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The Local Government Association (LGA) wants internet service providers to surrender accurate data about speeds to resolve the issue.
It says current methods only give an estimate covering hundreds of houses.
These can "vary significantly" from the speeds that a particular household might receive, it added.
There is no one place that consumers could go to get accurate side-by-side estimates of the speed an individual address might enjoy, the LGA said in a statement.
The only way that consumers could find this out, it said, was to carry out their own speed tests via the websites of each internet service provider (ISP) offering them a service.
This process, it said, added unnecessary time and complications for consumers.
"The quality of digital connectivity can be markedly different from area to area with some households being able to access superfast broadband speeds whilst others can only achieve substantially less, said Mark Hawthorne, head of the LGA's People and Places board.
The LGA, which represents 370 councils in England and Wales, said regulator Ofcom should have the power to make ISPs hand over information about address-level speeds.
This data, it said, could be used to monitor the accuracy of speed predictions and be given to third-parties so they can provide live data on household speeds.
The issue of obtaining more accurate data about broadband speeds is part of the Digital Economy Bill which is due to get its second reading in Parliament on Tuesday. The LGA said it supported the text in the bill that handed Ofcom powers to find better data.
"Good digital connectivity is a vital element of everyday life for residents," said Mr Hawthorne.
Sebastien Lahtinen from the Think Broadband website said; "There is no question that more transparency about available speeds is good for consumers as it allows them to make informed decisions about providers."
Often, he said, speeds to postcodes could vary because cable broadband was available only down one side of a road or because houses were linked to different exchanges.
He said one other issue that might arise was whether a headline speed was fit for a consumer's particular needs.
For instance, said Mr Lahtinen, a line that can support 200 megabits per second (Mbps) but only for 80% of the day might not be right for everyone.
"For someone who relies on their broadband for working from home, this might well present problems and a stable 10Mbps service may be more suitable," he said, "It's not all about the fastest speed."
The Digital Economy Bill also features plans to include the introduction of a legal right to receive a minimum download speed and automatic compensation for customers if networks fail.
It also introduces tougher penalties for nuisance callers and will force porn sites to ensure only adults can view their content.
An unknown environmental trigger is thought to have caused two types of normally benign bacteria found in the antelopes' gut to turn deadly.
The animals die within hours of showing symptoms, which include depression, diarrhoea and frothing at the mouth.
Because it is calving season, entire herds of female antelope and their new-born calves have been wiped out.
"They get into respiratory problems, they can't breathe easily. They stop eating and are extremely depressed; the mothers die and then the calves are very distressed and then they die maybe one or two days later," said Richard Kock from the Royal Veterinary College in London.
Prof Kock spoke to the BBC's Science in Action programme after joining an international team in Kazakhstan studying the causes of the die-off.
The Saiga antelope is a species adapted to cope with the extremes of temperature found on the central Asian steppes of Kazakhstan. They are about the size of a large sheep and once roamed in their millions from Great Britain to northern China.
Populations have fallen repeatedly due to hunting, reaching a low of around 50,000 individuals after the fall of the Soviet Union. This rendered the species critically endangered.
Conservationists have made great progress with Saiga in recent years, due to international efforts to reduce poaching and monitor their populations.
This die-off is a severe setback to the conservation effort because it has wiped out four of the six calving herds in the largest remaining - and best protected - "Betpak-dala" population, in central Kazakhstan.
Steffen Zuther, head of the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan (ACBK), was monitoring calving in one of the herds containing thousands of affected animals.
"Over two days [in the herd I was studying] 80% of the calving population died," he told the BBC.
The whole herd then died within two weeks.
About 120,000 individual antelope have died, from a global population of approximately 250,000. Fortunately, mortality rates are now dropping, although the deaths continue in some populations.
"What we're seeing is sort of a perfect storm of different factors," Prof Kock explained.
Two different bacteria, pasteurelosis and clostridia, have been found in every dead animal studied. These bacteria are naturally found in the animals' respiratory and gut systems, so something must have reduced the immunity of the animals.
One possible trigger is climatic. This year a very cold winter was followed by a wet spring, and this may have affected the immune competence of the animals, making them more vulnerable to the bacteria.
This, or some other trigger, pushed the animals past a threshold at which the bacteria overcame Saiga immune defences and became deadly enough to transmit to their calves.
"There's no infectious disease that can work like this," said Prof Kock. He added that the wave of Saiga deaths was not unprecedented. "[This] die-off syndrome has occurred on a number of occasions."
In 1984, 2010 and 2012 there were massive die-offs, but none of these claimed such a massive proportion of the population.
Despite these huge losses, Saiga antelope are surprisingly well adapted to recover quickly from population crashes.
"Its strategy for survival is based on a high reproductive rate, so [the Saiga] produce triplets and have the highest foetal biomass of any mammal. It's built, in a sense, to recover from collapse," Prof Kock said.
The Saiga's natural habitat has dramatic temperature fluctuations. "In a very severe winter… you could lose 90% of the population."
But losing 100% percent of some populations within two weeks "doesn't make any sense" from a biological or evolutionary perspective, Prof Kock said.
Saiga antelope have been a conservation success story after recovering from their critical low in the 1990s. The animals now exist in five locations across central Asia, but all individuals affected by the sudden die-off are from the largest remaining Betpak-dala population in Kazakhstan.
This population consists of six major herds, of which four have been completely wiped out.
Steffen Zuther is going back into the field to investigate more remote populations. He hopes to identify what triggered this population collapse, so he can work to stop it happening again.
In both cases, the logins appear to have been stolen several years ago but only recently came to light.
The incident comes the same month it emerged that a four-year-old database containing more than 167 million LinkedIn IDs had been traded online.
One expert said it was "intriguing" all had emerged in such a short period.
Security researcher Troy Hunt also said millions of IDs from adult dating site Fling - which had been breached in 2011 - had been offered on a hacking forum at the start of the month.
"There's been some catalyst that has brought these breaches to light and to see them all fit this mould and appear in such a short period of time, I can't help but wonder if they're perhaps related," he blogged.
"Even if these events don't all correlate to the same source and we're merely looking at coincidental timing of releases, how many more are there in the 'mega' category that are simply sitting there in the clutches of various unknown parties?"
Of the two most recent leaks, MySpace is potentially more serious.
The touted list contains details for 360.2 million accounts, including email addresses and up to two linked passwords.
The passwords were stored in a modified form that was meant to protect them, but the technique used was relatively weak and it seems the vast majority have been cracked.
News site Motherboard has been in contact with one of the sites selling access to the list. It said of the five accounts it tested, all yielded the real passwords, suggesting the leak was real.
"We have invalidated all user passwords for the affected accounts created prior to June 11, 2013 on the old MySpace platform," the social network said in a statement.
"MySpace is also using automated tools to attempt to identify and block any suspicious activity that might occur on MySpace accounts.
"We have also reported the incident to law enforcement authorities and are cooperating to investigate and pursue this criminal act."
Despite the age of logins and decline in use of the social network, expert Mr Hunt said some users should still be concerned.
"It all comes back to whether they've been following good password practices or not," he told the BBC.
"If they've reused passwords across multiple services - and remember, these breaches date back several years so they need to recall their practices back then - then they may well have other accounts at risk too."
The Tumblr IDs come from a breach flagged by the Yahoo-owned blogging site on 12 May.
At the time it referred to the leak as a "set of Tumblr user email addresses with salted and hashed passwords from early 2013".
Mr Hunt's analysis indicates that more than 65 million accounts were affected, making it one of the largest data dumps of its kind.
The reference to "salted" means that the firm added random characters to the passwords before converting them into a string of digits and recording them to a database.
This makes it much harder to expose them.
Motherboard reported that a hacker, nicknamed Peace, had said the Tumblr dump amounted to "just a list of emails", and so was advertising it at a lower price than the MySpace and LinkedIn logins also offered for sale.
However, the addresses could still be useful to scammers as a basis for a phishing attack.
Mr Hunt's Have I Been Pwned site already provides a free way to check whether people's Tumblr, Fling or LinkedIn IDs are among those contained in the data dump.
The security researcher said he was also in the process of "finalising the load" to make it possible to search for affected MySpace accounts as well.
Officially, HM Revenue and Customs would only confirm that an operation is ongoing in the Newry area.
However, BBC News NI has been told that the operation began on Wednesday and centred on a property just outside Newry.
It is believed the property was searched on a previous occasion without anything untoward being found.
This time, however, HMRC investigators brought with them specialist metal-detecting equipment.
It is understood that two underground pipes were discovered apparently leading under a field to what the authorities believe is an illegal laundering plant.
Some 18,000 litres of suspected illicit fuel are believed to have been recovered.
This is the second suspected plant to be discovered in days, with one having been recovered in Cullyhanna earlier this week.
Stories coded according to the Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) initiative's guidelines appear in a dedicated carousel in the firm's search results.
It says this will help the public find pages that load "blazingly fast".
However, it is likely to disadvantage sites that opt not to take part.
Google's chief executive Sundar Pichai also told an audience in Paris that his firm would offer to defend news organisations against distributed denial of services attacks.
DDoS attacks involve a perpetrator flooding a site with traffic to knock it offline, and often involve hijacked PCs to bolster the assault's force.
The AMP project was first announced last October, at which point "dozens" of sites said they were taking part.
Google has revealed that the list has since expanded to more than 160 news providers across Europe.
In addition, it said, other news sites in the US, Brazil, Japan, Indonesia and Mexico were taking part, and there were plans to extend AMP further soon.
Blogging platform Wordpress has also enabled its users to have their pages automatically translated into AMP-enabled pages, which could swell numbers further.
AMP pages load on smartphones and tablets between four and 10 times faster than those made in traditional HTML.
Once a user has read an article, they can flick to the side to see another publication's take on the same topic.
Much of the Javascript code normally used with the webpages is absent, meaning loading the articles should also use less battery power.
Publishers can continue to use paywalls and tap into the same ad networks as before, but they will not be able to display some types of adverts including pop-ups and "sticky" images that move as users scroll down a page.
The effort acts as a disincentive to people who might otherwise have used ad-blockers to speed up loading times.
In addition, it helps Google deal with a threat from Facebook. The social network is promoting its own Instant Articles scheme, which makes third-party content appear more quickly by hosting it on Facebook's own servers.
The BBC is involved in both schemes.
"With over 65% of traffic to BBC News coming from mobiles or tablets, optimising this performance is crucial," said BBC executive Robin Pembrooke.
"Google AMP is another important step to help achieve this goal."
AMP is open source, meaning anyone can adopt the technology without having to seek Google's permission.
Because of the firm's dominance in search, organisations may feel compelled to join to avoid losing traffic.
Mr Pichai also invited independent news organisations to join Project Shield without charge.
This is a scheme originally launched in 2013 to offer select organisations the same DDoS protection used by Google itself.
It works by using a technology called a reverse proxy, which lets Google identify and stop "bad traffic" before it reaches the news organisations' computers.
To enable this, news organisations will have to let Google see the data flowing to their sites.
Google says it will use the information only to protect them and will delete raw traffic logs a fortnight after each is created.
DDoS attacks are an increasing threat to news sites. One attack briefly knocked the BBC's news site offline in December.
However, one expert suggested that bigger news organisations were likely to continue to manage their own security.
"Google's product doesn't offer the same level of customisation as commercial services, but its simplicity will be appreciated by smaller-scale organisations without specialist technical experts," said Dr Steven Murdoch from University College London.
"A potential side effect is that some countries might find it harder to censor the website without blocking all of Google's other services."
He added, however, that there was a risk that some legitimate users would be accidentally blocked.
Bannan is into its third series on BBC Alba and it is hoped that it could also make it onto BBC2 or BBC Four.
The deal with the international distributors DRG will help showcase the island abroad.
Bannan, which is based around the fictional village of Camus, is filmed in Tarskavaig in the south west of Skye.
It has emerged as BBC Alba's most popular series since the channel launched on Freeview in 2011.
John Tory won 40% of the vote, ahead of Doug Ford, whose brother Rob admitted problems with alcohol and crack cocaine use during his four years in office.
Rob Ford announced last month that he would not seek re-election as he undergoes treatment for a rare cancer.
However, he did win election to a council seat in the Etobicoke district.
"In four more years, you're going to see another example of the Ford family never, ever, ever giving up," he said, hinting at another run for mayor.
The results of the mayoral election were announced on Monday night after more than 90% of the votes had been counted.
Doug Ford congratulated Mr Tory on his victory and said he was proud of his brother.
"I still believe he's the best mayor ever," he said.
Earlier this year, Rob Ford began rehab for drugs and alcohol problems after a slew of newspaper reports and videos that depicted him under the influence.
In 2013, the mayor admitted he had smoked crack cocaine in a "drunken stupor".
He was stripped of many of his powers by the city council.
John Tory - 40%
Doug Ford - 34%
Olivia Chow - 23%
Researchers believe the sea birds could not get enough fish to eat after prolonged gale force winds brought in huge Atlantic swells.
They estimate that 5,000 birds have died as a result, which is about 25% of the puffin colony mostly found on Skomer and Skokholm islands.
Breeding has also been affected.
Experts who monitor the sea birds on the island were concerned after some 12,000 puffins were washed up dead in France after Pembrokeshire's birds went south for the winter months.
In spring this year, the team of field assistants and researchers involved in Skomer's long-term studies went to the island to find out how many of the islands' 20,000 puffins would return to breed.
Dr Matt Wood, lecturer of biology at the University of Gloucestershire, said: "We found that about a quarter of the birds that we would have expected to come back never returned - that's something like 5,000 puffins in Pembrokeshire that will have died over the course of the last winter.
"We have been following puffins on Skomer for about 40 years and we have never seen anything like this before."
The researchers have also found that the puffins - which mate for life - are breeding unusually late this year.
Their chicks are hatching weeks later than normal and are being fed at only a third of the rate of 2013.
Stephen Sutcliffe, Skomer's warden from 1985 to 1994, admitted the situation was bad.
But he said the puffin numbers would probably recover - unless more extreme gales hit this winter or in the next four to five years.
"We have to be concerned," he said.
"These severe weather events could have a significant effect over a number of years.
"But I'm not unduly worried because sea birds are very resilient and we know from previous events, like the Sea Empress oil disaster, that they do bounce back pretty quickly.
"They only need to reproduce themselves once every 20 years."
Meanwhile, the waters around Skomer have been designated as Wales' first Marine Conservation Zone.
The island is already protected as the nation's only Marine Nature Reserve.
The conservation zone will not affect current levels of protection for the area but new zones could be established elsewhere.
Plans to create 10 marine conservation zones around the Welsh coast were dropped in 2013 amid concern from seafarers and the fishing industry that they could be banned from those areas.
Marine Conservation Zones are replacing Marine Nature Reserves across the UK under the 2009 Marine and Coastal Access Act.
Kainos will invest £900,000 as part of a fundraising round of £3.5m, led by existing shareholder Kernel Capital.
Cirdan Imaging, which is also based in Belfast, has a customer base in the US, Canada, Australia and the Middle East.
Kainos envisages that Cirdan Imaging could become an important reseller of its Evolve healthcare software in those territories.
As part of the dealt, Cirdan Imaging has entered into a five-year licensing agreement for Evolve software.
Brendan Mooney, the chief executive of Kainos, said the new relationship will "open doors for both businesses, creating interesting new growth opportunities".
Cirdan Imaging was founded by Dr Hugh Cormican in 2010.
Dr Cormican was also a founder of the Andor Technology firm that makes high-performance digital cameras for use in scientific research.
He said the investment in Cirdan Imaging would be used to strengthen its laboratory information software product and grow its customer base.
Former Labour foreign secretary Lord Owen told the BBC's Newsnight critics of Jeremy Corbyn should "fight like hell" for the next two years but that creating a new party was an option.
Baroness Williams said she saw a new party of the centre-left party reviving "the concept of the SDP".
She said Mr Corbyn was "an idealist" being "manipulated" by others.
Two of the so-called "Gang of Four" former Labour MPs who set up the Social Democratic Party in 1981 have been talking to Newsnight ahead of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the party.
Lord Owen, who served in Jim Callaghan's Cabinet before leading the SDP-Liberal Alliance, told the programme that Labour MPs opposed to Jeremy Corbyn should remain where they are for the timing being and fight for their values.
"For at least two years fight like hell I would say," he said. "I wouldn't contemplate a new party until the end of 2017."
But he said what the SDP stood for and achieved was still relevant four decades later.
"Labour MPs are thinking about creating a new party. Why? Because they see you can do it; It may not have succeeded in every aspect but that's an option open to them. So the SDP did not die in vain, it planted many new ideas into British politics."
Baroness Williams, who later became Lib Dem Leader in the House of Lords, also told the programme she thought the exact same people who made her feel compelled to leave Labour in 1981 had returned to the party under Mr Corbyn's leadership.
"I think he [Corbyn] is like Michael Foot's son - a kind of idealist - who is I think being manoeuvred and I think manipulated by exactly the same people as I couldn't stand but who are not visible in the same way."
She added: "I think the one way we get out of the mess at the moment is the SDP concept struggling back and becoming eventually there will be a new party of the centre left."
Former Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley advised Labour centrists not to emulate the Gang of Four's example and to stay within the party and fight, as he did in the early 1980s. But he acknowledged that Labour's situation is "now is worse than the 1980s".
"I think our chances of getting back are still there and we will get back but it will take longer," he said. "I think it's more difficult for a number of reasons; I think the leader is less susceptible to reason than Michael Foot was, he was a sensible and mature politician although of the left.
"I think the trade unions are in a different position to what where they were in 1979 and 1983. But somebody has got to carry on the fight and must carry it on internally not externally. The lesson of the Gang of Four is you don't win by leaving you win by staying and fighting."
The Dandelion Project said the mayor would be "symbolic" but the election would be a study in democracy.
Marc Winn, founder of the project, said he wants to see if island-wide electronic voting can work.
Chief Minister Jonathan Le Tocq said it was an interesting concept and he was in favour of engaging more people in politics.
However, he said a mayor would not solve the question of how Guernsey should be governed.
"We are not going to please everyone, there is not a utopia out there but there is a journey and the more people on the journey the better it is for everyone," he said.
Guernsey's parliament, the States of Deliberation, is made up of 47 representatives, elected as people's deputies, in multi-member districts, and two representatives of the States of Alderney.
Mr Winn said the successful candidate would have no power, but it could show that island-wide voting was feasible.
He said: "We could be testing an electronic voting system for island wide voting, which the population wants but the government can't work out how to achieve."
The Dandelion Project was launched with the goal of making Guernsey "the best place to live on earth by 2020".
Mr Winn said it had been set up to bring islanders with a range of skills together to work to improve conditions for everyone.
The blue rock thrush was first spotted in a garden in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, just before Christmas.
Since then Fisher Close has been invaded by birdwatchers, who have donated "well over" £2,000 to a local charity to make up for the disruption.
Karen Pengilley, of Kate's Home Nursing, said: "It went a bit mad but it was just such a lucky opportunity."
The last confirmed sighting of the starling-size bird on British soil was in 2007.
Richard Baatsen, county bird recorder for Gloucestershire, said it was "potentially" only the third time the bird had been seen in the UK.
"There's a lot of interest generated by a bird of that sort of calibre," he said.
"And with social media, it just went straight out and all these crowds turned up straight away."
Despite being "taken aback" by the level of interest, the owner of the house where the bird was spotted was advised to wave a charity bucket at birdwatchers.
"Luckily a couple of our fundraisers were available to go along to where the bird had been spotted with some buckets," said Ms Pengilley, from the end-of-life care charity.
"But they very quickly realised they couldn't cope with the number of people there and the number of donations."
After drafting in more help and offering coffee, bacon sandwiches and cake to hungry twitchers, they managed to raise more than £2,000.
"Day after day more and more people came along and visited the bird and donated," she said.
"It's incredible; it's such an unassuming little bird but it will pay for a good week's nursing."
With food and shelter readily available, the rare visitor is expected to remain in the area until the spring.
It is hoped it will stop people starting long-term sick leave and get people who are already signed-off back to worker sooner.
The project will target issues such as musculoskeletal problems, mental health and drug and alcohol problems.
It will run in Conwy, Gwynedd, Denbighshire, Anglesey, Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.
Some £3.2m of the money comes from the European Union and people can access help via their GP, employer or refer themselves.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said: "It will provide rapid access to early, work-focused interventions, including physiotherapy, psychological therapies and occupational therapy."
The project is for people working in small and medium-sized businesses in the private and charitable sectors, which lack access to occupational health services.
The court decided that MPs must have a say on starting the formal process of Brexit via an act of parliament.
However, they also rejected arguments from the Lord Advocate that devolved administrations should also have a say.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to hold a Holyrood vote on the matter regardless of the ruling.
She said there remained a "clear political obligation" on the UK government to consult devolved administrations, adding that "it is becoming clearer by the day that Scotland's voice is simply not being heard or listened to within the UK".
Ministers wanted to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, the formal process for leaving the European Union, without consulting the Westminster parliament.
Campaigners disputed this, saying the referendum result alone does not give ministers the power to change the British constitution and supersede legislation.
The Supreme Court justices backed the challenge by eight votes to three, with President Lord Neuberger summarising their ruling as: "The Government cannot trigger Article 50 without an Act of Parliament authorising it to do so."
With Jeremy Corbyn pledging the support of Labour MPs to backing the government on Article 50, the defeat in court is not expected to derail the Brexit process, although it could pose complications.
The SNP have vowed to vote against invoking Article 50 if it does go to a vote at Westminster, while the Lib Dems have said they will oppose it unless there is a referendum on the final Brexit deal.
Today's Supreme Court ruling delineates precisely where formal, statutory power lies on the issue of reshaping Britain's relationship with the EU.
Europe, as an issue, is reserved to Westminster along with foreign affairs more generally.
It falls to the UK Parliament to implement the expressed popular will of the UK as a whole.
Quite right, say supporters of the Union, advising Nicola Sturgeon to fall into step. Which brings us back to the fundamental issue in Scottish politics.
Ms Sturgeon does not accept a UK mandate but rather seeks the power to implement an independent Scottish mandate.
Two competing options, then. It seems now very likely - perhaps indeed "all but inevitable" - that the people of Scotland will be asked, once more, which constitutional arrangement they favour.
Read more from Brian here.
Meanwhile, the Scottish government was also represented in the Supreme Court case, with Lord Advocate James Wolffe arguing Holyrood's consent should also be sought due to the "significant changes" Brexit would have on devolved powers.
Lawyers for the UK government rejected this, saying the argument was "fatally undermined" by the fact that powers over foreign affairs are reserved to Westminster.
The judges unanimously rejected Mr Wolffe's arguments, saying that the principle of legislative consent "does not give rise to a legally enforceable obligation".
They said the Sewel Convention, which provides that Holyrood should be consulted where Westminster legislation cuts across devolved areas, plays "an important role in the operation of the UK constitution", but is not a matter for the courts.
They added: "The devolved legislatures do not have a veto on the UK's decision to withdraw from the EU."
The SNP welcomed the ruling in relation to the Westminster vote, with the party's international affairs spokesman Alex Salmond pledging to introduce 50 amendments to the Article 50 legislation as it passes through parliament.
Later in the day, Ms Sturgeon will convene a meeting of her Standing Council on Europe, a team of legal, economic and diplomatic advisors.
Also in attendance will be External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop, Brexit minister Mike Russell and Europe minister Alasdair Allan.
The first minister, who has said a second Scottish independence referendum is "undoubtedly" closer due to Theresa May's Brexit plans, declared her intention to hold a Holyrood vote on Article 50 regardless of the ruling of the court.
She said: "We are obviously disappointed with the Supreme Court's ruling in respect of the devolved administrations and the legal enforceability of the Sewel Convention.
"It is now crystal clear that the promises made to Scotland by the UK government about the Sewel Convention and the importance of embedding it in statute were not worth the paper they were written on.
"Although the court has concluded that the UK government is not legally obliged to consult the devolved administrations, there remains a clear political obligation to do so.
"The Scottish government will bring forward a Legislative Consent Motion and ensure that the Scottish Parliament has the opportunity to vote on whether or not it consents to the triggering of Article 50."
Ms Sturgeon also said the ruling raises "fundamental issues above and beyond that of EU membership", saying it was "becoming ever clearer" that Scots face a fresh choice over independence.
The Scottish Conservatives called on the SNP to stop trying to "hold the UK to ransom" over Brexit.
Leader Ruth Davidson said: "Whatever side people were on last year, Scotland wants to get on with the negotiations so we can start to leave the uncertainty of the last few years behind us.
"We have all had enough of the nationalists using every diversionary tactic they can to try to use Brexit to manufacture a case for separation.
"The SNP needs to decide: does it want Britain's renegotiation to succeed or fail? If it is the former, it needs to end the attempts to sow division and add to the uncertainty we face, and instead get behind the UK attempt to get the right deal for the whole UK."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said her party would "continue to work with the Scottish government to get the best deal for Scotland within the UK".
She added: "Both the SNP and the Conservatives are casting about for an expedient political position rather than working in the national interest. Unity cannot be achieved by a politics that sees one half of the country constantly facing off against the other.
"We are divided enough already. That's why there will be no support from Scottish Labour for any SNP plan for a second independence referendum."
Scottish Green co-convener Patrick Harvie said the ruling showed Scotland is "not an equal partner in the UK", saying it was "hard to see any other option" than a second independence referendum.
And Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said the case presented "a huge opportunity" for a referendum on the final Brexit deal.
Mathew Martoma was found guilty of conspiracy and securities fraud for his part in a scheme that made SAC $275m (£169m) in profits and avoided losses.
Prosecutors in New York called it the most lucrative insider trading scheme in history.
SAC paid out a total of $1.8bn last year to settle related charges.
Mr Cohen, who founded SAC in 1992, has not himself been charged with any wrongdoing.
But he faces civil action from US regulators who say he failed to supervise Martoma and a fellow trader properly, allowing them to conduct insider deals. He disputes the allegations.
Prosecutors outlined how Martoma cultivated relationships with doctors involved in the trials of a new Alzheimer's drug.
Two doctors confessed to telling him the results of the trials in advance, allowing SAC to "short" the stocks of the two research companies involved.
This delivered massive profits when the share price fell on the publication of the trial data, and earned Martoma himself a $9m bonus.
The conviction is being seen as yet another success for New York federal prosecutors, who have secured a total of 79 guilty pleas or verdicts relating to insider trading since 2009.
Martoma's conviction is the eighth involving current or former employees of SAC, which was once an unrivalled hedge fund presence on Wall Street.
His lawyers said he planned to appeal against the conviction, which could see him face up to 45 years in prison.
Edward Huxley, 70, of Cookham, Berkshire, had denied two counts of indecent assault in a trial at Mold Crown Court which began in April.
Four other men have already been convicted and another has been cleared. The jury has now retired for the day as it considers verdicts on a seventh man.
Boys were assaulted at sex parties, the trial was told.
Former police officer Huxley, 70, who at the time worked as a civil servant at Wrexham Barracks, has been convicted of charges of indecent assault on the main complainant.
The men were arrested as part of the Operation Pallial investigation into historical abuse across north Wales.
The bus, carrying pupils from Hungary, collided with a roadside column as it exited the A4 motorway near Verona late on Friday.
Italy's national fire service said that another 39 people had been injured.
The bus was returning to Budapest from France, where the pupils had been on a mountain holiday.
Italian news agency Ansa said a number of the pupils, who were mainly boys aged between 14 and 18, were thrown out of the vehicle when it collided with the pylon.
It is not known why the bus left the road.
Others were trapped inside the bus when it caught fire, Ansa said. Ten of those in hospital are seriously hurt, it said.
Ansa quoted Judit Timaffy, Hungary's consul-general in Milan, as saying a number of the pupils were saved by a sports teacher, who returned to the middle of the fire to drag them out. The teacher suffered burns as a result, she said.
The death toll is not expected to increase, the fire service added.
Although I disagree with a lot of what Piers Morgan says on social media, I was in strong agreement with his tweets last week about the mentality of settling for a silver or bronze medal and celebrating like it was a gold.
I think it comes down to the individual and whether they are reaching for the very top to get the ultimate prize, or are satisfied with coming second or third.
As a top-level sportswoman, I have my own experiences of the difference between all three, having won a bronze at the 2015 World Cup and a silver at the European Championship in 2009, and also winning last season's Women's Super League and FA Women's Cup.
All of those medals felt fantastic but I would make no secret of the fact that the two I won with Chelsea felt the best - because we won.
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I understand that every athlete has their own journey and challenges to overcome that may mean that they see silver or bronze as a 'win' for them but personally I would like to think that they all want to strive to be the best.
When you look at the athletes at the very top of their respective sports, you can see how relentless they are in their pursuit of winning.
Swimming legend Michael Phelps is a great example of this, because after winning his 23rd Olympic gold medal at these Games, he clearly does not settle for anything less.
So I understand Morgan's point that Team GB needs that mentality too, or gold would not have been the benchmark in Brazil or for our next generation of athletes.
Thankfully, Team GB are now sitting nicely in second place in the medals table, with cycling superstars Laura Trott and Jason Kenny collecting five golds between them in Rio. They have 10 in total, which is a fantastic achievement.
The same principle applies at the top of the Premier League too, where some clubs seem to see finishing second, third or fourth as a "win".
The main reason I think Manchester United will win the title this season is because they have signed proven winners like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba and finishing first is all that matters to their manager Jose Mourinho too.
Mourinho knows how to achieve it because he has done it so many times before. I believe his winning experience in the Premier League will be the defining difference between him and Pep Guardiola this season, although it is a difficult one to call.
I saw a quote recently from tennis world number one Serena Williams about how she hates losing more than she loves winning, and I can definitely relate to that.
Sometimes the fear of losing acts as a motivator for me to do all that I can - within the rules - to win and when you have that kind of desire it is not always easy to deal with defeat.
I saw that this week with one of my former team-mates, United States goalkeeper Hope Solo, after her side were knocked out of the Olympic tournament on penalties by Sweden in the quarter-finals.
Hope already has two Olympic gold medals and is the most decorated goalkeeper, male or female, playing in the world.
She is a serial winner and one of the reasons she has had the career she has is that she is one of the best winners - and worst losers - that I know.
Hope is known for being outspoken too, and I think her criticism of Sweden after the game - referring to them as "cowards" because of their tactics - was regrettable to say the least.
Part of the reason she said what she did was because of when she was interviewed. I am not defending or excusing her but I do appreciate how difficult it must have been to speak straight after a high intensity, highly emotional match.
But I think her comments represent someone who was so driven by her desire to win that it was difficult to be gracious in defeat too. I guess not everyone can be a serial winner and gracious loser all at the same time.
Another indication of that were her delaying tactics during the shoot-out against Sweden, when she changed her gloves just before Lisa Dahlkvist scored the decisive penalty.
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Many people saw it as unsporting behaviour but I believe that if Dahlkvist had missed after having to wait so long to take her penalty, then Solo would have been applauded for her tactics.
By distracting her opponent, she was doing whatever it took within the rules to win and although I commend and endorse sporting behaviour, I also know that winning at the elite level doesn't always involve niceties.
Sweden also beat Brazil on penalties in their semi-final and will play Germany in the Olympic final.
I am hoping my team-mate at Chelsea, Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl, will bring home the gold, and she is another player who I know wants nothing less.
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As I have written in previous columns, it is a huge shame that politics meant the Great Britain men's and women's football teams were not at Rio 2016. I just hope that situation can be resolved in time for the Tokyo games in 2020.
I felt pretty jealous of all the athletes seeing all their smiles at the opening ceremony in Brazil but it has been great to be watching as much of the Olympics as I can.
I have been really inspired by all the inspiring athletes and their life stories, like the Brazilian judo gold medallist Rafaela Silva who has gone from a favela to the top of the podium after facing a lot of racism in her career.
Then you have the Muslim women who played beach volleyball wearing hijabs, representing a diversity and acceptance in sport that needs to be celebrated and which we cannot take for granted.
My favourite Olympic winning story so far though is seeing the 74-year-old female veteran coach Anna Botha beaming with joy and pride after seeing South African Wayde van Niekerk break the world record and win a gold medal in the 400m. What an incredible story for women in sport of all ages.
The Women's Super League season resumes at the end of August and although we have not had any games recently in the last few weeks, I have been really enjoying training with Chelsea and look forward to what is now the business end of the season with six league games to go.
A lot of our other players are away on international duty at the moment so I have been able to do more individual work - a lot of shooting and finishing - and the coaches have more one to one time to coach me individually.
I was not selected for the latest England squad for their training camp this week but I am very happy with the way I am performing.
I am currently the top-scoring English striker in the WSL with seven goals in all competitions and I hope to keep scoring and assisting goals and performing well to help Chelsea to win our remaining league games.
Like all the gold-winning Olympians, winning the league and retaining our FA WSL trophy is what I have in mind - I am not targeting second place.
England and Chelsea forward Eniola Aluko was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
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Allardyce, 61, has signed an initial two-year contract after the FA agreed compensation with Sunderland.
Manchester United striker Rooney, England's all-time leading goalscorer, was part of the squad knocked out of Euro 2016 by Iceland in June.
"He will probably bring a different way of playing to England," he said.
"Hopefully it's a good way and we can be successful under him."
The 30-year-old said he had no intention of retiring from international football.
"Am I going to carry on?" said Rooney, who has scored 53 times for England in 115 appearances. "It was asked of me after the Euros, but yes, I'll be there."
The former Everton striker was speaking during United's pre-season tour of China, which they started with a 4-1 defeat by Borussia Dortmund.
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William Allright, three, had been helping his father sweep the backyard of their home in Great Yarmouth when he picked up the syringe.
His father Stephen believes drug users who use a nearby alley dumped it there.
Residents raised £1,000 to put up gates but the council removed them saying the alley was a right of way.
The needle incident happened in the back garden of the Embassy Hotel where the family is living.
Residents are now fighting to get the alley closed off officially to stop it happening again.
Mr Allright said: "When you see your child at such a young age with a needle in his hand you wonder where on earth he got it from.
"You find yourself worried to death."
The boy has had a hepatitis B vaccination and is on antibiotics after a visit to hospital.
He now faces six months of further tests until he is cleared of any infection concerns, his father said.
In a statement, Great Yarmouth Borough Council said the situation was under constant review and it encouraged businesses in the area to keep reporting incidents.
Steven Mathieson stabbed escort Luciana Maurer a total of 44 times on 4 December while his partner was on a night out, and while his four-year-old son slept next door.
The 38-year-old then abducted and raped two other escorts near the body.
Mathieson pleaded guilty to rape and murder charges at the High Court and will be sentenced at a later date.
He was caught after the two women he had abducted, aged 26 and 22, escaped from the Springfield Drive house naked and sought help from neighbours, who called police.
Mathieson himself then called the emergency services, telling the 999 operator: "I've been high on drugs and I've killed a prostitute."
The High Court in Glasgow heard that the car salesman had spent a normal day out Christmas shopping with his family and going for a meal with his children, while his partner of 10 years went on a works night out.
However, having dropped one of his children off at his gran's and putting his younger son to bed, Mathieson got his phone and arranged for an escort to come to the house.
Romanian-born Ms Maurer, who had moved to Scotland from London a few days earlier, arrived at the house at about 23:00.
Mathieson, who was high on cocaine, stabbed her 44 times, before sending a text to his partner simply reading "sorry".
Two more escorts Mathieson had phoned for then arrived at the house, and found him sitting calmly on the sofa. He led the pair upstairs to the bedroom, where they saw Ms Maurer's body lying on the bed.
Mathieson grabbed two knives from a drawer and blocked the door, demanding the women surrender their mobile phones and strip naked.
He raped both of them in the bedroom, before repeating the act downstairs in the living room, telling them: "I've done this to show my wife something."
When he went to the window, thinking his partner had returned, the women ran for the door.
Mathieson gave chase, striking one of them on the leg with the knife. Still naked, his victims made it to a nearby flat where they called for help.
Mathieson himself dialled 999 and told the operator: "I've been high on drugs and I've killed a prostitute.
"Tell the officers I am not aggressive. I'm sitting on the couch. I had two other girls, but I've let them go."
Officers attended and found Mathieson in the living room. He got down on his knees and held out his hands to be arrested.
His partner arrived home at 02:00, and was described as being "hysterical" when she discovered the police presence.
Det Insp Dave Pinkney, from Police Scotland's major investigation team, said: "The incidents that took place within the property in Springfield Drive led to the death of one woman and left two other females traumatised and extremely distressed having been the victims of serious sexual assaults.
"I would like to thank the victims and the family of Luciana Maurer for their courage and assistance during the course of this investigation.
"While nothing can undo the pain Steven Mathieson's actions have caused, they can take some solace in his conviction as we await his sentence."
Local area commander Ch Insp Mandy Paterson added: "The murder and subsequent police activity impacted greatly on the community at the time.
"This early guilty plea will be welcome news for those who have been affected locally and beyond."
Mathieson will be sentenced on 7 May at the High Court in Livingston.
South African pair Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw are currently with Hampshire on Kolpak deals along with West Indian fast bowler Fidel Edwards.
"We've developed a side which has a combination of mature players and home-grown players," Bransgrove said.
Abbott and Rossouw are on four and three-year contracts respectively.
"There's a financial implication to having more than two Kolpak players," Bransgrove told BBC Radio Solent.
"The primary consideration must be to get the right balance in the squad to develop young players and win things."
The Kolpak ruling allows sportsmen from countries with associate trade agreements with the European Union the same right to free movement as EU citizens without being classed as 'foreigners'.
However, in cricket, Kolpak contracts render a player ineligible to represent their country at international level.
"You have to have role models in the team for younger up and coming players, which is what helps them grow into the kind of players that Liam Dawson and James Vince have for us," Bransgrove said.
"I won't have any hesitation about whether it (the role model) was a Kolpak player or English, I think it's totally irrelevant."
Right-arm paceman Abbott, 30, has taken 40 County Championship wickets so far this season to help Hampshire to third place in Division One after nine games.
Only fellow countryman and Kolpak player Simon Harmer has more, having claimed 47 wickets for current leaders Essex.
Belle Vue Nursing Home was judged to be "inadequate" by the health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after an unannounced inspection in May.
It was ordered to improve but, after further complaints, was visited again in June and found to be "inadequate".
If it does not improve steps will be taken to close it down, the CQC said.
At the time of the latest inspection, the home - which has three units - was caring for 60 people with dementia and young disabled adults.
It was told that failing to report deaths and serious injuries was a breach of CQC rules.
Staff then began sending notifications to the CQC, which concluded: "We identified occasions when people had died unexpectedly or been injured.
"We were concerned that the information indicated that the home may have neglected people's care and treatment needs."
Inspectors also found residents' weights were not being monitored, running the risk of them becoming malnourished.
The CQC also found medication was not being administered "in line with prescriptions".
Its report concluded that if the home was found to be inadequate when next inspected, steps would be taken to prevent it "operating".
When the two sides met at Molineux on 1 November 2014, Wolves were the top-six Championship club and Blues were languishing 23rd in the table, 15 points behind.
They will be separated by nine points going into this weekend. But it is Blues up there in sixth, and Wolves in 15th.
Admittedly, it does not always go to plan. Rowett's side even got as high as second until their unbeaten Championship away record was ended on Saturday, by a Hull side managed by former Blues boss Steve Bruce.
But, after years of instability off the pitch under the ownership of Carson Yeung, Birmingham now have their dressing room in the calming hands of one of English football's most respected young managers.
It was on Monday, 27 October 2014 that Rowett, 41, left Burton Albion to become the new manager of Birmingham City, a club with which he had had spent two years as a player under Trevor Francis from 1998 to 2000.
His appointment came a week after the sacking of Lee Clark and just two days after Blues, under the caretaker management of Malcolm Crosby, had suffered their worst-ever home defeat - 8-0 by a Bournemouth side that went on to win the league.
Rowett's first game in charge was against West Midlands neighbours Wolves, who only needed a point to go top of the Championship for a couple of hours at least.
Wolves got it, but Blues were the moral victors. The immediate impact of new centre-back Michael Morrison, Rowett's first signing, helped his side hold their hosts to a goalless draw. And the contrast between the two local rivals since is marked.
Wolves, within a month of that draw, had lost five games in a row, ending their automatic promotion hopes.
They were to miss the play-offs on goal difference, before their best player, Bakary Sako, moved to Crystal Palace for nothing as his contract had expired.
They also then offloaded their most experienced central defender Richard Stearman to Fulham before being hit by the loss for the season of injured striker Nouha Dicko.
Wolves did manage to hang on to prize asset Benik Afobe prior to the August transfer deadline, but Kenny Jackett's side lie 15th in the Championship after three straight defeats.
And their chairman Steve Morgan has put the club up for sale.
Blues, by way of contrast, lost just twice in 14 league games, climbing to 10th by the end of last season - their highest finish since making the play-offs under Chris Hughton, a year after relegation from the Premier League.
The club has officially been open to takeover offers ever since the day of their play-off second-leg fixture with Blackpool in May 2012. Yet, when Bournemouth made a string of bids rising to £5m for winger Demarai Gray in January, Blues held firm.
Gray hit the winner when Blues beat Wolves 2-1 in their last meeting at St Andrew's on 11 April - and, after their great start to 2015-16, Blues go into Saturday's derby in a play-off position.
Rowett had gained two and a half years' experience in his first job as manager of Burton Albion before being linked with other, bigger clubs. So why did he choose Birmingham City when the opportunity arose to return to the club he had represented as a player?
"I went to meet Blackpool and turned that opportunity down as I didn't feel as though the structure was there for me to succeed," he said.
"I'd heard one or two rumours that something might happen with Blues because of their form and I always thought that, if that came up, it was one I'd be seriously interested in.
"The first game at Wolves was a big one - to get a clean sheet and change that whole mentality. But the first home game, when we beat Watford and Clayton Donaldson got the winner, that was special. I remember saying at the time that, if someone had sacked me the following day, it would all have been worthwhile just to feel the atmosphere at St Andrew's that night."
Rowett's best signing to date has been his first - centre-half Morrison from Charlton Athletic, who signed in his first week in charge, initially on loan.
Having helped keep a clean sheet on his debut, he has carried on proving a cornerstone of Blues' defence.
The City manager's subsequent dealings have been aimed at overseas players - largely on grounds of greater economy.
Dutch midfielder Maikel Kieftenbeld has proved the best of his summer dealings. "I thought he'd be a good player. He's turned out to be even better than I thought," said Rowett.
"We don't want to bring in lots and lots of foreign players. But, in the financial situation we're in, we have to look at how we can get more than we can in the UK sometimes.
"There's two or three areas in the team that we would strengthen if we could. We are in a position that we may be able to bring in one or two new players in January, if we continue to do well."
"Yes, I deliver the final message but the strength behind me is them, as they are doing most of the work," added Rowett.
"It's not just the lads that have come in with me - Kev Summerfield (assistant manager), Kevin Poole (goalkeeping coach), Mark Sale (first-team coach), Darren Robinson (head of performance). There are other great people working at the training ground. There are some 13 or 14 backroom staff who work incredibly hard. Without people like them, any Championship manager would struggle.
"Kevin Poole had been travelling for seven years from Bromsgrove to Burton every day and we used to laugh at him. 'Feeling stiff, Kev?' Now he's laughing all the way to the training ground (at Wast Hills, near Kings Norton, on the south side of Birmingham). He's only got about 10 minutes to drive now and we've got an hour and a half."
Richard Wilford, Birmingham City reporter, BBC WM 95.6: "Gary Rowett has embraced the local media with wit, honesty and intelligence.
"He understood that he needed help to re-connect the club with a supporter-base increasingly fed up with the off-field issues that appeared to see their hard-earned cash being swept into unknown coffers in China and Hong Kong.
"Blues won only two home games in the full calendar year at the tail-end of Lee Clark's time in charge, a record Rowett remedied almost overnight. St Andrew's may not yet be a fortress, but the home fans now gather with a sense of anticipation rather than foreboding.
"And he has turned around many individual members of the squad who had grown disillusioned and disheartened by events at the club - players such as Stephen Gleeson, Andy Shinnie and Jonathan Grounds among the beneficiaries.
"Rowett's recent appearance on BBC WM's Football Phone-In drew plaudits from supporters, even from fans of other Midlands clubs. And, for as long as his openness is backed up with results, he is an increasingly hot property for teams with larger budgets and urgent aspirations."
The short answer is: "Yes." Africa has been adversely affected, although not so much as to snuff out the real improvement over the past two decades.
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is, according to IMF projections, slowing to 3.8% this year, the slowest since 1999. Slower, in other words than during the global financial crisis.
That projection, released in October, is also down from the 4.4% the IMF published just three months earlier.
It is still, however, faster than the increase in population. So economic activity per person, which is a rough, if flawed indicator of average living standards, is still rising.
In all but 10 of the 45 individual African countries, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is likely to rise this year.
And next year, the IMF forecasts, Africa will regain a bit more momentum, with growth of 4.3%.
In the 11 years after the turn of the century, the economy of sub-Saharan Africa doubled in size.
In 1993, GDP per person was about the same as in 1970. By 2010, it was 50% higher.
China was an important factor, though it can't claim all the credit. There were real improvements in political stability and economic policy in Africa, although some analysis suggests progress in this area may have stalled since the financial crisis.
And China emerged as a major source of finance for investment in new commodity extraction and helped boost the international market price for African exports.
The consultants McKinsey estimated a quarter of Africa's economic growth between 2002 and 2007 came from energy, metals and other natural resources. There was a further indirect contribution in the shape of government spending financed by revenue from taxes on resource industries.
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The BBC is running a series of pieces about China's role in Africa ahead of the China-Africa summit on 4-5 December in South Africa.
In the first decade of the century, base metal and energy prices gained by more than 160%, according to the World Bank. For precious metals, the rise was above 300%, and for agricultural commodities over 100%. Chinese demand for commodities was a key force behind these rising prices.
New projects with high costs or in inaccessible locations were made more profitable.
But now, the commodity price boom is over. Oil, copper, and aluminium have all fallen by about half from the peaks they reached in the past few years. Iron ore has fallen even more. And these are all important exports for a number of African countries.
To take one example, the international commodities producer and trader Glencore has decided to suspend production at copper mines in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
And China's slowing growth and its shift towards service industries is a central part of the explanation.
The IMF says oil exporters are facing a formidable adverse shock. The big ones are Nigeria and Angola, and they generally get half of government revenues from oil-related activities.
The lower oil price will probably lead to investment in new oil production capacity being postponed. The IMF suggests this is especially likely in East Africa.
Africa's biggest oil producers are indeed seeing slower growth this year - Nigeria 4% after 6.3% last year, and Angola 3.5% compared with 4.8% in 2014.
Strong supply from oil cartel Opec countries and from North American shale oil is perhaps the key force driving prices down. But cooling demand for oil from China is probably also involved.
Exporters of other commodities account for 40% of population and economic activity of sub-Saharan Africa. They too will be affected by the decline in prices, but the IMF says the impact will be less than on the oil exporters and they will also get some benefit from cheaper oil.
It will enable them to reduce spending on fuel subsidies - or if the lower price is passed on to users, there should be a boost to consumer spending.
All the same, the World Bank is concerned about the impact. It said earlier this year: "Revenue dependence on the commodity sector remains high."
And if governments scaled back on social services and infrastructure, "gains in poverty reduction could be lost and prospects for future growth could be damaged by growing infrastructure deficiencies and bottlenecks".
Zambia's central bank raised interest rates sharply a couple of weeks ago, up to 15.5%, to curb the inflation that had resulted from a weakening currency, which was in turn down to the decline in the price of the country's copper exports.
The economic growth expected in Africa in the next few years is perhaps a bit of a disappointment after the first decade of the century. Faster growth would do more to ease the continent's persistent poverty problem.
But even so, it is a very different and brighter prospect than what Africa went through in the 1980s.
However, while it's 'as you were' at the top of the tables, the Football League still threw up it's fair share of talking points this week.
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It's fair to say Massimo Cellino's time as Leeds United owner has been eventful.
The Italian has (amongst other things):
With all that in mind it's understandable that a few of the fans have grown somewhat disgruntled with the former Cagliari owner.
Last month a section of supporters projected images on to the side of one of the stands calling for Cellino to leave and today they took to the streets outside Elland Road to stage a mock funeral for their club.
The protests may have been in questionable taste, and were met with derision by a number of Leeds fans, but the players didn't let that bother them as they beat lowly Bolton 2-1.
There's not much Accrington manager John Coleman hasn't seen in his 46 years as a player and manager.
But this afternoon there was a first, even for Coleman.
With Stanley on the attack just before half-time at AFC Wimbledon, Billy Kee turned in the box and shot, finding the bottom corner.
As he did so, referee Trevor Kettle blew the whistle for half-time and disallowed the goal, evoking memories of Welsh referee Clive Thomas ruling out Zico's effort for Brazil against Sweden at the 1978 World Cup because he had blown the full-time whistle.
Cue protests from the Accrington players - and cheers from the Dons fans.
"I've never seen anything like it happen in all my years playing and managing," Coleman told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"He blew as the ball was on its way into the net: he said it was before. You can't account for that. Everyone in the ground is flabbergasted."
Accrington later had goalkeeper Ross Etheridge sent off but held on for a goalless draw against their League Two play-off rivals.
The Championship's bottom side Bolton might have slipped to another defeat but it was a good day for the other three teams in and around the relegation zone.
Second-bottom Charlton took just 19 seconds to open the scoring at Brentford and Callum Harriott's second of the game sealed a 2-1 win for the Addicks.
Third-bottom Rotherham made it back-to-back wins with a surprise 1-0 success at play-off chasing Sheffield Wednesday.
However, not to be outdone, MK Dons picked up a first win in four as they beat QPR 2-0 to remain three points clear of the relegation zone.
All that is bad news for Bristol City, who lost to rivals Cardiff, and Fulham, who drew at Reading, as they are now both just five points above the dotted line.
Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic confidently told BBC Radio London "I am sure we are not going to be relegated" on Friday. But if the teams below them keep winning he might yet be left ruing his words.
Potentially swapping places with one of the sides mentioned above are one of the Football League's form sides, Barnsley.
On 28 November the Tykes were propping up League One, with just five wins from their opening 20 games of the season.
Saturday's 3-1 win at fourth-placed Walsall saw them move up to sixth in the table.
Against the backdrop of a stunning run of form that has seen them win 12 of their last 15 league games, they've had to contend with manager Lee Johnson leaving for Bristol City and they've reached the final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
The Oakwell fans sang 'It's like watching Brazil' as the South Yorkshire side earned promotion to the Premier League in 1997 and probably haven't had it this good since then.
Caretaker boss Paul Heckingbottom, who has won five of his seven games in charge, told BBC Radio Sheffield: "It was a great victory away from home at a team who are above us in the league.
"We were miles off first half, lacked intensity and we gave the ball away too cheaply so we told them to pass the ball and play with more intensity at half-time.
"The goals were fantastic in the second half but I still thought they still had too many shots on our goal. It was nowhere near what we are after."
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If at first you don't succeed try, try, again. Or in Dagenham's case try another 20 times.
Marooned at the bottom of the Football League and without a home win in all competitions since April 2015, the Daggers looked doomed this morning.
However, a 1-0 victory over second-bottom York has at least ended their near 11-month home hoodoo.
The bad news is 22nd placed Hartlepool won at Barnet meaning John Still's men remain seven points adrift of safety.
"The last four or five games I noticed an improvement and it was just that we lacked a bit of belief," Still told BBC Radio London.
"At the end of the day it's a win, and an important win. It's a win now that hopefully gives us a little bit of belief; we've got a lot of tough games to go."
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He rose to prominence during a campaign against Belfast City Council's decision in December 2012 to limit the number of days the flag flies from the city hall.
The 24-year-old was also convicted of obstructing traffic during one of the demonstrations staged in Belfast.
Bryson, of Rosepark, Donaghadee, County Down, will be sentenced next month.
He had denied a series of charges linked to the loyalist street protests, claiming he was the victim of a political prosecution.
However, the judge at Belfast Magistrates' Court rejected claims that Bryson had only been present as an individual at the protests, and as such was unaware the events could have been illegal.
"The defendant's evidence lacked any real substance or credibility on any of the issues relevant to the case," she said.
"In my opinion he was at pains to try and misinterpret statements of senior police in order to attempt to pass responsibility for his actions to the police as opposed to accepting responsibility for his own actions."
The charges included four counts of participating in four un-notified public processions during January and February 2013, and obstructing traffic on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast.
In his evidence, Bryson said he did not know the protests could have been unlawful.
He accepted he had been filmed in CCTV footage of the marches, but said that on each occasion, he had walked to and from the centre of Belfast as an individual.
During the trial, prosecution counsel accused him of treating police with contempt when he was interviewed about the offences.
The court heard that the loyalist campaigner told officers he was an Irish republican and the first minister of Northern Ireland.
He also suggested to police that he was in a fictional gay relationship with fellow flag campaigner Willie Frazer, it was claimed.
In a highly unusual move, one of Northern Ireland's most senior police officers was called to give evidence as part of the defence case.
ACC Will Kerr told the court he agreed to meet Bryson and loyalist community representatives as part of efforts to ensure their weekly demonstrations did not break the law.
The officer also said he warned those at the meeting on 29 January, 2013 of the "criminal justice consequences" of taking part in un-notified public processions.
Delivering her verdict, the judge said Bryson was "closely involved in the arrangements regarding the protests".
"I do not accept his explanation that he did not know the status of the processions in question," she added.
Convicting him on all charges, Mrs Bagnall said CCTV footage of the protests showed Bryson standing with others in the middle of the road.
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Joshua and Sallie McFadyen were threatened with legal action a week after opening Lone Wolf because its name was the same as a BrewDog vodka.
They changed the name of the Birmingham bar but criticised the multinational firm, which claims a "punk" ethos.
BrewDog has since tweeted the bar can keep its name and blamed "trigger happy lawyers" for the letter.
BrewDog was founded by James Watt and Martin Dickie in 2007, spurred on by their self-professed boredom of "industrially brewed lagers and stuffy ales that dominated the UK beer market".
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The pair, from Peterhead, Scotland, went from selling their US-style craft beers from the back of a van at farmers' markets to employing more than 350 people, supplying Tesco stores and owning more than 20 bars, including several abroad.
Branding the global beer company hypocritical, 29-year-old Joshua and his 35-year-old sister, both from Birmingham, said: "They started in a similar way to us, starting small, then a bar and it went from there.
"They've gone against everything they stand for."
The pair said they registered their business, Lone Wolf, at Companies House in 2015 and opened a pub with the same name in January.
But after receiving a "cease and desist" letter from BrewDog's lawyers, they changed all "outward facing" branding to The Wolf but not the firm's official name.
The dispute continued until Mr Watt tweeted on Monday that the pub could keep its name.
In a statement, he added: "It appears our lawyers did what lawyers do and got a bit carried away with themselves, asking the owners of the new 'Lone Wolf' bar to change its name, as we own the trademark.
"Now we're aware of the issue, we've set the lawyers straight and asked them to sit on the naughty step to think about what they've done."
But they did it the hard way, twice having to come from behind after the visitors had impressed in the early stages.
Beaten only once in their previous four games, Port Vale looked well organised and enjoyed some good first-half possession.
They came close to snatching a 26th-minute lead when striker JJ Hooper rifled a 25-yard effort just inches over.
Hooper was involved again when Vale did open the scoring in the 38th minute.
His low angled shot from the right was well pushed away by home keeper Luke Daniels, but straight into the path of Tyler Walker who produced a clinical finish.
Scunthorpe, with their new-look strike force of Craig Davies and Ivan Toney both making their full debuts, looked out of sorts.
But they came storming out in the second half and were back on level terms in the 49th minute when Josh Morris crashed home his 19th goal of the season from the penalty spot after a needless foul in the box on Davies by centre-back Remie Streete.
But Vale stood firm and were back in front in the 59th minute when slack marking in the Scunthorpe defence allowed Hooper to find room in the box to steer home his shot from a low right-wing cross.
Three minutes later and Scunthorpe were back level again when a flick-on from Davies saw Toney net a debut goal with a measured lob from the edge of the box beyond the outstretched reach of keeper Jak Alnwick.
And they edged in front for the first time in the 71st minute when substitute Hopper raced in at the edge of the six-yard box to crack home a glorious low left-wing cross from full-back Harry Toffolo for what proved to be the winner.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Scunthorpe United 3, Port Vale 2.
Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 3, Port Vale 2.
Kjell Knops (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United).
Attempt missed. Sam Mantom (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Scott Wiseman.
Attempt blocked. Jerome Thomas (Port Vale) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Matt Crooks (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Eagles (Port Vale).
Foul by Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United).
Chris Eagles (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Matt Crooks replaces Ivan Toney.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Ben Purkiss.
Attempt saved. Remie Streete (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Port Vale. Anton Forrester replaces Callum Guy.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Neal Bishop replaces Duane Holmes because of an injury.
Callum Guy (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Harry Toffolo (Scunthorpe United).
Substitution, Port Vale. Chris Eagles replaces JJ Hooper.
Goal! Scunthorpe United 3, Port Vale 2. Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Toffolo with a cross.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Tom Hopper replaces Craig Davies.
Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Remie Streete.
Foul by Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United).
Anthony Grant (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Scunthorpe United 2, Port Vale 2. Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
Attempt saved. Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal! Scunthorpe United 1, Port Vale 2. JJ Hooper (Port Vale) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Purkiss with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Craig Davies (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Scott Wiseman (Scunthorpe United).
Foul by Anthony de Freitas (Port Vale).
Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Port Vale. Kjell Knops replaces Nathan Smith because of an injury.
Goal! Scunthorpe United 1, Port Vale 1. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Remie Streete (Port Vale) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Scunthorpe United. Craig Davies draws a foul in the penalty area.
Second Half begins Scunthorpe United 0, Port Vale 1.
First Half ends, Scunthorpe United 0, Port Vale 1.
The Stornoway-registered Louisa sank on 9 April as it lay at anchor in calm seas off Mingulay.
The bodies of two crew members were found. The skipper is still missing and presumed dead. A fourth man survived after swimming ashore.
The wreckage of the boat was brought to Clydebank by barge on Tuesday evening.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said it wanted to establish why water flooded into the boat and whether automatic alarms that should sound when a leak is detected were activated.
Investigators also want to discover why the Louisa's liferaft failed to release and then did not inflate.
The bodies of Chris Morrison, 27, from Harris, and Martin Johnstone, 29, from Halkirk, Caithness, were found following the sinking.
Skipper Paul Alliston, 42, from Lewis, remains missing despite a massive search.
Only Lachlann Armstrong, 27, from Stornoway, Lewis, survived after swimming ashore.
The National Secular Society (NSS) says some groups are holding assemblies and bible clubs in schools in England.
The NSS has written to the Education Secretary Michael Gove calling for national guidance on external visitors, particularly from religious groups.
The government said it had not seen any evidence to support the claims and had not received any complaints.
The report says there has been "a marked increase in the number of parents contacting the National Secular Society with concerns about external visitors to schools exposing their children to unwelcome and wholly inappropriate religious evangelism and proselytisation".
It added: "We have investigated this and found an abundance of material showing that the parents' concerns were not isolated instances."
The report says that in many cases, evangelical Christian organisations offer to provide religious education and school worship.
It claims that the legal obligation on schools to provide religious education and a daily act of worship has provided "a foot in the door" to some organisations with evangelistic intentions.
The report suggests that shortfalls in religious education provision, recently highlighted in a report from Ofsted, are leading head teachers to accept help from external religious groups and adds that some heads are "insufficiently discerning about the external groups they are allowing into their schools".
The letter also asks the Department for Education to ensure that guidance to schools on visits from religious groups "makes clear that schools must not offer opportunities to groups seeking to evangelise".
The NSS says its investigation was prompted after it was contacted by parents, some of whom had themselves written to the schools and to the Department for Education about their concerns.
One parent said he had become aware "quite by chance" of regular visits by an evangelical group to his child's non-religious primary school in Sheffield.
He complains that the group "adheres to a profoundly conservative and avowedly missionary agenda".
Another complained that his child had been told the creation story from Genesis was "factual" during visits to a primary school in the West Midlands from a local minister.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: "Religious education must be clearly delineated as such.
"A line is crossed when religious positions such as creationism are taught as scientific theories for example. Neither are schools places for proselytisation without the explicit and informed consent of parents."
A spokeswoman for the DfE said if parents had concerns about visitors to their child's school they should make a formal complaint to the school.
"State schools cannot teach creationism as scientific fact," added the spokeswoman.
"They must offer a broad and balanced curriculum and meet their obligations under equalities legislation. Schools have a responsibility under law to ensure children are insulated from political activity and campaigning.
"Schools are required to safeguard the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils.
"Ofsted inspections include a focus on this to enable them to identify any inappropriate practice."
Paul Bate of the Association of Christian Teachers and a former head of a faith school said: "Some schools, including faith schools, have a clear statement in their articles prohibiting staff from proselytising within the school.
"Indeed, the faith school where I was head had such a statement within their articles and the RE curriculum was based around the teaching of philosophy, ethics, and giving the students an understanding of all faiths - which included secularism."
Police said the discovery was made in the grounds of Culgruff House Hotel at Crossmichael.
Robert Shaw, 52, was reported missing on Friday, sparking a search involving the Galloway Mountain Rescue Team.
A formal identification has still to take place. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances.
Meanwhile, police are still appealing for information as a search continues for a missing Stranraer man.
Dennis Brough left his home in the town's Garrick Drive last Wednesday.
The 66-year-old is about 6ft tall and slim, with grey hair and a beard.
He was driving a black Landrover Freelander with the licence plate FD05 EBG.
Police said there had only been one unconfirmed sighting of him in Ardwell on the road to the Mull of Galloway last Thursday.
Extensive searches were carried out at the weekend, involving the police dog unit, coastguard and an RAF Sea King helicopter.
Almost every state exists because of violence. Over the centuries world wars, civil wars, revolutions and genocide have helped create nation states across the world. Great empires were built on the violence of superior firepower.
Yet commemorating the violent birth of the modern Irish state raises difficult questions because the legacy of killing is so very recent, and because of the deep divisions which remain on the island.
For Brona Ui Loing, whose grandfather and two great-uncles took part in the Rising, this is a moment for celebration. "I think they were very brave men to do what they did… they wouldn't have been well-armed and I just think the fact that they all marched to Dublin… they are the bravest people I know.
"I don't know if we would have been as brave in our turn if we had been asked to do it."
In the Republic, where the population is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, it is easier to revere the leaders of the 1916 rebellion as founding fathers. For Ulster protestants they have historically represented the old fear of destruction at the hands of Catholics.
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The fact that the rebels rose up without asking the people of Ireland what they felt, and did so in defiance of their moderate comrades, tends to be glossed over in the official remembrance of a modern democratic Ireland.
Yet it is precisely this belief in the right of a self-selecting group to strike on behalf of the Irish people which is still claimed by the republican dissidents who recently murdered prison officer Adrian Ismay in Belfast. For three decades it was used by the Provisional IRA to attempt to provide legitimacy for their campaign of violence.
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The anniversary of the Rising passed without significant attention in the Republic during the years of the Troubles. Fearful of stirring up republican sentiment the Irish state preferred a low-profile approach.
But with the end of any large-scale violence in Northern Ireland it became possible to commemorate without the risk of being seen to offer succour to the IRA.
However the former Irish Prime Minister, John Bruton, argues against what he sees as a "celebratory" tone around the 1916 centennial: "That murder indicates how dangerous it can be to commemorate something without properly understanding that what one is commemorating is the killing of a large number of people in Dublin."
Mr Bruton points out that for every rebel killed in 1916, three civilians died.
"It is important that in remembering and commemorating what happened that we don't glorify or justify it."
Both major political parties in Ireland, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, as well as Sinn Fein, have their roots in the violence of the 20th Century when the 1916 Rising led to a guerrilla war against Britain, a civil war and finally an independent Irish state in 1922. With the anniversary has come a resurgence of debate about whether Ireland would eventually have won independence from Britain without revolution.
Historian Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, of University College Dublin, believes this "what if'' fails to take into account the political climate at the time: "Those who were committed to rebellion in 1916 did not feel they were living in a democracy."
The Ulster unionists were pledging to resist home rule for Ireland by armed force. They formed their own militia and imported weapons and ammunition. The unionists were encouraged by the leader of the Tory party, Bonar Law, who threatened to support an insurrection against the Crown if home rule was pushed through. This extraordinary declaration of disloyalty did not go unnoticed in the south.
The outbreak of war in 1914 also transformed the atmosphere. A looming civil war between unionist and nationalist Ireland was averted. Thousands of men from across the island went to fight against Germany.
The constitutional nationalist leader, John Redmond, whose brother was killed at the Somme, believed supporting the British war effort would help bring about home rule.
But with Britain distracted, the rebels saw an opportunity. "They were very conscious of the might of the British empire and the damage they felt it had done to Ireland," says Professor Ferriter. "They felt justified that this [revolution] would begin the process of Ireland becoming a republic. In the long term they were vindicated in that."
Schools across Ireland have been encouraged to commemorate the rebellion with drama, essays and discussion. All of the country's primary schools have written their own version of the Proclamation of an Irish Republic, signed by the rebel leaders in 1916.
I visited Knockanean school in County Clare where my great-grandfather Patrick Hassett was a pupil in the 19th Century. His story illustrates the complexity of the Irish relationship with Britain. On leaving school, he became an imperial policeman in the Royal Irish Constabulary.
But his son, my grandfather Paddy, was radicalised by the execution of the 1916 leaders and joined the IRA to fight against Britain.
At Knockanean school the children were being encouraged to look to the future while commemorating the past.
Head teacher Jim Curran spoke of the importance of issues like homelessness and unemployment to the generation of 2016. "We have asked them to remember 1916 but also to think about the country they live in now," he says.
That country will spend the next few days reflecting on the meaning of 1916, before moving on to the business of electing a new government after an inconclusive general election.
Ireland will get on with the patient and often undramatic work of building a state that tries to live up to the promise of the 1916 proclamation, to "cherish all the children of the nation equally".
Fordyce's header capped a dominant first half from the hosts which saw visiting goalkeeper Scott Gallacher keep out efforts from Shaun Rooney and twice from Stephen Dobbie.
Gallacher was called upon again to deny Dobbie.
Sons' substitute Calum Gallagher had a second half chance but Queens held on for a win that lifts them up to third.
Rhodes, 26, came on as a substitute to draw Boro level in the 93rd minute of Tuesday's 1-1 draw at MK Dons.
That draw took the Teessiders to the top of the Championship, a point clear of second-placed Hull City.
"When a player goes to a team not winning, everyone expects two or three goals every game," said Karanka.
The Spaniard told BBC Tees: "It's really difficult for him and it's good for him to take the pressure off. I'm really pleased for the whole team because we played until the end."
Scotland international Rhodes is yet to start for Karanka's side despite his arrival, and despite Boro's four-game winless run.
"I thought it was the best option [to keep him on the bench]," Karanka added. "I didn't want to make a lot of changes, I wanted to keep the nucleus of the team."
The protesters had been blocked by police as they tried to march into the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, on Wednesday, resulting in scuffles.
They were demanding union recognition and for fired workers to be re-hired.
The new government has been discussing amending military-era laws allowing police to clamp down on such protests.
The workers had walked for three weeks in searing temperatures from the northern Sagaing Region, where around 100 workers had been fired from a timber factory.
Police Col Zaw Khin Aung said it was "okay to stage protests for their rights in their respective region but we can't afford to let them protest in Nay Pyi Taw area, which is a special area under the president".
A police officer said that 51 of the 71 protesters detained had been charged and taken to nearby Yaminthin Prison after they refused to be split up from their fellow demonstrators.
Regional police head Ko Ko Aung said "around 50" had been charged. He told AFP the authorities had banned the march on the grounds of national security.
Nay Pyi Taw was built and made the administrative capital 10 years ago by the Myanmar's former military rulers.
It is still considered a military stronghold, despite the National League for Democracy's victory at the last elections.
The 35-year-old is accused of paying 20,000 euros ($21,800; £16,800) for the baby girl.
She has been arrested along with the child's biological mother and a Moroccan man who allegedly helped broker the deal.
Surrogacy is illegal in Italy, and attracts prison time and heavy fines.
The "fake" mother is said to have told police she wore a decoy latex belly bought online to trick her friends and family.
Italian press reports said her partner was in prison for drug trafficking, and that she had recently suffered two miscarriages.
The baby's biological mother, a 25-year-old Romanian woman, reportedly fell pregnant after a short relationship with a man from Mali.
When she learned about the baby's race, the Italian woman is said to have realised she would not be able to explain the child's skin colour. After just three days, reports say, she gave the baby back.
Suspicions were first raised in February at the registry office in the city of Latina, south of Rome, when a woman asked how to register a baby that had been born at home.
When nobody returned to register the child, officials got in touch - but are said to have received evasive answers. Fearing something was amiss, they flagged the case up to police.
Investigators found the baby girl in a healthy state with her biological father, who works in Rome.
She is now just over a month old, and has been placed in foster care.
The Family Division of the High Court said the boy should receive care to minimise suffering in his final months.
He was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2012. His parents had argued that doctors could still treat his symptoms.
He is expected to live for three to six months, and specialists said "curative treatment" was no longer possible.
Doctors told the court the boy should have "palliative chemotherapy" to reduce pain, and medication.
But his mother, a former nurse, said she thought the tumour was slow growing, and was worried about the side effects of chemotherapy and a "cocktail of painkillers".
The boy's parents had appealed for their "beautiful" son's "right to life", and his father wept as the judge outlined the decision.
Mr Justice MacDonald said the case was "unbearably sad" and said the youngster's parents were suffering "unimaginable agony".
But the judge said he was satisfied the boy's prognosis was terminal and that pain could become unbearable if not treated.
The treatment put forward by doctors was in the boy's best interests, he added.
The hearing was not open to the public and the judge banned the reporting of anything which might identify the boy, including his age, address or name of hospital authority with responsibility for care.
Mr Justice MacDonald said: "Neither the mother or the father in this case are anything other than loving parents who are simply trying to stay upright in the darkening storm which has engulfed their family."
The DNA of 200,000 people - half of them with cancer and half without - was compared, revealing an individual's inherited risk of the diseases.
British scientists, who led the research, believe it could lead to a DNA screening test within five years.
They also hope it will boost knowledge of how the cancers develop.
The research was led by scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London and funded by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the Wellcome Trust.
The main findings are published in five articles in the journal Nature Genetics.
Study author Prof Doug Easton said: "We're on the verge of being able to use our knowledge of these genetic variations to develop test that could complement breast cancer screening and take us a step closer to having an effective prostate cancer screening programme."
Each of us is born with a genetic hand of cards passed down from our parents.
This is called our genome and is made of three billion pieces of code made of just chemical letters: A, C, T and G.
A single nucleotide polymorphism is a single letter difference in DNA between individuals.
We each have millions of variations and most of these seem benign. This study looked at more than 100,000 common differences found in at least one in 10 people.
By comparing cancer patients with healthy controls the scientists could identify genetic spelling mistakes that occurred repeatedly in the cancer group.
Forty nine new single nucleotide polymorphisms (Snps) were found associated with breast cancer, bringing the total identified to 76.
For prostate cancer, 23 new markers were found, bringing the total to 78. And for ovarian cancer, eight new regions were found, bringing the total to 12.
The scientists looked for common genetic variations - known as single nucleotide polymorphisms (Snps) - linked to the three cancers.
Each alteration raised the risk of cancer by a small amount. However, a small minority of men with lots of the markers could see their risk of prostate cancer increase more than fourfold and for women the breast cancer risk increase threefold.
By contrast, the test can also identify those with a smaller than average risk of developing the cancers.
A woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer is one in eight, but among the 1% with lots of these newly identified genetic variations the risk rises to one in two.
The test could also help the one in 300 woman who carry a faulty gene known as BRCA1 or BRCA2. Two-thirds of them will develop breast cancer before the age of 80 and 45% who carry BRCA1 will get ovarian cancer.
At present the options to reduce their risks are limited - a double mastectomy or having their ovaries removed.
By combining the gene test for BRCA1 and BRCA2 with this extra genetic information, women who have a high number of the newly identified markers could find they have a nearly 100% risk of getting breast cancer.
In contrast, those with the protective versions of the genetic changes could see their risk drop to as low as 20%.
Dr Antonis Antoniou, CRUK senior fellow at the University of Cambridge, said: "Our research puts us on the verge of being able to give women a much more accurate picture of how likely they are to develop breast or ovarian cancer and would help to guide them about the most appropriate type and time of prevention or monitoring options for them."
For men, the lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer is one in eight. But for 1% who carry a significant number of genetic alterations, the risk rises to one in two.
Unlike for breast cancer, there is no screening programme for the disease.
The prostate-specific antigen or PSA test, looks for protein markers in the blood and high levels may be an indicator or prostate cancer. But it is unreliable.
Furthermore, about two-thirds of men who get prostate cancer have a slow-growing "indolent" form of the disease that will not kill them.
Treatment options include prostate removal, radiotherapy and hormone treatment, But for every life saved through treatment for prostate cancer, it is thought that between 12 to 48 men are treated unnecessarily. Many patients opt for "watchful waiting", monitoring the cancer.
Sixteen of the 23 newly identified genetic markers are associated with aggressive forms of the disease so may help clinicians and patients decide on the best form of treatment.
Prof Ros Eeles, from the ICR, said: "These results are the single biggest leap forward in finding the genetic causes of prostate cancer.
"If further studies show such men benefit from regular screening, we could have a big impact on the number of people dying from the disease, which is still far too high."
Prior to his maiden tournament win, US-based Knox was 85th in the standings.
Making his WGC debut as seventh reserve, the 30-year-old from Inverness finished 20 under par in China to lead the field by two shots.
Marc Warren (66) and Richie Ramsay (92) are the other Scots in the current top 100.
Stephen Gallacher, who started the year ranked 34th, is down to 107th place following a miserable season that has included nine missed cuts.
Knox can now look forward to a Masters debut in 2016 and entry into the game's most important events.
Meanwhile, Jordan Spieth is back in the number one spot after finishing in a tie for seventh in Shanghai, with Jason Day second and Rory McIlroy third.
The costumes depicted an Israeli solder and a large-nosed Arab man.
The outfits sparked a backlash on social media ahead of Halloween on Saturday and came at a time of spiralling violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) called the "Sheikh Fagin nose" "racist anti-Arab costumes"
The latex prosthetic nose is described on the website as being "perfect for an Arab Sheik".
Its large, hook-nosed appearance and the use of the name Fagin - referring to a character in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist - appear also to play into anti-Semitic stereotypes.
"Selling merchandise which mocks Arabs, or any other race or ethnicity, must not be tolerated," said Samer Khalaf President of ADC.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) costume was also heavily criticised by many on Twitter.
More than 40 Palestinians have died in unrest in Israel and the Palestinian territories this month, many killed carrying out attacks on Israelis. Nine Israelis have been killed and dozens wounded in stabbings and some gun attacks.
Earlier this year, an outfit inspired by transgender reality star and former athlete Caitlyn Jenner's Vanity Fair cover was condemned as "transphobic" and "deplorable."
Another costume based on famed Zimbabwean lion Cecil, who was shot by an American dentist, was criticised by an animal welfare charity.
In 2013 UK supermarket chains Tesco and Asda - which is owned by Walmart - withdrew outfits for a "mental patient" and for someone from a "psycho ward" after they were criticised for stigmatising people with mental health issues.
The film, which stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, knocked last week's top film Tomorrowland, which debuted with $40.7m (£26.7m), into third place.
Pitch Perfect 2 was at number two and Mad Max: Fury Road was fourth.
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 2015's biggest US film so far - was fifth.
The Marvel comic film has so far taken $427m (£280m) at the US box office.
Dan Fellman, head of domestic distribution for Warner Bros, which distributed San Andreas, said: "Some people felt they'd be a little nervous watching such a disaster hit both Los Angeles and San Francisco, but there was a curiosity factor."
Box office tracker Rentrak said it was also Johnson's biggest debut for a non-sequel as the top-billed actor. The film also features Kylie Minogue, as the sister of one of the key characters, Emma, played by Carla Gugino.
Cameron Crowe's rom-com Aloha, starring starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams and Bill Murray was in sixth place.
Despite its stellar cast the film's reviews have not been particularly positive and it was in the spotlight last year after leaked emails from Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chair Amy Pascal said its script was "ridiculous".
Some native Hawaiian groups opposed the title; while an Asian-American group slated the use of a nearly all-white cast in a film shot in Hawaii.
Rory Bruer, Sony Pictures Entertainment's president of worldwide distribution, said the film did "well enough with women aged 25-34 to overcome the negative buzz", adding that the film, which took $10m (£6.5m), cost about $37m (£24m) to make.
So far this year, US and Canadian box office takings are up nearly 5% at $4.26bn (£2.8bn), while attendance is up more than 4%.
On constituency votes, the ITV/Wales Governance Centre poll puts Labour on 35% (-4), the Conservatives on 23% (no change), Plaid Cymru 20% (+2), UKIP 15% (+2) and Lib Dems 5% (-1).
Analysis suggests Labour would be short of a majority on 27 seats, down three.
It gives the Tories 12 seats (down two), Plaid 10 (down one), UKIP nine, and Lib Dems two (down three).
The analysis, by Prof Roger Scully from Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre, takes into account regional list voting for the 20 of the 60 AMs elected using a form of proportional representation.
That data puts Labour on 34%, Conservatives 23%, Plaid Cymru 18%, UKIP 16% and the Lib Dems and Greens both on 4%.
Were Labour to win 27 seats in Cardiff Bay, it would face a choice between governing as a minority or reaching a deal with one of the other parties.
The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in the summer appears not to have a led to a sustained improvement in the party's poll ratings.
Prof Scully said: "Labour remain some way ahead of the field.
"But we see their support for the devolved election slipping notably since September.
"The main thing to jump out from these findings, however, is that UKIP are currently projected to win nine list seats in the assembly: two in every region of Wales except for South Wales West.
"We should note that these list seat calculations are subject to change on quite small variations in support: with only small changes in public preferences UKIP might be projected to win several fewer seats."
The poll for ITV and the Wales Governance Centre had a sample of 1,005 Welsh adults and was carried out by YouGov from November 30 to December 4 2015.
They will join the previously announced headliners Arcade Fire and Kasabian at the event in Somerset on 25-29 June.
It marks Metallica's debut appearance at Worthy farm and it is the first time a heavy metal band have headlined the event.
Tickets for this year sold out in just one hour and 27 minutes in October.
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis told BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt: "[Metallica] wanted to play for a long, long time and they're one of the most amazing rock bands in the world, everywhere I go people say 'When are Metallica going to play?' I said, 'They will be here one day' and this is their time now.
"We've done it before (with Rage Against the Machine in 1994). People think that we're prone to have Radiohead and Coldplay and Oasis but when we had Jay Z a few years ago, people said he wasn't a Glastonbury act but we have all kinds of music."
"I feel ecstatic," Metallica's Lars Ulrich told Radio 1's Zane Lowe. "We've been waiting for this phone call for years."
The drummer said the band wouldn't choose their set-list until the last minute - but they'd bear in mind that the Glastonbury audience might not be hardcore fans.
"It'll be your friendly neighbourhood Metallica. If nothing else, we'll enjoy it," he added.
The news of Metallica's booking echoes that of the announcement in 2008 that Jay Z was to become the first rapper to fill the coveted Pyramid Stage headline slot.
His involvement was initially met with some scepticism, with Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher saying: "I don't know about it. But I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong."
The rapper won over critics with his exuberant performance, cheekily taking to the stage with a guitar and singing along to Oasis' song Wonderwall.
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Other artists playing this summer include Dolly Parton, De La Soul, Manic Street Preachers and Ed Sheeran.
Hundreds of other acts will play across more than 100 stages at the festival in Somerset.
Metallica were formed in 1981 by singer James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. The current line-up includes longtime guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo.
The band's eponymous fifth album, known as the Black Album, contained the hit singles Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters.
Metallica are also headlining the Sonisphere festival in Knebworth Park between 4-6 July.
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Luisa Pearce from Staplehurst in Kent has been paralysed on her left side since minor surgery on her wrist went wrong.
She said it was "hugely important" for her to show disabled people they could "achieve anything".
The 100-mile, seven-day trek raised funds for her charity Freedom for Wheels, which helps people with the cost of mobility equipment.
The GM wheat has been engineered to use sunlight more efficiently and has boosted greenhouse yields by up to 40%.
Researchers in Hertfordshire now want to see if they can replicate these gains in the field.
Critics say that boosting wheat yields is not an answer to global food shortages.
Several GM trials of crops have taken place in the UK over the past 20 years, often attracting protesters who have attempted to destroy the plants.
Even when trials managed to avoid disruption, they have not always been scientifically successful.
This latest effort aims to see if the spectacular gains in productivity of 20-40% in GM wheat grown in the greenhouse can be reproduced in the open air.
Last Autumn, the scientists at Rothamsted Research submitted an application to the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) seeking permission to carry out small field trials at a secure site near Harpenden between 2017 and 2019.
After an independent risk assessment and a public consultation, that permission has now been granted.
The researchers say they want to test newly developed wheat plants that have been modified to carry a gene from a wild relative called stiff brome.
The Rothamsted team, which is working in collaboration with researchers from the University of Essex and Lancaster University, believes this enables the modified wheat to carry out photosynthesis more efficiently, converting more sunlight and CO2 into grain.
"It makes the plant bigger in the greenhouse, it makes the leaves grow bigger, and that's because you have more of this photosynthesis going on," Dr Malcolm Hawkesford from Rothamsted told BBC News.
"Once you start to produce grain all of that CO2 fixation starts to get targeted into the production of more grain. You end with bigger plants and more grain."
With a rapidly growing global population, food production will need to increase by 70% by 2050 to meet the demand, say researchers.
The problem for wheat is that yields have reached a plateau in recent years and the scientists involved in this new trial say they have gone as far as they can in boosting growth via conventional means.
However, replicating the gains made under glass will not be easy.
"At the moment with traditional methods if you get one percent you are pretty happy," said Dr Hawkesford.
"Anything more than a few percent would be super yielding. I would be happy if we could get 5-10; anything more than that would be absolutely massive."
But the planned planting is not without its critics.
Around 30 green organisations lodged objections to the plan, pointing to concerns about the potential for the GM wheat to escape into the wild, as has repeatedly happened in the US. Campaigners say they are "disappointed" that the trial is now going ahead.
"People aren't starving because photosynthesis isn't efficient enough; people are starving because they are poor," said Liz O'Neill from GM Freeze.
"Techno-fixes like GM wheat suck up public funding that could make a real difference if it was spent on systemic solutions like waste reduction and poverty eradication. Then we could all enjoy food that is produced responsibly, fairly and sustainably."
But supporters of the technology point out that if the GM wheat boosts yields it could allow farmers to grow greater amounts of the crop with fewer inputs such as nitrogen, decreasing emissions of CO2 as well.
Another concern is that the go-ahead for the new trial signals a different approach to GM as the UK faces up to Brexit. In the House of Commons last autumn, farming minister George Eustice indicated that the government was open to re-examining the position after the UK leaves the EU.
"As part of the preparations for EU exit, the government is considering possible future arrangements for the regulation of genetically modified organisms," he said in a written statement.
"The government's general view remains that policy and regulation in this area should be science-based and proportionate."
Both supporters and critics say the new trial does not signal a change in position.
"I don't believe it will make a huge difference to us," said Dr Hawkesford.
"This whole project was planned prior to Brexit. I honestly don't know if it will influence future trials, but at the moment the British government has its policy, we stick to the rules, and I wouldn't say there's any impact I would definitely see about Brexit."
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Resuming on 16-0, a second-innings lead of 18, the tourists lost their top four cheaply and then fell to 116-6 as Ben Stokes and James Taylor departed.
But Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali held on before bad light ended play after tea with England, who lead the four-match series 1-0, on 159-6.
After the match, Hashim Amla stepped down as South Africa captain.
The 32-year-old, who succeeded Graeme Smith as permanent skipper in July 2014, left the role having led his team in 14 Tests, winning four, drawing four and losing six.
Amla, who cited the need to "work on my own game", will be replaced as captain by AB de Villiers for the final two Tests.
Amla's 707-minute 201 in South Africa's first innings was one of the reasons a draw was always the likely result after four days dominated by the bat on a flat Newlands wicket.
But England made hard work of it, as the loss of early wickets gave South Africa hope of levelling the series after the tourists' victory in the first Test in Durban.
For the first time in the match, cloudy conditions in the morning offered something for the bowlers - and the home side took advantage.
Captain Alastair Cook was the first to go, feathering his second ball from Kagiso Rabada down the leg side and into the gloves of Quinton de Kock.
He was soon followed by fellow opener Alex Hales, brilliantly caught one-handed at third slip by the diving Chris Morris off Morne Morkel.
Cook's eight means he has now scored just 42 runs in his four innings so far this tour, while Hales' dismissal further highlights his fallibility outside off stump.
Joe Root and Nick Compton rallied slightly, adding 36 for the third wicket, but both fell as they were gaining momentum - the former bowled by Morris for a run-a-ball 29 before the latter chipped spinner Dane Piedt to short mid-on to depart for 15.
After smashing a record-breaking 258 from 198 balls in the first innings, Stokes was required to demonstrate a more disciplined side to his game along with Taylor, but both fell to Piedt in quick succession - Stokes misjudging a sweep to Morkel at deep mid-wicket and Taylor gloving a rising delivery to Temba Bavuma at short-leg.
The depth to which England bat was their salvation, chiefly in the shape of Bairstow, who followed his 150 not out in the first innings with an unbeaten 30 during a stand of 43 with the equally resolute Moeen (10 not out).
The partnership was not without its scares, most notably a stumping of Bairstow off spinner Dean Elgar, over which the video umpire took an age before deciding the Yorkshire player had made his ground by a toe's length.
Having survived to tea, during which light rain briefly fell, the pair were only required to bat six overs of the evening session before bad light brought an early end to the match, with 59 eventful overs bowled in the day.
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott on BBC Test Match Special: "South Africa have confidence now and England have a contest on their hands in Johannesburg.
"Hales looks extremely vulnerable outside off stump, he got caught on the crease and was eventually out. And Dale Steyn could come back if he's fit, and he's even better than Morkel.
"The catching is the worst aspect for England. They perhaps just need to treat this as a bad match for catching and hope to do better in the next Test. I don't think they can do much with their team, but the top order needs to be better."
Alastair Cook: "It was a little bit nervous. It's amazing when only one side can win it, the pressure is all on one side. South Africa bowled well. It would have been really disappointing not to bat out the day.
"On the first day it was a really good cricket wicket, but the pace slowly died. The partnership between Stokes and Bairstow accelerated the game. It was outstanding, a privilege to watch.
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"The bowlers put the ball in really good areas. We played against some really good batting. To get 600 when you have conceded 600 is a really good effort from them. It might have been different had we taken our chances."
Hashim Amla: "It was nice to get some runs again. It's one of the best places in the world to play and we were pleased to see so many supporters here.
"Bavuma's innings was exceptional. He's been under pressure with people doubting his place in the team, but he's got real talent and we're all pleased the way he showed that.
"The next two matches should be really exciting. Both teams are evenly matched but we've got more positives to take into the next match."
Cricket analyst Simon Hughes: "This will be remembered as Ben Stokes' match. I don't think we'll ever see such sustained dominance again.
"Even watching him today was exhilarating. The talent he has, the way he picks up length, the simple execution of his shots, it's exquisite and he can match bravado with delicate precision.
"He's got the lot, and to top it he's a really nice bloke. He's an absolute gem."
163 - balls taken for Ben Stokes' 200
461 - balls taken for Hashim Amla's 200
377 - dot balls in Amla's innings. He scored off just 100 deliveries
11 - Stokes' English record of sixes in an innings
2 - players to have faced 700 balls in a Test innings on more than one occasion. South Africa captain Hashim Amla and England captain Alastair Cook
3 - century partnerships in South Africa's first innings. They did not manage a single one in 2015
7 - bowlers that conceded more than 100 runs in an innings in the match
7 - dropped catches by England in the first innings
2004 - The year England last bowled more than 200 overs in an innings
29.90 - Alastair Cook's average in South Africa. His lowest anywhere in the world
85,095 - fans in attendance over five days at Newlands
It's worth remarking that this is the first administration so far since the start of devolution which has only had cuts to deal with.
Labour will not want to go into the assembly election feeling that it has left itself exposed to more attacks about failing to protect NHS budgets.
So instead it will give its single biggest extra cash injection to health of more than a quarter of a billion pounds.
Since 2013, when it made the key decision to re-prioritise spending from councils to the NHS, more than a billion pounds has gone to health.
In other words, most of the extra money that has come its way has been spent on the NHS.
It will not of course take the heat out of the debate.
The Tories have referred to figures from the assembly's research department showing that in real terms (after taking into account the effect of inflation) health spending in 2015 is still around £100m behind what it was in 2010.
The Welsh government says the extra money will mean that spending in 2016 will be 0.6% higher than in 2010.
The Tory point being that the failure to protect the NHS budget between 2011 and 2013 means that it's taken until 2016 to catch up to a point where it should have been in the first place.
The health minister Mark Drakeford fails to acknowledge the difference between council and nhs cuts. His argument is that local authority social care providers stop elderly people taking up beds in hospitals when they should be at home.
In other words, if you cut their budgets, you can't get people to be operated on in hospitals because of so-called bed-blocking.
We're not expecting council budgets to be cut as much as many had feared.
One inevitable question is whether the worst of austerity for public services in Wales is now over?
There is a narrative that the worst of the cuts are yet to come but that isn't backed up by the figures.
Between 2010 and 2015, the Welsh government's budget was cut by around 8%.
Between 2015 and 2020, the forecast is for the Welsh government's budget to be cut by 3.6%.
Council leaders will still say it doesn't mean things are getting any easier.
Their argument is that the low-hanging fruit has already been covered, and the cumulative impact of cuts means any further reductions are just as tough.
Simon Brown, 45, failed to return to HMP Castle Huntly near Dundee, on Tuesday.
In 2012, along with Paul Banks, he was jailed for eight years for the murder of John Carter in Edinburgh before leaving his body in a lift at a block of flats.
Police had warned the public not to approach him.
Under the "starter homes" programme, originally announced a year ago, 200,000 first-time buyers will be able to purchase new houses or flats at a 20% discount.
The quid pro quo of this arrangement is that developers will be relieved of their obligations to provide affordable homes for rent, or having to pay for general local infrastructure such as roads, or indeed schools.
While this may be good news for Britain's aspiring homeowners, the worry is that there will be fewer homes for poorer families to rent.
And local authorities fear they will have billions of pounds less to spend on infrastructure.
When, eventually, the first building bricks are laid, the government's starter homes initiative will offer first-time buyers a much better deal than they currently get on the Help to Buy programme.
Buyers will need to be under 40, and cannot have owned their own home previously.
They will get at least a 20% discount on the purchase price, but they will not be allowed to sell or rent the properties for their full market value for five years.
According to the plans published so far, the discounts will apply to properties worth up to £250,000 outside London, or £450,000 in the capital.
Permission will only be granted where land is scheduled as under-used, or as an unviable commercial or industrial site.
Housing associations fear that even fewer affordable homes will now be provided for people to rent. The trend is already going down.
Five years ago, 60,480 affordable homes were built in England.
By 2013-14 that had fallen to 42,920, according to government figures.
Social rents - the cheapest - have declined significantly, while "affordable rents", introduced in 2011, have largely replaced them. They offer rent at 80% of market value.
Intermediate affordable housing - mostly homes in shared ownership schemes - has also declined.
The housing charity Shelter has called the starter homes scheme a "non-starter". It has calculated that outside London, the houses will cost up to nine times the average salary, and 11.5 times the average wage in the capital.
It claims that they will only be affordable to those on average incomes in 58% of local authorities.
"There's nothing wrong with helping people on to the property ladder, but the government has to invest in genuinely affordable homes to buy and rent for all of those on ordinary incomes who are bearing the brunt of this crisis," said Campbell Robb, Shelter's chief executive.
The charity Crisis has called the plans "disastrous".
Local authorities are anxious about the money they will lose under so-called section 106 payments. These are the obligations that developers have to meet to benefit the community, in return for getting planning permission.
They consist of providing a certain percentage of affordable homes in any development, as well as payments for general local infrastructure.
The Local Government Association (LGA) says that typically developers pay about £15,000 per home.
If developers are no longer required to make such payments, cash-strapped local councils will lose a further £3bn, according to LGA estimates.
At the start of the financial crisis, in 2007, some 177,650 homes were completed in England. This plunged to 106,720 three years later. Since then the industry has recovered significantly, building 131,060 in the year to June.
But, as the chart above shows, it is the private sector that is responsible for most house building, and it is the private sector which has suffered most.
As a result, many people feel the relaxations on planning rules are the most effective way to encourage developers to build more.
Banks who lend money to buyers also support the plans.
"The announcement of a new relaxation of strict planning regulations to encourage house builders to develop affordable homes is a positive development for both first-time buyers who are struggling to get on the ladder, as well as to the housing market as a whole," said Charles Haresnape, group managing director of mortgages at Aldermore Bank.
But the bigger question remains affordability.
If, by building more houses, prices fall, and more people can afford to buy them, then the government will be able to claim success.
But if prices continue to rise, and it is only the wealthy middle classes who are able to take advantage of an extra leg-up from the government, the starter homes scheme is unlikely to prove popular with those destined to remain renters rather than owners.
And when these homes eventually come back on the market, they will be sold at full price.
They will - in effect - be affordable just once.
The slick champions scored three in the first half through Kieran Tierney - his first for the club - Tom Rogic and Mikael Lustig.
They got another four in the second from Stuart Armstrong, Patrick Roberts, Ryan Christie and, remarkably, from their substitute, Jack Aitchison.
At 16 years and 71 days, Aitchison is Celtic's youngest-ever debutant.
The striker came on with 15 minutes left and promptly scored with his first touch.
Seven goals was the least Celtic deserved. In truth, had they scored 14 then Motherwell could scarcely have raised an objection.
If there was any doubt as to what kind of performance Celtic could find on Deila's last day then it was answered early and emphatically.
Even before they opened the scoring midway through the first half, they created a long series of decent chances.
Rogic went close on three different occasions, Christie had two opportunities and Lustig one.
From the get-go, Celtic had a dynamism about them that Motherwell couldn't even get close to living with.
Sure, it was a match with nothing at stake, but there was a tempo and an accuracy about their game that was exhilarating.
In the absence of midfielders Scott Brown and Nir Bitton, they had the brake off and they were relentless.
The rout was started by Tierney, a fitting flourish in a terrific breakthrough season for the teenage left-back. He cut in from the left and beat Conor Ripley at his near post.
Five minutes later, Rogic made it two and this one had a lot to do with the excellent Armstrong, who, after playing a one-two with Christie, hit a post with his shot. Rogic was on hand to tap in the loose ball.
The home fans had barely retaken their seats when it was three. An Armstrong corner was missed by the flapping Ripley and was headed home at the back post by Lustig.
Motherwell knew what was coming next - waves and waves of green and white. When they had the ball, they couldn't keep it. When they didn't have it, they didn't have a clue how to get it.
They were utterly bamboozled by Celtic's energy and should have been four behind before the break when Ripley tipped a Rogic shot into Christie's air-space. The former Inverness Caledonian Thistle youngster had to score but put it over, much to his embarrassment.
Not that it mattered because Celtic continued the deconstruction just after the break, Armstrong teeing himself up with a nice first touch and an even nicer second one, a delicious hit into Ripley's top corner.
Celtic Park lapped up this ruthless version of a team they have seen toil too often this season - a fast-moving, creative force that refused to ease Motherwell's torture.
The visitors were like sitting ducks. This was a feeble and mortifying end to their season.
The fifth came quickly, Armstrong's good work starting it and Roberts' curling finish ending it. Motherwell backed off him and duly got what they deserved.
Four minutes later, the sixth arrived, Rogic playing Christie through and this time he made no mistake, drilling his shot past the hopelessly isolated, and totally befuddled, Ripley.
The great feel-good goal was the last one, though. Aitchison, born in 2000, slammed home his first shot on goal in senior football, a strike that will live forever in his memory no matter how many he goes on to score at this level.
For Deila, it was the perfect send-off. As the supporters of his soon-to-be former club celebrated the title into the night, the manager would be on a flight out of Glasgow, back to Norway, back to the life he had before he entered the mad world of Scottish football.
After this rout, he would have left with a smile. A bittersweet one for sure.
Match ends, Celtic 7, Motherwell 0.
Second Half ends, Celtic 7, Motherwell 0.
Saidy Janko (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Joe Chalmers (Motherwell).
Foul by Jack Aitchison (Celtic).
Morgaro Gomis (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Celtic. Saidy Janko replaces Stuart Armstrong.
Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kieran Kennedy (Motherwell).
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Kieran Kennedy.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Craig Gordon.
Attempt saved. Morgaro Gomis (Motherwell) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Ryan Christie (Celtic).
Louis Moult (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Celtic 7, Motherwell 0. Jack Aitchison (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Stefan Johansen (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Louis Moult (Motherwell).
Substitution, Celtic. Jack Aitchison replaces Tomas Rogic.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Kieran Kennedy.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Scott McDonald.
Attempt missed. Ryan Christie (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Connor Ripley.
Ryan Christie (Celtic) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box.
Attempt missed. Efe Ambrose (Celtic) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Connor Ripley.
Attempt saved. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Mikael Lustig (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Celtic 6, Motherwell 0. Ryan Christie (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
Hand ball by Ryan Christie (Celtic).
Attempt missed. Stephen McManus (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Substitution, Celtic. Emilio Izaguirre replaces Kieran Tierney.
Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic).
Louis Moult (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Celtic 5, Motherwell 0. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
Attempt missed. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Morgaro Gomis (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tomas Rogic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Morgaro Gomis (Motherwell).
Goal! Celtic 4, Motherwell 0. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mikael Lustig.
Ryan Christie (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Fletcher's first Grand National success came when he steered Red Alligator to victory in 1968, a year after finishing third at Aintree on the same horse.
In 1973, he won the famous race on Red Rum, repeating the feat in 1974.
Red Rum became the most successful horse to run in the National, winning for a third time with Tommy Stack in 1977, the year Fletcher retired.
Fletcher also won the Scottish National in 1974, and finished as runner-up to Josh Gifford in the jockeys' title race.
Former champion jockey Peter Scudamore said Fletcher was an "unsung hero", without whom "National Hunt racing wouldn't be where it is today".
He added: "To win the Grand National three times is an incredible achievement. It's just a shame that after he finished in racing you didn't hear a lot about him."
Conventional economic theory says if unemployment gets low enough, wages will take off - with inflation following close behind.
The general idea is that when labour markets are tight, workers' bargaining power is increased.
Therefore employees can demand wages that beat their expectations for inflation.
Until recently it was painfully obvious that that wasn't happening. The rate of unemployment kept hitting 40-year lows but wages kept sagging.
On Wednesday the wage optimists were given something to cling on to. Unemployment hit 4.4% in the second quarter of the year, the lowest - once again - since the mid-1970s.
But, against expectations, pay rises improved, up by 2.1% (excluding bonuses) compared with a consensus prediction of 2%. Maybe the economic theory was right after all - and pay is now ticking up because labour markets are tight.
It remains, however, a long way short of what would be required to trigger the sort of wage-price spiral about which central bankers have been hyper-vigilant since the 1970s.
That employees are prepared to accept wages that shrink by a tiny bit less than they did the last time these figures came out does not exactly bespeak a dramatic new assertion of workers' bargaining power.
With inflation on the official CPI measure at 2.6%, wages are still shrinking in real terms - by 0.5%. And pay rises averaging 2.1% compares to 2.8% as recently as November last year. Not much ammunition there for the hawks on the Bank of England's monetary policy committee who would like to raise interest rates sooner rather than later.
But it does look like deeper changes in the labour market are afoot. With the weaker pound, it is in theory less worthwhile than it used to be for workers to come to the UK from elsewhere in the EU to earn pounds, sending them home to convert into Polish zlotys or Bulgarian levs.
Is that theoretical prediction coming true? The number of non-UK nationals added to the UK workforce was just 109,000 on the year. In the first quarter it was a much sharper increase - of 207,000. Here too, the economic theory may, eventually, be proved right after all.
Djokovic, 29, has worked with the former Wimbledon, US and Australian Open winner for three years.
The Serbian world number two won six Grand Slams under Becker and held all four major titles at the same time when he won the French Open final in June.
"The goals we set when we started working together have been completely fulfilled," he said.
"I want to thank him for the cooperation, teamwork, dedication and commitment."
Becker described the decision as "mutual" and told Sky Sports: "If somebody would have told us three years ago we are going to win six Grand Slams together, regain the number one spot in the world and just be the most dominant player, I would have signed up for that."
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Djokovic lost his world number one spot after 122 weeks in November to Britain's Andy Murray in November, having exited Wimbledon in the third round and lost his opening match at the Olympics.
He talked of personal issues and also struggled with injuries in a disappointing second half of the season.
"I think the last six months have been challenging on many levels," added Becker. "Our hands were tied a little bit because we couldn't do the work we wanted to do.
"He didn't spend as much time on the practice court in the last six months as he should have and he knows that."
Djokovic, who had beaten Murray to win the French Open, did reach the US Open final in September before losing to Murray in the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals last month.
"My professional plans are now directed primarily to maintain a good level of play," he added. "And also to make a good schedule and new goals for the next season."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
There was a lot of cynicism when Djokovic first appointed Becker, but there is no disputing the past three years have been the most successful of the Serb's career.
Djokovic had developed the uncanny knack of losing Grand Slam finals before they teamed up: but perhaps now - just as then - he is looking for a fresh approach.
Marian Vajda has been an influential part of Djokovic's team since he was a teenager, and I would be very surprised if he did not play a central role. The unconventional Pepe Imaz - a former player who runs an academy based on the principle that love is the way to true happiness - was in both Paris and London with Djokovic at the end of the season.
There's also the possibility of another coach with a playing CV like Becker or Ivan Lendl being added to the team.
The Employment and Learning minister, Dr Stephen Farry, has decided to remove a special premium payment of £1.1m which it has been getting to compensate for its small scale and specialist status. It has fewer than 1,000 students and an income of £4.7m a year.
Protesters have said that the removal of the small institution premium, coupled with a general cutback in Department of Employment and Learning (DEL) funding, would mean the college loses 31% of its budget.
However, an extra £32m for the DEL, revealed in this week's overall budget improves the situation somewhat.
The college says the addition of extra money means it would be asked to manage on a budget reduced by 26.5%.
That's a slightly better prediction but the principal, Prof Peter Finn, says that is still far too challenging.
He accuses Stephen Farry of a blatantly opportunistic decision to force the college to agree to one of the solutions he proposes for the future streamlining of teacher training in Northern Ireland.
None of the four options includes St Mary's keeping its current autonomy. It says it is determined to retain its character and Catholic ethos, however, Prof Finn says he is keen for what he called "very deep sharing" between the various teacher training institutions. That could involve students from each being taught in other university colleges from time to time.
Prof Finn strongly objects to the notion that the small scale and specialist premia only exist in Northern Ireland and therefore should be removed.
He agrees the payments were removed from similar institutions in England but says those bodies, in return, were allowed to charge much higher tuition fees and were not restricted in how many students they could accept. St Mary's was not permitted that freedom.
Stranmillis University College, which has mainly trained teachers for schools other than Catholic, has similar problems but has been in negotiations to merge completely with Queen's University.
That process began in 2008 but has met some opposition and has not yet been approved. The reduction in funding and the removal of the premia would also affect that college.
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In a match worth a potential £120m to the victors, Cameron Jerome took advantage of a Daniel Ayala error to put the Canaries ahead.
It was 2-0 after 15 minutes when Nathan Redmond arrowed a shot into the corner.
Jelle Vossen came closest for Boro when he struck the bar, but their six-year absence from the top flight continues.
Victory for the Canaries in front of more than 85,000 fans is the culmination of a remarkable run of results under manager Alex Neil.
The 33-year-old was unheralded in England, but presided over Hamilton's promotion to the Scottish Premiership last season. That was enough for him to be given the chance to replace Neil Adams at Carrow Road in January, with the club seventh in the table and three points off the play-offs.
Neil oversaw victory in his maiden game in charge against eventual league champions Bournemouth, the first of 17 wins in 25 games during his tenure, and will now become the youngest manager in England's top flight, beating Swansea's 36-year-old boss Garry Monk.
For his opposite number Aitor Karanka and Boro, though, it ends a season that had promised so much, built on the meanest defence in the league, conceding 37 goals in 46 games.
Karanka, the former assistant manager to Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid, has also seen a great deal of improvement during his 18 months in charge after taking over from Tony Mowbray in November 2013 with the side 16th in the table.
But, in a game referred to as the 'richest in football', his side fell short thanks to three first-half minutes when Norwich scored twice.
Given the weight of pressure, it was an understandably nervy opening but the game sprang into life when both sides hit the crossbar within 30 seconds of each other.
First, Norwich midfielder Bradley Johnson powered a left-foot volley against the bar, only for Boro to go straight down the other end and rattle the woodwork themselves with Vossen's delightful long-range effort.
Boro had arrived at Wembley late after being stuck in traffic, and their lack of preparation time may well have had a hand in gifting Norwich the opening goal.
Ex-Canaries defender Ayala dithered on the ball down their right, allowing Norwich top scorer Jerome to nick it off him, run into the area and calmly slot past Dimi Konstantopoulos at his near post for his 21st of the season.
And only three minutes later, Norwich, unbeaten on the road under Neil, were 2-0 up against a side who had kept 22 clean sheets this campaign.
Steven Whittaker played a great ball into the channel for Redmond and the England Under-21 winger struck home a low effort past a despairing Konstantopoulos to send one end of Wembley into an unexpectedly early ecstasy.
Boro struggled to get any sort of foothold in the game, so at half-time Karanka brought off right-back Dean Whitehead for forward Emilio Nsue.
Norwich had kept Championship player of the year Patrick Bamford quiet for the first hour, but his turn and shot was the first real test for keeper John Ruddy.
Boro's main threat came from Albert Adomah down the right, but Norwich's central defensive partnership of Sebastien Bassong and captain Russell Martin dealt with every ball into the middle.
It was in fact Norwich who went closest to getting a third when Redmond fired just wide from a free-kick on the edge of the box.
Bamford then had the chance to pull the ball back to Kike but Scotland international Martin cleared his centre, and Norwich held on to return to the top flight.
Staff at London's Palace Theatre have been told to refuse entry to anyone with tickets that have been resold.
One ticket for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which normally has a face value of up to £70, is currently for sale on a secondary website for £6,200.
Producers called the secondary ticket market "an industry-wide plague".
Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender said it was a matter "which we as producers take very seriously".
In a statement, they added: "Our priority is to protect all our customers and [we] are doing all we can to combat this issue. From the outset, accessible pricing has been of paramount importance to us.
"We have already been able to identify, and refuse entry to a significant number of people who purchased tickets through resale sites and will continue to track down touts and refuse entry to anyone who has knowingly bought a ticket from a tout through the secondary market."
On average, around one person per day has been turned away since previews of the play began in early June.
Tickets for the two-part show have been in huge demand, and fans have cursed touts who sell them on for inflated prices.
Re-selling tickets is not illegal, but the producers warn that any tickets that are advertised for sale on the internet, in newspapers or elsewhere will be "automatically void".
Only those bought from the two official ticketing platforms - Nimax and ATG - are allowed.
The show is sold out, although there is an online lottery every Friday in which 40 tickets are released for every performance the following week.
At the time of writing, one ticket to watch one part of the show from the stalls is on the Viagogo website for £6,213.76, while Stubhub is offering two tickets for both parts for £4,999 each.
Viagogo has not returned a request for comment. StubHub has previously said its sales were "driven by supply and demand" and that sellers "set the price for what they think the market will bear".
Meanwhile, the script of the play, written by Jack Thorne and approved by Potter author JK Rowling, has become the UK's fastest-selling book this decade.
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After Pakistan were bowled out for 339, adding only 57 to their overnight total, the hosts appeared to be cruising at 118-1 midway through the afternoon.
But leg-spinner Yasir Shah once again exposed England's weakness against the turning ball as he took four key wickets in a 15-over spell either side of tea.
And with Mohammad Amir, returning to Test cricket after his spot-fixing ban, dismissing Alastair Cook for 81, England closed on 253-7 - still 86 runs in arrears.
It could have been worse had Pakistan's fielding matched the skill of Yasir and Amir, with Cook dropped twice behind the wicket and the out-fielding seldom more impressive.
Yet no English batsman appeared capable of dealing with the tests set by Yasir, despite the Lord's track offering far less assistance than they can expect from subcontinental wickets in India this winter.
After Alex Hales had fallen early, caught at second slip pushing at one angled across him from left-armer Rahat Ali, Cook and Joe Root put on 110 for the second wicket, the runs coming at pace.
It was Root's unnecessary dismissal for 48 that triggered the deluge - the Yorkshire right-hander swiping across the line at Yasir and top-edging into Mohammad Hafeez's hands at midwicket.
James Vince was then trapped lbw for 16 by the same bowler before Gary Ballance, somewhat surprisingly recalled to the Test team after a year in the wilderness, was hit in front for just six to leave England 147-4.
Cook appeared to be cruising, becoming the first England captain to score 4,000 Test runs, only to aim a big drive at a wide one from Amir and play on.
And while Jonny Bairstow hit a rapid 29, he paid for his aggression when Yasir's faster top-spinner ripped through his defences.
Moeen Ali fell lbw when the leg-spinner returned for his next spell, the five-wicket haul celebrated with an impassioned roar at the north London skies.
England had earlier wrapped up Pakistan's first innings at pace, taking their last four wickets in the first half-hour of the day.
Once again it was Chris Woakes who made the breakthrough, having the attacking Sarfraz Ahmed caught by Vince at point for 25 off 29 balls as he cut loosely at a short one.
It gave Woakes his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket, and two balls later he had six when he cleaned up Wahab Riaz with a beauty of an inswinger.
Amir inside-edged his first ball past his leg stump for four and then took a glancing blow on the helmet from Stuart Broad.
But it was overnight centurion Misbah-ul-Haq who went next, Broad bowling him when he had added just four to his overnight 110.
It appeared to have given England critical momentum in a series expected to be far tighter than the one-sided contests against Sri Lanka earlier. Then came Yasir, and an all-too-familiar malaise.
Test Match Special's Geoffrey Boycott: "Joe Root came in at three and played like the class batsman he is - the feet were going beautifully and he was playing lovely length balls nicely. It all looked easy.
"Just when it all looked hunky dory, when the leg-spinner came on, Joe has a slog. He had a mental aberration. He couldn't believe himself. I always say when Root gets out you add two wickets to the score."
Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja: "Yasir has deceived them with a bit of variety. It's the inability to read spin.
"The fact is he's been in marvellous form for the last 18 months, but it is an important performance for him.
"Normally you associate Yasir with UAE conditions - he had never played a Test outside of Asia before - so he had to convince everyone that he could perform in conditions that weren't normal for him."
England bowler Chris Woakes: "We'd like to get close to their total. Ideally, we can get past them in the first half hour if me and Broady are still there.
"This evening it was a different situation. On Saturday we have to come out and be positive. Hopefully we can move up quickly towards that score."
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Goals from Ethan Rafferty and Mark Shields put the Orchard men in control at Markievicz Park.
Sligo fought back late in the game and an injury-time penalty from Adrian Marren saw it end 1-14 to 2-11.
Antrim led at the break before Michael Quinlivan and Philip Austin netted to give Tipp a 2-12 to 0-13 victory.
Points from Ryan Murray and Matthew Fitzpatrick gave the Saffrons an early lead at Semple Stadium.
Tipperary levelled before Antrim hit five points without reply with Murray firing over twice.
The gap was down to two when Murray was black-carded and replaced by CJ McGourty.
Three straight points on the restart saw Tipp go in front but Antrim fought back and led 0-11 to 0-9.
The goals proved decisive, with Quinlivan netting on 55 minutes and Austin adding the second.
Antrim were reduced to 14 men late on with Paddy McBride's dismissal as Tipp won by five points.
Rafferty smashed into the net from 20 yards as he chalked up 1-3 in the first half to give Armagh a 1-5 to 0-7 lead at the break in Sligo.
Orchard substitute Jamie Clarke was involved in the second goal, scored by Shields and putting the visitors six in front.
Marren led the Sligo fightback, slotting over three of four unanswered points before Rafferty made it 0-14 to 2-11.
Up stepped Marren to convert a penalty six minutes into added time to thwart Kieran McGeeney's men.
The unit at Poole Civic Centre is the first of its kind in the UK to be installed by a council as part of a government scheme.
It draws its power from solar panels and is faster than standard chargers which take 8-12 hours.
Eighteen chargers are to be installed in Dorset following a £900,000 Department for Transport grant.
During daylight hours, the rapid charger with three standard charging points is powered by a 135kWp solar panel installation on the roof of a nearby multi-storey car park.
Ian Potter, the council's cabinet member for transport, said: "We hope other organisations will follow our lead and install solar panels on their buildings to generate carbon free electricity."
Six of the rapid chargers are set to be installed in Poole, five in Bournemouth and seven in the rest of Dorset.
Tom Rainey, 23, from Devon and Lawrence Walters, 23, from Hampshire broke the 24-hour ocean rowing record by nearly 10 nautical miles.
Their feat was validated by Guinness World Records adjudicators for the sport, the Ocean Rowing Society.
Team Ocean Valour are raising funds for the Brain Tumour Charity in memory of Tom's father who died from the disease.
The pair set off from New York to Salcombe, Devon on 3 May.
The data came from the team's satellite tracker between 14:00 on 30 May and 14:00 on 31 May.
They are hoping to beat the record of 103.9 nautical miles set by an eight-man crew crossing the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to Barbados in the winter of 2014/15.
Ocean Valour has been pushed along by favourable winds and currents after a frustrating period in which the team were pulled in circles by currents during bad weather.
They still have more than 2,000 nautical miles (3,700km) left to go before they can pick up a claim a second record as the youngest team to complete the treacherous route.
Team spokesman Chris Martin said: "They have had some significant challenges over the last 10 days or so, so this is a great boost for them.
"A large part of it is getting in the right place at the right time and they have put themselves in that place."
The pair, who have capsized once, are taking it in turns to row for an hour each..
Mr Martin said one of their next challenges would be avoiding the Labrador Current coming from the north which could affect their progress on the Gulf Stream Drift which is pulling the pair across the Atlantic.
Figures from the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime (Paw) Scotland showed six birds were found to have been illegally poisoned.
The numbers remain well below a peak of 30 poisoned birds recorded in 2009.
A map published by Paw Scotland showed the location of all recorded crimes against birds of prey last year.
It has also published maps showing the birds of prey poisoning hotspots over the period from January 2009 until December 2013.
Two of the poisoning cases were discovered in Perthshire, two near Stirling, with one in Angus and the other south of Edinburgh.
In total, there were 15 recorded crimes against birds of prey including shootings, trappings and nest destruction in Scotland last year.
The RSPB said the figures were "very worrying" and showed that birds continued to be persecuted in the Scottish countryside, whether by deliberate or accidental means.
The report was published as police investigated the deaths of 11 birds of prey - seven red kites and four buzzards - in Ross-shire over the last week. Wildlife officers suspect criminal behaviour but the causes of the deaths are yet to be established.
Reacting to the figures, Duncan Orr-Ewing, RSPB head of species and land management, said: "It is very worrying that the number of detected illegal poisoning incidents has shown an increase on the previous year.
"We acknowledge Scottish government efforts to tackle these appalling crimes, which have no place in modern Scotland, and agree that the production of these annual raptor crime maps makes a significant contribution to public awareness of this issue."
The other reported criminal incidents in the report show the deliberate targeting of vulnerable raptor species including hen harriers, red kites, and both golden and sea eagles.
Long the heartland of a series of native Andean civilisations, it was taken over by the Peru-centred Inca Empire in the 15th century, and then Spanish conquistadors a century later.
It won independence from Spain in the early 19th century.
Traditionally a farming country, Ecuador's economy was transformed after the 1960s by the growth of industry and the discovery of oil. There was rapid growth and progress in health, education and housing.
Ecuador has many geographical zones, including Andean peaks, tropical rainforests and - 1,000km (600 miles) off the coast - the volcanic Galapagos Islands, home to the animals and birds whose evolutionary adaptations shaped Charles Darwin's theories.
Population 14.8 million
Area 272,045 sq km (105,037 sq miles)
Major languages Spanish, indigenous languages
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 73 years (men), 79 years (women)
Currency US dollar
President: Rafael Correa Delgado
Left-wing economist Rafael Correa was elected president for a third consecutive term in 2013.
He was first elected in 2006. He then won the April 2009 election with over 50% of the vote.
Educated in Ecuador, Belgium and the USA, Correa has a doctorate in economics.
He was appointed economy minister in April 2005 but was forced to resign after four months when he failed to consult the president before publicly lambasting the World Bank for denying Ecuador a loan.
Prior to his career in government he served as an economics professor and as a missionary to indigenous communities.
When he originally took up his post in January 2007 he joined Latin America's club of left-leaning leaders, including Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivia's Evo Morales, who have been highly critical of the US and led a South American nationalisation drive.
Journalists and media outlets face a hostile political and legal environment, press freedom groups say.
Laws give the government powers to regulate editorial content and impose sanctions.
Radio is a popular medium; there are hundreds of stations, some operating in indigenous languages. Soap operas and US series are staple fare on TV.
Some key dates in Ecuador's history:
1534 - Spanish conquer Ecuador.
1822 - Ecuador becomes part of independent Gran Colombia, which also encompasses Colombia, Panama and Venezuela. Ecuador becomes fully independent in 1830.
1934 - Dr Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra is elected president. In the next 30 years, he will be elected president five times and overthrown four times.
1941 - Peru invades and the next year Ecuador cedes some 200,000 square kilometres of disputed territory to Peru.
1968 - Election returns Velasco to power. Two years later, amid a financial crisis, Velasco suspends the constitution and rules by decree. Four years later he is deposed in a coup.
1972 - Oil production starts and Ecuador emerges as a significant oil producer.
1979 - Democracy restored.
1995 - Brief border war with Peru.
1997 - 2 million people march through Quito demanding the resignation of President Abdala Bucaram Ortiz after some prices rise by 600%. Congress votes to dismiss him for mental incompetence.
2006 - Rafael Correa wins presidential election.
The artist created the public art as part of the National Garden Festival at Stoke-on-Trent, Historic England said.
It added the figure of a man, called A View, A Place, overlooked the Fowlea Valley but it was removed when the festival closed in 1986.
Historic England has compiled a list of works that have been lost, sold, stolen or destroyed.
The public body that protects England's historic places has appealed to people to get in touch via its website.
Moffat, who also oversees Doctor Who, was honoured with the special award for outstanding writing.
Accepting the award, he told the London ceremony: "Write what you love. I've never loved anything as much as Doctor Who and Sherlock."
However he and Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss lost out to ITV1's Appropriate Adult for best TV short-form drama.
Screenwriter Neil McKay's Fred West drama also beat This is England '88 writers Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne to the prize.
Starring Dominic West, Appropriate Adult has already been honoured with TV Baftas, RTS and Broadcasting Guild Awards.
BBC3's Being Human won the Writers' Guild award for TV drama series, while Hollyoaks writer Nick Leather won best continuing TV drama.
BBC4 comedy Holy Flying Circus, written by Tony Roche, won best TV comedy.
Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, written by Phil Ford, took the prize for best children's TV script for its episode The Curse of Clyde Langer.
Other winners included Dexter Fletcher's directorial debut Wild Bill, which won best first feature film for him and co-writer Danny King.
We Need to Talk About Kevin won best screenplay for Lynne Ramsay and Rory Stewart Kinnear.
The awards were handed out in London on Wednesday night by The Writers' Guild of Great Britain, which supports writers across every media, from books, theatre, TV and radio.
Rachel De-lahay won best play for The Westbridge, a Royal Court production that ran at Peckham's Bussey Building, while best play for children and young people went to Brendan Murray for Hare and Tortoise.
There were also two awards for radio writing, with Radio 4's Pandemic, by John Dryden, winning the drama category and Matt Berry's I, Regress winning best radio comedy.
Best fiction book went to Patrick McGuinness' The Last Hundred Days, and best videogame script was won by Paul Crocker's Batman: Arkham City.
Haye, 36, had surgery on an Achilles injury sustained in Saturday's 11th-round defeat by Bellew in London.
He suffered the injury in the sixth round of the fight, but says a two-and-a-half-hour operation "went well".
"I live to fight another day and I will fight another day," Haye told Sky Sports.
Asked if he would be returning to the ring, he said: "No doubt about it, I have never been more sure about it."
He added: "Other athletes have come back in six to nine months after the same injury, I am in a good condition, a healthy-living person and I am looking forward to getting back in there."
Bellew, 34, said he is considering retirement following his win, but admitted that an offer for one further fight could be too lucrative to turn down.
Asked whether the Haye bout would be his last, Bellew told BBC Radio 5 live: "It's an option. It's something I'm thinking about."
In response, Haye told Sky Sports: "I never envisaged losing this fight, if Tony Bellew does retire - and I truly hope he doesn't - then I will carry on in my path to be number one in the world.
"But it is only fair to the fans to rematch against the guy who beat me. If that does not happen, then I will find a way to challenge for the heavyweight title. I believe after sharing a ring with him, he will want to do it again."
The US cyclist opted not to contest USADA drugs charges, saying he is tired of fighting the allegations. He strongly denies doping.
The International Cycling Union (UCI), the world governing body, is yet to say if it intends to follow USADA's lead.
It previously backed Armstrong's bid to challenge USADA powers over the sport.
USADA said Armstrong's decision not to fight the charges against him triggered the lifetime ban and led to his results dating back to 1 August 1998 being erased.
He won the Tour de France in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Armstrong retired from cycling in 2005 but returned to the sport between 2009 and 2012.
USADA says 10 of Armstrong's former team-mates are prepared to testify against him.
On Monday, he failed in his attempt to block the charges in a US federal court. He claimed USADA was acting beyond its remit and had offered "corrupt inducements" to other riders to testify against him.
"If I thought for one moment that by participating in USADA's process, I could confront these allegations in a fair setting and - once and for all - put these charges to rest, I would jump at the chance," said Armstrong.
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Armstrong, who survived testicular cancer prior to his record-breaking Tour wins, said he would now be focusing on working with his cancer charity.
In a statement USADA claimed it had clear evidence that Armstrong had taken performance-enhancing drugs.
It alleges he used banned substances, including the blood-booster erythropoietin (EPO), steroid and blood transfusions, as far back as 1996.
"The evidence against Lance Armstrong arose from disclosures made to USADA by more than a dozen witnesses who agreed to testify and provide evidence about their first-hand experience and/or knowledge of the doping activity of those involved in the USPS Conspiracy as well as analytical data," the statement read.
"I have spoken to [Armstrong]. He is out doing a mountain bike ride right now.
"The support from our sponsors, donors and cancer sufferers has been overwhelming since the news broke.
"Donations are up this year on last and today on yesterday."
(Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live)
"As part of the investigation Mr Armstrong was invited to meet with USADA and be truthful about his time on the USPS team but he refused."
Throughout the case, the UCI had challenged USADA's jurisdiction over the sport, and has the option of appealing against the ruling to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
However, it stated earlier on Friday it would not take action until it had received details from USADA explaining why Armstrong should lose his titles.
Earlier John Fahey, chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), said Armstrong's seven Tour de France titles should be "obliterated" following his decision not to contest the doping charges against him.
In a statement following USADA's decision, Wada said it would continue to monitor the process.
The Tour de France organisers said they would wait for an outcome in any stand-off between USADA and the UCI before taking action.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said he planned to double the income of struggling farmers in the next five years.
Having overtaken China as the world's fastest-growing economy, India is seen as a bright spot in the global economy.
But it has been hit by slowing global demand and severe droughts affecting rural areas.
"We are grateful to our farmers for being the backbone of the country's food security," Mr Jaitley said of India's estimated 120 million farmers.
"We need... to give back to our farmers a sense of income security."
He said the government had allocated $12.7bn (£9.15bn) for "rural development as a whole".
Analysts say Mr Jaitley has announced increased spending on rural economy, health and social sectors with an eye on boosting his party's prospects in the coming state elections.
They include a pledge to set up 89 projects for irrigation, doubling investments in rural roads to help farmers get produce to market, getting cooking gas to millions of poor households and funds for women entrepreneurs from underprivileged families.
The government would raise spending on a massive rural employment scheme, a crop insurance programme and increasing rural access to the Internet.
It would also work to ensure all the country's villages had electricity within two years, Mr Jaitley said.
He said the government would achieve its goal of cutting the fiscal deficit to 3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) for 2016-17 from 3.9% the year before.
Since coming to power in 2014, Mr Modi has promised to improve business and investor climate in the country with tax reforms and major infrastructure projects.
That policy has been criticised by the opposition as being too business-friendly and coming at the expense of social spending and welfare projects.
The country's huge rural population has been hit by severe droughts and recent regional elections have shown dwindling support for Mr Modi.
With crucial elections in largely agricultural states like West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh due this year and next, the government is under pressure to address the rural economy.
From irrigation to better roads - this was a budget heavily geared to rural India where two thirds of the population live.
That's partly because agriculture has suffered after two years of poor rainfall. But perhaps there was some pragmatism too ahead of elections in four states over the next year where rural voters are key.
There was support for start-ups - from tax breaks to funds for women entrepreneurs.
And while it has not been able to push through any real tax reforms - it has used the budget to remove 13 different taxes which should go some way to simplifying doing business.
But what we were lacking were the specifics of revenue-raising - especially given the finance minister is not loosening its fiscal deficit target.
Pollution taxes on new cars and up to 15% tax on cigarettes will only go so far.
Heavy one-off taxes and penalties on undeclared income - with a promise of no questions being asked and no prosecutions - might get a few takers.
But we need more details on things like potential sell-offs of government businesses before we can judge this budget.
The 30-year-old withdrew from the Stanford Bank of the West Classic earlier this month after suffering the injury in her first-round match.
The Russian says she is missing Cincinnati "as a precaution for the US Open", which starts on 28 August.
World number 149 Sharapova would need a wild card to play in the main draw in New York.
The five-time Grand Slam champion decided to miss Cincinnati after consulting with event medical staff on Saturday.
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka had already pulled out because of "a family matter".
Men's world number one Murray withdrew last week because of an ongoing hip injury and defending champion Marin Cilic is also out with the adductor injury which has sidelined him since Wimbledon.
Edwards, 20, scored his first senior goal with Accrington in 10 appearances for the League Two club on an initial loan spell last season.
However, he has signed a one-year contract with Hull, giving the Tigers the option to recall him in January.
"He will get more chances this year," said Accrington boss John Coleman.
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Under plans announced by the prime minister, failing departments will have six months to improve or be taken over by high-performing councils or charities.
Sandwell's summer rating came after an equally poor 2013 inspection prompted a boss and a cabinet member to quit.
David Cameron said the plan would mean "not a single child is left behind".
Simon Hackett, cabinet member for children's services at Sandwell Council said: "Our number one priority is to look after children and young people in Sandwell.
"We are working hard to make improvements and welcome the appointment of a commissioner who will help us to achieve this."
Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson announced Eleanor Brazil would be the new commissioner.
"Eleanor has considerable experience of helping failing local authorities to improve, most recently in Slough, where her leadership led to the successful establishment of the Slough Children's Services Trust," he said.
Ms Brazil said she hoped to see "rapid improvement" and would be be "looking carefully" at alternative ways of delivering services.
Top-performing councils, experts in child protection and charities will be sent to run the worst units and will have the power to remove members of staff.
NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless welcomed the changes, saying services had too frequently failed to protect children.
"When this happens, swift action is an absolute priority to prevent tragedies that shame us all," he said.
"We need to ensure that if tragedy does befall a child, that we then learn the lessons from serious case reviews, something that year after year is not done."
In June, Ofsted said Sandwell's children's services department "does not fully understand the scale and prevalence of child sexual exploitation".
The report found: "There are widespread and serious failures that create or leave children being harmed or at risk of harm.
"Leaders and managers have not been able to demonstrate sufficient understanding of failures and have been ineffective in prioritising, challenging and making improvements."
But social work professor Ray Jones, appointed by the education secretary in 2013 to advise Sandwell's turnaround, has said the local authority has improved.
"When I went there first, the department was unstable, there was a backlog and they were not in control. But over the past two years I've been really impressed.
"They're in control and largely on top of what needs to be doing.
"The thing is that they're working in very difficult circumstances but they have a strong management and leadership team, and a dedicated workforce doing a pretty good job," said Professor Jones.
"I have confidence in Sandwell. They know what they need to be doing, and will continue to make progress."
Michael Scott said some of Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust's (NSFT) front line services were suffering.
He said the trust had been forced to overspend by £2m this year.
The government said it had gone "further than ever before to put mental health on a par with physical health".
On Saturday the BBC revealed the trust had 50 patients in beds outside the counties, due to a lack of funding and a shortage of beds.
The Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk has said the trust's programme to make £40m of cuts by 2018 has had a "devastating impact on people who rely on mental health services".
Mr Scott told the BBC: "The trust is dramatically underfunded. The money that comes through from the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) is insufficient for the services we provide.
"If we had been funded the same level as our local acute hospitals, we would have £30m more than we do.
"This year we are about £2m overspent. That's a direct result of not having sufficient income coming into the trust."
He said the NHS budget had grown modestly but had "not found its way into the mental health".
"Our Clinical Commisioning Groups (CCG) are very supportive but there are national funding mechanisms. That means the money is not going to mental health," he said.
While mainstream hospital funding is based on the number of patients, mental health receives a block grant unrelated to the number of users.
This has seen the budgets of the mainstream hospitals in the two counties rise by 15% since 2010, while mental health service funding, despite a 4.4% increase in users, has fallen by 3%.
A spokesman for the Norfolk and Suffolk CCGs said: "Mr Scott notes that local CCGs are very supportive, and directs all of his comments towards national funding formulas.
"Mental health is funded on the same basis as elsewhere in England."
The Department of Health said: "We have gone further than ever before to put mental health on a par with physical health and have instructed the NHS to make sure every community does the same."
In return, the US will send a different type of used uranium to Europe where it will be used to help diagnose cancer.
The BBC's James Landale said the PM's aim was to show that it is possible to think differently about how to dispose of nuclear waste.
But Friends of the Earth said any transatlantic transportation of nuclear waste was a risk it advised against.
Mr Cameron will travel to the US later to announce the agreement at a summit on civil nuclear security in Washington.
He will tell world leaders that Britain will transport 700kg of highly enriched uranium to the US from the Dounreay storage facility in Scotland.
Officials said this would be the largest ever such movement of nuclear waste, which the US has more capacity to store and process.
In return, a different form of used uranium will be transported from America to the European Atomic Energy agency (Euratom) where it will be turned into radio isotopes that are used to detect and diagnose cancer.
Richard Dixon, director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: "Only the nuclear industry could think it was a good idea to risk swapping large quantities of one of the most dangerous materials on the planet across the Atlantic.
"Nuclear waste should be dealt with as close to where it is produced as possible rather than risking transporting it in ships or planes. The consequences of an accident during transit would be horrific."
At the fourth Nuclear Security summit, to be chaired by US President Barack Obama, Mr Cameron will also announce Britain and the US are to hold a joint exercise to test both countries' ability to prevent cyber attacks on their nuclear stations and waste facilities.
The prime minister will offer British expertise to countries including Japan, Turkey, South Korea and Argentina which have asked for advice on how best to protect their nuclear plants.
And he will commit £10m to be spent on civil nuclear security worldwide.
During the biennial summit, first held in 2010, heads of government will also consider their response to the nightmare scenario of terrorists creating and using a dirty bomb.
Tensions have been raised in the Castlemara estate due to a dispute involving the South East Antrim UDA.
At a Policing Board meeting on Thursday, Ass Ch Con Stephen Martin said he was concerned someone was going to "end up hurt or dead."
17 people have been arrested on offences relating to criminal activity since May.
These offences involve the paramilitary organisation and include drugs, intimidation, and possession of weapons.
Nine people have been charged.
He said this was the reason why police officers are being sent in on a daily basis,
A number of searches have been carried out and two handguns seized, as well as cocaine, fireworks, and more than £5,000 in cash.
ACC Martin said the row in the estate was a "real cause for concern" and described the potential for violence as "extremely high".
He said there was no obvious criminal justice resolution and called for the parties involved to undertake mediation to solve the dispute.
The 25-year-old, who continues to be linked with a move to Barcelona, made the third goal with a lofted ball through for Mohamed Salah to score.
Salah's fellow summer signing Dominic Solanke headed in the opener, with Georginio Wijnaldum also on target.
"Coutinho and Salah are two top level players, and we are extremely happy to have them," said manager Jurgen Klopp.
"We are not quite where we want to be, but that is normal in pre-season."
Kim Dotcom, the multi-millionaire hacker-turned-entrepreneur, was on the roof of his New Zealand mansion, handcuffed and surrounded.
One by one, his luxury cars were rolled out of garages and taken away. Dotcom's accounts, in various different countries, were frozen.
His website, file storage service Megaupload, was shut down.
Filings made in a court in Virginia outlined the accusation. Dotcom, US authorities said, was the man behind a "criminal enterprise" which used Megaupload to profit from piracy on a "massive scale". He faces more than 20 years in prison.
"That's when I woke up to what the United States has become," an unwaveringly defiant Dotcom tells me, with typical brashness.
"How they lie at every corner if they want to get something done. How the law doesn't even matter.
"I became a victim of that, and I said to myself, 'This is the world we're living in, and someone needs to stand up and needs to fight that.'"
And fight it he has.
He is going head-to-head with some of the most powerful executives in Hollywood. They hold him responsible for millions upon millions of dollars in lost revenue - dollars which they say paid for a dazzling mansion situated in beautiful rolling hills near Auckland.
Which is where I first meet him, more than two years after the raid, on a sunny Friday afternoon. He's just finished lunch.
Dotcom is sitting alone, at the head of a long, wooden table, next to a snooker table that doesn't look like it has enjoyed much use. To his right is a swimming pool that certainly has.
One thing is immediately apparent about this scene: Dotcom's quite clearly not in jail.
Since the raid, Dotcom has been mounting a stunning legal and professional comeback. Thanks to a series of delays - and in some instances, crumbling evidence - he is yet to be extradited to the US to face the charges. His next hearing is in July.
He has won back his cars, and some of his money. He's started a new company - Mega - which serves largely the same purpose as Megaupload but with tweaked terms and conditions, and better encryption. It's already worth over a hundred million dollars.
More recently, Dotcom made his most unexpected move. He's launching his own political party, with internet-focused policies at its core.
"The Internet Party was born out of that injustice," he tells me.
"I was pulled out of my happy bubble, and my life of creation and innovation. It woke me up to a whole new reality.
"We are about social fairness, we're about freedoms and human rights. We want governments to respect human rights, especially privacy rights. I think it's going to have a broad appeal, internationally."
Days later, in a speech to some supporters, he'd put his party's mission another way: "The internet is under attack, and we have to save it."
Kim Schmitz was born in western Germany in 1974. He wouldn't become Kim Dotcom until 2005.
During his teenage years, he was caught illegally hacking - but made a deal to work "for the good guys" in computer security. A later conviction for insider trading caused him to leave the country altogether.
After a brief time in Thailand, Dotcom set up shop in Hong Kong, where he founded Megaupload. Prosecutors say it was with this site that he committed crimes - knowingly allowing, even encouraging, users to upload and share copyrighted content.
Dotcom's defence is that he shouldn't be held responsible for what users uploaded, and that they removed illegal content when made aware of it.
The removal process was too difficult, say the content creators. Dotcom says it was easy. And so it goes, back and forth, lawyer to lawyer.
His past has gained him a reputation as a country-hopper evading the law. Which is how many Kiwis received him when he was granted residency in 2010: a rich foreigner, using New Zealand as a safe haven.
But the raid changed all that.
Dotcom was suddenly seen as a man standing up against the government - but more crucially, against the US. Lots of New Zealanders were uncomfortable with the level of influence the US authorities seemingly had over their own government.
But still, many question Dotcom's motives in New Zealand. Several policies - particularly copyright law reform - seem to certainly be in his business and legal interests. He disagrees.
"There's no personal interest behind it," he says.
"Changing copyright law primarily will solve the problems that the content industry is creating around piracy."
Among his ideas, one proposed law stands out. If a movie studio releases an English-language film elsewhere in the world, it must be released in New Zealand at the same time.
"If you don't, and someone can find a pirated version online, well then don't blame that person for downloading it. It's your fault."
Dotcom's ambitions of power aren't far-fetched.
As a foreigner, he can't run for office himself. But he can choose someone to stand for him. He wants to hold public auditions - a political New Zealand's Got Talent, as it were.
New Zealand's political system means that minority parties, even new ones, can find themselves with some power by courting the "favourite party" vote - an additional tick voters can place in addition to voting for an individual candidate.
This system plays nicely into the hands of single-issue groups like Dotcom's - particularly if they team up with others.
Which is why on my second day with the team, I find myself travelling by convoy to the stunning town of Rotorua.
We were off to meet the Mana Party, a breakaway group from the larger Maori Party.
Dotcom is behind the wheel of his beloved Mercedes 4x4 - number plate: "KIM.COM". People honk and wave as we drive past. Whenever we stop, people get out of the cars to say hello.
I can't tell if they are supporters, or just gawpers fascinated at a celebrity they've seen on TV.
"There have been a lot of stories around my persona here in New Zealand over the last two years," he says. "And people are just intrigued."
"But if all of this intrigue gets me to get them here, and listen to what we're all about, and to get through to them with these ideas... I win."
On the inviting country roads, he sticks agonisingly to the speed limit. Being caught speeding would be a breach of his bail conditions. Even by Dotcom's standards, ending the day behind bars isn't an ideal day's campaigning.
Dotcom wants to convince the Mana members to agree to a merger, giving the parties a really strong chance of winning a couple of seats in September's election.
We arrive in Rotorua to a media circus - a scene which isn't lost on the Mana Party's leader, Hone Harawira.
"I am quite sure, that at this moment, all of the media in this country are in this room," he jokes. "To hear what it is that I have to say."
With his speech, Dotcom wins them over - the Mana Party voted to open talks to a merger.
I can't understand it. What possible common ground could be found between Maori, who are among the poorest people in New Zealand, and a German multimillionaire harping on about broadband speeds?
I ask Taiaha Hawke, a Maori protocol expert drafted in to make sure Dotcom doesn't accidentally offend anyone.
"The way we see it," he says, "Anyone who sticks it to 'The Man' like he does is fine by us."
Dotcom's millions will certainly make a useful addition to the Mana Party's campaign funds, too.
We head back, via KFC, to Dotcom's mansion to see how the day plays out in the evening news bulletins - particularly as a certain well-known British couple are in town.
"Yes!" shouts Dotcom. "We beat the Royals! Awesome!"
Polls show that Dotcom's support is growing. He says a lot of his support is thanks to one man - Edward Snowden - and the revelations that shocked the world.
"To me personally he is a hero... his sacrifice will be remembered as one of the most heroic things of our time.
"Single-handedly, he has opened the eyes of the world to an injustice. Because we know about it, we can do something about it."
I point out that if his political aspirations are as successful as he envisions, Dotcom could be in a position to push for Snowden to be given asylum in New Zealand.
"I think that is too far away."
But has he ever spoken to him?
"Mm… yes."
What about?
"I don't want to go into that."
The next morning, Dotcom invites all of the Internet Party's members to the mansion for a picnic, and the promise of a "swim with Kim".
Situated about an hour outside Auckland, the mansion is hard to miss. The main house is a the bottom of a large hill, and from afar, it looks a little like a tacky medieval-themed hotel.
On closer inspection, it's more like a teenager's bed room run riot. Huge televisions at every turn, and a games room decorated with a mural depicting Dotcom and his wife Mona as video game characters.
The logo for Mega can be found all over the property. Cut into the lawn, for example, or placed in the centre of the many stained-glassed windows.
Depending on your point of view, it's either a vulgar display of flashiness, or Dotcom's way of constantly reminding himself how he earned enough money to find himself living here.
Around 500 people turn up to the party. A member of Dotcom's team urges him to be in as many selfies as possible to drive engagement on social media. He duly obliges.
In the pool, Dotcom holds court as members chuck policy ideas at him, including the suggestion he should try the name "Kim Dot-org" for a while.
No-one mentions the prospect of Dotcom being sent to jail. At least, not while he's listening.
He describes his situation as David vs. Goliath, Godzilla and the dinosaurs.
At six foot seven, Dotcom is an unlikely David.
But the pressure keeps coming. Just days before I arrived in New Zealand, both the movie and music industry launched fresh legal action, this time civil action to claim compensation for lost revenue.
He claims it's evidence that the criminal case is failing.
"Here's the thing. I have the facts on my side. I have the truth on my side.
"I will prevail because I am not the criminal that they are trying to make out of me.
"I'm sleeping really well at night," he adds, talking less to me, and more to himself.
"They can throw another dozen lawsuits at me - it will make no difference. In the end, I'm going to prevail.
"I'm happy. I'm fine."
It's the most revealing moment of my time with him.
In this beautiful house, and surrounded by a family of young children and his wife, Mona, I think the prospect of jail worries Dotcom more than he lets on.
"I've embraced this fight now and I will see it through all the way. It's going to be an epic battle."
And it's there we part ways. Dotcom has a meeting to get to.
"Lawyers," he sighs.
"I'm always meeting with lawyers."
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Gales of up to 130mph (215 km/h) battered the coast.
The hurricane - the worst to hit the US mainland in 13 years - has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, due to decreasing wind speeds, but it is moving slowly.
It has left significant damage, with the town of Rockport one of the worst affected.
Vehicles and buildings were destroyed at the town's airport....
...as were several light planes.
Rockport was directly hit overnight.
The town's mayor had said before the storm hit that anyone staying should write their names and social security numbers on their arms, suggesting they were putting themselves in a high-risk situation.
Residents in the coastal city of Corpus Christi experienced a citywide power failure overnight on Friday.
On Saturday, they woke up to deserted streets, and scenes of damage that the storm had caused, including house fires.
But the town was spared the kind of devastation seen in Rockport.
On Friday, before landfall, the sight of the roiling seas drew curious locals and storm-chasers, though most then moved to places of safety.
Many people left the city and businesses were boarded up to prevent damage.
Authorities now warn of "catastrophic" floods in coming days, as torrential rains continue.
High rainfall of more than 10 inches has already been seen in several areas.
There has been flooding in Galveston.
And Port Lavaca.
Residents in the city of Houston - the country's fourth-largest city - have been stocking up on essential supplies, leaving supermarket shelves bare.
Authorities warn that in the Houston area, the most severe weather is yet to come.
Harvey has severely hampered Gulf of Mexico oil production and air travel.
About 45% of US oil refining takes place on the Gulf of Mexico coast
An oil tank was damaged near Seadrift, a city in Calhoun County.
Images posted by Nasa have revealed what the storm looks like from the space.
This photo was taken by astronaut Jack Fischer, from the International Space Station.
Judge Simon Jack was deciding whether the boy should be placed for adoption or allowed to live with his grandparents.
He said North East Lincolnshire Council witnesses had been "visibly biased" and its case "severely undermined".
The council said the case highlighted "complexities and difficult decisions".
Judge Jack was sitting at Hull Family Court in June, but his ruling was published on Tuesday.
He said it was accepted that the boy, known only as J, could not live with his father.
But he said the council had wanted him placed for adoption and had "effectively ruled out" both sets of grandparents.
"I have never, in over 10 years of hearing care cases, taken the view, as I did in this case, that the local authority's witnesses were visibly biased in their attempts to support the local authority's case," he said.
"It is very unfortunate and I hope I shall never see that again."
The judge concluded the boy should live with one set of grandparents.
He was critical of the evidence given by social workers Neil Swaby, Rachel Olley and Peter Nelson.
He said their concerns "appeared to be grossly overstated in order to try and achieve their ends".
Judge Jack said: "I heard evidence over two days.
"During the course of that evidence the local authority's case was severely undermined."
He said Mr Swaby had been "very begrudging indeed in his evidence" and "was intent on saying only things which supported the local authority's case".
The judge said: "I then heard evidence from Rachel Olley, whose evidence was totally discredited in my view.
"Again I had the very strong impression that the local authority witnesses were intent on playing up any factors which were unfavourable to the grandparents and playing down any factors which might be favourable."
The judge said some of Mr Nelson's evidence "smacks to me of the same bias".
He said Mr Nelson had raised issues which were "not serious".
In a statement, the council said: "This case illustrates the complexities and difficult decisions that have to be made while striving to act in the best interests of children.''
The 26-year-old signed a new deal last year, but has only made five starts in the Premier League this season.
He had been linked with a move to Middlesbrough, with Stoke signing West Brom striker Saido Berahino last week.
"It is an honour for me that Mainz gives me the opportunity to prove myself in another top European league," said the Spaniard.
Bojan arrived at Stoke from Barcelona for an undisclosed fee in July 2014, having also played for Roma, AC Milan and Ajax.
He joins a Mainz side 11th in the German top flight.
Bojan, who has been capped once by Spain, said on Twitter he does not see moving to Germany as the end of his Stoke career.
"For the time being, this isn't a goodbye to Stoke City," Bojan said. "It's just a 'see you soon', but I didn't want to pass up on the opportunity to thank everyone who has been involved in ensuring that I hold great memories of my time at this club.
"Without doubt, some of the happiest moments of my career have come in a Stoke shirt."
Prosecutors said the operation had been carried out at the offices of Mossack Fonseca in Panama City "without incident or interference".
The leaked "Panama Papers" have shown how some wealthy people use offshore firms to evade tax and avoid sanctions.
The firm has denied wrongdoing. It says it is the victim of a hack and that the information is being misrepresented.
Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela has promised to work with other countries to improve transparency in its offshore financial industry.
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Police carried out Tuesday's raid along with officials from an organised crime unit. Officers set up a perimeter around the headquarters while prosecutors entered the offices to search for documents.
Afterwards, the attorney general's office said the aim had been "to obtain documentation linked to the information published in news articles that establish the use of the firm in illicit activities".
The statement added that searches would also take place at subsidiaries of the firm.
Panama's government promised an investigation soon after news reports emerged more than a week ago based on more than 11 million documents from the firm.
The firm tweeted [in Spanish] that it "continues to co-operate with authorities in investigations made at our headquarters".
Many other countries are probing possible financial crimes by the rich and powerful in the aftermath of the leak.
Mossack Fonseca partner Ramon Fonseca says the company had been hacked by servers based abroad and has filed a complaint with the Panamanian attorney general's office.
Mr Fonseca served as a minister in Mr Valera's government but stepped aside earlier this year after separate allegations linked the firm to the corruption scandal engulfing the Brazilian state oil company Petrobras.
Corby was convicted and jailed for 20 years in 2005 for trying to smuggle marijuana into the tourist island.
Her case has attracted intense interest in Australia, with prolonged public debate over her guilt or innocence.
But many in Indonesia saw the former beauty student as a criminal who broke tough drugs laws.
The 36-year-old has protested her innocence since she was caught entering Bali in 2004 with marijuana hidden in one of her bags.
She was granted parole on Friday in Bali but it was only implemented on Monday.
Corby was escorted out of Bali's notorious Kerobokan prison and in to a waiting minibus.
She left prison with her face obscured by a hat and scarf, amid chaotic scenes as dozens of Australian reporters and TV crew waited to capture the moment of her release.
She was then taken to complete parole formalities in the Balinese capital, Denpasar.
"We asked her how she was. She cried and said she was still feeling traumatised due to all the journalists," AFP news agency quoted Agung Bagus Kusimantara of the Bali prosecutors' office as saying.
Correspondents say that she is unlikely to be able to return to Australia immediately because she will have to remain in Indonesia until 2017 to fulfil the conditions of her parole.
She is expected to stay with her sister Mercedes, who lives in Bali.
Corby had received several remissions throughout her sentence because of good behaviour. Five years was shaved off it in 2012 after an appeal for clemency to the president.
Indonesian Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin had announced the parole on Friday, the culmination of a protracted legal process that repeatedly ran into bureaucratic obstacles.
While the minister's announcement was welcomed in Australia, it drew criticism from some Indonesian lawmakers and an anti-drugs group, who said it violated anti-drugs laws that are supposed to be stringently enforced.
But Mr Syamsuddin said that the granting of that parole was a "right regulated by law".
Canberra has supported the parole application since it was lodged in October 2012.
"The decision by Indonesia's minister for law and human rights is welcomed," Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Saturday.
"I hope that she's now given some privacy as she gets her life back together," Ms Bishop said.
Det Cons Peter Surgay was a family liaison officer following the murder of Clifford Collinge in Nottinghamshire in October 2011.
A misconduct panel was told he had a "volatile" on-off relationship with solicitor Deborah Bell since 2009.
Surgay claimed it was a mostly platonic relationship.
Ms Bell went on to act as a solicitor for Stephen Shreeves, who is now serving a life sentence for the murder of Mr Collinge after being found guilty in 2012.
Det Con Surgay, 42, failed to report the nature of the relationship, which "could have potentially compromised a major investigation", the panel heard.
Det Con Surgay sought to downplay the relationship, which saw him and Ms Bell travel abroad to California, Dublin and Germany, and claimed it was "platonic" except for a "drunken fumble" early on.
Chairman of the panel Delroy Henry said: "Det Con Surgay knew there was potential compromise or conflict of interest."
Richard Wormald, representing Det Con Surgay, argued the offences were at the lower end of the spectrum and said the offences had caused "no harm".
Det Con Surgay was also accused of misusing police computers, including accessing records of an incident where a car registered in his name was reported for making off from a petrol station without paying - known as bilking.
The panel ruled that both allegations of gross misconduct were proven.
"We are not looking at a single allegation but two, and what we are looking at here was a course of conduct not for one day, for one week, but years," Mr Henry said.
Izzy Christiansen headed City into a first-half lead before England teammate Toni Duggan's superb 18-yard strike made it two with 10 minutes remaining.
Reading rallied and Lauren Bruton pulled one back from the spot after Nikita Parris brought down Emma Follis.
But it was too late to deny City a ninth win in 11 WSL 1 games this year.
Nick Cushing's side had 25 shots to Reading's seven and could have won by a bigger margin but Georgia Stanway hit the post after half-time and Scotland's Jane Ross dragged a shot wide.
Reading - who are still looking for their first win since promotion to the top flight but remain six points above the relegation zone - went closest early on when England's Demi Stokes blocked a shot from the Royals' Rachel Rowe.
City have played a game more than defending champions Chelsea, who lie second, but hold a nine-point advantage over third-placed Arsenal, with just five matches remaining.
Manchester City Women's Izzy Christiansen: "It's a very tough place to come with a great atmosphere, we are pleased to be coming away with the three points.
"A goal on my 50th appearance is a little landmark, but most importantly we won.
"We're feeling good. We've got a big squad with loads of fresh legs. Most importantly we're all fit, and everyone's in good shape."
Reading Women's Lauren Bruton: "We did exceptionally well. We kept them at bay for a good while. We stopped them playing through us, which was our game plan, and we frustrated them.
"When we did get the ball we broke on the counter and we did have chances, especially in the first half.
"They've got the quality to break us down, so when they have so many chances they're going to score at some point."
Match ends, Reading Ladies 1, Manchester City Women 2.
Second Half ends, Reading Ladies 1, Manchester City Women 2.
Attempt missed. Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Laura May-Walkley (Reading Ladies).
Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Laura May-Walkley (Reading Ladies).
Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stephanie Houghton (Manchester City Women).
Jade (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Reading Ladies 1, Manchester City Women 2. Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Reading Ladies. Emma Follis draws a foul in the penalty area.
Foul by Keira Walsh (Manchester City Women).
Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City Women) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Emma Follis.
Attempt missed. Toni Duggan (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women).
Attempt missed. Jane Ross (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Daphne Corboz replaces Jill Scott.
Substitution, Reading Ladies. Melissa Fletcher replaces Remi Allen.
Goal! Reading Ladies 0, Manchester City Women 2. Toni Duggan (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephanie Houghton.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Kayleigh Hines.
Attempt missed. Kayleigh Hines (Reading Ladies) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Reading Ladies. Conceded by Stephanie Houghton.
Foul by Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women).
Remi Allen (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Nikita Parris (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sophie Perry (Reading Ladies).
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Toni Duggan replaces Georgia Stanway.
Delay in match Kirsty McGee (Reading Ladies) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Jane Ross (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Keira Walsh (Manchester City Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Keira Walsh (Manchester City Women).
Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Georgia Stanway (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rebecca Jane (Reading Ladies).
Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies).
The 43-year-old was arrested by appointment on Sunday on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and on suspicion of corruption.
Mrs Brooks, who has denied wrongdoing, was released at midnight.
She quit News International on Friday as pressure mounted over her role in the deepening hacking scandal.
Mrs Brooks was editor of the paper between 2000 and 2003, during which time the phone belonging to murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler was tampered with.
BBC Business Editor Robert Peston said News International was not aware that Mrs Brooks would be arrested when her resignation was being discussed at the company on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. She eventually resigned on Friday.
Our correspondent added: "It's certainly the most extraordinary development. Rebekah Brooks is incredibly close to the most powerful people in the UK - the current prime minister, the previous prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. More or less every senior person of influence within Britain."
He said it could now potentially jeopardise her appearance at the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on Tuesday, where she is due to answer MPs questions on the hacking scandal.
"I would assume having been arrested it's now almost impossible for her to appear. It's very difficult for MPs to ask her questions that wouldn't be seen to be impinging on the police investigation," he added.
A spokesman for Mrs Brooks says the Met police notified her on Friday, after her resignation had been agreed, of an appointment with its officers.
"She had been told as early as a week ago that she wasn't on the radar, then suddenly on Friday there was a request to meet," he said.
"She attended today and it was quite a surprise to her on her arrival to be arrested. She was going, anticipating to help with their inquiry."
He also said her arrest would make her appearance at the committee "pretty tricky".
She had been offering to speak to police on voluntary basis since January, so she was "very surprised" to learn she would be arrested, he added.
Her former boss, News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch, and his son James Murdoch, chairman of News International, are also due to appear before MPs.
In other developments:
Liberal Democrat MP Adrian Sanders, a member of the select committee, questioned the timing of the latest arrest.
"In whose interest was it for this arrest to take place before Tuesday? Because if it does impede what we can ask, that's not going to go down well with my fellow committee members.
"Quite why now, just a few hours before our select committee meets, an arrangement has been made for an arrest. A lot of people are going to think this is very, very odd.
"If this is designed to take the spotlight off the police at the same time giving a shield to Rebekah Brooks, that's a very serious matter indeed. We don't know how much this is going to impede our questioning until we've been able to sit down and talk it through with the parliamentary counsel."
Another member of the select committee, Labour MP Jim Sheridan, said he hoped her arrest would not affect her appearance before MPs.
"The police will do whatever it is they feel necessary to do, and if they feel it's necessary to arrest Rebekah Brooks at this time, then so be it.
"I don't buy into the conspiracy theories that the police are doing something underhand. I think it's just that if they feel it necessary, then so be it. Their inquiry, it's far, far more important than any other inquiry."
Labour MP Chris Bryant, who believes his phone was hacked, also has concerns about the timing of the arrest.
"It may be that the police are wanting to protect evidence so that... they can lead to successful prosecutions, but there will be plenty of people who are saying, right, this is an opportunity for her to get out of saying things to the culture committee.
"In the end, of course, the police investigation is the most important part of what we've been trying to seek for a long time, so we do get to the bottom of the criminality at the News of the World."
Mrs Brooks's arrest is the 10th made by Operation Weeting police, who are conducting the current investigation into phone hacking.
She was released on bail until October.
Others arrested and bailed
have included ex-NoW editor Andy Coulson,
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Speaking to Sky News in Sleaford on Monday, Mr Farage could be seen standing in front of a UKIP poster with a letter 'n' in the word Hykeham.
Mr Farage was visiting the constituency in support of UKIP candidate Victoria Ayling.
The by-election takes place on Thursday.
Mr Farage seemed unaware of the error as he spoke about Brexit.
BBC political correspondent Chris Mason was one of those to highlight the error on social media.
One user, @HelenAnne73, tweeted: "Nice one @UKIP. Apparently I live in North Hykenham, not North Hykeham!!!"
Another, @richcrook85, said: "Where is North Hykenham? Is it near North Hykeham?"
The BBC contacted UKIP, but is yet to receive a response.
The Lincolnshire seat is vacant following the resignation of Conservative MP Stephen Phillips
Mr Phillips, who had held the seat since 2010, quit following what he described as "irreconcilable policy differences" with the government.
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The Glasgow club hope to appoint a successor to Ronny Deila, who stood down after winning a second successive title, before the end of May.
Northern Irishman Rodgers, 43, has been without a club since he was sacked by Liverpool in October 2015.
Scotsman Mackay, 44, had been sacked by Wigan Athletic six months earlier.
Mackay, who recently admitted his interest in the Celtic job, and Rodgers both started their managerial careers with Watford.
Former Celtic and Scotland defender Mackay also had a spell in charge of Cardiff City, while Rodgers was manager with Reading and Swansea City.
Four other former Celtic players - David Moyes, Roy Keane, Paul Lambert and Neil Lennon - and Steve Clarke have also all been strongly linked with Celtic job.
Former Everton and Manchester United boss Moyes, who left Real Sociedad in November, has spoken of his admiration for the Glasgow club but also recently admitted an interest in the vacancy at Aston Villa.
He has also been linked with a return to Goodison Park after Everton parted company with Roberto Martinez.
Former Sunderland and Ipswich Town boss Keane turned down the Celtic job two years ago and is presently preparing for the Euro 2016 finals as assistant to Martin O'Neill with Republic of Ireland.
Clarke, who started his managerial career with West Bromwich Albion and was sacked by Reading in December, and former Celtic boss Lennon, who recently left Bolton Wanderers, have also spoken of their desire to talk to the Scottish champions.
Fellow former Scotland international Lambert, who previously managed Livingston, Wycombe Wanderers, Colchester United, Norwich City and Aston Villa, activated a release clause with Blackburn Rovers last month.
Deila announced he would be leaving Celtic at the end of the season after admitting that his side had failed to make progress this season.
Although they secured a fifth Scottish title in a row, they failed to win the two domestic cup competitions and had disappointing campaigns in the Champions League and Europa League.
The displays of light aimed to show support and raise funds for people in the city, which has been ravaged by civil war.
Communities along the coast lit torches at 17:00 on Sunday.
Their message will be spread around the world by social media, using the hashtag #alightforaleppo.
Edinburgh University chaplaincy has organised the scheme, which aims to raise funds for the charities Oxfam and Medicins Sans Frontieres, who are working in the region.
Members of the public were invited to attend an event, to organise an event of their own, or to light a candle in their home to show support.
Rev Dr Harriet Harris, Edinburgh University chaplain, said: "Every day, the people of Aleppo have less food and fewer medical supplies, and aid is not getting through.
"We want them to know that they are not forgotten - the people of the world are watching and are upholding their humanity.
"We are helpless to deliver food, medicine or peace, but we will light beacons to send a message of solidarity and hope to stem despair and renew resolve."
The charge is in connection with an alleged match-fixing conspiracy in the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League.
"I have not been involved in any corrupt activity and have not been charged with any," said Stevens.
"I am co-operating with the ICC in their investigation and prosecution of the corruption charges."
The 37-year-old added: "I am totally against any corruption in cricket and would never do anything other than perform to the best of my ability in any game."
The ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit charged nine individuals on Tuesday in relation to "an alleged conspiracy within the Dhaka Gladiators franchise to engage in match-fixing and spot-fixing activity".
Stevens, who played 12 matches for the Dhaka Gladiators in the BPL earlier this year as the side won the tournament, has not been suspended by the ICC and remains eligible to play in all forms of cricket.
"I remain willing and able to play for Kent in all fixtures if selected," Stevens added.
"As the charge against me is now the subject of disciplinary proceedings I can make no further comment with regard to them at this stage."
Stevens must now indicate whether he wishes to plead guilty to the charge or to defend himself in a full hearing, which would take place before an anti-corruption tribunal, convened in accordance with the Bangladesh Cricket Board's anti-corruption code.
Under the BCB's code, an individual who pleads guilty or is later found guilty by tribunal of failing to report a corrupt approach faces sanction, which could include a global suspension of between one to five years.
Voges, 37, has again been signed as an overseas player, having featured for Middlesex in three of the past four seasons, including their 2016 County Championship title-winning campaign.
His contribution included an unbeaten 160 against Hampshire in May.
Voges will be available for 13 Championship matches and all eight Royal London One-Day Cup group games.
He was named captain last season but missed the final four matches because of a hamstring problem.
James Franklin, who took over as skipper, signed a new contract on Wednesday.
"Inviting Adam back was a simple decision," said Middlesex managing director Angus Fraser.
"On each of the occasions he has been with Middlesex, he has been outstanding in every way and he is just the sort of character I want playing for our club.
"In the past two seasons, selection for Australia has reduced the amount of time he has spent with us but this season we expect to see far more of him."
The 11 charges relate to the period when ex-Supt Andrew Carr, 47, worked for the 7th Swindon Scouts and Orchid Vale PTA.
Funds were not paid into bank accounts, cheques were written out in another name and documents were falsified.
Carr, from Swindon, will be sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on 21 July.
He was dismissed from Wiltshire Police in May following a hearing held in private "to ensure it did not prejudice his criminal trial".
Carr was charged with four counts of fraud relating to the scouts and PTA where the proceeds of various fundraising events were not paid into bank accounts as required.
Two counts of theft relate to falsifying documents for accounting purposes and five counts of forgery relate to writing out cheques in another person's name.
Speaking after the case, Ch Con Mike Veale expressed his "dismay and disappointment" that Carr's behaviour fell below what was expected of a police officer.
"This is a stark reminder of the important role that police officers and staff have in our society in relation to the requirement to demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour," he said.
"I expect them to act with the utmost integrity at all times including conduct whilst on and off duty."
Miguel Arias Canete said the EU had already calculated that the UK was not on track to meet legally binding goals.
Asked by BBC News if the wind decision would make the task harder he replied: "Of course".
His officials have expressed bemusement at the decision to end subsidies for onshore wind energy a year early.
They said onshore wind was by far the cheapest way to hit the target of 15% of all energy from renewables from 2020.
The SNP estimate the change will cost bill payers up to three billion pounds.
After a media briefing on climate policy at the European Commission, one official told the BBC the decision was "mind-boggling in an economy that's supposedly price sensitive."
The official said the EU would not interfere in the UK's energy choices, but expressed doubt whether it would achieve renewables targets without more onshore wind, and whether future energy subsidy auctions in the UK would breach EU state aid rules if nuclear was included and onshore wind barred.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change said the UK was making good progress towards the EU 2020 target on renewables.
5,061
onshore turbines in the UK
18,000 gigawatt hours of electrcity generated by onshore turbines in 2014
5.5 million homes could run for a year on that power
5.6% of the UK total electricity needs
A spokesman said the UK had come a long way already; in 2005 1.4% of energy was from renewable sources, for 2013 the renewable share was 5.1% of energy.
On the question of breaching state aid rules on future subsidy auctions a DECC. spokesman told the BBC: "We have the tools available to implement the government's manifesto commitments on onshore wind and will set out how we will do so when announcing plans in relation to further CfD (subsidy) allocations."
The government promised before the election to end new subsidies for onshore wind following pressure from UKIP to halt the spread of wind farms across rural Britain.
Last week, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd announced that she would cut short the subsidy period for the relatively mature technology of onshore wind and shift cash into forms of energy that needed support more.
There is no news yet as to which technologies will benefit, or how the same amount of energy will be obtained without spending extra money on a much more expensive option like offshore wind.
The government's decision was welcomed by UKIP, the Taxpayers' Alliance and community pressure groups which said wind farms were ruining the countryside.
It was condemned by most energy academics, environmentalists and by the CBI which said it would undermine investor confidence in the UK.
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General Sir Richard Shirreff, the outgoing Nato deputy supreme commander, told the Sunday Times cuts to the British military had "hollowed out" the Royal Navy.
But Mr Hammond told the BBC: "We are a capable and credible ally."
Shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker said "serious questions" remain about the planned cuts.
Sir Richard said the Royal Navy had been cut "to the bone" and left unable to take part in Nato maritime operations.
Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show, Mr Hammond said the criticism was unfounded, however.
"Nobody should be in any doubt of our resolve to live up to our commitments under the Nato treaty," he added.
The Army is undergoing a 20% reduction in regular troop numbers, from 102,000 in 2010 to 82,000 in 2020. This is to be accompanied by a rise in the number of reservists, from 24,000 to 30,000.
Over the same period, the Royal Navy and the RAF are each preparing to lose 5,000 regulars and gain 500 reservists.
Sir Richard's comments follow recent warnings about the impact of the cuts from former US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and former head of the Army Lord Dannatt.
Sir Richard warned that cutting the number of full-time troops and recruiting more reservists was "one hell of a risk".
"The point at which a risk becomes a gamble is a subjective view," he said. "I think the jury is out still."
In light of the situation in Crimea, it was necessary for Britain to "prioritise defence", he said, telling the newspaper: "A hollowed-out navy means you can't project power."
Sir Richard, who stepped down from his post last week, added it was "very noticeable" that the Royal Navy was "never participating in Nato maritime operations".
But Mr Hammond said of the criticism: "Of course I'm listening and much of what I'm hearing is nonsense.
"We still have the fourth-largest defence budget in the world.
"I was in the Pentagon just this week past. I heard my US counterpart talk about Britain as a credible, capable and reliable ally and that's what we intend to remain."
Mr Hammond stressed that savings had to be made.
"Of course we've had to take some very tough decisions," he said. "But we are working with the military chiefs to make sure that we prioritise our very large defence budget, invest it in the areas that are going to matter in the future.
"I recognise that sometimes that has meant we've had to take decisions that have upset some people about legacy capabilities but we're looking to the future, not the past."
Mr Hammond said the Navy did take part in Nato exercises and insisted it was also "busy around the world" on other operations.
These included taking part in counter-piracy missions, tackling drug traffickers and also helping in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
"We'd like to have more assets but we are very effective at using the assets we've got to deliver the effect we need to do," he added.
Mr Coaker said: "While I agree with the rationale behind the Army 2020 proposals, serious questions remain about their deliverability.
"General Shirreff's comments signal yet another senior military voice adding to the chorus of concern over the government's defence reforms.
"The defence secretary has been too quick to dismiss these concerns and those of our allies. He has pursued his policy with little regard for the implications of its practical application."
In a statement, the Ministry of Defence said: "With a restructured, more flexible and agile army and with £160 billion planned on new equipment over the next decade, we will ensure our Armed Forces retain their formidable range of cutting-edge capabilities and ability to project power across the globe."
Yet decades on, what that freedom has delivered measures up poorly for many.
For India's business elites eager to compete with China, for the middle classes fed up with corruption, for radical intellectuals, for desperate citizens who have taken up arms against the state - democracy in India is a story of unravelling illusions.
Democratic politics itself has come to be seen as impeding the decisive action needed to expand economic possibilities.
In a society of swiftly inflating expectations, where old deference crumbles before youthful impatience, frustration with democracy is perhaps not surprising.
The citizenry's ire expresses perhaps instinctively something that India's government, caught in inertial routines, is in danger of missing. Societies are at their most vulnerable when things are improving - not when they are stagnant.
Yet the gathering pace of history in India has made political judgement more, not less, important.
An India on the move cannot avoid choices.
The policy choices India will need to make over the coming decade - about education, about environmental resources, about social and fiscal responsibility, about foreign relations - will propel it down tracks that will become difficult to renounce or even revise.
These choices will determine how India handles the daunting tasks it faces.
These include managing the largest-ever rural-to-urban transition under democratic conditions, and working to develop the human capital and sustain the ecological and energy resources needed for participatory economic growth.
They will also determine how ably India can contend with powerful competitor states, contain a volatile neighbourhood, and navigate a fluid international arena where capital is fly, and where new, unforeseen threats and risks are facts of life.
It's an agenda that would test any society at the best of times.
But in India's case, these tasks will have to be achieved under severe time and resource constraints.
India will have only a sliver of time, a matter of years, in which to seize its chances.
Whether it is able to do so will depend less on India's entrepreneurial brilliance or technological prowess or the cheapness of its labour, and above all on politics.
Yet, at this historical moment when emergent possibilities and new problems are crowding in, the transformative momentum of India's politics seems to have dissipated.
It's a troubling irony: political imagination, judgement and action - the capacities that first brought India into existence - seem to have deserted it.
Democracy, the distinctive source of modern India's legitimacy has, to many, become an agent of the country's ills - and drives some to put their hope in technocratic fixes.
Today, in many parts of the country, the identity wars that engulfed India during the 1990s - when religion and caste advanced as the basis of claims to special privileges - seem to have played themselves out.
The conventional view is that India's economic surge has stilled those fights. And although there is some truth in that explanation, it's too partial. It doesn't address, for instance, why one of India's most-developed and fast-growing states, the calendar girl of big business - Gujarat - is also the purveyor of India's most chauvinistic and poisonous politics.
In fact, what has - at least for an interval - calmed such conflicts has been the workings, however rickety, of democratic politics.
It's the capacity of India's representative democracy to articulate - and even to incite - India's diversity, to give voice to differing interests and ideas of self, rather than merely to aggregate common identities, that has saved India from the civil conflict and auto-destruction typical of so many other states.
Consider for a start the ragged history of India's regional neighbourhood: though populated by smaller and more homogenous states, their desire to impose a common identity has broken them down.
What has protected India from such a fate is not any innate Indian virtue or cultural uniqueness.
Rather, it is the outcome of a political invention, the intricate architecture of constitutional democracy established by India's founders. Democracy's singular, rather astonishing achievement has been to keep India united as a political space.
And now that space has become a vast market whose strength lies in its internal diversity and dynamism.
It is that immense market, of considerable attraction to international capital, which is now India's greatest comparative advantage - and one that makes it a potential engine of the global economy.
In the years ahead, whether the old identity battles of the 1990s stay becalmed will to a large extent depend on the capacity of India's political system to sustain and spread the country's new growth.
Rising disparities - in income, wealth and opportunity - are a global fact, but they can be particularly acute in growing economies.
For 21st century India, as economic growth spreads unevenly over the landscape, the big questions will turn on the disequalising effects of economic transformation.
This is not a question that any society - democratic or despotic - has been able to solve, let alone any rapidly growing society.
The search for alternatives to market capitalism inspired the great revolutionary and reformist movements of modern history.
Those movements haven't fared too well: but the living conditions that gave rise to them remain as intense and painful as ever, not least in the world's two major growth economies, China and India.
Part of what it must mean, therefore, for states like India and China to take their place as major world powers, rests on their ability to invent better alternative models of market capitalism.
For India, developing such options is a priority in coming years.
It's imperative for India's economic future that the global disaffection with market capitalism doesn't take wider hold in the country. Most people in India remain hopeful that their turn will come. Yet, as events of recent weeks have reminded us, tolerance for disparities, for inequality, can shift very suddenly.
In India's case, just as six decades and more of democracy have broken down age-old structures of deference and released a new defiant energy, so too years of rapid but uneven growth may quite abruptly dismantle the intricate self-deceptions that have so far kept India's grotesque disparities protected from mass protest.
As the Indian political classes exercise their populist instincts, corporate India, heady with new opulence, lately comports itself like a well-plumed sitting duck.
Without renewed political imagination and judgement, the disaffection and alienation of those who are being left out or actively dispossessed by rapid growth could change the course of India's history.
Sunil Khilnani is Avantha Professor and Director, India Institute, King's College London, and is the author of The Idea of India, which will be published with a new introduction as a Popular Penguin in January 2012.
Mr Davutoglu said the incident was unfortunate but that Turkey had a right and duty to protect its airspace.
The body of a pilot killed in the incident is being flown home.
Also on Monday, a Russian military spokesman said Russia has armed its Su-34 fighter jets over Syria with air-to-air missiles for the first time.
While he did not mention which particular threat the missiles were meant to counter, it comes six days after the Russian plane was shot down by Turkey.
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, appearing with Mr Davutoglu in Brussels, said the alliance fully supported the right of member nation Turkey to defend its airspace.
He said there was concern about increased Russian presence in the region, but that the focus was on calming the situation.
Turkish forces shot down the Su-24 plane on 24 November, saying it had violated Turkish airspace, which Russia denies.
Mr Davutoglu urged Russia to reconsider the economic sanctions that Moscow has announced.
The row between the two countries shows no sign of abating, with Russia saying President Vladimir Putin would not meet his Turkish counterpart at the current climate summit in Paris.
Russia said on Monday it would ban mainly imports of agricultural products, vegetables and fruits from Turkey, although it may delay the restrictions for several weeks to "ease inflationary pressure".
Turkish industrial goods would not be banned for now but future expansion of the sanctions was not ruled out, officials said.
Turkey and Russia have important economic links. Russia is Turkey's second-largest trading partner, while more than three million Russian tourists visited Turkey last year.
Meanwhile, the coffin of Lt Col Oleg Peshkov left Ankara's Esenboga International Airport on Monday after a military ceremony.
The Turkish military issued a press release saying a Turkish garrison commander and a Russian delegation observed a military and religious ceremony before the body of Lt Col Peshkov left on a plane for Russia.
Lt Col Peshkov's body had been flown to the capital from southern Turkey on Sunday.
Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu earlier said that the pilot's body had been treated in accordance with Orthodox Christian tradition.
It was reportedly handed over to Turkish authorities by rebels from Syria's ethnic Turkmen community in the Hatay region in the early hours of Sunday.
The exact circumstances of his death remain unclear but Turkmen rebels said they opened fire on Lt Col Peshkov and his co-pilot as they tried to parachute into Syrian government-held territory last Tuesday.
The other pilot, Capt Konstantin Murakhtin, survived and was rescued from rebel-held territory in Syria in a special forces operation that left another Russian dead.
Russia says it has been carrying out air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants inside Syria, although Nato members have said it is also hitting rebel groups who are fighting both IS and Russia's ally, President Bashar al-Assad.
The Kasumigaseki Country Club does not allow women to become full members or play on Sundays.
"I respect it's a private club but our position is clear. We will only go to a club that has non-discrimination," said IOC vice-president John Coates.
"At some point there has to be a cut-off."
However, Coates added that he did not expect to have to find another host for the event.
"It's possible to go elsewhere but I think this is going to work out," he added.
"My understanding is as recently as this week there have been more discussions with the club, that it's heading in the right direction for them to have a non-discriminatory membership.
"It would appear that we should be able to have this resolved by the end of June."
In February, club chairman Kiichi Kimura described the controversy as "annoying" after initial internal discussions had not resulted in any decision on Kasumigaseki's membership policy.
"We are baffled," he said.
"We agreed to host at their request, but we never made a bid."
World number one and Rio 2016 silver medallist Lydia Ko has said that she wants to see the bar to women at the club lifted, while the Japan Golf Council - a group aimed at modernising the game - has sent the IOC a letter recommending an alternative course.
Rio 2016 was the first time golf event had been part of the Olympic programme since 1904. South Korea's Inbee Park won the women's title, with Great Britain's Justin Rose securing the men's.
Bovington in Dorset became the home of the Heavy Section Machine Gun Corps in 1916, shortly after tanks first appeared at the Battle of the Somme.
An event on Saturday will include the first public appearance of the Army's latest armoured fighting vehicle, Ajax.
The Tank Museum will also drop 250,000 poppies over a battle re-enactment.
The event is one of several commemorations marking the first use of tanks on 15 September 1916 in World War One.
Tanks first arrived at Bovington in October, moving from a smaller training camp in Suffolk.
Author and broadcaster Kate Adie said they arrived in secrecy, with local people being ordered to "pull down their blinds and sit in the back room" while the vehicles went by.
Writing in 'Fighting On the Home Front', she said: "One local shepherd, name of Patience, was reported to have refused to abandon his sheep, grazing in an adjacent field.
"Soldiers therefore built a fence of hurdles so that the secret weapon might pass unseen."
But historian Chris Copson said the secret was apparently short-lived.
"The story is that the tank did what tanks do best and broke down in the middle of Bovington High Street," he said.
As part of Saturday's commemorations, the Army will publicly unveil its Ajax armoured reconnaissance vehicle for the first time.
The head of the Army, General Sir Nick Carter, has said the 589 Ajax vehicles will be at the core of the Land Joint Strike concept, a tactic for use in difficult terrain and in densely-populated urban areas.
Former Great Britain rower Emily Taylor called coach Paul Thompson a "massive bully" in June, prompting the review.
His handling of double sculls crew of Vicky Thornley and Katherine Grainger was also questioned.
After Taylor complained, Thompson said he did not consider himself a bully and that his "recollection of the situation" differed from hers.
The internal review stated that more care needed to be taken of athletes' well-being.
It also recommended creating a "more inclusive environment" with "greater focus on the effects of stress on performance and well-being".
"There is a need to address the perception of balance between the different squads on the High Performance Programme," the review stated.
"The leadership must understand and define the limits on what is an acceptable sub-culture."
Taylor was selected in the original squad for the London 2012 Olympics but was left out of the women's eight and retired after the Games.
Thompson was criticised by Thornley's boyfriend Rick Egington, who won Olympic medals in the men's eight in both 2008 and 2012.
Egington said that Thompson had "mismanaged" Thornley and Grainger's partnership in the run-up to the Rio Games, as they attempted to win places in the women's eight following disappointing early-season form in 2016.
That plan to win those places was scrapped after they failed to meet the required standard. After reforming as a double sculls pair, Thornley and Grainger won a surprise silver medal in Rio.
Athletes and coaches from both the current and previous set-up were able to give evidence confidentially on their dealings with Thompson, who joined British Rowing in 2001.
His women and lightweight crews won a gold and two silver medals at Rio, having won three golds and a silver at London four years earlier.
It comes three months after ministers rejected banning them after a report said it could not be justified, but use would be discouraged.
Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies has written to councils encouraging them to introduce the restrictions.
There are worries the lanterns pose a fire risk and endanger livestock.
Two environmental groups and the Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) have called for an outright ban.
Conwy council has already stopped people releasing sky lanterns and helium balloons on its land.
Mr Davies warned of the danger and stress that sky lanterns could pose to animals and highlighted the fire risks.
"Sky lanterns and helium balloons pose a real danger to livestock, other animals and buildings," Mr Davies said.
"A recent independent report has found that the fire risk associated with the use of sky lanterns is significant, while we also know that the ingestion of debris from lanterns can kill or seriously harm an animal.
"We want to make people aware of the risks and that is why I have written to local authorities across Wales to encourage them to introduce a voluntary ban on the release of sky lanterns and helium balloons.
"We are also supporting the UK government's efforts to work with retailers and manufacturers to ensure that clear warnings about the risk of helium balloons and sky lanterns are placed on packaging."
Farming unions have previously highlighted the risk the lanterns pose to animals and farm buildings, while fire service bosses have also warned of the dangers.
FUW parliamentary committee chairman Gavin Williams welcomed Mr Davies's intervention, saying the UK government had "failed to act" on the issue.
He said: "The risk of livestock ingesting parts of sky lanterns and the fire risk they represent are a huge concern, and we have asked members to continue to report incidents to their county branches so that evidence of their effects can continue to be collected."
The Marine Conservation Society and Keep Wales Tidy have called for an outright ban.
He said he doesn't like the idea that Apple does not pay tax at the same rate he does personally.
Apple, Google and Amazon have been criticised for not paying enough in tax and the firm is currently the subject of a European Commission tax inquiry.
Mr Wozniak, who left Apple in 1985, was also ambivalent at the prospect of the UK leaving the European Union.
Mr Wozniak - widely known as Woz - founded Apple along with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne 40 years ago. It has grown to become one of the most valuable businesses in the world, worth around $600bn.
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "I don't like the idea that Apple might be unfair - not paying taxes the way I do as a person.
"I do a lot of work, I do a lot of travel and I pay over 50% of anything I make in taxes and I believe that's part of life and you should do it."
When asked if Apple should pay that amount, he replied: "Every company in the world should."
He said he was never interested in money, unlike his former partner Steve Jobs. "Steve Jobs started Apple Computers for money, that was his big thing and that was extremely important and critical and good."
Apple channels much of its business in Europe through a subsidiary in the Republic of Ireland, which has a corporation tax rate of 12.5% compared to the UK's 20%.
In the US it's 35%, but three years ago the company admitted two of its Irish subsidiaries pay a rate of 2%. It has built up offshore cash reserves of around $200bn - beyond the reach of US tax officials.
Tax avoidance has been brought back into focus by the recent Panama Papers revelations.
Mr Wozniak said: "We didn't think we'd be figuring out how to go off to the Bahamas and have special accounts like people do to try to hide their money.
"But you know, on the other hand I look back any company that is a public company, its shareholders are going to force it to be as profitable as possible and that means financial people studying all the laws of the world and figuring out all the schemes that work that are technically legal. They're technically legal and it bothers me and I would not live my life that way."
The UK should be free to exit the European Union, Mr Wozniak added.
"I don't care. I think that all the states of Europe - it's better if you have very easy transportation - like movement from one to another to another", he said.
"Like we drive in the US from 50 individual states that all have their own laws and customs and typical types of people - you just drive through, and there are no customs hang-ups or anything...
"I'm not against secession. If a state wants to leave the union let them leave. I don't think we should have even fought our civil war, we should have let the states leave."
Mr Wozniak, who was speaking at the Business Rocks technology summit in Manchester, backed Apple over its recent tangle with US authorities over access to data: "Apple has been the good guy.
"There are politicians who do not have a clue as to what cyber security is all about trying to pass laws saying that Apple has to make a product less secure.
"Why? That's a crime. That is just so horrible. I just cry! Why would Apple do it for such a weak case where the government were not going to get any valuable information at all - it's impossible."
It is an eclectic offering, which includes the likes of Hello Kitty, Jesus Christ and Che Guevara.
But according to Mr Giraldo, stickers boasting the image of Colombia's infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar are by far the most popular.
"The best seller is Pablito," Mr Giraldo says of the crime boss, who was shot dead in Medellin while trying to escape from police 20 years ago.
Mr Giraldo is by no means the only one cashing in on the image of the man many consider the greatest outlaw of the 20th Century.
At the height of his power, Pablo Escobar was said to be the seventh richest man in the world, with his Medellin drugs cartel thought to be behind up to 80% of all the cocaine shipped to the United States.
His cartel not only trafficked drugs, it terrorised Colombia in the 1980s and early 1990s, bribing, kidnapping or killing all those who stood in its way.
Such was his ruthlessness he is widely held responsible for some 4,000 deaths. Others say the real number is closer to 5,000.
And yet, here in Medellin, some people still affectionately refer to Escobar as Pablito, and in the commercial district of Junin T-shirts and wristwatches emblazoned with his face as well as books and DVDs telling his story are on display.
Last year, Colombian TV network Caracol released a 63-episode series called Escobar: The Boss of Evil.
The series has already been sold to 66 countries, including North Korea.
Pirated copies of the series are immensely popular in Medellin's markets even as Caracol airs the series for a second time.
David Bustamante is one of those selling the DVDs. He says he has no qualms about making money out of the drug lord's story.
"I don't mind selling it. Maybe because his was a war that didn't affect me," says Mr Bustamante, who was just a baby when Escobar was killed.
Caracol has not released figures of the profits it has made on the series, but it seems to be on its way to becoming one of the biggest commercial successes in the history of Colombian television.
But not everybody in Colombia is happy about the commercial success of all things Escobar.
"In a way it is an example of the triumph of culture embodied by Pablo Escobar, in which profit, making three bucks, is more important than anything else," says Rodrigo Lara Restrepo, whose father, Justice Minister Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, was shot dead on Escobar's orders in 1984.
Federica Arellano agrees with Mr Lara. He lost his father in the 1989 bombing of a commercial plane ordered by Escobar in an attempt to kill presidential candidate Cesar Gaviria.
Mr Gaviria was not on board the plane - having cancelled his plans for security reasons - but all 107 passengers and crew, and three people on the ground, died in the attack.
"Personally, coming back home and seeing his [Escobar's] face on the TV screen is an insult, a slap in the face," Mr Arellano says.
"It is also sending quite a damaging message. It is saying: 'Go and become a criminal, because that way you can make money fast and lift your family out of poverty,'" Mr Arellano, who chairs a foundation for Escobar's victims, argues.
"Thankfully there are still some sensible people who rejected the idea of having the Pablo Escobar trademark registered," he adds, referring to a recent move by the drug baron's family to cash in on his continued popularity.
Escobar's son, Santiago Marroquin, recently launched a clothing range with images of his father.
Mr Marroquin, who lives in Argentina, says he does not sell the garments in Colombia out of respect for his father's victims.
But, at least in Medellin, it is not difficult to find T-shirts bearing Escobar's face, or Colombians who still see the founder of the Medellin cartel as a sort of hero willing to buy them.
"People really like them because it's like wearing a [picture] of a Saint you have faith in," explains Jenny Zapata, who sells Escobar-themed T-shirts at Pasaje Junin in Medellin.
"The thing is, some people see Pablo Escobar as a bad guy and others see him as a hero, as someone who was able to do the things that no-one else was able to do here in Medellin. And a good example is the barrio [neighbourhood] he built," she adds.
The neighbourhood, nicknamed by its inhabitants Pablo Escobar, sits atop one of the many hills that surround Medellin's city centre.
It is one of the many "gifts" Escobar gave to the city's poorest inhabitants in an attempt to secure their loyalty.
It is this sort of generosity which explains why, two decades after his death, he remains a cult figure among some.
A big flag with the drug baron's face clearly marks the neighbourhood's entrance.
"We respect the pain of his victims, but we ask people to understand our joy and gratitude, what it means to move out from a garbage dump to a decent house," Ubernez Zavala, a local community leader, tells the BBC.
According to Mr Zavala, Barrio Pablo Escobar has become a popular stop for tourists, with several companies in town offering Escobar-themed tours.
He says residents do not mind the commercialisation of Escobar's image, but he acknowledges that there is unlikely to be any agreement between those who see Escobar as a monster and those who still worship him as a saint.
"The only consensus is that Pablo Escobar is part of our history," he concludes.
The hosts were 28-6 up at half-time as forward Oliver Roberts twice went over.
Ryan Brierley, Ukuma Ta'ia and Kyle Wood all crossed twice and Gene Ormsby, Michael Lawrence and Ryan Hinchcliffe once each to complete the rout.
John Davies, Luke Briscoe and Ian Hardman touched down for the visitors, who have now lost both their matches.
The last four years have been dedicated to winning gold - and over the course of the next four days, each of them will find out whether it was worth all the hard work.
Britain have an impressive Olympic record when it comes to rowing, winning 24 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals since the Games began.
It is also the only sport in which Britain have won gold at every Olympics since 1984 - a run of seven Games - with a certain Sir Steve Redgrave chipping in with five.
BBC Sport asks four British Olympic champions to rate GB's medal chances at London 2012:
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Who are they? Reserves two years ago, Heather Stanning and Helen Glover have transformed themselves into a world-beating crew. They are unbeaten in 2012, having won gold in all three World Cups before setting an Olympic best in the first heat to qualify for Wednesday's final.
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Matthew Pinsent: "You'd have to say they're favourites for the event. They have been solid all season and they've got one race left. Their improvement in the last couple of years has been staggering and I think that's made them more fearless. They haven't been fazed by anything."
Olympic gold and bronze medallist Martin Cross: "These two are a nailed on gold medal. World champions New Zealand haven't got it together and it's hard to see the Australians getting close either. It might be the first British female rowing gold medal and maybe even the first British gold of these Games."
Watch them in the final on Wednesday 1 August at 11.50 BST.
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Who are they? Three-time Olympic silver medallist Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins are unbeaten since they paired up in 2010 - a run of 22 victories. They smashed the Olympic record by nearly five seconds in the heats to confirm their tag as favourites.
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave: "They seemed so relaxed last week when I saw them and the heats were probably the best I've seen them scull. Everyone talks about three silvers with Katherine but the reality is the first was a surprise, the second was where they should have finished and the third was disappointing as they were joint favourites. Now they're big favourites and a class about everyone else."
Cross: "The heats were a dream start to their Olympic campaign. With Australian rival Kim Crow taking on the single as well, it's hard to see how that extra burden will do anything other than help the British. It looks like the gold Katherine has been waiting for is really on the cards."
Watch them in the final on Friday 3 August at 10:30 BST.
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Who are they? Richard and Peter Chambers are bidding to become the first British brothers to win gold since the Searles triumphed in 1992. Together with Rob Williams and Chris Bartley, they won gold at the last World Cup in Munich and looked impressive on their way to the final in London.
Redgrave: "This is one of the boats which I would put down as favourites for gold. They put the Australian to bed in the heats in impressive fashion. They've still got work to do, but they've shown they have the potential to win big here."
Pinsent: "They are there or thereabouts. If I could sell them a second, that would be invaluable to them because this event is an absolute battle from start to finish. They have looked impressive so far in the regatta and that will give them confidence going forward."
Watch them in the final on Thursday 2 August at 10:00 BST.
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Who are they? Constantine Louloudis returned to the boat which includes James Foad, Ric Egington, Matt Langridge, Alex Partridge, Tom Ransley, Mo Sbihi, Greg Searle and cox Phelan Hill - just before the Olympic regatta having recovered from a back injury. They have improved race by race but Germany remain favourites.
Redgrave: "The eight will have great confidence after winning the repechage. Louloudis raced twice this season and that's been in this regatta. The Germans have won every race in last four years, but won't have it all their own way. I think our guys can spring a surprise."
Cross: "They have made a real step on and are in the silver medal zone. The need to do something that I haven't seen from them at all this season to win gold. It's a big ask, but it's not impossible. It would be one of the most sensational performances if they do beat the Germans for gold."
Watch them in the final on Wednesday 1 August at 12:30 BST.
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Who are they? The boat made famous by Redgrave, Pinsent, James Cracknell and Tim Foster won gold in the last three Olympics. Pete Reed, Andy Triggs Hodge, Tom James and Alex Gregory have only raced in this formation since June but they are neck-and-neck with Australia in the battle for gold.
Pinsent: "Watching them in the heats, it was the best I've seen them row. The Australians look good so it sets it up nicely for a clash between those two crews in the final. Coming into the regatta, I would have put the Australians as favourites, but after the heats I'd put us marginally ahead."
Two-time Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell: "We all knew both Britain and Australia would win their respective heats, but it was about who got out of the blocks best and I think that was us. I thought we had a grumbling V8 engine beneath our boat compared to an over-revving Japanese one which the Aussies had."
Watch them in the semi-finals on Thursday 2 August at 10:10 BST.
Liam McMeechan and David Allan assaulted Tahir Ahmed at his A&A newsagents in South Trinity Road on 12 August 2016 and tried to steal cash.
McMeechan, 23, pleaded guilty to assault to severe injury, permanent disfigurement and attempted robbery.
Allan, 50, pleaded guilty to assault and attempted robbery at the High Court in Edinburgh.
The court heard Mr Ahmed, 54, fought off machete-wielding McMeechan before the pair fled.
The shopkeeper was treated in hospital for a fractured skull and various lacerations to his head.
Mr Ahmed had 14 staples put into wounds to his forehead and temple and was kept in hospital for 48 hours.
He was left with permanent scarring following the attack.
Police who arrived at the shop found items on the floor along with spatters of blood. The abandoned weapon was also recovered along with a scarf.
The scarf was found to have DNA from the mother of McMeechan, who was the former partner of Allan.
Mr McGuire said CCTV footage placed the two accused together in Edinburgh that day and analysis of McMeechan's phone showed it had been in the vicinity of the crime scene at the time of the offence.
Lord Boyd of Duncansby called for background reports ahead of sentencing next month and remanded the men in custody.
Guernsey's Watson, 23, came within two points of beating Serena Williams in the third round of Wimbledon last year.
Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka and Madison Keys have also committed to playing the event, which ends a fortnight before Wimbledon.
"I had some incredible moments on grass last year and want to do even better in 2016," Watson said.
"I was sorry to have to miss the event last year and I'm looking forward to starting my grass-court season there," added the world number 56, who was unable to play last year's tournament through injury.
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Police were called to Cwmcarn High school, Caerphilly county, on Thursday after concerns were raised about the behaviour of two children.
A 15-year-old girl from Newbridge and a 14-year-old girl from Risca were arrested and bailed.
The teacher, Alison Cray, 46, said she had been working as normal since.
"It was all handled before it got to me," said the maths teacher.
"I know very little about it. It all happened elsewhere and I wasn't directly involved at all.
"I've very lucky that I'm at Cwmcarn and that they have handled it so well. I've been working as normal and I'm fine."
Ms Cray has been at the school for more than 10 years.
Gwent Police officers were called just before lunchtime on Thursday but there was no physical confrontation when officers arrived.
Nobody was harmed as a result of the incident and the matter was resolved peacefully.
Police said the 15-year-old pupil was arrested on suspicion of threats to kill, possession of a bladed article on school premises and conspiracy to commit murder.
The second girl was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
Both have been released on bail while the police continue their investigation.
A statement on the school's website from head teacher Jacqui Peplinski following the arrests said: "Please be assured that the concerns were dealt with swiftly.
"There was no risk to any staff or learner and the relevant support services were contacted as a precautionary measure.
"Cwmcarn High is a caring and safe environment and we are committed to everyone's safety. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any concerns."
A spokesman for Caerphilly council and the school said support had been put in place for pupils and staff.
"We would like to assure parents that all appropriate steps were taken to respond effectively to the situation. We are now helping the police with their inquiries," the statement added.
The prime minister will attempt to persuade the Dutch, French, Polish and German premiers to back his changes to the UK's EU membership.
The EU Referendum Bill will confirm the question to be put to voters: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?"
The vote will take place by 2017.
The referendum bill was announced as part of a packed legislative programme in the Queen's Speech, which also included an increase in free childcare, an income tax freeze and the right-to-buy for housing association tenants.
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said the EU debate was "where the prime minister's focus is", adding that the answer to the referendum question "will decide whether this Queen's Speech is still being talked about in 100 years' time".
Downing Street said the draft law's first reading in the Commons was a "concrete step towards settling the debate about the UK's membership of the EU".
Mr Cameron has pledged to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU before holding the referendum, and has vowed to visit all 27 other member states ahead of a summit in June.
First up are Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and French President Francois Hollande, followed by Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopa and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Mr Cameron has called for changes to EU migrants' welfare entitlement, while some Conservatives also want the primacy of British law to be reaffirmed.
The PM has hinted he could vote to leave the EU if his requests are not granted, saying he "rules nothing out".
Downing Street said the choice put to voters "should not be on the basis of the status quo but on a reformed relationship with the EU that the PM is determined to deliver".
But some member states have questioned the need for any change to EU treaties, and ruled out any watering down of the key principle of freedom of movement.
David Cameron is starting renegotiation of the terms of Britain's EU membership ahead of a referendum. Here is some further reading on what it all means:
The UK and the EU: Better off in or out?
What Britain wants from Europe
Q&A: The UK's planned EU referendum
Timeline: EU referendum debate
Why Germany is David Cameron's new best friend
Responding to the Queen's Speech, Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman said her party would back the referendum bill.
Outgoing Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg warned against complacency and called for Mr Cameron to lead the bid for Britain to stay in the EU with conviction.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said the wording of the referendum question was "simple, straightforward" and "unambiguous".
He added: "However, that Cameron is opting to give the pro-EU side the positive 'Yes' suggests strongly that his negotiations are so much fudge.
"He has already decided which way he wants the answer to be given, without a single power repatriated."
Pictures of violent protests near South Africa's capital, Pretoria, prompted by anger at the ANC's choice of a mayoral candidate.
Colm Cavanagh and Peter Harte grabbed a goal in either half for Tyrone, with Niall Loughlin finding the net late on for the Oak Leafers at Pairc Esler.
Tyrone led 1-7 to 0-2 at half-time, then Harte netted a penalty in the 58th minute after Ronan O'Neill was fouled.
The Red Hands hit 1-6 without reply in the second half, including Cavanagh's goal after 17 minutes.
Struggling Derry failed to score from play for 41 minutes but Loughlin hit an injury-time consolation goal.
Derry pushed Tyrone all the way in last year's decider before losing after extra-time but this was a totally different contest.
Damian Barton's side did lead by 0-2 to 0-1 after six minutes following points from Emmett McGuckin and a Mark Lynch free, but failed to score again in the opening half.
They were competitive early on but hit five wides and Tyrone grew in authority, Cavanagh's goal putting them 1-2 to 0-2 in front.
It was a rare collector's item for Cavanagh, getting on the end of Padraig McNulty's unselfish pass to bury the ball from close range left-footed past Thomas Mallon.
Within seconds, Derry went down the pitch and almost equalised but had no luck as Ryan Bell's thunderous shot crashed off the cross bar.
Man-of-the-match Mattie Donnelly made a rare foray forward from his defensive role to score, with Mark Bradley and Ronan O'Neill each scoring a brace from play as Mickey Harte's side coasted to an eight-point interval lead.
Tyrone introduced Sean Cavanagh for the start of the second half for his goalscoring brother.
Conor Meyler pointed after 20 seconds, but Derry rallied with three of the next four points, two frees from James Kielt and a long-range point from Bell.
That reduced the deficit to 1-9 to 0-5, but that was as good as it got.
Donnelly re-established Tyrone's momentum with another confident point and Cahir McCullagh and Niall Sludden picked off easy scores as the intensity fizzled out of the contest.
A late Tyrone penalty from Harte put even further distance between the sides as he buried inside Derry's left-hand post to make it 2-12 to 0-6 with a long 12 minutes for the Oak Leafers still to play.
Loughlin's injury-time strike put some respectability on the scoreboard.
Tyrone: N Morgan; A McCrory, J McMahon, P Hampsey; C McCarron, M Donnelly (0-2), P Harte (1-2, pen, 2f); C Cavanagh (1-0), P McNulty; D McClure (0-1), N Sludden (0-1), C Meyler (0-1); M Bradley (0-2), C McCullagh (0-1), R O'Neill (0-2)
Subs: S Cavanagh for C Cavanagh (HT), D McCurry for Bradley (HT), C McCann (0-1) for McCullagh (44), R McHugh for Harte (59), C McShane for Sludden (59)
Derry: T Mallon; N Keenan, C Nevin, R Murphy; N Forrester, O Duffin, P Hagan; C McAtamney, M McEvoy; E Lynn, J Kielt (0-3, 3f), N Loughlin (1-0); M Lynch (0-2, 2f), R Bell (0-1), E McGuckin (0-1)
Subs: M Warnock for Hagan (HT), P Coney for McEvoy (44), M Craig for Duffin (51), G O'Neill for McAtamney (51), B Grant for Kielt (58), C McGroogan for Murphy (61)
Referee: Sean Laverty (Antrim)
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The state-owned telecoms firm said it had concerns about the content Netflix was offering and accused it of failing to have a necessary business permit.
The US company announced earlier this month that it had added 130 countries, including Indonesia, to its service - taking it almost worldwide.
One expert said the setback had been "inevitable".
Telekom Indonesia said Netflix needed to work with it to ensure objectionable content was removed.
"The issue is about the permit. They don't follow the rules. They also display violence and adult content," the firm's consumer director Dian Rachmawan told the Jakarta Post newspaper.
"We must [block it] before things get more complicated and create a serious issue."
The country's government said that it was not behind the move.
"Other internet service providers are still allowing Netflix access. So, it is a pure corporate decision," said communications minister Rudiantara.
"[But] it will be difficult for Netflix. You can see for yourself on how much content there is [in Netflix] that must be censored."
Indonesia is one of Asia's most highly populated nations with about 250 million people living amongst its islands. Many of those people, however, would not have fast enough internet access to stream video.
Netflix has not disclosed how it intends to address the issue.
"We've seen these reports too and are looking into it. No further comment," a spokesman told the BBC.
The ban is not the first problem Netflix has faced since making its surprise announcement at the CES tech trade show.
The Kenya Film Classification Board is considering a block of its own saying the platform posed a "threat to our moral values and national security" because it had not submitted it shows for local ratings.
Vietnam's government has also told the service it must obtain an official licence and have its content edited by local censors or it would be in breach of the law.
The disputes will be closely watched in China, where Netflix is still seeking permission to launch.
Private DVDs of all the latest films and television series are openly for sale in shopping malls and markets across Indonesia. They cost less than $1 (70p). There are occasional raids by the police but mostly authorities turn a blind eye.
So, the idea that the government was concerned about Netfix breaking copyright had been met with cynicism.
However, there is widespread concern in Indonesia about pornography. In 2008, the country passed a controversial anti-pornography bill and websites that the government deems not "healthy" for society are blocked and that includes the popular video clip platform Vimeo.
Indonesia has one of South East Asia's most free presses, but major television stations are controlled by powerful politicians and they are increasingly being used to further their agenda.
The country's censorship board also regularly bans politically sensitive films.
One of those films, the Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing, is on Netfix. It focuses on the perpetrators of the mass killings of suspected communists between 1965 and 1966.
Among Indonesia's growing class in the capital Jakarta - the Twitter capital of the world - there was great excitement about Netflix entering the market.
There is now dismay at efforts to control what they can watch on it.
"This was absolutely inevitable," commented Guy Bisson from the media research firm Ampere Analysis.
"When you are considering a global launch or even a local launch you have to take into account local regulations and politics as well as local morals and customs.
"There have been many incidents in the past where what seems to be an innocuous programme in the West caused problems when shown elsewhere.
"One example was the British quiz show The Weakest Link - it went down very badly in Asia because it was considered incredibly rude how the host spoke to the contestants."
However, Mr Bisson added that this did not necessarily mean Netflix should have rolled out its service more slowly.
"You could argue it should have taken this into consideration," he said.
"But there will always be differences of opinion on local content and other teething problems."
Australians were consuming junk food every day rather than as an indulgence, said the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) report.
The study of 40,000 Australians found, on average, people consumed the equivalent of 32kg of chocolate a year.
Australia scored 61 out of 100 in the CSIRO's Healthy Diet Score Survey.
"The scores were fairly unflattering across all respondents," said CSIRO research director Prof Manny Noakes.
"If we were handing out report cards for diet quality Australia would only get a C," said Prof Noakes.
Prof Noakes defined junk food as those foods that should be an occasional treat, such as chocolate, cake and fast food.
Obesity rates are continuing to rise in Australia.
Almost two in three Australian adults and one in four children are overweight or obese, according to the government's Institute of Health and Welfare.
Australians needed to eat less junk food and eat smaller portions of food, said Prof Noakes.
"[Junk] food is no longer just an indulgence - it's become mainstream and Australians are eating it each and every day," she said.
"They also need to be more mindful of every bite they take by eating more slowly and consciously."
The survey evaluated a person's diet based on variety, frequency and quantity of the essential food groups as well as individual attributes such as age and gender.
The jury deliberated for over four hours before returning a majority not guilty verdict in favour of William George McVeigh.
Mr McVeigh, from Forthriver Green in the Ballygomartin area of Belfast, was also acquitted of two alternative charges - sexual activity with a child and sexual assault.
The trial spanned three weeks.
Mr McVeigh had been accused of raping the teenager in Woodvale Park in the early hours of Saturday, 31 October 2015.
The court heard evidence from both the teenager, her mother and Mr McVeigh.
The court was also shown CCTV footage taken from various locations on the Shankill Road, which captured the girl and Mr McVeigh together.
During the trial, Belfast Crown Court heard that after attending a birthday party at a local pub, the teenager and her friend walked towards a Chinese takeaway on Lanark Way, where they became separated.
After encountering Mr McVeigh - who had been drinking at a friend's house - at the takeaway, they started walking up the Shankill Road.
The girl, who is now 16, admitted she was so drunk on the night in question that she could barely recall meeting Mr McVeigh outside the takeaway, that she could not recall what happened and that she had only a vague recollection of being in Woodvale Park with him.
Prosecutors argued that Mr McVeigh took the girl into Woodvale Park, where he raped her.
However, this claim was rejected by the jury.
Mr McVeigh had admitted meeting the girl at the takeaway, but he said it was her who instigated any sexual activity between them.
He also said he believed she was older, that she told him she was 19 and that anything that occurred was consensual.
Before the verdicts were delivered, the judge addressed the public gallery and said any outbursts would not be tolerated.
Inverness's Central ward, which includes Merkinch, Dalneigh and parts of Crown, will lose one of its representatives if the changes come into effect next May.
The boundary changes would mean six fewer councillors across the Highlands.
Central councillors said their busy and deprived ward would suffer.
Changes to council ward boundaries are to be made in most of Scotland's local authority areas.
The Scottish government has accepted proposals for changes in 25 council areas which will take effect next year.
There will be some changes in all mainland council areas apart from Argyll and Bute, Dundee and the Borders.
Rylance, who won a best supporting actor Oscar for Spielberg's Bridge of Spies, will star as Pope Pius IX.
The film will tell the true story of a Jewish boy in Italy in 1858 who is taken from his parents, raised as a Catholic and later becomes a priest.
Filming will start when Spielberg finishes work on Ready Player One.
That sci-fi movie starts filming this summer so The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara is expected to go into production at the start of 2017.
Rylance also has to complete work in the Christopher Nolan World War Two film Dunkirk, which goes into production next month.
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara will be written by screenwriter Tony Kushner, known for his work on the Oscar-winning Lincoln.
The true story of the six-year-old Mortara became an international scandal which was ultimately thought to lead to the crumbling of the structure of the Papacy, as it was at the time, and then to the unification of Italy.
The boy was taken from his family home in Bologna because a servant in his household said she had baptised him as an emergency measure when he was very ill.
Mortara grew up as a Catholic under the protection of Pope Pius IX, who refused to return him to his parents despite their pleas.
Mortara subsequently became a priest in the Augustinian order.
Rylance was formerly best known for his work in the London theatre, including in his role as artistic director of the Globe theatre.
He is still active on the West End stage, notably being nominated for an Olivier award for starring as King Philippe V of Spain in Farinelli and the King. He was nominated just hours after winning his first Oscar.
But Rylance has become more open to film roles in recent years and The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara will mark his third movie with Spielberg.
As well as the Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies, Rylance is also playing the title character in Spielberg's The BFG, based on the best-selling children's book by Roald Dahl.
The BFG is set for release this July.
The High Court ruled in May that Jon Platt did not have to pay a £120 fine to Isle of Wight Council after he took his daughter to Florida.
The court ruled Mr Platt had no case to answer because, overall, his daughter had attended school regularly.
The council can now apply to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal.
Senior judge Lord Justice Lloyd Jones said the case "raised a point of law of general public importance".
He said the High Court had refused permission to appeal, but the council could make its own application to the Supreme Court.
The formal refusal by the High Court is a procedural device to allow the Supreme Court to select which cases it wishes to hear.
After Mr Platt refused to pay the £120 fine, magistrates ruled he had no case to answer.
The local authority took the case to the High Court for clarification and Mr Platt won the backing of senior judges.
Following the ruling, the government said it would consider changing the law over unauthorised absences.
The minister of state for schools, Nick Gibb, asked the council to appeal against the decision with the guarantee the Department for Education would fund the bid if it went to the Supreme Court.
Since 2013, tougher government regulations have meant head teachers can only grant leave of absence to pupils in schools in England during term time in "exceptional circumstances".
According to local authority data, almost 64,000 fines were imposed for unauthorised absences between September 2013 and August 2014.
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Mr Paisley appeared on the programme the morning after he launched the Ulster Resistance movement at a rally in Belfast.
Kathryn Blair, 25, was targeted as she walked down a street in Marylebone with her boyfriend and a group of friends.
The Metropolitan Police said an incident involving two male suspects with a gun happened in Ivor Place at 20:30 BST on Monday.
A firearm was "seen" but "not used" and "none of the victims were injured and nothing was stolen", police said.
No arrests have yet been made, but police have said they will increase patrols in the area.
A spokesman for the Blairs said: "Kathryn was with a group of friends.
"No-one was hurt and nothing was stolen."
A Met spokesman said: "The victims were a man and a woman; the suspects were two males."
Police said one of the suspects was wearing dark clothing and a balaclava, while the other had a scarf wrapped round his face.
Officers believe the incident is linked to another attempted robbery which happened in Boston Place about 30 minutes earlier.
The earlier episode involved a female victim and a male suspect.
"On both occasions a firearm was seen but not used - no shots were fired.
"None of the victims were injured and nothing was stolen during the incidents," the spokesman added.
The Met Police said they are tracking down CCTV covering the area.
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Teams from Northern Ireland and Wales featured in this season's competition.
And Welsh side The New Saints will play St Mirren in Sunday's semi-final at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.
Sligo and Bray have been chosen after finishing highest of those Premier League sides not playing in European competition in season 2017-18.
Rovers were fifth and Wanderers sixth in 2016.
"Following discussions with the Scottish FA, both Bray Wanderers and Sligo Rovers will be entered into the Irn-Bru Scottish Challenge Cup for next season," the league confirmed on their official website.
The Challenge Cup features sides from the Scottish Championship and Leagues One and Two as well as teams from the Highland and Lowland Leagues.
Another new feature for 2016-17 was the inclusion of colt teams - under-20s sides - from Scottish Premiership clubs.
Queen of the South and Dundee United contest the first semi-final on Saturday before TNS face the Buddies the following day.
St Mirren v The New Saints will be broadcast live on BBC Alba and the BBC Sport website.
Last year, about 400 people were picked from a lottery draw to ride a flume in Flaxengate in the city centre.
After testing on Sunday morning, officials said the flume planned for Steep Hill was "much faster".
The Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia event will take place on 17 July.
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Duncan Gerrard, from the Rotary Club, said: "We thought it best to keep testing under wraps until we were sure we could handle it safely."
He said: "The boffins tell me that twice the slope, which this is compared to Flaxengate, will go about four times quicker.
"We've no need for Fairy Liquid this year."
He added they would be using bales to help stop the riders at the bottom of the slope.
Riders will have the chance to buy £3 lottery tickets to secure a place at the event, which is aiming to accommodate about 700 people.
Thieves cut a 3ft-wide hole in the wall of the university's Oriental Museum and stole a bowl and figurine. Durham Police said it was almost certainly a well planned operation.
A police spokeswoman said both artefacts had now been recovered.
Officers have arrested five people in connection with the theft. Two men are still being sought.
The five people arrested are all from Walsall, West Midlands.
Durham University said the museum would reopen on Monday.
The stolen bowl dates from 1769 and has a Chinese poem written inside, while the figurine is of seven fairies in a boat and stands about 12in (30cm) high. Both are from the Qing Dynasty, China's last imperial dynasty.
Security at the museum is being reviewed.
The 23-year-old Sale Sharks winger had been a doubt for the two-Test series after suffering a foot injury during a recent training camp.
The ex-Samoa rugby league international qualified to play for England on residency in March.
"He's going well, he trained well with no repercussions so he's progressing nicely," said Jones.
"He hasn't had any discomfort from his foot. At first we were quite pessimistic about it but it's nice that it looks like he can go on tour and we can see what he can do."
New Zealand-born Solomona made a controversial cross-code switch from Castleford Tigers to Sale in December.
Harlequins' Marland Yarde remains with the England squad as cover, but Jones is confident Solomona will be on the plane on Saturday.
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Jones admits Solomona still has a lot to learn in rugby union, but he has seen enough to be excited at his potential.
"We're only training at this stage," added Jones. "Certainly he's got a nice feel for the game and he can sniff out and score a try.
"He does that at training now - he's scored a couple of cracking tries at training where he just sees the opportunity, takes it and makes the right decision.
"He's got enough gas to turn that opportunity into points and that's the the beauty of him."
Tommy Taylor and Nick Schonert have been ruled through injury, while Tom Wood is suspended.
England are also monitoring the fitness of Chris Robshaw (ankle) and Nathan Hughes (neck) following Saturday's Premiership final.
Sam Underhill is also recovering from the shoulder injury he suffered in England's victory over the Barbarians on Saturday.
England are also missing a number of experienced players who are part of the British and Irish Lions squad touring New Zealand.
Their two-match series against Argentina starts on Saturday, 10 June.
MPs were told it was "not easy" to balance noise disruption with the economic impact of a reduction.
The Airports Commission has recommended a third runway but also a ban on flights between 23:30 and 06:00.
One committee member, Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith, criticised the "absence of clarity".
Giving evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee, Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye said the west London airport could comfortably expand to include a third runway and still stay within environmental targets. He also added that road traffic would not increase.
He said night flights were "something that we are looking at and we will make a comment on in due course".
There are "huge benefits" for local communities in stopping arrivals scheduled between 04:30 and 06:00, he said, but there was also "a big cost" to the UK economy as they involve "valuable trading routes to the Far East, Singapore and Hong Kong".
He added: "It's not easy to resolve that. We are working on it. I'm confident that we will be able to find a way through that and that there's a real opportunity to significantly reduce night flying at Heathrow with expansion."
Heathrow's director of environment and sustainability, Matt Gorman, added: "We can reduce night flying at Heathrow.
"This is a significant change. We're not saying exactly what yet but it is a clear commitment."
Mr Goldsmith, the Richmond Park MP who has campaigned against a third runway, asked Mr Holland-Kaye if he expected the government to make a decision on expansion "in the absence of clarity from you on that very core condition" of night flights.
Mr Holland-Kaye said this was a question for the government, which has yet to announce its final decision.
Also giving evidence was Sir Howard Davies, who led the Airports Commission.
He said he did not want to "add or take away" anything from his report, adding that a fourth runway, which campaigners fear could follow if permission is granted for a third, would not be manageable "in air traffic terms" as the skies would become too congested.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson claimed the session showed Heathrow was "willing to undermine the Airports Commission in pursuit of its own ends".
Edward Samuel Fear, of Wellington Terrace, Newnham, appeared before Cheltenham magistrates charged with six counts of handling stolen goods.
The charges relate to six 4x4s found at a business park in Sling after police acted on a tip off from the community.
Further searches at another site have discovered five more of the vehicles.
Gloucestershire Police said they are working through the items, including the cars which are from around the country, and will make contact with the car owners.
The seamer, who had overnight figures of 2-17, returned to the pavilion with figures of 5-78 as the hosts closed on 159-7 - 109 runs behind Somerset.
Only 44 overs were possible with no play taking place after 15:00 BST at Scarborough's North Marine Ground.
Adil Rashid carries Yorkshire's hopes into day three with an unbeaten 30.
The only batsmen to score more than the England spinner were debutant Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Harry Brook, who each made 31.
The pair were at the crease at the start of the day and took their fourth wicket stand to exactly 50 before Brook was caught at second slip by Marcus Trescothick off Overton.
Tim Gronewald bowled Kohler-Cadmore off his thigh shortly afterwards to leave Yorkshire on 88-5.
Acting captain Tim Bresnan fell cheaply to Overton, who also removed Hodd after a seventh-wicket stand of 48 with Rashid.
The company had been ordered to help the FBI circumvent security software on Farook's iPhone, which the FBI said contained crucial information.
In a statement, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said: "The United States government has demanded that Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers."
"We oppose this order, which has implications far beyond the legal case at hand."
Since September 2014, data on the latest Apple devices - such as text messages and photographs - have been encrypted by default.
If a device is locked, the user's passcode is required to access the data. Entering an incorrect code 10 times will automatically erase the phone's data, if this option has been enabled.
Apple says even its own staff cannot access the data.
The FBI has asked Apple to do two things.
Firstly, it wants the company to alter Farook's iPhone so that investigators can make unlimited attempts at the passcode without the risk of erasing the data.
Secondly, it wants Apple to help implement a way to rapidly try different passcode combinations, to save tapping in each one manually.
The FBI wants to use what is known as a "brute force" attack, trying out every combination until stumbling across the correct one and unlocking the phone.
Farook is understood to have used a four-digit passcode which means there are 10,000 possible combinations.
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"It's difficult to say with any degree of certainty - Apple does not disclose enough about its operating system to know.
Other secure products such as smart cards are designed so that the security cannot be changed after they leave the factory.
Some devices such as bank computers wipe themselves if you try to change the software.
But phones are not designed primarily from a security perspective.
It's possible that forcing a new version of iOS onto the phone would wipe it. Apple may have designed it in this way - and it would certainly be the more secure way to do it."
Apple said the FBI's demands set "a dangerous precedent".
"The FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation," wrote Mr Cook.
"The government is asking Apple to hack our own users and undermine decades of security advancements that protect our customers.
"Opposing this order is not something we take lightly. We feel we must speak up in the face of what we see as an overreach by the US government."
Farook and his wife killed 14 people in the California city last December before police fatally shot them.
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Apple decided to enable encryption by default to avoid precisely this kind of ethical dilemma.
If it was impossible to access the data, the courts wouldn't even ask - so this approach by the FBI may have taken them by surprise.
What is striking about Apple's letter is that it does not say whether or not the court's demand is technically possible.
Some believe it is, via a process called a Device Firmware Upgrade.
In fighting the court order, Apple will have the support of its technology peers, and perhaps the majority of its users.
For the FBI, yet more frustration over an issue it feels Apple's skilled developers should be able to solve safely.
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"We have no sympathy for terrorists," said Mr Cook.
"We are challenging the FBI's demands with the deepest respect for American democracy and a love of our country."
The BBC SSO, Glasgow School of Art, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the University of Glasgow will all collaborate for the first time.
Director Graham McLaren will work with them to create performances, exhibitions and screenings.
They are all inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The idea is to look at how Shakespeare's words and stories continue to influence hundreds of years on.
The festival will culminate with one multi-media event at Glasgow University's Bute Hall and its atmospheric Cloisters on 23 April next year - the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.
Mr McLaren, the man behind critically-acclaimed National Theatre of Scotland productions including The Tin Forest and In Time O' Strife, will be curating and directing the work of students, professional artists and academics from all four partners for the final festival, Dream On!.
He said: "Thirty years ago I was taken to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (then RSAMD) by a wonderful, canny drama teacher to watch Shakespeare for free.
"I sat in the Old Athenaeum Theatre and, quite simply, a fire in me ignited and a lifelong love of this great institution started.
"You will understand then the real privilege I feel leading RCS students with such a remarkable array of local and international collaborators and artists in what is certain to be Scotland's most significant response to celebrate Shakespeare's 400th anniversary."
Prof Anton Muscatelli, the principal of the University of Glasgow, said he was proud to be hosting the event.
He added: "The University of Glasgow will play centre stage in what will be a creative, inspiring evening of performance, dance and music - a fitting tribute to William Shakespeare, a man whose own artistic skills and creativity helped shape the English language and English literature around the world."
Engineer Pascal Cotte has spent three years using reflective light technology to analyse The Lady with an Ermine.
Until now, it was thought the 500-year-old painting had always included the ceremonial animal.
Mr Cotte has shown the artist painted one portrait without the ermine and two with different versions of the fur.
Leonardo experts have described the new findings as "thrilling" and said the discovery raises new questions about the painting's history.
The Lady with an Ermine is a portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, a young woman in the Milanese court who was mistress to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan.
It is believed to have been painted between 1489 and 1490.
The Duke was Leonardo's main patron during his 18 years in the city, and he was nicknamed "the white ermine".
Mr Cotte, who is a co-founder of Lumiere Technology in Paris, has pioneered a new technique called Layer Amplification Method (LAM).
It works by projecting a series of intense lights on to the painting. A camera then takes measurements of the lights' reflections and from those measurements, Mr Cotte is then able to analyse and reconstruct what has happened between the layers of the paint.
Following the discovery, new theories have now been applied to the well-known portrait, including a suggestion the artist may have introduced the ermine into the painting to symbolise Gallerani's lover, later enhancing the animal to flatter his patron.
Another theory is that Gallerani asked the artist to add the animal into the painting, so that the Milanese court was made fully aware of her relationship with the Duke.
Mr Cotte said: "The LAM technique gives us the capability to peel the painting like an onion, removing the surface to see what's happening inside and behind the different layers of paint.
"We've discovered that Leonardo is always changing his mind. This is someone who hesitates - he erases things, he adds things, he changes his mind again and again."
Martin Kemp, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford, said: "What Pascal Cotte is revealing in France is remarkable.
"It tells us a lot more about the way Leonardo's mind worked when he was doing a painting. We know that he fiddled around a good deal at the beginning, but now we know that he kept fiddling around all the time and it helps explain why he had so much difficulty finishing paintings.
"Leonardo is endlessly fascinating, so getting this intimate insight into his mind is thrilling."
The painting belongs to the Czartoryski Foundation and is usually on display at the National Museum in Krakow, Poland. It is currently hanging in nearby Wawel Castle while the Museum undergoes renovation.
The Lady with an Ermine was one of the star attractions at the National Gallery's 2011 exhibition, Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan.
The painting has previously undergone several examinations using X-ray and infra-red analysis.
Arrest warrants have been issued for more than 30 others, the attorney general's office said.
The investigation follows the discovery of mass graves, believed to contain the bodies of refugees, in jungle camps near the Thai-Malaysian border in May.
Many migrants endured arduous sea journeys before arriving in Thailand.
The suspects face charges including human trafficking, partaking in a transnational crime network, and bringing aliens into the kingdom illegally.
Most of those indicted are from Thailand, but several Myanmar and Bangladeshi citizens are also being held.
"We will not let influential people rise above justice," said Wanchai Roujanavong, a spokesman for the attorney general's office (OAG).
"The OAG has given priority to the issue, as it is a big group of people involving international systems. It has caused a lot of damage to the country as dead bodies were found," he added.
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The suspects include local politicians, government officials, police, and Lt Gen Manas Kongpan, who once oversaw trafficking issues in south Thailand.
Thai authorities faced international pressure earlier this year to crack down on smugglers after images of thousands of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar stranded at sea were shared around the world.
Migrants were also held in jungle camps under horrendous conditions while they awaited transportation elsewhere.
Mass graves were discovered in an abandoned camp in the southern province of Songkhla in May.
Thailand and Malaysia are desired destinations for members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority and economic migrants from neighbouring Bangladesh.
An investigation by the BBC's Jonathan Head found entire communities in Thailand had been helping the traffickers.
The 33-year-old joins as a free agent on 1 July after turning down the offer of new terms at Burnley.
He was the Turf Moor club's player of the year as they won the Championship title to return to the Premier League.
"When I first found out there was an opportunity to come here, that got the blood pumping," Barton told the Rangers website.
"I'm fully aware of the situation the club has been in for the last few years but to be part of a group that is going to put this club back where it belongs was an opportunity, that if I didn't take, I would probably have regretted it for the rest of my life."
Barton, capped once for England, counts Manchester City, Newcastle and QPR among his former clubs.
He also played the 2012-13 season on loan in the French top flight with Marseille.
The experienced midfielder visited Glasgow last week.
"It was very simple. I came up, had a look around and was instantly impressed - both with what is happening at the club just now but also the history and tradition of the place," he explained.
"I went away with Rangers at the forefront of my mind, and I just knew I had to go and do it, and it was something I had to be a part of."
Barton spent one successful season with Burnley and used Twitter to explain his decision to leave.
"Thanks to all the Burnley fans and everyone connected to the club," he wrote. "Amazing support this year that will live with me for a lifetime.
"Toughest decision of my professional life to leave an amazing set of people and a phenomenal culture behind.
"Club is in a great place on and off the pitch with great custodians at the helm. Thanks again for the opportunity to represent your club.
"I was presented with an opportunity and challenge the competitive animal in me just could not turn down. Onwards and upwards now."
Rangers will play in the Scottish Premiership next season after comfortably wrapping up the Championship title.
Mark Warburton's side also won the Petrofac Training Cup and lost a dramatic Scottish Cup final to Hibernian at the weekend.
Barton becomes Rangers' fourth summer signing, joining Josh Windass, Matt Crooks and Jordan Rossiter.
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"Barton has reinvented himself; in a shorthand way, he has gone from CCTV footage of fighting to being a guest on Question Time. So nobody ought to be surprised that on the verge of a return to the English Premier League, and all its riches and glamour, he has chosen to sign for Rangers.
"The offer of a two-year contract, as opposed to the shorter deal proposed by Burnley, would have helped, but Barton was genuine when he spoke of having already sampled life in the Premier League - particularly the slog of a relegation battle - and of seeking new experiences.
"At Rangers, he will hope to compete for trophies and be asked to be a figure of authority and know-how to help develop younger players."
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New Zealander Gibbes has signed a three-year deal with the Lions, who play in New Zealand's Mitre 10 Cup.
His new role starts on 1 June, so he will still be with the Ospreys if they reach the 2016-17 Pro12 play-off final.
Gibbes said after almost four years in Swansea "the pull of home was too strong".
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He added: "I'm definitely a better coach and a better person thanks to my time in this environment, and I'll always be grateful for he chance I've had to work with some quality people, but the pull of home was too strong.
"We've been through some tough times here over the last few years, but all with a long-term view to build something.
"We are starting to see the signs of that hard work coming through and I believe that this group can only continue heading in one way. I'm proud to have played a small part in that."
Gibbes joined Ospreys in 2013 after spending 10 years with Waikato.
Ospreys managing director Andrew Millward said: "There's no denying his influence here since 2013 and, importantly, how we have helped him develop at the same time."
Kieran Maxwell from Heighington, near Darlington, had his left leg amputated last March.
Colin and Chris Weir from Ayrshire stepped in to donate part of their £161m prize after hearing about his story.
The 13-year-old carried the Olympic torch in June.
Kieran was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer which affects fewer than 30 children a year, in October 2010.
His mother Nicola said he started "yelling and dancing" when he found about the donation.
Mrs Maxwell said: "He couldn't believe it. I am still pinching myself.
"What they have done for Kieran will be a small drop in the ocean for them but for him it will change his life.
"He can go back to being a normal boy. He can be himself. Words cannot describe what they have done."
Since losing his leg, Kieran has been determined to remain active and took part in the Torch Relay as it passed through Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
His family have been fundraising to buy a lighter replacement limb as Kieran's current one is heavy and restricts his movement.
The youngster stumbled to the ground when carrying the Olympic torch and was helped up before continuing.
Mr and Mrs Weir heard about Kieran's story through the grandmother of one of his friends and agreed to donate a five-figure sum.
Ewan Barr had told his grandmother, who lives near the Weirs, about Kieran's battle for a lighter leg.
She posted a letter to the couple and received a call three days later from the Weirs' assistant, offering them help.
The couple, from Largs, pledged to share their good fortune after winning the jackpot last July.
Mr Weir said: "When we heard about Kieran and his family's fantastic efforts to raise money for a new prosthetic leg, we had to help. It is a privilege to support him."
Toys from China, copper from Chile, T-shirts from Bangladesh, wine from New Zealand, coffee from Ethiopia, and tomatoes from Spain.
Like it or not, globalisation is a fundamental feature of the modern economy.
In the early 1960s, world trade in merchandise was less than 20% of world economic output, or gross domestic product (GDP).
Now, it is around 50% but not everyone is happy about it.
There is probably no other issue where the anxieties of ordinary people are so in conflict with the near-unanimous approval of economists.
Arguments over trade tend to frame globalisation as a policy - maybe even an ideology - fuelled by acronymic trade deals like TRIPS and TTIP.
But perhaps the biggest enabler of globalisation has not been a free trade agreement, but a simple invention: the shipping container.
It is just a corrugated steel box, 8ft (2.4m) wide, 8ft 6in (2.6m) high, and 40ft (12m) long but its impact has been huge.
BBC World Service's 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy programme highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations that helped create the global economy.
You can find more information about its sources and listen online or download the programme podcast.
Consider how a typical trade journey looked before its invention.
In 1954, an unremarkable cargo ship, the SS Warrior, carried merchandise from New York to Bremerhaven in Germany.
It held just over 5,000 tonnes of cargo - including food, household goods, letters and vehicles - which were carried as 194,582 separate items in 1,156 different shipments.
Just keeping track of the consignments as they moved around the dockside warehouses was a nightmare.
But the real challenge was physically loading such ships.
Longshoremen would pile the cargo onto a wooden pallet on the dock.
The pallet would be hoisted in a sling and deposited in the hold.
More longshoremen carted each item into a snug corner of the ship, poking the merchandise with steel hooks until it settled into place against the curves and bulkheads of the hold, skilfully packed so that it would not shift on the high seas.
There were cranes and forklifts but much of the merchandise, from bags of sugar heavier than a man to metal bars the weight of a small car, was shifted with muscle power.
This was dangerous work.
In a large port, someone would be killed every few weeks.
In 1950, New York averaged half a dozen serious incidents every day, and its port was safer than many.
Researchers studying the SS Warrior's trip to Bremerhaven concluded the ship had taken ten days to load and unload, as much time as it had spent crossing the Atlantic.
In today's money, the cargo cost around $420 (£335) a tonne to move.
Given typical delays in sorting and distributing the cargo by land, the whole journey might take three months.
Sixty years ago, then, shipping goods internationally was costly, chancy, and immensely time-consuming.
Surely there had to be a better way?
Indeed there was: put all the cargo into big standard boxes, and move those.
But inventing the box was the easy bit - the shipping container had already been tried in various forms for decades.
The real challenge was overcoming the social obstacles.
To begin with, the trucking companies, shipping companies, and ports could not agree on a standard size.
Some wanted large containers while others wanted smaller versions; perhaps because they specialised in heavy goods or trucked on narrow mountain roads.
Then there were the powerful dockworkers' unions, who resisted the idea.
Yes the containers would make the job of loading ships safer but it would also mean fewer jobs.
US regulators also preferred the status quo.
The sector was tightly bound with red tape, with separate sets of regulations determining how much that shipping and trucking companies could charge.
Why not simply let companies charge whatever the market would bear - or even allow shipping and trucking companies to merge, and put together an integrated service?
Perhaps the bureaucrats too were simply keen to preserve their jobs.
Such bold ideas would have left them with less to do.
The man who navigated this maze of hazards, and who can fairly be described as the inventor of the modern shipping container system, was called Malcom McLean.
McLean did not know anything about shipping but he was a trucking entrepreneur.
He knew plenty about trucks, plenty about playing the system, and all there was to know about saving money.
As Marc Levinson explains in his book, The Box, McLean not only saw the potential of a shipping container that would fit neatly onto a flat bed truck, he also had the skills and the risk-taking attitude needed to make it happen.
First, McLean cheekily exploited a legal loophole to gain control of both a shipping company and a trucking company.
Then, when dockers went on strike, he used the idle time to refit old ships to new container specifications.
He repeatedly plunged into debt.
He took on "fat cat" incumbents in Puerto Rico, revitalising the island's economy by slashing shipping rates to the United States.
He cannily encouraged New York's Port Authority to make the New Jersey side of the harbour a centre for container shipping.
But probably the most striking coup took place in the late 1960s, when Malcom McLean sold the idea of container shipping to perhaps the world's most powerful customer: the US Military.
Faced with an unholy logistical nightmare in trying to ship equipment to Vietnam, the military turned to McLean's container ships.
Containers work much better when they are part of an integrated logistical system, and the US military was perfectly placed to implement that.
Even better, McLean realised that on the way back from Vietnam, his empty container ships could collect payloads from the world's fastest growing economy, Japan.
And so trans-Pacific trading began in earnest.
A modern shipping port would be unrecognisable to a hardworking longshoreman of the 1950s.
Even a modest container ship might carry 20 times as much cargo as the SS Warrior did, yet disgorge its cargo in hours rather than days.
Gigantic cranes weighing 1,000 tonnes apiece lock onto containers which themselves weigh upwards of 30 tonnes, and swing them up and over on to a waiting transporter.
The colossal ballet of engineering is choreographed by computers, which track every container as it moves through a global logistical system.
The refrigerated containers are put in a hull section with power and temperature monitors.
The heavier containers are placed at the bottom to keep the ship's centre of gravity low.
The entire process is scheduled to keep the ship balanced.
And after the crane has released one container onto a waiting transporter, it will grasp another before swinging back over the ship, which is being simultaneously emptied and refilled.
Not everywhere enjoys the benefits of the containerisation revolution.
Many ports in poorer countries still look like New York in the 1950s.
Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, remains largely cut off from the world economy because of poor infrastructure.
But for an ever-growing number of destinations, goods can now be shipped reliably, swiftly and cheaply.
Rather than the $420 (£335) that a customer would have paid to get the SS Warrior to ship a tonne of goods across the Atlantic in 1954, you might now pay less than $50 (£39).
Indeed, economists who study international trade often assume that transport costs are zero.
It keeps the mathematics simpler, they say, and thanks to the shipping container, it is nearly true.
Tim Harford writes the Financial Times's Undercover Economist column. The 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy programme was broadcast on the BBC World Service. You can find more information about its sources and listen online or download the programme podcast.
Chancellor George Osborne announced a £10m scheme to upgrade the Halton Curve rail line, linking Liverpool, Cheshire, Warrington and Wrexham.
The project is part of a £34m package to improve transport connections between Liverpool and Manchester.
Welsh Secretary David Jones said it showed ministers continued commitment to improving UK infrastructure.
He said the news would "enable an estimated 500,000 more people to access employment, educational and recreational opportunities".
"It will improve links to Liverpool John Lennon Airport and help stimulate further investment on both sides of the border," he said.
"Today's announcement shows this government's continued commitment to improving our infrastructure across the United Kingdom, which is crucial to our long term economic plan."
Passengers from Wrexham currently have to change at Bidston or Chester.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said the chancellor's announcement would be welcomed by all companies in north Wales doing business with Liverpool.
Its regional chair Gwyn Evans said: "Projects such as this, and the £44m upgrade of the rail line between Wrexham and Chester, will make a real difference.
"However, there is still some way to go to provide north Wales with the transport infrastructure needed to keep our economy on track."
On average, there were 107 crashes annually between 2011 and 2015 compared to 70 each year between 2006 and 2010.
Cycling charity Sustrans said the increase in cyclists on the roads meant the lack of facilities was becoming increasingly obvious.
The Welsh Government said it was spending millions of pounds promoting safe cycling.
Cyclist Garry Ellis from Rhostryfan, Gwynedd, said the rule in the Highway Code which states vehicles must leave "plenty of room" when passing riders needed to be more specific.
"I ride a lot in Spain and France and vehicles there have to leave at least a 1.5 metre gap between them and bikes when overtaking. Because it's the law, people stick to it."
From 2011-2015, 536 cyclists were seriously injured, up from 350 between 2006 and 2010. In the same time, deaths went up from 24 to 27.
Wales spends £4 per head on cycling and walking compared to £20 per head spent in the Netherlands, where cycling is much more common.
Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Owain Doull, from Cardiff, said: "Cycling is such a big sport in the UK now and we need to facilitate that by keeping them safe, especially with cycle lanes and cycling roundabouts.
"If you look at Holland and Belgium the system they have there is amazing."
Natasha Withey, of Sustrans, told Radio Cymru's Manylu programme that a survey carried out in Cardiff in 2015 suggested 78% of people wanted more money spent to improve safety and introduce bike lanes.
"There are roads and areas where it's really difficult for cyclists," she added.
Cities like Cambridge have a reputation for being cyclist-friendly - about 33% of people ride their bike to work there compared to 4% in Cardiff, which has the highest figure in Wales.
Cambridge's local authority employs 12 full-time officers to look after its biking policies and network compared to one in Cardiff.
In 2013, the Welsh Government introduced an act which required councils to consider all requests from the public regarding improving opportunities for people to walk and cycle.
A spokesman said: "In 2016-17, we have allocated over £11m for local schemes, as well as £1.65m for those on trunk roads.
"Additionally, we're spending over £1.7m on active travel training and promotion. This includes funding for Sustrans to promote active travel in schools, support people to get to work in sustainable ways."
Members of the governing Workers' Party say his appointment will strengthen her beleaguered administration.
In becoming a minister, Lula will also have some legal protection.
Last week, prosecutors requested his arrest in a money laundering inquiry over a luxury sea-front penthouse.
The popular former president has denied any wrongdoing and says the claims are politically motivated.
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As a minister, Lula could only be tried by the Supreme Court, placing him out of the reach of the judge in the southern city of Curitiba responsible for the inquiry.
Lula was briefly detained earlier this month after investigators said they had evidence he received illicit benefits from a kickback scheme involving state-oil company Petrobras.
Media reports, quoting unnamed sources, said Ms Rousseff and Lula would meet in the capital, Brasilia, on Tuesday. There has been no official comment.
Lula handpicked Ms Rousseff as a candidate to succeed him in 2010, and has not ruled out running again in 2018.
Ms Rousseff has faced increasing calls for her removal as a result of a corruption scandal at Petrobras and Brazil's worst recession in decades.
On Sunday, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets calling for her to go. But the president has repeatedly said she will not resign.
She could, however, face an impeachment process in Congress, accused of masking the budget deficit, which she denies.
One of Lula's main tasks, the reports said, would be to negotiate with the main coalition partner in order to prevent an impeachment going ahead.
His appointment could also be seen as bringing some order to what many analysts consider a chaotic administration.
Dozens of executives and politicians have been arrested or are under investigation as part of a massive corruption inquiry named Operation Car Wash.
They are suspected of overcharging contracts with Petrobras and using part of the money to pay for bribes and electoral campaigns.
One of the lines of inquiry is that construction companies targeted by the operation could have favoured Lula in the development of the same Guaruja flat that led prosecutors to request his arrest.
The 35-year-old was reported overdue on Sunday night after going on a weekend trip from Portsoy in Aberdeenshire.
A kayak matching the description of his vessel was found on Monday evening near Lybster, about 50 miles away.
His sister Ellie told BBC Scotland she remained hopeful he had made it ashore to cliffs and would be found.
The search had resumed on Tuesday morning, with volunteers helping coastguards, and divers were also involved.
On Tuesday afternoon, volunteers found some kayak safety gear washed up on rocks on the Moray coast. It has not yet been confirmed it it is Mr Jackson's.
A paddle was also spotted in the water near to where the kayak was recovered off the Lybster coast.
Extensive searches are expected to continue for a third day on Wednesday.
His sister said from Australia: "I feel very strongly feel Dom is lying injured at the base of a cliff after attempting to climb out after becoming separated from his kayak and swimming to shore.
"He would be very familiar with sea cliffs like this. All his childhood holidays we climbed cliffs and rocks like this.
"I have a very strong feeling he will be found."
A Find Dom page has been set up on Facebook by friends.
Mr Jackson, who lives in Fettercairn in Aberdeenshire and is originally from Uckfield in East Sussex, is believed to have set off in his kayak from Portsoy harbour on Saturday morning.
The alarm was raised by his flatmate on Sunday night when he failed to return home as expected.
He is described as fit and active but relatively new to kayaking.
His father and brother joined a huge air, sea and land search on Monday involving several lifeboats, coastguard search teams and police.
A coastguard helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft have also been involved in the operation.
Insp Ewan Strachan said on Tuesday afternoon: "More than 30 volunteers have turned out to assist with coastal searches today despite the weather, and I cannot stress enough how much this has been appreciated.
"It also comes as no surprise given the community spirit in the area and the strength of feeling of wanting Dominic to be found.
"Moving forward, our search must focus at sea and immediate areas of the coastline - an operation which must be tackled by a highly specialist search team given the dangers and challenges of these terrains.
"These officers are trained in certain techniques and will be designated to specific areas as we enter our third day of this operation and continue to battle severe weather conditions.
"Our main priority is the public's safety and as such I would urge volunteers to consider other ways in which they can offer support to Dominic's family and friends at this terrible time.
"By no means does this mean we are scaling back our search - in fact our search now becomes more intensive - however we need the right people in the right places to give us the best possible chance."
Mr Jackson's green VW Transporter - which he was camping in for the weekend - was found in the Portsoy area.
Michael McDougall, 47, and Michael Mullen, 24, both from South Shields, are accused of shooting dead Tipu Sultan, 32, outside Herbs n Spice Kitchen in the town in April.
Mr McDougall, of Hylton Avenue, and Mr Mullen, of Hawthorne Avenue, also pleaded not guilty to possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.
They appeared via video link at Newcastle Crown Court.
Mr Mullen is also charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, which he denied.
The men will stand trial on 23 February and remain remanded in custody.
Canadian and American researchers said tests had shown that "extraneous sound interfered with participants' performance, making their responses both slower and less accurate".
Some top tennis stars, including Martina Navratilova, regard grunting as unfair, or even as cheating.
Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal are among the game's big grunters.
The study, which appeared in the Public Library of Science ONE journal, tested 33 students at the University of British Columbia in western Canada.
Hundreds of video clips were shown of a player hitting a ball to either the left or right. The students had to determine the direction quickly, but on some shots were subjected to noises simulating grunting.
Lead report author Scott Sinnett told the BBC: "The findings were unequivocal. Basically, when the video clips did have a grunt, the participants were not only slower to react but they had lower accuracy levels. So they were basically slower and could actually be wrong-footed, if you could extend that to a real-world tennis court."
The report said the grunt could also hamper a receiver who was trying to judge the spin and speed of a ball from the sound made off the racket.
Mr Sinnett said: "The study raises a number of interesting questions for tennis. For example, if Rafael Nadal is grunting and Roger Federer is not, is that fair?"
Councillors on a scrutiny committee voted not to go ahead with the project and said the existing centre should be handed over to a leisure trust.
The decision will go before the council's executive board next Tuesday for final approval.
In February council officials advised the project was "no longer affordable".
A condition survey found the Waterworld centre could be maintained in its present state up until 2035, but it would be "very tired" after 20 years.
The leisure complex was opened by the Queen in 1998 after a major refurbishment of the the town's swimming baths.
But he might still be on the waiting list, enduring 12 hours of dialysis each day, if his mother, Nicola, had not run a Facebook campaign to find him a living donor.
Matthew is one of a number of UK patients who have bypassed the traditional NHS system of organ allocation, instead harnessing the power of the internet to find their own.
Transplant doctors fear this development could result in an unsavoury competition to attract donors online, in what some have called an "organ beauty pageant".
And they worry that it rips up the traditional health service ethos of equal access to treatment for all.
Consultant nephrologist Dr Adnan Sharif, from Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, says: "Somebody who is well-to-do, a professional, will be very good at promoting themselves," whereas poorer patients, perhaps from minority ethnic communities, will not have the same opportunities.
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But Matthew's mother is unrepentant.
"I'm not going to lie, I think on Matthew's side was the fact he was a child," she says.
"In all walks of life, we use things to our advantage.
"If it meant that he didn't have to spend his life on dialysis, then I'd take it - I don't care."
There are 28,000 people on dialysis in the UK.
Some 5,000 patients are on the national waiting list for an organ transplant from a dead donor.
There is a permanent shortage of such kidneys.
But there is another option; they may get a kidney from a living donor, because most of us can live healthily with just one.
Living donors now make up a third of all kidney transplants in the UK.
Most are donated anonymously through a very successful NHS scheme.
But social media campaigns such as Matthew's can bring dozens of would-be donors to be tissue-tested for just one patient, squeezing resources.
Sue Moore, the lead NHS living donor coordinator in Birmingham, says: "You'd get people call out of the blue, and it was quite overwhelming really."
However, since Matthew's appeal was launched in 2013, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the biggest renal centre in Europe, has adjusted to handling such pressures.
Matthew's mother argues publicity for his campaign increased awareness of kidney donation.
And some of the people initially tested for Matthew went on to give a kidney to someone else.
One was Alison Thornhill, who was touched by his Facebook appeal.
"If one of my grandchildren was in that situation, I would want somebody to step forward and be tested to see if they were a match for him," she says.
Alison wasn't a match for Matthew, but since she "was prepared to give a kidney to a little boy who I didn't know, it made sense just to go on and give it to somebody else who I didn't know who needed it".
Eighteen months ago, she went into hospital and became an anonymous donor.
Unexpectedly, she later got letters from the recipient, and from his mother, who wrote: "I don't know anything about you apart from the fact that you are a very kind and compassionate person.
"I will be eternally grateful to you.
"Kindest regards, a loving and thankful mother."
But some would-be donors want to choose precisely who receives their kidney.
Searching online, Gemma Coles identified a series of patients she wanted to donate to, though for various reasons it has not yet happened.
Asked why she wants to choose the recipient, she replies she has only one kidney to give.
"You have to be judgemental," she says.
"There's thousands of people, literally, needing a kidney, and more and more now their stories are available on social media, and it can feel you're being very critical of people's lives, trying to decide who to give and who not to."
If the transplant community was disturbed by Facebook kidney appeals, it was shocked by websites offering to match donors and patients, who can browse through profiles and photos.
Matchingdonors.com was set up in the US by businessman Paul Dooley as a non-profit venture.
It charges $595 (£464) for US patients seeking a donor.
In 2012, he brought the website to the UK, but this time, without charging any fees.
According to the regulator, the Human Tissue Authority, transplant centres must refuse operations involving a website that does charge fees.
Since Matchingdonors.com is free to use in the UK, there is no regulatory barrier to stop it brokering a transplant.
But chief executive Mr Dooley says not one such transplant has taken place in five years in the UK.
There are 73 UK patients waiting - some have found matches with potential donors, but none has had permission from their hospital to go ahead.
In 2015, he stopped stopped signing up British patients, because "there's no use them going to a gas station if there's no gas".
It seems the transplant community simply decided organ-matching websites were beyond the pale. But is this fair?
Prof Vassilios Papalois, who formerly chaired the British Transplantation Society's ethics committee, says the views of transplant teams must be respected.
"They have the autonomy to say that for us it's ethically objectionable," he says.
Asked if he is trying to provide the catwalk for an organ beauty pageant, Mr Dooley replies: "Every single person on our website who's an organ donor wants to choose.
"They want to say, 'I want to give to an old grandfather, 'I want to give to a single father,' and if that's what they consider a beauty contest, that's not a beauty contest, it's the choice of who you want to donate to."
The Organ Beauty Pageant is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday, 2 May, at 20:00 BST, and repeated on Sunday, 7 May, at 17:00 BST.
Stephen Vullo QC said a 2014 jury which had convicted Mr Harris of a number of indecent assaults had "got it wrong".
This made him "vulnerable to people making accusations against him", Mr Vullo told Southwark Crown Court.
Mr Harris denies six indecent assaults and one sexual assault on victims aged 12-42, from 1971 to 2004.
In relation to one of the allegations, Mr Harris had faced alternative charges of indecent assault or sexual assault.
The jury has been instructed to consider a sexual assault charge in relation to this allegation.
The 86-year-old is currently serving a prison sentence for indecent assault on four females.
Closing the defence case, Mr Vullo said: "It's difficult to imagine a harder or faster or deeper fall from grace than that suffered by Rolf Harris."
The defence team has repeated Mr Harris's claims of innocence in relation to the earlier conviction.
Mr Vullo added: "The media frenzy has without doubt made him vulnerable to people making accusations against him. There is no doubt about that."
But each charge against Mr Harris "falls far below" the required standard to convict him, argued Mr Vullo, adding: "We say enough is enough."
Until last week Mr Harris had followed the trial via a video-link from prison, but he sat in the dock for the hearing on Wednesday.
In the prosecution closing speech on Tuesday, Jonathan Rees QC said: "It is striking that so many of the allegations involve Mr Harris getting away with a sly, quick grope right under the noses of people who did not notice.
"We suggest that Mr Harris was very good at getting away with it."
He argued that the previous conviction showed that Mr Harris "has a propensity and appetite for indecently assaulting females".
James Fenton's body was discovered on Ulster Hospital 10 weeks after he went missing from the facility.
The 22-year-old had agreed to be admitted in July 2010, but then climbed over the wall of a smoking area.
The most senior officer on duty when he went missing gave evidence to an inquest into his death on Tuesday.
The retired inspector told the court she had failed to grasp the seriousness of the report of his disappearance.
She agreed there was no effective police action taken in the case between 02:00 BST and 08:00 BST on the night he was reported missing.
She explained that during the night she had gone to Newcastle to oversee the search for a missing child at high risk, and later dealt with a shooting incident and public disorder in the town.
The coroner said: "It's a shame you didn't go to the Ulster Hospital."
Two police officers on duty that night also gave evidence.
One said he and a colleague were initially instructed to search the grounds of nearby Tor Bank school, where Mr Fenton was believed to have been seen.
A search there lasted 20 to 30 minutes and used small handheld torches.
The information placing Mr Fenton there is now known to have been wrong.
But the court heard the school was searched three times, because the earlier information had not been corrected.
The officer said he wished he had been instructed to search the wooded area where Mr Fenton was found more than two months later.
He told the court: "I wish I had searched that area. It's a matter of regret to me that I didn't."
He told the court he believed police could have searched that area that night, had they been directed towards it.
He said he was never told the source of the information about the school, which was supplied to his police radio controllers.
He explained that initial searches at the school and the hospital grounds near the ward meant police did not consult hospital staff about James and his potential whereabouts during the first hour of their search.
The two officers later conducted searches of the road towards Bangor and the roads in the hospital grounds by patrol car.
Giving evidence later, the second police constable said he and his colleague had both felt the mention of Tor Bank school made it the wisest place to start their search.
He said: "Nothing would have given us greater pleasure than to have located Mr Fenton that evening."
The coroner said the search in the dark was like looking for "a needle in a haystack".
But, he added: "The needle in the haystack is easier to find if you ask the right questions."
He asked why the officers had not requested help for a wider search.
The officers suggested that would have been unusual, and not a decision they were authorised to make.
A larger number of officers searched the hospital area later in daylight, but found nothing.
The second officer explained how he spoke to hospital staff and was told that Mr Fenton was carrying only cigarettes and a lighter, but no money or a mobile phone.
Asked why he did not spend longer with staff, he said they had stated they were busy on the ward, and pointed out that the presence of police officers there often made psychiatric patients anxious and upset.
He agreed he had not examined the smoking area, which would have been possible without entering the ward itself; nor had the officers asked to look at CCTV footage.
The Fenton family has always maintained the initial search was inadequate.
In 2013, the Police Ombudsman issued a critical report into the wider search for Mr Fenton and 12 PSNI officers were later disciplined.
Coroner Joe McCriskin made it clear to the court that the two constables giving evidence today were not among those disciplined by the Police Ombudsman.
Ian Murray said he represented a constituency where 78% of voters backed Remain during last year's referendum.
And he said he would be "standing up for them in the Commons by voting against the triggering of Article 50".
The vote on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill will be held on Tuesday evening.
The government is expected to win the vote with the backing of most Conservative and Labour MPs.
But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faces a sizeable rebellion, with up to 30 of his party's MPs set to defy a three-line whip and vote against the government.
The SNP has tabled an amendment which would block the bill, and the Liberal Democrats will also oppose the government.
Its former leader, Alex Salmond, told the Commons debate on Tuesday afternoon that pro-Brexit politicians had been gripped by "mad MP disease" and were now taking "the entire country into the hole".
The former Scottish first minister said that triggering Article 50 was "politically crazy", and added that Britain would now be left in an "embarrassing" relationship with US President Donald Trump.
Confirming that he would join the SNP, Lib Dems and Labour rebels in voting against the legislation, Mr Murray - who quit as shadow Scottish secretary last year in protest against Mr Corbyn's leadership - said he not could support the "extreme hard Brexit that Theresa May is pursuing".
In a letter to constituents, he added: "I have signed all Labour's amendments to the bill so far, and I will support Labour amendments throughout the Brexit process, as parliament must do everything it can to get the best deal for Scotland and the UK - including safeguarding the rights of EU nationals to remain here.
"But I cannot vote for the extreme hard Brexit that Theresa May is pursuing, which risks damaging the economy of Edinburgh, Scotland and the entire UK.
"The Tories are threatening to inflict economic vandalism on our country."
Two shadow ministers have quit Labour's front bench in order to oppose the bill, while MPs Stephen Timms and Lyn Brown told the Commons they would also vote against it.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry defended the Labour leadership's stance, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme that while the party believed in the EU, "we believe more strongly than anything else about democracy".
Although it will support the final vote on the bill, Labour will first try to amend it, including calling for a "meaningful vote" on the final Brexit deal.
"If Theresa May loses face because she has got the wrong deal that doesn't have the support of parliament - tough," Ms Thornberry added.
On Monday, politicians from both sides of the debate made impassioned speeches as they set out their arguments in the Commons.
The SNP's Stephen Gethins said passing the government's bill would be an "act of constitutional and economic sabotage".
He found an unlikely ally in former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke, who described visions of the future set out by Brexiteers as a "wonderland" fantasy.
But the UK government's Brexit secretary, David Davis, told the debate that MPs would not be able to vote to block Brexit, telling them the "point of no return" had already passed.
He added: "This is not a bill about whether the UK should leave the EU or indeed how it should do it.
"It is simply about parliament empowering the government to implement a decision already made, a point of no return already passed.
"We asked the people of the UK if they wanted to leave the EU. They decided they did. So at the core of this Bill lies a very simple question. Do we trust the people or not?"
South Korean Park led after the third round and carded a 64 - including eight birdies - in the final round to finish 18 under par.
Spain's Carlota Ciganda finished second, while South Korea's Sei Young Kim was third, two shots further back.
"It was almost a perfect day today. I didn't make any mistakes, so I was able to focus on my game," said Park.
"It was a lot of fun today with Carlota playing so well. Winning this tournament is such an honour."
World number one Lydia Ko skipped the tournament in order to rest ahead of her title defence in the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida, next week.
The Pope made the remark as he presented the Palestinian leader with a medallion.
President Abbas is visiting the Vatican for the canonisation of two 19th-Century Palestinian nuns on Sunday.
His visit came days after the Vatican said it would formally recognise Palestinian statehood in a treaty.
The treaty states that the Holy See favours a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel and allows the Vatican to oversee aspects of Roman Catholic life in the areas President Abbas controls.
Israel expressed disappointment with the treaty, which uses the term "Palestinian state".
The BBC's David Willey in Rome says that after 20 minutes of private talks, Pope Francis gave Mr Abbas the medallion depicting an angel of peace adding: "It is appropriate because you are an angel of peace."
Correspondents say the Vatican is keen to protect the property and civil rights of the Catholic Church in the Palestinian territories.
The Vatican's move also comes amid growing momentum to recognise Palestinian statehood.
Over the past year the European Parliament as well as the UK, Republic of Ireland, Spain and France have all passed non-binding motions in favour.
Sweden has gone further, officially recognising Palestine as a state.
The moves have been criticised by Israel, which says recognition of statehood in this way discourages Palestinians from resuming talks on a final status agreement.
Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw said head teachers needed to protect new teachers to maintain their enthusiasm and stop them leaving their jobs.
Sir Michael said it was not inspections that put new recruits off, but a lack of support and working in poorly-led schools with badly behaved pupils.
He was giving evidence before the Commons Education Select Committee.
Sir Michael added: "It [recruitment] is a big issue and it has been so ever since I've been a teacher.
"Before I joined Ofsted I used to talk a lot to teachers joining the profession, particularly to Teach First.
"What used to upset me was talking to people who were bright-eyed and bushy tailed, hugely enthusiastic about coming into teaching and wanting to do well for disadvantaged youngsters, saying to me that they were put off teaching in the first few years because they weren't adequately helped and supported by leaders.
"That the culture of the schools in which they were worked was poor, that behaviour was poor, every day was a daily struggle, with poorly behaved, badly behaved pupils.
"They were there for a reason and they wanted to commit themselves to a period of time in those institutions where they were working. But a lot of them said: 'I'll take it for a bit of time but not a lot longer'.
"The thing that puts off teachers is working in an institution that's not good and that's poorly led, and where behaviour, particularly, is poor."
The chief inspector was adamant that the pressure of being inspected was not the issue.
"It's not Ofsted in my view, and that's often a red herring," he told MPs.
"Head teachers have got to make sure they run good schools, where there's a strong and positive culture, protect those newly-qualified teachers in a way that some don't and that those young teachers make a career in teaching.
"That's the thing that puts off teachers. It's not Ofsted. Although they might say that and some of the union reps might say it."
It came after justice secretary and fellow Brexit campaigner Michael Gove announced that he would run for leader.
The reaction on social media began with tweets and memes reacting to Mr Johnson's speech, which took many by surprise.
Others speculated about the motive behind it and incorporated political developments in the US.
On Twitter, others decided to add captions and draw their own conclusions from events in the Conservative leadership contest.
Celebrities have also given their verdicts on events of the day and predictions of what they think will happen next.
They say that 133 people were rescued, but 16 are still missing after the four-deck Almirante went down near the popular resort town of Guatapé.
There were about 170 people on board. Witness Juan Quiroz told the BBC the boat sank in less than five minutes.
Leisure boats quickly came to the rescue, hauling victims from the water and the top deck of the vessel.
Some survivors complained that they had not been given life jackets.
Army helicopters and divers later joined the search-and-rescue operation.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who travelled to the scene on Sunday evening, said six people had been killed, revising down an initial death toll of nine given by officials.
More than 20 people have been taken to a hospital in Guatapé.
Eyewitness Louisa Murphy told the BBC: "We saw things flying off the side of the boat. And within, I think, probably about 20 second the boat had sort of sunk with just the top deck visible."
Luis Bernardo Morales, a fire service captain involved in the rescue, said the boat was very close to the port when it sank.
"We do not know whether it was a mechanical failure, an overloading or something to do with the currents that caused it to sink," AFP news agency quoted him as saying.
Local residents said that the vessel had sunk twice before but had then been repaired before being used again.
Guatapé is a popular Andean resort town, known for its water sports and recreational activities.
He met veterans and appeared at a rally in South Carolina on Monday, ahead of Saturday's primary election.
George W Bush's legacy has come under fierce attack from Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.
Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, has spent a lot of campaign cash but failed to make an impact.
He is struggling to catch up with Mr Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who won the New Hampshire and Iowa contests respectively.
Mr Bush's famous family has largely kept out of his presidential nomination battle and he insisted last year that he was running as his own man.
But last week his mother Barbara Bush, wife of former President George HW Bush, spoke out in his support.
And on Saturday, Jeb Bush defended his brother's presidency, saying he had built a "security apparatus to keep us safe".
In a televised debate, billionaire businessman Mr Trump tore into George W Bush's record, accusing him of lying about the reasons for the Iraq War, which he said had destabilised the Middle East.
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"I want to tell you - they lied," said Mr Trump. "They said there were weapons of mass destruction, there were none. And they knew there were none."
He also scoffed at Mr Bush's defence of his brother.
"The World Trade Center came down during your brother's reign, remember that."
Experts say that Mr Trump's tactic of attacking the former president is risky because he still maintains wide appeal among Republicans in South Carolina, from churchgoers to business leaders and retired military personnel.
On Monday, George W Bush, alongside his wife Laura, met US military veterans at an American Legion Post in Columbia, South Carolina.
Last week, he praised his brother's abilities in a radio advert, and Jeb Bush will hope his personal appearance will bring dividends on polling day.
Although George W Bush remains a divisive figure nationally, he and his father both won primary elections in South Carolina.
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who quit the presidential race and is now backing Jeb Bush, said: "The Bush name is golden in my state."
While Republican voters in South Carolina make their choice for president, the Democratic Party is holding its own contest in Nevada on Saturday. Republicans in Nevada and Democrats in South Carolina get to express their views in separate contests the following week.
Mr Cruz, Mr Trump and Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have all won one state each.
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23 February - Nevada caucus (R)
27 February - South Carolina primary (D)
1 March - 'Super Tuesday' - 15 states or territories decide
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Samples taken by scientists in the US state of Iowa showed that levels of neonicotinoid chemicals remained constant despite treatment.
However drinking water treated using a different method of filtration showed big reductions in neonic levels.
Scientists say they cannot draw any conclusions relating to human health but argue that further study is needed.
The use of neonicotinoids has increased rapidly since their introduction in the early 1990s.
These systemic chemicals were seen as an advance because they are usually applied as a seed coating and are lethal to insects but not to other species.
In the US, sales of seeds pre-treated with neonics tripled from 2004 to 2014.
However concerns over their environmental impacts have also grown and they have been consistently associated with causing harm to bees. So great has the worry been, that there has been a moratorium on their use on flowering crops in the European Union since 2013.
A study in 2015 from the US Geological Survey (USGS) found that neonics were widespread in water samples collected from 48 different rivers and streams in the US.
This new study from the USGS and the University of Iowa, looked at tap water that was treated in two different filtration systems.
Samples from the University of Iowa treatment plant barely removed any of the three main neonic chemicals, clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam.
Water taken from the Iowa City treatment facility removed 100%, 94% and 85% respectively, of these substances.
Drinking water from the less effective system had 0.24 to 57.3 nanograms of individual neonicotinoids per litre.
"These are very low levels, these are nanograms per litre which means parts per trillion, a very low concentration," said Prof Gregory LeFevre, one of the authors from the University of Iowa.
"But at the same time there are concerns about what those low levels might do from an exposure standpoint."
In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency regulates contaminants in water but as of now, neonics are not considered a threat.
"At this point in time, these results don't indicate any violation of the system, we are trying to bring these contaminants to light more than saying this is or isn't a safe level," Prof LeFevre told BBC News.
One of the issues of concern is not the direct exposure of humans to neonics in water, but how the insecticides might be transformed by the filtration process into other substances that pose a greater threat.
"Based on some of the literature that has been published, the nitro group has the potential to be removed in the filtration processes and that is the group that confers the selectivity to insects," said lead author Kathryn Klarich from the University of Iowa.
"If that were the case that could be a concern," she told BBC News.
However the study also presents evidence that the presence of neonics in drinking water can be essentially negated if activated carbon filtration systems are used.
"We were pleasantly surprised to see how well the activated carbon worked," said Prof LeFevre.
"It is relatively economical compared to other technologies that are energy expensive. We need to do more research to understand how well these can work but it is encouraging."
The authors believe that, given the scale of research looking at the impacts of neonics on bees and other creatures, it is important that further studies are carried out on drinking water to work out the levels of exposure around the world.
"Without really good toxicity data it is hard to ascertain the scale of this, but whenever we have pesticides in the drinking water that is something that raises a flag no matter what type of concentration it is," said Prof LeFevre.
The study has been published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
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Name given to the corruption investigation launched in March 2014 into allegations that Brazil's biggest construction firms overcharged state-oil company Petrobras for building contracts.
Former president of Brazil, removed from office on 31 August 2016 for breaking fiscal laws. While Ms Rousseff was on the Petrobras board of directors from 2003 to 2010, she has never been formally accused of corruption or self-enrichment. Operation Car Wash started during her time as president, and her supporters allege that her rivals wanted her gone because she would not shield them from the probe.
Money allegedly received by politicians involved in the Petrobras corruption scheme in exchange for handing out building contracts to companies which overcharged them.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was president of Brazil from 2003 to 2011. Since he left office he has come under investigation for a number of cases of alleged wrongdoing, which he has all denied.
In July 2016, a judge ruled there was enough evidence for Lula to stand trial for allegedly obstructing justice in connection with Operation Car Wash. Prosecutors also accuse Lula of involvement in an alleged bribery scheme related to work by the construction giant, Odebrecht, in Angola. Most recently, prosecutors accused him of taking bribes from Odebrecht to help the firm win it eight Petrobras contracts.
Michel Temer took over as president of Brazil after Dilma Rousseff was impeached. Almost a third of his cabinet are now under investigation for alleged corruption. President Temer's name is not on the list of politicians facing investigation over the Car Wash scandal. But Brazil's top electoral court is hearing witnesses in a separate case over alleged illegal campaign financing.
The case dates back to the 2014 presidential campaign, when Mr Temer was Ms Rousseff's running mate. The tribunal will have to decide if illegal funds were used to fund their campaign. If the tribunal's decision were to go against him, the election result could be annulled and President Temer could be forced from office.
Brazilian-based construction giant, Latin America's largest construction conglomerate. The firm has confessed to bribing officials to secure contracts in Brazil and other countries in the region. It has agreed to pay a fine of $3.5bn (£2.8bn). Its former CEO, Marcelo Odebrecht, is serving a 19-year prison sentence for corruption. He was found guilty of paying more than $30m (£21m) in bribes to Petrobras officials in exchange for contracts and influence. He and 76 other Odebrecht officials are giving investigators information as part of a plea deal.
Brazil's state-run oil company and one of the biggest employers in Brazil with more than 78,000 workers on its books. At the centre of the corruption scandal which has engulfed Brazil for the past three years. Petrobras said in 2015 that its corruption costs hit $2bn (£1.6bn). Senior former Petrobras executives are serving lengthy prison sentences for corruption.
Sergio Moro, dubbed Super Moro by his supporters, is the federal judge in charge of the Car Wash inquiry. Judge Moro divides opinion in Brazil. Some admire him for his tenacity and willingness to go after the most influential politicians in the land, while others have questioned his methods such as leaking a phone call between former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the then-president, Dilma Rousseff.
Volunteers have spent months installing 888,246 hand-made poppies - each representing a British and colonial soldier who died during WW1.
It is thought about five million people have visited the artwork entitled Blood-Swept Lands and Seas of Red by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, from Derbyshire.
Berkshire cadet Harry Hayes, 13 "planted" the final poppy.
The final names from the Roll of Honour were read out and the guns fired 21 times before the silence.
The title of the work was inspired by a line from the will of a Derbyshire serviceman who died in Flanders.
He described "the blood-swept lands and seas of red, where angels fear to tread".
General the Lord Dannatt, Constable of the Tower of London, said an estimated five million people had been to see the poppies.
The former head of the British Army said: "The great thing about it is that people are engaged with this.
"I think they have taken ownership of it and the reason why I think they have done that is that specific number, 888,246 - not a random number - that is the number of British and Colonial soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War.
"Every poppy represents a life lost and a family shattered."
He said 17,500 volunteers had planted poppies while a team of about 8,000 volunteers would start dismantling the installation on Wednesday.
The weeping window and wave segments of the installation will be the final sections to be removed and will be on show until the end of the month.
Thousands of the poppies will then go on tour before being permanently based at the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester.
The prime minister said the display had "in a very short space of time become a much-loved and respected monument".
The poppies have been sold for £25 each with all net proceeds plus 10% of every sale being shared between six service charities, including Help for Heroes and the Royal British Legion.
It is thought the sales could raise in excess of £15m.
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Hamilton's seventh victory this season puts him 53 points ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg as the German retired.
Mercedes were investigated on the grounds the tyres were below the minimum permitted pressure.
But the stewards allowed Hamilton to keep his victory after ruling Mercedes had followed safe operating procedures.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was second as Rosberg suffered an engine failure with three laps to go.
Hamilton survived a scare in the final laps when his team told him he had to drive flat out but not what the problem was.
It seems Mercedes were trying to get Hamilton to build a lead of more than 25 seconds in case of a penalty for the tyre pressure, which was 0.3psi lower than the minimum amount specified by Pirelli on safety grounds.
Hamilton crossed the line exactly 25.0 seconds ahead of Vettel.
Rosberg's left-rear tyre was also found to be below the required pressure - by 1.1psi in his case.
Williams's Felipe Massa fended off a late attack from team-mate Valtteri Bottas to take the final podium place.
Hamilton's win, his most crushing of a season he has dominated from the first race in Australia back in March, came despite reliability concerns over an upgraded engine fitted to his car.
Both Mercedes drivers started the weekend with the new-specification unit, which used up all the team's seven remaining development 'tokens' in one go.
But Rosberg's had to be removed after the team discovered a contamination problem with it after final practice.
After checking Hamilton's engine, Mercedes decided it was safe to keep it in the car for the race, but the team admitted that it would be a nervous afternoon.
They also expected a major challenge from Ferrari, who had also introduced an upgraded engine for this high-speed track.
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Hamilton was in imperious form. The 30-year-old built a 1.5-second lead on the first lap after concerns about an aggressive start from Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen on the front row alongside him disappeared when the Finn's car bogged down at the start and he was swamped by the field.
Hamilton blasted away from Vettel in second place, building a 12-second lead in 20 laps, sometimes pulling away at as much as a second a lap.
His lead over Vettel was out to well over 20 seconds when suddenly there was a scare in the closing laps as he was asked to start producing flat-out laps.
His engineer Peter Bonnington told him "don't ask questions, just execute", adding: "We will explain later."
It emerged that the reason for this was to build a gap in case Mercedes were given a time penalty for lower-than-permitted tyre temperatures on the grid.
But the stewards ruled that the tyres were at the correct temperature when fitted to the car and that the blankets which keep them warm were unplugged and at a lower temperature than the maximum permitted.
This lower temperature would mean the tyre lost pressure and would explain why it dipped below the minimum, which is why Mercedes were cleared of wrongdoing.
Rather than try to threaten Hamilton, who soon pulled his advantage out to more than 20 seconds, Vettel had to look backwards at the advancing Rosberg.
His fellow German was only five seconds behind once the two had completed their pit stops, after Rosberg leapfrogged both Williams cars in one go with an early pit stop and stunning first lap out of the pits.
Rosberg was at a disadvantage having stopped seven laps earlier than Vettel, but he inched towards the Ferrari, getting the gap down to 3.7 seconds with 12 laps to go.
With three laps to go, Rosberg was two right behind Vettel but then the Mercedes stopped with flames pouring from his engine at the second chicane.
The engine that had been fitted on Saturday had already done five races, and it seems the demands of Monza were too much for it.
Behind the Williams drivers, Raikkonen passed Force India's Sergio Perez for sixth place with three laps to go, moving up to fifth after Rosberg's retirement.
It was a good comeback but a disappointing result after such a strong qualifying performance.
The Mexican's team-mate Nico Hulkenberg won a close fight with Sauber's Marcus Ericsson, who was passed on the last lap for eighth by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, whose team-mate Daniil Kvyat took the final point in 10th, both Red Bulls fighting up from the back of the grid.
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Emergency services were called to Granton Mains East at about 05:45.
The woman was rescued from the blaze and given first aid until ambulance crews arrived and took her to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are investigating the cause of the fire.
North Cumbria University Hospital NHS Trust was one of 11 highlighted in a report made in the wake of the Mid Staffordshire scandal in 2013.
NHS Improvement said it had achieved "major improvements in the services it offers patients".
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) warned there is still "work to do".
Health officials announced an investigation into 14 trusts with higher-than-expected mortality rates following the publication of the public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire scandal.
After the review - which concluded that thousands more patients died than would have been expected - it was announced 11 trusts were to be put in special measures.
North Cumbria is the last of those trusts to have the status removed.
CQC inspectors made the recommendation that the trust should come out of special measures following an inspection in December, but said it is still "requiring improvement" as unfilled vacancies and cancelled operations remain a concern.
A CQC spokesman said: "In the past two years there have been significant changes to the senior management team.
"They have worked well together, with external support, to address the issues identified in both Sir Bruce Keogh's Review and in our subsequent inspections.
"Although there has been progress, particularly in the effectiveness of the services being provided, there is still a lot of work to do."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "North Cumbria is the final one of the original 11 trusts first placed in special measures to exit the regime, and we know there had been entrenched problems there for some time beforehand.
"That makes the accomplishment all the greater and is another step on the road to making the NHS the safest, most transparent health service in the world."
NHS Improvement added: "It is a huge achievement to have exited special measures, which is reflected in the improved experience and compassionate care that patients receive at the trust."
Harry Greaves, originally from Bronygarth near Oswestry, Shropshire, was visiting friends in the South American country and planned a lone mountainside expedition on 7 April.
The 29-year-old, who lives in Wrexham, has not been in contact since - which his family says is "out of character".
A Go Fund Me page has so far raised nearly £15,000 of its £25,000 target.
Mr Greaves' mother, Sarah, and cousin Lucy, who is a Spanish speaker, flew out on Sunday in the hope of finding him.
