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The league's current pre-season transfer window is set to break records in the wake of Oscar's £60m move to Shanghai SIPG from Chelsea and Shanghai Shenhua's £40m capture of Carlos Tevez.
The Argentina striker has reportedly signed a deal worth £310,000 a week.
A spokesperson for China's General Administration of Sport said clubs in the country were "burning money".
The spending was also described as "a grave phenomenon" in a question and answer session on the organisation's official website on Thursday.
The spokesperson added that the government body would "strengthen examination and supervision of clubs' financial affairs, progressively control clubs' expenditures on first-team players and ensure favourable financial conditions".
In December, Cristiano Ronaldo's agent Jorge Mendes claimed the player was offered an £85m annual salary after an unnamed Chinese club approached Real Madrid with a £250m bid.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Chelsea counterpart Antonio Conte are among the leading figures to have expressed concern about players being lured to China because of the financial benefits.
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Two members of the group Yellow Dogs and a third artist were slain by a fellow musician, Ali Akbar Mahammadi Rafie, who later took his own life.
Police believe the attack happened as Rafie, 29, was upset after being thrown out of another band.
Two of those killed had just received political asylum in the US.
They were brothers and members of the Yellow Dogs, who described themselves on their Twitter feed as "a Post Punk/Dance Punk band from Tehran/Iran, living in Brooklyn at the moment".
Gunfire rang out early on Monday as Rafie climbed from the roof on to a third-floor terrace where he opened fire through a window, shooting dead Ali Eskandarian, 35, a musician, said police.
Arash Farazmand, 28, the Yellow Dogs drummer, was found dead on the same level of the apartment.
His brother, Soroush Farazmand, 27, the band's guitarist, was using his laptop in bed when he received fatal gunshot injuries.
The Yellow Dogs' two other members were not at the flat at the time of the killing.
According to police, another unidentified tenant was hit in the arm as Rafie and a former fellow band mate from a group called the Free Keys struggled over the gun.
Rafie retrieved ammunition that had fallen out of the firearm, went to the roof and shot himself in the head, said police.
The person wounded in the arm was taken to hospital and is said to be in stable condition.
Rafie "was upset that he wasn't in the band anymore", said New York Police Department spokesman John McCarthy.
Investigators believe the gunman and his former Free Keys members, may have had an argument over money, but it was unclear why he shot at members of the Yellow Dogs.
The rifle was found next to Rafie's body, according to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.
He said it had been purchased in New York state in 2006, and police were tracking its history.
Police are investigating whether a guitar case found near the scene was used to carry the assault rifle in the attack.
The Yellow Dogs were well-known among young Iranian expatriates in the US, reports Bahman Kalbasi of the BBC Persian service.
Ali Salehezadeh, the band's manager, said the gunman knew the victims but had not spoken to them in months because of a "petty conflict".
"There was a decision not to be around each other," he said. "They were never that close to begin with. We thought it was all behind us."
The shooting took place in Brooklyn's East Williamsburg neighbourhood, known for its edgy, creative vibe and community of artists and musicians. The band members had lived in the neighbourhood.
"They seem like really nice guys," a local man, Martin Greenman, told the New York Daily News.
"They didn't seem to be in any way to be violent guys. They weren't rabble rousers or anything like that."
Mr Salehezadeh said the victims' relatives were stunned.
"People don't own guns in Iran," he said. "We don't have this problem there. It doesn't exist."
Members of an Iranian band with the same name were interviewed by US consulate officials in Istanbul in 2009 as they applied for a visa for a US tour, according to a diplomatic cable leaked to Wikileaks.
They described the "small but crazy" underground rock scene in Tehran, saying it was the community that offered "the most free expression" in Iran.
Under a new law passed in May, transgender citizens can request having their name, gender and photo changed on official documents in order to reflect the gender they identify with.
It was strongly opposed by the Catholic and the Evangelic Church in Bolivia.
Similar laws are already in force in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Uruguay.
Under Bolivia's Gender Identity Law, Bolivians who wish to change their gender on state-issued documents will have to be 18 years of age or older and have an interview with a psychologist before new identity documents are issued.
Despite the restriction, LGBTI activists welcomed the move as "a step forward".
Geraldine Valenzuela told Reuters news agency that she had suffered from discrimination and psychological, verbal and physical violence for decades.
"I believe that everything that has happened has borne fruit," she added.
LGBTI groups said they expect about 1,500 people would take advantage of the new law to have their documents changed.
Back when the law was passed, Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera said it would put an end to "social hypocrisy" in Bolivia, where members of the LGBTI community often face disparaging comments or abuse.
President Evo Morales has come under fire on several occasions for disparaging remarks he has made.
In November, he apologised after making a jibe implying his health minister may be lesbian.
And in 2010, he caused outrage when he said eating chicken rich in oestrogen caused men to "deviate from themselves as men".
Activists said the law, which was introduced in parliament by Mr Morales' administration, signalled a welcome change.
Polls suggest there has been a shift in attitudes towards LGBTI people in Latin America in recent years.
In the past six years, same-sex marriage has become legal in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay, as well as some states in Mexico.
The clubs, both borne out of the old Wimbledon, faced each other in the FA Cup two years ago, which MK also won.
This cup tie lacked the hype of the previous encounter, particularly after Kyle McFadzean, Daniel Powell and Benik Afobe had put MK 3-0 up.
Matt Tubbs scored a late consolation penalty, which provoked a mini pitch invasion from some travelling fans.
It is 11 years since the old Wimbledon was moved 60 miles north to Milton Keynes by music mogul Pete Winkelman, and 10 years since the club was rebranded into MK Dons.
But still AFC Wimbledon, the phoenix club created by fans, are searching for the win that may provide them with the smallest sensation of revenge.
Whether beating the enemy would make any of the past decade easier to bear is yet to be seen, but what possibly grates the most is the sight of their rivals building a youthful, attractive team, who were fully deserving of their win.
It was clear to see that the outpouring emotions that set the tone of the first meeting were heavily diluted this time around, with fewer fans from both sides in attendance.
And gone were the banners and signs, that were so prevalent two years ago, proclaiming ownership of the genuine heritage to the now extinct Crazy Gang.
That does not mean old wounds do not run deep though, as some AFC fans who made the trip to Buckinghamshire still harbour enough resentment to feel they needed to rush to the front of the stand after MK's second goal and scamper onto the pitch after their late consolation. Both incidents were quickly quietened by stewards.
AFC, a division below the hosts in League Two, should have led in the game, when Tubbs' parried shot was hit tamely by Sean Rigg on the rebound, and it was just seconds later that MK had the lead.
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McFadzean, who has two goals from his first two MK appearances, connected with a near-post flick from a Danny Green corner that somehow found its way in, and from that point onwards Karl Robinson's men looked comfortable.
Powell's effort from the edge of the area shortly after the break wrong-footed James Shea in the AFC goal and then the visitors' defensive duo of Alan Bennett and Mark Phillips got into such a mix-up that Afobe was able to stroll through and calmly finish.
There was still time for a couple of scuffles between players and for Tom Hitchcock to force a goal-saving clearance from Bennett under his own bar, before McFadzean brought down Tubbs, who converted from the spot in injury time.
But, despite a couple of tense moments, the signs are that this fixture may well be close to becoming a reasonably sedate affair. That is until the first meeting at Kingsmeadow, whenever that may be.
AFC Wimbledon boss Neal Ardley:
"I think they were better than us. They have a very, brave open philosophy. To concede from a set-piece is hard because you're chasing the game from that point.
"We want a cup run, but we would have liked to have put a smile on the face of our fans. But we're not defined by whether we can beat Milton Keynes, we're defined by what's happened over the last 12 years.
"[The mini pitch invasion] was disappointing. Obviously they want to celebrate the goal. But it is just a minority who have toppled over the edge with their emotion. I don't think there is too much malice in it."
MK Dons boss Karl Robinson:
"It was satisfactory. It's always a hard fixture. You have to give credit to Neal and his team for how they approached the game. But I thought we looked very clinical.
"It's going to be a very competitive fixture from here on in, regardless of where we play them or whatever league it is in.
"It will never be like the first one. But you have to be careful, because you don't want to undermine anybody and hopefully we've come out of this being very respectful to the opposition."
Under the changes, the four provincial winners would be joined in the two groups by four qualifiers.
This would mean the provincial winners having to play three group games as opposed to just one in order to secure an All-Ireland semi-final place.
Kerry have made the All-Ireland semis this year after beating only two teams.
The Kingdom defeated Clare and Tipperary in the Munster Championship before meeting Clare again in the All-Ireland quarter-finals last weekend.
A GAA statement said the proposed changes would "provide a more exacting pathway to the All-Ireland final".
"This will have the effect of ensuring that the finalists will have been equally tested and that the two best teams in the country contest the All-Ireland final," said the GAA.
"Both All-Ireland semi-finals would be played over the one weekend which should generate greater excitement and also ensure both teams have the same period of time to prepare for the All-Ireland final."
The proposals also include a provision for Division Three and Four teams being granted home advantage in games against Division One or Two sides in the opening three rounds of the qualifiers.
The round-robin groups would see each county having one home game and one away match plus a game at Croke Park and an overall increase of eight matches in the championship.
If teams are level on points at the conclusion of the two groups, the result of the game between the sides would be used to separate them or in the event of a draw, the higher scorer in the table would be given the verdict.
If the changes are adopted, extra-time will be played in the event of a draw in all football championship games while the National Football League semi-finals will be abolished.
The current championship structure has been in place since 2001.
Eight Tornado jets, based out of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, along with 10 Reaper unmanned drones, flying from an undisclosed Middle East airbase, have now carried out more than 1,300 combat sorties, including more than 300 air strikes.
It costs a lot to take out an IS fighter using so called precision weapons.
A total of 93 Brimstone missiles have been fired - each costing more than £100,000; 244 Paveway IV bombs have been dropped - each costing more than £20,000; along with 212 Hellfire missiles - each costing about £70,000.
With all that firepower, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) estimates it has killed around 330 Islamic State (IS) fighters. However it admits this is a rough approximation given that Britain has no boots on the ground to assess the strikes.
Some might raise eyebrows when the defence secretary claims no civilians have been killed in those airstrikes.
But it is clear the coalition is taking far greater care to protect life than Islamic State. There is no moral equivalence.
So what's been the impact of those airstrikes so far in this war?
Britain's just one member of the US-led coalition, and its contribution is dwarfed by the US.
Nevertheless, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon insists the UK's contribution is the second largest and should not just be measured in airstrikes alone.
The RAF's also carrying out more than 30% of all the coalition's Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. Not just over Iraq, but over Syria too.
We joined such a mission, boarding a Sentinel spy plane at RAF Akrotiri to look down onto Syria and into the activities of IS.
This small, modified executive jet bulges with powerful sensors and radar which can scan thousands of square miles.
On board three of the five crew peer into computer screens to analyse the information.
We were asked not to identify them for security reasons. Nor were we allowed to film or photograph their screens.
The Sentinel acts as a wide search-light sweeping huge tracts of land. Once it identifies anything of potential interest it can call in the spotlight - other aircraft, such as fighter jets or drones, fitted with cameras to take a closer look.
Flying high above the border between Iraq and Syria, one of the crew, "Mark", described what he was seeing on his screen.
To my untrained eye it looked like scratches. It was, in fact, hundreds of oil tankers queueing up at a refinery.
Mark followed the path of the trucks as they went across the border into Iraq.
Oil is one of the extremists' main sources of income. Acting on this intelligence though is not always easy.
Calling in air strikes could end up killing innocent civilians who may have been forced to drive the trucks.
Hitting oil refineries can also cause significant environmental damage. It underlines the problems of fighting a war from tens of thousands of feet in the air.
The Sentinel crew say the picture they see in Iraq is much clearer than the one over Syria.
In Iraq they can follow the battle. The coalition claims that IS have already lost a quarter of the territory they once occupied.
I ask the commanding officer on board, Dave, whether he thinks the coalition is winning.
"I think if we look on the Iraqi side of the border, I would say 'yes'," he says.
But when it comes to Syria he admits "the picture is so confused there I don't think we could claim one way or the other at the moment".
And the situation in Syria is becoming more complex.
As we're flying near the border the crew identify a Russian military aircraft in Syrian airspace.
Moscow's been helping President Assad, and the increased Russian presence is another concern for the coalition.
The government's made clear it wants to expand Britain's military action to include targets in Syria as well as Iraq.
After all, IS pays little attention to the border.
Back on the ground, the RAF officer overseeing the whole operation, is waiting for the order.
Air Commodore Sammy Sampson believes the RAF's involvement in Syria "would have a real benefit to the coalition".
It is a political decision but he added: "I can guarantee we'll be ready as soon as they say."
But even if the RAF gets the green light to conduct airstrikes over Syria, it probably would not mean an increased military presence.
The RAF's frontline squadrons are already stretched. Nor is there an end in sight.
Sentinel crews, will be flying for months to come.
The defence secretary has just announced an extension of their mission into 2016.
Even though they believe they are making a difference one of the Sentinel crew answers his own question: "From the air are we going to solve the crises on the ground? Not at the moment- no."
Presenters Clare Balding, Victoria Derbyshire and Emily Maitlis are among those who have signed an open letter to director general Tony Hall.
They urge him to "correct" the disparity over gender pay, which they say has been known "for years".
Lord Hall said "work is already well under way" to resolve the pay gap.
On Wednesday, the BBC revealed the salaries of stars earning more than £150,000.
The salaries, published in the corporation's annual report, revealed two-thirds of its stars earning more than £150,000 are male, with Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans the top-paid on between £2.2m and £2.25m.
Claudia Winkleman - whose name was not on the original letter - was the highest-paid female celebrity, earning between £450,000 and £500,000 last year.
Education Secretary Justine Greening said the BBC's gender pay gap was "hard to justify", while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said discrepancies were "astronomical".
More than 40 signatories include BBC Sport's Sue Barker, BBC Radio 4 Today programme journalists Mishal Husain and Sarah Montague, BBC News and Antiques Roadshow presenter Fiona Bruce and The One Show's Alex Jones.
The report shows "what many of us have suspected for many years... that women at the BBC are being paid less than men for the same work," the letter says.
Pay disparities continue "beyond the list" of those earning more than £150,000, they add, including in areas of production, engineering, and regional and local media.
The letter continues: "Compared to many women and men, we are very well compensated and fortunate.
"However, this is an age of equality and the BBC is an organisation that prides itself on its values.
"You have said that you will 'sort' the gender pay gap by 2020, but the BBC has known about the pay disparity for years. We all want to go on the record to call upon you to act now."
The women say they are "prepared to meet" Lord Hall to ensure "future generations of women do not face this kind of discrimination".
Woman's Hour presenter Jane Garvey - who organised the letter and is not on the list of top earners - told BBC Radio 4's BH programme the BBC should "set a standard" when it comes to fair pay.
"We are not after pay parity," she said, "it is fairness that we are in pursuit of here, not enormous pay rises."
"I love what the BBC is meant to stand for - let's show the rest of Britain what this incredible institution can do."
Clare Balding said she became concerned about the gender pay gap in 2010, when after presenting Woman's Hour she realised her pay for the show was "40% lower" than similar programmes.
"We are the high earners, that's why we are on the list, but don't tell me that isn't reflected all the way down [the BBC]," she told the programme.
"It is right through and that's where I think we have got to stand up as the ones who are on the list and say 'hang on, enough, we can help you with this'."
Education Secretary Ms Greening, who is also responsible for women and equalities, told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday it was "impossible not to be shocked" by the BBC gender pay gap.
She said it was a "reputational issue" for the BBC, adding that it was "very hard to justify" some of the pay discrepancies.
Labour leader Mr Corbyn told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he would be happy to sign the letter, saying the BBC "needs to look at itself".
But he said problem was broader than just the BBC and discrimination remained a "serious" issue in the UK.
Marr, who is paid between £400,000 and £449,999 a year by the BBC, said if he was a woman he would have been removed from the TV "10 years ago".
"There's a real lack of older women on the screen," the 57-year-old said.
Responding to the letter, Lord Hall said there would be a "wider consultation" over the next two months to address the issue and that he would value the contributions of those who signed the letter.
"When figures are published next year I am confident they will look very different.
"When other organisations publish their gender pay data by next April, I want the BBC to be one of the best performers when comparisons are made.
"But beyond that, over the next three years I want the BBC to be regarded as an exemplar on gender and diversity."
The Devon side, second in the Premiership, stumbled to a bonus-point win over Sale on Saturday.
"I'm kind of pleased that it should be a bit of a kick in the backside, but without us losing any points," he said.
"We haven't had a weekend off since the very first week of the season now, for 30 weekends."
As well as their 18 league games, Baxter's side have competed in the European Champions Cup this term and reached the Anglo-Welsh Cup final.
Leicester are the only other Premiership side not to have had a spare week all season.
"We need a bit of time just relaxing and enjoying ourselves because, although we've had some good results, have the lads really been able to celebrate them? Probably not," Baxter added to BBC Radio Devon.
"Now they genuinely can, and then we can move on.
"If we're not prepared to set ourselves some higher standards [than the Sale match], we're going to have some tough games up ahead."
The boy suffered a broken wrist when he fell onto the M49, near Bristol.
Driver Tudor West and coach owner Keith Jones, both of Bridgend, deny charges relating to dangerous driving after the teenager - part of a rugby team - was injured, on 16 May last year.
Mr West told Bristol Crown Court he had asked the team to wear seatbelts but they "had not put them on".
The court was told the bus had passed its MOT a month before the incident, but as part of the accident investigation it was inspected and "nine defects were identified".
During the hearing, the jury was played a video showing an inspector pushing the coach door "lightly with his hand" before it opened.
But in the court, Mr West acted out his "normal morning routine" on the stand.
He showed the jury how, on the day of the accident, he had opened and closed the emergency rear exit and had then put all of his weight against it.
When asked how he thought the door had opened, allowing the the 13-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to fall onto the motorway, Mr West said: "I don't know, all I know is that it wouldn't have happened on that morning."
Tudor West denies dangerous driving and driving a vehicle in a dangerous condition.
Coach company owner Keith Jones denies permitting the driving of a vehicle in a dangerous condition, and aiding and abetting dangerous driving.
The trial continues.
The pontiff, aged 85, was earlier flown by helicopter from the Vatican to his retreat at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome.
The college of cardinals, headed by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, will run the Roman Catholic Church until a new pope is elected.
Benedict vowed "unconditional obedience and reverence" to his successor.
He stepped down after nearly eight years in office - the first pontiff to do so in 600 years.
By David WilleyBBC News, Rome
In normal times, popes make their final exit from the Vatican in a coffin and - after a period of mourning - are laid to rest in the crypt of St Peter's Basilica as the great bells of the first church of Christendom boom out.
But not Benedict XVI.
His nearly eight-year-long pontificate has ended not in death, but with a remarkable resignation.
Benedict was clearly relieved that the world has now accepted the fact that his physical health has declined to a point where he cannot continue to carry on the heavy responsibilities of leading his Church.
Pope Benedict's last words on his final day in office - as he greeted one-by-one the cardinals - were a plea to work together in harmony.
Benedict, a classical music lover, urged them to seek to play in harmony, just like an orchestra - for the future good of the Catholic Church.
The day Benedict's papacy ended
Benedict officially ceased to be the Pope at 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT).
The resignation was marked by the papal Swiss Guards stepping down from their posts at Castel Gandolfo to return to the Vatican. The protection of Benedict was taken over by Vatican police.
In his retirement, Benedict will wear a simple white cassock rather than his papal clothes, and swap his famous red shoes - the colour is symbolic of the blood of the early Christian martyrs - for brown.
His "Fisherman's Ring", the special signet ring which contains the Pope's name and is impressed to validate certain official documents, is expected to be destroyed along with the lead seal of the pontificate.
The German pontiff, who was born Joseph Ratzinger, will continue to be known as Benedict XVI, with the new title of "pope emeritus".
The long-time theologian is expected eventually to retire to a monastery on a hill inside Vatican City, with officials saying he will not be able intervene publicly in the papacy of his successor, though he may offer advice.
The conclave of 115 cardinals is expected to meet at the Vatican on Monday morning to start planning the election of the next pope.
Earlier on Thursday, bells of St Peter's rang across the Vatican as Benedict boarded the helicopter for a short flight to Castel Gandolfo.
Before that, the pontiff was greeted for the last time by top officials in the Curia - the administrative body that runs the Holy See.
Benedict then appeared at a window overlooking the public square in Castel Gandolfo to bless a cheering crowd.
"Thank you very much for your friendship," Benedict said.
"I will simply be a pilgrim who is starting the last phase of his pilgrimage on this earth.
"Let's go forward with God for the good of the Church and the world."
Some in the crowd were in tears listening to what could be Benedict's final public words.
"What a joy to see him, but how sad to think it is for the last time," local resident Giuseppina was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
In a final posting before his @Pontifex account was suspended and all its entries archived, Benedict tweeted: "Thank you for your love and support. May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives."
The Vatican now enters the Sede Vacante - or period of transition between two pontificates.
Benedict's successor must focus on reforming the Vatican bureaucracy which has often been overly hesitant to react to the various crises which have arisen during Benedict's papacy, the BBC's David Willey reports from the Vatican.
On Thursday morning, the Pope received the cardinals at the Vatican's Clementine Hall, warmly embracing Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who passed on best wishes on behalf of those gathered.
"Among you there is also the future pope to whom I promise my unconditional obedience and reverence," the pontiff said.
"The Church is a living being," he added, but it "also remains always the same".
In his public farewell speech on Wednesday, Benedict hinted at Vatican infighting.
His decision to resign has been openly criticised by Australia's top Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, who questioned his leadership skills.
The Church has been beset by scandals over sexual abuse by priests and leaked confidential documents revealing internal corruption and feuding.
An estimated 150,000 people packed into St Peter's Square on Wednesday to hear Benedict speak in his last address there.
After all, when you've made blocking a return for the Tories an absolute priority, then where else do you go?
The comments on the weekend by Leanne Wood that Plaid may withhold its support for Ed Miliband if he leads a minority Labour government are a way of trying to deal with that.
At the very least it sends out the message that it can't be taken for granted.
Plaid's problem is it that it doesn't spell out what the alternatives are if it doesn't support Labour.
Unsurprisingly, Labour has been more than happy to try to answer that question by saying it opens the door to a return for the Conservatives, which is explicitly what Plaid has been campaigning against in recent weeks.
Of course all of this only becomes relevant in the event of a hung parliament, which is exactly what the polls are suggesting will happen.
Despite what the Tories say about the NHS being the main doorstep issue and UKIP saying it's immigration, it is who is trusted on the economy that will decide who gets into Number 10.
And when it comes to the economy, a feature of the campaign so far is the striking contrast in the way the parties are describing the situation in Wales.
On opposite ends of the spectrum are David Cameron saying there's a jobs miracle underway while Labour and Plaid paint a picture of thousands of people using food banks, claiming what they call the bedroom tax or are on a zero hours contract.
What's the truth? The Conservatives say the truth lies in the stats and there were plenty thrown at journalists at the launch of their Welsh manifesto on Friday at the Royal Welsh showground in Builth Wells.
The even coincided with the latest unemployment figures, showing 12,000 fewer people unemployed on the quarter.
Behind the scenes I was being urged to make sure those figures were reflected in our news bulletins on the day.
Conservatives are acutely aware of the dangers of this being a vote-less recovery, or as Plaid one described it a "spreadsheet" recovery.
In other words, it's an economic recovery that is not being felt on the ground, which is the central claim of Labour.
The economy is the prism for all of the parties. The Liberal Democrats have for the first time based their entire campaign on the prospect of being a moderating coalition partner which would ensure the economy is not jeopardised by too much, or too little, austerity.
And UKIP claims that the British economy would perform better if it was freed from the shackles of being a member of the EU.
I'm not telling anyone anything new by saying it's down to the economy. How the parties turn it to their advantage? Well that's another matter.
The history of that family, the Maciags, is tied to that of their homeland.
Along with art, it is a tale of being separated during two world wars, being taken prisoner and joining underground resistance groups.
Successive generations lived for 123 years, under the yoke of Poland's partition and control by its more powerful neighbours, before independence came.
Michal Maciag grew up in southern Poland during the 1890s when it was part of the the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
When World War I broke out he found himself fighting for the empire he objected to so he surrendered to the French to avoid fighting against the allies.
His granddaughter Anna said he was fighting in Bosnia with the Austro-Hungarian artillery, where he met his wife. Their first child Josef was born there.
"But he was sent to France and found himself on the side he didn't want to be on," Anna said.
"He took the most dangerous option by surrendering at Verdun so he could be on the French side but he was imprisoned by them and became a prisoner of war."
Left behind in Bosnia, his wife Roza, who was pregnant with Anna's father Otto, left the country when the family home was burnt down.
She made her way to Hungary and was there during the Hungarian Revolution in 1918.
It is thought Roza stayed in Hungary until Otto was about two, before making her way to Poland where she was reunited with Michal.
The couple's third son Ludwik was born in Krakow in 1920 and the family settled in Biała Podlaska, which was in central Poland at the time.
But when World War II broke out the family was torn apart again.
Jozef had become intensively involved in the underground movement but had to escape to the former Yugoslavia after he was seriously injured. However, he continued resistance and was known as Captain Nash by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE).
Later killed by a German grenade in Montenegro, he was buried in a British war cemetery in Belgrade.
Anna's father Otto was trained in anti-aircraft artillery but, after defending the air force at Malaszewicze in September 1939, he was trapped between the Russian and German invasions of Poland.
She said: "He escaped to Romania where he was interned but then escaped to France."
Otto was stationed in various places including Scotland and fought in France, Belgium and Holland during the rest of the war.
Meanwhile, his brother Ludwik followed in his eldest brother's footsteps and joined the underground movement.
When the war ended Otto realised that he couldn't return home.
"He was in exile and couldn't go back, especially during the Stalinist era," said Anna.
"He studied art in Liverpool and then taught at Monmouth School where he was head of art."
Ludwik, who remained in Poland, faced a new threat - hundreds of thousands of Poles were still being deported to Siberia after the war.
As he had fought in the underground army and saved the lives of a group of American pilots he was blacklisted by the Communist state.
"[However] he hid in the forest and disappeared for quite a while before reappearing to study art in Krakow," Anna said.
"His war sketches, which were the basis for many paintings later on, were the only visual documentation of the forest based underground units, because the communist regime tried to erase this aspect of history.
"Ludwik protested furiously when even the titles of his purely landscape paintings were changed to suit communist propaganda and he was arrested several times."
He eventually became Dean of the Warsaw Academy of Art.
Anna, who still lives in Monmouth, has carried on the family's artistic legacy.
She was responsible for organising various Chopin bicentenary concerts in Bristol and Hereford and also makes ceramic art.
To commemorate Polish Independence Day all three artists' ceramics and paintings are being displayed in Hereford Museum and Art Gallery.
The location is especially appropriate because Otto and Anna were both members of the Herefordshire Art and Craft Society and for many years exhibited work in the same building.
Otto died in 2000 and Ludwik in 2007 but a new generation of Polish expatriates in Herefordshire can now explore their paintings and ceramics.
"It's just wonderful," said Anna. "I think they'd both be quite pleased."
The artwork and story of the Maciag family will be on display until 7 January 2012.
Femi Falana told the BBC that Muhammadu Buhari had promised to review all operations against the militants.
He said that he was now confident the soldiers, who said they lacked weapons to take on the Islamist insurgents, would not be executed and face justice.
This week it was revealed another 579 soldiers face trial over indiscipline.
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Army spokesman Sani Usman said the courts martial, currently taking place in the capital, Abuja, were to ensure professionalism in the army.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that the Boko Haram insurgency, which began in 2009, had caused "one of the most serious humanitarian crises in Africa".
Mr Falana, who is a prominent human rights lawyer and represented some of the 66 sentenced to death for conspiracy, cowardice and mutiny last year, said the Nigerian government had failed to adequately equip the units fighting the insurgency in the north-east.
"They [the soldiers] did not sign to commit suicide but to fight for their fatherland and since the government did not make weapons available, they were unable to fight," he told the BBC's Newsday programme.
"The sentences are awaiting confirmation but we are taking steps to ensure that no soldier, no officer in Nigeria is executed on account of the negligence of the Nigerian state in motivating the soldiers to fight and equipping them."
He said that outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan "had refused to assist to the request of the convicted soldiers to review their matter".
"So happily the incoming government of Gen Muhammadu Buhari has promised to review the entire operations in the north-east region and we are confident that the cases of the officers and the soldiers will be reviewed so that justice will be done to them."
Earlier, he told the Associated Press news agency the courts martial were a "travesty" as they were held in secret and evidence supplied by some of the accused indicated corrupt officers often diverted money meant for salaries and arms.
Despite a state of emergency in three north-eastern state, Boko Haram managed to take over many towns and villages last year.
It was only from the end of January, with military backing from Chad, Cameroon and Niger, that the army began to recapture territory.
However, sporadic attacks and violence have continued.
"Whole communities have fled their villages and endured unimaginable suffering... even if the fighting stopped tomorrow, it will take years of investment and painstaking work to rebuild livelihoods and services," ICRC president Peter Maurer said after a trip to the north-east.
Help was also needed for the victims of sexual violence, amid widespread evidence the militants raped some of the kidnapped women and girls, he said.
The group is still holding many women, girls and children captives including 219 schools girls it kidnapped from a school in Chibok in April last year.
Azad Miah, 44, was also found guilty of running a brothel from his business and paying two teenagers for sex.
The married father-of-two was owner of the former Spice of India restaurant.
Judge Peter Hughes, QC, said the case at Carlisle Crown Court showed "the seedier side" of UK towns and called for more protection for children.
Miah was cleared of child prostitution allegations relating to two other girls.
Det Insp Geoff Huddlestone of Cumbria Police, said Miah had got the sentence he deserved and that he had "committed heinous crimes".
The hearing heard that one girl was encouraged to have sex with him out of desperation for cash when she was 15, while he had a sexual relationship with the other, a heroin addict, when she was aged between 15 and 17.
The jury also heard that the Bangladeshi national had targeted "desperate and vulnerable" victims and treated them in a "cold and clinical way".
Passing sentence, Judge Hughes said: "This case reveals the seedier side of life in our town and city centres and what can happen to vulnerable and immature girls.
"There are lessons from this case for all of us to learn. There are lessons for parents to learn whose responsibility it is to protect their children.
"There are lessons for those responsible for safeguarding vulnerable teenagers from deprived backgrounds and without appropriate parental care and guidance."
The court heard the 12-year-old girl had complained to police three times about Miah persistently harassing her in 2008, three years before his arrest.
She said she eventually gave up complaining because nothing was done, although Miah's legal team said there was no official record of her complaints.
Det Insp Geoff Huddleston of Cumbria Police claimed the investigation was hampered because many victims did not want to speak out.
He said "We are not saying that we have not made mistakes, we just did not have the full picture at that time.
"It was a 500-piece jigsaw of which we only had two or three pieces.
"The 12-year-old's complaints were in the form of intelligence snippets rather than formally made allegations."
The hearing also heard that up to 30 potential victims of Miah were approached as part of the investigation but many were reluctant to come forward and give evidence.
Judge Hughes added: "There are lessons to be learnt by the police to be ever vigilant to detect signs of the possible exploitation and abuse of vulnerable people, and to take seriously what they say however chaotic and difficult their lives may be.
"A sad feature of this case is that there were a number of occasions when witnesses complained to police or community support officers about the defendant pestering them but their complaints were not taken further.
"As a result, opportunities were missed."
He also said that Miah had targeted his victims because of their troubled lives.
Judge Hughes said: "Over a number of years, behind the veil of a seemingly respectable business, you preyed on the immaturity and vulnerability of young girls from troubled and chaotic home backgrounds.
"You sought to draw them into a life of drug dependency and sleazy sex for money. When you did not desire their sexual services for yourself you made them available to others.
"Your conduct corrodes the foundations of decency and respect by which all right-thinking people live their lives whatever their ethnic or religious background."
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The man with one of the biggest egos in world football was celebrating a record-breaking 128th cap for Portugal, surpassing Luis Figo's tally.
But the Euro 2016 match against Austria, which finished 0-0, turned out to be one he will want to forget. Quickly.
"This was one of the greatest goalscorers we have seen having an absolute nightmare," said former England captain Alan Shearer.
Ronaldo, 31, looked happy and relaxed as the match got under way. About 20,000 fans from his homeland were banking on him to score and help Portugal towards a place in the last 16.
He looked certain to do just that with a close-range sidefooted effort in the first half but staggeringly steered the ball wide. It was the first of 10 efforts in the game - all unsuccessful.
The Real Madrid forward spent the rest of the first half drifting across Portugal's front line, looking for support from former Manchester United colleague Nani, but struggled to make a real impact.
By the time Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli blew for half-time, Ronaldo looked so deflated it took him a good minute longer than any other player to trudge off down the tunnel.
Maybe the second half would bring Ronaldo better luck? Maybe not.
There were a couple of mishit free-kicks (taking his tally to 36 direct free-kicks attempted at major tournaments, no goals), the occasional flick and feint, and time and again he implored team-mates to spread the ball wide and send it into the penalty box for him to utilise his heading prowess.
Just when it seemed the script appeared to have taken a twist in his favour as Martin Hinteregger wrestled him to the ground for a penalty, the worst was to come.
The man who sealed the shootout win for Real Madrid against against city rivals Atletico in the Champions League final a few weeks ago could not deliver from the penalty spot.
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There were gasps of disbelief from 20,000 Portuguese fans, who had never before seen one of their players miss a spot-kick outside of a shootout at a major tournament. There were almost as many howls of delight from Austria's fans as he sent his effort against the post. It was his fourth missed penalty in his past five attempts for club and country.
"He created a lot of chances and normally he would have scored a hat-trick," said Match of the Day pundit Thierry Henry. "When he was about to take the penalty I didn't fancy him - sometimes you can see when a player is not at it and he wasn't tonight."
Even then, there was another cruel twist when he finally found the net with a superb glancing header but was thwarted by the offside flag - cue more histrionics.
That effort took his tally of shots in the tournament to 20 - 11 more than any other player and more than nine other teams.
"We did everything right but the ball did not go in, once again," said another former Manchester United winger, Nani.
"What can we say? We cannot excuse ourselves with 'the ball won't go in' - we had chances."
The only victory of sorts came at the very end, when the match had finished. A fan sprinted on to the pitch and Ronaldo seemed more than happy to pose for a selfie.
The stewards had tried to stop the invader and Ronaldo was arguably reckless and irresponsible - or very accommodating - despite his miserable evening.
"His performance showed he's human," said Ronaldo's former Manchester United team-mate Rio Ferdinand on Match of the Day.
"What he's been doing for 10 years has been relentless - achievement after achievement. He didn't get the rub of the green but he kept going and his head didn't drop."
The Ronaldo roadshow will roll on to a game against Hungary in Lyon on Wednesday, with Portugal's captain desperate to ensure he is not remembered for failing on the biggest of stages.
The 44-year-old former Celtic manager was appointed in October 2014 and leaves with the club 11 points from safety at the foot of the table with nine games left to play.
Lennon's departure comes five days after the Sports Shield consortium completed their takeover of Wanderers.
Academy boss Jimmy Phillips will take over the first team as interim manager.
"All at Bolton Wanderers would like to thank Neil for his contributions during his time at the club," a short statement on the club's website read.
Much of Lennon's 17-month reign was dominated by Bolton's financial troubles.
They were £172.9m in debt but it is believed the majority has been written off by former owner Eddie Davies, who does not wish to reclaim the money owed to him.
Bolton, who have won just four of their 37 Championship games this season, are back in the High Court on Monday over a winding-up petition brought by Revenue and Customs over an unpaid tax bill.
Ex-striker Dean Holdsworth, who leads the Sports Shield group and became Bolton's chief executive following the takeover, says the bill has been paid in full.
Bolton have not played in the third tier of English football since 1992-93 but are faced with that prospect unless they can achieve an unlikely escape from relegation.
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Former Bolton striker Kevin Davies, who played 407 games during a 10-year spell with the Trotters, said Phillips has little time to prove himself as a permanent replacement, while Southend manager Phil Brown - who was among the first to be linked with the vacant job - would find it difficult to turn down an offer.
Brown, 56, is a former Bolton player and worked under both Colin Todd and Sam Allardyce at the club. He also had a stint as caretaker boss of Wanderers in 1999, winning four of the six games he was in charge of.
"I know Jimmy would be keen to take the job full-time, so it'll be interesting to see how he does but I think they've probably left it a little bit too late," Davies told BBC Radio 5 live.
"If they did make an approach [for Brown] I think he would be interested. His family's still up here and it's obviously a very big football club."
Prior to his arrival at Bolton, Lennon won three Scottish league titles and two Scottish Cups with Celtic, as well as leading the Hoops to a famous victory over Barcelona on their way to the last 16 of the Champions League in 2012-13.
