and wealth management division.
A petition with nearly half a million signatures demanding tougher penalties has been delivered to Westminster.
It calls for a register of people convicted of seriously ill-treating animals and a ban on keeping pets.
Four teenagers received five-year bans for breaking Chunky's leg and neck and setting him on fire in Margate.
More than 498,000 people have signed the petition, which calls for a US-style animal-cruelty register to be established in the UK, denying abusers the opportunity of ever owning an animal in the future.
It was delivered to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Chunky's owners and Maxine Berry, who launched the petition.
The four boys, aged 15 and 16, who cannot be named, were disqualified from keeping a pet for five years last year after Chunky - a Chihuahua cross - was found with life-threatening injuries.
He has since recovered.
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Hamilton, 29, fought back after a poor start from pole position, caused by a glitch in his start procedure, dropped him to fourth early on.
He had just closed to within a second of his sister Mercedes when the German ran wide at the first chicane.
The victory in Monza reduces Hamilton's deficit in the title race to 22 points.
Behind the two Mercedes drivers, Felipe Massa drove steadily to third place as his team-mate Valtteri Bottas recovered in impressive style from a poor start to take fourth on the day that Williams confirmed both will stay on next season.
The win will be a significant psychological boost to Hamilton and a corresponding blow to Rosberg, 29. The German was already under the spotlight after being criticised by his team for causing a collision between the two at the previous race in Belgium.
And he received boos from the gathering crowd below the podium as he gave his post-race interview, as he had two weeks' previously at Spa.
Despite the crowd reaction, and two weeks' of heated conversations between Hamilton and Rosberg, the German said: "Lewis drove a great race and he deserves it today."
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The race seemed to be falling into Rosberg's lap as Hamilton's car was slow away from pole position and he was swamped by the field, falling behind his team-mate, McLaren's Kevin Magnussen and Massa.
Hamilton was soon pushing hard to make up lost ground.
He took advantage of Massa, passing Magnussen at the second chicane on lap five to grab third from the Dane at the first Lesmo corner on lap five.
And five laps later Hamilton pulled a superb move on Massa, holding the outside line at the first chicane and grabbing the place into the second, left-handed part.
At that point, Hamilton was 2.2 seconds behind Rosberg and he inched closer as they traded lap times to be 1.3 seconds behind when Rosberg made his only pit stop on lap 24, his position as the lead car giving him priority on pit-stop timing.
Hamilton was 1.8 seconds behind when he rejoined after his own stop a lap later.
He was warned by his engineer that the "race will be at the end - look after your tyres" but chose to ignore the advice, instead making his move when his tyres were in their best condition.
He cut into Rosberg's lead, reducing it from 1.8 seconds on lap 26, to 1.3 a lap later and then 0.7 with a new fastest lap as they crossed the line at the end of lap 28.
A few hundred metres later, Rosberg braked too late into the first chicane and was forced to take to the escape road, Hamilton taking the lead as his team-mate negotiated the bollards before rejoining the track.
It was the second time in the race Rosberg had made the same mistake, the first coming on lap nine.
Hamilton said: "The car felt good and it was the closest I'd been and during the previous stint. I knew when I was behind others on the older tyres, it was very hard to stay with him so I knew the only chance would be at the start so I took it."
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Hamilton extended his lead in measured but inexorable fashion over the next few laps to four seconds, where it stabilised until the Englishman locked up a front tyre going into the first chicane with three laps to go.
That cost him half a second but Hamilton had everything under control to take his sixth and arguably most important win of the year.
"It was just that Lewis was quick," added Rosberg. "Coming from behind, I needed to up my pace and as a result went into the mistake. That was very bad, and that lost me the lead.
"But second place is a good result and there are still a lot of races to go."
"Nico Rosberg is putting a brave face on it," BBC F1 co-commentator David Coulthard said, "but that has to hurt."
Behind the top three, Bottas had to thread his way through an epic multi-car fight between the Red Bulls, McLarens and Sergio Perez's Force India that see-sawed throughout the race.
It was eventually won by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, who passed team-mate Sebastien Vettel with a brilliant dummy into the second chicane with six laps to go.
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Vettel held on to take sixth ahead of Magnussen, Perez and the second McLaren of Jenson Button.
But Magnussen was demoted to 10th behind Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen following a five-second penalty for forcing Bottas off the track in a battle at the first chicane.
Raikkonen's two points signified a dismal day for the team at their home race, which saw team-mate Fernando Alonso retire with a hybrid system failure, his first mechanical retirement since 2009.
Alonso had been in the battle with the Red Bulls, McLarens and Perez before he pulled off shortly after half distance at the first chicane.
He acknowledged the cheers of the crowd as he walked back to the pits but the Italian team will be hurting from such a poor performance.
"We have to recover from this," Alonso said.
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Lauren-Paige Smith, 19, was taken to court on 15 November for refusing to pay Swansea council a £25 fine for littering.
She did not enter a plea at Swansea Magistrates, arguing that no litter had been left as the bird ate the chip.
Swansea council has now decided to drop the case.
Miss Smith defended herself against Swansea council's legal team.
She said she should not be prosecuted as "no offence had been committed" as she was only feeding the birds.
The court entered a not guilty plea on her behalf and a trial, costing an estimated £2,500, was listed for December.
Swansea council has since backed down.
A spokesman said: "Following the court hearing the council has given further consideration to the matter and has decided not to pursue the prosecution on this occasion."
He added the council would continue to discourage shoppers from feeding the birds, including "enforcement where appropriate."
The leisure group comprises eight hotels including properties in Crieff and Peebles.
Crieff Hydro said it had made a "significant investment" of £1.8m and £900,000 in the Peebles and Crieff hotels respectively.
It said the figures showed "steady performance" against "tough trading conditions."
The company released its 148th annual set of accounts for the year ending 29 February 2016.
The accounts include the results for Crieff Hydro Limited, which includes Crieff Hydro Hotel and the Murraypark Hotel, the Peebles Hydro Limited, and its management company.
Crieff Hydro chief executive, Stephen Leckie, said: "This was a tough year for the industry generally with the shrinking of the oil and gas sector, which may seem a long time ago now, impacting on conferencing business and the strength of the pound.
"Despite this, Crieff Hydro and Murraypark delivered revenues of £19.9m and an operating profit up 6% on last year of £877,554.
"This was achieved through a targeted marketing campaign and focused cost control as we knew from the start that Peebles would not be contributing this financial year."
Revenue for the Peebles Hotels was £4.2m, down 3.7% on last year.
Mr Leckie said: "In Peebles, this was a year of transition.
"Both hotels were closed for a combined period of 17 weeks at the start of 2016 to refurbish their public areas, resulting in a creative new look and feel but with an impact on revenue."
The research - based on official data - showed £1,188 was being spent in 2003-4 per person over the age of 65.
By 2013-14 that had fallen to £951 once inflation is taken account - a drop of 20% - prompting experts to warn that vulnerable people were being failed.
Other parts of the UK are also struggling to keep pace with the ageing population.
It comes as the BBC launches its Cost of Care project, which includes an online guide to how care works, and what it costs.
Care refers to everything from support provided in people's homes to round-the-clock help in care homes.
Unlike the NHS, people have to pay towards these services.
Some get help from their local authorities, but others pay the full cost of their care. One in 10 people face lifetime costs of over £100,000.
About 420,000 people are currently living in care and nursing homes across the UK, while about 1m get help in their own home.
There are another 1.5 million people who rely on friends and family for support.
To work out spending figures that reflected the ageing population and the increasingly complex needs that people have, the BBC compared data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre on funding by councils, and Office for National Statistics population data.
Overall the budget fell by 6% in real terms to £8.85bn during the period, and the over 65s population rose by 17% to 9.3m.
When combined, the data gives spending per head of population over the age of 65.
For the first few years of the 10-year period spending was largely keeping pace with the ageing population, but over the last four years it has been falling more quickly.
The biggest falls were seen in the north-west and Yorkshire and Humber regions.
Janet Morrison, chief executive of the Independent Age charity, said: "These new figures highlight how the most vulnerable and elderly in our society have been affected by cuts to social care.
"Older people who struggle with everyday tasks such as washing, dressing and cooking have been badly hit, as social care services have been withdrawn over time.
"The knock-on effect of this has been to see a greater demand in the NHS. and in pinch points like A&E departments."
The Local Government Association, which represents councils, has argued they have done their best to protect social care spending, but a 40% cut to budgets across this Parliament meant "difficult decisions" have had to be made.
Care Minister Norman Lamb acknowledged councils have had a "tough budget settlement".
"They have had to play their part in getting the public finances under control," he added.
But he also pointed out that attempts were being made to ensure the NHS placed more emphasis on community services to help the care sector.
In April a £5bn pot - mostly of NHS money - will be set aside to encourage greater joint working.
Figures are compiled differently in the UK, so exact comparisons have not been able to be made. But the data which is available suggests Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are struggling to keep pace with the ageing population.
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Substitute Javier Favarel struck from 30 yards before wheeling away to celebrate what he thought was the winner.
However, referee Robert Whitton had called time on the game just as the ball had left Favarel's foot.
As a result, the game ended 1-1, with Dan Scarr earning Stourbridge a replay by cancelling out Glen Southam's opener.
Things got worse for Whitehawk after full-time as goalkeeper Ross Flitney was sent off for protesting against the referee's decision.
Whitehawk boss Richard Hill told BBC Radio Sussex: "I've just said to the referee 'why don't you just wait two seconds?' But time is up so he has to blow the whistle."
The club's striker, Danny Mills, felt the goal should have stood.
"I think the way the ball has sat up the referee has to leave it and see what happens," he said.
"It was an unbelievable strike. A split second before and we would be in the second round, but it is what it is and we have to forget about it now."
Match ends, Whitehawk 1, Stourbridge 1.
Second Half ends, Whitehawk 1, Stourbridge 1.
Substitution, Stourbridge. Jack Duggan replaces Luke Benbow.
Corner, Whitehawk. Conceded by Matthew Gould.
Attempt saved. Danny Mills (Whitehawk) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Dan Harding (Whitehawk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kayleden Brown (Stourbridge).
Attempt missed. Danny Mills (Whitehawk) right footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high following a fast break.
Substitution, Whitehawk. Lucas Santos Rodrigues replaces Mike West.
Attempt saved. Matthew Dodd (Stourbridge) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Stourbridge. Conceded by Paul Reid.
Substitution, Stourbridge. Matthew Dodd replaces Tom Tonks.
Ahmed Abdullah (Whitehawk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Drew Canavan (Stourbridge).
Corner, Whitehawk. Conceded by Brian Smikle.
Attempt saved. Ben Strevens (Whitehawk) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Whitehawk. Conceded by Brian Smikle.
Corner, Whitehawk. Conceded by Matthew Gould.
Attempt saved. Javier Favarel (Whitehawk) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Sergio Torres (Whitehawk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kayleden Brown (Stourbridge).
Substitution, Whitehawk. Javier Favarel replaces Reece Connolly.
Reece Connolly (Whitehawk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darryl Westlake (Stourbridge).
Corner, Stourbridge. Conceded by Ross Flitney.
Attempt saved. Luke Benbow (Stourbridge) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Reece Connolly (Whitehawk).
Darryl Westlake (Stourbridge) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Whitehawk. Sergio Torres replaces Jack Masterton.
Dan Scarr (Stourbridge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Glen Southam (Whitehawk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dan Scarr (Stourbridge).
Substitution, Stourbridge. Drew Canavan replaces Chris Lait.
Foul by Jack Masterton (Whitehawk).
Kayleden Brown (Stourbridge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Luke Benbow (Stourbridge) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Chris M'Boungou (Whitehawk).
Connor Gater (Stourbridge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Glen Southam (Whitehawk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leon Broadhurst (Stourbridge).
Arifil Azim Putra Norja'i is one of Singapore's youngest terror detainees and its first linked to IS.
Authorities said he had been held for "terrorism-related activities". A second teenager had also been arrested for alleged radical links.
Terror arrests are rare in the city-state, known for its stability.
The home affairs ministry said that Arifil Azim Putra Norja'i had contacted individuals whom he thought could help him join IS, and researched travel routes to Syria.
He also gave "considerable thought" to attacking key facilities and assassinating government leaders, researching how to make explosive devices, said the ministry.
If those plans failed, he allegedly intended to carry out public attacks using weapons such as knives to "strike fear", and attempted to recruit others to help him. He was detained in April.
The ministry said the second teenager, whom it did not name, was 17 years old and had been arrested in May. It did not give further details.
Singapore has reportedly detained more than 60 people since 2002 for their involvement in terror-related activities.
In 2001 the country foiled a plot by the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group which planned to bomb foreign embassies and key facilities including Changi Airport.
Last year Singapore said a handful of citizens had left to join the IS in Syria.
The issue of self-radicalisation has been a major concern in the region in the past year, with neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia arresting scores of people said to be IS-linked militants, some of whom were planning attacks.
It happened on the Old Frosses Road near Cloughmills on Monday morning.
It is understood the boy fell from a tractor and sustained head injuries.
He was initially taken to Antrim Area Hospital but has been transferred to the Royal Victoria in Belfast.
Lane one westbound will be shut between 07:00 GMT on Monday, 14 March and 17:00 BST on Friday, 2 September.
Lane one eastbound will be closed from 09:30 GMT from Monday, 16 May until 09:30 BST on Monday 17 October.
The inspections will be carried out by Highways England to ensure the bridge's continuing safety.
Chris Pope, Project Manager for Highways England, said: "During the period of lane closures, vehicles over 2.9 metres wide will be prohibited from using the M48 Severn Bridge, and the bridge will also be closed totally over four weekends to enable the lifting of an inspection gantry to a high level on the suspension cable."
The first full closure is planned for the weekend of 16-17 April and diversion routes across the M4 Second Severn Crossing will be in place.
Haitian politician and film-maker Raoul Peck, who spent a decade making the film, says he also believes "the class discussion in America is crucial right now".
"When your ideology is that everyone can become a millionaire or billionaire - this is nonsense," he says.
"The American Dream has continued to be offered in the form of reality shows - and says that if you are lucky, or beautiful, you can become a celebrity.
"There is nothing in life that is easy. You need to build up your life and take responsibility.
"Make America Great Again - every word of that sentence is a lie... But it's easier to accept that slogan instead of deconstructing it."
I Am Not Your Negro is based on an unfinished book, Remember This House, by African-American author James Baldwin.
Peck uses Baldwin's essays to build up a non-linear history of racism in the US and urges both black and white to take responsibility for their attitudes and actions.
"Many people have told me how timely this is," says the director. "I'd been working on it for a decade - before Obama, before Ferguson and before Trump."
As well as an Oscar nomination, the film has won 15 other international awards to date and made $6m (£4.8m) at the US box office within a couple of weeks of release.
"It's incredible and just a great response to James Baldwin and his work," says Peck. "The phrases he wrote 50 years ago are so impactful and modern, you would think he wrote them this morning.
"The film confronts the audience with their story, whether they are black or white.
"Baldwin tells us that 'as a black person, I did not invent slavery, I did not invent racism. You, the white majority, who do not consider yourself racist - what is your role in this society? Come and take back your history because you created it'."
Peck says he discovered Baldwin's writings when he was a teenager. He calls the writer "a scientist of the soul".
"He knew a soul could contain a monster, or an angel, or everything else in between," he continues.
Peck was Haiti's minster of culture between 1996 and 1997 as well as a film-maker. He says his ideal of race relations is "like Baldwin's - turning the burden to the wider society".
"If you want to change your world," he adds, "you don't do it by being angry, sitting on a sofa and sending a few tweets, or even just by going to a protest.
"We are so stuck on the next big tweet, or the next outrage in the 24-hour news cycle, we are missing the point. Karl Marx didn't change the political landscape of Europe by demonstrating - he went to the library.
"Read a book. Educate yourself. You need to be able to have a discussion and to argue with others, and make allies.
"By all means, you can be angry as your first step, but after that you have to go and do your homework," Peck concludes.
"That's actually what James Baldwin did - and eventually he built something solid, in the form of the writing he gave back to the world."
I Am Not Your Negro is out in the UK on 7 April.
The four men were arrested on Wednesday in connection with suspected tax evasion.
The Irish News reports HMRC has asked to see files held by C&H Jefferson. The firm says it is "complying with this request".
C&H Jefferson is not accused of any wrongdoing.
The four men arrested are Jon D'Arcy, Eamonn Donaghy, Arthur O'Brien and Paul Hollway, KPMG's most senior staff in Northern Ireland.
They have been placed on "administrative leave".
KPMG said it did not have "any indication" that the investigation related to the business of KPMG or its clients.
Aside from their KPMG roles, the four men are directors in a property investment company called JEAP Ltd.
West Yorkshire Police referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) following claims made by fire survivor Martin Fletcher.
Fifty-six people died and more than 250 others were injured at the Valley Parade stadium in May of 1985.
The IPCC said it would not investigate the force over the claims.
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IPCC deputy chair Sarah Green said: "The fire at Bradford City's Valley Parade Stadium in 1985 was a horrific tragedy that many of us can recall, resulting in the death of 56 people. Mr Fletcher, the complainant, suffered significant loss and trauma himself.
"My decision not to conduct an investigation was not taken lightly; it comes as a result of detailed consideration of both Mr Fletcher's concerns about the role of the police and documents obtained from West Yorkshire Police, as well as evidence which is publicly available."
She said that "with hindsight" it was possible to "identify things the police could have done differently" but there was "no indication any individual officer may have breached the professional standards applicable at the time".
She added: "Significant learning was rightly identified at the time of the disaster, and formed part of the evolution towards the modern-day approach to policing large events."
The IPCC said it had made a recommendation to the force that it should consider making more of its records relating to its original investigation into the causes of the fire publicly available.
Mr Fletcher, who was 12 at the time of the blaze, escaped from the stand at Valley Parade, but his father, uncle, grandfather and younger brother all died.
The Popplewell inquiry, held three weeks after the disaster, ruled that the fire was started by a spectator dropping a cigarette or a lighted match which ignited rubbish that had accumulated under an old timber stand.
Russ Foster, Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, said: "Despite the passage of time, the terrible events of 11 May 1985 will never be forgotten by those who lost someone or were injured themselves, or by the wider community of Bradford."
He said that while the force had already released a large amount of material relating to the disaster it would consider the IPCC recommendation.
It is thought John Knott, 71, and his 70-year-old wife Elizabeth - who was known as Anne - died over the weekend.
Police were called to the house in Bosbury, near Ledbury, on Monday after relatives became worried.
The priest at the village church, the Rev Nicky Seabright, said Mrs Knott had a progressive form of dementia.
A post-mortem examination has confirmed each died from a single gunshot wound.
A shotgun registered to Mr Knott was recovered from the scene, West Mercia Police said.
The last confirmed sighting of the couple was at about 12:00 BST on Saturday.
Det Insp Richard Rees said: "We would like to speak to anyone who saw Anne and John Knott prior to Monday 11 August.
"At this stage of our investigation there is no evidence of any third party involvement and we can confirm we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the shootings."
Paying tribute to the couple, Ms Seabright said: "The community in Bosbury is deeply shocked by the death of this couple as they were well known locally, not least as plant growers and supporters of many events in the village."
Grace Warnock was keen to highlight that easily accessible toilets were not just for wheelchair users.
So the Prestonpans youngster, who has the bowel disease Crohn's, designed a door sign indicating the needs of people not visibly disabled.
Labour MSP Iain Gray is now supporting Grace's Sign campaign and will praise it in the Holyrood chamber.
The politician will lead a members' debate titled "World Toilet Day, We Can't Wait".
Mr Gray, an East Lothian MSP, said: "The debate will enable me to put Grace's campaign on the agenda at Holyrood as well as highlight the work that still needs to be done globally to achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all."
He added that Grace had already made "considerable progress", including coming up with her own new design for door signs.
Peter Humphrey and his wife Yu Ying Zeng, an American national, are charged with illegally obtaining private information, Xinhua news agency said.
The pair were arrested in August 2013.
Mr Humphrey's company, ChinaWhys, was hired by GlaxoSmithKline China, which is embroiled in controversy over alleged systematic bribery of doctors.
Prosecutors say the couple "illegally trafficked a huge amount of personal information on Chinese citizens" for profit, Xinhua reported.
They obtained this information by "secret photography, infiltration or tailing after someone", it said.
"Based on the information, the couple compiled so-called 'reports' and sold them at high prices to their clients, most of which are China-based multinational corporations, including GSK China," it said.
Local courts "will hold [a] hearing about the case soon", the agency added.
•December 2012 - Vivian Shi Wen dismissed from GSK
•January 2013 - Email sent to GSK boss alleging bribery, with sex tape featuring China chief Mark Reilly attached
•April 2013 - Peter Humphrey hired to investigate
•July 2013 - Police detain four GSK employees
•Mr Humphrey and his wife arrested for allegedly buying and selling personal information - no link made with GSK case
•May 2014 - Chinese authorities accuse Mr Reilly of overseeing bribery network
•July 2014 - China says Peter Humphrey and wife will be tried in secret
In a statement earlier this month, GSK said that its China operation hired ChinaWhys in April 2013 "to conduct an investigation following a serious breach of privacy and security related to the company's China general manager".
This is understood to relate to a sex tape said to have shown the general manager, Mark Reilly, who said the footage was filmed without his knowledge or consent.
The video was sent to GSK's London-based CEO Andrew Witty with an email accusing Mr Reilly of being behind systematic corruption in the company's China operation.
GSK suspected a former senior staff member, Vivian Shi Wen, who was dismissed at the end of 2012, had sent the email. ChinaWhys was also asked to find out how the video had been filmed and who was behind it.
Ms Shi has previously denied being the GSK whistleblower. Attempts by the BBC to reach her have been unsuccessful.
Mr Reilly is currently being investigated by Chinese authorities, as are at least two other senior GSK China executives. He is alleged to have pressed his sales team to bribe doctors, hospital officials and health institutions to increase sales of GSK products.
He is currently effectively detained in China, and has made no recent comment.
GSK has described the allegations as "deeply concerning".
"We are learning lessons from this situation and we are determined to take all actions necessary as a result," it said in the statement.
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Drone footage caught the pod jumping in the waves for more than eight hours.
The dolphins were kicking back after recent storms hit the area where they live.
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The 25 year-old from Merthyr Tydfil beat her British -78kg rival Gemma Gibbons in the head-to-head in France.
Powell's first Grand Slam medal will give her a further rankings boost over Gibbons as she bids to be Team GB's sole -78kg representative at the Rio Olympics in August.
Scotland's Sally Conway also won bronze in the -70kg class.
Conway, 29, did not have to fight her last two rounds because of opponent injury and disqualification.
There are now more than 120 separate families of ransomware, said experts studying the malicious software.
Other researchers have seen a 3,500% increase in the criminal use of net infrastructure that helps run ransomware campaigns.
The rise is driven by the money thieves make with ransomware and the increase in kits that help them snare victims.
Ransomware is malicious software that scrambles the data on a victim's PC and then asks for payment before restoring the data to its original state. The costs of unlocking data vary, with individuals typically paying a few hundred pounds and businesses a few thousand.
"Ransomware and crypto malware are rising at an alarming rate and show no signs of stopping," said Raj Samani, European technology head for Intel Security.
Ransomware samples seen by his company had risen by more than a quarter in the first three months of 2016, he added.
Mr Samani blamed the rise on the appearance of freely available source code for ransomware and the debut of online services that let amateurs cash in.
Ransomware was easy to use, low risk and offered a high reward, said Bart Parys, a security researcher who helps to maintain a list of the growing numbers of types of this kind of malware.
"The return on investment is very high," he said.
Mr Parys and his colleagues have now logged 124 separate variants of ransomware. Some virulent strains, such as Locky and Cryptolocker, were controlled by individual gangs, he said, but others were being used by people buying the service from an underground market.
"It's safe to say that certain groups are behind several ransomware programs, but not all," he said. "Especially now with Eda and HiddenTear copy and paste ransomware, there are many new, and often unexperienced, cybercriminals."
A separate indicator of the growth of ransomware came from the amount of net infrastructure that gangs behind the malware had been seen using.
The numbers of web domains used to host the information and payment systems had grown 35-fold, said Infoblox in its annual report which monitors these chunks of the net's infrastructure.
"They use it and customise it for each attack, " said Rod Rasmussen, vice-president of security at Infoblox.
"They will have their own command and control infrastructure and they might use it to generate domains for a campaign," he told the BBC. "Then they'll have some kind of payment area that victims can go to."
"The different parts are tied to particular parts of the chain," he said. "Infection, exploitation and ransom."
The spread of ransomware was also being aided by tricks cyber-thieves used to avoid being detected by security software, said Tomer Weingarten, founder of security company SentinelOne.
"Traditional anti-virus software is not effective in dealing with these types of attacks," he said.
The gangs behind the most prevalent ransomware campaigns had got very good at hiding their malicious code, said Mr Weingarten.
"Where we see the innovation is in the infection vector," he said.
SentinelOne had seen gangs using both well-known techniques and novel technical tricks to catch out victims.
A lot of ransomware reached victims via spear-phishing campaigns or booby-trapped adverts, he said, but other gangs used specialised "crypters" and "packers" that made files look benign.
Others relied on inserting malware into working memory so it never reached the parts of a computer on which most security software keeps an eye.
"It's been pretty insane with ransomware recently," he said.
Marshman, 27, will face Canada's Ryan Janes in what will be the Abertillery fighter's third bout in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
"I'm very confident with this fight," Marshman told BBC Wales Sport.
"I feel I'm going to be a far superior fighter and I can't see myself being troubled by this opponent."
Marshman made a winning start to life in the Ultimate Fighting Championship when he beat Sweden's Magnus Cedenblad at UFC Fight Night Belfast in November.
But at his next fight against Brazilian Thiago Santos in Canada in February, the Welshman was knocked down in the second round by a spinning wheel kick.
His opponent at the in Glasgow has also fought twice in the UFC and will be the least experienced opponent Marshman has faced so far.
"I had a tough start (in the UFC) but went in and proved that I belong here," Marshman continued.
"But I think the UFC are probably thinking 'let's maybe step him back a bit and give him two fights like this', against evenly matched guys.
"Then if I come through them, I think they'll start bouncing me back towards that top 15 (ranking)."
It happened on the Lisburn Road close to Wellesley Avenue at about 22:00 BST on Saturday.
Police believe the silver coloured car involved may have significant frontal damage. It drove up the Lisburn Road and may then have turned left in the direction of the Malone Road.
Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them.
Images of the figures were published online by the website Gawker.
They show operating losses of more than $100m (£65m) in the second quarter of 2014, albeit coupled with steady growth in revenue.
In a statement, the company hit back at reports but did not deny them."Shock, horror, Uber makes a loss," it said.
"This is hardly news, and old news at that," it added. "It's a case of business 101: you raise money, you invest money, you grow (hopefully), you make a profit and that generates a return for investors."
The company was recently valued at $50bn and is the most-funded start-up in the world.
There has long been speculation over the health of Uber's profit to loss ratio, a subject on which the company has never officially detailed the sums.
One positive note to emerge was the fact that the company increased its cash holdings from $263m in 2013 to over $1bn the following year.
Uber has faced a string of difficulties this summer, including the arrest of two managers in France over allegations that the service was "illegal" there, and the imposition of a $7.3m fine in California after the company failed to provide detailed information about itself to regulators.
The car-sharing app has also been banned in a number of cities and countries around the world, including Spain, Thailand, several Indian cities and faces partial bans in Germany and the Netherlands.
An arms depot used by the Houthi rebel movement in the city's north-east was targeted for a second day, sending a column of smoke into the sky.
The coalition also bombed rebel positions in the southern city of Aden.
The proposed truce to allow deliveries of desperately needed humanitarian aid started at 23:00 (20:00 GMT).
However, Saudi Arabia has said its offer of a pause in air strikes is conditional on the Houthis reciprocating and not exploiting the ceasefire for military advantage.
The Houthis have agreed to the truce, but said they will "respond" to any violations.
On Tuesday, coalition aircraft bombed the arms depot at a military base on Mount Noqum in the east of Sanaa for the second consecutive day, witnesses said.
Explosions caused by two strikes on the depot on Monday sent debris crashing down the mountainside onto a residential area. At least 69 people were killed and more than 100 injured, medical officials said.
The coalition also bombed Houthi positions in Aden, and local militiamen allied to Yemen's exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi continued to fight the rebels in the port city and elsewhere in the country's south, Reuters news agency said.
The UN says at least 828 civilians have been killed and 1,511 injured since the start of the coalition air campaign on 26 March to restore Mr Hadi.
The six days from 4 to 10 May have been the deadliest, with at least 182 civilians reported killed, almost half of them women and children. A significant proportion of the casualties were caused by air strikes, especially in the Houthis' northern heartland of Saada province.
Analysts say the coalition appears to be trying to inflict as much damage as possible on the Houthis and allied security personnel loyal to the ousted former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, before the humanitarian ceasefire is scheduled to begin on Tuesday evening.
The new UN envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has arrived in Sanaa, where he hopes to meet various parties, including the Houthis.
On Monday, the UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos called on all sides in the conflict to "stop the fighting and bombing and give the people of Yemen respite".
"Given the deteriorating humanitarian situation on the ground in Yemen with hundreds of thousands of vulnerable civilians trapped in the middle of fighting and unable to access lifesaving aid it is essential that this pause materialise," a statement said.
Baroness Amos said two World Food Programme cargo ships arrived in the Red Sea port of Hudaydah over the weekend with fuel, food, water and nutritional supplies. Other supplies were ready to be brought in and planes were standing by to help evacuate the wounded, she added.
Meanwhile, an Iranian naval official said Iran would escort a cargo ship carrying humanitarian supplies to Houthi-held Hudaydah. Iran has rejected Saudi and US accusations that it is arming the Shia Houthis.
In a separate development on Tuesday, a jihadist website reported that four members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) had been killed in a suspected US drone strike on Monday in the eastern Yemeni port of Mukalla.
By the time he first appeared in the role he had already carved out a distinguished career in the theatre and on television.
His role as the flat-capped philosopher made him the longest-serving cast member of the much-loved series.
And he reached an even wider audience as the voice of Wallace, the cheese-loving character in the animated series, Wallace and Gromit.
Peter Sallis was born on 1 February 1921 in Twickenham, Middlesex.
After attending Minchenden Grammar School in Southgate, north London, where the family had moved, he emulated his father and went to work in a bank.
The acting bug first struck during his wartime service in the RAF, when he was asked to play the lead role in an amateur production of Noel Coward's play Hay Fever.
"Acting is a matter of instinct," he later said when appearing on Desert Island Discs. "As soon as I was on the stage I just felt so at home."
When hostilities ceased he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada).
His first professional appearance came in 1946 and for the next six decades he was rarely out of work.
Throughout the 1950s he made a name for himself as a reliable character actor playing everything from Shakespeare to Chekhov.
His first play with a star cast was a production of Three Sisters, where he appeared alongside Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson.
He had film roles in Anastasia, The VIPs and Wuthering Heights, but it was for his television work that he was better known.
He had already acted in two TV plays by writer Roy Clarke, in one playing a transvestite, before landing the role of Clegg in a Comedy Playhouse episode entitled Of Funerals and Fish.
This was successful enough for the BBC to commission a series with the revised title Last of the Summer Wine.
Surprisingly, given its later success, the first series was not well received by either audiences or critics.
Sallis recalled that filming of the early episodes was enlivened by off-screen arguments between his fellow actors Michael Bates and Bill Owen.
"Michael Bates was somewhere to the right of Margaret Thatcher," he said. "And Bill Owen was somewhere to the left of Lenin. It was all incomprehensible to me as I'd never had a political thought in my life."
The series sparked an appreciation society and a deluge of tourists to the Yorkshire village where it was filmed.
Sallis said, "You would not find me getting up to anything crazy that Clegg gets up to, but I have been very lucky to be a part of it all."
As well as Summer Wine, Sallis appeared in the Pallisers and The Diary of Samuel Pepys. In addition, he wrote a stage play, End of Term, and also a handful of radio plays.
Despite calling himself "only mildly well-known", after 30 years of playing Clegg, Sallis's face was one of the most familiar on British television.
And in 1992 his voice became recognisable across the world, when his distinctive tones graced the character of Wallace in Nick Park's celebrated animation films.
As one half of Wallace and Gromit, he appeared in such modern classics as The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave.
Asked for the inspiration behind Wallace, Nick Park called Sallis his automatic choice and explained how the actor had even helped influence the character's face.
He said: "There was something about his voice that somehow insisted I make Wallace's mouth really wide to get it around the syllables."
Peter Sallis considered himself very fortunate to be in the hands of talented scriptwriters.
But his own gentle manner and natural timing certainly helped create comic characters of enduring and wide-ranging appeal.
It was with the mild-mannered Clegg that he felt most at home.
"I am like him in many ways. I am fairly retiring and do not like to be the centre of attention. I think I'm well cast."
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Mariusz Winiarski, 35, attacked Brian Stirling in King Street, Bathgate, on 17 December last year.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Mr Stirling (54) had been holding the woman's handbag before Winiarski attacked him.
Lord Burns, deferred sentence until May and remanded Winiarski in custody.
Defence counsel John Scullion said Winiarski, who had been drinking, saw the victim looking into the handbag.
He said: "His initial reaction was the deceased was stealing from her. He accepts the conclusion he reached was entirely wrong and he accepts his reason in punching Mr Stirling cannot be justified."
He added: "He accepts full responsibility for the tragic consequences of his actions."
Winiarski was originally charged with murdering Mr Stirling, but pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide.
He admitted assaulting and killing Mr Stirling, formerly from Bathgate, by punching him on the head, causing him to fall to the ground where the victim struck his head. Mr Stirling later died of his injuries.
The Polish national, who worked as a driver, also admitted assaulting Mr Stirling's friend Robert Parker by punching him on the head outside Dreadnought nightclub in Bathgate.
Advocate depute Lynsey MacDonald said Winiarski did not know either of the men that he attacked.
The defence counsel said that although it was a case in which a prison term was "almost inevitable" a background report would be required on the first offender before sentencing.
A conversation with a prison inmate about football led James Almond to break the law himself.
The then prison worker was chatting about his favourite team Manchester United, when the prisoner he was speaking to suddenly asked him to bring in mobile phones, which are banned behind bars.
"He kept asking daily, and become aggressive with things he'd say," Almond says.
This was in 2014 when he was employed at Stocken Prison in Rutland.
The 33-year-old eventually agreed to bring phones in, and did so for a number of weeks before being caught, ending up in jail himself.
He's now telling his story so others can understand the pressure he came under from the prisoner and how unprepared he was for dealing with it.
His case highlights the problem of staff corruption in prisons in England and Wales, a problem some believe is being swept under the carpet.
While there's broad agreement that the vast majority of prison staff conduct themselves with integrity and professionalism, a small number act corruptly - and their actions can have a disproportionate effect on stability and safety.
One well-informed source with extensive knowledge of the prison system told BBC Radio 4's File on 4 there was a working assumption that between three and five staff in every jail were corrupt, which equates to around 600 across England and Wales.
Out of some 33,000 prison officers and staff that's still a minority, but a not insignificant one.
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James Almond never expected to be in that minority when he started working at HMP Stocken, which holds around 670 male offenders, many serving sentences for violence.
But his job as an operational support grade worker escorting building contractors in the prison developed. Before long he was out of his depth - having daily contact with prisoners, a role for which he claims he'd had no training.
"I did feel fairly vulnerable in the role, especially because at the time I was suffering heavily with depression after my father passed away.
"And that is the kind of thing these prisoners pick up on quite easily," he says.
One particularly manipulative inmate, with whom Almond had begun discussing football, took advantage - threatening to harm his young relatives if he didn't comply.
"He really scared me with those threats, especially when he said 'I know about your niece and nephew'.
"This gentleman was in prison for armed robbery. I didn't know what he was capable of."
The demands and threats wore Almond down and eventually he agreed to bring in a phone.
Mobiles are a valuable commodity, because they enable prisoners to keep in touch with their family and contact criminals on the outside - and calls are not monitored like the prison pay phones are.
Almond took part in four smuggling missions, collecting a package in a carrier bag from a stranger in a car park, slipping the parcel into his gym bag, then walking through the gates at Stocken.
"I was trying to just play it nice and cool," he says.
He says he never looked inside the packages, but it's thought they may also have contained drugs such as the potent synthetic cannabis substitute, Spice.
"It was a calculated risk that wasn't the day they decided... to do a staff search," he says, claiming he was never searched during his six months working there.
He received £500 for each parcel, double his weekly take-home pay, and acknowledges that as well as acting out of fear of the prisoner, the money was also "an incentive".
John Podmore, who spent 25 years in the prison service - including a stint as head of the anti-corruption unit - believes low pay and a lack of adequate training are two key factors driving staff to bring in contraband.
He says corruption is an "inconvenient truth" which has far more of an impact than the well-publicised problem of drones, which deliver packages to prison cell windows or drop them inside perimeter walls.
"One prison officer bringing in one coffee jar full of Spice or cannabis can keep that jail going for a very long period of time and make an awful lot of money," he says.
"There is a disproportionate effect by this small minority of staff and that's what needs to be understood."
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A number of former prisoners I spoke to agreed that while drugs and phones are thrown over walls, brought in by visitors or sent through the post, corruption is a major source as well.
One man knew of a prison officer who brought in drugs in empty tubs of Pringles crisps. Another former inmate said staff had taken parcels directly from the post room to a prisoner without them being scanned.
And several ex-prisoners said some officers turned a "blind eye" to drug-dealing and drug-taking.
"If you're doing a very, very long time and you're not going nowhere, it would be prudent to just leave you alone, and that's the kind of stance they took for a long while," says Leroy Smith.
He spent the best part of two decades in prison for the attempted murder of two policemen in 1994.
"The doors would be left open and everything was relaxed and people would just do whatever they wished within reason inside the jail."
Smith, who was eventually released in 2014 and has now written a book about his experiences, says corrupt staff didn't bring in drugs often, but when they did it had a profound effect.
"In five years you might have three times when it happens, but when it happens it's big because the whole place is saturated because it is just continuous - everyday they are just bringing it and bringing it and bringing it," he says.
The Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for prisons in England and Wales, says it remains "vigilant" to the threat posed by corruption and takes "swift action" against those involved.
The department is investing £3m in a new intelligence unit, developing a corruption strategy and considering introducing a prison-specific offence of corruption.
Jerry Petherick, one of the country's most experienced prison managers who worked in the public sector for 23 years before joining the private company G4S more than a decade ago, says they do their "damnedest" to catch corrupt staff.
He once sparked an investigation after spotting an expensive car parked outside a prison - it belonged to a member of staff, who turned out to be corrupt.
"It may seem strange for me to say that we actually celebrate those successes," says Mr Petherick, who believes the publicity acts as a deterrent.
"The vast majority of staff do not want to be associated with, do not want to work alongside corrupt members of staff because it puts their safety at risk," he says.
Almond accepts that his actions could have put staff at Stocken Prison at risk.
He was given a 12-month jail sentence for bringing in the phones. After being released early, probation staff helped him find a new job, in a factory.
Almond says the Prison Service should improve training for staff so they're better able to handle manipulative prisoners, but accepts he must take most of the blame for what he did, and it could have been much worse.
"It did occur to me that this was enabling the prisoner... to carry on with their, maybe, drug enterprises on the outside, getting drugs into the prison, and being able to organise a riot or things like that," says Almond.
"It could have resulted in injuries to a lot of staff."
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Their findings, published in Nature Geoscience, show how climate change can cause surprising geological events.
The Slims River once flowed out to the Bering Sea, but now it flows into the Kaskawulsh River instead.
This phenomenon, known as "river piracy", typically takes centuries but the study documented it over the course of one spring.
"Nobody's ever seen a river piracy occur in modern times, at least to my knowledge," lead author Dan Shugar told the BBC.
The geoscientist at the University of Washington Tacoma says he and six researchers from Canadian and American universities had planned to study the Slims River last summer.
But when they arrived in the Yukon it was barely flowing. They discovered that a small channel had eroded in a large glacier that fed a number of small lakes.
The glacial lakes used to feed two river systems - the Slims River and the Kaskawulsh River - but when water from one lake poured through the channel into another, it cut the Slims off from its water source.
The event is known as river piracy or stream capture, and can take thousands of years. But the researchers documented the piracy of the Slims River in just one spring.
Prof Shugar said his colleague, John Clague, at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, had predicted this event just a decade before because of the area's unique geological formation. But no one knew when or how quickly the stream capture would occur.
River gauges show an abrupt four-day drop in late May 2016, which then continued over the summer, the study found.
By the time Prof Shugar and his associates got there, the Slims was basically "a long, skinny lake".
"The Slims River was essentially cut off from how it was flowing before," he said.
The change in the river's flow affected the whole landscape. Sheep are now grazing on the exposed river bank, while other rivers in the area are running high. Fish population, wildlife and lake chemistry will continue to be affected, the study noted.
In the big picture, Prof Shugar said, the piracy of the Slims is a reminder that climate change "may bring surprises that we are not appreciating fully and that we're not necessarily prepared for".
Instead of the normal teeth grinding and forking out the extortionate cost of a paper ticket, she informed me nonchalantly that she'd use her bank card.
Now I am (allegedly) meant to know about these things but I admit that it had never occurred to me at that moment that a contactless card could save us a few quid.
That was it. Tap in tap out. No bother, extremely convenient and something that makes the Oyster card and cash completely redundant.
Of course, phasing out Oyster cards and cash is not Transport for London's (TfL) plan (yet) but the latest figures show contactless payments on transport are increasing.
Currently one million contactless taps are made each day on London's transport network which TfL claims makes it the fastest growing contactless merchant in Europe after just six months.
Oyster has been a huge success story for London but the system costs TfL millions a year to administer, while the contactless payment system is run by the banks.
In fact, it is actually more beneficial to use contactless than Oyster.
If you are a commuter there is a weekly cap with payments subject to daily capping - when travellers taking multiple journeys will not pay more than the cost of a Day Travelcard - or there's a Monday-to-Sunday cap with the best value over the course of the week.
Labour on the London Assembly believes that contravenes promises that Oyster would always be the cheapest fare.
Val Shawcross said: "What contactless shouldn't become is a stealth attempt to push people away from Oyster cards by reserving the best fares for contactless."
TfL has said it is looking at an automatic weekly cap for Oyster but the technology is not as advanced as that on contactless cards.
What is also interesting is how these payments on transport seem to be driving the rest of the market.
Scott Abrahams from MasterCard said: "This milestone for TfL shows just how quickly consumers have taken to contactless in London.
"This extraordinary take-up is having a halo effect on other businesses in the UK who accept contactless payments."
With new innovations there are glitches - contactless cards and Oyster cards in the same wallet or purse can cause 'card clash' when the system recognises an entry or exit on different cards and can result in charging you the maximum fare.
TfL said: "In November there were 1,564 instances each weekday where customers may have accidentally paid with a contactless payment card they did not intend to pay with, our most recent figures from the end of February show at 1,235 per day, showing a steady decline."
County led for a minute before conceding twice in four minutes to lose 2-1 and extend their winless streak to six matches in the league.
The Rams are in the bottom three, one point above bottom side Wigan, with just one league win all season.
"In the first half we looked as though we were paralysed with fear," Pearson told BBC Radio Derby.
"We have a group which undoubtedly at the moment are not living up to the expectations externally, certainly not living up to the expectations internally and that's my responsibility because I'm the manager," added former Leicester City manager Pearson, who took over at the iPro Stadium in the summer.
"If we don't get the basics out there and we don't get the level of commitment to the game out there, it remains a very tough ask of us to get the performances which warrant points.
"Given what happened, we are exactly where we should be in the league. We got what we deserved and that's the bottom line."
Pearson continued: "I can't keep hoping that players are going to bring their best games to the table week in week out, and then not do it, so I might have to start making changes.
"If that means introducing some of the younger players then so be it, but ultimately it's about getting a team on the field that want to play for us, want to show the levels of commitment and are prepared to go whatever distance it takes to get the result."
Former Leeds United captain Sol Bamba has been training with Derby.
The 31-year-old Ivorian is a free agent after leaving Leeds for personal reasons before the closure of the transfer window in August.
Bamba played for Pearson when the pair were at Leicester City, but the Rams boss says there has yet to be any talks over a possible contract.
"I don't think it's something to discuss openly when it's not been discussed internally," he said.
"I've worked with him before and he's been happy to come in and train with us, so we'll leave it at that."
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The rescue on Monday afternoon involved a challenging winch down to the casualty by a coastguard helicopter's paramedic.
The Inverness Airport-based helicopter could not be brought too close in case its downdraft blew the man and his fellow walkers off the ridge.
The walker was taken to hospital for treatment.
The alarm was raised at 14:25 on Monday after the man became unwell on Carn Mor Dearg.
He was airlifted to Torlundy and from there was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Scott Sharman, paramedic winchman, said: "It was an extremely steep ridge and we needed to make sure we kept at a safe distance because the downdraft could very easily have blown them over the ridge."
Clara Amfo is taking over her mid-morning show, as well as the Live Lounge.
Ben Cooper, controller of BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra, has spoken to Newsbeat about the changes to the schedule.
"Well I'm delighted for her and Jesse. As any parent knows, it's that difficult time where you desperately want to tell people and you can't.
"All of us at Radio 1 are delighted for them and wish them all the best for the future. It's fantastic news."
"I can't stop people having sex.
"We've got fantastic news for two of our great friends at the station and we wish them both very well in different ways.
"But the great thing about Radio 1 and as the listeners will know, is that we've got an amazing family of DJs. So we've got great news this month for Annie Mac and we've got great news for Clara [Amfo]."
"Her warmth, her enthusiasm, her friendliness on air. She's really slick as presenter.
"You've heard that on the Official Chart Show already, she hit that running.
"She's going to bring all of that and some great new ideas and still keep the Live Lounge going 10 to 12.45.
"It's a bit like being a football manager, being the person in charge of a radio station.
"There are always going to be decisions that you have to make about players and which positions they play and whether you play them upfront or midfield.
"It's exactly the same with the schedule. You try to choose the right players for the right position and Clara is going to be brilliant on that show."
"I'm sure they, like us, wish her all the very best. It's fantastic news for her and her family.
"We wish them all very well over the next few months and we've got an exciting brand new show."
"Fearne has taken the Live Lounge and run with it and taken it to real great heights.
"You just look at Ed Sheeran - his Live Lounge performance reached over two million people within 24 hours on our YouTube channel. That's fantastic.
"So that energy, that excitement, that calibre of artist is still going to be in Clara's show."
"Radio 1 throughout its history has had huge stars presenting on its airwaves. And those stars, at some point in their career, have moved on.
"Radio 1 is still here. Radio 1 is still as fun and exciting. And it's still promoting and pushing great new British music and that will always continue."
"Clara will come off her 1Xtra weekend breakfast shows and Ace, who will be familiar to a lot of listeners, is going to take on that so I'm really pleased for him to get back on the schedule.
"Clara will be continuing to do the Official Chart Show and her weekday [Radio 1] show."
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An investigation into The Rising Moon on New Road, Porthcawl, was launched by Bridgend county council after a zero hygiene rating sticker was not displayed.
Owner Na Shi pleaded guilty at Bridgend Magistrates Court to 12 food hygiene offences, from March 2015.
The court was told the hygiene rating has since risen to two out of a possible five.
Officers visited after Mr Shi failed to display a zero rating sticker that showed urgent improvements were required.
Problems included cooked pork defrosting in dirty warm water that was heavily contaminated with food debris and grease, while staff were using dirty scourers.
Cooked rice was also being kept in dirty food containers, with "a multitude" of food hygiene failings which posed a "serious risk of food poisoning".
Mr Shi was fined £1,800, with costs and fees taking the total to £4,724.
Councillor Charles Smith said: "What makes this case particularly concerning is the fact that officers visited twice within 48 hours yet the owner failed to act on the advice given to improve the hygiene of his premises."
Thomas Mair watched the 41-second film of an American man shooting the .22 calibre gun on 7 June - nine days before Mrs Cox's murder, jurors heard.
The jury was also told that Nazi-related material was found when police raided Mr Mair's home.
The 53-year-old denies murdering Mrs Cox, 41, in Birstall, near Leeds.
Mr Mair, from Birstall, also denies grievous bodily harm with intent, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon - a dagger.
Earlier in the trial, the jury was shown an image of a sawn-off .22 Weihrauch bolt-action rifle, alleged to have been recovered when Mr Mair was arrested. They were told Mrs Cox's blood was on the barrel.
The court heard on Monday that when police raided the defendant's home after his arrest they found an SS officer's book on race theory and mate selection, along with other white supremacist texts.
Officers also found a book entitled March of the Titans: The Complete History of the White Race and a book on the "politics of the Holocaust", among other texts.
A press cutting in relation to Anders Brevik, who murdered 77 people in twin attacks in Norway in July 2011, was also found, the court heard.
The material featured in a series of photographs shown to jurors by prosecutor Richard Whittam.
Jurors were also shown images of head and hand injuries sustained by Mr Mair during his arrest.
Mr Mair had also allegedly collected a dossier on Mrs Cox in his home, including stories about her in newspapers.
And he had a printout of Mrs Cox, who was MP for Batley and Spen and a mother of two, from her website, jurors were told.
In the months before Mrs Cox's death, Mr Mair used computers at Birstall and Batley libraries to visit neo-Nazi websites such as the Daily Stormer, the court heard.
The jurors were told Mr Mair also searched for Dylann Roof, who is accused of killing nine black Americans in South Carolina in 2015, and accessed the Wikipedia pages for politicians William Hague and Jo Cox, as well as the Wikipedia page for Ian Gow - an MP who who died when the IRA detonated a bomb under his car.
Mr Mair's neighbour of 13 years, Katie Green, also gave evidence via video-link and said she saw the defendant on 16 June as she got off a bus in Birstall market place.
She told jurors Mr Mair was "very quiet, very shy but did not see any visitors", and he always kept his garden very tidy and spent a lot of time in it.
Mr Mair was "at the front of the queue looking like he was just waiting to get on to the bus", she said.
"He had a pair of dark trousers and a dark green khaki jacket and dark cream baseball cap.
"He always carried bags. He had three or four bags. I saw him walk off."
Ms Green said that she then heard about a gun incident minutes afterwards and decided to abandon her shopping trip.
The hearing was adjourned until Tuesday morning.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it was "considering the procedural implications" following the former Labour peer and MP's death aged 87.
BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said this was unlikely to mean the first trial of a dead defendant.
The hearing will be take place in the High Court on or after 11 January.
Lord Janner had been accused of 22 counts of historical sex offences against boys dating back to the 1960s - allegations his family denied.
He had been suffering from dementia and died peacefully at his home on Saturday, his family said.
Lord Janner's death was confirmed to peers at the start of business in the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Speaker Baroness D'Souza said: "On behalf of the House I extend our condolences to the noble Lord's family and friends."
Earlier this year, the director of public prosecutions decided not to bring charges because of Lord Janner's health - but the decision was overturned after an appeal by the alleged victims.
A judge later ruled Lord Janner was unfit to face proceedings and a "trial of the facts" in the case was set for next April. A jury was to be asked to decide if he committed the abuse, without reaching a finding of guilt or conviction.
There is simply no precedent for the trial of a dead person, whether that be by way of a conventional Crown Court trial or a "trial of the facts".
Today's statement by the Crown Prosecution Service may appear to open a possibility of the first ever trial of a dead defendant, but the guidance on its website, on Termination of Proceedings: Death of a Defendant, clearly states "formal evidence of death should be given… Prosecutors should inform the court of a defendant death and produce a certified copy of his death certificate. The court should be invited to mark the indictment accordingly".
This process ends criminal proceedings, not just usually, but in all cases where a defendant dies before the completion of a trial.
In a statement, the Crown Prosecution Service said: "Greville Janner faced criminal proceedings for child sex offences, with a trial of the facts scheduled to take place in April 2016.
"When a defendant dies during criminal proceedings, it is usual that the case no longer goes ahead following formal confirmation of the defendant's death at a hearing before the court.
"However, we are considering the procedural implications of this specific case. As the High Court will close today until January 11 2016, there can be no hearing before that date.
"It is right that this matter is considered properly in open court, and we will therefore not be commenting further ahead of a court hearing."
The former MP for Leicester North West and later Leicester West was charged with sexual offences against nine alleged victims.
There are 15 counts of indecent assault and seven counts of a separate sexual offence, with most of the charges relating to children aged 16 or under at the time.
One alleged victim told the BBC he felt "numb" and was "left in limbo" after the peer's death, adding "there is nowhere left to go to prove our stories".
Sir Clive Loader, Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner, told the BBC he was "disappointed" the alleged victims would not "see justice being done".
"I have to say as well that we could have been in a different place had the director of public prosecutions made the right decision quickly and initially," he added.
"We'd have been through this now and the court case would have happened."
Sewell was the art critic at the London Evening Standard newspaper for more than 30 years, and was known for his outspoken, often controversial views.
His agent, Francine Fletcher, said Sewell, who had cancer, died at his London home on Saturday.
In a statement, the Evening Standard said Sewell was "irreplaceable" and that while his wit was "always rapier sharp" his kindness "knew no limits".
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The newspaper described him as a "legend in the world of journalism and the arts" who was "irreplaceable" and thought of "more as family than a friend".
"Simply, Brian was the nation's best art critic, best columnist and the most brilliant and sharpest writer in recent times," the statement said.
Sewell, who was born on 15 July 1931, said it was his mother who imbued his four year old self with a love of art, taking him to the National Gallery.
Brought up in London, he later studied for a degree in art history from the Courtauld Institute, where he was tutored by the art historian Anthony Blunt.
In 1979, Blunt was exposed as "the Fourth Man" in the Burgess-Maclean spy scandal.
Sewell began his career at Christie's auction house in the 1950s and had many artist friends, including Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Salvador Dali.
"It was after the Blunt affair - Anthony Blunt - and I had achieved a certain unwanted notoriety and Tina Brown, who was just reviving Tatler, wanted an art critic and thought I might be it," he said.
Although Sewell always denied that he and Blunt were intimate, it was Sewell who helped his mentor flee the press and, in the process, found himself in the media spotlight.
He told the BBC in 2012 that he had become a critic "by accident", but said art was something "that brings people like me to life".
When asked in the same interview how he would describe himself, he replied: "A failure".
"I wanted to write the great book on Michelangelo and I never got anywhere near it and now it is too late," he said.
Art critic Estelle Lovatt told the BBC that Sewell was a "unique character" who preferred "to keep himself to himself".
"But he was brilliant because he brought art to the masses," she said.
Anne McElvoy, a senior editor for The Economist and an Evening Standard columnist, tweeted: "Sorry to hear of Brian Sewell's death, as one of the Standard execs over decades who had the task of editing his brilliant rudenesses."
Royal editor at the Evening Standard, Robert Jobson, tweeted: "So sad to hear of the death of Brian Sewell. A wonderful writer, art critic & @standardnews colleague. RIP."
The paper's chairman, Evgeny Lebedev, added: "Very sad to hear of Brian Sewell's death. Remarkable critic and man whose erudite, magisterial work for the Standard will never be forgotten."
Fellow critic Charles Darwent described him as "a great friend and a great critic".
BBC arts correspondent Nick Higham said Sewell's work was "unmistakeable", saying he was "passionate, opinionated and controversial".
"His sharp wit could be cruel, but he was a television natural, a hugely readable television columnist, and an insightful - if sometimes harsh - critic," our correspondent added.
Samrah Sehar and her daughter were in a park off Mill Road when the men called her a "rag-head" and asked if she would join terror group ISIS.
Mrs Sehar said she was "shocked" at the abuse from the six "well dressed men".
Rally organisers Cambridge Unite Against Fascism, said they were "appalled at the incident".
"A group of white males started laughing and then started shouting and saying phrases like 'Rag-head' and 'Are you going to join the ISIS?'... then they started to attack my daughter verbally," said Mrs Sehar.
"I was frightened and surprised as generally the community in Cambridge is very friendly - it came as a shock to me that this could happen here."
Mrs Sehar said she would have retaliated when the incident happened in March, but "didn't as my one-year-old was with me and I was scared they might become violent".
"I was so shocked, I've never had a negative experience in the three years I've been here," she added.
Richard Rose, who helped organised the gathering, said: "We wanted to make a firm statement and for the victims of these attacks realise they are not on their own.
"I think today's gathering has shown that a vast number of people in Cambridge do want to stand up against racism and be counted."
Mrs Sehar and her husband said they decided not to report the incident to police.
She appeared with Lula on the balcony of his apartment and waved to hundreds of people who had gathered below.
Lula has said his brief arrest on Friday is part of a campaign to sully his image and that of Ms Rousseff.
Police are looking into payments and donations made to Lula's institute.
Some of Brazil's wealthiest people as well as dozens of politicians from both the governing coalition and the opposition are also being investigated for involvement in the alleged Petrobras corruption scheme.
Lula, a left-wing icon, left office in 2011. His Workers' Party has been hit hard by the long-running scandal.
After his interrogation on Friday, he told reporters he was the victim of a "prejudice as a working-class man".
Ms Rousseff turned up at his home on Saturday, along with hundreds of people showing support for the former president.
Saturday's rally was peaceful in contrast to angry scenes on Friday when protesters clashed with police outside the building.
"She is going to meet with Lula as a gesture of solidarity and support," a press officer at the presidential palace told the Associated Press news agency.
She later could be seen on the balcony with Lula and his wife Marisa.
The Workers' Party has held the Brazilian presidency since 2003, both under Lula and Ms Rousseff.
In the latest operations, police enforced 33 search and 11 detention warrants in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Bahia, officials said.
Lula, 70, is suspected of receiving about 30m reais ($8m; £5.6m) in speaking fees and donations to his charity.
His home was among the premises targeted, as was the headquarters of the institute in Sao Paulo.
The city attorney wants access to four years' worth of data about driver practices and the areas they serve.
Dennis Herrera said he wanted to ensure they were complying with local laws on safety, accessibility and not creating "a public nuisance".
Uber and Lyft have 15 days to comply or face charges of contempt and other court-imposed penalties.
Mr Herrera has also made a public records request to the state regulator, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), for the same information.
Both companies are obliged to file annual reports with the CPUC, but they have argued successfully for that data to be kept confidential for competitive reasons.
"No-one disputes the convenience of the ride-hailing industry," Mr Herrera said.
"But that convenience evaporates when you're stuck in traffic behind a double-parked Uber or Lyft, or when you can't get a ride because the vehicle isn't accessible."
The algorithms used by the ride-hailing software also favoured some parts of the city over others, he added.
"In San Francisco, nearly 30% of rides take place in underserved neighbourhoods and 20% of Lyft rides begin or end at a public transit station," Lyft spokeswoman Chelsea Harrison said in a statement.
Uber spokeswoman Eva Behrend said that the company was "more than happy to work with the city to address congestion" but "a comprehensive solution" was needed.
Uber is already involved in a legal battle with San Francisco officials, over demands that the ride-hailing company shares its drivers' names and addresses.
Having shared them under protest in the past, Uber now maintains that doing so is an invasion of driver privacy.
They said they were "gobsmacked" when liver buds, the earliest stage of the organ's development, formed spontaneously.
The team, reporting their findings in Nature, hope that transplanting thousands of liver buds could reverse liver failure.
Experts welcomed the findings, describing them as "exciting".
Scientists around the world are trying to grow organs in the lab to overcome a shortage of organ donors.
Some patients already have bladders made from their own cells, but dense solid organs such as the liver and kidneys are much harder to produce.
The team at the Yokohama City University were reproducing the earliest stages of liver development - similar to that in an embryo.
They had mixed three types of cells - two types of stem cells and material taken from the umbilical cord.
Unexpectedly, the cells began to organise themselves and appeared to curl up to form a liver bud.
These buds were transplanted into mice, where they hooked themselves up with the blood supply and began to function as little livers.
The transplants increased the lifespan of mice with liver failure.
Prof Takanori Takebe said: "We just simply mixed three cell types and found that they unexpectedly self-organise to form a three-dimensional liver bud - this is a rudimentary liver.
"And finally we proved that liver bud transplantation could offer therapeutic potential against liver failure."
He told the BBC that he was "completely gobsmacked" and "absolutely surprised" when he first witnessed the buds forming.
This is a significant advance for the field of regenerative medicine.
It might seem like science fiction but there are already people walking around today with organs made from stem cells.
A major breakthrough came in 2006 when bladders made from patients' own cells were implanted. Grown windpipes have also been transplanted.
In regenerative medicine there are four levels of complexity: flat structures such as skin; tubes such as blood vessels; hollow organs such as the bladder; and solid organs such as the kidney, heart and liver.
The last group is the most difficult as they are complex organs containing many types of tissue.
This is a new approach to growing solid organs and is yet another window on what could be the future of organ transplants.
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It is thought that other organs such as the pancreas, kidneys and even the lungs could be developed in the same way. However, turning this into a treatment is still a distant prospect.
The buds are 4-5mm in length but the researchers say they would need to develop buds that are much smaller and could be injected into the blood.
The buds would not grow to be a whole new liver, but would embed themselves in the failing one and restore it.
Dr Varuna Aluvihare, a liver transplant physician at King's College Hospital in London, told BBC News: "This a great piece of work and as a proof of concept, very interesting.
"The real highlight is that such simple mixtures of cells can differentiate and organise themselves into highly complex tissue structures that function well in an animal model."
He said the liver was very damaged in chronic liver disease so there were still questions about where the buds were transplanted and how they would function.
The risk of a tumour developing after the transplant would also need to be assessed.
Dr Dusko Ilic, a stem cell scientist at King's College London, said: "The strategy is very promising, and represents a huge step forward.
"Although the promise of an off-the-shelf-liver seems much closer than one could hope even a year ago, the paper is only a proof of concept. There is much unknown and it will take years before it could be applied in regenerative medicine."
Prof Chris Mason, the chair of regenerative medicine at University College London, said there might be more immediate benefits for drug testing.
New medicines can be toxic to the human liver in a way which does not show up in animal tests. He said using liver buds might be a better way to test for toxicity.
The claim: Low and middle earners are bearing the burden of the tax take.
Reality Check verdict: The government is very reliant on richer people for its funding. More than a quarter of income tax is paid by the 1% of taxpayers with the highest incomes.
"The burden in terms of the tax take is falling on middle and low earners," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
In fact, the tax base is very reliant on rich people, with income tax becoming increasingly reliant on them.
The Resolution Foundation, which does a great deal of work on inequality, says that the income tax system is relying too much on the richest 10%, which is a problem because their earnings are volatile.
It also pointed out that the combined effect of tax and benefit changes was hitting the poorest people the hardest, but Mr McDonnell was not talking about benefits.
This chart from the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that about 90% of income tax is paid by the 50% of taxpayers with the highest incomes, while more than a quarter is paid by the richest 1%.
Indirect taxes such as VAT and fuel duty are not progressive though - people with lower incomes do not pay lower rates - so we need to consider all taxes.
The Treasury published analysis at the time of the Budget predicting what proportion of incomes people would be spending on all taxes by 2019-20.
The result is in the darker green bars below the line in this chart, with the poorest households on the left and the richest on the right.
The proportion of income spent on taxes does appear to be increasing as income increases throughout the distribution. The exception is for the poorest 10%, who seem to be spending slightly more than the next 10%, although the IFS says that is probably due to people misreporting their incomes in the survey from which this analysis is taken.
There is more on the impact of taxes on income in this ONS report, which calculates it in a different way, flattening the increase in the proportion of income spent on taxes as households get richer.
Later in the interview, John McDonnell also said: "Middle and low earners are being hit very, very hard by... income tax rises."
The basic rate of income tax has been 20% since 2008 and the higher rate has been 40% for longer than that. There have been additional rates introduced but they do not affect middle and low earners.
In 2010, the income tax personal allowance, which is the amount you are allowed to earn before paying any income tax, was £6,475. This year it is £11,500. That has clearly risen considerably faster than inflation, so for people paying the basic rate of income tax there has been a tax cut, while a higher proportion of low earners are not paying income tax at all.
The level of income at which people start paying the higher rate of income tax has not been rising as fast as the personal allowance, in fact it has fallen in some years since 2010, but only about 15% of income taxpayers pay higher rate, so they probably do not count as being low or middle earners.
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Polonia FC competes in the second division of the Inverness and District Amateur League.
The club is the brainchild of priest Father Piotr Rytel from the city's St Mary's Church.
A friend of former Celtic goalkeeper Lukasz Zaluska, Fr Piotr is the new team's secretary, first aid man - and right-back.
Fr Piotr, the Highland's only Polish priest, said: "I pray and I play. That is all I do."
He added: "It is good to socialise but also to have some competition with the other teams."
Polonia FC has become so popular among the Highlands' Polish community that coach Jacob Olubik has had to turn potential players away.
He said: "God is with us you could say.
"Father Piotr has helped us promote our team, communicate with the other clubs and helped in finding new players."
Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue is being sought on money-laundering charges.
Mr Obiang, the son of President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mbasogo, denies any wrongdoing.
The judge, Roger Le Loire, issued the warrant after Mr Obiang refused to be interviewed by magistrates on charges of corruption, legal sources say.
Mr Obiang's lawyer told the AFP news agency that he had not been informed that any mandate for his client's arrest had been issued.
He added that any such warrant would be a "non-event" due to Mr Obiang's status.
"Mr Obiang has judicial immunity as he is the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and therefore could not attend the summons," Emmanuel Marsigny told AFP.
According to French newspaper Le Monde, the warrant for Mr Obiang - known as Teodorin in his country - was issued on Thursday.
French judges are investigating allegations that several African leaders have bought assets in France with embezzled state funds.
They are looking at President Obiang as well as Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, and Omar Bongo, the late president of Gabon.
Correspondents say Teodorin Obiang, who also serves as agriculture minister, is known for his lavish lifestyle.
He recently hit the headlines when he honoured his promise to pay his national football team $1m (£641,000) for winning the opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations which Equatorial Guinea co-hosted earlier this year.
The original legal complaint was brought by Transparency International, an anti-corruption campaign group that accuses several African leaders of acquiring property, cars and luxury items in France using misappropriated public money.
In October 2011, the US government said it would seek to recover assets worth more $70m (£44m) from Teodorin Obiang. A month earlier, French police seized several luxury cars from him.