"As you can imagine flights to South America are costly as are search helicopters and guides. We need your help," his family wrote on the page.
Mr Greaves flew to Peru to meet two friends who live in Pisac, near Cusco, on 20 February. He emailed his family twice saying he was enjoying his trip.
On 7 April he told his friends he planned on going on a mountain hike alone in Kinsa Cocha, an area of high altitude Andean lakes, and expected to return by 10 April.
"He's done a number of outdoor trips before," his sister Ellen Greaves said.
"We understand he went with provisions - with a tent and food."
The family described Mr Greaves as self-reliant and practical. They said it was "out of character [for him] to be out of touch for so long".
Lucy Greaves said she had a meeting about her cousin at the British Embassy in Peru on Monday and was going with his mother to Pisac.
She added: "They've told us that they are going to contact the chief of police here, the tourism minister and try and get pressure on Peruvian officials to get things moving as much as possible.
"We're doing as best we can... it's a really, really anxious time for us all."
The plans include extending the transmission time of underwater locating devices fitted on the black boxes from 30 to 90 days.
The move comes in response to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on 8 March.
The plane vanished en route to Beijing, with 239 people on board.
The aircraft lost contact with air traffic controllers over the South China Sea, some seven hours after it took off from Kuala Lumpur.
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.
As part of the measures, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said large aeroplanes flying over oceans should be equipped with a new pinger frequency, making it easier to locate the recording devices under water.
In addition, the minimum recording duration of cockpit voice recorders installed on new planes should be increased from two to 20 hours.
"The tragic flight of Malaysia Airlines MH370 demonstrates that safety can never be taken for granted," EASA director Patrick Ky said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The proposed changes are expected to increase safety by facilitating the recovery of information by safety investigation authorities."
So far, an intensive search operation has found no sign of flight MH370.
Officials from Australia, Malaysia and China are meeting in the Australian capital, Canberra, this week to discuss the next stage in the operation.
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said new sonar and submersible equipment would be needed to scour a large area of ocean floor.
An initial search of the area where acoustic signals thought to be from flight recorders were heard found nothing.
On Wednesday, experts are due to share all the information, including satellite data, collected to date, at the talks in Canberra.
Australia has warned that the next stage of the search could take up to a year.
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Huge scrapes were found in rocks, left behind by the animals in Colorado in America.
The patterns are similar to those left by puffins and ostriches after they do their special mating dances.
The kind of dinosaurs that left these marks are still unknown but the findings have brought scientists one step closer to figuring out how the animals lived.
Just as spray-painted graffiti can represent either a mindless act or a political statement, the take-down of websites and theft of user information means different things to different people.
The subjective nature of what these shadowy troublemakers get up to is exemplified by the use of the term "hacktivist".
Anonymous and Lulz Security - two of the highest profile groups at work today - sail under this flag.
"There has always been a streak within hackerdom of ideology mixed with technology," says Peter Sommer, author of the seminal 1980s text The Hacker's Handbook.
The hacker, explains Mr Sommer, is distinct from the cyber-criminal, whose motivations are generally larceny and whose relationship with technology is akin to the housebreaker's relationship to the jemmy - it is a tool of the trade.
Hackers are interested in the mechanism of attack as much as they are in the target.
"One strong element in hacking is seeing how things work. Here is a technology, can I make it do something else?" says Mr Sommer.
That love of technological innovation, and the internet in particular, gives rise to a philosophy.
Hacktivists typically believe it is their mission to protect the net's founding principles of openness, free access and democracy.
"You have always had this strain of people who were either libertarians or getting on for socialists, who believe that computing was for the masses and want the internet opened up," says Mr Sommer.
"A strong part of the ethic is that this makes the world more democratic - diminishing the role of the nation state."
The belief that the great internet experiment is under attack by greedy corporations and over-reaching states has sympathisers far beyond the hacker's bedroom.
Mr Sommer counts himself as one of them, although he suspects for some, the philosophy is applied retrospectively - an ex-post-facto justification for criminality.
Anonymous, which was born out of the 4chan imageboard website, has always been politically motivated, although the scale of its targets has increased over time.
In its early days, the group targeted the websites of white supremacist radio host Hal Turner and the Church of Scientology.
Following the Wikileaks State Department cables debacle, Anonymous launched denial-of-service attacks on companies that had tried to hamper Wikileaks's operations.
At that time, Anonymous member Coldblood spoke to the BBC.
"I see this as becoming a war. Not a conventional war. This is a war of data," he said.
"We are trying to keep the internet open and free for everyone, just as the internet has been and always was. But in recent months and years we have seen governments, the European Union trying to creep in and limit the freedom we have on the internet."
From the outset, Lulz Security pursued a different agenda.
On the face of it, the entire LulzSec project was a joke. The group's agenda, in as much as one exists, is posted on the front page of its website.
"We're LulzSec, a small team of lulzy individuals who feel the drabness of the cyber-community is a burden on what matters: Fun."
The message is accompanied by the theme tune to The Love Boat - a kitsch classic television series.
However, it soon became apparent, by its actions and pronouncements, Lulz had a point to make about online security.
The group hacked a database of would-be contestants on the US version of the X Factor and released the personal details online.
Hits on Sony, Nintendo and a handful of other games companies followed. Each was entered with apparent ease.
In addition LulzSec took a number of websites offline using denial-of-service attacks. The FBI, US Senate and the UK's Serious Organised Crime agency have all been targeted.
But LulzSec's core focus remains exposing poor security.
Although innocent web users are often caught up in the protest, the group enjoys broad support.
"I can't condone anyone breaking the law, but I do understand where they are coming from," says Peter Wood, chief executive of First Base Technologies, which tests companies' security systems.
"Because they publish not only the data they retrieve but also the methods they use, we can study those methods and see that the targets they chose have very poor security."
Mr Wood says the sheer brutality of the Lulz Security raids means companies might now choose to listen to their IT managers, whose requests for greater investment in security systems are often ignored.
Such views are not uncommon. Many security specialists say privately that they are happy LulzSec is running amok online, highlighting the need for a renewed focus on data protection.
Yet it is worth remembering, in the dissection of hacking, that the reality lies between extremes.
Mr Sommer realised this when he wrote his introduction to the Hacker's Handbook in 1985.
It reads: "It is one of the characteristics of hacking anecdotes, like those relating to espionage exploits, that almost no-one closely involved has much stake in the truth.
"Victims want to describe damage as minimal, and perpetrators like to paint themselves as heroes while carefully disguising sources and methods."
Tellingly, he adds: "Journalists who cover such stories are not always sufficiently competent to write accurately, or even to know when they are being hoodwinked."
Police said they were called to "an industrial incident" at Fresco Environmental Ltd in Widnes, Cheshire, at about 14:30 GMT on Tuesday.
The 27-year-old man was taken from the Everite Road premises to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, Cheshire Constabulary said.
They have launched a full investigation with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The man, in his 40s, was shot as police responded to a firearms incident off Hereford Close, Rubery on Wednesday.
Police said on Friday he remains in a stable condition in hospital.
A man, 21, held over firearms offences has been bailed. Two males, 17 and 20, and a woman 53, held on suspicion of drugs offences were released under investigation.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating.
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Abdelkader Ait-Ouarabi, known as Gen Hassan, was convicted at a closed-door military tribunal on Thursday.
His lawyers described him as the victim of a ferocious clan war at the top of Algerian politics.
Gen Hassan played a leading role for two decades in Algeria's civil war.
Following the military's annulment of an election win by Islamists in 1992, Algeria's Intelligence and Security Directorate (DRS) was heavily involved in the conflict in which it is estimated that more than 150,000 people died.
Gen Hassan's imprisonment follows the sacking in September of Mohamed Mediene, who had led the DRS for 25 years.
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has led a gradual purge in the country's security elite over the past two years, correspondents say.
Full-back Tomkins, 27, has a foot injury that requires surgery to see the extent of the damage, while captain O'Loughlin, 33, has a calf problem.
Both players will miss Friday's play-off semi-final with Hull FC and then a potential Grand Final on 8 October.
England host the Four Nations tournament starting in late October.
Forward O'Loughlin suffered his latest injury setback on Friday, hurting his calf in the warm-up before the win against Catalans Dragons that secured a home semi-final against Hull FC.
"Wigan have only 20 players available from a squad of 35 but there is a tremendous spirit and confidence amongst this group that thrives in adversity," said chairman Ian Lenagan.
"Despite all of the challenges that the club have faced this year I, head coach Shaun Wane and the squad believe that we can defy the odds to make this an excellent season end."
The Four Nations, in which England face Scotland, New Zealand and Australia over a three-week period, starts on 28 October.
Gwynfor Thomas, who was chairman of the council's scrutiny committee at the time but later resigned, began a four-week suspension on Wednesday.
Aled Davies, leader of the council's Conservative group, began a two-week suspension on 11 April.
A third councillor, Gary Price, has appealed a five-month suspension and it was recommended it be reduced to three.
This amendment would need to be approved by the council's standards committee after May's local elections.
Powys council has arranged for neighbouring councillors to cover for Mr Thomas, who represents Llansanffraid, and Mr Davies, who represents Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and Llansilin, during the suspension period.
It follows prosecutions by Powys' trading standards under different sections of the Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007 and Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations, over charges relating to the tagging of cattle on farms, and found guilty.
The suspensions relate to code of conduct breaches, bringing the council into disrepute, as a result of the prosecutions.
Subduing angry bulls has long been practised in the state as a sport and a ritual that forms part of the local harvest festival.
The Indian Supreme Court banned the sport in 2014, under an Indian law aimed at preventing cruelty to animals.
But an executive order has now taken bulls out of the law's purview.
The move comes after days of escalating tension in Tamil Nadu, with angry protesters insisting that the ban disrespected Tamil culture and should be overturned.
Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao has approved the executive order, allowing the tradition, known as "Jallikattu", to resume on Sunday.
Why the protests may not be just about bulls
Native breeds 'threatened by ban'
On Thursday, Tamil Nadu chief minister, O Panneerselva met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his help to tackle the crisis.
Following Mr Modi's assurance, the federal home minister cleared the state government's proposal for the executive order.
A day later, the Supreme Court agreed to a federal government request to withhold judgment on whether to reverse its ban.
A government official in Tamil Nadu said the executive order was prepared with a view to ensuring "survival and well-being of the native breed of bulls and preserving cultural traditions".
In the last few days, a number of Tamil celebrities have lent support to the protesters.
They include five-time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand and Oscar-winning music composer A R Rahman. Both have tweeted in support of the demonstrations.
An exhibition of open-air inflatable sculptures has been unveiled in the grounds of a historic Borders house.
XXX is the work of Steve Messam and comprises three large-scale installations.
They have gone on display at 18th Century Mellerstain House north of Kelso.
Mr Messam said the artworks had to be directly experienced in the environment to be fully appreciated and he hoped they would bring people to Mellerstain.
The 23-year-old victim from Brighton was hit by a Tesco lorry when the fight spilled on to Western Road.
He was found lying in the road by emergency services at 02:40 BST and died at the scene.
A 27-year-old Hove man arrested on suspicion of murder is in police custody, Sussex Police said.
Western Road from Montpelier Road to Norfolk Square was closed for investigations but has since reopened.
Det Ch Insp Tanya Jones from Sussex Police said: "This has been a fast-moving investigation and we have arrested a man on suspicion of murder.
"However, we are still appealing for witnesses who may have seen the fight which spilled into Western Road and then the victim being hit by a lorry."
In a statement, Tesco said: "We were deeply shocked to hear about this incident and our thoughts go out to this young man's family.
"We are co-operating fully with the police in their investigation.
"Clearly, this is a very difficult time for our colleague but we will provide him and his family with all the support they need."
A Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) report found "multiple failings in care and treatment" at Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital.
The baby's mother complained about his care, after a medical device that relieves pressure on the brain was fitted shortly after he was born.
NHS Grampian said it apologised unreservedly.
The baby was born in October 2014, and was fitted with the device to drain excess fluid the following month.
The child was readmitted in August 2015 due to concern about his condition.
He was then transferred for specialist treatment in another health board area, but died on 12 August.
The SPSO said: "Our investigation determined that there was a lack of clarity regarding the roles of each medical team, and that there was a lack of communication between consultants when Baby A's condition was not improving.
"We also found that the neurosurgical team had not kept reasonable records, nor had they appropriately assessed Baby A before and after operations.
"We identified significant delays in Baby A being reviewed after he under went operations, and a delay in clinicians contacting the specialist centre for advice on the management of Baby A.
"Finally, we considered there to have been a lack of communication from the neurosurgical team and Baby A's parents."
NHS Grampian said in a statement: "It is clear we failed Baby A and therefore failed his family.
"The distress of the family was further compounded by the extremely poor standard of our communication with them.
"There can be no excuses for our conduct in this case and we apologise unreservedly.
"We accept all of the recommendations put forward by the Ombudsman in this case."
Everyday appliances, all of a sudden transformed into intelligent, thinking and analytical machines.
And then think - how much would you pay to own the technology behind those devices?
That might help to explain why Softbank's eccentric chief executive Masayoshi Son is paying close to a 50% premium for the UK's ARM Holdings.
ARM doesn't make the chips that will eventually go into some of these devices, but it does design many of the chips used in smartphone devices (Apple and Samsung for instance) and other sensory devices today. ARM makes its money from charging a small royalty on its intellectual property.
"Softbank's acquisition is a huge bet on the future," says Marc Einstein of Frost & Sullivan in Tokyo.
"Masayoshi Son has a vision of the future of the telecoms and IT industry which will be designed around artificial intelligence, robots and the Internet of Things."
It's a big gamble, but then the Japanese technology entrepreneur has always been known to take big risks.
In a recent interview with Fortune, Nikesh Arora - the previous number two at Softbank - said this of his former boss: "Masa has an idea per minute. Recently he presented his views of 'The Singularity' to the Softbank board. He's also building a robot with a heart."
AI taking over?
The Singularity, if you didn't know already, is when artificial intelligence will overtake human intelligence. And Mr Son is a believer.
In an interview last month with the Nikkei, Mr Son said: "The Singularity is coming. Artificial intelligence will overtake human beings not just in terms of knowledge, but in terms of intelligence."
Crazy talk? Perhaps not, but the question is... how long will that vision of the future take to materialise?
And if you're going to spend $30bn (£22.7bn) on an investment, it had better start to pay off soon.
Industry experts tell me that that Mr Son has made a lot more money than anyone else in Japan - but he's also probably lost more money than anyone else in Japan too.
Softbank is currently in debt to the tune of around $100bn. The chief executive financed many of his acquisitions by borrowing heavily, but has recently been selling stakes in some of those purchases to help pay down this debt.
"Look at Softbank's investment activity in the first dotcom boom," says Harminder Singh, university lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology. "Some very ambitious plans that didn't work out."
"The departure of the previous heir-apparent Nikesh Arora may be an indicator of the tension this decision may have caused," Mr Singh explains.
"While the departure was publicly amicable, it's a fair bet that a decision to buy ARM, especially at such a high price, was not something Mr Arora was comfortable with."
It's probably helped that the sterling has weakened by more than 10% since Brexit - and conversely the Japanese yen has strengthened, making the ARM acquisition much cheaper for Softbank.
But cheaper doesn't mean cheap - and many Softbank investors will be wondering how long it will take for Mr Son to turn this gamble into returns for shareholders.
"It's really about the investment horizon," says Mr Einstein. "Is the Internet of Things going to happen in the next year? No. But the next 10, 20 or 30? Much more likely."
Mr Son is known to have an eye for potentially transformative industries and trends. He was an early investor in Alibaba and saw the potential in e-commerce before anyone else did. Shareholders in Softbank will be hoping that this pricey punt will pay off.
The four-time Olympic gold medallist won two of the three races with his Land Rover BAR team to finish top of the leaderboard with 26 points.
Groupama Team France are level on points but trail by one race win to the British boat's two.
Ainslie hopes to skipper Britain to a first America's Cup win in 165 years.
Portsmouth is the seventh stage of a lengthy qualification process that will count towards the 2017 America's Cup Challenger Series, the winner of which will take on Oracle in the 2017 America's Cup in Bermuda.
Ainslie said: "I was pleased with the way we regrouped for the final two races. We fought hard and kept going to come away with two wins.
"It was a day to keep your eyes open and keep fighting all the way because there were always opportunities to gain and lose."
Defending America's Cup champions Oracle Team USA are three points back on 23 alongside Softbank Team Japan.
Imre Marton, from Oxford, received threats and hundreds of Facebook messages from 22-year-old Charlie Howells, from Wantage in Oxfordshire.
She was jailed for two years in April but is due to be released in August.
Mr Marton said Howells told him: "I will make you ugly so no one else will want to be with you."
He said: "Everybody was laughing about it, it was just a joke. They thought I should feel lucky because I had a girl following me around in love. But this is just a terrible feeling.
"She knew where I worked, what I did in my free time, where I lived, she went to my house a couple of times. All the time, I had to look over my shoulders because she could be there."
Howells bombarded Mr Marton with love notes and rode his route for hours on end after learning his timetable off by heart.
She was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court to two months in jail for harassment and for two years for breaching a restraining order.
Mr Marton said: "She's locked up but she'll be out soon. The police are fitting my house with panic buttons. It's so crazy, I just want to run away.
"But if I press the panic button and there's a knife in my stomach, what good is that? I'm not bulletproof.
"It is difficult to prove and speak out, slowly it's killing you but you have to make some moves. You can't give up, that's my message to other victims."
Det Insp Ivan Reaney said victims of stalking are "strongly advised" to report it to the police.
He added: " In many cases, the conduct of the stalker might appear innocent, but, when carried out repeatedly and is unwanted, it may cause significant alarm, harassment or distress to the victim."
Prisoners serving determinate sentences are released automatically halfway through their terms, and some can qualify for earlier release depending on their behaviour in prison.
Posh were counting the cost of last Saturday's defeat at Walsall which deprived manager Grant McCann of three of his first-choice midfielders to injury and suspension.
Lively front men Craig Mackail-Smith and Junior Morais toiled for the hosts but found Southend's defenders in miserly mood.
Yet the match between the two play-off hopefuls soon followed the pattern of the respective clubs' progress of recent weeks, with Southend slowly turning the screw on their faltering opponents.
Ryan Inniss had just hit a Posh post after a smart turn and shot when Jason Demetriou broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time.
The Cyprus international full-back glanced home Marc-Antoine Fortune's deflected cross to bag his first goal for the Shrimpers.
Phil Brown's men came on even stronger after the break and Fortune slotted home a through ball from Anthony Wordsworth on the hour.
The points were all but sealed four minutes later when Wordsworth took advantage of Posh's dithering defenders to crash in Southend's third goal from 18 yards.
Peterborough substitute Tom Nichols hit a classy consolation from Marcus Maddison's pass, but Michael Timlin fired in a fourth for the visitors in time added on.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Peterborough United 1, Southend United 4.
Second Half ends, Peterborough United 1, Southend United 4.
Goal! Peterborough United 1, Southend United 4. Michael Timlin (Southend United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nile Ranger.
Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Ted Smith.
Attempt saved. Paul Taylor (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Luke O'Neill (Southend United).
Paul Taylor (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Luke O'Neill (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrew Hughes (Peterborough United).
Hand ball by Ryan Tafazolli (Peterborough United).
Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Michael Timlin.
Substitution, Southend United. Luke O'Neill replaces Marc-Antoine Fortuné.
Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Jack Baldwin.
Attempt blocked. Theo Robinson (Southend United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Goal! Peterborough United 1, Southend United 3. Tom Nichols (Peterborough United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marcus Maddison.
Delay in match Ryan Inniss (Southend United) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Nile Ranger (Southend United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Paul Taylor (Peterborough United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Anthony Wordsworth (Southend United).
Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Southend United. Nile Ranger replaces Simon Cox.
Foul by Craig Mackail-Smith (Peterborough United).
Adam Thompson (Southend United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Craig Mackail-Smith (Peterborough United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Paul Taylor (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marc-Antoine Fortuné (Southend United).
Attempt saved. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Southend United. Theo Robinson replaces Jermaine McGlashan.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Paul Taylor replaces Martin Samuelsen.
Goal! Peterborough United 0, Southend United 3. Anthony Wordsworth (Southend United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jason Demetriou.
Marc-Antoine Fortuné (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Martin Samuelsen (Peterborough United).
Goal! Peterborough United 0, Southend United 2. Marc-Antoine Fortuné (Southend United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Simon Cox.
Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Ryan Tafazolli.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Wordsworth (Southend United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Tom Nichols replaces Junior Morias.
Attempt missed. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Morgan, 20, has been out since suffering a shoulder injury in Wales' World Cup quarter-final defeat by South Africa in October.
He is set to return in the Pro12 against Edinburgh in Newport on Sunday.
Asked if Morgan is good enough to challenge British and Irish Lion Davies, Jones replied: "Yes."
Former Wales flanker Jones told BBC Radio Wales: "Jonathan is a very good player, experienced and has different strengths to Tyler.
"But I think Tyler has something as a player that can add to a team at the 13 position.
"So he has a long way to go yet. He's still very young and we don't want to paint people to be something they're not quite at the moment.
"The potential is there, but potential doesn't earn you a living."
Davies, the 27-year-old Clermont Auvergne centre, was absent from the World Cup because of a knee injury.
Morgan benefited with a tournament call-up to take his caps tally to three.
"Well we've all seen the potential with Tyler," added Jones.
"His last game of rugby was against South Africa and he did really well that day."
Jones hopes Morgan can thrive in the latter stages of the Dragons' season to earn a place on Wales' three-Test tour to New Zealand in June.
"I think it's important for him - he's 50 games away from becoming the standard of player he wants to be.
"And in those 50 games he's got a lot of errors to make and a lot of rugby to play.
"How nice would it be that he could go down to New Zealand and to challenge Jonathan Davies for that 13 shirt.
"And that's what the national selectors will be looking for.
"Tyler is desperate for a run of games and we sincerely hope that he can start that on Sunday against Edinburgh."
28 April 2017 Last updated at 08:27 BST
But it's also a sport that has been growing in popularity in the UK for many years.
So is it all about pom-poms, fancy costumes and rhyming chants?
Watch Whitney's report to find out about all the hard work that goes into being a cheerleader.
Iain O'Hara was at Keepers Pond, Blaenavon, at 12:30 BST on 5 June, when fire lighters were pushed into the back wheel and set alight.
He filmed the blaze and put footage on Facebook in order to try and catch the culprit.
Gwent Police has appealed for information about the incident.
Mr O'Hara from Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent, said he was warned by customers that the van was on fire and managed to escape unharmed.
While he is still able to use it, Mr O'Hara said paintwork has been damaged and he must buy new parts for machinery.
"If a compressor had gone up, myself and whoever I was serving could have been seriously injured or killed," he said.
Sussex raced to 87-2 in what was scheduled to be a nine-over contest.
Captain Ross Taylor (40 not out off 19 balls) and young North Walian Phil Salt (28 not out) had set up a challenging Sussex total.
Paceman Marchant de Lange claimed the early wickets of Luke Wright and Chris Nash in his first over.
Glamorgan have revealed that batsman David Lloyd will be out for two to four weeks with an arm strain, while Sussex did not field fast bowler Tymal Mills who made his comeback from injury against Hampshire the previous night.
Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph told BBC Wales Sport:
"It wasn't ideal, the umpires did a good job getting us onto the field and if you look at the scorecard of just over ten runs an over, we would have backed ourselves to give a good opportunity to win this game.
"A bit hit and miss (with the ball), but Salt played really well. He ran at Marchant who bowls quickly and hit him nicely, so credit to them.
"Overall we've been playing some good cricket and there's a good spirit in our environment, so it would be nice to get in a full game on Sunday (at home to Essex)."
Sussex batsman Phil Salt told BBC Sussex:
"It was a stopping wicket, but they bowled quite well- I got off to a flier but didn't kick on as I would have liked.
"It was quite a big learner for me watching how Ross played his innings, it's important for me to see how top international players play that sort of situation.
"I started playing at St Asaph in North Wales, around seven or eight, but my parents moved to the Caribbean for work and that's where I started playing properly. I'm not your normal English batsman, I like to be exciting and T20's my favourite format."
The staff at Community Safety Glasgow (CSG), an arms-length council body, want better pay for shift work.
The union Unison said 18 of its members - more than 90% of the staff - would take part in the action from 19:00 until 19:00 on Sunday.
CSG said it had "business continuity plans in place" to ensure monitoring of Glasgow's CCTV network.
Unison Glasgow branch secretary Brian Smith said: "These members work 12-hour shift patterns, providing a 24-hour service every day of the year.
"Other workers in CSG and Glasgow City Council on similar shift patterns receive an additional annual payment of £7,500. It is just a question of equality and fairness.
"We have given the employer years to sort this out through a promised job evaluation scheme which has now been shelved. Our members have been left with no option but to take strike action."
Another 48-hour strike has also been planned for Thursday 17 March until Saturday 19 March.
A spokesman for CSG said: "Public safety is paramount and we have business continuity plans in place to enable us to continue to monitor the city's CCTV network."
The 20-1 shot, ridden by Daniel Tudhope and trained by David O'Meara, denied Ryan Moore a fourth win of the day.
The jockey had earlier secured a 575-1 treble - on Ballet Concerto in the Spring Mile Handicap, Tupi in the Cammidge Trophy Stakes and Kool Kompany in the Doncaster Mile Stakes.
Donncha was third, with Gabrial fourth.
"He was held up slightly on the far side of the field, so to get that win was a real result," O'Meara told ITV.
"It means an awful lot. You like to hit the ground running - sometimes you come here and loads of bubbles are burst, but it's nice to win. It tells you you've probably done the right thing over the winter."
BBC Sport horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
The relief from the betting industry as Bravery's last-gasp success defied a Ryan Moore four-timer was palpable.
They could have done without a massive pay-out on combination bets on Moore's mounts a week before the potential uncertainties of the Grand National.
There was not so much relief as delight from the winning team, which has endured near-misses in this most competitive of races in the past, but finally nailed it.
And what a way to start the new season: David O'Meara admits to taking time to find his feet after a move of stables within Yorkshire, but things are well on track again now.
The 31-year-old appeared at Bucharest municipal court in Romania, charged with producing and distributing indecent images of children as well as blackmail.
He was remanded in custody.
Ronan Hughes, a 17-year-old from Coalisland, took his own life in June 2015 having been the victim of what the police call webcam blackmail.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it had been liaising with a number of agencies in a variety of jurisdictions as part of the investigation, including the Romanian Police, Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism, the National Crime Agency, and Europol.
PSNI's Detective Superintendent Gary Reid said PSNI detectives are currently in Romania assisting with the investigation.
"This has been complex and protracted and we are grateful to our colleagues in our partner agencies for their assistance to date," he said.
Det Supt Reid confirmed the man would be tried in Romania with the assistance of the PSNI.
"We'll be taking over our information that led to today's arrest," he said.
Calling on anyone else who finds themselves in a similar position to Ronan Hughes to contact police, he added: "We understand people might be embarrassed by it but we would say please, set that aside.
"If you don't feel comfortable speaking to us, speak to a third party because we don't want any more deaths."
This is potentially a huge success for the PSNI.
At the time of Ronan Hughes' death, few expected any arrests to be made.
The police warned at the time that catching anyone involved would be extremely difficult because they were based "on the other side of the world".
Ronan's parents said they believed their son had been targeted by a gang based in Nigeria.
The PSNI publicly agreed that the blackmailers were probably based somewhere in Africa.
But privately their investigations led them in a different direction.
The PSNI's specialist cyber-crime unit was able to trace the computer used to blackmail the teenager.
They then worked closely with police in Romania.
A number of PSNI officers then flew to Romania to arrest the suspect.
The police will hope this arrest will send a strong message that distance doesn't protect from detection and prosecution of suspected internet crimes.
Ronan was tricked into sharing intimate images of himself online, and some of them were then sent to his friends when he failed to pay a ransom.
Just hours later, the teenager, who was a pupil of St Joseph's Grammar in Donaghmore, took his own life.
Earlier this month, the PSNI said that 100 webcam blackmails had been reported to them this year.
They said people of all ages have been targeted, adding that cyber-stalking was becoming a "prevalent issue" in Northern Ireland.
Webcam blackmail involves overseas criminals scouring the web for people they can build a rapport with, before deceiving them into performing a sexual act on video.
The footage is recorded and then used to blackmail victims for money.
TNS, who won their 11th title in 2016-17, play the first leg at home on 27 June, with the return leg on 4 July.
In the Europa League, Bala Town face FC Vaduz (Liechtenstein), Connah's Quay Nomads have HJK Helsinki (Finland) and Bangor City play Lyngby BK (Denmark).
The first legs are scheduled for 29 June, with the return on 6 July.
Bala and the Nomads will have home advantage in the first leg, while Bangor will start away in Denmark.
If TNS beat Europa, they will face Croatian side HNK Rijeka in the Champions League second qualifying round.
But Saints interim manager Scott Ruscoe says they are keeping their minds on beating Europa FC first.
"It's not a bad draw logistically for us because it's going to be close with direct flights, things like that," said Ruscoe, who is in charge following Craig Harrison's departure to take over Hartlepool.
"I'm just pleased we didn't pick out the Armenian side or had to go to Kosovo, because that would have been difficult going into the unknown.
"We've seen enough of Europa FC, they're a decent side and... beat Lincoln to the title who were always thereabouts in [qualifying for] Europe."
Ruscoe revealed that the away leg on 4 July will be played in Portugal, possibly in Faro, as the pitch at the multi-sport Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar failed a Uefa inspection.
"A week Tuesday we'll be at Park Hall and after that in Portugal," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"We're very happy to be at home first, you can put your stamp on the tie early on.
"We're good at home. Touch wood, we can get off to a good start, we can suss them out... but our clear message will be to play our normal way."
Hammond's treble, plus tries from Val Rapava Ruskin and Sam Betty, gave Warriors a 35-7 half-time lead.
Further scores followed through Ben Howard, a penalty try which saw Enisei wing Igor Kurashov sent off, Sam Ripper-Smith and Max Stelling.
Mikhail Gachechiladze and Valeri Morozov scored the Russians' tries.
Kurashov was shown the red card 12 minutes from the end for illegally knocking the ball out of Hammond's hands as the Worcester wing threatened a fourth try.
Worcester's victory means they climb above Enisei to finish third in Pool Three.
Warriors: Howard; Humphreys, Braid, Te'o, Hammond; Shillcock, Baldwin; Rapava Ruskin, Taufete'e, Alo, O'Callaghan (capt), Spencer, Taylor, Betty, Cox.
Replacements: Singleton, Bower, Daniels, Kitchener, Ripper-Smith, de Cothi, Eden, Stelling.
Enisei-STM: Gaisin; Kurashov, Baranovs, Gerasimov, Simplikevich; Kushnarev, Shcherban; Morozov, Gasanov, Pronenko, Saulite, Gargalic, Gachechiladze, Temnov, Rudoi.
Replacements: Magomedov, Polivalov, Grey, Elgin, Budychenko, Uzunov, Mikhaltsov, Orlov.
Sin-bin: Kurashov (30)
Sent-off: Kurashov (68)
Ref: Daniel Jones
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A brace from Marc Richards and another from Matt Taylor saw the hosts seemingly cruising at 3-0 up with 16 minutes to go, but they were made to sweat in the end as goals from George Miller and Zeli Ismail set up a grandstand finish.
Both sides had early chances, Sam Hoskins denied by Ben Williams and Marc Richards heading over for the Cobblers while Tom Walker fired over for the visitors.
Neil Danns also saw his effort saved by Adam Smith before Danny Mayor shot wide from the edge of the box as Bury pushed for the opener.
Chances continued to fall at both ends and in between efforts from the lively Hoskins and Paul Anderson for Northampton, Bury defender Antony Kay should have done better with a close-range header which he could not keep on target.
The deadlock was broken in the 36th minute when Taylor's free-kick was fired into the bottom corner of the net by Richards.
It was almost 2-0 before the break when Hoskins raced through but he was denied by Williams, who also thwarted JJ Hooper.
After the restart Taylor was just off target from a free-kick and Hoskins fired over before again denied by Williams as Town looked to build on their lead.
That second goal arrived in the 64th minute, when Hoskins earned a penalty which Richards converted for his second goal of the afternoon.
Hooper fired wide before the Cobblers made it 3-0 in the 71st minute with another trademark Taylor free-kick, the midfielder finding the top corner of the net.
That goal looked to have killed off Bury, but they reduced the arrears in the 74th minute when Miller headed home after being set up by Danns following a free-kick.
The visitors then pulled another goal back in the 82nd minute when Ismail netted from the edge of the box.
Bury pushed for an equaliser and they almost got it in stoppage time when Kay saw his shot saved by Smith.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Northampton Town 3, Bury 2.
Second Half ends, Northampton Town 3, Bury 2.
Hand ball by Neil Danns (Bury).
Hallam Hope (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hallam Hope (Bury).
Substitution, Northampton Town. Lewin Nyatanga replaces Marc Richards.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Zander Diamond.
Neil Danns (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Neil Danns (Bury).
Attempt saved. Antony Kay (Bury) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Adam Smith.
Foul by Zander Diamond (Northampton Town).
George Miller (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Antony Kay (Bury).
Attempt blocked. Danny Mayor (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Jacob Mellis (Bury) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Northampton Town. John-Joe O'Toole replaces Jak McCourt.
Attempt missed. Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Goal! Northampton Town 3, Bury 2. Zeli Ismail (Bury) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hallam Hope with a cross.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Alfie Potter replaces Paul Anderson.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by George Miller.
Brendon Moloney (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Hallam Hope (Bury).
Goal! Northampton Town 3, Bury 1. George Miller (Bury) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Neil Danns.
Foul by Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town).
Hallam Hope (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. JJ Hooper (Northampton Town) header from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Marc Richards (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Niall Maher (Bury).
Goal! Northampton Town 3, Bury 0. Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Danny Mayor (Bury) is shown the yellow card.
Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Danny Mayor (Bury).
Attempt missed. JJ Hooper (Northampton Town) header from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Goal! Northampton Town 2, Bury 0. Marc Richards (Northampton Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
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Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas was punished for unsportsmanlike conduct after the two incidents in a Wimbledon doubles game.
Partner Marcel Granollers was fined £5,800 for his part in the protest.
The pair lost Monday's third-round match 6-3 4-6 6-4 3-6 14-12 to Britain's Jonny Marray and Adil Shamasdin of Canada.
Cuevas was refused permission for a toilet break by umpire Aurelie Tourte, so threatened to relieve himself in a ball can on court - leading to his first code violation.
His second came when he hit the ball out of the court in frustration after double-faulting, which prompted his sit-down protest with Spaniard Granollers.
A supervisor had to be called to get the match started again and play was delayed for 10 minutes.
Cuevas was fined £3,100 and £3,850 for the separate incidents.
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Kilby play Cowdenbeath over two legs on Saturday 13 May and Saturday 20 May after beating Buckie Thistle in the pyramid play-off semi final.
But Winter was meant to be in Budapest from 19 May ahead of his June wedding.
"I'm going to change the flights over the next few days," he told BBC Scotland.
"If we get promoted then it'll be an extra celebration when I go away.
"I can go down to Manchester on the Sunday, get a flight out and have the remaining two days of my stag. I'm sure my pals will be delighted to celebrate without me."
In 2016, Winter famously missed the Scottish Cup last-16 tie against Celtic because of a pre-booked family holiday to Australia.
However, the former Stranraer forward, who scored against Buckie on Saturday, is not going to be absent for the climax of this season.
"There's no chance I'm going to miss this," said Winter, who recently won East Kilbride's male sports personality of the year award.
"Barry Russell [EK captain] and I came here two years ago for this game and there's no way I would miss it - it's the biggest game in the club's history.
"At the time we booked the stag weekend, I didn't know whether we were going to win the Lowland League, and I didn't know if we were going to win this play-off tie against Buckie.
"The good thing is that I've got another two days to catch up on my stag weekend."
East Kilbride have already beaten Cowdenbeath this season - a 1-0 win at Central Park in the Scottish Cup second round.
The first leg of the pyramid play-off final will be at Kilby's K-Park on 13 May, with the return leg in Cowdenbeath on 20 May.
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China's central bank kept the daily fix for the yuan stable for the fourth consecutive day at 6.5630 per dollar, nearly unchanged from Tuesday.
The Shanghai Composite was up 0.7% to 3,045.85 in morning trade.
Trade data which showed that exports rose for the first time since June in December also boosted sentiment.
Chinese exports defied expectations to rise 2.3% from a year ago in yuan-denominated terms. Forecasts were predicting a 4.1% fall. Imports also beat expectations to only fall 4%, compared to forecasts of a 7.9% decline.
China's central bank had been setting the guidance rate for the yuan lower last week to boost exports, which had raised concerns about whether the authorities thought growth was slowing more than expected.
"While the daily Chinese yuan midpoint fixing will still continue to hold the attention of global market participants, the effect may fade as yuan stabilises," said Bernard Aw, market strategist at trading firm IG.
The overnight yuan rates in Hong Kong spiked as investors suspected that the central bank was buying the currency to support the market.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 2.6% to 20,221.82.
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He had been put on a flight to Moscow after violence at Russia's Euro 2016 match with England nine days ago.
Having returned to France, Mr Shprygin was arrested in the stadium at Russia's match against Wales in Toulouse.
He is reported to hold far-right views and his All-Russia Supporters' Union is backed by the Kremlin.
Shortly before his latest detention, Mr Shprygin spoke to French news agency AFP by telephone, saying he was at the game in Toulouse.
"I am at the match with a ticket," he told the agency.
"The French authorities told me I was not deported but just expelled, my Schengen visa has not been cancelled and all the stamps are there. So I can legally be in the European Union."
The Russian fan leader also posted photographs of himself on Twitter, apparently standing outside the stadium.
A French interior ministry spokesman told AFP: "Alexander Shprygin was arrested in the stadium this evening and placed in custody.
"His case will be examined... and could lead to legal proceedings."
Russia went on to lose their match against Wales 3-0 and have now been eliminated from the tournament.
Mr Shprygin was among 43 Russian fans held last week en route to Lille to watch Russia's second game of Euro 2016.
Three detained Russian fans were given jail sentences of up to two years over the violence at the England match in Marseille. Six England fans were jailed for up to six months.
Russia was also fined and handed a suspended disqualification, meaning the team would be thrown out of the Euro tournament if their fans caused more trouble inside stadiums.
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The shirts will be auctioned off after the game and proceeds will go to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund.
The charity has raised more than £12m for the victims of the explosion on 22 May, which killed 22.
City's Ferran Soriano said players would wear bees with "immense pride" at the game on 20 July in Houston, US.
The fixture will be the first Manchester derby to take place outside of the UK and the first meeting between the two clubs since the attack at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.
The bee has become the symbol of solidarity among those affected by the bomb with hundreds of people getting bee tattoos.
City chief executive Mr Soriano said: "The worker bee symbolises everything that makes Manchester such a special city and our players will wear it on their shirts with immense pride, as a demonstration of solidarity with the Manchester community."
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The Briton and his Brazilian partner won 6-3 6-4 to top their group at London's O2 Arena.
Murray and Soares must wait for the result of the evening match to see if they have qualified with one round-robin match remaining.
Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi play Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo at 18:00 GMT.
Any result other than a two-set win for Dodig and Melo will ensure Murray and Soares reach the last four.
Murray and Soares have won Grand Slam titles at the Australian and US Open this year, and could end 2016 as the world number one pairing.
"We both really enjoy being out here, playing in front of a lot of people, on a great court in the biggest tournament of the year," said the Scot.
The victory over the Bryans moves them within 175 points of France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut at the top of the standings.
Soares added: "We came here happy to be here but we want to win the tournament, and I think number one is going to come with that.
"So don't think about number one, think about winning the tournament and see how it goes."
The i6 project by international company Accenture was dropped after it emerged it could not be delivered within the expected budget and timeframe.
Doubts arose earlier this year after Police Scotland said they found multiple faults.
Accenture said i6 passed tests but flaws emerged when Police Scotland tested it, a committee heard in February.
The Scottish Police Authority (SPA), Police Scotland and multinational technology firm Accenture have now "mutually agreed" to end their contract relating to the i6 project.
Martin Leven, director of ICT at Police Scotland, told MSPs in February he had "doubts as to the capability of the contractor to deliver this going forward" as they had "very clearly let us down".
SPA chief executive John Foley said on Friday that a commercially confidential and "mutually agreed settlement" had now been signed by "all parties" and claimed the settlement resulted in no financial detriment to the police budget.
He added: "While we are disappointed that i6 will not be delivered as expected, the SPA believes the decision to end the contract at this time is the right one.
"We would seek to reassure the public and our workforce that the output of i6 was only one element of our overall ICT plans."
The British world number two broke Berdych in the third game and saved two break points in the next before racing through the first set in 38 minutes.
Murray made it nine successive games to get to 3-0 in the second set before securing a semi-final against Novak Djokovic at 13:00 BST on Saturday.
"I felt I dictated the whole match," the 28-year-old Scot told Sky Sports.
"Against someone serving as big as him, it's not always easy to do. I didn't have too much defending to do. I served well and got a good read on his serve."
Murray was relieved the contest only lasted 78 minutes, saying: "I'm very happy with the performance and I get to conserve some energy. It's pretty late here and it takes an hour-and-a-half to get back to the hotel."
World number one Djokovic moved into the last four with a 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 win over Australian Bernard Tomic.
The Serb was pushed all the way in a thrilling opening set, edging the tie-break, before Tomic capitulated in the second.
Djokovic won his last match against Murray in Shanghai, in the 2012 final.
"It'll be an extremely tough match," the Briton said of Saturday's encounter.
"We played great tennis in the 2012 final, but I feel like we are quite different players since then. I feel both of us have progressed and play different tennis. We are now quite aggressive."
Earlier, Rafael Nadal's renaissance took a big step forward as he thrashed a flagging Stan Wawrinka for the loss of just three games.
The Spaniard beat the world number four 6-2 6-1 for his first win over a top-five player in more than a year, building on his run to last week's China Open final.
Nadal will meet Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - a 7-6 (8-6) 5-7 6-4 winner over South Africa Kevin Anderson - in the last four.
Relatives say the miners have been missing since Friday.
They fear they may have been killed by a gang trying to take control of a wildcat mine near the town of Tumeremo.
The reports were initially dismissed by the local governor, who accused the opposition of stirring up trouble.
"So far there's not any indication of any person killed or missing," said Bolivar state Governor Francisco Rangel of the governing socialist PSUV party on Monday.
"What happened there, according to the security forces, was another clash between armed gangs that are trying to control mining activities in the area," added Mr Rangel.
Venezuelan air force troops have been searching for the bodies in the remote jungle area.
"We won't rest until we find those responsible for these acts, which in the eyes of all Venezuelans are abominable," said Mr Padrino.
The missing miners worked at the Atenas gold mine. Reports of their disappearance first emerged on Saturday when worried relatives reported that their loved ones had not returned from work.
The number of missing miners soon grew from two to 28.
The families blocked a road in Tumeremo to demand an investigation. With tempers running high at the roadblock, reports soon spread about a deadly stand-off at the mine.
Local media quoted "eyewitnesses" who said the discovery of a significant gold deposit had pitched the miners against members of a gang who wanted to lay their hands on the lucrative find.
The gang members allegedly opened fire on the miners and later forced the survivors to load the bodies onto a lorry.
There are conflicting reports as to where the bodies were taken, with some locals saying they were driven further into the mine and others alleging they were dismembered by chainsaw and disposed of on land belonging to the gang leader.
Opposition lawmaker Americo de Grazia accused Mr Rangel of trying to cover up the alleged massacre.
He compared Mr Rangel to the governor of the Mexican state of Guerrero, where 43 students disappeared in September 2014.
He was giving evidence at the start of the trial of west Belfast man Christopher O'Neill, who denies murdering his baby daughter Cárágh .
Three-month-old Cárágh Walsh died on 7 February 2014.
She died two days after being rushed to hospital from her Glasveigh Park home in Twinbrook.
Mr O'Neill, 26, from Whiterock Road appeared at Craigavon Crown Court, sitting in Armagh, on Tuesday.
The court heard that the baby had been left alone in her father's care but within half an hour or so Mr O'Neill made a 999 call for help because she had stopped breathing.
Later, the rapid response paramedic revealed that he was just moments away when the 999 call came in and on arriving found a "distressed and agitated" O'Neill outside.
Under cross-examination the medic accepted it had been 'upsetting' and that Mr O'Neill was in an 'extremely distressed state', such as any father worried about an injured child would be. The medic also accepted that despite working on the infant for sometime, he noticed nothing unusual about her appearance, or of her being cut or bruised in any way.
The prosecution barrister said that O'Neill claimed, on differing occasions, he had just lifted the 14-week-old and shook her in an attempt to revive her.
However the prosecution said her condition deteriorated and she later died.
He also revealed that subsequent post-mortem investigations revealed that the infant not only suffered brain injury, but also had a number of fractured limbs and bruises.
They were not consistent with limited shaking, but were more akin to swinging by the arms and legs and with impacts on the child's head.
"The version of events, as put forward by Mr O'Neill, does not constitute a plausible cause of the injuries which Caragh received," said the lawyer.
He concluded by telling the jury it was not suggested that Mr O'Neill intended to kill his baby daughter, but that being unable to quieten her, he "must have lost self-control and that he caused those catalogue of injuries identified by the pathologists".
The trial, expected to last up to three weeks, continues on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old, who represented the Super Eagles at the 2010 and 2014 World Cup tournaments, has signed a one-year deal with the option of an extension.
The ex-WBA and Stoke man last played for Rotherham but left in January.
"These are exciting times for Indonesian football and I'm happy to be a part of it," he told BBC Sport.
"Hopefully I can roll back the years by scoring important goals for Madura."
He becomes the third former English Premier League star to move to Indonesia after Michael Essien and Carlton Cole.
"I had no idea what it's like here but I had a brief chat with Michael Essien and he gave me positive feedback," Odemwingie explained.
"To be regarded as a marquee signing is huge - I've played in different European countries but this place is really beautiful - and the people are very friendly.
"I've scored goals at all the top clubs I played and I believe with the help of my teammates I can still do the same here."
Based in in Pamekasan, Madura, East Java, Madura United finished third in the league last season.
Capped 67 times by Nigeria, Odemwingie's final chapters in English football were at Championship clubs Bristol City and Rotherham - having been a free agent since leaving the latter following a seven-game stint.
Born in Uzbekistan, he also played in Belgium, France and Russia before spending the last seven years in English football including stints with Premier League sides West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City.
He marked his Nigeria debut with a goal against Kenya in Lagos in 2002, and was widely regarded as one of the most committed and dedicated players to have represented his country.
As well as winning a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, he was part of the squad that finished in third place at the 2004, 2006 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 136,119 new cars were built in May, 9.7% fewer than the same month in 2016.
However, in May 2016 output had risen by more than 26% to the highest total for the month in more than a decade.
The SMMT said carmakers were now set to ramp up production of new models, with exports the main driver of demand.
Some 576,556 new cars have been shipped abroad since January, a 0.8% increase year-on-year. although production for overseas markets fell 9% in May.
Almost 80% of all cars made in Britain are exported, with more than half going to Europe.
Meanwhile, production for the home market fell 12.8% in May, with 153,199 cars destined for UK showrooms.
"After a record start to the year, car production in the UK has slowed as production lines gear up for a range of new models," said SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes.
"Global demand is strong and exports remain the driving force for British car production volumes in the UK.
"Maintaining our current open trade links with Europe, our biggest market, and further developing global markets is vital for this sector."
The 32-year-old was driving the Vauxhall Astra when the collision took place near Dundonald at about 17:40 on Saturday.
His passengers - two men aged 24 and 25 - were seriously injured and remain in Crosshouse Hospital.
Police officers investigating the crash have appealed for anyone who saw it to make contact with them.
Down led 0-2 to 0-0 and 0-5 to 0-2 but Monaghan hit seven of the next eight scores to lead 0-9 to 0-6 at half-time.
Monaghan looked set for a comfortable win as they moved five ahead but Down fought back in the final quarter.
Seven minutes of injury-time gave Down chances to at least get on terms but errant shooting cost the Mournemen.
Down's performance at Clones was a big improvement on last week's opening 3-15 to 0-7 thumping by Donegal but a second defeat leaves Eamonn Burns' side facing the relegation battle that most pundits predicted.
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The Mournemen hit the opening two scores with Connaire Harrison and Darragh O'Hanlon on target and while points from Dermot Malone and Shane Carey helped Monaghan level, three more Harrison points put Down 0-5 to 0-2 ahead by the 15th minute.
However, Down then lost their way as Monaghan began to run through the Mourne defence with a number of poor kick-outs by keeper Stephen Kane not helping the visitors' cause.
Kane was lucky not to concede a goal in the 22nd minute as he lost possession after soloing some 35 yards from his goal with Conor McManus' lobbed effort towards the empty net bouncing over the crossbar for a point.
That point levelled the contest and further scores from Thomas Kerr, the lively Malone, Owen Duffy and Fintan Kelly helped the Farney men lead 0-9 to 0-6 the break.
Down were robbed of playmaker Mark Poland as he took a heavy hit straight after the restart and Monaghan looked in control when Shane Carey and Ryan McAnespie pointed to increase their lead to five.
The lead was still five (0-12 to 0-7) in the 53st minute but after Kane made a great save to deny a Darren Hughes goal chance, Down fought back in the closing stages to leave the home side hanging on.
Down may look back on their ninth point with regret as substitute Packie Downey's goal attempt skimmed over the crossbar after Drew Wylie had lost possession.
Daniel McKenna's 64th-minute point appeared to have given Monaghan some breathing space but the seven minutes of injury time gave Down enough opportunities to take something out of the game.
Points from Downey and Harrison left the scoreline at 0-13 to 0-11 with five minutes left but Harrison's free-kick miss from 21 metres two minutes later sealed Down's fate.
WEEKEND ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS
Saturday
Division 1
Mayo 0-07 0-09 Dublin
Division 2
Armagh 0-15 1-13 Laois
Cavan 1-11 1-12 Derry
Division 4
London 1-11 4-04 Carlow
Sunday
Division 1
Donegal 2-14 1-07 Cork
Kerry 1-10 0-14 Roscommon
Monaghan 0-13 0-11 Down
Division 2
Fermanagh 0-10 0-06 Meath
Galway 1-09 1-11 Tyrone
Division 3
Kildare 1-12 1-08 Offaly
Longford 0-13 1-08 Limerick
Sligo 1-11 1-10 Westmeath
Tipperary 2-07 1-07 Clare
Division 4
Antrim 1-08 0-07 Wexford
Leitrim 1-06 0-10 Wicklow
Waterford 1-09 1-10 Louth
Iram Shahzad, 32, admitted two charges at St Albans Crown Court after Spencer Bell was killed as he tried to help a man who had fallen from a bridge.
Mr Bell, 71, died instantly when he was struck by Shahzad's car, in January last year.
Shahzad was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment, suspended for two years.
The court heard the mother of three had sped up to the scene of the tragedy and then tried to get round the slowing cars.
Travelling at speeds of between 82 and 88mph with two of her young children in the back of the car, she realised at the last moment the way ahead was blocked by two stationary vehicles.
But instead of stopping like the other drivers, Shahzad thought she could beat the hold up by swerving back into lane two.
Her car then hit Mr Bell, an ex-policeman and charity worker, who had gone to the aid of Alan Trethewey, 67.
Mr Bell died instantly, the court heard.
On Friday, judge Martin Griffith told her: "This case is a tragic case for the family and friends of Spencer Bell."
He said the term Good Samaritan was frequently over-used but in Mr Bell's case it was a fitting description.
"Nothing I can say or do can fill the void left by this splendid man's untimely death," he told her.
He disqualified her from driving for 18 months.
Mr Bell's wife Wendy told the court: "My life has ended. Once it was full of laughter and giggles, chatting all day long and happiness. Now it is misery, sadness and tears."
Sebastian Gardiner, defending, said his client was truly remorseful and her driving that morning had been out of character.
The deal would see David Blitzer and Josh Harris, who co-own NHL and NBA franchises, take minority stakes in Palace.
Co-chairman Steve Parish said he was "really hopeful we can get it done".
Improvements to the club's Selhurst Park home will be the priority, with Parish retaining day-to-day control.
Blitzer and Harris, who co-own the New Jersey Devils of the NHL and the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, are expected to take equal 18% shareholdings with Parish, who helped rescue the south London club from bankruptcy in 2010.
His partners in that deal - fellow Palace fans Stephen Browett, Jeremy Hosking and Martin Long - will see their current 25% stakes diluted to 15.33%.
Speaking to BBC Sport in New York, Parish said: "I think this club can be massive and it's a great opportunity.
"I want to move fast and to do that you need big funds. I'm prepared to do my bit, the three boys who are involved with me are prepared to do their bit.
"But we need to bring some new people in to accelerate it and make sure we've got everything we need. If I was a Palace fan, and I am, I'd be fantastically excited about the future."
Parish, who made his money in advertising, was speaking at Blazercon, a two-day football convention set up by Roger Bennett and Michael Davies, the two British ex-pats behind the hugely popular Men in Blazers football podcast and NBC TV show.
Conversations with Blitzer and billionaire Harris, who have made their fortunes from investment banking, have been going on for over a year, and the two have spent what Parish described as "a lot of time" getting to know the club.
Harris has often spoken of his growing interest in football, particularly the Premier League, which is booming in popularity in North America.
Parish said the new investment would enable the club to tackle a chronic lack of investment in Palace's facilities over the last 25 years, without "diverting funds from the team".
Most pressing for Parish is the need to redevelop the Main Stand at Selhurst Park, but he also wants to improve the Arthur Wait Stand and the Whitehorse Lane End, as well as upgrade the club's training ground and scouting network. There are long-term plans to build a hotel and shops at Selhurst Park.
The cost of the building work on the ground alone ranges from a reported £50m to £150m.
But having rescued the club from years of mismanagement, gained promotion to the Premier League and consolidated its position, Parish is determined to take advantage of Palace's status as south London's only top-flight club.
"If this deal doesn't happen the team will be fine," said Parish, who attended a 76ers game with Harris on Monday.
"But I really want to see the club fulfil the potential it should have fulfilled. We've had our share of bad luck: it's time we put the record straight."
Part of the strategy will be to further exploit the burgeoning US market.
"The world began here in football three years ago, so to everybody here we're just a Premier League club - we've managed to erase the rest of our history," Parish joked.
"There is a real buzz about soccer, football, in the US and we need to capitalise on it. So we'll be back and forth here as much as we can trying to grab our fair share of support."
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Martin went to the Belgium capital, Brussels, which is home to the European Union headquarters.
Watch his report about the day Article 50 was triggered.
The servicemen, all from Bridlington, died fighting in the Second Battle of Ypres on 25 April 1915.
Members of the local Royal British Legion branch and armed forces veterans joined residents and family members at the town's war memorial earlier.
Local historian Chris Bonnett said it was important to remember the town's fallen men.
He said: "The impact it had on the town and the families, what with so many people being killed, was colossal.
"There were several other Bridlington boys seriously wounded that day, so it was the worst day of both world wars for Bridlington in terms of loss of life."
Mile Wilson lost his grandfather Jack in the Battle of St Julien.
He said: "I'm delighted that these people are here today because for 99 years, no-one cared about this day.
"[I suggested] we commemorate these men and this assembly is here, it's fantastic."
Two paramedics were also injured when the vehicle burst into flames at Naas General Hospital.
Health Service Executive chief executive Tony O'Brien has confirmed the death was as a direct result of the fire.
Mr O'Brien said one possible cause being examined relates to the oxygen tanks on the vehicle.
A notice has been issued to all other ambulance crews around the country as a result.
The fire broke out outside the hospital's emergency department about 14:00 local time and the hospital was evacuated.
The victim, who is in his 70s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gardaà (Irish police) in Naas and the Health and Safety Executive are investigating.
Patients have been transferred to other hospitals in the area.
The area has been cordoned off for a technical examination and members of the public have been asked to stay away from the hospital.
Emergency services went to Three Cliffs Bay, near Swansea, after the alarm was raised at 14:10 BST on Saturday.
The man was taken to Swansea's Morriston Hospital, where he later died.
Two more people were taken to hospital but their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
South Wales Police have asked anyone with information about the incident to get in contact via the 101 phone line.
From the preliminary presidential election results posted online, it appears that President Uhuru Kenyatta has won a convincing victory.
But opposition leader Raila Odinga has cried foul, and presented documents he says are evidence the election was "a fraud".
While the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) rushes to verify the results, supporters on both sides are stuck in an odd limbo.
The streets of Nairobi are quiet, but the alleyways of Mathare slum clatter with the sound of police and protesters exchanging tear gas and stones.
The biggest slums are mostly opposition strongholds where protests often turn violent, and are usually dealt with harshly by police.
But Kenya doesn't need to turn to violence.
If allegations of cheating are properly investigated, and if the election results are openly and accurately verified, many people could be satisfied.
If the opposition contests the results, which it has always seemed determined to do, it can do so through the court - or it can go to the streets.
If the provisional results stand, Mr Kenyatta's winning margin of nearly 1.5 million votes should be large enough to be convincing.
This is an imperfect system - the voters' register was neither accurate nor complete, and some irregularities have been found - but not enough to account for 1.5 million votes.
The opposition is relying on a huge conspiracy to explain its margin of defeat.
So just how viable are the claims that the IEBC computer system was hacked? What's the evidence? How can it be proven or disproven?
In an early morning press conference at a Nairobi nightclub, Mr Odinga, flanked by his National Super Alliance (Nasa) partners, made weighty allegations.
"Hackers gained entry into our election database through the identity of Chris Msando who was executed barely a week ago," Mr Odinga read hesitatingly from a prepared statement.
Chris Msando was the acting head of technology at the IEBC and had appeared on TV reassuring the public his system was secure.
He was tortured and strangled. There's been no police update as yet on their investigation.
Mr Odinga went on to say an algorithm had been introduced to distort the results and that changes were made to "easily manipulate the database".
More than 50 pages of computer logs were printed out and provided to journalists as evidence of the plot.
Technical experts have different views on its veracity. Some say it's nonsense, others that it could be plausible.
Mr Odinga refused to reveal his source for the computer data, which is perhaps not surprising.
It may or may not be true - after the electoral commission's head of IT was killed, anything could be possible - but there is a way to double-check.
The preliminary results texted straight from the polling stations and posted directly online can be cross-referenced against documents known as 34A and 34B.
These are the pieces of paper stamped and signed by the agents at the polling station and constituency-level respectively.
If the numbers match, the election can be declared largely free and fair.
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So the IEBC is now checking and uploading around 45,000 documents for everyone to see.
It's not easy negotiating the IEBC system to cross-check, but some early work by the Kenyan Human Rights Commission found a number of inconsistencies - just a few votes here and there, which could all add up - but probably not to 1.5 million.
Those with an intricate knowledge of Kenyan constituency voting patterns believe NASA did not win over enough potential swing-voters for victory.
The international observers will report in back-to-back press conferences on Thursday, a final result is still some time away, and this odd limbo rumbles on.
Only when the matatus are back on the streets of Nairobi in their usual chaotic numbers, and people start heading back to work, will the tension be lifted.
Until then Kenya waits: To see what happens in places like Mathare, and how the security forces react, to see what the opposition urges its supporters to do, and to hope that violence can be avoided.
The app allows shoppers to find, compare and buy clothes, shoes and accessories from more than 150 high street retailers.
Mallzee was founded in Edinburgh in 2013 by entrepreneur Cally Russell.
Mr Russell pressed ahead with developing the app after turning down an offer of investment on the BBC's Dragons' Den programme.
Mallzee has so far raised £3.1m from a number of investors, including the Royal Mail Group and tech entrepreneurs such as Skyscanner founder Gareth Williams.
Mr Russell said: "One million people downloading Mallzee - it's a huge number.
"It's 100 times the population of my hometown of Dunoon, it's twice the population of sunny Edinburgh, it's 20% of the population of Scotland and it's a 60th of the population of the UK."
In the everyday world, when an object is pushed, it accelerates in the same direction as the force applied to it; this relationship is described by Isaac Newton's Second Law of Motion.
But in theory, matter can have negative mass in the same sense that an electric charge can be positive or negative.
The phenomenon is described in Physical Review Letters journal.
Prof Peter Engels, from Washington State University (WSU), and colleagues cooled rubidium atoms to just above the temperature of absolute zero (close to -273C), creating what's known as a Bose-Einstein condensate.
In this state, particles move extremely slowly, and following behaviour predicted by quantum mechanics, acting like waves.
They also synchronise and move together in what's known as a superfluid, which flows without losing energy.
To create the conditions for negative mass, the researchers used lasers to trap the rubidium atoms and to kick them back and forth, changing the way they spin.
When the atoms were released from the laser trap, they expanded, with some displaying negative mass.
"With negative mass, if you push something, it accelerates toward you," said co-author Michael Forbes, assistant professor of physics at WSU.
He added: "It looks like the rubidium hits an invisible wall."
The technique could be used to better understand the phenomenon, say the researchers.
"What's a first here is the exquisite control we have over the nature of this negative mass, without any other complications," said Dr Forbes.
This heightened control also gives researchers a tool for exploring the possible relationships between negative mass and phenomena observed in the cosmos, such as neutron stars, black holes and dark energy.
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PC Neil Doyle, 36, died following an attack in Liverpool city centre in the early hours of 19 December last year.
Andrew Taylor, 29, Christopher Spendlove, 30, and Timmy Donovan, 30, are on trial for murder at Liverpool Crown Court.
The three men also deny wounding with intent and causing grievous body harm.
Police officer Michael Steventon, who was attacked alongside PC Doyle, said Mr Taylor had approached their group and repeatedly addressed PC Doyle as "officer".
He said Mr Taylor, a football agent and former Forest Green Rovers player, had made him feel "unsettled" believing the defendant had "an issue".
The court heard the disturbance broke out after the two groups met in the city's Seel Street just before 03:00 BST.
Mr Steventon said: "Mr Taylor arrived and immediately addressed Neil Doyle and asked him if he was having a good evening.
"He finished the sentence with the word 'officer', 'are you having a good evening officer'. It was directed at Neil Doyle. He kept repeating things to that effect.
"As you can probably imagine it's a bit unsettling when someone approaches you when off-duty and identifies one of you as a police officer but at the same time, I thought it would be a throwaway thing, that would just go away."
He added that Mr Taylor was "very persistent".
"It was a bit intimidating. It wasn't in a friendly way it was in an intimidating manner.
Mr Steventon said he did not believe PC Doyle had known the defendant.
The court earlier heard Mr Taylor walked into a police station after seeing media reports detailing the death of PC Doyle.
The officer died after suffering an injury to an artery in his neck, which led to bleeding over the surface of the brain.
In a police interview the following day, Mr Taylor told officers that PC Doyle had been "ultra aggressive" and "intimidating" towards him after the two groups met after leaving separate bars.
He admitted striking the officer in self defence in his initial interview, but later denied it, saying that he had been mistaken.
Nicholas Johnson QC, prosecuting, said: "It appears to be the present position of all the defendants that none of them admit striking Neil Doyle."
The trial continues.
Yahoo is in the process of selling its email, websites, mobile apps and advertising tools to Verizon.
What is left after that sale will be owned by a holding company to be named Altaba.
Its main assets will be a 15% stake in Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba and a 35.5% stake in Yahoo Japan.
Five other current members of the Yahoo board also won't be on the board of the new firm.
Ms Mayer is expected to remain with Yahoo's core business.
Verizon's deal for Yahoo's core internet assets came under renewed scrutiny last month after the Yahoo disclosed one of the largest known data breaches in history.
Verizon is examining the impact of the data breach and there is speculation that the deal may not go through.
Last month she made national news as the winner of the inaugural Hepworth Prize for sculpture, to which she has now added one of the world's highest-profile art accolades, the Turner Prize.
At 31 years old she was the youngest artist on the shortlist, and also the most difficult to fathom in terms of her work.
Her hybrid sculptures, made out of materials both found and fabricated, form a complex tableau of ideas and associations.
They are poetic puzzles that question meaning and assumption, and require an almost archaeological mindset to solve.
Think Professor Branestawm meets Heath Robinson meets James Joyce, with a dose of Duchamp and Fischli & Weiss thrown in for good measure.
And then add some of the issues of today, from fake news to the nodal nature of the internet, and hopefully a picture starts to emerge in your imagination of what you might encounter when viewing a Helen Marten sculpture.
She wants to jolt you, provoke you; throw you off balance.
Things are not quite what they seem, objects don't conform to our expectations, awkwardness abounds.
At least, it does to begin with. But once you tune in to her way of thinking, and start to understand that the artist is not trying to fool you, but to take you by the hand and show you something new, you begin to see the beauty of her work.
Her attention to detail is extraordinary, the materials she makes (has made) exquisite.
This is not like so much contemporary conceptual art, which consists of a weak one-liner of little significance. Marten's sculptures are formally substantial and intellectually rigorous: they are made to last, in every sense.
Her father is a chemist. She is an alchemist. We are the beneficiaries.
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Security officials said that Yusuf Dirir was killed when gunmen opened fire on his car.
Three workers from the Transport Ministry also died in a separate drive-by shooting on Saturday.
The attacks in the capital city came as a number of people were killed in clashes between al-Shabab gunmen and government troops in southern Somalia.
Police said that Mr Dirir had been killed when gunmen in a minibus blocked his route and sprayed the car with bullets.
"He was a man that has long served his country and wanted to see a united Somalia," said speaker of parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari.
Local media said that another MP had also been wounded in the incident and was in hospital.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the killings are the latest in a string of assassinations of politicians in the war-torn country.
Islamist militants from the al-Shabab movement shot dead Abdullahi Qayad Barre near the presidential palace in February by opening fire on his car.
At least five MPs were murdered last year and the group has said that it will continue to target MPs.
In another development, al-Shabab clashed with government troops early on Saturday in Awdigle district and Mubarak village, south of Mogadishu.
At least 17 people have reportedly been killed but the death toll has not been confirmed.
"We did not sleep last night because they exchanged shells and gunfire throughout the night," resident Afrah Hussein told Reuters news agency.
Al-Shabab, which is affiliated to al-Qaeda, was pushed out of Somalia's capital by African peacekeeping forces in 2011.
But since then, the group has carried out a series of gun and grenade attacks to try to overthrow the government and impose its strict version of Sharia law.
The debate was led by Scottish Labour MP Ian Murray, who said Brexit negotiations should fully involve all of the UK's devolved administrations.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to explore all the options for securing Scotland's place in Europe.
Prime Minister Theresa May has said she wants the Scottish government to be "fully engaged" in the Brexit talks.
Ms May has described some of the proposals to keep Scotland in the EU as "impracticable" but has offered to listen to any options the first minister comes forward with.
However on the same day as the Westminster Hall debate, Attorney General Jeremy Wright underlined that "all of the UK" would be leaving the EU, also dismissing the idea that Holyrood could have some form of "veto" over Brexit.
Leading the debate in the second chamber of the Commons, Mr Murray said Scots had voted "overwhelmingly" to remain in both the EU and the UK at recent referendums, in 2016 and 2014 respectively.
He said: "The destination for me and the Scottish Labour Party, and the Labour Party as a whole, is to make sure that Scotland's position in the UK is assured, but that we don't lose sight of the advantages that we get from the European Union.
"Those are the two mandates the Scottish people have given us, and to disregard one mandate for the other would be wrong."
The Edinburgh South MP said he wanted to explore the potential implications of powers over areas such as agriculture, fishing and air quality being returned to the Scottish Parliament from Brussels.
He also said it was essential that any talks fully involved the Welsh and Northern Irish governments and the London Assembly.
A number of SNP MPs took part in the debate, with several underlining that the option of Scottish independence was also "on the table".
Ian Blackford said that "the people of Scotland have spoken", noting that Scots voted 62% in favour of remaining in the EU.
He added: "The UK might be leaving, but for us in Scotland, our future remains as a European nation.
"If it becomes clear that Scottish independence is the best and only way to achieve that, then that is an option that Scotland has to have. If the Scottish parliament judges that a referendum on independence is now the best option for Scotland's continued place in Europe, then the Scottish government has a duty to act.
"The UK we voted to stay in in 2014 no longer exists. Independence could be the best option to provide security for our economy and society. Independence would not be about Scotland wanting to leave, but to stay with what we have currently."
Fellow SNP MP Patrick Grady added that it would be "democratically unacceptable for Scotland to be taken out of the EU against its will".
And Glasgow South MP Stewart McDonald had strong words for the Leave campaign, likening Brexit to "political suicide".
He said: "The Brexit masochists have utterly ruined politics and turned it on its head. And I and my colleagues won't allow my country to bear the brunt of that. Because on the back of a Brexit vote that Scotland did not vote for, the political establishment here in London's behaviour and response has been shambolic."
Brexit minister Robin Walker, speaking for the government, said he had voted Remain, but said the decision had now been taken and had to be respected.
He said: "We should no longer be talking in terms of leavers and remainers. It is the responsibility of all of us to secure the best possible outcome in the interest of all UK citizens. We all need to work together.
"There is certainly respect for Scotland's position, and the first minister, and the fact that the prime minister broke a reshuffle to go up to Scotland to meet with the first minister is a sign of that respect.
"I'd like to repeat my personal commitment to fully involving the devolved administrations in the preparations for the complex task ahead of us.
"There can be no doubt we are working towards securing the best possible deal for the whole of the UK, and in order to achieve this we need to work openly and collaboratively with the devolved administrations at official and ministerial level."
Sinclair scored twice in the Champions League play-off first-leg rout, which all but secured Celtic's place in the group stage.
"I wouldn't say it was easy, I think we made it look easy," said Sinclair, who scored the second and third goals.
"I think every game is so hard and, just the way we played tonight, it probably looked like it was easy."
Own goals by Evgeni Postnikov and Igor Shitov and a James Forrest strike helped towards a comfortable win for Brendan Rodgers' side ahead of Tuesday's second leg in Kazakhstan.
"It was a great night," Sinclair said. "The boys did unbelievable. The scoreboard shows how well we did.
"We got the fifth, but we wanted more and we kept going for the sixth.
"As players, we love these nights. These are the nights you want to play in. The atmosphere's unbelievable.
"We've come such a long way. The team's gelled very well. The gaffer's brought in a couple of new players and I think we'll be ready."
Shitov was credited with Celtic's fifth goal after Leigh Griffiths' shot deflected into the net off the defender.
But Griffiths said: "I'm going to claim it until somebody else tells me otherwise. Until somebody officially confirms it wasn't my goal, I'm going to claim it."
Griffiths set up Sinclair's second goal against the Kazakh side they also beat in the third qualifying round last season and Forrest's low strike and said: "It's a great scoreline for us.
"Last year, we struggled to overcome this tie. It was a last-minute penalty that put us through, but now you see the team's flying. It's a whole different team now. We look forward to Tuesday.
"Anything can happen in football, we've given ourselves a great chance, but the game over there will be a difficult game to play in. We're 90 minutes away from the promised land.
"Hopefully, we go over there and get the job done. Having a clean sheet going over there with a five-goal lead, you would think we're almost there."
The Scotland striker was also pleased at the news international team-mate Stuart Armstrong is close to signing a new Celtic deal.
"We all know what kind of player Stuart is," Griffiths said of the midfielder. "It's a great boost and we want to keep our best players here.
"Stuart seems happy here and we hope the contract gets signed sooner rather than later."
Bradley Parker, 19, and Daniel Maston, 18, from Burstwick, died when their Vauxhall Corsa collided with a Land Rover Defender on Newfield Lane, near Lelley.
Mr Maston was driving the car when it crashed at about 14:40 on Sunday.
Hull FC said Mr Parker's name would feature on the club's new strip as a mark of respect.
Mr Parker, from Burton Pidsea, a former Hull FC under-16s captain, left the side earlier this year to start an apprenticeship course.
The Super League club said in a statement: "A talented hooker, he excelled from a young age captaining his school rugby team, helping South Holderness to the Year 11 National Cup Final.
"He also went on to captain East Hull and Hull FC's scholarship side, before his performances earned him international recognition with the England Youth squad.
"On behalf of everyone involved at Hull FC, we would like to pass on our deepest sympathy and condolences to the families involved in this tragic incident, and Brad's contribution to the club from a young age will never be forgotten."
A vigil has been held at the scene of the incident by the family and friends of the two men.
The 69-year-old driver of the Land Rover suffered minor injuries.
Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
The 19th-placed Brewers, one of the favourites to go straight back down to League One, are three points clear of the relegation zone after 19 games.
Clough told BBC Radio Derby he has mixed feeling about their progress.
"We would have taken it at the start of the season but we think we have played better than that," he said.
"For the chances we have created we haven't scored enough goals."
This week the 50-year-old passed 12 months as Brewers manager in his second spell in charge and said it had been a "good year".
He added getting to the stage they are at is no mean achievement given their budget and standing in their first season in the second tier of English football.
"We knew we would not be first choice on a lot of players' lists for where they wanted to play in the Championship," Clough added.
"Hopefully come January, and if we manage to stay up in the summer, that [signing players] will become an easier task.
"In the first 19 games people have seen us play and I think we have played a little bit better than people anticipated.
"If we can replicate the first 19 games and have 44 points after 38 games that would be a very good target and would gives us eight games to get to 50 points."
Clough had just over 10 years at the Brewers during his first stint, but left to take over as Derby County manager in January 2009.
The money was awarded as the region's hospitals were granted Biomedical Research Centre status, in what has been described as a "landmark moment".
It will be used to drive forward research into cancer, respiratory disease and other serious conditions.
Millions of people will benefit, the region's NHS trusts said.
In April, Greater Manchester became the first English region to gain control of its health spending as part of an extension of devolved powers.
Jon Rouse, chief officer of Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, the body overseeing the devolution of the region's £6bn health and social care budget, said the funding was "hugely welcome".
"The new partnership approach under devolution means that we have both the opportunity - and the means - to combine the talents of people from a whole range of areas to benefit our population," he said.
He added that the grant was "recognition" that Greater Manchester can combine clinical skills with the best research and academic talent "to take huge steps in improving the health and wellbeing of our people".
The grant was awarded by the National Institute for Health Research following a joint bid from Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, in partnership with The University of Manchester, The Christie NHS Trust, Salford Royal NHS Trust, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust.
Sir Mike Deegan, chief executive of the central Manchester trust, said the £28.5m award would help find "new ways of preventing, predicting and treating some of the major causes of premature death and disability".
"Bringing together our research expertise has only been made possible by the unique connectivity which devolution provides."
They show that in 2014/15, businesses in the Belfast council area received £85m, more than twice as much as any other council.
That included support for large expansions by firms like Citibank and PwC.
The lowest amount of grant aid went to Causeway Coast and Glens, which received £2m.
Belfast also saw the highest number of jobs created at 2,678.
Ards and North Down had the lowest number of jobs created at 286.
The highest levels of grants and job creation were concentrated in the main commercial and industrial areas of Belfast, Armagh, Banbridge, Craigavon and Mid Ulster.
Derry and Strabane is fifth in terms of grants awarded and jobs created.
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The Local Government Association wants councils to be given control of careers advice to ensure teenagers "pursue the right course for them".
A report for the LGA suggests the teenage dropout rate costs the country £814m a year.
The government said its reforms were ensuring teenagers gained vital skills.
The LGA commissioned the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion to analyse the latest figures which were for the year 2012-13.
The researchers combined dropout and failure figures on A-levels, apprenticeships and further education courses to give a total of 178,000 16 to 18-year-olds not completing their courses.
Of these, 92,000 students withdrew from schools, primarily from AS and A-levels; 24,200 did not complete apprenticeships or training courses and an estimated 61,900 withdrew from FE courses.
The teenagers at greatest risk of dropping out were apprentices, with a quarter not finishing, suggest the figures.
The authors note success rates both for AS and A-levels and FE courses have improved in recent years, with 16% of students dropping out of further education, 9% from individual AS-levels and 5% from individual A-levels.
This has contributed to a long-term fall in the total number of drop-outs, of 30% since 2006-7, they add.
Despite this they calculate 12% of all government spending on post-16 education and skills goes on "uncompleted" courses.
"For the young person it means coping with uncertainty and a sense of failure and with hard decisions about what to do next.
"For schools, the exchequer and the taxpayer there is the cost of providing education that does not result in a positive outcome."
The LGA says the current centralised approach to post-16 education does not allow schools and colleges to help teenagers find the right courses.
"Local councils, colleges, schools and employers know how to best help their young people and should have devolved funding and powers to work together to give young people the best chance of building careers and taking jobs that exist locally," said Cllr David Simmonds, chairman of the LGA's children and young people board.
The Association of Colleges said the reasons for young people not finishing their courses were "complex".
"Sometimes they get a job and therefore leave education," said AoC chief executive Martin Doel, but he agreed poor careers advice was a problem.
"This report shines a light on failing careers advice in this country.
"We would like to see the establishment of careers hubs in every local area supported by schools, colleges, universities, local councils, employers and Jobcentre Plus to ensure everyone has access to the high-quality impartial advice they deserve."
The government said its new independent careers and enterprise company would boost collaboration between schools and employers and give young people access to high quality advice and opportunities.
"We are reforming academic qualifications and vocational education to ensure young people get the knowledge and skills that they need to move into a job, apprenticeship or to continue their education," said a Department for Education spokesman.
The spokesman said the government had ring-fenced £7.2bn to ensure an education or training place for all under-18s, adding that the number of young people not in education, employment or training was at its lowest recorded level.
Around 300 people walked from the primary school to the harbour on Saturday afternoon.
An online petition against the proposed closure of the site has gathered more than 4,000 supporters to date.
The RNLI, which wants to provide lifeboat cover from nearby Eyemouth, has said it is about having the "right assets in the right place".
A court in Palma ruled that the 50-year-old sister of King Felipe must stand trial in a case involving her husband's business dealings.
If found guilty, she could face a maximum of eight years in jail.
Princess Cristina has denied knowledge of the alleged embezzlement scam that also involves her husband and 16 other defendants. They all deny the charges.
The case was launched in 2010 and has become highly symbolic of perceived corruption among Spain's elites, including the royal family.
Last year, King Felipe stripped his sister and her husband Inaki Urdangarin of their titles, the Duke and Duchess of Palma de Mallorca.
Princess Cristina now lives in Switzerland, but remains the sixth in line to the Spanish throne and is the first member of the royal family to go on trial.
The princess's lawyers argued that as public prosecutors had refused to press charges against her, the counts should be dismissed.
But the three judges agreed to continue with the prosecution using the evidence filed by the the anti-corruption group, Manos Limpias, meaning "Clean Hands".
The charges relate to the real estate company Aizoon that she owned with her husband, a former Olympic handball medallist.
She is accused of making personal use of Aizoon funds for paying for clothes and dance lessons for the couple's children as well as work on the couple's Barcelona mansion, which reduced the firm's taxable profits.
Her husband is alleged to have used the non-profit Noos Institute sports foundation he ran as a vehicle to win falsely inflated contracts from regional government bodies, before channelling the money to personal accounts via tax havens.
Noos is alleged to have received more than €6m (£4.4m; $6.5m) of public money, most of it from the Balearic Islands and Valencia regional governments.
If found guilty, Mr Urdangarin could face 19 years and six months in jail.
Hearings into the case will resume next month in Palma.
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Having opted to bat, Australia were reduced to 4-4 after four overs, Kiwi left-arm spinner Leigh Kasperek taking 3-2 in her first 12 deliveries.
All-rounder Ellyse Perry struck 42 from 48 balls as Australia mustered 103-8.
But Rachel Priest hit 34 from 27 balls and Susie Bates 23 as the Kiwis reached their target with 22 balls to spare.
"I am sure if we play the way we are, we can win it," said Bates. "If things go our way, we can win it. But we are not looking too far ahead."
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The Australians, winners of the last three tournaments, were also beaten by the Kiwis in their opening group match of the 2014 World T20, but this was only their fifth defeat in 22 matches in the history of the event.
Edinburgh-born Kasperek, who appeared for Scotland against Ireland in the 2007 European Championship aged 15, claimed wickets with consecutive deliveries in her first over, both hoicked to the leg-side ring.
Perry had struck the only six of the Australia innings but was given out lbw with the final ball of the 17th over, when replays suggested it was missing the leg-stump.
In reply both New Zealand openers hit sixes, Bates with a glorious drive over long-off, as they raced to 58 in the eighth over before both departed in the space of 10 balls.
New Zealand, runners-up in the first two Women's World T20s, have now won three of their four WT20 meetings with Australia and maintained their 100% record in this year's event, having also beaten Sri Lanka and Ireland.
With only the top two in the five-team groups progressing, Australia next play on Thursday in Delhi against Sri Lanka, who have also won one and lost one thus far.
The man argued that circumcision would be in accordance with his religious beliefs.
But the boys' mother, who is separated from their father, disagreed.
At a Family Court hearing in Exeter, Mrs Justice Roberts said the boys, who are six and four, should first reach an age where they can make the decision for themselves.
The man had argued that it would be "in the children's best interests to allow them to be circumcised" in accordance with his "Muslim practice and religious beliefs".
His former partner "opposes that course until such time as the children have reached an age where they are competent to give consent to such a procedure," the judge added.
"There is no guarantee that these boys will wish to continue to observe the Muslim faith with the devotion demonstrated by their father, although that may very well be their choice.
"They are still very young and there is no way of anticipating at this stage how the different influences in their respective parental homes will shape and guide their development over the coming years."
Mrs Justice Roberts said she was deferring that decision "to the point where each of the boys themselves will make their individual choices once they have the maturity and insight to appreciate the consequences and longer-term effects of the decisions which they reach."
Millwall took the lead in the 33rd minute when Cooper bundled home a corner from close range - seconds after play was halted when Coventry fans threw tennis balls on to the pitch in protest at the club's owners.
The opening goal sparked Coventry into life following a dull opening half an hour that lacked any clear-cut chances.
The home side should have been level by half-time when Farrend Rawson put a header over the bar in the 39th minute, while Marcus Tudgay's curled effort went just over a minute later.
Millwall could have doubled their lead in the 54th minute when Lee Burge was beaten to the ball after racing out of his goal, but Morison's shot was deflected wide.
Despite Coventry's efforts to get back into the game, Morison eventually doubled Millwall's lead in the 79th minute by tapping in the rebound from Fred Onyedinma's shot.
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Match ends, Coventry City 0, Millwall 2.
Second Half ends, Coventry City 0, Millwall 2.
Jodi Jones (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shane Ferguson (Millwall).
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Nathan Clarke.
Attempt missed. Vladimir Gadzhev (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
George Thomas (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall).
Substitution, Millwall. Shane Ferguson replaces Jed Wallace.
Substitution, Coventry City. Vladimir Gadzhev replaces Andy Rose.
Goal! Coventry City 0, Millwall 2. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
(Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Byron Webster (Millwall).
Hand ball by Farrend Rawson (Coventry City).
Jodi Jones (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nadjim Abdou (Millwall).
Foul by Farrend Rawson (Coventry City).
Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Stuart Beavon (Coventry City).
Jake Cooper (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Millwall. Fred Onyedinma replaces Lee Gregory.
Farrend Rawson (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Gregory (Millwall).
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Jodi Jones.
Byron Webster (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Stuart Beavon (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Byron Webster (Millwall).
Substitution, Coventry City. Jodi Jones replaces Marcus Tudgay.
Attempt saved. Lee Gregory (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Tony Craig (Millwall) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Farrend Rawson.
Attempt blocked. Steve Morison (Millwall) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Lee Gregory (Millwall) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Andy Rose (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Nathan Clarke (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Second Half begins Coventry City 0, Millwall 1.
Substitution, Millwall. Nadjim Abdou replaces Ben Thompson.
First Half ends, Coventry City 0, Millwall 1.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Nathan Clarke.
Attempt saved. Lee Gregory (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
The fish were found dead in the water at the weekend. It is thought that there have been two separate kills in the river.
In 2013, almost 5,000 fish were found dead after the river was polluted in a farm incident.
Ian Kittle, secretary of the Inler Angling Club, said it was devastating news.
"We are devastated, especially after the last fish kill in 2013," he said.
"The river was starting to recover and we had been busy restocking it. This incident is not as bad.
"But at the same time, we have lost juvenile fish and more. Our resident brown trout are dead and we also found a large sea trout that had been coming up from the lough to spawn."
Mr Kittle said he was first made aware of the fish kill on Friday evening.
There appeared to have been two separate kills, he said. One is upstream parallel to the Belfast Road, Comber. A lot of the dead fish are at the lower end of the river, under the new Comber bypass bridge.
A government department is investigating.
The gunner, 23, based at Suffolk's RAF Honington, vanished a month ago after a night out in Bury St Edmunds.
Officers have been scouring hedgerows and ditches between the A134 and A143 on the town outskirts.
Meanwhile, a retired police chief has said foul play cannot be ruled out as detectives continue to investigate a possible sighting of Mr Mckeague.
Suffolk Police said on Monday they were looking at a suspected sighting by a driver on the Hollow Road Industrial Estate.
The person in light clothes was spotted less than an hour after Mr Mckeague was last seen on CCTV walking alone and eating fast food in Brentgovel Street at about 03:20 BST on 24 September.
Police said a man in a black T-shirt with white writing on, who Mr Mckeague spoke to in Pizza Mama Mia on the morning he disappeared, has now been traced and spoken to.
Colin Sutton, a former Metropolitan Police detective chief inspector who worked on the Milly Dowler case and other high-profile inquiries, told BBC Radio Suffolk officers needed to focus on where Mr McKeague was last seen.
"His last sighting shows him going into an area where his only logical and reasonable way out is back past the same camera again," he said.
"You never give up hope in these cases, but the longer it goes on the more I would fear for what happened."
Officers are continuing to appeal for anyone who may have seen him in the early hours of 24 September and anyone who may have seen him since, or anyone with information about his whereabouts, to come forward.
It is thought the airman, originally from Dunfermline in Fife, intended to walk home to the base.
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His family raised more than £50,000 to have it commissioned and it was unveiled at the town's Dorman Museum.
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The club's fans reacted angrily to their side's failure to reach the semi-finals of the African Champions League.
The former Spurs and Ajax coach argued with fans last Friday as his team drew 2-2 with Zambia's Zesco United to end their chances of progressing.
Since then he has also received threats on social media prompting his decision to leave.
Supporters also tried to attack the team during training on Tuesday.
Al Ahly said in statement: "Jol has told us he will not be able to complete his contract (which another season and a half to run) for personal reasons.
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The 60-year-old, who has also managed Fulham in England and Hamburg in Germany, had helped the Egyptian team retain their domestic title in June.
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In a royal-themed final, she got off to a strong start in the signature bake. Paul Hollywood gave her a handshake when he tried her meringue crown.
The technical challenge, a Victoria sandwich cake, was a little tougher for her and she was criticised for her jam.
But she pulled it back when contestants were asked to make a selection of picnic items in the showstopper.
Mary Berry loved her little pig sausage rolls, and her chocolate and orange cake.
In the end, there was a clear winner - and Candice burst into tears when she heard the news.
She said she was in "complete and utter disbelief" at beating finalists Jane and Andrew.
In honour of her win, we've taken a look back at her most memorable moments from the series.
Candice's amazing peacock won her star baker in Tudor Week.
She made it out of blue, yellow and green marzipan and it definitely wasn't marzi-panned! Paul told her: "You ticked all the boxes and then some. Exceptional."
Eagle-eyed Bake Off fans will remember that last year's champion, Nadiya, also made a peacock cake...
Candice won another star baker in Biscuit Week, when she used gingerbread to create the pub that her parents ran as a child.
It included a pool table, a darts board and even a sticky ginger floor!
From sticky floors to lipstick... Candice has become known for wearing a different shade of lippy every week - and her bold choice of colours.
One week, Mel even put on her lipstick for her!
Candice made a beautiful Four Seasons showstopper cake in Botanical Week.
For the winter layer, she made a fruitcake from her late nan's handwritten recipe.
It hasn't all been plain sailing for Candice.
She was left in tears after a disastrous Bread Week, with Paul criticising her chocolate loaf.
But that hasn't stopped her from "rising" to the top and becoming the ultimate star baker.
Congrats to Candice!
The painting, on a wall of The Oxford pub in Totterdown, was one of street artist Andy Council's pieces inspired by dinosaurs.
When it was painted over, regulars from the pub began a crowd-funding campaign to have it repainted.
Mr Council is spending the weekend adding new designs to the pub's walls.
"When I heard it had been painted over I thought it was funny because it was an accident and you do come to expect it," he said.
Mr Council has also painted murals at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and has a model in the Bristol M Shed museum.
The Uighurs are Muslims. They regard themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations.
The region's economy has for centuries revolved around agriculture and trade, with towns such as Kashgar thriving as hubs along the famous Silk Road.
In the early part of the 20th Century, the Uighurs briefly declared independence. The region was brought under the complete control of communist China in 1949.
Xinjiang is officially designated an autonomous region within China, like Tibet to its south.
Activists say central government policies have gradually curtailed the Uighurs' religious, commercial and cultural activities. Beijing is accused of intensifying a crackdown after street protests in Xinjiang in the 1990s, and again in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Over the past decade, many prominent Uighurs have been imprisoned or have sought asylum abroad after being accused of terrorism. Mass immigration of Han Chinese to Xinjiang had made Uighurs a minority in Xinjiang.
Beijing is accused of exaggerating the threat from Uighur separatists in order to justify repression in the region.
China's central government says Uighur militants are waging a violent campaign for an independent state by plotting bombings, sabotage and civic unrest.
Since the 9/11 attacks in the US, China has increasingly portrayed its Uighur separatists as auxiliaries of al-Qaeda, saying they have received training in Afghanistan. Little evidence has been produced in support of these claims.
More than 20 Uighurs were captured by the US military after its invasion of Afghanistan. They were imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for years without being charged with any offence and most have now been resettled elsewhere.
Almost 200 people died in ethnic riots in Urumqi, the administrative capital of Xinjiang, in July 2009. One of the sparks for the violence seems to have been the deaths of two Uighurs in clashes with Han Chinese at a factory thousands of miles away in southern China.
The authorities blame Xinjiang separatists based outside China for the unrest, and they singled out exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, saying she incited the violence. She denied any responsibility for the violence.
Uighur exiles say police fired indiscriminately on peaceful protests, leading to violence and deaths.
Xinjiang has received huge state investment in industrial and energy projects, and Beijing has been keen to highlight these as major steps forward. But many Uighurs complain that the Han are taking their jobs, and that their farmland has been confiscated for redevelopment.
The activities of local and foreign journalists are closely monitored by the state and there are few independent sources of news from the region.
However, occasional attacks on Chinese targets suggest Uighur separatism remains a potent and potentially violent force.
South Wales, Gwent, Dyfed-Powys and North Wales Police forces have joined together with councils to encourage people to report incidents.
All Wales Hate Crime Awareness Week has been launched by the Welsh government.
A hate crime is a crime against an individual or group of people based on their identity.
Victims can be targeted for a disability, their race or ethnicity, religion, transgender identity or sexual orientation.
South Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable Jon Stratford said: "Reports of hate crime to us have increased, which we believe is an indication that individuals feel more confident about reporting such incidents to us.
"However we know that hate crime is significantly under reported and that is the main focus of this year's campaign.
"There are a number of reasons why this type of crime goes unreported - from fear of reprisals, a lack of confidence in the system, or even a lack of understanding that a crime has been committed.
"This campaign will hopefully focus people's minds on what a hate crime is and how they, as a fellow citizen, need to speak up and report this kind of behaviour."
The All Wales Hate Crime Awareness Week runs from 10 to 17 October.
The proposed "European Security Markets Authority" would initially regulate credit rating agencies, but could be given broader powers at a later date.
The agencies gave their highest "AAA" rating to billions of dollars of debts that went bad in the financial crisis.
Michel Barnier, the commissioner behind the proposal, has also advocated a single European banking regulator.
The internal market commissioner wants national regulators to transfer all their supervision powers over the rating agencies to the new authority.
"In contrast to banks and insurance companies, rating services are not linked to particular territories," the Commission said in a press release.
US inquiry grills ratings agency
"The changes to rules on credit rating agencies will mean better supervision and increased transparency in this crucial sector," said Mr Barnier.
"But they are only a first step," he added. "We are looking at this market in more detail."
The rating agencies have been accused on both sides of the Atlantic of being a major culprit in the financial crisis.
In the US, a Congressional inquiry committee was due on Wednesday to question senior managers at rating agency Moody's, as well as billionaire investor Warren Buffett, about the agencies' role in the crisis.
In Europe, Mr Barnier criticised the rating agencies in May for their rapid downgrade of Greece's debts to "junk" status.
"I think we need to go further to look at the impact of the ratings on the financial system or economic system as a whole," he said at the time.
"The power of these agencies is quite considerable not only for companies but also for states."
The rating agencies stand accused of a conflict of interests, as their fees were paid for by the banks whose deals they were rating.
Under Mr Barnier's proposal, banks would be forced to disclose full details on their financial transactions to all the rating agencies.
The Commission hopes that this will encourage other rating agencies to provide unsolicited - and more impartial - ratings for these deals.
However, it is unclear what financial incentive there would be for them to provide these competing ratings.
Separately, the Commission has also published a proposal paper on changing the way in which financial institutions such as banks are governed.
Directors and major shareholders in banks have been criticised for allowing the banks' management to take on too much risk prior to the financial crisis.
The proposals include:
The corporate governance "green paper" is only intended to stimulate discussion, and the Commission does not expect to propose any specific new legislation on until 2011.
Work and pensions spokesman Owen Smith and Shadow Welsh Secretary Nia Griffith followed Rhondda MP Chris Bryant, who resigned as shadow leader of the house.
Most of Labour's front bench has quit over Mr Corbyn's EU campaign efforts.
Mr Smith, who has ruled himself out of any leadership contest, said: "It breaks my heart to say I cannot see how he can continue as leader."
A string of front bench figures have stepped down amid dismay over what many saw as Mr Corbyn's half-hearted performance during the EU referendum campaign won by Leave.
The resignations on Monday followed a meeting at which Mr Corbyn was urged to step down.
Mr Smith said he feared the Labour party could split over the leadership issue.
"I went into this morning's meeting with Jeremy hoping not to resign, hoping that I was going to hear a plan to bring the party back together," he said.
"And I'm afraid I didn't hear that from him.
"I think we are at a moment where we desperately need a strong Labour party.
"It feels that the collision between the people who're seeking to get rid of Jeremy Corbyn and the people who are trying to stick in there in Jeremy Corbyn's team risks breaking the Labour party."
In her resignation statement, Ms Griffith said: "I made clear to Jeremy that I have always admired his commitment to the causes that matter to him, but last week's referendum result and the likelihood of an early general election mean that the party now requires new leadership.
"Jeremy has lost the confidence of the party, including many members who initially supported him, and he should now do the honourable thing and resign."
Ms Griffith's junior spokespeople on Wales - Susan Elan Jones and Gerald Jones - have stepped down with her.
The wave of resignations began following the sacking of Hilary Benn as shadow foreign minister on Sunday after Mr Benn told Mr Corbyn he had lost confidence in his ability to lead the Labour party.
Mr Corbyn has announced a new team, including Emily Thornberry as shadow foreign secretary and Diane Abbot moving to health, saying he regretted the resignations but pledged to stand in any new leadership contest.
Earlier on Monday, Caerphilly MP Wayne David quit the Labour front bench, saying Mr Corbyn was not "up to the job" in the wake of the EU referendum vote for Brexit.
Mr David held shadow briefs for Scotland, the Cabinet Office and political reform in the shadow justice team.
He said: "The feedback I've got from Labour party members and also from members of the public who have loyally voted Labour for many, many years is that they will not continue to vote Labour as long as Jeremy Corbyn is leader of the party.
"And we cannot bury our heads in our hand - we have to acknowledge that reality."
Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock has also resigned as an aide to shadow business minister Angela Eagle, citing Mr Corbyn's "half-hearted and lacklustre role" in the EU campaign.
Torfaen MP Nick Thomas-Symonds stepped down as an employment spokesman.
On Sunday, Mr Bryant was the first of the three Welsh MPs in the shadow cabinet to step down.
He told BBC Wales on Monday: "Last week we helped Jeremy hand the right in this country the biggest victory they've had for a century and shot to pieces one of our most important economic and financial policies, namely remaining in the European Union.
"I just think that means his position is now untenable.
"I said to Jeremy, I've tried my best to make this work but the truth is you did undermine our campaign in the European election and in the end people didn't know whether you wanted us to remain or leave.
"And I fear if we go into a general election - which may come in a matter of months now - that kind of ambivalence and poor campaigning will simply lead to the destruction of the Labour party."
Mr Bryant added that Labour was "not going to go back to what it was under Blair or Brown", but said the party needed "a leader who is convincing to the vast majority of voters in this country".
Three Welsh candidates who stood in last year's general election are signatories on a list of 57 from across England, Wales and Scotland who have called on Mr Corbyn to go.
Mary Wimbury, Mari Williams and Delyth Evans, who stood in Aberconwy, Cardiff North and Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire respectively, added their names to the letter.
It said: "We believe we must accept that we cannot achieve our shared ambitions for the future of the United Kingdom without a leader able to command the confidence of the country.
"That is why we believe that the Labour party must seek a change of leadership."
Sir Michael Wilshaw spoke after the Times said two right-leaning think tanks were to criticise Ofsted - and one would call for it to be scrapped.
He told the Sunday Times he was "spitting blood" and blamed Michael Gove's department for briefing on it.
A source close to Mr Gove said no-one close had encouraged the attacks.
The two think tanks both confirmed they were working on reports on Ofsted, but denied their work was being done with encouragement from the Department for Education.
The Times on Friday reported that Policy Exchange - which was set up by the education secretary - and Civitas were preparing to call for a radical overhaul of the Ofsted inspection regime, claiming it was trapped by 1960s "progressive" approaches to learning.
It said Civitas would say Mr Gove's wish for schools to develop their own approaches to teaching was being held back by child-first orthodoxies among inspectors, who were stifling innovation.
Policy Exchange, the paper said, would say the current inspection regime placed disproportionate pressure on teachers, while its judgments were too inconsistent.
Sir Michael told the Sunday Times he suspected the think tanks were being "informed by the Department for Education" - "possibly" Mr Gove's special advisers - and that he was "displeased, shocked and outraged".
By Sean CoughlanBBC News education correspondent
Opponents used to talk about "the Two Michaels", such was the assumed unity of purpose between Sir Michael Wilshaw and Michael Gove.
Teachers' unions routinely accused the Ofsted chief of lacking independence from the education secretary.
But this row, in the shadows of briefings and think tanks, suggests some of the fault lines.
Apart from Sir Michael's hackles being raised by the criticism of Ofsted, he is sending a signal about his intentions not to give any special treatment to academy chains or free school providers.
Sir Michael, a former academy head teacher, has said the chains which run groups of academies must be open to scrutiny by Ofsted, in the way that local authority services can be inspected.
This Ofsted boss has turned around tough schools. He's been there, done it - and in his case, not so much got the T-shirt as got the crisp suit and tie.
And no one would doubt his single-mindedness or willingness to challenge vested interests if he believes it will raise school standards.
"I am spitting blood over this and I want it to stop," he said.
Asked whether he wanted Mr Gove to call off the "attack dogs", the newspaper reported, he replied: "Absolutely."
He added: "It does nothing for [Michael Gove's] drive or our drive to raise standards in schools.
"I was never intimidated as a head teacher and I do not intend to be intimidated as a chief inspector."
Sir Michael, who inspects children's services as well as schools in England, was appointed by the coalition and he and Mr Gove have been thought of as allies.
Sir Michael has also drawn criticism from teachers' unions in the past , and defended his organisation, saying it had done "more to raise standards in 21 years of existence than any other organisation".
He also said that in parts of the country no-one was effectively monitoring free schools and academies, the newspaper reported.
"If I see things going wrong in an academy chain I will say so," he said.
"If people tied to the free-school movement think I will not do that, they have another think coming."
"As long as we exist and have the job of raising standards, we will do the job fairly without fear or favour."
Sir Michael also expressed his concern at right-wing critics of the education system who, he said, wanted "children to be lectured for six hours a day in serried ranks".
Such rote learning, he said, was not enough to produce successful learners in the 21st Century.
A source close to Mr Gove told the BBC it definitely was not the case that the education secretary or anyone near to him had encouraged the attacks.
But shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt accused Mr Gove of "playing politics".
"Michael Gove should not seek to discredit Ofsted because Ofsted has given negative judgements to under-performing free schools," he said.
"Michael Wilshaw is right that there is a complete lack of local oversight of free schools to prevent the sort of failure Ofsted has identified."
Civitas director David Green said: "The idea that Michael Gove is in any way directing our criticism of Ofsted is well wide of the mark.
"We have had serious misgivings about Ofsted for many years, driven by the testimony of teachers and their concern for school standards.
"The fact is, whatever Sir Michael Wilshaw's intentions, we know schools that would like to innovate are scared to do so because of the misguided notions of many Ofsted inspectors. It would not be in Michael Gove's power to 'call off' our criticism whether he wanted to or not."
A spokeswoman for the Policy Exchange confirmed that it too was working on a report on Ofsted, but said: "We haven't been told to do that and if we were we wouldn't."
Cricket has not featured since 1900 but the sport's governing body is meeting the International Olympic Committee next month to discuss a possible bid.
"I'd love to see it as an Olympic sport and, who knows, down the track it might be," Warne told BBC Stumped.
"I think it's a great idea and I reckon T20 is the best format for it," added Tendulkar on the World Service show.
Former Australia leg-spinner Warne and ex-Indian batsman Tendulkar are captaining rival teams in a series of three Twenty20 All Star matches in the USA in November as they seek to use their fame to help globalise the game.
Their backing for an Olympic bid will increase the pressure on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to reverse its resistance to the concept on the grounds that it might dilute the sport's existing competitions, such as the World Cup and World Twenty20.
In July, the MCC's World Cricket Committee called for Twenty20 to be included in the 2024 summer Games.
Following its board meeting in October, the ICC announced that its chief executive David Richardson and director Giles Clarke would hold talks with the IOC in November.
Tendulkar, a guest on the launch show of the second series of Stumped, believes Twenty20 is the ideal format for making the sport accessible at the Olympics.
"It's the most acceptable format for people who don't have any knowledge about cricket or the ones who need an introduction to cricket," said Test cricket's all-time leading run-scorer.
"The game is over in three hours and it's like any sport - you go to a stadium and after three hours you get back to your work."
Warne also favours Twenty20 but is not opposed to indoor cricket being the chosen format - another idea that is reportedly on the table.
"If it advertises the game of cricket and the skill and athleticism that are involved in a game of cricket then great," said Warne, 46, whose tally of 708 Test wickets is second only to Sri Lanka icon Muttiah Muralitharan.
"I haven't seen a game of indoor cricket for a long time so I don't know how good indoor cricket is at the moment. But the last time I saw it, it was fantastic - so hopefully they have grown a different skill for it.
"Ideally, I'd stick to Twenty20 because it's over in three hours, it's easy to organise and you play two or three games a day. I'd include the associate nations because it's helping spread the word of cricket."
Cricket's Olympic push has gathered momentum in recent weeks after new England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves came out in favour.
The ECB had long opposed the idea because of the potential financial implications of an Olympic competition taking place at the height of the English summer.
Hear the full interviews with Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar on Stumped on BBC World Service on Saturday 31 October at 00:30 GMT or download the podcast via the Stumped website.
The Dons shipped three goals in a frantic opening 11 minutes before Jonny Hayes pulled one back.
"But for that 10 minutes, we could have won the game," McInnes said.
"As bizarre as it sounds - you can't give Celtic a three-goal head start and expect to get anything - we had chance after chance, so we actually could have."
Hayes' sumptuous strike came after Dedryck Boyata, Stuart Armstrong and Leigh Griffiths earned the visitors a quick-fire lead.
Aberdeen were also denied a penalty when Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon felled Graeme Shinnie in the away box.
"We should get a penalty - big decision, it needs a big referee to make that decision and we didn't have that tonight," McInnes told BBC Scotland.
"For me, it was a stonewall penalty and we had plenty of the game left to really go and rattle them further."
Aberdeen have now lost all four league encounters with the Scottish Premiership champions this season and were comfortably beaten by Celtic in November's League Cup final.
McInnes' men will have one last opportunity to topple the Glasgow side in the Scottish Cup final on 27 May.
"I think we've been gradually getting closer to them in terms of getting a result," the Dons boss added.
"There are acceptable ways of losing and tonight was one of them, because we did recover and the players deserve credit for that.
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"But we do need to learn from the start - it might be the difference between getting a winners' medal in our pocket or not.
"I feel that game will make us more confident going into the final, even though we've lost.
"It needed to be a performance where they knew we were there, they felt us, they knew we were making contact, they knew we weren't going to get pushed aside and we took them on."
Ross Nelson's van crashed into Brenda Donaldson's car after going onto the wrong side of the road on the A977 in Perthshire in November 2014.
Nelson, 28, previously admitted causing the 55 year-old civil engineer's death by careless driving.
Judge Lady Scott said she had decided it was "not necessary" to jail him.
She ordered Nelson to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work. He was also banned from driving for four years.
Lady Scott told him it was a "significant failure" by crossing onto the wrong side of the road and causing a "heavy" collision.
She said that after "balancing all factors", she had decided a custodial sentence was not required.
These included Nelson showing "heartfelt sorrow" and being "genuinely remorseful".
Lady Scott said: "You also have a history of lengthy army service involving tours of duty and you have been mentioned in dispatches for your bravery."
Nelson went on trial in Edinburgh last year accused of causing death by dangerous driving.
Prosecutors accepted his guilty plea to the reduced charge near the end of the case.
The trial was told visibility was poor due to fog at the time of the collision.
Nelson's Transit van hit Miss Donaldson's car as she travelled in the opposite direction.
The court heard that he escaped with cuts and bruises and tried to help Miss Donaldson, who was from Crook of Devon in Perthshire, after the accident.
Ronnie Renucci, defending, said Nelson had not realised he had been on the wrong side of road.
The advocate said: "He has found it difficult to come to terms that he was responsible for the death of another."
The vastly experienced 34-year-old told BBC WM: "You're always looking over your shoulder when the summer comes.
"But I've really enjoyed my football this season and I want to stay in the game as long as I can.
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"It was tough when I first came as I'd not played since April, but I settled in straightaway."
After being released by Bolton Wanderers a year ago, Robinson was without a club when he first joined injury-hit Blues in September 2012 on an initial one-month deal.
But the former Watford, West Bromwich Albion, Bolton and on-loan Leeds United left-back had an outstanding season at St Andrew's, playing all across the back four.
"The lads called me Polyfilla after all the positions I've had to fill in this season," he joked. "God knows what position I'm going to play in next season."
He ended up making 37 appearances, latterly as a makeshift centre-half, alongside his former Albion team-mate Curtis Davies.
"I knew Curt from our days at West Brom together," said Robinson. "He's a fantastic player. It could be tough to keep him this summer."
Robinson's consistent form over the final two months of the campaign was enough to persuade Blues boss Lee Clark that he could release another release another experienced defender, former skipper Gary Caldwell, at the end of the season.
Allied to his dressing room presence, he played a big part in Blues climbing away from the wrong end of the Championship to even briefly flirt as outside play-off contenders before an ultimately respectable top-half finish.
And the work he has done in helping young Mitch Hancox along has hinted at a role on the touchline when his playing days finally come to an end.
"I'm doing my badges at the moment," said Robinson. "When the time is right, I'll be looking for a club to take me on the coaching side."
He becomes the fifth of Blues' out-of-contract players to sign a new deal.
Blues are still waiting on a similar offer to another 34-year-old, midfielder Wade Elliott, born on the same day as Robinson in December 1978.
Defender Jonathan Spector and keeper Colin Doyle, both 27, have been offered two-year contracts.
Scottish winger Chris Burke, 29, has taken up his year's option, while youngsters Akwasi Asante, Amari'i Bell and Will Packwood have all signed new one-year contracts.
Adams is up against Natalie Portman, Ruth Negga, Emma Stone and Felicity Jones in the best actress category.
Jones' nomination is one of nine for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, while Arrival picked up seven nods.
The winners, voted for by the public, will be announced at a ceremony in London next month.
The Star Wars spin-off film is also in the running for best male newcomer (Riz Ahmed), best film, best sci-fi/fantasy film and best director (Gareth Edwards) along with several technical categories.
Up for best actor are Ryan Gosling for La La Land, Ryan Reynolds for Deadpool, Casey Affleck for Manchester by the Sea, Eddie Redmayne for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Benedict Cumberbatch for Doctor Strange.
Portman is recognised for Jackie, Negga for Loving and Stone for La La Land.
While there was an absence of female filmmakers in the best director Oscar nominations, Andrea Arnold (American Honey) found herself a place among a field of male competitors in the Empire nominations.
She will take on Taika Waititi, Denis Villeneuve, Ken Loach and Edwards.
Competing against Rogue One for best film are Hunt for the Wilderpeople, La La Land, Arrival and Deadpool.
I, Daniel Blake's Hayley Squires is up for best female newcomer.
Empire's editor-in-chief Terri White said: "This year has once again seen the fans out in force to vote for their favourite films in the Empire Awards. Which is why we are the only awards ceremony in the world to recognise Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story alongside La La Land and Arrival!"
The Three Empire Awards will take place at The Roundhouse in Camden, north London, on 19 March.
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Avon and Somerset Police said it has received seven reports of people on motorbikes throwing bottles of flammable liquid since Thursday.
A van, two bikes and a portable toilet were among the items torched around the Bedminster area.
A police spokesman said it was "sheer luck" that no-one had been injured.
On Thursday evening, police received reports of five people on motorbikes riding around Dame Emily Park starting fires.
A few minutes later, two riders were spotted throwing a "fireball" at a parked motorbike.
Later, a group of teenagers reported two motorcyclists threw a lit glass bottle at them.
On Friday, officers were called out to a van fire on Elmdale Road and bike on fire on North Street.
Det Sgt Jack Tween said: "The suspects have clearly given no thought to their safety or the safety of others.
"We would appeal for anyone who may have information on any of these incidents to contact us."
The auction for second-generation (2G) mobile phone licences raised 94bn rupees ($1.7bn; £1bn). The government had wanted closer to 400bn rupees.
Many companies had complained that prices were set too high.
An earlier sale of the licences was annulled by the Supreme Court after a corruption probe.
The previous licences were issued by former minister A Raja, who is accused of mis-selling the bandwidth in what has been called India's biggest corruption scandal. Mr Raja, who is currently on trial for fraud, has denied any wrongdoing.
Government auditors say the scandal cost the country about $40bn (£24.5bn).
The auction has been marred with controversy as firms not only complained about the high base prices, but also alleged that the limited amount of bandwidth being offered had deterred many bidders.
"The limited amount of spectrum... was guaranteed to have a very detrimental impact on the auction," said Rajan Mathews, secretary general of the Cellular Operators Association of India.
"We said that the high reserve price would ensure that limited players come into the bid and that is exactly what we have seen."
In a big blow to the government, four circles, including Mumbai and Delhi did not attract any bids.
There were also no takers for the all-India licence.
"All in all, a big embarrassment for the Indian government, but one could see it coming," said Prashant Singhal, telecom industry leader, at Ernst & Young India.
The lacklustre response to the 2G auction contrasts with the 2010 sale of faster third-generation (3G) licences that fetched the government nearly $15bn.
The improvement for Diageo is partly driven by growth in Spanish bars and clubs.
This previously saw a sharp fall in sales with the country's economic downturn.
Germany and Austria also saw a strong growth in demand for Scotch, but sales are weaker in Asia, particularly Korea, Thailand and airport duty-free shops.
The London-headquartered drinks firm reported a 4% growth in Scotch whisky sales by volume, and a 6% growth in the comparable value of those sales.
Its figures looked much better through the impact of the weakened British pound. That meant there was a 20% rise in the reported value of sales.
Because foreign sales for the world's biggest distiller of spirits are converted back into sterling, it saw total sales for the second half of 2016 rise by 15% to £6.4bn, and operating profit was up by 28% to top £2bn. The total volume of production fell by 1%.
Diageo represents about 40% of Scotch whisky production, and Scotch represents 27% of all the drinks the company sells. Its reported half-year growth was strongest for two of its main brands - Johnnie Walker and Buchanan's. Its other brands include Bells, Talisker and Dalwhinnie.
In the important US market, Johnnie Walker benefited from stronger promotion, with sales up 8%. In both Nigeria and Mexico, there was 22% growth for Johnnie Walker sales.
Chinese demand for Scotch whisky had stalled, with official disapproval of the extravagant corporate gift and hospitality culture. But the latest figures for July to December show it back to 5% growth.
Korea had also been a country seeing strong growth in demand, but the Windsor brand has fallen sharply as demand grows for a rival, lower-alcohol, locally-produced drink.
Other Diageo products to do well in the second half of last year were US and Canadian whiskey. There was sharp growth, from a low base, in its tequila sales. Vodka revenue fell 2% worldwide, and was only growing in Africa.
In Britain, Diageo's sales were flat. The strongest brand was Tanqueray, up by 42%, reflecting the growth in premium gins, and Diageo's efforts to improve its distribution. Bailey's Irish Cream rose 2%, helped by Christmas promotions. Guinness, the leading beer produced by Diageo, saw flat sales.
Ivan Menezes, chief executive of Diageo, said: "Highlights this half include improved performance in our US spirits business and across our Scotch portfolio, driven by our focus on marketing with impact, innovating at scale and expanding our route to consumer.
"Progress on productivity supports growth, margin improvement and consistent strong cash-flow generation, as well as improving our agility."
In Scotland, Diageo runs 29 distilleries and two bottling plants at Leven in Fife and Shieldhall, Glasgow.
The secure system, known as Airwave, helps emergency services to communicate. It failed from 09:00 to 09:40 BST, the BBC's Danny Shaw said.
Airwave Solutions Ltd has confirmed there was "an issue with intermittent communications".
The Met Police said the problem was believed to have been a power failure.
London Ambulance Service said it lost Airwave for less than 40 minutes and the impact on operations was minimal.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police service: "Maintaining our service to the public and officer safety were our first considerations during the outage period, and measures were put in place to ensure it was maintained."
It said Airwave was putting measures in place to avoid any repeat of the problem.
"We were very lucky to avoid anything too bad," a police source told BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw earlier.
The Barbarians face New Zealand at Twickenham on 4 November.
It was suggested the Barbarians could select a team similar to the Lions side that drew the series in New Zealand.
But the likes of Maro Itoje, Owen Farrell and Mako Vunipola will not be released from the England camp.
"England's players will be focusing on preparing for England's matches ahead of the Old Mutual Wealth Series," an RFU spokesperson told the BBC.
There were 10 Englishmen in the Lions' 23-man squad that drew 15-15 with New Zealand at Eden Park in the third Test to draw the series 1-1.
Eddie Jones' side play Argentina, Australia and Samoa in successive weekends in November.
Honey-Mae Lyons, 19, waived her right to anonymity in a bid to encourage other rape victims to speak out.
Muhammed Ekici, 24, and Serham Ozkebapci, 25, were jailed after admitting what they had done.
Ms Lyons said she now knows that no-one has "the right to take advantage" and urged others to come forward.
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"From the moment I realised I had been sexually assaulted, I was convinced it was my fault and I felt embarrassed to tell people what happened.
"I expected them to wave a disapproving finger at me and assume that it was my fault because I had been drinking," she said.
"Now I know that no matter how drunk someone is, no matter what state they are in, nobody has the right to take advantage of them.
"I would urge anyone who finds themselves in my situation to report it.
"What those men did to me has had such an impact on my personal life that I cannot find any words to describe how horrific the last eight months have been.
"Reporting it allowed me to accept that I was a victim of sexual assault and rape and knowing these men are receiving justice has helped me slowly let go of the past and begin to move on with my life."
At Norwich Crown Court, Ekici was jailed for seven years for rape and Ozkebapci was jailed for three years, six months, for sexual assault at their flat in Parkside Place.
Ms Lyons was out with friends in Cambridge in the early hours of 30 July when the attack took place.
CCTV images show Ekici and Ozkebapci carrying her across Parker's Piece to their flat.
The teenager, who was 18 at the time, said she had no memory of what had happened when she woke up there the next morning.
When she realised some of her clothes were on inside out, Ms Lyons knew something was wrong, so she reported the incident to the police.
A police investigation discovered photographs of her on the men's mobile phones, with messages boasting about what they had done.
DNA samples matched those of Ekici and Ozkebapci. Det Con Becky Cohen said the men had "preyed on a defenceless and vulnerable young woman".
Both Petravicius, 20, and Zanzala, 18, are regulars for their respective clubs at Under-21 level but are yet to make their first-team debuts.
Petravicius has won five caps for Lithuania, and appeared as a substitute against England last October.
Both players were signed in time for the match against Barnet on Saturday.
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The attacking midfielder signed for the Bluebirds from Bristol City for a fee which could rise to £2.9m.
Tomlin, 28, played six Premier League games for previous club Bournemouth and he believes Cardiff can win promotion from the Championship this season.
"This is a massive club and my ambition is to get back in the Premier League," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"So when I spoke to the gaffer [Neil Warnock], it was an easy decision. He's an unbelievable manager.
"For me, this season, you've got to be aiming for play-offs at least. With the depth and quality we've got, there's no reason why not.
"Just because the other clubs are spending a lot more money, it means nothing. Just look at Leicester winning the Premier League."
Although Tomlin's spell in the top flight with Bournemouth was short-lived, he has enjoyed several productive seasons in the Championship with clubs such as Middlesbrough and Peterborough.
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock described him as his "number one" target this summer and, after a Championship relegation scrap with Bristol City last season, Tomlin hopes to be challenging for promotion in the coming campaign.
"Yeah, 100%. I had to make the right move this time," he added.
"Speaking to the gaffer and watching how they did last season, he said this was one type of player that he needed.
"He's put a lot of faith in me so hopefully I can show him this season."
Tomlin has spent the majority of his career playing in the '10' role between the centre-forward and midfield.
He has 99 club goals to his name and, with Cardiff's top scorer last term Kenneth Zohore to play alongside, Tomlin hopes to be a creative force as well.
"I'd say for me, I'll try and get 10 goals a season but I'd also like to get 10 or 15 assists," he said.
"Almost every striker I've played with has got 15 or 20 goals a season, so hopefully Ken can get that this season."
A firm in north Wales wants to bring the PooPrints service from the United States to the UK with up to 15 councils reportedly interested in the scheme.
Councils could make owners in problem areas register their dogs to a database which involves a mouth swab taken.
Then, DNA could be taken from mess left on a street, path or grass and used to find a match on the database.
Gary Downie, managing director of Streetkleen Bio in Ruthin, Denbighshire, believes local authorities can use new powers granted by the Antisocial Behaviour and Policing Act 2014 to force dog owners to comply.
"The purpose of the system is to get cleaner, safer open spaces," he said.
Councils the company is in talks with include Kingston-upon-Thames in south-west London, Aberdeen and Cheshire East.
Ursula von der Leyen, a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, was accused of copying several passages without attribution by a law professor who published his findings online.
Similar accusations in the past forced two German cabinet members to resign.
Germans are due to vote in regional elections on Sunday.
But Mrs Merkel's party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), was spared embarrassment ahead of the vote after the Hanover Medical School's senate decided against revoking Ms von der Leyen's title.
School President Christopher Baum said Ms von der Leyen's thesis did contain plagiarised material, but he said there had been no intent to deceive.
"This was a mistake, not misconduct," Mr Baum said, quoted by Die Zeit newspaper (in German).
Berlin-based law professor Gerhard Dannemann made the allegations on the crowd-sourced plagiarism hunting website VroniPlag (in German).
Mr Dannemann claimed to have found "elements of plagiarism" on 27 of the 62 pages of Ms von der Leyen's 1990 dissertation.
The politician responded by asking her university to have her thesis evaluated.
Mrs Merkel has already lost two cabinet ministers after their respective universities withdrew their doctoral titles following plagiarism claims.
In 2011, then-Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigned after he was found to have copied large parts of his thesis.
And in 2013, Education Minister Annette Schavan was forced to step down after her alma mater withdrew her degree.
However Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who was accused of plagiarism in 2013, was later cleared by an investigating committee.
James Percival, 66, said he gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to newborn Jonathan Percival in the vicarage in Freckleton, Lancashire, in 2014.
But Ruth Percival, 30, said she had not seen him make any attempts to revive the baby.
The inquest was halted in October when new medical evidence led the coroner to refer the case to prosecutors.
In March, the Crown Prosecution Service said there remained "insufficient evidence" to charge anyone.
The hearing at Blackpool Town Hall was told that Miss Percival, who has some special educational needs, visited her GP surgery in August 2014 to arrange to terminate a pregnancy, but had been unable to have one because she was too far gone.
She agreed she had put her "head in the sand" about the pregnancy and had not told her parents because she was "scared" of their reaction.
Mr Percival, who at the time was the vicar of Holy Trinity CE Church in Freckleton, said after she returned home from work in the afternoon on 25 November she spent time in the downstairs toilet.
He said at about 15:30 GMT he saw her come out of the bathroom carrying a towel covered with what he believed to be excrement and went outside with her to put it in a bin "when Jonathan's leg came in sight".
He told the court: "I said to Ruth, 'this is a baby, you can't put a baby in the bin'."
He said he placed the baby on the towel on the floor outside and attempted to resuscitate him.
He said the baby "was very, very cold, absolutely lifeless", adding: "The baby was quite clearly dead."
The inquest heard that medical evidence showed the baby was alive at the time he was born.
Miss Percival said she thought she saw the baby trying to take a breath, but also said: "I kind of thought I did have a miscarriage because to me the baby was dead when he came out of me."
Miss Percival and her father gave evidence that Jonathan had the umbilical cord wrapped round his neck.
The hearing is due to continue on Tuesday.
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They have so many reasons to be excited about this summer's move to the Olympic Stadium and what it means for the Hammers' future.
But on top of that, there is a real togetherness at the club at the moment.
The fans and the board are totally behind the manager Slaven Bilic, and they have a group of players who give everything every week.
A top-six finish is still on and, with the quality and experience in their team as well as their will to win, I do not see their season just fizzling out.
It shows how far the Hammers have come that they expected to beat Manchester United in this week's FA Cup quarter-final replay, and I think they will be disappointed that they did not win the tie in the first game at Old Trafford.
The reason they were so confident ahead of Wednesday's 2-1 defeat was that until then they had not been beaten at home for almost eight months - 16 games in all competitions since 22 August.
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All the emotion of their final season at the Boleyn Ground after 112 years definitely played its part in that incredible run, but it would not have happened without Bilic's arrival last summer.
He was seen by some as a gamble because he had not managed in the Premier League before but I think he is the perfect fit as Hammers boss.
West Ham are a club whose fans do not want to lose their traditional playing style - 'the West Ham way' - which is all about attacking football that is easy on the eye.
Bilic buys into all of that. He spent money very wisely in the summer and some of the stuff I have seen them play under him this season has been incredible.
He has brought in these brilliant individuals like Dimitri Payet and Manuel Lanzini, but has got the team ethic right too.
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I loved my two years as a West Ham player but I soon realised that some of their supporters would not even mind being relegated as long as their team is playing the right kind of football.
To say they are not bothered at all about winning is wrong, but they want to be entertained by players who will get them out of their seats and on to their feet.
Even if it gets results, they do not want dull or boring football, which is what they were seeing under Bilic's predecessor Sam Allardyce. That is why a lot of fans turned on him.
Allardyce can hold his head high because he did the job he was brought in to do, which was to get West Ham promoted and stabilise them in the Premier League, but Bilic has taken them to the next level now.
Statistics don't always do justice to a team's style of play, but here they help to show how the Hammers have improved in every attacking area this season compared to last.
The Hammers are more effective going forward under Bilic but they are also well-drilled at the back and look solid whoever is playing at centre-half. They have not become any more open.
Their goals - and wins - dried up a bit when Dimitri Payet was injured in November but they remained hard to beat during that period.
At the start of the season, West Ham earned some impressive wins at Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool by playing on the break and not worrying about possession.
But that is not the only way they can play. There have been 12 league games home and away in 2015-16 where they have had more possession than the opposition, and they have only lost two of them.
If something is not working, Bilic will change it - whether it is players or formations - and he is versatile with his tactics too.
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Having Andy Carroll back at full fitness has given him another option and I do not just mean pumping balls into the box.
Yes, Carroll is very effective at getting on the end of crosses and either heading for goal, knocking the ball down for runners into the box or making sure defenders cannot clear their lines properly.
But he can play on the floor too, and is great at holding the ball up, like I tried to do as a player.
Carroll has been great as an impact substitute in recent weeks but the way West Ham finish games has always been impressive since Bilic took charge, and their late flurry of chances against United was another example of how they never give up.
They could not quite force an equaliser on Wednesday because of the brilliance of United keeper David de Gea but they scored late goals against Wolves and Liverpool on their way to the quarter-finals.
In the league, only Tottenham have earned more points from losing positions this season.
I can only see West Ham being stronger next season although it might take a while to adjust to the Olympic Stadium - especially for some of the fans.
The players will have to get used to it too, because the atmosphere will be different to the Boleyn Ground. There is no way around that, sadly.
I loved playing there for West Ham, especially in night matches. We always fancied ourselves against anyone under the lights, with a little bit of dew on the pitch and with the fans getting right behind the team. It was electric.
It is an amazing ground that I always enjoyed going back to, but I cannot wait to go to watch them at their new stadium because it is going to be very special, too.
To compete with the best, you have to move forward and move with the times. The bigger attendances at the Olympic Stadium will allow the club to grow and right now they are in very good hands.
John Hartson was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
The paper's Facebook page has been "inundated" with good wishes for Fr Brian D'Arcy.
"Thanks for the memories," says Fr D'Arcy, who is leaving his native Bellanaleck to take up a new position in County Down.
As well as being a parish priest, the 72-year-old is well known for his media appearances and his radio show.
He tells the paper that it's the "people of Fermanagh" he will miss most, from all sections of the community.
"You only get so many years in one place and my time in Enniskillen has been stretched out for as long as possible.
"I'm not fully prepared to leave and will be heartbroken to do so. If the Graan (his current parochial home) is still here when I die it's where I want to be buried," said Fr D'Arcy.
Also in the paper, what's in a name?
Since the new Castle Basin Promenade in Enniskillen was completed in 2015, there had been calls to give the area its "proper" name "The Broad Meadows", instead of "Broadmeadows" as it is currently named.
It may seem like a minor difference, but, according to some locals, a rose by any other name would not smell as sweet.
Fred Ternan of Lough Erne Heritage said the addition of an "s" is incorrect and "that's the height of it".
His argument is that, living in a historical town, it is important to keep facts right and not "tweak" little things. "Otherwise we could lose the whole story eventually," he says.
A compelling argument Fred, however, Waterways Ireland has robustly responded to the criticism.
They said that their search of the Public Record Northern Ireland (PRONI) maps shows the place name has "varied over the years from Broadmeadows and Broad Meadow".
Craigavon is to get a new state of the art leisure centre, according to the Lurgan Mail.
The Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough council (ABC) has signed off plans for the £30m project.
The target date is 2020 - and the paper says it is the "biggest capital project" ever undertaken by the local authority.
"I'm delighted to say that we've agreed a new interior design for the leisure centre," said Lord Mayor Alderman Gareth Wilson.
"It's a very ambitious build and represents many months of planning, extensive consultation, revisions and further consultation."
A Ballymena woman has been hoisted by her own petard in an escape attempt from police, reports the Larne Times.
Police officers paid Kelly McKee 25, a visit to her Hill Street home when she failed to appear at Ballymena Magistrates' Court last month.
McKee, however, attempted to flee through a fire escape and in doing so, managed to break her ankle.
She then appeared in court on crutches.
Will it be full steam ahead for a new ferry route from Larne? The paper reports that plans are afoot for just that.
The paper reports that the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is considering a move from Belfast to the local port and confirmed that "berthing tests" have already taken place.
Now the company wants to know what people think and have put the idea out to public consultation.
There's a hay phenomenon on the Tyrone Constitution's front page.
Two giant teddy bear hay bales adorn the front page. They are so big they've got about six children sitting on the arms and knees of the bears.
They are part of the Teddy Bears' Picnic-themed annual festival in Newtonstewart which is taking place at the end of August.
The paper also reports that after "years of lobbying" a popular beauty spot in the Valley may receive some funding to transform the area.
Knockmany Forest four miles outside the village of Augher, which contains the historical Anya's Tomb, is described as in a "somewhat neglected state".
The paper reports that the area is "wildly overgrown" and a lake which has potential remains "inaccessible".
Mid Ulster council confirmed that Eskra Community Association is "seeking funding from Sport NI, having satisfied the initial qualification".
The proposal includes improved recreational access and paths together with visitor facilities.
There's a master craftsman on the front of the Strabane Weekly.
Harness maker Gordon Colhoun, from Sion Mills, threads flax into the leather with "utmost precision".
He is one of the few harness makers still working in Ireland and tells the paper he fears traditional skills like this are at risk of being lost.
The paper also reports on a man from Strabane who's no stranger to success.
Athletics coach, Stephen Maguire, steered the Great Britain relay team to a stunning 4 x 100m gold at the World Championships in London on Saturday.
Stephen also coached Ireland's Paralympics star Jason Smyth for many years.
Brexit plans for the border lead the front page of the Newry Reporter, where many locals cross the border daily.
The paper reports on the UK proposals that there could be CCTV vehicle registration and technology instead of old fashioned customs posts.
However, a Newry-based anti-Brexit campaigner warned that such plans would be "almost impossible to police".
Tom Kelly, who chaired the campaign group NI Stronger In Europe, said: "I think the British government will try to get away with some technology border with cameras and registration recognition and so on.
"The problem with this is that you have to put them up along the border and with 400 routes along the border, it's going to be pretty hard to police. "
Also in the paper - a local man who's heading east,.
Graham McCamley, who has trekked all around the world raising money for different charities, is taking on the Great Wall of China to raise money for the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust.
The paper reports that Graham has also raised £12,000 for Action Cancer through previous treks in Egypt, the Grand Canyon, Cuba, the Sahara Desert and Machu Picchu in Peru.
Graham sets off on his latest adventure in September and will walk between 25-30 miles each day, camping on the wall on some nights, and staying in nearby villages other nights.
"It's going to be a challenge, but I am looking forward to it," said Graham.
Karl Bunster, 37, from Hastings, was last seen in Mann Street in the town on 17 December last year.
He failed to appear before magistrates on 30 December to answer two charges of assault by beating.
Ben Walton, 48, and Stacey McClymont, 28, both of Cowick Hill, Exeter, in Devon, are charged with murdering him between 16 and 19 December.
Mr Walton is also charged with two counts of possession of a class B drug, possessing a stun gun and possession of ammunition for a firearm without a certificate.
Ms McClymont is also charged with one count of possession of a class B drug.
They are due to appear before Hastings magistrates on Thursday.
Accounts for the year ending June 2015 show an increase in turnover of £1.6 million, up 18.4% on the previous year.
The FAW said the increase in turnover was due to Uefa's centralised sale of Television rights for qualifying matches.
The company made a post-tax profit of £20,000 compared to a loss of £29,000 for the previous year.
The FAW said the small profit was due to the governing body's strategy of using revenue to help fund all domestic and international football in Wales.
Wales have qualified for this summer's Euro 2016 finals in France, their first appearance at a major tournament since the 1958 World Cup.
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Ford, 23, was contracted to Bath until the end of the 2017-18 season, but Tigers have bought him out of the final year of his deal.
Ford emerged through Leicester's academy but left to join Bath in 2013.
Fellow fly-half Burns, 26, joined the Tigers from Gloucester in 2014 after starting his career with Bath.
Ford made his Leicester debut as a 16-year-old in November 2009, winning the Premiership and the Anglo-Welsh Cup before his switch to Bath, where he played in the European Challenge Cup final in 2014 and the Premiership final in 2015.
He won his 32nd England cap in the Six Nations win over Wales last weekend.
"This hasn't been an easy decision for me to make, but I feel it is the best one for me at this time," said Ford, who initially moved to the Rec when his father Mike - now head coach of Top 14 side Toulon - was on the coaching staff.
"I've really enjoyed my time at Bath and have worked with some incredible players and coaches."
Tigers head coach Aaron Mauger told his club's website: "George has become one of the leading players in his position in Europe and is still a young man with a lot of rugby ahead him.
"While delighted to be able to bring in George, we are disappointed to lose Freddie who has been an outstanding player for us in the last three years."
Burns first emerged as an England international during his five years at Gloucester, making his debut at Twickenham against New Zealand in 2012.
He won the last of his five England caps against the All Blacks in June 2014, and said he was delighted to return to Bath.
"The opportunity for me to represent my hometown club is one I have dreamt of from the day I started playing rugby," he told Bath's website.
Bath's director of rugby Todd Blackadder said: "We are really excited to be working with Freddie next season.
"He is a fantastic player, who has really developed into an all-encompassing fly-half in the last couple of years and I'm looking forward to seeing that fit into our game here.
"We are naturally disappointed that George has decided to leave. He is a great player and I have enjoyed working with him."
The existing Aberdeen division will join with Aberdeenshire and Moray to become the North East division, headquartered in Aberdeen.
The new division is expected to come into force in January.
Assistant Chief Constable Derek Robertson said: "We believe the creation of a single division will mean a more flexible approach."
They found that trying to unlock the phone or tablet with an abnormally long password caused the lock screen to crash in certain conditions.
The flaw was limited to Android Lollipop, the most recent version of the mobile operating system.
Google issued a patch for its Nexus devices on Wednesday.
About 21% of Android users run affected versions of the operating system.
After crashing the lock screen, the researchers were able to access the phone's data and apps.
The vulnerability could not be exploited if people had chosen a lock pattern or Pin code instead of a password.
While Google is rolling out its fix for Nexus, other phone manufacturers are responsible for distributing the software to their own handsets.
On releasing the patch, Google said it had not yet detected anybody exploiting the flaw.
Sir Howard was 17 when he walked in to Manchester Town Hall to start his first job as a junior clerk. His first task? Pot washing.
The boy from Cheetham Hill would walk out 46 years later credited with transforming the city.
"Ever since I was a boy I knew I wanted to make a difference to the people of Manchester", he said.
"Growing up in my community, you had a social conscience."
Sir Howard said 1970s Manchester "still had soul, but had lost its way. It had been left behind by globalisation. I was looking for the opportunity to change all of that."
Opportunities can come in the most grotesque of forms, and in 1996 the Manchester bomb was his.
Some people call the IRA explosion the best thing that ever happened to Manchester. He disagrees.
"It was an appalling time in every Mancunian's life. It was devastating. It took us a long time to recover."
Sir Howard was appointed chief executive in 1998 and remembers a time of political compromise.
"We were a staunch Labour council but we knew the value of working with the Conservatives.
"We knew it was time to open up to market forces and investment and working across political lines. We put Manchester first."
It worked and by 2003 Manchester was aesthetically transformed.
The city council became the first local authority to win the RIBA client of the year.
It was also the year he was knighted - though his biggest career sadness is that his parents were not alive to witness the day.
Just don't talk to him about the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
"The whole period leading up to the games was sheer agony for me. Securing and maintaining funding was unbelievably stressful. I couldn't wait for them to finish."
Though they did lead to one positive outcome for him - his beloved Manchester City was able to move to what became the City of Manchester stadium.
Did he declare personal interest in securing the move?
"I didn't need to. My love for the club is as good as written on my flesh. And besides, City was the only show in town to make the stadium permanent."
When asked about his biggest achievement he is keen to talk about the regeneration of Hulme.
"It was 15 years of engaging with residents to make sure we got it right. Erecting something like Beetham Tower is much easier. This was transforming communities, people's lives. Look at it now."
Does he think his city can continue to grow at the same rate it has for the last 20 years?
"Undoubtedly. There is a growth path which is unprecedented. My question is how fast, and how much more we'll grow? Not if."
Sir Howard says Mancunians have not seen the last of him, but there are things he wants to do with his family, "while I still have something in the tank."
And how will he remember his fellow Mancunians?
"Proud, passionate, edgy, and want to do the best for themselves and for the city. That's the motto I live by. I hope I've done my best for Manchester."
The Tyrone captain, 32, insists he has no plans to retire in the wake of the county's All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Kerry in Croke Park last month.
Cavanagh is Tyrone's longest-serving player, winning three All-Irelands and four Ulster titles since making his debut in 2002.
He expects manager Mickey Harte, who is in discussions with the county board about his future, to remain in charge.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Cavanagh said he wished to play on "as long as my body can hold out for another season".
"I feel there is a good team in the county at the moment and a team that is capable of challenging for honours.
"If my body holds out and the management team wants me for another year I'll certainly make myself available."
He believes Mickey Harte, whom he has played under since 2003, will still be in charge next year despite recent doubts about his future.
"We didn't have any major silverware this year but in our eyes we had a pretty good year and feel we're building and can challenge for trophies in 2016.
"I don't foresee a change in the management, but at the same time, it's not within our hands.
"It's the county board's job but I suspect that he will still be in charge in 2016."
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Jane Lewis, 69, from Halifax, won £4,301,108 on the June 17 Lotto draw.
Mrs Lewis scooped the prize after opting for a lucky dip ticket rather than playing her usual numbers.
The delegates from 66 countries are attending four days of events at the Waterfront Hall.
The conference is looking at advances in livestock science.
There will also be farm visits and an opportunity to showcase Northern Ireland food.
The European Federation of Animal Science conference is Europe's largest such event.
There will be 1,000 presentations on beef and dairy cattle, sheep, pigs, fisheries and a range of other livestock.
A big focus is on feed efficiency - finding ways to maximise output while cutting costs.
Of particular interest to Northern Ireland's farmers will be a session on grazing.
Much of our livestock is raised on grass.
Delegates will be shown the latest technologies.
They will also be introduced to the attractions of Belfast.
One of the events sees experts giving sessions in the bars around the city.
It has been nicknamed "Prof in a Pub".
Gerry Lennon, chief executive of Visit Belfast said:
"Many hotels are completely full during this conference, and with social events taking place in many pubs and restaurants across the city, we are certain that the visiting delegates will have a fantastic time."
Louise Wilkie, of the University of Aberdeen's museum team, was tasked with cleaning and sorting through a collection.
Her research led her to link the owner of the slippers and the famous French military leader's sister Princess Pauline Borghese.
The small silk and leather slippers are now on display.
The collection in question belonged to the Banff-born medical graduate and traveller Robert Wilson.
The slippers were in a chest of clothes and were marked on the sole with 'Pauline Rome'.
Ms Wilkie said: "Robert Wilson left his collection of objects from his extensive travels to the museum in his will in 1871.
"In a list of the objects donated by Wilson is the description of 'A pair of slippers - Pauline, Rome Jan 20th 1824'.
"I began to look at other archival material held by the university and found that Wilson had a friendship with Princess Pauline Borghese, the sister of Napoleon Bonaparte."
She explained: "Letters from him to Pauline show a close friendship and in his diary he describes how she spent a lot of time with him travelling in Italy and gave him many gifts, including a ring which is also held in the museum collections.
"The relationship between Wilson and Princess Pauline can only be speculated upon, however records do indicate some form of attraction and attachment.
"He kept the gifts she had given him for life and then they passed to the University collections.
"It is amazing to think the slippers have been here all this time but their significance was never fully realised. I was delighted to make a discovery of this kind."
Neil Curtis, head of museums at the University of Aberdeen, said: "The university holds huge collections and many of the items given to us over the years do not have full descriptions.
"It was a great piece of detective work from Louise to piece together the fascinating history behind the slippers.
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Julen Lopetegui was tipped to take over at Molineux before he became Spain boss and Fosun International completed their £45m takeover on Thursday.
But outgoing chief executive Jez Moxey said Jackett, who has been in charge since 2013, had the board's support.
"He's got an opportunity to bring great success to the club," Moxey said.
"These guys [Fosun] are in it for the long term and the fans are going to be delighted - there are exciting times ahead."
Speculation over Jackett's future had lingered since Wolves' disappointing campaign last season that saw them finish 14th in the Championship table, 16 points adrift of the play-off places and 18 clear of the relegation zone.
That debate intensified during Fosun's negotiations to buy Wolves and ex-Barcelona goalkeeper Lopetegui was seen as a front runner to replace Jackett before his appointment as Spain coach last week.
But Jeff Shi, Fosun's representative on the Wolves board, confirmed he had spoken to Jackett and the subject of his future was not discussed.
"I know Julen and I'm glad he's become the coach of Spain but I'm very happy to work with Kenny now," he told BBC WM.
"I've had two meetings with Kenny and the only topic was about the squad.
"I totally agreed with him on the size of the squad - it's too small - and I'm working very hard with him on giving him all the support I can."
With Fosun's chairman Guo Guangchang reported to have a personal wealth of £4bn, the question over how much money will be invested into Wolves was also addressed by the club's new owners.
Shi said: "Our capacity for investment is huge - any investment into the club will not be a problem.
"For players, £20m to £30m is a necessity and I hope we can put more in. We need to find the right players in the right positions to help the club and we have to be smart.
"Before the start of the season I hope we will have five to eight new players."
With Wolves now the third club in the West Midlands - along with Birmingham City and Aston Villa - under Chinese ownership, Shi said Fosun's intentions were to take them to "the top of English football."
He added the potential at Wolves for the investment company was too good to turn down.
"We needed to find the space for growth and we have a very good structure here - a very good academy, young players and a great history," Shi said.
"There are very few clubs in the world that can combine those and Wolves is one."
Wolves' change in ownership has also brought Moxey's 16-year tenure as chief executive to an end.
The 53-year-old is staying on for three months while a replacement is found.
"I'm really proud of having been recruited by Sir Jack (Hayward), kept on by Steve (Morgan) and asked to remain by these guys but my job's done. It's time for somebody else," he said.
"I'm genuinely thrilled that we've now got an owner in Fosun who I think can now take this club, unlock its potential and find new players that can take us, hopefully, into the Premier League and keep us there for a very, very long time."
Dominic Jackson, 35, was reported missing after leaving from Portsoy in Aberdeenshire in early February.
His kayak was found near Lybster in Caithness and his body was later found in the same area.
Mr Jackson's funeral was at Fettercairn Parish Church at 13:30. His family asked for donations to be made to a charity promoting sea safety.
The campaign set up by relatives - called PLanB - encourages the use of personal locator beacons (PLBs). It has already raised thousands of pounds.
His family have said they will be "forever grateful" to the "brave and wonderful people" who helped in the search.
Mr Jackson was originally from Uckfield in East Sussex, and later moved to Fettercairn.
An investigative commission ruled that the company had not "respected the norms of safety", the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said.
The crane fell during a storm, killing 107 people and injuring nearly 400.
The construction firm is owned by the family of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Executives at the company have been forbidden to leave the country until the investigation is complete, SPA said. The firm will also be excluded from any new public contracts during the same time.
The huge red crane crashed into a part of the Grand Mosque as it was filled with worshippers, less than two weeks before the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
The mosque, known as the Masjid al-Haram, is the largest in the world and surrounds Islam's holiest place, the Kaaba.
The Saudi Binladen Group has been working for four years on an enlargement of the Grand Mosque to accommodate growing numbers of pilgrims.
The company was founded by Osama Bin Laden's father more than 80 years ago and is run by the late al-Qaeda leader's brother, Bakr.
The 24-year-old has scored two tries in 43 first-team appearances since making his debut in 2013.
"He is another outstanding product of our academy," Quins director of rugby John Kingston said.
"I have no doubt that with a continued progression under the shrewd guidance of our coaching group, he can go on to international honours."
Quins have not disclosed the length of the England Under-20 international's new deal.
The controversial decision attracted criticism from opposition MSPs, but the government said the money was to help the festival with relocation costs.
Audit Scotland said it would examine the grant as part of a wider review.
Officials said that if any issues were identified, they would be brought to the public's attention.
It emerged in July that the former SNP adviser Jennifer Dempsie had set up a meeting between Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop and T in the Park organisers, DF Concerts.
Ms Dempsie was working on a contract for DF Concerts as a festival project manager at the time of the meeting, which took place ahead of the grant being awarded.
The award of the funding drew accusations of "cronyism" from opposition MSPs.
Ms Hyslop has previously stated that the funding had been approved as a one-off sum to help the festival with the seven-figure operational costs of re-locating from Balado, near Kinross to Strathallan Castle, near Auchterarder.
Audit Scotland said they would be investigating the funding because of the public interest and correspondence they had received.
Scottish Conservative culture spokeswoman Liz Smith said it was clear MSPs were unhappy about the "lack of detailed information" about how the money was spent.
She said: "Audit Scotland must now be allowed to pursue matters to provide the level of scrutiny which has been absent from the Scottish Government.
"I think the public will be relieved that Audit Scotland has taken this decision to investigate the controversial issues surrounding the award."
Scottish Liberal Democrat culture committee member Liam McArthur MSP said the evidence to support the case for the T in the Park grant was "flimsy at best".
He said the Scottish government had "stonewalled for too long".
Scottish Labour's Business Manager James Kelly said there was an "urgent need for greater scrutiny" of government spending.
"People across Scotland will find it difficult to understand why a festival headlined by millionaires needed £150,000 worth of taxpayers' cash", he said.
A spokesman for the Scottish government said it was happy to help Audit Scotland.
He said: "DF Concerts have made clear the increased costs of T in the Park, amounting to close to £3m - and a reduced return - posed a threat to the longer term viability of the event itself as a multi-day, multi-stage event at Strathallan."
The spokesman added that the culture secretary had already set out the business case for, and the reasons behind the funding.
The skeletons were discovered during building work in Palace Green in 2013.
Archaeologist dated them to 1650, and believe them to be captives from the Battle of Dunbar who died as prisoners in Durham Cathedral and Castle.
An event in Dunbar on 30 November will see researchers reveal their findings so far and discuss future plans.
Thousands of Scottish soldiers were taken prisoner after their defeat by the English Parliamentarian army, under the command of Oliver Cromwell, during what is considered to be one of the most brutal and short battles of the 17th Century civil wars.
Exact figures are not known but many of them died of malnutrition, disease and cold, either during the march south or while imprisoned in the then abandoned cathedral and castle.
Professor Chris Gerrard, head of archaeology at Durham University, said: "There has been a huge expression of interest in the project.
"Given the strong historical links with Dunbar we thought it fitting to bring our event there to give local people and interest groups a chance to hear from the researchers involved in the project and to give their opinions on further research, reburial, and commemoration."
Mr Castro met Cardinal Jaime Ortega, head of the country's Church, along with Archbishop Dionisio Garcia of Santiago.
Wednesday's talks touched on the sensitive issue of imprisoned political dissidents, Church sources said, without providing details.
This comes ahead of a visit next month by the Vatican's foreign secretary.
Dissidents hope that the visit of Archbishop Dominique Memberti could lead to the release of some political prisoners, says the BBC's Michael Voss in Havana.
The official Communist party newspaper - Granma - said the discussions had covered relations between Church and state, as well as international and domestic issues.
Archbishop Garcia, the head of Cuba's bishops' conference, was cautious when asked whether the discussion might lead to an agreement to free dissidents.
"There will be a process and this process has to start with small steps and these steps will be made," he was quoted as saying by AFP. "We hope that the conversation will go in that direction."
Earlier this month Cardinal Ortega successfully mediated between the Cuban authorities and a group of wives and female relatives of imprisoned dissidents, known as the Ladies in White.
That resulted in the group being allowed to resume their Sunday marches in Havana free from harassment by government supporters.
In the early days of the revolution, Cuba officially became an atheist state, but relations with the Church have been steadily improving since Pope John Paul II's historic visit in 1998.
The summit, chaired by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, brought tree health experts together with government and industry officials.
Dieback has been confirmed at 115 sites; woods in Norfolk, Kent, Suffolk and Essex are among the worst affected.
On Tuesday the disease was reported at seven sites in Scotland.
Some scientists warn the outbreak has the potential to devastate the UK's population of 80 million ash trees.
The summit considered the findings of a nationwide survey carried out by 500 Forestry Commission staff.
The data collected from 2,500 10km x 10km areas aimed to identify how far the disease has spread, and formed the basis of discussions on what steps need to be taken to deal with the dieback outbreak.
Dieback, caused by the Chalara fraxinea fungus, was first recorded in eastern Europe in 1992 and spread over two decades to infect most of the continent.
The key ideas to tackle Chalara identified at the summit, include:
These, together with other proposals will be considered for possible inclusion in a Chalara action plan to be published on Friday 9 November.
The first confirmed case in the UK was recorded at a nursery in Buckinghamshire back in March 2012.
A ban on ash imports and the movement of trees from areas with confirmed cases of dieback came into force on 29 October, just days after government scientists confirmed that the disease had reached the UK's natural environment - at sites in East Anglia.
By Mark KinverEnvironment reporter, BBC News
Known as the common or European ash, the tree - the UK's only native ash species - is scientifically known as Fraxinus excelsior.
It is the UK's third most abundant species of broadleaf tree (after oak and birch), covering 129,000 hectares of woodland.
Ash is deemed to be a very important species within the UK's hedgerows and accounts for about for about 10% of the nation's estimated 123 million "non-woodland" trees.
The common ash is a large deciduous tree that can reach heights in excess of 40 metres (130ft). It can live up to 400 years but coppiced trees can live for centuries longer. The species is wind-pollinated, and the seeds (known as keys) are primarily dispersed by the wind.
As the species is long-lived, it is important for wildlife. It supports specialist deadwood species such as the lesser stag beetle and hole-nesting birds including owls and woodpeckers.
Ash woodlands have light, open canopies, so are an important habitat for flora such as bluebells and ramsoms. Birds such as bullfinches feed on the trees' seeds.
Also, ash provides an important habitat for more than a quarter of Britain's lichen, including nearly 14% of the nationally rare/scarce species.
Upland mixed ash woodlands are listed as a priority habitat under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
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Researchers said the affected trees in woodlands in Norfolk and Suffolk were likely to have become infected as a result of coming into contact with Chalara fraxinea spores that had been blown over from mainland Europe.
The majority of confirmed cases have been recorded at nurseries or sites where young ash trees had been recently planted.
The Forestry Commission has issued guidance on how to identify the disease.
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has been critical of the government, saying it first alerted officials of the threat back in 2009.
On Monday, a nursery forced to destroy 50,000 ash trees after the disease was found in its tree stock said it was considering taking legal action against the government for failing to block imports sooner.
The official spokesman for the prime minister said the issue of compensating affected horticultural businesses would be "dealt with ultimately by the courts".
A Defra spokesman told BBC News that the decision to convene a Cobra meeting last week and hold Wednesday's emergency summit on Chalara ash dieback was to show that the government wanted to take action "and is taking the matter very seriously".
Woodland Trust policy director Hilary Allison, who attended the summit, said the discovery of dieback in UK woodlands was very worrying.
"Unfortunately, it is often the case that until a tragedy such as ash dieback becomes a reality, it is very difficult to impress upon people the importance of protecting the UK's trees and the need to enforce stricter controls to prevent new pests and diseases entering the country," she told BBC News.
She added: "The Woodland Trust is pleased that Defra has been listening to its call for an emergency summit on ash dieback, but we want to stress that this situation only serves to highlight the consequences of leaving decisions affecting the security of our woodland to the 11th hour."
Greater Manchester Police received a call earlier after comments made about homosexuality on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
"We take every allegation of hate crime extremely seriously and we will be attending the victim's address to take a statement," a GMP spokeswoman said.
Manchester fighter Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko to claim the world titles.
GMP said once a statement had been taken from the complainant a decision would be made on whether any investigations will continue.
Fury spoke out on his views about women and gay people after a petition calling for his removal from the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) shortlist reached 80,000 names.
He has been quoted as saying a woman's "best place is on her back" and criticised homosexuality and abortion.
The new world heavyweight champion said: "Tyson Fury loves his fellow humans. He doesn't hate anybody."
The BBC said Fury's inclusion on the shortlist did not mean SPOTY endorsed his personal views.
Fury, 27, won the WBA, IBF and WBO titles on 28 November from Klitschko, who had reigned as world champion for 11 years.
In the aftermath of his win in Dusseldorf, Fury had said: "I'm not sexist. I believe a woman's best place is in the kitchen and on her back. That's my personal belief. Making me a good cup of tea, that's what I believe."
The new world champion has also previously said it would only take the legalisation of paedophilia in addition to the decriminalisation of homosexuality and abortion to see "the devil come home".
In conversation with Jeremy Vine, he sought to clarify his comments by saying: "Let's not try and make me out to be some evil person and I hate gays because I don't hate anybody. I can actually say I don't hate anybody."
The 35-year-old was a free agent after leaving National League club Tranmere Rovers in the summer.
"He will be a welcome addition to the squad at a time when we have a number of players missing with injuries and suspensions," said boss John Coleman.
Taylor-Fletcher could make his debut in Tuesday's Checkatrade Trophy game at Chesterfield, subject to EFL approval.
A second pedestrian, an 82-year-old woman, was seriously injured in the incident.
Police said she was in a stable condition in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
The crash happened at about 15:30 on the town's Academy Street, which forms part of the trunk road.
Police have appealed for witnesses.
The 10th Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment also showed that investment in developing nations exceeded that in developed countries.
In another first, more new renewables capacity than fossil-fuel generation came online during 2015.
But it warned that much more had to be done to avoid dangerous climate change.
The assessment, produced by the Frankfurt School-Unep Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, showed that the developing world committed a total of US$156bn (up 19% on 2014 levels) in renewables (excluding large hydro) while developed nations invested US$130bn (down 8% from 2014 levels).
"A large element in this turnaround was China, which lifted its investment by 17% to US$102.9bn, or 36% of the world total," the report observed.
However, other developing nations also contributed as six of the top 10 investors were developing nations.
In the foreword, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said the report's findings increased confidence that a low-carbon world was obtainable.
He wrote: "We have entered a new era of clean energy growth that can fuel a future of opportunity and greater prosperity for every person on the planet."
However, he warned that in order to avoid dangerous climate change required an "immediate shift away from fossil fuels".
UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative's Eric Usher, one of the assessment's co-authors, said the findings were, overall, positive and seemed to indicate that a shift was occurring.
"Renewables investment is at a new high, and investment is shifting geographically with developing countries investing more than developed countries for the first time (55%/45%)," he observed.
However, he did add that there were areas that caused concern when the focus shifted to regional or national levels.
"There is a still a lot of uncertainty, especially within Europe, with a degree of policy backtracking or the phasing down of support for the (renewables) industry," he told BBC News.
Fellow co-author Ulf Moslener, head of research at the Frankfurt School-Unep Centre, said the latest figures indicated that shifts in attitude, as well as structure, were occurring.
"This level of investment means... more than half of the capacity added to the global energy mix is renewables-based," he said.
Prof Moslener added that renewable generation was still dwarfed by fossil fuel-based sources, and only accounted for 10% of the global mix.
"That shows us that we are quite far from having a system that is based on renewables," he told BBC News.
Lead author Angus McCrone, chief editor at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, said that although global oil prices had fallen sharply recently, the cost of generating electricity via renewables had also decreased significantly, adding that there were also other factors that made the industry attractive to investors.
"One advantage that renewables has is that it can be built very quickly," he explained.
"If you are a power-hungry emerging market in Africa or South America, for instance, you can put up a wind farm in six to nine months, or a solar plant in three to six months.
"However, if you want to put up a coal-fired power station, it is going to take three or four years. A nuclear power plant is going to take substantially longer than that."
Despite the record level of investment in renewable generation, the long operating life of coal-fired and gas-fired power stations meant that vast carbon emissions were locked into the global energy mix for decades every time a new power station came online, unless carbon capture and storage technology became a commercial reality.
"That is the true challenges in the decades to come," said Prof Moslener.
"If you really want emissions to go down, it is not sufficient to just crank up renewables but - at some point - you have to stop using coal-fired and gas-fired power plants.
"This is a challenge where policymakers will also have to play a role."
At the recent UN climate summit in Paris, nations agreed to the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by the end of the 21st Century.
To date, electricity generation from renewable sources has prevented an estimated 1.5 gigatonnes of carbon from being emitted into the atmosphere.
However, an assessment by Unep, published at the Paris climate talks, suggested that current efforts were falling well short of what was needed to prevent dangerous climate change.
It said that carbon emissions needed to be cut by 10 gigatonnes each year in order to limit warming to 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial levels.
"What we have seen through renewables is the first low-carbon industry that has matured to a scale that policymakers can see that it is a significant part of the solution," said Eric Usher.
"Is it enough? Well, clearly not. Therefore, there is going to have to be quite considerable scaling up in renewables but also in energy efficiency, agriculture, transport etc."
Mr Usher said the scale of the challenge to decarbonise the global economy by the end of the century meant that every sector had to play its part.
"The biggest concern is when you need to start peaking into order to start going towards zero carbon.
"We have to start peaking fairly soon but then you get into the problem of these coal plants that are not at 'end-of-life' any time soon."
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The proposals have sparked widespread strikes at oil refineries in France, sparking fuel shortages.
There has been a three-month tug-of-war between unions and the government over the labour reforms.
Opponents say they are too pro-business and will do little to reduce the 10% unemployment rate.
Jonty Bloom reports from Toulouse.
Based on the Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray film A Private Function, the show will close on 24 September, six months after making its debut.
The musical sees Sarah Lancashire and Reece Shearsmith perform alongside an animatronic pig.
"I am enormously proud of Betty," said Mackintosh. "I know she will eventually have her day and another life."
The show tells of a small community in post-war Britain raising a pig to slaughter in honour of the 1947 royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten.
League of Gentlemen star Shearsmith plays a meek chiropodist who steals the swine at the behest of his social-climbing wife, played by Lancashire.
"It is very curious," said Sir Cameron. "After such amazing reviews and positive word of mouth, no-one knows the real reason why Betty couldn't find a bigger audience.
"We have been consistently playing to just over 50%, but it just isn't enough to cover the costs. Of course I am disappointed, but I'm not despondent."
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The Guardian's Michael Billington praised the show when it opened in April, saying Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman's adaptation of Bennett's script was "better than the original".
The Telegraph and The Independent both gave the musical comedy positive four-star reviews.
But the BBC's Neil Smith had reservations, calling it "a musical without enough meat on its bones".
"This is a brave and unusual addition to the West End landscape," he wrote in April. "How long it will remain a part of it is anyone's guess."
Theatre impresario Mackintosh has produced some of the world's best-known musicals, among them Cats, Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera.
Betty Blue Eyes, which continues at London's Novello Theatre, was his first original musical for 10 years.
Barca are unbeaten in 39 league and cup games and are seeking the double over fierce rivals Real, having beaten them 4-0 at the Bernabeu on 21 November.
"I think everything is possible in football," said Bale, who said he feels more settled at Real than last season.
"Last season I didn't play to anywhere near to my potential."
Bale, signed from Tottenham in September 2013, scored 13 times in 31 La Liga appearances as Real finished two points behind champions Barca last season.
This season, the Wales international has managed 15 league goals in 18 appearances during an injury interrupted campaign for third-placed Real with eight games to go.
"It was important for me to keep working hard, to keep fighting. It is difficult playing in a foreign country," said Bale, 26.
"I've felt more settled, more involved in the team this year and I think that has shown in performances on the pitch.
"It's good to have a bad season. You really do learn a lot about yourself and I feel this season I took [what happened] last season on board.
"I understand the game a lot more over here and I hope there is a lot still more to come in the future."
On this season's title race in Spain, Bale added: "We're 10 points behind, but we will keep fighting until it is impossible.
"On Saturday, we can get to within seven points of them and you never know what might happen next."
Scientists say that a variety called cheatgrass dries out and burns more rapidly than other vegetation.
They believe it has fuelled almost 80% of the largest fires in the American West over the last 10 years.
Researchers are looking at a range of solutions including using a fungus to attack the grass seed.
Originally transported to the US in soils on board ocean-going ships, the noxious, weedy grass continued its journey west in the 1800s with settlers and cattle ranchers.
The species gets its name because it grows very early and very quickly and then dies, cheating other varieties out of valuable nutrients.
It is widely dispersed throughout the Great Basin of the American West, an area of 600,000 sq km that covers parts of Nevada and Utah, Colorado, Idaho, California and Oregon.
Scientists have long suspected that it played a key role in wildfires but this report is the most definitive evidence yet. Researchers used satellite imagery from Nasa to compare burnt areas with regions where cheatgrass dominates.
According to lead author Dr Jennifer Balch from Pennsylvania State University, the connection between the two was clear.
"We were able to pick out this species from space because it dries out earlier than native species," she told BBC News. "We looked at all the really big fires, all the ones over 100 sq km in size and cheatgrass influenced the majority of those, it's fuelling those really big fires."
Over the period from 2000 to 2009 Dr Balch and her colleagues say that cheatgrass influenced 39 of the 50 largest wildfires.
"Cheatgrass promotes fires that are easily ignited, and spread rapidly." she said. "They cover large areas and across this landscape that translates to more frequent fires."
The research suggests that cheatgrass and fires are in a mutually beneficial relationship.
Michael Kodas is an author and expert on wildfires in the western US. He agrees that cheatgrass is fire-dependent.
"I think the fires are believed to help the cheatgrass outcompete other species and expand its range faster, he told BBC News. "Basically the fires help speed the invasion."
Mr Kodas argues that the invasive species is extending the fire season across the Great Basin.
"Cheatgrass grows and dies earlier in the season," he said. "When native grasses and other plants are greening up and moist, it's already sprouted, spread its seed, and died. So after cheatgrass invades, wildfires can occur earlier in the season, when the native vegetation is still green and unlikely to burn."
Scientists are now working on ways of containing the threat and are investigating a range of control methods says Dr Balch.
"Strategies can be as brute as mechanical removal or as intricate as introducing a fungus that attacks the seed. There are a lot of folks looking at ways to reduce or eliminate cheatgrass."
The researchers say that invasive grass species are increasing fires globally, from molasses grass in Hawaii to gamba grass in Australia.
The research is published in the journal, Global Change Biology.
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The expansion will will cover a floor space of almost 4,000 sq meters, include a 340 seat lecture theatre, 20 classrooms and a cafe.
It will mean campus capacity is increased, the awarding of additional student places is a separate process.
Construction will begin later this year and take two years to complete.
Dr Farry said the teaching block will be an essential component of the Magee campus.
"It is vital that we have modern facilities in our higher education institutions to provide the best quality environment for teaching and research, and to ensure that in turn we are supporting our economy.
"This development is a strong signal of the importance of the Magee campus to the economy in the north west," he said.
"This new teaching block will address the existing pressures on capacity and also facilitate some further investments in the numbers of students should the current business case from the Derry-Londonderry Strategy Board be approved, and the recurrent revenue funding found by the NI Executive."
Prof Alastair Adair, acting vice-chancellor, Ulster University said it was another positive step forward for Magee.
"As an inclusive and internationally focused university, we want to offer students from across Northern Ireland and beyond, the most modern and high quality teaching environment."
The SDLP's Mark Durkan welcomed the announcement but added that it should only be the start of a wider expansion.
"Today's approval of £11m for the new teaching and learning block should not be confused with the wider case for expansion at Magee.
"We must continue to press the minister, the Executive and the university to advance the funds needed to facilitate the wider expansion of our city campus, not least in terms of student numbers."
Sinn Féin's Gearóid Ó hEára welcomed the announcement and called on the student cap to be lifted.
"Minister Farry can now further demonstrate his commitment to the expansion of Magee by lifting the maximum student numbers (MaSN) cap. It is within his gift as minister to do so.
"That would be a further move towards full expansion and, along with the business case which is currently progressing, would assist the overall regeneration of the city."
The Ulster Unionists' Julia Kee said there was little point in the extension if more undergraduate courses were not being delivered at Magee.
"What really matters going forward is that there are sufficient, popular course options at Magee which will give people skills and increase employability," she said.
It was announced in February that the university was to axe more than 50 courses because of the budget cuts.
Although a public transition of power began after Mr Karimov's death, questions are still being asked about the way Uzbek government handled his demise.
The first reports of his death emerged immediately after the official announcement of his hospitalisation on 28 August.
The initial report by the cabinet gave no details of his illness.
On 29 August, the president's youngest daughter, Lola Karimova-Tillayeva, said on Instagram that her father had had a brain haemorrhage over the weekend and was in intensive care.
On the same day, independent website Fergananews published its first report of Mr Karimov's death.
The Moscow-based news agency said his death occurred between 15:00 and 16:00 local time on 29 August.
That was denied by unnamed sources at the presidential administration and sources close to Mr Karimov's family.
By the time the cabinet officially announced his death on the evening of 2 September, several foreign leaders, including the Turkish prime minister, had already expressed their condolences to the Uzbek people on the death of their leader.
A long and detailed medical report on "Patient Islam Karimov" was read out on state television on the evening of 2 September and published on the government portal, gov.uz, after the official announcement had been made.
Some analysts say it was done in an attempt to stop speculation, including suggestions of a possible coup within the president's inner circle.
The official medical report confirmed earlier reports about the nature of his illness and a foreign doctor's participation in the treatment.
But there were some inconsistencies in this official report too.
For instance, the report said foreign specialists including Prof Alexander Potapov, the director of Russia's NN Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, who officials said had arrived in Tashkent on 28 August, fought for the president's life until the very end on 2 September.
But BBC Uzbek has confirmed that Prof Potapov was already back in his office at the NN Burdenko Institute in Moscow on 31 August.
Another Russian specialist, Prof Leo Bokeria, whose name was mentioned in the official medical report, was in Moscow on 29 August.
Prof Bokeria, who had reportedly treated the Uzbek leader before and was familiar with his history of illness, denied that he had travelled to Tashkent and refused to talk to journalists, including the BBC's Russian Service.
At the same time, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said Russia had not received any official requests to treat the Uzbek president.
Some suggest that Uzbek officials who had never encountered such a situation before was unprepared and did not know how to deal with the president's unexpected death.
As one social media user commented: "The Uzbek government cannot confirm President's death because it had no instruction from the President himself."
One former member of Mr Karimov's administration has told the BBC that groups involved in a power struggle wanted to have a clear agreement over the possible successor before the president was officially declared dead.
Under the Uzbek constitution, if the president dies or is unable to carry out his duties, power passes temporarily to the head of the Senate until an election can be held, which should be within three months.
Uzbek officials have yet to formally announce the acting president or arrangements for presidential elections, if they are to be called.
But the Kremlin stated that President Vladimir Putin had sent his condolences to the "head of parliament's upper house and acting President Nigmatilla Yuldoshev".
Mr Yuldoshev, a former justice minister who is regarded as an unlikely contender for permanent power, was not given a central role in the funeral and was not seen meeting foreign leaders arriving in Samarqand to pay their respects to the Karimov family.
Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his first deputy, Rustam Azimov, acted as pall-bearers and stood beside each other during the funeral ceremony.
Both have long been rumoured as possible successors to Mr Karimov.
But it was only Mr Mirziyoyev, who made a speech at the ceremony as chairman of the funeral commission, who was shown meeting Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Mr Mirziyoyev, 59, is the country's longest-serving prime minister with a reputation of having "a fist rather than a brain".
He has denied allegations of mistreating subordinates and beating them up, saying in 1998 that it was "not his style to beat someone".
He is reported to have close links with Russian oligarchs and is in charge of the country's key agricultural sector including the cotton industry, which has been criticised internationally for the use of child and forced labour.
He worked closely with Mr Putin when the Russian leader was his country's prime minister between 2007 and 2011.
As Uzbekistan enters the post-Karimov era, many believe that real power lies in the hands of Rustam Inoyatov, head of the powerful SNB security service.
A leaked US diplomatic cable from 2008 described him as a "key gatekeeper to President Karimov" and his style as alternating between "engaging and menacing".
Mr Inoyatov, 71, is regarded as the main instigator of moves to sideline Mr Karimov's once-powerful daughter, Gulnara.
There are fears that questions of the succession may contribute to uncertainty in the short term.
Another key figure is the long-standing head of the presidential administration, Zelimkon Haydarov. He may play an influential role behind the scene.
The Uzbek government has not made any significant statements on future foreign policy.
Mr Karimov tried to sit between the regional interests of the big powers and resisted Moscow's attempts to integrate Uzbekistan into its economic and security blocs.
Most of his colleagues from the former Soviet Union, including Mr Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, failed to attend the funeral. The US and China sent low-level delegations.
President Barack Obama, who despite criticism from human rights groups continued working with Mr Karimov as a partner in security issues, spoke of "the new era" in Uzbekistan.
UKIP's Ernie Blaber said more high-rise flats should be built and Labour's Todd Foreman said new developments should be "shared round the constituency".
Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse and Katy Boyce, Green, said property investors should be tackled to free up housing.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative, said the council's core strategy of building on brown field sites was "very workable".
Ms Hobhouse said capital investment needs to be "made available" for affordable housing.
"We are in a housing crisis. People who can afford it are snapping up houses and renting them out at an extortionist prices," she said.
Ms Boyce, said she wanted to "stop giving subsidies to private landlords".
She said: "What it's about is making sure that people see houses as homes and not as a way to turn a profit."
Mr Foreman said although people wanted to "preserve our green belt", more homes had to be built.
"Development has to be shared round the constituency," he said.
"Some places have been asked to take more than their share."
Mr Blaber said high-rise flats "could accommodate more people in a small area" and protect the green belt.
But Mr Rees-Mogg said the council's core strategy "allows for a lot of housing to be built on brown field sites".
"The old MoD sites in Bath and the Cadbury's factory in Keynsham will provide thousands of houses between them," he said.
The candidates for the constituency are:
Ernie Blaber, UKIP
Katy Boyce, Green
Todd Foreman, Labour
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat
Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative
The youth-friendly OCR French, German and Spanish exams would introduce topics such as tattoos and festivals.
It would mean getting rid of vocabulary such as tank tops and pencil cases.
"Students are not really going to meet somebody in a cafe in Paris and describe their entire family," a teacher told the OCR exam board.
The exam board's draft plan for new-look GCSEs for England, submitted to exam regulator Ofqual for approval, is intended to bring a more contemporary quality to modern languages.
It wants to escape a feeling that language lessons are trapped in time by moving away from themes such as "Aurelie and Fabian go to town" or "Mathilde's school day".
Instead of "Je mange un pamplemousse tous les matins" ("I have a grapefruit every morning"), the French exam will ask pupils to discuss "A mon avis un tatouage discret est une expression de ta personnalite", which means, "In my opinion a discreet tattoo is an expression of your personality."
It follows responses from teachers who thought language lessons should be more relevant to young people and use more convincing settings.
The proposals from OCR are the latest attempt to stop language teaching from using fossilised phrases.
In the 1950s, French lessons were mocked for the repeated use of "La plume de ma tante" - the quill of my aunt - which became synonymous with pointless phrases learned by language students. It was adopted as the title of a Broadway musical.
The classic parody school books about schoolboy Nigel Molesworth, written in the 1950s by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle, revelled in the boy's contempt for French lessons about "Armand and Papa" going to the zoo.
He describes the visit to the wolves - "les loups" - as a wasted opportunity.
"The loups could indubitably do a good job on Armand," wrote the fictional Molesworth.
In France, there was a corresponding stock phrase - "My tailor is rich" - which became the first English phrase taught to many French learners using a popular textbook dating back to the 1920s.
The plans for a more modern style of teaching, which would be implemented for teaching from September 2016, are also intended to tackle a major problem of recruiting young people to take modern languages.
There has been a long-term decline in the numbers of students taking modern languages at GCSE, A-level and at degree level.
There have been repeated complaints from employers and business that the lack of language skills is damaging the UK's economy.
"While language teachers are pulling their hair out as their student numbers decline with languages not prioritised by the current system, captains of industry are also deeply frustrated," said Katherine Smith, who is heading the exam board's modern languages changes.
It said it would not allow "unfair competition" to threaten Europe.
Producers of steel in the UK have laid off thousands recently and there have been warnings of more to come.
It is the latest probe into cheap imports from non-EU countries. There are nine other anti-dumping investigations already under way.
The EC said it was investigating steel products including seamless pipes, heavy plates and hot-rolled flat steel.
Europe also brought in provisional anti-dumping duties on cold-rolled flat steel from China and Russia.
Recent months have been marked by a slew of job loss announcements from the UK's remaining steel producers, most of which is foreign-owned these days.
Tata Steel last month said another 1,050 jobs would go from its UK operations, adding to the 1,200 jobs axed by the Indian-owned giant last October and the 720 jobs it cut in July.
Also in October, Thailand's SSI announced it was closing down its Redcar works with the loss of 2,200 jobs, then parts of Caparo Industries' steel operations went into administration putting 1,700 jobs potentially at risk.
Last week, the Luxembourg-based steel giant ArcelorMittal blamed China for its $8bn loss last year.
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said in a statement: "We cannot allow unfair competition from artificially cheap imports to threaten our industry. I am determined to use all means possible to ensure that our trading partners play by the rules."
The UK steel industry says it has been hit by a combination of factors: the strength of the pound, relatively high electricity prices, the extra cost of climate change policies, and competition from China - which is believed to be selling steel in the UK at unrealistically low prices.
Last month, the steel industry warned of more job losses as a result of the EU's failure to impose high import tariffs.
UK Steel said that Chinese companies have taken more than 45% of one part of the market, the UK rebar market, having had none of it four years ago.
The main maker of rebar in the UK is Celsa Steel, the Spanish-owned steelmaker, which is based in Cardiff.
Demand for steel worldwide has not returned to pre-financial crash levels. With economies - particularly China's - still seeing weak growth, global demand for steel is set to remain sluggish, falling by 1.7% in 2015 and rising by 0.7% in 2016.
A strengthening pound has been one of the factors making UK steel expensive on the international markets.
In summer 2015, sterling reached a seven-year high against a basket of currencies, after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney signalled the first rise in interest rates since the crash could sooner than expected.
At the same time, global steel prices have fallen sharply. Meanwhile, China's own economic slowdown has led Chinese producers to seek export markets as their home demand has stalled.
As a result, UK imports of Chinese steel have increased dramatically. In 2014 the UK imported 687,000 tonnes of steel from China compared to 303,000 tonnes the year before.
Short stretches of the A38 Turnpike Road near Lower Weare are due to shut for two nights from 3 March.
A diversion of one hour 20 minutes which takes drivers via Glastonbury and Wells has been criticised by residents who claim shorter routes are available.
But the county council said it has a legal obligation to divert traffic "on to the same class road as the closure".
Sections of the A38 between Cross Moor Drove and south west of Notting Hill Way are due to be closed on Thursday and Friday between 18:30 and 23:30 GMT, for road surface repair work.
Simon Lunn, who runs a petrol station on the affected stretch of road, said the planned diversion route was "utterly ridiculous"
"They're only repairing about 50m of the road - even on local roads it would take you about 10 miles to go around," he said.
"We're closing at 6 o'clock because we just won't have any trade that evening."
A spokesman for Somerset County Council said the "essential patching work" was being done in two phases and during off-peak times to "minimise disruption".
"We have a legal obligation to publish an official diversion route which is on the same class road as the closure and is suitable for all vehicles, including HGVs," he said.
"As with any road closure, drivers are free to use their own local knowledge and judgement to seek their own alternatives."
The 1974 painting, Comet (F13), is estimated to be worth A$200,000 (£117,000; $152,000).
The artwork was taken on Sunday as its owner moved house, New South Wales Police said.
McCahon, who died in 1987, produced some of New Zealand's most recognisable modernist paintings over a career spanning more than four decades.
Comet (F13), which depicts a night scene, measures approximately 1m (3ft) by 75cm.
A set of stereo speakers was also stolen.
Police have appealed for anyone with information, saying it would be treated in "the strictest of confidence".
Art consultant Stephen Nall said art theft was relatively uncommon in Australia because it was difficult to sell on the black market.
"The general rule is that you would only get about 10% of the value if you are selling a picture that is stolen," he told the BBC.
The stadium and training facilities would be built at Kingsford, close to the Aberdeen bypass, near Westhill.
Thousands of responses have already been lodged with Aberdeen City Council.
Monday is the closing date for responses to the planning application, with councillors due to rule on the plans in the summer.
The ground would have a capacity of 20,000.
The club believes the new stadium is vital if it is to achieve a sustainable future.
However, there has been opposition to the plans, with concerns including traffic and parking issues.
George Osbourne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is responsible for setting out how the government plans to spend its money each year in his budget.
In today's budget speech he will announce that he wants head teachers of English secondary schools to scrap traditional "home time" and decide for themselves what time the school day will end.
He's offering these schools a pot of money to help pay for additional classes or extra-curricular activities like art and sport.
Schools in other parts of the UK won't be affected.
The Chancellor says his plans will mean "every child gets the best start in life".
But some teachers say it's more complicated, and that they're already offering after school activities.
Malcolm Trobe, who is in charge of the Association of School and College Leaders, an organisation that represents head teachers across the UK, said that the money on offer wouldn't be enough to help all schools in England, and that "potentially youngsters in some schools would be in an advantageous position over others.".
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The firm has pledged to send less frequent and "more relevant" messages after "many" customer complaints.
"Less is more ...we get it," Aatif Awan, senior director of product management, wrote on the firm's blog.
Instead of emailing a member each time they get a connection request, it has now started sending a weekly round-up.
And LinkedIn users who are part of groups, such as professional networks, are now being sent a weekly summary instead of individual emails for each update.
The changes will reduce the number of emails it sends members by 40%, the company said.
Mr Awan said the results so far had been "very encouraging".
"Already, members' complaints have been cut in half. And this is just the beginning," he wrote.
LinkedIn, which started out in the living room of co-founder Reid Hoffman, launched in 2003, and now has more than 350 million members.
Mainly, the site's members use it to find new jobs and make contacts for career purposes.
LinkedIn's move comes ahead of Thursday's second quarter results.
Striker Oyenuga, 20, who spent part of season 2011-12 on loan at St Johnstone, and 22-year-old defender Butcher had been on trial at the Tayside club.
Butcher has agreed a two-year deal with the Tannadice club, while Oyenuga's contract runs until May 2016.
"They are young, hungry, excellent footballers with something to prove," said United manager Jackie McNamara.
"Calum is an aggressive centre-half who is also comfortable with the ball at his feet.
"Kudus will excite our fans. He is quick, direct and always looking to score goals.
"We have now brought in eight new faces over the summer and I am excited by what we can achieve this coming season."
The pair played together last season in the Conference South for Hayes & Yeading United.
United head off on their pre-season tour to Germany and Spain this weekend.
McNamara has had a number of other players on trial, including Graham Carey, who was released by St Mirren.
"There are two areas I would like to strengthen - the centre of defence and possibly left-back, depending on how Graham Carey does," he said.
"Young Andrew Robertson has looked very good in training but he is 19 and ideally I would like two fighting for the position."
Journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who works for pro-democracy group Open Russia, fell ill at about 05:00 local time (02:00 GMT).
Mr Kara-Murza's wife told the BBC she was on her way to hospital where her husband is in a medically-induced coma.
The activist nearly died when he suffered sudden kidney failure in 2015.
"He is already on life support and in a medicated coma. It's the same clinical picture [as last time]," Evgenia Kara-Murza told the BBC.
"The reason is unclear like last time. He's been active and healthy [recently]."
The journalist's wife said he had suffered the same sudden onset of symptoms as in his previous illness.
"The ambulance took him directly to the hospital where the same medical team has since been trying to determine what is happening," she said.
"He was brought there conscious but was put in a medicated coma and on life support later, because his organs began shutting down like last time."
Mr Kara-Murza had spent the previous evening at the home of his parents-in-law.
On Wednesday he had posted a Facebook tribute to his friend Boris Nemtsov, an opposition leader and former deputy prime minister of Russia who was shot dead in February 2015.
Writing in Russian, he shared a photo of roses on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge where Mr Nemtsov was killed, and the words: "We're here. We remember."
No cause was ever established for Mr Kara-Murza's last illness, but tests confirmed that he had ingested a poisonous substance.
Then aged 33, he was in a coma for almost a week and struggled to communicate when he regained consciousness.
Fears were raised that the journalist could have been deliberately poisoned.
In 2015, the chief doctor at the Moscow hospital treating Mr Kara-Murza told the BBC that tests had revealed traces of an anti-depressant.
He speculated that the citalopram, which the activist was taking, may have accumulated in his body if he had a prior, undetected kidney problem.
It may also have reacted with an antihistamine Mr Kara-Murza used for hay fever.
His father rejected that theory, saying he did not believe an innocuous nasal spray could have triggered the "nuclear explosion" in his son's kidneys.
The prime minister said the weekly shop would increase by almost 3% - equivalent to an extra £120 a year on food and drink for the average family.
The former bosses of four major High Street retailers said Brexit would increase prices and put jobs at risk.
But the Economists for Brexit group argues that leaving the EU would boost the UK economy by 4% in 10 years.
Both sides in the EU referendum debate stepped up warnings on the core issues of the economy and immigration.
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As he sought to focus his arguments on the economy, Mr Cameron wrote in The Sun on Sunday that clothes prices would also rise by 5%.
He questioned whether such price increases would be "worth it".
Mr Cameron told ITV's Peston on Sunday that the analysis was based on a "simple and straightforward" calculation that the UK's exit from the EU would lead to a 12% fall in the value of sterling and a sharp rise in inflation.
"Today we're part of a single market of 500 million people. The Leave campaign want us to come out of that market," he said.
"If we are doing less trade, less investment, that is going affect our economy. That will make us poorer as a country. In the end, it's not surprising if your currency falls."
Former chiefs of Tesco Sir Terry Leahy, Sainsbury's Justin King, Marks & Spencer Marc Bolland and B&Q owner Kingfisher have warned that leaving the EU could have a "catastrophic" impact on Britain's economy.
In an article in the Mail on Sunday they said it would send prices in the shops higher and risk a rise in inflation, job losses and further falls in the pound.
Other EU countries could "exploit" exit negotiations for their own benefit, they added, saying: "It's difficult to imagine that French farmers will continue to allow British lamb to be freely imported."
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
However, there have been competing claims by opposing sides over what impact leaving the EU would have on the UK's economy.
A group of eight influential economists from the group Economists for Brexit previously argued that leaving the EU would boost the UK economy by 4% in 10 years, and prices in the UK would fall by 8% without EU import tariffs.
Also on Sunday, Leave campaigners warned that if Britain remained in the EU it would be vulnerable to the entry of murderers, terrorists and kidnappers from countries on the path to EU membership.
The accession of Turkey, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia would bring 12,726,000 guns into the single market, Vote Leave said.
The government insists that the UK and other EU members have a veto on new members joining the EU.
This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe.
But armed forces minister Penny Mordaunt said the migrant crisis was likely to accelerate Turkey joining the EU and the referendum was the UK's "only chance" of making clear its opposition.
She told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "I don't think the EU is going to keep Turkey out. It is going to join. It is a matter of when.
"If you are going to pursue an expansion policy, you have to allow us the tools to protect our own interests, to protect our national security.
"That we do not have. If you are going to ever expand the EU, you have to allow us to mitigate the security risk that comes with that."
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling accused Leave campaigners of "fearmongering" over new countries joining the EU.
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With just over a month to go until the 23 June referendum, a poll by Sunday newspaper The Observer and Opinium has suggested that Conservative voters are switching to the Remain camp.
According to the poll, 48% of Tory backers say they want to stay in the EU, compared with 41% who want to leave.
The first Opinium/Observer referendum poll in early April showed 44% of Conservative voters in favour of leaving against 39% who backed staying in.
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With a little over a fortnight until the 7 June voter registration deadline, 28 million UK households are to be targeted in a £2.4m campaign by the Electoral Commission to persuade people to vote, starting this week.
As well as a major advertising campaign, every known household with a postal address in the UK will be sent a booklet on how to register to vote, and what to do on polling day.
Bonnyrigg v Hibs on Saturday 21 January (15:00) will take place at Hearts' Tynecastle Stadium in Edinburgh.
And Celtic's away tie against Albion Rovers on 22 January (15:00) will be played at Airdrie's Excelsior Stadium.
Raith Rovers v Hearts also takes place on 22 January (13:05) and will be shown live on BBC One Scotland.
Rangers v Motherwell on 21 January kicks off at 12:30, with the 13 other ties that day at 15:00.
BBC Radio Scotland will provide updates from the fourth-round ties and there will be highlights on Sportscene on 21 and 22 January.
Junior side Bonnyrigg usually play at New Dundas Park while League One Albion Rovers' regular home ground is Cliftonhill. Moving the ties involving those clubs will allow for bigger capacity.
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Mr Arpaio, 85, was found guilty after he defied a court order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected immigrants. He was due to be sentenced in October.
The president had hinted at the pardon at a rally in Phoenix on Tuesday.
Thanking the president, Mr Arpaio said his conviction was "a political witch hunt by holdovers in the Obama justice department".
"Thank you.... for seeing my conviction for what it is," tweeted Mr Arpaio.
"I'm not going away," he said, while declining to say whether he would run for sheriff again.
Mr Trump has frequently praised the former sheriff, who is known for his controversial hard-line stance on immigration.
Mr Arpaio appeared on the campaign trail with Mr Trump in 2016 - describing him as "the law-and-order candidate".
In a statement announcing the pardon, his first, Mr Trump said: "Arpaio's life and career, which began at the age of 18 when he enlisted in the military after the outbreak of the Korean War, exemplify selfless public service.
"Throughout his time as sheriff, Arpaio continued his life's work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration.
"Sheriff Joe Arpaio is now 85 years old, and after more than 50 years of admirable service to our nation, he is a worthy candidate for a presidential pardon."
Joe Arpaio, who styled himself as "America's toughest sheriff", rose to national prominence for his sweeps of undocumented immigrants in Hispanic communities, and for detaining Spanish-speakers under suspicion of being undocumented migrants.
In July 2017, he was found guilty of violating a 2011 order to stop detaining migrants.
The decision to pardon the former policeman was condemned by Democrats and civil rights groups.
Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy said it was "disheartening that [the president] set the bar so very low for his first pardon".
Greg Stanton, the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, called the move a slap in the face for the Latino community and those who had been victimised.
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Mr Arpaio, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, could have faced six months in jail at his sentencing in October.
He served in the US military before he became a police officer - where he quickly acquired a reputation for his anti-immigration stance and tough enforcement tactics.
The former sheriff lost a bid for re-election in Arizona's Maricopa County in November 2016, after 24 years in office.
Mr Arpaio famously forced the prisoners to wear pink underwear and socks and old-fashioned black-and-white striped prison jumpsuits. The inmates lived outdoors while enduring sweltering Arizona desert temperatures.
He also revived chain gangs, including a voluntary one for female prisoners.
The company said it had emailed 794,000 people who may have been affected by the incident.
It said the data had been taken from a version of its website set up for testing purposes.
Security researchers have warned that the details could be used by criminals to try to scam those affected.
The firm said it had reported itself to the UK's Information Commissioner.
UK-based Kiddicare is a baby and child specialist that trades online and from its flagship store in Peterborough.
The company said it became aware of the data breach after customers reported suspicious text messages that had not been sent by Kiddicare.
It was then contacted by a security company with further information and was able to link the breach to a "test" website it had been using in November 2015.
"Kiddicare used real customer data on its test site," said security researcher Graham Cluley in a blogpost.
"It shouldn't be forgotten that this was a test site and things are expected to go wrong."
The company stressed that payment details such as credit card information, which can easily be changed, had not been stolen.
However, customers' names, postal addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers had been exposed and that information could be used by scammers.
Mr Cluley criticised the company for neglecting to post details of the breach prominently on its website, although they have answered some questions on the subject.
"There is currently no mention of the data breach on the Kiddicare website's homepage or on its Twitter account," he wrote.
"I'm not sure that's offering the best service for customers who, through no fault of their own, might now be at risk.
"One clear risk is that Kiddicare customers might be contacted by fraudsters pretending to be the baby specialist retailer, in an attempt to trick unsuspecting consumers into handing over payment information."
The company apologised to customers in a statement sent to the BBC.
"We are very sorry for the potential stress and anxiety this incident may have caused our customers," it said.
"We want to reassure everyone that the problem has been fixed, increased security measures have been implemented and we have a dedicated team to here to help with any further concerns."
The 46-year-old suffered abdominal wounds in the attack at the Britannia Hotel on Dialstone Lane in Offerton.
Greater Manchester Police said they were called to the hotel at about 02:20 GMT. The woman was taken to hospital.
Supt Wayne Miller said the investigation was in the "very early stages" and officers were "following a number of lines of inquiry".
He added the woman was in a "serious" condition and had suffered "potentially life-changing injuries".
The tribute to Laura Plane came after Grohl was contacted by her widower Jon, who said he "cried, danced and sang" during the performance of Everlong.
The song, Laura's favourite, was played at the couple's first dance at their wedding - and her funeral on 9 June.
The pair had hoped to enjoy their 10th wedding anniversary at the festival.
Before performing Everlong, the final song of the band's barnstorming Pyramid Stage set on Saturday, Grohl said: "I'd like to dedicate this song to someone named Laura, who couldn't be here tonight.
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Laura, a teacher from Plymouth, raised more than £30,000 for charity after being diagnosed with breast cancer eight years ago.
She dedicated her spare time to raising money and awareness about the disease, as her own diagnosis had been late.
"She put all her time in to getting that message across [of checking yourself] so nobody else was ever in that situation," Jon Plane said.
He added: "For the last eight years when Laura's been ill I've always tried to do little things to cheer her up.
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Piggott, 81, was made an OBE in 1975 but stripped of the honour after being sent to prison for tax evasion in 1987.
Dettori was speaking to BBC Sport on the 60th anniversary of Piggott riding Crepello to victory in the first of the rider's five 2,000 Guineas triumphs.
"He should be recognised for the sport. He's done tremendous," he said.
Piggott was champion jockey 11 times between 1960 and 1982 and clocked up 4,493 winners in Britain during his career.
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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."
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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."
She urged people to take part and share the app with their friends and family on Facebook.
Giorgio Marchetti, director of competitions at European football's governing body, said talks were taking place with police.
Security concerns have been raised since explosions hit the Borussia Dortmund team bus in Germany.
The trophy arrived in Cardiff on Friday. The final is held on 3 June.
"We are always reviewing our security measures," said Mr Marchetti.
It could be the first Champions League final played under a roof.
A possible roof closure at the Principality Stadium had been suggested because of a fears of a drone attack on what is described as the biggest club football game in the world.
"The police have to consider all potential possibilities," said First Minister Carwyn Jones.
"Around those possibilities there has been a discussion whether the roof should be closed or not.
"But there is no specific threat of a drone attack."
Mr Marchetti has said any decision regrinding roof closure will be made closer to the match "and part of the overall assessment".
"The roof is normally there for other reasons," he said.
"Clearly there is a security reason to consider closing the roof and this will be considered. It is in our discussions with the police."
"Security is our number one priority at all of our events."
The trophy arrived in Cardiff on Friday afternoon ahead of the city hosting world football's biggest club final.
It was flown over from Uefa headquarters in Switzerland along with the Women's Champions League trophy.
Crowds gathered outside Cardiff Castle to see Wales football legend Ian Rush and the Wales women's team manager Jayne Ludlow carry out both competition trophies.
It was led through the city in a loud and colourful parade before being taken to the Principality Stadium - or the National Stadium of Wales as it is being called by UEFA for the matches.
The trophies will then go on tour around Wales in the build up to the finals.
Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Monaco and Real Madrid are vying for a place in the men's final.
The women's final will be held at the Cardiff City Stadium two days earlier.
The Champions League final has been held in the UK four times previously, at Wembley twice, Old Trafford and Hampden Park.
AMs want to know the public's priorities before ministers publish their plans in October.
Key questions include the importance of tackling poverty, an aging population, and preventative measures in health.
Finance committee chairman Simon Thomas said the impact of Brexit and tax powers required a Welsh Government with "a clear purpose and direction".
"The next few years will be among the most critical in Wales's development," said the Plaid Cymru AM, launching the consultation on Wednesday.
"We will be looking at the draft budget to judge whether or not it can deliver the best possible value to Wales.
"Before we reach that stage, it is important that we assess how the Welsh Government is performing against its own objectives, and we need people to tell us how they think it's doing.
"That is why we are gathering opinions and ideas now, through expert advice, relevant authorities and an online survey for people to contribute to our inquiry and help form our recommendations."
The survey form can be found on the Welsh Assembly website and people are also invited to share their views via email.
Earlier in July, First Minister Carwyn Jones said he had hoped to publish a detailed programme for the Welsh Labour government's five-year term before the summer recess, but he said he was putting it off until September amid uncertainty over the impact of Brexit on funding.
The collapse of the Berlin Wall saw thousands pour across the border from East Germany into the West, no doubt struck by the brash lights and shops full of just about everything you could dream of.
Yet one man, David Hlynsky, went the other way.
He had, in fact, been documenting Communist Europe for a number of years, turning his Hassleblad to the urban landscapes he found, as well as capturing a tantalising set of still-life pictures of shop windows, which offer a glimpse of life in the old Communist cities.
In the introduction to a book of the project published by Thames & Hudson, Hlynsky relates his experiences.
He notes that the shops of the East "hid as much as they revealed about the real economy".
The arrival of new stock was passed by word of mouth, he says, which meant "advertising was replaced by rumour and gossip".
People in the know would stockpile items while they were available, then later trade for other goods.
The shop windows had none of the bright lights and brand names of those in the West.
Goods were generic, there were not 20 varieties of the same thing on offer.
Yet Hlynsky says he "derived some pleasure from shopping in a landscape so devoid of glitz and and seduction", adding that, of course, he had a passport and could leave when he wanted.
Poignantly, he also remarks that the West's own shop windows have now changed too, with the closure of many small shops in our High Streets, all replaced by large chains, both East and West united in consumerism.
Perhaps it is time for us all to record the shop fronts in our own cities, much as Emily Webber has been doing for a number of years.
Here's a selection of pictures by David Hlynsky.
All photographs courtesy © David Hlynsky.
Window-Shopping Through the Iron Curtain by David Hlynsky is published by Thames & Hudson.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 50, is due to appear at a court in Panchkula, Haryana state, on Friday to hear the verdict in a case involving the rape of two women.
Parts of Punjab and Haryana have been placed in lockdown and mobile internet services suspended in some areas.
Thousands of police and paramilitary forces have been deployed.
The high court in the state has asked the government to use force, if necessary, to control the crowds.
Ram Rahim Singh denies the allegations, which date back to 2002.
The chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect dresses up in colourful clothes, with a rock star image.
He has published half a dozen music videos and regularly performs at rock concerts, which are attended by tens of thousands of followers.
The Dera Sacha Sauda website says it is a "social welfare and spiritual organisation that preaches and practices humanitarianism and selfless services to others".
The sect claims to have more than 50 million followers around the world and says it campaigns against female foeticide, for reforms for sex workers, runs schools and several hospitals.
In recent months, the Dera chief has been mired in controversy, amid allegations that he forced 400 followers to undergo castrations so that they could get "closer to god". He also faces trial for murder, charges a spokesman for the sect has denied.
He has been opposed by mainstream Sikh leaders, who accuse him of insulting and belittling their faith.
The crowds in Panchkula, where the court will deliver its verdict, have sparked a massive security deployment across the city.
Schools and offices in the area were closed, trains were halted, roads were blocked and three stadiums were set aside as makeshift prisons in case of trouble, officials said.
As many as 200,000 devotees of the highly influential guru have gathered, many desperate to get a glimpse of Singh as he heads into the court.
Authorities are concerned and are preparing for a possible public backlash from his supporters.
Ram Rahim Singh, who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in the long-running case, is one of India's most powerful gurus, with a god-like status.
He wields considerable political influence and claims to have tens of millions of followers worldwide.
Ram Rahim Singh is described by devotees on numerous websites as a saint as well as an author, inventor, scientist, philosopher, philanthropist, peace activist and "the ultimate humanitarian".
PC Joe Harrington will face a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm over an alleged assault on the black youth in police custody last August.
The CPS decided not to bring any charges after the original inquiry. But after reviewing the evidence in April the decision to prosecute was taken.
The alleged incident happened soon after riots in London.
The allegation was investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Alison Saunders, the Chief Crown Prosecutor for London, said a review was undertaken in April.
She said: "That review is now complete and I have decided that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction to charge PC Harrington with assault occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861."
Ms Saunders added that a review of the case showed that "a previous decision not to prosecute is clearly wrong" thereby prompting the CPS to reconsider prosecution to "rectify that error".
"It is clear that the allegation of using excessive force on a handcuffed 15-year-old in custody is a serious matter," she added.
The Athens stock exchange closed nearly 6% lower. Germany's Dax and France's Cac 40 ended more than 1% lower.
Shares also fell in the US, with the Dow Jones index dropping 0.8%.
Cash-strapped Greece is trying to reach a deal that will unlock bailout funds. It is seeking to avoid defaulting on a €1.5bn debt repayment to the IMF.
The payment is due by the end of the month.
According to official sources quoted by news agencies, senior eurozone officials meeting in Bratislava on Thursday held their first formal talks on the possibility that Greece might default.
Also on Thursday, officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pulled out of talks with Greek politicians in Brussels, citing "major differences".
Shares on the Athens Stock Exchange had soared on Thursday amid renewed optimism about Greece's talks with its creditors. The index climbed more than 14% - the best performance in several weeks.
But the IMF's withdrawal has dampened investors' moods.
On Friday, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup of finance ministers, said a deal without the IMF was "unimaginable".
On Friday stocks in the National Bank of Greece fell by more than 10%, while Piraeus Bank fell more than 11.5%.
European and US shares also fell on fears that a potential Greek default would hurt foreign investors in Greece.
However, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged all parties to continue negotiations.
Speaking at a business conference in Berlin, Ms Merkel said: "Where there's a will there's a way, but the will has to come from all sides, so it's important that we keep speaking with each other."
The pupil left Doncaster's Mallard Primary School, at about 11:40 GMT on Tuesday and was found at the Frenchgate Interchange in the town centre.
Their age and sex has not been revealed by police, who were alerted, or the school, in Balby.
School bosses apologised and said pupil safety was taken "very seriously".
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Theresa Siverns, the school's head, said: "We... have strict policies in place aimed at preventing pupils from leaving the school on their own and detailing what to do if a pupil does leave the grounds."
She said police and the child's parents were informed as soon as the school realised the child had left and staff searched the surrounding area.
"Children are regularly warned of the dangers of leaving the school site," she added.
"This was a most unfortunate event and I'm sorry it happened."
South Yorkshire Police confirmed it had been alerted about the missing child and added: "The child was located at the interchange by staff around an hour later and taken back to school."
And it is threatening legal action if either Vote Leave or Grassroots Out are chosen instead.
The party says neither group can speak for anti-austerity campaigners who want to leave the EU, due to their "pro-business" and "reactionary" views.
A decision will be made by the Electoral Commission on 14 April.
The Commission can select one designated lead campaign for both the "Leave" and "Remain" sides ahead of the referendum on EU membership on 23 June.
The watchdog will judge each applicant's merits on the basis of a range of criteria, such as level of cross-party support, campaign tactics and organisational capacity.
The chosen campaigns will get access to a grant of up to £600,000, an overall spending limit of £7m, campaign broadcasts, free mailshots and free access to meeting rooms.
On the Leave side, it had been expected to be a straight fight between two groups - Vote Leave, which is backed by London Mayor Boris Johnson, cabinet ministers including Michael Gove, UKIP MP Douglas Carswell - and Grassroots Out, which is supported by Tory MPs Peter Bone and Tom Pursglove, UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Labour MP Kate Hoey among others.
But in a surprise move the TUSC has joined the fray by applying to the Electoral Commission for selection as the official Leave campaign.
Only one group, Britain Stronger in Europe, has applied to be the lead Remain campaign.
The TUSC claims the other exit groups cannot meet the test set down by the 2000 Political Parties and Representation Act requiring referendum campaigners to "adequately represent" all those campaigning for a desired outcome.
"We want the Electoral Commission to recognise the reality that while we can't claim to represent the hedge funds which fund UKIP and the Tories, they can't claim to represent the anti-austerity millions who want their voices to be heard," said Clive Heemskerk, the TUSC's national agent.
Choosing either Vote Leave or Grassroots Out to carry the flag for the Leave campaign would be a "political decision", Mr Heemskerk said, which would exclude all those arguing for "an exit left" strategy and would give the Remain campaign a "five to ten point boost".
While admitting the TUSC's original intention was to call for neither group to be chosen, he said it had submitted a "serious application" after concluding its concerns would not be addressed.
The TUSC was only set up in 2010 - but Mr Heemskerk said its anti-EU stance was rooted in the left's historic opposition to the Union as a vehicle for corporate interests. He dismissed Labour supporters of Vote Leave and Grassroots Out as "pro-business Blarites".
The TUSC application is being fronted by ex-MP Dave Nellist, a former backbench ally of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Mr Nellist was deselected as a Labour candidate in 1992 and later expelled from the party for his links to the Trotskyist group Militant.
Mr Heemskerk said Mr Corbyn's personal scepticism about the EU was well known but Labour's official policy of campaigning to remain in had been "dictated" by those on the centre and centre-right of the party.
"The socialist voice against the EU has been muzzled," he claimed. "It is a tragedy that Tony Benn and Bob Crow died two years ago. They would have been crystal clear."
The TUC, the main umbrella group for Britain's trade unions, backs staying in the EU although some unions are uneasy about Labour's role in the campaign so far and some have decided to remain neutral.
Rail union the RMT, which is not affiliated to Labour and which has funded its own anti-EU party in the past, is bankrolling the TUSC bid to for official designation.
Mr Heemskerk said other unions were considering their stance and Unison, on whose executive committee TUSC has strong representation, could support its call to not cooperate with the Leave campaign.
Asked whether TUSC had the organisational capacity to run a referendum campaign, he said it put up more than 130 candidates at last year's general election and joked that the RMT had shown itself able to "bring London to a standstill" in past Tube strike action.
He also warned the party would not rule anything out if "its arguments were not listened to".
"If we don't get a meeting with the Electoral Commission, then there is a strong case for a judicial review."
Vote Leave is backed by a number of Labour MPs, including Gisela Stuart and Labour-supporting businessman John Mills while Grassroots Out's supporters include Labour's Kate Hoey and former Respect MP George Galloway.
Grassroots Out welcomed TUSC's intervention and said it hoped it would play a role in the campaign, whoever won the designation.
"Trade Union and Socialist Coalition has terrific reach across the country and it's great to have workers' voices so well represented," said Brendan Chilton, general secretary of Labour Go.
"We look forward to working with them towards our common goal to free the UK from the shackles of the EU."
The Electoral Commission said it had the option to meet the representatives of the different groups to clarify points or seek further information.
"The Commission will make its decision on designation of lead campaigners, as soon as practicable within the period from 1 to 14 April," it said in a statement.
"The Commission will also publish on its website information about how the decision was reached, including the application forms submitted by campaigners," it said.
10 November 2014 Last updated at 15:23 GMT
The instruments are designed and created by Customuse and have recently been used by indie rock band Klaxons on their latest tour.
Co-founder Mahdi Hosseini came up with the idea after realising his dream of a personalised guitar was financially out of his reach, unless he could get one printed.
Chairwoman Lady Smith will use the hearing to explain the approach of the inquiry and provide an update on its current investigations.
The probe is expected to last four years, and will look in detail at historical abuse of children in care.
Education Secretary John Swinney has rejected calls for the remit of the inquiry to be broadened.
No witnesses are expected to appear at what is a procedural hearing, at which Lady Smith will set out how people and interested parties can participate in the inquiry.
The inquiry states its purpose as being "to investigate the nature and extent of abuse of children whilst in care in Scotland", while considering "the extent to which institutions and bodies with legal responsibility for the care of children failed in their duty", in particular seeking any "systemic failures".
Its terms of reference say it covers a time period "within living memory of any person who suffered such abuse", up until the point the inquiry was announced in December 2014, and will consider if "changes in practice, policy or legislation are necessary" to protect children in care from abuse in future.
The inquiry has been plagued by problems since it was set up in October 2015. More than £3.5m has been spent on it during this period.
Its original chairwoman Susan O'Brien quit the post in July 2016, complaining of government interference, while a second panel member, Prof Michael Lamb, also resigned claiming the inquiry was "doomed".
Lady Smith was appointed to replace Ms O'Brien, but Mr Swinney said he was confident a replacement for Prof Lamb was not needed - although he added that experts could be called in to assist Lady Smith and remaining panel member Glenn Houston.
There were also complaints about the remit of the inquiry, with survivors' groups claiming some abusers could be could be "let off the hook" if children's' organisations, clubs and local parish churches were not specifically included in the probe.
However, Mr Swinney told MSPs that it was clear there was "not unanimity on this issue", concluding that the probe should focus only on in-care settings so that it remained "deliverable within a reasonable timescale".
He said "terrible crimes" had been committed in other settings, such as day schools and youth groups, but said criminal behaviour should be referred to the police and would be "energetically pursued through the criminal courts" where evidence exists.
A bill has been introduced at Holyrood removing any time bar on people seeking damages over childhood abuse.
In his few hours across the border, he called Mexicans "amazing" and "spectacular" people - in contrast to earlier comments branding Mexican migrants "rapists" and "murderers".
Mexicans had made their views clear to the US Republican presidential candidate before he arrived, saying in no uncertain terms that he was not welcome.
But the real target of anger over Mr Trump's subdued visit was the man who invited him - President Enrique Pena Nieto, who did not respond as Mr Trump discussed building a wall on their border.
The criticism could not come at a worse time for the president, whose approval ratings in the middle of last month sat at only 23%.
"Without a doubt, my perception is that it is going to make it even worse, even stronger the drop in approval" - Javier Urbano Reyes, a professor of International Studies at the Iberoamerican University in Mexico City, to AP
"What is in his head inviting Donald Trump? We Mexicans have dignity and a memory. Donald Trump is not welcome in Mexico" - Ricardo Anaya, president of the opposition PAN party
""Today is the worst political moment for Donald Trump, with this absurd meeting in Mexico with President Pena. It's about rescuing someone who is starting to agonise about their poll numbers. It's giving an event, in Mexico, the country that he has insulted. He is the first leader to tend to the hand of xenophobia, to a tyrant. That is inadmissible under any perspective, and secondly, a president is to meet with his peers, not candidates" - PAN senator Gabriela Cuevas (although it is worth pointing out that Republican candidate John McCain also visited Mexico, and Colombia, during the 2008 presidential race)
Mexicans tell Trump: 'You're not welcome'
"I don't understand what's going on here, and I really apologise for our president taking this step forward. I think President Pena is taking an enormous political risk by hosting Trump" - former president Vicente Fox to CNN
"The president allowed him to humiliate him and the Mexican people in our home, in our country, and then he went back to the US and in Arizona he mocked the president and everything he said here... And I could not conceive a worse situation for the president of Mexico now, I really can't" - Agustin Bastave, MP with opposition PRD party, speaking to the BBC
"It doesn't strike me as brave to meet someone who has insulted us to such a degree" - historian Enrique Krauze, on Mexico's biggest morning television show
After the meeting, Mr Trump said he and the president did not discuss the controversial border wall.
But soon after, Mr Pena Nieto took to Twitter to say: "At the start of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall."
In an interview with Televisa after the meeting, the president then said he had arranged the meeting as he was "convinced that we must confront the problems, threats and risks facing Mexico", adding that he felt there had been "a change of tone, a recognition of Mexico's importance" by Mr Trump, and that the meeting had been a "rapprochement".
Mr Trump's visit to Mexico dominates the front pages in both the Mexican and Latino papers in the US with many criticising President Pena Nieto for having invited him to a formal meeting.
Mr Pena Nieto's leadership qualities are called into question in an opinion piece in the Mexican daily, Excelsior, titled "Trump Veni, Vidi, Vici".
Mr Trump's visit is described as nothing short of a "capitulation" on the part of the Mexican leader, who is accused of failing in his duty to "protect all Mexicans in and out of the country".
However, rival paper El Universal defended the decision saying Mr Pena Nieto's meeting with Donald Trump was a "necessary step" in securing Mexico's relationship with its most important economic and political partner.
For its part, the Los Angeles based La Opinion said it was hard to understand why Mr Trump had been invited to Mexico "especially after all the insults the latter has spewed against Mexican immigrants and Mexico's leaders".
An ambulance was called to Belmore Street in the town shortly before 19:00 GMT, following a report that a vehicle had crashed into the side of a shop.
The woman was taken to Enniskillen's South West Acute Hospital where she was described as being in a critical condition.
Cardiff Met took the lead after 15 minutes courtesy of a Swans own goal but Katy Hosford found the net with a 30-yard drive to take it to extra time.
In the 107th minute, Hosford scored her second with another effort from close range, but Chloe O'Connor soon levelled to send it to penalties.
Keeper Yzabelle Taylor saved Stacey Webber's penalty to seal it for Met.
Both sides failed to score their first penalty, with Cardiff Met's O'Connor seeing her penalty saved by Courtney Young while Kelly Newcombe missed for Swans.
After both sides scored the rest of their penalties, Taylor made the save in sudden death to gift Cardiff Met the trophy.
The victory means Cardiff Met add the FAW Women's Cup to the League Cup which they won earlier this season by beating the Swans 3-1.
1947 - End of British rule and partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan.
1947 - The Maharaja of Kashmir signs a treaty of accession with India after a Pakistani tribal army attacks. War breaks out between India and Pakistan over the region.
1948 - India raises Kashmir in the UN Security Council, which in Resolution 47 calls for a referendum on the status of the territory. The resolution also calls on Pakistan to withdraw its troops and India to cut its military presence to a minimum. A ceasefire comes into force, but Pakistan refuses to evacuate its troops. Kashmir is for practical purposes partitioned.
1951 - Elections in the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir back accession to India. India says this makes a referendum unnecessary. The UN and Pakistan say a referendum needs to take into account the views of voters throughout the former princely state.
1953 - The pro-Indian authorities dismiss and arrest Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah, leader of the governing National Conference, after he takes a pro-referendum stance and delays formal accession to India. A new Jammu and Kashmir government ratifies accession to India.
1957 - The constitution of Indian-administrated Jammu and Kashmir defines it as part of India.
1950s - China gradually occupies eastern Kashmir (Aksai Chin).
1962 - China defeats India in a short war for control of Aksai Chin.
1963 - Pakistan cedes the Trans-Karakoram Tract of Kashmir to China.
1965 - A brief war between Indian and Pakistan over Kashmir ends in a ceasefire and a return to the previous positions.
1971-72 - Another Indo-Pakistani war ends in defeat for Pakistan and leads to the 1972 Simla Agreement.This turns the Kashmir ceasefire line into the Line of Control, pledges both sides to settle their differences through negotiations, and calls for a final settlement of the Kashmir dispute. The Agreement forms the basis of Pakistani-Indian relations thereafter.
Indian leader Indira Gandhi, left, and Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto shake hands after agreeing to resolve disputes through talks
1974 - The Opposition Plebiscite Front in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir drops demand for a referendum in return for extensive autonomy in an agreement with the Indian government. Sheikh Abdullah becomes chief minister, and his political dynasty continues to dominate the National Conference and state after his death in 1982.
1984 - The Indian Army seizes control of the Siachen Glacier, an area not demarcated by the Line of Control. Pakistan makes frequent attempts to capture the area in the following decades.
1987 - Disputed state elections in Indian-administrated Jammu and Kashmir give impetus to a pro-independence insurgency centred around the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). India accuses Pakistan of fomenting the insurgency by despatching fighters across the Line of Control, which Pakistan denies.
1990 - The insurgency escalates after the Indian Army kills about 100 demonstrators at Gawakadal Bridge. Attacks and threats lead to the flight of almost all Hindus from the Kashmir Valley area of the state. India imposes Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir.
1990s - The insurgency continues, with Kashmiri militants training in Pakistan and India deploying hundreds of thousands of troops in Jammu and Kashmir. Violence against civilians by both sides is widespread.
1999 - India and Pakistan go to war again after militants cross from Pakistani-administered Kashmir into the Indian-administered Kargil district. India repulses the attack, accuses Pakistan of being behind it, and breaks off relations.
2001-2004 - Moves to boost relations between the two countries are punctuated by continuing violence, notably an attack on the parliament of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar in 2001.
2010 - Major protests erupt in the Kashmir Valley of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir over the summer after a demonstrator is killed by the Indian army. The protests abate in September after the government announce measures to ease tension.
2011 August - Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announces an amnesty for the 1,200 young men who threw stones at security forces during the anti-government protests in the Kashmir Valley the previous year.
Indian State Human Rights Commission confirms presence of more than 2,000 unidentified bodies in unmarked graves near the Line of Control. Activists say many may be people who disappeared after being arrested by security forces.
2011 September - Indian forces kill three Pakistani soldiers in firing across the Line of Control. India accuses Pakistan of opening fire first.
2013 February - Kashmiri Jaish-e-Mohammed member Mohammad Afzal Guru hanged over role in 2001 Indian parliament terror attack, prompting protests in which two young men are killed.
2013 September - Prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet and agree to try reduce the number of violent incidents at their disputed border in Kashmir.
2014 August - India cancels talks with Pakistan after accusing it of interfering in India's internal affairs. The decision comes after Pakistan's High Commissioner in Delhi consulted Kashmiri separatist leaders in advance of the talks.
During a visit to the disputed border state of Jammu and Kashmir, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi accuses Pakistan of waging a proxy war against India in Kashmir.
2014 October - Pakistan and India exchange strongly-worded warnings, after a flare-up of violence across their common border leaves at least 18 people dead.
BJP joins government
2015 March - India's ruling BJP party is sworn into government in Indian-administered Kashmir for first time in coalition with local People's Democratic Party, with the latter's Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as chief minister.
2015 September - Muslim separatist leaders in Indian-administered Kashmir close shops, businesses and government departments in protest at the enforcement of a colonial-era ban on eating beef.
2015 November - One person dies in violent protests following a visit to Indian-administered Kashmir by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
2016 April - Mehbooba Mufti, the leader of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), becomes the first female chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir following the death of her father and party founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
Curfew
2016 July - Authorities impose an indefinite curfew in most parts of Indian-administered Kashmir after the killing of popular militant by security forces of Burhan Wani, a popular militant and top commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen group, sparks violent protests.
2016 August - A curfew in most parts of Indian-administered Kashmir is lifted but schools, shops and most banks remain shut and mobile and internet services remain suspended. At least 68 civilians and two security officials have died and more than 9,000 people injured in over 50 days of violence according to official tallies.
2016 September - India and Pakistan exchange a war of words after 18 Indian soldiers are killed in a raid by gunmen on an army base in Indian-administered Kashmir.
2016 September - India says it has carried out "surgical strikes" against suspected militants along the de-facto border with Pakistan in Kashmir but Pakistan rejects the claims.
The job cuts are the latest to hit the workforce in Motherwell, which has more than halved since a peak of 630 employees in 2009/10.
Management at Terex Trucks blamed market conditions and a downturn in global demand.
The company produces articulated and rigid trucks which serve industries such as construction and mining.
In the latest round of cuts, subject to a statutory consultation period, 55 jobs on the shop floor will go, along with 10 administrative positions, leaving a staff of 300.
The firm started producing trucks in Motherwell in 1950 and was acquired by Volvo in 2014.
GMB Scotland organiser Alan Ritchie said: "These latest cuts mean more manufacturing misery for Lanarkshire and the Scottish economy, coming less than 24 hours after grim growth forecasts and the threat of a Scottish recession.
"Generations of Terex workers have delivered decades of world-class manufacturing here in Motherwell but, as we've seen at the likes of Tannoy in Coatbridge, a proud history counts for absolutely nothing.
"Let's be clear that Scottish manufacturing is in total freefall and our slide towards a low-skill, low-wage economy gathers apace without any meaningful intervention from the Scottish or UK governments."
John Swinney made the pledge as he confirmed the policy would not be rolled out on the last day of August as initially planned, pending changes.
It follows a ruling by the UK Supreme Court last month that aspects of the plan breached European human rights.
The scheme would appoint a named person to oversee the welfare of every child.
But judges decided that information-sharing provisions in the plan could result in disproportionate interference with Article 8 rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) - the right to a family and private life.
Secondary legislation required to stop commencement of the relevant parts of the act at the end of this month have now been laid before the Scottish Parliament.
Mr Swinney said he would make a statement to MSPs in the first week after the summer recess on progress in implementing the scheme, and insisted the issue was "one of timing, not of policy".
He said: "In its judgment last month, the Supreme Court dismissed a number of challenges to the named person policy and described its aims as 'unquestionably legitimate and benign'.
"However, the court's ruling made clear the Scottish government needs to amend the information-sharing provisions in the 2014 Act and provide greater clarity about the basis on which information will be shared to ensure compliance with the ECHR.
"I confirmed earlier this month that the Scottish government is therefore not commencing the named person provisions of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 on August 31, and ministers have today lodged the necessary order to address this point.
"We remain firmly committed to implementing the named person service to support children and their families. We will engage with key partners across public services, the third sector, Parliament and the wider public to take this forward.
"I am determined to see the service implemented as soon as practicable. There will be a named person service, its availability guaranteed by law to those who want to use it."
Mr Swinney said a new roll-out date would be brought before Parliament.
Scottish Conservative education spokeswoman Liz Smith said: "Families and professionals will welcome this development.
"But this also contributes to the confusion in those local authorities which have already launched a scheme now deemed to be unlawful."
The Danish striker, then 20, arrived for a club record fee of an initial £7.5m but failed to score in 11 games.
He rejoined FC Copenhagen six months later and the episode was one of the reasons for Mackay's sacking in 2013.
"It was unfortunate that we only stayed in the Premier League for one season," said Tan.
"You know the main reason, I always say, and I have told Mehmet [Dalman, Cardiff's chairman] the same, is that we spent a lot of money there - I think it was £50m.
"What did we get? We paid £10.5m for Cornelius who didn't even play 45 minutes and then the manager said he was a project.
"I'm in the Premier League, I need to survive. What an idiot he [Mackay] is."
Mackay's representatives told BBC Wales Sport they had nothing to say regarding Tan's comments.
Copenhagen paid in the region of £3m for Cornelius, who agreed to drop back down to his original salary of £6,000 per week, having been on £45,000 at Cardiff.
The striker was Scotsman Mackay's first signing after guiding Cardiff to promotion to the Premier League, and the Dane rediscovered his form at Copenhagen with a tally of 45 goals over his two spells with the club.
Cornelius joined Italian Serie A side Atalanta this summer for a fee thought to be close to £4m.
It transpires that, with add-ons, Cardiff's actual transfer fee for the striker was almost £11m and Cornelius's salary over a five-year contract, plus a £1.25m signing-on fee, meant the Bluebirds committed themselves to a total outlay of more than £20m.
Cardiff broke their record transfer fee twice more under Mackay, with Steven Caulker joining from Tottenham for £8m before Gary Medel was recruited from Sevilla for £11m, with both players proving a success on the pitch.
Following Cardiff's relegation after one season in the Premier League, defender Caulker was sold to Queens Park Rangers for £8m and Chile midfielder Medel to Inter Milan for £9m.
Tan's acrimonious sacking of Mackay - who is now the Scottish Football Association's performance director - was one of several flashpoints in what has been a tumultuous tenure since the Malaysian businessman bought the Welsh club in 2010.
Cardiff subsequently sent a dossier to the Football Association alleging that Mackay and former head of recruitment Iain Moody shared racist and sexist texts, with the governing body deciding that both men would face no action.
Tan's decision to change the team's home colours to red led to a fans' revolt but his financial support for Mackay was central to the club's promotion to the Premier League in 2013, albeit for only one season.
The owner agreed to a return to blue shirts in 2015 and, although the club seems to be enjoying a period of stability under manager Neil Warnock, Tan remains furious with Mackay and his signing of Cornelius.
"Neil is sensible. He knew the problems we had and the mistakes we have made before. So Neil is doing a great job and we are happy with Neil," said Tan.
"The fans should be together with us because we're trying to do the right thing," he added.
"We haven't got a manager who will do the wrong thing - Neil is doing the right thing.
"So if the manager does the right thing and we also do the right thing - we support when it is supportable.
"We cannot support someone who makes ridiculous decisions, stupid decisions.
"You pay for a big striker £10.5m you should play him 90 minutes, not 45 minutes, five minutes, 10 minutes. Because he's a project he [Mackay] says, finally, he says he [Cornelius] is a project.
"How come I'm in the Premier League and you're finding time to do a project for the future? What rubbish is that? And you pay £45,000 a week for a project? Rubbish!"
Cardiff have meandered in the Championship in recent seasons, gradually reducing spending as they enter their final year of parachute payments following their Premier League relegation.
They have made a strong start to this campaign - their first full term under Warnock - and sit top of the Championship table after two wins from their opening two fixtures, including Saturday's 3-0 victory over Aston Villa.
Tan believes the club is more stable and harmonious than it has been for much of his controversial reign, and he thinks Warnock could help them mount a promotion challenge this season.
"I think we have a very good chance to get promoted, but I always say God willing," he said.
"We will try to be humble and we pray for good luck because luck is important.
"I think we are lucky, we got good luck, we have got Neil - thanks to Mehmet because we could have got someone terrible.
"But we have got Neil, we are happy and if we get promoted I think we have a good chance of staying if we do things sensibly - as long as we don't spend £10m on a striker!
"If you do that he must score 10 or 20 goals. We had one not even play 90 minutes and paid the highest salary in the club's history - £45,000 a week.
"I can't believe it even still today."
A property in Cheadle Hulme and a business in Manchester were searched during morning raids on Tuesday.
HMRC officers seized money, computers and business and personal records.
The couple, who were released pending further inquiries, are suspected of not declaring their true personal income and business affairs, HMRC added.
Six-year-old Buddy, a long-haired tabby from Hucknall in Nottinghamshire, went missing last September.
He was found after a member of the public in Hounslow, Greater London, saw him looking lost and confused and called the RSPCA.
A vet who examined him before he was returned to his owner John Pidgeon, said he was "underweight but fine".
Mr Pidgeon said: "He came back yesterday and has settled in really well."
He said Buddy may have jumped in a car and been taken to London by mistake, but he is not sure what happened.
"I was asking people - do you think he will recognise me? But he came home, just had a brief look round and is now right at home.
"I wasn't expecting it at all, when I got the call from the RSPCA inspector ... and she told me where she was and where she had found him I couldn't believe it.
"I'm absolutely thrilled to have him back."
Mr Pidgeon said he was away in Scotland when his cat went missing, but his stepfather was feeding him every day.
RSPCA inspector Leanna Hone said: "I have no idea how Buddy managed to travel 150 miles or what he has been doing since September.
"It's lucky he had his microchip kept up to date and I'm so pleased we were able to reunite him with his owner."
Jurors at Southwark Crown Court convicted 46-year-old Edwin Mee from Glasgow of 10 sexual assaults, two rapes and one count of assault.
He was cleared of three charges. Jurors are still considering four counts of sexual assault and one of rape.
Mee worked at Mitcham Barracks Army Careers and Information Office in Croydon as a recruitment sergeant,
The court heard he abused his power to "bully and groom" young female cadets aged from 16 to their early 20s.
The attacks took place in 2010 and 2011.
Jurors were told the divorced father-of-five spanked women and this escalated to the rape of a vulnerable recruit.
Mee used to stay late at the careers centre and interview the women after hours to "deliberately" target them, the court heard.
One victim said she saw Mee as a father figure before he raped her.
Prosecutor Rosina Cottage said: "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."
She said the sergeant disregarded normal Army procedures to keep the women to himself and "gauge their vulnerability".
He talked to them about sex, touched them and in the most serious instance commit rape, Ms Cottage said.
Mee also deliberately targeted young black women, she said, perhaps thinking they were more vulnerable in relation to their immigration status or to pretend he had some power over them.
After asking a 16-year-old if she had body piercings and saying he wanted to see the piercing in her tummy, he slapped her, the court heard.
When she complained, he said: "It's you who needs the Army".
Mee denied all 21 charges against him.
The jurors will return to continue their deliberations on Wednesday.
Analysis of some 11,000 online listings for spare rooms found all but a few hundred stated benefit claimants were not welcome.
Campaign groups say it is "naked discrimination" and are calling for a change in the law.
Landlords say more social housing needs to be built.
The BBC England data unit analysed listings on the website SpareRoom, looking at London and 18 other towns and cities across England.
It is a similar pattern on another house sharing website.
On OpenRent.co.uk, just 580 out of 3,342 listings accepted people on benefits.
The websites specify "No to DSS" in flatmate preferences. DSS is the acronym for the Department of Social Security, which was replaced in 2001 by the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Eva describes her six-month search for a place to live as "humiliation".
The 33-year-old from Hackney works part time designing and building furniture, while bringing up seven-year-old son Bobby.
Yet the cost of rent is so much her earnings do not cover it, and like many thousands of people she has to claim housing benefit.
"I eventually got somewhere because I had a UK-based guarantor, but I also have not told my landlord I receive benefits," she says.
"I was looking for a two-bedroom flat because my landlady wanted back the one I had been living in for five years.
"Every time I'd be asked if I was working. When I said yes I was asked how much I earned. When I said I received housing benefit, that was it."
It was the summer of 2015 when Eva was given two months' notice. Yet it was the December by the time she had found somewhere to go.
"The local council would only consider us for the waiting list if we had a bailiff's letter," Eva says.
"I rarely got an explanation as to why landlords would not accept us.
"One person told me it was something about the freehold not allowing her to rent people on benefits.
"Another said 'it's the others giving you a bad name'. Some would insist on three or even six months' rent in advance.
"I quickly learned to just not tell people."
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Campaign group Digs, which supports people renting in Hackney, said barring benefit claimants was "naked discrimination".
Spokeswoman Heather Kennedy said: "People claim housing benefit for different reasons, including because they're disabled, caring for others or escaping a violent relationship. And as rents have sky-rocketed and wages stagnate, more and more working people are having to claim benefits to cover their rent.
"Landlords and agents have far too much power in relation to ordinary people. The only way to fix this is proper regulation, to protect people from a rental market which the government have now finally accepted is badly broken."
Changes to equality law for the rental market came into force in Ireland in January 2016.
From that point on, anyone in receipt of rent supplement, housing assistance or other social welfare payments could no longer be discriminated against when it came to accommodation or related services.
Advertisers can also be held liable for discrimination if they publish anything indicating discrimination.
People who are discriminated against in Ireland can take it to the Workplace Relations Commission, which can fine landlords up to €15,000 (about £12,900).
A spokewoman for the Irish Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation said there had so far been 45 complaints "citing rent supplement or another payment under the Social Welfare Acts as a ground of discrimination".
Roger Harding, a director at the homelessness charity Shelter, said: "We all know how difficult and stressful it can be to find somewhere to live.
"But, for the many renters who rely on local housing allowance to top up their income in order to meet the rent, finding somewhere to live is almost impossible.
Mr Harding said the government's freeze on housing allowance had left "little incentive for landlords to want to rent to people whose pockets are starting to feel the pinch".
The National Landlords Association said cuts in welfare meant benefit payments in many parts of the country "no longer cover the rent".
It said the private rented sector now accounted for 19% of UK households and had doubled in size since 2002, while social housing had fallen and now made up 17% of households.
Richard Lambert, chief executive of the association, said: "Most landlords support the construction of social housing as a better investment of government funds.
"Not only would this mean more housing available and affordable for those most in need, it would also relieve the pressure on the private sector that creates the breeding ground for the minority of rogues and criminals who get away with providing substandard housing."
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said on Thursday that access to private rented properties was falling among people on housing benefits.
A survey of private landlords found caps to housing benefits were cited by 29% of respondents as a key reason why those on lower incomes were being pushed out of the rental market.
Matt Hutchinson, director of SpareRoom, said: "It's a sad fact it can be a real struggle to find places to rent if you rely on benefits.
"When we've surveyed landlords to find out why, the overwhelming response has been issues with rent being paid in full or on time.
"In the long term the best course of action isn't to stop discrimination against people receiving benefits, it's to reverse the decision taken in the 1980s to subsidise people, rather than things.
"We spend £27bn a year on Housing Benefit. If we spent that on building homes, rather than helping people afford ever escalating costs, we could solve the housing crisis."
The Department for Work and Pensions said under Universal Credit housing costs and support are paid direct to the tenant, not the landlord. That would mean the only way a landlord would be aware a tenant was in receipt of support would be if the claimant themselves told them.
The Department for Communities and Local Government declined to comment.
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Aberdeen City Council said there were 134 empty teaching posts in the city.
The council admitted consideration would have to be given to shutting the worst-affected schools after the summer unless the situation improves.
The Scottish government said education secretary John Swinney would be in Aberdeen on Monday to hear directly from those involved in education.
Aberdeen education convener Angela Taylor said: "This is a national problem but there is no doubt that Aberdeen is a special case because of the high cost of living plus the oil and gas crisis.
"The first minister seems to concede that this city is a special case but as far as I'm concerned, Aberdeen is being left to twist in the wind given the precious little support we have been given.
Ms Taylor called on the Scottish government to act urgently.
She added: "If they continue to ignore our pleas for action, there is a danger that after the summer holidays we may have to consider closing those schools worst affected by this crisis."
The Scottish government said it wanted all schools to have access to the right number of teachers so every child has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
A spokesman said: "Last year we invested £51m to safeguard teacher posts and increased student teacher numbers in each of the last five years, specifically targeting places at the University of Aberdeen."
He added: "Through the Transition Training Fund we are committed to helping oil and gas sector staff move to a career in teaching, particularly in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects, and we are supporting the University of Aberdeen's distance learning teacher education programme, which allows council employees to retrain as teachers while staying in work.
"Mr Swinney will be in Aberdeen on Monday to hear directly from education directors, head teachers and teachers from Aberdeen and other parts of the north of Scotland to hear about the challenges they're facing and opportunities moving forward."
Philip Temple, 66, admitted abusing 12 boys and one girl while working in south London care homes and a north London church.
He also admitted lying on oath in the 1990s when he was cleared of child sex abuse charges against a teenage boy.
Judge Christopher Hehir apologised to the victim at Woolwich Crown Court.
He said: "I am sorry justice was not done when you came to court in 1998 and 1999."
The victim, who cannot be named, told the court he self-harmed, became a recluse and even tried to kill himself after the previous trials.
He said: "I can only imagine the damage he has caused to other victims. We can never escape what he did and we can never be free of it."
In a statement read out in court, one victim said: "I feel like I have been robbed of my childhood and sometimes when I see other children in the street I wish I could go back in time and be a child again."
During sentencing, the judge told Temple: "You of course exploited the opportunities your deceit as to your character had afforded you, not only by sexually abusing children but, as a priest, by lying on oath to deny the truthful accusations brought against you by one of your victims.
"Your actions as a priest demonstrated that in truth you were a wolf in shepherd's clothing."
On Tuesday, Temple admitted seven charges committed in the 1970s. He had already admitted 20 similar charges and two of perjury at Croydon Crown Court in April.
Temple abused boys and a girl while working as a social worker in Lambeth and Wandsworth councils between 1971 and 1977.
He became a priest in 1988 and served at Christ the King Monastery in Cockfosters, where he abused two children, including an altar boy.
He abused youngsters in children's homes in south London, including the Shirley Oaks complex near Croydon, the court heard.
Raymond Stephenson of the Shirley Oaks Survivors Association said: "If Temple had been caught at Shirley Oaks he would not have been able to abuse anyone else."
A Lambeth Council spokesman said it was cooperating fully with the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) and added: "We hope the outcome provides some solace to the victims of these dreadful crimes."
A spokesperson for the Catholic Church in England and Wales said when concerns were raised it was limited in the measures it could take because as a monk he was answerable to the head of his order in Italy rather than the archdiocese here.
He said the tests would "enhance the reliance" of the North's nuclear attack capability, state media reported.
The North has issued a series of increasingly bellicose threats in the wake of sanctions imposed after nuclear and missile tests earlier this year.
Many analysts doubt the North's ability to put nuclear weapons on missiles.
However last week, Mr Kim also claimed his scientists had developed nuclear warheads small enough to fit on ballistic missiles. The claims were accompanied by pictures of the leader standing alongside what state media said was a miniaturised nuclear warhead.
South Korea's defence ministry was sceptical about the claim, saying it thought the North had "not yet secured miniaturised nuclear warheads".
Kim Jong-un's latest comments came as he was overseeing a simulation for the kind of re-entry technology needed to bring a nuclear-armed ballistic missile back into the atmosphere, the KCNA news agency reported.
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In January, the North conducted its fourth nuclear test, which it claimed was of a powerful hydrogen bomb. This was followed in February by the launch of a satellite using banned missile technology. Both were in contravention of existing UN sanctions.
In the past week, US and South Korean forces have been holding their largest ever annual joint military exercises, known as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle.
The drills routinely generate tension, but this year Pyongyang threatened to launch a "pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice" against the US and South Korea.
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The station originally commissioned six episodes of the Benefits Street spin-off but now says the series will be "shorter than initially planned".
Attempts to film on Southampton's Derby Road last year were met with protests.
"While there were residents... who wanted to share their stories, other elements on the street were determined to hinder filming," a spokesman said.
"Because of the disruption this caused, Immigration Street will now be shorter than the initially planned six episodes."
The programme will be "transmitted in the next few weeks", the spokesman confirmed.
"Despite objections from some local groups, immigration is too important an issue for debate about it to be silenced," the station's representative went on.
The announcement followed a protest on Saturday that saw Southampton residents demonstrate outside Channel 4's headquarters in London.
Derby Road residents have raised concerns that the show - produced for Channel 4, like the controversial Benefits Street, by independent outfit Love Productions - will stigmatise the area.
When it announced the series, Channel 4 said it would "capture life on a street in Southampton where the mix of residents has been transformed over time and continues to evolve as a result of immigration.
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Itoje, 21, has had a sensational 2016 so far, winning the double with club Saracens as well as a Grand Slam and a whitewash of Australia with England.
Despite the "special" season, he admits "many aspects" of his own game can be developed further.
"I don't know many players who peak at 21," he told BBC Sport.
"I want to get stronger, faster, and fitter. I want to try and be as complete a player as possible."
As well as winning silverware with both club and country last season, Itoje only lost one match - against Harlequins in January - and astonishingly has not lost a game he has started since May 2015.
"Last season was pretty special and I was fortunate enough to do it with some pretty good people as well, which made it even more enjoyable," he said.
"Last year is one that will go in the memory bank, but now that it's over it's quite interesting how quickly your mind shifts towards the next goals you want to achieve.
"Now it's done, we are looking forward."
With nine victories out of nine so far this calendar year, England can go unbeaten in 2016 if they avoid defeat in the autumn series.
And next summer, there is the prospect of a British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand to look forward to.
Although widely tipped to feature on the Lions tour, Itoje is trying to follow the advice of England captain Dylan Hartley and not to get carried away.
"I'm not really looking that far ahead - it's important to focus on the here and now," Itoje said.
"I want to get in the best possible shape I can in pre-season and start the season well, to a higher quality than last season."
Away from rugby, Itoje has one more year left of a politics degree at the School of Oriental and African and Studies.
In May, not only was he helping Saracens to European and domestic success, he was was also juggling end-of-semester exams.
"I did all right, I passed my exams, and I'm on a 2:1 at the moment," he said.
"Hopefully I can push on a little bit more, get a little bit better there, but it's going OK so far."
And Itoje says balancing rugby with his ongoing studies will remain a priority in the coming months as Sarries start their Premiership defence at home to Worcester on Saturday, 3 September.
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Tamara Holboll made several calls for help in the days leading up to her death in May 2014.
Coroner Mary Hassell was told mental health workers did not think Peter Holboll would harm his mother,
However, just days later he stabbed her and set fire to her Kentish Town flat.
Holboll, 44, was sent to a secure hospital for an unlimited time last November after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
St Pancras Coroners Court was told Mrs Holboll and her son made a number of calls to the South Camden Rehabilitation and Recovery Team on 7 May 2014.
The centre provides services for adults with serious and long term psychosis.
Holboll and his mother told social workers they wanted to get him admitted to hospital. She said she was afraid he would harm her.
The inquest heard Mrs Holboll, 76, was in denial that her son had a mental illness and there was "enormous tension" between the two.
Social workers who saw Peter on 7 May said he was anxious and hearing voices.
Clinical Team Manager Anthony Jemmott told the coroner: "He said it (the voice) was telling him to hurt his mother but wasn't sure, he seemed confused".
The team were unable to find him a bed at Highgate Mental Health Centre.
When the coroner asked why they did not push harder for a bed, two of those who saw Peter said they did not believe he was an "imminent risk" to his mother.
The inquest continues.
Most black Americans say they are treated unfairly and do not feel that racial equality has been achieved in the US, according to the report.
Eighty-eight percent of black Americans surveyed think the country must change, but only 55% of white Americans.
The survey comes amid ongoing conversations about race in the US.
Race tensions are high in the US, especially with the 2016 presidential election approaching.
There are more than 1,000 deadly shootings by police in the country each year, and those killed are disproportionately black Americans.
The fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Missouri in 2014 by police sparked protests across the country and gave fire to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Other key points from the report:
"Blacks, far more than whites, say black people are treated unfairly across different realms of life, from dealing with the police to applying for a loan or mortgage. And, for many blacks, racial equality remains an elusive goal," the report's authors write.
There were 3,769 adults polled between 29 February and 8 May of 2016 - a group made up of 1,799 white, 1,004 black and 654 Hispanic Americans.
The venues have teams responsible for identifying the animals and sending them back to their natural habitat, says Tania Braga, responsible for Sustainability in Rio 2016.
"Around 25% of Rio has original forests," she told BBC Brasil.
"We don't want to hide the animals, we want to show that we can live side by side. It's a privilege to have such diversity to show."
Around the golf course in Barra da Tijuca, the western district of the city where the main Olympic infra-structure has been built, there are about 230 different types of animals including a threatened species of alligator.
According to Ms Braga, they are "well adapted and a much less aggressive species than the ones found in Florida".
"When they reach the golf course, for instance, we make sure there is no risk to the animals and to the public."
Earlier in the year, capybaras - giant rodents that are a common sight in the area - caused damage to the grass.
The building of the golf course in a protected area caused controversy, but organisers say that conditions around the venue now are actually better than they were before.
It is a controversial assessment considering the poor conditions in the lagoons and the diminishing size of natural habitats.
"With urban expansion, people started living closer and closer to the animals. In fact, we invaded their space," says biologist Izar Aximoff.
A group of biologists who monitor conditions in the area highlight the struggle of animals such as alligators to survive. Images kept by the team show alligators swimming in sewage, resting in floating rubbish and caught in plastic.
"Developments in the area surrounding the Olympic Park intensified in the past 30 years and reached a critical point now, forcing animals like alligators and snakes out of their natural habitat," said geologist Silma Cardoso de Santa Maria.
Reports of alligators, snakes and capybaras in swimming pools and backyards are not uncommon.
"Irregular use of land or bad planning caused immense damage also to smaller animals like crabs, birds, fish and insects affecting the whole chain," she added.
As dwindling ice exposes more water to the wind, this turbulence could close a vicious circle, accelerating the melt.
The research team has measured heat rising from below that matches what is arriving from the autumn sun.
They spoke to the BBC by satellite phone as their month-long voyage headed back into port.
Although their findings are preliminary, the "ArcticMix" team has been taken aback by what they've seen in the raw data.
"The strength of heat coming up from below the surface has been as strong as the heat coming down from the Sun," said the mission's chief scientist, Jennifer MacKinnon, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego.
"Admittedly, the days are getting short here, and so the sunlight is not incredibly strong at this latitude. But still, that very rarely happens; that's kind of blown us all away."
The source of that deep heat is a layer of warm water that is saltier - and therefore denser - than water at the surface.
"There's a reservoir of heat in the Arctic Ocean, well beneath the surface, that historically - when there's been a lot of ice - has been fairly quiescent," Dr MacKinnon explained. "It's just been sitting as a warm, salty puddle beneath the surface."
Now that shrinking sea ice is exposing more water to the air, scientists are worried that this warm, salty puddle might get stirred upwards.
And, indeed, Dr MacKinnon's team has detected heat being brought to the surface by surprisingly strong eddies - which they studied in detail using a gadget that looks like "a torpedo with a record-player needle at the front".
Matthew Alford, the project's chief investigator, explained how this "microstructure profiler" - developed in the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory - works when it is dropped into the sea.
"When it encounters very, very small currents of turbulence, the needle just gets deflected slightly - exactly as it would if it was travelling over a record," said Dr Alford, also from the Scripps Institution.
"[These tools] are allowing us to get a clearer view of not only the 3D structure of these eddies, but also really directly measuring the heat flux out of the top of these eddies, and into the bottom of the ice."
Some of these currents were bringing water as warm as 6C to depths shallower than 50m; these are even more dramatic disturbances than the team had expected.
"The strength of [these currents] has been incredible," Dr MacKinnon said. "We now need to disentangle what the contribution of that process is to the multi-year, inexorable decline of the sea ice."
The expedition reached its conclusion on Saturday, when the US National Science Foundation's research vessel the Sikuliaq returned to port in Alaska.
Among the team's other toys were a "Swims" (shallow water integrated mapping system) which could be trailed behind the boat to take continuous measurements of temperature, depth and conductivity, and a "bow chain" to probe the water in front of the boat.
"We're interested in the structures of the ocean, not in the ocean after we just rammed through it with a huge 261ft (80m) ship," explained Dr Alford. "So the idea is to dangle sensors in front of it, and have them sample the unperturbed ocean. That's been showing us some very nice structures in the upper 20m or so of the ocean."
They also deployed a stationary mooring: a heavy weight chained to a float, with an automated profiler that crawled up and down the chain collecting data until the team came back to pick it up.
"It was exactly where we left it, which was amazing," Dr Alford said. "Sometimes these things go drifting or get dragged by fishing boats… This was a very boring recovery of our mooring and that's the way we like it."
The researchers encountered walruses, puffins and a lone polar bear during their weeks at sea. Dr MacKinnon said the wildlife count was lower than usual. "It's actually been super-quiet up here."
Quiet - but fierce. "It's been chilly. There's been a number of nights when people have been out working on deck, when it's snowing, it's windy, and it's maybe -5C on board."
Dr Julienne Stroeve, an arctic expert at the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre, said the new results were valuable and interesting.
"I think it is quite important to understand this type of mixing of warmer ocean waters at depth with the sea ice," she told the BBC.
It will be crucial, Dr Stroeve added, to quantify exactly how much heat is reaching the ice and how much melting it has caused.
"In 2007 more than 3m of bottom melt was recorded by [an] ice mass balance buoy in the region, which was primarily attributed to earlier development of open water that allowed for warming of the ocean mixed layer. But perhaps some of this is also a result of ocean mixing."
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Criminals are faking airline tickets and accommodation adverts, and selling bogus package holidays, according to the City of London Police's National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).
One couple lost more than £1,000 after booking what they thought was a romantic break with a bogus company.
Travel industry experts urged people to do their research before booking.
The NFIB says more than 4,500 cases of holiday-booking fraud were reported in a 12-month period.
Airline-ticket fraud accounted for around 21% of the total scams in 2013, with flights to West Africa a particular target.
About 30% of victims fell foul of fake adverts for holiday villas and apartments.
The report said that some people arrived at their destination only to discover they had nowhere to stay.
Laura Parks from Thirsk, North Yorkshire, booked a Valentine's Day weekend break at Loch Ness for herself and her husband, Sean, a soldier on leave from Afghanistan.
They paid to stay in a lodge advertised on Facebook. But photos of the accommodation had been taken from another website - and the real owners had nothing to do with the people Mrs Parks had paid.
When the couple arrived, they were stranded in a blizzard.
NFIB director Detective Superintendent Peter O'Doherty said the internet had changed the way people booked holidays and was "enabling fraudsters to prey upon those looking for that perfect break".
Mark Tanzer, chief executive of the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), said: "Fraudsters are conning unsuspecting holidaymakers and travellers out of thousands of pounds each year - leaving them out of pocket or stranded with nowhere to stay through fake websites, false advertising, bogus phone calls and email scams."
The NFIB, ABTA and web security advice organisation Get Safe Online are all warning of possible holiday fraud ahead of the Ryder Cup this year, and the football World Cup in Brazil in the summer.
Abta has a full list of tips on how to avoid becoming a victim on its website.
The local council there voted to back proposals to stop people from using them in public places.
Sam Barstow from City of Lincoln Council said: "This is a part of a whole raft of measures that include further education, increasing our intelligence around legal highs and the issues that are associated with them."
But not everyone is happy.
Jamie, who has sent a petition to the Prime Minister asking for a clamp down on legal highs in the UK, told Newsbeat more should be done.
He thinks the rules should go further and wants head shops, which sell legal highs, to be closed down.
"It's just the advertising it gets. You walk down the high street and there's 10-year-old kids walking down the street and there's a big pipe in a shop window. What message does that send out?"
The reason the government struggle to make legal highs illegal is because as soon as they ban one substance a few chemicals are changed and it is rebranded as a whole new product.
Lincoln's new rules are being suggested as a replacement of Designated Public Place Orders, which prevent alcohol consumption under certain circumstances.
"You wouldn't have noticed [legal high use in the city] five years ago," said Jamie.
"But more recently you can see people just staggering up and down the high street almost like zombies - absolutely off their face."
He took legal highs once but says they have had a much worse affect on some of his friends.
"A few people I did know have carried on doing it and I've watched them become homeless and they look nothing like they used to.
"They're just staggering up the high street, they sleep on the streets now, under bridges."
Sam Barstow, Lincoln's service manager for public protection and anti-social behaviour, said: "The main difference between the existing powers and this new proposal is that it gives us the ability to tackle on-street alcohol consumption and the use of so-called legal highs.
"The Designated Public Place Order required police to be satisfied consumption of the alcohol would lead to anti-social behaviour, which led to difficulties in enforcement.
"The new order would be a complete ban on consuming both alcohol and legal highs in the city centre."
Legal highs are substances which produce the same, or similar effects, to drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy, but are not controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
In many cases, they are designed to mimic class A drugs, but are structurally different enough to avoid being classified as illegal substances, so it is legal to possess and use them.
The latest figures from the Centre for Social Justice (CJS) show the number of police incidents involving legal highs have increased in many parts of England since 2010.
The number of incidents soared across 16 police forces that responded to a freedom of information request by the think-tank.
Of those asked, Lincolnshire police recorded the highest rate of police incidents involving legal highs in 2014 with 820.
The second highest was South Yorkshire with 465 and West Yorkshire's 324 was third highest.
The CSJ has called for a robust response from the Government, including new police powers to close shops that persist in selling legal highs.
It also claims the number of deaths associated with the use of legal highs increased from 12 in 2009 to 97 in 2012 in England and that the UK has the highest number of legal highs users amongst young people in Europe.
"As well as posing worrying health risks, these figures suggest legal highs are placing an increasing burden on public services," said senior CSJ researcher Rupert Oldham-Reid.
"It is too easy for people to walk into high street shops and buy these drugs - many of them as dangerous as class A substances.
"If we want to start responding to the problems caused by 'legal highs' we need to clamp down on those making a living out of selling them."
The CSJ wants the Government to implement legislation similar to a scheme run in Ireland, where authorities slashed the number of 'head shops' from more than 100 to less than 10.
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An international research team studied ancient plants from Iceland and Canada, and sediments carried by glaciers.
They say a series of eruptions just before 1300 lowered Arctic temperatures enough for ice sheets to expand.
Writing in Geophysical Research Letters, they say this would have kept the Earth cool for centuries.
The exact definition of the Little Ice Age is disputed. While many studies suggest temperatures fell globally in the 1500s, others suggest the Arctic and sub-Arctic began cooling several centuries previously.
The global dip in temperatures was less than 1C, but parts of Europe cooled more, particularly in winter, with the River Thames in London iced thickly enough to be traversable on foot.
What caused it has been uncertain. The new study, led by Gifford Miller at the University of Colorado at Boulder, US, links back to a series of four explosive volcanic eruptions between about 1250 and 1300 in the tropics, which would have blasted huge clouds of sulphate particles into the upper atmosphere.
These tiny aerosol particles are known to cool the globe by reflecting solar energy back into space.
"This is the first time that anyone has clearly identified the specific onset of the cold times marking the start of the Little Ice Age," said Dr Miller.
"We have also provided an understandable climate feedback system that explains how this cold period could be sustained for a long period of time."
The scientists studied several sites in north-eastern Canada and in Iceland where small icecaps have expanded and contracted over the centuries.
When the ice spreads, plants underneath are killed and "entombed" in the ice. Carbon-dating can determine how long ago this happened.
So the plants provide a record of the icecaps' sizes at various times - and therefore, indirectly, of the local temperature.
An additional site at Hvitarvatn in Iceland yielded records of how much sediment was carried by a glacier in different decades, indicating changes in its thickness.
Putting these records together showed that cooling began fairly abruptly at some point between 1250 and 1300. Temperatures fell another notch between 1430 and 1455.
The first of these periods saw four large volcanic eruptions beginning in 1256, probably from the tropics sources, although the exact locations have not been determined.
The later period incorporated the major Kuwae eruption in Vanuatu.
Aerosols from volcanic eruptions usually cool the climate for just a few years.
When the researchers plugged in the sequence of eruptions into a computer model of climate, they found that the short but intense burst of cooling was enough to initiate growth of summer ice sheets around the Arctic Ocean, as well as glaciers.
The extra ice in turn reflected more solar radiation back into space, and weakened the Atlantic ocean circulation commonly known as the Gulf Stream.
"It's easy to calculate how much colder you could get with volcanoes; but that has no permanence, the skies soon clear," Dr Miller told BBC News.
"And it was climate modelling that showed how sea ice exports into the North Atlantic set up this self-sustaining feedback process, and that's how a perturbation of decades can result in a climate shift of centuries."
Analysis of the later phase of the Little Ice Age also suggests that changes in the Sun's output, particularly in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, would also have contributed cooling.
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14 December 2016 Last updated at 15:53 GMT
She told BBC Scotland: "Not every drug will be approved and no system will approve every single drug.
"What this will do will make, particularly those really ultra-orphan drugs that are for very rare conditions, will make it fairer and have more equitable access to those drugs."
The veteran Democratic Party leader was in a run-off with Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi, 37, to retain his post.
With the party leading opinion polls, Mr Bersani has a good chance of becoming head of government after polls scheduled for early 2013, analysts say.
Those polls will choose successors to the current technocrat administration.
Prime Minister Mario Monti's successor will face the challenge of addressing Italy's deep-rooted economic problems.
Mr Bersani won the first round on 25 November, with 45% of the vote to Mr Renzi's 35.5%. Partial results on Sunday saw him polling more than 60%.
By Alan Johnston BBC News, Rome
The 37-year-old mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, presented himself as the face of a new and more dynamic generation. He talked of the need for his party to push aside its incumbent leader, Mr Bersani, who is in his sixties.
But the older man seems to have held on easily. He'd argued that his lifetime of experience in politics and government were what the country needed. And he will now relish the prospect of preparing his centre-left party for the general election that's expected in the spring.
His opponents on the right are in disarray. The former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is still undecided as to whether he'll lead his party into the election. And Mr Bersani's faction has a healthy lead in the polls. If that holds until election day, he could well find himself in a position to form a government.
Mr Renzi tweeted that "it was right to try" and later congratulated his rival at a rally in Florence.
"They won and we did not," he said.
In his victory speech, Mr Bersani said job creation would be a priority as he put together a programme of policies for the electorate.
He would ensure there was room for younger members of the party to express themselves as they prepared for the challenges ahead, he added.
The BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome says the two men are very different characters, with tieless, youthful Mr Renzi painting himself as the voice of a new generation which wants to sweep away the entire class of older politicians.
By contrast, adds our correspondent, 61-year-old Mr Bersani has argued that experience is what the country needs.
Speculation has been mounting as to whether centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi would run for a fourth term in office next year, with the former prime minister suggesting last week that he was thinking about returning to politics.
The billionaire tycoon's record has been tarnished by sex and political scandals, and he resigned as prime minister in November 2011, after MPs approved an austerity deal to help curb the debt crisis threatening the eurozone.
Naomi Long said she understood the perspective of those who criticised Sinn Féin for condemning Monday's suicide bombing, whilst not condemning an IRA attack in 1996.
But the Alliance leader said that if republicans had not condemned this week's atrocity they would have been condemned for not doing so.
Now they have they are condemned for hypocrisy, she added.
Mrs Long told the BBC's Inside Politics programme she wanted every politician in Northern Ireland to be in a position to condemn every violent incident - past or present.
She said the Manchester Arena attack was "not our tragedy, it's Manchester's tragedy" and people in Northern Ireland should respect the feelings of the people of Manchester and offer them solidarity and support.
Mrs Long expressed her "full confidence" in the PSNI Chief Constable to handle the latest security situation, noting that the PSNI has a greater number of routinely armed officers than other forces, which may have helped George Hamilton reach the conclusion he does not need any extra military resources.
Mrs Long denied that her party's support for a second referendum on any eventual Brexit deal is a thinly disguised attempt to reverse last year's EU referendum.
She reminded the UUP, who have criticised the Alliance's stance, that democracy is a process and not just an event.
She criticised the Conservatives, arguing that the narrow vote in favour of leaving the EU should have led to a moderate approach to Brexit, not what she described as Theresa May's charge towards a "recklessly hard Brexit".
Explaining why Alliance has shifted its policy from supporting a Languages Act which would have covered Irish, Ulster Scots and languages spoken by ethnic minorities towards a specific Irish Language Act, Mrs Long said her party had witnessed the Irish language being denigrated and used as a political football - and concluded it required protection.
In 2008, an Alliance MLA said any Irish Language Act should come at "no expense to the public purse".
Questioned about this the Alliance leader insisted she would not sign up to such an act "with a blank cheque" and the cost of any new measures should be "minimal".
Mrs Long said no one wanted to get a letter in Irish from their local hospital telling them their operation has been cancelled for a third time.
However, the Alliance leader complained that too much time is spent concentrating on the cost of an Irish language Act and not enough examining its potential benefits for tourism and community building.
The midfielder, 26, was dismissed when he clipped defender Adam Henley, who was looking to race clear at goal.
"Yes, we will appeal Kouyate's red card, which we believe was a mistake by the referee," Hammers co-chairman David Gold wrote on Twitter on Monday.
"The Blackburn player wasn't going to get the ball anyway so he wasn't denied a goalscoring opportunity."
West Ham have been drawn away in the quarter-finals to the winners of Monday's match between Shrewsbury Town and Manchester United.
Former England captain Beckham, 39, had two plans for a 25,000-seat stadium in central Miami rejected last summer.
MLS will consider a report from the league's expansion committee this weekend and Garber indicated some decisions would be made early in 2015.
"This can't go on forever," Garber said of the delays with Beckham's franchise.
Ex-Manchester United midfielder Beckham, who hinted in the summer he may come out of retirement to play for his un-named franchise, has been urged to ground share with an American football team.
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Garber says the league is not performing as hoped financially and its franchises are combining to lose more than £64m ($100 million) annually.
He added that a Miami-based side remains an objective for MLS if the ground issue can be solved.
"The Beckham group continues to work to try and find a stadium solution that they believe will put them in a position to succeed," Garber said.
The league will grow to 20 teams in 2015 with the addition of New York City FC and Orlando City FC followed by Atlanta and a second LA-based team in 2017.
Talks have also been held with groups in Minnesota, Sacramento and Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, MLS will not get involved in the decision over whether midfielder Frank Lampard's loan deal at Manchester City will be extended into next year.
A deal beyond February would impinge the 2015 MLS season but Garber said it was entirely a matter for NYCFC to resolve.
He added: "All player personnel decisions are made by the club. I have great confidence in the management in New York and the ownership and their representatives."
Many of the ideas in the wider package of reforms were backed by civil servants themselves, he added.
The bottom 10% of staff face being fired after a year if they fail to improve and ministers will be given the power to choose who runs departments.
The PCS union said reversing job cuts was the best way to boost performance.
In a statement to MPs Cabinet Office minister Mr Maude said civil servants had told the government they found Whitehall to be "overly bureaucratic, hierarchical and focused on process rather than outcomes".
He said he wanted to see the civil service operate more like a business, with a tougher appraisal system, increased accountability and a more entrepreneurial culture.
The planned changes come against a backdrop of deep cuts and job losses across Whitehall - and are likely to be resisted by civil service unions.
Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS union, said: "I don't accept there's that under-performance.
"People work in incredibly stressful conditions. And, there's already procedures in every government department to give support to those people who may need some extra help with development."
He said Mr Maude should increase the number of civil servants if he wanted them to perform better.
But Mr Maude said the cuts had exposed weaknesses in the way the civil service was being run, and the reforms were vital to creating a slimmed down service fit for the 21st Century.
He told MPs: "The civil service of the future will be smaller, pacier, flatter, more digital, more accountable for effective implementation, more capable with better data and management information, more unified, consistent and corporate. It must also be more satisfying to work for."
He said he wanted to slash the "eight layers" of management he said existed in many government departments, to "empower" frontline staff to make more decisions without referring up the hierarchy.
"This is not an attack on civil servants. Neither have civil servants been rigidly resistant to change," the minister told MPs.
However, former head of the civil service Lord Butler accused Mr Maude of setting out "a litany of criticisms" of the service.
He said proposals to improve the performance of civil servants were always "both necessary and welcome" but added "the Civil Service should not be reviled and unattributably dumped on when ministers' policies run into difficulties".
Mr Maude defended plans to place the worst performing 10% of staff on a year's probation, which Labour MP Nia Griffith said would promote a "dog-eat-dog" culture and transform the civil service into something resembling a "ghastly" reality TV show.
The minister admitted the 10% figure was "by its very nature relatively arbitrary" but evidence showed "you don't get the focus on poor performance" without setting such a target.
"It isn't fair to the rest of the civil servants, who work hard and are dedicated, to see the reputation of the civil service pulled down by those who are constantly under-performing," he told MPs.
As well as looking at those at the bottom, the new appraisal system will identify the top 25% of civil servants so that good performance can be rewarded.
Mr Maude said he wanted to make the civil service operate more like a business and encourage greater "cross-fertilisation" between Whitehall and industry.
"It has often been tried. Far too rarely has it worked, but we are going to have another go," said the Cabinet Office minister.
Senior civil servants will be expected to be more accountable before parliament for their actions and the projects they manage.
Each department will carry out a full review of the terms and conditions of its staff to identify what additional perks civil servants receive which are not in line with other "good, modern" employers.
In a change which could prove controversial, ministers will no longer be restricted to the civil service as their only source of policy advice.
They will be able to commission policy research from outside Whitehall, for example from businesses, charities and think tanks. A central fund will be created to pilot this new system.
Mr Maude said this was a "modest" proposal which would be thoroughly tested before being fully implemented.
He also attempted to calm fears that giving ministers a "stronger role" in the recruitment of permanent secretaries - the top civil servant in each department - would not undermine their impartiality - seen as a key hallmark of the British system of government, in contrast to America where top bureaucrats are political appointees.
The Government would consult the Civil Service Commission on how that could be done, he told MPs.
But Labour warned that it could lead to "a rise in cronyism and of the dangerous politicisation of the civil service".
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said the Civil Service Reform White Paper "would do little to correct the chaos which exists in many Whitehall departments".
He added: "The point of reform is, after all, to make things better than they were before."
Barry Beavis, 47, of Chelmsford, Essex, claimed an £85 charge for breaching a two-hour limit in the town in April 2013 was "unfair and disproportionate".
The Court of Appeal dismissed Mr Beavis's claim against management company ParkingEye.
He appealed to the Supreme Court, but judges there have also rejected his case. The company said its charges were "fair" and "legally enforceable".
Mr Beavis, who owns The Happy Haddock chip shop in Billericay, was charged by ParkingEye after over-staying the free parking period at Riverside Retail Park by nearly an hour.
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Following the decision, Mr Beavis said: "It is a very dangerous ruling. I am disappointed the Supreme Court did not stick up for the consumer.
"It has decided these charges are allowed because they are not excessive - so what is excessive?
"There is now no legal recourse to go to European Court of Justice. I think the government needs to intervene and introduce a single code of practice."
Mr Beavis said he travelled to London by train for the hearing as he "wasn't going to pay to park".
Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger and Lord Sumption said in a joint written ruling ParkingEye could not charge over-stayers "whatever it liked".
"It could not charge a sum which would be out of all proportion to its interest or that of the landowner for whom it is providing the service," they wrote.
"But there is no reason to suppose £85 is out of all proportion to its interests."
Steve Gooding, director of motoring charity RAC Foundation, said Parliament should now tackle parking charges in the same way it dealt with clamping in 2012.
He echoed Mr Beavis' comments and said judges had not given any clear direction on what figure would be excessive.
"This opens the door for parking companies to increase their penalty demands and leaves the onus on motorists to fight sky-high charges on a case-by-case basis," he said.
He added the DVLA which "releases several million vehicle records to private parking companies" should be taking more interest in how that data is used.
"Parking should be a small, inconsequential part of our lives," he said.
"Today's judgment means it will continue to stir up totally disproportionate anxiety and anger."
However, a spokeswoman for ParkingEye said the ruling "provides much needed clarity to motorists and the parking industry as a whole and confirms our parking charges, which are approved by the British Parking Association, are fair and legally enforceable."
Consumer and driving law specialist Derek Millard-Smith, of JMW Solicitors which advises ParkingEye, called the Supreme Court decision "entirely sensible".
"Had Mr Beavis prevailed, we might well have seen the end of free parking," he said.
"Land owners providing spaces would have felt compelled to charge for parking from the minute cars arrive to prevent abuse."
He added motorists can use a "clear and robust appeals process" to try to revoke penalties.
In light of the judgment, the British Parking Association, which ParkingEye belongs to, is to organise a summit next year.
23 November 2015 Last updated at 07:33 GMT
It's in Morocco in North Africa and uses the sun's warmth to melt salt and create energy.
The equivalent of 35 football fields full of moveable mirrors are pointed to the sky, so they can track the sun throughout the day.
Once complete, the plant will be able to provide energy to one million people.
The plant is part of Morocco's pledge to get 42% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2020.
Watch Martin's report to learn more about how it works.
"Beginner's luck," joked Jessica Harrington, a distinguished trainer whose first runner in the famous race - 7-1 chance Sizing John - triumphed in a dramatic renewal.
Lizzie Kelly, the first female jockey for 33 years to ride in jump racing's showpiece contest, was unseated at the second of 22 fences aboard Tea For Two.
As the 23-year-old punched the ground in frustration, it was Harrington - more than three times her age - who watched the race unfold in her favour.
Under an accomplished ride from Robbie Power, seven-year-old Sizing John held off runner-up Minella Rocco by two and three quarter lengths, with Native River third and Djakadam fourth.
Popular steeplechaser Cue Card again fell at the third-last fence, just as he did 12 months ago.
Harrington, 70, was in shock after the decision to step the horse up in trip earlier in the year paid rich dividends and capped a record-breaking week for Irish-trained horses.
"I have never had a runner in the race so to train the winner, I don't know when I am going to come back to earth," said the County Kildare-based trainer, wearing a cast on her left arm after a skiing accident.
"It hasn't really sunk in yet. I can't believe it is true. I am sitting here, I am about to wake up and it hasn't happened. This is the jewel in the crown. It is amazing to win the Gold Cup - this is the one I have always wanted to win."
Harrington was enjoying her 10th Festival triumph, with previous successes including the Queen Mother Champion Chase twice with Moscow Flyer, and Jezki in the Champion Hurdle three years ago.
"I have not had a horse I have considered for the Gold Cup before - they have either been two-milers, handicappers or not good enough," said Harrington, a former Olympic eventing rider.
She paid tribute to Henry de Bromhead, who trained Sizing John before owners Alan and Ann Potts decided to move their entire stock - including Fellow Festival winner Supasundae - elsewhere last year.
"I feel very sorry. Henry de Bromhead did all the hard work, on both this horse and on Supasundae, and I only inherited them in September," said Harrington.
De Bromhead handled the Potts decision gracefully and had been asked earlier in the week how he would view victory for Sizing John.
"You'd be disappointed if a Gold Cup winner left your yard but I'd be delighted for the horse and his connections - and my wife and I who bought him. At least we'd have a Gold Cup winner," he said.
Winning jockey Power, himself a former show jumper, was celebrating 10 years after his Grand National win at Aintree on Silver Birch, but perhaps savoured this one even more.
He was sidelined for a couple of weeks at the end of January with a ruptured disc in his back and wore protective goggles until recently for an eye injury he sustained last year.
"The nicest words I ever heard were 'Gold Cup-winning jockey' announced on the podium. That sounded sweet," said Power, who was having his first ride in the Gold Cup and saluted Harrington as "a genius".
"When I won the Grand National I was 25 and thought I was going to win everything - now I am 35 and realise I am not going to win everything so to win a Gold Cup is fantastic."
Victory for Bryony Frost in the Foxhunter Chase, immediately after the Gold Cup, marked another notable achievement for women in racing.
It is the first time all three races for amateur riders run at the Festival have gone to female jockeys, after Lisa O'Neill won the JT McNamara National Hunt Chase on Tiger Roll and Gina Andrews took the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase aboard Domesday Book.
Riding Pacha Du Polder, on whom former Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Victoria Pendleton finished fifth in last year's race, Frost beat Wonderful Charm (Katie Walsh) by a neck at odds of 16-1.
"It's an unbelievable feeling," said Frost after triumphing aboard the Paul Nicholls-trained runner.
The week was dominated by the Irish, who claimed a record 19 victories from 28 races, surpassing last year's best of 15.
Gordon Elliott and Mullins had six winners apiece, but Elliott took his maiden leading trainer honour thanks to more second-place finishes.
"It is great to do. We are absolutely thrilled and it's unbelievable," said Elliott.
Ruby Walsh's historic four-timer for Mullins on Thursday ensured the Festival's all-time top rider was top jockey for the 11th time.
From the beginning on Tuesday - with Elliott's Laiback - to the end on Friday, the Irish were in the ascendancy.
Harrington's only caveat in giving post-Gold Cup interviews was to be free to watch her runner in the final race.
It was little wonder as Rock The World won the Grand Annual Chase for Power and Harrington on a day the duo ruled the racing world.
Stars including Simon Le Bon, Tony Hadley and La Roux were among the performers at the event which came just ahead of the first anniversary of Bowie's death.
Actor Gary Oldman, a close friend of Bowie, sang the first song.
The three-hour show in Brixton, Bowie's birthplace, included performances of hits such as Let's Dance and Changes.
Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley and Def Leppard's Joe Elliott were also among the performers.
Musicians who played with Bowie including keyboardist Mike Garson and guitarist Earl Slick also took part.
Bowie died on 10 January last year.
While the concert was taking place, Bowie's son, filmmaker Duncan Jones, tweeted pictures of his father, writing: "Happy birthday (grand)dad. We love you. Goodnight."
Other songs featured included Ashes to Ashes, All the Young Dudes, Life on Mars, Rebel Rebel, The Man who Sold the World, Suffragette City, Starman and Space Oddity.
As the concert came to a close, Oldman told the cheering crowd: "Our thanks to these amazing, amazing musicians - and of course to the amazing music of David Bowie."
Events taking place during Bowie's birthday weekend included concerts in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney and Tokyo.
A David Bowie walking tour through Brixton was also launched.
All the events are raising money for youth arts education. The London concert raised funds for the Children and the Arts charity.
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This follows a trial in Wexford town in which cash transactions were rounded to the nearest five cents removing the need for smaller coins.
The Central Bank of Ireland has recommended rolling out the practice of 'rounding' nationally.
A report by the bank on the 2013 Wexford trial, showed strong support for 'rounding' from both consumers and retailers.
According to bank statistics, there were more than 2.4bn one cent and two cent coins produced in the Republic of Ireland by the end of October 2014.
The majority were one cent coins, which cost 1.7 cent each to produce, meaning that each coin is worth less than the amount spent making it.
Two cent coins also cost slightly more to make than they are worth.
Also, people's tendency to store the coins means the country's currency centre needs to produce more in order to maintain a supply, which adds cost to the state.
The bank estimates that there are currently 35.3m euro (£25.5m) worth of one and two cent coins in the Republic of Ireland.
This is three times more than the average in other countries using the euro.
Five EU member states - the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Hungary - have already adopted a rounding policy.
The Wexford trial showed that worries rounding would lead to inflated prices were unfounded.
In March, the Central Bank's Ronnie O'Toole said prices in Wexford did not go up as a result of the initiative.
"The way that rounding works is that all prices on the shelf remain the same, so if a bar of chocolate is 67 cents, it still is charged at 67 cents," Mr O'Toole said.
"When you get to the till and you've got a basket of items, it is only at that point do you round.
"When customers buy goods, it is only the total and final bill that will be rounded off to the nearest five cents.
"And it is only for cash transactions."
Ed Greaves gave Scotland an early lead, but Benjamin Carless levelled for Wales from a penalty corner.
Alan Forsyth was clinical from a penalty corner to restore the Blue Sticks's lead as they dominated.
Wales equalised through Gareth Furlong with seven minutes to go and went on to secure victory in the shootout.
Scotland's next match in World League 2 Pool B is against Poland on Tuesday morning. They lost 3-1 to France in their opening game.
Men's head coach Derek Forsyth said: "It's disappointing to lose the match in a shootout.
"The match was ours to win. In the first half especially, we created plenty of chances to score more goals.
"In the second half, we allowed Wales too much time on the ball. We weren't as aggressive as we were in the first half and let them back in.
"Today's performance was better than the previous game's performance and it gives us something to build on for the match against Poland."
Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a World War Two nurse who is mysteriously swept back in time from the 1940s to the 18th Century Scotland.
The TV show is adapted from books written by US author Diana Gabaldon.
The battle scenes have been filmed in a field at Greengairs. Culloden, near Inverness, is classed as a war grave.
A Jacobite force led by Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated by a government army in the battle on 16 April 1746.
Season two of Outlander was shown in the UK on Amazon Prime earlier this year.
The new scenes shot at Greengairs feature the character Jamie Fraser, who is played by actor Sam Heughan.
The third series is expected to start the action in Scotland before switching to the Caribbean and North America.
Locations for the show include Newtonmore's Highland Folk Museum and Doune Castle near Stirling.
The folk museum holds an annual Outlander Day to celebrate the use of its reconstruction of a 1700s township for scenes.
Suri described the encounter as "shoals of quarks and atomic nuclei" in The City of Devi, set in Mumbai threatened with nuclear war.
The US-based writer, who was unable to collect his award, beat authors including the late Woody Guthrie.
The award highlights "crude, badly written or perfunctory use of sexual description" in modern novels.
Previous winners of prize, established by The Literary Review in 1993, include Melvyn Bragg, Norman Mailer and AA Gill.
Judges of this year's winner were impressed with Suri's scientific description of a sex scene involving the novel's three main protagonists, a physicist, his wife and a young gay male Muslim.
The full text of the passage that caught the judges' eyes was: "Surely supernovas explode that instant, somewhere, in some galaxy.
"The hut vanishes, and with it the sea and the sands - only Karun's body, locked with mine, remains.
"We streak like superheroes past suns and solar systems, we dive through shoals of quarks and atomic nuclei. In celebration of our breakthrough fourth star, statisticians the world over rejoice."
Suri's publisher Bloomsbury were at the London ceremony to accept the award on his behalf, and made a plea to readers of the novel to reach their own conclusions about its content.
"In accepting this award we challenge everyone to make up their own mind about Manil Suri's The City of Devi. As Tolstoy said in Anna Karenina, 'There are as many kinds of love as there are hearts'.