BBC Radio Manchester's Bolton reporter Jack Dearden:
"Four wins all season, bottom of the Championship table, nine games remaining, 11 points adrift.
"I don't think anyone will be surprised. It's a results-driven business and Neil Lennon himself has admitted that, but to be fair to him, he has been the manager in suitably difficult circumstances.
"Mathematically it is still possible (that Bolton could stay up). Realistically, not a chance at all. The players have got to accept their share of the responsibility as well and I'm sure that they would do."
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had questioned whether it would be practically possible to implement the ceasefire.
Russian air strikes and support from Iran have helped President Assad win key battles. Internationally, the threat from so-called Islamic State and the growing role of jihadi groups within the Syrian opposition have caused those countries which had wanted him gone to consider whether that remains a viable policy.
Three experts spoke to the BBC World Service Inquiry programme before the Syrian government agreed to the terms of the latest deal, about whether President Assad has effectively won the war.
Jennifer Cafarella is the Syria analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, a US military think tank.
"President Assad certainly has momentum on the battlefield. The armed opposition is mobilising significantly in order to prevent him, however, it does remain likely that Assad will be able to encircle Aleppo, after which we're expecting to see a siege and starve campaign.
"The recapture of Aleppo City could actually be sufficient to encourage many Syrian opposition fighters to stop fighting, and to abandon the war against Assad.
"His strategy to date has been to recapture key strategic terrain as well as to collapse opposition pockets that pose a threat to the core regime-held terrain. He's not trying to recapture all of the rural terrain that the opposition holds. Rather, he's trying to make sure that his gains are durable, and that they shore up his position militarily in places like Aleppo City, Homs, and Damascus.
"The core deficit that the opposition has is air power. Assad's ability to use Russian air strikes, as well as to deploy barrel bombs is not something that the opposition can make up for without receiving shoulder-to-air missile systems that they could use to shoot down aircraft.
"I think it's likely that without Iran's backing, Assad would have lost the war much earlier on, and so the continued deployment of Iranian ground troops is really keeping the regime alive and sustaining its battlefield momentum.
"For the first time we've started to see calls for the mobilisation of foreign fighters to come and fight on the opposition's behalf inside Syria. It's a very dangerous indicator of the state of the Syrian opposition. They are that desperate.
"Al-Qaeda's suicide bombers are an incredibly powerful military tool. Al-Qaeda uses them as a mechanism to penetrate a military base or a checkpoint: a suicide bomber can get up close and cause damage to the structure which the opposition would not otherwise be able to target.
"That tactic has been incredibly effective on behalf of the opposition, and is one of the reasons why the opposition will continue to rely on al-Qaeda as this war continues.
"Assad certainly is in a very strong position, and I think in the long-term, he's going to benefit from the radicalisation from the opposition.
"If Assad can get the situation in Syria to a point where we have to choose between the defence of our own homeland and our desire for Assad to go in Syria, I think it is possible that he could actually come out on top."
Rami Khouri is an analyst at the Issam Fares Institute at the American University in Beirut.
"President Assad really relies on very, very few people to help him stay in power. That to me is a sign of weakness, not strength.
"There was a moment when Syria had very good relations with Turkey but then the Turks turned against him completely. There was a moment when the Saudis had very close relationships with the Syrians, but those have all gone down the drain now.
"It matters because what you see now is the Saudis and the Turks and others saying they're going to send their F16 jets and their special commando ground forces to northern Syria to bolster the rebels who are trying to get rid of Assad.
"There are dangerous signs of a mini-world war going on in northern Syria. It's an extraordinary situation, with so many different parties - local, government, regional powers, foreign powers - actively shooting bullets and missiles and rockets at each other, and it's something that's totally unprecedented.
"Each one of them thinks that this is an existential battle. If they lose, they are wiped out from the face of history. That's why they're willing to do this.
"The Russian/Iranian/Hezbollah group are doing what they're doing because they see losing control of Syria for Assad would be a huge strategic blow to their interests. The Iranians and Hezbollah in particular need Syria as a link between them. The Russians see the serious situation as a means of regaining their role and international credibility in the region.
"I don't think Assad has the possibility of remaining president for a long time. The best he can do is get to a position of a ceasefire, and then a transition which he might be involved with in the first year or two, but eventually retire.
"If he's lucky, [he'll] get a deal like the Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, which is to retire from the presidency through a political deal, and not to be sent to the International Criminal Court. I think that's really the best that he can hope for."
Syrian-born Hassan Hassan is an analyst at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy in Washington DC.
"When the Russians came to Syria, that gave [the regime] some security that they could actually stay, and the country is heading towards something more positive. So that gave Assad some confidence as in they supported his project. They supported his survival.
"And when Isis started to advance towards Salamiyah, people started to say 'maybe our future is tied to the regime, and we better be under the protection of the regime'. So that city was secured by the regime, and no longer has contact with the opposition. Salamiyah became a stronghold for the regime.
"[The question of whether someone in his inner circle could betray him] is the question that has been circulating in Western capitals. But I think there are practical reasons why that's not possible.
"A regime supporter explained this to me in a good way. If Bashar al-Assad wants to pick up his phone and call someone and say 'release that prisoner', he will find people who would listen to him and obey him. There's a line of command there that works. If someone else does that, there's a big possibility that's not going to happen.
"Bashar al-Assad can get things done. And that's what drives people to stick with him - people who are part of his loyalist base or in Tehran or Moscow. They think that no-one else can replace him. Not because he's some sort of genius, but because psychologically, he represents the old order.
"He has won in a sense that his strategic goal of staying in power has been achieved to a large degree, unless things change. The war is not over."
The Inquiry is broadcast on the BBC World Service on Tuesdays from 12:05 GMT. Listen online or download the podcast.
Leicestershire Police said the incident in Keightley Road had been resolved "peacefully and without injury".
A woman, 48, was found in the flat unharmed and is now being treated as a witness, the force added.
Officers and negotiators were called at around 07:00 GMT and cordoned off the road.
Police had been stationed outside the property in the New Parks area of the city for around 10 hours after the man refused to leave the property.
The subsequent cordon left a number of people unable to get back home, but the road is now set to reopen.
Residents are also being advised that it is now safe for them to go about their normal business.
A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: "We regret the inconvenience that this incident has undoubtedly caused local people, but I am extremely grateful for their patience and understanding.
"Public safety, and that of our officers, has been of paramount importance throughout this 10 hour operation and I am pleased that it has been resolved peacefully."
The installation, called Dirty Corner, sits in the grounds outside the palace.
Mr Kapoor said in a French interview it signified "the vagina of the queen coming into power" - but later said the work was open to interpretation.
The Versailles palace was the home of Marie Antoinette, the 18th Century queen of France.
In a tweet, Versailles' mayor said the award-winning artist had "slipped up".
A German tourist, Dunja, told Reuters: "It's confusing, a big vagina and a palace.
"It's one of the most famous places in Paris and I just wanted to see it and I saw this building, this statue, and I don't know what it is."
Another tourist, Megan, from the US, said: "When you think you're coming to Versailles you'd expect like classic French, maybe a big statue of some Roman god but this just seems dirty, gross."
The piece has come in for criticism, but also praise, by female academics in the French press.
Mr Kapoor said on Friday he was misquoted in an earlier interview.
"A work has multiple interpretive possibilities," he said.
"Inevitably, one comes across the body, our bodies and a certain level of sexuality. But it is certainly not the only thing it is about."
The large metal sculpture is only part of Mr Kapoor's installation in Versailles. He also installed large mirrors, and a wall defaced by paint seemingly shot from a cannon.
Mr Kapoor is a former Turner Prize winner whose work has been shown around the world.
He is best known for the Orbital Tower at the heart of the Olympic Park in London.
The man was hit by a grey Volkswagen, outside Sainsbury's on Bower's Parade, Harpenden, at about 11:30 GMT, police said.
An ambulance service spokesman said the pedestrian in his 60s "had suffered serious head and chest injuries" and was declared dead at the scene.
Two people in the car, one of whom was an elderly woman, have been taken to Luton Hospital.
Harpenden High Street, between Sun Lane and Vaughan Road, was closed following the crash, but has been re-opened.
An air ambulance landed on Harpenden Common, close to the Harpenden Arms, in order to treat the man who later died.
The East of England Ambulance Service sent two ambulance crews, a rapid response vehicle and two ambulance officers to the scene.
The 30-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan to Motherwell after falling out of favour at their Scottish Premiership rivals.
He could be followed out of Hearts by fellow midfielder Billy King.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle have held talks about a potential loan deal for the 22-year-old who ended last season with Rangers in the Championship.
King made 13 appearances as the Glasgow side won the title and promotion.
But the Scotland Under-21 international could be poised for another loan spell, this time with one of Hearts' Premiership rivals.
Frenchman Gomis first arrived in Scotland to join Cowdenbeath in 2006 after spells with English lower league clubs Windsor & Eton, Dagenham & Redbridge, Barnet and Lewes.
It won him a move to the top flight with Dundee United, returning for a second spell at Tannadice after two years with Birmingham City before joining Hearts in 2014.
Gomis, who was capped twice for Senegal, made 58 appearances for Hearts and 11 on loan to Motherwell.
He will now join Kelantan as they look to improve on their eighth place in the Malaysian table, the Kota Bharu-based side having finished ninth last year.
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The 22-year-old joined Chelsea from Porto in September 2013 but was immediately loaned to Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem for the 2013-14 season.
Everton boss Roberto Martinez said: "He's a player who fits in with the culture and the way we want to play.
"He's a very gifted technical footballer and he's got the right personality and character to fit in."
Atsu, who started all three of Ghana's games during the World Cup finals in Brazil this summer, is Everton's fourth signing of the summer and is available to face Leicester on Saturday.
The Toffees spent a club record £28m on striker Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea, signed Gareth Barry on a free transfer from Manchester City and brought in Muhamed Besic from Ferencvaros.
Music played on an old harmonium found inside the former schoolhouse of an abandoned island features in a new music video for a Scottish band.
Neon Waltz had gone to Stroma, a tiny isle that lies in the Pentland Firth between the Caithness mainland coast and Orkney, for the video and a photo shoot.
The band members came across the reed organ while exploring the island's deserted buildings.
Lived on for centuries, Stroma had a thriving population of more than 300 people in 1901. Farming, fishing and supplies from the mainland sustained the community.
The number of islanders declined over later years and in 1962 the last 12 inhabitants left.
Stroma continues to be used for grazing livestock.
John O'Groats-based Neon Waltz, which was one of music magazine NME's New Bands for 2015, planned to use the island and its deserted buildings as a backdrop for new band images to mark the release of their forthcoming album, Strange Hymns.
Drummer Darren Coghill said: "The view from my kitchen window of the Orkney Isles is blocked only by Stroma.
"There's nothing other than a mile of water between me and the rock. I look at it every day, but the maddest thing is that I'd never been.
"Finally getting the opportunity to go I didn't know if it could fulfil what my imagination was suggesting.
"We took an acoustic guitar and a little Casio battery operated keyboard with us hoping to make some recordings on the island - possibly the first ever recordings.
"We had no idea that we'd find this organ and that it'd work."
He added: "Sometimes it just all adds up: the song, the sound, the surroundings, the people and the history. I see the island in a totally different way - there's something really magical about it for me now."
Keyboard player Liam Whittles sat down at the harmonium and with lead singer Jordan Shearer and guitarist Calvin Wilson recorded a rendition of the band's single, Heavy Heartless.
Photographer and video director, Ronan Park, said: "Stroma sits in view of where the band lives at the very northern tip of Scotland, a fascinating place and the perfect place for their album cover photo shoot.
"We knew that the island's properties had been left intact with some belongings left behind, but had no idea we'd stumble across a working musical instrument.
"What happened when Liam hit the keys of the harmonium took our breath away and the impromptu performance that followed was unforgettable."
Stephen Anthony Hough, 57, spoke only to confirm his name at a brief hearing at Llandudno Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Janet Commins's body was found on a school playing field in Flint in 11 January 1976.
She disappeared after visiting a local leisure centre.
Mr Hough has also been charged with separate offences of rape and sexual touching, which are alleged to have happened in February this year.
He was remanded in custody and due to appear at Mold Crown Court on Thursday.
Nicky Spinks, 49, is only the second person to complete a double Bob Graham Round within 48 hours.
A complete single round is a 66-mile circuit of 42 summits within the space of 24 hours.
The farmer from West Yorkshire completed the challenged to celebrate beating breast cancer.
She said: "My main aim was to celebrate the fact that I am still here, living and running 10 years after being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer."
Ms Spinks began her challenge just after midnight on Saturday in Keswick before running through Dunmail, Wasdale and Yewbarrow in the dark and finishing at midnight.
The Bob Graham Round is named after a Keswick guest-house owner, who broke the Lakeland Fell record by traversing 42 fells within a 24-hour period in 1932.
Ms Spinks, who runs a farm in Gawthorpe, near Huddersfield, began running competitively in 2001 in a four-mile fell race. She had a hysterectomy in 2012.
In 2011, she set a new women's record of 64 for the number of Lakeland peaks climbed in 24 hours.
The old record of 62 peaks was achieved by Anne Johnson in 1994.
The only person to previously complete a Double Bob Graham Round in less than 48 hours was Roger Baumeister, in 1979 in 46 hours and 34 minutes.
So far Ms Spinks has raised just under £9,000 for the charity Odyssey which helps adult rebuild their lives after cancer.
The World Cup match will decide who tops Pool A with both teams unbeaten.
The 27-year-old Ospreys hooker has played in only one of those defeats, which stretch back to 2009.
"I think with some of the boys it might be in their minds they want to get that burden off their shoulders," said Baldwin.
"It's only one defeat for me and it hasn't been spoken about in the forwards.
"But again it's not so big a burden this weekend, there's excitement going in to it.
"The match gives us the opportunity to finish top of the group and the knowledge that we've already qualified so we can play a bit more, and that's what the coaches have emphasised."
Wales' last success against the Wallabies came in 2008 when they emerged 21-18 winners at the Millennium Stadium.
Since then, Australia have won 10 on the bounce, with seven of those by a margin of seven points or fewer.
Australia's dominant scrummage in their 33-13 win over England was one of the surprises of the tournament.
Traditionally the Wallabies scrum has been considered a weak point to attack by their opponents, with the English in particular profiting prior to last weekend's events at Twickenham.
The Welsh scrum, but contrast, struggled against England and Fiji in this tournament when Wales won 28-25 and 23-13.
Baldwin says it is an area Wales have been working on.
"It's about collective effort," he said.
"I think the front row has had issues the last couple of games, but I think we showed in the Six Nations that we can we put that right.
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The collection of posters, programmes and photos, gathered over 80 years, documents the early travelling zoos to modern-day acrobatic shows.
It follows the donation of the Circus Friends Association (CFA) archive to the University of Sheffield.
The exhibition, called Spectacle & Wonder, runs at the university's Western Bank Library until 2 April.
The CFA, previously known as the Circus Fans' Association, was established in 1934 to promote the circus as part of British culture.
The university said the collection was "one of the most import circus archives in the United Kingdom".
It features items from some of Britain's most popular circus companies including Bertram Mills', Billy Smart's, Robert Brothers, Chipperfield's, Fossett's and Blackpool Tower.
Since the 19th century, animals were taken on tour as part of travelling menagerie's before they were later combined with traditional circus shows.
Angela Haighton, from the University of Sheffield Library, said: "As a popular form of entertainment the circus is an significant part of our social history.
"The donation of this important collection means we can make it more widely accessible and preserve it for future generations."
However, the company said it will not sell its popular smartphones and will instead offer lesser-known products such as headphones.
Xiaomi cited logistical issues like hardware certification as a reason why it wasn't yet ready to bring handsets to the US.
It said it hoped to instead build brand awareness with the Mi.com store.
Xiaomi has enjoyed a meteoric rise in China, where it has been hailed as the country's Apple for its popular smartphones which it sells at a fraction of the cost of an iPhone.
It's the world's most valuable privately held company, and its third biggest smartphone maker, selling 61 million handsets last year.
The seven-bedroom house is situated in Long Island, where Fitzgerald set much of his 1925 novel.
Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, lived in the home - in the New York hinterlands - from 1922 until 1924.
The author is understood to have completed The Great Gatsby after moving to France, where he set his subsequent novel Tender is the Night.
A spokeswoman for the estate agency said the asking price for the Mediterranean-style home, in the village of Great Neck Estates, is in excess of $3.8m (??2.4m). She declined to identify the current owner.
Fitzgerald was inspired to write The Great Gatsby, his seminal portrait of the Jazz Age, while living among the socialites of Long Island's "Gold Coast" region.
The book focuses on a mysterious millionaire, Jay Gatsby, owner of a lavish home in the fictional town of West Egg - a stand-in for Great Neck - on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922.
Several mansions in the area are believed to have served as inspiration for Gatsby's mansion, such as Oheka Castle and the now-demolished Beacon Towers, but not Fitzgerald's own home.
Iraqi national Abu Nabil, also known as Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi, was a "long-time al-Qaeda operative", it said.
The strike took place on Friday and targeted a compound in Derna.
The Pentagon said the strike showed that it would go after IS leaders "wherever they operate".
'Degrading IS'
News agencies have quoted US officials saying they are confident Nabil was killed.
"Nabil's death will degrade Isil's ability to meet the group's objectives in Libya, including recruiting new Isil members, establishing bases in Libya, and planning external attacks on the United States," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said, using a different name for the group.
He said the operation had been authorised before terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday evening that IS claimed responsibility for.
Cook added that Nabil may have been the IS spokesman pictured in a February 2015 video showing the apparent murder of Coptic Christians in Libya.
Libya remains in chaos four years after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, and is being fought over by a number of groups, including IS.
It has launched high-profile attacks in the mostly lawless North African country, and gained a foothold in key towns and cities, including Sirte.
The strike on Nabil was the first against an IS leader in Libya, the Pentagon said.
Reuters quoted an eyewitness who said the strikes occurred in areas controlled by IS militants in Derna's south-east suburb of Fattayah.
Libya's rival power bases (as of August 2015)
The Social Democrat, 61, is one of Germany's most popular politicians.
The post is largely ceremonial, but the president represents Germany abroad and is seen as carrying moral weight.
During the US election campaign, the usually circumspect ex-lawyer described Donald Trump as a "hate preacher" and predicted more challenging relations with Washington.
He has also criticised those who "make politics with fear", and spoken out against right-wing populism.
Mr Steinmeier was chosen by the Federal Assembly meeting in parliament in Berlin.
He won 931 out of 1,260 votes.
Lawmakers and representatives from various social fields delegated by Germany's 16 states are represented in the assembly.
Electors include Joachim Loew, the national football coach, and Olivia Jones, a colourful drag queen sent to vote by the Green Party in Lower Saxony.
Read more:The drag queen who wants to be president
Mr Steinmeier, who takes up the job on 19 March, held the post of foreign minister twice for a total of eight years.
Both terms were served under Chancellor Angela Merkel in grand coalitions of Christian Democrats and Social Democrats.
In 2009, he stood unsuccessfully against Mrs Merkel in the federal election.
Mr Steinmeier is seen as straight-talking, and as foreign minister was widely respected for taking a strong stance on issues important to German voters, the BBC's Damien McGuinness reports from Berlin.
Many expect he will work to support Germany's reputation as global defender of tolerant liberal values, our correspondent adds.
Mr Steinmeier's election to the presidency is seen as a boost by the Social Democrats as they seek to unseat Mrs Merkel in September's federal elections.
The current post-holder, President Joachim Gauck, decided against bidding for a second five-year term due to his age - 77.
Mr Gauck is a former Lutheran pastor and civil rights activist in the former East Germany.
Mrs Merkel's Christian Democrats failed to find their own candidate for the presidency, and agreed to back Mr Steinmeier for president.
Other candidates included Christoph Butterwegge from the opposition Left Party, and Albrecht Glaser from the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany.
The Department of Home Affairs has applied for planning permission to pull down Victoria Road Prison because the building is falling into disrepair.
The prison was decommissioned in September 2008 and the prisoners were transferred to a new jail in Jurby.
The site has since been used for various projects including the filming of a horror film.
Home Affairs minister Adrian Earnshaw said: "A recent survey indicates parts of the gatehouse and cell blocks have deteriorated to a degree where the risk associated with allowing public access is something I am no longer comfortable with.
"Therefore, the department is reluctantly having to refuse all new requests for access.
"The building occupies a prime two acre site in Douglas and I now want its fate to be decided as soon as possible.
"There are surprisingly significant costs in maintaining this Victorian building without repairs to its fabric.
"Those costs will only increase and that is why I want to see the future of the former prison resolved."
The vast majority of this was shared with US regulators such as the California Public Utilities Commission.
Such requests ranged in scope - from data about number of trips to specific GPS co-ordinates for drops-offs.
It received 613 requests from law enforcement agencies.
Four hundred and eight of these were for riders and 205 for drivers, with many of the requests related to fraud or credit card theft.
Lots of technology companies, including Google, Twitter and Facebook, release transparency reports but most concentrate on what they share with law enforcement agencies.
Uber, which has had a controversial relationship with US regulators, was keen to point out the amount of data requested from such agencies.
"The report shows the scale of the regulatory requests Uber received: 33 in the last six months of 2015 involving trip data for more than 12 million drivers and riders," it said in an introduction to the report
"Of course regulators will always need some amount of data to be effective, just like law enforcement. But in many cases they send blanket requests without explaining why the information is needed, or how it will be used," it added.
It negotiated the amount of information it shared in 42% of the cases.
It also received 34 requests from airport authorities, it said.
Uber, which is valued at $62.5bn, said that it had received no National Security letters or Fisa (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) court orders, which relate to national security or foreign intelligence.
They suggested Mr Duda had taken the run-off vote by 53% to 47%.
Mr Duda had edged Mr Komorowski, who had been the favourite, in the first round but did not gain the 50% needed to win outright.
The president has limited powers, but is head of the armed forces and can veto new laws.
The exit polls had been delayed after a woman died at a polling station on Sunday.
Official results are expected on Monday.
"I respect your choice," Mr Komorowski told voters at a gathering of his supporters. "I wish my challenger a successful presidency."
Speaking to supporters in Warsaw, Mr Duda said: "Thank you President Bronislaw Komorowski for the rivalry of this presidential campaign and for your congratulations.
"Those who voted for me voted for change. Together we can change Poland."
The victory will be a wake-up call to Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, an ally of Mr Komorowski, ahead of parliamentary elections this autumn.
Analysis: BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw
This is a remarkable and decisive victory for Mr Duda. It's remarkable because he is a relative unknown and Mr Komorowski has been a popular president. It suggests that many Poles have grown weary of President Komorowski's backers, the governing centre-right Civic Platform party.
In its eight years in office the party has maintained Poland's economic growth despite the financial crisis. But it has also reneged on some of its promises and increased the retirement age, an unpopular move.
Poland is gradually catching up to Western Europe's living standards but youth unemployment is high and Poles can still earn much more in the UK or Germany. Many Poles simply do not feel the benefit of 25 years of near uninterrupted growth and Mr Duda appeals to them.
He has promised to bring the retirement age back down, but he'd need his Law and Justice party to win this autumn's parliamentary elections to be able to do that. It's been 10 years since they won an election but many think that may now happen. If it does, judging by its last spell in office in 2005-2007, Poland will become more inward looking and much less at ease with its EU partners.
Mr Komorowski, 62, took office five years ago after his predecessor, Lech Kaczynski, died in a plane crash.
Mr Komorowski had been the favourite according to previous opinion polls and had been looking for a second term.
Mr Duda, 43, is from the right-wing opposition Law and Justice party, which is led by former President Kaczynski's twin brother, Jaroslaw.
In the first round Mr Duda attracted most support in the more conservative eastern regions of the country, near the border with Ukraine and Belarus.
"I'm really impressed with the care she gets," says GP Dr Graham Easton of his dog, Molly.
There are, of course, a number of important differences between the care humans and animals receive. In the UK, veterinary care is not free at the point of delivery whereas in the NHS, every human patient is treated equally according to their need and not their bank balance.
Arguably, the health system is under severe strain as a result. Dealing with complex human beings is very different to dealing with sick animals, but it has been suggested that lessons could be learned from watching how vets organise and deliver care and, particularly, how animals are looked after at the end of their lives.
In a vets' practice in Chipping Norton, there is a separate waiting area for dogs and cats.
According to head vet, Martin Whitehead, they have made a point of thinking about the experience of their patients.
"It's not nice for a cat to be seated next to a big bulky dog," he says.
There's a big airy treatment room and a diagnostics lab - complete with an X-ray and ultrasound scanner for looking at the abdomen and the heart - and it's all under one roof.
When a blood sample from Biggles the boxer, who has cancer and is off his food, is taken for testing in the in-house lab, the results come back very quickly.
GP Graham Easton is envious. saying: "It would be lovely to get blood results back that quickly. Not many GPs' surgeries can offer that kind of service."
Vets are true generalists, in every sense of the term. They can take care of pets with cancer and carry out surgery on a cruciate ligament injury in a dog, for example, without the need for referral to a specialist or the mention of a long waiting list.
But it all comes down to whether the owner can afford it. The private care system vets operate under means owners have to pay for the care their pets receive, or take out pet insurance to help pay for it.
This is likely to make owners think before they attend, which helps make the system more efficient.
However, a lack of evidence in veterinary medicine means vets have little research to back up their choice of treatment - and this could lead to unnecessary operations, Mr Whitehead suggests.
"It would be lovely to have a big database of evidence to rely on," he says.
In contrast, human medicine is well-researched and very evidence-based. The guidelines are written down and recommended. On the whole, doctors know if people are going to benefit from a particular treatment or not.
They can also communicate with a human patient and discuss the best options for his or her treatment.
But the biggest challenges for the NHS are in how the systems work.
A common complaint is that it's difficult to get an on-the-day GP appointment without seeing a different GP from the previous time, thereby losing something very precious to patients - "continuity of care".
So couldn't doctors take a leaf out of vets' books and work together more closely to make their services more efficient?
This is starting to happen in the NHS with GPs' surgeries now delivering a wider range of community services which are tailored to the needs of its patients.
While "integrated care" isn't appropriate or possible everywhere in the NHS, it is bringing some groups of health professionals together to improve patient care.
Hugh Alderwick, a healthy policy advisor at the Kings Fund - an independent charity which works to improve health care in England - says it's about "seeing care through the eyes of the patient".
Dr Easton agrees, saying: "Wouldn't it be lovely to see the same doctor every time? People really value it, particularly when things get difficult."
He says understanding, compassion and sensitivity are noticeable in the way vets treat animals.
Yet these are qualities that patients often say are missing in the NHS. Lengthy waits, poor care and a lack of communication are accusations frequently directed at the health service.
Without doubt there are many compassionate staff in the NHS, but perhaps when the system is overstretched and stressed, there is less time and space for health professionals to show it.
Is it possible that at the end of life animals get better care too?
Prof Bob Michell, a past president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, thinks so. He lost his wife to pancreatic cancer and saw her suffer greatly during her last few weeks, despite excellent palliative care.
In contrast, he says, their beloved Labrador was "eased into sleep to the sound of birds singing" and the contrast has always haunted him.
He believes humans should be able to choose how and when they die.
"Few things are more important in patient choice than the circumstances of one's death. Why set a higher value on human life and then let people suffer?"
However Prof Irene Higginson, a palliative care consultant at King's College London, says the comparison with animals is a dangerous one because it is always the owner who decides on the time of death, rather than the animal.
She is concerned that some people would be rushed towards euthanasia because of poor care and a lack of hospice spaces, and because they fear being a burden on their family.
"The emphasis should be on improving their quality of life. A lot can be done to look after the whole person and their family," she says.
Dr Easton is fiercely proud of the NHS. It may be stretched to the limit, he says, but it does a challenging job on complex human beings.
Yet, perhaps medics could learn from the customer focus that comes from private care - the ease of access, compassion and sensitive communication.
"Medics and vets spending time in each other's worlds would be no bad thing," he says.
Campaigners have been calling for Baverstock Academy in Druids Heath, Birmingham to be saved but the Department for Education (DfE) confirmed the decision on Thursday.
The DfE said "financial irregularities" were uncovered in November 2015.
The school will close on 31 August 2017 so pupils can finish the school year.
More on this and other Birmingham and Black Country stories here
In February 2017, a former interim principal of the academy, said the school had "no future in its current state" and "should close as quickly as possible".
The DfE said it will work closely with Birmingham City Council to "identify alternative local school places for students."
The school is "undersubscribed", with a capacity of 1,330 but as of October 2016 there were 417 pupils at the school.
The MP for Selly Oak Steve McCabe said the decision to close Baverstock Academy "is nothing less than a complete betrayal of my constituents."
The EU force made contact with the ship's master who said his vessel and crew were being held captive anchored off the coast of north-east Somalia.
The gunmen have however not given any details about the size of the ransom.
The EU is helping to tackle piracy in the region but this is the first hijack off Somalia's coast since 2012.
The ship was en route from Djibouti to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, when it sent a distress signal, saying it was being approached by high-speed boats.
The ships tracking system has reportedly been switched off.
The Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry has confirmed that eight of its nationals were on board.
The gunmen have told a local official they are fishermen whose equipment was destroyed by illegal fishing vessels.
Ali Shire Mohamud Osman, the district commissioner in the town of Alula, near where the ship has been taken, told the BBC he was trying to find out if the gunmen really were fishermen or were organised pirates.
"The men who are holding it claim that they are fishermen who suffered from the illegal fishing in the area. However, if we confirm that they are pirates, I will ask them to leave the area immediately. Otherwise, we will see how we can save the vessel," he said.
The vessel was carrying oil and was owned by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite conflicting reports over the flag it was sailing under, he added.
The European Union Naval Force, which runs anti-piracy operations in the area, said it was too early to confirm pirate involvement.
It has sent a plane to the area to investigate.
Eight people are believed to have been on board the ship, which can carry almost 12,000 tonnes of cargo.
Piracy off the coast of Somalia, usually for ransom, has reduced significantly in recent years, in part because of extensive international military patrols as well as support for local fishing communities.
At the height of the crisis in 2011 there were 237 attacks and the annual cost of piracy was estimated to be up to $8bn (£7bn).
However, some smaller fishing vessels have recently been seized in the area.
In 2015, Somali officials warned that piracy could return unless the international community helped create jobs and security ashore, as well as combating illegal fishing at sea.
Some Somali fishermen turned to piracy after their livelihoods were destroyed by illegal fishing from foreign trawlers, who benefited from the lack of a functioning coastguard in the country following years of conflict.
He will sign ambitious commitments to cut carbon emissions at the UN climate meeting while at the same time pressing for sanctions relief to boost Iran's carbon-heavy industrial sector.
Many Iranians will be watching with mixed feelings.
On the one hand, there are hopes the emissions cuts Iran plans to make as part of the 2015 Paris Agreement will help it stave off chronic air pollution, water shortages and desertification thought to be partly due to global warming.
But on the other, there is huge anticipation for the economy to improve following last year's nuclear deal and lifting of international sanctions.
For that to happen Mr Zarif needs to find a way to get money flowing to one of the most heavily polluting sectors of the economy - the fossil fuel industry which accounts for more than 85% of Iran's income.
Although many trade delegations have visited Iran since the nuclear deal, and many deals have been signed, there have been few tangible results because most international banks are still unwilling to deal with Iran for fear of breaching other pre-existing unilateral US sanctions.
In his meetings with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Mr Zarif has been seeking a way to break the deadlock.
If he succeeds, Iran is hoping to up oil production well above the current levels of 1.1m barrels per day.
But environmentalists are asking how this will square with Iran's ambitious plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 12% by 2030.
"The commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 12% has not been well thought out," says Nasser Karami, an Iranian physical climatologist from Bergen University in Norway.
"The Iranians may have been influenced by political and PR considerations after they successfully reached the nuclear deal."
Iran's parliament has yet to ratify the Paris Agreement.
That task falls to the next elected parliament which begins its first session in June.
Iranian MPs have little experience of debate on climate issues but Iran's Environmental Protection Agency has been under fire from conservatives as President Hassan Rouhani has endeavoured to strengthen its hand in cracking down on environmentally harmful practices in the private and public sector.
Climate change as a global issue still seems far away from the day-to-day concerns of most Iranians, but they are very concerned by environmental issues at home.
Babak, a Facebook user, from Tehran, spoke for many in a recent post.
"We are choking on all this dirty air," he wrote, complaining about the city's notorious pollution. "Why can't Rouhani get all these polluting cars off the road."
Phasing out polluting old cars and motorbikes, and improving the petrol quality could take a chunk out of Iran's greenhouse gas emissions.
Investments in clean energy could also help.
Following the nuclear deal, Iran has begun a number of projects to build wind turbines and solar panel farms in partnership with companies from Finland, Holland and Belgium.
However, many doubt this is will be enough to enable Iran to slash emissions so radically.
"Unless Iran pursues a massive switch from gas and oil energy producing units to solar and wind energies, meeting its 12% target is realistically unattainable," said Mehrdad Emad, a European Union economic consultant on Iran.
Experts are already warning that if current trends continue, rising temperatures could make large swathes of southern Iran uninhabitable in years to come.
The city of Mahshahr in the south-east has already broken records with 63C (145F) last summer.
Masoumeh Ebtekar, the influential head of Iran's Environmental Protection Agency, has warned Iranians to prepare themselves for the possibility of big changes to their climate in the future.
But although there has been a new interest in domestic environmental issues in Iran in recent years, most Iranians have little understanding of the global picture or know that their country is one of the world's top 10 polluting countries.
And as Mr Zarif 's mission to New York this week underlines, Iran's decision-makers still have a long way to go as they try to balance the challenge of saving both the country's economy and the planet.
The visitors had taken the lead when Michael Doughty picked up a rebound to fire under keeper Neil Etheridge.
But Morris cut inside from the right to drill home a left-footed strike.
With a game in hand, Walsall remain three points behind second-placed Burton, after their 1-1 draw with leaders Wigan at the Pirelli Stadium.
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He said he had "never believed that the UK should be subsumed into an undemocratic bureaucracy".
Mr Davies said he would not campaign for Brexit, saying the opinions of all UK citizens were of "equal value".
The last of the 11 Welsh Conservative MPs to reveal his opinion, Mr Davies is the fifth wanting to leave the EU, with six in favour of remaining in.
He had previously said he wanted to consult local party members before deciding how he would vote in the referendum on 23 June.
Writing on his blog, Mr Davies said he voted for the UK to leave the then European Economic Community in 1975 - having joined it in 1973 - adding that he and would have voted to leave "at any stage over the last 43 years if asked".
"Carrying out many differing responsibilities over last three decades, I have always worked enthusiastically and positively with the European Union in the best interests of whatever organisation I happened to be representing at the time," he said.
"But put simply, I have never believed that the UK should be subsumed into an undemocratic bureaucracy, which is today's European Union - and which I believe has always been the dream of those who have championed European integration from its beginnings in the 1950s.
"I want the UK to work constructively with our European neighbours, but as an independent state, free to trade and engage with the whole world."
Andrea Woodhead, 52, of Idle Road, Bradford, was also charged with assault and possession of an offensive weapon, West Yorkshire Police said.
One of the victims was pushing a baby in a pram when she sustained her injury on Friday. The child was unharmed.
Ms Woodhead is due to appear at Bradford Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Police were called to reports of a woman in her 50s having been stabbed in Scotchman Road, in the Manningham area of the city, just after 09:50 GMT on Friday.
Just 20 minutes later, at 10:10 GMT, a woman in her 30s pushing a pram was found with a stab wound to her back close to the Parkside Centre in Keighley Road, in the city's Frizinghall district
Both victims suffered single stab wounds and were taken to hospital but were later discharged.
The centre-back was dismissed 12 minutes from time during Wednesday's win after a late lunge on Saints striker Graham Cummins.
He faces an immediate two-match ban.
That would rule him out of Saturday's Scottish Cup quarter-final with Hamilton, as well as the Premiership derby with Celtic on 12 March.
But caretaker boss Graeme Murty has confirmed Rangers plan to challenge referee Kevin Clancy's call.
The appeal would go ahead next Thursday, freeing Kiernan to face Accies - but they would then be left waiting on his availability for the Parkhead clash.
Asked if it was worth an appeal, Murty said: "I think so, yes. We will have to put some more meat on the bones of the appeal when we go to the board but I think it is definitely worth an appeal.
"As it stands he would miss this Saturday and next Sunday. If we appeal, it would be heard next week, so Rob would be eligible for Saturday."
Emerson Hyndman's late winner saw Rangers close the gap on Aberdeen, in second place, to six points, and extend their advantage over Hearts - in fourth - to eight points.
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With speculation that Rangers could unveil their new director of football as early as Friday, with a new manager potentially to follow next week, Saturday's game against Hamilton could be Murty's last in caretaker charge.
He insists he has "no set goal in mind" for his future, but feels his brief stint in charge will only boost his own career.