Equatorial Guinea is one of Africa's largest oil exporters, but most of its 720,000-strong population lives in poverty.
President Obiang seized power from his uncle in 1979 and was re-elected in 2009 with 95% of the vote.
The authority had been under no overall control, with Labour the biggest party by four councillors.
Nationally, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) suffered huge losses, but they did manage to gain the Padiham and Burnley West ward on Lancashire County Council from Labour.
Alan Hosker beat Marcus Johnstone with a majority of 228 as, elsewhere, the Greens held Lancaster Central ward.
With a 45% share of the vote, the Tories won 46 of the council's 84 seats.
Among them were incredibly narrow victories in Mid-Rossendale (won by only eight votes) and Clitheroe (five).
Pendle Central was a Conservative gain for Joe Cooney from the Liberal Democrats, while the Tories also picked up Rossendale South, Chorley Rural West, and Moss Side & Farington.
Labour lost nine wards compared to 2013, winning 30 seats on a 35% share of the vote. Hasina Khan gained Chorley North in a rare bit of good news for the party.
Jennifer Mein, the previous council leader, easily retained her Preston South East seat but was left in tears by Labour's loss of the county hall.
The Liberal Democrats took four seats - losing two - while two seats were held by independents (Liz Oades in Fylde East and Paul Hayhurst in Fylde West)
Compared with 2013, overall turnout rose 5% to 42%.
The county council provides local government services across the region including education, health, social care and transport.
The Conservatives have done it... they have overall control of Lancashire County Council.
Labour haven't done as poorly as some might have predicted but they'll still be bitterly disappointed with this result.
The Lib Dem surge that some had predicted hasn't arrived and they've ended up with only half the seats they've had for the past four years.
As well as that Conservative majority, the big shock here today is the fact UKIP have won a seat. Alan Hosker is so far the UK's only victor.
I'm told the Tories are having a meeting on Saturday to finalise arrangements but, as things stand, Councillor Geoff Driver will be the next leader of Lancashire County Council.
Labour leader Jenny Mein told me: "I just want to go home and cry".
Politics can be an unforgiving beast.
Currently, such tests apply only to overseas non-European applicants.
Language checks for doctors from Europe have already been introduced.
Health Minister Dan Poulter said the measures were aimed at protecting patient safety.
The risk of a healthcare professional not being fluent in English was highlighted by a lethal mistake made by Dr Daniel Ubani, a German doctor doing an out-of-hours shift who gave a lethal dose of a painkiller to patient David Gray in 2008.
At the time, as a German citizen, he was able to register to work in the UK without passing a language test.
The changes would mean the relevant regulatory bodies of each profession would be able to undertake language checks on all new applicants, as well as fitness-to-practise action if there were concerns about employees already working.
Dr Poulter said: "We greatly value the contributions that healthcare professionals from all over the world have contributed, and continue to contribute, to our NHS but it is essential that they have a sufficient knowledge of the English language in order to provide safe patient care.
"Ministers from the four UK health departments are firmly committed to improving public protection by preventing healthcare professionals who do not have sufficient knowledge of English from working in the UK."
The consultation will close on 15 December 2014.
The push will include smartcards that monitor attendance and offer incentives for families to send their daughters to school.
It will also deploy satellite broadband to improve connectivity in rural areas.
Putting girls through school is increasingly seen as one of the best long-term ways to end poverty.
International Development Minister Nick Hurd said: "It is only through making use of the latest technological innovations that we will reach every girl.
"Already in Kenya, thanks to UK-funded attendance monitoring software, satellite broadband connectivity and interactive learning platforms, we have seen attendance increase by 15% in schools we work with."
The iMlango programme is currently working in more than 200 schools in Kenya and includes:
The money will be mainly spent in sub-Saharan Africa in countries such as Ethiopia, Nigeria, Malawi and Rwanda but will also fund work in Afghanistan, Myanmar, also known as Burma, and Nepal.
The investment was announced at the first Girls' Education Forum in London.
Julia Gillard, chair of the charity Global Partnership for Education, said: "Investing in girls and women isn't just morally right, it is essential for the development of families, communities and countries.
"When we educate girls, we see reduced child deaths, healthier children and mothers, fewer child marriages and faster economic growth."
It is estimated that 63 million girls around the world are out of school, with over half of these in sub-Saharan Africa.
The 30 to 40 volunteers behind the Kos Solidarity Project were using their own funds to buy supplies and relying on donations from hotel unions.
But with little support from local officials, the project's volunteers served their final meals on Sunday.
They now hope the Greek authorities will step in to help feed the migrants.
"We had to decide to stop giving out food," George Chertofilis, the project's organiser, told the BBC. "We just can't afford it anymore."
Mr Chertofilis, a local physics teacher, has spent the past two months leading a varying number of volunteers who cooked in their homes and spent hours distributing meals at makeshift camps and in the deserted Captain Elias Hotel.
"We had to prepare the food and that takes many hours and a lot of money," he said. "We don't have much money, we are not officials, we are just a group of friends."
But without any immediate action from local authorities on Monday, there were no meals to give out to the thousands of migrants who have come to depend on the volunteers.
No one from the mayor's office was available to comment on whether officials would step in to fill the gap, and Mr Chertofilis said he had had no response to his own inquiries.
Because of its proximity to Turkey, Kos has seen more than 12,000 migrants land on its shores so far in 2015, swelling the small population of 30,000 by more than a third.
"To begin with it was just 300 to 400 meals a day," said Mr Chertofilis. "Then during July the number of people increased so much, there were about 1,000 people.
"The volunteers are all employed, everyone has his job to go to. We have to find the time to do this around our jobs. I'm a teacher so during summer I don't have to go to work but many do."
Kontessa Ikonoidi, a local florist, was another volunteer with the group. "Some hotels donate meals and we try and find those with meat in to give to the children," she said.
"We add fruit and cans of milk that we have bought ourselves. It is very difficult but someone must feed them".
Georgia Kasioti, another volunteer who works in local government, said: "I work very long hours so it is tiring to help here too. Sometimes I can only come at weekends.
"The churches and other voluntary organisations have many Greek people to look after because of the economic situation. We need help from the EU with this."
The people of Kos are subject to the same capital controls as the rest of Greece, restricting them to cash withdrawals of just $60 (£42; $65) per day.
A local restaurant owner, who did not want to be named, told the BBC he was worried that if the migrants were not cared for, trouble could flare up.
"If they stop feeding them there could be trouble," he said. "There's no trouble now but when people are hungry there could be trouble."
Mr Chertofilis said he did not want to stop the project but had no choice. He is still waiting for a commitment from the government to provide food for the thousands of migrants on the island.
"We have said to the mayor and the government that we want to continue but we don't have any more money to give, we don't have any more time.
"We are very anxious and worried about what will happen to these people today and in the coming days. All these people with no food, we don't know what they are going to do and it's not their fault."
But now the Labour party has turned to Saatchi and Saatchi's iconic image of the dole queue from the 1979 election to promote its policies on the NHS.
So how much power have posters had in swaying votes? Professor Steven Fielding, director of the centre for British politics at the University of Nottingham has had a look back through the archives at some of the adverts that caused a stir.
Amanda Telfer, 43, died when three frames fell on her as she walked past a building site in London in August 2012.
The frames had been left unprotected and unrestrained against a wall in Hanover Square, Mayfair.
Site supervisor Kelvin Adsett, who was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter, was jailed for a year.
Members of the public rushed to help Ms Telfer but she died at the scene.
An Old Bailey jury previously found Adsett, a supervisor at IS Europe Limited, guilty of manslaughter and breaching health and safety regulations.
Judge Peter Rook QC told him: "Your actions contributed to the wholly needless and untimely death of Amanda Telfer."
He added Adsett, of Slough, Berkshire, had shown "reckless disregard" for what was a life-threatening situation.
In his defence, the 64-year-old's barrister said his life was "destroyed" as the result of "an aberration of carelessness".
Westgreen Construction Limited site manager Damian Lakin-Hall, 50, of Cobham, Surrey, was also sentenced to six months, suspended for two years, for failing to take reasonable care of safety while at work.
Outside court, Ms Telfer's parents Barry and Ann said they hoped the case would have an effect on the construction industry's "casual approach" to health and safety.
In a victim impact statement, Mr Telfer said he was still coming to terms with the death of his daughter.
He said he and his wife last saw their daughter on the morning of her death, adding: "She was cheerful, making plans and looking forward.
"An hour later she was dead."
Ms Telfer was working as a freelance intellectual property and media lawyer for publishers including Random House at the time of her death.
Her father said: "Every parent who has lost a child through violent and sudden death will know the overwhelming shock and disbelief that is impossible to describe."
The court heard how the three frames, which weighed 1,444lb (655kg), had been left leaning against a wall after being delivered the previous day.
The prosecution said it was obvious they carried a "clear and serious risk of death" to anyone walking past.
Another member of the public had almost been hit in a "near-miss" just days before the fatal accident, the court heard.
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC said there were straightforward steps which could have been taken to avoid the risk.
Adsett's firm IS Europe Limited was found guilty at the Old Bailey of two health and safety breaches.
The court heard the Slough-based company was now "dormant" and had just £250 in the bank.
The judge said: "There would have been a fine of £100,000.
"However, given ISE's limited assets, the only fine I can order is £250."
Graham Partridge, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "If Kelvin Adsett, Damian Lakin-Hall and IS Europe had complied with their legal responsibilities, Amanda Telfer would not have died."
The attack happened in August 2012 in the village of Maghaberry.
Cody a three-year-old collie had to be put to sleep a week after being doused in accelerant and set alight.
The accused are Jamie Downey, 23, from Chestnut Hall Avenue in Moira and Richard Stewart, 23, from Wellington Park in Moira..
They are both charged with causing unnecessary suffering to the border collie. They deny the charges.
The prosecution said the two accused told "lie after lie'" about where they were on the Sunday morning the dog was attacked.
They added Mr Stewart and Mr Downey did a "circuit of Maghaberry village either to work off the effects of the party they were at the night before or to finish the drink they had with them".
The jury was also told by the prosecution that "for some reason they poured flammable liquid over the dog and set it alight".
The prosecution said witnesses placed two men near the house and were seen walking along a railway track towards the direction of a quarry with a black and white dog after 09:00 BST.
The hearing heard how not long after the dog's owners noticed Cody was missing the dog arrived back at the family home around 10:30 BST in a distressed state after being set alight.
The charity Missing People wants to raise awareness of the disappearances of Megan Roberts, from Wetherby, West Yorkshire, and Ed Machin, from York.
Miss Roberts, 20, went missing in York on 23 January. Police say it is likely she fell into the River Ouse.
Mr Machin, 39, was last seen on the same day in Bempton, East Yorkshire. Their disappearances are not connected.
Fans at the League Two match between York City and Cheltenham Town were also reminded of the search for York chef Claudia Lawrence.
Miss Lawrence was last seen on 18 March 2009, when she was aged 35. Detectives believe she was murdered.
Martin Crosby, from Missing People, said: "When someone you love goes missing you want the whole world to stop and join the search.
"Sharing these appeals is one of the key ways fans and the public can support the search for Megan, Claudia and Edward, whose family and friends are pleased to work on this with York City FC, as a club at the centre of the community."
Miss Roberts, who is studying at York St John University, was last seen near to Lendal Bridge which crosses the River Ouse.
North Yorkshire Police have said the "strongest and most probable line of inquiry being pursued by police is that Megan, affected by alcohol, has entered the river".
Mr Machin was last seen in Bempton, near Bridlington, after he was dropped off by a taxi outside the White Horse Inn.
Miss Lawrence's father Peter was expected to attend the event.
He said: "It is distressing to have both Edward and Megan missing in York along with Claudia and my thoughts are with their families and friends.
"I would encourage as many people as possible to help the charity by volunteering, sharing the appeals and by signing up to receive alerts at the game on Saturday."
Flt Lt Sean Cunningham was killed at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, after being accidentally ejected from his Hawk T1.
The inquest has heard that he was ejected because of a problem with the ejection seat firing handle.
The coroner also criticised the RAF and the seat manufacturer following the three-week inquest.
The 35-year-old pilot, who was born in South Africa and grew up in Coventry, died on 8 November 2011.
The inquest has heard that the ejection seat firing handle had been left in an unsafe position which meant it could accidentally activate the seat.
It is thought that one of Flt Lt Cunningham's seat straps had pulled it into this unsafe position on his previous sortie, on 4 November.
Testing of the Mk.10 Martin-Baker seat showed that the safety pin could be inserted even when the seat was in this unsafe position, giving the impression the seat was safe.
Recording a narrative verdict, Coroner Stuart Fisher said the safety pin mechanism was "entirely useless" and said the pin's presence was "likely to mislead".
During the inquest the court heard parts of the Mk.10 Martin-Baker ejection seat were redesigned following the death of Flt Lt Sean Cunningham.
The coroner was told a small metal plate has been designed to fit over the ejection seat firing handle (pictured), to prevent the seat from being activated accidentally.
A new type of bolt, which cannot be over tightened, has also been designed for the parachute drogue shackle at the top of the seat.
The new parts have not been brought into use yet, but in the meantime, customers have been warned about the problems with the seat firing handle and existing bolt.
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Seven RAF personnel, including Flt Lt Cunningham, had 19 opportunities to check the ejection seat firing handle and did not notice it was in the unsafe position.
Mr Fisher said the RAF had failed to take "sufficient steps" to bring the risk to the attention of air and ground crew, and said this had contributed to the pilot's death.
Flt Lt Cunningham's parachute should have saved his life, but the main chute failed to deploy because a nut and bolt had been fastened too tightly, the inquest heard.
Mr Fisher said none of the engineers who worked on the parachute mechanism can be criticised.
Martin-Baker knew the parachute mechanism could jam if the nut and bolt were too tight as early as January 1990, the inquest was told.
The manufacturer warned some air forces but did not warn the MoD.
Mr Fisher said: "There was a very serious failure of communication by Martin-Baker in my view.
"It is unexplained by the evidence. It seems there is no logic to warn and inform some but not others."
Lincolnshire Police conducted a criminal investigation into the death, and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) considered manslaughter charges against the Ministry of Defence, Martin-Baker and three unnamed individuals.
The CPS concluded that no manslaughter charges should be brought, due to "insufficient evidence".
However, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) could still prosecute Martin-Baker and/or the MoD, and will consider whether to do so now the inquest has concluded.
Flt Lt Cunningham's parents agreed an undisclosed settlement with the MoD in December, after the MoD admitted liability for the incident.
Martin-Baker issued a statement extending "sincere condolences" to Flt Lt Cunningham's family and friends.
"On this occasion, uniquely in the entire history of Martin-Baker ejection seats using this particular feature, it [the parachute] failed due to a shackle bolt being too tight.
"In light of this incident, lessons have been learned and we have taken steps to alert all our customers worldwide who still use this type of seat, of the risk of over tightening the shackle."
Flt Lt Cunningham took Night Nurse medication the night before the accident, but Mr Fisher was satisfied this did not impair his abilities.
Speaking after the inquest, his father Jim Cunningham said: "We welcome the conclusion of the coroner which confirmed what we knew all along, which is that Sean was blameless and his tragic death was preventable,
"We therefore welcome the coroner's recommendations which we hope and pray will ensure no family such as ours has to endure such a pointless and avoidable death."
Air Commodore Terry Jones, speaking on behalf of the MoD, said: "There have been a number of lessons for us and others to absorb and correct and we have made and will continue to make every effort to ensure that such a tragic accident cannot occur again.
"The Red Arrows in particular will be a stronger, safer and better team as a result."
Dragons, Wales' sole survivors in European competitions this campaign, will travel to English Premiership side Gloucester in the last eight in April.
Gloucester topped Pool 4 with six wins out of six while Dragons were second in Pool 2.
"It's something to look forward to and by then we'll have half a dozen players back from injury," Jones said.
"Gloucester away is a good challenge and we're happy with that draw. It's going to be a tight game.
Jones' side will face Sale Sharks or Montpellier in the semi-finals if they overcome David Humphreys' side at Kingsholm.
Dragons reached last season's semi-finals, where they were beaten by Edinburgh, who lost to Gloucester in the final.
"We're proud and delighted to get through to the quarter-finals for the second year on the trot," Jones added.
"We're really enjoying the competition and we play a lot of good rugby in it.
"There's no better challenge than going to Kingsholm to prove to ourselves and the rest of Europe that we are a good team and we've got good players.
"But until then we've got a lot of rugby to play."
Dragons return to Pro12 action on Friday when they host second-placed Leinster at Rodney Parade.
Jones expects a reaction from his side, who are 11th in the Pro12, following their 38-5 loss to Sale Sharks in the European Challenge.
"We're keen to make up lost ground," Jones said.
"There's a long way to go yet in this league and we've got a lot of rugby to play and we look forward to it."
It's not uncommon. Questionable punctuality amongst footballers when reporters await is very much the norm.
The apology and the excuse that follows are most definitely not.
"Sorry," says 18-year-old Kieran Tierney. "I had to phone my mum and tell her I was going to be late home."
It's an unexpected start but family is a key theme in the intriguing chat that follows.
As he takes his seat opposite me and looks out with pride at his place of work, it soon becomes clear that the Celtic defender is a rare breed of teenager - thankful for what he's got and clear about why he is where he is.
Just a few months short of his 19th birthday, he find himself in the Scotland squad.
Born on the Isle of Man, he moved to Motherwell as an infant - the Lanarkshire accent that flows, somewhat nervously, from a mouth brimming with teeth braces is unmistakeable.
"My mum told me about it - she had been checking the internet as the squad came out - I couldn't believe it," he said.
"To jump straight from the under-19s to the full squad was unexpected but it's just about the experience and any game time will be a bonus."
International recognition caps a remarkable ascent since he made his first-team debut against St Johnstone in May last year.
Any notion of Tierney easing into life as a footballer has long since gone.
"I wouldn't know how to sum up the past year - the word is crazy," he says.
"Crazy how fast it has been. From last year playing under-20s football to this year playing European football has just been crazy."
He's been one of the main breakthrough success stories for Celtic under Ronny Deila - a genuine home-grown talent who has wrestled the left-back position from the seasoned international Emilio Iziguirre, and made it his own.
He's a dependable defender, a successful scrapper with a dash of finesse and the fans love him for it.
This modern-day local hero, though, has a modern-day story to tell about his trip to the top.
Makeshift games on the cobbled backstreets of tenement-lined towns have given way to 4G surfaces and regimented early morning rises.
Tierney is a product Celtic's football academy at St Ninian's High School in Kirkintilloch, where football and education live as one.
"I joined the school when I was 13," he explains. "I was getting up at 6am, doing training then all your school work and then having to train again at night.
"It was tough but a great experience - you're training twice a day and getting the best training in the country so it all benefits you.
"Everyone has the same chance at that age but it's not until you get older that some fade out of the game and get involved in the wrong things. For me, it's always been about the football."
The mother who received his earlier apology is one of the main reasons for his drive and determination.
When discussing football, he's as guarded as most current players - the press officer's steely stare behind me doesn't help - but there's a genuine freedom and warmth when he's talking about those closest to him.
"I like to make my family proud when I go out there," he says looking out thoughtfully once again towards the Parkhead pitch.
"Obviously, it's great for me too but my family are all Celtic fans and they're all proud of me so that makes me happy.
"My dad drove me back and forward to training for years and my mum does absolutely everything for me."
He won't entertain any notion of having it made it to the top though and there's a refreshing humility to his manner.
The surprisingly normal haircut, the lack of 'bling' and absence from the front pages appear to provide the evidence that he's so far dealt well with other distractions.
"I have always had the right people round me - my family and my real friends and they wanted me to do the right thing," he continues.
"So they were never going to lead me astray - I'm thankful for that and I wouldn't be where I am now if it wasn't for them.
"I've always been a pretty plain guy. People point to the fact that I wear black boots but that's always just the way I've been."
He definitely falls into the no-nonsense category.
To underline the point, it's not until he rises to leave that I notice he's been chatting away all this time in a club t-shirt as I shivered under a winter coat and scarf.
Mummy's boy indeed...
The Met Office has warned motorists to expect "difficult driving conditions" but said the heaviest and most persistent rain is expected to fall on high ground.
The warning has been issued from 12:00 GMT on Saturday to 23:55 on Sunday.
It follows a warning of icy conditions on Friday morning.
The conditions led to a number of accidents on the roads, including on the A467 in Newbridge, Caerphilly county.
The weekend rain warning covers Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Powys, Wrexham and Ceredigion.
Aaron Burns flicked in to put the Blues ahead but David Armstrong headed in the equaliser on the restart before he was sent off for two yellows on 55 minutes.
Linfield capitalised on the dismissal and Waterworth fired home twice before heading in to complete his hat-trick.
Adam Sally added the fifth as the Blues stay top on goal difference.
The game turned on Armstrong's exit with Dungannon good value for their leveller just seconds into the second half.
The visitors were first to threaten with Sean Ward clearing Cormac Burke's shot off the line.
Waterworth fizzed an effort wide before Burns scored his fourth goal of the campaign, hooking in on 18 minutes from Kirk Millar's corner.
Paul McElroy blasted over for Dungannon and Millar side-footed wide before Armstrong's bullet header was blocked on the line by Jamie Mulgrew.
Stephen Lowry rifled just wide before the break and the second half was less than a minute old when Armstrong netted against his former club with his header looping past keeper Ross Glendinning.
Swifts keeper Andy Coleman tipped Mark Haughey's header onto the bar before Armstrong picked up his second booking in six minutes.
Linfield moved in front two minutes later courtesy of Waterworth's turn and shot from Millar's cut-back.
Millar saw a shot deflected wide before his cushioned volleyed struck the bar as the Blues seized control.
Waterworth netted at the back-post in the 82nd minute and secured the treble with a close-range header six minutes later.
Substitute Salley also headed home with ease in added time as Warren Feeney's side made it three wins from three games.
The 69-year-old sports promoter quit in April after the O's had failed to pay staff their wages for March.
His return comes a week after Nigel Travis' takeover of the National League side from ex-owner Francesco Becchetti.
"I have always been a fan and right now I couldn't be any happier for Orient as a club," said Hearn.
"I think it is another statement of how well Nigel and his team have started to turn this club around already."
Previously, all foreigners had to leave their mobiles at the border and collect them when they left.
Visitors can now buy a SIM card at the airport, which will let them make international calls. But they cannot make local calls or go online.
Most North Koreans have limited or no access to the internet.
China's state news agency, Xinhua, said the changes had been in place since 7 January this year.
A report of phones being allowed in came from a China-based tour group, Young Pioneer Tours.
A spokesman said they had been preparing to hand over their mobiles as they entered North Korea, but a border guard simply asked whether the devices were equipped with GPS and then indicated they should carry them through regardless of the answer.
"He just motioned for us to put them in our bags. Zero explanation," said the company's managing director, Gareth Johnson.
Mr Johnson said his North Korean counterparts later confirmed that this was "a new policy".
An Associated Press report out of Pyongyang said the SIM cards would also allow foreigners to contact foreign embassies in Pyongyang and international hotels.
North Korea's mobile network is run by a joint state-owned and Egyptian company, Koryolink.
An Egyptian employee of Koryolink told Xinhua the new policy was a result of talks between the company and North Korean officials.
He said internet services would soon be made available to foreign visitors, adding that there was no technical issue preventing this.
But he dismissed speculation that it was connected to the recent visit to North Korea by the head of Google, Eric Schmidt.
Mr Schmidt visited North Korea in early January, though after the new policy is reported to have come into effect.
He urged North Korea to end its self-imposed isolation and allow its citizens to use the internet.
It is believed that only the elite in the country have access to the internet - few people have access to a computer and those that do can usually only access a domestic web service and not the internet.
The 35-year-old England international was sin-binned for the challenge on Sutcliffe a minute into Friday's 25-14 Super League victory over the Rhinos.
Sutcliffe, 22, was taken off with concussion and was unable to return.
Westwood was also fined £300 and will start his suspension by missing Thursday's derby at Widnes.
Back-rower Westwood was charged by the Rugby Football League's match-review panel with a grade D charge, which carried a ban of between three and five games, and entered a guilty plea at a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday.
Leigh forward Gareth Hock, 33, was also handed a one-match ban after admitting using foul and abusive language towards a match official and will miss his side's trip to Salford on Good Friday.
Catalans prop Sam Moa, St Helens centre Mark Percival and Leeds centre Jimmy Keinhorst will be free to play in their sides' respective fixtures against Huddersfield, Wigan and Hull FC after submitting early guilty pleas to grade A offences.
Moa was charged with raising the knee in a tackle, Percival with disputing the referee's decision and Keinhorst with dangerous contact.
They were found inside a plastic bag at a children's park on Rhosddu Road by a police community support officer.
They are now in the care of the RSPCA and are said to be "doing well".
RSPCA inspector Rachael Davies said: "It's so shocking to think someone would dump these poor animals like rubbish."
With no CCTV in the area, the animal charity is appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
In August last year, ANA said it would pay some $25m (2.5bn yen; £16m) for a stake in the Burmese carrier.
ANA Holdings is the parent company of Japan's All Nippon Airways.
In a statement, ANA said rising competition in Myanmar was one reason for cancelling the deal.
"Competition between new and old airlines in Myanmar has intensified," ANA said, "bringing rapid changes in the external environment, and calling into question the assumptions made at the time of the original decision."
It also said it had been unable to reach an agreement on capital participation with AWA.
The deal was part of ANA's plans to expand its business internationally.
At the time, it would have been the first investment in a Myanmar-based commercial airline by a foreign airline.
AWA, which is based in Yangon, was launched in 2011 and operates domestic flights within Myanmar.
It also offers flights to Chiang Mai in Thailand and has plans to further expand its international service.
Since political reforms have led to the easing of international sanctions in Myanmar, many foreign firms have looked to the country for business opportunities.
After a 12-year hiatus, All Nippon Airways resumed its service between Japan and Myanmar in October 2012.
The kick capped a second-half comeback by the Wolves, who trailed 16-10 at the break, and lifts them two points behind joint-leaders Hull FC and Wigan.
Three tries - from Ryan Atkins, Kevin Penny and Brad Dwyer - were added to by Gidley's four successful kicks.
Julian Bousquet and Fouad Yaha crossed for Catalans, who drop to fourth.
Catalans might have sneaked it, having streaked the length of the field on the counter-attack, only for the try to be disallowed because hooker Eloi Pelissier had caught Wolves playmaker Gidley high as he put a kick up in the Dragons end.
With England coach Wayne Bennett in attendance on his whistle-stop tour of the United Kingdom while his club side Brisbane Broncos have a National Rugby League bye week, there was an opportunity for players such as Ben Currie, Joe Westerman and Daryl Clark to impress.
Having seen just 19 points in the two previous games he had watched, Bennett will have found this a step-up in quality, as third faced fourth in a ferociously contested game.
That said, it was two Australians in Chris Sandow and Gidley who had the quality to unlock Catalans, providing the killer passes for Atkins' and Penny's tries, while Dwyer's effort was down to his own sniping.
Pelissier had earlier teed up Bousquet with a short ball on a beautiful line, while teenage half-back Lucas Albert showed his class to pop a kick in behind for Yaha's score.
Not even Pat Richards' place kicking was enough though, as three tries to two and Gidley's cool penalty eventually separated the two title hopefuls.
Warrington: Ratchford; Russell, R. Evans, Atkins, Penny; Gidley, Sandow; Hill, Clark, Sims, Currie, Hughes, Westerman.
Replacements: Dwyer, Westwood, Bailey, Cox.
Catalans Dragons: Escare; Broughton, Gigot, Richards, Yaha; Carney, Albert, Baitieri, Stewart, Casty, Maria, Pelissier, Bousquet.
Replacements: Bosc, Margalet, Navarrete, Dezaria.
Referee: Chris Campbell (RFL)
Chelsea Cameron's parents were in the grip of their addiction when they missed her younger brother's first day at school and the day she was made head girl.
But in a heartfelt letter she has posted on her blog, the 18-year-old from Dundee does not criticise her mother and father for their absence.
Instead, she thanks them for teaching her to be independent, ambitious and to steer clear of drugs.
In one striking passage, she wrote: "Parents, both of you, thank you for teaching me that taking drugs ruins lives, breaks families apart and gives no one a quality of life worth living.
"I'll be eternally grateful for this lesson you have taught me which has a message which has stuck by me until this day and always will, I have never and will never have a desire to take harmful substances through your example."
The letter was published in the same week that Ms Cameron's father, Alexander, was jailed for a series of crimes at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Her mother, Tammy, told the Dundee Evening Telegraph that she was proud of her "amazing daughter".
She said: "No child should have to go through what Chelsea did and live that kind of life.
"I am ashamed and upset at my behaviour and am so sorry and so proud of her."
Ms Cameron said she had a "relatively normal" upbringing but she was aware that heroin and diazepam were a big part of her parents' lives.
She stopped living with them when she was 14, and instead stayed with various family and friends until she got her own home last October.
Despite her problems, the teenager excelled at school and discovered a passion for languages.
She was one of a group of pupils from Menzieshill High School, Dundee, who travelled to Uganda to carry out charity work.
And last year, as head girl, she spoke in front of hundreds of people at the school's prize giving ceremony.
Now she has landed an apprenticeship in administration.
She told the BBC Scotland news website that a teacher once told her class that anyone who was exposed to drug abuse as a child was "absolutely certain" to follow that path.
From that point, she was determined to make a success of her life.
"Society wasn't going to tell me what my future was going to be," she said. "Someone else's choices weren't going to determine my future."
Her positive outlook is reflected in the letter to her unemployed parents, in which she thanks them for teaching her to be ambitious.
She wrote: "Your example showed me that no ambition for education, work or any type of success is very harmful and leads to not a lot of self worth.
"Your example showed me that life is all about choices and that I didn't need to make the same ones you did."
The teenager also reveals that she hid the truth of her family life from her school friends until she was in the third or fourth year of high school.
She added: "Life is not sunshine and rainbows and thank you for teaching me that life is unfair, people disappoint you and there's sometimes nothing you can do about that. A lesson well learnt from the both of you."
She ends the letter: "I hope one day that you'll wake up and realise there is so much more the world has to offer you guys and when that day comes, please come to find me so we can enjoy life together.
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The 29-year-old, who arrived from Chelsea last week for £40m, played the first 45 minutes at the Aviva Stadium.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan headed home an early opener for United, before Dennis Praet levelled the score midway through the second half.
Juan Mata netted the winner when he swept in Anthony Martial's cross.
Jose Mourinho's side finish their pre-season campaign with six wins and one defeat from their seven matches.
United face Real Madrid in the Uefa Super Cup final on Tuesday before starting their Premier League campaign against West Ham on Sunday, 13 August.
24 March 2017 Last updated at 09:17 GMT
Blind children are performing in their very own orchestra.
When people heard about this new orchestra they started sending money to support them.
The project now has enough instruments for forty children to take part.
Newmarket FC player Shaun Whiter, 27, had the amputations following the crash in Newmarket, on 1 July.
Jan Adamec, 40, of Shetland Road, Haverhill, has been charged with two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He remains in custody and will appear at Cambridge Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Mr Whiter's friend, Joey Abbs, who plays for Soham Town Rangers, was also "seriously injured" in the crash, police said.
At the time of the accident, Mr Abbs' Vauxhall Astra had a flat tyre and Mr Whiter, an estate agent in Stansted, had pulled over to help.
After a decade of unsuccessfully fighting for independence, the autonomous region is now firmly under the control of its Russian-appointed leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, although separatist groups continue low-level guerrilla attacks.
In addition, jihadist groups, including those aligned with Islamic State terrorist organization, exist in the region.
Oil-rich Chechnya has enjoyed a period of relative stability under Mr Kadyrov. But critics have accused the pro-Moscow leader and his government of suppressing media and other freedoms, as well as human rights violations including kidnappings and torture.
Status Republic within Russian Federation
Population Approximately 1 million
Major languages Chechen, Russian
Major religions Islam, Christianity
Natural resources Oil
President: Ramzan Kadyrov
Ramzan Kadyrov, son of assassinated President Akhmad Kadyrov and a former rebel fighter, was nominated for the Chechen presidency by Russian President Vladimir Putin in spring 2007.
His tenure has marked a period of relative stability in Chechnya. Human rights groups have criticised Mr Kadyrov for allowing serious human rights violations to flourish in the republic.
Mr Kadyrov has defended himself against critics, insisting that iron rule is required to bring stability.
Reporters Without Borders includes President Kadyrov on its list of "Predators of Press Freedom". Chechnya has no opposition media. TV is the most popular medium and local broadcasts fall under state control. The Chechen government has also made steps to tighten online control.
Some key dates in Chechnya's history:
The men, including ex-South Yorkshire Police (SYP) chief inspector Sir Norman Bettison, attended Warrington Magistrates' Court in Cheshire.
No formal pleas were given for four of the men but former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell pleaded not guilty to health and safety charges.
They were all bailed until next month.
The court was told Sir Norman Bettison, who went on to become chief constable of Merseyside Police, Peter Metcalf, who was a solicitor for SYP, former Ch Supt Donald Denton and former Det Ch Insp Alan Foster, will plead not guilty when their cases reach crown court on 6 September.
Former Ch Supt David Duckenfield, who is also facing charges over the 1989 disaster, was not required to attend.
He was prosecuted privately in 1999 and the CPS is applying to the High Court to lift a court order imposed, which must be removed before Mr Duckenfield can be charged.
Mr Duckenfield was match commander at the FA Cup semi-final when 96 Liverpool fans were fatally injured in a crush.
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The defendants walked past family members of the 96 victims of the disaster who had gathered at the entrance of the court.
The full list of individuals and charges are:
Last year, new inquests into the disaster at the Liverpool v Nottingham Forest match, held at Sheffield Wednesday's ground, concluded the fans had been unlawfully killed.
The inquests found that Liverpool supporters were not responsible for the dangerous situation at the Leppings Lane turnstiles.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) brought charges following referrals from the Operation Resolve investigation into the causes of the disaster and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) probe.
Last month the CPS said there would be no manslaughter prosecution over the death of the 96th casualty, Anthony Bland, as he died almost four years later, and under the law in 1989 his death is now "out of time" to be prosecuted.
Multiple Tour de France stage winner Andre Greipel and ex-world champion Tom Boonen are among the confirmed entrants for the one-day event on 31 July.
Britain's Team Sky and Team Wiggins will enter riders, as will UCI World Tour teams Etixx - Quick-Step, Lotto Soudal, Cannondale and Dimension Data.
The 200km course takes a similar route to that used in the 2012 Olympic Games.
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"All the ingredients are in place to ensure this race once again lives up to its Classic name," said race director Mick Bennett.
"This is the strongest field we have ever assembled."
Team Sky will be looking for their first win in the race after Ben Swift finished runner-up in 2014 and third last year.
Sprinter Dan McLay, who beat Greipel when finishing third behind Mark Cavendish on the sixth stage of this year's Tour de France, will compete in a formidable looking Great Britain team that includes national road race champion Adam Blythe and time-trial winner Alex Dowsett.
The race will be shown live on BBC TV for the fourth successive year.
The Classic is part of the annual Prudential RideLondon cycling festival from 29-31 July. Other events include the RideLondon-Surrey 100 - a 100-mile amateur challenge on the same closed roads as the professionals.
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Marine scientist, David Gruber, was diving near the Solomon Islands when he shone a special light at the turtle and saw that it glowed in the dark.
Scientists think that the hawksbill turtle is the first reptile known to have biofluorescence, which enables the creature to absorb some colours of light and glow.
Video courtesy of David Gruber
Formerly known as Ernst and Young, it has proposed ending the provision of audit and account, compliance and reporting services at the office.
EY has begun a consultation process with the 35 workers who have been placed at risk of redundancy. Some staff could be redeployed, it said.
The company added that its tax team in Inverness was unaffected.
In a statement, the firm said: "EY can confirm that it is proposing to cease the provision of audit and account, compliance and reporting services from the Inverness office, with the intention to continue to deliver this service to our clients from other locations in Scotland and Newcastle.
"As a result, it is with regret that 35 people have been placed at risk of redundancy and a consultation process has begun.
"We do, of course, hope to explore other opportunities for individuals within EY, if skills are transferable.
"EY remain committed to the Inverness market and our assurance business in Scotland as a whole."
The force said its Wakefield headquarters had been fielding an increasing number of calls better suited to local councils or social services.
There has been an increase in calls relating to mental health issues due to council cutbacks, police said.
August saw 1,000 additional emergency calls a day compared to 2015.
The increase has prompted a call handler recruitment drive.
Recent time-wasting emergency calls include one from a man with a pizza "with not enough pepperoni" and a man needing a "lift to Halifax", the force said.
The 999 and 101 call handling department has over 200 staff, with an additional 46 being recruited to help reduce 101 call waiting times.
Tom Donohoe, head of the contact centre, said a rise in calls during August was because of an increase in alcohol-related incidents related to the warm weather.
He said: "In the past month or so, we have seen a dramatic increase in the volume of calls and we have taken all necessary steps to ensure that every call is dealt with."
The number of calls West Yorkshire Police are not able to deal with has risen to a fifth due to "misdirected calls" which should be going to other agencies, Mr Donohoe said.
"It can be an extremely rewarding role, as the call handlers help someone literally in their darkest hour, but can also be frustrating as we deal with many calls which are not for the police."
Witnesses said a satellite navigation error had caused the lorry to try and negotiate the narrow roads in Aberystwyth town centre, and reported gridlocked traffic as a result.
The lorry became stuck between North Parade and Alexandra Road in the town centre, before moving on to Stanley Road.
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Kane struck three times in 23 minutes as Spurs beat Stoke City 4-0 to climb to second in the Premier League table.
The 23-year-old also scored three against Fulham in the FA Cup on 19 February and against West Brom in the league on 14 January.
"He's playing at a very good level, a fantastic player," said Pochettino.
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Kane scored in the 14th, 32nd and 37th minutes as Spurs made it eight straight league wins at White Hart Lane.
Dele Alli scored in first-half stoppage time to complete the rout against mid-table Stoke.
Pochettino added: "He's one of the top strikers in the world and I think he deserves it because he's a great professional and top man. I'm happy for him.
"It doesn't surprise me, because I've told you many times that for me he's one of the best strikers in the world.
"This season we are not only winning games [at White Hart Lane], we are playing very well here - maybe because we all know it's the last season here and it's a very special atmosphere on the pitch and in the stadium."
Analysis by former Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas on Radio 5 live
That was a special performance by Harry Kane. There are only a select number of players who can score like he can on their weaker side.
More often than not, if he is in the box, he will hit it. It goes through bodies, goes through legs and ends up in the back of the net.
I just don't know how much more of a warning you need when he is on the edge of the box with the ball. He is lethal with both feet. You need to close him down. When you're hot, you're hot. It's as simple as that.
Former England striker Alan Shearer, who scored a record 260 Premier League goals: "Calm down Harry Kane! What is he after...a Premier League record or something?"
Former Tottenham striker Gary Lineker tweeted: "A third hat-trick for Kane in nine games. The last person to do that was....someone else."
Assistant boss Roy Keane said the Stoke striker trained "fully" on Saturday morning after suffering with Achilles problems over the past week.
"He got through it. It was a decent session for him," said Keane.
Previous injury concerns Robbie Keane, Robbie Brady and James McCarthy also all trained again without any problem.
"It's good for the manager to have all players available for selection," added the Republic assistant boss.
LA Galaxy striker Keane, 35, missed both the warm-up games against the Netherlands and Belarus because of a calf injury, while Everton midfield McCarthy, 25, has been bothered by groin and hamstring problems since the end of the club season.
Norwich's left-sided player Brady sustained a back twinge last weekend while picking his baby daughter out of the path.
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Republic player of the year Walters had taken only a light part in training on Thursday but, like all of the squad, was given the day off on Friday.
"We decided with the medical staff, we would try to keep as close to how the boys would be preparing, let's say, for club football and with Monday's game in mind, we'll train a couple of days beforehand," said the Republic boss on Friday at his team's training base in Versailles.
"Although we climbed on the bus and went down to the training ground, it was really just a walk.
"The medical staff are saying just leave Jon Walters as he is at this minute and let's see how he is tomorrow, just to see if there was any reaction from yesterday's training."
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Striker Shane Long accepts that Monday's opener is likely to prove a "key game" to the Republic's chances of progressing to the second round.
"If you look at the three games as a whole, I think the Sweden game is a great chance for us to put our stamp on the Euros and really put ourselves in with the best chance of progressing," said the Southampton forward.
For his part, O'Neill acknowledged that the excitement is starting to build within the squad.
"Very much so. It's right upon us," added the manager, whose squad arrived in France on Wednesday.
"When you are coming in on Wednesday, I think you forget the competition actually starts quickly, and the weekend will fly in, I bet you.
After the Group E opener against Sweden at the Stade de France, the Republic face Belgium in Bordeaux on 18 June before taking on Italy in Lille four days later.
McCoy, 40, announced on Saturday that this season will be his last in racing.
In an in-depth interview with the BBC, the 19-time champion jockey said a three-week injury lay-off earlier this season was the "toughest" of his career because it ended his hopes of reaching the 300 milestone.
He discusses the decision to retire, injuries and his plans for the future.
McCoy spoke to racehorse owner JP McManus, agent Dave Roberts and wife Chanelle before announcing his decision to retire after riding his 200th winner at Newbury on Saturday.
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"Dave Roberts came for dinner and my wife, Chanelle, had no idea why he was coming down. The only person that I'd really spoken to about it was JP, my boss.
"I was a bit low for the next couple of days, so I think I'm going to have my moments.
"I jokingly said I started thinking about it five years ago. In some ways I was joking but I thought, '20 jockey championships, is that realistic? Could I possibly achieve that?'
"And then when I rode my 4,000th winner, I was quite happy and people were asking about riding 5,000. To this day I still feel I could ride 5,000 winners, if I wasn't in the position that I'm in.
"I've been very lucky all my life and the way it happened at Newbury couldn't have been any better.
"It was for JP. I'd ridden a winner earlier in the day on a horse of John Ferguson's to get me to 199. It was my local track, my wife was only down the road. She wasn't even going to come racing until she heard I'd won the first one.
"In some ways I wanted to and in some ways I didn't. I would have liked not to have to announced I was retiring."
With 200 wins this season, McCoy is 79 clear of closest rival Richard Johnson as the Northern Irishman closes in on a 20th jockeys' championship.
"I genuinely think if I retired today and came back as someone else tomorrow, I could ride another 700 winners, no problem. The thing for me was being lucky enough to be in the position I'm in.
"I've won 19 jockeys' championships and hopefully this year will be my 20th. You try to achieve that every year and I always had that little fear of carrying on longer than I should do.
"I've looked up to leading sportspeople all my life. In the last few years, you look at Brian O'Driscoll, who went out at the top. Sir Alex Ferguson won Manchester United's 20th title and retired. That is the way you should depart, when you're at what you think is the top of your game.
"That is the most difficult thing about it because you're leaving when you're still enjoying what you do and at a time when you'd like to carry on, but sometimes you've got to do the right thing.
"I thought about leaving it until the end of the year but I didn't want speculation and people writing about it and talking about it. I wanted it to be on my terms."
The extensive list of injures McCoy has suffered during his 20-year career includes a broken leg, arm, ankle, both wrists, shoulder blades, collar bones, cheekbones and all of his ribs. He has also broken several vertebrae in his back, suffered punctured lungs and had all his teeth replaced due to racing injuries.
Of all of his setbacks, McCoy said a fall at Worcester in October 2014 was the hardest to deal with because it meant he would not achieve his ambition of riding 300 winners in a season.
"I won't miss them but those things challenge you in life and maybe that's the way I am.
"I'm the kind of person who likes to be challenged. When I fell, I always felt I could get up again and carry on.
"After the fall at Worcester, at the time I was the only one who knew what I was dealing with. I had a punctured lung, I dislocated a collarbone, I had broken two ribs. I went back riding after three days and managed to break the same collarbone I'd dislocated.
"I was doing press-ups on the ground to show the doctors it wasn't sore. That's something I don't think I'd have been able to do 15 years ago. It's something I've trained my mind and body to cope with.
"I had the aspiration of riding 300 winners at that time and I knew if I wanted to do that then I had to carry on. I couldn't afford the days off but in the end I had to face up to it.
"Those three weeks I had off were probably, emotionally, the toughest in my racing career.
"At that point in the season I had ridden my fastest 50th winner, my fastest 100th winner, my fastest 150th winner and I thought, 'I can ride 300 winners and this would be the way I'd like to retire'.
"I'd have achieved what I have never been able to achieve in 20 years. When that was taken away from me, that's probably the one thing that hit me the hardest."
At 17, McCoy rode his first winner in Ireland in 1992 and began racing in England two years later. He says he has no firm plans for his retirement but would like to stay involved in racing.
"I'm slightly concerned I have a bit of an obsessive personality. I like to have this idea that I'm going to enjoy my retirement a bit. There's sporting events around the world that I would like to go and see.
"If Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fought in Las Vegas, I'd like to go and see that. I'd like to go and see Rory McIlroy win the Masters and watch Arsenal win the Champions League final.
"I love racing and it's been so good to me. I'm not going to be bitter about the fact I can't ride any more. I'm well aware that this happens to everyone.
"Whether it be this year or next year, I know there's going to be a good horse that I could have ridden. I would like to stay within racing and try to do whatever good I can for the sport.
"I don't think retiring is anything to be congratulated for. I've been extremely lucky and I know it's the right thing and that the time is right."
A decision was made in September to include the Army's Irish Guards team after a rule banning British security forces from the GAA was overturned.
But a London hurling club has been attempting to have them excluded again.
The GAA has now moved to stop a vote that could see the Army team removed.
The London board of Gaelic games' ruling body was due to hold a vote on Monday night on the proposal by the Harrow-based Granuaile to scrap last year's decision to allow the Irish Guards to compete in the junior football championship.
But Páraic Duffy, the director general of the Irish-based GAA, contacted the London board and it subsequently suspended the vote.
Aogán ó Fearghail, the GAA president, said the association's central council would discuss the matter.
"We've written to the London GAA board and we've asked them not to make a decision on that until we, as a management, have a look at that," he said.
"Because it's nothing to do with one club, it's all clubs - we've close to 2,000 clubs.
"If we accept a club into our association, then it shouldn't be so simple to just remove them."
A spokesman for the GAA added that the association's management committee and central council would meet this weekend.
British security forces have been allowed to join the GAA since the rule banning them was historically lifted in 2001.
The GAA spokesman said "only [Granuaile] can confirm the rationale behind their submission" for a proposal to "revisit the affiliation processed in relation to the Irish Guards".
The 46-year-old, who has just concluded a four-game stint as interim manager following Sam Allardyce's departure, is the only candidate.
The England Under-21 coach was interviewed by a five-person panel but no announcement is expected until any appointment is ratified at a full FA board meeting at the end of the month.
The panel comprised FA chairman Greg Clarke, chief executive Martin Glenn, technical director Dan Ashworth, League Managers' Association chairman Howard Wilkinson and former England defender Graeme Le Saux.
"The FA has to be seen to be going through the process," ex-FA chief executive Mark Palios told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
"Maybe it is a process to iron out some things they expect of an England manager, so it is more of a briefing for Southgate than an interview.
"Everyone knows Gareth. They know him from around the FA, they know him through his involvement with the under-21s."
Meanwhile, it appears unlikely the FA will take action against England and Liverpool midfielders Jordan Henderson and Adam Lallana after reports they visited a strip club while on international duty.
The pair allegedly made the trip a day after a World Cup qualifying win over Scotland and less than three days before a draw in a friendly with Spain.
The FA is declining to comment.
Southgate has left England top of their World Cup qualifying group after victories against Malta and Scotland and a goalless draw in Slovenia.
His last game as interim manager almost resulted in a win over Spain but England were denied victory by two late goals.
England next play in March, with a friendly against World Cup winners Germany in Dortmund, followed by a home qualifier against Lithuania.
It is also understood the FA did not tell England captain Wayne Rooney to apologise over "inappropriate" pictures of him at a wedding at the team hotel during the same international break.
The Sun newspaper published images it said showed Rooney drunk at a party late on Saturday night - a day after the 3-0 win over Scotland on 11 November.
Rooney "unreservedly" apologised to interim England manager Gareth Southgate after pictures emerged.
The 31-year-old Manchester United striker has since branded reaction to his late-night conduct as "disgraceful" and vowed he is "not finished yet".
The FA, which is also looking into claims several players were out until late after the Scotland game, has now banned England players from having nights out while on international duty.
It is believed that Henderson, who was captain for the 2-2 draw with Spain at Wembley, and Lallana, did not break an FA players' code of conduct, which is seen as a set of guidelines rather than specific rules.
Nadia Eweida took her case to the ECHR after BA made her stop wearing her white gold cross visibly.
The court said BA had not struck a fair balance between Ms Eweida's religious beliefs and the company's wish to "project a certain corporate image".
It ruled the rights of three others had not been violated by their employers.
But they said Ms Eweida's rights had been violated under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The four Christians had brought cases against the UK government for not protecting their rights but ministers, who contested the claims, argued that the rights of the employees were only protected in private.
By Robert PigottReligious affairs correspondent, BBC News
Although Nadia Eweida's victory shows that Christians can see wearing a cross at work as part of behaving in accordance with their religion, the court's decision was based on special circumstances - including the fact that a discreet cross would not have adversely affected British Airways' public image.
It's perhaps more significant that Shirley Chaplin's case was dismissed, along with those of Gary McFarlane and Lillian Ladele. Today's judgement sets the legal seal on years in which traditionalist Christians have tried, and failed, to defend their values against secular ones in British courts.
The message coming from Strasbourg is that although people are entitled to hold religious views, that right is severely limited in the workplace when it comes into conflict with the rights of other people. The judgement also hands considerable discretion to employers to set reasonable policies and then insist that employees follow them whatever their religious beliefs.
Ms Eweida, 60, a Coptic Christian from Twickenham in south-west London, told the BBC she was "jumping with joy" after the ruling, adding it had "not been an easy ride".
British Airways said its uniform policy was changed in 2007 to allow Miss Eweida and others to "wear symbols of faith" and that she and other employees had been working under these arrangements for the last six years.
It said Ms Eweida did not attend work for a period of time in 2006 while an internal appeal was held into her refusal to remove her cross but she remained a British Airways employee.
The British government was ordered to pay Ms Eweida 2,000 euros (£1,600) in damages and 30,000 euros (£25,000) costs.
A tribunal decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court in the UK before she took her case to the ECHR.
Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "delighted" that the "principle of wearing religious symbols at work has been upheld", adding that people "shouldn't suffer discrimination due to religious beliefs".
The other cases involved nurse Shirley Chaplin, 57, whose employer also stopped her wearing necklaces with a cross, Gary McFarlane, 51, a marriage counsellor sacked after saying he might object to giving sex therapy advice to gay couples, and registrar Lillian Ladele who was disciplined after she refused to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.
The four had made individual applications to the ECHR after losing separate employment tribunals but their cases were heard together.
They argued their employers' actions went against articles 9 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protected their rights to "freedom of thought, conscience and religion" and prohibited religious discrimination.
Ms Ladele was disciplined by Islington Council, in north London, after saying she did not want to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies. Her lawyers said the service could have been performed by other employees who were prepared to carry them out.
ECHR judges said the council's action was legitimate as it was obliged to consider the rights of same-sex couples.
Mike Judge, of the Christian Institute, which backed Ms Ladele's case, said: "What this case shows is that Christians with traditional beliefs about marriage are at risk of being left out in the cold."
Mr McFarlane, a Bristol relationship counsellor, worked for the Avon branch of national charity Relate but was sacked for gross misconduct in 2008 after saying on a training course he might have an objection to discussing sexual problems with gay couples.
The court said clients of the service where he was employed could not be allocated in accordance with their sexual orientation.
Source: BBC Religion and Ethics
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Mr McFarlane told the BBC that the decision in his case was "a regrettable judgment" for all faiths, not just Christians.
Ms Chaplin, from Exeter, was transferred to a desk job by Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust Hospital for failing to remove a confirmation crucifix on a small chain, which she had worn to work for 30 years.
The court said the decision was necessary to protect the health and safety of nurses and patients.
She said she thought British Christians would be "devastated" by the ruling.
The three plan to ask for their cases to go to appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR.
Employment lawyers at firm Slater and Gordon said the decision did not change the situation that discriminating against a person purely because of their religion was against UK law.
They said it also showed that corporate image did not trump a person's right to reasonable expression of their religious belief.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and the Equalities Minister Maria Miller both welcomed the ruling.
Keith Porteous-Wood, of the National Secular Society, said: "Religious people who feel elements of their job go against their conscience can always find employment that better matches their needs. That is true religious freedom."
Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights group Liberty, said the judgment was "an excellent result for equal treatment, religious freedom and common sense".
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, said the Equality Act "encourages employers to embrace diversity - including people of faith".
Gere plays a homeless man in New York in Time Out Of Mind, while Dormer stars in supernatural horror, The Forest.
The Coen Brothers Hail, Caesar!, which stars George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson and Tilda Swinton, will open the festival on 17 February.
There will be 308 events and 174 films shown before the close on 28 February.
Festival co-director Allison Gardner said she was "really delighted" as full details of the 2016 programme were published.
"We've got some exceptional premieres in our Gala strand, a great and thoroughly original line up of documentaries...and a really charming, child-friendly modern families programme.
"The festival keeps moving forward, with new developments like our industry focus conference, whilst also maintaining our roots as an audience-focused festival where everyone can come together to share a love of cinema."
Other notable names attending include director Ben Wheatley, who will support his adaptation of JG Ballard's High-Rise.
Game of Thrones and Skins actor Hannah Murray will also be there to support Bridgend, which examines suicides in a Welsh town in the mid 2000s.
She will be joined by fellow cast members Josh O'Connor (Ripper Street, Peaky Blinders) and Steven Waddington (The Imitation Game, Sleepy Hollow) and director Jeppe Rønde.
Director Michael Caton-Jones (The Jackal, This Boy's Life) and actor Letitia Wright (Cucumber and Banana) will attend in support of the UK premiere of Urban Hymn.
The festival will also feature a number of works featuring the late David Bowie.
D A Pennebaker's concert film of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars screens on 20 February, preceded by the documentary short, Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under.
The festival will close with the UK premier of Anomalisa, a romantic stop motion animation directed and produced by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson.
The investigation was described as an "absurd provocation" by Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were occupied by Soviet communist forces in 1940. The USSR broke up in 1991.
Last week Russia's chief prosecutor declared illegal the transfer of Crimea from Russia to Ukraine in 1954.
At the time Russia and Ukraine were republics of the USSR, under communist leader Nikita Khrushchev.
Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 was condemned internationally. Ethnic Russians there voted to rejoin Russia, in a highly controversial referendum.
There are large ethnic Russian minorities in Estonia and Latvia, while Lithuania has a smaller ethnic Russian minority.
A source at the prosecutor's office, quoted by Russia's Interfax news agency, said the investigation into the Baltic states' independence followed a request from two parliamentary deputies.
In their letter, MPs Yevgeny Fyodorov and Anton Romanov, of President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, said the 1991 decision to recognise Baltic independence had been taken "by an unconstitutional body".
The source added that there would not be "legal consequences" if the 1991 recognition of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was deemed to be illegal.
The three Baltic states joined the EU and Nato in 2004. In recent years Russia has viewed that as a hostile challenge to its security interests.
Russian-Baltic tensions have been rising since the Crimea annexation and the outbreak of fighting in eastern Ukraine in April 2014. Heavily armed pro-Russian separatists there are clashing daily with Ukrainian government troops.
Nato has stepped up its presence in the Baltic states, responding to massive Russian military exercises, including heightened Russian air force activity in the Baltic.
Reacting to the Russian prosecutor's move, Lithuania's foreign minister called it "a provocation to say the least" and "legally, morally and politically absurd".
Stuttgarter Zeitung claimed on Tuesday that Kimmich, 22, would depart Bayern because of a lack of games, despite him being under contract until 2020.
They stated that he was likely to sign for either fellow German side RB Leipzig or Manchester City.
"This is a monstrous fallacy," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
"This story lacks any foundation. Joshua Kimmich has a contract with FC Bayern until 2020 and will definitely play for the next season for FC Bayern."
In a statement on their official website, Bayern stated that the club had "immediately taken legal action against the Stuttgart newspaper".
German international Kimmich played for Leipzig for two seasons in the German second and third division before moving to Bayern in 2015 when now Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was in charge.
He has started 15 Bundesliga games this season, coming off the bench 11 times as Carlo Ancelotti's side wrapped up a fifth straight title.
The study found that taller people had a slightly higher risk of breast cancer and skin cancer, among other cancers.
Its results found that for every extra 10cm (4in) of height, when fully grown, the risk of developing cancer increased by 18% in women and 11% in men.
But experts said the study did not take into account many risk factors and that tall people should not be worried.
To reduce risk of cancer, the most important things to do are:
Previous studies have shown a link between height and an increased risk of developing cancer, although why it exists is not known.
In a preliminary report of the study, presented at the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology conference, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm describe how they tracked a large group of Swedish adults for more than 50 years.
Taller women had a 20% greater risk of developing breast cancer, they said, while taller men and women increased their risk of skin cancer (or melanoma) by 30%.
This study's early findings are very similar in size to those found by other studies.
Dr Emelie Benyi, who led the study, said the results could help to identify risk factors that could lead to the development of treatments.
But she added: "As the cause of cancer is multi-factorial, it is difficult to predict what impact our results have on cancer risk at the individual level."
Although it is clear that adult height is not a cause of cancer, it is thought to be a marker for other factors related to childhood growth.
Scientists say taller people have more growth factors, which could encourage cancer development, they have more cells in their body because of their size, which increases the risk of one of them turning cancerous, and a higher food intake, which also makes them more at risk of cancer.
Prof Dorothy Bennett, head of the molecular cell sciences research centre, St George's, University of London, said it was "very plausible" that the risk of cancer in a person should be related to the number of cells in their body
"A cancer arises by mutations from a single normal cell. Bigger people have more cells (not bigger cells)," she said.
"So melanoma risk, for example, might be expected to increase with surface area (amount of skin), which is related to the square of height."
Sarah Williams, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, said the study did not take into account factors such as smoking or whether women went for breast screening.
She added: "Whatever your height, there are lots of things you can do to reduce the risk of cancer - not smoking, cutting down on alcohol, eating healthily, being active, having a healthy weight and enjoying the sun safely can each help you stack the odds against the disease."
It was the death there of his brother - the commander of Israel's hostage rescue mission at Entebbe airport in July 1976 - that pushed Mr Netanyahu into public life, a path that would eventually take him to the leadership of his country.
But Mr Netanyahu's Africa tour - he is also visiting Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda - represents something of a reprise of the diplomatic past as well.
For, during the 1950s and early 1960s, Israel developed strong ties with several African countries.
In common with many African nations, Israel was seen as a young country that had established itself through its own independence struggle. Trade and security ties flourished.
But this was not to last. A whole combination of factors prompted a souring of ties between Israel and African capitals between 1966 and 1973.
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There was Israel's occupation of territory captured in the 1967 Six Day War. There was growing pressure from Arab states and, by the Middle East War in 1973, the oil weapon was a potent tool.
Guinea was the first to break off ties after the 1967 war. Uganda followed in 1972. Chad, Congo and Burundi followed. Israel's relations with some 35 African states simply fell apart.
Subsequently, Israel's security relationship with the apartheid regime in South Africa proved an additional obstacle to restoring ties.
But now things are changing. In part, it is a question of Africa's own growing prosperity and its search for technology and economic partners. Israel too is eager for new markets.
But is also gathering vital diplomatic support as well because African votes on bodies like the UN Security Council and at related organisations like the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, can prove of crucial significance.
Israel's relationship with Sub-Saharan African states is taking on greater importance as some of its ties with its traditional allies in Europe cool.
Indeed it is part of a wider re-orientation of Israel's network of relationships, with countries such as India and China growing in importance.
After years of keeping their distance, African politicians are now eager to go to Israel.
The Kenyan President was there in February and, in March, Mr Netanyahu met Ghana's foreign minister. Even links with South Africa may be improving.
The Director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Dore Gold visited Pretoria earlier this year, the first such high-level visit for several years.
For Israel the benefits are clear: a more balanced foreign policy and crucial support in international bodies.
For African nations there is access to Israeli expertise in areas such as high technology, agriculture and irrigation.
But intelligence and security is going to loom large.
At a time when Islamist extremism is a growing problem in significant parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, with contagion spreading south from Libya and groups like Boko Haram exploiting ties with so-called Islamic State, there are obvious mutual benefits for Israel and its renewed African partners.
The ape, called John Daniel, was adopted by Alyce Cunningham, from Uley, Gloucestershire, in 1918 after her brother bought it for £300 in London.
Village archivist Margaret Groom has published a collection of pictures of John Daniel in a book about Uley.
The animal was sold to an American when it became too big for Ms Cunningham to look after. It died in 1922.
Mrs Groom found the collection of photos in the village archives and said it was "quite unique to have a gorilla grow up here".
She said: "People still talk about it and a lot of people don't believe it. They say 'oh no that can't be possible'."
John Daniel was captured as a baby in Gabon and brought to the UK, where Ms Cunnigham's brother Rupert Penny saw it for sale in a department store.
She adopted the ape and nicknamed him Sultan.
Mrs Groom said John Daniel was raised like a normal child, had its own bedroom and could use the light switch and toilet.
She said the villagers were very fond of the ape, which would play with children, eat roses from garden and drink cups of tea.
Once it grew to adult size Ms Cunningham could no longer look after it so, in 1921, she sold it to an American for one thousand guineas.
She thought it would be sent to a home in Florida, but instead the ape ended up in Barnum and Baileys Circus.
There its health deteriorated, with reports reaching Ms Cunningham that the animal was pining for her.
She set sail for New York but the gorilla, by now aged four-and-a-half, died from pneumonia before she arrived.
The story of John Daniel is also set to be part of an exhibition later this year in Uley.
Kyle Walker's £45m move to Manchester City and Harry Maguire's £17m transfer to Leicester have benefited the Blades.
The sell-on fees for the ex-players, who left in 2009 and 2014 respectively, will now be reinvested in the squad.
"We've done fantastically well in terms of protecting ourselves with the likes of Jamie Murphy, Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire," Wilder said.
"The Championship is a hell of a tough division, so any money that can be made available to myself, I'll try to spend it and use it wisely on additions to make us better."
The Blades are reportedly due 10% of the transfer fees paid to Walker's former club Tottenham, and Hull City for Maguire, while the same will also apply if Murphy moves on from current club Brighton.
United have already signed Fulham defender Richard Stearman, but following their promotion from League One, Wilder wants more additions, with Southend's Ryan Leonard one of those being pursued.
"We're still after Ryan - it's not a secret. We're in for a few players and Ryan is one of them," Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"We're making bids all over the place. We're looking for a centre-half, a centre-midfield player and maybe somebody at the top of the pitch.
"We're still in the early part of pre-season, there's still a lot of work to be done and we're actively trying to do some work."
The repayments, and another for €4.2bn to the European Central Bank (ECB) due on Monday, came after the EU made Greece a short-term loan of €7bn.
Cash-strapped Greece missed one repayment to the IMF in June and another earlier this month.
Earlier on Monday, Greek banks reopened after being closed for three weeks.
However, many restrictions remain and Greeks are facing price rises with an increase in Value Added Tax (VAT).
Just because the doors of Greek banks are open today, don't be fooled into thinking they and the Greek economy are anywhere near back to recovery.
There are still major restrictions on the ability of their customers to obtain their cash or move it around.
The symbolic importance of the European Central Bank turning on the emergency lending tap again was important, but it has only been turned on a fraction.
It has given enough additional Emergency Liquidity Assistance - €900m - to keep the banks alive in a technical sense.
There is no possibility of them thriving for months and even possibly years.
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IMF spokesman Gerry Rice confirmed in a statement that Greece had repaid the totality of its arrears.
"As we have said, the fund stands ready to continue assisting Greece in its efforts to return to financial stability and growth," he said.
Greece missed its first repayment to the IMF on 30 June and another on 13 July during deadlock over negotiations for a third bailout.
The crisis brought Greece to the brink of economic collapse and an exit from the euro.
The government has since reached a cash-for-reforms deal with its creditors and negotiations are due to begin on the proposed €86bn rescue package.
For the past three weeks, Greeks have been waiting in line at cash machines to withdraw a maximum of €60 (£41) a day, a restriction imposed amid fear of a run on the banks.
From Monday, the daily limit becomes a weekly one capped at €420 (£291), meaning Greeks will not have to queue every day.
However, a block on transfers to foreign banks and a ban on cashing cheques remain in place.
VAT is rising from 13% to 23% meaning Greeks will pay more on a range of goods and services, including taxis and restaurants.
The rise was among a package of reforms demanded by Greece's creditors.
Dimitris Chronis, an Athens kebab shop owner, said the new taxes were bad news for his business.
"I can't put up my prices because I'll have no customers at all," he said.
"We used to deliver to offices nearby but most of them have closed. People would order a lot and buy food for their colleagues on special occasions. That era is over."
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced a rebellion from within his left-wing Syriza party over the tough austerity measures being demanded by other eurozone leaders, who are among Greece's creditors.
But last week's vote in the Greek parliament paved the way for Greece to receive the €7bn bridging loan that enabled the reopening of the banks.
Mr Tsipras has since replaced his rebel ministers but analysts say his government has been weakened and fresh elections may be held in September or October.
The Greek parliament is due to hold a second vote on Wednesday on measures including justice and banking reforms. The government is again likely to scrape through, supported by opposition parties.
Representatives from Greece's creditors - known as the Troika - are due to arrive in the country soon and talks on the new bailout are expected to last about a month.
The tough negotiations over Greece have also revealed divisions within the eurozone about the future of the bloc.
Germany, which is the largest contributor to Greek rescue funds, has taken a tough line on Greece, while other states, such as France, have appeared more conciliatory.
On Monday, French President Francois Hollande put forward his ideas for a new parliament for the eurozone countries and a shared budget.
The eurozone is currently managed by the Eurogroup, made up of the finance ministers of each nation.