"Take The City of Devi home to bed with you tonight and discover sex scenes that the Times Literary Supplement praised as 'unfettered, quirky, beautiful, tragic and wildly experimental'.
"As Jane Austen observed: 'One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.' Which half are you in?" the publisher concluded.
Suri, who has formerly made the Man Booker Prize longlist and is a professor of mathematics at Maryland University, overcame a strong shortlist.
It included Susan Choi for My Education, which contained the description "magma still heaved and groaned and was yearning to fling itself into the air".
Eric Reinhardt's The Victoria System made the cut with a passage which used the phrase "the elastic of my underwear".
Millions of workers, including public transport staff, bankers and teachers, have been urged to take part by trade unions and social groups.
Protesters are taking a stand against the president's proposed pension reforms.
President Michel Temer says the changes are needed to overcome a recession.
"It is going to be the biggest strike in the history of Brazil," said Paulo Pereira da Silva, the president of trade union group, Forca Sindical.
Demonstrations are taking place across the country, with organisers saying they would focus attention on disrupting cities rather than small towns and rural communities.
Participants are opposed to the government's pension overhaul, which will be voted on in Congress next week and which could set the minimum retirement age at 65 for men and 62 for women. Public sector workers have been able to retire at much earlier ages.
A congressional bill to weaken labour laws also progressed earlier in the week, and the country is experiencing an ever-unfolding corruption scandal, which has been linked to many top politicians, fuelling further public discontent.
Some protesters set up roadblocks in various cities, including Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia.
The route to Sao Paulo's international airport was among those barricaded with burning tyres in the early hours of the morning.
Polls suggest President Temer is very unpopular but up until today he had not yet faced a mass demonstration like Friday's general strike.
Many private and public schools are closed across the country. In Sao Paulo - the country's biggest city - most bus, metro and train services are not operating. There are few people on the streets here and it feels like a holiday.
The government says the current pension system is unsustainable and is dragging down the economy. Unions say the president wants Brazil's poor and unassisted to pay the price for the country's economic woes.
Whatever the turnout is for the protest, Mr Temer still looks fairly strong in Congress. Earlier this week he won a vote for his labour reforms with a wider margin than needed.
This has been the hallmark of his administration: a president who is very unpopular in the streets, but is able to get things done in Congress.
A spokesman for the Anglican Church in the coastal city of Recife, Dr Juanildo Burity, told the BBC that it would also be taking part in the strike.
"Officially the Church has taken a position that encourages its members to be part of this movement, because it understands the political situation," he said, citing concerns over living standards.
President Temer says capping pension benefits and raising the retirement age will fix the finances of the country, as it undergoes the worst recession in more than a century.
The president has said the austerity measures are needed to prevent a future crisis such as that suffered by Portugal, Spain or Greece.
The country has also been hit by rising unemployment.
Government statistics released on Friday say more than 14 million people are out of work.
News last month that the man whose attacks two years ago had traumatised Norway was now seeking a college place reportedly caused outrage.
But it was also known that the 34-year-old had not completed school.
Breivik is serving a 21-year sentence in a prison near Oslo for killing 77 people, most of them adolescents.
On 22 July 2011, he set off a bomb in a car near government offices in the capital before travelling to a lake island, where he shot people attending a summer camp of the ruling Labour Party's youth wing.
He said the meticulously planned twin attacks, which also left 244 people injured, were aimed at stopping the "Islamisation" of Norway.
A court convicted him of terrorism and premeditated murder, and handed down the maximum sentence of 21 years' imprisonment.
The university's rector, Ole Petter Ottersen, told AFP news agency: "The conclusion is that he isn't considered sufficiently qualified to start a course in political science."
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Breivik's lawyer, Vibeke Hein Baera, said he had been studying in prison to meet the necessary criteria for higher education.
"He's collecting points to study at university," she said. "He studied mathematics this summer and will certainly study other material to reach the required level."
Several unnamed members of college staff who spoke to Norway's TV2 channel last month said they were opposed to any dealings with the killer.
"I understand very well that this causes reactions, it is human to feel that," Mr Ottersen commented at the time.
However, Per Anders Torvik Langerod, a political scientist and politician from the Labour Party's youth wing, suggested that a course at the university might make Breivik confront his own extreme beliefs.
"Blindern [Oslo University] is a place where one learns that one should pursue one's opinions with words," he said.
"You cannot tape over the mouths of those you disagree with, or shoot them, and that's some of what I hope will be a punishment for Breivik. If he wants to relate to these studies and get what he wants, credits, he must do it our way."
Knut Bjarkeid, the director of Ila prison where Breivik is being held, told TV2 the jail would always try to help its inmates "get a formal qualification so that they have the ability to get a job when they come out".
Speaking to BBC News last year, prison spokeswoman Ellen Bjercke said that if Breivik qualified for educational activities, he would only be allowed to use a special internet server run by the prison "with a lot of filters".
He has the use of a laptop without an internet connection and can order books from the prison library, which is part of the public library network.
Scotland's largest council has been governed by Labour for the majority of the time since 1945 and uninterrupted since 1980.
The SNP replaced Labour as the largest party in Glasgow after the recent elections, winning 39 out of 85 seats.
Councillor Susan Aitken was elected unopposed as Glasgow City Council leader at its first meeting.
After the election the council make up is now:
The SNP will lead the council administration but will need to seek support from other parties on a vote by vote basis.
The council's executive committee will have 23 multi-party members, divided proportionately - 11 SNP, 8 Labour, 2 Conservative, 2 Green.
Meanwhile, Labour is to form the new administration in North Lanarkshire - even though the SNP got one more councillor elected.
The party is to form a minority administration. This means North Lanarkshire will be the largest Labour-controlled authority.
West Lothian - No deal agreed after Scottish Labour's ruling body told councillors not to enter a coalition with the Conservatives.
Aberdeen Council - Labour suspended nine councillors after they agreed a coalition deal with the Conservatives.
North Lanarkshire - Labour have formed a minority administration. There will be no formal coalition agreement with the Tories.
South Lanarkshire - Labour members abstained in a vote on forming an alliance with the Tories. The SNP took control of the council, with a minority administration. They are seven seats short of a majority but the other parties could agree to work together.
West Dunbartonshire Council - It will be an SNP-Independent administration. The 10 SNP councillors have joined with one of the two independents to form an administration.
Edinburgh - No agreement reached. A new administration will not now be formed for at least another week.
Fife Council - Joint leadership, with power shared equally between SNP and Labour.
Highland Council - 28 independents along with 10 Lib Dems and three Labour have formed an administration, keeping out the SNP and Tories.
Renfrewshire Council - will operate as an SNP minority administration.
Aberdeenshire Council - A coalition of Conservative, Liberal Democrats and independent councillors will run the council.
Scottish Borders - A new Conservative-independent coalition has taken formal control. It was previously an SNP/Lib Dem/independent administration.
Falkirk - SNP minority takes control of the council
North Ayrshire Council - Labour will continue to run the council despite a surge from the Scottish Conservatives in the local elections. The SNP have the same number of seats as Labour.
Angus Council - Conservatives, Independents and Liberal Democrats form administration.
North Lanarkshire - Labour have formed a minority administration. There will be no formal coalition agreement with the Tories.
Clackmannanshire - The first meeting of the new council could not agree an administration.
Moray Council - A meeting to agree its new administration was adjourned after just two minutes to allow more time for coalition talks. Councillors will meet again on Wednesday 24 May. Both the SNP and Conservative groups have been trying to reach agreement with independent members.
Dumfries and Galloway Council - Councillors will meet on Tuesday 23 May
South Ayrshire Council - A coalition of SNP, Labour and Independent councillors has been formed to run the council.
Dundee City Council - SNP to form administration with Independent.
Argyll and Bute Council - Independent, Lib Dem and Conservative coalition
East Lothian - Labour minority administration
Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland - All administrations dominated by independents
Scientist Marie Campbell told the High Court in Glasgow she analysed the bag found in Coatbridge on 26 January 2010.
She said the probability of the DNA being anyone other than William Paterson's was one in a billion.
Mr Paterson, 35, denies fatally shooting 29-year-old gangland figure Mr Carroll in Glasgow on 13 January 2010.
Mr Carroll was killed at the Asda car park in the city's Robroyston area.
The court heard that a bag containing guns, which had been wrapped in other bags, was found in shrubbery behind a library in Coatbridge by a council gardener in January 2010.
Forensic scientist Mrs Campbell prepared a report after analysing the items and comparing them with a number of reference samples including former murder accused Ross Monaghan.
She told the jury that from a sample, taken from the grip plate on the handle of one of the guns, was analysed and a DNA match was found for the profile of Mr Monaghan.
She also told the jury that the DNA profile on a Tesco carrier bag, which contained a gun, had initially been called "male A".
Last year it was known that "male A" was Mr Paterson.
Advocate depute Iain McSporran, prosecuting, asked about one of the samples taken from a black handgun.
He asked what her findings were about that sample.
She said: "The DNA profile contained DNA from at least three people, the majority of the DNA matched the profile of Ross Monaghan."
Mrs Campbell said that "male A" and the other reference samples were eliminated.
The jury were told that she could not "categorically" say that it would be as a result of Mr Monaghan handling the gun and that it "could well be that it is secondary transfer".
She also said that the probability of it being anyone other than Mr Monaghan is estimated as being more than one billion to one.
Mrs Campbell said items were analysed and a report was compiled last year using a DNA sample from Mr Paterson.
The expert witness told the court: "The taping from the handle of the Tesco carrier bag was analysed and the DNA profile obtained matched the DNA profile of William Paterson."
Defence lawyer Des Finnieston asked about a stab proof vest that was examined.
It was put to her that the DNA profiles of Mr Paterson and Mr Monaghan were eliminated and she said "That's correct."
In relation to the Tesco bag that was examined Mr Finnieston asked: "There's no way of telling the date and time or how long the DNA had been on it?"
Mrs Campbell said: "That's correct."
Mr Paterson denies the charges and incriminates six other people including Ross Monaghan.
He has lodged a special defence of alibi claiming he was at an address in Cumbernauld at the time of the shooting.
The trial before judge Lord Armstrong continues.
Developers said the project, part of the £20m Central Square redevelopment next to Cardiff Central train station, cannot go ahead in its current form.
Rightacres' plans include student accommodation, shops, private flats, a car park and office space.
It now wants to change the scheme Cardiff council approved in March.
A report to be presented to Cardiff's cabinet next Thursday said Rightacres want to change the private flats to more student accommodation.
It also said if no tenants can be found for the offices, that should also be replaced with more student accommodation.
The bus station was initially due to open in December 2017 but the council warn any changes will require a new planning application.
"The current development proposal is conditional on securing sufficient tenants to fill the commercial space, " said the report by Cardiff council's economic development director Neil Hanratty.
"Although the developer is confident of finding tenants there is a risk of a delay to the development if sufficient tenants are not found to cross this threshold.
"If this delay were to materialise, this could result in the scheme needing to be redesigned which could have a detrimental impact on the delivery, timeliness and costs of the scheme."
The report, which emerged the day Cardiff council warned it faces a £74m budget cut over the next three years, added that the developer "will only commence development of the scheme once over 50% of the office area is let."
The old bus station was flattened for BBC Wales' new headquarters and the new one is planned for the old Wood Street car park site.
The report added: "The specific costs associated with the purchase the Wood Street NCP car park has placed a major burden on the bus interchange development."
The developers needed to "resolve" a number of "existing parking leases" before they demolished the car park meaning the new plans "needs to incorporate 225 car parking spaces".
But Rightacres said that would be "expensive to deliver and "dramatically increases the cost per space" making the "financial equation extremely difficult to resolve."
"It must be noted that the timing of delivery of a bus station facility remains dependent on securing appropriate tenants for the building," the report said.
The council has also made a bid to the Welsh Government for a contribution to the "technical fit-out costs" of the new bus station and improving the road around the new interchange.
Rightacres and Cardiff council said they would not comment on the uncertainty surrounding the bus station project.
The bomb was found by a member of public outside a house beside the N4.
An Irish Defence Forces explosive ordnance disposal team arrived at the scene at about 17:30 local time after being contacted by the police.
They took the bomb to a military location for further examination where it was confirmed as viable. The scene was declared safe at about 17:55.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission will review allegations Alison Hernandez failed to declare expenses as election agent in Torbay in the 2015 General Election.
It comes on the first day of office for Ms Hernandez as Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall.
She has denied any wrongdoing.
Read more on this story as it develops throughout the day on our Local Live pages.
The referral to the IPCC was made by the chief executive of the office of the police and crime commissioner, Andrew White.
The watchdog will decide whether to investigate, or refer the matter to another police force.
Ms Hernandez faced criticism for taking the oath on Tuesday and failing to stand aside amid a wider probe into Conservative MPs expense.
On Thursday she said she wanted to get on with her job "without distraction".
"Today I take up that post determined to serve every single person that lives in this police area and determined that the priorities I want to implement in the next four years are heard."
A spokesman for the IPPC said: "An assessment is under way to determine the appropriate level of IPCC involvement, if any."
Voters will decide on the future of the UK's EU membership later this month.
Peter Sutherland said Northern Ireland would suffer more than any other part of the UK in the case of a Leave vote.
But Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers disagreed, saying it would create "fantastic opportunities".
Mr Sutherland, a European commissioner during the 1980s, helped to lay the groundwork for the European Single Market free trade area in goods and services.
He was also a director-general of the WTO, which deals with global trading rules, in the 1990s.
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics Northern Ireland programme, he said a UK exit from the EU would cause a "grave, serious and prolonged period of great uncertainty".
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
The agriculture industry and cross-border trade with the Republic of Ireland would suffer the consequences of a Leave vote, and foreign investors would overlook Northern Ireland and take their business to countries inside the EU, he claimed.
"Those who invest in Ireland, north or south, are doing so because it provides them with the manufacturing base to sell to the European Union," Mr Sutherland added.
"The uncertainty, the borders created by Britain leaving and the inevitable period of prolonged negotiation will lead to a drying up of investment.
"It is, to me, incredible that any political force in Northern Ireland could conceivably consider [the UK leaving the EU] could be a good thing for Northern Ireland."
Mr Sutherland also said UK exit from the EU - a so-called Brexit - would "create a border control requirement that we had thought banished to history".
He added: "If in some perverted way there is an ideological desire to recreate that border, it's an act that would be incredibly foolish and very damaging."
But Ms Villiers dismissed Mr Sutherland's views and those of "other so-called experts".
She said a withdrawal from the EU would be "great for Northern Ireland".
"It enables us to take back control of our own trade policies so that we can make deals not just with the European Union, but also with countries around the world where they have huge markets," Ms Villiers said.
"Those could create jobs and opportunities for young people.
"There's no reason why we can't press ahead pretty rapidly with trade deals with the rest of the world.
"It is the EU that's failing economically, not us."
Ms Villiers added that the UK is "effectively no longer an independent country" as a member of the EU.
"I think it's time we took back control over making our laws so we become an independent, self-governing country again."
And she said it is "in the interests of both the UK and Ireland" that the Irish border remained open in the event of a Leave vote.
"It's perfectly possible to manage an open border with the Republic of Ireland - we had one before we joined the EU, there's no reason why we can't continue with one after we leave."
Its manifesto will promise to keep all workers' rights currently guaranteed by EU law, put worker representation on company boards and protect pensions.
There would also be a statutory right to a year's unpaid leave to care for a family member.
But Labour said Mrs May was "taking working people for fools".
And the GMB union said its members would "believe it when they see it".
In what BBC political correspondent Ben Wright says is an "unabashed pitch for Labour voters", Mrs May will promise a "new deal for workers", with a string of proposals.
The statutory right to leave to care for a family member is similar to provision that already exists in countries such as the Republic of Ireland.
There would also be statutory leave for parents whose child has died.
Other measures would include new protections for people in the "gig economy", a statutory right to training, measures to protect workers' pensions in the wake of the BHS scandal, and a guarantee that European Union rights will be protected in the Brexit process.
The national living wage for workers aged 25 and over, currently £7.50 an hour, would rise in line with average earnings until 2022.
The Tories would also insist listed companies had representation for workers on their boards - whether on advisory panels, as a non-executive director or through a directly appointed worker representative - although firms would not be forced to have actual employees in the boardroom.
Mrs May will say: "By working with business, reducing taxes and dealing with the deficit, we have delivered steady improvements to the economic prospects of working people.
"Now is the time to lock in that economic growth and ensure the proceeds are spread to everyone in our country."
Labour, which has repeatedly warned of the threat to workers' rights posed by Brexit, dismissed the announcement.
It argued the Tories had overseen an "era of non-compliance of employment law", an "explosion in low pay and stagnating wages" and a "massive expansion in bogus self-employment".
It also said a pledge from Mrs May to put workers on company boards had been "watered down".
"Theresa May and her Tory government have failed to stand up for workers, with hundreds of thousands not being paid the money owed to them, thousands unable to get their case against their employer heard, and hundreds of complaints of employment agency malpractice going un-investigated," said campaign chairman Andrew Gwynne.
Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrats' former business secretary, said: "The Conservatives tried to ban workers from striking and were blocked by the Liberal Democrats in government.
"It's clear they aren't the party of workers' rights and that you can't trust them to care about you and your family."
GMB general secretary Tim Roache said achieving the greatest expansion of workers' rights by a Conservative government "wouldn't be that hard to achieve given recent history".
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Murray had struggled for form since winning Olympic silver at London 2012, finishing outside of the medals at two subsequent European Championships.
She was also 14th at the 2013 worlds before victory in Warsaw, Poland.
"This year has been tough and I've thought about walking away, giving it all up," Murray, 24, told BBC Sport.
"Once you have been on the podium, everyone else thinks you have failed and you think you have failed if you're not up there again.
"How can I [stop] now though? I've won and I'm on top of the world."
Bath-based Murray, who set a record 200m freestyle swimming time in her world title win, admits she struggled to deal with the attention winning an Olympic medal had brought.
"Before I was just your average 22 year old who dreamed big," Murray, who is from Clitheroe, Lancashire, said.
"Since the Games I've cracked a little under the pressure of suddenly being somebody in sport and not been able to convert winning positions.
"I feel I've kind of grown into these shoes now."
Retired modern pentathlete Heather Fell had a similar rise to fame within the sport after claiming Olympic silver for Great Britain at the 2008 Games in Beijing, China.
She has been impressed by the character Murray has shown and believes she can take "amazing" confidence from her World Championship win, heading into the Rio Olympic Games qualification period next year.
"This year hasn't been great but she hasn't let it faze her," said Fell.
"She has performed when it really mattered and I don't know where the limit is for her at the moment."
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Jonathan Lappin, a science teacher from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, was in a coffee shop with a colleague opposite the store when the incident happened.
He said he saw people running with their phones out and initially "thought they were chasing a celebrity".
Swedish police have said at least four people have been killed so far.
Speaking to the BBC, Dr Lappin said: "People started to mass panic, and run into the coffee shop and crowd the back of it.
"There was a lot of confusion, people were running out of the coffee shop and people who worked there were saying, 'don't worry, sit down again'.
"That's when I started to see the police arrive, and they were yelling loudly at people to evacuate."
Dr Lappin said he stayed in the coffee shop with his colleague for a few minutes, but then decided to try to leave the scene.
He said that as soon as they came out into the street, they "could smell the burning and the smoke" - but did not fully understand what had happened at that stage.
"I jumped to the conclusion that it must be a terrorist attack and wanted out of there, so we started to run as fast as we could down the street," added Dr Lappin.
He said the police and other authorities had arrived at the scene promptly.
"There were riot police with shields up, helicopters, everything's in lockdown. It's such a spread out city, there's a lot of confusion."
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said everything about the incident points to an act of terrorism.
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Twenty-two people were killed and 64 injured after Abedi detonated a homemade device at the concert venue on Monday
It's not known if he was on any watch-list.
What powers do the police currently have to stop suspected terrorists from travelling?
Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 gives the police the power to stop, search and hold individuals at ports, airports and international railway stations.
As well as being questioned for up to nine hours, the police also have the power to inspect electronic devices such as phones and laptops.
The police do not need prior knowledge or suspicion to use Schedule 7 - although the Home Office says it's done after "informed considerations".
A total of 23,717 people were stopped under the power in the year ending June 2016, a fall of 23% on the previous year.
Despite fewer people being stopped, the number detained under the power has increased by 7%, rising from 1,649 to 1,760 in the same period.
Of those detained, 41% categorised themselves as Asian or Asian British.
The police have the power to temporarily seize travel documents if they believe someone is travelling in order to engage in terrorist activity. It was a power granted in the 2015 Counter-Terrorism Security Act.
Travel documents can be held for 14 days. The police can apply for an extension through the courts, but this must not exceed 30 days in total.
Between February and December 2015, the power was used 24 times. The Home Office says that in some cases this led to further action, such as cancelling passports.
As a British passport is the property of the Crown, Royal Prerogative can be used to confiscate, cancel or refuse them.
The criteria changed in 2013, allowing a home secretary to withdraw passports if they are satisfied there is a public interest to do so.
The power was used 23 times in 2015 in relation to national security. This means that passports were either revoked or the application was refused.
The decision to take away passports can be challenged in the courts.
The authority to carry scheme prevents certain individuals from travelling to or from the UK - essentially it is a no-fly list.
The carrier - such as an airline - is liable to a financial penalty of up to £50,000 if it fails to comply and the individual manages to travel.
The scheme came into force in March 2015 and in its first year, a total of 1,132 people were refused travel.
Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures, or TPims, are a form of house arrest. It applies to people who are deemed a threat but cannot be prosecuted or deported if they are a foreign national. They were first introduced in 2012 and replaced controversial control orders.
Those under TPims can be subjected to electronic tagging, having to report regularly to the police and surrendering travel documents. A suspect must live at home and stay there overnight - possibly for up to 10 hours.
The suspect is allowed to use a mobile phone and the internet to work and study, subject to conditions.
In 2015, TPims were toughened by granting the ability to relocate subjects up to 200 miles away from their normal residence.
TPims initially last for one year, although they can be extended to two. It is possible for them to remain beyond the two-year maximum if there is suspicion of further terrorism activity. A breach of the TPims can lead to imprisonment.
As of November 2016, seven people were subjected to TPims - six of whom were British citizens.
Temporary Exclusion Orders (TEOs) were created by the 2015 Counter-Terrorism and Security Act. They apply to British citizens suspected of involvement in terrorist activity abroad. They are designed to stop suspects from re-entering the UK unless they give themselves up at the border.
Those subjected to TEOs are only allowed to return if they make contact with the UK authorities. If they do come back, they are likely to face either prosecution or close supervision under monitoring powers.
The Orders last for up to two years at a time and can be renewed. Breaches could lead to a prison sentence.
The home secretary applies the TEO where they "reasonably suspect that the subject is or has been involved in terrorism-related activity while outside the UK".
Since they came into force two years ago, nobody has been subjected to a TEO.
The 2014 Immigration Act granted the home secretary the power to strip citizenship from dual nationals or from immigrants who have become naturalised citizens and are now fighting overseas, even if that renders them stateless. An individual can mount a legal challenge to the decision.
In 2015, five people were stripped of British citizenship on the basis it was "conducive to the public good".
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The Home Office said the move would allow a "radical transformation" of how the police, fire and rescue co-operate.
The services were previously the responsibility of the Department for Communities and Local Government.
MP Mike Penning will take over the portfolio as minister for policing, fire, criminal justice and victims.
The Home Office said the response across the country to recent flooding showed "how well the police and fire service already worked together".
Under government plans consulted on last year, police and crime commissioners (PCCs) will be able to take control of fire services in their area.
The elected officials will be able to put in place a single "employer", led by a senior officer in charge of hiring all local fire and police personnel.
The new strategy could lead to arrangements such as sharing back office functions - although the government insists they will remain operationally independent.
However, unions have attacked the proposals, with the Fire Brigades Union calling them "dangerous".
FBU general secretary Matt Wrack described the proposal as a "half-baked suggestion" and accused "one or two" PCCs supporting the plan of "empire building".
There was no support for the plans among firefighters, police officers or local communities, "and yet the government seems to be intent on forcing it though", he said.
Mr Penning, a former firefighter, said closer collaboration between the police, fire and rescue services would deliver "significant savings and benefits for the public".
"This is about smarter working, reducing the cost of back office functions and freeing up the time of frontline staff," he said.
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More than 60 firefighters have been tackling the blaze in Hickman Avenue, near East Park, since about 14:30 BST.
A man was taken to hospital for a minor burn after trying to put the fire out, West Midlands Fire Service said.
A working men's club and nearby buildings were evacuated until fire crews moved the cylinders to safety.
Three car repair units and two tyre storage units have been affected by the severe fire which is now under control, the spokesman said.
Fire crews said they managed to save two coaches inside one of the buildings and part of a gym, but the roof of the tyre unit was destroyed.
It is thought the fire started inside one of the repair garages, the spokesman said.
Twelve fire engines were sent to the scene as police closed nearby roads and dealt with subsequent traffic problems.
Nearby residents were urged to keep their windows shut due to the large quantities of smoke.
Vicious has been created by Will and Grace writer Gary Janetti and award-winning playwright Mark Ravenhill.
The show, to air next year, will also feature Rising Damp actress Frances De La Tour as their feisty best friend.
Sir Ian will play ageing actor Freddie who has lived in a cramped flat with Sir Derek's Stuart for nearly 50 years.
Their worlds are turned upside down when a young man called Ash moves in upstairs.
Writer and co-producer Janetti, who has also worked on award-winning US comedy Family Guy, said he was "incredibly excited" to be working with "this unbelievable cast".
ITV's comedy commissioning editor, Myfanwy Moore, said the broadcaster was "thrilled this exciting and bold sitcom, with stellar performers and writing talent is to join the increasing slate of new look comedy shows on the channel".
Next month Sir Ian will be seen reprising the role of wizard Gandalf in Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
The film, which co-stars Martin Freeman, Elijah Wood and Benedict Cumberbatch, is due in UK cinemas on 14 December.
Ridden by Tom O'Brien, Finian's Oscar was making his grade one bow, having won on his hurdling debut at Hereford.
Chalonnial led for much of the contest, but the 11-10 favourite powered home to win by five lengths from Capitaine.
Tizzard also trains Thistlecrack, who won the King George VI Chase, and Native River, winner of the Welsh National in December.
Gubbins was dropped on 22 but reached his ton off 191 balls on day one at Lord's after the hosts slumped to 97-4.
Pace bowler Jack Brooks (3-45) continued his fine form for Yorkshire, trapping Sam Robson and Nick Compton lbw before bowling Stevie Eskinazi.
Middlesex collected their first bonus point before bad light ended play at 208-5, with Gubbins still there on 120.
Victory over the White Rose county will hand Middlesex the title for the first time since 1993.
But third-placed Somerset are now just eight points behind after reaching 322-9 against relegated Nottinghamshire at Taunton and picking up three batting bonus points.
Under overcast skies in London, Yorkshire chose not to contest the toss and gave their four pace bowlers a chance to make early inroads.
Brooks claimed two quick scalps as Robson departed for a duck and Compton left a straight ball that jagged back in before David Willey bowled Dawid Malan via an inside edge to reduce the hosts to 57-3.
Despite the testing conditions, 22-year-old Gubbins remained assured at the crease - despite being put down at point by Azeem Rafiq, who has signed a contract extension for next summer - and was particularly strong on the off side as he rebuilt Middlesex's innings.
He shared half-century stands with John Simpson and James Franklin and having grafted to reach 96, Gubbins opened his shoulders to pull Ryan Sidebottom over the square leg boundary for six to reach three figures.
Shortly after Yorkshire took the new ball, the teams were taken off as the light deteriorated with 14 overs lost.
Middlesex batsman Nick Gubbins said:
"I'll remember this knock for a long time but there's still plenty of work to do in the morning.
"I don't know what's going on at Taunton. Somerset have had a good day, it will be an interesting finish from what I hear.
"We can only focus on what we do, whatever happens, happens - it's going to be a fun week of county cricket.
"It's been pretty steady, let's see how day three and four goes. We can't look too far ahead, Yorkshire need to win as well."
Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie said:
"I thought we bowled really well all day. It would be nice to take the chances when they come though.
"The disciplines were excellent - you just have to look at the run rate. We'll bowl worse than that and be rewarded better.
"At the end of the day you've got to take the chances when they come - three they should have taken.
"The lads work really hard at their fielding, but it's not ideal to shell them on a day like today.
"We can't worry about what happens at Somerset too much - we've got to concentrate on what we're doing here. We've got a new ball tomorrow, and it will do a little bit off the surface early.
"We feel we can create a few chances - but we've got to take them."
"French Londoners, France loves you," he told a rally, urging them to come home because their country needed their drive and expertise.
He cited the frequently aired claim that London was France's sixth-largest city, with an estimated 200,000 French residents. In fact it would rank about 30th.
But what drew Mr Macron to the UK was perhaps not so much the number as the type of French people living in its capital. Many are young, educated, upwardly and geographically mobile - exactly the constituency he has galvanised at home.
Opinion polls suggest he has a chance of reaching the second-round presidential run-off in May and could even win the presidency.
Queuing to hear him speak in Westminster on Tuesday was Elise Siouve, 25, a biotechnology postgraduate at Cambridge University, who felt Mr Macron "understands the need to adapt to social and economic changes".
Another Cambridge student, Benjamin Vendrand-Maillet, 24, has set up a unit of Macron supporters at the university. For him, the centrist's market-friendly policies would work "for all French people, whether rich or poor, young or old" and he was best placed to defeat the populist Front National.
The main challenge for French candidates campaigning abroad is that turnout is low among expats. In the UK, it is typically about 30%. Why bother to vote when you have decided to make another country your home?
But Mr Macron could benefit from the UK's vote to leave the EU, which he deeply regrets. French residents who may suddenly be unsure of their long-term status in the UK could find renewed interest in politics back home.
This is the case for Sylvie, a Macron fan who is studying for a doctorate in Oxford.
"I lost interest in France for four years because I found what was going on there dispiriting," she says. "Since Brexit I've realised that I might have to go back to France, so I'm much more involved now."
Restating the message he had delivered to UK Prime Minister Theresa May earlier in the day, Mr Macron promised the crowd of about 2,000 that he would attract talent back to France by freeing up the economy and encouraging risk-taking and enterprise.
He said he had been shocked when a French person he met on the Eurostar train to London had told him that he had gone to Britain to establish his start-up business because he had found it impossible to do so at home.
"What is at stake in this campaign," he said to loud applause, "is making sure that women and men who are willing to create jobs and wealth, who want to change their own lives and that of others, can never say 'I tried to do it in France but it's better to do it a two-hour Eurostar ride away'. I don't want to hear that ever again."
Mr Macron is hoping to buck an international trend towards anti-globalisation populism in a country where market reforms have never been popular.
The five-horse race for the French presidency remains wide open.
In recent weeks polls have consistently placed far-right leader Marine Le Pen ahead in the first round on 23 April. But they have also suggested she would lose the run-off two weeks later.
That suggests the top prize in this election could go to the initial runner-up.
Mr Macron surged ahead of his rivals in January but his support has wobbled over the past week, following an outcry over his comment that the colonisation of Algeria had been a "crime against humanity".
Mainstream conservative Francois Fillon appears to be staging a comeback after damaging allegations over payments to his wife. Two left-wing candidates are not far behind.
But what is clear is that the winning candidate will be the one most able to mobilise his constituency - hence the potential importance of the expat vote in this race.
"It is too close to call," says Benedicte Paviot, London correspondent for France 24 television. "French presidential candidates can't afford to ignore French nationals abroad."
Roberto Natto and Erika Reiser, both in their 60s, had been kidnapped and shot several miles from their ranch.
Government officials say they were killed by a left-wing guerrilla group, the Paraguayan People's Army.
Their bodies are due to be repatriated to Germany as an investigation into the killings continues.
The couple had been held along with four ranch workers on their farm outside Yby Yau, around 395km (245 miles) from Paraguay's capital, Asuncion.
The workers had escaped but both Germans were killed.
A government investigator said police had found the bodies after a shoot-out with fighters they allege belonged to the guerrilla group.
The investigators said the guerrillas had been demanding money and food from local ranchers to be given to the poor as compensation for alleged deforestation.
The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) is estimated to number between 50 and 150 people.
It has been blamed for a series of killings in the last few years.
In May 2013 it was accused of killing Luis Lindstron, a former city mayor and owner of a logging operation.
Various political leaders have tried to eliminate the EPP.
In 2010, Fernando Lugo, who was president at the time, declared a state of emergency and sent 200 crack troops to find the rebels.
In 2011 the government tried again, this time sending about 3,000 troops and police.
Some arrests were made, but the group remained elusive.
Correspondents say the EPP appears to be changing its strategy, focussing less on kidnappings and more on attacking ranches and trying to extract payments from landowners.
Although little is known about them, the EPP appears to oppose industrialized agriculture, feeding off resentment in rural areas over the growth of large soybean farms, many of which are Brazilian-owned.
They also draw on, and sometimes coerce, support from poor farmers in areas where the public services are minimal.
Before his death from colon cancer at 69 in July, Ken Stabler requested his brain be donated to research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
The New York Times reports Stabler was found to have a "quite severe" case.
Stabler was the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1974 and led the Oakland Raiders to the Super Bowl in 1977.
He threw for 194 career touchdowns and 27,938 yards over 15 seasons and was a four-time Pro Bowl selection.
Some 5,000 former players have sued the NFL, claiming it hid the dangers of repeated head trauma.
CTE is associated with symptoms such as memory loss, depression and progressive dementia.
The disease, which can only be diagnosed after death, has been found in the brains of dozens of former American football players.
The former players suing the NFL agreed to a settlement which is under appeal, but could cost the league $1bn (£685m),
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State officials announced on Friday they would be telling nearly 100 water rights holders to stop pumping from three separate waterways.
This is the first time in decades that officials have forced thousands of farmers to draw back water use.
These farmers' rights to water were decided more than 100 years ago.
Water rights holders in the Sacramento, San Joaquin and delta watersheds will have to stop getting water from those streams.
California has ordered water use cuts for other farmers in other cities across the state.
The move has been expected for weeks, the Los Angeles Times reports. It effects will be varied, with a lot of water harvesting work continuing on as usual.
The charges related to the violence that followed the 2010 presidential poll when her husband, Laurent, refused to accept defeat to Alassane Ouattara.
The majority of the judges dismissed the prosecution's argument that Simone Gbagbo, 67, headed a crisis cell and tried to buy weapons.
She is already serving a 20-year prison term for undermining state security.
Ivory Coast has refused to extradite her to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, where Laurent Gbagbo is on trial for crimes against humanity.
The ICC has issued a warrant for Simone Gbagbo on similar charges.
More than 3,000 people died in the violence after the 2010 presidential poll.
Laurent and Simone Gbagbo were arrested in 2011 after troops stormed a bunker where the pair had taken refuge in the main city, Abidjan.
Rosberg and Hamilton set the pace on one flying lap on Friday but in race trim Ferrari could have an advantage over the world champions.
Rosberg said: "We are very quick on one lap again and Ferrari are very dangerous on the long run.
"They have serious pace. It looks like they are a genuine threat."
Hamilton added: "Ferrari will be very close. From what I can see, they look good on the long runs."
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Rosberg pipped Hamilton by 0.115 seconds on outright lap times, with the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen about half a second behind.
But when the teams did their 'race-simulation runs', on which they fill up the cars with fuel to see how the tyres might last in the race, Ferrari were quicker.
Vettel was on average 0.6secs a lap faster than Rosberg when they were both running the 'soft' tyre, which will be the main one used in the race.
Hamilton did not do a representative run on the soft and the exact fuel loads in the cars - which can make a significant difference to lap time - are not revealed by the teams.
Mercedes are haunted by their experience in Malaysia two races ago, when the Ferrari's more gentle tyre usage in the race helped Vettel to victory.
Hamilton said he felt Mercedes were not in the same position as they were there, saying: "It is not going to be as hardcore as Malaysia from what I can see."
Rosberg agreed, but said he was concerned about the Ferrari's outright speed in race trim.
"The pace of the Ferraris is very worrying," Rosberg said. "In qualifying we are much quicker but in the race they are quick.
"Tyre wise, it is pretty straightforward; both tyres are quite robust. It is just the absolute pace which is important."
Vettel, who finished third behind Hamilton and Rosberg in cooler conditions in China last weekend, said: "It looks pretty close but we know that Mercedes are turning up their engines for qualifying. They are still bit ahead. The closer we can get, the better it is."
Asked about his chances of winning, Vettel said: "It is always possible. Most important, we feel good inside the car and we have a good platform to work from. We will try to improve overnight and go from there.
"In the end, we need to be quick with whatever conditions we have. China was a lot cooler and I don't think we were slow. Also you need to understand that Mercedes has a strong package and it doesn't disappear.
"If we can be a bit closer this weekend, it is already a big step."
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Back in 2012, the former coalition government's controversial plan to put elected police and crime commissioners in charge of the nation's constabularies was sold with one simple idea: people power.
Chief constables were to come under the direct local control of powerful civilians elected by you and me.
But what a revolution it wasn't. The turnout in 2012 was so low that many of those elected to hire and fire chief constables hadn't even convinced 10% of the electorate to support them. The Essex PCC took office with the support of less than 5% of voters. Almost 200 miles away in the Bettws ward of Newport, nobody turned up at all to put their X on the ballot paper.
The elections had been scheduled for miserable grey November and didn't coincide with any local polls. With a lack of publicity through people's doors and few candidates on the stump, the public struggled to get it.
So what's changed four years on?
This time around the turnout vastly improved - but it has largely remained low, with some notable exceptions that I'll come to.
In 2012, the national turnout was 15%. It's now risen by more than 10 points and there is one really obvious reason why: the PCC vote was held on the same day as local elections to the Welsh Assembly and English councils.
Whether voters liked it or not, they were handed a ballot paper at the polling station and given a choice.
The turnout in 2012 in Essex was just over 12% - it's now more than doubled to 25%.
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The elections for Merseyside and West Midland Police - predominantly covering Liverpool and Birmingham - saw big rises in turnout, almost certainly a knock-on effect from the well-oiled party machines in both cities cranking into gear.
But the biggest turnouts were in Wales.
Ddfyed Powys is now official the most pro-PCC place in Britain. Were the voters queuing out of the doors in scenes reminiscent of the first free elections in post-apartheid South Africa?
Were they hooked on the idea of who was going to run the force? Gripped by the strategic procurement delivery challenges of modernising crime fighting technology?
No, but a whopping 49% of people voted. Constituencies in the region had some of the largest turnouts for the Welsh Assembly - and that probably proves that people will vote for PCCs if they are already going to the ballot box for another reason.
The scheduling of the poll with other elections has, however, brought about the most important change since 2012.
Supporters of the PCC concept, including their Conservative architect Lord Wasserman, had argued they were a huge opportunity for local people to choose locally talented independents - people with the right mixture of expertise and profile to deliver crime-fighting results and boost public confidence.
A total of 12 independents took power in 2012. Today? There are three.
"The Conservatives have picked up what they would argue would be theirs in the first place," says Bernard Rix of Policing Insight, which monitors policing governance. "We've seen a lot of Conservative gains at the expense of the independents."
Labour have had three significant successes at the expense of the Conservatives, taking Humberside, Cheshire and Leicestershire. An important win for the party was South Yorkshire where the incumbent Alan Billings was returned amid the rolling scandals of Hillsborough and street sexual abuse in Rotherham.
The big winners in Wales were Plaid Cymru, who took control of both Dyfed Powys and North Wales police.
Both PC candidates were given permission to describe themselves on the ballot paper in a way that not only spelled out their party affiliation, but also their policing links - "former intelligence analyst" and "former policing inspector" respectively.
Was this a deciding factor for voters in the dark? The defeated Conservative candidate for Cheshire, John Dwyer, is a retired assistant chief constable - but the ballot paper didn't describe him as such.
In total, the Conservatives now hold 20 PCCs. Labour has 15 plus the London mayor, who has responsibility for policing, and the transitional similar position for Greater Manchester.
With Plaid Cymru on two and three independents, this is a delicate balance of power across England and Wales which could lead to some interesting policing politics when the commissioners have to work together to get what they want out of the Home Office.
So do the public now love their PCCs?
The turnout seems to suggest otherwise and many candidates will argue that the big issue remains the lack of national publicity from central government and proper funding for local awareness.
But Mr Rix argues there is a bigger failure that the candidates and elected PCCs need to address - with many of the 2012 crop having been largely invisible for the past four years.
"They may well complain that government has done nothing to support them [with publicity], but the PCCs individually and collectively, are also to blame," he says.
"It's wrong to blame others when you could do more to help yourself."
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December was the wettest month ever recorded in Scotland, with heavy rain causing the River Dee to burst its banks.
In the village of Braemar in north east Scotland, a bridge which links it to other villages and towns, has just re-opened.
Martin has been to see how people there are coping after the floods.
The 26-year-old Belgium international has signed a three-year deal.
Pocognoli has won 12 caps but was not selected for the World Cup after missing the final six weeks of the season through injury.
West Brom head coach Alan Irvine said: "He's joined us with a real hunger to prove himself at Albion and get back into the international set-up."
Pocognoli won the Dutch title with AZ Alkmaar and has also played for Genk and Standard Liege in Belgium.
Irvine added: "Sebastien is an experienced left-back who has played at a high level for many years."
He becomes the club's fourth summer signing, after deals for Craig Gardner,Joleon Lescott and Chris Baird.
Britain initially qualified only one ride for the event in Pontal, Rio.
The 30-year-old Welshman's inclusion comes after several competitors from other nations suffered crashes in the road race on Saturday and withdrew.
"I'm looking forward to racing again on Wednesday," said Thomas, who also crashed but is fit to race.
"Whilst I'm thrilled to represent my country in a second event in Rio, the circumstances surrounding my inclusion are unfortunate and I'd like to wish all those who withdrew through injury a quick recovery.
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"I lost quite a lot of skin in my crash and my hip took a pretty big knock, but other than that my legs are feeling good."
Australia's Richie Porte and Vincenzo Nibali of Italy are among those to have withdrawn following crashes in the road race on Saturday, which left them both with fractures - Nibali a double collarbone break, and Porte a shoulder blade.
Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten also went to hospital with severe concussion and three small fractures in her lower back after crashing as she led the women's race on Sunday.
Britain's Froome is one of the favourites for Wednesday's time trial, which takes place on a 54.5km course that includes the Grumari climbs, which featured in Saturday's road race.
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Edward Loden, who commanded the unit involved in the Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland, was on holiday when he was shot on Saturday evening.
The attack happened after armed men forced their way into the compound in the Langata suburb.
A family statement described Col Loden as a "devoted family man" and said his death was a "brutal tragedy".
The BBC's East Africa correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse said he died on the way to hospital.
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A former colonel in the Parachute Regiment, Col Loden served on numerous operations around the world and was awarded the Military Cross for service in Aden in 1967.
In 1972, he was in command of a Parachute Regiment unit that fired more than 100 shots during a civil rights march in Londonderry.
Thirteen civilians were killed at the scene and a 14th victim died from his wounds five months later.
Col Loden was exonerated by the Saville Inquiry into the killings, which said that he did not realise his soldiers might be firing at people who did not pose a threat.
He retired from the Army in 1992, and after following a career in business management, retired to pursue his love of sailing in 1999, his family said.
The statement added: "Edward, married to Jill, father of Jamie and Will, was a devoted family man and proud grandfather of Oliver, Amelia, Joshua, Harry and Emily.
"Jill and her sons would like to say thank you to all the overwhelming messages of love and support from wider friends and family, and request that the family be given time to come to terms with this brutal tragedy."
The killing comes after the murder of another former British army colonel, David Parkinson, who was killed by an armed gang at his home near Nanyuki, Laikipia, in August.
Col Parkinson, an ex-commander of a base in the area, and his wife were attacked after a gang of suspected robbers, armed with machetes and a gun, smashed their way into the house.
Mrs Parkinson escaped after hiding in a strong room.
Tough to imagine? Not so if you worked for Ghana's Football Association at the 2014 World Cup where their "equipment officer" earned $100,000 (£64,000), according to a government report.
In a 396-page report which investigates the Black Stars' first-round exit in Brazil, payment for a role also defined as "ball boy" is highlighted.
Ismail Hamidu was the lucky recipient of a sum equal to that earned by individual players, doctors, coaches and manager James Kwesi Appiah.
But Ghana's Football Association (GFA) insisted his role as "kit man" was "key" and claim branding him a "ball boy" is "hideously inappropriate".
"While the commission is seeking to mock the person, the position or his role in the team, it must be made clear that the payment of the appearance fees to the kit manager was made after government vetted and approved it," said the GFA in a statement.
The report also found a fee of $5,263 (£3,345) was paid to Ghana's official drummer.
His beat was not enough to help the team beat Portugal in their final group fixture to reach the second round, a match which followed the country's government flying $3m out to South America to settle a pay dispute with players.
Two sentences in the Dzamefe Report that perhaps sum up the frustrations and difficulties of Ghana's World Cup campaign are:
The report aims to unpick myriad financial issues surrounding Ghana's World Cup campaign, including some payments which could not be verified or accounted for.
The African side received $8m (£5m) for their group-stage exit, but spent almost $4m more than that on their campaign from the beginning of qualifying.
The blast happened in the Osney Lane and Gibbs Crescent area of Oxford on Tuesday afternoon, causing a three-storey block of flats to collapse.
Expert structural engineers have been brought in to help the fire service.
Police "strongly believe" 48-year-old Guido Schuette died in the explosion and is underneath the debris. The cause of the blast is still unknown.
Search and rescue teams are making the pile of debris safe by propping up walls and removing loose brickwork before searching underneath the rubble.
A fire service spokesman said: "Some adjoining buildings have in the past 24 hours proved to be very unstable and are requiring considerable delicate work to make safe."
Thames Valley Police has appealed for the public to look out for Mr Schuette while his death remains unconfirmed.
He is described as 6ft tall, of heavy build with short grey hair and blue eyes. According to officers, he walks with a limp and uses a crutch.
Supt Joe Kidman said: "Our strong hypothesis is that Guido died in the fire, and we are continuing to offer support to his family at this time.
"Given the circumstances of the incident, we are asking members of the public not to approach Guido but to call 999 immediately."
About 40 people remain at the scene as part of a joint operation between police, councils, and the ambulance and fire services.
A number of properties were evacuated, with the Red Cross providing assistance. The council said 40 households were displaced, with 19 still unable to return.
The body of Nicola Cross, 37, was found at her home in Dunlin Road, Hemel Hempstead, on Monday night.
Marcin Porczynski, 23, of Claymore Avenue in the town, appeared via video link at Luton Crown Court. He was remanded in custody.
A plea hearing is set for 4 December, with a trial date set for March.
The court heard the mother-of-two was killed in front of her six-year-old son and three-year-old daughter while her husband Dan was out.
Prosecutors allege the defendant then kidnapped the children but was arrested by police who heard a disturbance while responding to a separate call at a neighbouring home.
Mr Porczynski is charged with murder, two counts of kidnap and one of trespass with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
The next court appearance is due to take place at St Albans Crown Court.
Ms Cross's family issued a tribute to her via Hertfordshire Police earlier this week.
A 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle after Mrs Cross's body was found has been released without charge, police said.
Det Ch Insp Jerome Kent said he played "no part in the tragic events... and no further action will be taken".
Henry Lynch II's luck ran out when his tutor, who had been working extremely late, surprised him - and an accomplice - when he came back to his office.
It happened at about 02:00 on Wednesday, a university spokesman said.
Fellow student Troy Kiphuth has also been charged. The duo will go before a judge next month.
According to Jay Blanton, the university spokesman, Mr Lynch, a 21 year-old biosystems engineering student, had entered the campus building ceiling ducts, crawled through them and dropped into his statistics instructor's room.
It is not clear how he had accessed the air ducts in the first place.
He had then opened the door to Mr Kiphuth, and both had proceeded to look for the paper while keeping the door blocked.
Meanwhile the teacher, John Cain, was on his way back down the corridor after a meal.
When he tried to open his office door and couldn't, Mr Cain shouted that he would call the police, upon which the men opened the door and ran out.
Later, Mr Lynch confessed - and told the police that he had tried to get the test earlier that day, too, but couldn't find it.
The air duct method had worked for him before. He has confessed to stealing an exam earlier in the semester, but said he had not shared it with other students, Mr Blanton said.
The matter has been referred to the university's internal discipline system.
"Cheating and theft of this kind is very serious in an academic institution," the university spokesman said.
The 29-year-old, who joined the Cherries from Leyton Orient in November 2011, has missed just one league game in the club's first top-flight season.
"He has been outstanding for us this season and performed at a really high level consistently," manager Eddie Howe told BBC Radio Solent.
"I'm really pleased he has committed his future to us," he added.
Daniels' performances at left-back have led to talk of a potential England call-up ahead of this summer's European Championships, something his manager believes would be fully deserved.
"I believe in every single one of my team, so why not?" Howe added. "Charlie has been consistent all season and I think that's his biggest quality.
"You would struggle to think of too many games where he hasn't given a really accomplished performance.
"When you consider the calibre of the players he has been up against every single week in those positions, that's no mean feat."
His son, Chris Eubank Jr, defends his IBO super middleweight world title against Arthur Abraham at Wembley Arena on Saturday.
"Can you take a beating? When you have, bow and accept it like a gentleman," Eubank Sr, 50, told BBC Radio 5 live.
"That is the cut of the man you want your own son to be."
Eubank Jr recently criticised ex-IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook after the Sheffield fighter took a knee to end his fight with American Errol Spence in the 11th round.
Brook said he feared a "fatal" blow after suffering his second broke eye socket in consecutive fights.
Eubank Sr's 1991 rematch win over Michael Watson saw the beaten fighter spend eight months unable to hear, speak, or walk. Watson - close to death - underwent six brain operations in 40 days, yet that fight is still championed to this day.
When his son fought for the British title in 2016, the defending champion Nick Blackwell held on until the 10th round. But the Trowbridge fighter suffered bleeding on the skull and spent the next week in an induced coma and was forced to retire from the sport, aged 25.
Speaking about Brook losing his title by stopping his fight, Eubank Sr said "do not at any point think that a black eye is a reason to quit".
He told BBC Sport's boxing correspondent Mike Costello: "The reason Rocky resonated to the world is because going beyond the point of duty and taking punishment inspires people.
"It shows the nature of the human condition and shows how wonderful, brave and magnificent we are.
"We have nothing against Kell Brook but standards have to be kept. We are fierce in this regard, and why shouldn't we be? This is a privilege, signing things, pictures. You can't earn that by quitting. It isn't really about the belts, it's about the hearts of the people.
"We say if you held on longer you would have won something that money just cannot buy."
Eubank Jr faces former three-time, two-weight world champion Abraham on Saturday, with the winner assured of a place in September's first World Boxing Super Series, where a prize fund of $50m (£38m) is on offer.
"What is feeling sorry for fighters because they are hurt? You're supposed to be hurt, you're supposed to be injured," said Eubank Sr. "I want Junior to experience the same magic I live with everyday.
"When a man goes down you don't have the right to quit. That's not in the rule book of the warrior's code. It's for the referee. You have to take a beating. That sounds odd because of what has happened to fighters who have fallen but it is still this code.
"We can't be normal. We are not allowed. I've been in fights where I wanted to wet myself the beating was so bad. But I had no choice because integrity doesn't allow.
"When Watson knocked me down in that second fight in the 11th round I didn't think about getting up, I had to get up. It's almost like subconsciously I knew that in three or four days I'd be washing myself in the mirror and I'd look myself in the eye and say 'you could have got up and you didn't'."
The incident in the capital, Juba, last July resulted in a UN report which accused UN peacekeepers of failing in their duty to protect civilians.
It happened as rival forces in the civil war clashed in the city.
The soldiers' lawyer said the allegations were untrue, Reuters news agency reports.
The incident happened in a rebel-controlled area, he added
Peace efforts have failed to bring an end to the three-and-a-half-year-old conflict, which has seen forces loyal to President Salva Kiir fighting troops who back former Vice-President Riek Machar.
The trial concerns an attack on the Terrain Hotel, home to aid workers from a number of international organisations.
Its manager, Mike Woodward, has been giving evidence at the military court in Juba, Reuters reports.
Between 50 and 100 soldiers entered the compound, looted the place and then raped five women, he is quoted as saying.
The defence lawyer says the compound was in a rebel-held part of the city, implying that government troops could not have been responsible.
Some of the victims have given harrowing testimony to the BBC. They spoke of what had happened to them and said their calls for help from the UN had gone unanswered.
A UN investigation backed their claims that peacekeepers had refused to respond when the compound was attacked.
The incident happened during three days of fighting in which at least 73 people were killed, including more than 20 internally displaced people who had sought UN protection. Two peacekeepers also died.
The government has been under pressure to tackle sexual violence against women, which is widespread, BBC South Sudan expert James Copnall says.
The overwhelming majority of victims are South Sudanese, and so far there seems to be little progress made in bringing the perpetrators of those crimes to justice.
In the civil war, tens of thousands of people have died and millions have been displaced.
The tug Asterix had been moving the chemical tanker Donizetti off a berth at the Fawley marine terminal in March 2015 when it was pulled over sideways.
It capsized, trapping the coxswain in the wheelhouse, who was rescued by a colleague shortly before it sank.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) found there were safety issues with how the crew were trained.
Investigators found the coxswain lost control of the vessel in strong winds shortly after 20:00 BST on 30 March 2015.
According to the report, the coxswain lacked training in the correct use of a rope -known as a 'gog', used to reduce the risk of the tug being pulled over sideways.
It also found "weaknesses in the communications" between the Donizetti and Asterix.
The report also identified launch crews were not sufficiently experienced in the use of the tug's towing hook emergency release mechanism.
Safety and training recommendations have been made to the tug's operator Østensjø Rederi AS, to ABP Southampton and to the National Workboat Association.
Following the incident a crew member of the tug boat was given a bravery award for his actions in saving the coxswain.
Both men needed hospital treatment for shock and hypothermia.
The National Institute for Economic and Social Research says 700,000 people moved to the UK after their former communist homelands joined the EU.
It believes they drove up British GDP by 0.38% in the years to 2009, the equivalent of £4.91bn.
MigrationWatch UK, which campaigns for tougher controls on immigration, said it was a "poor deal" for the UK.
The report says countries which imposed restrictions on eastern workers saw growth reduced because of this.
Only the UK, Ireland and Sweden allowed free access from the start to workers from the eight 2004 accession countries, which included Poland, Latvia and Hungary.
The last EU members to keep restrictions - Germany and Austria - are lifting them on Sunday.
Between 2004 and 2009, an estimated 1.5 million people from eastern Europe came to the UK. It is thought 700,000 of them stayed, with half a million from Poland alone.
During the same period Britain's GDP grew by £98bn, or 7.7%, and the NIESR study says that a 5% share of the £98bn can be put down to the migrants.
The NIESR says the UK probably benefited from the restrictions imposed by other member states. It says Germany will suffer a "permanent scar" on its level of output, with its GDP reduced by between 0.1 and 0.5%.
One of the report's authors, Dawn Holland, says that the final lifting of restrictions by all EU countries will make little difference to the situation.
"Lifting barriers in Germany may divert some Polish and other workers away from the UK", she says, "especially given the relative strength of the German economy".
"But as the existence of support networks for new migrants is one of the most important factors, much of the shift in migrants since 2004 is likely to prove permanent."
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of MigrationWatch UK, told the BBC: "What matters most is not just GDP but GDP per head.
"This report is clear evidence that the contribution of these migrants was trivial. They added about 1% to population but only about one-third of 1% to production.
"Given the extra strain of public services this has to be a poor deal for the public, especially in the areas most affected."
Manchester Royal Infirmary staff placed Neville Tyldesley alone in a taxi, which was given the wrong home address.
The Manchester Evening News reported he became confused and stumbled into a canal.
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has apologised and expressed its "sincere regret".
Mr Tyldesley, who was still wearing a pyjama top and had a cannula tube in his arm, was rescued from the water by a passing jogger.
His daughter Beverley Stringer learned of his accident when she received a phone call as she went to collect him from hospital.
"I literally screamed the hospital down," she said.
Ms Stringer said she was told by a nurse on the ward her father had been sent home in a taxi, but to an address she realised was his former home in Miles Platting, Manchester.
His other daughter Diane Brannan said her father was in a "shocking state" when the jogger brought him to her house.
She added: "He was freezing to death... he was shaking that much he couldn't sit down on the sofa."
Ms Brannan said her father would have died if the jogger had not spotted him.
"It doesn't bear thinking about. We want a lot of answers," she said.
Ms Stringer added: "It is unbelievable, it should never have happened."
In a statement, the Trust said: "Our patients' safety is our utmost priority and Mr Tyldesley was assessed by a member of our team before his discharge.
"We have launched a full investigation into how this decision was reached."
The winning pumpkin, weighing 309.5kg (682 lbs), was entered by Peter Geyelin, from Nottingham at the contest held at York Maze, North Yorkshire.
It was later carved into a dragon by chainsaw sculptor Lorraine Botterill.
The UK record for the biggest pumpkin was set last year at 854kg (1,884 lbs).
The world record stands at an enormous 1,054kg (2323 lbs).
As recently as Friday, Mr De Niro stood by his decision to include the film by anti-vaccination activist Andrew Wakefield in next month's festival.
The link the film makes between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism has been widely discredited.
"We have concerns with certain things in this film," said Mr De Niro.
Robert De Niro, who has a child with autism, said he had hoped the film would provide the opportunity for discussion of the issue.
But after reviewing the film with festival organisers and scientists, he said: "We do not believe it contributes to or furthers the discussion I had hoped for."
Vaxxed was directed and co-written by Mr Wakefield, who described it as a "whistle-blower documentary".
In a statement issued following the Tribeca Film Festival's decision, he and the film's producer Del Bigtree said that "we have just witnessed yet another example of the power of corporate interests censoring free speech, art and truth".
The British doctor was the lead author of a controversial study published in 1998, which argued there might be a link between MMR and autism and bowel disease.
Mr Wakefield suggested that parents should opt for single jabs against mumps, measles and rubella instead of the three-in-one vaccine.
His comments and the subsequent media furore led to a sharp drop in the number of children being vaccinated against these diseases.
But the study, first published in The Lancet, was later retracted by the medical journal.
Mr Wakefield was subsequently found guilty of fraud by the General Medical Council and struck off the medical register.
Emily Plant of Findochty, Moray, dispatched the bottle in August 2001 as part of a local gala competition.
It has finally been found on the Yamal peninsula in Siberia.
Now 17, Emily has been invited to the Arctic Circle Assembly - where First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will speak - in Reykjavik, Iceland, to reclaim it.
Buckie High School pupil Emily told the BBC Scotland news website: "It's been a bit overwhelming and a bit out of the blue.
"I was only two so I cannot really remember it. It really has gone a long way.
"But I've now got a free trip to Iceland, the flights are booked. I am very excited, and am also looking forward to hopefully meeting Nicola Sturgeon as my favourite subject is modern studies."
She said word had quickly spread locally, with people coming up and asking if she was the girl with the bottle.
Graham was on course for the Games standard of 2:37 at 30km but finished in 2:42.38 - 44 seconds outside her PB.
Rio Olympian Seaward reached halfway in 67.07 but came home in 2:17.08, with the Gold Coast standard 2:16.30.
Scullion took almost three minutes off his previous best as he clocked 2:17.59 in the British capital.
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Seaward's time was only eight seconds outside Athletics Ireland's world championship standard but the Loughborough-based schoolteacher has already indicated that he doesn't plan to compete in London.
However, the Commonwealth Games are on Seaward's radar so he is likely to have another crack at the Gold Coast standard in the autumn.
Seaward booked his place at the Rio Olympics when he clocked a personal best of 2:14.52 at the Berlin Marathon in September 2015 and he may try his luck in the German capital again in five months time.
Sean Hehir almost certainly booked himself a place at the World Championships with a 2:16.18 time on Sunday.
Holywood man Paul Pollock has already qualified for the worlds after clocking 2:15.30 in Japan in February.
After heading his fellow Rio Olympian Seaward as he reached halfway in 66:41, Raheny's Mick Clohisey struggled over the second half with his finishing time 2:18.34.
Up ahead, Mary Keitany of Kenya broke Paula Radcliffe's women's-only world record as she crossed the line in 2:17.01.
That was 41 seconds quicker than four-time British Olympian Radcliffe ran in winning the event in 2005.
In 2003 when Paula Radcliffe set her world-record time of 2:15:25, she ran with two male pacemakers.
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Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, 24, won the men's race in 2:05:56, with Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia second.
Bekele - the 5,000m and 10,000m world record holder - looked to be mounting a challenge in the final stages, but Wanjiru found enough pace to finish strongly and eventually win by nine seconds.
Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia was the runner-up in the women's race, clocking a time of 2:17:56.
Meanwhile, a brilliant run by in-form Emma Mitchell helped Queen's beat defending champions Leevale to win the women's title at the Irish Road Relays Championships at Raheny.
After Sinead Sweeney's opening leg, Mitchell clocked a brilliant 10 minutes and 18 seconds for her two-mile leg which set up Rebecca Henderson to clinch QUB's victory as they clocked a cumulative 20 minutes and 58 seconds, which left them six second ahead of the Cork club.
All three Queen's athletes are coached by Eamonn Christie.
In the men's race, the Dooney brothers Kevin and Conor helped hosts Raheny clinch a thrilling one-second victory over Donore Harriers.
Edge Hill University students Owen Lambert and Travis Frain, were hit as a car drove along the pavement on Westminster Bridge as the attack began.
Mr Frain is having surgery to his leg, the university said.
University Pro Vice Chancellor Lynda Brady said of the remaining 12 students, three were back home and nine others were returning.
They were part of a group of 13 students - with a lecturer - on a visit to the Houses of Parliament.
Mr Lambert, 18, from Morecambe, is understood to have required stitches to a head wound. Two other students needed treatment for lesser injuries.
Quoted in the Lancaster Guardian, Mr Lambert said he was "battered and bruised, but doing fine".
He also thanked police and hospital staff "for helping me through this ordeal".
Dr John Cater, vice chancellor of the university, told BBC North West Tonight the students were on the first day of a two-day visit to London. They had been inside the House of Commons watching Prime Minister's Questions two hours before the attack.
He added: "Our assumption is that they were either knocked over by other people or struck by the vehicle.
"Obviously all of them will be somewhat traumatised by what they have seen."
A conservationist has been trying to breed tuatara - which are native to New Zealand - for the last 38 years.
Isolde McGeorge said tuatara, which first appeared 225 million years ago, "really are a living fossil and an evolutionary wonder."
She said she "broke down in tears" when the reptile hatched and that it was an "incredible achievement".
It followed "lots of hard work, lots of stressful moments and lots of tweaking of the conditions", Ms McGeorge added.
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"Tuatara lived before the dinosaurs and they survived after dinosaurs had died out," she said. "They really are a living fossil and an evolutionary wonder.
"To be the first zoo to ever breed them outside of their homeland in New Zealand is undoubtedly an amazing event."
Source: Chester Zoo
She said the night before the reptile hatched, she spotted "two beads of sweat on the egg".
"I had a feeling something incredible was about to happen and so I raced in early the next day and there she was.
"Immediately I broke down in tears - I was completely overwhelmed by what we had achieved."
The new arrival is the offspring of a pair that came to the zoo from Wellington in 1994, accompanied by a Maori chief.
The keeper said she had waited a "very, very long time" for the hatching, but added: "When you've worked with tuatara for as long as I have you come to realise that they don't do anything in a hurry."
A spokesman said the reptile hatched in December, but the zoo had waited until they were sure it was healthy before deciding to "go public".
The 25-year-old England international, on a season-long loan from Arsenal, was injured in the Cherries' 4-0 defeat by Tottenham on Saturday.
"It's a big blow to lose Jack," Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe said.
Wilshere has made 29 Premier League appearances this season for the club, without scoring, after joining them on transfer deadline day in August.
Scans have revealed a hairline crack in Wilshere's left fibula and he will miss Bournemouth's last five games of the season and return to Arsenal for further treatment.
He was substituted after 56 minutes of the game at White Hart Lane following a challenge with Tottenham striker Harry Kane.
"We've loved working with him since he arrived in August," Howe added. "He's made a huge contribution to our season and we wish him a quick recovery."
An officer with the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit (Wectu) has told councillors that mid and west Wales has been used by radicals in their preparations.
Det Con Gareth Jones told Ceredigion councillors the terrorists come for "radicalisation or bonding training".
He said people should not ignore the fact that terrorism networks stretched "far and wide" beyond big cities.
"Certainly it stretches to within the Dyfed-Powys force region," he said, adding Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Powys were all touched by it.
He reminded councillors at last week's meeting that one of fusilier Lee Rigby's killers, Michael Adebowale, had attended the European Institute of Human Sciences in Llanybydder, Carmarthenshire, a year before the murder.
In 2005 terrorists involved in the London bombings on 7 July that year were thought to have met in Bala, Gwynedd weeks before the attack.
Det Con Jones also showed councillors pictures of radicals who had left Cardiff to fight with Islamic State.
He said Wales had "featured quite significantly in a number of high level priority one terrorist jobs in the United Kingdom".
He added: "So don't think that Wales doesn't feature in these things because unfortunately it does.
"And that's why I think apathy is our worst enemy."
Det Con Jones also appealed to people to make sure they informed police if they had any possible intelligence about terrorism activities.
Councillor Mark Cole, who represents Cardigan on Ceredigion council, told BBC Wales the meeting with Wectu was part of the council agenda for councillors to get an update from officers on the situation after it was revealed Michael Adebowale studied Arabic in Llanybydder.
"The learning establishment over the border was mentioned as an example of how we need to be vigilant and aware," he said.
"Because we live in a rural area it doesn't mean people can be radicalised.
"There was no overriding concern, it was very much an update and a reminder that because we live in a rural area we are more likely to know each other and more likely to pick up on anything untoward.
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The teenager will join the Cottagers' development squad for the remainder of the season, having agreed a three-year contract with the London club.
Grimmer became the youngest Dons player when he made his debut against Rangers in April 2010, aged just 16 years, two months and 13 days old.
He made three first-team appearances for the Pittodrie outfit but has not featured during this campaign.
Fulham paid a fee of about £200,000 for the midfielder, who was under contract until the summer.
"We received full value on the training compensation side, while agreeing to further add on terms," chief executive Duncan Fraser told the club website.
"We made Jack an extremely good offer to remain at Pittodrie, having signed him straight from school.
We are beginning to see young talent moving south before they are fully developed with the teams they signed for as youngsters
"[Manager] Craig Brown emphasised that he would continue to be developed by being involved with the first team, with a view to him becoming a full first team squad member next season.
"There is a bigger issue for Scottish football here in that we are beginning to see young talent moving south before they are fully developed with the teams they signed for as youngsters.
"It is an issue we shall seek to raise with the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football Association to see what steps can be taken to safeguard our clubs' interests."
Januzaj, 22, was told he could find another club this summer by United manager Jose Mourinho.
He returned from an unsuccessful campaign on loan at Sunderland and was left out of Mourinho's squad for the pre-season tour of the United States.
Januzaj, who has also had a stint on loan at Borussia Dortmund in 2015-16, is set to have a medical on Wednesday.
Januzaj joined United from Anderlecht when he was 16 and broke into the first team in 2013 during David Moyes' ill-fated spell in charge.
Deemed good enough to take Ryan Giggs' number 11 shirt, Januzaj signed a five-year contract extension that was not due to expire until 2018.
Real Sociedad finished sixth in La Liga last season and will compete in the Europa League group stage in 2017-18.
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The man, an EU national who has not been named, was spotted by divers off the coast of Dover at dawn on Sunday.
A Home Office spokesman said the man had become disorientated on his paddleboard.
He said: "The man was a German tourist in distress, but who was in the country legally."
He added: "He was not an illegal immigrant.
"He had been on the water for some time, having gone out on his paddleboard, and was picked up by HMC Valiant."
The move comes two years after the Edinburgh-based firm announced a partnership with one of China's top search engines, Baidu.
Founded in 2010, Youbibi specialises in comparing flights, hotels and package holidays in China.
Youbibi will continue to operate as a subsidiary of Skyscanner.
Youbibi's team of specialist engineers will continue to be based in Shenzhen, while Skyscanner's commercial and marketing hub for China will remain in Beijing.
Skyscanner, which operates under the Tianxun brand in China, generates one million hits a month in the country, about 10 times more than Youbibi's current rate.
Chief executive Gareth Williams said: "Since we established our China team in 2012, the number of visitors to our site and apps across the country has grown tenfold, yet we're still only at the start of the growth opportunity we see here.
"This acquisition brings the best of both worlds with Skyscanner's international coverage and Youbibi's domestic travel search and intimate knowledge of the Chinese traveller.
"The acquisition takes us from being a strong international travel specialist in China to a truly global travel service provider for Chinese nationals, domestically and internationally."
Krzysztof Druzgala, 21, had earlier admitted raping the woman at Swanfield Industrial Estate on 30 August 2014.
The court heard how the victim was attacked as she made her way to work in Leith.
Druzgala pinned her to the ground and punched her. He said later he was drunk and could not remember the attack.
A judge at the High Court in Edinburgh told Druzgala, through an interpreter: "The violence you inflicted in order to overpower her and have sex with her was both extreme in nature and prolonged.
"The girl was frightened for her life and attempted to co-operate with your demands in order to save herself.
"As a result she was badly injured and has been profoundly affected by the trauma you inflicted upon her, both physically and mentally."
The judge said the rape on a 20-year-old stranger in a public place was achieved through violence and threats.
Lord Burns said he would have jailed him for 10 years for the offence, but for his early guilty plea. He also ordered that he be kept under supervision for a further three years.
Lord Burns said the sex attacker's supervision may be a matter for the Polish authorities and pointed out he would be the subject of automatic deportation provisions.
He told Druzgala: "You will remain on the sexual offenders' register for life.
Druzgala was shown CCTV footage from the bus and identified himself. He said: "I don't remember if I met a girl. I was drunk and might not remember."
Druzgala was arrested in Constitution Street in Edinburgh after the attack.
His DNA was found on the fingernails and clothing of the victim.
Defence solicitor advocate Robbie Burnett said: "He deeply regrets his actions, but he has not got the slightest recollection of the incident."
Det Ch Insp Alwyn Bell, of Police Scotland, said: "This was a horrific ordeal for the young woman to endure and a thorough investigation was undertaken to identify the perpetrator.
"As a result of extensive CCTV enquiry Druzgala was identified and brought to justice for this crime.
"I would like to pay tribute to his victim at this time for her courage and continued assistance during our investigation."
The Open Golf Championship in St Andrews was suspended after just 32 minutes of play, with 40mph gusts of wind blowing balls across greens.
A welfare van opened early in Alyth to help residents affected by flash flooding which cut power off and forced people from their homes.
Storms also saw the evacuation of the Tiree Music Festival site overnight.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) now has just one flood warning for the Innerpeffray to Bridge of Earn area, with most of its flood alerts also stood down.
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution was dealing with more than 750 homes in Alyth cut off at the peak of the problems.
Only a handful still have no electricity and Scottish Hydro said it was working to reconnect them "where it was safe to do so".
A company spokesman said a bridge over the Alyth Burn that carried cables was washed away.
At the golf, the lost competition time means The Open will be played through until Monday, instead of Sunday.
The Met Office has now lifted its severe weather warning, which had run through until 13:00 on Saturday.
The forecast for the rest of day is improving, becoming drier and brighter for most.
Rain should also gradually die away from part of North Argyll and the West Highlands.
Police said the suspicious object, which was found in the Brigade Road area of the city, was nothing untoward.
A controlled explosion was carried out on Thursday evening following the discovery of the object.
Homes were evacuated with residents who needed shelter moved to the Lincoln Court community centre. Roads were also closed to allow police to deal with the alert.
All roads in the area have re-opened.
Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson has prosthetic limbs after losing his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2006.
He was due to carry the torch on 26 June on a flat route in Bennetthorpe but then heard it had changed, putting his participation in doubt.
The London 2012 organising committee, Locog, has now reversed its decision.
Lance Bombardier Parkinson was originally due to walk past the cenotaph in Bennetthorpe but was then allocated a stretch of the A630 Balby Road.
His mother, Diane Dernie, said he would be unable to walk on the route using artificial legs without the aid of crutches.
That decision has now been altered.
Mr Parkinson's family said they "were delighted at the change of heart at Locog".
Lance Bombardier Parkinson, who served with the 7 Para Royal Horse Artillery, also suffered brain damage and a broken back when his Land Rover was ripped apart by an anti-tank mine.
Ms Dernie said: "For Ben it's not just a matter of turning up and running. He's worked for this ever since he was nominated."
Ms Dernie said Locog had told her a wheelchair could be used to carry the Olympic torch but the suggestion was dismissed by Lance Bombardier Parkinson.
The Crawick Multiverse, designed by renowned artist Charles Jencks, has been created with materials found on the site in Dumfries and Galloway.
The £1m project on land near Sanquhar was funded by the Duke of Buccleuch.
It will be launched on Sunday with a performance by a cast of 30 dancers and musicians.
The Crawick Artland Trust, which manages the site, has said it hopes to attract international visitors and boost business in Sanquhar, Kelloholm and Kirkconnel.
The opening performance, which coincides with the Summer solstice, is called Oceanallover and it has been specially developed by artistic director Alex Rigg.
He said: "Through conversations with Charles Jencks and with the Duke of Buccleuch and the local community, it is clear to me that my job is to present something which is interesting to look at in itself but allows other people to see the potential of the site for future events."
The performance is likely to raise questions, rather than answer them, he said.
"It's likely to be quite abstract at times and certainly not a conventional piece of theatre," he added.
"The performance itself, until we have done it I can't describe what it is. I'll be waiting to hear what other people say about it, myself.
"I'll have discussions with other people, asking them what they thought it was and what they thought was interesting. It's a puzzler."
Mr Jencks previous work includes the Garden of Cosmic Speculation north of Dumfries, and the Beijing Olympic Park's Black Hole Terrace.
He has said the Crawick artwork "celebrates the surrounding Scottish countryside and its landmarks, looking outwards and back in time."
A BBC investigation revealed some staff at Omniserv - which provides special assistance at airports - were lifting travellers incorrectly and abandoning those who needed help.
Campaign group Disability Wales said the level of service was "shocking".
Omniserv has apologised to customers.
All UK airports must, by law, provide free support to any disabled passenger who needs it.
That special assistance service includes helping travellers through the airport and on to the plane itself.
It also covers the lifting of passengers on to their aircraft seat, while staff should stay with a disabled person at all times when help is needed.
But the Civil Aviation Authority has received 279 complaints about special assistance services at airports around the UK in the last two years.
BBC Wales' X-Ray programme has heard from disabled passengers who say they will never fly again after their experiences at Heathrow and Edinburgh airports.
Both airports use the company Omniserv to deliver special assistance services.
Mel Davies, from Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, who is paralysed from the waist down, said she was left in pain after being incorrectly lifted by Omniserv staff on two separate occasions.
Mrs Davies said she was expecting to be lifted by her arms, which she crosses over her chest - but one staff member lifted her under her armpits into her wheelchair, and another lifted her by her chest.
"As someone who's had surgery for breast cancer, I found it painful and upsetting," added Mrs Davies.
She said employees also left her at the aircraft door when her plane arrived at Heathrow. Airline staff ended up helping her into the airport.
Jan Crispin, from Winchester in Hampshire, was left waiting 90 minutes for Omniserv staff to help her off her plane at Heathrow after a nine hour flight from Canada.
When they did they tried to lift her under her armpits, leaving her carer to intervene and help, she said.
She was so delayed that the door to the baggage reclaim area had been locked.
"I wanted to cry," said Mrs Crispin.
"I was so tired and so worn down by it all that I really did start thinking, is it worth it? Is two weeks' holiday worth all this aggravation?"
Meanwhile, Heather McQueen, from Perth in Scotland, has vowed never to fly alone again following her experience with Omniserv at Edinburgh airport.
She said she was abandoned by Omniserv staff for so long that she missed her flight and had to wait alone for hours for the next available one.
"I was tired, I was in pain," said Mrs McQueen, who has multiple sclerosis.
"I had to increase my pain meds the following day because any form of sitting for any length of time causes pain."
Dr Natasha Hirst, from Disability Wales, said some of the complaints she had heard were "shocking", "humiliating" and "outrageous".
"They are actually leaving people stressed, anxious, upset and feeling perhaps they don't want to go on holiday again," she added. "It's not acceptable."
Former Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson, a member of the House of Lords, said she was "shocked" after X-Ray showed her the footage of Mrs Davies being lifted by Omniserv staff at Heathrow.
"If somebody needs help being transferred, the absolute basic thing you should do is ask how a person wants to be lifted," Baroness Grey-Thompson said.
"So to actually grab somebody under the arms, especially a woman, and grab them in the chest area is just absolutely horrible.
"It makes me feel cold even just thinking about it."
Omniserv, which also provides special assistance services at London Stansted and Liverpool John Lennon airports, has apologised.
Heathrow Airport said it was "deeply concerned" about the complaints.
Both Heathrow and Edinburgh airports added they were working hard to improve the journeys of their passengers.
X-Ray is on BBC One Wales on Monday, 13 February at 19:30 GMT
The moment the thieves levered the car park machine out of its hard-standing with rope attached to their 4x4 vehicle was caught on CCTV cameras in Sudbury.
The machine was pulled out of the train station car park at about 04:30 GMT on Thursday.
Babergh District Council said the theft was "simply not worth it".
Frank Lawrenson, portfolio holder for environment at the council, which owns the site, called it a "mindless, deliberate, act of vandalism".
"Babergh's machines do not have huge amounts of money kept in them overnight - a lot of people pay electronically or have a season ticket, and we empty the machines regularly," he said.
"It simply is not worth it for the thieves to take part in this type of activity."
Mr Lawrenson added there were no plans at present to replace the stolen machine, which is worth £4,000, as there were two others.
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Warne has joined in the wealth of tributes from around the world to his "close friend and mentor" Benaud, who died aged 84 on Thursday.
A leg-spinning all-rounder, Benaud played 63 Tests and later became an acclaimed broadcaster.
"He was above the Prime Minister in Australia, people loved him worldwide," said fellow leg-spinner Warne.
"We've got Dame Edna Everage and Russell Crowe we've adopted from New Zealand, and Kylie, but Richie is pretty close to number one as an Australian icon," added Warne.
"To me, he was like The Godfather of cricket - he was the Marlon Brando of cricket.
"When you heard Richie's voice, you thought 'it's summer', no matter what country you were in."
The Australian government has offered to hold a state funeral for Benaud, who was the first player to reach both 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in Tests and never lost a series as captain of his country.
He became an iconic voice of cricket, with his final commentary in England at the 2005 Ashes series. He continued to work in Australia until 2013.
In November, Benaud revealed he was being treated for skin cancer.
BBC Radio 5 live pays tribute to Richie Benaud
"He loved leg-spin bowling, and we had many dinners over a few glasses of red wine where we talked about leg-spin over the course of 30 years," added Warne, whose tally of 708 Test wickets is second only to Muttiah Muralitharan.
"He was a great man, a gentleman, a wonderful cricketer and the number one commentator there has ever been, no-one will ever be as good as Richie.
"Don Bradman was the greatest cricketer to ever play the game, bar none, but I'd go as close to saying that Richie has been nearly more influential than Bradman in the way he played, and the way he commentated."
Weir, 37, clocked one hour 29 minutes 25 seconds as he prepares for the London Marathon, his final race before retiring, on 23 April.
Husband and wife Kenyans Paul Lonyangata and Purity Rionoripo won the respective men's and women's races.
Lonyangata won in two hours six minutes 10 seconds, while Rionoripo's time was two hours twenty minutes 50 seconds.
"I'm so happy, it's a great day for me to win and to beat my personal best," said Rionoripo.
David Andrew Desper surrendered to authorities on Sunday, accompanied by a lawyer, and was charged with first-degree murder.
Bianca Roberson, 18, sustained a fatal gunshot to the head in the attack.
The suspect is also charged with third-degree murder, possessing an instrument of crime and and reckless endangering.
Gunfire rang out last Wednesday during evening rush hour as Mr Desper's red Chevrolet truck attempted to merge on to a lane in Chester County at the same time as Ms Roberson's car, say officials.
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said: "They jockeyed for position and he wasn't happy so he pulled out a gun and shot Bianca in the head, killing her instantly."
Ms Roberson's car careened off the road and landed in a ditch, while the gunman's car escaped "at a high rate of speed", according to court documents.
Investigators do not suspect a racial element to the attack.
"This appears to be a savage, senseless and brutal act from one human being to another human being," said Mr Hogan.
Mr Desper, of Trainer, Pennsylvania, legally owned the 40-calibre handgun used in the attack, said officials.
He is being held at Chester County Prison ahead of a preliminary hearing on 13 July.
The two men were left with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after working at the firm, the lawsuit alleged.
Their jobs involved viewing and reporting material, communicated via Microsoft services, that had been flagged by automated software as being potentially illegal.
Microsoft told the BBC it disputed the claims, and that it offered industry-leading support.
"Microsoft takes seriously its responsibility to remove and report imagery of child sexual exploitation and abuse being shared on its services, as well as the health and resiliency of the employees who do this important work."
It said the balance of protecting internet users while minimising the impact on its employees was a continued learning process.
Saving children’s lives
Henry Soto and Greg Blauert worked for Microsoft’s Online Safety Team, a division responsible for upholding the firm’s legal obligation to pass on any illegal images to the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
When an image is reported, or automated software has “spotted” an issue, a human being is required to view the material and forward it on to the authorities, a Microsoft spokeswoman said.
The company said people with this role are only required to do this particular task for a short period of time - and that they are kept in a “different office” from other staff.
But in papers filed on 30 December 2016, the two men said the company did little to warn or prepare them for the disturbing images they were required to view.
The lawsuit says both men’s efforts were “instrumental” in saving children’s lives and securing prosecutions, but that both were paying a serious psychological toll.
But the documents described Mr Blauert as suffering greatly from this work, contributing to a mental breakdown in 2013. When he expressed his discomfort, it is alleged that he was told to "smoke", "go for walk" or "play video games" as a distraction.
'Horrible and inhumane'
Mr Soto viewed "many thousands of photographs and videos of the most horrible, inhumane and disgusting content one can imagine," the papers said.
"Many people simply cannot imagine what Mr Soto had to view on a daily basis as most people do not understand how horrible and inhumane the worst people in the world can be."
In an internal employee review, Mr Soto was praised by his bosses for having "courage". However, he said the work resulted in him suffering "panic attacks, disassociation, depression, visual hallucinations" as well as the inability to be around young children, including his own son.
Doing so would remind him of "horribly violent acts against children that he had witnessed," the court papers said.
Mr Soto alleged that when he requested a transfer out of the team in 2014, he was told he would have to apply for a new job within Microsoft "just like any other employee". When he was eventually moved to a different section of the safety team, he said he was still being asked questions related to his prior role.
Microsoft disputed this particular detail, saying: "If an employee no longer wishes to do this work, he or she will be assigned other responsibilities."
Wellness
Employees on the Online Safety Team are automatically put on a “Wellness program”, Microsoft said, which included mandatory monthly one-on-one sessions with a counsellor to combat what is referred to as "compassion fatigue".
The company said many measures are taken to minimise the psychological impact on people viewing the material.
The measures include efforts to reduce the "realism" of the content.
Microsoft’s software automatically blurs imagery, lowers the resolution, makes it black and white and separates the audio from video. Images are only seen as thumbnails, not full size.
Furthermore: "Employees are limited in how long they may do this work per day and must go to a separate, dedicated office to do it; they can’t do this work at home or on personal equipment.”
However, a spokeswoman could not speak to whether employees undergo any psychological assessment prior to taking on the work.
Collaboration
Technology companies, particularly those offering web storage or social networking, are under continued pressure to do more to remove images depicting a variety of problems - from terrorist propaganda to child abuse.
The companies are working on better ways to share data so that an image flagged by one company would automatically be removed by another, minimising the number of people exposed to the material.
The lawsuit in this case is suing for an unspecified amount in damages, but also for its suggestions on how to improve the Online Safety Team to be taken on board.
Microsoft confirmed to the BBC it will oppose the lawsuit, but has not yet made its response to the court.
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Dick Barford said he had been informed of the decision by Botswana's secretary for justice, defence and security, Augustine Makgonatsotlhe.
Eritrea's footballers played the national team in Botswana on 13 October, losing the game 3-1.
Many Eritrean footballers have claimed asylum recently after playing abroad.
Six players claimed asylum in Angola in 2007, 12 in Kenya in 2009, and another 18 in Uganda in 2012.
A report by the UN human rights council in June accused the Eritrean government of systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations.
The situation has prompted hundreds of thousands of people to flee the country, the report said.
Eritrea has denied committing human rights abuses and says those leaving the country are economic migrants.
The Queen's Swan Marker, David Barber, said incidents had been recorded in Caversham, Hurley, Maidenhead and Marlow.
Mr Barber said there had also been reports of egg theft and vandalism.
Last year's Swan Upping ceremony recorded that cygnet numbers were down by a third following air rifle attacks.
Mr Barber appealed to dog walkers to keep their pets under control near swans and other wildlife.
He said: "Sadly, some of the injuries sustained by the parent birds have been fatal, resulting in young cygnets struggling to survive on their own against the ever-present threats of natural predators.
"Without the adult birds being present to protect them, many cygnets do not survive such attacks."
The Swan Upping ceremony, which dates back to the 12th century, is due to be held this year on 18-22 July.
The annual event involves teams of rowers in scarlet uniforms collecting swans and assessing their health on behalf of the Crown, which claims ownership of swans on certain stretches of the Thames and its tributaries.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp wants to boost his attacking options and is willing to make Mane one of the biggest signings in the club's history to do it.
Liverpool and Southampton will continue to hold talks over the 24-year-old, with the fee a possible sticking point.
The Saints are likely to want around £40m for a player who scored 11 goals in 37 Premier League games last season.
This is around £10m more than the top end of Liverpool's price range, so there is still more negotiating to be done before any deal can be concluded.
The process might also be delayed by the fact that Southampton are still without a manager following the departure of Ronald Koeman to Everton.
Klopp was impressed by Mane, heavily linked with Manchester United during Louis van Gaal's time at Old Trafford, when he scored twice as Southampton came from 2-0 down to beat Liverpool 3-2 at St Mary's on 20 March.
Alongside England striker Daniel Sturridge and Belgium youngster Divock Origi, Mane would add pace and a goalscoring threat.
Liverpool would seek to recoup much of the money they spend on the Senegal international by selling striker Christian Benteke, who has struggled after his £32m switch from Aston Villa.
If he makes the move, Mane will be treading a well-worn path between Southampton and Liverpool.
Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren, Rickie Lambert and Nathaniel Clyne have all moved to Anfield since the summer of 2014.
It would also give Saints a handsome profit on a player they bought from Salzburg for £10m two years ago.
It would also make Mane the third biggest signing in Liverpool's history behind Benteke and Andy Carroll, who came from Newcastle United in a £35m deal.
Southampton have also sold midfield man Victor Wanyama to Tottenham for £11m at the start of what could be another summer of transition at St Mary's.
Prince Charles, Prince William and Prime Minister Theresa May were among those who paid tribute to soldiers who fought at Passchendaele, in Belgium.
Some 4,000 relatives attended the ceremony at Tyne Cot cemetery, Ypres.
In the three months of fighting, half a million Allied and German soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing.
Prince Charles addressed the service, saying: "We remember it not only for the rain that fell, the mud that weighed down the living and swallowed the dead, but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here."
The conflict - officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres - was fought from 31 July 1917 until November that year.
It was not only infamous for the number of casualties but the mud. Many drowned in the thick quagmire, caused by weeks of relentless rain.
Descendants secured tickets to the event at the cemetery in a ballot run by the government.
Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody visited Tyne Cot to pay tribute to his mother's great uncle, who is commemorated there.
The 39-year-old told the BBC News Channel it was so "hugely moving" that he broke down in tears when he found his relative Ernest Lovejoy's spot.
"The brutality and the blood and the sacrifice that happened here is replaced with beauty, serenity, peace and calm," he said.
Asked about the desire of young men wanting to sign up, Mr Moody said you just "could not comprehend it now".
Bill Rhodes, whose great great uncle William Rhodes died 100 years ago on the first day of the battle, said it was "very important" for him to be at the ceremony.
"I don't think anyone can actually appreciate how horrific it was," he told the BBC News Channel.
"I think the conditions were unbelievable and looking at what the guys had to fight in... the rain, the mud.
"It is a very nice July day, but 100 years ago today it was very, very different."
During the service, military personnel and descendants read out letters and diaries from soldiers who fought at Passchendaele.
An account by Private Bert Ferns, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, who fought in the battle, was read by Fusilier Shaun Mclorie.
He said: "I staggered up the hill and then dropped over the slope into a sort of gully.
"It was here that I froze and became very frightened because a big shell had just burst and blown a group of lads to bits; there were bits of men all over the place, a terrible sight, men just blown to nothing.
"I just stood there. It was still and misty, and I could taste their blood in the air."
The Duchess of Cambridge laid flowers at the grave of the Unknown Soldier and Prince Charles and King Philippe led the laying of wreaths at the cross of remembrance.
The ceremony ended with a fly past by the Belgian air force in a formation that paid tribute to "the missing man".
By Kate Palmer, BBC News, at Tyne Cot cemetery
Once a battlefield of liquid mud, Tyne Cot is now an immaculately maintained cemetery.
Thousands of people have gathered for Monday's service to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele, but their numbers are dwarfed by rows of pristine graves and an imposing stone Memorial to the Missing.
"It has hit home, quite how disastrous the death toll was," says Ann Philips, whose uncle Edward Woolley was killed weeks into the battle, age 22, on 22 August 1917.
She is wearing a white dress with poppies, as she finds her Uncle Ted's name on the cemetery's memorial, alongside 35,000 other missing soldiers.
Many were a similar age to student Daniel Fay, 20, whose great-great-uncle James McBarrons was a labourer in Paisley before the war. He died aged 28.
"It makes me think of my group of friends who would have been the same age," he says.
A few miles away in Ypres, the city has hosted a weekend of culture, telling stories of heroism and sacrifice in song and plays. But today strikes a solemn, more contemplative tone.
Prince Charles also visited a WW1 bunker, which lies about 30ft (9m) below ground in the town of Zonnebeke near Ypres.
He met the grandson and great-grandson of Company Sergeant Major Henry Hawtin of 171 Tunnelling Company - one of the men who excavated it.
His grandson, retired RAF Regiment Wing Commander Pete Hawtin, 49, said: "Prince Charles was fascinated to meet relatives of a man who had physically been down there.
"He just couldn't believe that men would be that far below ground and how they could survive down there and work."
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge began the commemorations on Sunday by joining the Belgian king in paying tribute to the fallen at the Menin Gate in Ypres.
The Last Post was played at the end of the service at the memorial, where the names of 54,000 missing soldiers are inscribed. A bugler has played the tune at the gate almost every evening since 1928.
"It was phenomenal - a proper teary moment for me," the Duke of Cambridge told Commonwealth War Graves Commission interns on Monday.
The grave, in County Durham, was the final resting place of Levi George Price, 16, who died in 2001 and Gareth Price, also 16, who died in 2005.
Officers were called to the cemetery on Bridge Street in Metal Bridge near Ferryhill at 11:45 GMT on Saturday.
Police described the thefts as "sickening".
They added the crime "could be linked" to two recent incidents in Darlington in which vehicles appeared to have been deliberately driven into houses.
A stolen lorry was reversed into the bay window of a semi-detached property last week - days after a stolen horsebox smashed into a home on the outskirts of the town.
Police have previously said the two incidents with the vehicles could have been linked to an earlier petrol bomb attack.
Det Supt Adrian Green said: "This has taken things too far. It is depraved and goes against the religious and cultural beliefs of decent people.
"What I'd like to say to the community is this feud has to stop and we need anyone with information about this incident or the wider feud to contact us.
"The incidents to date have been targeted and do not involve the wider community directly."
It is believed the damage took place overnight on Friday.
Gareth Price was found hanging at Lancaster Farms Young Offenders' Institution in January 2005, the day before he was to be sentenced for rape.
He was taken to hospital but died the next day. His death was partly due to failures by agencies, an inquest jury said.
He had pleaded guilty to attacking a girl in the Formby area of Liverpool.
Levi Price also hanged himself, in the garden of the family home in Ferryhill, in 2001.
The musician's life as a collector was something he kept almost entirely hidden from public view.
But now, nearly 300 works by artists including Damien Hirst, Henry Moore and Marcel Duchamp will go on display at Sotheby's in London, before being sold at auction in November.
The paintings are collectively expected to fetch more than £10m.
"David Bowie's collection offers a unique insight into the personal world of one of the 20th Century's greatest creative spirits," said Oliver Barker, chairman of Sotheby's Europe.
Most of the works are by 20th Century British artists, with pictures by Stanley Spencer, Patrick Caulfield and Peter Lanyon.
Born and raised in South London, David Bowie was also drawn to chroniclers of the capital's streets such as Leon Kossoff and Frank Auerbach.
In 1998 Bowie told the New York Times, "My God, yeah - I want to sound like that looks," in response to the work of Auerbach.
He was also fascinated by British landscapes and collected works by artists including John Virtue. Seven of his monochrome works are included in the sale.
But the broad ranging collection is not limited to British art. Among the more maverick works is a piece by Duchamp - A Bruit Secret - in which he placed a ball of string between two brass plates, with an unknown object hidden in the middle. It is expected to fetch up to £250,000.
The American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's graffiti-style painting Air Power is the most valuable lot in the auction, with an estimated value of between £2.5m - £3.5m.
Bowie bought the painting a year after he played the role of the artist's mentor, Andy Warhol, in the 1996 film Basquiat.
The artist and writer Matthew Collings says the collection reflected Bowie's personality.
"I would characterise it as bohemian, romantic, expressive, emotional art. Art that's filled with feelings," he said, adding it was "vivid and exciting" and was "art that calls for a gut reaction, that's visceral, that's immediate, that you feel excited by straight away".
Although Bowie told the BBC in 1999 "The only thing I buy obsessively and addictively is art," little had been known about his life as an art collector.
He did not buy on the basis of reputation or for investment, but because of his own personal response to each artist and their work.
Collings thinks he kept his collection private because "he wasn't pretentious about it".
"I think he was an absolutely genuinely enthusiastic collector who didn't collect to be swanky or to big himself up," he said.
"He really collected because he had a use for that work and it was a personal use. He looked at those things and they changed his state of being."
Bowie loved the art world. In 1994, in an unusual move for a rock superstar, he joined the editorial board of a quarterly arts magazine Modern Painters where he was introduced to the novelist William Boyd.
The pair became friends and Boyd said it was clear Bowie was not just "a celebrity on the board - he genuinely had something to contribute".
"He did go to art school. He wanted to talk very seriously about artists, painters, themes and movements. So it was not a hobby or a whim, it was a very serious passionate interest."
Boyd also thinks the art world appealed to Bowie because it was so different from his music career.
"He could be himself, David Jones rather than David Bowie. He found a forum and a world that he could move about in that had nothing to do with his fame. I think for a lot of famous people, if you can find that world, it's actually tremendously gratifying and fulfilling."
Bowie went on to launch an art book publishing company called 21. His time there is probably best remembered for one of the most famous art hoaxes in history.
He hosted a glamorous launch party at Jeff Koons's studio in Manhattan for a book celebrating the life and work of an American artist called Nat Tate. The catch? He did not exist. He was invented by Boyd.
"Without his participation it would never have been as big a hoax as it turned out to be," Boyd said, adding he thinks Bowie enjoyed the challenge of trying to pull it off.
"Everybody loves a hoax and I think to fool a bunch of self-important intellectuals is no bad thing from time to time."
As well as 267 paintings, more than 120 items of 20th Century furniture and sculpture will also be auctioned. Among them, a striking 1960s stereo cabinet created by the Italian designers Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Bowie listened to music on such an unconventional record player.
Proceeds from the sale will go to Bowie's family. Although lack of space, not money, is the reason they have decided to sell.
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The man, identified in media as Dean Stinson, said he and a friend had come up with the idea as a joke.
The can arrived, tagged and unopened, as the first item on the baggage carousel at Perth Airport after a four-hour journey from Melbourne.
The airline, Qantas, said it did not encourage other travellers to follow suit.
"This guy's done it and he's won the internet for the day, so we're happy to move on," a spokesman said in a statement to the BBC.
Mr Stinson told AFP news agency he was pleased the can had arrived safely on Saturday.
"And it was in perfect condition," he added.
The airline does not charge an additional fee for checked baggage.
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The American broke down in tears after confirming she had dislocated her right patella and ruptured her patellar tendon in Thursday's fall.
The injury will require surgery, which will sideline the 32-year-old for some time.
"I will get through this and I will get back out there," she said on Saturday.
Mattek-Sands said she will fly to New York on Sunday to seek further medical advice.
"I was coming to the net and all I remember is hearing this pop in my leg. Everything is kinda slow after that," she said.
"I remember my knee feeling tight and I took a look at it and something was wrong. I just for a second thought maybe I could adjust it, and I knew it was either dislocated or broken.
"It was one of the most painful injures I've had, and I've had a few."
Rafael Nadal partially tore his patellar tendon in 2013, with a doctor at the time saying tendon recovery takes "a long time".
In an emotional video message, Mattek-Sands thanked fans for their messages of support, and praised her opponent, Sorana Cirstea.
Romanian Cirstea comforted Mattek-Sands as she lay on the court, alongside her doubles partner Lucie Safarova and Mattek-Sand's husband, Justin.
"I'm a pretty positive person naturally but there's moments when it helps to hear so many positive things from fans," she said.
"I remember Sorana talking to me and telling me it's going to be OK and I think that's amazing.
"We're all competitors on tour and yet some of these girls are my friends and in that moment, she was there as my friend, no matter that we're in the middle of a match. It means a lot to me."
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Mariano Rajoy received Artur Mas for talks in Madrid at which he told him that Spain's economic crisis had to be overcome jointly, a statement said.
Mr Mas said he was disappointed and did not rule out early regional elections.
The crisis has fanned an independence movement in Catalonia, which produces a fifth of Spain's economic output.
Last week, one and a half million people rallied in Barcelona, the regional capital, in what was seen as a show of strength for the pro-independence lobby.
Correspondents say Mr Rajoy is wary of any of Spain's regions seeking to break away amid the economic crisis.
Early elections in Catalonia could be seen as a referendum on autonomy, piling pressure on the central government.
Mr Mas went into talks with the prime minister on granting Catalonia powers to raise and spend its own taxes.
Pro-autonomy leaders argue that Catalonia pays a disproportionate level of taxes to Madrid in relation to the central funding it receives.
"Rajoy showed his opposition to the proposal for an economic accord for Catalonia because it is not compatible with the Spanish constitution," the prime minister's office said in a statement.
He told Mr Mas that the "very serious crisis [would] be overcome through joint responsibility and unity, never through division or institutional instability".
"We lost an historic opportunity in the understanding between Catalonia and the rest of Spain," Mr Mas said after the meeting.
"I would have liked to be able to say that there was room for negotiation but the head of government himself told me that he saw no way forward for the fiscal pact."
"If the negative answer to the fiscal pact is so obvious, then we will have to take decisions in the next days," he added.
Asked about the possibility of calling early elections, he said: "All options are open."
A decision on early polls could be taken as early as next week when the regional parliament holds its annual debate on the state of Catalonia.
Several Spanish newspapers said Mr Mas could call snap elections for 25 November. The Spanish constitution bars any actual referendum on independence for Catalonia, which has its own language.
Mr Rajoy's centre-right Popular Party won a resounding victory in Spain's general election in November, in a vote dominated by the debt crisis.
Ex-England international Salisbury has been appointed as new head coach of England's physical disability team.
Hunter will continue his work as coach of England's visually impaired side, now in a full-time capacity.
The ECB's head of disability cricket Ian Martin said: "This is an important step change in disability cricket."
He added: "I'm proud that we are the first international cricket board to make such a step.
"It will increase the capacity of our coaches to work with performance squads and is further evidence of the improvement and culture shift within our national squads."
Hunter recently led the England's visually impaired side to the semi-finals of the Blind World Cup in India, where they lost to Pakistan.
Salisbury's first assignment will be to prepare England's physical disability squad for games this summer as the side continues to build towards a world tournament in England in 2019.
"I am very humbled and honoured, especially knowing that we are the first two coaches in the world to be working full-time in disability cricket," he said.
"This will create an environment that puts this team at the forefront of disability cricket in England and the world."
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During a walk with his Portugal team mates he was asked a question by a journalist.
Ronaldo grabbed the journalist's mic and flung it into the lake in Lyon, France.
The three-time world player of the year, has failed to score from 22 opportunities in the two games.
Portugal enters the game in third place with only two points after drawing with Iceland and Austria so far in France.
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Hooker Herring deputised for Best on numerous occasions last season, while Trimble is Ulster's most capped player.
"Rob and Andrew are two outstanding individuals who have the respect of everyone within the organisation," said Ulster Director of Rugby Les Kiss.
"The shared captaincy model will give us more flexibility and continuity."
Winger Trimble has amassed a record 206 appearances for Ulster, having made his debut for the Irish province against Cardiff back in 2005, while Herring joined Ulster in 2012.
Best hinted that he may relinquish his position following the team's 30-18 Pro12 semi-final defeat by Leinster at the RDS in May.
"I'm delighted they have agreed to take on the captaincy. In the current landscape it's hard to guarantee that one player will be available all of the time," explained Kiss.
"Rory and I have been in discussions about this since the end of last season and we felt it was the perfect time for him to assist us in developing this new leadership structure. His experience of captaining both Ulster and Ireland last season will continue to be invaluable for us as a group.
"We have strong experience across our squad that will support Rob and Andrew by driving standards off the field and assisting with tactics and decision-making in training and in match situations."
Commenting on his appointment, Herring said: "To be able to share the captaincy with someone like Andrew is massively exciting, and together, with the support of the many other leaders in the squad, we can make strides to deliver the success that the players, staff and supporters strive for."
Trimble was equally proud to be named as captain: "To be named as captain of my home province is extremely humbling and this is without doubt one of the proudest moments of my career."
Ulster will open their new season with a Pro12 game against the Dragons at Kingspan Stadium on 2 September.
The province has been grouped with Clermont Auvergne, Exeter Chiefs and Bordeaux in Pool 5 of the European Champions Cup.
Mr Trump's starkly pro-Israel campaign rhetoric appeared to upend bedrock US positions on Middle East peace. His chaotic transition has only added to the confusion.
So far it's been like Kremlinology, says Michael Koplow of the Israel Policy Forum, an American-Jewish Organization that advocates for a two-state solution to the conflict.
He's referring to the Soviet-era practice of reading between the lines of official photographs, trying to figure out "who's on top, who's on the bottom, whether career officials worked on this or were frozen out. There's no direct chain of command so far as I can tell."
The competing cast of characters is led by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, an orthodox Jew with personal and religious ties to Israel who has not spoken publicly about his political views.
Mr Trump has also included among his advisers ideologically driven, pro-Israel figures who reject the notion of a Palestinian state and support the building of Jewish settlements on Israeli-occupied land expected to form part of that state.
His cabinet posts, on the other hand, hold more traditional views. Defence Secretary James Mattis is on record warning about the dangers to Palestinian statehood posed by continued settlement building.
"Either (Israel) ceases to be a Jewish state or you say the Arabs don't get to vote - apartheid," he said at a security forum in 2013.
And new the US secretary of state, former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson, endorsed the two-state solution during his confirmation hearing.
The picture is complicated by continued staffing vacancies in second- and third-tier positions at the State Department and the National Security Council, which together run the nuts and bolts of Middle East policy.
The lack of direction at that level contributed to disjointed US responses on recent Israeli announcements of a settlement construction spree.
After initial radio silence from the White House, an administration official speaking to the Jerusalem Post newspaper denounced the plans as "unilateral" moves that would "undermine" peace efforts - language from a State Department draft based on long-standing US policy.
The next day the White House issued a formal statement that was gentler in tone.
"While we don't believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace," it said, "the construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving that goal… the Trump administration has not taken an official position on settlement activity".
That ambiguity has frustrated some US officials.
Even during the transition between Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Democrat Hillary Clinton, "we still produced things that said settlements are bad, that we believe in two states living side by side", said one. "We can't even say that anymore, nothing is for sure."
Ghaith al Omari, an adviser to the Palestinian negotiating team during the transition from Bill Clinton to George W Bush, counters that "upheavals are normal" in transitions, noting that high-level contacts between the Clinton administration and the Palestinians nearly vanished in the first months under Mr Bush as he formulated his policy, similar to the situation now.
This is uncomfortable for the Palestinians, he said, but "not yet a crisis", although he admitted the best they could hope for was "do no harm".
Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are extremely uncomfortable about the lack of contact, especially President Mahmoud Abbas, who famously claimed to be the first world leader President Barack Obama called when he took office.
So far this White House hasn't responded to Mr Abbas' attempts at contact, although Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported that the PA intelligence chief did meet some of Trump's advisers last week.
The key question is which parties will have the most influence in Middle East decision-making.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has no experience in diplomacy or government and has yet to name a deputy, a post that will be crucial in determining how much weight his department wields on this issue.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump has empowered two of his Jewish lawyers, Jason Greenblatt and David Friedman, both of whom have extreme right-wing nationalist views. He's named Mr Greenblatt his special representative for international negotiations, and nominated Mr Friedman as ambassador to Israel.
That doesn't mean he necessarily shares their views.
"The two lawyers closest to him happened to be religious, orthodox and right-wing on Israel. That's the coincidence," says Mr Koplow.
"But because that's who surrounds him the views that come through are very right-wing on Israel."
Mr Trump's chief White House strategist, Steve Bannon, brings in yet another dimension.
He's the former head of Breitbart News, which he has described as a platform for the alternative right, a broad movement that encompasses both extreme conservatives and white supremacists.
The website supports a hard-right nationalist position on Israel. But it has also been accused of attacking American Jews it deems not sufficiently pro-Israel.
It is not clear how close Mr Bannon will be to Israeli/Palestinian policy making. But a White House statement on the Holocaust that failed to mention Jews rang alarm bells, and prompted a rare riposte on Twitter from Israel's US ambassador, Ron Dermer.
"Israel is trying to accentuate the positive right now and not get into arguments with the administration," says David Makovsky, who advised the Obama administration on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
"But if this becomes a trend, I think Israel is likely to take a different tone."
On settlements, President Trump has moderated the tone of Candidate Trump, who said Israel should keep building.
Observers are beginning to expect a policy similar to that of George W Bush, which translated into building in settlement blocs that are expected to become part of Israel in a peace deal, but not outside them.
In this shift Mr Trump seems to have been influenced by his consultations with Sunni Arab leaders. They cannot tolerate an Israeli construction binge in the occupied territories but have quietly found common cause with Israel in a shared desire to combat the Islamic State group and to counter Iran.
It is a covert partnership on which Mr Netanyahu wants to build more overtly, and may seek US help to do so, says Mr Makovsky.
The potential for wrapping Israeli-Palestinian issues into a regional security arrangement is a long shot, although not too far from where the State Department under John Kerry left off.
And it seems to appeal to the billionaire businessman, ever seduced by the prospect of clinching the "ultimate deal".
The White House has said that Mr Trump "hopes to achieve peace throughout the Middle East".
It was a sentiment he underlined with this comment in a recent interview: "Maybe there is a chance for an even bigger peace than just Israel and the Palestinians."
Joining it will be Chubby Checker's 1960's dance hit The Twist and Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel.
Each year, 25 "culturally" or "historically" significant recordings are added to the registry, established in 2000.
Garfunkel, 71, said he was thrilled and flattered to see the work preserved.
The Sound of Silence, written after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, initially flopped, only becoming a hit after it was re-edited.
Its subsequent success prompted the duo to reunite and record another album entitled Sounds of Silence in 1966, which Garfunkel said was a life changer for him and his partner, Simon.
"When you look at the little mesh, wire microphone and you address people on the other side of the mic, you hope that your performance will be special, and you hope that it will have lasting power,"
He added that he remembers thinking in the 60s that "if we do really good and give a very special performance to these great Paul Simon songs, we might last right into the next century and be appreciated".
The recording that received the highest number of public nominations for this year's registry was The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd's groundbreaking 1973 album.
The library said it was an example of "brilliant, innovative production in service of the music".
The selections, which span from 1918 to 1980 also feature recordings that capture the political climate of the period, including Jimmie Davis' You Are My Sunshine (1940) which became Davis' campaign song while running for governor in Louisiana.
It became one of the most popular country songs of all time and the state song of Louisiana in 1977.
Other recordings chosen include the soundtrack to the popular 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta and featuring the Bee Gees, which revived the disco craze and the original 1949 cast album for South Pacific.
The classical pianist Van Cliburn's Cold War performance when he won the prestigious Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition at 23 also was selected. The American musician who performed for every US president since Harry Truman, died in February.
Nyantakyi is president of the Ghana Football Association and Camara, from Guinea, is a Caf vice-president.
They will complete a seven-member African delegation at a meeting of the expanded Fifa Council on 13-14 October.
The meeting in Zurich should begin talks to expand the 2026 World Cup to 40 teams and start the bidding process.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who attended Caf's Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo on Thursday, said: "Africa has a very important role in football.
"We have to move into action and let's give Africa the place it deserves in world football. Africa will benefit most from a proposed increase in the football investment program.
"It is my wish that a 40-team World cup will have at least two more slots for Africa. Caf must support Fifa to make this possible."
The election of Nyantakyi and Camara was Caf confirmed on Thursday after the pair had earned enough votes in a four-candidate contest.
Nyantakyi received one more vote than third-placed Ahmad of Madagascar in the election, which was decided by the 54 Caf member federations.
Camara and Nyantakyi will hold their seats only until 17 March, when they face re-election at the next Caf Congress, which is being held in Addis Ababa.
Also on Thursday, the assembly rejected a proposal from the Djibouti Football Federation to end the rule, introduced just four years ago, that restricted potential candidates for the Caf presidency only to members of its 15-man executive committee.
The rule has been seen as an attempt by long-serving president Issa Hayatou to hand pick his successor.
In the two weeks ending on 23 January, 28,000 people died, the Office for National Statistics figures show.
Over the previous five years, the average number of deaths for the same period stood at about 21,000.
Experts say flu could be the driving force, although the precise causes will not be known for some time.
Prof John Newton, chief knowledge officer at Public Health England (PHE), which monitors death rates, said there had been a substantial increase in the numbers since Christmas.
Although it was less apparent from the raw data, PHE's own analysis has found that - even taking the season into account - deaths among elderly people have now been significantly elevated for six weeks.
The death rate has risen by 3,700 people a week since early December. Of that more than 3,000 are accounted for by over-75s.
The usual key causes of excess winter deaths are cold weather, influenza and gastrointestinal infection.
Estimating exactly which has done what, however, will take some time.
There is evidence, however, that flu may be a crucial driver of this year's elevated deaths.
According to PHE statistics, both GPs and hospitals are spending much more time dealing with flu than they did last year, despite a similar vaccination rate among the key target groups.
Furthermore, the H3N2 sub-type - a prevalent flu virus at the moment - takes a particular strain on elderly people.
An important role for this virus is therefore consistent with a higher death rate among the elderly, who have been encouraged to get vaccinated.
This year, the proportion of vulnerable people who were vaccinated was the same as last year.
Prof Newton said PHE tries to anticipate sub-types of the virus that will be circulating to ensure it can be vaccinated against.
"This year, it is the right type," he said.
"But there can be [mutation] so that the circulating type might not be as well matched at the end of the flu season as it was at the beginning."
One explanation that senior civil servants in the Department of Health have suggested is that the death rate may also be higher because of last year's mild winter.
An unusually large number of frail people may have survived last year, but are succumbing to the flu and cold this year.
The forces that are driving the higher death rates would certainly have contributed to the problems facing A&E units, which have struggled under their heavy case loads.
But Prof Newton said the problems both in A&Es and social care are unlikely to have contributed materially to the higher death rates, noting the chronology of the surge.
"People might think perhaps that some of these deaths are the result of a failure of health care or social care. There's very little evidence of that," he added.
When Breath Becomes Air has now been shortlisted for the prestigious Wellcome Book Prize, which recognises books about health or illness.
After reading it, Gates wrote a blog post titled This Book Left Me In Tears.
In it, he declared: "This is the best non-fiction story I've read in a long time."
Kalanithi's memoir chronicles his journey from medical student to neurosurgeon, patient and father before he died while still writing the book.
It is the first posthumous work to be considered for the prize, where both non-fiction and fictional books are eligible.
The other books in contention are:
The winner of the £30,000 prize will be announced on 24 April.
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The poster in a women's toilet in Leeds railway station features cancer survivor Michelle Qualtrough.
Mrs Qualtrough, from Surrey, said: "If we can all support each other it's a wonderful thing."
Network Rail said the poster, which was put up five years ago, will stay where it is after so many "heart-warming" messages were added.
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Anonymous messages scribbled on the poster include:
"Stay strong ladies and remember to talk to your loved ones you will get through it x"
"I love this! For women everywhere"
"I lost my mum and sis - do check!!"
"Big love! x"
Deborah Ward of Network Rail said: "We simply couldn't replace such powerful and heart-warming messages on a subject which affects so many women so we have kept the poster in place and have no plans to change it any time soon."
Photographs of the the poster, which advises women to check themselves for signs of cancer, have been shared on Twitter and Instagram.
Mrs Qualtrough said she was "shocked and surprised" the poster was still up as she believed the campaign had only been planned to last 12 months.
She said: "I feel very privileged people have taken time to do that, it is a good way of passing the message on."
Mrs Qualtrough was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 49 and had a total mastectomy in 2004.
Since learning of her cancer she has run two London marathons and 14 half marathons for Cancer Research UK although she had "never run a mile before I was ill".
Mrs Qualtrough, who has family in Leeds, said being a breast cancer survivor had made her more positive.
She said: "You've had cancer and you got over it, what's so scary now?"
It says the world consumes about 10% more food than it needs, while almost 9% is thrown away or left to spoil.
Edinburgh scientists say efforts to reduce the billions of tonnes lost could improve global food security - ensuring everyone has access to a safe, affordable, nutritious diet.
The scientists looked at 10 stages in the global food system.
Using data collected primarily by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, the team found that more food was lost from the system than previously thought.
Almost half of harvested crops - or 2.1 billion tonnes - were lost through over-consumption, consumer waste and inefficiencies in production processes.
The researchers found that livestock production was the least efficient process, with losses of 78% or 840 million tonnes.
About 1.08 billion tonnes of harvested crops are used to produce 240 million tonnes of edible animal products including meat, milk and eggs.
This stage accounted for 40% of all losses of harvested crops, the researchers said.
They found that increased demand for some foods, particularly meat and dairy products, would decrease the efficiency of the food system and could make it difficult to feed the world's expanding population in sustainable ways.
Meeting the demand could cause environmental harm by increasing greenhouse gas emissions, depleting water supplies and causing loss of biodiversity.
The team said that encouraging people to eat fewer animal products, reduce waste and not exceed their nutritional needs could help to reverse these trends.
Dr Peter Alexander, of Edinburgh University's school of geosciences and Scotland's rural college, said: "Reducing losses from the global food system would improve food security and help prevent environmental harm.
"Until now, it was not known how over-eating impacts on the system. Not only is it harmful to health, we found that over-eating is bad for the environment and impairs food security."
Prof Dominic Moran, of the University of York, who was involved in the study, said: "This study highlights that food security has production and consumption dimensions that need to be considered when designing sustainable food systems.
"It also highlights that the definition of waste can mean different things to different people."
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Joyce Mitchell, 52, provided inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat with tools that allowed them to break through the wall of their cell to freedom.
Mitchell sobbed in court on Monday, saying she made a "horrible mistake".
Matt and Sweat escaped on 6 June, sparking a huge three-week manhunt across New York and Vermont.
Hundreds of police officers scoured the remote wooded areas near the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York.
"A large portion of the local population were terrorised," Judge Kevin Ryan said on Monday. "Many were forced to flee their homes."
The inmates stayed together for week,s sleeping outside and hiding in vacation homes, but they eventually separated.
Both men had been serving life sentences at the maximum-security prison when they escaped.
Matt, who had escaped from prison before, was convicted of dismembering his former employer while Sweat had been found guilty of killing a sheriff's deputy.
Matt was shot and killed by police officers on 26 June after he was spotted fleeing a cabin near the Canadian border with New York.
Sweat was wounded and captured two days later.
In addition to smuggling blades and other tools, Mitchell had planned to drive the getaway car, but she backed out the day of the escape.
Mitchell had said Matt and Sweat said they would kill her husband, who also worked at the prison, if she did not co-operate. However, the judge said he did not find that "explanation credible".
Prosecutors had alleged that Mitchell helped the pair because she was having a sexual relationship with Matt.
Mitchell was arrested shortly after the escape and aided investigators in the manhunt. She accepted a plea deal with prosecutors rather than face trial.
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The action follows the revelation that a flaw with the software meant that an attacker could run down the battery of a target's car and see data about its recent journeys.
The firm had been informed of the problem a month ago but only acted after details of the issue were flagged online.
Nissan denies there was a safety issue.
However, it has disclosed that its eNV200 electric vans were also vulnerable.
The security researcher who had alerted the Japanese automaker to the problem a month ago believes the company should have taken the step earlier.
Troy Hunt said he only blogged about the risk after seeing that other people had discovered and discussed it in online forums. Even so, he said he welcomed the latest development.
"Disabling the service was the right thing to do given it appears it's not something they can properly secure in an expeditious fashion," he told the BBC.
"Hopefully this will give them time to build a more robust solution that ensures vehicle features and driving history are only accessible via the authorised owner of the car."
Mr Hunt discovered that anyone can control the heating and air conditioning systems of a stranger's Leaf by sending it commands via a web browser because the car's companion app was not configured to verify the owner's identity.
Instead, it only required a vehicle identification number (Vin).
Vin numbers are stencilled into the windscreens of cars and Mr Hunt noted that it would be relatively easy to script a process that would hunt the net for vulnerable vehicles.
In addition, the hack allowed an attacker to see details about journey times and distances, but not location details.
Mr Hunt suggested this would be enough to deduce when someone had driven far from their home and run their battery down to leave them stranded.
Since the hack would not work when cars were moving and did not affect their steering controls, he acknowledged that it would not threaten people's lives.
But after first telling Nissan about the problem on 23 January, he said he felt the company should have suspended the app at an earlier point.
As a result he published details of the hack on Wednesday alongside information about how car owners could protect themselves.
A day later, Nissan disabled the service.
"The NissanConnect EV app - formerly called CarWings - is currently unavailable," the firm said in a statement.
"This follows information from an independent IT consultant and a subsequent internal Nissan investigation that found the dedicated server for the app had an issue that enabled the temperature control and other telematics functions to be accessible via a non-secure route.
"No other critical driving elements of the Nissan Leaf or eNV200 are affected, and our 200,000-plus LEAF and eNV200 drivers across the world can continue to use their cars safely and with total confidence.
"We apologise for the disappointment caused to our Nissan Leaf and eNV200 customers who have enjoyed the benefits of our mobile apps. However, the quality and seamless operation of our products is paramount.
"We're looking forward to launching updated versions of our apps very soon."
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Mr Mbabazi made the announcement on You Tube, saying he wanted to breathe "new life into our system of government".
President Museveni has been in power since 1986 and is expected to seek a fourth term in next year's poll.
He sacked Mr Mbabazi last year, which some saw as a move to get rid of a potential rival.
Mr Mbabazi said he will first seek the nomination to become the candidate for the governing National Resistance Movement (NRM).
President Museveni has already been endorsed by the party's national executive committee but that needs to be approved by a party congress.
It is at that meeting, expected later this year, that Mr Mbabazi will formally challenge the president.
BBC Focus on Africa editor Rachael Akidi says that Mr Museveni has never faced a credible challenge within the party.
The former prime minister is thought to have some sway amongst ordinary members as he served as the NRM's secretary general and was one of the key strategists behind Mr Museveni's long rule, the BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in Kampala says.
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Hayley Sulley, 30, and Della Woods, 29, both of Liverpool were charged under the Dangerous Dogs Act, after retired hospital porter Clifford Clarke died.
In May 2013, Mr Clarke was "eaten alive" by the dog, which had not been fed for 45 hours, when he opened his back door while he cooked a meal.
The dog also bit the end of a police gun, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Judge Mark Brown said Mr Clarke's death was "entirely avoidable" and he was "literally eaten alive" as he died in "truly horrific circumstances".
Sulley, of Richard Kelly Close, and Woods, of Swallowhurst Crescent, - who were partners - admitted allowing their dog to enter a non-public place and subsequently cause injury in Richard Kelly Close.
The pair had left the 5st (31kg) dog, known as Charlie, in their garden without water and shade while they went to a barbecue.
Neighbours reported the animal, a Presa Canario and bull mastiff cross-breed, was foaming at the mouth and one said it appeared to be eating Mr Clarke's arm.
The court heard the "wild" and "out of control" dog sank its teeth into the 79-year-old's arm and dragged him around his garden; chewing his one arm off at the elbow and mauling the other.
Neighbour Michael Rankin heard Mr Clarke shout "get off me" and ran out to see the dog "pulling his arm off", the court was told.
Mr Clarke died from multiple injuries and blood loss.
Judge Brown said Sulley and Woods were fortunate not to have been charged with manslaughter.
The dog was so aggressive it bit at the end of an armed police officer's gun and was shot twice by a police marksman, the court was told.
The women also pleaded guilty to three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a dog at an earlier hearing and have been banned from keeping dogs.
Both bull mastiff and Presa Canario dogs are large powerful breeds but they are not banned in the UK.
In May, tougher penalties were introduced for dog owners in England and Wales who allow their pets to attack people.
Judge Brown said: "I hope that the recent changes to the law will be of some small comfort to Mr Clarke's family.
"Figures released recently show that the number of dangerous dogs seized by the police have risen 50% in just two years in some police forces around the country."
The two women admitted the charges before the changes came into force and the new rules cannot be applied retrospectively.
The maximum sentence the judge could impose was two years.
Mr Clarke's brother Kenny's witness impact statement was read out in court.
It said: "My brother did not deserve this. It must have been the most horrific death in peacetime.
"While we cannot bring my brother back, I think we should make sure this should not happen again."
The women wrote a letter to the judge where they expressed their shame, sadness and "genuine remorse", the court heard
After the hearing, Mr Clarke's brother Kenny said: "If they can afford the dog, they can afford a muzzle."
In a statement after the court case, Det Ch Insp Julie Milburn said: "Clifford Clarke, an army veteran, stood no chance when he was attacked at his home.
"There is no doubt that Mr Clarke's death was a direct consequence of the neglect of this dog."
Hans Dieter Poetsch was chief financial officer when the scandal over cars rigged to cheat on US diesel emissions tests broke in September 2015.
VW said prosecutors in Braunschweig were investigating two members of the board, Mr Poetsch and an unnamed other.
Former boss Martin Winterkorn is already being investigated.
In September, Matthias Mueller, the current chief executive, said the firm had made a "huge mistake" in using technology in its diesel cars to cheat on the tests.
He said the firm was working "constructively with the authorities in Germany, Europe and the United States".
The company also said VW and Mr Poetsch would "continue to give the inquiries by the public prosecutor's office their full support."
Mr Poetsch took over as chairman in October last year.
On Sunday, VW said that "based on careful examination by internal and external legal experts", it reaffirmed its belief that board members had fulfilled their disclosure obligation under Germany's capital markets law.
The firm had installed software in diesel cars sold worldwide to detect when they were being tested, so the cars could cheat the results.
Some models could have been pumping out up to 40 times the legal limit of the pollutant, nitrogen oxide, regulators disclosed.
The carmaker said that around 11 million cars were affected worldwide.
The scandal has pulled down VW's global business and damaged its reputation.
It has also faced a flurry of lawsuits in the US and in other countries.
The National Union of Students (NUS) says lectures will be boycotted as students join rallies, marches, petition signings and other events.
The walkout is part of a week of action to show high tuition fees, hidden course costs and a lack of bursaries are pricing students out of education.
The government said students had a right to peaceful protest.
Action will be held at a number of campuses, including King's College and Goldsmiths in London and universities in Sussex, Liverpool, Manchester, Kingston, Brighton, Birmingham, East Anglia, Bournemouth, York and Edinburgh.
The NUS said it wanted universities to explain the "true cost" of being a student, and for the government to spell out the future of the education system.
NUS president Liam Burns said: "We need a national debate on changes to higher education, and this week we will remind ministers that we are watching what they're doing.
"When the government quietly dropped plans for a higher education bill earlier this year, they didn't drop their plans. They simply removed the opportunity for the kind of scrutiny that has been afforded to changes to the NHS.
"Students, parents, lecturers and anyone with a stake in education wants to know what the government and our institutions have in store for higher education, and demand that they come clean."
A spokesman for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said: "We are putting students at the heart of the system, with a diverse range of providers offering high-quality teaching.
"Going to university depends on ability not the ability to pay.
"Most new students will not pay up front, there will be more financial support for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and everyone will make lower monthly loan repayments than they do now once they are in well-paid jobs.
"Students, like other citizens, have the right to participate in peaceful protest."
The Manchester City forward injured her right shoulder in Wednesday's 6-0 defeat by England.
Ross, 27, will stay with the squad but is a doubt for Sunday's match against Portugal and the game against Spain.
"It is unlikely that she'll be able to take part in those games," team doctor Boyce said.
"However, should Scotland progress further in the tournament, we'll re-evaluate the clinical situation at that time.
"After the (England) match she was in significant pain and discomfort.
"We performed an X-ray of her right shoulder which demonstrated the presence of an Acromioclavicular joint injury."
Ross is one of Scotland's most experienced players, having scored 50 goals in 107 appearances for the national side.
Scotland went into the tournament in the Netherlands minus star playmaker Kim Little, who suffered anterior cruciate knee ligament damage in May.
Little's Arsenal team-mate Emma Mitchell also missed out through injury, along with experienced Manchester City defender Jen Beattie and Hibs striker Lizzie Arnot.
Glasgow City midfielder Hayley Lauder missed the opening defeat to England with a hamstring problem but has a chance of recovering in time to face Portugal in what is a must-win game if the Scots are to progress in the tournament.
The move follows a trading update on 14 July in which DX cautioned over "challenging" trading conditions.
The companies had been in talks for several months over a possible merger.
But on Monday Menzies said that, after further due diligence on DX Group, it "became apparent" any deal would require revised terms.
In a stock market announcement, it said that despite further discussions with DX following its July trading update, the board "does not believe it is currently possible to agree a revised set of terms with DX for the combination which would be in the interests of John Menzies shareholders".
It added: "John Menzies has therefore terminated discussions with DX."
The Edinburgh-based company said it continued to believe there was "strategic merit" in separating its aviation and distribution divisions into two independent businesses at the "appropriate time".
In June, the two companies agreed revised terms following opposition from an activist investor to the original deal struck in March.
DX shareholder Gatemore Capital Management had threatened to block the merger unless terms were "markedly improved".
In its trading update last month, DX announced an overhaul of its business, including a number of board changes, following a "wide-ranging review" of its operations.
On Monday, it stated: "The board of DX announces that, after due consideration, discussions with John Menzies plc regarding the potential combination of DX and John Menzies' distribution division have been terminated.
"While the respective boards believed that the proposed combination had strong strategic logic for all stakeholders, the DX Board has been unable to agree suitable terms.
"As a result, it believes it to be in the best interests of DX shareholders to proceed with business transformation on a stand-alone basis.
"This approach has the support of both DX's major shareholder and its bankers, with discussions on new financing options for DX already under way."
Tony Phoenix-Morrison, better known as "Tony The Fridge", appeared at Sunderland Magistrates' Court to face four charges of assault and one of using violence to get into a home.
The 50-year-old from Hebburn, South Tyneside, denied the charges and was bailed to appear in court in September.
He was named fundraiser of the year at the Pride of Britain Awards 2014.
His challenges include running the length of Britain with the 42.5kg fridge on his back.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend an outdoor parade, complete with flybys by the air force and a Singapore Airlines A380 airliner.
Singaporeans are also being asked to join together in reciting the national pledge and singing the national anthem.
Singapore became independent when it was ejected from the Federation of Malaya amid social unrest.
In 50 years, the former British colony has transformed itself into one of the world's wealthiest countries.
But its critics say the rapid development has been accompanied by a strict control on free speech and politics.
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The city state celebrates its independence day in style every year, but this year's SG50 events are being billed as the country's biggest ever celebration, with months of build-up in shops, schools, work places and in the media.
One student, Yang Jie Ling, told Reuters: "It's only 50 years for a small nation like us, so we have achieved so much. It's a year that Singaporeans will want to remember forever."
The parade this year includes a special tribute to Lee Kuan Yew, who led Singapore into independence and was its prime minister until 1990.
The much-respected leader died in March this year, prompting public mourning.
A recording of him reading the Proclamation of Independence was played on radio and TV at 09:00 local time (01:00 GMT).
Speaking on the eve of the celebrations, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Kuan Yew's son, said: "At 50 years, as we stand at a high base camp, we look back and marvel how far we have come. We are grateful to those who made it happen."
Key figures attending Sunday's celebrations include Malaysian PM Najib Razak and Australian Deputy PM Warren Truss.
Despite achieving such goals as 90% home ownership and per capita GDP above $56,000, critics continue to point to the strict political controls.
The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has been in power for more than 50 years and the opposition hopes to make more inroads in elections that could be called in September.
The last election saw the PAP suffer its worst performance, though it still kept 80 of the 87 seats.
It will hope the boost of the anniversary and recognition of the legacy of Lee Kuan Yew will help it at the next election.
Analysis: Tessa Wong, BBC News, Singapore
The National Day Parade is a chance for tiny Singapore to flex its military muscles and also celebrate its sovereignty - never mind that independence was unplanned thanks to its ejection from Malaysia.
The event usually features a military march past with fighter jet displays, large-scale performances by community groups, and a retelling of Singapore's history. It ends with a massive firework display as the country recites the pledge and sings the national anthem.
In its early years, organisers used it to push social messages such as courtesy and diligence.
These days it's a more sophisticated, glitzier affair, held by the shiny skyscrapers of Singapore's Marina Bay.
Though the propaganda still gets heavy, Singaporeans love it anyway for its pomp and splendour. Tickets for the parade and its rehearsals run out every year.
The Sons beat Hibs 3-2 on Saturday, allowing Scottish Championship leaders Rangers to open up a gap of 11 points.
Liam Henderson and Farid El Alagui replied after the hosts had raced into a three-goal lead in Dumbarton.
"No matter who you are, you can't give someone a 3-0 lead and expect to bring it back," Stubbs told BBC Scotland.
"But I've got to say, we gave it a good go.
"We've more or less gifted Dumbarton the three points with the goals we've conceded.
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"I can't fault the players' effort but in the last couple of games we've contributed significantly to our downfall. We're just making silly individual errors and unfortunately right now we're getting punished for them.
"It's lapses in concentration. More often than not you can get away with one but in the last two games we've been punished. We need to have better discipline when we're defending set pieces and stay with our men."
It was a second straight loss for Hibs with Greenock Morton having won 3-0 at Easter Road on Wednesday.
"There will be no concession because mathematically we can still do it," said Stubbs, whose side have 10 league games left.
"But we're obviously making it really difficult for ourselves and making it easier for Rangers.
"We've lost four games all season so there's certainly no monkey on our back but we need to bounce back very quickly.
"We wanted to do it today and it wasn't for the want of trying."
Dumbarton manager Stevie Aitken described the final 15 minutes of the game as "probably the longest I've had in my career as a manager".
Kevin Cawley, Christian Nade and Darren Barr had netted for the hosts in the opening 50 minutes before Hibs' resurgence.
"I was desperate for the final whistle and we had to dig in deep," added Aitken.
"To beat a good Hibs side twice now; I'm delighted we got the win and I think over the piece it was deserved.
"It was tough towards the end. Credit to Hibs, a lot of teams might have flung the towel in at 3-0 but they came at us, scored a couple of good goals and put us under severe pressure."
Options include bringing in full restrictions across central roads between 08:30 and 18:30, or limiting charges to the afternoon.
Another alternative sees restrictions between 13:00 and 18:30 on all streets except main roads, where charges would also operate in the morning.
Councillors have agreed in principle to extend parking controls to Sundays.
They will work out exactly how the change will be implemented on Tuesday.
Chief electoral officer Ezra Chiloba told reporters the systems were not compromised at any point.
He spoke out after presidential candidate Raila Odinga rejected provisional results indicating a strong lead for President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The opposition's claim led to sporadic outbreaks of violence.
Mr Chiloba said his team had "established that the claims being made could not be substantiated".
He added: "I wish to take this opportunity to confirm that our elections management system is secure. There were no external or internal interference to the system at any point before, during or after the voting."
His comments were made amid repeated calls for calm.
The government has denied that anyone died in clashes on Wednesday between security forces and Mr Odinga's supporters in the capital, Nairobi, and the western town of Kisumu, an opposition stronghold.
Earlier reports quoting police said two protesters had been shot dead in Nairobi after police were attacked with machetes while two men had been killed by officers in Kisumu when a gang attacked a vote tallying station.
Many fear a repeat of the violence after the disputed election 10 years ago when more than 1,100 Kenyans died and 600,000 were displaced.
Raw polling data published on the website of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says that with almost 97% of results in, Mr Kenyatta - who is seeking a second term - is leading with about 54.3%, to Mr Odinga's 44.8% share of the vote.
These suggest Mr Kenyatta is heading for a first-round victory.
However, it has been emphasised by the IEBC that these results are preliminary, and have yet to be certified officially.
But Mr Odinga said in a tweet that his party's own assessment put him ahead of Mr Kenyatta.
He alleged hackers had gained access to the IEBC computer system by using the identity of the commission's IT manager, Chris Msando, who was killed last month.
Observers from the African Union and the European Union among others issued a joint statement urging political parties "to use the legally provided channels of dispute resolution in case of any dissatisfaction with the process", adding that police should "avoid excessive use of force".
They also said the IEBC should carry out the tallying process "with full integrity and transparency".
Speaking to the BBC, John Mahama, former president of Ghana and head of the Commonwealth Observer Mission in Kenya, said the responsibility to maintain calm fell to the two leading candidates.
"They can take Kenya down the slippery slope of violence like in 2007, or they can both rise to the occasion and let Kenya surmount this democratic hurdle and become one of the leading democracies in Africa," he said.
The commission has not said when it will publish the final results. Legally, it has to announce the results within seven days of polling stations closing.
Wales captain Williams, 32, left Swansea to join Everton in August.
Swansea were denied only their second win of the season in a 1-1 draw to leave them bottom of the Premier League
"It does seem a little bit weird when you're in the tunnel and looking across at people you've played with for a number of years," he said.
"You try and keep it as normal as possible but at the same time you understand you're playing against your former team and a lot of good friends."
Gylfi Sigurdsson had put the Swans ahead at Goodison Park with a penalty in the 41st minute after he had been dragged down by Everton captain Phil Jagielka.
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But Seamus Coleman scored a minute from time, with a looping header to salvage the draw, and deny Swansea a first victory under manager Bob Bradley.
The Swans, who have not won since their opening day 1-0 victory at Burnley in August, are five points off safety at the bottom of the Premier League.
But Williams, who played more than 350 games in eight years for the Welsh club, says his former club can get themselves out of their current predicament.
"When I was there we were down there a couple of times and we fought," Williams added.
"There's a strong set of lads there and some really good players as well with a good mentality and good attitude.
"I'm sure they're working hard to get themselves out of it.
"They defended really well in the second half and they played some good stuff as well."
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Organisers said the 21st year of the festival will take place from Friday 3 to Sunday 26 June.
Plans are being developed to bring back the street parade in the years ahead.
The parade was previously dropped in 2012 after the costs of road closures, security and clearing-up could not be met from sponsorship income.
Organisers said the festival would feature more than 400 events, including a festival of singing, a big band concert and a series of rock concerts.
Many of these will be held at the bandstand in Kelvingrove Park.
Festival chairwoman Liz Scobie said "Our 21st birthday is a truly significant milestone.
"We have evolved from a few events to a programme of more than 400 and the participation of hundreds of thousands of people of all ages supported by a small army of volunteers.
"As we take time to develop our new-look festival, we have decided that there will not be a parade in Byres Road this year, whilst making plans for it to return bigger and better in the years to come."
The full programme for the festival will be launched in April.
Kezia Dugdale said the election was the "most interesting, exciting and important we have ever faced".
And she said new powers coming to Holyrood meant voters would "see who our leaders really are".
Ms Dugdale was addressing delegates at the party's conference in Glasgow.
She said Scottish Labour would be standing for the election on its "most radical manifesto ever", and pledged to end austerity by introducing a fiscal rule that would dictate there could be no tax cuts at the same time as public spending is being reduced.
And she said a Scottish Labour government would invest £500m into primary care health services over the next five years, and that everyone in Scotland would be guaranteed a GP appointment within 48 hours.
She also promised that everyone waiting for assistance in hospital would get an assessment and a care package within a week.
Ms Dugdale claimed Ms Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister and SNP leader, had positioned herself as the "great anti-austerity alternative" in England, only to see her come home to force through the Tories' cuts in Scotland".
She added: "Nicola Sturgeon keeps confidently announcing that Labour is only fighting for second place.
"Just think about what that means - she's already declared victory before any of us have cast a single vote. How utterly arrogant of her.
"We're here to tell the first minister that there are no foregone conclusions in a democracy."
Ms Dugdale was setting out - plainly, bluntly and directly - the fundamental offer which will dominate these coming elections.
Labour, she said, would use tax powers to counter cuts. Labour would "use the real powers we have to deliver real change". By contrast, she accused the SNP of timidity.
We will learn Nicola Sturgeon's detailed thoughts on tax next week. But she will not sanction an increase in the standard rate of income tax, condemning that again today as "tax hikes on low-earning households." The SNP insist their package will involve the defence of vital services.
And there we have it. Other parties will play a very significant role. The Tories say Scotland should pay no more tax than elsewhere in the UK - and they offer to form a bulwark to that effect. The Lib Dems offer a penny for education. The Greens, UKIP, others will have their say.
But today Labour's Kezia Dugdale sought to set out a key dynamic in this election in direct contradistinction to Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP. Indeed, she personalised the contest on occasion in her speech.
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Polls have suggested the SNP holds a commanding lead ahead of the election on 5 May, with Labour facing a strong challenge from the Conservatives for second place.
Ms Dugdale told the BBC's Daily Politics programme last month that she thought her party would finish second.
Speaking at the conference, she admitted that last year's general election, which saw Labour left with just one MP in Scotland as the SNP won 56 of the 59 seats, was the most painful in her party's history.
But she said Scottish Labour had renewed itself since then, with a new leadership team, new candidates, "thousands of new members" and a "new vision" which the party would be taking to the country.
She added: "This is the most interesting, exciting, important election we have ever faced. We are having new debates, unfamiliar to politicians in parties who have only answered the easy questions of how you spend money, and never the hard questions of how we raise it.
"People say this election is a foregone conclusion, that there is no interest in this campaign. They couldn't be more wrong.
"This is the election where we will see who our leaders really are. Who will stop the cuts? Who will care more for the vulnerable? Who will invest in the future of our economy? Who will be bold, and who will just settle for more of the same?"
Ms Dugdale said the debate over new powers for Holyrood was over, with the question now over how those powers should be used.
She said Labour would use them to create a better NHS, more opportunities for young people, better housing, decent jobs and a "fair day's pay for a fair day's work".
The party has previously proposed a 1p rise in income tax rates in Scotland to help pay for local services.
And she told party activists that Labour would increase funding for the NHS each year of the next parliament in real terms.
She added: "Labour will use our powers to offer a real plan for the future of our NHS.
"Our Labour Party, that established the NHS in the 1940s, will be there to ensure that our health service is fit for the challenges of the 2040s.
"Because the NHS isn't just another policy agenda for Labour - it is part of who we are as a party, our pride in its creation inspires everything else we do."
Ms Dugdale also declared: "I am a socialist" as she set out her vision of a Scotland where "we can choose to be better as a society" and where "people aren't fated to be rich or poor".
Earlier, a student teacher who said she was facing homelessness when her loan funding comes to an end urged Scots to vote Labour "because I need someone who is going to care for me, not neglect me".
Eireann McAuley, 18, was given a standing ovation by activists after she told of her struggle to escape poverty and create a better life for herself.
Ms McAuley, who is studying at Stirling University, told the audience that when her student loan funding comes to an end next month she may have to apply for temporary accommodation.
The teenager said: "I was predicted to fail my exams, I was predicted to make friends with my drug-dealer neighbour."
She sat her school exams while living in temporary accommodation in a homeless flat, she said, studying to get to university "though many thought this ambition was unrealistic".
A number of its main supports on the eastern side appear to have been washed away, splitting the former pavilion into two sections.
The pier, which is not maintained and was shut in 1975 after being deemed unsafe, burnt down in 2003.
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Only 24 of those chosen are outgoing MPs from the current parliament.
Some 52% come from civil society and exactly half are women, the secretary-general of La République En Marche (Republic on the Move) said.
Richard Ferrand said the choices marked "the definitive return of citizens to the heart of our political life".
Mr Macron still needs to select more than 100 candidates for the 577-seat parliament and the party says its door is open to politicians from other parties to join.
The movement received more than 19,000 applications, Mr Ferrand said at a news conference, with 1,700 telephone interviews conducted with candidates.
The average age of the list is 46 "compared to 60 years for the average of outgoing MPs", he said.
The youngest candidate is 24 years old, while the oldest is 72. Around 10 candidates are unemployed, double that are retired and a handful are students.
All of the outgoing MPs chosen to run come from the Socialist Party of departing President François Hollande.
Mr Ferrand confirmed that Mr Macron's ex-cabinet colleague Manuel Valls - the former prime minister who has now burned his boats with his Socialists - had not been selected.
He said that he did "not meet the criteria" because he had already served three parliamentary terms.
But the party will not be running a candidate against him in his constituency in Essonne, south of Paris.
France had been waiting to see if the party list would live up to Mr Macron's pledge to clean up France's public life.
Many of the candidates are unknown to the public and there are few well-known personalities on the list.
Among the diverse candidates is Cédric Villani, a famous mathematician with a penchant for flamboyant bow-ties and spider brooches. He won the Fields Medal - seen as one of the highest honours in mathematics - in 2010.
François Hollande's communications advisor Gaspard Gantzer, former judge Éric Halphen and former bullfighter Marie Sara are also on the list.
Although no MPs of the Republican party are candidates, at least two former allies of Alain Juppé - who lost the centre-right party's presidential primary - have been selected.
It has escaped no-one's attention that there are nearly 150 names still missing.
Why this lack of clarity? Why the delay? Why is Mr Macron's party unable to do what it said it would do and give the country the full roster of names?
The answer is that it is engaged in some very old-style political calculation.
Emmanuel Macron knows that his weak point is his connection with the outgoing regime. He is a socialist at heart, as he has often said, and made his name serving a Socialist Party president.
If his party goes into the election fielding too many ex-Socialist MPs, it will be a sitting target for a vengeful Republican Party, eager to get its own majority and force the new president into a "cohabitation" (where the government is of a different colour from the president).
So the party wants a few more days to tempt over Republican Party defectors. Only in the middle of next week will it draw up its definitive list.
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Some of the names previously announced include:
French media are already reporting errors on the list - including one candidate with a criminal record (the party said no-one with a criminal record would be eligible). Several people on the list have also denied they are candidates.
Mr Macron was only elected on Sunday and the two-round parliamentary vote takes place on 11 and 18 June. But with only one month to go, every political party is now focusing on the race for the National Assembly.
His recently rebranded party is only 13 months old and Mr Macron needs to show he will have not just a mandate but the power in parliament to push through his programme.
Nearly 20,000 people applied and a few thousand only added their names in the past few days following the election.
We know the Macron team set out five conditions:
The fears and anxieties about their injury and rehabilitation, how the injury will affect their career and the downright devastation at having to spend such a long time not doing the one thing that we love.
Lukas Jutkiewicz has just become the fifth Burnley player to suffer from cruciate ligament injury in the past 18 months. Tyrone Mings at Bournemouth and Nouha Dicko at Wolves are two other players to suffer anterior cruciate ligament injuries injury this season.
I suffered the same injury in 2008 and I was out for nine months. ACL surgery is not now considered to be a career-threatening injury like it was maybe 20 or 30 years ago, but I have seen several players in the past not being able to be the same player post-injury as they were before.
The majority of the time it is down to how hard you are prepared to work on your rehab, but there are occasions when the hardest worker cannot overcome the circumstances put in front of them.
I also missed a year of football from August 2012 through a groin injury, so I have had two experiences of suffering long-term injuries.
The physical side of the injury can be monitored and altered and with expert help and the correct work ethic, the chances are these days that you can overcome most injuries.
The mental side of the injury is often the toughest part to deal with. I have found that the only way to deal with it is for a complete change in your state of mind.
You have to stop thinking like a footballer, about results and teams and opposition. You have to immerse yourself in your rehabilitation exercises and almost become a full-time gym junkie.
The two times that I spent a while out of action I almost became addicted to the gym and the workouts that I did.
So much so that I had to stop completely when I came back from my ACL because I had put on too much bulk and felt a bit heavy. You have to continue to get your buzz from somewhere and that was where I found mine.
Watching the lads preparing for the game is tough and attending the matches is horrible. Your close mates are heading out to fight for three points and all you can do to help is wish them good luck.
Most of the lads playing in the Championship and above will have two or three years remaining on their contracts, so the immediate worries about money and a contract won't be as strong as players in League One or League Two. But they will still be there.
I wish the lads mentioned all the best in their recoveries and hope to see them back out on the pitch as soon as possible.
Japanese media reported that Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) retained its House of Representatives majority.
The LDP will govern with the Komeito party after the parties won 325 seats out of 475.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the snap vote to secure support for his "Abenomics" economic reforms.
Public broadcaster NHK said the LDP had won 290 seats, with Komeito taking 35.
The main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, won 73 seats, an increase of 11, NHK said.
Mr Abe was elected in 2012 and has tried to revive the economy by raising public spending and printing money.
After an initial burst of growth, Japan slipped back into recession in the second half of this year, which many economists have blamed, at least in part, on an increase in sales tax, from 5% to 8% in April.
The tax increase was legislated by the previous government in 2012 to curb Japan's huge public debt, which is the highest among developed nations.
Mr Abe says he called the election to get a mandate to delay a second increase in the tax to 10%, scheduled for 2015.
"My 'Abenomics' policies are still only half-way done," Mr Abe said on Sunday, adding that his government would not become "complacent".
"I am aware that there are still a lot of people who are still not feeling the benefits. But it's my duty to bring [benefits] to those very people, and I believe this election made that clear."
Many Japanese were bemused by this election. Most thought it completely unnecessary. Some were angry at the huge waste of money. But Shinzo Abe is nothing if not a canny politician. The turnout may have been a record low, but he got what he needed - a new majority, and four more years in power.
Why he felt the need is still unclear. Some observers think he has been facing stiff resistance to his economic policies from within his own ranks. A big election win will help him crush that resistance.
Others think it a cynical move to lock in four more years before his popularity slips further. Whatever the truth Mr Abe is now the most powerful prime minister Japan has had in many years.
The question now is how will he use that power? He says he is determined to push ahead with difficult and potentially unpopular economic reform. His opponents on the left fear he will use it to push Japan further to the right - to try again to overturn Japan's pacifist constitution, and to further whitewash Japan's historic crimes during World War II.
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Japan is the third-largest economy in the world, according to the World Bank, but it has struggled in recent years.
Among his pledges, Mr Abe vowed to help more Japanese women enter and remain in employment by tightening anti-discrimination laws and setting employment targets.
The US hopes Mr Abe will be able to expand Japan's military role, so that it can play a bigger part in their alliance. That challenge to Japan's constitutional pacifism - traditionally opposed by Komeito - is expected to lead to heated debate in 2015.
Voters were choosing who sits in the 475-seat lower house of Japan's parliament, the Diet.
Reports said turnout at polling stations was low due to voter apathy and heavy snowfall in parts of the country. The government said turnout was at just 35%, two hours before polls closed.
Several surveys in recent weeks had pointed to a win for Mr Abe's party.
Observers said this was partly due to the lack of a real political alternative, with the opposition in disarray.
Shinzo Abe's economic policy, launched in 2013, was so wide-ranging that it was named after him. It was designed to help pull Japan out of two decades of deflation and kick-start its stagnant economy.
It involved three main proposals:
Economic growth briefly returned, helped by a weaker yen that boosted exporters, but 18 months on, Japan's economy is back in recession, and support for Mr Abe has been dwindling.
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Businessman Neil McArthur's £30m plan would see a footpath and cycleway run alongside six miles (9.5km) of tracks between Salford and Trafford.
The proposal also includes rebuilding three stations and reinstating the Cadishead Viaduct.
Mr McArthur said the "economic, social and environmental benefits" of reopening the line "would be huge".
The plans for the new line, which would run from Irlam to Timperley, and a report by Mr McArthur have been submitted to two councils, Network Rail as well as other transport bodies for consideration.
The businessman, who has proposed the idea through his charity, the Hamilton Davies Trust, said the nearby East Lancashire Railway, which runs from Bury to Rawtenstall, showed what could be achieved.
"The East Lancs heritage railway shows the demand with 200,000 passengers a year, so there is a local example to learn from," he said.
"We're asking the political representatives and transport bodies to join with us in exploring the art of the possible."
He added that as the entire route was owned by Network Rail, the realisation of his vision would be "reasonably uncomplicated".
Mr McArthur has previously financed the £2m restoration of the station at Irlam and his new plan would see stations rebuilt at Cadishead, Partington and Timperley.
The 22-year-old forward has made over 100 appearances since his Rugby Park debut in April 2011.
Having scored three goals in 33 appearances last season - often in a wide position - McKenzie is hoping to play a more central role.
"I'm looking forward to next season. There have been big changes at the club," he said.
"The whole place needed a revamp."
Manager Lee Clark is planning a major overhaul after keeping Killie in the top flight following a play-off final with Falkirk.
Eight out-of-contract players have moved on and another seven were placed on the transfer list, with Kevin McHattie, Mark O'Hara and David Syme having found new clubs.
She was speaking at Holyrood after last week's UK referendum resulted in voters backing to leave the EU by 52% to 48%.
Electors in Scotland, Northern Ireland and London voted to remain in the EU.
Ms Sturgeon, who will travel to Brussels on Wednesday for talks, said she was "utterly determined" to protect Scotland's relationship with Europe.
She will meet European Parliament President Martin Shulz and was hoping to talk to President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, but he said it was not appropriate at this time.
On Tuesday afternoon, Ms Sturgeon told MSPs that "all the impacts" of the referendum result needed to be set out and evaluated and "all of the options" open to Scotland in securing its relationship with the EU needed to be looked at.
Scotland's leader said the expert council would be chaired by Professor Anton Muscatelli, Glasgow University's principal and vice chancellor, and would have 17 members, including politicians, economists and constitutional experts.
Ms Sturgeon explained: "Members will consider the impact of proposed changes to the UK's relationship with the EU on Scottish interests and advise ministers throughout our negotiations on the best way to secure Scottish interests and objectives."
The SNP leader also said that while she was not seeking endorsement to hold a second independence referendum "today", she would put the option forward if it emerged as the only or best way to protect Scotland's place in the EU.
However, Scottish Conservative leader and Remain supporter Ruth Davidson fired a warning over a second independence vote.
She said: "You don't dampen the shockwaves from one referendum by lighting the fuse for another."
Ms Davidson also said that the Brexit vote was a "defining moment" in "our country's story".
Her speech included a message to EU migrants;. She said: "This is your home, we don't just need your labour, we want your brains, values, culture - we want you."
What might a second independence referendum be?
By Brian Taylor, BBC Scotland political editor
Remember that we are in deeply uncertain times. Nobody has a fixed idea as to what might emerge. We are all constantly pressing the refresh button on the BBC's excellent Online pages to find out who is the latest to resign.
But the chat at Holyrood - inevitably speculative - mostly seems to centre upon a possible indyref2 in spring 2018. I stress that is very, very far from fixed. Emphatically not, to quote the FM. It may happen in 2017 or not at all.
The 2018 timetable works like this. It is expected that the UK Government will initiate the Section 50 process of departure from the EU in autumn this year.
There then begins two years of negotiations about the terms of departure in which the UK will seek to obtain the best possible trade deal - consistent, presumably, with the Leavers' key demand that there must be substantial constraints placed upon freedom of movement to these islands.
That takes us to Autumn 2018 - unless all 27 remaining EU member states agree to an extension. At that point, either a deal is struck or an extension is agreed or the UK departs without a deal, resorting to WTO rules.
If Scotland is to be permitted to sidestep that departure, there would need to be a referendum within the two year period. There would need to be a clear vote in favour of independence in time to permit even the prospect of Scotland retaining / recreating EU membership. I stress, even the prospect.
Which points to Spring 2018 at the latest.
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The debate which followed Ms Sturgeon's statement included responses from Labour, the Scottish Greens and the Scottish Liberal Democrats as well as the Tories and the SNP.
The first minister's motion - to explore options for protecting Scotland's relationship with the EU - was supported by 92 MSPs with 31 abstaining.
In her address to the chamber, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said her party would support the government's efforts "to not only mitigate the worst of Brexit, but to strengthen Scotland's ties with our European neighbours and allies".
She insisted that the priority "must be" to secure jobs and the rights of workers.
Patrick Harvie, co-convener of the pro-independence Scottish Greens, backed early preparations for another independence referendum.
He told the chamber: "It may be that after exploring all options far more people than voted Yes in 2014 may conclude that independence is the only way to achieve it.
"The 2014 [independence referendum] result is now fundamentally superseded."
Ms Sturgeon is expected to win cross-party support from the emergency debate which followed her statement.
On Wednesday, the first minister will travel to Brussels to meet Mr Shulz. However, there is no planned get-together with Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission.
The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party, Willie Rennie, said he welcomed Ms Sturgeon "reaching out" to other parties.
However, he cautioned: "I immediately agreed to participate as long as it is not a cunning plan to deliver independence.
"I want to explore options; whether it is reverse Greenland; working with London, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar or some other arrangement.
"But we need to fully understand before we move ahead. And rushing head long to independence will undermine those efforts."
Cheshire East Council waived its rules when it granted three contracts to Core Fit Ltd, owned by the physiotherapist of former council leader Michael Jones.
A police investigation into misconduct in a public office is under way.
Mr Jones denied any wrongdoing when he stood down on 8 December. He was unavailable for comment.
Core Fit Ltd, which is owned by Amanda Morris, runs fitness classes in schools and was given contracts collectively worth £156,000 by the council.
A Cheshire Police spokeswoman said investigators would look into the awarding of contracts and "the involvement of all relevant individuals".
"The purpose of the investigation is to establish what happened and who was involved."
Mr Jones said at the time of his resignation that he was stepping down to avoid infighting within the Conservative group.
A panel of historians also revealed that 13 musicians were driven out of the orchestra for being Jewish or married to Jews.
The report follows claims of a cover-up by the world famous orchestra.
Austria is due to mark the 75th anniversary of its annexation by Nazi Germany on Tuesday.
The Anschluss (union) was complete when German forces marched into the country unopposed on 12 March 1938.
For decades the Philharmonic allowed only selective access to its archives.
But political pressure led the orchestra to commission three historians, led by Oliver Rathkolb, to delve deeper into the years 1938-45.
Mr Rathkolb also attempted to solve a mystery surrounding a ring of honour presented to Baldur von Schirach, a Nazi governor of Vienna, who oversaw the deportation of tens of thousands of Jews.
The ring, originally presented in 1942, was lost by Von Schirach but a replacement was given to him, apparently in late 1966, after his release from Spandau prison for crimes against humanity.
For years, historians have tried to uncover the identity of the man who gave Von Schirach the replacement ring.
According to historian Wilhelm Bettelheim, who was interviewed in a documentary film on Sunday, the man in question was Helmut Wobisch, a trumpeter who was a member of the Nazi party and later joined Hitler's notorious Waffen SS.
Wobisch was sacked in 1945 but resumed his career six years later.
Mr Rathkolb describes the interview as "very plausible".
The BBC's Kerry Skyring in Vienna says that - like Austria itself - the Vienna Philharmonic has been slow to get to grips with its past during World War II.
But for the first time historians have been given access to records detailing the orchestra's role as a Nazi propaganda tool and the persecution of its Jewish members, our correspondent adds.
Details revealed on Sunday showed that 60 of the orchestra's 123 musicians were members of the Nazi party - a much higher percentage than in the broader Austrian population.
Of the 13 musicians driven out of the orchestra for being Jewish or married to Jews, five died in concentration camps, others were deported, but none returned, the report says.
There are details too on how the orchestra's famous New Year's Day Concert had its origins as a propaganda instrument for the Nazis.
The historians' full report will be published on the orchestra's website on Tuesday - the 75th anniversary of the Anschluss.
The revelation that a replacement ring was given to Von Schirach after his release from prison came to light only recently. Von Schirach's son Richard wrote about it in a book in 2004 but refused to name the man who gave it to his father.
Orchestra Chairman Clemens Hellberg had initially been accused of failing to include details of the Philharmonic's Nazi links in his 1992 book Democracy of Kings, which is widely regarded as the orchestra's official history.
He has since said he did not have access to all the relevant documents when he wrote the book.
On Sunday Mr Hellberg said the historians' report was "long overdue". But, he added, "we know that we are together on the same path".
Xia Lin, whose clients include artist Ai Weiwei, was found guilty of fraudulently obtaining $700,000 (£550,000) to pay off gambling debts.
But supporters say he is innocent and that the move is designed to intimidate human rights lawyers.
Last year, China detained hundreds of rights lawyers, in what critics described as an organised crackdown.
Many lawyers have since been released - but several remain in detention, with their wives and families denied access to them.
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Maya Wang, Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch, said the 12 year jail term was likely to send a "chill" through the human rights community.
She told AFP: "The sentence is shocking, not only because of its length, but also because it was handed down to a rights lawyer who has tried to protect himself by deliberately taking a low-profile, technical approach to his work."
Xia Lin is known for defending Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei.
He also represented fellow human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who was detained after a private seminar discussing the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, while in 2009 he successfully defended a hotel worker who killed a local government official who had tried to rape her.
Xia Lin was arrested in November 2014, as he was preparing to defend Guo Yushan, a rights activist and head of a Chinese think tank.
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Chinese state media have not reported on the 12-year sentence for Xia Lin, so social media users have mainly been learning of the news via independent publications, or word of mouth.
Luo Changping, a journalist at the independent Caijing magazine, posted a picture of Lin Ru, Xia Lin's wife, crying in someone's arms.
The image has been shared widely, with hundreds of sympathetic, yet resigned comments.
Many social media users refused to accept the verdict - but also acknowledged that the likelihood of a successful appeal was low.
User Zhanzhan080808 wrote: "Xia Lin is innocent", while user Liu Suli said: "I curse this court, and those behind it and their strength. History will not forgive this trial."
The trial against Mr Xia opened in June this year.
He was originally charged with fraudulently obtaining 10m yuan ($1.5m; £1.1m), but his lawyer Dong Xikui said the court eventually accepted a lower figure of 4.8m yuan.
However, friends say they loaned the lawyer the money willingly.
Mr Xia's wife, Lin Ru, said: "I firmly believe that my husband is innocent. So we need to appeal."
The Chinese Human Rights Defenders group called the sentence a "severe retaliation against a human rights advocate who defended the rule of law".
There was no immediate comment from the court.
Eleri Edwards, 32, made 10 allegations to ChildLine claiming she was a pupil at Ysgol Ardudwy in Harlech, Gwynedd.
A disciplinary hearing in Cardiff heard she told the charity Tudur Williams touched her inappropriately.
Ms Edwards was struck off indefinitely on Friday.
The hearing was told Mr Williams was "devastated" when Ms Edwards, who taught under the name Eleri Roberts, made the allegations via the charity's website after she was dismissed from his school.
Police interviewed Mr Williams, but investigations led to them concluding it was a hoax.
Detectives traced the reports to Ms Edward's computer and she was cautioned.
Ms Edwards was employed at a high school 55 miles (88km) away at Llanidloes, Powys, when she made the bogus claims. She has since left the school.
She told the hearing: "I was a good teacher and I'm honest. I apologise to Tudur Williams. He continued to work after the allegations which makes him a credit to his profession."
Richard Parry Jones, chairman of the professional conduct committee of the Education Workforce Council, said: "The nature of her conduct was too serious to consider a temporary order.
"She has failed to act with honesty or integrity and her conduct has breached key principles set out for registered teachers."
Speaking after the hearing, Mr Williams said: "She obviously decided to try to take her revenge on me personally.
"What she did was inexcusable and could have had a devastating effect on me personally and my career."
The Bank of Scotland examined house prices in towns within an hour's commute of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
It measured them against average earnings, both locally and in relation to the nearest city.
Despite being almost 40 miles away, Motherwell topped the list as the most affordable commuter town to Edinburgh.
The North Lanarkshire town had an average house price of £130,268 compared to £225,133 in the capital.
Greenock was found to be the most affordable town in commuting distance to Glasgow, with an average house price of £120,927 compared to the Glasgow figure of £161,623. Motherwell came in second.
The report on Aberdeen found Arbroath - more than 50 miles and an hour's drive away - was the best value, with an average house price of £127,497 compared to £210,522 in Aberdeen.
The bank said commuters with a half-hour drive into Aberdeen faced average property prices of £234,143.
A separate study, How Scotland Lives, found that a shorter commute to work led to increased happiness, with those having less than a 15-minute journey claiming to be happiest.
Graham Blair, mortgage director at Bank of Scotland, said: "The length of the commute to work is a key factor when deciding where to set up home. Scotland has some great commuter towns where considerable savings on property can be made.
"However, the decision to commute is not one that should be made just on the finances. We know from our How Scotland Lives research that those who don't have to travel long distances to work are often happier.
"There are many things to take into account when looking for a new home, not just the journey time to work.
"Quality of schools, sense of space and sense of community are also important to many house hunters across Scotland."
Teams from Northern Ireland and Wales featured in this season's competition.
And Welsh side The New Saints will play St Mirren in Sunday's semi-final at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.
Sligo and Bray have been chosen after finishing highest of those Premier League sides not playing in European competition in season 2017-18.
Rovers were fifth and Wanderers sixth in 2016.
"Following discussions with the Scottish FA, both Bray Wanderers and Sligo Rovers will be entered into the Irn-Bru Scottish Challenge Cup for next season," the league confirmed on their official website.
The Challenge Cup features sides from the Scottish Championship and Leagues One and Two as well as teams from the Highland and Lowland Leagues.
Another new feature for 2016-17 was the inclusion of colt teams - under-20s sides - from Scottish Premiership clubs.
Queen of the South and Dundee United contest the first semi-final on Saturday before TNS face the Buddies the following day.
St Mirren v The New Saints will be broadcast live on BBC Alba and the BBC Sport website.
Last year, about 400 people were picked from a lottery draw to ride a flume in Flaxengate in the city centre.
After testing on Sunday morning, officials said the flume planned for Steep Hill was "much faster".
The Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia event will take place on 17 July.
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Duncan Gerrard, from the Rotary Club, said: "We thought it best to keep testing under wraps until we were sure we could handle it safely."
He said: "The boffins tell me that twice the slope, which this is compared to Flaxengate, will go about four times quicker.
"We've no need for Fairy Liquid this year."
He added they would be using bales to help stop the riders at the bottom of the slope.
Riders will have the chance to buy £3 lottery tickets to secure a place at the event, which is aiming to accommodate about 700 people.
Thieves cut a 3ft-wide hole in the wall of the university's Oriental Museum and stole a bowl and figurine. Durham Police said it was almost certainly a well planned operation.
A police spokeswoman said both artefacts had now been recovered.
Officers have arrested five people in connection with the theft. Two men are still being sought.
The five people arrested are all from Walsall, West Midlands.
Durham University said the museum would reopen on Monday.
The stolen bowl dates from 1769 and has a Chinese poem written inside, while the figurine is of seven fairies in a boat and stands about 12in (30cm) high. Both are from the Qing Dynasty, China's last imperial dynasty.
Security at the museum is being reviewed.
The 23-year-old Sale Sharks winger had been a doubt for the two-Test series after suffering a foot injury during a recent training camp.
The ex-Samoa rugby league international qualified to play for England on residency in March.
"He's going well, he trained well with no repercussions so he's progressing nicely," said Jones.
"He hasn't had any discomfort from his foot. At first we were quite pessimistic about it but it's nice that it looks like he can go on tour and we can see what he can do."
New Zealand-born Solomona made a controversial cross-code switch from Castleford Tigers to Sale in December.
Harlequins' Marland Yarde remains with the England squad as cover, but Jones is confident Solomona will be on the plane on Saturday.
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Jones admits Solomona still has a lot to learn in rugby union, but he has seen enough to be excited at his potential.
"We're only training at this stage," added Jones. "Certainly he's got a nice feel for the game and he can sniff out and score a try.
"He does that at training now - he's scored a couple of cracking tries at training where he just sees the opportunity, takes it and makes the right decision.
"He's got enough gas to turn that opportunity into points and that's the the beauty of him."
Tommy Taylor and Nick Schonert have been ruled through injury, while Tom Wood is suspended.
England are also monitoring the fitness of Chris Robshaw (ankle) and Nathan Hughes (neck) following Saturday's Premiership final.
Sam Underhill is also recovering from the shoulder injury he suffered in England's victory over the Barbarians on Saturday.
England are also missing a number of experienced players who are part of the British and Irish Lions squad touring New Zealand.
Their two-match series against Argentina starts on Saturday, 10 June.
MPs were told it was "not easy" to balance noise disruption with the economic impact of a reduction.
The Airports Commission has recommended a third runway but also a ban on flights between 23:30 and 06:00.
One committee member, Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith, criticised the "absence of clarity".
Giving evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee, Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye said the west London airport could comfortably expand to include a third runway and still stay within environmental targets. He also added that road traffic would not increase.
He said night flights were "something that we are looking at and we will make a comment on in due course".
There are "huge benefits" for local communities in stopping arrivals scheduled between 04:30 and 06:00, he said, but there was also "a big cost" to the UK economy as they involve "valuable trading routes to the Far East, Singapore and Hong Kong".
He added: "It's not easy to resolve that. We are working on it. I'm confident that we will be able to find a way through that and that there's a real opportunity to significantly reduce night flying at Heathrow with expansion."
Heathrow's director of environment and sustainability, Matt Gorman, added: "We can reduce night flying at Heathrow.
"This is a significant change. We're not saying exactly what yet but it is a clear commitment."
Mr Goldsmith, the Richmond Park MP who has campaigned against a third runway, asked Mr Holland-Kaye if he expected the government to make a decision on expansion "in the absence of clarity from you on that very core condition" of night flights.
Mr Holland-Kaye said this was a question for the government, which has yet to announce its final decision.
Also giving evidence was Sir Howard Davies, who led the Airports Commission.
He said he did not want to "add or take away" anything from his report, adding that a fourth runway, which campaigners fear could follow if permission is granted for a third, would not be manageable "in air traffic terms" as the skies would become too congested.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson claimed the session showed Heathrow was "willing to undermine the Airports Commission in pursuit of its own ends".
Edward Samuel Fear, of Wellington Terrace, Newnham, appeared before Cheltenham magistrates charged with six counts of handling stolen goods.
The charges relate to six 4x4s found at a business park in Sling after police acted on a tip off from the community.
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Officials feared Borderlife by Dorit Rabinyan could encourage relationships between Jews and Arabs.
But the move sparked a backlash and a surge in sales.
Publication abroad is also being sped up and translations are being discussed for Hungary, Spain and Brazil.
Ms Rabinyan's agent said more than 5,000 copies of the book had been sold in a week, a large number in Israel's small market, and many stores had sold out.
"I think this whole march to bookstores is a demonstration," Ms Rabinyan told AFP. "It is not only my fans that buy Borderlife, it is the fans of Israeli democracy.
"By buying my novel they reconfirm their trust and belief in Israel's liberalism, in Israel's freedom of choice and speech," she said.
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Published in 2014, Borderlife is a semi-autobiographical story of an Israeli woman who falls in love with a Palestinian artist in New York. But the pair split up as she returns to Israel and he to the West Bank.
Teachers asked to include the book in the high school curriculum, but senior education ministry officials blocked the move.
A document from a debate in Israel's parliament said "intimate relations between Jews and non-Jews threatens the separate identity," reports said.
Relationships between Israeli Jews and Palestinians are rare and are disapproved of by large sections of both societies.
But on Thursday the education ministry appeared to soften its stance, saying the book had not been "disqualified" but merely "not included" in the high school programme.
Pupils could study the book but it would not be included in the final exam, it said.
However, the apparent block has angered cultural figures and left-wing sections of Israeli society.
The magazine Time Out responded by publishing a video showing Arabs and Jews kissing to break what they called a taboo in Israeli society.
There has long been friction between the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu and cultural figures.
In June, Education Minister Naftali Bennett removed state funding from a play that he said showed a Palestinian attacker in a sympathetic light.
And in November the country's most famous living author Amos Oz said he would not attend events at Israeli embassies around the world in protest at government policies.
The three licences were awarded by broadcast regulator Ofcom.
STV already runs local TV services in Edinburgh and Glasgow and said the new services would be delivered in partnership with local colleges.
Its director of channels Bobby Hain said local TV was a "long-term commitment" for the company.
The three new digital terrestrial channels will be called Around Aberdeen, Ayrshire Today and View From the Bridges.
The new services will focus on news and current affairs, with media students from Robert Gordon University and North East Scotland College in Aberdeen, the University of the West of Scotland in Ayr, and Abertay University and Dundee and Angus College in Dundee given the opportunity to "learn and train in a live TV environment".
STV Glasgow launched in June 2014, with STV Edinburgh following in January 2015.
Mr Hain said: "STV is committed to delivering local content for viewers in Scotland and the award today of three additional TV licences will serve to complement our existing STV family of broadcast, online and mobile services.
"Local TV is a long-term commitment for STV and we look forward to working with our education partners in Aberdeen, Ayr and Dundee to deliver these new services."
Last month, STV announced a revamp of its stations in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Broadcasting hours were extended, with many of the same programmes now shown at the same time on both channels.
As part of the changes, magazine shows were cut to make way for more news bulletins.
Mr Hain said at the time that the stations were performing "in line with expectations".
The series has been nominated in categories including drama writer for Peter Straughan and costume design.
Fortitude, London Spy and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell have been nominated for four awards each.
This year's ceremony will hosted by Stephen Mangan and held at The Brewery in London on 24 April.
The screen adaption of Wolf Hall, which was based on the Hilary Mantel novel, starred Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance and was well received by critics when it debuted in January last year.
Completing its six nominations are nods for hair and make-up design, sound design, editing and photography and lighting.
ITV's The Sound of Music Live!, adapted from the famous musical theatre production and filmed live in a studio, has been nominated in three categories.
Channel 4's This is England '90, a spin-off from Shane Meadows's 2006 film of the same name, also has three nominations.
Casting director Nina Gold has already been announced as the recipient of this year's special award.
Gold's credits include Game of Thrones, The Theory of Everything, London Spy and The King's Speech. It is the first time the special award has been presented to a casting director.
Programmes that have been nominated for two awards include An Inspector Calls, Doctor Foster, Humans; The Hunt, Luther, Poldark and Charlie Hebdo: Three Days That Shook Paris.
Catastrophe also receives two nominations, including one for writer: comedy for Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan who also star in the show.
It is one of several nominated programmes which was written by actors who also appear on screen.
Other writer-performers to be nominated include Julia Davis and Barunka O'Shaughnessy for Hunderby and Peter Kay, Paul Coleman and Sian Gibson for Peter Kay's Car Share.
Mark Everard, 48, was found dead outside a house in Chell Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, in May.
Steven Mutch, 45, had previously denied murder, but pleaded guilty on Tuesday at the start of the trial at Stafford Crown Court. He was sentenced to life.
A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Everard died as a result of abdominal injuries.
Mutch had called 999 saying Mr Everard was unconscious after a fall, Staffordshire Police said.
However, paramedics were made suspicious by Mutch's behaviour and signs of blood in their flat on Bishop Road.
The pair had been in a relationship for five years.
Det Ch Insp Darren Harding, who led the investigation, said his thoughts were with the victim's family and hoped the sentence would offer them "some form of closure".
Warnock is keen for an eighth career promotion and hopes to convince Tan to give him funds in the summer.
The Bluebirds are 18th in the Championship and 20 points off the 50 Warnock says will guarantee survival.
"I said to Vincent we need three or four quality players, if you want to challenge that is," he said.
"If you don't want to challenge, obviously you can get somebody else in and you can go with what you want to go with. It's one of those things."
Warnock met Tan for the first time in his reign following the win at Bristol City.
He said: "I have to show Vincent I am the one he should support to have a go [for promotion].
"That is what my job is between now and the end of the season to try and convince him he will not have a better chance. Then it is up to him and the board to decide."
He added: "It was not about definitive answers it was about having a chat really about the way he felt about the club.
"I would not want to be anywhere and pick my money up if I have not got a chance of promotion, not at my age now.
"About 20 years ago I probably would have loved to have been anywhere for two or three years. But not now.
"I want to have a go next year and Vincent knows that.
"We have had a friendly chat. I am not going to throw money away now in January when I think it would be silly to get people in place now when you might not want to put them in place in the summer."
Scotland goalkeeper Alan McGregor, signed on loan from Hull City, will make his debut as Cardiff take on visitors Burton Albion on Saturday, a club Warnock managed in the early 1980s.
Cardiff are still keen on Aberdeen winger Jonny Hayes while Warnock said former England striker Ricky Lambert would not go out on loan and Rhys Healey, recently returned from a loan at Newport County, would also be staying at Cardiff.
She also denied a report that the former Labour prime minister regarded Theresa May as "a total lightweight" and Jeremy Corbyn as "a nutter".
Mr Blair has announced he is winding up some of his businesses, leading to speculation over his future.
He has also recommended keeping "options open" over Brexit.
Mr Blair, who won three general elections and was in Downing from 1997 to 2007, campaigned for the UK to remain in the European Union in the run-up to June's referendum.
He has described the decision to leave the EU - by 51.9% to 48.1% - as a "catastrophe".
In September, Mr Blair announced he was closing his lobbying and consultancy business, Tony Blair Associates, and associated companies Windrush and Firerush, and wanted to spend most of his time on not-for-profit work.
And last month, he said he was considering whether he had a future "role" in UK politics.
In a Sunday Times report, a source was quoted as saying the former prime minister had criticised Labour's Mr Corbyn and Mrs May. It was also reported that he had had "lots of conversations" with former Chancellor George Osborne "about the post-Brexit political climate". The Sunday Times added that Mr Blair was looking at potential office sites in Westminster.
Asked about the report, Mr Blair's office said: "Tony Blair has already announced that he is bringing all staff under one roof. So, yes, the London staff will all come together in one location. It won't be in Westminster, however.
"The new organisation will be all not-for-profit, as we have announced, and the commercial side has been shut down. The assets of the business will be gifted to the new not-for-profit organisation."
Mr Blair's spokeswoman said he would continue to write articles and give some interviews during the Brexit process, but said he was not seeking a formal position.
She added: "Mr Blair has not had 'regular' discussions with George Osborne regarding Brexit, though he has discussed it with him as he has with many people.
"He does discuss the Middle East and aid with government ministers because he is still very active in the Middle East and Africa with his not-for-profit work. He hasn't discussed Brexit with government ministers."
Mr Blair will "make a proper announcement around all of this in the New Year", she added.
The Football Association of Ireland had previously indicated that they had come to a verbal agreement with O'Neill to remain for the World Cup qualifiers.
O'Neill's backroom staff, including assistant Roy Keane, are also staying.
Barnsley midfielder Conor Hourihane and Falkirk goalkeeper Danny Rogers have been named in a 33-man squad for the qualifiers against Georgia and Moldova.
The Republic host Georgia at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Thursday 6 October, followed by an away game with Moldova in Chisinau three days later.
O'Neill's side earned a point away to Serbia in their opening Group D match earlier this month.
Hourihane, who captains his club, is included in the senior squad for the first time, having made an impressive start to the season.
The 25-year-old has previously represented Ireland at youth level and was named Championship Player of the Month for August.
Former Under-21 international Rogers, on loan at Falkirk from Aberdeen, is the only other new face in the squad for the qualification double-header.
Brighton & Hove Albion defender Shane Duffy is available after serving a suspension, while Kevin Doyle is recalled to the provisional squad following the retirement of Robbie Keane from international football.
Birmingham midfielder Stephen Gleeson, Cardiff's Anthony Pilkington and Aberdeen's Jonathan Hayes also earn recalls.
O'Neill is monitoring the fitness of Everton midfielder James McCarthy, who is recovering from groin surgery.
Despite assurances from the FAI in the run-up to the Euro 2016 finals that O'Neill would remain for the 2018 World Cup qualifying series, doubts persisted until Friday morning's confirmation by the manager at a press conference, held to announce his squad.
"I have signed a new deal," he said. "It was never an issue. Roy and the backroom staff have followed suit. We're delighted."
The former Northern Ireland international's backroom team includes Keane, Steve Guppy, Seamus McDonagh and Steve Walford.
Republic of Ireland squad: Goalkeepers: Darren Randolph (West Ham), Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday), Danny Rogers (Falkirk),
Defenders: Seamus Coleman (Everton), Cyrus Christie, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce (all Derby), Paul McShane (Reading), John O'Shea (Sunderland), Shane Duffy (Brighton), Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), Marc Wilson (Bournemouth), Stephen Ward (Burnley).
Midfielders: Aiden McGeady (Preston), James McClean (West Brom), Glenn Whelan (Stoke), James McCarthy (Everton), Jeff Hendrick (Burnley), Stephen Quinn (Reading), David Meyler (Hull), Conor Hourihane (Barnsley), Harry Arter (Bournemouth), Eunan O'Kane (Leeds), Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham), Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City), Robbie Brady, Wes Hoolahan (both Norwich), Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff), Jonathan Hayes (Aberdeen).
Strikers: Shane Long (Southampton), Daryl Murphy (Newcastle), Jonathan Walters (Stoke), Kevin Doyle (Colorado Rapids).
The group of 14 scientists, artists, students and businesswomen is campaigning against marine litter.
They stopped off in Belfast to send home the message that plastics are never fantastic and one-use plastics are clogging up our oceans.
"We are working to make the unseen, seen," said Megan Ross, a marine biology student from Southampton.
"We are looking at micro plastics and taking samples for analysis by scientists.
"We want to minimise the damage caused by single use plastics."
The expedition has not all been plain sailing.
"We've hit some very rough weather," she said.
"It put a lot of the crew out of action and, at one stage, only three out of the crew of 14 were able to get up and start walking."
The team set off from Plymouth on 8 August and arrived in Belfast on Tuesday.
The 30-day sail around the British Isles has been organised by eXXpedition which specialises in all-women trips with a focus on highlighting the impact of single-use plastic on the planet's oceans, eco-systems and human health.
Lucy Gilliam, co-founder of eXXpedition, said the sail was about spreading awareness of plastic and toxic pollution and the potential impact on human health.
The crew took part in a beach clean-up at Larne Lough during their visit to Northern Ireland. What they found was no surprise - the usual plastic litter.
"What we found were loads of those blue plastic sticks from cotton ear buds, broken plastic chairs and tons of bottle tops," said Lucy.
"It's a similar story along the coastline. We want to challenge people over single use forks and knives and styrofoam containers. We need to put pressure on the industry to change this."
The eXXpedition women are sailing the yacht, the Sea Dragon, and are heading for Arran on Thursday, followed by Stornoway, Edinburgh and back to Plymouth.
Al-Shabab said its forces were surrounding the town after making what it called a planned withdrawal.
Eyewitnesses said armoured vehicles and heavy artillery were used in the attack, which Ethiopia said was made at the request of the Somali government.
Somalia's prime minister meanwhile announced an operation "to liberate the tyranny of... al-Shabab from Somalia".
"Early this morning, the Somali National Army recaptured some al-Shabab-occupied territories engaging the enemies in Hiiraan and other regions of the country," said Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, head of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG)
"We are officially requesting for momentous support from neighbouring countries such as Ethiopia and the international community at large to assist the Somali people and its government with this historic operation."
Al-Shabab fighters withdrew from Beledweyne after a fierce hours-long battle in which local residents had joined "the Mujahideen" to fight against more than 3,000 Ethiopian troops, according to messages posting on a twitter account reportedly run by al-Shabab's press office.
"Sheikh Abu Mus'ab, HSM Military Spokesman, has declared a planned withdrawal from the city and Mujahideen are now surrounding the city," read a tweet posted around 11:30 GMT on Saturday.
Twenty people were killed in the fighting, a BBC Somali reporter said, mostly Ethiopian troops and al-Shabab fighters.
Beledweyne is a strategic town near the Ethiopian border on the road to Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
It was through the town that Ethiopia entered the country during 2006 and from it that its troops were driven in 2008, finally withdrawing back into Ethiopia, says BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut.
An Ethiopian government spokesman, Bereket Simon, told the BBC's Newshour programme: "The TFG has called on neighbouring countries including Ethiopia to assist this operation militarily so that's why we have entered."
Last month, Ethiopia denied that its troops had returned to Somalia - about two years after they withdrew after suffering heavy casualties.
The AU has about 9,000 troops in Mogadishu under a UN Security Council mandate to battle the al-Qaeda-linked group.
Foreign military intervention in Somalia is intended to prevent al-Shabab from overthrowing the weak interim government led by Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed - a moderate Islamist.
Al-Shabab announced a "tactical withdrawal" from Mogadishu in August after fierce fighting with AU forces.
AU commanders in Somalia say they need about 20,000 troops to hold on to territory captured from al-Shabab.
Somalia has not had a functioning central government for more than 20 years and has been wracked by fighting between various militias.
Such has been the red rose dominance of the Calcutta Cup, even legends such as Andy Irvine, Gavin Hastings and David Sole only have two victories on their CVs.
Others, such as the great half-backs John Rutherford and Roy Laidlaw from the mid-1980s vintage, did manage three from their nine matches against England.
But in the Six Nations, it is a rare beast indeed who has savoured the particular sensation of victory over the Auld Enemy on more than one occasion.
Scotland hooker Ross Ford, 31, is the only member of the current squad who can make that claim - a replacement in 2006 before starting their last win in 2008 at Murrayfield.
But two players are on their own in being a part of not only those two triumphs, but Scotland's only other Six Nations win over England in 2000 - the first year of the tournament in its current format.
Record cap holder Chris Paterson is one; Jason White - debutant in 2000, captain and man-of-the-match in 2006, replacement in 2008 - is the other.
"And I beat England in the Under-19s," exclaims the now 37-year-old as he recalls his own proud history in "the biggest game of the season" and contemplates what Saturday's latest edition may bring.
"You feed off what the public perceive is the animosity and huge rivalry, and you let that add to your performance during the game," he told BBC Scotland.
"At Murrayfield the crowd will be a bit more into it, so when there is a great break from Stuart Hogg or Mark Bennett does something fantastic, the crowd get involved and that lifts the players.
"It is always a fine line. Are they able to handle the occasion and produce their biggest performances at the hardest moments when they need to? That is the key ingredient of the best teams on the world stage.
"But Scotland will look to build on what they did [in the narrow quarter-final defeat] against Australia in the World Cup, which was the best performance we have seen since Vern Cotter came in. We need to replicate that level of performance."
White, who won 77 caps as a bone-crunching blind-side flanker or lock, has observed with keen interest head coach Cotter's impact on the current Scotland side since his arrival in the summer of 2014.
Having spent the last three years of his own career working under the New Zealander at French club Clermont Ferrard between 2009 and 2012, he believes Cotter is an ideal fit for the national team.
"He is very quiet, definitely more of an introvert than an extrovert," White notes. "He is happy in his own company. He is a relatively simple man.
"If you work hard for him, you are honest and give your all for the jersey, he is a great guy to work for. On the flip side, if you muck around and don't do your job, then he lets you know.
"To me, he is a good fit for the Scottish players and the Scottish psyche. It is black and white: 'You do this, and we will be successful and give ourselves the best chance of making line breaks and scoring tries'.
"If you know that, there are no hidden mind games or ulterior motives, which from my experience coming through, doesn't fit with the Scottish player."
Three of Scotland's brightest young sparks - fly-half Finn Russell, centre Bennett and lock Jonny Gray - have yet to taste victory in a Six Nations match, let alone beat England. Three other key recruits from the southern hemisphere - flanker John Hardie, prop WP Nel and back-rower Josh Strauss - will be getting their first taste of the tournament.
Having come through some "wobbly points" at the tail-end of last year's Six Nations whitewash - "the manner of the home defeat against Ireland probably shook them up a bit" - and during the World Cup - "the Samoa game was pretty shaky at times" - White believes this year will see Cotter add his stamp further.
"We will see the hallmark of his style of play, reminiscent of how Clermont played during his long spell there," he explained.
"They will be programmed as to what they do in the first two phases off set-piece, but after that, it is attack, play rugby, be adventurous. But you must be very clinical and ruthless in what you do. That is the hallmark of Vern Cotter's rugby for me."
And if Scotland are clinical and ruthless, what could be reasonably expected from this emerging crop over the coming weeks, months and years?
"On the back of Glasgow producing a championship-winning side in the Pro12, the ingredients are there," White acknowledged.
"What they are saying about the team maturing and guys coming through at the right pace, it looks like the next two or three years should see this Scotland team performing.
"What the players have taken from that Australia game we will see in this championship. The big thing is creating momentum in such a short tournament. We have to get a victory out of those first two games (home to England, away to Wales, neither of whom Scotland have beaten in their last eight meetings).
"For me we need to win our two home games against England and France, and then see what we can nick away from home. You would hope to be really competitive in Italy and suddenly if you pick up three victories, that is a fantastic year."
Paul Gray also said some staff do not raise issues because they believe it would not lead to any real change.
Writing in The Herald, he urged them to "have the confidence to come forward" with any genuine concerns.
He added: "You will be listened to and your concerns will be investigated. And you should tell me if they are not."
NHS Scotland staff can raise concerns about patient safety and malpractice through a confidential whistleblowing helpline.
Alert Line has been running for about three years and it is run by Public Concern at Work, an independent whistleblowing charity.
But Mr Gray, who is also the Scottish government's director of general health and social care, said more could still be done to encourage people to raise any concerns they have.
"When I meet staff and trade union representatives, I ask them about their concerns. The answers are interesting, and varied," he wrote.
"Some say that they don't think that there would be any point - nothing would happen if they raised a concern.
"Some say that they fear that there could be consequences for them - perhaps in terms of their career, or a fear of being victimised.
"And others say that they have raised concerns in the past, and nothing happened - or if it did, nobody gave them any feedback. That tells me that there is still something we need to tackle."
Mr Gray said he always welcomed the fact that staff raise concerns because it ultimately leads to a better and safer NHS.
He added: "There's absolutely no room for complacency here. That's why I will continue to champion a culture where genuine whistleblowers are encouraged, supported and valued in NHS Scotland."
Mr Gray also revealed further details about the role of an Independent National Whistleblowing Officer (INO), planned by the Scottish government.
The findings of a consultation on the role were published earlier this year.
Mr Gray said: "The INO will provide external review where individuals have a legitimate concern about the handling of a whistleblowng case and is a further step in developing an open and transparent reporting culture in NHS Scotland."
He added: "The INO will complement a range of policies and procedures already agreed and in place to support and encourage staff to raise concerns."
Groves was floored in the first round but recovered well, making the fight about even at the halfway stage.
But Sweden's Jack landed the more solid blows in the latter stages of the bout and was awarded a split decision.
Groves was knocked out twice by fellow Briton Carl Froch, in 2013 and 2014.
Groves, 27, stormed from the ring after the verdict was announced but while the fight was close, he was always unlikely to sneak a decision against one of Floyd Mayweather's stable-mates in Las Vegas.
In addition, while the official punch statistics revealed that Groves threw 215 more punches than Jack, Jack landed with 56 more.
"I thought I won the fight decisively," said Groves. "I thought I controlled the fight with my jab and that I was in control throughout."
Groves, who has lost three of his last five fights, was controversially stopped in the ninth round of his first fight against Froch before being knocked out in front of 80,000 fans at Wembley last summer.
At the MGM Grand, on the undercard of Mayweather's supposed final fight against American Andre Berto, the scorecards were as unsympathetic, reading 116-111, 115-112 and 113-114 in Jack's favour.
The Londoner's latest defeat scuppered a proposed unification match against arch rival James DeGale, the IBF champion, at Wembley Stadium next summer.
The 31-year-old Jack, who was making the first defence of the title he won from American Anthony Dirrell in April, took his record to 20 wins, one defeat and one draw as a professional.
Groves started in positive fashion and appeared to be winning the opening round until an overhand right staggered him and a second sent him to the canvas.
Having popped straight back up, the Englishman received a mandatory eight count while on unsteady legs but managed to make it to the bell.
Groves looked to have made a full recovery by the start of the second, a round he probably shaded, but Jack did the better work in the third, his jab particularly effective.
Groves probably edged the fourth courtesy of his jab but was still unable to establish his right hand, as the champion continued to look unruffled.
The challenger did land with some right hands in the fifth and Groves also outworked Jack in the sixth, making the fight extremely close at the halfway stage.
Perhaps mindful of Groves's reputation for tiring down the stretch, Jack upped his work-rate in the seventh. And by the end of the eighth, Jack's seconds were telling their man that Groves was "done".
While their assessment proved to be a miscalculation, Groves looked even more weary in the ninth as Jack continued to soften him up with some hurtful body shots.
Groves looked very weary by the end of the 10th, Jack having winded him on the bell with a right to the solar plexus.
The challenger fought back gamely in the 11th and also had some success in a wild final round, but Jack was never in serious trouble and probably deserved his victory.
Three elderly people were found dead on Tuesday in Dungog, north of Sydney, where homes have been washed away by flooding.
Some 200,000 homes across the state are still without power on Wednesday.
Australia's weather agency has warned of more heavy rain and high winds before conditions begin to ease.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has said that gusts of 100km/h (62mph) are still possible along the coast and that thunderstorms could lead to flash flooding for parts of the Sydney area and Illawarra district.
In other developments:
"We're seeing a continuation of the wind, rain, flash flooding, and whilst it is still dangerous, the positive is that there is some easing. But we still have a lot to get through in the next 48 hours," said NSW State Premier Mike Baird on Wednesday, as quoted by ABC News.
He added that some of the worst hit locations would be declared natural disaster areas.
"To give you a sense of the size and scope - in Dungog there's more rain that has come down in the last 24 hours than they have seen in a 24-hour period for the past century."
Earlier, he urged workers to avoid travelling at peak times to try to ease the strain on transport networks struggling to cope with the storm.
A severe weather warning has been cancelled for the Hunter district but is still in place for the Sydney area and Illawarra because of damaging winds, heavy rain and very heavy surf.
Local media report that SES helicopters have been able to take off for the first time in 36 hours and will be used to take supplies to the worst affected areas such as Dungog.
One resident in Greta, near Maitland, said the water had risen so fast it had reached waist height by the time he called the emergency services.
"About lunch time it was lapping at the back steps and I thought I had better get out of here. I put a pair of jeans on, a jumper and tried to get out the front door," Henry Krayevski told ABC News.
By the time his rescuers reached him, Mr Krayevski said he was clinging to a tree outside with the floodwater at chest height.
Maitland itself has also had more than 300mm of rainfall since Tuesday morning.
An evacuation warning has been issued for the area around the Manly lagoon and the surrounding district, north of Sydney.
The area's mayor Michael Regan told the BBC that the intense rain and wind had taken their toll on the beaches.
"Residents are telling me they've seen nothing like this before," he said. "What happens now depends on how much more rain we get and how high the tides are."
SES Deputy Commissioner Steven Pearce said: "We've never seen these cyclonic winds last for 24 hours straight. That's what's caused the majority of the damage."
A Carnival cruise ship that was trapped at sea has entered Sydney harbour, local media report.
Air, train and road travel is still being disrupted in Sydney although some ferry services have resumed.
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Swans chairman Huw Jenkins admits the club need two strikers as Andre Ayew is their only central option.
Bafetimbi Gomis is set to join French side Marseille on loan while Alberto Paloschi has gone to Italian side Atalanta and Eder to French side Lille.
Ulloa played a key role in Leicester's Premier League title win last season, scoring six goals in 29 matches, and has been linked with a £15m move.
Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has dismissed any "speculation" about the champions selling the Argentine striker.
And Ranieri insisted to the media on Friday that Ulloa is "very, very happy" at the King Power Stadium and has no plans to sell the player Leicester signed on a four-year deal for £8m from Brighton in July 2014.
"He works hard in training sessions so I am happy with him and all of my players," said Ranieri.
"My plan is to keep all of my players."
Swansea have money to spend after a US consortium purchased a 68% stake in the club, but missed out on a reunion with Wales midfielder Joe Allen.
Jenkins revealed Swansea are keen on signing Tottenham Hotspur attacker Nacer Chadli and the Belgium international has been linked with a £15m move.
Ulloa told the Leicester Mercury that he is happy to remain with the champions.
"Yes, I am happy because the group is very good," Ulloa said. "The team also, and the club is getting stronger. I am very happy here.
"I like to play every game if I can, from the start, but if I can't start then I want to make a contribution, I want to help the team.
"Always I am ready to play. I work every week for that. I like to play and it is always helpful when the player feels important in the group."
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From what I saw from United in their 4-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge, I don't think they are anywhere near the level that their manager Jose Mourinho wants them to be at, and it will probably take them a lot more time to get there.
But what I would add is that they have come out of a period of tough games, and they are going into a spell where their fixtures look a lot more winnable. Mourinho said so himself afterwards.
The next few weeks are an important time for them because you don't win the league by beating the clubs around you - you win it by beating everyone else.
That is what United have to do now, and they have to be more ruthless because draws will not be enough - for me, when they were held at home by Stoke at the start of October, it was almost as disappointing as Sunday's defeat.
In the next few weeks, United are at home to Arsenal but also play Burnley, Swansea and West Ham. Even if they only win those three games, then their world is a brighter place.
Yes, United need to go on a run to make up the ground they have lost but they are only six points off the top of the table and we have already seen things can change very quickly in the title race
After a great start, leaders Manchester City have gone three games without a win and look like they have lost confidence. I don't see a side playing with any rhythm or fluidity.
And it looked like Tottenham's victory over City had launched their season - but they have drawn both their league games since.
It is one of those years where there is not going to be a runaway winner, so United just have to stay in touch at the top.
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What Chelsea have done recently is an example of why it is far too early to write United's season off.
After the first six games of the season, which saw them struggle defensively and lose to Liverpool and Arsenal, I was wondering what their new manager Antonio Conte was doing. His team looked like the same old Chelsea who struggled last year.
But then Conte changed to the 3-5-2 formation that has brought him such success with Juventus and Italy, and they have not looked back.
In three games since, against Hull, Leicester and now United they have scored nine goals, kept three clean sheets and picked up nine points.
All of a sudden, their forward players are playing with freedom - plus they have a solid foundation behind them with their three centre-halves plus N'Golo Kante and Nemanja Matic in midfield.
Hazard in particular has benefited because he is taking up much better positions and is having a greater effect on games for the full 90 minutes because the defensive responsibility is totally off him.
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While Chelsea look like they have found the formation and system that suits them, United are still searching for theirs.
It looked like they might have found it against Liverpool at Anfield on Monday night when they were hard to beat, solid, aggressive and a threat going forward.
They still created chances against Chelsea on Sunday but pretty much everything else went out of the window - they were opened up far too easily and did not have the same aggression.
While Monday's 0-0 draw was a fantastic defensive performance, where United looked like they wanted to defend and enjoyed it, against Chelsea they did neither.
Conceding the first goal after only 30 seconds killed their game-plan but they made things worse after that by trying to chase the game.
Instead of being hard to break down it looked like they were trying to play their way out of trouble and it played into Chelsea's hands.
The Blues were not bothered about United having more possession because they knew the more they had of the more ball, the wider open they would be when they hit them on the counter-attack.
As the game went on, United took too many chances at the back and looked extremely vulnerable.
They became ragged and their players lost concentration, which is something you would never normally associate with a Mourinho side, and Chelsea's third goal epitomised United's poor defensive display.
Yes, it was a good pass from Nemanja Matic to give Eden Hazard the chance to take on Chris Smalling inside the area but you would not normally find those gaps.
So, I am not surprised that the biggest thing Mourinho was disappointed about afterwards was the mistakes that led to all four of Chelsea's goals.
It is not as though the Blues continuously opened United up. Cut out those errors, and it would have been a much tighter game.
Phil Neville was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
The viability of playing day-night Tests, to boost crowds, is being explored by the game's governing body, the International Cricket Council.
And Morris told Radio 4's Today programme: "This may be a next step."
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott is an advocate. "You have to change or sadly [Tests] are going," he said.
Speaking on BBC Radio's Test Match Special programme on Monday, he added: "We don't market the game. We just believe that this has been Test cricket for 200 years but you have to change.
"If you're selling something to the public - and sadly, rightly or wrongly, we are selling it - you have to change to what the public want, what they can afford and when they can go."
While accepting that change was inevitable, Morris said a degree of caution was needed.
"I've got a pretty open mind on whether we play under lights as far as Test match cricket is concerned," he continued.
"The colour of the ball we would potentially use under lights would be important and trialling it in other forms of the game before we do it at international level would be important.
"We have to keep an open mind. There has been a lot of change in our game in recent years. This may be a next step but we'd need to make sure we'd got it right before it was played at international level."
Playing day-night Tests is not a new initiative. In December 2009, the then-ICC president David Morgan said he believed they would be introduced within two years.
One of the big issues is finding a coloured ball that is easy for the batsman, fielders and spectators to see under floodlights.
A pink ball has already been trialled in first-class cricket in Pakistan this year but the ICC have recommended that all nations test the ball in their four-day competitions to ensure it is up to standard.
The 17-year-old's agent confirmed to BBC Radio Devon that Rob Daley, 40, had passed away on Friday evening.
"He died 14 months exactly to the start of the 2012 Olympics," said the 17-year-old Daley.
And he added: "I hope he will be watching and waving his big Union Jack in London from somewhere else. I love you so much dad."
Diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2006, Rob gave up his electrician's business to follow Tom to events around the world and watched his then 15-year-old son become Britain's first individual diving world champion when he won the 10m platform event in Rome in 2009.
Plymouth-born Tom followed that success with double Commonwealth gold in the 10m platform and 10m synchro event in Delhi in October 2010.
However, for the first time, Rob was not with Tom because he had been undergoing chemotherapy and doctors had advised him not to travel.
Rob, who had 80% of a fist-sized brain tumour removed in 2006, had been in remission until a routine health check in 2010 discovered a tumour had returned. He watched events in Delhi unfold on television and was phoned by Tom "within a minute" of him winning gold.
"Tom's father was very dedicated and would come and watch every training session," added Daley's coach Andy Banks.
"He never got involved in the coaching side of things but offered Tom his full support.
"Even if Tom wasn't performing up to his usual standard, his father would be really supportive. He was very much part of Tom's team and Tom wouldn't be where he is today without him."
Tom, who was with his father on Friday, wrote on Twitter: "I love you so much Dad."
And on Saturday, he added: "If I could be half the dad that my dad was to me then that would be my best achievement! I love you! Xx"
A British Swimming statement said: "Tom Daley's father, Rob Daley, lost his battle with cancer yesterday, 27 May, at 9.35pm.
"His health has been fluctuating since February but he continued to fight until the last day, defying doctors' expectations.
"The family have asked for respect to their privacy during this very difficult period."
David Sparkes, chief executive of British Swimming, added: "On behalf of everyone at British Swimming, I would like to express our condolences to the Daley family at this very sad time.
"We will be doing all we can to ensure the whole family has the right support structures in place to help them through this difficult time.
"Rob will be remembered as a dedicated father, a fan of diving and a passionate and effervescent character who will be greatly missed."
Several high-profile divers and swimmers have posted their own messages on Twitter.
Tom's 10m synchro diving partner Pete Waterfield said: "R.I.P Rob our thoughts are with you @TomDaley1994 love the Waterfield family."
And Australia's Olympic gold-medal winning diver Matthew Mitcham tweeted: "@TomDaley1994 my thoughts are with you *hugs*."
Britain's double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington said: "My thoughts are definitely with @TomDaley1994 and his family at this horrible time! Such awful sad news. We're all here for you tom x."
Tom later replied to the well-wishers: "Thanks for all the lovely messages about my dad... he was a great husband, son and father! X."
Tom is one of Britain's best prospects for a medal at next year's Olympics and last October, in an interview for a BBC documentary, Rob said: "London 2012 is a massive motivation for me. Am I going to be there? Tom is the oil in my lamp and he's going to keep me burning."
Last month Rob defied his illness to watch Tom and his new synchro partner Waterfield win a World Series event in Sheffield.
Rob wore a T-shirt to the meeting which read "Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning" with Tom saying after the event: "I am his oil."
Rob leaves his wife Debbie and three sons, Tom, William and Ben.
Pat Hickey, along with Irishman Kevin Mallon, is one of 10 defendants facing a number of charges as part of an investigation into an alleged ticketing scam.
The judge ordered that the passports of Mr Hickey and Mr Mallon be retained.
It is expected that it could be up to a year and a half before a court case takes place.
Mr Hickey, was the most senior Olympic official in Ireland before his dramatic arrest in a Rio hotel room on 17 August.
He spent time in the maximum security Bangu 10 prison before being released and placed under house arrest on 30 August.
Under the ruling, Mr Hickey and Mr Mallon will be returned to jail if they breach any of the conditions imposed on them by the court in Rio de Janeiro.
Following his arrest, the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) said he had stood down temporarily from his roles.
Two other Irishmen are also facing charges or are being sought by police.
Kevin Mallon, a Dublin-based director of THG Sports, is also facing charges in relation to the alleged ticketing scam.
On Friday, police in Brazil said an arrest warrant was being sought for Martin Burke, the sports director of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI).
Dundee Sheriff Court heard John Cummings shouted, swore and acted aggressively towards medics at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital.
The court was told he had been taken to the hospital heavily under the influence of alcohol.
Cummings threatened to turn up at the home of one of the doctors.
The 44-year-old, a prisoner at HMP Perth, pleaded guilty to a charge of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner on 7 May.
Sheriff Alastair Brown told Cummings: "People who kick off in A&E, threaten staff and assault staff can expect to be dealt with very seriously.
"It is a particularly sensitive environment.
"People may have been in there suffering life-threatening issues.
"Deterrence in these cases is the most important sentencing objective."
Patrick Denman, 36, quit his job and drove off from his depot in the truck.
Denman, of Ashington, Northumberland, almost hit his boss then headed the wrong way down a dual carriageway at rush hour, swerving towards a police car and driving through a red light.
The works vehicle stopped on a grass verge near Cramlington about 50 minutes after setting off.
At Newcastle Crown Court, Denman admitted aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving and having no insurance in the incident in March and was jailed for six months.
The court heard he was on his way to his ex-partner's home to intimidate her.
Judge Amanda Rippon accepted Denman's personal expression of remorse and was told he had been having a nervous breakdown.
He was given a five-year restraining order and banned from driving for 15 months.
The court was told Denman, of North Seaton Road, stole the 32-tonne lorry from the Owen Pugh depot in Dudley, North Tyneside.
He had started work as normal at 07:00 GMT on 16 March but was called back to the depot an hour later.
Following a row with his boss over his timesheets, Denman, who had missed out on two promotions, headed to his vehicle.
Two colleagues tried to jump into the cab to force him to stop and they either fell or jumped as it continued through the depot gates. No-one was injured.
Denman drove for about 12 miles without incident until he was on the A1172, where he was spotted by officers in patrol cars and the force helicopter.
After crossing the central reservation, he performed a U-turn and headed back on the wrong side of the dual carriageway towards two stationary patrol cars sent to the incident.
He swerved towards one of them, went left through a red light into a housing estate, then immediately on to some grass where his truck got stuck.
Denman denied he was driving towards his ex-partner's home and said he had driven on to the grass to try to evade police.
Judge Rippon said: "Mr Denman, there really is only one appropriate sentence for someone who takes an HGV vehicle and drives it on public roads in rush-hour traffic against the traffic towards oncoming vehicles in the way you did."
He told the judge: "I am truly sorry for the inconvenience I have caused and I didn't mean to hurt anybody."
Kevin Allen posted a picture of the draft script to Tin Town on his Facebook page, saying: "Some of us had to work over Christmas and New Year."
He commented that filming was due to take place in June, potentially in the Llanelli area.
Twin Town actor Rhys Ifans said in December that there was a "juicy Welsh movie" in the pipeline.
Set in Swansea, Twin Town was released 20 years ago this April.
Mr Allen, who grew up in the city, previously said he wanted to revisit some of the film's characters.
Mourinho was due to manage an England XI including ex-Arsenal keeper David Seaman and former United defender Phil Neville, plus a host of celebrities.
The 53-year-old could still help train the squad and will be at Old Trafford for the game, although he might not be in the dug-out.
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce takes over from Mourinho.
The match is Mourinho's first at Old Trafford since his appointment as Louis van Gaal's successor last month.
The former Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid boss visited United's Carrington training ground for the first time on Monday.
He was given a tour by executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and met club legend Sir Bobby Charlton during his seven-hour visit.
Mourinho is yet to meet with Ryan Giggs. The Welshman still has a contract as an assistant manager, although Mourinho's long-time deputy Rui Faria is expected to be in that role next season.
Giggs, 42, is on leave until Saturday and is yet to be contacted by Mourinho or Woodward - and is still to be told what role, if any, they have for him.
Meanwhile, midfielder Michael Carrick is expected to stay on at United for another season. The 34-year-old is out of contract but a new one-year deal has been offered by the club.
Attorney General Dominic Grieve and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith told the Daily Telegraph modern Britain had "Christian heritage".
Deputy PM Nick Clegg has also said it is "obvious" that Christianity is integral to the UK's identity.
A group of public figures recently objected to David Cameron's description of the UK as a "Christian country".
Mr Cameron had also said Britons should be "more confident" in defending "Christian values".
Mr Grieve, a patron of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, said atheism had not made "much progress" in the UK.
"Many of the underlying ethics of society are Christian-based and the result of 1,500 years of Christian input into our national life," he said.
"It is not going to disappear overnight. They [atheists] are deluding themselves."
Mr Grieve went on to say that there had been a rise in the "assertiveness" of some religious groups, which some people with "softer religions" had found "disturbing".
"I do think that the rise of religious fundamentalism is a major deterrent to people," he said.
"It is a big turn-off away from religion generally, and it's very damaging in that context."
Mr Duncan Smith said claims that Britain was not a Christian country were "absurd" and ignored "both historical and constitutional reality".
"It is arguably our Christian heritage, with its innate tolerance and inclusivity, that has ensured the freedom of all voices - religious or non-religious - to be heard and to be valued," he said.
Asked about the controversy at an event in London, Lib Dem leader Mr Clegg said: "I'm not a man of faith but I think it's stating the obvious that we are a country underpinned, informed, infused by Christian values, Christian heritage, Christian history, Christian culture, and Christian values.
"That is something that is obvious about our identity as a nation.
"We are also a very tolerant nation. In fact one of the great Christian values is tolerance and respect for other people, people of other faiths, other views. So I think our Christian heritage sits very comfortably alongside our plurality and our tolerance as a people."
A group including academics, authors and philosophers responded in an open letter to the Telegraph in which they said Mr Cameron's description of Britain as a Christian country had "negative consequences for politics and society".
The group, which included author Philip Pullman, comedian Tim Minchin and philosopher AC Grayling, wrote: "Repeated surveys, polls and studies show that most of us as individuals are not Christian in our beliefs or our religious identities."
They added that claiming Britain was a religious society "fosters alienation and division".
In response to Mr Grieve and Mr Duncan Smith's comments, Andrew Copson, from the British Humanist Association, said: "We'll leave it to other people to argue whether, in light of its pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon and Roman influences and post-Christian enlightenment influences, our law can be described as Christian."
He said the letter "made it clear that we respect the right of people to their religious beliefs but that in a very diverse society like today's we need to build an inclusive national identity not a narrow one. To try and make this instead a war of words about religion as such is a distraction."
The 2011 census found 59% of people in England and Wales said they were Christians - down from 72% a decade earlier.
In Scotland the figure was 54% - down from 65% - while the percentage fell slightly to 83% in Northern Ireland.
Ray Wright, who reopened the mine as a working museum, has died aged 85 after a long battle with bone cancer, his family said.
The caverns near Coleford attract about 50,000 visitors each year.
They were mined for iron ore and red ochre for more than 4,000 years until the mine closed in 1945. They were reopened by Mr Wright in 1968.
Jonathan Wright said people "thought he was crazy" when his father first suggested opening up the underground caves.
"He wanted to show people the work the miners had done. People just thought he was mad.
"He stuck at it and worked away at it and gradually opened up the caverns, and people came.
"Gradually, people began to realise these were fascinating workings, that Ray was making something quite unusual and interesting.
"The caves are a tribute to his vision."
David Broadbent, of the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Tourism Association, said Mr Wright had been "a font of knowledge about the forest's history".
Mr Wright was secretary of the Forest of Dean Freeminers Association for more than 30 years, and was one of four current Verderers of the Forest of Dean.
The 35-year-old, who has won 17 majors, is due to make his comeback from a knee injury against Britain's Dan Evans in the Hopman Cup in Perth on Monday.
Annacone, who coached the Swiss from 2010 to 2013, told BBC Sport: "Last year was a very tough year for him and he still got to the semis of Wimbledon.
"There is no reason why he can't play at that level again."
Annacone believes Federer's best chance of another major title will come at SW19, where he has triumphed seven times.
The American added: "When you look at his track record, particularly on grass, if he's healthy, it's going to be very difficult not to put him in the sentence as one of the favourites.
"Again, it's about staying healthy, but I absolutely think he can contend for a major title."
Federer has not played since hurting his left knee as he lost in the Wimbledon semi-finals to Milos Raonic in July.
He is competing in the Hopman Cup team event with compatriot Belinda Bencic.
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Federer said he took six months off "so I would be playing for hopefully another two to three years, not just another six months or so".
Having had knee surgery in February 2016, he missed the French Open with a back problem and played only 28 matches in the year.
He last won a tournament in November 2015 - the Swiss Indoors - and has not won a Slam since Wimbledon 2012.
Annacone, who also coached 14-time major winner Pete Sampras and Britain's Tim Henman, believes Federer's extended absence "could be a positive".
He added: "It's given him time to refresh and really get his body healthy.
"Six months isn't critical - it's not what I would call lethal. I know how hard Roger's worked and how professional and meticulous he is about his preparations.
"It is a challenge, but great players love challenges. I expect great things because he's a great player."
Federer, who has spent 302 weeks as world number one, has fallen to 16th in the rankings, his lowest position since May 2001.
That means he could face Britain's world number one Sir Andy Murray or defending champion Novak Djokovic as early as the fourth round of the Australian Open, which starts on 16 January.
Having reached the semi-finals in Melbourne last year, an early exit would further impact on his ranking.
Annacone feels that will not matter to Federer at this stage of his career, citing the example of Sampras, who won the US Open in 2002 as the 17th seed.
"It's not ideal but I'm a glass half-full guy," said the 53-year-old. "I would imagine if you talked to Andy or Novak they're not going to want to be playing Roger in the round of 16 or third round either.
"I was with Pete Sampras when he won his 2002 US Open. He hadn't won an event for 26 months. With these great players, you just don't know what they're capable of. The rules don't apply - they're merely suggestions.
"I remember it with Pete. He said: 'I really don't care what my ranking is, it doesn't matter any more. It's about can I put myself in position to win tournaments, and in particular major tournaments.' I'm sure Roger's approaching it the same way."
As if to underline that, Federer said on Friday: "Winning titles is a beautiful feeling; rankings at the moment... completely secondary. As long as I'm healthy, I think I can really do some damage."
Federer, who has won more Grand Slams than any other male player, will be 36 in August, and Annacone says he does not need to chase history for motivation.
"I just think the sheer joy of competing and the challenge of testing himself against the others will be enough for Roger," he said. "He's so at peace with what he's done and where he is that he'll do it organically by himself.
"If he stays healthy and is able to train and compete as often as he's planning to then I would consider that a success.
"If he does that, his average level, for how talented he is, is going to be somewhere in the top 10 anyway. If that's the case, that average level will create opportunities where he is playing at the end of events."
Annacone, who keeps in touch with Federer "via texts and instant messaging", says the Swiss has been "in good spirits".
"A couple of weeks ago he was doing great, he was really happy in his training in Dubai," he said. "His body felt good and he was really excited about 2017."
But Annacone, who will be commentating on the Australian Open for Tennis Channel, says Federer must "stay patient" in the early stages of his comeback.
"He is so meticulous in his preparation that I expect him to play pretty terrific tennis pretty quickly," he added.
"Now can he do it second event in, the Australian Open, for seven matches? That's a big challenge but he's done it so many times in the past."
A Scottish Premier League commission found Rangers "did not gain any unfair competitive advantage" from the use of tax-free loans between 2001 and 2010.
Now the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of HM Revenue and Customs over the use of Employee Benefit Trusts.
The Scottish FA has ruled out any disciplinary action, while the SPFL are considering the judgement.
"We are sure that the footballing authorities in Scotland will wish to review this matter," said Celtic.
In 2013, Rangers were fined for breaking player registration rules.
But the SPL commission, headed by Lord Nimmo-Smith, resisted calls for Rangers to be stripped of titles won in the period of EBT use.
The judgement was made at a time when the scheme was deemed acceptable by a 2012 tax tribunal.
Another tribunal in 2014 also found in Rangers' favour, but the Court of Session ruled the other way after an appeal in 2015.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed RFC's appeal and ruled in favour of HMRC.
Rangers won five league titles between 2001 and 2010, with Celtic runners-up on each occasion.
The statement from the current champions added: "Celtic's position on this issue has been consistent - that this has always been a matter for the courts of law and also the Scottish football authorities, whose rules are intended to uphold sporting integrity.
"In 2013, we expressed surprise - shared by many observers and supporters of the game - over the findings of the SPL commission that no competitive or sporting advantage had resulted. Today's decision only reaffirms that view.
"We are sure now that the footballing authorities in Scotland will wish to review this matter. Celtic awaits the outcome of their review."
Following the Supreme Court announcement, a spokesman for the Scottish Professional Football League, which was formed in June 2013, said: "We will take time to examine the judgement in detail and to consider any implications for the SPFL."
Nimmo-Smith also fronted a tribunal for the SFA following Rangers' administration in 2012. That resulted in a fine and transfer embargo and a lifetime ban for former owner Craig Whyte.
The SFA's statement said there was a "very limited chance" of succeeding with a complaint relating to rule breaches after the Supreme Court's ruling in favour of HMRC.
The governing body added: "Even if successful, any sanctions available to a judicial panel would also be limited in their scope.
"Accordingly, having had time to consider the opinion from senior counsel, and having examined the judgment of the UK Supreme Court, the board has determined that no further disciplinary action should be taken by the Scottish FA at this time."
But what does the Speaker do? Read our guide to the role, how the Speaker is chosen, and the history of the job.
The Speaker of the House of Commons chairs debates between Members of Parliament (MPs). They keep order and call up MPs to speak.
The Speaker also represents the House of Commons to the Queen, the House of Lords and other authorities.
They have three deputies.
The role of the Speaker goes to an MP who is decided in a secret vote of their fellow MPs.
They are elected on the first day a new parliament comes together, or after a Speaker has resigned.
The Speaker must remain impartial at all times - that means they cannot take sides.
When elected, they must resign from their political party and stay separate from political issues - even after they retire.
The Speaker has a powerful role in the House of Commons.
They can ask an MP to withdraw remarks if they think it's inappropriate, and tell MPs to be quiet so opinions can be heard.
They can also suspend MPs who misbehave - or even call off a session if things get really out of hand.
Debates in the House of Commons can get very heated, especially during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) - when the prime minister answers questions from MPs on Wednesdays.
MPs will often shout and jeer at each other and call each other names.
In April, Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband made the news for using the insults "muppet" and "dunce" for each other.
With more than 600 MPs to control, it can be hard work keeping things running smoothly.
The current Speaker is John Bercow. He was elected on 22 June 2009.
He is the 157th Speaker of the House of Commons.
He was elected MP for Buckingham in 1997 as a member of the Conservative Party.
The Speaker role is more than 600 years old.
The first Speaker, Sir Thomas Hungerford, was appointed in 1377, but earlier versions of the role date back to 1258.
Until the 17th Century, the Speaker was seen as working for the king or queen. But the Speaker was often blamed if they brought news from Parliament that the monarch did not like.
Due to this, seven Speakers were executed between 1394 and 1535!
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Cala is waiting for EFL clearance to purchase Abdulrahman Al-Hashemi's stake in the club's owners, G50 Holdings.
Lemos bought a share in G50 in September, but 99% of that share was transferred to tax consultant Graham Burnard on 11 January.
Subsequently, Durham-based Burnard claims he is the club's owner.
Players and staff at the League Two club are yet to be paid. and Burnard says he is looking to oversee payments to staff and players within the next week.
Brazilian Lemos, who bought a controlling stake in the club in September, also claims he owns G50, and says the order means he has to be "engaged with" by the relevant parties before any shares are sold.
His spell at Morecambe, which began in September, has been criticised by the club who claimed he had not been present for 10 weeks and Companies House records show that his shares in G50 Holdings, which were used to purchase the club, had been transferred.
Uncertainty over who owns the club has added to the confusion relating to Lemos' court order, which Shrimps director Rod Taylor says they are yet to fully understand the implications of.
"What they're saying is there's no prospect of an immediate sale of the football club," Taylor told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"We're trying to make sense of this, and we're making representation to the other parties, and to the Football League most importantly, to try to understand what's going on."
Italian businessman Cala hopes to purchase the stake in G50, after the Qatari businessman Al-Hashemi returned to help the club earlier this week.
There are also concerns that Morecambe's next home game against Cambridge United might not go ahead.
However, Cala says he has resolved a problem with access to adjoining land, which was operated by a separate company - PMG Leisure - which is now in administration. The land includes the matchday control area. | A love story between an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian Muslim has topped the list of bestsellers after Israel's education ministry refused to allow the book on to the school curriculum.
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The 34-year-old tight-head retired from international rugby in January, having won 95 caps for his country and four Six Nations titles.
It will be a first foray into the English game for the former British and Irish Lions man.
Jones started at Neath before spending 11 years with Ospreys, and signed for Blues in August 2014.
"He is a world-class prop and we cannot wait to get him involved," said director of rugby Conor O'Shea, whose Quins side are currently eighth in the Premiership table.
"Not only is it apparent that Adam wants to keep going for some time to come, but the work he will do in supporting and pushing our young tight-heads Kyle Sinckler, Will Collier and Matt Shields will benefit us for years to come."
Jones joined Swansea-based Ospreys when the region was formed in 2003 and won four Celtic League titles with the club.
The Abercrave-born front-rower has competed at the last three World Cups and was part of the Lions tours to South Africa in 2009 and Australia four years later.
However, he announced his decision to quit international rugby earlier this year after failing to make Warren Gatland's Six Nations squad.
"I'm really excited about this new challenge," said Jones. "Contrary to media reports in Wales, I have had options here, but Harlequins is an ambitious and progressive club with good values.
"Everyone who is there, or who has been there, loves it and having spoken to both Conor O'Shea and John Kingston I was even more impressed."
The 22-year-old cemented the outside centre position last season and his form saw him play for England's second team in South Africa during the summer.
James has joined hooker Cameron Neild in committing to the club.
"I'm more than delighted to sign with the club moving forward with the players that have signed recently," he told BBC Sport.
"One lucky season like last year doesn't define you as a player so I've got to move on and keep pushing forward."
Director of rugby Steve Diamond added: "I have every confidence he will build on his first full season with us and am sure he will be pushing towards an England call-up in the not too distant future."
The FTSE 100 index closed 1.8% higher at 6,902.2 points, with miners Rio Tinto and Anglo American the top gainers.
Banks were boosted by hopes that a rescue package for Italy's Monte Dei Paschi may emerge.
Reuters reported that Italy was preparing to take a €2bn stake in the country's oldest bank.
"There is general Christmas cheer in the markets after the Dow Jones struck another record high on Tuesday," said Kathleen Brooks from City Index.
"This is helping to boost risk sentiment overall. The markets are still banking on a big US [growth] upswing under Trump, and also more stimulus from the ECB, which leaves equity markets in a sweet spot as we head into the end of the year," she added.
Shire was the biggest faller, down 4.5%, with WPP shedding 2.8%.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.55% against the dollar to $1.2608, and dropped 0.9% against the euro to €1.1723.
That followed a surprise fall in UK manufacturing, which analysts said could dent fourth quarter growth figures.
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Halfpenny, 26, is expected to have a scan on the injury on Monday amid fears he will miss the World Cup.
Scrum-half Rhys Webb, also 26, may also be out after damaging ankle ligaments as Wales beat Italy on Saturday.
"Really can't thank you all enough for all your well wishes. Trying to stay as positive as possible," Webb tweeted.
Webb was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff after the game, which Wales won 23-19.
Wales coach Warren Gatland said the scrum-half's injury was "not a break, but could be ligament damage".
The player tweeted earlier on Sunday: "Morphine and a scrub off the nurses. Good start to a glorious Sunday morning."
Toulon full-back Halfpenny was also taken off on a stretcher during Wales' final warm-up game, appearing to twist his right knee while attempting to collect a loose ball.
His right leg was heavily bandaged from the start of the game, and former Wales winger JJ Williams said he should not have been risked.
"The bandaging on his leg was quite enormous wasn't it? So there's a problem there," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"I think it was a bad decision to play him at all.
"It was the ideal chance to try Matthew Morgan at full-back - just give him a run out.
"They are paying the penalty. Now we've got a deep problem of who is going to replace these boys."
Webb has established himself as Wales' leading scrum-half, while Halfpenny is their main goal-kicker.
If Webb is ruled out, Racing 92 veteran Mike Phillips is a leading candidate to be recalled, having been omitted from the original 31-man squad.
Wales begin their World Cup campaign against Uruguay in Cardiff on 20 September, before facing England, Fiji and Australia in their pool.
Owen Farrell slotted a late penalty to level the scores at 15-15 and share the three-Test series with New Zealand.
Lions captain Sam Warburton said Saturday's draw was "a bit of an anticlimax for the players".
But head coach Warren Gatland said: "It is a great achievement coming here and drawing the series."
Having been outplayed in the first Test before securing a memorable victory in the second, the Lions were chasing only their second series win in New Zealand.
But neither side could find a knockout blow in Auckland and Farrell's late kick, plus referee Romain Poite's much-debated decision to change his mind and award a scrum rather than a penalty to New Zealand a minute later, meant captains Kieran Read and Sam Warburton lifted the trophy together.
"I don't think we played that brilliantly tonight but I think it is a fair result in the end," Gatland added.
"I'm really proud of the boys, no-one gave us a hope in hell at the start. They should be really proud of what they have achieved.
Lions skipper Warburton joked he was "getting ready for extra time" but a draw was "better than losing".
"Both teams are going to be gutted they didn't take a series win," he added. "I guess it's a little bit of an anticlimax from the players' point of view."
New Zealand, who had not lost at Eden Park since 1994, had a chance after Farrell's late leveller to win the match and take the series.
The All Blacks were initially awarded a penalty by Romain Poite from the re-start when replacement hooker Ken Owens caught the ball in an offside position, but the French official then reviewed it and called it instead as an accidental offside.
"We all know what happened and we all know probably what should have happened," Hansen said of Poite's decision.
"We're accepting of whatever decisions were made and whether we agree with them or not it's something we'll do our talking to the referees about."
Gatland, meanwhile, believed the penalty should have been given to the Lions.
"I thought it was a penalty to us, Kieran Read jumped in and he's hit the player [Liam Williams] in the air," he said.
"[Warburton] has been quite smart and astute in being able to talk the referee from a penalty into an accidental offside."
New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen said he felt "hollow" after Saturday's game and described the draw as "a bit like kissing your sister and no-one wants that".
But the 58-year-old added that "maybe a drawn series was fair".
"It's not a World Cup final, so if you're good enough to get a draw then maybe it's right that both teams get recognised," he said.
All Blacks skipper Read, playing his 100th Test for New Zealand, said he did not know what to feel.
"To walk away with a draw doesn't mean much," he said. "In the future I will look back at this with pride.
"Maybe it's the right result for the series. Both teams played well in patches and tonight we just couldn't be split."
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Gatland entered his post-match news conference wearing a red nose - a little jibe at the New Zealand press who have mocked and criticised the Hamilton-born coach throughout the tour.
The 53-year-old had the last laugh as he is now undefeated on two Lions tours.
Gatland will now return to his role as Wales head coach and turn his attention to the 2019 World Cup in Japan.
The England Under-21 international, who has been at Turf Moor since September, will join the club permanently on a three-and-a-half-year deal later this month.
Manager Sean Dyche described the 21-year-old as a "good young player".
"We see a lot of development in him as he's on a good pathway and we're delighted," he added.
Keane has made 11 appearances for the Clarets in the Premier League and the FA Cup, partnering captain Jason Shackell in central defence.
His loan deal was due to end after the home match against QPR on Saturday.
Keane has also represented England at under-19 level and helped them reach the semi-finals of the 2012 Uefa European Under-19 Championship.
The fishermen at Cove told last year how the landowner wanted the boats removed as he looked to improve the area where they were moored.
However, they have continued to operate.
A legal letter has now been received, giving them a deadline to remove the boats or face court proceedings.
Boat owner Jim Adam told BBC Scotland: "Many people use the facility.
"I find it incredible we have not heard in a year-and-a-half and then we get a letter, which is ridiculous.
"There's no intention to remove anything - we need to stand up for our rights."
Landowner Pralhad Kolhe declined to comment.
A letter from law firm Stronachs on his behalf, dated 26 August, gave a 14-day deadline before court proceedings would commence.
It stated the boat owners had "no right" to store their boats or equipment on Mr Kolhe's property.
The institution spent £168,747.16 on Prof John Hughes' house between 2010 and 2015.
The NUS said it was wrong that, "those who get paid the most money also get the greatest perks".
The university said it owned the building, and that it was a, "normal arrangement".
Freedom of information (FOI) figures reveal that the institution spent almost £130,000 refurbishing the house.
Payments for new furniture include £2,080 for a Laura Ashley bedframe and mattress, £1,289 for Laura Ashley curtains, as well as £1,499 for a sideboard.
Prof Hughes' broadband and telephone bills are also covered.
The university bought the residence for £475,000 in 2010 when Prof Hughes took up his position.
Fflur Elin, Bangor NUS president, said: "Is it right that people who get paid the most also get the most perks?
"Nobody has done anything illegal. But we should be moving to a system where this doesn't happen.
A Bangor University spokesman said a June 2011 independent report valued the property at £750,000 at that time.
They added: "The university has invested in a house for the vice-chancellor which is also used for events and meetings with the vice-chancellor.
"This is a normal arrangement for universities and the university own the house.
"It's important to note that the house is a university asset like many other buildings and can be sold at any point in the future, should the university wish to do so.
"During the same period, the university has also invested over £100 million in facilities for students at Bangor."
Captain Ronaldo left the Stade de France pitch in tears after 25 minutes following Dimitri Payet's tackle.
But Portugal won their first major tournament thanks to substitute Eder's 25-yard strike in extra time.
"It was tough to lose our main man, the man who could at any moment score a goal," said Pepe. "We said we would win it for him and we managed to do that."
Pepe, who plays alongside Ronaldo for Real Madrid, added his team had performed like "warriors on the pitch".
"There was a lot of suffering, it was a very intense game," he said.
Although Portugal had never won a major tournament before, this was their fourth European Championship semi-final or final in the past five tournaments - reaching the quarter-finals the other time.
They lost their only previous final - as Euro 2004 hosts - when underdogs Greece left a 19-year-old Ronaldo in tears. Sunday's final saw roles reversed, with Portugal upsetting the host nation to win the final.
Ronaldo, the most capped and prolific player in Portugal's history - with 61 goals in 133 caps - was in tears when he initially came off the pitch following Payet's tackle.
After some treatment he came back on for a few minutes, but had to admit defeat and came off on a stretcher, again in tears, as he threw his captain's armband to the ground before handing it to Nani.
The 31-year-old has won three Champions League titles and been named World Player of the Year three times, but had never lifted a trophy for his country,
"I am very happy," said the forward, who cheered on his team-mates and shouted instructions from the sidelines in animated fashion during the frantic final moments of extra time.
"I have been looking for this for a long time, since 2004. I asked God for another chance at this because we deserved it. Today I was unfortunate, I was injured but I always believed that these players, together with the strategy, would be strong enough to beat France.
"This is one of the happiest moments in my career. I always said I'd like to win something with Portugal."
Eder, who came on as a 79th-minute substitute, joined Swansea last summer but moved to Lille after failing to score in 15 appearances. His strike against France was his first competitive international goal.
Ronaldo had given him some words of encouragement at half-time in extra time, four minutes before his winner.
"Cristiano told me I would score the winning goal," said the 29-year-old. "He gave me strength and positive energy. A lot of hard work went into it.
"With the injury to Ronaldo, we went through a tough time because he's very important for us but he gave us all his courage and his strength. We were able to win it for him and all the Portuguese people."
Portugal, who began the tournament rated at 20-1 by the bookmakers, only won one of their seven matches in 90 minutes - the 2-0 semi-final win over Wales.
They qualified for the last 16 as one of the best third-placed teams having drawn against Iceland 1-1, Austria 0-0 and Hungary 3-3.
Fernando Santos' side beat Croatia 1-0 in extra time in the last 16 and Poland on penalties in the quarter-finals after a 1-1 draw. They are the first team to go to extra time three times in one European Championship.
Defender Jose Fonte, who plays for Southampton, said: "I was playing League One a few years ago. It defies description - this could be a Hollywood movie.
"France are an amazing team. We lost our skipper, who is the best player in the world, but we believed to the end. Portugal has a shiny future."
Santos took charge of his native Portugal in September 2014. The Iberians have not lost any of his 14 competitive games in charge.
"I am very happy, of course," he said. "First of all I'd like to thank God for being with us, my wife, my mother, my grandson. My father, wherever he is - he's probably having a few beers.
"Cristiano is an amazing example. Today he tried to remain on the pitch. He was very strong in the locker room, he helped all of the boys, that's the definition of team-work. We have a bright future but right now we need to celebrate."
Former England midfielder and Match of the Day summariser Danny Murphy: "It's the ultimate in football. This is for your country, something very few players have experienced.
"It's an amazing story for a team who weren't fancied before or during the tournament. They've shown tonight they possess character and quality.
"Ronaldo gives them the icing on the cake, he's the one who can change the games. Tonight they didn't need him. People won't remember he didn't play much in the final, they'll remember he was the captain of the team who won their first trophy.
"Isn't it brilliant to have a hero [Eder] rather than a villain? Someone scoring a wonderful goal in extra time to win a tournament like this compared to someone missing a penalty."
Ex-England defender and BBC Radio 5 live expert Danny Mills: "Ronaldo can now put himself up there with the greats and an international trophy is maybe what is missing from Lionel Messi's cabinet.
"Now he has eclipsed Messi because he has that trophy."
Barcelona star Messi quit international football this summer after Argentina lost the Copa America final.
Former France striker Thierry Henry, who won Euro 2000, said on BBC One: "It's a sad day. We have a lot of Portuguese in France. We're going to hear about this for a looong time, a very long time."
The brawl broke out at about 23:00 BST on Thursday in the Jourdain Road area of Blackbird Leys.
Police officers found a man in his late 20s with serious injuries at the scene, and he later died in hospital. His next of kin have been informed.
Three men and a teenager were arrested on Saturday, and another man was taken into custody on Sunday morning.
Det Ch Insp Mike Lynch said: "We continue to appeal for the public's help in investigating this senseless murder of a man in his 20s."
On Saturday afternoon police said they arrested two men aged 19 and one aged 27, then a 16-year-old boy was held during the evening, and a 23-year-old man the following morning.
All the suspects are from Oxford and remain in custody.
The building, in Boxford, Suffolk, is thought to have been in use as a shop since the early 15th Century.
It closed as a village store at the start of the year due to a change in ownership, but the building's post office counter remained open.
The Boxford Stores name has been retained as the premises reopens as a delicatessen and green grocers.
Roger Loose, treasurer for the Boxford Society, said there was evidence in church wardens' accounts the shop had been in continuous use since 1528 when it was rented to a butcher called Thomas Rastall.
It had also been a drapery and household goods shop in the 19th Century.
"It probably was a shop in the early 1400s, but we have found no documentary evidence of that," he said.
"The chances are that it was left to the church in a will."
The grade II-listed building on Swan Street was bought earlier this year by Lawrence Mott, who teamed up with local egg farmer Robin Windmill.
Mr Windmill said: "There are some others in the UK that claim the oldest shop title, but this is certainly one of the oldest.
"It needed a bit of freshness and quality and customers have told us what they wanted and we'll flex and do what they want us to do."
Julian Fincham-Jacques, chairman of Boxford Parish Council, said: "After years of uncertainty, this is great news.
"We were worried we could lose the post office, but now the store is re-opening, it looks as if the future of the post office is secured as well.
"There is a shop opposite which also sells groceries, but competition should be healthy and we hope there's room for both of them."
Snodgrass missed the unsuccessful Euro 2016 campaign as he spent 15 months recovering from a knee injury.
And the Hull City midfielder marked his return to competitive international duty with a hat-trick in a 5-1 win over Malta last month.
"He is such a positive influence on the group," said Anya ahead of Saturday's World Cup qualifier with Lithuania.
"It was devastating for him personally when he got such a bad knee injury. But you can see what he brings to the team and, against Malta, it looked like he was making up for lost time.
"He is always buzzing."
Scotland top Group F after the win in Malta, with England also picking up maximum points on the opening weekend.
Lithuania visit Hampden at the weekend, with a trip to Slovakia, the section's second seeds, on Tuesday.
"We know the type of joy it can bring to a nation if we qualify for Russia, we know how happy the whole country will be," added Anya, who won his 22nd cap as a late substitute in Malta.
"I felt the last campaign came down to a few minor details but we are full of optimism and everyone is ready to go.
"We showed when it went to 1-1 in Malta that we had a good mentality to come through that and go on to score five goals.
"We are all here to represent our country. If you are not one of the lucky ones who gets picked, you can still support from the bench or the stands. Enthusiasm is contagious and if you are moping around, the gaffer is not going to call you up."
James Morrison was an unused substitute against Malta and may find himself on the bench again on Saturday, given the little playing time he has had at West Brom.
The 30-year-old with 41 caps has been reduced to four Premier League replacement appearances for his club this season.
"It has been a long time and there is a bit of frustration," said the midfielder. "I have just been waiting for my chance and trying to take it and get back involved with Scotland.
"I think I am ready. I am just waiting. But Baz [Barry Bannan] did really well in the first game and I am pleased for him - he is one of my good pals.
"After scoring give goals in the last game, obviously we have got to be confident. Lithuania is one we will be looking to win. I think we are the favourites and we have a positive mentality going it, thinking we are going to win.
"Slovakia, we know is going to be a lot tougher. It would be great if we could make a statement in the group and win away against one of our rivals."
The presenter of the BBC News at Six and Ten and GMT on BBC World News will take a break from his on air duties while he undergoes treatment.
A statement from the BBC said: "He is grateful for all the good wishes he has received thus far and is optimistic for a positive outcome."
It added: "George asks that he and his family are given the space and privacy they require whilst he recovers."
The BBC said the news programmes would be presented by "familiar faces... until such time as George is well enough to return to work".
The statement continued: "Our thoughts are with him and his family and we send them our very best wishes during this time."
Alagiah, 58, first joined the BBC in 1989 and spent many years as one of the BBC's leading foreign correspondents before moving to presenting, reporting on events such as the genocide in Rwanda and the conflict in Kosovo.
He was made an OBE in 2008's New Year Honours.
Lancashire Police said the 33-year-old woman was discovered dead at a terraced property in Wilton Street on Friday morning.
A seven-month-old girl was found unharmed at the house and taken to a safe place.
The arrested man, 34, was held after being seen "acting suspiciously" on Holmby Street, police said.
He was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a knife and taken into custody. Soon after, police discovered the dead woman when officers were sent to check on her safety.
Police said a post-mortem examination was taking place to try to establish the cause of death.
The 27-year-old scored two goals in 15 appearances last season for John Sheridan's side after signing on deadline day in January.
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In a speech, Sir Michael Wilshaw said such pupils were often an "invisible minority" in schools rated good or outstanding in quite affluent areas.
He wants a new team of "National Service Teachers" sent in to help.
Sir Michael has praised big improvements in London schools.
And he says other big cities, such as Birmingham, Greater Manchester, Liverpool and Leicester, have also made great strides.
"Today, many of the disadvantaged children performing least well in school can be found in leafy suburbs, market towns or seaside resorts," he said in the speech in London.
"Often they are spread thinly, as an 'invisible minority' across areas that are relatively affluent.
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"These poor, unseen children can be found in mediocre schools the length and breadth of our country. They are labelled, buried in lower sets, consigned as often as not to indifferent teaching.
"They coast through education until, at the earliest opportunity, they sever their ties with it."
Sir Michael told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that many of the 1.2 million children in England on free school meals (FSM) were not doing well and that "two-thirds of these are white British children".
"Where the problems now are, are in schools, good schools, outstanding schools, in county areas, with small proportions of poor children that are doing extremely badly."
In a new report, he said there were 15 local authorities where only a quarter of children on FSM achieved five good GCSEs including English and maths last year and that those with the poorest record on this were West Berkshire, Peterborough, Barnsley and Herefordshire.
Nationally, the average for all children was that 59% reached that level, while for children on FSM it was 36%.
He made recommendations aimed at closing the achievement gap between rich and poor.
"National Service Teachers", he says, should be employed by central government to teach in "schools in parts of the country that are currently failing their most disadvantaged pupils".
And he is calling for smaller, "sub-regional" versions of the London Challenge, the initiative which ran in the capital in the 2000s and is credited with turning around many schools.
Under this Labour policy, schools were encouraged to help each other, with successful schools, heads and teachers working with those in less successful schools with similar intakes and circumstances.
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In England, the government has committed itself to closing the achievement gap.
Bridging what is known as the achievement gap is something all recent governments have pledged to do.
There has been some progress, but with a million children on free school meals (FSM) and the danger that many might leave school without good qualifications and end up jobless, there is a drive to do more.
This report suggests some children on FSM do badly at school because they have not had the best start in life and begin school with poor language or social skills, "not ready to learn". Their parents might have "weak parenting skills", they might be out of work or in poor housing, it says.
Without blaming parents, Sir Michael said exceptional schools could "make up for parental weakness", by giving such children extra help as well as high expectations.
He and others suggest this happens when there are systematic improvement programmes, high accountability and high levels of support.
The coalition introduced an extra payment for schools - known as the pupil premium - for each pupil who receives free school meals.
This was about £600 and is rising to £900 in September.
A Department for Education spokesman said: "Closing the unacceptable attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is at the heart of our reforms. That is why we introduced the pupil premium, worth £2.5bn per year by 2015, to target additional funding for disadvantaged pupils.
"Ofsted itself has increased its focus on how schools use the pupil premium to narrow gaps in their inspections."
The spokesman added that other changes, to exams and the curriculum and the academies programme, would lift standards too.
Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, Stephen Twigg, said his party's plans were to increase collaboration between schools to improve standards, as Sir Michael recommended, but those of the government encouraged schools to "go it alone".
"This gap narrowed under Labour and Michael Wilshaw is right to say that our policies, such as London Challenge in which successful schools helped struggling ones, were key to this," he said.
"Labour will ensure all schools work together to raise standards for every child."
Mary Bousted, head of the teachers' union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said the underachievement of poor rural children was not a new problem.
It had been highlighted in a 2008 report but had not been the focus of government attention "for too long", she told BBC's Breakfast programme.
One of the main factors was the isolation of schools and communities, particularly in coastal areas, where there were low wages, high worklessness, children not prepared for learning and children being moved in and out of schools, she said.
Such schools needed extra help and interventions, she added.
She also spoke of the "hidden" poor who were being taught in leafy suburbs among mostly children from affluent homes.
These schools often lacked the expertise or experience of inner-city schools of working with deprived children, she said.
Head teachers' association ASCL, said "parachuting teachers in to short-term placements" would be a "sticking plaster" and what was needed was a co-ordinated national strategy and the long-term support and assistance inner city schools had had.
Platanos College in Stockwell, south London, is one of the London schools to have turned itself around. Some 60% of pupils there receive free school meals.
Deputy head teacher Michael Rush said that in 2000, just 11% of pupils achieved five GCSEs at C grade or above.
Last year, 80% of all pupils achieved five good GCSEs including English and maths, with teenagers on free school meals only a few percentage points behind at 77% - way above the average for pupils on free school meals nationally.
Mr Rush said: "If you look at our intake, we don't have an option not to target the disadvantaged kids as they make up a high proportion of our students.
"We have had to look seriously at how to close the gap and raise the achievement of all children."
He said the school's strategies included having good information about children's abilities through regular testing and then targeting them with the right support.
Children are grouped by ability and there is an emphasis on getting the basics of English and maths right, plus extra classes at weekends and in the holidays - especially for the GCSE years.
Mr Rush said data was important - with the school educating children and parents about the various levels - and that all pupils were set "very challenging targets".
It said it had agreed to open and manage 20 Sprint-branded US stores as part of a pilot programme.
If that proves successful the two firms will move to a second phase that could see the opening of up to 500 US stores.
During the second phase Dixons Carphone will invest up to $32m (£20m) for a 50% stake in the joint venture.
The deal is the first major expansion for Dixons Carphone since the merger of Carphone Warehouse and Dixons last year.
Sprint is the third largest wireless broadband provider in the US and also owns Boost mobile and Virgin mobile phone networks.
Andrew Harrison, Dixons Carphone deputy chief executive, said "This is a very exciting venture for us, and is a significant step in growing our business in the US.
"We bring specialist knowledge and skills to this partnership and will be looking to deliver innovation and outstanding customer service under the Sprint brand."
News of the deal sent shares in Dixons Carphone up 1.5% to 465.10p.
Retail analyst Nick Bubb pointed out that this was not the first North American adventure for either Dixons or Carphone Warehouse, prior to their merger last year.
Dixons bought US electrical store chain Silo for £210m in 1987 but it was not a success. By 1992, Silo was losing £22.4m a year, and Dixons eventually sold Silo to Detroit firm Fretter for $45m (£29m) in 1993.
Mr Bubb said the experience of Silo was still "etched on the corporate psyche" of Dixons, which possibly helped explain why it was taking a fairly cautious approach to re-entering the US market.
Carphone Warehouse had a successful tie-up with Best Buy in the US through the Best Buy Mobile joint venture. That ended in 2012 when Best Buy bought out Carphone in 2012 for $1.3bn.
However, a joint venture between the two in the UK and Europe was not so successful, and all 11 UK Best Buy stores opened under the tie-up were closed.
Pembrokeshire council's cabinet voted on Monday to proceed with a bid for the title.
Members will now consult with stakeholders about putting together a formal application.
There are various stages to the bid, but a final decision on the host city is expected by December this year.
About 2,000 live in the tiny community, popular with tourists and pilgrims and famous for its cathedral which was home to the Patron Saint of Wales, St David.
The paper before the council said St Davids is "steeped in history and heritage... with a remarkable asset base for its size".
The UK City of Culture programme, a UK government scheme, was born from the success of Liverpool as European Capital of Culture 2008.
Derry-Londonderry was the first UK City of Culture in 2013 and Hull is the current city.
Businesswoman Dr Bell, a former member of S4C's governing authority, said she would not be commenting on the matter.
It is understood the Welsh Government hoped another of the shortlisted candidates would be appointed in her place.
However, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has opted to re-advertise the position.
It emerged the Welsh Government had vetoed the preferred candidate to represent Wales on the new BBC Board last week.
The members for England and Scotland were confirmed last Thursday.
But a UK government source said the Welsh Government had "seen fit to veto the secretary of state's choice of candidate".
The Welsh Government said: "Throughout the appointment process, our primary concern has been to ensure the BBC board properly represents the needs of the people of Wales.
"While we were unable to agree with the secretary of state's choice for the post of board member for Wales, we have made it clear there remain appointable candidates on whom we can agree.
"It is unfortunate that the secretary of state has been unwilling to have a proper dialogue with us about it. The latter stages of this process have been deeply unsatisfactory and we believe it is in both Wales and the BBC's interests that we now reopen the process."
Dr Bell has a background in the oil and gas industry and is a former managing director of the Global Oil and Gas Group at the Chase Manhattan Bank.
She is also a trustee of the National Museum of Wales and Wales Millennium Centre and a member of Cardiff University's council.
Former England captain and BBC pundit Alan Shearer, who scored 30 goals in 63 games for his country, explains why he thinks Tottenham striker Harry Kane can carry his impressive club form into international football in Friday's Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania.
I spoke about him recently to one of his former coaches at Tottenham, my old Newcastle team-mate Les Ferdinand, and he says Harry always wants to learn and improve.
He is not the kind of player who will stop working hard just because he has been called up to the senior squad for the first time by Roy Hodgson.
Yes, there was an arrogance about what Kane said over the weekend about him wanting to play for England now, and not just be part of the squad. But it was a good arrogance.
Even before Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge pulled out because of injury, I said that Kane should start against Lithuania in Friday's Euro 2016 qualifier.
One of the reasons I think that is because he has got the confidence to go into the England set-up and straightaway believe that he belongs at that level.
He wants the chance to prove himself. I was the same, and I can understand why he has been compared to me.
I am a huge fan of his and what I love about him is that he scores all types of goals and does not care about the reputations of whoever is marking him.
He has got a great touch, heading ability, can mix it physically and his finishing is top class.
There is a bit of everything to his game and he is happy to run in behind defenders or come short looking for the ball.
He is still raw but, if you put all of that together, then it suggests he can be very, very good.
There are a few reasons why it sometimes takes players time to adjust to international football.
When you are called up for the first time, you probably don't know a lot of people and it is not like joining a new club where you can settle in quickly because you are with your team-mates every minute of the day.
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With England you get maybe five to 10 days together, sometimes not for a few months. You cannot form relationships until you have spent time with people and it takes a while to get used to that.
On the pitch, it is different too. It is described as a step-up is because in the main you are up against better players than you are most weeks at club level.
That will not be the case against Lithuania, though. Again, that is why Hodgson should chuck Kane in for that game.
It is a game we will win anyway and, if he waits until the friendly against Italy on Tuesday, then there will be a lot of changes and it will be difficult to look at Kane properly.
He has scored 29 goals already this season and is clearly in brilliant form, so Friday would be a great chance for him to make a flying start to his England career with a goal on his debut.
Kane is certainly capable of it and I know how extra special it would be for him because it happened to me.
Graham Taylor gave me my England debut at Wembley in February 1992 in a friendly against France, who at the time had not been beaten for 20-odd games.
I was thrown in, like I think Kane should be, and started up front.
Sheffield Wednesday striker David Hirst was my partner in the England attack, with Gary Lineker on the bench.
Beforehand, I was determined to enjoy every minute of that game because I did not know whether I would get another chance, and my advice to Kane would be to approach his debut the same way.
Just before half-time came the moment I had lived for all my life. Nigel Clough took a corner, Mark Wright headed it down inside the area and I turned to fire the ball into the net.
I scored hundreds of goals in my career but I will never forget my first one for my country.
It was an amazing feeling, and I really hope Kane gets to experience it this week too.
There was more - Lineker came on for the second half and I set him up to score our second goal in a 2-0 win.
I was voted man of the match and my prize was two flights to New York. I never quite made it there, though - I gave the tickets to my sister instead.
For me it was pretty much a perfect debut, apart from the fact my mum and dad were not there to see it because I only found out a few hours before kick-off that I was playing and it was impossible for them to get down from Newcastle to Wembley in time.
But it did not stop me being dropped to the B team for England's next game, a friendly against Czechoslovakia a month later.
That was a big disappointment but I had to deal with it, and at some stage Kane will have to face a setback too, whether it be an injury or some bad luck.
His attitude will also help him deal with when something goes wrong, but for now I just want him to keep going. He deserves this chance.
When I broke into the England team, I was fighting for a place alongside Lineker with Paul Merson, Nigel Clough, Alan Smith and Hirst. It was quite intense.
It has been a long time since there has been any sort of competition up front and I think it is a positive that Hodgson might have a problem about who to pick up front when everybody is fit.
He has got Raheem Sterling, Sturridge, Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck as well as Kane so, at some stage, someone is going to be disappointed. That's not a bad thing.
They already have Kane saying 'I'm here, I've arrived and I want my chance' and it will be even better if they start pushing each other as they fight for their place.
At the moment we don't know how Kane will fit into the team but I believe he will be an excellent foil for Rooney, and there is only one way to find out.
Alan Shearer was talking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
A disparate group of some two dozen people are relaxing - that is definitely the word - on plush benches which run along the sides of the vehicle.
They are not here to gaze at the Rocky Mountains. These tourists have come to the Mile High City to get stoned.
"Ready to get high," ask Stacey and Mia Jane, our cheerful, charming guides. The instant cheers and wide grins from the entire bus tell you that this is a rhetorical question.
The driver is sealed into his compartment, in the back a music video blasts out and the passenger compartment is soon filled with a thick fug of smoke.
Welcome to Colorado where recreational marijuana use has been legal since January 2014 and where an entirely new business - cannabis tourism - has taken off.
For many of the passengers this is a remarkable change after spending years hiding their habit in the shadows.
Marijuana has been smoked or otherwise ingested by humans for at least 2,000 years but for much of the past century it has been demonised.
The 1936 propaganda film Reefer Madness set the tone, suggesting that the drug led to murder, suicide and other horrors.
Billions of dollars has been spent on tackling suppliers and enforcing abstinence. And yet now, puff-by-puff, state-by-state, Americans are rehabilitating the herb.
Today it is a legal medicine in 25 US states. Four - Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington - allow recreational use, as does the District of Columbia.
On November 8, as well as choosing a president and sending politicians to Congress, voters in Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada will decide if they want to join the recreational users.
Propositions to allow medical marijuana are on the ballot in Arkansas, Florida, Montana and North Dakota.
In Denver, the state government is raking in millions of dollars in taxation from the fledgling industry, according to Mike Eymer, who runs Colorado Cannabis Tours. But, he argues, the business isn't yet treated equally.
"We still deal with a lot of stigma. We have to jump through a lot of hoops with the regulators. They treat this stuff as if it's nuclear castings," he complains.
Among the federal regulations are restrictions on the ability of cannabis-related businesses to use bank accounts.
In March, an official statistical analysis for the Colorado Department of Public Safety concluded that it was "too early to draw any conclusions about the potential effects" of legalising the drug "on public safety, public health, or youth outcomes".
But the chief prosecutor in Denver insists there has been a rise in violent crime as cash and drugs at marijuana facilities are targeted by armed robbers.
And that's not the only aspect of the industry which concerns District Attorney Mitch Morrissey.
He is worried about traffic accidents as well as the effects on health and education and he has a message for voters elsewhere: Don't end up a "Stoner State" like us.
"Why don't you wait? Because you have a guinea pig out there and it's called the state of Colorado.
"You're making a public policy decision that could have an impact on an entire generation of Americans."
Mr Morrissey says "greed" is the driving factor behind the relaxation of drugs laws.
Visit Desert Hot Springs and you can see his point. Except that here, in this unremarkable and unloved settlement in California's Coachella Valley, they would rather call it a business opportunity.
In recent months patches of barren, dusty land have been changing hands for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Why? Because the town council has decided to embrace and encourage the growth and sales of marijuana.
At present the Wikipedia entry for Desert Hot Springs - upstaged for years by its fashionable tourist resort neighbour Palm Springs - does not even mention the trade.
Jason Elsasser of CV Pharms, a budding cultivation company, thinks that will soon change.
"It's going to be the Mecca of marijuana," he says.
"If what they have just approved so far was built - if they quit taking applications - their budget of $15m a year would increase to $35m to $40m a year," he says, referring to local taxation on production of medical marijuana.
If recreational use is approved on election day, Mr Elsasser reckons that his "humble little town" will go boom.
Back in Colorado, tour operator Mike Eymer is also eyeing California with interest.
He has plans to expand into the Golden State if it votes yes on Proposition 64.
"We raise more money than alcohol taxes do and we don't cause nearly the problem that alcohol does," he says.
But even if Californians approve the measure, as polls suggest they will, marijuana will still not be out of the shadows entirely.
Federal law continues to brand the drug as dangerous and prohibited.
It is a glaring and thorny contradiction, typical of the tussles between state and federal power and between authoritarians and libertarians in the United States.
The Drug Enforcement Administration has twice refused to downgrade cannabis from a Schedule I substance alongside heroin, LSD and MDMA (ecstasy) to a less dangerous Schedule II substance, arguing that it has concerns about patient safety and a "high potential for abuse."
That position may not be sustainable for much longer if millions more Americans use the ballot box on election day to say no to the war on drugs.
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Despite an encouraging first-half performance, Villa lost 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium to sit 12 points from safety with nine games remaining.
Federico Fernandez bundled the ball in to hand Villa a sixth defeat in a row.
"Once again it is frustrating to get nothing out of the game," the 49-year-old Frenchman said.
"Until mathematically it is not possible why should we give up?"
Off the field, Tom Fox stepped down from his role as chief executive at Villa Park this week, while sporting director Hendrik Almstadt also left the club.
There have been a number of changes recently, with ex-Football Association chairman David Bernstein becoming a director and former boss Brian Little taking an advisory role to the board.
"We showed as a team that we were not too much affected by the board stuff," added Garde. "We have to concentrate on our business and that is football and that's what we showed today.
"Today I'm quite pleased with the way that we played. When you've lost you're not happy, but the character that the players showed today we have to do every game."
Sir Norman Bettison was part of a team that gathered evidence about what had happened during the disaster for use at a public inquiry.
Giving evidence at the new inquests, he insisted he was "not embarrassed" about his work within South Yorkshire Police.
Ninety-six people died following a crush at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final.
Sir Norman also said it had "never occurred to him" to mention the work he did after the disaster in his application several years later for the position of chief constable of Merseyside Police.
The now-retired officer held that post between 1998 and 2004, before becoming chief constable of West Yorkshire Police.
The court, sitting in Warrington, Cheshire, heard his appointment on Merseyside created "strong feelings".
Sir Norman had been a chief inspector with South Yorkshire Police at the time of the disaster, and later joined the so-called "Wain Team" working at the force's headquarters.
He and his colleagues reported to Ch Supt Terry Wain and were tasked with gathering evidence about the disaster from officers who had been on duty at the match.
Sir Norman, who witnessed the disaster as a spectator, also attended the public inquiry in May and June 1989, and acted as a "liaison officer" for the force's chief officers.
The jury heard he applied for the Merseyside job in 1998, when he was an assistant chief constable in West Yorkshire.
His application form "did not mention" his work in South Yorkshire "in relation to Hillsborough", the court heard.
Peter Wilcock QC, who represents a group of the bereaved Hillsborough families, asked if Sir Norman was now "embarrassed" by his work on Hillsborough.
He also asked if "in spite of your attempts to distance yourself over the last 26 years, your work with the Wain inquiry inherently involved attempting to blame Liverpool fans, even when you personally knew they were not to blame".
Sir Norman replied: "Let me be clear, I'm not embarrassed by the issue.
"I was not involved in some black propaganda unit to put the blame on the fans."
He added that the "context" in 1998 was "very different from the context that you're trying to create in this courtroom".
He said in the nine years between the disaster and applying for the Merseyside job he had not been criticised for any of the work he had done relating to the disaster.
Asked by his own barrister, Paul Greaney QC, if he understood why the issue created "strong feelings" on Merseyside, Sir Norman said: "I genuinely didn't anticipate that but I did understand it immediately."
He said it did not occur to him to include any of his experiences at South Yorkshire Police in his application form because his work as an assistant chief constable in West Yorkshire was more relevant.
Mr Greaney said: "Did you deliberately conceal your role in the aftermath of Hillsborough from the selection panel or from anyone else concerning your appointment?"
Sir Norman replied: "No I didn't, nor have I."
The inquests, being held in Warrington, are scheduled to resume on Wednesday.
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Trainer Finbar O'Reilly and strength and conditioning coach Eoin Maguire have stood down from their roles.
Former Tyrone attacker McGleenan said he has already begun preparations for next season, after his maiden term in inter-county management this year.
The Breffni men were relegated from Division One of the league in April.
Cavan lost their Ulster Championship opener to Monaghan and scored a qualifier win over Offaly, before losing to Tipperary.
The six-month, £670,000 project will upgrade heating and electrics, as well as seeing large areas repainted.
The 14th Century church was demolished and rebuilt in the 1720s and it was believed all trace of the older building had gone.
But builders have uncovered a piece of ancient brickwork which it is hoped can be put on display.
Cathedral administrator Rachel Morris said the building was in very poor condition at the start of the 18th Century and the vicar took a novel approach to securing its future.
"He decided to knock the church down completely, judging it was easier to fundraise for a new building than repairing an old one," she said.
"So we thought all of the medieval church had gone so its quite important to find that.
"We are in discussions with our archaeologist but we would like to have it accessible to the public in the future."
While the cathedral is open on weekends, it is shut Monday to Friday.
In what is believed to be a UK first, this had meant cathedral services being held in a Roman Catholic Church.
The government won nine out of 10 points being challenged, which Simon Burns said effectively gave the "green light" to the high-speed rail project.
However, the consultation into compensation for those affected was ruled "unlawful" by Mr Justice Ouseley.
Anti-HS2 group 51m has been granted leave to appeal on two counts.
By Richard WestcottBBC transport correspondent
It's a significant win for the government. This court case had the potential to cause them some hefty problems.
If the judge had decided they'd got the environmental impact element wrong, for example, it could have delayed the project by months, even years, and cost the government (and therefore the taxpayer) a lot of money.
Instead, ministers promise they can now carry on without delay.
But don't think that's the end of the legal wrestling.
Today's losers are already promising to appeal. And ministers could face a whole new wave of legal challenges over the second phase of the line, which will run from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds.
The London to Birmingham section of the rail £33bn rail project aims to be running by 2025.
The second phase, north from Birmingham in a Y-shaped extension to Manchester and Leeds, could be operational by about 2032-33.
The Department for Transport said that HS2 phase two would virtually halve journey times between Birmingham and Manchester - to 41 minutes - and between London and Manchester from two hours and eight minutes to one hour and eight minutes.
Under the plans, speeds of up to 250mph on HS2 would reduce a Birmingham to Leeds journey from two hours to 57 minutes, while phase one will cut London-Birmingham travel to 49 minutes, from the current one hour and 24 minutes.
But critics argue that HS2's predicted economic benefits have been overestimated by the government, and suggest swathes of picturesque countryside will be blighted by the railway.
The objections brought to court also included the claim that the government failed to adequately assess alternatives to the scheme.
Five judicial reviews were brought by four protest groups, including 18 councils, campaign group High Speed 2 Action Alliance (HS2AA), which represents more than 70 affiliated groups and residents' associations, and a golf club.
They had claimed there were failures in the consultation process and in assessing the high-speed link's environmental impact.
Speaking after the judgement, Mr Burns said the judge had delivered a "convincing decision... on all the key issues of the way in which the Department for Transport has handled the moving forward of HS2".
He told the BBC: "He has given us the "green light" to move forward... subject to the necessary parliamentary approvals.
"That is good news, because the project is in the national interest."
Mr Burns confirmed the government will not appeal against the compensation ruling. Instead, the DfT will hold another property consultation "picking up the points" raised by the judge on Friday.
The department insisted the re-running of the consultation "will not affect the HS2 construction timetable in any way".
During the hearing, the judge identified 10 grounds raised in the five cases.
He rejected nine of the points, including claims the line breached European environment and habitat rules.
But he ruled in favour of HS2AA regarding the nature of the consultation into compensation of householders living along the proposed route, saying "the consultation on compensation was so unfair as to be unlawful".
About 172,000 properties within 0.6 miles (1km) of the first phase are alleged to be affected by "HS2 blight".
Hilary Wharf, director of HS2AA, said the judgement was "a huge victory for the hundreds of thousands of people whose lives are blighted by HS2".
She added: "The government must now go back to the drawing board and rethink its approach to compensation.
"There are many better compensation alternatives which would help all those up and down the country trapped by HS2."
Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle accused the government of a "botched" consultation which had contributed to "three years of dither and delay" over the HS2 project.
She said: "It is right that this vital infrastructure project can now proceed once ministers have re-run the part of the consultation that they botched.
"It is vital that the government now gets on with introducing the necessary legislation to make this scheme a reality on the ground. When they do so, they will have cross-party support from Labour."
One of the failed challenges was from Camden Council in north London, which had concerns that the proposals for Euston station would be detrimental to the local ethnic minority community.
Its leader, Sarah Hayward, said: "We are disappointed with this judgment and will continue to fight this fundamentally-flawed scheme."
The seven-year-old (4-1), guided by Gold Cup-winning jockey Robbie Power, beat Sub Lieutenant by six lengths.
It came after Power won the Top Novices Hurdle on Pingshou (16-1).
The treble was completed when 50-1 shot Ultragold clinched the Topham Chase under 18-year-old Harry Cobden over the Grand National fences.
Power came into the meeting in superb form after his Cheltenham success on Sizing John.
Fox Norton pulled clear of Sub Lieutenant with two fences to go and looked dominant in his first chase over more than two miles.
"It's fantastic, it's a pleasure to be riding horses like this," said Power. "He ran a cracker in the Champion Chase and was unlucky.
"When I schooled him at Colin's last week, I had no doubt two and a half miles would play to his strengths and he's travelled everywhere, jumped from fence to fence.
"He was never in any danger and running down to the last he met it well.
"He's a very classy horse and he could well be a King George horse, he could be as good over further, he's a very relaxed horse and has a great cruising speed. If we got nice ground that could be the race for him."
Cobden's win is a huge confidence boost for the teenager who rides the 50-1 chance Just A Par for trainer Paul Nicholls in Saturday's race.
"That was my first spin over the fences. Unbelievable," he said. "That was his first run over them too and he was back off his winning mark - I actually fancied him.
"He was very clever, dancing over ditches. There was a bit of carnage at Canal Turn but he knew what to do."
Might Bite is now about 3-1 joint favourite, alongside Thistlecrack, for the King George VI Chase at Kempton in December after winning the Mildmay Novices' Chase under Nico de Boinville.
The Nicky Henderson-trained gelding just won last month's RSA Chase at Cheltenham after dramatically swerving in the closing stages, but kept a straight line this time as he again held off stablemate Whisper.
Jockey Liam Treadwell will miss Saturday's Grand National after a fall at Aintree on Friday.
Treadwell, who won the National in 2009 on 100-1 shot Mon Mome, will be replaced on Tenor Nivernais by Aidan Coleman.
Daryl Jacob also suffered a fall and he, along with Katie Walsh who was injured on Thursday, will need to be passed fit by the Aintree course doctor on Saturday to decide whether they can take their Grand National rides.
Jacob's intended mount is Ucello Conti for Gordon Elliott and Walsh is scheduled to ride Wonderful Charm for Paul Nicholls.
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
Two really intriguing horses for the future - when they could easily meet - emerged from this second day of the Grand National Festival as contenders for top honours.
I'm not yet convinced Fox Norton will be quite good enough, but it looks like he could join stablemates like Thistlecrack, Cue Card and Native River on the road to the King George VI Chase after his very comfortable win in the Melling Chase.
In the Mildmay Novices Chase, the sometimes wayward Might Bite was fabulous, jumping with flair and precision, and showing none of the wandering tendencies that nearly saw him grab defeat from the jaws of victory at the Cheltenham Festival.
The King George is also likely to be his target, and of these two I imagine at this stage Might Bite would probably come out on top.
The permits allow people with disabilities to park nearer to where they are going, whether that is in a hospital car park or a shopping centre.
One County Down woman told the BBC she has been waiting for 14 weeks for a renewal of a badge for her son, who has Down's Syndrome and mobility problems.
A spokesperson for the department said the backlog was "reducing daily".
Lorraine, whose son Joseph is 12 years old, said she had applied for the renewal of their blue badge in May, but was told she was on a waiting list.
"When I spoke to staff, what they did say was we could continue to use the expired badge, but not in hospitals, shopping centres or private car parks," she told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.
"But that's exactly the places where it's really important to have it."
"Joseph can't walk very far. He often refuses to walk which means we have to park near facilities if we're going anywhere," she added.
The department said it was working "as quickly as possible" to process all applications and that it hoped to be back to normal service as soon as possible.
"People with blue badges can continue to use their existing badge provided it has an expiry date after 1 April 2016 and you have submitted a re-application form," a spokesperson said.
"Traffic attendants are aware of this and blue badge holders who have submitted a reapplication form after 1 April 2016 will not be penalised for using an expired blue badge.
"This does not apply on private roads and car parks."
This story will be broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme after 08:00 BST.
Investigators plan to carry out exhumations until the end of May to examine remains of possible victims.
The man, identified only as Niels H, 39, was convicted in February last year over two patients' deaths at a clinic in Delmenhorst, north Germany.
In court he admitted killing up to 30 patients with heart medication.
The judges at the Oldenburg district court concluded that he had a desire to shine by resuscitating patients. He gave them overdoses of a drug that shut down their cardiovascular systems.
The deaths took place between 2003 and 2005. Police are investigating at least 200 deaths, including at other clinics where he worked, in Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven.
If found guilty over the other deaths, Niels H would become one of Germany's worst post-war serial killers.
During the trial one senior doctor described Niels H as a "passionate medic" who had made a good impression on staff.
Doctors did notice, however, that he always seemed to be around when patients were being resuscitated, often assisting junior doctors with the procedure, he added.
Although he was charged with three murders, the court found him guilty on only two counts, explaining that it could not be proved that the former nurse had been responsible for the third death.
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Leicester defeated Watford 1-0 to move on to 60 points, five more than nearest rivals Tottenham, with nine games left.
"We are running for something special," said Ranieri, whose side have only lost three times in 29 league games this season, winning 17.
"Every match in the Premier League is a battle. Five points is nothing."
Winger Riyad Mahrez scored the only goal of the game in the 56th minute - a brilliant strike from 18 yards. Earlier on Saturday, title rivals Tottenham and Arsenal drew 2-2.
Leicester's next fixture is on Monday, 14 March when they host struggling Newcastle.
"The fans dream and we work, which is a good combination," the Italian added. "I said to my players, 'every game is a final'.
"We want to continue to fight and now our mind is on Newcastle, which is another tough match at home."
The former Chelsea manager also praised 25-year-old match-winner Mahrez, who grabbed his 15th goal of a stellar season.
"The goal was amazing," said Ranieri, who substituted the Algerian with 10 minutes remaining.
"The ball was there, the shot at goal was good quality, but we know very well about Mahrez."
The 650 statues called Figures and made by Bristol-based Liz Crow, represented all the UK's constituencies.
Ms Crow wanted people to think about the effects of continued austerity on people at "the sharp end" ahead of the recent general election.
The artist said saying goodbye to the figures had been "emotional".
Ms Crow planned to take the figures through a life cycle.
It began on the banks of the River Avon at Shirehampton in Bristol where the mud was gathered.
This was then taken to the banks of the River Thames in London where the artist moulded the figures over 11 days and nights while sitting opposite the Houses of Parliament.
The figures were taken on a mobile exhibition tour starting in Trafalgar Square then on to David Cameron's constituency office in Witney, Oxfordshire, and returning to Bristol.
Before making their final journey by boat to be scattered over the sea near Portishead, the figures were taken to a brick makers to be ground up.
"It was really emotional," said Ms Crow.
"I had such a strong sense of what the figures represented."
As the pieces were thrown into the sea, Ms Crow said she was thinking about "what it is to be human and the sort of society we want".
She believes the election result shows society thinks "some people are more significant than others".
Smaller developers will be able to buy sites in England with planning permission in place - with 40% of the new-builds to be so-called "starter homes" aimed at first-time buyers.
PM David Cameron said it was a "huge shift in government policy".
But Labour said he was using "rhetoric to hide his failure on new homes".
Shadow housing minister John Healey said the announcement did not promise new investment or affordable homes beyond those already announced.
Direct commissioning allows the government to assume responsibility for developing land, instead of large building firms.
Communities Secretary Greg Clark told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the government was "pulling out all the stops to get the country building".
"We know that consistently 90% of people aspire to own their own home, and for many years now home ownership has been in decline," he said.
He added that the eight biggest building firms accounted for 50% of the house-building market, and there was a need to involve smaller and medium-sized companies.
Downing Street said the move marked a "radical new policy shift", with up to 13,000 homes set to be built on five publicly-owned sites in 2016 - with up to 40% being affordable "starter" homes.
In December 2014 former Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced a pilot plan for the government to "directly commission, build and even sell homes" at a former RAF base in Northstowe, Cambridgeshire.
BBC home editor Mark Easton said the extent of government involvement marked something of an ideological shift for a Conservative administration, adding that starting 13,000 homes represented a "tiny proportion" of the million the government wants built by 2020.
The government wants to build 200,000 starter homes - to be offered to first-time buyers under 40 at a minimum 20% discount price - by 2020.
The discounts apply to properties worth up to £250,000 outside London, or £450,000 in the capital.
A pilot for the scheme will start on five sites:
Where can I afford to live?
Why 'starter homes' are controversial
Mr Cameron said the government was "rolling its sleeves up and directly getting homes built".
The government will also announce a £1.2bn fund to help developers prepare underused brownfield land for building.
The move will fast-track the creation of at least 30,000 new starter homes by 2020, Downing Street said.
New homes 'failure'
Shadow housing minister John Healey told BBC News: "If new announcements built new homes, the government would have solved the housing crisis by now."
He described it as a "drop in the ocean" compared with the number of homes needed.
Labour said home ownership was at its "lowest level in a generation".
Mr Healey added: "In the Autumn Statement a few weeks ago, George Osborne tried to spin his halving of public housing investment as an increase. Now David Cameron is laying on the rhetoric to hide his failure on new homes."
The Saddlers' first-ever appearance at Wembley ended in a 2-0 loss.
"I'm proud of all the supporters," he told BBC WM 95.6. "They got behind us in their droves. We just wanted to give them more to shout about.
"The build-up is superb, but Wembley is no place to be on the losing team."
The Saddlers boss added: "We were very down on the coach on the way home. We've just got to pick ourselves up now for the rest of the season."
Smith's main focus now is arresting a slide that has seen Walsall win just once in eight League One games.
Having been potential play-off contenders for most of the campaign, Walsall are now closer to the League One drop zone (four points) than they are to the play-off places (10 points).
And ahead of Saturday's trip to Chesterfield, Smith knows his side have to start performing a lot better than they did on Sunday, in a game played in front of more than 72,000 spectators.