"In my calmer moments when I make my decision about where I want to go, this experience - as difficult as it's been at times - will make me a better practitioner wherever I am," said the 42-year-old.
"It will make me a better coach, a better man-manager and better able to appreciate the athletes I work with, whatever age they are.
"I can only be thankful for this time and the developments I'll make."
However, Anderson will remain in his role with a focus on preparing for next year's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Anderson's decision comes a few weeks after BBC Sport reported another senior GB Bobsleigh official was accused of making racist comments amid complaints over a "toxic atmosphere" in the sport.
GB Bobsleigh then had £48,198 of UK Sport funding cut earlier this month.
Anderson's decision is not linked to either situation, and he cited personal health concerns that needed "urgent attention", as well as "pressing family commitments".
"Being successful in South Korea is our main performance aim and I remain fully committed to ensuring that is the case," he added.
"I will be kept abreast of all performance matters and will still be in attendance at numerous summer training sessions, with some of my wider responsibilities designated to other members of my coaching team."
The British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association said it was "fully supportive" of Anderson's decision.
The Book Week Scotland poll saw 65% of almost 5,200 votes cast go to US author Diana Gabaldon's series of stories.
Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a World War Two nurse who is mysteriously swept back in time from the 1940s to 18th Century Scotland.
She is caught up in a Jacobite Rising and the Battle of Culloden.
Gabaldon has been influenced by her visits to the battlefield near Inverness in the writing of her Outlander books.
Among readers' reasons for choosing Outlander was its strong female lead and the use of Gaelic and the Scottish landscape.
In second place in the poll was Trainspotting, The Crow Road was third and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie fourth. All are set in Scotland and written by Scots. Kick-Ass, a US-set graphic novel by Scots writer Mark Millar, was fifth.
Gabaldon said: "I'm deeply honoured at having Outlander even being included in such company.
"To have the books and show win such an award is fabulous, and a testament to the richness of Scotland and its people. Thank you so much."
The TV adaption of Outlander has been shown in the US by Starz and in the UK on Amazon Prime.
Education minister Huw Lewis said the schools would lead the way in developing a new curriculum, to be taught from 2021.
He said pioneer schools would have a "crucial role" in ensuring an "exciting future for education" is realised.
Plans include fewer tests, ending the "key stages" system and more focus on computing and information technology.
Mr Lewis said the chosen schools, which were spread across Wales, would work with those already selected to improve digital skills.
He also announced the names of 60 schools to lead the way on a "new deal for the education workforce", to ensure teachers get enough support as the new curriculum is rolled out.
"I know it is an issue that is concerning many professionals, and I will be looking for our pioneers to develop innovative ideas that will reduce workload and avoid red tape for the profession as we move towards implementation of our new curriculum," he said.
Conservative Shadow Education Minister Angela Burns welcomed the announcements, but warned "Labour's flawed teacher training system must be urgently improved and ministers must ensure schools have enough financial resources in place".
The MEP panel's report on EU-US free trade talks - called the TTIP talks - goes before the full European Parliament for a vote on 10 June.
A major European consumer group, BEUC, criticised the report, as did Green and socialist MEPs.
MEPs can veto an EU-US trade deal.
The stakes are high in TTIP - it could create the world's biggest free trade zone, giving a much-needed boost to business on both sides of the Atlantic.
The parliament's trade committee passed the package of recommendations by 28 votes to 13 on Thursday. A German Social Democrat, Bernd Lange, was the lead MEP who drafted report.
The American Chamber of Commerce in the EU called the report "a significant positive step of support towards the trade deal" and noted the EU's "commitment to transparency and democratic principles as key elements".
One of the most controversial aspects of TTIP is the investment rules. It remains unclear whether a foreign investor would have access to a system known as investor state dispute settlement, or ISDS.
Critics say ISDS tribunals lack transparency and can give too much leverage to powerful corporations in disputes with states.
The original draft of the MEPs' report said fair, non-discriminatory treatment of foreign investors "can be achieved without the inclusion of an ISDS mechanism - such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU's and US' developed legal systems".
However, a later amendment dropped that mention of ISDS. It called simply for investment cases to be treated "in a transparent manner by publicly appointed, independent professional judges in public hearings", with respect for national courts' jurisdiction.
BEUC said that "deplorably" the MEPs "took a very ambiguous stance" on ISDS. "We have yet to see any facts justifying its inclusion in an EU/US trade deal. We hope MEPs when voting in plenary will demand the exclusion of this outdated, discriminatory and unneeded mechanism."
And a leading Green MEP, Yannick Jadot, said the report "does not reflect the ever growing concern among the public and civil society with the TTIP negotiations and their overt corporate agenda".
But British Labour MEP David Martin praised the report's demand for "strong protection of labour and environmental rules" and "bringing an end to secret investor tribunals".
The MEPs' views influence the European Commission's stance in the wide-ranging trade talks, covering issues such as food safety, data protection, trademarks and competition in transport and public procurement.
They believe the end of the school year has seen families struggle without the free dinners provided.
Usually about 10 people a day use the Eastside food bank at Mount Zion Baptist Church on Mansel Road, Bonymaen, but that number has risen.
Charity the Trussell Trust said school holidays in 2016 saw a 10% increase in people using its food banks.
Eastside has seen basics such as dried pasta and toiletries run out for the first time since it opened in 2013.
Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris called the situation "desperate", adding: "It is definitely because of families struggling with children on holiday."
The Reverend Chris Lewis said more homeless people have also sought help and it is worrying they are struggling as referrals increase.
During July and August last year, 5,185 three-day emergency food supplies were given out by the Trussell Trust in Wales, compared to 4,733 in May and June.
Its director of devolved nations Tony Graham praised work to provide school meals.
"The next step must be to help families during the holidays," he added.
But few would have disagreed with US President Barack Obama when he used that very word to describe the first sit-down meeting between a US president and a Cuban leader in more than 50 years.
The meeting in a small nondescript room in the Atlapa conference centre in Panama City on the margins of the Summit of the Americas did not look historic.
Mr Obama and Raul Castro sat, a little uncomfortably, on chairs which looked slightly too small.
There were no flags, no ceremony, no fanfare.
Just a table with some flowers and a lamp standing between the two leaders, who have up until now been separated by five decades of animosity.
President Castro is not one to dismiss the past easily.
In his speech at the summit, he in fact reeled off a long list of grievances, recounting several attempts by the US to overthrow and destabilise the Communist government in Cuba.
President Obama also stressed repeatedly that differences between the two countries remained, and were likely to persist in the future.
But just five months ago hardly anyone would have billed this Summit of the Americas as a place where a rapprochement between Cuba and the US would become so visible.
In fact, the Panama summit looked set to be one of confrontation.
At the previous summit in Cartagena, the host, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, had announced that there would not be another such gathering unless Cuba was allowed to take part.
With the US objecting to Cuba's participation, all was set for a stand-off between the US on the one hand and Latin American nations, who backed Cuba, on the other.
This was the case until the 17 December, when Mr Obama and Mr Castro gave simultaneous TV addresses announcing they would work towards re-establishing diplomatic ties.
The announcement came as a surprise to almost all but those who had been involved in the secret negotiations leading up to it.
Progress since then has not been fast, but it has been steady.
Just a day before the summit kicked off, President Obama said that the State Department had recommended removing Cuba from the US list of countries which sponsor terrorism.
Its presence on the list has been a major hurdle to closer ties and its removal is now tantalisingly close.
The two countries have not yet re-opened their embassies but it now seems a question of when rather than if that may happen.
There have been stumbles along the way.
Less than a month ago, Raul Castro lashed out at President Obama for declaring Cuba's ally Venezuela a threat to national security.
He said that "the US needs to understand once and for all that it cannot seduce or buy Cuba, just as it cannot intimidate Venezuela".
And in his speech at the Panama summit, Mr Castro at one point got so impassioned while recalling the revolution which he and his brother Fidel led that he had to stop himself.
"The passion oozes out of me when I speak about the revolution," he said.
"I apologise to Mr Obama who is not responsible for what happened before him," he added.
There seems to be a mutual understanding that the two can agree to disagree.
Speaking at a news conference after the meeting, Mr Obama described his conversation with Mr Castro as "candid".
"We're able to speak honestly about our differences and concerns," he said.
And he stressed that the United States would not stop talking about human rights and democracy, two things the US believes are lacking on the Communist-run island.
But the way to go about raising these issues, he said, was by persuasion and not confrontation.
Despite their differences, President Obama said he was cautiously optimistic for the future.
And, as if wanting to further stress the historic nature of the meeting he had just held with his erstwhile rival, he said: "The cold war is over.
The youth, 17, who cannot be named, admits killing James Attfield and Nahid Almanea in Colchester, Essex, in 2014.
He has denied murder on grounds of diminished responsibility, saying he was suffering from psychosis.
Dr Philip Joseph told Guildford Crown Court the claims were "like something you might see in a horror film".
He described the boy's auditory and visual hallucinations as "extremely unconvincing".
"Every time he's talking about voices he's doing it to distance himself from what he's done," Dr Joseph said.
He told the court how the teenager had said he was "on a mission from the devil" when he killed Mr Attfield, 33, and Ms Almanea, 31.
Mr Attfield was found near the town's Castle Park with 102 knife wounds in March 2014. Ms Almanea was stabbed to death on Salary Brook Trail three months later.
The trial, which has entered its second week, has previously heard a knife was found in the lining of a school blazer belonging to the teenager.
The jury has also been told the boy admitted watching violent and pornographic films and had violent sexual fantasies.
The defendant was described as having a fascination with serial killers, and was particularly interested in Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, and serial killers Steve Wright and Ted Bundy, Dr Joseph said.
The boy told Dr Joseph he had been bullied at school from the age of 11, and after that he had started hearing voices.
The court had previously been told his behaviour had become increasingly violent as he grew older and he was "a thug" who kicked and headbutted fellow pupils.
The trial continues.
The charges relate to her comments made in 2010 comparing Muslims praying in the streets to the Nazi occupation of France in World War Two.
The European Parliament paved the way for her prosecution in 2013 by removing her immunity as an MEP.
Ms Le Pen has defended her remarks and called the charges "intimidation".
She will appear in court in Lyon on 20 October, according to French media reports.
Lyon is where, in December 2010, Ms Le Pen told FN supporters that the sight of Muslims praying in the street was similar to the Nazi occupation in World War Two.
In her speech, broadcast by French media, she said that France had initially seen "more and more veils", then "more and more burkas" and "after that came prayers in the streets".
She said: "I'm sorry, but some people are very fond of talking about the Second World War and about the occupation, so let's talk about occupation, because that is what is happening here...
"There are no tanks, no soldiers, but it is still an occupation, and it weighs on people."
Praying in the streets was banned in Paris in 2011 in response to growing far-right protests.
In the same year France became the first EU state to ban public wearing of the face-covering Islamic veil (niqab).
France is home to the largest number of Muslim residents of all EU member states.
By some estimates, as many as six million French people, or just under 10% of the population, are Muslims, and many have origins in France's former North African colonies.
An initial investigation was launched following's Ms Le Pen's speech, made as she was campaigning to become FN leader, but it was later closed with no result.
A complaint by an anti-racist association then led to a judicial enquiry in January 2012.
Ms Le Pen was charged in July 2014 after her immunity as a member of the European Parliament was lifted following a vote.
The European Parliament stripped her father, the FN's founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, of his immunity in 1997 and he was later fined by a German court for playing down the Holocaust.
He had dismissed the Nazi gas chambers as "a detail" in WW2 history.
His daughter, who has tried to steer the party away from its racist and anti-Semitic past, is widely expected to run for French president in 2017.
Signs of liquid water had been seen on southern Mars, but the latest findings reveal similar signals in craters in the north of the Red Planet.
The team made their discovery by examining data from instruments on board Europe's Mars Express and Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
They report the findings in the latest issue of the journal Science.
John Carter, of the University of Paris, led the team of France- and US-based scientists.
"Until now, we had no idea what half Mars was made of in terms of mineral composition," he told BBC News.
"Now, with the Esa and Nasa probes, we have been able to get a mixture of images and spectral information about the composition of the rock."
He explained that these instruments had revealed clay-type minerals called phyllosilicates - "the stuff you would find in mud and in river beds."
"It's not the species of mineral itself that's important," said Dr Carter, "it's more the fact that the minerals contain water.
"This enhances the picture of liquid water on Mars."
Previously, researchers have seen similar signs of water in the highlands of southern Mars in rocks that are up to four billion years old. But in the northern part of the planet, more recently formed rocks have buried the older geology.
The prevailing theory for why this is, is that a giant object slammed into northern Mars, turning nearly half of the planet's surface into the Solar System's largest impact crater.
Dr Carter explained that this meant a thick veneer of younger rock covered the older geology, "so the craters are the only way of accessing the older stuff".
But the craters are relatively small and more difficult for the orbiting probes to take measurements from.
"There's also ice and dust coverage in the north of the planet, making it harder to get signals from these craters," said Dr Carter.
The new findings suggest that at least part of the wet period on Mars, that could have been favourable to life, extended into the time between that giant impact and when volcanic and other rocks formed an overlying mantle.
This indicates that, 4.2 billion years ago, the planet was probably altered by liquid water on a global scale.
But Dr Carter said that the findings did not paint a picture of huge Martian oceans.
"It was probably a very dry place," he said. "But we're seeing signals of what were once river beds, small seas and lakes."
Oxford led throughout and although Cambridge tried to stay in touch, they were unable to get past the Dark Blues.
Earlier, Cambridge took advantage of a dreadful start by Oxford to claim a first win in the Women's Boat Race since 2012.
They dominated to win by 11 lengths in a course record of 18 minutes and 33 seconds.
In the men's race, Oxford started better and showed their strength over the course, finishing in a time of 16 minutes 59 seconds.
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The Dark Blues, who included brothers Oliver and James Cook in their crew, pushed hard around Hammersmith Bridge and although Cambridge had the higher stroke rate, Oxford were able to use their power to stay ahead.
"The harder the race, the more you can savour it at the end," Oxford president Michael Disanto, who rowed for the United States at the Rio Olympics, told BBC Sport afterwards.
"There is nothing like this. We were better on the day and we wanted it.
"In the autumn nothing was going our way and we have been building and it has culminated in this."
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Sunday's races had been in doubt after a suspected World War Two shell was discovered by the River Thames and there was more drama at the start of the women's race.
Oxford's Rebecca Esselstein made an error with her oar, known as catching a crab, and her crew never recovered.
It allowed the Light Blues, featuring four members of last year's crew who almost sank on the river, to quickly get into their rhythm.
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Catching a crab is where a rower loses control of their oar and does not remove it from the water at the end of the stroke and the oar acts as a brake, generally ending the boat's chances of winning.
Cambridge president Ashton Brown was thrilled to be on the winning side after losing in both 2015 and 2016.
"I'm so proud of the team and the squad this year." she told BBC Sport.
"I couldn't have done it without the squad and I just had an awesome job leading them."
Should they acclaim the staff of the Transportation Security Administration - who are, after all, working on a public holiday - for protecting them with their ceaseless vigilance?
Or should they find something sinister in the new full-body screening machines and pat-down procedures which are making air travel here an ever less joyful experience?
At the heart of the debate are conflicting impulses within the American soul towards state authority.
Here in the US, there is a nearly universal patriotic regard for any uniformed defender of the land. But it co-exists with a deep-seated suspicion of any expansion of the rights of the authorities over the rights of the individual citizen.
Most Americans have a healthy scepticism towards centralised authority which one does not generally find in Europeans. In extreme cases that suspicion can develop into the view that government is a kind of larcenous conspiracy against the people.
Hence the passions aroused by changes in the way air passengers are screened as they pass through American airports.
We are all wearily accustomed to the process of passing through metal-detectors as we head towards departure gates. We throw away our half-drunk bottles of water, remove our shoes, take our laptops out of our bags and hand over our coats to be X-rayed.
As with all security measures of course, it is hard to say how well the process works.
The equipment may not be capable of detecting plastic explosives for example, yet it is possible that the very existence of the process deters terrorists who might otherwise be planning to attack our flights.
Regardless, up until now, the procedures have been largely non-invasive and some Americans are outraged that that is no longer the case.
In those airports where full-body scanning machines (or "nudie-scans" as some commentators prefer) have been introduced, the choice on offer is simple.
You can pass through the scanner - which provides screeners with an X-ray image of your body beneath your clothing - or you may refuse, but then you must submit to thorough pat-down search.
The procedure is pretty intimate - there would be no point to it if wasn't - but it has incensed some travellers who see the firm patting down of thighs, buttocks and breasts as a process which would be considered sexual assault in any other circumstances.
Those Americans have an improbable catchphrase - you can buy it on t-shirts - which was first uttered by a passenger in California who made a recording as he was frisked.
"Don't Touch My Junk," he warned the searchers, concerned that the pat-down was getting uncomfortably close to his genitals
Not everyone who objects to the new procedures does so on the same grounds.
There is the privacy issue of course. Those of us with groaning guts and bulging butts don't necessarily want them displayed to the security staff, even if we have nothing on our consciences but a tendency to eat too much.
There is a constitutional matter too - the fourth amendment to the US Constitution guarantees Americans the right to be secure from unreasonable search.
The founding fathers, who authored the Constitution, could not have foreseen the threat of airborne terrorism of course (or indeed the possibility of powered flight) but constitutional rights are the cornerstone of the American sense of liberty. Government tinkers at its peril.
Some critics believe all the airport screening is part of a kind of "theatre of security" which is designed to reassure the public but wouldn't actually deter a sophisticated terrorist.
The hijackers of United Flight 93, the shoe-bomber and the Christmas Day attacker were all thwarted by brave and vigilant fellow passengers runs this argument, not by the authorities.
And finally there is a kind of techno-libertarian point at stake in all this. Who exactly gets to see these scans and how long are they kept?
Over the last week, as the US prepared for the busiest travel day of the year, senior security officials have popped up repeatedly on television to remind Americans that the new procedures have a purpose, are designed to keep them safe, and have been made as non-invasive as possible.
It's a tough argument to make when TV producers have dug up disturbing stories like the experience of a flight attendant - a cancer survivor - who was forced to remove a prosthetic breast when it showed up on a scan. Her dignity and patience struck a rather humbling note in a week of strident opinions.
Thanksgiving Day was seen as a kind of frontline in this debate when protesters talked of deliberately slowing down security in protest the increasing demands of aviation safety.
As I prepared to join the great exodus to the mid-west, the early signs were that those calls for protest had been largely ignored. Largely, of course, because Americans want to get where they're going.
But it might also mean that for all the anger, irritation and uncertainty over the new procedures, many air passengers grudgingly accept that they'd rather be safe than sorry.
Police divers recovered the bodies of Damien Little and his two sons from Port Lincoln's Boston Bay on Monday.
Local media said Little, believed to be in his 30s, posted a long suicide note to social media that was later deleted.
Members of the "tight-knit" Port Lincoln community have built a memorial of flowers and toys on the wharf.
"I tell everyone how blessed those children were to have such wonderful parents. I could not fault them in anyway," one neighbour told the Adelaide Advertiser.
"I just loved them. It breaks my heart. It is just so tragic."
Lincoln South Football Club president Brenton Dennis said Little was heavily involved with the local Australian rules football community.
"You couldn't have asked for a better bloke," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"I've been involved with him through football and I know both families - it's just something that you hear about elsewhere and the way it's touched our community here, it's just indescribable."
Witnesses told police they saw a white Ford station wagon drive off the wharf at speed at around 6am on Monday.
Reports named the children's mother as Melissa Little and described the couple as "doting parents".
The 25-year-old started in all three autumn internationals in November, taking his caps tally to five.
He scored his first Scotland try in the 43-16 win over Georgia at Rugby Park.
"I feel that this club is right for me to continue developing my game, and a place for me to stay and build on my Scotland caps," said Watson.
"The club is going in the right direction and there's a lot that can be achieved with this squad, and that's something I want to be a part of in the coming seasons."
Manchester-born Watson qualifies for Scotland through his grandparents and signed on full-time for Edinburgh in 2014 after a spell in the club's academy.
In 66 outings for Edinburgh he has scored 12 tries.
Acting head coach Duncan Hodge told the club website: "Hamish is an outstanding individual, who gives everything for the team every time he's on the park.
"He has worked extremely hard to develop his game over the last couple of seasons, and his efforts have paid dividends as he continues to perform and improve in an Edinburgh jersey."
The break-in happened at a rural property in the Anguston area.
The theft - which also saw electrical items taken - happened between 07:00 and 18:30 on Monday.
Police Scotland Det Insp Stephen Beattie said: "Inquiries are at an early stage and we would urge anyone who may have seen anything unusual or suspicious to contact us."
Menachem Zivotofsky's US passport lists Jerusalem as his birthplace, but his country of birth has been left blank.
The Zivotofsky family sued the state department shortly after their son was born in October 2002.
The status of Jerusalem is highly contentious, as the city is claimed by both Israel and the Palestinians.
Naomi and Ari Zivotofsky and their son, now nine years old, have flown from Israel to attend Monday's hearing at the Supreme Court.
Thirty-nine Democratic and Republican members of Congress have backed the family.
They cite a provision in a 2002 law, the Foreign Relations Authorisation Act, allowing Israel to be listed as the birthplace for Americans born in Jerusalem.
But former President George W Bush overrode that provision, saying it interfered with his authority over foreign affairs.
The Obama administration says it does not want to appear to take sides on the status of Jerusalem.
State department guidelines say: "For a person born in Jerusalem, write Jerusalem as the place of birth in the passport."
However, the Zivotofsky family have pointed to official documents from federal agencies that refer to "Jerusalem, Israel".
They also argue that in the part of Jerusalem where their son was born - in the west of the city - there is no serious dispute over Israeli sovereignty.
Israel's declaration of Jerusalem as its capital in 1950 has not been recognised by the majority of the international community.
The 21-year-old steps up to League One after helping Conference North side City reach the second round of this season's FA Cup.
"It hasn't really sunk in to be honest. I'm absolutely delighted to be here," Williams told the club website.
"I only heard about the interest a couple of days ago and now I'm here, so it's been a bit of a whirlwind."
After beating League One Coventry City 2-1 at the Ricoh Arena, Worcester narrowly failed to make the third round.
After drawing 1-1 at Scunthorpe United, they lost their second round replay at Aggborough on penalties, after an epic, record-breaking, shootout.
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In a joint statement, Jenny and John Palmer said it was like returning to the family home.
Jenny Palmer told BBC Spotlight she had been ordered by a DUP special adviser to change the way she intended to vote at a Housing Executive Board meeting.
A Stormont committee inquiry widened the gulf between her and the party.
She left the DUP ahead of an internal disciplinary hearing.
She and her husband, John, who's also a Lisburn councillor, say the Ulster Unionists leaving the executive was the factor in the decision to re-join the party.
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said there could be more like her.
"They were previously members of the party, they're very, very welcome back and let me say so are others," he said.
"We know there are others out there who are now looking to the Ulster Unionist Party as the way forward, because we have momentum, we have belief in ourselves and we have credibility with the electorate that we did not previously have."
He added: "Politics is a rough and tumble game, we know that, but what Jenny, in particular, was subjected to by members of the DUP was way, way beyond the pale."
In their statement, Mr and Mrs Palmer said they were looking forward to a "new beginning in politics".
"Something that was an important factor in our decision was the courage shown by the Ulster Unionist Party," they added. They have led by example during what is a shocking state of affairs.
"We look forward to playing our part in the Ulster Unionist team."
Mrs Palmer told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme that it was Mr Nesbitt's decision for the UUP to leave the Executive that made up the couple's minds.
"Mike Nesbitt's announcement about walking away from the Executive I think was the trigger for saying well this is healthy, this is something I think that most people in Northern Ireland who have had so many years of it not working at Stormont would agree with," she said.
"It was personally then that we decided that's the party we want to go to."
Relations between the two main unionists parties appear to be rapidly worsening.
This development will rub further salt in the wounds.
In a statement, the DUP said: "This move has been expected for some time. The Palmers are in the right place as they've been working with the UUP long before today.
"The timing of this announcement is further evidence that the UUP's actions in recent days are entirely about positioning the party for an election.
"The unionist people want substance rather than UUP spin. They want responsible leadership rather than UUP stuntary."
The Bath-based sprinter wants to switch international allegiance from Great Britain to Ireland but the transfer process has yet to be completed.
He has been informed that the transfer would not be approved in time for the London event, starting on 4 August.
"I have not given up competing at the World Championships and have requested to run under a neutral flag," he added.
Reid, 22, who won European medals at junior and under-23 level for Britain, says he wants to run for Ireland in honour of his Belfast-born biological mother, who died last year.
He competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Reid's letter asks Lord Coe to help push through his transfer so he can race in London.
The athlete, who has a 200m personal best of 20.38 seconds, spent much of his childhood in the British care system before being fostered by a family who have strong Irish connections.
Reid's letter to the IAAF president says that the governing body's decision to allow eight Russian athletes to compete under a neutral banner in London provoked him to make his late plea.
His application stalled earlier this year when the IAAF opted to halt all international transfers, pending a review, because of concerns over the number of African athletes switching nationalities.
Midfielder Ramsey has been jeered by Gunners supporters and singled out by disgruntled celebrity followers such as Piers Morgan during the club's recent poor form.
But Gunter, who was Ramsey's best man at his wedding, believes his friend will be unaffected by the vitriol.
"He is fine, it's not something that bothers him," said Gunter.
"He doesn't need to prove himself to anyone, and the stuff wouldn't bother Aaron because you find out very quickly in football who to listen to.
"The only people you need to impress are your team-mates and your manager and everything else going around it, you take and it changes every week.
"Piers Morgan is not in football, is he?
"Anybody like that you have to separate, especially in this day and age with social media everybody wants followers, views, likes and this type of stuff and how much is somebody like that just doing it for the attention?
"For Aaron it doesn't bother me because we all get stick at certain times. I have had it and he has certainly had it over the years."
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Injuries mean Ramsey has featured only once for Wales in their four 2018 World Cup qualifiers to date.
But the 26-year-old is fit and poised to start in Friday's crucial fixture against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.
"People always say with Aaron 'We could have done with Aaron in that game' and sometimes with certain players you realise how good they are when you haven't got them," Gunter added.
"I think people take Aaron for granted in terms of the things he does with the ball and the things he sees and the passes he plays and when he isn't on the pitch.
"We haven't really got anyone like him to do that then you realise even more and we are a much better team with him in it."
If he plays in Dublin, Gunter will join Craig Bellamy in joint-third place on the all-time list of Welsh cap holders with 78 appearances.
Still only 27 years old, the Reading full-back has been tipped to become the first Welshman to win 100 caps, which would take him past Neville Southall and Gary Speed at the top of the charts.
"It's fantastic. Before you get your first one or two you never think years down the line," Gunter said.
"If you had said to me on the day of the first cap I would go onto equal or go past certain players I would never think that. It's a massive honour to be ahead of a lot of players that I remember watching on TV.
"But that feeling when you are in the line-up and the anthem is being played is a feeling you don't get anywhere else in football. There's nothing you can get for that.
"To do it once is special. To do it repeatedly over and over is something I never take for granted.
"You never like to look back in football. I'm sure the day I have played my last game for Wales will be one I look back with massive pride."
It said the treatment could lead to a five-fold reduction in tumour size.
It involves injecting tumours with oxygen micro bubbles that are coated with a drug which is then activated by ultrasound.
Pancreatic surgeon Mark Taylor said the researchers' work was "a very exciting development".
"If this local treatment can actually allow us to operate, then we have a five-fold increase in survival," he told BBC Northern Ireland's Good Morning Ulster.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the hardest tumours to detect and treat.
Just under 9,000 people are diagnosed with it in the UK every year. It has the lowest five-year survival rate of any common cancer and one that has barely improved in 40 years.
Mr Taylor said pancreatic cancer survival rates were low because it is a disease that tends to have few symptoms and, when these present, it is at a very late stage.
Also, many of the symptoms are vague - simple heartburn, indigestion, unexplained weight loss. This can make it difficult for doctors in general to diagnose it at an early stage.
The new treatment offered fresh hope to patients.
"The potential is that we can reduce the size of these tumours by this type of targeted local therapy which would then allow resectional surgery to take place to remove the tumour," Mr Taylor said.
"Eighty per cent of people have unresectable tumours and if you are able to give a targeted treatment without the side effects of that treatment in the rest of the body, then that helps prolong survival and that is an excellent chance."
The university said it was a "major breakthrough that can open up more treatment options, even for advanced forms of the disease".
Prof John Callan, who led the research at the university's biomedical laboratories in Coleraine said this was "a highly novel and targeted technique" and "one of the most promising advances in pancreatic cancer research for decades".
"We can selectively target the tumour and spare healthy tissue making this a highly targeted therapy with reduced side-effects," he said.
"This really is a groundbreaking development and one of the most promising advances in pancreatic cancer research for decades."
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Fire broke out at the Grade II listed Regent Cinema in Lyme Regis at lunchtime.
The collapse of the structure meant firefighters were only able to tackle the blaze from outside the building.
Cinema staff and people who were in a shop that also occupies the building are reported to be safe, the fire service said.
At the height of the blaze, thick black smoke rising from the site could be seen for miles.
Dorset Fire and Rescue said eight crews from three counties worked to prevent the flames spreading to adjoining buildings.
A cordon was put in place and neighbouring businesses were closed for the afternoon.
People with respiratory conditions were advised to keep their windows closed.
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His lawyers admit he carried out the attacks but say he was under the influence of his radicalised brother.
If found guilty, the 21-year-old, who is charged with 30 counts, will face life imprisonment or execution.
The jury is to begin their deliberations on Tuesday, after both sides finished their closing arguments.
Three people, including an eight-year-old boy, died after two pressure cooker bombs packed with nails, ball bearings and other shrapnel detonated in April 2013. More than 260 people were injured, with many losing limbs. A police officer was shot dead during the massive manhunt.
Assistant US Attorney Aloke Chakravarty said that Mr Tsarnaev targeted the marathon in 2013, because it was a day when the world's attention would be focused on Boston.
"He wanted to terrorise this country," the prosecutor said as closing arguments began at the trial in Boston.
"The defendant thought that his values were more important than the people around him. He wanted to awake the mujahedeen, the holy warriors," he said.
"He wanted to terrorise this country. He wanted to punish America for what it was doing to his people."
Mr Tsarnaev shook his head slightly when Mr Chakravarty referred to him as a terrorist.
As expected, defence attorneys underscored their argument that Mr Tsarnaev was acting under the influence of his elder brother, Tamerlan, who orchestrated the plot.
"Tamerlan built the bombs, Tamerlan murdered officer Collier, Tamerlan led and Dzhokhar followed," lead defence lawyer Judy Clarke said.
"We don't deny that Dzhokhar fully participated in the events, but if not for Tamerlan, it would not have happened," Ms Clarke also said.
She repeatedly referred to him as a "teenager" and as a "kid".
The court was filled with people who have been affected by the bombings and the subsequent manhunt - prosthetics, wheelchairs, and hearing aids have all been seen in the courtroom.
Defence lawyers have maintained that his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan, who died during a massive manhunt, had orchestrated the attacks and by doing so they hope to spare their client the death penalty.
If convicted, a second phase will determine the punishment, and the jury will have to decide whether he will be put to death.
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The flanker has recovered from an ankle niggle to line up alongside James Haskell and CJ Stander in the back row.
Fly half Dan Biggar has been passed fit to start after concussion.
The Highlanders are without All Blacks Aaron Smith and Ben Smith, but internationals Liam Coltman, Lima Sopoaga, and Waisake Naholo will play.
After starting in the tour opener against the Provincial Barbarians, Warburton missed the 12-3 victory over the Crusaders on Saturday.
Biggar failed a head injury assessment in the defeat by the Blues last Tuesday, but has passed the requisite concussion protocols, while Jared Payne is fit to start at full-back despite an ongoing calf complaint.
Payne is joined by Jack Nowell and Tommy Seymour in the back three, with Jonathan Joseph and Robbie Henshaw in the midfield.
Biggar's fellow Welshman Rhys Webb is at scrum-half.
Courtney Lawes partners Iain Henderson in the second row, with Joe Marler, Rory Best and Kyle Sinckler re-forming the front row combination that started in the first game of the tour.
'A chance to put their hand up and perform'
"At this stage of the tour everyone has had a start and as coaches we are happy that all the players have had a chance to put their hand up and perform in the Lions jersey," said head coach Warren Gatland.
"We are building some momentum and we have improved with every game. We were obviously pleased with the win against the Crusaders, especially our defence and game management, but we know the Highlanders will be another massive test for us as a squad."
Lions squad to play Highlanders:
Team: Payne; Nowell; Joseph, Henshaw; Seymour; Biggar, Webb; Marler, Best, Sinckler; Lawes, Henderson; Haskell, Warburton (captain), Stander
Replacements: Owens, McGrath, Cole, Jones, Tipuric, Laidlaw, Farrell, Daly.
The Highlanders (previously named Otago Highlanders) may only be ranked fourth of the five New Zealand franchises in this year's tournament but the 2015 Super Rugby champions have won 10 of their 14 matches and are assured of at least a play-off berth.
The Lions beat a provincial Otago side 30-19 the last time they toured New Zealand in 2005 and Highlanders assistant coach Scott McLeod is anticipating another big occasion at the compact yet noisy Forsyth Barr Stadium.
"For some of these guys this will be the biggest rugby day of their careers, and it is a special moment in any rugby player's life to play against the Lions," he said.
"It's going to be a massive occasion for the club and our supporters."
The forwards are a strength for the Highlanders, who will field a virtually unchanged starting pack from the side beaten 25-22 by Crusaders in their last Super Rugby match on 3 June.
Highlanders squad
Team: Buckman; Naholo, Fekitoa, Walden, Li; Sopoaga, Hammington; Lienert-Brown, Coltman, Tokolahi; Ainley, Hemopo; Hunt, Evans, Whitelock (captain),
Replacements: Pleasants-Tate, Seiuli, Halanukonuka, Dickson, Lentjes, Renton, Banks, Osborne.
Injured All Blacks' captain Kieran Read and fly-half Aaron Cruden have been ruled out of New Zealand's Test against Samoa on Friday but will be fit to face the Lions, coach Steve Hansen said on Sunday.
However, hooker Dane Coles - who has concussion problems - would not be considered, Hansen said, as the All Blacks assembled in Auckland.
Ryan Crotty is "touch and go" but "everyone else is pretty good", Hansen said.
Read had previously ruled himself out of the Samoa match as he recovers from a broken thumb, while Cruden damaged knee ligaments in Friday's Super Rugby match between the Waikato Chiefs and the Wellington Hurricanes.
Brodie Retallick and Ben Smith were both said to be "very good" after recent concussion problems.
The 20-year-old joined Villa in 2012 from Lincoln City and scored against Swindon in a first-team pre-season friendly last summer.
He follows the loan of keeper Benjamin Siegrist from Villa to Adams Park.
"It's no secret that we have been short of goals lately and he gives us another option," said boss Gareth Ainsworth.
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She said it would also risk a recession that would leave less money to be spent on support services.
A Vote Leave Cymru spokesman said the UK acted to tackle disability discrimination before the EU.
He claimed some other governments in the EU had a poor record on the issue.
The Welsh Remain campaign, Wales Stronger In Europe, argues that leaving the EU would mean British people would not benefit from plans to boost accessibility.
This includes the European Accessibility Act, which could create a mechanism to ensure manufacturers and suppliers of products such as computers and phones would need to comply with agreed accessibility standards.
Baroness Grey-Thompson said: "Our membership of the European Union has had real, positive benefits for the millions of UK residents with limiting long-term illnesses, impairments or disabilities.
"It has helped to counter workplace discrimination, obliged transport providers to make their services more accessible and secured access to some UK disability benefits for Britons living in other EU countries.
"Not only would leaving Europe jeopardise these, it would close us off from enjoying the rewards of upcoming legislation that will further increase accessibility and risk a recession that would leave less money to be spent on much-needed support services."
Vincent Bailey, spokesman for Vote Leave Cymru said: "It's worth remembering that the UK acted to tackle disability discrimination long before the EU, and that we provide for much more extensive rights.
"The Disability Act, for example, was passed by Parliament in 1995 - some eight years before EU legislation first came into force that deals only with employment discrimination.
"In fact, EU governments have a terrible track record in protecting the disabled, and certainly should not be able to influence our policy in this area."
New heroes will emerge and memorable performances will take place in Rio.
Baroness Grey-Thompson is one of Britain's greatest Paralympians - she won 11 gold medals and will be part of the BBC Radio 5 Live commentary team in Brazil.
Here is her guide to the moments that you simply cannot afford to miss...
When:
We don't know too much about the ceremony yet, although we have been promised some surprises.
The athletes will have been waiting to come out to Brazil, then been at the holding camp for a few days and finally got into the village - but once the opening ceremony starts, that's it. You can't stop it!