The Scots have been drawn in the same pool as Six Nations rivals Ireland and World Cup hosts Japan.
Two teams will come through the qualifying process to make up the section.
"It's certainly the best one I've seen in my years of playing," said Lamont, who won 105 Scotland caps.
"I definitely reckon we'll qualify, if not qualify top. There's not that one big team that you always think, 'oh, that's going to be a real tough one' - the New Zealands, South Africas, Australias even Englands at the moment.
"All the pools will be tough, but for us it's been a good draw.
"It's one of the more even pools. It's a great, great opportunity to qualify, and qualify top. It's teams we know and have beaten before.
"We should be looking for at least semis. That's the standard we need to start aiming for, especially the way we've been playing recently."
Gregor Townsend takes over from Vern Cotter as Scotland head coach for this summer's tour, which will take in matches against Italy, Australia and Fiji in the southern hemisphere.
"If Gregor comes in and continues to build on Vern's basis and [with] the squad we've got and the depth we now have in positions, there's no reason we can't be aiming for semis and onwards," said Lamont, who worked with Townsend at Glasgow Warriors.
"We've got to be aiming big.
"Gregor is very meticulous in his planning. He's very concise on what he wants from the players. He demands a high level and he expects the players to conform to that.
"Gregor's a good coach, he knows what he wants and he'll do well with Scotland."
Scotland toured Japan last summer and won both Tests and also beat Ireland during this year's Six Nations.
"They have come on massively," recently retired Lamont said of Japan. "Rugby's growing massively over there.
"You look at last World Cup, they beat South Africa. After that game they went from a viewing population of 500,000 to a couple of million.
"Whoever's in the pool with Japan, you'll always be the enemy. You're going to come up against the crowd, which can make a big difference on the referee. Japan are going to be really fired up.
"Our record's not always the best against Ireland. They've got a lot of quality players, they know how to win. They are a tough team. For top of the group, they're probably favourites at the moment. They're the ones to beat.
"We've improved massively as a nation, but we can't be thinking we've made it already and qualified. We have to fight for everything."
President Jacob Zuma said the nation had lost a leading pioneer of jazz who promoted a "cosmopolitan culture".
Born to a shoemaker and a domestic worker in racially segregated South Africa, she performed with US stars such as Roberta Flack and Patti LaBelle in a career of more than 50 years.
Klaasen was battling pancreatic cancer at the time of her death.
"She was a role model to many of our young and upcoming musicians and her legacy will live on for generations to come," Mr Zuma said in a statement.
As a teenager, Klaasen's face was permanently disfigured in an acid attack by a jealous rival.
Recalling the incident, she said that "even if people in the street make you feel like you have leprosy or like you're dirty... you must be strong".
Klaasen grew up under white minority rule in South Africa, and gained a reputation for fighting both racism and sexism.
"Her career as a singer and dancer began in the mid-1950s when the apartheid and patriarchal system were entrenched but that did not deter her from pursuing her dreams," the governing African National Congress women's wing said in a statement.
Analysis: Milton Nkosi, BBC Africa, Johannesburg
Affectionately known as Sis Thandi, Klaasen was not just a brilliant jazz musician. She was far more than that. She was the very embodiment of triumph over adversity.
The horrific acid attack on her face did not dim the fire in her soul to share her rare talent in the arts. She also survived intolerable racial obstacles which were experienced by many black artists during the dark days of apartheid in Sophiatown, which was demolished by the then-minority regime as part of its policy of promoting segregated living.
Klaasen became a pillar of support for younger female artists like Mara Louw and many others by offering her wise counsel on issues that where outside the realm of jazz.
World renowned musician Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse put it aptly when he said: "Sad news. Rest in peace Thandi Klassen, always humble and so gracious. We have lost a giant of South African music."
Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa said Klaasen had a "silky smooth voice which serenaded audiences the world over".
"How much richer we are having heard her sing. How much she touched our spirits and made us complete beings in a world in which things were falling apart," he added.
The main opposition Democratic Alliance described her as a "guiding light" in the arts industry.
"South Africa is a country filled with talent and hope, and Thandi Klaasen's story shows what we can achieve - even in the most difficult of circumstances," it added.
Mr Zuma gave her one of South Africa's highest awards, the Order of the Baobab, in 2006 for her "excellent achievement in and contribution to music".
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The cute little baby panda was actually born a month ago and it was all caught on CCTV.
The keepers have been monitoring the pair closely and say the cub is growing well but doesn't have a name yet.
It was announced last month that giant pandas had been removed from the list of "endangered" species.
Take a look at our video to see giant panda, Yaya, holding her little cub.
More than 150 world leaders have converged to launch the two-week talks, known as COP21.
The last major meeting in 2009 ended in failure. But French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is chairing the meeting, said a deal was within reach.
Most of the discussions are expected to centre on an agreement to limit global warming to 2C (3.6F).
Assessments of the more than 180 national plans that have been submitted by countries suggest that if they were implemented the world would see a rise of nearer to 3C.
Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar Vidal declared this year's meeting open on Monday.
Strong action on carbon emissions is essential for multiple reasons, said Mr Vidal, who hosted last year's UN climate conference in Lima.
Mr Vidal said a deal would show the world that countries can work together to fight global warming as well as terrorism.
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Christiana Figueres, the head of the UN's climate change negotiations, addressed delegates at the start of the summit.
"Never before has a responsibility so great been in the hands of so few," she said. "The world is looking to you. The world is counting on you."
COP 21 - the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties - will see more than 190 nations gather in Paris to discuss a possible new global agreement on climate change, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of dangerous warming due to human activities.
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The talks are taking place amid tight security, two weeks after attacks in Paris claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group.
Negotiators from 195 countries will try to reach a deal at the meeting.
This year, world leaders are attending the start of the two-week meeting to give impetus to the talks.
Some 150 heads of state, including US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, have arrived at the summit.
Major points of contention include:
Among those attending the talks is the broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough. He said he was not confident that the Paris talks would produce a deal to tackle the "hideous problem" of climate change.
"We know the consequences of a rise of temperature, what it will do for the oceans, for example," he told the BBC.
"Increasing temperature of the oceans will cause havoc amongst the fish stocks and similarly increasing the temperature of the Earth is causing the spread of deserts.
"The problems of a rise in temperatures are huge; it has to be avoided at all costs."
The Prince of Wales said that humanity faces no greater threat than climate change, as he issued a call for immediate action to tackle rising temperatures.
Charles told the summit: "Rarely in human history have so many people around the world placed their trust in so few.
"Your deliberations over the next two weeks will decide the fate not only of those alive today, but also of generations yet unborn."
The 52-year-old will keep his role with the Foxes after helping them win the Premier League title last season.
England's first qualifier for the 2018 World Cup in Russia is against Slovakia in Trnava on 4 September.
"Craig will be a tremendous asset. I'm grateful to Leicester for their help in making this happen," said Allardyce.
Shakespeare said: "Leicester have been really good to me. I am sure the international experience I get from being alongside Sam and [assistant manager] Sammy Lee will add to my work at the club."
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Jermaine Baker, 28, from Tottenham, was killed in north London last December.
A legal bid by his family in the name of his four-year-old daughter to stop the officer - known as "officer FE16" - retiring failed and a High Court judge ruled he was free to leave.
Mr Baker's "outraged" mother vowed to continue her "fight for justice".
The 52-year-old officer is under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission but will retire at midnight and will not face disciplinary proceedings.
He is set to take up a new career as an adviser to a television production company.
Mr Baker and two other men were waiting in a car to try to free a prisoner who was being taken to Wood Green Crown Court.
Officer FE16 was not the officer who fired the fatal shot but was in charge of the tactical operation.
The legal action was launched in the name of Mr Baker's daughter - known only as AB - through her mother acting as her "litigation friend".
Lawyers had sought a court order to stop FE16 from retiring, giving them time to seek judicial review of the Met's decision not to suspend him from duty.
They said officer FE16 should be suspended from duty, which would have meant he would still have been liable to face disciplinary action.
The judge, Mr Justice Mitting, said there had been a prospect of the officer facing misconduct charges.
But he said the likely benefit to Mr Baker's family if those proceedings went ahead was "not great" and was outweighed by the "serious interference" they would cause to the officer's right "to conduct his life as he wishes".
The judge said the allegation against FE16 concerned a briefing which "may not have given an entirely accurate picture" about whether those in the car in which Mr Baker died were "in possession of an actual firearm".
The judge stressed there was no suggestion that FE16 was retiring to avoid disciplinary action, nor was there any possibility of him facing trial.
He had already given notice that he would retire in September after a 30-year career when he was told he was under investigation.
The Met firearms officer who fired the fatal shot is under criminal caution, with decisions pending on whether he will face a criminal trial.
Deborah Coles, director of the charity Inquest, said: "We find the decision to allow a police officer to retire whilst under IPCC investigation into the fatal shooting a young man indefensible.
"This can only undermine family and public confidence in the investigation process. All police shootings must be subject to rigorous and exhaustive investigation and every individual police officer involved should be held accountable for their actions until the investigation conclude."
Mr Baker's mother Margaret Smith said she was concerned that the IPCC had "allowed this to happen".
"I feel they have failed me and my family. This will not deter us - the fight for justice for Jermaine will go on," she said.
Councillors will be told next week that £1.7m has already been spent.
A large proportion of the money is being spent on repairing and refurbishing 22 flood-damaged council houses in the Ballater area.
Replacing a collapsed section of the A93, near Crathie, cost £300,000.
Hull's owners are trying to sell the club, while Bruce has also been linked with the vacant England manager's job.
The 55-year-old said in June he would stay with the club, but he admitted new owners could replace him when asked if he was certain of his position.
"I really don't know that. I'm quietly confident," he said.
"If that's not the case and the club can get better then I'll accept it like a big boy and that's football, it happens.
"Any potential buyer would need to have deep pockets to compete in the Premier League. We've just seen two giants of clubs, Newcastle and Aston Villa, slip out of it, so we know how difficult it is.
"So let's hope that if they come, then that can move the club forward. If the club moves forward and is bigger and better, even if that's without me, then so be it."
Bruce is one of the outsiders to take over as England boss, but has been backed by BBC pundit Alan Shearer as his favourite to replace Roy Hodgson.
The former Manchester United midfielder, who was never capped by England, said he was flattered to be linked with the job, but said no approach had been made.
"I think the top of the FA in my opinion should be English. I've always said that, there's nobody more patriotic than I am," he told BBC Radio Humberside.
"If they're going to go English it's highly flattering and I'm honoured to be linked with it.
"It's the pinnacle to go and manage your country. What bigger job in the world is there?"
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) wanted to build five turbines at Barcloy Hill.
The development near Kirkcudbright drew more than 500 objections but also more than 200 expressions of support.
After it was turned down by Dumfries and Galloway Council, the firm appealed against that decision but has failed to have it overturned.
It took the case to the Scottish government but a reporter has now concluded the turbines would have a "detrimental effect" on the landscape and refused the appeal.
Chasing 265 for victory, Australia looked set to secure a win on the penultimate day of the first Test as David Warner hit 112.
Australia were still favourites at 158-3, but lost their last seven wickets for 73 runs.
Chittagong hosts the second and final test from Monday.
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The German-born musician's manager said he died at his home "peacefully and in the presence of his family".
Last sold millions of records with his trademark "happy music" - upbeat versions of pop and classical favourites performed by his orchestra.
He appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in the spring as part of a farewell tour he announced after becoming seriously ill last year.
Last started his music career in the 1960s, making instrumental recordings as James Last and His Orchestra - a big band with additional strings and a choir.
Born Hans Last, his record company changed his name to James to make him sound less German when his debut album came out in the UK. He was not consulted about the change - but went along with it.
During his career, he charted with 65 albums in Britain alone, and at his peak was creating two albums a month.
He gained a large and loyal fanbase - but was derided by many music purists who did not like his middle-of-the-road versions of classic tunes.
His illness took a "life-threatening" turn last September and apparently forced him to face the fact that "a man full of plans, needs to not just slow down but give up his life on tour altogether".
That led him to announce his final British shows - his 89th and 90th concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall - which took place in March.
"I can't talk about goodbye - it's a terrible feeling," he told the BBC at the time.
On Wednesday, the musician's manager said: "Mr Last passed away yesterday in Florida, peacefully and in the presence of his family.
"In him, the world loses a unique ambassador whose expressive and all-encompassing language was music.
"We bid farewell to the man, friend and visionary, who by his impressive strength and openness, his professionalism, modesty and love of life served as a role model and as an inspiration for many generations worldwide."
A public memorial service will take place in Hamburg, Germany, in the coming weeks.
Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell to 5.17%, down from February's figure of 5.37%.
Better weather has meant agricultural harvests have been more controllable, stabilising the price of food.
The dip in global oil prices also helped lower the rate, which is in line with the government's aim of keeping inflation below 6%.
Analysts had forecast a rate of about 5.5% for March. In February, unseasonal rains had pushed up food prices.
India's central bank has cut interest rates twice this year with its key rate now at 7.5%. Analysts say the bank could act again.
Economist at Capital Economics Shilan Shah said: "This has raised the possibility of an interest rate cut outside the scheduled review cycle for the third time this year."
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On the day Scottish Labour published its manifesto, she told the BBC: "There is no doubt the polls are challenging, but we are going to work every single day to win over people who have yet to make up their minds.
"Why? Because Labour councillors are the last thing between the people and the cuts.
"With Labour you can vote against an independence referendum, but you can also vote for high quality public services."
They used high-speed video footage to discover precisely how the stream of mucus and saliva breaks up into drops.
It moves in sheets, bursts, bags and beaded strings during this progression.
The process is important to understand because it determines the various sizes of the final droplets - a critical factor in how a sneeze spreads germs.
Modelling and helping to control that spread is the ultimate aim of the research, which was presented at a meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics in Boston.
The work was led by Lydia Bourouiba from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She told the BBC that several other studies had measured the size of droplets produced by sneezes, but their results were variable because the first stage of the process was poorly understood.
"The part that is still a big unknown is: how are these drops actually formed and what is their size distribution? What I wanted to do was go upstream and look at the mouth, at what is coming out."
When she and her team studied the videos, they found themselves looking at much more than droplets at various sizes and stages.
"You see droplets, but you also see that the break-up process continues to happen outside the respiratory tract.
"Even more surprisingly, you see a process that cascades from sheets, to bag bursts, to ligaments, and then the ligaments destabilise into droplets."
This procession of shapes has been observed in the flow of liquids in some industrial situations, Prof Bourouiba said, but was a surprise in this context.
"It was not clear at all that we would see that in a physiological fluid, and a physiological process like a sneeze," she said.
With this knowledge under their belt, however, the scientists are much better equipped to model the formation of droplets of various sizes and to quantify what Prof Bourouiba calls the "footprint of contamination".
To improve that calculation further, she and her team are now using an array of nine high-speed cameras to capture sneeze dynamics in spectacular 3D detail.
"For the 2D analysis we just have two cameras - a side view and a top view. And when we did that assessment, we realised that there were very rich three-dimensional dynamics that we really needed to capture."
So at the conference, Prof Bourouiba offered a glimpse of the next stage.
"The work that we discussed today… shows the tools that we are developing in capturing the three-dimensionality of the sneezes in their full glory."
The plain old 2D analysis, including the already rather graphic video above, is due to be published soon in the journal Experiments in Fluids.
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Schweinsteiger, 30, has signed a three-year contract from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich for a reported £14.4m.
Schneiderlin has moved from fellow Premier League club Southampton for a fee in the region of £25m.
The 25-year-old midfielder has signed a four-year contract with the option to extend it by a further year.
United have already signed forward Memphis Depay and defender Matteo Darmian this summer and the two new arrivals take their spending to more than £80m.
Schweinsteiger played under United boss Louis van Gaal when the Dutchman managed Bayern between 2009 and 2011.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Bayern Munich. It has been an incredible journey and I didn't take the decision to leave lightly," said the German. "Manchester United is the only club that I would have left Munich for.
"I feel ready for this new and exciting challenge in what I regard as the most competitive league in the world and I am looking forward to working with Louis van Gaal again."
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Schweinsteiger made his Bayern debut in 2002 and appeared 536 times for the club.
He helped his country win the 2014 World Cup and has one Champions League medal, eight Bundesliga titles and seven domestic cups to his name from his time at the German club.
Schneiderlin joined Saints from Strasbourg in 2008 for £1.2m and has played for them in League One, the Championship and the Premier League.
"Once I learned that United were interested in signing me, it was a very easy decision to make," said the Frenchman.
"I have enjoyed seven very happy years with Southampton and it's a club that will always be in my heart. But the chance to be part of this squad to help this great club be successful was too good to miss."
The two will now join their United team-mates when they fly out to the USA on Monday.
The Old Trafford club, who will be based in Seattle for their first game against Mexican team Club America on Friday, have included David De Gea, 24, in the squad, despite the keeper being heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid.
However, his understudy, former Barcelona number one Victor Valdes, 33 is not included.
Argentina internationals Angel Di Maria, 27, and Marcos Rojo, 25 were not selected after playing in the Copa America.
Brendan Duddy acted as an intermediary between the government and the IRA, hosting secret talks at his Derry home. He died on Friday after a long illness.
Duddy was not afraid to take risks, mourners were told at his funeral Mass in St Eugene's Cathedral.
They included ex-SDLP leader John Hume and Irish President Michael D Higgins.
A Northern Ireland Office spokesperson said no UK government representatives were at the funeral.
But Michael Oatley, a former MI6 spy, who acted as Mr Duddy's conduit to the British government, was among mourners.
Mr Duddy, who was 80 and had suffered a stroke in 2010, was at the centre of a chain of events that ultimately led to the IRA ceasefire of 1994 and the Good Friday peace agreement.
Codenamed "Soon", he was the key link between then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the IRA during the 1981 republican hunger strikes.
"He knew the value of creating and maintaining trust on all sides", said Fr Chris Ferguson in his homily.
He deserved a Nobel peace prize for his "historic" contribution, said the BBC journalist Peter Taylor, who interviewed Mr Duddy in 2008 about his role in the peace process.
His role as a mediator helped to "allow the seeds planted through dialogue to produce the peace process", said Fr Ferguson.
He told mourners that Mr Duddy had led a "life dedicated to working for peace" and never sought "recognition or acknowledgement" for the part he played.
"His sole desire was to provide a safe, secure and peaceful future for his family," said Fr Ferguson.
"Being a husband and father, Brendan had a vested interest in seeing an end to conflict through real and meaningful negotiations."
Mr Duddy also "possessed the determination and persistence" required to create the "opportunity for dialogue" between the government and the IRA, added Fr Ferguson.
"Brendan worked hard at creating trust, ensuring there would be no disclosures which could have harmed the building of relationships.
"Brendan had a great ability to think outside the box which was so necessary in the infancy of the political discussions in which he was involved.
"He possessed an intuitive ability to understand people.
"Once the talking had started, Brendan knew his job was done."
Figures from across the political spectrum have paid tribute to Mr Duddy.
Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, praised Mr Duddy's work during Northern Ireland's Troubles.
"In a world of violence, conflict and threats of war, we need more people like Brendan Duddy. Rest in peace," he tweeted.
Mr Duddy was also well known in the north-west due to his business portfolio, which included property, bars, restaurants and hotels, including Derry's City Hotel and the Ramada Hotel in Portrush.
They raced to Isla Vista but heard radio reports on the shootings as they drove, friend Simon Astaire told US media.
Elliot Rodger, 22, warned of his intentions in his emailed manifesto and a YouTube video posted the day before.
Hundreds gathered at a memorial service in the college town to mourn the dead.
Three more of the victims were named on Sunday night - Cheng Yuan Hong, 20, George Chen, 19, and Weihan Wang, 20, were stabbed in Rodger's apartment.
They were his first victims before he killed three more and wounded 13 others in a shooting rampage.
Rodger died after speeding through the town in his black BMW, exchanging fire with police, authorities said.
He was found dead in his car from a gunshot wound to the head, believed to be self-inflicted, with three legally purchased semi-automatic weapons.
Moments before he began opening fire, Rodger emailed his parents, therapist and others to inform them of his intentions in a 140-page "manifesto" entitled My Twisted World.
His mother Li Chin called the police before she and ex-husband Peter Rodger raced to Isla Vista from Los Angeles in separate cars, but heard en route about the shooting, family friend Simon Astaire told US media.
In a video posted on YouTube on Thursday, Rodger spoke of his plan to "slaughter" women at a sorority house at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
He described the rejection he felt because he had never been able to attract girls, and how he intended to exact revenge.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said his department had visited Rodger at the end of April at the request of his family when they saw disturbing videos he recorded but officers found him to be polite and courteous, and no further action was taken.
Rodger had seen therapists off and on since he was nine years old and possessed "an underlying sadness", Mr Astaire told Reuters. There was no suggestion he had any interest in guns.
In his manifesto, he said he feared police would foil his plot when they visited him.
"I had the striking and devastating fear that someone had somehow discovered what I was planning to do, and reported me for it," he wrote.
"If that was the case, the police would have searched my room, found all of my guns and weapons, along with my writings about what I plan to do with them.
"I would have been thrown in jail, denied of the chance to exact revenge on my enemies. I can't imagine a hell darker than that."
Katherine Cooper, 22, Veronika Weiss, 19, and Christopher Martinez, 20, were earlier named as Rodger's shootings victims.
In an emotional statement, Ricardo Martinez said the death of his son Christopher had left his family "lost and broken", and he blamed "craven politicians" and gun rights advocates.
Mr Obama was speaking at a joint press conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is in Washington on a state visit.
Earlier the two leaders agreed on new guidelines for defence co-operation.
The TPP is aimed at liberalising markets in 12 countries, and the US and Japan are among the biggest players.
It is poised to be the world's largest-ever free trade deal, and estimates suggest the proposed deal could cover up to 40% of global trade.
Other countries involved in the deal are Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Peru.
China, which is not part of the TPP, sees it as an attempt to counter its economic might in the region and is working on a rival trade deal.
The deal has been in the making for about a decade. Both leaders have advocated for the partnership, arguing that freer trade will benefit their economies. But critics in their respective countries fear that jobs and certain industries will be made more vulnerable.
"I know that the politics around trade can be hard in both our countries," said Mr Obama in the press conference on Tuesday. "But I know that Prime Minister Abe, like me, is deeply committed to getting this done, and I'm confident we will."
Mr Obama is seeking Congress' guarantee to "fast-track" approval for the deal.
Both countries also recently agreed on new defence guidelines which clarify the US's commitments to Japan's security.
Mr Obama said the US-Japan security treaty covers all territories under Tokyo's administration, including islands in the East China Sea which Beijing also claims.
But he said: "We don't think that a strong US-Japan alliance should be seen as a provocation."
The new guidelines also build on Japan's resolution last year to reinterpret its pacifist constitution and take on a more assertive military role, allowing Japan to defend the US and other allies.
Mr Abe discussed those guidelines with Mr Obama on Tuesday, as well as the controversial relocation of the Futenma US air base in Okinawa.
The central government is currently in a stand-off with local government on plans to shift the Futenma air base from a highly-congested part of Okinawa to Nago, in the north of the island.
Residents fear damage to environment and associate US camps with accidents and crime.
Mr Abe said Japan and the US would work to ease the local residents' burden of hosting US troops.
In the British Medical Journal, the team said breastfed babies may benefit from being given solid food earlier.
Current advice suggests weaning should occur at six months, but the UCL team say it could happen as early as four.
They suggest later weaning may increase food allergies and iron deficiency levels, but other experts backed the existing guidance.
Ten years ago, the World Health Organization published global advice advocating babies be exclusively breastfed for six months.
The research team, led by Dr Mary Fewtrell a paediatrician from the University of London Institute of Child Health, said it supported the recommendation for developing countries, where access to clean water and safe weaning foods is limited, and there is a high risk of infant death and illness.
But they added: "Many western countries, including 65% of European member states and the US, elected not to follow this recommendation fully, if at all.
But in 2003, a health minister said the UK would comply.
The WHO recommendation "rested largely" on a review of 16 studies, including seven from developing countries.
It concluded that babies just given breast milk for six months had fewer infections and experienced no growth problems.
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But another review of 33 studies found "no compelling evidence" not to introduce solids at four to six months, the experts said.
Some research has also shown that six months of breastfeeding does not give babies all the nutrition they need.
A US 2007 study found there was an increased risk of anaemia compared with those introduced to solids at four to six months.
Swedish research also found that the incidence of early onset coeliac disease increased after a recommendation to delay introduction of gluten until age six months, but fell back after the recommendation reverted to four months.
Dr Alan Lucas, director of the Institute of Health, said: "The WHO recommendation is very sensible for developing countries.
"But in the UK, it's important we take a balanced look at the evidence."
Dr Fewtrell added: "When you look at the figures, there are a lot of babies being weaned before six months anyway - and that's probably the most important thing in terms of hard evidence."
But the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the National Childbirth Trust defended current advice.
And Janet Fyle, professional policy adviser at the Royal College of Midwives, said: "I really must challenge the suggestion that the UK should reconsider its current advice on exclusive breastfeeding for six months.
"I believe that this is a retrograde step and plays into the hands of the baby-food industry which has failed to support the six-month exclusive breastfeeding policy in the UK.
"There is evidence that some babies do die in developed countries from inappropriate young child feeding, such as the introduction of solid foods earlier before their swallowing mechanism is mature enough or they have fully developed the capability to cope with solid foods."
And a Department of Health spokeswoman said: "Breast milk provides all the nutrients a baby needs up to six months of age and we recommend exclusive breastfeeding for this time.
"Mothers who wish to introduce solids before six months should always talk to health professionals first."
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition is to review infant feeding and is due to report later this year.
What should I do? I have an exclusively breastfed 21 week old baby who I want to do the best for. This is extremely stressful as the evidence is so polarised. I have even received mixed messages from healthcare professionals thus far! Joanne Leaver-Cole, London
When I had my daughter 10 years ago I followed the breastfeeding recommendations religiously. I breastfed exclusively for six months before introducing solids. My daughter is now extremely fussy with what she eats and suffers from food allergies some of which are really rare, for example she is allergic to baked beans. She is also very small for her age. I honestly believe that complying with these guidelines has had a detrimental affect on my daughters health. Karon Grace, Derbyshire
My baby is 10-months-old now, so it's too late to change my habits. I exclusively breastfed him for six months, so today's report is not exactly music to my ears. I would like to add that he seemed perfectly happy not to be weaned any earlier, and he gained weight appropriately. He was born weighing 10 lbs 7.5 oz and continued steadily at the 75th percentile during that time. Jane Haynes, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
I am so tired of hearing health professionals, midwives and health visitors pontificate as to what is best for babies. Every baby is different and every situation is different. I started weaning my two children as soon as they showed an interest in reaching out for solid food. Both wanted solids at 4.5 months old and started on baby rice. Perhaps we should stop listening to blanket guidelines (which cannot possibly be completely correct since they are changed every five minutes) and listen to our babies instead! Joanna Scott, Basingstoke
I think breast feeding is best for the first six months but all babies differ and whilst I didn't give my son solids before six months I did with my daughter so it does depend on the babies individual needs. In all cases of weaning you should consult your doctor or health care worker. Jude, Manchester
There were 1,030 vacancies last November, up a third on 2013, the highest number since 2010, when the DfE started compiling figures in November.
Meanwhile, teachers on contracts of between one and three terms filled 3,210 posts, up nearly 38% on 2013.
Teacher numbers, at 454,900, up more than 5,000, were at an all-time high.
The proportion of English, maths and science teachers with a relevant post-A-Level qualification dropped slightly over the same period:
Schools Minister Nick Gibb said: "Recruitment is a challenge as the economy improves and competition for new graduates intensifies, which is why we are focused on attracting more top graduates into the profession, particularly in the core academic subjects that help children reach their potential.
"Our recruitment campaign, Your Future Their Future, is working, with registrations to our Get Into Teaching website up by almost 30% compared with last year.
"We continue to offer bursaries of up to £25,000 as well as scholarships in priority subjects such as physics and maths.
"We are driving forward our £67m package to transform science, technology, engineering and maths teaching and recruit up to 2,500 additional maths and physics teachers."
But education workforce expert John Howson warned the situation was likely to get worse in the near future.
Based on official predictions of how many teachers would be needed, only 93% of primary and 91% of secondary teacher-training courses had been filled last year, he said.
He said: "The acceptances for entry into training in 2015 will not be sufficient... so we now know that recruitment for some schools, especially in and around London, but not exclusively in this area, will again be a challenge in 2016."
Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt said ministers were set to miss recruitment targets for a fourth consecutive year, including in crucial subject areas such as maths and physics.
"This is a very worrying trend that means more children are likely to be taught science by those trained to be PE teachers, and more and more teaching assistants stepping in as teachers," he said.
"Parents expect better and pupils deserve better."
The English number one seed, 46, won 6-1 after Noppert booked his final spot with a 6-3 victory over Darryl Fitton.
Neither Durrant nor Noppert, 26, have won the BDO world title before.
In the women's final, England's Lisa Ashton secured her third title with a 3-0 win over Australian Corrine Hammond at Lakeside.
Instead, a study concluded, the only way to prevent a hangover is to drink less alcohol.
More than 800 students were asked how they tried to relieve hangover symptoms, but neither food nor water was found to have any positive effect.
The findings are being presented at a conference in Amsterdam.
A team of international researchers from the Netherlands and Canada surveyed students' drinking habits to find out whether hangovers could be eased or if some people were immune to them.
Among 826 Dutch students, 54% ate food after drinking alcohol, including fatty food and heavy breakfasts, in the hope of staving off a hangover.
With the same aim, more than two-thirds drank water while drinking alcohol and more than half drank water before going to bed.
Although these groups showed a slight improvement in how they felt compared with those who hadn't drunk water, there was no real difference in the severity of their hangovers.
Previous research suggests that about 25% of drinkers claim never to get hangovers.
So the researchers questioned 789 Canadian students about their drinking in the previous month and the hangovers they experienced, finding that those who didn't get a hangover simply consumed "too little alcohol to develop a hangover in the first place".
Of those students who drank heavily, with an estimated blood alcohol concentration of more than 0.2%, almost no-one was immune to hangovers.
According to lead author Dr Joris Verster, from Utrecht University, the relationship was pretty straightforward.
"The more you drink, the more likely you are to get a hangover.
"Drinking water may help against thirst and a dry mouth, but it will not take away the misery, the headache and the nausea."
Dr Verster said part of the problem was that scientists still do not know what causes a hangover.
"Research has concluded that it's not simply dehydration - we know the immune system is involved, but before we know what causes it, it's very unlikely we'll find an effective cure."
He said the next step was to carry out more controlled trials on hangovers.
Dr Michael Bloomfield, from University College, London, said the economic costs of alcohol abuse ran into hundreds of billions of euros every year.
"It's therefore very important to answer simple questions like, 'How do you avoid a hangover?'
"Whilst further research is needed, this new research tells us that the answer is simple - drink less."
The paper is presented at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology conference.
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At least six people died and 30 others were injured in an explosion outside a police station in El-Arish.
Elsewhere, seven soldiers lost their lives and two were wounded in an attack on an armoured vehicle, near the northern town of Sheikh Zuweid.
Militants from the Sinai Province group, affiliated to Islamic State, have said they carried out the attacks.
A statement on a Twitter page attributed to the group read: "An armoured personnel carrier for the army of the apostates was destroyed... killing and wounding all aboard."
Sinai has become increasingly lawless since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011. Insurgents have intensified attacks since his Islamist successor Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013.
North Sinai has been under a state of emergency and a curfew since October, when an attack on a checkpoint killed dozens of soldiers.
Major military operations in the region have so far failed to quell the violence.
In El-Arish, residents said the neighbourhood shook as a bomb was detonated outside the police barracks, killing one civilian and five police officers.
In a statement on its Facebook page (in Arabic), the Egyptian interior ministry said a suicide bomber driving a pick-up truck was behind the attack.
"Forces opened fire at the vehicle, which consequently exploded," it added.
The three-storey building was badly damaged and security forces have been searching the rubble for further casualties.
Homes in the area were also destroyed, as doors were ripped off and windows shattered.
The Sinai Province group was known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis until it pledged allegiance to Islamic State in November.
It says it is seeking revenge for a police crackdown on Morsi supporters.
Since then it has carried out numerous deadly attacks on the peninsula, killing hundreds of police officers and soldiers, as well as civilians.
Sunday's attacks bring April's death toll to at least 41.
The country's oil production has been severely disrupted by the attacks.
US oil giant Chevron shut down an offshore platform this month after an attack claimed by the Avengers group.
Many militants joined an amnesty programme in 2009 after an insurgency in the oil-rich delta region.
Nigeria has long been Africa's largest oil producer, but its economy is currently facing difficulties due to the recent drop in global oil prices and its output is now behind that of Angola.
Most of Nigeria's oil wealth comes from the Niger Delta, an area which remains poor and underdeveloped.
Previous insurgent groups said they were fighting so local people could benefit more from their region's natural resources.
Oil spills have also resulted in environmental devastation over the years.
There are still very few independently confirmed details about the group, which announced its formation three months ago.
On its website, it says it is fighting for an independent state on behalf of the people of the Niger Delta and is prepared to "cripple Nigeria's economy" in pursuit of its aims.
It mocks President Muhammadu Buhari for never having visited the "creeks of the Niger Delta" and criticises him for the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leading member of a group which backs the creation of a breakaway state of Biafra in the south-east.
It boasts about its members being "young, educated, well travelled...and educated in east Europe".
Its tactic of attacking oil facilities in the region, announced in February, has caused havoc in the sector, with production levels in the country now reported to have fallen to their lowest for more than two decades.
One attack on an underwater Shell pipeline in February showed a high level of technical expertise, forcing the shutdown of a terminal which normally produces 250,000 barrels of oil a day.
Many locals suspect that some former oil militants excluded from the amnesty programme could be behind the group.
But speculation is rife and everyone has their own theory about who is to blame.
Whatever the case, the group's growing stature is a major headache for President Buhari, whose government is already grappling with Boko Haram's insurgency in the north-east.
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The amnesty programme, which provides tens of thousands of former oil militants with a monthly stipend from the government, stemmed the level of violence in the region after its introduction in 2009.
But in the latest budget, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari reduced funding for the programme by 70%, and has spoken of phasing it out entirely by 2018.
Critics accuse Mr Buhari, a Muslim northerner, of unfairly targeting communities in the southern, mainly Christian oil-producing regions, as part of his anti-corruption drive.
Mr Buhari's predecessor Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian, comes from the Niger Delta region.
The world's fourth largest phone marker shipped 71 million devices in 2015 - up from 6.6 million in 2012.
But it experienced weaker demand in the past 12 months, with third-quarter sales down 27%, according to analysts.
Experts say Chinese phone makers are struggling in an increasingly competitive global market.
In an open letter to staff, Xiaomi's chief executive Lei Jun said: "In the first few years, we pushed ahead too fast.
"We created a miracle, but also drew on some long-term growth.
"So we have to slow down, further improve in some areas and ensure sustainable growth for a long-term future."
Since launching its first phone in 2011, Xiaomi has expanded rapidly, with sales surging to 57.6 million by 2014, according to market trackers IDC.
But the privately-held firm only sold 39 million phones in the first nine months of 2016, and its full-year sales are unlikely to match 2015's.
The firm, which also sells appliances and runs retail stores, admitted in November it still made no profit from its phones.
Francisco Jeronimo, a research director at IDC, told the BBC: "Chinese phone makers are all facing the same problems.
"The overall smartphone market globally is very tough and not growing, so what they need to do is attract clients away from other brands.
"But they are not that well known, especially outside China, which makes it hard to compete against the likes of Apple and Samsung."
It comes after rival Chinese smartphone business, LeEco, also claimed it had grown too quickly in November.
In a letter to his staff, founder Jia Yueting said the company was consequently facing cash-flow problems and difficulty raising funds.
Despite Xiaomi's challenges, Mr Jun said he was optimistic about the future.
In his letter he claimed the firm's Indian sales hit $1bn (£816m) for the first time in 2016, while sales of its smart appliances reached $2.2bn (£1.8bn).
He also said Xiaomi had applied for more than 16,000 patents around the world, of which 3,612 had been granted.
"Only by constant innovation will we be able to introduce breakthrough products in the intensely competitive high-end smartphone market," he said.
The loud buzz of the "motobombas", or the fumigation machines, are moving through the neighbourhood of Lomas de Versalles in San Salvador as municipal workers wearing masks, jump suits and hard hats go from house to house, knocking on the doors to drive out the mosquitoes.
"Some people are calling it the new Ebola," says San Salvador's Mayor Nayib Bukele. "I don't know if it's the new Ebola but we don't want to find out."
In this small nation of just six million people, there have been more than 6,000 suspected cases since Zika was confirmed in the country at the end of November. Around 2,500 more suspected cases have come to light since the beginning of the year alone.
Enterprising traders at the city's central market are taking advantage of the growing concern. There are stalls full of colourful mosquito nets going for $5 each. Or for $3 you can buy a colourful electric mosquito-zapping tennis racket that is being peddled as an anti-Zika device. As the cars pass through downtown San Salvador, drivers wind down their windows and make a quick purchase.
With new Zika cases rising - and more quickly - every week, the government's having to step up its efforts.
The health ministry recently warned women they should hold off from getting pregnant this year and next. When pressed, Deputy Health Minister Dr Eduardo Espinoza said he only meant people should hold off for this year.
"We are giving a recommendation, it's not prohibition or a birth control measure," says Dr Espinoza. "These children are going to need neurological help for the rest of their lives. They will have to get support and they will change the family dynamic. Nobody wants a child with incapacities so we are recommending people to reflect."
It is a position though that has received huge criticism from feminist groups.
"To prevent pregnancies in situations of risk, this isn't a bad option but it's not enough," says Morena Herrera, president of the Citizen's Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion. "We don't think it is taking into account the realities of women in El Salvador."
One of the concerns she has is that it does not hold men responsible too.
"Women don't get pregnant alone," she says. "The access to information and to contraceptives, even though not illegal, is not totally open and many women don't have enough information. And there are many pregnancies that are a result of violent rape - pregnancies imposed on women where they aren't making their own decisions."
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El Salvador is a very conservative society. Abortion is banned under any circumstances and can lead to decades in jail. The Catholic Church says the government's approach is misguided.
"The government is warning about a risk and proposing that women don't get pregnant so they don't run the risk of having children with physical problems but are they doing enough about the Zika-carrying mosquito?" says Father Luis Ayala of the Catholic Church.
"The government doesn't have the capacity on its own to combat this problem. We have to design an institutional campaign and then with the key powers from civil society like the Catholic Church who could play a key role though parishes, warn people to be alert about stagnant water and I think that way we can avoid this mosquito from reproducing."
But Father Ayala does not offer up much support for women who find themselves pregnant and concerned about the potential impact of Zika on their unborn baby.
"In light of the risk, a husband or wife can decide not to get pregnant because if they do and get bitten and realise they might have damaged the foetus, well, they have to avoid the bigger evil, which is abortion."
At the National Women's Hospital in San Salvador, leaflets are being handed out and nurses give talks to pregnant women waiting for their appointment; tips like organising neighbourhood cleaning campaigns, putting lids on water that is being stored and changing water regularly.
But there is little sign of panic among medical staff. This is a country well used to viruses like Dengue fever and chikungunya that have become rife in this part of the world. I heard one nurse tell patients that Zika is the "fashionable" virus right now.
Pregnant women here are especially concerned.
"We have to recognise we are a poor country, that resources are very limited and that the few resources that there are don't go to those who need it," says Guadalupe Arquilla who is 13 weeks pregnant and waiting for her appointment.
"Just look, nobody here has come out of their consultation with a protection kit - where's the concern? Chatting to people won't get rid of the mosquitoes."
And it will not get rid of the worry either. So far there have been no cases of babies born with microcephaly here in El Salvador after their mothers have contracted Zika. But there are around 100 pregnant women who are under observation. They will not know the real impact of the virus until their babies are born in a few months' time.
Discussions have been continuing between the Northern Ireland political parties on Thursday.
Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy said there was not the "level of engagement needed" to break the political stalemate.
However, the DUP's Simon Hamilton said his party was working for the people of NI in both London and Belfast, and he remained hopeful of a resolution.
The parties have until 29 June to reach agreement and have been warned that if they cannot, direct rule could follow.
The deadline was set by Secretary of State James Brokenshire.
"We are seriously concerned given the timeframe we are operating in, given the lack of visibility in terms of the deal that's being negotiated between the DUP and the British government that time is fast running out on this process," said Mr Murphy.
"The ability to reach a conclusion to this is being greatly hampered by the approach of the British government."
However, Mr Hamilton said the DUP was hopeful that a deal to restore devolution could be reached.
"The DUP is able to multi-task and to represent the people of Northern Ireland, both in London and here in Belfast," he said.
"The DUP is focused on getting a good deal for the people of Northern Ireland, bringing stability to the United Kingdom as a whole and of course getting devolution up and running here in Northern Ireland."
The institutions collapsed amid a bitter row between the DUP and Sinn Féin about a botched green energy scheme.
The late deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, stood down, in a move that triggered a snap election.
Six sites have been picked for surface-to-air missiles, some in residential spots, including Bow and Leytonstone.
Campaigners say 1,000 people have signed a petition in protest.
The Ministry of Defence said the safety of the Games was paramount and a "broad range of community engagement" had taken place.
The sites, chosen from an original list of 100, include the Lexington Building in Tower Hamlets and the Fred Wigg Tower in Waltham Forest, east London.
The four other London sites identified as suitable for Rapier missiles are Blackheath Common; Oxleas Wood, Eltham; William Girling Reservoir, Enfield and Barn Hill in Epping Forest.
The proposals have yet to be confirmed.
Campaigner Chris Nineham said: "We don't believe they will add anything to security. If they are going to be used they will explode over some of the most densely populated areas in London."
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He added: "I simply don't believe that since 9/11 a security system hasn't been put in place to protect Canary Wharf and east London.
"If fighter jets are sent from another country I hope they will be taken out before they get to London."
When a major security exercise took place in April standing joint commander General Sir Nick Parker explained there must be a plan which could deal with "the unlikely but very serious threat" that might exist to the Olympic Park.
He explained: "It's an air threat, really categorised in two ways, the sort of 9/11 threat everyone knows about, and also for the lower, slower type of target which might pop up closer to the Olympic Park, which we would need to intervene."
Residents of Fred Wigg Tower, Leytonstone, have launched legal proceedings in the hope of preventing the installation of missiles on their building's roof during the Olympics.
Cobblers' goalkeeper Adam Smith saved shots by Zeli Ismail and Ryan Ledson before Lee Martin's low strike was saved Cambridge's Will Norris.
Norris stopped a header by James Collins but John Marquis headed the Cobblers in front soon after.
Cambridge had another chance through Ledson before Spencer's strike went into the top corner to earn a point.
Northampton increase their lead at the top of League Two to 14 points, while Cambridge are in 12th, five points from the play-offs.
The world record holder led with two hurdles to go at the US trials but missed the required top-three place by a hundredth of a second.
The 30-year-old had only competed in three previous meets this year.
"To be where I am is a miracle, but it's a pity because in six weeks I'll be in much better shape," he said.
"I thought I had finished second or third. When it came up fourth I was shocked."
Merritt, who tore his groin in June, asked for the photo finish to be reviewed but the result stood.
Devon Allen was the surprise winner in 13.03 seconds, with Ronnie Ash and Jeff Porter both clocking 13.21secs to claim the other two Olympic slots.
Merritt won bronze at the World Championships last August and days later had an operation to receive a kidney from his sister.
A "complication" led to further surgery and signficantly affected his preparations for this season.
At the trials in Eugene, Oregon, world silver medallist Justin Gatlin held off LaShawn Merritt to win the 200m in 19.75secs and complete the sprint double after claiming the 100m title in a world-leading 9.80 seconds on Monday.
And 41-year-old Bernard Lagat qualified for his fifth Olympics by winning the 5,000m.
Lagat represented Kenya in the 1500m at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 - winning bronze and silver respectively - before travelling to Beijing and London as part of the US team.
Mr Le Drian said the move was necessary because victory for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the forthcoming election would be a "danger to France".
He is the most senior government member to endorse Mr Macron so far.
The latest polls suggest Mr Macron and Ms Le Pen are neck and neck in the first round next month.
She had been projected to win the first round but then lose a run-off vote.
Socialist Benoit Hamon - who won a primary of left-wing parties in January - said Mr Le Drian's decision "did not respect voters of the left".
It comes after two junior ministers - Barbara Pompili from the Green party and Thierry Braillard from the Radical Left party - said they would support him.
Mr Hamon has also failed to win the backing of former Prime Minister Manuel Valls, whom he defeated in the primary.
Polls suggest Mr Macron - a former economy minister under President Francois Hollande who is seeking the presidency as an independent - would win 26% of the vote in the first round.
He is just in front of Ms Le Pen - who leads the National Front - on 25% and scandal-hit centre-right Republicans candidate Francois Fillon is some way behind with 17%.
Mr Fillon was previously favourite to become France's next president but his support has fallen after he was put under investigation for hiring his family.
The probe has since been widened to include possible forgery and aggravated fraud.
The first round of voting is on 23 April with the second round two weeks later on 7 May.
Parts of Blackpool, Chorley and Preston got the all clear from 18:00 BST, United Utilities said.
The microbial parasite cryptosporidium was found on 6 August.
Water was treated with ultraviolet light to kill the bug.
United Utilities said it had assessed hundreds of test results after discussions with Public Health England.
Gary Dixon, customer services director for United Utilities, said: "We hope to get the warning lifted for the rest of our customers by the end of the coming week."
If people have been using their water regularly there was no need to flush their system, he added.
A statement on the company website said: "We are now able to lift the boil water advice in a number of postcode areas.
"For those still subject to the boil water advice, please continue to boil your water until advised otherwise.
"We will be keeping you informed and this page will be updated on a regular basis."
It advised people to check for their postcode on the website or ring the company helpline on 0800 9127241.
Outline plans have been submitted to develop the Winter Gardens site including a state-of-the-art conference hall for 2,000 delegates.
The centre would be linked to the Empress Ballroom and Opera House to form a joint capacity of up to 7,000.
The town last hosted a major party political conference in 2007.
Council leader Simon Blackburn said the council had been working to "secure business and tourism and conferencing facilities" for the resort.
"Huge amounts of work are being undertaken, by me and others, to try and turn this dream into reality.
"If we are successful, this will herald a dramatic new chapter on Blackpool's long and proud conference history."
If plans are approved, the authority will submit bids for cash to build the venue on Leopold Grove, he said.
First built in 1878, Blackpool Winter Gardens was developed to become one of the most important entertainment centres in the country.
After World War Two, conferencing became a core part of the offer, with all the major political parties holding their annual conferences at the venue.
The council's executive will consider the proposals on 18 July.
Hospice consultant nurse Dinah Hickish said demystifying fears could help make dying feel like a "normal process".
Ms Hickish, based St Kentigern Hospice, St Asaph, Denbighshire, spoke out to mark Dying Matters Awareness Week.
In Pembrokeshire, a festival called Pushing up the Daisies included a public tour of a crematorium.
Ms Hickish said: "People, following the loss of a loved one, can be extremely isolated because [other] people find it so difficult to know what to say.
"Talking about death demystifies fears. It helps people to get their houses in order."
She said she had seen "numerous examples where, if people had had the conversations, a catalogue of distress could have been avoided".
Ms Hickish highlighted a "typical" scenario where a family accompany their loved one to the hospice and, during an initial assessment, tell her nurse "'he doesn't know he's dying, please don't tell him'".
"Immediately, I know things will just get more complicated for the loved ones and that basic decisions, such as whether he wanted to be cremated or buried, will not have been discussed," she said.
A series of events have been held in Wales over the past seven days to mark Dying Matters Awareness Week.
In Pembrokeshire, there was a flower arranging workshop for memorial arrangements organised by the Paul Sartori Foundation, a hospice-at-home charity in the county.
Other events included a public tour of Parc Gwyn crematorium at Narberth.
"It's not for everybody but I think things like this are important," said James Allen, crematorium superintendent registrar.
Ms Hickish, who has worked at the hospice for more than a decade, said: "For us here at the hospice, we sometimes have an extremely limited time to try and gently support people into discussing some of these choices, and generally we are able to do this but sometimes it just is not possible.
"And then you know that people will have not said their goodbyes... and that their grieving process will be so much harder."
Ms Hickish became Wales' first consultant nurse in palliative care this year at St Kentigern Hospice, a charity which provides specialist care for adults in the Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire area.
She said some health care professionals who work outside palliative and hospice care can also find it difficult to discuss death and dying.
"In a health culture where death is seen as a failure, discussing it seems to admit to that failure," she said.
"If we are all comfortable talking about death than that actually makes communication between healthcare professionals and patients much more meaningful and true."
The 35-year-old former USA captain is a consultant and minor shareholder at the Premier League club.
Swansea have had a bid accepted for Hull City's Sam Clucas, who would bolster a midfield left short by Gylfi Sigurdsson's £45m sale to Everton.
"There is always money to spend, to some extent, but it's about whether you are getting a good deal," Donovan said.
"You can't just spend money to spend money. We are not Manchester United or Chelsea or Tottenham that have an endless supply of money.
"It takes the right deal at the right time, but we are not afraid to spend money.
"In the end I think for Gylfi it was a good thing to do but now the team has to move forward. It's exciting for Huw [Swansea chairman Jenkins] now to have some money to work with and money to spend. We need to keep making the squad better.
"From minute one they [Swansea's majority shareholders, Americans Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien] said, 'we are going to make the team better'.
"We're not going to spend money just to spend money, but if there are a few signings that make a lot of sense then we have the ability to do so."
While Swansea continue their pursuit of the 26-year-old Clucas, the Welsh side have seen their advances for former player Joe Allen rebuffed by Stoke City.
But Spanish midfielder Roque Mesa has arrived from Las Palmas for £11m, plus Dutch goalkeeper Erwin Mulder and striker Tammy Abraham on loan from Chelsea.
However, Swansea have failed to score in their opening two Premier League games, a 0-0 draw at Southampton and then a 4-0 home defeat to Manchester United.
"You may potentially see one or two signings... in the next couple of weeks, but it has to be the right player," Donovan added.
"We can't afford to make big mistakes. If Manchester United miss on a £40m transfer, it's not a big deal. If we do, it could be the end of the club, or the end of the club in the Premier League. You have to think about it smartly."
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The world number two was being interviewed by Julia and Melissa during a Davis Cup trophy tour event at Stirling University.
Among the questions, Murray was asked what was the naughtiest thing he did as a kid, what was his favourite holiday when he was young and who was his inspiration when he was 11.
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The shares debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange at $38 each on Friday, but ended 11% down on Monday.
Some analysts said the shares would have fallen on Friday had not underwriters stepped in to buy stock.
Critics say Facebook's advisers have set the price too high, although others argue that it is too early to tell.
The company's shares fell about 12% immediately the Nasdaq opened, and hovered around 9%-10% down for most of the day until a late bout of selling.
Facebook's offer price on Friday valued the social network at $104bn (£66bn).
One US-based analyst told the BBC that this valuation was too high. "The market is just not valuing what Facebook has to bring to the table," said Patrick Moorhead, analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy.
However, BTIG, the US-based global stockbroker, said it was too early to judge Facebook. "Valuing Facebook is more art than science at this stage of its development and the current state of both social and mobile advertising," the firm said in a statement.
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The firm said it had confidence in Facebook's long-term advertising prospects, forecasting that advertising revenues will rise to $8 billion in 2015 compared with an estimated $4bn for 2012.
Strong demand in the run-up to the flotation had led the company to increase both the price and the number of shares available for sale.
Mr Moorhead said that meant the Initial Public Offering (IPO) had been a success for Facebook's founders and early investors. Some of them managed to sell parts of their stakes for hundreds of millions of dollars.
But he said the share price fall could have long-term consequences for the world's biggest social network.
"The challenge is this will sully the long-term brand of Facebook, and in five years time people will look back on the IPO and have a negative connotation and none of that is good for the Facebook brand and the Facebook service itself," Mr Moorhead told BBC World.
Other internet companies have had mixed experiences recently when they have started selling shares.
Shares in business networking site
LinkedIn
more than doubled from their $45 offer price on their debut in May 2011. They peaked at $117 and are now trading around the $100 level.
Discount voucher firm
Groupon's
shares jumped 30% on their debut in November. But they are now at about $12, well below their $20 flotation price.
Online games maker
Zynga's
shares fell 5% on their first day of trading in December 2011. They are currently around $7, below their $10 offer price.
Google,
however, is the star performer of the technology IPOs. Launched in 2004 at $85 a share, it is now trading above $600. It has yet to regain its pre-financial crisis peak of over $740, hit in 2007.
The start of trading in Facebook shares on Friday, one of the most high profile stock market IPOs in recent years, was delayed by technical problems on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Nasdaq boss Robert Greifeld said he was "humbly embarrassed" by the glitch.
Trading was delayed by about 30 minutes due to late order cancellations, and the shares closed on Friday at $38.23, having hit $45 earlier in the day.
"This was not our finest hour," said Mr Greifeld. As a result of the glitch, a number of investors were unsure whether their buy and sell orders had actually gone through.
However, Mr Greifeld said that once the glitch had been fixed, trading had been "successful".
More than 566 million shares in the company changed hands, a record volume for US market debuts.
Developer Vattenfall welcomed the decision on its South Kyle scheme.
The £190m proposals went to a public inquiry in 2015 after an initial planning application two years earlier.
The company said the decision was good news for climate change targets but added there was a "long way to go" before the farm was operational.
The wind farm is located near Dalmellington, Patna, New Cumnock and Carsphairn.
"The Scottish government's consent decision for this scheme is reassuringly robust," said Guy Mortimer, Vattenfall's UK head of development for onshore wind.
"The wind farm proposal was scrutinised and carefully considered through a detailed public local inquiry in late 2015.
"As a result, this consent is a clear evidence-based decision that concludes South Kyle is an eminently acceptable proposal."
Abidjan-born Zaha grew up in England and won two caps for the Three Lions, but because they were in friendly games he is allowed to switch.
Zaha, 24, would be eligible to feature in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
The tournament in Gabon, which starts on 14 January, could see Zaha miss up to six weeks of the season for Palace.
An Ivorian Football Federation statement said Zaha had sent a letter to Fifa on Sunday requesting a nationality change.
Palace boss Alan Pardew said on Friday that Zaha had been "pushed forward, probably by his agent or people around him" to make the change but could "understand his frustration" at not being picked for England.
"There aren't many other English players who can beat players like he does in the Premier League. Some do, but they're not English," Pardew said.
Zaha won his first cap for England as an 84th-minute substitute in England's 4-2 friendly defeat by Sweden in November 2012.
He also came off the bench for the final 15 minutes of England's 3-2 victory over Scotland in a Wembley friendly in August 2013.
Zaha, who permanently rejoined Palace from Manchester United in February 2015, also made 13 appearances for England at Under-21 level.
Pictures appear to show the structure - near the city of Villavicencio and made of boards and rope - dangling on its side.
It is believed to have collapsed under excess weight, the reports say.
The bridge is a local tourist attraction and was crowded with people enjoying a public holiday.
Young children are among the dead, with those on the bridge at the time reportedly plunging 80m (265ft) into a ravine.
Brusthom Ziamani, 19, was also carrying a hammer and an "Islamic flag" when he was arrested in London in August 2014.
The court heard he had been inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in 2013, researched Army cadet bases and boasted of a plot to "kill soldiers".
Ziamani, of Camberwell, London, will be sentenced on 20 March.
He was arrested in east London at about 16:30 BST on 19 August as part of a joint police and MI5 intelligence operation.
Earlier that day, police say he visited his former girlfriend, where he showed her the knife and hammer and told her he intended to attack and kill soldiers.
Commander Richard Walton, from the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism command, said the teenager's plot "starkly illustrates" one of the threats facing the UK.
"Ziamani was an impressionable young man who became radicalised then rapidly developed an extremist, violent mindset," he said.
"Over a series of months, he ultimately developed a desire to carry out a terrorist attack on British soldiers."
Mr Walton added that police had probably prevented a "horrific terrorist attack taking place on the streets of London".
The jury at London's Old Bailey convicted Ziamani of preparing an act of terrorism on or before 20 August last year, after deliberating for more than a day.
Ziamani's barrister, Naeem Mian, told Judge Timothy Pontius that the teenager could expect the sentence to be one of "considerable length" but pointed to the fact that he was still "a young man who has no previous convictions at all".
The judge adjourned the case until next month to consider the sentence.
Ziamani, who was dressed in a grey and blue tracksuit, made no reaction to the verdict and sat impassively in the dock before being led away.
I think the aspect of this case that many people will find particularly alarming is just how quickly this teenager was radicalised and to what extent.
It was only last April that he became a Muslim and yet four months later he was out on the streets armed and intending to kill someone in the name of his new religion.
Officers from Prevent - the counter-radicalisation programme - spoke to him on three separate occasions.
There was a real effort not to criminalise him but to help an obviously vulnerable teenager. But he just refused to engage with them.
One lesson is perhaps that no matter how fast you act, you may not be fast enough.
But one further point is that although he wasn't kept in custody, he was kept under surveillance and that surveillance led to his arrest on the day he set out with these weapons.
So you have to have this twin-track approach of persuasion and surveillance.
Ziamani converted to Islam in April 2014 and his extremist views "rapidly developed over a few months", the Met Police say.
During the trial, jurors heard how Ziamani had fallen in with members of al-Muhajiroun - an extremist organisation - after he was "kicked out" of home after converting to Islam.
Police say the group played a "major role in influencing and shaping his radical views".
He attended the group's talks in the basement of a halal sweet shop in Whitechapel, London, and bought a black flag to take on their demonstrations, saying "I'm going to rock it everywhere I go in the kaffirs' face".
He posted comments on Facebook saying that he was "willing to die in the cause of Allah" and saying: "Sharia law on its way on our streets.
"We will implement it, it's part of our religion."
The trial heard how Ziamani had described Michael Adebolajo - one of the men who murdered Fusilier Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London - as a "legend".
When Ziamani had been arrested in June last year on an unrelated matter, police found a ripped-up letter to his parents in his jeans pocket, in which he had written about mounting an attack on a British soldier.
He was then bailed, but refused to engage with officers from the government's anti-terrorism programme, Prevent.
During the trial Ziamani denied he had been planning an attack similar to the murder of Fusilier Rigby.
He said his Facebook postings had been an attempt to "fit in" with the al-Muhajiroun group "because they were giving me places to stay and they did not like moderate Islam".
He also denied the hammer, knife and flag he had at the time of his arrest amounted to a terror "tool kit".
He said he had felt threatened after leaving a credit card theft scam.
The letter found by police in Ziamani's trousers last June was addressed to "my beloved parents" and ended with Ziamani apologising for "the stress" he had caused in the past.
In the handwritten letter, scrawled over five sheets of paper, he wrote of his plan to "die a martyr" and gave his extreme view about the situation in the Middle East and the UK.
Ziamani said that as he had no means of getting to Syria or Iraq he planned to wage war against the British government, stating that "we should do a 9/11, 7/7 and a Woolwich all in one day".
He wrote that he wanted to give the British government a taste of its own medicine, saying they would be "humiliated" and talked of an "Islamic State of Ireland and Britain".
Ziamani quoted sections of the Koran, said he would "fight in the cause of Allah" and ended by telling his parents that becoming a Muslim had changed him tremendously "for the better".
While neither side lacked endeavour, there was a notable absence of clear-cut chances at both ends of the field, although Scunthorpe's Luke Daniels was undoubtedly the busier of the two goalkeepers.
Twice he denied Simeon Jackson from inside the box before pushing a 68th-minute shot from Joe Edwards onto the bar after the Saddlers wing-back had caught Levi Sutton in possession.
Daniels also came to the Iron's rescue late on after the lively Erhun Oztumer opted to have a go at goal from 30 yards.
At the other end of the field, Scunthorpe struggled for ideas and a spark in the final third as they failed to score for only the fifth time this term.
Full-back Harry Toffolo had their best effort of the game six minutes before the break, but shot straight at Walsall stopper Neil Etheridge.
Following Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Bolton, Walsall's third draw in four away matches was at a cost, as they lost midfielder Flo Cuvelier on 37 minutes with a calf strain.
Cuvelier was on his longest run of injury-free appearances (11) since the second of his two loan spells with the Saddlers in 2012-13.
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Match ends, Scunthorpe United 0, Walsall 0.
Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 0, Walsall 0.
Attempt missed. Levi Sutton (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt missed. Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Walsall. George Dobson replaces Erhun Oztumer.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Josh Morris.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Attempt saved. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Joe Edwards.
Attempt missed. Craig Davies (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Attempt saved. Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Neal Bishop replaces Jamie Ness.
Substitution, Walsall. Amadou Bakayoko replaces Simeon Jackson because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Craig Davies replaces Ivan Toney.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Kevin van Veen replaces Duane Holmes.
Joe Edwards (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Edwards (Walsall).
Jason McCarthy (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jason McCarthy (Walsall).
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Attempt saved. Joe Edwards (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall).
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Harry Toffolo.
Foul by Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United).
Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jason McCarthy (Walsall).
Foul by Levi Sutton (Scunthorpe United).
Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Kieron Morris.
Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
People living in Burton Fleming have been bailing water from their homes for several days after rising groundwater levels at Gypsey Race at Boynton.
More than a dozen homes have been flooded and councillors are meeting to discuss how best to protect properties.
Homeowner Zoe Clarke said: "We're frustrated and frightened. We're all really struggling."
Parish councillor Keith Wells said: "There are a number of properties in the village that people have given up trying to stop water coming in.
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The Environment Agency said a flood alert was in place and pumps and officers were on site working to ease the situation.
A spokesman said more rain was forecast over the weekend but most intense downpours were expected in the west of the region.
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Now Labour's fighting to take it back.
Defending his title in the political ring is Conservative Chris White, who had a majority of 3,513, out of an electorate of 67,800.
"This is a very important seat to me as a local resident," he said.
"It is a battleground, I've been fighting not just for the last four weeks, not just since Christmas, but for a long time to make sure that I'm promoting Warwick & Leamington, making sure it's on the map."
Battling to take the seat back into Labour's hands meanwhile is Lynette Kelly who will need to reverse an 8.8% swing experienced by the party last time around.
"I am the kind of person who if they see something that needs doing I get up and try and find out how we can make it happen," she said.
"I'm more the kind of person who if something needs fixing says pass me the screw driver, let's fix it. It will bring a different approach to the constituency."
The seat has changed hands twice since 1997, before which it had been held by the Conservatives since 1910, with MPs such as Sir Anthony Eden and Sir Dudley Smith.
Like many others across the country it went to Labour in 1997 as Tony Blair was swept into office. And Labour fancy their chances here once again.
Two young contenders stand in their way, 21-year-old Liberal Democrat Haseeb Arif and 22-year-old Azzees Minott for the Greens.
"A lot of young people, particularly a lot of my friends too are quite disengaged with politics and it's one of my main reasons for being involved in politics is trying to get more people inspired to get involved," Mr Arif said.
Ms Minott said 2015 was a chance for change.
"I would really encourage those who aren't happy with the current politics that we've had, to vote for change to vote for something they really believe in that can bring about hope, and the Green party is that person and that political party that will bring about that hope," she said.
Meanwhile UKIP's man is Alastair MacBrayne, who will be hoping to claim seats off both the Conservatives and Labour and better the 926 votes his party polled last time around.
"Things have gone wrong with the political establishment. I'm for leaving the EU through a referendum so we can control our immigration, because immigration at the moment is a bad thing cause it's got out of control," he said.
So, five candidates to choose from in Warwick and Leamington, the clock is ticking down as the fight continues for every vote on 7 May.
However, we'll have to wait a little longer to find out who's won as the count for Warwick and Leamington doesn't get underway until 10:00 BST on the 8 May, so the seat could be one of the last in the country to declare.
Coleman, 46, led Wales to their first major tournament in 58 years when they reached Euro 2016 in France.
During the competition, they made it to their first semi-final before losing to eventual winners Portugal.
Coleman played for Swansea City, Crystal Palace, Blackburn and Fulham but his career was cut short following a car accident.
He later had spells as manager of Fulham, Coventry and Spanish side Real Sociedad.
He was appointed Wales manager following the death of his good friend Gary Speed in 2012 and after a difficult start, turned things around on the pitch to reach Euro 2016.
Swansea lord mayor, councillor David Hopkins, said: "Freedom of the city is the highest honour the people of Swansea can confer on one of its own.
"And after the amazing, incredible exploits of the last month in France, I think I can safely say everyone in Swansea believes it's richly-deserved."
The Three Stills Company announced last year it had secured funding of £10m to support its plans in Hawick.
It has now submitted a planning application to Scottish Borders Council for the Commercial Road scheme.
The company said the distillery and visitor centre could create 20 jobs.
The firm is one of a number to have shown an interest in establishing a distillery in the region - the first since 1837.
Mossburn Distillers unveiled plans for a £40m distillery south of Jedburgh in 2014.
Last year a competition by R&B Distillers saw the public pick Peebles as their preferred site for a distillery.
At least 30 sports, including football, covered up samples, the report says.
"It was a cover-up that evolved from uncontrolled chaos to an institutionalised and disciplined medal-winning conspiracy," said the report's author, Richard McLaren.
Lawyer McLaren said London 2012 was "corrupted on an unprecedented scale".
The report also implicates medallists at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow, and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
According to the report, salt and coffee were used to manipulate Russian samples.
The report added the system was refined over the course of the 2012 Olympics, 2013 Worlds and Winter Olympics to protect likely Russian medal winners.
Russia won 72 medals at the London Games, 21 of which were gold, and 33 medals at Sochi, 13 of which were gold.
McLaren's second report added depth and supporting evidence to the initial findings published in July - that Russia operated a state-sponsored doping programme.
That first report was met with denials from Russia and calls for more proof from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Writing in his latest report, McLaren says: "The desire to win medals superseded their collective moral and ethical compass and Olympic values of fair play."
He said international sports competitions had been "unknowingly hijacked by the Russians" and sports fans have been "deceived" for years.
"It is time that stops," he added.
In a statement, Russia's sports ministry said it would examine the report but insisted on "the absence of a state programme of support for doping sport". It said it would "continue to fight doping from a position of zero tolerance".