"I feel bit frustrated with the performance, which did not merit the occasion," he said. "Usually I'm a 'glass half-full' sort of person. Last week, we were one of four clubs who have never played at Wembley. Now there's only three, so you have to look at it that way.
"But, on Sunday, we simply had too many players below par.
"It was a bit of a nothing game. Neither keeper had too many saves to make and we've conceded a poor goal. We were very wasteful in the final third and did not work their keeper enough. And, to do that against the top team in the league, you're going to struggle."
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The Lancashire side are attempting to return to the Championship at the first attempt after relegation last year.
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Keith was 12 when he was snatched in 1964 in Longsight, Manchester, by Ian Brady and his accomplice Myra Hindley and murdered on Saddleworth Moor.
Alan Bennett says the family will "keep pushing" to read the files so Keith "can have the burial he deserves".
Greater Manchester Police said the family is told about new developments.
Mr Bennett said: "We're quite willing to do anything we have to do to bring Keith home. It would help if we knew everything.
"I'm hoping they will allow us access."
Brady and Hindley murdered five children between 1963 and 1965.
The bodies of three of them were buried on Saddleworth Moor near Manchester, while one was found at Brady's home.
Keith was snatched by Brady as he made his way to his grandmother's house. His is the only body never to have been found.
The police said the search is in a "dormant phase", with only a major scientific breakthrough or significant piece of fresh evidence able to prompt a new search.
Martin Bottomley, who is head of the Cold Case Review Unit, said officers would be meeting with the family to "discuss any concerns".
He said: "Barely a week goes by when we do not receive some information which purports to lead us to Keith's burial site.
"All of these claims are investigated and it remains our aim to find Keith for the sake of his surviving family members."
Mr Bennett said: "Once we've got Keith back we can grieve.
"He can have the burial he deserves, rather than the burial he didn't deserve."
In 1987, after Brady and Hindley admitted killing Keith and 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Crumpsall, they were taken back to Saddleworth Moor by detectives to find the bodies but only Pauline's remains were found.
Brady and Hindley also killed John Kilbride, 12, and Lesley Ann Downey, 10, as well as Edward Evans, 17.
It can create thin sheets of beating cells that researchers hope they can use to patch-up pieces of damaged heart.
The need is huge. Heart attacks may no longer be a death sentence, but as more people survive them it means more are living with a damaged heart.
When a bit of heart muscle dies it is replaced by tough scars, just as it does after you cut your leg. But scar tissue does not beat, so it can leave the heart struggling to pump blood. In some cases it can make even the simplest of tasks as exhausting as running a marathon.
It is for this reason that British Heart Foundation researchers are trying to develop the patches. The thin sheets of heart cells could be layered onto the heart to help it beat or maybe even sprayed directly onto scar tissue inside the heart.
In a windowless laboratory in the heart of London a mechanical engineer, Dr Suwan Jayasinghe, has assembled the pieces of the bio-electric sprayer.
First a syringe is filled with heart cells. In the future it is thought these cells could be taken from a patient's heart and grown or a patient's stem cells could be converted into heart cells.
These are then passed through a needle. However, unlike a graffiti artist's spray can, this is not enough to get the thin accurate spray of cells needed to build the heart tissue.
Instead 10,000 volts going through the needle create an electric field to control the cells.
"You get the formation of a fine jet which then breaks up into a myriad of droplets and those droplets are what form the sheet," said Dr Jayasinghe.
"The beautiful thing is that we can add various other cell types into this cell suspension and create three dimensional cardiac tissues that are fully functional."
Under a microscope it is then possible to see the cells beating in the patch. The next test is to see if the patches can actually help a damaged heart to beat, by testing them in animals.
Researcher Dr Anastasis Stephanou said: "Hopefully we can show that these engineered cardiac sheets improve the function of a damaged heart.
"What we're hoping in the long term is to use this technology to actually repair the damaged heart so the patients wont have to wait long-term for a donor heart.
"A heart is made up of different cell types, so we would be able to design the technology where we would be able to place the right number of cell types to develop the actual cardiac tissue.
"So we feel the technology we have is quite superior in terms of the other cardiac tissue engineering technologies that are available."
Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation which funds the research, said: "Creating heart muscle is a huge challenge and involves a mix of different cells and blood vessels that need to line-up perfectly with one another.
"This groundbreaking research is trying to find a way to build 'pieces of the heart' outside the body. We hope that one day these pieces can be grafted onto damaged hearts to help them pump more strongly again.
"This research could offer hope to the 750,000 people living with heart failure in the UK."
Filming by Neil Bowdler, including video courtesy of Dr Vassilis Georgiadis, University College London.
Four animals were beaten by youths who broke in to a field at the Fort Centre in Maghera, it reported.
The incident happened on Saturday night, and the horses were found traumatised on Sunday morning.
The horses are considered "priceless" for their work with disabled children, instructor Martin O'Hagan told the BBC.
On Sunday morning, he found the lock on a gate where the horses were kept had been broken and the horses were visibly upset.
"We noticed these big marks all over the horses where they'd been hit with something and one of the horse's noses was cut," said Mr O'Hagan.
"They would normally come over and eat out of your hand but they wouldn't come anywhere near us - they were spooked as much as could be."
The Fort Centre offers free horse and pony rides for up to 80 children and young people with disabilities.
Its horses had been attacked before, and one had to be taken out of action after it was stabbed with with a bottle, said Mr O'Hagan.
He believes young people who drink in an area close to the centre are responsible.
"This has been going on a right while now and it seems to flare up at holiday time," he added.
"If the horses got a good enough chasing and scaring we would probably have to close the place for a couple of weeks to let them settle.
"I couldn't put a price on the horses because of what they do.
"You could spend two or three years searching for the right horse for this kind of activity."
The attacks on the horses and ponies were not only putting the animals at risk, but could lead to dangers for riders, according to Mr O'Hagan.
He said he was not yet sure if the horses will be safe for use for rides this week.
"If you have a autistic child coming to the centre every week at a certain time, try telling him or her that the horse is not there to ride that night - it's nearly impossible," he added.
"Some of the children wouldn't understand they're even on a horse; others come every week and are able to ride on their own and have a certain horse to ride.
"When that horse is not there it's very hard to explain to them why it's not there.
"We don't want to be turning young people away; sometimes they don't understand why they can't go riding - it's heartbreaking."
The 29-year-old Dutch winger was signed from Ajax in July 2013, with the Scottish champions paying a £3m fee.
However, he has not made a first team appearance since August 2014.
Celtic announced a four-year contract on signing Boerrigter, who scored once in 25 appearances, but the player's representative told BBC Scotland that just three months remained on the deal.
Assistant manager John Collins insists Boerrigter was given every chance to succeed at the club.
"We give everyone a chance," Collins said.
"Sometimes it doesn't work out and unfortunately for Derk and for us it didn't.
"He moves on and we wish him all the very best.
"We try and keep everybody involved and everyone gets an opportunity and when you get the opportunity you have to take it.
"That's football, it's the same the world over."
The AMC show, which is built around the shady lawyer character Bob Odenkirk played in Breaking Bad, is up for the drama series and new series awards.
Its launch episode, meanwhile, also has a nod in the episodic drama category.
Game of Thrones, Veep and the final season of Mad Men are also in line for awards, to be given out on 13 February.
Mr Robot, another show to have launched this year, also has nominations in the drama series and new series categories.
The show, which initially premiered online, tells of a young computer programmer who joins a team of so-called "hactivists".
Cold War drama The Americans is also up for the drama series award, alongside Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Mr Robot and Better Call Saul.
Political satire Veep's competition in the comedy series category includes Transparent, Amazon's series about a retired professor who "comes out" as transgender.
Veep has an additional nomination in the episodic comedy category for Joint Session, the first instalment in its most recent season.
Breaking Bad, which told of a teacher who turned to crime after being diagnosed with cancer, won six awards from the WGA over the course of its six years on air.
The Writers Guild recognises achievements in the writing of US TV, radio, news and animation, rather than actors or directors.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said his country was satisfied that the deal would contribute to security and stability in the Middle East.
He was speaking after King Salman held talks with Mr Obama in Washington,
It is King Salman's first trip to the United States since assuming the throne in January.
The foreign minister said he hoped Iran would use the windfall from the lifting of sanctions for its own development rather than engage in what he termed as "nefarious activities in the region".
"The president explained and affirmed that the agreement prevents Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, has a robust and unprecedented inspections regime that includes inspections of all sites... and that has provision for snap back of sanctions should Iran violate the terms of their agreement," he added.
Gulf states fear that lifting sanctions could allow Iran to extend its support for militant groups and actions across the region they consider destabilising.
The Saudi foreign minister also said assurances had been given to President Obama that efforts would be made to relieve the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
The US has backed a Saudi-led coalition's attempts to restore the government in Yemen, in its campaign against Houthi rebels.
Human rights activists and humanitarian organisations have criticised Mr Obama's decision to support the coalition air campaign in Yemen, which has killed hundreds of civilians since March, and the naval blockade that has caused severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine.
Mr Obama pressed King Salman to ensure humanitarian organisations were given unrestricted access to Yemen, where the Saudis are leading a coalition against the Houthi rebel movement.
"We share concerns about Yemen and the need to restore a function government that is inclusive and that can relieve the humanitarian situation there," Mr Obama said after the meeting.
US-Saudi ties are said to have been strained by Mr Obama's unwillingness to take military action against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, and his support for a nuclear deal that the Saudis fear will ultimately allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons.
In May, King Salman skipped a summit of Gulf Arab leaders at Camp David, which was widely interpreted as a snub for the US president.
The Obama administration has vowed to make certain that Iran abides by its commitments under the nuclear deal and to do everything it can to "counter Iran's destabilising activities" in the Middle East once the country's estimated $56bn (£37bn) of frozen assets are released.
In an effort to reassure its Gulf allies, the US has been working with them to develop a ballistic missile defence system, provide special operations training, authorise arms transfers, strengthen cyber security, engage in large-scale military exercises, and enhance maritime operations to halt illegal Iranian arms shipments.
"We are determined that our Gulf friends will have the political and military support that they need," Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday.
Senior administration officials told the New York Times that the Pentagon was finalising a $1bn arms agreement that would provide weapons for the Saudi military for the campaign against the jihadist group Islamic State and the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen.
The deal primarily comprised missiles for US-made F-15 fighter jets, the officials said.
Cromford Mills in Derbyshire was the world's first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill.
The site - developed in 1771 by the "father of the factory system" Sir Richard Arkwright - underwent two decades of renovation.
The £5m centre was due to be opened by actor Brian Blessed, but he did not attend after getting stuck in traffic.
The centre - a former paintworks in the 1920s - will help visitors find out what there is to see and do at 17 designated sites within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
Work to clean the 15-mile, Grade-I listed site took 20 years after remnants of paint residue and chemicals such as arsenic, cyanide and lead chromate were found in the roof beams and stonework.
Adrian Farmer, heritage coordinator for the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site, argued the area was the "birthplace of the industrial revolution".
"It is here at Cromford where Arkwright for the first time developed mass production of anything anywhere in the world," he said.
"Without the factory system, there wouldn't have been the kind of industrialisation that took the globe by storm."
Sarah McLeod, chief executive at Cromford Mills, said the mill would be a "complete day out" for visitors.
"It's so exciting to see a building which is a major part of the world heritage site brought back to life," she added.
The area now includes audio-visual displays, exhibitions, information about the history of cotton mills and CGI technology which brings Sir Richard to life.
Sir Richard's mill allowed yarn to be mass produced and provided the template for water-powered textile factories across the world.
UNESCO declared the Cromford Mill and other mills in the Derwent Valley a World Heritage Site in 2001.
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The UK researchers warned too many men were having procedures that damaged their sex life and caused incontinence.
A trial of 1,643 men with small prostate cancers resulted in the same 99% survival rate after a decade for those who had had surgery, radiotherapy or simply monitored the tumour.
Experts said the results were "extremely reassuring" for men.
"It's a global problem that patients are over-treated," Prof Freddie Hamdy from the University of Oxford, told the BBC.
"It's understandable, if a 55-year-old man is told they have cancer, and they have a family, they don't want to take any risks."
In the trial, men whose prostate cancer had been detected by testing for a chemical - prostate-specific antigen (PSA) - in the blood were either monitored, had surgery to remove the prostate or radiotherapy to kill the tumour.
The study, backed by the research wing of the NHS - the National Institute for Health Research - then followed the men for 10 years.
The survival rates were the same, but there was a higher risk of side-effects with treatment.
There was double the risk of incontinence and problems with sex in those having surgery. Radiotherapy increased the risk of bowel problems.
But there was a price to the surveillance option - the prostate cancer progressed in one in five cases.
These men could be treated, but it may affect their long-term survival beyond the 10-year study.
Prof Jenny Donovan, from the University of Bristol, said: "This is the first time radiotherapy, surgery and active monitoring treatments for prostate cancer have been compared directly.
"Each treatment has different impacts and effects, and we need longer follow up to see how those balance out over the next 10 years."
The findings, in the New England Journal of Medicine, apply only to early stage tumours - those found at a more advanced stage should be treated aggressively.
Dr Matthew Hobbs, from the charity Prostate Cancer UK, said: "At the moment, many men decide against active surveillance because of the uncertainty about the impact of that choice and the anxiety it causes.
"It is extremely reassuring to hear that, when it is performed to a high standard, active surveillance gives men the same chance of survival."
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The IDs were reportedly sourced from a breach four years ago, which had previously been thought to have included a fraction of that number.
At the time, the business-focused social network said it had reset the accounts of those it thought had been compromised.
LinkedIn now plans to repeat the measure on a much larger scale.
One expert said the service should have reset all its accounts the first time round.
LinkedIn is often used to send work-related messages and to find career opportunities - activities its members would want to stay private.
Criminals could make use of this information or see if its subscribers had used the same passwords elsewhere.
"We are taking immediate steps to invalidate the passwords of the accounts impacted, and we will contact those members to reset their passwords," a spokeswoman for the California-based firm told the BBC.
"We have no indication that this is a result of a new security breach.
"We encourage our members to visit our safety centre to ensure they have two-step verification authentication and to use strong passwords in order to keep their accounts as safe as possible."
Details of the sale were first reported by the news site Motherboard.
It said the details were being advertised on at least two hacking-related sites.
A total of 117 million passwords are said to be included.
The passcodes are encoded, but in a form that appears to have been relatively easy to reverse-engineer.
LinkedIn had about 165 million accounts at the time of the breach, but the discrepancy in the figures might be explained by the fact that some of its users logged in via Facebook.
After the breach first occurred, a file containing 6.5 million encrypted passwords was posted to an online forum in Russia.
LinkedIn reacted by saying it had invalidated all the accounts it believed had been compromised and emailed affected members saying they needed to register new passwords.
But Motherboard has tracked down one user, whose details are in the batch currently on sale, and found that the password listed for him was still active.
A security researcher who has also been given access to about one million of the advertised IDs said he believed it was "highly likely" that the leak was real.
"I've personally verified the data with multiple subscribers [of my own site] 'Have I been pwned'," Troy Hunt told the BBC.
"They've looked at the passwords in the dump and confirmed they're legitimate."
Another expert noted that the problem stemmed from the fact that LinkedIn had originally "hashed" its passwords but not "salted" them before storing them.
Hashing involves using an algorithm to convert passwords into a long string of digits. Salting is an additional step meant to stop unauthorised parties from being able to work around the process.
"A salt involves adding a few random characters, which are different on a per-user basis, to the passwords [before they are hashed]," explained Rik Ferguson, chief technology officer at the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro.
By doing this, he added, you prevent hackers from being able to refer to so-called "rainbow tables" that list commonly-used passwords and the various hashes they produce, and then see if any of the hashes match those in the stolen database.
LinkedIn introduced salting after the attack, but that only benefits the login databases it generated afterwards.
"Using salting is absolutely best practice for storing passwords under any circumstances and was the case back in 2012 as well," Mr Ferguson said.
"If LinkedIn is saying now that it didn't know which accounts had been affected by the breach, then the sensible thing to have done at the time would have been a system-wide forced reset of every password."
Germany's biggest lender did not give any details about the legal bill.
However, the bank is expected to be hit with fines resulting from a number of investigations by regulators in the US and the UK.
It added that it expects to be profitable in the quarter and will report near record quarterly revenues on 29 April.
Deutsche Bank set aside €3.2bn at the end of 2014 in litigation reserves.
At the same time it outlined another €1.9bn in potential risks and indicated it faced an additional €4.8bn in mortgage repurchase claims.
Regulators are looking into allegations that the bank was involved in the rigging of benchmark interest rates, including Libor.
It has also been probed over alleged attempts at manipulation of the foreign exchange market and over alleged violations of US sanctions on Iran.
US and UK regulators may announce a settlement with Deutsche Bank as soon as Thursday, Reuters reported.
The damage at St John the Baptist church, in Cherington, Warwickshire, has been put at £25,000 to repair.
Parish councillor Nigel Shields said almost a third of one roof had been stripped with the thieves thought to have struck on Friday night.
A nearby business has leant the church a tarpaulin to protect it from recent heavy rain which meant its service on Sunday could go ahead.
He said the damage had been spotted on Saturday morning by a farmer feeding his cattle. The insurance company had been contacted, but the church would have to begin fundraising for repairs, he added.
St John the Baptist church is thought to date from the 13th century.
The 24-year-old prop, who has played 50 games for the islanders, will leave in the summer after two years at St Peter.
"Nacho had agreed terms and signed his contract with us, a new two-year contract," Biljon told BBC Jersey.
"Unfortunately for Nacho there's been some personal circumstances back in Argentina that he has to go back and be with his family."
Lancuba battled with Sam Lockwood to be the club's starting loose-head this season, but both players are to leave after Lockwood agreed a summer move to Newcastle.
"Nacho has been someone who has developed immensely and probably the tough thing for Nacho is the natural progression of falling into the number one position," said Biljon.
"I think he's pushed Sam really hard over the last couple of years, and this was Nacho's opportunity to stake a claim for that number one shirt over the next few years and see if there was a Premiership opportunity for him at the end of that.
"It's unfortunate timing, but you've got to respect the man and how loyal he is and respect his morals about recognising his personal situation and he has to go and be with family."
Vince Baker paid Hotels.com $1,100 for five adults and three children to stay in a holiday apartment in Manhattan.
After making the 3,300-mile trip, they arrived expecting "a lobby or reception" but were instead met with a locked-up building.
They were forced to ring around to find somewhere else to stay. Hotels.com has apologised and paid compensation.
Mr Baker, from Sawley, Derbyshire, said he had been concerned by some reviews on Hotels.com when he arranged the festive getaway.
But, he said, the website's staff had assured him there would be no problems.
"We were expecting a lobby and some sort of reception but it was just a private block, all locked up.
"The contact number we had just went to a holding message. Our holiday apartment didn't exist.
"So we were just left there on the street with no where to go. It was 9pm, our bodies thought it was 2am and we had three children aged 8, 6 and 1.
"In the end we had to find ourselves a place - not easy in New York during the festive season - and pay what they asked."
Hotel.com have now refunded Mr Baker for the £1,100 and paid him £1,250 compensation.
Mr Baker added: "Like most people we were looking for a good deal and this one fitted the bill.
"We got our money back and some compensation but I think it is important for people to know the risks they run using these sites.
Hotels.com said the apartment was a "genuine property" but following a number of issues, it had ceased taking bookings for it.
"We have processes to find alternative accommodation for customers at no additional cost and we are very sorry that this process didn't work as it should have done in this instance."
It followed a day-long stand-off in which wildlife experts used horns and paddles to try to encourage the animal back into the water.
The seal tried several times to cross the road before a vet tranquilised her using a pole-mounted syringe.
The sedated seal was to be released back into the wild at a nearby colony.
Teams from the Marine Mammal Center and the San Pablo Bay National Marine Sanctuary were called in on Monday following reports that the seal was disrupting traffic on Highway 37 in Sonoma County.
Attempts were made to frighten the animal back into the water using horns and paddles, but the seal refused to budge.
"She's a 900-pound elephant seal. She pretty much does what she wants," Barbie Halaska, a research assistant at the mammal centre, was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle as saying.
After the seal was sedated, an ultrasound revealed that she was pregnant.
The seal was driven to the Point Reyes National Seashore to recover before being released at Chimney Rock.
He told Fox News he had "never" committed harassment, before clarifying his position in a later interview.
Politico reported that two female employees complained of sexually suggestive behaviour from Mr Cain.
It said the National Restaurant Association paid them to leave the group and not speak on the allegations.
Mr Cain told Fox News: "I've never sexually harassed anyone."
"And yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association, and I say falsely because it turned out after the investigation to be baseless."
However, his recollection of whether or not settlements were made changed over the course of Monday.
During the Fox interview, Mr Cain said he had no idea whether the trade association provided financial settlements to the women who complained.
"If there was a settlement, it was handled by some of the other officers at the restaurant association," he said.
Later, he told PBS: "I was aware an agreement was reached. The word 'settlement' versus the word 'agreement' you know, I'm not sure what they called it."
Mr Cain has additional media interviews scheduled on Tuesday.
On Monday, the National Restaurant Association said it did not comment on personnel matters, while Mr Cain's campaign has denied the reports since the story emerged on Sunday evening.
"Let me tell you that Herman Cain has never sexually harassed anybody, period. End of story," Mr Cain's chief of staff, Mark Block, told MSNBC on Monday morning.
Mr Block said top officials at the National Restaurant Association thought Mr Cain was "a man of total integrity".
A statement on Sunday attacked the story.
"Dredging up thinly sourced allegations stemming from Mr Cain's tenure as the chief executive officer at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, political trade press are now casting aspersions on his character and spreading rumours that never stood up to the facts," spokesman JD Gordon said.
The Cain campaign also responded on Twitter. "From Team HC: Sadly we've seen this movie played out before. Mr. Cain and all Americans deserve better," @THEHermanCain tweeted.
Mr Cain, who was CEO of Godfather's Pizza before heading the restaurant lobby group, has taken a lead in opinion polls of Republican voters in recent weeks, despite never having held public office.
Politico said it had confirmed the identities of two former female employees of the National Restaurant Association who made sexual harassment complaints to colleagues and association officials about Mr Cain, but was not publishing their names out of concerns for their privacy.
The website said the allegations included conversations "filled with innuendo or personal questions of a sexually suggestive nature" at association events.
Mr Cain also allegedly gave "descriptions of physical gestures that were not overtly sexual, but that made women who experienced them or witnessed them uncomfortable".
Politico said its report was based on multiple sources and documentation, including the recollections of close associates of the two women.
When asked by Politico on Sunday about the allegations, Mr Cain said he has "had thousands of people working for me" at different businesses over the years and could not comment "until I see some facts or some concrete evidence".
A poll on Saturday placed Mr Cain ahead of his main rival, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, in Iowa, which holds the first of a series of state-by-state contests to choose the Republican candidate.
The hopefuls are vying to become the party's nominee to challenge President Barack Obama for the White House in November 2012.
Called Project Wing, the initiative aims to be delivering goods to consumers using the robot aircraft sometime in 2017.
The announcement came from David Vos, the project leader for the delivery service.
Online retailers such as Amazon, Alibaba and others are also experimenting with drone delivery.
"Our goal is to have commercial business up and running in 2017," said Mr Vos during a speech at an air traffic control convention being held in Washington.
No details have been given about what type of drones Google might use for the service nor what type of packages they will be delivering.
Details about Project Wing emerged in 2014. Initially it was run inside Google X - the firm's secretive research lab. It is now believed to be under the control of Alphabet - the parent company that the former divisions of Google now operate under.
For that early work the company built its own drones and flew them in trials in Australia. Early reports suggested the drones would be used for disaster relief or to deliver urgently needed medical supplies.
Google's custom-designed drones can hover and winch packages down to the ground for delivery.
Amazon has already detailed its plans to use drones to deliver goods. It said its octocopters could ferry 2.3kg of goods to customers within 30 minutes of an order being placed.
In addition, in early 2015, China's largest online retailer Alibaba carried out a three-day trial of drone delivery around its offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Olive Cooke, who died in May aged 92, collected for the Royal British Legion for 76 years, selling some 30,000 poppies.
A ceramic rose formerly part of the Tower of London display, will be given to her family as part of the event.
Twelve horses will also leave from MoD Abbey Wood to Bristol Cathedral.
Fellow poppy collector, Anne Harrison has been asked by the Royal British Legion to stand in for Olive Cooke, who used to sell the poppies at Bristol Cathedral.
Ms Harrison said: "I have been collecting for the British Legion in Kingswood for a few years now but this year I felt particularly moved to give some time for the Poppy Appeal in Bristol to commemorate what Olive did.
"I think it's a very special thing."
The procession of horses will mark the contribution made by horses in World War One.
During the four years of war, some 340,000 were shipped off from Avonmouth to the front line having been stabled at the remount depot in Shirehampton.
The cathedral has now closed in preparation for Thursday's reburial and the unveiling of his tomb on Sunday.
Richard III's skeleton was found under a car park in Leicester in 2012.
More than 35,000 people turned out to see his cortege parade through parts of Leicestershire on Sunday before his casket went on display on Monday.
The reburial ceremony on Thursday will be led by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and witnessed by the Countess of Wessex.
The Bishop of Leicester, The Right Reverend Tim Stevens, said the service will be "solemn, but hopeful".
"It is a major national and international occasion with a lot of ceremony," he said.
"The peers from Bosworth families, descendants of those who fought on both sides of the battle, will be here.
"The coffin will be borne into the sanctuary of the cathedral where it will be committed to the ground, into the vault which has been prepared."
Oscar nominated actor Benedict Cumberbatch will read a poem by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, commissioned for the occasion.
Research by the University of Leicester proved Cumberbatch is a second cousin, 16 times removed, of Richard III.
But experts were quick to point out that between one and 17 million people are related to the last Plantagenet.
Richard, the last English king to die in battle, was killed at Bosworth Field in 1485, at the end of the Wars of the Roses.
After his death his body was taken to the Greyfriars Church in Leicester and buried in a hastily dug grave.
His grave's location became a mystery until it was found under a municipal car park in a discovery that stunned archaeologists and drew worldwide attention.
Throughout Richard's turbulent upbringing - two periods of exile and the death in battle of his father - he proved himself a capable and loyal follower of his eldest brother, who became Edward IV.
However on Edward's death, Richard seized and imprisoned his young sons. They were then disinherited on the grounds Edward had a previously unheard-of marriage contract with another woman.
Richard passed a number of laws, including an early version of legal aid and making courts use English, which benefited the common man.
Despite this, his taking of the crown, the disappearance of Edward's sons and the execution of several leading nobles, lead to discontent and rebellions.
At Bosworth, Richard's larger army failed to crack Henry Tudor's troops while the king's reserves did not move to his aid.
The blackening of his reputation by Tudor historians started debate about his personality and legacy which is ongoing to this day.
The Association of British Travel Agents surveyed 2,043 Britons and found those aged 18 to 24 were the most likely to go abroad without insurance.
It comes after the family of a South Yorkshire traveller in Thailand had to raise £32,000 for his medical care.
Overall a quarter of UK travellers are thought to go abroad without insurance.
In 2015, 35-year-old Craig Lindley, from Barnsley, fell ill while celebrating a friend's wedding on a Thai island.
He was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome - which affects the peripheral nervous system - and was left paralysed
He was charged £20,000 for a five-day course of treatment in Bangkok.
His ambulance and speedboat from the island to Koh Samui Hospital also cost £17,000.
After an online appeal his family and friends raised £32,000 towards his medical bills.
The Association of British Travel Agents' (Abta) Mark Tanzer said: "Rather than having to resort to the kindness of strangers, holidaymakers should make sure that they have the right insurance in place."
Overall, the number of British travellers surveyed without insurance has risen to 25% in the 12 months to May, up from 22% the previous year.
Mr Tanzer added: "Every year, we see cases of people falling into difficulty due to travelling without insurance.
"Often their families have to raise thousands of pounds for their treatment or repatriation and that's why it is so worrying to see an increase in younger people travelling without insurance."
In 2016, Michael Doyle, 29, was admitted to a private hospital in Bulgaria after being diagnosed with blood poisoning.
He required dialysis treatment which he received in the hospital, but he passed away before his parents were able to raise about £20,000 required to bring him back to the UK for more treatment.
His father John has advised people to get travel insurance. He said: "Go and enjoy yourself, Bulgaria is an excellent place to go, it's not different from anywhere else in the world but you need to have insurance."
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spokeswoman Susan Crown said: ""The FCO cannot pay medical bills if you are hospitalised abroad, nor can we fly you home.
"Take out an appropriate insurance policy and make sure you know what it covers you for. It may feel like an added expense but it's very worthwhile if you compare it to what you could end up paying if something goes wrong on holiday."
Mr Modi made the announcement at a press conference in Paris with French President Francois Hollande.
The deal is the fruition of years of negotiation, with India intent on buying 126 jets in total for an estimated cost of $12bn (£8.2bn).
Mr Modi said the deal was done after talks with Mr Hollande but that terms and conditions still had to be agreed.
He added that he wished to buy the jets ready to fly. This means that they will be built in France, not India.
The Indian prime minister is in France on the first leg of a three-nation tour which also takes in Germany and Canada.
Mr Modi will visit the World War One memorial and pay tribute to Indians who lost their lives fighting alongside France.
He will then head to Germany, where he will inaugurate one of the world's biggest trade fairs and told talks with leaders to boost trade ties.
In the third and last leg of his tour, Mr Modi will travel to Canada, marking the first standalone visit by an Indian prime minister in more than four decades.
Adam Simmonds has announced that part of the Wootton Hall Park site is to be acquired by the the Education Funding Agency for the Wootton Park School.
The school aims to meet the demands of the increasing population in and around Northampton.
It will have a crime science specialism and is due to open in September 2016.
The school says on its website it aims to "establish a regional, national and ultimately international reputation for the quality of education".
Mr Simmonds confirmed that Northamptonshire Police will leave their current Wootton Hall headquarters following public consultation
The decision comes two weeks after the PCC formally approved the construction of two new Northamptonshire Police buildings in the north of the county - the Northamptonshire Police Investigation Centre and Northern Accommodation Building, situated just off the A43 next to the A6003 between Kettering and Corby.
It is anticipated that building work will be completed by spring 2017, while the new premises will provide work space for approximately 350 staff.
Mr Simmonds said: "Moving to new premises will save in excess of £40m over the next 25 years, which will allow us to keep more frontline officers on the streets, keeping Northamptonshire safe.
"There could be no better legacy to Northamptonshire Police's work at Wootton Hall than to open a new free school on the site with a specialised, policing and public service-focussed curriculum."
Chief Constable lice, Simon Edens, added: "Policing is changing and is likely to keep changing, at a faster pace, in the future, and I am not satisfied that all of our current buildings, including Wootton Hall, are fit for purpose."
European Parliament president Martin Schulz said he had referred the "regrettable" incident after a probe.
The parliament's advisory committee on conduct concluded the two men's account of events "diverged substantially".
Mr Woolfe was rushed to hospital after collapsing in the parliament later on the day of the incident.
Mr Schulz said he had referred the matter "given the seriousness of the reported facts and their possible criminal implications".
Speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Mr Schulz said medical examinations carried out following Mr Woolfe's hospital admission suggested his collapse followed a blow to the head.
He said he had taken note of Mr Woolfe's allegations, and had "no doubts about them personally".
Mr Woolfe collapsed earlier this month following an altercation with fellow MEP Mike Hookem, who has consistently denied hitting, pushing or punching Mr Woolfe.
UKIP's interim leader, Nigel Farage said there was "no evidence anybody was punched at all".
Mr Woolfe, who will sit as an independent, said last week that the incident led to him being treated by doctors for two seizures, partial paralysis and the loss of feeling in his face and body.
He insisted a blow from Mr Hookem knocked him back into the meeting room where UKIP MEPs were discussing reports that Mr Woolfe was in talks about defecting to the Conservatives.
Mr Hookem has said Mr Woolfe's political career "was over once he showed disloyalty to the UKIP party and membership when he held talks to join the Tories".
Animal Defenders International (ADI) which helped move 33 lions last year, including José and Liso, says it might offer a reward for information.
The lions' heads, skins, tails and feet were removed, prompting suspicions that they were killed for ritual purposes.
The crime is currently being investigated by South Africa's police and anti-poaching units.
ADI head Jan Creamer said she was heartbroken over the killings.
"José and Liso had suffered a terrible life of abuse but their new life in Africa had given them a new lease of life," the group said in a statement.
José had suffered brain damage from blows to the head in the circus, it said.
The lions had been living at the Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary, inside a 5,000-hectare private farm in the northern Limpopo province.
ADI says it has placed rescued animals in sanctuaries in South Africa for 21 years and this is the first such incident.
Mr Fisker told BBC News he blamed "several major disagreements with the executive management on the business strategy".
The news follows a tricky year for the company, which currently only sells one model, the Karma petrol-electric plug-in hybrid.
In 2012, several fires and battery problems sparked recalls.
The company has also been embroiled in legal battles:
During last year's election campaign, Fisker was described as a "failure" by Republican candidate Mitt Romney, who was critical of the Energy Department's decision to extend a $529m (£355m) loan to Fisker in 2011.
Most of the loan was frozen last year after Fisker failed to meet production deadlines set out in the initial loans agreement.
So far, Fisker has sold a little more than 2,000 cars, but production was halted last year amid widespread concerns about the company's financial health.
Two years ago, Mr Fisker told BBC News he was initially gunning for annual sales of 15,000, though over time, this should rise to hundreds of thousands of cars.
Rumours abound that Fisker could soon be sold, possibly to the Chinese carmaker Dongfeng Motor or to Zhejiang Geely, which owns Sweden's Volvo Cars.
A sale could secure the funds Fisker would need to build its planned Atlantic model, which at about $55,000 should cost about half the price of a Karma.
Mr Fisker made his name in the motor industry as a designer, working for Aston Martin, BMW and Ford.
"Mr Fisker's departure is not expected to impact the company's pursuit of strategic partnerships and financing to support Fisker Automotive's continued progress as a pioneer of low-emission hybrid electric powertrain technology," the company said in a statement.
"The company recognises and thanks Mr Fisker for his service and many contributions as Fisker Automotive has progressed from start-up to a fully-fledged global automotive company."
Sunday's WRU National Cup final at the Principality Stadium will be no less of an occasion for the two former Wales internationals, who will be on opposite coaching teams when RGC 1404 face Pontypridd.
Ex-Wales, Scarlets and Llanelli wing Jones is head coach of north Wales side RGC 1404 while Sweeney is part of Pontypridd's coaching team.
Ponty are regulars at the stadium - having played in every final from 2011 to 2015 - winning three of them. RGC 1404 are playing in their first national final.
"It's a brilliant day out playing at the national stadium in front of your own supporters on that pitch," said Jones, who scored 13 tries in 47 appearances for Wales.
"That's a pretty big thing and I was fortunate to be part of that. I was conscious that I wanted our players to be able to try and experience that."
Sweeney is now 37 but continues to play for his hometown club, although will nor feature in Cardiff this weekend.
He will be part of a coaching set-up which includes former Sardis Road team-mates Gareth Wyatt and Robert Sidoli.
The fly-half scored 22 points as Pontypridd withstood a spirited Cross Keys comeback in the semi-final to secure their place at the Principality Stadium.
"It's great to go back there," Sweeney told BBC Wales Sport.
"You see how excited the younger boys are about going. It may be the only opportunity they'll get to play in our national stadium.
"That's the bit I'll enjoy about it - seeing how excited people are about going and the great day out it will be for both teams."
After a professional career which saw stints with Celtic Warriors, Newport Gwent Dragons, Cardiff Blues and Exeter Chiefs. Sweeney returned to Sardis Road in 2015.
"I'd come to the end of my professional career and with a business going as well it was a nice transition for me," Sweeney added.
"I was still fit and Gareth [Wyatt] phoned me and said 'do you want to come back and help out for a bit?'
"I'm a bit more relaxed because it's not my first line of work and it's nice to go back and enjoy rugby."
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Sweeney was 22 when Pontypridd beat Llanelli 20-17 to win the Principality Cup in 2002.
"It seems such a long time ago but I still have great memories of that time," Sweeney said.
"There was a good group of young boys coming through at Pontypridd at the time and it was a good group of boys who grew up together."
Jones was in that Llanelli team that lost to Pontypridd in 2002.
But he was on the winning side in two other finals the first of which he was a replacement in the 22-12 win over Swansea.
"Thankfully we won more than we lost but I certainly remember that loss against Pontypridd," Jones recalls.
"I know full well what it's like to lose to Ponty in a final."
Jones was on the winning side 12 months later, scoring two tries in a 32-9 win over Newport in the last-ever final before the introduction of regional rugby in Wales.
"It was a pretty special trophy," 2008 Grand Slam winner Jones said.
"We came out pretty handsome winners. It was a memorable day for myself but more importantly for the team."
Jones and Sweeney were Wales team-mates but their association goes back further, playing age grade rugby together.
"His knees are obviously in better condition than mine," Jones laughs.
"Ceri's had a tremendous career as a player and you can see his imprint on Pontypridd.
"I just hope he's not as instrumental in this game as he was in the last cup win at the stadium when we were both playing."
Sweeney acknowledges the work Jones has done at Colwyn Bay-based RGC since his appointment in August 2016 ahead of their debut season in the Welsh Premiership.
"He's gone into coaching and seems to be doing really well with RGC. He's got a good group of boys there and they seem to be playing for that shirt, which is really important.
"They're a really dangerous side. I watched their semi-final and they didn't give up.
"They seem to be building their own culture there and they've got a very good environment by the look of it."
Sweeney, a member of Wales' Grand Slam winning squad of 2005, says he will continue to play for Pontypridd "as long as they need me."
"I think I'm going to have another year next year - they've asked me to stay on," he said.
"I'll probably try not to play as much but try and push these boys through a bit more."
While Sweeney is undertaking coaching duties at Pontypridd, it's a path Jones took after he was forced to retire through injury in 2010.
He spent five years as Scarlets attack and skills coach and was head coach at Rotherham as well as interim attack coach for Wales during 2013.
"My coaching career has been something I've been privileged to be part of," Jones said.
"I've been able to come up to north Wales now and share in the success that we're achieving here together."
The 26-year-old made 33 appearances and scored two goals for the Devon club last season to help them win promotion from League Two.
He has previously had a loan spell at Victoria Park in 2011, appearing 12 times for Pools.
Meanwhile, Hartlepool defender Carl Magnay committed his future to the club by signing a new contract.
The 28-year-old has played 51 games since arriving from Grimsby in 2015.
Magnay suffered a cruciate ligament injury in September last year, but recovered in time for the end of the season, when Hartlepool were relegated to the National League.
The length of the contracts signed by the two players have not been disclosed.
The man is in a serious condition in hospital days after returning from the Chinese city of Suzhou, officials say.
China has confirmed 108 cases of H7N9 since it was initially reported in March, with at least 22 people dead.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says this strain appears to spread more easily from birds to humans.
The man in Taiwan was brought to hospital three days after he arrived from Suzhou via Shanghai, officials say.
He was not in contact with poultry, nor had he eaten undercooked birds while in Suzhou, Taiwanese Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta told local media.
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has ordered the health department to step up prevention measures, says the country's Central News Agency.
Experts are still trying to understand the H7N9 virus, and it has not yet been determined whether it could be transferred between humans.
"This is definitely one of the most lethal influenza viruses we have seen so far," WHO flu expert Dr Keiji Fukuda said at a news conference in Beijing.
"When we look at influenza viruses this is an unusually dangerous virus."
He added that the WHO team was just beginning its investigation. But he said that based on the evidence, "this virus is more easily transmissible from poultry to humans than H5N1", a strain which spread in 2003.
Dr Fukuda led a team from the WHO on a one-week China visit to study H7N9, along with Chinese officials from Beijing and Shanghai.
The WHO believes that poultry is still the likely source of the H7N9 outbreak in China.
Sebastian Vettel is expected to do one lap with the 'Halo Two' fitted to his car in Friday's first session.
The device, designed to protect the driver from impacts with large airborne objects, is a modified version of the original halo tested in March.
The changes, to materials and shape, may not be easily spotted.
The new device is made of titanium rather than steel and has modified shape and dimensions.
Titanium is being used because it is generally stronger and lighter than steel, although this may not be the final material used when the device is introduced in F1 in 2017.
The medical team of governing body the FIA is also planning to evaluate the ease of driver extrication with the device fitted.
The FIA has told teams they should expect the device to be introduced as part of the new 2017 regulations, which are aimed at making cars faster and more dramatic-looking.
However, its final specification has not yet been defined as the FIA works out the best approach for maximum safety and minimum compromise to driver visibility and egress.
The alternative 'aeroscreen' which had been champion by Red Bull has been abandoned after it failed the official tests, which involve a wheel being fired at it at 250km/h.
The FIA was hoping work would continue on the aeroscreen with a view to potential introduction in 2018, but Red Bull has said it has put it on ice because it wanted to devote all its resources to its 2017 car.
The protesters were demanding an end to the outsourcing of cleaning jobs at the University of Free State (UFS).
On Tuesday, students destroyed the statue of an apartheid-era politician.
A wave of race-related protests have hit South African campuses over the last year.
Many black people say they feel marginalised at the universities.
The University of Free State said in a statement that unrest started on Monday when a group of protesters moved on to the field in the middle of a Varsity Cup rugby match between students from UFS and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
Subsequently the protesters were assaulted by some spectators who ran on the field, the statement added.
It said there were no major injuries.
Both teams agreed to continue the match an hour after the situation had calmed down, said the UFS team said.
But protests continued on Tuesday as students were filmed destroying the statue of Charles Robberts Swart, the president of white-ruled South Africa from 1961 to 1967.
The statue was burned before it was thrown into a pond.
The university, in Bloemfontein city, cancelled all classes until 25 February on two campuses.
Cleaners, who are employed by private companies, have complained about pay cuts.
Students have backed them, and have demanded an end to outsourcing.
UFS has been hit by racial tension in the past.
In 2008, four white students posted a video online showing five black university workers being made to kneel and forced to eat food which had apparently been urinated on by one of the students.
Apartheid, which legalised racial discrimination against the majority black population, ended in South Africa in 1994 with the election of the first democratic government led by Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013.
It shows the age of British trains is at its oldest in at least 15 years. Rolling stock on the Caledonian Sleeper service is the oldest, at 41 years old.
TransPennine Express trains, in the north of England and Scotland, are the newest at just nine years old.
Campaigners said train quality was a "postcode lottery" but the government says it is rolling out new carriages.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said older trains can result in less comfortable journeys, poorer reliability and worse performance than modern versions, although it also noted that older rolling stock can be refurbished.
Trains in London and south-east England are typically 19 years old, while regional services are 24 years old.
The latest ORR figures cover the period between January and March 2016, with records going back to July 2000.
Ed Cox, director of think-tank IPPR North, said it was a "national disgrace" and not what you see in Germany, France or Japan.
"It is little wonder that Britain lags behind other developed nations when commuters pay through the nose for decrepit trains," he added.
Mr Cox said areas outside London should be given powers to raise money to invest in transport and take back control over spending decisions.
The Rail Delivery Group, representing train companies, said it expects the average age of Britain's trains to drop to 16 years by 2019 due to the introduction of more than 4,500 new carriages.
Lianna Etkind, of the Campaign for Better Transport, said the current age of trains "exemplifies the lack of public and passenger involvement" in the network.
She added: "More people than ever rely on the railways, they contribute a bigger percentage to running costs than ever, they pay more for their tickets than ever, and yet there is a postcode lottery in the kind of trains they are served by."
Last month, the National Audit Office warned that delays in electrification of the Great Western rail line could mean passengers in the North and West of England may have to wait longer for newer trains.
A Department for Transport spokesman said it was delivering the "biggest rail modernisation programme for over a century" rolling out more than 5,000 carriages over the next four years.
"Through rail franchising, we also expect the rail industry to come up with more proposals to introduce new carriages and improve services," he added.
This is the average age of rolling stock for train operators in Britain, according to the latest figures from the Office of Rail and Road:
1. Caledonian Sleeper (41 years)
2. Merseyrail (37 years)
3. TfL Rail (36 years)
4. Great Western Railway (33 years)
5. Virgin Trains East Coast (30 years)
6. Northern (27 years)
7. Greater Anglia (27 years)
8. Arriva Trains Wales (25 years)
9. East Midlands Trains (24 years)
10. South West Trains (20 years)
11. ScotRail (20 years)
12. Chiltern Railways (20 years)
13. Govia Thameslink Railway (19 years)
14. CrossCountry (18 years)
15. Southeastern (16 years)
16. c2c (15 years)
17. London Overground (14 years)
18. London Midland (12 years)
19. Virgin Trains West Coast (11 years)
20. TransPennine Express (nine years)
For the first time in 176 years, the Airdrie Savings Bank is expanding out of its traditional heartland.
Earlier this year the bank announced record lending figures.
The move is the first stage of an expansion plan being supported by a group of key Scottish business figures who deposited £10m into the bank in August 2010.
The group includes Brian Souter, Ann Gloag, Ewan Brown, Alastair Salvesen and Sir Tom Farmer.
The new branch in Falkirk's High Street will create five jobs for the town.
Falkirk branch manager Shirley Reid said: "Our expansion out of Lanarkshire represents an exciting step forward for Airdrie Savings Bank and hopefully Falkirk will be the first of several new branches across the country over the coming years."
Six of its seven branches are in towns across North Lanarkshire: Airdrie, Coatbridge, Motherwell, Shotts, Bellshill and Muirhead - with Ballieston just across the boundary in Glasgow.
The bank was founded on 1 January 1835 and was born out of the general "thrift" movement prevalent at the time.
It allows accounts to be opened with a deposit of 5p.
The homes of DFB President Wolfgang Niersbach, his predecessor Theo Zwanziger, and former Secretary General Horst Schmid, were also searched.
It follows reports that a secret €6.7m (£4.9m) fund was set up to secure votes for Germany to host the 2006 World Cup.
The DFB denied the claims last month.
It said on Tuesday that documents were seized during the raid and that it was fully co-operating with the investigation.
About 50 officers and tax inspectors swooped in on the DFB headquarters and the homes of the three senior officials.
In a statement, the prosecutor's office said it had opened a probe into claims of serious tax evasion linked to the awarding of the World Cup to Germany in 2006.
It said it was investigating the alleged transfer of €6.7m from "the organising committee for the DFB to the Fifa football association".
Mr Niersbach has denied the allegations, claiming instead that the sum was used to secure larger Fifa funding.
He said the deal was agreed at a private meeting between suspended Fifa President Sepp Blatter and Franz Beckenbauer, the president of the organising committee for the 2006 World Cup.
But, speaking to Der Spiegel news weekly, Mr Zwanziger accused his successor of lying, saying it was "clear that a slush fund existed".
Mr Beckenbauer said last week he had made a "mistake" in the bidding process in 2000 to host the 2006 World Cup, but denied that votes were bought.
A former World Cup-winning captain and ex-Germany coach, Mr Beckenbauer instead supported Mr Niersbach's claim that a payment was used to unlock Fifa subsidies.
"In order to receive a financial subsidy from Fifa, it was agreed to accept a recommendation from Fifa's finance committee, which from today's perspective, should have been rejected," he said.
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In its report in October, Der Spiegel said the DFB fund to buy votes was set up using money loaned by late Adidas boss Robert Louis-Dreyfus.
Fifa said it would investigate the "serious allegations".
World football's governing body has for months been engulfed by the biggest corruption scandal in its history.
In May, 14 football officials and sports marketing executives were indicted by the US Department of Justice on charges of "rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted" corruption.
Meanwhile, a separate Swiss investigation began looking into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which will be held in Russia and Qatar respectively.
Then, last month, Fifa's outgoing President Blatter, 79, was provisionally suspended, along with Secretary General Jerome Valcke and Vice-President Michel Platini, amid further allegations of corruption.
Mr Blatter is under investigation by Swiss prosecutors over allegations that he signed a contract that was "unfavourable to Fifa" and made a "disloyal payment" to Mr Platini, also head of European football's governing body, Uefa.
Brentford's Scott Hogan headed over from close range, before Jonjo Shelvey crossed for Ciaran Clark to nod in the opening goal for the hosts.
Dwight Gayle's shot doubled the lead and he tapped in a second after the break from two yards out.
Hogan turned in after a corner to reduce the deficit, but Newcastle were rarely troubled in the later stages.
The result lifts Newcastle to second in the table, though the result took longer to secure than it ought to have, with Christian Atsu firing just off target and Ayoze Perez having a goal ruled out for offside in a dominant first-half showing.
Gayle's two goals lifted him above Hogan and Bristol City's Tammy Abraham as the Championship's top scorer on nine, following his move from Crystal Palace in a reported £10m deal in July.
Brentford fell to eighth in the table as they lost their fourth game in their past five league meetings with Newcastle.
The Bees face Derby on Tuesday, but will be without centre-half Harlee Dean for the trip to the iPro Stadium after he was shown his fourth yellow card in five games and his fifth of the season in total.
Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez:
"We did everything we wanted to do - we controlled the game and had good chances.
"I'm not watching the table because it's too soon. I said the other day I was convinced we could improve; I'm pleased but we can still improve.
"The team is doing a lot of good things and we have a striker who is confident in front of goal and scoring."
Brentford manager Dean Smith:
"With the quality that they have they don't really need a helping hand but unfortunately we gave them one with a two-goal lead.
"We're not renowned for that - defensively we're normally very good.
"We came here with a game plan but when you give away goals like that it goes out the window. There were good things as well - we competed well enough."
Match ends, Newcastle United 3, Brentford 1.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 3, Brentford 1.
Grant Hanley (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Hogan (Brentford).
Attempt missed. Ryan Woods (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sullay Kaikai.
Attempt missed. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dwight Gayle.
Attempt missed. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey following a set piece situation.
Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Brentford).
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
Attempt blocked. Achraf Lazaar (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey.
Foul by Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United).
John Egan (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ryan Woods (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Achraf Lazaar replaces Yoan Gouffran.
Attempt saved. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yoan Gouffran.
Substitution, Brentford. Alan McCormack replaces Nico Yennaris.
Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Clarke (Brentford).
Substitution, Brentford. Yoann Barbet replaces Andreas Bjelland.
Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Ryan Woods (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Woods (Brentford).
Substitution, Newcastle United. DeAndre Yedlin replaces Christian Atsu.
Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Ciaran Clark.
Attempt saved. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Atsu.
Substitution, Brentford. Sullay Kaikai replaces Lewis MacLeod.
Offside, Newcastle United. Ayoze Pérez tries a through ball, but Christian Atsu is caught offside.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Andreas Bjelland.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Grant Hanley replaces Jamaal Lascelles because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Atsu.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Harlee Dean.
Attempt blocked. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Colback.
Attempt missed. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ryan Woods following a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Ciaran Clark.
Goal! Newcastle United 3, Brentford 1. Scott Hogan (Brentford) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Yoan Gouffran.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Vurnon Anita.
The diner ordered a dish of prawns that appeared to be marked at 38 yuan (£4, $6) on the menu, reported local media.
But he was later told the menu had specified the price was for each prawn, and was asked to pay 1,520 yuan (£160; $240) for the dish.
The restaurant has attracted intense criticism on Chinese social media.
The customer, identified as Mr Zhu by local media, was a Nanjing native on holiday in Qingdao with his family. On Sunday they visited the Shande Live Seafood and Barbecued Home-Cooked Dishes restaurant for dinner.
Pictures of the restaurant's menu carried by news outlets showed it had listed "ocean-caught large prawns" for 38 yuan. Mr Zhu said he ordered the dish and was served a platter of 40 prawns stir-fried in garlic.
When presented with the bill, which came up to 2,700 yuan including the cost of other dishes, Mr Zhu confronted the restaurant owner, who pointed to a line at the bottom of the menu which stated that "the seafood listed above is priced per item".
Mr Zhu refused to pay, and said the restaurant owner pulled out a stick and threatened to beat him up. The police were called in, and after negotiations Mr Zhu paid 2,000 yuan.
The unnamed restaurant owner told Beijing Youth Daily that he charged such high prices because his prawns were freshly caught.
The case has made waves on microblogging network Sina Weibo, where "38 yuan large prawn" has become a trending topic. Netizens have lambasted the restaurant owner as greedy and shameless.
Said user Maitianiam: "After cheating people he still wants to justify himself, he knows no shame."
"The next time I'm having a meal in Qingdao I'd better ask how much each grain of rice or each noodle costs, or else I might get beaten up!" said YanchixiaS.
Others noted that Mr Zhu still had to pay a large sum of money for the meal, and took issue with local authorities for failing to help him.
"What's hateful about this isn't just this unscrupulous merchant, but also the police and industry bureau... where can consumers get help from?" said user ACmilanshefuqinke.
The 22-year-old had looked set to take the first major of the season at the ANA Inspiration last month, before a rules breach cost her victory.
Thompson was was given a four-stroke penalty when a TV viewer spotted an infringement and emailed officials.
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In Gee Chun of South Korea earned her third runner-up finish of the season with a bogey-free 67 on Sunday.
Thompson, ranked fifth in the world, started her final round three shots ahead of the field and recorded six birdies to card a record 264 for the tournament.
It was her first victory on the LPGA Tour since a 2016 victory in Thailand.
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A general election gives adults in the UK the chance to have a say on who runs the country.
They do this by voting for an MP to represent them and be their voice in Parliament (in the picture above).
You can find out more about how MPs get their jobs - and how a general election works - here.
But to find out more about what MPs do once they've got the job, read on below.
MP stands for Member of Parliament. He or she is a person who represents a particular area of the country in parliament.
The UK is divided into 650 of these areas, called constituencies - and there is an MP for each one. So that makes 650 MPs in Parliament in total.
They meet together in the House of Commons, which is part of the Houses of Parliament in London.
MPs split their time between working in Parliament and working in their constituency.
When they are working in Parliament, they can suggest and consider new laws, and take part in important votes on how the country is run.
Most MPs belong to groups called political parties - for example, the Conservative Party or the Labour Party
They can also bring up issues that matter to people in their constituency with important members of the government.
They might do this by asking a question to a politician on one person's behalf or they might bring up a topic in the House of Commons that is important to people who live in their constituency.
Sometimes, if the members of their constituency want something different to what their own political party wants, MPs may have to choose between upsetting their constituents or upsetting their party!
Some MPs who belong to the party (or parties) in power at the time will be given special jobs in the government, on top of their role as an MP.
They will be made government ministers and asked to look after particular areas of how the country is run - for example, health or education.
When MPs are working in their constituency, they will often hold special meetings called surgeries, at which members of the public can go to meet them if they have something they want to talk to their local MP about.
They will go along to public events, and visit local schools and businesses, so they can better understand what matters most to the people they represent. It also helps local people to get to know their MP.
Currently, if MPs want to have another paid job on top of their job as an MP, they can, but they have to officially register it.
Some people think it is a good thing if MPs have another job too, as it keeps them in touch with members of the public, and means they have more skills and knowledge to bring to their job in Parliament.
Others think that MPs shouldn't be allowed to have another job, as they should be fully committed to their job in Parliament and should focus all of their time on this.
There is a report currently being put together about what should be allowed with MPs having second jobs. The results will be presented in June.
When MPs come together in the House of Commons, they will debate and vote on issues that are important to the country.
This might be to do with rules in schools or how much money your parents have to spend on things, so these things can affect you.
Currently, there aren't any MPs as Parliament has been "dissolved" ahead of the election. Click on the link to find out more about what this means, but it's a bit like the end of term has happened.
All over the UK, the people who want to be MPs - called candidates - are currently working very hard to convince people to vote for them on 8 June.
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Firefighters used hydraulic equipment, a winch and hand tools to free him following the incident near Cynwyl Elfed at 19:30 BST on Friday.
He was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen. The extent of his injuries are unknown.
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In a statement, McIlroy said that "my health and my family's health comes before everything else".
"Even though the risk of infection from the Zika virus is considered low, it is a risk nonetheless and a risk I am unwilling to take," said McIlroy, 27.
Vijay Singh and Australia's Marc Leishman have already pulled out of the Games because of the Zika issue.
Earlier this month, four-time major winner McIlroy, who was set to represent Ireland in Rio, said that his concerns over the virus had eased.
The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to brain defects in newborn babies.
World number four McIlroy's decision is to a blow to a sport which will be making a return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence.
A number of top golfing stars, including major winners Adam Scott and Louis Oosthuizen, have already pulled out for scheduling and family reasons.
McIlroy added: "I trust the Irish people will understand my decision.
"The unwavering support I receive every time I compete in a golf tournament at home or abroad means the world to me.
"I will continue to endeavour to make my fans and fans of golf proud with my play on the course and my actions off it."
Ireland's Olympic governing body said that it was "extremely disappointed not to be taking Rory with us to Rio" but added that it "respected his decision".
The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) statement added that it had "total confidence that the Games will be safe for all athletes".
It said the OCI has taken its lead from the International Olympic Committee on the Zika situation and was also following recommendations of the Rio 2016 organisers, the World Health Organisation and national health authorities.
After deliberating over the issue, Northern Irishman McIlroy announced in May 2014 that he had decided to play for Ireland and not Great Britain at the Rio Games.
The International Golf Federation also said it was "disappointed" by the decision, but added it accepted players each had to "weigh personally a unique set of circumstances".
"People were aware that Rory McIlroy did have concerns. He mentioned the Zika virus a couple of weeks ago. He is 27, engaged to Erica Stoll and has spoken about his desire to start a family in the very near future.
"That said, only last week in a news conference at the US Open Rory said golf's return to the Olympics is something we should be getting excited about.
"Jason Day has raised one or two concerns about the Zika virus, but he has also expressed a desire to represent his country in Rio.
"Day is the world's number one player and people will be watching very closely to see what his reaction is now that McIlroy has taken this decision."
Pregnant women have been advised not to travel to areas where there are outbreaks of Zika, while women have also been advised to avoid falling pregnant in these areas.
But the International Olympic Committee, following World Health Organisation advice, says it has "total confidence" the Games will be safe for athletes.
Jonathan Ball, professor of molecular virology at the University of Nottingham, said McIlroy's decision struck him as being "extreme".
"The chances of being infected by Zika virus is low, especially if you protect yourself from mosquito bites by covering up and using a good insect repellent. Most people infected don't even show any symptoms and serious illness, although reported, seems to be a very rare event," he added.
Dr Derek Gatherer, lecturer in biomedical and life sciences at Lancaster University, said: "If Mr McIlroy is contemplating becoming a father within a year or so, then it is a perfectly reasonable precaution to stay away from regions of active Zika transmission.
"On the other hand, if he is not going to become a father any time soon, he has little to worry about."
BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter:
While McIlroy's concerns over the risk to his and his family's health should be respected, his withdrawal provides worries for the credibility of golf's return to the Games.
With Marc Leishman and Vijay Singh also steering clear because of Zika fears and Adam Scott, Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel staying away for scheduling reasons, the list of absentees is growing.
There will now be close attention on world number one Jason Day and Masters champion Danny Willett. Both have expressed Zika concerns.
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The EU Withdrawal Bill is set to be passed after peers voted by 273 votes to 135 not to challenge the Commons again over the rights of EU nationals.
Labour says it will not continue its opposition, including over the issue of a vote on the final Brexit deal.
This came as MPs voted overwhelmingly to overturn the Lords amendments.
MPs rejected calls for the government to protect the status of EU nationals within three months of the start of Brexit talks by 335 votes to 287 and then dismissed calls for Parliament to have a meaningful vote on any Brexit deal by 331 to 286 votes.
Labour peers have said they will not vote to reinsert the provisions, meaning a period of what is known as "parliamentary ping-pong" between the elected chamber and its unelected counterpart is highly unlikely.
Conceding defeat, Labour's leader in the Lords Baroness Smith, told the BBC they had "done their best" in the face of what she claimed was the government's "pure stubbornness" but she said for the Lords to continue its opposition when the views of MPs were clear would be an "empty gesture".
Crossbench peer Lord Pannick said "it was time to give way" to the elected chamber.
As peers gathered to consider their position. the Lib Dems accused Labour of "giving up" and said they would continue to "fight until the end of the process" - forcing a fresh vote on the status of EU nationals in the UK.
Both Houses of Parliament have to agree the text of the bill before it can be sent for Royal Assent and become law. Prime Minister Theresa May could then theoretically trigger Article 50, which formally starts the Brexit process, as early as Tuesday.
However, Downing Street sources have said this will not happen this week and the PM is expected to wait until the end of the month to officially notify the EU of the UK's intention to leave.
Only two Tory MPs - Tania Mathias and Alex Chalk - defied the whip over the issue of EU nationals as the government won the first vote comfortably, aided by six Labour MPs who backed Theresa May.
There were no rebels in the second vote although 11 Tories abstained, including former cabinet ministers Nicky Morgan, Dominic Grieve and Anna Soubry.
Opening Monday's Commons debate, Brexit Secretary David Davis said MPs had already approved the bill "without any strings attached" and putting it into law "without further delay" would enable the negotiations to begin.
He said the government was committed to a "quick deal" on the rights of EU residents, but insisted guarantees must be reciprocal.
He repeated the government's verbal assurances that both Houses would have a vote on any Brexit deal, but warned that while the Lords amendment "has been badged as a meaningful vote, the reality is there are some who would seek to use this to overturn the result of the referendum".
"We will not have anything that will put the intention to leave the EU in doubt," he told MPs.
But he was pressed by a number of Tory MPs over the exact nature of the parliamentary vote they've been promised. Former minister Anna Soubry said it was "perverse" that if the UK and EU were not able to agree a deal at all, that Parliament would not be "entitled" to pass its judgement.
"I would urge the government, for the sake of bringing unity to the country at large, that they allow Parliament's sovereignty to reign and in the event of no deal we have a vote and a say," she said.
For Labour, shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer said there was a "compelling case" to give EU residents the certainty they deserved, arguing that "not only is it the right thing do in principle but it would set the right tone ahead of the negotiations".
Former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg accused ministers of "shameful inaction" on the issue, while Green Party leader Caroline Lucas said MPs "were not elected to be lemmings" in the Brexit process.
The SNP's Stephen Gethins said the question of the future of EU residents "went to the heart of what kind of country we want to be" and warned MPs not to hand the government a "blank cheque" in upcoming talks.
But the government won the backing of the vast majority of Tory MPs, including Dudley South's Mike Wood, who had been unable to vote during previous stages of the bill after being hospitalised with sepsis.
He tweeted: "I'm still recovering from sepsis but I was determined to vote to make sure that the decision taken in last June's referendum is implemented."
Mrs May has said Parliament will get a vote, but some MPs and peers want a stronger commitment to give them a more "meaningful" say - and to be able to potentially send her back to the negotiating table in Brussels.
Mrs May has said she would rather take the UK out of the EU with no deal rather than a "bad deal".
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Both sides are unbeaten after three games and meet in what is being viewed as the tournament decider.
Thomas said: "Wales are going to have do something different because I don't think we can just beat England up.
"We'll have to bring something out that we haven't expected or seen yet."
Thomas believes centre Jamie Roberts will be crucial if Wales are to repeat their 28-25 victory over England at Twickenham in the 2015 World Cup.
Roberts is renowned for using his power to make ground, rather than for his ability to work team-mates into space.
But having played alongside his fellow British and Irish Lion, Thomas "would love to see" the 29-year-old surprise fans, critics and opponents alike.
"What Jamie does for Wales, he does it very well, but do you know what? The kid can pass," Thomas told Scrum V.
"Everybody is expecting him to go down there (into England's midfield).
"But maybe give him a bit of a rein; give him a reason to play, a reason to pass, a reason to have a go rather than just be this battering ram, which he does well - but there is more to him."
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On Friday Wales beat France 19-10 in a game captain Sam Warburton described as "boring" and coach Warren Gatland viewed as brilliant.
The following day, Eddie Jones' England ended Ireland's hopes of a third successive title in a 21-10 triumph at Twickenham.
Thomas said: "Part of me was glad they (England) won because it does build up for the Wales-England game to be a very interesting game, especially now with England going for the Grand Slam.
"They've kind of gone back to a bit of a basic and they're playing a very powerful game. They're very strong."
Wales and England are playing a second game in the same season at Twickenham for the first time and Gatland's side will hope to replicate last autumn's victory.
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Wales are also hoping to complete their first back-to-back wins over England at Twickenham since 1978.
They won their first game at Twickenham in 20 years in Warren Gatland's first game in charge in 2008 before winning the 2012 Triple Crown at English rugby's home in 2012.
Wales captain Sam Warburton wants a "10% improvement", on the performance against France but they might be without the nation's most-capped player in prop Gethin Jenkins.
England beat Scotland and Italy before seeing off Ireland while Wales drew in their opener against Ireland before beating Scotland ahead of a fifth successive win over France.
The comments came in a briefing filed on Monday to a US judge who asked for Apple's input in a case.
A US Department of Justice request has tried to force the company to help prosecutors access a seized iPhone.
According to Apple, 90% of its devices running iOS 8 or higher can't be unlocked.
The phone that is the subject of the justice department's request is an older device, but Apple has so far resisted unlocking it for authorities.
"Forcing Apple to extract data in this case, absent clear legal authority to do so, could threaten the trust between Apple and its customers and substantially tarnish the Apple brand," the company said in its briefing.
US magistrate Judge James Orenstein, of Brooklyn in New York, has scheduled a hearing for Thursday though it is not clear whether an Apple representative will be present.
In order to decrypt the data on newer devices, the encryption key - known only to the user - would have to be entered.
Meanwhile, Apple chief executive Tim Cook has told an audience in California that the company does not allow intelligence agencies to access data via "back doors" in its software.
"We think encryption is a must in today's world," said Mr Cook, speaking at the Wall Street Journal's WSJDLive conference.
"No-one should have to decide privacy or security. We should be smart enough to do both."
The data encrypting services that come with the latest smartphone and computer operating systems can only be unlocked when a specific key is used, according to Dr Joss Wright of the Oxford Internet Institute.
"Apple may supply the device and system but if they don't have that key they're not able to unlock it any more than the US state department," he told the BBC.
He added that law enforcement agencies often found themselves attempting to circumvent this problem.
This can be done by getting the user to voluntarily give up the key or by installing malware on the user's phone that snoops on the key as it is typed in.
"The core encryption is as near to unbreakable as you can get," he said.
"The point is you don't try to break the encryption, you break the software - you try to get the password from the user's computer so you can unlock it."
In another privacy-conscious step, Apple also recently removed more than 250 apps from the app store which used Chinese advertising software to extract personally identifiable information about users.
According to the company, this information included email addresses and data that could identify individual devices.
Apple said it would work with developers to get updated versions of their apps back on the app store "quickly".
Kutcher, 37, whose partner Mila Kunis gave birth to their first child Wyatt in October, took to social media to highlight the issue.
"There are NEVER diaper changing stations in men's restrooms," he wrote.
"The first public men's room I go into that has one gets a shout on my FB page! ‪#‎BeTheChange."
Kutcher's post has since been liked more than 240,000 times on Facebook.
He also posted on Twitter last week: "You may not realise how sexist public bathrooms are until you're a parent."
Followers from around the world have told Kutcher that there are father-friendly loos in Australia, Sweden and Newcastle.
In the US there's a campaign called Potty Parity which is demanding more facilities for men in public toilets.
In California politicians have passed two laws for equal access to nappy-changing stations in new public bathrooms.
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It is hosting Burundi's failed coup leader, and helping rebels launch cross-border attacks, Foreign Minister Alain Nyamitwe told the BBC.
Rwanda denies the allegation, and says Burundi is trying to deflect attention from its own problems.
The two governments have a tense relationship, with both countries sharing a similar ethnic make-up.
Burundi has been hit by a spate of assassinations and attempted assassinations since President Pierre Nkurunziza won disputed elections in July.
He survived a coup attempt in March. It was led by renegade Gen Godefroid Niyombare, who opposed his bid for a third term.
Gen Niyombare has not been seen in public since then.
About 70,000 Burundians are living in refugee camps in Rwanda after fleeing the unrest.
Mr Nyamitwe told the BBC Kinyarwanda service that Rwanda was "facilitating" attacks that the coup plotters were orchestrating in Burundi.
"We also have extensive information about recruitments in refugee camps, especially in Mahama refugee camp, where refugees are taken for military training, and some of the trainers are Rwandans," he added.
Analysis: Robert Misigaro, BBC Kinyarwanda service
Pierre Nkurunziza and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame were once on good terms, even playing football together when they visited each other's countries.
This changed in November 2012, when the two disagreed sharply over the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr Nkurunziza opposed the M23, which, according to the UN, had Rwanda's backing.
The two leaders clashed at a meeting of regional leaders over the issue, prompting Mr Nkurunziza to walk out before the talks ended.
Since then, relations between the two presidents have gone downhill, leading to the current diplomatic tensions.
On Tuesday, Rwandan foreign ministry official Olivier Nduhungirehe accused Burundi of harbouring rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) group, which was linked to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Mr Nyamitwe said a fact-finding team, sent to Burundi by regional leaders, found there was no truth to the allegation.
The team visited Burundi after Rwanda made similar allegations in the past, he added.
Both Rwanda and Burundi have long experienced ethnic conflict between a Hutu majority and a Tutsi minority which has traditionally been dominant.
Rwanda sees the mainly Hutu FDLR as a major threat to its stability, and is pushing for its disarmament.
Mr Nkurunziza is a Hutu former rebel leader, while Mr Kagame is a Tutsi.
However, the unrest in Burundi is not linked to ethnic divisions, analysts say.
The campaign is asking pupils and staff to give £1 to charity in exchange for wearing something green for the day.
The idea arose when students at Fulham Cross Girls' school in London wanted to show solidarity for the fire victims.
Fulham Cross head Peter Haylock said more than 100 schools in west London had worn green for Grenfell on Friday.
He added: "The idea arose from the students themselves who have relatives and friends who have been really badly affected by the fire.
"Some of our students also come past the tower on the way to school.
"We came up with the idea of wearing green for Grenfell and we spoke to the local authority, which goes across the three boroughs, Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster, and over 100 schools have picked it up.
"From there, it has gone across the whole of London and the whole of the UK," he said.
Around 100 balloons were released at Fulham Cross Girls in memory of those who lost their lives in the fire.
Pupils from three other schools, dressed in green, were invited to be part of the balloon-releasing ceremony.
Mr Haylock added: "For me as a head teacher, I know that some of my colleagues have had to do the worst thing imaginable - to tell an assembly that some of their friends will not be coming back."
Meanwhile, Belmont School in Chiswick, west London, tweeted that it raised £705.40 for the Grenfell Disaster Fund.
"Thank you for your generosity Belmont," a tweet said.
The senior leadership team at Outwood Grange School in Sheffield made green jelly to mark the day and offer support to the families affected.
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Team Katusha's Eduard Vorganov tested positive for meldonium in an out-of-competition test last month.
Meldonium is used in Latvia and other eastern European countries to treat serious heart problems and aid the circulation of oxygen.
The 33-year-old joined the team in 2010 and was the Russian road race champion in 2012.
He finished 19th at the Tour de France in the same year.
Vorganov's Italian team-mate Luca Paolini failed a test for cocaine at last year's Tour and under UCI rules Katusha could now be banned from competition for 15-45 days.
Under the guidelines, if two riders and/or staff within a team commit a breach of the rules within a period of 12 months, the team shall be suspended from participation in any international event.
The team issued a statement regarding Vorganov in which it insisted: "This substance has never been used by the team in any form and was not provided to the rider by the team.
"Eduard Vorganov has been suspended from all team activities, effective immediately.
"In the event that Eduard Vorganov took this product on his own initiative we will conduct an investigation, as such conduct is in breach of the team's strict medical and anti-doping internal rules."
He said claims that Russian agents were acting in the region were "rubbish".
He was speaking live on Russian TV after a clash in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, in which three separatists were reportedly killed.
Talks on the crisis are now under way in Geneva between Ukraine, Russia, the European Union and the US.
Russia and Ukraine have been on a collision course since pro-Moscow Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was toppled in February by supporters of more engagement with the West, in particular the EU.
By Jonathan MarcusBBC diplomatic correspondent
There's going to be a lot of talk in Geneva - and beyond - using terms like "decentralisation", "federalism" and "regionalisation".
Even the interim Ukrainian government is willing to discuss greater decentralisation. For if Ukraine is to have any reasonable future then constitutional change of some kind is widely seen as necessary.
The balance of power between Kiev and the regions has to change, not least to enable the Russian-speaking areas to have more of a say over their own affairs. Substantial powers might have to be transferred.
The trouble is that all of these terms mean very different things to different people. Russia for example sees "federalism" as a way of weakening the hold of Kiev and seems to want regions to be able to enter into relationships with a foreign country - Russia - irrespective of the views of the central government in Kiev.
Tensions escalated last month when Russia annexed Crimea - causing international outrage - following protests against the new government in Kiev by its majority Russian-speaking population.
Unrest then spread to the Donetsk region and other parts of eastern Ukraine bordering Russia.
Following Wednesday's events in Mariupol and confrontations in other parts of eastern Ukraine, the country's State Border Service announced on Thursday that it was "significantly" restricting entry into the country by adult men from Russia because of the risk of "acts of terror".
Mr Putin made his latest comments in a televised question-and-answer session with the Russian public, a talk-show-style programme involving satellite links with audiences across Russia that has become an annual event lasting several hours.
"Instead of realising that there is something wrong with the Ukrainian government and attempting dialogue, they made more threats of force... This is another very grave crime by Kiev's current leaders," he said.
"I hope that they are able to realise what a pit, what an abyss the current authorities are in and dragging the country into."
Mr Putin pointed out that he had secured authorisation in March from Russia's upper house of parliament to use force in Ukraine, but he stressed that he preferred negotiations.
"The Federation Council granted the president the right to use military force in Ukraine. I really hope that I do not have to exercise this right and that we are able to solve all today's pressing issues via political and diplomatic means," he said.
"We must do everything to help these people [in eastern Ukraine] defend their rights and independently determine their own destiny. This is what we're going to push for."
Responding to Mr Putin's comments, Ukraine's prime minister accused the Russian president of attempting to sabotage the country's forthcoming presidential election, and said Moscow was responsible for deaths in recent clashes in the east.
"Russia is playing only one game - further aggravation, further provocation - because the task... is to wreck the presidential election on May 25," Arseny Yatseniuk told journalists in Kiev.
Wednesday night saw hundreds of pro-Russian separatists attack a security services base in Mariupol near the Azov Sea.
Troops had responded by opening fire and killing three and wounding 13 of the assailants, Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said.
"They came here around 8:15pm, demanding that we surrender our weapons and join the people. There were some women with them, but then they left," said Police Major Oleksandr Kolesnichenko, deputy commander of the base.
"Then they used a truck to break through the gate. There was some incoming fire. I could not see who was shooting - it was dark," he said.
A separatist representative quoted by Reuters news agency, who gave his name only as Sergei, said there had been a peaceful rally at the base.
"We had a peaceful rally to urge the police to join the people. The commander of the compound warned he would order troops to shoot to kill.
"Then there was shooting. Some people came with Molotov cocktails."
The clash took place hours after apparently unsuccessful attempts by the Ukrainian military operation to retake territory elsewhere in eastern Ukraine from armed pro-Russian rebels.
In one instance, an armoured column of Ukrainian paratroopers lost control of some of their armoured vehicles to pro-Russian separatists.
The United States and European Union have imposed visa bans and asset freezes on a small number of Russian government officials, but say they are now considering more serious measures, accusing Moscow of encouraging anti-government elements in Ukraine.
"What I have said consistently is that each time Russia takes these kinds of steps that are designed to violate their sovereignty, that there are going to be consequences," US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday in an interview.
The EU, which depends on Russia for some 30% of its gas supplies, is currently discussing the possible impact of economic sanctions with member states.
Wales start their World Cup campaign against Uruguay on 20 September, before playing England, Fiji and Australia.
Defence coach Shaun Edwards says the warm-up games were a necessary evil as teams prepare for a "massive occasion".
"We do want momentum, but we're keeping fingers crossed about injuries because it would be a travesty to get someone injured so late," he said.
"But in the end you need match practise otherwise you're going to be undercooked going into what will be a massive occasion.
"It's a necessary evil in a way that you have to have pre-season games. But it's more important at World Cup time when you have to peak in September and October... because you can't recover from a slow start."
Wales had a scare in their last warm-up game against Ireland when lock Alun Wyn Jones suffered a knee injury.
However, head coach Warren Gatland said Jones should be fit in time for the tournament along with long-term injury victims prop Samson Lee and back Liam Williams.
Edwards added Wales were aiming to test their own and Italy's fitness by keeping the ball in play for a s long as possible in Cardiff.
"We are looking for a good, fast and hopefully high ball-in-play-time rugby," he said.
"That's something we're trying to concentrate on - keeping that ball in play.
"Against Ireland it was up to 44 minutes which was one of our best efforts and we're aiming to get that up to 45, 46 or 47 minutes [and] that would be the best we've ever had."
Centre Jamie Roberts, who is not playing against Italy, has said he is still "haunted" by Wales' 9-8 defeat by France in the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup.
Wales played two thirds of the game with 14 players following the dismissal of captain Sam Warburton by referee Alain Rolland for a tip-tackle on wing Vincent Clerc.
Edwards agreed that experience was still raw.
"I've said a number of times there's still a little bitterness from the last World Cup," he said.
"Mr Roland gave a decision against us... he thought it was the right thing to do.
"It's something [an offence] I've noticed recently it's regularly given as a yellow card, they go to the video referee.
"But it's not a criticism of Alain Rolland. He's one of the world's best referees, we've won many a game when he's been in charge, it's just we had a big decision go against us.
"You don't get many chances to get in World Cup finals and it is still a bitter feeling, a bitter taste."
The 23-year-old England international, who set up the first of Romelu Lukaku's two goals in Sunday's 4-2 victory over Leicester, has a year left on his deal.
"We offer him a new contract, and there are two possibilities," said Koeman.
"One, he signs that contract. If he doesn't sign that contract then we need to sell the player. It's simple, it's not so difficult in my opinion."
Barkley, who was born in Liverpool and came through the Everton academy, has scored five goals and provided eight assists this season.
Team-mate Lukaku, the Premier League's top scorer with 23 goals, last month turned down a new five-year deal thought to be worth about £140,000 a week.
The Belgian, whose contract expires in 2019, recently stated his desire to play in the Champions League next season.
The Toffees are seventh in the table - seven points shy of a Champions League spot.
"We try to keep the best players," said Koeman. "We spoke a lot about Ross and Rom because they are really important.
"Most of the time the quality of the players can be the difference between Everton and the opponent, and they played really well.
"We know Rom is a great finisher but Ross played really good football between the lines.
"I think he should have scored one but it is what you like to see - your best players performing like they showed, because they were outstanding. The whole team was outstanding."
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Mauricio Ortega had his term shortened from 26 to 18 years.
The court ruled he was not attempting to kill Nabila Rifo when he attacked her.
He beat Ms Rifo until she passed out. Then he gouged out her eyes and left her in the street, where she suffered hypothermia.
The ruling sparked a protest outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday and the story has been trending on Chilean social media, with thousands drawing attention to what they see as an unjust decision.
The Minister for Women's Rights and Gender Equity, Claudia Pascual, told reporters she accepted the court's decision, but did not agree with it.
"When one person strikes another with injuries as serious as is the case of Nabila, it is difficult to think that there was not an intention to kill," she said.
The attack on Ms Rifo in southern Chile last year became a huge symbol of the country's uphill battle against domestic violence.
After she was found in a bloodied heap on a road in Coyhaique, shocked neighbours held a protest calling for "respect and justice".
News spread and soon there were sister demonstrations, 1,500km (900 miles) further north in the capital, Santiago.
President Michelle Bachelet visited her in hospital and when Ortega was sentenced in May 2017, she said justice had been served. "It is fundamental that the country defends women against violence," she tweeted.
Ortega was found guilty of causing serious injury and "attempted femicide" (a legal term in the country, meaning the killing of a woman because of her gender).
However, his defence lawyer, Ricardo Flores, then launched a fight for a retrial in order to reduce the sentence.
Mr Flores said last month: "From the legal point of view, it would have been simpler to have killed her than simply to have left her alive."
President Bachelet tweeted on 21 June: "Outrageous statements from the lawyer of Nabila Rifo's attacker. They stem from deep violence. This can not be tolerated."
The court rejected the appeal for a retrial, but reduced the jail time after overruling the prosecution for "attempted femicide".
Francisca Junemann, lawyer and co-founder of the Fundación Chile Mujeres (Chile Women's Foundation) told the BBC the problem hinged on finding evidence he had the intention to kill.
During the trial, Ms Rifo, then 28, told the court: "He harassed me for every little thing, for the food that I cooked 'badly'. He told me I was a whore. Sometimes he even dragged me down the stairs."
Ortega is the father to two of her four children.
She told the Chilean press she had shared her story as an example to others.
In a Facebook video statement before the Supreme Court's decision was made, she thanked people for their support and expressed a wish for an outcome that showed women were valued as much as men.
On Twitter, some people expressed frustration that the story was being overshadowed by news that Chilean footballer Alexis Sánchez had a new girlfriend.
The verdict is not open to appeals.
The hosts were in control from start to finish and opened the scoring through Luis Suarez's overhead volley.
Messi swept in a quick second from Suarez's cutback before making it 3-0 with a fierce volley.
Sevilla were reduced to 10 men in the 90th minute when Vitolo was sent for a second booking after a foul on Neymar.
Substitute Pablo Sarabia had Sevilla's two best chances with powerful long-range drives in the second half but the visitors never really looked like scoring.
Relive Barcelona's win against Sevilla
It was ultimately a routine win for Barcelona, who slowed the tempo after scoring their third, mindful of a packed April fixture list that includes the two legs of their Champions League quarter-final with Juventus.
The three points mean Luis Enrique's side go top of La Liga, although they will drop back to second if Real Madrid beat Leganes later on Wednesday.
Match ends, Barcelona 3, Sevilla 0.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, Sevilla 0.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Sergio Rico.
Attempt saved. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Javier Mascherano.
Second yellow card to Vitolo (Sevilla) for a bad foul.
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Vitolo (Sevilla).
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Vitolo (Sevilla).
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joaquín Correa (Sevilla).
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joaquín Correa (Sevilla).
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joaquín Correa (Sevilla).
Foul by Neymar (Barcelona).
Vitolo (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Carles Aleñá (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Carles Aleñá (Barcelona).
Steven N'Zonzi (Sevilla) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lionel Messi (Barcelona).
Sergio Escudero (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matías Kranevitter (Sevilla).
Attempt missed. Stevan Jovetic (Sevilla) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Barcelona. Carles Aleñá replaces Ivan Rakitic.
Foul by Lucas Digne (Barcelona).
Mariano (Sevilla) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona).
Sergio Escudero (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Paco Alcácer (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta with a through ball.
Substitution, Barcelona. Lucas Digne replaces Gerard Piqué.
Substitution, Sevilla. Stevan Jovetic replaces Vicente Iborra.
Foul by Javier Mascherano (Barcelona).
Vicente Iborra (Sevilla) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sergio Busquets (Barcelona).
The area at the BP garage on Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, was cordoned off, but one car drove through the tape and sank immediately into the wet concrete.
Another car that followed the first one suffered the same fate.
Onlooker Steven Moncrieff said: "You should have seen the look on the driver's face. The manager came out and didn't look overly pleased."
The cars got stuck on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr Moncrieff, who uses the BP garage every day, told the BBC that workers had been preparing the area for resurfacing for the last couple of days.
"It was taped and coned off but an older guy who had just filled up managed to drive through the tape and into the cement - closely followed by another car," he said.
Customers using the garage were able to pull one of the cars out, but the other remained firmly stuck in the concrete.
Paul Boyle, 38, repeatedly stabbed 52-year-old Kenneth McNeill at the flat in Dumbarton Road, Yoker, on 15 May.
The victim was treated by paramedics but died from blood loss caused by a stab wound to his leg.
Boyle denied murder but was convicted following a five-day trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. Judge Lord Stewart deferred sentence until the new year.
Shortly before his arrest, police revealed that Mr McNeill had been assaulted after someone had broken into the flat.
Mr McNeill was not the householder at the property but police managed to piece together enough evidence to convict Boyle.
His former girlfriend, Fiona McInally, 36, gave evidence for the Crown during proceedings.
She said that following the fatal attack, Boyle had told her that he had assaulted someone.
Ms McInally told prosecution lawyer David Nicholson that she noticed he had a blood stain on his arm.
She said: "Paul said someone had stabbed him on the arm and he marked their face."
Police said at the time of Mr McNeill's death that an intruder had forced his way inside the flat at about 00:50 and "targeted" the victim, who died at the scene.
Asked if he would help "just about managing" families, he said more must be done for those who feel they are not sharing in the UK's prosperity.
Labour's John McDonnell urged him to scrap benefit cuts.
Mr Hammond refused to be drawn on his plans, but stressed economic "credibility" was key.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show the UK's debt was still "eye-wateringly" large and plans must be "responsible".
Some in Westminster expect Mr Hammond to use Wednesday's statement - one of two big economic statements of the year - to announce measures aimed at the key group of voters identified by Downing Street as the Just About Managing or JAMs, such as a freeze in fuel duty and measures to encourage saving.
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The chancellor said he accepted there were "people who work hard and by and large do not feel that they're sharing in the prosperity that economic growth is bringing to the country", adding: "We've got to make sure that the prosperity that comes from seizing opportunities ahead is shared across the country and across the income distribution."
He said ensuring job security for those people was "a key priority", but pressed on whether he would reverse cuts to Universal Credit, he said many forecasts were "pointing to a slowing of economic growth next year and a sharp challenge for the public finances".
"There are a range of reasons for that and we've got to make sure that what we do is responsible, that everything we do is compatible with building resilience in our economy as we go into a period where there will be some uncertainty around the negotiation over our exit from the EU."
He added: "I want to make sure that the economy is watertight, that we have enough headroom to deal with any unexpected challenges over the next couple of years and most importantly, that we're ready to seize the opportunities of leaving the European Union."
Labour says some working families will lose up to £1,300 a year by 2020 if planned benefit cuts go ahead.
And the Women's Budget Group think tank has claimed that women on average will be £1,003 a year worse off by 2020, compared with £555 for men, with women on lower incomes worst affected.
Shadow chancellor Mr McDonnell told Mr Hammond: "This is money coming out of the pockets of those doing everything that is asked of them - trying to get work, in work, looking after their children, contributing to society.
"Will you change direction? Because if you reverse the cuts to Universal Credit... you will have my support."
In reply, the chancellor told him: "What I have not heard from you is where you would get the money from to do all these easy options."
The row comes amid reports that the UK is facing a projected £100bn "black hole" in its finances due to the UK vote to leave the EU.
Asked about continued calls for the government to say more about its aims in Brexit negotiations, Mr Hammond pointed to the "commendable discipline" from other European leaders when it came to not discussing their opening positions and said Prime Minister Theresa May must be given the same "flexibility".
He added that he was "surprised by the degree to which the cabinet is coming together around a view of the opportunities and the challenges ahead".
Earlier it was revealed that around a billion pounds will be spent on improving England's roads.
The remainder of a £1.3bn Treasury pot earmarked for infrastructure investment will be split between Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, although the devolved administrations can choose to spend that money as they see fit.
But Martin Tett, transport spokesman for the Local Government Association, told BBC Radio 5live the announcement was "a relatively small amount of money in the context of transportation."
Mr McDonnell said the government was "going back to giveaways and gimmicks", and re-announcing "press releases we've had already".
Labour, he said, would invest an extra £500bn in the economy over 10 years to boost economic growth by 1-2%, half of which would be leveraged from the private sector through a national investment bank.
And he vowed that a future Labour government would halt tax cuts to the rich and big corporations.
1881 - Revolt against the Turco-Egyptian administration.
1899-1955 - Sudan is under joint British-Egyptian rule.
1956 - Sudan becomes independent.
1958 - General Ibrahim Abboud leads military coup against the civilian government elected earlier in the year
1962 - Civil war begins in the south, led by the Anya Nya movement.
1964 - The "October Revolution" overthrows Abbud and an Islamist-led government is established
1969 - Jaafar Numeiri leads the "May Revolution" military coup.
1971 - Sudanese Communist Party leaders executed after short-lived coup against Numeiri.
1972 - Under the Addis Ababa peace agreement between the government and the Anya Nya, the south becomes a self-governing region.
1978 - Oil discovered in Bentiu in southern Sudan.
1983 - Civil war breaks out again in the south involving government forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), led by John Garang.
1983 - President Numeiri declares the introduction of Sharia Islamic law.
1985 - After widespread popular unrest Numeiri is deposed by a group of officers and a Transitional Military Council is set up to rule the country.
1986 - Coalition government formed after general elections, with Sadiq al-Mahdi as prime minister.
1988 - Coalition partner the Democratic Unionist Party drafts cease-fire agreement with the SPLM, but it is not implemented.
1989 - National Salvation Revolution takes over in military coup.
1993 - Revolution Command Council dissolved after Omar Bashir is appointed president.
1995 - Egyptian President Mubarak accuses Sudan of being involved in attempt to assassinate him in Addis Ababa.
1998 - US launches missile attack on a pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum, alleging that it was making materials for chemical weapons.
1998 - New constitution endorsed by over 96% of voters in referendum.
1999 - President Bashir dissolves the National Assembly and declares a state of emergency following a power struggle with parliamentary speaker, Hassan al-Turabi.
1999 - Sudan begins to export oil.
2000 President Bashir meets leaders of opposition National Democratic Alliance for first time in Eritrea.
Main opposition parties boycott presidential elections. Incumbent Bashir is re-elected for further five years.
2001 Islamist leader Al-Turabi's party, the Popular National Congress, signs memorandum of understanding with the southern rebel SPLM's armed wing, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Al-Turabi is arrested the next day, with more arrests of PNC members in the following months.
US extends unilateral sanctions against Sudan for another year, citing its record on terrorism and rights violations.
2002 - Government and SPLA sign landmark ceasefire agreement providing for six-month renewable ceasefire in central Nuba Mountains - a key rebel stronghold.
Talks in Kenya lead to a breakthrough agreement between the government and southern rebels on ending the 19-year civil war. The Machakos Protocol provides for the south to seek self-determination after six years.
2003 February - Rebels in western region of Darfur rise up against government, claiming the region is being neglected by Khartoum.
2003 October - PNC leader Turabi released after nearly three years in detention and ban on his party is lifted.
2004 January - Army moves to quell rebel uprising in western region of Darfur; hundreds of thousands of refugees flee to neighbouring Chad.
2004 March - UN official says pro-government Arab Janjaweed militias are carrying out systematic killings of non-Arab villagers in Darfur.
Army officers and opposition politicians, including Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi, are detained over an alleged coup plot.
2004 September - UN says Sudan has not met targets for disarming pro-government Darfur militias and must accept outside help to protect civilians. US Secretary of State Colin Powell describes Darfur killings as genocide.
2005 January - Government and southern rebels sign a peace deal. The agreement includes a permanent ceasefire and accords on wealth and power sharing.
UN report accuses the government and militias of systematic abuses in Darfur, but stops short of calling the violence genocide.
2005 March - UN Security Council authorises sanctions against those who violate ceasefire in Darfur. Council also votes to refer those accused of war crimes in Darfur to International Criminal Court.
2005 June - Government and exiled opposition grouping - National Democratic Alliance (NDA) - sign reconciliation deal allowing NDA into power-sharing administration.
President Bashir frees Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi, detained since March 2004 over alleged coup plot.
2005 9 July - Former southern rebel leader John Garang is sworn in as first vice president. A constitution which gives a large degree of autonomy to the south is signed.
2005 1 August - Vice president and former rebel leader John Garang is killed in a plane crash. He is succeeded by Salva Kiir. Garang's death sparks deadly clashes in the capital between southern Sudanese and northern Arabs.
2005 September - Power-sharing government is formed in Khartoum.
2005 October - Autonomous government is formed in the south, in line with January 2005 peace deal. The administration is dominated by former rebels.
2006 May - Khartoum government and the main rebel faction in Darfur, the Sudan Liberation Movement, sign a peace accord. Two smaller rebel groups reject the deal. Fighting continues.
2006 August - Sudan rejects a UN resolution calling for a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, saying it would compromise sovereignty.
2006 October - Jan Pronk, the UN's top official in Sudan, is expelled.
2006 November - African Union extends mandate of its peacekeeping force in Darfur for six months.
Hundreds are thought to have died in the heaviest fighting between northern Sudanese forces and their former southern rebel foes since they signed a peace deal last year. Fighting is centred on the southern town of Malakal.
2007 April - Sudan says it will accept a partial UN troop deployment to reinforce African Union peacekeepers in Darfur, but not a full 20,000-strong force.
2007 May - International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for a minister and a Janjaweed militia leader suspected of Darfur war crimes.
US President George W Bush announces fresh sanctions against Sudan.
2007 July - UN Security Council approves a resolution authorising a 26,000-strong force for Darfur. Sudan says it will co-operate with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (Unamid).
2007 October - SPLM temporarily suspends participation in national unity government, accusing Khartoum of failing to honour the 2005 peace deal. Returns to government in December.
2008 January - UN takes over Darfur peace force. Government planes bomb rebel positions in West Darfur, turning some areas into no-go zones for aid workers.
2008 March - Presidents of Sudan and Chad sign accord aimed at halting five years of hostilities between their countries.
2008 April - Counting begins in national census which is seen as a vital step towards holding democratic elections after the landmark 2005 north-south peace deal.
UN humanitarian chief John Holmes says 300,000 people may have died in the five-year Darfur conflict.
2008 May - Southern defence minister Dominic Dim Deng is killed in a plane crash in the south.
Tension increases between Sudan and Chad after Darfur rebel group mounts raid on Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city across the Nile. Sudan accuses Chad of involvement and breaks off diplomatic relations.
Intense fighting breaks out between northern and southern forces in disputed oil-rich town of Abyei.
2008 June - President Bashir and southern leader Salva Kiir agree to seek international arbitration to resolve dispute over Abyei.
2008 July - The International Criminal Court's top prosecutor calls for the arrest of President Bashir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur; the appeal is the first ever request to the ICC for the arrest of a sitting head of state. Sudan rejects the indictment.
2008 November - President Bashir announces an immediate ceasefire in Darfur, but the region's two main rebel groups reject the move, saying they will fight on until the government agrees to share power and wealth in the region.
2009 January - Sudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi is arrested after saying President Bashir should hand himself in to The Hague to face war crimes charges for the Darfur war.
2009 March - The International Criminal Court in The Hague issues an arrest warrant for President Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
2009 June - Khartoum government denies it is supplying arms to ethnic groups in the south to destabilise the region.
Hassan Abdallah al-Turabi has been prominent in promoting Islamic law in Sudan
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2009 July - North and south Sudan say they accept ruling by arbitration court in The Hague shrinking disputed Abyei region and placing the major Heglig oil field in the north.
2009 August - Darfur war is over, says UN military commander in the region, in comments condemned by activists.
2009 December - Leaders of North and South reach deal on terms of referendum on independence due in South by 2011.
2010 Feb-March - The Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) main Darfur rebel movement signs a peace accord with the government, prompting President Bashir to declare the Darfur war over. But failure to agree specifics and continuing clashes with smaller rebel groups endanger the deal.
2010 April - President Bashir gains new term in first contested presidential polls since 1986.
2010 July - International Criminal Court issues second arrest warrant for President al-Bashir - this time on charges of genocide.
2010 August - Mr Bashir tests ICC arrest warrant by visiting Kenya, an ICC signatory. The Kenyan government refuses to enforce the warrant.
2011 January - People of the South vote in favour of full independence from the north.
2011 May - Northern troops overrun town of Abyei on disputed border between north and south. South describes it as ''act of war''. Thousands flee.
2011 July - South Sudan gains independence.
2011 September - State of emergency declared in Blue Nile state, elected SPLM-N Governor Malik Agar sacked. Some 100,000 said fleeing unrest.
2011 October - South Sudan and Sudan agree to set up several committees tasked with resolving their outstanding disputes.
2011 November - Sudan accused of bombing refugee camp in Yida, Unity State, South Sudan.
A Kenyan judge issues an arrest warrant for President Bashir, saying he should be detained if ever he sets foot in the country again.
2011 December - International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor requests arrest warrant for Sudan's defence minister, Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein, for alleged war crimes in Darfur.
Sudanese government forces kill key Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim.
2012 January - South Sudan halts oil production after talks on fees for the export of oil via Sudan break down.
2012 February-April - Sudan and South Sudan sign non-aggression pact at talks on outstanding secession issues, but border fighting breaks out.
2012 May - Sudan pledges to pull its troops out of the border region of Abyei, which is also claimed by South Sudan, as bilateral peace talks resume.
2012 June - Week-long student protests in Khartoum against austerity measures spread from to the wider public after the government cuts fuel and other subsidies in response to the drop in oil revenue after the independence of South Sudan.
2012 August - Some 655,000 have been displaced or severely affected by fighting between the army and rebels in states bordering on South Sudan, the UN reports.
Sudan and South Sudan strike a last-minute deal on the South's export of oil via Sudan's pipelines.
2012 September - The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan agree on plans for a demilitarised buffer zone and resuming oil sales after days of talks in Ethiopia, but fail to resolve border issues, including Abyei.
Clashes with rebels in Darfur and South Kordofan region.
2012 October - Explosions destroy an arms factory in Khartoum. Sudan accuses Israel of the attack on what is believed to be an Iranian-run plant making weapons for Hamas in Gaza. Israel declines to comment.
2013 March - Sudan and South Sudan agree to resume pumping oil, ending a shutdown caused by a dispute over fees more than a year ago, and to withdraw troops from their borders to create a demilitarised zone.
2013 September - Wave of demonstrations across the country over the government's decision to cut fuel subsidies. Scores of people die in clashes with police.
2013 October - Dissident members of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) announce plans for a breakaway party aimed at reaching out to secularists and leftists, in what is seen as the most serious split in the elite since Hassan al-Turabi went into opposition in 1999.
2013 December - President Bashir drops long-time ally and first vice president Ali Osman Taha from the cabinet in a major shake-up.
2014 May - A court in Khartoum prompts an international outcry by sentencing a pregnant woman born to a Muslim father but raised as a Christian to death for apostasy after failing to recant her Christianity.
2014 December - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court halts investigations into war crimes in Darfur for lack of support from the UN Security Council.
2015 April - President Bashir is re-elected for another five year term. He wins nearly 95 percent of the vote in a poll marked by low turnout and boycotted by most opposition parties.
2015 June - The Pretoria High Court orders President Bashir not to leave South Africa - where he is attending an African Union summit - while it considers whether or not to arrest him over alleged war crimes. Defying the court order, President Bashir leaves the summit early and returns to Sudan.
More than half of the foundation piles needed for supporting turbines for a massive offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth have been installed.
Energy firm SSE, which is involved in the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm project, said a total of 86 clusters of four piles would eventually be installed.
They will provide support for 84 turbines and two offshore transformer modules.
The piles are being installed on the seabed by a large crane ship.
The Stanislav Yudin has a 2,500-tonne, 110m (360ft) revolving crane.
A number of support vessels are also involved in the work.
The remainder of the piles are expected to be installed by the end of October.
The Beatrice Offshore Windfarm is being constructed in the Outer Moray Firth at a cost of £2.6bn.
Energy firm SSE is among the scheme's investors.
More than 80 firefighters have been tackling the fire at the Four Winds Industrial Estate in Haynes since 23:15 BST on Thursday.
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue said it had been working in "extremely difficult" conditions.
The blaze resulted in part of the A6, a major route into Luton, being closed.
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A fire service spokesman said that while the fire was now under control, it could burn for up to five days.
Initial reports showed several cylinders, including acetylene, were at the premises and crews had to prevent the fire spreading to them.
Firefighters are likely to remain at the site throughout the day and the A6 between the A507 at Clophill and the Haynes Church End turning will remain closed.
Deputy chief fire officer Glen Ranger said: "Many hazards have been encountered throughout the night.
"However the professionalism of our crews, our neighbouring firefighters and other emergency partners, has resulted in the saving of a number of properties."
An investigation into the cause of the fire is under way.
About the most exciting news story I have heard in recent times is the report that the scent of chicken keeps malarial mosquitoes away.
I ought to probably declare that I have what might easily be described as an obsession with malaria.
It is not just that malaria happens to be the greatest killer in Ghana and the biggest reason the majority of people go to outpatient departments in hospitals here - I have a personal problem with malaria.
You need to have had malaria to appreciate just how dreadful a disease it is.
Thirty years after my last bout, I cannot forget the fever, the flu-like symptoms, the high temperatures, the chills, the headache, muscle aches, tiredness, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea; and that is when you do not have any complications.
To put it mildly, malaria is not a pleasant thing. It is debilitating and it reduces grown men to helplessness and kills the majority of young people in my country.
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"Some have suggested that a monument should be erected for the mosquito because it was deemed to have saved West Africa from the fate of southern Africa and the difficulties that came with the independence struggle"
But some say the presence of malaria in our part of the world has had some advantages in our history.
According to this theory, malaria played a significant role in the spread of colonialism on the African continent.
In the parts of the continent that did not have malaria, Europeans could and did settle.
However, in West Africa they could not and this contributed to an easier liberation struggle when the time came.
Indeed, some have suggested that a monument should be erected for the mosquito because it was deemed to have saved West Africa from the fate of southern Africa and the difficulties that came with the independence struggle.
I have never been persuaded that the deterrence to European settlement in West Africa was a worthwhile trade-off for the havoc caused to us by the presence of the malarial mosquito in our part of the world, but that is an argument that will doubtless continue.
It also does not detract from the reality of just how horrible malaria is. How you contract malaria is just as bad as the disease itself.
There is nothing more dreadful on this Earth than the "hmmmmnnn" sound which wakes you up and alerts you to the fact that you have been bitten by the dreaded female anopheles mosquito and infected with the malaria parasite.
I am also in the unfortunate situation that none of the anti-malaria prophylactics work for me. I break out in rashes or I get dizzy and if truth be told, I don't really like sleeping under mosquito nets.
In the past 16 years that I have been back in malarial Ghana, I have dealt with the problem by simply trying to avoid being bitten.
Thus far, it has worked but it has taken an almighty effort that I would not really wish on anybody.
It is with this background that I come to the new scientific discovery that might help eliminate malaria.
Ethiopian and Swedish scientists are said to have discovered that the answer to the malaria problem might lie with the lowly chicken.
Malarial mosquitoes apparently cannot cope with the scent of chickens.
The experiments, conducted in western Ethiopia, are said to have included suspending a live chicken in a cage near a volunteer sleeping under a bed net.
Compounds extracted from chicken feathers were also used in the experiments, as well as live chickens.
OK, so I adore chicken; the meat, that is, but I am not sure about the scent of chicken in my bedroom.
The thought of having to decide between the scent of chickens in my bedroom or the sound of the anopheles mosquito or being ravaged by malaria is most unappealing.
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But Joy Dyment, north Wales director of Stepping Stones, said Gordon Anglesea's death on Thursday would also "reawaken" the abuse some suffered.
Anglesea, 79, of Old Colwyn, Conwy, died six weeks into a 12-year sentence.
Ms Dyment said it was "the end of a very dark era in north Wales' history".
Anglesea was arrested in 2013 as part of the National Crime Agency's Operation Pallial investigation into historical abuse across north Wales.
He was jailed in November after being found guilty of one charge of indecent assault against one boy and three indecent assaults against another following a six-week trial.
The boys were abused between 1982 and 1987 when they were 14 or 15.
He had lodged an appeal against his convictions.
Anglesea was serving his sentence at HMP Rye Hill in Northamptonshire when it is believed he became ill several days ago and was admitted to hospital.
He died at about 09:30 GMT on Thursday.
A Prison Service spokesman added: "As with all deaths in custody, the independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate."
Stepping Stones worked with the Operation Pallial team, the Ministry of Justice and other agencies to support and counsel victims of childhood sexual abuse.
Ms Dyment said: "I guess for many victims this will bring some closure and it will be the end of a very dark era in north Wales' history.
"But for others it will re-awaken the effect of losing their childhoods through a terrible, sustained sexual abuse that they endured."
Emergency services were initially alerted to reports of a man with stab wounds in Raglan Road, in Smethwick at about 02:20 GMT.
The boy, who has not been named, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.
Det Insp Warren Hines said police were reviewing CCTV from around the area and taking witness statements.
He added: "Forensic investigations are ongoing at the scene.
"I would urge anyone who was around the Raglan Road area at the time please get in touch."
Lois Slemp, 62, from Virginia, Missouri said she developed the cancer after four decades of using talc products.
Prosecutors argued the company did not adequately warn about the cancer risks associated with the items.
Experts say links with ovarian cancer are unproven. J&J says it will appeal.
The verdict in a St Louis state court is the largest so far to arise out of about 2,400 lawsuits against J&J over its talc-based products, Reuters news agency reports.
Ms Slemp is currently undergoing chemotherapy after her ovarian cancer initially diagnosed in 2012 returned and spread to her liver.
She said the products she used included J&J's Baby Powder and Shower to Shower Powder.
"Once again we've shown that these companies ignored the scientific evidence and continue to deny their responsibilities to the women of America," said Ted Meadows, a lawyer for Ms Slemp.
The verdict included $5.4m in compensatory damages and $105m in punitive damages against J&J.
The company said it planned to appeal. "We are preparing for additional trials this year and we continue to defend the safety of Johnson's Baby Powder," it said in a statement.
"We deeply sympathise with the women and families impacted by ovarian cancer."
J&J lost three jury verdicts last year in cases related to its talc-based products, but won its first trial in March, when a jury in Missouri sided with the company.
There have been concerns for years that using talcum powder, particularly on the genitals, may increase the risk of ovarian cancer.
But the evidence is not conclusive. The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies talc used on the genitals as "possibly carcinogenic" because of the mixed evidence.
The mineral talc in its natural form does contain asbestos and does cause cancer, however, asbestos-free talc has been used in baby powder and other cosmetics since the 1970s. But the studies on asbestos-free talc give contradictory results.
It has been linked to a cancer risk in some studies, but there are concerns that the research may be biased as they often rely on people remembering how much talc they used years ago. Other studies have argued there is no link at all and there is no link between talc in contraceptives such as diaphragms and condoms (which would be close to the ovaries) and cancer.
Also there does not seem to be a "dose-response" for talc, unlike with known carcinogens like tobacco where the more you smoke, the greater the risk of lung cancer.
The charity Ovacome says there is no definitive evidence and that the worst-case scenario is that using talc increases the risk of cancer by a third.
But it adds: "Ovarian cancer is a rare disease, and increasing a small risk by a third still gives a small risk. So even if talc does increase the risk slightly, very few women who use talc will ever get ovarian cancer."
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) warn that the already saturated ground could encourage localised floods if rain persists.
Heavy showers are expected to reach Wales on Monday evening and are likely to be heaviest across south Wales.
NRW are advising people to take extra care on roads because of flooding caused by blocked drains.
South-west Wales was the badly hit by storms this weekend, with several flooding incidents in Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion following a yellow "be aware" warning for the South Wales coast.
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The move came a few weeks after waste specialist Viridor said it was ending infrastructure firm Interserve's building contract for the plant.
Interserve said it would try to offer redeployment where possible.
Viridor said it terminated its contract with Interserve "as a last resort".
Viridor is the main contractor for Glasgow City Council's new Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre in Polmadie.
In a statement, Interserve said: "Last month we were served notice of termination on the Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy project, which came into effect today.
"As a result, we will no longer be working on the project, meaning some 150 roles are at risk. We will, where possible, look to redeploy affected employees in other parts of the business."
A spokesman for Viridor said on Thursday: "Viridor has terminated its contract with Interserve as a last resort, in the best interests of the project.
"We are moving quickly to ensure continuity of delivery and are working hard to retain the majority of the existing supply chain."
The Unite union has threatened to take legal action, claiming staff were paid off with just a week's notice.
And the GMB union has said it will lodge a collective appeal and grievance on behalf of its members. It has called for Viridor to transfer the workers to the new sub-contractor.
GMB Scotland senior organiser Tony Dowling said: "This ranks among the most callous treatment of workers I've come across in years - our members have been kept totally in the dark while relations between Interserve and Viridor were collapsing.
"Our members have family commitments and mortgages to take care of and they've arrived for work this morning only to be locked out of the site and then served with the sack by their employer just two weeks before Christmas.
"The behaviour of Interserve is beneath contempt but Viridor should now do the right thing and ensure that the workers affected are transferred to whoever the new contractor of choice will be for the completion of the Polmadie site.
"In the meantime, we will enact the available appeals processes on behalf of our members to protect their interests as best we can."
Unite Scottish secretary Pat Rafferty said: "Viridor is getting paid out of public money. It is their inaction that has put our members in this situation. That is completely unacceptable.
"As far as we're concerned, our members are protected by Tupe regulations. Any employer trying to breach our members' rights will leave themselves open to possible legal action.
"We urge Viridor to urgently act to sort this situation out and we are calling on Glasgow City Council to help."
He added: "We are consulting with our lawyers and will do everything in our power to ensure that our members on this publicly-funded project are treated with dignity and respect - and that their legal rights are respected.
"We won't accept our members being left with this uncertainty - especially at this time of year."
The dancer on the stage, in front of the drummers, wears a large carved wooden head dress for this performance of Kathakali, one of India's most recognisable male-led dance-dramas.
His eyes are wide and red, the contours of his face extended with a mask of moulded rice paper. His painted green face tells the audience he is their Sathwika, their hero.
Part-dance and part-mime, Kathakali originated in the state of Kerala between the 16th and 17th centuries, around the same time as Shakespeare. The Kalluvazhi Chitta style being performed by these dancers was born on the stage at the now-closed Kathakali school at Olappamanna Mana in Vellinezhi, almost 200 years ago.
It was originally taught in old live-in boarding schools, under the strict mentorship of a teacher, or ashan.
"The Kalluvazhi Chitta style of Kathakali is distinct in the eye and feet movements. The dancer keeps their weight on the side of their feet, with the small toes bent, so that the strong steps don't cause a rush of blood to the head," says Olappamanna Damodaran, whose family ran the school (or Kaliyogam) in sleepy Vellinezhi until the 1940s.
But he and others worry the old style of the dance may be dying out.
The dancers I saw are the students of the school's final graduating class. And they aren't teaching anyone new.
Olappamanna Mana is a 500-year-old feudal home. It holds particular significance for me.
"Your great-grandfather used to come here from a very young age. He performed here as a young Kathakali dancer and was later a visiting professor at our dance school," Mr Damodaran tells me.
Until his death in 1970, my great-grandfather was one of Kathakali's most well-known names. Guru Kunju Kurup won the Padma Buschan and Padma Shri, two of India's highest civilian awards, for his dancing.
Although he was commonly identified as an expert of the south Kerala style of the dance, the Thekkan style, his time at Olappamanna Mana made him fluent in the northern style, the Kalluvazhi Chitta.
There's only one student of Olappamanna Mana Kaliyogam who is still alive to remember the training first hand.
MN Paloor studied there as a young boy shortly before the school closed. In those days, a Kathakali dancer was trained for eight to 10 years.
"Training was very hard. Very hard. We woke up at 3.30am in the morning and started with our eye exercises. The teaching at Olappamanna Kaliyogam was strict and went on for more than 11 hours a day, but it resulted in the creation of great, strong Kathakali artists," MN Paloor tells me at his home in Calicut, a couple of hours away.
"There's a huge difference with the training now. You can't call it 'training' nowadays. Kathakali has been destroyed."
KK Gopalakrishnan, an author well known for his writings on Kathakali, agrees the old schools were rigorous.
"Strenuous physical training and beatings by the ashans were the hallmark of Kathakali training, to some extent till the late 1970s. The basic rule was to 'not spare the rod and spoil the child'.
"Absolute and unquestioning discipline was expected of students. Today, a trainer adhering to this old rule would end up behind bars!
"Therefore, trainers prefer sparing the rod at the expense of the future of the art and this change is inevitably reflected in the standard of the students' work. This affects both the quality of performance and the stage stamina."
Traditionally, Kathakali would be performed unrehearsed, on a stage level with the audience, at sunset, free of charge for locals. Patrons and feudal families would sponsor the dancers.
But Mr Gopalakrishnan says these days performances, which once lasted up to eight hours in order to tell the entire religious story, have been reduced to around two hours to cater for modern audiences. Although foreign tourists to Kerala can expect to pay 30,000-50,000 rupees ($430-$720 ; £300-£500) to watch a performance, junior dancers earn between 1,000-2000 rupees, he says.
Changing feudal traditions in the 1940s meant that Mr Damodaran's family could no longer be trustees of the Olappamanna Mana Kaliyogam, and the Kathakali school closed.
Many of Olappamanna Mana's most famous teachers, including my great-grandfather, started teaching at larger institutions like the Kerala Kalamandalam University of Art and Culture. Initially, the style of teaching was true to the strict parameters of the old styles, but that changed.
"We've had to adapt with the times," says M Krishnakumar, who is head of the department of Kathakali at the Kerala Kalamandalam. "Training was intense in your great-grandfather's day. Back then, students had evening classes as well as day classes - sometimes they only slept for two hours at night before they were up to practice again.
"Now, you couldn't ask students to do that. Now we've cut down the hours students practice dancing and added classes in subjects like English and Hindi to give them a more rounded education.
"This change in teaching doesn't mean we still couldn't produce great Kathakali dancers. If Kathakali runs in your blood, you can still become a great artist."
Back in Vellinezhi, Mr Damodaran, whose family now run a home stay on the 300-acre estate, isn't convinced.
"If Kathakali training is now a module, alongside other subjects like English and History, it means the art form is being diluted. And a dilution of a classical art means it is leading towards death."
But he says the style can still be preserved.
"If we have the will and support of the community. We could re-open the Kaliyogam here and teach the Kalluvazhi Chitta Kathakali here still, using local dancers who were taught by Olappamanna Mana alumni."
In the exact same strict style as before?
"Not the exact same way," he concedes, "but almost."
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"It's true I scored some goals but I could not have done it all by myself, " the 26-year-old told BBC Sport.
"This award is only possible through God and everyone connected to the club because without them there will be no award for me to receive."
Ighalo scored five goals in December to take his tally for the season to 13.
Two of his goals came in the 3-0 home win over Liverpool on 20 December - part of a run of three consecutive victories from the start of the month. Watford also drew with Chelsea before falling to a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on 28 December.
The sequence also earned Hornets boss Quique Sanchez Flores the Manager of the Month award.
Watford had never previously had a recipient of a Premier League monthly award.
Although Watford have been unable to carry their end-of-year form into January - after three successive defeats they have slipped to 10th in the table - Ighalo is optimistic for the rest of the season.
"The team really worked hard and those defeats only reminded us how tough it can be in the Premier League," he said.
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West Midlands MEP Bill Etheridge added that the other contenders should follow his example and stand down in favour of current deputy leader Paul Nuttall.
He urged UKIP to stick to its "patriotic, libertarian" principles.
Mr Nuttall announced on Sunday that he would run for leader.
Whoever wins the race will replace Nigel Farage, who is filling the role on a temporary basis. This follows the resignation of Diane James, who won the previous UKIP leadership election over the summer but quit after just 18 days in the job.
In his withdrawal statement, Mr Etheridge said: "I always said that if a candidate better suited to take this party forward emerged I would back down and support them. That candidate has emerged.
"Paul Nuttall is not only a personal friend and an honourable man but I believe he is the only person who can effectively unite our party after the recent well publicised problems we have suffered.
"I will be supporting Paul and giving him my 100% backing. I call on all other potential candidates to follow my example and withdraw from the race to allow Paul to go forward from here and unite our party."
Mr Etheridge also said: "I believe that UKIP must remain a patriotic, libertarian party standing for the individual against the over-powerful state, and not be tempted into cultural nationalism and the so-called centre ground on economic policy."
Mr Nuttall, an MEP for North-West England, described himself as the candidate to "bring the factions together" following months of infighting within UKIP.
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If Sir Humphrey stepped into the large open plan office on the sixth floor of the building almost opposite Holborn tube station in London, he would probably keel over.
It is the civil service minister, but not as we know it.
There is an inflatable guitar - a red one. You cannot fail to miss the bunting. And then there are the mascots.
"For us, the Platform Team, it's an otter. His name is Jerry," one woman explains pointing to a brown and white soft toy with a rather sad expression on its face.
The man in charge here is Mike Bracken. Bearded and open shirted, he is the executive director of all things digital for the UK government. When I point out the decorations, not to mention the men wearing shorts, he says "that's all acceptable".
It is not only the lack of grey suits that might cause a raised eyebrow or two among traditionalists. The average age here is rather younger than you would probably find anywhere else in government.
Take Jordan Hatch for example. "I'm 19," he tells me. "I joined GDS at 17 and before that I was at college."
He is wearing a t-shirt, jeans, brightly coloured socks and deck shoes.
GDS stands for Government Digital Service but you would be forgiven for thinking the "G" is for geek.
"I would describe myself as a geek," he adds. "I like computers a lot. I like trying to build new things, interesting things."
For 24 year old Nick Stenning, it is about reclaiming the word. "Most people here would self-define as geeks." The term, he says, denotes "expertise or skill in a technical field".
The geeks have designed a new single website for all government departments - www.gov.uk - and Mike Bracken says its creation was much needed.
"We had thousands of websites. And the only thing that was consistent was there was not a single consistent thing across any of them. It's quite a feat of human ingenuity to spend so much money on coming up with something that never looks the same."
Saving money is one of GDS's key roles. It is, after all, part of the Efficiency and Reform Group in the Cabinet Office.
The lift arrives on floor six and Mike Bracken is rushing into it. He is late for an important appointment.
"Today's a meeting with some of the bigger companies that we've been dealing with for a long period of time about how we need to work smarter and quicker and cheaper," he says.
One of his tasks is to try to end the days of the fabled multi-billion pound government IT contracts, which seemed to last forever.
"I think it's what a Parliamentary committee described as an oligopolistic supply chain," he explains during the journey down to the ground floor.
The word oligopoly has been used by two Parliamentary committees over the last few years and in the government's official ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Strategy. It means a market dominated by a small number of sellers.
"We certainly do want to work with anyone but only work with them in certain ways," he says. "What we are trying to do is do things in a quicker, more agile way, much more cost effective - fail fast if we have to."
The reputation of government IT projects is not good and it is going to be a difficult one to shake off.
The government recently revealed that, last September, its own internal review gave the Universal Credit project an "amber/red rating", meaning its successful delivery was "in doubt" and urgent action needed to be taken.
The flagship initiative is designed to eventually bring together six benefits into one payment.
Mike Bracken says he is "not that close" to the scheme, which is being introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions.
He tells me: "I started in this job in May 2011, which is well after Universal Credit started so we have followed off the back of many existing projects of which Universal Credit is one."
"And, also, many of the very large contracts that we have in government have been in place for a long number of years."
GDS has a "few people who are trying to help out in Universal Credit" but he says that is no different to those who are assisting other government schemes.
"Our role at the centre is to provide the complementary and specialist skills… that maybe they've lacked in the past."
The government says it is on course to begin what it calls the national roll-out of Universal Credit in October.
Meanwhile, Mike Bracken jokes that he spends 110% of his time trying to convince government departments to change the way they do things and have done things for years. Clearly, that task has led to some interesting conversations, including those he has had with HM Revenue and Customs. Its chief executive and permanent secretary is Lin Homer.
"The forming and storming part of our relationship was pretty stormy," she tells me.
"We are really passionate about changing… but we think we know our business and, indeed, we do know our business.
"We argued about everything. We argued about time, we argued about money, we argued about approach. And I think towards the end of those debates we got to places that actually we both found pretty exciting."
She admits: "I think I'd say they are bumptious on occasion, but I like bumptious."
As for the young civil servants in the GDS headquarters, some of them seem to have an almost evangelical spirit about them.
Standing in the centre of the open plan office, Nick Stenning says: "Geeks get frustrated when things are wrong or when they don't work very well.
"And it's probably safe to say that government IT services and government websites aren't or haven't been historically the shining example of how to do things properly.
"The opportunity to come in and help government do them properly is quite attractive".
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The talk before the weekend in Melbourne had been about the step forward made by Ferrari over the winter but their fastest driver Kimi Raikkonen was down in fifth.
Hamilton was using faster tyres when he set his fastest time, but the Mercedes appeared quicker on the same tyres, too.
Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas was second ahead of the two Red Bulls.
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Head coach Antonio Conte is likely to recall Diego Costa and Eden Hazard after leaving them out for the FA Cup semi-final win over Tottenham.
Southampton midfielder Oriel Romeu is available to face his former side after completing a two-match ban.
Sam McQueen is set to miss the fixture because of a minor groin strain.
Long-term absentees Matt Targett and Charlie Austin will return to training later this week.
Jonathan Pearce: "This is huge. If Chelsea follow up their FA Cup semi-final win with an emphatic victory they'll hold their nerve and land the title.
"But this is a slippery one. They've found Southampton troublesome at home and the Saints have had 10 days to prepare.
"A defeat for the league leaders will open the door for Spurs.
"Chelsea were far too open in the thrilling semi-final. They also haven't gone this long without a league clean sheet in nearly 21 years.
"Southampton may not have beaten a current top-six side all season but they've looked dangerous away recently. Tricky this for the leaders!"
Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte: "I have in my mind the starting 11 but tomorrow I want to check very well the physical consideration of every single player as our last game was an intense one and used energy.
"But we have trained very well this season and we have a lot of energy to face this type of situation.
"It is important for us to win and look at ourselves, but we all know that tomorrow it won't be easy because Southampton is a very good team with a good coach and good players."
Southampton manager Claude Puel on the importance of Oriol Romeu: "I think he's not far off [N'Golo] Kante. He recovers the ball so well and is a technical player.
"He's an important player for this team because he can do fantastic work to recover the ball and start the play. It's difficult for us without him.
"We will see for the future, we are confident in him and, for me, he can look to getting in the selection with Spain, for example."
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Farzana Parveen, 30, was beaten with bricks and sticks in May outside Lahore's high court. Police deny charges they stood by as it happened.
Ms Parveen's father, brother, cousin and former fiancé were all found guilty of murder on Wednesday. Another brother got 10 years in jail.
The case sparked global outrage.
Ms Parveen had been at the high court to defend her husband in a case brought against him by her relatives. They accused Muhammad Iqbal of abducting her. Ms Parveen had already testified to police that she had married of her own free will.
According the police, a scuffle took place between about 20 members of Ms Parveen's family and 10-15 of Mr Iqbal's, during which she was struck with a brick three times and fatally wounded. He managed to escape.
Police say that Ms Parveen was dead by the time officers were able to intervene.
Court officials say the defendants will have the right to appeal in Lahore's high court.
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil in Islamabad says Farzana Parveen's death by stoning in broad daylight outside a court is shocking even by the standards of Pakistan, where so-called honour killings are common.
Our correspondent says death sentences for family members in such cases are unusual, but many are saying there is a chance Farzana Parveen's relatives could walk free or have their sentences reduced on appeal.
Pakistan 'honour killings'
•In 2013, 869 women murdered in so-called "honour killings"
•Campaigners say real number is likely to be much higher
•Of these, 359 were so called "Karo Kari" cases, whereby family members consider themselves authorised to kill offending relatives to restore honour
•Rights groups say conviction rate in cases of sexual and other violence against women is "critically low"
Source: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan annual report 2013
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There are hundreds of so-called "honour killings" in Pakistan each year.
This case prompted particular outrage, with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif describing it as "totally unacceptable".
After she was killed, it emerged that Mr Iqbal had killed his first wife six years earlier in order to marry Ms Parveen.
Mr Iqbal's son by his first marriage, Aurangzeb, told the BBC in May that relatives had persuaded him to forgive his father, enabling his release from prison under Pakistani law.
Correspondents say arranged marriages are the norm in Pakistan, and to marry against the wishes of the family is unthinkable in many deeply conservative communities.
Luisa Ortega Diaz also accused two party leaders and the new prosecutor.
Ms Ortega, who fled Venezuela last week after she was sacked and her husband charged with extortion, says her life is still in danger.
She faces charges of misconduct, amid allegations she ignored corruption cases sent to her while in office.
The ex-prosecutor's latest comments came at a press conference in the Brazilian capital, where she alleged that President Maduro had been involved in a bribery scheme centred on the Brazilian construction giant, Odebrecht.
"I want to denounce, in front of the world, a grave situation in Venezuela: that of excessive corruption," Ms Ortega said.
"I have a lot of proof, concretely in the Odebrecht case, which implicates many high-ranking Venezuelans, starting with the president of the republic."
She implicated the vice-president of the governing PSUV party, Diosdado Cabello, and party leader Jorge Rodriquez in the Odebrecht case.
She also accused the new Venezuelan prosecutor, Tarek Saab, of corruption related to the country's state oil company, PDVSA.
But Mr Saab has dismissed her allegations, saying: "There is no validity in what an ex-prosecutor can say after ten years of inaction against any of the people she is talking about now."
There has been no response yet from Odebrecht, which has been at the centre of a huge investigation in Brazil over kickbacks for contracts.
The investigation has led to prosecutions in several countries in Latin America where Odebrecht and other Brazilian construction companies operated.
On Tuesday, President Nicolas Maduro said he would request an international arrest warrant against Ms Ortega and her husband, former loyalist congressman Germán Ferrer.
Mr Maduro said both were working with the United States against his government and had committed serious crimes.
Venezuela's controversial new constituent assembly sacked her for misconduct, with President Maduro saying she had ignored corruption cases sent to her by the government.
Mr Ferrer is accused of extortion and corruption allegedly happening within the office of the chief prosecutor.
Ms Ortega has said she fears for her life and wants to hand over the documents she is carrying to other countries so they can investigate her allegations.
"The most serious thing," she said, "is that everything is connected to corruption. Everything that has happened to me is because of a series of allegations I have made."
Officials in Colombia who offered her asylum and protection have suggested that Ms Ortega and her husband will seek asylum in the United States.
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Former Queen's Own Highlander Alan Duncan was a volunteer fighter with the Kurdish force.
Since returning to Scotland, he has been questioned by police about his activities in Iraq.
He told BBC Scotland that while he was prepared to fight IS, he would never encourage others to do the same.
Mr Duncan volunteered to operate as a sniper with the Peshmerga.
He said his "war was over" once the fighting force joined with the Iraqi government army in efforts to take control of the city of Mosul from IS, or Daesh as Mr Duncan calls the group.
On his decision to volunteer, the British Army veteran said: "The Peshmerga have always been very democratic, secular, always been very pro-Western people.
"Daesh is an enemy that the world has not seen since probably the Nazis and the world is standing by doing nothing.
"I felt I could help make a difference.
"Did I make a difference? Well, it is not up to me to say."
Mr Duncan has nothing but praise for the Kurds, who he feels were "abandoned" by the West when they rose up against Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein in 1991.
He said: "The Peshmerga are very much a warrior race. They steadily got everything back into gear with weapons from the 1960s and 70s.
"They stood the line against Daesh. If they didn't hold that line they knew not only Kurdistan but Iraq was lost to Daesh."
Mr Duncan said UK and Scottish politicians should be pushing for greater support to be given to the Kurds.
He said: "How can any government or any politician, I don't care which country, not want this Daesh to be destroyed?"
Following his arrival back in Scotland, Mr Duncan has been questioned police about what he did in Iraq and had his laptop and mobile phone taken from him.
He insists that he has encouraged no-one to follow his lead.
"I have never, ever recruited and I will never encourage anybody to go across there, never in a million years," he said.
"The average Westerner would last two to three months across there. It is far from what anybody thinks it is."
He said he saw for himself others from the West, including young men, who struggled to cope.
"Too many kids suddenly realised that this is not an Xbox game. It's a hard, hard life."
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Sunday's result in Belgrade, their fifth draw in Group D, left Wales four points behind Serbia and the Republic of Ireland with four matches remaining.
Coleman said: "I know people look at our four points with four to play... can we bridge that gap? 100% we can bridge that gap.
"We are looking forward to the challenges left in this campaign."
Coleman's side, without the suspended Gareth Bale, were heading for victory when Aaron Ramsey chipped the visitors ahead from the penalty spot following a foul on Sam Vokes.
But, as he did in Cardiff last November, Aleksandar Mitrovic denied Wales victory, netting a 73rd-minute equaliser.
Only the winners of the nine European World Cup qualifying groups will advance automatically to next year's finals in Russia, while the eight best runners-up enter the play-offs.
Wales' next qualifier is at home to Austria on Saturday, 2 September, followed by a trip to Moldova three days later.
There is then a double-header to finish, a visit to Georgia on Friday, 6 October, before a home fixture against the Republic of Ireland the following Monday.
If Wales are to have any hope of qualifying automatically, Coleman believes his side need to win all four of their remaining fixtures.
"I think realistically if we want to finish first... four wins," he said.
"If we want to take our chance in a play-off it's at least three wins and a draw. Mathematically, that's probably what we need.
"But Serbia have to go to Ireland and they have to go to Austria - they can't all take three points. The group is still very much in the balance.
"We're still chasing, but let's see what happens."
Coleman's side were without several first-team players, including talisman Bale, but Ramsey produced an excellent individual display.
"I had no doubt he would score, but I didn't see that coming if I'm honest with you," Coleman said about the Arsenal midfielder's audacious penalty.
"He's playing with such confidence at the moment. His overall performance was absolutely outstanding.
"He seems to thrive on that responsibility - it's not the first time he's run a game for us. His input was immense.
"If we didn't have him tonight, I'm not sure we'd have come away with what we did because I thought when we needed someone to keep the ball, hold it and give us a rest he did that.
"He was absolutely fantastic. And the penalty - the noise the supporters make here is incredible, but it didn't matter to him. Full of confidence and a fantastic finish."
Ross Monaghan, 35, was shot after dropping his child off at St George's Primary, Penilee, at about 09:05.
He was treated in hospital for a shoulder wound but has been discharged.
The buggy was a new collapsible model with four wheels and had a rain hood attached. The gunman was pushing it as he approached his victim, police said.
The attacker is thought to have been in the area with the buggy on Friday.
Mr Monaghan was acquitted of a gangland murder in 2012. He was cleared of killing Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to convict him.
Forensic officers are still examining the scene of Monday's shooting and police are also carrying out door-to-door inquiries.
Det Ch Insp John Kennedy said: "There's no doubt that this incident has shocked local people and the wider community, but people can be assured that every effort is being made to trace whoever is responsible for this crime.
"Our inquiries so far have shown that the suspect is believed to have been in the area, outside the school, on Friday 13 January 2017, with the buggy, so I'm appealing to parents, local residents, or anyone who was in the area that day and who may have seen something to contact us.
"It's possible the suspect made off in a vehicle and I'm asking people in the surrounding areas to think back and consider if they noticed anything unusual or suspicious.
"Did you see the man with the buggy, did you see him get into a vehicle? Any small detail could prove significant to our inquiries so please do pass it on."
Police said they would continue extra patrols in the local area.
Officers and paramedics were called to Gainsborough House, Enfield, in the early hours of 21 August.
The woman was taken to an east London hospital where she later died.
A 24-year-old man was arrested by Met Police officers on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and later bailed pending further enquiries.
A post-mortem examination will be carried out in due course.
Detectives have asked for witnesses to come forward with more information.
She said she had "offered any assistance we can provide" to Spain after the attacks in Catalonia.
She also confirmed that British nationals were caught up in the attacks and the UK was looking into reports of a missing child with dual nationality.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said was "shocked and appalled" by the attacks.
The Spanish flag and the union jack are flying at half mast in Downing Street and at other government buildings.
Officials in Barcelona say at least 13 people were killed and more than 100 hurt when a van ploughed into pedestrians on Las Ramblas. Police later shot dead five suspects after a second vehicle attack, in which a woman who was injured later died..
The Foreign Office has issued advice to tourists to take care and follow the advice of local security authorities.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said it had "deployed additional staff to Barcelona" and "offered support to the Spanish authorities".
Speaking from her Chequers country residence, Mrs May said countries must "work together if we are to confront this evil of terrorism" and the "perverted, extremist ideology which drives it".
She stressed the importance of ridding the internet of "poisonous material", adding that terrorism was "the great threat that we all face" and vowing that "together we will defeat it".
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he had been "appalled" by "the terrible loss of life, people innocently down Las Ramblas just enjoying themselves and somebody does this unbelievable act, which has taken the lives of many".
He added: "Obviously our sympathies to the families of all those who have lost ones and to all those that are injured, and thank you to the authorities in Spain for reacting so quickly."
Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, also expressed his condolences on Twitter. "Concerned and saddened by #Barcelona attack. Our thoughts are with those affected. Doing all we can to identify whether Brits need help," he wrote.
Plaid Cymru Leader Leanne Wood has sparked a row with comments on Twitter suggesting far-right ideologies drove both IS and white supremacists.
Following the attack on Thursday, Ms Wood tweeted: "Ofnadwy / terrible. Is this more far right terrorism? My thoughts are with all those affected."
She added: "All forms of political violence are the same. USA, Barcelona, everywhere. They are ideology-driven & we have to understand that to stop it."
The Welsh Conservatives called on Ms Wood to apologise or resign, while UKIP accused her of an "outrageous smear".
The Plaid Cymru leader said she was "staggered" by the response to her comments but stood by them, saying "politics and ideology lie behind these acts of violence," and adding: "My thoughts are first and foremost with the victims of last night's horror."
Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London which has seen two similar vehicle attacks in recent months, tweeted his thoughts were "with the victims of this barbaric terrorist attack in the great city of Barcelona".
"London stands with Barcelona against the evil of terrorism," he added.
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Conservative MP Sir Greg Knight, secretary of the British-Spanish all-party parliamentary group, tweeted: "Pleased the PM has said Britain stands with Spain against the evil of terrorism."
Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable tweeted: "Shocked to see another #TerroristAttack this time @barcelona. Every sympathy for victims with many injured."
EU officials also condemned the attack. European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted: "All of Europe stands with #Barcelona. Our thoughts are with the victims and all affected by this cowardly attack on innocents."
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker tweeted: "My thoughts are with the people of #Barcelona. We will never be cowed by such barbarism."
There have been no immediate reports of damage.
The USGS said the earthquake struck at 19:49 local time (12:49 GMT). It said the epicentre was 805km (500 miles) south-west of the city of Padang, and 24km deep.
Indonesia's National Meteorological Agency lifted its tsunami warnings several hours after the tremors.
Australian tsunami warnings for Cocos Island, Christmas Island and Western Australia were also lifted.
No tsunami warnings were issued in India or Sri Lanka.
Residents near the city of Padang told the BBC that they felt two earthquakes around two minutes apart.
Jusuf Wiwekananda, a pilot in Padang, told the BBC the earthquake was "very powerful".
"The walls of my hotel room shook and made a loud sound. I have heard there are a lot of people trying to reach higher ground because of the tsunami reports, so some of the roads are jammed."
Telephone communication was reported to be down in the Mentawai island chain, closer to the epicentre.
In 2004, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake triggered the world's deadliest ever tsunami, killing more than 200,000 people.
After that disaster, a more effective tsunami monitoring system was put in place. Warnings are now issued more frequently after earthquakes in the area.
Indonesia lies on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" of plate boundaries, which produces high levels of seismic activity, including frequent earthquakes.
Toby went missing from Wendy Stokes' garden in West Hougham near Dover on 19 May after she left the gate open.
The 74-year-old said she had given up hope of seeing him again until a man from Margate called her last week to ask "if she'd lost anything".
He tracked her down after noticing the name Stokes was painted on his shell.
Unbeknown to Mrs Stokes, her centenarian pet had been rescued from the road by a passerby in May, taken to an animal centre and then re-homed 24 miles away in Margate a few months later.
She said she was "absolutely delighted" to have him back.
"They're funny sort of pets but you do miss them when you haven't got them," Mrs Stokes added.
"They'd taken so much care over him, finding out what tortoises need and making the run with a heater because some tortoises hibernate and some don't.
"They'd really, really put themselves out."
The homework asked: "Angelou was sexually abused by her mother's _______ at age 8, which shaped her career choices and motivation for writing."
Pupils in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, were given an algebra formula with the assignment to solve the problem.
Parents complained to Pennridge High School officials about the homework.
A subsequent question in the same homework asked about a single mother who is trying to support her son by working as a pimp and a prostitute.
It asked what was her other means of support, including another formula for the options, bookie, drug dealer and nightclub dancer.
The questions were based on the life of the famed American poet Maya Angelou, but many parents complained the subject matter was not appropriate for young teenagers or a maths equation.
The same assignment surfaced two years ago in a Florida school, sparking similar controversy.
Pennridge School District said it had received a number of complaints about homework "which contained adult content without a proper context".
"The homework worksheet in question was downloaded from a website that allows teachers around the world to share educational resources.
"It is not part of our approve curriculum."
But a Twitter user, @PennridgeReform, who tweeted an image of the assignment, commented: "How can we trust the teacher with the kids' education when these questions are permitted?"
Merseyside Police said the dog was destroyed after Clifford Clarke was attacked in Richard Kelly Close, Clubmoor, at 20:40 BST on Saturday.
The women, aged 27 and 28 and from Clubmoor, were arrested after Mr Clarke was found in his garden.
A post-mortem examination of his body is taking place.
Police said the dog was out of control when officers arrived at the house and found the injured man in the garden.
Mr Clarke was later pronounced dead in hospital. The breed of dog has not been confirmed but nearby residents said it looked like a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Neighbours reported screams while others thought a dog fight was taking place.
Mr Clarke, who was reportedly cooking some food prior to the attack, told neighbours his fence had been damaged by dogs.
The BBC understands neighbours had reported "out-of-control dogs" jumping over fences in the area.
The two women were originally detained under the section of the Dangerous Dogs Act that relates to an owner or a person in charge of the dog allowing it to enter a private property where it is not permitted to be and the animal injures a person.
They were later released on bail by police who have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
Work to redevelop the Sixfields Stadium stalled and the money, released in 2013, has yet to be recovered.
Police have been investigating "alleged financial irregularities".
Northampton Borough Council chief executive David Kennedy and borough solicitor Francis Fernandes have been questioned under caution.
The council has refused to comment because of the ongoing investigation. The BBC understands Mr Kennedy is currently on sick leave.
In a statement, a police spokesman said "no assumptions should be drawn" regarding interviews with "potential witnesses and suspects".
"Northamptonshire Police are independently collecting evidence and investigating a wide range of matters concerning the grant, use and loss of Northampton Borough Council public funds," he said.
"This search for the truth includes both making arrests and interviewing a wide range of individuals across many organisations."
The council's Labour leader, Danielle Stone, has called for full co-operation during the investigation.
"It's our money. We want our money back," she said.
"We can't really chase it if we don't know where it is. We won't know where it is until the police investigation has reported, so from my point of view the most important thing for the borough council to do is fully co-operate with the police and the auditors, so we get those answers and get them quickly."
On Monday it was revealed the council's bid to recoup the money using £950,000 of its own cash had been unsuccessful.
Harrington, 45, moved to nine under after a 68, level with England's Callum Shinkwin and German Alexander Knappe.
Another Englishman, Ian Poulter, is a stroke back at halfway after a 69.
McIlroy's one-under 71 was not enough to make up for his opening 74 as Northern Ireland's world number four missed a third cut in four events.
With the Open Championship taking place at Royal Birkdale next week, McIlroy's struggles have come at a bad time.
The four-time major winner had not missed successive cuts since May 2015 and briefly looked on course to survive after three birdies in an unblemished front nine.
But a double bogey at the 13th, after he needed two attempts to get out of a greenside bunker, halted his momentum.
McIlroy, who also missed the cut at last week's Irish Open at Portstewart, needed to birdie the 18th to give himself a chance of squeezing into weekend, but he was unable to get up and down from just off the green as he missed an eight-foot putt.
"I'm frustrated but I thought I saw some good signs this week. My putting was definitely improved although my wedges were not quite there," said McIlroy.
"I'm just waiting for something, some sort of spark, something to go right, and the last couple weeks haven't been like that. Just got to keep plugging away and hopefully it turns around next week."
Co-leader Harrington enjoyed a bogey-free round as he put himself on course to challenge for a first victory since October's Portugal Masters.
The Irishman followed his dramatic opening 67 - during which he had to search for a lost ball - with a "boring, stress-free" 68.
The world number 169 beat Sergio Garcia in a play-off to win the Open at Carnoustie in 2007 and defended the title at Royal Birkdale the following year, before winning the US PGA a month later.
He then failed to win a significant worldwide tournament for seven years before winning the 2015 Honda Classic as he was on the verge of dropping out of the world's top 300.
But despite a resurgence in form, he is refusing to consider a fourth major win at Birkdale next week.
"Anything that comes my way from here would be a bonus," said Harrington, who has played just nine events in 2017 and had surgery on a trapped nerve in his neck in March.
"I will win tournaments, that's for sure, but I'm not turning up trying to change my legacy. I've kind of come to the conclusion that I've pretty much done what I've done in the game of golf.
"I enjoy being out here. Why bother beating myself up over it? If I win another major... not a huge deal. I've found myself in a better place by deflecting a little bit in that sense."
Shinkwin posted six birdies and two bogeys as he signed for a 68, while Knappe carded a 65 that equalled the lowest round of the week so far.
Poulter, meanwhile, rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt on the way to a 69 that left him one stroke off the lead.
"I putted nicely, again, which is kind of going in the right direction, which is always nice to see a few putts going in and including that lovely putt on 16," said Poulter, who finished an Open career best of runner-up to Harrington in 2008.
Six months on from the UK referendum, the process of leaving the EU is enveloped by a cloud of unknowing.
The uncertainty does not relate to Britain's eventual departure, rather to how it will be achieved and at what cost.
Since June almost every comment from key cabinet ministers and leaders in Europe has been faithfully reported and dissected but, for all the words spoken, there is little clarity.
Indeed - certainly in the foreign ministries and the halls of Brussels - there is scarcely-concealed irritation with the blandness of government statements about doing the best for Britain or favouring a "smooth and orderly process".
And, as I witnessed in Italy, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson did not get the best reviews when he cited the UK's consumption of 300 million bottles of Prosecco as evidence of an enduring trading relationship.
What the government would like, would be to stay in the EU's single market while reducing the numbers of EU migrants.
That is not possible, says a chorus of EU leaders, despite their own misgivings about immigration, insisting there will be no compromise over freedom of movement.
The Danish Finance Minister Kristian Jensen was the latest politician to warn "there's no such thing as a free lunch. Not even for a country like Britain... So, if the EU is to stay open to Britain, then Britain has to follow the same rules as other countries, like Norway."
And that, of course, would mean accepting the politically impossible: freedom of movement. And rulings of the European Court of Justice.
So it is presumed the UK will leave the single market.
But powerful voices are pushing back, warning of the economic damage that leaving the single market would do.
As the year draws to a close, all the signs point to a messy divorce.
When negotiations start in April, after Article 50 has been triggered, there is one underlying reality: Europe's leaders will not allow the UK to get a better deal than it would have got by staying in the EU.
Most of those heads of government are quick to deny they want to punish Britain but, on the other hand, they believe the UK must be seen to hurt.
Voters in the Netherlands and France must not be tempted to try the exit path.
Francois Hollande, shortly to fade from the political scene, speaks for many when he says the Brexit deal must "serve as an example for those who seek the end of Europe".
Privately many senior European officials concede they are facing an existential threat: that anti-establishment parties threaten the future of the Union.
However unlikely, a victory for Marine Le Pen in France would set France on the road to its own EU referendum.
If there were to be a Leave vote it is hard to imagine the EU surviving without France.
So, when the UK/EU negotiations start, the instincts in Europe's capitals will be, first and foremost, to protect the Union.
Brussels insists that the divorce must come first.
It will not talk about trade until the terms of withdrawal have been agreed.
And those early talks will include highly controversial issues like how much Britain must pay to exit, to settle its accounts, and to cover obligations like staff pensions.
In Brussels they put the total figure at 50bn euros (£42bn) or higher.
The expectation in Brussels is that the terms of the divorce will be agreed by March 2019 but not much else.
Once the initial deal is concluded, the chief negotiator on the EU side, Michel Barnier, favours moving to a transitional period while the terms of the trade agreement are worked out.
Everyone, it seems, has a transition timetable.
Some believe a five-year period may be necessary.
The UK chancellor and the Bank of England have spoken of a transition lasting two to three years to provide clarity for the business and financial community.
A trade deal took the Canadians seven years and it still has not been ratified although, unlike Canada, the UK already trades under EU laws and regulations.
Even if it makes sense, a transition period will pose some awkward political questions.
Would the UK still have to contribute to the EU budget or continue to accept the primacy of EU law? And how about freedom of movement?
Theresa May could find herself going into an election in 2020 with divorce papers signed but much of what the public most dislikes about the EU still in place.
It is also doubtful whether a transition period would deliver the reassurance that is claimed for it.
Banks and financial companies want a continuation of what they call "passporting" - the right to sell their services anywhere in the EU.
But there are signs that some companies will not put up with years of uncertainty.
One of Japan's banks has already said it will expand operations in Amsterdam.
Other international banks have warned that they will reduce their footprint in London and open posts in the EU within six months if there is no further clarity.
Lloyd's of London, the insurance market, has said it will move part of its operation to the EU.
All kinds of ideas have been floated - that the UK could pay in order for certain sectors to continue to have access to the single market - but that carries political risks for the government.
There are some positive signs of international companies continuing to invest in Britain, but what the government fears is a steady drip of departures that could only encourage others to follow.
Unfolding in the New Year will be a game of strategy and a game of power.
Sometime, probably in February, the government will declare what it seeks from the negotiations without revealing its negotiating strategy.
Thousands of businesses and financial companies will be watching and asking whether the plan provides a convincing road map for the years ahead and, above all, whether it protects their commercial interests.
The victim, who was 19, died in Watford General Hospital after being hurt in London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, at about 03:20 BST.
All nine people remain in custody and police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Det Insp Justine Jenkins said the incident would have "attracted attention of anyone" nearby.
The force said it did not expect to name the victim or release any details of his injuries at this stage.
Girls, aged 16 and 17, have held by police alongside men and women in their 20s.
London Road has been shut while investigations continue.
The police helicopter has been flying over the area.
The batsman, 32, was dropped last month after admitting sending "provocative" texts to South African players.
Yorkshire's Joe Root, 21, is included after a fine year, as is Nick Compton, who hit 1,191 runs for Somerset and is the grandson of England great Denis.
"I think England have told Pietersen to go away and think about things, that they need to see actions speaking louder than words. If he wants to fully commit himself to England, he needs to show that through his actions this winter."
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Left-arm spinners Monty Panesar and Samit Patel are both included.
They join first-choice spinner Graeme Swann in the 16-man touring party, while batsman Eoin Morgan returns after being dropped following England's disappointing series against Pakistan in the spring.
Ravi Bopara is omitted after a troubled summer, while there is no place for fellow batsman James Taylor, who played the last two Tests against South Africa. With no reserve wicketkeeper named, batsman Jonny Bairstow will act as back-up to Matt Prior.
The first Test of four begins in Ahmedabad on 15 November, with Alastair Cook leading the side for the first time as permanent Test captain following Andrew Strauss's retirement.
Pietersen, who said he was "naturally disappointed" by his omission, was dropped for the third Test against South Africa after allegedly criticising team-mates, including then captain Strauss, in messages to opposition players.
The Surrey right-hander was not picked for the ICC World Twenty20, which begins in Sri Lanka on Tuesday, and was not given an England central contract for 2012-13.
Two weeks of talks, brokered by the Professional Cricketers' Association, are understood to have been fruitful but were not enough to win Pietersen back his England place at this stage.
"These discussions remain private and confidential," said England managing director Hugh Morris. "As there are issues still to be resolved, Kevin has not been considered for selection for the India tour."
England batsman Ian Bell, who may miss the second Test in Mumbai as his wife is expecting their first child at that time, said the team would miss Pietersen's skills.
"He is a match winner and there are times when he plays a knock that not a lot of people in the world can play," Bell told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Then again, the likes of Jonny Bairstow and whoever takes his place in the squad have got to take their opportunity."
"Andy Flower and Alastair Cook were central to this because they feel it is still too raw. There are some players in the England dressing room who don't have much time for Kevin Pietersen at all. It has been left to linger on for too long in my opinion. I believe he will play for England again in New Zealand in February but he will want the work flow sorting out as he has realised he has overstretched himself and some of the players can't stand him at the moment."
On Monday, Root, who has played four first-class games for the second-string England Lions side, was named the Cricket Writers' Club young cricketer of the year.
The Sheffield-born youngster, who scored almost 1,000 runs in his first season as a county cricketer in 2011, played a large part in Yorkshire's promotion from Division Two of the County Championship, in which he scored 738 runs at an average of 43.41.
Compton, 29, was the only England-qualified batsman to score 1,000 Championship runs this season, finishing with 1,191 at 99.25, with four hundreds and seven fifties.
Bell agrees Compton has had a great season. "He's been a very consistent player and has made big strides," said Bell. "He's a bit like Jonathan Trott. Once he gets in, he tends to go on and make big runs."
Compton was born in South Africa before moving to England in his teens. Grandfather Denis, who also played football for Arsenal, played 78 Tests for England between 1937 and 1957, scoring 17 hundreds at an average of 50.06.
"I'm absolutely delighted," Compton told BBC Radio 5 live. "I believed my chance would come, it was just important to keep scoring.
"The conditions in India will be tough, but I've experienced different conditionsand it's enjoyable to test yourself."
National selector Geoff Miller said: "Nick Compton has performed well consistently for Somerset this season, made big hundreds, and shown that he has the temperament and the technique to play at a higher level.
"Joe Root is a player who has been successful at every level from county cricket through to the England Performance Programme and England Lions. He deserves this opportunity to step up to the next level and press his case for a place in the Test side."
Bopara pulled out of the Tests against South Africa mid-series for personal reasons, but struggled with the bat in the one-day series on his return to England action, and Miller confirmed that there were still some personal issues precluding his selection.
Although Taylor has not made the full squad, he is included in a 17-man England Performance Programme line-up, who will tour India for a month from mid-November and act as back-up for the main party.
Also among that squad are seven players who have represented England in limited-overs internationals - Craig Kieswetter, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Stuart Meaker, Danny Briggs, Scott Borthwick and Ben Stokes.
England Test squad for India: Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Nick Compton (Somerset), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Graham Onions (Durham), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Monty Panesar (Sussex), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire), Matt Prior (Sussex, wk), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire).
England Performance Programme squad: Jos Buttler (Somerset), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Scott Borthwick (Durham), Danny Briggs (Hampshire), Varun Chopra (Warwickshire), Matthew Coles (Kent), Jade Dernbach (Surrey), Ben Foakes (Essex), James Harris (Glamorgan), Simon Kerrigan (Lancashire), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), Stuart Meaker (Surrey), Azeem Rafiq (Yorkshire), Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Taylor (Nottinghamshire), Chris Wright (Warwickshire).
And this week's net migration figures will only add fuel to the argument.
Suddenly it's difficult to find anyone who has anything good to say about it at all.
But the recently installed Chancellor of the University of Birmingham Lord Karan Bilimoria says there is such a thing as "good immigration".
The Indian-born founder of the Cobra Beer empire told the Mail on Sunday earlier this month that Britain would pay a high price for its latest clampdown, which includes tougher rules on student visas.
He said David Cameron had made a "big mistake" by promising "unattainable" targets from which the home secretary now admits the government has been "blown off course".
In his hard-hitting interview, Lord Bilimoria said: "The number of international students to Britain fell for the first time last year. And the number from India have collapsed by over 20%.
"Why? Because the government has an immigration policy that is sending out very damaging signals.
"I challenge the Home Secretary Theresa May to say how many illegal immigrants are there. She hasn't a clue because they've lost control of illegal immigration."
Instead, he said there should be new targets to increase the numbers of international students. France plans to double its number of students from India by 2020.
The University of Birmingham is one of two members of the elite Russell Group of research-led universities here in the Midlands.
The other, Warwick, says its 5,000-plus international students bring in fees totalling nearly £90m, which is then reinvested to the benefit of British students.
"The government may say Britain is open for business but they're sending out a message that's not so welcoming," Warwick said.
The University of Birmingham, which charges slightly lower fees, has 4,500 international students, bringing in a total of nearly £60m.
Oh to have been a fly on the wall during this week's visit to India by Lord Bilimoria, accompanied by his vice chancellor and led by the universities minister Greg Clark.
Four months on from his installation as chancellor, Lord Bilimoria seems determined to be no mere ceremonial figurehead.
The signs are he could make an impression every bit as vivid as the coat he was wearing on that epic occasion.
And he will be one of our studio guests on this weekend's Sunday Politics show in the Midlands.
I will also be joined by the Conservative MP for The Wrekin Mark Pritchard and by the Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr Khalid Mahmood.
And I hope you will be with me me too, at 11:00 GMT on BBC One on Sunday.
The education committee, which Ms Neagle chairs, has expressed criticism over a lack of answers from Alun Davies on changes to funding for the Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services.
Questions were asked after it emerged funding was to stop from March.
The Welsh Government confirmed that it will now continue into 2017-18.
Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services (CWVYS) represents and provides training to the youth work sector.
Letters published on the assembly website show that last November Ms Neagle, in her capacity as chair, expressed "serious concerns" to Mr Davies, who is lifelong learning minister, after the charity discovered its grant would end in March.
The decision came despite the minister having previously told the committee he would speak to a group representing organisations in the sector and others before making a decision on a future model for youth work.
The letter asked a series of questions, including when the decision for CWVYS not to receive funding was made, and on what evidence was the decision based.
Mr Davies wrote back, saying he was willing to review his approach and asked officials to make changes to the model to allow "sufficient time" for more discussions.
Ms Neagle wrote again in November, saying his response did not address all the questions asked and requested answers over CWVYS again.
Mr Davies responded saying there was ongoing dialogue with the charity.
But the committee chairwoman wrote again to express the committee's disappointment that not all their queries were dealt with.
Funding for the group - which this year stood at £105,000 - has since been granted for 2017-18 at the same level.
But the latest letter from Ms Neagle - which has not yet had a reply - raises worries that the charity might not have enough time to plan for a condition the group needs to become self-sustaining.
When the issue was raised in the Senedd chamber earlier this week Ms Neagle said: "Clearly, it would have been better if we'd had straight answers from the very beginning."
She added: "I really hope that we will now get a definitive answer and be able to move on, really, to consider what is a huge issue, which is the whole future of youth services in Wales."
The committee previously warned that youth services were suffering an "alarming decline".
Plaid Cymru AM Llyr Gruffydd, a member of the committee and an honorary president of the charity, told BBC Wales: "There is a feeling when I read the letters that the minister is being evasive."
He added: "We can't fulfil our role in scrutinising the government unless the government offers us information when we ask for it."
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "The minister is in the process of replying to the committee and they will have that response in time for their meeting next week."
He said consideration of grant funding to organisations providing support advice and guidance to the voluntary sector is a "different matter" to the issue of future models for youth work provision.
The spokesman confirmed that grant funding for the charity was now agreed at the same level for the next financial year.
"As is usual such funding is subject to a fit for purpose work plan that officials are developing with CWVYS," he said.
"One objective for the grant in 2017/18 will be working toward becoming a sustainable organisation."
"This matter will be discussed again in the assembly in two weeks time providing further opportunity for members to pose questions," he added.
Paul Glaze, chief executive of CWVYS, has said the charity is "pleased we have had indicative funding for next year".
At least 10 people were hurt in the accident in Mexico City.
An official blamed a flaw in the construction process on the collapse. He said a heavy load had been placed incorrectly.
Heavy lifting equipment was brought in to help with rescue efforts, but rescue workers said no more survivors had been found.
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The 33-year-old LA Galaxy striker, who has made 129 appearances for the Republic, missed Friday's 3-0 defeat by Germany because of an ankle injury.
However, interim manager Noel King said Keane will be given every opportunity to prove his fitness by Tuesday.
"I am hoping he is fit for selection. Robbie is still recovering," said King.
Following King's comments, Keane took part in training later on Sunday and the striker's chances of being involved on Tuesday looked to have improved.
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Anthony Stokes replaced Keane in Cologne and, while the Celtic striker missed a couple of chances, his overall performance means he could again start in Dublin if the captain is ruled out.
King has John O'Shea and Richard Dunne available again after suspension, though centre-back replacements Ciaran Clark and Damien Delaney both performed creditably on Friday.
Opinions were divided about the Republic display, with goalkeeper David Forde having to make a series of brilliant saves to prevent more German goals.
However, the Irish also missed at least three good chances and King is continuing to take positives from the defeat, which ended the Republic's slim mathematical hopes of World Cup qualification.
"Did we have enough of the ball? Obviously not. Would you have it against Spain? Would you have it against Brazil? No," he added.
"If we can be better at doing what we are doing, well that's the way forward.
"But then a man comes in and he may decide to play a different way. That would be his prerogative."
Former Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill and Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy remain the bookmakers' favourites to succeed Giovanni Trapattoni as national coach.
King insists the new man will have a good squad at his disposal.
He said: "There are certainly players in the under-21s and lower who are going to be full international players... who are on the way, champing at the bit."
Norwich midfielder Anthony Pilkington is ruled out of Tuesday's game because of injury but Wes Hoolahan and Andy Reid could be in contention to start with the Republic likely to have more possession against Kazakhstan.
The number of fake banking websites detected by an anti-fraud group has fallen to its lowest level since 2006.
Financial Fraud Action (FFA) said that 16,462 fake bank websites were detected last year, compared with a peak of 256,641 in 2012.
It warned that fraudsters were claiming to be the taxman or retailers instead.
Millions of spam emails are sent each year, aiming to convince people to click on a link that will send them to a fake website.
FFA said these emails usually claimed the recipient needed to "update" or "verify" a password, and then urged the victims to click on a link from the email which directed them to the bogus bank website.
Information entered on the bogus website or form was then captured by the criminals for their own fraudulent purposes, it said.
The number of cases rose steadily before a huge spike in 2012.
Katy Worobec, director of Financial Fraud Action UK, said: "Banks have worked hard to tackle the problem of phishing emails. However, intelligence suggests that fraudsters are still using phishing emails to steal people's personal and financial details by claiming to be other organisations such as government departments, utility companies, technology companies or major retailers.
"It remains vital to be wary of any unsolicited emails asking for your information."
FFA suggested that users should be wary of unsolicited emails that are not addressed to a full name, but instead have a vague greeting such as "Dear customer", emails that request personal information such as username, password or bank details, or messages that have addresses which do not match the actual website of the organisation.
Users should never visit a website from a link in an email and then enter personal details, it added.
Fraudsters have found increasingly sophisticated ways of conning people with bank transfers or identity theft.
In April, BBC News revealed how more than 5,000 people were conned into sending payments they expected to make for genuine invoices into criminals' accounts, leaving the genuine recipient unpaid.
The number of cases of the scam - also known as "mandate" or "invoice" fraud - is up 71% on the previous year.
Maintenance on the cable-stayed bridge on the A548 over the River Dee will see it closed to traffic for several weekends in the coming two months.
The bridge crossing will also be reduced to one lane during weekdays.
Restrictions will be lifted during the Wales Rally GB in the second week of November.
Highways network manager Barry Wilkinson said: "We appreciate these works may cause some inconvenience but ask for the patience of the travelling public whilst this essential maintenance is carried out."
Lebanon defender Ramez Dayoub and forward Mahmoud El Ali have been banned for life pending an appeal after being found guilty of the offence by their national association.
The charges relate to incidents in a 2014 World Cup qualification game and a tournament in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where the opposition were gifted a goal and an attempt was made to coerce a team-mate.
For German head coach Theo Bucker, who played for both Borussia Dortmund and Schalke in a 19-year playing career, the news has cast doubt on his own future.
"I'm really mixed up in my way of thinking these days," he told the BBC's World Football programme. "I don't know what the next step is."
Bucker, 64, first took charge of Lebanon at the turn of the century and returned in 2011. His second stint has proved to be hugely successful, with the nation progressing into the final round of World Cup qualifying for the first time in their history.
The achievement has proved bittersweet, however, as it was in the opening game of that stage that Bucker's suspicions of foul play were first raised when Dayoub played a poor back pass that led to the only goal in a 1-0 defeat by Qatar.
"We were showing some good action and then suddenly a [Qatar] player has the ball in a one-on-one situation and you get the feeling that something is wrong," he said. "The guy looked paralysed or something.
"I never came close to the idea that someone could not just sell the game, but sell their country."
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"Then I checked the video and found that this guy had tried to make the same pass several times, helping the opponent striker to score - this was very suspicious," he added.
"We didn't have any proof and I was trying to find an excuse by believing that he couldn't handle the pressure of such an important game."
Any thought that he might have been mistaken was rejected in July during a tournament in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia when two Lebanon players tried to persuade their goalkeeper to leave the game. The keeper refused and reported the behaviour.
Both Dayoub and El Ali - who were also fined $15,000 (£10,000) - insist they have done nothing wrong.
"This is a serious allegation," said Dayeb. "I have no doubt there's something behind this.
"If I really am guilty of match-fixing, [football's international governing body] Fifa will investigate and suspend me, not the Lebanese FA."
A Fifa statement has praised the Middle Eastern nation for the strength of their response.
The suspensions form part of the latest match fixing scandal to come to light in the wake of Europol's investigation into match fixing, which uncovered suspicious activity relating to 680 matches worldwide.
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City travel to Old Trafford on Sunday, having won the last five meetings between the rivals.
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Defender Kompany, 29, told Football Focus he believes Louis Van Gaal's side will be desperate to end that run.
"For a long time I felt we wanted it more, but I think they've been hurt pretty badly and they'll want it just as much now," the Belgian said.
"They have their games against Liverpool, which are very important to them. For us, this is the most important game.
"In previous years I think we wanted it more but things change."
Fourth-placed City, who are one point behind United in third, have won twice in their last seven matches and have only a slim hope of retaining their Premier League title.
United last won the Premier League under Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 but finished seventh last season with David Moyes in charge for most of the campaign.
The Red Devils spent £150m in the summer and Moyes' successor Louis Van Gaal has re-established the team in the top four.
"I thought we were the big spenders in Manchester but that's changed over the years," Kompany said.
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"They have good players, a good manager and a club with history. It was never going to be too long before they got back in there.
"The league's got a lot tougher since they won it last. It's only going to get more tough. I don't think there'll be any team dominating any more. It'll be difficult."
The average age of City's starting line-up for the most recent defeat against Crystal Palace was 29 years and six months but Kompany rejected the suggestion that fatigue had contributed to the team's poor recent form.
"The world champions in 2006 [Italy] were the oldest team in the tournament," Kompany said.
"There always needs to be a story to explain something and in this case it's the obvious thing to point out. Next year, we'll be doing well and people will be saying it's because we have a lot of experience. It's completely irrelevant."
City manager Pellegrini admitted: "It has not been a good season. It was not so bad until the end of 2014, when we were top of the table and also had the FA Cup and Champions League.
"But in the last three months we have thrown it into the garbage."
As the country prepares for parliamentary and presidential elections, though, there are signs that the Kremlin is facing a fresh media challenge in the form of an increasingly politicised audience on YouTube.
Over the past few weeks, a number of Russian politics-themed clips on YouTube have achieved over one million views.
The videos are in a variety of genres - political polemic, satire and song - but they have one thing in common: a critical or irreverent attitude to the country's leadership - Mr Putin, President Dmitry Medvedev and their party, United Russia.
Earlier this year, anti-corruption campaigner and blogger Aleksey Navalnyy launched a web campaign against United Russia under the banner "Party of Crooks and Thieves".
One of the latest instalments in this campaign is a clip on his YouTube channel entitled:"Let's remind the crooks and thieves of their 2002 manifesto". The video lists what it says are United Russia's failures and broken pledges, and concludes: "They have not just lied, they have brought the country to such a state that these and other promises seem to be mockeries". It also urges viewers to vote for any party but United Russia in December's parliamentary election.
The video was posted on YouTube on 7 October. By 28 October, it been viewed more than a million times.
Satire
YouTube is not only giving a powerful voice to the opposition, it is also helping to revive subversive art forms.
TV political satire has been virtually extinct in Russia since the puppet show Kukly (along the lines of the now-defunct UK satirical programme Spitting Image) disappeared from the screens shortly after Mr Putin came to power.
Now, though, this kind of satire is making a comeback on the internet. Not all the satire is anti-government, but it is generally irreverent towards authority.
One of its brightest exponents on YouTube is Dmitry Ivanov, who uses the online nicknameKamikadze_d.
Ivanov's fast-talking stand-up routines on the Russian political scene have been growing in popularity for several months now.
The first of them to break the one-million-view mark was a lampoon of a TV debate between leading politicians that was posted on 9 September.
Ivanov quickly repeated the feat with a routine called "Putin's terrible secret", in which he suggests that hidden clones of the prime minister are taking over Russia.
For those who like their satire a bit darker, there is Mr Freeman, a spooky black-and-white cartoon character whose nightmarish visions of the modern world have won him a cult following among Russian internet users.
On 11 October Mr Freeman abandoned satire and posted an"open letter"to President Medvedev, urging him to stop Mr Putin from becoming president again. By the end of the month it, too, had got over a million views.
The clip says Mr Putin's first stint as president "plunged Russia into a medieval gloom" and that the only way to prevent a repeat of this is for Mr Medvedev to sack him from the post of prime minister.
Protest music
YouTube has also helped revive Russian protest music, which, like satire, has been virtually banned from popular mainstream media outlets.
In 2010, hip-hop artist Ivan Alekseyev, aka Noize MC, got over a million views witha songabout his imprisonment for singing anti-police lyrics at a concert in Volgograd.
Another protest song that has gone viral is "Our madhouse is voting for Putin" by the Yekaterinburg-based band Rabfak, which has already reached an aggregate audience of over one million since being posted on YouTube on 11 October.
The song describes how Russia is awash with corruption and abuses, but says that people will still support Mr Putin. And it warns that those who question this will be given "an injection in the backside".
The jaunty refrain runs:
"Our madhouse is voting for Putin; Putin is just the candidate for us"
Politicisation
According to thelatest researchby polling organisation the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), some 60 million Russians now have access to the internet out of a total population of just over 140 million.
Until recently, though, political content on the internet has not tended to attract a mass audience.
In 2010, there were some signs that this was changing - most notably, the growing popularity of protest songs.
The appearance of a spate of overtly political videos with one-million-plus audiences in just a few weeks is unprecedented. The Russian website Gazeta.rulists its 10 favourites. Only six Russian clips got over one million views in the whole of 2010. And it is a further sign that the internet audience in Russia is becoming increasingly politicised.
Moreover, the prevailing political mood is distinctly anti-government.
Since Mr Medvedev became president in 2008, the authorities have made great efforts to influence the internet community. The president himself launched avideoblogand then aTwitter account, which currently has over 625,000 followers.
But on Twitter, as on YouTube, the political traffic appears to be mainly one-way. In October, a pro-government activist tried to celebrate Mr Putin's birthday with the hashtag "SpasiboPutinuZaEto" (ThanksPutinForThat). But his plan backfired, as the hashtag became a magnet for jokes at the prime minister's expense.
Changing perceptions
Anti-government or satirical clips on YouTube are unlikely to have a decisive effect on the outcome of the forthcoming elections.
But they may already be changing perceptions.
Recent research by academics from Moscow State University found that Mr Putin is regarded in a much more negative light today than before the previous presidential elections he fought in 2000 and 2004.
The researchers found that just 17.1% of respondents had a positive view of his professional capacities as against 69% in 2000 and 64 per cent in 2004. According to the website Gazeta.ru, among the negative sides of Mr Putin's rule listed by respondents were"unfulfilled promises", "failure to solve corruption problems", "excessive populism" and "excessive authoritarianism".
Watching political content on YouTube is likely to reinforce these perceptions.
BBC Monitoringselects and translates news from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. It is based in Caversham, UK, and has several bureaux abroad.
Prof Michael Marmot was shown secret filming of night shifts involving up to 11 miles of walking - where an undercover worker was expected to collect orders every 33 seconds.
It comes as the company employs 15,000 extra staff to cater for Christmas.
Amazon said in a statement worker safety was its "number one priority".
Undercover reporter Adam Littler, 23, got an agency job at Amazon's Swansea warehouse. He took a hidden camera inside for BBC Panorama to record what happened on his shifts.
He was employed as a "picker", collecting orders from 800,000 sq ft of storage.
A handset told him what to collect and put on his trolley. It allotted him a set number of seconds to find each product and counted down. If he made a mistake the scanner beeped.
"We are machines, we are robots, we plug our scanner in, we're holding it, but we might as well be plugging it into ourselves", he said.
"We don't think for ourselves, maybe they don't trust us to think for ourselves as human beings, I don't know."
Prof Marmot, one of Britain's leading experts on stress at work, said the working conditions at the warehouse are "all the bad stuff at once".
He said: "The characteristics of this type of job, the evidence shows increased risk of mental illness and physical illness."
"There are always going to be menial jobs, but we can make them better or worse. And it seems to me the demands of efficiency at the cost of individual's health and wellbeing - it's got to be balanced."
Amazon said official safety inspections had not raised any concerns and that an independent expert appointed by the company advised that the picking job is "similar to jobs in many other industries and does not increase the risk of mental and physical illness".
The scanner tracked Mr Littler's picking rate and sent his performance to managers. If it was too low, he was told he could face disciplinary action.
When Mr Littler worked night shifts his pay rose from the daily rate of £6.50 per hour to £8.25 per hour.
After experiencing a ten-and-a-half-hour night shift, he said: "I managed to walk or hobble nearly 11 miles, just short of 11 miles last night. I'm absolutely shattered. My feet are the thing that are bothering me the most to be honest."
Amazon said new recruits are warned some positions are physically demanding and that some workers seek these positions as they enjoy the active nature of the work. The company said productivity targets are set objectively, based on previous performance levels achieved by the workforce.
Those on the night shift work a four-day week with an hour's break per shift.
Experts have told Panorama these ten-and-a-half-hour night shifts could breach the working time regulations because of the long hours and the strenuous nature of the work.
Barrister Giles Bedloe said: "If the work involves heavy physical and, or, mental strain then that night worker should not work more than eight hours in any 24-hour period.
But Amazon said its night shift is lawful. They said they sought expert advice to ensure the shifts "comply with all relevant legal requirements".
Amazon said it had invested £1bn in the UK and created 5,000 permanent jobs.
It added that it relied on the good judgement of thousands of employees. The company said: "Together we're working hard to make sure we're better tomorrow than we are today."
Panorama: The Truth Behind The Click, BBC One, Monday 25 November at 20:30 GMT and then available in the UK on the BBC iPlayer.
The girls, aged 13 and 14 at the time, battered Angela Wrightson, 39, to death in Hartlepool in December 2014.
Det Ch Supt Peter McPhillips said they were "laughing and joking", so there was no reason for officers to check for signs of blood.
The pair were convicted on Tuesday.
When the girls, now aged 15, called police for a lift home, having earlier been reported missing, officers did not know Ms Wrightson had been murdered, Det Ch Supt McPhillips, of Cleveland Police, said.
The chaotic life and brutal death of Angela Wrightson
He said they were known to police and were regarded as vulnerable.
"It was four o'clock on a December morning, so it was dark," he said.
"The officer picked them up, their demeanour was fine, they were laughing and joking.
"There would be no particular reason for him to check their clothing to see whether it was blood-stained hence, of course, he wouldn't notice the blood."
He said it was "easy with hindsight" to think officers should have noticed one girl had a cut eye and both had blood on them.
"But in the circumstances I think we thought - two vulnerable girls, we're picking them up and we're taking them home."
The girls went missing regularly and may have been known to the officer who picked them up, but Det Ch Supt McPhillips said he felt "certain that he would have checked their welfare".
He also said the force "did do quite a lot to try and help" Miss Wrightson, who was "well known to a range of services including mental health, social care and, obviously, the police".
A police community support officer had been allocated to work with her and visit her regularly.
Hartlepool Borough Council chief executive Gill Alexander said: "Incidents like this are extremely rare but we need to do everything possible to try to better understand what motivated the two children to behave as they did." | Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes one-two in first practice as a new era of Formula 1 started in familiar fashion at the Australian Grand Prix.
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Lynne Jones, from Keswick Flood Action Group, told the Commons Environment Committee she feared her business was now impossible to insure or sell.
Her guest house has been flooded three times in ten years, despite £30,000 spent on "flood-proofing", she said.
Prime Minister David Cameron has defended the amount spent on flood defences in the region.
Ms Jones said she did not know if her insurance company would pay and, if it did, she still faced paying 25% of the final cost because of her policy excess.
"We are all trapped in our homes," she said.
"My property had been up for sale for a year, we've just taken it off the market - it's no point, no-one is ever going to buy it.
"I have got to live with flood risk into my dotage."
Ms Jones said the "devastation" of bridges and roads was a "disaster for a community that's dependent on tourism and people getting from one side of the Lake District to the other".
MPs also heard from business leaders and councillors outlining the estimated £600m damage done to the county and the effect on residents.
Cumbria County Council cabinet member Keith Little said: "In the 2009 floods, the health authority was telling us that up until 2012 people were still coming forward with mental health issues."
It has exposed the deep fissure that runs through society here, and some signs of the direction in which this country appears to be heading.Â
There are still questions as to whether Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin and one of the governor's own bodyguards, acted alone, or with the backing of a radical movement.Â
But his motive appears clear - he was angered by Salman Taseer's stance against Pakistan's stringent blasphemy laws.
The governor felt they discriminated against Pakistan's religious minorities and was the most prominent supporter of a Christian woman in Punjab who was sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad, something she denied doing.
'Feted celebrity'
That made him something of a hate figure among some radical, fundamentalist quarters.
For some of them Qadri, the man accused of killing him, has become a feted celebrity.
In the city of Peshawar, a demonstration has been held to celebrate Salman Taseer's murder and there were chants calling for Mumtaz Qadri's release.
"We, all the students, are proud of the job which Mumtaz performed," said one demonstrator. "We all are with him."
"The governor said the blasphemy law was a black law, that's why Mumtaz killed him," says another. "He did a tremendous job."
This is one - admittedly extreme - guise of Pakistan though it has shown itself elsewhere since Mr Taseer's death - on social networking sites, and radio phone-in programmes.
But there are also many Pakistanis who have been profoundly affected by what has happened, and are mourning the loss of a liberal hero.
This evening, at the spot where Mr Taseer was killed in Islamabad, was an altogether different gathering of people from the one in Peshawar, of people with a very different outlook.
For them, Qadri's alleged act was an attempt to rob them of their liberty too.
"It is a very, very shocking incident," said one man at the candlelit vigil in Kohsar Market.
"I would say it's an eye-opener for the mainstream political parties. They should close ranks and deny religious parties the space they have which fuels a lot of radical people like the person who killed Salman Taseer."
"We are small in numbers when we speak against all this extremism that's going on," one lady tells us.
"There are many people who will not come out because they're afraid. My children want to go abroad rather than be suppressed in this manner."
The governor's brutal death could spark debate as to what type of society Pakistanis want for themselves - one which is moderate and progressive, or one which is conservative and hard-line.
But it could also simply have the effect of silencing those, like Mr Taseer, who want to stand up for those they feel are being unfairly persecuted.
In November, when I last met Salman Taseer, he repeatedly voiced his belief that Pakistanis were an inherently liberal, humane people. He insisted they would ultimately reject extremism.
He pointed out that, in elections, religious parties have never done particularly well in Pakistan.
But the manner of Mr Taseer's passing is an indication to many that the radical elements within this society, however small or large they may be in number, are the ones currently forcing the agenda.
Joerg Tiemann said his Urban Burgery sold the burgers garnished with goat's cheese as a "satirical answer" to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
He has now installed security cameras.
Mr Erdogan reacted angrily when a German comic poked fun at him in a poem referring to sex with goats and sheep.
Jan Boehmermann was given police protection after reading his obscene poem on German TV.
The Turkish president filed a criminal complaint against the comic, in a case that prompted a heated debate in Germany over freedom of speech.
German prosecutors are investigating whether he broke a law against insulting foreign leaders.
The Urban Burgery was reopening on Wednesday, Mr Tiemann told the BBC. Its Erdogan-Burgers were by far the most popular item on the menu, accounting for 75% of the outlet's turnover, he added.
He described it as "a classic hamburger, meat or vegetarian, with a thick slice of goat's cheese".
"We'll sell it for as long as people want it or until Erdogan ends his policy," he said.
When asked about the Boehmermann case, Mr Tiemann said his own protest was more a mark of solidarity with two Turkish journalists at the daily Cumhuriyet, who were jailed on 6 May.
Erdem Gul received five years and Can Dundar five years and 10 months, after Cumhuriyet reported that Turkey had tried to ship arms to rebels fighting the Syrian government.
Mr Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party government has drawn international criticism for cracking down on dissent. Turkey has backtracked on freedom of speech and judicial independence, EU officials and human rights activists say.
Mr Tiemann said the threats targeting the Urban Burgery were "mostly commentaries on Facebook - people threatened to send the Grey Wolves to our restaurant".
The Grey Wolves are a Turkish nationalist group dating back to the 1960s, accused of multiple murders of leftists and liberals.
Mr Tiemann said German national security agents had visited the Urban Burgery on Tuesday, and he now had eight 24-hour surveillance cameras.
Three Turkish workers left his business after the threats were made, he told the BBC, but "friends helped out" with that staffing problem.
A drop in output - the first locally in 15 months - is not considered surprising.
Last week, a similar report showed businesses in the UK as a whole had suffered in July.
The Ulster Bank, who released the figures, said there is "some comfort" in that Northern Ireland fared better than the UK average.
The bank looks at the business activity of private sector firms every month, in what is considered a reliable indicator of the economy.
The latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) suggests that both output and new orders experienced declines in July when compared to June.
However, it also showed employment increased and some companies were able to win greater export business due to the weakness of the pound.
The bank's chief economist, Richard Ramsey, said: "Overall the latest PMI is no doubt concerning for the Northern Ireland economy.
"But we shouldn't read too much into one month's survey.
"The data flow in the coming months will give a clearer picture of the broader trajectory of the local economy."
Two batches of Dunsyre Blue Cheese are being recalled, but the manufacturer said it was just a precaution.
Fourteen people across Scotland have contracted E. coli, with two cases in England.
Two of those are understood to be in a stable condition in hospital while the rest are recovering at home.
Health Protection Scotland (HPS) said initial investigations showed a number of those affected had consumed Dunsyre Blue, made by Errington Cheese, before they became unwell.
They developed their symptoms between 2 and 15 July, with the cases thought to be spread across seven health boards in Scotland.
About 180kg of the Dunsyre Blue Cheese is being recalled, according to Food Standards Scotland.
The agency said cheese with the batch codes C22 or D14 on its packaging should not be eaten, and should instead be either returned to the retailer or disposed of.
Dr Syed Ahmed, clinical director at HPS, said: "The majority of cases have consumed Dunsyre Blue while eating out, but members of the public who purchased Dunsyre Blue cheese between 18 May and 29 July, and still have the product in their fridges, should return it to the retailer where they purchased the product or dispose of it."
Errington Cheese, based at Carnwath, insisted the outbreak had not yet been definitely linked to their product, and that the recall was a precaution.
Founder Humphrey Errington told BBC Scotland: "As a responsible company, we took the voluntary decision last night to recall the two batches of cheese which they were concerned about.
"At the moment we are doing a lot of testing ourselves and investigation to see whether in fact there is any evidence of a connection".
The company said investigations were being carried out by itself and the food regulator.
The family-run farm and cheese business was started by Mr Errington in the early 1980s and is now managed by his daughter.
The voluntary recall was issued after investigations led by Health Protection Scotland into cases of E. coli O157 pointed to a link with particular batches of Dunsyre Blue, a cheese made with unpasteurised milk.
Food Standards Scotland advises that vulnerable groups, including pregnant women, children and elderly people should not consume unpasteurised milk and dairy products made from unpasteurised milk due to the increased risk of food poisoning.
The agency said it was working closely with South Lanarkshire Council and Errington Cheese to further investigate the matter.
Symptoms associated with E. coli O157 can include stomach cramps, diarrhoea, vomiting and occasionally fever.
Anyone developing symptoms, including bloody diarrhoea, or who is concerned about their symptoms, should contact their GP or telephone NHS 24 on 111 for advice.
The Seagulls, who are a point clear of Newcastle, now must better the Magpies' result next Sunday to finish top.
They fell behind when Josh Brownhill powered home a header from Matty Taylor's cross before the break.
The closest Brighton came to a leveller was a stoppage-time header from Glenn Murray that was straight at Robins' keeper Frank Fielding.
Brighton have now lost both their games since being promoted to the Premier League on 17 April.
The Seagulls will be crowned champions if they beat mid-table Aston Villa on the last day of the season but anything less could see Newcastle win the title instead if they beat Barnsley at St James' Park.
Manager Chris Hughton will have been disappointed with the flat performance his side put on in front of a packed Amex Stadium, with Bristol City centre halves Aden Flint and Bailey Wright able to comfortably deal with a series of harmless crosses as the Seagulls looked for a route back into the game.
Victory for Bristol City dispelled their lingering relegation fears and means Lee Johnson's men have won four of their past five games.
They could and perhaps should have extended the lead given to them by Brownhill's first goal for the club but Taylor totally miscued from close range.
Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Bristol City 1.
Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Bristol City 1.
Hand ball by Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Attempt saved. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert.
Substitution, Bristol City. Callum O'Dowda replaces Jamie Paterson.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Fikayo Tomori replaces Lewis Dunk.
Attempt blocked. Uwe Hünemeier (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaëtan Bong.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dale Stephens with a headed pass.
Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by David Stockdale.
Attempt saved. Jamie Paterson (Bristol City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Bobby Reid (Bristol City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Milan Djuric with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bruno.
Foul by Dale Stephens (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Milan Djuric (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Solly March following a corner.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Bobby Reid.
Substitution, Bristol City. Milan Djuric replaces Tammy Abraham.
Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Mark Little (Bristol City).
Attempt blocked. Jamie Paterson (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Josh Brownhill (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Bobby Reid (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Joe Bryan (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bristol City. Bobby Reid replaces Matty Taylor.
Foul by Steve Sidwell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Tammy Abraham (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Matty Taylor (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josh Brownhill.
Attempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Solly March with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Aden Flint.
Attempt blocked. Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno with a cross.
Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Lewis Dunk tries a through ball, but Tomer Hemed is caught offside.
Foul by Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Bailey Wright (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Joe Bryan (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Bryan (Bristol City).
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Steve Sidwell replaces Beram Kayal.
Foul by Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion).
BBC Radio 4's Face the Facts spoke to dozens of workers who were paid little or nothing, were not allowed out and were sometimes abused or beaten.
The situations come from "tied" visas - meaning the right to be in the UK can be withdrawn by the employer - and "transit" visas on fishing boats.
Ministers said a review was under way.
Transit visas are being used to bring in recruits to the fishing industry who have no right to set foot on dry land - and therefore no access to UK employment rights.
Face the Facts found this led to some fishing workers spending weeks at a time at sea, sometimes unpaid, sleeping in cramped conditions, often physically and verbally abused.
With tied visas, employees must stay with the employer they arrived to work for - so if they are mistreated and run away, they are likely to be deported.
Modern slavery minister Karen Bradley said: "We do know that there are problems; that's why I've just commissioned an independent review of the visa arrangements for overseas domestic workers."
The government's Modern Slavery Bill, which has cross-party support, will not affect tied or transit visas.
But Ms Bradley said it was the boldest attempt yet in Europe to tackle human trafficking and slavery
It will increase the maximum sentence to life imprisonment, introduce an anti-slavery commissioner and give courts new powers to order compensation.
Face the Facts is broadcast on Radio 4 at 12:15 GMT.
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The 27-year-old made 22 appearances for Treviso in the Pro 12 last season.
Luamanu told the club website: "I'm really excited to have joined Harlequins and I'm looking forward to the challenges ahead."
Quins director of rugby, Connor O'Shea, added: "We look forward to working with a player whose best years can still be ahead of him."
He added: "Mat's sheer size, power and footballing ability will provide a very interesting challenge to teams in the Aviva Premiership and in Europe."
Luamanu has represented New Zealand Schools and won the 2008 Junior World Cup for New Zealand with the under-20s.
Emergency services were called to Shaw Road South, Shaw Heath, Stockport at about 20:15 BST on Wednesday after reports a baby had stopped breathing.
The baby was taken to Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, where police said she died from her injuries.
A 25-year-old man remains in police custody for questioning. A post-mortem examination is due to take place.
Both runways were closed as passengers and crew used emergency chutes.
BA said the Heathrow to Oslo service turned back after a technical fault at 08:43 BST. Witnesses reported seeing flames coming from the engine.
The southern and northern runways had reopened by 11:00 BST and short-haul flights cancelled by BA have resumed.
In total 192 flights were cancelled from Heathrow Airport following the emergency landing, the majority of which were BA flights, and 22 planes were diverted to other airports.
By Tom EdwardsTransport correspondent, London
What today's incident highlights is how one event can have a massive impact on passengers.
Both runways were shut for 30 minutes but as Heathrow operates at 98% capacity of a 480,000-a-year flight cap that has a massive knock-on effect.
When incidents like this have happened before, pro-expansion campaigners have claimed it proves why Heathrow should have a third runway.
Campaigners against expansion use these incidents to say Heathrow is in the wrong place and shouldn't operate at 98%.
But that won't stop the frustration in the terminal with delays just before the half-term getaway.
There are still delays of more than 45 minutes for both departures and arrivals, Heathrow Airport said.
BA said the incident had had "significant impact" on its schedule and delays were expected to last for the rest of the day.
London Ambulance Service said three people on the plane, an Airbus A319 carrying 75 passengers, were treated for minor injuries.
David Gallagher, a passenger on the plane, said: "About eight or nine minutes into the flight there was a loud popping sound, not an explosion but definitely not usual sounds.
"The captain came on very calmly, said he was aware of the situation and that everything was running normally and he was going to run some tests to see what the right course would be.
"Then another five minutes after that there was a loud sound, and this time the right engine was clearly on fire.
"I mean big flames, very visible from the rest of the cabin, and lots of black smoke."
He said a few passengers were visibly upset but the cabin and ground crews were "outstanding and completely calm".
Jez Stamp, from Farnham in Surrey, who was on a plane waiting to take off to Jordan, said: "I could see smoke on the right engine.
"We just saw it come to a halt and fire engines were already there waiting for it and they immediately started hosing the plane down."
Rob Brownell, 33, who saw the plane from Imperial Wharf Station in central London, told the BBC flames were "clearly visible".
He said: "There was this almighty rumbling overhead - I looked up and saw the plane on fire.
"There were flames coming not just from the engine but lapping the wing.
"My initial thought was 'my God this thing is going to blow up'. The wings are full of fuel so I couldn't see how there could not be an explosion."
Normand Boivin, Heathrow chief operating officer, said: "I would like to pay tribute to BA's pilots and Heathrow's fire and airside teams for their quick and professional response."
According to the website planefinder.net, the plane turned over Potter's Bar and Billericay before returning to Heathrow.
Captain Mark Searle, chairman of the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa), said: "This was a professional job done by professional people.
"As pilots we spend our whole career training to manage incidents such as this in order to avoid an incident becoming a disaster."
18 October 2015 Last updated at 08:34 BST
"Pan" is a remake of Peter Pan and features a lot of famous actors and actresses.
But many people are unhappy with the director's choice to pick Rooney Mara, a white actress, to play the character Tiger Lily.
In many of the past versions of the books and films of Peter Pan, Tiger Lily is thought to be Native American.
Those who don't agree with the casting have launched an online petition which has over 95,000 supporters.
The director says he's presenting the version of Tiger Lily from the original book written by JM Barrie.
"Barrie wrote the character of Tiger Lily and her community not very specifically, and so I followed JM Barrie rather than pressure from outside groups."
Margaret Gibson has been recognised for spending more than 20 years mentoring young people across Scotland.
She is among 10 Scottish winners of a Queen's Award for Enterprise this year.
They include Cumbernauld-based raincoat manufacturer Mackintosh Ltd and Edinburgh travel firm Rabbie's Trail Burners.
Enterprise support professional Ms Gibson is a voluntary mentor with Young Enterprise Scotland and business incubator Entrepreneurial Spark.
She spent more than 20 years with the Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust, rising to deputy chief executive.
Dundee-based Ms Gibson said: "I am delighted to receive this award - I feel it is not really for me but for all of the young entrepreneurs I have worked with.
"One of the things that I feel most strongly about is the need for young entrepreneurs to make links and connections with people.
"That way, rather than trying to make it on your own, you're part of a big family of people."
Another recipient of the enterprise promotion award is Nelson Gray, who is based in Roslin, Midlothian.
He has been recognised for directly providing numerous start-up and early stage entrepreneurs with funding, support and mentoring.
The other eight awards have gone to companies for achieving outstanding overseas sales growth.
They include Mackintosh Ltd, which manufactures traditional raincoats from its two factories in Cumbernauld and Nelson, Lancashire.
The company sells through distributors in the US and Japan, and via agents in Europe. It also has flagship stores in London and Tokyo.
Another winner is Rabbie's Trail Burners, which provides scheduled mini-coach tours, holiday packages and other travel services for international consumers and trade.
The award panel noted that its passenger numbers on scheduled tours in 2013 reached 61,065 - an increase of 36% from 2011.
With 90% of its clients based overseas, Rabbie's sells through its multi-lingual website, tour operators and local agents overseas.
Other international trade winners include Motherwell-based Consarc Engineering Ltd, which designs, manufactures and installs atmosphere furnaces, and Aberdeenshire-based Aubin Ltd, a supplier of chemical solutions for the oil and gas sector.
Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal stayed on their coat-tails by winning their respective matches.
However, Manchester United lost further ground on the front-runners after dropping more points at home.
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It's very seldom I pick a goalkeeper who hasn't kept a clean sheet and even more uncommon if he's let in two goals. The reality was that Paul Robinson, who was deputising for Tom Heaton, didn't let anything past him. He was beaten by two superbly taken strikes.
I must say I was surprised to see the former Spurs and England goalkeeper involved at all instead of the previously ever-present Heaton, but delighted nevertheless. My immediate thought was: I hope he is going to give a good account of himself.
I don't know why I was so concerned about Robinson, who found himself back in top-flight football after an absence of 1,664 days, because he was brilliant. Burnley might have lost 2-1 at home to Manchester City but it would have been considerably more had it not been for Robinson. Yes, I might be suffering from a little nostalgia but what's wrong with that? Good to have you back, Paul.
Antonio Valencia was unlucky not to get into my team last week after a starring role against Arsenal. However, in another sparkling performance, this time against West Ham, the Ecuador international was once again at his threatening best down the right.
Whenever the full-back plays, he does so with passion and purpose, but never loses his cool. What a pity his manager can't assume the same self-control. Jose Mourinho's protests are becoming tiresome. If it's all a bit too much for the overzealous manager on the touchline, then he should watch the game from the stands. He can't enjoy continually being told to leave the classroom by the referee like a naughty schoolboy.
What a block it was by Angelo Ogbonna to deny Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The game was at a critical stage with the Red Devils in the ascendency when the ball was seized upon up by the Swede with the goal at his mercy. From nowhere, the Italy international made a challenge that saved the day for West Ham.
Could Ibrahimovic have hit the ball first time? Of course he could, but no one thought for a moment that Ogbonna could make up the ground - never mind make the tackle. It was a wonderful piece of defending by the Hammer and one of the many turning points in a terrific match.
For the second consecutive week, Virgil van Dijk makes my team of the week and stars in a match dominated by the Saints. This tenacious, polished defender was signed by former boss Ronald Koeman and remains in touch with the Dutch past master.
Perhaps the defender could ask Koeman what has happened to the manager's Everton team. Last week, I said the Toffees were on the verge of a mini-crisis, yet with the class of players they have, that's the last thing he should be facing. Something is just not right at Everton.
How long can this go on? James Milner is not only playing in a position that normally requires a specialist, but doing it brilliantly. There can only be a handful of top-class wingers whose game has allowed them to become a vital cog in what I would describe as a rather uncertain defensive unit.
Nevertheless, James "I will play anywhere for the team, boss" Milner is giving Liverpool assurance at key moments in games. So much so, it's putting the Reds in a position where we are having to take them seriously as title contenders.
His penalty conversion against an ultra-defensive Sunderland settled Liverpool down at the right time in what might have otherwise been a very tricky fixture.
It was a monumental victory for Chelsea on Saturday. Believe me, as a former Spurs player, I take no comfort in saying this, but Chelsea are starting to play like champions.
It's as though the same players who downed tools under ex-manager Jose Mourinho's leadership are the same ones who appear to be sticking two fingers up to him now.
One of those players is Victor Moses, who the Portuguese totally disregarded during his second spell at the club and who is playing out of his skin at the moment.
Spurs meanwhile, and quite infuriatingly, continue to struggle to win the games that really matter. A lot was made of this fixture as being the revenge match for the humiliating draw at Stamford Bridge last season that ended any thought of Spurs winning the title. The truth is that Tottenham still have a lot of growing up to do.
It's all very well boss Mauricio Pochettino insisting Spurs were the better side, but it's Chelsea who took all the points and were laughing all the way back to SW6.
Boy! Did newly appointed manager Bob Bradley need this result. Swansea's 5-4 win over Crystal Palace came in the most extraordinary of circumstances, but who cares? It also needed his best player to produce it.
Gylfi Sigurdsson is keeping the Swans' heads above water at the moment and proving to be a critical component to the club's survival in the Premier League. Saturday's match was a gripping encounter for all the wrong reasons. Goals were flying in from everywhere and no-one seemed to be in a position to do anything about it.
Let's not kid ourselves, both Swansea and Crystal Palace are in desperate need of some serious surgery.
Last week, Palace boss Alan Pardew told us he and his players had words after their defeat against Manchester City, and they were going to put their run of poor results behind them and get down to business. What did they talk about? The weather?
Well, if they keep defending like that, they will find themselves conducting their business in the Championship.
Last week, I was singing the praises of midfielder Yaya Toure. This week, it's another Manchester City player, but one who seldom gets the plaudits he deserves.
Fernandinho was superb against a Burnley side who at one stage thought they might do to City what they did to Liverpool. However, the Brazilian had other ideas. His selflessness and desire to promote the team's purpose couldn't have been more evident than when he created City's winner out of nothing.
City manager Pep Guardiola is still coming to terms with the rigour of the Premier League and what is required to win it. This is not Spain, where two teams dominate the scene and results are predictable - or Germany, where if Bayern Munich don't win the title, there's a national inquest. This is the Premier League. The most competitive league in the world.
These were two massive goals for Swansea for Leroy Fer, a player who I believe still has to fulfil his potential in the Premier League.
I saw a lot of him at QPR, but he seems more assured and accomplished playing for Swansea. He covers the ground and when required can put his foot in, but his ability to score goals from midfield is without doubt his biggest asset.
However, in all honesty, I cannot see how Swansea can retain their status in the Premier League when they continually move on players such as forwards Wilfried Bony, Bafetimbi Gomis and Andre Ayew - and, of course, defender Ashley Williams - without replacing them and expect to survive.
If ever there was a man born to score goals, it was Sergio Aguero. He has scored 33 goals in the last 34 league matches, which tells its own story.
Against Burnley, he was his usual predatory self. And yet I detected a moment last week - when City boss Pep Guardiola tactically substituted the Argentine for a defender in order to close the game against Crystal Palace - when there was a distinct air of disapproval from Aguero.
For Guardiola, the move might have been justified but, if you don't mind me saying so, it was a dangerous one nevertheless.
When managers go about using world-class strikers as fodder, it runs the risk of hacking them off. They are not there to adorn your every circumstance, but to be treated with the utmost care and attention - a point former City striker Carlos Tevez was keen to make to former City manager Roberto Mancini.
Lose them and it could cost you a title, a cup, a tournament, your job. Your choice.
There has been some debate recently about how many world-class players we have in the Premier League at the moment. Well, I for one believe that Alexis Sanchez is one of them.
It was Sanchez who punished Bournemouth's Steve Cook for what appeared to be a moment of stage fright - one which ended in the most appalling backpass. The Chilean then finished off the Cherries with a simple tap-in, but that was after he had run Bournemouth ragged.
With midfielder Mesut Ozil, another world-class player, available to produce the service in the absence of Santi Cazorla, the result was inevitable. What Arsenal have done is collect three very valuable points in a week where Champions League often takes priority. That is a very dangerous sign for Manchester City and Chelsea.
Its Transfer Matching System (TMS) estimates that since 2013 some 57% of funds have gone into stars' pockets.
Actual transfer fees have accounted for just 41% of the cash, and agent commissions the remaining 2%.
Football clubs in Europe account for four-fifths of the total money spent on wages in those global deals.
The new figures refer to international transfers from one country to another, and do not cover "domestic" transfers between two clubs in the same nation.
In cash terms it means that over the past two years, from international deals, $16.5bn (£10.8bn) has gone on player salaries, $12bn in transfer fees, and $700m to player agents.
"Most of the transfers discussed in the media involve large transfer fees, but in reality, only 13% of all worldwide transfers involve the payment of a fee," said Fifa TMS General Manager Mark Goddard.
"Salaries, though, are part of every single contract."
Increasingly lucrative TV deals have given top-flight English clubs the financial muscle to bring in a plethora of global stars from overseas.
Big signings this summer have included Manchester City's purchase of Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg for £52m and Nicolas Otamendi from Valencia for £32m, while rivals Manchester United bought Anthony Martial from Monaco for £36m and Memphis Depay from PSV for £25m.
And Fifa's analysis of the spending on international transfers during the recently ended summer transfer window shows that English clubs spent a total of $996m (£653m) - more than double any other country.
Meanwhile French clubs spent $270m - a 65% increase on summer 2014, but Spanish clubs, another traditional home for glamour players, particularly from South America, saw summer spending decrease by 23% on 2014, to $495m.
Those three nations, plus Germany and Italy, make up what are known as the "Big Five" European leagues.
These big five countries recorded a total of 1,340 incoming international transfers during this summer's transfer window, an increase of 4% when compared with the same period in 2014.
And the total international transfer spending across these nations reached $2,396m, an increase of 2% on last year's summer window, driven by increased spending in Italy as well as France.
Former Italian football club legend Gianluca Vialli, who starred for Sampdoria, Juventus, and Chelsea, said there were a number of reasons for the increased spending on transfers in Italy, a country where the football economy has been seen as stagnant compared with England or Germany.
"The Italian league has got better TV deals than it previously had, so there is more money available," Mr Vialli told the BBC website at the Soccerex football conference in Manchester.
"But more importantly, I think the football clubs decided that to come out of this 'football recession' it would be better for them to invest in players."
Other findings from Fifa's analysis of international deals involving the Big Five leagues are that:
Fifa's TMS organisation uses modern electronic technology with the aim of making international football transfers more transparent and legally compliant.
Mr Goddard said the system also helped Fifa to gauge the size of the global football transfer industry, and how best to manage it.
For its latest report, Fifa has analysed data supplied to it from 6,500 clubs.
Following on after the heavy financial outlay from clubs in Europe on player wages, teams in the Asian confederation were the next highest spenders on salaries.
In a separate look at the European transfer market, Spanish-based sports business and marketing consultancy Prime Time Sport has released its report into summer player spending.
In a presentation at Soccerex, its chief executive Esteve Calzada said that all clubs, including the biggest in Europe, were now involved in selling players.
He said that previously it was certain teams, such as Porto or Southampton, who had a role in producing home-grown talent for sale to larger clubs on the continent.
"Player trading has now become normal across the board," Mr Calzada said, noting that this was partly a result of Uefa's financial fair play rules, which state that clubs - including the largest - should spend no more than the revenues they generate.
"[Bigger clubs] have to generate income, and find money to buy new players," Mr Calzada added. "Big clubs will now pop up in the lists of the biggest sellers.
"All teams have got used to selling their best players."
He said AS Monaco from the French league was the European leader in player sales income this summer, earning some €160m (£117m) - including cash from the sale of Martial to Manchester United.
However, Mr Calzada said that his team's research showed that. for buying clubs, heavy investment in players did not always translate into immediate trophy success.
The nun became pregnant after she was raped by a man carrying out repairs at the convent.
She alleges that, when her fellow sisters found out about her pregnancy, they pressured her to leave the convent and the Church.
Her lawyer says the sisters blamed her for having been raped.
She is suing the Archbishopric of Santiago and the Order of St Clare.
The Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, Rt Rev Jorge Concha, said that the nun had left the convent "voluntarily" and the Archbishopric had only found out about the rape and subsequent events on 27 March.
The nun told Chilean TV that she had joined the order in 2002 when she was 20 years old.
She said she lived inside a convent in the capital Santiago, with very little contact with the outside world.
But in 2012, a group of men was allowed into the convent to carry out some repairs. They lived and slept in the convent for the duration of the renovations and the nun was assigned to provide them with food.
One of them raped her, a fact she kept secret from her fellow sisters "out of fear and shame, because a sense of shame came over me and didn't let me express myself," she told 24 Horas.
Three months on, the sisters found out that she was pregnant.
"[I got] zero support, they told me I was to blame, that I did it on purpose," the nun told Chilean TV.
"I told them I was innocent, but my fellow sisters were very cruel to me."
She alleges that they pressured her to leave the convent and the Church.
"They wanted me to hand over my habit, but I wasn't going to do that," she said.
While she did eventually leave the convent she says she refused to sign any papers saying she would leave the Church.
She says she sought shelter with a friend and after giving birth, put her child up for adoption.
In 2015, her rapist was found guilty and sentenced to five years in jail.
Her lawyer says it is time for the Archbishopric of Santiago "to own up to its responsibility" in the case.
"She is a nun living in a convent who was raped and instead of being protected she was blamed for what happened," her lawyer Camila Maturana said.
"In a convent, where nuns are kept separate from worldly life, men shouldn't stay overnight," Ms Maturana said.
"All religious institutions in a diocese fall under the aegis of a bishop, in this case it's the Archbishop of Santiago," she added, to explain the decision to sue the Archbishopric as well as the Order of St Clare.
The nun said she felt "abandoned by my only family and my Church, which I have always defended like a lioness".
Bishop Concha said the Archbishopric had been unaware of the nun's plight until 27 March.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) published its findings after an inspection of Winterbourne View near Bristol.
The review was ordered after BBC Panorama filmed patients being pinned down, slapped and taunted.
Police said they had arrested a 12th person in connection with the inquiry.
The Panorama programme was contacted by whistleblower Terry Bryan who alerted the BBC with his concerns about some staff.
Mr Bryan, a senior nurse, acted after his concerns were not followed up by the home's management or the CQC.
The CQC report on Winterbourne View found owners Castlebeck Care had failed to ensure residents living at the unit were adequately protected from risk, including the risks of unsafe practices by its own staff.
It said: "There was a systemic failure to protect people or to investigate allegations of abuse.
"The provider had failed in its legal duty to notify the Care Quality Commission of serious incidents including injuries to patients or occasions when they had gone missing."
Inspectors also noted staff did not appear to understand the needs of the people in their care and said "some staff were too ready to use methods of restraint without considering alternatives".
Winterbourne View was closed down in June.
The CQC's director of operations Amanda Sherlock said that, following the investigation, it was clear the abuse was far worse than they were warned of by Mr Bryan.
She claimed that Castlebeck had "misled" the CQC, and if officials had known about what was taking place they "could have taken action earlier".
In response to the CQC report, Castlebeck's Chief Executive, Lee Reed, said: "We are truly sorry for the failures which led to the terrible mistreatment suffered by patients at Winterbourne View.
"As soon as the company was made aware of the appalling misconduct of staff at Winterbourne View, we alerted the police and other relevant authorities.
"We then took immediate remedial steps to safeguard the welfare of all our service users. This work is ongoing, and is our absolute priority."
The latest person to be arrested is a 27-year-old man from the South Gloucestershire area.
Police said he had been arrested under the Mental Capacity Act and had been released on police bail.
Eleven other people, eight men and three women, previously arrested remain on police bail pending further inquiries.
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont set the tone in a New Year message, saying a planned referendum would go ahead by September. That would defy the Spanish government's warning that any vote organised by Catalonia's regional authorities would be illegal.
"If 50% plus one vote 'yes', we will declare independence without hesitation," he said.
Tensions between supporters of independence and Spanish authorities are likely to rise when three senior Catalan ex-officials, including former president Artur Mas, go on trial accused of criminal disobedience for organising a wildcat poll in November 2014.
Spain's conservative prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, says he is willing to negotiate possible alterations to the relationship between the national and Catalan administrations, but will not discuss changes to Spain's constitution.
Catalonia's quarrel with Madrid
Catalonia profile
So Madrid says there will be no referendum. Barcelona insists there will be a vote and it will be binding.
"If we have 50% turnout and a majority in favour of independence, this will be legitimate. Then Madrid will have to ask itself if it is going to impose its laws by force, if the Catalan people choose their future peacefully and democratically," says Joan Maria Pique, the Catalan government's director of international communications.
The image of tanks rolling north across the Ebro river belongs to Spain's tragic civil war of the 1930s. But how would Madrid react if Catalonia made a unilateral declaration of independence?
When Spain's defence minister until last November, Pedro Morenes, was asked what the army would do in such a scenario, he avoided giving a direct answer: "If everyone does what they are legally bound to do, that situation will not be necessary."
Like other regions in Spain, Catalonia already has the power to run its educational and healthcare systems, as well as limited freedoms in the area of taxation. But Spanish constitutional experts offer little encouragement to supporters of independence for Catalonia.
"If the Catalan government does not negotiate the calling of a referendum with the state, it is not legally possible, because this power is held by the central state," explains Javier Garcia Roca, professor of constitutional law at Madrid's Complutense University.
Spain's constitutional court agrees. It outlawed the unofficial vote held in November 2014, and that ruling led to former Catalan President Mas and two of his ministers facing trial this year. If found guilty, Mr Mas could be barred from public office for a decade.
Many Catalan towns and villages have gone ahead and declared independence in a symbolic but defiant fashion.
A picturesque Costa Brava fishing village, El Port de la Selva, declared itself "morally excluded" from Spain's constitutional order in July 2010. Earlier Spain's top court had ruled that large chunks of the Catalan autonomy statute, approved by both the Spanish and Catalan parliaments, were unconstitutional.
The number of rebel municipalities has gone on growing.
One estimate from a pro-sovereignty association suggests 787 of the region's 947 town and city halls have declared support for "decoupling from the Spanish state".
Several local politicians and hundreds of councils are being investigated for offences deriving from symbolic disobedience of Spanish laws.
The constitutional court has also quashed several attempts by the Catalan parliament to vote into existence "instruments of state" for a future independent country, including a tax agency and a social security department that would form the basis of a new welfare system.
It has also annulled laws against fracking, gender inequality and banks which keep empty homes on their books. In 2010 the court sparked outrage by removing the preferential status of the Catalan language and quashing another dozen articles.
Catalan spokesman Joan Maria Pique accuses the Spanish government of "exercising juridical violence by violating the independence of the courts".
"The constitution lays down the principle of unity of the state and nation, which are described as 'indivisible'," argues Prof Garcia Roca. "It is a rigid document and the possibilities for imagination and constitutional engineering are therefore not the same for Catalonia as for Scotland."
And yet much of Catalonia believes that it has already triggered what pro-independence circles describe as "decoupling" from the Spanish state, backed by a majority of the Catalan parliament and the region's local councils.
A recent poll published by Barcelona-based newspaper El Periodico, not seen as backing independence, suggested that 85% of Catalans wanted a referendum, which all surveys predict would be extremely tight.
So while the Madrid government insists any vote will have no validity, the game of political chicken goes on.
Court orders have been served on councillors in Catalonia who refuse to acknowledge Spanish national holidays, remove flags or bow to other constitutional requirements, or who burn images of Spain's King Felipe.
Meanwhile, the tension continues to rise. Something will have to give.
June 2010: Spain's constitutional court quashes parts of Catalonia's autonomy statute
11 September 2012: Barcelona's police estimate at 1.5 million the number of people attending the Diada march for independence
20 September 2012: Prime Minister Rajoy rebuffs Catalonia bid to cease being net contributor to the Spanish state
9 November 2014: Catalan authorities hold consultation on secession - more than 80% vote in favour, but turnout is only 40%
27 September 2015: In regional elections presented as independence plebiscite, pro-sovereignty forces win majority of seats with 48% of popular vote
The Montrose and Aberdeen Coastguard Rescue Teams and the Montrose RNLI lifeboat were sent to the scene shortly after 10:00.
An ambulance and the Tayside trauma team also attended the incident.
The man, whose condition is currently unknown, was taken to hospital by the Coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Inverness.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We received a call at 10:08 hours today to attend an incident near St Cyrus.
"A male patient in his 50s was taken to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by Coastguard helicopter."
Marcella Jean Lee, 56, was detained on Thursday about 100 miles (160km) south of Goldsboro, where her mum's remains were discovered.
She faces a felony charge of failure to report a death, according to police.
Police had been searching for Ms Lee for more than three months after a neighbour discovered the body of Arma Roush, 75, inside the freezer.
A post-mortem examination showed no signs of foul play in Ms Roush's death.
A neighbour bought the freezer for $30 (£23).
Ms Lee told the buyer not to open the appliance, which was taped shut.
She told the neighbour that members of a local church would come by to collect the contents of the freezer, which she referred to as a time capsule.
A few weeks later in May, the neighbour opened the freezer and found the body.
Ms Lee's mother had been living with her and was last seen in August 2015.
PC Neil Doyle, 36, died following an attack in Liverpool city centre in the early hours of 19 December.
Christopher Spendlove, 30, and Andrew Taylor, 28, pleaded not guilty to his murder when they appeared at Liverpool Crown Court earlier.
Both men were remanded in custody and told they will face trial at the same court on 22 June.
PC Doyle and two other off-duty officers were attacked near the Aloha Club, in Colquitt Street.
Spendlove, of Brandearth Hey, Stockbridge Village, and Taylor, of Cherry Tree Road, Huyton, Merseyside, also deny causing grievous bodily harm with intent to PC Doyle's colleagues.
A post-mortem examination revealed the constable died from bleeding around the brain.
His colleagues were treated in hospital for facial injuries.
A third man, Timmy Donovan, 30, originally from Huyton, was arrested in Germany in January in connection with the murder.
The court heard extradition proceedings against him have begun and he is expected to be brought to the UK within the next 10 days.
The man, only identified as Mr J, was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital in 2013 after a fit but died two days later.
While there were a "number of missed opportunities", a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report found his death was "probably unavoidable".
The hospital's trust apologised for the failings in the patient's care.
News of Mr J's death and the subsequent investigation follows the publication of a report from the health watchdog which detailed more than 160 investigations it had carried out nationwide.
Mr J, who was in his 30s, had been due to start an alcohol rehabilitation programme when he was found in his bedroom and taken to A&E by ambulance, the report said.
"Mr J's family say that from the outset they heard staff imply in their comments that his condition was probably related to alcohol use," the report went on.
When he was triaged upon arrival, his diagnosis was alcohol withdrawal and a head injury with confusion.
He was given medication for symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and also diagnosed with a possible chest infection, the report said.
His condition deteriorated and he was taken to the high dependency unit, where he was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. He was declared dead two days later.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman found there were "delays in triage and lost opportunities in A&E for earlier medical review" and found "significant failings" in his care.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was also investigated after nurses failed to notice an older patient was "deteriorating" and developed a pressure sore.
The watchdog found she suffered "pain and discomfort which could have been avoided".
In a statement, the trust said: "The delivery of safe, high-quality patient care is our highest priority. The trust embraces concerns and complaints as an opportunity to learn and improve the care and service we provide.
"We acknowledge that in both cases there were failures in the care provided and we would like to reiterate our sincere apologies to the complainants and their families for this."
Euclid Tsakalotos said the Greek government had "done its part", adding "the ball is very much on the side of our creditors and the IMF".
Last week, talks between eurozone finance ministers aimed at unlocking Greece's next set of loans broke down.
Mr Tsakalotos said a deal at the next meeting in June was now urgent.
"There are no excuses for not getting this overall deal that the Greek economy so desperately needs in its efforts to access the markets," he said.
The meeting is aimed at deciding whether Greece has done enough to receive a €7.5bn (£6.4bn; $8.3bn) loan plus debt relief.
The cash is vital for Greece to avoid defaulting on a debt repayment due in July.
To secure the funds, the country has had to enact a series of economic reforms.
As part of this, earlier this month Greece's parliament approved a new package of austerity measures, including tax rises and further cuts to pensions due to be implemented in 2019-20.
Mr Tsakalotos said the government "had done its part of what it promised".
A deal is reported to be held up because The International Monetary Fund and Germany are at odds over how to help ease Greece's debts once its rescue programme ends next year.
The IMF's participation in Greece's latest bailout hinges on resolving this issue.
Mr Tsakalotos said that the eurozone would benefit from a deal that helped Greece return to bond markets again.
"There is very little point in entering a programme if the goal is not to leave the programme and leaving the programme should be not only the responsibility of the debtor country but the creditor countries as well," he added.
A few days before the end of last year, West Australian teenager Jay Muscat was killed by a shark while he was spear-fishing on the state's far south coast. Authorities closed the beach and issued a kill order for the shark.
A fortnight earlier, when Western Australians would typically have flocked to the beach, one of Perth's southern beaches was suddenly deemed out of bounds after an electronically-tagged great white shark was detected.
The shark repeatedly returned to Warnbro Beach during daylight hours, prompting authorities to close the popular swimming and sunbathing spot, and to set baited lines in the hope of catching and shooting it.
The two incidents follow a spate of deadly shark attacks in recent years in Western Australia and a controversial decision by the state government in early 2014 to cull sharks.
That decision was eventually aborted after the government's own environmental regulator said it was scientifically unjustified.
But critics say government and media hype around so-called killer sharks is not just environmentally dangerous - it also strikes deep into the state's psyche, damaging its relaxed coastal lifestyle, and generating a sense of fear and anxiety.
Some psychologists have gone as far as to suggest that a climate in which sharks are deemed to be "rogue" killers that should be shot risks producing a generation of children who will grow up scared of the beach.
And it's not just children who are scared, says Shayne Hanks, the Perth-based chairman of the National College of Sport and Exercise Psychologists.
"There are adults saying that they won't go in the water or won't swim out very far or they'll stop some of those activities, and that's because their sense of threat is heightened," he said.
Mr Hanks says the heightened fear of sharks is discouraging people from taking part in popular activities such as surfing.
"I think it makes people less likely to go to the beach, which makes them less active, doing less exercise," he says. "That sense of where the beach fits into our culture is changing."
Mr Hanks says the threat from sharks, while real, has been exaggerated.
"I think the reaction isn't commensurate with the risk," he says. "We don't see the same anxiety levels in terms of drowning; there are more than 10 times the number of people who drown each year in WA [Western Australia] versus shark attacks; and there's 200 times the number of fatalities by car.
"We don't get anxious though [about] getting into our car, and we don't get anxious when we go into a swimming pool."
Following Jay Muscat's death, the state's Premier Colin Barnett said he was concerned for the safety of people using the sea and feared more fatalities, "even young children".
His comments followed statements made ahead of the summer swimming season in September by then-Acting WA Tourism Minister John Day, who suggested tourists in the south-west may want to spend their holidays visiting wineries or scenic sights rather than venturing into the water.
"If it was me I would not be surfing or going swimming far off the coast," Mr Day said.
But critics say the idea that Western Australians who venture into the water will be hunted by killer sharks encourages lazy government policies.
In the December issue of the Australian Journal of Political Science, academic Christopher Neff wrote that the idea of "serial killer sharks" which must be culled was easier to peddle than explaining to the public that shark culls do not protect swimmers.
"A more scientific-based narrative meant telling the public that nothing can be done or that the government did not know what was going on," Mr Neff explains.
During an initial 13-week trial mid-last year, more than 170 sharks were caught by baited lines known as drum lines. However, none were Great White sharks, to which most of the recent fatal attacks had been attributed.
Premier Barnett reluctantly cancelled the program in September but a special agreement with the Federal Government means Western Australia can still hunt sharks that are considered a threat.
The cull attracted a lot of opposition and protesters are now planning a third rally at Cottesloe Beach since culling began, for 1 February.
Locals are still going to patrolled beaches in big numbers, says Surf Life Saving WA. However, the way people use the beach is changing, according to its chief executive officer, Paul Andrew.
"The beach usage first thing in the morning [when sharks are prevalent] has dropped significantly but beach usage at other times has increased, particularly at patrolled beaches," says Mr Andrew.
"Beach behaviours have also changed with swimmers staying closer to shore, swimming in groups and swimming in greater numbers at times other than dawn and dusk," he says.
For cultural studies academic Jon Stratton, narratives around shark attacks are feeding into a cultural myth of Perth as an isolated suburban paradise, constantly in danger of losing its laid-back way of life.
"There's this sense that once upon a time, Perth was this utopia, this Arcadia, and now we've lost that - there are these terrible creatures threatening our lifestyle," says the retired Curtin University professor.
Decades ago, Perth's small-town sense of safety was shattered by serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke. Nicknamed the "Night Caller", he terrorised Perth from 1959 to 1963, committing 22 violent crimes, including eight murders.
From then on, residents who usually left their homes unlocked at night and their car keys in the ignition changed their habits.
"This is the moment when people in Perth can no longer leave their doors and windows unlocked, can no longer allow their children to play in the streets," says Professor Stratton. "This moment keeps changing. It is always marked by some awful event."
There has always been a sense, he says, that nature has not been completely tamed.
"We get it here with bushfires, we get it with mosquitoes, sharks, but basically we are constantly under threat from nature, as if this city isn't securely anchored and could be wiped off the map almost at any time," he says.
"This is the point at which the myth of the threat of nature takes over from the myth of the laid-back, easygoing lifestyle of lying on the beach and swimming around in the blue sea."
Valerie Amos told the BBC she had heard accounts of near starvation, including in the capital, Damascus.
Baroness Amos said she had spoken to the government about trying to get humanitarian access.
She said the situation in the country was getting worse by the day and she had heard horrific tales of suffering.
The situation on the ground keeps shifting, but a confidential UN document leaked to the BBC in late December said more than a quarter of a million Syrians are stuck in "besieged or hard to access areas".
Humanitarian crisis explainedQ&A: Geneva II
Starving an area is a war crime. In Syria, food is a weapon of war used by all sides as they try to gain ground militarily, says the BBC's Lyse Doucet.
The uprising began in March 2011 and the UN says more than 100,000 people have died in the conflict.
Baroness Amos' visit comes less than two weeks before the planned start of an international conference in Switzerland to find a political solution to the war.
Foreign ministers from 11 countries that back the Syrian opposition movement met in Paris on Sunday with the aim of persuading the opposition to attend the Geneva II talks.
The so-called Friends of Syria said on Sunday that there would be "no political solution for Syria unless Geneva 2 meets".
Ahmad Jarba, the leader of the Syrian National Coalition, said it had been agreed that President Bashar al-Assad and his family would have no role in the country's future.
But Mr Jarba did not say whether the Coalition would take part in the 22 January talks.
The Coalition asserts President Assad has no intention of negotiating his own departure, especially now that the military opposition is itself compromised by the rise of Islamist groups.
There is an almost complete disconnect between the effective forces on the ground inside the country, and the Western-backed Coalition - which claims to be the sole representative of the Syrian people, says BBC Middle East correspondent Jim Muir.
Baroness Amos said she was "really worried" about people in communities who had been besieged for long periods, in some cases for more than a year.
"The sick and wounded have not been able to leave, we've not been able to get food in.
"There are reports of people on the brink of starvation including in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp close to the centre of Damascus," she told the BBC.
She described the situation as "unimaginable".
She said the Syrian government had given assurances that they would help the UN to get humanitarian access.
"We talked in particular about how we can try to get into these besieged communities - this has been part of the conversations that I've had with the government on a number of occasions.
"I have been assured by the deputy foreign minister and also by the foreign minister that the government will do everything that they can to help us to facilitate that access."
Speaking on Friday, UN official Christopher Gunness said residents in the Yarmouk camp, including infants and children, have been subsisting on diets of such things as stale vegetables, animal feed and cooking spices dissolved in water.
He said infants were suffering from diseases linked to severe malnutrition, including anaemia, rickets, and kwashiorkor [a protein deficiency].
The Syrian Observatory said separately that it had documented the deaths of 41 Palestinian refugees as a result of food and medical shortages in the past three months.
The marine mammal replaces the much-loved Diplodocus dinosaur, "Dippy", which will soon head out on a tour of the UK.
The museum believes the change will give its image a refresh.
It wants to be known more for its living science than its old fossils.
The museum employs hundreds of researchers who engage in active study on a day-to-day basis.
Yes, they use the 80 million-odd specimens kept at the South Kensington institution, but their focus is on learning new things that bear down on the modern world. In that sense, the blue whale is regarded as the perfect emblem.
The specimen is being given the name "Hope" as a "symbol of humanity's power to shape a sustainable future".
Blue whales are now making a recovery following decades of exploitation that nearly drove them out of existence.
The Natural History Museum is closed to the public all day Thursday for final preparations
Staff have spent months preparing the 126-year-old skeleton for its new role.
First, it had to be removed from its old hanging space in the mammals gallery.
Then it had to be cleaned and in a few places repaired and strengthened. And finally, it had to be re-hung from the iron girders that support the ceiling in the Waterhouse building's spectacular Hintze Hall.
The BBC was given exclusive access to the whole process, and a Horizon documentary, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, will go out on BBC Two at 21:00 BST on Thursday.
The film will air at about the same time as the NHM's patron, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Sir David, inaugurate the new exhibit at a gala reception.
A great many people were involved in the make-over, but the promotion of the whale represents something of a personal triumph for Richard Sabin, the museum's principal curator of mammals.
He championed the change and suggested the dynamic lunge-feeding pose that the whale now assumes.
It was on a visit to the NHM in 1976, as a boy of 10, that Richard first saw the skeleton in its old display position. He describes that experience as transformative.
"I was absolutely blown away," he told BBC News. "I remember running up the stairs to the balcony and asking an attendant if the whale skeletons in the gallery were real. And she said 'yes, and not only that you can still see these animals in the ocean today'.
"I got home and the very next day I headed down to the public library to try to find as many books as I could on whales. It was, to coin a phase, a defining moment."
For the Horizon film, Richard can be seen tracing the history of the specimen - meeting the descendants of the Irish fisherman who despatched the animal with a makeshift harpoon after it had beached off County Wexford in March 1891. But he also travels to North America, to the Pacific Coast, to join the Cascadia Research Group as they track migrating blue whales.
The group, co-founded by John Calambokidis, attaches tags to the giant creatures. Held on by suction cups, these devices record the behaviour of the whales, even capturing 4K video as they dive underwater.
The team is learning key facts that will help conserve the majestic animals, which went to the brink of oblivion thanks to 20th Century hunters.
"We've discovered that blue whales spend twice as much time at the surface at night than they do in the day," John told Horizon.
"That's the period when they're most vulnerable to ship strikes. That identified right there that we need to be most concerned about ships and their transiting through blue whale areas at night rather than the day."
For Richard, the observation of whales in the Pacific confirmed his desire to see the conservation icon put centre-stage at his museum back in London.
"It's been an honour and a privilege to work with the specimen that inspired me all those years ago - to breathe new life into it; to inject science from the field into it; to display it in a much more meaningful way.
"I honestly believe it will take people's breath away when they see it.
"Thursday is going to be an amazing day for everyone involved; I am sure there will be plaudits for what we've done. But I can't wait for Friday morning when the first families, the first schoolchildren, walk through the door and I get to hear what they've got to say about what they see."
Fans of Dippy should not despair. After the dinosaur's two-year tour of Britain, it will return to a make-over of its own.
The skeleton, which is actually only a plaster cast, will be fashioned again in bronze and placed in the east garden in front of the museum.
You can watch a trail for Horizon: Dippy and the Whale. After broadcast on BBC Two, the programme will be available on the iPlayer.
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The pharmaceutical company was criticised after telling the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) it was avoiding "incentivising inappropriate use".
It now says it is looking for cheaper alternatives to the Levonelle brand.
The firm said it "sincerely" apologised for its "poor choice of words" over the emergency contraception pricing.
The progestogen-based drug Levonelle costs £28.25 in Boots, with a non-branded equivalent priced at £26.75.
The branded drug costs £13.50 at Tesco and a generic version is £13.49 in Superdrug.
However, Superdrug charges £27 for Levonelle and £35 for an alternative emergency contraceptive pill, EllaOne.
BPAS has lobbied Boots to reduce the cost of the pill to make it more accessible for women having difficulty getting the drug quickly on the NHS.
The service also found the pills can cost up to five times more in the UK than in some parts of Europe.
Previously, Boots had defended its pricing plan for the pill, saying it was often contacted by individuals who criticise the company for providing the service.
It also said it "would not want to be accused of incentivising inappropriate use, and provoking complaints, by significantly reducing the price of this product".
The response led to some Labour MPs saying Boots had taken an "unacceptable" moral position, while health campaigners talked of a "sexist surcharge".
The company later issued another statement, stating regret that its previous response had "caused offence and misunderstanding".
It added: "The pricing of [emergency hormonal contraception] is determined by the cost of the medicine and the cost of the pharmacy consultation.
"We are committed to looking at the sourcing of less expensive EHC medicines, for example generics, to enable us to continue to make a privately funded EHC service even more accessible in the future.
"In addition the NHS EHC service where it is locally commissioned, is provided for free in over 1,700 of our pharmacies, and we continue to urge the NHS to extend this free service more widely."
The morning-after pill can be taken in the days after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.
In England, Levonelle and EllaOne are free of charge from most sexual health clinics, most GP surgeries and most NHS walk-in centres or urgent care centres, but they are free only to women in certain age groups from pharmacies in some parts of the country.
In Scotland and Wales, the emergency contraceptive pill is available free of charge on the NHS from pharmacies, GPs and sexual health clinics.
In Northern Ireland, some pharmacies allow it to be bought on the NHS, and it is available free of charge from sexual health clinics and GPs. | Boots has said it is "truly sorry" for its response to calls to cut the cost of one of its morning-after pills. | 40,689,763 | 612 | 30 | false |
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James 'Jimmy' Prout, of Percy Main, has not been seen since the start of February and police believe the 43-year-old has been killed.
A body, which officers say is likely to be that of Mr Prout, was found "in an area of open land" close to his home at 15:30 BST.
Two men, aged 26 and 42, and three women, aged 55, 49 and 25, are in police custody.
Mr Prout's ex-partner, Anne Corbett, 25, was also reported missing but has now been located.
Supt Peter Bent, of Northumbria Police, said: "We only became aware that James was missing when we received a call on Good Friday which identified concerns for his welfare.
"An investigation was immediately launched and our enquiries established that he had not been seen by friends or family for a number of weeks.
"As a result of searches police have found a body a short distance from his home address. Formal identification is yet to take place but we are fairly certain that it is James Prout." | Five people have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a Tyneside man. | 35,907,061 | 236 | 18 | false |
After falling 2.6% on Monday, the FTSE 100 jumped 1% as trading began. But it then fell back and by lunchtime it was down 0.89 points at 6,092.54.
Shares across the globe fell sharply on Monday after trading in China was halted early when its main indexes fell 7%, triggering "circuit breakers".
Chinese markets fell again on Tuesday in volatile trade.
The Shanghai Composite index opened more than 3% lower, but then recovered to close 0.3% lower at 3,287.71.
In London, shares in retailer Next fell 4.7% after it reported "disappointing" sales in the run-up to Christmas.
It blamed the unusually warm weather in November and December, and poor stock availability at its Directory business.
Shares in Marks and Spencer, which is due to issue a trading update on Thursday, dropped 0.3%.
Tesco was one of the biggest gainers in the FTSE 100, rising 1.7%, after Deutsche Bank raised its rating for the UK's largest supermarket business to "buy" from "hold".
Deutsche also raised its rating for Morrisons - to "hold" from "sell" - and shares in the UK's fourth-largest supermarket group edged up 0.5%.
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The glitch affected prices between 19:00 GMT and 20:00 GMT on Friday and involved firms who use the tool Repricer Express.
The company's chief executive, Brendan Doherty, said he was "deeply sorry for the disruption".
Amazon said most orders were cancelled after the error was spotted.
The orders were placed on its Marketplace service, which allows third-party companies to trade on Amazon.
Repricer Express automatically changes the cost of items for sale on Amazon Marketplace "to keep listings competitive 24/7 without constant attention".
In a statement, Mr Doherty said Repricer Express would be investigating the cause of the problem and putting measures in place to prevent it happening again.
"We managed to get the problem resolved so that any new prices going to Amazon were correct within about an hour of the problem being reported," he said.
"It took a further few hours to get incorrect prices reverted to their original prices where possible. Amazon have assured us that seller accounts will not be penalised for this issue."
He said the firm was helping Amazon to minimise the number of orders with incorrect prices being sent out.
"We take a lot of pride in the levels of service we provide so everyone here is disappointed that our customers have experienced this issue," he said.
A spokesman for Amazon said they were reviewing the small number of orders that were processed and would be directly contacting any affected sellers.
Repricer Express has been operating for over 10 years, and has offices in Derry and New York.
CIE Well Control Ltd, a specialist in subsea and surface operations, has called in administrators from KPMG.
The move comes after orders fell away, in the wake of the oil price collapse.
Twenty-one people have been made redundant, while two staff have been kept on to handle the administration process. A buyer for the assets is being sought.
In May, more than 50 jobs were lost at Aberdeen engineering firm Enterprise Engineering Services after the company went into administration.
During the same month oil and gas shipping company Harkand Group collapsed, with the loss of more than 170 jobs in Aberdeen and London.
Administrators at Deloitte were called in after the company was hit by the prolonged fall in global oil prices.
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The dam is around 230 metres high and holds back a large lake.
The unusual amount of rain and snow has caused a lot of damage to two parts of the dam that let water escape.
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Surrey County Council's cabinet voted to charge £1 an hour from next year to park at Newlands Corner near Guildford.
The site is visited by 550,000 people annually but the council wants to spend £400,000 introducing a family play trail and improving the toilets.
The council said it wanted to make countryside sites "self-financing".
The parking charges would pay for the first phase of upgrading work to be completed.
A second phase would involve work to the current cafe and providing shopping and educational space in a new visitor centre.
Richard Harrold, who started the online petition, said it was "utterly unacceptable" to introduce the charges.
Vivianne Norris, from Chilsworth, who signed it, said: "There is no need to change what is already a successful amenity for all, especially for retired or disadvantaged people often with limited means."
Charlotte Haibrock, from Guildford, said: "It's a disgrace to charge people to enjoy nature. We do not want the place commercialised as proposed."
A spokesman for the council said the cabinet's decision was likely to be "called in" and looked at again by the Economic Prosperity, Environment and Highways Scrutiny Board. No date has yet been set.
"Our ultimate aim is to make countryside sites become self-financing due to the heavy strain on our budgets from falling roads funding and rising demand for adult social care and school places," he said.
The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust was set up three years ago by the Bell family after a personal tragedy.
Colin Bell's 26-year-old son, Kevin, was killed in a suspected hit-and-run in New York in June 2013.
Since then, the charity has helped hundreds of families whose loved ones have died away from home.
The trust has been operating out of the new office for just three weeks. Until recently, it had carried out most of its work from Kevin's family home in Newry.
Mr Bell said the trust had "taken over" the house, with filing cabinets and boxes taking up space in bedrooms. They were offered an office in Rooney's Meadow at Whitegates Community Business Park in Newry, which is where I meet him early in the morning.
He shows me around and tells me that the new centre means they can "get everything done, park it and go home".
"If there's a repatriation ongoing we can do it over the phone, but we're not living with it 24/7," added Mr Bell.
It can cost several thousand pounds to repatriate bodies and, until the trust was established, families had to pay themselves because neither the UK or Irish governments cover the expense.
In the aftermath of Kevin's death, friends and people in Newry raised about £150,000 towards the cost of his repatriation from the US. However, after Kevin's American employers agreed to pay to transport his body home, the Bell family decided to use the money to help other families who faced the same situation.
Mr Bell said: "Whenever a family does get that devastating news - they don't know who to turn to and what we can do is take it out of their hands and we'll make the arrangements we'll get them home."
He described the trust as "Kevin's legacy" and said although the work can often bring back memories evoking the loss of his son, the work is "therapeutic" and keeps Kevin's name alive.
To date, the trust has arranged 217 repatriations to almost every county in Ireland.
One of those was 24-year-old Joe McDermott, from Omagh, County Tyrone, who died in a building site accident in Australia in December 2015.
His sister Laura said her family would never be able to repay the trust for helping them to get Joe's body back home.
"Joe was only out in Australia for four weeks when he passed away," Miss McDermott said.
"Within an hour of us hearing the news, the Claddagh Association in Perth phoned us to say everything was organised and that the Kevin Bell Trust would be paying for everything."
She had not heard of the trust before Joe's death, but described the help her family received as "such a relief".
"When you are in the midst of such heartbreak and grief the way we were, we just could not have coped with trying to organise something on that scale, and to know somebody out there was taking care of it and Joe was going to come home to us was such a relief," she said.
Her family have since raised money for the trust, in a bid to repay the Bell family for their generosity, but Miss McDermott said they will "never be able to repay them fully".
"We have a lovely relationship with them, and it's so nice to see my mum and dad speaking to them - two people who know what they're going through is so comforting.
"They do such extraordinary things. We'll never, ever be able to repay them, the only token of appreciation we can give is continue fundraising for them," she said.
Michael Douglas, from the Greater Shankill area of Belfast, also needed emergency financial assistance from the trust when his 30-year-old sister Heather died suddenly in the USA in November 2014.
He said his family wanted to get Heather home as soon as possible, but they were faced with immediate costs of between £8-10,000.
"Repatriation isn't an easy process, but Colin Bell was there," he said.
"To phone a man I've never spoken to before, on a Friday afternoon and spring that on him, my family probably could have gotten the money together but it wouldn't have been as quick.
"All I had to do was send him the details and she was on a flight to Belfast the next morning," said Mr Douglas.
He has since met Mr Bell and said his drive to help families who have gone through such a distressing experience is "amazing".
"It's the support they give - it's not just the financial side. It's the expertise and advice," he added.
"The trust is an essential thing, they'll help anyone."
The entire Bell family is involved in the trust and Colin Bell stressed that the support they get from all over Ireland - and the new centre in Newry - means they can continue helping families from every community who need it when tragedy occurs.
There is a photo of Kevin behind Mr Bell's desk in the new centre, and I ask him what he thinks his son would have made of the trust.
"Kevin always said he'd be famous, Kevin was a big character," Mr Bell said.
"He loved life, and he'd be proud that his name's being kept alive."
Six former pupils of The Royal School for the Blind in Liverpool have told the BBC about abuse dating back to the 1950s when some of them were just five.
The headmistress at the time, Margaret McLenan, has since died.
The school said it was "saddened" to hear the allegations and said such behaviour would not be tolerated today.
The six former pupils have never before spoken publicly about their experiences at the boarding school in Wavertree, which accommodated pupils from across the north-west of England and the Isle of Man.
The alleged abuse has also never been reported to, or investigated by, police.
There is no suggestion any of it was of a sexual nature.
Victims described how being beaten and shamed deprived them of their childhood and led to problems in later life.
Rachael Alcock, from Bury, told BBC Radio Manchester: "That woman should have been brought to justice, she should have been horsewhipped. She was evil right from top to bottom."
Mrs Alcock, who was called Catherine Smith at the time, added: "I am angry because my childhood was taken away from me by that horrible woman."
Another ex-pupil, Stephen Kingsberry, 66, from Manchester, said he had suffered a breakdown and spent six months in hospital as a result of being abused by Miss McLenan.
He said the attacks were made more traumatic because of the fact the children were blind.
"It was so horrific we couldn't see where it was coming from or when it was going to happen," he said.
A third former pupil, 64-year-old Stephen Binns, described how children were assaulted.
"I was six years old," he said. "She would line every child up, walking from one end of the dormitory to the other, smacking or beating every one of us."
Mr Binns is a community historian and honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University who was made MBE in 2004 in recognition of his contribution to heritage.
He said: "She would also humiliate them as if their crying was a serious offence."
Susan Todd, 65, also from Manchester, added: "It was absolutely terrifying... she would hit you on the head so your head would go back.
"It's a wonder we didn't suffer brain damage."
And David McWilliams, 71, from the Isle of Man, recalled another incident.
"Two boys were play fighting when she banged their heads together - you wouldn't get away with it now."
A sixth former pupil who spoke to the BBC and corroborated the accounts of abuse did not want to be identified.
Susan George, president of the Royal School for the Blind, told the BBC the charity was "saddened to hear of former pupils having such memories of their time at the school".
She added: "Such behaviour [as the former pupils allege] would not be tolerated in any school today."
Medical Detection Dogs chief executive Dr Claire Guest was training dogs to detect other cancers, when she said one of them "started to warn her".
She was subsequently found to have an early stage breast tumour.
Now in remission, Dr Guest is training dogs to recognise the cancer from a breath sample, in the hope an electronic nose can be developed.
Medical Detection Dogs is a charity that works with researchers, NHS Trusts and universities to train specialist dogs to detect the odour of human disease.
The charity was started in 2004 after a letter from Dr John Church to medical journal The Lancet claimed dogs could detect bladder cancer.
Dr Guest said stories of dogs finding their owners' cancer had been reported for a while.
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"We started to wonder that if dogs were finding it by chance then perhaps we could actually train dogs to do this reliably," said Dr Guest.
The charity started to work with dogs, and they can now pick out cancer samples from control samples, but research has been mainly limited to bladder and prostate cancer.
Dogs are now being taught to detect breast cancer from a breath tube, after an animal Dr Guest was training to detect other cancers started to warn her.
"I was a bit bemused as to what she was doing, but I was subsequently found to have a very early stage breast tumour," she said.
"It was very deep and had my dog Daisy not warned me, I was told it could have been very serious and life-threatening because by the time I felt the lump it would have been very advanced."
Now in remission, the scientist has joined forces with her surgeon and other cancer specialists to search for the clinical proof that breast cancer can be "sniffed out".
In particular, they are looking to see if dogs can recognise it reliably from a breath test.
"There is a huge amount of potential for this work, not only in finding out where cancer is present but also in the development of an electronic nose in the future," said Dr Guest.
"A dog is in fact a very, very specialist pattern recognition bi-sensor - but he has got a waggy tail.
"He can tell us when something is there and when it's not and how quickly it disappears [when a sample is in contact with the air] and they can tell us how difficult it is to find.
"If we can find out how the dog is doing it then we can make machines in the future that could screen our breath and our urine for cancer volatiles."
This research is at a very early stage and the next step will be a clinical trial with samples from local hospitals.
"We need to find out how reliably dogs can indicate this and also if they can reliably indicate early grade and stage, because that would be the key for survival," said Dr Guest.
Latest figures from Cancer Research UK show nearly 50,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK and just under 12,000 die.
The hope is this research "has the potential to save thousands of lives".
"All our work with cancer is incredibly exciting," added Dr Guest.
"Everybody has a personal story [about cancer] and we know that anything that can assist in our fight against cancer is worthwhile, we know we can make a difference."
This follows hot on the heels of the Omar al-Bashir controversy, and the trials of Oscar Pistorius and Shrien Dewani.
Was the report a whitewash? Ferial Haffajee, editor of the weekend newspaper City Press, tweeted: "Sticking my neck out: I don't think 'whitewash' sticks."
Many South Africans took to social media to condemn the report, especially its recommendations.
They wanted to see a huge political figure, such as Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, take responsibility for his actions.
At the time, Mr Ramaphosa was a shareholder in Lonmin, the owner of the Marikana mine.
But President Zuma was reading the commission's recommendations. These were not his findings.
Reports of this nature appear to be simple but they are full of legalese. A lot of the conclusions are left to interpretation or suggest another investigation.
One can sympathise with the people who lost loved ones three years ago and are utterly frustrated by the idea of yet another inquiry.
If an investigation is launched by prosecutors, the trial might drag for a very long time, meaning victims and relatives may never find closure.
While the report apportions some fault to the unions who took part in the wildcat wage strike, much of the blame is aimed squarely at the police.
Police Chief Riah Phiyega seems to be the highest-ranking person likely to take the hit.
Some of her junior staff are vulnerable too, such as the regional police chief of the North West province, Lieutenant-General Zukiswa Mbombo.
Just before police opened fire on the miners, Lt Gen Mbombo told the media: "Today is D-Day: we are ending this matter".
Last month, she announced she was retiring.
There does not seem to be any politician who is going to take responsibility for the killings of the 44.
There is no way President Zuma could afford to let his trusted deputy Cyril Ramaphosa shoulder some of the blame because that would jeopardise the current leadership succession plan.
If Mr Ramaphosa had to go to prison for sending emails asking the police minister to intervene at the mine during the violent wage strike, there would be a gaping hole in the post-Zuma ANC leadership line-up.
Once the dust settles, we will see whether the police chief will voluntarily step down or if she leaves the man who appointed her no choice but to fire her.
The sad part of this saga is that there are no talks of reparations for the miners who died and most of them were breadwinners.
Northern Territory police had been "seriously concerned" for the group amid what meteorologists called a twice-a-century weather event.
Four of the six were rescued by helicopter on Tuesday, while the remaining two were found on Wednesday.
The Christmas storm drenched the usually dry region, causing flash floods and turning the soil into mud.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said the conditions were extremely rare, creating waterfalls all over Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, a site sacred to indigenous people at the heart of a famous Northern Territory national park.
The six were travelling in two cars when they became stranded on the way from the remote community of Kiwirrkurra, Western Australia, to Kintore, in the Northern Territory.
The pair rescued on Wednesday - a man, 30, and a woman, 27 - were trying to walk 28km (17 miles) from their car to Kintore, police said.
Both were receiving medical treatment while the four others were safe and well. Police said earlier reports an infant was among the group were incorrect.
"Many roads in the area remain impassable and police urge people to obey all signage regarding closed roads and to exercise extreme caution. If possible, please delay any travel in areas affected by floods," police said in a statement on Wednesday.
The conditions of the roads meant police were forced to use helicopters to search the area, which has no mobile phone signal.
Flash floods in Kintore - where more than 232mm (9in) of rain fell on Monday, more than double the record December rainfall - also forced the evacuation of dozens of residents.
Northern Territory police told Australia's ABC Network that up to 25 houses were flooded in the town, near the border with Western Australia.
Papunya, another town 250km from Alice Springs, was completely cut off, while the town square of Yulara - the nearest community to Uluru - was inundated.
Meanwhile, a car carrying two tourists near Alice Springs was washed off a road into a flooded creek. Police, who initially believed three people were in the vehicle, said both were safe.
Rangers closed the Uluru-Kata Tjuta national park at 09:00 local time on Boxing Day (23:30 GMT on Christmas Day), citing the risk of flooded roads and potential car accidents.
Parks Australia said on Tuesday that they had reopened the park but urged people to drive carefully as there was still surface water on the roads.
Uluru is a large sandstone rock in the outback sacred to the indigenous Anangu people, and one of Australia's top tourist attractions.
But the Pars still slumped to second bottom place in the Championship.
Allan Johnston's side have only managed two wins so far, against St Mirren and Dumbarton, which explains the position.
But they really should have taken full points from a fiercely contested Fife derby as they were the more impressive side going forward.
They certainly created the better of the few chances in a frantic first half lacking in composed football, but Farid El Alagui squandered the best of them in 39 minutes.
Joe Cardle danced clear of two challenges in a central area before sliding a pass that left the former Hibs striker with only Kevin Cuthbert to beat, but the Rovers goalkeeper blocked the parting shot.
Prior to that, strike partner Nicky Clark sliced a shot wide from the edge of the penalty area and, just before the interval, Cardle fired a drive past from 20 yards against a side lacking cohesion from middle to front.
In fact it took a spectacular diving headed clearance by Iain Davidson from underneath his own crossbar to prevent Kallum Higginbotham's driven cross from finding the net in 56 minutes.
It took an hour for the Kirkcaldy side to create a decent chance of their own after Mark Stewart broke clear on the right, but Ross Callachan was unable to convert the pullback from six yards.
The Rovers midfielder shot wide of the goal with 15 minutes left after goalkeeper Sean Murdoch made a mistake when coming off his line in an attempt to clear.
Overall, it was a typical derby clash and Rovers manager Gary Locke will be happy with the determination and commitment his players showed, especially the well-organised defence.
He will be concerned about the lack of quality link-up play from middle to front, while his Dunfermline counterpart will feel that, if they can strike the right balance between attack and defence, things can turn for them.
Dunfermline Athletic manager Allan Johnston: "It was the same at Dumbarton last week as we probably deserved the win but came away with just a point.
"The positive thing is we defended a lot better and looked solid, but you have to give Raith Rovers credit for the way they defended.
"Especially when Iain Davidson cleared from under his own bar in the second half as I don't know how he got that out.
"You can see the quality we have got in some of our play and if we keep producing that then we will get more wins."
Raith Rovers manager Gary Locke: "It was 100 miles an hour at times and the first half in particular was hectic. We created chances in the second half.
"Over the piece, a draw is a fair result and Iain Davidson shows what the boys are all about as he's not a right back, but he's been outstanding there for the team.
"Kevin McHattie also showed the character we are looking for as he got injured in the first half, but for us to be successful we need boys to put their bodies on the line and he did.
"He got a deadleg early in the match, but he carried on for the full 90 minutes showing real determination, which is what we need."
Match ends, Dunfermline Athletic 0, Raith Rovers 0.
Second Half ends, Dunfermline Athletic 0, Raith Rovers 0.
Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rudi Skacel (Raith Rovers).
(Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Declan McManus (Raith Rovers).
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Jason Talbot.
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Rudi Skacel replaces Mark Stewart.
Declan McManus (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Andrew Geggan (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Declan McManus (Raith Rovers).
Lee Ashcroft (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Declan McManus (Raith Rovers).
John Herron (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Stewart (Raith Rovers).
Attempt missed. Farid El Alagui (Dunfermline Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Lewis Martin.
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Scott Roberts replaces Chris Johnston.
Attempt saved. Chris Johnston (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Joe Cardle (Dunfermline Athletic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic).
Kevin McHattie (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Joe Cardle (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Johnston (Raith Rovers).
Kallum Higginbotham (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Thompson (Raith Rovers).
Attempt missed. Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Jean-Yves Mvoto.
Attempt blocked. John Herron (Dunfermline Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic).
Kyle Benedictus (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Joe Cardle (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Declan McManus (Raith Rovers).
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Iain Davidson.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Jean-Yves Mvoto.
John Herron (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Thompson (Raith Rovers).
The man's body was found at a property on York Avenue in Portstewart shortly after 17:00 BST on Sunday.
A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out.
There are no further details.
Video footage emerged showing the woman clinging on to a window shouting: "I'm pregnant! Catch me if I fall!"
A man, who was also trying to escape the shootings, helped her back up when it seems she grew too tired to hang on.
Her friend tracked down the man on Twitter and put them in contact, he told the Huffington Post.
A total of 89 people were killed and more than 100 injured when gunmen stormed the Bataclan concert hall during a concert by US band Eagles of Death Metal on Friday.
The pregnant woman, who prefers to remain anonymous, could not thank her rescuer in the wake of the carnage at the Bataclan. So her friend, Frans-Alexandre Torreele, asked Twitter to help her find him:
"Thanks Twitter," Mr Torreele tweeted on Monday. "This pregnant woman is well and she found her saviour through Twitter."
"The man who helped my friend to climb in the window of the Bataclan was found," he said in another tweet. "The rest of the story belongs to them."
Mr Torreele told the Huffington Post that he had spoken to his friend to make sure it was the right person.
"She was saved thanks to a succession of small gestures, a little bit of attention, and, in this moment of total craziness, these minuscule gestures accomplished big things," Mr Torreele said.
"That's what my friend wants people to know. It's hard to imagine how merely holding out a hand, or putting a hand on a shoulder can save people. These people should thank each other, should hold each other in their arms."
The rescuer, a Frenchman known only as Sebastien, told French radio he was able to rescue her "by chance".
He had sought refuge from the hostage-takers through an emergency exit next to the stage, which led to a corridor, but realised there was no way through, only two windows, too far up to be able to jump from.
He found refuge in a ventilation shaft with his legs dangling on the outside of the building, about 15 metres above ground.
This is where he saw the pregnant woman hanging from the other window and who was calling down towards passers-by fleeing below her to catch her as she was going to jump.
But no-one was stopping because of all the shooting going on, he said.
"At one point, she said she was going to let go. In that case, you cannot watch someone die in front of your eyes, there had been too many already."
So he went back to the corridor and helped her up.
He said he found out on Monday that she was alive, and that they were due to speak to each other on Tuesday.
Sebastien said they had gone in separate directions soon afterwards, but five minutes later he had felt the barrel of a Kalashnikov against his leg.
He was held captive for some time, but says he managed to escape when police stormed the Bataclan.
A series of attacks in the hall, a stadium, restaurants and bars across Paris on Friday at least 129 dead and 350 wounded.
The Roses led 17-7 after a brilliant first quarter, and extended their advantage to lead 32-20 at half-time.
England, who lost 66-49 at London's Copper Box Arena on Tuesday, ended a dominant third quarter 47-32 up.
Jamaica never seemed likely to threaten, and England secured an impressive victory, setting up a decider in Coventry on Sunday.
He said the moves were the "biggest changes to pensions in 100 years".
People aged 55 and over will be given new powers to decide what to do with their retirement savings.
From Easter Monday, they can cash in Defined Contribution (DC) pension savings. But there have been warnings about potentially big tax bills.
Mr Osborne told Sky's Murnaghan programme: "What it means is that people who have worked hard and saved hard can have access to their pensions savings."
He also urged people to make use of the government's guidance scheme.
The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) will run the Pension Wise guidance service for those approaching retirement.
Pension changes 2015
Pension savers will no longer be required to use their pension pot to buy an annuity when they approach retirement.
Some 540,000 people will be able to take control of their savings from 6 April, according to the government.
But the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said many people face paying tens of thousands of pounds in income tax if they cash in their pensions pots.
But the Treasury says they have consistently stated that 25% of people's pensions is tax free and the rest is taxed at the marginal rate.
There have also been concerns that some people may by hit by pension scams, or run out of money too early.
Labour have welcomed the new pension flexibilities, but say they have repeatedly warned that the government has not thought through the risks of "rip-off charges" being taken from people's savings.
"That's why we welcomed the announcement by David Blake's Independent Review of Retirement Income that they are studying the case for a new charge cap on pension products offered to savers by their pension provider to replace annuities," said a Labour spokesman.
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Up to 145,000 homes in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Ayrshire, Argyll and Bute, the Highlands and Shetland will have the chance to access faster connections.
The roll-out is part of the £410m Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme.
So far more than 3,400 km of fibre cable has been laid across the country.
Customers signing up to fibre broadband should be able to access download speeds of up to 80 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps.
Programme director Sara Budge said: "It is great to be celebrating the first year of deployment of the £410m Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme, while announcing that more exchanges will be included, with areas such as Portpatrick in the south of Scotland and as far north as Voe in the Shetland Islands being able to connect to fibre broadband for the first time.
"The project is developing a high-speed fibre network which is changing the face of broadband.
"By reaching out to those who would not have been covered through the commercial market - in towns and into some of our most rural areas - we are ensuring that the connections which are made will bring many benefits to the Scottish people at home and in business."
Brendan Dick, director of BT Scotland, said: "The roll-out of fibre broadband across Scotland is one of the biggest and most complex civil engineering projects taking place in the UK today and we're proud to be at the heart of it."
The 41 pupils and seven staff from Arthur Terry School, Sutton Coldfield, were kept "safe and well" and were with a British Embassy member, the school said.
The children were at Istanbul Ataturk airport where they were due to get a connecting flight to South Africa.
The school said the staff and children were now on their way to Cape Town.
A statement said the students were "delighted" to be carrying on with the trip, and were flying overnight on Sunday.
The Foreign Office has said that the situation in Turkey now "appears to be calming".
The children left for the Turkish Airlines flight on Friday morning for the two-week trip.
Head teachers Neil Warner and Richard Gill thanked parents for their "tremendous support".
A statement 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."
Andrew Mitchell, Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield, has been speaking to the teachers, including one of the trip leaders, Sue Bailey.
He said it had been a "very scary and unpleasant experience" for the group.
"Parents were naturally extremely concerned," he said.
The school was able to quickly pass on information to re-assure them, he added.
Mr Mitchell said the children had been fed and been able to sleep at the airport.
Meanwhile, Turkish Airlines said "upon the call" of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, its operations at Ataturk airport were "back to normal and flights have begun".
The senior school said earlier the students were accompanied by "seven outstanding and experienced members of staff", including the assistant head teacher.
One mother appealed on Twitter for the Foreign Office, Turkish Airlines and media outlets to "please get our children out of Ataturk airport".
In South Africa, the group are planning to drive to a outward bound centre in Sedgefield on the Western Cape, where they are due to take part in community projects, working in two schools.
Information about the trip said it would provide a "real insight into a totally different culture and way of life". The students raised funds for their trip through events such as a fun run and raffle.
Turkey's PM Binali Yildirim said some 2,839 soldiers, including high-ranking officers, have been arrested over the attempted coup
Elizabeth Needs had been ordered to pay back £1,200 pounds she had stolen from Bunty Farrand while the octogenarian was having her leg amputated.
Perth Sheriff Court was told that Needs had failed to pay back the stolen money and had bought the vehicle instead.
The case was deferred for the 61-year-old to seek legal advice.
Sheriff William Wood had ordered Needs to pay compensation in December 2014.
She was charged with stealing £2,800 from her former friend, but admitted taking £1,200 between February and March 2013 after the Crown accepted she had spent a large sum redecorating Miss Farrand's living room.
Needs befriended her victim while her father lived next door to Miss Farrand in Blairgowrie.
She told the court: "I forgot all about it. I just don't have the money because I have had to buy stuff for myself.
"I have also got a heart condition now. I have had to buy myself a scooter so I can get about more than what I am.
"Without a scooter I would have to stay indoors all the time. They are not cheap things to buy."
Sheriff Wood told Needs: "What about the money you took from your victim?
"Are you going to pay it? The alternative is prison."
She replied: "I might get better health in there. I can't get near my own doctor."
Both parties plan to raise the NMW significantly if they are elected.
The IFS said at some point higher wages would hit employment, penalising workers who are supposed to benefit from higher pay.
Labour said its plan would increase living standards, while the Tories declined to comment.
A Labour spokesperson said: "Labour's £10 an hour minimum wage is in line with reputable forecasts of the wage needed to maintain a decent standard of living by 2020 and put an end to poverty pay."
Some Conservative MPs have said higher pay for workers is also good for businesses.
In its report, the IFS said increased wages for lower-paid workers has to be paid for by reduced profits, higher prices or lower earnings for the better-off.
"Crucially, there must also be a point beyond which higher minimum wages have substantial impacts on employment," it said.
There may be a case for gradual increases in the minimum wage, it argued, "but increases on the scale, and at the speed being proposed, create big risks".
Although the Conservative manifesto has not yet been published, the party's existing plan is to increase what it calls the National Living Wage (NLW) from £7.50 to as much as £9 an hour by 2020. Those between the age of 18 and 24 qualify for the NMW, while those over 25 qualify for the higher NLW.
When he was chancellor, George Osborne said the level should reach £9 an hour by 2020. However the Office for Budget Responsibility has estimated the figure will be £8.75, as the increase is linked to average earnings.
Labour plans to increase the NMW to £10 an hour by 2020. It also wants to extend that rate to all those between the ages of 18 and 25, except for those on the apprentice rate.
Currently those between 18 and 20 years old earn a minimum of £5.60 an hour, while those between 21 and 24 earn a minimum of £7.05.
The IFS calculates that both Labour and Conservatives are planning for a "dramatic" increase in the number of workers affected by the minimum wage.
Just 8% of those over 25 are paid the National Living Wage.
Under the Conservatives, this would rise to 12% by 2020. Under Labour, it would be 22%.
That is roughly comparable with what happens in France, which has the highest such level among OECD countries.
The IFS says both Labour and the Conservatives are moving away from the current arrangements, under which the Low Pay Commission recommends an appropriate level for the NMW.
When making its recommendation, it considers the effect on jobs.
Labrador retriever Toffee was spotted waiting under a hedge near his owner's house on Wednesday evening about two miles from where he went missing.
He was last seen at Oxford railway station on Monday and missing dog service DogLost launched an appeal.
Owner Ian Francis said: "I am over the moon. He walked in through the door as if nothing had happened."
It was thought Toffee, who is being trained as a cardiac alert dog for Mr Francis, had either got on a train or was still in the area of the station.
Mr Francis, who is registered blind and also has heart problems, said: "I just put some food out for him and left the front door open and in he came.
"He looked at me, wagged his tail and lay down on his bed."
A glossy ibis was spotted at the ruined Ormiclate Castle on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides on Saturday.
The bird has the body of a curlew and the legs of a flamingo and gets its name from the iridescent sheen on its wings.
It has become a regular winter visitor to the south of England, with young birds appearing in flocks from Spain.
The sighting comes a few days after a little swift was spotted in Scotland for only the fourth recorded time.
The bird was discovered at Thortonloch, near Dunbar in East Lothian, on Hogmanay.
The little swift, whose scientific name is apus affinis, breeds from Africa eastwards through southern tropical Asia to western Indonesia.
Travis Smith, 24, strangled Danny Wallis, 29, at his flat in Clarence Row, Gravesend, on 30 May.
He was arrested by police on their way to the scene the following evening after he phoned South East Coast Ambulance to report the body.
Smith, of Singwell Road, Gravesend, was convicted at Canterbury Crown Court after a 12-day trial.
Kent Police said he had claimed to acquaintances he killed his victim by accident during a fight.
Mr Wallis died from compression of the neck but had a number of other injuries, including two black eyes and cuts and bruising, police said.
The court was told detectives discovered Smith had made threats to kill his victim in the days leading up to the murder.
He later confessed to acquaintances he was responsible for the death but claimed he had been threatened with a knife and was acting in self-defence.
Smith was jailed for life and told he must serve at least 18 years before being considered for parole.
Following the trial Mr Wallis's family said: "No amount of justice will bring our son back.
"He was kind and loyal and is greatly missed by all the family."
Corrie McKeague, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, was last seen in Bury St Edmunds following a night out.
CCTV images show the 23-year-old, believed to be from Dunfermline, Fife, walking through the streets of the town after he left friends.
Police said his disappearance was "out of character".
Mr McKeague was last seen in Brentgovel Street at about 03:20 BST.
He was reported missing to police on Monday afternoon.
Specialist search officers have been out in the area between Honington and Bury St Edmunds since his disappearance.
The National Police Air Service helicopter and Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue have been assisting with the search.
A Suffolk Police spokesman said: "Since the missing report police have made numerous inquiries.
"This has included talking with friends and family, checking with local taxi firms and working to identify CCTV that may help piece together which direction he went in from Brentgovel Street.
"As time passes police are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare."
CCTV footage from Bury St Edmunds shows he briefly slept in a doorway before getting up and moving away.
Police believe he may have intended to walk home to the base at RAF Honington.
He is described as white, 5ft 10ins, of medium build, with short light brown hair.
He was wearing a light pink shirt and white jeans or trousers at the time he was last seen.
However the total amount owed continued to rise, reaching £1,621bn.
That amounts to 84% of the value generated by the UK economy - otherwise known as gross domestic product (GDP).
The measurement, which includes some forecasting, does not reflect the impact of the Brexit vote on 23 June.
The monthly borrowing figure for June was £7.8bn
By Andy Verity, economics correspondent
The government continues to spend more than its income - as it has done every year since 2002.
For the month of June, though, the overspend - also known as the Budget deficit - was less than expected. As a result the amount the government had to borrow to plug the gap dropped to £7.8bn - a lot lower than the £9.3bn economists had expected.
The new chancellor, Philip Hammond, seized on the news as reassuring evidence of the underlying strength of the economy:
"Ahead of the referendum monthly borrowing continued to fall, with the deficit in June the lowest it has been since 2007," he said.
"As our economy now adjusts to reflect the referendum decision it is clear we will do so from a position of economic strength."
The figures only cover one week of our new, post-Brexit economy. But the Bank of England, IMF and others said before the referendum that the economy was already slowing down because of uncertainty ahead of the vote.
In the first three months of the financial year, the income central government gets from taxes was up 3.3%. From VAT to income tax, receipts were up, with notable increases in stamp duty, up 15%, and national insurance, up 8.6%.
The research firm Capital Economics points out that while borrowing fell more than economists expected, it was still down just 8.3%.
At the last Budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast it would fall by as much as a quarter. So the government is off course to hit the previous chancellor's goal for the year of borrowing no more than £55bn.
With income from tax receipts rising quickly, the puzzle becomes why the gap between income and spending isn't closing faster.
The answer, of course, is that spending is not actually being cut.
Spending by central government departments is down in the first three months of the year by 0.5% - partly because of lower contributions to the EU. And the government saved £100m because it is even cheaper for it to borrow money and service debt than it was last year.
But that was more than offset by increases in spending on welfare, notably, state pension payments, and capital expenditure.
Conservatives are putting Jeremy Corbyn at the centre of their Copeland by-election campaign.
His image is all over Tory leaflets, and their logic is very simple.
Copeland relies on the nuclear industry and Jeremy Corbyn has opposed new nuclear power stations.
It means that when a by-election date is set, the contest in Cumbria could reveal a lot about how national politics will play out in the coming months.
Tories will highlight an issue that divides Mr Corbyn and his colleagues.
But amid a huge local row about hospitals, Labour may discover how much damage troubles in the NHS have done to the Conservatives.
Chat to voters in the constituency and you hear two concerns: jobs and healthcare.
In the butcher's in Whitehaven, one customer, Geoffrey Boyle, says: "This spot's dead enough already. There's hardly any life around here now. If nuclear goes, this town will be dead."
The economy revolves around Sellafield, and job numbers are set to fall there as reprocessing work ends. A new nuclear power station is proposed.
Labour backs new nuclear energy, and local politicians certainly do. But Mr Corbyn has made plain in the past that he disagrees.
A policy document for his leadership campaign in 2015 says plainly: "I am opposed to fracking and to new nuclear on the basis of the dangers posed to our ecosystems."
In a 2011 speech in the wake of the Fukushima disaster he went further, suggesting existing nuclear power stations should be decommissioned.
Sources close to Mr Corbyn say he no longer believes that's practical but Tories campaigning in Copeland have seized on his words.
Councillor, local Labour party secretary and would-be candidate Gillian Troughton says: "Jeremy Corbyn is not the entire Labour party and Labour policy is for the green, low-carbon energy policy of which nuclear power is a key part."
UKIP, which came third here at the last election, boasts that it can take Labour votes. Fiona Mills - who has been UKIP's candidate in Carlisle - is hoping to contest Copeland. She says: "When I stood in the general election I definitely took voters away from Labour because people told me that."
But while people here are worried about nuclear jobs, many are furious about healthcare.
There is a proposal to move services, including a consultant-led maternity unit, from the hospital in Whitehaven 40 miles down a slow, twisting road to Carlisle.
Michelle, who works in the butcher's, says: "Why don't we stick a fellow in the back of an ambulance whose making these decisions and stick a monitor on him that creates the pain the same as labour and see how he feels about that?"
Labour's message is that only it will care for the local NHS.
Conservative councillor Kevin Beaty says what happens to the hospital is a decision for the local NHS and blames "a PFI in the north set up under the last Labour government that is really difficult from a financial point of view for them".
But with a decision about the hospital due in March, potentially before a by-election date, it's a clear and present danger to Tory hopes.
If the Conservatives win, it will be the first time since 1982 the governing party has gained a seat in a by-election. Should that happen, Jamie Reed - the departing Labour MP - will in prompting the contest have done deeper damage to Mr Corbyn than he ever managed in many months criticising his leader. If Labour fails here blame will be piled deep at the door of the party leader.
Yet speculation about an electoral upset has raised Tory expectations in a patch that has been Labour since 1935. Merely holding on to a seat that even Margaret Thatcher couldn't seize could yet wind up feeling like a win for Labour.
If it's successful, a Labour strategy of responding to relentless attacks on Mr Corbyn with an equally relentless focus on the NHS may provide a model for the opposition in the years ahead.
2015 Copeland General Election result
US District Judge Richard Gergel said 22-year-old Dylann Roof's wish to be his own lawyer was "unwise", but nevertheless granted his request.
The surprise development came just as jury selection was set to begin.
Last week Mr Roof was deemed competent to stand trial in the shooting of nine Charleston parishioners in June 2015.
Wearing a grey jail-issue jumpsuit, he was sitting on Monday morning at his defence table after his lawyers moved to the side.
Judge Gergel told the court: "I do find defendant has the personal capacity to self-representation."
Addressing Mr Roof, he said: "I continue to believe it is strategically unwise (to represent yourself), but it is a decision you have the right to make."
Mr Roof smiled slightly and replied quietly: "yes, sir."
Acting as his own lawyer, Mr Roof could end up questioning family members of the victims and survivors in court.
His decision to represent himself comes months after he offered to plead guilty if prosecutors took the death penalty off the table.
From Monday, 516 potential jurors will be questioned individually by the judge; 12 will ultimately be selected to decide his fate.
As the judge began questioning potential jurors - the first 10 of whom were white - Mr Roof did not ask questions or make any objections.
Serial killer Ted Bundy, Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammed and Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan also acted as their own lawyers, but ended up with death sentences.
Mr Roof faces 33 federal charges, including a hate crime count.
He has already been found competent in a state court, where he faces nine counts of murder, and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.
One juror was struck from the final panel by the judge after expressing reluctance to enforce the death penalty.
"You are playing little bit of God in there. That's what makes me hesitant," the female juror told Judge Gergel.
The judge also dismissed a male juror after he said he believed that all murderers should receive the death penalty if they are deemed sane to stand trial, the Post and Courier reported.
Federal prosecutors claim the mass shooting on a Bible study class at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston was racially motivated.
Mr Roof allegedly spared three people in the attack so they could tell authorities the shootings were because he hated black people.
Photos emerged online in the aftermath of Mr Roof holding the Confederate battle flag, sparking a backlash against the emblem, which critics see as a symbol of slavery.
Paul Morris was remanded in custody at Walsall Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
He is accused of possessing a shotgun without a certificate as well as five charges relating to ammunition.
The 47-year-old, of Station Street, Bloxwich, was arrested on Friday in an operation that led to the evacuation of two nearby homes and part of a police station.
They said the homes were evacuated during a search of his property "on the orders of army bomb disposal experts".
Mr Morris is due to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 19 February.
The full charges are possessing a shotgun without a certificate; possessing prohibited armour piercing ammunition, hollow-point ammunition, expanding ammunition and possessing ammunition for a firearm without a certificate.
Her fans may have noticed a sci-fi inspired theme in her recent performances and music, but now she wants to go a step further.
The performer has no interest in giving up singing - which she describes as her "lifeblood" - but said it was important to "keep educating yourself".
She was speaking to BBC Wales at the launch of its new music talent scheme.
"I want to go and do a degree in physics - I will have to do an A-level in physics and maths first though," she said.
"I just think it's important to keep the brain active and keep educating yourself.
"I have an interest in it and I should try to follow it. It's something I've been interested in for the last year or two."
She said much of her interest had been sparked by sound engineer and producer Gethin John.
"He was always explaining different theories and I became interested in it through him and started buying New Scientist and geeking out about it all!" she said. "Why not?"
Her performance in school before her musical career took over certainly bodes well.
She had a string of top grade GCSEs from Howell's School in Cardiff - including an A* in music, French and history, and As in geography, maths, English literature and English language.
And an interest in science is not unknown in the music industry with Professor Brian Cox swapping life in the band D:Ream to further pursue his love of physics.
He is not only an academic but is well known as a presenter of several science programmes for the BBC.
For now, Church is pressing ahead with her new music.
She has just released the fourth of a series of five EPs, and sported a sci-fi-inspired look when performing the new tracks at a colourful show earlier this month.
The show was called Entanglement, after the EP's main track and the scientific theory that inspired it.
Church has no plans of giving up her singing career despite the work a degree would entail.
"Music is in my veins so I'm going to have to carry on - it's my lifeblood which is brilliant," she said.
She spoke of her interest in physics while backing the Horizons music talent scheme which looks for 12 new artists in Wales to support over the next year.
BBC Wales and the Arts Council of Wales aim to "showcase the most exciting unsigned acts with the potential to make a real breakthrough in Wales and beyond".
The acts will be picked by a panel of music industry and radio music experts.
The Markinch-based company went into administration on Monday with the loss of 325 jobs.
Despite being 70% employee-owned, staff were given no warning about the situation.
A Scottish government taskforce was also due to meet to discuss what support it can give to the workforce.
About 150 workers are being kept on in the short term to process existing orders.
The news comes on the back of a wave of closures in Fife including Longannet power station and Velux.
Former staff have been invited to a recruiting event in Markinch on 6 May.
It has been organised by Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (Pace), the Scottish government's initiative for responding to redundancy situations.
It will feature about 20 exhibitors including a mix of support agencies, training providers and employers who are looking to take on staff.
The taskforce has been set up by the Scottish government and Fife Council with funds of £6m.
Business minister Fergus Ewing said the potential impact to the wider community "cannot be underestimated".
"Pace is a successful initiative which has helped many facing redundancy in the past and I am confident that next week's event will go some way to assist those who have been dealt this devastating blow," he said.
"We will bring support agencies, training providers and employers who are interested in recruiting together to help Tullis Russell staff back into employment.
"The taskforce, co-chaired by the deputy first minister and leader of Fife Council, will meet for the first time to agree next steps and determine the focus and priority of the £6m spend as part of the wider economic support for this community and the Fife economy."
The 24th film in the spy franchise, which sees Daniel Craig reprise his role as 007, earned $73m (£48.5m) between Friday and Sunday, according to early estimates.
But the film failed to beat the performance of the last Bond movie Skyfall, which took $88.4m in 2012.
The lower figure was partly due to this weekend's release of The Peanuts Movie.
The family-friendly adaptation of the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip, featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy, took $45m (£29.9m).
Spectre still had the second-biggest opening weekend for a Bond film in the US and Canada.
"We never expected [Spectre] to open to the level of Skyfall," Rory Bruer, Sony's president of worldwide distribution, said.
"It was a very different scenario. The competition was different, the weekend was different. One thing I am certain of is that the Bond franchise is as healthy and strong as ever."
The rest of the top five was made up of previous releases The Martian, family horror Goosebumps and Tom Hanks film Bridge of Spies.
Three films hoping to score success this awards season also opened in limited release across five cinemas. They included Spotlight, about the Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, which took $302,276 (£200,700).
Saoirse Ronan's 1950s-set immigrant story Brooklyn made $181,000 (£120,200), while Bryan Cranston biopic Trumbo took $77,229 (£51,300).
The artist, known for his paintings of the industrial North East, lived at the house at 33 Bishop's Close Street, Spennymoor, both as a child and later with his wife and children.
Now the 1950s house is to be replicated at Beamish Museum's new £17m 1950s town and farm, along with Cornish's studio.
The museum said it was "honoured" to be recreating pieces of history.
Cornish started working in the mines when he was 14, but he was also sketching and painting and attended the Pitman's Academy for artists at the Spennymoor Settlement.
He left the pits in 1966 due to a back condition and became a full-time artist.