A lot of the athletes won't be able to march out because of their competition.
However, you don't train for four years to march out in an opening ceremony and there is a different feel in the village once it starts. Everyone just settles down from then on and gets down to the business in hand.
When:
I've known Sarah since she was 14 and I wish she had gone to cycling earlier than when she switched sports in 2005. How amazing is it that although we thought swimming was her sport, she is a better cyclist than swimmer?
Winning early medals definitely helps the morale of the team and for Sarah, a gold medal in her first event - the C5 3km individual pursuit on Thursday - would be special and would take her past our current tally of 11 golds.
But the medal total is one of those things that is only yours for a bit - like world records - and although you wouldn't want anyone else to have it, there is nothing you can do.
This will be her first Games as a mum and her seventh in total. Although it will be hard, she will just get on with it. She is already the equal most successful female Paralympian - but this would take her to the next level.
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Two sports will be making their Games debut - triathlon and canoe. I'm looking forward to both but triathlon is an amazing sport and I am really pleased it is in the Paralympics.
My husband Ian is part of the GB coaching set-up and the athletes are just so hardcore having to cope with three disciplines and the transitions.
It is an amazing sport to watch and, for example, if you are a wheelchair user you are using your arms only and it is so brutal.
The GB team have got good chances for medals in both the men's and women's events. Lauren Steadman, Andy Lewis and Alison Patrick are current world champions but you also have the likes of Royal Marine Joe Townsend, who has improved so much.
When:
Ellie is coming to her third Games at the age of 21. You forget how young she is, but it feels like she has been around forever.
This Games is a big challenge for the swimmer, who now has a big rival in Yelyzaveta Mereshko from the Ukraine, especially in the 400m freestyle where she is going for her third title in a row.
In Beijing eight years ago nobody knew Ellie and she won two gold medals, but there was different pressure on her at London 2012, where she won another two golds, and now a different pressure again in Rio.
For Ellie, it is about how much pressure she puts on herself. We expect her to just turn up and win - and that is hard.
When:
I love watching David Weir race, from the skinny kid I first saw in Atlanta in 1996 to the four-time London gold medallist.
It has been a really tough four years for him and even to win one medal of any colour will be a great achievement. Certainly, it will be very tough for him to do what he did in London.
Wheelchair racing is one of the deepest sports in terms of quality and so many guys can finish within half a second of each other.
In London, the others let Dave make every decision in his races and we saw what happened - but I don't think they will let him do that again.
When:
The start line for the T44 100m final on Friday will probably be the most tense we will see at any race over the entire programme.
The rivalry between defending champion Jonnie Peacock and the now-retired Richard Browne was quite feisty and brought out the best in Jonnie, but the rivalry between Jonnie and American Jarryd Wallace is different and definitely less fraught.
Jonnie has always delivered for Great Britain. It hasn't been an easy four years for him since 2012 with injury problems and new rivals emerging, but he will want to do it again. It will be one of the most interesting races and will be won and lost in the first 30 metres. The winner will be whoever gets out of the blocks clean and up to their top speed first.
It will also be interesting to see what shape Brazil's Alan Oliveira is in. He bulked up a lot after the 2013 World Championships in Lyon and I don't think that helped his sprinting. We all assumed after London that his star would just rise and rise, but it hasn't been quite that way.
I wish German long jumper Markus Rehm was in the 100m because I want to see how fast he can run. We know how far he can jump and he is nailed on for gold there, but it is a shame he isn't going for a double.
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I've been working with wheelchair racer Jade Jones for a number of years and she goes in three events in the T54 category at her second Games.
I will feel so nervous watching her because there is nothing I can do. She is great and resilient and makes good decisions, but commentating on her races is just horrible.
You have to be aware of being objective and not watching her and calling the race as you see it - but there is a bit when I want to scream at her to go for it.
She is pushing well, is in good shape and is hitting her best ever top-end speed, lifting more in the gym.
She has to forget about American Tatyana McFadden, who is so dominant in that category, but if Jade was to win a medal, I might cry on air.
I know that this isn't technically a moment, but the Games as a whole will be memorable.
We know it has been a difficult build-up to the Games. However, what has been amazing is how huge the campaign to fill the seats and the public support in Britain has been.
It shows how much people care about the Paralympics. I was travelling across Europe when the news broke about disappointing ticket sales - and the fact that it made news in Germany and Belgium in a way it probably never has done before is a sign of change.
Ticket sales are now looking better and I think the sport will be great because standards are rising.
Does it actually matter that there isn't as much Paralympic branding in Rio as there was in London? It would have been nice but it is more important to be able to get the bus to your venue.
Baroness Grey-Thompson was speaking to BBC Sport's Elizabeth Hudson.
Kante, 25, starred as the Foxes won the Premier League last season, and represented France at Euro 2016.
However, the defensive midfielder has been heavily tipped to leave the King Power Stadium, with Chelsea reported to have made a £27m bid.
Ranieri said: "We offered Kante a new deal before the Euros. Now I know there are a lot of big teams interested."
Kante was named on the six-man shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award last season - which was won by team-mate Riyad Mahrez.
Leicester kept striker Jamie Vardy earlier this summer after he rejected a move to Arsenal and signed a new deal.
Ranieri said that he was "very happy" that Vardy had stayed at the club, and said that Leicester are "ready" to defend their title.
"Doing it again is not possible, but we proved last season that everything is possible," he said.
"There is no pressure on us, we're the champions. The new champions will have to fight against us - not just the new champions but everybody.
"We know it will not be the same but we are ready."
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The government said the independent report clearly blamed union action and sick leave for disruption.
The DFT had said the paper could not be published before the election but has now made it public.
It was written by Chris Gibb, a non-executive director at Network Rail.
Last week the RMT union demanded it should be released immediately.
Both unions have been in dispute with Southern's parent company, Govia Thameslink (GTR), for more than a year in a row over guards' roles on trains.
RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, said: "No wonder the government have sat on the Gibb report for seven months. It's taken them that long to slice and fillet it into a document that they can spin up as an attack on the unions and the staff."
Aslef general secretary, Mick Whelan, noted Mr Gibb said no single party was responsible and added: "He's right. It's a combination of the Department for Transport (DFT) and GTR/Southern deliberately provoking an industrial dispute."
A DFT spokesman said: "The report makes absolutely clear that passengers would have had reliable services had staff come to work as normal - despite the other challenges faced by the network."
He said recommendations included spending £300m to improve infrastructure resilience and establishing a new board to tackle problems ahead of "huge" Thameslink upgrades in 2018.
So how does Chris Gibb propose fixing matters?
Some of his recommendations have already been carried out - remember, the government has had a copy of this since late 2016.
So, it chose to spend £300m on Thameslink upgrades before 2018 to avoid scrapping the programme. It chose to reduce overnight services on the Brighton mainline to make room for engineering work. But other recommendations remain.
They include closing the line between Horsham and Three Bridges for a fortnight to upgrade the track, phasing out older trains, spinning off parts of the network to Transport for London, using simpler and more sensible ways of rostering staff, and fewer trains through underused stations like Newhaven Harbour.
But what about stripping Govia Thameslink of the franchise? Gibb says this may be counterproductive and would probably lead to work on the Thameslink programme pausing.
The report described Southern as "running at absolute capacity at peak times and undergoing a period of dramatic and traumatic change" from 2015 to 2018, including revised working practices, new trains and major infrastructure enhancements.
In addressing how the system got to this point, Mr Gibb wrote: "I do not believe any single party to have been the cause."
He also said some elements of the system had been considered "as an afterthought", including train maintenance depots and stations such as London Victoria.
He added: "At the time of writing this, the RMT and Aslef leadership, supported currently by their members, are the primary cause for the system integrity to fail.
"Whatever their motives, which are debatable, I do not support their action."
Mr Gibb made more than 30 recommendations, concluding Southern's performance "can and will improve", as these were implemented.
GTR chief executive, Charles Horton, said it was a thorough review of the UK's most congested railway and the only way to address capacity problems was to modernise infrastructure, trains, systems and working practices.
He said: "We urge our trade unions to play their part by working with us on the modernisation of working practices and have assured them that there will be no job losses."
He added some recommendations had already been implemented and performance was improving.
The former Wales scrum-half has agreed a two-year deal to take up a role as an assistant coach with the province.
Ulster confirmed the appointment of Peel, who is currently coaching at Premiership club Bristol, on Wednesday.
Earlier in the week it was announced that New Zealander Jonno Gibbes would take over as head coach in the summer.
Former All Black Gibbes is presently forwards coach at Clermont, having previously occupied a similar role at Leinster.
During a distinguished playing career, Peel was capped 76 times for Wales and was a member of the Grand Slam teams of 2005 and 2008.
The 35-year-old joined Bristol in 2014 but an ongoing shoulder injury forced him into premature retirement last March and he became backs and skills coach ahead of their promotion to the Premiership this season.
Peel toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions in 2005 and captained Wales at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
The former Wales international is expected to be responsible for Ulster's backline and also oversee their attacking strategy.
Ulster director of rugby Les Kiss indicated on Tuesday that he had been given the go-ahead to make changes to his coaching staff with the support of the Ulster Professional Game Board.
Peel says he is excited by a new challenge in Belfast and "delighted to have this opportunity".
"Ulster is one of the big clubs in European rugby and I'm looking forward to working with a large contingent of quality players," he said.
"Coaching was always a natural progression for me and I'm really enjoying my role with Bristol.
"Over the years I've spent time in different environments trying to pick things up that will benefit my career and this move to Belfast is another step in the right direction.
"I've talked with Les (Kiss) a lot over the past couple of weeks and it's exciting for me to work with someone of his calibre.
"I'm looking forward to getting started in the summer, but my focus will be with Bristol until the end of the season."
Kiss added: "I'm very pleased that Dwayne will join us from next season. He's a talented coach who has a great understanding of the game and I'm really excited by what he will bring to our environment.
"It was obvious through my discussions with Dwayne that he has an exceptional coaching eye and he will provide us with refreshing insight and ideas.
"After Jono (Gibbes) agreed to join us, it was clear that Dwayne was going to be a great fit for our coaching group for next season."
The Sunderland midfielder was sent off as his side finished with nine men in a 1-0 loss at the KC Stadium. Andrea Dossena was the other man dismissed.
Bruce said Dossena's challenge on David Meyler deserved "three red cards".
Lee Cattermole's seven Premier League red cards:
02 Nov 2013: Hull 1-0 Sunderland
04 Mar 2012: Newcastle 1-1 Sunderland
11 Sept 2010: Wigan 1-1 Sunderland
14 Aug 2010: Sunderland 2-2 Birmingham
09 Feb 2010: Portsmouth 1-1 Sunderland
04 Mar 2009: Wigan 0-1 West Ham
13 Sept 2008: Wigan 1-1 Sunderland
"Thankfully he's not mine to manage anymore," he added when asked about Cattermole's foul on Ahmed Elmohamady.
Bruce managed the 25-year-old at both Wigan and Sunderland.
In 2010, Bruce warned the former Middlesbrough player that his career could be affected if he failed to improve his poor disciplinary record.
The former England Under-21 international's latest sending off was a straight red card for a challenge that split Elmohamady's boot.
"He's got to learn and I'm sure he will...eventually," added Bruce, after victory over his former club.
"One thing Lee's got to curb is that red mist that comes down. We know you can't make that challenge in today's football.
"In my day it might have been a booking but the directive is that if you leave the floor with studs showing, even if you don't make contact, it is seen as reckless and endangering the the player.
"The referee's got that one right and the second one [by Dossena] is a horror challenge, let me tell you.
"It was on David Meyler, who has had two serious injuries in his career, and he was lucky because those are the ones that really damage footballers.
"I don't know if you can get three red cards but he deserved them."
Although Sunderland manager Gus Poyet admitted former Liverpool player Dossena deserved to be sent off, he claimed Cattermole's challenge was not a red card.
The former Brighton boss criticised referee Andre Marriner for dismissing Cattermole, while failing to punish Hull's Paul McShane for a challenge that "could have killed" goalkeeper Keiren Westwood.
Republic of Ireland international Westwood, 29, had to be replaced in the first half after the challenge by McShane.
"I'm not accusing McShane at all," said Poyet.
"I think he played the ball and he was late but he nearly killed him and [Westwood] is injured and he is out and I need to change my goalkeeper.
"The tackle of Lee didn't touch [Elmohamady]. He was still on the pitch and he was down for two minutes - there's a little bit of a difference."
Sunderland's defeat at Hull was their eighth in 10 league games and leaves Poyet's side 19th in the table, five points from safety.
England were on the ropes before lunch so Pietersen had to score a hundred and he did. He also had to work hard for it, and when Pietersen has to work hard, somehow it makes for more worthwhile viewing. And the fact his side really needed that knock will give him great satisfaction.
He has not had much time at the crease recently and he was passed fit only on the morning of the game, and when he came out to bat you could tell.
"For all that's said about Pietersen, on and off the field, he's going to go down as one of England's greats when he retires. He loves the big moments, he's a dangerous player and, once he gets going, he's hard to stop. But he played a proper Test match innings today; he left a lot of balls."
When he comes to the crease he can be incredibly skittish, play some astonishingly loose shots and get himself into some very strange places.
He looks terribly vulnerable - it's almost as if he does it on purpose, to make the bowlers think, 'hey, I'm going to get this bloke out'.
There is usually a mad run to get off the mark and suddenly he slips into a groove - it is as if a button is pressed and everything moves as it is supposed to.
And as soon as he is in the groove he is incredibly hard to bowl at. My generation had Viv Richards, who pumped the ball through the leg side from pretty straight, which was his great strength.
But Pietersen hits it straighter, even when the ball is short of a length, because he can stand tall, get on top of the bounce and hit it away from off stump through mid-wicket and mid-on.
As a bowler that is a nightmare, because if you bowl outside off stump he will hit you through the covers. The margin for error is miniscule. Plus, the captain and the bowler are trying to cover the leg side, so they end up with a very split field with gaps all over the place.
25: Alastair Cook (95 Tests)
23: Kevin Pietersen (97)
22: Walter Hammond (85), Colin Cowdrey (114), Geoffrey Boycott (108)
21: Andrew Strauss (100)
20: Ken Barrington (82), Graham Gooch (118)
Pietersen is box office to watch. The way he saw off Nathan Lyon before lunch, by smashing him for a couple of sixes, was just terrific. But he had to work very hard for that hundred, on a pitch that is doing more than he allowed it to look.
Peter Siddle bowled really well in the channel just outside off stump, moving the ball away a touch, and Shane Watson beat Pietersen three times in a row, so it is still doing a little bit, especially when the Australia seamers land it on the seam.
Australia captain Michael Clarke did not do much wrong, although he might have bowled leg-spinner Steve Smith more - he only really brought him on as a token effort just before taking the second new ball.
English players do not play leg-spin very well and I would have liked to have seen Smith bowl at Pietersen. He would have wanted to get after him and, if he had gone for 25 runs in three overs, it wouldn't have really mattered.
Ian Bell is in beautiful form. That late cut of his, like a dab, is an old-fashioned shot that you do not see too many people playing nowadays. You can only play it if you are in very good form - you have to see the line and length early and control it, otherwise it is a get-out shot.
1st Test: England won by 14 runs, Trent Bridge
2nd Test: England won by 347 runs, Lord's
3rd Test: 1-5 August, Old Trafford
4th Test: 9-13 August Chester-le-Street
5th Test: 21-25 August, The Oval
That afternoon session might turn out to be the one that clinches the Ashes for England. Australia had the door open at lunch but Pietersen and Bell closed it - although not completely.
Even if England avoid the follow-on, they are still likely to be plenty behind on first innings, so England fans mustn't think, 'phew, it's all over'.
There are two days left, Australia are chasing and if they do get the chance to bat again they must score quickly. That being the case, they might get bundled out, so lots of things are still in the melting pot.
England have taken another step but they have got a lot more batting to do. Ideally, they need to bat well into the fourth afternoon. That would leave Australia with nowhere to go in this series.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's Ben Dirs.
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In a TV statement, army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha vowed to restore order and enact political reforms.
The cabinet has been told to report to the military, TV broadcasting is suspended and political gatherings are banned. A nationwide curfew will operate from 22:00 to 05:00 local time.
The coup follows months of political turmoil in Thailand.
On Tuesday the army imposed martial law. Talks were then held between the main political factions, but the army announced the coup on Thursday.
Key political figures, including opposition protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban and pro-government protest leader Jatuporn Prompan, were taken away from the talks venue after troops sealed off the area.
Troops fired into the air to disperse a pro-government protest camp on the outskirts of Bangkok but there are no reports of major violence.
The broadcast media have been told to suspend all normal programming.
What we're hearing is that soldiers have moved rapidly to consolidate their position, moving in on the "red shirt" camp, the broad protest movement linked to the government, on the outskirts of Bangkok. They are also moving towards the anti-government demonstrators' camp in the centre of town.
A curfew has just been declared, so the military is obviously making efforts to make sure there is no immediate response to its announcement. Those people who voted for what is still the elected government here will feel extremely annoyed and frustrated by what has happened.
Most people are expecting the "red shirts" to rally now and are extremely concerned about the possibility of confrontation.
Why is Thailand under military rule?
Gen Prayuth said he had taken over power because "of the violence in Bangkok and many parts of the country that resulted in loss of innocent lives and property, [which] was likely to escalate".
He added: "We ask the public not to panic and to carry on their lives normally."
In a later a statement read on television the military said that "in order to run the country smoothly, [it has] suspended the constitution of 2007, except for the chapter on the monarchy".
The statement said Gen Prayuth would head a ruling military body - the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council - but that the upper house of parliament and courts would continue to function.
The army has ordered acting PM Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan and his ministers to report to the military on Thursday "in order to keep peace and order".
The TV statement also carried a ban on "political gatherings" of more than five people, adding: "Anyone who violates the ban will be subject to a one-year jail term, 10,000 baht ($307) fine, or both."
The UN human rights office has urged the new Thai authorities "to take all necessary measures to ensure fundamental human rights are respected".
The first curfew has now begun, but as the 22:00 (15:00 GMT) deadline loomed there was heavy traffic on the streets of the capital with people trying to get home.
The army has staged at least 12 coups since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932.
The latest unrest began in the Thai capital late last year, when then-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved the lower house of parliament.
Demonstrators have blockaded several areas of Bangkok for months.
Earlier this month, a court ordered Ms Yingluck's removal for alleged abuse of power.
Thailand has faced a power struggle since Ms Yingluck's brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, was ousted by the military as prime minister in 2006.
Mr Thaksin and Ms Yingluck have strong support in rural areas and among poorer voters.
Correspondents say they are hated by an urban and middle-class elite who accuse them of corruption.
Batsmen Virender Sehwag, 36, and Gautam Gambhir, 32, and swing bowler Zaheer Khan, 36, were also left out, along with spinner Harbhajan Singh, 34.
All five played in India's victorious campaign at the 2011 World Cup, where Yuvraj was named Man of the Tournament.
Uncapped trio Sanju Samson, 20, Manish Pandey, 25, and Kuldeep Yadav, 19, are all included in the 30-man squad.
Yuvraj recovered from being diagnosed with cancer in 2012 to play in India's campaign at this year's World T20, but he has not featured in recent India squads in the 50-over format.
The 2015 World Cup takes place in Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March.
India squad: Varun Aaron, Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Ashok Dinda, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Virat Kohli, Dhawal Kulkarni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Akshar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Parveez Rasool, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Karn Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Robin Uthappa, M Vijay, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav.
Wales skills coach Jenkins and Harlequins forwards coach Rowntree, both 45, will link up with Steve Borthwick, Andy Farrell and Rob Howley.
Jenkins was kicking coach and Rowntree forwards coach when the Lions beat Australia 2-1 in 2013.
"They understand what it will take to win in New Zealand," said Gatland.
The Lions will play Test matches against world champions New Zealand on 24 June, 1 July and 8 July, with Gatland due to name his squad on 19 April.
Both former Wales fly-half Jenkins and ex-England prop Rowntree will be on their fifth Lions tour, a third on the coaching staff following two as players.
"I have experienced two series wins, most recently in 2013, and I'm looking forward to getting out on the training pitch and preparing for the challenge this summer," said Jenkins.
Rowntree said: "This year will be the ultimate challenge considering the form that New Zealand have been in across the last decade.
"But looking at the talent and potential in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, it is a hugely exciting opportunity for us to do something incredible."
3 June - Provincial union team (Toll Stadium, Whangarei)
7 June - Blues (Eden Park, Auckland)
10 June - Crusaders (AMI Stadium, Christchurch)
13 June - Highlanders (Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin)
17 June - Maori (International Stadium, Rotorua)
20 June - Chiefs (Waikato Stadium, Hamilton)
24 June - New Zealand (First Test, Eden Park, Auckland)
27 June - Hurricanes (Westpac Stadium, Wellington)
1 July - New Zealand (Second Test, Westpac Stadium, Wellington)
8 July - New Zealand (Third Test, Eden Park, Auckland)
The body of Keith Abbot, 32, was found in his cell at HMP Haverigg on 15 July, 2016.
A 45-year-old from Birkenhead and a 26-year-old from Liverpool are being questioned, Cumbria Police said.
Three men, aged 22, 25 and 30, who are serving prison sentences in the North West were arrested on Monday and bailed.
Detectives are investigating allegations of physical and sexual assault at the prison as well as the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Abbot and a second inmate.
GTA creator Take-Two issued a "cease and desist" letter to Open IV toolkit's creators, saying it aided piracy.
Open IV's Russian developers said they did not have time or energy to go to court so have stopped distributing it.
Gamers have filled GTA forums with criticism of Take-Two for shutting down the long-running mod toolkit.
One player said he hoped the legal claim was a joke, another said it was a "sad day" for GTA fans and a third said Take-Two had removed a "massive selling point" for the PC version of GTA.
"Almost ten years of my life were dedicated to @OpenIV and now this time is over," tweeted Open IV lead developer Good-NTS after deciding to shut down the project.
In a message posted to the GTA Forums website, Good-NTS said the team had received a "cease and desist" letter on 5 June alleging that it allowed "third parties to defeat security features of its software and modify that software in violation Take-Two's rights".
He wrote that fighting the claim in court would take months of time and effort and, even if they won, would not help the company more forward.
"Spending time just to restore status quo is really unproductive, and all the money in the world can't compensate the loss of time," he said. As a result, Open IV would no longer be available for download.
Anyone using the kit is now greeted with a message explaining what has happened when they start up a modified version of GTA. Players are urged to uninstall the software to "avoid possible legal issues".
The kit has proved hugely popular as it let people who own the single-player version of the game fiddle with its data files to customise objects, models and textures. The tool first appeared in 2011 and a new version for GTA V was released in 2015.
In a statement, GTA creator Take-Two said: "Take-Two's actions were not specifically targeting single player mods.
"Unfortunately OpenIV enables recent malicious mods that allow harassment of players and interfere with the GTA Online experience for everybody. We are working to figure out how we can continue to support the creative community without negatively impacting our players."
"Game mods have always existed in a legal gray area, and they have often operated via the tacit blessings of rights holders," wrote David Kravets, senior editor at new site Ars Technica.
It has agreed to sell its retail banking and wealth management businesses in five Asian countries to Singapore's DBS.
ANZ had aggressively expanded into the region, notably buying Asian operations from the UK's Royal Bank of Scotland in 2009.
The sale is part of the firm's efforts to scale back that expansion.
DBS will take over the businesses in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Indonesia.
The exact value of the deal has not been revealed, but the Australian lender says it will lose about A$265m ($201m; £165m) on the sale.
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said the bank had 1.3 million customers in the businesses it was selling, but had struggled to get enough scale to be competitive in the region.
He added that while Asia was still important, it would now focus more on corporate banking - especially in Australia and New Zealand.
"Our strategic priority is to create a simpler, better capitalised, better balanced bank focussed on attractive areas where we can carve out winning positions," said ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott.
DBS is keen to expand its wealth management business - having recently missed out on buying Barclay's Asian wealth and investment-management operations.
Stuttgart, the 2007 Bundesliga champions, lost 3-1 on the final day at Wolfsburg to go down.
Bremen, who could have been relegated, scored a late winner to beat fellow strugglers Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 and secure safety.
Eintracht finished 16th and face a promotion-relegation play-off with Nurnberg, third in the second tier.
Relegated in 1975, Stuttgart secured promotion back to the top flight in 1977.
Scott Brown was sent off for the visitors before they took the lead through Omar Beckles in the 51st minute.
Francois Zoko equalised for the Glovers but they were unable to find a winner.
Accrington were reduced to 10 men after just 22 minutes when Brown was dismissed for a lunge on Zoko.
Referee Nigel Miller did not hesitate in producing the red card and John Coleman responded with a defensive double substitution.
However, it was the visitors who took the lead against the run of play as a Shay McCartan cross was flicked into the far corner by the head of Beckles.
Coleman's men defended well but Yeovil were back on level terms through Zoko in the 74th minute, and both sides had to settle for a point.
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Match ends, Yeovil Town 1, Accrington Stanley 1.
Second Half ends, Yeovil Town 1, Accrington Stanley 1.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Marek Rodak.
Attempt saved. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt missed. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Shayon Harrison (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Foul by Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town).
Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Harvey Rodgers.
Attempt blocked. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Ben Whitfield (Yeovil Town).
Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shayon Harrison (Yeovil Town).
Noor Husin (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
(Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley).
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Shayon Harrison replaces Matthew Dolan.
Goal! Yeovil Town 1, Accrington Stanley 1. Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matthew Dolan with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Janoi Donacien.
Attempt missed. Ben Whitfield (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Romuald Boco replaces Shay McCartan.
Attempt missed. Bevis Mugabi (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Harvey Rodgers.
Attempt missed. Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Bevis Mugabi (Yeovil Town) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Harvey Rodgers (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kevin Dawson (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Harvey Rodgers (Accrington Stanley).
Attempt saved. Bevis Mugabi (Yeovil Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Omar Beckles (Accrington Stanley).
Attempt missed. Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro replaces Tom Eaves.
Attempt missed. Matt Butcher (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high.
Goal! Yeovil Town 0, Accrington Stanley 1. Omar Beckles (Accrington Stanley) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Shay McCartan with a cross.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Matthew Dolan.
Foul by Ryan Dickson (Yeovil Town).
Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second Half begins Yeovil Town 0, Accrington Stanley 0.
The crabs reproduce by releasing many larvae into the water so that a handful reach other vents and colonise them.
But it is thought that they survive for only a short time in open waters; so a strong west-to-east current around Antarctica may have aided their spread.
The animal was discovered in 2011.
The "Hoff" is a type of yeti crab, which is recognised for its hairs, or setae, along its claws and limbs. It lives in one of the most extreme environments on the planet; more than 2,000m under the sea where volcanic vents superheat the water to 380C and there is no light and very little oxygen.
The crab feeds by "farming" bacteria on its hairy chest, then using special comb-like mouthparts to strain off the microbes so that it can eat them.
The crustacean's humorous nickname honours the hairy-chested US actor and singer David Hasselhoff.
In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Dr Christopher Roterman and colleagues propose that the "Hoff crab" probably originated around the vents that populate mid-ocean ridges in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
It then expanded into the Atlantic through the Drake Passage that separates South America and Antarctica, spreading along volcanic vent regions that are now extinct.
The crab appears to have exploited the ocean current known as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), which flows in a clockwise direction, west to east around Antarctica, through Drake Passage.
The crabs can occur at astonishing densities around vents in the southern part of their range. But at the volcanic vents of the south-west Indian ridge, for example, the crabs only occur at low densities and are swamped by other vent animals.
Dr Roterman, a zoologist at the University of Oxford, said the exact reasons for this were unclear, but it could have something to do with the crab's reproductive strategy.
"We suspect their [larvae] dispersal capability may be limited," he told BBC News.
"The fact they have spread so quickly in the Southern Ocean is because the ACC provides a high-speed highway for their larvae.
"But when they head further north, we think they may have a disadvantage against other hydrothermal vent animals."
This part of the research is only at a preliminary stage, said Dr Roterman, but examinations of the crab's larvae reveal they resemble miniature versions of the adult animal. However, these lack a functional mouth and have a small yolk sac. This suggests they may only be able to survive for short times in the water.
Analysis of the DNA of yeti crabs - including the Hoff variety - suggests these crustaceans began to expand and diversify about 40 million years ago.
Some scientists had wondered whether the animals living around volcanic vents were relic species, largely unaffected by environmental changes on land and shallower parts of the ocean.
But most of the species living around volcanic vents today appear to have radiated within the last 55 million years.
The reasons for this are unclear, but a period of intense global warming spanning several million years that dramatically reduced deep-sea oxygen levels globally could be to blame.
This event is known as the Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum and is marked by a rise in global temperatures of 6C. The causes remain unclear but the initial changes could have been amplified by a massive release into the atmosphere of methane stored in icy deposits on the ocean floor.
The latest paper appears to confirm a picture in which the inhabitants of deep-sea vents may be periodically wiped out and the vents only repopulated by a wave of new species once conditions become favourable again.
During episodes of extreme climate warming, circulation between the well oxygenated surface waters and those deeper down is thought to decline, leading to the gradual depletion of oxygen in the deep sea.
"Yeti crabs and other such creatures may in fact be especially prone to extinction when there is less oxygen available in the deep ocean," said Dr Roterman.
"This is because if deep-sea ocean oxygen levels fall, the amount of oxygen available to these animals, that already live in an oxygen-poor environment at the limits of their physiological tolerance, may drop below the minimum level at which they can survive.
"They would face the stark choice of 'suffocate or starve'."
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The visitors led after the presence of Georgios Samaras helped force Javier Mascherano to divert a Charlie Mulgrew free-kick into his own net.
Barcelona were not at their best, but produced a moment of sheer class to allow Andres Iniesta to equalise.
Celtic stood firm in the face of relentless pressure until the dying seconds when Alba stole in to score.
It was incredibly cruel on Celtic, who were outstanding to a man.
They remain second in Champions League Group G but now trail Barcelona, who maintain their 100% record, by five points. Spartak Moscow, who beat Benfica earlier in the day, are a point behind Neil Lennon's side with the Portuguese side bottom with a single point.
It had looked ominous for the visitors as early as the second minute when Barcelona sliced through their defence for the first time, Iniesta providing the killer ball, only for Alexis Sanchez to dink the ball wide of Fraser Forster's right-hand post.
That apart though, Celtic began the match comfortably, coping well with the constant passing and movement of the Catalan side.
Forster's first major test came 17 minutes in, and he dealt with it brilliantly.
Lionel Messi floated the ball over the Celtic defence, Iniesta turned it across goal where Marc Bartra flashed a header on target, only for the giant Celtic keeper to push it away.
And moments later, Celtic shocked the hosts by moving in front.
A Mulgrew free-kick from the right was attacked by Samaras, but it was Mascherano who inadvertently knocked the ball past a static Victor Valdes.
Barca had dominated possession, but Celtic's organisation was superb and there was almost half an hour gone before the home side fashioned another decent chance.
Again Iniesta was the source, but his chip was headed wide by Bartra.
Then, as the Barcelona pressure grew in intensity, Kelvin Wilson threw himself in the way of a Xavi drive to divert it over the bar and Adriano Correia tested Forster at his near post from the resulting corner.
Messi, by his own high standards, was having a quiet game but worried Forster with a couple of free-kicks that curled inches off target.
Celtic were dealt an enormous blow just before the break as Samaras was forced off, having rolled his ankle as he was fouled contesting a high ball.
And his replacement James Forrest had not touched the ball before Barca drew level in exquisite fashion.
Messi found Iniesta just inside the box and a lightning-quick one-two with Xavi allowed Iniesta to direct the ball just out of Forster's reach and inside his left-hand post.
The timing of the equaliser was tough on Celtic, who had executed their manager's tactical instructions almost to perfection.
They nearly moved back in front seven minutes after the interval.
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Again, the opportunity arose from a Mulgrew set-piece - this time a corner from the right - but Victor Wanyama failed to test Valdes from an excellent position.
Celtic lost the tenacity of Scott Brown with just over an hour gone, his long-term hip problem seemingly taking its toll once more.
Soon after, Forster held efforts from both Messi and then Iniesta from outside the box as Barcelona upped the ante yet further.
Midway through the second half, Alexis Sanchez fed Pedro Rodriguez on the right of the Celtic box and when his low cross found Messi on the six-yard box, a second Barca goal seemed inevitable, but Forster stuck out a hand and somehow denied the Argentine.
The Celtic keeper was performing heroically and he was swiftly off his line to deny Alexis before an unbelievable flying save kept Messi's diving header from finding the back of the net.
Celtic were becoming more and more hemmed in, but a wayward Xavi effort told the story of Barcelona's increasing frustration as time ticked away.
Barca substitute David Villa struck a post late on as it appeared Celtic would hold on, but in the fourth minute of injury time, Alba sneaked in at the back post to knock Adriano's cross past the helpless Forster from just a yard out.
Despite the bitter pang of disappointment, Celtic can be hugely proud of their side's display ahead of the return fixture against Tito Vilanova's side in Glasgow on 7 November.
Full Time The final whistle is blown by the referee.
Assist by Claro Adriano.
Goal! - Ramos Jordi Alba - Barcelona 2 - 1 Celtic Ramos Jordi Alba grabs a goal from close in to the bottom left corner of the goal. Barcelona 2-1 Celtic.
The ball is swung over by Claro Adriano,
The ball is sent over by Ramos Jordi Alba.
Booking James Forrest receives a caution.
David Villa produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the area and hits the post.
The ball is delivered by Ramos Jordi Alba, clearance by Kelvin Wilson. Inswinging corner taken by Hernandez Xavi, clearance made by Kelvin Wilson.
Cristian Tello takes a shot. Efe Ambrose gets a block in. Claro Adriano takes a shot from just outside the penalty area which clears the crossbar.
Effort from long distance by Hernandez Xavi goes wide right of the goal.
Cristian Tello produces a cross, clearance made by Kelvin Wilson.
Outswinging corner taken left-footed by Lionel Messi from the left by-line to the near post, Mikael Lustig manages to make a clearance.
Cristian Tello produces a cross, clearance by Efe Ambrose.
Corner taken by Lionel Messi.
Joe Ledley takes the direct free kick.
Substitution David Villa joins the action as a substitute, replacing Alexis Sanchez.
Booking Claro Adriano is shown a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.
Joe Ledley fouled by Claro Adriano, the ref awards a free kick.
The ball is swung over by Cristian Tello, Emilio Izaguirre gets a block in.
Substitution Beram Kayal joins the action as a substitute, replacing Charlie Mulgrew.
Substitution Cristian Tello joins the action as a substitute, replacing Rodriguez Pedro.
Outswinging corner taken right-footed by Hernandez Xavi, Kelvin Wilson makes a clearance.
Lionel Messi takes a shot. Fraser Forster makes a brilliant save.
Ramos Jordi Alba takes a shot. Save by Fraser Forster.
Unfair challenge on Mikael Lustig by Ramos Jordi Alba results in a free kick. Mikael Lustig takes the free kick.
Lionel Messi delivers the ball, clearance by Kelvin Wilson.
Direct free kick taken by Victor Wanyama.
Booking Booking for Javier Mascherano for unsporting behaviour.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Javier Mascherano on Kris Commons.
Drilled right-footed shot by Hernandez Xavi. Blocked by Joe Ledley.
Kris Commons is ruled offside. Free kick taken by Javier Mascherano.
Centre by Rodriguez Pedro, Lionel Messi takes a shot. Fraser Forster makes a fantastic save.
Andres Iniesta takes a shot. Save by Fraser Forster.
Shot by Lionel Messi. Save by Fraser Forster.
Shot from 18 yards from Lionel Messi. Blocked by Kelvin Wilson. Hernandez Xavi decides to take a short corner.
The ball is sent over by Mikael Lustig, Victor Valdes makes a save.
Kris Commons delivers the ball, Claro Adriano makes a clearance.
Short corner worked by Lionel Messi.
Substitution Kris Commons is brought on as a substitute for Scott Brown.
Lionel Messi produces a cross, Efe Ambrose gets a block in.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Javier Mascherano by Gary Hooper. Javier Mascherano takes the direct free kick.
Short corner taken by Ramos Jordi Alba from the left by-line.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Rodriguez Pedro by Joe Ledley. Free kick taken by Marc Bartra.
Centre by James Forrest.
Short corner taken by Hernandez Xavi from the right by-line. Claro Adriano takes a shot. Save by Fraser Forster.
The ball is sent over by Rodriguez Pedro, Efe Ambrose manages to make a clearance.
Centre by Lionel Messi.
Mikael Lustig crosses the ball, Ramos Jordi Alba gets a block in. Corner taken by Charlie Mulgrew from the right by-line, Header by Efe Ambrose from deep inside the penalty area misses to the left of the target.