Russian MP Dmitry Svishchev, who is also the head of Russia's Curling Federation, was quoted by Ria Novosti news agency as saying: "This is what we expected. There's nothing new, only empty allegations against all of us. If you are Russian, you'll get accused of every single sin."
When asked for a reaction to those comments, McLaren said: "I would say read the report. Its findings are not challengeable. He is reacting in a vacuum because he has not read the report."
The new report also found:
Investigators have published a searchable database of all the non-confidential evidence they have gathered here.
The full report can be read here.
The first McLaren report explained how disappearing positive drug tests were secreted through "mouse holes" drilled by spies.
That was based on information received from Dr Grigory Rodchenkov, a director of the anti-doping laboratory at Sochi 2014.
He had said the Russian secret service developed ways of opening sample bottles and replacing their contents without intervention being detected.
The new report claims to have compiled clear details on exactly how the sample bottles in Sochi were tampered with.
Investigators used a tool which matched the description of one used by the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service), which leaves tiny marks and scratches when the inside of a cap is opened.
An expert was given 13 bottles, one of which had not been tampered with, which he immediately spotted.
In cases of alleged sample swapping, investigators found there were scratches and marks on the inside of the cap, along with DNA inconsistencies.
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
Once again the gory details of Russian state-sponsored cheating have been laid bare by Professor Richard McLaren.
The difference now is those claims have been backed up with concrete evidence.
Some of the details really do defy belief, and the fact the Russian government is so strongly implicated will inevitably lead to calls for Russian athletes to be banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics, and perhaps even for the 2018 football World Cup to be taken away from the country.
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The IOC said the report showed "there was a fundamental attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and on sport in general".
It said it would re-analyse all 254 urine samples collected from Russian athletes at Sochi 2014.
UK Anti-Doping chief executive Nicole Sapstead said the report was "hugely significant for sport and those who fight to keep it clean".
She added: "Everyone engaged in sport needs to ensure that the right processes, sanctions and safeguards are in place to protect everyone's right to clean, fair and honest sport."
She also called for more funding to support investigations.
Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency said the Russian Olympic Committee should be suspended, and no sporting events should be held in the country until "all the individuals who participated in the corruption are held accountable".
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) described the report's findings as "unprecedented and astonishing", adding: "They strike right at the heart of the integrity and ethics of sport."
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the body that governs world athletics, said: "It is time that this manipulation stops." It said it will take further action once it is able to examine the latest report.
British marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe said Russia had committed a "huge fraud". She added: "We need to know this cannot happen ever again."
Katherine Grainger, Britain's most decorated female Olympian, told BBC Radio 5 live: "This is a reminder that, along with all those high points in sport, there is a very dark side. It's depressing and it's slightly soul-destroying that it's on this scale."
Paralympic table tennis champion Will Bayley said: "I do have compassion for the athletes. Because if they were forced into it, and they are never going to be able to compete in the sport that they love, then that's really sad."
UK sports minister Tracey Crouch said: "The sheer scale of what has been uncovered underlines just how much more needs to be done.
"We will continue to assist on this front, including in Russia, where UK Anti-Doping is assisting Wada by managing a testing programme that we hope will lead to Russia becoming compliant with the Wada."
Stanislav Pozdnyakov, vice-president of the Russian Olympic Committee, told state news agency R-Sport the report contains "nothing new".
He said Russian athletes "should train calmly" for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Igor Lebedev, deputy speaker of the Russian parliament and a member of the executive committee of the Russian Football Federation, said: "This is yet another torrent of lies, disinformation, rumours and fables."
Natalia Gart, president of the Russian Luge Federation, said: "Where are the facts? You can say this is nothing but rubbish... I am convinced that all of our athletes are clean and the silver medals that we won at Sochi are well deserved."
The Russian Investigations Committee - the country's main anti-corruption body - continues to investigate criminal cases that have been launched.
The committee says 60 athletes have so far been questioned.
Senior officials from Russia's sports ministry, its anti-doping agency and the Russian Athletics Federation are also said to have been questioned.
On Wednesday, Russia's anti-doping agency (Rusada) appointed former double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva to chair its new board.
The move was questioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), which said Rusada broke an agreement it would be consulted before any appointment was made.
Isinbayeva, 34, was strongly critical of Wada's recommendation that all Russian athletes be banned from Rio 2016.
McLaren was asked whether Russians athletes could be trusted in the future.
He said: "I think the answer to that is yes but they need to reform themselves. I've spoken with many Russian officials since July and they are putting together a very comprehensive programme which, if implemented properly, will make a major difference."
Wada says it will now pass evidence on Russian athletes' doping to the relevant international sporting federations and governing bodies.
In a news conference on Thursday, IOC president Thomas Bach said the McLaren report's findings would be taken up by two further commissions.
Only once those commissions had made their recommendations could the IOC decide what steps to take, he said.
"As soon as we have the report it will be handed over to the two commissions, who have already undertaken preparatory work," Bach said.
"But if you ask me for my private opinion then personally if you have an athlete being part of such a manipulation system, clearly I would not like to see this person compete again."
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In May, McLaren was tasked by Wada with investigating allegations of doping in Russia.
He published the first part of his report - stating Russia operated a state-sponsored doping programme from 2011 - in July.
As a result, Wada recommended all Russian athletes be banned from competing from the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.
But the IOC chose not to impose a blanket ban, instead leaving decisions on whether Russians could compete to individual sporting federations.
Russia eventually took 271 athletes from an original entry list of 389 competitors to August's Olympic Games in Rio.
However, the IPC chose to ban the nation entirely from the Paralympics in September.
Last week, the IAAF decided to extend Russia's ban from international competitions.
A joint operations centre is to be established in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, state media reported.
Countries from Asia, Africa and the Arab world are involved in the alliance but Saudi Arabia's main regional rival Iran is not.
It comes amid international pressure for Gulf Arab states to do more in the fight against so-called Islamic State.
Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman said the new alliance would co-ordinate efforts against extremists in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Afghanistan.
Neither Iraq nor Syria, whose governments are close to Shia-ruled Iran, are in the coalition, nor is Afghanistan.
Two things stand out immediately about this new Saudi-based Islamic Coalition.
The Shia-majority nations of Iran and Iraq are noticeably absent, as is their ally Syria.
It is far from clear how, in practice, the coalition would conduct counter-terrorism operations in IS-plagued Iraq and Syria without the agreement of those governments.
Secondly, there is the question of the exact definition of terrorism. The Saudi authorities' interpretation of it extends far beyond the violent actions of armed insurgents.
Recent legislation has branded peaceful opposition activists and reformers, whether online or in the street, as suspected "terrorists" and a security risk to the state.
Amnesty International said it had concerns that this new coalition could be used to further restrict human rights.
Speaking at a news conference in Riyadh, Prince Mohammed said the counter-terrorism force was borne out of "the Islamic world's vigilance in fighting this disease [terrorism] which has damaged the Islamic world.
"Currently, every Muslim country is fighting terrorism individually... so co-ordinating efforts is very important."
The coalition would not just focus on fighting IS, he added. Few other details have been given.
The SPA state news agency said 10 other "Islamic countries" had expressed support, including Indonesia.
Prince Mohammed said: "These countries have procedures to go through before joining the coalition, but out of keenness to achieve this coalition as soon as possible, [the alliance of] 34 countries has been announced."
In announcing the coalition, SPA stated that Islam forbids "corruption and destruction in the world" and that terrorism represents "a serious violation of human dignity and rights, especially the right to life and the right to security".
Saudi Arabia is part of the US-led coalition against IS and is also leading a military intervention in Yemen against Shia Houthi rebels.
The list of 34 members: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Palestinians, Qatar, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
It doesn't look like a business in turmoil and many regular customers are surprised to hear that its future is in doubt.
"It's always busy," says Nayeli Gonzalez as she bags her groceries with her two young children.
"It's convenient. I can walk from home. Otherwise I have to take a train."
When Britain's largest supermarket chain opened in California six years ago, there was talk of revolutionising the way Americans shop and bringing fresh, wholesome food to all neighbourhoods, rich and poor.
The stores had only self-checkouts, for example, an unusual concept in the US where Americans were used to being helped by a clerk, and typically having someone bag their groceries for them, or at least offer to help.
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But on Wednesday, Tesco announced it would be abandoning its 199 Fresh & Easy stores, which are all on America's West Coast.
Critics say the chain miscalculated the market and failed to cater to American tastes. It has been an expensive mistake, costing Tesco ??1.2bn.
"My sense is that what they tried to do was make a European model," says Prof Anthony Dukes, at the USC Marshall School of Business.
"Europeans tend to make more frequent trips to grocery stores, maybe every day or every other day, where Americans are used to going for bigger trips less frequently," he says, adding that busy Americans prefer to buy in bulk.
Nearly half of British retailers believe the US remains the hardest market in which to achieve commercial success, according to the findings of a survey released by Barclays last week.
Despite a shared language and heritage, Britons view the US as more difficult to master than China, which ranked second in the survey.
"The mistake many British retailers have made is to treat the US as one country," says Richard Lowe, head of retail at Barclays.
"The US is a little bit like Europe. When you go there you have be more targeted.
"Different states are not exactly like different countries, but they have very different markets."
According to Prof Dukes, Fresh & Easy's shop-more-often convenience store format may have worked better on the East Coast of America.
"The East Coast is denser and has perhaps more pedestrian traffic, on the West Coast we have more cars. That might make a difference," he says.
But some UK retailers have had great commercial success in the US, and getting the location right played a big part, analysts say.
By Shanaz MusaferBusiness reporter, BBC News, New York
Early lunchtime in Manhattan and the Pret on the corner of 29th and Seventh is already filling up.
"I come here every day," says one female customer. "I work right down the street. It's easy and fast and healthy."
Convenience and a healthier alternative to other fast food outlets make Pret a popular choice in New York.
There is no noticeable difference with the portion sizes in the UK, despite Americans' infamous love of large helpings.
Despite its French name, most people seem aware that the company is actually British, though few in this cosmopolitan city seem to care.
Some point out that the prices aren't always that cheap, but as one customer puts it, "This is New York, nothing's that cheap."
Topshop now has four stores here including a new 25,000 sq-foot store in Los Angeles. Its boss Sir Philip Green has decided to concentrate on big cities and has said he hopes to turn the fashion into a $1bn US business in the next five years.
And it is difficult to walk a few blocks in Manhattan without stumbling on a Pret A Manger restaurant.
The chain has purposely grown gradually since it launched in 2000 and now has 34 locations in New York City, with another opening soon; seven in both Washington DC and Chicago and two in Boston.
Pret A Manger's choice of New York as its entry point to America was a shrewd one, according to Faith Hope Consolo, chair of the retail group at Douglas Elliman Real Estate, which advises international retailers looking to enter the US.
"London and New York are so similar in many ways, both demographically and architecturally. Both cities are on the go, with a desire for quick meals, not fast-food," she says.
"Pret A Manger satisfies that. [It offers] quality food, but also the ability to grab it and go.
"They're a natural for any great busy city, so yes, they really did choose their entries well."
The packaged sandwich chain has also tailored its UK products to the local market, according to its marketing director Mark Palmer.
"Rather than crayfish and rocket sandwich on sale in the UK, Pret has a Maryland spiced shrimp and spinach sandwich in the US," he tells BBC News.
"Pret has also learned that there is a distinctive difference in the coffee tastes in the US. In the UK Pret sells more cappuccinos and lattes than the US, the US customers prefer filter - or drip - coffee."
Fresh & Easy did its homework. It hired anthropologists and studied Californians' eating and shopping habits.
Its stores opened to great fanfare in neighbourhoods around California considered "food deserts," dominated by the cheap, fast-food driving America's obesity epidemic.
That noble goal to locate in gentrifying and poor neighbourhoods may have hurt their prospects, says Bryan Roberts, the UK-based director of retail insights for Kantar Retail.
"No doubt they made some fundamental mistakes in terms of store locations, merchandise and marketing," Mr Roberts says, adding that the recession played a big part in Tesco's failings in the United States.
"Not to absolve responsibility from Tesco but it was unfortunate timing. No one could have predicted the sub-prime crisis and the consequences of it. If they'd timed it five years earlier, it might have been a different story."
It is also worth noting that the stores' smaller, neighbourhood market feel is one being adopted by mega discount retailer Wal-Mart.
The big box chain plans to open a smaller store in LA's Chinatown - if it can get by a lawsuit filed by neighbourhood activists fighting its plans.
The confirmation of Tesco's exit from the US puts the future of the stores in doubt, although it said it had received some expressions of interest from third parties.
The Hollywood Fresh & Easy is one of the chain's busier branches and it is in an area with a lot of foot traffic, located on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
"I love it because it's a neighbourhood market," says aspiring actor Yohan Lefevre, while enjoying his Fresh & Easy sandwich after working out at the gym next door.
"I like the size, there is not much else like this in Hollywood. I can walk here. If they close I will take a national day of mourning and mark it every year! I'm serious. I will be really sad."
The designation is given to cities to promote reading and literature. Oxford is aiming to become the first English-speaking location to hold the title.
If successful, a programme of events would be staged, including conferences, festivals, plays and writing competitions.
Bid director Kathelene Weiss said the events planned would "promote a love of reading" in the city.
Oxford's bid coincides with the redesign of the Bodleian Weston Library as well as the completion of the Story Museum of children's literature and storytelling.
The Bodleian Library's Mike Heeney said: "It is the opportunity to energise everyone - publishers, booksellers, readers authors and libraries. It's a great catalyst."
The name of the 2014 winning city is due to be announced by Unesco in June.
Phone footage showing Kashif Samuels hurling racist and Islamophobic abuse at the Turkish man in Tottenham, north London, went viral on 15 October.
Samuels, 25, who handed himself into the police, said he was "ashamed and disgusted" at his actions.
Speaking before sentencing by Highbury Corner magistrates, he said he saw a "monstrous person" in the footage.
Samuels, who pleaded guilty on 21 October to a racially aggravated public order offence, said: "It's definitely nothing I can be proud of."
He told BBC Radio London: "I saw a monstrous person to be honest I didn't realise existed within me, and now that I've seen it all I can try and do now is prove through future actions that that is not who I am or what I want to be."
Samuels, of Duffield Drive, Tottenham, described himself as "a person of colour" and said: "I can't ask for forgiveness, all I can say is my remorse and sorrow is genuine."
Lewis Hamilton kept his word at the Hungarian Grand Prix by handing back third place to his team-mate Valtteri Bottas - a promise made during the race as Hamilton attempted to chase down the leading Ferraris.
But could it come at a price?
Finishing fourth instead of third cost Hamilton three points, meaning Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel leads the Briton by 14 points heading into the summer break.
Since the very first Formula 1 world championship in 1950, 27% of seasons have been decided by three points or fewer, so Hamilton has definitely taken a risk.
There's been plenty of thrilling title tussles over the years but these are the 18 that were decided by three points or fewer:
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Output fell by 0.4% in the final quarter of the year, compared with growth of 0.9% in the third quarter. Analysts had been expecting the growth to continue.
The country is in the throes of difficult bailout talks with international creditors.
Overall, eurozone growth was revised down to 0.4% for the fourth quarter.
An initial estimate had put the growth rate at 0.5%, but the estimate was reduced partly as a result of slower than expected growth in Germany.
However, Germany's 0.4% growth rate in the final quarter of 2016 was still better than the 0.1% rate recorded in the previous three months.
A separate report from the German economy ministry said that rising orders in manufacturing and construction pointed to "solid" growth in the first three months of 2017.
"Economic indicators are pointing to a solid start for the year 2017," it said.
"However, uncertainties remain especially in the trade environment. The outlook for the global economy remains subdued."
The disappointing Greek figures come as fears grow that the debt crisis could resurface.
The country is under pressure to step up economic reforms, including pension cuts and tax rises.
In its latest assessment on the Greek economy, the International Monetary Fund argued that "Greece should deepen and accelerate reforms, which, together with further debt relief, are needed to allow the economy to return to a sustainable growth path".
But the call for more leeway for the country to pay its debts, prompted opposition from the eurozone, which has already given the country significant debt relief and is reluctant to go much further.
The issue will be discussed at a eurozone finance ministers meeting on 20 February. A Greek government spokesman said he was hopeful of agreement.
Surfers found the body of Raveshan Pillay, 27, washed up on a beach on Wednesday, the coroner said.
Six people died when the Leviathan II capsized on 25 October after being struck by a wave.
Mr Pillay's partner, UK citizen Danielle Hooker, was on board the sinking vessel. Her father, Nigel Hooker, also died in the incident.
Investigators said the vessel may have become unstable, with most passengers standing on the left side when the wave struck. Twenty-one people were rescued after the boat capsized.
Mr Pillay's family reportedly returned to Sydney from Canada last week.
Local newspapers published a thank you letter from the family, detailing their experiences in the Tofino district.
"Every shop we walked into was welcoming, every person we spoke with so kind," the letter said.
"Nobody is to blame. We lost our son, but we only lost his physical body. His spirit is here. And we gained a family, friends, a community. We will be back."
David Thomas had worked for technology giant Microsoft, which said it was "shocked and saddened" by his death.
His son Stephen was described by the Down's Syndrome Association as "a very talented young man and a gifted photographer".
Nigel Hooker had been visiting Canada from Southampton. He worked for Airbus Defence and Space as a programme assurance manager in Portsmouth. They said he was "a well respected and popular colleague, and will be greatly missed by everyone he worked with".
Jack Slater was born in Salford but had lived in Canada for more than 30 years. His daughter, Michele Slater Brown, said he was "larger than life, a charmer, handsome, entrepreneur" and a "lovely dad".
Katie Taylor was also an ex-pat, and was originally from Lichfield in Staffordshire, but lived in the ski resort of Whistler. She was described as a "vibrant, outgoing and lovely young woman" by her family.
Raveshan Pillay was an Australian citizen who was originally born in South Africa. An electrician by trade, he was described as "loving, caring and popular" by his family.
The care workers were charged after an investigation by the BBC's Panorama programme into the Old Deanery care home near Braintree in Essex.
Adeshola Adewura, 33, Lorna Clark, 45, and Anita Ray, 47, will be sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court in February.
The Panorama programme, broadcast in April 2014, showed an elderly woman with dementia being slapped and goaded.
Essex Police started the investigation into the abuse by Adewura, of Clockhouse Way, Clark, of Hammond Place, and Ray, of Victoria Street, after detectives saw the programme.
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A care worker, who was seen to slap a resident, had been sacked earlier on after an eyewitness made a statement to independent investigators.
Doug Mackay, district prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "When a loved one is admitted into a care home, their family trusts the staff to look after them and treat them with respect.
"By their guilty pleas, these three women have shown that they assaulted Mrs Maddison and betrayed the trust placed in them by her family."
In April 2014 the Old Deanery's owners Anglia Retirement Homes said managers were "shocked and saddened by allegations made by the BBC's Panorama programme of inappropriate behaviour by some members of staff".
The home is now called the New Deanery Care Home and is owned by Sonnet Care Homes.
Julia Clinton, chief executive of the New Deanery, said it had been an "extremely distressing time for all involved".
"We had only just bought The Old Deanery residential care home when the allegations first surfaced, and we immediately suspended a number of employees.
"We then launched a thorough investigation which culminated in their dismissal.
"In order to reflect we are a new business we changed our name to The New Deanery and have invested substantially in our building and particularly in staff training, and reinforcing our ethos of 'kindness, comfort and respect'."
Every day, it seems, another service joins the Bitcoin revolution, accepting payment in the so-called virtual currency.
As its popularity has soared, so has its price. On Wednesday it breached the $1,000 (£614) mark on Japan's MtGox exchange for the first time. That's nearly five times the price it was at earlier in the month.
Several reasons have been given for the surge:
If all of that makes it sounds like more of an asset than a real currency, then that's probably because it's a fair description.
Unlike "real-world" currencies, there is no central bank backing Bitcoin and anyone with a powerful enough computer can create one as part of a technique called "mining", which is used to process transactions.
Understanding exactly how the Bitcoin system works is only marginally easier than tracking down its mysterious creator - Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym used by the author or authors of the 2008 research paper that sparked its existence.
And, in truth, interest in Bitcoin arguably outweighs its role in the wider economy, with the possible exception of the way it has facilitated illegal trades on underground sites such as the Silk Road.
But what makes it important is what it tells us about the role virtual currencies might play in the years to come.
On this point, however, there is a divide between those who think it is a fantasy destined for failure, and those who think it will underpin the future of finance.
The BBC invited a Bitcoin advocate and a sceptic to explain their views:
Why does Bitcoin have value?
Over the past few years, I must have been asked this hundreds of times.
I first used Bitcoin in April 2009, just a few months after it was first released to the world. Back then, it had no value at all - there were no users and no trade, no exchanges and thus no exchange rate.
Now Bitcoin is reaching new heights thanks to a combination of speculation on future value and genuine, undeniable usefulness.
Think about it: Why can it take days or weeks for banks to send money around the world, when an email travels in seconds?
Does the money travel by steamboat?
Are they loading gold bars onto the side of a camel and sending it over the mountains of Mongolia?
Of course not.
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The real answer is depressing - banking is a stagnant market running on long-obsolete infrastructure, which improves only when forced to by government.
Same day payments happened only after banks were dragged into the 19th century by the Office of Fair Trading. When Metro Bank opened in 2010, it received the first new UK banking licence issued in 150 years.
Bitcoin has created a firestorm of excitement throughout the world because it's a new financial system, designed from scratch by the people, for the people.
It's not only fast, cheap and easy. In Bitcoin, every participant has equal power.
There are no bankers, because there are no banks.
There are no banks because there is no need for them: People can control their own money.
The rules of the system are enforced on everyone by each other. Not even the current software developers can tamper with it against the wishes of the users.
With better technology comes new features.
The web is powered by advertising because credit cards are too inefficient to pay for most content.
Bitcoin enables micropayments - instead of ads, tiny fractions of a penny could flow from your browser directly to sites you visit, with no middleman fees making the scheme impractical.
Crowdfunding doesn't need to be restricted to sites like Kickstarter, which have complex policies and fees - people can do it themselves.
Even something as trivial as a child running a lemonade stand can now be made digital, because anyone with a smartphone can accept Bitcoin: No complicated merchant bank accounts are needed.
Bitcoin is barely five years old.
It has its problems - volatility, geekiness and an appeal to criminals come to mind. With your help the project can overcome these issues and change the world. Trade on!
Bitcoin is a beautiful example of what the psychoanalyst David Tuckett calls a "fantastic object" - unreal but immensely attractive.
The Bitcoin experience accesses notions of stateless money, peer-to-peer exchange, and of course, no regulation or financial intermediation.
The origin story is clever and cute, and just hard enough to understand to induce a belief in the stability of the supply of the bitcoins, leading to a rush for them now, as opposed to later.
Bitcoin's value is dependent entirely on what you, the buyer, are willing to pay for it. If there were no users, there wouldn't be any value.
Because it has no use value, only exchange value, Bitcoin can have literally any price, and so the market for Bitcoin is permanently in a bubble as a result.
This bubble will form and burst many times, making and losing fortunes in the process.
I'm Irish. I know exactly what crazy bubbles look like.
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The Bitcoin phenomenon is the purest manifestation of what Charles McKay described in his 1841 book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.
At the psychological level of the investor, there's no difference between bitcoins, tulips, railways, or the stock market bubbles of the 1920s, 1990s, or the mid 2000s.
In this case a lot of people are deciding a string of electrons are worth something, as opposed to nothing, and they want to sell it to the next guy as soon as possible.
As long as you pass your Bitcoins on to the next guy while extracting a profit, you'll be happy.
There is always a greater fool. Right up until the moment there isn't one.
Economically, Bitcoin is nothing special.
It's a speculative asset people are buying primarily to flip onto someone else.
The "money 2.0" stuff is just marketing, and has been tried before, in the US in the 1850s during the free banking period, for example.
As I've said elsewhere, this time really isn't different, but you can tweet about it.
The fact Bitcoin isn't regulated is a big plus for some.
As one Bitcoin promoter boasted to me recently- and he did this himself - you can move $1m worth of Bitcoin across a border on a Zip Drive and not be detected.
The authorities won't allow this to last for long. Bitcoin's biggest boosters are also holding large amounts of the stuff, so beware, buyers.
My colleague Karl Whelan has suggested Bitcoin may simply be competed out of existence by other services like LiteCoin, TerraCoin, and AllahCoin, or regulated by national and international governments if it becomes associated with largely criminal activity.
Readers holding Bitcoin will be shaking their heads reading my piece - the value has exploded by thousands of percent in a single year!
To which I respond: Exactly.
Get into Bitcoin or another digital currency if you want.
I hope it makes you rich. But don't kid yourself this is anything more than speculation for a quick buck.
The messianic stuff will go out the window once it collapses. There are lots of things in the real economy to invest in too.
The big advantage of Bitcoin as "stateless money" is that when it collapses, the government won't have to bail it out.
Brown joined City after his contract at Cheltenham Town, who were relegated from League Two in May, came to an end.
"There was a lot of chopping and changing last year. Four managers and 44 players is a lot to deal with," the centre-back told BBC Sport.
"There seems to be a definite stability here with the manager, who's been here for a number of years," he added.
Brown was a virtual ever-present in the Cheltenham side last season as they finished four points from safety and were relegated to the National League after 16 years in the Football League.
But he feels that he could be fighting at the opposite end of the League Two table with Exeter this season:
"Everyone really gets on and there's a good bond there, and that's me saying that and I'm new coming into it.
"That bodes well for the season as out on the pitch everyone will be fighting for each other.
"We've got the quality there to match so I don't see why we can't be challenging for good things."
Aluko met a Beth England pass to put last season's double winners ahead at half-time with a curled finish.
Ji So-Yun turned home Ana Borges' cross for Chelsea's second before Aluko made it 3-0 by shooting in off the post.
England completed the win from close range, consigning Doncaster to their second successive 4-0 defeat.
The loss leaves the Belles without a point from six games in Women's Super League One.
Although they are five points adrift of nearest rivals Reading, Doncaster have played as many as five games fewer than some other top-flight clubs.
Chelsea Ladies forward Beth England: "I've been here six months now and things are starting to gel a little bit. So hopefully we can continue this run and keep scoring goals.
"All week in training we've been doing a lot of pairings, so trying to find what works and what system is best for us.
"It's just about getting the goals and Gemma (Davison) coming on obviously had a massive impact for us."
Doncaster Rovers Belles manager Emma Coates: "They're last year's double champions, we're newly promoted and we're competing.
"The good news is we're competing for longer periods of time, now we've got to sustain it for 90 minutes."
Chelsea Ladies: Spencer; Fahey, Flaherty, Bright; Borges, Ji, Carney (Taylor 82), Bailey (Davison 59), Rafferty (Blundell 53), Aluko, England.
Substitutes not used: Kitching, Cross.
Doncaster Rovers Belles: Hobbs; Barker, Roberts, Tierney, Pacheco, Lipka (Cresswell 74), Omarsdottir (Bakowska-Mathews 82), Simpkins, Humphrey (Smith 70), Murray, Sigsworth.
Substitutes not used: Moorhouse, Newborough, Mosby,
Attendance: 1,803
Referee: Carl Brook
Match ends, Chelsea Ladies 4, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea Ladies 4, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0.
Foul by Miri Taylor (Chelsea Ladies).
Christie Murray (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miri Taylor (Chelsea Ladies).
Emily Simpkins (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Chelsea Ladies 4, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gemma Davison.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Conceded by Niamh Fahey.
Goal! Chelsea Ladies 3, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Miri Taylor replaces Karen Carney.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Martha Bakowska-Mathews replaces Katrin Omarsdottir.
Attempt missed. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Nicola Hobbs.
Attempt missed. Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies).
(Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Emily Simpkins.
Foul by Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies).
Emily Simpkins (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Lauren Cresswell replaces Kasia Lipka.
Attempt blocked. Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Sue Smith replaces Carla Humphrey.
Attempt missed. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Goal! Chelsea Ladies 2, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0. Ji So-Yun (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ana Borges.
Attempt missed. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from long range on the right misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Nicola Hobbs.
Attempt saved. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies).
Katrin Omarsdottir (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Gemma Davison replaces Jade Bailey.
Attempt blocked. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mayumi Pacheco (Doncaster Rovers Belles).
Foul by Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies).
Samantha Tierney (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ji So-Yun (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
The site's founders have been charged with violating piracy laws.
Federal prosecutors have accused it of costing copyright holders more than $500m (£320m) in lost revenue. The firm says it was diligent in responding to complaints about pirated material.
In response, the hackers group Anonymous has targeted the FBI and US Department of Justice websites.
The news came a day after anti-piracy law protests, but investigators said they were ordered two weeks ago.
The US Justice Department said that Megaupload's two co-founders Kim Dotcom, formerly known as Kim Schmitz, and Mathias Ortmann were arrested in Auckland, New Zealand along with two other employees of the business at the request of US officials. It added that three other defendants were still at large.
"This action is among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States and directly targets the misuse of a public content storage and distribution site to commit and facilitate intellectual property crime,"said a statementposted on its website.
The FBI website was intermittently unavailable on Thursday evening due to what officials said was being "treated as a malicious act".
The hackers' group Anonymous said it was carrying out the attacks.
The Motion Picture Association of America's website also suffered disruption.
The charges included, conspiracies to commit racketeering, copyright infringement and money laundering.
A federal court in Virginia ordered that 18 domain names associated with the Hong Kong-based firm be seized.
The Justice Department said that more than 20 search warrants had been executed in nine countries, and that approximately $50m (£32m) in assets had been seized.
It claimed that the accused had pursued a business model designed to promote the uploading of copyrighted works.
"The conspirators allegedly paid users whom they specifically knew uploaded infringing content, and publicised their links to users throughout the world," a statement said.
"By actively supporting the use of third-party linking sites to publicise infringing content, the conspirators did not need to publicise such content on the Megaupload site.
"Instead, the indictment alleges that the conspirators manipulated the perception of content available on their servers by not providing a public search function on the Megaupload site and by not including popular infringing content on the publicly available lists of top content downloaded by its users."
Before it was shut down the site posted a statement saying the allegations against it were "grotesquely overblown".
"The fact is that the vast majority of Mega's internet traffic is legitimate, and we are here to stay," it added.
"If the content industry would like to take advantage of our popularity, we are happy to enter into a dialogue. We have some good ideas. Please get in touch."
The announcement came a day after thousands of websites took part in a "blackout" to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa).
The US Chamber of Commerce has defended the proposed laws saying that enforcement agencies "lack the tools" to effectively apply existing intellectual property laws to the digital world.
Industry watchers suggest this latest move may feed into the wider debate.
"Neither of the bills are close to being passed - they need further revision. But it appears that officials are able to use existing tools to go after a business alleged to be inducing piracy," said Gartner's media distribution expert Mike McGuire.
"It begs the question that if you can find and arrest people who are suspected to be involved in piracy using existing laws, then why introduce further regulations which are US-only and potentially damaging?"
They lost by 221 runs in the first Test and by 356 runs in the second Test.
Australia were also beaten 4-0 by India last year and Clarke said: "I think we've got to talk about what happened.
"We were hopeful that we'd learnt some lessons from our trip to India, but it doesn't look that way."
This latest defeat was Australia's 10th in their last 14 Tests in Asia.
"Our performances this tour were not any better than in India," Clarke continued.
"We must look to improve next time we get to the sub-continent but as a team there's no doubt the players are happy we're going home to play in conditions we're accustomed to.
"The best teams win away from home consistently, so it shows there's still a lot of work to do."
Australia now host South Africa in a tour featuring three Tests, five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals, with the first T20 in Adelaide on Wednesday.
Clarke reserved his most damning criticism for himself, after another disappointing display with the bat in the middle order.
"I'm probably most angry with myself, most disappointed with my own personal performance," said Clarke, who emerged from the series with just 57 runs to show from his four innings.
"I've always prided myself on leading by example. I don't have any excuse for underperforming. That's probably what burns me most at this moment in time."
Pakistan now move above England to third in the world Test rankings and captain Misbah-ul Haq praised an all-round team performance.
"We always had the belief, and which is why we delivered," said Misbah, who on Sunday scored the fastest 50 in Test cricket and equalled the record for quickest century.
"We knew if we could put up some decent totals, we could bowl them out. As it happened, it was a complete team performance and each member of the team contributed towards the team cause."
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The group, including a former vice-president and two ex-foreign ministers, were arrested after calling for reform.
"We've had no contact since he's been arrested," ex-Foreign Minister Haile Woldetensae's brother told the BBC.
An Eritrean official said the 11 had "committed serious crimes against the national security of Eritrea".
President Isaias Afewerki, who led Eritrea to independence in 1993, has little tolerance for criticism.
Eritrea does not allow opposition parties, independent journalism or civil society organisations.
Amnesty's Eritrea researcher Claire Beston told the BBC's Network Africa the prisoners, who include one woman - Aster Fissehatsion - were all "celebrated veterans" of the independence war and members of the ruling party.
"In May 2001, with four other people, they published an open letter to the president calling for reform, calling for democratic dialogue, rule of law and justice," she said.
"Whilst three of them were out of the country and one withdrew his support, the remaining 11 were arrested on 18 September in 2001 - only later were they accused of committing crimes against the security of the nation."
Michelle Kagari, Amnesty's Africa deputy director, said the anniversary was "a harrowing reminder of President Afewerki's complete disregard for the essential right of freedom of expression".
Eritrean presidential adviser Yemane Gebreab refused to go into details of the case but said the 11 had not been arrested for calling for democratic reforms but for threatening national security.
"If they had succeeded in their plans Eritrea today would no longer exist as an independent sovereign state, or it would have been another Somalia," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
"Eritrea should be commended for showing restraint on how it has handled this matter."
Haile Woldetensae's brother Daniel said no-one dares to ask the authorities about his brother's whereabouts fearing they too will face detention.
"They've never been tried; they've never had any consular access; no-one has visited them once they were taken from their houses at around 06:30 in the morning - they've never been seen," he said.
He described his brother as "a just an ordinary man, fighter for the liberation of Eritrea".
He said that he had found out from reliable informants that the political prisoners were being kept in solitary confinement in an isolated location.
"We fear the worst - and the president knows that they were psychologically prepared for it and he put them in the conditions that is degrading to human beings, there's no medical treatment and food and everything is very harsh," he told the BBC.
Ms Beston said detainees in Eritrea are often held in underground cells or shipping containers, which are unbearably hot by day and freezing at night..
"The temperatures can be so extreme former detainees have told me that they can't sit or lie down without blistering their skin off their bodies," she said.
Tim Yeo, MP for South Suffolk 1983-2014, is suing The Sunday Times for libel over three articles from 2013.
The paper claimed he told reporters he could promote business concerns in return for cash, the High Court heard.
Mr Yeo's counsel said his client never said he could act as a "paid advocate".
The court heard two journalists posed as representatives of a solar energy firm and had lunch with Mr Yeo, who was then chairman of the Commons' Energy & Climate Change Select Committee.
At an earlier hearing, Mr Justice Warby said the articles alleged Mr Yeo, 70, had offered to act as an advocate to push for new laws to the company's benefit.
The judge said the articles suggested Mr Yeo would approach ministers, civil servants and other MPs for a daily fee of £7,000.
Times Newspapers Ltd said the articles were true, it was fair comment and responsible journalism on a matter of public interest.
Desmond Browne QC, Mr Yeo's counsel said the paper had acted "with a singular lack of responsibility both at the journalistic and the editorial level".
"Mr Yeo was the unfortunate victim of that irresponsibility. He says that in his last years of service as an MP, his reputation was trashed.
"At no stage during the lunch when he spoke about ways in which he might be able to assist the journalists, did Tim Yeo understand that what he was being asked to do was act as a paid advocate in breach of the rules."
Mr Yeo was cleared of breaking House of Commons rules by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in 2013.
The libel trial is due to last for seven days.
There will be three stages to the race - a 22 km time trial around Belfast, a loop around the north coast and a cross border final stage.
The Giro d'Italia is one of cycling's three prestigious grand tours.
It is understood Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster is travelling to Milan next week for the official launch.
However, although cycle fans will be keen to try out the route, not everyone is happy.
Sinn Féin has said it is disappointed that the race circuit ignores west Belfast.
The stages will take place in Northern Ireland from Friday 9 May to Sunday 11 May, 2014.
The Belfast route on Friday 9 May starts at Titanic Belfast and takes in the Newtownards Road, Stormont, Queen's Bridge, the Ormeau Road, Stranmillis and Belfast city centre.
The Saturday leg - a 218 km cycle - starts on Belfast's Antrim Road and goes to Antrim, Ballymena, Bushmills, the Giant's Causeway taking in the coastline from Cushendall to Larne on to Whitehead and Carrickfergus and back to Belfast.
On day three, Sunday, the final stage of the Ireland leg, the riders will embark on a 187km cross border section.
They will leave Armagh and travel to Richhill and Newtownhamilton before heading south, crossing the border at Forkhill en route to Dublin via Dundalk, Castlebellingham and Drogheda.
It is the first time the international event is beginning outside continental Europe. The Northern Ireland Executive is paying £3m from Tourist Board, EU and Department of Enterprise (Deti) funds to host the event.
All the routes are preliminary at this stage, but they are unlikely to change.
Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey said he was disappointed that the circuit did not include west Belfast.
"The image of cyclists going up and down the Falls Road would send out a massive positive signal right across the world," he said.
"This is about advertising the city. This is about promoting the city, and nowhere else can do it better than the Falls Road, and I think it's a shame that Deti have excluded west Belfast from this competition.
"What we will see is all other parts of the city being touched and being seen world-wide, except west Belfast, and it is just not good enough. We will campaign to meet whoever we have to meet, to ensure this race comes to this part of the city."
Others are happier. Former champion cyclist Dave Kane cannot believe his luck. The time trial route will pass the front door of his bike shop on the Upper Newtownards Road in Belfast.
Mr Kane said: "I've been in Italy and I've seen the Giro and to get the Grand Depart here, it's unbelievable. The people here just don't know what this is going to be like. It's not to say you have a bunch of cyclists going through.
"These are the top pros in the world and they'll be here for roughly a week.
"They'll be out routing the stages and then you'll have the prologue which is the team time trial which goes past the door here and round Stormont and it's unbelievable for the people of Northern Ireland, for the tourism, for the economy to be able to support something like the Giro."
The Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana are the most well known and prestigious Grand Tours for top cyclists.
The start of the 104-year-old Giro has traditionally taken place in Italy, but in recent times has been awarded to an outside country every two years.
Two of cycling's Grand Tours will make visits to Britain and Ireland next year, with the 2014 Tour de France starting in Yorkshire.
The rainfall follows one of the worst droughts in more than 50 years, made worse by the El Nino phenomenon.
Administrators in the southern district of Wolaita said 41 people had died in landslides on Monday.
Nine other people drowned in floods in the south-eastern area of Bale that also killed hundreds of head of cattle.
The flooding in Bale, in the south of the Oromia region, has reportedly affected 559 hectares (1,381 acres) of farmland too, washing away seeds.
Rescue efforts are under way to save people missing in the landslides, Wolaita police commissioner Alemayehu Mamo told Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC).
But a major road and bridge had also been damaged in the SNNP region, hampering rescue efforts, he said.
The BBC's Emmanuel Igunza in the capital, Addis Ababa, says more than 10 million people are already in need of urgent humanitarian assistance because of the drought.
The government and aid agencies have launched a $1.4bn (£970m) appeal to help those requiring urgent food assistance.
The cars were all parked in an area of the city known as The Glens when they were damaged.
Police Scotland said they believed the incident took place between 20:00 on Friday and 02:00 on Saturday.
Officers in Tayside have appealed to anyone with information about the vandalism to contact them.
Out of 1,000 people questioned in the Red C survey, 53% said they would vote Yes in the 31 May referendum, up six points on the last poll two weeks ago.
The poll suggests 31% would vote No, down four points, while 16% were undecided, down two points.
The referendum will decide Ireland's support for the treaty, designed to tighten budgetary rules across Europe.
Those advocating a Yes vote say the treaty will bring stability to Ireland's bailed out economy, while those on the No side believe it would mean years of further austerity.
Only the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom refused to sign up to the pact.
In terms of party support, the poll commissioned by the Sunday Business Post suggested that Taoiseach Enda Kenny's Fine Gael party has dropped three points to 29%, while coalition partner Labour is down to 13%.
Fianna Fail is up two points to 19%, while Sinn Fein is also up two to 21%, the party's highest ever rating in a Red C survey.
Independents and others are unchanged at 18%.
Twenty-one people were killed on 21 November 1974 when bombs exploded in two city centre pubs.
Six innocent men were wrongfully convicted. No-one has ever been brought to justice for one of the worst single losses of life in the Troubles.
Michael Christopher Hayes said he was sorry innocent people were killed.
The 69-year-old, who now lives in south Dublin, refused to say who planted the bombs in the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town, but said he was speaking out to give "the point of view of a participant".
The bombs had not been intended to kill people, he said, adding that there had been a crucial eight-minute delay before police were warned of the bombs' location.
Once he became aware of the death toll from the two bombs, he personally defused a third bomb left on Birmingham's Hagley Road, said Mr Hayes.
Relatives of those killed have rejected the apology as "gutless and spineless".
An inquest into the bombings has been re-opened following a campaign by victims' families, who feel they have been denied justice and that their loved ones have been forgotten.
Victims' relatives have always wanted the names of the suspects to be disclosed at the inquest.
But just last week the coroner ruled that suspects' identities would not be discussed - a ruling denounced by the families as a "whitewash".
West Midlands Police said their investigation remained open and they would respond to "any new significant information to bring those responsible to justice".
"An inquest is due to start and we will not be providing any further comment until the proceedings have concluded," said a police spokesperson.
In 1990, Michael Hayes was named in a landmark Granada TV programme as one of the men who placed the bombs in the two pubs.
He said he was arrested and questioned by West Midlands Police about the bombings in 1974, but was released.
When asked last week if he planted the bombs, he told BBC News NI: "No comment. No comment.
"I've been accused of a lot of things, without one shred of forensic evidence, without one statement made, without one witness coming out against me."
He said the bombs were made of gelignite, and were planted by two individuals.
Asked if he was one of the two, he replied: "I'm not telling you."
However, he said he took what he called "collective responsibility" for all the IRA's actions in England - including the Birmingham pub bombings.
He said he was in the IRA for more than 30 years in both Ireland and England, adding that he was "a participant in the IRA's activities in Birmingham".
He said: "We were horrified when we heard because it was not intended. I personally defused the third bomb."
Asked what expertise he had that allowed him to do that, he said: "Quite a lot. I specialised in explosives. I knew what I was doing."
Michael Hayes said the IRA unit in Birmingham had been shocked by the scale of the death toll.
"It was not the intention of the IRA to kill innocent people," he told BBC News NI.
"That wasn't meant. It wouldn't have been done if that was the case."
He said he thought they had given sufficient time for the police to evacuate the buildings.
"We believed that we gave adequate warnings," he said.
"It was only later on that we realised there was eight valuable minutes missed. We were going to give them a half-hour warning.
"Out of that half hour, eight minutes elapsed - eight priceless minutes."
He said that as he understood it one of the phone boxes used for the telephone warnings was broken and another one was being used.
The former IRA man said he was sorry for the hurt caused to the relatives of those killed.
"My apologies and my heartfelt sympathy to all of you for a terrible tragic loss that you have been put through," he said.
"In all these years that you have been trying to find closure, I hope at last God will be merciful and bring you closure.
"I apologise not only for myself, I apologise for all active republicans who had no intention of hurting anybody and sympathise with you."
Julie Hambleton, whose 18-year-old sister Maxine was killed in the explosions, said an apology from the IRA would be offensive.
"He's a coward, as simple as that," she told the BBC.
"He'll take collective responsibility for those unarmed, innocent people, but won't say who done it?
"He's gutless and spineless," she added. "He's told us nothing, he's admitted nothing."
Michael Hayes has said he would not be attending the inquest into the bombings.
"I would not go along to it. Why should I? What reason would I have to go there? I am just kind of giving this interview.
"That is sufficient. I'm not going back to England."
Meanwhile, the former IRA man insists he has a clear conscience.
"Very much so," he said. "I can sleep at night. Because I am not a murderer."
He said he would rather die than become an informer by naming the real bombers to help free the Birmingham Six, who served 16 years in prison before their sentences were quashed by the Court of Appeal in 1991.
He said: "You would want me to go in and give the name of other men, to become an informer? I'd sooner die in front of you than become an informer."
There will be a BBC News NI special programme on the Michael Hayes interview on BBC 1 Northern Ireland at 22:40 and on the BBC News Channel at 23:30
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.
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World number 67 Bedene beat the Spaniard 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (9-7).
The Slovenian-born Briton, who reached the second round of Wimbledon, beat Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver - also in straight sets - in the first round.
Bedene, 26, will next play Italian eighth seed Fabio Fognini on Friday for a place in the semi-finals.
The footage shows a group wearing orange overalls being forced to the ground and then decapitated.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said Egypt reserves the right to respond in any way it sees fit.
IS militants claim to have carried out several attacks in Libya, which is in effect without a government.
However, with many armed groups operating in Libya, it is not clear how much power IS actually wields.
The kidnapped Egyptian workers, all Coptic Christians, were seized in December and January from the coastal town of Sirte in eastern Libya, now under the control of Islamist groups.
The video of the beheadings was posted online by Libyan jihadists who pledge loyalty to IS. A caption made it clear the men were targeted because of their faith.
"Egypt and the whole world are in a fierce battle with extremist groups carrying extremist ideology and sharing the same goals," President Sisi said.
The beheadings were described as "barbaric" by al-Azhar, the highly regarded theological institution which is based in Egypt.
The Coptic church said it was "confident" Egypt would exact retribution. Egypt has declared seven days of national mourning.
Libya has been in turmoil since 2011 and the overthrow of its then-leader, Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Since then, numerous other militia groups have battled for control.
The head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency warned last month that IS was assembling "a growing international footprint that includes ungoverned and under-governed areas", including Libya.
The five-minute video shows hostages in orange jumpsuits being marched along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant. The men are made to kneel before they are simultaneously beheaded.
Most were from a poor village in Upper Egypt where some relatives fainted on hearing the news. A caption accompanying the video made it clear the hostages were targeted because of their faith. It referred to the victims as "people of the cross, followers of the hostile Egyptian church".
There's speculation here that Egypt may now consider airstrikes across the border. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said in the past that militants in Libya are a danger not just to Egypt, but also to the Middle East.
Libya has two rival governments, one based in Tripoli, the other in Tobruk. Meanwhile, the eastern city of Benghazi, headquarters of the 2011 revolution, is largely in the hands of Islamist fighters, some with links to al-Qaeda.
On Sunday, Italy closed its embassy in Tripoli. Italy, the former colonial power, lies less than 500 miles (750km) from Libya at the shortest sea crossing point.
Italian Premier Matteo Renzi has been calling for the UN to intervene in Libya. Thousands of migrants use the Libyan coast as a starting point to flee the violence and attempt to reach the EU.
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond condemned the beheadings.
"Such barbaric acts strengthen our determination to work with our partners to counter the expanding terrorist threat to Libya and the region," he said.
On Sunday, President Sisi banned all travel to Libya by Egyptian citizens.
Despite the turmoil in Libya, thousands of Egyptians go to the country looking for work.
There had been demonstrations in Egypt calling on the government to do more to secure the release of those held.
The government operates a national network and provincial stations. News coverage is said to be balanced. But funding problems have taken some regional radios off the air.
Television coverage is limited mainly to Port Moresby and the provincial capitals.
Two daily newspapers are foreign-owned. The private press, including weeklies and monthlies, reports on corruption and other sensitive matters.
BBC World Service (106.7) and Radio Australia broadcast on FM in the capital.
By June 2010 there were 125,000 internet users (InternetWorldStats). There is a burgeoning blogging scene. Radio Australia says the platform gives locals a chance to vent their frustration with politicians, bureaucrats and the police.
Social media - including blogs, Facebook and Twitter - emerged as platforms for debate during elections in 2012. One blogger observed that smartphone use was ironing out disparities in social media access between rural and urban voters.
The 17-year-old, from Bradford, who cannot be named because of his age, denies the charge and an alternative count of making a pipe bomb.
Mr Justice Goss issued the warning at the start of the teenager's trial at Leeds Crown Court.
He urged jurors to remain "objective and dispassionate" during the case.
He said: "When you hear some of the details of the evidence of the case, it is likely you will find some of the views expressed by the defendant, and those with whom he sympathised or communicated, abhorrent or repugnant.
"The holding of such views, it will become clear to you during the case, is not of itself a crime."
The jury of six men and six women was sent home for the day ahead of the prosecution's opening of the case on Tuesday.
The trial is expected to last about three weeks.
Dexter Neal, of Ronald Road, Halstead, was bitten by an American bulldog in Parker Way at 17:40 BST on 18 August.
He was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge where he died later that day.
A woman has been arrested and bailed in connection with the attack.
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In a statement, Dexter's family said: "When Dexter was born our family became complete and we were happier than we could ever have imagined.
"Watching him grow into such a happy joyful child made every day a pleasure and we felt honoured to have him in our lives.
"Dexter made everyone smile with his beautiful face and cheeky grin. He was always polite and kind to everybody and all who met him fell in love with him."
The family also said he loved music, adored his older sister, was a skilful footballer and had just learned to ride his bike without stabilisers.
"Our lives will never be the same without Dexter, he was the life and soul of our family. Our hearts have been broken and can never be fixed," the family said.
"We now have to learn to continue our lives without our cheeky little boy and remember the joy and happiness he brought us in the short time he was allowed to be with us."
A 29-year-old woman, arrested on suspicion of allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control, is due to answer bail on 19 October. The dog was seized by police and placed in kennels.
For 18 months, Raul's presidency was considered temporary, but he was officially elected president in 2008 when Fidel decided to withdraw from office permanently.
In February 2013 Raul was elected by the National Assenbly to a second five-year term, but he said it would be his last.
For many years Raul Castro seemed content to lurk in Fidel's shadow.
Quieter and a head shorter than his sibling, he was thought to lack the stature of a brother famous for his long, rousing speeches and defiance of the West.
However, Raul held numerous key positions before assuming the presidency, including being the head of the Communist Party and the senior official in the armed forces.
Once elected president, he was quick to introduce some small, but significant changes.
An early move to relax restrictions on owning mobile phones and computers and a rise in salaries and state pensions was widely celebrated by Cubans.
Raul also allowed unused state-owned land to pass over to private farmers and cooperatives in an attempt to boost domestic food production.
However, some who predicted he would be more of a pragmatist than his brother have been disappointed with the pace of change.
They argue not enough has been done to open up Cuba's economy and pursue a rapprochement with the United States.
In April 2009, US President Barack Obama announced that he was easing restrictions on travel and remittances to the island by Cuban-Americans.
But the US trade embargo, in place since the early 1960s, remains.
In 2010, Raul began a long process of reassessing the structure of Cuban socialism, which according to some analysts is an attempt to move towards a Chinese model which allows more private commerce.
Raul himself has said that, "Many Cubans confuse socialism with freebies and subsidies, and equality with egalitarianism."
In September 2010, the government announced plans to reduce the size of the state, beginning by cutting 500,000 jobs from the sugar, farming, construction and health and tourism industries within the first three months of the year.
However in March, Raul admitted that the cuts were behind schedule and predicted that the overhaul of the economy would take at least five years.
Raul's rise
Raul and Fidel have worked together since the 1950s, when they plotted the Cuban Revolution.
The current president can claim an earlier commitment to socialism than his brother, whose early defining political characteristic was nationalism.
Some say that he has always been more of a hard-liner than Fidel. In the first few months of the Revolution, he was kept out of the limelight because his militancy was thought unpalatable.
Raul was born in 1931 in the eastern province of Holguin, to Angel Castro and Lina Ruz, the youngest of three brothers - five years younger than Fidel.
He attended school first in Santiago and then in Havana, where as a university undergraduate he joined a communist youth group.
In 1953, he took part with Fidel in the assault on the Moncada barracks - an attempt to oust the authoritarian regime of Fulgencio Batista.
But the assault failed, and Raul served 22 months in jail alongside his brother. In 1955, the two were released, and went to Mexico to prepare the ship Granma for a revolutionary expedition to Cuba in late 1956.
During this time, Raul is said to have befriended Che Guevara, introducing him to Fidel.
Upon their arrival back in Cuba, the band of revolutionaries conducted a guerrilla warfare campaign from the Sierra Maestra mountains, finally overthrowing Batista in early 1959.
Central role
That early guerrilla army has evolved under Raul's leadership into a fighting force of some 50,000, which assisted pro-Soviet forces in conflicts in Angola and Ethiopia during the 1970s.
The army played a crucial role in peacetime efforts to prop up the ailing Cuban economy following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Through a state-run tourism company, Gaviota, it also plays a primary role in the - now key - sector of tourism.
Raul is also reported to have influenced financial policy from behind the scenes.
In 1959 Raul married Vilma Espin, a fellow revolutionary guerrilla fighter and high-level party official, who died in June 2007.
The couple had four children. Raul is said to be a doting father and enthusiastic climber.
In a speech at a dinner in Ireland last week, Akbar Al Baker said US airlines were "crap" and their passengers were "always being served by grandmothers".
He also boasted that "the average age of my cabin crew is only 26".
On Wednesday, Mr Al Baker said the "careless" remarks did not reflect his "true sentiments about cabin crew".
"Competition among air carriers is robust. This is healthy, especially for our passengers, but our competition must remain respectful," he wrote in a letter to the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), a US trade union that has some 50,000 members from 20 airlines.
"For the cabin crew serving aboard all air carriers, professionalism, skill and dedication are the qualities that matter. I was wrong to imply that other factors, like age, are relevant," he added.
The AFA's president, Sara Nelson, said she accepted the apology.
On Monday, after a video of Mr Al Baker's speech was posted online, Ms Nelson accused him of confirming "what AFA has said all along: Qatar Airways thrives on misogyny and discrimination.
"Qatar is not only seeking to choke out US aviation, but also the 300,000 good jobs built through opportunity created on the principle of equality."
She added: "When there's an emergency on board, a flight attendant's gender, age, weight, height, race or sexuality simply do not matter. What matters is effective safety and security training, along with experience on the job."
The vice-president of flight service for American Airlines, Jill Surdek, also said in a message to employees that Mr Al Baker's remarks were "incredibly offensive".
The controversy comes amid a row between US carriers and Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways and Emirates Airline over alleged state support for them.
On Wednesday, American Airlines announced that it was cancelling a code-share agreement with Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways as "an extension of our stance against the illegal subsidies". The airlines deny receiving state subsidies.
Mr Al Baker said he was disappointed with the decision on Thursday, but that he would proceed with plans to buy a 10% stake in American Airlines.
"Our stock purchase request and filing is going ahead as normal. We had to clarify certain questions of the regulator, which we compiled with," he told reporters.
Qatar Airways already owns a 20% stake in the owner of British Airways, International Airlines Group, and 10% of South America's LATAM Airlines.
Eric Baptista, 29, received a 12-month suspended jail term after admitting seven counts of criminal damage.
The judge at Liverpool Crown Court ordered Baptista, from Liverpool, not to go within 32ft (10m) of any William Hill betting shop for five years.
He was also ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid community work.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Baptista, of Seacole Close, had smashed up TV screens and gaming machines with a hammer at William Hill shops in south Liverpool during three weeks in May.
He also smeared the screens in the shops with anti-vandal paint and filmed some of the attacks on a mobile phone.
Baptista told police he had committed the offences because he was a gambling addict and had lost so much money to the William Hill betting shop chain and was angry that staff were not trained to deal with problem gamblers.
The CPS said he told staff in the betting shops: "This is a protest. I am sorry; there is no safety net for customers."
Crown advocate Mike Stephenson, who prosecuted the case, said: "He [Baptista] stated that he had since been to counselling for his addiction, and as a result he has not been to a betting shop.
"He also said that he'd started a forum against the gambling industry, and campaigns to try to highlight the problems that gamblers face."
Marr, 53, spent two months in hospital, which was followed by months of physiotherapy to help him walk again.
BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show has since been presented by a series of guest presenters, including Jeremy Vine and Sophie Raworth.
Marr will also be returning to present Radio 4's Start the Week later in the year.
As the Andrew Marr Show prepared to take its summer break, Vine said: "We're back on the first Sunday in September which this year is September the first. And I'm delighted to say that Andrew will be back in the hot seat presenting the show himself."
In a statement, Marr said: "I'm hugely looking forward to coming back and want to give it my all but recovering from a stroke does take time.
"We've taken the decision to start with the Sunday show in the autumn and I'm delighted to be returning to present Start the Week on Radio 4 later on in the year."
Economics editor Stephanie Flanders will continue to present Start the Week, along with other guest presenters, until Marr returns.
Three months after his stroke, Marr gave an interview to his own programme, in which he said: "I'm frankly lucky to be alive."
He blamed the stroke on overworking and intense periods of exercise.
He said his voice and memory had been unaffected by the illness but the left side of his body was weakened.
Reading Prison was closed by the Ministry of Justice in 2013 and its fate has since remained uncertain.
Wilde was held between 1895 and 1897 and wrote about his experience in his poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
The project involves the work of artists, performers and writers.
Actor Ralph Fiennes and singer Patti Smith will be among those taking part.
Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years with hard labour for gross indecency after his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas was exposed in 1895.
After his release, he composed The Ballad of Reading Gaol, which was inspired by his time as a prisoner and reflected the brutality of the Victorian prison system.
The project has been organised by London arts organisation Artangel, in conjunction with the National Trust, which is presenting the tours.
Artangel co-directors Michael Morris and James Lingwood said the building was a "powerful place" and they had taken away some of the more recent structures inside the prison to return it, as much as possible, to the way it would have been when it was built.
The event opens on Sunday and continues until 30 October.
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After a 112-year wait for another Olympic shot, it's fair to say the atmosphere at the Marapendi course at 0730 Rio time on Thursday was a little muted.
It wasn't the fault of the man chosen to take the opening tee-shot, Brazil's Adilson da Silva, although his draw in his home country is limited; the 44-year-old, whose highest ever world ranking was 215, lives in South Africa and has played in Brazil just once in the last 20 years.
This was about absence as much as the present, not so much an "I was there" moment as "I was there but none the world's top four players fancied it".
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No Rory McIlroy, no Jordan Spieth. No Jason Day, no Dustin Johnson. No Adam Scott either, or US Open runner-up Shane Lowry, or Hideki Matsuyama or Louis Oosthuizen, let alone Tiger Woods, the dominant force in the game when golf was readmitted to the Olympics back in 2009, now less an ambassador than an invalid.
Many of those big names pulled out over fears about the Zika virus. Having walked the course on Thursday and seen more capybaras than mosquitoes, you might wonder whether golf deserves to be here at all.
There is certainly something discombobulating about seeing a giant sculpture of the five Olympic rings within sand-wedge distance of a tee box, about seeing all the familiar furniture of a Games being used to dress a golf course. It is two discrete worlds being merged under duress, a forced marriage that no-one is sure will last the distance.
For the spectators who are here it's actually a rather pleasant experience. So close can you get to the players that you can hear their breathing. Masters champion Danny Willett and USA's Matt Kuchar are followed by a gallery so intimate they could almost be rules officials, if not caddies.
Unfortunately that's because there aren't many spectators at all. With the course way out west of Rio's pumping heart and Brazil having no golfing back-story to speak of, this has been one of the harder sells of an Olympics that has seen empty seats even at the beach volleyball on Copacabana.
It is being sold as a chance to grow the game, with the course returning to public property after the Games and designed, with its wide fairways and absence of trees or rough, to be enjoyed by the dabbling amateur as much as the reluctant millionaire.
In some ways it has already expanded the market. The last time golf was played at the Olympics, the competitors were drawn from only two nations, the USA and Canada. Here there are 60 men and 60 women, flying in from 41 countries.
Whether golf has ever really fitted in at an Olympics is another matter. It was absent from the first modern Games, in Athens in 1896, for the unarguable reason that there were no golf courses in Greece.
In 1900 in Paris it was played across eight days. The precursors to Willett and his British team-mate Justin Rose, Walter Rutherford and David Robertson, won silver and bronze, although had you mentioned Team GB to them they would have either looked at you blankly or had you tried for treason.
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Things were not much clearer in the women's competition, where the champion Margaret Abbott only entered because she happened to be on holiday in France with her mother, and was under the impression she was competing in the Ladies Amateur Championship of Paris rather than the Olympics.
Even Lyon himself, the last gold medallist before this week, was something of a leftfield champion, having only taken up the sport aged 38 and enjoyed most of his sporting success before Paris as a cricketer in his native Canada.
So long has golf been excluded since then that tug-of-war, rope climbing and pistol duelling have all featured on the Olympic schedule more recently.
But this is a golden chance for the game, all the same.
The course itself is fine - not hugely interesting, but testing when the wind gets up, as it tends to in the afternoon, and reflective of its natural coastal geography with sand and wild grasses lining the fairways, and the colour of each bunker depending on the native subsoil found there.
Crowds are supposed to improve each day, with organisers claiming Sunday's final round is already a sell-out. Despite all those high-profile no-shows there are still plenty of Major wins - Padraig Harrington's three, Henrik Stenson's newly-claimed Open title, Bubba Watson's two Masters - and plenty looking to make up for Majors missing, not least Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia.
And this is only the start. Just as no-one would pass judgement on a Major after only the first round has been completed, so this Olympic tournament must be given time to develop. The strokeplay format arguably may not be as accessible as matchplay might have been to novice spectators nor as alluring to the grizzled, but the medal format provides a novel twist to the scoring: will the man in third place on the 18th, two shots behind the leader, go for broke for the win as you might expect on the PGA Tour, or lay up to protect his possible bronze?
Tennis, the closest equivalent to golf among professional Olympic sports, took its own time to flourish when it was readmitted to the Games in 1988. Steffi Graf may have won the women's gold, but the men's champion was the unheralded if aesthetically pleasing Miloslav Mecir, with only three of the world's top 10 men taking part. By London 2012, 24 years later, the injured Rafael Nadal was the only missing player from the world's elite.
The players too have an opportunity to embrace a new experience in a sometimes homogenous golfing environment. Rose is relishing it, taking part in the opening ceremony at the Maracana, staying in the athletes' village, hanging out with compatriots he had never met before from sports he knew little about.
He was rewarded on Thursday morning with the first hole-in-one in Olympic history, a pleasing moment of serendipity on an otherwise underwhelming day. Da Silva, too, striped that first tee-shot straight down the middle of the fairway.
Golf needs its stars that are here to shine. When George Lyon travelled to London in 1908 to defend his title, he found the event cancelled two days before it was due to start due to a series of administrative errors. Another self-inflicted wound like that might just take another 112 years to heal.
The 14-time major winner, who first moved into the top 100 in 1996 and then spent a cumulative record 683 weeks as world number one, has dropped to 104.
The 39-year-old American has not played since withdrawing from the Farmers Insurance Open on 6 February.
Woods has said he is "hopeful" of a return for the first major of the year, the Masters, starting on 9 April.
After withdrawing from February's event at Torrey Pines with back problems, Woods announced he would be taking an indefinite break from the sport, describing his performances this year as "unacceptable for tournament play".
Woods, who carded an 82 at the Phoenix Open in January - his worst round as a professional - added that he won't return until he can "compete at the highest level".
The last time Woods was outside the top 100 in the world was in September 1996 when he was ranked equal 221 and on his climb to the top.
The following week, he jumped to 75th by winning the Las Vegas Invitational as a 20-year-old for the first of his 79 PGA Tour victories.
Woods first become world number one after finishing 19th at the 1997 US Open.
When authorities responded to an emergency call about an 18-wheel vehicle stuck in a muddy lay-by, they found the elephants hard at work.
The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office said the truck had been hauling three elephants from New Orleans to Dallas when it got into trouble.
Officials were "astounded" by what they saw, a spokesman said.
The truck became stuck when it pulled off the highway and onto a lay-by near Powhatan, Louisiana, shortly after 07:00 local time (12:00 GMT) on Tuesday.
"When deputies arrived on scene, they were astounded to find two elephants keeping the eighteen wheeler from overturning," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
As the truck began to lean towards a ditch, the owner led two of the elephants out of the trailer and corralled them into preventing the truck from falling further.
Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office Capt Tony Moran told the BBC that his colleagues had presumed the story "would be of only local interest" but was surprised by the wider interest.
Recent rains have caused the ground surrounding the highway to become soft, the sheriff's office said.
Eventually a tow-truck pulled the lorry to safety, and the elephants were able to rest.
It is not clear who owns the elephants or the truck.
Bosses at Durham's high security Frankland prison have been urged to take "prompt action" to tackle a rise in assaults.
The report noted a recent increase in levels of violence involving prisoners.
But inspectors concluded the prison offered a "safe and decent" environment for inmates, many of whom are classed as vulnerable.
The jail holds more than 800 men, many of them Category A inmates.
The report said there had been an increase in assaults on prisoners - up from 11 in the five months to September 2015 to 40 in the five months to February 2016 - some of which were "serious".
It also said there had been one assault on a staff member in the previous six months.
Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons, said: "The outcomes for prisoners at Frankland were reasonably good or better. Staff managed considerable ongoing risk every day, while maintaining a safe and respectful regime in which prisoners had good learning opportunities."
Michael Spurr, chief executive of the National Offender Management Service, said: "The prison holds a long-term population including some of the country's most dangerous prisoners, but provides a humane, purposeful environment and manages risk proportionately and effectively.
"The challenges presented by prisoners held at Frankland are considerable but the rehabilitative approach helps provide purpose which helps reduce risk and ultimately protects the public.
"They will continue to build on their successes and build on the recommendations raised in the report."
More than 1,000 fish died as a result of what is believed to have been a slurry leak in the Tregaron area.
NRW said the majority of fish up to six miles (9.6km) downriver had also died.
The environment body said an investigation was ongoing and enforcement action could follow.
NRW teams have been working to ensure control measures are in place to prevent further pollution, and staff are carrying out surveys to assess the impact on other river life.
Gavin Bown, south west duty manager for NRW, said the Teifi was one of the most important recreational and net fisheries for salmon and sea trout in Wales and was vital to the tourism industry.