The Cornish family lived in Bishop's Close Street until 1967 when they moved to Whitworth Terrace in Spennymoor where they lived for the rest of their lives.
The museum said the replica building would tell the story of the painter and his family, as well as life in the town and the Spennymoor Settlement.
The settlement was set up in 1930, giving mining families access to the arts and Cornish was one of its most famous students.
It became known as the Pitman's Academy because its clubs nurtured the talents of people such as writer Sid Chaplin and artist Tom McGuinness.
Before his death at the age of 94 in August 2014, Cornish arranged for the contents of his studio, including some unfinished work, and some furniture from his home to be donated to the museum.
The collection includes almost 100 unfinished paintings, dozens of sketches and Mr Cornish's chair and paint-stained carpet.
Remaking Beamish project officer Lisa Peacock, said: "We're delighted to be sharing the story of Norman Cornish and the Spennymoor Settlement in our planned 1950s Town.
"We're honoured to have received these amazing pieces of history from the studio and home of Norman, who so skilfully captured everyday life in the North East."
He will become professor of the arts at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Sir Andrew said: "I feel I'm spending roughly half my time hiding in plain sight because I used to be something.
"And the other half of the time I feel still so hard pressed to the national bosom that I'm suffocating. So I'd quite like to go and live in America."
Sir Andrew, who was poet laureate between 1999-2009, was the first to retire rather than keep the title until death.
He will also stand down as president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, for which he has campaigned about issues such as litter, wind farms and building on the green belt.
Speaking at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, he told an audience his new job is "amazingly interesting".
He said: "In a nutshell, I'm 62, I love England, so I'm not going in a snarly way at all, but I sort of figure I know what's going to happen, more or less, if I stay here for the next 10 years.
"And I think I would rather go somewhere where I don't quite know what's going to happen."
Sir Andrew's successor as poet laureate was Carol Ann Duffy, who has been criticised by some in the press for not composing a poem to mark the birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
Speaking about his time in the post, Sir Andrew said: "I'm not going to say this in a disrespectful way, but I did spend 10 years feeling quite often that I was being asked to write about things which I had no strong feeling about. And that's not easy.
"And I don't mean any disrespect. I signed up to do it, I was pleased to do it, [and] honoured to do it."
He will move to Baltimore in July. Quoting TS Eliot, he said: "Old men should be explorers... That's what I think."
He will follow the path taken by British synthpop pioneer Thomas Dolby, who was made Johns Hopkins University's first Homewood Professor of the Arts last year.
Sir Andrew said he had watched recent unrest in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody "very interestedly and sympathetically".
The city "did something amazing" by charging six police officers in relation to the man's death, he added.
"[That] never happened in Ferguson, and never happened New York. So I sat watching that, thinking, 'Go Baltimore.'
"Of course what happens next is incredibly important but they've started very well in this process of, I hope, putting it back together. So it's going to be very interesting."
Sir Andrew was speaking at the Imperial War Museum North after the first public reading of a new poem inspired by the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Darren Beddis of Gutsy Goose restaurant in Cathays, Cardiff, was found guilty of three charges relating to licensing.
Cardiff Magistrates' Court heard he had seven previous convictions for similar offences. He was fined £800 in June 2015 for illegally selling alcohol.
A council spokeswoman said he "chose not apply for a licence after he was caught and has been caught again".
In his defence, Beddis said he had sent a request for a transfer of the licence from the previous owner at the time but had not heard back from the council.
He confirmed the restaurant was no longer selling alcohol and he did not intend to apply for a licence.
Beddis was also ordered to pay £150 in costs and a £100 victim surcharge.
The public body authorises spending by the NHS on expensive new treatments.
In March it announced a new policy to hold back spending on new drugs that might cost more than £20m a year in any of their first three years of use.
Now, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) will challenge this via a Judicial Review.
The ABPI's chief executive, Mike Thompson, said: "These new arrangements will delay access to cost-effective medicines and deny treatments to patients suffering from rare diseases."
"After many months of raising concerns with Nice, NHS England and the Department of Health and offering to work constructively on alternative proposals, we have applied to formally challenge these proposals in court," he said.
"We hope that the government will reverse the changes and work with us to find a solution that works for everyone," he added.
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Nice said it had no comment to make yet on the threat of a legal challenge.
But in April it explained that the point of the new system was not to place an absolute cap on spending on any new drug, but to stop new drugs suddenly hoovering up large chunks of the NHS budget to the detriment of other health services such as general practice or psychiatry.
"When the impact on budgets is very high, it makes sense for special arrangements to be put in place so that the NHS can manage the introduction of new drugs in a way that doesn't impact unfairly on other services," Nice said at the time.
The new system therefore allows for Nice and NHS England to negotiate with drug companies to persuade them to drop the cost of their new medicines if they look likely to breach the initial £20m-a-year limit.
If agreement cannot be reached, then the use of the new medicine will be phased in by the NHS in England - potentially over three years - instead of being made universally available for doctors to prescribe within the normal 90 days of the drug's formal introduction.
The ABPI said the new approach would affect one-in-five of all new approved medicines.
The trade body described the way Nice assessed drugs for very rare diseases as "inappropriate and unworkable" and wants the policy reversed.
They are produced in our atmosphere and in the cosmos's most violent processes, but the IceCube experiment has seen the first energetic "cosmic neutrinos".
It detected 28 of the exceptionally fast-moving neutrinos - but it remains unclear exactly where they came from.
The pioneering finds could herald an entirely new branch of astronomy.
The results were presented on Wednesday at the IceCube Particle Astrophysics Symposium in Wisconsin, US.
Researchers have gathered there to discuss the findings of the world's largest neutrino detector, occupying a cubic kilometre. It is made up of 86 strings sunk into the Antarctic ice, each with 60 sensitive light detectors strung along it like "fairy lights".
As neutrinos pass, they very rarely bump into the nuclei of atoms in the ice, producing a brief flash that the detectors can catch. With more than 5,000 detectors catching flashes at different times, the direction of the neutrinos' arrival can be determined.
IceCube is just one of a number of neutrino detection experiments around the globe. Low-energy neutrinos from the dying throes of a star were spotted by Japanese researchers in 1987 - the first-ever neutrinos from beyond our cosmic neighbourhood, leading to the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics.
They can also be produced in the Sun and our own atmosphere here on Earth - IceCube picks up about 100,000 of those a year.
However, previous attempts to associate higher-energy neutrinos with more far-flung cosmic processes, such as those described in April 2012, had turned up nothing.
But in April this year, the IceCube collaboration reported seeing two neutrinos - nicknamed Bert and Ernie - of energies greater than a "petaelectronvolt".
That is 150 times higher than the energy to which particles within the Large Hadron Collider can currently be accelerated.
Now the team reports 26 more events, each higher than 50 teraelectronvolts (a twentieth of a petaelectronvolt), which they expect will also be of cosmic origin.
But Francis Halzen, principal investigator on the IceCube experiment, said that "of course, there's much more to do".
"It's after you find them that the work starts; these events are very difficult to analyse," Prof Halzen told BBC News.
For centuries, stargazers have relied only on light of a wide range of wavelengths - many far beyond those we can see - to get pictures of the cosmos.
But these first cosmic neutrino detections open the possibility for doing astronomy instead using particles - developing pictures of the Universe's most active corners by analysing the directions and energies of the neutrinos they produce.
Prof Halzen recalled discussions with Frederick Reines, who shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in physics for first discovering the neutrino in the mid-1950s.
"He would tell me that as soon as he discovered that the neutrino was real, everybody had the idea that you had a particle that you could do astronomy with. In 1960, several people wrote rather detailed papers on how to do it."
Only later did it become clear that a detector as monumentally large as IceCube would be required to launch such a new era in astronomy - an era that for the first time seems to be taking shape.
"It is incredibly exciting to work with the final IceCube configuration," Prof Halzen said.
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The blaze, described by firefighters as "serious", started on Friday morning at Skip-It containers in North Quay Road.
White smoke is continuing to billow hundreds of feet into the air, causing problems with visibility on the roads.
Residents and motorists have been advised by Public Health England to close their windows and doors.
Fire crews, which are being changed every six hours, remained at the site throughout Sunday night and the area is still cordoned off.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESF&RS) is being supported by crews from neighbouring Surrey and West Sussex.
The fire service, Highways Agency and Sussex Police are due to hold talks to discuss whether cordons can be changed or lifted to allow greater access to the area.
Chief Fire Officer for ESF&RS Des Pritchard said he expected crews to be on the scene for some considerable time.
He said thousands of litres of water from the River Ouse were being poured on to the fire each hour, which was causing a lot of run-off.
"We are conscious about pollution in the river Ouse so we are working very closely with the Environment Agency about where the water goes," he said.
"We are dragging the waste out from the site into smaller piles and taking it away to another site about half a mile down the road.
"As far as we are aware it is all household waste so there are no particularly toxic or noxious chemicals within the waste pile - but it is unpleasant."
Public Health England said any smoke could be an irritant and people should either avoid being outdoors in the smoke or limit their exposure to it.
Respiratory symptoms could include coughing, wheezing, breathlessness, phlegm and chest pain. People affected should seek medical advice or call NHS 111.
The Environment Agency said its officers were monitoring the blaze and at this stage environmental impact was considered to be minimal.
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Brett Ryan was arrested on Thursday and charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
Police had responded to reports of a stabbing in Scarborough, a suburban area east of the city's downtown area, when they found the three victims.
The injuries appeared to have been caused by a crossbow bolt, which was found near the victims.
All three victims, two men and a woman, sustained life-threatening injuries and died at the scene, police said.
Authorities have not released the victims' identities pending notification of family.
Hours later, authorities evacuated a Toronto building due to a suspicious package.
Police said the two incidents were connected, but gave no further details.
Mr Ryan is expected to appear in court on Friday.
Kevin McCarthy, 49, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court charged with the attempted murder of Damien Fowkes, 41, leaving him with life-threatening neck injuries on 2 October.
Both men were inmates at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire at the time.
McCarthy is due to be sentenced on Wednesday.
Fowkes is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years for the attempted murder of Huntley at HMP Frankland in Durham in 2010.
Fowkes went on to strangle paedophile and child-killer Colin Hatch in 2011 at Full Sutton high security prison near York.
Unusually, the decision will not be taken by the full cabinet but by a sub-committee, chaired by Theresa May.
MPs will not get to vote on the decision for at least another year.
Some ministers will be allowed to speak out against it for a limited period in a move being seen as evidence a third runway at Heathrow will be backed.
Expanding Heathrow is strongly opposed by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, and Education Secretary Justine Greening.
Allowing ministers to speak out could avert the possibility of resignations from cabinet.
In a letter, Prime Minister Theresa May has told cabinet colleagues that once a decision has been taken by the airports sub-committee on the preferred scheme it will then be subject to a "full and fair public consultation" before a final decision is put before the Commons in the winter of 2017-18.
Number 10 would not comment as to whether MPs would be able to vote freely on the matter.
A Heathrow spokesperson said it was "the expected and appropriate political process" - a view echoed also by Gatwick.
The government, the airports - they all insist that this is not a delay and that it was always an expected part of the planning process.
Ministers will still pick a winner next week, they say. We think they will plump for a third runway at Heathrow.
MPs might then get the chance to vote on the issue quite soon. However, it will not be binding.
It will just be a chance for everyone to air their views, including MPs such as Boris Johnson and Justine Greening, who are both vehemently opposed to expanding Heathrow.
Critically, though, the binding MPs' vote - the one that counts - will not happen for another year or so.
Earlier, Mrs May told ministers at a cabinet meeting that a decision on increasing airport capacity in the South East had been "delayed for too long".
Her spokeswoman said the prime minister believed it was important to now take a decision "in the national interest".
The nine members of the airports sub-committee do not include Mr Johnson, whose Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat is close to Heathrow, Putney MP Justine Greening or any other minister representing a London constituency.
Mrs May's spokeswoman said the decision to give ministers a limited period to voice their personal views was a "mature, common-sense approach reflecting the fact that many ministers have long-held views and that ministers are also MPs and some have specific constituency issues that they have to address".
As many as 60 Tory backbenchers could vote against expansion at Heathrow, where options include building a third runway, or lengthening one of the existing runways.
Zac Goldsmith, the Tory MP for Richmond Park, has vowed to resign from the Commons if the government approves a Heathrow expansion.
The Evening Standard reported on Tuesday that the local Conservative party would back Mr Goldsmith if he stood for re-election as an independent.
Airlines and business groups favour expansion of Heathrow, which offers far more direct connections than Gatwick and handles much more freight.
A final decision on which London airport to expand has been years in the making.
In 2009, former prime minister David Cameron pledged that there would be no new runway at Heathrow.
In July 2015, the Airports Commission chaired by Sir Howard Davies backed a new third runway at Heathrow, but did not rule out the option of expanding Gatwick.
Mr Cameron had promised a decision by the end of last year on whether to build a new runway at Heathrow.
The film, the story of which involves a fictional plot to kill the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, will be shown, in cinemas only, from 6 February.
Sony had withdrawn the film in the wake of a damaging studio cyber-attack, only to then release it in selected cinemas and make it available online in the US.
The film has now made more than $31m (£20.5m) from its digital distribution.
Its limited theatrical release, meanwhile, has netted its makers around $5m (£3.3m).
Co-written and co-directed by its star Seth Rogen, The Interview was described last year as a "blatant act of terrorism" by North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency.
Its scheduled release is thought to have motivated the orchestrated attack that saw films, confidential emails and Sony staff's salary details being leaked online.
Sony faced widespread criticism for initially cancelling the film's theatrical release, a decision that President Obama called a "mistake".
The US has placed sanctions on three North Korean organisations and 10 individuals after the FBI blamed Pyongyang for the cyber-attack.
Some students told the University of Northampton they would be "more comfortable using gender-neutral toilets".
"That some students described having to 'hold it in' until they got home was, to us, unacceptable" said students' union vice president Nick Woodward.
Existing single-cubicle disabled toilets have been re-designated.
In a statement, the university said the move was designed so "there will be no situation in which two people of any gender identity will be in the same room, ensuring they can feel comfortable using the space".
Victor Agboola, students' union at the University, said: "There is a growing population of trans students, with those who identify as transgender, non-binary or are inter-sex.
"Some students would be more comfortable using gender-neutral toilets and at the start of this academic year we had a number of students here visit the Students' Union and tell us exactly that."
The LGBTQ Society and "members of the student population" were consulted about the move, the university said.
They were the last of four major titles for the world number three from Northern Ireland, and he is determined to add to that tally in 2016.
"I feel with this win I can go and replicate my summer in 2014 and win a couple of majors," said McIlroy.
"If I don't win a major this summer, I will be very disappointed."
The 27-year-old's success at the K Club on Sunday was also his first victory of the season.
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McIlroy, who has not won any of the past five major tournaments, is focusing on a seven-week period taking in the US Open, Open and US PGA.
"You would think that your game isn't going to change too much from the first to the seventh week," he added.
"I really want to build up to those seven weeks and make sure my game is in the best possible shape so I've a chance of of winning a major, which would be fantastic, but I want to try to compete in all three."
An extended BBC iPlayer interview with Rory McIlroy is available here
Prof Christopher Spry, 79, who lives in Heol Senni in the Brecon Beacons, had download speeds of about 500Kbps
He runs a community website and uploads weather data and nature videos, so paid £620 for satellite broadband, which comes from over the Democratic Republic of the Congo, via Luxembourg.
"It's an astonishing technological achievement," he said.
Where Prof Spry lives also has sporadic 3G coverage so he researched his options and decided to invest in satellite technology.
A BT spokesman said: "Heol Senni is in scope to benefit from the scheme and work to provide access to superfast broadband to this rural community is anticipated to be completed in the early autumn."
The retired professor of immunology pays £420 a year for his satellite internet, which gives him download speeds of up to 28Mbps.
His broadband signal travels about 50,000 miles from a dish in his back garden to the ASTRA 2F satellite over the Earth's equator and back, via a company in Luxembourg.
Companies such as Sky also use satellites similar to this to broadcast their TV signal.
"I'm interested in what's going on in the world, I'm a very inquisitive person, I'm asking questions all the time and I need to know so the web is a wonderful resource for all of us who need to know what's happening," he said.
He also pays £250 a year for BT broadband, which he uses as a backup as heavy rain or snow can block the satellite signal and leave him cut off.
But the nearest exchange is in Sennybridge - about five miles by road - so his broadband slows down when making the switch.
"It really makes all the difference in the world, without it I think my life would be quite difficult up here... but it does need a satellite 24,000 miles above the surface of the earth over the Congo - it does seem ridiculous doesn't it," he said.
"Without broadband we're living in a dark age, so let's hope everybody can have high speed broadband soon and they'll be able to use it for whatever they want - entertainment, education, research - it's a wonderful tool for everybody."
Despite his best efforts, nature can still throw a spanner in the works when it comes to his satellite connection: "It's pretty adequate for most of the programmes I need so I'm a happy rabbit - the only difficulty for me is that there's a tree in the way and I have to trim that!"
BT said more than nine out of every 10 homes and businesses in Wales were able to put in an order for superfast broadband.
The Welsh Government also runs a scheme called Access Broadband Cymru which helps provide funds for satellite connectivity for properties not covered by the Superfast Cymru scheme.
Nearly 600 homes and businesses have taken up the option since it started in January 2016.
The UK Government announced on Sunday that homes and businesses from all parts of the UK are set to benefit from universal high speed broadband.
Calvin Markall, 26, hit Hamid Ali Khan as he attempted to cross a road from his home to a playground in Riverside, Cardiff, in February 2015.
Markall, from Rumney, initially denied death by dangerous driving but changed his plea to guilty at Newport Crown Court on 7 January.
He was also banned from driving for three years.
The court heard witnesses estimated Markall was driving a white Audi S3 at up to 70mph on Ninian Park Road, a built-up area with a 30mph limit.
Markall drove away briefly after the incident and seemed "panicky", according to witnesses, but then returned to the scene and identified himself to police.
He told officers: "I'm just concerned about the boy," who he said appeared in the road adding: "There was no way I could stop."
After his arrest he told police: "I can't believe I've taken a life."
In mitigation, Robin Howat said Markall had removed his car from the scene in order to park it, and returned immediately, within nine minutes of the 999 call.
He said because of the width of the road, Markall would have had 1.5 seconds to react to Hamid crossing the road.
The court was told Markall was jailed for 10 years in prison for drugs offences in 2009, and had been released in December 2014.
The judge, Thomas Crowther QC, said no blame should be attached to Fitzalan High School pupil Hamid and the situation was "entirely Mr Markall's making" due to his speed.
A witness impact statement from Hamid's father Sarfaraz Khan was read in court and he said he felt no anger towards Markall, whose actions he described as "stupid" and "immature".
"Our whole family are completely devastated after our little angel Hamid passed away," he said.
"Every Friday at this time [when the incident happened] we always think about him and just hope he will walk through the door but this will never happen."
Sentencing Markall, Judge Crowther told him he had placed value on "status, image and thrills", and had enjoyed driving the white Audi around Cardiff.
He said: "Hamid was at the centre of a large family and was particularly close to his brother Yusef. His family is bereft.
"No sentence I can pass can repair the damage that's been caused or begin to value the life that's been thrown away."
He described the events as a "short course of utterly irresponsible driving" and said: "There was a substantial risk of danger."
However he noted Markall had shown "genuine remorse", adding: "Perhaps you, as I have, will marvel at the dignity and humanity of Hamid's father who says he feels no anger."
The married airman in his late 20s was out running near RAF Marham in Norfolk on 20 July when he was ambushed by two men, but he managed to escape.
E-fits of the suspects led to some callers putting names to the faces.
Police said they were now following up these leads.
The airman, who has not been identified, said he was grabbed on Squires Hill by a man who tried to drag him towards a nearby car.
He fought back, knocking one to the ground, before the pair fled in a dark-coloured people carrier.
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Norfolk Police made fresh appeals for information on Crimewatch and showed CCTV footage of cars travelling to and from a nearby shop, which they hope will trigger people's memories.
They have also released a picture of a knife similar to one that one of the attackers had.
Det Supt Paul Durham said: "People have put names to the e-fit images they've seen, we've had sightings of vehicles and this all goes into mix and all those lines of inquiry will be followed up.
"The airman is not back to work yet - he's had a period of extended leave - but he's doing fine and will be returning to work in the not too distant future.
"I'm confident we can solve this, but it is going to take some time."
The 28-year-old is the first player to leave the Lady Black Cats since the top-flight club announced it would revert to being a part-time club.
Furness, who had two spells over 12 years at Sunderland, joins Reading on a contract until June 2018.
"Rachel is a brilliant addition to our squad and she brings great experience," said Reading boss Kelly Chambers.
To be clear, there will be no English-style academies, no grammar schools or selection on the basis of academic ability.
What may change significantly is the role of councils in the system.
In many respects, the school system is a national service which Scotland's 32 local authorities are entrusted to deliver.
The government has no intention of removing schools from council control - the question is more what powers councils may retain.
The presumption in this review will be to give as much power as possible to schools and head teachers.
If any power lies at a higher level, the case will need to be made for it.
As well as devolving powers to schools, new regional boards will help schools in different council areas work together.
The question is what actual powers and practical responsibilities councils will still have once these changes take effect.
For instance, schools may have more control over their budgets, how many teachers to have or what means to use to try to raise attainment.
Because teachers' terms and conditions of employment are nationally agreed, it might be argued that the new regional bodies - not councils - should actually employ teachers.
All those issues are likely to be raised in the coming months.
The direct impact on parents and learners may be less obvious - much would depend on the practical decisions made by newly-empowered schools.
However, an important question will be how to ensure that schools remain accountable to parents and the wider local community.
The Scottish Conservatives asked whether schools could be given the power to "opt out" of local government control - a power which they do not currently have.
It would not be unreasonable to speculate over just what "local government control" will actually mean once the impact of this review is being felt in practice.
Councils will still be major stakeholders in schools. But their role could be very different to the one they've had in Scotland for the past century.
Paige, 15, was reported missing in 2007. Her body has not been found.
Blackpool's coroner Alan Wilson said the cause of death was unascertained and he recorded a conclusion of unlawful killing.
Robert Ewing, 60, of Kincraig Place, Bispham, was convicted of Paige's murder last July following a trial at Preston Crown Court.
The court heard Ewing exploited the vulnerable teenager for his sexual gratification and then decided to silence her when she threatened to go to the authorities.
He is serving a life term and will stay in jail for at least 33 years.
Gareth Dewhurst, 46, of Duncan Avenue, Bispham, who was found guilty of helping dispose of the body, was jailed for eight years.
Police say they "remain committed" to finding Paige's body.
Renowned cosmologist Roger Penrose said that analysis of this cosmic microwave background showed echoes of previous Big Bang-like events.
The events appear as "rings" around galaxy clusters in which the variation in the background is unusually low.
The unpublished research has been posted on the Arxiv website.
The ideas within it support a theory developed by Professor Penrose - knighted in 1994 for his services to science - that upends the widely-held "inflationary theory".
That theory holds that the Universe was shaped by an unthinkably large and fast expansion from a single point.
Much of high-energy physics research aims to elucidate how the laws of nature evolved during the fleeting first instants of the Universe's being.
"I was never in favour of it, even from the start," said Professor Penrose.
"But if you're not accepting inflation, you've got to have something else which does what inflation does," he explained to BBC News.
"In the scheme that I'm proposing, you have an exponential expansion but it's not in our aeon - I use the term to describe [the period] from our Big Bang until the remote future.
"I claim that this aeon is one of a succession of such things, where the remote future of the previous aeons somehow becomes the Big Bang of our aeon."
This "conformal cyclic cosmology" (CCC) that Professor Penrose advocates allows that the laws of nature may evolve with time, but precludes the need to institute a theoretical beginning to the Universe.
Professor Penrose, of Oxford University, and his colleague Vahe Gurzadyan of Yerevan State University in Armenia, have now found what they believe is evidence of events that predate the Big Bang, and that support CCC.
They looked at data from vast surveys of the cosmic microwave background - the constant, nearly uniform low-temperature glow that fills the Universe we see.
They surveyed nearly 11,000 locations, looking for directions in the sky where, at some point in the past, vast galaxies circling one another may have collided.
The supermassive black holes at their centres would have merged, turning some of their mass into tremendous bursts of energy.
The CCC theory holds that the same object may have undergone the same processes more than once in history, and each would have sent a "shockwave" of energy propagating outward.
The search turned up 12 candidates that showed concentric circles consistent with the idea - some with as many as five rings, representing five massive events coming from the same object through the course of history.
The suggestion is that the rings - representing unexpected order in a vast sky of disorder - represent pre-Big Bang events, toward the end of the last "aeon".
"Inflation [theory] is supposed to have ironed all of these irregularities out," said Professor Penrose.
"How do you suddenly get something that is making these whacking big explosions just before inflation turns off? To my way of thinking that's pretty hard to make sense of."
Shaun Cole of the University of Durham's computational cosmology group, called the research "impressive".
"It's a revolutionary theory and here there appears to be some data that supports it," he told BBC News.
"In the standard Big Bang model, there's nothing cyclic; it has a beginning and it has no end.
"The philosophical question that's sensible to ask is 'what came before the Big Bang?'; and what they're striving for here is to do away with that 'there's nothing before' answer by making it cyclical."
Professor Cole said he was surprised that the statistical variation in the microwave background data was the most obvious signature of what could be such a revolutionary idea, however.
"It's not clear from their theory that they have a complete model of the fluctuations, but is that the only thing that should be going on?
"There are other things that could be going on in the last part of the previous aeon; why don't they show even greater imprints?"
Professors Penrose and Cole both say that the idea should be shored up by further analyses of this type, in particular with data that will soon be available from the Planck telescope, designed to study the microwave background with unprecedented precision.
That is the finding of a Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) report that is critical of the Department of Education's efforts to reduce the number of empty places.
The report also said school "leadership in post-primaries" must be improved.
There are also too many small schools in Northern Ireland, it added.
However, the report also said that the department does not have a standard method for calculating school capacity.
It found that, although they need additional funding, "there is no evidence that educational attainment at small schools is better than their larger counterparts".
The report, from the auditor general Kieran Donnelly, into the sustainability of schools takes as its starting point a review of education in Northern Ireland carried out by Sir George Bain in 2006.
It charts progress on some of the measures highlighted in that review.
The Bain review found that there were about 53,000 surplus places in schools in Northern Ireland, about 15% of school capacity.
It recommended the number of empty places should not exceed 10% of the school population.
However, the NIAO found that the number of empty places now totals over 71,000, about 20% of capacity.
It said that is "unacceptably high", and it criticises the Department of Education for not setting any targets for reducing the number of empty places in schools, or knowing how much those empty places cost.
Children with statements of special educational needs are excluded from the figures, for instance, so the number of surplus places may be "overstated".
The NIAO also sais that while there have been improvements in school performance, over a third of pupils leave school with fewer than five A*-C grades at GCSE, including English and maths.
It said that "the quality of leadership and management is not good enough in a significant minority of post-primary schools", and that there are "persistent shortcomings" in the quality of teaching in some schools.
Using figures from the chief inspector of schools, the report said that "overall effectiveness needs to improve in the 37% of the post-primary schools inspected which were evaluated as less than good".
It said that these shortcomings need to be "addressed urgently if the provision and outcomes are to improve from average to world-class".
The Bain review also recommended target enrolments for schools, and concluded that fewer larger schools were needed.
It said that the minimum enrolment for primary schools should be 140 in urban areas and 105 in rural areas.
For post-primary schools, the minimum numbers in years eight to 12 should be 500 and for those with a sixth form there should be a minimum of 100 pupils in the sixth form.
The NIAO said that 36% of primary schools here still have fewer than 105 pupils, while 47% of post-primaries have fewer than 500 pupils in years eight to 12.
It found that "there are still too many small schools which require additional funding".
Small schools get extra money from the Department of Education to enable them to deliver all of the curriculum.
In 2014-15, about £36m - 3% of the overall school budget - was extra money allocated to small schools.
The audit office report said "this can be seen as a grant to maintain a school which is financially unsustainable".
It also said that "there is no demonstrable evidence that educational attainment at small schools is better than their larger counterparts".
However, the report did not say that smaller schools perform worse than larger ones.
The report recommends a number of improvements to the Department of Education's sustainable schools policy and area planning.
Two floodlight pylons were demolished by high winds in storms that hit mid and west Wales on Thursday.
The damage led to the postponement of Friday's scheduled Welsh Premier League match against Cefn Druids.
Director David Evans said £30,000 would be needed "just be to re-instate the floodlights" but loss of sponsorship and bookings would add to the bill.
"Two of the pylons on the clubhouse and the Rhun Owen Stand side of the ground have been literally been blown over, the columns have buckled," said Evans.
"I've never seen wind like that in Aberystwyth and they've been blown down onto the pitch."
Evans told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme that in addition to the repair bill the club would lose revenue because of cancelled bookings for their newly-opened artificial pitch and sponsorship for the postponed match.
The storms caused extensive damage in the area, with the RNLI station in Aberystwyth recording a strongest gust of 94mph shortly after 10:30 GMT.
These are just some of the reactions to Barcelona's astonishing Champions League comeback from a 4-0 first-leg defeat by Paris St-Germain.
The Catalans turned the tie on its head - and scrambled the senses of fans worldwide - by winning the return leg 6-1 at the Nou Camp. They were 5-3 down on aggregate in the 88th minute.
Social media sites were ablaze with comment but one Tweet, from Dunfermline Athletic's official account, stood out.
".@FCBarcelona... congratulations guys.... fancy a friendly to say sorry for taking our record," read the tongue-in-cheek invite from the Scottish Championship club.
So, what is the record the Fifers are referring to, and is it the finest comeback involving a Scottish team in Europe?
Valencia won the 1961-62 Fairs Cup by beating Barcelona 7-3 on aggregate. The following season the holders journeyed to East End Park on an icy night just before Christmas boasting a 4-0 lead from the first leg.
Manager Jock Stein, less than three years before his appointment at Celtic, had urged his Dunfermline players to attack from the first whistle.
And the team, who had beaten Everton in the previous round, rattled the Spaniards with three goals within 17 minutes.
The Fifers then conceded a goal but scored two more to peg the match at 5-5 on aggregate at half-time.
Centre-half Jim MacLean deflected a shot into his own net to dampen the hosts' hopes before Alex Smith made it 6-2 on the night, 6-6 on aggregate.
In the days before the away goals rule, the tie was decided in a third game in Lisbon, which Valencia won 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals. The Spaniards went on to retain the trophy with a 4-1 aggregate victory over Dinamo Zagreb.
Arguably, Kilmarnock's feat against Eintracht Frankfurt in their first year in European football trumps the Pars' claim.
The Germans, who had lost 7-3 to Real Madrid in the famous 1960 European Cup final at Hampden, were 3-0 up from the first leg.
And they looked to have killed off any Killie hopes of progressing to round two of the Fairs Cup when they scored within two minutes at Rugby Park to make it 4-0.
But the 14,930 fans roared the hosts forward and Ronnie Hamilton netted twice with Brian McIlroy, James McFadzean and John McInally also scoring to seal a sensational comeback.
Celtic came close to over-turning a 5-0 first-leg defeat by Artmedia Bratislava in 2005, winning the second leg 4-0. But can anything better those games involving Killie and the Pars?
Use the comments section to provide us with suggestions and share your memories of great European nights involving your club.
The man, 20, was left with a broken jaw after being "repeatedly punched in the face" by members of a large group of young people in Victoria Park, Taunton.
Police are appealing for any mobile phone footage of the attack, which happened at about 17:00 BST on Friday.
Two boys, 16, were arrested then bailed. Four others were later arrested on suspicion of disorder.
"This was a violent and disturbing attack in which the victim and his friends were threatened and intimidated by a large group of people," a force spokesman said.
"There can never be any excuse for hate crime or violence in any shape or form and this criminality will not be tolerated."
Alaa Badr Abdullah al-Hashemi, a 30-year-old Emirati, was found guilty last month of the murder of Ibolya Ryan.
The 47-year-old's body was discovered in the toilets of a shopping centre in Abu Dhabi. Her 11-year-old twin sons had been waiting outside for her.
Hashemi was also convicted of planting a bomb outside the flat of an American-Egyptian doctor.
The bomb was discovered and dismantled before it exploded.
The attorney general for state security prosecution told the official Wam news agency that Hashemi was executed on Monday morning after approval was given by the UAE's president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The report did not disclose how Hashemi was killed, but it came only two weeks after the Federal Supreme Court delivered a guilty verdict that was not eligible for appeal.
Police said the mother of six had become radicalised over the internet and had been looking for a foreigner to kill at random.
Hashemi told prosecutors that she had been angered by the detention of her husband by the security services and had wanted to spread fear among Western expatriates, according to the Abu Dhabi-based newspaper, The National.
Hashemi also asked the court during her trial to provide her with psychological help, complaining that she had "unreal visions" and saw "ghost-like people". The court ordered tests which it said showed she had been aware of her actions.
While UAE law allows for the death penalty, executions are rare. The last known execution was in January 2014, when a Sri Lankan migrant worker convicted of murder was shot dead by a firing squad.
The 29-year-old was arrested and held custody following an incident where a 24-year-old woman was attacked on Dixon Road in the early hours of Monday, 19 May.
Police Scotland launched a high-profile inquiry after the attack.
A report is being prepared for the procurator fiscal and the man is due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
The assault took place at a block of flats on Syme Road at about 10:30 on Friday.
The attacker, who ran off, was described as wearing a light blue, hooded top with the hood up.
The postman suffered bruising to his face and a black eye. Police have asked anyone with information or who witnessed the attack to contact them.
Chief executive Martin Slumbers removed the Scottish course from the Open rota when a vote to change its all-male membership policy failed to gain the required two-thirds majority last year.
Slumbers told BBC Sport that Muirfield's "closeness with the Claret Jug is very important".
The result of the latest ballot is expected to be published next month.
In a wide ranging-interview, Slumbers also:
Slumbers said Muirfield not overturning its all-male membership policy last year had been damaging for the game.
"I think it created a lot of negative press," he said. "We need more positive views of this wonderful game and growth that is going on in the game.
"I'd like to see far more of those stories, plus I do believe that if we are going to grow participation in the game, family golf is at the heart of that strategy."
Muirfield will only return to the Open rota if it changes its membership policy.
International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates has told Reuters that women must have full membership rights at the host club for the Tokyo Games in 2020.
The private Kasumigaseki Country Club, scheduled to stage the men's and women's tournaments, forbids females from playing on Sundays and does not allow them full membership.
"The IOC's charter is extremely clear on equality," Slumbers said.
The R&A is part of the International Golf Federation, which runs the sport in the Olympics, and Slumbers stressed the IGF fully supports this policy.
"I think there would be serious reconsideration on the venue if there wasn't a change," he added.
Donald Trump's presidency of the United States is having no effect on his Turnberry course's chances of staging another Open.
"Turnberry remains absolutely as one of our nine golf courses," Slumbers said. "I also said last year that it's clear 2020 and '21 did not involve Turnberry in that discussion, and we will be thinking about '22 not for at least another year."
Slumbers is keen to separate the sport from politics but suggested having the president of the United States so prominent in golf has changed the landscape.
"For all of us in the game, we are in uncharted territory here with the president's family owning golf courses," he added.
"We're all learning as we go. But I think it's important for us that we understand where the game is and make sure we keep to that, without ignoring all the other factors that go around it."
And it seems, like Rory McIlroy, the R&A boss would accept an invitation to play golf with the president.
"With all senior people in the world, I think it's polite and respectful to listen to them and work with them," Slumbers said.
"It's very important that we work with the president if Turnberry did come back on. It would be foolhardy not to."
Elsewhere, the effects of another political change are being felt at the R&A's St Andrews headquarters.
It is considering paying Open prize money in dollars following the post-Brexit collapse in the value of sterling.
Pressure is growing on the Championship purse at a time when the US Open is offering a record prize fund of $12m (£9.6m).
Last year's Open was worth £6.5m, which at current rates is worth a fraction over $8m.
"It's certainly an issue," Slumbers admitted. "When dollar/sterling moves 1.50 to 1.25 that has a serious impact for us."
The prize money for this year's Championship at Royal Birkdale will be announced in June.
"I'd hate to see the Open not have prize money at the top end," Slumbers said.
"This is a professional game, the players play for money so [paying out in] dollars is one option that we are considering quite carefully."
American player Pat Perez has been heavily criticised for not shouting "fore" before his ball struck three fans in separate incidents during the third round of last week's Genesis Open.
Ireland's Shane Lowry tweeted: "What's it gonna take for players to start shouting fore? A signed ball or glove is no good to anyone if they are seriously injured."
Slumbers stressed it is R&A policy to remind players of their responsibilities in this regard before rounds in the Open.
"Putting spectators at potential risk is something that can happen in professional golf when the fairways are lined," he said. "And so, for the players and caddies, it's only right that they should be shouting 'fore' more often.
"I think there are enough people who have the same view as I do across all the tours, who think that the etiquette is extremely important to golf as a game and a product."
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Despite spells of Welsh pressure, the ruthless Black Ferns led 20-0 at half-time with tries for Selica Winiata, Stacey Waaka and two for Renee Wickliffe.
Portia Woodman and Eloise Blackwell added tries after the break, before Sioned Harries crashed over for Wales.
Melissa Clay also crossed for Wales, but Winiata completed her hat-trick.
That added gloss to New Zealand's impressive win.
Drawn alongside four-time champions New Zealand and 2014 runners-up Canada in arguably the World Cup's toughest group, Wales were given next to no chance of reaching the semi-finals in most pre-tournament predictions.
They had mustered just one win during this year's Six Nations but, with a youthful and exuberant squad, they arrived in Ireland with hopes of confounding expectations.
Rowland Phillips' side offered spirited resistance against New Zealand and enjoyed a prolonged period of pressure in the first half.
But they could not find a way beyond the imposing wall, and the Black Ferns ruthlessly exploited Wales' profligacy as Winiata and Wickliffe both scored tries on the cusp of half-time.
It was a harsh lesson but one Wales learned from, with Harries and Clay's second-half tries offering reasons to be hopeful ahead of Thursday's encounter with Canada.
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New Zealand started this tournament ranked second in the world behind reigning champions England, but their unrivalled four World Cup titles - all won in succession - were evidence of their enormous pedigree.
The Black Ferns' shock defeat against Ireland in their opening 2014 World Cup fixture was as monumental as the 20-match winning run in the competition it had brought to an end, stretching back to 1991.
That only served to inspire Glenn Moore's side and, after embarking on another 13-game victorious streak halted by England in June, New Zealand were determined not to allow history to repeat itself in Dublin.
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They have never lost to Wales and that record never looked in doubt.
Despite Wales' dogged effort, they were no match for the Black Ferns' blistering back line.
The back three of Winiata, Woodman and Wickliffe looked particularly dangerous and, although stiffer challenges await, this was an impressive statement of intent from New Zealand.
Wales coach Rowland Phillips told BBC Wales: "We're disappointed with the result. The performance actually warranted a better score than how it ended up.
"But from a positive point of view, so much good came out of the game for us.
"Our set-piece was certainly a massive positive and the way we played at times, scoring two tries and creating other opportunities we didn't take.
"We have to look at that performance as a positive for us to keep building through the competition."
Wales: Dyddgu Hywel (Scarlets); Elen Evans (RGC), Gemma Rowland (Dragons), Hannah Jones (Scarlets), Jasmine Joyce (Scarlets); Elinor Snowsill (Dragons), Keira Bevan (Ospreys); Caryl Thomas (Scarlets) Carys Phillips, (Ospreys, capt), Amy Evans (Ospreys), Rebecca Rowe (Dragons), Mel Clay (Ospreys), Alisha Butchers (Scarlets), Rachel Taylor (RGC), Sioned Harries (Scarlets)
Replacements: Kelsey Jones (Ospreys), Cerys Hale (Dragons), Meg York (Dragons), Siwan Lillicrap (Ospreys), Lleucu George (Scarlets), Sian Moore (Dragons), Robyn Wilkins (Ospreys), Jodie Evans (Scarlets)
New Zealand: Selica Winiata; Portia Woodman, Stacey Waaka, Kelly Brazier, Renee Wickliffe; Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali, Kendra Cocksedge; Toka Natua, Fiao'o Faamausili (capt), Aldora Itunu; Eloise Blackwell, Rebecca Wood; Charmaine Smith, Sarah Goss, Aroha Savage
Replacements: Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate, Sosoli Talawadua, Aotearoa Mata'u, Lesley Ketu, Charmaine McMenamin, Theresa Fitzpatrick, Carla Hohepa, Kristina Sue
Referee: Ian Tempest (RFU)
An election leaflet for David Simpson claims that he "visited British troops on the frontline of Afghanistan".
The former Upper Bann MP was due to visit in 2010 but was prevented from going to the war-torn country because he was too big to fit in a flak jacket.
As a result, the Army prevented him from travelling.
A DUP spokesman said Mr Simpson had "witnessed the bravery of our soldiers in Iraq", rather than Afghanistan, and the claim on the election leaflet was due to a "printing error".
Mr Simpson was due to be accompanied on the 2010 Afghanistan trip to visit soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment and Irish Guards by the former Ulster Unionist peer Lord Maginnis but he was also unable to fit into an armoured jacket.
At the time, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said: "Nobody is allowed to board an aircraft to Afghanistan without correctly fitting body armour.
"The MoD provides a whole range of sizes, but regrettably none was suitable on this occasion.
"We recognise the importance of MPs visiting Afghanistan, but this trip has been postponed while we try to source sufficiently-sized body armour."
He gained a reputation as a persistent, often waspish, interrogator whose withering putdowns became a feature of his time in Parliament.
A practising Jew, he was best known for his fierce opposition to the policies of the Israeli government and its treatment of the Palestinians.
Possessed of a sardonic wit, he was a prolific writer and columnist who also wrote satirical sketches for the BBC, an organisation that he later frequently criticised.
Gerald Bernard Kaufman was born in Leeds on 21 June 1930, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants.
A scholarship took him to the fee-paying Leeds Grammar School, and he won an Exhibition to Queens College, Oxford, from where he graduated with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics.
While at Oxford he immersed himself in politics and, as the secretary of the University Labour Club, he was instrumental in preventing a student named Rupert Murdoch from standing for office, after the Australian was found to be breaking the rules by canvassing for the position.
On leaving university he set out to find a parliamentary seat. After a brief spell as assistant secretary of the Fabian Society, he was selected to fight Bromley in the 1955 general election. He was roundly defeated by the Conservative candidate, the future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
Four years later he failed at Gillingham, another safe Conservative seat where the Labour vote actually fell.
He had secured a job on the Daily Mirror, where he often wrote leaders. In 1964 he moved to the New Statesman for a short time before working for the Labour Party as a press officer, in which post he became a member of one of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's so-called "kitchen cabinet".
It was while visiting his mother in Leeds in November 1962 that he saw the first episode of the BBC's satirical programme That Was the Week That Was. Back in his Daily Mirror office, he phoned the producer, Ned Sherrin, and told him he had an idea for a sketch.
"He had no idea who I was," Kaufman later recalled, "but he said, 'Write it and I'll send a taxi in the morning to pick it up.'"
It led to Kaufman becoming a regular contributor to the show, best known for his Silent Men of Westminster, a satire on MPs who never spoke in the House.
Labour lost the 1970 general election, but Kaufman finally got into Parliament as the member for Manchester Ardwick. When Labour returned to power in 1974 he held junior ministerial posts in the Department of the Environment and the Department of Industry.
He became shadow environment secretary in 1980 and, three years later when his Ardwick seat disappeared in boundary changes, he moved to Manchester Gorton, becoming shadow home secretary after Margaret Thatcher won the 1983 election.
Kaufman was scathing about Labour's move to the left. He accused Tony Benn of nearly destroying the party when he stood as deputy leader in 1981. He later said he would have quit Parliament had Benn been successful.
He was equally critical of Michael Foot's leadership and famously described Labour's 1983 manifesto, which advocated, among other things, unilateral nuclear disarmament and renationalisation of recently privatised industries, as "the longest suicide note in history".
After a term as shadow foreign secretary, he returned to the back benches in 1992 and became chairman of the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport.
There he was able to indulge in a series of attacks on what he called cultural elitism. His savaging of Mary Allen, then chief executive of the Royal Opera House, over her failure to account for spiralling costs, saw her resign her position.
The satirical TV puppet show, Spitting Image, lampooned Kaufman as the serial killer Hannibal Lecter, from The Silence of the Lambs.
He became notable for harsh criticism of BBC management and called for the BBC to be privatised, claiming that the corporation could be funded by big business.
He also castigated the BBC over its apology for the obscene calls made by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to the actor Andrew Sachs, saying that it was "not enough".
Kaufman's most vocal attacks were reserved for Israel and its policies towards the Palestinians. A member of the Jewish Labour Movement, he called for economic sanctions against Israel and a ban on sales of arms.
In 2002 he broke a longstanding pledge never to visit Israel when he went there to make a BBC documentary called The End of An Affair, which charted his early infatuation with the Jewish state as a young student and how he later became disillusioned.
He launched a bitter attack on the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon. "It is time to remind Sharon," he said, "that the Star of David belongs to all Jews, not to his repulsive government."
He often compared Israel's treatment of the Palestinians with South African apartheid and, described Israel's use of white phosphorus flares in the 2009 offensive in Gaza as "war crimes".
"I long ago gave up hope for the Israelis participating in a negotiated solution," he said in 2014.
Kaufman himself came under fire when the Daily Telegraph published its investigation into MPs' expenses in 2009. It emerged he had claimed more than £115,000 for work on his London flat and spent £8,000 on a large-screen TV and another £1,500 on a luxury rug.
Following the general election of May 2015, he became Father of the House, a title bestowed on the sitting MP who is not a minister who has the longest unbroken period of service in the House of Commons.
A prolific author, he wrote a number of books on the art and practice of politics.
Kaufman was not a clubbable man and not one to suffer fools either gladly or quietly, something that did not endear him to many of his parliamentary colleagues.
That, along with Labour's almost two decades of opposition, may well explain why a politician with undoubted intellect, and one of the pioneers of the New Labour project, never served in the cabinet of a Labour government.
Gerald Kaufman was knighted in 2004.
Fewer than one in ten adults in England and Wales now take drugs, according to the Home Office, but drug-related deaths have risen sharply.
The strategy will target psychoactive substances, performance-enhancing drugs and the misuse of prescribed medicines.
Drugs charities praised the strategy's focus on recovery, but raised concerns that budget cuts could affect delivery.
The strategy applies across England, with some elements spreading to Wales and Scotland.
New psychoactive substances (NPS), formerly known as legal highs, mimic the effects of other drugs, such as cannabis.
Last year, laws were introduced to criminalise the production, distribution, sale and supply of them, but they continue to fall into the hands of users.
Chemsex - using drugs as part of sexual activity - often involves crystal methamphetamine, GHB/GBL and mephedrone.
Government studies show the practice increases health risks, both mentally and physically, including aiding the spread of blood-borne infections and viruses.
It comes as the number of drug deaths in England and Wales increased by 10.3% to 2,479 in 2015, following rises of 14.9% in 2014 and 19.6% in 2013.
Home Office statistics show the number of adults aged between 16 and 59 who take drugs is at now at 8% - a 2.5% drop from 10 years ago.
In December 2010, with Home Office priorities centred on police reform and immigration, the last government drug strategy felt like a box-ticking exercise. Just 25 pages long, it contained little detail or original thinking and just one paragraph on the problem that was later to engulf prisons, legal highs.
The theme of the last strategy was supporting people to live a "drug-free life". It emphasised the need for "abstinence" and said too many users were reliant on drug-substitute treatments such as methadone.
The 2017 strategy makes no mention of abstinence or limiting methadone use, but it sets more demanding and wide-ranging measurements of treatment success.
At double the length of the previous document, there is a sense that the Home Office is more focused on the issue than before, prompted perhaps by the recent rise in drug deaths and the need to prevent a new generation of drug users sparking a fresh crime-wave.
The strategy includes:
Home Secretary Amber Rudd, who will chair a new cross-government drug strategy board, said she was "determined to confront the scale of this issue".
The chief executive of the drug treatment campaign Collective Voice, Paul Hayes, welcomed the fact that recovery was being put "at the heart" of the government's response.
While also welcoming the shift in the government's focus, Harry Shapiro, director of online advice service DrugWise, said he was concerned about a lack of funding.
"It has shifted from the 2010 strategy [when] there was an emphasis that recovery from addiction was just about abstinence," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"Anyone working in the sector knew that that wasn't the case, because if you are going to recover, you have got to have something to recover to.
"The government has recognised that more needs to be done in that area, but it all has to be delivered at a local level and local authorities are struggling with budgets, drug services are suffering from cuts."
Ron Hogg, the Police and Crime and Victims Commissioner in County Durham, said he agreed with a focus on helping users recover, but said it was "shameful" the strategy did not look into decriminalising drugs.
He said that in Portugal - where drugs were decriminalised 12 years ago - drug use, drug-related deaths and the number of people injecting had all fallen.
Home Office Minister Sarah Newton said she had looked at arguments for decriminalisation, but added: "When you look at all the other available evidence, we just don't agree."
The National Police Chiefs' Council's lead for drugs, Commander Simon Bray said police "will play our part" in delivering the plan.
The women - some of whom were said to be older with medical conditions - were attending the world premiere of Cate Blanchett's new film Carol.
Screen Daily said the festival had confirmed heels were obligatory for women at red carpet screenings.
However the director of the festival said the "rumours" were "unfounded".
Thierry Fremaux tweeted: "For the stairs, the regulations have not changed: 'No smoking, formal wear'. There is no mention of heels."
A note about dress codes on the festival's website appears to reinforce his point. It says "black tie /evening dress is required for gala screenings" - with no guidance on heel height.
Screen Daily first reported the story, after a "Cannes regular" told them how a woman wearing Rhinestone-encrusted flat shoes was denied entry.
The unnamed source said: "Someone I know was turned away for wearing nice flats, nothing you would wear to the beach. They were in their 50s. They told her she could go and buy appropriate shoes and come back."
Asif Kapadia, whose Amy Winehouse documentary screened at the festival last weekend, also tweeted that his wife had been challenged over wearing flat shoes, although she was eventually allowed in.
A spokesperson for the festival confirmed to the BBC on email: "Rules have not changed throughout the years (tuxedo, formal dress for gala screenings) and there is no specific mention about the height of the women's heels as well as for men's."
She added that hosts and hostesses were reminded of the rules.
The story provoked widespread outrage on Twitter, where the head of film at the SXSW festival, Janet Pierson, tweeted a link to the story with the words: "Why I don't go to Cannes".
British writer Caitlin Moran tweeted: "Utterly extraordinary it's reported that women - including those with disabilities - are being TURNED AWAY at Cannes for not wearing heels."
Buzzfeed's film critic Alison Willmore said actress Emily Blunt had been asked about the story at a press conference while promoting her own film, Sicario, at Cannes.
"I think everyone should wear flats," the Devil Wears Prada star said, according to Willmore..
Todd Haynes' film Carol, which is screening in competition, stars Blanchett and Rooney Mara and is about an illicit lesbian romance in 1950s New York
The festival said it had made efforts to address the gender imbalance between male and female directors this year, despite only two female directors being in competition.
They selected French director Emmanuelle Bercot's drama La Tete Haute (Standing Tall) to open the festival and organisers hosted a UN conference into equality on the red carpet.
Director Agnes Varda, who made her name during the French New Wave of the 1960s, will also become the first woman to receive an honorary Palme d'Or.
The Times arts correspondent Jack Malvern tweeted: "So much for the year of women."
Irish Times journalist Laura Slattery tweeted: "But Cannes, flat shoes are in fashion this year... Well, they definitely are now."
Colin Blake befriended widower Frank Willett in Kirby Hill, North Yorkshire, and took control of his finances.
Leeds Crown Court heard Blake sold Mr Willett's house after he moved to a care home and £85,000 of the money went into his business and land in France.
Blake, 60, of Parthenay, France, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft.
In 2000, Blake moved in next door to the 78-year-old ex-serviceman in Hill View, with Mr Willett relying on Blake and his wife Sally to help with doctors' visits and shopping.
Jo Shepherd, prosecuting, told the court Mr Willett was "confused and struggling to cope" and his immediate family was initially happy with the arrangement as they lived 330 miles away.
After two years of being neighbours, Blake became Mr Willett's main carer and took him to solicitors for a will to be drawn up making him "principal beneficiary", the court heard.
The prosecution said "Mr Blake had custody of Mr Willett's cheque book" and a lasting power of attorney was drawn up, giving him full control of Mr Willett's financial affairs.
In 2004, Mr Willetts was moved to a care home in Boroughbridge and Blake sold his home for £145,000, with war medals, photos and his late-wife's wedding ring disposed of or sold off, the court heard.
The court was told £15,000 was placed into the account of Blake's building firm, with £70,000 later invested in land in France.
In an impact statement, Mr Willett's daughter Leslie said Blake "cynically preyed on his confusion and vulnerability" before Mr Willett's death in 2009.
Mr Willett, who served in Normandy during World War II, had the last six years of his life "hijacked", the court heard.
Nick Johnson QC, defending, accepted the case showed a "high breach of trust", but his client had initially provided daily care for Mr Willett and became "like a son" to him.
Judge James Spencer QC, sentencing Blake, said: "I'm quite sure that you took advantage of his dependence as he deteriorated and you abused that level of trust.
"You helped yourself to his money to prop up your business, then when the house was sold you helped yourself to a considerable portion of the sale."
A proceeds of crime hearing was now due to take place, the court heard.
The crash happened on the A6, close to the entrance of Gulliver's Kingdom, in Matlock Bath at 17:20 BST on Saturday.
One cyclist died from serious injuries at the scene. Police could not confirm the severity of the second biker's injuries.
Derbyshire Police has asked anyone with information about the crash to contact the force.
The Italian will have the final say on selection while working alongside Alan Curtis - who had been placed in interim charge - until the end of the season.
Swansea, who sacked Garry Monk last month, are 18th in the Premier League.
Guidolin, 60, was at the Liberty Stadium for Monday's game with Watford but a club statement said he would only have a "watching brief".
"At the moment it's not a good situation for the club, but we have a good team," Guidolin told the club's website.
"In Italy, I helped my team finish in a good position in the table, and that's what I hope to achieve here at Swansea.
"At the moment everything is new to me, so I need three or four days to talk to the staff and players. After that, I will have a precise idea of things.
"Alan Curtis is a legend at Swansea, and this is important for me. He knows everything about the club."
Former Chelsea midfielder Gabriele Ambrosetti has joined Swansea's staff as coach following Guidolin's arrival.
The south Wales club placed Curtis in caretaker charge after Monk's departure and then announced on 7 January that the 61-year-old would continue as interim boss until the end of the season.
But after the 4-2 home loss to relegation rivals Sunderland, Curtis said he would be willing to step aside if the club found a new boss before the end of the campaign.
Guidolin has managed several clubs in Italy dating back to the late 1980s, including Palermo and Parma, as well as French league side Monaco.
He took charge of Serie A side Udinese over two spells, first in the late 1990s and then a stint from 2010 to 2014.
Udinese finished third in Serie A under Guidolin in 2012, equalling the club's best season in the Italian top flight.
He also achieved promotions with Parma, Palermo and Vicenza, and led the latter to an unlikely victory in the Coppa Italia in 1997.
Swans chairman Huw Jenkins travelled to South America in December to step up his search for Monk's successor, with Marcelo Bielsa the bookmakers' favourite for the role.
After the appointment of Guidolin, Jenkins said: "His experience and knowledge will be a huge asset to the club.
"He has an excellent record, especially with Udinese over the last few years. He created an Udinese side from a relatively small budget - compared to the rest of the league - that competed with the big teams in Serie A.
"He instilled a belief and motivation to compete and beat the best Italy had to offer. It is similar to what this football club is trying to do in the Premier League."
Swansea host Watford in the Premier League on Monday, before travelling to Everton on Sunday 24 January.
Having been knocked out of the FA Cup by League Two Oxford, Swansea do not have a fixture over the final weekend of January.
They then travel to West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday 2 February before back-to-back home games against Crystal Palace and Southampton.
The spelling errors, incorrect postcode and email address were spotted on the advert outside Shenfield railway station by Essex blogger Martin Ives.
Craig Marston, who took out the advert, said: "Surely somewhere down the line someone should have spotted that."
Colchester-based UK Media, which produced the advertisement, apologised for the mistakes and is investigating.
"We send the adverts out to client to sign off as accurate and true, so proofreading is a mixture of clients and us. But the fault lies with us, there's no doubt about it," said UK Media's contract manager Mike Allcock.
"I'm still trying to establish how this occurred."
Mr Marston said he was unaware of the mistakes in the ad, which has been on display for two years, before being contacted by the BBC.
He admitted he had not proofread the finished advertisement as he had asked the firm to copy a flyer which he said was free from errors.
"I put my whole year's ad budget into this. I'm stumped by how I gave them a flyer, and all they had to do was copy like for like," Mr Marston said.
"My six year old son could do it. I don't know why a big media firm can't."
The former Kilmarnock manager is in charge of Derry City, who compete in a February-October calendar in Ireland.
Rivals Dundalk came within one tie of the Champions League group stage before competing in the Europa League.
"There's only one negative with the summer season, the pre-season training is done in very wet conditions, that's the only one I have," said Shiels.
"The summer league certainly suits our style of play.
"With the exception of Celtic, who play a great brand of football, the other clubs, the Aberdeens and these teams, need to start playing with more innovation and then summer football I'd say is better for that type of game.
"It'll encourage coaches to put a brand there that's entertaining.
"We have to be mindful that the game was created for local villages to bring entertainment to the parish, to the community."
Shiels led Derry into Europe in his first season in charge and they will take their place in the Europa League qualifiers in June, when they will be midway through their domestic campaign.
Scottish clubs other than Celtic have struggled to make an impression in Europe in recent years.
Since 2011, Celtic are the only Scottish side to have competed in the group stage of either the Champions League or Europa League.
And Shiels said: "If there's good surfaces, which there will be [in summer], it will encourage entertainment and what's the point in having a full house if we're discouraging entertainment?
"Entertainment is at the top of our priority so it will enhance that and the chances of doing better in Europe."
Shiels parted company with Kilmarnock in 2013 having led them to the first League Cup in the club's history the year before.
The Northern Irishman, who was initially brought to Rugby Park as Mixu Paatelainen's assistant, was asked what he has made of the club since he left.
After a pause, he said: "Difficult. When I took the job, I said to my chairman, 'look, if I'm sacked, can you please give the job to someone who will continue to give the club an identity?'
"Kilmarnock are never going to win the league. Unless they turn into a Leicester City, their best hope is to win a knock-out tournament.
"Kilmarnock is a town that has had a lot of problems, losing a lot of their industry, so it's quite impoverished and the people of the town - which a football club is for - deserve an entertaining product.
"I explained all this and I said that, when I'm leaving, it's important that you bring in someone who is like me, who is going to develop young players and is going to give them identity back.
"How you win is so important to a club the size of Kilmarnock and I'm disappointed in that aspect."
Shiels was replaced at the Rugby Park helm with Allan Johnston, who - thanks primarily to the goals of Kris Boyd, prevented the club being relegated from the top flight.
"They didn't go for that type of manager," Shiels suggested. "I wish they'd have gone for someone who would go and play.
"Allan Johnston took over and, to be fair, Allan did his best, but I think it was the wrong type of manager at that time and I like Allan - it's not anything against Allan the person.
"But they needed someone in there who had a proven track record and having a football philosophy to entertain.
"They all need it and they all need to start getting their act together and entertain first and foremost. The results will then take care of themselves.
"Scottish footballers are technical, they're skilful. Over my lifetime, you go through all the players that have represented Scotland, they were right up there. Billy Bremner, Charlie Cook, you could go on and on."
Shiels could soon be facing Scottish sides again with the introduction of League of Ireland clubs to the Irn-Bru Challenge Cup from next season.
Sligo Rovers and Bray Wanderers, who finished fourth and fifth respectively last year, will join teams from Northern Ireland and Wales in the competition from next season after the latter two nations entered this term.
And Shiels believes sides across the Irish Sea could cause problems to sides in the Scottish top flight, let alone those competing in the Challenge Cup.
"It's good as long as they are good teams going in," Shiels added.
"Sligo play decent football and it'll be interesting to see how it goes because this is full-time in every sense. It's a very professional league.
"The Scottish Premiership is a better standard, but there's teams in the League of Ireland - and we're one of them - that could beat top clubs in Scotland.
"Maybe that's a bit audacious of me, but there are teams in our league that could do that.
"Over the piece, the Scottish Premiership, I have to be honest and say, is probably above the League of Ireland.
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Safer Wales' StreetLife project has been operating in Cardiff since 2007 and has transformed the lives of many women trapped in prostitution.
It also encourages women to report cases of violence and abuse, which has led to "hundreds of prosecutions".
Saturday's launch coincides with International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
It highlights the risks sex workers are exposed to every time they take a job.
"We should be focusing our attention on the plight these women are facing and finding ways to support and protect them, not alienating them even further from society," said Bernie Bowen-Thomson, co-chief executive of Safer Wales.
StreetLife works with local authorities, the NHS and other partners. Its van goes out with volunteers a few times a week and offers women support, advice and access to services.
They also run a scheme called Ugly Mugs, where women can report violence. Perpetrators are either described in detail or drawn into an e-fit and compiled for other women to be made aware of them.
The project has been running successfully in Cardiff and is now launching in Swansea, where the charity said there were a growing number of sex workers "who are desperately in need of support," and are often struggling with mental and physical illness.
Ms Bowen-Thomson said: "We want to help more women and we are currently looking at rolling the project out across other big cities in Wales.
"But without more awareness and understanding of the real route of the problem - sexual exploitation at the hands of others - we won't be able to raise the funds and the volunteers we need."
The 30-year-old, who has an English grandmother, joins another New Zealand-born back, Bristol's Jason Woodward, in attending the Brighton camp.
Also invited are prop Jamal Ford-Robinson and Worcester's Nick Schonert, Jack Singleton and Will Spencer.
No players involved in the Premiership play-offs will travel to Brighton.
Players from Northampton, who have a European Champions Cup play-off to focus on, will also skip the camp.
England face the Barbarians on 28 May before playing two Tests against Argentina next month.
England boss Jones named 15 uncapped players in his 31-man squad for the Argentina tour, including Sale Shark's New Zealand-born cross-code convert Denny Solomona and identical teenage twins Ben and Tom Curry, who will all attend the camp in Brighton.
Forwards: Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks), Rob Buchanan (Harlequins), Will Collier (Harlequins), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Ellis (Bath Rugby), Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby), Jamal Ford-Robinson (Bristol) , Ross Harrison (Sale Sharks), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Nick Schonert (Worcester Warriors), Jack Singleton (Worcester Warriors), Will Spencer (Worcester Warriors), Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons).
Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Danny Care (Harlequins), George Ford (Bath Rugby), Mike Haley (Sale Sharks), Willi Heinz (Gloucester), Sam James (Sale Sharks), Joe Marchant (Harlequins), Jonny May (Gloucester), Ryan Mills (Worcester Warriors), Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks), Jason Woodward (Bristol Rugby), Marland Yarde (Harlequins)
The Imitation Game, Boyhood and American Sniper also have multiple nominations.
There was good news for British actors as Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, Rosamund Pike, Felicity Jones and Keira Knightley are all nominated.
Up against Cumberbatch and Redmayne for best actor are Steve Carell, Bradley Cooper and Michael Keaton.
Cumberbatch, who plays codebreaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, said he was "knocked for six" by the nomination.
"So excited and honoured to receive this recognition," he said.
"It's wonderful to be included by the Academy in this exceptional year of performances. To ring my parents, who are both actors, and tell them that their only son has been nominated for an Oscar is one of the proudest moments of my life."
Fresh his Golden Globe win on Sunday, Eddie Redmayne, again nominated for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, told the BBC how he heard the news in Los Angeles.
"It's the crack of dawn and I've gone from being in a deep dark sleep to hearing this news. I can't quite articulate what I'm feeling but I feel pretty good".
He played down any rivalry with his "old friend" Benedict Cumberbatch, calling him a "lovely, wondrous, human being".
"We've been texting this morning and there have been a lot of exclamation marks of euphoria so there's definitely no competition there," he said.
Redmayne revealed he would stay up to watch the Oscars as a child but would "never ever dream I'd get to go. Frankly being invited to the party is an extraordinary thing".
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Academy Award nominations each for Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel
19 nominations for Meryl Streep, more than any other actor or actress in history
3 consecutive acting nominations for Bradley Cooper
2 actors who have played the Hulk, Mark Ruffalo and Ed Norton, are up for best supporting actor
Oscars 2015: in-depth
It is Bradley Cooper's third consecutive Oscar nomination in the best actor shortlist, this year for his role in Clint Eastwood's military biopic American Sniper.
He is the first actor to achieve this feat since Russell Crowe was nominated for The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind at the start of the century. He won for Gladiator in 2001.
Meryl Streep is nominated for her 19th acting Oscar, breaking her own Academy Awards record. She is up for best supporting actress for Into the Woods alongside Knightley, Patricia Arquette, Laura Dern and Emma Stone.
Nominated alongside Felicity Jones and Rosamund Pike in the best actress category are previous Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Marion Cotillard, alongside Julianne Moore, who recently won the Golden Globe for her role in Still Alice.
Those who missed out in the category included Jennifer Aniston, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Cake, and Amy Adams who won the Golden Globe for best actress in a musical or comedy for Big Eyes.
Speaking immediately after the announcement, Felicity Jones, nominated for her role as Stephen Hawking's first wife Jane in The Theory of Everything, admitted she was too nervous to watch the nominations live.
"It's so nerve-wracking I couldn't watch it", she told BBC 5 live. "I was just waiting and I got a phone call from my brother. He was very sweet, he just said: "you've done it, you've got it.
"I was just so excited. It's one of those things you never quite expect. It's just fantastic news".
The nominees in the main categories are:
Best film:
Best director:
Best actor:
Best actress
Robert Duvall's nomination for best supporting actor in The Judge makes him the oldest Oscar nominee in this category. At 84, he is two years older than the previous oldest nominee, Hal Holbrook, who was up for Into the Wild in 2008. The oldest winner in this category is Christopher Plummer, who was 82 when he picked up the Oscar for Beginners in 2012.
The Lego Movie was a surprise omission in the best animated film category, although its catchy theme song Everything is Awesome, by Tegan & Sara, is up for best song.
Also up for best song is Grateful written by Diane Warren and performed by British singer Rita Ora in Beyond the Lights, alongside John Legend, who won the Golden Globe for his song Glory from the film Selma.
Civil rights drama Selma's only other nomination comes in the best picture category.
The live action short category includes The Phone Call, by British director Mat Kirkby, in which Sally Hawkins plays a helpline call centre volunteer who counsels a mystery man.
The film was shot in 2013, a week after Hawkins finished filming Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine (for which she was nominated for the best supporting actress Oscar last year). Kirkby sold his car to pay for the film.
Also in the live action short category is Boogaloo and Graham, directed by Michael Lennox. Filmed entirely on location in Northern Ireland, the film is set in 1970s Belfast and follows two young boys who discover the facts of life, aided by the help of their pet chickens. The short also picked up a Bafta nomination last week.
The nominations were announced in Hollywood by Alfonso Cuaron, who won best director for Gravity last year, alongside actor Chris Pine, Star Wars director JJ Abrams and Oscars boss Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
Television and film actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the ceremony in Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on 22 February.
You can keep up to date with our live feed of the Oscar nominations and reactions as they happen.
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A counter at thepiratebay.se shows a countdown to the 1 February, which is this Sunday.
The website, which provided links to pirated content, was taken offline following a raid in Sweden in December.
Police officers seized servers in Stockholm after a complaint was filed by a group called the Rights Alliance, which targets internet crime.
The police operation took place in an area in Nacka, south-east of Stockholm, with the area's cold weather used as a natural cooling system for computer servers.
The site was taken down in 2006 after another raid by police but reappeared online three days later.
The Pirate Bay is one of the internet's most-visited websites, and the film, music and software industries blame it for losses running into billions of pounds.
Internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK were ordered by the High Court to block access to the site in 2012.
In October Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Warg was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for hacking into computers and illegally downloading files.
Another co-founder, 35-year-old Peter Sunde, was arrested in Sweden last year after two years on the run and was sentenced to eight months in prison for violating copyright laws.
Meanwhile a third co-founder, Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij (known to hackers as TiAMO), was arrested while trying to cross into Thailand from Laos in November.
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Sykes had won Saturday's first race and made it two from two after heading home Kawasaki team-mate Rea by just over two seconds in race two on Sunday.
Current world champion Rea, third on Saturday, pushed Sykes all the way but could not force a passing move.
Northern Ireland's Rea leads Sykes by 56 points in the 2016 title standings.
Ducati rider Chaz Davies from Wales made it a British clean sweep of the race two podium, but he drops to third in the overall championship points table.
Fourth went to the Ioda Racing Aprilia of Lorenzo Savadori from Leon Camier on the MV Augusta and Honda's Nicky Hayden.
Davide Giugliano, who was second in race one, finished seventh on the Aruba.it Racing Ducati ahead of Honda rider Michael van der Mark.
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Nearly half the population goes to the toilet in the open, and the prime minister has vowed to end the practice.
But even if toilets are available, women must pay to use them whereas men can urinate for free.
As part of the BBC's 100 Women season, on United Nations World Toilet Day, we spend a day with Mumtaz Shaikh, who is leading a 'right to pee' movement in Mumbai.
The party, called Project X, has attracted attention after a publicity poster was circulated, declaring "no one goes back home a virgin".
Film board head Ezekiel Mutua said the party was organised so people people could make pornographic films.
The organisers have now cancelled the event following the social media storm.
They blamed journalists for labelling it a sex party and called "some media houses... narrow minded", according to a statement quoted in several reports.
It adds that the party was supposed to be a place "where young adults can meet up, socialise and have a good time".
The raunchy publicity material showed half-naked women with the promise that it would be "one night to lose your mind".
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) said there had been a rise of young people being blackmailed after being filmed having sex.
At a press conference in the capital, Nairobi, Mr Mutua said the party had been cancelled following "immense public pressure" from "Kenyans of goodwill", police and politicians.
He called it a "decadent event" and said the "KFCB took up the matter after getting a tip-off that the party was to be used by unscrupulous business people to promote drugs, illicit sex and the making of pornographic films".
The police are investigating whether the organisers were breaking the law.
The planned party has led to Project X trending on Twitter in Kenya, with many social media users wondering what was wrong with the event, though there has also been some criticism.
Kenya's growing youthful population, and its exposure to a global youth culture through social media, is challenging some of the more traditional values in the country, the BBC's Ruth Nesoba in Nairobi says.
Project X takes its name from a 2012 Hollywood film that showed a group of teenagers organising a party which gets out of control.
Mitchell Bailey, 58, died at the crash scene - a roundabout at the junction of York Way and Old North Road in Royston - at 20:45 GMT on Wednesday.
Hertfordshire Police said the vehicle was turning right when "for reasons unknown" it lost control.
Officers said the four firefighters were left with minor injuries. Two were taken to hospital as a precaution.
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The house fire which the crew was on its way to was put out by another team, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said.
The county's chief fire officer, Roy Wilsher, said the crash was a "tragic incident".
"Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is working with the police to establish exactly what happened and why," he added.
The fire engine has been removed from the scene and is to be examined as part of the investigation, a Hertfordshire Police spokesman said.
Devon and Cornwall Police warned armed civilians should not tackle terrorists after the comments made by Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Alison Hernandez on a BBC phone-in in June.
The vote, held by the Police and Crime Panel, the body which scrutinises her, was defeated by eight to two.
Ms Hernandez apologised afterwards.
She said: "The reality is I do not believe in vigilantism. I apologise if anyone felt I had a different view".
The vote was proposed by Plymouth councillor Sam Davey, who described Ms Hernandez's original comments as 'ill-judged" and "rather silly".
A vote of no confidence in Ms Hernandez was passed by Plymouth City Council four days earlier.
She suffered a further blow at the meeting of the Police and Crime Panel on Friday when members refused to appoint her proposed deputy PCC, Mark Kingscote.
Police made a public appeal for help tracing the teenager after she was last seen at a youth club at the city's Wesley Methodist Church last Friday.
She was later seen getting off a train at Bournemouth at about 21:30, which led to the force working with the Dorset force.
Hampshire Constabulary said the girl was found "safe and well" in Dorset.
The France left-back, 33, has signed a two-year contract with the Italian champions, ending his eight-and-a-half-year stint at Old Trafford.
"Playing for Manchester United has been a privilege, a dream come true, and my time there has been so memorable," he said.
Evra joined United in January 2006 from Monaco for £5.5m and won five Premier League titles.
He signed a one-year extension to his contract in May but asked to leave when Juventus approached United over his availability.
Evra would have been competing for a starting berth next season against £27m signing Luke Shaw.
"After a great deal of thought I have decided the time is right for me to leave," Evra said.
"It is the biggest decision of my career as this club is, and will always remain, in my heart."
Evra made 379 appearances for United and as well as Premier League success, he helped the club win the Champions League in 2008, three League Cups and the Club World Cup.
He was part of the France squad at the 2014 Fifa World Cup squad in Brazil and played in four out of their five games, including the quarter-final defeat by Germany.
As he departed, Evra also thanked former manager Sir Alex Ferguson and the club's fans.
"An immense thank you to Sir Alex for making it all possible, for giving me the privilege to be a captain and to understand that nobody is bigger than the club," he said.
"My biggest thanks go to the fans. We have had some fantastic times together and every single time I stepped out in that shirt I knew I was playing for a very special club."
Juventus will pay an initial £1.2m for Evra, plus an extra £300,000 if they qualify for the Champions League in 2015-16.
Red Devils executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has told United fans to expect more signings over the next few weeks as new manager Louis van Gaal attempts to build a side capable of competing for the Premier League title.
Public transport has been shut down, but fewer people have demonstrated than during previous stoppages.
MPs are due to vote on the package of salary and pension cuts, and labour market reforms, on Wednesday.
Greece must back the measures, and the 2013 budget, to receive the next part of a bailout and avoid bankruptcy.
The latest strike, called by Greece's two biggest labour unions, representing half the four million-strong workforce, started at midnight.
Trains, ferries and some international flights have all been cancelled, schools closed, and hospitals reportedly open only for emergencies.
It's the third major walkout in two months as Greece tries to reduce its budget deficit in line with international demands.
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens says that with proposals for a fifth consecutive cut to pensions, an increase in the retirement age and reductions to salaries, benefits and healthcare, the fury among Greece's population is growing.
Anais Metaxopolou, a 65-year-old pensioner demonstrating outside the Greek parliament, said: "They should go to hell and beyond.
"They should ask me how I feel when I have to go to church to beg for food."
Police have been deployed outside the parliament building in Athens. Larger demonstrations are expected on Wednesday when Greek MPs vote on a package which ministers say should save a total of 13.5bn euros (£11bn; $17bn).
Approving the tough reforms and passing the 2013 budget are key to receiving a 31.5bn-euro instalment from the International Monetary Fund and European Union that has been on hold for months.
The government must meet a 5bn-euro debt repayment in mid-November and says it needs the bailout cash to avoid going bankrupt.
However, the Democratic Left Party, which is the junior member of the three-party governing coalition, is refusing to back the package.
The second biggest coalition party, the socialist Pasok, is also facing a rebellion by some MPs.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras hopes that even without the their support, he will have enough votes to get the austerity package through on Wednesday, and the budget on Sunday.
He has tried to reassure the public, who have endured repeated rounds of austerity and a five-year recession, that these would be "the last cuts in wages and pensions".
But Greeks have heard similar promises before, and Ilias Iliopoulos, head of public sector union ADEDY, said they had now had enough.
"We're calling on every lawmaker in parliament, without exception, and we're telling them that 100% of workers in the public sector are saying that they should not vote for these measures," he said.
The Australian says England can learn from New Zealand, who have won back-to-back World Cups under former Wales bosses Graham Henry and Steve Hansen.
"English coaches need to get that other bit of the game which is there in the southern hemisphere," he told PA Sport.
"It would cost money, but the RFU could do it," added Jones.
Jones has said that New Zealand "control the world" and "every bit of rugby", partly because of their success at sending up-and-coming coaches to Europe to provide them with a different perspective on the game.
The former Japan and Australia boss believes England would profit from a similar approach, but says the RFU would need to be willing to invest.
"The only way a Super Rugby side is going to take them is [for the RFU] to pay for their salary," he explained.
"Steve Hansen and Graham Henry had stints in Wales where they rounded off their coaching experience, and it's no coincidence that New Zealand have become a better all-round team because of that.
"They take the good parts of the game up here - the expertise in the set-piece - and take it back to the southern hemisphere."
Super Rugby is the leading club rugby union competition in the southern hemisphere, with teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and Argentina taking part.
More than 120,000 flashes of lightning were recorded over northern France and south-east England in just 12 hours.
Between 18:00 BST on Sunday and 06:00 there were up to 500 flashes a minute.
A house in Staplehurst, Kent, was hit by lightning just after 02:00, which exploded cables and set the roof on fire.
In Folkestone, also Kent, another house was struck causing a power surge and total electrical failure to the home.
People who witnessed the dramatic conditions took to social media to share their thoughts.
Paul Bunyard tweeted: "Fantastic show of force from mother nature last night in Kent."
Emma Carwardine tweeted: "Well they wasn't lying about it being an intense storm for Kent... I mean I have seen worse in America but this is just... crazy."
And Joanna Wyld tweeted: "This is the most dramatic storm I've ever experienced. Intensity level just shifted from Jurassic Park to apocalyptic".
The balcony collapsed on 16 June, 2015, killing five Irish students and one Irish-American.
Seven other Irish students were critically injured.
A Californian district attorney decided last year not to bring any criminal charges in relation to the incident.
The students who lost their lives were 21-year-olds Eoghan Culligan, Eimear Walsh, Niccolai Schuster, Olivia Burke, Lorcán Miller and Ashley Donohoe, a 22-year-old Irish American.
The group were celebrating a 21st birthday at the time of the balcony collapse.
The families of the victims as well as the seven injured people had brought legal actions against dozens of companies involved in the construction, management and maintenance of the Library Gardens apartment complex.
They have reached a settlement with some of the companies involved in the construction phase, but legal action will continue against the remaining firms.
The money paid out will remain confidential.
In a statement, the Donohoe family said they would continue to push for changes to the laws so that a similar event could not occur again.
Eustace de St Phalle, the family's lawyer, said that the "amounts paid will never restore health or lives of the students but the payments reflect an effort to maximally compensate the victims within the means of the wrongdoers".
Eoin Doyle headed Pompey into a first-half lead before Kyle Bennett, Danny Rose and Michael Doyle added further goals in the second period.
Colchester goalkeeper Sam Walker denied Kai Naismith and Enda Stevens early on, before George Elokobi nodded U's team-mate Matt Briggs' attempted clearance away from near his own goal-line.
But Portsmouth took a 22nd-minute lead through Eoin Doyle, who dived to head home from close range following Naismith's delivery.
The goalscorer ballooned over just before half-time but Portsmouth did go 2-0 up with the second half just 37 seconds old when Bennett converted Naismith's pass from close range, after Colchester had failed to clear their lines.
Stevens' deflected left-foot effort whistled inches wide of the far post before Pompey went further ahead on the hour when Rose scored at the second attempt after Walker had saved his initial effort, following Eoin Doyle's through ball.
And it was 4-0 with 17 minutes remaining when Michael Doyle converted after Walker had saved Naismith's effort following a devastating counter-attack.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Colchester United 0, Portsmouth 4.
Second Half ends, Colchester United 0, Portsmouth 4.
Attempt missed. Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Matthew Briggs (Colchester United).
Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Enda Stevens.
Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Enda Stevens (Portsmouth).
Attempt saved. Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Eoin Doyle.
Foul by Chris Porter (Colchester United).
Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Danny Rose (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Gary Roberts replaces Kyle Bennett.
Attempt missed. Tom Lapslie (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Sean Murray (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Noel Hunt (Portsmouth).
Substitution, Portsmouth. Noel Hunt replaces Kal Naismith.
Goal! Colchester United 0, Portsmouth 4. Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
Attempt saved. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Gareth Evans.
Attempt missed. Macauley Bonne (Colchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Colchester United. Macauley Bonne replaces Owen Garvan.
Substitution, Colchester United. Kane Vincent-Young replaces Drey Wright.
Attempt saved. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Brennan Dickenson.
Attempt blocked. Carl Baker (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Cameron James (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Cameron James (Colchester United).
Goal! Colchester United 0, Portsmouth 3. Danny Rose (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Foul by Chris Porter (Colchester United).
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Tom Lapslie.
Attempt blocked. Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Drey Wright (Colchester United).
Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Sean Murray (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Drey Wright (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
She died on Monday in hospital after suffering a stroke last month, Italian news agency Ansa reported.
Magda Olivero made her debut in the 1930s but stopped performing after getting married in 1941.
She was coaxed back on to the stage 10 years later and enjoyed renewed stardom in Europe and the US.
She was still performing in public at the age of 99.
La Scala opera house in Milan - where she made her earliest performances - asked the public to hold a moment of silence before a performance on Monday.
The opera house described her voice as charismatic, her acting as formidable and her intelligence as "ready and cutting until the end".
Italian daily La Repubblica said even in March 2010 when she performed at the Palazzo Cusani in Milan her voice was still "grandiose".
The New York Times described Olivero as a soprano who "for decades whipped audiences around the world into a frenzy of adulation that was operatic even by operatic standards - despite the fact that by her own ready admission she did not possess an especially lovely voice".
It said that over the years bootleg recordings of her voice "passed from hand to covert hand among her legions of acolytes".
"At live performances, she took the stage to screams of ecstasy and left it to thundering ovations," the paper said.
Her signature roles included title parts in Puccini's Tosca, Umberto Giordano's Fedora and Luigi Cherubini's Medea.
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said it would be "a real challenge to keep people safe" if front-line officers are reduced.
The Met believes it will face cuts of up to £1bn when a spending review looking at funding levels beyond 2015/16 is announced on 25 November.
The Home Office said forces would still have the resources to do their work.
London mayor Boris Johnson said policing in the capital would not see cuts "anything like the order" of those suggested by Britain's most senior officer.
He said while Mr Hogan-Howe's comments were "sensible", he did not think the cuts will be so severe.
Mike Penning, minister for policing, crime, criminal justice and victims, said no final decisions had been made.
However, he said how officers were deployed was what was important, "not how many of them there are in total."
But, Sir Bernard said as London was expected to grow by one million people over the next 10 to 15 years, cuts would make the police's job much more difficult.
"We are going to see less visibility, we will see less patrolling, and we'll be slower to respond because there will be fewer of us", he said.
Mr Johnson said he had kept police numbers high during his eight-year tenure despite cuts across the country.
"It is up to us to make the case for London and that's what we are going to do in the course of the next few weeks.
"But the case has always been very strong, which is that London's population is growing," he added.
Stephen Greenhalgh, deputy mayor for policing and crime in London, said he was "extremely concerned" by the potential cuts that he said he would fight "tooth and nail".
He blamed the formula used to calculate how policing budgets are allocated across the country, describing it as "ill-conceived and poorly thought through".
However, some groups believe savings could be made by reducing frontline officers because new types of crime had meant policing had changed.
Andrew Haldenby, director of the think tank Reform, said forces required a better mix of employees with fewer "traditional police officers".
"We need more different kinds of police employees, for example doing cyber crime and domestic violence," he said.
Relegated Dundee United return to the second tier for the first time in 20 years with a slimmed-down and rebuilt squad assembled by new boss Ray McKinnon.
Despite predictions of financial hardship at Tannadice, United still managed to pay out for the services of defender Lewis Toshney from McKinnon's former club, Raith Rovers, no doubt helped by the fact that 19 players and their wages exited along with manager Mixu Paatelainen.
The new incumbent over at Easter Road, Neil Lennon, has so far merely tinkered with the squad inherited from Alan Stubbs that won the Scottish Cup but missed out on promotion through the play-offs.
Having lost out in the play-off final last season, Falkirk are the most likely challengers to United and Hibs for the title and paying a fee to Queen of the South for defender Lewis Kidd is perhaps an indication of their continued ambition.
However, they sold talented Will Vaulks to Rotherham United and much-lauded fellow midfielder Blair Alston left on a free transfer, joining St Johnstone along with defender Keith Watson from St Mirren, the pair being a rarity this summer - being players who have made the step up from last season's Championship to the Premiership.
Last season: 2nd Scottish League One
Manager: Ian McCall
Ayr-supporting midfield talisman Ryan Stevenson surprisingly left for Championship rivals Dumbarton, but the midfielder has been replaced with the younger Paul Cairney, who helped Stranraer challenge the Honest Men for promotion.
Verdict: 9th. Ian McCall knew he had to strengthen a side that only managed to win promotion via the play-offs. The quality of the opposition means he will need all his experience of managing at this level to steer the Honest Men clear of relegation.
In: Daryll Meggatt, defender (Dundee); Michael Rose, defender (Aberdeen); Paul Cairney, midfielder (Stranraer); Jordan Hart, goalkeeper (Annan Athletic). Loan: Jamie Thomas, forward (Burnley); Craig Moore, forward (Motherwell); Kevin Nisbet, forward (Partick Thistle).
Out: Ryan Stevenson, midfielder (Dumbarton); Alan Trouten, midfielder (Brechin City); Andy Graham, defender (Alloa Athletic); Gerry McLauchlan, defender (Cowdenbeath); Kieran Wood, defender (Cumnock); Craig McCracken, defender; Andrew Muir, defender; Adam Hodge, defender; Shaun Newman, goalkeeper.
Last season: 8th
Manager: Stevie Aitken
Ryan Stevenson adds his experience to the Sons' midfield as manager Stevie Aitken battles against the odds to assemble a squad capable of competing with full-time rivals.
Verdict: 10th. Stevie Aitken has looked to recruit the best of part-time talent from the leagues below but is still likely to find himself fighting another battle to avoid the drop.
In: David Smith, midfielder (Falkirk); Ryan Stevenson, midfielder (Ayr United); Andy Stirling, midfielder (Stranraer); Craig Pettigrew, defender (Stranraer); Robert Thomson, forward (Brechin City); Josh Todd, midfielder (Annan Athletic). Loan: Daniel Harvie, defender (Aberdeen); Sam Stanton, midfielder (Hibernian).
Out: Steven Saunders, defender (The New Saints); Jon Routledge, midfielder (The New Saints); Kevin Cawley, forward (Alloa Athletic); Scott Taggart, defender (Alloa Athletic); Jordan Kirkpatrick, midfielder (Alloa Athletic); Christian Nade, forward (Stranraer); Mikey Hopkins, defender (Burnbrae); Paul Heffernan, forward. Loan ended: Tom Walsh, midfielder (Rangers); Calum Waters, defender (Celtic); Jamie Lindsay, midfielder (Celtic); Kler Heh, midfielder (Sheffield United). Loan: Ryan Clark, midfielder (Kilwinning Rangers).
Last season: 12th (relegated) Scottish Premiership
Manager: Ray McKinnon
New manager Ray McKinnon has concentrated on recruiting players with top-flight experience as he rebuilds a squad that has shed 19 players after relegation. Cammy Bell could be the most astute signing should the goalkeeper recapture the form that led to Scotland call-ups before injury and failing to recapture his place with Rangers.
Verdict: 2nd. Ray McKinnon appears to have not only recruited well but instilled a renewed belief in the players he inherited from Mixu Paatelainen and a close battle between themselves and Hibernian for the title appears likely.
In: Ray McKinnon, manager (Raith Rovers); Laurie Ellis, assistant manager (Raith Rovers); Willo Flood, midfielder (Aberdeen); Cammy Bell, goalkeeper (Rangers); Tope Obadeyi, forward (Kilmarnock); Frank van der Struijk, defender (Willem II); Wiliam Edjenguele, defender (Veria); Nick van der Velden, forward (Willem II); Stewart Murdoch, midfielder (Ross County); Lewis Toshney, defender (Raith Rovers, undisclosed). Loan:Tony Andreu, midfielder (Norwich City); Cammy Smith, forward (Aberdeen).
Out: Mixu Paatelainen, manager; Gordon Young, assistant manager; Paul Paton, midfielder (St Johnstone); Robbie Muirhead, forward (Heart of Midlothian); Callum Morris, defender (Aberdeen); Florent Sinama-Pongolle, forward (Chainat); Kieran Freeman, defender (Southampton, undisclosed); John Rankin, midfielder (Falkirk); Darko Bodul, forward (Amkar Perm); Euan Spark, defender (Dunfermline Athletic); Guy Demel, midfielder; Fiji Kawashima, goalkeeper; Ryan Dow, forward; Edward Ofere, forward; Gavin Gunning, defender; Michal Szromnik, goalkeeper; Joe McGovern, goalkeeper; Greig McNaughton, defender; Henri Anier, forward. Loan ended: Billy Mckay, forward (Wigan Athletic); Riku Riski, forward (Rosenborg); Kyle Knoyle, defender (West Ham United). Loan: Justin Johnstone, forward (York City); Cammy Ballantyne, defender (Montrose); Aaron Murrell, forward (Cowdenbeath); Brett Long, goalkeeper (Forfar Athletic).
Last season: Champions, Scottish League One
Manager: Allan Johnston
Pars manager Allan Johnston has bolstered his League One championship winning squad with players of Premiership experience and will hope that Gavin Reilly, on loan from Hearts, can compensate for top scorer Faisal El Bakhtaoui's refusal to sign a new contract.
Verdict: 7th. Allan Johnston's runaway League One champions should have enough about them to avoid relegation trouble. A lack of cutting edge means it is likely to be a year of consolidation rather than a promotion challenge this time round.
In: Kallum Higginbotham, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Lee Ashcroft, defender (Kilmarnock); Nat Wedderburn, midfielder (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); Ciaran Lafferty, forward (Celtic); Nicky Clark, forward (Bury); Euan Spark, defender (Dundee United); Scott Lochhead, midfielder (unattached). Loan: Gavin Reilly, forward (Heart of Midlothian); Paul McMullan, forward (Celtic); John Herron, midfielder (Blackpool).
Out: Faisal El Bakhtaoui, forward (Dundee); PJ Crossan, forward (Celtic, undisclosed); Scott Robinson, midfielder (East Fife); Shaun Byrne, midfielder (Livingston); Shaun Rooney, defender (York City); Ryan Wallace, forward (Albion Rovers); Jordan Orru, defender (Berwick Rangers); John Potter, defender (retired); Craig Reid, defender; Josh Falkingham, midfielder; Cammy McClair, midfielder. Loan ended: Brad McKay, defender (St Johnstone).
Last season: 2nd
Manager: Peter Houston
Manager Peter Houston has managed to retain most of the squad that took his side to the play-off final last season. The loss of Blair Alston to St Johnstone will be a miss in midfield, but the capture of Lewis Kidd from Queen of the South adds youthful legs to the defence.
Verdict: 3rd. Losing two of their most talented midfielders is likely to leave the Bairns just short of the quality needed to challenge for the title, but their manager's organisational abilities should ensure another chance of promotion via the play-offs.
In: John Rankin, midfielder (Dundee United); Lewis Kidd, defender (Queen of the South, undisclosed); James Craigen, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Luca Gasparotto, defender (Rangers); Liam Henderson, defender (Heart of Midlothian). Loan: Danny Rogers, goalkeeper (Aberdeen).
Out: Will Vaulks, midfielder (Rotherham United, undisclosed); Blair Alston, midfielder (St Johnstone); David Smith, midfielder (Dumbarton); Kevin McCann, defender; Lewis Small, forward; Liam Dick, defender; Graham Bowman, goalkeeper; Alex Tokarczyk, goalkeeper. Loan ended: Conor McGrandles, midfielder (Norwich City). Loan: Kevin O'Hara, forward (East Fife).
Last season: 5th
Manager: Jim Duffy
Exciting winger Bobby Barr has been lost to Championship rivals Raith Rovers and, in his search for a replacement, manager Jim Duffy will be hoping that nephew Gary Oliver will repay his faith for the fee paid to Queen of the South for the Scotland Under-21 forward.
Verdict: 5th. With Denny Johnstone and Declan McManus no longer on loan, Morton might struggle for goals, but there is a continuity about Jim Duffy's squad that should ensure mid-table safety and a possibly promotion play-off place.
In: Michael Doyle, defender (St Johnstone); Gary Oliver, forward (Queen of the South, undisclosed); Kudus Oyenuga, forward (unattached). Loan: Jamie Lindsay, midfielder (Celtic); Aidan Nesbitt, forward (Celtic).
Out: Bobby Barr, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Kudus Oyenuga, forward (Hartlepool United); Joe McKee, midfielder (Carlisle United); Michael Miller, defender (Livingston); Frank McKeown, defender (Stranraer); Peter MacDonald, forward (Clyde); Stefan McCluskey, midfielder. Loan ended: Declan McManus, forward (Fleetwood Town); Denny Johnstone, forward (Birmingham City); Luca Gasparotto, defender (Rangers); Alex Samuel, forward (Swansea City). Loan: Alex McWaters, forward (Largs Thistle); John Tennent, defender (Cumbernauld Colts).
Last season: 3rd
Manager: Neil Lennon
Neil Lennon's first signing as Hibs manager was big, even eye-catching, not in terms of name - Grant Holt is short and snappy - but in terms of stature, the striker being an imposing presence and having made a name for himself helping Norwich City to England's top flight. However, can a 35-year-old released by Rochdale compensate for the exit of Celtic loanee Anthony Stokes?
Verdict: 1st. Hibs' fine showing against Brondby, despite their Europa League exit, suggests Neil Lennon's side can build on the excitement of last season's Scottish Cup final triumph and challenge for the title and automatic promotion.
In: Neil Lennon, manager; Gary Parker, assistant manager; Grant Holt, forward (Rochdale); Brian Graham, forward (Ross County); Ross Laidlaw, goalkeeper (Raith Rovers). Loan: Andrew Shinnie, midfielder (Birmingham City); Ofir Marciano, goalkeeper (Ashdod).
Out: Alan Stubbs, manager (Rotherham United); John Doolan, assistant manager (Rotherham United); Chris Dagnall, forward (Crewe Alexandra); Mark Oxley, goalkeeper (Southend United); Conrad Logan, goalkeeper (Rochdale); Kevin Thomson, midfielder (Tranent); Josh Peters, forward (Forfar Athletic); Sean Brennan, goalkeeper (Berwick Rangers); Farid El Alagui, forward. Loan ended: Anthony Stokes, forward (Celtic); Niklas Gunnarsson, defender (Valerenga); Liam Henderson, midfielder (Celtic). Loan: Sam Stanton, midfielder (Dumbarton); Lewis Allan, forward (Livingston); Oliver Shaw, forward (Stenhousemuir); Ryan Porteous, defender (Edinburgh City); Aaron Dunsmore, defender (Edinburgh City); Ben Stirling, defender (Berwick Rangers); Sean Mackie, defender (Berwick Rangers).
Last season: 7th
Manager: Gavin Skelton
Gavin Skelton has stepped up to manager to replace Jamie Fowler, who exited after Queens failed to make the promotion play-offs and will face similar cash restraints. The Dumfries outfit have lost Scotland youth pair Gary Oliver and Lewis Kidd, but at least Queens received fees for their exits to Morton and Falkirk respectively.
Verdict: 8th. James Fowler paid for missing out on the play-offs, but the Doonhamers might struggle once more to finish in the top half of the table under former assistant Gavin Skelton.
In: Jamie Hamill, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Stephen Dobbie, forward (Bolton Wanderers); Steven Rigg, forward (Carlisle United); Grant Anderson, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Lyndon Dykes, forward (Surfers Paradise Apollo); Lee Robinson, goalkeeper (unattached).
Out: James Fowler, manager (replaced with assistant Gavin Skelton); Gary Oliver, forward (Greenock Morton, undisclosed); Lewis Kidd, defender (Falkirk, undisclosed); Kyle Hutton, midfielder (St Mirren); Ryan Conroy, midfielder (Airdrieonians); Iain Russell, forward (Airdrieonians); Shaun Rutherford, defender (Cowdenbeath); Robbie Thomson, goalkeeper; Jay Munro, midfielder. Loan ended: Andy Murdoch, midfielder (Rangers); Alex Harris, midfielder (Hibernian). Loan: Jack Leighfield, goalkeeper (Gretna 2008).
Last season: 4th
Manager: Gary Locke
Gary Locke has a hard act to follow after Ray McKinnon, now at Dundee United, led Rovers to the play-offs. The new Rovers boss will hope that two of his former charges, Chris Johnston and Kevin McHattie, can live up to their previous promise after their arrival from his former club, Kilmarnock. French centre-half Jean-Yves M'voto is one of the division's most intriguing additions. The 27-year-old started his career at Paris Saint-Germain before moving to Sunderland and had spells with Southend United, Oldham Athletic, Barnsley and Leyton Orient before leaving Zawisza Bydgoszcz following their relegation from the Polish top flight.
Verdict: 6th. Gary Locke has a hard act to follow after Ray McKinnon, now at Dundee United, led Rovers to the play-offs. It is such a cut-throat division this season that even improving the squad he inherited is likely to merely mean another campaign scrambling on the fringes of the play-off places.
In: Gary Locke, manager; Darren Jackson, assistant manager; Rudi Skacel, midfielder (Mlada Boleslav); Chris Johnston, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Kevin McHattie, defender (Kilmarnock); Jean-Yves M'voto, defender (Zawisza Bydgoszcz); Conor Brennan, goalkeeper (Kilmarnock); Bobby Barr, midfielder (Greenock Morton); Craig Easton, midfielder (Torquay United). Loan: Aaron Lennox, goalkeeper (Aberdeen); Declan McManus, forward (Fleetwood Town); Scott Roberts, midfielder (Rangers).
Out: Ray McKinnon, manager (Dundee United); Laurie Ellis, assistant manager (Dundee United); Lewis Toshney, defender (Dundee United, undisclosed); James Craigen, midfielder (Falkirk); Ross Laidlaw, goalkeeper (Hibernian); Grant Anderson, midfielder (Queen of the South); Rory McKeown, defender (Accrington Stanley); Aidan Connolly, midfielder (York City); Elliot Ford, defender (Brechin City); David McGurn, goalkeeper (Cowdenbeath); Darren Petrie, midfielder (Stirling Albion); Ryan McCord, midfielder (Arbroath); Joel Thomas, forward; Scott Law, goalkeeper; Elliot Ford, defender; Kieran Campbell, defender. Loan ended: Harry Panayioutou, forward (Leicester City); Louis Longridge, forward (Hamilton Academical); Ryan Hardie, forward (Rangers). Loan: Jonny Court, forward (Montrose); David Mckay, defender (Montrose).
Last season: 6th
Manager: Alex Rae
Having taken over in December and steered St Mirren clear of relegation trouble, Alex Rae has set about putting his own stamp on his side. Stalwarts Jim Goodwin and Steven Thompson have gone, but experienced striker John Sutton has returned and former Doncaster Rovers centre-half Gary MacKenzie could be an excellent addition.
Verdict: 4th. Alex Rae has recruited well and assembled a squad unlikely to suffer the start-of-campaign hangover from relegation they endured last season and that should secure their place among the sides battling for promotion.
In: John Sutton, forward (St Johnstone); Gary MacKenzie, defender (Doncaster Rovers); Rocco Quinn, midfielder (Ross County); Kyle Hutton, midfielder (Queen of the South); David Clarkson, midfielder (Motherwell); Ben Gordon, defender (Livingston); Scott Gallacher, goalkeeper (Alloa Athletic). Loan: Tom Walsh, midfielder (Rangers); Lawrence Shankland, forward (Aberdeen); Ryan Hardie, forward (Rangers).
Out: Keith Watson, defender (St Johnstone); Jim Goodwin, midfielder (Alloa Athletic); Steven Thompson, forward (retired); Scott Agnew, midfielder (Stranraer); Liam Dick, defender (Stranraer); Barry Cuddihy, midfielder (Annan Athletic); Alan Gow, forward; Alex Cooper, midfielder; Sean Kelly, defender; Stuart Carswell, midfielder; Cameron Howieson, midfielder; Jaison McGrath, forward. Loan ended: Paul McMullan, forward (Celtic); Lawrence Shankland, forward (Aberdeen).
The National Literacy Programme sets out what the Welsh government will do to improve results and change the way literacy is thought about in schools.
The ambition is for Wales to be among the top 20 nations in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) by 2015.
Wales lags behind England, Scotland and Northern Ireland in Pisa's league.
The National Literacy Programme
(NLP) will set national standards for teachers and pupils to work towards, to ensure a consistent approach to reading and writing across Wales.
The National Reading Tests for five to 14-year-olds, due to be introduced in May 2013, will contribute to that.
The document claims many teachers do not see themselves as teachers of literacy, and as a result, will "need upskilling".
There will be more training available for current and newly qualified staff and best practice will be shared.
The banding system in secondary schools will also identify where extra support is needed and pupils who are falling behind will be offered more targeted help.
Education Minister Leighton Andrews told BBC Wales: "I want to ensure that we get literacy and numeracy right in primary school because if we get it right, then it will have major advantages in teaching in secondary school, not just in the ability to learn, but also it will have an impact on attention, behaviour and attendance."
He said improving levels of literacy and numeracy is a "key commitment" for the government.
"Nothing is more important than ensuring all of our young people have the skills they need to read, write and communicate," he added.
"There are many excellent examples of teaching and learning in literacy across Wales.
"What we must do is ensure that all learners benefit from excellent teaching of literacy and develop the skills that are so vital to their future success.
"The National Literacy Programme will introduce greater consistency and clarity into the way we track pupils' progress while also providing the support, challenge and accountability needed in our schools."
'Workload concerns'
The plan comes days after
schools' inspectorate Estyn warned
that many schools in Wales are failing to plan well enough on how to develop basic skills among 11-to-14 year olds
It also said that 40% of pupils cannot read as well as they should as they start secondary school and some never catch up.
Owen Hathway, NUT Cymru policy officer, told BBC Wales the plan was a "positive step forward".
He said that "as noted in the recent Estyn report, past literacy and numeracy guidance has been too broad and ineffective".
"Teachers will welcome the general principle of having a new framework which will hopefully offer clearer and easier guidance," he said.
"As with any new initiatives we will have to monitor its implementation to ensure that it is something worthwhile to the profession.
"There are some concerns around the additional workload teachers will face as a result of the framework, especially in relation to the standard literacy and numeracy testing.
"The last thing we would want to see is another process put in place which restricts teachers from being able to spend quality time teaching students."
Mr Andrews attempted to reassure teachers, adding: "I have signed off on additional support in case there are any issues of workload."
'Useful tool'
Sherry Saunders, head teacher at Lliswerry Primary School in Newport, said she welcomed the programme.
She said: "The assessment framework that's coming in is very useful but it's a tool that will say this is where our children should be, and like all schools, if you have that, like the national curriculum, then you're all working to the same purpose, so it is vital for that to come in."
Angela Burns AM, shadow minister for education, said the programme would need "robust and thorough monitoring to ensure that young people are not leaving school unable to read and write."
"While we welcome the latest initiative from Welsh Labour ministers to address shortcomings in literacy standards, to succeed, this strategy needs to win the confidence of teachers, parents and school governors," she added.
Plaid Cymru's education spokesperson, Simon Thomas AM, said the new strategy cannot be allowed to fail.
"Our children deserve more than poor test results and failing schools, and I hope that the minister can assure us that this strategy will deliver this," he said.
"Plaid Cymru knows that a focus on developing core skills is vital to a child's education, and we have called for schools to be allowed to develop a better balance between teaching the curriculum and developing skills. I hope this strategy will adopt this approach."
Robert Marchand has clocked up 105 years and now a new record for the furthest distance cycled in one hour.
The French cyclist managed 22.547km (14 miles) at the national velodrome, taking the top spot in a new category - for riders over 105.
Mr Marchand already holds the record for those aged over 100 - 26.927km - set in 2012.
He "could have done better", he says, but missed a sign showing 10 minutes to go.
"My legs didn't hurt," he told BFMTV. "My arms hurt but that's because of rheumatism."
To be fair, he had admitted before the event at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome near Paris that breaking his previous hour record would be tough.
"I'm not in such good shape as I was a couple of years back," he told AFP news agency.
"I am not here to be champion. I am here to prove that at 105 years old you can still ride a bike," he said.
Hundreds of spectators cheered him on trackside.
Born on 26 November 1911, Mr Marchand puts his fitness down to diet - lots of fruit and vegetables, a little meat, not too much coffee - and an hour a day on the cycling home-trainer.
A prisoner of war in World War Two, he went on to work as a lorry driver and sugarcane planter in Venezuela, and a lumberjack in Canada.
No stranger to sport outside cycling, he competed in gymnastics at national level and has been a boxer.
The current men's hour record is held by the UK's Bradley Wiggins - 54.526km - which he set in June 2015.
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Teachers told researchers the tests, which were brought into some schools in September, distracted them from getting to know their pupils.
Many said the tests themselves were unreliable, duplicated work and did not marry with existing assessment systems.
Ministers say a fair baseline is needed to ensure pupils reach their potential.
The tests, which are being brought in to all schools from this September, measure basic reading ability, numeracy and writing, as well as children's social and emotional development.
This is done in one-to-one assessments with teachers, who use checklists that include a series of questions such as whether a pupil can maintain concentration when listening to others or can subtract using single-digit numbers.
The baseline assessment will be used to assess each child's level of development at the beginning of school, so the progress they make by the time they leave can be measured.
By Hannah Richardson
It must have all seemed so simple to Department for Education officials.
Measure how far schools have brought their pupils by recording what they can do when they start primary and what they can do when they leave.
Surely this was a chance for those schools in disadvantaged areas, who might perhaps have large numbers of children with poor language skills, to show off their hard work?
It was a positive move, minister said, away from simply focusing on attainment, and would provide a very real context for later test results.
But, as ever, education works in a more nuanced way.
Many teachers say assessing children in their first days of school in this way, can disrupt the delicate process of forming relationships with these four-year-olds.
Many will be leaving parents for a whole day for the first time, and will take a while to warm to strangers.
They simply may not feel confident enough to reveal which letters or numbers they can recognise.
And nearly all schools will already have systems of assessing pupils, embedded within increasingly technical pupil progress-tracking IT packages.
So assessing a child on 47 different competencies is hardly going to be an appealing task for a hard-pressed teacher, especially when the tests themselves are claimed to have quite a margin of error.
Researchers from the University of London, commissioned by the National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, carried out in-depth interviews with staff in five primary schools piloting the assessments, and quizzed 1,131 NUT and ATL members in a snapshot survey.
In some schools, extra teachers had to be employed to teach while the class teachers carried out the one-to-one assessments on each pupil, researchers said.
One teacher said: "If you have got 60 young people coming in... and you have to tick 47 boxes about all of them, of course your mind is going to be on that rather than talking to them about their nice shiny shoes and about their pet rabbit at home."
Of those surveyed, 59% said the assessment had disrupted the start of school for Reception pupils.
Another teacher said: "Baseline assessment is the biggest farce I have undertaken during my entire teaching career. The potential for children to guess at answers or to misinterpret things is too vast to give a clear representation of where children are at."
Just under a third of those surveyed (31.5%), said the assessments were an accurate reflection of children's attainment at this stage.
The report concludes: "For many teachers, Baseline Assessment has had a negative impact on their working lives without benefiting the children they teach.
"It goes against the principles of good teaching in early years, and at the same time does not assess accurately enough to form the basis of a school performance measure."
ATL general secretary Mary Bousted said: "It is questionable how far any form of assessment can accurately show the knowledge and skills of a four-year-old.
"Children are not robots and do not develop at a regular rate, so we have grave concerns about the reliability of measuring their progress from age four to 11."
NUT general secretary Christine Blower said teachers had no faith in the baseline tests, adding: "It's unfair, it's not accurate, it's completely fallible. This set of results is a house built on sand, and the government really should reconsider."
A Department for Education spokesperson said: "As part of our mission to deliver educational excellence everywhere, we want to see all children pushed to reach their potential.
"In order to do that, and to recognise the achievements of schools in the most challenging areas, we want to measure the progress that all pupils make as well as their overall attainment. That means ensuring we have a robust and fair baseline from which to measure that progress."
Campaign posters reading "Oui, on peut" - a translation of the former US president's popular 2008 campaign slogan, "Yes, we can" - have appeared around Paris.
Mr Obama is not a French citizen and is thus ineligible to run.
But those behind the prank say the point is to highlight the lack of inspirational candidates.
Their message to the candidates, one of the organisers told the BBC, is: "Hey guys, you really don't make us dream."
French voters go to the polls on 23 April, and, unless one polls more than 50% in the first round, they will return on 7 May to decide between the two frontrunners.
A dominant figure in the campaign has been far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who has benefited from claims of financial wrongdoing which have swirled around the campaign of her centre-right rival Francois Fillon since late January, culminating last week in the announcement that a magistrate was launching a formal inquiry into the claims.
Current opinion polls give her a lead of several percentage points over Mr Fillon and centrist Emmanuel Macron - though both of her rivals are predicted to beat her in a two-way runoff.
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Ms Le Pen may be backed by a greater number of French voters than ever, but her enduring toxicity for many of the rest means the campaign has been dominated by a negative message, say commentators: How can we keep her out?
It is this, in part, that the organisers of the Obama2017 campaign - Parisians in their 30s - are reacting to.
"It's still possible to vote for a president and not against a candidate," their website reasons.
"We think we can do something else than the extreme," said one of the organisers, who refuse to reveal their names, saying they want the focus to remain on the campaign and not on them as individuals.
"We are anti-political, we are not against any candidate in particular, but we are not a big fan of any of them. [This campaign is] a way to say 'Guys, eh wake up - you are uncool, and this campaign is uncool - we'd rather have Obama'."
The viral take-off of the campaign caught them by surprise - but the French media, said the organiser, has failed to get the joke.
"They are very annoyed, people take it all too seriously," he said, adding that even the left-leaning newspaper Liberation ended a short piece on the campaign on a sniffy note: "If that's what amuses them..."
"We want this to stay on the joke level," he says.
Rachel Tunstill, 26, killed Mia Kelly soon after giving birth to her in the bathroom of her flat in Burnley.
Tunstill was told she would serve a minimum of 20 years for the murder, which took place on 14 January.
Preston Crown Court heard how the care worker called for her partner Ryan Kelly, who was playing on his games console, to pass her the scissors.
As he handed them through the bathroom door, Tunstill said: "Thanks babe", before closing the door.
Mr Kelly, who had been in a relationship with Tunstill for nine years, said he did not suspect his partner was giving birth and thought she was going through the motions of a miscarriage she claimed she had suffered six weeks earlier.
But Tunstill, who has a degree in psychology and a masters in forensic psychology, killed Mia before wrapping her up in two plastic carrier bags and dumping her in the kitchen bin at her flat in Welling Court.
She denied murder, claiming her memory of the day was "very hazy".
Sentencing Tunstill, Mr Justice Davis said: "The victim was a baby who had barely taken its first breaths."
Following the jury's verdict, Tunstill fell to the floor sobbing loudly as the judge said: "What you did was to take the life of a newborn baby."
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A record number of presidents and prime ministers are here for the opening of this year's 70th annual session.
Each has their own national interest and agenda to pursue, of course, but few dispute that the crisis which overwhelms all others is the agony of Syria, and the Syrians.
But, and it is a very big but, the UN's dominant body, the Security Council, has been impotent in the face of more than three years of civil war.
That's precisely because the most powerful members of the Security Council, Russia and the United States, are on opposite sides in the Syrian war.
President Putin increasingly arms and supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his embattled government in Damascus. President Obama and his Western allies call Mr Assad a war criminal and a butcher.
When Mr Obama sat down with Mr Putin on Monday night, after almost a year without face-to-face contact, expectations were already low.
In the event, the two leaders opened with a brief, unsmiling handshake for the cameras. They barely made eye contact, hinting at the scale of the gulf between them, before disappearing for talks.
An American official said the two men met for about 90 minutes and apparently spent half their time discussing Syria, the other half on Ukraine.
It was a "business-like back and forth. I think they worked through a lot of different issues. This was focused".
The Americans say the two sides fundamentally disagreed on the role that President Assad would play in resolving the civil conflict there.
The Russians see Mr Assad as a bulwark against extremists; the Americans see him as continuing to fan the flames of sectarian conflict in Syria.
So how about this for understatement? "I think the Russians certainly understood the importance of there being a political resolution in Syria and there being a process that pursues a political resolution," said the American side.
"We have a difference about what the outcome of that process would be," particularly as it relates to Mr Assad, they said.
Now for the Russian version of what happened.
There's a fascinating contrast here. President Putin himself spoke to Russian reporters, as if to emphasise the confidence he apparently feels about his position. He told them that Russia had not ruled out air strikes in support of Syrian forces fighting Islamic State militants and was thinking about how to strengthen further the Syrian army.
Mr Putin pointedly said any Russian strikes would respect international norms such as a request from Syria's government, unlike the strikes carried out by the US-led coalition.
An extraordinary situation is now emerging, with both sides - American and Russian - apparently directing their militaries to talk to each other to avoid conflicts between their operations in Syria: in other words, making a terrible and very risky mistake and fighting each other.
The Americans sounded conciliatory, insisting that the United States does not view Russia's military build-up in Syria as necessarily destructive to a positive outcome in Syria, provided Moscow's military are solely used to fight the extremists of so-called Islamic State (IS).
"That might be OK," the official suggested. But if the Russians used their might to continue to strengthen Mr Assad's battle against his own people, that would be negative.
Does any of this imply a meeting of minds between the two presidents? Far from it. Nothing either side said appears to bring the prospect of peace any closer.
Still, it's clear the West is willing to climb down from its previous insistence that President Assad had to go before - not during - any process of transition to end the civil war.
That concession is supremely distasteful to the United States, the UK and their allies. It also seems to contradict the Western logic which argues that Mr Assad cynically and deliberately gave space to extremists in Syria, including IS.
But the real question may be: Who is now the larger enemy of the West? From an American perspective, it's no longer Mr Assad, however much he may profit from the particular horrors IS has unleashed. Mr Obama didn't quite admit that, but he came close.
All of which apparently leaves Washington somewhat reliant on Russia's political co-operation, hoping Moscow will eventually ease Mr Assad from power, even if they clearly won't drive him out.
Diplomatically, it feels like a horrible mess. Mr Assad continues to play with awful skill what looked originally, more than three years ago, like a very bad hand of cards. And there does not yet seem to be any prospect of reviving or recasting the series of Syrian peace talks which have so far led precisely nowhere.
Part of the analysis in Washington, and in Whitehall, is that Mr Putin has been weakened by overextending himself in Crimea and in eastern Ukraine, as well as by the spectacular fall in the oil price on which Russia's failing economy so heavily depends.
The argument goes that he should now be ready to drop Mr Assad - another liability - as an ally in Syria.
The problem for the United States and her allies is that Mr Putin does not seem to be following that script.
Unipart Automotive staff in Cardiff, Newport, Trealaw, Swansea, Lllanelli, Bangor, Llandudno, Porthmadog and Wrexham are all affected.
The Carmarthen branch has been bought by The Parts Alliance Ltd.
The company, based in Solihull, West Midlands, has gone into administration with the loss of 1,244 jobs following "financial stress" in recent years.
A total of 33 sites around the country have been sold as ongoing concerns.
Joint administrator Mark Orton, of KPMG, said: "Despite intensive efforts over recent weeks, a sale of the whole Unipart Automotive business could not be reached, and a buyer could only be found for 33 of the sites on a going concern basis.
"Unfortunately, the business had been experiencing financial stress for a number of years, so the level of cash and further operational restructuring required to rescue a more substantial part of the business posed too much risk for most interested parties."
He said they would be reviewing the options for the remainder of the business and assisting staff with redundancy and job seeker services.
Norwegian energy firm Statoil has been granted a licence for the pilot scheme of five turbines.
They will be attached to the seabed by a three-point mooring spread and anchoring system, making them easy to install in deep water.
It is expected that the Hywind project could power up to 19,900 homes.
The turbines will transport electricity via an export cable from the pilot park to the shore at Peterhead in Aberdeenshire just over 15 miles (25km) away.
The pilot project is designed to demonstrate the technology on a commercial scale, according to Statoil.
Construction is planned to start as early as next year with final commissioning in 2017, according the company.
Currently offshore wind turbines are rigidly attached to the seabed which makes them difficult and expensive to install in deep water.
The Carbon Trust believes that floating wind concepts have the potential to reduce generating costs to below £100/MWh in commercial deployments, with the leading concepts such as Hywind producing even lower costs of £85-£95MWh.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney described Hywind as a "hugely exciting project in terms of electricity generation and technology innovation".
He said: "It's a real testament to our energy sector expertise and skilled workforce that Statoil chose Scotland for the world's largest floating wind farm.
"The momentum is building around the potential for floating offshore wind technology to unlock deeper water sites.
"The ability to leverage existing infrastructure and supply chain capabilities from the offshore oil and gas industry creates the ideal conditions to position Scotland as a world leader in floating wind technology."
Statoil's executive vice president for New Energy Solutions, Irene Rummelhoff, said floating wind technology represented "a new, significant and increasingly competitive renewable energy source".
She added: "Statoil's objective with developing this pilot park is to demonstrate a commercial, utility-scale floating wind solution, to further increase the global market potential.
"We are proud to develop this unique project in Scotland, in a region that has optimal wind conditions, a strong supply chain within oil and gas and supportive public policies."
WWF Scotland director Lang Banks welcomed the granting of the licence.
He said: "Successfully developing floating turbines could enable Scotland to secure even more clean energy from offshore wind in the future.
"With the right political support for offshore wind and other renewable technologies, Scotland is well placed to become the EU's first renewable electricity nation by 2030."
The men, who were sporting underpants bearing the Malaysian flag, are being investigated for "intentional insult" and a possible breach of the peace.
Photographs of the men parading the country's national colours were widely shared on social media.
The incident has been criticised in the majority Muslim country.
Twitter users have accused the men, aged between 25 and 29, of causing offence and insulting Malaysia.
"A bit of respect for the country you're visiting?" writes @johnqgoh, with others referring to their actions as "embarrassingly stupid".
The Australian men were detained at 17:00 on Sunday and will be held for four days at a facility outside the capital, Kuala Lumpur, Sepang police chief Abdul Aziz Ali told local media.
They are being investigated for public indecency and disrespecting the national flag.
Malaysia has strict rules on any display of public indecency and foreign offenders are typically issued a fine before being deported.
Last year a British woman was jailed for removing her clothes and taking photographs at the peak of Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia.
Eleanor Hawkins, 23, admitted public indecency along with three other Western tourists and was imprisoned for three days.
Joshua Waiganjo is said to have sacked and recruited police officers in Rift Valley province during this time.
He denied two counts of impersonating a police office, one of illegal possession of police uniforms and one of robbery with violence.
He was reportedly uncovered after flying on a police helicopter to investigate a massacre of officers.
In November, at least 42 police officers were killed by cattle rustlers in the Suguta valley - the most deadly attack on police in the East African nation's history.
After pleading not guilty on all four charges, the case was adjourned to allow Mr Waiganjo to seek medical treatment for diabetes, local media report.
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told Nairobi's Capital FM that Mr Waiganjo had not been paid a salary by the police service.
A total of 46 patients and 12 staff members at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary have contracted the sickness and diarrhoea bug.
Ward 14 remains closed while three others have reopened.
Infection control manager Elaine Ross said the "unpleasant virus" is spread easily when people are together.
She added: "In this outbreak, vomiting is more of a feature and this makes it much more easy to transmit which is why we are seeing higher numbers affected in hospital.
"We regret having to take such measures as restricting visiting, particularly over a holiday period, but thank the public and our staff for their continued support and patience as we endeavour to minimise the impact of this horrible bug."
Hadiza Bawa-Garba wrongly thought Jack Adcock was under a "do not resuscitate" order, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
Giving evidence, a nurse said the doctor realised her mistake and resuscitation then continued.
Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba and nurses Theresa Taylor and Isabel Amaro deny manslaughter by gross negligence.
Giving evidence via video link from Australia, nurse Katie Ramsden described how a crash team started to work on Jack after being alerted by his mother, who saw his lips turn blue.
"Part-way through, registrar Bawa-Garba said 'This patient is not for resuscitation, let mum into the room'," the nurse told the trial.
"The crash team started to back away and I shouted that this was not handed over to me. I was not informed that he was not for resuscitation - I did not know this.
"Mum was shouting and stressed, crying, asking if Jack was going to die.
"The doctor realised she had made a mistake and shouted to me for everything and the resuscitation continued."
Jack, who had Down's syndrome and a heart condition, was admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011 with pneumonia.
He died from a cardiac arrest after sepsis was triggered by a bacterial infection.
Prosecutor Andrew Thomas QC previously told the court that Jack was "beyond the point of no return" at the point resuscitation was called off.
However, he said the "remarkable error" was "powerful evidence of Dr Bawa-Garba's performance that day".
The prosecution claims the doctor and two nurses failed to pick up the signs that his body had gone into septic shock.
The case is expected to last up to five weeks.
The Supreme Court of Arkansas has also granted an emergency stay of execution for one of two inmates scheduled to die on Monday.
In an unprecedented move, the state had planned to put seven prisoners to death over an 11-day period.
Lawyers said the state was acting unconstitutionally and recklessly.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen issued a temporary restraining order on Friday barring the state from administering one of the drugs used in its lethal injection cocktail.
The suppliers of the muscle relaxant, vecuronium bromide, argued that it had been sold to the prison system on the understanding it would be used solely for medical purposes.
Separately, a stay of execution was granted in the case of Bruce Ward, who was convicted of strangling to death Rebecca Doss, a teenage shop clerk who worked in Little Rock.
The executions in Arkansas had been arranged to take place before a batch of one of the drugs used by the state expires later this month.
The move has drawn international attention and has been condemned by rights groups as an "assembly line" and a violation of the US legal process.
On Thursday, two other pharmaceutical manufacturers asked a federal judge to bar the state from using their drugs.
Midazolam - one part of the three-drug lethal injection "cocktail" - is set to expire at the end of April, and has been criticised as contributing to several botched executions in other states.
Drug companies Fresenius Kabi USA and West-Ward Pharmaceuticals filed a motion as part of the federal lawsuit by the condemned inmates on Thursday, claiming that the drugs were secured in an improper manner, and could affect their ability to sell in Europe.
The companies said that it appears the drugs were procured through a third party, since the companies say they only sell to medical providers.
They also argue that the executions could limit their ability to trade in the European Union, which has prohibited the buying or selling of products used for capital punishment.
Governor Hutchinson earlier said he was confident that the drugs would work, and that he was satisfied that the prison staff could handle the executions.
A group of former prison officials had written to the governor in late March to say that the quick pace would place undue physical and emotional burden on prison staff.
But he dismissed that, saying that he had met them and "they don't take it lightly".
"I have a responsibility to the voters, I have a responsibility to my oath of office, but I also have responsibility to a higher power, God and eternity, and I understand that," he said.
"I feel comfortable in my understanding of my responsibilities both in terms of faith and scripture and in terms of as governor," he added.
The travel documentary Bath: Queen of the West, filmed in 1952 and presented by Richard Dimbleby, was found in 2010.
It was uncovered on some dusty old reels in the corner of the projection room in Bath's Little Theatre cinema.
It is thought the cinema screened the footage in the 1960s but forgot to return it.
The British Film Institute (BFI) confirmed the footage had been considered lost for years.
The film depicts a post-war Bath before redevelopment work took place in the 1960s and with walls still covered in soot.
Dick Fiddy, of the BFI, said: "This is a genuine new find from the early days of TV and an intriguing travelogue featuring a fascinating look at Bath of the 1950s."
Broadcast as part of the About Britain series, the programme takes in the Roman Baths where Dimbleby talks to the assistant curator about excavations on the site.
The programme also features a history of the city and looks at the Georgian architecture of Prior Park, the Royal Crescent and Circus.
Bath: Queen of the West is being screened at the Little Theatre on Sunday at 15:00 BST.
Pat MacArthur gave Glasgow an early lead, scoring from a driving maul, but it was negated when Tom Williams, then James Davies bagged well-worked tries.
Scarlets held a nine-point half-time lead - one their excellence at the breakdown and in defence preserved.
Glasgow produced fleeting glimpses of verve but only had a Rory Clegg penalty to show for their second-half efforts.
This was a big and deserved win for the Scarlets who utterly destroyed Glasgow at the breakdown. Any time Glasgow threatened to get up a head of steam they got turned over on the floor. Their chief tormenter was Davies, who not only scored a try but also served as a brick wall to the home team's momentum.
Things had started pretty well for Glasgow, MacArthur driving over from a lineout maul to make it 8-3 after early penalties from Clegg and Dan Jones. The hooker struck while the Scarlets were down to 14 men, Jones getting binned for a kamikaze tackle on Sam Johnson.
That 10-minute spell was won by the Scarlets despite their numbers deficit, Williams eventually stepping over after multiple phases had stretched Glasgow to breaking point. Williams converted his own score to put the Welsh 10-8 ahead.
Clegg and Jones exchanged penalties again soon after and, then, before the break the Scarlets went over again. Once more it was the product of terrific control and patience in the forwards and accuracy when the moment of truth arrived. Davies took his chance, Jones converted and Glasgow were in major bother at 20-11 down.
Scarlets' dominance at the breakdown carried on apace. Glasgow created good field position but got checked on the floor and retreated in frustration. Clegg's boot made it 20-14, but Jones cancelled that one in quick order.
Then they carried on snuffing Glasgow out at source. They were lucky to avoid a yellow card when Tom Price went head first into a ruck and clattered into Rory Hughes. Referee George Clancy settled for a penalty instead of a card. He could have penalised the Scarlets for a high tackle just after but he let that one go, too.
More breakdown efficiency from the visitors and more errors from the hosts meant the Scarlets eased away to victory. Substitute Aled Thomas banged over three more points a few minutes from the end to put the seal on a comprehensive, and significant, win.
Glasgow Warriors: P Murchie, L Jones, N Grigg, S Johnson, R Hughes, R Clegg, H Pyrgos (captain); A Allan, P MacArthur, D Rae, B Alainu'uese, S Cummings, R Harley, C Fusaro, A Ashe.
Replacements: J Malcolm, J Bhatti, S Puafisi, R Vernon, L Wynne, G Hart, H Schulte, S Lamont.
Scarlets: J McNicholl, T Williams, G Owen, H Parkes, DTH van der Merwe, D Jones, J Evans, W Jones, R Elias, W Kruger, T Price, L Rawlins, A Shingler, J Davies, W Boyde.
Replacements: E Phillips, L Garrett, N Thomas, T Beirne, J Macleod, A Davies, A Thomas, S Hughes.
The 23-year-old, from Sheffield, was one of three men detained following a series of raids in Yorkshire.
Two men, aged 24 and 29, were arrested in Huddersfield and Sheffield on Thursday on suspicion of terror offences. Both men remain in custody.
Police said the arrests were not linked to the recent Manchester Arena attack.
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The BBC understands the arrests are Islamist-related.
The raids took place at the Daisy Spring Works apartment block in Kelham Island, Sheffield and in Rudding Street in Crosland Moor, Huddersfield.
Nick Meeks, who lives on the same floor as the flat in Sheffield which was raided, said he heard an "almighty explosion".
"I stuck my head out of the door and there were fully-armed police pointing guns down the hallway towards me screaming and shouting at me to get back in the flat," he said.
A resident in Rudding Street, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, who did not wish to be named, said at one point his "house shook".
He said: "I heard a loud bang that sounded like a really big explosion, I thought it was a bomb.
"I ran outside and saw about 30 police and armed officers. People on the street have been kept inside their houses."
The North East Counter Terrorism Unit said the explosions in both locations were caused by police accessing properties.
Police added that searches at both properties had been concluded.
Cases have included officers snooping on their children and ex-wives, social media blunders and breaching data protection regulations.
More than 100 staff were sacked and nearly 200 resigned as a result of breaches in England and Wales.
Avon and Somerset Police reported the highest number of incidents with 289.
In one case revealed by the force, a chief inspector received management action for being "negligent when disclosing personal information".
A PC was subject to a complaint, also with Avon and Somerset Police, when they disclosed the name of an individual "to the media after they had made it known that they wished to remain anonymous". The complaint was later withdrawn.
*Data relates to a longer period than other forces' statistics
Source: Press Association Freedom of Information request
Police forces from across England and Wales recorded a total of 2,031 cases of data protection breaches between January 2009 and October 2013, figures obtained by the Press Association showed.
Investigations led to 186 resignations, while 113 were sacked. At least 34 of those investigated were inspectors or chief inspectors, while 474 were civilian officers.
Of 43 police forces contacted, 35 responded with information.
Javed Khan, chief executive of Victim Support, said: "It is very worrying to think that the personal data of victims of crime - who are often extremely vulnerable - might be being accessed and used inappropriately by people in a position of trust."
Avon and Somerset Police's corporate information spokesman, Ian Marsh, said: "We take an extremely robust approach to the recording and investigation of alleged Data Protection Act breaches.
"We recognise police integrity is of the upmost importance to the public and would like to reassure people that any potential breach is investigated fully."
The force said that the figure of 289 incidents relates to a 55-month period and that in 72 of the episodes there was no case to answer because no breach had been committed.
Mr Marsh added that "in the spirit of being open and transparent" the force gave the figure for the number of police officers, special constables and police staff, but claimed other forces may not have included the same level of detail in their responses.
In Lancashire, a PC "received management action" after an allegation that she wrongly divulged information about the death of her estranged husband to her daughter shortly after he died.
A special constable with Dorset Police resigned after he posted a video of himself walking around Poole police station on YouTube. The video featured other officers and contained information on the station layout.
Two staff with Gloucestershire Constabulary were censured for posting information on a social media site and inappropriate comments made about a work-related case, while another was investigated for altering details on police systems without justification or explanation.
Merseyside Police revealed that in 2009 there were 154 data breaches - almost all of which were connected.
A force spokesman said the high figure for that year was attributable to an internal investigation into people in the force "viewing a computer record relating to a high-profile arrest".
A sergeant with North Wales Police was censured for accessing the records of his son and ex-wife, while in Cleveland a special police officer was handed a written warning after divulging confidential information relating to a murder.
The Information Commissioner's Office, which upholds information rights among public bodies, said it had fined two forces £220,000 in recent years after "serious failings" were uncovered.
In March, a married police community support officer, Peter Bunyan, from Cornwall, was jailed for seven years after being convicted of eight counts of misconduct in public office.
And last month, award-winning former Warwickshire Police officer David Hilton, from Derbyshire, was given a four-month suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to five counts of misuse of a computer and one of harassment of a woman.
The 18-year-old had initially joined the National League club on a month's deal and has made three appearances.
May featured twice for parent club Portsmouth earlier this season in the EFL Trophy, having also started for Pompey against Coventry in the EFL Cup.
He signed a professional contract with Pompey at the start of last season after progressing through the academy.
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O'Sullivan, 40, beat Scotland's Rhys Clark 6-0 in his second-round match at the UK Championship in York.
But the five-time UK champion said: "I try to still be as competitive as I can, but if not, it is a lot easier being a pundit than playing.
"I really do enjoy the pundit work much more than playing."
O'Sullivan, who beat Thailand's Boonyarit Keattikun 6-0 in just 56 minutes in his first-round match, added: "I love playing when you have the matches but all the practice - I am not a lover of that.
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"You used to have football player managers. I see myself as a pundit snooker player.
"Rather than drive myself mad and play this game and think 'that's all I have got', I try to embrace different things which take the pressure off."
The world number eight plays Londoner Michael Georgiou in the third round on Monday, as he looks earn a sixth victory in an event he first won in 1993.
A winner of 28 ranking events, including five world championship titles, O'Sullivan said he was not a fan of the four-table set-up at the York Barbican, which stays in place until the fourth round begins on Wednesday.
He added: "With four tables, it is really difficult. There is no crowd around the sides so the atmosphere isn't great, but it is better than playing down the billiard hall. I would rather play here on a Sunday afternoon than the billiard hall.
"I don't want to spend the rest of my life hitting balls in a snooker room. I would rather be embracing a bit of life.
"I just try to blag it now and see where it goes - until I drop out and think I am not good enough to qualify for events or win. I will turn up and once I get beaten, I can go in the pundit box."
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Prematurity is the second most common cause of death for children aged five or under.
An analysis of 39 developed countries, suggests numbers could be cut by measures such as stopping multiple IVF pregnancies - but only by 5%.
But experts writing in the Lancet say the reasons for many early births remain unknown and much more research is needed.
Each year 15 million babies are born before 37 weeks of pregnancy, and rates are rising almost everywhere.
But there is limited understanding as to why this is happening or what could be done.
An estimated 1.1 million premature babies die each year.
Most are born just a few weeks early in developing countries, where they die from a lack of simple care.
But experts believe developed countries can also cut rates.
Child health experts from organisations including the World Health Organization, Save the Children and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine looked at what could be done in the 39 most developed countries if five recognised measures were implemented.
These interventions are stopping smoking, promoting single pregnancies in IVF treatments, reducing planned Caesarean sections - which are often carried out before due dates - unless there is a medical reason by 80%, providing progesterone supplements to women with high-risk pregnancies and cervical stitches for women with a "weak" cervix that could mean a baby does not go to term.
If all these were implemented, the researchers suggest premature birth could be prevented for 58,000 babies.
Issuing their call in advance of World Prematurity Day on 17 November, the experts say the reductions - which could be achieved by 2015, would vary from 8% in the US to much smaller reductions in most European countries, and only 2% in the UK.
Dr Joy Lawn, of Save the Children, who is part of the Born Too Soon initiative that seeks to cut prematurity rates, said: ""Our analysis shows that the current potential for preterm birth prevention is shockingly small.
"Our hope is that the proposed target of a 5% relative reduction in preterm births in high income countries will motivate immediate programme action, and the 95% knowledge gap will motivate immediate, strategic research.
"Research should also focus on preterm birth causes and solutions in low income countries where preterm birth rates are highest and the underlying causes may be much simpler to address."
Writing in the Lancet, Jane Norman and Andrew Shennan, of Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, at the University of Edinburgh, said: "Until considerable strides have been made in our understanding of how, why and when preterm births occur, and the effects that this has on both mother and baby, preterm births will remain a major public health problem, from which no country in the world is immune."
Reports say an attack helicopter opened fire on the column of Seleka rebels as it approached the city.
Rebels earlier forced their way through a checkpoint 75km (45 miles) north.
The checkpoint, in Damara, was manned by a regional force which had designated it as a red line the rebels should not cross.
But the atmosphere in Bangui is very tense and all businesses, offices and schools have shut, a journalist in the capital told the BBC.
Seleka began their offensive this week, accusing President Francois Bozize of failing to honour a peace deal signed in January - a charge he denies.
The rebels joined a power-sharing government in January, in talks brokered by regional leaders, to end the rebellion they launched last year.
Journalist Junior Lingange in Bangui told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that the rebels said 2,000 of their fighters had taken the checkpoint in Damara, where some 500 troops from the regional Fomac force were based.
Damara is about an hour's drive from the capital, he says. In Bangui, government troops were driving around the capital, where some 400 South Africa troops are also based, said the journalist.
"The rebel column, which was headed south, was stopped by an aircraft... an attack helicopter," a senior regional military source told Reuters news agency.
"The helicopter opened fire on the column, forcing it to disperse ... The rebels have not reached Bangui."
CAR has been hit by a series of rebellions since independence from France in 1960.
It is one of the poorest countries in Africa, despite its considerable mineral resources.
They were paid by the Home Office, which also spent nearly £20m on lawyers for the former chief constable of South Yorkshire Police and eight ex-officers.
The inquests concluded in April that fans were unlawfully killed in the 1989 disaster.
The inquests, running between 31 March 2014 and 26 April 2016, were the longest in British legal history.
The £83.6m total includes costs of solicitors, experts, counsel, and disbursements between 31 December 2012 and 30 June 2016.
Lawyers for the families received the same rates as police counsel, the BBC understands.
The inquests into the deaths of 96 fans - after a crush during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest - followed a 27-year campaign by victims' families.
In April, it was reported South Yorkshire Police's legal bill for the inquests was £25.1m, with £20m of this paid by the Home Office.
Figures released by the police and crime commissioner showed the force had paid about £4.3m of the total legal bill.
Of the £63.6m cost for representing the victims' families, £34.3m went to the firm Birnberg Peirce while Broudie Jackson Canter received £19.8m.
The rest was spent on six other legal firms representing the families.
For nearly a quarter of a century the Hillsborough families fought for justice - but they were also forced to campaign for money, to fund the process of achieving it.
Many felt it put them at a disadvantage, when pitted against police officers and organisations with corporate or state backing.
Things changed in 2012 when the families felt they had learned the truth about the disaster after the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report.
But it opened up a new journey to justice which threatened to be long and costly.
The then Home Secretary Theresa May acknowledged their fears and promised a level playing field.
She committed the government to covering the families' costs under a new fund - the Hillsborough Families Legal Representation Scheme.
It meant they could be represented by top lawyers throughout the longest inquests in British legal history.
Survivors of the crush were not given funds for legal representation at the inquests.
Two criminal investigations are being conducted into the 1989 disaster and its aftermath - one into the fans' deaths, the other into police conduct - with future prosecutions possible.
The Home Office has said that its financial support for the victims' families will continue.
Liverpool Walton MP Steve Rotheram, Labour's mayoral candidate for the Liverpool City Region, said: "The public purse could have been spared this cost and the Hillsborough families the heartache of a two-and-a-half decade delay in reaching the right verdict, if they had received sufficient legal funding for the first inquest in November 1990.
"If they could have afforded the best lawyers 26 years ago, the injustice wouldn't have happened.
"It shows yet again why, when bereaved families are up against public bodies at inquests, they need fair legal funding."
Their departure puts more pressure on the incoming Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is still awaiting confirmation by the Senate, to fill the crucial positions that keep the Department running smoothly.
They include the Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy, two assistant secretaries, Joyce Barr and Michele Bond, and Gentry Smith, who directs the office of foreign missions.
This quartet were among a number of senior employees at the State Department who had submitted resignations for their current posts, which were limited-term appointments, as is standard practice during a transition.
These four were career foreign service officers who'd had years of experience managing both the department and foreign missions, and they leave a void.
"It's the single biggest simultaneous departure of institutional memory that anyone can remember, and that's incredibly difficult to replicate," a chief of staff for former Secretary of State John Kerry, David Wade, told the Washington Post.
It is not uncommon for senior officials to stay on for a while to smooth the transition to a new administration, or to be given other jobs within the foreign service. But it appears Mr Tillerson will be assembling a new team.
None of the departing officers has linked his or her exit to President Trump's unorthodox positions on foreign policy issues.
And some were of retirement age, having spent upwards of 40 years in the foreign service.
"To be honest, where else do you go when you've been an assistant or under secretary," said a senior US official.
The American Foreign Service Association, which represents the labour rights of foreign service officers, said there was nothing unusual about rotations and retirements during a change of administration.
But in a statement it noted that this "appears to be a large turnover in a short period of time."
"The skills needed for these positions are exceedingly rare outside the Foreign Service," it said.
"We expect that the new Secretary will have no trouble finding the right people at State to fill out senior leadership team," it added, a strong suggestion that he'd be well advised to do so.
A group of teenagers went to the railway tracks in the east of the city on Saturday to take pictures in front of oncoming trains.
But two of them failed to move away in time and a train ran over them, police said.
A study last year reported that India records more selfie-related deaths than any other country.
Scholars from Carnegie Mellon University and Indraprastha Institute of Information in Delhi said that 76 of the 127 selfie deaths globally in 2014-15 had been reported in India.
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The latest incident came to light after the local press reported the details on Tuesday.
"While taking photos, they (the teenagers) saw a train heading towards them and moved aside. But another train came from the opposite side, and they were stuck between the two. The victims were hit by one of the trains," The Indian Express quoted a police officer as saying.
A railway police officer added that the teenagers had hired a professional camera for the shoot.
"We have recovered the camera from the boys that was used for the photo-shoot. It had some pictures and videos also. The video has been sent to be analysed, while the photographs confirm they were randomly jumping from one track to another," Deputy Commissioner of Police Parwaiz Ahmed told the Hindustan Times.
Last year two students drowned while taking selfies in a swollen river in a remote part of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
And the police in Mumbai declared 15 locations as places where taking selfies "can be dangerous" after an 18-year-old girl drowned in the sea while taking a selfie.
An average of 9.2 million watched racer snakes, penguins and Komodo dragons on the sequel to the landmark natural history series from 20:00 to 21:00 GMT.
At the same time on ITV, 6.5 million watched The X Factor Results.
The day's most watched programme was the Strictly Come Dancing results show, with 10.1 million on BBC One at 19:15.
Planet Earth II comes a decade after the original Planet Earth. The new series began with Sir David, now 90, floating above the Alps in a hot air balloon.
The first of six episodes focused on islands, taking viewers to see red crabs on Christmas Island, pygmy three-toed sloths on Escudo, off the coast of Panama, and lemurs in Madagascar.
But the section that gripped critics and social media users the most was the sight of baby iguanas being chased by racer snakes in the Galapagos Islands.
"This was thrillingly, and with no exaggeration, the stuff of nightmares," the Daily Telegraph TV critic Gerard O'Donovan wrote.
He said Planet Earth II had set "yet another quality benchmark".
He wrote: "On the basis of this opener, Planet Earth II has surpassed the previous series - it was one of the most stunningly vivid and engaging natural history films I've ever seen."
In The Daily Mail, Christopher Stevens declared: "It was spectacular, it was beautiful, it was magical."
He continued: "Ever since Zoo Quest in the Fifties, the Attenborough technique has been to tell stories. He constructs his tales with the skill of a novelist, and presents them as grippingly as a Shakespearean actor."
The Times's Andrew Billen took issue with the way Sir David roots for one species over another in a scene featuring predators, such as where the red crabs were being threatened by vast colonies of ants that originally arrived on visiting ships.
Billen also noted his "anthropomorphism can also be shameless" when imposing human characteristics on animals.
"Yet yesterday I realised I no longer mind," Billen added. "He wants us to fall in love with a natural world embarrassingly red in tooth and claw. To do that he needs to make us empathise with its most colourful and jeopardised inhabitants."
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A mouse ran past inspectors at The Steamboat Inn, Sawley, in Derbyshire and 42 mice were caught at the premises over three nights.
Publican Simon Jones, 50, was fined £6,000 and Nicolas Crossman, 24, who ran the kitchen, was fined £1,000 at Derby Magistrates' Court.
Jones said it had been "a bad year".
Inspector Raf Ali, of Erewash Borough Council, told Derby Magistrates' Court: "The officer, whilst standing in the kitchen area, saw a mouse run from one side of the fridges under a table where a microwave stood."
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He said a mouse ran across a kitchen at the pub, which is near the Nottinghamshire border, while a "huge number" of customers were eating and drinking.
The pub was closed temporarily after the inspection in August 2014 but has since reopened.
Mouse droppings were found on the kitchen floor, under a stainless steel table and dishwashing machine, magistrates were told.
There was "a significant amount of dirt and debris" on the floor, as well as rodent faeces.
Crossman and Jones admitted failing to maintain clean food premises and failing to have adequate pest control.
Jones said he had been let down by a pest control firm which had failed to arrive and treat the premises.
"I am not saying it is down to them but it was a bad year. We were overstretched," he said.
"We have cleaned it up now and done what the council told us to put us in the right direction. "
They won 3-0 at Taffs Well to see off Barry Town United's challenge for promotion.
In the north, Cefn Druids are the only Cymru Alliance side who can go up.
Leaders Caernarfon Town beat them 7-0 on Saturday, but they and second placed Denbigh Town do not have the necessary FAW domestic licences to play in next season's Welsh Premier.
Druids, who are currently third, need a point from their final game at Rhayader Town on Saturday to finish in the top two and earn a return to the top flight.
Prince Charles was greeted by a small entourage including Jordanian King Abdullah II's religious adviser, Prince Ghazi Bin Muhammad.
The prince will hold bilateral talks with King Abdullah on Sunday.
The country is still reeling from the murder of 26-year-old Jordanian air force pilot Moaz al Kasasbeh by Islamic State (IS) last week.
King Abdullah has vowed to wage a "harsh" war against IS, and fighter jets from Jordan have carried out fresh attacks on the militants, who control parts of neighbouring Syria and Iraq.
Following his arrival, Prince Charles met Christian refugees from Iraq at the British ambassador's residence in Amman.
Remarking on the rise of IS, Charles told them: "This is what I think must be the worst of horrors - when all the people you lived with, side by side, and have always been friendly [with], suddenly totally change."
He has previously raised the plight of Orthodox Christians who have been forced to flee Iraq and Syria because of IS, seeking refuge in the UK.
Prince Charles will express Britain's sympathy and solidarity with Jordan in the fight against IS when he meets the king.
BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell says Jordan would like something rather more definitive, such as more support for the training of its armed forces and more cash to deal with refugees.
Prince Charles knew King Abdullah's father well, and the king trained at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and served in the British army.
The prince will be joined in Jordan by the UK's International Development Secretary Justine Greening.
The piece appeared on a building on the A20 in Kent overnight.
Pictures of the mural, near Dover's ferry terminal, have been posted on Banksy's Instagram account, and a representative confirmed it was his.
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Forces keep records of hospitality and gifts offered to officers and staff.
Thank-you gifts included free trouser repair and Hindu robes in recent years.
Gwent Police Federation chairman Tim Wilcox said: "It's really nice to acknowledge that members of the community want to say thanks to individual officers."
Officers in Wales are unlikely to go hungry while in the office or out on the beat, judging by disclosures from four forces.
By far and away, the most common gifts to officers and staff were treats - with enough biscuits, cakes and sweets to feed a small army.
One chip shop even gave a hungry patrol officer in Porthcawl, Bridgend county, a free chicken pie and small portion of chips.
The officer reported the gift, saying: "I was told that they were closing soon and didn't have a full portion of chips left but I could have what was left for free. I accepted with thanks.
"They also offered a chicken pie which I initially declined but when they told me it was only going in to the bin as they were closing I accepted."
The officer was told the gift was "approved on this occasion in line with policy" but in future, efforts should be made to reimburse the company.
Alcohol is another common gift, but depending on circumstances, cannot always be accepted.
Simon Newport, North Wales Police Federation chairman, said: "Years ago, you'd get whiskey, wine, boxes of chocolate which you could accept providing you'd disclose it.
"It happens less and less now - it's a modern day culture. It's difficult to say no to a little old lady who comes to the nick with a bottle of wine to say thank you."
For some people, the only proper way to show their appreciation was to make something themselves.
A walking stick with the carved head of a dog, soap and jam were among the gifts with the personal touch.
When gifts fall foul of the rules they are either returned or, where appropriate, can be donated to charity.
Mr Wilcox added: "When declining, it's crucial we acknowledge the thought behind it and, generally, police officers are good communicators."
Here are the views of parents and pupils, some of whom have suffered rugby injuries.
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David Ross is paralysed from the neck down, having broken his neck playing school rugby at the age of 18.
"I was just on the ground and a tackle happened beside me and the two guys came down on top of me and my neck bent in a way it shouldn't have," he told the BBC.
He called it a "freak accident" and said he had "no resentment at all towards the sport".
David, who hopes to play wheelchair rugby at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, said contact was a key element of rugby, and he did not think it should be banned in schools.
"People who get involved in rugby, they know it's a contact sport and they know what they're getting in for and injury is part of all sport," he added.
Jane Aldridge's son missed two years of school after breaking his back when a scrum collapsed during a school rugby match.
"He's lucky. He has no neurological damage. Plenty of boys end up paralysed following rugby matches," she said.
"He's back at school now which is good, but it was a very, very difficult two years for him."
Rugby was compulsory at the school, she said, but if her son had been aware of the risks he would not have played.
She said the benefits of playing sport were clear, but added: "You have to ask whether the specific benefits from the contact elements of rugby justify the risks, which to my view are intolerable."
Angus Swanson, now 20, had a brain haemorrhage at the age of 18 after a rugby tackle, but he still plays and coaches an under-14 team.
Talking about his injury, he said he "hit the dirt and woke up a month later".
But he said tackling was an essential part of rugby - and instead of "neutering" the game, school pupils should be allowed to play other sports if they did not want to play rugby.
He said rugby players must be taught how to tackle properly from a young age - because otherwise when they do start tackling they will be "running around dumping people on their heads".
Keith Dancey, from Taunton in Somerset, is in favour of a ban, and does not allow his 11-year-old son to play.
"Two years ago, a 10-year-old boy at his school suffered multiple breaks to his legs and was in a wheelchair for many weeks and then on crutches," he said.
"In the same season, a young teenager broke his arm in two places and can now no longer play tennis."
He added: "I've seen the ferocious behaviour between children on the rugby pitch, often encouraged by their own parents and some staff members.
"If parents are willing for their children to risk their long-term future for a game of rugby, then they are not acting in the interests of the child."
Dave Naylor, from Ripon in North Yorkshire, says his 15-year-old son has had his "fair share" of injuries playing rugby for his school and the local club.
"He has broken his leg, collar bone and elbow. He's currently recovering from the broken leg he sustained from a bad tackle," he said.
"But if you're to ban tackling, you may as well ban rugby altogether.
"I've seen kids breaking collar bones just running into each other. It's a contact sport. It's not for everybody. Do you want to wrap them in cotton wool too?
"The risks are there, so the sport should be left as it is."
Madeline Kerry, from Walsall, said her 14-year-old son lost a front tooth and damaged another due to a bad tackle during a school rugby game.
She said her son, now 17, needed stitches in his chin and had root canal work.
"It really knocked his confidence," she said.
"I had to go and collect him. He was crying, he was shook up. We had to go to A&E and it was quite a dreadful experience."
She said her son did not like rugby but it was compulsory in the school, and she argued that children should not be forced to play certain sports against their will.
The Bank, which is the main issuer of banknotes in the UK, said only about a quarter of cash in circulation is being used to buy and sell things.
Some is being hoarded, outside of bank accounts.
Much is held for travel money overseas or used illegally in the "shadow economy", the Bank said.
Banknotes with a value of £62.6bn were estimated to be in circulation at the end of July, according to the latest figures from the Bank.
That is the equivalent of £1,000 for every person in the country.
Recent industry figures showed that the number of cashless payments in the UK had overtaken the use of notes and coins for the first time. Card use, such as contactless payments, and digital transactions using smartphones are on the rise.
Yet, the value of banknotes in circulation has tripled over the last 20 years, according to the Bank's report.
"Over the next few years, consumers are likely to use cash for a smaller proportion of the payments they make," it said.
"Even so, overall demand is likely to remain resilient. Cash is not likely to die out any time soon."
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of payments made by consumers, businesses and financial firms were in cash
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of consumer payments are expected to be in cash by 2024
4.4% of adults “rarely” use cash at all
£67 is the average ATM withdrawal
1% of consumer payments were made by cheque in 2014
The Bank report suggested that between 21% and 27% of total UK cash was being used for transactions at any one time last year.
The rest was in various places including being "buried in the garden".
"People may choose to save their money in a safety deposit box, or under the mattress, or even buried in the garden, rather than placing it in a bank account," the Bank warned.
Some UK currency is hoarded by overseas visitors - either keeping it after returning from a trip to the UK, or as a store of value.
Cash is also used in the darker side of economic activity, the Bank added.
"The evidence available indicates that no more than half of Bank of England notes in circulation are likely to be held for use within the domestic economy for legitimate purposes," it said.
So a chunk is used in the "shadow economy" - either legitimate activities concealed from the authorities, or illegal activities and transactions. Some is also kept by criminals and tax evaders.
The report suggests that the size of the shadow economy has not mushroomed.
"Activity in the shadow economy has not seen significant growth, so transactional holdings of cash in the shadow economy are unlikely to have been the primary driver of the growth in banknote demand in recent years," it said.
Cash will see a significant overhaul in the coming years, with a new 12-sided £1 coin entering circulation in 2017 and plastic £5, £10 and £20 notes being introduced by the Bank of England in the next five years.
Banknotes are not only issued by the Bank of England in the UK. Seven commercial banks have permission to issue banknotes in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In Scotland, they are: Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, and The Royal Bank of Scotland. In Northern Ireland, they are: AIB Group (UK) plc (trading as First Trust Bank), Bank of Ireland (UK), Northern Bank (trading as Danske Bank), and Ulster Bank.
Southampton City Council has announced sprinkler fitting will be rolled-out at the city's towers from next week.
The works will start at Albion Towers, Sturminster House and Shirley Towers, where two firefighters died in 2010.
It follows calls for action to be taken in the wake of the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in west London last week.
Read more on this and other stories from across the south of England.
The tallest tower blocks, Canberra Towers, Redbridge Towers and Millbrook Towers have been identified as the next priority out of the city's 19 tower blocks.
It has not yet been revealed if the remaining tower blocks will have the sprinklers installed.
Dave Curry, chief officer of Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, said sprinklers were like "having a firefighter in every room in your home".
Mr Curry, who called for sprinklers to be fitted in all tower blocks after the Shirley Towers fire, said: "I know that if sprinklers were fitted in high-rise buildings we won't see the tragic loss of life that we've seen in this county and in London."
The blaze at the 15-storey Shirley Towers started in a ninth-floor flat and took the lives of Jim Shears, 35, of Poole, and Alan Bannon, 38, of Southampton.
An inquest revealed the blaze started after a resident left a curtain resting on a lamp.
The service said fire crews were also visiting every high-rise premise in the county to reassure residents and make sure they understood the evacuation process for their building.
Residents living in eight blocks which have had or are due to have cladding fitted in Thornhill, Weston, Shirley Towers, Sturminster House and Albion Towers have also called for a demonstration to show the cladding is non-combustible to allay fears.
The council said the product used, produced by Rockwool, was non-combustible, safe and fully certified.
The Nigg cross-slab dates from the 8th Century AD and features snakes and a depiction of monks receiving bread from a raven sent by God.
Nigg Old Trust has received a funding package of £178,000.
The Heritage Lottery Fund, Scottish government and European Community Highland Leader fund contributed.
The stone is displayed at Nigg Old Church.
Liz Budge, of Nigg Old Trust, said the financial package was crucial to the conservation of the stone.
She said: "We are a small group of local volunteers and, without support from organisations such as Heritage Lottery Fund and the Highland Leader Programme, would be unable to carry out this project.
"This funding will allow us to complete the final phase of an ambitious programme which has already seen us successfully complete major refurbishments to the church."
The cross-slab is one of Scotland's greatest art treasures, according to the trust.
The stone's entry in the Highland Historic Environment database described it as being intricately carved.
The entry said: "The style echoes that of the the sculptured crosses on Iona, the Book of Kells, and illustrated manuscripts of Lindisfarne in Northumbria and Durrow in Ireland.
"It seems always to have stood in the churchyard at Nigg."
In 1727 it was blown down in a storm but re-erected against the east gable of the church, according to the database.
In later years it was broken while being moved to give access to a burial vault and re-erected upside down. Eventually it was moved inside the church.
A broken piece of the cross-slab was found in a nearby burn in 1998.
The Championship part-timers won 36-22 at Super League side Hull KR on Saturday to reach the last 16.
In the Challenge Cup, teams split the income that is taken on the gate after the home team has claimed expenses.
"Let's be honest, the Challenge Cup is all about trying to get as much money as we possibly can," said Naylor.
"Do we go for the win [in the next round] or do we go for the financial aspect? I'd love to win the next round and the round after that as I don't like losing games - but let's be realistic."
The Roughyeds have had to move to play at Stalybridge Celtic's Bower Fold ground this season after promotion from League One, as their Whitebank Stadium did not meet Championship regulations.
"The money will help us massively and that's what we're desperate for," Naylor told BBC Radio Manchester. "That would then kick us on for next season and the season after, and then maybe we can start talking about trying to win things.
"Right now we're a club that needs a few quid and the next round will give us that hopefully."
The claim is made in a British Journal of Psychiatry study.
The published findings suggest that, in most cases, the auditory hallucinations stop with time.
However, children who continue to hear voices could be at risk of mental illness or behavioural disorders.
Researchers carried out psychiatric assessments of almost 2,500 children aged between 11 and 16 in both school-based surveys and in-depth interviews around the country.
They discovered that 21%-23% of younger adolescents, aged 11 to 13, had experienced auditory hallucinations.
Of this group, slightly over half were found to have a non-psychotic psychiatric disorder such as depression.
Just 7% of older adolescents aged 13 to 16 reported hearing voices - but almost 80% of those who did had a diagnosable psychological problem.
Lead researcher on the paper, Dr Ian Kelleher, from the Department of Psychiatry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), said: "Auditory hallucinations can vary from hearing an isolated sentence now and then, to hearing 'conversations' between two or more people lasting for a several minutes."
But he cautioned against undue alarm on the part of parents saying: "For many children, these experiences appear to represent a 'blip' on the radar that does not turn out to signify any underlying or undiagnosed problem.
"However, for the other children, these symptoms turned out to be a warning sign of serious underlying psychiatric illness, including clinical depression and behavioural disorders, like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder."
Co-author Professor Mary Cannon, also from the RCSI's Department of Psychiatry, said: "Our study suggests that hearing voices seems to be more common in children than was previously thought."
Nick Alexander, 36, of Colchester in Essex, was killed on Friday at the Bataclan concert hall, where he was selling band merchandise.
The director of Colchester Arts Centre, where he used to run a club night, said his death was "desperately sad".
France's Tricolore flag has now been raised to fly at half-mast over the town hall in Mr Alexander's memory.
More than 80 people are believed to have died at the Bataclan concert hall, one of the locations targeted as gunmen and suicide bombers carried out attacks.
The US band Eagles of Death Metal were playing a gig when attackers burst into the venue and opened fire, but the band themselves survived unscathed.
IS militants have claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The centre's Anthony Roberts said the former Colchester Royal Grammar School pupil ran the monthly Club Svelte night at the venue about 15 years ago and was "well-known" in the town.
"Nick came to us as a very young guy with the idea of running a club night - like a lot of young people did - but there was something about his personality and energy," he said.
"He was the creator, instigator, DJ and the personality of the club night.
"He was a particularly lively and driven character and had a lot of charm, but could back it up by being clever."
Mr Roberts said the night, which ran for about two years, regularly attracted a sell-out crowd of 400 people.
A tribute night called Peace, Love and Understanding is to be held at the centre at a later date so the "community where he was loved and grew up" can celebrate his life, Mr Roberts added.
Mr Alexander, who went to university in Liverpool, had been selling merchandise for the Eagles of Death Metal when he was killed and had previously toured with a number of acts.
They included the Africa Express music project, founded by Blur's Damon Albarn and writer and campaigner Ian Birrell.
The project's director Stephen Budd, who is co-chairman of the Music Managers' Forum, said Mr Alexander joined them on the UK tour in 2012 and was a "complete music enthusiast", who had also worked for the Black Keys.
"He was one of life's good guys," he said.
"It was a not-for-profit project and he gave us a massively reduced rate.
"He was just a charming, sweet, enthusiastic guy.
"I've been to the Bataclan many times - they treated artists so well - it brings it home to you when you know a place and you know the people killed there."
Musician Yusuf Islam, commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, tweeted that Mr Alexander worked as his tour merchandiser last year.
"Sending love and condolences to his family," he wrote.
Joe Trohman, lead guitarist of the rock band Fall Out Boy also paid tribute to Mr Alexander on social media, describing him as a "great guy".
In a statement released on Saturday evening, Mr Alexander's family said: "Nick died doing the job he loved. Peace and light."
Colchester Borough Council leader Paul Smith said the flag had been raised over the town hall as a "mark of solidarity" with the French people and would fly for the next three days.
"Our thoughts naturally go out to all of those whose lives have been tragically affected and altered by these terrible events, and in particular to the family and friends of Colchester citizen Nick Alexander," he said.
The Bishop of Chelmsford Stephen Cottrell said he had sent a message to the family of Mr Alexander, who was an altar boy at St Andrew's parish church in Weeley.
"We are standing alongside you in your grief and praying for you in your loss," he told them.
The tributes to Mr Alexander come as a British survivor of the Bataclan attack described how he lay on his girlfriend as people were shot dead around them.
Michael O'Connor, from South Tyneside, said the scene inside the concert venue was "like a slaughterhouse" and feared he was going to die.
On Saturday night, several buildings across England were lit up in blue, white and red as a mark of respect, including Tower Bridge, the London Eye and Blackpool Tower, while the words "je suis Paris" were projected on to the River Wear.
Hundreds of people attended candlelit vigils in Manchester and Birmingham on Sunday evening to remember those killed in the attacks.
In London, people holding candles created a ring around City Hall as part of an inter-faith event organised by Citizens UK.
Flags have also been flown at half-mast at all public buildings on the island of Jersey, 12 miles (19km) from France, with many of its buildings illuminated.
Jude Adeghe officially holds the IVF licence at St Jude's Women's Hospital, in Wolverhampton.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) said obtaining written consent while donors were under effects of anaesthetic was "wholly wrong".
Mr Adeghe said it was an "isolated incident" and verbal consent was given.
He is allowed to continue treating patients until an appeal is heard.
Mr Adeghe started the fertility clinic in 2001 and has held an HFEA licence there since 2002.
The regulator became aware of an anonymous complaint against him received by the General Medical Council (GMC) in relation to the incident.
In November, the HFEA, which is responsible for licensing IVF practitioners, heard eggs were collected from a woman on 20 August 2010, during fertility treatment.
The HFEA committee said it believed the forms for egg donation were filled in before she was discharged, one hour and 35 minutes after the procedure.
In its report, the regulator said guidance for patients given Midazolam, the sedative used in this case, stated they should "not drive a car, operate machinery, or sign legal documents for 24 hours."
It was unlikely she filled in the paperwork herself, but simply signed it, the watchdog concluded.
"To ask for written consent of a patient still under the effect of sedation is in our view wholly wrong," it said.
The committee added that it did "not think" Mr Adeghe had been "truthful" in his evidence and that the incident was probably "not a one-off", a claim he disputes.
He said since the last hearing he had commissioned an independent review which confirmed the incident was isolated.
"How can I be an unreliable witness? I have been an HFEA responsible person for 15 years and in that time this is the first incident," he said.
Mr Adeghe said he was confident the clinic's licence would be renewed and he was investing £100,000 in improving facilities.
The HFEA had proposed to refuse a licence for Mr Adeghe over the incident in May 2014 and its meeting in November followed an appeal by him.
A second appeal, in front of an independent panel, is expected to be heard in March. If that fails, Mr Adeghe could still choose to take his case to the High Court.
In a statement, the HFEA said it identified "serious concerns" during its inspection at St Jude's and it decided the clinic's current licence should not be renewed.
"The clinic made representations against that decision which was upheld," it said.
"The clinic has now sought to have the case heard by the independent appeal committee. The clinic can continue to treat patients until the appeal process is complete."
Mr Adeghe is also subject to GMC restrictions while it completes its fitness to practice investigation.
Edmund, 22, ranked five places lower then Querrey, lost his only other top-level meeting with the 29-year-old at Eastbourne in 2014.
Novak Djokovic will play Juan Martin del Potro in round two after beating Slovakia's Martin Klizan 6-3 7-6 (7-4)
Second seed Rafael Nadal had a 6-4 6-3 win over Germany's Mischa Zverev.
Thames Valley Police plans to introduce spit hoods for the first time, while Hampshire Constabulary currently only uses them in custody suites.
The two forces said the joint decision followed 432 reports of officers being spat at since April 2016.
Campaign group Liberty has described the hoods as "cruel and degrading".
A BBC Freedom of Information (FoI) request revealed last year they were being used by 17 of the UK's 49 police forces, with four more considering their introduction.
David Hardcastle, Assistant Chief Constable Operations for both forces, said the hoods protected staff and the public from "unacceptable and potentially dangerous behaviour".
He said: "Our officers put themselves at risk every day to protect the public and we want to ensure that they have the appropriate equipment to deal with the challenges they face.
"Everyone should be able to go to work without the possibility of being assaulted, including being spat at."
Mesh fabric hoods placed over the heads of suspects to prevent spitting or biting.
They can only be used once and are usually used in custody suites or when moving people in custody from one location to another.
Critics say they are distressing and humiliating, can cause panic in the detained person, and make it harder to notice if a prisoner is having difficulty breathing.
A BBC FoI request showed since 2011 the hoods had been used at least 2,486 times - in 635 cases on people with suspected mental health issues.
They have also been used on 91 people aged under 18 in the past five years, with North Wales Police reporting the use of a spit hood on a 12-year-old girl.
In a joint statement, Hampshire Constabulary and Thames Valley Police said the hoods would be introduced once full training had been completed.
Chairman of the Independent Custody Visitors Association Martyn Underhill said he was concerned the forces had rushed the decision.
"I don't think we've done enough research to find out what else is out there," he said.
"Other countries and other places in this county don't use spit guards, so why have the police stared using them? I find it concerning we're rushing into something we don't fully understand."
Sara Ogilvie, policy officer at Liberty, previously told the BBC the hoods were "cruel, degrading and primitive" and should never be used on children.
The Metropolitan Police began a three-month spit guard pilot in five custody suites in north-east London in December.
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His suspicious death on 6 June, just days after he vowed to press ahead the fight for universal suffrage, has caused an uproar in Hong Kong, where public opinion has forced the Chinese government to promise to re-open a criminal investigation into his final moments.
Mr Li's death at a hospital in the central province of Hunan was initially ruled a suicide, before it was re-classified as an accident.
He was reportedly found hanging from the hospital window with a strip of cloth around his neck.
But the public, as well as Mr Li's friends and supporters in China, believes the disabled activist, who was in his 60s, may have been murdered because of his politics.
His death has special resonance in Hong Kong, where the 1989 Tiananmen Square killings highlighted the former British colony's fears about Chinese rule, and because one of his last interviews was with a Cantonese-language cable television station.
"Each ordinary man has a responsibility for democracy, for the well-being of the nation. For China to enter a democratic society sooner, for China to realise a multi-party political system sooner, I will not look back even if I have to risk my head," he was quoted as telling Hong Kong's iCable.
Mr Li's supporters doubt whether a fair, objective assessment will be made.
That is why volunteers gathered in Hong Kong on Sunday to urge passers-by in the busy commercial district of Mongkok to sign a petition demanding a proper, transparent investigation.
A steady stream of people stopped to sign the petition, which has garnered 50,000 signatures.
The youngest signatory was five-year-old Christopher, who scribbled his name alongside his mother Coris Leung.
"We are from Hong Kong, but we are also Chinese. I want him to understand our culture, our history and what really happened to this man," she said.
Don Mak, who describes himself as largely apolitical, said he felt angered and frustrated by Mr Li's death.
"One of the fundamental rights of a human being is the right to live and the right to free speech. He was deprived of both," said the 22-year-old university graduate.
Volunteers plan to gather 100,000 signatures before presenting the petition to Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is expected to visit Hong Kong at the end of June to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the city's return to China - again highlighting the case's potential sensitivities.
Hong Kong is a city split between two political camps: the pan-democrats who are generally critical of the authoritarian rule of the Communist Party in Beijing, and the pro-establishment lawmakers who generally support the central government.
But in the Li Wangyang case, the two sides have largely come together to demand accountability.
Lee Cheuk-yan, chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China and head of the pan-democratic Labour Party, believes anger from all strata of Hong Kong society has put pressure on the pro-establishment lawmakers.
In September, the members of Hong Kong's parliament, called the Legislative Council, will face re-election. All eligible voters are allowed to participate.
On 10 June, Mr Lee led 25,000 people on a protest march that culminated in a gathering at Beijing's Liaison Office in western Hong Kong.
He said it was the biggest-ever protest at the central government's representative office. Police, who fired tear gas to keep the protesters at bay, said 5,000 people attended the march.
"We protested over the jailing of Ai Weiwei and Chen Guangcheng," said Mr Lee, referring to two of China's best-known dissidents.
"But this case is different. This time somebody died. Li Wangyang is obviously a victim of Tiananmen. He was maimed, blinded and made deaf during his imprisonment. His death is a very clear case of the high-handed, tyrannical way the government dealt with a citizen. We are demanding justice."
Rita Fan, Hong Kong's delegate to the elite Standing Committee in China's parliament, has written to the National People's Congress to express the people's doubts.
And over the past week, senior civil servants in the Hong Kong government, from Food and Health Secretary York Chow to Chief Executive Donald Tsang, have made rare public statements saying Mr Li's death was indeed suspicious.
Civil servants are meant to be above the political fray, so their comments demonstrate the amount of official support for a thorough investigation.
A report last week from the Beijing-backed Hong Kong China News Agency quoted a public security official in Hunan province as saying forensic experts from outside the province had been commissioned to carry out an autopsy.
Experienced criminal investigators were also now involved, the spokesman said.
But Mr Lee, the pan-democrat lawmaker, said there was widespread doubt on the mainland and in Hong Kong whether the investigation would be effective. Most of the evidence seems to be gone.
Mr Li's body was taken away by police just hours after it was found, according to his family and friends. The body was reportedly cremated a few days later on 9 June, against the wishes of the family.
It is unclear how, without the body, a new autopsy can be conducted.
But even with little evidence left, Mr Li's supporters in Hong Kong demand an investigation. They fear democratic rights in their own city may someday be curtailed if they do not make a stand now.
Even though this city is part of China, it is guaranteed the right to free speech and free assembly, both of which are unknown on the mainland.
"In Hong Kong, we have a saying, 'Today's mainland is tomorrow's Hong Kong'," said Claudia Mo, a politician for the pan-democratic Civic Party, who helped to gather signatures on Sunday.
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Wallington County Grammar School in Sutton, south London, has expressed an interest in opening a site in non-selective Croydon.
Chris Philp, Conservative MP for Croydon South, says he plans to write to Nicky Morgan to explore the process.
Croydon Council said it already had a clear strategy to meet rising demand for school places.
Mr Philp confirmed that he had been talking to Wallington, a boys' school, about setting up a satellite in Croydon for some time and they had been encouraged by last week's go-ahead for a similar plan in Kent.
The education secretary allowed Weald of Kent school in Tonbridge to open an annexe in Sevenoaks, sidestepping a ban on new grammar schools in England.
Mrs Morgan said the ban would remain and her decision would not "open the floodgates" to more selective schools, describing it as a "genuine expansion" of an existing school.
However, councillors in both Berkshire and Bedfordshire have, in the past week, begun exploring the possibilities of creating new grammar schools.
Mr Philp said he was keen to help Wallington investigate the feasibility of a selective annexe in Croydon.
"It will give children from all backgrounds the opportunity to fulfil their potential."
Currently, Labour-controlled Croydon operates a comprehensive education system, but Bromley to the east and Sutton to the west both run selective secondary schools.
Wallington's headmaster, Jonathan Wilden, confirmed the school would be interested in opening a Croydon annexe, should the opportunity arise.
Plans for the school to open a separate, non-selective free school in the borough in 2018 have already been given the go-ahead.
Croydon had already identified potential sites for new schools to meet rising pupil numbers and one of these could be earmarked for a grammar school, Mr Wilden suggested.
However, he said the school currently had no plans to submit a formal application for an annexe.
A spokesman for Croydon Council said the borough currently had no plans for grammar schools and would meet increased demand for school places by expanding existing schools and opening new comprehensives.
"The Department for Education has offered Wallington County the possibility of opening a secondary-age free school in 2018 with a comprehensive intake.
"The council has had no formal approach regarding a grammar school and there are no plans to develop grammar schools or grammar school extensions in Croydon," said the spokesman.
Last week, Comprehensive Future, which campaigns for equality of opportunity in education, said the group was taking advice on the feasibility of a judicial review of the Weald of Kent decision in the High Court.
Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said: "We are now seeing moves in many selective areas to open new grammar schools.
"Nicky Morgan will rue the day she allowed the new grammar school in Kent."
The PM has faced questions over Blairmore Holdings, an offshore company set up by his late father Ian.
He told ITV News he did not have "anything to hide" and had paid all UK taxes due on the profits he made from the sale of the shares.
The BBC understands the PM will publish his tax returns, possibly next week.
Leaked documents revealed Ian Cameron was a client of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca and used one of the most secretive - albeit lawful - tools of the offshore trade after he helped set up a fund for investors.
He was a director of Blairmore Holdings Inc which, until 2006, used "bearer shares" to protect its clients' privacy.
Mr Cameron told ITV News: "I don't have anything to hide. I'm proud of my dad and what he did and the business he established... I can't bear to see his name being dragged through the mud."
The PM said it had been a "difficult few days, reading criticisms of my father and his business practices - my dad, a man I love and admire and miss every day".
He said much criticism was based on a "fundamental misconception" that Blairmore Investment was set up to avoid tax.
"It wasn't. It was set up after exchange controls went, so that people who wanted to invest in dollar denominated shares and companies could do so, and there are many other, thousands of other unit trusts set up in this way," he said.
He said it was "properly audited" and reported to the Inland Revenue every year. Anyone who bought units in it was subject to capital gains tax when shares were sold, he said.
Mr Cameron said that, as the son of a stockbroker, he had owned stocks and shares in the past but sold them in 2010 shortly before he became prime minister.
"I didn't want to anyone to say you've got other agendas or vested interests," he said.
"Samantha and I had a joint account and we owned 5,000 units in Blairmore investment trust which we sold in January 2010, that was worth something like £30,000.
He added: "I paid income tax on the dividends but there was a profit on it but that was less than the capital gains tax allowance, so I didn't pay capital gains tax, but it was subject to all the UK taxes in all the normal ways."
Downing Street said Mr and Mrs Cameron bought their holding in April 1997 for £12,497 and sold it in January 2010 for £31,500. That year the personal allowance before capital gains tax was paid was £10,100 per person.
On Wednesday, Downing Street issued a statement saying Mr Cameron, his wife and children do not benefit from offshore funds - following a day of questions from the media about whether his family retains an interest in the fund.
On Twitter, Labour MP John Mann accused Mr Cameron of having "covered up and misled".
"How he got his shares is irrelevant. He has no choice but to resign," he posted.
The visitors looked in trouble when Rikki Clarke (3-63) dismissed Liam Dawson and James Vince in successive deliveries to leave the score at 58-3.
However, Michael Carberry (81) and Ervine (102) batted superbly to ensure the away side reached 339 all out.
Warwickshire finished the day strongly to reach 47-0 and leave an intriguing final day in prospect at Edgbaston.
Hampshire began the day on 38-1 and saw off the opening bowlers before Clarke struck twice in two deliveries.
First Dawson cut the ball straight to Sam Hain at point before Vince was trapped lbw for a golden duck.
With wickets falling around him, Carberry continued his excellent form against Warwickshire, hitting 10 fours and a six before playing onto his stumps to become Clarke's third victim.
Ervine was then well supported on the way to his 17th first-class century by Gareth Berg (36) and Danny Briggs (33), as Hampshire frustrated the hosts and stretched their lead beyond 300.
Warwickshire openers Varun Chopra and Ian Westwood (37) made a positive start to the run chase to leave them 332 runs from victory.
Warwickshire all-rounder Rikki Clarke:
"It's evenly poised. We will have to bat well. It will be a tough chase, but Division One cricket is tough.
"It is good that we came through unscathed tonight and now we have just got to bat well tomorrow and get the job done.
"Batting has been tricky at times but less so at others on a slowish pitch. The new ball has a bit of carry but after about 25 overs it becomes quite a difficult wicket to get people out on."
Hampshire centurion Sean Ervine:
"Most of the time I just try to play positively and it worked well for me today. It was a good day for us.
"We had a tough morning but then recovered well. We have put ourselves in a position where we could win the game or get a good draw.
"It is going to be a good contest. The wicket is still playing reasonably well but there is a bit of variable bounce there.
"Also we have got a lot of swing-bowlers in the team and I believe the weather forecast is for overcast tomorrow so we could get some help there."
The new blood cells will be made in bulk from stem cells that normally circulate in the blood.
Around 20 people will be given small quantities of the "lab-blood" as part of safety tests.
NHS Blood and Transplant said it would be a "landmark" moment and could help people with diseases such as sickle cell anaemia.
The organisation is facing falling numbers of new blood donors.
Artificial blood is one potential solution, particularly for patients for whom it is hard to find a good blood match.
The trial will be organised by the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford and will start by 2017.
Healthy people - not patients - will be given five to 10ml (less than two teaspoons) of the manufactured blood.
This is much smaller than a transfusion of a unit of blood - which is around 470ml.
Dr Nick Watkins, from NHS Blood and Transplant, said: "Scientists across the globe have been investigating for a number of years how to manufacture red blood cells to offer an alternative to donated blood to treat patients.
"We are confident that by 2017 our team will be ready to carry out the first early phase clinical trials in human volunteers.
"These trials will compare manufactured cells with donated blood.
"The intention is not to replace blood donation, but provide specialist treatment for specific patient groups."
The teenager was walking along Black Path in Workington when she was attacked on a grassed area near Cloffocks car park at about 19:30 GMT on Tuesday.
Cumbria Police wants to speak to four boys who were in the area and are believed to have followed the girl along the path.
Officers said the boys are believed to be of a similar age to the victim.
Current captain Chris Robshaw led England through their disastrous World Cup campaign, as they failed to progress beyond the group stages.
New head coach Eddie Jones says he intends to speak with Robshaw, but is yet to decide who his captain will be.
"I know it sounds Martin Johnson-like but Joe Launchbury could have that bit of X factor," said Dawson.
Speaking on his Radio 5 live show, the former England scrum-half added: "I get the feeling with Launchbury that the opposition and his peers look at him when they play against him and go 'awkward, difficult to play against, a pain in the backside, gets his line-outs, tough as boots, I would follow him anywhere'."
Wasps boss Dai Young has also backed 24-year-old Launchbury to succeed Robshaw.
Australian Jones, 55, who has signed a four-year deal to be England's first foreign coach, wants to name a skipper to take the team to the 2019 World Cup.
Former England and Northampton fly-half Paul Grayson added: "I would pick Joe because he's a young guy, and if he continues to improve he will guarantee his place in the team for a long time.
"He doesn't say a lot, gets around the park, a fantastic player, his peers respect him and will play for him."
Robshaw has led England since 2012 and is the second-most capped England captain of all-time.
Ex-England winger Ugo Monye, a former team-mate of Robshaw at Harlequins, revealed he has spoken to the England skipper, who he describes as "battered emotionally and physically" after the World Cup.
But Monye said that after taking some time out to think things through Robshaw still feels he can lead England and "is more determined than ever".
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Company Sgt Maj Frederick Barter was recognised for his "most conspicuous bravery and marked ability" during the Battle of Festubert on 16 May 1915.
The 24-year-old Royal Welsh Fusilier gathered a group of eight volunteers and attacked German positions in France with bombs and hand grenades.
Three German officers, 102 men and 500 yards of territory were captured.
Mr Barter, initially rejected by the army on account of his slight build, then went on to find and cut the wires on 11 enemy mines left behind for the advancing British troops.
The former Cardiff Gaslight and Coke Company stove repairer was decorated at Buckingham Palace by King George V in July 1915.
He went on to win the Military Cross in 1918 and retired with the rank of captain in 1922, before serving as a major in the Home Guard during World War Two. He died in 1952.
The plaque was unveiled during a Service of Remembrance on Tuesday.
His nephew Dennis Donovan attended the ceremony after hearing it publicised on the radio that morning.
"When you went into our home there was a big photograph in the hall of uncle Fred," he said.
"He was quite a lad and yet to meet him a very quiet gentleman.
"I feel very proud they should honour him now."
Reform Scotland said parents should be able to use their government-funded nursery provision at all nurseries which meet the required standards.
It has called for the introduction of a "virtual voucher" to help parents access their full entitlement.
The Scottish government offers all three and four-year-olds 600 hours of funded nursery provision per year.
However, many parents cannot find suitable places at council nurseries.
Some local authorities allow parents to use their child's entitlement to attend a private "partnership" nursery while others, such as Glasgow, limit the number of "partnership" places available.
Reform Scotland wants parents to be able to use their "virtual vouchers" at all nurseries which meet Education Scotland and Care Inspectorate standards.
In a briefing note on the issue, Reform Scotland said: "It is unfair on both parents and children for the Scottish government to set a policy, but allow local authorities to restrict the ability of parents to access that vital provision.
"It is not an excuse to argue that you have provided enough places in local authority nurseries if parents are unable to access those places because the hours or location on offer make it impossible to take up."
Research director Alison Payne said: "This is not about the private sector versus the public sector but acknowledging that most council nurseries do not provide the full-time care that working parents need, and therefore for all children to be guaranteed to receive government-funded nursery provision the money must follow the child.
"We have a simple suggestion - if an independent nursery meets the Education Scotland and Care Inspectorate standards, parents should by right be able to take their full government-funded entitlement there as a 'virtual voucher'.
"This is not radical and already happens in some areas in Scotland. However, Reform Scotland believes that this should extend to all working families in Scotland."
A Scottish government spokesman said: "The Children and Young People Act set out to significantly expand free childcare provision and increase flexibility, year on year.
"Local authorities are now required to consult with groups of parents at least once every two years on patterns of childcare provision that would best meet their needs, which will introduce a greater level of flexibility and choice to the system as we work with local government to further develop and expand provision."
A spokeswoman for Fair Funding For Our Kids, a parent-led campaign group, said: "There are parents in our group who have turned down work because they cannot get the childcare their children have been promised. We estimate thousands of kids in Scotland are missing out but the Scottish government has been slow to act."
"Many of the proposals from Reform Scotland are practical and could make a difference almost immediately. We hope Angela Constance will give them serious consideration."
Scottish Conservative young people spokesman Liz Smith said: "It is abundantly clear that many state-funded nurseries are not able to provide parents with sufficient flexibility when it comes to nursery place provision.
"We have seen several parents groups across Scotland expressing very considerable concern about this situation and about the ongoing concern that children whose birthdays fall in the 'wrong' time of year do not get the same provision as others.
"This discrimination needs to stop."
The Knight Commander of the Victorian Order (KVCO) honour is a personal gift by the Queen and is only presented to the Royal family or those working for the Royal family.
Sir David recently stepped as a trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh's award scheme after 10 years.
He has described the honour as the "icing on the cake".
Sir David, who lives in Box, Wiltshire, said he found out after opening some early Christmas cards and letters, including one with a Buckingham Palace stamp on it.
"To my astonishment, it was a letter saying I would be given the KCVO in the New Year's Honours list.
"It's an extraordinary honour, and I will be forever in the HRH Duke of Edinburgh's debt.
"He has been incredibly kind to myself and my family over the years, this is simply the icing on the cake."
The Duke of Edinburgh is a patron to many of Sir David's expeditions, including his historic solo balloon flight to the North pole.
He is the only person to have taken the award flag to the top of Everest, and to the North and South poles.
Others who have been included in the New Year Honours list include:
The Boundary Commission does not have an easy task.
The constraints imposed by the law are very tight - each seat must be composed of the rough building blocks of the new local government wards, to reach the designated number of voters with only 5% leeway.
Previous revisions were allowed much greater variation, which led to some anomalies but did tend to mean less disruption.
It could have been worse.
A proposed reduction from 18 seats to 16 was killed off at the last moment in the last parliament due to a row inside the then coalition government.
But the legislation put in place then has not been repealed, so the goal of reducing the overall size of the House of Commons to 600 seats remains.
Thanks to changes in the electoral registration process across the water, Northern Ireland now loses only one seat rather than the two that would have been abolished in 2012.
Even so, the changes are drastic.
Every constituency is changed, in some cases changed utterly, as Yeats might have put it.
Banbridge and Carryduff will be united in the new West Down constituency; the new North Tyrone will sweep from Strabane to Lough Neagh, swerving to include Omagh; the ancient kingdom of Dalriada is resurrected in parliamentary form, pivoting between Coleraine and the Glens; sandwiched between Dalriada and North Tyrone, a new Glenshane seat links Limavady and Magherafelt.
The SDLP will not be happy.
South Belfast, which their former leader, Alasdair McDonnell, retained in 2015 with the lowest ever vote share of a successful Westminster candidate, is to be divided four ways, mostly between an expanded East Belfast and a new South West Belfast.
The SDLP's two other seats, Foyle and South Down, are barely changed, but this may be small comfort.
The UUP also have little cause for cheer.
Fermanagh and South Tyrone, narrowly won by former party leader Tom Elliott in 2015, loses Dungannon town and instead acquires less Unionist-friendly territory to the west.
South Antrim, the UUP's other 2015 gain, loses its northern half to the new West Antrim seat and stretches south to include the urban core of Lisburn, which was once solid UUP but has been much better for the DUP of late.
The DUP may therefore be able to make a strong challenge in both the new South Antrim and West Antrim.
They also look strong in the proposed new East Antrim, Dalriada, Upper Bann and Blackwater, West Down and Strangford seats.
Elsewhere, however, the new boundaries are less good for them.
East Belfast, regained in 2015, becomes a tougher defence against the Alliance Party, with Dundonald out and the River Lagan as the new boundary.
North Belfast, transformed into North-West Belfast by the amputation of most of its Newtownabbey end and the shift of its boundary deep into the Lower Falls, will also be a tougher defence against Sinn Féin.
And farther west, the old East Londonderry loses Coleraine town but gains Magherafelt; another tempting prospect for Sinn Féin.
Sinn Féin have most reason to welcome the proposed changes.
Although West Belfast is to be split between the new North-West and South-West Belfast seats, the former now becomes a reasonable prospect, and enough of the core electorate remains in the latter to keep it solid territory.
The new North Tyrone and the barely changed Newry and Armagh look safe as well.
And as noted above, Sinn Féin have prospects elsewhere. (And Lady Hermon, the independent MP for North Down, is unlikely to be unduly troubled by the addition of Dundonald to her domain.)
For the Assembly, these changes will be very disruptive - not so much in terms of overall party balance, which should still end up proportional thanks to the electoral system, but in terms of the links between MLAs and their voters.
Some wonder whether it might not be better to link Assembly representation to the local councils, rather than to parliamentary seats which now face drastic revision every five years.
In any case, the planned reduction from six to five MLAs for each constituency means that the next Stormont elections will bring only 85 occupants to the blue chairs of the chamber, rather than the current 108, so the 2021 election will see major changes to Northern Ireland's political line-up.
The Boundary Commission's proposals will now be subject to public consultation, and must then be approved by the House of Commons where the government's slender majority depends on MPs who are being asked to abolish their own seats.
Northern Ireland's representatives are unlikely to come to Teresa May's aid for this purpose; Sinn Féin, the party which likely will benefit most from the proposals, is also the only party whose MPs can be guaranteed to be absent from the final vote.
The Assembly Rooms in Derby has been closed since the fire at its car park on 14 March.
The estimated money lost includes the cost of repairing the damage and loss of revenue.
Derby City Council has not yet decided whether to repair the venue, upgrade it or build a new one in another location.
The council told BBC Radio Derby: "We are in advanced discussions with the insurers with a view to reaching a cash settlement for the losses incurred at the Assembly Rooms.
"The figure quoted is the council's current estimate of the loss."
The majority of the damage was to the plant room at the top of the car park, which supplied the Assembly Rooms with electricity, gas, air conditioning and water.
The Assembly Rooms itself suffered smoke damage.
The venue normally hosts events including concerts, children's shows, pantomimes, trade exhibitions and conferences.
The council was due to decide before Christmas whether to repair it or build a new one, but has now said it will make an announcement in March.
One idea being considered it to build a new Assembly Rooms in Duckworth Square, behind the old Debenhams store.
The former site could then be used for shops and housing.
The city council previously said insurance was unlikely to cover the full cost of returning the venue to its original state, so it would have to dip into its reserves no matter what.
The discovery was made just before 14:00 GMT on Friday on land close to Imperial Park, Coedkernew.
Gwent Police said the death is being treated as unexplained and a post mortem examination will take place on Monday.
The Young Vic show sees Horrocks perform the music of bands including The Smiths and The Fall, accompanied by dancers and a live band.
The Independent says it is "a personal project that never feels personal".
And Lyn Gardner in the Guardian said it "springs few surprises".
Horrocks takes to the stage - dominated by an enormous plug socket - in a boilersuit and unlaced boots, later changing into leggings and a T-shirt.
She speaks very little in the hour-long piece, instead letting the music and dancing do the talking.
Horrocks, who previously showed off her singing talent in Little Voice, told the BBC she wanted to bring music from her past to the show.
"Most of the songs are from northern, male bands in the late 1970s and early 80s," said the Absolutely Fabulous star.
"Some of them are very loyal, but most are reinvented. They've got a bit more of a contemporary edge to them."
But Gardner in The Guardian said she longed "for more variety, for something less emotionally remote" in the work.
"There is no Desert Island Discs-style explaining of the significance of the songs Horrocks has chosen to cover," she noted. "Instead, If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me - which takes its title from an unperformed Marc Almond song - occupies the shadowy territory between a fully fledged theatre show and a gig."
Zoe Anderson, in the Independent, complained that "it's all very glossy, cleaned of sweat and guitar feedback" and gave two stars - while Gardner gave it three, later admitting on Twitter her rating had been "too generous".
"Whether deconstructing love songs, or actually singing them, Horrocks is sophisticated and remote," Anderson wrote. "These songs weren't part of my adolescence, but If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me doesn't show me why they were so important to hers."
The Telegraph gave it four stars, with dance critic Mark Monahan noting "this is a show she's probably been wanting to put on ever since she was about 13".
He added that it is "one of the crispest and kookiest hours of entertainment you're likely to encounter all year, and oddly elating in the way that only expertly delivered tragedy can be".
Mark Trueman, in What's on Stage, said the show is "several things at once". He admitted not being part of the target audience, but added: "The songs don't sit right in her mouth."
"The whole thing feels like an extended music video - slick, easy on the eye, pretty vapid," he said. "There's a thump to the music, but I should have come out wanting to set up a playlist and I just didn't."
The Stage review, by Natasha Tripney, also admitted she was not moved by the piece, writing: "This is not my music. I suspect it might make a considerable difference if it were."
She gave three stars, as Trueman did, and said: "The show is, says Horrocks, an archaeological exercise, but it's one performed with gloves on.
"The whole production feels a little bit too clean; your lungs stay pink and smoke-free throughout, the soles of your shoes un-sticky, your hair remains free of dubious fluids."
Charley Hull and Melissa Reid are both struggling ahead of the ANA Inspiration which starts at Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage on Thursday.
Hull has a wrist injury and said: "It's an old fracture and always going to be there."
Reid has a back problem and says she is "80% fit."
Both are hoping to be fit for the tournament.
Hull, who was second in 2016 behind world number one Lydia Ko, pulled out of last week's Kia Classic after aggravating her wrist when hitting out of the rough.
"It's like a chip out of the bone and I inflamed it," added the 21-year-old.
"I should be fine to play this week. I will sleep with it strapped and do everything else except golf with it strapped but when I play I will take it off."
Reid is battling a back problem which led to a missed cut at last week's Carlsbad event in California.
She told BBC Sport: "I've really struggled with my back, I think I only had one practice day in 10 going into last week so I went there to kind of prep for this week more than anything."
Reid is hoping the adage of "beware the injured golfer" will apply on the Dinah Shore Course this week. "It's kind of good in a way because I'm not expecting very much this week, it would be a bonus if I played well," she said.
"I'm just trying to do my maintenance. It is a long process for me to be fully fit and keeping healthy is the main thing."
The injury is a source of great frustration for the 29-year-old after succeeding in a "make or break" bid to secure her playing rights on the LPGA Tour.
"I would honestly say that was the biggest achievement in my career, coming through Q school," said the six times winner on the Ladies European Tour.
"I put a lot of pressure on myself to get it. I didn't want to play full time in Europe any more and I wanted the option of playing in America as well.
"I needed it for my career, I felt I had got a little bit stale out in Europe and this where I want to be. I want to be with the best golfers in the world playing some of the best tournaments in the world.
"It's given me my hunger back for the game. I want to say it is life changing and we are considering moving out here at the end of the year."
Reid and Hull are joined by fellow Britons Catriona Matthew and Jodi Ewart Shadoff in the $2.7m (£2.1m) tournament which is one of five majors on the women's circuit.
The moves came after an emergency eurozone leaders' summit in Brussels.
The eurozone had asked Greece to submit fresh plans after its voters rejected a draft bailout in a referendum.
But Greece brought no written plans, suggesting instead a few changes to an earlier draft, which would respect "the mandate of the referendum".
On Sunday a meeting of all 28 members of the European Union will be held.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the eurozone leaders had a "serious, candid discussion" in Brussels that "reflected the seriousness of the situation at hand".
She said the leaders "obviously respect the results of the referendum" but also had a "shared responsibility" for the European Union.
Italian PM Matteo Renzi said Greek PM Alexis Tsipras was acting in good faith to provide sensible proposals to stave off the debt crisis.
An official in eastern Kasur district made the decision after objections were filed, including charges of violating the constitution and his oath as army chief.
Gen Musharraf has the right to appeal and has also filed nomination papers in three other constituencies.
But this may affect those decisions.
Six objections were brought against Gen Musharraf by a local lawyer in Kasur. Election tribunals will begin to hear appeals next week.
In a parallel development, the PML-N party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif - ousted by Gen Musharraf when he took power in a coup in 1999 - has challenged Mr Musharraf's eligibility to contest elections.
The former military ruler faces a string of charges dating from his final months in office - but he has been granted protective bail in these cases, which means he cannot be immediately arrested.
He is accused of failing to provide adequate security for former PM Benazir Bhutto ahead of her assassination in 2007.
He is also wanted in connection with the murder of a Baloch tribal leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, and for sacking the entire higher judiciary in November 2007.
The former president has described the cases against him as "baseless" and politically motivated.
His supporters were defeated in parliamentary elections in February 2008, and Gen Musharraf resigned in August that year under threat of impeachment, living in London and Dubai until his return last month.
In a separate development, a court in Pakistan sentenced a former provincial minister to two years in prison for falsely declaring that he was a graduate.
Mir Ali Jattak, a former minister of Balochistan province, is the seventh politician to be jailed in recent days for fraudulently claiming to hold a degree.
These lawmakers are believed to have submitted "fake" degrees because of a 2002 law that required members of parliament to be college graduates - the law has since been abolished.
The Electoral Commission said it "does not mean that it has any view" on whether charges should be brought.
It has invited several police forces to a meeting next week on the issue.
The Conservatives have admitted failing to declare £38,000 of general election expenses for accommodation costs, blaming an "administrative error".
They said they failed to register what was paid to put up Tory activists involved in the party's Battlebus operation - following a Channel 4 investigation.
The party said the tour was part of the national campaign organised by Conservative Campaign HQ and, as such, the expenditure did not form part of the spending by individual candidates.
It says it was "some millions below" the spending threshold for the national campaign and would have had no reason not to declare it.
But Channel 4 said its investigation suggested the operation was focused at a local level, so should have been declared as such.
The deadline for any prosecutions is 12 months from the date of any offence, unless police or the director of public prosecutions apply to the courts for an extension.
The Electoral Commission is investigating whether the Conservatives met their reporting obligations under the Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act for the 2015 general election and by-elections in Newark, Clacton and Rochester and Strood.
It has the power to fine parties over their national campaign spending - but it is up to the police to investigate or sanction local party candidates over local campaign spending under the Representation of the People Act.
The commission said its view was that "in the absence of any current investigation by the police, it would be sensible for the criminal justice agencies to retain the ability to take action, should appropriate evidence come to light as part of the commission's own investigation".
The Electoral Commission said it does not believe it will finish its investigation before the deadline for any potential offences under the Representation of the People Act expires.
A total of 5,746 new cases were reported between September and March, roughly double the 2,833 cases reported in the same period last season.
PHE said it was the second period in a row "with exceptionally high numbers".
Scarlet fever commonly affects young children. Parents should look out for signs of a sore throat, headache, fever and pinkish rash on the chest.
The rash, which appears within a day or two, can spread to other parts of the body.
Although scarlet fever is now a much less serious infection than it used to be, complications can still arise, particularly in those who are not treated promptly.
At present, there is no vaccine for scarlet fever.
Public Health England said this is the time of year when the highest number of scarlet fever cases are normally seen and they are likely to tail off after a few weeks.
But it said it was unclear why substantial increases in cases had occurred in the past two years.
Dr Theresa Lamagni, head of streptococcal infection surveillance at Public Health England, said parents should keep an eye out for signs of scarlet fever.
"Individuals who think they or their child may have scarlet fever should see their GP without delay as antibiotic treatment is needed.
"Symptoms usually clear up after a week and in the majority of cases remain reasonably mild providing a course of antibiotics is completed to reduce the risk of complications.
"As scarlet fever is highly contagious, children or adults diagnosed with scarlet fever are advised to stay at home until at least 24 hours after the start of antibiotic treatment to avoid passing on the infection."
GPs, schools and nurseries are being urged to inform local health protection teams if they become aware of cases.
PHE also said that good hand hygiene routines for pupils and staff were very important.
"Children and adults should be encouraged to cover their mouth and nose with a tissue when they cough and sneeze and to wash their hands after using or disposing of tissues."
The Royal Mail said the boxes will mainly be in rural areas, new housing developments and in high footfall areas that aren't currently served by a postbox.
The exact location of each box will be confirmed later this year.
The move is part of an initiative to boost public access to postboxes across the UK.
Some of the boxes are already in situ but all 280 will be installed by spring 2017.
A higher number of postboxes are being installed in Northern Ireland than in Great Britain.
The Royal Mail said this is because "the rural nature " of Northern Ireland "meant that the postbox density was lower than elsewhere".
"In urban areas, postboxes may have been previously removed due to security reasons," it added.
There are approximately 115,300 postboxes currently in service across the UK.
After installation of the first 700 new boxes, 98% of all households in the UK will be within half a mile of a postbox.
Speaking about the announcement Kellin McCloskey, head of postal services at the Consumer Council said: "We welcome today's announcement by Royal Mail regarding the installation of approximately 280 new postboxes across Northern Ireland.
"We have been involved in early discussions with Royal Mail to ensure consumers can more easily access postal services through increasing its post box coverage.
"Given NI had the lowest level of post boxes of all UK nations, this is good news for consumers in NI," he added.
Thousands of patients were tested for blood-borne viruses after secret filming of Desmond D'Mello exposed poor levels of cleanliness.
All but one of the 56 allegations were found proven at a General Dental Council (GDC) misconduct hearing.
The council will now decide whether Mr D'Mello will be struck off.
Secret filming at his Daybrook Dental Practice, in Nottingham, in 2014 prompted the recall of 22,000 patients.
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More than 4,000 of those patients were tested for viruses including hepatitis and HIV.
A conduct hearing at the GDC found 55 allegations against him were proven, including failing to change gloves between patients and not putting on a new surgical mask for each patient.
The panel said: "Mr D'Mello was under a duty to maintain adequate infection control for patients and staff.
"Mr D'Mello's actions...were a departure from this duty and, there, constituted a failure to maintain adequate infection controls."
Dental nurse Caroline Surgey admitted more than 20 allegations which happened when she was working alongside Mr D'Mello.
The 43-year-old told the panel she had failed to adequately re-educate herself following a career break and was scared to challenge Mr D'Mello in case she lost her job.
An emotional Ms Surgey, who has since received the relevant training, said of her reaction when she re-watched the video of herself: "It was appalling.
"If I saw that person doing that I would be horrified, I was ashamed and I could see failures in all of it and if I saw that person I would think they were a really bad person."
She added: "I have let myself down, I have let my family down, I have let the profession down, I have let the patients down and I have the public down and it will never, never happen again."
The panel heard witnesses who said Mr D'Mello insisted on seeing "massive amounts of patients", sometimes up to four in 15 minutes, making "cross-infection control impossible".
It also heard that the surgery was "filthy" and staff were told off for too much cleaning or changing their gloves.
Ms Surgey said on Monday: "It was obviously to ease costs so he did not like me changing gloves all the time.
"He would comment if somebody changed their gloves all the time."
Mr D'Mello is not giving evidence at the hearing but in a statement to the panel said he was in "total shock" at the allegations, which he accused the NHS of handling in a "humiliating" manner.
NHS England said 4,526 patients of Mr D'Mello were tested following the recall, with five of these found to have hepatitis C. None were diagnosed with hepatitis B or HIV.
Mr D'Mello was a dentist for nearly 38 years and began his own practice in 1980.
Both sides struggled to contend with the blustery conditions at Hayes Lane and it showed with Lucas Dawson's 36th-minute effort from 25 yards the best chance of the first half.
Bromley forward Tobi Sho-Silva saw an effort cleared off the line by Sam Hughes at the start of the second half as the game began to liven up.
Hughes then crossed for Evan Horwood but the Chester defender could only strike into the side-netting.
Bromley's best chance came when Louis Dennis was denied by a superb save from Alex Lynch, before Durrell's 25-yard effort on 88 minutes saw Chester end their three-game losing run and pick up only their third win of 2017.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bromley 0, Chester FC 1.
Second Half ends, Bromley 0, Chester FC 1.
Goal! Bromley 0, Chester FC 1. Elliott Durrell (Chester FC).
Substitution, Chester FC. Wade Joyce replaces Sam Hughes.
Substitution, Bromley. Shane McLoughlin replaces Blair Turgott.
Substitution, Bromley. George Porter replaces Ryan Hall.
Substitution, Bromley. Connor Dymond replaces Lee Minshull.
Substitution, Chester FC. Blaine Hudson replaces Lucas Dawson.
Substitution, Chester FC. Evan Horwood replaces Johnny Hunt.
Second Half begins Bromley 0, Chester FC 0.
First Half ends, Bromley 0, Chester FC 0.
Blair Turgott (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Lee Minshull (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Tom Shaw (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card.
Lucas Dawson (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The Real Madrid and Wales winger joins a growing movement promoting formats that make the game shorter and speedier to play. The thinking is that golf, at all levels, would benefit from unearthing its own equivalent of Twenty20 cricket.
For the humble amateur there is much to enjoy from an evening playing a quicker version while professionals competing in made-for-TV contests could give golf's popularity a big boost.
A new format played over six holes, where golfers are allowed only 30 seconds to execute shots, has been launched and Bale alerted his 17.3 million Instagram followers to SPRINT6GOLF last week. It has also been endorsed by the European Tour.
Players can download a smartphone app which explains the rules and provides a stopwatch. If you take too long you receive a yellow card and a second bad time leads to a one-shot penalty.
"The idea is to speed up golf and give people a viable alternative to the long form of the game," SPRINT6GOLF founder Tom Critchley told BBC Sport.
"Can you play golf in an hour? Yes, you can. Very simply, it is six holes on a 30-second shot-clock. The moment you put your bag down the clock starts and people get on with it."
In reality, the clock only comes into play for tee shots and on the green. Strokes in between are self-policed but by then the quicker tone has been set.
Having tried it out, it seems to work and certainly it was a fun way to have an evening's golf. With handicaps ranging from seven to 24, our fourball covered half a dozen holes, with often lengthy walks from greens to tees, in just over an hour.
But surely the bigger potential lies in the professional ranks where there is a new breed of administrators who appear open to the introduction of ambitious and exciting formats.
New European Tour boss Keith Pelley has spoken of the need to innovate and take risks going forward, while the PGA Tour and LPGA are aligning themselves with Topgolf, a driving range-based format.
"Our vision is very much to go to the professional game," Critchley added. "I want to see the best players in the world play this.
"The referees hidden away behind the trees would come to the forefront, the players will really get involved with the time pressures, we'll have the shot-clock on the television - it's made for it.
"We are starting at the grass roots level but the vision is to get to a professional tournament on the European Tour and other tours around the world."
Already, European Tour chief executive Pelley has put an emphasis on making regular events quicker to watch.
He identified this issue soon after taking over at the Wentworth-based circuit and has also won support from the new leader at the Royal and Ancient in St Andrews.
"I think it is critical," Pelley told BBC Sport. "That's why I'm so impressed with Martin Slumbers and the R&A and the way they have taken to this initiative of curbing slow play and they're behind it.
"We are totally aligned so I couldn't be happier."
The Canadian is pleased with the impact of the slow-play policy he brought in at the start of the year. "It's really working," Pelley said.
He cited evidence from the recent Spanish Open. "When we compared our times from the first two rounds the last time we played at Valderrama in 2011 to this year we were 12 and 13 minutes quicker," he revealed.
"So we are now actually increasing our monitoring programme because we have seen the success.
"I've had two or three players tell me that they have learned to play quicker, while a couple of players said to me: 'I would have liked to have taken a little more time there'.
"But at the end of the day, this is what our fans want and it's what our players wanted."
The R&A, meanwhile, has published its findings after its "Time for Golf" conference on slow play last November. Again the aim is to speed up play to make the game attractive to those battling the time pressures of modern life.
To promote shorter forms of the game, there will be a new nine hole amateur event at Royal Troon on the Saturday before this year's Open Championship.
Golf, at last, seems to be moving out of the slow lane, and a kick in that direction from one of the world's leading footballers, only helps speed up the process.
1525 - Spain begins conquest of Colombia.
1536-38 - Spain establishes the settlement of Santa Fe de Bogota, which subsequently becomes known as Bogota, the current capital; becomes part of the Spanish vice-royalty of Peru.
1718 - Bogota becomes the capital of the Spanish vice-royalty of Nueva Granada, which also rules Ecuador and Venezuela.
1819 - Simon Bolivar defeats Spanish at Boyaca. Republic of Gran Colombia formed with Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela.
1829-30 - Gran Colombia dissolved when Venezuela and Ecuador split off, leaving present-day Colombia and Panama a separate state known as Nueva Granada.
1849 - Conservative and Liberal parties founded.
1861-85 - Liberal Party rule sees country divided into nine largely autonomous entities and the church separated from the state.
1885 - Start of 45 years of Conservative Party rule during which power is recentralised and church influence restored.
1899-1902 - "The War of the Thousand Days": around 120,000 people die in civil war between Liberals and Conservatives. Panama becomes an independent state.
Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1982
1930 - Liberal President Olaya Herrera elected by coalition; social legislation introduced and trade unions encouraged.
1946 - Conservatives return to power.
1948 - Assassination of presidential hopeful Jorge Eliecer Gaitan ignites riots in Bogota.
1948-57 - 250,000-300,000 killed in civil war.
1958 - Conservatives and Liberals agree to form National Front in a bid to end the civil war; other parties banned.
1964 - Leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) and Maoist People's Liberation Army (EPL) founded.
1966 - Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc, the current largest guerrilla grouping) set up.
1970 - National People's Alliance formed as a left-wing counterweight to the National Front.
1971 - Left-wing M-19 guerrilla group emerges.
1978 - President Julio Turbay (Liberal) begins intensive fight against drug traffickers.
1982 - President Belisario Betancur (Conservative) grants guerrillas amnesty and frees political prisoners.
1984 - Campaign against drug traffickers stepped up following assassination of justice minister.
1985 - Eleven judges and 90 other people killed after M-19 guerrillas force their way into the Palace of Justice; Patriotic Union Party (UP) founded.
Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts. An estimated 23,000 people are killed in four Andean towns.
Drug lord's rooftop killing brought to an end one of the world's most ruthless drug trafficking empires
1986 - Virgilio Barco Vargas (Liberal) wins presidential elections by record margin. Right-wing paramilitary groups begin murder campaign against UP politicians, amid continuing violence by left-wing groups and death squads run by drugs cartels.
1989 - M-19 becomes legal party after reaching peace agreement with government.
Liberal and UP presidential candidates murdered during presidential election campaign, reputedly at the behest of drug cartels; Cesar Gaviria elected on anti-drug platform.
1991 - New constitution legalises divorce, prohibits extradition of Colombians wanted for trial in other countries and guarantees indigenous peoples' democratic rights, but without addressing their territorial claims.
1993 - Pablo Escobar, Medellin drug-cartel leader, shot dead while trying to evade arrest.
1995 - Ernesto Samper Pizano (Liberal) elected president and is subsequently charged and cleared of receiving drug-cartel money for his election campaign.
1998 - Andres Pastrana Arango - a Conservative - elected president, begins peace talks with guerrillas.
1998 November - Pastrana grants Farc a safe haven the size of Switzerland in the south-east to help move peace talks along. The zone is off-limits to the army.
1999 January - Peace talks formally launched but proceed in stop-start fashion. Pastrana and Farc leader Manuel "Sureshot" Marulanda meet.
1999 January - Powerful earthquake kills some 1,000 people. Cities of Armenia and Pereira badly hit.
2000 July - Pastrana's "Plan Colombia" wins almost US$1 billion in mainly military aid from the US to fight drug-trafficking and rebels who profit and protect the trade.
2000 September - Government freezes talks; alleges Farc harboured hijacker of plane forced to land in safe haven. Later, Farc refuses to resume talks, accuses Pastrana of not stopping paramilitary groups.
2001 February - The Farc return to peace talks after meeting between "Sureshot" and Pastrana. Pastrana extends demilitarized area for eight months.
US pumped billions into anti-drugs drive
2001 June - Farc rebels free 359 police and troops in exchange for 14 captured rebels. Farc accused of using safe haven to rearm, prepare attacks and conduct drug trade.
2001 October - Government, Farc sign San Francisco agreement, committing themselves to negotiate ceasefire. Pastrana extends life of safe haven until January 2002.
2002 January - Pastrana accepts Farc ceasefire timetable and extends safe haven until April.
2002 February - Pastrana breaks off three years of tortuous peace talks with Farc rebels, says hijacking of aircraft hours earlier is final straw. He orders rebels out of demilitarised zone. Government declares war zone in south after rebels step up attacks.
2002 May - Independent candidate Alvaro Uribe wins a first-round presidential election victory, promises to crack down hard on rebel groups.
2002 August - Moments before Alvaro Uribe is sworn in as president, suspected Farc explosions rock Bogota. Twenty people are killed. Days later, Uribe declares state of emergency.
2003 October - 14 out of 15 of President Uribe's planned austerity measures and political reforms rejected by voters in referendum. Three ministers, national police chief resign.
2003 November - Fighters from right-wing United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC) begin to disarm.
2004 May - Farc's Ricardo Palmera, the most senior Colombian guerrilla ever captured, is jailed for 35 years.
2004 July - Right-wing AUC and government begin peace talks. AUC leaders address Congress.
2005 January - Bitter 15-day dispute with Venezuela over the capture of a Farc leader on Venezuelan soil. The affair is resolved at talks in Caracas in February.
2005 June - New law offers reduced jail terms and protection from extradition for paramilitaries who turn in their arms. Rights groups say the legislation is too lenient.
2005 December - Exploratory peace talks with the second biggest left-wing rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), begin in Cuba.
2006 February - Colombia and the US agree on a free trade deal. The agreement awaits ratification in both countries.
2006 March - Parties loyal to President Uribe win an overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections.
2006 May - President Uribe wins a second term in office.
2006 November - Court investigates possible ties between high-ranking politicians from Sucre department and right-wing paramilitaries.
2006 December - Detained paramilitary leaders say they are pulling out of a peace process. Government says demobilisation of right-wing groups will continue.
2007 January - Ecuador turns to the Organisation of American States (OAS) for help with its challenge to Colombia's coca crop-spraying programme along their common border.
2007 June - Government releases dozens of jailed Farc guerrillas, in hope that rebels will reciprocate by releasing hostages. Farc rejects move, saying it will only free hostages if government pulls back troops and sets up demilitarised zone.
2007 July - Hundreds of thousands protest in Bogota against kidnappings and conflict in the country.
2007 September - In his role as mediator, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez agrees to invite rebels for talks on hostage release deal.
2007 November - Colombia sets deadline of 31 December for President Chavez to reach deal with rebels on prisoner swap.
Two-term president had some success in his fight against rebels
2007 November - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez withdraws his country's ambassador to Bogota in a row over his role in negotiations between the Colombian government and rebel forces.
2008 January - The Farc releases two high-profile hostages, Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez, as a result of Mr Chavez's mediation.
Mr Chavez calls on the US and European governments to stop treating Colombian left-wing rebel groups as terrorists, but Mr Uribe rejects the idea.
2008 March - A Colombian cross-border strike into Ecuador kills senior Farc rebel Raul Reyes and sparks a diplomatic crisis with both Ecuador and Venezuela.
2008 May - Colombia extradites 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. US hails move as evidence Colombia deserves trade deal. Colombian opposition complains the extraditions mean that the militia leaders will not reveal their alleged links to political allies of Mr Uribe.
Farc announces death of its leader and founder, Manuel Marulanda.
2008 June - Colombia renews low-level diplomatic relations with Ecuador.
2008 July - Colombian army rescues the country's highest-profile hostage, Ingrid Betancourt, held in captivity for six years by Farc. She was among 15 hostages freed in an operation in the southern-central region of Guaviare.
French-Colombian politician held hostage by FARC rebels for six years before being rescued
2008 November - The sudden collapse of pyramid investment schemes - used by some of the poorest savers - triggers violent protests. Several towns are put under curfew.
2009 February - Farc rebels free six high-profile hostages, including a former provincial governor held since 2001.
2009 March - Farc releases a Swedish man thought to be the group's last foreign hostage, Erik Roland Larsson.
President Alvaro Uribe offers Farc rebels peace talks if they halt "criminal activities" and declare a cease-fire.
2009 July-August - Relations with Venezuela deteriorate again after plans to allow US troops to use Colombian military bases as part of a drive to curb drug-trafficking are unveiled.
Venezuela withdraws its ambassador from Bogota and freezes relations after the Colombian government accuses Caracas of supplying arms to Farc rebels; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accuses Colombia of carrying out a military incursion into his country.
2009 October - Colombia and US sign deal giving the US military access to seven Colombian bases.
2009 November - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urges his armed forces to be prepared for war with Colombia and orders 15,000 troops to the border, amid growing tensions.
Former army Gen Jaime Humberto Uscategui is given 40-year jail sentence for his role in killing of unarmed civilians by right-wing paramilitaries.
2009 December - The Marxist rebel groups - the Farc and the smaller National Liberation Army (ELN) - announce that they intend to stop fighting each other and concentrate on attacking the armed forces.
2010 July - Venezuela cuts diplomatic ties with Colombia after being accused of harbouring Farc rebels.
2010 August - Juan Manuel Santos takes over as president, having won easy victory in run-off election in June. He responds to a Farc offer of talks by insisting that the rebel group must first release all the hostages it still holds.
Colombia and Venezuela restore diplomatic ties.
2010 September - Farc steps up its campaign of violence. Colombian army kills senior Farc commander Mono Jojoy in air strike in Macarena region.
2011 February - Farc releases several hostages in what it describes as a unilateral "gesture of peace" to the government.
2011 May - Senate approves law to compensate victims of civil conflict and return land to millions of displaced people.
2011 August - President Santos outlines new tactics against rebels, who have increasingly been resorting to hit-and-run raids.
2011 September - Former intelligence chief Jorge Noguera - a close ally of former president Alvaro Uribe - is sentenced to 25 years in prison for collaborating with paramilitary death squads.
2011 October - US Congress passes long-delayed free trade agreement with Colombia, despite concerns over country's poor record of labour relations.
2011 November - Colombian military kills Farc leader Alfonso Cano, who succeeded founder Manuel Marulanda in 2008. Timoleon Jimenez, alias Timochenko, becomes new leader of the guerrilla group.
2012 August - President Santos says exploratory talks are under way with Farc, and that the ELN armed group has also indicated a readiness to talk. Congress approves a law providing for peace talks in June.
2012 October - President Santos apologises to indigenous leaders in the Amazon region for the killing of 80,000 indigenous people in the 1912-29 rush to harvest latex in the area.
One of Colombia's most wanted drug dealers, Henry de Jesus Lopez, is arrested in Argentina. He is the suspected leader of the Urabenos gang, which controls much of the drugs trade in northern Colombia.
2012 November - Farc rebels declare a two-month ceasefire as peace talks with government begin in Cuba.
International Court of Justice in the Hague rules that a group of disputed Caribbean islands belong to Colombia, not Nicaragua, but expands the disputed maritime border in favour of Nicaragua.
2014 June - President Santos wins another four-year term in office.
2015 January - President Santos says government ready for bilateral ceasefire with Farc, after welcoming Farc's December unilateral ceasefire.
2015Â September - The government and Farc to set up special courts to try crimes committed during conflict, as well as truth commission and amnesty law.
2015 December - The two sides sign a key deal on paying reparations and ensuring justice for victims of the conflict.
2016 March - The government and Farc delay the signing of a final agreement, citing remaining differences at the talks, and will now seek a deal by the end of 2016.
The government says it is starting formal peace talks with the ELN armed group.
2016 June - The government and Farc sign a definitive ceasefire and disarmament agreement, a precursor to a comprehensive peace deal.
2016 September - The government and Farc sign a historic peace accord that formally brings to an end 52 years of armed conflict.
2016 October - Voters reject government's peace deal with Farc by a narrow margin in a national referendum. President Santos vows to continue talks with the rebels. He is awarded the Nobel Peace prize for his efforts to bring the long-running conflict to an end.
2016 November - The government and Farc sign a revised peace deal after an earlier agreement was rejected in a popular referendum amid objections its was too favourable to the rebels.
2017 April - Landslides killed at least 206 people in the south-west and left many more injured.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has begun a legal appeal after a judge ruled it was up to him to decide if gay men could donate blood in NI. The ban was lifted in Britain in 2011.
The judge said NI's Health Minister Edwin Poots' ban was "irrational".
Mr Poots has also begun a legal challenge to the ruling.
In a statement, a Department of Health spokesperson said: "Men who have sex with men have been able to donate blood in England since November 2011. We believe that any decision on this issue in Northern Ireland is a matter for its devolved government and ministers.
"We are appealing against the judgement on the basis of the implications for devolution, not on the issue of men who have sex with men donating blood itself."
Earlier, the Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham called on Mr Hunt to explain his position on gay men donating blood in Northern Ireland.
A complete ban on gay men donating blood was put in place across the UK during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, but this was lifted in England, Scotland and Wales in November 2011.
It was replaced by new rules that allow blood donations from men whose last sexual contact with another man was more than a year ago.
However, the lifetime ban is still in place in Northern Ireland, where Mr Poots said it was needed to ensure public safety.
Last October, a judge at the High Court in Belfast said this was "irrational", and Mr Poots did not have the power to retain the ban as it was a matter for the Westminster health secretary.
Mr Burnham told the BBC it was "surprising that Jeremy Hunt had decided to appeal this court ruling and he now needs to provide a full explanation".
"Northern Ireland receives blood from across the rest of the UK where gay men have been donors since 2011," said the Labour MP.
"This is also a matter of equality, and gay men in Northern Ireland should have the same rights to help others by donating their blood as gay men in England, Scotland and Wales."
Sinn Fein's Caitriona Ruane said she felt disappointed by the approach of Mr Poots and Mr Hunt.
"I'm appalled that Edwin Poots is squandering public money to defend discrimination. Look at the state of the health service, look at his lack of management, people waiting on trolleys and dying in hospitals and what he is doing is squandering public money, defending the indefensible.
"The DUP needs to look at these court cases and accept court rulings on the basis of equality, rather than their own religious or personal opinions."
The gay rights organisation Stonewall also criticised the appeals.
James Taylor, head of policy at Stonewall, said: "At a time when we need blood donations right across the UK, it's unfair that gay and bisexual men in Northern Ireland are being unfairly discriminated against with a lifetime ban on donations.
"This is a policy not rooted in modern scientific evidence."
Northern Ireland gay rights charity, the Rainbow Project, said it was "disappointed" by the latest developments.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Mr Poots' department said the judge's decision "potentially has wide-reaching consequences beyond the immediate subject matter of the case, and the Department of Health and Social Services has strong legal advice recommending an appeal, and accordingly it is appropriate that those arguments should be presented to the Court of Appeal.
"It would not be appropriate for the department to comment further when an appeal to the court is pending."
The Department of Health said it had "considered the potential implications of the judgement, both for blood donation and for devolution".
It said it had submitted an appeal against the ruling following legal advice.
The case is due before the court next month.
Myrtle Cothill was booked on a flight for Tuesday after having her bid to stay in Britain turned down.
More than 75,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Mrs Cothill to be allowed to stay in the UK.
Her daughter and lawyer have now said the Home Office has halted moves while awaiting new medical reports.
However, no permanent decision has been made on her case.
Mrs Cothill - a widow who arrived in the UK on a visitor's visa two years ago - has heart problems, is losing her eyesight and cannot walk unaided.
Her daughter Mary Wills and son-in-law David, who live in Poole, are unable to move to South Africa because they have no right to live there.
Mrs Wills, 66, says she fears her mother's move back to South Africa could be fatal.
She said she was "delighted" that her mother had been granted more time.
She added: "It has been a long, hard road and it has been very tearful. My mother is overwhelmed.
"My mother is looking much better now, her mouth was quivering but now she is looking more relaxed.
"We have had a huge amount of support, it has been brilliant.
"Our fingers are crossed that the Home Office will see the light and let her stay for good."
James Davies, senior asylum and immigration advisor for the International Care Network, who has been advising Mrs Cothill, said there had been "immense public support".
He added: "It's very heartening the public interest, and people are very upset about it.
"Rules need to have to be exercised with some discretion at the edges."
A Home Office spokesman said all applications were considered on their individual merits and in line with the immigration rules.
The decision to deport her had been upheld by two separate tribunals, he added.
It was caused after a water main burst on Harborne lane in Selly Oak on Thursday.
Thousands of gallons of water flooded the carriageway, trapping cars and damaging about 10 homes.
Part of the road remains closed and Severn Trent said engineers were on site investigating what caused the pipe to burst and how best to fix it.
Ground penetrating radar has been used to help establish the extent of damage and major work is due to start on Monday.
A spokesperson for the firm said it was a "big job" as the pipe was 10m below ground and it was difficult to precisely predict how long it would take to repair.
Local resident Mel Rejayee was one of those to become stuck in the floodwater in her car, an experience she described as "quite scary".
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Dollman is due to represent the Chiefs in Saturday's Premiership final against Wasps following their last-gasp victory over defending champions Saracens.
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Gross domestic product rose by 7.6% in the second quarter, compared with the same period a year ago. That is down from 8.1% in the previous three months.
In March, Beijing cut its growth target for the whole of 2012 to 7.5%.
China accounts for about a fifth of the world's total economic output and any slowdown may hamper a global recovery.
At the same time, many of Asia's biggest and emerging economies are becoming increasingly reliant on China as a trading partner.
"China has been a big factor for the slowdown in Asia this year," said Tai Hui from Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore.
He added that if China's growth does not pick up in the second half of the year then "that's going to mean a very difficult second half for a lot of the manufacturers in this region".
By Martin PatienceBBC News, Beijing
As the world's largest exporter, China is being hard hit by the slowdown in Europe and elsewhere.
These are the country's worst figures since the start of the global financial crisis.
China's leaders are pinning their hopes on investment - especially in state companies - to drive growth in the world's second largest economy.
In recent weeks, they've twice cut interest rates to bolster lending. The authorities are also pumping money into public works - such as social housing. Fuel prices have also been reduced.
Many economists believe these measures will ensure that China's growth rebounds in the coming months.
But with a once-in-a-decade leadership change starting later this year - this is a sensitive time in Chinese politics. China's leaders will be deeply concerned that any further slowdown could lead to rising social unrest.
Watch: Stockpiles a symbol of slowdown
However, despite Friday's slower growth figures many analysts tried to allay fears of a so-called hard landing in China's economy and its subsequent impact on the rest of the world.
"If you get a drop in the growth rate of 1 percentage point per annum, that's not a lot in terms of the world gross domestic product," Edmund Phelps, a professor of political economy at Columbia University and a Nobel prize winner, told the BBC.
He added that China had a lot of ammunition to counter the slowdown, some of which it has already started using because of the patchy recovery in the US, and the ongoing debt and economic issues in the eurozone.
China's central bank has cut the amount of money banks must keep in reserve in order to boost lending, and it recently cut the cost of borrowing twice in one month.
Earlier this week, Premier Wen Jiabao said that boosting investment would also be crucial for stabilising growth, fuelling expectation that more state-driven stimulus measures would be on the way.
"Now that China's growth is slowing, there are calls for yet another stimulus," said Edward Chancellor, global Strategist at investment management firm GMO.
But analysts warned that China's growth problems may not be solved by a simple injection of capital and a new round of government spending. Especially as many of today's issues can be traced back to the way the country tried to kick start growth after the global financial crisis in 2008-2009.
At the time the central government began pumping huge amounts of money into the economy, mainly on infrastructure and construction spending.
This led to excess capacity, a surge in property prices and an increase in consumer costs and inflation.
Faced with these problems and amid fears that the economy may be overheating, policy makers decided to implement measures to curb lending and slow inflation.
Those steps, along with a drop in demand for Chinese goods from key markets such as Europe and the US, have caused the most recent cycle of slowing growth.
Viewpoints: Is China heading for a crash?
In 2011, China's economy grew by 9.2%, down from 2010's figure of 10.4% growth.
But while the longer-term trend is of a slowdown, China also released a number of other figures on Friday and they painted a more nuanced and mixed picture of the economy.
According to the official figures, retail sales increased by 13.7% in June, little changed from May's 13.8% figure.
At the same time, electricity output, an indicator that many analysts use to calculate current business and consumer activity, was also flat in June at 393bn kilowatt-hours.
Optimists, however, would have been buoyed by news that new bank loans increased to $144.4bn in June, up from $124.4bn in May.
The BBC's John Sudworth in Shanghai says the data will do nothing to stop the economic squabbling over whether China is heading for a hard or soft landing.
"Rising stock piles of coal paint a vivid picture of just the kind of indicator the bears will use when arguing that 7.6% is proof of the impending economic catastrophe," he says.
"But here's another picture for you. A new DHL delivery hub built on the outskirts of Shanghai shows that there are still plenty of bulls out there too.
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Mark Wood (4-25) turned the game for Durham with four wickets, including England team-mates Jonny Bairstow and Gary Ballance in the same over.
Adam Lyth's 64 was in vain as Yorkshire finished on 149-9 with Durham seamer Chris Rushworth also claiming 3-19.
Ben Stokes earlier struck 56 off 36 balls for Durham to help them to 156-6.
Yorkshire looked well placed in the chase at 86-3 after Rushworth had removed Joe Root and David Willey cheaply.
But Wood, who clocked above 90mph regularly, was rewarded for a superb spell when he yorked Bairstow and then had Ballance superbly caught second ball by Paul Collingwood at leg-slip.
Opener Lyth took the target down to 37 required off 22 balls, but cut the impressive Rushworth to Mark Stoneman at point.
His departure left the Vikings' lower order with too much to do, Wood returning to dismiss Liam Plunkett and Tim Bresnan in the 19th over.
Durham, whose innings was interrupted by rain three times, looked to have posted a below-par total despite some lusty blows from England all-rounder Stokes as Plunkett bowled tightly to finish with 2-22.
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Kian Delos Santos was shot by police who said he was involved in the drugs trade and had resisted arrest.
But surveillance footage appears to show the 17-year-old being dragged away by plainclothes officers.
Evidence suggests he was kneeling, faced down, when he was killed.
Hundreds of mourners attended his funeral in the capital, Manila.
Some held placards calling for an end to President Duterte's violent campaign.
The drive has been supported by many who are fed up with drug-related crime in the Philippines.
Nuns, priests and hundreds of children chanting "justice for Kian, justice for all" joined the cortege from a church to the cemetery where the boy was buried, Reuters news agency reports.
His father, Saldy, had spoken briefly during the Mass to insist on his son's innocence and vent his anger at the police.
"Don't they have a heart?" he asked, his voice cracking with emotion. "I'm not sure they do. There's a lot of churches, they should go there."
Father Robert Reyes was one of several Catholic priests who celebrated the Mass.
"Kian is the name and face of the truth," he was quoted as saying by AFP news agency. "We must not allow the truth to die with Kian's murder".
The boy's parents and lawyers filed a murder complaint against three drug squad police officers on Friday.
Human rights groups have accused Philippine police of planning extrajudicial killings and in some cases profiting from them.
Police have maintained that the suspects are killed when they offer armed resistance to police, a claim that has been highly disputed.
Mr Duterte suspended the campaign in January promising to "clean up" the police, and re-organise the anti-drug units. The campaign resumed in March. | The funeral has taken place in the Philippines of a teenager whose death sparked anger at President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drugs campaign, which has led to thousands being killed. | 41,062,242 | 414 | 45 | false |
It says cuts to police budgets of 20% since 2010 have already hit officer numbers and police visibility.
With further savings set to be made over the next five years, is the bobby on the beat - as the Police Federation of England and Wales has claimed - really now an "endangered species"?
Home Secretary Theresa May says that suggestion is wrong and has accused the federation - which represents rank and file police officers - of "scaremongering".
She told its annual conference that although more savings needed to be made over the next five years, cuts could be made without affecting neighbourhood policing.
The prospect of future cuts comes as the police workforce in England and Wales - including both officers and staff - has already reduced by 14% since 2010.
According to the latest Home Office statistics, the total in March 2010 was 244,497.
Last year, that figure had fallen to 209,362.
The number of police constables in England and Wales fell by more than 16,000 (11.5%), while police community support officers (PCSOs) reduced by more than 4,000 (almost 25%).
Ch Supt John Sutherland, from London's Metropolitan Police, said the current climate was "as challenging as I've ever known it".
He said the Met had already cut about £600m and may have to save "at least the same again".
Potential savings were "eye watering", he said, adding that there were some things the force would "unequivocally" have to do differently.
Yet, despite the cut, according to official figures recorded crime has continued to fall.
John Graham, director of the Police Foundation think tank, stressed the importance of neighbour police teams in building "trust and confidence" with local residents.
Reducing the visibility of local officers could quickly erode that trust, he warned.
A report he co-authored - which was published this week - suggested that if neighbourhood policing reduced then "policing by consent may well go with it."
"If you lose the trust and confidence of the public you are policing then why should they give you their consent?" Mr Graham said.
He said the idea that neighbourhood policing would disappear altogether was "nonsense", but said the concept might have to change.
"There will be fewer people available to patrol local neighbourhoods, but I think one has to bear in mind that as the nature of crime is changing the requirements of local patrols is also changing," he said.
Solutions vary between forces.
A survey by the Police Federation suggests 33 out of the 43 forces have scrapped, reduced or merged their neighbourhood policing teams since 2010.
Many chief constables have been trying to recruit more volunteer special constables.
In Leicestershire, remaining neighbourhood officers will no longer investigate crimes or respond to emergencies.
Instead, they will only deal with "core community activities", such as patrol, dealing with anti-social behaviour and engaging with people, Mr Graham added.
Richard Garside, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, argued there should be fewer - not more - police officers.
He said police budgets in 2010 - when police officers were at "record numbers" - had grown by around 50% over the previous decade.
At the same time, he argued, there was a "mission creep" in the functions police forces carried out - notably, he said, acting as probation officers and dealing with the mentally ill.
"One of the reasons I think the police feel a lot of pressure now is they are being asked to do a lot more than historically could or should be the role of the police."
Mr Garside said the key question was about how police officers were deployed.
"What we've had from the government over the last five years this notion that you can get more for less", he said.
"I think one of the things we need to be talking about in the next five years is how do we get less for less.
"We just accept that if we reduce budgets - which I think is a good thing in relation to the police - we have to also accept that police aren't going to do as much."
Policing Minister Mike Penning said decisions on neighbourhood policing should be made locally by chief constable and police and crime commissioners - not by the government.
He added: "The reduction in crime seen nationwide demonstrates there is no simple link between officer numbers and crime levels, the visibility of the police in the community and the quality of service provided." | The sight of police officers pounding the streets of England and Wales could soon be a distant memory, the Police Federation has warned. | 32,807,677 | 972 | 29 | false |
The Gunners trailed 3-2 with seven minutes to go before Aaron Ramsey and Giroud swung the game back in the home side's favour at a euphoric Emirates Stadium.
Alexandre Lacazette headed the Gunners ahead 94 seconds into his top-flight debut, only for Shinji Okazaki to nod in an equaliser just two minutes later.
Vardy then slid the visitors ahead from Marc Albrighton's cross, before Danny Welbeck drew Arsenal level at the end of a pulsating opening half.
Leicester took the lead again when Vardy headed in Riyad Mahrez's corner before Arsene Wenger made an inspired double substitution which sparked Arsenal's comeback.
Substitute Ramsey smashed in an angled drive - from a corner which was won after Mesut Ozil handled in the build-up - before Giroud showed athleticism and strength to meet Granit Xhaka's corner.
Giroud's days at Arsenal appeared to be numbered following the arrival of fellow France striker Lacazette from Lyon for a club-record £46.5m fee.
And Wenger revealed after Friday's win that Giroud, who has scored 97 goals in 231 appearances since joining from Montpellier in 2012, could have left the Gunners this summer.
"At one stage I opened the door for him as I knew I had many strikers, and in the end he decided to stay," said Wenger.
"He doesn't want to leave and I'm happy he wants to stay."
The 30-year-old wasted no time in proving his worth with another vital goal after coming on as a substitute.
Giroud offers a different, more physical option for Wenger, but is hoping for a more substantial role at the club.
Since the start of last season, he has scored seven Premier League goals when coming off the bench - three more than any other player in the same period.
"I prefer to be on the pitch as much as I can but I want to help the team reach the targets," he said.
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Arsenal started the new Premier League season having won just one of their previous five opening matches - all of which were also home fixtures.
In the build-up to Friday's game Wenger repeatedly stressed the importance of beginning with a positive result against Leicester - and the Gunners appeared to have listened to their manager as they made the dream start.
Lacazette was perfectly placed to take advantage of Wes Morgan misjudging Mohamed Elneny's cross, flicking in a low header to become the fastest-scoring debutant in Premier League history.
The joy did not last long, however. Leicester exploited sloppiness by the Gunners to go ahead, leading to murmurings of discontent among the home crowd.
Arsenal's failure to finish in the top four of the Premier League for the first time in 20 years last season, not to mention the criticism Wenger has received from some sections of the Gunners support, meant the Frenchman could ill-afford to begin with a defeat.
And the mood ebbed and flowed inside the Emirates - with some of the familiar grumblings of discontent evident.
The atmosphere turned dark among the home fans after Vardy's first, the audible frustration subsiding when Welbeck calmly rolled in Saed Kolasinac's cut-back, only to return again when Vardy restored the Foxes lead.
Wenger looked on anxiously from the dugout, eventually appearing on the touchline when he introduced Ramsey and Giroud after 67 minutes.
Within 20 minutes both players had scored - and the mood completely changed - as Arsenal avoided losing their opening fixture for the fourth time in five years.
Leicester manager Craig Shakespeare talked in his pre-match interview about the Foxes knowing their counter-attacking strengths and trying to use them to good effect against Arsenal's "fashionable" back three.
That is exactly what they did.
The visitors found joy down the flanks, exposing the Gunners' familiar defensive failings through Vardy's sharp movement and quick balls forward.
Their rapid breaks were reminiscent of their title-winning side of two seasons ago, as was their clinical finishing: the Foxes scored with each of their three efforts on target.
Unfortunately for the 2015-16 champions, it was their own lapses of concentration which could not keep Arsenal out at the other end.
Led by captain Wes Morgan and new signing Harry Maguire, Leicester remained resolute in the second half until the pressure from Arsenal - who had 27 attempts at goal - eventually told.
"Scoring three goals away from home is a positive and we'll get back on the training field to make sure we sort the problems out," said Vardy, who turned down a move to the Gunners last summer.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"We know defensively we can do better but overall we produced a top-quality game.
"When the substitutes came on they had enough quality to make the difference.
"I'm convinced that overall this kind of game can strengthen the belief. When you're in difficult situations you're reminded you've done it before so can do it again."
Leicester manager Craig Shakespeare:
"We spoke about being compact and being a threat with the pace of Vardy. We executed that well. We're disappointed to score three and come away with a defeat.
"When teams make substitutes just before corners it's confusing. I'm disappointed with the handball in the build up, but once the corner's given you have to defend it better. I don't know whether it was lack of concentration or game management.
The rest of the opening Premier League weekend, of course...
After that, Arsenal go to Stoke City - a place where they have struggled in recent years, winning just one of their past seven trips - on Saturday, 19 August (17:30 BST).
Leicester return home as they welcome newly-promoted Brighton on the same day (15:00 BST).
Match ends, Arsenal 4, Leicester City 3.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 4, Leicester City 3.
Attempt missed. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a headed pass.
Wes Morgan (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
Offside, Arsenal. Sead Kolasinac tries a through ball, but Mesut Özil is caught offside.
Offside, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette tries a through ball, but Theo Walcott is caught offside.
Foul by Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal).
Danny Simpson (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Granit Xhaka (Arsenal).
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Marc Albrighton.
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Amartey (Leicester City).
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Goal! Arsenal 4, Leicester City 3. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
Attempt saved. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
Goal! Arsenal 3, Leicester City 3. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka following a corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Danny Simpson.
Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Matty James.
Attempt missed. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) header from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal).
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Danny Welbeck.
Attempt missed. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Attempt blocked. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Christian Fuchs.
Attempt blocked. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.
Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Shinji Okazaki.
Attempt blocked. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.
Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette with a cross.
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matty James (Leicester City).
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The area at the BP garage on Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, was cordoned off, but one car drove through the tape and sank immediately into the wet concrete.
Another car that followed the first one suffered the same fate.
Onlooker Steven Moncrieff said: "You should have seen the look on the driver's face. The manager came out and didn't look overly pleased."
The cars got stuck on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr Moncrieff, who uses the BP garage every day, told the BBC that workers had been preparing the area for resurfacing for the last couple of days.
"It was taped and coned off but an older guy who had just filled up managed to drive through the tape and into the cement - closely followed by another car," he said.
Customers using the garage were able to pull one of the cars out, but the other remained firmly stuck in the concrete. | Two cars got stuck at a filling station in West Lothian after driving into a freshly-concreted parking area. | 39,717,728 | 203 | 28 | false |
The German chancellor joined Instagram in early June and has posted more than 50 pictures to the account.
Many of the pictures have attracted comments in Russian criticising her and praising Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
It is not clear whether the comments are a co-ordinated campaign or just the work of a few activists.
The flood of comments began soon after Mrs Merkel set up the account. The first picture shared via the @bundeskanzlerin account showed the chancellor and her aides preparing for a European Council meeting.
Comments left in Cyrillic or by people with Russian-sounding account names said the image resembled Hitler in his bunker during the closing days of World War Two. Others warned that Russians would "soon be in Berlin again".
Since then, almost every image posted by Mrs Merkel's office of her in meetings and summits has attracted comments in Russian criticising her and her policies. An image of the chancellor talking to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko won many abusive comments.
The only positive comments in Russian were added to an image featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin. People leaving comments called him a "great man" and the "best president".
Staff in Mrs Merkel's office have been deleting comments but some remain despite the purge. Many people re-posted their comments once the originals were removed.
The deluge of comments comes soon after Radio Free Europe and the New York Times revealed that Russia has created at least one "troll factory" that employs people to push pro-Kremlin propaganda and hoaxes via social media in Russia and elsewhere. Some of the 400 or so people employed at the agency also attack people critical of the Russian government. | Russian trolls are targeting Angela Merkel's newly created Instagram account with hostile and critical comments. | 33,048,941 | 369 | 23 | false |
England Lions teenager Joe Clarke joined in with an aggressive hundred, in an unbroken stand for the third wicket that is so far worth 209.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali mixed fluent drives and a few sketchy shots in his innings of 55 off 125 balls.
But Glamorgan did not help their cause with several dropped chances.
Coming into this season, D'Oliveira - the grandson of former England all-rounder Basil - had a career-best of 49, but this is already his third first-class century of 2016.
It again improves on the 122 he got in the Parks against Oxford MCCU in early April and the 128 he made last week against Essex.
Moeen is playing in what is expected to be his final County Championship match before England commence the Test series against Sri Lanka at Headingley on 19 May.
But the visitors have already shored up their spin attack by offering an earlier than expected debut to New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner. The slow left-armer, who will play in the T20 Blast for Worcestershire, was given his first start, while Glamorgan gave a debut to 20-year-old batsman Nick Selman.
Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph told BBC Wales Sport:
"It was a very tough day at the office but, to be fair to our bowlers, the first two sessions were the best we've bowled this season in terms of control.
"They batted at 2.5 runs per over which is what I ask for as a captain and, if we'd taken our chances, we could have had them in a spot of bother.
"But, yet again, we missed chances up front. D'Oliveira was dropped three times and, after that, they batted well on a good wicket.
"We've just got to keep trying - there's no other way. I know there might be a bit of rain around but we have to make sure when we get out on the park again that we hit the ground running."
Six universities in Wales are working with the private sector on the venture which has additional funding from the Welsh and UK governments and the EU.
Supercomputers are regularly used by larger businesses and retailers.
They store and analyse information and make complex calculations at speeds much faster than standard computers.
The Welsh network - which has sites in Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea - can run 320 trillion operations every second which can help small and medium-sized businesses improve productivity and innovation.
Calon Cardio Technology in Swansea is developing a pump implant to treat people with heart failure.
The company said its product is smaller, more effective and cheaper than the US manufactured models currently on the market.
The company's chief technology officer, Graham Foster, said being able to use the supercomputer has meant they are able to improve the design of the device.
He said: "If we were just using, say, a laptop computer it would take us maybe a few weeks to get some design information whereas using a supercomputer will allow us to get results in only a few days,"
The supercomputer network, HPC Wales, is run by six universities: Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Swansea, the University of South Wales and the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.
Private sector partners include Fujitsu and Microsoft.
It is the only one of its kind in the UK.
Access to the network was free for Calon Cardio Technology because European funding was used to cover the costs.
"A typical workstation that you might get in an office is equivalent to a Ford Fiesta whereas a cluster like HPC Wales have is a Formula 1 car and it really does allow us to get info much more quickly," Mr Foster added.
The network is not free to all users.
Professor Sian Hope, chief executive of HPC Wales and executive director for innovation at Bangor University, believes businesses can benefit from extra productivity, more work and more income by using the network.
"Let's take an example of a company here in Swansea which is in the creative industries," Professor Hope told BBC Wales.
"They produce visual software solutions for builders, architects, and they have a need for high performance computing.
"They didn't realise they had a need for it but they used to take five days to process a job and now it will take one day. So it gives them a competitive advantage."
There have been concerns that, when it comes to research and development, universities and businesses pursue their own interests without combining their expertise to maximise the gains for the wider economy.
The EU's latest research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, is launched this year which is trying to address that.
Almost €80bn (£65bn) of funding is available between 2014 and 2020, which is aimed at bringing together the public and private sectors to create jobs and growth.
Professor Hope, who worked for the Ministry of Defence and British Aerospace prior to academia, said HPC Wales was a good model.
She added: "It's a perfect example of how those two worlds can be joined, of research and business coming together. But it's also about providing high level skills in order to take advantage of those new technologies."
Economy Minister Edwina Hart said: "Collaboration between industry and academia is essential if we are to commercialise research and development and speed up the development of new innovative products and processes for the benefit of the wider economy."
Dame Katherine - Great Britain's most decorated female Olympian - retired from rowing after winning a medal at a fifth Games last summer. She has Maryculter links and did much of her training in the north east.
Footballer Kim Little, who was born in Aberdeen and attended Mintlaw Academy, was a London 2012 Olympian.
They will get honorary degrees.
They are among 12 people selected, also including Sir Moir Lockhead - the former chief executive of Aberdeen-based FirstGroup - and former Lord Provost George Adam.
Prof Sir Ian Diamond, principal and vice-chancellor of the university, said: "Our honorary graduates have achieved so much in their fields while making a significant contribution to society, and I am delighted to welcome these talented and successful individuals to the university family.
"They provide an inspirational example to our graduates as they move onto a new chapter in their careers."
A 22-page affidavit submitted to a US court following the arrest of two of the alleged conspirators tells of coup plotters crossing continents, stuffing weapons in barrels and hiding in bushes, using codenames like "Fox" as they tried to keep their identities secret.
But it also suggests that the plotters were naive, thinking the autocratic ruler's guards would flee or switch sides, helping them to gain power without much bloodshed.
Instead, the guards put up a spirited fight, thwarting the coup attempt launched in the early hours of 30 December by men wearing night vision goggles and armed with with semi-automatic rifles allegedly bought in the US.
Agent Nicholas Marshall suggests in the affidavit that the plot was hatched in the US in August, ostensibly to restore democracy in The Gambia - a tiny West African state ruled by Yahya Jammeh since he staged a bloodless coup in 1994.
Allegedly led by 57-year-old Texas businessman Cherno Njie, it had a core of 10-15 members living in the US, UK and Germany - with the US as their headquarters.
"They hoped they would be able to take over the country without having to kill any Gambians. They [had] also expected to be joined by up to 160 members of the local Gambian military who supposedly agreed to the coup," Mr Marshall says.
Mr Njie - a US citizen of Gambian origin - was alleged to be the main financier and he would have been installed, according to Mr Marshall, as The Gambia's leader if the coup succeeded.
One of the Texas businessman's co-conspirators was allegedly Papa Faal, 46, a US-Gambian national who assumed the nom de guerre Fox. He handed himself to US authorities after the plot failed - and allegedly spilled the beans to the FBI.
Both Mr Njie and Mr Faal have been charged in US courts with conspiring to overthrow President Jammeh, but they they have not yet been asked to plead.
"The group's Operation Plan was stored online where only members of the conspiracy could view it," the FBI agent says.
"Faal did not believe anyone outside of the group, including the US government, knew of their plans. Nor did Faal believe that any of their conspirators let their wives or families know about the coup attempt ahead of time."
US nationals of Gambian origin are alleged to have bought weapons from gun shops across America.
"Most, if not all of the members of the group, had served in The Gambian or US military, and were avid shooters," Mr Marshall says.
"Faal enjoyed going to the firing range in the US for practise, but did not go shooting specifically for operational purposes."
Mr Faal spent $6,000 (£3,950) on buying eight M4 semi-automatic rifles in Minnesota, hid them in four "50 gallon barrels" and stuffed clothing around the "disassembled weapons to conceal them", the FBI agent adds.
"The barrels were 'containerized' and shipped under an alias fabricated by Faal."
Night vision goggles, black military-styled uniforms and other equipment were also bought, with each of the alleged plotters given $4,000 for expenses in The Gambia.
"Faal left the US on 3 December via South African Air[ways] and arrived in Senegal. Faal then immediately travelled to The Gambia overland where he stayed until the coup attempt. Once the rest of the group arrived in The Gambia, the group spoke by phone and rarely met with each other," according to Mr Marshall.
The group then carried out reconnaissance missions and "mental dry runs" with the aim of targeting Mr Jammeh while he travelled by road around Christmas and New Year, the FBI agent adds.
"Their plan entailed blocking the president's convoy and ambushing his vehicle. They planned to fire shots into the air to cause his bodyguards to flee.
"They hoped the president would surrender but were willing to shoot him if he fired at them."
After learning that Mr Jammeh was abroad, the group was forced change their plan, deciding to attack the presidential palace.
They met in woods near the palace and split into two units - Bravo and Alpha.
"There, they changed into their assault gear and put their other belongings into the rented cars they were going to use in the assault," Mr Marshall says.
The plan was for the Alpha team to breach the front door of the palace with a vehicle, while Bravo would secure the back of the building.
"The group believed The Gambian army soldiers at the State House would drop their weapons and flee, being unwilling to die for President Jammeh.
"The group expected that while the two teams took control of the State House, a battalion of Gambian soldiers sympathetic to the conspirators would arrive and offer support."
Instead, the Alpha team found the palace had been fortified with additional guards, who fought back until the coup plot was thwarted.
"Faal believes all of the Alpha team members were killed," the FBI agent says.
Refusing to concede defeat, a member of the Bravo team then attempted to drive a car into the presidential palace, but was killed, according to information the FBI gleaned from Mr Faal.
"Faal fled and took refuge in a nearby building, removed his body armour, boots, and military-style clothing and changed into clothes obtained from a man in the building," Mr Marshall says.
The next day, Mr Faal took a ferry to Senegal, but was refused entry because he did not have a Gambian exit stamp on his passport.
"He was then forced to return to The Gambia on the ferry and obtain an exit permit - which Faal did accomplish. Faal then boarded the ferry again and accomplished his escape to Senegal," the FBI agent says.
Mr Faal then went to the US embassy, where he was questioned on the alleged coup plot, leading to his arrest and that of Mr Njie, the alleged mastermind who had flown back to the US on 3 January via Senegal, according to Mr Marshall.
Their arrest, some analysts say, puts the US in an awkward situation.
It is a staunch critic of Mr Jammeh, accusing him of human rights violations, but it now appears to be helping to tighten his grip on power.
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Marcos Rojo is fit, but Chris Smalling (leg), Phil Jones (hamstring) and Jonny Evans (ankle) are injured and Tyler Blackett is suspended.
Van Gaal said: "All three of my right-sided centre-halves are out, so I'll have to go to the youth system."
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Potential candidates to play include Tom Thorpe, 21, and Paddy McNair, 19.
Neither under-21 captain Thorpe nor McNair, who joined United as a midfielder three years ago, have played for the first team.
Smalling limped out of training on Wednesday and, with Luke Shaw expected to make his debut at left-back following his £28m summer arrival from Southampton, Rojo is likely to move to centre-half against the Hammers.
"I won't take risks with players - they have to be fit," said Van Gaal, who is without nine players in total through injury.
Midfielders Daley Blind or Darren Fletcher could be employed as centre-backs by United, who are 12th in the table with only one win from their first five games.
But Van Gaal denied it would be a risk to select the younger players.
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"They have hunger to play the game and the Manchester United youth education system has a certain level that can provide that," said the Dutchman.
Van Gaal admitted there was a "big difference" between youth football and Premier League, but added: "In one game you can show yourself."
Asked if there was a sense of panic after United let slip a 3-1 lead in losing 5-3 at Leicester City last weekend, he said: "No. It's happened - it's about overcoming things.
"It's not a regular occurrence. When you see our figures in the Premier League - with the exception of the Leicester match - then we are defending well.
"I don't think my players are robots - they are human beings and human beings make errors."
Paul Mason, 54, from Ipswich, used to weigh 70 stone (440kg) but has lost about 45 stone (285kg).
He is currently in New York recuperating after a nine-hour operation there to remove the loose skin.
Asked by BBC Radio Suffolk about the removal of so much tissue, he said: "I just think 'good riddance'."
About half of the skin removed was from Mr Mason's right leg with further significant surgery to what he described as his "apron", which covered his midriff.
"The operation entailed the removal of the excess skin left from the weight loss operation," he said.
"It has certainly improved things for me."
He said the excess skin had been holding him back.
"I can see me getting around a lot easier," he said.
"Lifting my leg... (feels like) lifting a wafer-thin piece of paper rather a tree trunk."
He said he still needed further surgery to remove excess skin elsewhere on his body, including his arms.
"Life has definitely improved," he said.
Mr Mason, who used to have £75-worth of takeaways and chocolate delivered to his door daily, had the operation thanks to a donation of time by Dr Jennifer Capla.
He travelled to the United States last year and has been living with Massachusetts resident Rebecca Mountain, who proposed to him during filming for TV programme The View.
The full interview with Mr Mason will be broadcast on BBC Radio Suffolk after 11:00 BST on Wednesday.
The US PGA will now be held a month after April's Masters, before June's US Open and July's Open Championship.
The Players Championship will also move from May to March, while the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship moves from May to September.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said the changes would "greatly enhance the professional golf calendar".
One of the reasons the US PGA has been moved is to accommodate the Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo in 2020.
PGA of America chief executive officer Pete Bevacqua said: "It provides our PGA Championship a strong landing spot on the calendar and a consistent major-championship rhythm that golf fans can embrace.
"For nearly 85% of our membership, May is also on the front-end of the golf season."
Venues for the tournament have already been announced up to and including 2023.
The move has proven popular with many of the game's big names.
Jack Nicklaus, an 18-time major winner said it "should be a good thing for the game of golf", while 14-time major winner Tiger Woods tweeted his support, saying: " Really like and support decision by PGA and the Tour. A big event every month and flexibility with schedule."
BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter
It's all change in the golfing calendar.
There are implications that are going to ripple all over the place - one of them is that The Open is going to become the last major of the year.
It also means there's going to be more room for Olympic golf every four years in that August window and crucially, for the PGA Tour, there is the opportunity to wrap up their lucrative play-offs before the American sporting attention is totally diverted and overwhelmed by the start of the NFL season.
It does give a very easy-to-follow narrative to the golfing year because it will start in March with the Players Championship - regarded as the fifth major - then we will have the Masters in April, the PGA Championship in May, the US Open in June and the Open in July, and attention can switch to the play-offs on the PGA Tour.
When we get into September there's perhaps the opportunity to bring the Ryder Cup forward and for events like the BMW PGA Championship to have their moment as well.
But there's going to be a heck of a lot of haggling going on among the established tournaments and I do wonder how the World Golf Championships, which were supposed to be the tier below the majors, are going to fit in the golfing firmament.
Patrice Price, 26, had been driving a car belonging to her security guard boyfriend who had left his gun in the car, her father Andre said.
Milwaukee police said she was shot once in the back while driving on Highway 175 on Tuesday morning.
Mr Price said his daughter had been driving her sons, aged one and two.
He said she also had an older daughter aged seven or eight, and described Patrice as "hardworking".
"Now I don't have her no more. My chest has been hurting," Mr Price said.
There have been a number of incidents in the US of toddlers getting hold of loaded guns and accidently firing them.
Last month, a four-year-old boy in Florida shot his mother, Jamie Gilt, in similar circumstances. A gun gun slid from underneath the front seat of the car to the back, and he unbuckled himself to get it.
Ms Gilt survived the shooting.
Members of the RMT union, from service company Interserve, will walk out at 05:30 BST on Wednesday for 48 hours.
The RMT said: "It involves safety-critical staff, so we expect to have an impact which will affect the running of the DLR."
Interserve said it had a contingency plan but was "disappointed".
A spokesman for the company said the strike had been called "without exhausting dispute resolution procedures".
The company said: "We will continue to work with the union to try and reach an agreement that is acceptable to everyone and have requested a meeting with the RMT and Acas to try and resolve matters.
"However, the RMT has, so far, failed to respond to our request."
The RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport union) said it had held "numerous meetings with the company but they continue to duck the key issue" which was centred on its members not receiving pay increases which "maintain the differentials between grades".
General secretary of the union, Mick Cash, said: "It is about time that Interserve woke up and took note. The union will not sit back while core issues on pay and working conditions are left unresolved."
Transport for London is yet to respond to requests for a comment about the planned walk-out.
Aberdeen Coastguard said the alert was raised close to the entrance to the port shortly after 08:00.
The animal had broken free while being loaded onto a transport float.
The cow was shot by police marksmen about five hours later. Police Scotland said humane destruction was a "last resort" but public safety and animal welfare had to be a priority.
The cow was starting to be swept away when the decision was taken to shoot it.
A NorthLink Ferries spokesperson said: "The animal was being loaded onto a road transport float when the incident occurred."
An Aberdeen Harbour spokesperson said the port had remained open, with vessel entry being taken on a "case-by-case basis".
An animal sanctuary had offered to take the cow if it had been possible to rescue it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russian trade sanctions on Turkey would be phased out "step by step".
"The priority is to get back to the pre-crisis level of co-operation," he told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in St Petersburg.
Their relations soured last November when Turkey shot down a Russian bomber on the Syrian border.
It is Mr Erdogan's first foreign visit since an attempted coup last month. He has since launched a far-reaching purge of the armed forces and other state institutions.
Speaking in St Petersburg Mr Erdogan thanked Mr Putin, saying a call from the Russian leader after the coup "meant a lot psychologically".
He said "the Moscow-Ankara friendship axis will be restored".
After Turkey shot down the Su-24 jet Russia imposed trade sanctions and suspended Russian package tours to Turkey.
Now Russia has decided to resume those package tours - an important source of income for Turkish resorts.
On the Syria conflict Mr Putin acknowledged big differences with Mr Erdogan, but said "we will look for solutions".
Erdogan unnerves West with Putin visit
The war of words over the downed Russian jet delivered a big blow to trade. Turkey's exports to Russia in the first half of this year fell to $737m (£567m) - a 60.5% slump compared to the same period last year, Turkey's Daily Sabah reported.
The dispute put two major joint energy projects on hold - the TurkStream gas pipeline across the Black Sea and the Akkuyu nuclear plant being built by Russia's Rosatom in Turkey.
Russia halts Turkey gas project talks
In St Petersburg both leaders pledged to restart those projects. Akkuyu will benefit from being designated a "strategic investment", Mr Erdogan said.
Before the dispute, Russia was a major export market for Turkish fruit and vegetables - so now Turkey is anxious to get the Russian import ban lifted.
In June, the Kremlin said Mr Erdogan had apologised for the downing of the jet and had sent a message expressing "sympathy and deep condolences" to the family of the dead pilot.
Then, after the 15 July coup attempt in Turkey, Mr Putin expressed support for Mr Erdogan. He did not criticise Mr Erdogan's crackdown on political opponents and purge of alleged "plotters" in state institutions.
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford says Russia is keen to capitalise on Turkey's cooling relations with the West following the failed coup.
Mr Erdogan was angered by criticism from the EU and the US of the mass detentions of suspected plotters.
He demanded that the US extradite Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim cleric whom he accuses of organising the coup. But the US says Turkey must provide solid evidence before such a move can be considered.
They back opposing sides in Syria. Turkey is furious at the scale of Russian air support for Syrian government forces, as Mr Erdogan reviles Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia has accused Turkey of backing Islamist anti-Assad groups, including some accused of "terrorism" in Russia.
Turkey is at war with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the PKK's Syrian allies. Mr Erdogan has accused Russia of arming the PKK.
For centuries Russia and Turkey have been rivals for influence in the Caucasus and Black Sea region.
Turkey was also angered by Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, accusing Moscow of violating the rights of Crimean Tatars. The Muslim Tatars have long had close ties to Turkey.
The 359 councils across England had a total current account surplus of £565m from on and off-street parking schemes in 2011-12, according to the figures.
Eight of the biggest 10 surpluses came from London councils with Westminster leading the way with a £41.6m profit.
Westminster City Council disputed many of the figures but said it would work with motorists to reduce fines.
The other two councils outside London making the top 10 were Brighton and Hove in sixth with £14.4m and Cornwall in eighth with £7.9m.
The total profit represented a £54m increase on the surplus from 2010-11 and only 52 of the councils reported a deficit on their 2011-12 parking operations.
The RAC Foundation figures, produced for them by transport consultant David Leibling, are from the annual returns councils are required to provide to the Department for Communities and Local Government.
They are based on three factors - on-street parking charges, off-street parking charges and parking penalties.
Running costs of parking operations are deducted from this total to produce the surplus or deficit figure.
Source: RAC Foundation. Figures for 2011-12
Map: Who's making the most out of parking
Money-grabbing or investment boost?
Transport minister Norman Baker said: "The law is quite clear. Councils should not be pricing their parking in order to make a profit.
"Any monies raised from parking in excess of the cost of administration has to go back to transport purposes which can be dealing with potholes, improved road management or can be investing in public transport to encourage people to free up the roads.
Subtracting the money spent by councils on capital projects - such as fixing potholes or traffic schemes - the surplus for 2011-12 stands at the "still very large figure" of £412m, a spokesman for the RAC Foundation said.
Details of what the money is spent on is not provided to the Department for Communities and Local Government, he added.
While disputing some of the figures, Westminster City Council still signalled its intention to work with road users to reduce fines.
Councillor Daniel Astaire, Westminster City Council cabinet member for business, said: "The system is already changing and councils are already looking to work with motorists to issue fewer fines and crucially increase the amount of people parking correctly.
"Parking is about traffic management, tackling congestion and trying to implement positive benefits for businesses and high streets.
"If we stay in this Jurassic age of pure rhetoric about cash cows and money making, innovation will be stifled and we cannot engage with motorists properly in order to find the best solutions that will benefit everyone."
Kensington and Chelsea Council made the second biggest surplus of £28.1m and a spokesman told BBC London: "There is a greater demand for parking spaces in Kensington and Chelsea than practically anywhere else in the country.
"The council has discretion on how to spend any surplus that may arise, within the allowable purposes provided for by Section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984."
Havering Council had the second lowest figures in London, despite its surplus of £703,000 having gone up by £563,000.
A spokeswoman said: "These latest figures show our commitment to giving residents and visitors to the borough value for money, as well as showing our support for local high streets and as a result the wider economy.
"Despite being the third largest London borough, parking charges in Havering are still among the lowest in London and have stayed the same for several years. But in April this year, we cut prices even further."
Councillor Peter Box, chairman of the Local Government Association's economy and transport board, said: "Parking revenue is spent on paying for parking services.
"Any money left over goes towards transport services like filling potholes, concessionary travel and road improvement projects.
"As the report makes clear, many councils have to subsidise parking services as the cost is not covered by charges.
"Parking charges and fines help councils keep traffic flowing and pedestrians and motorists safe."
On Wednesday, government figures showed that money made from parking charges and fines by English councils is set to continue to rise.
The councils expect that net income from parking services is likely to increase from £601m in 2012-13 to £635m in 2013-14.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said: "This municipal parking profit shows why we need to review and rein in unfair town hall parking rules. The law is clear that parking is not a tax or cash cow for town hall officers."
Last week, the High Court ruled against Barnet Council's move to raise the cost of residents' parking permits in a landmark victory for campaigners.
Mrs Justice Lang ruled that the council acted unlawfully when it increased permit costs to generate more money for road maintenance.
And while this offers a very encouraging outlook, there are massive challenges for the European Tour to have any chance of capitalising as well as their American counterparts.
The lucrative play-offs were dominated by Jason Day and then Spieth. The series provided the perfect send-off to a stellar season.
These two players were the most prominent stars in the majors before fighting it out over the last month of the season. World number one status was also on the line.
This is surely the intoxicating scenario envisaged when the play-offs were launched eight years ago.
Spieth's victory at East Lake on Sunday capped a series more meaningful than a grubby dash for a $10m bonus.
US PGA champion Day won two of the four season-ending tournaments to temporarily knock Spieth from the top of the world rankings. Then the Texan responded brilliantly to win the finale in Atlanta.
The victory took his season's earnings to more than $22m and returned the 22-year-old to his rightful position of world number one.
By claiming the Tour Championship, Spieth matched Australian Day with five victories in a season. Two of them, the Masters and US Open, were the young Texan's first major championships.
So between them, Spieth and Day, 27, claimed 10 wins, three of them majors. They were both only one shot shy of the play-off that decided Zach Johnson's Open at St Andrews.
This is what golf needs - familiar, young and dominant players occupying leaderboards, week in, week out, and especially when the biggest prizes are up for grabs.
We should also believe that Rory McIlroy, the 26-year-old who was top of the rankings until August, would also have been a big part of this conversation had he not suffered his freak ankle injury in July.
It ruined the heart of his season, just as Spieth and Day were motoring. But the Northern Irishman, with four major wins already to his name, is talented and driven enough to ensure he is part of this new "big-three" era.
"We push each other," Spieth said. "When we recognise what these other guys are doing and the potential runs that they can go on, it really does push us because none of us want to lose to the other. We all want to beat the crud out of each other."
And they do it in a right and well-mannered way, commensurate with the mutual respect each feels for the other. The fact that all three represent different parts of the world adds another enticing dimension.
But how Europe gains its share of a global age that promises so much is another question.
Indeed, it provides the biggest challenge for new European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley as he settles behind his Wentworth desk.
Already he has found an "exceptional circumstances" clause to enable McIlroy to compete in the Race to Dubai finale despite not completing the required quota of 13 tournaments.
It is a precedent that may have implications for the future but the Canadian boss had little alternative. He needs McIlroy at the tour's season-ending events.
More worryingly the lure of the Ryder Cup, which has always been the Tour's trump card, is showing worrying signs of perhaps being on the wane.
If you're not a member of the European Tour you aren't eligible for golf's biggest showpiece event.
However, the attraction of playing the biennial match against the Americans cannot be taken for granted. Englishman Paul Casey is an example of how attitudes could change.
This week Pelley is expected to meet Casey, who has played on two winning teams in his three Ryder Cups, and the player is seemingly reluctant to make a fourth appearance his top priority.
Since resigning from the European Tour last year, Casey has rebuilt his career to climb from 75th to 23rd in the world rankings.
He is now the seventh-highest ranked European and, on current form, European captain Darren Clarke would love to have him in his side for Hazeltine a year from now.
Yet everything Casey is saying indicates that he is more than happy to remain Stateside and not be hampered by the transatlantic schedules of contemporaries like McIlroy.
"I love the European Tour and I'd like to be part of a better tour, but I want to see change. I'm really not sure I'm going to rejoin," Casey told the Daily Mail last week.
"I've been able to work much harder on my game because I've cut down on the travelling and I've got the rewards," the 38-year-old added. "Do I want to change all that next season?
"I'd do it tomorrow if they dropped the quota of 13 events to 11, but is that going to happen?"
Pelley knows such a policy would lead to tournaments on his circuit suffering from a further loss of big names.
It's an awkward and sensitive situation, one that will need imaginative management because if others follow Casey's likely route, the European Tour would be badly damaged.
It can currently survive without Paul Casey, Sweden's David Lingmerth and Scotland's Russell Knox - all US-based Europeans. But losing members like McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson would be a massive blow.
The fact that 2016 captain Clarke would be left unable to assemble Europe's strongest Ryder Cup team would be the least of the tour's problems.
Yes, these are exciting times for golf. As Spieth says: "I think it's in as great a state as it's been in a while."
But for a European Tour already planning closer ties with their Asian counterparts, there are immense challenges to be met to cash in on such an exciting period for the game.
Aneirin Hughes, who plays Ch Supt Brian Prosser, suffered facial injuries in the incident at a pub in Aberystwyth.
Dewi Lloyd Edwards, 24, received a community order and a £250 fine from town magistrates after admitting common assault and actual bodily harm.
Robert Meirion Edwards, 52, was fined £105 after admitting an assault charge.
The incident was over a long-standing dispute about agricultural land which has since been resolved, the court was told.
A third man, Steven Paul Welsby, 40, denied a charge of causing actual bodily harm.
His case was adjourned for trial next month. He has been released on conditional bail.
Abbott is beefing up its cardiovascular device business after agreeing to buy St Jude Medical for $25bn (£17bn).
Sanofi has made a play for cancer therapy drugs with an unsolicited bid for Medivation, worth $9.3bn (£6.4bn).
The two deals underline the pressure on large drug makers to expand their product offerings through acquisitions.
Abbott has agreed to pay a significant premium to buy medical device maker St Jude, hoping for stronger leverage in its dealings with hospitals.
It will take on £3.9bn of the smaller firm's debt, but total annual sales for the two companies' cardiovascular device units together will top £6bn.
Abbott also said it expected to see pre-tax annual savings of about £340m over the next four years.
French giant Sanofi's takeover bid for Medivation is proving slightly more complex, and confrontational.
Sanofi badly needs new so-called "blockbuster" drugs and had previously approached the US firm about a deal for its potentially valuable experiment cancer treatments.
But according to Sanofi's chief executive, his counterpart at Medivation had earlier this month declined to meet with the French firm's executives in private, prompting Sanofi to increase the pressure by publicising an offer it had previously submitted by letter.
"We do not understand the delay in responding to our letter," wrote Sanofi chief executive Olivier Brandicourt.
"We are prepared to meet promptly so we can mutually work towards a transaction that benefits our respective stockholders."
The hostile offer could lead to an extended takeover battle.
Police have said they are investigating after the body of a 51-year-old man was discovered on Fort Road, Lavernock, Penarth on Wednesday.
A letter to parents at Albert Primary School, in Penarth, said it was believed to be head teacher Huw Jones.
Formal identification is still taking place.
Mr Jones' next of kin have been informed.
Vale of Glamorgan Council said parents had been advised they could take their child out of school.
"A counselling service is being made available to provide any support that is required," a spokesman said.
Margaret Gilchrist, 50, had severe learning difficulties from birth, was registered blind and had epilepsy.
She died at her home in Carntyne Road, Glasgow - where she was cared for full-time - on 26 September 2013.
An occupational therapist who had previously assessed her said she was at risk of falling.
Barbara Anderson told Glasgow Sheriff Court that Ms Gilchrist struggled to get in and out of the bath.
She said she could hold on to rails but she did not believe she could easily turn a tap - if at all.
Mrs Anderson was asked what risks there would be to Ms Gilchrist if her support worker had to deal with another resident in the house having a seizure.
Mrs Anderson replied the same risk anybody with a learning disability would have, and that someone should always be with her.
Asked to be specific, she said: "She (Margaret) could try to come out of the bath, she could cover herself in water, she could slide down into it."
The inquiry heard that Ms Gilchrist's care worker Mary Cameron was "extremely upset" when police were called to the house at about 20:10 on the night she died.
PC James McDonald said he spoke to ambulance staff at the house and saw Mary Cameron, whom he understood to be working there.
Procurator fiscal depute Brian Duffy asked what Mrs Cameron was like and the officer said: "She was sitting down getting comforted by two ambulance staff, she was extremely upset."
Mr Duffy asked the officer what he and the ambulance staff discussed.
The witness replied: "That a female, Miss Gilchrist, was dead within the bathroom area upstairs."
He said he was told their initial thought was that it looked suspicious, that it appeared rigor mortis had begun to set in and the woman looked to have scald marks on her body.
PC McDonald described the woman in the bath as having her knees appeared curled up towards her stomach and her hands were clenched, towards her chest.
He added: "Certain places, her shoulders, her sides and knee area I believe and her toe appeared to be scalded."
He said there was a "small trickle" of cold water coming from the tap.
The inquiry before sheriff Lindsay Wood continues.
Troops are searching for the attacker who fled the scene in the Jewish settlement of Otniel near Hebron.
Since October, 27 Israelis have been killed in stabbing, shooting or car-ramming attacks by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs.
Some 155 Palestinians - mostly attackers, Israel says - have been killed in that period of unrest.
The woman killed in Otniel has been identified as Dafna Meir, a mother in her late 30s.
Security forces are hunting for the attacker using helicopters and military vehicles.
Roadblocks have been set up, residents were told to lock themselves inside their homes and flares lit the night sky as the manhunt went on.
Separately, Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man who tried to stab them near Nablus, the Israeli army said.
The assailant at a base near Nablus was Wissam Qasrawi, 21, from Mesilyeh village near the city of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the Associated Press news agency quoted Palestinian officials as saying.
The fire broke out at 05:00 GMT on Saturday morning in a shed containing around 600 tonnes of wood chip.
Forty-five firefighters dealt with the blaze in the building, which is situated on farmland off the Culmore Road.
John Gilliland said they suspect the fire was caused by a tractor battery.
"The farmyard has lost 40% of its local capacity. The fire started early on Saturday morning and we fought for two days to put it out.
"We believe we know what has caused the fire and there are a collection of costs here," he said.
"It could cost about half a million pounds. This was an unfortunate accident and not the way we wanted to start 2016.
"There are people out there who are prepared to give their time to help us."
Vern Cotter's team have yet to win a match in this season's Six Nations and have lost their last nine games in the competition.
But Ford, 31, is confident the Scots can cope with the physicality of the Italians in Rome on 27 February.
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"They're physical but we back ourselves if we perform well and we did do that in parts down in Wales," he said.
"If we perform with that intensity, we give ourselves a great opportunity to put some breathing space between us."