Lionel Messi takes a shot from just outside the penalty area clears the crossbar.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Alexis Sanchez on James Forrest. Charlie Mulgrew produces a strike on goal direct from the free kick. Scott Brown produces a right-footed shot from just outside the area that goes harmlessly over the bar.
The ball is delivered by Alexis Sanchez, Efe Ambrose gets a block in.
Alexis Sanchez gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Mikael Lustig. Fraser Forster takes the free kick.
The match restarts for the second half.
Half Time The whistle is blown to end the first half.
Effort from the edge of the penalty box by Lionel Messi goes wide of the right-hand upright.
The assist for the goal came from Hernandez Xavi.
Goal! - Andres Iniesta - Barcelona 1 - 1 Celtic Andres Iniesta gets on the score sheet with a goal from inside the box to the bottom right corner of the goal. Barcelona 1-1 Celtic.
Direct free kick taken by Kelvin Wilson.
Substitution Georgios Samaras leaves the field to be replaced by James Forrest.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Alex Song on Gary Hooper.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Georgios Samaras by Claro Adriano. Free kick crossed left-footed by Emilio Izaguirre from left wing.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Andres Iniesta on Kelvin Wilson. Fraser Forster takes the direct free kick.
Efe Ambrose gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi produces a strike on goal direct from the free kick.
Foul by Gary Hooper on Javier Mascherano, free kick awarded. Javier Mascherano restarts play with the free kick.
Alexis Sanchez crosses the ball, Effort from the edge of the penalty box by Hernandez Xavi goes wide of the right-hand upright.
Victor Wanyama gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Alexis Sanchez. Alexis Sanchez takes the free kick.
Hernandez Xavi takes a shot. Blocked by Efe Ambrose. Short corner worked by Hernandez Xavi. Shot from 20 yards from Alexis Sanchez. Save by Fraser Forster.
The ball is crossed by Claro Adriano. Alexis Sanchez decides to take a short corner, A cross is delivered by Andres Iniesta. Close range header by Marc Bartra misses to the right of the target.
Georgios Samaras concedes a free kick for a foul on Alex Song. Alex Song takes the free kick.
Ramos Jordi Alba is caught offside. Fraser Forster takes the free kick.
Alexis Sanchez takes a shot. Efe Ambrose gets a block in.
Corner taken short by Hernandez Xavi.
Lionel Messi fouled by Scott Brown, the ref awards a free kick. Strike on goal comes in from Lionel Messi from the free kick.
Rodriguez Pedro delivers the ball.
The assist for the goal came from Charlie Mulgrew.
Goal! - Georgios Samaras - Barcelona 0 - 1 Celtic Georgios Samaras finds the back of the net with a headed goal from inside the six-yard box. Barcelona 0-1 Celtic.
Unfair challenge on Scott Brown by Alexis Sanchez results in a free kick. The ball is delivered by Charlie Mulgrew,
Rodriguez Pedro takes a shot. Blocked by Charlie Mulgrew. Floated corner taken by Hernandez Xavi from the left by-line. The ball is swung over by Andres Iniesta, Rodriguez Pedro takes a shot. Fraser Forster makes a save.
Alexis Sanchez decides to take a short corner.
Scott Brown concedes a free kick for a foul on Andres Iniesta. Andres Iniesta takes the free kick.
Hernandez Xavi decides to take the corner short.
The ball is sent over by Ramos Jordi Alba.
Scott Brown concedes a free kick for a foul on Alex Song. Alex Song restarts play with the free kick.
Hernandez Xavi decides to take the corner short.
Scott Brown gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Alexis Sanchez. Hernandez Xavi takes the direct free kick.
Alexis Sanchez has an effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the left of the goal.
The referee starts the match.
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Jason Dorley-Brown said he wanted to "put a smile on faces" by using flower power to highlight the "serious problem" of the holes across Bath.
But officers say he has shown a fragrant disregard for the rules, saying his attempts to help "do not meet the required standards".
Mr Dorley-Brown said he was "very careful" about which roads he chose.
However, Bath and North East Somerset Council said "the actions of this resident do not meet the required standards" and warned the perennial protester he could be liable if anyone was injured or their vehicles damaged.
Mr Dorley-Brown said he and his fellow "guerrilla gardeners" filled up potholes in the area about every 10 days.
"We're very careful to make sure when we fill in a pothole," he said.
"It's not on a blind corner, it's not on a corner where there's overtaking, it's not on a narrow road.
"We sort of want them to be distracting to a certain extent but people can drive over them. We're not fixing potholes here - what we're doing is filling potholes to raise awareness."
Mr Dorley-Brown, who said he was a keen cyclist himself, said the council had not yet been in direct contact with him.
The floral fan added his campaign was not "an anti-council thing" adding, "let's get the roads back to a better state".
A council spokesman said they took "the issue of potholes very seriously" and said 4,441 had been repaired in 2016 - an increase on the 3,617 repaired in 2015.
Bath and North East Somerset Council has been awarded £272,000 from the government's £70m Pothole Action Fund for 2017-18.
Fifteen doctors meeting inside an upstairs room of their profession's headquarters felt the 100-year-old building shake and heard the unmistakable blast of a bomb.
Three bombs had already gone off in separate incidents on London Underground creating chaos in the capital's transport system. As a result, commuters were turning to buses to reach their destinations.
The number 30 bus had been re-routed to avoid the affected areas, and it was travelling past BMA House, the headquarters of the British Medical Association, when it exploded, ripping the roof off from front to back.
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One doctor later said everything went "a salmon pink colour" before they dropped everything, ran down the stairs and out into the square.
What greeted them was an eerie stillness. Sirens could be heard in the background, pigeons were cooing - and there were casualties and fatalities everywhere.
Their first priority was to cover the dead and then help the seriously injured passengers off the bus because of the fear of another secondary device being detonated.
But they had little or no medical equipment. BMA House was an office and conference building - not a hospital.
So in the first 10 or 15 minutes after the explosion, the building was raided for any useful medical supplies.
The cafe's tables became makeshift stretchers and the canteen's tablecloths were used as bandages to stop the bleeding.
GPs normally accustomed to talking to their patients in a consulting room tended to bleeding men and women lying on the street, holding their hands, urging them to hang on.
Surgeons used to working in spotless operating theatres found themselves kneeling amid the dust, glass and debris of a war zone.
The abiding memory of that morning for Dr Andrew Dearden, a GP from Cardiff, was the slow realisation that this was not a normal trauma event.
He heard the "whoosh" of the bomb, turned round and expected to see a collision.
But as he walked towards the bus, he noticed a wide circle of debris, then a purse lying in the street and closer in a severed limb.
"The closer I got, the more I saw. Although my brain had worked out what had happened, I was confronted with evidence of the real human cost."
The doctors, 18 in total, began to congregate and organise themselves, prioritising the people they could help, comforting the ones they could not.
Dr Peter Holden, a GP from Derbyshire trained in immediate emergency care, took command of his fellow doctors, using his training to set up a treatment centre within the secure courtyard of the BMA building.
"My job was to do the most for the most, secure the scene and prevent chaos."
Armed with only a pair of surgical gloves, a face mask and four first aid kids, he said it was about giving "top notch, simple first aid" for the first 30 minutes or so until the drips and oxygen arrived on ambulances coming to take the injured away.
They had to focus on what resources they had and use them on the people who needed them most in the right order.
With no mobile reception that morning, Dr Holden and his team sent messages via returning ambulances, requesting medical supplies.
Both doctors believe there is no doubt that lives were saved that day because they treated people quickly.
Looking back, Dr Dearden says, "in a day of awfulness, we were lucky to be able do some good".
There were many other people who played an important role too in supporting the doctors' efforts - BMA staff, local hotels, paramedics and passers-by.
Some doctors were hit harder than others by what they saw. Many felt guilty about leaving the scene once everyone had be taken to hospital several hours later.
But a decade on, the series of coincidences that saw a bus explode outside a building full of doctors, is still not lost on them.
Yet this anniversary is not about them, they say.
"It is about the people who were injured and killed that day," says Dr Dearden.
In the garden of the BMA building, within its secure walls, is a sun dial erected in memory of the 13 people who were killed.
It casts a shadow every day at 9.47am - the time the bomb exploded - as a constant reminder of that devastating moment.
Stars from Strictly Come Dancing, the Royal Ballet and Sir Matthew Bourne's New Adventures company will take part in Gala for Grenfell on 30 July.
Phillips said the disaster had made her "wonder if there was a way I could help [and] maybe make a small difference".
Tickets for the event at the Adelphi Theatre in London go on sale on 7 July.
Akram Khan, Adam Garcia and The Mariinsky Ballet are among other members of the dance community who have been lined up to appear.
Proceeds will go to The Kensington & Chelsea Foundation, the independent charity running the Grenfell Tower Fund.
In a statement, Phillips said the news coverage of the fire had been "so powerful you can't move".
"I thought dance is my world, my life, so how could I galvanise and bring the dance community together to raise funds for those who need it most, now and into the future?"
Police believe at least 80 people died when fire engulfed Grenfell Tower in North Kensington in the early hours of 14 June.
Other fundraising initiatives have included an all-star version of Bridge Over Troubled Water that topped the singles chart on its release last month.
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The graphic film shows a violent struggle between the man and several officers in the city's Skid Row area.
Police say that three officers opened fire after the man tried to grab a gun from an officer.
Witnesses said the dead man was known as Africa and had been homeless after treatment for mental illness.
The LA police department said officers had been responding to reports of a robbery and had attempted to use a Taser to subdue the suspect but he had "continued fighting and resisting".
No other gun was recovered at the scene, LA police commander Andrew Smith said.
Last year, highly publicised killings of black men sparked weeks of protests in the US.
Hours after the latest shooting, the hashtag #LAPDShooting was trending on Twitter in the US.
16
People shot dead by police in city of Los Angeles in 2014
252
People killed by police in LA since 2000
606 People killed by police in LA county since 2000
38 People killed by police in LA county in 2014
Sources: LA Times and ABC News
It is unclear from the video what exactly happened, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports from Los Angeles.
The video begins with what appears to be a black man swinging punches at four police officers in daylight, near the tents and cardboard of a pavement homeless camp. Two other officers run up to join their colleagues.
As the man is knocked to the ground, a woman can be seen picking up a fallen police baton and a voice seems to shout "Give me my stick! Give me my stick!"
Several police officers turn to tackle the woman, in the foreground of the video, and her detention partially obscures what is happening with the man on the ground.
A voice can be heard shouting "Drop the gun!" four times before five shots ring out.
The police officers step away from the suspect lying on the ground. No-one approaches the body again for one minute and 13 seconds, by which time police reinforcements have arrived.
The man taking the video can be heard swearing as he records it.
After the shooting, he can be heard saying. "Ain't nobody got no [obscenity] gun. I'm gonna record this [obscenity]... They just shot that man right here, man, they just shot that [obscenity] man right here, yeah."
Commander Smith said three officers, including a sergeant, had fired their guns as they struggled on the ground for control of one of the police officer's weapons.
He said the department was aware of the amateur video and would attempt to amplify its sound and pictures to establish exactly what had happened.
"The video is disturbing," he told reporters. "It's disturbing any time anyone loses their life. It's a tragedy."
The commander added that at least one of the police officers had been wearing a body camera.
According to an ABC News report, the three officers have been placed on leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the shooting.
Steve Soboroff, president of LA's Police Commission, told the BBC it was important to investigate the facts before making any conclusions.
Witnesses told the Los Angeles Times that the man who died had been living on the street for four or five months.
Ina Murphy, who lives in an apartment nearby, said he had told her that he had recently been released after spending 10 years in a mental health facility.
People on Skid Row who knew him said he was not violent.
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Smith's team-mate, England all-rounder Ben Stokes, contributed 21 in their 187-3.
Stokes' compatriot Jos Buttler top scored for Mumbai and hit three sixes in a quick-fire 38 off 19 balls.
But their 184-8 was overtaken with a ball to go by Smith and MS Dhoni (12).
Following a crowdfunding campaign which saw more than £100,000 raised, Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium opened on Saturday in Shoreditch, east London.
Since then, the online booking system has crashed and it is fully booked until May.
Owner Lauren Pears said the cafe itself had been "calm on the inside, crazy on the outside".
"We're hoping people won't get too cranky with us - we weren't expecting so many people to get in touch," she said.
Before the cafe opened, the Cats Protection charity raised concerns about the animals' welfare.
Maggie Roberts, Cats Protection's director of Veterinary Services, said: "We are concerned about the implications of having a number of cats in a limited space with groups of people unknown to them coming and going throughout the day.
"We believe this kind of environment is not suitable for domestic cats because they have evolved as solitary animals and generally do not choose to live in social groups - unlike dogs which are a social species."
But Ms Pears said the 12 cats - which were donated by people who were moving abroad and could not take the animals with them - were so far not showing any signs of stress.
Ms Pears also said some which were previously shy were now thriving.
"They go away and come back for attention when they want it," she said.
"They can have rest time when they want to. They really don't seem to be fussed at all."
An independent veterinarian and a cat behaviourist will visit the cafe regularly to monitor the animals and to monitor any signs of distress.
Entry into the cafe is staggered over 15 minutes so as to not overwhelm the animals.
"We want to keep an eye on them, as we need to take a long time to make sure this is working," said Ms Pears.
Ali Akbar Salehi said initial work to reduce the number of centrifuges had started, but would take some time.
Iran insists that its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.
The July agreement involves the lifting of sanctions in return for Iran curbing sensitive nuclear activities.
The deal between the so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany - was reached after 20 months of negotiations.
Mr Salehi was quoted by Japan's Kyodo news agency as saying that work had begun on reducing the number of active centrifuge machines.
They are key to the process of enriching uranium, and limiting their number is a central part of the deal.
Confirmation that the work is underway also appears to have come in a separate development in Tehran.
About 20 hardline MPs have written to President Hassan Rouhani to complain that work to dismantle centrifuges in two enrichment facilities at Natanz and Fordow is progressing too quickly.
Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, conditionally approved the nuclear deal last month.
The Iranian parliament also approved the deal last month, as did the US Congress, after Republicans failed to block the accord.
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The UN Security Council passed seven resolutions between 2006 and 2015 requiring Iran to stop producing enriched uranium - which can be used for civilian purposes, but also to build nuclear bombs.
Four of the resolutions imposed sanctions in an effort to persuade Iran to comply.
Uranium enrichment: Iran can operate 5,060 first generation centrifuges, configured to enrich uranium to 3.67%, a level well below that needed to make an atomic weapon. It can also operate up to 1,000 centrifuges at its mountain facility at Fordow - but these cannot be used to enrich uranium.
Plutonium production: Iran has agreed to reconfigure its heavy water reactor at Arak, so that it will only produce a tiny amount of plutonium as a by-product of power generation, and will not build any move heavy water reactors for 15 years.
Inspections: International monitors will be able to carry out a comprehensive programme of inspection of Iran's nuclear facilities.
Possible military dimensions: Iran will allow foreign inspectors to investigate the so-called "possible military dimensions" to its programme by December. This should determine whether the country ever harboured military ambitions for its nuclear programme - a claim it has always strenuously denied.
Sanctions: All EU and US energy, economic and financial sanctions, and most UN sanctions, will be lifted on the day Iran shows it has complied with the main parts of the deal.
The Saudi-backed Yemeni government is fighting against Shia rebels.
The UK government has faced repeated calls to ban weapons sales to Saudi Arabia amid concerns over international humanitarian law breaches in that war.
A government spokeswoman said it was satisfied the Saudi deals complied with the UK's "export licensing criteria".
Oxfam says the UK has switched from being an "enthusiastic backer" of the Arms Trade Treaty to "one of the most significant violators".
The treaty sets international standards for the trade in conventional arms and seeks to prevent illegal arms trading.
Governments who sign up to it - such as the UK - are expected to review arms export contracts to ensure the weapons do not violate existing arms embargoes, will not be used for war crimes, human rights abuses or organised crime and will not be diverted for illegal use.
Oxfam will use the second conference of states party to the treaty in Geneva on Tuesday to criticise the government's position on sales to Saudi Arabia.
Last year the British government approved more than £3bn worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The United States approved £4bn worth and France almost £14bn.
Worldwide, the weapons trade is believed to be worth worth £1.3tn annually.
Competing forces are fighting for control of Yemen, in a power struggle with serious implications not just for the region, but the security of the West.
The battles are between several different groups, with the main fighting between forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, and those allied to Zaidi Shia rebels known as Houthis, who forced Mr Hadi to flee the capital Sanaa in February 2015.
But Yemen's security forces themselves have split loyalties, with some backing Mr Hadi, and others the Houthis and Mr Hadi's predecessor - the still-influential Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Meanwhile, both President Hadi and the Houthis are opposed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
And the emergence in late 2014 of a Yemen affiliate of the jihadist group Islamic State, which seeks to eclipse AQAP, has further complicated the deadly ongoing scenario.
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Penny Lawrence, deputy chief executive of Oxfam GB, will say that UK arms and military support are fuelling a "brutal war in Yemen, harming the very people the Arms Trade Treaty is designed to protect".
She will add: "Schools, hospitals and homes have been bombed in contravention of the rules of war.
"The UK government is in denial and disarray over its arms sales to the Saudi-led coalition bombing campaign in Yemen.
"It has misled its own parliament about its oversight of arms sales and its international credibility is in jeopardy as it commits to action on paper but does the opposite in reality."
She will also ask how the government can insist that other nations abide by a treaty it helped set up "if it flagrantly ignores it?".
A British government spokeswoman said it took its arms export responsibilities "very seriously" and operates one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world.
"The government is satisfied that extant licences for Saudi Arabia are compliant with the UK's export licensing criteria.
"The key test for our continued arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to international humanitarian law (IHL) is whether there is a clear risk that those weapons might be used in a serious violation of IHL.
"The situation is kept under careful and continual review."
Footage from police cameras shows a confrontation between Sureshbhai Patel and two officers in an Alabama suburb.
Mr Patel speaks no English and tries to walk away from the officers, who eventually shove him to the ground.
He has filed a legal case accusing the officers of racism, and the FBI is also investigating.
Police officials in Madison, Alabama, apologised to Mr Patel and his family at a news conference on Thursday.
They said one of the officers involved in last Friday's incident had been arrested, and officials had recommended that he be fired.
The officer involved "did not meet the high standards and expectations of the Madison Police Department", said Madison Police Chief Larry Muncey.
Mr Patel had only recently arrived in the US to help care for his grandson, who was born prematurely.
He was walking outside his son's home on Friday morning when police said they received a call from a neighbour about a suspicious person.
According to the civil rights complaint filed in court on Thursday, Mr Patel told the police officers who stopped him "no English, Indian", and gave his son's house number.
A police officer then threw him abruptly to the ground, injuring him seriously, the complaint said.
Mr Patel's son, Chirag Patel, told the local media in Alabama that his father had to undergo surgery to fuse two vertebrae in his spine and that he was still unable to move his left leg.
Sarah Groves, 24, from Guernsey, was stabbed to death on the boat in the state's summer capital, police said.
The arrested man, who is his 40s, is thought to have arrived at the boat on Thursday where Miss Groves had reportedly been staying for two months.
The Foreign Office said her next of kin have been informed.
"We are aware of reports of an incident involving a British national in Srinagar, Kashmir, and are looking into it," a spokesman said.
The British High Commission says it is in touch with local authorities and trying to gather more information.
Ms Groves attended secondary school at Guernsey's Blanchelande College and worked at the Old Government House Hotel.
Abdul Ghani Mir, the police inspector general of Indian-administered Kashmir, told the NDTV channel: "The Dutch national had fled from the houseboat in the night, leaving behind his belongings.
"He was trying to flee from the Valley, carrying only his passport. We flashed an alert for his arrest."
He was arrested in Qazigund, a town just under 75km (45 miles) south of Srinagar.
Police said he smashed open the door of the British woman's room during the night.
She had been staying on the houseboat for two months, the owner told the television station, adding that she had been "like her daughter".
BBC South Asia correspondent Sanjoy Majumder said the woman was aged 24 and her body has been taken away for a forensic examination to determine the extent of her injuries and also whether she had been sexually assaulted.
Correspondents say violent attacks on women have been in greater focus in India since the fatal gang rape of a young student in Delhi last December which led to widespread protests.
The Foreign Office lifted its warning against travel to the cities of Srinagar and Jammu last November, although warnings remained in force in the rest of Kashmir.
The Himalayan region has been partitioned between Indian and Pakistan since 1947.
A BBC reporter in India said the incident would be seen as a setback to the struggling tourism industry in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Our correspondent says the latest spate of tensions erupted after the hanging of militant Afzal Guru in February for plotting an attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001.
The United Airlines flight 929 from London Heathrow made the diversion after it began leaking fuel.
The Boeing 767-300 aircraft, which left London at 07:02, landed at Edinburgh just before 10:00 after circling above Scotland dumping fuel.
Officials said "all 119 passengers and 11 crew are safe and well". Other flights in and out of Edinburgh Airport were unaffected by the emergency.
Contingency plans are being put in place for the passengers who were heading to Chicago to continue their journey.
A United Airlines spokesman said: "Our customer service team at Edinburgh Airport is providing assistance to customers of flight UA929 (London/Heathrow-Chicago) today, which diverted to Edinburgh because of a mechanical issue.
"The aircraft landed safely at 09:45 (local time). We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience caused."
The champions dominated the majority of the match as they continued their unbeaten run in domestic competition this season.
Derek McInnes's Aberdeen, who beat Hibs in Saturday's semi-final, are now the only side in the country who can stop Celtic from sealing a treble in boss Brendan Rodgers' debut season.
For Rangers, it was a first defeat for manager Pedro Caixinha.
Here, former Celtic goalkeeper Pat Bonner and ex-Rangers striker Kris Boyd offer their views on how the players on each team performed.
Two or three critical saves in the second half as Rangers began to threaten.
Didn't do anything wrong. Steady. Good long pass for the opening goal to find Moussa Dembele.
Good partnership with Dedryck Boyata. Never really troubled by the Rangers attack until late in the game.
Defended well and won the tackle that led to Celtic being able to break for the second goal.
Wasn't his most influential game in a Celtic jersey but as dependable as ever.
Led by example and could have had a nine. Strolled through the game. He's so influential and so important.
Not at his most influential on the ball but off the ball he caused Rangers problems.
He scored a fantastic goal and had a couple of other shots on target.
Didn't do all that much in the game although he was on the end of a hefty challenge early on. Did enough to cause Myles Beerman problems.
Scored penalty and took up some good positions. Often involved in Celtic's most threatening moves.
Good control for the opening goal and good movement too. Unfortunate to get injured.
Did well to win the penalty, which gave Celtic that comfortable two-goal cushion.
Hit post with a good late effort but clearly still finding fitness after a long period out.
Too late to have a serious impact on the match.
Unlucky with the penalty and made a couple of decent saves to give his side a glimmer of hope.
One of his better games against Celtic. Put some decent crosses in, which might have led to goals but rash in diving in for the penalty.
Did OK to cope with the strength of Dembele and the movement of Griffiths.
Caught out of position for the first goal and made a couple of passes that went astray.
Tough Old Firm debut for the young man and perhaps a little lucky to avoid a second yellow.
McGregor ran off him for the opening goal and another player who can consider himself lucky to stay on the pitch.
Covered a lot of ground but with no influence on the game.
Never involved in the play. Unable to create any danger and no surprise he was eventually replaced.
Late headed chance, which should at least have hit the target, but he had no overall impact on the game.
Not the game for him with Rangers having so little attacking play. The question could be 'why did he start the game?'
Should have scored with a headed chance, but the only one who didn't look out of his depth against Celtic.
One good shot that forced Craig Gordon into a decent save. Raw but showed willingness.
Added a bit of pace when he came on at half-time but was unable to create much.
At least tried to get on the ball but to no avail.
Mr Nixon joined the billionaire list after selling the last of his shares for the price comparison website.
The Channel Islands have five billionaires, with the Barclay brothers still the wealthiest.
Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay are valued at £7bn, which has risen by £500m.
The 81-year-old brothers last year sold their stake in a group of luxury London hotels.
They are based in Monaco, and own the island of Brecqhou near to Sark, as well as owning the Ritz in London.
Sir David and Sir Frederick have closed their Sark hotels for the foreseeable future but continue to maintain interests in the islands.
They also own the Telegraph Media Group, which made £54m profit last year.
Retail magnates Sir Philip and Lady Green, in second place, appear in the Channel Island list because their Taveta business, which owns Arcadia, is based in Jersey.
The couple's wealth is down £280m to £3.22bn.
There are two other Channel Island billionaires whose wealth has increased over the past year.
Specsavers founders, Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins, who are based in Guernsey, saw their fortune go up by £100m.
Guernsey-based Steve Lansdown, whose wealth comes from financial services, has seen his wealth rise by £107m to £1.4bn.
1. Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay (Brecqhou) - £7bn
2. Sir Philip and Lady Green (Jersey) - £3.22bn
3. Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins and family (Guernsey) - £1.55bn
4. Steve Lansdown (Guernsey) - £1.4bn
5. Simon Nixon (Jersey) - £1.026bn
6. Douw Steyn and family (Guernsey) - £700m
7. The Clarke family (Jersey) - £500m
8. Tony Buckingham (Jersey) - £425m
9. Graham Tuckwell (Jersey) - £273m
10. Guy and Julia Hands (Guernsey) - £260m
11. James Vernon (Jersey) - £250m
12. David Crossland and family (Jersey) - £200m
13. Derek Coates (Guernsey) - £190m
14. Ronnie Frost (Guernsey) - £160m
15. Gordon Crawford (Jersey) - £122m
16 = Brian de Zille and family (Jersey) - £120m
16 = Con Folkes and family (Jersey) - £120m
18 = Roger Baines and family (Guernsey) - £110m
18 = Nigel Jagger and family (Jersey) - £110m
Mr Trump made a great many promises in his run for the presidency - some concrete, some vague and some contradictory. Part of the magic of his appeal was that his various supporters seemed to focus on the ideas with which they agreed and ignore the ones that they didn't like.
The test now will be for the newly minted president to keep his coalition together as he tries to follow through on what he identifies as his top policy priorities. Can he forge a consensus between the anti-establishment masses that fuelled his campaign with the Washington powers that populate Congress and are necessary to successful implement his agenda?
Mr Trump ended his campaign rallies with the song You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones. It always seemed a peculiar choice, but perhaps it will be a source of comfort for him as he contemplates the early goals of his presidency. Here's a look at what he wants - and the likelihood that, if he tries, sometimes, he just might find he gets what he needs.
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The "impenetrable, physical , tall, powerful, beautiful" wall along the US-Mexico border was a central part of Mr Trump's campaign, from the moment he stepped off his golden escalator and into American hearts (or, at least, the hearts of a plurality of voters in enough states for an Electoral College majority).
The wall itself was enshrined in the Republican Party platform, which promised that it would cover the "entirety of the southern border" and be "sufficient to stop both vehicular and pedestrian traffic".
The price tag on such a massive construction project has been estimated at more than $20bn (£16bn), however, and despite Mr Trump's insistence, the Mexican government appears uninterested in paying for it. So, whither the wall?
Trump's promises: Before and after
Over the course of the past few months, some of Mr Trump's advisers have hinted that the wall may not be quite the imposing edifice his legion of supporters likely envisioned. Just recently, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said promising that Mexico would pay for said barrier was a "great campaign device". Campaign devices don't pay for concrete and rebar.
Then, in his first interview as president-elect, Mr Trump acknowledged that part of that wall may be a big, beautiful fence. Such is the reality of trying to build things along a 2,000-plus mile border that includes mountains and desert.
Outlook: The wall was a very tangible promise Mr Trump made and stuck by, even when he was subjected to criticism and ridicule for it. He'll have to make sure he has something to show for his efforts, if only to give himself a nice backdrop to stand against for the inevitable photo-op. Chances of a monumental Great Wall of Trump ever becoming a reality, however, seem slim.
For more than six years the Affordable Care Act has been the great white whale for Republicans, and now they finally have it lined up in their harpoon sights. Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway - who will almost certainly have a position in the new administration - has even floated the idea of Congress voting to repeal the law just hours after Mr Trump is inaugurated.
Senate Democrats will try to construct procedural roadblocks to slow Republicans down, but Mr Trump has unilateral steps he could take as president and enough votes in Congress to make the current system painfully unworkable. That would likely leave tens of millions of Americans without health insurance, however, which is why Mr Trump has said that he may be more interested in reforming the law than straight-up killing it.
Why is Obamacare so controversial?
The challenge is that provisions Mr Trump has said he supports - such as the requirement that insurance policies must cover pre-existing medical conditions - are made possible by unpopular provisions like the mandate that all Americans purchase policies.
In the past, Republicans have talked about tearing up Obamacare "root and branch" and left it at that. They'll need more than catchy rhetoric if they want to avoid some painful fallout from their actions, however.
Outlook: Obamacare is on life support, but Republicans likely lack the political will to fully pull the plug. They may ease some of the government-ordered standards for insurance coverage, quietly remove the provision covering women's contraceptive services and make it much easier for individuals and companies to obtain religious exemptions. With full control of the government, however, they are going to be responsible for whatever mess they create going forward, which means in the end "reform" looks considerably more attractive than "repeal".
In his election-night victory speech, the first - virtually only - campaign promise Mr Trump mentioned was his pledge to ramp up investment in US infrastructure projects.
"We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals," he said. "We're going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none."
It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the man who made his name in the construction business is focused on construction, to the tune of $1 trillion in new spending over 10 years, according to earlier proposals. Some Republicans will certainly balk at the associated costs - one congressman is already warning of the resulting "debt bomb" - but Mr Trump has found allies among the Democrats in Congress.
Democrats may be less enthusiastic if it turns out much of these new construction projects are publicly financed but privately selected and managed, as one Trump adviser has proposed.
Outlook: Infrastructure spending gives Trump an early opportunity to tout bipartisan co-operation while having a tangible end result he can take credit for. Republicans may drag their heels, but they'll be hard-pressed to deny him from putting an early campaign promise in the "kept" column.
At various times during his campaign, Mr Trump promised to deport all 11 million undocumented workers living on US soil. "They will go out," he said.
He's since walked back such sweeping pronouncements, emphasising that removals will be focused on those with criminal records, such as drug-dealers, murderers and gang members. In a recent interview he said that number would total between 2 million and 3 million individuals - which is significantly more than the roughly 180,000 undocumented migrants with criminal convictions the US government currently says remain on American soil.
To get to that higher number, Mr Trump would likely have to vastly expand the definition of "criminal alien" or include all non-citizens with criminal records, regardless of their immigration status.
No matter how he slices it, removing such a large number of people would be a task well beyond the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's ability, which with current staffing and funding levels can process about 400,000 undocumented immigrants a year.
Outlook: Mass deportations - numbering in the millions - seems to be one of the campaign promises Mr Trump is determined to stand by. In the face of reluctance from Congress and financial obstacles, however, it will be tough for him to make the numbers add up.
If there's one topic that has been near and dear to the hearts of traditional Republicans, it's cutting taxes. One of Mr Trump's more conventional conservative campaign promises was his proposal to reduce rates for individuals and corporations across the board.
He will find a Republican-dominated Congress more than willing to help him accomplish that. Democrats during the Obama administration succeeded in rolling back many of the tax cuts pushed by Republican President George W Bush, including the estate, personal and capital gains tax breaks. Look for them to be restored.
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Democrats in the Senate will likely fight these proposals, calling them a gift to the wealthy, but they won't have the votes by themselves, as the chamber's rules only require a simple majority to enact budget changes.
An interesting question for the Trump administration will be how aggressively it pushes the childcare tax credit Mr Trump unveiled in September. Some measures, such as guaranteed six-week paid maternity leave and efforts to compel employers to provide childcare, run counter to conservative orthodoxy.
Outlook: If Republicans control the levers of power, chances are very good a tax cut is coming. What it looks like, and who benefits the most, is still an open question. If Mr Trump's efforts veer too much toward helping the wealthy, he risks alienating the working-class voters who delivered the presidency to him.
Mr Trump has promised sweeping deregulation of business and industry, which he claims is hindering US economic growth.
He wants to repeal Obama-era financial reforms, including a soon-to-be-enforced requirement that financial advisers have a fiduciary duty to act in their client's best interests. Some of this will require congressional action, while others he can implement through the discretion afforded executive agencies.
He also has proposed curtailing environmental rules such as limits on greenhouse gas emissions from US coal plants. He plans to ignore the agreed-upon targets imposed by international climate treaties and streamline the process for obtaining government approval for oil and gas drilling.
Senate Democrats will try to block legislative deregulation - and, as long as the filibuster rule requiring a 60-vote majority to act is kept in place, they will have some power. Meanwhile, environmental groups are sure to try to prevent executive action with a flurry of lawsuits.
Outlook: The Obama administration showed that even without control of Congress, the presidency afforded considerable power to shape public policy. Now, with Congress at his side, Mr Trump will have a free hand to roll back much of what his predecessor enacted.
One of the top prizes of the 2016 presidential race was the chance to make a new lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, thanks to the Senate Republican leadership's decision to delay consideration of Mr Obama's nominee following the death of Antonin Scalia in January.
During the campaign, Mr Trump published a list of conservative judges, legal scholars and politicians from which he would choose the next justice - a move that helped shore up his support among the evangelical right, which recoiled at the prospect of a liberal majority on the high court.
Mr Trump will likely announce his selection shortly after he is inaugurated - if not beforehand - and the Senate is sure to move quickly to hold confirmation hearings and a vote.
Senate Democrats may decide to filibuster the nomination, which would force Republicans to marshal 60 votes to seat the new justice. There's the possibility that they could do away with the filibuster for Supreme Court nominations, however, as Senate Democrats did for lower-court appointments.
Outlook: Assuming Mr Trump doesn't pick a wildcard who lacks conservative bona fides, the Republican Senate should give his nominee smooth sailing to the court. Democrats will fight, but they may try to keep the filibuster intact in case Mr Trump gets the opportunity to replace a liberal judge later in his presidency.
There was a moment, not too long ago, when it looked like criminal justice reform would be an issue on which libertarian-minded Republicans and civil rights Democrats could forge a bipartisan consensus.
Mandatory minimum sentences were viewed as too restrictive, often resulting in disproportionate punishment for poor and minorities. Police tactics were deemed too harsh.
Then Mr Trump swept to the Republican nomination and, subsequently, the presidency while citing questionable statistics about runaway urban crime and calling for an increase in police powers and more stringent sentencing. He questioned the appropriateness of government-provided lawyers for indigent defendants and suggested prison life for convicts was too luxurious.
The new president will be able to unilaterally undo Mr Obama's efforts to grant clemency to some federal inmates, restore police access to government military-grade equipment and suspend Justice Department efforts to collect data on instances of police shootings.
Outlook: Mr Trump will have broad power to affect federal policies on crime-fighting, although as Vox's German Lopez points out, there is room for reform efforts to continue on the state and local level. Criminal justice legislation of any kind - even for measures Mr Trump supports - will likely be a very low priority in the next Congress.
The first minister urged councils to accept the funding package on offer and work together in tackling low pay.
Many councils have argued that the deal and council tax freeze will force them into making "draconian cuts".
Ms Sturgeon made her plea as she addressed the SNP's first disabled members conference in Glasgow.
Scotland's councils have until 9 February to respond to the Scottish government's funding package.
On Friday, Cosla, the umbrella body for the most of the 32 councils, urged its members to reject it.
Cosla argues that the funding package is smaller than forecast and, coupled with the government's continued council tax freeze, will force local authorities to make unacceptable cuts in jobs and services.
Ms Sturgeon, however, said the deal included funding to maintain the council tax freeze and secure pupil teacher ratios.
She said the government was also offering £250m to help with the integration of health and social care, including a commitment to pay the Living Wage of £8.25 an hour.
She told the conference: "Our social care workers play an invaluable role in looking after the most vulnerable in our communities - and with an ageing population, it is more important than ever that we attract and retain the best staff by paying them a fair wage.
"Both the SNP government and local authorities have a shared aspiration to see care workers paid a living wage, and that's why we have included funding to roll it out in our funding offer to councils."
She added: "Delivering this landmark policy is a challenge for local government in the current financial circumstances - no-one is pretending otherwise. But the offer from the Scottish government will help meet that challenge.
"By accepting the local government finance settlement, the SNP and Labour can work together to take a huge leap forward in tackling low pay in Scotland - and help to build a fairer Scotland."
A Scottish Labour spokesman said: "Care workers should be paid a living wage and we will work with anyone to make that a reality.
"The best way for this to be achieved is for the Scottish government to introduce a living wage for all public sector workers. Nicola Sturgeon had the chance to do this but has voted against it five times.
"At the same time councils need to be properly funded so that services for disabled people, and others, can be properly protected. Nicola Sturgeon should explain how cutting hundreds of millions of pounds from the services the most vulnerable rely on will help deliver this."
Elsewhere, Scottish Labour has unveiled proposals for a Warm Homes Act to help tackle fuel poverty.