"The fisheries of Wales are iconic and highly valued so it's devastating when pollution incidents happen," he said.
"We'll work with our partners and do all we can to restore the river as quickly as possible."
Councillor Rhodri Evans, Ceredigion council's cabinet member for lifestyle services, said there were concerns among anglers about the impact of the pollution.
But he added he was hopeful the measures put in place to prevent further contamination would be successful.
Conservationist and presenter Iolo Williams described it as "an environmental disaster" and said it would take decades for the river to recover.
Strange's side must now go on to defeat New Zealand in their group, a feat Wales achieved in the 2012 tournament.
"Even though it is going to be more difficult, we've got a fighting chance," said Strange.
After Wales' 26-25 defeat to the Irish, New Zealand beat Georgia 55-0.
Wales took two losing bonus points from the match, and face Georgia in Manchester on Saturday, 11 June, before tackling the top seed All Blacks in Salford on Wednesday 15 June.
"That's not impossible by any means, we'll be preparing well and looking forward to the challenge," Strange said of the New Zealand match.
Grand Slam winners Wales took a 17-point lead against Ireland but were stunned by an Ireland fight-back, while Keelan Giles' 78th minute corner try went unconverted as replacement Jarrod Evans sent a difficult kick wide.
Fly-half Dan Jones created two of the early tries but could only land two kicks from five attempts at goal.
"It's painful after an outstanding first 25 minutes with everything going to plan. But Ireland frustrated us and we gave some soft penalties away, so the momentum quickly changed," Strange told BBC Wales.
"We left [goal-kicking] points out there, but I don't think we lost because of the goal-kicks. There were a number of reasons. We lost composure, we conceded soft penalties and to be fair to Ireland, their recycling game was very good."
It represented a turn-around in fortunes from the Six Nations, when Wales came from behind in the second half against Ireland, France and Scotland to win the title.
"It's all part of their learning, much as you enjoy winning. They'll stay tight, you have highs and lows in rugby but how we respond now as a group is important" Strange added.
Scotland pulled off the surprise of the opening round, beating Australia 15-10.
The navy said the plane, a Dornier surveillance aircraft, was on a routine flight when it went down late on Tuesday. The cause is not known.
One crew member was rescued and a search operation has been launched for the missing two, navy spokesman Rahul Sinha said in a statement.
It is the latest in a series of mishaps for the Indian military
Last November, one crew member died and four were missing when a navy ship sank during exercises off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam.
In March 2014, a navy officer died in an accident on board a ship being built at a dockyard in Mumbai.
A month earlier, a fire on board a nuclear submarine off Mumbai left two sailors dead. The navy chief resigned in response.
And in August 2013, 18 sailors died in one of the navy's worst disasters when a submarine sank after a fire at the same dockyard in Mumbai.
The veteran star won the 8m krona ($900,000, £727,000) prize in October but did not collect the award until the end of March at a private event.
And it has taken him until now to issue his taped lecture, which cites Buddy Holly as an influence.
Dylan had until 10 June to deliver the lecture or forfeit the prize money.
The singer mentioned three influential books - Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Homer's The Odyssey and Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front - in his lecture.
It has been posted on the Nobel website.
"The speech is extraordinary and, as one might expect, eloquent. Now that the lecture has been delivered, the Dylan adventure is coming to a close," Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, wrote in a blog post.
Dylan said: "If I was to go back to the dawning of it all, I guess I'd have to start with Buddy Holly... He was the archetype. Everything I wasn't and wanted to be."
Dylan said he "had to travel a hundred miles to get to see him play" and "wasn't disappointed".
Describing the encounter, he said Holly "was powerful and electrifying and had a commanding presence".
"Out of the blue, the most uncanny thing happened. He looked me right straight dead in the eye, and he transmitted something. Something I didn't know what. And it gave me the chills.
"It was a day or two after that that his plane went down… somebody handed me a Leadbelly record with the song Cottonfields on it. And that record changed my life right then and there."
This lead him on to other Leadbelly artists including Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, the New Lost City Ramblers and Jean Ritchie.
"By listening to all the early folk artists and singing the songs yourself, you pick up the vernacular. You internalise it."
He then went on to talk about his literary influences.
"Specific books that have stuck with me ever since I read them way back in grammar school - I want to tell you about three of them: Moby Dick, All Quiet on the Western Front and The Odyssey."
He described Moby Dick as "a fascinating book, a book that's filled with scenes of high drama and dramatic dialogue".
"All Quiet on the Western Front is a horror story. This is a book where you lose your childhood, your faith in a meaningful world, and your concern for individuals.
"The Odyssey is a great book whose themes have worked its way into the ballads of a lot of songwriters: Homeward Bound, Green, Green Grass of Home, Home on the Range, and my songs as well," he said.
Dylan also spoke about the meaning in songs.
"If a song moves you, that's all that's important. I don't have to know what a song means. I've written all kinds of things into my songs. And I'm not going to worry about it - what it all means. "
He concluded: "Our songs are alive in the land of the living. But songs are unlike literature. They're meant to be sung, not read. The words in Shakespeare's plays were meant to be acted on the stage. Just as lyrics in songs are meant to be sung, not read on a page.
"And I hope some of you get the chance to listen to these lyrics the way they were intended to be heard: in concert or on record or however people are listening to songs these days. I return once again to Homer, who says, 'Sing in me, oh Muse, and through me tell the story.'"
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Surjit Takhar, 37, was reported missing from his home in Oldbury, West Midlands, in October 2008.
His skull and other skeletal remains were discovered near the M54 in Telford, Shropshire, last August by maintenance workers.
The cause of his death remains unexplained but detectives are treating it as murder.
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His family - including son Harry, 21, and 22-year-old twin girls Sohnia and Sohnay - have joined detectives in launching a fresh appeal for information about the case.
Mr Takhar's ex-wife Lavina Sohl said the family "need justice".
She said: "We just need answers.
"There must be someone who feels guilty, somebody knows something."
Mr Takhar's brother-in-law Jasvir Sohl said the family was "heartbroken".
Det Insp Jim Munro from West Midlands Police said: "We particularly want to speak to someone who called police in January this year saying they had information about Mr Takhar, but the call was cut off before the caller's name could be taken.
"I would urge that person to contact us again."
An estimated 170,000 birds were culled after the disease emerged at a farm in Preston in July.
Farms within 10km (six miles) of the premises were not allowed to move poultry, captive birds or other livestock, except under licence.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) said the bird flu was "contained to a single farm".
The movement restrictions at the Goosnargh farm - which produces table eggs - were lifted 21 days after initial cleaning and disinfection of the premises was completed.
It was the earliest point allowed under EU rules to end the controls, Defra said.
Chief vet Nigel Gibbens said: "Protecting our country from animal disease is vital for our economy."
He added the UK "remains at a constant low risk of an incident of avian influenza and this latest case should serve as a reminder for the poultry industry of the importance of maintaining strict biosecurity to minimise the risk of infection".
The high severity H7N7 strain of the disease was confirmed in chickens on 13 July but posed a very low risk to human health, a spokesman said.
Investigations suggested the most likely source of infection was contact with infected wild birds.
It was not linked to the strain found at a Hampshire farm earlier this year.
It comes after BAE Systems announced plans earlier this week to cut 1,775 jobs at its UK yards.
Lord Reid said the Type 26 vessels earmarked for the Glasgow yards would not be built in "a foreign country".
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has insisted the Clyde is the only place where the ships can be built.
On Wednesday BAE confirmed job losses at its sites across the UK.
Shipbuilding will end at Portsmouth in the second half of next year and hundreds of jobs will be lost in Scotland at the Govan and Scotstoun yards in Glasgow, as well as at Rosyth in Fife.
The firm also announced work on the new Type 26 vessels was earmarked for the Glasgow yards, giving workers there a vital lifeline.
Writing in the Scottish Sunday Express newspaper, Lord Reid said: "The wider lesson from the last few days is that the only way to secure the future of Scotland's shipyards is to remain in the UK.
"This is not a matter of political opinion, it is a matter of fact.
"It is a fact that since the Second World War no UK government of any political stripe has ever commissioned the building of a warship in a foreign country.
"It is a fact that for security, as well as economic and political, reasons we build these ships here at home in the UK."
He added: "In short, we don't build warships abroad now - and what's left of the UK wouldn't do so if Scotland separated."
The Scottish government has dismissed suggestions that a "Yes" vote would put future shipyard orders in doubt and has said joint procurement of Type 26 vessels could be possible.
Writing in the Sunday Herald, Nicola Sturgeon, said: "The current UK government has just agreed with BAE Systems that Portsmouth will cease building ships in 2014, and that Glasgow is 'the most effective location for the manufacture of the future Type 26 ships'. That will remain true, whether there is a 'Yes' next year or not."
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has called on the deputy first minister to "admit she is wrong" on the assertion that an independent Scotland could still build UK warships.
He said: "Nicola Sturgeon is looking pretty isolated on this.
"Is she really saying that everyone else is wrong and she is right? Is she telling us that the people who build the warships and the people who place the contracts know less about this than she does?"
He added: "The future of the Clyde yards is sustainable as part of a large and successful United Kingdom. Brilliant workers and the best complex warships in the world, it is a great combination and we should not break it."
Ms Sturgeon rebuffed suggestions that Scottish yards would not get the work if the country became independent.
She said: "Our support for the Clyde is unconditional, whatever the people decide next year - as the shop steward of the Govan yard has demanded it should be - but the support of Mr Carmichael and his colleagues seems conditional on Scots doing what Westminster wants.
"The Scottish Secretary needs to tell people - does he support this work staying on the Clyde whatever the result of next year's referendum or is he actively engaged in undermining the future of one of our great industries?"
The UK's chief of defence staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton, stepped into the debate when he was asked by the BBC's Andrew Marr if the newly announced Clyde contract would have to be revisited in the event of Scottish independence.
He believed there might have to be "some reconsideration".
But the general added: "I think that we live in a world now where it is not the purpose of the defence budget to underwrite elements of industry. We will go and get our ships in the place where it makes the most sense for the British taxpayer in terms of getting the right capability for the armed forces."
Sir Nicholas also told the Marr Show: "I certainly don't hold to the view that the decision on the future of British ship building was one born of a political mandate.
"It was very much a matter of a business rationalisation. In terms of raw business sense it makes sense that the place that they have the greatest capacity and the best depth of skills, which is on the Clyde, that is driven by a business decision."
Mr Al-Essaie was either in, or close to, a black Mercedes car he had been driving when he was shot in Daniel Hill in Walkley, Sheffield, on Saturday.
He was taken to hospital but died from a gunshot wound to the chest a short while later.
A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and remains in police custody.
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South Yorkshire Police said it was still appealing for witnesses and was exploring a number of lines of enquiry in relation to Mr Al-Essaie's death.
The 85-year-old German artist said the concerts "will mark the end of this chapter" in his life, and comes after he was seriously ill in September.
"The main thing is that my fans have the best concerts of their lives and we will make this our 'happiest' concert yet," he said.
The tour will include two dates at the Royal Albert Hall, with the final concert on 26 April in Cologne.
Last said he had given it much thought and it was a decision he "regrets very much" having to make.
His serious illness which took a "life-threatening" turn last September apparently forced him to face the fact that "a man full of plans, needs to not just slow down but give up his life on tour altogether".
But he said the tour will give him a welcome opportunity to bid farewell to his fans
Last, who is thought to have sold in excess of 100 million albums with his trademark "happy music", will play the Royal Albert Hall on 31 March and 1 April.
They will be his 89th and 90th concerts at the venue.
Last started his music career in the 1960s with instrumental music recordings with his orchestra James Last & His Orchestra, a big band with strings and choir added.
He composes work and rearranges works of others, with a repertoire ranging from swing to pop, polka, rock and roll, waltz, jazz, folk and classical music.
Mainland women will be prevented from giving birth in Hong Kong unless they have a Hong Kong husband.
While the proposal would only apply to public hospitals, private hospitals have also agreed to follow suit.
Increasing "birth tourism" from the mainland has caused tensions.
Soaring numbers of mainland women have sought to give birth in Hong Kong to ensure that their child receives Hong Kong citizenship.
Almost half of all babies born in Hong Kong in 2010 were the children of mainland couples, according to government figures.
The "zero quota" proposals were made by Chief Executive-elect CY Leung, who takes office on 1 July.
Under the proposals, pregnant women from mainland China will not be eligible for obstetrics services from next year, unless their husband is from Hong Kong.
Furthermore, children born to mainland parents will not be guaranteed residency unless one of their parents is a Hong Kong resident.
The new proposals are likely to be popular in Hong Kong, whose residents have said that "birth tourism" from mainland China has strained resources and put lives at risk.
Ethnic Chinese babies born in Hong Kong currently automatically receive the right to live and work there, as well as the right to carry a Hong Kong passport, which makes international travel easier.
Some mainlanders also choose to give birth in Hong Kong to skirt the one-child policy, which can result in heavy fines for violators.
Mr Leung, who was elected with the weakest mandate of any chief executive to date, has been trying to rally political support with populist policies, says the BBC's Hong Kong correspondent Juliana Liu.
The Hong Kong government has already imposed quotas on the number of mainland mothers allowed to give birth in local hospitals, but residents say the quotas do not go far enough.
Alan Lau, head of Hong Kong's Private Hospitals Association, told the BBC that its members felt they had no choice but to comply with Mr Leung's wishes.
He confirmed that the hospitals would stop taking bookings from mainland mothers from 2013.
Many private hospital chiefs had initially opposed the proposals, citing financial and ethical issues.
Hong Kong has seen a surge in anti-China sentiment in recent months, due to resentment over "birth tourism" and claims that tourists from mainland China get preferential treatment.
In a surprise announcement, the company said it would end exploration off Alaska "for the foreseeable future".
Shell said it did not find sufficient amounts of oil and gas in the Burger J well to warrant further exploration.
The company has spent about $7bn (£4.5bn) on Arctic offshore development in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas.
"Shell continues to see important exploration potential in the basin, and the area is likely to ultimately be of strategic importance to Alaska and the US," said Marvin Odum, president of Shell USA.
"However, this is a clearly disappointing exploration outcome for this part of the basin."
Lord Browne, former BP boss and government adviser, told the BBC that the Arctic "is a very risky place [to explore] and very expensive to develop, so there are probably easier places to go".
Indeed some analysts suggested Shell might give up on the Arctic completely.
"It is possible that Shell might almost be relieved as they can stop exploration for a legitimate operational reason, rather than being seen to bow to environmental pressure," Stuart Elliott from energy information group Platts told the BBC.
"With the oil price around $50 a barrel, it was a risky endeavour with no guarantee of success.
"You could argue that this has been bad for Shell's reputation and it wouldn't be a big surprise if they abandoned Arctic drilling altogether."
Shell's investors were regular recipients of long and detailed presentations on the potential for the region.
So, what changed?
Certainly, the first findings from the Burger J exploration well 150 miles off the Alaskan coast were not promising.
Second, although President Barack Obama had given the necessary permissions for drilling to start again following the problems of rig fires in 2012, Mrs Clinton's tweet revealed that political risks were still substantial.
Mr van Beurden also has plenty of other issues weighing on his in-tray.
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Shell is not the only company to explore for oil offshore in the Arctic region - Italian energy group Eni could soon start producing oil from a field in the Barents Sea within weeks.
There is also one field in operation in the Russian Arctic owned by Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian energy giant Gazprom. Last year, a joint drilling project between Rosneft and Exxon was stopped due to sanctions placed on Russia.
A number of additional exploration permits have also been issued by Moscow, but none have yet been taken up due to the current low price of oil, which has halved in the past year.
The US Geological Survey estimates that the Arctic holds about 30% of the world's undiscovered natural gas, as well as 13% of its oil.
According to Shell, this amounts to around 400 billion barrels of oil equivalent, 10 times the total oil and gas produced in the North Sea to date.
However, environmental groups oppose Arctic offshore drilling, saying it will pollute and damage a natural wilderness largely untouched by human activity. They also argue that fossil fuels such as oil and gas must be left in the ground if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change.
Over the summer, protesters in kayaks unsuccessfully tried to block Arctic-bound Shell vessels in Seattle and Portland, Oregon.
"Big oil has sustained an unmitigated defeat," said Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven.
"The Save the Arctic movement has exacted a huge reputational price from Shell for its Arctic drilling programme, and as the company went another year without striking oil, that price finally became too high."
Shell had continued to explore for oil despite the slump in the price of oil. Other oil and gas majors have shelved expensive exploration projects but, having invested billions of dollars in its Arctic project, Shell persisted, believing that Arctic oil would be competitive in the longer term.
This is why the announcement came as such a surprise.
Shell said it would take financial charges as a result of halting exploration, which it would disclose during its third quarter results. The company has existing contracts for rigs, ships and other assets.
And similar has now happened to Northampton Town, as a delivery delay with the suppliers has left them without enough home kit to wear for their first match of the season at their Sixfields Stadium.
Instead, Rob Page's side will have to start their first campaign back in League One following promotion last year in their away kit.
That on top of a lack of retail kit ahead of the game against Fleetwood, and it is fair to say that Cobblers chairman Kelvin Thomas is not best pleased with the suppliers.
"We are so disappointed it is hard to really put into words," he told the club website.
"There were a few reasons we made the decision that we did in terms of kit supplier and aside from the quality, the timing of supply was one of the main reasons for it and we have been really let down.
"Not only will there be a financial impact for the club, but also a reputational hit and worst of all fans will be disappointed.
"We will be having further discussions with Just Sport and Nike about why and how this has happened, to get a firm date of delivery and to discuss next steps."
As a gesture to fans, Thomas confirmed the club have agreed with suppliers Just Sport that anyone who has pre-ordered the shirt would receive a free Northampton Town T-shirt.
On the final day of the 2013-14 season Bristol Rovers faced Mansfield Town in a match the Gas needed a draw from to save them from relegation out of the Football League.
However, the Stags arrived at the Memorial Stadium without any kit of their own, meaning they had to wear Rovers' away shirts.
And with their new threads Mansfield defeated their hosts 1-0, meaning Rovers were sent down by a goal from a man in their own kit. Ouch.
More recently, in this summer's European Championships, four Switzerland players had their shirts ripped off their backs against hosts France.
Sportswear manufacturer Puma blamed faulty material for the incidents, but it gave us one of the quotes of the tournament from Switzerland winger Xherdan Shaqiri: "I hope Puma does not produce condoms."
Famously, Manchester United, losing 3-0 at half-time at Southampton, changed out of their infamous grey kits during the break.
Why? Because manager Sir Alex Ferguson thought his players were unable to see each other on the pitch. United lost 3-1.
Scientific studies have shown that Nepalese UN troops were the source of the disease - but the UN repeatedly denied responsibility until now.
An internal report seen by the New York Times is said to have led to the shift.
But the UN still says it is protected by diplomatic immunity from claims for compensation from victims' families.
On Thursday, Farhan Haq, a spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, said that "over the past year the UN has become convinced it needs to do much more regarding its own involvement in the initial outbreak and the suffering of those affected by cholera".
However, Mr Haq reiterated that the UN's legal position in on diplomatic immunity and possible compensation "has not changed".
His comments came after the confidential internal report stated that the epidemic "would not have broken out but for the actions of the United Nations," according to the New York Times newspaper.
It says the report was sent to Mr Ban last week by long-time UN adviser Philip Alston, a New York University law professor who consults the world body on human rights issues.
The cholera outbreak has been blamed on leaking sewage pipes at a UN base.
The US courts have rejected claims for compensation filed by victims' families.
No cases of the bacterial infection, which causes diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting and muscle cramps, had been recorded in Haiti for a century until the outbreak in late 2010.
Cholera is spread through infected faeces. Once it enters the water supply it is difficult to stop - especially in a country like Haiti which has almost no effective sewage disposal systems.
Flying high above farmland, photographer Josh Smith captures colours and patterns not usually associated with rural Australia.
Net profit for the final three months of last year was $2.89bn (£1.83bn), up 7% on a year earlier. Revenues were up by more than a third at $14.4bn.
Google shares rose by almost 5% in after-hours trading, following the better-than-expected results.
Separately, computer maker IBM reported a modest rise in profits.
In the third quarter of 2012, Google's profits fell sharply from a year earlier. The final three months of the year marked a return to profit growth.
"We ended 2012 with a strong quarter," said the internet giant's chief executive Larry Page.
"And we hit $50bn in revenues for the first time last year - not a bad achievement in just a decade and a half.
"In today's multi-screen world we face tremendous opportunities as a technology company focused on user benefit. It's an incredibly exciting time to be at Google."
The fourth quarter figures are not directly comparable with a year earlier, as they include Motorola Mobility, which Google bought in May 2012. The subsidiary made a loss in the latest three month period.
Analysts were impressed by Google's performance.
"Business looked really strong, especially from a profitability perspective - they really grew their margins in the core business, which is quite amazing," said Sameet Sinha from B Riley.
"Most of that strength seems to be coming from international markets, which grew revenues quite substantially - up 23%, year-over-year."
Google's strong performance came as another technology giant, IBM, revealed its earnings grew 6% in the fourth quarter, as it benefited from lucrative software businesses, such as internet-based computing.
IBM earned $5.8bn between October and December, compared to $5.5bn over the same period a year earlier.
It is the 40th consecutive quarter that IBM has enjoyed growth in earnings per share, compared to a year earlier.
Developing such a treatment is one of the biggest challenges in medicine.
But serious scientific questions remain as the drug - LMTX - inexplicably works only in patients not taking other dementia pills.
The data on 891 patients was presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Toronto.
Overall, the trial - which treated patients for 15 months - was a flop, as there appeared to be no benefit to taking LMTX.
However, an analysis on just the 15% of the patients who had not already been taking drugs to help manage their symptoms showed a benefit.
In this tiny subset of patients, tests showed thinking power was maintained and MRI scans found the death of brain cells was reduced.
Yet there are certainly too few patients in the sub-group to be certain of the drug's effect.
Dr Serge Gauthier, the director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit at McGill University in Canada, said: "It is both encouraging to see improvements of this magnitude in the standard cognitive and functional tests and reassuring to see the supporting brain scan evidence of a slowing in disease progression.
"In a field that has been plagued by consistent failures of novel drug candidates in late-stage clinical trials and where there has been no practical therapeutic advance for over a decade, I am excited."
Even the company that manufactures LMTX, TauRX, cannot explain why it might work only in patients not taking other dementia drugs.
Dr David Reynolds, the chief scientific officer at the Alzheimer's Research UK charity, told the BBC News website: "It does worry me as a scientist why it doesn't work with other therapies."
Possible explanations include:
Dr Reynolds added: "The data suggests it is slowing down the disease, but the important caveat is these small numbers.
"It is encouraging, but we need more data and will have to run a study with it as just a monotherapy [on its own].
"It will still be a years from reaching patients even assuming it works."
The drug targets one of the key characteristics of Alzheimeir's disease - the build of of tangles of the protein tau inside neurons.
It is thought these tangles may be the final stage that leads to the death of brain cells.
The study was eagerly awaited as it was the first to present large-scale data in patients on a drug that prevents tau tangles building up.
Dr Doug Brown, director of research and development at the Alzheimer's Society, said: "While it's disappointing to see another large clinical trial for Alzheimer's disease fail to meet its goal, there appear to have been some striking improvements for the subset of people who took the drug on its own.
"After years of failure, we are now starting to see glimmers of hope for dementia drug trials.
"The headway being made through research is starting to give a real sense of the possibility that we could one day stop dementia in its tracks."
The decision has spurred hopes that Casamance's beaches will attract French holiday-makers, giving the tourist industry a boost.
Improved security meant that French citizens could now visit the region, France's embassy in Senegal said.
Casamance had been hit by unrest linked to a separatist group since 1982.
Once home to a thriving tourist industry, Casamance is separated from the capital, Dakar, by The Gambia.
It is home to numerous ethnic groups, including many Christians, while northern areas are dominated by three, largely Muslim communities.
Violence has waned since a 2014 ceasefire agreed between the government and separatist rebels.
There has been a push to clear land mines from the region over the last few years.
The BBC's Abdourahmane Dia in Dakar says the French decision will be welcomed by the government of Senegal, which has long called for France to scrap the travel warning.
Northern Ireland Water (NIW) had to shut down five hydrants in the New Lodge and North Queen St areas on Saturday evening because of vandalism.
NIW received about 20 reports from residents who had lost water supply.
It appealed to the community and public representatives to stop children and young people from damaging hydrants.
"Some may see it as 'harmless fun' by kids," the company said in a statement.
"The reality is, as they play in the water, homes and businesses are suffering low water pressure or no water at all."
The firm added: "The whole community needs to help us put a stop to this behaviour before the unthinkable scenario occurs where a fire breaks out and there is no water for the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service to deal with the fire."
Last week, SDLP MLA Nichola Mallon told the BBC disruption to supply began on Sunday, 18 June.
She said it was "particularly hard" for elderly people and parents with young children "when there is no access to water to bath them".
At the time, Ms Mallon called on NI Water to find a "more robust way of securing the hydrants to prevent this abuse".
She asked: "Surely, in this day and age, there must be a way of securing them so they cannot be tampered with?"
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The two teams will meet again on Monday 24 February after matches on Saturday.
Uefa rules prevent the game being staged alongside Champions League action on Tuesday and Wednesday.
"I find that ridiculous. Is it going to be a real problem for them? I somehow doubt it," said Bruce.
"I don't think there will be many tuning out of Barcelona against Manchester City to tune into Hull versus Brighton, no disrespect."
Yannick Sagbo's 85th-minute strike for Bruce's side cancelled out Leonardo Ulloa's opener in Brighton and Hull's first attempt to settle their last-16 meeting.
Barcelona actually visit Manchester City this Tuesday in the last 16 of the Champions League, but the FA Cup replay next Monday is in order to avoid a clash with Tuesday's meeting between Manchester United and Olympiakos, and Chelsea's match against Galatasaray the following evening.
Uefa's rules prevent top-flight sides playing domestic fixtures on the same night as its premier club tournament.
Hull, who are three points above the drop zone in the Premier League, will play relegation rivals Cardiff on the Saturday afternoon before Monday evening's replay.
Brighton, who are four points off the Championship play-off places, meet ninth-placed Wigan at home in a game that kicks off at 15:00 GMT on the same day.
"I don't think it is good for anybody to play two games in three days, but it is what we have to do and we will do it," said Garcia.
"It is not the best scenario for us, but the competition is like this."
The rule came to light when Liverpool beat Everton 3-0 in a Premier League match on Tuesday 13 March 2012 - the same night that Inter Milan and Bayern Munich beat Marseille and Basel respectively in Champions League last-16 second legs.
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Uefa claimed that the clash should not have happened as the Premier League is part of the European Professional Football Leagues body, which has agreed not to stage games on Champions League nights.
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Motorist Linda Miller captured the dashcam footage on the A601 in Derby on her way home from a shopping trip.
She complained to police after witnessing the "dangerous" episode.
While some motorised scooters can legally be driven on roads, a Derbyshire Police spokesman said it was "not really appropriate" for the vehicle to be on the ring road.
Mrs Miller, from Littleover, said she saw the scooter "tootling along" on Tuesday.
The ring road has a 40mph speed limit, although the scooter appeared to be travelling far slower than that.
Mrs Miller, a retired phlebotomist, said : "We were just driving along coming around Derby where the A6 goes off, on the north side of Derby.
"I looked sideways and there was this mobility scooter tootling along in the far left-hand lane.
"It didn't have a licence plate.
"It just looked so dangerous. It's a bit of road where you've got a lot of cars coming on, and going off, across five lanes.
"It's bad enough when you're in a car - it's a horrendous bit of road."
The Highway Code states scooters with an 8mph (12.9 kph) speed limit can be used on dual carriageways - with a speed limit of under 50 mph (80kmh) - but only if they have a flashing amber beacon.
"People need to ask themselves if it is a sensible thing to do," Mrs Miller said.
"I did report it to 101 in the end - and I have a case number but I don't think it will go any further."
Daniel Cookson, 30, who served with the South Yorkshire force, was arrested in November 2013 after the teenager's parents found "inappropriate text messages" on her phone.
Officers found he had contacted her between March and November, the force said.
He denied inciting the girl to engage in sexual activity but was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court.
Cookson, from Worksop, was handed an 18-month jail term and put on the sex offenders register for 10 years. He was also banned from working with children.
He was also subjected to a sexual harm prevention order, police said.
The PC, who was based in Rotherham, was suspended after he was arrested and charged in August last year.
South Yorkshire Police said a "misconduct investigation will be considered by the force's Professional Standards Department".
Samsung, Lotte, LG, Hyundai: they are unavoidable, selling everything from mobiles to laptops, cars to washing machines as well as food, drink and even health insurance.
Staggeringly, sales revenue from the top five chaebols are worth more than half of South Korea's entire economy.
But increasingly these empires have come under the spotlight because of the influence they wield (the word chaebol is a combination of the Korean words for "wealth" and "clan").
Calls for them to be reformed have come and gone before, but as South Koreans head for a presidential election, could this time be different?
At a recent protest in Seoul I watched scores of young people raise their arms and voices against chaebols and the powerful position they hold in the country.
In the crowd, I met Kim Seung-yeon, a young part-time worker who was there to campaign for better pay and working conditions.
Like many young Koreans, she told me the system feels stacked in favour of the chaebols.
"Right now chaebols monopolise too much of the wealth in South Korea, and it isn't being used properly," she said to me. "I think this needs to be corrected."
The frustration over the close ties between business and politics has only grown through the complex corruption scandal that has engulfed the nation.
South Korea's President Park Geun-hye, and the heads of Samsung and Lotte, two of the country's biggest chaebols have all been charged with bribery.
But these very same businesses helped to build South Korea at a time when the country was emerging from a war and they are vital to the economy.
Nowhere was that made more apparent to me than at a study centre in the capital.
There I met a group of young women who were all preparing for entrance exams to get jobs with chaebols.
It is a rigorous and exhaustive process.
But in South Korea's ultra-competitive society, it is also a ticket to success.
"If I get into a chaebol it means that I will have a well-paid job, and people will look at me and think 'wow'," explains Kang Da-heun who was studying to get a job with Lotte. "It will help me with my marriage prospects, and my future will be very bright."
Did it bother her, I asked, that the boss of Lotte might potentially go to prison for his role in a long-running corruption scandal?
"It won't affect the company's prospects at all," she said to me. "Lotte will keep being Lotte."
On the face of it, she appeared to be right, as I learned from a visit to Lotte's massive department store complex and the new premises of the Lotte World Tower.
It's the tallest building in the country, at almost 500m high. It opened its doors a few weeks ago, against the backdrop of the bribery charges levelled at the company's boss.
Lotte and other chaebols say they are changing, and trying to improve corporate governance at their firms, but also point to the fact that they are responsible for a sizeable portion of growth in the economy.
"At the moment chaebols have this negative image," Hwang Kag-gyu, head of Lotte's corporate innovation office told me.
"But we feel partially falsely charged. It was necessary [in South Korea's history] for big companies to grow... I believe everyone benefited from these mutual growth partnerships."
Not everyone feels that way though.
A few hours outside Seoul, in the city of Gwangju, I met Cho Seong-gu, who used to own a fairly small, but he says thriving, software business.
To expand, he partnered with a chaebol and when there was a dispute over the terms of the deal, Mr Cho lost everything - his business, his house, even his marriage.
He blames the culture of chaebol-worship in South Korea for his problems.
"I have fought for 15 years," he told me in his tiny flat. "I have met more than 170 congressmen, my case has even been discussed in the national assembly and featured countless times in the media. It's impossible in Korea for a small business to win against a chaebol."
Back on the 123rd floor of the Lotte World Tower, hordes of local tourists gathered to take selfies and marvel at the city below. Much of what they were looking at was built by chaebols, an achievement only these sprawling empires could pull off.
As I watched from the sidelines, it struck me that the relationship between Koreans and their chaebols is a complicated one, and that any hope of real reform is going to be a long and difficult process.
Chaebols are an essential part of South Korea's economy, and helped to transform what was once a poor nation into Asia's fourth largest economy.
But along the way, their tentacles have spread into pretty much every single sector of business, meaning they are now towering giants, overshadowing everything in their sight.
Torquay United fan Breed has bought a stake in the National League club as part of a new consortium running the Gulls.
But more than that, he is now the chief executive.
"I'm still a fan," insisted Breed, 41, who still owns the nursing company he set up in 1992 in his native Torquay. "I've been a fan since I was five when my parents first brought me here.
"But my role has changed. I was doing commentary and I've been running the travel club for many years. I'm in a prominent role now and I have to take my professionalism on through that," added Breed, who has been part of BBC Radio Devon's team of commentators for the past two seasons having been a summariser since 2010.
But is that not easier said than done? A chief executive has to make dispassionate decisions to ensure the success of a business, while fans will often let their hearts overrule their heads.
"What the club are going to get from me is complete honesty and 110% commitment," Breed told BBC Sport.
"I've owned my old business for over 20 years and it's a very successful business, so I think that does qualify me to be able to take on what I've learnt by building my own company up to take it on here.
"But I think, quite frankly, I'm always going to be a fan, whether I'm the chief executive or the sweeper-upper."
Breed and his team of new directors, who took over the club in June, have not been shy in making big changes.
Among their first decisions were to put former manager Chris Hargreaves on gardening leave after he decided not to take a pay cut, scrap the club's youth academy and bring in former Mansfield boss Paul Cox to replace Hargreaves.
Breed continued: "The club has haemorrhaged money. That's very clear with the losses that we've posted over the last few years and that's my main objective - to look at all the costs so we can make as much money available for the manager to put it out on the pitch.
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"I'm confident we have the people in place to run this football club in a far more efficient way than I believe it was previously."
Breed's highlight in the commentary box came last season when Torquay captain Luke Young blasted in a thunderous long-range winner against Wrexham.
"It was probably one of the best goals I've ever seen live," he said. "But it was a real comedy gold moment for a radio commentator because I hit the roof. I was jumping around in the commentary box going nuts and being unprofessional, but I enjoyed it very much."
So can the chief executive of a football club still double up as the voice of the team on a Saturday afternoon or a Tuesday night?
"I think my radio days are numbered," he admitted. "I'd still like to do some radio commentaries but I'm not sure how that will come across to the fans, to be honest."
The film was nominated for 11 awards going into the Los Angeles ceremony, but only won three including prizes for its stars Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver.
Following on from his Oscar win in February, Leonardo DiCaprio won best male performance for his role in The Revenant.
Mad Max: Fury Road's Charlize Theron won best female performance.
Will Smith was given the MTV Generation award, recognising his film career. Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry, who presented Smith with his award, praised the star as "a champion for diversity in Hollywood".
"[He] blazes a path for actors by showing that someone of any colour can play any role, and can open any movie and win any award and be the biggest freaking movie star in the whole world," she said.
Accepting his award, Smith joked the honour was "code for the old dude award".
He added: "This is absolutely beautiful. I released my first record when I was 17. I'm 47 years old now. This June marks 30 years in this business."
British actress Ridley beat her Star Wars co-star John Boyega to win the breakthrough performance award, while Driver was voted best villain for his role in the franchise.
Chris Pratt and Amy Poehler also collected awards for best action and best virtual performance respectively, while Oscar-winning Amy Winehouse film Amy was voted best documentary and Straight Outta Compton won best true story.
Bridesmaid's star Melissa McCarthy received the comedic genius award and said although she was the first woman to achieve the feat, she was "certainly not the first one to deserve it".
Ryan Reynolds collected two awards - best comedic performance for his role in comic book movie Deadpool, and best fight for a sequence in the film with Ed Skrein.
Among the other quirky category winners were Pitch Perfect 2's Rebel Wilson and Adam Devine for best kiss, and Jennifer Lawrence for best hero for her part in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.
The awards will be screened on MTV in the UK on Monday evening.
Mr Dewani is accused of organising the killing of his wife Anni while on honeymoon in South Africa in 2010.
Defence lawyers claimed taxi driver Zola Tongo, who is serving 18 years for her murder, was an unreliable witness.
But state lawyers said Tongo's financial difficulties led him to take part in the murder plot.
Tongo, prosecutors allege, was paid 15,000 rand (about £1,000) to organise the murder of Mrs Dewani.
Mr Dewani, a care home owner from Westbury-on-Trym near Bristol, who was extradited from the UK after a lengthy Home Office battle, claims the couple were hijacked while Tongo drove them through the Gugulethu township in his taxi on 13 November 2010.
He was released unharmed but his wife was driven away. Her body was found in the abandoned taxi in Khayelitsha the next morning. She had been shot.
The state alleges that Mr Dewani conspired with others to stage the hijacking.
Mr Dewani maintains the money was actually for a surprise helicopter trip which Tongo was helping to arrange.
Prosecutors have submitted a 62-page report following a defence bid to have the case thrown out.
Tongo was jailed alongside Mziwamadoda Qwabe, who was sentenced to 25 years for his part in the murder.
Xolile Mngeni, who was convicted of firing the shot which killed Mrs Dewani, was sentenced to life in prison and died in jail.
Prosecution lawyer Adrian Mopp said the group were "not the A Team of contractors" and said they could "barely organise transport".
"They are not sleek operators at all," Mr Mopp said.
But he defended Tongo's evidence saying the timings of the plot were "very clear".
Mr Mopp added: "We are dealing with an amateurish attempt. If it was not for the fact the deceased was killed it would have been comical how this act was put together and executed."
The state's submission to the court concludes that "contradictions and discrepancies" in Tongo's evidence "may flow from natural defects of observation" and "mistakes of memory".
But Tongo "never strayed from the crux of his evidence" about the murder plot.
Judge Jeanette Traverso said she would make a decision on the case next Monday.
The prince met Nathan and Sarah Dunford and their four children outside 54 Peverell Avenue East, in Poundbury.
The prince also officially opened the Poundbury Cancer Institute in the town and met staff.
The institute's aim is to help identify the most effective treatment for individual cancer patients.
Poundbury is an urban extension to the Dorset county town of Dorchester and is based on the prince's planning ideals.
The development aims to combine social and private housing with work and leisure facilities to create a "walkable community".
Police said he was assaulted shortly before 06:30 BST on Monday.
It happened in Bloomfield Park.
They have appealed for any witnesses to come forward.
Mae Ysgrifennydd yr Economi, Ken Skates, wedi ysgrifennu at ACau yn enwi'r safleoedd posib ar gyfer y gorsafoedd newydd.
Maen nhw'n cynnwys gorsafoedd mewn gwahanol rannau o Gymru, gan gynnwys Caerdydd, Casnewydd, Abertawe, Wrecsam ac Ynys Môn.
Mae'r 12 cynnig yn cynnwys:
Yn ei lythyr, dywedodd Mr Skates fod y rhan gyntaf o broses tri cham wedi ei chwblhau, a'i fod wedi llunio rhestr fer o 12 allan o 46 dewis posib.
"Bydd ail ran yr asesiad yn edrych yn fwy manwl ar yr achosion ariannol ac economaidd ar gyfer y gorsafoedd rheilffordd newydd, gan gynnwys gofyn am gyngor gan Network Rail ar y mater."
Roedd gan Bow Street, Llangefni a Sanclêr orsafoedd rheilffordd prysur yn ystod yr 19eg Ganrif, ond daeth y teithio i ben yn y 1960au yn dilyn toriadau Dr Beeching.
But Jose Antonio Abreu is such a man. Granted, he is not your average public figure.
A musician, economist and former cabinet minister, Mr Abreu is best known as the founder of the world-renowned music programme known as El Sistema.
Over the past 38 years, the scheme has provided free music education to three million children - to international acclaim.
"What Abreu and El Sistema have done is to bring hope, through music, to hundreds of thousands of lives that would otherwise have been lost to drugs and violence," is how the director of the Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, described Mr Abreu's achievements when he proposed him for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.
Despite receiving many international prizes, the man known as Maestro Abreu has not lost his humility.
"The orchestra holds within itself its own capability to exist, live and perpetuate itself," he told BBC News during the Japan tour of one of El Sistema's renowned youth orchestras. refusing to claim credit for his brainchild.
Music runs deep in Maestro Abreu's family. His maternal grandparents moved from Italy to Venezuela in the 19th Century.
There, his grandfather founded a local orchestra.
His grandmother, a passionate opera fan, used to translate from the Italian to the young Jose Antonio while listening to records of Puccini or Verdi.
His mother played the piano, and his father the guitar.
At age nine, he followed in his mother's footsteps, practising on the family piano. It was the only one in his neighbourhood in Barquisimeto, the city where he grew up in western Venezuela.
He pursued music studies, but later moved to Caracas to read for a degree in economics in order to help support his family.
He worked as an economist for the government and was elected as a substitute member of parliament in the 1960s, but music was never far from his mind.
"I had a deep frustration because I lived in a country that only had one orchestra, where 70% of musicians were foreign. Other countries such as Argentina, Brazil or Mexico had reached great musical development," he recalls.
"That's when the idea was born to organise a system to have at least one great Venezuelan-born orchestra," he says.
It was 1975 and Mr Abreu was 35.
At the first meeting, 11 students showed up in a garage where he had set up 25 music stands.
"They were so determined and so enthusiastic that I understood from that very moment that success was guaranteed," Mr Abreu remembers.
What started as an experiment has become the most successful and praised music education programme in the world, with spin-offs across the globe.
In Venezuela it is one of the best funded social programmes.
The idea is simple - children are taught from the age of three to play music for free during afternoon classes, with a focus on orchestral practise.
There are now 285 nucleos (teaching centres) around the country, often located in poor and violent neighbourhoods.
Many say that Mr Abreu's contacts and economic and political expertise were key to securing government funding from early on, which helped the scheme grow so quickly.
"It's very much a product of Mr Abreu himself," says Tricia Tunstall, a music educator and author of Changing Lives, a book about El Sistema.
"He is unusual in several ways. He was deeply an artist and deeply a government economist. He combined articulation, vision and a deep spirituality... Those things are exceptional.
"I think he is one of the great visionaries of the 20th Century," Ms Tunstall told BBC News.
Frank Di Polo, one of the co-founders of El Sistema and Mr Abreu's brother-in-law, agrees.
"El Sistema maintains itself thanks to Abreu, who has been able to negotiate with all the governments that in 38 years have always funded the programme."
"It was he who had the tenacity, willpower and vision to make out of a small youth orchestra a musical empire that reaches the entire country," Mr Di Polo says.
Many co-workers point to Mr Abreu's demanding and indefatigable nature as a key to success.
"For rest, there is the eternal rest" is one of Mr Abreu's mantras that is often repeated by students and employees.
Mr Di Polo, at whose house Mr Abreu lives, says he often leaves at 8am and is rarely back before 11pm.
According to his brother-in-law, Mr Abreu leads an almost ascetic life with books his only belongings.
El Sistema has become his life and mission, and the children he teaches are like a family to him.
Edicson Ruiz is one of El Sistema's many success stories.
He came from a poor family in Caracas and it was thanks to Mr Abreu that he kept up his music studies. El Maestro bought him a double bass, tutored him personally and gave him a chance to earn a living by working in one of the professional orchestras.
In 2002, when he was 17, he became the youngest musician ever admitted to Berlin's Philharmonic Orchestra.
"I grew up without a father, so he was my father and at the same time my mentor. Without him, I would have never had the chance to make music. He has been my inspiration," said Mr Ruiz.
At 74, Maestro Abreu's health is deteriorating. He often has to hold onto the arm of a colleague when walking.
But he says he does not worry about El Sistema's future without him.
"El Sistema will keep faring wonderfully well because it is educating hundreds of thousands of youngsters, all with a great musical vocation, willing to work hard, knowledgeable of their mission and capable of carrying it out," he says.
You can hear Irene Caselli's interview with Mr Abreu on Outlook on Thursday 5 December at 12:00GMT.
Jones was seen at Harlequins training, raising doubts about his position.
Although his absence from the European Challenge Cup win at Gloucester was put down to illness, Gough thinks Jones could be under pressure.
"Things have not gone well for Lyn at the Dragons this year," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"The mystery seems to be going on longer now, it actually adds more speculation to it.
"It's been very worrying and when the results have gone the way they have, questions start to get asked and people start lighting embers under the fire.
"For him to not be there at the game when they actually pull out a fantastic win away from home, it adds to the speculation as well."
Dragons head coach Kingsley Jones dismissed speculation about Lyn Jones as "tittle tattle."
"It's ridiculous and I just tend to switch off from it," he said.
Dragons are the lowest-placed Welsh side in the Pro12, lying in 10th spot and 18 points behind Ospreys in ninth.
Former Wales lock Gough, who had two spells playing for the Dragons, thinks Jones must take responsibility for another disappointing domestic campaign.
"If Lyn was honest and looked back, he hasn't got the results," he added.
"He had two or three years to mould his side - he's brought signings in and this year it's been very poor.
"Rodney Parade used to be a fortress and it's not quite happening under his reign.
"So you can have the speculation but on the form and the results this year, although there have been some close results, it's not quite happened."
Acts include Conor O'Brien of Villagers, Sir James Galway, the Ulster Orchestra, The Voice winner Andrea Begley and Belfast Community Gospel Choir.
Built between 1843 and 1845, Crumlin Road Gaol is the only Victorian era prison remaining in Northern Ireland.
In recent years, it has staged occasional live music and weddings.
Modelled on London's Pentonville prison, Crumlin Road Gaol cost £60,000 to build.
The County Gaol for Antrim, as it was originally known, opened in 1846 and the first 106 inmates were forced to walk in chains from the old county gaol in Carrickfergus.
Well-known prisoners have included, Eamon De Valera, Ian Paisley, Martin McGuinness, Michael Stone and Bobby Sands.
In the gaol's lifetime, 17 men were executed by hanging, their bodies buried within the prison walls in unconsecrated ground.
The only marker was the men's initials, scratched into the wall against the year of execution.
The last man to be executed was Robert McGladdery. He was hanged on 20 December 1961, after being found guilty of the murder of Pearl Gamble.
The gaol closed its doors in 1996 after 150 years as a working prison.
Following extensive renovations it reopened in 2012 as a visitor attraction and conference centre.
The live music programme will be broadcast from the gaol at 9pm on BBC Two NI and BBC Radio Ulster, and will also be available to watch across the UK behind the red button from 10pm.
Alice Gross of Hanwell, west London, was last seen by her family at about 13:00 BST on 28 August.
Her mother told the BBC Alice had recently been diagnosed with anorexia.
CCTV footage shows her walking along the Grand Union Canal tow path near the Holiday Inn at Brentford Lock between 13:30 BST and 17:30 BST.
Speaking on BBC London 94.9, Alice's mother Rosalind Hodgkiss said: "Alice had been diagnosed with anorexia and was going through a tough time in a number of ways and we are wondering whether her disappearance had anything to do with that, but we don't know.
"That is the main reason why we have had such concerns for her well being and her health in particular."
The teenager had told her family she was going to meet up with friends but went for a walk alone on the riverside tow path, CCTV footage showed.
"We are desperate to know that she is safe and we really want her to know that we want her home, and we are desperate for her to know how loved she is," the mother added.
The Met Police's homicide team has "taken the lead" on the case.
The purple rucksack, which contained items that have been identified by Alice's family, was found alongside the towpath on Tuesday, police said.
CCTV footage of the towpath shows the Brentside High School student wearing a rucksack-style bag while walking in the River Brent area.
She was heading in the direction of the Kew at about 14:23 BST and more than an hour later was seen on the same tow path, walking alone, heading in the direction of Hanwell.
The Met Police said it was "not unusual" for the homicide team to be involved, although it remains a missing person inquiry.
Det Ch Insp Andy Chalmers said: "A week on since Alice was last seen by her family we are becoming increasingly worried about her welfare and safety as each day passes.
"Her disappearance is out of character and this investigation continues to be a priority for us.
"Our investigation has reached a point where we now know Alice was heading along the Grand Union Canal tow path in the direction of Hanwell and one would assume she was heading home."
Divers have also been seen in the River Brent near to where the teenager went missing.
Police have appealed for anyone who saw Alice on the towpath or befriended her while she was on a song-writing workshop at the Camden Roundhouse to contact them.
The teenager has been described as being 5ft 2in tall, slim, with shoulder-length light brown hair.
When she was last seen by her family, she was wearing dark blue jeans, a dark green lacy cardigan and denim Van's shoes. She may also be wearing tartan-framed spectacles.
Paul Alliston, who is also known locally as Paul MacMillan, was last seen swimming for land after the fishing boat went down on Saturday.
One member of the crew, Lachlann Armstrong, was rescued but his colleagues Chris Morrison and Martin Johnstone died.
A large number of people have volunteered to take part in the search.
The operation is being co-ordinated by the police, coastguard and RNLI.
It will include a coastal search around Mingulay, Sandray, Berneray and Pabbay.
The owners of the Louisa, Duncan and Murdo Kennedy, will be among those taking part.
Duncan MacInnes, secretary of the Western Isles Fisherman's Association, said: "The owners are to be joined by fishermen from Lewis, Harris and Uist with a number of vessels going down as well.
"There'll be an extensive shore and sea search to see whether the last remaining member of the crew, skipper Paul MacMillan's body can be recovered.
"We're hoping if that can be done that at least it would give some closure to his family in what has been the worst tragedy that we've experienced here in the Western Isles for the last 60 years."
The boat sank while at anchor in the early hours of Saturday.
Lachlann Armstrong, who started to swim for shore with Mr MacMillan, was rescued after reaching Mingulay.
The bodies of Chris Morrison, 27, from Harris, and Martin Johnstone, 29, from Caithness, were recovered later.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has begun an investigation into the sinking.
A number of carriage were derailed by the accident in the coastal city of Alexandria.
Reports said one of the trains had been brought to a halt after a malfunction. Transport Minister Hisham Arafat blamed "human error".
Deadly train accidents in Egypt are rare but not unheard of.
The trains, one travelling from the capital Cairo and the other from Port Said, crashed at about 14:15 local time (12:15 GMT).
One resident, Hoda, was standing on her rooftop when she saw the trains crash.
"They rose in the air forming a pyramid when they collided. I started to scream from the rooftops for people to grab some sheets and run," she said.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered an investigation into the accident, and the government promised financial compensation to the families of the victims.
The accident is likely to trigger fresh anger over the mismanagement and poor conditions of the country's transport system, BBC's Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher reports.
In 2013, dozens of people were killed and when a train crashed into a minibus and other vehicles south of Cairo.
Egypt's deadliest rail accident occurred near the capital in 2002, when a fire ripped through a crowded train killing more than 370 people.
The assault occurred when Owen Labrie, 18 at the time, participated in a school tradition of older students competing for sexual conquests.
Labrie, who is now 20, was charged with rape but later convicted of a misdemeanour sexual assault.
He was also found guilty of using Facebook and email to lure the girl.
His case brought into the spotlight the St Paul's School tradition called "Senior Salute", in which older pupils kept a score of how many girls they had sex with.
He had said he and the girl, now 17, had consensual sexual contact but he stopped short of raping her in a moment of "divine intervention".
In trial, he admitted to bragging about having intercourse with her in an academic building to his friends.
The girl said she has been verbally assaulted by other students since returning to school and has been "living in almost constant fear".
Prosecutors had asked for three to seven years in prison while Labrie's defence called for probation and community service, characterising the encounter as a consensual act between two teenagers.
Superior Court Judge Larry Smukler called Labrie a "very good liar" as he sentenced him.
The beaks behind Boogaloo and Graham are practising to pick, pick, pick their way down the Hollywood red carpet after the Northern Ireland short film won a nomination for this year's awards.
You could say that farmer Kenny Gracey in Tandragee plays host to a whole cast of Hollywood hopefuls.
The Doctor Doolittle of Northern Ireland's film world has his own menagerie of movie star animals with a list of credits to their names.
Game of Thrones, Dracula, Robot Overloads, The Survivalist ... the Gracey clan have squawked, clucked and moo-ed their way through them all.
"I have goats, donkeys, deer, chicken, sheep, cattle and white pigeons," he said.
Goats, Suzy, Kate and Abbey were regulars on the last series of Game of Thrones and Logan-Bishop, the Longhorn Bull, played sidekick to Natalie Portman in Your Highness.
A pair of white pigeons and a donkey called Joey have also lit up the silver screen in Game of Thrones.
"I have the old types of animals because of my interest in rare breeds," Mr Gracey said.
"They are very apt for older period films where an animal like a Charolais would look out of place. But a Longhorn would be right. So the animals have come into their own.
"And now, for some people, I'm the first port of call. If I haven't got it, I'll get it."
Animals have always been close to the farmer's heart.
He has a particular fondness for a wild red deer, Yanna, orphaned at just a day old.
"She follows me around like a dog, in fact, she thinks she is one. She is very attached to me and was reared from a day old with a bottle. Our dog, a wolfhound called Hennessy, helped to look after her when she was a baby and they are very close.
"Now, people come to see her, they think it is amazing to see a wild animal so tame. Who ever gets to put a hand on a wild deer? It is amazing."
Meanwhile, beaks and claws are firmly crossed as Boogaloo and Graham wait to hear whether Oscar glory is theirs... Kenny Gracey is more than happy to accompany them to Hollywood, if he's needed.
At least 247 people are known to have died in the quake that devastated villages in mountainous central Italy.
Lucie McLaughlin from Belfast has been working as an au-pair in Spello, 65km (40 miles) from the epicentre.
She told BBC Radio Ulster all the objects in her bedroom "were just tipping from side to side. It was absolutely such a strange experience".
Dozens are believed trapped in ruined Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto, in .
The search went on through the night, with more than 4,300 rescuers using heavy lifting equipment and their bare hands.
'Really scared'
Ms McLaughlin described how her door and window shutters banged open and closed during the quake.
"I was trying to get to the light switch," she said. "I was holding on to the bed, it was moving quite a lot from side to side."
The au-pair added: "I was really saddened to hear this morning of the deaths that the earthquake caused and the destruction closer to the epicentre."
The magnitude 6.2 earthquake left at least 73 people dead and many more missing, as rescuers searched for survivors.
Many of the dead were in Accumoli, close to the epicentre, and a short distance away in Amatrice, which was largely reduced to rubble.
The village of Pescara del Tronto was levelled to the ground and the number of dead was expected to rise.
The quake hit at 03:36 (01:36 GMT), 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome.
The company said the cut was the price equivalent of £32 off the average annual bill.
It is the first of the big six energy firms to announce a price cut this year.
Pressure has been growing for price reductions in light of big falls in gas and electricity wholesale costs.
Industry regulator Ofgem and Prime Minister David Cameron have joined consumer groups in voicing their concerns.
An ongoing investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been examining the energy market for 18 months.
The chief executive of E.On, Tony Cocker said, "The underlying position is that whilst the price we pay for our customers' energy has fallen, we also have to take into account managing the various other risks in the market which can change, and the fact that many of the other costs that we don't control, but do have to bear have increased or may increase."
E.On said it had Britain's cheapest energy tariff, with the launch of a one-year fixed dual fuel product with an average price of £783.
Director of consumer policy at Uswitch, Ann Robinson, said: "Consumers have patiently waited for over six months to see another big six price cut so this move, while welcome, is long overdue.
"Given the fact that wholesale prices are at a five year low, E.ON customers may well feel underwhelmed by the size of this cut.
"Wholesale electricity costs fell 23% last year, so why have we not seen a single reduction to big six standard electricity tariffs? This is yet further evidence that the energy market simply isn't working for most UK households."
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Rhys Patchell's penalties put the Blues 6-0 up but a Jack Conan try helped the home side move 10-6 up with Isa Nacewa moving beyond 400 points for Leinster.
Another Patchell penalty cut the lead to 10-9 by the break and his two further kicks put the Blues 15-13 up.
But Nacewa's third penalty and a late penalty try proved enough for Leinster.
After retaking the lead with Nacewa's 65th-minute penalty, Leinster dominated the next 12 minutes of action and the clinching penalty try came after Blues skipper Josh Navidi had been sin-binned for coming in from the side as the home side were camped on the visitors' line.
Four-times champions Leinster opened their campaign last weekend with a 16-9 defeat in Edinburgh with the Blues earning a 61-13 bonus-point win over perennial Pro12 struggles Zebre.
Patchell's two early penalties gave the Blues a 6-0 advantage at the RDS with his second effort from just inside his own half.
However, Leinster, minus their 16 Ireland World Cup squad members, regrouped to dominate possession with flanker Josh van der Flier and centre Ben Te'o both particularly prominent.
Veteran Nacewa's first penalty brought up his 400 points for the Irish province and they were ahead by the 16th minute as Conan burrowed his way over after a break by the lively Te'o.
Nacewa's conversion increased Leinster's lead but the Blues produced remarkable discipline to withstand further pressure and then snatched three points before the break as Patchell slotted another long-range penalty.
After having 76% of the first-half possession, Leinster increased their lead to 13-9 thanks to a second Nacewa penalty but the visitors continued to show great resolve as two Patchell penalties put them 15-13 up.
At that stage, a remarkable rearguard action win appeared on for the visitors but Leinster reasserted themselves in the closing 15 minutes as Nacewa's third penalty was followed by their clinching penalty try following Navidi's 75th-minute sin-binning.
Leinster were already camped on the line when the Blues skipper was yellow carded and from the resultant line-out, another maul ended up with referee Ben Whitehouse signalling the penalty try, which Nacewa converted.
Patchell attempted to snatch a losing bonus point with a late ambitious drop-goal attempt but was off target.
TEAMS
Leinster: Isa Nacewa (capt); Garry Ringrose, Ben Te'o, Noel Reid, Fergus McFadden; Cathal Marsh, Luke McGrath; Michael Bent, Aaron Dundon, Jamie Hagan; Ross Molony, Mike McCarthy; Dominic Ryan, Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan.
Replacements: Cian Kelleher for McFadden 61, Isaac Boss for McGrath 55, Peter Dooley for Bent 76, Bryan Byrne for Dundon 60, Royce Burke-Flynn for Hagan 48, Tadhg Beirne for McCarthy 76, Daniel Leavy for van der Flier 76
Not Used: R. Byrne.
Cardiff Blues: Dan Fish; Aled Summerhill, Tom Isaacs, Gavin Evans, Owen Jenkins; Rhys Patchell, Tavis Knoyle; Sam Hobbs, Kristian Dacey, Craig Mitchell; Jarrad Hoeata, James Down; Josh Turnbull, Josh Navidi (capt), Manoa Vosawai
Replacements: Lewis Jones for Knoyle 71, Gareth Davies for Hobbs 69, Scott Andrews for Mitchell 70, Lou Reed for Down 68, Ethan Jenkins for Vosawai 42
Not Used: Ethan Lewis, Thomas Davies, Garyn Smith.
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Assistant Referees: Eddie Hogan-O'Connell, Jonathan Peak (both IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Peter Ferguson (IRFU)
TMO: Seamus Flannery (IRFU)
Benn Wragge was fatally wounded in Thurston, Suffolk, on Sunday.
The principal of Thurston Community College, where Ben was a pupil, said he was an "extremely likeable character" with a "calm and respectful demeanour".
Two teenagers arrested on suspicion of manslaughter have been released on police bail until 16 June.
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"This is a heart-breaking time for Thurston Community College, Thurston Village and our wider community," principal Helen Wilson said.
"The aftermath of this tragedy will be felt throughout our entire community.
"Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with Ben's family and friends at this time."
Ben was taken to West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds after being found injured at a property in the village at 13:35 BST on Sunday.
He was taken to West Suffolk Hospital, in Bury St Edmunds, but died shortly afterwards.
A post-mortem examination found he died from a single wound caused by an air pellet.
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They are the first host nation, in the history of the tournament, to not make it into the group stages.
Ireland and Wales have qualified for the quarter-finals.
Scotland are still in with a chance of making it through to the next round.
There are four weeks to go before the final, so we asked young England fans who they'll be supporting for the rest of the tournament.
Out of the small group we spoke to, none of them said they were going to support one of the other home nation teams...
Mobile phone footage shows passengers walking through Manchester Airport's seemingly unstaffed passport control.
The incident happened early on Saturday morning after the delayed arrival of a Ryanair flight from Madrid.
Manchester Airport and the Home Office said they were examining the details of the alleged security breach.
Flight FR3186 had been due to arrive at 23:35 BST on Friday, but did not do so until 02:05 BST on Saturday morning.
One of those on board, Clinton Laykin from Stoke-on-Trent, provided BBC News with footage shot on his mobile phone.
He estimated there had been 130 to 140 passengers on board.
In the footage, Mr Laykin says: "This is the UK border and there's nobody at Passport Control at Manchester Airport.
"A planeload of people have just arrived and come straight through and we are going to baggage reclaim.
"Nobody has checked our passports."
A spokesman for the airport told BBC North West Tonight: "It is the responsibility of an airline's handling agent to notify UK Border Force (UKBF) about arrivals from outside of the UK.
"By them doing this in advance of a flight's arrival, ensures the relevant UKBF staff [are] in place to handle the immigration process.
"As an airport we will work closely with our third party partners to investigate what occurred in this instance."
A Home Office spokesman said: "We are currently carrying out an investigation into this incident."
A Ryanair spokesman said: "There appears to have been a malfunction in the airport's system, which caused incorrect flight information to be published, and subsequently resulted in this issue at border control. We have asked Manchester Airport to look into this matter and ensure it does not recur."
Northants opener Richard Levi smashed eight sixes as he made 88 from just 43 balls, but he had little support.
Northants were 107-1 at the midway point, but Sodhi (3-39) and Gurney (3-46) shone to restrict them to 195-8.
Play stopped with Notts on 52-0 from 5.1 overs, giving them a 12-run win on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern system.
Alex Hales finished unbeaten on 30 from 16 balls, ably assisted by fellow opener Riki Wessels (14 not out) until the weather brought a premature end to proceedings.
It is a second win in two days for Notts, who scored their highest ever T20 total in amassing 227-3 against Derbyshire on Friday.
Northants remain second in the North Group but missed the chance to move top, as only England international Ben Duckett (28) really came close to backing up Levi with the bat.
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The organisation is already searching for a replacement for performance director Shane Sutton, who left amid allegations of sexism, which he denies.
Drake, CEO since 2009, has been in charge during a hugely successful era.
"I believe that the end of this Olympic cycle is the natural moment for a new CEO to take the organisation forward into Tokyo 2020," he said.
"I have been involved with British Cycling in some form for almost 20 years, the last eight as CEO, and it is an organisation that I will always love.
"I have been privileged to be a part of the amazing success we have experienced over those two decades and I know that it will go on to even greater heights.
"Now is the right moment for both myself and British Cycling to move on."
The announcement of his exit - revealed by BBC sports editor Dan Roan - comes with British Cycling under scrutiny from UK Anti-Doping (Ukad), which is investigating allegations of wrongdoing in the sport.
The claims surround therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs), and the administering of medication to riders.
Ukad officials visited British Cycling headquarters earlier this month, saying the meeting was arranged with the governing body's "full co-operation".
He has overseen a truly remarkable period for the sport in this country
A day earlier, former Team Sky rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke had told BBC Sport he was "freely offered" the controversial painkiller Tramadol when competing at the Road World Championships four years ago.
British Cycling put the allegation to the medic in question, doctor Richard Freeman, on the BBC's behalf. He denied it.
Team Sky are also under investigation, and their former rider Sir Bradley Wiggins, a Tour de France winner, has been criticised over his use of TUEs.
There is no suggestion British Cycling, Team Sky or Wiggins have broken any rules.
Wiggins took anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone for allergies and respiratory problems shortly before the 2011 and 2012 Tours and the 2013 Giro d'Italia, his TUEs having been approved by the relevant authorities.
In an interview with BBC Sport published earlier on Thursday, former head of British Cycling Peter Keen said he feared the controversy could cause "collateral damage" to Team GB.
He said it would be an "absolute tragedy" if innocent riders were unfairly tainted, adding there were "lessons to be learned" for British Cycling and Team Sky.
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Keen backed Drake, saying he is "an outstanding individual who I've known for 20 years" and "one of the greatest minds in sports development".
However, he added: "Undoubtedly through his leadership mistakes were made and they're uncomfortable and I know it hurts Ian when they're raised.
"But they reflect a whole series of things done with good intention that weren't thought through and managed as well as they could."
The controversy over TUEs began after hackers allegedly from Russia released athletes' medical files stolen from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).
British Cycling's independent review is yet to publish its findings into the allegations surrounding Australian Sutton, 59.
In April, the organisation was also ordered by UK Sport to investigate allegations official kit - including a high-performance bike - had been sold online for profit.
During Drake's time in charge, track cycling has overtaken rowing as the nation's most successful Olympic sport.
Britain won 20 of the 30 gold medals available in the sport over the past three Games.
Participation in cycling has also increased dramatically, with the sport now behind only swimming and athletics in terms of popularity.
Britain was recently awarded the 2019 Road World Championships, which will be staged in Yorkshire, although Drake himself did not attend the announcement.
During Drake's time in charge:
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
This is significant - the departure of the man at the very top of Britain's best-funded and most successful Olympic sport. Ian Drake has overseen a truly remarkable period for cycling in this country, both in terms of medals and participation growth.
But the news also comes with the sport mired in controversy, and many will see Drake as the first victim of that turbulence.
It is no real surprise. Last week, Drake pulled out of an event marking Britain's winning bid to stage the 2019 Road World Championships. Amid mounting criticism of the way this crisis has been handled - and the relationship between the governing body and Team Sky - pressure had been mounting.
But with various investigations into the sport continuing, it is highly unlikely the fallout is over.
The all-rounder, 23, has played three Tests, nine one-day internationals and five Twenty20 matches for Pakistan.
He is the sixth player involved in allegations connected to the PSL.
In March, Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Irfan was suspended for a year after failing to disclose approaches made by two bookmakers.
The PCB has already initiated proceedings against Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif, Nasir Jamshed and Shahzaib Hasan.
In a statement on their website, the PCB said: "This notice requires Nawaz to appear before the PCB Security and Vigilance Department for an interview in relation to possible breaches of the PCB anti-corruption code."
Last August, IS released a video of the killing of James Foley, who went missing in Syria in 2012.
Ms le Pen posted images of his killing, and others, in reply to a journalist who compared her party to IS.
The image of Mr Foley was removed on Thursday morning.