Scotland lost 27-23 in Cardiff on Saturday, a week after going down 15-9 to England at Murrayfield. They face France at home then Ireland, away, in the final two rounds of this year's championship.
"We were in it for large parts of the game [in Wales]," said Ford. "It's frustrating for us not to get the result we wanted.
"It was there for us for the taking but the performance was better than against England and now we just have to make sure that we keep developing that and get a result across in Italy and start a roll of victories out of that one."
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Italy opened with a narrow 23-21 defeat in France and then lost 40-9 at home to England on Sunday.
"Italy - they're a very competitive team and they showed that against England, stuck with them for the majority of the game and it was only at the very end that England managed to score some points," added Edinburgh forward Ford.
"But we know that if we can perform well and get areas of our game right, we'll put ourselves in a really good position when it comes to the business end at the end of the game.
"If they stay in the game, the longer the game goes on, the more they become harder to put away."
Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, made the comments on Monday during a speech criticising business regulations.
"Let them decide" such issues, the newly elected lawmaker said.
His argument was that restaurants which did not require workers to wash their hands would quickly go out of business.
"But I think it's good to illustrate the point, that that's the sort of mentality we need to have to reduce the regulatory burden on this country," Mr Tillis said.
He suggested that restaurants that did not require hand washing would have to alert customers with prominently displayed signs - itself a regulation.
Mr Tillis stood by his comments when interviewed later at the US Capitol.
"Sometimes there are regulations that maybe we want to set a direction, but then let those who are regulated decide whether or not it makes sense," Mr Tillis told the Associated Press news agency.
"They might pay a huge price," he said, but "they get to make that decision versus government."
The comments come as some Republican presidential hopefuls have questioned vaccine regulations amid a measles outbreak.
At least two hopefuls have said parents are justified in sometimes having their children avoid vaccinations generally required for attending school.
The findings add weight to the idea that the Higgs - purported to give all other particles their mass - exists near a mass of 125 gigaelectronvolts.
However, the new data are not themselves sufficiently statistically assured to rate the find a "discovery".
The results were presented at the Moriond physics conference in Italy.
The Tevatron, based at the US national laboratory Fermilab, was for two decades the world's premier particle accelerator, but was shut down in 2011 after negotiations to extend funding failed.
However, like all particle-smashers, the Tevatron created a tremendous amount of data that remained to be analysed.
The latest data hint at the existence of a particle between 115 and 135 gigaelectronvolts (GeV; this is between about 120 and 140 times as heavy as the protons found in every atom) with a certainty of about 2.2 sigma.
That means that there is about a one in 36 chance that the anomaly they see is the result of happenstance - far less assured than the "five sigma" threshold that physicists use to demarcate a formal discovery.
However, what makes the find more compelling is that the Large Hadron Collider has found a suggestive "bump" in its data at about the same mass, despite being a radically different experiment.
The LHC collides protons together, while the Tevatron used protons and their antimatter counterpart, antiprotons.
Both experiments hunt for the Higgs by looking at what those high-energy particles decay into.
At the Tevatron, the data are from the production of bottom quarks and their counterparts bottom antiquarks, whereas at the LHC the primary search is for the production of the light particles known as photons.
"It's a different accelerator, different detectors and a different decay channel," said Rob Roser, spokesman for CDF, one of the two main Tevatron detectors.
"It adds to the picture, and it's starting to make a compelling case," he told BBC News. "But we can't make quite as bold a statement as we would like.
"I just wish either one of us just had more data right now. It's frustrating."
The two main detectors at the LHC, CMS and Atlas, also presented results at the meeting on Wednesday, but the experiments have precious little further data relative to those presented late last year.
That will radically change later this year as the facility will produce three times the amount of data this year as in 2011.
However, recent analysis of Atlas data has "excluded" the mass range up to 122.5 GeV. The Tevatron data, meanwhile, exclude its presence at the heavier masses of 147-179 GeV, also completely consistent with what the LHC has found.
As has been said before, if it indeed exists, there are few places left for the Higgs boson to hide.
Tony Weidberg, a University of Oxford physicist who works at the LHC's Atlas detector, said that the Tevatron results were consistent with the idea of a comparatively "light" Higgs boson.
"It's interesting because it's another little hint," Dr Weidberg told BBC News. "It makes it a little bit more likely that we're going to end the year with a discovery rather than an exclusion.
"The proof of the pudding will be in the LHC data that we'll get this year; by the end of the year we'll have moved away from hints to either discovery or exclusion - and either of those results is exciting to me."
Figures for the 2015/2016 autumn and spring terms showed the county ranked in the lowest performing 25%.
About 14% of secondary school pupils skipped 10% of their classes, compared with 12.3% of pupils nationally.
The council said the responsibility was largely that of the organisations behind the county's academies.
Following a meeting of the county council performance and scrutiny committee on Thursday, councillor John Howson said: "Frankly, the regional schools commissioner - the civil servant responsible for academies in Oxfordshire - needs to mount an inquiry into this.
"In the past I'm sure the council, as the local authority, would not have taken this without delving into what the consequences were."
The Department for Education figures, released in October, show 4,319 Oxfordshire pupils were classed as being "persistently absent" during the autumn and spring terms recorded.
As part of new Oxfordshire children's services all schools - including those under academy control - will now have a nominated community support worker in a bid to resolve absences.
The children's services comprise eight central hubs across the county, with support workers who will work alongside teachers and health workers to provide "early help for children".
Steve Harrod, the council's cabinet member for education, said: "The council has already written to schools offering to work with them to address the underlying causes of persistent absence... in addition the safeguarding board has picked up persistent absence as an issue and the council's new children's service will be supporting pupils in schools to help tackle the problem.
"If there is no improvement then there may be a case for the schools commissioner to step in."
The OSCE said on Friday that the rebels had surrounded one of its teams near Donetsk, opening fire and seizing a drone they were trying to launch.
The US statement called on Russia and the separatists to observe a fragile six-day-old ceasefire.
Ukrainian forces and rebels have been fighting since 2014.
The ceasefire was agreed after an upsurge in violence last month. More than 9,800 people have died since the conflict began.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has an observer mission in the conflict area to monitor the truce.
"We condemn Friday's targeting of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) monitors and the seizure of a SMM unmanned aerial vehicle by combined-Russian separatist forces," the state department said.
"We call on Russia and the separatist forces it backs to immediately observe the ceasefire, withdraw all heavy weapons, and allow full and unfettered access to the OSCE monitors."
The statement also urged the rebels to halt attacks on civilian infrastructure.
The OSCE monitors were in the town of Yasynuvata trying to gather information about the apparent recent shelling of Donetsk water filtration plant when they were surrounded by rebels.
The plant, which is close to the front line, had announced on Friday that it was closing because of the attacks.
The rebels pointed guns at the monitors, the OSCE said, and one fired shots that landed near them.
Mission chief Ertugrul Apakan said on Friday: "Firing at unarmed civilian monitors is not only a direct threat to the lives of brave men and women doing their best to bring peace to Ukraine.
"It is a direct challenge to the collective will of the 57 OSCE participating states, and to the Minsk agreements."
A peace deal for eastern Ukraine was signed in the Belarusian capital of Minsk in February 2015 but since then previously agreed ceasefires have not held for long, with both Ukrainian government forces and the rebels repeatedly accused of breaking them.
The announcement comes after London Underground (LU) made an increased but "final" pay offer in a bid to avert the action from 21:30 BST on Wednesday.
Unions were given until 18:30 BST to accept the offer which includes a 2% rise this year and £2,000 for drivers on the new night Tube.
Finn Brennan, a senior negotiator for Aslef, said unions were not being given enough time to consider the proposals.
Almost 20,000 workers are due to take part in the industrial action.
Aslef, the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and Unite have been in dispute over the pay offered for the new night Tube service, which is due to start at weekends from mid-September.
LU chief operating officer Steve Griffiths said in a message to staff that a "full and final" offer had been made in an attempt to conclude five months of talks.
Mr Griffiths said he had set a deadline so if industrial action was called off LU could plan to provide the "best possible service" to customers.
He added: "I have made this offer, as I firmly believe that providing you with certainty on your pay is the right thing to do.
"We are not asking staff to work unlimited nights and weekends. Most of you will not be affected at all by night Tube when it's launched in September."
LU's latest offer included an average 2% increase on basic pay, RPI inflation or 1%, whichever is greater, in 2016 and 2017, a £500 non-consolidated "launch bonus" to all staff on night Tube lines or at stations serving these lines.
At the last minute London Underground has gone in big.
There is a 2% increase for all staff, but there is also a "transition bonus" of £500 for staff on affected lines for the night tube and £2,000 extra for drivers. Yes, you read that right £2,000.
So Tube drivers could get in total a £2,500 extra.
Bonuses aside 2% is what Network Rail and the DLR awarded their workers - so that's in line with the industry.
Members have already contacted me saying it is not enough for the loss of work-life balance.
Transport bosses also offered a £2,000 "transition bonus" for drivers working on the overnight services.
Previously a 0.75% pay increase with an additional payment of £250 for drivers was offered.
Mr Brennan said unions were prepared to return to Acas for more talks on Tuesday, however they had been told the new offer "will be off the table by then".
"This is playground negotiating. Having made no offer for three months, they give four unions one afternoon to consider a new offer," he said.
"The strike will definitely go ahead - the company has said the offer is off the table" at 18:30 BST.
The RMT described the offer as "divisive and unacceptable" saying the union's executive will be recommended to reject it.
General secretary Mick Cash said: "While a small minority of staff are being offered a non-consolidated one-off lump sum the remainder of staff are ignored and the key issues of work-life balance and the personal health and safety concerns are sidelined."
The TSSA union also rejected the offer and urged LU to return to the negotiating table.
General secretary Manuel Cortes said: "This dispute is not just about pay but about how to run a safe and secure night Tube which serves the passengers as well as rewarding the staff.
"That service cannot be imposed top down. It has to be negotiated around the table with the staff who will be expected to deliver it."
Rachel Slater, 24, and Tim Newton, 27, from Bradford, have not been seen since setting out to climb Ben Nevis.
The couple were reported missing on Monday 15 February when they failed to return.
The search operation has been hampered by poor weather, however, Police Scotland said the current search was expected to last all day due to "very favourable conditions".
A total of 37 people are involved in the latest search which involves rescue teams from Lochaber, Oban, Dundonnel, Cairngorm and Skye as well as three search and rescue dogs with their handlers.
Climbers and walkers in the area have been asked to report any information to police.
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Charles Duncombe says an analysis of website figures shows a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half.
Mr Duncombe says when recruiting staff he has been "shocked at the poor quality of written English".
Sales figures suggest misspellings put off consumers who could have concerns about a website's credibility, he says.
The concerns were echoed by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), whose head of education and skills warned that too many employers were having to invest in remedial literacy lessons for their staff.
Mr Duncombe, who runs travel, mobile phones and clothing websites, says that poor spelling is a serious problem for the online economy.
"Often these cutting-edge companies depend upon old-fashioned skills," says Mr Duncombe.
And he says that the struggle to recruit enough staff who can spell means that this sector of the economy is not as efficient as it might be.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics published last month showed internet sales in the UK running at £527m per week.
"I know that industry bemoaning the education system is nothing new but it is becoming more and more of a problem with more companies going online.
"This is because when you sell or communicate on the internet, 99% of the time it is done by the written word."
Mr Duncombe says that it is possible to identify the specific impact of a spelling mistake on sales.
He says he measured the revenue per visitor to the tightsplease.co.uk website and found that the revenue was twice as high after an error was corrected.
"If you project this across the whole of internet retail, then millions of pounds worth of business is probably being lost each week due to simple spelling mistakes," says Mr Duncombe, director of the Just Say Please group.
Spelling is important to the credibility of a website, he says. When there are underlying concerns about fraud and safety, then getting the basics right is essential.
"You get about six seconds to capture the attention on a website."
When recruiting school and university leavers, Mr Duncombe says too many applications have contained spelling mistakes or poor grammar.
"Some people even used text speak in their cover letter," he says.
Even among those who appeared to be able to spell, he says that a written test, without access to a computer spellchecker, revealed further problems with spelling.
William Dutton, director of the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, says that in some informal parts of the internet, such as Facebook, there is greater tolerance towards spelling and grammar.
"However, there are other aspects, such as a home page or commercial offering that are not among friends and which raise concerns over trust and credibility," said Professor Dutton.
"In these instances, when a consumer might be wary of spam or phishing efforts, a misspelt word could be a killer issue."
James Fothergill, the CBI's head of education and skills, said: "Our recent research shows that 42% of employers are not satisfied with the basic reading and writing skills of school and college leavers and almost half have had to invest in remedial training to get their staff's skills up to scratch.
"This situation is a real concern and the government must make the improvement of basic literacy and numeracy skills of all school and college leavers a top priority."
As the name suggests, Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are short-lived - but powerful - pulses of radio waves from the cosmos.
Their brevity, combined with the fact that it's difficult to pinpoint their location, have ensured their origins remain enigmatic.
Outlining their work at a major conference, astronomers say they have now traced the source of one of these bursts to a different galaxy.
It's an important step to finally solving the mystery, which has spawned a variety of different possible explanations, from black holes to extra-terrestrial intelligence.
The first FRB was discovered in 2007, in archived data from the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia. Astronomers were searching for new examples of magnetised neutron stars called pulsars, but found a new phenomenon - a radio burst from 2001. Since then, 18 FRBs - also referred to as "flashes" or "sizzles" - have been found in total.
"I don't exaggerate when I say there are more theories for what these could be than there are observed bursts," first author of the new study, Shami Chatterjee, told the BBC's Science in Action programme.
All FRBs were found using single-dish radio telescopes that are unable to narrow down the sources' locations with enough precision to further characterise the flashes.
But Dr Chatterjee, from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and colleagues used a multi-antenna radio telescope called the Karl G Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico, which had sufficient resolution to precisely determine the location of a flash known as FRB 121102.
Unlike all the others, this FRB - discovered in 2012 - has recurred several times.
"When we reported last year that one of these objects was repeating, that - in one go - knocked out about half of those models, because for this one source, at least, we knew it couldn't be explosive. It had to be something where the engine that produced this survived for the next flash."
In 83 hours of observing time over six months in 2016, the VLA detected nine bursts from FRB 121102.
"We now know that this particular burst comes from a dwarf galaxy more than three billion light-years from Earth," said Dr Chatterjee. That's a staggering distance from Earth, underlining just how energetic these flashes are.
"That simple fact is a huge advance in our understanding of these events."
The team has published their findings in Nature journal and has outlined them at the 229th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Grapevine, Texas.
Since this is the only known repeating burst, it's possible it could represent a completely different phenomenon to other FRBs.
In addition to detecting the bright bursts from FRB 121102, the team's observations also revealed an ongoing, persistent source of weaker radio emission in the same region.
The flashes and the persistent source must be within 100 light-years of each other, and scientists think they are likely to be either the same object or physically associated with one another.
"This persistent radio source could be an active galactic nucleus (AGN) at the centre of a galaxy that's feeding (consuming matter from its surroundings), sending out jets, and these sizzles we see are little bits of plasma being vaporised in the jets," said Dr Chatterjee.
"That's not the interpretation we favour. The one we favour is that maybe it's a baby magnetar - a neutron star with a massive magnetic field - and it's got a nebula surrounding it that's powered by the energy being lost by this object. Every once in a while, we're getting a flash from this baby magnetar."
Prof Heino Falcke, who had investigated FRBs, but was not involved in the latest study said that, even without a clear answer, the new findings were a "game changer". But he admitted several features associated with FRB 121102 remained mystifying.
He agreed that some features of the radio source resembled those associated with large black holes. But he said these were typically found only in large galaxies.
He told BBC News: "Why is this spectacular FRB in such a little, very innocent looking galaxy? There are many things coming together which don't make much sense yet.
"Maybe it's a neutron star orbiting a black hole," he said. This might explain the on-off nature of the bursts. But he added: "Why would that produce an FRB where others don't?"
Further research will be needed to clarify the nature of the flashes, and to determine whether all FRBs are caused by the same phenomenon - or have different causes.
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The tournament has been staged at the prestigious Surrey club since 1984.
But the quality of the greens and course layout changes in 2009 have kept some of Europe's star players away.
"We have every intention to be at Wentworth for a long period of time," said Pelley.
Another issue involves Wentworth residents, who are seeking an increase in the fees paid by the European Tour to hold the event on the estate's West Course.
However, Pelley is confident issues with the course and local residents can be resolved.
"We have to significantly improve the golf course," added Pelley.
"The golf course in particular, where our interest lies, is a golf course that we believe our top players will want to play on year after year."
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The Park of Keir project is supported by golfer Colin Montgomerie and Judy Murray, mother of former Wimbledon champion Andy.
The council had voiced concerns about a previous version of the plan, which included 100 new houses.
The revised proposals cut this down to 19 houses, and add in the creation of a new 100-acre country park.
The Park of Keir partners said the "world class" tennis and golf facility would provide "state of the art recreational facilities", creating 150 new jobs and injecting £5m to the local economy yearly.
The proposals would also see a four star, 150-room hotel built, alongside the "Murray Tennis Museum", designed to celebrate and build on the legacy of Murray and his brother Jamie, a Wimbledon doubles champion.
The original plans were criticised for being sited on green belt land, with council planning officers stating that the housing - included in the plans to help finance the development - could "exacerbate affordability in the local area".
There was also criticism of the "significant detrimental impact" the development could have on a "sensitive landscape".
In response to this, the revised plans cut the number of houses to 19, and include a country park which would leave 85% of the site kept as accessible green space, under the stewardship of a charitable trust.
Announcing the revised proposals, Judy Murray said "careful consideration" had been given to the "extensive consultation" already held with locals.
She said: "I am passionate abut the future of tennis and I see this project bringing huge benefits for grass roots sport in Scotland.
"To have these world class facilities on our doorstop will provide our youngsters with the opportunity to enjoy tennis and golf and receive the very best in coaching."
Alston Birnie of Park of Keir Partners added: "We have listened to all of the concerns raised through the consultation process and we wanted to be able to respond positively to the feedback we received, including the long term protection of the green space between Dunblane and Bridge of Allan.
"This is not a conventional commercial development as such; rather there are persuasive grounds for exceptional justification through what is a very small area of enabling development to create something very special for the future of Scottish sport and for the local communities."
Once the plans are received and validated by the local authority, further public consultations will take place before they can be considered by councillors.
Ted Simpson, 22, from Manchester, and James Reilly, also 22, from Guernsey, paddled down the loch in four hours 43 minutes and 43 seconds.
This week they kayaked 74 miles (120km) of the River Spey from Kingussie to Spey Bay.
They covered the distance in 15 hours, 51 minutes and 43 seconds.
The pair said it was a new fastest time for the journey, which took them from the Highlands to the Moray coast and raised money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
To make sure they reached Spey Bay before it got too dark, they set off at 05:00.
Mr Simpson said: "We were completely spent by the end of the day, but really proud to have given it our all to raise awareness and funds for such an important cause."
The pair's time for the 23 mile (36km) crossing of Loch Ness last year beat a previous time of five hours and 19 minutes.
Notts moved steadily to 74-2, but then lost their last seven wickets for 61 either side of lunch with Brett Hutton unable to bat due to a hand injury.
Somerset all-rounders Jim Allenby and Lewis Gregory took three wickets each.
Set exactly 100 for victory, the visitors raced to 100-0 in 16.5 overs with Marcus Trescothick unbeaten on 37 and Johann Myburgh 58 not out.
Somerset, who picked up 23 points from the match, have now put themselves in the hunt for their first ever County Championship title, just 22 points behind leaders Middlesex with six games left.
However, it was a victory which looked unlikely at the start of another stifling day in Nottingham, with the hosts on 58-2 and leading by 22.
Their downfall began when Australian medium-pacer Allenby (3-23) trapped Brendan Taylor lbw and then had Riki Wessels caught in the slips for nought in his next over.
Wickets continued to tumble through a combination of loose strokeplay and accurate bowling, including Notts skipper Chris Read who knocked off the bails with his bat after pulling Gregory (3-27) for six.
Samit Patel tried valiantly to set Somerset some sort of target with a few attacking shots, but was last man out to Gregory for 35.
The Somerset openers inflicted further punishment with a flurry of boundaries in the chase, including three sixes from Myburgh in one Imran Tahir over, to wrap up the win before tea.
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The 27-year-old man is being held in police custody in relation to the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act.
He is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Friday.
A Rangers fan has already admitted making racial gestures after Celtic's Scott Sinclair scored in the Old Firm clash.
Paul Kenny, 28, from Girvan, South Ayrshire, appeared from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
He was granted bail with the condition that he cannot go to any regulated football games.
Celtic won the match 5-1.
Referee Viktor Kassai stopped the game after being alerted to an incident by his assistant, then gave a penalty after viewing footage on a monitor.
Shoma Doi scored the spot-kick, which was awarded for an off-the-ball trip.
Kashima beat Atletico Nacional and are the first Asian team to make the final.
Yasushi Endo backheeled in the second, while Yuma Suzuki added a late third for the Antlers who will play Real Madrid or Club America in Sunday's final.
The Club World Cup features champion club sides from each of Fifa's six continental confederations.
South America's Atletico are from Colombia, where two weeks of mourning was observed before the tournament following an air crash that killed 71 people, including 19 players and staff of Brazilian team Chapecoense.
Chapecoense had been travelling to face Atletico in the final of the Copa Sudamericana.
Many Atletico fans in the Osaka crowd were waving and displaying banners paying tribute to the Brazilian club.
Video assistant referees have been able to assist officials during two international friendlies this year but the Club World Cup represents their first use in Fifa competition.
Previous usage has been in what Fifa call a "semi-live" scenario, where the referee was not able to review decisions on a pitch-side monitor.
Referee Viktor Kassai halted the game after listening to the video assistant referee.
Hungarian official Kassai went to the side of the pitch as he was given further instructions from the video assistant.
The Atletico Nacional players remonstrated after Kassai, who officiated the 2011 Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona, awarded the penalty.
Match ends, Atlético Nacional 0, Kashima Antlers 3.
Second Half ends, Atlético Nacional 0, Kashima Antlers 3.
Attempt blocked. Cristián Dájome (Atlético Nacional) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Miguel Borja with a cross.
Felipe Aguilar (Atlético Nacional) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yuma Suzuki (Kashima Antlers).
Foul by Alejandro Guerra (Atlético Nacional).
Yasushi Endo (Kashima Antlers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Miguel Borja (Atlético Nacional) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Macnelly Torres.
Substitution, Atlético Nacional. Arley Rodríguez replaces Orlando Berrío.
Foul by Mateus Uribe (Atlético Nacional).
Yuma Suzuki (Kashima Antlers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Atlético Nacional 0, Kashima Antlers 3. Yuma Suzuki (Kashima Antlers) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mu Kanazaki.
Substitution, Kashima Antlers. Yuma Suzuki replaces Atsutaka Nakamura.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Farid Díaz (Atlético Nacional) because of an injury.
Goal! Atlético Nacional 0, Kashima Antlers 2. Yasushi Endo (Kashima Antlers) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gaku Shibasaki with a cross.
Foul by Cristián Dájome (Atlético Nacional).
Daigo Nishi (Kashima Antlers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Alejandro Guerra (Atlético Nacional) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Miguel Borja (Atlético Nacional) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daigo Nishi (Kashima Antlers).
Foul by Mateus Uribe (Atlético Nacional).
Mu Kanazaki (Kashima Antlers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Alexis Henríquez (Atlético Nacional) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mu Kanazaki (Kashima Antlers).
Mateus Uribe (Atlético Nacional) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mateus Uribe (Atlético Nacional).
Shouma Doi (Kashima Antlers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Macnelly Torres (Atlético Nacional) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers).
Attempt missed. Cristián Dájome (Atlético Nacional) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Attempt missed. Alejandro Guerra (Atlético Nacional) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Atlético Nacional. Conceded by Daigo Nishi.
Attempt blocked. Miguel Borja (Atlético Nacional) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Macnelly Torres.
Substitution, Atlético Nacional. Cristián Dájome replaces Jhon Edison Mosquera.
Felipe Aguilar (Atlético Nacional) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mu Kanazaki (Kashima Antlers).
Attempt missed. Macnelly Torres (Atlético Nacional) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Farid Díaz.
Hand ball by Ryota Nagaki (Kashima Antlers).
Alexis Henríquez (Atlético Nacional) wins a free kick on the left wing.
The 4m (13ft) bronze sculpture at Runnymede Pleasure Grounds shows the Queen in full Garter Robes.
The unveiling coincided with the second day of the Thames River Pageant from Hurley in Berkshire to Runnymede.
The Royal Barge Gloriana lead a flotilla of 200 boats taking a replica of Magna Carta down the river.
The statue of the Queen was created by sculptor James Butler, and inspired by the 1954 and 1969 portraits by Pietro Annigoni.
The artwork was unveiled by Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow.
Magna Carta was granted by King John on 15 June 1215, establishing that the king was subject to the law rather than being above it.
It paved the way towards modern rights and freedoms, and was sealed by the king at Runnymede.
The Foreign Secretary and Conservative MP for Runnymede, Philip Hammond, who was also at the unveiling, told the invited guests that the Queen was the "ultimate refinement" of constitutional monarchy.
"While John represented arguably the worst of monarchy, Queen Elizabeth II represents undoubtedly the best of monarchy," he said.
The pageant started on Saturday with 23 charter bearers carrying a replica of the charter on board the Royal Shallop Jubilant.
Stopping at various points on the way, actors recounted the story of Magna Carta and then handed over the responsibility of carrying the document to a new relay bearer.
The flotilla paused overnight in Windsor before commencing its journey at 09:00 BST, and arriving at Runnymede Pleasure Grounds in the afternoon.
Celebrations marking the 800th anniversary have been taking place across the country, with church bells ringing out.
In Surrey, they have included jousting at the Runnymede Pleasure Grounds, and a Great Charter Festival with giant puppets at the Royal Holloway University.
The Houses of Parliament and the National Trust also organised a series of national events called LiberTeas, to enable people to "celebrate, debate or reflect on their liberties".
On Monday, the Queen, the Prime Minister and the Duke of Cambridge will join thousands of invited guests at an event at what is believed to be the exact spot in Runnymede where the document was sealed.
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The front windows are boarded up and splattered with graffiti. Inside, shadows creep across checkouts, shop windows are smashed and empty.
At first glance, there's little difference between Friars and the 46,000 other empty retail spaces up and down Britain. But then you notice the pockmarks from plastic bullets and the smears of crimson fake blood.
This former retail space is no longer trawled by slack-jawed consumers, stupefied by sales - it's home to a real-life zombie experience hosted by Zed Events.
Several times a week, punters pay to have their wits tested by a group of actors playing the part of the flesh-hungry undead. The shopping mall is perfect - eerie, empty and labyrinthine.
Zed's Lee Fields and his colleague John Bibby have been hosting zombie days in Reading since last summer: "It's been really successful, we've run over 50 events here and have another site near Manchester. We use students and other local people offering 50 part time jobs."
Now they're on the look out for more empty spaces for fright-fests.
Zombies aside, this is just one of many ways of utilising empty retail property for new business.
Unused buildings can become useful and profitable again, and provide employment, if the right firms can use them. From art galleries in Margate to charity groups in Blackpool, vacancies can be opportunities.
Dan Thompson helps to run the Empty Shops Network, and his own business has been making use of empty retail spaces for over a decade.
He believes it gives smaller projects important flexibility: "They can just use spaces like this when they need them, without having the big overheads and commitments like a long-term lease."
The vacancy rate has begun to fall according to the Local Data Company (LDC).
Since the peak in February 2012, many vacant properties have been redeveloped or knocked down.
But Matthew Hopkinson from the LDC says a growing number of empty shops are becoming leisure venues. "Shops are having to change their use - distinction is the key word - consumers really want something different from their High Streets."
Just this week we've seen High Street favourite Jessops fall into administration, and analysts expect more chain retailers to suffer financial difficulty this year.
So what will town planners be putting at the heart of communities in the future?
Chris Wade, from Action for Market Towns thinks we'll see more gyms, crèches, galleries and art centres on High Streets.
"There could well be more housing, but hopefully above shop level, so you still have points of interest for consumers," he says. "It will be about putting a human face on the High Street."
So, far from sucking the life out, the zombies in Reading truly are an innovative way of putting the heart back into the High Street.
So be warned - they could be coming to a town centre near you.
BBC Breakfast is visiting a number of High Streets across the UK this week to ask what kinds of shops ensure retail success, whether leisure could trump shopping in our town centres, and what empty shops can become once the clearance sales are over.
The futuristic idea was a bus that would drive above traffic, allowing other commuter cars to pass underneath.
The project was announced last summer to much acclaim but soon ran into feasibility and investment problems.
Many of China's cities suffer from chronic traffic congestion so there's a strong hunger for ingenious solutions.
The project faced strong headwinds from the very beginning and according to Chinese media, the test site is now being demolished entirely.
Reports are saying that workers have already begun dismantling and removing the test track in Qinhuangdao.
The idea of a traffic-straddling bus first appeared in China in 2010, but it didn't make much impact until the model was presented at the 2016 Beijing International High-Tech Expo.
The so-called Transit Elevated Bus was touted as a revolution in public ground transportation, able to glide over traffic, literally lifting commuters from the daily grind of being stuck in their cars for hours.
Yet only a few days after its much-lauded test-run in Qinhuangdao city, Hebei province, all test-runs had been halted and doubts began to emerge.
Many doubted the vehicle would be able to manage curves or fit under footbridges in Beijing, and critics have asked how it will turn corners, whether it is strong enough to bear its own and passengers' weight and how long its battery would last.
There was also confusion about whether the project had ever been approved by the local authorities and there was even suspicion it could be an investment scam.
But the widespread interest in the idea did show that there's an appetite for ideas that could help big cities out of the grip of the daily traffic gridlock - even if this one appears to have hit a final roadblock.
The study of nearly 50,000 people found those with a black ethnic background were least likely to recognise a persistent cough as a possible symptom.
And South Asians reported more than others that embarrassment could stop them seeking medical help.
The research was presented at England's largest cancer conference.
People across England were asked a series of face-to-face or telephone questions about the signs and symptoms of cancer and how likely they were to speak to doctors if they had concerns.
Questions included:
A team of researchers from eight English universities found black, South Asian and people who identified themselves as 'other ethnic group' were less likely to recognise all cancer symptoms included in the questionnaire than white respondents.
While 93% of white participants said a change in the appearance of a mole could indicate the presence of cancer, just 72% of black people and 70% of South Asians recognised this as a potential sign.
And black and South Asian groups were four times less likely to recognise an unexpected lump or swelling as a possible warning of cancer.
In terms of barriers to seeking help, a quarter of white people said they would be worried about wasting a doctor's time, compared to 19% of South Asians and 16% in the black ethnic group.
Sara Hiom at Cancer Research UK said: "Thousands of people beat cancer every year and treatment is more likely to be successful when cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages.
"Getting to know your body and what's normal for you will help you spot anything unusual or persistent."
Lead researcher, Maja Niksic, said: "Evidence suggests people of minority ethnic backgrounds have poorer survival rates for certain cancers and they are more likely to present when the tumour is advanced.
"We need to find ways to present the right health messages to target different needs and different gaps in awareness to give people the same chance of beating cancer regardless of ethnic background."
The authors say previous studies suggested poverty and employment levels could contribute to lower awareness among certain groups.
But when they took socioeconomic status, age, education, employment and gender into account, the results did not change.
Participants were asked to choose from the following categories: black (included black African, black Caribbean, black other), white (white British, white Irish and any other white), South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and other South Asian) and other (Chinese and mixed ethnicities).
The research was presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference.
The £4.5m Get Out Get Active programme will concentrate on "fun and inclusive activities" over three years.
Statistics show disabled people to be the least active group in the UK.
"For many of those we are trying to attract, these opportunities have been out of reach or unappealing," said EFDS chief executive Barry Horne.
"Changing people's mindsets is not an overnight solution and that's why we've called upon so many partners to help make it happen."
The campaign - funded by Spirit of 2012 - will take place in 18 areas in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Recently, 100 people involved in GOGA met in Manchester for the first group conference.
The other home nation disability sport organisations, as well as Volunteering Matters, Disability Rights UK, Women and Sport, Sporting Equals and Age UK, are backing the programme.
"It's a very ambitious initiative designed to increase physical and mental wellbeing by supporting physically inactive people around the UK to improve their health," said Spirit of 2012 chief executive Debbie Lye.
"The programme has the potential to change how we encourage, enable and engage more people through active recreation opportunities."
There is no pitch, just a stretch of tattered carpet in the middle of an overgrown football field; tin cans balanced on a cinder block take the place of a wicket, and the locals are hardly enthusiastic.
"Most people here don't like cricket. Black people think this is a white sport. They prefer to watch soccer. I say, 'Come play and I'll teach you.' They refuse. Even this [cricket] World Cup... they prefer to sleep," sighs 16-year-old Mongezi Makoena, a keen batsman.
But for 10 years now, the Malekutu Cricket Academy (MCA) has been obstinately pursuing its dream, of helping to transform the sport from an elite, and still largely white-dominated, affair into something every South African child has the opportunity to try out.
"It's a struggle. Look at these kids, they're small, some are malnourished," says Vusi Mathebula, the founder and coach of the MCA as he breaks from a fairly gruelling training, complete with collective punishments for a dropped catch, with the under 16 team.
Funding is a constant problem. The local authorities have finally provided transport to matches, but years of more extravagant promises of support, including from the national cricketing authorities, have come to nothing.
"They tell us, 'we'll build you a field,' but they've failed us on numerous occasions," says Mr Mathebula.
"We don't have proper equipment, and we don't have a field. There's no structure for these kids to make it.
"It only benefits those kids who go to a private school, or live in town. This is not a white man's sport. If we had the exposure and access to quality facilities, it would be our sport."
Five hours drive away from Malekutu, at the stunning Wanderer's cricket oval in Johannesburg, some of the country's top players are beginning a four-day professional "franchise" match - the Lions against the Dolphins.
A quota system is in force here. There must be at least five non-white players: Indian, mixed-race or black.
"It's necessary... to have quotas," says the Lion's coach Geoffrey Toyana, who still relishes the memory of playing in the 1990s in his home town of Soweto against a touring England side.
But he insists that all the black players in his team got there on merit.
"As a country I think we're moving in the right direction. We need to be patient and get those grass roots levels better," says Mr Toyana.
"The facilities are not up to scratch. I believe if we get the base right in the next three or four years, the top should sort itself out."
But others see quotas, not formally imposed on the national Proteas squad which suffered its heaviest defeat in World Cup history on Sunday, as unhelpful, at best.
"You're either good enough or you're not good enough," says Clive Rice, a former South African captain during the apartheid era.
"Some [of the top-level players] aren't there on merit. They're clearly not good enough to be there and everybody in the country knows that, and the fact that they're still there is a miracle.
"The quota players don't want to be in a team knowing they're a quota player," he says, arguing that it is inevitable that schools with an entrenched cricketing culture are likely to continue producing the strongest players.
Back at Malekutu, the sun is nearly setting over the nearby Kruger National Park, and 16-year-old Mongezi catches a low ball and rolls to the side on the dusty football pitch.
"I love cricket, more than any sport. I've been playing for more than three years. But you should just follow your heart," he says.
"If you love football, play football. If you love cricket, play cricket. If it's rugby, play rugby. This is a free country. This sport is for everyone. Our time will come."
Michael Dorr gave the visitors the lead in the first period and Nico Sacchetti extended the lead in the second.
Michael Forney and David Rutherford scored and then Matt Nickerson and Jonathan Boxill found the net.
Sacchetti and James Desmarais traded goals as the Giants ran out winners.
Saturday night's game will be the last of the regular season for the Giants, whose only hope of silverware rests with the end-of-season play-offs, which start over the Easter weekend.
Transformers: Age of Extinction, which made more than $1bn at the worldwide box office, has seven nominations including worst picture and screenplay.
Director Michael Bay has also been nominated for a Razzie, which launched in 1980 as a spoof of the Oscars.
Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas and The Legend of Hercules received six nods.
They join action comedy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - another Michael Bay production - and Nicolas Cage's thriller Left Behind in the worst picture category.
Other notable nominees include Cameron Diaz, who is cited for her roles in romantic comedies The Other Woman and Sex Tape as well as worst supporting actress in the remake of Annie.
Seth MacFarlane, who hosted the Oscars in 2013, also has a number of nominations for his comic western, A Million Ways to Die in the West.
He joins Bay in the worst director category and is nominated for "worst screen combo" with Charlize Theron, who is also up for worst actress.
MacFarlane is also in the running for worst actor alongside The Legend of Hercules' Kellan Lutz, Cameron, Cage and Adam Sandler.
Sandler is no stranger to the Razzies, having received 10 nominations for worst actor and won three times.
A new category has also been launched to honour a past Razzie winner for a critically acclaimed role.
Online voters will choose between Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Mike Myers, Keanu Reeves and Kristen Stewart for this year's "redeemer" award.
The winners of the spray-painted golden raspberry statues will be announced at a ceremony on the eve of the Academy awards in February.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Worst Picture
Worst Actor
Worst Supporting Actor
Worst Actress
Worst Supporting Actress
Worst Director
Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
Worst Screen Combo
Worst Screenplay
Redeemer Award
Carl Carrington was employed at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds for three years until 2007.
A hearing of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) this week heard how Mr Carrington had not shown "the standards of skill and judgement required".
Mr Carrington, subject to a number of NMC hearings since, asked for his name to be struck from its register.
The hearing was told how in 2006 "did not seek assistance when there was a flat line trace and alarm sounding for approximately 20 minutes".
It is not known what happened to the patient involved. Mr Carrington also made errors in giving patients necessary medication.
"Although well motivated," the NMC heard, "he had difficulties in applying his good theoretical knowledge in practice.
"The drug administration errors which he made could have had serious consequences."
In his statement to the NMC, Mr Carrington said: "My registration is lapsed and I cannot legally practise as a registered nurse since I was unable to sign my notification of practice (NOP) form.
"To have done so would constitute a criminal offence and I was not prepared to do that.
"Therefore I have to end what has turned into a charade by requesting a strike-off order."
The NMC agreed and Mr Carrington will be removed from its register in May.
A spokesman for West Suffolk Hospital only confirmed Mr Carrington left the trust in 2007.
Christopher Cook, 48, was rescued by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESF&RS) from the 13th floor of Essex Place in Montague Street on Saturday.
Sussex Police said he was confirmed dead at 14:15 GMT on Monday. The blaze is not being treated as suspicious.
At the height of the fire, which took four hours to put out, 10 appliances were at the scene. ESF&RS is investigating the cause of the blaze.
Anna Bleakley worked with Charlotte Bevan during the two days before she was found dead in Avon Gorge.
Ms Bleakley told the inquest: "I saw her bond with her baby."
Ms Bevan and her daughter vanished from St Michael's Hospital, Bristol on 2 December 2014.
The doctor saw Ms Bevan, who suffered from depression and schizophrenia, at 14:15 on 1 December.
She told the court her patient was honest about stopping taking her medication, risperidone, a few months earlier, as she wanted to breastfeed.
Ms Bleakley told Avon Coroner Maria Voisin that she did not know her patient was more at risk of relapse because she had just given birth and was unaware of her previous self-harming.
Her last visit to see Ms Bevan was at 16:09 on 2 December, the day she disappeared.
Ms Bleakley said she was not worried about Ms Bevan as "she was a very natural mother" and "spoke about her future".
It was agreed the patient would re-start her medication and continue to breast feed.
The court heard written statements from other doctors describing Ms Bevan as "unkempt" which was given as a sign of relapse.
But Ms Bleakley said she did not notice her patient's appearance, denied that she "felt out of her depth" but did "feel the need for a senior review" of her case.
She also had no inkling that Ms Bevan would leave the hospital that evening.
Ms Bevan and Zaani Tiana Bevan Malbrouck vanished from St Michael's Hospital, Bristol on 2 December. They were caught on CCTV leaving the hospital at 20:36 GMT.
Her body and her baby's body were found on 3 and 4 December respectively.
The inquest continues.
The Mercedes driver honoured a promise to let the Finn back past him on the last lap, after Bottas moved out of his way to let him attack the Ferraris.
"I don't know whether it will come back to bite me in the backside," he said.
"I said at the beginning of the year I want to win it the right way and it was the right way to do things."
However, Hamilton, who finished fourth, admitted it was "a grey area" given the gap he established to Bottas after passing him.
"If he let me by and I pulled him along and we were two seconds apart it is a much easier thing to let him back," he said. "But I was seven seconds up ahead and with the Ferraris and the team were in a difficult position.
It cost us three points and it could potentially cost the championship and we are perfectly conscious about that
"But it showed I am a man of my word and also that I am a team player. I am just as much a part of the team as anyone in it. It shows unity.
"In life, if you do good things, good things come back to you."
The situation arose because after the single pit stops the Mercedes drivers were closing on the leading Ferraris.
Hamilton's title rival Sebastian Vettel was leading but struggling with a problem with his car's steering. Hamilton, meanwhile, was stuck behind Bottas and feeling he could go faster.
"I had a lot more pace than Valtteri but the radio didn't work at the time so I couldn't communicate with the team," Hamilton said.
"I felt I had the pace to fight with the Ferraris. The radio started working and they gave Valtteri a few laps to try to catch the Ferraris which he wasn't able to do. He was great to let me go.
"My thought process was: 'If he lets me by and I can't pull away from him then I will just let him back.' But I had a lot more pace."
Hamilton said it was "risky" to slow down on the last lap because he had to let lapped cars back past him and Bottas was under pressure from Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
"I was thinking: 'If I do the right thing here and lose a place and finish fifth it is going to really suck.' But fortunately I managed it well and was able to do what was right."
Mercedes' strategy differed markedly from that of Ferrari, who used Kimi Raikkonen in second place as a buffer to protect Vettel even though the Finn was faster.
Hamilton's decision to keep his word cost him three points in the championship and he trails Vettel by 14 points going into F1's summer break. Bottas is 19 points behind Hamilton.
"I don't think I'll ever get back those three points," he said. "We have given up a lot of points up to today, Ferrari have given up a lot less as a team. We just hope we don't give up any more points."
Team boss Toto Wolff said: "These values made us win six championships and will make us win more championships in the years to come. It cost us three points and it could potentially cost the championship and we are perfectly conscious about that.
"Nevertheless it is how the drivers and team operate. We stick to what we say and if the consequences are as much as losing the championship, we will take it.
"But long term we will win much more races and championships with that approach than doing it the other way around."
However, Wolff admitted it had been "a tough call to make, a very difficult one, believe me probably the most difficult call we had to make in the last five years".
He added: "I am not in a happy place at the moment but if you are not fast enough at least you are sportsmanlike."
The latest action in a long-running pay and benefits row will start on 16 June, with BA saying the crew's pay and rewards are in line with competitors.
Unite said the action is about benefits not being reinstated for crew who took part in earlier industrial action.
The news ends a turbulent week for BA, which suffered an IT failure which left 75,000 passengers stranded over the bank holiday weekend.
The airline called the new strike "completely unnecessary" and said it will still fly all customers to their destinations. In previous strike action, the airline has managed to minimise delays and cancellations.
A British Airways spokeswoman said: "We had reached a deal on pay, which Unite's national officers agreed was acceptable. We urge Unite to put the pay proposals to a vote of their members."
Members who are on the airline's mixed-fleet agreements, represented by the Unite union, have staged 26 strike days over the course of the disagreement.
The Unite union said the new strikes had come about because the airline had treated staff who had participated in earlier strike action unfairly, by not reinstating their travel concessions which offers them discounted travel on the airline.
Howard Beckett, Unite's assistant general secretary for legal services, said: "In an airline of the size and status of BA, passengers want to know staff are treated with respect.
"Punishing staff for using legitimate industrial means to reach a wage deal is a culture that Unite cannot accept and a culture that will ultimately damage the BA brand. "
The union said around 2,900 cabin crew were on the mixed fleet agreement, which operates on both short and long-haul routes. In previous strike action, the airline has managed to minimise delays and cancellations.
Naz Malik, 65, denied swindling £15,000 from the now defunct All Wales Ethnic Minority Association (Awema).
He was cleared of one charge relating to a cheque for £2,500, and another of using charity funds to pay for a life insurance policy.
The Swansea jury could not reach a decision on a charge relating to a £9,340 cheque, and was discharged.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it fully respected the jury's verdicts.
Catrin Evans, head of CPS Wales Complex Casework Unit, said: "With regard to the charge on which the jury were unable to reach a verdict, we will now take time to review the prosecution position before deciding whether or not to seek a retrial."
Chris Ruane held the Vale of Clwyd seat for Labour for 18 years before losing it by 237 votes to Conservative Dr James Davies in May's general election.
But Mr Ruane says practising the meditation technique known as mindfulness helped him cope.
He has just returned from a visit to Canberra where he shared the benefits of mindfulness with Australian MPs.
Mental health charity Sane Australia asked Mr Ruane to go to Parliament House.
Mr Ruane told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme the mindfulness techniques he has been practising for eight years were put to a very personal test when he lost his seat.
He said: "I was an MP for 18 years. I wasn't expected to lose. Labour wasn't expected to lose. When I saw the results come up, I accepted it and that's part of the mental skills you learn in mindfulness.
"It's about acceptance. It's about gratitude. It's about being in the present moment. So I was able to draw on those reserves and make what I think was quite a decent rejection speech and to come to terms with it after that. I mean life goes on."
He said his visit to Canberra was to benefit both the MPs personally and to spread the mindfulness message to influence policy areas such as health and education.
Mr Ruane said there had been a positive reception, adding: "This isn't fluffy stuff. The US Marines have been using this pre-combat since 2009 and I would put those as some of the toughest people on earth."
He also joked that he would have to draw on his mindfulness "more than ever" if he was still an MP in the current "challenging times" for the Labour Party.
"That tectonic shift that we saw on election day, I think is still continuing and in times of change people do need an anchor... and mindfulness for me has been that anchor."
The British Lung Foundation (BLF) found more than 40% of Welsh councils did not have any air quality monitors outside schools.
This prompted the charity to launch a petition calling for urgent action from the UK and Welsh governments.
The Welsh Government said it was "firmly committed to improving air quality across Wales."
The BLF said Wales already had some of the highest rates of lung disease in the UK and exposing children to more polluted air would only make it worse.
The charity's Freedom of Information request to Welsh councils found:
"Children's lung health is particularly vulnerable to air pollution, yet they are not being protected by the government's air quality monitoring guidance," said Joseph Carter, head of BLF Wales.
He said the UK Government needed to bring forward a new clean air act and the Welsh Government needed to change its guidance to councils to make sure it monitored air quality outside schools.
Head teachers' union NAHT Cymru is supporting the BLF's petition.
Rob Williams, the union's director of policy, said: "Schools leaders in Wales strive to create safe and happy environments for children. However, they cannot address the potentially dangerous levels of pollution around their schools."
A spokesman said the Welsh Government was "firmly committed to improving air quality" and provided guidance to councils to help them fulfil their responsibilities for reviewing local air quality.
"We recently launched a consultation on this subject which recognises the immediate and long-term health benefits to be gained by reducing pollution exposure across Wales alongside action on localised pollution hotspots," he added.
The Queen's Swan Marker, David Barber, said there had been a "continuing increase" in numbers of the birds being killed in shootings.
Dozens of birds are thought to have been targeted in the past year.
The four-day swan census starts in Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey and Windsor in Berkshire on 20 July.
David Barber said the birds were easy targets.
"These senseless shootings cause horrific injuries and often death, with the injured swans and cygnets sometimes taking days or even weeks to die if they are not discovered soon after being shot," he said.
The census dates back to the 12th Century and sees the mute swans on the river rounded up, marked, weighed, health checked and then released.
This year's "swan upping" will end at Abingdon, Oxfordshire, on 24 July.
Swans are protected birds. The Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water.
Killing or injuring them is punishable by a six-month prison term and/or a fine up to £5,000.
Resuming on 55 for one, the tourists needed to bat out day five to save the Test but they lasted just 64 overs before being bowled out for 244.
Josh Hazlewood and Stephen O'Keefe took three wickets each on Saturday while Sarfraz Ahmed was left stranded on 72 not out for Pakistan.
It was a 12th successive Test defeat in Australia for Misbah-ul-Haq's side.
Pakistan's 42-year-old captain said his team did not recover from the final day collapse in the second Test in Melbourne when they lost by an innings and 18 runs after scoring 443 in the first innings.
"The last day of the MCG was the biggest disappointment of the tour and we got demoralised from that,'' Misbah said. "This is how it is. Australia is not an easy place.''
Pakistan did not take 20 wickets in any Test.
"It's difficult for any Asian side to come here and take 20 wickets in a Test match. That's an art and we could not do that and that mainly cost us the series," Misbah added.
It was Australia's first series victory since February last year and a stark turnaround to a summer that began with a home series defeat by South Africa.
"You lose your first two Tests of an Australian summer and you are not in a good place,'' captain Steve Smith said. "I'm really proud of the way the guys have come in and turned it around since then.''
Next up is a five-game one-day international series between the teams, beginning on 13 January.
Batsman Chris Lynn and fast bowler Billy Stanlake have been included in Australia's 14-man squad for the one-day series, while Usman Khawaja has been recalled after missing the 3-0 one-day series win over New Zealand in December.
Aaron Finch, George Bailey and Hilton Cartwright are the men to drop out of the squad.
Lynn, 26, has been in fine form in the Big Bash and recently hit an unbeaten 98 from 49 balls for Brisbane Heat against Perth Scorchers, while Stanlake, 22, has taken six wickets in four Big Bash games for Adelaide Strikers.
"We believe it is right we give Chris Lynn the chance to show whether he can convert his wonderful ball-striking ability to ODIs,'' said national selector Trevor Hohns.
Australia one-day international squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Pat Cummins, James Faulkner, Travis Head, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Billy Stanlake, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa.
Planning for a women's team could start after the men's team's place in World Rugby's post-2019 global calendar is fixed.
Tours to New Zealand and Canada, first and third in the world, could form the basis for a women's team's itinerary.
"A Lions women's team is an important step forward," said McEwen.
"There is a place for a women's Lions team, lots of people have been talking about it.
"Whether that's in the next two or three years, whether that's in five, 10 years, who knows?"
New Zealand's women will play world champions England in a curtain-raiser to the Lions' match against the Maori All Blacks in Rotorua on 17 June.
Ministers must introduce a plan to tackle the inequalities before the end of the year, the Women and Equalities Committee said.
Figures suggest they are three times more likely to be unemployed jobseekers than women generally, and twice as likely to be economically inactive.
The government said it was committed to making Britain "work for everyone".
Progress has been made, with 45% more Muslim women in work than in 2011, but ministers "know there is much more to do", a government spokesman added.
Many Muslim women in Britain face a "triple penalty" impacting on their job prospects - being women, being from an ethnic minority and being Muslim, the committee suggested.
It cited Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures for 2015, which found 35% of all Muslim women from 16 to 64 were in employment. By contrast, 69% of all British working-age women were in employment between March and May this year.
The starkest comparison was in the proportion of women who are classed as economically inactive - that is, unemployed and not seeking work.
The 2015 ONS figures found that 58% of Muslim women were economically inactive. By contrast, 27% of all working-age women in the UK were economically inactive between March and May.
The percentage of Muslim women unemployed and seeking work was 16%, the ONS found - compared with 5% of women nationally.
The unemployment rate is calculated as a percentage of those who are economically active.
The figures suggest Muslim women are the least economically successful group in British society, the report added.
The report cited Demos's analysis of the 2011 Census which found that nearly half (44%) of economically inactive Muslim women are inactive because they are looking after the home; this compares with a national average of 16% of women who are inactive for this reason.
The report cited a number of contributing factors:
A 21-year-old Muslim graduate from Manchester has spoken to BBC News anonymously about what she believes was discrimination when she applied for a sales job.
She said: "There were two phone interviews... and I got brilliant feedback. They said 'You sound absolutely perfect for this role' and said I was very articulate - that kind of thing."
But the 21-year-old said that when it came to a face-to-face group interview, during which she was the only person wearing a headscarf, there was a "change in the tone".
"I felt they were strange, and there was a bit of a change in the atmosphere, and that was not a nice feeling for me," she said.
She did not get the position.
"It has lessened my confidence a little bit when going for face-to face interviews, I definitely think I'm more confident over the phone," she added.
The report refers to a "chill factor" where the perception and fear of discrimination or hostile work colleagues puts Muslim women off applying for certain jobs.
The MPs called on ministers to roll out "name-blind recruitment" to all employers, so that recruiters do not see applicants' names, following evidence that job applicants with white-sounding names are more likely to get an interview.
Married women in Muslim communities are often expected to be home-makers while their husbands are the breadwinners, the committee heard from expert witnesses.
"The impact of the very real inequality, discrimination and Islamophobia that Muslim women experience is exacerbated by the pressures that some women feel from parts of their communities to fulfil a more traditional role," the committee said.
But Faeeza Vaid from the Muslim Women's Network stressed that while family pressure may be an issue for a "small proportion of Muslim women", many other women were breaking stereotypes in a wide range of roles from doctors to pilots.
The committee said attitudes were changing, but not fast enough, saying the government must introduce a plan to tackle the inequalities faced by Muslims by the end of the year.
"We call on the government to introduce a role models and mentoring programme aimed at Muslim women to help them realise their potential in employment," the report said.
Maria Miller, who chairs the Women and Equalities Committee, said: "Muslim women particularly, face really unacceptable levels of discrimination and that discrimination comes from the workplace, from employers, but also from within communities as well."
The musician was best known for his association with Paganini and was sometimes referred to as the Paganini of the 20th Century.
Born in San Francisco in 1918, he began learning the violin when he was six and was taught by Yehudi Menuhin's teacher, Louis Persinger.
His talent was soon recognised when he won a local violin competition.
In a newspaper report on the contest, Ricci was described as "a youthful genius".
He made his full recital debut in his home city in 1928 and went to study in Berlin before returning home to work with Persinger again.
He embarked upon his first European tour in 1932, making his debut in London with Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.
In the same year he played for the scientist Albert Einstein at the California Institute of Technology.
During World War II he joined the Army Air Force, becoming an "entertainment specialist" who played for the troops.
He went on to perform more than 5,000 concerts in 65 countries.
Ricci taught at Indiana University, the Juilliard School, the University of Michigan and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.
His many recordings include works by Paganini, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart.
On hearing of his death, author Norman Lebrecht described Ricci as "a man of immense natural warmth".
"He carried on playing and teaching until he could barely hold a bow," he continued on his blog.
The NBL "ceased with immediate effect" in March after three years.
Badminton England said at the time that the ending of the competition was "a consequence of" the withdrawal of all funding from UK Sport.
"There have been talks of the league continuing in some format," 39-year-old Kellogg told BBC Radio Derby.
"There have been a number of meetings with the interested franchises about the ways we can continue to raise the profile of the sport and franchises themselves.
"The dedicated badminton fans will still be able to watch the elite players."
Kellogg played for Team Derby in the NBL, the country's first professional badminton competition, which was launched in August 2014 with much fanfare as one that could make a major impact on the sport.
Badminton England said over 1.3 million viewers watched televised NBL fixtures involving seven teams during its three seasons.
Among the subjects discussed at meetings about reviving the league was the possibility of streaming matches on social media.
"I think it would definitely be a good compromise for now," Kellogg said.
More than 130 players from 15 different nations have played in the NBL, including a host of Olympians including Great Britain husband and wife Chris and Gabby Adcock.
Kellogg, a double Commonwealth Games gold medallist in Kuala Lumpur, said the NBL was "really successful" in engaging the next generation and "raising the game's profile".
And she added: "The league has been great for young kids who were able to see top level badminton on their doorsteps."
The new stores scheduled to open over the next 12 months are Auldhouse Retail Park, Glasgow (April), Dumfries (June), Montrose (July), Drumchapel, Glasgow (August), Oxgangs, Edinburgh (October).
Planning permission is being sought for a sixth store.
This will bring the number of Aldi stores in Scotland to 78 by the end of the year, employing 2,600 people.
The company's Scottish headquarters in Bathgate is also undergoing a multi-million pound extension and it plans to extend its regional distribution centre in Bathgate over the next two years.
This will result in the total number of jobs being created in Scotland this year to about 300.
Aldi said it will continue to grow its range of 360 Scottish-sourced products.
In the past year, the company has announced significant supplier deals with local companies.
Aldi Scotland managing director Richard Holloway said: "We want to build on the success of 2016 by opening additional stores in new locations in Scotland and work with even more of the best Scottish producers.
"We continue to deliver the highest quality and value, and I am confident that we will strike deals with more Scottish suppliers in the coming year.
"Our growth plans for 2017 underpin Aldi's ongoing commitment to Scotland which saw eight new stores open in 2016 and the launch of Aldi's first Scottish Sport Fund, support which shall be renewed in the course of the year."
The 1-in-50 scale miniature was created to test planned improvements to the beach and sea defences.
Specialists HR Wallingford built it at the company's research centre in Oxfordshire.
Tom Rigden, of the firm, said: "Computer models are improving all the time, but there's still no substitute for a physical model."
Conwy council, which commissioned the model, wants to extend the sandy beach from the centre of Colwyn Bay around to Rhos-on-Sea.
However, it needs to test how much sand is needed and how long it will stay in place before the waves wash it away.
Benji Poulton, the council's project manager, said: "Bringing in the sand is a very expensive operation, so we need to be sure that when we did bring in the sand, it will stay in the area where we put it.
"Having a model built will test the theories for a fraction of the price and give us the chance to optimise our design before we go ahead."
In 2013, the council brought half a million tonnes of sand to the beach, close to Colwyn Bay town centre.
The results of this experiment will help it to do similar work with a new section of seafront and to improve the beach and the sea defences around to Rhos-on-Sea.
The model includes wave-making machines, a replica coastline and even a miniature version of Rhos-on-Sea breakwater and slipway.
Mr Rigden, of HR Wallingford, said: "It's a 1-in-50 scale model - that means one metre in our model is equivalent to 50 metres in the real world.
"The coast is extremely complicated. The physical processes with waves, sea bed and sea shore are complex, and the forces involved are immense.
"The best way to get an idea of what is happening is to build this scale model, which allows us to test all the forces, all the processes in one go."
Bradford Crown Court was told the club's chief executive, Margaret Byrne, met with Mr Johnson and his barrister in May 2015.
She was also issued with a copy of his police interview transcript and that of his alleged victim.
Mr Johnson, 28, denies two counts of sexual activity with a child.
The court heard that at this meeting the footballer was to accept that he had kissed the 15-year-old girl and messages had been exchanged.
In court, his barrister, Orlando Pownall QC, asked: "Was there any discussion of being summarily dismissed by the club? Was there any such discussion in the days that followed?"
Mr Johnson replied to each question: "No."
Mr Pownall asked if he had been present at any decision made by the club with regard to his future, but the footballer said he had not.
He told the court that his father received a phone call telling him his son's playing contract was being ended after, on the first day of his trial, he pleaded guilty to one charge of grooming and one count of sexual activity with a child.
The winger also told the jury he "showed a complete lack of integrity" towards his girlfriend Stacey Flounders.
He told his partner to "stop being paranoid" when she asked him who he was sending messages to, the court heard.
Mr Johnson, who has 12 England caps, said he set up a new Snapchat account so that the girl could message him.
The court heard that he sent the words "it was class" in a text to the teenager. Asked by prosecutor Kate Blackwell, QC, what he meant, he replied "the kiss".
Mr Johnson told the jury that during the kiss with the girl he "came to his senses" thinking about his partner and daughter.
He then admitted he was "trying to keep the girl on side" so that she did not tell anyone what had happened.
The player told the court he did flirt with the girl after their second meeting and told her "we'll have to go in the back next time".
He admitted he was referring to "further sexual activity", but added that there was no third meeting.
It is understood that players including Steven Fletcher had been due to give evidence on his behalf in the trial.
Mr Pownall QC asked him: "Since you pleaded guilty how has their approach been to you?"
Mr Johnson replied: "They took a step back."
Earlier, in cross-examination, Miss Blackwell said: "Some people may feel sorry for you because you have thrown away your glittering career. The position you are in now was a direct result of your excessive arrogance."
Mr Johnson replied: "I would say more stupidity."
He went on to state he felt remorse for his actions and added his arrest was the worst day of his life.
When asked by his barrister why, he replied: "Because I had been arrested for sexual activity with a child."
In her evidence to the court, a friend of the alleged victim said the girl had been "bragging" about what had happened between her and the star.
The witness said she had told the girl she thought it had been wrong, but "she didn't care because he was a footballer".
A second young witness said the teenager told her Mr Johnson had performed a sex act on her and likewise, she on him.
Born in Sunderland, he began his career at Middlesbrough before moving to Manchester City and then on to Sunderland for £10m in 2012.
The footballer has previously pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of grooming. He was sacked by Sunderland as a result.
The trial continues.
The blast, which happened in Cecil Road, Blackley, at about 12:40 GMT, reduced much of the end terrace property to rubble and badly damaged the home next door.
A man with "major trauma" injuries was taken to Salford Royal Hospital and another person was taken to Wythenshawe hospital.
Three people were treated at the scene.
The precise cause of the blast is not yet known but was being treated as gas-related, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue said.
A "small number" of people living in nearby homes were advised to temporarily leave the area, a spokesman said.
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Crews used sniffer dogs to assess the scene and make sure no one was trapped.
Zoe Spencer, who lives nearby and was at home when the blast occurred, said: "I had my headphones on listening to music and all of a sudden there was just a humungous bang, like someone smashing the windows.
"You just wondered, what was that?"
Incident commander Merl Forrer said: "We are currently shoring up the property and using dogs to search the scene to ensure nobody is trapped inside.
"The building is partially collapsed and we are working to determine a cause."
A dozen apprenticeships will be among the extra positions at The Village Bakery's three sites at the Wrexham Industrial Estate and in nearby Minera.
The increase will bring the firm's workforce up to 500.
Operations director Simon Thorpe said the firm was "very fortunate" to be going through "another period of significant growth".
The plan is separate to a proposal the firm submitted to Wrexham council last year for an expanded £16m "super bakery", which was linked to 100 potential new jobs.
Apprentices for the current expansion will be trained at the firm's £4m baking academy and innovation centre, which was officially opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall in 2015.
The empty room illustrated how Afghanistan has disappeared from the top of the agenda of US and European policy makers and public and media consciousness.
However, in a few weeks, Afghans go to the polls to elect a new president. A fraud-free election and a peaceful political transition from President Hamid Karzai to a new president, accepted by the majority of the people, will ultimately matter far more for the future stability of Afghanistan and the region than speculation about the US troop withdrawal or the machinations of the Taliban.
Yet critically, even after thousands of dead and $1 trillion (£602bn) spent, no-one has a clue as to the outcome of the elections or what will happen next.
A series of recent events has left Afghans and the international community even more uncertain as to the outcome of the elections on 5 April and whether they will be free and fair.
The untimely death of Vice-President Marshal Mohammed Fahim has left a huge vacuum in Mr Karzai's plans to get his favoured candidate - the former Pashtun national security adviser Zalmai Rassoul - elected.
As the leader of the powerful Panjsheri Tajiks and the designated leader of the former Shura-e Nezar or what used to be called the Northern Alliance made up of all the non-Pashtun ethnic groups and warlords, Mr Fahim's powers of wheeling and dealing with those groups were vital to Mr Karzai's plans.
Mr Karzai needs to appoint a successor quickly who has to be a Tajik, or the leading opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah - who commands the partial support of the Northern Alliance vote bank and is ahead in the polls - could become the undisputed leader of both the Tajiks and all non-Pashtuns.
The half Tajik, half Pashtun Mr Abdullah viewed Mr Fahim as an incompetent and scheming rival - the two never got on - but Mr Abdullah now has everything to gain from the leadership vacuum that his death has created.
It suits Mr Abdullah that Mr Karzai delays any appointment of a new vice-president, so that Mr Abdullah can consolidate his vote bank in the former Northern Alliance.
Secondly, Mr Karzai's attempts to support Zalmai Rassoul as the leading - and his favoured - Pashtun candidate is not working out.
Mr Karzai's strategy has always been to get all the Pashtun candidates to support his single choice by getting other Pashtun candidates to stand down at the right moment in favour of Mr Rassoul. That would ensure a formidable vote bank against Mr Abdullah.
However, it took Mr Karzai far too long to get his brother Qayuum Karzai to stand down as a candidate and support Mr Rassoul. Now Mr Karzai has left it too late to get other Pashtun candidates, such as the fundamentalist Abdul Rasul Sayyaf and the warlord Gul Agha Sherzai, to do the same.
These candidates may now calculate that they can get a better deal from whoever becomes the next president than from Mr Karzai's candidate who may lose.
Moreover, the leading Mr Pashtun candidate now is not Mr Rassoul, but Ashraf Ghani, a well known technocrat who has been in and out of government since 2001 and is popular with the youth vote, but is someone whom Mr Karzai has never liked nor trusted and is unlikely to endorse.
According to polling undertaken by Tolo TV, Mr Ghani is trailing just behind Mr Abdullah, with Mr Rassoul a distant third. Mr Ghani's strategy is now to muster support and the vote banks from the very same Pashtun candidates that Mr Karzai is trying to swing to his side.
The greatest danger is the fear of rigging by Mr Karzai's supporters, who control the government machinery. Alleged ballot box stuffing by Mr Karzai's supporters in his 2009 re-election nearly led to civil war between Mr Karzai and Mr Abdullah.
Unfortunately, the reasons for rigging then are still present today. Back in 2009, Mr Karzai feared that the Pashtun vote bank would not turn out on election day due to Taliban threats and intimidation.
That proved true, as very few Pashtuns in the south and east actually did turn out. Instead, the government was accused of carrying out massive ballot box stuffing of Pashtun votes that made it appear that millions of Pashtuns had voted and gave Mr Karzai an undisputed advantage against Mr Abdullah.
Today, the Taliban are once again threatening death to anyone who takes part in the elections. They can most safely carry out such threats in the south and the east - the Pashtun belt - rather than in the north and west where Mr Abdullah will carry most votes.
Thus to defeat Ashraf Ghani in the first round and ensure Zalmai Rassoul becomes the leading Pashtun candidate for the second round of polling in June, the Pashtun turnout has to be large and decisive. That can only be assured by more vote rigging by government supporters, Mr Karzai's opponents say.
The hasty departure of Western troops, the major reduction of any electoral role for the United Nations by the international community, the unwillingness of any global body to carry out serious monitoring of the polls and the overall lack of international attention to the polls are likely to help create another constitutional crisis.
Tragically for Afghans, the West is already washing its hands of the polls.
If there is rigging, the losing candidates will unite against the government and Kabul.
Many Afghans are not willing to tolerate another fraudulent election. The need for a free and fair election is paramount for the country and the region.
He was found with an axe in his head in a south London pub car park in 1987.
An independent, judge-led panel of experts will now examine claims police corruption prevented a conviction, despite five investigations.
Home Secretary Theresa May said the Hillsborough-style inquiry would "shine a light" on the case.
Former Court of Appeal judge Sir Stanley Burnton will chair the independent panel, which will examine possible police involvement in the murder, allegations of police corruption during various investigations, and connections between private investigators, police officers and journalists - including those from the now-closed News of the World.
By Tom SymondsHome affairs correspondent
The case of Daniel Morgan inhabits one of the murkiest corners of recent Metropolitan Police history.
The aim of the new panel is to shine a light on it, and the former police officers, private investigators, criminals, journalists and super-grasses involved in the saga.
But realistically, its best hope is it could say something concrete about lingering allegations that police corruption prevented the Met from finding his murderer.
The panel will focus on the paper-trail of 750,000 pages of documents from five previous inquiries. It will also examine the role of Southern Investigations, the small detective agency Daniel worked for.
The BBC has evidence Southern took payments from newspapers to dig out information for stories - which sometimes, it's alleged, came from corrupt police officers. There may be fresh insight into the way the 'dark arts' of the media operated.
The panel will have access to a vast archive of documents collected by police and will pass its findings to Mr Morgan's family before publishing a report.
BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds said its terms of reference were likely to focus on informing public understanding of the case, rather than re-investigating the evidence - although any new leads would be followed up by Scotland Yard.
In a statement released on Friday, Mrs May acknowledged that there was "no likelihood of any successful prosecutions being brought in the foreseeable future", but that the Daniel Morgan independent panel would "shine a light" on the circumstances of his murder and the handling of the case.
She stressed the Metropolitan Police had already "admitted that police corruption was a 'debilitating factor' in the original investigation".
"Several criminal investigations failed to bring those responsible to justice and this independent panel will leave no stone unturned to find out why," she said.
"Importantly, the panel's work will put Mr Morgan's family at the centre of the process and the approach to this issue has the support of the MPS Commissioner and the Independent Police Complaints Commission."
"The panel will utilise learning from the Hillsborough Independent Panel process in addressing how to approach its work," she added.
Mr Morgan's family welcomed the move to investigate the handling of the case, which they said had been "crippled with corruption".
His brother, Alastair, said the family had endured "nothing less than mental torture" in trying to bring this to light, adding: "Through almost three decades of public protests, meetings with police officers at the highest ranks, lobbying of politicians, and pleas to the media, we have found ourselves lied to, fobbed off, bullied, degraded and let down time and time again."
He went on to say they had "witnessed a complete unwillingness by police and successive governments to face up to what was occurring, and ultimately a complete failure by police leadership to deal effectively with serious police criminality".
"We trust and hope that the panel - through its examination and publication of all relevant material and information - will assist the authorities to confront and acknowledge this failure for once and for all, so that we may at last be able to get on with our lives," he said.
Mr Morgan's family believe he was on the verge of exposing police corruption when he was murdered. Since then they have campaigned for whoever killed him to be brought to justice.
The body of Mr Morgan, originally from Llanfrechfa, near Cwmbran, Torfaen, was found in Sydenham, south-east London, in 1987.
A trial of four men charged with his murder in 2008 collapsed in 2011, following alleged failures by the police and prosecutors.
Mr Morgan's mother Isobel Hulsmann, from Hay-on-Wye in Powys, met Mrs May at the end of 2011 to press the case.
The reigning Commonwealth and European champion destroyed the field by more than a second and a half in winning 100m breaststroke gold at Rio 2016.
But the world record holder's drive to succeed is showing no signs of abating.
"I think I can defend my titles, but defending my Olympic title is my main motivation," Peaty, 22, told BBC Sport.
"Before Rio it was no British man had won Olympic gold in 28 years. Now it is no British person in swimming has ever defended an Olympic title. It is definitely achievable, so why not?"
The next event on Peaty's horizon is the British Swimming Championship at Ponds Forge in April - yet another chance to retain a title already in his grasp.
But the six-day event is not his priority, with the four-year Olympic cycle already well under way.
Peaty's extraordinary swim in Brazil brought a first male British swimming gold since Adrian Moorhouse managed the feat in the 100m breaststroke at Seoul 1988.
Peaty is happy with his training and progress and is convinced he has the ability to go even faster on his way to making history in Japan. He is intent on breaking the time of 57.13 seconds he set in August last year.
The Uttoxeter-born star added: "At Rio, 57.1 was very, very fast, but I went 56.5 in the relay so I am guessing that there is a little more in there.
"Getting 56 would be outrageous because it would be two seconds and a bit above everyone else in the world, which is unheard of in swimming."
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The 22-year-old, ranked 30th in the world, birdied three of his last nine holes to end the day on five under par.
Argentina's Emiliano Grillo had earlier recovered from two early bogeys to reel off seven birdies in cold conditions to set the clubhouse lead at Bay Hill.
He and Fitzpatrick are one clear of England's Paul Casey, while Rory McIlroy opened with a two-over 74.
The Northern Irishman bogeyed three holes on his back nine, including the 18th, and hit a double bogey on the 11th.
World number two Jason Day made a solid start to the defence of his title with a two-under opening round of 70, as the early players began in near freezing temperatures.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational is being held for the first time since Palmer died last September at the age of 87.
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Azeem Hafeez, the son of Sandwell Council's former deputy leader Mahboob Hussain, will not be charged, police have said.
Mr Hafeez said: "My arrest did not relate to the sale or purchase of any former Sandwell Council properties.
"I'm considering taking legal action."
A West Midlands Police spokeswoman said: "The 30-year-old man who was arrested in connection with an investigation into irregularities regarding the sale of former Sandwell council properties between June 2012 and September 2014 has been released without charge and told no further action will be taken against him.
"He was arrested from an address in Oldbury on 1 April 2015. He was on police bail throughout the intervening period."
The investigation into the sale of the council's former properties continues, the West Midlands force said.
Labour-run Sandwell Council said it would co-operate with the police investigation when it began in October.
In October, Oldbury ward councillor Mr Hussain stood down as chairman of the council's asset management and land disposal committee.
At the time, the council said Mr Hussain's resignation was a neutral act that did not imply any wrongdoing.
In a personal statement, issued last year, Mr Hussain said: "I fully expect the audit service's investigation to clearly show I have followed all the proper rules and procedures."
He has also since resigned from the authority's ruling cabinet, along with former economy chief councillor, Ian Jones.
William Friedkin, who directed the film adaptation of Blatty's novel, broke the news of his death on Twitter.
"William Peter Blatty, dear friend and brother who created The Exorcist passed away yesterday," he wrote.
The Exorcist was published as a novel in 1971, with the hugely successful big screen adaptation - also written by Blatty - following two years later.
Despite a troubled production and a muted launch, the film went on to become one of the highest grossing in history and is considered by critics to be a classic horror movie.
Blatty's widow, Julie Alicia Blatty, told the Associated Press that the writer died on Thursday at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.
The cause of death was multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, she said.
Horror writer Stephen King tweeted: "RIP William Peter Blatty, who wrote the great horror novel of our time. So long, Old Bill."
The Exorcist won Blatty an Oscar for best adapted screenplay and he went on to write and direct the second sequel The Exorcist III.
Blatty also wrote novels such as Elsewhere, Dimiter, The Ninth Configuration and Demons Five, Exorcist Nothing: A Fable.
His film credits include A Shot in the Dark, The Great Bank Robbery and Promise Her Anything.
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The Labour leader told the BBC the way decisions were taken in the party after his re-election had to be opened up.
He also sought to build bridges with MPs critical of him by saying the "vast majority" have no fear of being barred from standing at the next election.
It came as one union leader told MPs to stop "knifing" their leader.
Unite boss Len McCluskey said he believed "only a rump of right wingers" would continue to oppose Mr Corbyn following his re-election and he should be allowed to lead without having "to pluck knives out of his back."
Speaking to the Andrew Marr Show, Mr Corbyn acknowledged there were "differences of opinion" between him and many of his MPs on policy but said there was also a "great deal of unanimity".
He said Labour's growing party membership - which has swelled to more than half a million since the general election - now held greater sway and Labour MPs would be expected to fall into line with its support for a tough message on anti-austerity and public ownership.
But he played down talk that MPs judged to be out of step with the direction of the party could be deselected in the run-up to next general election.
MPs have warned of a purge linked to proposed changes to constituency boundaries in 2020 and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has warned that, if this happened, it could lead to a split in the party similar to the one in the early 1980s.
Mr Corbyn said the relationship between an MP and their constituency was "complex" but added: "Let's have a democratic discussion and, I think, the vast majority of MPs will have no problem whatsoever."
Mr Corbyn said he wanted a less top-down approach to policy making, with more input from grass roots activists and the party conference, which began in Liverpool on Sunday, at the "centre of concluding policy debates".
"There is a lot of thirst for change out there," he said. "People want to see things done differently."
After Mr Corbyn secured 61.8% of the vote to comfortably defeat his challenger Owen Smith, there has been speculation that a number of Labour MPs who resigned from the shadow cabinet in the summer in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership could be willing to return.
Mr McCluskey said the majority of MPs would now be willing to serve under Mr Corbyn and the media should "watch this space".
But former shadow health and education secretaries Heidi Alexander and Tristram Hunt have already ruled out a return to the front bench and Mr Smith has also said he won't serve under his rival.
It is thought a number of MPs are only prepared to return if elections to the shadow cabinet - which were scrapped in 2011 - are reinstated. Labour's ruling National Executive Committee discussed the issue on Saturday but no conclusions were reached.
Amid calls for unity, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry said it was time for opponents of Mr Corbyn to fall in line, telling the BBC News Channel they needed to work for the "greater good" by providing a strong opposition.
She was speaking after Labour peer Lord Mitchell became the first representative to quit the party after Mr Corbyn's re-election.
The businessman, who was ennobled by Tony Blair in 2000, said he was concerned about Mr Corbyn's "lack of leadership qualities" and he would never become prime minister.
The peer also said he was alarmed by the rise of anti-Semitism within sections of the Labour movement and Mr Corbyn's "lukewarm" response to it.
In response, Mr Corbyn said the comments were "unfortunate" and there is "absolute unity in the party of opposing any form of anti-Semitism".
In his first set piece interview since his re-election, Mr Corbyn told Andrew Marr he supported a huge programme of public investment in the economy, funded by extra borrowing and an increase in corporate taxation.
He also called on the government to be more open about the progress of the Brexit negotiations amid confusion about when Article 50 would be triggered.
While supporting the current defence budget, he appeared to cast doubt on plans by MI6 to recruit 1,000 extra staff, saying the security service's proposed expansion wasn't "particularly necessary".
On foreign policy, he said there should be an inquiry into Russian bombing in Syria and also suggested British troops should not be protected from future legal action over alleged abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan - after calls for an end to "vexatious" claims by PM Theresa May.
This, he said, would be a "step too far" as British soldiers had to respect international law.
Conservative Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson suggested that Mr Corbyn did not pose a serious threat to the government, telling Andrew Marr his "left-wing 1970s" economic programme was "extremely dangerous".
Browne stopped champion Ruslan Chagaev to win the title in Russia in March, but tested positive for clenbuterol after the fight.
The WBA has since reinstalled Browne, 37, in the top five of its rankings.
It ordered that he face 43-year-old Puerto Rican Oquendo, the leading contender, within 120 days.
Britain's Tyson Fury is the reigning 'super' champion at heavyweight. He faces a rematch with Ukraine's Wladimir Klitschko for the WBO and WBA belts in Manchester on 29 October.
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Konta, the first British woman for 33 years to play in a Grand Slam semi-final, went down 7-5 6-2 in Melbourne.
"I played against a better player today who earned her right to a Grand Slam final," said the British number one.
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The 24-year-old collects £370,000 in prize money, while her ranking is set to jump from 47 to inside the top 30.
Kerber, 28, goes on to face world number one Serena Williams, who took just 64 minutes to thrash Polish fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0 6-4.
The American, 34, is the defending champion and is chasing a seventh Australian Open and 22nd Grand Slam title.
The Briton made a nervous start and could not stem a flow of errors that kept the pressure off Kerber.
Konta ended the match with 36 unforced errors to the German's 11, having dropped serve five times over an hour and 22 minutes.
She looked every bit the debutante at this level as she slipped 3-0 down, with Kerber - twice a Grand Slam semi-finalist - hardly required to do anything but keep the ball in play in the early stages.
There was real hope for Konta when she found some rhythm and clawed her way back to lead 5-4 in the first set, but Kerber broke again at 5-5 and would lose just two more games.
Konta was upbeat after her loss, insisting: "I don't think I missed an opportunity."
She felt Kerber simply played better, adding there were a lot of positives to take from her straight-set defeat.
"I'm really hungry to keep improving and keep enjoying what I'm doing," she said. "So that's where I'm at.
"I just will go back, keep working hard, keep improving the things that I want to improve and keep enjoying what I'm doing."
Konta's progress over the past 12 months has been described as "phenomenal" by GB Davis Cup captain Leon Smith.
"Jo should be so proud of herself, the way she's played and handled herself," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "Yes, she'll be disappointed today, but she probably can't wait to get going again."
Jo Durie, Britain's last female Grand Slam semi-finalist, and former British number one Greg Rusedski both tweeted praise for Konta.
Rusedski, who reached the US Open final in 1997, wrote: "Great run for @JoKonta91 getting to the semifinals of a GS for the first time. Now into the top 30 in the world. She will only get better."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller:
Johanna Konta says she has learnt to 'feel comfortable being uncomfortable' during her run to the semi-final.
The experience of winning five Grand Slam matches in a row and working through some stressful periods will stand her in great stead.
She will be 28 in the world when the rankings are updated on Monday and has very few points to defend until the grass-court season begins in June, so she has an excellent chance of being seeded for both the French Open and Wimbledon.
She has also earned the right to play in any tournament she chooses to, anywhere in the world.
It has been a phenomenal performance by a player, who before her run to the fourth round of the US Open last September, had only ever won one match in a Grand Slam main draw.
Radwanska was on a 13-match winning run, but she had lost all eight previous meetings with Williams and was again overwhelmed.
Williams was utterly dominant in the first set, her power advantage most obvious as she demolished the 5ft 8in Pole's serve, winning 12 of 16 return points as she took it in 20 minutes.
The American's form fell away in the second set, allowing Radwanska to recover from 3-1 down with four straight games that roused a crowd sympathetic to the Pole's plight.
But Radwanska missed a forehand to drop serve at 4-4 and Williams, despite racking up 13 errors to four in the first set, found three aces in a row on her way to serving out the match.
"I'm really excited to be in another final, it kind of blows my mind right now," said Williams.
Radwanska said it would difficult for anyone to stop Williams.
"If she's playing her best tennis, it's a big difference," she said. "I don't think anyone can really play on that level."
But Kerber responded: "I'm really looking forward to playing Serena in the final. I have nothing to lose and will give it everything."
The Labour leader said that on his 99 previous questions he has been "unclear or dissatisfied with the answer".
But he pressed on with a crowd sourced inquiry from a "Callum" on cuts to the funding of sixth form and further education colleges.
Mr Cameron disputed Mr Corbyn's claims but congratulated him on reaching "100 not out".
The prime minister said that his survival was welcomed across the House of Commons.
Mr Corbyn has attempted to introduce a less confrontational style at the weekly half hour session, and to ask questions sent in by members of the public, since he took over as Labour leader last September.
He is allowed six questions to the prime minister each week, when Parliament is sitting and Mr Cameron is in the country.
BBC analysis shows nearly half of Mr Corbyn's questions have been on welfare or health, with none on immigration.
He asked what is believed to be his first question on the economy at Wednesday's session, saying: "The construction output in Britain has shrunk for two consecutive quarters now, surely this is a matter of concern.
"Isn't this really a bit of a sign that this economic recovery is being constructed on sand?"
The PM said the government wanted "to see every part of our economy growing", but he added: "If you look at our construction plans, because we've got a strong economy we're able to commit to HS2, we're able to commit to the biggest road programme since the 1970s, the largest rail programme since Victorian times, together with huge infrastructure projects in energy and in other areas.
"Those things are only possible because we've got a strong and growing economy."
Mr Cameron warned that Labour would "wreck the country's finances" and put up taxes for low and middle earners.
The Labour leader then accused Mr Cameron of holding back Britain by cutting skills training and investment.
Mr Cameron claimed Labour had created instability in the economy while in government and failed to build enough houses - and disputed Mr Corbyn's figures on apprenticeships, which he claimed had seen a big increase in funding.
In a wide-ranging set of questions, Mr Corbyn also highlighted new figures from children's charities showing council spending on children and young people has been cut by £2bn.
The Labour leader said the reductions came at the same time as Mr Osborne cut corporation tax to the lowest level in the G7.
"Doesn't this demonstrate a wrong choice by the prime minister?" Mr Corbyn asked.
Mr Cameron hit back, accusing Mr Corbyn of making a "political point" instead of acknowledging that corporation tax receipts had increased by 20%, giving the Government more money to spend on services.
A back problem that required surgery ruled the all-rounder out for the 2015 season after his one match, and he had to hand over leadership duties to Steven Croft.
"Mentally, last year was pretty tough knowing I was going to be out for the season after just becoming captain, and all the things that came with it," the 30-year-old told BBC Sport.
"It was a season I was looking forward to massively, as I do every season, but this one had a bit extra to it."
The captaincy came off the back of an impressive 2014, a season in which Smith took more than 50 wickets and was named Lancashire's player of the year.
He spent 13 months out of action in total, handing over the captaincy full-time to Croft - a difficult decision he felt was right for both himself and the club.
"I knew from a personal point of view that I had to make a selfish decision because in order for me to get right I had to focus 100% on myself," he continued. "It was just the right thing to do.
"It was good to watch the lads play but ultimately I wanted to be out there. My wife got pregnant, which certainly gave extra motivation, but I couldn't have done it without a lot of people.
"It's been amazing to be back playing. You certainly put things into perspective and your love of the game and what you play for certainly stands true after you spend a lot of time out."
Smith started out at local team Withnell Fold where his father played, moving to Chorley Cricket Club before being noticed for trials at Lancashire.
After progressing from Lancashire's under-13 team through to their under-19 side, Smith was offered his first professional contract.
"I played most sports growing up - football, golf, tennis, everything you can think of, but cricket was the one I always wanted to do," he said.
"My parents were inspirational and very influential in my upbringing - they drove me everywhere, up and down the country.
"I always admired Ian Thorpe, Brian Lara, Andrew Flintoff. I remember walking into the changing room one day and Andrew Flintoff was stood in front of me, it was a pretty surreal experience.
"For me, winning the Championship in 2011 has been a real highlight and receiving my county cap is certainly a proud moment I'll never forget."
Smith has scored 7,720 career runs and taken 376 wickets across all three forms of the game, and as an all-rounder has had to master both batting and bowling aspects of the sport.
"I think the demands are seen away from the pitch," Smith added. "You have to work hard on keeping both disciplines at top performance to ensure both assets are up to scratch so you can deliver.
"On the pitch it's just a role you're used to because that's your job at the end of the day and it's what you love doing."
Asked what aspect of the game he preferred, Smith replied: "I think I'd rather score a hundred."
One sport that was not present at the recent Rio 2016 Olympics was cricket, so does Smith envisage a future place for his sport there?
"It's a tough one. It'd have to be Twenty20 cricket for time purposes, I don't think you could have a Test match going on," he said.
"It'd be nice to see it in the Olympics, you've got golf in there now which is a bit more mainstream so one day maybe T20 cricket can be in there.
"It'd be nice getting a gold medal wouldn't it?"
With a trip to Liverpool the prize in the third round staff are battling to protect the playing surface.
County have had three home games postponed or abandoned this term.
The club has also received a report outlining a number of recommendations to deal with drainage issues with the pitch.
The English Football League sent a specialist company to the ground to inspect the surface after their home game against Morecambe on was abandoned.
"The experts have produced a report outlining a number of recommendations covering both the short and long term which has been shared with all parties," Newport said in a statement.
"The club has also discussed the findings of the report with the Football League and will be putting a plan together with Rodney Parade to address the recommendations."
Newport County, who share Rodney Parade with Newport Gwent Dragons and Newport RFC, have had had major problems with drainage and saw their last home League Two game against Morecambe abandoned at half-time due to standing water.
The replay with Argyle is to be televised and postponement could have a knock-on effect when it comes to the Anfield fixture which is also scheduled to be shown on TV.
The cover, which has been used previously at Brighton's Amex Stadium, is domed and inflated by air pumps to keep the surface free of rain.
"Club officials have been working closely with the FA and staff to ensure the game goes without any issues," said Newport chairman, Gavin Foxhall.
"The Dome has been at the heart of those discussions given recent problems with the pitch. Our thanks go to all involved."
Newport manager, Graham Westley, said he expected the match to go ahead, but was critical of Newport RFC who own Rodney Parade, for not ensuring drainage was better.
"The powers that be have got some protection in place on the surface," Westley told BBC Wales Sport.
"I don't think anyone's got any doubts that the game will go ahead. But the weather is the weather, you can't control it.
"The surface is a rugby pitch. It's got a rugby pitch's drainage and it fills up with water and it floods. It's not suitable for football.
"It needs better drainage if it's going to house football matches. You would expect the owners of the pitch, if they agree a ten-year deal to host football matches, to have the drainage in place to host football matches."
Newport set up the replay, and the potential money-spinning clash with Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, thanks to a battling 0-0 draw against Plymouth at Home Park.
The match was followed by controversy when Westley attended a press conference whilst Argyle boss, Derek Adams was still speaking to reporters.
Adams apparently then stormed out when he realised Westley was present.
But the Newport boss said as far as he was concerned there were no problems between him and Adams.
"I don't care if he shakes my hand or doesn't shake my hand," added Westley.
"I'm a polite person, I shake every manager's hand.
"If he doesn't want to shake my hand, he does not want to shake my hand, but I'm a gentleman, so I will."
The 32-year-old made 203 appearances during a five-and-a-half-year spell with Luton before joining the Glovers last summer.
The Welshman played 33 times in League Two last term and is the O's first new recruit since appointing Steve Davis as head coach on Monday.
Lawless is their fifth signing since being relegated to the National League.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
Craig Disley and Danny East both went close for the visitors in a largely uneventful first half.
Sam Habergham had to be alert to clear a threatening Grimsby attack after the break, while Sean Marks shot over the bar for the Iron.
Disley went closest in the final minutes, rising to meet Richard Tait's cross, but his header hit the bar.
Grimsby Town manager Paul Hurst told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"It wasn't the prettiest of games. It very rarely is in truth when you come here.
"With the injuries we've picked up as well I'm happy with a clean sheet.
"We're in October, I don't think we've particularly had a bad spell of weather and we were hoping the pitch would be a bit better than it was."
William MacKay, 70, had denied the abuse, which took place in Ross-shire between 1986 and 1994.
He was cleared of rape after a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court but convicted of three counts of sexual abuse and jailed for three-and-a-half years.
The court heard his victim experienced flashbacks and had dream therapy.
That unlocked memories of the abuse of her and another girl that MacKay used to babysit for.
One of his victims was only seven when her ordeal began.
Defence QC Frances McMenamin said that MacKay, who is in poor physical health and suffers from short-term memory loss, continued to deny committing the offences.
However, judge Graham Buchanan sentencing MacKay, who is from Ross-shire, said: "You continue to maintain your innocence of these charges and were acquitted of more serious charges towards these girls at the young ages they were was quite disgraceful.
"A significant custodial sentence is the only appropriate form of disposal."
Judge Buchanan also placed MacKay on the sex offenders register.
The court was told that MacKay was likely to be freed from custody within a matter of weeks after serving the equivalent of 40 months in custody while awaiting trial.
Judge Buchanan was not able to give MacKay, who is considered a medium risk of re-offending, an extended sentence which would include monitoring in the community because the offences were committed before that legislation came into force.
Speaking after the case, Det Insp Andy Logan from the Public Protection Unit said: "MacKay exploited young girls over many years and today he has finally been held accountable for his actions.
"Whenever incidents of sexual abuse are brought to our attention they will be thoroughly and sensitively investigated by specialist officers, who will provide dedicated support, regardless of the passage of time.
"The bravery of MacKay's victims in coming forward has allowed for a robust investigation to be carried out and subsequently MacKay being brought to justice for his deplorable actions."
Industry body Tiga has told Newsbeat the move would give games "the respect they deserve" and offer a boost to British-based companies.
Games are currently classified as software under EU law.
Developers argue a change would allow the UK and other countries to support the industry and create jobs.
"Recognising games as cultural products would untie the red tape which unfairly prevents EU member state governments from supporting their national video game sectors," said Dr Richard Wilson, CEO of Tiga.
Tax breaks were introduced for games companies in March, but only after the European Commission approved the move.
Developers claim that would not have been necessary if games were classified as cultural products.
Dr Wilson added games should be seen as "an art form, as a high-tech, highly-skilled industry, as a force for economic and social good".
The video games industry is worth $93bn (£59bn) worldwide, compared to $15bn for the music industry, and the $88.3bn worldwide film industry, according to Tiga.
Little Big Planet creator Media Molecule is one UK studio backing the call for change.
Rex Crowle, lead creator on the studio's adventure game Tearaway, says the image of the games industry is changing.
"They have so much artistry put into them, they have to be built from scratch.
"There's no way to just find content for games, you can't just point a camera at something.
"It brings together so many talents, from architectural design to audio design to storytelling."
In the past some big publishers have resisted calls to categorise games as cultural products.
Vincent Scheurer, founder and director of Tiga, explained the companies were worried about governments trying to protect companies based in their countries by charging those from abroad.
"They were worried that people were going to start taking their money and start giving it to local games companies."
Many developers say that games, as forms of entertainment, are seen as part of popular culture.
Ollie Clarke, winner of a Bafta breakthrough Brit award in 2013, describes his latest creation LA Cops in this way.
"The game we're producing here is not meant to be art. It's meant to be a well-crafted, really enjoyable escape from a mundane reality.
"If you've had a bad day at work, come home, shoot some bad guys in LA cops, enjoy your life."
He works alongside other small developers in a shared workspace in Leamington Spa.
Steve Stopps set up Arch Creatives after his former employer Blitz Games Studios closed down.
"Finally people in power are realising this too, finally we're not becoming this cultural whipping boy of 'games are evil' or 'games are bad'.
"Being recognised as a serious part of the UK economy is a great step in the right direction."
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The "no parking" lines were discovered on an industrial estate near Truro in Cornwall.
Mark Mitchell, owner of Stylehome, said: "It goes against all common sense to draw lines across the middle of the road."
Cornwall Council said although the lines were "technically correct", it would remove them.
It follows traffic problems around the Threemilestone Industrial Estate due to road closures.
Mark Mitchell said: "It is hard to make this up and, frankly, simply beyond belief."
Other businesses are located past the yellow lines.
Cornwall Council said in a statement that the road had stopped where the double yellow lines were painted until the road was extended in 2013.
But when it was extended, the "traffic order" for the lines was not changed, so the lines remained.
"The yellow lines across the road, whilst appearing to be an unfortunate error, are in fact technically correct," it said.
"However, we recognise that it is highly unlikely that anyone would park a vehicle across the highway at this point, and we will therefore remove the offending section."
Marques Monroe, 20, pleaded guilty to assaulting an employee by brandishing a knife at her at the Caddon Court store on 14 May 2016.
Monroe, who gave his parents' address in Nottingham, stole alcohol and attempted to steal cigarettes.
He was due to be sentenced at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.
The Dow Jones closed up 120.74 points at 18347.67, beating a record set in May 2015.
The S&P 500 pushed up from its record close on Monday climbing 14.98 points to 2152.14, while the Nasdaq rose 34.18 to 5022.82.
Bank shares were on the front foot once again, with Goldman Sachs rising 3.1% and Citigroup climbing 2.7%.
JP Morgan Chase was up 1.5% after announcing it would raise the pay of 18,000 hourly staff in the US, over the next three years.
Low returns on government bonds and positive June jobs data had boosted investors desire to buy stocks.
Amazon shares hit their own record high of $757.34 per share, but fell 0.7% as the company's website suffered glitches during the "Prime Day" shopping event.
Investors were also encouraged by results from aluminium producer Alcoa.
The company reported second-quarter net income of $135m, down from $140m a year earlier, but the fall was not as bad as feared and Alcoa's shares rose 5.4%.
Shares of AMC Entertainment rose 7.3% after the company announced plans to buy London-based Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group - creating the world's largest cinema chain.
American Airlines had a strong day. Its shares shot up 11.2%.
The airline announced a new plan for company credit cards, which it estimates will increase profits by $1.5bn over the next three years.
The purchase is part of a plan to regenerate the site on Dumballs Road, Butetown, with new and affordable housing with private investor Vastint.
Cabinet members made the decision at a meeting near the site on Thursday.
A previous regeneration scheme for the area was deemed by council financiers to be "unaffordable".
In a report for the cabinet, the council's director of economic development Neil Hanratty noted that Dumballs Road had "suffered numerous unsuccessful attempts at redevelopment over the last three decades".
Vastint - part of the same group as IKEA - plans to buy 24 acres (10 hectares) of land.
The council said the company would work with the authority to develop a new planning application for the site.
Cardiff council leader Phil Bale added: "They want to work with us on delivering the Embankment site and will only proceed in partnership with us.
"If this goes ahead it could be the final piece in the jigsaw which would see the east side of the riverbank from the stadium to the Bay completely redeveloped."
Mr Bale said the total spend for the council was around £15m.
Andrew Cobden of Vastint said: "The opportunity to acquire a large land parcel in the centre of a well-established and growing capital city is exciting for Vastint and fits with the planned expansion of activities in the UK."
As well as housing, the developer may provide commercial business space.
Permission already exists for more than 2,000 new homes, 12.5% of which is designated as affordable housing.
Jennifer Cardy, from Northern Ireland, was one of four young girls murdered by Black, who died in jail on Tuesday.
The nine-year-old was abducted, assaulted and killed near her home in Ballinderry, County Antrim.
Police in England are "devastated" that Black died before he could be charged with another girl's murder.
The Devon and Cornwall force said it was five weeks from submitting a file to prosecutors on Black linking him to the 1978 killing of Genette Tate.
She vanished while delivering newspapers in Aylesbeare, east Devon, in 1978. Her body has never been found.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Cardy's parents, Pat and Andy, spoke of how their Christian faith had influenced their attitude to Black.
Mrs Cardy said she wished she could have met Black before his death as she believed he may have been responsible for other unsolved child murders.
"Had I been able to talk, just as a woman to a man, and ask him where did he throw or fling or put the bodies of many more little girls that he killed," she said.
"That hasn't been proved, I know that, but there are many children's murders, little girls' murders with his hallmark."
The Cardy family were informed by police on Tuesday evening that 68-year-old Black had died at Maghaberry high-security prison in County Antrim.
It is believed he died of natural causes.
Black had a history of abducting, abusing and murdering young girls.
In addition to his four murder convictions for killing Jennifer Cardy, Sarah Harper, Susan Maxwell and Caroline Hogg, Black had also been convicted of other attempted abductions and was suspected of other unsolved crimes against children.
Jennifer was nine in August 1981 when Black kidnapped and killed her close to her home in Ballinderry, County Antrim.
BBC NI reporter Gordon Adair's Cardy trial memories:
Rarely, if ever, have I seen an outpouring of emotion like that triggered when the jury foreman at Armagh Crown Court uttered the single word 'guilty' in 2011. Thirty years after her death, justice had finally caught up with Jennifer Cardy's killer.
Jennifer's family, jurors, journalists, and even detectives wept. The only person who showed no emotion was Robert Black.
He sat - as he had done throughout the trial - gazing towards the front of the court. No matter how horrific or distressing the evidence had been, he demonstrated not a single flicker of concern; not for Jennifer, not for her family.
Black never accepted his guilt, never showed any remorse, never apologised. At his sentencing, his barrister took the unusual step of standing up, saying: "I intend to say nothing in mitigation" and sitting back down.
Looking back now on Black's life there is, again, little to be said in mitigation.
Mrs Cardy told BBC News NI that she feels no bitterness towards her daughter's murderer and would have liked to have spoken to him before his death in jail in a bid to change his "wasted" life, that was full of "depravity".
"As Christians, Robert Black could have had what I have and what Andrew has, and our whole family - that is just the beautiful peace of God," she said.
"I have actually prayed for Robert Black that he could come to this and therefore, his life that produced no good could now begin to change. I would have loved that for Robert Black."
Mr Cardy said: "I've often said that he stole the life from our daughter but we would not allow him to steal our lives. We were determined to live on and live on for the family that we had, but the hurt is still there.
"We miss Jennifer but we have to move on, we have to keep going."
The flint artefacts were revealed by the gradual erosion of a footpath at the eastern end of Bradgate Park.
They have now been evaluated to determine who may have been active in the area.
Experts believe the site was used by "hunter-gatherers of a culture termed Creswellian".
The culture is named after Creswell Crags, a limestone gorge with caves once used by ancient ancestors, located on the border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
The remains were investigated by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS).
Lynden Cooper, project officer at ULAS, said: "Rapid climate change c15,000 years ago led to large tracts of new grassland territory becoming accessible to animals such as horse, deer and reindeer.
"A small band of humans, late Magdalenian hunters, also entered this new land of plenty, and within a short period of time had evolved into the Creswellian people.
"Innovative stone tool technology can be seen to reflect new hunting strategies required to cope with ecological changes resulting from the warming climate."
The tools include blades known as Cheddar and Creswell points, and scrapers used to process animal hides.
The university said that while there are about 20 Creswellian cave sites around the UK, Bradgate Park was a "very rare" discovery of an open air site.
ULAS was assisted by Rob Clough, a ranger at Bradgate Park, as well as Graham and Christine Coombes, who found the first flint pieces in 2001.
The site is thought to have been a hunting stand, where hunters intercepted animals such as horse and deer that were passing through the gorge.
Pupils in Dingwall and Inverness aged between 13 and 16, and viewed as at risk of opting out of education, will be involved.
They will mentor nursery children identified as being in need of additional support.
The scheme will be run by UK education project Teens and Toddlers.
Of these, more than 390,000 were aged under 25 - 42% of the total.
The highest number of registrations was on the day Mrs May made her speech, with 147,000 people registering online and 3,364 paper forms being submitted.
There was another surge on the day of the local elections, with 67,600 registering on 4 May.
Although numbers have begun to drop off, there are still significant numbers of voters making sure they can have their say at the ballot box.
A spike in the numbers on 7 April, which saw 84,600 people register, has been attributed to a Facebook reminder that went out to users across the UK.
The deadline to register to vote in the general election is 22 May.
After campaigning to get more people registered in time for the last general election in 2015 and the EU referendum in 2016, the Electoral Commission said the deadline to register was "a significant motivating factor". A spokeswoman added: "A large number of people apply to register in the days immediately before and on the deadline itself."
The biggest group getting their applications in to vote during this surge is young people.
Many of those registering will be people who have turned 18 since the referendum, or students who have moved house.
Rachael Farrington, university student and founder of Voting Counts - a campaign to encourage voters to register - said another factor was that "young people have seen recently examples of how voting really does count, particularly with the EU referendum, and this is encouraging them to get involved".
Jonelle Awomoyi, who is 18 and a Member of the Youth Parliament, echoed that point: "Surprise results like Brexit and Donald Trump have made people who thought politics was boring and for old people reconsider."
She added that in previous elections her contemporaries had complained "all politicians are the same - but with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn as leaders that's clearly not the case".
On the day the general election was called, 57,987 people under 25 registered to vote - more than any other age group. The second largest group was people aged between 25 and 34, with a further 51,341 registering.
The number of new registrations declined the older people got:
The Facebook-related spike on 7 April actually saw the 25-to-34 group with the most registrations - 31,211 people - but this was followed by the under-25s, with 22,138 registrations.
Just 3,175 people 65 or over registered on that day.
Despite the rise in registration among younger people, Emma Hartley, head of campaigns at the Electoral Commission stressed: "It's really important that anyone who is eligible to vote at next month's general election is able to take part.
"if you're not registered to vote where you live by the deadline of 22 May then you won't be able to have your say.
"We know that young people, students and people who have recently house are less likely to be registered. We're urging anyone not yet registered to go online and register as soon as possible."
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It is thought to be one of the largest doses of anti-venom ever administered in Australia.
Matthew Mitchell was bitten on his finger by a funnel-web spider while helping his father clear out a shed.
He suffered multiple seizures, dilated eyes and began frothing at the mouth.
"It sort of clawed onto me and all the legs and everything crawled around my finger and I couldn't get it off," he told Friday's Australian Daily Telegraph.
Matthew's family used his shirt as a tourniquet to curtail the spread of the venom as he was rushed to hospital.
The boy received anti-venom at the hospital, believed to be the highest dose given to a bite victim in living memory, the Telegraph said.
The spider has been captured and taken to the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney, where it is now being used in a venom-milking programme.
The park's general manager Tim Faulkner said Matthew was "as lucky as they get".
February and March are the peak breeding season for many funnel-web species.
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Sources: Australian Museum, US National Library of Medicine
Syal, who is famous for comedy roles on television in Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No.42, becomes a CBE.
One of the pioneers for black footballers in the 1970s, ex-West Bromwich Albion defender Brendon Batson, is among those appointed OBE.
Former chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Matt Baggott, of Solihull, is knighted.
Sir Matt, who retired from the job in September after five years, is honoured for services to policing in the United Kingdom.
He said: "This award is an acknowledgement of the courage, commitment and achievements of my policing colleagues without whose immense efforts I would not have been able to fulfil my responsibilities."
Syal, who is honoured for services to drama and literature, scripted the film Bhaji On the Beach and starred in the radio series Goodness Gracious Me, which later transferred to TV.
She used her experiences growing up in the West Midlands for her first book Anita And Me, which was later adapted for the screen.
Syal, who is married to her screen colleague Sanjeev Bhaskar, also scripted the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Bombay Dreams.
Batson, previously an MBE, receives the OBE for services to football.
The former defender, from Birmingham, worked for the Professional Footballers' Association and has also been an adviser to the Football Association on equality.
Others recognised include ex-Cadbury chairman Sir Adrian Cadbury, of Solihull, who has become a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to business and the community in the UK, particularly Birmingham.
Walsall College principal and chief executive Jatinder Sharma is honoured for services to education while Denise Ellen Moreton, from Wolverhampton, is recognised for services to the Women's Institute Movement in Staffordshire. Both are appointed OBE.
The US state department said 18 entities or individuals would be affected by the new measures.
It said all 18 had supported Iran's ballistic missile programme or the elite Republican Guards Corps.
The statement also criticised Iran's support for the Syrian government and groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas.
"The United States remains deeply concerned about Iran's malign activities across the Middle East, which undermine regional stability, security and prosperity," it added.
"Iran continues to support terrorist groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that threaten Israel and stability in the Middle East. Iran has maintained its steadfast support for the [Syrian] Assad regime, despite Assad's atrocities against his own people."
It also accused Iran of prolonging the conflict in Yemen by providing support for Houthi rebels.
Iran has vowed to retaliate against the new sanctions.
In a statement, its foreign ministry said the sanctions were "one-sided and illegal".
It added: "Iran will reciprocate and will impose sanctions on American individuals and entities who have acted against the Iranian people and other Muslim nations of the region."
The announcement came a day after the Trump administration certified that Tehran was complying with a 2015 deal to limit its nuclear programme.
The White House is required to notify congress every three months on whether Iran is in compliance with the nuclear agreement. President Trump did so very reluctantly because he says Iran is violating the spirit of the deal, but the certification means that broad sanctions relief stays in place for now.
Iran's Republican Guards Corps was set up after the 1979 revolution to defend the country's Islamic system and provide a counterweight to the regular armed forces.
It has since become a major military, political and economic force in Iran, with close ties to the Supreme Leader.
Hales's county colleague James Taylor is also named, after impressing during the one-day series with Australia.
There is no place for Yorkshire's Gary Ballance and Adam Lyth, with the latter dropped after a poor Ashes series.
The three-Test series begins in Abu Dhabi on 13 October.
All-rounder Ben Stokes is rested from the one-day squad, to which batsman Joe Root returns.
Lancashire spinner Stephen Parry and Sussex bowler Chris Jordan are recalled to the T20 squad.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has also announced former England limited-overs captain Paul Collingwood and ex-Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene will join the England management team in consultancy roles.
National selector James Whitaker said Hales, 26, "fully deserved" a chance at the top of the order after scoring 886 runs at an average of 52.11 in the County Championship this season.
"He has scored heavily for Nottinghamshire in first-class cricket and has shown he can play match-winning innings for England in white-ball cricket," said Whitaker.
Left-armer Ansari, 23, who has taken 44 wickets and scored more than 700 runs this season, will provide a third spin option alongside Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid.
Ansari was told he had been selected on Monday, describing the news as "a surprise".
He said: "Going into this season it wasn't on my radar. I just wanted to have a solid, consistent season with Surrey and establish myself a bit more. Things have gone my way and this is what happens when that happens.
"If the conditions prove to be very spin-friendly and I make an impression, then great. I'm there as much as anything to learn and try to develop quickly and if I get my chance, to go out and perform."
Within hours of his call-up, Ansari was forced to leave the field in Surrey's County Championship match against Lancashire and went to hospital after injuring his hand trying to take a catch at cover point.
Taylor, 25, is recalled to the Test set-up after winning the last of his two caps against South Africa in 2012.
The middle-order batsman, who may compete with Jonny Bairstow for a place in the side, enjoyed a prolific ODI series against Australia, scoring 246 runs at an average of 49.20.
"I've been desperate to get back in the Test side for a number of years now and I know that any runs in international cricket are going to count no matter what format, especially against Australia," Taylor told the BBC.
"I knew going in to the UAE there's going to be a lot of spin bowled, and that'll hopefully work in my favour as I love playing spin. Overall, it's worked out nicely and those runs will have made a big impact."
With Lyth dropped after averaging just 12.77 in the Ashes, captain Alastair Cook seems certain to have a seventh opening partner since the retirement of Andrew Strauss, though it is not clear whether Hales, Moeen or even Ansari will be selected.
Former Scotland assistant Collingwood will join the team in November to coach batting and fielding during the limited-overs series in the UAE, and will then link up with England again for the ICC World T20 in March.
He said: "It's an exciting time for English cricket. We've got some great, skilful youngsters coming through.
"Hopefully I can create the confidence in their games that they can go and do it out in the middle without any fear."
Test squad: Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Zafar Ansari (Surrey), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire, wk), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire, wk), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Taylor (Nottinghamshire), Mark Wood (Durham).
ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire, wk), Sam Billings (Kent, wk), Jos Buttler (Lancashire, wk), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), James Taylor (Nottinghamshire), Reece Topley (Essex, to join Hampshire at end of season), David Willey (Northants, to join Yorkshire at end of season), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).
Twenty20 squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Sam Billings (Kent, wk), Jos Buttler (Lancashire, wk), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Stephen Parry (Lancashire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Reece Topley (Essex, to join Hampshire at end of season), James Vince (Hampshire), David Willey (Northants, to join Yorkshire at end of season), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).
Shawn Tyson was found guilty of killing friends James Cooper, 25, and James Kouzaris, 24, in Sarasota, Florida, on 16 April 2011.
An appeal court upheld his conviction but his sentence was thrown out because he was 16 when the crime was committed.
The case was remanded to a lower court for a new sentencing hearing.
In his judgement, Associate Senior Judge James R. Case said Tyson's guilty judgements were affirmed "without discussion".
But his status as a juvenile homicide offender required his sentence to be re-assessed, the judge said.
He referred to a Supreme Court ruling which held that mandatory life terms without parole for juveniles violated a constitutional bar on "cruel and unusual" punishment.
Mr Cooper, from Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire, and Mr Kouzaris, from Northampton, were shot dead when they drunkenly wandered into the Newtown area.
Tyson, who was tried as an adult, was convicted of first-degree murder in March 2012.
William Graham dropped from first to fifth place in a party members' ballot for the South Wales East regional list for the 2016 assembly election.
He said he had "upset too many people" by being pro-devolution and backing projects such as an M4 relief road.
Mr Graham told BBC Wales that Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies was "intrigued" by the result.
Speaking on Good Morning Wales, Mr Graham said he was "a victim of a bit of an orchestrated campaign, to come from first to fifth this time".
"I suppose I've done pretty well to survive the last four elections.
"I think also that I've upset too many people in my party."
Mr Graham said he had campaigned against creating a Welsh assembly in the 1979 and 1997 referendums, but Conservatives were "pragmatic".
"I've certainly come to passionately believe in devolution now [as] the only real way to save the United Kingdom, so that upset the right.
"And on the left, I suppose my championing of many of the infrastructure projects - particularly the motorway solution to the M4, I'm very keen on the circuit of Wales in Ebbw Vale, electrification and the metro - hasn't exactly made me a favourite with the left."
In February, Mr Graham was one of three Conservative AMs "spoken to" by their leader following an argument on Twitter about the party's M4 policy.
Asked if he would remain in the Conservative Party, Mr Graham replied "you bet", saying he would be out canvassing for the Tories on Saturday morning.
The other sitting Tory AM in South Wales East, Mohammad Asghar, topped the poll, with Laura Anne Jones coming second on the list.
She was previously an AM between 2003-07.
The 60 AMs in Cardiff Bay include 20 elected via regional lists, aimed to give a fairer reflection of support for each party.
The gunman fired a number of shots at their vehicle which was parked near at shop on the Monagh Road.
It happened at about 16:15 GMT on Friday. The gunman left the scene on foot.
Det Insp Mary White said police inquiries are "currently ongoing to establish a motive for the shooting".
Sinn Féin MLA for West Belfast, Pat Sheehan, condemned the attack and expressed concern that it was the second gun attack in as many days in the area.
On Thursday, a man was shot in the head in Rossnareen Avenue and remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Mr Sheehan said: "It is too early to state whether these attacks are linked but whoever thinks they can take guns onto the streets and put our communities at risk is wrong."
Plans have been approved for Strathclyde University to create the Sport, Health and Wellbeing building in Cathedral Street.
It will include a six-lane swimming pool, a large gym and specialist academic space for teaching and research.
Construction is due to begin in November, with the building expected to open in the summer of 2018.
The new facility will enable the university's sports clubs to train and compete at the highest levels, as well as providing recreation facilities.
New services include:
Prof Sir Jim McDonald, university principal, said: "At Strathclyde, our students and staff are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we are creating a first-class facility that will provide health and wellbeing benefits for the university community, as well as improving participation in sport more generally.
"This new facility is the latest part of our campus transformation, helping us to continue to attract and retain the very best local and global talent. We are delighted Glasgow City Council has supported our plans, and we look forward to opening this exciting new building."
The Sport, Health and Wellbeing facility and a new teaching building - which is in the planning stage - are the latest in a series of new facilities being created at Strathclyde, bringing the university's investment in its campus to more than £600m this decade.
It follows the opening of the university's £89m Technology and Innovation Centre by the Queen last year.
Secretary of State John Kerry visited Cairo recently to resume the strategic dialogue with Egypt for the first time since 2009.
Shortly beforehand, Washington delivered eight F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, with more to follow in the coming months.
They are part of the US's annual military aid to its important Middle East ally.
A large part of this $1.3bn (£834m) package was suspended after the Egyptian army ousted Islamist former President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
But things took a different turn last March when the Obama administration decided to lift the arms ban.
"This batch of air fighters should have been delivered last year. It is long overdue," said Mohamed Rashad, a retired Egyptian army officer and military analyst.
"The US military assistance is part of the Camp David agreement that Egypt signed with Israel in 1979. As long as the Egyptian government is committed to this agreement, it should receive its due share."
Some interpreted the suspension of arms sales as pressure on the Egyptian authorities to improve their human rights record and engage the now banned Muslim Brotherhood group in the political arena.
But over the past two years little has changed in these areas.
Since Mr Morsi's ousting, the authorities have cracked down heavily on his supporters, as well as on secular political activists.
Thousands have been put behind bars and hundreds have been sentenced to death.
The Muslim Brotherhood has been designated a terrorist group by the Egyptian judiciary.
1955 - Gamal Abdel Nasser, then prime minister, reorients Egypt away from West towards neutrality, buys arms from Communist Czechoslovakia to re-equip army after Western powers refuse to do so on terms acceptable to Egypt.
1956 July - President Nasser nationalises Suez Canal to fund Aswan High Dam, after Britain and US withdraw financing.
1956 October-November - Invasion of Egypt by Britain, France and Israel over nationalisation of Suez Canal fails through US opposition, enhancing President Nasser's standing.
1972 - President Sadat expels Soviet advisers and reorients Egypt towards West, while launching an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to open the economy to market forces and foreign investment.
1977 October - President Sadat visits Israel, beginning process that leads to 1979 peace treaty, return of occupied Sinai Peninsula, and Egypt's suspension from Arab League until 1989. Egypt becomes major beneficiary of US financial aid.
1991 - Egypt joins allied coalition to expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait, benefiting from multilateral loans and debt relief in return, and allowing government to launch another attempt at liberalising economy.
2011 - As protests against President Mubarak mount, US appears torn between supporting its long-time ally and backing demands of protesters for democratic change.
2013 October - US suspends large part of $1.3bn in aid months after army overthrows President Morsi.
Mr Kerry has highlighted the importance of "building trust between the authorities and the public, and enabling those who are critical of official policies to find a means of voicing their dissent peacefully, through participation in a political process".
But critics say Washington has not been serious enough in enforcing the human rights agenda in Egypt.
Egyptian military expert Safwat Al Zayyat says: "The United States has been hesitant in promoting its own values in the Middle East. This is why it might not be as influential as before in the region."
While internal strife is tearing apart many countries in the region, the Egyptian regime remains intact, if divisive.
Some analysts say the US is prioritising security and stability, without taking democracy and human rights totally off the table.
It has lifted many restrictions on Egypt, although "no real progress has been made when it comes to democratic rule in the country," says Steven Cook, a senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, told me that resuming aid is not a reward to Egypt for any specific policies, but rather an encouragement to respond on issues touching on human rights and democracy.
Although Egypt might not be as central to the US perspective on the Arab world as it was three or four decades ago, it is still an important facilitator of US operations in the region.
Strained ties would only complicate US policy. For the time being, lingering differences can be managed through dialogue.
The planet in question is Kepler-7b, a large gaseous world like Jupiter, roughly 1,000 light-years away.
The researchers used data from Nasa's Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes to study the exoplanet, which orbits close to its parent star.
Their results suggest the hot giant is marked by high clouds in the west and clear skies in the east.
The findings have been accepted for publication in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters.
"By observing this planet with Spitzer and Kepler for more than three years, we were able to produce a very low-resolution 'map' of this giant, gaseous planet," said co-author Brice-Olivier Demory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, US.
"We wouldn't expect to see oceans or continents on this type of world, but we detected a clear, reflective signature that we interpreted as clouds."
Astronomers have previously been able to make temperature maps of planets orbiting other stars, but this is the first look at cloud structures on a distant world. Kepler-7b is something of an oddity - bigger than Jupiter, but lower in mass - with a density about the same as polystyrene.
The Kepler telescope's visible-light observations of this distant world's moon-like phases led to a rough map of the planet that showed a bright spot on its western hemisphere. But these data were not enough on their own to decipher whether the bright spot was coming from clouds or heat.
So the team used Spitzer to gather further clues about the planet's atmosphere. They determined that light from the planet's star was bouncing off cloud tops located on the west side of Kepler-7b.
"Kepler-7b reflects much more light than most giant planets we've found, which we attribute to clouds in the upper atmosphere," said Thomas Barclay from Nasa's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, US, who works on the Kepler telescope team.
"Unlike those on Earth, the cloud patterns on this planet do not seem to change much over time - it has a remarkably stable climate."
Nasa says the findings are an early step towards using similar techniques to study the atmospheres of exoplanets that are more like Earth in composition and size.
Paul Hertz, director of Nasa's astrophysics division in Washington DC commented: "We're at a point now in exoplanet science where we are moving beyond just detecting [them], and into the exciting science of understanding them."
The Kepler mission has now ended because of problems with the spacecraft's reaction wheels - the spinning components that aid fine-pointing of the satellite. But astronomers are still studying the data it gathered; the mission has so far discovered more than 150 bona fide exoplanets and thousands of other candidate worlds.
The amendment seeks to introduce a commitments to the life sciences sector and on patient access as the government reforms the way new drugs are priced.
Now Labour's health spokesman in the Lords, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, has tweeted that the government has conceded on the issue.
His tweet reads:
Next week, Parliament will have to finalise or bin the remaining legislation still passing through Westminster.
There are a few bills at ping-pong stage at the moment bouncing between the Lords and Commons in search of final agreement.
What normally happens in these circumstances is that the government seeks as much agreement as possible, and drops controversial parts of the legislation to get the rest through - a process known in Westminster slang as the "washup".
As Emma Norris of the Institute for Government points out, bills which are currently in ping-pong stage which the government wants to see passed "are only likely to make it through to the statute book with compromises".
Yesterday, ministers were able to resist a Lords amendment to the Technical and Further Education Bill attempting to secure child benefits for apprentices on the grounds that it is a financial matter, giving MPs the final say.
With next week's business full of consideration of amendments, it is likely there will be more concessions such as that on the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill seen.
James McElvar, a singer in the band Rewind, fell ill after wearing 12 layers of clothing to avoid paying the £45 extra baggage fee.
McElvar threw up and was given oxygen during the Easyjet flight travelling from Stansted to Glasgow.
The airline said it had one of the most generous cabin bag allowances, with no upper weight limit.
The 19-year-old, from Cumbernauld, had intended to take a suitcase and a small rucksack on board, but the airline only permits passengers to have one piece of hand luggage.
After being told he would be charged an additional fee to take the extra bag on board, he emptied the rucksack and wore the contents.
McElvar was wearing four jumpers, six T-shirts, three pairs of jeans, two pairs of jogging bottoms, two jackets and two hats when he collapsed.
Paramedics reportedly told him he was "lucky to be alive".
After the incident the band took to social media to reassure their worried fans. They tweeted: "For everyone asking James is ok. He is being looked after in hospital now back home safe in Glasgow. He sends you all his love."
Twelve hours later, Rewind tweeted: "James is much better now! Still in a bit of shock but he's recovered from last night! And the other boys are fine and home safe! #rewindHQ"
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The blaze at the Grade I listed National Trust property near Guildford on Wednesday left the structure gutted.
Structural assessments of the building are continuing and will inform what happens to the 18th Century mansion in the future.
The trust said it was too early to discuss a restoration of Clandon.
But a "significant amount" of the Palladian mansion's collection had been saved according to Dame Helen Ghosh, the trust's director general.
"Although the house was pretty well burned out, the operation rescued a significant amount of the collection, and we are hopeful there will be more to recover when our specialists are able to get inside the building and start the painstaking archaeological salvage work," she said.
"But there is a lot that we will never recover."
"The immediate sense of shock and loss amongst staff working at the property has quickly been replaced by a steely determination," Dame Helen added.
"When the overall impact of the fire is clearer, we will be able to decide on the longer term future of the house."
About 80 firefighters tackled the blaze at its height and crews managed to save a "significant" number of valuable antiques, that have now been "safely" put into storage.
A spokesman for Surrey Fire and Rescue Service said: "The investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing but due to the complexity of the incident this will take some time to complete."
The house contained a highly prized Baroque marble hall and valuable collections of 18th Century furniture and porcelain.
Items that have been saved include:
Parts of the hall remain intact and there is "a glimmer of hope" it could be restored, according to Christopher Rowell, who oversaw the restoration of Uppark House after a blaze in 1989.
Mr Rowell, now the National Trust's furniture curator, added: "There is a pile of debris in the central doorway which indicates there is plenty of material we may be able to sift through and find interesting things.
"It was covered with a fantastic ceiling, with wonderful plasterwork. All of that has collapsed to the floor."
He said two marble chimney pieces on either side of the hall had survived the fire.
Mr Rowell said: "We have an expert who did the work at Uppark 25 years ago and replaced the ceilings, incorporating original material."
Uppark House, near Chichester in West Sussex, was devastated by a fire in August 1989, days before a restoration was due to be completed.
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It had been speeding and crashed at about 03:10 BST on West Cromwell Road, Kensington. The Met Police has referred the case to the police watchdog.
Two men freed themselves from the vehicle while another two were released with the help of firefighters.
One of the men died at the scene and another is in a critical condition.
The other two men have been arrested and the Met Police's Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed as a matter of course.
All four of the men were believed to be in their 20s and the deceased man's next of kin have been told.
Police said officers lost sight of the car as it sped away along the A4 Tolgarth Road.
They then saw it had crashed into the property.
A woman who lived in the house which was hit by the car said: "You could hear them screaming.
"They cut them out but one didn't make it."
Another witness said: "There was a massive bang. He hit the traffic light and span round and round. He ended up in the basement.
"There is a massive cracking in the wall of the basement.
"The police were chasing him."
The incident has been referred to the police watchdog.
Parts of the A4 - a busy dual carriageway into and out of London - were closed for officers to carry out investigations.
It has reopened towards Heathrow but remains closed eastbound between Hammersmith flyover and Earl's Court Road.
The 2-5 favourite overhauled long-time leader Bengala to romp home by five and a half lengths from Rain Goddess (7/1), with Eziyra (20/1) third.
The hugely impressive Enable became the 14th horse to secure an Oaks double.
For trainer John Gosden, it was his second Irish Oaks success and a sixth Irish classic triumph.
It was a scintillating display from Gosden's filly who put her rivals to the sword to become the first horse to complete the English-Irish Oaks double since Snow Fairy seven years ago.
The daughter of Nathaniel travelled strongly throughout in the hands of Dettori, who made sure he was back from a spell on the sidelines with injury in time for this ride.
She was given a nice lead into the race by the front-running Bengala and Dettori was happy to commit for home halfway up the home straight.
"Enable is a very special filly and it was so important to ride her - she is a true professional and I think she has improved since Epsom," said the winning jockey.
"She has a good turn of foot and put the race to bed," he added.
The winner's stablemate, Coronet, made some late headway to finish fourth.
The "innovative" stage adaptation will launch in a purpose-built theatre next to Wembley Stadium in London.
It will be created by Robin de Levita, who was behind a Dutch stage show about World War Two diarist Anne Frank.
The movie adaptations of The Hunger Games have taken around $1.5bn (£946m) at the worldwide box office.
The latest instalment, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, will be released in cinemas later this month.
Based on the novels of Suzanne Collins, the dystopian tales follow the fortunes of Katniss Everdeen, who becomes a reluctant reality show heroine.
No further details of the production, or the plans to build a new theatre to accommodate it, have been disclosed.
Tim Phelan, chief marketing officer for Lionsgate - the company behind The Hunger Games film franchise - said the team behind the stage adaptation would "provide a uniquely immersive experience for fans around the world".
Broadway producer Mr de Levita added: "The theatre is a fantastic medium to bring the many meaningful layers of Suzanne Collins' writing to life."
The Rt Hon Lord Woolf says conditions in prisons are now as bad as they were in 1990, when a dramatic siege at Strangeways went on for 25 days.
Two people died and hundreds were injured in a protest against a prison regime that included "slopping out".
Prisons Minister Andrew Selous said all UK prisons had safe population levels.
Lord Woolf said Britain was again "heading for a crisis within prisons".
Key players in the Strangeways riot explain their part in the siege
The unrest at Strangeways started on 1 April 1990 and the ensuing siege was the longest in British penal history.
Prisoners complained the Victorian site was overcrowded, they were forced to remain in their cells for up to 23 hours a day and had to "slop out" - using only a bucket for a toilet.
Lord Woolf, now chair of the Prison Reform Trust, said: "There are things that are better now than then, but I fear we've allowed ourselves to go backwards and we're back where we were at the time of Strangeways.
"For a time after the riot things were much better and numbers were going down, [but] unfortunately prisoners are again being kept in conditions that we should not tolerate, they're a long way from home and their families can't keep in touch with them.
"That's why I would welcome a thorough re-look at the situation and above all trying to take prisons out of politics".
Prisons Minister Andrew Selous said: "This government has considerably increased the adult male prison capacity from the level inherited at the end of the last Parliament.
"Yet all prisons have safe population levels and published statistics show that crowding is at its lowest levels since 2007-08.
"Staffing levels were agreed with both prison governors and the unions at the outset and prison officers have done an excellent job during a period when the prison population has unpredictably risen.
"Furthermore, we are absolutely clear that all offenders are expected to engage in purposeful activity to help them find a job on release and turn their backs on crime for good.
"The total number of hours worked in prisons has increased from 10.6 million to 14.2 million in the past four years."
Following the disturbance, Lord Woolf published a report in 1992 making more than 200 recommendations.
They included an end to "slopping out", increased contact between prisoners and their families, and better rehabilitation of offenders.
Strangeways was later rebuilt at a cost of £90m and renamed HMP Manchester.
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Analysts blamed warnings from the Bank of England on Tuesday that Brexit risks were "crystallising" and fears about the UK commercial property market.
The pound has now fallen by about 14% against the dollar since hitting $1.50 ahead of the referendum result.
"Pessimistic predictions for sterling are coming true," said Andrew Edwards, chief executive of ETX Capital. "The pound is the chief proxy for the post-Brexit mood in the markets."
Against the euro, the pound was down 0.5% at €1.1697 on Wednesday, its lowest level since 2013.
On the UK stock market, the FTSE 100 index dropped slightly to 6,529.11.
Domestic companies such as supermarkets, housebuilders and banks have fallen sharply, and the FTSE 250 - which contains more UK-focused companies - was down 1% at 15,569.34 in early trade.
Tesco and Morrisons were two of the biggest losers, with their shares dropping 4.9% and 3.4% respectively after analysts warned of a potential price war among supermarkets.
Property-related stocks have been especially hard hit this week after three fund managers decided to stop investors withdrawing money from their UK property funds. Shares in Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey fell by a further 4%,
"The suspension of commercial property fund redemptions by a number of big players has precipitated a broader sell-off in the UK property sector including housebuilders and other asset managers," said Michael Hewson of CMC Markets.
European stock markets fell more sharply, with the Paris Cac, Frankfurt Dax and Madrid Ibex indexes all dropping by 1%.
Investors are showing some "buyers' remorse" after last week's stock market rebound and are focusing on "weak spots of the European economy", Mr Hewson said.
Europe's financial sector, in particular, is under pressure after the European Central Bank warned that Italian lender Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world's oldest bank, had dangerously high levels of bad debt.
Earlier, Asian stock markets had closed lower, with Japan's Nikkei index down 1.9%.
Government bond yields have also fallen to record lows as investors rush to put money in perceived havens.
Yields on 10-year US and Swiss government bonds hit new record lows, while those of Denmark and the Netherlands dropped to just above zero.
High demand pushes up bond prices, and when the price of bonds rises, their yield falls.
The yield on the 20-year Japanese government bond turned negative for the first time on Wednesday, underlining the hit investors are willing to take to keep their money in rock-solid government debt.
The price of gold also touched a two-year high of $1,371.40 an ounce, as it surpassed the $1,358.20 mark it reached on 24 June in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote.
Only about 40% of farmers have received their Common Agricultural Policy (Cap) claims, leading to warnings of a "cash flow crisis" in the industry.
Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead announced the fund as he addressed the NFU Scotland annual general meeting in St Andrews.
NFU Scotland said it was "imperative" the new fund was delivered quickly.
The union had accused the Scottish government of creating a "hole" in the rural economy because of delays in allocating the EU money to farmers.
Reforms to the Cap system saw the Single Farm Payment Scheme replaced by the new Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) last year.
The BPS is the main EU subsidy available to farmers in Scotland, with the money being allocated by the Scottish government.
The payments are designed to act as a safety net for farmers and crofters by supplementing their main business income.
But payments have been affected by major issues with the IT system used to administer them, with the Scottish government also saying the challenge of implementing the reforms had been "hugely difficult".
Speaking at the AGM, Mr Lochhead said that more than 7,300 payments had now been authorised, which he said equated to about 40% of the 18,000 eligible claims.
He said he recognised that some farmers and crofters were facing hardship as a result of the delays, coupled with bad weather and difficult market conditions.
Mr Lochhead added: "We are making progress. However the extreme complexity of the policy we agreed with industry in Scotland - which is being delivered by a brand new IT system that we are constantly working to improve - means it is taking longer than expected to process applications.
"That is why the Scottish government is taking further action to ease cash flow pressures in the sector by earmarking up to £20m to ensure those most in need can access the credit they require until their payments come through.
"We will work with NFUS, banks and others to finalise the detail of the scheme and ensure it is available as quickly as possible and simple to access."
Responding to the announcement, NFU Scotland chief executive Scott Walker said: "The Scottish government has recognised the severe financial pressures that many farm businesses are under.
"But for this money to be effective it must be delivered quickly. We will be working with the Scottish government on the details of this funding but it is imperative that it is put into place swiftly."
The issue had been raised by Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday.
The party's MSP Alex Johnstone said: "Ministers are now having to set aside £20m of taxpayers' money to mop up their own failures to deliver this programme.
"It is a complete fiasco and rural Scotland has completely lost faith in this SNP government's ability to deliver."
Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesman Tavish Scott said the creation of the hardship fund was an "admission of failure" by the Scottish government.
He added: "Why should farmers take out a government loan when they should be receiving the government farm payment?"
Speaking on Thursday, NFU Scotland president Allan Bowie said the majority of farmers were still "completely unaware" of when they will receive their Cap payments 20 months on from the cabinet secretary's initial statement on its implementation.
He added: "That is the hole in the Scottish rural economy that Scottish government is responsible for and the reason why the wheels have stopped turning in the Scottish countryside."
Paul Biggs, from Longlevens, said he was absolutely shocked when his postman arrived at his front door with the card from his friends in Bitburg in Germany.
He said: "I can't believe it - it's eerie - it's just got 'England' and sent from a sorting office in Bitburg."
Royal Mail said its "address detectives" were renowned but "even by their standards" it was impressive.
Mr Biggs said the card had been sent by his friends in Germany on Monday and was handed to him by his postman on Wednesday morning.
The postman had been carrying the letter as he completed his round, asking his customers if the card was for them.
"He gave me my mail and said 'Are you expecting anything from Germany?' and I said 'I might be - we've got friends over there'," said Mr Biggs.
"He said 'Have a look at this letter' - so I had a look and turned it over and our friends' address was on the back of it and on the front it just said England."
Mr Biggs said the card had been sent from a sorting office in Germany close to Gloucester's twin town of Trier and had not been opened.
"I said 'How on earth did you know it was for me?' and he said 'I didn't, I've been wandering around with this', said Mr Biggs.
"My wife and I are absolutely shocked but this puts posties at five or six stars and top of the tree for me this Christmas."
The card, it is believed, may have originally been addressed correctly and so was sent to the right area of England - but with an address label that fell off at some point.
A Royal Mail spokesman said: "Royal Mail's team of 'address detectives' are renowned for their ability to ensure poorly addressed items of mail reach their intended recipients however, even by their standards, this is pretty impressive."
The energy regulator said it was responding to concerns about the Perth-based company's approach to switching customers to pre-payment tariffs.
The probe will focus on the impact of the process on those in potentially vulnerable situations.
Ofgem will consider whether SSE breached its Standards of Conduct, which aim to ensure suppliers treat customers fairly.
It will examine whether the company breached licence conditions, which require it to provide appropriate information, and ensure a consumers' ability to pay, when suggesting alternative payment methods.
SSE described the basis for the investigation as a "historic issue".
A spokesman for the energy provider said: "We are committed to treating all our customers fairly and will be cooperating fully with Ofgem's investigation into this historic issue."
Bad debts at the banks are making them less willing to lend.
The OECD says many legacies of the area's financial crisis are unresolved and major new problems have emerged.
Europe has, however, made "important progress" to recover from a double dip recession.
The eurozone's economy has now been growing without interruption for three years. But it has not been strong growth, and it has been supported by what are called (perhaps euphemistically) the unconventional policies of the European Central Bank - extremely low, even negative interest rates and quantitative easing.
In its regular health check on the eurozone economy, the OECD notes that investment is far below 2007 levels, unlike the United States.
The reasons include weak demand - businesses will always be reluctant to invest if they are concerned that they may struggle to sell the goods and services they produce with the new investment.
But there are also some financial factors holding back investment. In some countries businesses are still burdened with high levels of debt.
The banks are struggling with high levels of "non-performing loans" - where borrowers are behind with their repayments. That tends to makes the banks more wary of new lending.
Two countries stand out as having particularly acute problems in this area - Greece and Italy, although they are not alone.
On one measure, the Italian banks look in even worse shape than their counterparts in Greece, the country whose economy has been most severely hit by the eurozone financial crisis.
The Italian banks have a higher level of non-performing loans compared to their capital, which is a financial buffer that is used to absorb losses, including losses due to problem borrowers.
Italy's banks are seen as a serious weak link in the eurozone. The country's economy has started growing again, but it remains 8.5% smaller than it was before the international financial crisis.
Italy's government also has a problem with a persistently rising debt burden, behind only Greece in the eurozone. That in turn makes it a struggle for the government to bail out its banks, if they need it.
Indeed the OECD report warns about "the still large potential for negative feedback loops between banks and their sovereigns", although it doesn't name Italy specifically in that context.
The eurozone's banking union was intended to address that problem. The OECD says it needs to be completed. In particular the OECD says there should be more by way of eurozone-wide financial backstops - for a fund to deal with failing banks and for insurance to protect depositors if their bank goes bust.
These ideas are not popular in some eurozone countries, especially Germany where there seen as by many as a case of Germany underwriting the banks in other eurozone nations.
The wider message from the OECD report is that the eurozone may be out of immediate danger, but it is not in robust health.
Any move by Scotland could lead to folic acid being added to flour-based products UK-wide, as this would be the easiest solution for commercial bakers.
Folic acid plays a crucial role in preventing neural tube defects such as spina bifida.
But 85% of women do not take enough.
Government advisers have recommended adding folic acid to flour for 16 years but the Department of Health says it is still "considering the matter".
In the meantime, some food manufacturers have reduced the amount of folic acid they add to other foods, such as cereals, in anticipation of the fortification of flour.
Experts say that this means children are at higher risk of birth defects.
The Scottish government says it would have preferred a UK-wide approach but has grown increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress.
It is particularly concerned as unplanned pregnancies are more common in deprived communities.
By James Gallagher, health editor BBC, News website
Why is the UK government seemingly dragging its feet over fortifying flour - something about 80 countries already do?
The government's advisors the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition has repeatedly called for the mandatory fortification of flour.
However, there are concerns that fortifying flour would lead to some people getting too much folic acid as some foods, including spreads and breakfast cereals, are voluntarily fortified.
The advisory committee says this would need careful handling and this is one possible source of delay.
But there is growing concern that food manufacturers are already reducing the levels of fortification in anticipation of fortified flour becoming mandatory.
And concerns have been raised that inaction is leading to more cases of spinal defects.
There are also echoes of the debate around adding fluoride to water with concerns over the nanny state and forcing people to have fortified bread.
Although white flour is already fortified with iron, calcium and some vitamins.
The decision lies firmly with the Department of Health, which is only saying the matter is being considered.
Scotland's Public Health Minister Maureen Watt said: "The Scottish government has been convinced of the case for mandatory fortification for some time. Folate levels are a concern across the UK, but particularly so in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
"We are disappointed that, despite repeated lobbying from a number of sources, there has been no progress at UK level on mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.
"I have recently written again to the UK government to press for a decision on this important issue.
"I, along with my counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland, will consider how we might progress this should a decision not be forthcoming from the UK government."
BBC Scotland understands that, if Scotland decided to go ahead with fortification of flour, some bread manufacturers would simply include folic acid in all their UK products rather than make products just for Scotland.
The Food and Drink Federation said: "From a practical point of view, manufacturers would favour a harmonised situation across the UK rather than Scotland 'going it alone' on mandatory folic acid fortification.
"Precise implications of such a situation are not yet clear due to ongoing UK government consultation on the Bread and Flour Regulations.
"If mandatory folic acid fortification is introduced, voluntary practices should be allowed to continue, and FDF members will work with the government to ensure this is done responsibly to prevent the risk of overconsumption."
The federation said it was not aware of any widespread reduction in the amount of voluntary folic acid currently added to products.
However, in October the chair of the UK's Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) wrote to all UK health ministers pointing out that adding folic acid to flour had no adverse health effects in other countries, and led to a significant fall in birth defects.
The chair of the committee warned of the unexpected consequences of delaying a decision: "Some sectors of the food industry have already reduced the amounts of folic acid in their products in partial compliance with SACN's recommendations.
"This unforeseen conjunction of reduced voluntary fortification in the absence of mandatory fortification may unintentionally have reduced folic acid intakes and worsened the folate status of the population."
A spokeswoman for Food Standards Scotland said: "Food Standards Scotland work with the Scottish government on folic acid and entirely agree with their position."
Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland (SBH Scotland) welcomed the latest development.
Chief executive Andy Wynd said: "In Scotland it is thought that nearly 50% of pregnancies are unplanned and mothers-to-be will not have increased folic acid intake prior to conception.
"SBH Scotland believe that mandatory fortification will make a significant difference to the many planned and unplanned pregnancies diagnosed with Neural Tube Defects, of which spina bifida is the most common."
Adding folic acid to flour was first recommended by the UK's Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (Coma) in 2000. It was also recommended by the SACN in 2006 and 2009.
Folic acid is found naturally in dark green leafy vegetables and other foods.
Last December, a study suggested birth defects in 2000 babies could have been avoided if the UK had fortified flour in 1998 at the same time as the US. A total of 77 countries around the world currently fortify flour with folic acid.
The current UK advice to women is to take folic acid supplements while trying to get pregnant. However, research suggests that only one third of women take them at the right time.
Supplements should begin three months prior to conception and continue during pregnancy.
Some of those who have managed to escape have spoken to the BBC about how the city fell and how the extremist group maintains control over its people.
1. Captain Seba, flight engineer: Life before the fall
The strain of the last decade of conflict on Iraq's second biggest city led to a total failure in governance, explains Captain Seba, a flight engineer and former Mosul resident.
Corruption and the abuse of power by the Iraqi army and police, he says, left people feeling powerless to defend themselves when Islamic State (IS) militants overran the city last year.
2. Yassin, student: The day of the invasion
In June 2014, the Iraqi army abandoned their positions and left the people of Mosul to their fate. In the absence of any defences, IS fighters flocked to the city, taking over former army bases and procuring equipment left behind by deserting troops.
The resulting chaos led thousands to flee the city, as 21-year-old Yassin explains.
3. Feras, communications engineer: Communication shut-down
IS fighters quickly claimed the takeover of Mosul as a victory for their cause and bombarded social media with propaganda celebrating the fall.
The group monopolised media and communication channels within the city, denying ordinary residents access.
Feras, a communication engineer, explains how the city became increasingly isolated and how IS used this to consolidate power and spread fear amongst those it rules.
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4. Abu Nour, Christian: Persecution of minorities
The control of beliefs has been instrumental to IS's success and the group has maintained a policy of persecuting minorities within the multi-ethnic fabric of Mosul.
Abu Nour, a Christian resident of the city who now lives in a refugee camp in the relatively safer region of Kurdistan, fled after his community was ordered to convert, pay a special tax or be killed. His home and belongings have since been confiscated and claimed by IS militants.
Shrines and other holy sites that were deemed not to conform with the group's interpretation of Islam have been destroyed, despite their historical and cultural worth.
5. Yasmine, sculptor: The reign of terror
Not content with simply governing the city, IS quickly began controlling every aspect of Mosul life. Those that did not abide by the group's new rules and laws were severely punished - and in many cases killed.
Yasmine, a sculptor from the city, says many women chose to leave rather than live under the oppressive regime. She explains how it has become impossible for any Mosul resident to live outside the group's control.
6. Maan, army commander: The future of Mosul
The government of Iraq has failed the people of Mosul twice, argues Maan Ajaj, a Christian commander of the Nineva Liberation Army, composed mainly of local fighters from Nineva Province, where Mosul is located.
First they were let down by the deserting troops who abandoned the city to its fate last year, and secondly in failing to keep a promise to liberate it within a year. Instead, more Iraqi cities have fallen into the hands of IS fighters.
Maan warns that if Mosul is not freed from IS control soon, the group will continue to consolidate its power and residents will become more and more dependent on the group for their survival. This would make any military attempt to secure the city a battle that would have to be fought house-by-house, he says.
Note: names have been changed to protect people's identities.
Camerawork and video editing by Phil Goodwin.
Web production by Lucy Rodgers. Illustration and design by Gerry Fletcher.
Brynmawr's Market Hall cinema was closed by Blaenau Gwent council in November after an inspection discovered an area of potential contamination.
The council said it was working to resolve the situation.
Cinema officials said it had been a "hugely difficult time" and they had lost £95,000.
Market Hall Cinema and Arts Trust spokesman Peter Watkins-Hughes said he had been "overwhelmed by the public outpouring of love and financial support" for the 123-year-old venue.
"It came as heck of a shock when the council told us that there might be material present that wasn't in the building records," he added.
"But obviously our customers' safety is our first priority, so we closed the venue until all the investigations and works are complete."
In 2013 the cinema was saved by volunteers after the council announced it could no longer afford to run it. The following year it was named 'UK Cinema of the Year'.
The cinema group operates under a tenancy licence agreement from the council.
The council said it was working "towards a longer term arrangement" with the cinema.
A spokesman added: "The council and cinema group are continuing to work closely together to resolve the situation with the view to safely reopening as soon as possible."
Blaenau Gwent Alun Davies AM described the cinema as one of the "jewels in our crown".
He said: "The cinema is not only a much-loved facility, it is a key part of our heritage, the centre of our town and everyone wants to see it continue to thrive."
A £50,000 crowd funding appeal has been launched to save the building. Mr Watkins-Hughes said he was confident the building would soon reopen.
"It's been a hugely difficult time for us," he said.
"It is inconceivable that we won't reopen our doors again soon."
Reporters from new site Ars Technica found Spotify was writing up to 10GB of data an hour to their computers.
Unnecessarily writing and rewriting data to some types of computer hard drive can shorten their life.
Spotify said it was aware of the issue and was taking steps to address it in its latest version.
The issue was more likely to be problematic for people using a solid-state hard drive (SSD) in their device.
Data on SSDs can be read and rewritten a limited number of times before the drive begins to fail.
A large volume of unnecessary activity by the Spotify player could therefore bring about a drive's failure earlier than expected.
Ars Technica found that Spotify wrote and rewrote up to 700GB of data - the equivalent of more than 100 movies - over a 24 hour period.
Many people shared their concerns on social news site Reddit, highlighting that the app even rewrote the data while it was idle and no music was being streamed.
Ken Munro, from cybersecurity firm Pen Test Partners, said the problem was "either an error or lazy coding", but said more modern SSDs could tolerate more data-writing cycles.
"SSD 'wear' used to be a very significant issue when they first emerged," he told the BBC.
"Since then, manufacturers have made significant advances in reducing this and extending lifespans.
"It would take a long while to wear out an SSD nowadays, but that doesn't really excuse the Spotify bug!"
The problem affected people using the app on Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
Spotify said: "We've seen some questions in our community around the amount of written data using the Spotify client on desktop.
"These have been reviewed and any potential concerns have now been addressed in version 1.0.42, currently rolling out to all users."
The 49-year-old was bailed on 26 October after handing over his travel documents to the police.
In June, the Albanian government issued an arrest warrant for the Italian on charges of fraud and money-laundering.
Becchetti denies all the charges and says they will have "no impact" on his responsibilities at Orient.
He described the charges, which relate to a failed hydroelectric scheme which allegedly cost the Albanian government tens of millions of euros, as "demonstrably groundless, improperly motivated and unsupported by any evidence".
The Italian had assets in the Balkan country seized by the Albanian government in the summer, including shares in the Agon Channel, his television station.
Becchetti, who bought the east London club from Barry Hearn in summer 2014, is due to appear in court again on 7 December, when a procedural hearing will take place to look into Albania's extradition request.
A statement issued on behalf of Becchetti said his lawyers "believe his case is extremely robust" and that he "continues to work very hard to reinvigorate Leyton Orient".
The Football League told BBC Sport they were monitoring the situation.
Beginning on 270-4, Collingwood put on 65 runs with Michael Richardson (57) before Craig Miles (5-99) made the breakthrough and Durham reached 419.
Their first-innings lead of 116 did not last though, with Chris Dent (64 not out) and Will Tavare (55) putting on 85 runs for the home side's second wicket.
Durham plugged away but Gloucestershire reached the close with a 59-run lead.
Collingwood suffered a finger injury fielding in the slip cordon on day two, but the 40-year-old showed no ill signs as he hit 10 fours in a 178-ball stay at the crease before being caught off Graeme van Buuren's bowling three runs shy of a century.
His innings gave Durham a handy lead, but after Chris Rushworth pinned opener Cameron Bancroft lbw for 13, the away side's bowling attack were halted as the in-form Dent passed 50 for the seventh time in his past nine innings.
Policing and issuing fines through the by-laws will be the responsibility of individual councils across London.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has yet to approve the measure.
The move towards a London-wide crackdown comes after action was taken individually by borough councils.
People are likely to be allowed to spit with "reasonable excuse" or into a handkerchief, tissue, bin or other receptacle.
In November last year Communities Secretary Eric Pickles approved an Enfield Council by-law making spitting an offence, punishable by fines up to £500.
Waltham Forest and Newham councils have already been issuing fixed penalty notices for public spitting.
Waltham Forest has been using existing powers to issue fixed penalty notices since February 2013.
The approval from London Councils followed a public consultation which showed people "overwhelmingly in favour" of a fixed penalty, according to the council group.
"I would go to download important Supreme Court judgements, and pornographic adverts would pop up instead. And when I looked around, I saw rows of children surfing porn openly without a care in the world," says Mr Vaswani, 43, a quiet man with a probing look.
He says he went to the local court and discussed it with his colleagues. "They were also saying that porn was everywhere around us. Something had to be done about it."
What shook him up further, he says, was the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old Indian student in Delhi in December 2012. The attack caused international outrage and prompted India to introduce stringent anti-rape laws.
Mr Vaswani had been in Delhi on some work on the day of the incident, and he says he felt "guilty" that he couldn't do anything to avert the crime. He believed that the attackers must have been watching porn.
"Why are the youth failing India? Because they are drowning in porn," he says.
He also believes that India's GDP could be increased if people were discouraged from watching porn. "People watch porn, and become selfish. They don't want to give back to the nation," he says.
Three winters ago, Mr Vaswani began writing a public interest petition to the Supreme Court, making a controversial case for a ban on Internet porn. Confined to home to look after his ailing father, he wrote up the 200-page, 20,000-word plea on his laptop in a month's time.
The top court - to his surprise, he says - admitted the petition and heard it on April 2013.
Since then, Mr Vaswani's petition has acquired a life of its own: earlier in August, it was responsible for the government's rather ham-handed decision to block free access to 857 porn sites, which was swiftly lifted following outrage over the move. Mr Vaswani has attended nearly 20 hearings related to the case in a little more than two years.
The petition seeks a ban on all sites showing porn, and calls for "new, exhaustive anti-pornography laws".
Mr Vaswani's petition says that pornography is "worse than Hitler, worse than Aids, cancer or any epidemic. It is more catastrophic than nuclear holocaust, and it must be stopped".
Many would call the petition's words extreme - or paranoid. And many in India have argued against a ban on pornography - arguing that this would restrict civil liberties.
However, Mr Vaswani is adamant that pornography makes people selfish and unproductive.
His petition also argues that watching porn "puts the country's security in danger, encourages violent acts, unacceptable behaviour in society, exploitation of children and lowers the dignity of women".
Mr Vaswani, the son of a government worker and a homemaker mother, grew up in a middle-class joint family. He went to two schools, including a convent.
He says he failed to clear the highly competitive medical examinations five times, dashing his hopes of becoming a doctor. He then moved between various career choices: he picked up a degree in science, wanted to pick up one in arts, and then settled for a career in law. He has been a practising lawyer for more than a decade now.
I met Mr Vaswani at his home in Indore, an unkempt city, bristling with shops and lawyers.
He lives with his teacher wife and his school-going son in an austere two-bedroom apartment in a grotty, 35-year-old multi-storeyed building. The pale pink walls of the sitting room were adorned with a religious painting and another of his guru, while a book on criminal law and the Hindu holy book Bhagvad Gita lay on a small bed flanked by a TV set.
Mr Vaswani describes himself as "an ordinary lawyer".
"I am grateful to the top court for admitting my petition. My next public interest litigation will demand cheap and affordable treatment for cancer," he says. It is a tribute to his father who died of cancer last year.
Mr Vaswani has been joined by some fellow travellers in his journey to banish porn.
One of them is Atul Gupta, a 40-year-old electronics engineer and an alumnus of the prestigious Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science, who lives near Delhi. Mr Gupta has been going to schools and people's homes for years installing filters and blocking porn sites. Last year, after reading about Mr Vaswani's petition in the papers, he got in touch with him and offered him help, telling him that the technology was available to block sites.
"I think porn is like drugs. It needs to be banned," says Mr Gupta.
Then there is Suresh Shukla, a 37-year-old chemical engineer from top engineering school Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), who now runs a company based in the holy town of Varanasi selling anti-pornography solutions and filters.
He provided the list of 857 "high traffic, verified sites" to the government, which led to the sites being blocked briefly. The number of sites classed as porn by his company has now swelled to more than 200,000, he says.
At his company, he says, women researchers and employees "enjoy the veto power" over men, in categorising certain "non-explicit" sites like joke and cartoon sites, as porn. "This is not about Mr Vaswani, this is about a larger battle," he says.
Last week, the government told the Supreme Court at a hearing of Mr Vaswani's petition that although child pornography must be banned, "we cannot be present in everyone's bedroom".
Was this a setback to his campaign, I asked.
"Not at all. The government is trying to divert the issue and make it one about invasion of privacy. This is not about privacy, this is about saving India," he said, sounding confident.
"I am confident that the court will overrule objections and ban porn."
I asked him whether he was being too optimistic.
"It will happen sooner than you think," he said. "Maybe in four-five months."
The film will focus on Detective Pikachu - a new character in the universe, introduced through a video game in Japan earlier this year.
The news comes following the huge international success of the Pokemon Go game in recent weeks.
Its popularity led to a 25% jump in shares for Nintendo - part owner of the brand.
Pokemon was first released as a video game in 1996 and led to an animated TV series and film franchise, plus merchandise including trading cards - which became a craze in UK schools in the early 2000s.
It is not the first film Legendary Entertainment has produced that is based on a video game - the company recently released Warcraft in cinemas, based on the successful role playing game World of Warcraft.
The media company was also behind Jurassic World, The Dark Knight Rises and Godzilla.
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John "Goldfinger" Palmer, 64, was shot in the chest six times outside his home in South Weald, Essex, in June 2015.
Essex Police said the killing had "all the hallmarks of a professional hit".
The force has released a photo of two potential witnesses who were jogging in Weald Country Park who may hold "vital information" about the crime.
Palmer, who allegedly amassed a fortune in a time-share scam, died after his killer climbed over a fence and shot him in an area not covered by CCTV, detectives believe.
His body was found in the garden by his son's girlfriend on 24 June at about 17:30 BST.
Palmer had recently had surgery and it was initially thought he had suffered a cardiac arrest.
It is thought this surgery was common knowledge among friends and family and could have been deliberately used to disguise the injuries.
A week later, a post-mortem examination found the convicted conman had been shot in the chest six times, which prompted an investigation by the police watchdog.
Police have previously said there was "speculation" Palmer was linked to other organised crime such as the Hatton Garden raid.
Det Ch Insp Stephen Jennings said Palmer's "significant criminal history" meant he may have been targeted by "a person or group of people who may have commissioned the killing".
Palmer was due to stand trial in Spain at the time of his death, which police say is a "significant main line of inquiry".
BBC Scotland has learned that that incident resulted in the victim being treated for concussion.
The injured child's parents contacted police and the school but became concerned about what they saw as a lack of effective action.
Bailey, 16, was stabbed to death by his fellow pupil at their Aberdeen school.
The accused, who cannot be named because of his age, was found guilty of culpable homicide following a trial at the High Court in Aberdeen.
In the wake of Bailey's death at Cults Academy, Aberdeen City Council, NHS Grampian and Police Scotland have commissioned a review to see if lessons can be learned.
BBC Scotland understands that in 2007, at the age of seven, the killer attacked another child in a lane.
The parents of the primary school victim contacted the authorities to express fears that the young attacker would go on to commit a far more serious crime.
They spoke to Councillor Marie Boulton and she pressed senior education officials for action.
The politician told the BBC: "I passed it to senior staff who carried out an investigation of sorts."
She explained that the police had been involved but inquiries "were quite lengthy".
In desperation, the parents - who have asked not to be identified - turned to their MP at the time, Dame Anne Begg, for help.
Dame Anne said "I just felt there was nobody that had sufficient oversight of everything that was going on that could actually say 'hold on we're trying all these different things but actually there's still a problem here. There's still an issue here'.
"The couple who approached me were still not satisfied that their children were going to be safe going to school - that the attack that had happened once wasn't going to happen again.
"I think that this is a much bigger issue. This is not just about Aberdeen or this particular incident. I think there's a bigger issue about what you do in these circumstances where the normal mechanisms, the normal protocols that are being followed, simply aren't working."
Bailey's death left a family, school and community grieving - and asking questions.
And some are now asking, would Bailey still be alive if authorities had acted more decisively?
Councillor Boulton has welcomed the announcement of an investigation.
She said: "The matter needs to be further investigated just to ensure there's nothing that we could have done when that original assault took place that would have stopped what happened at Cults Academy.
"If nothing else, make sure we learn any lessons that have to be learned. It won't bring back Bailey sadly. But hopefully it'll prevent another Bailey in the future."
Bailey's killer will return to court at the beginning of April to be sentenced.
It secured the Grand Award at the 2016 New York International Film and Television awards, which is given to a group of the highest scoring programmes among all entries.
It also won a gold medal in the crime drama category.
The cast and crew are currently filming the third series of the bilingual drama for BBC One Wales and S4C.
The Rio Heroes homecoming event is to be held in Leeds from 17:45 BST on 28 September. Some roads will shut.
Athletes taking part will tour the city centre on open-top buses.
Paralympic wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft and Olympic triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee will be among the medallists taking part.
The parade will start at The Headrow, outside Leeds Art Gallery, and then go on to Park Row before heading to City Square, Boar Lane and Briggate.
Buses will then return to The Headrow and art gallery, before the athletes head to a civic reception.
• Olympic rowers Andy Triggs Hodge and Paul Bennett, who both claimed gold
• World, European and Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft, who has now won two golds in Rio
• Diver and Olympic gold medallist Jack Laugher
• Olympic triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, who earned gold and silver medals respectively at Rio
• Fellow Olympic triathlete Vicky Holland, who won bronze
• Gymnast and Olympic bronze medal winner Nile Wilson
• Olympic rowing silver medallist Zoe Lee
• Paralympic cycling pilot double gold medallist Adam Duggleby
• Paralympic swimmer Jonathan Booth
Source: Leeds City Council
As the parade travels along the route, several roads are to be closed temporarily to all traffic for up to one hour.
Longer-term road closures are also required at key points along the parade route including:
After the parade, all the athletes will be welcomed at Civic Hall as part of a reception hosted by the Lord Mayor of Leeds.
Yorkshire athletes contributed 14 Olympic medals (five gold, five silver, four bronze) for Team GB in Rio and the Paralympics is still under way.
Sir Gary Verity, of tourist organisation Welcome to Yorkshire, said: "Our Yorkshire athletes have entertained us, inspired us and made us proud and we can't wait to welcome them home in style."
US investment firm Cerberus bought the entire portfolio from Nama for more than £1bn last April.
The Irish News revealed that Verbatim Communications worked for Tughans, the legal firm involved in the Nama affair.
The company is run by Gareth Robinson.
It organised an event about Tughans' association with Queen's University's postgraduate and executive education centre in 2012.
But in a statement, Belfast-based Verbatim Communications said that "at no time" has the firm been employed by Nama, Pimco or Cerberus.
Verbatim said none of its "employees or representatives facilitated or were in any way involved in the sale of Nama assets to Cerberus".
"Neither the company nor anyone representing the company benefited from the Cerberus/Nama transaction nor did they ever expect to".
The statement added that the company "fully supports all investigations into the matter whether in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland".
It confirms that "on one occasion, three years ago, Verbatim Communications Ltd was engaged by Tughans to assist with a very successful event relating to third level education".
Verbatim Communications said it "acts in a professional and ethical manner at all times and any suggestion to the contrary will be vigorously challenged".
Gareth Robinson, a former DUP councillor in Castlereagh, is listed as the only director of Verbatim Communications.
In October, Justice Minister David Ford raised questions about whether Peter Robinson should have declared an interest when inquiring about the costs associated with policing a world title boxing match in Belfast involving Carl Frampton.
The Irish News had reported that Gareth Robinson played a role in promoting the fight.
However, the first minister rejected the suggestion that he should have declared an interest, and said a discussion at the Stormont executive had related to the general policy of police charging for events.
The government said it had issued the ban because the nations concerned failed to sign agreements protecting foreign workers from abuse.
The Philippines is one of the world's largest labour exporters: nine million Filipinos are currently working abroad.
The economy is heavily reliant on the remittances they send home.
Filipinos will soon be unable to apply for work in 41 countries blacklisted by the Department of Labour.
Some of these are nations with security concerns, like Afghanistan, Libya and Sudan.
Others, like India and Cambodia, have not provided what the government believes is an adequate guarantee that workers will be safe from abuse.
Most of the countries on the list do not actually hire many Philippine nationals, but the government has been under mounting pressure to do more to protect Filipinos who work abroad.
Critics of these new proposals say the ban could actually have the opposite effect - by driving Filipinos to work illegally, with even fewer safeguards than they had before.
Sparkes struck with two minutes left to lift United above Woking and into 20th place after a first win in four games.
After a low-key first period, Ruairi Keating was denied an opener as he drove straight at home goalkeeper Nathan Baxter.
Baxter also kept out Jamie Reid's long-range effort, but he was beaten in the 88th minute when Sparkes headed in from close range.
Sparkes left the match in stoppage time on a stretcher following a challenge by Regan Charles-Cook that earned the Solihull defender a red card.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Solihull Moors 0, Torquay United 1.
Second Half ends, Solihull Moors 0, Torquay United 1.
Regan Charles-Cook (Solihull Moors) is shown the red card.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Hafeez Sanusi replaces Jack Byrne.
Goal! Solihull Moors 0, Torquay United 1. Dan Sparkes (Torquay United).
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Andy Brown replaces Omari Sterling-James.
Substitution, Torquay United. Shaun Harrad replaces Jamie Reid.
Substitution, Torquay United. Brett Williams replaces Ruairi Keating.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jordan Lee replaces Aman Verma.
Second Half begins Solihull Moors 0, Torquay United 0.
First Half ends, Solihull Moors 0, Torquay United 0.
Myles Anderson (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
Sean McGinty (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Yves Rossy, who goes by the name 'Jetman', and French parachutist Vince Reffet soared together at speed, powered by jetpacks.
They put on a world-first aerial display above landmarks in Dubai, including Palm Island.
Yves built the specially developed flying suit back in 2006, using four jet-engines, which you might normally find on a small plane.
He has already used his jetpack prototype to cross the English Channel and fly over the Grand Canyon and Rio de Janeiro.
He said the display in Dunai "was the culmination of over 20 years of innovation".
'Jetman' added it "has resulted in achieving my personal dream to fly free, soaring through the sky."
The UK Music report, called Wish You Were Here, calculated that 928,000 people made visits associated with festivals, concerts and other music-related events.
It suggested the business helped sustain 3,230 full-time jobs.
UK Music chief executive Jo Dipple said the appetite for live music was continuing to grow.
Perth and Perthshire MP Pete Wishart, a professional musician, said: "Scotland attracts almost a million music tourists each year.
"People come to our nation to enjoy our festivals and gigs, generating £105m in spend in the process."
He added: "Scotland is rich in creativity. We must continue to champion our creative industries and the vital role that they provide to our communities and economy."
The report said music festivals and concerts had been "adding to Scottish happiness and wellbeing for decades".
Jo Dipple added: "The appetite for live music has continued to grow.
"Last year overseas music tourism increased by 16%, whilst British music events were attended by a staggering 27.7 million people in 2015.
"What this report shows, unequivocally, is the economic value of live music to communities, cities and regions."
The theme of the inaugural Wild Film Festival Scotland is "amazing journeys, wild places and rewilding".
Leading naturalists and broadcasters have been lined up for the event, which runs until Sunday at venues throughout the town.
They include film-maker Simon King of the Big Cat Diary fame, and Springwatch presenter Iolo Williams.
About 30 films will be screened during the three-day event, from full-length features to documentaries and shorts.
Organisers have promised an "exciting weekend of award-winning films, stunning photography, celebrity guests, inspirational talks, controversy, art and music."
Among the headline speakers is Sacha Dench, the woman dubbed the "human swan", who announced earlier this week that she plans a powered paraglider flight from tip to toe of the Hebrides.
Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Asela Gunaratne all hit half-centuries to complete the highest ever chase in Asia and the fifth best of all time.
Victory had looked beyond Sri Lanka when Sikandar Raza (127) rescued Zimbabwe from 59-5 in their second innings and took them to 377 all out.
But Gunaratne batted for almost four hours on the final day to seal the win.
The MacRobert Award for engineering innovation was presented to RealVNC by the Princess Royal.
The technology also enables IT workers to solve problems on other computers without leaving their desks and allows MRI scanners to be repaired remotely.
The award comes with a £50,000 prize.
The small Cambridge software company, which was set up by some of the inventors of remote computer access software, has collaborated with global technology giants such as Google, Apple, Intel and Sony and its technology is now said to be used in more than a billion devices worldwide.
Engineer Ian Shott, who was on the judging panel, said: "The sophistication of engineering behind RealVNC's technology has given them a game-changing proposition.
"The company is now on the cusp of fully exploiting this, and I fully believe they could be a billion dollar business within the next five years."
The MacRobert gold medal was presented on Wednesday at the Royal Academy of Engineering's awards dinner.
The downturn, due to weak manufacturing and trade, follows a 0.3% fall in GDP in the final quarter last year.
It is the first time that economic has slowed for two consecutive quarters - the technical definition of a recession - since 2009.
The value of the rand fell by 1% on the currency markets.
Analysts had expected GDP to grow by 0.9% during the first quarter. However, Joe de Beer, deputy director general of Statistics South Africa, said: "We can now pronounce that the economy is in recession."
He added: "The major industries that contracted in the economy were the trade and manufacturing sectors."
Africa's third-largest economy is under pressure after President Jacob Zuma fired its respected finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, earlier this year.
It prompted two credit rating agencies, Standard and Poor's and Fitch, to downgrade South Africa's credit worthiness to junk.
This means it is more expensive for South Africa to borrow money, because it is seen as having a higher risk defaulting on its debts.
Last week, S&P and Fitch pointed to further concerns about the South African economy, including uncertainty over who will succeed President Zuma as leader of the ruling African National Congress.
A successor is expected to be chosen in December, but Mr Zuma can remain as head of state until an election in 2019.
Lynx House has scrapped the policy, which some said was dehumanising and made people targets for abuse.
There have also been subsequent claims of overcrowding and poor conditions.
Welsh Affairs Committee chairman David Davies said the MPs wanted to "see the place for ourselves".
"As a committee, we feel it is important to be able to get behind the headlines of news stories about Welsh issues," he said, ahead of Monday's visit.
"We currently house over 1,000 asylum seekers in Wales and it is important that we scrutinise this area now, as the refugee crisis shows little sign of abating in the near future."
The Clearsprings Group, which runs the service, said wristbands were seen as a "reliable and effective way" to guarantee service delivery, but they would no longer be used.
Oakley, 21, was given his first-team debut by the Dons in 2014 as a late substitute at Northampton Town.
A hamstring tear and a broken leg, which he sustained in training in January 2016, kept him out for much of last season.
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Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) blamed the shortage of privately-rented property.
A third of those questioned said benefit claimants were losing out as a result.
They said landlords were also being put off by the benefits cap, which can reduce some payments to tenants.
The cap - set at £20,000 outside London and £23,000 in the capital - results in some claimants having their Housing Benefit cut.
However, some respondents to the survey said the situation would be improved if the government started a scheme to guarantee payments to landlords.
Since 2008, Housing Benefit in the private sector has been paid to the tenant, rather than the landlord.
"Worryingly our figures show that as a result of a combination of economic pressures, more and more vulnerable tenants are being pushed out of the private rented sector," said Sean Tompkins, the chief executive of Rics.
"However, if government were to put in place additional support measures through the introduction of help to rent schemes, the door to the rental market may once again be opened for Britain's most vulnerable."
In response, the government said it was determined to have a private rented sector that met the needs of both tenants and landlords.
"We're also banning letting fees, driving the worst landlords out of the market, and promoting longer tenancies on new rental properties," a government spokesperson told the BBC.
Violet McAfee, 44, was in the garden of a friend's house when three bikes crashed during the opening race last week.
She was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Belfast by helicopter with serious head and leg injuries.
Two riders were also taken to hospital. A third rider was unhurt.
Ms McAfee was watching warm-up laps when the crash happened.
"It was just one of those freak things," she told BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday News programme.
"I don't remember one thing about it.
"Even being shown the photographs of where the bike had landed and where another bike had landed out on the road, I don't remember one thing about it.
"I don't remember being picked up in the helicopter to come to the RVH or anything. There's nothing I remember which isn't a bad thing."
She was brought to hospital in a critical condition.
"I did not remember anything until the second day after the accident," Ms McAfee said.
"I didn't know what had actually happened to me at that point, how serious the leg was or that I had a hairline fracture on my head until my family told me.
"When I saw pictures of the scene I honestly couldn't believe it myself, I thought that can't have been me there because I just didn't remember a thing about it. It was awful to even feel that way. It was just such a freak thing to have happened."
Ms McAfee described her recovery as "remarkable".
"The power of prayer that I have had this week has been truly, truly unbelievable and the amount of friends and well wishers that I have had is unbelievable," she said.
"I do have to say I am extremely lucky and I have a brilliant terrific family behind me.
"You can think what could have happened or I can think, well this is what's going to happen now.
"I'm going to get my rehab done, I'm going to get up, I'm going to get walking and I'll be there next year again probably. I would say I probably will be with the rest of my family as well."
She described the North West 200 as a "terrific" event.
"I won't stop going near it," she said.
"I think it's a brilliant thing that happens in the north west.
"There will be people who don't have the fun side of that and don't like it in any shape or form, but as for myself, what happens happens and it won't change how I feel about it."
The fine was levied by the Bank's Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) after QIB fell short of reporting requirements in 2011 and 2012.
QIB had made no regular assessment of its capital, the PRA said.
"QIB's failures in this regard were serious," it added.
The PRA said that from 30 June 2011 to 31 December 2012, QIB failed to recognise that it had to comply with regulatory requirements relating to the assessment and maintenance of financial resources and capital.
"QIB further failed properly to monitor and report to the regulator its total exposure to connected parties and in December 2011 was significantly exposed to a group of connected clients," the PRA said.
However, it recognised that QIB had since undergone "significant restructuring" and that a new board was now in place.
The mammoth project to recreate the code-cracking Colossus capped a career built around electronics and computers.
Most recently, Mr Sale drove the campaign to save Bletchley Park, where Colossus aided Allied code-cracking efforts during World War II.
At Bletchley he also founded the National Museum of Computing to help preserve the UK's ageing computers.
Born in 1931, Mr Sale displayed his talent for engineering at an early age by building a robot, called George I, out of Meccano. One of the later versions of George was built from the remains of a Wellington bomber.
Instead of going to university, Mr Sale joined the RAF, which nurtured his engineering talent, and by the age of 20 he was lecturing pilots and aircrew about advances in radar.
His career also included a six-year stint as a scientific officer at MI5. He rose to become principal scientific officer of the intelligence agency and aided the work of spycatcher Peter Wright. On leaving MI5 he established, ran and sold a variety of software and engineering firms.
During the late 1980s Mr Sale's job at the Science Museum nurtured an interest in old computers. This led to the creation of the Computer Conservation Society which leads efforts to restore many key machines.
His interest led to the 14-year project that saw the re-creation of the pioneering Colossus computer. During wartime, Colossus gave the Allies an insight into the communications of the German high command.
The rebuilding work was difficult because the original Colossus machines were broken up at the end of WWII and all plans for it were destroyed.
The rebuilt Colossus became the centrepiece of The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) that Mr Sale established at Bletchley Park.
"Tony Sale's passing is a tremendous loss to us all on a personal and professional basis," said Andy Clark, chairman of the TNMOC trustees.
"Tony's contributions to The National Museum of Computing have been immense and I am quite sure that without his remarkable talents, enthusiasm, and drive, the museum would not have come into existence," said Mr Clark.
The centre will be jointly run by British and French police and will "relentlessly pursue" people-smuggling gangs, Home Secretary Theresa May said.
She also said she was "well aware" of the risk that Calais security would push illegal migrants elsewhere.
Meanwhile, a demonstration by migrants brought cars to a halt on a motorway.
The group was chanting "we are not animals" and "open the borders".
BBC reporter Amanda Kirton said police were sent to the motorway which overlooks the migrant camp known as the "Jungle" to disperse the crowd, and tear gas was used.
About 3,000 migrants are thought to be camped in Calais in the hope of crossing the Channel.
Mrs May said it had been a "difficult summer" with high levels of migrant activity and strike action in Calais, but joint efforts with the French government were working.
She said the new command centre would "relentlessly pursue and disrupt the callous criminal gangs that facilitate and profit from the smuggling of vulnerable people, often with total disregard for their lives".
The joint command centre, which will also incorporate the UK Border Force, will be led by two senior officers, one British and one French, each reporting to their own government.
Mrs May said France and the UK would also work with other EU states to try to ensure there were "fully functioning external borders and an asylum system that is resistant to abuse".
Her French counterpart, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, said asylum seekers should be welcomed "with dignity", but illegal immigrants would not be tolerated.
The joint deal also sets out other measures aimed at tackling the migrant crisis in Calais, including an extra 500 police from the UK and France.
It says there will be additional freight search teams, including sniffer dogs and UK-funded flights to return migrants to their home countries.
The UK will pay ??3.5m (five million euro) per year over two years towards the measures in the deal, and the Home Office said this was in addition to money previously pledged.
In July the UK announced ??2m for a secure zone in Calais for UK-bound lorries, and ??7m for other security measures. Last autumn the government pledged ??12m over three years.
The six-page joint declaration signed earlier says UK Border Force officers will continue visiting migrant camps to "correct any misapprehensions" about life in the UK and provide a "more dissuasive and realistic sense of life for illegal migrants" there.
Immigration minister James Brokenshire, who was also on the visit, said the aim was to convey the message that "the streets of the UK are not paved with gold".
During a tour of the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles, Mrs May said the UK had begun talks with Belgium and the Netherlands, as the UK was "very well aware of the possibility of displacement" of people trafficking to other places due to increased security at Calais.
Security at other northern French ports, such as Dunkirk, was being scrutinised, she added.
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The 15-year-old, from Measham, Leicestershire, has not been seen since Friday evening when she was dropped off outside Ibstock Community College.
Stephen Beadman, of George Avenue, Ibstock, has been charged with murder and one count of rape.
Luke Harlow, 27, of George Avenue, Ibstock, has been charged with grooming, Leicestershire Police said.
He has also been charged with two counts of sexual activity with a child.
Both men have been remanded into custody and will appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Friday.
The deal will take Lancaster through the next two World Cups, including the 2019 tournament in Japan.
The 44-year-old was appointed in 2012 on a contract until January 2016.
Lancaster's coaching team, Graham Rowntree, Mike Catt and Andy Farrell, have also had their deals extended to the end of the 2019-20 season.
The announcement comes a year before England's World Cup opener with Fiji at Twickenham on 18 September 2015.
England are in Pool A along with Wales, Australia and the winner of the play-off between Russia and Uruguay.
"It's great that the RFU have got faith in us as a coaching group and its support has been critical to what we have achieved to date," Lancaster said.
"While our focus is on the QBE International against New Zealand, and the 2015 World Cup on home soil will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we want to build a team for England Rugby that leads into Japan in 2019 and beyond.
"We believe that England Rugby is moving in the right direction, we have the right coaching and management team to take us forward and are excited about the challenge ahead."
Lancaster took charge as interim head coach from Martin Johnson after England's disappointing quarter-final exit from the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
He was awarded a permanent deal following his side's second-place finish in the 2012 Six Nations.
England have gone on to achieve two more Six Nations runners-up spots under Lancaster, missing out on points difference in 2013 and 2014.
The former schoolteacher has overseen 30 matches, winning 18 and losing 11 - a 60% win rate.
RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie told BBC Radio 5 live: "I think it's the right leap of faith. It's a commitment to sustainable success we believe, and it's a two-way commitment."
He added: "We are lucky to have a talented, committed and passionate coaching group.
"Coaching at international level is unique in that the time Stuart and the coaches have with the players is limited and in that regard it requires a special and stable coaching team.
"We therefore felt it important to secure their long-term future and we believe this is entirely the right decision for the future of England Rugby."
Should Lancaster fulfil the entirety of his new contract, he would surpass Sir Clive Woodward's record as the longest-serving head coach of the England team.
The average home-owner in the capital could now swap their property for three and a half similar homes in the north of England, the survey shows.
In the three months to the end of September, prices in London surged by 10.6%, Nationwide said.
By contrast, prices in north west England and Scotland actually fell.
It follows similar evidence from the Land Registry earlier this week.
In the meantime the annual pace of UK house price growth picked up in September.
Prices grew at an annual rate of 3.8%, compared with 3.2% in August, the building society said.
Property values were 0.5% higher in September compared with the month before, with the average house price now at £195,585.
The average price for a property in London is now 127% more than in the UK as a whole, according to the Nationwide - the highest premium ever recorded.
"The gap between London house prices and the rest of the UK has continued to reach new highs," said Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist.
"The price of a typical home in the capital - £443,399 on our measure - is more than double the UK aggregate."
In Scotland, prices fell by 1.3% in the year to September. In north west England they were down by 0.6%.
The price gap between the north and south of England has also continued to grow, for the 26th consecutive quarter.
The cost of an average home in the south - including the South West and East Anglia - rose by 8% in the year to the end of September.
In northern England - including the Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside - prices rose by just 1% over the same period.
The Hammers agreed a fee with the Spanish club for the 27-year-old at the weekend but he has instead joined their Premier League rivals Wigan on a three-year deal.
Ramis was wanted by Celtic in 2010 but a deal was never completed.
He becomes the Latics' second summer signing after the arrival of Aberdeen midfielder Fraser Fyvie.
A jury at Chelmsford Crown Court convicted the 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, of the manslaughter of Arkadiusz Jozwik.
Mr Jozwik, 40, was attacked in Harlow, Essex, on 27 August 2016. He died in hospital two days later.
Rosina Cottage, prosecuting, said the defendant had moved behind Mr Jozwik and used the "whole force of his body" to hit him.
Mr Jozwik hit his head on the ground after being struck by the single punch from the boy.
The defendant, who was in The Stow shopping precinct after going to a kebab shop, said he hit Mr Jozwik "to defend my friend".
He said two Polish men, who appeared drunk, were saying "fight me, fight me" and he felt "scared".
Ms Cottage said: "If you didn't like it, you could have scarpered, couldn't you?"
The defendant replied: "Yeah."
Earlier in the trial the court heard Mr Jozwik, from Poland, had been drinking vodka with two friends and had just bought a pizza when he was set upon shortly after 23:30 BST.
Ms Cottage had told the court the men had sat near a group of teenagers.
She said two boys cycled close to the men, which "seemed to spark a disagreement".
The teenager will be sentenced at the same court on 8 September and was granted bail due to a family illness.
His wife Grace Maxwell whispered the name of the village to him when he was in a coma after suffering a stroke and two haemorrhages in 2005.
Generations of Collins' family have had a home in Helmsdale and the musician spent childhood holidays there.
The screening of The Possibilities Are Endless will be held at the Timespan museum on 11 November.
Museum staff said Collins and Maxwell wanted the showing to be a "thank you" to the people of Helmsdale and the surrounding area.
A second screening is planned for December.
Edinburgh-born Collins is known for his work with the band Orange Juice and his 1995 solo hit A Girl Like You.
Made by Pulse Films, the lyricist's new film opens in Helmsdale and explores the singer-songwriter's journey from the brink of death to rediscovering memories lost after experiencing the stroke.
During his coma, Collins' wife would whisper the word "Helmsdale" to him and promise that the couple would return to the Highland village on Sutherland's east coast.
After waking from his coma, the first two phrases he was able to say were "Grace Maxwell" and "the possibilities are endless".
The film is also being screened during the Inverness Film Festival at Eden Court.
North Lanarkshire said it would not pass what it called government cuts on to residents.
Stirling, which also has a Labour leader, said it had voted to freeze council tax "to protect the pockets of Stirling residents".
It takes the number of Labour-led councils to back a freeze to eight. Most councils have opted for 3% rises.
The eight Labour-led councils to confirm voluntary council tax freezes are:
All those councils have Labour leaders.
Residents whose homes are in property bands E, F, G or H will still see their bills rise as a result of national changes.
However, the freeze in basic bills will inevitably add to the pressure on these council's finances.
The leader of North Lanarkshire Council, councillor Jim Logue, said: "There has been much speculation about the council's ability to raise council tax by up to 3%.
"However, the Scottish government have already increased substantially the amount people in Bands E to H will pay.
"That means households in Band E will have their bill hiked by 7.5%, rising to 22.5% for Band H households. We are not prepared to put more pressure on struggling families, so there will be no council-imposed increase.
"This is a budget which invests where it is needed most: more money for vulnerable older adults, more money for vulnerable young adults with complex needs and more money to head teachers to determine expenditure directly according to the specific needs of the communities they serve."
Stirling Council leader Johanna Boyd said: "This budget aims to protect the vital services Stirling Council provides while ensuring that we also protect the pockets of Stirling's residents.
"We are dedicated to improving Stirling's urban and rural infrastructure and our commitment to fund various capital projects over the coming year will mean that various areas will benefit.
"Our City Region Deal will also provide a huge boost to both the local and national economy, and over the next 12 months funding will be provided for projects to support this."
Three other councils, East Dunbartonshire, East Ayrshire and Argyll and Bute, on Thursday agreed to 3% increases in the basic rate of council tax. Three more, Dumfries and Galloway, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire, have still to set their rate.
Critics may say a council tax rise would at least help to reduce the pressure on finances and help mitigate any cuts in services or savings targets.
Supporters of the Scottish government would argue a council which freezes council tax may find it hard to argue convincingly that it gets too little government cash.
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The Irish province returned to the top of the Pro12 with an emphatic bonus point win at the RDS in Dublin.
Despite the defeat, Scarlets remain fourth and in the play-off spots but fifth placed Ulster are a point behind with a game in hand.
"We were well and truly beaten by a better side on the night," New Zealander Pivac said.
He continued: "You've got to take your hat off to the opposition. They were very, very clinical and a very good side and I think across the board they were better than us.
"It was disappointing because we had enough possession but I think the stat was something like 45% of what we turned over in the first half, we gave back to them.
"We didn't take advantage of the conditions."
Scarlets' next Pro12 game will be at home against Edinburgh on Friday, 24 March.
The Northumberland coast is recognised for its colonies of eiders, whose numbers are declining.
The government introduced 50 MCZs, with more planned, saying it was "vital that we protect our marine environment".
But the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds the eider ducks on the county's coast were not currently covered by the legislation.
The charity is asking the government to add the ducks to the MCZ covering the stretch of water between Whitley Bay and Alnwick.
Marine conservation officer Anna Cucknell said giving the birds "protection in their sea-based feeding and wintering habitats is essential" to stop their numbers "plummeting further".
"Although the government has committed to protecting some of the habitats off the Northumberland coast, the Marine Conservation Zone won't provide any direct protection for eider ducks or any of the other seabirds that live here," she said.
The MCZ order for the Northumberland coast - which lists protected features - includes rock, mud, sand and other habitat, but not specific species.
Eider ducks, also known as Cuddy's ducks after St Cuthbert who introduced laws to protect them in the 7th Century, are declining throughout Europe as a result of hunting, pollution and disturbance.
Failure to opt in by the end of 2016, would leave UK police unable to access Europol's resources after May 2017.
Scottish ministers said membership was vital in allowing Police Scotland to fight international crime.
The Home Office said it would make a decision on Europol in due course.
The issue does not arise from the Brexit vote - but the Scottish government fears it is being ignored as British negotiations to leave the EU gather pace.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson visited Europol's headquarters in The Hague on Friday, meeting its director-general Rob Wainwright and an officer from Police Scotland who is seconded to the agency.
He said failure of the UK to opt in to new Europol regulations would mean the UK was no longer a member of Europol before the UK government triggers Article 50.
Mr Matheson said: "The ability to share information quickly and co-ordinate operations with other law enforcement agencies through Europol is key to detecting, disrupting and detaining criminals across borders.
"That is necessary to keep Scotland and the rest of the UK safer from the threats of organised crime, cybercrime and terrorism."
Mr Matheson has written to the Home Secretary pressing for the UK government to end the uncertainty for police and their law enforcement partners by making a decision to sign up to the revised Europol arrangements.
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson, who has responsibility for counter-terrorism and organised crime at Police Scotland, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that Europol was "incredibly important" to the work that the force did.
He said: "It's part of our day-to-day policing now, particularly the work that we do at the Scottish crime campus alongside our partners.
"It enables us to continue to work with our partners across Europe to target those people who would want to commit crimes either in Scotland or people from Scotland who want to commit crimes in Europe.
"Candidly it enables us to mitigate the threats and harm posed by these people on the streets of Scotland."
The Scottish government said, notwithstanding the implications of Brexit and future discussions on these between the Scottish and UK governments, ministers at Holyrood were keen for Westminster to indicate to the European Commission that it intends to opt in to the new Europol Regulation.
A Home Office spokesperson said: "The UK remains a full member of Europol, and because of our justice and home affairs opt-in, we have the option to seek to opt-in to Europol's new legislative framework.
"This option remains open to us while we are a member of the EU. The government will take a decision on whether to opt-in to the new Europol Regulation in due course.
"The prime minister has stated that law enforcement co-operation will continue when the UK is outside the EU.
"We will do what is necessary to keep our people safe. We are exploring options for cooperation arrangements with Europol once the UK has left the EU but it is too early to speculate at this stage what future arrangements may look like."
Europol is responsible for operating the system of European Arrest Warrants, allowing offenders across the EU to be returned home to face justice.
In July, the Crown Office revealed that more than 500 cases have been heard in Scottish courts as a result of the EAW, while 367 people had been extradited from Scotland to face courts in Europe.
Among those brought to Scotland was Marek Harcar for the murder of Moira Jones. Her body was found in a Glasgow park, and Harcar, who was jailed for life for killing her, was traced to his home in Slovakia before being extradited to Scotland.
In April 2016 co-operation between Police Scotland and Romania's counter-mafia force DIICOT dismantled an organised crime gang trafficking women to Scotland's vice trade.
Europol said it had co-ordinated operations to raid four houses in Glasgow, with two men arrested and eight victims of trafficking handed over to the care of the authorities.
Europol has also helped to co-ordinate action against organised crime's systematic misuse of private individuals' computers to spread viruses or spam. Thousands of victims were identified across the UK.
A new Europol regulation adopted by Brussels before the June referendum gives the EU a larger role in supervising the agency's activities.
Ms Rudd said: "Europol has played an important role in keeping us safe and we will be having discussions about how to continue some form of involvement within the agencies of the EU that help to keep us safe."
As Romanian player Simona Halep was answering a question in English about Williams' pregnancy at Friday's Fed Cup draw in Constanta, the 70-year-old turned to one of his other team members and added in Romanian: "Let's see what colour it has. Chocolate with milk?"
A spokesman for the International Tennis Federation has told the BBC it is aware of the comments and has begun an immediate investigation.
"The ITF does not tolerate discriminatory and offensive language and behaviour of any kind," the statement reads.
"We are aware of alleged comments made by Romanian captain Ilie Nastase and have begun an immediate investigation so that we have the full facts of the situation before taking further and appropriate action."
Romanian journalists present did not ask anything more about the statement but appeared to try to pass off the comment as a joke.
This is the second time in a month that Nastase has made comments about the American world number two.
In late March he made unsubstantiated allegations about Williams' doping record to the Romanian website Digisport.
During the draw ceremony on Friday, Nastase also put his arm tightly around British team captain Anne Keothavong and asked for her room number, in earshot of the watching media.
I understand that Nastase made a similar comment to Keothavong, who is pregnant with her second child, at Thursday's team dinner.
George Cosac, president of the Romanian Tennis Federation, was at the draw but did not stay for the news conference and will not comment on the matter.
Great Britain and Romania begin their two-day World Group play-off tie on Saturday at 10:00 BST.
Williams is due to give birth in the autumn and had posted a picture on Snapchat on Wednesday, posing in a mirror with the message: "20 weeks", before deleting it.
But the news was confirmed later on Wednesday by her representative.
Williams will miss the rest of the season, having not played since the Australian Open, citing a knee injury.
Williams, who will return to world number one next week, would be eligible to retain her ranking under the WTA special ranking rule if she is ready to play her first tournament within 12 months of giving birth.
Williams announced her engagement to the co-founder of community news site Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, in December. The American is top of the all-time list of major winners since Grand Slams accepted professional players in 1968.
She is second only to Australian Margaret Court on the list of women's all-time Grand Slam singles titles leaders - Court won 24 titles between 1960 and 1973.
Court, who won the singles Grand Slam in 1970, gave birth to her first child in March 1972, aged 29, and returned to win three of the four Grand Slam events in 1973.
Williams is a five-time Tour finals winner, the last of which came in 2014, and was recently picked as the greatest female tennis player of the Open era by BBC Sport readers.
The Venezuelan currency was found stashed in bags and piled up against a wall in the private home.
Police said that the property belonged to a 39-year-old Paraguayan arms dealer.
Police said they would count the bills on Tuesday to determine their worth.
They said that most of the stash was in 100 and 50 bolivar notes.
Due to Venezuela's rampant inflation, the notes are not worth much in themselves. One hundred bolivars only fetch about $0.03 (£0.02) on the black market in Venezuela.
Paraguayan police suspect the plan may have been to use the paper from the Venezuelan notes to print fake dollar bills.
Counterfeiters bleach the markings off the Venezuelan bills and print the US dollar markings on the paper.
Venezuela has complained about its currency, its 100 bolivar notes in particular, being smuggled out of the country to be used to make counterfeit dollars.
In December, President Nicolas Maduro made a surprise announcement that he would pull the 100 bolivar note from circulation and replace it with higher-denomination bills.
The measure was postponed several times as the new higher denomination notes failed to arrive on time and Venezuelans struggled to deposit or change the notes within the tight deadline set by the president.
It is now due to come into effect on 20 February.
Camilla knocked up a mozzarella salad with blood oranges, beetroots, leaves and watercress at the CEO CookOff event in the City of London.
About 400 "unsung heroes" enjoyed a three-course meal, with mains including roast lamb and wild mushroom ravioli.
The duchess is patron of the newly formed UKHarvest charity.
The organisation collects surplus food from supermarkets, restaurants and manufacturers, turning it into meals for families and individuals in need.
The duchess was joined by former Spice Girl Emma Bunton, presenter Jamie Theakston and 100 UK chief executives at the former Billingsgate Market building. She was paired with Peter Harding from Lucozade Ribena Suntory for the cook off.
"It's looking good so far," said Oliver - who advised the duchess to make the cheese the heart of her salad, while encouraging her to use her hands.
Oliver, whose food foundation co-hosted the event, applauded Camilla's efforts.
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It was a four day blaze, which swept through Britain's capital, destroying large parts of it.
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Although the symptoms of PCOS are treatable, it cannot be cured.
I can remember, growing up, that my body didn't seem to develop like everyone else's.
I was always bigger than my other friends at school and from the age of 13/14 I never had regular periods.
Sometimes I would go well over a year without having one.
When I did have them they were very painful - I felt like no one understood how bad they were for me.
At the time I didn't know why they were so irregular and would be told again and again by doctors that it was something that would settle down with age… it never did.
I was put on countless contraceptive pills, but each seemed to have a worse effect on me than the last.
Some would make me angry and emotional, others would give me terrible acne all over my face - but none of them seemed to be helping.
I used to get picked on because of my size, and it meant I spent most of my teens and early twenties as a very unconfident and shy person.
I was officially diagnosed with PCOS when I was about 18 years old.
I had been for some blood tests at a new surgery and a doctor announced it as a fly-away remark - she assumed I already knew. Apparently it was in my notes, but I had never been told.
I remember feeling quite scared about the future.
How much would this impact my life? Would I still be able to have children if I wanted them? How would my future boyfriends react when they found out?
At the time there wasn't a lot of support around for the condition and I found it a real struggle to be taken seriously.
It was so new that even if doctors knew about the condition they didn't understand it.
However, I found support with a group called Verity - a charity that promotes awareness of the condition.
From this I learned that eating a healthy low GI diet and fitness would improve my condition.
Over the past 10 years I've worked really hard to improve these areas of my life and have taken up running, pole fitness and burlesque dancing.
This hasn't just helped me manage the symptoms of my condition - it's made me feel feminine again.
Now at the age of 29 I feel in control of my body.
Although I still have my bad days and it is an on-going battle, being body positive has changed my life and given me hope for the future: I hope it can do the same for you too.
It reports on calls for designated scrambler areas following the tragic death of Lisburn man Ryan Phillips.
Mr Phillips died after he was involved in a collision involving two off-road motorbikes in February.
It has led to calls for a purpose-built off-road facility so the bikes may be ridden safely.
On a rather sour note - there's a smelly issue for residents of Ballymacash.
The paper reports locals are holding their noses because of a "foul sewage odour" on Ballymacash Road.
NI Water has said it is inspecting and investigating the problem.
The Lurgan Mail covers the protest against an alleged planned sale of land in Craigavon Park, with the headline: "Council is accused of arrogance over park".
The paper reports that about 200 residents and groups turned up at Craigavon Civic Centre on Monday evening to protest about what they say are plans to sell off 12 acres of Craigavon City Park land.
However, a council spokesperson told the paper there was no indication the site was for sale.
Those with a fear of rodents should look away now - the paper reports that some furry friends have taken up residence at a local supermarket in Lurgan.
It says environmental health officers are investigating a complaint made on 24 February about a mouse sighting at a well-known supermarket branch.
Some people choose a cruise, some like a little bling, but the Kennedys from Claudy celebrated 50 golden years of marriage with pillow talk.
They did not want gifts so they invited friends and family to give them money to be spent on a warm place for weary heads.
Derry Now reports the couple bought two guest beds for the Stroke Unit at Altnagelvin Hospital. In 2013, Mr Kennedy spent some time there and the guest beds were a thoughtful way of offering others a safe haven at a very difficult time.
The paper also reports on a plan to commemorate those who "are giving the gift of life". The local council has agreed to give their full support to the installation of a sculpture at St Columb's Park to remember organ donors.
Newry Democrat leads with the "deliberate attack" on an Orange Hall - Altnaveigh Orange Hall in Martin's Lane was set on fire by vandals on Saturday evening.
It was attacked in 1996 and 2005, and a spokesperson for the organisation condemned it as a "truly sickening" incident.
Babies in Newry now have the opportunity to learn to communicate with signs, the paper reports.
It's the brain child of mum and teacher Katie Mayne, who is running classes teaching toddlers to sign their needs.
What's the sign for 'a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit please?'
There is some consternation about the temperature of a swimming pool in County Fermanagh.
A young mother tells the Impartial Reporter that she brings her baby to a swimming pool in Omagh as the water at the Lakeland Forum is too cold.
A council spokesperson told the paper the temperature of the pool was checked four times a day and was in line with industry recommendations.
The council also said the water in the shallow end of the pool was maintained at more than 30C.
In the run-up to the elections, the Tyrone Courier leads with an "electioneering row" at St Francis Primary School, Derrylatinee.
It says the school was at the "centre of a political tsunami" after envelopes containing a letter from Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew were given to pupils to give to their parents. .
The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools denied claims the school had been used for "electioneering".
It said its solicitor considered the documents were for the benefit of the school and Ms Gildernew's action was appropriate.
Sinn Féin said the letter, written on the party's headed notepaper, was part of a campaign for better broadband.
Statistics published by Transport Scotland show that 409 million bus trips were made in Scotland last year, down from 487 million in 2007/8.
It also found that funding from local and national government dropped by 5% in real terms over five years.
Transport Scotland said it was "concerned" by the bus journey decline.
But a spokeswoman added that some parts of the country had seen an increase in bus use and a solution to the problem "must be local".
Despite the falling number of bus journeys, the report suggests they remain the most popular form of public transport in Scotland.
It found that buses are particularly well-used in Strathclyde, the south-west and south-east of Scotland.
But it also showed that rail trips are becoming an increasingly popular way of travelling.
A total of 93.2 million train journeys were made last year - an increase of more than a third (34%) since 2005/6.
Transform Scotland, which campaigns for sustainable transport, said the year-on-year decline in bus use was "very worrying".
Its director, Colin Howden, said: "Buses play an important role in reducing congestion in urban areas and providing services to lower-income groups who often don't have access to cars.
"It's deeply disappointing that the Scottish government continues to cut investment in bus services."
He added: "The government should instead be taking action to cut congestion by putting in place bus priority in urban areas, and protecting threatened rural bus services."
Bus services received funding totalling £301m from local and national government in 2015/16, according to the Transport Scotland.
It added that passengers have seen the price of their fares increase by 19%.
Mike Rumbles, the Scottish Liberal Democrats' transport spokesman, said Scotland's public transport system needed "action and real investment".
"The number of people using buses has dropped dramatically, as has the number of buses and journeys available to people," he said. "That means more traffic on our roads, less investment in public transport and missed targets on climate change.
He added: "We need action and real investment now in our bus and rail services so that we have infrastructure fit for the 21st Century."
The report also led to renewed calls for Scotland's bus industry to be re-regulated.
The Scottish Greens' transport spokesman, John Finnie, said: "What's made clear by these statistics is the Scottish government's continued emphasis on promoting private car use at the expense of public transport.
"Perhaps it's little wonder that there has been a steady decline in bus use throughout Scotland, given how many of us have come to expect long waits for delayed and non-existent buses and how poorly services here compare with other cities in the UK and Europe.
"The re-regulation of buses would stop companies cherry-picking profitable routes and leaving communities stranded."
Pat Rafferty, Scottish secretary of the united union, described Scotland's bus services as a "mess".
He said: "Without bus regulation, we will continue to have a free-for-all where the only thing that matters is profit - with people and passengers just being the mugs who pick up the tab.
"If the Scottish government fails to take the opportunity to regulate our buses and to seriously look at new models of common ownership, it will be a shameful example of putting big companies before working people."
Transport Scotland said it had no plans for "wholesale re-regulation".
A spokeswoman added: "The Scottish government is committed to improving bus services and the workings of the current regulatory framework through partnerships with bus operators and local transport authorities.
"We are concerned about the decline in bus patronage, something which has been continuing since at least the 1960s, well before de-regulation began in the mid-1980s.
"However, it is important to note that the decline is not seen in all areas. Indeed, some areas of Scotland have shown growth over the last five years whereas others see double figures in terms of percentage of decline.
"That is why the solution must be local. This government will bring forward a transport bill that will give local authorities the framework to work in partnership with bus operators to improve services. Whilst we have no plans for wholesale re-regulation, we do want to see more people using our public transport networks."
She added: "We continue to spend nearly a quarter of a billion pounds a year in grants to support the network, promote the take-up of new greener buses and reimburse operators for free bus travel provided to older and disabled people under the National Concessionary Travel Scheme.
"We are also investing over £1bn per year in public and sustainable transport to encourage people onto public transport and active travel modes."
The rally was mostly on behalf of Tamil people.
Many protesters were prevented by the authorities from attending, but a big pro-government demonstration was allowed to go ahead.
Tamil Tiger rebels fought a 26-year war for a separate state in the north and east before they were defeated in 2009.
Rights activists say that some of those who disappeared were fighting for the Tamil Tigers, some fought for the government and some were civilians.
They say that many Tamils remain in the hands of the security forces.
They want a UN-led international probe into alleged human rights abuses during the war, but the government has rejected the demand and denies being responsible for most of the disappearances.
Opposition politician and anti-disappearances campaigner Mano Ganeshan told the AP news agency that buses packed with about 1,000 Tamils were prevented from leaving the northern town of Vavuniya on Tuesday to make the 210km (130-mile) journey to Colombo for Wednesday's protest.
He said that government forces and police had intimidated the bus drivers, warning them not to proceed with the journey.
However, military spokesman Brig Ruwan Wanigasooriya said that police had stopped the buses to prevent possible clashes in Vavuniya.
He said complaints were made to police earlier on Tuesday that people had thrown stones at the buses.
The US embassy in Colombo has expressed concern about the Vavuniya reports. It has called on the Sri Lankan government to allow free movement of its citizens "calling for information about their missing loved ones".
One of those attending the Colombo protest, Perinparani, told the BBC's Charles Haviland that her son Pradeepan, 20, was taken from her in the northern town of Jaffna in 2008.
"The army officers came in four field motorbikes," she said.
"There were about eight army officers, with beards. These people came and took him. They had no letter, they didn't tell me why they were taking my son away."
Her son was a labourer with no connection to the rebels, she said.
Her repeated visits to prisons have yielded little information. At the rally in Colombo, she and other distressed parents held up photos of their missing children.
Meanwhile the government organised a big rally, also in the middle of the capital, at which demonstrators accused Tamil MPs of never having criticised the Tigers for perpetrating atrocities.
The 20-year-old has scored three goals in 19 appearances for the Scottish Premiership club.
Morris, who has made one substitute appearance for Norwich, is contracted at Carrow Road until the summer of 2017.
He previously had loan spells with Oxford United and York City and been capped at England Under-19 level.
The team's work includes missing person searches on land and underwater.
Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld said he regretted the move to axe the team, formed in 1956, "very much indeed".
The force, which wants to save £43m over three years, said it would use other police forces' teams or the military instead.
A Thames Valley Police spokeswoman said the force could use private companies if those options were not available.
Of the need for savings she said: "This sadly means we have to consider how we are structured and make any changes we feel necessary."
Mr Stansfeld said of the team: "It has been I think a very valuable part of our police force."
He said the force had already made savings of £58m and he had concerns about the plan to save a further £45m.
"It's not going to be easy," he said.
"It is going to be fewer police officers and fewer backroom people, but I never underestimate that if you reduce the overall number by the significant number we have, it is going to be more difficult to police effectively."
The development follows an announcement on Thursday that 147 officer posts would be lost as part of Thames Valley Police's savings drive.
A Home Office spokesperson said: "There is no question police still have the resources to do their important work and police-recorded crime is down 31% in Thames Valley since 2010.
"Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary recently rated Thames Valley as 'good' overall in terms of providing value for money and 'outstanding' for taking the necessary steps to ensure a secure financial position for the short and long term."
The 22-year-old heads to Budapest, Hungary to defend the 50m and 100m.
Peaty's first 100m heat on Sunday will be his first major meet since making his Olympic debut in Brazil last year.
"The Olympics was a long time ago. It's in the past and I am ready to race," he told BBC East Midlands Today.
"I am looking to do what I did there and hopefully improve. Maybe the times won't be there, maybe they will. But the process of trying to put something in place for Tokyo 2020 is really important.
"My mental preparation is off the chart now. It's looking good going into Budapest."
Peaty dominated the 50m and 100m breaststroke to win gold at the World Championships in Kazan, Russia in 2015. He now holds world records in both events, but wants more.
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'Project 56' is the target in the 100m, as he seeks to become the first man to dip under 57 seconds.
And a new world's best in the 50m is also on his mind - something he came very close to achieving when he was outside his time of 26.42 seconds by six hundredths of a second at the British Championships in April.
"I can hopefully get near to that world record," added the former City of Derby swimmer. "I was so close in April and I am in much better shape now. I am a lot learner and a lot lighter. Hopefully I will get that.
"I am not saying I will do it; it's not that easy because you don't know what the environment will be like."
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Peaty says the physical preparation has been ideal, with the tapering of the past couple of weeks leaving him full of confidence about his ability to deliver in the pool.
Resting his body pre-competition is as much a part of the process as the intense training sessions.
"Tapering is like fine-tuning a car," he explained. "You can drive it all day long, but when it comes to a race you have to fine-tune it, you have to strip it and polish it.
"I have worked so hard this season. Coming back from Rio, a lot has changed. I have moved away from home to focus on the next season. I am so ready."
In her annual report on the state of health, Dame Sally Davies said this was concerning, pointing out many people did not recognise they had a problem.
Parents of overweight children were also failing to spot the signs too, she said.
Dame Sally blamed the way weight was being portrayed by the media and clothes industry.
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"I have long been concerned that being underweight is often portrayed as the ideal weight, particularly in the fashion industry.
"Yet I am increasingly concerned that society may be normalising being overweight.
"Larger mannequins are being introduced into clothes shops and "size inflation" means that clothes with the same size label have become larger in recent decades.
"And news stories about weight often feature pictures of severely obese people, which are unrepresentative of the majority of overweight people."
Dame Sally also reiterated her belief that a sugar tax may be necessary to combat obesity.
At the start of March she told the Health Select Committee it may be needed, although she hoped not.
This caused some controversy as the government's approach has been characterised by working with industry to get them to make food and drink products healthier.
In her report she says this should continue, but if it fails to deliver a tax should be "considered".
She said children and adults of all ages are consuming too much sugar.
Nearly two thirds of adults and a third of children are overweight or obese - classed as a body mass index of above 25. This is about double the numbers in the early 1990s.
But research shows that half of men, a third of women and over three quarters of parents do not recognise weight problems.
Professor Kevin Fenton, of Public Health England, said he agreed with Dame Sally's comments.
"We share her concerns. Overweight and obesity costs the NHS over £5bn each year and is entirely preventable."
But Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said he would have liked Dame Sally to take a tougher approach to sugar.
"The report lets the food and beverage industries off the hook. It gives industry no deadline by which to show improvement with the likely result that her words will be quite ignored. How distressing."
Mr Perry, who has twice run as a Republican presidential candidate, had been fighting the case, which he described as "unconstitutional".
"Appeals court clears @GovernorPerry of all charges. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers," his team said.
It was the second count to be dismissed over Mr Perry's use of veto authority.
He was indicted in August 2014 after months of investigation into his motivations for cutting funds amounting to $7.5m (£4.5m) to a state anti-corruption unit run by District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg.
He originally faced two charges but one, coercion by a public servant, was dismissed last summer.
And on Wednesday, the presiding judge in the state's highest court said a governor's power to exercise a veto "may not be circumscribed by the legislature, by the courts, or by district attorneys".
"When the only act that is being prosecuted is a veto, then the prosecution itself violates separation of powers," Judge Sharon Keller added.
Governor Perry, 65, was the longest-serving governor in the state's history and Texas's first indicted governor in nearly a century. He left office in 2015 as the criminal investigation got under way.
The criminal case cast a shadow over his short-lived run in the Republican presidential race for the 2016 election.
Though he was initially seen as a top-tier candidate, he dropped out in September last year after a poor showing in the polls, eclipsed by New York billionaire Donald Trump.
World number 10 Konta broke her Polish opponent in the third game and hit 18 winners to five in the first set.
The 25-year-old dominated world number three Radwanska with some stunning returns and powerful hitting, and she convincingly won the second set.
Konta finished the match off with an ace to claim her second WTA tour title.
And Britain could yet boast both the women's and men's champions in Sydney, with Dan Evans defeating Andrey Kuznetsov to reach his first ATP Tour final, while Jamie Murray is in the doubles final.
Konta, playing in the city of her birth, did not drop a set all week as she marched through a high-class field.
"I was born here, so this is a very special moment for me," Konta said. "I'm really happy."
"I'm really pleased with the amount of matches I've been able to play. I take it as a nice reward for all the hard work."
The Briton's display will also give her confidence going into the year's first Grand Slam when she starts her Australian Open challenge against Kirsten Flipkens next week.
She reached the semi-finals at Melbourne Park in 2016, losing to eventual winner Angelique Kerber.
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Konta had been beaten in both her previous matches against Radwanska, including the China Open final, and lost the first six points of the match.
But, from 0-30 down on her own serve in the second game, Konta quickly turned the match around and took her third break point in the third game of match to seize the initiative.
Her highlights in the first set included a second serve ace and some heavy hitting before a service game to love to wrap it up.
Konta twice broke Radwanska at the start of the second set to go 4-0 up and she finished off proceedings with her seventh ace to secure victory in one hour and 21 minutes.
"I can't remember playing someone like this on that level, that consistent for the whole match," Radwanska said. "I couldn't really say that I did something wrong. She was just playing amazing tennis and was aggressive from the first shot."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
This was a breathtaking performance by Konta - she was very aggressive from the baseline and served superbly.
The 25-year-old has given plenty of notice of her talent over the past 18 months, but this was a display which marked her out as a potential winner of the Australian Open - although her draw is very tough and she has played nine matches on two continents in the first two weeks of the season.
Konta will equal her career high ranking of ninth on Monday and no player has accumulated more ranking points than she has so far this year.
Toffees boss Roberto Martinez said the 25-year-old would be a success in England after he scored in Kiev's Europa League win over Everton.
Club officials travelled to Monaco to discuss the transfer with their Kiev counterparts this week.
Martinez is also pursuing a £5m deal for River Plate's Argentine central defender Ramiro Funes Mori, 24.
The signing of Mori would be as an addition to their resources rather than a potential replacement for England's John Stones, who they insist will not be sold after rejecting a £30m offer from Chelsea.
Everton are unbeaten after two Premier League matches this season and entertain Manchester City on Sunday.
And the Conservative Party was denied overall control of Northumberland County Council after losing the unusual decider to the Liberal Democrats.
The South Blyth ward result followed two recounts and left the Conservatives with 33 of the 67 seats available.
Liberal Democrat candidate Lesley Rickerby described her defeat of Tory Daniel Carr as "very traumatic".
Ms Rickerby said: "It's unbelievable that, when you consider we have a democratic service, that we end up having to draw straws.
"I certainly would have preferred it to be a majority, but the way our system works, after a couple of recounts, we had no choice."
In addition to the 33 seats won by the Conservative party, Labour won 24, the Lib Dems three and Independents seven.
Ms Rickerby added: "The returning officer decides if we would flip a coin or draw straws and he went with straws.
"I certainly don't want to do that again in a hurry - it really was the last straw."
In another result, Labour retained control of Durham County Council despite losing 20 seats.
The party won 94 seats in the 2013 election and that has now fallen to 74. Independent candidates have the second highest number of seats (28) followed by Liberal Democrats (14) and Conservatives (10).
Council leader Simon Henig said he was "very pleased" to have retained a majority in a "challenging" election.
In North Tyneside, Labour's Norma Redfearn was re-elected as the area's directly-elected mayor with 56% of the vote.
Results for seats on Durham County Council are due to be announced later.
Friend and fellow Scottish author Ian Rankin took to Twitter to toast his friend with a whisky, with others following suit.
"Even the ones that didn't drink were putting a wee bottle of water or a soft drink in their pictures," he said.
"It was a lovely sort of communal thing to do to celebrate his life."
Another friend, crime writer Val McDermid, was one of the authors who also tweeted a toast to Iain Banks "for all the hours of delight and provoked thought".
She said she was "grateful for what he left us [and] angry for what he'll miss and we'll miss".
Rankin told the BBC he believed Banks's best work could still have been ahead of him.
"The writing still excited him, the ideas still excited him, there was no shortage of ideas, he wasn't coming to the end of his time as a writer," he said.
He told BBC Radio Scotland of his shock at how suddenly his death came.
He said Banks's wife Adele had emailed friends, saying he had been told on Tuesday he had a few months left and then on Wednesday there had been "a deterioration".
"On Tuesday he was thinking 'Right, I've still got a few months. I've got the book coming out, I've maybe got the Edinburgh Book Festival that I can go to.'
"There were still plenty things to be doing and he was loving what life he had left."
Rankin also spoke to the Today programme about Banks's political life and how his protest against the Iraq war did not go quite as planned.
"He was anti some of the stuff that Tony Blair did to such an extent that he cut up his passport and sent it to Downing Street in protest to the Iraq war - having forgotten he was supposed to be going on a tour of Australia a few weeks later," he said.
Yet however heated the political debate could get, he continued, "there was always humour at the back of it and always warmth and humanity".
Author Neil Gaiman said he shared debates with Banks in the bar after writer conventions.
He wrote on his website of his sadness at the passing of his friend, whom he met for the first time in the 1980s.
He recalled a party they both attended in 1987 in a hotel suite, at which it was discovered some jewellery had been stolen.
"A few minutes after the police arrived, so did Iain, on the balcony of the Metropole Hotel: he'd been climbing the building from the outside," he said.
"The police had to be persuaded that this was a respectable author who liked climbing things from the outside and not an inept cat burglar returning to the scene of his crime."
Gaiman said he had written to Iain when he heard the news of his terminal cancer, telling him how much he had loved knowing him.
"He wrote back and said good, comforting, sensible things. Goodbyes are few enough, and we take them where we can," he said.
"If you've never read any of his books, read one of his books. Then read another.
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The 32-year-old batsman had even hinted last week that the upcoming third and final Test against South Africa could be his last.
"I've been through a very difficult period," Pietersen admitted.
He talked about a "change of heart", adding: "I love winning for England."
I won't be playing the full IPL next year - I will come back and play the Test matches against New Zealand, so the IPL isn't an elephant in the room any more
Pietersen said in a video interview, conducted by his management company, that he wanted to give "confirmation and clarity" about his future after speaking to his family, advisors and close friends.
He said he was returning "unconditionally" to one-day and Twenty20 internationals. He also explained that, contrary to recent reports, he was not insisting on playing the full Indian Premier League (IPL) season next year, which would mean missing Test matches.
"I'm not going anywhere," he said. "I want to make myself available for selection for every single form of cricket for England.
"Money's not everything to me. Sportsmen have short careers. I can't do this until I'm 50 or 55 and I'm a provider for a young family.
"But I love winning for England. I can't wait to play in Straussy's [skipper Andrew Strauss's] 100th Test next week.
"These things make me happy - the runs I scored at Headingley last week, in a draw, didn't mean as much as a hundred I scored in Sri Lanka six months ago which ended in an England victory.
"I've had a change of heart because of those reasons."
After his hints at imminent Test retirement, speculation had been mounting that there was even a question mark over Pietersen's participation in the third and final Test at Lord's, for which the England squad will be announced at 14:30 BST on Sunday.
The "Pietersen issue" has been in sharp focus ever since he walked off the pitch at Headingley last Monday.
Test debut: v Australia (Lord's), 21 July 2005
Test record: 88 matches, 151 innings, 7,076 runs, highest score 227, average 49.48, 27 fifties, 21 centuries
One-day international debut: v Zimbabwe (Harare), 28 November 2004
ODI record: 127 matches, 116 innings, 4,184 runs, highest score 130, average 41.84, 23 fifties, nine centuries
T20 international debut: v Australia (Southampton), 15 June 2005
T20 international record: 36 matches, 36 innings, 1,176 runs, highest score 79, average 37.93, seven fifties
After telling the BBC's Test Match Special that he could not give any assurances that the Lord's Test would be his final appearance in Test cricket, he then went into the post-match news conference and claimed he had issues within the dressing-room and with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
It then emerged the Surrey player was unhappy with a Twitter account, "KP Genius", which parodied him and has been subsequently closed.
Pietersen has now conceded he "didn't handle the press conference well at all".
He explained: "I was very emotional. I am who I am in terms of shooting from the hip occasionally, and I do make mistakes.
"I had a really, really good long chat to a team-mate yesterday. We went through loads of different things and I actually finished that conversation as someone who cannot wait to meet with the team on Tuesday."
On the IPL, he added: "I've had a very constructive conversation with the owner of the Delhi Daredevils franchise and they've been magnificent.
"I won't be playing the full IPL. I will come back and play the Test matches against New Zealand next year, so the IPL isn't an elephant in the room any more."
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Afridi told BBC South Today he is staying away from his national side as they "give youngsters a chance".
He said: "I've told the selectors it's fine to keep me away and to see where the youngsters are standing."
The 36-year-old all-rounder will play his first game for Hampshire since 2011 against Middlesex on Friday.
"I'm happy to concentrate on my county summer at the moment and then we'll see what happens later," he added. "If they (Pakistan) want me later in the summer, then I'm available."
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The moratorium means that Ukraine is likely to default on the debt, which is due on Sunday.
In addition, repayment of $507m of Ukrainian commercial debt held by Russian banks will also be halted.
The countries have been at loggerheads since Russia annexed Crimea last year.
Ukraine's Prime Minister, Arseny Yatseniuk, said Ukraine had imposed a moratorium on the payment of a $3bn eurobond held entirely by Russia, which is due to mature on 20 December.
He did not say how long the moratorium would last. Moscow had previously said it would take Ukraine to court if it did not pay on time.
The moratorium will be in place "until the acceptance of our restructuring proposals or the adoption of the relevant court decision", Mr Yatseniuk told his government.
"We are prepared for court action from the Russian side."
Relations between the two countries have been tense since Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014.
Ukraine and the West have also accused Russia of arming and aiding separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, allegations that Russia has denied.
In November, Russian energy supplier Gazprom halted gas supplies to Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Russia said it would suspend a trade pact with Ukraine that would exclude the country from a free trade zone that includes former Soviet countries from 1 January.
Ukraine said it is "ready to pay the price" to join an EU free trade zone from that date.
The Port Talbot-based Specific partnership involves Tata Steel, Swansea and Cardiff universities, firms including BASF and Pilkington, and more than 130 scientists and product developers.
These particular proposals involve eight two and three-bedroom homes and apartments.
The Specific innovation aims to transform how we view the role of our homes, offer a way of reducing our dependence on carbon fuels and also act as a tool to help further tackle fuel poverty in Wales.
Despite a range of initiatives to reduce the cost of keeping homes warm, latest figures estimate that nearly one in four (23%) of households in Wales were still considered to be living in fuel poverty.
That is defined as a household that spends more than 10% of its income on energy. This is significantly lower than the 29% in fuel poverty in 2012 but it is clear that many households are still struggling.
Developing homes as mini-power stations could help reduce that and give people an extra income.
We have already seen several housing associations fitting solar panels to homes. But this goes much further.
Instead of seeing our homes as just four walls we live in and often expensive to run, we could begin to see them as entities that are working for us - even when we are out. Houses which generate power for us to store and use later or even to sell on.
It has also been suggested that projects like this can change our relationship with energy use, making us more aware of not wasting it.
Smart meters already encourage us to think about how much we are using and money that we may be inadvertently spending.
Once you have the opportunity to store that energy your home has generated for you - or to sell it - then surely it is logical to presume that we become much more careful about not using more than we need to?
But to really make the most of a scheme like this, the infrastructure needs to change.
The electricity system we have in the UK now, based on the National Grid, was developed from an era of cheap sources of energy and a relatively small number of very large generators using coal, oil or more recently gas.
As power travels many miles through the transmission system energy is lost.
The grid was not designed for multiple smaller generators putting power into it. In Wales, the grid is nearly full and that has been an issue as new larger renewable energy projects have been discussed.
Technology is moving fast however, and a number of new ways of storing and sharing energy are being developed. That could open up further opportunities for projects like this.
And then there is the complicated world of finance, feed-in tariffs and government incentives.
But if we are to get anywhere near targets for cutting carbon emissions or, for that matter reduce our dependency on states around the globe to keep our lights on, then perhaps we do need to get smarter at using the sources of energy around us: the sunshine on our roofs, the air around us, heat from the earth and much more.
Making use of the resources we have around us.
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Thomas' hopes of winning the race were dealt a huge blow when he was caught in a pile-up involving a police motorbike.
Having started Sunday's ninth stage in second place, Team Sky's co-captain is now more than five minutes behind the leader, Movistar's Nairo Quintana.
Welshman Thomas had a precautionary scan on a shoulder injury on Monday.
Having been given the all-clear, the 30-year-old was then able to join his team-mates on a training ride on the Giro's second rest day.
Thomas is 17th overall, five minutes and 14 seconds behind Quintana.
"I'm OK and there's nothing broken. I've had a lot worse injuries and I'll be able to get through it," Thomas told Team Sky's website.
"There's still a lot of racing to be done, whether I go for trying to improve my GC [general classification] position all the way through to Milan, or just try and target a couple of stages.
"I think just take it day by day at the moment, but certainly go 100% tomorrow [in the time trial]."
His co-captain Mikel Landa also had a scan on Monday after being involved in the same crash, and the Spaniard is hopeful of completing the race.
1. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 42hrs 06mins 09secs
2. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +28secs
3. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) +30secs
4. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +51secs
5. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) +1min 10secs
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +1min 28secs
7. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +2mins 28secs
8. Davide Formolo (Ita/Cannondale) +2mins 45secs
9. Andrey Amador (Crc/Movistar) +2mins 53secs
10. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) +3min 06secs
The 83-year-old man was driving a Honda Jazz which was in collision with an Audi A1 at about 11:00 on Sunday.
The man and a 69-year-old woman from Berkshire who was driving the other vehicle were taken to Dumfries Infirmary for treatment.
Police confirmed that the man had died on Wednesday and have appealed for witnesses to the accident.
The actor will be on the public address system at Bromley-by-Bow station.
It was chosen because it's replaced by the fictional Walford East station on Tube maps in the show.
"I can't tell you how much I loved sitting in the control room with them lovely ladies in their blue coats who work tirelessly," says Dyer.
"I remember I used to go through [Bromley-by-Bow] and get off at Mile End on the District Line and change to the Central Line to get to Stratford.
"It brought back some happy memories. So remember everyone - mind that gap."
Dyer plays Mick Carter, landlord of the Queen Vic, in the soap opera.
Sandra Anderson, manager of Bromley-by-Bow station, says: "Our station is at the heart of the East End and it is fantastic that as part of EastEnders' 30th anniversary, our customers will be able to hear one of the most recognisable voices from the show telling them that there is a 'right pukka' service on the District Line."
Last year celebrities including Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley and Barbara Windsor all recorded announcements for trains and buses as part of London Poppy Day.
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The regulator said that customers were "bamboozled" by a complex system of tariffs, which have increased from 180 to more than 300 since 2008.
The "big six" suppliers should also face more competition, Ofgem said.
However, industry body Energy UK said that the number of tariffs simply reflects consumer demand and competition within the industry.
Ofgem said it would force energy firms to auction off up to a fifth of the electricity they generate, making room for new companies.
Ofgem said it had also found evidence that the "big six" energy firms "have adjusted prices in response to rising costs more quickly than they reduced them when costs fell".
Competition in the UK energy market is being stifled through complicated tariffs and a lack of transparency, and energy firms had "failed to play it straight with consumers", it said.
Ofgem launched a review of the energy market after claims were made that suppliers were making excessive profits.
Earlier in the year, British Gas said operating profits had risen by 24% in 2010 to £742m.
In November, Ofgem said that energy supplier's net profit margin per typical customer rose from £65 in September to £90 in November, a 38% rise.
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Energy firms could be referred to the Competition Commission if they do not comply with the new system, Ofgem said.
"Consumers must have confidence that energy companies are playing fair at a time when they are being asked to foot the £200bn bill to pay for the investment Britain needs to ensure secure and sustainable energy supplies," said chief executive Alistair Buchanan in a statement.
One supplier, Scottish Power, will face an investigation into its pricing regime, Ofgem said.
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That investigation is in addition to an ongoing Ofgem investigation into British Gas, EDF Energy and Npower into how they handle consumers' complaints.
Ofgem is also still investigating possible mis-selling by EDF Energy, Npower, Scottish Power, and Scottish and Southern Energy.
"In response to customer demand, there is now a wide range of energy products available - such as green tariffs and fixed tariffs - to meet the diverse needs of different customers," said Christine McGourty of the energy industry body Energy UK.
"If energy companies are not setting out these options clearly enough then this is something that should be addressed."
Long-term deals
Brian Snow worked for an energy company for his entire career and says that he does not understand his energy bill.
"I do not understand the tariff that I am on and cannot compare the different options and companies.
I do an annual check of my costs but I rely on one of the comparison companies to tell me which company and which tariff is best for me.
However, the 'best' tariff never seems to last for long and my bill always seems to increase.
I pity old or disadvantaged people who do not have a computer or the computer literacy to use the comparison sites.
If I, as an electrical engineer with a degree, cannot understand these tariffs - how can they?"
The regulator also wants to ban automatic rollovers of fixed contracts.
Some customers pay a set price each month for their energy over the period of a contract, irrespective of price changes for other customers.
Ofgem wants to ban suppliers automatically renewing these deals so customers are not repeatedly tied in to long-term deals.
A similar ban on automatic rollover contracts for land line telephone lines was proposed by communications regulator Ofcom earlier this month.
Instead, customers should default back to the standard tariff, unless they actively choose another fixed-term deal, it said.
Watchdog Consumer Focus welcomed Ofgem's review of the energy market.
"Companies are now on a very short leash," said chief executive Mike O'Connor.
"We welcome the explicit statement from Ofgem that the energy market is fundamentally failing consumers and that comprehensive and determined action is necessary to set it on the straight and narrow."
The "big six" energy firms are British Gas, E.On Energy, EDF Energy, Npower, Scottish and Southern Energy and Scottish Power.
Jaf Shah of the Acid Survivors Trust International said a licensing system should be introduced to ensure all purchasers' details were recorded.
Currently shops must report someone to the police only if they feel they are acting suspiciously when they buy acid.
The Home Office said attackers faced a life sentence on conviction.
Mr Shah told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme: "Acid is far too easily available in hardware stores and online. The government can do a great deal more in terms of tightening the controls around the sale of acid.
"You can introduce a licensing system which requires individuals purchasing acid to record their details, that would help the police in their investigation process. I would make a strong case that there should be a restriction on the sale of acid to anyone under the age of 18."
Wayne Ingold, 57, from Essex, was attacked with acid in 2014 in a case of mistaken identity in his flat's communal area.
"The pain was unbelievable. I put my right hand up to protect my face and as I turned to run back to my flat, they kept throwing it at the back of my head," he explained.
"I ran into the en-suite and looked into the mirror and my face had turned yellow. It looked like it was melting candle wax... the pain was immense.
"When I came out of hospital my face was black, some of my teeth too - everyone was staring and pointing, I was embarrassed."
Mr Ingold underwent surgery and skin grafts for burns to his face, hands, neck, arms and shoulder.
"It affected my life quite badly in the first couple of months because I was scared of repercussions, I couldn't go back to my home - I had to move."
Police had believed the attackers had also been injured by the acid and caught them after contacting hospitals to ask if anyone had sought treatment.
Earlier this month, two teenagers were jailed for five and three years for the attack.
Mr Ingold believes corrosive substances are too easily available to buy.
"It's cheap and easy to come by - that's pretty appalling really. The government needs to put some kind of legislation out there.
"To buy a knife you have to be 18. It should be the same for acid or corrosive liquids."
Figures for England from the Health and Social Care Information Centre, which collates statistics for the NHS, suggest the number of people admitted to hospital due to an assault with a corrosive substance has doubled in the past 10 years.
In 2004-05 there were 55 admissions, while there were 109 in 2013-14. These did not include people injured in military incidents.
The figures show that in the six years since 2009-10, the figures have remained at about 100 admissions each year.
The National Police Chiefs' Council lead for violence and public protection, deputy chief constable Andrew Cooke, said it was impossible for police to prevent people from buying acid.
"An awful lot of materials in these attacks can be used for legitimate purposes, only a very small amount are used in this kind of attack. It's difficult to prevent people buying these substances online and in shops," he said.
"All we can do is to get the education message out, the intelligence message out, and target the people who may have the propensity to commit these kind of offences [by] working hard to prevent domestic violence and hate crime - offences that might lead to this kind of attack."
Government guidelines state that sulphuric acid is a "reportable explosives precursor" and suspicious transactions must be reported to the police.
The reasons why a seller may be suspicious include if the buyer cannot plausibly explain its intended use, aims to buy it in uncommon quantities, insists on unusual payment methods or is unwilling to provide proof of identity or address.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "There is no place in society for these sickening attacks and perpetrators face a life sentence if they are convicted.
"We want to get a true picture of this type of crime and we need victims to know they can come forward with the confidence their allegation will be taken seriously and be properly investigated by police."
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Despite intensified dialogue since January 2012 on the possible military dimensions of the programme, there had been no agreement, said Yukiya Amano.
It might no longer be possible to find evidence of nuclear weapons research at the Parchin site, he added.
The West believes Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons, which it denies.
Earlier, Iraq's deputy prime minister warned Israel that it would not tolerate the use of its airspace for a military strike on Iran's nuclear sites.
Hussein Shahristani told the AFP news agency that Israel's government had been informed via a third party that it would have to "bear the consequences" if Iraq's sovereignty was violated.
Israel, widely assumed to be the Middle East's only nuclear-armed state, has refused to rule out military action to halt Iran nuclear programme, which it considers an existential threat.
Iran was expected to dominate discussions at the 35-nation Board of Governors of the IAEA at its headquarters in Vienna on Monday.
Speaking at the start of proceedings, Mr Amano showed his exasperation with the lack of progress during 10 rounds of negotiations between Iran and the so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany - over the past 17 months.
"Despite the intensified dialogue between the agency and Iran... no agreement has been reached on the structured approach document. To be frank, for some time now we have been going round in circles," he said.
"This is not the right way to address issues of such great importance to the international community, including Iran."
He added: "We need to achieve concrete results without further delay to restore international confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities."
Mr Amano complained that IAEA inspectors had been unable to gain access to the Parchin military facility, south of Tehran, since 2011.
Concerns about its possible role in Iran's nuclear programme emerged in 2004, when reports surfaced that a large explosives containment vessel had been built there to conduct hydrodynamic experiments.
The IAEA has warned that hydrodynamic experiments, which involve high explosives in conjunction with nuclear material or nuclear material surrogates, are "strong indicators of possible weapon development".
Iran has denied that there are any nuclear-related activities at Parchin, but has been accused of delaying access in order to buy time to remove evidence.
Mr Amano admitted on Monday that "because of the extensive activities by Iran it may no longer be possible to find anything, even if we are given access". These included the massive removal of soil, asphalting and possible dismantling of infrastructure, he said.
He added that recent progress in Iran's uranium enrichment work and construction of a heavy-water research reactor at Arak was in "clear contravention" of UN Security Council resolutions.
Organised by Leeds Motorcycle Action Group (MAG), the ride started from Squires Cafe, near Sherburn in Elmet, and finished at a pub outside Leeds.
The group is campaigning for all motorcycles, scooters and mopeds to be allowed to use the city's bus lanes.
Leeds City Council said it would "fully harness" views during a consultation on its new strategic transport plan.
The event is also billed as an annual celebration of the "freedom and joy" of riding motorcycles.
Richard Manton, of Leeds MAG, said riding in bus lanes could give bikes a "safer area to commute in" and increased bike use could reduce traffic congestion.
He urged the council to see motorcyclists "as part of the solution, not part of the problem".
Organisers said the ride also was to draw the attention to what they claimed was the lack of motorcycles in the West Yorkshire strategic transport plan for the next 20 years.
Councillor James Lewis, of Leeds City Council, said the council's consultation for the plan would "fully harness the thoughts and views" of motorcyclists.
The riders came into the city centre as individual riders rather than a parade marshalled by West Yorkshire Police and the number of riders caused some slight congestion.
Clanmil Housing Group said the financing will underpin an eight-year build programme which will support up to 500 jobs in the construction sector.
It is the second recent major funding announcement involving social housing.
Earlier in the month, the European Investment Bank agreed £280m of loans with two other housing associations.
"These investments demonstrate the social housing sector is playing an important role in bolstering and growing our economy," said Steve Amos, the chair of Clanmil.
The loans are "on attractive terms" from three local banks.
Around 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the waiting list for low-rent social housing.
The charges are in connection with a police investigation into comments made at a republican commemoration event in Lurgan on Easter Sunday.
Detectives searched properties in north Belfast and Lurgan as part of the investigation.
The man is expected to appear at Craigavon Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
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National League leaders Lincoln almost caused an upset on Saturday as they led 2-1 at the side 15th in the Championship before Tom Lawrence equalised late on.
The replay will take place at Sincil Bank with kick-off at 20:05 GMT.
The winner of the tie will face Championship leaders Brighton in the fourth round.
Lincoln City will be the 17th different non-league club to be given BBC TV coverage this season.
His latest pick is former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin as his treasury secretary, where he will be responsible for government borrowing, assisting in the overhaul of the tax code and preparing financial sanctions against other countries.
The appointment still needs to be approved by the Senate. It's an unusual - and somewhat controversial - choice, given candidate Trump's criticism of Wall Street.
Here are five things you need to know about Steven Mnuchin.
Steven Mnuchin will follow in the footsteps of fellow Goldman alumni Robert Rubin (under Bill Clinton) and Henry Paulson under (George W Bush) in the Treasury job. Mr Mnuchin spent 17 years early in his career at the investment bank, where he oversaw trading of mortgage-backed bonds and rose from partner to chief information officer. Goldman chief executive Lloyd Blankfein described Mr Mnuchin - who served as Mr Trump's national finance chairman - as "a very smart guy". "When I was running the fixed-income division, he was a high-flyer," Mr Blankfein said recently. Mr Mnuchin left Goldman in 2002 and two years later founded the hedge fund Dune Capital Management.
The future US treasury secretary coming to a screen near you? Yes, it's true. He plays a banker in Warren Beatty's new film Rules Don't Apply. Besides working in finance, Mr Mnuchin has longstanding ties to Hollywood. He teamed up with producer-director Brett Ratner and Australian businessman James Packer to form RatPac Dune Entertainment. Together they produced some of Hollywood's most successful movies, including Avatar and Mad Max: Fury Road. Recent projects include Sully and The Accountant. He was briefly co-chairman of Relativity Media before it went bankrupt.
Mr Mnuchin returned to banking during the financial crisis, gathering a group of investors including hedge fund bigwigs George Soros and John Paulson, private equity investor Christopher Flowers and computer mogul Michael Dell to buy failed mortgage lender IndyMac. The bank, renamed OneWest Bank, returned to financial health but it became known for quickly seizing the homes of borrowers who fell behind on their mortgage payments.
In 2009, a New York judge called OneWest's behaviour "harsh, repugnant, shocking and repulsive'' in trying to foreclose on a New York family. OneWest said it "respectfully disagreed" with the court. Two years later, protesters marched on Mr Mnuchin's Los Angeles mansion accusing OneWest Bank of aggressive foreclosure practices. It was sold to CIT Group in 2015 in a lucrative deal.
Like his new boss, Steven Mnuchin grew up in a wealthy family. His father, Robert Mnuchin, was a banker-turned-upscale art dealer and his mother was a vice president of the International Directors' Council of the Solomon Guggenheim Museum. When she died in 2005, she made Steven and his brother Alan the beneficiaries and executors of her estate. Within a few months, they withdrew $3.2m from her account with Bernard Madoff Securities. Three years later Madoff was arrested and the two were sued by the trustee trying to recover money for victims of Madoff's Ponzi scheme. The suit was dropped because of time restrictions.
Donald Trump could soon be in a position of having sued his own treasury secretary. Mr Mnuchin's Dune Capital was among a group of lenders, including Deutsche Bank, who provided loans for the construction of a Trump skyscraper in Chicago. Mr Trump sued the lenders during the credit crunch to extend the terms of the loan. The suit was later settled. Mr Trump and Mr Mnuchin have also previously worked together on a hotel in Hawaii.
The average full-time salary increased by 3% to almost £24,728.
The details are contained in a report from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
It said 97% of staff benefited from a raise "attributable to new pay scales" that followed a review in 2011-12.
Although nearly all staff got an increase, for 35% of people the rise was between 0.1% and 1.9%.
A further 3% got no pay rise.
The average salary in the civil service compares with an average £21,345 in the private sector, according to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.
The report stated that lower-grade staff are better paid than their counterparts in the rest of the UK, though this situation is the reverse among the upper ranks.
Twenty-three staff - likely to include permanent secretaries of Stormont departments - earned more than £100,000 in 2014.
All but two of them were men.
As part of budget cuts, the NI Executive is currently exploring pay restraint and voluntary redundancies in the civil service and wider public sector.
This story was updated on 19th December to more clearly reflect the range of salary increases.
The New York billionaire has emerged victorious in his third-straight nominating contest. He has come out on top in primaries in New England and the south, and he has now won a caucus in the west.
He is bringing voters to the polls who have never participated in the Republican political process before - voters who the political wags never thought would turn out.
He is appealing to hard-core Tea Party conservatives and born-again evangelicals; libertarian true-believers and blue-collar moderates. If caucus entrance polls are to be believed, Mr Trump even won Nevada Hispanics by a significant margin over two Cuban-American senators.
If Mr Trump is the winner, the rest of the field - no matter how it shakes out - are the clear losers. And they are losers who are running out of time to derail the growing Donald Trump juggernaut.
Can it be done? The odds are growing increasingly long, but here are five ways it might happen - and why it probably will not.
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Marco Rubio has secured the blessing of Republican officeholders across the nation.
He finished second to Donald Trump in South Carolina and could repeat the performance in Nevada.
But second place is first loser, as the saying goes, and he needs to find somewhere to break through and notch some wins before Trump becomes inevitable. Where does that happen? Even in his home state of Florida he trails the New Yorker.
How Trump is beaten: The Republican Party apparatus has picked its candidate, and consolidated support allows Rubio to pull ahead while Trump never breaks past 30-40%. Maybe the Floridian forces Kasich out of the race - either by promising him the vice-president spot or by appealing to his civic responsibility.
It takes Rubio a while to start winning primaries, but when he does the victories snowball into a wave that carries the senator to the nomination.
Why it does not happen: The establishment field is still somewhat fractured.
John Kasich seems stubbornly determined to stay in the race, and Ted Cruz likely pulls away some anti-Trump support that could be Rubio's.
Time is running short. Despite a strong effort in Nevada, Rubio could not get any traction. If he is going to make his move, it has to be soon.
Is Marco Rubio Hillary Clinton's worst nightmare?
The momentum Ted Cruz had after his Iowa caucuses and second-place showing in New Hampshire has evaporated. He may have hoped his organisation in Nevada would allow him to be a surprise winner, but that was not to be.
As he said during his concession speech, next Tuesday, when a large slate of southern states vote, will be the "most important night" of his campaign.
How Trump is beaten: Cruz recaptures his magic thanks to a strong performance in his delegate-rich home state of Texas and across the South. Trump's air of inevitability is broken, and he falls back to the pack.
Why it does not happen: If there is a candidacy that is broken, it is Cruz's.
He has endured a string of bad headlines, including having to fire his chief spokesman after a social media scandal. With his win in South Carolina Trump has already shown he can thrive in the South - and he buries Cruz on Tuesday with across-the-board victories.
Ted Cruz's rapid, rocky ascension to presidential candidate
Ohio Governor John Kasich did not even try to contest Nevada and seems ill-suited for the upcoming slate of southern primaries. Where he does have a chance, however, is in his home state of Ohio, which votes on 15 March.
Starting then, many of the states, including Ohio, are winner-take-all. That is where Kasich makes his move.
How Trump is beaten: If Kasich can nab all of Ohio's delegates and maybe pick off another Midwest state or two, he could garner enough support to deny Trump the nomination.
If no one has a majority of the delegates at the end of the primary process, there is a brokered convention where the presidential nominee will be decided by behind-the-scenes manoeuvring and deal-striking between the various candidate camps.
Why it does not happen: Kasich currently trails Trump in Ohio and across the Midwest. He has got little momentum and even less money. If he survives to 15 March, it will be only just barely. There has not been a Republican brokered since 1948 - ancient history in US politics.
Who is John Kasich?
The editors of the Boston Globe suggested an interesting strategy for left-leaning independent voters in Massachusetts, where Trump currently holds a large lead over his Republican competitors. In the state's primary on 1 March, they said, even unaffiliated liberal voters should cross party lines and support one of Trump's opponents.
By picking someone other than Trump, they would keep the New Yorker's margin of victory down and deny him delegates.
How Trump is beaten: With Massachusetts voters leading the way, independents and even Democrats in states with open primaries flock to the polls to stop a candidate they view as toxic. That helps lessen Trump's advantage in new voters and tips the electoral scale to one of his opponents.
Why it does not happen: Some Democrats appear to be openly cheering for Trump to burn the Republican Party to the ground, figuring he will be easily defeated in the general election. Besides, the Bernie Sanders v Hillary Clinton battle is still going strong, and they might be more concerned with actually picking their party's nominee.
Maybe, just maybe Trump finally says something so outrageous, so politically radioactive that it torpedoes his candidacy.
Perhaps there's a position so anathema to conservatives that even Trump cannot take it without alienating his voters. Or maybe there is a segment of the population the New Yorker just cannot insult without repercussions.
How Trump is beaten: Conservative voters shake their heads, as if emerging from a long slumber, and decide they do not want to support a brash, controversial businessman for commander in chief after all. There was a line out there, and Trump finally crosses it.
Why it does not happen: There is no line. This is not a dream. Trump may still be beaten, but he is not going to beat himself.
Myron Issac-Yarde, 17, was found dying in Camplin Street, New Cross, on 3 April after officers were called to reports of an altercation.
The musician, who was also known as MDot, had performed in concerts and online videos. An online funding plea raised almost £14,000 for his funeral.
The accused boy, 15, who cannot be named, appeared at Bromley Youth Court.
He rose to give his name, age and address before he was remanded in custody.
He will next appear at the Old Bailey on 12 April.
A 16-year-old boy and a man aged 19 arrested on suspicion of murder have been bailed.
Two other teenagers previously also arrested on suspicion of murder, aged 15 and 16, have been bailed until May.
31 January 2017 Last updated at 17:20 GMT
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Gen John Allen, special presidential envoy for the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group, said IS had to be defeated and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "had to go".
He said it was "heart-wrenching" to see people fleeing the region.
But he added that the coalition was in a stronger place than a year ago.
He also praised Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi as "a real partner".
Europe is struggling to deal with an enormous influx of refugees and migrants, mostly from Syria but also from Iraq and other countries, fleeing violence and poverty.
"The millions who are fleeing their homes, that's not just about Daesh," said Gen Allen, using an Arabic name for IS.
"It's also about the conditions in the region, the horrendous conditions that are a direct result of Bashar al-Assad and several years of the civil war."
Asked if he felt responsible for those fleeing to Europe, he said: "I feel that we can help them. We have worked very hard to help in the humanitarian crisis in that region."
"We've got to solve the conflict though. The conflict has got to be solved at a political level and a global level."
"We are going to see that the manifestation of that conflict will play out in a number of ways - right now it is playing out in this heart-wrenching vision of the people who are streaming out of the region."
Gen Allen described IS as a "manifestation of an absence of hope for so many people".
"This instability has been created by Bashar al-Assad and that regime. He ultimately chose to make war on his own people. That ultimately created the crisis that we face today.
"So it's not just about dealing with Daesh, it's about creating the conditions that can put us on track for a political diplomatic solution as well."
He added: "Bashar al-Assad has got to go. He is both a point and a representation of what has caused so much instability in the region and so many people to want to fight, to fight him and to fight each other."
He said IS was being pushed back on several fronts and progress had also been made on a political level in Iraq.
"Where we are today compared to where we were a year ago is pretty dramatically different," he said.
"In the context of just governance alone in Iraq we are dealing with a real partner in Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. He's come a very long way in the year that he's been prime minister, farther certainly than he predecessor."
Last September, US President Barack Obama announced the formation of a broad international coalition to combat IS, which has seized large swathes of Syria and Iraq.
Despite the coalition's efforts, militants have made gains in some areas, including at Ramadi in Iraq and at Palmyra in Syria.
Iraq's government promised to retake Ramadi back in May, but so far it has only managed to encircle the city.
However, Kurdish forces have forced IS back to a frontline about 50km (30 miles) from the city of Raqqa - the group's de facto capital in Syria.
It's got diplomats, generals, bishops, former foreign secretaries, savants, super-lawyers, mandarins, ex-chancellors, immigration campaigners, authors, business folk, and even ex-policemen.
I can predict with confidence that, by tea-time on Monday, everything will have been said, although in the best House of Lords tradition, not everyone will have (yet) said it.
It seems unlikely that the debate will even end in a recorded vote.
The House of Lords normally gives an unopposed Second Reading to government legislation, so it would be a breach of tradition (which is a very big deal on the Red Benches) to force a division - and the only motive would be to record the individual votes, because a thumping majority for the Bill would be the certain result.
Incidentally, with 191 peers down to speak at the moment, the total tops the previous record of 182 who joined the list to speak on the 1999 House of Lords Bill (Hat-tip to Matthew Purvis, Head of Research at the Lords Library).
So what is to be learned from the debate? Watch the crossbenchers. The crossbench or independent peers are not a party - they have no agreed policies, still less a whip, and their main rule is that their members must carry no taint of party allegiance, which means no local membership, and no financial donations.
It follows that there is no crossbench line on Brexit, but the crossbenchers could well provide the swing vote on the key amendments to be debated at the bill's committee stage, a week after Second Reading.
So any indication that they are breaking in a particular direction will be significant. One key figure may be the super-lawyer, Lord Pannick, who led the legal team which forced the Government to introduce this Bill in the first place.
In debates on legal issues, in particular, he has been able to persuade the Lords' legion of retired judges and senior QCs to back his initiatives, and his name appears on an amendment from Labour's shadow Brexit spokesperson, Baroness Hayter, requiring prior Parliamentary approval for agreements with the European Union, which bears a considerable resemblance to the "Meaningful Vote" proposed by Labour in the Commons.
The "Meaningful Vote" looks likely to provide the toughest test for the government whips, although the issue of the status of EU citizens resident in the UK will also be raised - and here the support for the amendment from the Joint Committee on Human Rights could be important.
So the two days next week will provide an opportunity for sensitive antennae to gauge the mood in the Chamber - will peers feel they have no right to meddle with a bill which gives expression to the referendum verdict?
Will those who're tempted to tamper be frightened off by menacing rumblings about abolishing them? Will they dismiss the warnings - or will some decide that if there is any cause worth risking their status for, the EU is it?
Meanwhile this week should also see the final flourish of HS2, and some interesting manoeuvres around the campaign to crack down on international human rights abusers and a chance for (English) MPs to complain about the funding for their police and local councils.
The Commons kicks off at 14.30 GMT with Work and Pensions Questions
The main legislating will be on the Report and Third Reading stages of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill which implements the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
The convention was prompted by the widespread destruction and looting of cultural property in the second world war - and has been given new resonance by the destruction of ancient monuments in the Middle East, like the city of Palmyra.
MPs then move on to what will probably be their last rites on the HS2 Bill, or to give it its full title, the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill.
They're due to consider Lords amendments - and the changes made in the Lords are pretty detailed tweaks - so unless opponents of the Bill are planning some last minute theatre, this will be the final episode in the marathon four-year process of approving the first phase of HS2.
In Westminster Hall at 16.30 BST MPs debate two e-petitions arguing opposite views of President Trump's proposed state visit to the UK.
Petition 171928 says that "Donald Trump's well documented misogyny and vulgarity disqualifies him from being received by Her Majesty the Queen or the Prince of Wales. Therefore during the term of his presidency Donald Trump should not be invited to the United Kingdom for an official State Visit."
On the other hand, Petition 178844 says: "Donald Trump should be invited to make an official State Visit because he is the leader of a free world and UK is a country that supports free speech and does not believe that people that oppose our point of view should be gagged."
As always on these occasions, there is no vote - although a minister will give the Government response. (Incidentally, the Government petitions website generates maps showing where the signatures come from - take a look; it's fascinating!)
In the Lords, the usual half hour of questions to ministers will be but a brief appetiser for the mammoth Second Reading debate on the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill - which will also encompass most of Tuesday's sitting.
The Commons opens at 11.30 GMT with Foreign Office Questions
The SNP's Chris Stephens has a Ten Minute Rule Bill to end to the premium-rate charges on phone inquiries about benefits, which he calls the "telephone tax".
He says disabled people who use the government hotline to appeal against benefits sanctions are charged more than millionaires calling to query their tax bill, and he wants the Department for Work and Pensions to drop costly 0345 numbers that have seen his constituents paying up to £9 to make an inquiry on their benefits status.
Then MPs turn to the Criminal Finances Bill - which extends the powers of law enforcement agencies to tackle money laundering from the proceeds of tax, evasion, organised crime or for financing terrorism.
The annual amount of money laundered globally amounts to $1.6 trillion, while the National Crime Agency believes many billions of pounds are laundered into or through the UK as a result of international corruption.
Watch out for an "Magnitsky" amendment from the former Justice Minister Dominic Raab, who has assembled impressive cross-party backing for a change in the law to tackle those implicated in gross human rights abuses, such as the murder of Sergei Magnitsky a lawyer who uncovered corruption and tax fraud in Russia, and was killed in prison.
This is a cause Mr Raab has been pursuing for several years - along with his call for a ban on UK visas for those implicated in such crimes.
There's now a competing amendment from the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, which looks to be an attempt at a compromise on the issue, so look out for some close questioning of ministers on the detail of their amendment.
Then the House will vote on motions to up-rate social security benefits and pensions.
In the adjournment debate, the Conservative former defence minister, Dr Andrew Murrison, marks the centenary of the sinking of the SS Mendi - which claimed the lives of more than 600 South African servicemen whilst travelling from Plymouth to France.
In Westminster Hall, my eye was caught by Helen Grant's debate between 9.30 and 11.00 GMT on a Better Defence Estate Strategy - the Ministry of Defence owns about 1.8% of the UK's land mass; it costs £2.5bn a year to maintain; and 40% of our assets are more than 50 years old.
Given the Armed Forces are 30% smaller than at the end of the last century while the estate has only reduced by 9%, there may be scope to sell some of it off.
The latest plans earmark 91 of the most expensive sites for disposal, with the thought that this will make an important contribution to the government's target to release land for 55,000 homes. This could attract considerable interest from MPs whose constituencies include some of the land in question.
Helen Grant's main focus will be on the decision to close Invicta Park Barracks, in her Maidstone constituency, and in particular on the Queen's Gurkha Engineers, who serve there, and their families. Unlike most of the regular army the Gurkhas tend to remain located at one base, where they make their permanent home.
As a result, Maidstone has become the home of a very close knit Nepalese community, which is well integrated within the life of the town. She fears the closure of the barracks would see this community broken up, which could amount to a breach of the military covenant.
I'm also intrigued by Sir William Cash's debate between 16.30 and 17.30 GMT on the future of the London Stock Exchange, which presumably deals with its proposed £21bn merger with Frankfurt-based Deutsche Borse.
The veteran Eurosceptic is rather coy about what he plans to say, other than to mention that he's been doing some detective work. Perhaps there will be some clues in the Sunday papers....
In the Lords, peers open for business earlier than usual at 11.00 GMT to continue debating the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill - with a half-hour respite for questions to ministers at 14.30 BST.
The Commons opens at 11.30 BST with International Development Questions followed, at noon by Prime Minister's Questions.
The day's Ten Minute Rule Bill, from the Conservative James Berry, aims to end the ability of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority in North London, to raise a levy on the council tax charged by all London Boroughs. He says few people from his South-West London constituency ever go there.
Then MPs debate motions to approve the coming year's grants to English Police Authorities and local councils - both could be pretty contentious this time around.
In Westminster Hall, the three Hull MPs - Alan Johnson, Diana Johnson and Karl Turner - have a debate between 9.30 and 11.00 BST on changes in council funding and social care. In what I suspect will become a familiar debating subject, they aim to draw attention to the effect of changes to funding formulas on the levels of care provided and on preventative health services.
Mr Johnson accuses the government of using "smoke and mirrors" to try to suggest that local authorities don't have a problem.
Between 14.30 and 16.00 GMT, the Conservative Jake Berry will be pushing for the government to use the forthcoming Commonwealth trade ministers meeting in March to start the ball rolling on post-Brexit free trade deals with Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
In the Lords, the day's main event is the first of two Report Stage days of the Digital Economy Bill, covering such issues as online pornography and Intellectual Property.
There's also a short debate on improving standards of nutrition for women and girls globally led by the Conservative, Baroness Manzoor.
The Commons opens (9.30am) with Transport Questions, followed by the weekly Business Statement from the Leader of the House, David Lidington, setting out forthcoming Commons debates.
Next comes an Opposition Day Debate on a subject to be chosen by the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party
And that will be followed by a backbench debate on unaccompanied children in Greece and Italy
In Westminster Hall at 13.30 GMT, the SNP's Dr Lisa Cameron leads a debate on publicly accessible amenities for disabled people and at 15.00 GMT MPs will debate the Transport Select Committee's report on road traffic law enforcement. This notes that the decline in fatalities in road accidents has slowed in recent years, and the most recent annual figures show a small increase.
Look out for contributions from members of the extremely active All Party parliamentary Group on Cycling - they are conducting an inquiry of their own into the way the courts deal with accidents involving cyclists, and have noticed that the Transport Committee have highlighted the increase in injuries to pedal cyclists.
In the Lords at 11.00 GMT, as is usual as the end of the parliamentary year approaches, peers have dropped their normal Thursday backbench debates in favour of polishing off less controversial legislation.
So it's the Third Reading of the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill - which aims to give the Government powers to cut the cost of drugs to the NHS, and it's the first Report Stage day on the Neighbourhood Planning Bill.
It's private members bill day in both the Commons and the Lords. In the Commons at 9.30 GMT, the first business is the SNP MP Dr Eilidh Whiteford's Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence Bill - which puts the "Istanbul Convention", a Council of Europe Convention, into UK law.
The convention requires countries to take action to eliminate violence against women and assume extra-territorial jurisdiction to prosecute offences, where necessary. Concerns over the technical complications involved in this have delayed ratification by the UK, since 2014.
There are a number of amendments down from the Home Office Minister Sarah Newton, while Women and Equalities committee member Philip Davies proposes that "everything in the [Istanbul] Convention will be deemed, across the United Kingdom, to apply equally to men and women".
Next comes Conservative Gareth Johnson's Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill, also known as the Walter Mitty Bill, which aims to stop people wearing medals they have not been awarded with the intention to deceive.
As I write, there are no amendments proposed for its Report Stage, and if that remains true, it should be waived through to the House of Lords with minimal delay.
There is a Report Stage amendment down for the next Bill on the agenda, Conservative John Glen's Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill - which aims tidy up the law on this issue.
His Conservative colleague Chris Chope wants to make the repeal of sections 146(3) and 147(3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 retrospective to the date they came into operation - effectively quashing any convictions under them.
After that, I'm not sure MPs will have much time, if any, to devote to the Second Reading of Kevin Foster's Wild Animals in Circuses (Prohibition) Bill.
In the Lords at 10.00 GMT, peers have their first debate on Bob Blackman's Homelessness Reduction Bill - now being promoted by Lord Best. The Bill will require local authorities to help single people who are homeless or in danger of losing their home, and previously didn't qualify - and it has strong cross party support, and, crucially, government backing.
Then come two more private members bills, hot from the Commons.
The Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Bill - which aims to promote digital community radio, and the Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill, which gives local authorities flexibility to vary parking fees, before peers get to the Conservative Lord Shinkwin's Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill, which aims to ban abortion on the grounds that the child may be disabled.
Millers centre-back Richard Wood missed a succession of headers, his closest hitting the crossbar from close range.
Ryan Mendes was the stand-out player for Forest, firing narrowly wide in the first half before twice forcing goalkeeper Lee Camp into good saves.
Both sides remain nine points clear of the relegation zone with four games left after MK Dons' draw at Preston.
The draw halts a run of four straight losses for the visitors, with Rotherham making it nine league games unbeaten.
However, Wood's failure to take one of five presentable headed opportunities will disappoint Neil Warnock as his side missed the opportunity to leapfrog their opposition.
Rotherham have now drawn seven successive games against Nottingham Forest at home in the league, with their last win coming way back in September 1956.
Rotherham manager Neil Warnock:
"It's a cracking point and both sides will argue that they should have won. A point probably suits both teams in the situation that we are both in.
"Tactically we were slightly amiss in the first half but we were more dominant in the second.
"You look at their squad on paper and why they're down there with us I will never know."
Nottingham Forest caretaker manager Paul Williams:
"I've been trying to focus on the performances and apart from the Brentford game we've been slowly building blocks.
"We played some really good stuff today and I've told the players we've got to keep going now.
"There was some good play from the players and Ryan (Mendes) had a few chances to get us the points but I think on the whole a draw might be fair."
The 30-year old is a free agent after being released by Crystal Palace.
Ledley played a starring role for Wales in their 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with Serbia, despite not featuring for the Eagles since February.
However, he says his future is unclear. "Clubs have been in contact with my agent. Nothing is confirmed, we will just wait and see," he told BBC Wales.
"I am going to have a great summer with my family and my children and then see the options which I have.
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"I am not sure (what will happen), we'll have to wait and see what happens, see what is in front of me and make the decision from there."
Ledley says he will have no issues if his next club is outside of the Premier League.
He has been linked with a return to two former clubs, Championship Cardiff City and Scottish champions Celtic, though Bluebirds boss Neil Warnock played down the link.
Ledley, who joined Palace in 2014, says he could be reinvigorated by a switch to another country or division.
"It doesn't bother me (playing in the Premier League) I have been there three-and-a-half-years so maybe a new challenge would be good," he said. "I have only just turned 30."
Netrebko said her gift to the Donetsk opera and ballet theatre was "a step to support art where it is needed now".
Russian Channel 5 TV showed her giving the cheque to Oleg Tsarev, a leader of the armed separatists in Donetsk.
Russian government support for the rebels has been denounced by the West.
The famous soprano made her donation in St Petersburg, where she is a star of the Mariinsky Theatre. She said performers in Donetsk were struggling on with their art despite the freezing cold.
Other top names in Russian culture have also voiced support for President Vladimir Putin's stance on Ukraine, notably the government's annexation of Crimea and support for the pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk.
The Russian celebrities backing the Kremlin over Ukraine include variety singer Iosif Kobzon, film director Nikita Mikhalkov, conductor Valery Gergiev and viola virtuoso Yuri Bashmet.
Customers have complained about money being withdrawn without permission, cards being blocked and long delays to get through to the bank on the phone.
The bank said its anti-fraud systems had identified "suspicious activity" on some customer accounts.
It said the customers affected were in their "thousands but less than 10,000".
By Sunday evening, Tesco Bank said it had spoken to the majority of those customers affected and any stolen money would be refunded from Monday onwards and "within 24 business hours".
Some cards had been immediately blocked as a precautionary measure, but affected customers were still be able to use online banking and carry out chip and pin transactions, the company said.
It said customers should contact the bank if they had any concerns, but added: "We can reassure our customers that they will not lose out as a result."
Alan Baxter from Berwick-upon-Tweed said he had lost £600, leaving him with just £21.88 in the bank.
He said: "Tesco said they couldn't offer me emergency funds but would offer £25 as a goodwill gesture.
"I've got food and petrol to pay for. I have a delivery of coal coming tomorrow for our coal-fired heater and I won't be able to pay."
Kevin Smith, from Blackpool, said he had lost £500 from one account and £20 from another.
He said: "I was just about to go to bed last night when I received a text message from Tesco saying there had been fraud on my account. So of course you panic."
Other customers complained on Tesco Bank's website and on social media about long delays when calling the company's customer service line to find out if their account was affected.
"Appalling service here. Woken at 4am to say contact urgently. Spent over three hours on hold. No answer," one wrote.
Another wrote: "Been waiting 40 mins to get through to @TescoBankNews. I hope my money is safe..."
A third said: "My weekend is not going very well, thanks to Tesco Bank. Money has vanished from my account and you don't even answer the phone."
Robert Schifreen, editor of the computer safety website Security Smart, said Tesco Bank must tell people what happened and how fraudsters obtained customers' bank details.
"It could be, for example, that people have been attaching skimming devices, card readers and cameras specifically to Tesco's cash point machines, so that they've been capturing people's accounts there," he told the BBC.
"It could be somebody who works at Tesco Bank who's had access to the database. It could be somebody else, who Tesco have passed information to, and that information has been hacked."
The Financial Conduct Authority says banks must refund unauthorised payments immediately, unless they have evidence that the customer was at fault or the payment was more than 13 months ago.
Banks are also required to refund any charges or interest added to your account as a result of the fraudulent payments.
Tesco Bank has been owned by Tesco plc since 2008, after starting as a joint venture with Royal Bank of Scotland.
The bank has more than seven million customer accounts and 4,000 staff, based in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle.
His comments come as BBC News was told British Kurds have travelled from the UK to join Kurdish forces fighting IS.
The prime minister said said there was a "fundamental difference" between fighting for the Kurds and joining IS.
The Home Office said taking part in a conflict overseas could be an offence under both criminal and terror laws.
"However, UK law makes provisions to deal with different conflicts in different ways - fighting in a foreign war is not automatically an offence but will depend on the nature of the conflict and the individual's own activities," it added.
One Kurdish woman from West Yorkshire told BBC Radio Leeds she knew of 20 young men from West Yorkshire and Manchester who had travelled to Iraqi Kurdistan to fight IS.
She said the British Kurds had travelled there to protect their "homeland".
Mr Cameron said he was aware the crisis in the region was attracting supporters of both sides from the UK.
He has previously said about 500 Britons had travelled to fight in Syria or Iraq but there are no estimates for the number of Kurds who have gone to fight.
Mr Cameron, also speaking to BBC Radio Leeds, said there was a difference between joining the forces of the "recognised Kurdish authority" and Sunni extremist group IS.
Asked how a distinction between volunteers with the Kurdish authorities and IS fighters would be made if fighters returned to the UK, Mr Cameron said: "That's why we have such highly trained border staff, police and intelligence services to do exactly that work."
He said the Kurdish authorities had done "very good work" opposing the extremists.
However, he added: "We want to limit the number of people travelling from here to go to these dangerous parts of the world, whatever they are planning to do."
The latest Foreign Office advice warns against all travel to large sections of central and northern Iraq, including Irbil, the capital of semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as to Syria.
The UK government also advises against all but essential travel to the rest of Iraq.
Mr Cameron said some Britons who had initially travelled to the Middle East to help with aid convoys had become radicalised while they were there.
"We should focus on making sure humanitarian aid is getting in and you can do that from home," Mr Cameron added.
Details released to the Kent Messenger under a Freedom of Information request reveal that, since 2015, 568 motorists were refused a payout.
In the same period, 208 claims were upheld with £46,748 paid out in total.
Kent County Council said the figures reflected its "improved fault reporting and repairs".
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A recent survey by the Asphalt Industry Alliance found almost a fifth of UK roads were in "poor" condition, with councils almost £730m short of what was needed to keep the network in "reasonable order".
However, under the Highways Act authorities can dismiss drivers' claims if they can demonstrate the defective road is scheduled for repair "within reasonable time".
Jimmy Webb, workshop manager at Miles Garage in Tunbridge Wells, said between two and four cars a week are brought to him with broken springs caused by potholes.
"Five years ago we would probably do one set of springs a month, one every two months," he said.
"Now when a customer comes in and says they've got a rattle we know that nine times out of 10 it will be a broken spring."
Kent County Council's website warns that the "majority of compensation claims are unsuccessful".
In a statement, a spokesman said it was responsible for maintaining 5,400 miles of road network.
"Our low figures for 'successful' claims reflect a low level of liability because of our improved fault reporting and repairs.
"Councils across the country cannot be held liable for a defect they are not aware of, as set out by government legislation."
He added that once reported, the council aimed to repair potholes within a month.
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The Hoegh Osaka car transporter was deliberately grounded on a sandbank to prevent it from completely overturning.
At high tide, when the sea level was at its highest, the ship began to float once again and move in the waves.
Authorities had been pumping water out of the vessel, which still contains 1,400 cars and construction equipment like diggers.
All crew were safely rescued off the ship on Saturday night.
It will now be towed to a safe place so officials can work out what should be done next.
You wanted to know the history behind the Malvern Hills.
You asked about why people refer to "south Shropshire".
And you were curious to find out how Red Street in Stoke-on-Trent got its name. Here is how we got on answering your questions.
Well, it is a big question that takes in geology, the Ice Age, Iron Age hill forts, warning beacons and even the music of Elgar - so here goes.
First things first, how did this distinctive range of hills standing out from the flat flood plain of the River Severn come to be?
They are looked after by a charity called the Malvern Hills Conservators which says the rocks that make up the hills are known as schists and gneisses, and date from the Pre-Cambrian period between 600 and 800 million years ago.
Perhaps the most obvious piece of history on the hills is British Camp - on the Herefordshire Beacon at the southern end of the range.
According to the charity, British Camp is an Iron Age hill fort.
A plaque on the walk up to the top of British Camp bears the local legend that the British chieftain Caractacus made his last stand there.
It is probably not true, but it did inspire the composer Sir Edward Elgar, who loved the hills and lived in Malvern for a time, to compose his cantata Caractacus in 1898.
We think the answer could have something to do with the old South Shropshire District Council, which was created in the mid-1970s and then absorbed into Shropshire Council in 2009.
Further back in history there was once a South Shropshire parliamentary constituency.
Similarly, North Shropshire is often referenced because there was a North Shropshire District Council before 2009. There is still a North Shropshire constituency.
We asked history experts in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire and the overwhelming response was "no".
Jon Goodwin, Stoke-on-Trent City Council's archaeology expert, says he has "no records of a Civil War engagement in Stoke-on-Trent or in any of the surrounding villages".
He says that there was only one set-piece battle in Staffordshire during the conflict - in Hopton Heath (near to Stafford) on 19 March 1643.
Where Red Street is concerned, Andrew George, principal archivist at Staffordshire Record Office, said "some sources suggest that the name came from a struggle between the Saxons and the Danes".
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David Edwards, 51, was a well-known criminal lawyer working in central and east Lancashire.
He was discovered with a stab wound to his chest and died at the scene, Lancashire Police said.
A 42-year-old woman from Chorley has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
Officers were called to a house in Parkers Wood Close at about 20:20 BST on Sunday.
Alex Holliday, who was a Year 10 student at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Faversham, Kent, was learning about marine ecology in Havana.
He died in his hotel room during the early hours of Friday following what is believed to have been "a medical episode from which he did not recover".
His family said he was "gentle, kind and always funny and full of life".
They added: "He was adored by his sister Ellie, and indeed by everyone who knew him."
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Alex was among 30 students and four staff on the trip, which had been nearing its conclusion. He had been due to return home later on Monday.
Head teacher David Anderson described him as "a quiet and determined young man with a wonderful sense of humour".
"He enjoyed all aspects of school life and was making good academic progress."
Mr Anderson said the teenager's "great passion" was athletics.
"He was a rapidly improving middle-distance runner and his contributions to the school athletics and cross-country teams will be sorely missed," he said.
Alex also trained outside school with the Invicta East Kent Athletic Club, in Canterbury, where he was "seen as a rising star", Mr Anderson added.
The teenager was a keen parkrunner, who had 100 runs under his belt.
Event director at Whitstable junior parkrun, Russell Evans, paid tribute to him on the website.
"I cannot even begin to think what the loss of Alex to first and foremost his family must feel like, but also his many school friends and fellow athletes at Invicta East. The thoughts of us in the Whitstable junior parkrun team are with you all."
In a statement, Mr Cairns said he believed the new Welsh Government should have "five clear priorities" in co-operating with Westminster.
These are the steel industry, unlocking the potential of north Wales (the so-called "northern powerhouse"), M4 improvements, the EU referendum and the next stage of devolution.
On the EU, he said: "We need to unite across the political divide and explain our common belief that Wales will prosper by staying within a reformed European Union.
"The UK government's leaflet which will shortly be distributed to every home in Wales sets out our case for this. We need to shelve party politics to ensure Welsh voters make an informed choice."
Shelving party politics might be easier than uniting the Welsh Conservatives on the issue: Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies has announced that he will vote to leave the UK, the fifth of eight Welsh Tory backbench MPs to support "Brexit". Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies is also in the "leave" camp.
On devolution, Mr Cairns suggested: "taking advantage of the opportunities offered in the forthcoming Wales Bill to deliver a real parliament for Wales, with greater powers and a government responsible for raising as well as spending money".
His predecessor, Stephen Crabb, pressed the pause button on that Bill two months ago amid little sign of cross-party consensus.
Mr Cairns added: "Welsh politics has been characterised too often by tribalism and opposition for opposition's sake at either end of the M4. It's time for a new spirit of pragmatism.
"As Wales advances to the next stage of devolution, my message to the new Welsh Government is that we put aside political differences and get on with the big job of delivering projects that will really benefit people's lives. If we can, then the Welsh people will be the real winners of this election."
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Members of the Unison union are already boycotting some duties and have staged shorter strikes in March and April.
The escalated action aims to win extra cash for tasks that are dirty or involve outside work and heavy lifting.
The janitors work for Cordia, a body of Glasgow City Council, which said it was working to ensure schools ran as normal but could not rule out some disruption.
Unison has said that janitors are entitled to a Working Context and Demands Payment which ranges from about £500 to more than £1,000 annually.
The union said that since members began boycotting certain duties in January, schools and playgrounds were not being cleaned as quickly and thoroughly as previously.
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Jane Haining's jewellery was analysed by expert John Benjamin for a special episode of the programme to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Her relatives had believed that the ring originated in Scotland.
However, Mr Benjamin said that on closer examination it carried an Austro-Hungarian stamp and might have been given to her as a gift.
Ms Haining - from Dunscore in Dumfries and Galloway - was arrested by the Nazis while looking after Jewish girls at the Scottish Mission School in Budapest.
She died in Auschwitz in 1944, aged 47.
The ring was shown to Mr Benjamin by her two nieces, Deirdre McDowell and Jane McIvor, from Northern Ireland.
"Someone, probably in gratitude for the extraordinary kindness, gave her the garnet ring," he said.
He described it as "something of a lightning conductor" linking the present day with the "redoubtable woman".
"I am very privileged to see it," he added.
The BBC One programme was filmed at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
In a break from tradition, the BBC decided not to put a value on the artefacts that featured on the programme.
The number was lower than expected and is a sharp slowdown from December, when 292,000 jobs were added.
Job losses in transport and education weighed on the numbers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
Last week, figures showed that US economic growth slowed to an annual rate 0.7% in the final three months of 2015, from 2% in the previous quarter.
Trading on Wall Street suggests investors are concerned that the slowdown in job creation could be a further sign of a weakening US economy. The main Dow Jones closed down 215 points, or 1.3%, at 16.201.75.
But some analysts focused on the positive - that weaker job numbers meant another rise in interest rates was unlikely for now.
"I'm a little surprised the markets reacted somewhat negatively to it," said Sean Lynch at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute.
"It is actually a pretty good number that should be welcomed by the equity markets, it takes some of the concern the Fed moves too quickly off the table a little bit."
President Obama highlighted the low unemployment rate as he plugged aspects of his spending bill to be proposed next week. He plans to push for greater investment in clean energy, where jobs growth has been strong.
The president acknowledged that there was still anxiety among Americans, but said the US economy was "stronger and more durable" then before the financial crisis.
Retailing saw the highest number of jobs created in January, at 58,000, with healthcare adding 37,000 and manufacturing 29,000.
Some 39,000 jobs were lost in private education services, however, with a further 20,000 lost in transport and warehousing.
The net job creation pushed the unemployment rate below 5% - where it had stood for the previous three months - to its lowest level since early 2008.
The labour participation rate was unchanged, suggesting fewer people are dropping out of the labour market - a key problem during the financial crisis.
The average hourly rate rose by 12 cents, or 0.5%, to $25.39, which Greg Anderson at BMO Capital Markets described as "shockingly good".
The shop on Beach Road in Hemsby erupted into flames on Friday.
The building was completely gutted and other nearby premises were damaged.
Mike Peake, vice chairman of the parish council, said: "It's devastating for all the people here. I think it's an absolute disaster for Hemsby."
He added: "It's a blot on the landscape after the disaster in 2013 when the sea took the chalets all away. What more can happen in Hemsby?
"It'll be weeks before the smoke smell and everything else goes away from here."
At its height 45 firefighters tackled the chip shop blaze after it started in a deep fat fryer.
It was eventually damped down on Friday evening, leaving the shop as just a shell.
Hemsby felt the full brunt of the winter tidal surge two years ago when a number of homes and its lifeboat station were swept into the sea.
Since then the community has been raising funds to improve coastal defences.
Mr Peake said he was pleased holidaymakers were in the village, but did not think there were as many at this time of year as there should be.