Leader Kezia Dugdale told party activists in Inverness the plan would "deliver the changes we need to see in planning and building regulations to tackle fuel poverty".
Ms Dugdale said: "No family in Scotland should have to choose between heating and eating in 2016."
She also claimed the Scottish government planned to cut the fuel poverty budget by £15m.
About 845,000 households in Scotland - 35% of the total - were classed as living in fuel poverty last year, with 9.5% living in extreme fuel poverty, according to statistics published last month.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, claimed civil liberties were being slowly eroded under the SNP.
Speaking at the party's north east of Scotland regional conference, leader Willie Rennie pledged to continue to stand up to the "illiberal" SNP after May's Holyrood election.
Mr Rennie said only his party had effectively opposed the Scottish government on issues such as police stop-and-search, the abolition of corroboration and plans for an ID database.
He added: "Too often we take our civil liberties for granted and under the SNP government they have been slowly degraded.
"It has only been the effective campaigns run by the Liberal Democrats that has provided any form of opposition to their changes."
Responding to Mr Rennie, an SNP spokesman said the Lib Dems had spent five years "propping up a Tory government which is now hell-bent on scrapping human rights legislation".
Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer put forward a motion for debate on Wednesday calling for details of the strategy, with support from some on the Conservative back benches.
Now the government has tabled an amendment to win them back.
But sources are not committing Theresa May to publish any specific plans.
The motion will still be debated on Wednesday as part of the Opposition Day debate offered to rival parties to choose their subject for discussion in the House of Commons.
Mr Starmer tabled the motion, which said Mrs May should commit to publishing the plan for leaving the EU before Article 50 is invoked because it was "Parliament's responsibility to properly scrutinise the government while respecting the decision of the British people to leave the European Union".
The motion received the backing of some Tory MPs, with pro-European figures like Anna Soubry pledging their support.
But now, government sources have told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg that an amendment has been put forward by Downing Street, agreeing to publishing a plan, in exchange for a commitment to invoking Article 50 before the end of March 2017.
Steve Baker, Conservative MP for Wycombe, tweeted pictures of the amendments, claiming they also have the backing of the DUP and Douglas Carswell, UKIP's only MP.
However, government sources would not confirm any specific form of document on any specific timetable to fit with the commitment to publish a Brexit plan, apart from saying that it will be before Article 50.
Sources also said by accepting Labour's amendment, the government was not agreeing to give MPs a vote before the process of leaving the EU begins.
Mr Starmer, who will lead the debate for Labour, called the amendment "a welcome and hugely significant climbdown from the government" and said his party would push for the Brexit plan to be published by January.
"For the last two months Labour have been pushing the government to put their plan for Brexit before Parliament and the public," he said. "Without that plan, we have had unnecessary uncertainty, speculation and a running commentary on the government's likely approach. Labour will hold the government to account on this."
Ms Soubry, a Remain campaigner and Conservative MP for Broxtowe, added that the new amendment was a "significant victory".
She told the BBC News Channel: "We're moving in the right direction, which is that Parliament should have these debates and Parliament must trigger Article 50. The government need have no fear - we will vote to leave the EU because we have accepted the result of the referendum. But now we need to get the very best deal for our country."
Earlier, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said the UK would have to reach a Brexit deal by October 2018. He said time would "be short" for negotiations because the proposed deal needed to be ratified by the European Council and European Parliament as part of the two-year process set to be triggered by Article 50 being invoked in March.
A 56-year-old man was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with serious injuries following the incident in the Peter Buchan Drive area on Wednesday.
Gary Crossan, 30, of Peterhead, appeared at the town's sheriff court charged with assault and attempted murder.
He made no plea and was remanded in custody.
His death followed a recent illness.
Editor of BBC Northern Ireland Radio Current Affairs and Digital News NI, Adam Smyth, has paid tribute to Mr O'Flaherty.
He described him as "one of the best radio broadcasters these islands have ever produced, a tremendous character and a man whose name was synonymous with BBC Radio Ulster".
Mr O'Flaherty presented and reported on a variety of BBC Radio Ulster programmes including Good Morning Ulster and Evening Extra, as well as reading television and radio news bulletins for the corporation.
A life-long supporter of country music, he built up a huge following for his radio programmes, first on Downtown Radio and then on BBC Radio Ulster with the long-running Country Club in which many stars appeared, including Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn.
Mr O'Flaherty also presented Make Mine Country on BBC NI television.
Away from the broadcasting studio, he was also an accomplished violinist as well as a keen angler. He was the angling reporter on BBC Radio Ulster's Your Place and Mine in the 1990s.
Peter Johnston, Director BBC Northern Ireland, said: "Paddy was for many years a well-known face and voice across our airwaves and television screens."
Kathleen Carragher, Head of BBC News NI, said Mr O'Flaherty was "simply a fantastic radio broadcaster".
She said his BBC Radio Ulster reports covered "life in Northern Ireland, the highs and the lows, the people and the places and his skilled radio reports brought the listener to the heart of any story".
"He had a deep love and understanding of Northern Ireland and it informed all his work," she added.
"He will be sadly missed by all his colleagues in Broadcasting House."
Colleague and BBC National Union of Journalists (NUJ) representative Mervyn Jess said Mr O'Flaherty was "a legend on local radio and it was a privilege to have worked alongside him during his decades in the broadcasting industry".
NUJ Irish Secretary Séamus Dooley said he was "the embodiment of all that is best in public service broadcasting".
First Minister Arlene Foster said she was sorry to hear about Mr O'Flaherty's death and described him as "a gentle person".
DUP MP Ian Paisley said Mr O'Flaherty was one of the most courteous and decent people he "had the honour to meet".
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt, who was previously a broadcaster and journalist with BBC Northern Ireland and UTV, said simply: "Great voice. Great journalist. Great man."
SDLP MP Mark Durkan said Mr O'Flaherty was an engaging broadcaster and "a gentleman who made it seem easy".
As post-menopausal females age, the researchers say, they become increasingly interested and helpful in rearing their "grandchildren".
This could help explain why female great apes and toothed whales (cetaceans) have lifespans that extend long beyond their reproductive years.
They report the findings in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B.
The "grandmother hypothesis" was first proposed in the 1950s. It stated that menopause, which stops a female's fertility well before the end of her lifespan, may have evolved to benefit a social group, because grandmothers went on to play such an important a role in caring for offspring that were already born.
Dr Michael Cant, from the University of Exeter in the UK, was one of the authors of this paper.
He explained that he and his colleague, Rufus Johnstone, looked at how humans and whales balanced "the costs and benefits of breeding with the costs and benefits of switching off breeding".
Dr Johnstone, who is an evolutionary biologist based at the University of Cambridge, told BBC News: "It's easy to forget about the cetaceans, but since they're the only other mammal apart from us [where females] have a comparable post-reproductive lifespan, it's important to study them in this context."
Previous studies have suggested that female chimpanzees and gorillas also go through menopause, but the conclusions are controversial.
The two scientists developed a mathematical model to study "kinship dynamics" in killer whales (orcas), short-finned pilot whales and humans.
This revealed that, as post-menopausal females aged, they developed closer ties to infants.
This showed, the scientists said, an "underlying similarity" between whales and great apes that might otherwise have been masked by the big differences in their social structures.
"Our analysis can help explain why, of all long-lived social mammals, it is specifically among great apes and toothed whales that menopause and post-reproductive helping have evolved," the researchers wrote in the paper.
Eric Ward, a scientist from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, has carried out research into how post-reproductive females influence whale populations.
He told BBC News: "The model the authors propose is certainly interesting, and may explain the evolution of menopause in orcas."
The Condor Liberation was damaged when the vessel was blown against its berth in Poole Harbour in December.
Condor said the repairs were scheduled for the quietest point of the year and services were unlikely to be affected.
The £50m vessel has offered the only fast ferry between Guernsey, Jersey and the UK, since March.
The belting above the water line, designed to protect the ship's hull, was damaged in the Dorset port by Storm Frank.
The firm had originally planned to put the older Condor Rapide into dry dock in January for planned maintenance, which is a legal requirement.
However, since the Liberation was damaged maintenance on the two vessels has been switched.
Condor said both ferries would be in service for the February half-term school holiday, with the Rapide returning to the dry dock at the end of the month.
27 March - First sailing from Poole after three months of sea trials
28 March - Suffered minor damage to protective belting while mooring in bad weather in St Peter Port
5 April - Returned to service after delays to repairs caused by poor weather
8 April - Sailings from Guernsey to Jersey cancelled because of a recurring electrical fault in an engine
11 April - Problems with a ramp for loading vehicles delayed a crossing from Poole by 40 minutes
9 May - Services on Liberation Day, after which the vessel was named, were cancelled after problems with one of its two bow-thrusters
18 September - Problems with the exhaust system led to cancellations and delays
31 December - Vessel damaged while moored in Poole Harbour
The National Trust is on a sales mission to Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou this week.
China's outbound travel is expected to increase by 15% to 114 million trips this year and estimated to reach 20 million trips by 2020.
The aim of the mission is to increase awareness of Ireland as a destination.
Then trust will be meeting 320 Chinese tour operators and travel agents.
Alexandra Mehaffy, National Trust tourism development manager for the Giant's Causeway and north coast, said: "Our Chinese visitors are able to hear the stories and mystery of the Causeway landscape explained to them in Mandarin through an audio-guide and a welcome map is also available in Mandarin.
"They are very impressed by our World Heritage site and the natural beauty of the north coast."
It is the third year that the National Trust has taken part in a sales mission in China.
The Giant's Causeway is Northern Ireland's only World Heritage site. It is made up of 40,000 hexagonal basalt stones.
Here BBC News looks at six men whose activities have often earned them notoriety.
A former commando and mathematician with criminal convictions for right-wing paramilitary activity in the 1970s, the 55-year-old founded Golden Dawn's precursor in 1980 and leads the party today.
Inspired by extreme nationalism, he reportedly met leaders of the 1967-74 Greek junta while in prison.
He is married to fellow Golden Dawn MP Eleni Zaroulia, who caused uproar in the Greek parliament by describing immigrants as "subhumans", according to Greece's Kathimerini news website.
He denies the existence of gas chambers and crematoria at the site of the Auschwitz death camp, where an estimated one million Jews, together with some 100,000 people of other ethnicities and backgrounds, were killed.
"There were no crematoria," he said in one interview. "It's a lie. There were no gas chambers either."
Regarded as Mr Mihaloliakos's second-in-command, the 51-year-old acts as the party's spokesman in parliament.
When he was arrested, police found Nazi and fascist memorabilia inside his home, releasing photos tweeted by Greece's Eleftherotypia newspaper.
He is the son of an army lieutenant-general close to the former military junta.
According to the Associated Press news agency, he started a publishing company in the mid-1990s selling extreme-right literature.
The party spokesman, 32, is seen as a rising star within Golden Dawn, with plans to stand for mayor of Athens next year.
A special forces veteran, he is known for his extremist views, once quoting the infamous anti-Semitic forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in parliament, as detailed by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Photos of him in swimming trunks published by Spanish newspaper El Mundo this summer show he has a swastika tattooed on his left arm.
Prone to explosive outbursts, he physically attacked two left-wing politicians during a debate on live TV in June 2012. The video shows him throwing water on one woman, then slapping another.
Leaving court on 2 October, he threw a punch at a TV camera.
One of the party's leading street activists, the 40-year-old is also one of its most media-savvy figures.
A fluent English-speaker, he told BBC News in an interview: "Greek society is ready... [for] a new type of civil war.
"On one side will be nationalists like us, and Greeks who want our country to be as it used to be. On the other will be illegal immigrants and anarchists."
In another interview, quoted by Kathimerini, he likened Golden Dawn, which hands out free food to poor Greeks, to Lebanon's Hezbollah.
"Golden Dawn wants to become, and will become, like Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is in effect a second government that helps even the last of its poor citizens," he said.
Outside parliament, he runs a sports shop, which also sells military and police paraphernalia.
Aged 44, he is said to rarely seek the limelight but is involved in street activities, such as searches of open-air markets that are aimed at finding immigrants working illegally.
Of the first four MPs to be heard in court, he was the only one not to be released pending trial.
Aged 41, he represents a run-down area west of Athens where the left-wing rapper Pavlos Fyssas was stabbed to death.
The international development committee says the proportion spent on education should be lifted from 8% to 10%.
There are 250 million children around the world without access to school - and efforts to tackle this have been "shamefully underfunded", say MPs.
Committee chair Stephen Twigg warned of a "global learning crisis".
The select committee says that the Department for International Development's spending on education is £526m per year - less than on supporting health, civil society and intervention in disasters.
But the MPs say that in terms of long-term impact, investing in education will reap dividends in preventing conflict, improving life chances and improving economic development.
Mr Twigg says: "Education has been shamefully neglected by the international community and many national governments."
The committee heard that there had been a "clear decline in international aid spending on education since 2011".
"Even though we know the benefits of education, there is not enough funding from the international community to deliver this, particularly in the low-income countries which need most support," said Mr Twigg.
Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, told the committee that such development funding suffered from being "short-term and unpredictable".
"We cannot forever continue with this situation where the only way we fund humanitarian aid, whether it be for education, health, shelter or food, is through a begging bowl," said Mr Brown.
Earlier this week, Unicef warned that warfare and conflict are preventing 25 million young people from getting any access to school, particularly in parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
In south Sudan, Unicef says almost three-quarters of primary-school-age children are missing out on education.
The international community set targets for universal primary education to be achieved by 2000 and then 2015, which, despite progress being made, were both missed.
The current target, part of the sustainable development goals, aims for this to be fully achieved by 2030.
However, Unesco, the UN agency that monitors global access to education, warned last autumn that, on current trends, the target was already unlikely to be achieved.
The international development committee says that funding would need to be more than doubled to achieve the international goals for education.
Figures from the OECD have shown that the UK is one of the biggest providers of international aid, both in cash terms and as a proportion of national wealth.
An analysis of international support for Syria's refugees also showed that the UK was among the countries that had met their funding pledges, while a number of countries still had to deliver the aid they had announced.
A DFID spokesperson said the department was "proud to have supported over 11 million children in primary and lower secondary education from 2011-2015".
Holyrood's public petitions committee questioned football chiefs over claims under-16 players had been paid £1 a week, and heard there were no background checks for player agents.
SPFL boss Neil Doncaster insisted the current system "strikes the appropriate balance" to protect clubs and players.
But MSPs said they were "horrified" and "seriously concerned" by the evidence.
The committee was examining a petition calling for an investigation into the "appropriateness" of professional football clubs entering into contracts with children under the age of 16, and charging compensation payments for their transfer between clubs.
MSPs questioned whether clubs were essentially treating children as commodities.
David Little, of the Scottish Youth Football Association, recounted an incident where two clubs became involved in a "bidding war" over a youth player, up to the value of £30,000.
Mr Little said this practice should be "eliminated", adding: "We shouldn't have an auction of a child."
Fraser Wishart, of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland, said "there must be an alternative" to compensation schemes, saying the system should not block a 14-year-old from changing club.
The issue of wages was also raised, with Mr Wishart saying that some clubs paid young players as little as £1 a week, which he called "unacceptable".
He also raised concerns about under-16 players having agents, a practice he said should not exist at all - and revealed a lack of disclosures and background checks on agents.
He said: "They are allowed to sign representation contracts of sorts with minors so an 11 or 12-year-old lad with a guardian's approval can sign a contract for an intermediary to represent him at that age. Why you need somebody to represent you at that age I don't know.
"In terms of the welfare of young people, I think there should be greater checks of any intermediary that's going to interact with young people."
SNP MSP James Dornan said he was "horrified" to hear about this, saying there seemed to be a "total disregard" for the welfare of children in football.
Roderick Houston, of the Scottish Schools' Football Association, agreed that he was "profoundly concerned" about agents. He said it was "completely inappropriate" for under-16s to have agents, but said some parents felt "intimidated" by clubs and believed they needed representation.
Committee convener Johann Lamont said it seemed like clubs were using the dream of being a footballer to make young people "work against their own interests" in a case of "simple exploitation".
A later session was held with bosses from the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), who defended the system.
Under questioning from Ms Lamont, SFA Director of Football Governance and Regulation Andrew McKinlay admitted that the body could end up registering an "illegal" contract, as it does not look at the terms of each of the thousands submitted.
He said there were "no immediate plans to change" the system, with with SPFL chief executive Mr Doncaster adding that "we are not a police force".
Mr Doncaster said the body would "investigate fully" when concerns about wages were raised, repeating: "Be in no doubt, all clubs are bound by national minimum wage legislation."
However, Mr Doncaster said the current system of compensation payments "strikes the appropriate balance", as it needs to protect clubs as well as young people.
He said there had to be incentive for clubs to put time and money into developing young players, who could potentially be "hoovered up" by richer clubs.
Mr Doncaster said it was "appropriate that we have a balanced system which incentivises clubs to invest" while respecting the rights of the child, repeatedly describing the system as "fair".
Mr McKinlay said it was difficult having the big-money English leagues just across the border, saying English clubs could afford to "take a punt" on young Scottish players.
Asked about the lack of disclosure checks on agents working with young people, Mr McKinlay said the issue may form part of the upcoming inquiry into child abuse in football.
He said there is a self-disclosure system, but agreed it was "an area we need to look at to see if there's more we can do".
MSPs voiced concerns about many parts of the evidence heard.
Conservative MSP Brian Whittle said it was "absurd" and "insane" that people could talk about agents and contracts and compensation while dealing with children.
He told Mr Doncaster: "I find it incredible. We're dealing with kids here. I can't get my head around the fact you're defending this system."
Fellow Tory Maurice Corry said he was "really quite seriously concerned" about the submissions from the SFA and SPFL, questioning whether they were working to prevent exploitation.
Mr Dornan said the system for contracts appeared to be "one big rubber stamp". After he pressed Mr McKinlay on the compensation that "trickles down" to youth teams, the SFA executive said it could amount to "a bag of balls".
Following the session, Ms Lamont said: "Today we heard deeply-concerning evidence from the SFA and SPFL.
"We are dealing with a child welfare issue and there are strong concerns that the key issue of how children's rights are protected, while sustainably growing their talent, is not yet being adequately addressed.
"The SFA and SPFL have suggested improvements in the youth football system, but in the view of the petitioner and this committee, these simply don't go far enough."
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health's (RCPCH) analysis showed the Welsh NHS was performing relatively poorly in a number of key areas.
It suggested Wales was lagging behind in providing follow-up assessments.
The Welsh Government said there had been steady improvements.
The audit, based on 2015 figures, said premature babies had a follow-up appointment aged two in only 31% of cases - compared to 60% across Wales, England and Scotland.
The report also showed 14% of eligible babies in Wales were not screened on time for retinopathy - a potentially serious eye condition which is a complication of being born prematurely.
It said 8% did not appear to get screened at all for the condition - the average across the three nations was 2%.
At the time of discharge, 43% of eligible babies in Wales were feeding with mother's milk - a decrease from 46% in 2014. Breast milk contains antibodies that can help premature babies fight off infections.
In 20% of cases, parents in Wales did not have a consultation with a senior member of the neonatal team within 24 hours of a baby being admitted, though the average was 12% across the board.
But the neonatal network in Wales appears to be performing relatively well in making sure antenatal steroids are given to mothers before giving birth prematurely - which reduces the chance of breathing difficulties and other serious complications.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Welsh units are performing comparably in most areas and within the expected standards for a number of the audit measures.
"All neonatal units in Wales will need to consider the findings of this report and develop local action plans to address any identified shortfalls in standards."
It said an initiative to improve breastfeeding for neonates had already started.
Neonatal units in Wales are performing close to the average in making sure babies have the correct body temperature.
Despite the concerns, the RCPCH said many units in Wales were providing "good care" but urged them to work in partnership to drive up standards.
Dr Roshan Adappa, clinical representative for Wales on the audit project board, said: "Wales has the lowest rates for feeding with a mother's milk.
"It has the highest percentage of babies for whom no eye screening data at all was entered and has, by some way, the lowest rates for recording of follow-up data at a child's two-year health check."
The Welsh Government launched a policy on Monday to ensure every child up to the age of seven receives consistent and universal health services in Wales.
In July this year the charity Bliss said neonatal services across Wales were overstretched and more than half did not have enough medical staff to meet national standards.
The Welsh Government said £85m was being spent on training staff.
A maiden five-wicket haul by Nathan Buck (5-68) had rounded off the hosts' innings for 281 early on day two.
Northants openers Duckett (53) and Rob Newton (50) put on 101 before Derbyshire seamer Will Davis (4-55) helped reduce the visitors to 171-8.
A half-century stand by Max Holden (68) and Buck (43) saw them close on 291-9.
Buck eventually fell lbw to Jeevan Mendis but Holden, on loan from Middlesex, remained at the crease at the close and registered his second career half-century in only his third match to give Northants a lead of 10 runs.
Amir Merikhi, 28, who claims to be from Iran, was arrested in Jersey on suspicion of being an illegal entrant.
The driver of the car, Amanda Marreakhy, 28, and Arsalan Marreakhy, 32, were arrested on suspicion of facilitating an illegal entry.
They appeared in Jersey's Magistrate's Court on Monday and Tuesday.
Mr Merikhi was discovered in the car by Jersey's Customs and Immigration officers on Saturday, after the vehicle arrived on the Condor Rapide ferry crossing from St Malo.
He had no identification documents.
Ms Marreakhy is a British national from Batley in West Yorkshire, where Mr Marreakhy is also a resident.
All three are expected to appear at the Magistrate's Court for an interim hearing on 16 February, before the cases are transferred to the Royal Court on 15 March.
Wessels has made 177 appearances for Notts in all forms of the game since joining in 2011 following his departure from Northamptonshire.
The 30-year-old who is also Notts' back-up wicketkeeper, scored 1,033 runs in first-class cricket last season.
"He's a terrific role model for our younger players." director of cricket Mick Newell told the club website.
"He's a good team man, he bats at six, he bats at one, he bats at three, he bats all over the place and does his job very efficiently.
"He also fields at slip & short-leg and and he keeps wicket when Chris Read's not around."
Don't ask where... Rebecca never gives addresses. She does not want people to go in and wreck and plunder buildings that are already surrendering to dust and spiders and a slow death.
The neighbour had the key to Veronica's - a big three-storey house with bay windows and a walled garden. She brought them on a tour.
Rebecca is a kind of Banksy - she posts on Facebook at Abandoned N.I., a site dedicated to her mission to record Ireland's fading beauty.
On a Sunday morning, when others are nursing a hangover or reaching for the hair of a dog, she is up early and out across the fields.
The light is good at that time, the air is still. When you walk into an old abandoned house, the ghosts whisper in faded rooms. She has the keen eye of an artist and she carries her camera everywhere.
This morning has brought her to a house that "would take too much money to get right as it's been falling into disrepair even before Veronica passed on".
"The vandals always find a way in.
"The last occupants of the house were Veronica and Peter. Veronica grew up in the area and worked in the house for Peter and then she later moved in.
"Veronica was a keen gardener and sadly she got some dog dirt in her eye while tending the gardens, which rendered her blind. Peter passed first and with no family and no means to pay, the house started to fall into disrepair," Rebecca said.
It was all faded grandeur and decay.
"We found pictures, which were amazing to see, but another thing that I did find were little canisters with recordings of Veronica's voice.
"She set these canisters on tins of food so she could press the button and know one from the other."
You can hear Veronica naming the objects, such as "spaghetti," or "beans".
"To hear this in her house was very emotional," said Rebecca.
"The building has such a warm atmosphere even to this day, I'm sure she and Peter were very happy here and I left thinking I had actually spoken to her myself.
"On my way out I found an overgrown garage with her Volvo still parked up with only 34.000 miles on the clock, I wonder when was the last day she took it to the shops?"
Rebecca's photography is a passion. She doesn't give her full name, because her work must, of necessity, be clandestine at times. She steals only pictures. Hers is a simple motto: "Leave only footprints, take only photographs."
Her passion was sparked six or seven years ago.
"I used to go on ghost hunts into abandoned houses," she said. "I was always the one with the camera in my hand. I found that I was more interested in the buildings and the belongings that people left behind.
"A house that is abandoned is like a time capsule."
There was something about old abandoned places that proved spellbinding. Slowly, she found that the ghosts of the buildings began to haunt her. In greys and browns and sepia shades on Abandoned N. I., she captures the personal.
There is a farmhouse deserted for more than 20 years. An old pair of worn boots rest on a chair and there's a blue plastic bottle of bleach on a shelf that is wallpapered on the back with a design of roses scrambling up a trellis.
"The clothes still lie slung over the bottom of the bed, along with a jacket hung up on the hook on the wall - even the clock still looks on but it has long since stopped," she said.
"I found a paper dated December 19th 1936, life has changed from then!
"I only had 30 minutes in this house due to time constraints and I could have spent hours. This was a permission to explore from a very kind farmer whose parents lived in the house and it's been empty around 20 years."
Her pictures include one of an abandoned wedding dress and there are old wedding albums too - why would anyone leave them like that, she asked.
Rebecca has to be careful - she does not always get permission to get inside buildings. But, if she comes across the owners, they understand and are generally warm about her work, she said.
The stark photographs of old asylums and hospitals across Ireland tell their own stories.
"Pictures like that speak for themselves," she said.
The response to her website has been "amazing", she said. "Everyone is intrigued. They want to know the history of the building."
But she does not post the names or addresses of the abandoned homes and churches, hotels and petrol stations that she photographs.
It is about preserving them - keeping them and their secrets safe for as long as they remain.
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Wolfgang Rangger's become the first person to try it out.
He lost his leg in 2007, and says the new technology is impressive.
'It feels like I have a foot again.'
The prosthetic leg has sensors in the sole that measures contact with the ground.
The sensors are connected to nerves in the thigh.
They send messages to his brain to let him know what he is touching.
It can work out if the ground is hot, cold, wet or slippery. It can also tell him if the ground is soft or hard like a road or grass in the park.
He says it helps him avoid falling and he can run faster.
The AH-1 Cobra helicopter was on a routine training mission from the Palmahim airbase when it crashed. The cause of the accident is not yet known.
"The remains of the helicopter were discovered and no survivors were found," the military said.
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Tornado, the first mainline steam engine to be built in the UK since the 1960s, pulled an eight-carriage train between Appleby, in Cumbria, and Skipton, in North Yorkshire, along the famous Settle to Carlisle line on Tuesday.
It was the first time since 1968 that a steam locomotive has hauled a passenger train on a scheduled main line service.
Tornado will power two further return journeys between Appleby and Skipton on Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr Nuttall said he was not calling for an immediate return to internment, but "wouldn't take anything off the table".
Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Neil, he backed the return of the death penalty but said this was not UKIP policy.
In the interview, to be broadcast at 19:30 BST on BBC One, he insisted there remained plenty for his party to fight for after achieving its Brexit goal.
UKIP won the third highest number of votes in the 2015 general election - 3.8 million - but this gave it just one MP, who subsequently quit the party.
Mr Nuttall is under pressure after a poor showing in the local elections earlier this month in which UKIP gained a single seat and lost all 145 it was defending.
It has recently set out a number of policies it says will help tackle extremism and improve integration.
"We are the only ones that are coming up with an agenda to improve integration in this country," Mr Nuttall said, pointing to UKIP's call to ban face coverings and reduce net migration to zero.
He also suggested the use of internment, would mean the government had the power to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely without trial.
Critics say the tactic led to an increase in violence when it was introduced in Northern Ireland in 1971, and it was seen to have acted as a recruiting sergeant for the IRA.
"I think we've got to look at ways of ensuring that our people are safe, whether that is a return to control orders, whether that is tagging these people, who knows in the future maybe a return to internment," the UKIP leader said.
Given the "vast" costs of monitoring a reported 23,000 extremists, he said: "I'm not saying now is the time to return to this, but I wouldn't rule it out."
Mr Nuttall also backed waterboarding for terrorist suspects if there was "going to be an immediate attack and people's lives were on the line" and would support the return of the death penalty in some circumstances.
The UKIP leader was also asked about his remark in a Mail on Sunday interview that he would be prepared to act as executioner if the death penalty was reintroduced.
"They asked me that question," he said.
"If I'm prepared to stand up say that I believe in the death penalty, then you know, maybe I would pull the lever on people like [serial killer] Ian Brady in the past."
On Brexit, Mr Nuttall said all EU nationals who were living in the UK before Article 50 was invoked in March should be allowed to stay, but the status of subsequent arrivals would depend on the agreement reached with the EU.
He said the UK should not pay the EU "a penny" as it leaves, and defended UKIP's "one in one out" migration policy.
This would be over a five-year period so there would be "a lot of wriggle room", he said.
"No-one's talking about putting up the drawbridge," he said, but warned of "simply unsustainable" population numbers by middle of the next century.
He claimed his party had set the agenda on grammar schools and immigration policy as well as Brexit and predicted it would become bigger than ever if Theresa May "backslides" on the UK's EU departure.
Insufficient proof saw criminal proceedings against 52,288 people abandoned in 2014-15, compared with 38,132 in 2012-13.
It was equivalent to about one in 10 defendants, according to Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) data.
The CPS said it needed a realistic prospect of conviction.
The charity Victim Support said dropping cases risked undermining people's confidence in the criminal justice system.
In total, the number of prosecutions against individuals fell from 794,325 in 2012-13 to 651,073 in 2014-15.
2,168,656
Defendants prosecuted 2012-2015
142,649
Dropped due to lack of evidence
794,325 defendants in 2012-13
38,132 dropped that year with lack of evidence as the reason
651,073 defendants in 2014-15
52,288 dropped that year with lack of evidence as the reason
The figures included individuals who had been arrested and charged but where the CPS decided to drop proceedings before evidence was heard in court.
Data released under the Freedom of Information Act showed the biggest proportion of dropped prosecutions was in the Northumbria Police area.
In 2014-15, 2,688 suspects had prosecutions dropped due to lack of evidence, 12% of the total.
Prosecutors in Cumbria dropped cases against just 4% of defendants by comparison.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "We investigate crimes that are reported to us professionally and proportionately.
"Ultimately the decision to discontinue a case will lie with the CPS and that decision could be made for a number of reasons whether that be lack of evidence, a witness withdrawing their support or the case no longer being in the public interest.
"Our priority will always be the victim and we will take the necessary measures to ensure appropriate support networks are in place for them and their family. That could be through our local neighbourhood team, our Safeguarding Department or the Victims First charity.
"Protecting the people of Northumbria is what drives us every single day and we will continue to do everything we can to put perpetrators of crime before the courts."
See the figures for your area here.
The biggest percentage rise in prosecutions dropped for lack of evidence since 2012 was recorded in Warwickshire. In 2012-13, there were 155 people for whom prosecutors concluded they did not have enough evidence. In 2014-15 this had risen to 387.
Dawn Hartland, the head of criminal justice at Warwickshire Police, said: "While the percentage change over the period in question is significant, particularly in Warwickshire, the figures demonstrate that the actual number of cases dropped is below the national average."
She said the force was rated within the top quartile of forces nationally for its overall file quality and conviction rate.
For Tina Southern, the original decision of the CPS not to prosecute Brian Fairchild felt like "being abused all over again".
In 2013, the decision was taken that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him for raping and sexually assaulting her as a child.
Essex Police appealed the decision and Fairchild, of Gordon Road, Corringham, was convicted at Basildon Crown Court on 30 April 2015 and jailed for 14 years for one count of rape and six counts of indecent assault.
His victim, now 51 years old, waived her right to anonymity and spoke of the original decision not to prosecute: "I can't even describe how that made me feel. It's like I was being abused all over again."
A CPS spokesman said the original decision not to charge Fairchild was reviewed and it was "considered the wrong decision may have been made and there could be additional evidence available".
Lucy Hastings, director of Victim Support, said: "We are concerned by this apparent increase in the number of cases being dropped due to lack of evidence, which may increase suffering for victims of crime and undermine public confidence in the criminal justice system.
"Enduring the difficult and often long wait for a trial, only to discover that the case won't proceed, can be deeply distressing for victims of crime causing further upset, anger and frustration. When it happens, it is crucial that the reasons for the case being dropped are explained to the victim in full.
"Sadly, we know that sometimes cases don't go ahead because the victim or other witnesses don't have the confidence to attend the trial. That is why it is vital that victims and witnesses get the right support they need before, during and after trial."
A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: "All cases are kept under constant review as they progress through the criminal justice system.
"If new evidence comes to light, a witness decides to no longer support a prosecution or a co-defendant pleads guilty to the offence, the CPS will then review the case.
"If there is no longer sufficient evidence or if it is no longer in the public interest, the CPS will stop a prosecution."
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Bids of £20m, £26m and £30m for the 21-year-old have been rejected and both Martinez and chairman Bill Kenwright insist the player is going nowhere.
"It is no good just to think that because you have a Champions League budget you're going to click your fingers and get anything you want," said Martinez.
"Clearly we don't work like that."
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The England international asked to leave Goodison Park on Tuesday and Kenwright released a statement on Thursday which insisted Stones was not for sale.
It is understood the Premier League champions do not currently intend to make another offer for the central defender before the transfer window in England closes at 18:00 BST on Tuesday.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho refused to comment on Stones at a pre-match news conference before his side's game with Crystal Palace on Saturday but Martinez said Stones would feature in Saturday's 17:30 BST kick-off against Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
It has been reported that Stones - who arrived from Barnsley for £3m in February 2013, and has four years left on his contract after signing an extension in August 2014 - has been forced to move out of his home and into a hotel after being targeted by angry Everton fans.
Martinez says action needs to be taken to help talented young players in the transfer window.
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"John is just another victim of this stupid system and he needs protection. All the young players that are doing well at their clubs need protection," added the Spaniard.
"I don't think it's fair that any player should have to go through that while having to perform on a football pitch.
"The football authorities need to look into it very seriously.
"We are very much aware of the security in this particular period when the transfer window is open, that we need to be more alert and help our players because it is what we are exposing our players to - those emotions. That is natural.
"It seems like money can buy anything these days and clearly what we stand for at Everton is more important values."
The warning follows the failure of disciplinary action over disorder at last season's Scottish Cup final between Hibernian and Rangers.
Scottish Football Association disciplinary charges against the clubs were dismissed by an independent judicial panel on Wednesday.
Rangers have also asked to know why no sanctions were imposed on Hibs.
The Scottish government said it was "disappointed" by the outcome.
"We have been clear that we will take steps if the progress we need to see isn't being made," said a spokesman.
"The disorder that marred the Scottish Cup final was unacceptable and we are disappointed by this outcome.
"It is essential that robust, meaningful measures are in place to allow such behaviour to be dealt with effectively."
More than 70 people have been arrested over the violent scenes that took place after Hibs lifted the cup for the first time since 1902 with a 3-2 victory.
But the SFA panel dismissed as "irrelevant" charges over damage to advertising equipment and, in the case of Hibs, the Hampden pitch and goalposts, following a mass pitch invasion by both sets of fans.
Neither club was punished because the SFA's disciplinary procedures are not underlined by "strict liability" - where clubs are responsible for their supporters' behaviour.
SFA members voted against the adoption of strict liability in 2013, while the Scottish Professional Football League similarly does not take action if clubs successfully argue they have taken all reasonable steps to prevent unacceptable behaviour among fans.
Any direct interference in the SFA's workings would not be popular with world governing body Fifa, which has issued bans to nations whose governments have become too closely involved with football federations.
However, the Scottish government spokesman said: "Independent research shows that fans overwhelmingly support the goal of eradicating offensive behaviour from matches.
"Our preference remains that football should proactively deliver a solution and we are continuing to work closely with the authorities and clubs to encourage them to do so."
Hibs welcomed the panel's decision on Wednesday and paid for damage caused when their fans invaded the pitch.
However, Rangers say they have "been left shocked by the SFA's approach to this vital safety issue and by the decision not to seek sanctions in respect of the assaults by Hibernian supporters on Rangers players and officials at the end of the cup final".
"The Scottish FA must have a basic duty of care to ensure the safety of players and officials in matches played in their competitions and at Hampden," the club said in a statement.
"Rangers were surprised and disappointed by the nature of the charges brought by the association, believing them fundamentally flawed from the outset and cannot understand why the focus seemed to be on compensating the association for damage to Hampden Stadium and items such as advertising hoardings and LED panels rather than ensuring the safety of players and officials.
"Rangers are concerned that adopting this approach will not dissuade supporters of other Clubs from coming onto the field of play and/or assaulting players and officials."
Rangers say they were also "astonished" that Hibs "were permitted to engage" the Scottish Professional Football League's solicitor to fight the charges being brought by the SFA.
Public support in Britain for the Army has been consistently strong. But General Carter says there are risks here as well as benefits.
"That public support," he says, "is very much based upon sympathy and not necessarily upon empathy.
"And I think if we wish to sustain our numbers, and indeed the sort of attitude you would want your army to have, I think it's important that the cursor swings more towards empathy than sympathy, so that people understand more about what an army does and why you need an army, and therefore what its final task might be."