Its removal came several hours after his parents called for it to be taken down. However, graphic images of two other killings remain on Ms le Pen's Twitter feed.
"We are deeply disturbed by the unsolicited use of Jim for le Pen's political gain," Mr Foley's parents John and Diane said in a statement.
Mrs Foley told RTL radio that the tweets "add to the family's pain".
Ms le Pen said on Thursday: "I did not know it was a photograph of James Foley. It can be accessed by anyone on Google. I learned this morning that his family has asked for it to be removed and of course I took it down immediately."
Profile: James Foley
Prosecutors in the Paris suburb of Nanterre say they are investigating Ms le Pen for sharing violent images.
The images were posted on Wednesday morning with the statement "THIS is Daesh", using an acronym for IS. The tweets were signed MLP, indicating they were written by Ms le Pen herself.
The far-right Front National leader, who has more than 838,000 followers on Twitter, was replying to comments by television journalist Jean-Jacques Bourdin.
He said the FN and IS shared a "community of spirit" as the militant group wanted to set off a nativist backlash in France.
Mr Bourdin later called her decision to post the images "indecent".
On Tuesday, Ms le Pen was acquitted of charges of inciting hatred on the December 2010 campaign trail in Lyon, France.
The charges related to her comments comparing Muslims praying in the streets to the Nazi occupation of France in World War Two.
Last weekend, her anti-immigration party gained a record number of votes in regional elections.
It led in six of the 13 regions after the first round of voting, though due to tactical voting it did not go on to win any regions in the second round.
The eight-year-old is currently 60th in the weights for the Aintree race on 9 April with the top 40 guaranteed a run.
He travelled strongly under Richard Johnson although Katie Walsh challenged briefly on Broadway Buffalo.
But Johnson and the 13-2 shot jumped well and slogged their way up the run-in to win by nine lengths.
"It's a dream to have a runner in the Grand National and that's where he's going," said Lee.
"I don't think the heavy ground suited him, but he'll go to Aintree whatever we get.
"It's been amazing and started when Grey Gold won on Hennessy day and it's been relentless. We've got a lot of nice horses."
BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght:
The run of rookie trainer Lee, who's now won significant races on five of the last eight Saturdays, was described by her father Richard, from whom she took over last summer, simply as "a-mazing". She is certainly making her mark.
There were concerns beforehand about Bishops Road's stamina over this marathon distance, especially in the mud, but he dispelled them all with a nine-length win, after which jockey Richard Johnson suggested the horse would be better still in drier conditions.
It's Aintree and the Grand National next.
Warburton and assistant David Weir have agreed "significantly improved" deals to replace their previous contracts, which had two years left to run.
The 53-year-old Englishman said it was a "huge honour and privilege".
Delays to the negotiations with the club were interpreted in some quarters as a sign that Warburton might not be committed to staying at Ibrox.
But the man who led Rangers to the Scottish Championship title and the Scottish Cup final in his first season at Ibrox said: "All the speculation was due to a 12-day holiday. It was no more than that.
"'Why have you not signed?' Because I was away with the wife for 12 days.
"It's a privilege for me to be here in this position - and for David with his status at the club.
"It's a great place to be and we have extended for another year until 2019."
Warburton hopes the news will provide a boost for supporters and players days before their season kicks off with a Betfred Cup visit to Motherwell on Saturday.
More than 40,000 fans have already bought Ibrox season tickets for the Premiership campaign.
"It wasn't a distraction to me, but the stories just suddenly appeared," said the former Brentford boss.
"But the fact that season ticket sales are where they are shows the fantastic support and that the fans are excited for the season.
"And what we have to do is prepare well and hopefully the performances send them home happy."
Weir, 46, spent the last five years of his playing career at Ibrox, hanging up his boots in 2012.
"Mark and I have enjoyed every second of our time in Glasgow so far but the adventure is just beginning and we are all excited to start the new season," he told the club website.
"I told Mark what a unique and special club Rangers was before we started our work here and he has now experienced it for himself."
Ex-Castleford player Ryan McGoldrick is currently a free agent after a side he signed for in New South Wales folded.
However, eBay removed his listing because it "goes against their terms of selling body parts and remains".
The post appeared on Tuesday and described a "1981 antique rugby league player" who is "well maintained" and comes "with a full service history".
On Wednesday morning, the advert had attracted nine bids and stood at £11.50, with the winning bidder due to pay McGoldrick on a per game basis.
However, the auction had gained 22 bids at a price of £215 when the post was taken down later on Wednesday.
Utility player McGoldrick, who also played for Hull FC and Salford, made over 150 appearances in a seven-year spell in England from 2006-13.
Speaking before his listing was removed, the 35-year-old told BBC Sport: "If a really feasible option did come up and it worked out, then I will go do it.
"I was at home speaking to my father-in-law and he came up with the idea to put myself on eBay and let them decide where I play.
"We were talking about different options and I had just found out the club I was at wasn't going ahead. This gives me a little bit of time to think and assess the options I have in front of me.
"I am really open to seeing where it goes, if there is something serious then I am happy to sign a contract.
"There have been a couple of enquiries from England too but I have told them that postage comes at the buyer's expense. They'll have to make sure they can afford to get me over there.
"I hope I am not going anywhere too cold. If one of those sides come in for me, it will have to be in the summer months. Don't expect me to train over winter!"
The UK soldier, of 28 Engineer Regiment, attached to 21 Engineer Regiment, died at Patrol Base Hazrat, in Helmand's Nahr-e Saraj district.
The gunman fired at Afghan troops and then British soldiers before being killed. Afghan officials dispute Taliban claims he was acting for them.
The male soldier's next of kin have been informed of Monday's attack.
Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman described it as a "tragic incident", adding: "The PM's thoughts are very much with the family and friends of the soldier who was killed."
The spokesman said the military had stepped up counter-intelligence efforts and the vetting and screening of new Afghan National Army recruits.
The attack comes as President Hamid Karzai is due in the US for a visit seen as key to the future of the American presence in Afghanistan.
Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Major Laurence Roche, said: "This is an extremely sad day for the Corps of Royal Engineers and everyone serving with Task Force Helmand. Our thoughts are with the soldier's family and friends at this time."
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville said the attack is thought to have been triggered by an argument between Afghan National Army soldiers.
Shortly after details of the incident emerged, the Taliban said they were behind the shooting, but they often wrongly claim such attacks, he said.
By Quentin SommervilleBBC News, Kabul
There has been a dramatic rise in green on blue, or insider attacks. In terms of British soldiers, five were killed by Afghan colleagues back in 2009, last year, the figure was 14.
More starkly, all six soldiers killed in the current "Black Rats" tour of duty, died at the hands of Afghan security forces.
The Afghan military has grown at a tremendous rate over the past three years, the army is now 195,000 strong. But that has meant that there hasn't been proper screening of new recruits.
The Afghan government are trying to remedy that. Also, the Afghan intelligence service, the NDS, is deploying its men into the ranks, to look for Taliban infiltration. Soldiers returning from leave will be questioned to see if they or their families have been the target of Taliban infiltration.
There is recognition that the Taliban are coercing or compelling Afghan troops to attack foreign soldiers. And a grim acceptance from ISAF commanders that insider attacks cannot be completely prevented.
Afghan defence officials told the BBC that initial assessment suggested the gunman was a soldier from the eastern province of Laghman.
An official said: "Currently there is an investigation into the attack. Initial assessment and information shows the attacker was not linked to the Taliban.
"After he killed the British soldier, he tried to escape but members of the Afghan national security forces opened fire, killing him.''
There has been a sharp rise in so-called insider attacks against local forces and Nato troops in Afghanistan. In 2012, more than 60 Nato service personnel, and a quarter of the British troops who died in Helmand, were killed in such attacks.
All six of the British troops killed during the latest six-month tour of duty have died this way. A total of 439 UK service members have lost their lives in Afghanistan since operations began there in October 2001.
President Karzai is arriving in the US for a three-day visit, which will include a meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday.
It will be their first face-to-face talks since the US presidential elections.
Correspondents say relations between the two countries have been more fractious than usual in recent months.
Mr Karzai wants US troops out of Afghan towns and villages. Some 30,000 foreign soldiers left Afghanistan last year, and most of the remainder are expected to pull out by the end of 2014.
Our correspondent says the US president is likely to discuss the size of the force that remains, and whether they are there to fight the Taliban or shift their primary focus to tackling al-Qaeda.
Mr Karzai's visit comes days after a drone attack that killed Pakistan militant leader Mullah Nazir, who was accused of sending fighters to Afghanistan to support the Taliban.
Ahead of the trip, the White House issued a statement saying Mr Obama "looks forward to... discussing our continued transition in Afghanistan, and our shared vision of an enduring partnership" between the two countries.
Mr Karzai is expected to provide a request for future requirements for the Afghan military such as heavy weaponry, an improved air force and medical support.
Our correspondent says the US spent almost $120bn (£74bn; 91bn euros) in Afghanistan in 2011, a figure that diplomats in Kabul say will be increasingly difficult to justify because of economic problems at home and extensive corruption within Afghanistan.
Meanwhile Mr Karzai has held back from signing a long-term binding security agreement with the US, amid fears that Afghan sovereignty is being undermined.
He is unwilling to grant US soldiers immunity from prosecution and is unhappy that Afghans are still being held in US-run military prisons on Afghan soil, our correspondent adds.
Nato forces are committed to training Afghan security forces before foreign combat troops pull out.
Certain varieties are ripe for picking three weeks earlier than in 2013, trade body English Apples and Pears says.
It said it was too early to compare the crop with the peak of 2011, but things were "looking very promising".
Shoppers can expect soon to see early croppers such as Galmac and Delbar Estival, with fruit including plums, cherries and pears also doing well.
A mild spring followed by recent sunny weather has created better conditions for growing apples.
Adrian Barlow, chief executive of English Apples and Pears, said: "This year, all told, things are looking very promising for the coming season.
"Quality is extremely good, we've had a lot of sunny weather, meaning taste will be very good, and the texture and colour will be extremely good.
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Their apples are also used in Magners cider and she said the crop was looking "really nice".
She said: "We've had lovely weather. We've had rain when we've wanted it, although some parts of the country have been drier than we'd have wanted.
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An air ambulance and other emergency services were sent to the scene of the accident, which happened on the A9 at the junction of the A923 near Dunkeld at about 15:00.
The road was closed in both directions following the accident but has since reopened.
There are no further details about the number of people who have been injured in the incident.
Owls striker Gary Hooper was brought down but Nuhiu's tame penalty was saved down low to his left by Alex Smithies.
The visitors took advantage at Hillsborough as Daniel Tozser's fierce strike gave QPR the lead.
However, Nuhiu atoned for his early miss as he guided Daniel Pudil's cross past Smithies just after the hour mark.
Despite Fernando Forestieri being suspended, Sheffield Wednesday took charge of proceedings from the kick-off with Kieran Lee and Ross Wallace both guilty of firing wide of the target.
As the visitors struggled to make headway at the other end, Smithies almost gifted the Owls the opening goal as he spilled Aiden McGeady's high ball into the box, only just managing to gather it at the second time of asking.
Having missing a number opportunities in the first half, Carlos Carvalhal's side were given the chance to take the lead from the spot three minutes into the second half - but failed to take advantage.
Buoyed with Smithies save, QPR began to play more expansively and Tozser's sublime strike was just rewards for a more adventurous five minutes from the away side.
Although Nuhiu grabbed the equaliser, more poor finishing saw Wednesday fail to pick up all three points, despite their overall dominance.
Sheffield Wednesday manager Carlos Carvalhal:
"I'm very happy with the attitude of the team and I'm very happy with the quality.
"We lost a little control for a short period of the game, between the penalty and their goal, but we had a strong reaction and scored to make it 1-1.
"We had some very good chances to score goals so it was our fault. We deserved to win but that is football."
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QPR boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink:
"I'm very happy. If you come here and you see the way they've been playing here, you know it's going to be difficult.
"They are a very good side and we were under pressure. We were winning 1-0 and then it is a case of can you see it through?
"They played well and they will be disappointed to have not got three points.
He said the drop in sterling following the Brexit vote had fuelled inflation.
Mr Broadbent said there was a "trade off between stabilising inflation and keeping the economy going".
But he said the UK was "a little bit" better placed to cope with an interest rate rise.
Mr Broadbent said the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) believed there would need to be more rate rises than those expected by the financial markets.
"The MPC said given the other assumptions in its forecast it thought probably there would need to be rate rises, and indeed more rate rises than those priced into the interest rate curve in future than the financial markets expect.
"I do think the time is likely to come when rates will go up generally."
On Thursday, the Bank kept interest rates unchanged and cut its economic growth forecasts.
The Bank voted 6-2 to keep interest rates on hold at 0.25%, a level they have been at since August last year.
Mr Broadbent said there should not be undue concern following a rate raise.
"One shouldn't overdo this. If and when it happens there will be a lot of talk about the first rate rise since 'x'. But it's just a rate rise and we got perfectly used to rate rises of this size in the past."
He said the objective of the MPC was not "the path of interest rates but the stability of inflation in the medium term and subject to that the stability of the economy".
The Bank is concerned that uncertainties about Brexit appear to be putting companies off new investment, despite an increase in profits for exporters following the fall in the value of the pound since last year's referendum.
Mr Broadbent said he understood the difficulties of ordinary consumers, who are being squeezed by a combination of rising inflation and wages that are failing to keep pace with price increases.
The deputy governor said there were some areas of household debt that had been growing quite a lot, namely borrowing on credit cards and the buying of cars through Personal Contract Purchases.
But he said the Bank's monetary policy makers were not too worried about the debts of British households because consumer credit, relative to incomes, remained much lower than its level before the financial crisis.
He said: "The level of consumer credit is less compared to incomes than it was during the (financial) crisis". He also pointed out that interest rates were lower now than they were then.
"It is absolutely right that the prudential side of the Bank ... should be concerned about pockets of debt that are growing very, very quickly.
"The MPC does not think this is a first-order macro issue for the economy."
Edwina Hart said construction work on the Newtown Bypass will create 90 jobs and apprenticeships.
The four-mile (6.5 km) bypass will run from Llanidloes Road, to the west of the town, to Pool Road in the east.
Ms Hart said a contract had been awarded to Alun Griffiths Ltd, with work to begin on 7 March.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) looked at complaints against the Territorial Support Group.
The IPCC said public confidence would be damaged unless the TSG improved its stop and searches procedure and how it dealt with public order situations.
The Met said it would "strive" to reduce the number of complaints.
A review was begun by the IPCC into complaints against the TSG in 2010 and the inquiry looked at complaints and conduct cases between 2008 and 2012.
There are 793 Territorial Support Group (TSG) officers in London. They deal with public order issues, terrorism and crimes such as knife attacks.
During the G20 protests in the City of London in 2009, newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson, 47, was hit with a baton and shoved to the ground. He died minutes later.
PC Simon Harwood, a TSG officer, was acquitted of his manslaughter in July but he was sacked after being found guilty of breaching standards by a Metropolitan Police disciplinary panel.
Four independent investigations arose in relation to the G20 protests, the watchdog said.
The IPCC said there had been a "sustained decline" in complaints against TSG officers since 2009 but it said more work needed to be done.
It called for the force to address "underlying issues" relating to allegations of racist behaviour by officers, which featured heavily in the complaints.
The report found many of the allegations fell in the "oppressive conduct" category.
In total 28 complaints were referred to the IPCC for investigation, of which six were referred back to the Met and one was withdrawn.
Of the 28, 20 related to unplanned street encounters, four were the result of planned operations and four from public order incidents. A total of 23 of the 28 complaints were about stop and searches.
Twelve complaints included allegations of racial discrimination.
The IPCC said it was concerned about the small number of complaints that were upheld.
The Met said it would "continue to strive to decrease the number of complaints" and would work to "improve officers' behaviour by education and increase the scrutiny of officers' actions".
It said community reference groups had been created which scrutinised stop and search, recruitment selection and complaints against TSG officers.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Maxine De Brunner said: "The TSG have made many improvements in recent years, which is evident in the decrease in the number of complaints, the sustained decline shows that the programme of work is having an impact."
Police said they believe they know the identity of the man and but it was unclear when the crash happened.
The silver Renault Megane ploughed through chevrons at junction 58 of the A1(M) on the outskirts of Darlington.
It hit several trees before coming to rest in dense undergrowth, on the roundabout itself.
A formal identification of the body is not expected to be carried out until at least Monday.
Sgt Andy Sutherland, of Durham Police, said: "The car appears to have left the road at some speed and crashed into a number of trees before finally coming to rest several metres back from the carriageway.
"Its location means it would have been extremely well-hidden from passing traffic."
It predicted the Cheshire town could provide the tournament at "a total cost of £249.99" ($382.30) following Fifa's current woes with corruption claims.
The bid boasts a 6,335-capacity stadium for the opening ceremony, an average June temperature at "a whopping 14.1°C" and free Wi-Fi in the local library.
Fifa is due to select the host nation for the 2026 tournament in 2017.
The Macclesfield bid proposes to host matches at various playing fields across the town, the biggest of which has a capacity for "200 people and 14 dogs".
Training pitches would be available for participating nations but organisers stressed each association must ensure they are "clear of dog foul prior to the start of each session".
"According to Trip Advisor there are up to six hotels in Macclesfield, as well as 16 B&Bs. More than adequate for a World Cup," the club added.
"A budget of £40 has also been set aside for gifts to the FIFA family."
Local resident David Dickinson, best known for presenting TV antique shows and catchphrases such as "cheap as chips", would be on hand to officiate at the opening and closing ceremonies with current Macclesfield Town manager John Askey, according to the bid.
James Beckett, media manager at Macclesfield Town, told BBC Radio Manchester that the spoof proposal had received feedback from Japan and New Zealand after details spread on social media.
"When we finished putting the bid together, it was probably more credible than the Qatar bid.
"We've got a special promotion that anybody who buys a season ticket is going to get special access to [World Cup] tickets if the bid is successful."
The boxer told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme that the threat had not been reported to the PSNI.
Christine Frampton, Carl's wife, revealed the threat on Twitter on Wednesday.
It warned that the family, including two children, would be "murdered by the UVF".
She said: "Lovely message I got on Facebook. How do I find out who this person is because the profile seems to have disappeared?"
The boxer said that while you have to "take these things seriously", he believed it was "some idiot".
"I just really think it was some clown, probably young, sitting in his mum's front box room thinking he's a hard man.
"A lot of the time people think they can say what they want on social media, which I don't think should be the case, but it's not a serious death threat I don't think."
He said they had decided not to go to the police but that "people don't have the right to make these sort of statements just because they're on social media".
"Just because it's social media, you can't talk about people's kids and talk about murdering someone's family. It's just not on.
"We did take it seriously, it was annoying, but we didn't go to the cops because we know, both me and Christine, that it was just some idiot.
"I retweeted it and then I took the retweet down because I hoped that someone would know who this guy was and maybe have a word with him and just say, 'wise up, you can't be doing this sort of stuff'."
It's not the first time Frampton has cooled a potentially heated social media situation.
Earlier this month, the Tiger Bay boxer replied to a Twitter user who said he would "never again" support him after he was pictured in an Antrim gaelic games jersey.
Frampton tweeted a picture of a personalised hurling stick and the words: "Hey boy, anymore talk like that and you'll get this around the coupon."
The boxer said: "I'm pretty sure if you look through his Twitter feed he's just a troll looking for a reaction off people, and I gave it to him and I probably shouldn't have.
"But it was just a bit of fun."
He told BBC Talkback that despite the presence of "keyboard warriors" he had been "pretty lucky" on social media.
"I don't get a lot of negative comments, most people are pretty positive towards me.
"Obviously you get the odd one, but I look at some other boxers and some other sports stars and what people are saying to them and some of it is pretty disgraceful.
"But, again, these people who are giving the abuse are probably the same people who would approach you for a photograph or an autograph on the street."
Meanwhile, Frampton, who suffered his first professional boxing defeat in his last fight, said his next bout will be announced "very, very soon" and will take place in Belfast.
"I'm pleased and satisfied with it. It's not going to be Leo Santa Cruz, but my next fight will be a good fight and one that will be interesting."
Simon Osborne and seven of his friends were returning from a day trip to Belgium when the ferry capsized.
He was trapped inside the ship and managed to survive the disaster, which claimed the lives of two friends.
The ferry had left the Belgian port of Zeebrugge 30 minutes before, with 545 people on board for the crossing to Dover.
Mr Osborne, then 19, was queuing at the perfume counter when the ship jolted quite violently. Within a few seconds there was another more severe jolt.
"The ship literally tipped over as if you were knocking over a glass of water - it seemed that quick," Mr Osborne recalls.
It was just before 19:00 on 6 March, 1987.
The bow doors had been left open when the ship left port, and water started to flood her car decks, making the vessel unstable.
In spite of capsizing in shallow water only 100 yards (91m) from the shore, 193 people lost their lives aboard the Townsend Thoresen ferry that night.
Survivors said it took between 45 seconds and one minute for the ship to turn over and come to rest on a sandbank on its side.
Mr Osborne described the scene onboard as the ship went over.
"It was a scene of unbelievable terror," he said. "There were people, chairs, tables and litter bins the contents of the perfume counter just raining down."
"I found myself rooted to the spot in sheer terror and disbelief at what was happening."
Mr Osborne had become trapped in the lounge area of the ship. Quickly realising those around him were dying of hypothermia in the icy-cold water, he knew that if he was going to survive, he needed to get to a part of the ship where he could be rescued.
"I floated up with the water, in the dark, and thought for a few minutes that I was going to drown, that I was going to perish there in the ship," he said.
He made his way to below one of the broken windows, through the debris and bodies floating in the water.
By that time, there were rescue teams with divers onboard, and he was quickly put in a harness and winched onto the side of the ferry.
The coroner's inquest into the capsizing returned verdicts of unlawful killing.
After a public inquiry into the disaster, Lord Justice Sheen published a report, which identified a "disease of sloppiness" and negligence at every level of the Townsend Thoresen hierarchy.
"At the time I was consumed with rage, and I wanted someone to be brought to book for this," Mr Osborne said.
"At the end of the day there was a problem there and the disaster could have been avoided if the procedures had been there."
The Crown Prosecution Service charged the company, which had since become P&O European Ferries, with corporate manslaughter in 1989, but the case collapsed because of insufficient evidence.
More than 30 people were later recognised in the New Year Honours list for their roles in saving the estimated 350 people who were rescued.
The George Medal was awarded to head waiter, Michael Skippen, who died trying to get passengers to safety and to Andrew Parker, who formed a human bridge to allow others to cross to safety.
Until a few years ago, Nanuchka was just a conventional Georgian pub serving traditional food like khachapuri, a cheesy bread, and khinkali, a meat-stuffed dumpling.
But then Nana Shrier, the flamboyant owner of the venue, where the walls are adorned with erotic art, became a strict vegan - in what is said to be the most vegan country in the world per capita.
She decided to convert her entire restaurant to a meatless and dairy-free establishment despite being advised against it by friends and business colleagues.
Israelis are flocking to it - and business is more successful than ever.
For vegans, everything derived from animals is off-limits. Similar to - but stricter than - vegetarians, vegans do not eat eggs and cheese, or drink milk, and in some cases even avoid honey. Leather, wool and silk are forbidden.
Sitting at Nanuchka, eating a meal of vegan tsatsivi (where cauliflower is substituted for chicken), Nana says that consuming animals is both inhumane and unhealthy.
"I don't like it," she explains, scrunching her nose in disgust. "I feel the body of the animals in the steak, I feel the animal in the fillet, and the blood. I don't like it so much."
Nana argues there is another benefit to veganism as well.
She says that sometimes, after eating a large steak, or a cheeseburger, for example, she feels tired and lethargic.
"When you eat vegan food, you have a lot of energy to do very good and nice things," she says with a coy smile.
When asked if she is implying that vegans have a better sex life than their meat-eating counterparts, she laughs heartily and says, "of course!"
Veganism has become so prominent in Israel that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has started catering to followers in its ranks by offering vegan-friendly ration packs, non-leather boots and wool-less berets.
From an army base in southern Israel, Cpl Daniella Yoeli says the food is not exactly worth writing home about but she is happy to have the option of eating couscous and lentils over schnitzel and schwarma.
She has always loved animals, she explains, and became a vegetarian as a child, converting to veganism only recently.
Her diet is so important to her that had the army not been able to provide conditions that had harmed no living creatures, she might not have enlisted in a combat unit where she would not have been able to provide her own food.
While a vegan combat soldier might seem contradictory, Yoeli politely disagrees.
"In Israel, in the army, what we do in our service is defend the citizens, so I don't think it's a paradox, " she says, M-16 rifle slung over her shoulder.
"Like I want to defend animals, I want to defend people, so this is why I'm in combat and this is why I'm in the army."
According to Omri Paz, the head of the Israeli organisation Vegan Friendly, 5% of Israelis are vegan and the number is growing. Israel boasts some 400 vegan-friendly restaurants, including the world's first vegan Domino's Pizza.
Mr Paz attributes the rise of veganism here to a YouTube video by US animal rights activist Gary Yourofsky, which garnered millions of hits worldwide, and more than a million in Israel alone, a lot for a country of only some eight million people.
Mr Yourofsky lectures about the cruelty of the meat industry and, controversially, compares the treatment of animals to the Nazi Holocaust.
Omri Paz says he watched the video and did not leave his room for a week. He says this is the civil rights issue of our century.
"Just like 300 years ago, blacks weren't equal to whites and that changed with time, and then 100 years ago with the women's revolution, so I think now, the 21st Century, is the animal species revolution," he says.
"Treating them not as humans, but not as slaves."
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Kane had to be replaced after seven minutes of the 6-0 FA Cup quarter-final win over Millwall on Sunday.
He was hurt when defender Jake Cooper blocked his shot close to the byeline.
"It looks like last time against Sunderland, it was the same ankle," Pochettino told BBC Sport.
"We need to assess some more and after tomorrow [Monday] we will see."
Kane, 23, left White Hart Lane on crutches and with his right foot in a protective boot. The striker has scored 24 goals this season, including eight in his past five games.
Spurs dominated League One Millwall despite the loss of their top scorer, with Son Heung-min netting a hat-trick, Vincent Janssen scoring his first goal from open play for the club and Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen both on target.
Kane's Spurs and England team-mate Alli said: "It is always horrible to lose a player like Harry but when he went off everyone stepped up a gear.
"We wish him a speedy recovery. It was an important win for us. We were hungry for goals."
Kane was named the Premier League Player of the Month for February and his tally of 19 league goals this season has only been matched by Everton's Romelu Lukaku.
England manager Gareth Southgate is due to name his squad on Thursday for a friendly with Germany on 22 March and a World Cup qualifier against Lithuania four days later.
Kane missed five league games and two EFL Cup matches earlier this season after twisting his ankle while tackling Sunderland's Papy Djilobodji in September.
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The hosts declared on 467-3 after John Simpson reached 100, with Adam Voges unbeaten on 160 at the other end.
Seamers Tim Murtagh (4-33) and Toby Roland-Jones (4-49) then tore through Hampshire's batting line-up as the visitors were all out for 131.
Middlesex enforced the follow-on and reduced Hampshire to 62-3 at stumps, still trailing by 274 runs.
The hosts started the day comfortably on top thanks to centuries from Voges and Dawid Malan on Sunday, and Simpson's fine attacking innings compounded Hampshire's misery.
Simpson resumed on 28, before racing to his first Championship century of the season from only 125 balls, striking 13 fours and three sixes in the process.
Murtagh and Roland-Jones' efforts with the ball left Hampshire with plenty of work to do to avoid their second defeat by an innings in three games, with Sean Ervine (31) the only batsman to pass 30.
Will Smith was then caught behind off Murtagh with the second ball of the visitors' second innings, and James Fuller (2-24) struck twice more in the final session.
Kenneth Fults was sentenced for the 1996 killing of Cathy Bounds who was shot five times in the back of the head.
Signed statements by white juror Thomas Buffington show that he used racial slurs when referring to Fults.
So far state and federal judges have rejected the appeal.
Fults pleaded guilty at the 1997 trial and the jury sentenced him to death.
At the trial Mr Buffington told judges and lawyers on both sides that he harboured no racial prejudice.
Eight years later, an investigator for Fults spoke to Mr Buffington about his experience on the jury. Mr Buffington who was 79 at the time of the interview, used racial slurs to describe Fults.
According to the signed, April 12, 2005 affidavit, Mr Buffington said, "Once he pled guilty, I knew I would vote for the death penalty because that's what that [N-word] deserved."
State judges argue Fults waited too long to present the statement from Buffington and did not explain why the evidence couldn't be found sooner.
However, lawyer Lindsay N. Bennett, who is representing Fults, said it is common in Georgia for a defendant's legal team to reach out to jurors at that stage of an appeal, but not earlier.
"At this point, he has essentially reached the end stages of his legal proceedings with no court having assessed the substantive evidence in this case," Bennett said.
Last week, notorious drugs market place the Silk Road was shut down after a lengthy investigation.
Andy Archibald, interim head of the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), said officers identified individuals who were using the site.
But he said new methods were needed to keep up with the threat.
"[Online anonymity service] Tor evolves, and will resecure itself," Mr Archibald told the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
"The success we've had may not necessarily mean that by the same routes and same approaches we can get into other criminal forums.
"We have to continually probe and identify those forums and then seek to infiltrate them and use other tools.
"It's not simply a case of because we were able to infiltrate Tor on this occasion that we'll be able to do it next time around as well."
Mr Archibald's comments came as the NCCU announced its first conviction. Twenty-seven-year-old Olukunle Babatunde received a five years and six month prison sentence.
The man, from Croydon, south London, pleaded guilty to using "phishing" scams in an attempt to defraud banks, financial institutions and their customers.
SpongeBob SquarePants, Snoopy, Spider-Man and friends took off as the floats wound their way through Manhattan.
Some 3.5 million spectators line the route. Another 50 million usually watch it on television.
Thanksgiving Day celebrates the harvest and blessings of the past year, and launches the US holiday season.
New York Police Department decided on Thursday morning that the winds were mild enough for the 16 giant character balloons to be used in the parade, which is now in its 87th year.
The worst of a wet and blustery storm that drenched the US East Coast in recent days passed.
The city introduced new parade safety rules after a 1997 accident in which a windblown Cat in the Hat inflatable knocked over a light pole that landed on a woman, seriously injuring her.
City regulations prohibit the giant balloons from flying when sustained winds top 23mph (37km/h), and gusts exceed 34mph.
The foul weather earlier this week led to hundreds of flight delays at a time when some 43 million Americans travel to be with loved ones, but did not cause the widely feared gridlock.
More US stores opened than ever before, luring in shoppers a day ahead of the traditional start of the festive shopping season, known as Black Friday.
Some eager bargain hunters began camping outside retail outlets on Tuesday this week. About 140 million people are expected to shop over the four-day weekend, according to the National Retail Federation.
But there have been protests and an online petition by critics who say it is wrong to separate workers from their families on Thanksgiving.
A group of Whole Foods employees held a strike in Chicago on Wednesday to demonstrate against some of the stores opening on the holiday. Walmart has also faced a backlash over its decision to open its doors on Thanksgiving.
The manager of a Pizza Hut franchise in the US state of Indiana, Tony Rohr, lost his job when he refused to make his staff to work on Thursday. Following an outcry, the fast-food chain reinstated him.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama carried out the traditional US presidential Thanksgiving duty: pardoning of the turkey.
Two 38-lb (17-kg) specimens, Popcorn and Caramel, were granted a special last-minute reprieve allowing them to live out their days on George Washington's estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Forty-six million other turkeys will not be so lucky - that is how many of the fowl are expected to be consumed across the US on Thursday.
Thanksgiving has been marked for hundreds of years, and is generally thought to commemorate a 1621 harvest feast the US Pilgrims shared with Indians after settling at Plymouth, in what is now Massachusetts.
In a rare coincidence, this year it occurs at the same time as the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, which has led to the coining of the name Thanksgivukkah.
That last happened in 1888 and will not happen again for more than 70,000 years, according to a commonly cited calculation.
The man and woman, both 19, are accused of "conspiracy to do an act, or acts in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act or acts", the Australian Federal Police said.
Local media reported the pair are married.
Police said the charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
The teenagers have been in custody since they were arrested early last year. At the time, the man was charged with collecting documents likely to facilitate terror acts, while the woman was charged with recklessly possessing documents and something else connected to an attack.
The new charges follow an extensive investigation by counter-terrorism police in New South Wales (NSW).
The pair will appear in the NSW Central Local Court on Wednesday.
The Highland Heartbeat Centre was opened in 2005 after hundreds of thousands of pounds was raised through a public fundraising effort.
The rest of the money needed was provided by the British Heart Foundation.
NHS Highland said alternative arrangements would be provided to the people who use the centre.
The health board said it wants to use the space for other clinical services that needed to be on the Raigmore Hospital site.
A campaign called Big Hi-5 Stop opposes the closure.
The group representing cardiac patients and their families said the centre and its staff provided important services.
A meeting between health board staff, members of the campaign and cardiac patients' support group Bravehearts was held on Wednesday.
Following the meeting, a spokesperson for NHS Highland said: "As we have said before the Heartbeat Centre will close but not until alternative arrangements are in place for cardiac rehabilitation.
"We have made a lot or progress to address the various changes required but that work is ongoing. We hope that this will completed by May.
"Ultimately what we are aiming for is to see many more people supported via the cardiac rehabilitation service than is possible under the current arrangements."
Another meeting is to be held on 15 March.
One glider crashed into the ground and the other made an emergency landing following the accident, which happened at 15:05 at Portmoak Airfield in Scotlandwell.
The pilot of the crashed glider was taken to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy and treated for minor injuries.
Police Scotland said the second pilot was unhurt.
Independent consultants analysed the impact of £465m of EU convergence money in the county between 2007 and 2013.
It found private sector investment was £440m lower than expected and labelled the project "poor value".
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) said targets were set "prior to the 2008 the financial crisis".
The report found that 3,557 jobs were created by the investment.
Kim Conchie, chief executive of the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce said: "It's pretty damning in many ways, the vast majority of money that's been spent in Cornwall and the Scilly's over the past 15 years has not resulted in the number of jobs or the value added that we were expecting.
"You've got some absolutely damning statistics for example in the research and development fund the cost per job was £160,000 per person."
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly were given €654m from the ERDF and European Social Fund because its economic performance had been below 75% of the European Union average.
The funding intended to "transform the economy to a high value added economy" and was spent on projects including a link road at Camborne and the Wave Hub at Hayle.
Independent consultants found there was "significant under-performance of the programme in achieving its target results regarding jobs, Gross Value Added and private sector investment".
It also found that "the uncertain economic climate" was "a significant factor" in the project's performance.
The ERDF convergence team said: "The targets for the programme were developed prior to the 2008 the financial crisis, but it was decided to keep them in order to aim high and achieve the best possible return on investment despite deeply challenging circumstances.
"The lessons learnt from this programme will be carried forward into the next European Funding Programme".
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Rosberg beat Hamilton to pole position and said: "Lewis has everything to lose and I have everything to gain".
Hamilton is 17 points clear of the German and will win his second drivers' title even if he finishes second.
The 29-year-old said he does not "pay much attention" to Rosberg's comments.
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Ahead of the last race of the season, Hamilton said: "My number one focus tomorrow is just doing the best I can and driving the way I have been driving for quite some time.
"You want to get the pole, but just because I'm second doesn't mean we can't win.
"You can't really measure how big it is. It is obviously the biggest day of my life."
Hamilton and Rosberg have fought a near private battle for the title all season as their Mercedes car has been a class above the rest of the field.
But the childhood friends, who were team-mates when they raced go-karts aged 14, have seen that relationship tested this season.
Wheel-to-wheel battles and clashes on and off the track have stoked their rivalry as the season finale edged closer.
And thanks to F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's idea to introduce double points for the first time at the final race, Hamilton must now finish second, rather than sixth, to claim the title, adding more tension to an already anxious fight.
Formula 1 has headed to the desert and the spectacular Yas Marina on Yas Island for the title-deciding showdown, built on land reclaimed from the sea specifically to host a grand prix.
The event produces spectacular images, with the race starting in daylight and ending in darkness and under floodlights, with the Yas Hotel that straddles the circuit using its 5,389 pivoting LED panes to produce a stunning light show.
The venue hosts just 41,000 people, but the focus is on offering a luxury experience and race-goers are rewarded with nightly post-event concerts from artists such as Pharrell Williams, The Who and DJ Armin van Buuren.
Rosberg said: "The pressure is on Lewis. I have to keep the pressure on him and hope he makes a mistake, which we saw in Brazil."
Hamilton made errors on his two laps in final qualifying and lost out to Rosberg in the battle for pole by 0.386secs.
But the Englishman pointed out that Rosberg himself had made an error in the second part of qualifying, which forced him to do one more lap than planned on the set of tyres with which he will start the race.
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"Hopefully that will have an effect tomorrow," said Hamilton. "He's trying everything possible in his head to try to find a way to deal with things. He did a good job in Q3 and I'll try to make up for that in the race."
Hamilton said he had not yet decided how to approach the race but insisted: "My aim is to win, as always."
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The Bears, bowled out for 91 in a big defeat by Surrey in the opening round, fell to 77-7 after being put in.
Yorkshire seamer Ben Coad, who took 6-37 in their defeat by Hampshire, claimed 4-47.
Jeetan Patel (36) and Keith Barker (33 not out) helped the hosts recover to 152-8 when the rain arrived before tea.
One short delay had already disrupted play, with persistent drizzle forcing the players from the field for a final time after only 48.3 overs had been bowled.
Though cloud covered the ground for most of the day, the ball did not move appreciably in the air, with Warwickshire falling foul of Yorkshire's persistence, occasional seam movement and their own indiscretions.
Coad, 23 and in only his fifth first-class game, is probing rather than devastating, and benefitted when William Porterfield loosely drove to mid-off.
He then found the outside edge of Alex Mellor, the first of six wickets to fall for 30 runs.
Jonathan Trott was lbw to Coad, Sam Hain suffered the same fate to Tim Bresnan, albeit to one that looked a touch high, and home captain Ian Bell chased a wide one to edge Steven Patterson behind.
The slump continued after lunch - Tim Ambrose was another to gift an edge from a loose stroke and Rikki Clarke was leg before to become Coad's fourth victim.
Patel countered, his 30-ball stay including six fours and one swipe over the mid-wicket fence, before he was deceived by England leg-spinner Adil Rashid.
At the other end, Barker was more assured than any of his team-mates, but now only has Chris Wright for company with Oliver Hannon-Dalby to come. Still, from the position they were in, Warwickshire might think that anything over 200 is a decent return.
David Willey, in his first action since suffering a shoulder injury playing for England in January, lacked rhythm in 11 wicketless overs.
Warwickshire all-rounder Keith Barker told BBC Sport:
"The ball has done quite a bit and they bowled really well. We lost more wickets than we wanted to and we're trying to claw it back.
"Sometimes lads can down on confidence, but it's part of cricket. You to try to rebuild, keep practising and hopefully the right things will happen.
"If we can be pushing 200, we might have a chance. The weather can hopefully can give us some assistance."
Millions of Muslims in the Arab World spend hours watching TV during and after breaking their fast.
It is during Ramadan that commercial TV channels get their highest ratings for the year. Egyptian and Syrian TV productions predominate.
The hard times spawned by Syria's crisis have boosted the popularity of series like Bab al-Hara, which is in its seventh year in the country.
It depicts life in a Damascus district under the French mandate in the 1930s.
Another series - Darb al-Yasmin - takes place in a southern Syrian village during the late 1990s and focuses on the military and intelligence work of the resistance against Israel.
Egypt goes further with historical dramas breaking tradition with a drama sympathetic to Egypt's vanished Jewish community.
The Jewish Quarter depicts a time when Jews and Muslims lived together harmoniously.
But the series has also provoked negative reactions on social media.
One user, Muhammad Ibrahim (@PEUMohamed), tweeted in Arabic: "Jews_Quarter represents the shift of the Egyptian cinema from low standards and indecency to double agency and clear and unequivocal treason."
There are generally fewer political dramas in Egypt this year, reflecting a sense of what Egyptian media are calling political saturation in the country.
Love themes and genres addressing other societal issues have returned to screen as the revolution narrative starts to take a back seat.
The drama, Al-Risk, tries to convey the atmosphere of post-revolution Tunisia.
It revolves around a political leader imprisoned by the former regime who decides to take revenge on all those who took part in his humiliation and incarceration after his release.
In Lebanon, social media is abuzz about Cello - widely expected to be one of the country's most watched Ramadan series.
It has been described as an adaptation of the Hollywood movie Indecent Proposal, starring Demi Moore and Robert Redford.
In it a young female cello player becomes the object of another man's obsession, to the dismay of her husband.
Bint Al-Shahbandar, based on political events in Beirut between 1880 and 1912, is also expected to be popular.
In Shia Iran, moral and religious content is in the foreground in state TV's Ramadan special programme.
Particularly around mid-Ramadan, the tone of programmes becomes more sombre as the death anniversary of first Shia imam, Ali, approaches.
State TV programmes also highlight wider political, economic and social concerns.
The main soap opera this Ramadan is expected to be Look Back from Time to Time - a story is about supporting local products to boost the economy hard hit by sanctions.
Also popular this Ramadan is The Soil and Salt - a Lebanese TV series about Islamic resistance against Israel.
This year, it has chosen to run the fourth season of the extremely popular comedy series Payetakht (The Capital), which depicts the everyday life of a family from a small town in northern Iran.
Turkey's political disputes have spilled over into Ramadan TV programming.
A request by two pro-opposition television channels - Samanyolu TV and Mehtap TV - to broadcast live from two mosques in Istanbul was denied by the local religious authority. Yet other channels have been granted permissions.
Samanyolu TV is known to have links with Fethullah Gulen - a cleric who fell out with the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2013 and has been vocal in his criticism of the government.
It is common for TV channels to use mosques as settings during Ramadan to enhance the spiritual sentiments in audience.
Samanyolu TV is now building its own studio inspired by traditional Ottoman architecture to use during Ramadan.
Over in Tajikistan and Pakistan, TV used to show religious soap operas and a regular programme discussing religious issues during Ramadan.
But, amid fears of growing Islamist militancy, these are not as prominent on TV schedules as they once were.
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Essex Fire Authority decided in a private meeting to hire a consultant to lead a review of claims of bullying and "intimidatory culture" at the service.
Minutes from the meeting show while nobody disputed the appointment there were "reservations" about "costs".
The fire authority said the cost of the review reflected the value placed on fire service staff.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said it was concerned at both the cost - which it claims could be up to £500,000 in total - and handling of the matter.
The review - initially referred to as an investigation late last year - was commissioned in response to a confidential report about a number of incidents which "threatened the excellent, professional reputation" of the service.
Speaking to the BBC, Alan Chinn-Shaw, secretary of the Essex branch of the FBU, accused the authority of spending "a vast amount of money" at a time when the "budget for front-line fire fighting is being decimated".
"We have got major concerns at the amount of money being spent," he said.
However, he also said the union would "engage" with the review because it was in everybody's interests that relations within the service were improved.
"We believe if there are benefits to be had from this review then it could be worthwhile in the long run," he added.
Essex Fire Authority did not respond to the FBU's suggestion the review might cost £500,000.
Anthony Hedley, authority chairman, said the review "was established with the best intentions".
He said its purpose was "to look at how the culture of the fire and rescue service in Essex is having a detrimental impact on staff at all levels and how we might seek to change that.
"All representative bodies sit on the board so they have the chance to shape the way the review is conducted and feed their thoughts directly to it.
"There is a significant cost involved in bringing in an outside expert to conduct this process.
"But this is an indication of the level at which the Fire Authority values all service staff and demonstrates a commitment to doing all we can to create the best possible working environment for them all."
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) visited Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra Hospital and gave the trust a "requires improvement" rating.
Another patient with breathing difficulties had to be resuscitated after a 25-minute wait on a trolley.
After notices were issued inspectors said improvements had been made.
Patients with "a suspected broken hip, chest pain and an infectious disease" were subjected to long waits.
The report said: "One patient with a head injury got up, unobserved, to leave the department and an inspector had to prevent him from falling and colliding with another elderly patient on a trolley."
During the inspection, a patient who had previously had a heart attack was brought in by ambulance with breathing difficulties.
After waiting 25 minutes for an assessment they were rushed to the resuscitation room when their condition deteriorated.
Patients sometimes had to wait as long as 14 hours to be admitted to a ward, inspectors said.
The national average wait between being brought to hospital by ambulance and an initial assessment is 15 minutes.
An average of 25 minutes was recorded at the Queen Alexandra.
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust was rated as "outstanding" in relation to being caring and effective but needed to improve providing "safe, responsive and well-led services".
CQC chief Prof Sir Mike Richards said: "We saw severe overcrowding in the accident and emergency department which meant that some patients with serious conditions had waited over an hour to be assessed.
"There was a high risk of their condition deteriorating during this time."
There was a surge in support for the Eurosceptic right-wing Freedom Party (FPOe), which got 21.4%.
The Social Democrats (SPOe) came top with 27.1% and the conservative People's Party (OeVP) got 23.8% in Sunday's election.
The conservative leader warned that the result was a "wake-up call".
Michael Spindelegger said "we can't simply go on as before" - and he did not rule out a coalition with the FPOe.
Chancellor Werner Faymann, leader of the SPOe, said he was against any "experiments" and called for coalition talks with Mr Spindelegger's OeVP.
Turnout was 74.4%, which was 4.4% down on the last election in 2008.
The anti-immigration and Eurosceptic FPOe, led by Heinz-Christian Strache, added nearly four percentage points to its 2008 result, winning four new seats and bringing its total to 42.
Its 21.4% still falls short of the shock 27% the party achieved under Joerg Haider in 1999.
The SPOe lost four seats, and the OeVP lost five. They still got 99 seats in total - enough for a majority. They have ruled jointly for much of Austria's post-war history.
Austrians, with an electorate of six million, were choosing 183 deputies for the lower house of parliament. A party must cross a 4% hurdle to be represented in the chamber.
Mr Faymann appears set to remain at the head of the coalition as chancellor.
The governing parties had each claimed credit for keeping unemployment low during years of economic difficulties for the European Union.
The Social Democrats also focused on pensions, pledging a tax on "millionaires" and cuts for low earners.
Meanwhile, the OeVP campaigned for measures to free businesses from red tape, rejecting the proposed wealth tax.
A series of scandals and perceived inertia have hit the ruling parties' popularity among the voters.
The Freedom Party appears to have benefited from this slump. The party has accused the coalition of bloating the public sector, corruption and permitting too much immigration.
The Eurosceptic Team Stronach of Austro-Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach gained a foothold in parliament, winning 5.8%. The liberal New Austria party - Neos - is also a newcomer to parliament with 4.8%.
The Greens are on 11.5%, a rise of one percentage point. In addition to their traditional environmental themes, they have sought to capitalise on a funding scandal involving the coalition.
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The UK, which pioneered the advanced form of IVF, was the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from three people.
Yet the first baby was born in Mexico.
And despite the technique being designed to eliminate disease, it has been used as an unproven fertility booster in Ukraine.
Both countries have less fertility regulation than the UK.
Three-person IVF was devised to prevent the repeated heartache of losing children to illnesses caused by defective mitochondria.
The tiny structures in our bodies convert food into useable energy and are passed on only through the mother's egg.
Three-person IVF takes the DNA from mum and dad and puts it in an egg from a donor woman. The resulting child has 0.1% of its DNA from the donor.
Why make babies from three people?
The advanced form of IVF was developed at Newcastle University in the UK and the final safety checks were completed in June.
So the Mexico birth and the procedure being offered as a fertility treatment has caused concern.
"We appear to be in a race to the bottom," warned Dr Marcy Darnovsky from the US Centre for Genetics and Society.
Criticising doctors offering the technique, she added: "They are ignoring ongoing policy debates and conducting dangerous and socially fraught experiments on mothers and children. And they appear to be actively seeking a media splash on the way down."
"Use of these biologically extreme procedures for infertility is based purely on speculation."
It is argued that some cases of infertility are caused by a "poor" environment inside the egg such as insufficient or old mitochondria or an imbalance in the chemicals necessary to trigger embryo development.
And that the three-person technique could overcome those deficiencies.
Dr Dusko Ilic, from King's College London, said there was no way to stop IVF clinics offering the procedure.
While the UK was the first country to create laws to legalise three person IVF, it is legal by default in many countries with little-to-no regulation.
Dr Ilic told the BBC News website: "IVF clinics are jumping on the bandwagon and rushing ahead, whereas the Newcastle team did all the hard due diligence work.
"The major worry is how technically skilful these clinics are, what quality control measures are in place and what information they provide to desperate patients seeking help.
"Are those patients aware of all risks involved?"
For example in the Mexico birth - the details of the family and an photograph of the baby were made public without any consent.
James Lawford Davies, a partner at the law firm Hempsons, said: "One example of the way UK regulation protects patients is through the confidentiality which attaches to their identity, the details of their treatment, and their children.
"Any such disclosure would be a criminal offence in the UK."
When the UK allowed the procedure to prevent inherited mitochondrial disease, it did not allow three-person IVF to be used in fertility treatment.
"There was little evidence at the time the law was being changed that the methods were likely to help infertility," said Prof Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Francis Crick Institute.
Such an untried form of conception was thought to be too risky - except in the case of mitochondrial disease where the harms were even greater.
Prof Lovell-Badge said the UK had a reputation for looking "deeply into the issues of science and safety" and that such procedures may be permitted in the future if they were shown to be safe.
He told the BBC: "We can't control this in countries where there are few or no regulations and poor oversight.
"Unfortunately the clinics in such countries have become used to being unregulated, and it is the patients who are at risk of being duped into paying for methods that have little or no benefit or that are even harmful."
Sarah Norcross, the director of the Progress Educational Trust, said fertility clinics had a reputation for "rushing" new techniques to patients.
She advised: "For British women who wish to avoid passing mitochondrial disease to their children, the temptation to travel overseas to access these treatments must be enormous.
"We would caution against this. At present, there are too many unanswered questions about what has been achieved - and how - for us to be confident of patient safety.'
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Delays have been experienced on the railways with speed restrictions in place amid fears tracks could buckle in the heat.
But there have been plenty of ways for people to enjoy the sunshine in safety.
Temperatures are expected to drop to 25C (77F) on Thursday, with the possibility of thunderstorms.
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The litter of Asian short-clawed otters, is made up of two boys and three girls - all yet to be named by their keepers at Chester Zoo.
Zoo keepers put a camera in their enclosure to seek what they'd get up to.
The pups were pretty playful, looks like these parents have their paws full.
We think they're otterly adorable, so why not take a peek..?
Its operating profit fell to 3.5bn yen ($29m; £19m) in its fiscal second quarter from 24.5bn yen a year earlier.
The earnings were impacted by falling sales of smartphone displays and delays in reducing inventory.
The struggling consumer electronics maker has been bailed out two times in the last three years by its banks.
In May, Sharp announced losses in the year to March and cut more jobs.
The company has been under pressure from its lenders to sell its loss-making LCD business. The unit reported a loss of 12.7bn yen in the quarter.
Chief executive Kozo Takahashi told a news conference in Tokyo that Sharp was in talks with several companies over a deal for its LCD unit.
"I cannot provide any names, but we are currently in negotiations with multiple companies," he said, adding that he could not reveal a timeline for when a deal would be finalised.
In the six months to September, the firm also saw an operating loss of 25.2bn yen - which is its biggest half year loss in three years.
Sharp announced earlier this week that it would report an operating loss in the six month period and also lowered its annual operating profit forecast to 10bn yen from 80bn yen.
Eggsplorer-1 was launched at the 10th annual World Egg Throwing Championships held at Swaton in Lincolnshire.
The event saw teams from around the world competing in Russian Egg Roulette, Egg Trebuchet and throwing eggs at a bodybuilder.
Organisers said they had "high hopes" for the pairing of eggs and ham - another name for amateur radio fans.
The idea for the flight came from South Kesteven Amateur Radio Society (Skars) chairman Andrew Garratt who suggested putting an egg into space inside a high-altitude balloon.
The mission, which launched on Sunday, hoped to reach a height of 40km (24 miles) and to set a record for transporting raw food at the greatest altitude.
Mr Garratt said onboard cameras and technical equipment were used to monitor the egg and identify issues with raw food transportation at extreme temperatures.
He said if successful the team would look at the possibility of supplying the International Space Station (ISS) with eggs.
After the flight, the balloon craft is expected to return to earth under a parachute, landing somewhere in the sea between Skegness and Hull.
The egg-throwing championship, part of Swaton Vintage Day, raised money for good causes.
It attracted about 300 competitors from around the world and 12,000 spectators.
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Police said the man was pulled from the water by five members of the public but later died in hospital.
The incident happened at about 17:00 on Monday at the Falshaw Bridge, near Arboretum Avenue in Stockbridge. There are no suspicious circumstances.
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Sgt Donna Mackay said: "Our condolences are with the friends and family of the victim who passed away, despite the valiant efforts of these five good Samaritans.
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The measure would allow abortion in cases of rape, if the mother's life was at risk or if the foetus would not survive the pregnancy.
Currently, women can be prosecuted if they have an abortion.
The bill, which has the backing of President Michelle Bachelet, will now go back to the Chamber of Deputies for approval.
The proposal was first introduced two and a half years ago and has faced by stiff opposition from the Catholic Church and socially conservative groups.
Senators voted separately on each of the three cases in which women would be allowed to have an abortion:
The voting went late into the night and was further delayed when police had to remove abortion opponents who had interrupted proceedings with their chanting and shouts.
But on Twitter, a hashtag backing the bill was trending.
Supporters of the bill hope the Chamber of Deputies will now swiftly approve the document without further changes so it can be sent to President Bachelet for signing.
Changing Chile's strict abortion laws has been one of the president's main goals.
"I believe that women should have legally the possibility of making their own choices," she told the BBC in an interview last year.
"In this country until now this is criminalised - if you interrupt your pregnancy, you will go to jail. And I believe this is not fair."
But opposition to the move has been considerable and the debate surrounding it at times bitter.
Abortion in limited cases was legal in Chile until 1989, when it was completely banned under the rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet.
The kit will include figures of the main characters including Homer, Bart, Marge and Ned Flanders.
The Danish toymaker struck the deal with the show's owners, Twentieth Century Fox.
Fox is scheduled to air an episode of the show featuring the cast in Lego form in May, in the US.
"We know our fans will love the challenge of building the Simpsons' family home in great detail and the ability to collect quintessential characters in Lego minifigure form," Jill Wilfert, from the Lego Group said in a statement.
The Simpsons, a satirical parody of family life, has been running for 25 years making it the longest running scripted TV show in the US.
"Even though the Simpsons has been on for a quarter of a century it still resonates with the young and makes viewers an ideal target for the Lego brand," said Brad Adgate, head of research at Horizon Media.
The set will go on sale in the US next month priced at $199.99 (£120). The company plans to launch a separate line of 16 Simpsons mini figures in May.
Strong sales growth saw Lego overtake Hasbro last year to become the world's second-biggest toy maker behind Mattel.
It has been helped by the success of kits and figures related to movies including Lord of the Rings, Toy Story and the Avengers.
The strategy started in 1999 with Star Wars themed kits.
More recently, Lego has been focusing on Asia where sales have been booming.
This year it plans to build its first factory in China.
The firm is controlled by Denmark's richest man, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, who is the grandson of Lego's founder.
Jason Morgan, 33, from Bristol, was killed at Great Brynn Barton Farm near Roche, Cornwall in June 2011.
Roger Matthews, 48, and his employee Norman Treseder, 55, were found to be "grossly negligent" when they appeared at Truro Crown Court in August.
They were jailed for four years each and Matthews told to pay £10,000 costs.
Mr Morgan was installing safety netting on a barn extension on a work site described as "a death trap" during the trial.
Judge Graham Cottle told Matthews: "You knew the only safe way was to bury the overhead power line. Western Power Distribution told you what was necessary, but you ignored it.
"You didn't want the inconvenience of putting the work back. Your stance was to hope that everything would be alright.
"The site was a potential death trap and remained so despite repeated warnings."
The court heard the cost of burying the 11,000 volt power line would have been more than £15,000.
Judge Cottle said: "You failed in your duty of care to anyone who worked on the project. A life was needlessly lost that day."
The court heard a victim statement from Mr Morgan's partner, Sarah Gane, who said "my heart was torn apart" when I was told about his death.
She said telling their daughter Emily, who was five years old at the time, that "daddy will never be coming home" was the worst thing she ever had to do.
Mr Morgan's father, Patrick Morgan, said in his victim statement that "life is far too quiet without him", which he said had also been written on Mr Morgan's gravestone.
Matthews Plant Hire Ltd and Philip Tucker, 57, a roofer from St Wenn, Bodmin, were also found guilty of health and safety at work breaches.
Tucker was sentenced to nine months, suspended for two years, and ordered to pay £10,000 costs.
Matthews, who is the managing director of Matthews Plant Hire Ltd, from St Ervan, Wadebridge, and Treseder, from Wendron, Helston, were found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence.
JJ Abrams' film has also overtaken Avatar (£94m) as the second most successful film in history in the UK.
But Skyfall still reigns supreme as the UK's highest-grossing film of all time with £103m in 2012.
The Force Awakens sees the return of original cast members Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill.
It also introduced audiences to British actors Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, who have starring roles in the seventh movie in George Lucas's franchise.
At the end of December, Star Wars: The Force Awakens also became the fastest film to take $1bn (£674m) at the global box office.
It achieved the feat in 12 days, beating the previous record of 13 days set by Jurassic World in June.
But while Jurassic World had the benefit of record takings in China over the period, The Force Awakens had yet to open there when the figures were released.
It still has a way to go before it can compete with the two films which took more than $2bn worldwide - 1997's Titanic ($2.18bn; £1.45bn) and 2009's Avatar ($2.78bn; £1.85bn).
Both were directed by James Cameron and were also released in the same pre-Christmas slot as The Force Awakens.
The 20-year-old, who is yet to play for the Magpies first team, signed his first professional contract with the Premier League club in 2015.
He made his league debut during a two-month loan spell last season with Blackpool, where he played eight times.
Smith will be available for the Alex up to and including their League Two game with Mansfield Town on 7 January.
He is the third player signed by Crewe boss Steve Davis this summer, following experienced strikers Ryan Lowe and Chris Dagnall.
Smith will hope to emulate the success of another Newcastle loanee Brad Inman, who moved to Gresty Road as a 20-year-old in November 2012 before signing permanently the following August.
Inman was the Alex's top scorer in League One last term before leaving for Peterborough this summer.
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The murdered man, found near the banks of the River Trent in Staffordshire in 1971, could be John Henry Jones from Trevor in Wrexham, police have said.
The man's body was found naked with his hands and feet tied. Now his face has been reconstructed using the latest medical and digital techniques.
The name came to light after a dental expert reviewed missing person records.
Mr Jones, 27, went missing in 1970.
He was born on 30 April 1943 and lived in George Avenue in the village that lies between Llangollen and Wrexham.
Police want to speak to anyone who knew knew him.
Officers who investigated at the time, believed the man, who was found wearing nothing but a pair of pink socks and a wedding ring, had been murdered.
The make-shift grave was discovered in Burton-on-Trent by an off-duty police officer. The body had been there for between 12 and 18 months.
Retired Det Ch Insp Peter Hough who was in charge of the investigation said: "I personally hadn't come across anything like it because of the local attention it received.
"The town was a buzz. Still people ask about it."
He said despite "every effort" being made to identify the body, missing persons, dental and fingerprint records failed to reveal who he was and the police were unable to determine how he was killed.
"It's never been out of my mind after all these years but I'm still optimistic," he said.
Now, in a final attempt to identify him, Prof Caroline Wilkinson, from Facelab at Liverpool John Moores University, has created an image of his face.
She said: "This is as accurate as we can get in terms of a depiction."
The method has been tested on living people and about 70% of the reconstructed face should be accurate to less than 2mm.
The facial image was broadcast on BBC's Crimewatch Roadshow in the hope someone will recognise him.
The live televised debate examined what Northern Ireland voters think about EU membership.
The panel included DUP MP Sammy Wilson, SDLP MLA Claire Hanna, Conservative Party MEP Daniel Hannan and political aide and author Alastair Campbell.
The economy and borders were among the issues discussed on the programme which was presented by Stephen Nolan.
There were also questions on immigration and agriculture.
The referendum takes place on Thursday, 23 June.
The 29-year-old, who was was born in DR Congo and has a Congolese mother, is expected to complete a free transfer to the Lubumbashi club this week.
Vanden Borre had announced his retirement from football on 10 January.
His most recent club was French side Montpelier and his career has included spells at Anderlecht, Fiorentina, Genoa and Portsmouth.
The right-back holds dual Belgian and Congolese citizenship and elected to represent the European country at senior national level when aged 16.
He played once for Belgium at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, against South Korea.
Syed Sibtain Kazmi, 57, from Bradford, is accused of being involved in the killing of Maulana Azam Tariq in 2003.
Mr Tariq, the leader of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba group, was shot dead when his vehicle was attacked by gunmen in Islamabad during a spate of violence between Shia and Sunni groups.
Mr Kazmi, was arrested at Islamabad airport, a spokesperson for Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency said.
Mr Kazmi told the BBC in August he was the cleric who granted an Islamic divorce to alleged "honour killing" victim Samia Shahid.
Ms Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died while visiting relatives in Pakistan in July 2016.
Syed Sibtain Kazmi is a Shia cleric from Pakistan who has spent years leading prayers at a number of British mosques - most recently in Bradford.
He was wanted in Pakistan in connection with the 2003 shooting of a leader of a banned Sunni organisation - linked to attacks on Shia Muslims.
Today he was arrested at Islamabad airport on route to the UK.
Kazmi's supporters have, in the past, denied the allegations against him.
Merlin Entertainments Group (MEG), which runs the historical attraction, has filed an application to build lodges and several tree-houses.
But some have described the plans, set to go before Warwick District Council in November, as "wholly inappropriate".
In its application MEG said the site would "benefit the wider economy".
The firm has applied for permission to erect up to 20 permanent lodges, and create room for 41 glamping tents on land known as "Foxes Study".
It was previously granted permission to erect a temporary site during the last two summers.
Owners of neighbouring homes have expressed concerns about the proposals, which they claim will compromise the castle's historic character.
Veronica Hyland submitted an objection which said the move would be the "first step in turning this historic heritage site into a theme park".
"Granting this application would be another nail in the coffin of Warwick as a historic town and of the castle as a place abounding in history," she wrote.
Ms Hyland also said she feared trees surrounding the castle would be under threat if the plans were approved.
Councillor Bob Dhillon said he supported the application, and felt it had been "carefully considered" by MEG.
"I agree it will not affect the key historic features of the area or key views around the site," he said.
The actress's father was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.
Smith had been due to perform songs from Funny Girl, the musical she recently starred in, at the event at the Hammersmith Apollo on 6 December.
A representative for the actress said: "Sheridan's much-loved father sadly passed away this week."
She asked for privacy for Smith and her family "at this difficult time".
Smith pulled out of several performances of Funny Girl in March when she learned of her father's illness.
She later took a break citing stress and exhaustion, but returned in July and is scheduled to go on tour with the musical from February.
Colin Smith was with his daughter at the 2011 Olivier awards when she won best actress in a musical for her appearance in Legally Blonde.
In an interview the previous year, the actress revealed her parents performed as a country and western duo called The Daltons.
"They used to perform seven nights a week, and when I was four I joined them on stage doing little dance routines," she told the Telegraph.
"They don't often have gigs at weekends now, but if they do I'll be there joining in."
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Chelsey Lee, 26, plays in the Women's Korean Basketball League, whose teams are allowed only two foreign players.
But the KEB Hana Bank centre could be permanently banned if prosecutors can prove documents she presented are fake.
Prosecutors were asked to investigate after the Korean Olympic Committee pushed for Lee's naturalisation.
The committee had wanted to include Miami-born Lee in the South Korean team at this summer's Games in Rio after she was voted rookie of the year.
Prosecutors said the man listed as Lee's father did not exist, and the daughter of a dead South Korean woman listed as Lee's grandmother confirmed she did not have other children.
The Women's Korean Basketball League (WKBL) says it will await a court ruling over the documents before issuing any sanctions.
"The league will start discussions on how to potentially penalise Lee and the team, and also strengthen the verification process when teams sign foreign players," spokesman Kim Ilku said.
WKBL teams can each have two foreign players, who face limitations in playing minutes in each game. But foreign-born players with a South Korean parent or grandparent do not count in the quota.
He wants more action on how such groups use social networks.
He is also unhappy about plans to offer greater encryption for online communications.
So can the uneasy relationship between tech firms and the security services be rebuilt?
What exactly is Mr Hannigan worried about?
His concerns appear to be twofold. Firstly the fact that militant organisations such as Islamic State (IS) are using Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp to promote themselves and the increasing sophistication that extremists are showing in their use of such platforms.
And secondly he is not happy about pledges from Microsoft, Google, Apple and Yahoo to make encryption a default option to protect users from government snooping.
Tech firms are keen to put user privacy top of the agenda following allegations from former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden about mass surveillance in the US and the UK.
How are extremist groups using social media?
The internet is a tool for communication so it should come as little surprise that extremists are using it to recruit, plan campaigns and spread their messages.
But they are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their use of it - recent slick, well-produced videos using hostage British journalist John Cantlie to pass on the IS message provided chilling evidence of how well-versed the modern militant is in using the media.
English-translated bomb-making manuals are freely available online and increasingly terrorists are using chatrooms to openly discuss the best ways to make a bomb.
IS uses popular hashtags to boost the popularity of its material and sends thousands of tweets a day without triggering spam controls.
When social media became a key part of the Arab Spring, one Egyptian activist explained the relationship thus: "We use Facebook to schedule the protests, Twitter to co-ordinate and YouTube to tell the world."
Now it seems that message has become the rallying call for extremist organisations.
If terrorists are communicating openly on Twitter, doesn't that make the security agencies' job easier?
The fact that terrorist organisations now have multiple ways to get their message across means that the drumbeat of terrorism is getting louder and the phrase "anyone can become a terrorist" has never been so relevant.