Local business owners told the BBC the chip shop and its adjoining restaurant had just undergone an 18-month refurbishment.
Barry Cunniffe, who owns a nearby shop, said: "We're fortunate, we're saved, we'll have damage in the sense of smoke but that's all recoverable. It's a devastating loss to the [chip shop] owner.
"Every trader along here has lost a day's trading and I'm sure it will be affected in the days to come."
His death meant Friday's showing of Mack and Mabel at the Theatre Royal was cancelled.
His agent tweeted: "The talented and much loved actor @GianniniAlex died suddenly of natural causes yesterday."
Actress Anna Marie Cseh said on Twitter it was a "real pleasure and privilege" to work with him.
Giannini, 52, also appeared in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Miss Monday, and featured in TV shows such as The Bill and Dalziel and Pascoe.
Agents Felix de Wolfe added: "An incredible life force has left the building."
Stephanie Sirr, chief executive of Nottingham Playhouse tweeted: "Shocking, terrible news. A lovely man with incredible zest for life. A great performer."
The performance on Friday evening was cancelled about an hour before the curtain was due to rise.
David Bloom, of the Chichester Festival Theatre production company, said: "There has been a company bereavement and so the performance tonight has had to be cancelled."
All remaining performances would go ahead as scheduled, the theatre said.
The theatre wrote on Facebook: "Thank you to everyone who was affected by last night's cancellation, for your patience and understanding."
Theatregoer Debbie Lumsden said on the same Facebook page: "Very sad news which was handled with great sensitivity by all the staff at the Theatre Royal last night."
Doctors at Glasgow's Beatson cancer centre spoke out in May amid a shake-up in services linked to the opening of the city's new south side hospital.
Their concerns were looked at by Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
It now wants NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to agree a new model of care for critically ill patients.
It also said that the NHS board should work to rebuild trust with senior staff.
More than 50 professors and consultants at the Beatson warned that patients could be put at risk by proposed changes to services.
Doctors claimed the changes would leave inadequate staffing in the event of emergencies.
They wrote to the health secretary in May to say the situation was "desperate" and called for action.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) said it established an inquiry team to look at the concerns and held a number of meetings with the health board and key staff.
It has now recommended that:
Robbie Pearson, director of scrutiny and assurance for HIS, said: "The Beatson is a world class centre of excellence for cancer care.
"The redesign of Glasgow's acute services is amongst the most substantial and complex in any hospital service within Europe.
"There is work to be done to make this an even more effective service that provides the best quality of care for patients."
He added: "We are confident that our recommendations will be used by the NHS board to provide guidance and support for those working in the Beatson to help them deliver the necessary improvements."
NHS GGC said it accepted HIS's recommendations and would work with management and staff at the Beatson to make sure they were implemented.
Dr Jennifer Armstrong, medical director at NHS GGC, said: "We welcome the report of the inquiry team and the opportunity this provides for NHS GGC management team and consultants at the Beatson to move forward in a constructive way.
"We are pleased that the inquiry has found that the High Acuity Unit is effective and a positive and welcome development which has improved the treatment of acutely unwell patients and also those whose condition is deteriorating.
"All those involved - our oncology doctors and nurses, our critical care doctors and nurses and the Beatson management team - reported to the inquiry that the unit is working well and providing a high quality of service to patients. Patient feedback has also been very positive."
Dr Armstrong added: "Our monitoring and review of the service has shown that it was safe four months ago when it was introduced and remains safe today.
"We do accept however that, while our arrangements are safe and patient care has not been compromised, we can do more to mitigate any risks of introducing this new way of working.
"We are fully committed to making these improvements in partnership with our clinical colleagues."
It becomes the fourth airline this week to announce the electronics ban has been lifted on US-bound flights.
The US imposed the ban in March on direct flights from eight mainly Muslim countries to address fears that bombs could be concealed in the devices.
Qatar Airways and its Doha hub airport said they had strengthened security.
The airline said that "with immediate effect, all personal electronic devices can be carried on board all departures from Hamad International Airport to destinations in the United States".
It comes after Etihad, Turkish Airlines and Emirates announced that the ban had been lifted on their US flights.
The airlines and their respective hub airports have worked with US authorities to increase their security checks.
Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are yet to announce the ban has been lifted.
Last week, US Homeland Security announced measures including enhanced screening, more thorough vetting of passengers and the wider use of bomb-sniffer dogs for US-bound flights from 105 countries.
Airlines expressed hopes at the time that the measures would pave the way for the lifting of the electronics ban.
Saudia, the flagship carrier for Saudi Arabia, said this week that passengers would be able to take the electronics on US flights from 19 July.
The elevation of the 43-year-old Indian origin American to CEO of Google is making waves across Indian media and social media outlets, with many seeing his rise as nothing less than a triumph for the country.
Mr Pichai was born and schooled in Chennai (formerly Madras), in south India.
Among the latest to congratulate Mr Pichai was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who tweeted at him from his personal account.
The tag #Alphabet was one of the top trends in the Indian twittersphere following Google's announcement, but most of the tweets centred around Mr Pichai. Even the usually staid state broadcast channel Doordarshan could barely contain its excitement:
Other media channels followed suit, quickly pushing out profiles and factoids about the new Google CEO for the consumption of an excited public. And India's Twitter has been awash with tweets like these:
There were also these:
According to a profile in Bloomberg magazine, Mr Pichai's upbringing was humble. His family lived in a two room apartment. He didn't have a room - he slept on the living room floor, as did his younger brother.
The family didn't own a television, or a car.
After graduating from IIT Kharagpur, he was offered a scholarship at Stanford, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Mr Pichai's appointment has also reportedly triggered an online Wikipedia war in India, with the battleground being his school.
According to the Indian news website The News Minute, "Soon after his name hit the web as the new CEO, his Wikipedia page was witnessing nothing short of a web-war, with people altering his Wikipedia page to change the name of the school he studied in his hometown in Chennai. The surgery on his page, we believe, was motivated by (presumably) alumni wanting their schools to get the credit for grooming Google's top executive from India."
Wilson, 26, played for Super Rugby side Highlanders earlier in 2016 and will join the Premiership club after Otago's Mitre 10 Cup competition concludes.
Born in New Zealand, he has played international rugby sevens for England and New Zealand, and joined Saracens in December 2012 from Bay of Plenty.
His Otago teammate Paul Grant also signed for Bath on 30 September.
"Jack will be a fantastic addition to the squad. He's very fit from his time with the England Sevens squad," Bath director of rugby Todd Blackadder told the club website.
The museum is marking 15 years since its first Bollywood statue was created.
Kaif, the daughter of a British mother and a Kashmiri father, will be at the museum in London on Saturday for the unveiling, Madame Tussauds said.
Kaif made her debut in Bollywood in 2003 with Boom and has become one of the most sought after actresses in India, correspondents say.
For the wax statue, a team of about 20 sculptors and artists worked with the actress over four months - hundreds of measurements were taken and the museum said the statue cost £150,000 ($222,297).
In the wax model, Kaif will be in a dancing pose and dressed in a sequined outfit, BBC Hindi's Vandana, who uses only one name, reports.
Madame Tussauds unveiled its first Bollywood figure of superstar Amitabh Bachchan in 2000 when it asked the public to vote for an Indian actor who deserved a place in the museum.
Voted superstar of the millennium in a BBC Poll in 1999, Bachchan is worshipped by millions of fans in India and abroad.
Former Miss World and now Bollywood screen goddess Aishwarya Rai is often counted among the most beautiful women in the world.
Rai has worked in dozens of hit films and won several awards for her performances. She also starred in English-language films Pride and Prejudice and Pink Panther.
Her sari-clad wax model was unveiled in 2004.
Superstar Shahrukh Khan attended the unveiling of his model in 2007 and posed next to it.
Khan appeared pleased with the likeness and told the BBC: "What I like most are my eyes."
Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan's wax figure was unveiled in 2011 and soon became among the most kissed statues at Madame Tussauds, according to reports.
The star of hit films like Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Dhoom2, Krrish and Jodha Akbar visited the statue along with his wife and children.
Award-winning actress Madhuri Dixit's likeness was unveiled in 2012.
The museum said they commissioned her statue as they were "constantly inundated with requests" to feature her by her fans around the world.
Palmer, 21, has featured in all four of Burton's matches so far this season and has made a total of 110 appearances for the Championship club.
"He's certainly a big part of our plans," boss Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Derby.
"He was one of those we thought might actually find it better in the Championship with better players around him and a bit more time on the ball."
Palmer, who made his first-team debut for Burton in 2012, was not a first-team regular last season and spent part of the second half of the campaign on loan at Oldham.
"It's been a big turnaround for him. He's only young as well - he's 21 and there's plenty of time," Clough added.
"He's probably our most comfortable player on the ball. He gets moves started up and can play anywhere in midfield.
"He has to be better on the defensive side, but he did some work in the gym in the summer and we've seen the (physical) difference."
Jesse Richards, originally from Gloucester, died at Cleeve Prior in Evesham, Worcestershire, on 31 July 2009.
Five men were jailed in 2012 over the death of the 40-year-old father-of-three, who lived in Surrey, but his body was never recovered.
West Mercia Police said they believe his remains were taken to Warwickshire.
A £10,000 reward is on offer for anyone with information that leads to the recovery of the body.
Lucy Richards said she hoped someone would come forward and help find her son.
"If they could for one minute put themselves in my place they would know the heartache I am feeling and have felt for the last seven years," she said.
Supt Mark Loader, from West Midlands Police, urged people to "consider the pain" the Richards family endures.
He said: "His killers have been brought to justice for their crimes. However, his family continue to suffer and we want to give them the opportunity to lay Jesse to rest."
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The Englishman, 28, won his first major by three shots on five under to become the first British victor in 20 years.
Overnight leader Spieth, 22, led by five shots as he approached the 10th at Augusta, but the American dramatically dropped six shots in three holes.
He ended with a one-over 73, tying for second with England's Lee Westwood.
Westwood's three-under-par 69 gave him his second Masters runners-up finish on two under, with Paul Casey, another Englishman, one shot further back in a tie for fourth.
Spieth will be left ruing a remarkable collapse on the iconic par-three 12th.
He twice found the water in front of the green as he carded a quadruple bogey seven - to follow successive bogeys on the 10th and 11th holes.
That catapulted Sheffield's Willett, who was playing the par-five 15th, into the outright lead - a lead that he would not relinquish after signing for the joint-lowest round of the final day.
Willett is one of the golf's rising stars, having climbed from outside the top 100 to inside the top 10 in less than two years.
But few would have predicted a first major win in only his second appearance on the unforgiving Augusta course, especially because his participation at the Masters had been in doubt, with wife Nicole due to give birth on the final day.
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However, the early arrival of baby Zachariah meant Willett, who said he would have stayed at home if his son had not been born, was able to play.
Willett lay three shots adrift of Spieth on level par going into Sunday after opening rounds of 70, 74 and 72.
But he moved to within a stroke with a birdie at the eighth, his eagle putt just coming up short, on his way to a front-nine 34.
Three successive pars from the 10th and birdies on the 13th and 14th saw him move into the lead as Spieth stumbled.
A further birdie on the par-three 16th kept him clear of the field as he completed one of only two bogey-free final rounds.
The world number 12, who rises to ninth after this win, received a standing ovation as he walked towards the 18th green, on the verge of emulating fellow Englishman Nick Faldo, who won his third and final Green Jacket in 1996.
There was still a nervous wait for Willett though with Spieth needing to birdie the last two holes to force a play-off.
However, the Texan bogeyed the par-four 17th after finding a greenside bunker with his approach, allowing Willett to start his celebrations early.
Spieth was given a sympathetic reception as he trudged towards the clubhouse after a par four on the last but it was no consolation for the emotional two-time major winner.
As Masters tradition dictates, the world number two then had to help Willett into the Green Jacket.
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"It's been crazy," said Willett. "You can't really describe the emotions and feelings.
"We all try to play good golf and someone has to win. Fortunately today it was my day. It was a very surreal day when you look back at the ebbs and flows."
Spieth was aiming to become only the fourth back-to-back winner at Augusta.
He stood on the 10th tee with a five-shot lead after four straight birdies, only to see that advantage dwindle to one by the time he walked onto the 12th.
Dropped shots at the 10th and 11th, coupled with birdies for Willett just ahead on the 13th and 14th, resulted in a four-shot swing.
Then came Spieth's remarkable meltdown at the 12th.
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The world number two planted his tee shot into into Rae's Creek, then clubbed a heavy second attempt into the water, before hitting his fifth shot into the bunker at the back of the green.
He managed to get up and down in two shots from there, but the damage was done.
"It was just a lack of discipline coming off the two bogeys instead of realising I was still leading the Masters by a couple of shots," said Spieth.
"I have no doubt about my ability to close majors, I just think it was a very tough 30 minutes that hopefully I don't experience again."
Willett was not the only Englishman to impress in the final round.
Westwood, who also finished second in 2010, moved into contention with three birdies before the turn.
An chip-in eagle on the par-five 15th put the former world number one, 42, within a shot of Willett, only for a bogey on the next and two final pars to leave him short.
Former Ryder Cup player Paul Casey and young Yorkshireman Matt Fitzpatrick, the only two in the 57-man field to match Willett's final-round 67, finished tied fourth and tied seventh respectively.
Justin Rose, the 2013 US Open champion, finished in a tie for 10th on one over, alongside Northern Ireland's four-time major winner Rory McIlroy and Australia's world number one Jason Day.
McIlroy started the week bidding to become only the sixth man to win all four majors, but his chances of overhauling the rest of the field were slim after a third-round 77 left him five shots adrift of the lead.
The Northern Irishman then bogeyed the first after pushing a nervy opening tee-shot right into the trees.
The world number three, 26, birdied the third to go back level but slipped back again with dropped shots on the next two holes.
He finished with a scrappy round of 71 thanks to seven birdies and six bogeys.
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"This is the one that I haven't won and this is the one I want to win more than anything else," said the former Open, US PGA and US Open champion.
"Once I overcome that mental hurdle that I'm struggling with at the minute, then I know how to play this course."
German veteran Bernhard Langer, whose only major wins came at Augusta in 1985 and 1993, began two shots off the lead and dreaming of becoming the oldest major champion by a decade.
But the 58-year-old former world number one made a nightmare start, bogeying the first and dropping two more on the third.
Four more bogeys left him tied 24th.
It was a more memorable day for Ireland's Shane Lowry, US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love and 2010 Open champion Louis Oosthuizen, who all claimed holes-in-one on the par-three 16th.
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Jane Hutt told BBC Sunday Politics Wales that a funding deal offered by the coalition does not provide enough certainty for public spending in Wales.
She echoed comments of the first minister who said a promise of fair funding was short on detail.
David Cameron has pledged to protect the Welsh budget which ministers in Cardiff have long been demanding.
But the amount of money on offer will not be known until the next UK government spending review, due after the general election.
Instead of solely relying on an annual grant from the Treasury, the prime minister wants the Welsh government to raise some of its own budget through taxes.
He says the promise of a "funding floor" - designed to stop the Welsh budget being squeezed by the Barnett formula - means there is now no reason to delay a referendum on giving the Welsh government some powers to vary income tax.
But Mrs Hutt said the coalition could have gone further by offering more detail on the terms of the funding floor, "but they didn't. They took us for granted and they can't do that."
She added: "This is not about being told at the last minute 'We'll give you this, you do that'.
"That is not about an agreement. That is not about a respect agenda."
She said that if the Welsh government got "that reassurance, that clarity we can sign up to it, then of course you could consider beginning to make a start in terms of considering tax devolution".
The figures - from the Office for National Statistics - are for the first full month after the Brexit vote.
They show that he average house price across the UK in July rose to £217,000.
The eastern region of England remains the area with the fastest growing prices. The annual rate of inflation there was 13.2% .
Prices in London grew at 12.3%, although they fell in parts of Central London, like Hammersmith and Fulham.
Earlier this month the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said that the UK housing market had settled down after the Brexit vote.
There was a sharp drop in the number of sales immediately following the referendum result.
Surveyors now expect prices to continue to rise by an average of 3.3% a year for the next five years.
However other economists have predicted a decline of up to 5% in house prices next year.
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The incident took place within the grounds of Greyfriars Kirk at about 06:30 on Wednesday 26 August.
Rachid Lamrabet, from London, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, charged with rape under section one of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009.
He made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody.
The case was continued for further examination and Mr Lamrabet is due to return to court next week.
The company narrowly missed demotion in the last quarterly reshuffles in June and September.
The Bradford-based chain had been in the list for more than 14 years but its share price has tumbled in line with falling sales.
Its share price has fallen around 17% this year.
It currently has a market capitalisation of around £3.51bn.
The final decision on Morrisons demotion was made by the London Stock Exchange by the end of trading on Wednesday based on the previous day's closing price.
The move into the FTSE 250 is likely to trigger share sales by tracker funds which only follow the UK's biggest companies.
Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell wrote: "Morrisons' check-out from the FTSE 100 after fourteen and a half years shows the importance of pricing power.
"German discounters have come in and undercut the established big grocery chains, while the internet and changes in shopping habits have also altered the industry landscape ...More than 14 years is a good stint in the FTSE 100 and it is worth noting that only around 30 of 1984's original constituents are still in the benchmark index, showing just how tough life can be at the top."
Other companies which have fallen out of the FTSE 100 include the security group G4S and the engineering group, Meggitt.
The new intake were also announced and include the payment processor, Worldpay, Provident Financial and Irish Services Company, DCC.
Morrisons' new chief executive, David Potts has been trying to turn the supermarket group's fortunes around in a tough trading environment.
Last month it announced a 2.6% drop in sales for the three months to November, prompting a further fall in its share price.
In March, the company reported a 52% drop in annual profits to £345m, its worst results in eight years.
Morrisons is the fourth-largest supermarket chain, trailing Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda in annual sales.
Its struggles reflect wider problems within the sector, which has seen price wars among the big four supermarket chains following the growth of discount chains such as Aldi and Lidl.
In September, Morrisons announced it was selling 140 loss-making "M" local convenience stores in a £25m deal and closing 11 stores, as it sought to concentrate on larger sites.
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The German felt race winner Hamilton was driving unnecessarily slowly, backing him up into the chasing Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel.
Rosberg said it was "frustrating" and put them under "unnecessary pressure".
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Hamilton responded to the accusation he had done it on purpose by saying: "That's absolutely not the case."
He added: "I wasn't trying to back him up into Sebastian because ultimately we do need a one-two and that is a priority to the team. If he wanted to get close to overtake he could have done. I'm not really quite sure what his problem is.
"We came here to get one-two and we did. There shouldn't be too much aggro really."
But Rosberg, who finished second ahead of Vettel, said the two would discuss it with the team after the race.
"Of course we will have a discussion and we will see how it goes," Rosberg added.
It is the latest in a series of flash points that have tested the relationship between the two drivers, especially since the team became the sport's pace-setters at the start of last year, including a crash at last August's Belgian Grand Prix.
Rosberg's concern in Shanghai was that by bringing Vettel closer than he needed to be, it made Mercedes vulnerable to an attempt by Ferrari to either pass Rosberg by stopping first and benefitting from fresh tyres - called undercutting - or by forcing Rosberg to do a longer final stint than his tyres could cope with.
Vettel did make an earlier than scheduled final stop, but Mercedes were able to handle it.
Rosberg said: "It compromised my race massively at the time because the best possible race for Lewis was to back me off into Vettel so Vettel would try to undercut me and I would have to respond.
"It was very frustrating Lewis was taking it as easy on his tyres. Interestingly, he said he was just thinking about himself and that says it all.
"What upset me is we went through exactly that before the race."
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff claimed the drivers had cleared the air in their post-race debrief.
"It was a good debrief because it was a positive debrief," said Wolff. "There wasn't any animosity.
"There wasn't any intention from Lewis to slow Nico down in order to make him finish third or worse, 100%.
"He didn't know the gaps behind Nico. What he knew was that he had to take that tyre longer than we had ever run it the whole weekend. This is why he decided to slow down in the way he did."
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The 26-year-old Real Madrid forward insists Chris Coleman's side are feeling no ill-effects following their dramatic defeat by England on Thursday.
Victory over Russia on Monday would guarantee Wales' place in the last 16, while a draw would probably be enough.
"It would mean everything to us. The first goal is to get out of the group and it's in our hands," said Bale.
"We still have the chance to do that and hopefully we can grab it with both hands."
Wales made a winning start to their first major tournament finals since the 1958 World Cup, as a Bale free-kick helped them beat Slovakia 2-1.
Against England, he scored again to give his country a half-time lead, but they lost 2-1 as Daniel Sturridge scored in injury time.
When Bale was asked how long it took for Wales to recover from the disappointment, he laughed and said: "What England game?"
He added: "Obviously after the game we were very disappointed, especially to lose in that manner. But we had a chat straight away. Now we have to forget about it. It's over.
"Our fate is in our own hands. If you'd given us this at the start of the tournament, we would have taken it. We have it all to play for and we're still very excited."
Wales' match against Russia will have added significance, given their Euro 2004 play-off defeat against the same opposition.
Having hung on for a goalless draw in the first leg in Moscow, Wales lost the return fixture 1-0 in Cardiff.
A 14-year-old Bale was in the Millennium Stadium crowd on that night in November 2003, though he does not think the current crop will be affected by previous Welsh failures.
"I was actually at the game with my dad and a few of my friends," he said. "I was very young but I still remember it.
"But that was the past and this is now. No-one's even thinking of that experience. We want to go in with a fresh mind. We want to play like we've been doing and hopefully get the win."
The party's Plan A is a voluntary coalition with an opposition, operating initially on the basis of 60% weighted majority votes.
The party's Plan B would involve MLAs passing bills through the assembly, but British ministers exercising executive functions while remaining accountable to the assembly.
The TUV claim Plan A would ensure cross-community involvement, although they believe it should be possible to reduce the threshold to a straight majority over time.
In a new policy document, the TUV leader, Jim Allister, argues that "clinging endlessly to the failure of mandatory coalition is not serving Northern Ireland well".
Stormont has been in crisis for weeks following the murder of an ex-IRA man.
Kevin McGuigan Sr was shot dead near his home in east Belfast in August, and following a police assessment that Provisional IRA members were involved, all but one of the Northern Ireland Executive's unionist ministers resigned in protest.
Crisis talks involving Northern Ireland's five biggest parties, and the British and Irish governments, have been taking place over the past three weeks.
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Theresa Villiers told the Conservative Party's annual conference that the future of Northern Ireland devolution is under threat.
However, she said a return to direct rule would be a "severe setback" for Northern Ireland's political process.
The chief executive Anthony O'Sullivan, deputy Nigel Barnett and head of legal services Daniel Perkins have been suspended since 2013 after the Wales Audit Office declared their pay rises unlawful.
Misconduct charges were dropped last year after a judge dismissed the case.
It is not yet known how much money has already been spent on the dispute.
During a meeting on Tuesday night, councillors were given an update on the situation and were asked to approve a further £150,000 for legal costs, which was agreed.
A council spokesman said on Wednesday: "Internal investigations into three senior officers are ongoing and these must be conducted fairly and thoroughly in accordance with an agreed statutory process."
It is known that disciplinary proceedings are under way using an independent investigator.
Caerphilly county borough council has been asked how much the dispute has cost so far.
Neither the former One Direction singer nor the mayor of London are black, and have no African or Caribbean heritage.
Other public figures chosen by Kent Union, which represents students from the University of Kent, include Dame Kelly Holmes and Sir Trevor McDonald.
Union president Rory Murray has apologised for "not getting it right".
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Social media posts released for the union's Black History Month campaign featuring Mr Malik and Mr Khan were withdrawn on Tuesday night.
The event's official UK organisers tweeted that they were "deeply disappointed at @KentUnion's ill thought and misdirected Black History Month celebrations".
"With Asian Heritage Month being observed by a growing number of countries in May, will Black icons be celebrated by Kent University then?" they asked.
Mr Murray said: "I want to apologise on behalf of Kent Union to any individuals who were upset, uncomfortable or offended by the image shared.
"There was no intent for this to happen and I am very sorry to anybody who felt this way," he said.
"Whilst we made every effort to include black and minority ethnic students on the planning for the month, clearly, we haven't got it right on this occasion."
In a joint statement, Kent Union and the University of Kent said the campaign was in line with the National Union of Students' position on Black History Month which chose to "recognise and celebrate the immense contributions that people of African, Arab, Asian and Caribbean heritage make to humanity".
"In the planning stages Kent Union worked with students to develop a campaign that celebrated a range of ethnic cultures.
"However, we can see that many of our students disagree with the direction the campaign took and that a mistake was made," they said.
They will be urging the president to use a decree he issued last year that allows him to deport foreigners in prison or on trial.
The brothers were disappointed that Mr Greste and two co-defendants were not freed at a court hearing on Thursday.
The trio were appealing against their convictions for spreading false news.
Instead, the court ordered a retrial, but said the three must remain in custody pending the start of that new trial within a month.
Mr Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have spent a year in jail after being arrested in December 2013 and later sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison on charges of collaborating with the banned Muslim Brotherhood after the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi by the military in 2013.
The three insist that they are innocent and that they were simply reporting the news.
Mr Greste's brother Andrew said that the court ruling meant that the journalist was an innocent man in prison and that it was time for President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to "step in and honour what he has said in the past".
The president has said previously that he wished the journalists had been deported rather than being put on trial.
"The best option to get Peter home is for the president to issue a decree and get [our brother] repatriated," Andrew Greste said.
He pointed out that the coming days - until the start of the retrial - provided the president with an important window of opportunity to do this.
The Greste family says that while Thursday's ruling had come as a disappointing surprise, it was still a "step in the right direction" and the "next best result".
The ruling came as prosecutors acknowledged major problems with the verdict against the trio.
Al-Jazeera has called on the authorities to release its journalists quickly.
Two of them are foreign nationals - Mr Greste, a former BBC correspondent, is Australian, and his producer colleague Mr Fahmy holds Egyptian and Canadian citizenship.
The three journalists were convicted in June - with Mr Fahmy and Mr Greste jailed for seven years and Mr Mohamed for 10 years.
An al-Jazeera spokesman called on the Egyptian authorities to free the men quickly or risk harming Egypt's image in the eyes of the world.
Mr Fahmy's brother Adel said he had "hoped for more" - that his brother would be freed, at least on bail.
But Mr Greste's lawyer Chris Flynn described the ruling as being "a positive result" if not the "complete vindication that we were hoping for".
"It does, however, recognise... that the original trial processes contain some flaws... and we think overall provides an opportunity for the president to consider perhaps some other measures such as deportation without any further judicial action in Egypt," he said.
Condor Liberation was given its name to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the occupation in World War Two, 9 May.
The ferry firm said it was awaiting spare parts for one of two bow-thrusters, "essential" to manoeuvring.
It said this and the forecast meant Saturday morning's services between Poole and the islands would not run.
The company said the evening services would continue as scheduled.
The ferry, which entered service in March, struck the harbour quay in Guernsey on its second day in service and while that is being investigated it is restricted in what weather it can dock in.
Other problems with the engine and a ramp, as well as delays caused by bad weather, led the company to apologise to customers for a "very disappointing start" to the ferry's service.
Since the formal talks were launched in Oslo in October 2012, the two sides have reached agreement on three of the six points on their agenda.
President Juan Manuel Santos has said that he would like to see a deal signed by the end of the year, but the rebels recently accused him of rushing the negotiations.
With the talks now in their 30th round and attacks by the rebels continuing - unlike during previous negotiations the two sides have not signed a ceasefire - Colombians are getting increasingly sceptical about the president's ambitious timetable.
•An estimated 220,000 killed
•More than five million internally displaced
•230,000 fled their homes in 2012
•6.2 million registered victims
•About 8,000 Farc rebels continue fighting
Sources: Unit for Attention and Reparation of Victims, Colombian government
Meanwhile, President Santos has been trying to garner international support for a post-conflict Colombia.
So how would Colombia change if a permanent peace accord were to be reached?
President Santos has predicted that "peace alone will bring almost two percentage points annually to our already booming economic growth".
While Colombia's economy has been growing at a rate of about 4% in the past decade, analysts say that growth could have been double that if it had not been for the armed conflict.
The Colombian Research Centre for the Analysis of Conflict predicts that a peace deal would "strengthen formal employment, hasten poverty reduction and improve quality of life".
Unemployment continues to be a major problem in Colombia, which in 2011 had the highest levels in the whole of Latin America.
Although the government announced last May that the unemployment rate had dropped to its lowest level in 14 years, at 8.8% it still remains almost double that of neighbouring Ecuador.
In a study entitled ""What would Colombia gain economically from peace?", the think tank says that an end to the armed internal conflict would boost investment in particular in areas so far shunned by risk-adverse investors and drive up the value of land and assets in those regions.
But peace, or rather what Colombian politicians call the "post-conflict process", also comes at a cost.
Roy Barreras, who jointly chairs the peace commission in the Colombian senate, recently put this cost at $45bn (£28bn) over the next decade.
He said major investment was needed in areas such as land distribution, registration and management, as well as in local government and agriculture, if peace was to be achieved in areas which for a long time have had a minimal state presence.
But he told the senate that figures by the non-profit think tank, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), suggested this cost would be offset by a predicted $49bn in extra revenue created by investors' regained confidence in a peaceful Colombia.
His sentiments were echoed by Daniel Mejia, director of the Research Centre on Drugs and Security at the University of the Andes in Bogota, who also thinks the cost of implementing a peace deal could be recouped within a decade.
"We have to see the peace accord as an investment which is costly in the short run but which has very important benefits in the medium and long term," he told me.
Although the two sides entered formal negotiations two years ago, there has been no bilateral ceasefire, despite pressure for one from the Farc.
President Santos argued that a ceasefire agreed during previous negotiations held between 1998 and 2002 allowed the rebels to regroup and re-arm to emerge stronger than before.
So while the talks have been going on in Havana, the Cuban capital, attacks have continued unabated.
The Bogota-based non-governmental organisation, Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation, says that in 2013 there were on average 182 clashes per month between the Farc rebels and the security forces.
The two sides have said that a permanent peace deal would trigger an immediate ceasefire and a decommissioning of weapons.
Figures from the Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation suggest the Farc have been good at sticking to unilateral ceasefires they have called in the past.
During a Christmas truce they declared between 20 December 2013 and 20 January 2014, there were only four violations, the foundations says.
This suggests orders passed down from Farc negotiators in Cuba were largely followed by the fighters in the field, its researchers say, boding well for a post-conflict Colombia
However, the Farc is not the only group that is a security problem in Colombia.
Colombia's second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), commands some 1,500 fighters and is also involved in armed conflict despite having started exploratory peace talks with the government.
But there is also a number of violent criminal gangs which engage in extortion, drug trafficking, illegal mining and murder.
There are fears in the security forces that Farc fighters could be lured over to these gangs rather than surrender their weapons.
One of the three points on which the government and rebels have reached agreement is the illegal drugs trade, one of the main sources of funding for the Farc.
The two sides said they would eliminate all illicit drug production in Colombia should a final peace deal be reached.
Mr Mejia, at the Centre on Drugs and Security, thinks that a final peace accord could "drastically diminish the drugs trade in Colombia", provided the government manages to widen the state presence in areas that have been neglected for decades and implements the points it has agreed with the rebels on rural development.
But security analysts fear the retreat of the Farc from the drugs trade could create a vacuum into which Mexican cartels could move.
There is no doubt Colombian society has been adversely affected by five decades of armed conflict, with an estimated 220,000 people killed and more than five million internally displaced.
Andrei Gomez-Suarez told me a peace deal could radically transform the social fabric of Colombian society.
The lecturer on Colombian politics at the University of the Andes says a peace accord would create a context for sectors of Colombian society who still view each other with distrust, such as unions, businesses, and the security forces, to start working together to generate trust - an essential part of any healthy society.
He says a peace deal would allow more room for leftist social movements - currently often stigmatised as guerrilla supporters - to express their concerns about the key problems affecting Colombian society.
According to 2012 World Bank figures, Colombia is the seventh most unequal country in the world, with inequality levels similar to those found in Haiti and Angola.
And while poverty levels have dropped from 47.7% in 2003 to 32.7% in 2012, income inequality, which fuels social tension, has remained virtually unchanged.
The countryside has suffered most from the presence of the guerrilla, with a lack of investment in infrastructure and education leaving rural dwellers with little chance to better themselves.
In the northern Colombian province of Choco, more than two thirds of the population live in poverty, according to Colombia's national statistics office.
And in Cauca, where the Farc have a strong presence, poverty levels run at 62%.
Mr Gomez-Suarez argues that a peace deal would allow Colombians to shift their attention from immediate security threats to more long-term goals and tackle these pressing issues.
He thinks that a peace deal would allow the security forces to concentrate on fighting criminal organisations.
The eastern border area has seen a growth in criminal gangs which smuggle subsidised goods from Venezuela to Colombia and drugs the opposite way.
The presence of the gangs has increased insecurity in such border towns such as Cucuta and driven many into the illegal smuggling business as well as driving local producers and merchants out of business.
Criminal gangs have also increased their presence in such places as the port town of Buenaventura.
Residents have told the BBC they are afraid to go out after a spate of particularly gruesome killings and a growing number of disappearances.
A peace accord and the shift of resources away from battling the rebels and towards fighting common crime could increase citizens' safety in such crime hotspots, Mr Gomez-Suarez argues.
Increased security would in turn allow civic and community groups - targeted by criminals who see them as a challenge to their authority - to flourish and enrich the democratic process.
•1964: Farc rebel group founded as an armed wing of the communist party
•1965: Farc fighters seize the town of Inza, the first time they take control of an urban centre
•1980: Farc rebels abduct 22 soldiers, the first time they use kidnapping as a strategy to further their aims
•1984: Government of Belisario Betancourt and Farc sign a ceasefire
•1986: Ceasefire crumbles when 22 rebels are killed by the military, the rebels retaliate with an ambush on soldiers
•1991: Peace talks are held in neighbouring Venezuela and later moved to Tlaxcala, Mexico, where they fail in 1992
•1996-1998: Farc are at their strongest, kidnapping about 200 members of the police and military
•1998: Government of Andres Pastrana engages in peace talks, agrees to grant the rebels a safe haven the size of Switzerland
•2002: Peace process breaks down. Farc rebels seize presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt
•2008: Senior rebel leader Raul Reyes killed in a bombing raid, Farc founder Manuel Marulanda dies of natural causes
•2012: Farc announces end of kidnapping for ransom
•Oct 2012: Peace talks are launched in Oslo and move to Havana, Cuba in November 2012
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Thirteen people, plus the alleged bomber, were killed in Monday's attack, and around 50 people were injured.
The names of the victims have been confirmed by Russian authorities, and details of their lives have been coming out in local media.
A candle-lit memorial has been laid out in Moscow's Alexander Garden, with flowers and photos of the victims.
Doll-maker and arts teacher Irina Medyantseva died after trying to shield her daughter from the explosion, according to relatives.
Her daughter Yelena, 29, was treated for her injuries in hospital and her condition is said to be stable.
"Due to that heinous terror attack against innocent people, my beloved wife died and my daughter was injured. It's a horrible tragedy," Mrs Medyantseva's husband, Aleksandr Kaminsky, told news site Russia Today.
A psychology student from Azerbaijan, Dilbara Alieva was taken to hospital but later died from her injuries.
"She was always bright. She was fascinated by what motivated people and was so good at figuring them out. She was writing her dissertation on motivation and sport," her teacher, Irina Berezovskaya, told the Washington Post.
Maxim Aryshev, from Kazakhstan, was an IT student at St Petersburg State University of Economics, and had ambitions to become a programmer.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, he was wrongly named as the bomber on social media.
One of his classmates told Russian media, "He was cheerful, sociable, loved to joke around, be sarcastic. He was the life of the party and had many friends."
Mansur Sagadeev had recently celebrated his 17th birthday and was studying at the St Petersburg College of Communications.
He was in his second year and hoped to pursue higher education.
An obituary posted on the college websites said he was known for his modesty and kindness, and always tried to help classmates.
A martial arts coach and local kickboxing champion, Denis R Petrov was on his way to a training session when he was caught in the explosion.
Russian media found a poignant message Angelina Svistunova wrote on social media just two weeks before her death: "I thank my mother and father for giving me my life, giving me a beautiful name, giving me a wonderful childhood, a wonderful youth."
"Maria was the best wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, friend," one of Maria Nevmerzhitskaya's relatives told Russian-language website Meduza.
Ksenia Malyukova was obstetrics student who loved cheerleading.
A former member of the army, Dmitry Mazanov was a warehouse worker.
He left behind a wife and two-year-old daughter, according to news website Meduza.
The Australia all-rounder announced his retirement from Test cricket on Sunday after withdrawing from the ODI series against England through injury.
Watson, 34, previously played for the county in 2004 and 2005.
"He has often said he would like to return if the opportunity comes up," Hampshire director of cricket Giles White told BBC Radio Solent.
"It will depend on his availability more than anything, but initial contact has been made.
"I'm not sure how long things will take, but certainly there's a will there."
If Watson was to rejoin Hampshire next season, White confirmed it would be for white-ball cricket only.
"It's likely to depend on the structure of the competitions and the international fixtures next season, but we'll see how it goes," he added.
Watson played in 59 Test matches, scoring 3,731 runs at an average of 35.19 and taking 75 wickets at 33.68.
He was part of the Hampshire side which won the 2005 C&G Trophy at Lord's. He signed again for the county in 2008 to play in the T20 Cup but had to withdraw because of international commitments.
Snapchat profiles were set up in the name of Base Models, a legitimate company, not involved with the activity.
Girls received messages from the accounts, from someone who claimed to be recruiting models for the agency.
Base Models said anyone approached online by someone who claimed to work for them should contact their office.
Base Models, a London model agency, said it had received more than 40 reports from girls who said they were contacted online by someone claiming to work for the company as a model scout.
Using Snapchat accounts named after the company, somebody posing as a Base employee contacted girls aged between 14 and 19.
Girls were told they could earn between £500 and £50,000 working as models.
One report, shown to the BBC by the agency, indicated that a child was asked to send a naked picture of herself.
Base said it began receiving reports in October about a Snapchat profile named after the company that had asked girls to send indecent images.
The model agency reported the account to Snapchat, who deleted it - but a week later another account named after the company appeared and the issue resumed.
Base Models does not have a Snapchat account, nor does it use the platform to recruit models.
The BBC heard from the mother of a 14-year-old girl from Hunwick, County Durham, who was "disgusted" to discover that her 14-year-old daughter, a child model, had been targeted.
The mother said: "They messaged her saying they worked for Base and wanted to hire her as a model, so she sent some headshots."
The girl told the "scout" she was 14 but was still asked to send lingerie shots - so she told her mother about the exchange.
The girl's mother said she was "immediately suspicious" about the messages, so she contacted Base Models, who confirmed the messages were fraudulent.
She said she was worried that others who were less knowledgeable about modelling could be more easily deceived.
"If you tell a child who knows nothing about the business that they could earn up to £50,000 [working as a model] - they might think that it sounds like a great opportunity," she said.
A 19-year-old student based in Manchester, Ellie McCandles, said she had received an almost identical approach on Snapchat.
After she was asked to send pictures of herself in her underwear, Ellie declined and contacted the agency.
"Something didn't feel right about it," the student said.
Base Models managing director Max Ridd said the rise of celebrity culture had made model agencies an "easy target" for those looking to deceive young girls.
Mr Ridd said: "Young people have always been seduced by the idea of fame and celebrity - but especially today with the Kardashian fame wave going on.
"Modelling is seen as a first step on the fame ladder - and I think that's one reason why we are being targeted."
Mr Ridd said anyone approached online by someone who claimed to work for his agency should contact its office.
Police in Scotland issued a warning last month after a girl in Lanarkshire was asked to expose herself on Skype by someone who claimed to work for Base Models.
An NSPCC spokesperson said: "Every child has the right to be safe online and reports of children being contacted in this way are troubling.
"No legitimate company would ever ask a child to send indecent images of themselves, and anyone who receives such a request should report it immediately.
"Children should remember to think twice before sharing pictures of themselves, and if they are ever unsure they can call Childline on 0800 11 11."
Trainee accountant Danny Jones, 21, from Chirk near Wrexham, died from a single stab wound from a replica sword.
A sculpture is being created from seized weapons in Oswestry, Shropshire, the town where he died in 2013.
Meanwhile, a north Wales judge said there was huge concern about the number of serious injuries caused by knives.
The British Ironworks Centre is creating the sculpture - Knife Angel - using 30,000 weapons seized from the scenes of crime around the UK.
Mr Jones died in hospital from a single stab wound from an ornamental short sword during an argument with a friend after a night out in Oswestry, Shropshire in April 2013.
His killer was jailed for 12 years for manslaughter.
Mr Jones's mother Lisa McNeill said: "We don't want anyone to go through what we've gone through and what we'll always go through because it's never ending."
Sculptor Alfie Bradley said: "I'm using different contrasting blades and welding them sideways to create the contrast between big Samurai swords, machetes and normal kitchen knives.
"When it's lit up at night time it will have a diamond effect."
Police forces in England and Wales recorded 26,370 violent knife crimes in 2014-15, up from 25,974 the previous year - breaking a downward trend since 2010-11.
Meanwhile, a judge at Mold Crown Court on Thursday warned about the consequences of knife crime.
Judge Niclas Parry was jailing a Llandudno man for affray and possessing a knife, after a motorist was threatened when he stopped to intervene in a fight outside a pub.
He said it was a volatile incident which could have had catastrophic consequences.
"The public of north Wales are hugely concerned about the number of serious injuries caused by knife crime," he added.
The 25-year-old was suspended for nine games on Tuesday after admitting a charge of "other contrary behaviour" during the loss at Catalans on 1 July.
Acton appealed against the severity of the ban but his case was dismissed by a Rugby Football League tribunal.
He was charged after grabbing the injured Greg Bird's shirt, lifting him and pushing him back to the floor.
"I accept full responsibility for my actions and they weren't acceptable regardless of the grading I've been given," said Acton, who will now miss the rest of the season.
"I will continue to work hard and improve on the negative areas of my game and support the team as best I can off the field for the rest of the season and whilst I'm part of the club"
Acton's ban has been back-dated to the day of the Grade F offence - the most serious on the RFL's disciplinary scale which carries a minimum ban of eight games - but its increased length means that he will now not be able to play again until next season.
Initially he would have been available for the last of Leigh's fixtures in the Qualifiers as they bid to retain their Super League status after winning promotion from the Championship last year.
"While Jamie's actions are completely unacceptable in our game and cannot be defended in any way, I do not feel that the grading imposed was appropriate," said Leigh owner Derek Beaumont.
"We consulted a barrister familiar with these situations, who also strongly believed that the grading was inappropriate.
"People can make their own mind up and we have to accept the decision now for what it is and I would like to thank all those people offering their messages of support.
"Jamie is under no illusions of the consequences of his actions. He has worked hard on his discipline, in particular the fighting and retaliation aspect, which he has completely eradicated from his game.
"I am therefore satisfied that he will learn from this and we will work with him to eradicate the stupid and potentially dangerous aspects of his game so he can reach his potential of representing his country in the near future."
Fighting at Koutoukale, 50km (31 miles) north-west of the capital, Niamey, was reported at dawn.
Mr Amadou told the BBC the attackers were from the Mali-based al-Qaeda splinter group Mujao.
Last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Niger in part to offer security help.
The prison is holding jihadists from both the Nigeria-based Boko Haram group and those linked to al-Qaeda.
But the government spokesman said that no-one had escaped during the attack.
"The attack has been contained. One attacker has been killed. They are now being hunted," he added.
The BBC's Himadou Hamadou in Niamey says a local journalist told him that the attackers had come from the direction of the border with Mali.
Mujao, or the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, is one of several Islamist militant groups based in Mali.
Niger has in the past been targeted by Boko Haram and al-Qaeda-linked militants.
The country's army is part of the multi-national force fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria and its neighbours.
It is described as "an oasis" in the midst of religious division. Tabeetha is the last remaining Church of Scotland school and, intriguingly, it's in Israel.
The gates of Tabeetha are easy to miss. They take you off a busy street where wires stick out of walls.
At first, the playground sounds like any playground: the same games, just as noisy but the children are speaking Hebrew, Arabic, English and other languages.
From the hall, which doubles as a bomb shelter and chamber which can be sealed in the event of chemical and biological warfare, I hear a Scottish Accent. The vice principal is from Aberdeen.
It is marked out as a Christian school by the Bible inscriptions on the alcoves.
Its founder looks down sternly from the wall in the hall. Jane Walker-Arnott was a Scottish woman, from Glasgow, who started Tabeetha in 1863 - long before the state of Israel even existed.
Under the gaze of the founder, the children file in to rehearse their nativity play.
Many people associate Bethlehem with the songs they sing at Christmas - the birthplace of Jesus, according to the Bible.
At Tabeetha, they are about 40 miles from Bethlehem, acting out a Christian tradition, about a Jewish family and Joseph is played by Adham, a Muslim. That sums up the ethos of this school.
Nawras is an A-level pupil. She is Muslim. At Tabeetha, she's encouraged to talk about the unwanted politics that invade her life.
"As somebody who lives in Jaffa, it gets quite tense, but we don't have a lot of places here in Israel where people are together, but if this expands, then our potential would be impossible to imagine," she said.
"At one point I see my brother being stopped for wearing a gold necklace, because it looks suspicious, and on the other side, I hear my friend's family being victimised from a terrorist attack. What we do is learn from it and not taking one stand, one position."
Yan, who's from a Jewish family, says life goes on as normal for him. He lives in an area where people of different faiths live peacefully side by side.
He said: "In this school there is no tension between pupils in regard to religion and race."
So I expect him to be hopeful about the future but he pauses before saying: "Things are really messy right now."
He has heard too much to have the optimism of youth. "So no. I'm not optimistic".
In 12-year-old Roberto's class they were learning about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Roberto is Christian and eager to talk. I ask him what he thinks about the conflict around him.
"I think people are fighting for nothing; they're fighting for something useless, and I think the people should get along," he said. "I want to see people just stop have racism."
I would be unlikely to ask what religion a child is in the UK. It's unlikely it would matter. In Israel, it's entwined in their lives and ingrained in the school curriculum.
When I meet the Middle East secretary for the Church of Scotland, Kenny Roger, he is every bit the modern missionary. He wears a linen suit and drives a hybrid car.
He says Christians can chose to go to Tabeetha rather than an Israeli State school.
"Within Israel, you are either Christian, Muslim or Jew and therefore here at Tabeetha we recognise all religions," he said.
"Within the Israeli state system, it's clear that they don't recognise necessarily the Christian and the Muslim faith, so children going there, their teaching will be solely based on the Jewish religion."
Father Abdel Masih F Fahim represents Christian Schools in Israel. As we walk through St Joseph's Church in Ramleh, he casually mentions that it is named after Joseph of Arimathea who, according to the Bible, took Jesus down from the cross.
The friar tells me that St Joseph came from this town.
Fr Abdel says funding to Christian schools from the Israeli government has been cut from 75% to 29% in recent years. He describes that as discrimination against Christians.
Fr Abdel is in talks with the Ministry of Education but says even 75% is discriminatory against 100% given to state schools.
Kenny Roger adds that if Tabeetha school was to close, some of the families at the school would leave Israel entirely.
Although discussions with the Israeli government are showing signs of hope, he says he feels Christians are being marginalised.
The Israeli Ministry of Education said: "The Tabeetha school is under the status of a 'recognised but not official' institute, and therefore it is funded like all other schools in Israel that are recognised but unofficial, meaning up to 75%.
"High-schools are funded like all other high-schools in Israel, at a rate of 100%."
The government spokesman added: "The Tabeetha school, along with other recognised schools in Jaffa that are multi-cultural schools, share an attitude of mutual respect and equality among all students of the school.
"The district emphasises that the Tabeetha school participates in many activities run by the Ministry of Education which encourage the values of tolerance."
I leave Tabeetha school with an "earworm".
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Mr Radjabu, a former head of the governing party, reportedly escaped with three prison officers.
He was widely regarded as Burundi's most powerful man until his arrest in 2007, amid a rumoured rift with President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Tension has been growing over the president's plans to seek a third term.
The governing CNDD-FDD party is said to be split between those who support Mr Nkurunziza's intention to stay in office, and those who oppose it.
Mr Radjabu's escape was aided by at least three guards, including the chief warden in charge of the prison's security, a police spokesman told AFP news agency.
At least two other inmates escaped with him into vehicles that had been waiting outside the prison, the spokesman said.
The escape reportedly took place before midnight on Sunday evening, at a time when many guards were asleep.
In 2005, Mr Nkurunziza, a former Hutu rebel leader, became the first president to be chosen in democratic elections since the start of Burundi's civil war in 1994.
Mr Radjabu, who was also a rebel leader, became the head of the CNDD-FDD at the same time. He was regarded as the real power in the country.
Many Burundians saw his arrest in 2006 - on charges of plotting against state security - as politically motivated.
Mr Nkurunziza was re-elected in June 2010. The vote was boycotted by the opposition, which complained of fraud in the earlier local elections.
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American companies are now allowed to lend money to Cuban entrepreneurs and to invest in infrastructure projects.
The new measures also make it easier for US studios to shoot films in Cuba.
The two countries restored relations last year, putting an end to more than five decades of enmity.
President Obama has urged Congress to lift a Cold War-era embargo that bans most trade between US companies and the communist-run island.
Congress has ignored his pleas, but over the past year the US government has announced several measures to encourage trade and a normalisation of relations between the two old foes.
The latest measures were announced by the US Commerce Department on Tuesday and came into force on Wednesday.
The key difference between this announcement and earlier efforts to ease trade with Cuba by the Obama administration is that this time the new rules will apply to trade with Cuban government agencies.
Previous steps were solely aimed at strengthening private entrepreneurs on the island, explains the BBC's Will Grant in Havana.
The easing of export restrictions will apply on a case-by-case basis in areas which "directly benefit the Cuban people," said Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.
She cited "disaster preparedness, education, agricultural production, food processing and public transportation".
The measures also lift further restrictions on Americans travelling to Cuba, making the current ban on tourism more difficult to enforce.
The embargo has been in place since 1960 and remains a contentious issue in relations between Cuba and the US.
President Raul Castro said at the UN General Assembly in September that now that diplomatic ties were back in place, the overall normalisation of relations "will only be achieved with the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba".
The technique causes the tumour cells in the body to self-destruct, giving it the name 'suicide gene therapy'.
Their research found a 20% improvement in survival in patients with prostate cancer five years after treatment.
A cancer expert said more research was needed to judge its effectiveness.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK with more than 41,000 diagnosed each year.
The study, led by researchers from Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas, appears to show that this 'suicide gene therapy', when combined with radiotherapy, could be a promising treatment for prostate cancer in the future.
The technique involves the cancer cells being genetically modified so that they signal a patient's immune system to attack them.
Usually, the body does not recognise cancer cells as the enemy because they have evolved from normal healthy cells.
Unlike an infection, which the body reacts against, the immune system does not react to kill off the offending cancer cells.
Using a virus to carry the gene therapy into the tumour cells, the result is that the cells self-destruct, alerting the patient's immune system that it is time to launch a massive attack.
In two groups of 62 patients, one group received the gene therapy twice and the other group - who all had more aggressive prostate cancer - received the treatment three times.
Both groups also received radiotherapy.
Survival rates after five years were 97% and 94%. Although there was no control group in this study, the researchers said the results showed a five to 20% improvement on previous studies of prostate cancer treatment.
And cancer biopsy tests performed two years after the trial were found to be negative in 83% and 79% of the patients in the two groups.
Dr Brian Butler, from Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas, said it could change the way that cancer is treated.
"We may be able to inject the agent straight into the tumour and let the body kill the cancer cells.
"Once the immune system has knowledge of the bad tumour cells, if they pop up again, the body will know to kill them."
Kevin Harrington, professor of biological cancer therapies at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, said the results were "very interesting" but more research was needed.
"We would need a randomised trial to tell if this treatment is better than radiotherapy alone.
"The viruses used in this study cannot reproduce. Next generation viral therapies for cancer can selectively replicate in cancer cells, something that can kill the cancer cell directly, and also help spread the virus to neighbouring cancer cells.
"It would be interesting to see this approach used with viruses that could reproduce to see if it makes for a more effective treatment."
The PM dismissed warnings over an EU army, the prospects of Turkey joining and the cost of the UK's membership.
In a special edition of Question Time, he said the UK would be "a quitter" if it voted to leave.
Vote Leave said the PM "just doesn't have the answers" and that people "do not believe him any more on the EU".
The referendum on whether the UK should stay in the EU or leave takes place on Thursday.
Leave campaigners say Turkey's bid for EU membership could trigger a sharp rise in migration to the UK under free movement rules.
Asked at the question and answer session in Milton Keynes whether he would use the UK's veto to prevent Turkey joining, the PM said: "I do not think it's going to happen for decades so as far as I am concerned that question simply doesn't arrive."
He said the row over Turkish membership was "the biggest red herring in this whole EU referendum debate".
The PM said Leave's controversial claim that £350m a week is spent on EU membership "isn't true" and that a European Army - which prompted a former defence chief to switch to the Leave campaign at the weekend - was "not going to happen".
"I am sure there are arguments for leaving" he said, but added that it would be a "tragedy" if the UK voted to leave on the basis of "three things that are completely untrue".
The prime minister strode to the stage with what looked like a single sheet of notes - perhaps because the message he wanted to get across was succinct.
It could be summed up as "listen to the experts" because a vote to leave would be "irreversible".
He repeatedly came back to this appeal to underline the remain side's core argument that a majority of economists believed leaving the EU would harm our economy.
But - in a period when we have heard much about the importance of a robust democracy - he was repeatedly challenged by a probing and at times incredulous audience.
One audience member told him she was still confused with both sides behaving badly, before David Dimbleby suggested the word of experts may not be cutting through.
And the comparison by another questioner of the PM to a "21st century Neville Chamberlain" prompted the most impassioned moment of the evening; Mr Cameron preferred an analogy with another prime minister, Winston Churchill, who he said didn't "quit on Europe".
The PM's grilling was the second of two special editions of Question Time. Justice Secretary Michael Gove, who wants to leave the EU, faced the same 45-minute format of questioning on Wednesday night.
Mr Cameron and the government are campaigning for a vote to remain, although ministers such as Mr Gove who want to leave have been granted permission to campaign for the other side.
The PM also said the government would have to put up taxes or cut spending or risk "going back to square one" if the UK voted to leave.
And he faced repeated questions on immigration, and his previous pledge to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands.
Leave campaigners say the free movement principle makes it impossible for the UK to control its borders.
Mr Cameron said controlling immigration had been "difficult" because "lots of people want to come to this country".
But he said there was "no silver bullet" and that leaving the EU and the single market was "not the right way to control immigration".
If the UK votes to leave, he said, "that's it, we are walking out the door, we are quitting - we are giving up on this organisation".
"I do not think Britain, at the end, is a quitter," he said.
He said Winston Churchill did not "quit on Europe" during World War Two, adding: "You can't fight if you're not in the room".
Opinion polls suggest Thursday's vote will be close, with campaigning under way again after it was suspended following the death of Labour MP Jo Cox.
At the start of the programme, Mr Cameron paid tribute to Mrs Cox, saying his "heart breaks" at her death, which prompted the referendum campaign to be suspended.
The PM said it had been a "very passionate" debate so far, with strong arguments on both sides. He criticised UKIP's recent poster featuring a long queue of migrants, saying it had been an "attempt to frighten people" but said his side had highlighted "positive" message like a growing economy.
He stood by his previous claim that the leader of so-called Islamic State would be pleased if the UK votes to leave.
The PM has refused to take part in a debate against other senior Conservatives.
Vote Leave chief executive Matthew Elliott said Mr Cameron "repeatedly refused" to say he would veto Turkish EU membership and noted that in 2010, the prime minister had said he was "angry" that the country's progress towards EU membership had been frustrated and would be the "strongest possible advocate" for Turkey joining the EU.
At the time, Mr Cameron said he wanted to "pave the road" for Turkey to join the EU, saying the country was "vital for our economy, vital for our security and vital for our diplomacy".
The campaign group also pointed out that according to the official government website, the British Embassy in Ankara has a 'dedicated team working on projects to improve Turkey's prospects of joining the EU'.
Mr Elliott added: "Cameron had no answers to people's legitimate concerns on immigration tonight and failed to set out how he would meet his manifesto pledge to bring the numbers back down to the tens of thousands while remaining in the EU. He had no answer on how we would fund the NHS to cope with higher levels of immigration.
"He has avoided speaking to the British public throughout the campaign because he knows that they do not believe him anymore on the EU."
Work on the improved East Stand at Sixfields started in March 2013 but ceased in November.
The club says a new contract has been signed with developers Buckingham Group Contracting, which will return to work "immediately".
Club chairman David Cardoza said: "I am delighted we can draw a line under this matter."
The scheme, part-funded with a £12m loan from Northampton Borough Council, includes a directors' box and 10 corporate boxes.
It will increase the ground's capacity from 7,653 to 10,000.
The club previously said "legal matters" prevented it from expanding on the cause of the dispute.
Mr Cardoza said: "We have been in active, constructive dialogue with Buckingham Group for a while, and we are really looking forward to working with them again to help give this club facilities it has never had before.
"We are looking forward to having the new stand open during the early weeks of next season."
Paul Wheeler, chairman of Buckingham Group Contracting, said he was "delighted" the issues had been resolved.
"It is excellent news for the club, the supporters and the local area," he said.
Jason Hayles, 44, of West Midlands Police, denies assaulting Clinton Copeland causing him actual bodily harm at Stechford police station in Birmingham on 25 February last year.
He is alleged to have used excessive force against the robbery suspect.
Jurors were told Mr Copeland was trying to bite Sgt Hayles' arm and chest.
The officer is alleged to have used excessive force after grabbing the 30-year-old detainee around the neck when he lunged forward.
Describing CCTV footage to the jury at Birmingham Crown Court, prosecutor Simon Davis said it showed Mr Copeland leaving a room where he had seen a doctor.
Mr Davis said: "You will then see him go and sit on a bench as he was waiting to make a phone call to someone he had nominated."
After a "lively debate" Sgt Hayles walked out from behind a custody desk towards Mr Copeland where it is alleged the officer struck him a number of times to the face, the court heard. Mr Davis added: "We say that this wasn't self-defence".
Mr Copeland admitted lunging towards and swearing at Sgt Hayles before he was restrained and allegedly assaulted, but claims he did so in order to make his way back towards a cell. He denied he had lunged at the officer in a bid to assault him.
He told the court his face was left covered in blood and he required an emergency head scan after being taken to hospital.
Jurors were told Mr Copeland has numerous convictions for violence.
The trial continues.
The 61-year-old was freed on Friday morning, ending one of the longest-running and most contentious issues between the US and Israel.
Mr Pollard's parole conditions require him to remain in the US for five years.
Repeated Israeli appeals over the years for the US to show clemency towards Mr Pollard were rejected.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli people welcomed his release.
"As someone who has raised Jonathan Pollard's case for many years with US presidents, I have wished for this day.
"After 30 long and hard years, Jonathan Pollard is finally reuniting with his family," Mr Netanyahu's spokesperson tweeted.
In Israel, Jonathan Pollard has many supporters who joyfully welcome his release. He's widely perceived as having been harshly punished for providing information critical to national security.
For years, a Free Pollard campaign has lobbied to try to secure the release of the former intelligence analyst. It has prepared piles of letters of encouragement from members of the public for him to read now that he is out of jail.
The Pollard saga has been a long-time strain on relations with Israel's closest ally and there is relief that it is over. However, the cabinet was instructed not to talk about the ex-spy too soon for fear of upsetting Washington.
Pollard: Analyst-turned-spy
Jonathan Pollard passed secret information to Israel for a year in return for payments until his arrest in 1985. He said he had been frustrated by the US withholding key intelligence from its staunch ally.
After he was questioned by the FBI, Mr Pollard and his then-wife, Anne, sought asylum at the Israeli embassy in Washington but were turned away.
Israel initially denied Mr Pollard had spied for them, insisting he had worked with "rogue" officials.
But in 1995, Israel granted him citizenship, and two years later, they admitted he was their agent.
Supporters of Mr Pollard in Israel and the US campaigned for his release, arguing that his sentence was unjust.
The US reportedly considered freeing him in 2014 in return for Israeli concessions to the Palestinians during faltering peace talks, before negotiations collapsed.
In an interview with the Associated Press in 1998, Mr Pollard said the price he had paid for spying had not been worth it.
"There is nothing good that came as a result of my actions," he said. "I tried to serve two countries at the same time. That does not work."
Conservative AM Suzy Davies is also calling for defibrillators and first aid material to be made publicly available in more locations.
There will be a vote on her proposal on Wednesday afternoon.
The Welsh Government said school pupils already learn "emergency aid procedures" in personal and social education lessons.
Ms Davies is the first AM to use a new procedure known as a member's legislative proposal to table a debate in the assembly.
She said she hoped it would influence the Welsh Government to take up the idea.
"Backbenchers of course have always been able to put their names into a ballot and be drawn to bring forward their own legislation but not all of us are lucky to get that," she said.
"This is a new procedure by those who haven't been lucky enough to come out of the ballot get the opportunity to put their proposals before the assembly anyway and for a vote to be taken on it."
Ms Davies said she had long campaigned to persuade the government to make emergency lifesaving skills a compulsory part of the school curriculum.
She added: "Schools can do this now if they like but the take-up of that is not huge and the reason for that is there are about 8,000 cardiac arrests that take place outside a hospital environment every year and most of the time there's somebody with the person that's had the heart attack, they don't know what to do.
"And normally those few crucial minutes between being able to restore somebody's blood circulation and an ambulance arriving can literally be the difference between life and death."
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We are committed to raising awareness of the importance of learning life-saving skills and emergency first aid procedures.
"Learners in Wales are able to develop the practical skills necessary for everyday life, such as emergency aid procedures, as part of personal and social education, which forms part of the current curriculum for all pupils in maintained schools."
Woods, who missed last week's Open because of a leg injury, made the announcement on his official website.
Woods said: "I want to express my deepest gratitude to Stevie, but I think it's time for a change.
"Stevie is an outstanding caddie and a friend and has been instrumental in many of my accomplishments. I wish him great success in the future."
Williams has been working with Australian Adam Scott at the last two majors, and Woods has made no announcement yet about who will replace him when the 14-time major champion returns to action after his injury.
Williams was Woods' caddy for 13 of those 14 major wins, and was at one stage thought to be New Zealand's highest earning sporting figure.
Speaking to his official website, Williams confirmed the end of his relationship with Woods and revealed he would team up with Scott on a permanent basis.
He said: "After years of loyal service needless to say this came as a shock.
"Given the circumstances of the past 18 months working through Tiger's scandal, a new coach and with it a major swing change and Tiger battling through injuries, I am very disappointed to end our very successful partnership at this time.
"I have had the opportunity to work of late for Australian Adam Scott and will now caddie for him on a permanent basis.
"Having started my caddying career with Australian great Peter Thompson and working for Greg Norman in the 80s I am excited about the future working for another Australian. "
The only caddies Woods has used in his 14-year career on the PGA Tour are Mike Cowan and Williams.
His childhood friend, Byron Bell, caddied for him when he won the Buick Invitational in 1999 and 2000, and Billy Foster caddied for Woods at the Presidents Cup in 2005 when Williams was home for the birth of his son. Foster now works for Lee Westwood.
The £9m site of 88 acres (36 hectare) will process up to 120,000 vehicles a year at Stallingborough, North East Lincolnshire, in a 10-year deal.
The operation has relocated from nearby Killingholme, North Lincolnshire and employs about 150 staff.
The new site will allow a "lot more room for growth in the future", said Yaser Shabsogh of Kia.
The proximity of the Humber ports was an important part of the decision to keep the plant in the area, he added.
Crews were called to a farm in Loxley, Warwickshire, at about 14:50 BST on Tuesday.
The man, in his eighties, had gone there to fish.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "He smoked his pipe and chatted to the farmer, who went into the lake in waders".
Firefighters carried the driver from his car back onto land.
"He wasn't hurt or even cold but crews removed his clothing to ensure he didn't get cold and he was driven home in the ambulance," a spokesman said.
It was discovered by people walking along the beach on Friday.
It was encouraged back into the sea by the Loughs Agency on Friday but it washed up on Tuesday due to its emaciated condition.
The dead whale has been removed from the site by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and the Loughs Agency.
A spokesperson for the Department of Environment (DOE) said: "We assessed the situation and noted that the animal was an unweaned calf about three months old and apparently separated from its mother.
"The calf was severely malnourished and had suffered extensive injuries during its several standings.
"The animal's carcass has now been removed from the shore by council.
"DOE Marine Division staff have been able to recover some bone material for scientific and educational use.
"Minke whales are the most common whales in Irish waters, with young animals born mid-winter.
"They are not weaned until six months old and remain with the mother for up to three years to learn essential social and foraging skills.
"Despite local enquiries about any link with the pilot whale stranding event in Scotland, this is an isolated incident with no correlation."
Richard Gillen, the countryside officer for Causeway Coast and Glens District Council, said: "The water is shallow in that part of Myroe so I can see how it happened.
"There are baby whales out there in the water along the north coast, but this one seemed to like the Myroe and Magilligan area.
"It really wouldn't have survived."
A nine-metre (29ft) long minke whale was found dead at Magilligan Point in November 2013.
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group said the minke whale is Ireland's smallest and most commonly-recorded whale species.
An alleged victim told police he was assaulted when he was 16 or 17 on a train between Newport, south Wales, and London Paddington.
This follows earlier complaints made against the Port Talbot born Cardiff MP who died in 1997.
BTP said it had been made aware of "inappropriate touching" allegations.
A spokesman said: "BTP was made aware of an allegation of inappropriate touching involving the late George Thomas on board a train from London Paddington to Aberystwyth in 1959.
"I can confirm that a second report has been received, from Gwent Police, involving allegations of a sexual assault during a train journey from Newport to London Paddington between 1964 and 1966.
"The complainant, who was aged 16 or 17 at the time, did not wish to make a formal statement to police.
"The information has since been passed to the Operation Hydrant investigating team."
Operation Hydrant teams are gathering evidence for a number of investigations into historical child sexual abuse allegations, including Operation Pallial in north Wales and Operation Yewtree, the inquiry prompted by the Jimmy Savile abuse cases.
The Championship side suffered a shock 2-0 home loss at the hands of their opponents but took a 29th-minute lead when Matt Ritchie sidefooted in.
Frenchman Gouffran doubled the lead two minutes later when he fired in a ferocious volley from Ritchie's cross.
They also went close through Mohamed Diame whose chip came off the bar.
The visitors produced very few chances. Magpies keeper Karl Darlow saved Jed Wallace's shot and then rushed out of his goal to block Ola John's attempt from four yards.
Newcastle are at promotion rivals Aston Villa on Saturday and Wolves are at home to Brentford.
Relive Tuesday's EFL Cup action
Newcastle Rafael Benitez manager on Gouffran:
"I was happy with him during pre-season. I was expecting some offers for him during the summer - we had one that was not good enough. I was expecting maybe no-one would come and I would be happy, so that was the situation.
"I am really pleased because when you have someone working so hard, he deserves some luck sometimes.
"He didn't know what would happen in the future, but still he was working hard, so I am really pleased for him and he is scoring great goals now. Especially from volleys, so that is good."
Wolves boss Walter Zenga:
"We made a big gift in one minute and the game was over in that one minute because of our two mistakes in defensive situations.
"When you make some gifts in this way, it's difficult then to come back into the game.
"Before they scored the goals, we had one great chance, unbelievable, one v one with the keeper and we missed. In the second half, we would have had something to open up the game.
"But unfortunately, we didn't score and the game was in the hands of the home team."
Match ends, Newcastle United 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United).
Ola John (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Paul Gladon (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Ciaran Clark.
Attempt blocked. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Gladon with a headed pass.
Dominic Iorfa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt saved. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daryl Murphy.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Karl Darlow.
Attempt saved. Paul Gladon (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Daryl Murphy (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin with a cross.
Jack Colback (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Saville (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Foul by Grant Hanley (Newcastle United).
Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Jamaal Lascelles replaces Matt Ritchie.
Foul by Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United).
Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Achraf Lazaar (Newcastle United).
Silvio (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matt Ritchie.
George Saville (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Christian Atsu (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Saville (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Christian Atsu.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson replaces Jed Wallace.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Ciaran Clark.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Achraf Lazaar.
Attempt saved. Ola John (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Price.
Attempt blocked. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey.
Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Substitution, Newcastle United. Christian Atsu replaces Yoan Gouffran.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Ayoze Pérez replaces Mohamed Diamé.
Foul by Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United).
George Saville (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
Attempt missed. Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ciaran Clark.
In September, police found 21 packages containing parts of women's clitorises, as well as surgical equipment, in a freezer owned by Peter Frederiksen, 63.
Weeks later, his wife, the state's main witness, was shot dead in Lesotho.
Prosecutor Amanda Bester told a bail hearing that Mr Frederiksen's wife, Anna Matseliso Molise, 28, was killed because she "knew too much".
"You do not have any evidence regarding my wife's death in Lesotho, so I suggest you stop that," Mr Frederiksen, a gun shop owner, told the hearing in Bloemfontein.
When he learned in prison that his wife had died, "it changed everything in my life", he said.
Mr Frederiksen is asking to be released on bail, but the state argues he should not, adding that he was in South Africa on fraudulent papers.
The state says Mr Frederiksen sliced off women's genitalia and kept them in the freezer.
He is pleading guilty to a number of charges, including conspiracy to murder, assault, bigamy and production and distribution of child pornography.
He told the court he did not take pornographic images of children and that he and his wife had used surgical equipment for body piercings only.
A women's rights group that has attended the hearings says he should not be freed before his trial.
Watson, ranked 79th in the world, failed with a chance to serve for a straight-set win over Hungary's Timea Babos before losing 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 7-5.
Babos, ranked 60th, played with aggression and power to claim victory in just under three hours.
Edmund was hampered by cramp as he lost 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-3 6-1 to world number 81 Damir Dzumhur.
The 21-year-old twice led by a set in hot conditions but the problem with his left leg helped Dzumhur fight back.
"I'm disappointed obviously because it's not my tennis that's let me down, it's my body," Edmund said.
Watson, 23, revealed after her match that she had also been troubled by physical issues.
"I came into the tournament with an abdominal strain," she said.
"As soon as it got important in that 5-4 game in the second set, I felt myself get tense and when I needed my serve today I couldn't reach up and hit it."
Watson, the British number two, made a great start against Babos by securing an early break for a 3-0 lead, but was soon broken back.
The Hungarian's aggressive serving game saved a set point at 5-6 as she produced two aces in a row, but Watson triumphed in the tie-break to secure a dramatic opening set than lasted 70 minutes.
At that stage, the advantage was with the Briton, who came out on top in a sumptuous 40-shot rally en route to earning what appeared a crucial break at 4-4 in the second set.
But 23-year-old Watson looked nervous as she served for the match, and lost her momentum as Babos reeled off three successive games to take the second set and level the match.
There was a further setback for Watson in the decider, as she was broken after pulling out of a shot when on top in a rally, in the mistaken belief that Babos had hit the ball long.
She broke back as Babos served for the match, and then pulled level at 5-5, only to fail in her next service game and lose the match.
Edmund, the British men's number three, called the trainer after the seventh game in the third set.
He managed to serve out for a 2-1 lead, but was no match for the Bosnian in the final two sets as his injury continued to hinder him.
Edmund, wincing and clutching his thigh, gave away five break points at 1-1 in the decider before succumbing and handing his opponent the decisive advantage.
The 21-year-old struggled to make it to the baseline to serve his final game, and a backhand into the net confirmed defeat in three hours and 12 minutes.
"You can't play full out because you lose confidence in your movement and when you do move you start to cramp up again," said the Yorkshireman.
"It was the same situation I felt in Davis Cup where I couldn't do anything.
"To beat these guys you have to be 100%. You can't play with your body cramping. It's frustrating."
"Watson said before this match that the short-term addition of Judy Murray to her coaching team put her in a 'super positive' frame of mind, and she played this match in a similar vein.
"She served for a straight-set victory in a match of absorbing rallies of up to 40 shots, but ultimately one of great disappointment as Watson lost in the first round for the third year in a row.
"Playing in plus-30 degree heat, Edmund started cramping as early as the third set. Cramp was also an issue in the Davis Cup final: nerves play their part, and the 21-year-old knows it is something he needs to address."
British number one Andy Murray begins his campaign against German teenager Alexander Zverev on Tuesday.
His match will be the second of the day on the Margaret Court Arena (01:30 GMT approx).
British number one woman Johanna Konta takes on Venus Williams in the second match on Rod Laver Arena (01:30 GMT approx).
Dan Evans is also second on Court 13 for his match against Spain's Feliciano Lopez and is followed on court by Aljaz Bedene, who faces American Steve Johnson.
No new date has yet been set for the game to be played.
The Church of Scotland-led memorial at Cathcart Old Parish Church will see wreaths laid and the flags of the New York police and fire departments flown.
It will be led by Rev Neil Galbraith with Christians and Muslims involved in readings during the service.
Representatives of the Scottish Ahlul Bayat Society will lay a wreath of remembrance and read from the Koran.
Police Scotland Deputy Chief Constable Ruaraidh Nicolson will also lay a wreath.
Mr Galbraith founded an aid charity called Glasgow the Caring City, which sent a disaster relief team to New York in the days after the terrorist attack.
He said around 70 American families have been flown over to Glasgow in the last decade for "therapy" holidays organised by the charity.
His church also has a piece of marble and part of a girder from the Twin Towers.
He said: "It is important to mark the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks because the worldwide consequences of that day have been immense.
"It is significant that the Scottish Ahlul Bayat Society are taking an active part in the service as equal partners.
"Their attendance sends out the message that, as a community, we are all in this together."
The Ahlul Bayat Society is a faith group which works in the Shia Muslim community.
He added: "There will never be another memorial service like this because a lot of the people who were involved in 9/11 are getting a lot older and might not be here for the 20th anniversary.
"With the passing of age, we must pass on to the young folks a modern Scotland, a more caring Scotland which has a respect for each other's faiths and is diverse enough to build bonds which can never be broken.
"And what better time to do it than on the anniversary of the day when the world changed and almost imploded, except for the fact that people of faith, humanity and compassion worked even harder and loved even stronger to ensure it would never happen.
"There is a bit of New York in all of us. That no matter what happens, with faith we can be stronger and united, you can love again."
Steven McGovern, 18, fled from G4S staff at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday and was last seen in the Grassmarket at about 17:00.
Police Scotland said he was wearing a sling on his arm at the time.
Anyone who knows where he is or has seen him has been urged not to approach him and contact police.
He is white, about 5ft 7in, with brown hair. He was wearing a green hooded Lacoste tracksuit, blue T-shirt and green trainers.
Police said he has links to the Drylaw area of Edinburgh.
The man who began his career as a priest in 1950s Hampshire went on to lead the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales and to don the red hat of a cardinal.
A traditionalist who opposed birth control and abortion, he preached that Christians must be more outspoken about their faith.
But he was heavily criticised when it emerged that he had failed to report a priest, who was later convicted of abusing children. It was a failing which he later bitterly regretted.
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor was born into a devout Catholic family in Reading, Berkshire on 24 August 1932.
His parents had emigrated from County Cork in Ireland before World War One.
One of six children, two of his brothers, Brian and Patrick, would also become priests and his eldest brother, James, qualified as a General Practitioner and played international rugby union for Ireland.
The family would say the Rosary (a series of prayers) most evenings and always attended church together on Sundays.
The young Murphy-O'Connor attended the Catholic Presentation College in Reading where he gained a reputation as a useful rugby player and became an accomplished pianist.
By the time he went to Prior Park College in Bath he knew he was destined for the priesthood.
He studied at the Venerable English College in Rome, the seminary set up in the 16th Century to train priests for England and Wales, where he gained a degree in theology, and was ordained in October 1956.
He began his ministry in Hampshire, eventually being appointed secretary to the Bishop of Portsmouth, Derek Worlock.
In 1970 he was appointed as parish priest at the church of the Immaculate Conception in Portswood, a suburb of Southampton.
By then his theological acumen had brought him to the attention of senior clergy and he served as rector of the college in Rome where he had previously studied.
While there he hosted the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Donald Coggan, on his groundbreaking visit to Rome when, to the amazement of the Vatican, Coggan called for full intercommunion between the Anglican and Catholic churches.
Murphy-O'Connor was appointed as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton in 1977 where his theologically orthodox and pastorally engaged ministry was well received.
It was in Sussex that he also faced his greatest public challenge when a priest within the diocese, Michael Hill, was accused of child sexual abuse.
Murphy-O'Connor sought advice from a psychotherapist and a counsellor who suggested that Hill should be given a job that did not involve children. The bishop agreed and Hill was made a chaplain at Gatwick Airport. He went on to abuse more children and was subsequently jailed in 1997.
He deeply regretted his failure to report the priest to the police, and said of his conduct: "I don't make any excuses. It was shameful. It's very hard for a bishop, who's told when he takes up that office, that a priest is your brother, you must help him, forgive him.
"What we didn't realise, as we should have done, was the grievous damage done to the victims," he added.
Murphy-O'Connor refused to resign but instead, upon becoming Archbishop of Westminster in 2000, established an independent committee led by Lord Nolan, to carry out a review on child protection practices in the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
The resulting report contained recommendations for key structures required at parish, diocesan and national level and in religious orders, the action needed to create as safe an environment as possible for children and those who work with them, and a strengthening of arrangements for responding to allegations of abuse.
Although he did not engage directly in politics, it was his careful nurturing that led Prime Minister Tony Blair to convert to Catholicism in 2007.
Blair later gave public testimony of his faith after the leadership of the Labour Party had passed to Gordon Brown.
However, the two clashed over the issue of gay couples being allowed to adopt, with Murphy-O'Connor telling Blair that Catholic adoption agencies should be exempted from the measure, a proposal which the government rejected.
A year later Murphy-O'Connor published a book entitled Faith in the Nation in which he said that while Britain had become more diverse and pluralistic, the Christian values which had shaped its identity should not be abandoned.
Throughout his ministry he strove to improve relationships with the Church of England although that became something of a struggle for him when the Anglican Church began admitting women as priests, something which he opposed.
He was created a cardinal in 2001 and, a year later, read prayers at the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
It was the first time since 1509 that a Catholic Cardinal had taken part in an English royal funeral service.
When he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75, Pope Benedict asked him to stay on and he finally retired two years later in 2009.
He was the first Archbishop of Westminster not to die in office.
In retirement Murphy-O'Connor continued to rail against what he saw as the continuing secularisation of British society and what he saw as the marginalisation of religious faith.
"Religious belief of any kind," he said, "tends to be treated more as a private eccentricity than as the central and formative element of British society that it is.
"In the name of tolerance, it seems to me that tolerance is being abolished," he said.
The victim, thought to be in his 30s, was found with stab wounds to the chest at a property on High Road, Leyton.
Scotland Yard said it had arrested a 34-year-old man shortly after the attack on suspicion of murder. He currently remains in custody.
Police said it was believed the two men were known to each other. A post-mortem examination is due to take place later.
DF Concerts announced in November that the festival would "take a break" in 2017.
Two teenagers died at the 2016 festival in separate incidents, while witnesses reported fights and illicit drug use in the campsite area.
It is understood no discussions are taking place on restricting the entry of under-18s to the main arena.
Geoff Ellis, chief executive of DF Concerts and Events, said: "We're still at the early stages of planning and one of the discussions we've had is whether or not to make the campsite 18-plus."
The festival has an open age policy, with under-18s having to be accompanied by someone over 21.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, Mr Ellis said: "What we have seen in recent years is more 16 and 17-year-olds going a bit crazy.
"So let's make the campsite over-18 going forward.
"It does mean families can't come to the event like they have done traditionally since 1994. But that is something we have to do."
The festival moved to Strathallan Castle in Perthshire in 2015.
That event drew complaints over traffic issues and antisocial behaviour.
DF Concerts revamped its transport plan, arena and campsite at the 2016 festival.
Mr Ellis said: "'T in the Park has been a rite of passage since 1994 but the core attendance has always been between 18 and 24.
"The reasons we have taken a year out is to solve the issues placed upon us because of the planning consent, purely that."
Mr Ellis also said T in the Park would reduce the number of electronic dance acts it features.
He said: "We're looking at EDM dance music, which is something that particularly appeals to a younger audience, and that's something I think we will dial down.
"We're seeing a more polarised audience with people into EDM and people into guitar music who are not tolerant of electronic music at all."
This summer's traditional T in the Park July dates will see the TRNSMT Festival take place in Glasgow.
Staged by DF Concerts, the non-camping festival will feature Radiohead, Kasabian and Biffy Clyro as headline acts at the event in Glasgow Green between 7 and 9 July.
South Wales Police ACC Jon Stratford said the move was to protect the public and provide reassurance.
Explosions at Brussels Airport and a metro station in the city are feared to have killed at least 31 people.
ACC Stratford said the increase in patrols was not down to any specific threat.
He said: "Our thoughts are with the people of Brussels following this morning's horrific attacks."
"As a precaution forces across Wales have increased policing presence at key locations, including transport hubs, to protect the public and provide reassurance. This is not in relation to any specific information or intelligence.
"The number of officers deployed will be regularly assessed. These additional officers are deployed as part of reassurance measures.
"The threat to the UK from international terrorism remains at severe, as it has been since August 2014, meaning an attack is highly likely."
Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain faced "a very real terror threat", announcing extra patrols at ports, airports, Tube stations and major railway stations.
In a case dubbed the "war on terrier", Depp's wife Amber Heard faces charges of breaching Australia's strict Quarantine Act for failing to declare the couple's dogs, Pistol and Boo.
Ms Heard had indicated the pair would avoid Australia because of Mr Joyce.
But Mr Depp now says he has been "invited to stay" at the newly-elected deputy prime minister's house.
"Of course, I love Australia," he told journalist Emma Dallimore on the Grammys red carpet on Sunday.
"Absolutely, [I will come back] ... I think that guy Barnaby? He invited me to stay at his house, for some reason."
The case sparked global attention after Depp's pet terriers were threatened with being put down by then agriculture minister Joyce.
Mr Joyce had said in an interview last year: "If we start letting movie stars, even though they've been the 'sexiest man alive' twice, to come into our nation, then why don't we just break the laws for everybody? It's time that Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States."
Under strict Australian laws, dogs entering from the US must be declared and have to be quarantined.
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The English Championship club have the option to recall Burns, 21, in January.
He goes straight into the Dons' squad for Thursday's Europea League qualifier against Ventspils.
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes, who worked with Burns at Ashton Gate, said: "Wes is a fantastic young talent who can play right across the front line."
Burns came through the Robins' youth ranks and has had previous loan spells with Forest Green Rovers, Oxford United, Cheltenham and Fleetwood Town.
He made 17 appearances with Bristol City last season, mainly as a substitute, but ended the campaign scoring five goals in 14 games for Fleetwood in League One, leading to him being called up to Wales' pre-Euro 2016 training squad.
"He has got a brilliant attitude and plenty of motivation to do well with us," said McInnes, who handed Burns his senior debut while he was manager at Ashton Gate.
"I would like to thank Bristol City and Lee Johnson for their help in making the deal happen as Wes had plenty of options."
Burns triggered a new one-year contract extension in April but has now been rewarded with a fresh deal that includes a further 12-month option.
Robins head coach Johnson told his club website: "The loan spell at Fleetwood was important and I've seen Wes come back this summer with a gravitas of a decent player.
"He's signed a contract that commits his long-term future to the club. We believe in him and he's our player - it's important people know that.
"He still has some career progression to become an established Championship player, in my opinion.
"He'll now get the chance to play for a massive club like Aberdeen.
"Wes is very quick and that will make him stand out in Scotland."
Burns, who has scored six times in 16 appearances for his national under-21 squad, was looking forward to more regular starts.
"The loan to Aberdeen allows me to play regularly, which is something I need, and against some top clubs like Celtic and Rangers in front of 50,000 people, as well as in Europe," he said.
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He pushed back against the negative tone of the current presidential race, arguing the US has the "strongest, most durable economy in the world".
"Anyone claiming that America's economy is in decline is peddling fiction," Mr Obama told lawmakers.
The speech to Congress highlighted his accomplishments such as health reform.
However, his focus was on cementing his legacy rather than unveiling new policies.
"For my final address to this chamber, I don't want to talk just about the next year," he said. "I want to focus on our future."
Mr Obama focused on tackling income inequality, using technology to combat climate change and how to maintain national security while not becoming mired in far-flung conflicts.
Finally, he talked at length about improving the state of politics and debate.
"Democracy does require basic bonds of trust between its citizens," he said.
He called on voters and members of Congress to change the divisive tone of politics and to "change the system to reflect our better selves".
Mr Obama said a major regret of his presidency is that Republicans and Democrats have become more divided.
Mr Obama took indirect aim to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump who has been criticised for his comments about Muslims and immigrants.
"When politicians insult Muslims, when a mosque is vandalised, or a kid bullied, that doesn't make us safer," Mr Obama said.
"That's not telling it like it is. It's just wrong... And it betrays who we are as a country."
In the year ahead, Mr Obama said he wants to:
He also announced a new national cancer research initiative that Vice President Joe Biden will be leading.
He only mentioned guns briefly, despite a recent policy push for executive actions on gun control, though a chair was left empty in the chamber to symbolise victims of gun violence.
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, delivering the Republican response to the address, said Mr Obama "spoke eloquently about grand things", but that his "record has fallen short of his soaring words".
"During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation," she said, likely referring to Mr Trump but not mentioning him by name.
She said Republicans must recognise their role in the declining trust in government in the US.
"We have big decisions to make. Our country is being tested," she said. "But we've been tested in the past, and our people have always risen to the challenge."
Group revenue was flat at £1.1bn in the first half of the year, but investors focused on the dip in sales in China, where the company said trading was "increasingly challenging".
The sales dip feeds into wider concerns about the slowdown in the Chinese economy.
The retailer said it would ramp up cost savings to offset slowing sales.
"The external environment became more challenging during the half, affecting luxury consumer demand in some of our key markets," said Burberry boss Christopher Bailey.
"In response, we have intensified our focus on driving sales and productivity, while taking swift action on discretionary costs."
He said he expected sales to pick up in the second half of the year.
Richard Hunter, head of equities at broker Hargreaves Lansdown, described the results as "underwhelming" and said the group was suffering in Asia and the US, as "general economic malaise" hit demand.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the tremor was felt at Poulton-le-Fylde in the early hours of Friday.
It was a 1.5 magnitude earthquake of intensity level three, recorded at a depth of 2.7km (1.7 miles). No damage or injuries have been reported.
On 1 April, the Blackpool area was hit by 2.2 magnitude tremor which again centred on Poulton-le-Fylde.
According to seismologists, the UK experiences about 20 earthquakes a year of a similar magnitude, the majority of which occur along the west coast.
The largest recorded earthquake experienced in the UK occurred in 1931 and measured 6.1. The epicentre was Dogger Bank in the North Sea.
The bullish former Leicester Tigers director of rugby has signed a two-year deal with Scottish Rugby.
Cockerill is savouring the opportunity to shape and propel a side languishing in the Pro12's lower reaches.
"Edinburgh's had less attention than Glasgow, and it's probably lost its way a little bit," he told BBC Scotland.
Cockerill added: "They want a little bit more direction and I think I can give that. I'm a pretty strong character and leader.
"I want to come and make a difference. I want Edinburgh to be successful. That's not going to happen overnight, but I've got a very strong work ethic, the players will have to work very hard, want to improve and want to win.
"I'm a person that wants to win. However, the reality is that's going to take some time.
"From the inception of the Pro12, Edinburgh have not finished above eighth, so there's clearly got to be a little bit of sorting out to do. There's no way of sugar-coating it, we have to improve."
Cockerill, the former England hooker who spent almost his entire playing and coaching career at Leicester, guided the Tigers to three Aviva Premiership titles before being sacked in January.
Moving from an independently run, wealthy giant of English rugby to work under the aegis of the Scottish Rugby Union, and its director of rugby Scott Johnson, will present a new set of challenges.
"I've had good conversations with Scott and Mark Dodson [Scottish Rugby's chief executive], and I know exactly how that's going to work with the union and the national side," Cockerill said.
"I think I have a good relationship with both of them. I think there are going to be a lot of robust conversations around how things need to be done moving forward and I think that's a healthy thing.
"The player base they've got, the budget and dynamics are different to what I'm used to, but that's good for me. I'm a pretty strong character and I know what I want."
In Edinburgh, Cockerill will be bound by greater financial constraints, a less illustrious playing roster than Leicester or Toulon - where is currently a consultant - and tasked with the aim of producing players of sufficient quality to represent Scotland.
He can't yet say where the squad needs augmented, but emphasises that his priority, where possible, will be to field Scottish talent.
"You have to understand where you sit, what you can and can't buy, and what you can't buy you have to create," Cockerill continued.
"There are lots of players I signed at Leicester that nobody had ever heard of that ended up being exceptionally good - that's going to have to be the case at Edinburgh.
"I signed Ed Slater from Australia - an Englishman who'd played for Nottingham, now he's a mainstay of the Leicester team and toured with England.
"Geoff Parling was on the bench for Newcastle when I signed him - within 12 months he was an international.
"If you have the choice, you will always have local-grown, Edinburgh, Scottish boys playing for your team because that means more to them than anything else. There's nothing better or stronger as a bond than trying to get those types of players into your team.
"There's a lot of young quality in that side that needs to be nurtured and brought through. I don't want Edinburgh to be a holding ground waiting for the Test matches to arrive; I want Edinburgh to be a successful team and I want players that want to play for Edinburgh first and foremost."
Edinburgh's overarching game-plan has long been in a state of oscillation.
Michael Bradley's reign yielded glittering running rugby, but calamitous defence. Alan Solomons, his successor, brought rigidity and grunt, but little else besides. Interim boss Duncan Hodge, in charge since September, is trying to restore a little attacking freedom, but has only won three of 11 Pro12 matches.
"I think Duncan's done a very good job in making the team more expansive and that will continue," Cockerill said. "But clearly we have to develop our players and make sure we're resilient, tough, competitive and robust - all the things the game is built on.
"Clearly, things are going to have to be done a little bit differently, because for whatever reason it's not worked as successfully as people would've liked.
"You have to start somewhere and somewhere is normally a good set-piece, physically committed players, and making sure you're always in the battle. That's something as a player I was always very good at, and most of the time, the sides I've coached have always been very difficult to beat, and I think that's important.
"You have to have a really good balance in your game, and I think Edinburgh have got the players and personnel to do that. I don't think there is one way of playing the game.
"The All Blacks are the best team in the world - they kick the ball more than anyone else. It's how, why and when you kick the ball.
"I know people will think I will want to be just combative - yeah, I want to be combative and have a strong set-piece, but I want to have a side that can play with ball in hand as well, because that will win you games, and win you big games."
Speaking before the launch of an anti-bullying film, Dr Sally Holland said she was keen on restorative justice.
"I don't think it's a good idea just to say 'don't do it again'," she said.
"That's wrong because they don't understand why and I think it's really important people learn about what impact it has."
In a survey carried out by the commissioner last year, of 7,000 children and young people across Wales, the vast majority of seven to 18-year-olds questioned said they wanted bullying to be at the top of her list of priorities.
Dr Holland said she was talking to children and young people about how they wanted the issue to be tackled.
Her comments come as a powerful anti-bullying film featuring pupils from Dyffryn School in Port Talbot is to be premiered.
Called My Life as a Bully, the 45-minute long drama tells the story of a girl who becomes the victim of the school bully and his gang.
A group of 19 pupils play a leading role in the film, with the young actors members of the year 10 and 11 drama GCSE group.
Isabel, aged 15, who is one of the pupils with a part, said: "My line in the film is 'no one deserves to be bullied'.
"For such a simple line it has quite a lot meaning behind it."
Fellow pupil Sebastian said the cast and crew had bonded over the experience.
"I'm really looking forward to seeing the story come together, it's been a jumble of scenes in no particular order but it's going to be really interesting seeing them all edited," he said.
Caroline Michael, head of drama at the school, said: "It's been a great opportunity for them to work with a professional company, professional actors and see the whole process.
Denise Francis, from Baglan-based theatre in education company Firehorse Productions, is behind the film.
She said the decision to choose bullying as a theme came in response to demands from schools keen to get the anti-bullying message to pupils through the medium of film and theatre.
"Bullying is probably the biggest issue schools are dealing with. Time and time again when we are going into schools we're told that the biggest issue children want tackled themselves is bullying," she said.
"If you see bullying going on or you are being bullied yourself it isn't something to be ashamed of and you should speak out and don't be afraid to speak out."
The film will be premiered at Gwyn Hall in Neath on Saturday, 12 November, and will then be available to schools.
Former Cameroon captain Eto'o, 35, wrote on his Instagram account: "Perhaps some people do not feel respect for me because I am black."
Eto'o later made a second post denying the criticism was aimed at Antalyaspor chairman Ali Safak Ozturk.
Ozturk had criticised Eto'o for his performances earlier in the season.
He said at the time: "No player is above the interests of Antalyaspor. Everyone must know their place."
Eto'o called Ozturk his "brother" in his second Instagram post, adding that the Turkish people had supported him "wholeheartedly".
"My message was to a person who criticises me unjustly for years and while he continues his criticisms, I kept winning trophies," the former Barcelona, Chelsea and Everton player wrote.
The Turkish club issued a statement stating Eto'o would have a separate training programme until his case was heard by their executive board.
Three-time Champions League winner Eto'o moved to Antalyaspor in June 2015 as the keystone of the club's bid in the southern Mediterranean resort city to find national and even European success.
But his stint has turned sour in the past weeks amid intense rumours in the close season that he would join Istanbul arch rivals Besiktas.
Tensions have been compounded by a poor start to the new season for Antalyaspor, who have taken only one point from four matches.
She told BBC Radio 4's Farming Today "we have to accept" the process could help production and livestock health.
Her brother, the Prince of Wales, has previously warned GM crops could cause an environmental disaster.
But Princess Anne said: "To say we mustn't go there 'just in case' is probably not a practical argument."
In an interview with the rural affairs programme to be broadcast on Thursday, the 66-year-old Princess Royal said she saw no problem with modifying crops if it improved their ability to grow.
"Gene technology has got real benefits to offer," said Princess Anne, who is a working farmer and patron of nearly 50 countryside organisations.
She said gene technology would "maybe have an occasional downside but I suspect not very many".
She added that she would be happy to use GM for crops and livestock on her own farming estate, Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire.
"We grow some very good plants here remarkably easily," she said. "I don't see the problem in saying 'is there something we could do to improve their abilities?'"
Princess Anne talked about the difficulties she has experienced developing rare-breed cattle, adding long-term investment to develop suitable genetic modification to help improve their health would be a "bonus".
Farming Today has been speaking to a number of leading figures about the future of the environment and farming post-Brexit.
Deep-seated opposition has seen just one GM crop commercially cultivated in the EU over the past 20 years.
In the UK, as in many other countries, there have been several trials, including GM wheat, but nothing has ever been licensed.
However, that could all change as in the House of Commons last autumn, farming minister George Eustice indicated the government was open to re-examining its position with GM crops after the UK leaves the EU.
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Princess Anne first entered the debate in 2000, when she said it was a huge oversimplification to say all farming ought to be organic.
Her position appears at odds with her brother's long-standing and vociferous opposition to GM crops.
The Prince of Wales is a royal patron of the Soil Association, which has campaigned against GM crops and ingredients in human and animal food.
He has argued that GM crops damaged the Earth's soil, describing them in 2008 as an experiment "gone seriously wrong".
Speaking from Buckingham Palace, Princess Anne told Farming Today that "GM is one of those things that divides people".
She added: "Surely, if we're going to be better at producing food of the right value, then we have to accept that genetic technology... is going to be part of that.
"How you define what is harmful or what is good seems to be rather more difficult."
In the interview, she also discussed biofuels, the use of science in farming and what kind of subsidies could help farmers in the future.
Hear Princess Anne on BBC Radio 4's Farming Today on Thursday 23 March from 05:45 GMT.
Officers conducted a search at Tiki Tots in Nile Grove and found the class B drug growing in the building's loft space.
Police said parents had been completely unaware of the cannabis.
The cannabis was recovered by police on Tuesday. Officers said they were pursuing a positive line of inquiry.
Det Insp Paul Grainger, of Police Scotland, said: "This building was regularly occupied by young children and their parents who were completely unaware of the cannabis which was being grown within.
"Acting upon intelligence, we executed a search of the premises and made a sizeable drugs recovery.
"Our engagement with the public provides us with invaluable information and by working together we have ensured the safety of local parents and their children, as well as the wider community which these drugs were destined for."
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Malcolm disappeared when he was just three. Since then his owners have moved house and left the area.
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Interim coach Stuart Lancaster is expected to name Scarlets number eight Morgan and Saracens midfielder Farrell in his elite squad on Wednesday.
Asked if Morgan should be in the XV, Dallaglio told BBC Sport: "No, you need some experience in the squad first.
"The lad needs to experience the culture and the environment."
Leadership is really, really important. The more leaders we can get in the squad the better, the likes of Chris Robshaw, Dylan Hartley, Tom Wood
Bristol-born Morgan, 22, has opted to play for his native country rather than Wales, where he has just qualified on the three-year residency rule.
Farrell, 20, has already been mooted as the long-term answer for England at number 10, even though he has spent most of the season playing at centre outside Charlie Hodgson for Saracens.
"Owen Farrell is playing well and England have got some interesting selections at 10," former England captain Dallaglio commented.
"Jonny Wilkinson has retired, Toby Flood looks like he might be injured. Do you think putting Owen Farrell in against Scotland away [in their opening match on 4 February] is a fair baptism? I think Stuart Lancaster might look to the likes of Charlie Hodgson.
"I'd certainly have Farrell in the squad, he is definitely an England number 10 or 12 of the future. I remember Jonny Wilkinson coming into the England team and he made his debut on the wing at home, he didn't make his debut at 10 away from home."
Saracens' 20-year-old Owen Farrell is the talk of the town and sure to be included; he might start at centre if England want a 'second five-eighth' in midfield. Does Lancaster now give Farrell his head at 10? Or turn to his Saracens team-mate Charlie Hodgson, whose distribution skills are still top notch even if his Test career stalled because of defensive concerns.
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Asked who should captain the team in the Six Nations, Dallaglio said: "Leadership is really, really important. The more leaders we can get in the squad the better, the likes of Chris Robshaw, Dylan Hartley, Tom Wood.
"I'm not going to put my neck on the line, it comes down to having a number of different leaders. At the moment it looks like Robshaw and Wood might fit the bill, it's heavily intimated the captaincy is likely to come from one of those two."
Dallaglio, speaking in his role as an ambassador for the 2015 World Cup, added: "England have got a wonderful challenge on their hands.
"We were clearly very disappointed both on the field and off the field throughout the World Cup [in New Zealand in 2011] and it's a chance for us to really turn things around, get the confidence back in the public and people believing in the England team.
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"It won't happen overnight but England have got a great chance to build. We'd like to be a lot further ahead in terms of development but perceptions can change very quickly. Careers can be born and made.
"Of course England can win the World Cup, they've got a great chance but we've got to take it one step at a time and reconnect with the fans. In order to win the next World Cup we've got to find some new stars, some Jonny Wilkinsons of 2015 who are really going to take England forward." | The United States has eased a number of trade restrictions with Cuba, in President Barack Obama's latest attempt to bypass the US Congress's economic embargo on the island.
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In 2014, YouTube published a mock sales pitch called Google Maps: Pokemon Challenge, which showed the corporation's maps app overtaken by colourful monsters.
The video asked recruits to track down these critters using their phone's GPS location data, and then capture them using their camera.
If you are still unsure about how to play Pokemon Go, or what it is, Google's prank provides a pretty good guide.
It's perhaps no coincidence that the studio that developed today's blockbuster app, Niantic Labs, is itself a spin-out from Google.
Up until now, the central concept of mobile games has been something that can be enjoyed anywhere. They are pit-stops in daily routines.
But few games encourage playing while on the move like Pokemon Go does.
In order to succeed, players have to travel to destinations and visit landmarks previously unknown to them.
In doing so, the Pokemon Company - and Nintendo, which has a large stake in it - may have just harnessed the true potential of mobilised gaming.
This a watershed moment for augmented reality in particular.
The concept has been around for more than a decade but has never before achieved this level of mainstream awareness.
Augmented reality games use a device's sensors to mix together the virtual and real worlds, allowing players to, for instance, fight a dragon circling Big Ben or take down a spaceship zipping through your lounge.
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Innovations, as self-evidently important as they are, don't tend to write the history of the games industry. Usually, it is the trendsetters that shape its future.
Doom wasn't the first shooter that depicted the world through the eyes of its hero, Street Fighter 2 wasn't the first one-on-one brawler, and Candy Crush was hardly the first game of rearranging items in lines, but all three were the trailblazers that set their respective genres alight.
Pokemon Go is not even the first augmented reality title to win critical acclaim.
In 2012, London developer Six to Start released Zombies, Run!, an audio-only exercise game that tasks joggers with fleeing from the undead, with the sounds of groans in their ears.
A year later, developer Niantic Labs released Ingress, which tasks players with finding virtual items dotted around the real world using a smartphone's GPS.
Although it has since been downloaded more than 14 million times, it is now perhaps best known for being the precursor to the same studio's Pokemon-themed follow-up.
The likelihood that other developers are now frantically working on games with similar conceits - collecting and interacting with virtual items in the real world - is very high.
What Pokemon Go has demonstrated so effectively is that augmented reality games can be extraordinarily viral if developed in a certain way.
On social media, thousands of players are posting images of Pokemon creatures dwelling in random locations and historical landmarks. This in itself has become a game of one-upmanship, to the extent that one Twitter user even snapped a picture of a monster while he was being pulled over by the police.
It is Pokemon Go's presence in the real world that sets it apart.
Its millions of players have effectively become walking advertisements by shuffling through busy streets with their smartphones held aloft, in the hope of catching their next creature.
Popular sightseeing locations, such as New York's Central Park, as well as more obscure ones, including an Australian suburb, have been bustling with crowds of players looking for rarer and elusive Pokemon.
For now, the game is a little barebones and free to play. Its developer currently makes money from the optional power-ups and virtual items that can be bought within the title.
But Niantic is already in talks with various companies who want to buy sponsored locations within the game.
This is a new kind of revenue stream for a games developer and, at a time where traditional income routes are somewhat challenged, is something that will certainly turn heads if successful.
The iPhone and Android have revolutionised the games industry by ushering in a new era of lightweight and compulsive games enjoyed in small chunks; on commutes into work and while queuing at the Post Office.
Pokemon Go takes that idea one step further. Here, the great outdoors isn't just a place to play games, but now an interactive playground to explore.
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The Chelsea forward's 10-minute cameo during the 1-0 victory over Czech Republic is his only appearance of the competition so far.
Spain are through to the knockout stages, having beaten Turkey in their second game.
David Silva and Nolito have been preferred to the 28-year-old former Barcelona player.
Pedro told Spanish media that it was "difficult" for him to accept being second-choice as there was "no continuity" for him.
"If you don't see continuity, coming here to stay with the group is no longer worth it," he said.
The winger has 58 caps for Spain, scoring 17 goals since his debut in 2010.
Spain play their final group fixture against Croatia in Bordeaux at 20:00 BST on Tuesday.
Boudicca Scherazade, 47, was on trial at St Albans Magistrates' Court, where she had denied stalking furniture trader Laurence Roche for three years.
Earlier, she told the court she had sent him intimate pictures of herself.
Magistrates said they found the messages had been "one way traffic" from Scherazade to her victim.
Ms Scherazade, of Garrick Villa in Hampton, London, appeared in 2015 in the UK version of the American TV series Storage Hunters, in which she travelled the country with other dealers hoping to find a bargain.
She was found to sent hundreds of explicit emails, text messages and voicemails to Mr Roche between 2013 and May this year.
She told the court she became aware of Mr Roche in 2012 while working at a market in Wimbledon, describing him as a "larger than life character" who would stand at his stall bare-chested.
She said they spoke over the phone and exchanged text messages and emails with sexual contents.
Earlier, Mr Roche told the court he had never sent Ms Scherazade any emails and had made it clear he was not interested in her.
Chairman of the magistrates, Mr Alun Price-Davies, found him to be an "entirely creditable" witness.
Ms Scherazade admitted she had sent all the emails the court had been told about, including one that said: "Come over, make me yours. Own my soul. Say my name I will give everything I own, I love you Laurence Roche."
Sentencing was adjourned until next month and Ms Scherazade was granted bail with the conditions that she should not contact Mr Roche or his partner.
Celtic goalkeeper Megan Cunningham is also back in Anna Signeul's party for the friendly against Spain on 8 March at Falkirk Stadium.
The trio missed last month's 6-0 thrashing in Sweden.
Scotland are preparing for their Women's Euro 2017 qualifier against Slovenia at Paisley 2021 Stadium.
Signeul's side top Group 1 with a 100% record as they aim to reach next summer's finals in the Netherlands.
The match against Spain, which takes place on International Women's Day, is the first time the two sides have met since the play-offs for Euro 2013, which the Spanish progressed to after winning 4-3 on aggregate.
Former Arsenal players Beattie and Little had been on loan to Melbourne from Manchester City and Seattle Reign respectively.
Beattie opened the scoring and Little added the second in City's 4-1 win over Sydney in the W-League Grand Final having already topped the league table.
Glasgow City, who have won the Scottish title nine seasons in a row, have only three players in the current squad, outnumbered by Hibernian, last year's runners-up having four.
Goalkeepers: Megan Cunningham (Celtic), Gemma Fay (Glasgow City), Shannon Lynn (Vittsjo)
Defenders: Chloe Arthur (Bristol City), Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City), Frankie Brown (Bristol City), Rachel Corsie (Seattle Reign), Siobhan Hunter (Hibernian), Emma Mitchell (Arsenal), Joelle Murray (Hibernian), Kirsty Smith (Hibernian)
Midfielders: Leanne Crichton (Notts County), Kim Little (Seattle Reign), Joanne Love (Glasgow City), Christie Murray (unattached), Caroline Weir (Liverpool)
Forwards: Lizzie Arnot (Hibernian), Lana Clelland (Tavagnacco), Lisa Evans (Bayern Munich), Zoe Ness (Mallbackens), Jane Ross (Manchester City), Leanne Ross (Glasgow City)
William Flannigan was alleged to have sold properties at Lakeminster Park, Beverley, east Yorkshire, as permanent homes despite knowing they could only be used for holiday purposes.
However, Judge Paul Watson QC told Hull Crown Court there was no case to answer due to a lack of evidence.
Mr Flannigan, 51, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, had denied the charges.
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The judge instructed the jury to return not guilty verdicts on all the counts, marking the end of a nine-week trial.
Speaking outside court, Mr Flannigan said it "felt good" to have been cleared.
Prosecutors had alleged that he "made significant financial gains" after making a number of "untrue statements" over a number of years.
Barrister David Gordon told jurors Mr Flannigan "knew perfectly well" the park did not have the relevant planning permission.
Residents moved in to Lakeminster Park in 2008 but in 2011 were told they could not live there all year round as the site did not have the required planning permission.
An application for retrospective planning permission was refused in 2012 and, after a series of inquiries, homeowners were issued with eviction notices in September 2014.
During the trial, Mr Flannigan's barrister claimed he had been the victim of a plot to deflect scrutiny away from East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
A spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service said it had considered there to be "sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction" but that it respected the judge's decision.
Residents of Fred Wigg Tower, Leytonstone, had taken legal action to stop the security measure, saying it would make them a terrorism target.
However on Tuesday the High Court ruled in favour of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), agreeing that a tower block was a suitable site for the missiles.
A Labour MP has tabled an early day motion against the choice of location.
Leyton and Wanstead MP John Cryer's
motion says:
"This House recognises the need to provide reasonable security for the Olympic Games but is concerned at the unprecedented decision of the Ministry of Defence, in peacetime and where no emergency has arisen, to station troops, armed police and ground-based air defence missile systems on top of Fred Wigg Tower."
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The Ministry of Defence has said it was a legitimate and proportionate part of the security measures taken for the Olympic Games.
The missiles, including Rapier and High Velocity systems, will be in place from mid-July, the MoD has confirmed.
The sites and types of systems set to be deployed are:
Plans also include the use of the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, which will be moored on the River Thames.
RAF Typhoon jets will be stationed at RAF Northolt, and Puma helicopters at a Territorial Army centre in Ilford, east London.
The European Clubs' Association (ECA) said it will work with Uefa on any "improvements" before 2018.
ECA boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has suggested "a tournament consisting of 20 teams from Italy, England, Spain, Germany and France".
Currently, 78 teams qualify from the 54 member leagues across Europe.
After preliminary qualifying rounds, 32 teams enter the group stage.
Following a meeting on Tuesday, Rummenigge said that "stagnation means regression" but promised to "find a good and balanced solution".
ECA senior vice-chairman Umberto Gandini said a review into the tournament's format would take six to nine months and would look to make the competition "more and more attractive".
Gandini said there was not yet an "understanding" that the Champions League would have to change but added: "We will listen to the main actors of the competition and Uefa itself and find out what is best.
"It may be just a slight change to the access list, it may be many aspects of the competition that can be reviewed and adjusted."
The ECA represents more than 200 clubs, including the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Chelsea.
There have been suggestions that these clubs should get direct entry into Europe's elite club football tournament, rather than through their domestic league position the previous season.
Rummenigge, who is chief executive of Bayern Munich, told a German newspaper last month: "A super league outside of the Champions League is being born. It will either be led by Uefa or by a separate entity, because there is a limit to how much money can be made."
Changes to European club competitions can only be made after three-year cycles, with the current one finishing after 2017-18.
The excursion train from Derby to Swanage ran on the new Swanage Railway heritage line between Wareham and the seaside resort.
Trial passenger services to reconnect Swanage with the Network Rail mainline at Wareham are due to start in June next year.
The original rail line was closed by British Rail and ripped up in 1972.
Volunteers originally rebuilt a 5.5-mile (8.8km) stretch from Swanage to Norden over 30 years and have been running it as a tourist attraction since the late 1990s.
About 1,500 sleepers have been replaced and an eroding embankment has been repaired during the restoration of the line from Norden to Wareham.
Mark Woolley, director of Swanage Railway Company, said the project to reconnect the heritage line with the mainline had been "a 40-year struggle".
"To actually get to the point where we can say we've nearly finished the job is just brilliant," he added.
Barry Light, who has been involved with Swanage Railway since 1987, said those involved with the reconnection works were "righting a wrong".
"The railway should never have got ripped up in the first place," he said.
The original 10-mile (16km) line from Swanage to Wareham was removed over seven weeks in 1972.
The excursion train, run by Pathfinder rail tours, also collected passengers in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Oxfordshire before arriving at Swanage.
Trials between Swanage and Wareham were originally expected to begin last year but were delayed due to upgrade works on two 1960s diesel trains.
They are now expected to run for at least 50 days next year, starting in June, and 90 days the following year.
The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The 23-year-old was arrested in Ardcarn Park for endangering aircraft. He has since been released on bail to appear for questioning at a later stage.
In a tweet, PSNI Air Support said the incident had happened while the helicopter was supporting police officers in the area.
Earlier this month, the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), called for laser pointers to be classed as "offensive weapons" after a pilot was injured by a beam, shortly after taking off from Heathrow to New York.
Mr Marino has denied allegations he paid personal restaurant bills using official funds.
He offered to pay back €20,000 ($22,500) early on Thursday but later said he would stand down, when his Democratic Party withdrew its support.
Mr Marino was already under pressure over the dilapidated state of Italy's capital.
The mayor faced calls to resign last year for a series of unpaid parking tickets, and saw his popularity slump after a corruption scandal implicated several politicians, including his predecessor.
Mr Marino, who took office in 2013, was also criticised for not stopping an alleged mafia boss being given a glitzy funeral in the city.
He said his resignation should not be taken as an admission of guilt, but said "political conditions" had made it impossible to continue.
Sunday's Premier League fixture is only Mourinho's second trip to Stamford Bridge as an opposition boss.
He won there with Inter Milan in 2010, before his second spell with the Blues in which he added a third league title to his trophy haul in west London.
"I have the maturity to control the emotion," said Mourinho.
"If my team score a goal am I going to celebrate like a crazy kid? No.
"Am I going to have a negative reaction if the crowd has something negative with me? No."
Sunday will be Mourinho's first appearance at Stamford Bridge since he was sacked in December 2015, with the club 16th in the Premier League.
I think he deserves a good reception, because he wrote with the club, with his players, with the staff part of the story of this club
It is also the first time he has been back since Mourinho settled a discrimination claim with former Chelsea physio Eva Carneiro, following the Portuguese's furious reaction to her going on the pitch to treat Eden Hazard in a game against Swansea in August 2015.
"When some managers leave clubs, they like to 'wash the dirty clothes', to go back and speak and speak and speak about what happened.
"I leave clubs with a very good feeling. I gave everything to the club. I want to keep the good memories - and at Chelsea I had so many.
"The other things - I don't forget, I keep. But I keep it to myself."
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Twice Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich appointed Mourinho as his manager. On both occasions he was rewarded with Premier League titles.
Yet twice the mega-rich Russian sacked him.
The United boss says the pair were never close. "We always had the relationship of owner-manager," said Mourinho.
"It was a very respectful relationship but he was never my friend. We were never close to each other."
Mourinho, won three Premier League titles, an FA Cup and three League Cups during his two spells at Chelsea, says he is unconcerned about the reception from fans.
"I cannot say I care because I have a job to do and I will be more focused on the game," he said.
"What do I expect? I don't know. They could think about me, remember our great relationship and have a good reaction. They could look at me and say 'for 90 minutes he is Manchester United manager and he is playing against us, so he is not someone we like'.
"I will always respect them."
Mourinho's return apart, Sunday's game is important for two clubs seeking to re-establish their Champions League credentials.
Both clubs have won the title within the past four years, but neither made the top four last season and they are both outside it going into this weekend's game - Chelsea fifth and United two places further back.
They have each lost two of their eight games but know if results go their way, they could be in the top four by Sunday night.
Mourinho said: "I am not a gambler but if I was, I wouldn't bet a lot on the title or top four because there is a big risk of losing money.
"The distances are so short. A team that wins three in a row is immediately in the top three or four. And the team that has a bad run for just a couple of results goes immediately outside the top four.
"My feeling is it will be close and probably one team that you think is playing for the title in March, probably in May doesn't finish in the top four."
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says his counterpart should be given a warm welcome when he arrives at Stamford Bridge.
The Italian was appointed Mourinho's permanent successor in April and began his job in July.
"I have great respect for him," said Conte.
"He won three championships and I think he was an important man for the club.
"I think he deserves a good reception, because he wrote with the club, with his players, with the staff part of the story of this club."
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Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he hoped the consultations in Geneva would "restore momentum towards a Yemeni-led political transition process".
But the foreign minister for the exiled government said it might not attend because it wanted more time to prepare.
A Saudi-led coalition resumed bombing Houthi rebels and their allies after a five-day ceasefire ended on Sunday.
Overnight, warplanes targeted army bases and weapons depots in the most sustained bombardment of the capital, Sanaa, in almost two months, residents said.
The UN says at least 1,850 people have been killed and more than 7,390 injured in air strikes, fighting on the ground and attacks by militants since 19 March.
More than 500,000 Yemenis have also been displaced from their homes, and millions have been affected by shortages of food, water, fuel and medicines.
Mr Ban urged all parties to the conflict to engage in the talks, which will begin on 28 May, "in good faith and without preconditions", his spokesman said.
"The only durable resolution to the crisis in Yemen is an inclusive, negotiated political settlement," Mr Ban warned.
The announcement follows extensive consultations by the UN's special envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, together with expressions of support by the UN Security Council.
The Security Council has called for the restoration of Yemen's President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, who fled the country in March, and the resumption of the democratic transition begun in 2011 when former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh was forced to hand over power following mass protests.
Yemen's Foreign Minister Riad Yassin expressed surprise at Mr Ban's talks announcement.
"We didn't get an official invitation," he told the Reuters news agency. "It's very short notice. If it happens, it shouldn't be on 28 May."
Mr Yassin added that the Houthis should be required to disarm and leave the cities they have seized since September before being allowed to attend.
The government organised a three-day conference on Yemen's future that concluded in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
It was attended by hundreds of Yemeni politicians and tribal leaders, but the Houthis refused to participate. They rejected the main aim of the conference - the restoration of Mr Hadi - and the decision to hold it in a country leading the air campaign against them.
During the five-day ceasefire that ended on Sunday, international humanitarian organisations scrambled to get desperately-needed aid to the hardest-hit areas of the country.
On Wednesday, Iran's deputy foreign minister announced that an Iranian cargo ship carrying 2,500 tonnes of aid would now submit to inspections at the UN's hub in Djibouti before sailing on to Yemen's Red Sea port of Hudaydah.
Iran had refused to allow Saudi-led naval forces to carry out an inspection of the vessel to ensure it was not transporting arms supplies for the Houthis.
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It was a four day blaze, which swept through Britain's capital, destroying large parts of it.
To mark the anniversary, a model replica of London will be burned, and new stamps have been designed.
But what exactly happened and how did it change the city's history?
Jenny has been taking a look back.
The Swans were well beaten by Newcastle on Saturday and Guidolin has warned Swansea must avoid complacency.
"We can't take our foot off the pedal, we need some points for mathematical security to stay in the Premier League," he explained.
"It's not done yet, so we need points. I don't know how many."
"One, two three - but it's important not to relax.
"Football is particular and I have seen many surprises in my career, so it's important to be focussed and be aware."
Guidolin had previously stated that he felt Swansea were confident of securing their Premier League status.
"Yes, I think so. It is virtual safety. It's not real yet but now we can see forward, not behind," he said after their 1-0 win over Chelsea.
However, Guidolin felt Swansea's performance at the weekend showed there is work to be done at the Liberty Stadium, especially with a daunting trip to Premier League leaders Leicester next on the horizon.
He said: "Newcastle deserved to win, but the result is heavy for us because yes, Newcastle played better than us with more intensity, with focus.
"But in the second half, we had some situations, some possibilities to score and draw level, and maybe the match could have changed.
"But this is our job, it's my job. I know football.
"Maybe after three months of hard work to achieve where we are in the table, it's possible to have a bad day, and today for us was not a good day."
That means additional money as a result of a reallocation of funds from the Northern Ireland Executive.
It is a one-off payment with £5m of it going entirely on capital or building funds. So how will the money be spent?
At this stage there is little detail. However, from the health minister's statement it seems that the money will go directly to unscheduled care which includes emergency departments.
It will also be directed to those areas within hospitals which often experience bed blocking - when patients cannot be discharged as there is nowhere for them to be cared for in the community, including in their own homes.
Health Minister Michelle O'Neill said: "This funding will help address a range of front line pressures right across the health and social care sector, including unscheduled care, improving patient flow through our hospitals and additional social care provision to help meet increasing demands."
Alongside welcoming the funding, the minister took the opportunity to stress that she supports reform of the health and social care system.
Revealing that she met Prof Rafael Bengoa on Tuesday morning, who is leading the expert panel on the reform of health and social care in Northern Ireland, the minister said it is about changing how services are delivered.
"He made it clear that his report is not about closing hospitals, it is about changing the way services are provided," Ms O'Neill said.
"There needs to be a shift in focus from where services are currently designed around the people who deliver them and the places where they are delivered, to focus on the needs of the patient."
So the minister appears to be pressing ahead with plans started by her Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) predecessor Simon Hamilton to change how services are delivered or which buildings they are delivered from.
Mr Hamilton also triggered the idea that politics should be removed from health.
That theme continued when, announcing the funding, the Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said it was important that politics be taken out of health.
What is surprising is that none of this money will be used to tackle waiting lists.
A statement also refers to providing additional social care provision. That suggests extra money will perhaps be spent on providing home help or domiciliary care, so patients can be discharged from hospital quicker in order to be cared for at home.
Addressing the assembly last week, the health minister said she would do whatever was possible to help people who required operations and treatment.
"While this short-term financial boost is to be welcomed, it is only through longer-term structural reform that we will secure an efficient and effective health and social care service."
As part of the £72m investment, funding is also being provided for projects including providing support for the hearing screening programme for newborn babies.
According to the Department of Health, the funding will provide a robust, failsafe mechanism for recording the results of newborn hearing screening tests to ensure that the right treatment can be provided to babies.
Also money will be used towards funding the Ambulance Response System.
The aim is to replace the mobile data and Automated Vehicle Location System (AVLS) system for mobilisation of ambulance fleet and bidirectional communication between crews and ambulance control and ensure a reliable 999 response to patients.
Staff were told on Friday evening that the business has closed and their jobs are gone.
Clerys has been sold to real estate company Natrium Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
Dublin High Court has appointed joint provisional liquidators to the company operating the outlet.
A spokesperson for the liquidators said that Clerys ceased trading at 17:30 BST.
As well as the 130 people employed by the company, around 330 other people are employed by the 50 concession holders, who sold clothes and other goods in the store.
Clerys is one of Europe's oldest purpose-built department stores, and it first opened in 1853 under the name of "The Palatial Mart".
The victims were named as Exequiel Borbaran, 18, and Diego Guzman, 24. Both men were killed in the port city of Valparaiso, said Interior Minister Jorge Burgos.
Local media report that they had been spraying graffiti on a wall and were shot by the son of the owner of the property.
Students held protests across Chile on Thursday to demand education reform.
Chilean police said they had arrested a 22-year-old suspect over the killings.
"The government does not tolerate and will not tolerate these acts of violence," said Mr Burgos.
Reports say that an argument ensued after the two men were seen spraying graffiti on the wall of a residential building.
A man came out to try and stop them, threatening to kill them if they did not leave.
He went back inside to get his gun and shot them both.
Both victims were rushed to hospital but died of their injuries shortly afterwards.
Students said they would hold a candlelit vigil for the the victims later on Thursday.
The protest in Valparaiso, 130 km (80 miles) northwest of the capital Santiago, was one of several across the country.
Students have staged dozens of marches since 2011 in a bid to change Chile's education system.
The BBC's Gideon Long in Santiago says that many of these marches end in violence, with masked youths fighting with police who respond with tear gas and water cannon.
But until Thursday, only one person had been killed. A 14-year-old boy was hit by a police bullet during in 2011.
The Spain international had an operation last month but had hoped to play again this term.
However, United boss Jose Mourinho confirmed the 28-year-old, who joined from Chelsea in January 2014, would not be fit until the end of May.
Defenders Phil Jones and Chris Smalling will not return until mid-May, Mourinho added.
The Premier League season ends on 21 May.
Should United progress to the Europa League final, that match would be played in Stockholm on 24 May.
Hazard put Chelsea ahead with a low, angled shot, before Marcos Alonso added a second when he slotted through Maarten Stekelenburg's legs.
Diego Costa made it 3-0 just before half-time, and Hazard scored the pick of the goals after the break.
Pedro put the gloss on the result when he tapped into an empty net.
Everton spent the majority of the game penned in their own half and did not manage a shot on target in the entire 90 minutes as Chelsea produced a ruthless and dominant performance.
Many of the visiting supporters left Stamford Bridge well before the final whistle. Those that remained applauded Chelsea off the pitch, with the biggest ovation of all from the home fans reserved for Hazard, who capped a brilliant display with two superb goals.
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In an attempt to stifle the 3-4-3 system that had earned Antonio Conte's side four consecutive Premier League wins before this match, Everton manager Ronald Koeman reverted to three men at the back.
However, the tactical ploy proved ineffective as the Dutchman's side were outpassed and outclassed by Conte's men in a mesmerising first-half display.
Confidence has been high among Chelsea's players since their 4-0 demolition of Manchester United last month, and the swagger with which they dismantled Everton will only further fuel talk of a title challenge.
In the five games since the formation change, Conte's side have scored 16 goals and conceded none.
Chelsea look a completely different team from the sluggish outfit that struggled under Jose Mourinho last season, and this performance was a real statement of intent.
Everton striker Romelu Lukaku would have been desperate to impress against former club Chelsea, but the Belgium international was a subdued presence.
Luakaku, who joined Everton from Chelsea for a club record £28m in July 2014, was barely able to get on the ball in the final third as Chelsea dominated.
Despite being paired with Yannick Bolasie, he was deprived of service, and spent large parts of the game chasing lost causes.
The 23-year-old has now played five Premier League matches for the Toffees against his former club, but is yet to score.
If Lukaku endured a frustrating game, the opposite was true for compatriot Hazard, who has rediscovered his joie de vivre and scored for a fourth consecutive league game.
Chelsea striker Diego Costa may have had a hand in more goals than any other Premier League player, with nine goals and three assists, but it is Hazard who has supporters on their feet whenever he is on the ball.
The effortless manner with which he glided past the dazed yellow shirts of Everton's defence for his two goals was breathtaking.
Conte claimed the 25-year-old forward is on the right track to becoming one of the world's best players, and on this evidence that is no exaggeration.
BBC Match Of The Day pundit Ian Wright said: "Eden Hazard was world class against Everton. I think Ronald Koeman picked the wrong day to pick three at the back."
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte: "It was a great game, a good performance. It is important for confidence to be top of the league. We have to continue as Everton is now in the past.
"The players deserve this because they show me great commitment and I can tell they are working very hard. The team has more balance defensively, but we don't lose our offensive situation. We are creating more chances to score goals.
"Eden Hazard played an impressive game. We all know he is a talented player. I see he is working a lot for the team and his team-mates are very happy for this. He must continue - he is showing his talent in every game."
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Everton manager Ronald Koeman: "The difference was too big between Chelsea and Everton. The one positive thing is it is only three points.
"This system is very difficult to play against and really the Chelsea manager has brought a winning mentality to the players. They are hungry and they will fight for the title for sure.
"I expected more from my team. It was a big difference in every aspect. It was not about the system - the difference was the mentality to win the game. With five defenders we control it, after 2-0 it was over."
After the international break, Chelsea face Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium on Sunday, 20 November with a 16:00 GMT kick-off, while a day earlier Everton have a 15:00 GMT home fixture against struggling Swansea.
Match ends, Chelsea 5, Everton 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 5, Everton 0.
Foul by John Terry (Chelsea).
Romelu Lukaku (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Davies (Everton).
Offside, Chelsea. John Terry tries a through ball, but Diego Costa is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Victor Moses (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Costa.
Foul by N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea).
Tom Davies (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Chelsea. John Terry replaces Gary Cahill.
Victor Moses (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Mirallas (Everton).
Attempt blocked. Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Costa.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Maarten Stekelenburg.
Attempt saved. David Luiz (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Oscar with a cross.
Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Eden Hazard.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ashley Williams.
Attempt blocked. Diego Costa (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oscar with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ross Barkley (Everton).
Attempt missed. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) header from a difficult angle on the left is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ross Barkley with a cross following a corner.
Substitution, Chelsea. Oscar replaces Pedro.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Victor Moses.
Substitution, Everton. Tom Davies replaces Gareth Barry.
Goal! Chelsea 5, Everton 0. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Costa.
Gareth Barry (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gareth Barry (Everton).
Attempt blocked. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Alonso.
Attempt saved. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcos Alonso.
Substitution, Everton. Aaron Lennon replaces Yannick Bolasie.
Diego Costa (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gareth Barry (Everton).
Goal! Chelsea 4, Everton 0. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedro.
Attempt blocked. Victor Moses (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nemanja Matic.
David Luiz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Criticism of the government and royal family and the questioning of Islamic tenets are not generally tolerated. Self-censorship is pervasive.
The state-run Broadcasting Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (BSKSA) operates almost all domestic broadcasting outlets. The minister of culture and information chairs the body which oversees radio and TV.
Private TVs cannot operate from Saudi soil, but the country is a major market for pan-Arab satellite and pay-TV. Saudi investors are behind UAE-based TV giants MBC and OSN.
Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal owns the Rotana media empire and in 2011 acquired a $300m stake in Twitter.
Newspapers are created by royal decree. There are more than a dozen dailies. Pan-Arab papers, subject to censorship, are available. On sensitive stories, newspapers tend to follow the editorial lead of the state news agency.
There were 20.8 million internet users by 2016 (Internetlivestats.com). The authorities openly acknowledge that widespread filtering takes place. It targets "pornographic", Islam-related, human rights and political sites.
The press law applies to all forms of electronic publishing.
Saudi Arabia is one of the largest social media markets in the Middle East. The popularity of social media has been boosted by the high rate of smartphone ownership.
With 2.4 million users, Saudi Arabia is home to more than 40% of all active Twitter users in the Arab region, says the Dubai School of Government (2014). Among the top Twitter users are clerics and members of the royal family.
The country accounts for 10 per cent of all Facebook users in the Arab region.
Saudi Arabia has the highest per-capita YouTube use of any country in the world.
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Balotelli made the exchange as his side trailed Real by three goals, and the striker was substituted at the break.
"It is not something I stand for," Rodgers said.
"If you want to do that, do it at the end of the game. It is something I will deal with on Thursday."
Rodgers, who was infuriated when defender Mamadou Sakho did the same with Samuel Eto'o at Chelsea last season, added: "We had an incident last year with a player and that was something we dealt with internally.
"It's something that doesn't happen here and shouldn't happen here."
It completed another miserable night for Balotelli, who disappointed in the 3-2 win against QPR in the Premier League at the weekend.
Rodgers also made a thinly veiled criticism of the Italian after Liverpool were completely outclassed by the Champions League holders, who opened the scoring through Cristiano Ronaldo's 70th Champions League goal.
Balotelli was replaced by Adam Lallana at half-time and Rodgers said: "It was purely tactical - I felt we needed a bit more movement centrally to occupy their centre-halves a bit more and I thought Raheem Sterling would do that.
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"Adam Lallana came on and was tireless in his work rate. That is the minimum here at Liverpool - you need to press, you need to work. Young Adam came on and did that very well."
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti was more laid back about the episode.
"I think it is normal in football to change the shirt at the end," he said.
"It is nothing new. Sometimes the players change their shirt at half-time with the opponent. I don't see a problem."
However, former England international and BBC Radio 5 live summariser Phil Neville said: "There are some things you don't do, when you are 3-0 down in the Champions League. You don't go swapping shirts in full view."
Balotelli was also replaced after 45 minutes while playing for Italy against Uruguay at the World Cup, after picking up a yellow card in the first half.
Italy lost 1-0 to Uruguay, confirming their exit from the tournament and Balotelli later responded to criticism of his performances in Brazil.
Meanwhile, Rodgers defended teenager Sterling, who was the subject of morning headlines after he was pictured at a nightclub the day after England's 1-0 win in Estonia - a match in which he featured only as a substitute after telling manager Roy Hodgson he was tired.
"It is unfortunate for him as a young kid of 19 that six days before a game and on a day off that he can't go out," said Rodgers. "It is obviously a story for some but I think many people will look at it and think there is not a story in it.
"I thought he was terrific against Real Madrid and he is very focused on his work as a young footballer."
Investors took their positive lead from Wall Street where stocks ended higher as they awaited key US jobs figures due later today.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed up 0.6% to 19,435.08 - gaining 0.8% for the week.
The dollar was down to 119.68 yen from 119.77 yen in New York.
Car giant Toyota's shares were up 0.6% after local reports that it is planning to open two new factories in Mexico and China at a cost of $1.25bn (£842m).
Markets in Australia and Hong Kong are closed for the public holiday.
In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite closed at a fresh seven-year high, gaining 1% to 3,863.93 points.
China's benchmark equity index has rallied 4.7% this week driven by expectations of more monetary easing.
China's securities regulator also approved 30 initial public offerings (IPOs) on Thursday, a move that could cool the stock market rally as investors look to move funds from existing stocks.
A private survey also showed that China's services sector expanded in March but growth in employment and new business fell to their lowest in eight months.
The HSBC/Markit China services purchasing managers' index (PMI) was up to 52.3, from February's 52. That's above the 50-point level that separates growth from a contraction in activity.
Despite the thin trade, South Korean shares hit their highest closing level in six and half months and climbed 1.3% for the week.
The benchmark Kospi index closed up 0.8% to 2,045.42 points - its highest finish since 19 September.
The Clan had lost 5-2 in the away leg and had also lost both games against Group O leaders Vaxjo Lakers of Sweden.
Petr Taticek gave Ingolstadt the lead but Matt Keith glanced in Stefan Meyer's shot to level before Brendan Brooks added Clan's second.
Tomas Kubalik began a German comeback but Clan finished strongly for the win.
Chris Bruton put the Scots ahead before John Laliberte and Benedikt Schopper moved Ingolstadt in front once more.
But three late goals by Keith, Alex Leavitt and Marcus Gotz secured a historic win for Ryan Finnerty's Clan team.
Finnerty told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound: "It was a pretty emotional night, a pretty good night for the organisation and the incredible fan base.
We are going up against some stiff competition teams with 10-20 times the budget we have.
"We got beat bad in Sweden (10-2) and then we went to Germany and we were 2-2 with 10 minutes left and we lost last week 3-1 to the Swedes.
"We got better as the campaign went on, but it's a tough task playing the number-one rated team in Europe and they showed it that first night but I thought we matched them pretty well on home ice.
"It's exciting to watch the growth over the last few years and it's exciting where it's going."
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has also suspended the visually impaired 40-year-old until June 2020.
He tested positive for anabolic steroids stanozolol and oxandrolone after competing in the discus at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Rio in May.
Dos Santos Pereira competed at the London 2012 Paralympics in the discus, shot put and triple jump.
Fabienne Buccio told Reuters news agency this was partly due to tighter security measures hindering migrants' efforts to cross the Channel.
The Pas-de-Calais department prefect warned other migrants to stay away.
Two migrants believed to be trying to reach the UK from Calais have been killed in the past week.
A total of 16 have been killed in or near the Channel Tunnel while trying to make the journey from France since June.
At the height of summer, the number of migrants living in the camps was about 3,000.
In recent weeks, that figure is believed to have reached 6,000, also boosted by the rising number of people travelling there from across Europe.
The United Nations says more than 600,000 migrants have arrived in Europe so far this year - almost three times more than for the whole of 2014.
Ms Buccio told Reuters: "I do not know what comes next, but 6,000 is the most we can take.
"Migrants and people smugglers need to learn that Calais is a dead-end street."
New fencing and extra police are making it harder for migrants to smuggle themselves through the Channel Tunnel.
"When I started this job early this year they said it took on average three months to get to the UK," said Ms Buccio. "Now, we see that some have been here for eight months and some are not even trying to go across anymore - some are settling here."
Her department is receiving more asylum requests than anywhere else in France, she told the news agency.
The situation in Calais is part of a wider migrant crisis across Europe, with huge numbers of people heading north from the Mediterranean.
New security measures were introduced at the tunnel's entrance in August to cut the number of intrusion attempts, which reached 2,000 per night at their peak.
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O'Connor broke the British record as she finished behind Hungary's Katinka Hosszu in the 200m individual medley.
The relay team were second behind the USA for GB's sixth medal in Rio.
Michael Phelps swam the final leg for the Americans as he claimed his 21st Olympic title, having earlier won the 200m butterfly.
Away from the competition, a bus carrying journalists between venues had two windows smashed after stones were thrown at it, while it was confirmed Irish boxer Michael O'Reilly had failed a drugs test and will not fight at the Games.
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It was another day of stunning action and incident in Rio:
London had already been awarded the 2012 Olympic Games by the time O'Connor started swimming at the age of 10.
Born and raised in Somerset, she has achieved spectacular success despite suffering from ulcerative colitis, a chronic bowel disease.
READ: Get Inspired - O'Connor's story
O'Connor is the first British woman to win an Olympic medal in the 200m medley and nearly caused a huge surprise as she closed in on Hosszu, who has now won three gold medals in Rio.
"It doesn't seem real but seeing my family, I was getting choked up," she told BBC Sport. "It means everything. It has been tough but it is so, so worth it."
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Her proud father Sean held back tears as he paid tribute: "I don't think it's going to get better than this for me, to be honest. You're more proud of your children doing well than your own achievements."
The men's relay team of Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott, Dan Wallace and James Guy were second to a dominant USA.
Guy, who overhauled Japan's Takeshi Matsuda on the final leg, said: "The team is young and we'll be ready for the title at Tokyo 2020."
Analysis - BBC chief sports writer Tom Fordyce: "A second special night in the pool for Britain's swimmers. After Adam Peaty and Jazz Carlin two nights ago, this was another story of personal bests produced when it mattered most, of the best possible result being taken on the biggest stage of all.
"No-one was going to catch Katinka Hosszu, just as no-one was going to catch a US men's relay team featuring Ryan Lochte and Phelps.
"In taking silvers behind both, O'Connor and the quartet of Milne, Scott, Wallace and Guy have put British swimming wonderfully back on course."
Back in business after frustration earlier in the day.
Britain - with one gold, three silvers and two bronzes - are 11th in the medals table, which is topped by the United States, followed by China and Hungary.
Click here for the full medals table
For the first time since 1996 in Atlanta, Great Britain failed to make the eventing podium, finishing fifth. France's riders delivered their country's first Rio gold.
GB could not end an 88-year wait for a medal in the women's gymnastics team event as gold went to the United States, led by the dazzling Simone Biles.
However, defending tennis champion Andy Murray moved into the last 16 of the men's singles and fellow British number one Johanna Konta fought her way into the women's quarter-finals.
Another London 2012 gold medallist, rower Katherine Grainger, safely went though with Vicky Thornley into Thursday's women's double sculls final.
Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, helped the US win the relay by a wide margin.
The 31-year-old, who came out of retirement in 2014, began the evening by avenging his defeat to South African Chad le Clos at London 2012.
"I came into the pool with a mission and the mission was accomplished," said the American.
Phelps has won more than twice as many Olympic gold medals as the athlete next on the list, former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, who has nine.
Compatriot Katie Ledecky, 12 years his junior, remains on course to win an Olympic freestyle treble after claiming gold in the 200m.
Japan caused arguably the greatest upset in rugby sevens history with a 14-12 win against New Zealand at Deodoro Stadium.
The result mirrored last year's Rugby World Cup, when a Japan team coached by current England supremo Eddie Jones shocked South Africa in Brighton.
Syrian refugee Rami Anis earned a standing ovation in the 100m freestyle as he set a personal best in finishing 56th out of 59 swimmers in the heats.
Greece celebrated their first gold since the 2004 Athens Olympics as Anna Koraki triumphed in the women's 25m pistol at the Deodoro shooting range.
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There are no fewer than 20 medals up for grabs, with cycling, gymnastics, rowing, diving and swimming among the highlights.
12:30 - Cycling: GB's Emma Pooley rides in the women's time trial. At 14:00, Chris Froome is among leading contenders for the men's race.
16:30 - Tennis: Johanna Konta plays German Angelique Kerber, with defending champion Andy Murray facing Italy's Fabio Fognini at about 17:45.
16:30 - Rugby sevens: Britain's men have a tough test against New Zealand before the knockout stage begins.
20:00 - Gymnastics: Max Whitlock seeks Britain's first medal in the all-around event since 1908, though Japan's Kohei Uchimura is the hot favourite.
02:00 (Thursday) - Swimming: Andrew Willis won his semi-final and leads British hopes in the pool, competing in the 200m breaststroke final.
Check out the full day five schedule
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The death toll from Friday's collapse in the capital Colombo has risen to 26, including six children, the army says.
The 300ft (91m) high pile of rotting debris shifted after floods and a fire, destroying dozens of homes.
Residents had demanded for years the removal of the dump, saying it was causing health problems.
About a thousand people are thought to have been displaced by the disaster.
The government has now announced the closure of the Meethotamulla dump. Reports said 800 tonnes of waste were added to it every day.
President Maithripala Sirisena ordered hundreds of troops to search for survivors and bolster rescue efforts of the fire department.
The army said the operation would continue until all the missing were found.
"We expect we could complete this in the next 72 hours," spokesman Brig Roshan Senaviratne told the BBC.
Meanwhile, funerals for most of the victims were being held on Sunday.
Among them were four children, aged between 11 and 15, medical officials told AFP news agency.
Angry residents have barred politicians from visiting the site of the collapse.
"It's very unfortunate that no-one listened to us. Now, after so many deaths, politicians are saying they will stop dumping garbage. These are murders, we will take legal action," resident Nuwan Bopage told the BBC.
More than 600 people had been given temporary shelter at a government-run school in the area, AFP added.
The collapse occurred as many people were marking Aluth Avurudda, or the Sinhalese New Year, a major public holiday across Sri Lanka.
With the closure of the Meethotamulla dump, officials said the rubbish would be placed in two other sites.
Last month, a landslide at a rubbish dump in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, killed at least 113 people.
Jack Ewins, 26, originally from Suffolk, and Timothy Glover, 30, from Australia, grabbed Universal Studios' attention for a fan site about rumoured Jurassic World character "Patel".
They were amazed to be flown to Los Angeles and asked to make a site for Simon Masrani, the character's actual name.
"It felt unbelievable," said Mr Ewins.
"I was working at the Empire Cinema at Leicester Square [in London] and felt my phone vibrate, and I had an email from Universal.
"I was thinking, 'Am I going to get sued?', but there was an introduction and I was asked to call them.
"I had only been talking to my manager about when Jurassic World was going to screened - and then my prayers were answered."
Originally from Beccles, Mr Ewins headed to London in his early 20s to pursue a writing career.
Also a keen illustrator, his drawings were spotted online by website builder Mr Glover, from Perth, who suggested they worked together on a site for "Patel", details of whom were leaked on the web before Jurassic World's release.
Universal loved their site so much, it asked the pair to make a page for Simon Masrani, the actual name of the character who runs the dinosaur attraction.
They also attended the film's world premiere this month in the US and met its cast and crew at the after-party.
"Big studios don't tend to call people straight off the street. It was a dream come true," said Mr Ewins.
Doug Neil, Universal's digital marketing head, said: "Having fans like Jack and Timothy get involved helped to make sure that what we created maintained an authentic voice and respect for the fans."
The 24-strong administration, headed by Prime Minister-Designate Khalid Bahah, includes Shia Houthi rebels who seized the capital Sanaa in September.
Rebel leaders had said they would withdraw their fighters from Sanaa once a cabinet was formed.
The move came as the UN imposed sanctions on Yemen's former president and two leading Houthis.
Members of the Security Council said that ex-President Ali Abdallah Saleh, who stood down in 2012, and the two rebel commanders had threatened the stability of the country.
In a unanimous decision, the 15-member council ordered that the trio be subject to an asset freeze and global travel ban.
Mr Saleh has allied with the Houthis in their bid to seize the capital.
Yemen has faced growing instability since the start of anti-government protests in 2011, which resulted in Mr Saleh standing down in 2012.
Since then ministers have battled a growing al-Qaeda presence, often with the help of US drone strikes.
Friday's announcement of a new cabinet ended two weeks of deadlock among Yemen's political factions.
Under a UN-brokered deal after the Houthis entered Sanaa on 21 September, President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi agreed to form a "technocratic" government and appoint advisers nominated by the rebels and also members of a separatist movement in the south.
Southern separatists have long complained of being marginalised by the central government.
Meanwhile the Houthi rebels, who belong to the minority Zaidi Shia community, have staged periodic uprisings since 2004 to win greater autonomy for their northern heartlands.
Friday's developments came as security forces said they had killed a senior al-Qaeda leader in the south of the country.
Turki al-Assiri, a Saudi national also known as Marwan al-Mekki, was killed on Thursday while trying to resist arrest, officials said.
Al-Assiri was a commander of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a regional affiliate of the fundamentalist group founded by Osama Bin Laden.
Correspondents say his death is a significant blow for the organisation, which had vowed to confront the Houthi rebels after they overran Sanaa.
AQAP said it was behind a suicide bomb attack which struck a rally held by Houthi supporters in the capital on 9 October, killing 47 people.
Alice Ruggles, 24, was found fatally injured at her home in Rawling Road, Gateshead, in October.
Lance Corporal Trimaan "Harry" Dhillon, 26, denied murder at Newcastle Crown Court, saying she had fallen on a carving knife during an argument.
Sentencing him to a minimum of 22 years, judge Paul Sloan QC said the murder was an act of "utter barbarism".
The court heard the Edinburgh-based signaller with 2 Scots became obsessed with graduate Miss Ruggles - originally from Leicestershire - and stalked her when he realised she was moving on after their intense relationship ended.
Dhillon claimed she died as a result of an accident when she leapt at him with a carving knife.
He told the jury they had been struggling, that he had tried to disarm her and she cut herself when he blocked a lunge, and the knife stuck in her neck when she fell to the floor.
The court was told Miss Ruggles, who had complained to police about Dhillon's behaviour, was found on her bathroom floor on 12 October and had bled to death.
Dhillon had climbed into Miss Ruggles' flat through an open window and set about murdering her, probably kneeling on her back and holding her head up to slash her throat at least six times, cutting through to the spine.
She suffered 24 injuries, including defensive wounds, while 6ft 1in Dhillon suffered none.
The jury was played a frantic 999 call by Miss Ruggle's friend Maxine McGill in which she described finding the 24-year-old "covered in blood" and named Dhillon as the killer, calling him an "absolute psychopath".
In evidence, Ms McGill claimed her friend had complained to police about Dhillon's obsessive behaviour but that she felt she had been "palmed off".
Northumbria Police said at the time no-one knew the level of threat Dhillon posed, but added it had referred their actions to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Miss Ruggles and Dhillon developed an intense relationship over the internet while he was serving in Afghanistan and she was working for Sky in Newcastle.
The jury were told Dhillon soon set about alienating her from her friends, knocked her self-confidence and demanded her constant attention.
His previous partner suffered similarly and her ordeal only ended after she took out a restraining order.
The court heard when the relationship ended Dhillon stalked her ground-floor flat at night, knocking on her bedroom window and "terrifying" her.
He was told to stay away from her by police, but the Indian-born soldier ignored the warning.
Sentencing, Dhillon Judge Sloan told him: "Not a shred of remorse have you shown from first to last - indeed you were concentrating so hard on getting your story right when giving evidence you forgot even to shed a crocodile tear."
After the verdict Miss Ruggles' family released a statement through the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which helps people avoid becoming victims of violence, in which they said her loss would stay with them for the rest of their lives.
Her mother Sue Hills said: "I just wish we had identified those signs of stalking which, with hindsight, are so obvious.
"I would like what happened to Alice to encourage others to seek support if they are worried about someone's behaviour."
Speaking outside court, Dr Hills said there were "important lessons to be learned".
"We welcomed Trimaan Dhillon into our family and he came across as a normal person," she said.
"Unfortunately he was a cruel, manipulative bully who made Alice miserable and took her away from us."
Should PSG sign the France international on a permanent deal, his contract will run until June 2022.
Any deal for the 18-year-old is likely to be eclipsed only by the 222m euros (£200m) PSG paid for Neymar.
"I really wanted to be a part of the club's project, which is one of the most ambitious in Europe," said Mbappe.
The delay in signing Mbappe permanently is reported to be so PSG can comply with Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules.
The teenager scored his first goal for France in their 4-0 win over the Netherlands in World Cup qualifying on Thursday to become his country's youngest goalscorer since 1963.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of PSG, added: "It was essential for French football that we keep and help develop such a great talent in our championship.
"Among players of his age, he is without doubt the most promising in the world due to his immense technical, physical and mental qualities.
"Since his emergence at the highest level, he has earned an excellent reputation as a young talent who is very respectful, open, ambitious and already very mature."
Steve Crossman, BBC World Service:
The wording in the PSG announcement is key, they can't officially say that it's a loan which will become a permanent deal because if they did then the transfer fee would go on this year's accounts (and give them a big Financial Fair Play problem).
So they've basically said there is an "option" on bringing him in permanently, but they won't say "the loan will become permanent" because if they did then they'd be in FFP bother.
I suspect it may yet come under Uefa scrutiny.
Mbappe scored 26 goals in 44 games last season as Monaco reached the Champions League semi-finals and won Ligue 1.
Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal had all been linked with the France international this summer.
Last month, Monaco said "important European clubs" had made illegal approaches for the striker, although they did not name the sides concerned.
Mbappe was substituted in the opening game of the Ligue 1 campaign against Toulouse, and has not appeared in the subsequent three matches - being left out entirely for one and kept on the bench for the other two.
"Mbappe has no price. He is like a son." - Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev.
"I don't like comparing players - Mbappe has to become Mbappe and that is all. But my word, he is good. Ooh la la. l really like watching him play." - former Arsenal, Monaco and France forward Thierry Henry.
"We studied Mbappe, he is a devastating player. I've met some over the years, but at his age with that technique, physical strength, pace and, above all, his movements, because he changes things up and makes excellent movements off the ball, I've not seen someone like him." - Italy and Juventus defender Andrea Barzagli.
John Bennett, BBC World Service:
PSG now have an embarrassment of riches but how do they fit Edinson Cavani, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe into one team?
They started the season with a 4-3-3, so the simplest and most likely solution would be to drop Angel Di Maria and replace him on the right of a three with Mbappe. The difficulty with that is both Neymar and Mbappe prefer cutting in from the left, but surely the trio are talented enough to interchange during games?
Another option would be 4-4-2 - a shape in which Mbappe thrived at Monaco - but surely there's no way Unai Emery can leave out Cavani, who scored 35 goals in 36 Ligue 1 games last season and has already hit the ground running during this campaign?
French pundits have also talked about a 4-1-3-2 system with Neymar as a number 10 behind Mbappe and Cavani. Add in Dani Alves on the right, Julian Draxler on the left and Marco Verrati in front of the back four and that would certainly make season tickets at the Parc des Princes value for money.
It's a great problem for PSG head coach Emery but he'll be under more pressure than ever to guide this team to Champions League glory.
Public Health Wales said it could potentially lead to nicotine addiction in adult life.
It recommends restrictions on advertising e-cigarettes in all media regularly viewed by children.
A vaping company said it should be able to market itself as an "alternative to smoking".
There are also calls for restrictions on the use of e-cigarettes in and around school grounds and a register of retailers to be set up to prevent their sale to under 18s.
E-cigarettes deliver nicotine within an inhalable aerosol by heating a solution that typically contains nicotine, propylene glycol and or glycerol, and are available in a variety of flavours.
Ashley Gould from Public Health Wales (PHW) said: "You can buy bubblegum, candyfloss, jam doughnut flavour e-cigarettes and they are only aimed at one audience - and that's about recruiting children."
PHW said while the health risks associated with e-cigarettes were significantly lower than cigarettes "they are not without risk."
It said the potential risks were:
The potential benefits e-cigarettes can have on smokers were also identified.
The UK's Royal College of Physicians previously said they should be offered to smokers to help them quit.
Mr Gould said for people who are smoking and want to continue to do so, they would "100% advocate making the switch to e-cigarettes because it's less harmful than continuing to smoke".
Joe Bevan, director at Celtic Vapours, said he would like to be able to market his product "as an alternative to smoking."
"We're not nicotine replacement therapy and we're not smoking," he added.
He said the vapour e-cigarettes give off is "no more dangerous than the actual air we breathe on a daily basis.
"Our emissions tests have shown if you stand by a busy road you will inhale more toxins."
Prisoners released from Peterborough and Doncaster Prisons are being helped by charities and support organisations to re-settle.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said the interim figures were "encouraging".
But the shadow prisons minister said the government should not rush into rolling the schemes out nationally.
Both pilots are measuring reconviction rates in the 12 months following release from prison. The final results will not be available until 2014 but figures on how many people have been reconvicted in the six months after being released have been published part-way through the two pilot schemes.
Between September 2008 and March 2010 Peterborough had a reconviction rate of 41.6%, which was considerably higher than the national average of 37.3%, according to the MoJ figures.
Since the new scheme began at the prison in September 2010 the reconviction rate has fallen to 39.2% in the period up to March 2012.
Mr Grayling said the Peterborough pilot "is the sort of approach I want to see rolled out to all offenders leaving prison".
By Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent
Any drop is reoffending is obviously good news for the community affected, the reformed criminal, and the public purse.
But despite the fact that these figures are positive, the data does not yet tell us whether the Peterborough pilot will hit its target.
The key test is what will happen to former prisoners over a year - and that means that positive signs in the first six months could evaporate if someone later slides back into crime.
Anyone who has worked with offenders will tell you stories of offenders leaving jail desperate to go straight - and they perhaps succeed for a while.
But then a few months later things go wrong and, before you know it, they're up before the magistrates again.
Breaking that cycle is extremely tough work - that is the challenge the Peterborough pilot must meet.
At Doncaster Prison while the overall trend for reoffending is down over time, results show its pilot has proved to be less successful since it was launched in October 2011.
The re-conviction rate up to March 2012 was 41.1% - lower than the 41.6% rate between October 2009 and March 2010 and the rate of 46% in the period October 2008 to March 2009.
But this was higher than the 39.8% recorded in the period October 2010 to March 2011.
Mr Grayling has promised a "rehabilitation revolution" to stop former prisoners committing crimes, which the National Audit Office estimates costs up to £13bn per year.
He said: "It is madness that we release prisoners serving short sentences without any support in the community.
"These figures show a sizeable fall in reconvictions. They clearly demonstrate that with targeted support and help aimed at the right people at the right time we can divert more offenders from a return to crime."
Shadow prisons minister Jenny Chapman cautioned against taking too much from the early results.
"It is mildly encouraging, some of the numbers show I think that the pilots are still at an early stage and that providers are still experimenting with what works best.
"I think we need to allow the pilots to run their course."
"We need to be very very cautious about rolling stuff out around the country before we have had a chance to make the right learning."
The Peterborough pilot provided offenders with help as they prepared for release from jail and then access to services they needed out of prison, including housing, employment and financial services.
Ministers are planning to roll this out to all prisoners serving prison terms of less than 12 months under the Offender Rehabilitation Bill currently going through parliament.
Andrew Neilson, from the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the pilots were being run differently from how the national payment-by-results scheme will work, with the Peterborough project in part secured through philanthropic investment.
"The Peterborough project also works with short sentenced prisoners who engage voluntarily with services on release. That voluntary aspect is considered crucial to the project's success in areas such as mentoring," he said.
"By contrast, the government is proposing to privatise probation to reduce costs and short sentenced prisoners will be compelled to receive support on release.
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16 December 2016 Last updated at 16:06 GMT
This year's Christmas special looks to be a thrill ride, with the Doctor heading to New York City to stop a band of aliens' evil plot which puts Earth in serious danger.
And he's not the only one trying to save the world, he's joined by The Ghost, a superhero who got his powers from the Doctor himself many years before they meet again.
Ayshah met up with the Doctor, or Peter Capaldi as he is known in real life, to get the inside scoop on this year's episode.
Check out the video.
Justine Allingham, 24, from Portchester, Hampshire completed 366 handstands on Wednesday.
The challenge, held to raise money for The Fire Fighters Charity, saw her stand on her hands at sites around England.
She completed the challenge with a handstand at Fareham Fire Station joined by some of its firefighters.
The former martial artist has raised hundreds of pounds for the charity which helps serving and retired firefighters and their families from the challenge.
Pictures of her 366 handstands - including this year's leap year - were captured and shared on her social media feeds.
Pretoria-born Roux joins Craig Gilroy, Stuart Olding, Tadhg Furlong and Rhys Ruddock in Joe Schmidt's side for the match in Johannesburg.
Tiernan O'Halloran and Sean Reidy could win their first caps off the bench.
Ireland are aiming to become the first home nation to win a test series in South Africa, having triumphed 26-20 in the first game in Cape Town last week.
The third and final Test will be played in Port Elizabeth on 25 June.
The Springboks have not lost a Test series at home in the past 19 years and have never lost a Test series to Ireland.
South Africa coach Allister Coetzee makes two enforced changes from last weekend with fly-half Elton Jantjies and lock Pieter-Steph du Toit replacing injured Patrick Lambie and Lood de Jager.
Jantjies' inclusion raises the number of black players in the starting line-up to six.
The South Africa government has demanded that the Springboks better reflect the demographics of a country where 90 percent of the people are black.
Ireland won at Newlands despite being reduced to 14 men following the dismissal of CJ Stander.
A gruelling season that began with a pre-World Cup training camp back in July 2015, the physical toll of defending with 14 men for almost an hour last weekend, and playing at altitude are believed to have influenced Schmidt's thinking with regards to freshening up his side.
Gilroy replaces Keith Earls and will form an all-Ulster back three alongside Jared Payne and Andrew Trimble, while Olding comes in for provincial team-mate Luke Marshall at inside centre.
Olding, who last started for Ireland against Georgia in November 2014, will link up with Robbie Henshaw in a new-look Irish midfield.
Mike Ross, who has been virtually an ever-present during Schmidt's time in charge, drops out for his Leinster team-mate Tadgh Furlong, who makes his first Test start having won all of his six previous caps from the bench.
Roux's promotion to the second row alongside Devin Toner comes as something of a surprise, the 25-year-old having been on the periphery of Connacht's starting side this season.
With Stander serving a one-match ban, Iain Henderson moves from the second row to the blindside and Ruddock comes in for Jordi Murphy at openside flanker.
Ruddock last started in the number seven shirt for Ireland as a late call-up for Chris Henry on the morning of Ireland's 29-15 victory against the Boks in November 2014 at the Aviva Stadium. Jamie Heaslip remains at number eight.
Earls, Ross, Marshall, Murphy, Ultan Dillane, Sean Cronin, and the suspended Stander are all absent from the 23-man matchday squad, with Richardt Strauss, Dave Kilcoyne, Donnacha Ryan, Reidy and O'Halloran coming on to the bench.
South Africa: W le Roux; JP Pietersen, L Mapoe, D de Allende, L Mvov; E Jantjies, F de Klerk; T Mtawarira, A Strauss (capt), F Malherbe; E Etzebeth, P du Toit; F Louw, S Kolisi, D Vermeulen.
Replacements: B Mbonambi, T Nyakane, J Redelinghuys, F Mostert, W Whiteley, R Paige, M Steyn, R Combrink.
Ireland: J Payne; A Trimble, R Henshaw, S Olding, C Gilroy; P Jackson, C Murray; J McGrath, R Best (capt), T Furlong; D Toner, Q Roux; I Henderson, R Ruddock, J Heaslip.
Replacements: R Strauss, D Kilcoyne, F Bealham, D Ryan, S Reidy, K Marmion, I Madigan, T O'Halloran.
The man, thought to be in his 20s, was found in Gilpin Place, Southampton, on Saturday shortly before 01:40 GMT and later died in hospital.
A cordon is in place in Gilpin Close and Hampshire Constabulary is making house-to-house inquiries in the area.
The death is being treated as suspicious but no arrests have been made, the force said.
Toby Robyns, 52, an ambulance driver from Southwick, in West Sussex, was arrested as he made his way through security at Bodrum airport on Saturday.
Airport security staff reportedly found 12 coins, which were later classed as historical artefacts, in his luggage.
Mr Robyns told them his children found them while they were swimming.
He is reportedly being detained at Milas prison on suspicion of smuggling historical artefacts.
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Mr Robyns' family returned to the UK without him on Saturday and the Foreign Office said it was liaising with the Turkish authorities
Tim Loughton, the family's local Conservative MP, said he was speaking to the Foreign Office "to establish all of the facts".
"This was an innocent, albeit foolish, mistake and we now need to ensure Mr Robyns is treated fairly and properly," he said in a statement.
Swans host Middlesbrough on Sunday, who recently sacked boss Aitor Karanka amid talk of rows at the Boro training ground.
Before a vital relegation clash, Clement said it was an unwelcome development.
"You hear stories of players (getting) into (the ears) of owners, that is dangerous ground," said Clement.
Clement's Swans also beat Leicester in what turned out to be Claudio Ranieri's last game in charge in the Premier League after the Italian was sacked amid rumours of dressing room discontent.
The allegations were later denied by the Foxes' players including striker Jamie Vardy.
Clement, who took charge at Swansea in January, said he did not blame the players, but club owners for often cutting the manager out of the equation when the going got tough.
"I don't think it's necessarily the players' faults," added Clement, whose previous managerial experience ended in the sack at Derby County.
"If they're given that opportunity, then who is going to not say? It's the fault of the owners.
"The owner picks the manager and he should manage the staff. And player power, it wouldn't exist at all if the route was owner, manager, players.
"If it goes round the manager that is when you eventually get it. The players don't create that, the owners create that."
And, as he goes about trying to save the Swans from the drop to the Championship, Clement said he hoped things would be different at the Welsh club.
He said: "I would hope if our owners, our chairman, weren't happy about what I was doing, we'd have a very direct conversation and were transparent, it would be face-to-face."
Clement's position since taking over following the sacking of Bob Bradley would seem pretty safe for the moment despite defeats at Hull and Bournemouth having dragged Swans back perilously close to the bottom three.
At home though Clement has engineered a turnaround with his side taking nine points from a possible 12 on offer at the Liberty Stadium.
The Swans will be hoping it is a similar story against a Boro side one place off the bottom and five points behind their hosts.
The visitors are managed by caretaker, Steve Agnew, and Clement is hoping Boro do not get the lift a new manager often brings, but admitted his side were lucky to catch Leicester at the end of Ranieri's reign.
"They (Middlesbrough) had come off the back of some bad results and it's the last throw of the dice for them in terms of can they get that bounce back by bringing in someone new," said Clement.
"They thought that was a risk worth taking.
"You could look at it and think, 'Oh we got fortunate with the timing of the Leicester situation'. That was Claudio Ranieri's last Premier League game.
"They played Seville after that and maybe, if we had caught them in Craig Shakespeare's first game, it would be a very different situation.
"It worked for us there, but whether it works for us in this one we don't know.
"But you can get too tied up with things that goes on outside your team. You need to spend the large majority of your focus on your own team and controlling things that are in your control."
As the pressure mounts at the bottom of the Premier League, one thing Clement cannot control is his players' reactions to the ever increasing impact of social media on the game.
"If players do it (go on social media), I think they must understand they've got to be able to manage it," added Clement.
"You've got to cope with the praise as well as the criticism.
"At all the clubs I have been at recently, you hold meetings and the players used to sit and chat before the meeting started.
"Now everyone has their head down looking at a screen. Their minds are somewhere else."
Although Clement, who helped Real Madrid lift the Champions League title while assistant to Carlo Ancelotti, admits even he could not resist answering back to one online troll.
"I did react one day. It was when I was at Derby. Someone had said something," recalled Clement.
"I had said we could go on and do very well that season in the Championship. We were doing well at the time.
"Someone had made the comment, 'you couldn't win the Championship, never mind the Champions League' or something like that.
"So I posted a picture of my Champions League medal. It was a bit petty, maybe. And soon afterwards I took it down."
Philip Shard, 60, died in hospital last week after being struck and collapsed while playing golf at the Fynn Valley Golf Club, Witnesham last Saturday.
The club said it was a "tragic incident". A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said crews "treated a man, believed to be in his 60s, who was in cardiac arrest".
Mr Shard was married and lived in Rushmere, near Ipswich.
The spokesman added: "Following treatment at the scene, he was resuscitated and taken to Ipswich Hospital by land ambulance in a critical condition."
Tony Tyrrell, club owner and secretary, said: "Everyone at the club is horrified by it. It's a dreadful thing to have happened and our thoughts are with his family.
"He only became a member a couple of months ago and he quickly became well known to the regulars."
The Dow Jones lost 0.33% to 20,855.73 while the S&P 500 shed 0.23% to 2,362.98.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 0.06%, however, to 5,837.55.
The price of Brent Crude oil slipped 5% to $53.13 on fears that rising US production would offset Opec efforts to curb supply, thereby suppressing prices.
Among the biggest fallers were Devon Energy Corp, down 6.52%, Chevron Corp, down 1.97%, and Exxon Mobil, down 1.81%.
Real estate stocks also fell after the ADP National Employment report showed the US private sector added 298,000 jobs last month - well above expectations.
The report portrays the US economy in robust health, lending weight to expectations the Fed will raise interest rates next week.
The S&P 500 Real Estate Sector index - which is typically sensitive to rate rise fears - shed 1.5%.
Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar also performed badly, slipping 2.81%.
The drop came after the New York Times said a report commissioned by the US government had accused the heavy equipment maker of carrying out tax and accounting fraud.
Caterpillar refused to comment on the report.
Spokeswoman Corrie Scott told the BBC: "We were not provided a copy of the report. We will not comment on a report we have not seen."
PCSO Steve Hopley was filmed waltzing with the unnamed woman in Wolverhampton's Mander Centre.
Despite not dancing for 30 years, the officer was persuaded by a colleague to join in when he saw people dancing in the shopping centre.
He said there had been a "very positive" reaction to the video.
"It shows the normal side to West Midlands Police", he said.
Watch police officer dancing with young concert-goers in Manchester
PCSO Hopley was on his way to patrol the shopping centre with his colleague on Tuesday when they saw people dancing.
"I said to my colleague, 'I used to do that many years ago', and then he went off, and the next thing I know he's brought one of the dancers over to dance with me," he said.
Chloe Blower, 19, from Wolverhampton, filmed and posted the video online.
"I thought it was amazing. It just goes to show that whatever's going on, we'll still come together," she said.
The video has also garnered PCSO Hopley a new nickname. "They call me 'Twinkle Toes' now," he said.
"I put a uniform on and I have a role to fulfil. It just happened that I had some free time and got to be involved in a community event."
Farmer Alan Collins, who has lost 33 lambs in a week, believes the foxes are being dumped on the moors by animal welfare groups.
He says those observed were not scared of lights or vehicles. Eight were shot in one field in one night.
The RSPCA said it did not put foxes on the moors and said there was no evidence of others doing it.
Mr Collins, who farms in Withypool, Somerset, has worked on Exmoor since the 1970s and said the attacks were the worst he had seen.
He began to lose lambs a week into lambing season. A friend went out at night to shoot the foxes and spotted eight in one field.
"It was unbelievable," Mr Collins said.
He said foxes normally kept away from lights but these foxes "weren't worried about the vehicle or anything in the field - it didn't bother them at all."
He usually expected to lose two or three lambs a week, not 33.
An RSPCA spokesman said: "We don't collect foxes from urban areas and deposit them in the countryside.
"If we take in an injured fox and release it after a period of recuperation, we always release it as near to where it was found as possible."
In 2011, the then Agriculture Minister Jim Paice told MPs there was "a lot of anecdotal evidence that people do trap urban foxes and release them in the countryside".
Attackers were seen on CCTV throwing objects at the animals and chasing them at Danesmoor Nursing Home, Haslingden, Lancashire, on Tuesday night.
The alpacas - named Bill and Ben - are brothers and have lived at the home for five years. They were not hurt.
Lancashire Police said two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old voluntarily attended Waterfoot police station on Thursday.
A spokesman said they were spoken to "in relation to offences of animal cruelty and criminal damage".
He added: "They have now been referred on to the youth offending team."
"It's going to change and it's going to get better," the Homeland star told the BBC. "I absolutely believe that.
"Things happen and you go on," Abraham continued. "It's the same in New York."
The actor, who won an Oscar in 1985 for playing Salieri in Amadeus, can be seen currently as an ill-tempered playwright in West End play The Mentor.
The production, which runs at London's Vaudeville Theatre until 2 September, marks his first West End appearance in more than 20 years.
"There's so much crap happening, not only in the USA but also in London," said the actor, whose long list of credits range from Shakespeare to Star Trek.
"It's time to pick yourself up and say get on with it, and that's what this play deals with."
Written by Germany's Daniel Kehlmann, The Mentor tells of a young playwright who receives a confidence-crushing critique from a respected theatrical figure.
Translated into English by Christopher Hampton, the play features an amusingly pompous performance from Abraham in a role that plays on his status as a distinguished veteran.
"He's not that cantankerous, he's just very demanding," says Abraham of a character very different from his recurring role as Homeland's Dar Adal.
A specialist in black ops who becomes head of the CIA, Adal is behind many of the clandestine plots that keep Claire Danes' Carrie Mathison busy on the popular US drama.
"I always play these bad guys and I'm really a nice guy," laughs Abraham, whose role as the Mozart-envying Salieri in Amadeus saw him win the best actor Oscar.
The actor is supportive of the Academy's recent moves to diversify its membership, saying "diversity is a good thing generally".
"It sounds like the Academy is doing what my good old USA is not doing," he goes on, referring to President Trump's controversial immigration ban.
"I'm first-generation American - my people came over on boats - and I think it's a shame to close the door on people who really need freedom."
Born Murray Abraham in 1939, the actor added F to his name as a tribute to his father Fahrid, who emigrated to the US from Syria as a child.
The actor is a spokesman for the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, an umbrella organisation that seeks to raise awareness about the conflict in Syria.
Speaking after Tuesday's press night of The Mentor, however, Abraham also admitted to concerns of a more prosaic nature.
"The problem I have here is finding some really good fish and chips for a price you can really afford," he sighed.
"Is it possible to have triple fried chips without paying a fortune?"
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Hang Yin Leung, 64, was knocked over and held down after she opened her door to six men who pushed into her home and stole cash and jewellery.
It happened at about 18:00 GMT on 31 January at Orne Gardens, Milton Keynes.
She died in hospital on 11 February. Thames Valley Police are treating her death as murder.
Keith Leung said: "When you think of burglary, you think of lost possessions, lost petty cash, but I lost a dedicated mother and a lifetime friend.
"She was also a dutiful officer in the Hong Kong Police and she spent her whole life helping others where she could."
Mrs Leung was at home by herself on 31 January when she answered a knock on her door.
Police said a man asked if she was alone - and left. A short time later Mrs Leung answered a second knock. This time six men forced their way in and ransacked her home.
She was held down on the ground with a hand over her face.
The men, who were white and wore dark clothing and covered their faces, left by running down Orne Gardens towards Lacy Drive.
Mrs Leung was able to give police a statement the following day before becoming ill.
Det Supt Simon Steel, of Thames Valley Police, confirmed she died in Milton Keynes Hospital as a result of the injuries she received in the assault.
He said some items were recovered near Aylesbury on the day of the burglary, but appealed for two missing pieces - a 1991 Oyster Rolex watch and Mrs Leung's Hong Kong police long service medal.
"This is a despicable crime that has targeted a frail woman, at home, alone," he said. "They stole not only her possessions, but her life."
14 October 2016 Last updated at 12:39 BST
Catrin Pugh, was on her way back from a ski season in the French Alps when the coach she was travelling in crashed and burst into flames.
The 22-year-old, from Rossett, Wrexham, was given a one in 1,000 chance of survival, spent three months in a coma and has had 200 operations since the French Alps crash in 2013.
She told BBC Radio 5 Live: “I remember being on fire, and having to have the flames stamped out – my skin was charred, and I thought I was going to die. I refused to close my eyes because I was afraid I wouldn’t wake up again.”
The settlement was reached with the owner of the coach firm.
I can't tell you his real name because he is accused of links to extremism that have not been put before a criminal court. That means his identity must be protected unless a court says otherwise.
I can tell you that he is Syrian, living legally in the UK. I can tell you that he cannot go back to the Middle East to bury his father, who died of cancer last month.
And that's because the home secretary and her officials are concerned he is a potential jihadist.
The story of AZ came to light because of a highly unusual hearing on Wednesday at the High Court in London. That hearing provided a rare glimpse into how ministers are quietly using executive powers to restrict the movements of people they suspect are extremists.
I say "quietly" because when I asked the Home Office what they could tell me about the case, nothing came back.
The High Court, however, hears challenges against how ministers use their powers in open court. If there is detail that relates to national security, then there can be a closed hearing to prevent the disclosure of information that would compromise the work of our secret intelligence and security agencies. Part of AZ's hearing was in closed session.
So to the man himself. AZ is settled in the UK as a Syrian refugee.
He says members of his family were killed by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. He describes himself as an opponent of Assad, but also Islamic State and other jihadists groups now fighting it out over Syria and Iraq.
Since settling in the UK, he has been subject to no legal restrictions in his new home. An immigration tribunal recently gave permission for his mother, brother and wife to join him.
Last month, AZ's father died in Sweden, where he had separately sought refugee status, after a split in the family.
AZ now wants to collect the body and take it for burial in Jordan, which borders Syria, where his mother and brother are living. But he can't.
The one legal restriction AZ faces is on his movement outside of the UK. The home secretary has previously denied him travel papers and her officials have told him that's because he is suspected of being an Islamist extremist who would fight in Syria, if he could reach the country.
Allowing him to leave the UK would increase the risk to British national security, he was told.
The detailed intelligence assessment behind that decision has not been made public or disclosed to AZ.
Now, the Syrian has been locked for months in a legal battle over the general principle of whether he should be allowed at all to travel.
But in March this year he sought urgent and exceptional permission to visit Sweden, telling the Home Office that his father was dying of cancer.
On 8 May, the Home Secretary granted him a restricted permit to fly to Sweden. AZ's father died the same day, before he could reach his bedside.
In Wednesday's unusual public hearing, lawyers for AZ argued that the Home Secretary should now be ordered to allow AZ to organise and attend a funeral in Jordan because continuing the travel restrictions amounted to a breach of his right to family life.
The High Court heard that AZ, as the eldest son, had religious and cultural duties to fulfil towards his late father, obligations that had increased because he had not been at his father's side in his final moments.
Mr Justice Cranston ruled that he must turn down that urgent application. The judge said he could not force the home secretary's hand because her security case outweighed the factors in AZ's favour.
The court had also heard that ministers hadn't yet reached a final decision over allowing AZ to reach Jordan and they were treating it as a priority.
So for now, AZ's late father lies in a Swedish morgue.
Islamic rites typically require burial as soon as possible after death.
It is not clear whether the funeral will now happen without the son being present.
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The 35-year-old Swede slid on to Paul Pogba's pass to beat Wayne Hennessey from an acute angle after James McArthur's 66th-minute strike seemed to have rescued a point for a strangely passive Palace.
Pogba's assist repaid Ibrahimovic for creating his opener in first-half stoppage time - although Palace were furious as claims for a handball in the final pass and offside against the scorer were ignored by referee Craig Pawson.
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Pawson had a difficult night and United were angered equally when he ignored a clear handball in his own area from Palace substitute Joe Ledley after the break before Juan Mata's shot was contentiously ruled out for offside.
In the end, the frustration was Palace's as Ibrahimovic popped up to secure a United win, their second in succession after beating Tottenham at the weekend, and one that had manager Jose Mourinho on the pitch celebrating with his players at the final whistle.
Relive the drama from Selhurst Park as it happened
Ibrahimovic and Pogba were Mourinho's showpiece signings when he took over in the summer - and they are starting to deliver as they appear to be on the same wavelength.
Yes, there was plenty of dispute about both the creation and the finish for Pogba's first but the pair linked instinctively.
And they did it again in that decisive moment when the game was won, Ibrahimovic making the perfect run to profit from Pogba's power and pass.
It is happening more and more, as it did when Pogba created a goal for Ibrahimovic against West Ham recently.
Two high-class players are in tune with each other. This can only be good news for Mourinho.
Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo was heavily criticised for a wild two-footed lunge on Everton's Idrissa Gueye in the 1-1 draw at Goodison Park at the start of the month.
He was fortunate to escape with only a yellow card from Michael Oliver then - and he was the beneficiary of similar leniency from referee Pawson here at Crystal Palace.
In a carbon copy of his transgression at Everton, Rojo launched himself at Palace's Wilfried Zaha and was penalised with a foul and a caution. He farcically protested his innocence but can count himself lucky he was not punished more heavily.
Watford striker Troy Deeney, speaking on Match Of The Day 2 after the Everton game, said: "He strikes me as someone who's a bit scared of getting hurt so he's thought 'I'm going to do everything I can to protect myself'."
Rojo's tackling was reckless and could have cost the visitors dearly - not to mention the players he is tackling.
Wayne Rooney needs one goal to equal Sir Bobby Charlton's club record of 249 goals for Manchester United but, with the Old Trafford legend looking on, he was frustrated here.
It was not for the want of trying as he worked tirelessly and brought two fine saves from Palace keeper Hennessey, but the wait goes on as he was substituted late on. The show now moves on to West Bromwich Albion at the weekend.
It is now one win in 10 Premier League games for Palace, who are three points above the relegation zone, and it is not about to get any easier for Pardew's side.
Premier League leaders Chelsea visit Selhurst Park on Saturday and Palace, who have won just six league games in 2016, have to visit Arsenal in their first game of 2017 on 1 January.
They failed to register a shot on target in the first half and only came alive after Ledley's introduction at the start of the second.
"We knew we had this tricky spell of matches coming up," said Pardew after the game. "We've got a big game Saturday so we've got to take what we can out of this game in terms of our confidence levels.
"We could've done better on the break but I can't fault them, they've given me everything and we need a little break here and there and we'll be OK."
Man of the match - Paul Pogba
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Both teams are back in Premier League action on Saturday. Palace host a London derby with Chelsea at 12:30 GMT, and five hours later United kick off away at West Bromwich Albion.
Match ends, Crystal Palace 1, Manchester United 2.
Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 1, Manchester United 2.
Ander Herrera (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace).
Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Manchester United 2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Fraizer Campbell replaces James McArthur.
Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
James McArthur (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Michael Carrick (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace).
Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United).
Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daley Blind (Manchester United).
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Manchester United. Marcus Rashford replaces Wayne Rooney.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Ezekiel Fryers replaces Lee Chung-yong.
Attempt missed. Ander Herrera (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Wayne Hennessey.
Attempt saved. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Marcos Rojo (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Wayne Rooney with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Joel Ward.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Joel Ward.
Ander Herrera (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace).
Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ander Herrera (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace).
Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Juan Mata.
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
Offside, Manchester United. Marcos Rojo tries a through ball, but Juan Mata is caught offside.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Yohan Cabaye.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Wayne Hennessey.
Attempt saved. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Manchester United 1. James McArthur (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Damien Delaney with a through ball.
Foul by Marcos Rojo (Manchester United).
Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Scott Dann (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Yohan Cabaye with a cross.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by David de Gea.
DUP leader Peter Robinson said the claims were "scurrilous and unfounded", and without "one iota of evidence".
The £1.2bn sale was of property loans to US firm Cerberus by Nama - the Republic of Ireland's "bad bank".
The claims were made at Stormont's finance committee by loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson.
Mr Bryson said the other beneficiaries were to be solicitor Ian Coulter, accountant David Watters, ex-Nama advisor Frank Cushnahan and developer Andrew Creighton.
He told the committee that the money was paid into an Isle of Man bank account controlled by Mr Coulter.
In a statement, Mr Robinson said: "I repeat, I neither received, expected to receive, sought, nor was I offered a single penny as a result of the Nama sale.
"The allegations made today lack credibility and can have no evidential basis. The scripted performance was little short of pantomime. It is outrageous that such scurrilous and unfounded allegations can be made without providing one iota of evidence.
"I am happy to appear before the committee."
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When asked for a response to Mr Bryson's allegations, a spokesman for Mr Watters and Mr Creighton said there would be "no comment at this time".
A spokeswoman for Mr Coulter re-issued a statement from July when he said no politician was to benefit from the deal, while Mr Cushnahan has previously stated that he never had "any meetings, dealings, correspondence or contact" with Cerberus or any of its representatives.
The allegation that Northern Ireland's first minister was to receive a payment is explosive.
But Jamie Bryson did not provide the inquiry with documentary evidence to back that claim.
He said there were documents that will support his allegations but they are held by the National Crime Agency.
Mr Bryson has provided the committee with a dossier that contains material such as company accounts - but it doesn't appear to contain a smoking gun.
In July, a politician in the Irish parliament alleged that £7m was to be channelled to a bank account that was "reportedly earmarked for a Northern Ireland politician".
That has led to a number of inquiries, including a criminal investigation led by the National Crime Agency.
Today on the Stormont estate, representatives of Northern Ireland's five main parties were working to try to chart a way out of the current political crisis.
But in Room 30, at the rear of Parliament Buildings, there was no evidence of a ceasefire in the conflict between the politicians.
Sinn Féin's deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, denied any responsibility for the handling of the sale of Nama's northern portfolio and pointed a finger in the direction of first minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson.
When it came to Jamie Bryson's evidence, DUP MLAs were keen to keep it behind closed doors. But they were outvoted.
Theoretically the Nama inquiry is on a separate track to the talks trying to resolve the latest political stalemate.
But it's hard to imagine the drama played out in Committee Room 30 not having an adverse impact on the already strained relationship between the DUP and Sinn Féin.
The BBC has established that money in an Isle of Man bank account was intended to facilitate payments to deal-fixers.
The money was in an account controlled by Ian Coulter, a former managing partner at Belfast law firm Tughans's.
He left the company in January and has said the money was fees for work he did on the deal.
Mr Coulter said in a statement in July that no politician, nor any relative of any politician, was ever to receive any money from the deal.
He added that the cash was moved to the Isle of Man for "a complex, commercially and legally-sensitive" reason.
The money was retrieved by the firm, which reported the transaction to the Law Society.
Cerberus, which bought the loans from Nama, has denied that any improper or illegal payments were made on its behalf.
Nama says the sales process was "robust, competitive and secured the best outcome for the Irish taxpayer".
Jamie Bryson first came to public prominence during loyalist protests against Belfast City Council's decision in December 2012 to limit the number of days that the union flag flies from the city hall. It had previously been flown all year round.
Some of the demonstrations resulted in violence.
Earlier this year, Mr Bryson was found guilty of taking part in unlawful public processions as part of the widespread demonstrations. He received a six-month suspended sentence.
Although he was not involved in violence, a judge said the unlawful marches caused disorder at a "very tense and sensitive time".
He previously stood as an independent candidate in the 2011 local government election, receiving 167 votes in North Down.
Earlier on Wednesday, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness told the committee there were "very serious questions" about what capacity Mr Robinson was acting in with regard to the Nama loan sale.
The Sinn Féin assembly member said he was not told about meetings and contacts between Nama, bidders for its NI portfolio and DUP ministers.
After Wednesday's hearing, Stormont finance committee chairman Daithí McKay of Sinn Féin said it was "important that openness and transparency are maintained during the inquiry".
The committee's deputy chairman, Dominic Bradley of the SDLP, said Mr Robinson must appear before the inquiry "to submit himself to the scrutiny".
A minority group of independent councillors ran the local authority before last week's local council elections.
On Tuesday, the SNP group criticised the independents for not negotiating with it.
Independent councillor Margaret Davidson has welcomed the new deal.
She said: "We are pleased to announce that a coalition of independents, Liberal Democrats and Labour councillors have formed an administration to take Highland Council forward for the next five years.
"This is an agreement that provides a sustainable administration for the long term, and represents the widespread opinion across the Highlands."
The proposal for a majority administration of the 41 councillors will be put to a meeting of the full council on 18 May for formal agreement.
Office bearers are to be formally agreed at this meeting, including the appointment of Ms Davidson as leader of the council. She held this post previously.
The results of last week's local elections saw 28 independent candidates elected, followed by the SNP on 22, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats with 10 each, Labour three and Scottish Greens one.
The Conservatives were the first to be elected to Highland Council in 22 years.
Pippa Hadley's win for the Scottish Greens was a first for the local authority, which had no representative from that party previously.
In the Western Isles, councillors will be asked to elect a leader, convener and committee chairmen - no women candidates were elected - at a meeting of Comhairle nan Eilena Siar on Tuesday.
Usually, the comhairle does not formally set up an administration.
The results on the isles saw the election of 23 independent candidates, seven SNP and one Conservative.
The scheme for a station at Saughall Massie was rejected at Wirral Council's planning meeting by seven votes to six.
The site would have covered the West Kirby and Upton areas after stations there were earmarked for closure.
Conservative councillor Chris Blakeley, who campaigned against the proposal, said Thursday's decision was "a victory for common sense and people power".
The planning committee went against a recommendation from planning officers and rejected the application by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS) at the meeting at Wallasey Town Hall.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority said it was "very disappointed" and will now consider an appeal to the secretary of state for the station in Saughall Massie Road.
Chairman of the authority, Dave Hanratty, said: "We are extremely concerned that this decision results in an avoidable increase in response times in the Hoylake and West Kirby areas.
"We believe that lives will be put at risk as a result."
Mr Blakeley, who represents the area where the building would have been built, said the proposal would have resulted "in harm to the visual amenities of the green belt... and the amenities of neighbouring residents and the wider locality".
In June 2015, MFRS said it must close stations due to budget cuts and the site would have the least impact on emergency response times.
Democrat Roy Cooper last month defeated incumbent governor Republican Pat McCrory by just over 10,000 votes.
At a special session, Republicans voted for reforms to limit Mr Cooper.
At least 16 people were arrested after protesters gathered at the legislature, chanting "shame" and refusing to leave.
The package of reforms include limiting the number of people Mr Cooper can bring into his team, requiring he seek approval to appoint top administrators at state agencies, and preventing him from shaping election boards.
Caren Parker, who protested at the legislature, said: "We voted for a new governor and they're choosing to come and... take away the power."
After losing, Mr McCrory quickly signed into law a bill that merges North Carolina's State Board of Elections and State Ethics Commission into one board composed equally of Democrats and Republicans.
Opposition leaders said losing Republicans were making an unconstitutional power grab before they left office.
"This ain't right, you can't make it right," said House Minority Leader Larry Hall. "The people of North Carolina aren't being treated right."
The previous state elections board law would have allowed Cooper to put a majority of Democrats on the panel.
Mr Cooper said in a statement: "Once more, the courts will have to clean up the mess the legislature made, but it won't stop us from moving North Carolina forward."
Mr McCrory has not commented on the reforms. He hit the headlines earlier this year as the face of controversial legislation which limited protections offered to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, and another bill which prevented local governments from raising minimum wage requirements.
Republicans say they are taking reasonable actions to rein in the power of the executive branch.
"It is proper for the legislative branch to adjust that so that the legislative branch has more checks and balances," House Speaker Tim Moore said Friday.
"The more that can be reviewed by the legislative branch, I would submit, the better."
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Cafodd un o'r tri ei gludo i Ysbyty Treforys mewn ambiwlans awyr.
Fe aeth y ddau arall mewn ambiwlans i Ysbyty Glangwili, Caerfyrddin. Does dim rhagor o wybodaeth ynglŷn â chyflwr y tri.
Graham Thurston, 54, was discovered in the early hours of 6 August lying behind Powerhouse nightclub in Westmoreland Road in Newcastle.
Mr Thurston, of Chirton West View in North Shields, died later in hospital.
Scott Thompson, 33, of Medway Crescent in Gateshead, appeared at South East Northumberland Magistrates Court charged with manslaughter.
No pleas were entered and he was remanded in custody to appear at Newcastle Crown Court on 6 September.
Its video camera captured high-definition images of the streets around Birmingham City's ground for the game against Aston Villa earlier.
It was the first time West Midlands Police had used a drone to police a football match.
Aviation rules meant the device could not fly over the St Andrew's stadium.
It was also prohibited from getting too close to residential properties.
From heights of up to 400ft, officers inspected areas in which there had been flashpoints in the past and looked for new ones.
Police said it formed part of a visible force presence" to "maintain public safety".
The match marked the first time the second city rivals had met in a league game for five years and followed Villa's relegation to The Championship.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said the wider policing operation was "substantial" and included "Section 60" stop-and-search measures to "tackle risk groups who are determined" to cause "serious violence".
Officers arrested 14 people during the afternoon, on suspicion of a range of offences including violent disorder, pitch encroachment and affray, but the force did not say how many were related to the searches and drone operation.
It said it would review camera footage "to take action against those involved in crime who haven't been arrested today".
Fans and the managers of each side were united in applause in the game's 21st minute.
The gesture supported the successful campaign to have the inquests reopened into the deaths of 21 people killed in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.
Julie Hambleton, whose sister Maxine was among the victims, said it was a "fantastic way" for fans to show "solidarity for their own".
An international team has made the claim in Nature magazine after studying the oldest soils on Earth.
The researchers say elements in the three-billion-year-old material show evidence for oxidative weathering.
This is some 700 million years before the Great Oxidation Event when other geological data points to a dramatic rise in free O2 in the atmosphere.
If confirmed, it is a significant observation because it suggests the ability of ancient lifeforms to produce oxygen may also have got going earlier than previously recognised.
"Oxygenic photosynthesis is a very complicated metabolism and it makes sense that the evolution of such a metabolism would take perhaps two billion years - that we might not see its manifestation until the Great Oxidation Event. But now that we see oxygen much earlier in the atmosphere, it tells us that even really complex metabolisms can evolve very fast," said team-member Dr Sean Crowe from the University of British Columbia, Canada.
The group looked at remnant soils, dated to about 2.95 billion years ago, which have subsequently become locked up in rocks in what is now Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
In particular, the researchers studied the ratios of different types, or isotopes, of chromium atoms that were present in the palaeosoils.
These isotopes are very sensitive to reactions involving oxygen, with the heavier form of the atom, chromium-53, becoming slightly more soluble when oxidised than the lighter chromium-52 type.
It means that, over time, soils that have been oxidised should become depleted in chromium-53 as rain water washes away these atoms; and, conversely, sea sediments, where the products of weathering eventually end up, should become enriched in chromium-53.
The team made precisely this observation in Kwazulu-Natal, in rocks that represented both ends of the process - the soils and the sea sediments.
The conclusion is that the ancient soils would have been exposed to an atmosphere that contained 0.03% of the oxygen it does now; about one-10,000th of the present level.
"This is considerably more than people had estimated," said team-member Prof Michael Bau, from Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany.
"There is some evidence also for a whiff of oxygen at around 2.6-2.7 billion years ago based on molybdenum isotope systems. But the important point about these older whiffs is that they probably represent episodic increases, and it is not until 2.3-2.4 billion years ago that we see an irreversible oxygenation of the atmosphere," he told BBC News.
This was the Great Oxidation Event, which coincided with a big rearrangement of the Earth's continents, creating vast shallow-water shelf environments where photosynthetic cyanobacteria could really flourish.
It was a very significant moment in the story of Earth because some of the abundant oxygen would then have been converted in the atmosphere into ozone.
This three-atom oxygen molecule filters damaging ultraviolet light from the Sun, and would have enabled many new classes of life to emerge.
The team, which includes co-workers at the universities of Copenhagen and Johannesburg, wishes to test its findings further on rocks from other parts of the world.
This is not straight-forward, however, as three-billion-year-old rocks are extremely rare - certainly, those that have also not undergone significant alteration. But the scientists hope to find suitable material to work on in Greenland and Australia.
"One of the key aspects of all this is the sensitivity now of techniques such as the chromium isotopes, which allow us to probe very low levels of oxygen. And I'm sure continued technological advances will eventually enable us to look for even lower levels of oxygen, even earlier in time," said Dr Crowe.
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The Wasps man, 24, suffered a fractured fibula while grappling with lock Maro Itoje at the training camp in Brighton.
It was England's final training session before head coach Eddie Jones names his squad to face South Africa, Fiji, Argentina and Australia.
The uncapped Jones had hoped to replace the injured James Haskell at seven for the Tests in November and December.
Coach Eddie Jones has introduced judo sessions to help players develop skills that will be useful in the tackle area, with double Olympic medallist Kate Howey and GB coach JP Bell putting the England squad through their paces on Monday.
Dai Young, director of rugby at Sam Jones' club Wasps, said: "I really feel for Sam - he has worked his socks off for Wasps and deservedly got his call-up to England."
An X-ray confirmed a fracture of the right leg and the club is awaiting results of MRI scans to determine the full extent of the damage.
"Our medics and physios will look after him and we look forward to having him back when he is ready," Young added.
The BMA said it was not backing down in the fight over a new contract and further strikes would go ahead unless the government negotiates a new deal.
Medical leaders had warned the short notice meant care would be put at risk.
Jeremy Hunt welcomed the announcement, but said future strikes would bring "unprecedented misery" to patients.
The General Medical Council had urged doctors to reconsider the stoppage, warning they could face regulatory action because the timing and length of the walkout would mean care was inevitably compromised.
The BMA said the decision was made after a meeting with officials from NHS England.
Junior doctors leader Dr Ellen McCourt said: "Patient safety remains doctors' primary concern.
"While the BMA provided more than the required notice, we have taken this decision to ensure the NHS has the necessary time to prepare and to put in place contingency plans to protect patient safety.
"Our hospitals are chronically understaffed, our NHS is desperately underfunded - we have to listen to our colleagues when they tell us that they need more time to keep patients safe.
"Future action is still avoidable. The BMA has repeatedly said it will call off further action if the government puts a halt to plans to force junior doctors to work under a contract they have rejected because they don't believe it is good for the future of patient care or the profession."
By Hugh Pym, BBC health editor
It looks like a presentational own goal by the BMA in this increasingly acrimonious dispute - announcing an escalated series of strikes with limited notice, and then having to cancel the first one because of high-level warnings about lack of time for hospital contingency planning.
We can assume there was intense debate within the BMA about the decision, as there was last week when the original strikes plan was announced.
Junior doctors' leaders said that working doctors as well as patients had expressed concerns about the short notice given for the first strike, and the decision to drop it was all about securing patient safety.
The BMA seems determined to press on with strikes in October, November and December with hospitals having more time to make appropriate plans.
As things stand, there is no evidence that the junior doctors' support for the campaign of industrial action has diminished.
The contract is due to start being imposed from October.
Health Secretary Mr Hunt told MPs: "We mustn't let [the announcement] obscure the fact that the remaining planned industrial action is unprecedented in length and severity and will be damaging for patients - some of whom will have already had operations cancelled.
"It is deeply perplexing for patients, NHS leaders and indeed the government that the reaction of the BMA leadership, who previously supported this contract, is now to initiate the most extreme strike action in NHS history - inflicting unprecedented misery on millions of patients up and down the country.
Chris Hopson, of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals, said it was the right decision as the health service had been given "barely any notice to prepare".
"We continue to urge the BMA to call off the remaining strikes to prevent further distress, delay and pain to patients."
Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patients Association, said: "We urge the BMA and Department of Health to meet urgently and participate in meaningful and sincere negotiations in order to resolve this impasse."
"It is vital that there is a coherent plan with a satisfactory resolution for all parties, and the only way this can be achieved is if the two parties show willingness to resume discussion," she added.
Next week's strike - which was due to occur between 08:00 and 17:00 BST from Monday to Friday - was to be the first of four all-out five-day stoppages during the rest of the year.
The remaining strikes take place during the same hours each day on:
The stoppages come after junior doctors have already taken part in six strikes this year, including two one-day all-out stoppages.
Industrial action was put on hold in May when the two sides got back round the table at conciliation service Acas.
That resulted in the agreement of a new contract, which BMA leaders encouraged members to accept.
But when it was put to the vote, 58% of medics rejected it, prompting the resignation of the BMA junior doctor leader Johann Malawana and causing ministers to announce once again that they would impose the new terms and conditions.
A new junior doctor leader, Dr McCourt, was appointed and, in August, the committee she leads called for the union's leaders to sanction the fresh strikes which have been announced.
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In an address to the NASUWT teachers' conference, Ms Morgan said there was no going back on plans to make every school an academy by 2020.
She also urged the union to take a more positive line about the profession rather than talking of "crisis".
She told teachers she would do more to protect them from online harassment.
Initially applauded when she took to the stage at the gathering in Birmingham, Ms Morgan's speech met with a frosty response from delegates at times.
There was laughter and clapping when she said the government did not always get things right, and one delegate shouted "get off" when she asked teachers to "step up".
Others, though, praised her for coming to speak to teachers at a union conference.
It was an uncompromising message from Nicky Morgan to the teachers gathered here.
She told them either they could step up to the challenge of improving education or spend the next four years battling the government.
There was, she said, no reverse gear for the government plans. But Nicky Morgan also recognised their concerns about red tape and workload.
Her speech was heard in a mixture of mainly polite to stony silence and some heckling. At the end there was some polite applause.
Afterwards delegates described her speech as provocative, but many also gave her credit for being brave enough to face an audience of teachers.
Ms Morgan paid tribute to the profession, but said there could be no pulling back from the government's agenda of reform.
The government has announced plans to make every school in England become an academy by 2020.
However, the scheme has met with resistance from opposition parties, teachers' unions and Conservative local councillors.
But Ms Morgan told delegates the government's plans would improve the education system in England.
"I want to be clear [...] there is no reverse gear when it comes to our education reforms."
Ms Morgan also accused the NASUWT of peddling too much negative comment about the state of the profession, teacher retention and recruitment.
"If I were a young person making a decision about my future career and I saw some of the language coming out from the NASUWT as well as some of the other unions, would I want to become a teacher?
"If I read about a profession 'standing on the precipice of a crisis', would I consider a life in teaching? - no I would not."
Ms Morgan went on: "The teaching unions have a choice - spend the next four years doing battle with us and doing down the profession they represent in the process, or stepping up, seizing the opportunities and promise offered by the White Paper and helping us to shape the future of the education system."
It is the first time a Conservative education secretary has addressed the NASUWT conference since 1997.
NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates thanked Ms Morgan for attending the annual gathering and said she would be welcome to attend every year.
But she urged her to abandon imposing the academies system on the remaining local authority-controlled schools in England.
She said: "Don't allow yourself to become the next Iain Duncan Smith; listen to the concerns being raised.
"If you want education excellence everywhere, then recognise there are outstanding academies, outstanding community schools, outstanding foundation schools, outstanding voluntary-aided schools which prove academies do not have the monopoly on excellence."
Ms Morgan also pledged more support for teachers to protect them from the threat of violence and harassment.
This followed NASUWT's own research, which showed the extent to which teachers are being trolled and abused on social media.
Ms Morgan said she had asked her officials to start work on what more can be done to ensure teachers are better protected, particularly online.
In her report, Ms Broderick recommended increasing the number of women in the military and setting up a unit to probe sexual misconduct.
The review found evidence of harassment and abuse, but also said many had experienced no discrimination.
The assessment followed a series of sex scandals in the defence force.
"Our overarching finding is that, despite progress over the last two decades, I am not confident that, in all the varied workplaces that comprise the ADF [Australian Defence Force] today, women can and will flourish," Ms Broderick said.
She highlighted "ambivalence" about the importance of increasing the numbers of female service personnel and "a lack of understanding about the cultural and structural impediments to female representation".
The review found that the recruitment of women for the defence force had only increased by 1% over the last 10 years.
"The use of targets is required, both to improve recruitment and to broaden occupational opportunities available to women, including in combat roles," the report said.
The ADF needed to make greater efforts - such as looking at flexible working policies - to help both men and women combine work with raising a family.
The report also said women were "significantly underrepresented in leadership positions" and that despite resistance to quotas, "targeted interventions" were needed if this was to change.
Ms Broderick also recommended that a unit dedicated to investigating sexual misconduct be established, allowing confidential complaints to be lodged.
The review found that while most people saw the defence force as a safe working environment, some women had experienced "sexual harassment, sex discrimination and sexual abuse".
"We found that members frequently did not report these incidents ... because they feared that ... their career would be jeopardised, that they would not be believed or they would be subjected to a sometimes unresponsive chain of command investigation," she said.
Defence Minister Stephen Smith said the Australian government accepted all the proposals in principle.
He has asked the Chief of the Defence Force and the Secretary of the Department of Defence to ''determine the best way forward in formally adopting and implementing the... recommendations'', said a statement.
Health watchdog Monitor has begun an investigation amid concerns about Warrington Hospital's finances.
Chief executive Mel Pickup has written to staff to explain the need to "find new ways to reduce our operating costs".
Auditors KPMG have also been brought in to help manage the hospital's budget.
Ms Pickup's letter, which has been seen by BBC News, refers to an "unprecedented affordability gap forecast for the national healthcare system" following rising costs.
It explains that even if "realistic savings" are made, the hospital expects to be operating at a deficit of £15m for the 2015-16 financial year.
The hospital, which has an A&E unit serving the wider area, has now "declared itself in a turnaround position", Ms Pickup said.
Her letter says managers will be speaking to staff about the situation over the coming weeks, but urges them to immediately begin "thinking about our personal commitment to bring about improvement".
The projected shortfall is also expected to be felt at the smaller Halton Hospital and the Cheshire and Merseyside Treatment Centre, which are also managed by Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The trust said in a statement: "We have been very open and honest about our financial position with our staff and the public after what has been a challenging year.
"Business at the hospitals continues very much as usual but we do face a challenge that we need to meet.
"We are continuing to provide the very best care to our patients, recruiting to key posts and vacancies to reduce our temporary staffing costs and transforming the way some of our services work."
He said the UK government took "very, very seriously" the need to end their anxiety and uncertainty.
Mr Davis again signalled that he was not willing to compromise over the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
But European Parliament Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt insisted the ECJ "must play its full role".
The European Court of Justice has emerged as the central stumbling block in reaching a deal on the rights of EU nationals.
EU sources last week described the conflict over the court as "a fundamental issue, a fundamental difference between the two sides on this".
However, Mr Davis, in Prague for talks with the Czech foreign minister LubomÃr Zaorálek, said the British government intended to introduce legislation to establish the rights of EU nationals, which would be enforced by British courts.
"We intend this should be put in an act of parliament enforced by the British courts - and I don't think anybody has ever argued that the British courts are anything other than trustworthy in terms of defending the rights of individuals," he said.
"And most importantly, this would be backed up by a treaty - so that the treaty itself is enforceable as well. That's the way we're going to do it."
Mr Davis said giving EU nationals in the UK the right to appeal to the European Court of Justice would be the same as allowing the US Supreme Court a role in Britain.
But in a statement after the second round of negotiations between the UK and EU, Mr Verhofstadt and the European Parliament Brexit Steering Group, said it would "remain vigilant" and "continue to push for full rights for EU citizens in the UK as well as UK citizens in the EU".
Mr Verhofstadt added that the European Parliament want the withdrawal agreement - or the terms of Britain's divorce from the EU - "to be directly enforceable and to include a mechanism in which the European Court of Justice can play its full role".
At the end of the press conference in Prague, Mr Davis stressed that under the UK proposals, Czech nationals would receive "the same rights as British citizens", such as residence rights, economic, employment, pension, health and welfare rights.
"Essentially, all of the rights other than the right to vote for the national government," he said.
But Mr Zaorálek said he had told Mr Davis the Czech Republic had decided to open a general consulate in Manchester to give the 45,000 Czech citizens living in the UK a place "to get their documents in order" in preparation for Brexit.
Matthew Taylor, former head of the Labour Policy Unit, will look at job security, pay and workers' rights.
In the Daily Telegraph, Chancellor Philip Hammond defended plans to put workers on boards and impose greater pay restraint for senior executives.
The measures were "something that responsible businesses will recognise can be positive for them", he said.
He warned that big businesses were "angering their consumers" over excessive pay for bosses and poor workers' rights.
Speaking ahead of the Conservative Party conference on Sunday, Mrs May said: "The UK has one of the strongest labour markets in the world - with record numbers of people in work and an unemployment rate almost half the EU average.
"That's a proud record, but if we are to build a country that works for everyone - not just the privileged few - we need to be certain that employment regulation and practices are keeping pace with the changing world of work."
Mr Taylor has been tasked with looking at whether regulations need to change in order to keep pace with what Downing Street says is a growing number of people registered as self employed, on zero hours contracts or in temporary work.
The review will look at security, pay and rights and it will also examine whether there are ways to increase opportunities for carers, people with disabilities and the elderly.
Mr Taylor, chief executive of the RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), said it was "very encouraging" that he had been asked to chair the independent review.
"New forms of employment have many advantages for workers and consumers but there are challenges and risks," he said.
"We need to approach this issue with an open mind, recognising that within our flexible system of employment the same type of contract can have a diverse range of impacts on the people who use them.
"That the prime minister has chosen to prioritise the interests of the growing army of people working in new ways sends an important message."
He said the review team will travel across the UK to hear how people's experience of work affects their daily lives.
Seamus Nevin, head of employment and skills policy at the Institute of Directors, said: "It is important that the government works to ensure our employment regulations and definitions are flexible so that we protect workers and give them access to training and development, while still enabling innovation and enterprise to prosper."
The answer was left as a mystery in the theatrical release of Ridley Scott's 1982 film - with even Scott and Ford arguing about it - and with a sequel due to be released in October, fans are hoping the issue will finally be resolved.
Ford and fellow cast members including Ryan Gosling introduced a second trailer and new clips from the movie at Comic-Con on Saturday, which connect the sequel to the original film.
Moderator Chris Hardwicke couldn't help but ask Ford if Blade Runner 2049 would address the lingering questions about Deckard's identity - human or replicant?
After a long pause, the star responded: "It doesn't matter what I think."
So that clears that up then.
However he did say he returned for the sequel because: "We had a really good script based on a really good idea. It deepened the understanding of my character… It had great depth."
Set 30 years after the events of the first film, the sequel sees Gosling play Blade Runner Officer K, who discovers a dark secret which leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard.
The Comic-Con panel was introduced by a hologram of Jared Leto, who stars as the villain in the movie but wasn't able to be in San Diego in person.
Gosling admitted making a Blade Runner sequel was surreal and it still hadn't quite sunk in yet that he was making it.
"I just remember when I was a kid it was one of the first films that I'd seen where it wasn't clear how I was supposed to feel when it was over," he said. "There's a moral ambiguity to it that's quite a haunting experience."
Director Denis Villeneuve said he took on the job because he "didn't want anyone else to [muck] it up", as the original film was his inspiration to become a film-maker.
However he thanked Ridley Scott for leaving him to get on with making the film he wanted.
The final fan question in the Q&A was put to Harrison Ford - was it his goal to reboot every single one of his franchises, having turned his hand to Indiana Jones, Star Wars and now Blade Runner?
"You bet your ass it is!" he replied.
We can only hope for a Working Girl sequel next.
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To the outsider it looks like any other ageing factory. In the dank, strip-light lit interior there are rows of disused machines with cogs wrapped in cobwebs.
But three years ago the factory became the focus of the world's media, when it became apparent it was the last in the Palestinian Territories to produce the keffiyeh, the traditional Arab headdress and favourite of former leader Yasser Arafat.
The Palestinian keffiyeh industry had suffered a slump following market liberalisation measures under the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Wholesalers in the Palestinian Territories increasingly bought cheaper versions of the scarf from China, Jordan and Syria. A Hirbawi Textiles scarf costs around $6, while a Chinese keffiyeh costs as little as $3.
For loom worker Abdel Aziz El Taraki the move signalled the demise of the family run business.
Set up in 1961, the factory started with just two weaving machines, but as the headscarf became synonymous with Palestinian nationalism, demand quickly rose.
"Of course business used to be much better. We used to have 15 machines working and it wasn't enough, we sometimes had to work for 24 hours to cover the demand," says El Taraki.
"In the 1980s, during the first intifada, production was covering everywhere from Gaza to Jerusalem and Ramallah. Every imported keffiyeh sold here means one less sold for us.
"In the past we were doing very well, it then deteriorated until we only had two machines working in the factory."
Following the media attention came a flood of inquiries about the factory.
Capitalising on the public's interest, the Hirbawi family set up an web page so orders from foreign countries could be placed.
Around the same time the story had caught the eye of the 'Young Professionals for Palestine', a group of internet activists based at the time in Kuwait.
Group founder Noora Kassem says they were concerned foreign imports were destroying the meaning of the Palestinian scarf.
"Globalisation has allowed cheaper products to be made in other countries that actually care nothing about the identity of the product itself and one of the things we were worried about was the fact that that mass production would take away from the authenticity of the product by ensuring it's not made in Palestine anymore," says Kassem.
"We felt like we had to mobilise to help the factory get more customers, and to get a larger client base and perhaps maybe improve its own capacities and its ability to get more machines.
"So what we did is we we made some sales by buying some keffiyehs, and sold them to people in Kuwait and tried to get more people to buy from the factory themselves."
But despite the group's best efforts, the logistics of buying and selling the keffiyehs from Kuwait became problematic.
"We ended up setting up the Facebook page so that people could directly deal with the factory. The owner is very old and is a little bit resistant to changes in technology taking place and so hopefully adapting to those changes will take them into the new fold," she says.
"Of course we can't intervene and take their books and tell them how to do their business but we can help through marketing, through PR, through contacts and connectivity."
With more than 1,000 members the Facebook page is proving very popular.
"We've got people all over the world from Australia to India to South Africa," says Kassem.
"All over the Middle East, Arabs and non-Arabs alike, interested in the message and exactly what the keffiyeh stands for.
"A lot of people associate it with a fashion accessory, but they were interested to find out what the history of it is and that this is the last factory and it came from Palestine."
Jouda Hirbawi, one of two sons who looks after the day-to-day running of the factory, welcomes the Facebook page.
He says the site has had a direct impact on sales with up to 1,500 orders a month, mostly from America and Europe. But despite its success he says the Palestinian Authorities should do more to help domestic industries.
"The Chinese use cheap materials and cheap labour, so the product that comes here is very cheap and there is no way to compete with it honestly," explains Jouda.
"Of course no country can ban imports, but there are ways to control them, for example, they should impose taxes on imported products. This way they will support local producers who employ a lot of people. This will help the local economy as well."
Production is currently up at the factory with eight machines producing more than 70 keffiyehs a day.
But with ageing technology and little evidence of investment in the factory's infrastructure, the Hirbawis will be aware they must do more or face the day when their looms fall silent. | Hirbawi Textiles is located on a nondescript road on the outskirts of the Palestinian city Hebron. | 14,447,485 | 1,130 | 31 | false |
Willett, 29, apologised before the tournament for an article his brother Peter wrote about the American crowds.
During the event players called for rowdy fans to be ejected, with Willett then saying his brother had been right.
"I don't think that's our sport, that's not what we play for, that's not what we do," he told Sky Sports.
Willett, who failed to win a point on his Ryder Cup debut, said the abuse came from a "massively tiny proportion" of the huge crowds in Minnesota.
"You've got 150-200,000 fans there that love watching golf," added the Masters champion. "Unfortunately, you've got the odd one or two that don't actually go there to watch the golf, which is a shame.
"I don't think you should be walking around playing golf while people are saying things to your parents and saying things to your wife.
"Unfortunately that happened and unfortunately it put a little bit of a downer on what was supposed to be my first really good experience of the Ryder Cup."
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For the best chance of recovery, the advice is not to hesitate if you see someone's face falling on one side, slurred speech or weakness in the arms.
Radio broadcaster Mark Goodier, 55, survived a stroke in November thanks to the quick actions of his wife.
He was lucky - two out of three stroke survivors leave hospital with a disability.
Mark Goodier said his wife realised she had to act fast after he had suffered a "crippling headache" one morning and collapsed on to the bed.
"I had a loss of feeling on one side of my face," he said. "She didn't wait to worry about it or wonder.
"I consider myself fortunate because she did the right thing, at the right time."
She called an ambulance straight away, and he was treated quickly in hospital.
Mark, a former Radio 1 chart show DJ and Top of the Pops presenter, is now slowly getting back to work and returning to a normal pace of life.
He said: "I'm still coming to terms with what's happened, but I'm a very positive person and I'm gradually building up the exercise again.
"It's going to take time, but my story could have been very different if she hadn't made the call when she did."
A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is cut off, as a result of a clot or bleeding on the brain.
It can happen at any age, although most people who have a stroke are older.
More than 100,000 strokes happen in the UK every year, leading to about 40,000 deaths. Many more lead to severe disability.
More than a million people in the UK are living with the after-effects of stroke.
Public Health England has launched a campaign, called Act Fast, to urge people to call 999 as soon as they see any one of the three signs of a stroke.
Other signs can include:
Sas Freeman, a former actress and model, from Worcestershire, had a stroke seven years ago, aged 45.
At the time, she was very fit and healthy, holding down a busy job. She thought strokes could not happen to people like her.
So when her face started drooping and she couldn't get her words out, she didn't seek help.
"I thought I could get rid of the tremendous pain in my head," she said.
"I couldn't possibly call an ambulance, so I called my GP and tried to get an appointment instead.
"Stupidly, I was doing it all the wrong way."
Sas was eventually admitted to hospital, but the delay meant she lost her speech and her mobility.
A second stroke a few weeks later left her needing 18 months to recover.
She has gone from being active and independent to needing help with simple tasks such as cooking and walking.
She can no longer work or drive, and she struggles with extreme tiredness during the day.
When she looks at photos of herself taken before the first stroke, they feel like images of a stranger.
"It's like looking at a twin," she says. "They aren't me anymore, it's very strange.
"Stroke has taken away an awful lot. It was a huge, huge shock. I want people to learn from my stupidity."
Not all strokes can be prevented. As we age, our arteries become harder and narrower and more likely to become blocked.
But many strokes can be prevented by:
Prof Kevin Fenton, national director for health and wellbeing at Public Health England, said: "Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the country, and the faster someone experiencing a stroke gets emergency treatment, the more chance that person has of surviving and avoiding serious disability."
Juliet Bouverie, chief executive of the Stroke Association, said people were not taking the right action at the right time.
"A stroke is a brain attack and acting fast makes a huge difference," she said.
"You are more likely to survive a stroke and make a better recovery if you call 999 on spotting any one of the symptoms.
"The quicker you act, the more of the person you save." | One in four people does not call 999 at the first sign of a stroke, according to Public Health England. | 38,827,591 | 911 | 25 | false |
Hewlett, who died following a diagnosis of cancer of the oesophagus in 2016, movingly shared his experience of coping with his illness on BBC Radio 4.
He had fronted the show since 2008.
Rajan said: "I have been addicted to The Media Show for years and am genuinely humbled at the prospect of sitting in Steve Hewlett's chair.
"He was a giant of broadcasting and I will do my utmost to maintain the very high standards he achieved."
Hewlett's interviews with Eddie Mair on Radio 4's PM offered insight into his cancer journey, examining issues such as drug trials and reaction to treatment.
The Media Show is Radio 4's weekly look back at the latest stories and trends across the media industry both at home and abroad, and Rajan will make his debut on 10 May.
As well as being the BBC's media editor, he has deputised for Jeremy Vine and Simon Mayo on Radio 2, appeared on BBC One's Masterchef, presented episodes of Radio 4's Start the Week and Any Answers and is one of the hosts of Asian Network's The Big Debate. Rajan is also a former editor of The Independent.
Andrea Catherwood will continue to present some editions of the programme.
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He will be joined by international trade minister Mark Garnier and Bank of England governor Mark Carney for the talks in New Delhi and Mumbai.
Mr Hammond said boosting trade and investment "beyond the borders of Europe" was more important than ever.
He said it was vital to make links with "the world's most vibrant economies".
Last week Prime Minister Theresa May formally activated Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, starting a two-year countdown for quitting the 28-nation bloc.
The UK has started looking to establish new trade deals with non-EU nations over the coming years, although it cannot sign them while still a member of the bloc.
Mr Hammond said the UK was about to embark on an "exciting new phase of our economic history".
As well as Mr Garnier, Mr Carney and Commercial Secretary Baroness Neville-Rolfe, the Treasury said the trade mission includes some of the UK's most experienced leaders in financial services and financial technology.
Mr Hammond added: "The UK is perfectly placed to be India's financial partner of choice, helping it to raise the finance needed for its continued rapid growth and my message will be 'make in India, finance in the UK'.
"Our innovative markets have helped support the development of whole new product classes such as masala bonds that will support India's transformation."
The people of Eriskay, in the Outer Hebrides, awoke on 5 February 1941 to find a cargo ship, the SS Politician, aground off their island.
A wreck was not unusual but for islanders struggling to get by on wartime rations, the cargo was astonishing: 250,000 bottles of whisky.
What happened next was immortalised in the film Whisky Galore!
Under cover of darkness locals rowed out to the wreck and scrambled over the side using rope ladders.
In the following days and weeks they took hundreds of cases of whisky from the hold.
Eriskay's priest, Father Calum MacLellan, 84, was a boy at the time.
He said: "It depended on your own ability or agility to get as much ashore as you could."
But was it salvage or plunder?
No duty had been paid on the spirits, so Customs and Excise came after the islanders.
"I suppose the bigger thing was hiding it, especially from the Customs officers, and that produced a lot of hilarity," said Fr MacLellan.
But locals weren't just helping themselves to the water of life.
According to the priest, "the whole island was swathed in linen" from the Politician's hold - and further treasures remained on board.
He said: "There were bicycles on it but we couldn't use them because there was no road on island.
"There was a grand piano as well but none of our homes was big enough to accommodate a grand piano."
The ship eventually disappeared beneath the waves but Don MacPhee, who has dived down to see her, said there was a dark side to her legacy.
"There were a lot of social problems which resulted and quite a few families regarded it with quite a bit of opprobrium," he said.
"A lot of the crofting work was abandoned. People ended up as long-term alcoholics.
"The whisky was available for years and years afterwards ... in extremely large amounts.
"It was a case of get as much as you can down your neck in as short a space as possible."
But not all the salvaged whisky was drunk. Years later, bottles are still turning up.
Donald John Rodgers, who captains the Eriskay to Barra ferry, is one of many islanders who have discovered a secret stash.
"I was digging a path from the house down to the shore," he said.
"I felt the glass and I thought 'there's something funny here' and I cleared it away and six bottles were lying in a row."
Mr Rodgers reckons there is plenty more whisky still to be found.
Seventy years later, on the little island of Eriskay, the real story of Whisky Galore is still being written.
Permission to add to the development, in Bicester, Oxfordshire, will make the project the largest of its type in the UK, it is claimed.
Cherwell District Council granted permission for the zero-carbon homes, in addition to 393 already under construction.
Further plans for 3,500 more homes have yet to be approved.
Plans for the development, on the north western side of the town, include a new school, road network, and 250 care apartments for the elderly.
Planning committee vice chairman Colin Clarke described the project, which includes roof solar panels on all properties, as "unique".
"It's by far the largest project of its type anywhere in the UK," he said.
"It's very aspirational...the idea is to make sure the whole estate looks after itself."
Mr Clarke said the locations of green spaces, football pitches, a "desperately needed" burial ground, and the realignment of the A4095 still needed to be discussed in detail.
Work on an initial batch of 393 homes began last April and is expected to be completed within four-and-a-half years.
Of those, 91 are set to be built by the end of 2015, with the first residents expected to move on-site in the late summer.
The council said it hopes to complete all phases of the development by 2031.
Ten times more prescriptions of common sleep medication melatonin have also been written for children and adults under 55 over the same period.
Poor sleep in children has been linked to a greater risk of obesity, lower immunity, and mental health issues.
It is also linked to lack of emotional control and poor school performance.
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Many aspects of how we live today are thought to interfere with children's sleep:
Ellie Keady, 13, recently spent the night under observation at Sheffield Children's Hospital's sleep service, which has seen a tenfold increase in referrals over the past decade.
Ellie goes to bed at 2100, but usually lies awake until at least 0230.
"Sometimes I'll go to school and I'll have had only two and a half hours' sleep," she says.
Sleep deprivation has affected her education. She is often off sick due to exhaustion and viral infections.
"If you sneeze in her room, Ellie will catch the flu," says her mother, Joanne.
Ellie has suffered sleep problems since she broke her foot in 2011.
She was unable to walk for months and started to put on weight.
She recently lost 2st 7lb (16kg) in six months on a strict diet and exercise regime, but has found dieting a challenge.
Research suggests a strong link between sleep deprivation in teenagers and weight gain.
Poor sleep is thought to upset the balance of the hormones that tell our brains we are full or hungry, making it harder to control appetite.
When tired, we are more likely to crave foods high in sugar and fat.
When a nurse at Sheffield Children's Hospital explained this link to Ellie, it made sense.
"If I've had a bad night, the diet is hard to stick to," Ellie says.
"I don't want chicken, I don't want vegetables, I just want a packet of crisps.
"I never knew that was from being tired."
Overnight investigation showed no medical explanation for Ellie's sleep problem.
The staff suspect she may just need a better sleep routine: she has a smartphone, two tablets and a television in her bedroom, and uses them just before bed.
Staying off her devices an hour before bedtime might help both her sleep and her weight loss.
The Children's Sleep Charity has found 92% of the families using their specialist clinics had solved their child's sleep problems within six months by changing their bedtime routine.
The charity says sleep problems are costing the NHS unnecessary millions in needless GP and paediatrician appointments and prescriptions.
"We know there's a cost burden to the NHS here and now from childhood sleep difficulties," says Dr Catherine Hill, associate professor at the University of Southampton and consultant at Southampton Children's Hospital.
"If we continue to ignore emerging research evidence about the importance of sleep to health, we're potentially storing up problems for the NHS in future.
"We desperately need to get children's sleep on the public health agenda.
"We've done it with nutrition: people are starting to understand the perils of sugar, the dangers of childhood obesity.
"We now need to wake up to the importance of sleep."
Figures show the number of prescriptions in England for melatonin rose to nearly 600,000 in 2015.
Melatonin is licensed as a treatment only for people over 55, but it is commonly prescribed to younger people, even though it has not officially been licensed for that purpose.
The robbery took place at Ladbrokes Bookmakers in the Carmondean area of Livingston on Saturday 13 December 2014 at about 19:20.
The man is white, with a Scottish accent, about 5ft 8in, and of medium build.
He was wearing light grey jogging bottoms, gloves and black trainers.
He was also wearing a light blue Gio Goi brand puffa-style hooded jacket.
Det Con Stevie McCormick, of Police Scotland, said: "This robbery has been a terrifying experience for the staff and customers inside the shop and our officers have been making extensive inquiries.
"We would urge anyone who may recognise the man pictured or is able to provide any information that might help our investigation to get in touch immediately."
The flanker has undergone surgery after being injured during a Warriors 'A' match against Edinburgh last month.
Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend said: "We all feel for Tyrone, who has had some bad luck with injuries during the past two seasons.
"He had started the season in good form and had been working hard in training."
Holmes will now miss an important run of games in Glasgow's season, starting at home to Pro12 rivals Leinster this weekend.
The Warriors then have a Champions Cup double-header against Scarlets, back-to-back meetings with Edinburgh in the Pro12, before their European pool concludes with matches against Racing 92 either side of a trip to Northampton.
"We're disappointed to lose Tyrone for the next few months, however we wish him all the best with his rehab," Townsend added.
The Polish-born 31-year-old helped his country win the 2014 World Cup, and scored 48 goals in a 129-cap career.
An appearance off the bench in the 3-0 win over Slovakia at Euro 2016 was Podolski's final outing for Germany.
The ex-FC Koln, Bayern Munich and Arsenal player, now at Galatasaray, told German fans, "It was amazing, it was great, and it was an honour."
Manufacturing output was down 0.5% compared with the same month in 2014, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
But the overall index of production (IoP), which also includes mining and quarrying and utilities rose 0.8% over the same period.
The IoP accounts for about 15% of the UK economy.
It means that production is still 9.3% below its pre-downturn peak, achieved in the first quarter of 2008, while manufacturing is 5.2% below its peak.
If the British economy was driven by manufacturing, we could well be in seriously dire economic straits, figures released today show.
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The main drags on the manufacturing figures were basic metals and metal products, transport equipment and "other manufacturing and repair".
Trade in goods increased the deficit in the latest trade figures, which were also released on Wednesday.
The trade deficit shows how much more the country is importing than it is exporting.
The overall deficit in the trade in goods and services was estimated to be £3.4bn in July, up £2.6bn from June.
That widening was attributed to trade in goods, in which the deficit was £11.1bn, compared with £8.5bn in June.
The Friends of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs will receive the money from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Part of it will be spent improving the area around the Tom Weir statue at Balmaha which was unveiled last year.
The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park is also contributing to the project.
The friends charity - an independent conservation and heritage group - said there were plans for "storyboards" at the Tom Weir site, along with an educational booklet and a special celebration in June 2016 involving local schoolchildren and volunteers.
Some of the information boards will introduce visitors to Rhona's Mountain Garden - named after Tom's widow Rhona - which is being built on the site.
The statue of Tom Weir was unveiled in December 2014, marking 100 years since the broadcaster's birth.
Friends Chairman James Fraser said: "We are delighted to receive this latest grant award from the Heritage Lottery Fund, along with some top-up funding from the National Park Authority, as it means we will be able to share Tom's love of the wonders of Loch Lomond more widely.
"We intend to build on the resounding success of his statue and the associated greatly improved picnic area that is on target to host 80,000 visitors this year."
The chief executive of the national park, Gordon Watson, said the charity had worked hard to create a "fitting tribute" to Tom Weir.
"We have been pleased to support their efforts with grant contributions towards the statue itself and also the storyboards which will bring to life Tom's story and the rich heritage of Loch Lomond," he added.
Cases involving 21 people - among them actors Nigel Havers and Rhys Ifans, and actress Kym Marsh - were settled at London's High Court.
The settlements all involve undisclosed damages, costs and an apology.
Further phone-hacking claims against MGN are due to be heard in court next year if agreements are not reached.
MGN publishes the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror and the People.
David Sherborne, representing Mr Havers, whose acting credits include Chariots of Fire and Coronation Street, said his client had been targeted by phone hacking between 2000 and 2004.
The actor had been subjected to intense intrusion when he was nursing his late wife through the final stages of cancer, Mr Sherborne said.
Mr Ifans, best known for his role in the film Notting Hill, lost a number of close friends as a result of the distrust created by newspaper stories published as a result of hacking, the hearing heard.
Ms McCall's case involved a March 2007 article named Davina's Stalker Terror, which MGN admitted had been published after her voicemails had been intercepted.
Other settlements involved businesswoman and socialite Caroline Stanbury, PR consultant Alison Griffin, publicist Clair Dobbs, and film-maker Jim Threapleton - the ex-husband of actress Kate Winslet.
The list also included actress and Loose Women panellist Lisa Maxwell, actress and singer Suzanne Shaw, actresses Caroline Chikezie, Tina Hobley, Holly Davidson, Kate Ford, Samia Ghadie and Lucy-Jo Hudson and actors Ben Freeman, Alan Halsall, Christopher Parker and George Calil.
Christopher Wenn, from Charles Russell Speechly, which represented a number of the claimants, said he was "delighted" MGN had also apologised for the hacking, as well as paying damages.
Last year, damages totalling nearly £1.25m were awarded to eight people whose phones had been hacked by Mirror Group journalists writing celebrity stories.
Actress Sadie Frost was awarded £260,000 and ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne £188,250, while Soap stars Shane Richie, Shobna Gulati and Lucy Benjamin also received payouts.
Following the verdict, MGN announced it had set aside an extra £16m to deal with further claims - in addition to the £12m provided in 2014.
A new national programme set up by England Athletics, RunTogether aims to motivate people to improve their physical and mental health by running with others.
By simply logging on to the website, you'll have access to local running groups which offer fun, organised jogs and runs with other people, with qualified group leaders.
The website also includes access to marked running routes specific to your area, searchable using your postcode.
Find out about how to get into running with our special guide.
Trying to start running can be a daunting task, as Sam Mollaghan - the face of the This Girl Can Run campaign, and a qualified Run Leader - understands.
"When I started running a couple of years ago, I was very self-conscious about how others would perceive me," she said. "So I empathise with how many runners feel anxious when running alone.
"Now I'm a Run Leader, I'm able to help others enjoy the benefits that regular running in a group has to offer - it's such a great way to improve fitness and socialise at the same time.
"I'm also more confident when I run, as I know I'm doing something that benefits my health and mindset. I've made some great friends in running groups and would encourage as many people to join their local group."
Runners are also being encouraged to take photos and tag which friends and celebrities they would like to run with, using #RunTogether.
Matt Birkett, head of running participation at England Athletics, said: "We know that running with others is more effective in changing behaviour, making people more likely to sustain a running habit, and we know how much of an impact running has on improving emotional health and well-being.
"We want to get one million more people into regular athletics and running by 2021, and ensure that everyone in England has access to a local RunTogether group across the country."
Town have failed to finish above eighth place in the Championship since Evans bought the club in 2007.
"Marcus is the same as me. He wants to aim as high as we can," McCarthy, in charge of his first full season at Ipswich, told BBC Radio Suffolk.
"But, like me, he is realistic about it as well."
Evans, who owns 87.5% of Ipswich's shares, has pumped considerable sums into the Championship side, with the most recent accounts showing
That financial commitment has been with the aim of taking Town to the Premier League, but it is a feat that, so far, four different managers have yet to achieve.
McCarthy, who steered Ipswich away from relegation following his appointment last November, has said he believes his side are
But he must do it against the back drop of new which aim to see clubs break even over a three-year period.
"It's easy me saying 'we'll aim for the top six'," he said. "Of course we're aiming for the top six, but there's a bit of graft to do that.
"We played at our absolute maximum from November last season and we know those points would have got us in the top six. Well, we've got to do it again."
Ten years ago there was terrible post-election ethnic violence in the country, which nobody here wants to see repeated.
But with opinion polls predicting a very close race between incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga, there are fears there could be trouble ahead.
What happens to Kenya is less about who wins the elections and more about how those who lose take their defeat.
The success of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) computerised voting system is key to the process being considered free and fair.
If it fails - as it did in 2013 - the votes will be counted manually, and in a country where vote-rigging has been alleged in the past, the loser will no doubt challenge the result.
In 2013, Raila Odinga turned to the courts claiming electoral fraud, and lost.
This time - his fourth and probably last attempt to become president - he may turn to the streets if he considers the election to have been stolen.
In theory, the voting system is a good one:
But if the computer system goes down, verifying the voters' roll will be a lot harder, and may raise suspicions.
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The murder of a key figure a week before the poll - the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) head of technology - has really put the country on edge.
Chris Msando was in charge of the electronic system, and was the man who appeared on TV to reassure the public it would work - and couldn't be hacked.
When his tortured, strangled body was found dumped in a forest, it raised suspicions that somebody was planning to interfere with the election.
The IEBC insists the system will still work and successfully carried out a public "dry run" to prove it.
But a quarter of polling stations are apparently outside cellular data range.
On top of that, on Friday armed men raided a Nairobi building where the opposition is running its own parallel count and took computers. Later two foreign data analysts working for the opposition were expelled from Kenya.
More than 180,000 agents from various organs of state security are also believed to have been deployed for the election.
That could be considered a prudent security measure - or raise fears of polling station intimidation.
The worst-case scenario is an extremely close result, a failed electronic voting system, and a candidate who is not prepared to concede defeat.
If nobody wins more than 50% of the vote, then it will go to a second round. But without a popular third candidate, that seems unlikely. It's being perceived as a two-horse race.
Whatever happens, this will be the last battle of the dynasties: Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's first president, against Raila Odinga, the son of its first vice-president and a man who also spent much of his political career in opposition.
Mr Kenyatta, the 55-year-old incumbent, wants a second and final term in office for his Jubilee Party after narrowly winning the last election in 2013, despite having International Criminal Court (ICC) charges of inciting violence hanging over him.
Mr Kenyatta, an ethnic Kikuyu, and his former rival William Ruto, a Kalenjin, were accused of inciting violence between the two communities.
The charges related to the 2007 post-election violence, which killed around 1,200 people and drove hundreds of thousands from their homes.
The ICC case recently collapsed due to lack of evidence and after key witnesses died or disappeared.
But the old ethnic wounds which were reopened have still not completely healed.
Many people will vote along "tribalism or party" lines, according to a respected Kenyan journalist. That's despite the wealth of issues people could draw upon to make their choice, including:
People in Mathare slum - one of the biggest in Nairobi - are certainly expecting trouble. Activists and community leaders have been holding peace marches and making speeches urging restraint, respect, and unity.
Political leaders have been using aggressive rhetoric which has been getting through to their supporters.
Rumour and counter-rumour have been circulating in the slums and social media geeks have been distributing alarming campaign ads and fake news.
If Raila Odinga loses, some say there will be violence in opposition areas - and the police have been kitted out with new deliveries of riot gear.
There could be violent clashes in other parts of the country where there have been tensions before.
But the key alliance between Kikuyu and Kalenjin - between Mr Kenyatta and his deputy - will mean it's unlikely the trouble could reach the level it did 10 years ago.
Strange things always happen before Kenyan elections - and this year is no exception.
There is a lot of uncertainty about what will happen, but most Kenyans hope the country can get through this week peacefully and move on.
And the market for British strawberries is growing. But if rules on who can come and work in the UK change following the vote to leave the European Union, who is going to pick them?
To pick a ripe strawberry, you don't just yank it. There's a special knack: a slight flick of the wrist to snap off the stem.
The pickers at Langdon Manor Farm in Kent are astonishingly quick at it. Their hands dart out, locating the ripe berries, and transfer them to a plastic crate, without their breaking step as they move along the rows of plants.
Almost all of the 200 pickers are from Eastern Europe, with a right to work in any EU country. Most will return home in the autumn, but some, like Roxana Bertolon from Romania, have made the UK their home. She has been here for six years.
"I like it here," she says simply. "So I stayed." She now supervises a team of pickers.
If the UK decides to alter its policy towards foreign workers, farms such as this one could face quite an upheaval.
But Roxana isn't too worried.
"Maybe the rules will change," she shrugs. "I don't care."
Members of her picking team are primarily concerned about the immediate fall in the value of the pound, which means they'll have less money to send home.
But changes to the rules on seasonal and migrant labour are a worry for their employer, farmer Alastair Brooks.
"I'm hoping sense prevails," he says.
"Because they're seasonal migrant workers, so they come, work and go home, I'm hoping a scheme will be put in place that will allow that to continue, without which we could have a very unsure future."
The demand for soft fruit, such as strawberries, has grown rapidly in recent years and UK farmers have invested to step up production.
But without workers willing to live at the farm and put in long hours over the summer months, it's going to be hard to keep that up.
When Roxana first came to work here aged 22, all the strawberries were grown on the ground. The work was back-breaking and slow.
Since then, with the help of EU funding, Alastair Brooks has invested in an irrigated table-top system and polytunnels to combat the unreliable British weather.
The work is easier. And the new National Living Wage means workers are guaranteed a higher basic income.
But work still starts at 05:30, six days a week. They break for lunch at 11:00 and continue picking until around 13:00.
After that there's maintenance work, such as fixing irrigation systems and tidying up plants, that needs to be done.
The rest of the team packs the day's harvest into plastic containers, for labelling and shipping, to hit supermarket shelves by the next morning.
So far, unemployed people in the UK have proven reluctant to take on these jobs.
"The English don't like to work like us," says Roxana. "They will never come to work on a farm.
"If they come, they want to be someone high [up], to be a supervisor or a manager, but not to pick."
Forklift truck team leader Andis Ivkins agrees. "I don't believe they'll send us home," he says. "I don't believe the English people will come and pick fruit."
He is from Latvia and his wife is from Lithuania. His face lights up as he explains they are about to have their first baby.
Their plan is to stay in the UK for the next few years, and he doesn't see any need to change that plan, because he thinks people like him will still be needed on the farm.
But he's not certain the seasonal workers, who come and go each year, will keep coming.
If they're told to fill in extra paperwork and apply for visas, or are restricted by quotas, they may end up going to other European countries instead: perhaps Spain, the Netherlands or France. Especially if the pound remains weak.
Some recruitment agencies have already said interest is lower than usual following the referendum.
"Why would you come here if the message is you're not welcome?" says Laurence Olins, chairman of the industry association, British Summer Fruits.
"Europe is a big place. They don't have to come here. We're competing in a global market for labour. It's a very mobile resource."
Mr Olins says the litmus test will be in October and November this year, when farmers start recruiting for next year's season. But he thinks there's going to be a "fight for labour".
Langdon Manor Farm faces other uncertainties, too.
Alastair expects his input costs to rise. The flourishing plants at Langdon Manor started life in Dutch greenhouses and Spanish nurseries.
The plastic for the polytunnels and the coir matting are also imported via the EU. With a weaker pound, all of those will be more expensive.
He expects to lose the financial support he's been getting from the EU, while rival European producers will continue to receive it.
Recently, he has had EU funding to explore the use of robotics on the farm. It is focusing initially on spraying, stacking crates and transporting the fruit from the field to the pack house.
Robots are not very good at actually picking fruit, he says.
"If there's a leaf in the way, the robots can't see it. They go past, whereas we, as humans, have the intelligence to move the leaf."
So he's not planning on mechanising the harvesting. Not yet, anyway. But in the long run, he's not ruling it out.
Shane Richards and Carl Riddiough, both 30, were caught as part of an investigation into distraction burglaries in North Yorkshire in 2016.
Police were able to link the men's DNA to the caps found in a car.
Richards and Riddiough, from Doncaster, admitted burglary at Teesside Crown Court and were each jailed for four and a half years.
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Burglary victims, many who were elderly, reported two men knocking on their door claiming their ball had been kicked into the back garden.
When the homeowners took one of them to get the ball, the other would search the house and steal property.
The men were said to have been wearing flat caps and a witness who saw two men in a car contacted police.
The car was later found with the two caps inside both containing Richards and Riddiough's DNA.
Glass experts also analysed the caps and found samples of glass from one of the burglary scenes in both of them.
The Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH) has an international reputation, largely due to pioneering burns surgery which took place there during World War Two.
But as a small specialist hospital it does not meet the new National Burns Care Standards published in 2013.
As a result, the trust is considering an arrangement with a major trauma unit being built in Brighton, it revealed.
The new trauma centre at the Royal Sussex County Hospital is expected to be ready for use by 2020.
In order to meet the new standards, the QVH is considering admitting adult burns patients to dedicated QVH beds there.
The trust said the change would mean patients could access a wide range of other specialist staff and facilities.
It said experts have found that burns patients admitted as an emergency get the best outcomes this way.
Similarly, children with severe burns could be admitted to QVH beds within the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, it added.
QVH at East Grinstead would continue to play the central role in burns care for the region and its other specialist services would not be affected, it said.
Any proposals developed are likely to be up for public consultation before any final decision, it added.
The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has not responded to a request for comment.
The former Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Dundee United and Celtic midfielder featured for the last time in a 4-0 home hammering by Ross County.
"We wanted to go out with a winning performance for him after the great career he has had," McInnes said.
"It really was a disappointment; that's not how we wanted it to play out."
McInnes gave a debut to Australian goalkeeper Aaron Lennox and also started defender Scott McKenna, 19, and 18-year-old striker Scott Wright, while 17-year-old defender Daniel Harvie and forward Joe Nuttall, 19, featured off the bench.
"It's not often I have the chance and the luxury of playing a lot of youngsters," he noted.
"Losing 4-0 at home is unlike us and the attitude of the players up until today has been terrific, so we won't get caught up too much in what happened.
"But I know what needs to be done next season. I would like to get more options in forward areas, I would like another goalkeeper and another defender - and maybe one or two others.
"I feel we need to bring in enough good players to help the group of players I have."
Robson, who also played for Middlesbrough, Vancouver Whitecaps and Sheffield United, intends to go into coaching and management after a career featuring more than 650 games, 17 caps for Scotland, a league title with Celtic and League Cup winners medals with the Glasgow side and Aberdeen.
"He has been a great player to have worked with even if his influence hasn't been so great for the team in the last couple of years," added McInnes, who played alongside Robson at Tannadice.
"He has always given 100% effort to every aspect of his game. He is a great professional and his whole approach and length of career is something youngsters can learn from."
County boss Jim McIntyre hailed a "fabulous" final-day display from his side, rounding off "the most successful season in the club's history" in style.
Brian Graham's penalty, Alex Schalk's spectacular scissor-kick, Liam Boyce's 20th goal of the season and a long-range Martin Woods effort brought County only a second win in their final nine league games since winning the League Cup final against Hibernian.
"It was a fantastic performance," said McIntyre. "The boys were right at it from the word go and showed real intent.
"I thought we showed real maturity about our play.
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"We set the boys a target of top-six at the start of the season and they achieved that.
"We were looking for a good cup run and we managed to win it.
"It has been the most successful season in this club's history and the players deserve all the credit.
"They put in the performances week in, week out, and react to poor results as well."
After hours of talks in Qatar, the country's energy minister Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada said that the oil producers needed "more time".
Most members of the Opec producers' group, plus other oil exporters including Russia, attended the talks.
They wanted a deal that would freeze output and help stem the plunge in crude prices over the past 18 months.
"The general conclusion was that we need more time to consult among ourselves in Opec and non-Opec producers," Mr Sada said.
Oil prices tumbled in Asian trading as a result, with the price of both US and London crude oil down more than 5%.
Talks hit difficulties earlier on Sunday as reports emerged of tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Iran did not attend the meeting.
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, appeared willing to only freeze output if all Opec members agreed, including Iran.
But Iran maintained it would continue the increase in oil production it has followed since economic sanctions were lifted earlier this year.
"As we're not going to sign anything, and as we're not part of the decision to freeze output, we ultimately decided it was not necessary to send a representative," the Iranian government said.
The failure to agree a freeze is not going to help oil exporters desperate to see the price of crude oil rise. They are hurting. Even Saudi Arabia - despite having significant financial buffers - is overhauling its public finances and trying to diversify its economy away from oil.
Other major oil producers are finding life even harder. One OPEC member, Angola, has even gone to the International Monetary Fund seeking to negotiate financial assistance.
There is, perhaps, some compensation for the countries at the Doha meeting in that their failure to agree to curtail supply increases is likely to renew the pressure on shale oil producers in the US, who were not and never would be represented at a gathering such as this.
The rise of the American shale industry in the last decade or so is one of the main reasons why global supplies are so plentiful and why prices are now less than half what they were in mid-2014.
Mr Sada told reporters after the meeting: "We of course respect [Iran's] position... The freeze could be more effective definitely if major producers, be it from Opec members like Iran and others, as well as non-Opec members, are included in the freeze."
Russia's oil minister Alexander Novak said Moscow had not closed the door on a global deal to freeze output. However, the Reuters news agency reported, Mr Novak said he was disappointed at the failure to reach a decision as he had travelled to Qatar expecting to sign a deal, not debate one.
The failure to agree a deal sent oil prices lower in trading on Asian markets. The uncertainty also hit share markets.
The next scheduled Opec meeting is in June.
Abhishek Deshpande, chief oil analyst at Natixis, described it as "the mother of all Opec meetings" which showed the nervousness among many oil producers.
It was not formally an Opec event, though most of the group's members were represented.
However, Opec has been slow to respond to the sharp fall in oil prices, which are still less than half the peak of $115 ($81) a barrel seen in June 2014.
The price of oil has risen in recent weeks largely due to traders considering the possibility that some major exporters will limit supply.
Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, finished last week at around $43 a barrel, having dipped as low as $27 earlier this year.
Opec members have been working on the deal since Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar and Venezuela agreed to freeze production in February if other countries followed suit.
They gathered at the Andersonstown school's entrance on Tuesday morning.
Many expressed concerns about the high level of staff absence in the school.
At least 24 teachers were absent on Monday out of a teaching staff of about 70. Some parents said the staff absences were affecting pupils about to sit GCSE and A-Level exams.
On Tuesday, over a third of the teaching staff in the school were off for a second day in a row.
Around 50 pupils from the school's sixth form also walked out of the school at about 10.30 GMT.
They joined parents at the school's gates.
Two parents subsequently held a meeting with the school principal.
There have been ongoing industrial problems at the school over the past few months.
Its principal said the school was "dealing with some internal issues".
There were a number of days when significant numbers of staff were absent in early November 2015.
Following that, several meetings were held involving school staff, governors, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) and the teaching unions.
Sixth former Niall Burns said pupils were afraid the situation could affect their future academic prospects.
"We're all falling behind, every one of us. It's taking its toll now," he said.
"It's not just the past week - it's been over a good few months and we need something done about it now.
"With the teachers not being in, we're not getting the work done and it's going to affect us in the long run when we go to open our results and don't get the results we want."
In January 2016, a "strategic plan for renewal" was drawn up and a "strategy group" was established "to address a range of issues raised by staff relating to the operation of the school".
Education Minister John O'Dowd said he was "very concerned about the ongoing issues at the school and the impact on its pupils".
He added: "I understand the school, employing authority and unions are working together to resolve the situation and I would urge all involved to bring this to a resolution as soon as possible.
"I will be keeping the situation under close review."
The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) said that when issues first arose, a strategic group was set up, comprising the board of governors, the CCMS, and unions.
"A strategic plan for renewal was devised by the group and work began immediately to implement this plan," it said.
"The intention was, and remains, to resolve any internal issues within the school through the implementation of this plan.
"The immediate priority remains the full educational provision for all students in the school."
Ms Lucas, who became the party's first MP last year, said moving away from first-past-the-post would "keep MPs on their toes" and curb tactical voting.
The party has long argued for a different, proportional voting system.
Speaking later at the party's Spring conference, she said her party was the "real opposition" to the coalition.
Ahead of the speech in Cardiff, Ms Lucas - MP for Brighton Pavilion and leader of the party in England and Wales - said she believed only the Greens could stand up against the government's deficit reduction plan, its proposed overhaul of the NHS and the sell-off of the Royal Mail.
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"Labour is utterly contaminated by the fact they pursued many of the policies which now the coalition government is simply taking to their logical conclusions, so I think people are looking for a genuine opposition - and you won't be surprised to know I think that's the Green Party," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"I've always been a bit ambitious, but I do think the Green Party is the real opposition."
Despite long campaigning for MPs to be elected through a system of proportional representation, the Greens are backing a switch to AV - a non-proportional system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference - in May's referendum.
Under the current system, she said too many MPs represented "safe seats" - historically dominated by a single party - and this was "hugely damaging in terms of the complacency they almost breed".
Moving to AV would mean people did not "have to agonise over tactical voting," she added.
"They can vote for what they believe in and I think that will be very liberating for a lot of people."
The cross-party No to AV campaign said Ms Lucas had had a "Damascene conversion" to AV.
"Perhaps Ms Lucas would like to answer why she has changed her mind and is now telling voters to support a voting system that will cost the taxpayer £250m and which she described as "embarrassing" and "fake" just a year ago," a spokesman for the campaign said.
Launching their official campaign last week, supporters of the current system argued that switching to AV would be "costly and complex" and warned the system could produce "unfair" results - all claims contested by their Yes to Fairer Votes opponents.
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The Al-Alaf family left Mosul in Iraq carrying their cat Kunkush.
They all travelled to Turkey and even crossed the Aegean sea together to the Greek island of Lesbos.
It was here that Kunkush slipped out of the basket and disappeared.
After travelling for three months the family finally made it to Norway where they had settled without their pet cat.
But thanks to a social media campaign and a German animal rights group the family have been reunited with their favourite feline.
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On Saturday, IS released video footage which appeared to show the beheading of the 47-year-old hostage.
Mr Goto had worked in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria, contributing reports to Japanese public broadcaster NHK, television network TV Asahi and other outlets.
Before he went to Syria last October, he had recorded a video message saying he was heading to Raqqa, the headquarters of Islamic State.
"It's very dangerous so even if anything should happen to me, I won't blame the people of Syria. Whatever happens, I am responsible. But of course, I'm going to come back alive," he said.
He had written books on the impact of Aids on Africa, and set up his own press agency, the Independent Press, in 1996.
In an April 2012 NHK report, Mr Goto met Syrian refugees in a Turkish camp, saying he wanted to report on what civilians were going through.
He spoke to women about how soldiers raided their homes, and to a former rebel soldier who brought the villagers to the refugee camp after government forces tore through their town.
In a TV Asahi report from Aleppo in May 2014, Mr Goto was shown riding along with volunteer rescue workers made up of former anti-government soldiers, explaining how citizens were joining these rescue groups to try and help fellow citizens in need.
In an interview with a Japanese news site in the same month, he said he wanted to help people in conflict areas.
"The places I visit to report face unbearable hardship, but even there people live their daily lives," he said.
"Those people always have something to say, a message they want conveyed. If I can help relay their message to the world, it might lead to a solution of some sort. If that happens, perhaps I can say my job was a 'success'."
The journalist was reported to have met contractor Haruna Yukawa, his fellow captive believed to have been executed by IS earlier this month, in Aleppo in April 2014, when the latter was detained by the Free Syrian Army.
Mr Goto, who had connections with the group's members, said he acted as a translator.
After Mr Yukawa's release, the two travelled together in Iraq in June, he said, as Mr Yukawa wanted to "learn how to work in a conflict zone".
When Mr Yukawa wanted to return to Syria in August, Mr Goto reportedly warned him against it. But this warning was ignored and Mr Yukawa was captured in Syria, reportedly in the summer of 2014.
Reports differ on why Mr Goto travelled from Japan to Syria in late October 2014. Some outlets said he had wanted to report on areas controlled by Islamic State.
But other outlets, such as Mainichi Shimbun and NHK, said he told those close to him that he had also intended to search for Mr Yukawa.
The most recent posts on his Twitter account were reports from the Syrian town of Kobane, an area controlled by the Islamic State, in late October.
He dropped out of contact shortly after and, weeks later, his wife received an email demanding a ransom for his release.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) said current provisions for "our most vulnerable" would be thrown into doubt.
President Donald Trump met lawmakers on Wednesday to rally them behind the bill, after a stormy 24 hours.
Moderate Republicans are concerned people will be stripped of cover, while conservatives sense federal overreach.
The bill, called the American Health Care Act, would replace the signature law of President Barack Obama, so-called Obamacare.
It would:
Overall, the plan is expected to cover fewer people than those who gained insurance under the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act, but we will not know the exact numbers - or the cost - for about another week.
It is now being considered by two congressional committees ahead of its passage through the House and Senate.
The president of the AHA, which has 5,000 hospitals in its association, said in a letter to Congress that the ability to assess the bill was "severely hampered" by the lack of a proper estimate by the Congressional Budget Office.
But the plans for Medicaid "will have the effect of making significant reductions in a programme that provides services to our most vulnerable populations", Rick Pollack wrote.
The American Medical Association doctors' group also urged Congress to reconsider reducing insurance for the poor, in a separate letter.
The AARP, a lobbying group for older Americans, has also opposed the plan, saying funding for the Medicare insurance programme for the elderly could be cut.
House Speaker Paul Ryan praised the bill as "a conservative wish list" and "monumental, exciting conservative reform."
"This is what we've been dreaming about doing," he told reporters.
President Trump campaigned on repealing Obamacare, which he says has suffered from rising premiums and a lack of choice.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the president was "in full sell mode".
As well as convincing Americans, he has to first persuade sceptics in his own party.
Republicans control the White House and both chambers of Congress, but it is unclear if they will get enough votes to get the bill through.
Nama sold the portfolio to a US investment fund for £1.2bn in 2014.
There have been a series of allegations about impropriety in the sale process.
The invitation to Mr Noonan was made following the Comptroller and Auditor General's report into the sale.
Mr Noonan said he had decided to accept the invitation.
"I intend to reply by letter to the Committee of Public Accounts to confirm this and to request assurances from the Committee that the proceedings of the Committee will be conducted in line with its terms of reference."
Speaking to Irish broadcaster RTÉ yesterday, PAC chairman Sean Fleming had assured Mr Noonan the committee's questions would focus strictly on the mechanics of the sale process and his involvement in it.
"He is one of the links in the chain in relation to this sale process," said Mr Fleming.
"He was involved in correspondence personally; he was involved in personal phone calls on the matter.
"I do want to assure the minister... we will not be straying into governmental decisions; policy issues by the department."
He's going to become a familiar face in the coming months as he explains to TV audiences the importance of the discoveries that are made by the most sophisticated spacecraft ever sent to touch the surface of another world.
The Curiosity Rover - also called the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) - is set to land on Monday (GMT) for a minimum two-year exploration of a deep hole on Mars' equator known as Gale Crater.
The depression was punched out by an asteroid or comet billions of years ago.
The lure for Grotzinger and his fellow scientists is the huge mound of rock rising 5km from the crater floor.
Mount Sharp, as they refer to it, looks from satellite pictures to be constructed from ancient sediments - some deposited when Mars still had abundant water at its surface.
That makes it an exciting place to consider the possibility that those distant times may also once have supported microbial life.
And Curiosity, with its suite of 10 instruments, will test this habitability hypothesis.
Grotzinger is a geologist affiliated to the California Institute of Technology and he recently took the BBC Horizon programme to the mountains of the nearby Mojave Desert to illustrate the work the rover will be doing on Mars.
He climbed to a level and then pointed to the rock sediments on the far side of the valley.
"What you see here is a stack of layers that tell us about the early environmental history of Earth, representing hundreds of millions of years," he told Horizon.
"They read like a book of Earth history and they tell us about different chapters in the evolution of early environments, and life.
"And the cool thing about going to Mount Sharp and Gale Crater is that there we'll have a different book about the early environmental history of Mars.
"It will tell us something equally interesting, and we just don't know what it is yet," he said.
Curiosity dwarfs all previous landing missions undertaken by the Americans.
At 900kg, it's a behemoth. It's nearly a hundred times more massive than the first robot rover Nasa sent to Mars in 1997.
Curiosity will trundle around the foothills of Mount Sharp much like a human field geologist might walk through Mojave's valleys. Except the rover has more than a hammer in its rucksack.
It has hi-res cameras to look for features of interest. If a particular boulder catches the eye, Curiosity can zap it with an infrared laser and examine the resulting surface spark to query the rock's elemental composition.
If that signature intrigues, the rover will use its long arm to swing over a microscope and an X-ray spectrometer to take a closer look.
Still interested? Curiosity can drill into the boulder and deliver a powdered sample to two high-spec analytical boxes inside the rover belly.
These will lay bare the rock's precise make-up, and the conditions under which it formed.
"We're not just scratching and sniffing and taking pictures - we're boring into rock, getting that powder and analysing it in these laboratories," deputy project scientist, Ashwin Vasavada, told the BBC.
"These are really university laboratories that would normally fill up a room but which have been shrunk down - miniaturised - and made safe for the space environment, and then flown on this rover to Mars."
The intention on Monday is to put MSL-Curiosity down on the flat plain of the crater bottom.
The vehicle will then drive up to the base of Mount Sharp.
In front of it, the rover should find clay minerals (phyllosilicates) that will give a fresh insight into the wet, early era of the Red Planet known as the Noachian. Clays only form when rock spends a lot of time in contact with water.
Above the clays, a little further up the mountain, the rover should find sulphate salts, which relate to the Hesperian Era - a time when Mars was still wet but beginning to dry out.
"Going to Gale will give us the opportunity to study a key transition in the climate of Mars - from the Noachian to the Hesperian," said Sanjeev Gupta, an Imperial College London scientist on the mission.
"The rocks we believe preserve that with real fidelity, and the volume of data we get from Curiosity will be just extraordinary."
The rover is not a life-detection mission; it does not possess the capability to identify any bugs in the soil or huddled under rocks (not that anyone really expects to find microbes in the cold, dry, and irradiated conditions that persist at the surface of Mars today).
But what Curiosity can do is characterise any organic (carbon-rich) chemistry that may be present.
All life as we know it on Earth trades off a source of complex carbon molecules, such as amino acids - just as it needs water and energy.
Previous missions, notably the Viking landers in the 1970s, have hinted at the presence of organics on Mars. But if Curiosity could make the definitive identification of organics in Gale Crater, it would be a eureka moment and go a long way towards demonstrating that the Red Planet did indeed have habitable environments in its ancient past.
It's a big ask, though. Even in Earth rocks where we know sediments have been laid down in proximity to biology, we still frequently find no organic traces. The evidence doesn't preserve well.
And, of course, there are plenty of non-biological processes that will produce organics, so it wouldn't be an "A equals B" situation even if Curiosity were to make the identification.
Nonetheless, some members of the science team still dream of finding tantalising chemical markers in Gale's rocks.
Dawn Sumner, from the University of California at Davis, is one of them.
"Under very specific circumstances - if life made a lot of organic molecules and they are preserved and they haven't reacted with the rocks in Gale Crater, we may be able to tell that they were created by life. It's a remote possibility, but it's something I at least hope we can find," she said.
"I am confident we will learn amazing new things. Some of them will be answers to questions we already have, but most of what we learn will be surprises to us.
"We've only been on the ground on Mars in six places, and it's a huge planet.
"Gale Crater and Mount Sharp are unlike anything we've been to before. That guarantees we will learn exciting new things from Curiosity."
Horizon: Mission to Mars was broadcast on BBC Two Monday 30 July. Watch online via iPlayer (UK only) or browse more Horizon clips at the above link.
The German car giant will offer to repair or buy back the affected diesel vehicles and pay owners between $5,000 and $10,000 in compensation.
Last year, US regulators discovered that some VW cars were fitted with software that distorted emission tests.
The German giant subsequently said 11 million cars worldwide were affected.
The total deal will cost Volkswagen $14.7bn. It is expected to spend up to $10bn on buybacks and compensation, and will put a further $2.7bn into an environmental fund operated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as invest $2bn over the next decade into zero emission technology.
Separately, the car firm has agreed to pay $603m to 44 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to resolve existing and potential state consumer protection claims.
However, it is still facing billions of dollars more in potential fines with lawyers currently working on settlements for 80,000 three-litre diesel engines.
Nonetheless, Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Müller described the settlement as "a significant step forward".
"We know that we still have a great deal of work to do to earn back the trust of the American people. We are focused on resolving the outstanding issues and building a better company," he added.
VW also said the settlement was within the €16.2bn (£12.6bn) it had already set aside for for the crisis.
The huge settlement will affect 475,00 owners of the 2009 to 2015 Volkswagen diesel models of Jettas, Passats, Golfs and Beetles as well as the TDI Audi A3.
Customers can choose to sell back their vehicle to Volkswagen, for its price last September before the scandal was revealed, or terminate their lease without incurring any penalty charges.
They can also choose to have their vehicle modified free of charge and keep it.
Customers who select any of the options will still receive compensation of between $5,100 and $10,000. They would also still be able to decline the VW offer and sue the firm on their own.
Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said the VW scandal was one of the "most flagrant violations of our consumer's environmental laws in our country's history".
"By duping the regulators, Volkswagen turned nearly half a million American drivers into unwitting accomplices in an unprecedented assault on our environment.
"This partial settlement marks a significant first step towards holding Volkswagen accountable for what was a breach of its legal duties and a breach of the public's trust," she said.
Arthur Wheaton, an automotive industry specialist at Cornell University's ILR School, said the settlement went a long way to addressing the uncertainty surrounding the carmaker since the scandal emerged.
"It's expensive, but because Volkswagen has put a decent offer on the table it will avert many of the individual law suits."
Mr Wheaton also said the firm's $2bn investment into zero emission technology could "dramatically change VW's image".
"The US is a forgiving market. It [the scandal] hasn't done any permanent damage and now it's likely to focus more on electric and battery cars in the US," he said.
Last September, the EPA found that many VW cars being sold in America had a "defeat device" - or software - in diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested, changing the performance accordingly to improve results.
The German car giant has since admitted cheating emissions tests in the US.
Some models could have been pumping out up to 40 times the legal limit of the pollutant, nitrogen oxide, regulators disclosed.
The provision VW made for the scandal pushed the car maker into its biggest ever annual pre-tax loss of €1.3bn for 2015, compared with a profit of €14.7bn the previous year.
But state officials said they would continue to investigate allegations of disrupting communal harmony.
More than 60 students were suspended at the weekend after the Asia Cup match in which Pakistan defeated India.
The students said they only clapped when Pakistan won.
The district magistrate of Meerut city, Pankaj Yadav, confirmed to BBC Hindi that after investigating the complaint they found no evidence to support the sedition charge.
But he said officials would continue to investigate allegations of other offences, including disrupting communal harmony and causing damage to public property.
The sedition charge carries a three-year prison term in India.
Earlier, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah promised to speak to the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and intervene on the students' behalf, describing the charge as "unacceptably harsh"
The incident happened at the Swami Vivekanand Subharti University in Meerut city on Sunday where a group of students allegedly "celebrated Pakistan's win", leading to arguments with other college mates, reports say.
The university administration then ordered an inquiry and decided to suspend the students as a "precautionary measure".
Some of the Kashmiri students denied any wrongdoing in their statements to the media.
Cricket matches between India and Pakistan are tense, dramatic affairs and are passionately followed in both countries.
Claimed by both countries in its entirety, Kashmir has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years.
The South Asian rivals have also fought two wars and a limited conflict.
The Scottish capital's trams began running on Saturday, after six years of disruption and cost increases.
Mr Salmond cited "considerable public concern" over the £776m project, which he said had disrupted homes and businesses in Edinburgh.
The problems included a dispute between the city council and its contractor.
The first minister stopped short of announcing a full public inquiry, raising concerns over the timescale, and instead decided on a "non-statutory" option.
Speaking during first minister's questions in the Scottish Parliament, Mr Salmond said: "I am sure that everyone in Edinburgh, and indeed all over Scotland, will be delighted to see that the Edinburgh trams are fully operational and carrying passengers.
"We cannot, however, lose sight of the considerable public concern over the conduct of the project, the disruption it has caused to households and businesses in the city of Edinburgh.
"I therefore recommended to the Cabinet, and it has been decided, to establish a judge-led public inquiry into the Edinburgh trams project to establish why the project occurred significant overruns in terms of cost and timing, requiring in particular a considerable reduction in the original scope."
He added that the government had been assured by the City of Edinburgh Council that it would fully cooperate with the inquiry.
The first minister added: "There are lessons to be learned from the conduct of the Edinburgh trams project and I think the course of action we are proposing will be a substantial assistance in doing that."
Mr Salmond was responding to a question from Marco Biagi, the SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central and an opponent of the city's trams, which run on an 8.7-mile route, from the New Town to Edinburgh Airport.
"All of us who opposed the trams project from the start as risky and over-engineered have been disappointed almost daily by being shown to be right," said Mr Biagi.
"Now that the trams are indeed rolling, if there is to be any faith from the public in future management or potential cost estimates for projects like this, we need to know for sure that these mistakes will never be repeated".
In the decade since the first money was allocated to the project, the price has doubled, the tram network has halved and it has taken twice as long to build as originally planned.
Four years ago, a bitter dispute between Transport Edinburgh Limited, the arms-length company responsible for delivering the project, and main contractor Bilfinger Berger brought the whole project to a halt for months.
The bug, sometimes known as winter vomiting virus, is present all year but becomes more common over winter months.
Day surgeries - where the patient can be discharged on the same day - are still going ahead.
The trust said a number of wards in its hospitals have had to be closed to new admissions.
"Norovirus in the community and is now seriously impacting on our hospitals," said a trust spokesman.
"We are working hard to arrange new dates as quickly as possible for any of the patients affected.
"The situation will continue to be reviewed to assess if more cancellations are required in the days ahead."
He added that the trust has issued public appeals "asking people to stay away from our hospitals unless absolutely necessary due to the risk of spreading this infection to our patients and staff".
Armagh man Fred MacDonald was due to have had thyroid surgery on Wednesday, but was contacted on Tuesday to be told it had been cancelled.
He said he was told he might get the surgery, scheduled a number of months ago, before Christmas, but there were no guarantees.
"It is uncomfortable and I'm suffering a bit, if you can call it that, but I was looking forward to it, to get the thing sorted," he said.
"My biggest issue with it, apart from the cancellation, is [the hospital] always calling on number withheld numbers.
"If I hadn't, by chance, answered the phone I wouldn't have known it had been cancelled and I would have been in hospital this morning at 10 o'clock."
He added: "It's just wait and see, it feels like you're getting pushed to the back of the list."
The Public Health Agency (PHA) has said the norovirus is circulating in the community and "having an impact on nursing and residential homes, as well as some hospital services".
Dr Lorraine Doherty, assistant director of public health at the PHA, said: "It's not unusual to see an increase in the winter vomiting and diarrhoea virus at this time of year, so we are urging people to take extra care with hand hygiene and, if you have the illness, take simple steps to prevent the spread.
"The most common symptoms are nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, which can begin suddenly. This can also be accompanied by a raised temperature, headache and sore limbs.
"It is very important that people who have symptoms do not visit hospitals, their GP surgery, or nursing and residential homes.
"The illness can last as little as 12 hours or up to three days and the best treatment is to stay at home, rest, take plenty of fluids, and reduce contact with others, both in the home and at work." | BBC Media editor Amol Rajan is to present Radio 4's prestigious weekly programme, The Media Show, following the death of Steve Hewlett in February
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Peter O'Brien, 34, let the Merseyside thieves stay at his flat in Aberdeen while they hatched plans to blow up cash machines in the north east.
Eleven thefts and attempted thefts were reported across the north-east in 2013.
O'Brien, who will be sentenced in August, also provided the men with one of their getaway vehicles.
Crowbars were used to attack the machines before a hose was inserted, piping in a mixture of oxygen and acetylene gas.
This was then ignited, causing an explosion so they could get access to the money boxes inside the unit.
O'Brien was due to go on trial facing 24 charges at the High Court in Aberdeen instead but was acquitted of his role in the majority of the crimes after he admitted three of the offences.
Advocate depute Keith O'Mahony said he admitted two of the charges on the basis that he was "threatened" by the gang and played no part in the actual crimes.
However, he provided the men with one of their get away vehicles and also let them stay in his flat where the two attempted theft offences were planned and executed.
The court heard that one of the offences took place at a Clydesdale Bank in Stonehaven in the early hours 28 October 2013.
Mr O'Mahony said a witness was awoken by a noise from the street and saw the gang preparing to blow up the ATM.
"The males were in possession of what appeared to be a gas cylinder. They were attempting to feed pipes connected to this cylinder in to the front of the ATM," he said.
The men drove off when they realised they were being watched but later targeted a Bank of Scotland ATM in Inverurie.
As they tried to hide one their cars on waste ground near Methick they were spotted acting suspiciously and the police were contacted.
The car was examined and a bottle of acetylene gas, piping, a crow bar and sledge hammer were recovered from the vehicle.
O'Brien was apprehended a few days later near his Aberdeen home, walking towards a second car which contained wires, gloves, rolls of tape, fuses, a torch and fake registration plates.
O'Brien also admitted failing to appear for a previous hearing. He will be sentenced on 10 August. | A violent criminal has been convicted of helping a gang who stole more than £130,000 from ATMs in Scotland by blowing them up. | 40,647,071 | 537 | 34 | false |
The Inspiring Governors Alliance wants to encourage more "high-calibre people" to volunteer.
A report found many schools in England - often in deprived areas - struggle to recruit governors, while bodies did not always represent the "wider community".
Education Secretary Michael Gove said the "school system is in their hands."
The recruitment drive is supported by the ASCL and NAHT head teachers' organisations, the National Governors' Association, the CBI employers group and the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
There are 350,000 governors in England - volunteers who have a major role in overseeing £46bn of school spending.
The Inspiring Governors Alliance says that the expertise provided by governors to the school system has the value of £1bn per year.
But the accompanying report says that recruiting can be difficult in the disadvantaged areas where effective governors are most needed.
Governors in England are responsible for holding schools to account for their academic performance, overseeing school finances and ensuring the ethos and "strategic direction".
However, the role of governors has been put under scrutiny with the so-called "Trojan Horse" allegations in Birmingham, where there are claims that hardline Muslim groups have sought to gain influence over school governing bodies.
Birmingham City Council has frozen the recruitment of governors while the allegations are investigated.
There have also been questions about governors' scrutiny of spending in academy chains.
A study from Prof Chris James at the University of Bath, published as part of the Inspiring Governors project, provides the biggest profile of the current state of school governing bodies, based on a survey of about 7,700 governors in all types of state school.
The study shows that governors are overwhelmingly likely to be white - 96% - with little difference between wealthy and poor areas or between urban and rural schools.
They are also likely to be middle class. A large majority of governors are in professional or managerial jobs - and that those who are retired are likely to have been in such professional careers.
About a third of governors are not working, usually because they are retired.
This means that governing bodies are often not representative of the local communities served by a school - and this could be a weakness when appointing a head teacher.
The report says governing bodies can have problems recruiting new members - with many saying there were shortages of people from the "wider community" wanting to become governors, as well as shortages of parent and teacher governors.
To encourage more people to come forward, governors say that there needs to be a clearer public recognition of their value.
"Employers have a role too in making it easier for their employees to be involved. What is very clear from our research is that recruiting governors can be very difficult and we need more volunteers with the right qualities," says Prof James.
About a quarter of governors who had jobs said they were allowed to take paid time off - with one in 20 not allowed any time off by their employers.
The typical amount of time spent on school governance was between four and 16 hours per month.
Introducing the report, Nick Chambers, director of the Education and Employers Taskforce, said it acknowledged "the work of hundreds of thousands of individuals who volunteer their time, free of charge, to provide leadership and accountability within our schools".
He said there should now be "a new call to action to make it as easy as possible for all schools to find people, willing and able, to strengthen governing bodies across the country".
"There has never been a more important time to be a governor," said Mr Gove.
The education secretary has previously criticised governors who were "local worthies who see being a governor as a badge of status not a job of work".
Neil Carberry, the CBI's director for employment and skills, said: "There's no better or more strategic way for business to support and influence the education system and our future workforce than through school governance." | A campaign to improve the quality and number of school governors has been launched by a group of school leaders, employers and governors' organisations. | 27,405,358 | 869 | 31 | false |
The Lib Dems said they would not contest the Brighton Pavilion seat held by the Green's only MP, Caroline Lucas.
The Greens said they would not be fielding a candidate in Conservative-held seat of Brighton Kemptown.
Ms Lucas said: "People are putting aside party allegiances and working together."
Sussex's only Labour MP, Peter Kyle, has already ruled out an electoral pact with the Greens.
The Lib Dems and Green Party will both field candidates in his Hove constituency.
In Brighton Pavilion, Ms Lucas retained the seat in 2015 with a majority of almost 8,000 over Labour. The Lib Dems finished fifth.
Brighton Lib Dems tweeted: "Our Brighton Pavilion constituency members voted tonight for the #LibDems to stand down in favour of @CarolineLucas in #GeneralElection2017."
In Brighton Kemptown, Davy Jones, who had been selected as the Green Party's parliamentary candidate, tweeted: "Delighted that @BHGreens [Brighton and Hove Green Party] decided we unilaterally stand down in Brighton Kemptown to help defeat sitting Tory MP."
In 2015, the seat was defended by Simon Kirby with a majority of 690 over Labour. The Greens came fourth behind UKIP, pushing the Lib Dems into fifth place.
Lib Dem president Baroness Brinton said: "In Brighton Pavilion, local Liberal Democrats have decided to pursue [the] challenge jointly with the local Green Party.
"We welcome that constructive collaboration."
Ms Lucas said: "Something amazing is happening in Brighton.
"People are putting aside party allegiances and working together. Members of local parties are taking brave decisions for the common good."
You've heard of tactical voting - at this election, a degree of tactical standing will be at play, nowhere more so than in Sussex.
In Kemptown, if everyone who voted Green in 2015 had voted Labour instead, Nancy Platts would be the MP, not Tory Simon Kirby. If voters hadn't had the option of voting Green, Labour might have won. That's the theory.
In practice, it's a little more complicated. Can we assume Simon Kirby and the Tories haven't won over Labour voters over the last two years? Can we assume Green voters would naturally flock to Labour? Can we assume first-time voters aren't going to turn out for other parties and spoil the maths?
And the loose arrangements emerging in Sussex are far from complete. The Lib Dems have stood aside to help Caroline Lucas - but so far the Greens haven't decided whether to return the favour and stand aside in Lewes, a key Lib Dem target.
"Alliances", "pacts" - whatever you call them, these moves have certainly changed the electoral balance in Brighton. But there's still plenty to play for, and no guarantee they'll work. | The Liberal Democrats and Green Party have said they will not stand against each other in two Brighton constituencies in the general election. | 39,729,791 | 640 | 26 | false |
The calculator, used to work out university borrowing, was withdrawn a few weeks after a critic said it was operating with flawed assumptions.
Female students particularly may have been given an overly optimistic view of earnings potential.
The Student Loans Company said a revised calculator was now being built to accurately reflect earnings.
The calculator forecasts the repayments graduates would be expected to make after students or would-be students are asked to insert their maintenance and tuition costs, their graduation date, course length and their own estimate of their expected earnings on graduation.
Andrew McGettigan, a lecturer and education blogger, outlined his criticisms on 6 April.