Of course the Army is about much more than that final task - "closing with and engaging the enemy".
But the unpopularity of some of Britain's recent wars, the lack of understanding about military matters among much of the public, and the increasing sensitivity to casualties, have all meant that the term "boots on the ground" - putting soldiers into harm's way - has become almost toxic.
General Carter has some sympathy with this view.
"I think the term 'boots on the ground' has become difficult for people to comprehend.
"The trick of course is for boots on the ground to be applied in a way that is not necessarily risk-free, but is done for appropriate gain and benefit."
This issue of the relationship between Britain and her army is a central aspect of General Carter's thinking.
He is speaking at an Estonian army base in Tapa, a garrison town a little under 100 miles from the Russian border.
The general is visiting the British-led multi-national battle group, which is there as part of a Nato deployment to reassure the Estonians and to demonstrate the alliance's cohesion to Moscow.
"Young people join an army to be used and that is important to us," he says.
"So the opportunity to do something like we are doing up here in Estonia is important.
"But we also need to be prepared to be used in other ways as well, providing we can be used in an effective fashion."
For the British army, this is a period of unprecedented change as it transitions away from a dominant focus on counter-insurgency operations in the heat of Iraq and Afghanistan, and re-builds its capability to fight modern high-intensity combat - the sort of conflict it trained for day-in and day-out during the Cold War years.
The strategic picture is also changing dramatically.
The potential threats are becoming more complex, the dividing line between peace and war ever less clear.
Some people argue that the modern, Western way of war is at arm's-length - exemplified by armed drones and stand-off weapons fired at great distances from their intended targets.
By such readings the traditional army - leaving aside maybe the special forces - seems strangely out of step with the apparent new reality.
But General Carter disagrees.
"I don't subscribe to the view that we find ourselves in a new era of warfare where you can do it all with stand-off; you can do it all with bombing; you can do it all with special forces and you can do it all with proxies," he tells me emphatically.
"Those are all simply fallacies. The bottom line in all of this is that, in the final analysis, people live on land and it is ultimately the land component that has to 'mix it' where people live. History proves that that is a requirement.
"Our policy makers absolutely understand that you have an army because, in the final analysis, armies are the business when it comes to a decision, and ultimately it's about a decision."
Britain's army is of course an awful lot smaller than it once was.
How big should it be in part depends upon what the country can afford. So does General Carter think that he has enough soldiers?
"The straightforward answer to that question is that given the tasks that we have currently got, we have adequate numbers," he says.
"If the tasks change or the tasks increase then we might have to ask questions about it."
On equipment he is confident that the Army will get things that it needs, though "how quickly it arrives is always a question".
But the Army itself is going to change even more dramatically in the years ahead. And this too is something that General Carter is pushing forward.
Traditionally the Army - like most others - is what he terms "bottom-fed".
In other words, "it recruits people who are youngsters and we grow them through a career".
But he believes that as the Army requires and takes on more specialists, it is going to have to offer a very different career structure.
"I suspect," he says, "that maybe as much as 30% of the army may be specialists in the future - and how we supply those specialist career schemes is something we have to think about."
This could mean a lot more of what the Army calls "lateral entry" (ie joining at a much later age, probably from an established career) or indeed sharing people with industry.
Nonetheless, at least in his lifetime, General Carter does not expect the combat arms of the Army "to look particularly different" to the way they do today.
"I think we will still deliver that effect through a bottom-fed delivery system in the way that we understand it."
But he says specialists will need to be recruited differently and that will have significant implications requiring a review of ranks, career structures, working practices and so on.
General Carter thinks that the Army is about a year or two away from taking on regular personnel by this lateral entry method.
But the core business of the Army is not going to change.
While its roles go way beyond just training for high-intensity combat, as here in Estonia, it remains part of the nation's insurance policy.
So being so close to the Russian border, what security challenge does the general worry about most?
"Probably the greatest risk at the moment," he says, "is the risk of miscalculation.
"Understanding your potential opponents," he says, "and having the communications systems in place and the processes in place so that you realise what messages you are sending is fundamental.
"Miscalculation is the thing that we probably need to watch."
Bob Wellington's comments come after Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews said he wanted to cut councils from 22 to eight or nine in Wales.
Mr Wellington warned there was "nothing more dangerous in a combat zone than a general with a map".
He was speaking at a conference of the Welsh Local Government Association.
Mr Wellington said a proposed map of local government had been drawn up by "Cathays Park civil servants" without proper consultation with local government.
He told the WLGA conference in Swansea that against a backdrop of council budget cuts, ministers could end up merging "empty shells".
"We have to say, in the current climate local government reorganisation seems to perfectly fit with the old military maxim that the most dangerous thing in a combat zone is a general with a map," he said.
"The debate on devolution exclusively appears to dwell on empowering Cardiff Bay while local services are sinking in a sea of austerity.
"We cannot carry on with this level of doubt and ambiguity, it's draining and demoralising for our employees."
Mr Andrews took to the stage after Mr Wellington.
After muted applause but no open hostility from delegates, he said there was a "grand prize" available to local government, suggesting extra powers could be devolved to councils.
Mr Andrews also said a "long debate" would now follow the publication of the Welsh government's proposed map.
In a detailed speech, the minister cited examples around the UK where councils have dealt well with cuts by reforming their organisations.
Mr Andrews said the Welsh government had protected councils more than the UK government had in England, but there were "deep cuts" to come.
For the year to 31 March, adjusted pre-tax profits fell 30% to £224m - in line with previous guidance from the company.
However, after allowing for restructuring costs, profits fell to £51m, from £277m the year before.
Tate & Lyle's chief executive, Javed Ahmed, said: "It has been a very challenging year for the group."
He added: "With the necessary actions underway we are firmly focused on improving our performance and continuing the evolution of Tate & Lyle into a global speciality food ingredients business, supported by cash generated from bulk ingredients."
In April, Tate & Lyle said it would exit its European bulk ingredients business and restructure its Splenda sucralose business in order to concentrate on its speciality food business.
During the year to March, Tate & Lyle said operating profits at its Splenda business fell by £45m, because of "price erosion in an extremely competitive market".
Lower sugar prices in the EU trimmed £13m off its operating profit in Europe, and Tate & Lyle said restructuring measures had cost it £118m.
Tate & Lyle said that adjusted pre-tax profits for the year ahead would be similar to the previous year.
At one stage it fell as much as 6% to $1.1841 - the biggest move since the Brexit vote - before recovering. It was recently trading 2% lower at $1.2388.
It is not clear what triggered the sudden sell-off. Analysts say it could have been automated trading systems reacting to a news report.
The Bank of England said it was "looking into" the flash crash.
The sharp drop came after the Financial Times published a story online about French President Francois Hollande demanding "tough Brexit negotiations".
"It's difficult to know exactly what triggered it," Angus Nicholson, market analyst with IG in Melbourne, told the BBC.
The pound has been volatile since the UK voted to leave the European Union.
Analysts speculate that a computer may have been set to scan the news for negative Brexit stories, with the order to sell if it found any.
The trigger could have also been a simple mistake, or what's know as a fat finger trade, when a trader enters a wrong number. Analysts at JP Morgan who have analysed the flash crash think that was unlikely to be the trigger.
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The incident happened at a time when there is very little pound trading going on - which means that any sell-off will have a bigger impact than during busy hours.
The situation is likely to have been exacerbated by trading algorithms (sometimes know as algos) - software which is designed to trade automatically and can react much faster than human traders.
"These days some algos trade on the back of news sites, and even what is trending on social media sites such as Twitter, so a deluge of negative Brexit headlines could have led to an algo taking that as a major sell signal for the pound," says Kathleen Brooks, research director at City Index.
"Once the pound started moving lower then more technical algos could have followed suit, compounding the short, sharp, selling pressure."
Ms Brooks thinks another flash crash could be on the cards for the pound.
"This highlights the drawback of machines making trading decisions, however, it is the reality, and it is only getting more popular. Thus, another flash crash is possible," she said.
Traders remain nervous about the fallout from the UK's talks with the EU over leaving the bloc.
Last Sunday, the Prime Minister Theresa May said she would trigger Article 50, the clause needed to start the exit process, by the end of March 2017.
Sterling has been "on a precipice" since then, according to Sean Callow, senior currency strategist at Australian bank, Westpac.
"I think we've underestimated how many people had money positions for a very wishy-washy Brexit, or even none," he said.
Analysts at HSBC are forecasting that the pound could fall to $1.10 and could be worth just one euro by the end of next year.
"The argument which is still presented to us - that the UK and EU will resolve their difference and come to an amicable deal - appears a little surreal," said David Bloom, head of foreign exchange research at HSBC.
"It is becoming clear that many European countries will come to the negotiation table looking for political damage limitation rather than economic damage limitation. A lose-lose situation is the inevitable outcome."
Ms Brooks, from City Index said: "The big issue for the pound right now is that it has become detached from the economic fundamentals and politics have become king. This is where things will get dangerous for the currency going forward.
"Theresa May's hard-line on Brexit negotiations and her insistence that negotiations will take place in private have only increased uncertainty for the market, with traders left combing news websites for the latest headlines to try and gauge for themselves the state of play between the UK and the EU."
The 2015 British Social Attitudes Survey also found 71% of the 4,328 people polled thought immigration had increased pressure on schools.
In contrast 35% reckoned immigration was bad for the economy, and 40% that it undermined cultural life - a decline in levels of concern since 2013.
The report revealed big variations in attitudes depending on education.
For example, 15% of graduates think immigration is bad for the economy compared with 51% of those who do not have any educational qualifications.
And 21% of those with a degree think immigration undermines Britain's cultural life, compared with 54% of those without any qualifications.
However, when it comes to the impact of immigration on schools, graduates are almost as likely (67%) as those without any educational qualification (76%) to think it increases pressure on them.
Researchers found younger people tended to take a more favourable attitude towards immigration than older people.
However, the decline in concern about the economic and cultural consequences of migration appears to have occurred among both graduates and non-graduates, younger people and older people, which researchers put down to an improvement in the state of the economy between 2013 and 2015.
Prof John Curtice, senior research fellow at NatCen, said: "Even during a period where the public appeared less concerned about the economic and cultural consequences of immigration, substantial majorities still said that migrants were having a net negative effect on British schools and the NHS.
"It would appear that assuaging this concern will be a key priority for the next prime minister as the government tries to meet the concerns about immigration that were evident during the EU referendum."
Immigration was a key issue during the EU referendum, with some Leave campaigners sending a clear message that it was about controlling immigration.
The British Social Attitudes survey, by the independent not-for-profit organisation NatCen, has been carried out every year since 1983, with questions repeated periodically to assess how opinions change over time.
The 2015 survey conducted 4,328 interviews between 4 July and 2 November on a representative, random sample of adults in Britain with a response rate of 51%.
Researchers spoke to 2,167 people about their views on the impact of immigration on the economy and British cultural life, and 1,100 people were asked about their views on the impact of migration on the NHS and schools.
Mr Modi started his three-day visit on Thursday from Xian where he was welcomed by President Xi Jinping.
The first day of Mr Modi was mostly about "cultural diplomacy".
Mr Xi took his guest on a tour of an ancient Buddhist temple amid a traditional welcome ceremony.
The body language of the two leaders appeared friendly and positive.
The mood was reflected in the way media outlets in China and India covered the meeting.
However, some papers, in both countries, have mentioned the unresolved boundary dispute.
Some Indian newspapers also showed their displeasure over what they called the use of a "distorted" Indian map by China's state-run broadcaster CCTV.
But the overall mood appears positive among pundits and media commentators.
Papers in the two countries argue that business ties outweigh the differences.
The Global Times says "it is becoming the mainstream mentality in both China and India that the nations need to develop friendly ties even if they haven't resolved the border dispute".
The state-run Xinhua news agency agrees, hoping "that the decision-makers in Beijing and Delhi seize the current positive momentum to boost bilateral ties".
"One has to bear in mind that good relationship between the two giant neighbours is significant... given the size of their populations and the fact that they have long been considered the two major players when it comes to ushering in the so-called 'Asian Century'," a commentary in the agency says.
Commentator Han Hua tells the China Daily that the two countries need to focus on trade ties while trying to resolve other disputes.
"China and India have to make more concrete efforts to keep bilateral economic ties healthy and sustainable because issues like trade imbalance, a lack of direct investments and latent security threats are yet to be resolved," he argues.
Indian papers and pundits are also positive about the outcome of Mr Modi's visit.
The Indian Express highlights economic discussions between the two nations.
"While the two leaders were discussing trade and commerce, Mr Modi raised the issue of 'trade deficit' which is plaguing the economic relationship between the two countries. There is almost a $40-bn trade deficit between the two countries," a report in the paper says.
The Times of India praises China's decision to host Mr Modi at the Buddhist temple in Xian.
"Both countries are keen to develop their own Buddhist circuits. This has the dual advantage of improving connectivity and infrastructure while boosting two-way tourism. This in turn will help facilitate greater people-to-people contact," it says.
Social media users in both countries have also been commenting on Mr Modi's visit.
Many web users on Weibo, China's Twitter-like service, have welcomed Mr Modi and sound hopeful about better India-China ties.
But others have highlighted the boundary dispute in the their comments.
And some users seem to have disliked that Mr Modi touched the statues at The Terracotta Army museum in Xian.
"What are you trying to say when you visit the mausoleum with your sunglasses on? And you're even touching the figures? This can't be right. If you want to touch them, you should've worn gloves," one user wrote on Weibo.
Mr Modi's visit to the museum has also sparked interest in India, with some users giving their take through humorous memes.
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"I've been as a spectator before and this year I'm really hopeful of getting a ride," she told BBC Sport.
Trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam said she has two potential mounts earmarked for her 30-year-old fellow Australian.
Payne could ride Solar Deity in the Royal Hunt Cup, and The Twisler in the Gold Cup on Ladies' Day.
"When she was in England before, she rode me a winner," said the Newmarket-based trainer. "We are friends.
"She's won a Melbourne Cup and I'm a Melbourne girl. so let's give it a go."
Payne, who made history in November by winning the Melbourne Cup on 100-1 shot Prince Of Penzance, said she might also be booked by Australia-based owners OTI Racing for one of their horses at the meeting, which starts on 14 June.
"I'm heading over to England in June, coming over to hopefully ride at Royal Ascot, riding in Sweden and travelling around Europe and coming back to Ascot for the Shergar Cup in August," she added.
"Hopefully I can then come back to Australia, and really concentrate on the spring when hopefully there will be more opportunities from last year's success.
"And, who knows, Prince Of Penzance might be able to come back and have another crack at it."
Payne rode Iasia to victory for Chapple-Hyam at Warwick seven years ago.
"She was very canny and walked the track twice and worked out that going round by the far rail would be better," said the trainer.
Solar Deity was only bought last Friday with a view to running at Ascot, while The Twisler's long-term target could be a crack at the Melbourne Cup
The Twisler will make his seasonal debut this month, either in Berlin on 15 May or at Goodwood or York later in the month.
If he runs in the Gold Cup, it would see a female jockey riding for a female trainer on a horse part-owned by a woman on Ladies' Day in a race named in honour of the Queen's 90th birthday.
"It will be hard, he'd be a 33-1 shot, and we're in the lap of the gods as we'd want some overnight rain. We'll be the only ladies wanting it to rain on Ladies' Day," added Chapple-Hyam.
In August, Payne will be in the team of female jockeys looking to retain the Shergar Cup at Ascot, where she expects to ride alongside Irish jockey Cathy Gannon and Canadian Emma-Jayne Wilson.
Payne, who told chauvinists to "get stuffed" after her Melbourne Cup triumph, will compete against male riders representing Great Britain and Ireland, Europe and the Rest of the World.
"The Shergar Cup is a prime example of matching it with the guys. The female team beat everybody last time," she said.
"They've got the best jockeys from all around the world competing. The girls' team was the most successful and took out the riding honours.
"I'm just over the moon to be invited. It's such a prestigious event and I've watched it for many years. I'm so excited to be joining the girls' team and can't wait for us to show them what we've got."
The magical school is based in America and is called Ilvermorny; it's where some of the main characters in the new film are from.
JK Rowling has revealed that the school is quite similar to Hogwarts, the British wizarding school, but with a few differences.
Ilvermorny has four houses, which are represented by four magical creatures: the Horned Serpent, the Pukwudgie, the Thunderbird and the Wampus.
In an article about the 'History' of the school, JK Rowling says that some people think that Horned Serpent favours scholars, Wampus - warriors, Pukwudgie -healers and Thunderbird - adventurers.
Instead of a Sorting Hat, students at the school are chosen by giant statues of the creatures from each house, which magically come to life.
Another major difference between Hogwarts and Ilvermorny is the strict rules about wands.
JK Rowling says that until 1965, young wizards and witches weren't allowed a wand until they arrived at school, and all wands had to be left at the school during school holidays.
Telling the story of a Greek-American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek man - much to the annoyance of her suffocating parents - and the brash culture clash that ensues, the film was a surprise hit.
It also brought "typical" Greek culture to the mainstream, illustrated through Toula's parents desire for her to "marry a Greek boy, make Greek babies and feed everyone until the day I die".
Creator Nia Vardalos says although the film was based on her own family and experience marrying a non-Greek man, she was struck by how many people found her story recognisable: "It's so wild how it translates to all cultures - no matter where, people say to me 'that's my family!'."
After many years of calls for a sequel, a follow-up has finally been made - reuniting the entire original cast including John Corbett and Lainie Kazan, as well as bringing back producers Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.
The first film was the highest grossing romantic comedy in the US - you must be feeling the pressure to live up to those expectations.
No, because I protected myself by working with the same producers and just tried to have fun - if it's not fun, it's not worth it to me. I always think of myself as a fearless idiot and think it's always best to go into something without any expectations, but with standards.
Why did it take so long to write a sequel and were you worried too much time had passed between now and the first film?
I knew the desire was there because every project meeting I would have [with production company Playtone] would end with "Have you thought about sequel?", but the wait is completely my fault.
At the end of the first one I had written that Toula was a mother, but I believe that was wishful thinking I had written it in, because in reality I was in a very private struggle to become a mum. It took me 10 years and on my daughter's first day of kindergarten I was crying so hard people were backing away from the ethnic sobbing mother. Another mother in an effort to calm me down, and said: "Oh come on, in 13 years they'll go off to college and leave us."
And I was struck by such panic - that's when I realised I had morphed into my own suffocating parents and in that moment I got the idea for the sequel. The overarching theme is not do we become our parents, but when do we become our parents.
There's no way that I have not become [Toula's father] Gus, because sitting beside my daughter watching the Olympics I was telling her how each part came from Greece - and my husband was eye-rolling me and I was like "what? It's true!"
Was it easy to get all the original cast back together?
Very easy. I'm such an optimist - I wrote quietly for a long period of time by myself and then at the end of a meeting one day Playtone said to me "how about sequel?" and I said, "how about the script?" and gave it to them. They immediately said we would make it and it was [on screen husband] John Corbett's birthday that day and I got to call him and tell him the news. I said to him: "So do you feel like kissing me again?" and he said in his signature sexy John Corbett voice: "Always baby!"
Did you all just fall into old habits like you were never apart for 10 years?
Very much so. A lot of us are really close - John is one of my closest friends. He was raised by his mum, so he's very comfortable with a woman being in charge. He is very supportive and doesn't feel emasculated at all by it. But there is parity in my scripts - the men have good character arcs and so do the women. And that's all we're asking for when men are writing screenplays - could they look at their roles and say "can that boss be a woman?".
People criticise Hollywood for lazy film-making with the current trend of sequels and remakes - what's your feeling on the issue in relation to this fiim?
Those are different because they are tent pole pictures - we are still an independent film, just released by Universal. I feel like we went against that trend in that we kept the original cast and then didn't bring in great big movie stars which usually happens with the sequel. You have to go bigger - and we went bigger and Greeker and louder, but we didn't go "Hollywood".
What were the challenges of creating a sequel that would keep fans happy but still appeal to new audiences?
I fought against instinct to cast a named actor as our daughter. That would have financially been a good idea to cast somebody with box office appeal, but I wanted to find somebody new like the producers of the first film had done with me. And that's what happened with Elena Kampouris and she happens to be half Greek. She's a really sweet girl and her parents were on set the whole time - and by the way - so were my parents!
The film is being released the same weekend as Batman vs Superman - was that a strategic decision to catch all the people that aren't interested in superhero movies?
I hope so - although I had nothing to do with the release date. But we won't be in the theatres like we were last time for a full year because we are a studio release now. So I'm begging people to go opening weekend and prove that an independent release can have a voice against the tent pole movie.
I don't want to annihilate anyone - I want us both to do well. See, there's the Canadian middle child in me coming out!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is on general release now.
Scottish Water said an increase in household charges was being limited to 1.6% for all council tax bands.
This means the average Scottish Water household charge in 2017/18 will be £357 - less than £1 a day.
The current average charge of £389 in England and Wales is £32 higher than in Scotland.
Charges for 2017/18 in England and Wales have yet to be announced.
Scottish Water has promised that by 2021 household charges overall will have fallen in real terms.
The company plans to invest £3.5bn in projects across Scotland between 2015 and 2021.
It said the six-year investment would be made in water treatment works, pipes and networks - providing customers with improved service, enhancing the environment and supporting jobs in the Scottish economy.
Ongoing projects include:
Chief executive Douglas Millican said: "Scottish Water customers continue to enjoy the benefits of one of the UK's best value water and waste water services.
"The quality of drinking water received by our customers has never been higher, while we've continued to achieve excellent customer satisfaction results.
"We are firmly focused on meeting our customers' expectations of us. That's why we're building on the significant improvements we've made to water services by providing value for money, stability and certainty in charge levels.
"By 2021, we expect to deliver further improvements to drinking water quality and environmental performance while at the same time ensuring that overall household charges have fallen further in real terms."
The H1N1 virus - known as swine flu - is among strains doing the rounds in the region, Public Health England said.
While it caused the 2009-2010 pandemic, swine flu is now considered "normal seasonal flu", according to the NHS.
The warning was prompted by more calls from GPs reporting flu cases to the region's health protection teams.
A spokesman said it could be linked to pupils returning to school following the February half term.
Public Health England [PHE] wrote to all directors of public health in the South West, urging them to promote simple hygiene rules such as hand washing among pupils and ensure "good cleaning practice".
The letter said: "At present, PHE are receiving an increased number of calls from schools reporting outbreaks of respiratory, flu-like illness.... One of the circulating flue strains at present is H1N1, also known as swine flu. As this strain is not now a pandemic strain, it should be treated like any other circulating flu strain."
It also advises that children should return to school only when they are free of symptoms - usually after a week.
The latest flu statistics for England suggest the south west and south east regions have seen the highest number of flu outbreaks - 113 - since the start of "flu season" in October up to 6 March. By comparison, London has had only 22.
It said homeowners took out 49,000 loans in May, the highest number since December last year.
That compares with 48,300 loans taken out in April.
Separate figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed annual UK house price inflation rose to 5.7% in May, up from 5.5% in April.
"House purchase lending in May was slightly up on the previous month, suggesting the market might be waking up after a subdued first quarter," said Paul Smee, the director general of the CML.
However, lending levels were still lower than they were a year ago.
The ONS figures showed that, in the year to May, house prices in England rose by 5.8%, in Scotland they climbed 2.9%, and prices were 2.5% higher in Wales.
However, the biggest increase came in Northern Ireland where prices increased by 10.5%.
House prices in London rose by just 4.7% - below the average for the UK - the ONS said.
The average house price was £274,000, up from £271,000 in April.
Ruby-Tuesday Hobbs underwent several operations after she was hit in Plymouth city centre on Christmas Eve, the city's magistrates court heard.
Ashley Godber, 27, from Plymouth admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was bailed.
He will be sentenced later this month.
The court heard he had 77 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.
Ms Hobbs, who was 18 at the time, was hit by the BMW as it mounted a central reservation on Charles Street outside Drakes Circus shopping centre at about 06:30 GMT.
Fire crews cut her free at the scene before she was taken to hospital.
Plymouth magistrates heard from a witness in Godber's car that it was doing more than twice the 30mph limit when ploughed through two railings.
The man said he was "really scared" as the car "launched off down the road" and that Godber "lost it" after he "turned violently" to the left and hit the railings.
The car ended up in a bus stop on the opposite side of the dual carriageway, magistrates heard.
Another witness described an "almighty bang like an explosion" and Ms Hobbs "skidded off down the road".
Sarah Ackland, defending, said Godber was "extremely remorseful" and "deeply regrets his actions".
Nicki Hobbs, the victim's aunt, said that since the incident her niece had been "a prisoner in her own home".
She said: "She's lost so much weight where she hasn't been able to use her legs and she's in horrific pain to this day.
"It's affected not just her, but the whole family."
In a separate incident, Ms Hobbs' iPhone was stolen as she lay in the street with two broken legs.
A 35-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident, but Devon and Cornwall Police said it ceased investigations due to a "lack of evidence and no witnesses".
Godber was remanded on unconditional bail for sentencing at crown court on 18 May.
The data comes from recently released government figures on weekly spending.
Households in Northern Ireland spent just over £500 a week, according to the Office for National Statistics, below the UK average of £527.
Along with tobacco, Northern Ireland also spends the most on foods like bread and potatoes.
Northern Ireland also spends more on buying clothes, shoes and going to the hairdresser.
Some expenses like electricity and petrol are higher.
But others are cheaper. For example Northern Ireland spends less on housing as house prices here are relatively low compared to the rest of the UK.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the toll comprised 85 civilians, 240 rebels and 157 ISIS fighters.
ISIS had killed 42 prisoners in Aleppo, while 47 members of the jihadist group had been executed by rebels, it added.
The fighting has spread across four provinces in rebel-held parts of northern Syria over the past week.
Attacks on fellow rebels and the abuse of civilian opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's government by ISIS's predominantly foreign fighters have led to increasingly frequent confrontations in recent months.
The latest clashes erupted last Friday when rebels led by the Islamic Front, a relatively new coalition of Islamist groups, launched what appeared to a series of co-ordinated strikes against ISIS. The offensive was backed by the opposition National Coalition.
Islamist brigades captured ISIS's headquarters in the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday. At the former children's hospital they found the bodies of several men who had been executed.
On Friday, rebels were reportedly making advances against ISIS in Aleppo and Idlib provinces, where ISIS's presence was relatively weak, but struggling in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, large parts of which have been under the jihadists' control for months.
Rami Abdul Rahman, the director of the Syrian Observatory, told the AFP news agency: "It is likely dozens more people have lost their lives, but it is impossible to accurately document all the killings."
On Tuesday, an ISIS spokesman warned its rivals that it would "crush them completely and kill the conspiracy in its cradle".
The BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says this has been by far the worst bout of violence between rebel groups since the uprising began in March 2011 and it is yet to run its course.
Despite the severity of the conflict, there has been little sign yet that the overall rebel effort against the regime has been affected, our correspondent adds.
Fighting in that war continues, especially in the country's third biggest city, Homs, where government forces killed about 40 rebels as they sought to break a siege, and in Damascus.
A UN official warned on Friday that the humanitarian situation in the besieged, rebel-held Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the south of the capital was deteriorating.
"The profound civilian suffering in Yarmouk deepens,'' Christopher Gunness told the Associated Press.
"Residents, including infants and children, have been subsisting for long periods on diets of such things as stale vegetables, animal feed and cooking spices dissolved in water," he added.
"Infants are 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 violence comes less than two weeks before the planned start of an international conference in Switzerland to find a political solution to the conflict, which the UN says has left more than 100,000 people dead.
Russian media reported on Friday that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US Secretary of State John Kerry and the UN and Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, would hold talks in Paris on Monday to discuss issues surrounding the so-called Geneva II talks.
On Thursday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said he was not sure they would take place, while the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood said conditions were not right.
Questions remain over who will represent the Syrian opposition and whether Iran will play a role.
About 180 representatives of opposition factions who met in the Spanish city of Cordoba on Friday reportedly could not agree who should attend Geneva II, or whether they would attend at all. However, they agreed the talks should focus on establishing a time-frame for an end to the fighting.
The 28-year-old from Newbury had been detained on Tuesday on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of five-month-old Jack McLaren.
Jack's father Daniel McLaren, 29, of Fleetwood Close in Newbury, is charged with his murder and appeared earlier at Reading Crown Court via video link.
He has been remanded in custody until the next hearing on 4 August.
Mr McLaren has also been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent to another child aged under one.
Thames Valley Police said it is continuing with its inquiries.
Max Clark's try and two Tom Homer kicks put Bath 11-8 up at half-time, Sarries responding with a Lozowski penalty and Sean Maitland's touchdown.
Lozowski levelled with a drop-goal, only for Homer to kick a third penalty.
Bath, urged on by a crowd of 14,509, survived to move to within three points of Sarries at the summit.
Victory lifts Todd Blackadder's side up to second in the table, although Wasps can draw level on points with Saracens at the top if they secure a bonus-point win at Worcester on Sunday.
While both sides had a number of stars still on international duty - with Owen Farrell among four Saracens players with the England side at Twickenham and Jonathan Joseph one of three Bath men in the same team - the Premiership outfits still welcomed back a bevy of talent.
Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau, making just his third Bath appearance since moving from Newport Gwent Dragons, was explosive in what amounted to little more than another cameo appearance for the Blue, Black and Whites before being forced off with concussion.
England lock Maro Itoje, back in action for Saracens after six weeks out with a hand injury, was a physical presence throughout for the league leaders, but Bath's stubborn defensive line was rarely breached, despite constant pressure.
Still, Saracens had their chances to take something from the match, but Alex Goode missed a penalty and Lozowski's kick at the end fell short of the mark, as the Londoners suffered just their second league defeat of the season.
Bath director of rugby Todd Blackadder: "We overcame a psychological hurdle today.
"We were outstanding in the first half, but we had to absorb a lot of pressure in the second half. The defensive performance showed the desire - the players worked so hard for each other.
"It's a psychological hurdle of winning and beating a really good side, and we will be better for that."
Saracens boss Mark McCall: "In the first half, we were poor and lucky to be maybe only three points behind at half-time.
"Bath were clearly the better team in that first half, but the second half, I thought we turned it around well.
"We had them under a lot of pressure and we had a lot of field position, and we couldn't capitalise on it. We had two or three very good chances. It's disappointing that we weren't able to score.
"I think everyone will agree, we probably should have got something more out of. Maybe a draw would have been a fair result."
Bath: Homer; Rokoduguni, Clark, Tapuai, Brew; Bowden, Fotuali'i; Catt, Dunn, Lahiff, Charteris, Attwood, Garvey (capt), Ellis, Faletau.
Replacements: Batty, Obano, Palma-Newport, Grant, Mercer, Allinson, Hastings, Wilson.
Saracens: Goode; Maitland, Tompkins, Barritt (capt), Wyles; Lozowski, Spencer; Lamositele, Brits, Figallo, Itoje, Hamilton, Rhodes, Burger, Wray.
Replacements: Saunders, Barrington, Koch, Flanagan, Brown, Wigglesworth, Bosch, Earle.
Referee: Greg Garner.
Workers are being recruited on temporary contracts to work over the busy Christmas period.
The internet company is hiring more than 15,000 extra people across the UK in the run-up to December.
Amazon said it expected "many hundreds" of the seasonal workers to move into permanent posts as a result.
The Swansea base, which opened in 2008, has more than 1,000 permanent staff.
During its busiest day last year, Amazon said customers ordered a total of 3.5m items in 24 hours - a rate, it said, of 44 per second.
In 2012, Amazon created more than 10,000 seasonal jobs in the run up to Christmas across the UK, including 1,000 in Swansea.
But if you want to understand the challenge facing the nation, simply consider this: the disease has now become so common that one out of every two people born after 1960 will develop it during their lifetime.
It means that every two minutes someone in England is diagnosed with the disease.
The major cause is, of course, the fact we are living longer. But lifestyle factors, such as smoking, drinking and obesity are also playing a role.
It means over the past 40 years the number of cancer diagnoses has more than doubled - as this graph from figures collated by the Office for National Statistics shows.
But the increase in cases is putting a strain on services. The plans unveiled on Sunday cover just England, but across the UK the health service is struggling to meet its targets.
Probably the most high-profile target is the 62-day deadline for patients to start treatment following an urgent referral by a GP.
This is used in all parts of the UK - although it is measured slightly differently in each country so direct comparisons are difficult.
Nonetheless, all the parts of the UK have one thing in common: They are not meeting their own target.
These problems are similar to the ones experienced by A&E and routine hospital operations services. But for cancer it is arguably even more important. The faster patients get treated, the greater their chance of survival.
Go to our special report page on cancer for more information about the disease and what is being done to tackle it.
Talking of survival, how is the NHS faring? Well, survival rates have been increasing. Research by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine shows that five-year survival in England has risen substantially since the early 1970s.
Fewer than a third of patients diagnosed during 1971-2 lived for another five years. Now more than half do.
But depending on which cancer you have, survival rates vary greatly.
For example, among men five-year survival rates for testicular cancer stand at 97%, skin melanomas 90% and Hodgkin lymphoma 84%.
But for lung cancer it is 11% and pancreatic cancer 5%.
Among women the survival rates for those two cancers are the same, while the best rates are seen in skin melanomas at 93%, followed by thyroid cancers at 87% and breast at 86%.
Despite the overall improvements it is also clear the NHS has some way to go before it achieves the results of some of the best-performing health systems.
A report by the Nuffield Trust think tank published earlier this month looked at how the UK was performing against 14 similar countries when it came to three common cancers.
The mortality rates date back to 2010, but still give a good indication of how far there is to go.
A big part of England's new cancer strategy is improving earlier diagnosis - half of patients are currently diagnosed at an advanced stage with a fifth only happening after a visit to an A&E department.
Improving access to tests is a key part of this.
But there is also a lot of work is going on to develop new treatments. My colleague Fergus Walsh explains what's been happening in this video below.
But for all the emphasis on testing and treatment, there is a lot people can do. Four in 10 cancers could be prevented by changes to lifestyles.
The biggest cause of cancer is smoking, but a host of other activities from diet to exercise also play a role.
If we are going to improve the odds in the fight against cancer, everyone has a role to play.
The Tories picked up 31 seats - ten more than in 2013, but three short of the 34 needed for a majority.
Labour won 23 seats, nine down on four years ago, and the Liberal Democrats finished with one seat - down from four in 2013.
Eleven seats went to independent candidates and there were no wins for UKIP or the Green Party.
Election 2017: Full results from across England
Conservative leader Kay Cutts said: "We have been running a long campaign. We've worked very hard in our communities as well.
"It's not just something you do in the last six weeks - it's something you do over several years and we're starting to bear fruits from that work."
A look around the room at the count tells you everything you need to know. Plenty of men and women wearing blue rosettes smiling and congratulating each other while there's not a red rosette to be seen.
The collapse of the UKIP vote has undoubtedly helped the Tories, as has the success of independent groups, taking Labour votes in their traditional heartlands of Ashfield and Mansfield.
Support for Labour did however hold up well in Gedling, which is the Tories' number one target seat in Nottinghamshire for the general election.
The total number of seats in Nottinghamshire went from 67 to 66 because of boundary changes and most of the 56 divisions have also changed in name, size or both since the last election.
Eurovision: You Decide on 26 February will see six acts bid to impress viewers and a professional panel to compete in Stockholm on 14 May.
Bake Off co-host Mel Giedroyc will host the 90-minute show, which also marks BBC Four's first taste of the contest.
The UK's pre-chosen 2015 entry Electro Velvet came 24th out of 27 in Vienna.
"I am a huge fan of the Eurovish and am honoured to be hosting this fantastic event," said Giedoroyc who will present the contest at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, north London.
"It's very exciting that the great British public will get the chance to choose who will be sent to Sweden and I know it's going to be an amazing night," she added.
The last act to be chosen by the audience in a TV contest was Josh Dubovie in 2010 but the selection show was broadcast on BBC One. Dubovie ended up finishing last on Eurovision night with the song That Sounds Good To Me.
BBC Four will this year also be showing both semi-finals of Eurovision live from Stockholm on 10 and 12 May.
The Eurovision extravaganza itself will as usual be broadcast on BBC One.
Cassian Harrison, editor of BBC Four, said: "I'm delighted that Eurovision: You Decide and both of the semi-finals are coming to the channel this year.
"BBC Four is the home of music on TV in the UK and, as any fan will tell you, Eurovision is one of the biggest music events on the planet and is much more than just one night of TV, therefore it is only right that BBC Four is able to showcase Europe's favourite music TV event right here in the UK."
The BBC has not given the names of the members of the studio expert panel, who will also offer thoughts on how the contestants and their songs could be made to look and sound on stage in Stockholm at Eurovision.
In recent years the UK's act has been chosen internally by the BBC, who have also enlisted some big-name songwriters, including Gary Barlow, Pete Waterman and Andrew Lloyd Webber, in an aim to boost the country's chances.