The problem is summarised by Joseph Kunkle, who works in the office of security technology for the US Department of Homeland Security in a recent article he wrote on the issue : "No longer do traditional media control the messages that terrorists seek to deliver. Today instant-messaging jihadists can communicate with anyone... and is increasing the potential for recruiting operatives legally living in targeted countries."
But there is a flipside - having a social-media presence offers law enforcement an unprecedented window onto terrorist activity.
It allows intelligence agencies to determine the identities of supporters and potential recruits. Anyone who follows or befriends terrorist organisations is likely to become of interest to the authorities and, using data analysis, governments can potentially trace entire networks of contacts.
What are internet companies doing to prevent extremist groups using their networks to spread propaganda such as videos of hostages being murdered?
Such videos have horrified the public and become a central propaganda tool for IS.
Google says that it has "zero tolerance" for such videos, but with more than 300 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, it is an impossible job to police content.
Neither is it possible to create an algorithm to censor material before it is uploaded.
Instead, Google relies on the community of users to flag inappropriate content. Such content is then taken down "within hours", according to a spokesman.
And information such as the IP address from which the video was posted is handed over to the authorities when asked for.
Meanwhile, Facebook has been criticised for initially refusing to delete images on the site that showed severed heads in a part of Syria controlled by IS.
It said that the material did not contravene its guidelines but later blocked the material after being contacted by the BBC.
What does GCHQ want tech firms to do differently?
One of its key concerns is the promise from firms such as Google, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo to use greater encryption in its services.
If they follow through on these promises, they would be effectively throwing away the key to unlock communications and GCHQ is very keen to persuade them not to go down this route.
As security expert Alan Woodward, who has advised GCHQ in the past, puts it: "If someone encrypts communications, it is difficult to unscramble without the key. The real concern is that the security services will end up blind."
Yahoo has promised "end-to-end" encryption of its mail service by 2015, while Microsoft has pledged to ensure customer content uploaded to its servers would be encrypted by default.
But it isn't entirely clear whether greater encryption will mean that data becomes unreadable.
When Microsoft was asked by the BBC whether this was the case it said it was unable to provide a detailed answer, saying just "it will respond to lawful government requests".
Why are tech firms threatening to make it harder for law enforcement agencies to read communications?
It comes down the the age-old tussle between security and privacy.
Tech firms are acutely aware that the government has a vital role to play in keeping communities safe but it is also aware that its customers - who pay their bills - want greater anonymity and privacy in the post-Snowden world.
While there has been a breakdown in trust between spy agencies and tech firms, most experts believe that the relationship is salvageable.
Data forensics expert Prof Peter Sommer believes we will see more transparency from GCHQ - indeed they may start producing reports similar to the ones that Google and others already publish, which outline how many data requests are made each year and what they are about.
He also predicts that better oversight mechanisms will be put in place to prevent mass surveillance and ensure that any requests for data from tech firms is proportionate and appropriate.
And he thinks that more frank opinions like the ones Mr Hannigan expressed to the Financial Times are also likely as GCHQ seeks to reassure the public that it has their best interests at heart.
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has mounted a desperate defence of his hand-picked successor in office, Dilma Rousseff.
Ms Rousseff is fighting moves to impeach her over allegations she manipulated Brazil's account books to hide a growing deficit.
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But it may already be too late as her coalition allies are falling away.
The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), the largest in President Rousseff's governing coalition, will decide on Tuesday whether to break from the administration.
The party holds seven ministerial posts and the vice presidency, and has 69 members in the 513-member lower house of Congress.
The number of deputies in the lower house is key because it could influence President Rousseff's future.
If Ms Rousseff can get a third of all deputies behind her, she can block impeachment proceedings against her.
But if she loses the support of the PMDB and its members vote in favour of her impeachment, the lower house could suspend her and replace her with Vice-President Michel Temer.
The Senate would then have to decide if she should be removed from office.
Lula told members of the foreign press on Monday that such a move would be "undemocratic" and likened it to a coup attempt.
"Impeachment without a legal basis is a coup, there is no other word," he said.
"They want to shorten President Dilma [Rousseff]'s term through a coup," he added.
The former leader spoke for over two hours in a bid to win over members of the international media.
Lula distrusts the Brazilian press and accuses them of helping to construct a narrative against President Rousseff.
"It's not the headlines of a newspaper that can absolve or convict somebody," he said.
"We are seeing exaggeration and people being convicted even before there was a due legal process."
Five years ago, if Lula talked most people would have listened. He left office in January 2011 with an 83% approval rating.
A president who rose from abject poverty promising major reforms to the country's political and economic system, he presided over Brazil's longest period of economic growth in three decades.
But now he may be slowly falling from grace.
Prosecutors are investigating the largest corruption scandal in the country's history at the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, with hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks.
Earlier this month, he was briefly detained and questioned about allegations he took gifts from construction companies involved in this bribery scandal, which he denies.
In an extraordinary move, President Rousseff tried to appoint Lula as her chief of staff despite the ongoing investigation.
Many believed this was to save him from being arrested as those who hold ministerial posts enjoy a certain level of immunity from prosecution.
Thousands of people took to the streets to protest and his appointment was suspended by the Supreme Court, which is due to pass a final ruling on the matter next week.
The move put Brazil and its politics back in the headlines.
Lula believes the way the high-profile investigation is being conducted could tarnish Brazil's international image.
In particular he took issue with the release to the media of taped conversations and witness statements by the federal judge in charge of the investigation, Sergio Moro.
"Yes we should fight corruption and we should find out who's stolen... but is it necessary to make a TV show out of it?," he asked.
"Is it necessary to turn it into some kind of Big Brother show?," he added before asking: "How much is this affecting the Brazilian economy?"
Charismatic and witty, Lula believes he can bring back "joy" to Brazil.
It is certainly much needed when you look at the country's economic woes.
The International Monetary Fund in January projected that the Brazilian economy would shrink by 3.5%, 2.5 percentage points more than its previous estimate.
Unemployment has continued to climb, rising to more than 8% compared to 5.8% a year earlier.
But Lula may be in no position to fight the economic meltdown facing his country.
His fate lies in the hands of others.
Prosecutors have charged him with money laundering but a judge has yet to decide whether to accept those charges.
In the meantime, the Supreme Court will debate whether he should be allowed to take up his post as chief of staff or not.
And if President Rousseff is ousted, Lula loses his main backer and there is unlikely to be a position for him in government.
Lula's Workers' Party believes "elitists" in Brazil are conspiring against him.
His controversial appointment has divided Brazilians, with thousands of people taking to the streets of Sao Paulo and Rio in rival demonstrations to protest for and against the former leader.
On Monday, Lula said he all wanted for Brazil was for "everybody to be Brazilian".
"I don't want to split Brazil, I don't want to split the country between the white elite and the poor, be they black or white."
After the most tumultuous few weeks in politics since democracy was returned to Brazil, Lula's wish may be in vain.
Chris Harris went over as the visitors led 10-7 at half-time, despite David Melee's try for Top 14 side Grenoble.
After being pegged back, Craig Willis converted after Calum Green's try and added a penalty for a 10-point lead.
But a Grenoble penalty try led to Green being sin-binned, with Etienne Fourcade and Fabrice Estebanez scoring either side of Scott Wilson's try for victory.
Newcastle are 10 points behind pool leaders Ospreys, who host Lyon on Sunday, with only the side finishing top guaranteed a place in the knockout stages of the competition.
Harris' try came on his return from an ankle injury as Dean Richards named a completely changed starting XV, while the bonus-point win still leaves Grenoble adrift at the bottom.
Grenoble: Dardet; Heguy, Edwards, Capelli, Hand; Marie, Kornath; Hayes, Mele, Bosch, Dupont, Gelin, Estebanez, Batlle.
Replacements: Fourcade, Jacquot, Rossouw, Jolmes, Kimlin, Saseras, Guillemin, Waqa.
Newcastle: Connon; Marshall, C Harris, Burdon (capt), Kibirige; Willis, Egerton; B Harris, Sowrey, D Wilson, Witty, Botha, Robinson, Orr, Temm.
Replacements: Cooper, Brocklebank, S Wilson, Green, G Young, M Young, Waldouck, Catterick.
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Most of the money would compensate 482,000 owners of two-litre diesel cars programmed to distort emissions tests.
Owners could receive between $1,000 and $7,000, depending on their car's age.
The agreement could still change when it is officially announced by a judge on Tuesday, sources said.
Lawyers representing car owners, Volkswagen and the US Environmental Protection Agency have not yet agreed the steps VW will take to fix the cars.
The company still faces accusations over its three-litre diesel cars, as well as the prospect of hefty fines from US regulators and possible criminal charges.
Earlier this year the German company more than doubled its provisions for the scandal to €16.2bn (£12.6bn).
On Wednesday VW chief executive Mr Mueller issued a fresh apology to shareholders, saying the "misconduct goes against everything that Volkswagen stands for".
However, he has not put a figure on the total cost of the emissions scandal until a final deal was reached with US authorities.
Volkswagen admitted in September it had installed a "defeat device" - or software - in diesel engines in the US that could detect when they were being tested.
The company subsequently revealed that more than 11 million cars worldwide were affected.
Volkswagen said it was unable to comment ahead of the court's decision.
About 3,000 French soldiers will be deployed, along with troops from Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Chad.
On Monday France ended its military deployment in Mali, set up 18 months ago after an Islamist insurgency there.
French forces helped the Malian government recapture the north from al-Qaeda-linked militants last year.
The new long-term force, named Operation Barkhane, will be based in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, but will have a mandate to operate across borders.
It will target Islamist extremists in Mali, Chad and Niger.
The French troops will be backed by six fighter jets, 20 helicopters and three drones.
The main objective of Operation Barkhane is counter-terrorism, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said.
The new deployment will take place in the coming days.
The Sahel includes some of the world's poorest countries but has rich natural resources in the form of minerals and gas.
France sent troops to Mali in January 2013 after Islamist militants threatened to overrun the capital, Bamako.
But Mr Le Drian said Islamist groups posed a threat to the entire region.
A statement from the bid team said financial reasons and a global fall in oil prices were behind the withdrawal.
The Games, which were held in Glasgow last year, were staged in Edmonton in 1978 and the city has said they will bid again to host the 2026 event.
"This hasn't been an easy decision," said bid chairman Reg Milley.
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"Our team has been working tirelessly these last months to put together an extraordinary bid.
"But at this time it would not be right to move forward with our bid when cuts are being made in our communities to programmes like education and health."
An Edmonton bid for the 2026 Games could be up against a bid from Wales.
Cardiff City Council and the Welsh government are conducting a feasibility study on whether to table a bid for the event.
Australia's Gold Coast will host the Games in 2018, and Durban is set to be named as the 2022 host when the official announcement is made on 2 September, 2015.
David Grevemberg, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation, said: "We're obviously disappointed to hear Edmonton will not be part of the host city bidding process for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
"We now look forward enthusiastically to working with the Durban 2022 bid team and their partners through the evaluation process so we can realise the ambitions of delivering Africa's first Commonwealth Games.
"I'm confident there will be a great 2022 Commonwealth Games to follow on from the fantastic experience of Glasgow and the dynamic Games currently shaping up in the Gold Coast for 2018."
Jamie Mines was injured at the Kendrick Industrial Estate in Swindon just before Christmas.
A fund to help the semi-professional football player from Frome has already raised £113,000.
Local people have also organised a football tournament at his former club - Frome Town - to raise more funds.
Mr Mines, who also plays for Radstock, Larkhall and Paulton football clubs, is well-known locally where he is described as a "goal machine".
Following the accident, into which the Health and Safety Executive is investigating, the 33-year-old was placed in an induced coma at Southmead Hospital in Bristol.
He also missed his first Christmas with his five-month-old twins Isabella and Savannah.
Family friend Billy Wright said he was "doing really well" and undergoing "intensive rehabilitation" at a specialist centre in Oxford.
"There's no doubt that the support the town of Frome, the entire country and the footballing community have shown James, has really, really helped him," he said.
"He's completely overwhelmed - the support that's come through has really given him the positivity to fight."
He becomes the League Two new boys' seventh signing of the summer by boss Mark Cooper since winning promotion from the National League in May.
James, 22, who began with Hartlepool, has also been on loan at Bradford City and last term at Bristol Rovers, where he failed to net in 30 appearances.
"I can't wait to get going. The style of play here suits the way I play," James told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
"There were a couple interested but, when I sat down with the gaffer, it was a no brainer for me.
"There is a buzz around Forest Green. Hopefully we can push on and have an exciting season.
"Bristol last year was good for me and helped me get to know the area. That should help make settling in a lot quicker, as I really like the area."
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During the row at a government meeting, Mr Avakov hurled a water glass at Mr Saakashvili.
Some people jokingly called it the Ukrainian "Watergate." But the ramifications of the fight could be very serious.
In addition to the glassware, the men threw substantial - though uncorroborated - accusations of corruption against each other.
The incident also raised questions of how much longer the country's ruling coalition can feasibly hold together, given the deep antipathy some of its members obviously feel for one another.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk joined Mr Avakov in venting his hostility towards Mr Saakashvili.
And Mr Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, by all appearances more than returned the sentiment.
The cracks now on full display have brought back memories, and fears, of the failure of Ukraine's other post-uprising government, after the Orange Revolution.
Then, infighting between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko stymied the government's reform agenda and ultimately delivered their opponent, Viktor Yanukovych, to power.
All has not yet deteriorated completely. But there are also significant differences between today's circumstances and what has come before.
The country is fighting what many see as a war for Ukraine's survival against Russian-supported separatists in the east.
At the same time, concerns are rising that people could again take to the streets, frustrated over a stagnant economy, lack of reform and pervasive corruption.
Many Ukrainians, average citizens as well as politicians, fear a third "Maidan" could immediately turn violent.
No less than US Vice President Joe Biden pointed out the seriousness of the situation, and appealed to Ukrainian political leaders to forget their differences and focus on what was right for the country.
"The stakes couldn't be higher," he told Ukraine's parliament earlier this month in an historic, and emotional, speech.
"This may be your last chance - don't waste it."
The message has yet to take hold, however.
In addition to the altercation at the government meeting, a fight recently broke out in parliament after a legislator tried to physically carry Prime Minister Yatsenyuk from the rostrum.
Deputies also failed to approve a crucial government budget and tax code needed to secure further funding from the International Monetary Fund to keep Ukraine's economy afloat.
So far, President Petro Poroshenko, thrust into the role of peacemaker, has tried to maintain a balance between the warring factions, doling out equal criticism to either side.
However, some feel Mr Poroshenko will ultimately have to make a decisive move - either to carry out some high-profile dismissals, or to reach a grand bargain compromise among his warring subordinates.
Or he could threaten all involved to such a degree that they would think twice before they engage in a potentially destabilising action.
But there are doubts that this too in the end would accomplish anything.
Given the emotions and antagonism exhibited by Mr Saakashvili, Mr Avakov and Mr Yatsenyuk last week, no man seems ready at the moment to back down, short of the destruction of his opponent.
Officers said the radioactive items were seven lightning preventers, contained in a red metal box.
They warned the public that the stolen items should not be touched or approached.
Police said the lightning preventers have the appearance of aluminium or steel but are of no scrap value.
They asked anyone who discovers the stolen items to contact them or the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland in Dublin.
The BBC understands 150 temporary workers in the firm's Belfast office will lose their jobs on Friday.
They had been working on the contract dealing with tax credit payments to low income families.
On Monday, an employee spoke to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme about suicidal callers.
The latest whistleblower, who is based at the Concentrix call centre in the city's Fountain Street, told BBC Good Morning Ulster that despite the looming job losses, workers at the firm continue to take calls from "desperate" people who are in a dire financial state.
Asked why he was speaking out, he said the stress of the situation has affected the health of some employees, who feel that "no one is speaking for them".
"We have people who are still ringing up since July trying to get their case resolved. The worst case scenario is that people are threatening suicide and in some cases there are children involved and their wellbeing is our primary concern."
He suggested that on a number of occasions, the callers have threatened the safety of their own children, adding that in each of these cases, senior members of the team strive to keep the claimant on the line until the police arrive at their home.
"It could be anything from 10 minutes to 45. Usually, you try to take them through the case and you may even talk to them about something else [in order to] calm them down, especially if there are children there.
"There have been cases where children in the background [are] extremely distressed because they're obviously watching mum or dad on the phone, so the whole thing can be really, really upsetting for everybody concerned."
The employee, who asked not to be identified, said dealing with such calls was not part of their training. He claimed a small number of staff deal with the most sensitive cases.
"That's been reduced down to a couple of people that are actually quite good at that, because they have maybe empathy, the right sort of sensitivity and personality to handle them.
"And then there are some people that absolutely you wouldn't let anywhere near them. People just haven't been trained, haven't been prepared for it."
The worker said that staff at Concentrix "have had a really tough deal".
The worker said that a fortnight ago, all temporary staff were summoned to a meeting, in which they were given two weeks notice of an end to their contracts.
"In my experience from the last couple of weeks with the temporary staff, they've been paying lip service in press announcements," he said.
"They've been saying 'Yeah we'll help do the very best', but on the floor, that's not the case.
"There are two members of my team who applied for internal positions and didn't get them.
"They were told they're not skilled enough, yet they're taking these suicide calls in extremely stressful, difficult circumstances, for low pay."
A spokesperson for Concentrix said: "All temporary staff working were recruited on a short term basis and as per the volume forecasts agreed with HMRC ahead of time. These temporary roles were expected to ramp down as per plan at the end of August and we have in fact extended beyond this."
The spokesman added: "We follow the guidelines provided to us by HMRC. All Concentrix staff are trained in the same way as HMRC staff members and we are prepared for situations such as this.
"Our staff conduct themselves professionally at all times. We have sought guidance from HMRC, so that our staff are supported as much as possible where we have encountered this type of scenario."
Neath Port Talbot council wants to spend £13.6m on a new six-lane swimming pool, sports hall and community centre to replace the Afan Lido in Aberavon.
But campaigners want the pool to have eight lanes, a bigger sports hall and room for spectators.
The council said the cost and design would be part of a consultation.
The campaigners claim their ideas could be incorporated for less than what the council plans to spend.
"We just want them to get it right," said Harry Worth, chairman of Aberavon lifeguard club.
"We want the local community to have their say. We called a public meeting this week so the local community could express their concerns.
"About 300 turned up and they were unanimous that they wanted an eight-lane pool and spectator terrace.
"There were some council members there and we wanted the council to understand the level of feeling in the local community."
Phil Robinson, secretary of Afan Lido FC, which is next to the old site, also backs the appeal.
"The thing we are concerned about is the sports hall is not big enough - it's a sports hall with room for one five-a-side court and without spectators," he said.
"We have hundreds of kids. We have children aged three, four, five, six, seven but if you brought your child, you cannot watch them.
"In the old place we had two courts and there was 700 seats. All we are asking is for it to be as it was with the equivalent of two five-a-side courts and have about 100 seats.
"Since the fire, our kids are all over the place. We are hiring a local boys club and school halls."
The Afan Lido was opened in 1965 by the Queen with Graham Jenkins, the brother of Hollywood star Richard Burton, its first manager.
Over the years, the venue was able to host large-scale concerts, and the bands who played there crossed musical eras, from Spencer Davies to Pink Floyd and more recently Coldplay and McFly.
But in December 2009, homes were evacuated and roads closed as more than 100 firefighters tackled a large blaze at the lido.
At the height of the blaze in December 2009, 17 fire vehicles were deployed and crews were unable to enter the the leisure centre once the flames broke through the roof.
The gutted building was flattened at the end of last year after asbestos delayed clearing the site.
A total of 2,628 people took part in a Neath Port Talbot council consultation on replacing the Afan Lido.
Although many people said they would like to see an identical rebuild, the council said it was costing £700,000 a year to keep the old lido going before its demise.
Instead, it is proposing a new 25m six-lane swimming pool to replace the Aquadome water attraction and slides that used to exist.
There will also be a four court indoor sports hall and new community facilities.
Sandfields library and lifelong learning centre will move to the site once it is completed.
Councillors have been told the total project cost had been budgeted at £13.6m and wanted to have it open by 2013.
Since the consultation, Neath Port Talbot has begun negotiations with a private company to move the replacement leisure centre to the neighbouring Hollywood Park complex.
The plan would be to house the six-lane pool in the unopened bowling alley with the rest of the replacement centre built alongside it and linked to a cinema which already exists.
BBC Wales understands another consultation exercise on the new location is likely to happen after the council elections in May.
"I understand the council wants to do something with the Hollywood bowl and we are not opposing that but we wanted to make sure the main function of replacing the Afan Lido is not lost," Mr Worth added.
"We want to make sure the local people have a good facility for many years."
Mr Worth said a new leisure centre with an eight-lane pool in Haverfordwest cost just over £8m and feels a similar project could be done in Aberavon.
A Neath Port Talbot Council spokesperson said: "The cost and design of the new Afan Lido will fall out of the consultation and procurement process that the council is currently proceeding with."
Marouani and his lawyer were held at a bank where they said they hoped to meet the singer, Philipp Kirkorov, to settle a copyright issue out of court.
Instead they were met by police, after Kirkorov filed a complaint alleging Marouani, a founder of the band Space, tried to extort €1m ($1.1m) from him.
Marouani claims that Kirkorov - a huge star in Russia - plagiarised his work.
In a Facebook post on 1 November, the French composer complained that Kirkorov and composer Oleg Popkov had a huge hit with Cruel Love, a 2002 song that he said had partly been copied from his own composition Symphonic Space Dream.
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Marouani's lawyer Igor Trunov said on Monday that Kirkorov had agreed to sign an agreement to pay compensation for use of his song.
But Kirkorov's lawyer Alexandre Dobrovinski denied that there had been any agreement and accused Marouani of extortion and slander.
Russian media reported that Marouani and Mr Trunov were released on Wednesday morning after being held overnight in a police cell.
Tass news agency quoted a law enforcement source as saying that police currently saw no reason to bring charges against the two, though no final decision had been taken.
However, Mr Trunov told Interfax news agency that they would now sue Kirkorov in a US court and that under US law the Russian singer was facing a minimum $10m payout.
Kirkorov, one of Russia's best known pop singers, was once described as Russia's Michael Jackson and is known to be an admirer of US President-elect Donald Trump.
There will be two bands - one for soft drinks with more than 5g of sugar per 100ml and a higher one for drinks with more than 8g per 100ml.
Ministers hope it will help tackle the nation's obesity problem.
Many companies have already begun cutting the amount of sugar in their drinks.
Pure fruit juices will be exempt - but health officials stress people should limit consumption of these beverages to no more than 150ml per day.
Likewise, sugary milkshake and yogurt drinks will also be excluded.
Ministers were concerned that teenagers, particularly girls, were not getting enough calcium and so taxing these drinks might be counterproductive.
The government has said it expects the levy to raise £520m in the first year.
The Office for Budget Responsibility estimates the levy could add 18p to 24p to the price of a litre of fizzy drink if the full cost is passed on to the consumer.
This amounts to an extra 6p on a regular can of Fanta and Sprite, and an extra 8p on a regular can of Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Irn-Bru.
Health campaigners have broadly welcomed the initiative.
Dr Max Davie, of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: "We are very pleased to see government moving forward with this draft legislation.
"The sugary drinks that will be affected by this tax have no nutritional benefit and often contain levels of sugar that are above a child's daily recommended limit.
"These drinks are a major contributor to the high sugar intakes of children, particularly teenagers, and we are in no doubt that they are, in part, contributing to this country's obesity crisis."
35g
The amount of sugar in a 330ml can of Coca-Cola (7 teaspoons)
30g
The recommended max. intake of sugar per day for those aged 11+
£520m The amount George Osborne expects the sugar tax to raise
Cancer Research UK estimates a 20% tax on sugary drinks could prevent 3.7 million cases of obesity over the next decade - something the soft drinks industry rejects.
Gavin Partington, of the British Soft Drinks Association, said: "There is no evidence worldwide that taxes of this sort reduce obesity, and it is ironic that soft drinks are being singled out for tax when we've led the way in reducing sugar intake, down over 17% since 2012.
"We're also the only category to have set a 20% calorie reduction target for 2020."
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Adams, 32, beat Poland's Sandra Drabik on a majority points decision to win Britain's 13th gold in Azerbaijan.
Duncan Scott added a 14th with victory in the men's 100m freestyle, lifting Britain up to third in the medal table.
The 18-year-old won in 49.43 seconds, with Italy's Alessandro Miressi second and Russia's Vladislav Kozlov third.
Scott returned for the men's 4x200m final where he, Martyn Walton, Kyle Chisholm and Cameron Kurle finished second to Russia, with bronze going to Germany.
Jarvis Parkinson won silver in the men's 200m individual medley, with Walton in third, while Layla Black also claimed bronze in the women's 200m breaststroke final.
Black then joined Rebecca Sherwin, Amelia Clynes and Georgia Coates to win bronze in the women's 4x100m medley relay behind Russia and the Netherlands.
"I'm bringing back a little piece of history for Great Britain," said Adams, whose fellow British boxer Joe Joyce will compete in the men's super-heavyweight final on Friday.
The 29-year-old from London won his semi-final against Tony Yoko of France by unanimous decision and will fight Russia's Gasan Gimbatov. The win means Joyce has secured a place at the World Championships in October, where he will have the chance to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
Meanwhile, Sandy Ryan took bronze at women's light-welterweight after losing her semi-final to Russia's Anastasia Beliakova.
The European Games conclude on Sunday, 28 June.
German MEP Elmar Brok told the BBC that "reality" had "not arrived" in London and a "realistic plan" was needed.
It was wrong to think the UK could stay in the single market without "minimum" commitment to its funding, he said.
The government is working out its negotiating position before full Brexit talks begin next year.
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, starting the full process of leaving the EU, by the end of March.
Talks will then last up to two years, with the government saying on Tuesday that it was "very likely" Parliament would get a vote on the final deal reached.
Last week Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, one of the leading voices of the Leave campaign, which won June's referendum on EU membership, predicted that the UK would arrange a trade deal "possibly of greater value" than it currently has as part of the single market.
He told MPs it would also be possible to keep "control of our borders" and save "a fair bit of cash".
Mr Brok, an MEP for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat party, told the BBC: "I've met Boris Johnson for two hours' meetings privately. We've known each other for more than 25 years and these are interesting debates on Brexit."
Two other prominent Leave campaigners, Brexit Secretary David Davis and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, have been tasked, along with Mr Johnson, with overseeing the process of exiting the EU.
Speaking in London, Mr Brok added: "I'm astonished what they (pro-Brexit ministers) think about the European Union, what they know about the European Union and which conditions have to be fulfilled to come to a deal.
"I've sometimes a feeling that after all this happiness after Brexit, the reality has not arrived in this city - what are the real conditions for coming to a deal and all the technical implications that have to go through?"
Mr Brok said: "I have no clear idea of their plan because they have no idea of their plan. I have not the impression that they know where they want to go and I have also the feeling that they do not know certain conditions which you have to know in order to make a realistic plan."
He added: "They believe, for example, that you can play a part in the single market without financing structure funds."
That would mean "the minimum of conditions" for staying in the single market were "not fulfilled", Mr Brok added.
Mr Fox has described Brexit as a "golden opportunity", urging UK to "rise to the challenge", while Mr Davis has said he will negotiate for continuing tariff-free access to the single market, arguing that this "is in the interest of the other members of the EU as well as us".
Tuesday's rise in the Russian currency proved short-lived, with early trading seeing the rouble fall to 54.82 against the dollar and 67.82 to the euro.
The rouble then recovered a shade to 53.14 per dollar and 65.41 per euro.
The rouble has lost more than a third of its value against the dollar and euro since the start of the year.
Western sanctions against Russia over Ukraine and the fall in oil prices are hurting the economy.
A decision by the oil producers' group Opec not to rein in production - which would have bolstered crude prices - sparked a big fall in the rouble. The currency dropped by 9% on Monday - its biggest one-day decline since 1998.
Oil and gas revenues are the biggest single source of revenues for Moscow.
On Monday, Russia's central bank spent about $700m to support the currency, according to official data.
There were unconfirmed reports on Wednesday that the bank was again intervening to prop up the rouble.
"Without doubt, the central bank is selling (foreign currency)," according to an unnamed trader cited by the Reuters news agency.
The bank indicated in early November that interventions would be less frequent as part of a plan to let it float freely on the currency markets.
The hostages - from Italy, Britain, Greece and Lebanon - were captured in a raid on a construction site in the northern state of Bauchi.
In an online statement posted on Saturday, the militant group Ansaru said it had killed the captives.
Ansaru is suspected of being an offshoot of the Boko Haram network.
On Sunday, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said a British construction worker, named as Brendan Vaughan, was "likely to have been killed at the hands of his captors, along with six other foreign nationals".
"This is an unforgivable act of pure, cold-blooded murder, for which there can be no excuse or justification," he added.
The Italian government issued a similar statement, while the Greek foreign ministry said: "The information we have shows that the Greek citizen is dead."
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Ansaru's online message included grainy pictures purporting to show the bodies of the seven - a Briton, an Italian, a Greek and four Lebanese workers.
The group said they had been killed because of a rescue attempt by British and Nigerian forces.
But in its statement, the Italian foreign ministry said: "There was never any military attempt to rescue the hostages by any of the governments concerned."
It added that the group's actions "can have no explanation other than blind and barbaric violence".
Britain's military said its warplanes which were recently spotted in Nigeria's capital Abuja had been there to carry soldiers taking part in the French-led operation in Mali - not to rescue hostages.
The seven hostages were seized in a raid from a site belonging to the Setraco construction company. It resulted in the death of a guard.
Ansaru said it had carried out the attack in revenge for what it called atrocities by European nations against Islam.
The group, formed in January 2012, has been listed by the UK government as a "terrorist organisation" aligned with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
It abducted French national Francis Colump in December in an attack on a compound in the northern state of Katsina.
In January Ansaru said it had carried out an attack that killed two Nigerian soldiers as they prepared to deploy to Mali, where French-led troops have been fighting Islamic militants.
But for Justine Greening, Theresa May's education secretary, the first question will be what to do with the bulging out-tray.
Her predecessor Nicky Morgan has already sent out a far-reaching and controversial White Paper for schools, but it's been left in suspended animation during the political upheavals.
Will it be ditched or brought back to life?
The proposals have already been something of a car crash.
After a rebellion by backbench MPs, the plan for all state schools in England to be forced to become academies had to be abandoned only weeks after it had been announced, in one of the biggest U-turns of David Cameron's government.
The flagship might have been sunk, but there were other measures for schools that Ms Greening will have to weigh up.
There was a controversial proposal to allow academy chains to operate without any elected parent governors, which ruffled the feathers of many people who had given up their time to help local schools.
Even if academy status is not compulsory, the proposals presumed a big expansion in academy chains - and there are questions, not least from Ofsted, about the need for more rapid intervention for academy chains that are underperforming.
Another thorny question, which for many years has been kicked into the long grass, has been around the introduction of a national funding formula.
This reallocation of how much money goes to each school has been promised for 2017 and is a response to many years of campaigning over uneven levels of per pupil funding.
But it has always been extremely politically sensitive - with the expectation that there will be losers as well as winners - and the prospect of individual schools facing big funding cuts is going to be difficult to set against promises to protect school spending.
It also touches upon a bigger budgetary question - whether the incoming government will still be bound by David Cameron's promise to protect the education budget.
Also in this political limbo are plans for a major overhaul of teacher training and the abolition of the current "qualified teacher status".
Changes to teacher training mean treading across the thin ice of a shortage of teachers - a problem that head teachers have been noisily warning about as one of their biggest headaches.
There are other reasons head teachers and teachers' unions could be knocking on the door.
There have been angry complaints and calls for resignations over changes to the Sats tests, which this year saw almost half the 11-year-olds in England failing to reach the expected level.
The changes to GCSEs and A-levels - including switching to grades nine to one rather than A* to U - are likely to have their own share of teething difficulties, not least explaining the change to parents and employers.
The prospect of a revival of grammar schools, a big touchstone issue for parts of the Conservative party, has already appeared on the agenda - and Ms Greening will have to decide whether she wants to lift the ban on creating new grammar schools.
Ms Greening is likely to be in place when the next results of international Pisa tests are published later this year.
These rankings are revealed by the OECD every three years - and if England has nudged upwards, the incumbent can take the praise.
If it's another mediocre performance, she will have to say that it's still too early to judge the impact of changes.
But the most pressing problems are likely to be more practical than political.
The population surge continues, and that means an ever tighter squeeze on school places. Figures published by the Department for Education on Thursday showed that 570,000 extra secondary school places need to be created by 2025.
Whoever is education secretary, they will have to work hard to deliver the most basic requirement of guaranteeing a school place for every child.
It will mean a relentless demand for more classrooms, schools, teachers and head teachers - all of which will mean spending more money just to stand still.
Pressure on school budgets is already an issue worrying schools, and that is only likely to grow.
It might also be worthwhile checking the education credentials of the new boss.
Theresa May must have attended more types of school than most ministers. She went to a state primary, an independent school and then a grammar that became a comprehensive.
She served as a councillor in the trenches of local government and was education chair for the London Borough of Merton.
While others entered politics after writing pamphlets for think tanks, she must have had a lot more practical experience of writing letters to parents about school places.
Under William Hague's leadership she was shadow education secretary.
Her plans included "free schools" directly funded but independent from local authority supervision, which could set their own admissions rules and rates of pay for their staff.
The role of local education authorities would have been pared back and new grammar schools opened.
There was a promise from her party leader that teachers would be freed from being tied in knots by "a string of Whitehall diktats, meaningless targets and paperwork".
It might all sound rather familiar.
The maritime intelligence unit, called "JOT (Joint Operational Team) Mare", is based at Europol HQ in The Hague.
The UK and 12 other EU countries are involved. JOT Mare will help the EU border agency Frontex and national police to track and stop the gangs.
Italy and Malta have faced a surge of migrant boats heading for their shores.
The EU says the chaos in war-torn Libya has created fertile ground for the smuggling gangs to send dangerously overladen migrant boats towards Europe.
More than 220,000 migrants entered Europe illegally in 2014, compared to 60,000 in 2013, the European Commission says.
There were more than 3,000 deaths of migrants at sea in 2014, and in 2015 there have already been more than 1,000.
"Doing more and better to counter smuggling is a priority for the European Commission and it will also be one of the main pillars of the European Agenda on Migration that we will adopt in May this year," EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said.
In a statement welcoming the JOT Mare initiative, he said Frontex was currently monitoring several non-EU ports and about a dozen large vessels in the Mediterranean, "which might be used for smuggling migrants".
Besides the UK, the following countries are involved in the new Europol unit: Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
The scope of maritime patrols off Italian shores has been cut back since Italy ended its Mare Nostrum operation last November. It had focused on picking up migrants in distress after setting sail from Libya.
The EU now runs a border control operation called Triton, limited to European territorial waters, with fewer ships.
Gerald Hesztera, a Europol spokesman, told the BBC that national police forces would send specialists to work at JOT Mare for a year or more. They would remain on the national payroll while engaged with the EU team.
JOT Mare's main job is to collect and analyse intelligence on people-smugglers, he said. "We can co-ordinate and make the connections", to help national police operations, he said.
Liz McIntyre is currently principal and chief executive of Borders College, the regional college for the Scottish Borders.
She will take over from Rob Wallen, who announced his retirement as principal earlier this year.
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The 24-year-old flanker, who has won three England caps, has agreed a three-year deal at Sandy Park.
Former Worcester player Kvesic, whose contract ends this summer, has fallen out of favour at Kingsholm this season and has started just four league games for the Cherry and Whites.
He is the first new player that the Chiefs have signed this year.
"It's a great move for me," said Kvesic. "Over the last few years the Chiefs have shown they are one of the top teams in the country.
"I just felt it was the right time to have a new challenge in my career. Moving down to Exeter will maybe help re-ignite a few areas of my game."
After beginning his career at Worcester, Kvesic spent four years there before moving to Gloucester before the 2013-14 season.
Kvesic worked with Chiefs coach Rob Baxter in 2013 on England's tour of Argentina, where he won the first of his three caps.
He also worked with coach Ali Hepher in South Africa last summer and with Rob Hunter at Under-20s level, and has played with several of Exeter's England contingent, as part of both the Elite and Saxons squads.
"It's good that I know a number of people at the club already," he said. "Obviously I've talked to guys in the England set-up about the place and all of them have talked positively about the club.
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The 34-year-old man and 51-year-old woman were found after officers were called to a property in Main Street, Longniddry.
The incident took place at about 21:15 on Friday. No details were available about the condition of the injured people.
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The Rev Simon Sayers, from the Church of England's Warblington with Emsworth parish, was arrested in January over the accusation, dating from the 1990s.
He had been suspended by the Bishop of Portsmouth.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed there would be no further investigations after Mr Sayers had answered police bail.
The ban comes after members of Cardiff's Somali community previously called for khat to be outlawed while others say it does not have a negative effect.
But opponents to the ban say alcohol has a wider effect on people.
The move will stop the UK from becoming a hub for trafficking khat to countries where it is banned, says a minister.
Khat, which users say makes them feel more alert, happy and talkative when chewed, is now banned as a class C drug despite advice from the UK government's official advisers that it should not be classified.
However, Nasir Adam, a community regeneration officer in Cardiff, said he expected the majority of the city's Somali community would welcome the ban, saying excessive use has an effect on people's mental health and has caused the break-up of families.
He explained it was traditionally chewed by older men before its frequency of use increased and widened to younger members of the community.
And although he said the "community has been fighting for this" ban, he questioned whether police, health and council officials have done enough to prepare people for the change in law.
Hewete Haileselassie, BBC Africa:
Meru is a county where everyone seems to have one thing on their minds: The khat ban.
And for good reason. It's their main cash crop and many people's livelihoods depend on it.
This area is particularly hard hit because some farmers specialise in the type of khat that can be exported long distances.
Atherogaitu market, where most of the stimulant leaf destined for the UK passes through, was packed with people, young and old. Most were idle and chatting in groups.
Earlier in the morning many of those who would have been picking khat instead met at the marketplace and held a prayer session in the hopes of divine intervention to lift the ban.
Khat exporter Mattheus Githonga told us that the ban was "inhuman" and appealed to the UK government to "lift the ban, even for a year, so that we can prepare ourselves".
Another woman, Bessie Kathure, said: "I've lost all hope. I don't know how I'll feed my children and pay their school fees as a result of this ban."
National policing lead for drugs, Chief Constable Andy Bliss, said the police were working with healthcare providers and community leaders to ensure people are aware of the change in law and that there was support available to them.
In Bristol, almost 30 businesses previously selling khat say they may have to close as a result of the ban.
Danny Kushlick, director of Transform Drug Policy Foundation, a charitable think tank campaigning for the legal regulation of drugs, said it was unfair that khat was being banned whereas alcohol if used in excess.
"Yet again the government has ignored the advice of its experts and prohibited another drug," he said.
"As ever, it will serve to create a new income stream for organised crime.
"At the same time it will unnecessarily criminalise a minority group of Somalis and Yemenis, and deprive producers overseas of much needed legitimate revenue."
In a written statement last year, Home Secretary Theresa May said despite the recommendation of the Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) not to ban khat, the body acknowledged that there was an absence of robust evidence in a number of areas.
She said the whole of northern Europe, most recently the Netherlands, and the majority of other EU member states have banned khat, as well as most of the G8 countries including Canada and the USA.
Mrs May said failure to take action in the UK would place the country at serious risk of becoming a single hub for the illegal onward trafficking of khat to countries where it is banned.
The ban comes into force from 24 June and means people found with khat for personal use could be fined £60 and those said to be "supplying" khat could receive up to a 14-year jail sentence.
Chasing 220 to win, Ingram smashed 114 off 55 balls including nine sixes, before the South African was run out in the penultimate over.
Requiring two off the final delivery, Craig Meschede cut Paul Walter for the 14th maximum of the innings to take the visitors to 224-5.
Earlier Chopra struck eight sixes in an unbeaten 103 off 59 balls, his maiden T20 century, and shared a county third-wicket record stand of 122 with Ravi Bopara (63) in the hosts' 219-4.
But Ingram's second three-figure score in this year's competition led Glamorgan to the fourth-highest total to win a T20 match.
Elsewhere, Somerset picked up their first win in the tournament with a 21-run win over Middlesex at Uxbridge, helped by Adam Hose's 22-ball half-century.
Leicestershire defended 147 to beat Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston to maintain their 100% winning start, while Jos Buttler hit 42 not out in Lancashire Lightning's five-wicket victory over Derbyshire.
Rain ruined the final match of the Cheltenham Festival, with the game being called off before Gloucestershire could begin chasing Sussex's 156-8.
In one of the most extraordinary matches ever seen in the T20 Blast, 443 runs and 29 sixes were hit as the batsmen took a liking to the short Chelmsford boundaries.
Essex's devastating assault on Glamorgan, led by Chopra and Bopara, saw seven balls clobbered out of the County Ground and replaced.
Chopra, who returned to Essex from Warwickshire this season, was dropped from the Bears' limited-overs teams in 2016, despite scoring 97 not out in his only T20 innings of the campaign.
The 30-year-old is not renowned for his big-hitting but he delighted the home crowd with some of the cleanest striking ever witnessed at Chelmsford.
All-rounder Bopara was equally as destructive, clearing the ropes five times, as the pair took Essex from 72-2 to 194-3 in just 11 overs when Bopara was dismissed.
In the chase, 32-year-old Ingram made sure Glamorgan kept up with the required run-rate of 11 an over throughout, racing to his century off exactly 50 deliveries.
Spinner Simon Harmer received heavy punishment, going for 21 in his first over and conceding 50 runs off his set of four.
Despite Ingram and Chris Cooke (49) falling in the space of three balls, Glamorgan only needed nine off the final over and Meschede took them home.
Middlesex arguably have the strongest batting line-up in the competition, with Brendon McCullum, Dawid Malan, Paul Stirling and Eoin Morgan making up their top four.
But they have failed to click so far with Middlesex's only victory a nervy one-wicket win over London rivals Surrey on Thursday.
Former New Zealand captain McCullum, who is skippering the side, was out for 10 in Sunday's defeat by Somerset and has only scored 36 runs in four innings.
England limited-overs captain Morgan and his international team-mate Malan have been equally as disappointing with neither batsman registering a half-century in eight knocks.
While Middlesex have huge amounts of experience in their side, it was a relative novice in Hose who set up Somerset's victory.
The 24-year-old, in just his fifth T20 match, blasted eight fours and two sixes in his 59 off 28 balls as the 2005 champions piled up 207-9.
Five batsmen passed 25 for Middlesex, but they fell short on 186-7 with paceman Craig Overton claiming 3-24.
With 443 runs scored in 40 overs at Chelmsford, do you think a side could ever score 300 in T20 cricket?
It happened at Bray Lock, Amerden Lane, Taplow, close to the Berkshire border, at about 12:40 BST, police said.
Two men and a woman, in their 40s, a woman in her 30s, a teenage girl and a three-year-old boy have been taken to hospital with non life-threatening injures.
Another man was treated for minor injuries at the scene.
The boat is thought to be privately owned and there were a number of adults and children on board at the time of the explosion, Thames Valley Police said.
The force said officers remain at the scene and an investigation is underway to establish the circumstances of the explosion.
There are currently no road closures in place, but residents have been urged to avoid the area whilst emergency services continue to work at the scene.
It follows a lengthy campaign by a charity and by relatives of some of those who've disappeared.
The new law will allow the families to apply for a Certificate of Presumed Death.
Scotland and Northern Ireland already have similar legislation in force.
About 250,000 people are reported missing every year in the UK.
While most quickly reappear, the families of those who don't can face years of legal and financial difficulties, on top of emotional trauma.
Even when it seems clear that a missing person is most likely to be dead, it can be difficult to register that person's death without proof.
With no death certificate, families often struggle to administer the missing person's estate, claim pensions or benefits, or deal with their mortgage or life insurance.
Families will now be able to apply for a Certificate of Presumed Death for a loved one who has gone missing and is presumed dead.
It will mean that any marriage or civil partnership will come to an end in the same way as if the missing person had died, and that property can be inherited under the missing person's will.
It will also mean that grieving families will also be able to close bank accounts, stop direct debits, cancel passports, and apply for probate.
Kevin Fasting was 49 when he left home in Liverpool in 2003, never to return. Struggling with depression, he left a note to his son, also named Kevin, 32, and two daughters Becky, 23, and Sharon, 34, apologising for letting them down.
"You could've thought it was a suicide note. We expected to find a body," said his son. But they never did.
Seven years later, searching for closure and believing their father to have most likely died, his family tried to deal with his estate. But it proved to be a near impossible task.
"It was catch-22. We wanted to declare him deceased, but without a body we couldn't do it. We hit a standstill."
Luckily, Kevin's son found a specialist lawyer. But it was still two years before he could put the legal battles - and legal bills - behind him.
"I was calling every solicitor in Liverpool. If you were on your own or your were dependent on the person missing, it would be impossible."
The court will issue the certificate if the person has been missing for seven years or if there is good reason to believe he or she is dead.
Justice Minister Lord Faulks said: "Today marks a crucial step forward for families facing up to the terrible situation of losing someone without a trace.
"We have made sure that while they are dealing with the heartache of a loved one going missing, they no longer have to face such a daunting task to deal with the practical issues that are also created."
After Richey Edwards of the band Manic Street Preachers disappeared in 1995, it took his family more than 13 years to deal with his finances and have him declared legally dead.
His sister Rachel Elias gave evidence to a parliamentary committee and campaigned with the charity Missing People to help get the law changed.
She said: "The new system will help families who are facing the challenge of administering their loved one's affairs at the same time as they are dealing with huge emotional trauma."
Peter Lawrence, the father of chef Claudia Lawrence who went missing in 2009, has also lent his support to the campaign.
Stuart Wilson, 37, was convinced he had located the site of 13th Century Trellech - once Wales' largest city.
He paid £32,000 for a 4.6 acre (1.86-hectare) field at the edge of the modern-day village and started to dig.
Now, 12 years later, he believes he has revealed the footprint of a bustling iron boom town from the 1200s - and he does not regret his decision.
"I should have really bought a house and got out from my parents' [home], but I thought: 'To hell with my parents, I will stay at home and I shall buy a field instead," Mr Wilson said.
"People said 'you must be mad'," he added.
He discovered the site was for sale in 2004, after conducting a dig nearby, and went to the auction armed with his savings.
"It was a close-run thing - it was meant to be a guide price of £12,000 and 30 seconds later it had shot up to £32,000. So it was a very hit-and-miss thing, but eventually we did get it," he said.
Since then he has spent £180,000 in total on the site and enlisted the help of hundreds of volunteers to dig each summer since 2005.
They have uncovered eight buildings, including a fortified manor house and various outbuildings which would have sat alongside the medieval city's market.
Today, Trellech is a somewhat sleepy village with a population of about 2,800.
However, Mr Wilson, a member of Monmouth Archaeological Society, said in the mid 1200s it became the centre of iron production for the army of the de Clare family.
The de Clares were a family of powerful and influential Norman lords allied with Edward I and his bid to conquer Wales.
"At its peak, we're talking about a population of maybe around 10,000 people. In comparison, there were 40,000 in London, so it's quite large," said Mr Wilson, from Chepstow.
"This population grew from nothing to that size within 25 years. Now it took 250 years for London to get to 40,000 people, so we're talking a massive expansion.
"And that's just the planned settlement. The slums [to the east of modern-day Trellech] would have been quite numerous. There you would be talking even 20,000 plus. It's a vast area."
Mr Wilson's field is beside what would have been the medieval market, where iron would have been smelted and goods traded.
He said money and workers would have "poured" into the expanding settlement.
"If you're working in the fields you are living hand to mouth every single day - it's a really hard existence.
"Suddenly, a big industrial town comes here, this is a great opportunity for you.
"You up-sticks - to hell with your land - 'let's move to the industrial town where the opportunity is'."
He said the feudal system would not have been as well developed in the border areas as it was in large parts of England in the 13th Century, so Trellech would have represented a chance for those looking to "rise up the social ranks" more quickly than elsewhere.
"This was like the wild west," he added.
Buildings he has found on the site would have fallen into ruin by 1400 and would have been entirely abandoned by 1650, after the Civil War.
Curiously, the area did not have a rich vein of iron ore and, unusually for such a boom town, it was built on a hill. So how did the industry develop there?
"The primary iron ore came from the Forest of Dean - that's what actually makes it so weird," Mr Wilson said.
"You would normally have taken it down into the gorge and then utilised it at Monmouth or Chepstow, in the valleys and then ship it out.
"You wouldn't then take it back up the hill and then smelted it."
However, the de Clares did not control Chepstow or Monmouth and they wanted to control their own supply of iron to their armies.
Using Trellech was a "strategic power play" which gave them a wide trade route and allowed them to bypass the Welsh defences of the valleys, Mr Wilson said.
However, it is believed the town as it existed then came to an abrupt end in 1296, when it was destroyed during a Welsh rebellion before being subsequently rebuilt.
During the successive digs, Mr Wilson and his team have found scores of artefacts, including a 15th Century jug, a medieval roof finial for "scaring off witches", a rare plant pot and several sharpening stones, as well as silver coins.
Mr Wilson now hopes to turn the site into an attraction and has submitted plans for an archaeological research centre and camp site to Monmouthshire council.
But does he feel his financial punt on the site has paid off?
"If I had not found anything it would have been a nice place for a picnic," he said, "but it was not as big a risk as people think."
Noel Hawkins, of the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Living Seas project, took his footage late last week.
Lion's mane are one of the world's largest known species of jellyfish and "pack a fairly sore sting", said the trust.
The one filmed by Mr Hawkins was about 4.5m (15ft) in length.
The snorkeler said: "Although nasty to the touch, they are quite graceful to see."
The jellyfish can be often seen off Scotland's coast.
Shares in Kohl's dived 18% and Macy's was down 12% as the two retailers cut their profit forecasts for 2016.
Macy's also announced plans to shed more than 10,000 jobs through shutting stores and cutting middle management positions.
The Dow Jones dipped 1.71 points to 19,940.45 in early trade.
The S&P 500 index also lost ground, dropping 0.59 points to 2,270.16, while the tech-focused Nasdaq rose 13.29 points to 5,490.29.
Another struggling retailer, Sears, saw its shares rise nearly 6% after it said it would sell its Craftsman tools business to Stanley Black & Decker for $900m.
However, Sears also reported weak holiday trading, with same-store sales in November and December down by 12-13%, and announced plans to close 150 stores.
The parties have until 29 June to reach agreement.
The deadline was set by Northern Ireland Secretary of State James Brokenshire.
Talks aimed at restoring the Northern Ireland Executive are due to take place at Stormont on Monday.
The parties have been warned that if they cannot reach agreement, direct rule could follow.
The appeal is made in a letter signed by Church of Ireland Primate Richard Clarke, the Catholic Primate of All-Ireland Eamon Martin, Laurence Graham, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, Bishop John McDowell, President of the Irish Council of Churches and Noble McNeely, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
The letter was sent to DUP leader Arlene Foster, Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, Ulster Unionist Robin Swann, as well as Mr Brokenshire and Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney.
The church leaders said they pray and hope that all political leaders will do what is necessary to end uncertainty.
They encourage all the political leaders involved in the talks to "go the extra mile" to reach an accommodation "which establishes a sustainable administration that will work for the common good of all in our society".
"While we acknowledge the complexities involved in reaching an agreement, we want to express our continued concern that without an agreed budget and with no executive ministers in place, the most vulnerable are at greater risk, while crucial decisions on education, health and welfare are not being taken," they wrote.
"At the same time, I am sure you are aware that small voluntary and community groups - who play such a vital role at the heart of our villages, towns and cities - face mounting uncertainty and are finding it increasingly difficult to support those most in need.
"Furthermore, with no executive there has been comparatively little co-ordinated local input into the Brexit discussions and even less detailed preparation for what lies ahead for Northern Ireland and the island as a whole."
Northern Ireland has been without a power-sharing executive since March and without a first and deputy first minister since January.
The institutions collapsed amid a bitter row between the DUP and Sinn Féin about a botched green energy scheme.
The late deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, stood down, in a move that triggered a snap election.
It said about 12,000 people attended the neolithic site in Wiltshire to watch the sun rise at 04:52 BST.
The figure was well down on the estimated 23,000 who attended last year, while 25,000 had been expected.
Organisers said low attendance was due to the event falling on a weekday and not as a result of an alcohol ban.
The lead-up to the event also coincided with international football games involving England and Wales, and this may have had an impact, organisers conceded.
This year's solstice celebrations saw revellers facing a ban on alcohol and drugs for the first time, in a bid to curb "drunken and disrespectful behaviour".
A £15 charge per vehicle was also introduced by EH to encourage more people to car share or travel by bus.
Merlin, an archdruid, described the charge as an "unnecessary profit-making enterprise".
"A lot of the people, they're not rich people, they're quite poor most of them, and [English Heritage] make millions already," he said.
But Kate Davies, Stonehenge general manager, said it was "really happy with the number of attendees".
"It's a Monday night, so we knew it was going to be quieter because that's what traditionally happens on a weekday," she said.
"We also had terrible weather earlier yesterday - that would definitely have put some people off and there were also a couple of big football matches last night, so again some people may have chosen to stay at home."
Wiltshire Police said the celebrations were "positive and peaceful" with two arrests, including a 24-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
Supt Mark Sellers said: "These changes for Solstice 2016 have proved a great success, with people celebrating at Stonehenge in a positive, friendly atmosphere as they waited for the sunrise."
Up to 400 people also enjoyed the solstice at the nearby Avebury stone circle, where police said the atmosphere was "jovial" and there were no arrests.
Pagan festivals: Summer solstice
• Solstice, or Litha, means a stopping or standing still of the sun
• The summer solstice is the longest day of the year and is celebrated by thousands of pagans across the world. In the northern hemisphere, the solstice usually falls around 21 June
• Stonehenge is believed to have been used as an important religious site by early Britons 4,000 years ago. Recent pagan celebrations at the site began in the 20th Century
• On Litha, the central Altar stone at Stonehenge aligns with the Heel stone, the Slaughter stone and the rising sun to the north east
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BBC Sport has learned that the Magpies are the favourites to sign the 18-year-old, who has 12 goals this season.
But Robinson expects the England Under-19 international to return to Stadium MK on loan if a deal is completed.
"I can't see him not wearing our shirt for the rest of the season," Robinson told BBC Three Counties Radio.
"Part of the deal would be him staying with us for the rest of the season and joining whoever it is in the summer.
"There's no deal completely confirmed yet."
Newcastle arranged similar deals for Nottingham Forest pair Karl Darlow and Jamaal Lascelles last summer, by loaning them back to the Championship club for the season.
Alli, who has also been watched by Liverpool and Bayern Munich, made his MK debut as a 16-year-old in November 2012, and marked his second appearance by scoring against Cambridge City in an FA Cup tie.
He has gone on to play 75 times for the League One side, scoring 20 goals, and signed a contract until 2017 in September.
"If we were talking about an 18-year-old striker with 12 goals, you'd be talking about millions, and this is a midfielder," said Robinson, who shares the same agent as Alli.
"We know there has been communications with clubs. We hope we can do right by Dele and the club as well."
A win would have taken Rovers top of the league, and Darren Carter's early left-footed goal was a great start.
But Tranmere roared back after half-time, with Jay Harris finishing after good work from Gary Taylor-Fletcher.
Forest Green's task was made difficult after Carter was sent off for a second bookable offence in the second half, but Tranmere could not capitalise.
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Forest Green manager Ady Pennock told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "Under the circumstances, with Darren Carter getting sent off, it's a fantastic point for us.
"I think the two players just got their legs tangled but the referee was adamant that Carter tripped him - but either way, we showed a lot of character after going down to 10 men against a good side.
"We've got another big game to come against Aldershot at home, but it's been a great weekend."
The winner is chosen and voted for entirely by children.
Apple and Raid by Sarah Crossan won the books for older readers prize, while Viviane Schwarz's Is There A Dog In This Book? won for younger children.
Previous winners include Oliver Jeffers and Drew Daywalt, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler; and Michael Morpurgo.
Butchart and Flintham's book initially won the category for books for younger readers before going on to win the overall prize. They also won the Blue Peter story awards in 2015, for their book The Spy Who Loved School Dinners.
The Children's Book Award is the only national award for children's books that is voted for entirely by children and has been won a record three times by Morpurgo.
It is now in its 35th year, and is run by the Federation of Children's Book Groups, set up as a charity by Anne Wood, the originator of The Teletubbies.
3 July 2017 Last updated at 09:09 BST
They are known as the 'clowns of the sea' and are one of the UK's most loved birds.
But their numbers are dropping around the world.
On this island in the Scottish Highlands the puffins are thriving, and that got us thinking... what if puffins could talk?
PSNI vehicles came under attack from youths throwing masonry in the Leafair Gardens area of the city at about 21:50 BST on Wednesday.
Two of the vehicles were substantially damaged and officers used CS spray to bring the situation under control. Police say there were no injuries.
A 17-year-old man was arrested for disorderly behaviour.
He was later released, pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.
Police later received reports that shots had been fired at around 23:20 BST in the same area as the earlier disturbance.
Englishman Tom Sykes came second to deny Davies the runner-up spot behind Rea in the championship standings.
Northern Ireland's Rea clinched the title in Saturday's opener and moved from ninth to second after a red flag.
Two-time title winner Rea let his team-mate Sykes pass on the final lap to ensure a series one-two for Kawasaki.
Rea became the first rider since Carl Fogarty in 1999 to win successive World Superbikes titles with his second-placed finish in race one.
He ran off the track on the opening lap on Sunday and rejoined near the back of the field as Davies led from Sykes.
A red-flag for oil on the track gave Rea the chance to close the gap and he blistered his way through the field to put the pressure on Davies.
A thrilling finish was in store until Rea slowed to allow Sykes through and leave him two points ahead of Ducati rider Davies, who chalked up his 11th win of the campaign.
Sylvain Guintoli finished fourth in this year's finale with Leo Haslam and Jordi Torress completing the top six.
The Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank is currently the only heart transplant unit in the UK which cannot also offer lung replacement surgery.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said ministers were investigating whether the proposal could go ahead.
The Golden Jubilee is celebrating 25 years since its first heart transplant.
A decision on lung transplants is expected be made next year.
Ms Sturgeon said: "There's a scoping exercise being undertaken right now that will report in the first half of next year and then decisions will be made on the strength of the evidence that is available.
"What the exercise is looking at is the feasibility of carrying out lung transplants here as well.
"I completely understand the desire of clinicians who feel they have the capability, and also of patients who would prefer their operations here in Scotland rather than having to go to Newcastle which has been the case traditionally, but we've got to make sure we take these decisions based on the best possible evidence."
Prof Nawwar Al-Attar, Director of Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service, said surgeons were keen, and ready to be able to take on the extra work.
He appealed for more donors to come forward to enable the transplant programme to expand.
"Glasgow is the only transplant centre in the UK that only offers heart transplantation," he said.
"We are very keen on offering lung transplants to patients with advanced respiratory and lung disease."
"We are very much looking forward to coming up with recommendations to support our request to have lung transplantations."
Since the programme began in 1991, 367 heart transplants have been carried out with the longest surviving patient receiving his heart 24 years ago.
Chief executive of the Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Jill Young, said: "Each year we hold an event dedicated to bringing together patients and families who have been treated by the service, letting them share their experiences and see that they are not alone.
"This year, however, is a very special occasion for the NHS in Scotland: celebrating a landmark for this life-changing, life-saving, service which has given patients all across Scotland a second chance at life."
She added: "Today is a chance to look back, celebrate and remember but it is also an opportunity to look forward at new developments and possibilities for the future to help more patients than ever before not only survive heart failure, but go on to live healthy, active, normal lives for years to come."
The singer's latest hit Work has scored a ninth week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, giving her an overall tally of 60 weeks at number one with 14 songs.
That's one more week at number one than The Beatles' overall total.
She is now second on the list of all-time chart toppers, behind Mariah Carey, whose record is 79 weeks.
However, some of the songs counted as a number one for Rihanna are actually collaborations with other artists.
Live Your Life, which spent six weeks at number one in 2008, was performed by rapper T.I. - with Rihanna appearing as a guest vocalist.
Similarly, Monster and Love the Way You Lie were both performed by Eminem, but featured Rihanna singing the choruses.
The two songs spent a combined total of 11 weeks at number one.
Mariah Carey also has some collaborations counted among her 79-week total.
Her duet with Boyz II Men, One Sweet Day, spent 16 weeks at number one in 1995 and 1996.
We Belong Together is her most successful solo single, after spending 14 weeks as a Billboard Hot 100 number one in 2005.
None of the singles by The Beatles to reach the chart summit featured other artists.
The most popular songs by The Beatles in the US were Hey Jude, which spent nine weeks at number one in 1968, and I Want To Hold Your Hand, which was number one for seven weeks in 1964.
Elvis Presley also has a total of 79 weeks - but only if weeks prior to the inception of the Billboard Hot 100 are counted.
The American chart began life in August 1958, after which Presley is credited with having 22 cumulative weeks at the top of the Billboard chart.
Broadwick Live hope to grow the Abersoch festival from its current 5,000 attendees to 15,000.
The London-based festival group also owns Croatia's Electric Elephant and Austria's Snowbombing festivals.
A spokesman said they would keep the name but "invest in the line-up and ramp up the quality."
Glass Butter Beach festival started life as Wakestock, and was founded by the Sensation Group, which also owns Abersoch Life magazine.
Alex Barratt, festivals director at Broadwick Live, said: "We love the Glass Butter Beach name and we love the concept.
"It had lost a bit of money in the past so we thought we could go in there and make it a success."
He said the company wanted to develop an event with an 18 to 23-year-old demographic.
"We are going to keep the Glass Butter Beach concept and name but we will invest in the line-up and ramp up the quality to the next level.
"With that will come a better production and sound quality. We hope to increase the number of people attending to 15,000, but it will be a gradual growth."
The Titan Arum at Cambridge University Botanic Garden has attracted hundreds of visitors since threatening to bloom a week ago.
Known as the "corpse flower", the specimen last bloomed in 2004, although its sister plant flowered in 2015.
They emit their nasty smell to attract pollinators and are particularly pungent at night, when they heat themselves up to about 40C (104F).
The plant, named Titus after a public vote, is one of two Amorphophallus titanum at the garden. The other one, named Tiny, flowered in July 2015 - the first time one had bloomed at the garden in 11 years.
The plant's odour - variously described as akin to the scent of rotting flesh, rotten eggs or dirty laundry - can spread across vast distances in its native Sumatra to lure pollinators, thought to be carrion beetles and blowflies.
Amorphophallus titanum has the largest unbranched inflorescence (flower structure) in the world.
Its common name - Titan Arum - was coined by Sir David Attenborough as a literal translation of the Latin name was deemed "too rude" for TV audiences, according to the Botanic Garden.
The plants are categorised as a vulnerable species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
The Botanic Garden will be open until 22:00 BST on both Monday and Tuesday nights before the flower begins to die away.
The work entitled The Temptation of St Anthony was previously thought to have been created by a follower or pupil of the Dutch Renaissance master.
As a result it has been held in storage at an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, US since it was acquired in the 1930s.
The small 16th-Century oil now adds to the small list of about 25 recognised Bosch paintings in the world.
Bosch was known for his comic and surreal images of heaven and hell and the moral purgatory of earth in between.
The little panel shows St Anthony holding a staff in one hand while he uses the other to fill a jug with water.
The picture suggests the saint is leading a life of peril as he dedicates himself to God. The danger he faces is symbolised by the strange creatures surrounding him.
Researchers from the Bosch Research and Conservation Project (BRCP) have attributed the painting to the artist following an extensive study carried out as part of their six-year effort to catalogue all the artist's works before the 500th anniversary of his death, in 1516.
The anniversary will be celebrated with the large-scale exhibition Hieronymus Bosch: Visions of Genius at the Het Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Julian Zugazagoitia, the director and chief executive officer of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, said: "We are delighted with this major discovery by the BRCP.
"The scientific and scholarly research behind this attribution is one of the transformative achievements of the years of work leading to the exhibition Hieronymus Bosch - Visions of Genius."
Independent experts have not yet verified the BRCP's evidence but its research into the Bosch works is the most comprehensive to date.
It involved them studying underdrawings, comparing motifs and details at a microscopic level and analysing brushwork.
The Het Noordbrabants Museum exhibition will be based on the BRCP's study and will be the biggest display of Bosch's work to date.
It will open on 13 February 2016.
The site said fears that a recently discovered flaw in the network on which it runs could lead to Agora's servers being located, were behind the move.
Administrators said they would keep the site offline until they could come up with a long-term solution.
According to one expert, the issue showed that users could not entirely trust the dark web's security.
"Once again, something that many people were putting their trust into on the internet is being revealed to be not quite so trustworthy after all." said the security expert Graham Cluley.
He suggested that a study into a vulnerability in the Tor network's security, which was published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last month, was the source of the administrators' concerns. It detailed how hidden servers could be exposed accurately.
Agora is often used to buy and sell drugs online. Last month, it announced that it would no longer allow the sale of guns.
Its rules also explicitly prohibit payments for assassinations, weapons of mass destruction, poisons and images of child sexual abuse.
In their posting, the Agora administrators wrote: "Recently research... shed some light on vulnerabilities in Tor Hidden Services protocol which could help to deanonymize server locations."
They said that they had seen "suspicious activity around our servers which led us to believe that some of the attacks described in the research could be going on", which led them to relocate.
The administrators added that they had a solution to the problem "in the works", but that it would take time to implement.
"At this point, while we don't have a solution ready it would be unsafe to keep our users using the service, since they would be in jeopardy. Thus, and to our great sadness we have to take the market offline for a while, until we can develop a better solution. This is the best course of action for everyone involved," the statement read.
The statement was held on its own site on the dark web and included a public PGP key that matched the one listed on the site's contact page. The decision to take the site down was first reported by the news website DeepDotWeb.
Verrimus commented after a report found no evidence of bugging at the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC).
The company had reported it had found three electronic anomalies.
On Thursday, it said these were indicative of methods that can be used by someone outside an organisation to gather information from within.
The bugging claims first emerged in the Sunday Times. It reported that a hi-tech surveillance operation had been uncovered last September at the offices of the police watchdog.