He identified two flaws in the calculator. The first is that graduate salary projections are based only on average male earnings data.
Male graduates tend to earn more than their female counterparts on leaving university, and there are more women graduates than men.
The second flaw is that the calculator assumes increments of 4.4% per year in salary in the first years after graduation.
The Office for Budget Responsibility, which offers independent assessments to the Treasury, also said in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook report published in March that: "On an annual basis, headline average weekly earnings growth slowed from a recent peak of 3% in September to just 1.9%."
Under this system, many students may have been given an overly optimistic forecast of their earning potential following graduation, possibly leading them to borrow more than they might have done otherwise.
The long-standing critic of education policy and the student loan system told BBC Radio 4's Money Box: "The calculators are giving people back very large cash totals, accumulated over 30 years.
"It is important to take a step back and question how much you would have to earn to generate cash repayments of that level."
The Students Loans Company - a non-profit, government-owned organisation - had featured the calculator on its website but removed it at the start of May.
It said that a revised repayment calculator was "being worked on" that would be based on the OBR projections of average earnings growth. It would also be based on a "more general reflection of earnings", rather than solely on male earnings.
It said the calculator was intended as an indication of potential repayments only, and it could not be used as a personal quotation tool.
Other calculators on consumer sites do ask for more detailed information, although they too have to make assumptions about likely earnings.
You can hear the full story on Money Box on BBC Radio 4 at 12:00 BST on Saturday 14 May, and repeated at 21:00 on Sunday 15 May
The Italian, 59, was banned on Monday, the same day he sacked manager Uwe Rosler and appointed Steve Evans.
The ban relates to Cellino's conviction under Italian tax law in June for failing to pay VAT on an imported Land Rover car.
It is the second time in 10 months that the Football League has banned him from running Leeds.
The Football League has yet to confirm the length of the latest ban, but it is understood it will end in June 2016, 12 months after his conviction.
Cellino has been disqualified from running a club under the Football League's owners' and directors' test.
He served his previous ban from December 2014 until May 2015, having been found guilty in the same Italian court of not paying VAT on a yacht.
Leeds United Supporters Trust issued a statement on Monday saying fans had "suffered enough over the years". It called for Cellino to consider the need for a "stable club".
"If - and the case grows daily - it is in the best interests of Leeds United supporters he and GFH should sell, we call on them both to do so with efficiency," LUST said.
A 2014 report by former Fifa ethics investigator Michael Garcia had only been published as a 42-page summary but was leaked in full on Monday.
It was published by Fifa on Tuesday and revealed details of "improper" actions by bid teams, including England's.
The Serious Fraud Office, which has the power to prosecute, confirmed it is now scrutinising the full publication.
Confirmation of the SFO's interest comes 20 months after its director David Green told MPs of potential money-laundering offences, including a payment of 500,000 Australian dollars (£270,000) made by the Australia 2022 bid committee to Jack Warner - then a senior Fifa official but since banned from the game and under investigation - which may have gone through London.
At the time, Green, who was giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, said Fifa could not be prosecuted under the 2010 Bribery Act as the alleged offences took place before then.
In October 2015, Green's team was scrutinising 1,600 documents provided by the Football Association relating to England's failed 2018 bid.
Garcia was asked by Fifa to investigate the nine bids to stage the tournaments, including England's for 2018.
He quit his role at Fifa in protest when his report was condensed, saying it was "erroneous". But his investigation prompted follow-up inquiries by the governing body, primarily into members of its executive committee.
Fifa subsequently cleared Qatar, who will stage the 2022 tournament and 2018 hosts Russia, of any wrongdoing.
The publication of the full document alleged wrongdoing by the Football Association in the way it tried to to "curry favour" with Fifa officials who were set to vote on who should host the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
Last year, Forbes business magazine placed him 58th in its list of the world's most powerful people, comfortably ahead of the leaders of Mexico and Japan, although a few rungs below the head of the Islamic State militant group.
But in the light of subsequent events, its account of 68-year-old Mr Winterkorn's achievements appears to foreshadow his downfall.
Forbes said at the time that he "urged European regulators not to overburden the automotive industry with excessive emission targets, citing a lack of time to develop fuel-efficient technology and the economic downturn as major concerns".
The piece went on to say that "the topic is especially close to [Mr] Winterkorn". If it wasn't then, observers might say, it certainly is now, given the scandal over the rigging of emissions test results for VW's diesel-powered cars in the US.
The VW chief apologised twice over for the deception, even going to the lengths of issuing a video statement in which he said that he was "utterly sorry".
But it was not enough to save his job, as he was forced to step down just a day later.
"Volkswagen needs a fresh start - also in terms of personnel," he said in a statement. "I am clearing the way for this fresh start with my resignation."
Mr Winterkorn had been at the helm of Volkswagen since the beginning of 2007, but this year it all turned sour.
The emissions crisis that forced him out came just five months after he saw off another challenge to his leadership. On that occasion, however, internal company politics, not external regulators, were at the heart of the matter.
For reasons which remain unclear, the company's chairman at the time, Ferdinand Piech, moved against Mr Winterkorn, expressing critical views of him in an interview with Der Spiegel news magazine.
Until that point, the two men had been seen as close allies. But according to unconfirmed reports, the bone of contention was the firm's difficulties in cracking the US market - again, a point that appears prophetic when viewed in retrospect.
The dispute between the two men caused ructions within the car giant's complex power structure.
Mr Piech must have been confident of winning the battle, since he is part of the Porsche family, which controls nearly 51% of VW.
But Wolfgang Porsche, a member of the five-strong executive committee and a cousin of Mr Piech, said he had given his "personal opinion" without clearing his remarks with other family members.
In the end, Mr Piech had to step down after the board gave its backing to Mr Winterkorn, as did trade union leaders and politicians.
Mr Winterkorn submitted his resignation to the executive committee of the VW supervisory board, which is made up of five people. It includes:
Before ascending to the pinnacles of management, Mr Winterkorn had a strong track record in engineering.
He spent a lengthy period of time as a student, as many Germans do, and was pushing 30 when he received his doctorate in metal physics and got his first job at the Bosch electronics conglomerate.
He moved to VW in 1993 as head of group quality assurance, rising swiftly through the ranks from then on.
He became heavily involved with technical development, both at VW and at its Audi subsidiary, and is given credit for his key role in getting the top brass to put the revived Beetle into production.
On his way up, he became determined to take on all comers, vowing to turn VW into the world's biggest car company, at a time when Toyota and General Motors appeared to be the main contenders.
Earlier this year, his wish finally came true when figures for the first half of 2015 showed that VW had outstripped Toyota in global vehicle sales.
Now that victory is starting to look hollow. And it could be unsustainable, too, given that the emissions scandal has probably inflicted lasting reputational damage on the VW brand.
The American, whose username is Bikini Robot Army (named after his band), was not involved in the hack itself but was one of the first people to get access to the leaked files, initially via Reddit.
Speaking from California, where he moved after living in London for six years, he says he followed up the initial reports "because he was curious".
Sony has now written to him and asked him to delete his Twitter posts and to destroy all the information he got hold of.
He says he has already done so and that his Twitter account has been restored.
"Two weeks ago I started tweeting it [hacked Sony emails]. Somebody complained, who I suspect was Sony.
"I got an email from Twitter saying that your account has been suspended because of this tweet. They didn't say why, they just said, 'These are the rules.'
"The tweet was that Oliver Stone was making this [Edward] Snowden film and Sony passed on the overseas territories.
"Twenty-four hours later I got an email saying I'm suspended.
"So I started to redact [blank out] more and more from the emails because I realised at first I didn't redact anything, except for the Sony ones.
"I made a false assumption, thinking that Sony had already changed their email addresses.
"I then got this email from Sony... it scared me because it was a lawyer, it was Sony and I recognised the email address.
"As the story was breaking I got an email from Twitter advising me to get a lawyer.
"This has never happened before. It's new, it's weird, it's strange and no-one knows what to do.
"No-one knows what laws protect it and what laws don't.
"Initially I thought it was funny to put out the funny conversations between [Sony executives] Scott Rudin and Amy Pascal.
"I figured because it was so public and so easy to access for anyone, that it was in the public domain.
"There is private stuff in there and there is serious stuff in there, stuff that could hurt people, and I don't put that on. I don't know if that makes it OK or not."
"I don't have an agenda. It's not because it's fun but because it was funny. The emails have already been reported on.
"I'm not breaking any new ground here. I was just elaborating on something that a different reporter had brought up and you can verify that.
"Every one leads back to someone else's story.
"I thought everyone was doing this but I only realised today that they're not. I wasn't expecting this.
"If I go up against Sony I'm probably going to lose because it's just me. I don't have $1bn behind me but I'll fight.
"But I can't give away the ending."
The FBI has accused North Korea of launching the cyber attack against Sony Pictures last month.
The agency says there is enough information to conclude that the country was behind the hack.
North Korea denies claims it is behind the online attacks linked to The Interview, which features the fictional killing of its leader Kim Jong-un.
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The 24-year-old scored 12 goals in 38 appearances as Metz won promotion back to the French top flight last season.
"It is a club with great history and tradition and I am excited about coming to play here," he told the club website.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's side start their Championship campaign against Leeds on Sunday.
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The McLaren driver was ruled out of the last race in Bahrain because of a broken rib sustained in his terrifying accident at the season-opening race in Australia.
The two-time champion said: "Until I get the all-clear from the doctors to race we cannot assume anything.
"But I'm continuing to prepare for the race weekend as normal."
The Spaniard, who has been in China since Monday, will be examined by doctors of governing body the FIA on his arrival at the Shanghai track on Thursday.
Alonso has been unable to do his normal full training programme in the two-week gap between Bahrain and China as a result of his injury.
Last week, the 34-year-old posted images of himself on social media returning to training and wrote: "Gradually increasing the training session. Mainly indoor bicycle and elastics. (The ones you are allowed with a broken rib ...)! Happy with how things are going."
Alonso spent the weekend at a luxury resort in Tuscany before flying to the Far East.
If he cannot race in Shanghai, he will again be replaced by McLaren's reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne.
The 24-year-old Belgian impressed in Bahrain by out-qualifying team-mate Jenson Button on his grand prix debut and scoring a point for 10th place.
The Aberdeen-born artist was presented with the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's latest Livingstone Medal at an event in Edinburgh.
When the honour was announced, the singer said: "I'm truly honoured to receive such a significant and historical award."
Ms Lennox was also recognised for her work for Oxfam and the Red Cross.
The Livingstone Medal was endowed by RSGS co-founder Mrs Agnes Livingstone-Bruce in memory of her father, the explorer and missionary Dr David Livingstone.
It was first awarded in 1901 to explorer Sir Harry H Johnston.
Thousands of people were infected with Hepatitis C and HIV through NHS blood products in the 1970s and 80s.
Ms Ellison said the money would come from the Department of Health's budget, and she apologised again to victims.
In March last year the Penrose report was published after a six-year inquiry.
Lord Penrose, a retired judge, concluded that more should have been done to screen blood and donors for hepatitis C in the early 1990s.
Many of those affected were in Scotland, which was the only part of the UK to hold an inquiry.
Ms Ellison said the government was now opening a 12-week consultation on the new payment proposals.
She said the £100m is in addition to the £25m which was announced in March - taking the total to £225m over the five years to 2020.
"This is significantly more than any previous government has been able to provide for those affected by this tragedy," she told MPs in the Commons.
But she also admitted that "no amount of money could make up for the impact" blood infections had on victims and families.
The contaminated blood scandal has been described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS, and was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people - many of whom were haemophilia patients.
In Scotland the Penrose report said that 478 people acquired the Hepatitis C virus from blood product therapy, and 2,500 acquired the virus from blood transfusion in Scotland between 1970 and 1991.
Sixty patients acquired HIV from therapy with blood products, and 18 from blood transfusion in Scotland.
The scandal happened before the creation of the devolved Scottish Parliament, which now has full responsibility for the NHS in Scotland.
When the Penrose report was published last year there was an angry response from victims and relatives, some of whom labelled it a "whitewash", and burned copies of the report on the streets of Edinburgh.
Ms Ellison also said that within the consultation there was a proposal for all those currently receiving regular support to have that funding increased to £15,000 a year, and those who are co-infected - as in contaminated with more than one virus - should get £30,000.
She also said the government wanted to "focus on those who are infected" and be able to "respond to new advances in medicine".
As well as the extra cash the government is also proposing to make a single body responsible for a new support scheme with the promise of more help for certain groups of people, such as those with Hepatitis C.
"There is a large population within the infected blood community who currently do not receive any regular financial support. These are the people with Hepatitis C.
"I believe it is important that everybody receives support from the new scheme and that this is linked to the impact that infection has on their health," she said.
Shadow health minister Andrew Gwynne praised the government's intentions for a consultation, but noted the "injustice felt by many victims".
Yorkshire Terrier Tom disappeared earlier this week while staying with friends of his owners who were on holiday.
It is not known if he was stolen or had got onto a vehicle leaving the island. He was found on Cramond beach and identified thanks to a microchip.
Edinburgh Cat and Dog home - where Tom is being looked after - said they would make sure his holiday was comfortable.
Orkney and Edinburgh are more than 200 miles apart "as the crow flies" and more than 300 miles apart by road and ferry.
The Labour-run council may stop running community centres and some children's centres and libraries to save £30m.
The 4,013 responses will help it decide whether it increases council tax "above the government-assumed 2% increase" for adult social care services.
The feedback will also influence whether it changes any planned cuts.
The council said its government grant would be cut next year by another 20%, but the opposition Conservative group said there was £12m that could be used to protect front-line services.
The authority, which has also proposed spending less money on winter gritting and flower displays, said it had already made £80m of cuts since 2010.
Lee Carter, cabinet member for finance, said the high level of response was "no surprise" considering the valued services which were threatened.
"We're looking at people's views in more depth and the public's views will help us with decisions around the council's budget and council tax," he said.
The authority added discussions with partners or community groups about how they could run some services was "progressing well".
Great Dawley Town Council and Hadley and Leegomery Parish Council are expected to take on some services.
The closely integrated global economy of the late 19th century - a time of widespread and fast-growing trade, global capital flows and high migration - unravelled in the interwar period.
Understanding the last period of unravelling is crucial to judging the risks this time around.
This is a question I've blogged on before myself.
Since the financial crisis, the pace of integration of the global economy certainly looks to have slowed.
World trade growth, which, over the 1990s and 2000s, easily outpaced global GDP growth, has been expanding at a slower rate than global output.
Various factors can be pinpointed as the cause: the changing nature of global supply chains, a lack of trade liberalisation (the lack of further liberalisation has been more important than rising protectionism) or banks and financial services firms choosing to pull back from international operations.
It certainly looks like that this slowing is more than merely a cyclical downturn in global trade. Something structural and longer lasting appears to be at work.
The consultancy firm Capital Economics today asks, "is globalisation dead?", concluding that it isn't dead but merely resting, and that the pace has slowed but the process will continue.
There are signs, though, that the nature of globalisation may be beginning to change - and that is as much about geopolitics as raw economics.
Even Capital Economics' relatively optimistic take today notes that:
"Trade and investment agreements should eventually unleash a fresh wave of economic integration, even if they are formed on a regional rather than global basis."
The future of the world economy may be less about "globalisation" and more about "regionalisation".
To understand why, it is worth starting with China. According to IMF data (adjusting for relative prices) in 1980 the Chinese economy represented around 2% of the global economy, while the United States represented around 23%. Last year they each amounted to around 16%.
That, in just over a generation, is a striking change.
Even if China's rate of growth dips in the coming years by weight of population alone China is set to be the largest economy in the world, even if Chinese living standards remain low compared to the West.
Many observers have been tempted to compare China's eclipse of the US (economically at least), to the US's eclipse of Britain in the 20th century.
Just as the Pax Britannica gave way to a post-World War Two Pax Americana, talk of the "Chinese Century" has been commonplace.
But that is to misunderstand the economic history of the last two centuries.
The extent of American economic dominance over the last few decades has been truly exceptional , as has the extent of US power.
From the 1870s until the First World War, the height of British imperial power, the British economy never represented more than 10% of global GDP.
Even adding in the Empire doesn't get the total share to the levels of the levels the US achieved in the 1950s and 1960s.
While the British Empire was a major factor in world politics, Britain always had to share power globally.
The new geography of global economics is far more similar to that of the late 19th century than the late 20th.
Adam Posen, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, has noted before that the "new normal" is really the "old normal".
In 2012, he argued that the experience of the late 19th century offered important lessons for the 21st.
Specifically, a world of multiple economic powers would see less strict rule enforcement and greater volatility than a world dominated by the US.
More than one major currency would play a decisive role, intellectual property rights would be harder to enforce and yet globalisation would continue.
All of which would suggest the decline of US economic hegemony and the rise of China is perfectly compatible with an increasingly integrated global economy.
But that doesn't mean globalisation in an era of multiple economic powers will be like globalisation in a unipower era.
The roots of the deglobalisation of the 1920s and the 1930s can be found well before the Great War.
British policymakers in particular began to fret about the relative decline of the UK economy and the rise of other powers from the 1870s onwards.
The reaction of many was to drop their traditional desire for an open, trading world economy and turn towards the empire.
As one historian has put it: "[In the 1880s and 1890s] international exhibitions were replaced by colonial exhibitions; companies reorganised on an imperial basis; even education and patterns of travel to some extent became imperial, rather than cosmopolitan."
As Capital Economics have argued the future of global trade deals may well be regional, rather than global.
It's hard not to detect the whiff of geopolitics in the US attempt to sign a grand deal in Asia, excluding China. Meanwhile, China's international economic strategy (as analysed by former UBS chief economist George Magnus) is following a similar regional pivot, aiming to bind together diverse countries in a "New Silk Road Economic Order".
The globalisation of the 1980s to 2000s was genuinely global; the globalisation of the 2010s and 2020s may be much more regional.
The globalisation of the last 30 years may have contributed to lower interest rates, slower wage growth and booming asset markets.
It remains unclear if "regionalisation" would do the same.
Speaking in Llandudno, he said debt did not stop Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government from reforms, including creating the National Health Service and building council homes.
Mr Corbyn - whose party has been riven with rows since his election - also made a plea for Labour unity.
"United we stand, divided we fall," he said.
Following Mr Corbyn's speech First Minister Carwyn Jones told conference Labour will scrap child burial fees in Wales.
Mr Corbyn, whose appearance at conference was delayed by an hour, said: "As any homeowner who has ever had a mortgage knows, taking on a huge debt can save you money in the long run.
"We should not be afraid of debt or borrowing.
"At the end of the Second World War the Labour government of Clement Attlee didn't say, oh dear, debt is 250% of GDP, let's park those grand ideas about public ownership, a national health service, building council homes, or creating the protection of social security.
"No, they built a country to be proud of. They established the institutions that made out country fairer, more equal, and stopped people being held back, because of the poverty of where they were born."
He urged the Conservatives to "stop dithering" and start investing.
The Labour Party leader said what Labour had achieved in Wales "stands as a beacon... that shines a light on the Tories abject failure, socially, economically and morally".
He reeled off a list of devolved policies for praise, telling delegates that Wales the only country in the UK to show an improvement in ambulance response times.
Mr Corbyn said Labour would build homes, make the minimum wage £10 an hour by 2020 and repeal the UK government Trade Union Act.
At the end of his speech, Mr Corbyn said: "It's quite simple - united we stand divided we fall.
"And united I believe this great party can do things together to achieve for the people that need Labour councils and, above all, need a Labour government and a society based on social justice and equality, not greed and inequality."
Mr Corbyn, however, slipped up by referring to Llandudno as being in Denbighshire when it is in the county of Conwy.
The conference opened on Saturday with a minute's silence following Wednesday's terror attack in Westminster.
Welsh Labour chair Donna Hutton said: "I know that all our thoughts are with the victims, their families, their friends and their colleagues."
Running alongside this major arterial route as it snakes out of the capital is the new Delhi metro - something akin to the London Underground (though a lot smaller).
Although city residents complain that it is already horribly overcrowded just over a decade after the first line opened, it is nevertheless an enormous show of infrastructure muscle.
Every year millions of commuters travel to and from the city on its six new lines and so avoid the daily gamble of Delhi's notorious traffic jams.
And, as any management consultant will tell you, better transport links can add to a country's economic prosperity.
Alongside the shiny metro line, the main road to Agra is a rather dowdy affair.
Within a few kilometres it rollercoasts its way from slick toll road to passable motorway to rough dual-carriageway to pot-holed and rubble-strewn track.
There is, of course, the obligatory wandering ox to negotiate every now and again.
Fast, fast, slow, slow. India's economy in physical form.
It is an economy in need of reform and Prime Minister Narendra Modi insists he is the man to do it.
And with China stumbling and global markets concerned that one Asian engine of growth could be in for a hard landing, can India, now growing faster than China, pick up the reins?
Frankly, does it have the muscle to calm world economic jitters?
Mr Modi will undertake an official visit to Britain in the autumn to sell the "Indian dream".
I am told that he quite fancies hiring Wembley Stadium for an event celebrating the generations of Indian immigrants who have made the UK their home.
If it goes ahead, it will be similar to Mr Modi's glitzy appearance at Madison Square Garden in New York during his 2014 US visit.
Stadium events aside, many argue that - if Mr Modi gets the reforms right - the country he leads could economically dominate the next two decades in the way that China's growth story has dominated the last two.
Elected last year by a landslide by millions of Indians tired of decades of talk and not enough action, Mr Modi said it was time for a step change in the pace of growth.
Stifling bureaucracy, infrastructure projects trapped in endless rows over who, precisely, owns which bits of land, a parliament wracked by political in-fighting and a tax system baffling in its complexity are just some of the problems the country faces.
Just over a year after that heady election, the complaints have started - that Mr Modi is not moving quickly enough, that promises remain just that - promises - and that grand plans for land reform and tax changes are bogged down in parliament or even going backwards.
The last session of parliament - appropriately called the monsoon session (it rains a lot in Delhi in August) - passed precisely zero pieces of reform legislation despite Mr Modi's efforts.
One commentator, Gurcharan Das, the former head of Procter & Gamble in India, said that the country was still a "hostile place to do business".
And if that is true, essential foreign investment will never flow.
I spoke to the finance minister, Arun Jaitley, one of Mr Modi's most powerful allies, and asked him for his response to critics who say the government has disappointed.
"The government has absolute clarity about the direction it has to pursue," he said. "Prime Minister Modi's government almost by the day is continuing to move and reform in the right direction and slowly but surely the results are showing."
Banking has been reformed to allow more private sector involvement. The defence sector, insurance and real estate have similarly been opened up. Some bureaucratic procedures have been simplified and "ease of doing business", Mr Jaitley insists, is improving.
He admits, though, that much change is still "work in progress" and that India's infrastructure is still "a far cry" from the ideal.
To encourage in much needed external finance, Mr Jaitley says he will be "laying out the red carpet" for foreign investors.
Many eyes are now turning to India as China wobbles. Did Mr Jaitley fear that India could be swept up in the global gloom that has struck this week, another emerging economy facing tougher times?
"It had a transient impact," Mr Jaitley said of China's stock market turbulence and the decision to allow the renminbi to devalue.
"For instance, when the Chinese economy slowed down a little it had not much impact. When the devaluation and the currency war started we did get somewhat adversely affected. When global markets fell [on Black Monday earlier this week] so we also felt a huge impact in terms of currency and markets.
"But within a day we had recovered.
"I see this as a great opportunity. The Chinese 'normal' has now changed. It is no longer the 9%, 10%, 11% growth rate.
"So the world needs other engines to carry the growth process. And in a slow down environment in the world, an economy which can grow at 8-9% like India certainly has viable shoulders to provide the support to the global economy."
The head of JCB in India told me that as a net importer of oil and other commodities India was now in a "sweet spot".
As emerging economies such as Brazil and Russia struggle, reliant as their economies are on commodity exports, India is gaining from the deflationary cycle.
"For us, lower commodity prices and lower oil prices are a boom,'' Mr Jaitley said.
"It is an opportunity and a challenge to Indian politics - if we can continue to reform at a faster pace and really attract global investment, then our ability to provide that shoulder which the world economy needs will be much greater.
Mr Jaitley said that the Indian government had already gained a windfall from lower oil prices because it had reduced the need for public subsidies to consumers. That money, he said, was now going to be invested in infrastructure development.
India's growth story matters, because, according to Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, India has the potential to become the third largest economy in the world in the next decade.
At present it is ninth.
With a population of 1.2bn, a figure which is growing more rapidly than China, some estimate that the country will have the largest number of middle class people in the world by 2020.
And the higher the number of middle classes people, the higher the level of consumption, which means opportunities for exporters from Britain and around the world.
"The flourishing middle classes creates huge opportunities," Ambarish Mitra, an Indian businessman who launched his technology business, Blippar, in the UK and is now exporting it back to India, told me.
"The purchasing power of that middle class is growing. Many people are not going outside of India anymore because so many global companies are setting up shop in India.
"Overall the consumption cycle which makes an economy richer, all the factors are in place [for India]. That is great news for the business community."
And, even if the government struggles to complete infrastructure projects or reform tax laws, the growth of mobile technology can start doing some of the heavy lifting.
"It is one of the single biggest factors [in the development of the economy]," Mr Mitra said.
"True empowerment and distribution of knowledge in this day and age comes from connectivity, and connectivity was an issue for the last decade. Now 3G and 4G connectivity is rapidly changing that landscape."
4G, he said, was now in over 200 cities across India.
It is often said that India lives in several centuries at once. The hyper-modern mobile network, the Victorian era railways and of course the cattle in the street, a reminder of India's rural past.
Economic growth has sometimes been an uneasy bedfellow to India's history and its loud and often aggressive politics.
Mr Modi and Mr Jaitley know they need consensus if they are to lead a government that can harness the country's remarkable history, rather than fight it.
And they could also do with completing that motorway from Delhi to Agra, or at least filling in some of the pot-holes.
The European Union's law enforcement agency acknowledged the error ahead of a Dutch documentary's broadcast.
The TV programme Zembla said it had found more than 700 pages of confidential dossiers, including details of terrorism probes, on a hard drive linked to the net.
It said the networked drive was not password protected.
Europol said it had launched an investigation into the matter.
"Although this case relates to Europol sensitive information dating from around 10 years ago, Europol immediately informed the concerned member states," a spokesman for the law agency said.
"As of today, there is no indication that an investigation has been jeopardised, due to the compromise of this historical data.
"Europol will continue to assess the impact of the data in question, together with concerned member states."
A reporter for Zembla told the BBC that it found the documents via a service that specialises in finding internet-connected kit.
"We found the disk online through a search engine called Shodan," said Vincent Verweij.
"We were able to remotely access the disk through the internet. It didn't require a password."
Zembla reported that documents contained the names and telephone numbers of hundreds of people associated with terrorism.
It added that they mostly dated from 2006 to 2008 and included investigations into the Madrid train bombings, the Hofstad Network - a Netherlands-based Islamist terror network - and foiled attacks on several flights.
In addition, it said, other investigations that had never been made public were revealed.
Europol confirmed that the officer had copied the data to a personal drive in "clear contravention" of its rules, but had since left its staff.
The BBC understands that after working for the agency for more than a decade, she now works for the Dutch police.
The hard drive in question was one of Lenovo's Iomega models. The Chinese company has said that it is the responsibility of owners to make them secure. Later models required that a password needed to be set before their use.
One counter-terrorism specialist said the apparent mistake could have serious consequences.
"Police organisations never want to reveal how much they know to prevent bad guys understanding how the police operate and infiltrate [them]," Dr Bibi van Ginkel, a senior research fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, said.
"In times that better international co-operation and data exchange is needed, this leak might jeopardise trust between states."
The revelation coincides with an announcement that Europol's current director, Rob Wainwright, will take part in a seminar in London in January dedicated to data protection and online privacy.
Andrew Main admitted setting fires that caused major damage at South Oxfordshire District Council's office, an undertakers and a thatched cottage.
The 47-year-old, of Rokemarsh, pleaded not guilty to a further charge of arson with intent to endanger life.
The prosecution decided not to proceed to trial with the charge at Oxford Crown Court, and it will lie on file.
The estimated cost to the council of repairing damage from the fires on 15 January was about £20m, the court heard.
Sentencing, Judge Ian Pringle said: "We will never know why you picked on the targets you did, but we will always know that the consequences were utterly, utterly devastating."
At their peak, 27 crews tackled fires in Rokemarsh and Crowmarsh Gifford, which were started within 10 minutes of each other shortly after 03:00 GMT. No-one was hurt.
In the first blaze, Jean Gladstone, 80, escaped from her thatched cottage on Quakers Corner in Rokemarsh.
Minutes later, a second fire was reported at Howard Chadwick Funeral Service in the village of Crowmarsh Gifford.
The third blaze engulfed the council offices.
It was revealed in court Main had mental health issues, most likely a severe bi-polar disorder.
The court was told he intended to kill himself after setting the fires.
He told a psychiatrist he wanted to use a chainsaw to cut his neck.
Prosecutors said CCTV footage from the night showed Main had a chainsaw with him.
He set the fires using gas cylinders, which were found at all three fire sites as well as Main's home.
The burnt-out wreckage of a car that ploughed into the council building moments before it caught fire was found in the foyer.
Main was told he would be detained in the mental health unit for an unlimited period of time.
Det Insp Louise Tompkins, senior investigating officer in the case, said the hospital order reflected "how unwell Mr Main was at the time he committed the offences".
"The fires had a significant impact on the local communities in and around Crowmarsh Gifford and Rokemarsh," she added.
Adrian Foster, chief crown prosecutor for Thames and Chiltern Crown Prosecution Service said the motives behind Main's "reckless actions" remained "unclear".
He added: "Main was assessed by two psychiatric doctors, who both agreed that it would not be possible to make a jury sure that he was capable of forming the requisite intent.
"Therefore, the pleas were accepted by the prosecution team.
"Main was clearly seriously ill... it is incredibly fortunate that nobody was hurt."
About 400 staff worked at the offices.
The fire completely destroyed the planning department and badly affected the environmental health department and housing department.
Planning applications and comments submitted in the days before the fire were destroyed and had to be resubmitted.
The complex also housed about two-thirds of the Vale of the White Horse District Council's staff.
The funeral parlour reopened last month following £100,000 of repair work.
Chris Henry and Ruan Pienaar crossed for Ulster but Guglielmo Palazzani touched down for a resurgent Zebre, who went in trailing 14-10 at the interval.
Stuart Olding, Jacob Stockdale, Robbie Diack and David Busby ran in second-half tries, Mattia Bellini for Zebre.
Ulster have now earned bonus-point wins from their last three Pro12 matches.
It was a patchy performance from the Irish province, who will hope to secure further five-point victories in their next two fixtures at home to Treviso on 3 March and Zebre on 11 March as they aim to clinch the top-four spot which would see them compete in the end-of-season semi-final play-offs.
Ulster have a match in hand over their rivals in the upper reaches of the table, namely that Kingspan Stadium encounter with Zebre, which was rearranged after being postponed because of a frozen pitch on 25 November.
The northern province face a tough run-in to their campaign however, as they face Welsh sides Dragons, Cardiff and Ospreys, plus inter-provincial derby contests with Munster and Leinster.
Les Kiss's side came into the game on the back of triumphs over Scottish sides Edinburgh and Glasgow, but suffered a setback on Saturday when South African flanker Marcell Coetzee was forced to withdraw from the visiting line-up because of illness, Sean Reidy his replacement.
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The hosts, who had conceded 152 points in losing their last three fixtures, were without 11 players who formed part of the Italy squad which travelled to Twickenham to face England, nine of those ultimately being included in the 23-man matchday squad for the Six Nations game.
Ulster's hopes of making the top four took a dent when the Scarlets beat Munster 30-21 away from home on Friday night and Darren Cave and Louis Ludik were both missing because of concussion, as Kiss made 10 changes from the team which overcame Glasgow in Belfast last week.
On the plus side, Charles Piutau and Stuart Olding were restored to the Ulster side, Tommy Bowe was available to make his 150th appearance for the province and Jared Payne was named among the replacements, having not played since sustaining a fractured kidney while playing for Ireland against Australia in November.
Henry rumbled over for an early try after a strong driving maul, then Pienaar dotted down under the posts after a pacy counter-attack which saw Piutau race down the wing and execute a fine inside pass to his scrum-half.
Ulster appeared to lose concentration and focus for the remainder of the half as Zebre fought their way back, Palazzani converting his own try, after Luke Marshall spilled the ball inside his own 22, to reduce the deficit to seven points by the 16th minute.
Palazzani's penalty before the break further reduced the arrears, but when Olding and Stockdale completed fine Ulster moves by touching down, the visitors had the bonus point in the bag after 51 minutes.
Bellini's try gave spirited Zebre some hope but Diack went over in the corner after some fancy footwork by Piutau to put Ulster in control again.
Busby marked his debut by adding a sixth try, getting on the end of a clever left-footed grubber-kick by Payne, who had been introduced as a second-half substitute. Pienaar missed the conversion after successfully slotting over his previous five attempts.
Ulster Director of Rugby Les Kiss: "It was a bit frustrating at times without a doubt but, in the end, it was mission accomplished.
"We put ourselves under pressure and half-time couldn't come quickly enough for me. There were a few choice words said at half-time but we responded well and improved in the second half, even though we took our foot off the pedal for a while."
Zebre: D Berryman; M Bellini, T Boni, M Pratichetti, L Greeff; S Bordoli, G Palazzani; B Postiglioni, O Fabiana, G Roan; G Koegelenberg, V Bernabo (capt); D Bergamin, J Meyer, F Ruzza.
Replacements: S Tobias for Fabiani (73), A De Marchi for Postiglioni (63), B Le Roux for Roan (48), J Furno for Bernabo (61), D Fragnito for Bergamin (67), C Engelbrecht for Berryman (58), T Castello for Pratichetti (50), S Balocchi for Greef (60)
Ulster: J Stockdale; T Bowe, L Marshall, S Olding, C Piutau; P Nelson, R Pienaar; A Warwick, R Herring (capt), W Herbst; R Diack, A O'Connor; C Ross, C Henry, M Coetzee
Replacements: J Andrew for Herring (56), C Black for Warwick (64), R Lutton for Herbst (33), K Treadwell for O'Connor (73), R Wilson for Henry (60), P Marshall for Nelson (73), J Payne for L Marshall (60), D Busby for Piutau (76).
Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU)
There had been calls for the players and manager Chris Coleman to be honoured by Gorsedd y Beirdd after they reached the tournament's semi finals.
But Gorsedd boss Archdruid Geraint Lloyd Owen rejected it.
He said it was because some do not speak Welsh and standards must be kept.
"If they can't speak Welsh I don't see how we can welcome them in [Gorsedd], because Welsh is the biggest, strongest weapon we have as a nation and without it, we have nothing," the former Caernarfon Town FC chairman added.
He said he could not think of any non-Welsh speaker other than the Queen to have received the honour.
"I'm not an inflammatory sort of person, and I don't thrive on controversy," he said.
"I'm just going to take the role of being Archdruid as it comes. I'll try to be myself, but you'll never please everyone."
He also raised questions over the Gorsedd, which is a separate organisation to the Eisteddfod, honouring people for their performance in jobs they are paid to do.
"It would be much better to reward those quiet people who work for their rural communities or wherever, and taken the burden to make sure things go on, and Welsh is used in the community."
An Eisteddfod spokeswoman said they were "very proud" of the Wales team, and had invited them to come to this year's event.
She added that the Gorsedd is a separate organisation to the Eisteddfod, although the two share a close relationship.
The spokeswoman said: "Like everyone and everything else, the Gorsedd has its rules and only Gorsedd members have the right to nominate or second individuals to be honoured, and of course, it is essential that the person nominated speaks Welsh.
"The process for this year's nominations closed at the end of February.
"No member of the Welsh football team were nominated for the Gorsedd and no member of the team was refused the honour."
The Eisteddfod takes place from Friday at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, until 6 August.
They plan to deliver a 136,000-strong petition to Downing Street and want the government to act as a guarantor.
The men had been working on a private US-owned ship providing anti-piracy protection when they were arrested over illegally possessing weapons.
They have been in jail since October and have since seen a decision over their bail deferred by the authorities.
The US maritime company AdvanFort insists their ship had the correct papers.
The petition, which is to be delivered to Number 10 on Tuesday, calls for the men to be released and asks for the UK government's backing.
Billy Irving, from Connel, Argyll; Nick Dunn, from Ashington, Northumberland; Ray Tindall from Chester; Paul Towers from Pocklington, Yorkshire; John Armstrong from Wigton, Cumbria, and Nicholas Simpson, from Catterick, North Yorkshire, were arrested on 12 October and have been in prison in India since 24 October.
They were working for AdvanFort providing anti-piracy protection in the Indian Ocean when their ship, the MV Seaman Guard Ohio, was detained.
The 35-member crew also included Indians, Ukrainians and Estonians.
The Indian authorities said they had intercepted the US ship and found weapons and ammunition on board which had not been properly declared.
AdvanFort said India's coastguard and police had allowed the ship into the port to refuel and shelter from a storm. It said all weapons had been properly registered.
Mr Irving's girlfriend, Yvonne MacHugh, who started the petition on Change.org, has urged the UK government to intervene.
Ms MacHugh said a "security official in India" had told her that if the UK government were to provide assurances, the men would be freed.
The 25-year-old, who will deliver the petition alongside other family members of the men, said she had just returned from India, saying it was "the most emotional trip I have ever had to make".
She said: "The men had lost a lot of weight, they looked exhausted and had lost hope of ever being released, their morale is at an all-time low."
The men have "no idea what is going on with their case", she said.
"It is in our government's hands to bring back these men who have fought for us as soldiers and now need the help of their country."
Revd Canon Ken Peters, director of justice and public affairs for the Mission to Seafarers said the families of the men are "desperately worried for their health and wellbeing".
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "This is a difficult and important case, which the prime minister has raised with Indian ministers, as has the foreign secretary.
"We will continue to do all that we can."
The men were visited "regularly", the spokesman said.
He added: "While we are unable to demand the release of British nationals, or interfere in another country's legal processes, we continue to make very clear our interest in this case, and the importance of ensuring that it is resolved as quickly as possible."
Zenga's side came from behind to win 3-1 at local rivals Birmingham City and seal a second league win this term.
When asked about his starting XI having 10 players who were at the club last season, he told BBC WM: "They're good players and they only need a warm up.
"They understood what is the spirit of Wolves and what they have to do to create enthusiasm."
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Of Wolves' starters against Blues, only striker Jon Dadi Bodvarsson did not play for the club last season and the Iceland striker got on the scoresheet as Wanderers scored three times in the second half to cancel out Che Adams' opener for the hosts.
"Our style is to give 100% all the time in training," Zenga continued. "Not only in the physical standpoint but concentrating on what you are going to do every single day.
"I don't know where we are [in the table] and I don't know how many points we have because the first man in this club who has to stay calm and concentrate is me."
Ashutosh Maharaj, founder of the sect Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan (Divine Light Awakening Mission), died of a suspected heart attack in January 2014.
But his followers insist he is only meditating deeply, and will one day return to life.
They have kept his body in a commercial freezer at his vast ashram in Punjab.
The judgement by Punjab and Haryana High Court ends a three-year-old dispute between the guru's disciples and Dalip Kumar Jha, who claims to be his son.
Mr Jha had sought permission to cremate the guru's body, in line with Hindu rituals.
In rejecting his plea, the court set aside a 2014 judgement that had ordered the guru's cremation after doctors confirmed him clinically dead.
Mr Jha's lawyer told AFP it was unclear whether the court had agreed with the sect's argument that its founder was alive.
Mr Maharaj first established his sect in Jalandhar, Punjab, in 1983, to promote "self-awakening and global peace".
Over years, it attracted millions of followers across the world and amassed properties worth an estimated $120m (£92m) in India, the US, South America, Australia, the Middle East, and Europe.
The heavily-guarded 100-acre ashram in Punjab where the guru has been kept is just one sign of his vast financial assets.
Mr Jha has accused the guru's disciples of retaining his body as a ploy to keep control of his wealth.
Shortly after his death in 2014, the guru's spokesman Swami Vishalanand told the BBC: "He is not dead. Medical science does not understand things like yogic science. We will wait and watch. We are confident that he will come back."
Andy Ryan fired Forfar in front with a left-foot shot but the lead proved short-lived as Greig Spence ended his six-match goal drought.
Forfar looked the most threatening in the second half but Ryan struck a post and Gavin Swankie was twice denied by Cowdenbeath goalkeeper Grant Adam.
The draw keeps Cowdenbeath above Forfar in the table.
This is despite UK MPs voting in 2013 against military action in Syria.
About 20 personnel, including three pilots, have been embedded with other coalition nations' forces, including the US and Canada, the BBC understands.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon defended the exchange of troops, saying it was "standard operating practice".
However, there was criticism from Labour, UKIP and the SNP, and some within the Conservative party.
Tory MP John Baron said the personnel should be withdrawn as Parliament had "said no to military intervention".
The MoD said personnel embedded with the US, French and Canadian armed forces had been authorised "to participate in coalition operations" and were under those forces' chain of command.
UK pilots are not currently taking part in the region, the MoD said, but ministers would have been aware of their recent role - and the prime minister's spokeswoman confirmed David Cameron had known.
Mr Fallon said it was "absolutely standard practice" to exchange personnel with allied forces, and had been "since the end of World War Two".
He said there was "no mystery about that", and "most people have known".
Why weren't we told?
That's the question troubling many MPs, not all of them on opposition benches.
They voted against British action in Syria two years ago. They were told their approval would be sought before any future air strikes in the country.
And yet news of Britons bombing Syria emerged not in the Commons but via a freedom of information request.
Few pilots were involved. They were under foreign command. None are flying the missions now.
But for a prime minister showing every sign of making plans for another vote on Syrian strikes this will have built no trust.
Ministers are highly likely to end up explaining themselves to the Commons, whether they want to or not.
"ISIS have to be defeated in both countries. We don't have at the moment parliamentary authority to carry out military airstrikes in Syria, but the Americans do and they've been doing that to keep all of us safe.
"When we're going to run British military strikes in Syria, of course we've said we'll go to Parliament for approval, but this is different."
The MoD said the British pilots involved flew intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike missions against IS.
Only the US and Canada are operating in Syrian airspace, it said.
The information emerged following a Freedom of Information request submitted by the human rights group Reprieve.
Mr Baron, who is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, told the BBC the government should explain its position as it showed "insensitivity to Parliament's will".
He was referring to the 2013 vote when MPs voted against military action to deter the use of chemical weapons by President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria.
At the time, Prime Minister David Cameron said he would respect the defeat of the government motion by 285-272, and ruled out joining US-led strikes.
Mr Baron added: "Those troops or individuals should be withdrawn from the embedded programme whilst this vote holds sway, while it stills hold authority, until we vote again."
A Labour spokesperson said the party would ask the Ministry of Defence to make a statement in the Commons on Monday.
The programme to embed personnel with allies was "valuable" but the government "needs to be transparent about the role they play", he said.
Sir Michael Graydon, former chief of the air staff, said the exchange programme had been happening for "many decades", and the government was right "not to make a huge issue of it".
"There are very few people involved in this, there are none at the moment, the chances are there won't be for another two or three months."
Jennifer Gibson, staff attorney at Reprieve, said it was "alarming" that Parliament and the public had been "kept in the dark about this for so long" and she called for "an open and honest debate" about UK involvement in Iraq and Syria.
Alex Salmond MP, the SNP's foreign affairs spokesperson, said the government had been effectively overseeing a "bombing campaign by stealth".
"Past interventions and extensions of military action could at best be described as counter-productive, and at worst have helped to replenish the dark well from which terrorism springs," he said.
Mike Hookem MEP, defence spokesman for UKIP, which campaigned in 2013 against UK air strikes in Syria, said the MoD was using a "smokescreen to deceive the British people after MPs voted against British involvement in Syria".
"Enough British soldiers have been sent to foreign wars," he said.
Crispin Blunt, Conservative MP and Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, said the 2013 vote on action in Syria was a "totally different decision" to the question of strikes on IS - and that that decision had not been undermined.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Thursday that the UK was engaged in a "new Battle of Britain" against IS, as he confirmed the deployment of a second RAF Rivet Joint spy plane to the region.
Professor Fawaz Gerges, professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, said he believed the British government had been preparing the public for greater involvement in Iraq and Syria, and he foresaw "more active engagement" in the next few months.
The US and five Arab allies launched the first strikes against IS militants in Syria in September last year.
Parliament then approved UK participation in the strikes in Iraq by 524 votes to 43.
Last month, Mr Fallon urged MPs to consider backing air strikes on IS in Syria and said the extremists needed to be targeted "at source".
Labour has indicated it would not oppose military action in Syria. Acting leader Harriet Harman has said the case for air strikes is now different to the situation in 2013, when Labour voted against UK military action in Syria.
Britain has already been carrying out surveillance and air-to-air refuelling operations over Syria.
Alexander Worth was killed in the crash involving a Ferrari F50 on a farm road at North Warnborough, Hampshire, on 22 August.
Matthew Cobden, 38, of Long Lodge Drive, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, appeared at Winchester Crown Court.
The judge said a trial would begin on 19 February.
Alexander, from Kings Worthy, died when the car crashed into fencing on an access road between Newlyns and Lodge Farms.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which left Mr Cobden seriously injured.
According to security firm Symantec, the amount of malware aimed at Apple's mobile operating system (iOS) has more than doubled this year, while threats to Mac computers also rose.
Security firm FireEye also expects 2016 to be a bumper year for Apple malware.
Systems such as Apple Pay could be targeted, it predicts.
Apple is an obvious target for cybercriminals because its products are so popular, said Dick O'Brien, a researcher at Symantec.
While the total number of threats targeting Apple devices remains low compared with Windows and Android, Symantec is seeing the range of threats multiply.
Last year, it was seeing a monthly average of between 10,000 and 70,000 Mac computers infected with malware.
"This is far fewer than Windows desktops and we don't want to scaremonger. Apple remains a relatively safe platform but Apple users can no longer be complacent about security, as the number of infections and new threats rise," said Mr O'Brien.
The number of unique OS X computers infected with malware in the first nine months of 2015 was seven times higher than in all of 2014, its research found.
A significant amount of this spike is accounted for by so-called greyware - applications that may not have malware attached but can still be annoying to users, by serving up unwanted ads or tracking their web-browsing habits.
Symantec also found seven new threats aimed at Apple's mobile iOS platform, with jailbroken devices - those that have been unlocked - being particularly vulnerable.
And hackers are also increasingly targeting corporations, where Mac use is now more prevalent.
A corporate espionage group known as Butterfly which attacked multi-billion dollar companies in 2015 developed malware tools that attacked both Windows and Apple computers.
Traditionally iOS has been seen as a more secure platform than Android because of the more closed community that Apple runs for its apps but that is changing, according to FireEye.
While it found that the vast majority - 96% - of mobile malware is targeted at Android devices, iOS is no longer immune.
According to Bryce Boland, chief technology officer at FireEye, attackers are increasingly "finding ways into Apple's walled garden, and that will ramp up next year".
FireEye recently discovered that XcodeGhost, iOS malware that Apple acted quickly to remove from its app store, had found its way into the networks of 210 US businesses.
The attack was thought to be the first large-scale attack on Apple's app store.
The introduction of new payment systems, such as Apple Pay, will add a financial incentive for hackers, making it worth their "time and effort" to develop new malware, FireEye said.
Mr O'Brien said: "We haven't yet seen any threats targeting Apple Pay but anything that involves a financial transaction will be of interest to hackers."
Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, 47, passed away after suffering a stroke, his family say.
He was a journalist who became an adviser to three presidents.
The 1995 execution of his father by a military government for leading protests against environmental degradation caused by the oil industry sparked global outrage.
Saro-Wiwa Sr led the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), which accused oil multinational Shell of destroying the environment in his home region of Ogoniland in south-eastern Nigeria.
His execution after a secret trial under Gen Sani Abacha led to Nigeria being suspended from the Commonwealth.
Noo Saro-Wiwa, sister of the late journalist, told the BBC: "It is with great sadness that we announce that Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr passed away suddenly. His family are devastated and request privacy at this difficult time."
Funeral arrangements are yet to be worked out, the family says.
Ken Saro-Wiwa was first appointed in 2006 as a special adviser on peace and conflict resolution by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He later served Mr Obasanjo's successor, President Umaru Yar'Adua, as an adviser on international affairs and stayed on under President Goodluck Jonathan until he lost last year's election.
His willingness to work with the federal government marked him out as less militant than his father.
But like his father, he was committed to the cause of the Ogoni people.
In a 2015 opinion piece for the UK's Guardian newspaper, he wrote that the effects of the oil pollution on Ogoniland had still not been cleared up.
"If my father were alive today he would be dismayed that Ogoniland still looks like the devastated region that spurred him to action.
"There is little evidence to show that it sits on one of the world's richest deposits of oil and gas."
A 2011 UN report said Nigeria's Ogoniland region could take 30 years to recover fully from the damage caused by years of oil spills. The study said complete restoration could entail the world's "most wide-ranging and long-term oil clean-up".
It added that communities faced a severe health risk, with some families drinking water with high levels of carcinogens.
Shell has accepted liability for two spills and said all oil spills were bad for Nigeria and the company.
Almost every politician, expert and commentator have been clear on one thing: Islamic State is not a state. Islamic State, they say, is a terrorist organisation.
It seems clear enough. IS militants have beheaded people on video. They have ransacked towns and villages. They have killed or threatened to kill anyone who dissents from their view of Islam. They have stolen territory from Iraq and Syria. There is no question of them gaining UN membership, or being accepted by any other international organisation.
Thus, US planes can bomb IS militants without breaking one of the cardinal principles of international law, as outlined in the UN Charter: "All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
There is, however, a problem with the action taken against IS. It is hard to drop bombs on a piece of land without someone accusing you of attacking their "territorial integrity or political independence".
Get UN membership The ultimate goal for aspirant states - they need the support of the Security Council, then two-thirds of the General Assembly
Get recognition If they fail at the UN, aspirant states can get recognition from as many other states as possible and function as a de facto state
Start trading If they have few friends, aspirant states can just start making business deals - political recognition may follow, or it may no longer be needed
In Iraq, the current government formally requested help to battle IS. This makes a strong case for bombing IS in Iraq to be both legal and politically defensible.
No such get-out exists in Syria. Bashar al-Assad remains the president of Syria, and Syria remains a sovereign state. Mr Assad has not asked for help, nor has he consented to air strikes.
Despite this, US President Barack Obama recently said: "We have communicated to the Syrian regime that when we operate going after Isil [Islamic State] in their air space, that they would be well-advised not to take us on.
"But beyond that, there's no expectation that we are going to in some ways enter an alliance with Assad. He is not credible in that country."
Syria enjoys all the formal trappings of statehood. But the US and its allies do not believe its government has legitimacy. That is enough for its most essential sovereign rights to be overrun, for it to be practically rendered a non-state. Western European states including the UK have not taken part in the bombing of targets in Syria, even though they are part of the anti-IS coalition.
It is possible to say that there are three different concepts of statehood in this story:
Islamic State's claims have no support among states, but they illustrate that there is no universally accepted definition of statehood. Put the question "What is a state?" to a politician, a lawyer, a sociologist and an economist and you would get four different answers.
Kosovo: Declared independence from Serbia in 2008 after a period of UN administration; recognised by more than 100 states; path to UN membership blocked by Russia
Palestinian territories: Declared independent by PLO in 1988; currently represented at the UN as a "non-member observer state"; recognised by more than 100 other states but not Security Council members UK, US or France
Abkhazia: Broke away from Georgia in 1999; recognised by Russia and three other states; dependent on Russia for economic support
Somalia: Full UN member, wide recognition, but no functioning central government; large areas are governed autonomously
In law, for example, an attempt was made in the 1930s to distil the meaning of statehood in a single treaty - the Montevideo Convention. It lists four qualities a state must have:
Crucially, it also attempts to shackle politicians to the law by stipulating: "The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states."
There is little in the Montevideo Convention that would clearly deny statehood to IS, or any other violent group capable of seizing territory and subjugating a population. The Convention has no moral dimension.
But IS, as outlined above, is not regarded as a state. How can it be denied recognition? Not by appealing to any legal rule, but by invoking the moral imperative that violence and terror cannot be rewarded. Politics provides the morality - and subjectivity - that the law lacks.
However, the moral dimension is by no means universal.
North Korea, to take just one example, is a state that imprisons many thousands for suspected disloyalty, frequently threatens nuclear war and allows millions to starve through famine. Yet US diplomats rub shoulders with North Korean colleagues in the corridors of power from New York to Geneva. For all practical purposes, North Korea is a state.
Conversely, Taiwan has enjoyed three decades of prosperity under elected governments adhering to international treaties and generally respecting the rights of its citizens. Yet Taiwan is not a UN member and is recognised only by a handful of states. It is euphemistically referred to as "the island". In sporting events it cannot even use the name Taiwan.
For every example, there is an equal and opposite counter-example. Rather than a harmonious international society with defined rules of membership, we seem to exist amid a jumble of entities that fulfil ever-shifting entry standards with varying levels of success.
The military battle against IS is messy, deadly and terrifying for those directly affected. The battle for ideas is genteel by comparison, but it has largely expunged the myth of a universal idea of statehood. The consequences of that are likely to be felt for generations to come. | A government loan repayment calculator, used by millions of students, is to be overhauled amid criticism of its sums.
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More than 4,000 people have responded to proposals unveiled in Telford and Wrekin Council's "most difficult budget ever", the authority said.
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A man will be detained in a mental health unit after setting a series of fires across Oxfordshire.
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Ulster ran in six tries as they moved to within five points of fourth-placed Scarlets in the Pro12 by securing a bonus-point win over Zebre in Parma.
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Relatives of six former British servicemen jailed in India are urging the prime minister to help free them.
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Wolves head coach Walter Zenga has attributed their unbeaten start to the season to his players' spirit.
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Two goals in the first four minutes saw Cowdenbeath and Forfar share the points at Station Park.
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Residents were moved from their houses in Inverurie, as some water levels reached record highs in eastern Scotland.
The flooding has closed roads and busy train services between Aberdeen and Dundee are cancelled because the rail line has been shut due to flooding.
Some areas have had power cuts and more than 30 schools in Aberdeenshire are shut because of the weather.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued two severe flood warnings for the area, whilst more rain and snow is predicted across Scotland.
Positive parental and friendship group influences are key to cutting drop-out rates, according to Arizona State University research.
The researchers interviewed vulnerable students at a Chicago high school.
Parents' influence fell if pupils had too much contact with other disaffected students, the researchers found.
The researchers spoke to 125 pupils, aged 15 to 18, at a school with one of the worst drop-out rates in the city and analysed their records.
They concluded that students' academic achievement was directly related to the level of parental involvement "more than any factors".
But they also found that if vulnerable students had too much contact with peers with a negative view of education, "the effect of parental involvement on the dynamics of dropouts becomes negligible".
In the United States, most students are expected to finish high school in 12th grade, aged 17 or 18.
Anyone who leaves without finishing is termed a "dropout".
In 2012, more than 3 million students dropped out from high school, says the paper, with higher rates among low income groups, including Hispanic and African American communities.
This means around 17,000 students drop out daily and 31 million people could be high school drop-outs by 2022, say the authors.
Being a dropout means lower earnings and greater reliance on welfare and has a knock-on effect on the wider economy, says the paper.
"This is a problem we can't afford to accept or ignore," according to President Obama in 2010, quoted in the paper.
The 125 students were asked about parental involvement and peer influences, including numbers of friends who had dropped out and these friends' attitudes to school.
According to the study, almost half "were in frequent contact with individuals who think that attending school is a waste of time".
The study found that if vulnerable students were identified early and parents increased their involvement, their numbers of disaffected friends would fall.
But if intervention was left until until students were actively failing at school, attempts at parental guidance were futile.
The researchers advise schools with high drop-out rates to encourage vulnerable students to mix with a wider group of pupils, not just other vulnerable or failing pupils, while fostering parental involvement.
"Then they can achieve sustained reduction in the number of dropouts," they conclude.
The study is published by the Royal Society in the journal Proceedings A.
The change will come into force in September and the council hopes it will save £2.16m a year.
Under the new system, children aged three will now be offered free part-time nursery care but will not get full-time education until age four.
An earlier plan for the changes had led to a High Court hearing by parents.
The High Court ruled the initial consultation process used by the council had been unlawful.
It was revealed in December the authority had to pay £144,000 for the legal costs of nursery campaigners.
Following the high court decision, the council, which is trying to save £70m over four years, then reintroduced the plan under a different consultation process and the cuts were approved.
The change to raise the age for full-time education to four brings the RCT in line with other councils in Wales.
Council leader Andrew Morgan said: "Following an extensive consultation process, cabinet today took the difficult decision to amend funding arrangements for nursery education.
"We made clear at today's meeting that if it were not for the harsh financial realities we face, we would not be considering this option.
"The difficult decision we have taken today will contribute over £2m in savings as we strive to close the initial budget gap faced of £30m."
Thousands of people raced through gallons of mud at Drumlanrig Castle near Thornhill at the weekend.
They were taking part in the annual Tough Mudder event.
It saw participants run through ice cold water and navigate around 20 obstacles in a course designed by British special forces.
Described by organisers as "the toughest event on the planet", the extreme endurance challenge was the brainchild of Will Dean and Guy Livingstone and regularly takes place in the UK, US, Australia and Canada to test fitness, stamina, mental strength and camaraderie.
Mr Lewis has been AM for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since the first assembly elections in 1999.
On Friday, he said that "nothing is forever" and he wanted to spend more time with his family.
A former teacher, he took over as education minister following the resignation of Leighton Andrews in 2013.
He had previously been culture minister, and stood unsuccessfully for the Welsh Labour leadership in 2009.
Announcing his decision, Mr Lewis said it had been an "incredible privilege and honour" to represent the community in which he grew up.
He said: "Nothing is forever. I became an AM at the age of 35 and I feel now is the time to move on - for me and the constituency. I'm looking forward to seeing more of my family and seeking out fresh challenges."
First minister Carwyn Jones said: "Huw has that rare quality for a modern politician of wearing his heart on his sleeve.
"He's always fought hard for the causes he believes in, and he's done great work to help regenerate and transform his home constituency."
His decision follows that of nine other Labour AMs who are standing down.
These include presiding officer Rosemary Butler, Keith Davies, Edwina Hart and Gwenda Thomas.
The others are Christine Chapman, Jeff Cuthbert, Janice Gregory, Gwyn Price and Sandy Mewies.
The plane crashed in the French Alps on March 24 with 150 people on board.
Investigators say co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the plane after locking the pilot out of the cockpit.
Experts have spent six weeks conducting DNA tests on the remains.
"The 150 death certificates can now be signed, as well as the 150 burial permits," said Brice Robin, Marseille's city prosecutor.
Mr Robin had previously said it was Mr Lubitz's "intention to destroy [the] plane", which was flying from Barcelona to Duesseldorf.
Among the victims was a group of 16 students, 14 girls and two boys, and two of their teachers, from Joseph-Koenig school in Haltern, western Germany.
They were travelling back from a Spanish exchange programme on the Germanwings flight.
The victims were from 18 countries, including Australia, Argentina and Japan, but most of those on board were either Spanish or German.
The plane took off from Barcelona just after 09:00 GMT on 24 March. It made its last contact with air traffic control half an hour later, before descending over the following ten minutes.
The Airbus plane crashed in a remote region at 09:41GMT.
On 26 March, French investigators said information from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) found at the crash zone revealed that Mr Lubitz had taken over the controls of the plane and sent it into a dive intentionally.
A full investigation report is expected to be completed in a year.
Hundreds of jobs have been under threat since January, when TI announced the phased closure of its Greenock plant.
The semiconductor firm plans to move production to "more cost-effective" sites overseas over three years.
Texas Instruments Task Force chairman Stephen McCabe said there had been interest from two prospective buyers.
Mr McCabe, who is also leader of Inverclyde Council, said: "With the Texas Instruments Greenock plant being actively marketed, there have been two businesses interested in examining the site.
"This is very hopeful news that there is some interest being expressed by potential buyers within the industry.
"A note of caution is clearly required. This is a very specialised industry with a limited number of businesses operating globally."
News of the potential buyers was raised at the last meeting of the task force, which is supported by the Scottish government, national agencies and local and national politicians.
About 365 people currently work at the Greenock facility. The jobs affected are in manufacturing, engineering, support and management.
That's how David Luiz's defending was described by former England right-back Gary Neville in 2011.
It was a label that seemed to stick - unfairly, according to some - and was used by many fans to deride the Chelsea defender.
Five and a half years later, perception about the 29-year-old centre-back - who rejoined the Blues in August after a two-season sojourn at French side Paris St-Germain - appears to have changed.
Certainly it has among his peers, who selected the Brazil international in their Premier League 'all stars' after a successful first season back at Stamford Bridge.
Luiz's shock return to Chelsea was first mentioned early on deadline day on 31 August, gathering pace throughout the day, before the £34m deal was eventually confirmed in the final hour before the window closed.
Not everyone was convinced by the signing, despite Luiz being part of a PSG side who won back-to-back trebles in France.
"He has been a liability for PSG more than anything else," French football journalist Julien Laurens told BBC Radio 5 live on deadline day.
"I can hardly remember four games where he was actually good. He had some shockers.
"He hasn't improved since leaving Chelsea. He's probably coming back a worse player than when he left."
However, Luiz's fellow professionals believe he has returned a better player on the evidence of his 28 starts during Chelsea's title push.
Compared with his first spell between January 2011 and May 2014, the Blues have certainly improved with him in their side.
They have a higher win percentage, have scored more goals and conceded fewer, and have gathered more points on average.
This season Luiz has helped Chelsea keep 12 clean sheets in the Premier League - only team-mates Thibaut Courtois and Cesar Azpilicueta, along with Tottenham trio Eric Dier, Hugo Lloris and Kyle Walker (13) contributing to more.
And, while his first spell at Stamford Bridge was blighted by rash decisions and the odd mistake, he has cut these heart-in-mouth moments out of his game.
The Brazilian has not made a single error leading to an opposition goal this season, while he has only made two errors leading to shots - a tally which 71 other players have either equalled or made more errors than.
"The mistakes we saw - which were limited in the first place anyway - we are not seeing any of them now," BBC Sport analyst Pat Nevin said.
"In Britain we tend to pick out big mistakes - every centre-half makes mistakes. Everyone got on a roll with David Luiz because he is that different and special."
Chelsea's pursuit of the title, which appeared almost a foregone conclusion for several weeks until their lead shrank to four points last weekend, has been built on solid defensive foundations - of which Luiz has been a key pillar.
And that has led to many previous critics, including Gary Neville, to change their opinion in recent months.
"His decision-making has been far better in terms of not being as rash," the former Manchester United defender said.
"I have to say he looks more mature. He's not getting distracted by the sideshow stuff on the pitch like he did before. He looks to me to have a really good focus."
Luiz's return did not initially go to plan, however. The Blues conceded five goals in his opening two games - defeats by Liverpool and Arsenal - although the Brazilian could not be made entirely culpable for those losses.
Then came Antonio Conte's tactical masterstroke which changed the fortunes of both Chelsea and Luiz.
Switching to a three-man backline, with Victor Moses and Marcos Alonso operating as wing-backs, shored up the defence and brought Luiz plaudits from Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker. Eventually...
Chelsea deciding to end their search for John Terry's replacement with the re-signing of Luiz was also met with an element of doubt by the BBC's chief football writer Phil McNulty.
"While undoubtedly talented, he had proved himself something of a liability defensively for both his clubs and his country, Brazil. And, like many others, I have been surprised by the scale of his success at Stamford Bridge this season," he said.
"Conte has brought added concentration and discipline to Luiz's game, while also playing with a three-man defensive system that offers the Brazilian greater security and licence to play with the freedom he enjoys."
Luiz's inclusion in this season's PFA team of the year was announced on Thursday, representing the first time he has been honoured by his fellow professionals in England.
After joining Chelsea in January 2011, the former Benfica man clearly did not have enough time to force his way into the end-of-season gongs.
In his first full season, he helped the Blues win the Champions League and the FA Cup, although a poor league campaign - finishing sixth under Roberto di Matteo after he replaced the sacked Andre Villas-Boas in March - meant no Chelsea player was deemed good enough to make the league's best XI.
Team-mates Juan Mata and Eden Hazard made the cut in 2012-13 as Chelsea finished third under Rafa Benitez, but there was again no place for Luiz.
This season he is one of four Blues players chosen by their fellow professionals, with Luiz and centre-back partner Gary Cahill's inclusion down to their team's defensive strength.
As the news of Luiz's impending return to Stamford Bridge grew on transfer deadline day, it was met by some fans using #bbcfootball with scepticism and, to a degree, more derision.
Josh Earl: The David Luiz deal is laughable, overrated, unreliable and an all round loose cannon, decent free-kick taker that's about it.
Mark Mackintosh: Emergency, send the psychiatrist round to Mr Conte urgently!! David Luiz....REALLY???
Richard Larque: Have Chelsea forgotten how poor at defending David Luiz is? Great hair mind.
Shane Daly: David Luiz back to Chelsea. Both Manchester clubs are rolling on the floor laughing right now. A donkey at a thoroughbred race.
Joe Wedgwood: Would 100% prefer Matt Miazga to the walking calamity that is David Luiz....Conte, have you gone potty?
Of course, hindsight is a wonderful thing. But not everyone was convinced his return was going to be a disaster...
Joe Borko: Koulibaly would have been a panic buy, not David Luiz. Luiz will be a great asset.
D.Tee: David Luiz. One of my favourite players. Full of verve! Will make Chelsea stronger. No doubt.
Darren Long: Great to have David Luiz back! Time to take our title back.
And alongside Luiz winning over many of the pundits, he has also convinced BBC Sport readers of his worth.
More than 40% of users picked the Chelsea defender when they selected their own Premier League team of the year - only narrowly the second most popular centre-back after Spurs' Toby Alderweireld.
The pairing of Luiz and Alderweireld was selected in just under 50% of all teams picked.
So what has changed for Luiz? Very little, according to Nevin.
The former Chelsea winger believes it is not simply because of Italian manager Conte or his tactics. Nevin believes it is down to the 29-year-old growing in experience and maturity.
"I think the understanding of him is better and people are taking their blindfolds off slightly," said the former Scotland international. "He's still the same player.
"It helps playing three at the back - but that would help anyone. With two people around him, his ability to read the game and pass becomes more obvious.
"Every centre-back you ever see does not peak until he is 27 or 28, they are very few centre-backs, and you look back through history, that were absolutely brilliant at 23 or 24.
"Yes, he's improving but he's on the same improvement curve as every other centre-back."
Chelsea v Tottenham in the FA Cup semi-final is live on Saturday, 22 April on BBC One from 16:50 BST and on BBC Radio 5 live from 17:15 BST, along with live text commentary online.
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The 22-21 loss marked the Blues' warm-up for their European Challenge Cup quarter-final away at Gloucester.
"To come to Leinster, lose by one point with two clear-cut opportunities to win is something to be proud of," he said.
Meanwhile, Wales prop Gethin Jenkins returned after more than three months out with a bicep injury.
Jenkins' arrival as a second-half replacement could not halt a string of scrum penalties in Leinster's favour, however, which proved crucial to their victory along with a series of line-out steals.
The Welsh side came close to causing an upset as scrum-half Tomos Williams, twice, and replacement back-rower Sion Bennett finished off three long-distance moves before wing Tom James came close to a fourth with five minutes left.
"We certainly struggled at the scrums today, we went into the game with a tight-head [Anton Peikrishvili] who had a back issue, that surfaced quickly and we got very disjointed in that area," Wilson added.
"Having said that, we defended against huge pressure, and we scored three great tries off turn-over.
"So there's a lot of positives in there, but the difference was that power game they can play."
Wilson could also take heart from a powerful performance by Wales wing Alex Cuthbert, who was discarded from the national side after the Six Nations defeat against England.
"Hopefully that'll do him the world of good in terms of confidence, and do us all good going to Gloucester next weekend for a big quarter-final" Wilson told BBC Wales Sport.
With no automatic Champions Cup spot for the Challenge Cup winners, Wilson's side are now almost certain to be one of four teams in a play-off for the last top-tier place in Europe, along with English, French, and Pro12 opponents.
"We've still got a lot to play for this season, and we'll go into next week excited about playing for silverware," said centre Steve Shingler.
"I'm looking forward to Gloucester after that performance, it's total confidence we can go there and do a job.
"They've got a lot of quality, they've got backs who can carve any team up so we'll have to be sharp in defence.
"They're similar to us, they've had an up and down season, they've turned some big teams over and lost others they should have won, so it'll be all to play for."
Both Gloucester and Cardiff Blues are eighth in their respective leagues ahead of their Kingsholm clash on Saturday, 1 April.
He scored 12 goals in 23 games for the Bees after returning from a loan spell with Spanish club Eibar in January.
The 25-year-old joined Brentford from Celta Vigo in 2014, and has made 74 appearances for the club.
Brentford finished 10th in the Championship table this season, 16 points outside the play-off places.
Figures obtained by BBC News through a Freedom of Information request show an 80% rise to more than 9,000 clampings a month.
The DVLA says it has stepped up enforcement to send a message to drivers that they have to pay.
But some people complain they forgot to renew because they didn't have a disc on the windscreen to remind them.
Joanne McCusker, a nurse from Salford, came home after a 13-hour shift to find that her car had been clamped.
"I think it's awful," she says, "In all my years of driving, I've missed one payment and that was only since they've removed the tax disc."
Joanne had to pay £340 before she could get the clamp removed.
The charges can rack up even higher than that. There is a £100 release fee on the first day, then the vehicle is taken to the car pound, where the fee doubles to £200.
Add to that a car pound charge of £21 a day and a possible Late Licensing Penalty of £80 -- and, of course, the tax you owe.
After seven to 14 days, depending on the state of the car, they can send it to be crushed, broken up or sold.
The big increase in clamping has coincided with the DVLA farming out the work to a private firm, NSL, whose job is to scour each UK postcode area twice a year for untaxed vehicles.
Its 75 clamping vans are equipped with cameras and the DVLA's database. They can identify the non-payers by checking number plates as they drive by.
"The law is that you pay your tax," says the DVLA's chief executive, Oliver Morley, "The vast majority pay with no problem at all."
But there seems little doubt that the big increase in clampings is partly the result of people forgetting to pay without the paper tax disc to jog their memory.
The data obtained by BBC News through a Freedom of Information request shows that there were 5,100 a month over the six months up to October, 2014, when the disc was abolished.
However, in the latest six months, up to October this year, the average shot up to 9,200 a month.
Oliver Morley points out that car owners are sent reminders, either to their home address or by email. But mix-ups can happen when people move or switch emails.
That's what was behind Joanne McCusker's clamping. She moved and never received the reminder.
Her family had informed the DVLA that the addresses on their driving licences needed to change, thinking that all the DVLA's records would be updated at the same time. But they were wrong.
"I think it's a bit heavy-handed. There could be another way, I'm sure, rather than have it clamped," Joanne says.
"It is very unfair - I was quite shocked and upset."
Lewis Powter was reported missing by authorities at HMP Hollesley Bay after failing to appear for roll call at 20:00 BST on Sunday.
The 30-year-old, who was serving an indeterminate sentence for grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, was last seen at 18:50 BST.
Another inmate, Paul Oddysses, 49, absconded on Saturday afternoon.
Suffolk Police said Powter - who has a Dennis the Menace tattoo on his right arm - had connections with the Cambridgeshire area.
He is described as white, about 5ft 10ins tall, of medium build, with brown hair, blue eyes and is clean shaven.
He was last seen wearing a blue jumper with a white t-shirt, blue jeans and white Ralph Lauren trainers.
On Saturday, Hollesley Bay contacted Suffolk Police just after 13:00 BST reporting Oddysses had left the premises. He was serving a life sentence for attempted robbery and robbery with a firearm.
He has connections in the Hertfordshire and Essex areas and is known to frequent Enfield in North London.
Brian Claassen, of March, Cambridgeshire pleaded guilty to assaulting the girl at Lifestyle Portraits Ltd in Swindon town centre in 2016.
Claassen, 40, also admitted possessing 166 indecent images of children.
He was jailed for three years and four months at Portsmouth Crown Court.
Det Con Mark Harris of Wiltshire Police said: "Without the questioning nature of this young girl, who told her mum and dad in the first place, and the help and support her parents have given our investigation team, it's possible Claassen's activities could have gone undetected.
"Instead, their vital evidence has led to a guilty plea and sentence."
Cash earnings rose to 5.84bn Australian dollars ($4.15bn; £2.71bn), but that was below forecasts of about A$6.3bn.
The bank also announced it would sell most of its life insurance business and that its demerger from its UK business should be finalised by early next year.
NAB is one of the country's big four banks, and the largest by assets.
The lender's Sydney-listed shares closed down 2.2% following the results.
The cash earnings number strips out some one-off accounting items and is the bank's preferred reporting measure.
NAB's net profit came to 6.34bn Australian dollars ($4.5bn; £2.97bn) for the period - a rise of 19.7% for the year to September compared with a year earlier.
Australia's big banks are regarded as highly profitable and include the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ and Westpac.
The big four lenders came out of the global financial crisis relatively unscathed, but are now facing tighter regulatory controls.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has told the country's lenders to increase the amount of capital they put aside in order to protect their mortgage businesses.
In its annual results announcement on Wednesday, the NAB said that it would sell 80% of its life insurance business to Japan's Nippon Life Insurance Company - one of the world's leading life insurers.
The lender's shares were halted from trade on Tuesday ahead of pending news of the "material transaction".
The insurance arm sale was worth $2.4bn, the bank said, and represented "an attractive long term partnership with a high quality partner".
The banking giant also said it was "pleased to confirm" the demerger and initial public offering of its UK Clydesdale Banking Group - which chief executive Andrew Thorburn said was expected to be completed in early February next year.
"This follows the completion of the Great Western Bank (GWB) sell-down, the finalisation of the life reinsurance transaction, and the sale of most of our UK commercial real estate portfolio," Mr Thornburn added.
The sale of the UK business, which had been underperforming, was in line with the lender's strategy to focus on its Australian and New Zealand operations, it said.
The men were sentenced to more than 40 years in prison. A third man accused of masterminding the attack was acquitted.
Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espirito Santo da Silva, were shot dead in a forest reserve in the northern state of Para.
The couple were known for campaigning against illegal logging in the Amazon and had faced numerous threats.
The police said the couple had been opposing the eviction of rural workers from land owned by a local farmer.
The farmer was found not guilty of arranging the killings by the judge in Maraba in northern Brazil on Thursday.
However, two other men - Alberto Lopes do Nascimento and Lindonjonson Silva Rocha - were imprisoned for 45 years and 42 years respectively.
At the time of the murder, police said two gunmen hid in the forest early in the morning and shot the couple as they slowed down to cross a bridge on a motorbike.
The campaigners had lived in the town of Nova Ipixuna for 18 years.
A sister of Mr Silva, Claudelice Silva, told Globo TV in Brazil that they had many enemies.
"There were a lot of people who wanted them dead because they constantly denounced environmental crimes," she said.
Local authorities say they often reported on the illegal activities of loggers and cattle ranchers in the region.
The Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, ordered a federal police investigation at the time, and the authorities promised to increase protection for environmental activists most at risk.
A group that keeps a tally of land-related threats and deaths, the Catholic Land Pastoral, said last month that illegal logging and the resulting conflicts were responsible for most of the 32 murders of local activists last year.
It said most of the murders were carried out by gunmen hired by loggers, ranchers and farmers to silence protests over illegal logging and land rights in the Amazon rainforest.
The New Zealander takes charge of Scotland for the final time on Saturday, when Italy visit Murrayfield at the end of the Six Nations campaign.
"He's certainly leaving Scotland in a better state than he found it," said Nicol of Cotter's three-year reign.
"He has brought reality and a belief with the improvements he's made. He was so close to a World Cup semi-final."
Cotter will switch to French Top 14 side Montpellier in the summer, with Gregor Townsend moving to Murrayfield from his role as head coach at Glasgow Warriors.
"The team is playing better, the players have developed in his three years and he's done a great job, in my opinion," the former scrum-half told BBC Radio Scotland.
"Let's just ignore what happened at Twickenham last Saturday (the 61-21 defeat to England) because if Scotland win tomorrow this will have been a great Six Nations.
"Potentially, with results elsewhere, we could finish second, which would be a fantastic result.
"Gregor Townsend will be taking over with a really good squad, good age demographic. They are playing really good rugby and they can play even better. I think the future is very bright."
Nicol believes the Scotland players will be motivated to rediscover the form they showed in the home wins against Ireland and Wales and the 22-16 defeat by France in Paris.
"They'll be desperate to go out and prove to themselves, to the coaches, to the Scottish public, that what we saw at Twickenham was not the real Scotland," he said, looking forward to the match against the Azzurri.
"I'll put the England game down to a very bad day at the office, but I expect us to get back to the levels we showed in the first three games, playing with attacking prowess, with a bit of bite in defence and tactically being spot on.
"I expect a different Scotland to what we saw last week."
The Norholm lost engine power at about 20:00 on Sunday and was drifting towards the coast in a westerly gale.
The Stornoway coastguard helicopter was scrambled in case the four-man crew had to abandon ship.
But the Lochinver lifeboat - which also went to the scene - managed to hold the Norholm off the shore.
The Thurso lifeboat is now also on its way to provide assistance along with the coastguard tugboat Herakles.
The body of Trevor Hadlow, 70, was discovered at an address in Capstone Road, Gillingham, on Tuesday morning.
His family said: "Trevor was quite a character, who enjoyed the outdoor life. He was always willing to help out friends and neighbours."
The teenager, from Sheerness, has been remanded in custody and will appear before magistrates in Medway on Monday.
He has also been charged with attempted grievous bodily harm with intent and dangerous driving.
The additional charges related to an incident in High Street, Eastchurch, on 8 July in which a traffic warden was injured, Kent Police said.
Anne Walden, 101, who was an undergraduate from 1932 to 1936, returned to campus to visit the D'Arcy Thomson Zoology Museum.
The visit also marked a return to her birthplace in Balfour Street, now the site of student accommodation halls.
Mrs Walden taught at the university following her graduation in 1936.
She was captain of the athletics team as an undergraduate and graduated with first class honours in zoology and mathematics.
Mrs Walden's son Neil, who accompanied her on the visit, said: "Eighty years ago, my mother was awarded the Carnegie Grant, which is really the main reason she was able to go to university in the first place.
"She had a remarkable time here and it really set her off into a career working in museums where she ultimately met my father.
"It has been three years since we have come back to the university but it is always a pleasure to see the changes here and in the city, and the recent changes are very impressive."
Mrs Walden has donated her degree classification, photographs of the university college and other documents of her experiences in Dundee to the university archives.
BST have not attended home matches at Bloomfield Road this season in protest at the ownership of the Oyston family.
Blackpool will secure a return to League One if they beat Exeter.
"I'm really torn here as this is the first play-off final I've not been to for over a quarter of a century," said BST chairman Steve Rowland.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "Sadly, the majority of fans won't be going this year but we'll still be hoping the team wins, obviously.
"I think they'll be lucky to get 5,000 fans going to the game. The majority will be watching in pubs."
When contacted by BBC Radio Lancashire on Friday for the amount of tickets sold, Blackpool said more than 5,700 had been purchased so far.
By contrast, when the Tangerines were at Wembley for the 2010 and 2012 Championship play-off finals they reportedly took over 30,000 fans for each game.
Protests about how owner Owen Oyston and his son, chairman Karl, are running the club took place outside Bloomfield Road before their final home game of the season against Leyton Orient, as well as a joint protest in January with Blackburn supporters before their FA Cup tie.
In 2011, Blackpool fans were contemplating life back in the second tier after a one-season stay in the Premier League, only being relegated on the final day of the campaign at Manchester United.
Since then, the Seasiders spent three seasons in the Championship and then suffered back-to-back relegations to drop to League Two for the first time since 2000-01.
"If they do win and get promoted it won't change the position, the majority of people will not be buying season tickets next season," added Rowland.
"The Oystons need to understand this and if they really have the best interests of this club, the community and the town at heart, they'll put the club up for sale."
For Blackpool manager Gary Bowyer, the final on Sunday is already a significant date in the diary.
"I'm reliably informed it is my wedding anniversary as well so I've got a great opportunity this year of getting that right," said the 45-year-old.
He joked: "It's a special date, a top day for her. All expenses spared, she can't be moaning at this one."
As well as the club looking to recover, Bowyer had been looking for some personal rehabilitation.
Sacked by Blackburn in November 2015 under difficult financial circumstances where he was unable to buy players, he was appointed by Blackpool at the start of the season on a 12-month rolling deal and built an almost completely new squad.
A win on Sunday would mean he would face his former club in League One next season after Rovers' relegation from the Championship.
"I was out of work and it was very difficult to take," he added. "This presented an opportunity to be back in work.
"I was aware of what needed to be done in terms of building the stability and laying some foundations down and I was able to call on my experience at Blackburn - I've found over the course of the year it has helped me."
Benjamin Waterfield was a passenger in silver Citroen C2 that collided with a blue Seat Leon at about 02:15 on Saturday.
The 17-year-old was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary but did not survive the injuries he received in the crash.
The teenager's family said in a statement they were "devastated and heartbroken" at their loss.
The statement added: "We would like to thank all the emergency workers involved in the inquiry, and would particularly like to thank the staff at the Intensive Care Unit who fought just as hard as Benjamin did.
"We would request that our family be left as we try to come to terms with our loss. As a family we are thinking of everyone involved in the accident."
Three other people were taken to hospital. Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Albert Armstrong, from Mahee Close on the Belvoir estate in Belfast, is also accused of attempting to murder Stanley Wightman.
Mr Lindsay, 47, a well-known member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), was killed in an attack on Wednesday.
Mr Armstrong was remanded in custody and will reappear on 7 August.
Mr Wightman, 52, is still in a critical condition in hospital after suffering severe neck and arm injuries.
The attack took place at Kirkistown Walk in the south Belfast estate.
Both men were found in the living room of Mr Lindsay's bungalow.
Mr Lindsay, a father of two, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gareth Anscombe comes in at full-back and fit-again Liam Williams returns on the left wing, with North taking over from Tyler Morgan at outside centre.
There are four changes up front, where Justin Tipuric starts at open-side flanker and Luke Charteris at lock.
Props Paul James and Samson Lee come in as Gethin Jenkins, Dan Lydiate and Bradley Davies drop out of the 23.
Lee has taken the tight-head spot from Tomas Francis, who moves to the bench.
Lydiate (eye socket) and Davies (nose) were injury doubts before the match-day squad was named.
Gatland said had Wales been in the World Cup final, Lydiate would have been involved, but felt the Osprey's "soreness" warranted a rest.
Veteran prop Jenkins' injury history combined with James' return to fitness from a calf problem prompted that change.
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Gatland said Jenkins has often "broken down" after playing three or four consecutive games and he wanted the player "fit and fresh" for the quarter-finals.
"And Paul James needed a game," added Gatland.
Lock Jake Ball comes on to the bench, with Ross Moriarty the preferred replacement back-row option.
North played in the centres against Australia last November, the most recent of the 10 successive games Wales have lost against the Wallabies.
He takes over from rookie Morgan, who helped Wales beat Fiji 23-13 following injuries to Jonathan Davies, Scott Williams and Cory Allen.
New Zealand-born Anscombe will make his World Cup debut after overcoming the ankle injury that ruled him out of Wales' initial squad.
The Cardiff Blues utility back was called up along with the versatile James Hook after Scott Williams (knee) and wing Hallam Amos (shoulder) were ruled out of the tournament with injuries sustained in Wales' win over England at Twickenham.
Gloucester's Hook came off the bench as Wales beat Fiji and again does back-up duty, with Matthew Morgan omitted from the match-day squad.
Ospreys lock Jones will win his 99th Wales cap while captain Sam Warburton switches to blind-side flanker to accommodate Tipuric.
"Saturday is another huge encounter and both sides will be coming in with momentum and looking to top Pool A," said Gatland.
"We have been impressed with Australia so far in this competition and we know a step up is required at Twickenham this weekend.
"It is still all to play for in terms of the knockout phases."
Injuries prompted Australia to delay naming their team until 13:00 BST on Thursday.
Backs: Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues); Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), George North (Northampton Saints), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), Liam Williams (Scarlets); Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Gareth Davies (Scarlets).
Forwards: Paul James (Ospreys), Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Samson Lee (Scarlets), Luke Charteris (Racing 92), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues, capt), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).
Replacements: Ken Owens (Scarlets), Aaron Jarvis (Ospreys), Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Jake Ball (Scarlets), Ross Moriarty (Gloucester Rugby), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues), Rhys Priestland (Bath Rugby), James Hook (Gloucester Rugby).
That vote will determine whether a region with a distinct identity can successfully secede from a much larger nation.
Their ballots will be cast, however, in Glasgow - not in Srinagar or Jammu.
Of the 20,000 or more people of Pakistani origin living in Glasgow, many are from Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
In Kashmir, the first pledge that people there would determine their future by a plebiscite or referendum was made in 1947. At that time, the Scottish National Party (SNP) was in its infancy. It had no members of parliament and any talk of Scotland's independence would have been regarded as fanciful.
Almost 70 years later, where are we now?
The pro-independence SNP is in power in Scotland's devolved government and has achieved the landmark success of negotiating with the UK government this binding referendum. The opinion polls suggest the outcome is going to be close.
In Kashmir, however, while demands for a referendum persist, the chances of it happening are remote.
"The Kashmir referendum is probably the most important referendum that never happened," says prominent South Asia historian, Yasmin Khan.
The Scottish government, in its document setting out the case for independence from the UK, asserts that of new states which have become UN members since World War Two, 30 achieved independence after a referendum.
Many of these referendums have followed wars, or separatist insurgencies. In Scotland's case, of course, there has been no resort to arms, no threat of force.
Much smaller states than Kashmir have become independent after a referendum - East Timor, for example. And there are other regions where a referendum has been talked about, and indeed endorsed by the UN, but not happened, such as Western Sahara.
So how did Kashmir come to be promised a vote on its future, and why didn't it happen?
Kashmir's modern history is both complex and deeply contested. But in a nutshell…
When the British governed India, the region of Jammu and Kashmir was ruled by its own maharajah. In 1947, when British India was divided into the independent states of India and Pakistan, Kashmir's maharajah - a Hindu ruling a mainly Muslim population - ducked deciding which state to join, hoping he may be able to become independent.
An invasion by armed tribesmen from Pakistan forced the maharajah's hand. He joined India, which sent troops to save his capital from ransack and managed to secure control over most, but not all, of the princely state. Indian troops have been there ever since.
When Lord Mountbatten, India's first Governor-General, accepted Kashmir's accession, he said it should eventually be "settled by a reference to the people". India's Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, also pledged a plebiscite or referendum for Kashmir under international auspices. This was later enshrined in UN Security Council resolutions.
The leading Kashmiri nationalist of that era, Sheikh Abdullah, initially supported Indian rule, and wasn't keen on a referendum. Over time, he came to argue that there should be a vote… while Nehru became determined not to hold one, because it meant endangering India's hold on the region.
Omar Abdullah, Sheikh Abdullah's grandson, is currently the chief minister of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. He supports Indian rule and won an election to achieve office. India says that shows Kashmiris have endorsed being part of India at the ballot box.
But Kashmiri separatists don't contest Indian elections and they argue voters choosing between a range of pro-India parties are not endorsing the principle of Indian rule.
If there was a referendum in Kashmir, what would the outcome be?
Nobody knows.
Twenty-five years of separatist insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir, and the Indian response to it, have claimed tens of thousands of lives. They have also created a climate where people are often reluctant to say what they really feel.
Earlier in the year when I was in the Kashmir valley - the heartland of Kashmiri culture and identity - a reliable political commentator told me there was considerably more support for Pakistan than for India, and much more backing for independence than for either country.
But there are two points to bear in mind: the referendum the UN envisages would not give the option of an independent Kashmir, only of accession to India or Pakistan; and it would cover the whole of the former princely state, of which the Kashmir valley constitutes less than half the total population and under a tenth of the area.
There's much less support for independence in the part of Kashmir under Pakistan's control and in Hindu majority Jammu on the Indian side of the line.
So, as I said, it's complicated.
But will Scotland's vote make any difference to Kashmir?
The pro-independence Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front has already pointed to the Scottish referendum as an example India should follow in Kashmir.
When Kashmir has begun to recover from the recent devastating floods, and the political dust has settled in Scotland, observers in Srinagar will be keen to learn the lessons from this week's independence referendum.
And while there are many and profound differences between Scotland and Kashmir, if there is an independent Scotland then the example of a small part of a powerful state breaking away will be much talked about.
And Kashmiri separatists, who are often told that their region is too small for independence, will point out that Scotland's population is almost exactly the same as that of the Kashmir valley.
Kerrigan, 25, conceded 53 runs from eight overs in his only England Test appearance, against Australia in 2013.
Giles, a former left-arm spinner, took 143 wickets in his England Test career.
"It can't do any harm having someone like Ashley in charge for me and the other spinners, passing down his knowledge," said Kerrigan.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "So far he's been quite hands off and I'm sure during the season I'll be able to pick his brains."
Former England limited over coach Giles was appointed cricket director and head coach at Old Trafford last October, after the Red Rose were relegated to Division Two.
Lancashire are looking for an immediate promotion this season and have brought in South African batsman Alviro Petersen and Australian bowlers Peter Siddle and James Faulkner.
"I had the option to maybe go to Australia or South Africa in the winter," added Kerrigan. "But I thought it would be good to have a little bit of a break and then work with Ashley and the rest of the lads in the indoor school.
"He's (Giles) quite relaxed and lets the lads get on with it. He wants it to be player-led but obviously has his own input when something needs highlighting.
"If you look at his record at Warwickshire they were really successful under him, so I think he'll be great to have around."
Goals from Nikola Ninkovic and Leonardo Pavoletti as well as a Juraj Kucka own goal condemned 10-man Milan to defeat.
Defender Gabriel Paletta was sent off in the second half for a wild two-footed lunge on Genoa's Luca Rigoni.
A win would have moved Milan above leaders Juventus and second-placed Roma - who both play on Wednesday - but Vincenzo Montella's side stay third.
Match ends, Genoa 3, Milan 0.
Second Half ends, Genoa 3, Milan 0.
Corner, Milan. Conceded by Armando Izzo.
Attempt blocked. Suso (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Poli.
Manuel Locatelli (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Diego Laxalt (Genoa).
Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Manuel Locatelli.
Offside, Genoa. Miguel Veloso tries a through ball, but Luca Rigoni is caught offside.
Goal! Genoa 3, Milan 0. Leonardo Pavoletti (Genoa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Laxalt.
Miguel Veloso (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Manuel Locatelli (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Miguel Veloso (Genoa).
Attempt missed. Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Suso following a set piece situation.
Luiz Adriano (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nicolas Burdisso (Genoa).
Attempt saved. Miguel Veloso (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomás Rincón.
Own Goal by Juraj Kucka, Milan. Genoa 2, Milan 0.
Substitution, Genoa. Riccardo Fiamozzi replaces Edenilson.
Suso (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ezequiel Muñoz (Genoa).
Attempt saved. Suso (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luiz Adriano.
Attempt missed. Andrea Poli (Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Giacomo Bonaventura with a through ball.
Leonardo Pavoletti (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Alessio Romagnoli (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Genoa).
Attempt saved. Juraj Kucka (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Pavoletti (Genoa) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Darko Lazovic with a cross.
Substitution, Milan. Suso replaces M'Baye Niang.
Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Mattia De Sciglio.
Attempt missed. Tomás Rincón (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luca Rigoni.
Substitution, Genoa. Leonardo Pavoletti replaces Giovanni Simeone.
Foul by Juraj Kucka (Milan).
Tomás Rincón (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Milan. Conceded by Miguel Veloso.
Substitution, Milan. Luiz Adriano replaces Keisuke Honda.
Keisuke Honda (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tomás Rincón (Genoa).
Attempt blocked. Miguel Veloso (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Nicolas Burdisso (Genoa) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darko Lazovic with a cross.
Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Mattia De Sciglio.
The images were taken last week in a siege at an Istanbul courthouse when two gunmen took the prosecutor hostage. All three died during a rescue attempt.
The threatened ban on Google was lifted after the search giant removed links to sites hosting the pictures.
Turkish authorities briefly cut off several social networks in a bid to stop images circulating.
On 6 April, a Turkish court ordered the country's net providers to cut off access to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and more than 160 other sites that were letting people share the controversial images. They showed prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz with a gun held to his head by a masked attacker.
Mr Kiraz was apparently taken hostage because he headed an investigation into the 2013 death of a boy during anti-government protests.
The two gunmen who took Mr Kiraz hostage are thought to be members of the far-left DHKP-C party. Mr Kiraz and the gunmen died in a shoot-out with police during an attempt to end the siege.
By late Monday, access to the three big social media sites had been restored after they sought out and removed copies of the image circulating on the network.
Subsequently it emerged that the court had issued a second order that threatened Google with a ban unless it removed links in its search index that led to the controversial images.
Google has yet to comment officially about the threatened ban or the action it took to avoid access being cut off.
Prior to the legal action, the images were circulating widely online and some newspapers printed them alongside articles about the siege. The publicity drew criticism from the Turkish government which said printing and sharing them was tantamount to "propaganda for the armed terrorist organisation".
The DHKP-C is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and the US.
The bans on social networks and threat against Google are just the latest in a series of measures taken by Turkish officials to curb what it sees as subversive use of online media.
Many protests have been organised via social media and, prior to local elections in March 2014, blocks were imposed after audio recordings were widely shared that allegedly revealed corruption among senior officials.
Figures gathered by Twitter revealed that Turkey filed more requests to remove content from the messaging service that any other nation between July and December 2014.
The Labour leader said the chancellor's statement was "a Budget of failure" on the deficit, investment and inequality.
He attacked cuts to disability benefits and criticised "mate's rates" corporate tax deals - but welcomed a new levy on sugary drinks.
Mr Osborne also announced extra spending cuts of £3.5bn and an increase in the higher tax threshold.
He said his Budget - which also includes forcing all state schools to become academies - "puts the next generation first".
But Mr Corbyn said only a Labour government could "harness the enthusiasm" of young people.
He said Mr Osborne's Budget was "the culmination of six years of his failures" accusing him of presiding over low productivity, investment and ambition, and failing to show a "real commitment" to ending inequality.
Despite the "rhetoric" of the Northern Powerhouse, Mr Corbyn said, there was "systematic under-investment in the North" and the government had "stood by as the steel industry bled".
He also attacked the government's record on home ownership, saying a generation had been "locked out" by its policies.
Analysis by the BBC's political correspondent Iain Watson
With some pollsters suggesting his own personal ratings are lower than any Labour leader since Michael Foot three decades ago, it was perhaps brave of Jeremy Corbyn to make failure the theme of his budget response.
Certainly it drew derision from the Conservative benches and the deputy speaker had to intervene several times to calm the atmosphere.
The Labour leader accused Chancellor George Osborne of "six years of failure" - failing to meet his own targets to balance the books and to rebalance the economy.
Read more about Labour MPs' reaction
"The gulf between what the Conservative government expects from the wealthiest and what it demands from ordinary British taxpayers could not be greater," he said.
"The 'mate's rates' deals for big corporations on tax deals is something they will be forever remembered for.
"This is a chancellor who has produced a Budget for hedge fund managers more than for small businesses."
In his Commons address Mr Osborne, who promised a £10.4bn surplus by 2019-20, aimed a joke at Mr Corbyn, the Islington North MP, saying the proposed Crossrail 2 rail link was "good for people in North London who are heading south".
He also revised down growth forecasts, warned of the risks of an EU exit, and announced a £115 million package to help rough sleepers.
Responding to the homelessness announcement, John Healey, Labour's housing spokesman, said he welcomed the fact that Mr Osborne had "finally woken up to the fact there's a problem".
But he said five times as much had been cut from housing support in November's Spending Review.
The band, who released their first album in 1997, won the Outstanding Contribution to Music prize at the 18th Scottish Music Awards in Glasgow.
They also performed at the ceremony, which raises money for music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins.
Other winners included Glasgow alternative rock band Twin Atlantic, who were named best UK band.
Biffy Clyro, who formed in Kilmarnock, won the best live act category, while KT Tunstall collected a song-writing award at the ceremony which was held at Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket.
Donald MacLeod, chairman of Nordoff Robbins Scotland, said: "The SSE Scottish Music Awards is now one of the biggest and best music moments on the Scottish event calendar, and this year's ceremony was nothing short of spectacular.
"It was the perfect celebration of 20 years of Nordoff Robbins Scotland and we're incredibly grateful to the guests, sponsors, volunteers, and musicians who helped us make the event happen.
"Also, to everyone who has supported us for over 20 years - thank you."
The charity said funds raised by the awards ceremony had helped it to put on more than 8,000 music therapy sessions, involving around 450 vulnerable people, over the last year.
Analysis of the deposits revealed higher erosion rates of topsoil, linked to intensive farming, during the post-war Communist era.
Changes to the cores' pollen signature also showed that woodlands were felled in order for more land to be farmed.
The 1986 Chernobyl accident was also recorded in the samples, it added.
The samples, collected from Lake Stiucii in Transylvania's lowlands, central Romania, showed how the collapse of President Ceausescu's Communist regime in 1989 was also recorded in the cores.
Simon Hutchinson from the University of Salford, UK, one of the scientists involved in the research, explained that the 40cm lake cores provided evidence of land use over the past 100 years.
"By looking at the rate of sedimentation you could identify different periods," he told BBC News.
"You could see when rates were quite low and quite stable, then there was a big increase in sedimentation - when the lake was infilling - from the 1950s onwards during the state socialism period.
"Then the sedimentation rate tails off again when you get into the late 1980s and more so during the early 1990s following the fall of Ceausescu when a lot of agriculture in the region changed."
President Ceausescu was Romania's last Communist leader. He was overthrown and executed in a revolution in late 1989.
Dr Hutchinson observed: "If you look at the sediments' properties in more detail, by looking at the magnetic and the geochemical signals you can usually start to differentiate between surface and sub-surface erosion."
He explained that intensive farm practices, favoured by Communist regimes, led to topsoil (surface erosion), adding that geochemical analysis revealed the presence of metals, which was an indication of pesticide use.
"This area of Transylvania was very heavily farmed. I am told that it was effectively the bread basket for eastern Europe," he said.
Dr Hutchinson's colleague, Dr Angelica Feurdean from Germany's Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, examined the cores' pollen records, which revealed a change in the balance between tree and non-tree pollen.
He explained this indicated when and to what extend the woodlands had been cleared for agricultural use.
"You can start to link together a broad change in what has happened in terms of erosion, and then more subtle things going on in the landscape in terms of what people were doing and what they were farming, by the pollen spectrum, for example," said Dr Hutchinson.
He added that samples taken "in this part of the world" often contained a "big spike" of radiocaesium, a product of human activity such as nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons testing, as a result of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.
He added that it provided a good marker in the cores for the period that pre-dated the end of the region's state socialism political regime.
The data gathered from the core samples allowed the team to plot a timeline that showed how there was a link between changes in the political landscape and changes in the physical landscape.
Dr Hutchinson said: "Basically, during the socialist period the grasslands expanded and the woodlands crashed or disappeared. Since that (socialism) system collapsed, the woodlands have started to come back."
He explained that the landscape currently contained a lot more diversity as a result but added: "It is probably a short-term gain because if this environment continues then the trees will crowd out the grassland and a new status quo will be established.
"It is a window of opportunity for conservationists to make some decisions about what we want to do with this landscape.
"In a sense it is man-made landscape, but in terms of biodiversity it is really diverse. Now, it is about how we would like to manage that.
"If we leave it then it would return to woodland. That's fine but then we'll lose a lot of species associated with grassland.
"It will be about whether or not the conservation strategies are appropriate and whether they also consider the socio-political driver behind these changes to the landscape."
A deal between Dubai's civil defence force and New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft suggests that the technology is about to move mainstream.
For decades, jetpack fans have predicted a future when we would be using personal power-packs - like James Bond in the 1965 film Thunderball.
Now, Dubai has announced an initial order for up to 20 Martin jetpacks, plus simulators and a training package, for delivery next year.
No financial details were disclosed at the Dubai Airshow, other than it is a multi-million-dollar contract. Each jetpack has a catalogue price of $250,000 (£165,000).
But these will not be used as the latest must-have for the wealthy and foolish. Dubai wants them for more serious reasons.
Lt Col Ali Hassan Almutawa, director of the Dubai Civil Defence Operations Department, said the packs would be used for reconnaissance and rescue.
"We see them performing a first-responder role," he says, adding that the jetpacks would be particularly useful in the fire department during emergencies in Dubai's skyscrapers.
"Sometimes we have challenges or difficulties to reach the top floors of those buildings. The aircraft can go into confined spaces to size-up the situation. We are going to modify them with thermal imaging cameras," he says.
Dubai will also test the feasibility of a pilot flying a "mule train" of unmanned jetpacks behind, like controlling a drone. "That is good for rescues," says Col Almutawa.
"Sometimes, in fires, people go to the top of the building. You cannot always get ladders there, and you cannot always use the elevators.
"Rescue and fire-fighting, we see these as the main role at first. But there could be many other roles."
So, what are the specs of these craft?
It is powered by a two-litre, two-stroke 200hp V4 engine, with a top speed of 74km/h (45mph) up to 1,000m (3,000ft) in altitude, and a maximum flight time of 45 minutes.
The craft, made of carbon fibre and 3D printed parts, is powerful enough to carry up to 120kg (18st 13lb), which is useful for carrying medical equipment. There is also a parachute if needed, for safety.
The on-board computer controls a stability system, so if an operator lets go of the controls the jetpack hovers.
Peter Coker, chief executive of Martin Aircraft, is working with an unnamed engine company to develop something more powerful and capable of flying for longer. "We hope to have something to say on that early next year," he says.
Purists might say the Martin jetpack, with its ducted fans to provide lift-off, is more akin to a personalised helicopter than the rocket-powered craft some other entrepreneurs are developing.
In New Zealand, the Civil Aviation Authority has certificated the jetpack as a microlight, although the company is discussing with the regulator plans to create its own unique classification.
Getting off the ground is as quick as jumping in a car or onto a motorbike, says Mr Coker. Put on the helmet and harness, start the engine - and go. "If you're a first responder situation, you'd be all ready to set off anyway."
The Martin jetpack was invented by New Zealander Glenn Martin, who had been working on the technology for 30 years. He brought new investors, and Martin Aircraft listed on the Australian stock market in February.
The company's controlling investor is now Kuang Chi Science, an emerging technology and innovation firm listed in the Hong Kong stock market and run by 32-year-old Dr Liu Ruopeng.
As well as having a market for emergency situations, the Martin Aircraft's backers see the jetpack having roles in the oil and gas industry, and farming and agriculture.
Mr Coker does not rule out sales for personal use, although aviation authorities may have something to say about that.
Nevertheless, he believes that one day there will be jetpack clubs, where users in controlled environments will fly out for pleasure trips.
Not everyone is convinced, however.
Google, a company that likes to keep ahead of the game, looked into developing a general-use jetpack, but dismissed it. "Wouldn't it be great to have a jetpack that isn't also a death trap?" executive Astro Teller said last year.
Critics say it will be a long time before jetpacks are quiet enough, and fuel-efficient enough, to make them practical for general use.
But as inventor Mr Martin once said: "Deliver the dream that people want, not the product that is easiest to build."
Last week Australian jetpack entrepreneur David Mayman used a much smaller, lighter jetpack for a 10-minute flight around New York's Statue of Liberty.
"This is a Bond-like product," says Mr Coker. "It's great for what it is, and may be a potential competitor in the future. But it's very much a different product, looking at going in a different direction."
His company is also developing an unmanned version, controlled like a drone from afar, that could deliver supplies or act as a rescue vehicle for a stranded person. This product, though, is a longer way off.
"We're constantly looking at ways to develop the product, new applications and new power sources. We think this is a disruptive technology. We're constantly looking at how to take our thinking to a different level."
Mr Coker sees the main competitor coming from helicopters, but says they are not as manoeuvrable and cannot get to, or land on, such confined spaces.
He acknowledges that this is early-stage technology with much development work left to do, but says "I think the Dubai deal shows that the technology is coming of age."
Southern trains said the closure of the Balcombe Tunnel meant trains were not running on Friday between Haywards Heath and Three Bridges.
Replacement buses were running between the two stations. Eastbourne and Hastings to London services were also terminating at Haywards Heath.
Southern apologised for the disruption to "vast numbers" of passengers.
The company said the tunnel would be closed for the rest of Friday, with journeys taking at least an extra hour.
Other train operators were accepting Southern tickets and the Gatwick Express was making extra stops at East Croydon and Clapham Junction in an attempt to ease congestion.
Southern managing director Chris Birchell thanked passengers for their patience.
"Overnight, Network Rail advised us that they were undertaking structural inspections in the tunnel at Balcombe and they found some things that they need to do further inspections on," he added.
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Two protesters abseiled down Parliament House in Canberra, unfurling a banner saying "close the bloody camps now".
Australia sends asylum seekers who arrive by boat to offshore detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
The government believes the policy prevents deaths at sea, but critics argue it is inhumane.
On Thursday, 13 more demonstrators held placards in a pond they dyed red to symbolise blood.
Last month, the Australian government rejected a human rights report comparing its asylum seeker camp on Nauru to an open-air prison.
The protest banners on Thursday called for an end to offshore detention and the controversial policy of boat turnbacks. The demonstration lasted about two hours.
The same protest group, Whistleblowers Activists and Citizens Alliance, was responsible for forcing the suspension of parliament for 40 minutes on Wednesday.
In heated scenes, the group of about 30 demonstrators shouted the detention policy was "separating families" and "killing innocent people".
Security guards used hand sanitiser to remove six protesters who glued their hands to a railing in the public gallery.
"We are here today because you have become world leaders in cruelty," the protesters said.
The asylum-seeker policies are supported by both the government and the Labor opposition. The issue has highly polarised public sentiment, with the majority agreeing with the government's position.
Both major parties condemned the interruption on Wednesday.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten thanked security staff for their handling of the demonstration.
"The reason why the Labor Party stayed in here today is because we will never give in to those who wish to shut down this parliament," he said.
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"Question Time brought to a halt as peaceful protesters hold MPs to account demanding gov #CloseTheCamps. Brave. Powerful. Proud," he wrote on Twitter.
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Nasa's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (Nustar), launched into orbit in 2012, views the universe in very high-energy X-rays.
Now on an extension to its original two-year mission, Nustar has already measured how fast black holes spin.
This image proves that it can gather data about the Sun.
Because of its very high sensitivity, Nustar could solve some long-standing puzzles, such as whether "nanoflares" exist.
These proposed smaller versions of the Sun's giant flares could help explain why its outer atmosphere is many times hotter than its surface - a decades-old question.
Physicists first thought of using Nustar to study the Sun when it was already under construction.
"At first I thought the whole idea was crazy," said the mission's principal investigator Prof Fiona Harrison, from the California Institute of Technology.
"Why would we have the most sensitive high energy X-ray telescope ever built, designed to peer deep into the universe, look at something in our own back yard?"
But she was eventually convinced by Prof David Smith, a solar physicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
"Nustar will give us a unique look at the Sun, from the deepest to the highest parts of its atmosphere," said Prof Smith, a solar physicist at University of California, Santa Cruz.
This is only possible because in the very high-energy X-rays that Nustar "sees", our sun does not shine as brightly as it does in other wavelengths. That brightness would probably damage the detectors of other telescopes like Nasa's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
As well as probing the Sun, the Nustar team will also use the mission extension, which runs to 2016, to continue studying more far-flung objects including black holes and supernova remnants.
The collection of about 150 pieces was estimated to be worth up to £3,000 and weighed 7kg - more than one stone.
It previously belonged to Rev John Williams, the non-Conformist minister who helped recruit Welsh men to the Army during World War One.
The set was sold at Colwyn Bay to an unknown online bidder for £3,900.
Rev Williams, born in Llandyfrydog on Anglesey in 1854, was given the set as a wedding gift in 1899, accompanied with a brass tablet marking the occasion.
He began preaching at the age of 19 and in 1895 became pastor of the Princes Road Church in Liverpool before going on to preach in chapels and market places throughout rural Wales.
He died in November 1921 and was buried at Llanfaes, near Beaumaris.
The silverware was sold on behalf of Rev Williams' remaining relatives by Roger Jones & Co.
Over the last decade, house prices here have risen faster than any other seaside town in Britain.
According to the Halifax, prices have nearly doubled, from an average of £70,000 in 2006, to £137,000 in 2016.
Over the period, many parts of Aberdeenshire saw large increases as a result of the oil boom.
For similar reasons, Lerwick in the Shetlands experienced a 77% rise in prices, making it the seaside town with the second-fastest growth.
On average, the cost of a home by the sea rose by 25% during the last decade, or £382 a month, the Halifax said.
"The strongest-performing coastal towns in terms of growth have been in north of the border in Scotland, where property prices on the Aberdeenshire coastline have been helped by the oil industry more than the sunshine," said Martin Ellis, Halifax's chief economist.
Sandbanks in Dorset - where houses regularly sell for more than £6m - remained the most expensive seaside town for the second year running.
Many houses and flats on this narrow bank of sand have wonderful views over the Solent or Poole Harbour.
The average home here is worth £664,000.
"Being by the seaside does come at a price - with the marked increase in house prices reflecting the demand for rooms with a sea view," said Mr Ellis.
The second most expensive seaside town is Salcombe, on the Kingsbridge estuary in Devon, where average prices are £618,000.
At the other end of the scale, many of the least expensive towns are in the north.
Port Bannatyne on the Isle of Bute is the cheapest seaside town, with average prices of £72,000.
Next cheapest is Newbiggin by the Sea in Northumberland.
People were invited to turn off their lights for an hour until 23:00 BST, the time war was declared in 1914.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and David Cameron attended a twilight ceremony at St Symphorien Military Cemetery near Mons, Belgium.
The Prince of Wales was at a service in Glasgow, among other commemorations.
The Lights Out event - organised by 14-18 NOW, a cultural programme to mark the centenary - saw households, businesses and public buildings across the UK turn out their lights to leave a single candle or light burning.
The event was inspired by the words of wartime Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey, who said on the eve of WW1: "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
The conflict between 1914 and 1918 - which became known as the Great War - left 17 million soldiers and civilians dead.
Blackpool Tower, Downing Street, Tower Bridge, the Eden Project in Cornwall, the headquarters of the Football Association and the Imperial War Museums in London and Greater Manchester, were among the buildings which took part in the "lights out" event.
The Duchess of Cornwall joined senior politicians - including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband - for a service of solemn commemoration at Westminster Abbey.
The service included the gradual extinguishing of candles, with an oil lamp put out at the grave of the unknown warrior at the exact hour war was declared.
The day's events began in Liege where 50 heads of state gathered for a service to mark the invasion of Belgium - which led to Britain declaring war in 1914.
French President Francois Hollande said the country had been the first battleground of WW1 and had offered "solid resistance" in Liege.
"Deadly days" followed when French and British soldiers joined the conflict, he said.
Speaking to the gathered European leaders, Prince William said: "We were enemies more than once in the last century and today we are friends and allies.
"We salute those who died to give us our freedom. We will remember them."
Nick Higham, BBC News, Mons
St Symphorien Military Cemetery is unique: opened by the Germans in 1917, taken over by the British after the war, it holds more than 500 graves, roughly half German and half British and Commonwealth.
It combines the white gravestones and manicured lawns familiar from countless British military cemeteries with the dark stone and woodland glades of their German equivalents.
What's more it is on the outskirts of Mons, where British and German armies first clashed in a battle quite unlike the muddy trench warfare of the next four years, an affair of cavalry charges, infantry advances over fields at harvest time and artillery deploying among factories and coal mines - before the British were forced into a 200-mile, two-week-long retreat.
It was the perfect venue for what was billed as an "event of reconciliation". Princes and politicians, soldiers and civilians came together to remember - enemies a century ago, allies now.
They read from the letters and diaries of those who had fought and died. Musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle played Brahms' German Requiem and the music of George Butterworth, killed on the Somme.
And as dusk fell they laid wreaths at the foot of an obelisk among the trees erected by the Germans in honour of the British dead, in a ceremony that was beautifully conceived and executed.
A twilight ceremony, held at St Symphorien military cemetery, near Mons, was also attended by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and UK Prime Minister Mr Cameron, as well as counterparts from France and Germany.
The cemetery remains of particular significance as an equal number of German and British soldiers are buried there, including Private John Parr, the first British soldier killed on the Western Front and Irishman Maurice James Dease, who was the first recipient of the Victoria Cross in WW1.
In an address, Mr Cameron said: "Every war is cruel but this war was unlike any other - the unspeakable carnage, the unbearable loss, the almost unbelievable bravery.
"One hundred years on, it is right that we meet here and around the world to remember."
Prince Harry read out the words of a letter from Pte Michael Lennon, of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers - sent to the soldier's brother Frank in 1915 - days before he was killed at Gallipoli.
Robert Hall, BBC News, Mons
The beautiful military cemetery at St Symphorien has been transformed.
Across the boundary fence, in what is normally empty farmland, a great grandstand has risen, overlooking the graves of the first and the last British soldier to die in World War One.
Cables snake around the gravestones of British and German soldiers, laid here side by side after the battles that raged around Mons on summer days in 1914.
St Symphorien has become an arena, overlooked by a worldwide audience, where Monday evening's televised event will mark personal sacrifice and celebrate new friendships.
Under the pine trees, David MacCarthy had come to find the grave of his great-uncle, killed 10 days after arriving in Belgium, aged 23.
Standing in front of the headstone with his daughter, Mr MacCarthy said he was proud to be here on this anniversary.
The families who have travelled here from Britain and Germany share those sentiments.
The duke and duchess earlier made a "very private" visit to see graves of British, Commonwealth and German soldiers at St Symphorien cemetery.
William and Catherine were then greeted by crowds when they arrived at Mons Town Hall.
Other commemorations included:
In Scotland, a service was held at Glasgow Cathedral - attended by Prince Charles, Mr Cameron, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, a number of Commonwealth figures and 1,400 others.
Prince Harry also unveiled a memorial arch in Folkestone, Kent, where a parade followed the route taken by millions of soldiers who marched to the harbour to begin their voyage to France in WW1.
Elsewhere, 888,246 ceramic poppies are being placed in the dry moat at the Tower of London, one for each soldier who died fighting for Britain and its colonies in WW1.
The installation by artist Paul Cummins is entitled Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red and will be unveiled on Tuesday.
Laura Bicker, BBC News, Glasgow
Last night they gathered to hear Hampden roar for the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
Today the leaders and representatives from across the Commonwealth stood in silence at Glasgow's medieval cathedral. They were given a single poppy for their own personal act of remembrance.
Officers representing the armed forces walked through the aisles next to a child. Some were from the local Sunday school or the Scouts and Brownies. They held a candle of peace and hope. An act of remembrance to be taken on by the next generation.
And it was 16-year-old Kirsten Fell from Dunbar who had the final word. She read an essay written after a school trip to Flanders where she had been placed in front of a headstone of an unknown soldier and told to imagine his life.
"They told us we would change," she told the congregation. "It will always be with me and nothing will be forgotten. I will remember my soldier."
The Queen did not attend any of the major ceremonies but paid her respects at a service in Crathie Kirk near Balmoral in Scotland.
On Sunday, the French and German presidents commemorated the 100th anniversary of Germany's declaration of war on France on 3 August 1914.
The exhibition of Diana's rarely-seen personal belongings opens on Saturday and coincides with the 20th anniversary of her death.
Also included in the collection are photos of the Princess with her sons, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry.
Many of the objects in the exhibition were selected by William and Harry.
The centrepiece of the collection is a desk where the Princess of Wales read and answered official correspondence in her sitting room in Kensington Palace.
Her love of music is documented in her cassette collection, which includes albums by Diana Ross, Lionel Richie and Elton John.
The exhibition, which runs until 1 October, will also include gifts presented to the Queen over her 65-year reign.
These gifts include a paperweight made from a fossilised dinosaur bone, and a union jack badge worn in space by British astronaut Major Tim Peake.
In a country plagued by sexism they challenged the male-dominated world of trade unions and politics, refusing to allow men to take over their campaign.
And what's more, they won.
You may well have enjoyed the fruits of their labour. The women are tea pickers from the beautiful south Indian state of Kerala. They work for a huge plantation company, Kanan Devan Hills Plantations, which is part-owned and largely controlled by the Indian multinational, Tata, the owner of Tetley Tea.
The spark that ignited the protest was a decision to cut the bonus paid to tea pickers, but its roots go much deeper than that.
Tea workers in India are not well treated. When I investigated the industry in Assam last month I found living and working conditions so bad, and wages so low, that tea workers and their families were left malnourished and vulnerable to fatal illnesses.
It seems conditions in Kerala are not much different.
Part of the women's complaint is that they live in one-bed huts without toilets and other basic amenities and, while they earn significantly more than the tea workers in Assam, they say the 230 rupees (£2.30; $3.50) they are paid for a day's work is half what a daily wage labourer in Kerala would get.
But when, in early September, the women in Kerala demanded the bonus be reinstated - along with a hike in daily wages and better living conditions - it was not just a challenge to the company that employs them, but also to the trade unions that are supposed to represent them.
The women workers say the male trade union leaders are in cahoots with the company management, denying women their entitlements while ensuring they get the plum jobs themselves.
When tea prices collapsed a few years back, and some estate owners abandoned their plantations, the women argue that trade union leaders always managed to keep their jobs.
They also say that the trade unions haven't done enough to stop their men from drinking away their earnings without regard for their children's education or the medical needs of their families.
And they showed that they could launch an effective protest without the help of the trade unions.
When 6,000 women occupied the main road to the headquarters of the plantation company it was organised by the women themselves, most of whom have no history of union agitation.
They called themselves "Pempilai Orumai", or women's unity.
In effect the women laid siege to the Munnar, one of Kerala's most popular tourist destinations. Trade and tourism were brought to a near standstill.
Many slogans were directed squarely at the union leaders. "We pick the tea and carry the bags on our shoulders, you carry off the money bags," read one. "We live in tin sheds, you enjoy bungalows," said another.
When male trade union leaders tried to join the protest they were chased away. The women attacked one former trade union leader with their sandals. He had to be rescued by the police.
In another incident they tore down the flag poles outside the trade union offices.
They also saw off local politicians who wanted to be seen offering their support.
The women insisted they would continue the protest until their demands were met.
At first the plantation company was defiant but, after nine days of protest and marathon negotiations overseen by the chief minister of the state, it gave in.
It was a stunning victory: a group of semi-literate women had taken on the most powerful interests in the state and won.
The women had represented the workforce at the talks and forced management to accept their demand to bring back the 20% bonus. Meanwhile the male trade union leaders had to swallow their pride and sign the deal the women had negotiated.
But the battle isn't over yet.
The issue of the pay rise was to be negotiated separately and, when the women's demand for an increase in wages wasn't met, the unions launched an indefinite campaign to raise rates from 232 rupees to 500 rupees a day.
In part this was an attempt to seize the initiative back, following the success of the women's campaign.
The women have refused to be part of the union effort and launched their own independent demand for higher wages.
Earlier this month some male union activists are alleged to have attacked the women's demonstration by throwing rocks. Six people suffered minor injuries.
But the women are determined to continue. "We have nothing to lose", Lissy Sunny, one of the leaders of Pempilai Orumai, told the Indian news website Catch.
"Hunger and suffering are part of our lives. We don't care even if we starve to death.
"But we won't allow anyone to exploit us. Enough is enough."
Arqiva, which runs the transmitter, said the landlord may not renew the lease on the area, which is due to run out in 2016.
The company aims to apply for planning permission to build a transmitter at the nearby Frie Plady Reservoir.
Peter Wingate-Saul, community relations manager, said the mast provided a TV signal for 24,000 people.
He said: "We are starting this process now, so that we can be certain the new tower would be up and running before the lease ends.
"The new site is less than 100 metres away from the current tower, meaning that in the case of a move, we will be able to ensure equivalent TV and radio coverage."
The mast provides Freeview TV, radio for the two local stations - BBC Radio Guernsey and Island FM - and mobile phone services.
Mr Wingate-Saul said that if it is built, the tower would look very similar to the existing one and its location would allow the related buildings to be screened behind the reservoir embankments.
The Steelmen defeated the Ibrox side 6-1 over two legs in May 2015.
The Motherwell boss will take his second-bottom side to rivals Accies on Saturday with only three games left.
"It's a big game. People are saying it's much bigger than the Rangers play-off game - it is," said Robinson.
"We're still in control of our own destiny. We're under no illusions as to how big the game is."
Robinson says a positive result against Hamilton would provide the perfect platform for the league visit of Kilmarnock next Tuesday.
The Lanarkshire clubs are level on points, with both four clear of bottom-placed Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
"This game, if we can get something from it, especially a victory, it really does set us up, it gives us that belief back," Robinson added. "The momentum which we haven't had all season - we haven't won two games in a row.
"Our challenge now is to put that three-game run together. We haven't lost against Accies all season, scored five goals against them, so we're going into the game very positive."
Robinson says eradicating costly mistakes would improve Motherwell's chances of securing their top-flight safety.
"Take out individual errors and don't take chances in the final third of the pitch," he said. "We need to get people across, all throughout the team, being brave and making runs, committing themselves to score goals.
"It's difficult - you can't legislate for some of them, to be honest, but you just have to be positive with it. You have to encourage people and give them a belief in themselves, and take the doubt out of their mind, which is what we've tried to do.
"Our destiny is still in our own hands."
Meanwhile, Well defender Ben Heneghan has been linked with a summer move to Rangers, who would need to pay a fee to acquire the former Chester centre-back, but Robinson insists no official approach has been made for the player.
"There's been no official bid from anybody," the manager said. "Most definitely, we want to keep him.
"We are a club that sell players - it says a lot for Martin Foyle [our scout], we bring players in for low, low money and we put them back out again, and then do the same again. Good players get attention - simple as that."
Total sales fell year-on-year by 1.2%, with food sales dropping by 2.7%.
The Scottish Retail Consortium-KPMG survey also found non-food sales were flat, compared with October last year.
Analysts described it as "a difficult month" for Scottish high street retailers.
Scottish Retail Consortium director David Lonsdale said: "The total value of retail sales in Scotland edged down once again in October but at a far more modest rate than in the previous month.
"The bright spots were solid demand for gaming and beauty products as well as the overall positive contribution of online sales, helping sales in the non-food category record its second highest growth of the past six months.
"However, clothing and footwear sales were sluggish during the month and food and drink sales continued to wilt further despite good demand for Halloween-related fare."
David McCorquodale, head of retail at KPMG, said: "October was a difficult month for Scottish high street retailers, particularly for those selling heavy coats and boots.
"Wet and wild at the start, the month ended with a hot Halloween - neither the best conditions for a positive consumer reaction to the promotions on offer.
"The winners were the games sellers and home accessory retailers, where weather plays less of a role."
On Tuesday, a survey by Kantar Worldpanel suggested a fall in UK grocery sales for the first time in two decades.
It estimated the value of sales fell by 0.2% for the 12 weeks to 9 November, compared with the same period last year.
That was the first decline since the market research company began tracking the industry in 1994.
It found price competition had pushed down grocery prices by 0.4%.
The off-spinner, 36, was banned in December 2015 after being reported during a Test against Sri Lanka.
Samuels' remodelled action was cleared after testing at Loughborough University showed his elbow extension was within the permitted 15 degrees.
He has taken 41 Test wickets and 85 in one-day internationals, as well as 19 in Twenty20 internationals.
Samuels was first banned from bowling in 2008 and continued in the West Indies side as a batsman, before being cleared to bowl again in 2011.
However, he was banned from bowling his quicker deliveries in 2013 after being reported in a Test against India.
Birds shriek as they swoop down to collect items from the heaps of waste. Human scavengers, faces grey with dust, pick through the filth.
All this against the background of a modern cityscape, the skyline thick with construction cranes as the capital's building boom races on.
Samuel, who does not look much older than 24, tells me how his family went into political exile in the US when he was a child. How his father, who was an MP in Ethiopia, had to become a taxi driver.
But Samuel was exceptionally bright and ended up with a scholarship to study engineering at the prestigious Stanford University. He made his fortune in Silicon Valley while still a student.
"It was time to go home. To use my resources and knowledge to do something for my country," he said.
For all his talk of retirement, Samuel is a very busy man. He is building Africa's first waste-to-energy plant where the city's rubbish will be burned at a temperature of up to 1,800 degrees Celsius and converted into 185 million KW of electricity.
He is one of a group of dynamic entrepreneurs who are helping to usher in a new era of rapid economic growth in what was once one of the world's poorest countries and where the political system is tightly controlled.
Samuel says once the facility is operational, it will be able to supply power to more than 30% of Addis Ababa's households, no small feat in a city with a population of four million.
There is an urgent need to increase the power supply, which is currently failing to keep up with Ethiopia's rapid economic growth of more than 10% a year for the past decade.
The focus is on renewables. The most ambitious project is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which will be Africa's largest source of hydroelectric power.
The dam has generated much controversy because of the forced movement of people and because Egypt, which is downstream, is worried it will restrict vital water supplies.
After my tour of the energy facility, I visit another entrepreneur, Harsh Kothari.
Although he is Indian, Harsh is in some ways more Ethiopian than Samuel. His family has been in Ethiopia for four generations, he was born and educated in Addis Ababa, and speaks fluent Amharic.
"See that girl?" he says excitedly, as we drive past a child in her school uniform. "She is wearing my shoes."
Again and again, we pass people wearing shoes made in Harsh's factory, from bright orange flip-flops to trainers made from local leather.
The shoe factory is magical. Barrels are piled high with pigments and chemicals. Whirring, hissing machines heat and mix the plastic. Workers cut, stitch, lace, check, bag and box the shoes.
My favourite place is the invention room, occupied by a solitary Indian wearing thick glasses. He is glueing strips of different coloured rubber together and playing about with strap widths to create unique flip-flop designs.
This locally managed factory is giving the Chinese shoe factories in Ethiopia a run for their money.
I'm told the Ethiopian workers in the Chinese factories are unhappy with the more rigid working conditions and the requirement that they sing not only the Chinese national anthem every morning but the factory anthem too.
It also fits in with Ethiopia's aim for manufacturing to lead the economy in 10 years' time.
Twelve giant industrial parks are being built as part of this plan, including the "green" clothing and textile complex known as Hawasa-Eco.
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn pointed out to me the potential benefits to his country of rising labour costs in China: "More manufacturing can relocate from China to Ethiopia so it's an advantage in that sense."
Back in central Addis, I visit a man who could easily pass for an Ethiopian, although his surname suggests otherwise. Vincent Diop is in fact half Senegalese, half Dutch.
"I grew up here. Ethiopia is in my blood. I feel at home here. I left Holland, where I had a thriving business, to set up a similar operation here, offering services to people through their mobile phones."
Vincent is keen to take advantage of the rapid growth in mobile phone use, which increased fourfold between 2011 and 2015.
According to Ethiopia's second five-year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP2) 90% of the population will have mobile phones by 2020.
Young staff in white shirts and brightly coloured ties dart about the cluster of buildings that make up Vincent's business.
Those in yellow ties work for the mobile payment section, those with green ones for the Ethiopian equivalent of eBay, turquoise represents the jobs section, purple is legal advice and blue is for health.
Although their backgrounds are so different, Samuel, Harsh and Vincent represent the part of Ethiopian life where dynamism, creativity and an adventurous spirit are allowed to thrive.
The political space is far more restrictive. Human rights groups have recently condemned what they describe as the use of lethal force against those protesting against the expansion of Addis Ababa into land they see as rightfully theirs.
Opposition party members, journalists and bloggers are frequently jailed. Even the Ethiopian government looked a little sheepish when the ruling EPRDF party and its allies won every single seat in this year's parliamentary election.
The economy is also tightly controlled, especially the banking and telecoms sectors. But growth is impressive, GDP per head has risen by close to 150% in the past decade and the government has stated Ethiopia will become a middle-income country by 2025.
I asked one of the main architects of Ethiopia's economic transformation, the minister and special adviser to the prime minister, and author of the recent book Made in Africa: Industrial Policy in Ethiopia, Dr Arkebe Oqubay, whether the country's vision is a fantasy.
"I don't have any illusion that this will be achieved," he said.
"But it requires extraordinary effort to sustain such rapid growth and transformation."
Two African countries which have undergone serious conflict in the recent past and are now doing well in terms of economic growth and lower corruption rates are Ethiopia and Rwanda.
Is it a coincidence that both, especially Rwanda, are highly disciplined and place severe restrictions on political and media freedom?
An inquest into the death of Pte Cheryl James heard she was thought to be guarding the gates on the day she died.
John Rowney had gone to Deepcut in 1995 to collect an officer and said he had exchanged a joke with Pte James.
Driving back minutes later, he found the gates shut and was told a soldier had been found shot near the perimeter.
Mr Rowney, a former military policeman, told the hearing in Woking: "I just remember thinking it can't be that girl. She wasn't a suicide risk. She was too bubbly."
Pte James, who was 18 and from Llangollen in Denbighshire, was one of four recruits to die at the Surrey base in seven years.
She was found with a fatal bullet wound in November 1995.
Mr Rowney told the inquest he did not give a statement at the time.
"I expected the police to come around and talk to people and ask questions," he said.
But he said when he heard nothing he thought the case was closed.
Mr Rowney finally approached Surrey Police after seeing a Panorama programme on Deepcut in 2002, the hearing was told.
He said: "I didn't believe Cheryl could have committed suicide, if it was Cheryl who dealt with me."
He denied confusing what he had seen on the programme with his memories of events.
Mr Rowney told the inquest he recalled seeing up to five people at the gate that morning, including a dark-haired man wearing a Denison smock.
The inquest heard this was a detail he did not include in an earlier statement when he said he saw a male and female soldier, both wearing brown combats.
He rejected suggestions he had confused his memory of that day with that of other mornings at Deepcut, where he continued to work after Pte James's death.
Nicholas Moss, representing the Ministry of Defence, said differences in Mr Rowney's statements could represent "how badly the passage of time can affect your memory".
The inquest had heard Mr Rowney passed through the Royal Way Gate shortly after 08:00 GMT that morning, spent up to a minute and a half there, and returned about 25 minutes later after picking up an officer.
Earlier the inquest heard from Vance Parker, a squadron sergeant major at the time, that the gate was closed at 07:15 GMT.
When he was asked by Mr Moss if the gate could have been open but unmanned, he replied: "The gate was locked. It's very hard to mistake a big metal gate being closed over."
An open verdict into Pte James's death was recorded in the first inquest into her death in December 1995. A second inquest is taking place after High Court judges quashed the findings.
The hearing continues.
Who were the Deepcut four? Background to the deaths and timeline of events
Gary Clampett, 39, died after a disturbance in Fernie Place early on Sunday.
Gary Martin, 36, Thomas Martin, 44, and John Henderson, 46, appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court and were all remanded in custody. They were also charged with attempted murder.
Two men have already appeared in court accused of murdering Mr Clampett.
On Tuesday Barry Martin, 31, and Joseph Martin, 39, appeared in court charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder.
The Dow Jones fell 208 points, or 1.3%, at 15885.22, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes both lost 1.6% to 1906.90 and 4,518.49 respectively.
Oil prices slid more than 6% as persistent concerns of oversupply were exacerbated by news that Iraq's output reached a record high last month.
The sharp falls wiped out most of the gains from a short lived rally.
All three main Wall Street indexes rose on Thursday and Friday, marking their first gains so far for the year.
Wedbush Securities managing director of equity trading Michael James said the market volatility was directly linked to the fluctuations in the oil price.
"Better oil markets Thursday and Friday led to better equity markets. A $2 retracement in oil today, it's not surprising to see a retracement in the equity indices," he said.
Oil companies were the biggest losers, with Exxon and Chevron both closing over 3% lower, while ConocoPhillips dropped 9.2%.
Johnson Controls, which makes ventilation systems and car batteries, sank 3.9% after it announced a deal to merge with Ireland-based Tyco International.
The so called tax inversion deal would allow Johnson Controls to avoid relatively high US corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Tyco's base in Ireland's Cork.
President Donald Trump drew widespread criticism on Saturday when he said that there was violence on "many sides" in Charlottesville and initially neglected to explicitly censure the white supremacists who organised the rally.
On Monday, he bowed to pressure to castigate the KKK, white supremacists and neo-nazis.
But many conservatives say blame should be shared by Antifa, a loosely affiliated group of far-left protesters.
Critics argue the media tends to excuse violence by Antifa militants just because they are fighting white supremacists and their odious ideology.
What exactly is Antifa?
The social causes of Antifa (short for anti-fascist or Anti-Fascist action) are easily identifiable as left-leaning.
Most members oppose all forms of racism and sexism, and strongly oppose what they see as the nationalist, anti-immigration and anti-Muslim policies that Mr Trump has enacted.
However, as their name indicates, Antifa focuses more on fighting far-right ideology than encouraging pro-left policy.
Unlike the mainstream left, they do not seek to gain power through traditional channels - winning elections and passing bills into law.
Antifa is anti-government and anti-capitalist, and their methodologies are often perceived as more closely aligned with anarchists than the mainstream left.
Antifa does not shy away from militant protest methods, including the destruction of property and sometimes physical violence.
They were present at the 2017 Berkeley protests of far-right speaker Milo Yiannopoulos and at violent protests against Donald Trump's inauguration; they were also present at Charlottesville.
Much like the far-right, Antifa members around the world comprise a patchwork of groups, though the most active appear to be based in the US, the UK (under the name Anti-Fascist Action) and Germany (Antifaschistische Aktion).
The German movement was founded in 1932 to provide a militant far-left group to counter the fast-rising Nazi party.
They were disbanded in 1933 after Hitler took control of parliament and resurrected in the 1980s as a response to neo-Nazism after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
President Trump's election seems to have been something of a touchstone for the Antifa movement, which has links with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and various anarchist groups.
According to James Anderson, one of a group of people who run the popular anti-fascist and anarchist news site, It's Going Down, interest has spiked since Mr Trump's election.
The It's Going Down website, which received around 300 hits daily in 2015, now garners between 10-20,000 hits a day.
Since the events in Charlottesville on Saturday, the It's Going Down Twitter handle has gained 2,000 new followers.
While interest may have spiked since Mr Trump's election, it is all but impossible to quantify how many people are active members of Antifa.
Much like the far-right, chapters of Antifa are loosely connected and highly secretive, and organise mostly on message boards such as Reddit and over social networks like Twitter and Facebook.
Antifa has become a popular topic for right-leaning websites and among conservative pundits.
Fox News commentator and conservative speaker Erick Erickson says in The Resurgent, a conservative blog, that "Antifa and the white supremacists are two sides of a common coin. The people dead in Charlottesville died because of one neo-Nazi, but there were dozen [sic] of people left bleeding in the streets because of Antifa".
Meanwhile, a change.org petition lobbying Mr Trump to declare Antifa a domestic terror organisation has garnered nearly 100,000 supporters.
While Antifa has gained relatively little attention in the mainstream media, that may soon change.
According to Mr Anderson, the events in Charlottesville over the weekend represent a "sea change" in how Antifa is perceived.
"This is a huge turning point and vindication for our movement," he said.
"We are working with Black Lives Matter, local clergy, this is not a movement that wants to be a lone group of militants," he said.
"This is about popular power. Sometimes that looks controversial - but this is a broad movement, and we are looking to engage a wide variety of people."
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The three-month-old, who is yet to be named or have its gender confirmed, was born to first-time parents at the Leicestershire zoo.
Dr Charlotte Macdonald, director of Life Sciences at the zoo, said it was "really excited" about the birth and the baby's mother De'Arly was "doing a great job".
Diana monkeys are endangered in their native West African habitat, where they are under threat from habitat loss and hunting for bush meat.
The newborn is part of the European Endangered Species Programme.
Oriel Mostyn was described as "a civic landmark of national importance to Wales" at the presentation at the event in Wrexham.
Meanwhile, Caernarfon artist, Bedwyr Williams and photographer Helen Sear of Risca won fine art medals.
Visitor numbers to the Eisteddfod on the first day were 17,881, while 1,586 attended Friday's opening concert.
The gallery at Mostyn reopened in March 2010 after a £5.1m refurbishment.
Warrington-based Ellis Williams Architects added two new galleries to the existing ones in the Grade II listed building.
They were given a brief to design "simplicity, subtlety and sophistication plus one or two surprises".
Mhairi McVicar, judge and lecturer at the Welsh School of Architecture, said the result was "highly ambitious and beautifully executed".
She said: "We were impressed by the way natural light had been brought into the building and the gallery spaces link together seamlessly, not only providing the ideal environment for exhibits, but clearly a highly enjoyable and uplifting space for visitors."
The competition, sponsored by the Design Commission for Wales, also highly commended the new WISE building at the Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth, which was recognised for its "extraordinarily high quality".
Bedwyr Williams, who won a fine art medal, was praised for his eclectic and subverted work which gave a "positive spin" to rural sub cultures in Wales.
These included green wellies - carved and stuffed with straw - a photo of a farmer gazing up a mountain road and a makeover of the cover of a smallholders' publication.
"Bedwyr Williams is mixing the traditional and contemporary in way that needs no prior knowledge of art history or over-conceptualised clap-trap," said medal selector Steffan Jones-Hughes.
"It is right that an artist of his stature and a major player in contemporary British art is recognised by the National Eisteddfod of Wales at this time."
Helen Sear's photos were called "visually beautiful" but "unsettling" and which make the combination of the ordinary into something quite extraordinary" by the judges.
Meanwhile, the Eisteddfod is also hosting an exhibition of the work of locally-born photographer Geoff Charles.
He worked for local newspapers in Wales and England during the late 1920s and early 30s and then returned to his home town of Wrexham in the mid 1930s.
Without Words covers images taken by Charles over 40 years, which are now held by the National Library of Wales.
"There are recurring themes associated with the day to day to meet the diet of expected stories, but there are also images as questions as to what Wales was, is and might be," said exhibition curators Russell Roberts and Peter Finnemore.
Blues dominated possession and territory, but needed a Josh Navidi try on the stroke of half-time to make their advantage tell.
That followed an early score by man-of-the-match Steven Shingler and a close-range touchdown by Kristian Dacey.
Ashton Hewitt crossed for Dragons, while Blues' Shingler scored 17 points.
Shingler's fly-half rival Angus O'Brien kept them in touch with the conversion of Hewitt's try and three penalties.
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After an incident-packed first half, neither team looked like adding a try in the second with Matthew Morgan's penalty miss the closest either team came to scoring after the break.
The hosts contained the Dragons' challenge, but failed to claim the bonus point which looked to be on the cards at half-time.
But after one win in six matches, Cardiff Blues skipper Sam Warburton - making his 100th appearance for the region - said he was happy with a victory.
The defeat leaves Kingsley Jones' Dragons in ninth place in the table, and 11 points adrift of the Blues.
They were defiant against the Blues, but hampered by mistakes which cost them dear.
Second row Rynard Landman was shown a yellow card within two minutes of Blues being reduced to 14 when centre Rey Lee-Lo was sent to the bin for a borderline high tackle.
And their occasionally suspect defence was twice exploited by Shingler. Firstly when he burst through Hewitt's tackle to score and when he bamboozled three defenders to set up Navidi.
That try was the last action of the opening half and ultimately gave Blues a cushion they never relinquished.
Blues: Matthew Morgan; Alex Cuthbert, Rey Lee-Lo, Willis Halaholo, Tom James; Steven Shingler, Lloyd Williams; Rhys Gill, Kristian Dacey, Scott Andrews, Macauley Cook, James Down, Josh Navidi, Sam Warburton (capt), Nick Williams.
Replacements: Kirby Myhill, Brad Thyer, Taufa'ao Filise, Jarrad Hoeata, Ellis Jenkins, Tomos Williams, Nicky Robinson, Cory Allen.
Dragons: Tom Prydie; Pat Howard, Tyler Morgan, Adam Warren, Ashton Hewitt; Angus O'Brien, Tavis Knoyle; Sam Hobbs, Thomas Rhys Thomas, Lloyd Fairbrother, Cory Hill, Rynard Landman, Lewis Evans (capt), Ollie Griffiths, Ed Jackson.
Replacements: Elliot Dee, Thomas Davies, Brok Harris, Matthew Screech, Nick Crosswell, Sarel Pretorius, Dorian Jones, Sam Beard.
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Assistant referees: Rhys Thomas, Sean Brickell (both WRU)
Citing commissioner: Jeff Mark (WRU)
TMO: Jon Mason (WRU)
But while he has angered many fellow citizens, he is also in fact in breach of etiquette which is enshrined in law.
The Flag Code covers all aspects of etiquette in relation to the Stars and Stripes, including how to behave when the anthem is played. The code is never enforced, however, and there is no punishment for breaching it.
The code states that persons present are expected to stand and face the flag, if there is one. Civilians should stand to attention with right hand over heart, while military personnel in uniform and veterans should salute throughout. A recent amendment to the code said that military personnel out of uniform could also salute.
President Barack Obama famously neglected to put his hand over his heart during the 2008 election campaign. He explained his mistake by saying his grandfather taught him to do this only during the pledge, and to only sing during the anthem.
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Men not in uniform should remove any headdress with their right hand and hold it at their left shoulder, the code states. This is generally observed at sporting events. NFL players may not put on their helmets until after the anthem is played.
The Flag Code makes no mention of whether the anthem should be sung by those present. However, singing the Star-Spangled Banner is encouraged from school onwards - in some schools it is compulsory. In 1942 the National Anthem Committee wrote that "it is of paramount importance that emphasis be placed upon the singing of the National Anthem".
Numerous manufacturers of flag merchandise could be in trouble here. The Flag Code states that it should not be used for any advertising purpose, and should not be embroidered or printed on any material for temporary use.
It should also never be part of a costume or sports uniform, or used as "wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery". Olympic medal winners who celebrate their success by covering themselves in the flag should take note.
Also, the flag should never be displayed upside down, except as a symbol of "dire distress".
Protesters throughout the world frequently set alight US flags to demonstrate their hatred of America, but you would not face prosecution for doing so in the US itself. In 1990 the Supreme Court invalidated a federal law against desecration of the flag on the grounds that it was in violation of the First Amendment on freedom of speech.
In fact, burning the flag is sometimes even encouraged. The Flag Code says that no disrespect should be shown to it, but also allows for any flag which is not fit for display to be "destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning".
Experts say that US flag etiquette is important because was created out of respect for the country's historical heritage.
But the code was first drawn up only in 1923 under the auspices of the American Legion, and only became law when the US was at war, in 1942.
The 20-year-old Nigeria international, who scored 21 goals in 64 games after making his debut for Manchester City in 2015, joins on a five-year-deal.
Last August, he signed a new contract until 2021, but saw his playing time limited by the January arrival of Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus.
"It feels good and I'm happy to be part of this team," he said.
"I know the ambition of the team and speaking with the manager, he let me know what I need to do - to help the team achieve what they want. I was convinced and I'm happy to be here."
Foxes manager Craig Shakespeare added: "It's a great signing for us. Kelechi is an enormously talented player that has shown a huge amount of promise at every level in which he's played.
"We've tracked his progress for some time, so we know how much quality he'll bring to the squad.
"He's young, he's hungry, he's ready for the next stage of his development and I'm delighted that will be with Leicester City."
Iheanacho becomes the fourth addition to Shakespeare's squad for the new campaign - goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic and defender Harry Maguire both joined from Hull City while midfielder Vicente Iborra signed from Sevilla.
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Perched on the edge of a grave in Montserrat's historic Carr's Bay cemetery, his fingers reverently trace the engraved words just visible on the aged tombstone.
This St Patrick's Day pilgrimage to the final resting place of his paternal ancestor Nathaniel Bass Daly is an annual ritual for Mr Sweeney.
The 87-year-old left the Caribbean's "emerald isle" in 1954 for a new life in England but has diligently returned to his homeland every year for almost four decades.
The 1793 grave was prepared for Nathaniel's wife Elizabeth, lost at just 31 to an unknown epidemic, and refers only to Nathaniel as her "disconsolate husband".
"But we know he's buried here," Mr Sweeney says. "He insisted his name wasn't put on the stone because he didn't want to disturb her."
The former stonemason is proud of his Irish roots which date back, he says, to the early settlers of the 1600s when the Irish made up the majority of Montserrat's white population as indentured labourers, merchants and plantation owners.
"Nathaniel Daly came on an official visit and liked it so much he stayed. He was a sophisticated, respected man. The Daly family owned a lot of land," Mr Sweeney continues, gesturing to the surrounding landscape fringing Daly Hill, one of numerous locations here with an Irish name.
"My daughter went to Ireland to find out about our family; she discovered the Sweeneys were from Donegal and the Dalys from Tipperary."
Mr Sweeney has never been to Ireland himself, something he regrets. But what he regrets more is not extracting further information about his familial roots from his parents before they died.
"You didn't question your parents in those days; they'd say you were cheeky," he says, blue-flecked eyes twinkling.
"For some people, having Irish ancestors is just a fact of life. But I am proud to be one of them; I feel a kinship," he adds.
He is far from alone.
From the shamrock-shaped passport stamp upon arrival at the tiny British territory, to the marking of St Patrick's Day with a public holiday and a week of festivities, Montserrat's Irish heritage is eulogised.
The thousands of international visitors who flooded in for this year's celebrations transformed the isle of 5,000 residents, many of whom bear surnames like Riley, O'Brien and Meade, into a vibrant sea of green.
Leprechauns, shamrocks and Guinness are ubiquitous but the revelry features the island's rich Caribbean and African culture too, evidenced in feasts of traditional food such as goat "water" or stew, a "freedom run" in tribute to its slave history, and gospel and soca performances.
Retired schoolteacher Sylvester Browne helped organise Montserrat's first official St Patrick's Day festivities in 1985. Prior to that, the date was marked informally with low-key events in individual villages.
Mr Browne's own village of St Patrick's was destroyed by the Soufriere Hills volcanic eruption of 1997, part of a two decade-long crisis that forced more than half of the island's erstwhile 11,500 inhabitants to flee.
The volcano remains active to this day, although it has been relatively quiet in recent years. Today, visits to the ruined capital city of Plymouth and Montserrat's "black sand" beaches are a draw for adventure tourists. More than half of the island is still within an exclusion zone.
"St Patrick's Day celebrations started because we wanted to commemorate the village more than anything," Mr Browne tells the BBC. "It's evolved in a way we never imagined."
The original plantation-era costumes have stood the test of time - and appeared sporadically in this year's parade, alongside garb in the green, white and marigold national tartan, masquerade dancers, and African-inspired grass skirts and head-wraps.
"I'm happy it's grown to be this big but it saddens me that it's become so commercialised," Mr Browne continues. "It would nice if it focussed more on local tradition and what makes us unique."
These days, Montserrat's ethnic melting pot makes it hard to quantify how many people are of Irish descent.
"Some people deny it; others are proud for sentimental reasons, it's a connection they value," Mr Browne explains.
"St Patrick's Day is a nice way to showcase the island to visitors; some people are still not certain how safe it is. It's also great to see so many Montserratians return home for it."
Vince Greenaway was one of more than 1,000 Montserratians living overseas to attend the 17 March parade.
"Last year my buddies back home called me in Canada to tell me I was missing out," he says, laughing.
"I promised them I would be here this year; it's wonderful to see people I haven't seen in years."
Their triumph was already an inevitability, but the celebrations began in earnest as Patrick Roberts scored two fine early goals.
Aberdeen, who offered a stout challenge all season, looked dead and buried when Mikael Lustig scored after the break.
But quickfire goals from Niall McGinn and Andrew Considine took some of the gloss off the title party.
Celtic may have lost just three league games on their way to this latest triumph but manager Ronny Deila is departing in the summer.
The Norwegian cannot match the points tally from his debut season and this victory illustrated an inconsistency that has dogged his side throughout his second campaign.
The champions were irresistible in the first half but disjointed after the interval as Aberdeen ate into their lead.
The Dons - runners-up for a second year running - knew even a first league victory at Celtic Park since 2004 would have no bearing on the destination of the Premiership trophy since they trailed by nine points and a huge goal difference margin with three games to play.
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Had Niall McGinn not directed a shot wide from point-blank range inside the opening five minutes, they may have had a chance of doing so. As it was, Celtic went on to be utterly dominant in the first period.
Roberts - the teenage winger on loan from Manchester City - again showed why the English club paid £12m for his services, as he darted in off the right touchline, away from Graeme Shinnie and found the top corner with a ferocious strike from 25 yards.
Aberdeen were sitting too far off their opponents, who looked hungry to secure the championship in style, and allowed Leigh Griffiths time and space to pick out Roberts inside the box. This time the youngster curled inside the far post.
The third goal was every bit as impressive. Callum McGregor did brilliantly to trick his way past Shinnie and his cutback was swept into the net by Lustig.
The atmosphere inside a packed Celtic Park was joyous, with the team looking every bit like the best team in the land.
But as has been the case on several occasions on Deila's watch, Celtic's concentration slipped and after a couple of warnings, Aberdeen got a foothold in the game when Jonny Hayes provided McGinn with the chance to slide the ball past Craig Gordon.
That was compounded seven minutes later when McGinn's free-kick was headed emphatically past the keeper by Considine.
Shay Logan missed the best chance Aberdeen had to equalise when he headed wide from only a few yards as Celtic held on to move 12 points clear at the top of the league.
All sense of anti-climax vanished at full-time as the stadium broke into rapturous applause and the players basked in the glory of the club's 47th league title.
RMT members held two strikes, including on Grand National day, in protest at Merseyrail's plan to introduce driver-only-operated trains from 2020.
Merseyrail bosses rejected the RMT's offer to put the issues of train despatch and door operation to a joint safety working group, the union said.
The company said it was "disappointed".
Merseyrail's managing director Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde said an offer had been made to put a member of staff on trains after 20:00 GMT but "the RMT have not moved from their original position".
"We are trying hard to create some middle ground so that the negotiation can move forward," he added.
He said bosses would in the meantime prepare for more strike action while "keeping the door open" for further talks.
John Tilley, who led the RMT negotiating team, said Merseyrail "have not budged even a fraction of an inch" and want "the complete abolition of Merseyrail guards".
"We offered to accept recommendations on despatch and door control from a safety working group that would include the company, the unions, the manufacturers and the safety agencies, if Merseyrail accepted the principle of a second safety-critical crew-member on every train," said the union's general secretary Mick Cash.
"Merseyrail's intransigence leaves us with no alternative but to return to the picket lines," Mr Tilley said.
No dates for further strikes have yet been announced.
It will be called Marley Natural and be used to sell cannabis-infused lotions, creams and various accessories.
The new brand is being developed with Privateer Holdings based in Washington state, stressing the life and legacy of Jamaica's greatest cultural export.
It is intended to be sold in the US and possibly worldwide from next year.
Bob Marley's daughter, Cedella Marley, said her father would welcome the move.
"My dad would be so happy to see people understanding the healing power of the herb," she said.
Privateer's chief executive Brendan Kennedy said a Marley was "someone who, in many ways, helped start the movement to end cannabis prohibition 50 years ago.
"It was just a natural fit between Bob Marley and this product. You know if you were to look for the most famous human being who ever walked the face of the earth related to cannabis, it would be Bob Marley."
Bob Marley died of cancer in May 1981. He embraced cannabis as a key part of his Rastafarian faith and supported its legalisation.
Cannabis use for recreational purposes is legal in the US states of Colorado and Washington.
Several other states may follow suit and others are permitting the sale of marijuana for prescribed medical purposes.
They appealed to those involved in setting wild fires to "consider the possible consequences" for communities.
The PSNI warning was issued after a deliberate gorse fire threatened houses in Newry, County Down, overnight.
On Saturday, there were a number of fires near Florencecourt, County Fermanagh.
Fire crews were called to Gortalughany Viewpoint, near the Marble Arch Caves at around midnight, and they were called out again to the same area on Saturday afternoon.
Smoke could be seen billowing over Cuilcagh Mountain at the time.
The cause of the latest incidents has not yet been confirmed, but fire crews said on Friday night that more than 90% of the gorse fires they have been dealing with since Monday were deliberate.
PSNI Supt Emma Bond said: "Gorse fires have the potential to cause widespread damage to the environment and harm to wildlife, as well as threatening homes, farms and the people living in those areas.
"The unpredictability of fire can also mean that those setting them may be putting their own lives at risk as well as the lives of the fire service personnel and other emergency services tasked to deal with them.
"There can also be untold consequences to tying up crucial emergency resources that may be needed elsewhere."
After 12 years at Adams Park, the near-century old rugby club are understood to have considered a move to Coventry's Ricoh Arena, where they once played a Heineken Cup game in 2007.
"I don't know how feasible the story is," Ryan said.
"To plonk a Premiership club in there would create enormous challenges."
Having failed to find a new home close to their current base, sharing with Wycombe Wanderers, Wasps are also reported to have looked at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium - primarily an athletics venue.
Both grounds would be in Worcester's catchment area, from the point of view of both spectators and future rugby players. And that would also, argues Ryan, be a concern for Premiership sides Leicester and Northampton, who also target the Coventry and Warwickshire area from the east side of the Midlands.
"I can't imagine we're the loudest voice," Ryan told BBC Hereford & Worcester.
"There'd be two major players on the other side of Warwickshire with louder voices than us, who won't be over the moon about it either.
"We're investing a lot of money in the region. We've got an academy. We're all working for the same thing. We have support that comes from that area and kids who come from that area. Warwickshire has been over the years a productive source for us.
"I can't quite see the merits of this, other than purely commercial for Wasps' first team.
"If it was to be a realistic story, there would have to be an opportunity to talk about how that's been allowed, why it's been allowed or whether it would be allowed.
"There are other considerations that need to be made."
A club statement, released by Wasps last week, said: "Wasps are aware of media reports in recent days linking the club to a number of possible new stadiums.
"Wasps has made no secret of a desire to find a permanent home which reflects the ambitions of the club. We can confirm that search for a permanent home is continuing. However, all discussions are subject to confidentiality requirements and are therefore commercially sensitive.
"We appreciate speculation may be unsettling for our supporters and assure them we are working hard behind the scenes to secure the long-term success of the club and finding a new home we can all be proud of."
Ryan added: "Wasps seem to have struggled to find a home for a long time.
"Going back to my day, you'd need to be a very enthusiastic Wasps supporter to keep wandering around and following them."
Incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer confirmed the pair met to discuss vaccines and immunisations.
However, a spokeswoman for Mr Trump, Hope Hicks, told Reuters that "no decisions have been made at this time".
Mr Kennedy has long contended that some vaccines may cause autism, a claim that has been widely debunked.
The president-elect has also expressed doubt about vaccinations.
Mr Trump has previously tweeted about the issue, advocating for children to receive smaller doses of vaccines over a long period of time.
"I am totally in favour of vaccines," Mr Trump said in a 2015 Republican primary debate.
"But I want smaller doses over a longer period of time. Same exact amount, but you take this little beautiful baby, and you pump - I mean, it looks just like it's meant for a horse, not for a child, and we've had so many instances, people that work for me. ... [in which] a child, a beautiful child went to have the vaccine, and came back and a week later had a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic."
Medical experts have overwhelmingly rejected any link between vaccines and autism, warning that promoting such a theory endangers public health.
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The commission will focus on making "sure we have scientific integrity in the vaccine process for efficacy and safety effects," Mr Kennedy told reporters after Tuesday's meeting at Trump Tower in New York.
Mr Kennedy, the eldest son of liberal icon Senator Robert Kennedy, is an environmental activist who has focused his attention on the "anti-vax" movement. He campaigns for parents to opt out of vaccinations and immunisations.
He came under fire in 2015 for describing the number of children injured by vaccines as "a holocaust" during a film screening of Trace Amounts, a documentary on the subject.
Mr Kennedy later apologised and said he "struggled to find an expression" to convey his thoughts.
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Mr Kennedy's potential appointment has already been described as "very frightening" by one scientist.
The link between the MMR (Measles Mumps and Rubella) vaccine and autism has been thoroughly discredited.
The British doctor Andrew Wakefield - who first suggested the link - can no longer practise medicine in the UK after being struck off for acting "dishonestly and irresponsibly".
So the rise of a prominent anti-vaxxer can be seen as a massive middle-finger to established science.
However, this is not a surprise.
Andrew Wakefield remains vocal in the US and during the election campaign he met Mr Trump.
Afterwards he told the science news website Stat: "For the first time in a long time, I feel very positive about this, because Donald Trump is not beholden to the pharmaceutical industry."
Halifax, who finished third in the National League North table this season, beat Chorley 2-1 in extra-time with a winning goal from Scott Garner.
In the National League South play-off final, 10-man Ebbsfleet came from behind to beat Chelmsford City.
Dave Winfield and Darren McQueen scored second-half goals to book Ebbsfleet a place in non-league's top flight.
After a goalless first half, Halifax went ahead when Kevin Roberts latched onto Jordan Sinnott's through-ball and slipped his shot under Ritchie Branagan.
Adam Blakeman equalised as he bent his free-kick into the bottom corner and the two sides were level after 90 minutes.
The hosts won it on the 100-minute mark when Garner's clever flick nestled into the far corner.
Chorley keeper Branagan nearly equalised in the last minute of extra-time after he came up for a corner, but his spectacular volley went just over the bar.
Ebbsfleet had Anthony Cook sent off for a bad tackle on the stroke of half-time, before Chelmsford went ahead through Bagasan Graham's 25-yard shot.
But the hosts turned the game around with two goals within four minutes of each other in the second half.
Winfield headed in Sam Deering's cross after 72 minutes and Andy Drury's volleyed cross was met by substitute McQueen to return Ebbsfleet to non-league's top flight for the first time since 2013.
Police said they found medical equipment in rooms where they had expected to find the group's former abbot, 72-year-old Phra Dhammajayo.
They say they will keep searching the Dhammakaya temple complex, under a 10-day search warrant.
Officers first entered the site, near Bangkok, on Thursday.
Previous attempts to search the complex were thwarted when thousands of the monk's devotees turned up in his defence.
The latest search is being carried out under an emergency law, after the temple for months failed to hand over Phra Dhammajayo, saying he was too ill to be questioned.
Phra Dhammajayo, who founded the temple, is accused of embezzling its funds. But when officers attempted to search the site last June they were blocked by his supporters.
The abbot appears not to have left the temple for months and has long denied the allegations, saying they are politically motivated.
Founded in the 1970s, it contrasts starkly with the informal, tradition-bound character of most Thai temples. It more closely resembles charismatic cult, with tightly choreographed mass meditations at its flying saucer-like chedi.
It is controversial partly due to its size, its followers intense devotion and its unusual interpretation of Buddhist practice.
It has become wealthy on the back of generous donations, and critics accuse it of distorting Buddhism at the expense of local temples. They also allege links to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Temple followers deny ties but the potential for huge numbers of them to be mobilised in protests may weigh on the minds of the military government.
Thousands of police and soldiers surrounded the site before dawn on Thursday, blocking the roads leading to and from the temple and putting the area under military control.
"We are sealing off the temple and after that we will search all the buildings," said Col Paisit Wongmaung, head of the Department of Special Investigations (DSI).
"If [the abbot] thinks he is innocent he should surrender and enter [a] judicial process," he said.
A spokesman for the temple said he did not know if Phra Dhammajayo was inside.
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Lancaster stepped down on Wednesday following the team's poor World Cup.
Baxter reaffirmed his desire to see out his contract with the Chiefs, who are currently second in the Premiership.
"English coaches are best placed to work on the management of England's best players through into an international environment and get the best out of them," he told BBC Sport.
He cited Northampton's director of rugby Jim Mallinder and Leicester counterpart Richard Cockerill as possible England coaches.
"Richard Cockerill has had a lot of success at Leicester, Jim Mallinder's done very well over a long period at Northampton," said Baxter.
"There are coaches there who have done their time and I would like to think they would at least get asked, or be thought of as genuine contenders, before we start thinking that we've got to bring in an overseas coach."
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The Rugby Football Union's chief executive Ian Ritchie said they would conduct a "global search" and were "looking for a head coach with international experience".
But Baxter, 44, said English rugby's set-up, with players contracted to clubs as opposed to being centrally-contracted to a national union, would make it hard for a southern hemisphere coach.
"England need to be very careful that they don't think they're going to put a coach into the English game, which is built differently through the Premiership clubs, and think that that guy's not going to get quite frustrated with what he wants to put in place," added Baxter.
"We've got a very challenging structure here at club level.
"It's very pressurised with promotion and relegation between the Championship and Premiership, and that creates new pressures and it creates people who can deal with these things and deal with difficult scenarios.
"I don't see why guys who are flourishing in the Premiership can't go on and flourish in the international environment."
Former Gloucester wing James Simpson-Daniel echoed Baxter's call for an English coach to take over the England job by tipping Worcester director of rugby Dean Ryan as the man for the job.
"What we've got to do now is move in the direction of someone with experience. I'll tell you the person I think - but he won't do it - Dean Ryan," Simpson-Daniel, who played under Ryan during his time in charge of the Cherry and Whites, told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
"For 99% of the time when he was at Gloucester, he was brilliant. He's got coaching experience internationally with Scotland. He's had a lot of experience in the Premiership.
"He's a forward, but he's got the best rugby brain that I've ever worked with in a coach. For someone that used to play so physically and brutally on the pitch, he has got a real rugby brain in that head.
"I'd have loved to have seen Dean but I'm pretty sure he won't make himself available."
Former England number eight Ryan, one of the 59 men spoken to by the RFU's exhaustive performance review, was not available ahead of Worcester's European Challenge Cup tie at home to Atlantique Stade Le Rochelais on Saturday.
His place at the Warriors' weekly press conference was taken by his number two, head coach Carl Hogg, who is on good terms with Lancaster, having started his own coaching career under him when his playing days ended at Leeds.
"I know Stuart very well," said the former Melrose, Edinburgh, Leeds and Scotland international. "He's a friend of mine. I played and coached alongside him at Leeds. He's a normal, hardworking bloke. And it's disappointing when someone loses their job.
"Stuart has put a lot of things in place off the field and changed the culture of that England group. We're trying to achieve a similar philosophy here at Worcester. But that takes time.
"It was always going to be tough. It's a results driven industry. If you don't qualify in a home World Cup, there's always going to be pressure.
"It's the nature of what we do. International rugby is all about pressure. If you don't get results, then there's consequences."
Northampton Saints prop Kieran Brookes was given his England Test debut by Lancaster, 46, during the 2014 summer tour of New Zealand and was a member of the World Cup squad.
And the 25-year-old told BBC Look East that Lancaster had "taken the brunt" of England being the first World Cup hosts to be eliminated at the pool stage.
"He's [Lancaster] a good coach, I've only ever had positive memories of it," said Brookes. "I was coached more by Andy Farrell and Graham Rowntree in the World Cup with defence and forwards work, but as a person I got on with him quite well and always had a good relationship with him.
"He's helped bring an identity to the team, he's brought out what it means to play for England. 'Wear the Rose' was one of the big things, pride in the shirt."
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The 21-year-old has agreed a two-year deal at Bloomfield Road, with the option for a further year.
Anderton joined Barrow from Preston in 2016 following two previous loan spells, and made 52 appearances last season as the club finished seventh.
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Davis has already added strikers Ryan Lowe and Chris Dagnall and Newcastle academy midfielder Liam Smith, but believes his squad is still lacking in numbers ahead of the new season.
"I still think we're short in certain areas," Davis told BBC Radio Stoke.
"A winger will be coming in but unless anyone leaves, it's unlikely anyone else will come in."
Although Davis was given an increased budget following relegation from League One last season, finances remain tight at Gresty Road when it comes to strengthening the squad further.
"I can't make the budget stretch that far," Davis, 50, said. "I can't bring anybody in because of the restrictions that I've got."
So for now, Davis will make do with the one new recruit who will add something different.
"He's quick, so he'll get us up the pitch and create problems," Davis said.
"All of our current wingers want to play deep and link the play, and it sometimes isolates the strikers, so we've got to find a way to give them better support with more crosses and shots."
From David Platt and Dean Ashton to Seth Johnson and Danny Murphy, the Alex have had a long-standing reputation of producing players that have gone on to play at a higher level.
Two more academy products - Grant Hanley and Ashley Westwood - could be the latest to net their former club a much-needed windfall due to sell-on clauses when they left Gresty Road.
Blackburn defender Hanley, 24, is a transfer target for Newcastle and Aston Villa midfielder Westwood, 26, has been linked with Premier League newcomers Burnley.
"If it was a possibility, that would be great," Davis said. "I know I can bring in someone who could do a really good job.
"The beauty of these sell-ons is the club gets rewarded and it gets out of a little hole."
But, today, it seems that all roads lead to Russia. Or to its president: Vladimir Putin.
Moscow is a key participant in the Syrian war and in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Russian hackers have been accused of breaking into US servers; the Russian state has been accused of trying to influence the outcome of the US presidential election and of attempting to divide and weaken the European Union.
And yet when Vladimir Putin came to power 16 years ago, he appeared ready for a close friendship with the West. The US President Bill Clinton described him as "smart" and a man with "enormous potential".
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But compliments have given way to confrontation, with a list of differences as long as the Russian winter: Syria, Ukraine, Nato enlargement, missile defence. Western governments are disillusioned with an increasingly authoritarian Kremlin leader. And he no longer trusts them.
"There's a real feeling now that America is out to prove it is the only superpower," believes veteran broadcaster Vladimir Pozner. "That if Russia does not fall into step the way the US wants it to it's going to have to pay a very high price for that.
"The continued expansion of Nato is seen by the Russian leadership, perhaps incorrectly, is seen as being a real threat. You're pushing us, so we're pushing you right back. And we will do whatever we can to make it as unpleasant for you as you've made it for us.
"There is a danger of real confrontation, perhaps leading to some kind of military engagement and war."
This week the popular Russian tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets suggested that the Syrian conflict could spark a "direct military confrontation between Russia and America" - on a par with the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. It warned of a Third World War.
"We had bad relations during the Cold War," says Andrey Kortunov, head of the Russian International Affairs Council, "but during the Cold War the relationship was more or less stable, because we knew what to expect from each other, we knew the rules of the game.
"Today we don't have anything like that. So relations aren't stable. This is what makes this relationship dangerous, arguably more dangerous than in the Cold War."
The US and other western countries have accused Russia of committing war crimes in Syria with air strikes on civilian and humanitarian targets. Moscow denies it and claims it is attacking terrorists.
There may be another objective.
"Russian foreign policy is all about the battle for America's respect," explains political commentator Leonid Radzikhovsky.
"There's nothing else in our foreign policy. I mean 'respect' in the Russian sense: people respecting you because they are scared of you.
"For Putin there is one game in town: first he'll show the Americans the middle finger, then get them to bow down and get them to say 'We want to be your friends'."
This week, President Putin suspended an agreement with America to reduce stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium.
In the form of a draft law to parliament he issued an astonishing list of conditions for resuming the deal: the US must scrap all sanctions against Russia and pay Moscow compensation, and America must reduce troops numbers in some Nato countries.
It is a sign perhaps of President Putin's frustration that, so far, he has been unable to secure the international respect he believes his country deserves.
Would the situation be any different under a different president?
"Of course, individuals and personality matter," says political scientist Ekaterina Schulmann.
"But keep in mind that the current political elite in Russia is composed of males aged 60+, they are very similar in terms of upbringing, in their psychology, their values, in their education and world view. So replacing one for the other wouldn't change things drastically."
Leonid Radzikhovsky is confident that Russia will not go to war with the US.
"Putin is a megalomaniac, he is convinced he is 10 times better than any western leader. But he's not the kind of person to open a window on the 18th floor, declare 'I can fly' and jump out. He has no plan to drop a hydrogen bomb on Washington. Narcissism is one thing; suicidal tendencies are another. He is not suicidal."
Three people were arrested after officers searched four addresses on Friday.
Two of those arrested - a 28-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman - are expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.
A report on the third person, a 31-year-old man, is being prepared for the procurator fiscal.
Ch Insp Jimmy Jones said: "We've been listening to residents and recognise the profound impact drugs have on our communities.
"As a result we've carried out this latest action to disrupt the drug local network and remove these harmful substances from our streets.
"We will continue to work alongside our communities in order to address the crimes and issues that have the greatest impact on people."
Network Rail wants to build a 400m (1,300ft) causeway near Teignmouth.
The project to replace the flood-hit Dawlish line, which connects the south-west to the rest of the country, would see it built about 30 yards out to sea.
The proposal is one of two options being considered by the rail operator. The other would involve stabilising the cliffs.
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Julian Burnell, senior communications manager for Network Rail Western, said it was focusing on areas deemed "most at risk".
"What we've done over the last year or so is compiled an in depth study of the whole coast from Exeter down to Newton Abbot, to work out which areas are the most at risk, and which areas we need to take the most action to protect - not just for the next few years, but over the next 100 years."
The cliffs between Dawlish and Teignmouth have suffered severe damage in the past, with tracks left dangling in mid-air in the wake of storms in 2014.
The line was closed for several weeks in March 2014 and cost the economy up to £1.2bn.
Mr Burnell said that while the Dawlish sea wall is now stronger than ever, the new plans would protect it further.
"We're looking at potentially moving the rail line away from the cliff itself to protect it. That means onto the beach."
Network Rail is launching a public consultation on November 17.
The BBC understands if approved, the project could cost £500m.
Oliver Colville, MP for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, said he did not want to see a repeat of the damage caused in 2014 and warned of the cost associated with the crumbling cliffs.
"[If] the cliffs come down as well that would be incredibly difficult, and cost the west Devon and Cornish economy an enormous amount of money," he said.
Speaking to the BBC two weeks ago, the prime minister said she was aware of the issue along the Dawlish rail line, but wouldn't commit to making funding available for changes.
Andrew Puzder lost the support of several Republican senators after he admitted employing an illegal immigrant as a former housekeeper.
The fast-food billionaire had been criticised for his remarks on women and employees at his restaurants.
He was the first Trump cabinet pick to fail to secure a nomination.
The fallout from Mr Puzder's rancorous 1980s divorce had also returned to dog him.
It recently emerged that his ex-wife, Lisa Fierstein, appeared in disguise as a victim of domestic violence in a 1990 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, titled High Class Battered Women.
They split in 1987, but she later dropped the abuse claims in a child custody agreement.
In an 18 January letter to the Senate committee that had been due to hold Mr Puzder's confirmation hearing, Ms Fierstein said: "Andy is not and was not abusive or violent."
But Susan Collins, one of several Republican senators who withheld support for Mr Puzder, said she was taking the talk show tape into consideration.
The Maine politician told reporters on Monday: "I have gone to view the Oprah Winfrey show for an hour on which his former wife appeared and I am reviewing the other information that has come to light."
The clip was presented last month to members of the Senate panel.
The CKE Restaurants chief executive's opposition to raising the minimum wage, overtime laws and break-time for workers had also drawn the ire of union groups.
Some of his staff at burger chains such as Carl's Jr and Hardee's claimed they were victims of wage theft or sexual harassment in the workplace.
Republican South Carolina Senator Tim Scott said he had voiced reluctance to the Republican leadership to back Mr Puzder.
"As revelations regarding paying employees in cash, illegal immigration, and comments regarding some of the American workforce came to light, I developed serious concerns regarding his nomination," he said.
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO union, argued Mr Puzder would not have protected employees against his own industry.
"How can he possibly go out and defend workers?" he said.
Mr Puzder was also criticised for racy commercials that featured bikini models gorging on fast food.
Defending the strategy, he argued in a 2011 press release: "We believe in putting hot models in our commercials, because ugly ones don't sell burgers."
But perhaps most damagingly, he had admitted failing to pay taxes on an undocumented housekeeper who worked for him for up to five years.
He later repaid back-taxes after being nominated by Mr Trump.
"I fully support the president and his highly qualified team," said Mr Puzder in a statement on Wednesday as he confirmed his withdrawal.
Australia's Michael Matthews beat Greg van Avermaet up to the line in Rodez - but the real story unfolded behind.
Froome finished seventh and turned a six-second deficit into an 18-second lead over Italy's Fabio Aru, who was caught out by the late surge.
"I didn't think I could get the jersey back on this stage," said the Briton.
"It is a great day."
For most of the 181.5kms from Blagnac to Rodez, there was very little to suggest that there would be any serious movement at the top of the general classification.
But anyone who watched the finish in Rodez two years ago - won by Belgian Van Avermaet - would have noticed riders strung along the road during the the tough final uphill sprint that averaged 9.6%.
And it was precisely this that the brilliantly aware Froome and his Sky team exploited to wrestle back the yellow jersey from Aru.
The Italian had capitalised on Froome's laboured finish up to Peyragudes at the end of stage 12 to snatch the overall lead.
After Sky ensured that a high pace was maintained on the long run-in to Rodez, the isolated Astana rider was caught out up the final punchy climb while Froome sprinted strongly to the finish.
"We've given up the yellow jersey once and I've seen a pretty disappointed Froomey when he had to hand it over," Sky's Luke Rowe said at the finish.
"He won't do it again."
French AG2R rider Romain Bardet remains in third, 23 seconds behind Froome with seven stages left before the race ends in Paris on 23 July.
In the end, it was a relatively comfortable victory for Matthews, who had time to lift his hands off his handlebars in celebration as he crossed the line.
Van Avermaet's BMC and Matthews' Sunweb teams had worked hard to ensure that their heavily fancied riders would have the chance to claim a stage that was always unlikely to suit the pure sprinters.
A fairly flat and straightforward stage had just two category three climbs - and such was the pace of the riders that green jersey leader Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel were dropped, finishing in a group more than 13 minutes behind the winners.
Olympic champion Van Avermaet and Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen were well positioned towards the finish but could not prevent Matthews adding to the stage he won in Revel last year.
"A lot of planning went into that day," said 26-year-old Matthews. "Not just today - weeks or months of planning, from my whole team, to deliver a win like that.
"I targeted this stage from the beginning of the year, I've been gearing my efforts around that finish and it came true."
Quick-Step Floors' Dan Martin, sixth in the general classification, has been riding with a back injury and is in no doubt about the need to get through to Monday's rest day.
"It has been a brutal week," said the Irish rider after Saturday's stage.
"Everybody is tired. Nobody is really feeling good. It is a battle of the mind."
Standing between the riders and Monday are the 189.5kms between Laissac-Severac l'Eglise and Le Puy-en-Velay.
There are two category one climbs, one category three, one category four and an intermediate sprint in the middle. It could well be suited to a breakaway from riders such as Britain's Steve Cummings.
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1. Michael Matthews (Aus/Team Sunweb) 4hrs 21mins 56secs
2. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel/BMC) Same Time
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/Team Dimension Data) +1sec
4. Philippe Gilbert (Bel/Quick-Step Floors) Same Time
5. Jay McCarthy (Aus/BORA-hansgrohe) Same Time
6. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita/Bahrain-Merida) Same Time
7. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) Same Time
8. Daniel Martin (Ire/Quick-Step Floors) Same Time
9. Rigoberto Uran (Col/Cannondale-Drapac) Same Time
10. Tiesj Benoot (Bel/Lotto-Soudal) +5secs
1. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 59hrs 52mins 09secs
2. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +19secs
3. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R La Mondiale) +23secs
4. Rigoberto Uran (Col/ Cannondale-Drapac) +29secs
5. Mikel Landa (Spa/Team Sky) +1min 17secs
6. Daniel Martin (Ire/Quick-Step Floors) +1min 26secs
7. Simon Yates (GB/Orica-Scott) +2mins 02secs
8. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +2mins 22secs
9. Louis Meintjes (SA/UAE Team Emirates) +5mins 09secs
10. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek-Segafredo) +5mins 37secs
The 27-year-old heptathlete was honoured at a ceremony on Wednesday hosted by Lord Mayor John Campbell.
She was watched by family, friends and civic dignitaries as she signed the scroll granting her the honour.
Ennis said: "To become a freeman of Sheffield is the biggest civic honour anyone can get and I'm so proud to receive it."
She joins other sporting heroes including fellow athlete Lord Coe and cricketer Michael Vaughan as Sheffield freemen.
Ennis said: "Winning the Olympics in Britain has exceeded everything I could have ever wished for and the reception I have received from my home city has been unbelievable.
"I have to say a big thank you to the people of Sheffield who have believed in me and backed me over the years."
Mr Campbell said: "Becoming a freeman of Sheffield is the highest civic honour we can display and Jessica truly deserves it.
"Jessica is an amazing sportswoman, with incredible success and worldwide appeal.
"For this alone she is worthy of receiving the freedom of the city, but let's not forget the other things she does in Sheffield.
"A patron of two charities that mean so much to the people of Sheffield - the Children's Hospital and Weston Park charities. Her support helps them raise so much for their causes."
Ennis, who was born in Sheffield, went to school and university in the city and continues to live and train there.
Earlier this month, the city council decided the Don Valley Stadium, where Ennis trained, was to be demolished as part of cost-saving measures.
Figures obtained by BBC News show that in the past decade 32 councils have settled claims from former teachers, school staff or pupils.
The National Union of Teachers says up to 300 adults die each year because of exposure to asbestos while at school.
The government says it is investing £23bn to improve school buildings.
But campaigners warn that the presence of asbestos in schools continues to put pupils lives at risk.
"My mum Sue was a teacher for 30 years and her life was cut short because of this horrible material," Lucie Stephens said.
"As she was dying she was really angry and concerned about the 900 children that she'd taught during her career. If my mum has been exposed to this deadly substance, how many of those children will have been exposed?"
Using the Freedom of Information Act, BBC Yorkshire has obtained figures from 135 councils in England, that show there are at least 12,600 council-run schools where asbestos is known to be present.
The number of actual schools that contain asbestos is likely to be higher as many have become academies and so are not included in the figures.
It is widely accepted that any school building built before the year 2000 is likely to contain some form of asbestos.
In the last five years local authorities have also recorded 99 instances of significant asbestos disturbances, where people have been put in danger because of potential exposure to the substance.
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was commonly used as a building material because of its fireproof and insulating characteristics.
A complete ban on the use of the material was introduced in the UK in 1999.
If left undisturbed the material poses no risk to human beings.
However, if someone breathes in asbestos fibres, it can cause serious illnesses such as asbestosis and a type of lung cancer called mesothelioma.
Mesothelioma kills around 5,000 people each year. By the time it is diagnosed it is almost always fatal.
Source: Health and Safety Executive
Dennis Law, from Sheffield, lost his wife Susan who died at the age of 64 from mesothelioma.
"The end of her life was horrific, she had ulcers and red blotches all over her body.
"For 20 years my wife was a teaching assistant and a dinner lady, and she shouldn't have died because of where she worked".
The BBC's investigation also discovered there is no uniform approach to monitoring the presence of asbestos in schools in England.
Of those that responded, 13 councils said they held no information about which schools in their area contained the hazardous material.
Ten councils also refused to disclose information about the number of asbestos cases it had settled; meaning it is likely that more than £10m has been paid out in compensation to victims.
"This is a ticking time bomb because very few teachers and parents know that there is asbestos in schools. The very least we should do is make sure that this information is available to them," said Rachel Reeves MP, chair of the Asbestos in Schools group.
Speaking to the BBC last month Education Secretary Justine Greening said a recent government review had provided schools with the latest advice in how to keep pupils and staff safe.
"In the overwhelming number of cases we do remove asbestos from schools, but in some cases our experts are telling us its better to leave the material in place. What our review had done though is given us a clear blueprint for how we tackle this issue going forward and that is what we are focussed on doing," Ms Greening said.
A spokesperson for the Department for Education added: "The health and safety of children and staff in our schools is vital - that's why we are investing £23bn in school buildings by 2021.
"This will help ensure asbestos is managed safely and that the amount in school buildings continues to reduce over time."
Additional reporting by Nicola Hudson, Nicola Rees and Ruth Green.
In 2015, after you've paid for your Mocha Frappuccino on your mobile, Starbucks will experiment with bringing it straight to you.
Own a Volvo? Since February, Volvo On Call pilot Roam has let couriers leave parcels and groceries in the boot of your car.
And in parts of the US, crowdsourced couriers, location data and top secret algorithms seem to be taking the place of dispatchers with two-way radios.
We have seen the future, and it is wearing a GPS device.
Same-day delivery firms Urbanfetch, which halted operations in 2000, and Webvan and Kozmo.com - both ceasing trading in 2001 - were prominent names in the dotcom bubble which burst in 2001.
Kozmo was particularly memorable for not charging delivery fees, although its overheads included large warehouses full of inventory.
What is different today?
For one, purchasing on mobile devices is growing by 50% annually, compared with the rest of the e-commerce sector at 10%.
It is transforming the way we shop. And mobiles can increasingly be used in delivery as well as purchase.
For four years, Jaron Waldman headed Apple's Geo team, leading projects on location services, local search, user positioning, and geo-coding.
He left to co-found his own start-up, Curbside.
"In a sense, we felt those same-day delivery services are fighting the last war a little bit, trying to get the goods to your house, where what's important is instant," says Mr Waldman.
When customers purchase a product and come to collect it, Curbside uses their background location to alert store staff they are on their way.
"As you come up, they greet you by name, put it in your backseat, 15 seconds, a really delightful experience," he says.
There were two problems he had to solve.
One was getting to the point Curbside could reliably notify shops that someone was nearby to pick up an order, without draining the customer's battery.
The second was accurately representing inventory. Store inventory systems are not always perfect, and a shopper might have items in a trolley, while the database believes it is on the shelf.
Mr Waldman says he is walking in the footsteps of earlier attempts such as Milo, acquired by eBay in December 2010 for $75m (£48m; €61m).
Since then, retailers have put more inventory records online, customers have moved towards mobile purchasing, and mobile devices now need less battery to share a shopper's location.
The company plans to experiment in different test markets in San Francisco, which with its proximity to Silicon Valley, has an unusual concentration of early adopters and marketplace noise, says Mr Waldman.
Bastian Lehmann moved to Silicon Valley from London to begin Postmates, a GPS delivery service he describes as an "anti-Amazon system".
"Amazon comes along and builds a warehouse outside a city," he says.
"We like to say the city's our warehouse. We try to understand the inventory available, hacking the city, and having a fleet of delivery people that distribute these inventories."
The company's delivery people operate on bicycles, motorcycles, and in cars, and its fleet has become the largest on-demand delivery service in the US. Postmates does more than 25,000 deliveries a week, covering 17 cities.
It costs from $5 to $12 (£3.18-£7.64, €4.06-€9.75) depending on the distance, with additional charges during peak times.
Mr Lehmann had the idea for Postmates in 2005, but, like Mr Waldman, says boom in smartphones "made all of this possible".
Postmates is now principally constrained by its number of couriers, rather than customers, says Mr Lehmann.
"Getting my laundry done was quite easy in Latin America, but in America I had trouble," quips Jordan Metzner, founder and chief executive of Washio.
He had spent five years building a chain of burrito restaurants in Latin America.
Spurred by his own need for clean clothes, and intrigued by the success of Uber, Mr Metzner began developing an on-demand service for laundry and dry cleaning. It went live in March 2013 and now operates in six US cities.
Users select 30-minute slots for their clothes to be picked up and returned, and there is a one-day turnaround.
Like the other entrepreneurs, Mr Metzner says that without smartphones his company would not be possible.
"We've built our own algorithm, allowing drivers - we call them ninjas - to be routed and re-routed," he says.
"If one was to be delayed or not be able to find parking, his future orders would then be re-routed to other drivers, and orders would be re-fed back to him as soon as he was back on track."
Mr Metzner says the company's trade has grown by a factor of eleven in the year leading up to October.
In general, he believes, on-demand commerce represents "a massive opportunity and a market that has never been available till now".
Much of the innovation has taken place in Silicon Valley.
But in the UK, the Samwer brothers' firm Rocket Internet - specialising in cloning successful US models for other markets - launched the EatFirst food delivery app for the City of London in August, followed in November by a laundry app for central London, ZipJet.
"Most people consider it an honour when they rip off your business," says Washio's Jordan Metzner.
GPS-driven courier delivery service Shutl has operated in the UK since 2010, and was bought by eBay last year.
Its first employee, Guy Westlake, recently left to launch a network of home-based delivery launderers, called Lavanda, currently operating in Islington.
Fifteen years after Kozmo, smartphones have made all the difference.
Rare outside Japan before the 2004-6 spread of the Blackberry and the 2007 launch of the iPhone, 58% of US adults now own one, and the number is higher in Britain, at 72%.
Fifteen years ago, in the dot-com boom, instant-courier services promised much. But now, with smartphones increasingly in every pocket, it seems GPS delivers.
Both men were taken to Altnagelvin Hospital after the incident in Laburnum Terrace.
The police said the 28-year-old was arrested for aggravated burglary in relation to the incident.
Detectives also want to speak to a woman who tried to flag down passing motorists for help during the incident.
There is great concern across Europe about the collapse of bee populations.
Neonicotinoid chemicals in pesticides are believed to harm bees and the European Commission says they should be restricted to crops not attractive to bees and other pollinators.
But many farmers and crop experts argue that there is insufficient data.
Fifteen countries voted in favour of a ban - not enough to form a qualified majority. According to EU rules the Commission will now have the option to impose a two-year restriction on neonicotinoids - and the UK cannot opt out.
The Commission says it wants the moratorium to begin no later than 1 December this year.
The UK did not support a ban - it argues that the science behind the proposal is inconclusive. It was among eight countries that voted against, while four abstained.
Wild species such as honey bees are said by researchers to be responsible for pollinating around one-third of the world's crop production.
There is heated debate about what has triggered the widespread decline in bee populations. Besides chemicals, many experts point to the parasitic varroa mite, viruses that attack bees and neglect of hives.
After Monday's vote the EU Health Commissioner, Tonio Borg, said "the Commission will go ahead with its text in the coming weeks".
"I pledge to do my utmost to ensure that our bees, which are so vital to our ecosystem and contribute over 22bn euros (£18.5bn; $29bn) annually to European agriculture, are protected."
Greenpeace EU agriculture policy director Marco Contiero said Monday's vote "makes it crystal clear that there is overwhelming scientific, political and public support for a ban.
"Those countries opposing a ban have failed."
An EU vote last month was inconclusive, so the Commission proposal went to an appeals committee on Monday - and again the countries were split on the issue.
Some restrictions are already in place for neonicotinoids in France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia.
The three neonicotinoids are clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam.
A report published by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) in January concluded that the pesticides posed a "high acute risk" to pollinators, including honeybees.
However, it added that in some cases it was "unable to finalise the assessments due to shortcomings in the available data".
There was ferocious lobbying both for and against in the run-up to Monday's vote, the BBC's Chris Morris reports from Brussels.
Nearly three million signatures were collected in support of a ban. Protesters against neonicotinoids rallied in Westminster on Friday.
Campaign organiser Andrew Pendleton of the environmental group Friends of the Earth said "leading retailers have already taken action by removing these pesticides from their shelves and supply chains - the UK government must act too".
Chemical companies and pesticide manufacturers have been lobbying just as hard - they argue that the science is inconclusive, and that a ban would harm food production.
The UK government seems to agree with the industry lobby. It objected to the proposed ban in its current form. The chief scientific adviser, Sir Mark Walport, has said restrictions on the use of pesticides should not be introduced lightly, and the idea of a ban should be dropped.
The EU moratorium will not apply to crops non-attractive to bees, or to winter cereals.
It will prohibit the sale and use of seeds treated with neonicotinoid pesticides.
And there will be a ban on the sale of neonicotinoids to amateur growers.
There have been a number of studies showing that the chemicals, made by Bayer and Syngenta, do have negative impacts on bees.
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 the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) argues that these studies were mainly conducted in the laboratory and do not accurately reflect field conditions.
He announced the start of formal negotiations on a trade deal worth hundreds of billions of pounds, aimed at boosting exports and driving growth.
Mr Cameron said a successful agreement would have a greater impact than all other world trade deals put together.
The talks were announced ahead of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.
US President Barack Obama said the first round of negotiations would take place in Washington in July. They aim to conclude by the end of 2014.
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The French have already expressed misgivings about parts of the trade deal. They are worried that if they cannot protect their film industry from Hollywood's dominance, their unique artistic culture will be undermined.
After intense talks with other EU countries last week, it seems the French have persuaded the negotiators to honour what they call a cultural exclusion.
That leaves the way open for other sectors to say they are also exceptional and should not be included in the trade deal.
The French claim the Americans want to exclude financial services from the free trade negotiations. The Americans have not acknowledged that publicly but it is a reminder that behind closed doors the discussions might be very difficult.
Mr Obama said he was confident of reaching an agreement.
"There are going to be sensitivities on both sides... but if we can look beyond the narrow concerns to stay focused on the big picture... I'm hopeful we can achieve [a deal]."
Mr Cameron said the deal could be worth £100bn to the EU economy, £80bn to the US and £85bn to the rest of the world.
He said the pact could create two million jobs, and lead to more choice and lower prices in shops.
"This is a once-in-a-generation prize and we are determined to seize it," said Mr Cameron.
European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso. who will lead the negotiations with President Obama, said that integrating the EU and US economies would not be easy but "we will find convincing answers to legitimate concerns".
"We'll find solutions to thorny issues, we'll keep our eyes on the prize and we will succeed," he said.
Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, said: "Together Europe and the United States are the backbone of the world economy. Opening up that space further for opportunities for business and consumers is simply common sense."
The trade talks had been under threat from a potential veto from France, but on Friday EU ministers agreed to French demands to exclude the film and television industry from the talks.
Some had argued that omitting the media business from the trade talks even before they had begun could prompt the US to seek exemptions for other sectors.
The timeframe for the talks to conclude - 18 months - may surprise some, given that similar trade deals in the past have involved years of negotiations.
The formal launch of the talks has been on the cards for some time.
Free trade between the US and the EU has been under discussion for several years, and a US-EU working group was established in 2011 to discuss the prospect of a free trade agreement.
The EU has said the deal will focus on bringing down remaining tariffs and other barriers to trade, and standardise technical regulations and certifications.
Currently the US and EU impose relatively low tariffs on goods traded between them, but analysts say other barriers are often in place to prevent European companies competing in the US and vice versa.
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One example is found in the car industry, where the EU and the US employ equally strict - but differing - safety standards, meaning that European car makers must meet both before they can sell cars in the US market, putting them at a disadvantage.
Agriculture is also expected to be a significant bone of contention.
The European farming industry is already heavily subsidised through the Common Agricultural Policy, and the European agriculture minister has already expressed reservations about the impact a free-trade deal might have.
The US government is also likely to come under pressure from domestic businesses who have in the past called for protectionist measures to prevent the market from being swamped by cheaper Chinese imports.
The trade announcement came ahead of a two-day meeting of G8 leaders in Lough Erne, County Fermanagh. In other developments:
Joining the UK and US for the 39th Summit of the Group of Eight are Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Canada and Japan.
The wide-ranging agenda focused on the global economy on Monday, and on Tuesday will turn to tax transparency and counter-terrorism issues.
The picture features stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman dressed in period costume for the episode, which is set in Victorian times.
Creator Steven Moffat revealed earlier this year the special would be a historical adventure that stood alone from the main series.
Series four of Sherlock is due to return to screens in 2017.
The BBC has not confirmed when the special episode will be broadcast, but it is rumoured to be around Christmas time this year.
Speaking ahead of a Sherlock panel at Comic-Con later, Moffat said the 90-minute episode would be "a different version of the show we're used to".
"It's like we checked the books and discovered we'd set it in the wrong time period by mistake and it's like we're correcting it," he said.
"We're really proud of it, we think it's a real cracker. But that'll be it until series four."
The writer also bemoaned Twitter after quitting the social media platform in 2012.
"I think Twitter is a useful tool for promoting a show, but I think it is the worst possible form of audience research," he said.
"That is not a typical audience member talking. It might be interesting, it might be witty, it might be clever, it might be insightful, but it's not what they're all saying."
He said one of the biggest pitfalls was "mistaking Twitter's reaction for the audience's reaction".
"People on Twitter are having fun, they're making gags... it's like overhearing a pub conversation, when you're at a pub do you tell the truth, or do you try and get attention?"
Moffat added he and co-creator Mark Gatiss had yet to begin writing Sherlock's fourth series.
The third series bowed out last year with the detective appearing to shoot villain Charles Augustus Magnussen, and teased viewers criminal mastermind Moriarty may have cheated death and be set for a return.
Their chairs of governors said a single child's performance could mean a school was judged to be amber, or "in need of improvement".
The system rates the best schools as green, followed by yellow, amber, and red for schools deemed in the greatest need of improvement.
A second list of ratings was published by Welsh ministers on Thursday.
On Thursday, governors from small primaries in Flintshire, Wrexham, Powys, Denbighshire, Gwynedd and Conwy backed an open letter to Education Minister Huw Lewis by the chair of the 67-pupil Ysgol yr Esgob primary school in Caerwys, Flintshire.
Roland Ward wrote: "Even if [a] pupil has additional learning needs and has made exceptional progress the scheme deems that pupil to have failed to have made the grade, and this can mean that the school is 'in need of improvement'.
"There are, no doubt, those in government who will claim that objections of this kind prove that they are 'tough on standards'.
"However, that claim can only be sustained if the measurements are competent and fair."
"This year's scheme, when applied to many small schools, is neither," Mr Ward added.
Russian athletes are currently banned from international competition after allegations of state-organised doping.
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko says the ban should be lifted but Sayers thinks it should remain.
"I'd almost go as far as to say I wouldn't want to compete in Rio if Russia were competing," she added.
"But if they are reinstated and I didn't compete I'd be cheating myself out of another opportunity at the Olympics."
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Sayers finished fourth at the 2008 Games in Beijing but could be upgraded to bronze after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to re-test hundreds of samples.
Following those re-tests, Maria Abakumova, who won javelin silver eight years ago, was named as one of 14 Russian athletes to have tested positive.
Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova, who won bronze in Beijing, has also been named by Russian television but has vowed to clear her name.
Up to 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from competing at the Rio Games following the retesting of 454 selected doping samples from the 2008 Games.
The IOC said it would not be revealing the names of athletes who had returned positive results until B samples had been tested and individuals informed.
Sayers said she would be "happy" to received a retrospective bronze medal but also "immensely angry" at missing out on a place on the podium eight years ago.
"I think my career would have taken a totally different trajectory, no doubt," she told BBC Radio 5 live. "It's not the same if you receive a medal through the post."
But Foreign Minister Tobias Ellwood warned the death toll was likely to rise.
He said it was "the most significant terrorist attack on the British people" since the London 7/7 bombing in 2005.
A Tunisian student linked to Islamic State (IS) carried out the gun attack in Sousse which killed 38.
Network Rail said services were now running on one of two tracks, with a 5mph speed limit beside the site where engineers are carrying out repairs.
Buses are also running on certain services.
A spokesman blamed the landslip on Thursday on "consistent" high levels of rainfall on already saturated ground.
He added: "Our aerial footage highlighted the scale of ground movement which led us to close the line as a precaution while we confirmed the next steps to tackle this issue.
"Extensive repairs will be needed to fix this and we will have more details of this over the next few days."
Alex Hynes, managing director for Northern Rail said: "We are pleased to reinstate a limited Northern Rail Service following Network Rail's work over the weekend.
"I would like to apologise to customers for the disruption and thank them for their ongoing patience while the situation is resolved."
It is scarcely the answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything. Which, if you remember from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was 42.
However, I invite you today - as I have been comparably invited - to consider the good people of Helensburgh and the delight they take in swimming.
Why, I hear you ask, not unreasonably? Because the fair burgh on the Clyde got five million quid in the 2016 UK Budget to spend on a pool.
And? And it wasn't part of the Barnett formula in any way. It was cash on the nail, for lanes and diving boards and the like.
This matters how? Because it proves, according to the UK government, that money may be allocated outwith Barnett - just as in the case of the £1bn going to Northern Ireland as part of the confidence and supply deal with the DUP.
Told you it was a stretch.
Still, let us give it a run (or, in the case of Helenburgh, let us take the plunge). Let us consider, dispassionately, as always, the competing arguments.
Firstly, the formula named after Joel Barnett does not generally draw comparisons between Scotland and the other devolved territories of the UK.
It predicates a sum spent upon government departments in England and applies two factors. The comparability factor - that is, the extent to which the English spending compares with demands placed upon a devolved administration.
And the population factor - a sum which calculates the relative numbers of citizens in England, Scotland etc.
So, strictly, the cash for NI does not, of itself, instantly demand Barnett comparability.
Then two other points. The Barnett formula is non-statutory. Its rules are by convention and agreement. Its rules are, ultimately, what the Treasury say they are.
And there has been formula bypass in the past. I refer my honourable friends to the topic of the Helensburgh swimming pool, no doubt to be a source of joy and delight to the residents of John Logie Baird's birthplace. Plus City Deals and substantial cash for NI in the past.
Good caveats all. Reasonable and arguable. Expect to hear them advanced in the coming days.
However, there is a wee snag here. It was not the opposition parties who insisted, initially, upon the application of the Barnett formula in relation to any putative DUP deal. It was the Secretary of State. For Scotland.
In advance of today's deal, David Mundell said there were rules about funding in the UK. Clear rules. And, he added, if the funding fell within the scope of Barnett then cash should come to Scotland too.
Indeed, he signalled that he would contest any deal which breached that position.
Pedants that they are, Mr Mundell's rivals now want to hold the Secretary of State to his word. They say he should join them - the Scottish and Welsh governments plus others - in demanding a wider distribution of cash.
The Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson says this is hypocrisy. That those critics know that formula bypass is feasible. That the deal is intended to ensure UK stability.
And the line from the Scotland Office? I suspect they have had better days. But they insist that the Secretary of State was simply demanding clarity: that he wanted an upfront deal, rather than anything in any way underhand.
It is implied further that he may now be able to wield influence to secure future advantage for Scotland with the Treasury, citing today's controversy.
Somehow, I cannot see Mr Mundell's critics buying that one. Carwyn Jones, the Welsh First Minister, calls the package "an outrageous straight bung". He dismisses talk that it compares with formula-bypassing expenditure such as city deals (or the Helensburgh poll which, unaccountably, he failed to mention).
And Nicola Sturgeon? She says it is a "grubby, shameless deal" which deprives Scotland of, potentially, around £2.9bn.
These critics say they do not remotely begrudge additional expenditure in Northern Ireland. They simply want comparability. And they question whether the cash would have been contemplated at all had Theresa May gained a majority in the Commons.
They think they know the answer to that one. And it is not 42.
It received 196 complaints per 100,000 passenger journeys between April and June this year, according to regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
Virgin said it encouraged feedback so complaints were "not the best way to measure" passenger satisfaction.
Virgin East Coast was second on the complaints list with a rate of 142.3.
Chiltern was third, with 102.2 complaints per 100,000 passenger journeys - up 63% from the same period last year.
Despite topping the complaints list, Virgin Trains West Coast's figure fell from 231.8 in the previous quarter.
The operator, which recently began an automatic compensation scheme for delayed customers who booked online, said: "At Virgin Trains we encourage people to feed back about our services and make it easier to do so than any other train company... As a result, complaints are not the best way to measure passenger satisfaction."
The company added: "In the most recent independent survey by the industry watchdog, Transport Focus, 88% of Virgin Trains passengers on the west coast thought we provided a good service, and we are consistently at or near the top of the long-distance operators."
ORR's analysis does not include Grand Central and Hull Trains services.
Earlier this year rules changed so passengers receiving compensation for rail delays could claim cash rather than vouchers.
The new Libyan government indicated in December it was prepared to open all files relating to the bombing.
Pan Am flight 103 was blown up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people.
Bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, a Libyan agent, died last year having been released from a Scottish jail in 2009.
Megrahi was released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds, suffering from terminal prostate cancer.
He remains the only person ever convicted of the bombing, but Scottish police hope to pursue other suspects in Libya following the country's revolution and downfall of Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.
Mr Cameron announced at a joint news conference in Tripoli with his Libyan counterpart Ali Zeidan that officers from Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary had been granted permission to visit the country.
He said: "I am delighted that the Dumfries and Galloway police team will be able to visit your country to look into the issues around the Lockerbie bombing."
The officers are expected to travel to Libya in March.
A spokesman for the police force said: "Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary welcomes the support of the Libyan authorities for the ongoing investigation.
"Travel details and dates cannot be released for security reasons, and to protect the integrity of the investigation."
The father of one of the victims of the bombing welcomed the news but said officers must travel "with an open mind".
Dr Jim Swire, who lost his daughter Flora, believes that Megrahi was wrongly convicted.
Scotland's top prosecutor had previously written to the new Libyan prime minister for help and the UK government had said it was pressing Tripoli "for swift progress and co-operation" on the Lockerbie case.
In April last year, Scotland's Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland travelled to Tripoli with the director of the FBI, Robert Mueller, requesting co-operation after the fall of Gaddafi.
This was followed in May by a meeting with Libya's interim prime minister in London to discuss further inquires into the bombing.
A statement from the Crown Office in Scotland said it welcomed Libyan support for the ongoing investigation.
A Crown Office spokesperson said: "The investigation into the involvement of others with Megrahi in the Lockerbie bombing remains open and Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary continues to work with Crown Office and US authorities to pursue available lines of enquiry."
The Office for National Statistics is to devise questions for a household survey, to be carried out up to four times a year.
This follows calls by David Cameron, when leader of the opposition, to look at "general wellbeing", arguing there was "more to life than money".
Downing Street promised an announcement "reasonably soon".
Happiness measuring is expected to begin as soon as next spring with the results published regularly, possibly on a quarterly basis
Such a move has been proposed by two Nobel Prize-winning economists and is being considered by the governments of France and Canada.
After becoming Conservative leader in 2005, Mr Cameron said gauging people's wellbeing was one of the "central political issues of our time".
He said: "It's time we admitted that there's more to life than money, and it's time we focused not just on GDP but on GWB - general wellbeing."
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In its recent Spending Review, the government said there was "widespread acknowledgement that GDP is not the ideal measure of well-being".
A Downing Street spokesman said: "There is a huge literature on this issue and it's something that the prime minister spoke about in opposition and it's something this government says it is going to look at.
"But as to precisely what we are going to do and when we are going to do it, you should wait and see."
Almost 30 MPs have signed a Commons motion, proposed by Lib Dem Jo Swinson, arguing that "promoting happiness and well-being is a legitimate and important goal of government".
Ms Swinson said: "This is a positive and forward-looking move by the government, which will give us a much better idea of the health of UK society.
"Relying solely on GDP to track the nation's progress excludes many of the things that we all know to be important, but that can't be measured by money.
"What gets measured gets done. While it's not government's job to make people happy, regular measures of wellbeing will at least make sure it is taken into account."
Existing surveys suggest Britons' happiness has remained broadly static for at least 25 years, the motion says, arguing that the data should be used to inform policy.
The UK's National Statistician, Jil Matheson, who will oversee the happiness measurement, said: "There is growing international recognition that to measure national well-being and progress there is a need to develop a more comprehensive view, rather than focusing solely on gross domestic product.
"Important though that indicator is, there is a need to look at broader economic measures, 'quality-of-life' indicators and the impact progress has on the environment to assess national well-being, and how the UK is doing."
But UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom said it was an attempt "to invoke voodoo sociology in the service of a bigger and interfering state".
"I can guarantee that the only results of this proposal will be greater spending, greater bossing around and a decrease in happiness across the board," he added.
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Cheryl James, 18, from Llangollen, Denbighshire, was found shot dead at Deepcut barracks in November 1995.
The BBC looks back at the case.
A modern strain of bird flu has been found in penguins living on the snowy continent, although it does not seem to be making them ill.
Conservationists say penguins need better protection through monitoring for new diseases and safeguarding their breeding and fishing grounds.
Bird flu is an infectious disease of poultry and wild birds.
Scientists found an unusual strain of bird flu among penguins on Antarctica a few years ago.
A second strain has now been discovered, suggesting viruses are reaching the continent more often than previously thought.
"This is a concern because avian influenza viruses that can be deadly in many birds have recently circulated in North America," said Dr Aeron Hurt of the Peter Doherty Institute in Melbourne, who visited the continent to survey penguins and other birds.
He said the virus discovered did not seem to cause any illness in the birds, but the fact that it is down on the Antarctic Peninsula showed there was potential for deadlier viruses to also travel there.
"The impact of a pathogenic influenza virus, one that causes death or severe illness in birds, would have a really devastating impact," he added.
The Antarctic Peninsula is too far south to be part of the main flyways across the world for migratory birds.
However, a few birds do migrate there from North and South America.
Experts say a better understanding is needed of how viruses reach the continent.
Rory Crawford, seabird policy officer of the RSPB, said penguins were the second most threatened group of seabirds after albatrosses, so any new potential threats were of concern.
"Every effort needs to be made to prevent future transmission and its potential impacts on the unique birdlife of Antarctica," he said.
"Further, broader penguin conservation needs to be stepped up to help these imperilled birds - including through the protection of breeding habitat, identification and proper protection of marine protected areas and appropriate fisheries management."
Dr Derek Gatherer, of the University of Lancaster, said the findings suggested that the bird flu had originated in the northern hemisphere and entered Antarctica recently.
"Penguins are therefore under threat from highly pathogenic avian flu, despite their isolation," he said.
The research was published in the Journal of Virology.
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Adam Mackie, 19, held a blade to his boss's throat before the scarf covering his face slipped in the "terrifying" hold-up at the Iceland shop.
Mackie, from Caerphilly - who had worked there for five months - later admitted robbery.
Judge Thomas Crowther QC jailed him at Cardiff Crown court on Wednesday.
The court heard how Mackie targeted the Cardiff Road store in the early hours in March knowing there would be just a few colleagues stacking shelves.
Prosecutor Tony Trigg said Mackie repeatedly told the duty manager he would "have his throat slit" unless £1,000 was stuffed in a bag.
"It was a clearly terrifying incident involving the use of knives," he added.
But Mackie was recognised when part of his face was revealed during his escape and he was later arrested.
Judge Crowther said Mackie "hated" the duty manager and "seemed to relish the opportunity to 'give him a kicking'."
A 15-year-old boy who was Mackie's accomplice was handed a two-year detention and training order.
Some 275,000 payments were stranded by the problem that caused anger among customers ahead of the bank holiday in parts of the UK in late August.
In a letter to a committee of MPs, the bank said the delays were caused because it tried to push too big a payment through the system in one go.
HSBC has now changed its methods.
The fault meant that it was not just HSBC customers who were affected, but also customers of other banks who were expecting payments, such as wages, from HSBC accounts.
The bank received 326 complaints as a result and has had to pay £29,000 in compensation.
BBC News reported one case in which a payment was stranded, preventing a couple to move into their new home. They were forced to check into a hotel, with all their belongings in the back of removal vans.
In a newly published letter to the Treasury Committee, HSBC explains that on the Wednesday night a file was sent to BACS - the system that processes electronic payments in the UK - which exceeded the £1bn limit placed in the system.
As a result, the payment was declined, causing the backlog. The bank said this was the first time in 47 years of using the system that this had happened.
It said it had changed its systems to ensure the problem did not happen again.
Aguero swept in his 22nd Premier League goal this season to lift his chances of finishing the campaign as top scorer.
Tottenham missed several chances, with Harry Kane unable to add to his goal tally and City keeper Joe Hart superb.
Second-placed City's win puts them nine points and 24 goals clear of Liverpool, in fifth, with three games left.
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And while the result provided a little respite for City manager Manuel Pellegrini, it remains to be seen whether it will help save his job after a disappointing season.
Defeat for Tottenham, in sixth, leaves them seven points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester United with nine points left to play for.
Yet Mauricio Pochettino's side could well have won the game had they been more ruthless in front of goal.
City, who had lost their previous four away league games, looked uncomfortable when defending at set-pieces, while their offside trap threatened to get them into trouble more than once.
The visitors had to survive a number of scares - the first coming when an unmarked Eric Dier headed wide from a corner, and the last when Hart pushed away Erik Lamela's stoppage-time volley.
But this was not Tottenham's day, nor Kane's.
The England international was unable to punish Pellegrini's side, rolling an early shot wide after being played clear, before being frustrated by Hart in the second half.
Kane began the day one goal behind Aguero in the race to finish as the Premier League's leading scorer - and the Argentina international, who had a strong first-half penalty appeal rejected, extended his lead just seconds after City had almost conceded from a corner.
David Silva sprinted away on to a Hart throw, and Aguero timed his run perfectly to meet the through pass and sweep a beautiful shot high into the net.
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City's defence failed again just before half-time as Kane's diagonal ball from the left found Ryan Mason unattended, but the finish was hesitant and Hart spread himself to block.
Pellegrini's side may have been vulnerable in defence, but Aguero's tireless efforts ensured they were a consistent attacking threat.
The striker almost scored a wonderful second-half goal from a one-two with Fernandinho, but he screwed wide after rounding keeper Hugo Lloris.
Aleksandar Kolarov and substitute Wilfried Bony could have added further goals before a late flurry of Tottenham pressure, but Pellegrini came out on top.
Musa, 23, joins the Premier League champions after helping CSKA win the Russian title.
Southampton, Everton and West Ham were interested in the forward.
Musa is Leicester's fourth signing of the summer after goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler, defender Luis Hernandez and midfielder Nampalys Mendy.
Leicester's new signing joined CSKA in 2012 and scored 54 goals in 168 games, and has scored 11 times in 58 appearances for Nigeria since making his debut in 2010.
He scored twice in his country's 3-2 defeat by 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.
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A team from the university's school of computing will carry out the three-year study with colleagues in Edinburgh.
Evidence suggests changes to veins and arteries in the eye could be linked to diseases including stroke and cardiovascular disease.
The team will study if this could act as an "early warning" of Alzheimer's.
The new study uses specially-developed computer software to analyse high-definition images of the eye from multiple instruments to establish whether such changes in the eye could act as an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease.
The team will further develop existing software and cross-reference data with medical history information stored at Ninewells Hospital to see if a relationship can be established.
Emanuele Trucco, professor of computational vision at the school of computing, is leading the project.
He said: "If you can look into someone's eyes using an inexpensive machine and discover something which may suggest a risk of developing dementia, then that's a very interesting proposition.
"There is the promise of early warning in a non-invasive way and there is also the fact that we even might be able to use the test to differentiate between different types of dementia."
The project has been funded as part of an £8m investment at 11 universities by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
The body's chief executive Prof Philip Nelson said: "The UK faces a huge challenge over the coming decades, we have an ageing population and a likely rise in the numbers of people suffering from dementias.
"These research projects will improve our abilities to detect and understand dementias and how the disease progresses."
The study will begin in April 2015 and run for three years.
The scientists claim that a thigh bone found in August contains remarkably well-preserved marrow cells, which could form the starting point of the experiment.
The team claim that the cloning could be complete within the next five years.
But others have cast doubt on whether such a thing is possible.
The team, from the Siberian mammoth museum and Japan's Kinki University, said that they planned to extract a nucleus from the animal's bone marrow and insert it into the egg of an African elephant.
Similar procedures have been done before with mixed results.
In 2009it was reportedthat the recently extinct Pyrenean ibex was brought back to life briefly using 10-year-old DNA from the animal's skin. The cloned ibex died within minutes of being born, due to breathing difficulties.
The Roslin Institute, famous for cloning Dolly the sheep, no longer conducts cloning work but haspublished some thoughtson the possibilities of bringing extinct species back to life.
It said it was extremely unlikely such an experiment would be successful, especially using an elephant surrogate.
"First, a suitable surrogate mother animal is required. For the mammoth this would need to be a cow (as best biological fit) but even here the size difference may preclude gestation to term," it said.
The success rate for such an experiment would be in the range of 1-5%, it said.
The second issue would be the need for viable whole cells.
"If there are intact cells in this tissue they have been 'stored' frozen. However, if we think back to what actually happened to the animal - it died, even if from the cold, the cells in the body would have taken some time to freeze. This time lag would allow for breakdown of the cells, which normally happens when any animal dies. Then the carcass would freeze. So it is unlikely that the cells would be viable," it said.
Assuming that viable cells are found it becomes a numbers game, it went on.
"Let's say that one in a thousand cells were nevertheless viable, practical issues come into play. Given that we have an efficiency of 1% cloning for livestock species and if only one in a thousand cells are viable then around 100,000 cells would need to be transferred," it said.
Charles Foster, a fellow at Green Templeton College, Oxford, seemed more optimistic.
"The idea of mammoth cloning isn't completely ridiculous.
"How the resultant embryos would fare beyond the stage of a few cells is more or less unknown," he said.
While most of the genetic coding of the embryo would come from the mammoth, some would come from the elephant ovum.
"We really don't know what the contribution of that cytoplasmic material is, or how it would interact with 'alien' DNA," he said.
It would however mean that, even if successful, the clone would be a hybrid rather than a pure mammoth.
Muslim designer Anniesa Hasibuan's show was also one of the first by an Indonesian at the prestigious annual event.
At a time when what Muslim women choose to wear is causing intense debate, many are calling Hasibuan's move a historic moment in bringing the hijab into the mainstream.
The Islamic veil across Europe
Inspired by her hometown Jakarta, Hasibuan presented trousers, flowing tunic and gowns, in luxurious fabrics and detailed embroidery, all worn with hijabs.
A relative newcomer, 30-year-old Hasibuan received a standing ovation at the end of her show earlier this week.
"Behind the success of a show there is a great team that was strong and sturdy when it was hit by dissent," she wrote on Instagram. "And we can handle it."
Melanie Elturk, chief executive of Haute Hijab - a US brand selling hijabs and modest fashion - was at the show.
"I believe fashion is one of the outlets in which we can start that cultural shift in today's society to normalize hijab in America so as to break down stereotypes and demystify misconceptions," she wrote on Instagram.
"Last night's show was a huge leap forward in that direction."
Islamic fashion is definitely having a moment and retailers are trying to cash in, whether its H&M releasing an ad showing a Muslim model in a hijab, Uniqlo partnering with a Muslim designer or Dolce and Gabbana releasing a line of hijabs and abaya's, aimed at wealthy Muslim consumers.
It has coincided with what is being called the "modesty movement" in fashion.
Many mainstream designers are experimenting with more covered-up clothing (the one-piece bathing suit is back on trend) and Muslim designers are getting creative with Islamic clothing.
Indonesia is seen as an innovator in the region for modern Islamic dress.
"Indonesian fashion has become more diverse and we've become more confident in taking our own culture and what we've grown up with into our influences," says Putri Soediono, a Singapore-based designer with Indonesian heritage.
Soediono thinks Hasibuan has proven that Islamic wear can be fashionable, not just the plain black Arab-style burqa that people think of, and that there is talent in Indonesia.
But although some see designers like Hasibuan as modernising the Muslim dress for the modern Muslim, there are conservative groups in Indonesia who say these clothes are "not Islamic enough".
"The belief among some is that the essence of Muslim dress is to wear something decent, to be modest. For women they have to make sure what they're wearing doesn't attract the attention of men," says Dr Eva Nisa, professor of Islamic Studies at Victoria University, who has been researching Muslim fashion in Indonesia since 2007.
"Some people think what the Muslim fashion designers produce is totally against this kind of religious doctrine [because it can be seen to attract attention]."
She says, in reaction to this, there has been a move towards the jilbab or hijab Shari'a - presented as more appropriate modern Islamic dress - since it is long and loose and doesn't show a woman's curves.
For many young Muslim women, the hijab is not a symbol or a statement, but just part of their identity - an identity they are asserting more confidently.
Hasibuan "started her career designing for Muslim women - this is what her consumers want," says Soediono.
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Chief executive Bill Winters, who took over from Peter Sands last year, described the performance over 2015 as "poor".
The bank will take a $4bn charge on writing down the value of its loans, driven by falling commodity prices and deterioration of Indian markets.
Shares in the bank tumbled by 4% to a record low of 418.7p.
Standard Chartered was forced to raise £3.3bn in a rights issue last year and announced a major cost-cutting drive which includes the loss of 15,000 jobs from its 86,000-strong workforce.
Sir John Peace, Standard Chartered's outgoing chairman, said: "While our 2015 financial results were poor, they are set against a backdrop of continuing geo-political and economic headwinds and volatility across many of our markets as well as the effects of deliberate management actions.
"Our share price performance has also been disappointing, underperforming the wider equity market, which has seen broad declines driven largely by the same macroeconomic concerns."
It is the first time since 1989 that Standard Chartered has reported a full-year loss.
Mr Winters announced that he and other members of the management team will not receive a bonus for 2015 and that Standard Chartered will introduce a new incentive programme that will only pay out if targets are met.
Mr Winters will be paid $2.4m for last year but could earn $8.4m by 2018 if he hits the new targets.
The chief executive was one of 200 business leaders who signed a letter calling for Britain to remain in the EU.
Mr Winters said that while he did not think Britain staying in or leaving the EU would impact Standard Chartered "one way or the other", he said: "We think the UK is an integral part of Europe."
27 October 2015 Last updated at 14:17 GMT
Nine pupils from Portadown College, County Armagh, aged between 14 and 17, were assaulted on Sunday.
Five were treated in hospital but the school's principal said none of them was seriously injured.
The students had travelled to the city as part of the school's annual trip to attend football matches in Manchester, as Gordon Adair reports.
There is a handful of private radio stations.
The media are considered to be able to operate freely.
By December 2011 there were more than 87,000 internet users (Internetworldstats.com).
The council said renewed fighting was having a "severe impact" on civilians.
Fighting in the frontline town of Avdiivka has left thousands of residents without water or power in freezing conditions.
Ukraine says it is preparing a possible evacuation of the town to avoid a humanitarian crisis.
Each side blames the other for the upsurge in violence.
"The members of the Security Council called for an immediate return to a ceasefire regime," the Ukrainian-drafted statement said.
The text did not raise objections from Russia, a permanent member of the council, which has in the past routinely blocked statements put forward by Ukraine.
More than 9,700 people have died in the conflict which erupted in 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula. Pro-Russian rebels later launched an insurgency in the east.
The US and EU imposed sanctions on Russia in response to its actions in eastern Ukraine. Russia has denied backing the rebels.
Ukrainian forces say the latest outbreak began when rebels launched an attack on the government-held town of Avdiivka, which borders land controlled by the separatists.
The rebels say government forces attacked them first.
Seven soldiers and a number of rebels have been killed in recent days, and there have been civilian casualties although precise numbers are unclear.
Ukraine say that if the evacuation goes ahead, up to 8,000 people could be moved each day from the town.
"Everything is going bad," a resident in Avdiivka, who identified herself only as Nadiya, told the BBC.
"People are scared and try to go out. It's very cold. There are bread queues. Only a few shops are open."
The population of the town is believed to range between 16,000 and 22,000.
Officials say the evacuation will go ahead if the fighting escalates further. About 10 tonnes of food will soon arrive in the city, they add.
GDP growth shrank to 0% in the second quarter compared to 0.3% in the first quarter.
Germany's economy also slowed in the second quarter, albeit less markedly than had been expected.
Europe's largest economy expanded by 0.4%, down from 0.7% in the first quarter, but above forecasts of 0.2%.
Overall, a second estimate of GDP across the eurozone confirmed that growth halved to 0.3% from 0.6% in the first three months of the year.
GDP also fell across the 28-nation European Union to 0.4% from 0.5% between the first and second quarters.
In Italy, analysts had expected GDP to grow by between 0.1% and 0.3%.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Renzi, is battling to reduce the bad debt in its banking sector, which is currently buried under €360bn worth of bad loans. Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Italy's third largest bank and the world's oldest lender, is saddled with €46.9bn of bad debt.
Alberto Bagnai, economic policy professor at the University of Chieti-Pescara, said: "There is no way to solve the banking problem without economic growth. If the whole nation doesn't start earning more it can't pay back its debts - public or private."
The government expects the country to grow by 1.2% this year. However, the International Monetary Fund recently reduced its economic growth from 1.1% to 1%.
The new data means that growth in the Eurozone's three biggest economies - Germany, France and Italy - has either slowed or completely stalled between the first and second quarters.
France recorded no growth between April and June after GDP rose by 0.7% in the first quarter, boosted by business from the Euro 2016 football tournament.
In contrast, Greece reported a rare rise in GDP - which increased by 0.3% compared to a 0.1% fall in the first quarter. Holidaymakers are choosing the likes of Greece and Spain over politically volatile Turkey.
Nikos Magginas, an economist at National Bank of Greece, said: "Domestic demand was probably better than expected because of tourism. The numbers point to a positive turnaround in the economy in the second half of the year."
In Germany, exports and consumer spending were stronger than forecast but investment in construction and machinery slowed.
Commenting on "Europe's engine room", Carsten Brzeski, economist at ING-DiBa, warned that Germany must increase investment to support growth.
However, he said it could be hampered by ``increased uncertainties after the Brexit vote, continued structural weaknesses in many eurozone countries and a renewed global slowdown''.
Joerg Zeuner, economist at KfW, said: "The decision to leave the EU will hit the British economy, and the slowdown will spread to Germany through muted exports.
"The UK is an important market, especially for German car makers, but also for our chemical and pharmaceutical industries."
New data also revealed that German inflation rose in July, up by 0.4%, fuelled by rising food and services prices.
Inflation was tempered by the falling cost of energy and clothing. Destatis, Germany's statistics office, said stripping out energy, inflation would have been 1.3% in July.
The extra money could be used to help countries in the eurozone struggling to pay their debts.
But the IMF said it may need up to $1tn "in the coming years".
The $500bn includes the recent European commitment to commit 150bn euros (£125bn; $194bn) to the IMF, the 187-nation body said.
"Based on staff's estimate of global potential financing needs of about $1tn in the coming years, the Fund would aim to raise up to $500bn in additional lending resources," the IMF said.
"At this preliminary stage, we are exploring options on funding and will have no further comment until the necessary consultations with the Fund's membership have been completed."
The IMF currently has a a total borrowing capacity of about $590bn, and the Fund's lending commitments are at a record $250bn.
With Europe pledging the bulk of the extra funding, the IMF will have to discuss with its other members how to get the remaining resources.
European funding
At a summit in December, most of the European Union vowed to add about 200bn euros to the IMF's resources - which in turn could be lent to stricken nations such as Greece or to the eurozone bailout fund.
But the UK decided not to take part in the scheme to support the eurozone, so the EU failed to reach their target.
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Last year, UK MPs voted to increase the UK's annual subscription to the IMF from £10.7bn to £20.1bn as part of an overall increase in the IMF's funding base agreed in principle in 2009.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said it is "in our interests" to support the IMF but has stressed that additional money would not support a eurozone bailout.
And the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has said: "The UK has always been willing to consider further resources for the IMF, but for its global role and as part of a global agreement,"
On Tuesday, IMF head Christine Lagarde said that she welcomed the "commitment of European members to contribute to the Fund's resources".
"To this end, Fund management and staff will explore options for increasing the Fund's firepower, subject to adequate safeguards," she said in a statement.
It's a malicious virus that locks the user out of their computer and demands a fee to return their files.
A report published by the Australian government claims 72% of businesses surveyed experienced ransomware incidents in 2015.
The figure was just 17% in 2013 .
It's also a growing threat for mobile devices as it can be hidden in an app, says Gert-Jan Schenk, vice-president at internet security company Lookout.
"For the most part, we've seen ransomware delivered through drive-by downloads - it pretends to be a popular app, increasing the chances that you'll click on it," he explains.
"To avoid these threats, users should be very careful about what apps they install, and where they come from - read the reviews on Google Play, and avoid side-loading from untrusted sources."
Like most computer viruses, ransomware often arrives in the form of a phishing email, or spam, or a fake software update - and the recipient clicks a link or opens an attachment.
The virus then sets to work encrypting the user's files.
Once the computer is effectively locked down, it demands a fee - often in bitcoins because it is less easy to trace - for the return of the files.
The fee is generally one or two bitcoins - the equivalent of about $500 (£330).
It is less common now, but in the earlier days of the malware - about five years ago - the ransom note could take the form of a law enforcement notice.
The user was directed to a web page that appeared to be from, for example, the FBI, falsely claiming illegal images of children had been been found on the machine and a fine was payable.
There is generally a time limit to comply, after which the ransom increases.
Sometimes it is just a threat, but mostly the virus really does encrypt files.
The only way to retrieve your files without paying the ransom is to go to a backed-up version.
Neil Douglas, from Edinburgh-based IT company Network Roi, has just helped a small business client whose server was hit by ransomware.
"We had to recover everything from back-up. We'd had a back-up two minutes before the infection, so the timing couldn't have been any better - but it did result in quite a bit of downtime," he says.
"You could risk paying them - but it's a bit like paying a blackmailer. We would only recommend it as a last resort.
"You don't know whether they'll come back for more, you don't know that they'll clear the infection."
Cybersecurity expert Prof Alan Woodward says paying also leaves you vulnerable to further cybercrime.
"As soon as you pay up, you get on a suckers' list and you'll probably get contacted again," he says.
"It's low-hanging fruit for the criminals."
While all the expert advice is, of course, not to pay, plenty of people do - even those you would least expect to.
Tewksbury Police, in the US, admitted they had paid up when their main server had been attacked and locked down at the end of last year.
"Nobody wants to negotiate with terrorists. Nobody wants to pay terrorists," Police Chief Timothy Sheehan told the town's local paper.
"We did everything we possibly could.
"It was an eye-opening experience, I can tell you right now. It made you feel that you lost control of everything.
"Paying the bitcoin ransom was the last resort."
Ransomware is lucrative for criminals because so many victims pay rather than face the shame of false accusations - or like the police department, they just desperately need their files.
"Some companies have set up bitcoin accounts in case it happens to them," says Prof Woodward.
"I would recommend that nobody ever pays up.
"The only way to deal with it is to be sure you have a virus checker and back up."
"It tends to be organised crime," says Prof Woodward.
"They do make millions out of it. It's opportunistic... they just try it on everybody. You keep third parties out of it - the bank isn't involved."
Recent research by Palo Alto Networks and industry partners suggested one family of ransomware known as Crypto Wall had generated about $325m (£215m) for the gang behind it.
"In the volume cybercrime space, ransomware is one of the most prolific problems we face," Greg Day, chief security officer for Europe at Palo Alto Networks, told the BBC last month.
"Credit card theft is getting to the point where the value of each card is very low. As a result, ransomware has stepped into that gap and gives a higher value for each victim."
The structure, found in woodland in Brackla, contained a "dealing table" carved into the trunk of a fallen tree, South Wales Police said.
Officers targeted the wooded area after reports of people acting suspiciously nearby.
Two men were arrested and cautioned for cannabis possession in connection with the investigation.
The government of Sudan gave its blessing for an independent South Sudan, where the mainly Christian and Animist people had for decades been struggling against rule by the Arab Muslim north.
However, various outstanding secession issues - especially the question of shared oil revenues and the exact border demarcation - have continued to create tensions between the two successor states.
Sudan has long been beset by conflict. Two rounds of north-south civil war cost the lives of 1.5 million people, and a continuing conflict in the western region of Darfur has driven two million people from their homes and killed more than 200,000.
Sudan's centuries of association with Egypt formally ended in 1956, when joint British-Egyptian rule over the country ended.
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Independence was rapidly overshadowed by unresolved constitutional tensions with the south, which flared up into full-scale civil war that the coup-prone central government was ill-equipped to suppress.
The military-led government of President Jaafar Numeiri agreed to autonomy for the south in 1972, but fighting broke out again in 1983.
After two years of bargaining, the rebels signed a comprehensive peace deal with the government to end the civil war in January 2005.
The accord provided for a high degree of autonomy for the south, and an option for it to secede. South Sudan seceded in July 2011, following a vote.
However, the grievances of the northern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile remain unaddressed, as provisions laid out for them in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement were never fully implemented.
In Darfur, in western Sudan, the United Nations has accused pro-government Arab militias of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against non-Arab locals.
The conflict has strained relations between Sudan and Chad, to the west. Both countries have accused each other of cross-border incursions. There have been fears that the Darfur conflict could lead to a regional war.
The economic dividends of eventual peace could be great. Sudan has large areas of cultivatable land, as well as gold and cotton. Its oil reserves are ripe for further exploitation.
Scores of people fell ill with a sickness bug after the party at Splashes in Rainham, a report said.
Medway Council said it had had to lower the amount of chlorine in the water for the dye to work, but within guidelines.
Public Health England (PHE) said in a report the bug was likely to be linked to the lower chlorine levels.
It said chlorine checks that day at the pool had failed.
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A PHE spokeswoman said: "Our investigation revealed failures in pool maintenance procedures on the day of the outbreak, in relation to monitoring and recording of chlorine levels."
Medway councillor Howard Doe said: "We have worked closely with Public Health England to look into how customers could have become ill after visiting Splashes. I would like to say again on behalf of the council that we are sorry to those who felt unwell after enjoying the pool party."
The council said it would no longer use dye in its pools, as a precaution.
The report said it was not possible to say how many people became ill, but 93 people responded to a questionnaire and 68 people met the outbreak definition.
It said the outbreak had a "moderately high attack rate".
Investigators said it was not possible to work out how or where the norovirus was introduced or spread.
But they said people who put their head in or swallowed the water were at higher risk and the outbreak ended "abruptly" after the chlorine returned to normal which suggested it was "linked to reduced chlorine levels" on 28 October.
Recommendations included that the council should take remedial actions, review risk assessments over dye use, consider additional training and look at improving customers' "low compliance" over showering before and after swimming.
Deputy Chief Constable Neil Richardson's contract expires soon and he will not seek to have it renewed.
The head of Police Scotland, Phil Gormley, said his deputy's "contribution has been outstanding".
DCC Richardson has worked in Scottish policing for more than 30 years and helped oversee the service become one single force.
Last year he competed for the top police job in Scotland, but Mr Gormley was chosen above him and colleague Iain Livingstone.
Amid much controversy, Police Scotland was created in April 2013.
Its first boss was Sir Stephen House who stepped down from the role in December 2015.
Most recently DCC Richardson has had to defend to politicians the behaviour of Police Scotland's Counter-Corruption Unit which he headed.
The unit breached rules on intercepting phone calls when it tried to obtain details of a journalist's sources.
Following news of his impending departure, DCC Richardson said: "I am extremely proud of what we have achieved in Police Scotland and privileged to have been able to play a part in what has been an historic change to policing in this country."
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The 32-year-old batsman was dropped in August for sending "provocative" text messages to opposing players during the Test series against South Africa.
31 May 2012: Announces retirement from international limited-overs cricket
11 Aug: Commits to all forms of international cricket in a YouTube interview
12 Aug: Dropped for third Test against South Africa for sending "provocative texts" about team-mates to opposition players
21 Aug: Left out of England squad for World Twenty20
7 Sept: Not awarded ECB central contract
18 Sept: Omitted from England Test squad for winter tour of India
3 Oct: New four-month contract announced
"It's been a horrible situation for all those involved," said Pietersen.
"I believe, all being well, I will be back in an England shirt as soon as possible."
Pietersen, who now has a central contract which could be extended until September 2013, apologised to former captain Andrew Strauss and the ECB accepts the texts were not derogatory about him.
"I'm fairly happy we're able to move forward. I'm happy we're able to draw a line under it and move on for a better result for England cricket," added Pietersen.
Pietersen was not named in the starting next month. Asked if he could still be part of the England party, he said: "I hope so. I want to play for England as soon as I can."
England's two-part tour to India ends with the fifth and final ODI on 27 January, and Pietersen's new four-month central contract covers all forms of the game.
Any decision over an extension - to make it a full-year contract - will be made by team director Andy Flower, who will also decide when the "reintegration" process is complete.
"I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to my team-mates, all England supporters and the ECB for the situation that has arisen over the last couple of months," said Pietersen.
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"Thankfully we have drawn a line under it and can move forward. Although it has been made clear in the statement, I'd like to make it clear that at no time did I share tactical information with any of the South Africans.
"I'm committed to completing the reintegration process we have agreed and representing England in all formats, hopefully until the World Cup in 2015 if my body allows.
"I want to see my son grow up seeing me play for England and hope one day he will put an England shirt on himself."
The statement said Pietersen had not retained the text messages, but gave a "binding assurance that, to the best of his recollection", they did not "convey any messages which were derogatory about the England captain, the England team director, the ECB or employees of the ECB".
ECB chairman Giles Clarke said he spent an "excellent" and "thoroughly constructive" two-and-a-half hours with Pietersen on Wednesday.
England's troubled genius - Kevin Pietersen profile
"There's lots to be done, lots to be worked out, but, in the end, we want this process to work," said Clarke.
"We wouldn't start it if we didn't want it to work immensely successfully and for England to do very well moving forward."
Former England captain Michael Vaughan told BBC Sport Pietersen would need to rebuild his relationships with team-mates.
"The issue is can Kevin Pietersen be allowed back in that dressing room?" said Vaughan.
"Now he has got a four-month trial period the only way to find out is to go into the dressing room, make a speech, get round with some of the players he has had issues with, have a beer, and try and iron it all out because you want to see the best players playing."
Pietersen averages almost 50 in Tests and, at his best, is one of the world's most prolific batsmen.
The dispute has been dragging on for more than four months after he announced his retirement from international limited-overs cricket in May before reversing that decision in August.
Discussions between the player and the ECB have been going on behind the scenes since the second Test against South Africa at Headingley, when the Surrey batsman cast doubts on his England future,a claim he later backtracked from.
Flower acknowledged Pietersen's absence has affected the team's fortunes, notably at the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.
England, the defending champions, were knocked out of the tournament by the hosts on Monday.
The first Test between England and India gets under way in Ahmedabad on 15 November.
England then tour New Zealand from 9 February to 21 March.
The noise has been described as a 'pinging' sound and is thought to be keeping animals away from an area of water surrounded by ice.
The Canadian armed forces sent a crew to check it out. They performed lots of different searches using scanning technology but they didn't find anything unusual.
The crew did spot two pods of whales and six walruses though!
Because nothing dangerous was found officials say no more searches will take place.
So the mystery of the pinging sound continues,,,
This was the outcome of decades of political and military efforts to secure self-rule by the Kurdish minority, who are estimated to number more than 6 million and make up between 17% and 20% of the population of Iraq.
Kurds, who number 30-40 million in total, live in a compact area that reaches from Syria in the west to Iran in the east and Iraq in the south, north through Turkey, and into the states of the former Soviet Caucasus.
Only in Iraq have they managed to set up a stable government of their own in recent times, albeit within a federal state.
However, the increase of sectarian tensions within Iraq as a whole from 2013 onwards, culminating in a campaign of violence launched by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, meant that by 2014 the unity of Iraq was under severe threat.
In July 2014, Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani announced that his government planned to hold a referendum on independence later in the year, given that Iraq was already "effectively partitioned". The announcement triggered alarm among Iraq's neighbours, who feared that it could set a precedent for their own restive Kurdish minorities.
But a change of leadership in the Iraqi government was followed by improved relations with Iraqi Kurdistan. The two sides agreed to work together to defeat the common enemy of Islamic State and plans for an independence referendum were put on hold.
The Kurds of Iraq came under British colonial rule after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. Frustrated in their hopes for independence, Kurdish leaders launched a series of rebellions against British and subsequent Iraqi rule.
These were put down ruthlessly, most notoriously in the late 1980s when Saddam Hussein attacked the Kurds with massed armed forces in the 'Anfal' campaign.
This involved the deliberate targeting of civilians with chemical weapons, most notoriously in the town of Halabja in 1988.
Various Iraqi governments promised autonomy to the Kurds after the 1958 revolution, but none came to fruition until the anti-Saddam international coalition established a partial no-fly zone in northern Iraq in 1991 after the first Gulf War.
This allowed Kurdish leaders and their Peshmerga armed forces to consolidate their hold on the north after Iraqi forces withdrew, and provided the basis for the 2005 constitutional settlement.
The immediate tasks facing the Kurdish government were great, and included rebuilding infrastructure, creating an administration and absorbing hundreds of thousands of displaced people after years of war and destruction.
Overall its efforts exceeded all expectations. Iraqi Kurdistan largely escaped the privations of the last years of Saddam's rule and the chaos that followed his ouster in 2003, and built a parliamentary democracy with a growing economy.
Major problems remain, nonetheless. The landlocked Kurdistan Region is surrounded by countries unsympathetic to Kurdish aspirations, like Turkey and Iran, and by states approaching internal collapse - Syria and the rest of Iraq.
It is also in dispute with the Iraqi government over several territories, in particular the historic city of Kirkuk. No agreement has been reached over Kirkuk, but in the summer of 2014, when the city was in danger of falling to the hard-line Sunni Islamists of ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant), Kurdish Peshmerga forces pre-empted this by seizing Kirkuk themselves.
Tension between the main political parties - the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party - erupted into a civil war that almost destroyed the autonomous government in 1994-97, and some differences remain.
Clifford Warde, from Clackmannanshire, was caught after the mother of the second victim intercepted messages he sent to her 14-year-old daughter.
Police discovered videos on Warde's phone of the 50-year-old having sex with the younger girl.
Warde will be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on 7 December.
He committed the offences between November 2014 and March 2016.
Prosecutor Mark McGuire told judge Lord Boyd that the messages sent to the 14-year-old girl were "too graphic" to read in open court.
Warde targeted his other victim when she turned 13 when he began by texting graphic sexual messages to her.
The court was told that on a number of occasions Warde recorded himself having sex with the girl and sexually abusing her.
Mr McGuire added: "At no time during this abuse did the accused ever use contraception."
The girl told police she had felt embarrassed about the video recordings being made.
Warde admitted making arrangements for the 14-year-old girl to travel to meet him with the intention of taking part in unlawful sexual activity.
He also pleaded guilty to having sex with the other girl and sending her sexually explicit messages.
A new study finds that for thousands of years the rocks were being beaten back by the waves at perhaps 2-6cm a year.
The past 150 years has seen this retreat accelerate 10-fold, to more than 20cm a year.
The speed-up was clocked with the aid of a smart technique that tracks changes induced in rocks when they are exposed to energetic space particles.
The research, led from the British Geological Survey and conducted by Martin Hurst and colleagues, is reported in the leading American journal, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The group believes the findings will help us understand some of the coming impacts of climate change.
"Our coasts are going to change in the future as a result of sea-level rise and perhaps increased storminess, and we want this work to inform better forecasts of erosion," Dr Hurst, currently affiliated to Glasgow University, told BBC News.
The research was centred on East Sussex and its towering cliffs at Beachy Head and Hope Gap.
Originally laid down 90 million years ago, these soft chalk faces are now being eaten away by the relentless pounding they get from the sea.
Dr Hurst's team was able to estimate the pace of this reversal by examining the amount of beryllium-10 in nodules of flint embedded in the eroded platform in front of the cliffs.
The radioactive element is produced when cosmic rays - that constantly shower the Earth - hit oxygen atoms in the flints' quartz minerals.
The longer the nodules have been exposed, the greater their build-up of beryllium-10.
At Beachy Head and Hope Gap, the gently sloping platform, which is only uncovered at low tide, extends seaward several hundred metres.
It represents all that is left after millennia of cliff removal.
"The lower rates of erosion that we report - about 2.5cm at Hope Gap and around 6cm at Beachy Head - are averaged over that timeframe - through about the past 7,000 years of the Holocene," explained Dr Hurst.
"But comparing that to observations based on topographic maps and aerial photography of the last 150 years - the difference is quite stark. These historical observations from 1870 to the present suggest erosion rates of 20-30cm a year at the two sites."
The estimates of change in the deep past are tricky because the platform appears younger than it really is.
This stems from the fact that its surface continues to erode downwards, removing its oldest exposed flints. The regular tidal covering of water also has to be considered because it will restrict the flux of cosmic rays reaching the platform, thus limiting the amount of beryllium that can be induced in the nodules.
But the team is confident in its analysis and puts forward some ideas to explain the recent big up-tick in erosion.
These concern the available gravels at the foot of the cliffs that constitute the beach.
Ordinarily, this material acts as a buffer, limiting the energy of crashing waves.
But there is good evidence that the beaches in this region of the south coast have got thinner through time and perhaps therefore offer less protection today than they once did.
In the modern era, groynes and sea walls have been erected further down the coast and these may have interfered with the along-shore transport of gravels. And further back in time, several hundred years ago, it is possible also that there was a phase of more storms. These could have removed significant volumes of gravel and pushed the rates of erosion into a new, more aggressive regime that persists even now.
Co-author Dr Dylan Rood from Imperial College London told BBC News: "The coast is clearly eroding, and Britain has retreated fast. A nearly tenfold increase in retreat rates over a very short timescale, in geological terms, is remarkable.
"The UK cannot leave the issue of cliff erosion unresolved in the face of a warming world and rising sea levels. Cliff erosion is irreversible; once the cliffs retreat, they are gone for good."
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Karachi Vynz wrote and filmed an Urdu version of the Marathi language song Sonu, to speak about the resignation of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Their parody celebrates opposition politician Imran Khan for pursuing corruption charges against Mr Sharif.
Mr Sharif quit after the Supreme Court disqualified him from office in July.
The songs lyrics "Immu hame aap pe bharosa sahi thaa" translate from the Urdu to "we were right to trust you Immu".
Immu, of course refers to Imran Khan, the former captain of the Pakistan cricket team and now president of the political party Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)
"We aim to make people happy," band founder Mansoor Qureshi told the BBC on the phone from Karachi.
Mr Qureshi says he formed Karachi Vynz with a group of friends in 2014. They describe themselves as a group of freelance comedians who want to make videos go viral.
"We keep tabs on what is happening on social media to get something exciting. We then play with it to make funny, interesting and amusing content for our viewers," he added.
And despite the references to Imran Khan, Mr Qureshi said they were not supporting one politician over another, explaining that Mr Khan's popularity on social media made him a good subject for the song.
The song had gained more than a million views on You Tube and Facebook at the time of writing.
Supporters of both politicians have left thousands of comments on the video, which was posted days after the Pakistani Supreme Court disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office last week.
The ruling came after a probe into his family's wealth following the 2016 Panama Papers dump linking his children to offshore companies.
Their latest offering is inspired by the Marathi (language spoken in Maharashtra) folk song 'Sonu' which has gone viral in various local Indian languages.
In one version, a popular radio presenter used the song to highlight the problem of Mumbai's potholed roads.
The party says the new ministers would be accountable to the assembly and not to Westminster.
TUV leader Jim Allister set out his "Plan B" as he launched the party's manifesto on Wednesday for the assembly election next month.
The party is standing 15 candidates in 14 constituencies.
Mr Allister described the current structures at Stormont as "a shambles" and insisted voluntary coalition with an opposition was the only way to make government work.
"There must, there has to be surgical change, root and branch change, to the abysmal failure of the present arrangements," he said.
"We can't go on as we are, we need to abandon mandatory coalition and move to voluntary coalition with a real opposition."
But Mr Allister said if the parties could not agree on voluntary coalition, then his plan B would prevent the collapse of the Assembly.
"Executive functions would be exercised by British ministers under the scrutiny of the Assembly," he said.
"Then when our politicians grow up and agree to voluntary coalition, they could then replace the British ministers and in that way we build durable and workable devolution."
The TUV leader said his party had "shone the bright light" into the corners of Stormont and exposed squander and failure.
He also hit back at those who claim he is a one man party.
The TUV's 43 page manifesto called "Straight Talking, Principled Politics" set out how it would tackle problems in the health, education and housing sectors.
It also outlined how it would turn the economy around.
The Scot, who also played for Rotherham and Burnley, made 445 appearances for Bristol City, becoming a club legend, before joining Manchester City in 1981.
After making his debut in 1970, Gow helped Bristol City win promotion to the old First Division in 1976.
He scored twice in Manchester City's run to the famous FA Cup final of 1981.
"Everyone at the club sends its condolences to Gerry's family and friends at this sad time," a Bristol City statement said.
Gow ended his playing career as player-manager at then non-league Yeovil Town, where he was in charge from 1984 to 1987.
A statement from Manchester City said: "Everyone at Manchester City FC is saddened to learn of the passing of Gerry Gow at the age of 64 following his brave battle with illness.
"A cult hero in his short spell at Maine Road in the eighties, Gow made 36 appearances for the Blues between 1981 and 1982."
Gow joined Rotherham after leaving Maine Road in 1982 before a short spell at Burnley.
A statement on the Millers' website added: "Rotherham United are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former midfielder Gerry Gow. Once a Miller, always a Miller."
If you wanted to start a modern art museum, these paintings would be high on your list of acquisitions as between them they tell the story of modern art's emergence, as the BBC arts editor Will Gompertz explains here.
Henri Matisse's Pastoral has the hallmarks of the Impressionists - painted outside or "en plein air", with loose brush strokes and an everyday, realistic subject.
What marks it out from the work of the early Impressionists is the bright, unnatural colours, which he has used to express the scene as he sees and feels it.
This was called Fauvism.
Georges Braque was inspired by the work of Matisse and developed his own Fauvist style which can be seen in the painting Olive Tree Near L'Estaque.
What is of particular interest about this work is the date Braque painted it - 1906.
That is the year Paul Cezanne died, and it was his later paintings that inspired Braque to develop one of modern art's most famous movements.
By 1907, Braque was painting similar scenes but his style had changed.
Together with Picasso they had started to define Cubism.
Picasso's Dove with Peas makes sense as the next painting to have, as it is a classic example of Cubism in its pomp.
By this stage Braque and Picasso had been joined by Fernand Leger as the other great exponent of Cubist art and techniques.
But Leger became disillusioned with the increasingly abstract nature of the Cubists' work.
During World War I, he chose to renounce abstraction and instead focus on painting common objects in bold colours.
As you can see in the next painting that was stolen - Still Life with Candlestick - Leger has retained the influence of Cubism while incorporating the saturated colours of the Fauves.
But by combining the two and adding his artistic developments the work moves towards modernism.
Amedeo Modigliani was the fifth artist to be targeted by the thieves.
They chose a work he painted in 1919, Woman with Fan.
He died a year later at the age of 35, having contracted tuberculosis.
Modigliani's portrait of his friend shows him using restrained colours out of respect for her and using "S" shapes to accentuate her graceful pose.
As Matisse used colour to express his feelings for his subject, so Modigliani used distortion.
Both fit within the expressionist movement inspired by the work of Vincent Van Gogh.
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Yarnold, 28, completed her first run in 52.29 seconds, just 0.02secs outside the medal places, but had fallen to 13th after her second run.
However, the second run times will now not count towards the final standings.
Fellow Briton Laura Deas, 28, had moved up to a provisional second but will now resume on Saturday 13th in Konigssee.
Run three will begin at 07:30 GMT, with run four to follow from 09:30 GMT.
Yarnold is competing in her first World Championships since taking a year-long sabbatical.
The 2015 world champion, starting 15th, held on to fourth after the first round before a slide of 54.02 in round two saw her fall down the standings as conditions worsened.
Deas improved from a first run of 52.76 to post a total time of one minute 45.29 seconds after two completed runs, putting her into the silver medal position until the results were annulled.
Germany's Jacqueline Loelling is first with a time of 52.02, with compatriot and 2016 champion Tina Hermann 0.06secs behind and Canada's Elisabeth Vathje in third place.
Briton Donna Creighton is 22nd out of the 31 sliders.
In the men's competition, sliders were able to complete both runs on day one - Dominic Parsons the highest-placed Briton in ninth, 1.93 seconds behind leader Martins Dukurs of Latvia.
Fellow Britons Jeremy Rice and Jack Thomas are in 18th and 21st respectively, with the men's event set to conclude on Sunday.
Women's standings:
1 Jacqueline Loelling (Ger) 52.02 seconds
2 Tina Hermann (Ger) +0.06 seconds
3 Elisabeth Vathje (Can) +0.25 seconds
4 Lizzy Yarnold (GB) +0.27 seconds
5 Kim Neylemans (Bel) +0.33 seconds
Men's standings:
1 Martins Dukurs (Lat) 1 minute 41.95 seconds
2 Nikita Tregybov (Rus) +0.76 seconds
3 Axel Jungk (Ger) +0.86 seconds
4 Alexander Tretiakov (Rus) +0.90 seconds
5 Alexander Gassner (Ger) +0.97 seconds
The UK has been going through an "equine crisis" with large numbers of horses abandoned across Britain, the RSPCA has said.
The charity received 22,046 complaints about horse welfare in England in 2014.
New legislation to make it easier for animals to be seized came into affect in May last year.
The Control of Horses Act 2015 - introduced to deter owners from "fly-grazing" (illegally grazing) or abandoning their horses on public and private land - has made a difference in certain parts of the country, the RSPCA said.
Local authorities have the power to seize horses grazing illegally.
But animal lovers in Berkshire said they have had to step in to help "keep horses alive".
One Berkshire resident, who did not want to be named, said she has supported more than 60 horses in the past 12 months, including the rescue and rehoming of a number of animals.
She said she complies fully with the Control of Horses Act.
"I take it upon myself to feed and water the horses... to keep them alive.
"There are little pockets of people like me who do this because we don't want to see them dead." she added.
In March 2015 a small group helped rescue 20 abandoned horses from a field in Binfield.
Volunteer Kim White, who assisted with the rescue, has started Saving Abandoned Fly-grazing Equines (SAFE) - a group rescuing abandoned horses.
She said the current situation has "gone mad over the past month".
SAFE currently has seven rescued horses but wants to do more, Ms White said.
The group relies on donations from the public.
"We get calls from across the country, but we can't rescue them all" she added.
Tony Tyler, deputy chief executive of World Horse Welfare, said the charity's centres were at "bursting point" but urged caution to anyone thinking of taking a horse they believe had been abandoned.
Anyone with a horse welfare concern should get in touch with their local authority, Sean Murphy from West Berkshire Council said.
Julie Morgan, who chairs the Assembly's cross-party group on haemophilia and contaminated blood, said 70 Welsh people died and many were "still suffering".
Thousands of NHS patients were given infected blood products from abroad.
It has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
The blood products were infected with hepatitis C and HIV.
The inquiry has been launched by the UK government and a spokesman for the prime minister said it would establish the causes of the "appalling injustice" that took place in the 1970s and 1980s.
Many of those affected and their families believe they were not told of the risks involved and there was a cover-up.
Julie Morgan, the Labour AM for Cardiff North, said: "Seventy Welsh people have died in what has been called the 'biggest national tragedy ever in the NHS'.
"Two hundred and seventy three people were infected by contaminated blood in Wales, many of them are still suffering and the pain still continues for them and their families."
She added: "This is a scandal that I have been campaigning on, along with Haemophilia Wales and members of the Cross-Party Group on Contaminated Blood which I chair, since I was an MP in the late 1990s.
"The announcement of a public inquiry is fantastic news for the families affected. I hope this will finally help them get the answers they need."
Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth also welcomed the inquiry, saying: "It has become clear to me from talking to the families of those affected by this contaminated blood scandal that we must be given answers once and for all.
"As one of a cross-party group in the Assembly that proposed a motion calling for an inquiry, I was pleased to hear this announcement today.
"It is the pressure from the families that has counted and it has been good to be able to help to ensure that their voices are heard."
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We welcome the prime minister's confirmation that an inquiry will be held into the contaminated blood scandal.
"It is also right that the families of those who died will be consulted about the form the inquiry will take.
"Last year, the health secretary added his support to the call for an inquiry and we are pleased that at last the UK government has recognised the strength of feeling of those affected by this scandal."
Gareth Bale's Real Madrid will play Juventus at the National Stadium of Wales at 19:45 BST on Saturday, with 170,000 people expected in the city.
Some road closures and extra security measures began on Thursday morning, ahead of the women's final.
First Minister Carwyn Jones opened the festival at Cardiff Bay at 11:00 after the arrival of the trophies.
In the women's final at Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday night, Lyon beat Paris Saint-Germain 7-6 on penalties in front of a crowd of almost 22,500.
Speaking as he opened the festival, Mr Jones said "people would have laughed 15 years ago" if someone had said Cardiff and Wales would have the ability to host the Champions League final.
However, Mr Jones would not be drawn on if he would be supporting hometown boy Bale and said he would be "neutral" on the day.
Lead organiser, the Football Association of Wales, called what will follow the "biggest free party the city has ever seen".
"I'm looking forward to the next four days, we want to give people a great time," Mr Jones added.
"This is up there at the top - it's the biggest sporting event in the world."
While he admitted road closures would impact on people, Mr Jones said security of the fans was paramount.
Wales legend and former Juventus striker Ian Rush arrived in the bay by boat with the coveted men's and women's trophies before being greeted by the first minister on the the floating pitch.
He said: "It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. To have it in Cardiff is amazing.
"We had a great 2016 Euros, absolutely amazing. This now takes it to the next level. When everyone goes back Sunday, Wales will be on the map worldwide."
Rush described it as "a dream final" - with both himself and another Welsh legend, John Charles, having played for Juventus and Bale representing Real Madrid - the team former Wales manager John Toshack used to coach.
He said he felt the Italian giants would edge the final.
The official opening triggers events and free performances by host artists, DJs and bands each day.
Extra security arrangements in Cardiff have also begun in earnest, with police saying there will be will be 6,500 deployments, including 550 armed officers, between Thursday and Sunday.
And the first of the phased road closures for the Champions League events came into force in Cardiff from 00:01 BST on Thursday.
Cowbridge Road East was closed between Lower Cathedral Road and Westgate Street, at the south east corner of Bute Park, on Wednesday and will remain so until 06:00 on Monday.
Lloyd George Avenue will be shut from Callaghan Square to Cardiff Bay, with further closures around Bute Place, from Thursday morning until 22:00 on Sunday.
Cardiff council has brought forward the planned road closure of Castle Street, from the North Road junction to Westgate Street, by 12 hours to run from 12:00 on Friday.
Wider road closures in the Welsh capital will run from 00:01 on Saturday until 03:30 on Sunday.
Funded by the UK government, the RRS Ernest Shackleton normally carries out support work for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
But this summer the ice breaker has been chartered to accompany a luxury liner's voyage in the Arctic.
Critics say it's inappropriate for a vessel dedicated to science to support tourism in such a fragile area.
Global warming has seen a rapid rise in the number of ships travelling through Arctic waters in recent years.
The Northwest Passage - a short cut from Asia to Europe through the Canadian Arctic - first became fully clear of ice in the summer in 2007.
Since then only a handful of ships have travelled the route - 17 in 2015, according to the US Coast Guard.
This summer the Crystal Serenity aims to become the biggest passenger ship yet to attempt to sail through the famous route.
Starting in Alaska, the 32-day voyage will see the 1,700 passengers and crew travel 1,500km across the top of Canada, ultimately ending in New York.
Berths on the 14-deck luxury liner are not cheap, starting at around $20,000 per person and running up to $120,000 for a deluxe stateroom.
While the route is accessible to ships, it is not ice-free and the company behind the voyage has chartered the ice breaker, RRS Ernest Shackleton, from the British Antarctic Survey.
The Shackleton is normally used as a logistic support and research ship for UK scientific activities in the Antarctic.
Critics say that a vessel normally dedicated to science shouldn't be enabling tourism in an area like the Arctic, acknowledged by many to be one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change.
"There is a significant tension between the science and environmental mission of the Shackleton and its participation in an exercise in tourism that has an enormous per capita carbon footprint," Prof Michael Byers from the University of British Columbia told BBC News.
Prof Byers, who holds a chair in global politics and international law, was invited on the trip to give a series of lectures to passengers. He refused, as he believes this summer's trip will only encourage others.
"This voyage is a significant contribution, at least on a per capita basis, to climate change by people who are going to see an ecosystem before it is destroyed by climate change. I find that irony quite terrible," he said.
In a statement, the British Antarctic Survey said it had chartered the Shackleton to Crystal Cruises, the company behind the trip, as the ship would not be deployed in the Antarctic at that time.
"Cruise ship tourism in both polar regions is well-regulated," it said.
The Crystal Cruises brochure says that as well as increasing the safety of passengers, the Shackleton will also "offer a platform from which guests will be able to disembark for landings in the wilderness, kayak in scenic coves, take guided zodiac (inflatable) cruises and view the vast Arctic wilderness from above from one of the two helicopters".
According to BAS, the charter is to "provide operational support to Crystal Serenity as well as the facility to carry additional expert guides and crew. Specialised safety equipment will be onboard. Zodiacs and helicopters are operated by Crystal".
Crystal Cruises say they are taking every precaution to ensure a minimal impact on a fragile environment.
The ship and the ice breaker will both use low sulphur, garbage will be stored or incinerated on board, and waste water won't be discharged until the ship is at least 12 nautical miles from shore.
While environmentalists applaud these efforts they are also concerned that the presence of the RRS Ernest Shackleton is bolstering the appeal of the trip and encouraging tourism on a wider scale.
"It is a concern," said Marcie Keever from Friends of the Earth in the US.
"I'm glad they have the backup safety wise, it feels a little bit like they are putting a gloss on it, they have got something reputable to escort them, it gives them more legitimacy, it doesn't feel very good," she said.
One of the features of this year's voyage will be visits to small and remote communities in the Arctic during visits to port. Prof Michael Byers says this one of the most unappealing aspects of the journey.
"They (local populations) have endemic tuberculosis, sky high rates of diabetes, with people who are living in poverty and desperation," he said.
"The people who are coming off the cruise ships are not in the 1%, but in the 0.1% of the world's financial elite, it is another example of just how extreme this particular voyage is."
Crystal Cruises say they are planning another trip through the Northwest Passage in 2017.
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Users angry at the terms being imposed on Greece appended the term to their tweets.
By 09:00 GMT on Monday morning the term had been tweeted over 377,000 times.
It was the most tweeted term in Germany and France:
Many using the hashtag were particularly critical of Germany's stance, and compared the current situation to the Nazi occupation of Greece during World War Two:
The originator of the hashtag was reportedly this tweet by a Spanish maths and physics teacher on Sunday evening:
The Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman referred to it in a blog post for the New York Times, published on Sunday.
"The trending hashtag ThisIsACoup is exactly right," he writes.
"This goes beyond harsh into pure vindictiveness, complete destruction of national sovereignty, and no hope of relief."
For those who disagree with Mr Krugman's assessment of the deal for Greece, there's always #ThisIsNotACoup as an alternative hashtag.
However #ThisIsNotACoup had been tweeted just 573 times by 09:30 GMT on Monday.
The team at Anglia Ruskin University analysed translations from ancient Iraq or Mesopotamia.
Accounts of soldiers being visited by "ghosts they faced in battle" fitted with a modern diagnosis of PTSD.
The condition was likely to be as old as human civilisation, the researchers concluded.
Prof Jamie Hacker Hughes, a former consultant clinical psychologist for the Ministry of Defence, said the first description of PTSD was often accredited to the Greek historian Herodotus.
Referring to the warrior Epizelus during the battle of Marathon in 490BC he wrote: "He suddenly lost sight of both eyes, though nothing had touched him."
His report co-authored with Dr Walid Abdul-Hamid, Queen Mary College London, argues there are references in the Assyrian Dynasty in Mesopotamia between 1300BC and 609BC.
In that era men spent a year being toughened up by building roads, bridges and other projects, before spending a year at war and then returning to their families for a year before starting the cycle again.
Potential triggers for post-traumatic stress disorder
How is PTSD diagnosed?
Prof Hacker Hughes told the BBC News website: "The sorts of symptoms after battle were very clearly what we would call now post-traumatic stress symptoms.
"They described hearing and seeing ghosts talking to them, who would be the ghosts of people they'd killed in battle - and that's exactly the experience of modern-day soldiers who've been involved in close hand-to-hand combat."
A diagnosis and understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder emerged after the Vietnam War. It was dismissed as shell shock in World War One.
Prof Hacker Hughes said: "As long as there has been civilisation and as long as there has been warfare, there has been post-traumatic symptoms. It's not a 21st Century thing."
Mohammed Haji Sadiq, who taught for 30 years until 2006, pleaded not guilty to 15 child sexual offences.
Speaking through a translator at Cardiff Crown Court, he denied ever touching a child in lessons although he "tapped" those misbehaving on the back.
He is accused of eight sexual assaults on a child under 13 by touching, and seven indecent assaults.
The allegations involve four girls aged between five and 11 and are said to have taken place between 1996 and 2006 at the mosque on Woodville Road.
Under questioning Mr Sadiq said he did not know the ages of the children he taught, how old the youngest was, or their names.
When asked why the allegations were being made, he said there was "a lot of politics going on in the mosque".
He told the court there were other teachers and worshippers in the mosque during his lessons for up to 30 children and his classroom door was open.
Mr Sadiq also said he did not take a register, with the jury told records were destroyed when the mosque burnt down in 2006.
The trial continues.
Carol-Ann Kelly struck up an friendship with the East End villain while visiting her then husband in Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight in 1983.
The pair became close after Kray, who died of cancer in 2000, said she reminded him of his late wife.
The lot could fetch £2,000 when auctioned at Lewes, East Sussex.
The previously unseen letters were written in the 1980s when Kray was part-way through a life term for the murder of Jack "The Hat" McVitie.
Ms Kelly, of north-west London, maintained contact with Kray through prison visits, letters and phone calls from 1983 to 1989 but insisted it was strictly platonic.
One letter revealed his battle with the Parole Board to secure a move to Maidstone prison.
He wrote: "I feel my reputation is stopping them from accepting.
"I am not a nutcase. I'm quite stable in myself.
"I'm going to point out that I would even forgo visits to Ron. Then they have no reason not to release me."
The villain was so fond of Ms Kelly that she said he even paid for the rent on a flat on the Isle of Wight so she could visit him in prison with her then eight-year-old son David.
To some, Kray's claim to have become a born-again Christian was seen as a cynical attempt by him to help secure his release from jail.
But in the collection, he shows apparent sincerity in his actions, according to Ms Kelly.
Writing to her after the breakdown of her marriage, he told her: "Get your head together. Don't contemplate suicide.
"I became a born-again Christian on behalf of you."
Ms Kelly, now in her 50s, said she never saw Reggie Kray as the man considered, along with his twin Ronnie, to be one of the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End in the 1950s and 1960s.
"He didn't look like the monster he had been made out to be," she said.
"He said he had done some horrible, wicked things and he said he knew he'd probably die in prison.
"He really wanted to get out and speak to the media because he didn't want the next generation to be going round with guns, which is what's happening now."
As well as letters, Kray also sent a signed oil painting of a boxer to her son and a coloured pencil sketch of himself as a cowboy.
The lot is set to go under the hammer at Gorringes Auctioneers on 9 February, with proceeds being donated to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead.
Gorringes auctioneer and valuer Aaron Dean said there was an unending fascination with the Kray twins.
"They have an everlasting legacy, it seems, because they are in the living memory of a large part of the British public," he said.
"This sale represents yet another side to the Krays' saga and how they came to regret the actions of their youthful past."
The former Wales captain will take full responsibility for the senior national team with immediate effect.
"It is an honour and a privilege to have been asked to continue as head coach of Wales in my caretaker role for this extended period," said Howley.
Howley will next lead Wales against Argentina in Cardiff on 10 November.
The former Wales and Lions scrum-half will then prepare his squad for the Samoa game on 16 November, before Gatland returns to take charge of the final two autumn internationals against New Zealand and Australia.
But Howley will coach Wales for the 2013 Six Nations campaign as the defending champions seek to add to last season's Grand Slam, the second won under Gatland. Wales will also tour Japan in the summer.
I thoroughly enjoyed my experience of heading up the coaching team over the summer and now I am looking forward to building on that during the months ahead
Howley took charge of Wales' recent tour of Australia, while Gatland was sidelined after a freak accident which saw him break both of his heels in a fall.
Wales suffered a 3-0 Test series defeat to the Wallabies but, in a hard-fought and compelling series, only 11 points separated both sides over the three Tests.
"I am also delighted for Warren who thoroughly deserves to have been selected to coach the British and Irish Lions on their 2013 tour," said Howley.
"I thoroughly enjoyed my experience of heading up the coaching team over the summer and now I am looking forward to building on that during the months ahead.
"Work is already well advanced in preparation for the autumn and I know we have some great games to look forward to against some of the toughest opposition in the world game.
"I want to thank the Welsh Rugby Union for offering me this opportunity and I look forward to the challenges that lie ahead."
Gatland has been seconded from 1 September 2012 to focus on the Lions role until the conclusion of the tour, although he will have his temporary return as Wales boss in November.
The WRU has also revealed it will consider any further requests for secondments of other coaching and backroom staff in the Lions squad, which are likely to be made as the season progresses.
Gatland played a key role for the British and Irish Lions in 2009, when he and six other coaches and backroom staff were released by the WRU on secondment for the tour of South Africa under Sir Ian McGeechan.
"We have a proud history of helping the Lions through the secondment of key staff and this will continue to be our stance whenever possible," said WRU group chief executive Roger Lewis.
So Howley, a former Wales and Lions scrum-half, could also become part of Gatland's staff in Australia as backs coach, while Shaun Edwards, Wales' defence coach and Graham Rowntree, the England forwards coach, are favourites to be part of the the Lions backroom team.
Emergency services were called to the fire in Orchard Street at about 02:35 hours on Friday
It was extinguished and the body of a man was found within the flat. He is yet to be formally identified.
Police Scotland said the fire was not thought to be suspicious but a joint investigation with the fire service was being carried out to establish the cause.
A report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
On the ITV Wales Election Debate, First Minister Carwyn Jones said he had "never seen a UK government so unprepared for anything".
But Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies said UK ministers had a "serious plan".
Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood said she would ensure Wales' voice was heard, while UKIP's Neil Hamilton said Britain had "masses to gain" from Brexit.
Some 85% of the world economy was outside the EU bloc, he said.
"We can do our own trade deals with the rest of the world," Mr Hamilton, leader of UKIP's group in the Welsh Assembly, added.
Ms Wood said her party had a "positive Brexit plan" focused on "protecting the 200,000 jobs in Wales that rely on tariff-free access to the EU single market".
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mark Williams insisted there had to be a second referendum for people to ratify any deal with the EU.
"Nobody knows what Brexit will look like - we believe in giving voters the say on the terms of the deal with a ratification referendum," he said.
During the two hour programme there were also robust exchanges over what the appropriate level of taxation should be.
Defending Labour plans to raise taxes on higher earners, Mr Jones said: "For me it's a matter of making sure that I contribute fairly to public services that people want to see.
"There was a time when we had a much more equal society, a much fairer society, when the broadest shoulders shouldered more of the burden."
Mr Davies said the UK government's cuts to corporation taxes had brought more money into the Treasury, by stimulating firms to invest.
Under Labour, he warned, business confidence would "drain away" because money would be taken from firms to fund "pie in the sky policies".
Ms Wood said Plaid Cymru "would only vote for taxes on the very richest in society to go up".
"We won't increase the tax burden for those who are the least well off in society," she said.
She added that Plaid wanted Wales to have control of VAT and corporation tax to so they could be set in such a way as to encourage job creation.
Mr Williams said the Lib Dems would raise £21bn over five years by "cutting the Tories' cut to corporation tax".
This would help fund extra investment in the NHS, social care and mental health services "which are grievously lacking across this country", he said.
Mr Hamilton said UKIP would not be in favour of increasing income tax at "any level".
Debating immigration, Mr Hamilton accused Theresa May, who was home secretary before becoming prime minister, of being responsible for adding two million people to the UK population.
Defending the benefits of immigration, Mr Williams said skilled migrants kept the NHS running.
"This is about Wales being a warm tolerant and embracing country," he said.
Mr Davies said it was vital questions about immigration were addressed, but that the UK should stay "open".
Mr Jones said a "common sense" immigration policy was needed that did not jeopardize job creation.
Calling the immigration debate "toxic", Ms Wood said people were more likely to see an immigrant treating them than "standing in a queue" with them.
On average, about 10 new cases are diagnosed in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area each year as a result of drug injecting.
But the health board said that rose to 47 last year.
They are now warning drug users of the dangers of sharing needles and advising anyone who injects to get tested.
For the first time in almost 30 years, new diagnoses of HIV related to drug injecting was at a comparable level among gay and heterosexual men.
Investigations into the outbreak highlighted that some drug users were sharing needles, syringes, spoons and water when preparing and injecting their drugs.
It has also highlighted that there is low awareness of the risks of HIV from doing so.
Dr Catriona Milosevic, consultant in public health medicine at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), said it was "vitally important" that people who inject drugs do not share or reuse equipment.
She said: "This includes when injecting with close friends or partners - you can't guess whether someone has HIV, and they may have no symptoms and be unaware themselves.
"Everyone involved needs to use a new set of sterile injecting equipment every single time, including needles, syringes, water, filters, and spoons, to protect themselves and others. These are all available from injecting equipment services."
Dr Milosevic said the goal was to get people drug free, but until that is achieved the focus had to be on harm reduction.
Although there is no cure for HIV, there are now treatments which reduce the virus to what doctors describe as "undetectable" levels.
Dr Milosevic added: "Recent discussions have highlighted that those at risk are not aware of the huge advancements made in HIV treatment - there is still a perception that a diagnosis of HIV is a 'death sentence'.
"If people are diagnosed and start treatment early, which requires a test, they can have a similar life expectancy as the rest of the population." | Shares in Standard Chartered plunged on Tuesday after the Asia-focused bank revealed a $1.5bn (£1.1bn) loss.
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His family's Stellar International Art Foundation owns more than 600 rare works of art by artists including Picasso, Renoir and Andy Warhol.
He has been photographed receiving a business award from Theresa May and his family has given more than £1.6m to the Liberal Democrats. The 67-year-old is now an adviser to Lib Dem party leader Tim Farron.
Mr Choudhrie and his family run a global business empire that includes hotels, healthcare and aviation.
But an investigation by BBC Panorama and The Guardian suggests he is also one of the world's biggest arms dealers.
Leaked documents from the Choudhries' Swiss bank show that the family's companies were paid almost 100m euros by Russian arms firms in one 12-month period alone.
One company owned by the Choudhrie family, Belinea Services Ltd, received 39.2m euros between October 2007 and October 2008. Another company, Cottage Consultants Ltd, was paid 32.8m euros in the same period, while a third company - Carter Consultants Inc - was paid 23m euros.
Panorama: How Rolls-Royce Bribed Its Way Around The World is on BBC One at 20.30 and available on the BBC iPlayer afterwards.
The leaked documents say one of the Russian arms firms paying the Choudhries "makes cruise missiles".
Some of the payments were viewed as suspicious at the time by the Swiss bank Clariden Leu. Its compliance office in Singapore raised anti-money laundering alerts and the Choudhrie family accounts were reviewed by the bank's risk management team.
It's not clear what action - if any - the bank eventually took. But the leaked report describes the payments from the arms companies as "incoming funds from clients offset business".
Offset payments are sometimes paid by arms companies to provide investment in the country that is buying the weapons. But anti-corruption campaigners say offset payments can be used as a way of funnelling bribes to middlemen and officials.
In the leaked documents, Clariden Leu describes the Choudhrie family as being "very wealthy with an overall fortune of approx $2bn".
Sudhir Choudhrie declined to comment, but lawyers acting for Bhanu Choudhrie have said he had no knowledge of the Clariden Leu documents.
"The report to which you refer appears to be a confidential bank document. Mr Choudhrie has not broken any money-laundering rules in any of his business dealings at any stage."
The lawyers said our questions about offset payments by Russian arms companies were too vague.
"You have not given the dates or amounts of the alleged payments or the basis on which you say they were 'suspicious' or made in relation to Russian arms deals. The business of Cottage Consultants was conducted in a lawful and proper manner."
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