The three-person commission called in Verrimus, a London-based security consultancy, to check its offices for bugs.
An inquiry was undertaken by Judge John Cooke following the Sunday Times story. He was asked to investigate allegations that the offices had been subject to "unlawful surveillance".
However, in his report, the judge said the evidence did not support the proposition.
He also said it was even more unlikely it would have involved members of the police.
On Thursday evening, Verrimus said it agreed with the judge's comments that in the "world of covert surveillance and counter surveillance techniques, it is ultimately extremely difficult to determine with complete certainty whether unexplained anomalies of the kinds identified in this instance were nor were not attributable to unlawful intrusion".
It added: "Investigations to prove or disprove whether such vulnerabilities are associated with a criminal act can only effectively be carried out by properly qualified and experienced counter intelligence investigators."
He was on his way to work on a highway west of Cairo on 22 July when his car was stopped by a group of armed men.
The Croatian foreign ministry said the group "forced him to get out of the car and drove away with him in an unknown direction".
Mr Salopek was not heard from again until he appeared in a video last week from Sinai Province, the new Egypt-based affiliate of the Islamic State group.
Speaking in English, he confirmed his identity and said the militant group had threatened to kill him unless the Egyptian government released all female Muslim prisoners.
Following the release of the video, Ardiseis Egypt, a subsidiary of CGG, confirmed he was one of their employees.
Zlatko Salopek, Tomislav's father, in an appeal for his son's release, had said his only motivation "to go to your homeland was exclusively to earn bread for his children. Nothing else".
He is reported to have been married for eight years and, according to AFP news agency, he was described as a friendly young man by neighbours in his home town in Croatia.
It is not clear how long Mr Salopek had been in Egypt, but according to his Linkedin profile he had been working for CGG since last December.
His career profile shows he was no stranger to the region.
Last year, he spent eight months working as a surveyor in Libya for the North African Geophysical Exploration Company (Nageco).
He had also spent time in Syria, Morocco and Iraq.
Announcing his alleged beheading on social media, alongside the publication of a gruesome photo, the militant group said Mr Salopek was killed for Croatia's "participation in the war against the Islamic State".
Minutes of a meeting in 1985 show Leon Brittan then home secretary, wanted to avoid "any form of enquiry" into policing of the picket lines.
Miners say the files show successive governments "never wanted the truth to come out" over the events.
But the Home Office said there were few lessons to be learnt from 30 years ago.
Eighteen new files have been released to the National Archive, after current Home Secretary Amber Rudd promised that 30 previously unreleased files connected with the strike would be published.
Ex-miner Frank Arrowsmith, who was on the picket line during the year long strike, said "the suspicion is never going to go away that those in Number 10 and the Home Secretary decided to use the police as a battering ram to defeat the miners".
"If a government can get away with burying this you're thinking what's next? But given what they've released so far, I don't think we're going to go away, we are one day going to hold them to account," he added.
The documents do not show evidence to support the claim made by some miners that ministers in the Thatcher government were directly controlling the operational tactics of police forces.
But Nicholas Jones, who covered the strike as the BBC's industrial correspondent, said: "These documents really open the window on what the government and the police were thinking in 1985.
"There is no sign of any feeling of remorse in these files, in fact the police are quite dismissive about the event".
The files were released after Ms Rudd ruled out holding an inquiry into the so-called Battle of Orgreave..
In June 1984 thousands of police and striking miners clashed violently at the Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire Police has been criticised for how they conducted themselves during the incident, and it has been claimed the force used the same tactics on the Liverpool fans in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster.
"I find it worrying that there were immediate efforts from the very top of government to shut down any enquiry into the miners strike", said Labour MP Andy Burnham who has campaigned on behalf the Hillsborough families.
"The events at Orgreave and Hillsborough can't be separated. We can't have the full truth about Hillsborough until we also know what happened four years earlier".
There are 15 Home Office files still to be passed to be the National Archive, and its understood the South Yorkshire force is yet to publish 65 files connected with its actions during the strike.
A Home Office spokesman said: "The Home Secretary's decision that there will no inquiry into the events at Orgreave was made after careful consideration of the key purposes of an inquiry and, critically, taking into account how the policing landscape has changed fundamentally since 1984 at all levels.
"There would be very few lessons for the policing system today to be learned from any review of the events and practices of three decades ago."
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It is all because of a terrorist attack that happened on Friday, which affected people from Britain and many other countries.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the events had "shocked the whole of the world".
The Queen has also sent her "deepest sympathies" to the families of those lost their lives.
Watch Ricky's report.
A ceremony was held to remember the victims of the Taliban attack on 16 December.
Schools across Pakistan are re-opening after an extended break prompted by the massacre.
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the country on Monday to discuss the campaign against extremism.
He is meeting Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to make the case for a more robust effort against all militant groups.
The Pakistani government has made changes after the attack last month - it has scrapped a moratorium on executions and has moved to establish military courts to try terrorism cases.
But US officials travelling with Mr Kerry have said they want to ensure there is a "real and sustained effort" against militants threatening not just Pakistan but also Afghanistan and India.
Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz welcomed Mr Kerry's visit on Monday and suggested that he would be visiting the school that was attacked in Peshawar. The state department has not confirmed Mr Kerry's itinerary.
Seven Taliban attackers wearing bomb vests cut through a wire fence to gain entry to the Army Public School in Peshawar on 16 December.
They went from class to class, killing 152 people - 133 of them children - and injuring more than 120. All seven gunmen were killed.
"When they entered the halls, their fingers were on the triggers," said Munawar Hussain, a teacher who survived the attack.
Mr Hussain told the BBC that the attackers had aimed at their heads. He only narrowly escaped being shot by hiding under a table.
"Today I was very emotional," he said on his first day back at school.
Many of his pupils will never return. "They are missing, I felt their absence," he added.
The Taliban said the attack - the group's deadliest in Pakistan - was in response to a government offensive in North Waziristan and the nearby Khyber area that began in June 2014.
The school killings were condemned across the world, with US President Barack Obama saying terrorists had "once again shown their depravity". The Afghan Taliban also criticised the attack.
It's been a difficult day for many of the children and teachers who survived the Taliban attack.
Some had mixed feelings about going back to the school where they witnessed the massacre. Yet, most of them put on a brave face as they arrived at the school.
At the morning assembly, the mood was sombre. A ceremony was held to remember those who lost their lives, and students and parents were greeted by Pakistan's powerful army chief, Raheel Shareef.
He tried to reassure them that the government would do everything to protect their school.
After today's symbolic reopening of the school, classes are expected to resume from Tuesday.
Parts of the school have been repaired and repainted. But the main auditorium hall where most of the children were massacred remains closed.
But across the country, parents remain apprehensive about sending their children back to school.
In a country where fear stalks virtually every aspect of public life, something as simple as going to school has now become an act of courage and bravery.
Meanwhile, Pakistan's spy chief Razwan Akhtar met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday, during the intelligence chief's third trip to the country in recent months.
The meetings indicate more co-operation between the two countries which have frequently criticised each other on responses to tackling the flow of militants across their porous shared border.
Security has been stepped up at schools across the country since the attack.
The government has ordered institutions to do more to protect schoolchildren and audits have been carried out on hundreds of schools since 16 December, according to Pakistani media.
The school is near a military complex in Peshawar and many of the pupils that attend are the children of military personnel.
The city, close to the Afghan border, has seen some of the worst of the violence during the Taliban insurgency in recent years.
Provisional approval was granted at the end of November, but there is still no sign of a conclusion to the process.
Producers say they need it at a time when pig prices have taken a slump.
The Department of Agriculture has said it is waiting for the Chinese authorities to make the final decision.
After two years where the pig price was at break-even, it took a sharp dip before Christmas.
Hugh McReynolds, who runs a pig farm near Sion Mills in County Tyrone, says he is losing £5,000 a week.
Mr McReynolds said he is now losing £10 on every pig he produces.
Lower prices are due to cheap imports from the euro zone due to currency differentials.
There is also a glut of pig meat in Europe due to a Russian ban on EU food, part of a sanctions row over Ukraine.
Mr McReynolds said the China deal would provide some relief to pig producers.
He said the industry's expectations "haven't been managed at all" and there was "extreme frustration" over the red tape involved.
Two processing plants had some work to complete before final approval.
That was done and the evidence sent to China in late January.
But by the time it arrived, it had run into the holiday period there associated with Chinese new year.
That is thought to have slowed the approval process.
Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill said her officials were working through the Northern Ireland Executive's office in Beijing to close the deal.
Peter Black was commenting on press reports that an internal party inquiry will point to an "utterly ruthless" Tory operation targeting Lib Dem seats.
The AM said Mr Clegg's broken promise on tuition fees left the party "damaged with a massively unpopular leader".
"Nothing the campaign team did could repair that," he added.
Writing on his blog ahead of the Lib Dems' annual conference in Bournemouth, Mr Black said he did not think going into coalition with the Conservatives in 2010 doomed the Lib Dems to defeat in 2015.
But he said the party had not been "strong enough" in challenging Tory policies on tuition fees, the so-called bedroom tax and health reform in England.
He added: "Our naivety and our inexperience in government allowed our opponents to paint a picture that permanently weakened our organisation, decimated our membership and lost us the tactical voters that had elected many of our MPs.
"It left us vulnerable to the ruthless tactics deployed by the Tories during the General Election and cost us scores of seats."
Mr Black said he hoped the "new leadership and the different direction" taken by new leader Tim Farron could help the party "repair those wounds".
A Liberal Democrat spokesman said the party would not comment on a report that had not been completed.
The Swans are second from bottom in the Premier League, having been bought by Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan in July.
Jenkins has previously said he takes responsibility for the club's slump, but insists the takeover will benefit Swansea.
"The sale of shares has had no adverse effect on the football club," he said.
"Financially, we are in a stronger position to go forward, and with a little luck and continued hard work between now and the end of the season we can be in a great position to develop financially over the next few years.
"The club needed a major shareholder to take financial responsibility for our future development. We could not continue to operate any longer as things were."
Jenkins led the consortium which saved Swansea from financial ruin and relegation from the Football League in 2002, and then oversaw a dramatic rise from the bottom tier to the Premier League.
Following promotion to the top flight in 2011, Jenkins and his fellow directors were lauded as a model example to other clubs.
However, following the summer's takeover, the chairman and the board have been criticised by Swansea's fans, who believe the directors were acting in self-interest when they sold their shares to Levien and Kaplan.
Jenkins made more than £8m by selling 8.2% of his 13.2% stake and he has been singled out for condemnation by the Swans' supporters.
Although he recognises the club is faltering on and off the field, Jenkins hopes a productive January transfer window will help propel Swansea up the Premier League table.
"Looking back over the last 12 months, it's plain to see that things have not gone well. We all know that it's been a tough time and our players, in particular, have had to cope with a lot of changes on and off the field," Jenkins added, writing in the match programme for the Boxing Day game against West Ham.
"I must stress once again, however, that the changes within our football club have been minimal from a day-to-day operational perspective and as far as most of us are concerned it's been business as usual.
"The January transfer window can provide us with the platform and timing to not only strengthen our first- team squad, but to bring everyone and everything together to stamp some lost belief and clarity on and off the field going forward."
The Ministry of Justice change relates to "simple cautions" given mainly for offences classed as "low level" such as shoplifting and criminal damage.
Ministers say two would only now be granted in "exceptional circumstances".
Police can use cautions instead of prosecuting if people admit offences.
They can also be given by the Crown Prosecution Service and apply to any offenders over the age of 10 if they admit a crime and agree to accept one.
But concerns have been raised that cautions are being used to deal with repeat offenders, contrary to advice, and the government pledged to clamp down on their over-use.
An MoJ examination of the system has now concluded that all types of out of court disposals should be reviewed by next spring.
As well as simple cautions, these include cautions with conditions attached, fixed penalty notices, warnings given to people for possession of cannabis, community resolutions and fixed penalty notices for disorder.
The MoJ said overall, the use of cautions issued to all ages of offenders fell from a peak of 362,900 in 2007 to 200,900 in 2012.
But its figures show that some 4,763 adults received two or more simple cautions in the two years to 31 March this year for similar offences.
In September, ministers announced that simple cautions for serious offences such as rape, robbery and supplying class A drugs would be banned.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said: "The current range of out of court disposals are confusing and the system is overly bureaucratic.
"They should be consistent, straightforward and something in which victims and the wider public can have confidence."
The review recommended there should be greater transparency with police, magistrates and victims' groups potentially checking to see cautions have been issued correctly.
The guidance also says criminals should only receive more than one simple caution in a two-year period in certain cases and only then when signed off by a police inspector.
The Association of Chief Police Officers said it recommended and supported the review of cautions.
But Chief Constable Lynne Owens from Acpo said: "It is important that there is room for officer discretion in any system to ensure the punishment is proportionate to the offence."
Labour welcomed the move but accused ministers of being too slow in addressing the issue.
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said: "In the three years it has taken the government to wake up to this problem, too many innocent victims of crime have been insulted by the slaps on the wrist given to criminals.
"Ministers denied there was even a problem. Then they insulted innocent victims, blaming the rise in cautions on their unwillingness to press charges. Now we have yet another review being launched." | A Hampshire vicar suspended over an indecent assault allegation has been told he will face no further action.
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The finding comes from the largest survey of ticks in dogs.
Researchers also found that the risk of an animal picking up a tick is as great in urban areas as in rural ones.
Ticks can carry a range of diseases including Lyme disease, and also a parasite discovered in the UK for the first time earlier this year that is potentially fatal to dogs.
Lyme disease has the potential to cause serious health problems, such as meningitis and heart failure.
In the most serious cases, it can be fatal.
Almost 15,000 dogs from across the UK were examined in the study, which was carried out by Bristol University last year.
Just under a third (31%) of these dogs checked at random during a visit to the vet were found to be carrying a tick.
The researchers found that the arachnids are present right across the UK, with the highest risk areas being Scotland, East Anglia and the South West. There can be just as many in urban areas as in rural areas.
Launched in April 2015, the project asked participating vets to examine dogs in their practice for each week and complete a questionnaire relating to the clinical history of each dog. The species, life-cycle stage, sex and location of origin and whether it was carrying any pathogens were recorded.
Prof Richard Wall, who led the Big Tick Project team at the University of Bristol, said: "The work that we have carried out shows that ticks are extremely widely dispersed. The records that we have got appear to show that we have had an increase in tick numbers right across the country.
"What we are primarily concerned about is the diseases that ticks carry. In the UK, we have relatively low rates of the prevalence of these pathogens at the moment and, in contrast, in continental Europe they have much higher rates of disease. As there seems to be a rise in tick numbers, we need to be concerned and be aware of the potential for increasing problems."
Prof Wall said pet owners should be aware of the risk in woodland or areas of long grass, but urban areas were also affected.
Reacting to the new data, conservationist Chris Packham said the "good solid hard data" which was a "tremendously significant project" had revealed "some very shocking and surprising things about the distribution, the population and potential that ticks have to give diseases to our pets and ourselves".
It was surprising ticks were not just found in isolated parts of the UK, but all over the UK, he said.
Ticks don't jump or fly, they climb on to clothes if a person brushes against something that the tick is holding on to. Typically they can be found in woods, urban parks, heathland and fields. They can also be found in gardens.
Lyme disease is transmitted by the bite of a tick infected with Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria.
The tick acts as a vector. In the same way that a mosquito transmits malaria when it sucks blood from a person, the tick does the same to an animal or a person.
According to Public Health England, it's estimated that there are 2,000 to 3,000 new confirmed cases of Lyme disease in England and Wales each year, although not all cases are confirmed by laboratory testing. About 15% of cases are in people who have returned from abroad.
One initial symptom can be a red circular rash around the bite - called a "bullseye" rash. But this isn't always present and so can't be relied upon as a warning signal. Victims can develop flu-like symptoms along with muscle and joint pain.
Lyme disease can be treated with antibiotics. But if left untreated it can seriously damage a person's health, including affecting the nervous system, causing meningitis or heart failure.
The threat of Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) in the UK is still thought to be small compared with other countries - some 3% of ticks carry the bacteria.
However, given the results of this study showing the high numbers of ticks across the country and with the serious potential consequences of Lyme disease, scientists are urging people to be aware of the risks and do their best to avoid being bitten.
The Big Tick Project has launched an online tool that people can access to find out where ticks are most prevalent.
Sarah Bignell was a very fit and active vet before she went on a walking holiday in Aberfeldy in Scotland in 2011. "There was a small note in the cabin saying this was a Lyme disease hotspot but I didn't think anything of it. I had no idea," she says.
Six weeks later, she started suffering pain in her bones, joints and nerves. Doctors put her symptoms down to other conditions, including multiple sclerosis or a brain tumour. However, Sarah's background meant that she knew to push for a Lyme disease test. She had been bitten by a tick - and she had been completely unaware of it. She also had no "bullseye rash".
It became agony "virtually overnight" for Sarah to deal with sound or light. She couldn't swallow, and when she could, it was agony. She had developed encephalitis. "I spent eight-and-a-half months locked in a room," she explains. She needed constant care and could no longer look after her dog and cat.
Over the next four-and-a-half years, Sarah had many close calls. "I was in danger of dying. I am very lucky," she says.
"The pain used to be so severe and my quality of life so awful, at that point I was living hour to hour. If I had been well enough I would have ended up in Switzerland and I wouldn't be here now - I am a vet and I am used to ending suffering."
With extremely strong treatment, Sarah says she now only has one or two really bad days a month. "I still get bouts of extreme fatigue. Days when I think - having a shower or putting the washing out - which one should I do today? Again I am lucky, there are loads of people not having the same treatment."
So what does she think should be done about Lyme disease? It's not particularly about investment or research, Sarah says. "It is a very cunning and specialised bacteria. It is so complicated and mimics so many other diseases and each effect needs individual treatment. It's about being aware and not getting bitten," she explains.
"I'm not saying avoid the outdoors. The first thing I did again when I could get myself up on sticks was to go to the woods with my dog Matty. I walk him every day but I wear wellies even in the sunshine. I also wear trousers and long-sleeved shirts if I'm walking in long grass. Always light-coloured so the ticks show up. I live in Kent and one day this year when I got back to the car I found five ticks."
Sarah is working on her fitness and says she hopes to go back to part-time work as a vet next year.
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Defender Harry Flowers, 20, has joined the Premier League side from ninth-tier Brocton, of the Midland League's top flight, on a contract until June 2018.
Ron Flowers earned 49 caps for England and was a non-playing member of Sir Alf Ramsey's winning squad, eventually being awarded a winners' medal in 2009.
The Clarets also announced the signing of 17-year-old striker Harry Limb from Wisbech Town, also in the ninth tier.
He expects the economy to shrink by 7%, greater than the 5% forecast by the crisis-hit country's central bank.
Representatives of Greece's three international lenders have arrived in Athens in a bid to get its deficit cutting measures "back on track".
But, Mr Samaras criticised comments by some foreign officials for "undermining" Greece's national effort.
Without sufficient progress, it may not receive the final part of its bailout worth 31.5bn euros ($38bn; £24.5bn).
Assistance for Greece totalling 130bn euros was agreed in March, its second major rescue package, with strict conditions attached that force Greece to cut debt and spending.
A deeper recession will not help Athens improve its performance, as it is already behind in its austerity plans because its economy is shrinking faster than forecast.
Mr Samaras said the country, which has been in recession for five years, would not return to growth until 2014.
He is expected to ask for more time to repay its loans.
The Bank of Greece had been expecting GDP to shrink 5% this year, which would have been its deepest recession since the 1930s.
Economists calculate that Greece may need a third rescue package worth up to 50bn euros.
Greece's performance is being assessed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), European Central Bank (ECB) and European Commission, who together have been dubbed the troika.
The IMF said it was "supporting Greece in overcoming its economic difficulties" and would work with the country to get it "back on track".
However, reports over the weekend suggested that the IMF would refuse calls for further aid.
Meanwhile Greece is expecting another high-profile visitor this week.
The European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, is planning his first visit to the country since 2009.
"The purpose of the meeting is to meet Mr Samaras and discuss the overall economic situation in Europe and in particular in Greece," Mr Barroso's spokesman said.
He said it was "a regular meeting" and that the preparation for the talks had been "under discussion for some time".
Greece has promised to reduce its budget deficit to below 3% of annual national income as measured in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of 2014. At the end of last year, Greece's overspend was equivalent to 9% of GDP in 2011.
Successive Greek governments have managed to trim 17bn euros from government spending. That has brought the country's total debt down from more than 160% of GDP to 132% according to
official figures
released on Monday.
Under the terms of its international loan agreement with the troika, Greece has vowed to reduce its total debt to 120% of GDP by 2020.
But, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras would have had to have raised another 12bn euros through higher taxes and the sale of public assets such as the country's loss-making railways to have met this bailout target.
The re-run of general elections and political instability as parties scrambled to form a governing coalition has delayed work by the troika and the government to agree a credible plan to restore the nation's finances.
On Monday, a European Commission spokesman said the troika would not be in a position to report its findings and release the final 31.5bn euro instalment of bailout money until September.
"The Commission is confident that the decision on the next disbursement will be taken in the near future, although it is unlikely to happen before September," he said.
That leaves Greece in a difficult situation. A 3.8bn euro debt repayment to the ECB falls due on 20 August. Without the troika money, the ECB may be forced to step in to provide temporary aid.
But further debt repayments are due in September so failure to secure the bailout money could push Greece to the brink of insolvency.
If Greece were to default on its outstanding loans that, in turn, could force it to exit the eurozone and return to the drachma.
The American, who had been held in a remote jungle area in the south of the country since June, was released to representatives of the International Red Cross.
He is reported to be in good health.
The leftist Farc has promised to stop kidnapping as a condition for peace talks with the government taking place in Cuba.
In a statement, Cuba and Norway - the two countries sponsoring the peace talks - said Mr Scott was in "good" physical condition and would soon be reunited with his family.
Mr Scott was seized by the Farc in a region known as a conflict zone while hiking towards Brazil.
The rebels accused him of being involved in a counter-insurgency operation, in the guise of a security contractor.
The Farc said later they would release him to contribute to a positive mood, and asked for a former senator, Piedad Cordoba, to act as mediator.
The Colombian government rejected her mediation efforts, as well as those of the American civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson.
President Juan Manuel Santos said only the Red Cross should be involved, because he did not want what it called a media spectacle.
The US Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed Mr Scott's release.
He said the United States was "profoundly grateful" to the Colombian government for its efforts to secure his freedom.
Hana Humpalova and Antonie Chrastecka, both 26, were abducted while travelling on a bus in south-western Balochistan province in March 2013.
A Turkish Muslim humanitarian body helped negotiate the release.
Kidnappings are not uncommon in Balochistan, both by militants and gangs seeking ransoms.
Mr Sobotka confirmed to the CT24 news channel that the pair were back in the country and asked for their privacy to be respected.
The Anadolu news agency in Turkey quoted Ms Chrastecka as saying: "I still can't believe I am here. Even now, I fear this is a dream."
The agency said the pair had arrived in Van, eastern Turkey, on Friday after two months of "intense" negotiations.
Izzet Sahin, of the Turkish Muslim humanitarian organisation IHH, said it had been contacted by the families of the women as a last resort.
Anadolu quoted Ms Humpalova as saying: "It was very hard. For the first time in our lives we saw weapons and armed men.
"We still do not know why were taken. There were weapons fired and bombs going off. But we got used to it in time."
The pair were travelling from Iran to Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, when they were taken from the bus in Chaghi district, despite a police escort.
Skye Events for All (Seall) is based at the isle's Gaelic college, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.
It has secured £55,000 from the National Lottery through Creative Scotland's Open Project Fund.
Seall runs Fèis an Eilein, the two-month Skye Festival which takes place this year between 4 July and 25 August.
At the end of October, Seall co-produces the Skye Swing Jazz Festival with local record producers FOTS Records.
Duncan MacInnes, Seall's director, said: "With this funding from Creative Scotland, we will be able to create the high level of administration our programme needs.
"We have relied on a lot of volunteer support for years and, because of this, often miss out on artistic and fundraising opportunities."
He added: "Our application to Creative Scotland followed on from a very successful Cultural Tourism Project we delivered two years ago and our current Cultural Economies report.
"We will now able to pursue new funding opportunities and develop our programme of events and workshops. This will reach new audiences and enhance the reputation of the area as a major centre of cultural activity."
There are deep sea lantern sharks that glow in the dark, wobbegong sharks that grow shaggy beards, and majestic, plankton-sifting whale sharks - the biggest fish in the sea.
Nevertheless, when many people think of these animals, one thing comes to mind: shark attacks.
As a beachgoer, diver or surfer your chances of encountering a shark, let alone being killed by one, are in fact incredibly slim; lightning strikes, bee stings and car accidents all pose far more of a threat than sharks.
In reality, people kill millions more sharks than sharks kill people.
A quarter of all shark species, and their relatives the rays, are threatened with extinction, according to a recent report from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The main threat to sharks is overfishing and in greatest peril are the largest species.
But a controversial cull of sharks was recently ordered in Western Australia following a spate of attacks.
Scientists are now looking at other approaches to deal with the shark attack issue.
Prof Shaun Collin is leading a University of Western Australia (UWA) team of neurobiologists who are learning to think like sharks.
"We're trying to tread this very fine line of protecting both humans and sharks at the same time," Prof Collin told the BBC World Service programme Discovery.
By studying shark brains and shark senses, the team is developing and testing various non-lethal repellents. The aim is to manipulate the sharks' finely-tuned senses in ways that discourage them from approaching and attacking people.
One of these is a "shark-proof" wetsuit designed to make people look like poisonous, black and white banded sea snakes, something that many sharks tend to avoid.
The stripy wetsuit was first thought up years ago by marine biologist Walter Starck. Now a detailed understanding of shark vision is helping the UWA team to bring this idea up to date.
Nathan Hart, assistant professor at UWA, explained to me that sharks don't see as well as humans.
"We've made sure that the size of the bands can be detected by a shark from a certain distance," he says.
Tests of the new wetsuit design are currently underway. This involves wrapping the fabric around a barrel filled with dead fish and watching how sharks respond to it in the wild.
It is still early days, but so far, Nathan told me, the results have been encouraging.
"Based on what we know about the sensory systems of sharks, they should reduce your risk to some extent," he says.
"Just like a seatbelt in a car, it doesn't reduce your risk to zero; it's a matter of reducing your risk by a certain amount and by as much as possible," he adds.
As well as trying to protect individual swimmers, another tactic is to make certain areas out of bounds to sharks.
"We can try and define areas on the beaches where people are confident they can go and swim," says Dr Hart.
Bubble curtains could be deployed to keep sharks away from popular beaches.
The idea is to lay perforated hosepipes across the seabed and pump air through them and create a plume of bubbles that sharks may decide not to swim through.
Sharks can see and hear the bubbles and also feel them with their lateral line, a system of sense organs many fish have.
"It's a system of what's known as 'distant touch'; it detects vibrations and very low-frequency sound in the water," Nathan explained.
Early tests showed that tiger sharks eventually pluck up the courage to cross a barrier of bubbles, suggesting they have the ability to learn.
Eugenie Clark, a veteran marine biologist at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida, pioneered studies of shark learning back in the 1950s.
Nicknamed "The Shark Lady", Dr Clark trained captive sharks to press targets with their snouts and ring bells for a food reward. She showed for the first time that sharks can learn and remember things.
Eugenie told me about the time she took a trained baby nurse shark as a gift for the Crown Prince of Japan who shared her fascination with fish.
"The airline gave me an extra seat for the shark. Most people didn't know, he was such a tiny thing he was less than two feet long. But he never made a mistake," says Eugenie.
Recently, I witnessed for myself the capacity sharks have to learn and in particular that they can learn not to attack people.
I went diving off the Pacific island of Fiji and saw my first bull sharks, notorious as one of the most aggressive shark species.
Locals from Beqa Adventure Divers have trained a population of around 100 bull sharks to approach a diver, one-by-one, and gently take a chunk of fish offered to them by hand.
The sharks have learned how to behave if they want food.
"They know us very well," Fijian divemaster Papa told me before I jumped in the water. "That's the good thing, they know what's going on."
Preparing for the dive, I wasn't exactly sure how I would react to seeing these giant predators. But as soon as I got down beneath the waves my nerves evaporated and I saw just how graceful and calm bull sharks can be.
There was no safety cage or any sort of repellent and I never felt in any kind of danger.
As well as helping to shift the sharks' bad reputation as insatiable killers, the Fijian divers are showing that a live shark in the water is worth far more than a dead one.
In Fiji and elsewhere around the world, sharks are under immense pressure from the demand in Asia for shark fin soup.
Back in Western Australia, the shark cull continues amid beachside protests.
The problem has been an abnormal high in shark attacks, with seven fatalities over the last three years compared with 20 in the last century.
The response of the Western Australia government has been to lay baited hooks offshore from popular beaches. Any great white, tiger and bull sharks that are caught and are larger than 3m long are shot and dumped at sea.
One opponent of the cull is shark attack survivor Rodney Fox. Fifty years ago he suffered a horrific attack from a great white in South Australia but since then has become a dedicated shark advocate.
"We just have to learn how to live with the sharks and not just kill them from fear," he told me.
He thinks killing sharks deliberately is an unscientific and irrational strategy to try to reduce the attack rate.
But Western Australia's government says the cull is in place to protect swimmers and surfers. Premier Colin Barnett has said: "The West Australian government is absolutely confident that the policy in place is the right policy and we intend to continue it."
An open letter from more than 100 scientists has urged Mr Barnett to reconsider the cull, highlighting its environmental impact and the low chance of catching the individual sharks responsible for the attacks.
"Every scientist that I've heard of and talked to all agree that it's not the thing to do," says Mr Fox.
Pte Cheryl James was found dead from a bullet wound to her head at the Surrey barracks in 1995.
Former staff sergeant Terence McEleavey said he raised concerns about the suicide theory but was told to keep quiet and think about "pension time".
He said the area around the body was not preserved as it should have been.
The 18-year-old from Llangollen in Denbighshire was one of four recruits to die at the base in seven years.
Mr McEleavey told the hearing in Woking he was asked to identify Pte James's body, which was just inside the tree line close to one of the camp's entry gates and had been covered by a groundsheet.
"I was a bit peeved with it really," he said. "There was too much activity around there."
Mr McEleavey said: "They found a (bullet) case on the left-hand side of the body. It was as if they'd already made up their mind that it was a suicide and they were just walking around."
But describing how he saw Pte James's body lying face down with a gun nearby, he added: "It just struck me as odd that the weapon was away from the body.
"My initial thoughts were that there's no way she would have taken her own life.
"She wasn't depressed or anything like that. She was just her normal, happy self."
He said she had been excited about getting a posting to Germany.
He also said the position of the gun later stuck in his mind and he added: "It was away from the body as if it was laid there."
Who were the Deepcut four? Background to the deaths and timeline of events
Mr McEleavey told the inquest senior officers directed him on how to answer in interviews and he was told that if he did not have any positive evidence he should keep it to himself.
"It was along the lines of, 'you're coming to the end of your career, think about pension time'," he said.
A former GP working at Deepcut told the inquest there were "all sorts" of welfare issues among recruits and an increasing number of young female soldiers came to her surgery for the morning-after pill or abortions.
But Dr Alexandra McClenahan said Pte James appeared to have no mental health problems or related concerns.
"She struck me as a lovely, bubbly girl and was obviously keen to get posted out of Deepcut," she said.
The first inquest into Pte James's death in December 1995 recorded an open verdict. This second inquest was ordered after High Court judges quashed the original findings.
The hearing continues.
McColgan, 24, broke her ankle in January and has suffered a setback in her return from injury.
"Initially, we believed this injury would be a small blip in the road meaning six weeks off from running," McColgan wrote in a training blog.
"Sadly, the fracture has fully extended."
The Scot competed at London 2012 in the 3000m steeplechase, failing to make the final, and came sixth in the same event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
She said: "There is nothing I can do except rest and attempt to let the bone heal as impacting the joint will continue to open the fracture.
"The healing becomes less likely as time goes on, so shortly I will find out whether I need to undergo surgery in order to force the bone to heal.
"Hopefully from September I can slowly build up my training again. A completely injury-free, illness-free, winter is going to be central to my preparation for 2016 and many athletes struggle to achieve that.
"Rio 2016 will come round before any of us realise and at the end of the day the Olympic Games is the pinnacle. All the hard work, dedication, and sacrifices are purely for the Olympics. Every athlete wants to be a part of it.
"My event choice is still under question - perhaps a move to the 5000m or 10,000m will be more feasible after foot surgery, rather than risking injury over the steeplechase in such an important year."
British Transport Police (BTP) said he suffered head and leg injuries when he fell into the path of an oncoming train at about 23:00 BST on Friday.
It happened as thousands of fans left the nearby Twickenham Stadium after England's victory over Fiji in the first World Cup game.
The man is not thought to be critically ill, London Ambulance said.
The station in south-west London was evacuated while the man was treated. London Ambulance said he was later taken to St George's Hospital, in south-west London.
The train had been slowing down at the time he was hit, British Transport Police said.
"At this stage it is unclear exactly how the man came to fall on to the tracks and officers are working to determine the full circumstances," a spokesman said.
South West Trains said services between Twickenham and London Waterloo were suspended while the man was treated but later resumed.
A spokeswoman said: "Our immediate thoughts are for the welfare of the person involved."
The Spaniard, 30, won 6-2 6-4 to claim his first victory over the Serb since the 2014 French Open final.
Nadal improved his record on clay this year to 14-0 and will face Austrian Dominic Thiem, who beat Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas 6-4 6-4, in Sunday's final.
Kristina Mladenovic plays Simona Halep in Saturday's women's final.
Nadal confirmed his return to form with a long-awaited win over Djokovic, his 24th in 50 career meetings.
"It is a great result," he said. "To win against Novak by that score you have to be playing very well, otherwise it's impossible.
"It was an important match for me. I lost a lot of times in a row. To break that means there are always nerves.
"The circumstances nowadays are completely different compared to those seven matches that occurred before.
"I think that the last two years perhaps haven't been my best two years. For Novak, they were really good years."
Djokovic, playing his first tournament since splitting with his long-time coaching team, won just four points in the opening four games as he fell 4-0 down to a rejuvenated Nadal.
There were more positive signs for the Serb in the second set as he recovered an early break of serve, punching his fist in delight, but Nadal would quickly re-establish the advantage.
The Spaniard came through a tense final game, fending off a break point before converting his third match point and closing on a fifth Madrid title.
"He deserved to win," said Djokovic.
"It wasn't a very high quality of tennis from my side. I made a lot of unforced errors.
"His quality was very high. He managed to do whatever he wanted really, especially in the first set."
According to their former sports teacher, Ben Tumwet, the brother and sister had a 10km (more than six miles) journey to Bishop Okiring secondary school in the village of Kamuneru.
"Moses and Linet were coming from a far place, they were coming very early in the morning and also going back in the afternoon," says Mr Tumwet.
"So they got their running training to and from school."
Their daily commute proved to be over an auspicious distance.
Linet went on to win the 10,000m at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, while her brother earned a bronze in the men's event.
Now, a new generation of pupils at their former school - in the foothills of Kenya's Mount Elgon - is faced with a similar early morning journey, and they have a similar lack of transport.
They have been inspired by the success of the Masai siblings - but their goals are not confined to the athletics track.
Take 17-year-old Sammy, who also lives 10km away from the school and has a punishing schedule.
"I wake up at 4am, prepare some breakfast and then head out. I try to arrive at school by 6am in the morning," he says.
"I pass through the forest, where there's danger from wild animals, then I travel over muddy roads.
"Sometimes, the rivers overflow and carry away the bridges. On those days, I don't go to school."
But he perseveres. "It's a hard journey, but I struggle because I want to get an education. When I leave school I want to be a lawyer here in Kenya."
So, are there good things about his journey?
"No, there is nothing."
And according to the school's headmaster, Naboth Okadie, the romantic image of future champions earning their stripes on their daily run to school, does not quite tally with the harsh reality that his pupils face.
The school is located in a poor, rural part of Kenya, with only the most basic infrastructure - and where inter-communal tensions have, in the recent past, resulted in violence and death.
"Right now, we have two children who are going for the national competition in athletics," Mr Okadie says.
As with the majority of his students, the headmaster worries about their journey.
"They walk to school and then back home in the evening. It's a huge challenge with our bad roads and insecurity: Actually, we fear for them," he says.
Another of the Bishop Okiring pupils, Susan, lives 5km away from the school.
Like Sammy, that means a start at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) - and a frequently scary journey.
"Sometimes it is very dark, especially in the rainy season," she says.
"And, as I'm a girl, it is risky to walk alone... Sometimes I fall, because the route is very muddy - and I'm forced to go back and change.
"I don't enjoy the journey and find I am very tired in lessons.
"I want to be in the boarding section, but now my parents are not able to contribute the fees for boarding."
Another highly successful athlete from the region that has produced so many Kenyan champions, Abel Kirui, also ran to school.
Looking back, he acknowledges that, while it was a formative experience, he would have avoided the journey, if it was an option.
"When we were young, we didn't like going to school - but our parents pushed us," he says.
"We used to run the two kilometres to school when we were late, then we'd run back for lunch and then go back after lunch running again."
These days, he runs considerably further.
The two-time world marathon champion is aiming for a gold medal at the London Olympics and, he told me, with a glint in his eye, at the following Games as well.
And if Abel Kirui's future is paved with gold, it will - in part - be thanks to the road he travelled in the past; a road which many young Kenyans are travelling still, whether or not they want to.
These are the elements, according to Giorgos Stathakis, the Economy Minister, in an exclusive BBC interview.
First and foremost, the European Central Bank must keep Greek banks alive for a week to 10 days, so that rescue talks can progress between Athens and its creditors, eurozone governments and the International Monetary Fund.
In a best case, he said, the ECB would provide an additional €3bn of Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) later today.
But even if the ECB simply continues to freeze ELA, Mr Stathakis said the current cash withdrawal and transfer restrictions on banks could stay in place till Friday, without any of them collapsing.
Naturally if the ECB decides to reduce ELA, which its mandate would allow it to do, then banks would be in dire straits.
The second element of a rescue would be Mr Tsipras's letter to creditors last week, when he accepted most of their proposals for spending cuts, tax rises and structural economic reforms - with relativity modest changes to the nature of proposed pension cuts.
Finally the government wants a 30% reduction in its debt burden, as per the IMF's debt sustainability analysis of last week, either through direct write-offs or through lengthening the repayment term.
Goodness only knows whether the eurozone - led by Berlin - and the IMF will deal on this basis.
But, as Mr Stathakis conceded, with Greek banks on the verge of collapse, there is no longer any scope to put off a decision on whether Greece is in or out of the euro for much more than 48 hours.
For what it's worth, he said that his government does not have a mandate to quit the eurozone.
But with the Greek economy seizing up for want of a functioning banking system, a mandate for euro exit may be a luxury too far.
Cook, 29, has been dropped from the 15-man squad to play matches in Australia next month and the World Cup.
"I'm gutted to be left out of the World Cup squad and it is likely to take me a while to get over the disappointment," he said.
England announced their World Cup squad on Saturday morning.
The decision to drop Cook was made following a selectors' meeting on Friday and follows a miserable year for the batsman in one-day cricket.
He failed to score a century in 45 one-day internationals and recently led England to a 5-2 series defeat in Sri Lanka, scoring only 119 runs in six matches.
England selector James Whitaker confirmed that Cook's lack of runs had prompted the decision to remove him as captain.
"Having reviewed the recent series against Sri Lanka, we came to the conclusion that there was no place for Alastair Cook amongst our strongest 15 one-day players," said Whitaker.
Morgan's first challenge as captain is to lead the side in a tri-series against Australia and India as warm-up for the World Cup in February.
He said: "It's a huge honour to captain England and I am delighted to be leading the one-day side.
"I firmly believe that with the players currently involved in the one-day set-up we have the makings of a very good one-day side, a young side that can surprise people at the World Cup.
"We all recognise we still have a lot of work to do on our one-day game but the potential of this group of players is huge and it is now up to us as players to turn that potential into consistent performances."
Like Cook, Morgan has also struggled for runs in recent times and scored only one half century in seven matches in Sri Lanka, but averages 71.16 in his eight previous matches as England one-day captain.
Paul Downton, managing director of the England and Wales Cricket Board, added: "I have complete confidence in the decision made by the selectors and having spent time with Alastair yesterday he accepts that it has been made in the best interests of the one-day side. "
Justice Minister David Ford introduced what he said were necessary cuts to payments to lawyers in May.
Defence lawyers have withdrawn from new criminal cases requiring legal aid in protest at the changes.
The BBC understands there is a backlog of 531 cases relating to 629 defendants that have been delayed over the row.
The cases are understood to cover crimes including murder to drink driving.
The legal aid reforms were made after the Department of Justice faced reductions to its budget, with Mr Ford saying Northern Ireland could not continue to fund the UK's highest level of legal aid pay.
The Bar Council and the Law Society of Northern Ireland, which represent barristers and solicitors, brought a joint challenge over the cuts to legal aid fees.
Last week, a judge said the new rules did not provide fair pay to solicitors in some criminal cases, but he refused to quash the reforms.
A senior Northern Ireland law lord said on Friday the dispute had caused "a significant and growing backlog" of court cases and he appealed for the row to be resolved.
At the start of a review of criminal cases at Belfast Crown Court, Lord Justice Weir said he wanted all parties "to do their very best to bring the matter to an early conclusion".
He said defendants "quite understandably, are reluctant to proceed" with cases as they could not access expert legal advice.
"When the disagreement is ultimately resolved there will be continuing delay while the necessary weeks or months of preparation that has been postponed is then carried out," he added.
He said judges could also "clearly see the increasingly adverse effect that its continuation is having upon the due administration of criminal justice".
It has also emerged that prosecution lawyers have their own row over fees with the director of Public Prosecution Service.
During the same criminal cases review hearing, several prosecution lawyers said their governing body, the Criminal Bar Association, was disputing a new fees scale as set out by Barra McGrory QC.
However, they said many would still appear "as a matter of courtesy" to the courts.
They added that their dispute may only be resolved once the row involving defence lawyers has ended.
Two-year-old Francesca Asan was taken to Basingstoke hospital in May after becoming ill and died within hours. A small battery was found later during tests.
An inquest heard it burnt through an artery close to her windpipe.
Coroner Andrew Bradley returned a verdict of misadventure and urged parents to be cautious.
If accidentally swallowed, the small, round batteries can get lodged in the oesophagus and burn a hole through its lining.
The inquest heard Francesca was born with an artery out of place, closer than normal to her windpipe. When the battery slowly burnt through her windpipe it proved "catastrophic".
The battery was only discovered during a post mortem examination. Mr Asan later discovered a battery from the family's 3D TV glasses was missing.
"If you don't need them, throw them away. Buy them when you need them rather than store them," he said.
Mr Asan said his daughter had "a strong will and a strong character".
Last month London's Great Ormond Street Hospital revealed it had seen a big increase in cases in the past year.
Cadisha Brown, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said: "People aren't really aware of the damage it can do the internal organs which is why we're raising awareness of the issue and warning parents to be vigilant and be careful of having batteries around children."
The facility provides sub-editing for weekly newspapers across the UK as well as a Scottish daily paper.
Work will transfer to another editing hub in Weymouth, with the company blaming costs.
It opened in 2013 and, at its peak, employed more than 70 people subbing 100 daily and weekly newspapers.
But two rounds of redundancies last year saw the workforce reduced.
In a letter to staff, the company said: "Following a review of the costs of each of the two copy editing hubs it is proposed that all copy editing work will cease to continue in Newport from April 7.
"All content is proposed to be copy edited in the Weymouth hub from 10 April in order to achieve the most efficient and cost effective process."
Consultation with staff began on Monday.
A Newsquest spokesman said: "Due to an improvement in workflow across all of our newsrooms, the workload has reduced significantly within the Group Editorial Services Copy Editing function.
"With so much of newspaper copy-editing work now no longer being required, it is anticipated that the copy-editing department in Newport will not need the same staffing levels going forward.
"While this proposal regrettably places 13.85 FTE roles at risk of redundancy, we continue to employ a significant number of staff for other group editorial services in Newport."
If you haven't heard of it before, Tamboo Bamboo originates from the carnival traditions of the Caribbean, and involves hammering carved sticks on the ground to create complex rhythms.
It originally emerged in Trinidad, after skinned drums were banned by the British government in 1884. The word Tamboo comes from the French word Tambour, which itself means drum.
Trinidad began holding carnivals in the late 1700s when French planters arrived, and their slaves formed their own festival, fuelled by drum music.
After emancipation in 1834, the celebrations became noisier and more colourful, but disturbances led the government to clamp down on the use of sticks and drums.
In 1934 the Tamboo Bamboo was banned too, after the instruments were sharpened to a vicious point and used as weapons between rival gangs.
Musicians adopted the Steel Drum as a replacement, but the Bamboo tradition has recently re-emerged as a simple way of introducing children to music.
Sadly, it has nothing to do with pandas.
The world record attempt will take place in Bradford's City Park on BBC Music Day, which takes place on Thursday, 15 June.
Schoolchildren in Portsmouth will also gather to create a new drumming world record - and both attempts will be covered on CBBC.
BBC Music Day, which was established in 2015, is a celebration of music that "aims to unite communities and generations".
The line-up for this year's event has just been announced and includes:
In addition, Radio 2 will broadcast a series called Songs my Sons Loved, in which the mothers of four soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan will remember their sons through the music they loved.
Presented by Jeremy Vine, the documentaries will be broadcast daily in the week commencing 12 June.
BBC Music Day was originally scheduled for 9 June, 2017, but the day was changed to accommodate the UK's General Election. Some events, especially ticketed ones, will still take place on the first date.
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Hong Kong took a shock lead as Natasha Olson-Thorne broke through, but Wales rallied with tries for Jess Kavanagh-Williams and Jasmine Joyce.
World Cup debutants Hong Kong refused to buckle and scored again through Chan Ka Yan to reduce the deficit to 17-15.
But Kavanagh-Williams, captain Carys Phillips and Sioned Harries [twice] crossed to save Wales' blushes.
Already out of semi-final contention, Wales will now enter the play-offs to decide fifth to eighth places.
Wales, who are the eighth seeds, will play against the fifth-placed Canadians.
Wales were expected to breeze through their final pool game, given the fact World Cup newcomers Hong Kong had been demolished 121-0 by New Zealand and 98-0 by Canada in their previous two fixtures.
However, Rowland Phillips' side struggled badly and found themselves camped on their own try line early in the game.
They appeared to have settled when Shona Powell-Hughes drove over from close range, but a major upset looked to be on the cards when Olson-Thorne tore through the Welsh defence to score Hong Kong's first World Cup try.
Wales were sloppy in possession and seemed startled by their opponents' intensity, and it was not until midway through the second half - with scores from Kavanagh-Williams, Phillips and Harries - that they pulled clear of the Pool A minnows.
Until their meeting with Wales, this had been a chastening World Cup debut for Hong Kong, who had failed to score a single point in their thrashings at the hands of Canada and New Zealand.
Their 121-0 mauling against the Black Ferns was a particularly alarming result, prompting some to question if such mismatches risked undermining the competition as a spectacle.
But they answered those critics in fine fashion, playing an energetic and aggressive brand of rugby which rattled Wales and helped produce one of the most entertaining matches of this tournament.
Hong Kong tackled ferociously and looked to play expansive rugby where possible and, although they ultimately fell short, their spirited display gave hope for future World Cup appearances.
Wales captain Carys Phillips told BBC Wales Sport:
"Especially in that first half, it wasn't the way we wanted to perform. We gave away too many penalties, which cost us.
"Credit to Hong Kong to have their first points of the tournament but we definitely didn't want that.
"We pulled it around in the second half and stuck to what we do, and we came back and won.
"It was a great performance for them but, looking at us, we need to make sure we go back to our own processes from the off and work on our discipline."
A grant of £10.4m (€12.4m) will be spent on a rail "chord" at Ipswich to allow freight trains to travel directly from Felixstowe to the Midlands.
This will create a link to the west coast mainline near Birmingham.
Grants also will help deepen ship channels off the Suffolk coast and contribute towards port cranes.
Vicky Ford, MEP for the East of England, said it would help to get freight off the A14 and onto the railway.
"I have been supporting upgrades for the freight rail links from Felixstowe to Nuneaton route since 2008," she said.
"Getting the money back from Brussels also frees up the UK's own funds which can then be used for more smaller-scale, local projects."
Siim Kallas, European Commission vice-president for transport, said: "Seaports like Felixstowe are vital gateways.
"We need to keep them and better connect them to Europe's major transport networks."
More than 20 staff have left Holliers Walk in Hinckley, Leicestershire, after a new management team was put in place two-and-a-half years ago.
One ex-teacher said they ended up taking an overdose due to the treatment they received.
The school said the allegations were "concerning" and said it was taking immediate action.
Last year, the school was rated good by Ofsted, and praised for its strong leadership.
However, Greg Jones, from the National Union of Teachers, said there was a climate of "harassment and bullying" at the school.
Former teacher Laura Moore said she lost her confidence and was at breaking point due to her treatment by some members of the senior management team.
She said: "It was an atmosphere of fear.
"It wasn't just one-off things, it was constant - telling you to do something, then telling you it was wrong."
Another ex-teacher, who did not want to be identified, told the BBC: "I just couldn't sleep, I was so upset I ended up taking an overdose of tablets - that was the lowest point and that's when I knew I had to leave."
Jane Cook, deputy head of the school, said "Firstly, it is important to stress that all types of bullying are totally unacceptable at our school and will not be tolerated.
"We take any allegation very seriously and once we are made aware of the specific details of these claims, we will take swift action to investigate."
A spokesperson for Leicestershire County Council said: "We will be investigating the facts and gathering more information, before deciding whether any further action is required."
The authority said many of the 25 staff who had left moved to other jobs or retired.
Nottingham-based charity Framework wants to convert two empty houses on Trent Boulevard in the Lady Bay area.
But opponents claim it is too close to a school and believe their children could be exposed to drugs and alcohol.
Brenda Baxter who lives nearby accused objectors of "discriminatory attitudes".
So far almost 270 objections have been made to the proposals which were submitted to Rushcliffe Borough Council last month.
One of them, Morris Enderby, said it was "completely the wrong location" and he objected to "ex-drug addicts and people with alcohol issues" congregating in the area.
Ms Baxter, who has previously worked with children, said the hostel would help young people turn their lives around.
"There's kids already living here that have mental health and drug problems," she said. "Everyone is entitled to a chance."
The charity's chief executive, Andrew Redfern, said they aimed to house young people close to transport links, shops and schools.
"There's no inevitability these young people have drug or alcohol problems, no more than anyone else living in Lady Bay," said Mr Redfern.
"As a community we have to decide whether we are going to shut them away without support or involve them in the neighbourhood and support them to play their part in it."
A final decision on the plans will be made by the council in December.
The artwork, which appeared in Cheltenham on Sunday, depicts three men wearing sunglasses and using listening devices to "snoop" on a telephone box.
The piece has already attracted hundreds of visitors.
Banksy has not yet claimed the work but it bears his hallmarks, say experts.
Vince John from the 1loveart gallery in Bristol, which sells urban and street art, said he was "70% to 80%" sure it was by the famous artist: "From what I can see it certainly looks like a Banksy.
"It's certainly in his style and has the supporting cast of characters that you'd expect from one of his pieces.
"It's taking a swipe at GCHQ and commenting on the establishment which is something that he does very well."
Cheltenham street artist Dice67 claimed he had been told the artwork, which appeared on the corner of Fairview Road and Hewlett Road on Sunday morning, is indeed by Bristol artist Banksy.
"It's been all over the art forums. He's tipped off a couple of people to come and see it - one guy flew in from France yesterday to take some photos of it.
"I've heard rumours he's been living just down the road from it for the last week checking everything out and preparing the ground.
"I'm pretty sure it is [a Banksy]."
A GCHQ spokesperson said: "This is the first time we have ever been asked to comment on art.
"Although we are not qualified critics, we are as intrigued as the rest of the residents of Cheltenham about the appearance of the mysterious artwork.
"For those who are interested, our website gives a glimpse of what modern-day intelligence operatives are really like, although some may be disappointed by the lack of trench coats and dark glasses."
Banksy's last known works of art were created in New York last October during a month-long residency.
Lonnie Franklin Jr, 57, is alleged to be the serial killer called the "Grim Sleeper" by California's media.
Most of the victims were prostitutes in Los Angeles who were sexually assaulted and then shot between 1985 and 2007.
The attacker was given his nickname because he apparently stopped killing from 1988 to 2002.
Detectives have spent years investigating the killings.
The apparent breakthrough came after Mr Franklin's son - who is currently in prison - was swabbed for DNA using a technique known as a "familial search". The convict's DNA indicated he was a close relative of the serial killer.
The prisoner's family tree was then drawn up, with his father eventually emerging as a suspect.
Detectives later swabbed a cup used by Mr Franklin at a restaurant to obtain a DNA profile to compare with DNA evidence found at crime scenes.
Andrew Thomas pleaded guilty after DNA tests were used to prove lambs born to stolen ewes had been fathered by rams on the victim's land in Carmarthenshire.
The 39-year-old farmer was ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation.
Dyfed-Powys Police said this was the first time animal DNA evidence had been used in Wales in relation to stolen sheep.
Swansea Crown Court heard 18 sheep were sold at Llanybydder market two weeks after about 50 sheep were stolen from Alan Price's land at Derwydd near Llandybie.
Mart officials and farmers became suspicious of Thomas, from Garnant, after it became clear that the sheep's earmarks had been tampered with.
Judge Geraint Walters said the "farming community had pulled together to defeat those who seek to deceive it".
He sentenced Thomas to an eight month jail term, suspended for two years.
Judge Walters told him he had "caused a great deal of hurt and had stolen from those he worked alongside," and it would be "long time before they forgave him".
The strikes have been called off and some new medical postgraduates have begun their training under the new contract in England.
So where now for the profession?
A report from NHS Digital, the service's data provider, on the so-called weekend effect in England has reawakened memories of the junior doctor dispute.
It became one of the most contentious issues in the long-running row.
Ministers used evidence that patient care was less effective on Saturdays and Sundays than during the week to justify their seven-day NHS policy in England.
They claimed that lower staffing levels were partly to blame and that a new contract for junior doctors was required to increase weekend cover.
The British Medical Association union strongly disagreed, arguing there was no evidence that staffing levels had anything to do with the quality of care at weekends and that junior doctors already worked across weekends.
The latest study by NHS Digital, the service's data provider, covering the year to March 2016, found that the odds of mortality within 30 days of admission for patients admitted at the weekend were 15% higher than those for midweek admissions.
That's a similar conclusion to a study by Professor Nicholas Freemantle, of University College London, and others published last year.
Recent research from the University of Manchester, however, said that such studies failed to take account of the more severe conditions typically displayed by patients arriving at weekends.
The latest report on the state of the medical profession in the UK by the medical regulator has touched on another issue at the heart of the junior doctors' dispute - morale.
The General Medical Council says there is now "a state of unease within the medical profession across the UK that risks affecting patients as well as doctors".
The regulator says that while in 2012 nearly 78% of doctors who completed foundation training opted to go straight into specialty training rather than taking a break, this had fallen to just under 66% by 2015.
The Department of Health said it was funding the NHS's own plan to transform services and central to that was listening to concerns of staff.
The British Medical Association called off a planned series of five-day strikes by junior doctors in England after signs that there was far from unanimous support.
Officially the BMA remains in dispute with the government but it has not said how it intends to continue its campaign of opposition.
The legal action against the introduction of the contract by a group of doctors called Justice for Health was rejected by the High Court.
The chance to appeal has come and gone, though lawyers for the campaign say the ruling did establish that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt had no power to impose the contract and it was up to individual health trusts what they chose to do.
Talks between the consultants and the Department of Health, meanwhile, have dragged on for more than a year.
These senior doctors have not been in dispute with the government and, through the BMA, have indicated a willingness to discuss a new contract which ministers say will make it easier to increase staffing at weekends.
Back at Easter there were optimistic noises about the consultants reaching agreement with employers.
But since then there has been silence.
There is a cynical view that it is not in anyone's interest for a new contract deal to be reached.
The senior doctors won't want to be seen to be rubbing their junior colleagues' noses in it by reaching an agreement with the government.
Ministers might feel they don't want to stir up more trouble and then risk the membership voting down a deal agreed by the BMA.
Looming over all this is the government's seven-day NHS policy.
Theresa May is understood to believe that, as it was in the Conservative manifesto, it's a commitment that should be delivered.
But it is talked about less than in the David Cameron regime.
There are immediate pressures to deal with, including the ability of the NHS to cope this winter.
Downing Street may feel doctors' employment issues are best left on the backburner.
Just 11% of workers who answered the 2016 Natural Resources Wales (NRW) People Survey said they had confidence in senior managers' decisions.
NRW's Emyr Roberts said senior managers need to do more to support staff.
Plaid AM Bethan Jenkins said "deep morale" problems exist in the agency.
The survey follows the first such study held last year which found 14% of workers at NRW felt the merger of existing organisations that led to its formation was well managed.
But this year's survey found that only 14% of people felt effective action was being taken on the results of the last one.
According to the survey, only 10% of people gave a favourable response to the statement "I feel that the organisation as a whole is managed well" - 10% down on 2015.
In total, 69% gave an "unfavourable" response.
Just 11% said they had overall confidence in the decisions made by senior managers, 11% down on the year before. 65% did not.
Some 47% said they felt valued for the work they do, down 7% on 2015.
Mr Roberts said: "The results are disappointing and trends show the impact of continuing to deliver services during a time of constant change as we transition from three organisations into one whilst budgets decrease and we achieve the £158m savings that formed the business case for creating Natural Resources Wales.
"However it has also been a time of great achievement and in three years we have continued to deliver important work to help the environment in Wales."
But he added: "It is clear from the results of the staff survey that we, as senior managers, need to do more to support them through what remains a challenging time."
Plaid AM Ms Jenkins said the survey showed "deep morale problems still exist among staff" at NRW.
"Most concerning - certainly so far as the taxpayer goes - is the low level of confidence in NRW's management that staff have," she said.
She said the cabinet secretary for the environment and rural affairs, Lesley Griffiths, "needs to outline as a matter of urgency a radical solution to these ongoing problems, in order to ensure that NRW remains fit for purpose".
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "This is a matter for the NRW Board.
"The cabinet secretary has discussed the survey with the chair and chief executive and explained the importance of engaging staff fully in the changes NRW are taking forward under our new legislation."
Out of 2,004 members of staff, 1,643 took part in the survey.
Argentina striker Higuain's clinical low shot into the bottom corner set the hosts on their way.
He made it three goals in three league games since joining in July for £75m from Napoli with a volley.
Miralem Pjanic, a £25m signing from Roma, headed home on his debut before Sassuolo's Luca Antei pulled one back.
Juventus, who start their Champions League campaign at home to Sevilla on Wednesday, have taken nine points from their first three league games, while defeat was Sassuolo's first of the season.
Massimiliano Allegri's Juventus are three points clear of Genoa and Sampdoria, both of whom play on Sunday.
Genoa host Fiorentina, while Sampdoria travel to Roma.
Match ends, Juventus 3, Sassuolo 1.
Second Half ends, Juventus 3, Sassuolo 1.
Federico Ricci (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Federico Ricci (Sassuolo).
Mario Lemina (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Marcello Gazzola (Sassuolo).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Simone Missiroli (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alfred Duncan with a cross.
Foul by Hernanes (Juventus).
Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) because of an injury.
Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo).
Matteo Politano (Sassuolo) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Federico Ricci with a through ball.
Substitution, Juventus. Marko Pjaca replaces Paulo Dybala.
Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus).
Federico Ricci (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Medhi Benatia (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Medhi Benatia (Juventus).
Federico Ricci (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Federico Peluso.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Federico Peluso.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
Marcello Gazzola (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Marcello Gazzola (Sassuolo).
Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
Substitution, Sassuolo. Federico Ricci replaces Antonino Ragusa.
Attempt saved. Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paulo Dybala.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) because of an injury.
Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Giorgio Chiellini.
Attempt blocked. Pietro Iemmello (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alfred Duncan with a cross.
Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Leonardo Bonucci.
Substitution, Juventus. Hernanes replaces Sami Khedira.
No side managed to score a goal so it went to penalties - Huddersfield were victorious, winning 4-3.
But how much do you know about the team? Here are our five Terrier-rific facts.
The next season will be the first time ever that Huddersfield Town will play in the Premier League.
They have played in the top flight of English football before - the last time was 1972 - but that was before the Premier League started in 1992.
The team are known as the Terriers and have the dog on the club emblem.
Huddersfield also have two of them - Tilly and Terry - as their mascots.
The club are also known just as Town for short.
In 1926, Huddersfield became the first English club to win three successive league titles (back when it was Division One).
It's an achievement only three other clubs have matched - Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.
The town is the home of rugby league. It invented the sport in 1895!
Today, Huddersfield Town share their stadium (Kirklees) with the town's rugby league team, Huddersfield Giants.
The first and only time the club have won the FA Cup was back in 1922.
They beat Preston North End 1-0.
Huddersfield have also been runners-up four times.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany and the Netherlands of "Nazism" after officials blocked rallies there.
Dutch PM Mark Rutte called his comments "unacceptable", while Germany's foreign minister said he hoped Turkey would "return to its senses".
Denmark's leader has also postponed a planned meeting with Mr Erdogan.
Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said he was concerned that "democratic principles are under great pressure" in Turkey.
He added that he had postponed the meeting because: "With the current Turkish attacks on Holland the meeting cannot be seen separated from that."
The rallies aim to encourage a large number of Turks living in Europe to vote yes in a referendum expanding the president's powers.
However, planned rallies in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands were blocked after officials cited security concerns or said the rallies could stoke tensions.
A gathering in France however went ahead after local officials said it did not pose a threat.
Ties between the Turkish and Dutch leaders became particularly strained at the weekend after two Turkish ministers were barred from addressing rallies in Rotterdam, with one of them escorted to the German border.
Mr Erdogan likened the Netherlands to "a banana republic", demanded international organisations impose sanctions on the Netherlands, and accused countries in the West of "Islamophobia".
"I have said that I had thought that Nazism was over, but I was wrong. Nazism is alive in the West," he added.
On Sunday, Mr Rutte demanded Mr Erdogan apologise for likening the Dutch to "Nazi fascists".
"This country was bombed during the Second World War by Nazis. It's totally unacceptable to talk in this way."
The Netherlands would have to consider its response if Turkey continued on its current path, he added.
Meanwhile, German ministers also appeared to harden their rhetoric against Turkey.
Despite Chancellor Angela Merkel saying her government was not opposed to Turkish ministers attending rallies in Germany, as long as they are "duly announced", her interior minister said he was opposed to Turkish political gatherings in Germany.
"A Turkish campaign has no business being here in Germany," Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told local media.
Separately, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Turkey had "destroyed the basis for further progress in co-operation".
Reports say the owner of a venue in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, also cancelled a pro-Erdogan rally on Sunday that was to have been attended by Turkey's agriculture minister.
Sweden's foreign ministry said it was not involved in the decision and that the event could take place elsewhere.
Turkey is holding a referendum on 16 April on whether to turn from a parliamentary to a presidential republic, more akin to the United States.
If successful, it would give sweeping new powers to the president, allowing him or her to appoint ministers, prepare the budget, choose the majority of senior judges and enact certain laws by decree.
What's more, the president alone would be able to announce a state of emergency and dismiss parliament.
There are 5.5 million Turks living outside the country, with 1.4 million eligible voters in Germany alone - and the Yes campaign is keen to get them on side.
So a number of rallies have been planned for countries with large numbers of eligible voters, including Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.
Many of the countries, including Germany, have cited security concerns as the official reason.
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said Mr Erdogan was not welcome to hold rallies as this could increase friction and hinder integration.
Many European nations have also expressed deep disquiet about Turkey's response to the July coup attempt and the country's perceived slide towards authoritarianism under President Erdogan.
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A spokesman for the prime minister told the BBC the UK would ratify "as soon as possible", but did not suggest a date.
But Labour, the Lib Dems, SNP and the Greens say the UK has lost its long-term leadership on climate after the US and China jointly ratified the deal at the weekend.
They say there is no good reason for the UK to delay.
Labour warns that unless ministers start the ratification process right away they will attack the government's "failures" on climate policy in an opposition day Commons debate on Wednesday when a motion will call for immediate action.
It is supported by the Lib Dems, SNP and the Greens.
Some analysts believe ministers are delaying the process until they have their long-awaited low carbon plan in place.
This plan was due last year but postponed until late this year following the chancellor's sweeping cuts to subsidies for clean energy.
The Commons environmental audit committee last week warned that plans for expanding the use of electric cars were failing.
The government has not yet replaced its failed Green Deal scheme to insulate homes - a problem green groups say ministers appear unable to solve.
The opposition parties say they want a return to the long-term cross-party consensus on climate policy, which they say was ended by former chancellor George Osborne.
Labour's shadow climate change minister Barry Gardiner says he has offered an "olive branch" to Business Secretary Greg Clarke, who has previously expressed great concern for the climate.
Mr Gardiner says he will turn the opposition day debate into a co-operative policy exercise if Mr Clarke begins ratification beforehand.
Mr Gardiner told BBC News: "The normal procedure for domestic ratification would see the government issue a Command Paper, which would be discussed by a small committee of MPs.
"The government has not indicated it is ready to do this to allow the UK to be one of the founding parties to the agreement when it comes into force - most likely by the end of this year.
"We need to re-establish common ground on this vital issue. I am holding out an olive branch to the government.
"Their acceptance would be a welcome acknowledgement that climate change is not just one of the most important challenges we face but is one where all politicians must be seen to be working together."
Many observers at the Paris climate conference judged that former prime minister David Cameron's speech, urging collective action on climate change, was one of the finest - and the UK has played a long-term leadership role on climate change.
Liberal Democrat spokeswoman Lynne Featherstone told the BBC: "Now America and even China have ratified the Paris Agreement, Britain must move as swiftly as possible to sign.
"This is a hugely important example of where Britain should be working with our European partners to set an example for the rest of the world."
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