But with a succession of bad outcomes for the UK, the BBC will this time launch an open submission process to get the best entrants.
Eurovision: You Decide will also feature special musical guest performances, to be confirmed on 22 January on the Ken Bruce Show on Radio 2.
Tickets for the show will go on sale on 22 January at 10am on the BBC's Eurovision website.
The unseeded Belarusian, who has been plagued by injuries in recent years, beat the fourth-seeded German 6-3 6-1.
World number 22 Azarenka, 26, is preparing for the Australian Open, which starts on 18 January. She won in Melbourne in both 2012 and 2013.
Roger Federer and Milos Raonic meet in the Brisbane men's final on Sunday.
Swiss Federer, ranked third in the world, beat Austria's Dominic Thiem 6-1 6-4 in the last four while Canadian Raonic overcame Australia's Bernard Tomic 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5).
The list, which includes two women, has been released in a bid to find the individuals who may be dotted around the world.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has previously revealed the names and pictures of 21 people who it was pursuing. Only two have been caught over the last year.
So who are the new crop?
He is thought to be in the Irish Republic, but was involved in a car chase and crossed over the border into Northern Ireland driving a black Mercedes C200 CDI Sport, according to HMRC.
Fearon was charged in connection with evasion of excise duty on nearly 8.4 million Benson and Hedges cigarettes. He is also wanted by the UK Border Agency in connection to money laundering offences and by the police in the Irish Republic for driving offences.
He is aged between 18 and 25 and HMRC estimates that he cost the taxpayer £2m.
Anand failed to appear at Croydon Crown Court in April in relation to £6m of VAT and film tax credit fraud, the tax authority says.
He was sentenced to seven years in his absence at the same court in July. Anand was director of a number of companies involved in the fraud.
He is aged between 25 and 35 and thought to be in the UK.
Soni is also known as John Soni, John Miller, Samir Soni and Bhader Singh and HMRC believes he is living in Kenya.
He is wanted in connection with the alleged evasion of £3.6m of duty from the illegal sale and distribution of alcohol and the illegal importation of nine million cigarettes, in 2007 and 2008.
Soni failed to appear in court in January 2010 and an international warrant was issued for his arrest at Manchester Crown Court.
Azra Asghar and her husband Syed Jamil Asghar were both found guilty for VAT offences, evading £241,000 in tax.
She failed to appear in court in Leicester in January 2002 but received a five-year prison sentence in her absence for her part in the fraud, worth an estimated £120,613.
She is aged between 50 and 60 and could be in Pakistan, the tax authority said.
She was charged with money laundering offences of £481,808. She failed to appear at Croydon Crown Court in January 2008 and was found guilty in absence and sentenced to three years in prison.
She is aged between 40 and 50 and is thought to be in either the UK or Ghana.
She may also be known as Khristine Frimpong or Jennifer Christine Koranteng. HMRC says.
An Italian, aged between 45 and 55, Latino is an alleged alcohol smuggler.
He was arrested in December 1998 accused of evading duty estimated at £300,000. He was interviewed and charged with the offence but failed to attend trial in December 1999 at Maidstone Crown Court in Kent.
A warrant was issued for his arrest.
Voudouri is known to be in northern Cyprus, HMRC says, which has no extradition agreement with the UK.
He is wanted in connection with £10m of VAT fraud, He pleaded guilty at Glasgow High Court in relation to money laundering linked to VAT fraud but failed to appear for sentencing.
He is aged between 40 and 50.
McCarthy is wanted for the attempted importation of more than 7.7 million non-duty paid cigarettes through Southampton.
The cigarettes were falsely listed as 800 boxes of scarves.
He failed to appear at Manchester Crown Court in May 2012 and was sentenced to six years in his absence.
HMRC says McCarthy, who is aged between 55 and 65, cost the taxpayer £1.5m and is thought to be living in he UK or Portugal.
Aged 55 to 65 and thought to be living in the UK.
Khan is wanted concerning the alleged submission of false VAT repayment claims totalling £817,857 in relation to the export of goods to Pakistan between 1 May 2006 and 30 April 2011.
He failed to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 17 June this year, the tax authority says.
Mo was arrested by HMRC officers at a self storage site. A UK Border Agency (UKBA) handler and dog found seven storage units that were later found to contain tobacco.
Mo, who is aged 30 to 40 and is Chinese, arrived during the search at the self storage site and he held keys to four of the seven units.
In the seven units 8.5 tons of hand rolled tobacco and 7,800 cigarettes were discovered, the tax authority says. Mo failed to appear at court and is now wanted by HMRC, and by UKBA for immigration offences.
The estimated cost to the taxpayer is more than £2.6m.
The consultation document will also propose placing requirements on universities and private schools to enhance social mobility.
The package will be part of Theresa May's attempts to frame her government as one focused on social mobility.
It is expected to be presented on Friday,
The most contentious suggestion in the consultation paper is likely to be that the government should pass legislation to permit new grammar schools. This would be required to overrule the 1998 Education Act, which barred the opening of further grammar schools in England.
To help overcome opposition in the Commons, where some Tory MPs are concerned about the proposals, and the Lords, where the government does not have a majority, the paper is expected to propose changes designed to overcome the historic problems with selective education: grammar areas have tended to have higher educational inequality.
The preferred option in Whitehall is that the schools should dedicate a quota of places to children from poorer backgrounds. Grammar schools may also be required to act as academy sponsors to other schools.
Universities could also be asked to sponsor academies as a condition of being allowed to raise their fees. A similar condition may also be applied to private schools as a condition for their status as charities.
The paper is also currently expected to include a relaxation of the rule that limits oversubscribed new faith schools to only selecting half of their intake by reference to faith. This rule was intended to limit the segregational effects of new faith schools. Officials have said these schools will, instead, be encouraged to do other work to that end.
Downing Street declined to comment on the leak, but made an argument for the abolition of the rule on faith schools in similar terms to an argument made publicly earlier this year by Nick Timothy, one of the prime minister's two chiefs of staff.
He who wrote in January that the law "does little to increase the diversity of Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Hindu schools, because for now at least they are unlikely to appeal to parents of other faiths. But the rule is effectively discriminatory for Roman Catholics: it prevents them from opening new free schools because it is almost certainly against canon law for a Catholic Bishop to set up a school that turned away Catholic pupils on the basis of their Catholicism."
Mr Timothy, a supporter of faith education, argued: "We won't succeed in bringing together our divided communities by pretending to be something we're not, penalising people for what they believe, or trying to turn others into something they do not want to be. We will bring communities together by encouraging people, especially young people, to understand, respect and like one another for what they are."
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Members at the privately-owned club voted 80.2% in favour of updating their membership policy.
It followed a decision by golf's ruling body, the R&A, to remove Muirfield as a host venue for the Open Championship after it failed to change in 2016.
R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said the club would now be reinstated as an Open venue.
"It is extremely important for us in staging one of the world's great sporting events that women can become members at all our host clubs.
"Muirfield is a truly outstanding Open venue and we very much look forward to taking the championship there in future," he said.
The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which owns and runs Muirfield, had recommended its members update their rules.
It followed consternation from many quarters at the result of the 2016 vote that failed to back female members.
At the time, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for the decision "simply indefensible".
Following the latest vote, she tweeted: "Well done, Muirfield - decision to admit women members emphatic & the right one. Look forward to seeing you host the Open again in future."
UK Sports Minister Tracey Crouch added her voice to those congratulating the club, but added: "The decision has been a long time coming and it was right that the R&A made clear to Muirfield that the Open Championship would only be hosted at clubs that allow women members.
"Golf has the potential to attract a more diverse audience to the game and this decision sends out an important message.
"It is vital that clubs and sports organisations play their part in promoting equality."
Muirfield - which was founded in 1744 - had required two-thirds of its eligible voters to back admitting women.
The postal ballot of members returned 498 votes in favour of change, with 123 votes (19.8%) against.
A total of 621 votes were counted, a 92.7% turnout.
Club captain Henry Fairweather welcomed the result: "This is a significant decision for a club which was founded in 1744 and retains many of the values and aspirations of its founding members.
"We look forward to welcoming women as members who will enjoy, and benefit from, the great traditions and friendly spirit of this remarkable club."
Muirfield has staged the Open 16 times and last hosted the event in 2013.
While the change to admit women members takes affect immediately, the club admits it is likely to be at least two years before the first woman successfully negotiates its lengthy joining process.
Despite previously not being able to become members of Muirfield, women had been able to play on the links course and visit the clubhouse as guests and visitors.
But there was another group who took an even deeper intake of breath: parents.
"@realDonaldTrump this is absurd," wrote one panicked Twitter user. "My toddlers can't go 2 miles w/o an ipad."
"Making kids sit through a 14 hour flight with no screens to distract is a form of terrorism," another dryly noted.
Their panic is unsurprising. After all, the majority of this particular travel group have never boarded a flight without a personal screen or two to keep the little ones entertained.
Indeed, when the Federal Aviation Administration announced electronics could now remain on throughout all flights in 2013, it was the parents who welcomed it most, according to a survey by Dish Network Corp.
But now a swathe of those once happy travellers not only face the prospect of switching off the tablet for take off and landing, but throughout a journey which could last 16 hours or more.
So, how on earth do you keep the little darlings quiet during all that time? Here's some advice from a pre-tablet childhood.
Colouring
OK, so it is no all-singing, all-dancing Peppa Pig game for the tablet, but choosing the right colour combination for your chosen design is a time-consuming activity in itself.
Reading books
While there may be children who have never picked up an actual book with pages in their lives, we can assure you that physical books still exist and are available for purchase.
Puzzles
Be it jigsaw, wordsearch or number problems, puzzles are a time-honoured way of stopping tears and tantrums.
Mini board games
Those with more than one primary-school-aged child would do well with a game of snakes and ladders, or investing in that classic, Connect Four. Just don't let it get too competitive - we are trying to stop the crying, not create it.
But at least there is still one screen
Before every child could watch their own, carefully selected programme on their long-haul flight, children were forced to watch the same film as everybody else - invariably projected on to a big screen that you were slightly too short to see.
Nowadays, pretty much every long-haul flight comes with a personalised screen in the back of a seat so you can still distract the kids with a few films.
Unfortunately, the same can't be said for those travelling short-haul to the UK.
The studio said it had acted after "careful consideration". The news comes amid a frenzy of US media reports on Sheen's controversial personal life.
No decision has been made on the future of the television series, a spokesman for Warner Bros said on Monday.
Sheen, the highest paid actor on US television, has also appeared in films including Wall Street and Platoon.
Production of Two and a Half Men had been suspended since late January after Sheen, the son of Hollywood actor Martin Sheen, entered rehabilitation for reported drug and alcohol abuse.
The sitcom is the most popular series on the CBS television network.
"After careful consideration, Warner Bros Television has terminated Charlie Sheen's services on Two and a Half Men effective immediately," Warner Bros said in a statement.
When asked by the Associated Press news agency if he would sue, Sheen replied via text message with the word "big". He added his next move would be a "big one".
"This is very good news," he said in a statement obtained by celebrity website TMZ.
Production on Two and a Half Men was officially halted in late February after the 45-year-old actor insulted Chuck Lorre, the show's producer and co-creator, in several interviews.
The actor had a contract with Warner Bros that ran to the end of the 2012 television season, providing him with $2m (£1.2m) per episode.
Sheen said last week he was being paid too little and demanded an increase to $3m per show.
Over the past few weeks, Sheen has given a series of often angry, rambling media interviews. He insists he is drug-free after undergoing rehabilitation in January.
The actor was taken to hospital in Los Angeles in January with severe abdominal pains before entering rehab.
He filed for divorce from his third wife, Brooke Mueller, in November, citing irreconcilable differences.
Meanwhile, Sheen posted a message on the micro-blogging website Twitter early on Monday, searching for an intern to assist him in his work.
The tweet, posted prior to Warner Bros's announcement, was a paid-for endorsement from the website Internships.com.
"I'm looking to hire a winning INTERN with TigerBlood," Sheen's message said.
The actor has used social media websites to comment on the dispute between himself and the show's producers.
It took him roughly 24 hours to reach 1 million followers on Twitter - a record for the website.
Conte, who had a year remaining on his contract, led the Turin club to the Serie A title in each of the past three years.
But the 44-year-old said he felt it "may be more difficult to keep winning with Juventus" in the future.
"Conte was like a man possessed, the very essence of Juventus burned deep into his soul."
Venom, vision and victory: How Conte revived Juve
"I have matured with time and my feelings led me to make this choice," he added.
Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli said the news of Conte's departure, which was announced on the club's website, "saddens me greatly".
Conte is a former Italy international who made over 500 appearances for Juventus in his playing days, winning five league titles.
He returned to Juve as coach in 2011 and went on to preside over one of the most successful periods in the club's history.
He won Serie A at the first attempt with his side going unbeaten throughout the season. A second title followed but the summer of 2012 saw him embroiled in a corruption row after he was charged with failing to report attempted match-fixing during his time as coach of Siena.
Conte pleaded his innocence but was banned for 10 months - a sentence reduced to a four-month touchline suspension last August.
He returned to the dugout midway through last season to lead Juve to another title.
President Alexander Lukashenko hosted the talks in Minsk, which resulted in a new ceasefire deal on Thursday. Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany took part.
"They ate omelettes, cheese, dairy produce, drank several buckets of coffee," he was quoted as saying.
"My job was to provide the ammunition on time," he said jokingly.
He added that it was Belarusian and Russian produce that the leaders consumed.
Russia has blocked imports of EU food and drink, in retaliation for Western sanctions imposed over Russia's role in the Ukraine conflict.
The expert advisers at the talks "slept in shifts - in order to keep clear heads", Mr Lukashenko told the Belarus news agency Belta.
The Minsk talks brought together Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Mr Lukashenko rules in authoritarian style, cracking down on dissent and maintaining state control over key economic sectors.
Sometimes dubbed "Europe's last dictator", he has ruled Belarus - a former Soviet republic - with an iron fist since 1994.
Mr Putin was speaking at a summit in Belarus with leaders of ex-Soviet republics, including Moldova.
He said he wanted Moldova to postpone a free trade deal with the EU until 2016, as Ukraine had agreed to do recently.
Russia supports separatists in Trans-Dniester, a long strip of land that broke away from Moldova in 1992.
The pro-Russian separatists are heavily armed and the fighting in eastern Ukraine has raised concern that the frozen conflict in Moldova could similarly reignite.
The EU and US accuse Russia of sending troops and armour into eastern Ukraine to help the rebels there. Russia has repeatedly denied doing so.
Mr Putin warned that economic integration between some ex-Soviet republics and the EU could undermine their preferential trade ties with Russia. He is pushing for a Russian-led Eurasian economic union.
Moldova is one of Europe's poorest countries and has particularly close economic and cultural ties with neighbouring Romania, an EU member.
In June the EU signed far-reaching partnership deals with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Moscow is worried that the Russian market could be flooded by cheap goods from the EU that would hit Russian producers.
Last month Russian pressure resulted in the EU and Ukraine agreeing to postpone until 2016 the free trade part of their new partnership agreement.
Russia persuaded the EU to include it in further discussions on the trade deal's possible impact on the Russian economy.
At the Minsk summit on Friday Mr Putin referred to that agreement with the EU and asked: "Where was Moldova? Why couldn't we build a relationship like that with Moldova?
"We wanted to, and asked many times for it. Unfortunately, we haven't heard a clear answer from our Moldovan friends...
"We have to resolve the existing differences and find compromise solutions," he said, adding that such compromises would help "all the member states of the CIS free trade zone" - that is, the ex-Soviet states with which Russia has preferential trade links.
Russia has selectively blocked imports of food and drink from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in recent years, moves seen by Western politicians as efforts to exert political control. Russia mostly justified the measures by alleging hygiene violations.
The Edinburgh-based company is aiming to double its turnover to £25m by 2020 and triple beer production to 30,000 hectolitres in the next two years.
Its 12-strong sales team will seek to accelerate UK-wide growth of the brewer's portfolio in the off-trade.
There are also plans to expand the brand further into the on-trade in England and Wales.
In November the company, which has a brewery in Perth and runs several "beer kitchens" in Scotland, said it was speeding up its growth plans after raising £2.5m in a crowdfunding campaign.
Innis & Gunn, which has sold more than 40 million bottles of beer globally in the last 18 months, already has a distribution deal for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Director of sales Crawford Sinclair said: "We had an incredibly exciting, and undoubtedly transformational 2016 in the business, and our investment in our sales team is a significant step to build on this momentum in the trade and give our customers the support they need to grow their business and ours."
At Lanark Sheriff Court, he was convicted of seven charges of indecent assault in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Talbot was a teacher at a school in the Manchester area at the time and took boys away on camping and boating trips.
Sheriff Nikola Stewart asked for background reports and will sentence him next month.
Talbot, 67, of Greater Manchester, had denied the allegations but was convicted of seven of the nine charges he faced after a nine-day trial.
He was cleared of two charges - one of indecent assault and one of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices - on not proven verdicts.
The offences, against boys aged 15 to 17, all took place between 1978 and 1981. They happened during separate trips to two locations - one near Moffat in southern Scotland, and one on the Caledonian Canal in Inverness.
During the trial, a succession of witnesses, now men in their 50s who cannot be named for legal reasons, told of their initial excitement at going on the trips - sometimes the first time away from their parents.
At the time, Talbot was a young teacher "with a more relaxed attitude than others" and would talk to the boys about topics such as pop music, alcohol and sex, the court heard.
The men went on to recount how Talbot abused his position of trust to attack them more than 35 years ago.
One man told the court he was indecently assaulted as a teenage boy after a visit to a pub on a camping trip left him "very much the worse for wear".
The witness told of his "horror" when he awoke - after being "singled out" to go to the pub - to find Talbot touching him in a tent when he was partially clothed.
Another witness gave evidence over a video link from Australia to recount how he woke in his tent to find Talbot making a sexual advance on him.
A further witness said he was left "petrified" when Talbot indecently assaulted him on a trip to the Caledonian Canal in 1979.
Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown, 54, who was not an alleged victim, also gave evidence at the trial and said he had never forgotten the moment Talbot invited one of his young friends to sleep in his tent on a school camping trip.
Det Insp Bryan Lee welcomed the guilty verdicts, describing Talbot as a "sexual predator who hid behind a mask of respectability".
"He used his position as a teacher to engineer situations which allowed him to isolate and target his victims," he said.
"He took advantage of his position of trust to abuse young men in his care.
"Thanks to the bravery of his victims, their courage in speaking to us and their commitment and support throughout this investigation, and to close working with Greater Manchester Police, we have been able to secure this conviction today."
He added the police message was that they would listen and take action on all reports of abuse no matter where or when they occurred.
Talbot was jailed for five years at Manchester Crown Court in 2015 for the indecent assault of two 14-year-old boys.
The former television personality was formerly a regular on the floating weather map in Liverpool's Albert Dock for ITV's This Morning show.
Daniel Cieslak, 21, had believed the girl - who he met in a taxi queue in Edinburgh in July 2015 - was 16. He burst into tears when police later revealed her true age.
The judge, Lady Scott, said she was taking the "wholly exceptional decision" not to sentence Cieslak.
Instead, she gave the first offender an absolute discharge at the High Court in Glasgow.
She said: "I do not consider there is any need for, or public interest in, punishment. To do so would in my view be disproportionate given the nature of the criminal culpability here."
Student Cieslak, who was 19 at the time of the offence, had earlier pleaded guilty to the rape charge.
The court heard that the girl had travelled to Edinburgh on a Friday in July with her 13-year-old friend, where they met more friends and bought vodka.
In the early hours of the following morning, police searching for another girl who was missing spoke to the 12-year-old in Princes Street.
Prosecutor Kath Harper said officers had not noted her details "as they were not concerned by her age".
At about 04:00, the girl and her friend met Cieslak and one of his friends in a taxi queue.
The victim said she was 16 and her friend was 17. The taxi driver later said he thought the girl was 20.
Cieslak then invited them to a party at his friend's house, where he had sex with the 12-year-old.
The court heard she left the next morning, and there had been no suggestion of her being distressed.
The offence came to light days later after the girl told her sister she was "extremely worried" she could be pregnant.
An absolute discharge is given instead of sentencing an offender. It is not a conviction - although it may put before the court if the offender appears again for another offence.
It is used "when the court is of the opinion, having regard to the circumstances, including the nature of the offence and the character of the offender, that it is inexpedient to inflict punishment".
This is a highly unusual case, and the judge has pointed out a number of "exceptional circumstances" in it, as she sought to explain why she passed the most lenient sentence allowed in law.
At its heart is the fact that the girl in question looked over 16 - even the judge accepts that, having viewed CCTV footage. Police officers looking at night for under-age children in the streets of Edinburgh had no concerns about her age. Also, the girl engaged in sex willingly.
So why was Daniel Cieslak prosecuted?
Rape laws, which were strengthened in 2009, do not allow any child under the age of 13 to give informed consent about sexual intercourse. So if it happens, in the eyes of the law, it is rape; there is no defence of consent.
Under the strict definition of the Act, prosecutors were bound to charge Mr Cieslak who, in any case, admitted the offence.
But the judge has exercised her sentencing powers to impose no punishment on him.
That would appear to be an exceptional decision, although the most recent figures show in 2015-16, nine people convicted of rape or attempted rape were sentenced to community payback orders or probation.
Lady Scott told Cieslak that the case was one of "strict liability" as anyone under the age of 13 was deemed to be incapable of giving consent.
This was to both protect young girls from "predatory adult males" and to "protect them from themselves".
However, she said the statutory offence had "a very wide scope" and that there were a number of "exceptional circumstances" in the case.
Lady Scott said there had been consent from the victim.
She added that if the girl, who was 12 years and seven months old at the time of the offence, had been aged 13 then Cieslak would have had a defence to the rape charge.
He could have argued that he had "reasonable grounds" to believe that the victim was above the age of consent.
Lady Scott said there there were a number of "relevant facts", which included that all witnesses had thought the victim was older than 16.
The police officers had no concerns about her age, and having viewed CCTV footage Lady Scott said it would have been "reasonable" to believe the girl was over 16.
Dylan Seabridge became ill at his family's isolated farmhouse in Pembrokeshire and died in 2011.
A child practice review found that the boy had no direct contact with agencies such as doctors, nurses and teachers from the age of 13 months.
His parents disputed the findings of an inquest conclusion of scurvy.
The independent review report has called for the Welsh Government to introduce a compulsory register of home-taught children.
Author Gladys Rhodes White said that the current legislation is in "stark contrast" to the Welsh Government's commitment to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child.
The report acknowledged that parents have the right to educate their child at home rather than at school, and that home education was not in itself a risk factor for abuse or neglect.
But it stated that there was potential for children to become 'invisible'.
The review claimed that in the case of Dylan, the family was isolated from mainstream universal services and that it "could be argued he was not having the opportunity to have his basic human rights met".
"He was not routinely having access to play, leisure, sporting and cultural activities along with friendships and age appropriate socialisation. When he encountered health problems he was not given the right to appropriate health care," the report said.
The review said it appeared that the child's emotional and physical wellbeing had been compromised.
"His parents had parental responsibility and a duty to provide appropriate care, including the need to seek medical attention for his health needs. This did not happen," it added.
Parents Julie and Glynn Seabridge, from Dolau in Eglwyswrw, were charged with neglect but the Crown Prosecution Service dropped the case in 2014, and not guilty verdicts were entered.
The parents also disputed an inquest ruling that their son died from scurvy, a rare condition caused by lack of vitamin C. They said they did not believe he had scurvy and thought he was suffering from growing pains.
The report said they chose not to engage with the child practice review, and it was "their strongly held view that the review should not go ahead".
It emerged earlier this year that concerns were raised about Dylan more than a year before he died.
Education officials visited the Seabridges but they were not allowed access to the home, and they had no power to see Dylan.
"It is particularly poignant that in conducting this review we have no sense whatsoever of this child. Who was he, what did he like, what were his thoughts and aspirations?" added Gladys Rhodes White.
"There is a total lack of information on him other than very limited glimpses gleaned from the information presented by the family.
"It is tragic that there are many references that the child was 'invisible'."
Responding to the report, Welsh Government officials said the findings would be carefully considered.
"This is a very sad case and it is vital everyone working with children and adults learn lessons from the review," a spokesman said.
"This will include us looking at our guidance across the public services and the third sector to see if there are areas we can change and improve."
But the chief executive of a home education body in Cardiff has argued that there is no need of a change in legislation.
"I don't see any benefits from it. I can't see what it will achieve in the long run," said Jayne Palmer, chief executive of New Foundations Home Education.
"I think more families will go into hiding, rather than risk being identified by local education authorities and being victimised by those who don't know what they are doing."
She said current laws are "more than adequate" to allow social services or education officials to get access to a child if concerns are raised.
The chief veterinary officer for Wales confirmed the H5N8 infections in a back yard in Pontyberem on Tuesday - after the birds had been culled.
It is the same strain of the virus found in an infected wild duck in Llanelli and turkeys in Lincolnshire.
A 3km (1.8 mile) protection zone and 10km (6.2 mile) surveillance zone have been put in place around the premises.
It comes on the same day the National Welsh Poultry Weekend in Pembrokeshire was cancelled over avian flu fears.
Public Health Wales has said the risk to public health was "very low" with the Food Standards Agency having also said avian flu does not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers.
Thoroughly cooked poultry and poultry products, including eggs, are safe to eat.
The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths said: "It serves to reinforce the need for all bird keepers, particularly back yard flock keepers, to adhere to the requirements set out in the Prevention Zone, remain vigilant for signs of disease and practice good biosecurity at all times."
National Farmers Union Cymru president Stephen James said it remained in "close dialogue" with the Welsh Government on the issue and it was keeping members informed with the latest information.
The chief veterinary officer, Prof Christianne Glossop, said it was "extremely important" bird keepers practiced the "highest levels of biosecurity".
"Even when birds are housed, there remains a risk of infection and keepers of poultry and other captive birds should ensure every effort is made to prevent contact with wild birds.
"The movement of poultry should be minimized, and clothing and equipment should always be disinfected," she added.
Members of the public have been encouraged to report dead wild waterfowl or gulls, or five or more dead wild birds of other species in the same location.
Willie Young said the Labour-led administration had decided not to propose a rise, which could have been up to 3%.
Householders who live in properties in Band E to H will still face an increase after MSPs agreed changes.
Aberdeen City Council will meet on Wednesday to decide its budget for the coming year.
Millions of pounds of savings need to be made.
The opposition SNP group on the city council is also proposing a freeze in council tax.
BBC Scotland had revealed last week that Aberdeen was unlikely to have an across-the-board council tax rise.
Jason Lee, 27, tweeted: "What did you guys get up to yesterday? I got kidnapped. Go Olympics! #Rio2016."
The athlete says he was taken by men in police uniform and forced to withdraw money from two cash machines.
Lee has been living in Brazil for 10 months, but is not participating in next month's Rio Games - which begin on 5 August - because jiu-jitsu is not an Olympic sport.
Meanwhile, the Australian Olympic team are refusing to move their athletes into the Rio Olympic Village because of concerns about the state of their accommodation.
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Martina Purdy's decision to quit her job as one of BBC Northern Ireland's best known journalists and become a nun was a shock to many people last year.
Now, over a year on, she has returned briefly to the BBC to speak about her vocation and her new way of life.
She told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme that her transformation still seems a bit strange, even to herself.
"If I'm going up the stairs in the convent, I catch my shadow - the shadow of a nun - and that kind of sometimes surprises me," she said.
Sr Martina's Talkback interview is one of a series of special in-depth conversations with well-known faces set to be broadcast over the Christmas holidays.
Presenter William Crawley recounts how his former colleague was born in west Belfast and brought up in Canada, before returning to her native Northern Ireland in her mid-20s to work as a journalist.
She spent 25 years in her chosen profession, 15 of them with the BBC in Belfast, where she held a high-profile position as a political correspondent.
But, after years of asking tough questions of those in authority, she began to question her own way of life and sought answers from a higher power.
"Journalism is a very noble profession," she said.
"You have to go after the truth, but that causes some pain for some people and I didn't have the heart for that any more.
"I had felt, I suppose, that I wanted to pray for them more than I wanted to question them, and I knew I couldn't keep going."
"I was thinking maybe I would quit my job in a couple of years, get sorted and go and maybe work in Africa as an aid worker," she told the programme.
A self-proclaimed "chatterbox", she admitted that she has been described as an "Ã la carte Catholic" and had envisioned foreign aid work as a glamorous role.
So her decision to enter a west Belfast convent, where her order are expected to spend most of their day in silence, was all the more unexpected.
She gave up all her possessions, including her house and car, to join the Adoration Sisters on the Falls Road.
Sr Martina explained that her vocation was a "slow burn" that began about eight years ago when she visited a church during a holiday to Peru.
"I just got a sense that my life was going to change," she said.
"I got a sense that my life was a little too easy and a little bit too materialistic and that I wanted to do something to help the poor.
"I didn't do it right away - I spent a lot of time shopping in Lima and going to nice restaurants.
"But over the next few years I started praying more and then I started to do some charity work."
Her increasingly frequent visits to Belfast churches, coupled with a growing disillusionment with her day-job and lifestyle, led her to seek a different path.
She has previously described her physical transformation into a nun as a "makeover in reverse" but told Talkback it has been a liberating experience.
"I used to joke that my mascara would have to be wrenched from my cold, dead fingers, so I think that was the last of the makeup to go.
"It's a lot easier, I have to say. It's very freeing, absolutely. It's just great to just not worry about it anymore."
Other convent rules are harder to bear, with family phone calls restricted to Sundays, and friends' visits restricted to just one hour a month.
However, she said she feels she is "still in the communications business" because she looks after the convent's journal and archives, and tweets lines of scripture every day.
Her order has also asked her to give public speeches about her calling.
"Every time I turn around someone is giving me a microphone, because we are being asked to go out to schools and to give vocations talks," she said.
"There is a spiritual famine out there, people want to know.
"Even people who have no faith are kind of fascinated, like: 'Why would you do that? There must be something wrong with you.'
"But they still want to hear the story and it gives them joy."
Sr Martina's interview on BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback is available to hear again on the BBC Radio iPlayer.
The vehicle was found last month in a rural area near Navolato in Sinaloa state, north-west Mexico.
Sinaloa Attorney General Marco Antonio Higuera said its plates matched those of a vehicle owned by Adam Coleman.
Relatives of the men are believed to be heading to Mexico to help identify the bodies using DNA and dental records.
Mr Coleman and his friend Dean Lucas, both 33, were living in Edmonton, Canada. They had driven down to Mexico and took a ferry from Baja California on 20 November, but failed to arrive in the city of Guadalajara the next day.
Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australia was working closely with Mexican authorities.
"Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those two men who have been missing for some time, but I hold very grave concerns for their fate," Ms Bishop said.
Sinaloa state has been plagued by violence in recent decades, much of it linked to drug cartels battling to control the illegal drugs trade from South America to the United States.
Formally known as nitrous oxide, the gas - mostly used in medicine - has become a popular recreational drug, known for its relaxing effects.
The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents about 400 councils, issued the health warning and said councils were seizing large hauls of the drug.
Taking the gas is not illegal.
The LGA issued the warning on behalf of councils, which took over responsibility for public health matters in April 2013.
The gas is inhaled by users in a balloon. The LGA estimates that about 500,000 young people frequently take nitrous oxide.
The LGA warning says regular intake of the chemical can lead to oxygen deprivation, which can result in loss of blood pressure, fainting and even heart attacks.
It also warns that prolonged exposure can cause anaemia, bone marrow suppression and poisoning of the central nervous system.
The association said it was concerned by some internet clips, which had been posted on social networking sites and appeared to show children inhaling the gas.
Katie Hall, chairwoman of the LGA's community wellbeing board, said: "It is deeply disturbing that this drug, which can be highly dangerous, is still widely viewed as safe.
"It is imperative that users understand just how harmful it can be. This gas can kill - and much more needs to be done to get this message across."
She also called on internet corporations to "step up to the plate" and "show responsibility by providing health warnings and links to drug awareness charities".
"It is wholly unacceptable that this craze is being glamorised and encouraged in this way," she said.
The LGA said warning leaflets had been distributed to pupils at schools and youth clubs.
But a laughing gas seller, who did not want to be named, told the BBC warnings were unlikely to put people off.
"People know the risk and people are taking the risk and there's such a high demand for it," he said.
"There are celebrities doing it and I think any time people see celebrities doing things they are going to want to do it anyway."
Marolin Watson, from drug awareness charity Hope UK, said using the gas could lead people to experiment with more dangerous drugs.
She said: "People will be tempted either to do it over a prolonged period of time, which does increase the risks of asphyxiation, or they could have an accident while they're unconscious.
"But the real danger I think is that it will lead them to seek longer-lasting highs which will lead to drugs which do have more serious consequences."
Council officials in Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley have all reported increasing numbers of "laughing gas" canisters being found.
Hackney council in east London said it had confiscated more than 1,200 canisters of the chemical on just one Saturday night in July outside pubs and clubs in Shoreditch.
Flight 2708 was preparing to take off from Haneda airport en route to Seoul on Friday morning, said officials.
The engine was sprayed with foam by fire crews on the runway, which was temporarily closed.
No injuries were immediately reported and the cause of the fire is not yet known.
There were 302 passengers and 17 crew members on board.
Located right next to Tokyo Bay, Haneda is Tokyo's most central major airport and is increasingly used for international flights.
Zakaria Bulhan, of south-west London, is accused of murdering retired teacher Darlene Horton, 64, during the attack in Russell Square on 3 August.
His barrister, John Jones QC, confirmed on Thursday that Mr Bulhan was mentally fit to plead and stand trial.
The 19-year-old appeared via video link for the Old Bailey hearing.
At a previous hearing, the court heard there were psychiatric issues in the case to be looked into.
Mrs Horton was visiting London with her husband, Richard Wagner, a university professor from Florida who was teaching summer classes, and was due to return to their home in Tallahassee the following day.
Martin Hoenisch, Lillie Selletin, David Imber, Bernard Hepplewhite and Yovel Lewronski were all injured in the attack.
Judge Mr Justice Spencer remanded Mr Bulhan, a Norwegian national of Somali origin from Wandsworth, into custody and set a trial date of 6 February 2017.
The trial is expected to last about two weeks.
Charice Gassmann, 19, was jailed for life with a minimum of 19 years for stabbing Alison Connolly, 49, after an argument over a moped last year.
Her sister Amberstasia, 23, was sent to prison for 12 years for manslaughter.
Both are appealing over their sentences and Charice is also appealing against her conviction.
Maloney had been on the verge of signing a two-year-deal last month but his hernia trouble put that on hold.
Now the former Celtic player is ready to concentrate on coaching the Hoops' under-20 side.
"Shaun has indicated he may look at other options, and that will probably mean not playing again," McInnes said.
"I'm reluctant to speak too much about it, but we have had indications based on what Shaun feels his physical situation is at the minute that he would probably retire.
"We were well aware of that and it's not a huge surprise to us.
"We've got good attacking options and whether we add before the window closes will be determined on performance, results and availability of certain players.
"I would not rule out bringing in another player but that's not to say we definitely will either."
McInnes may well add to his squad if they overcome Apollon Limassol to progress to the Europa League play-off round.
They take a 2-1 lead into the second leg in the AEK Arena and will have over 700 travelling supporters in the 7,400 sell-out crowd.
McInnes is determined to make it fourth time lucky by progressing beyond the third qualifying round for the first time after some narrow misses in the past.
"I don't want us to be an unlucky story," McInnes said. "We missed a penalty early in the first half in Maribor which was the defining moment last season.
"Then we got Jayden Stockley sent off, which for me was very harsh.
"Our performances were very good, but it counts for nothing in domestic cups or European football if you are knocked out.
"We just want to find a way to stay in the tournament and hopefully we can do that in what will be a tough match against a good team.
"That's something we have to deal with but we will be confident that we can qualify by showing that we are better.
"We view this like a semi-final and we want to get to the final to give ourselves a chance of taking part in the play-off round."
Leading scorer Adam Rooney was left behind in Scotland to continue his rehabilitation from a thigh injury and faces a race to be fit for the Premiership and League Cup double header against Hamilton Accies on Sunday and Wednesday.
The cars, made in the West Midlands and Liverpool, were caught in the blasts that killed at least 116 people.
Sixty people are still missing. At least 700 were injured.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said it was too early to tell how many vehicles were affected.
In a statement it said: "Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) wishes to express its most profound condolences to the families and friends of those who lost loved ones in the explosions in Tianjin.
"Our thoughts are with them as well as with all those who were injured in this tragic event."
JLR has manufacturing plants in Castle Bromwich and Solihull in the West Midlands and at Halewood on Merseyside.
On Friday, India's Tata Motors, which owns JLR, saw its stock price fall 2.72% on the Mumbai stock exchange.
Tianjin is one of three major ports in China through which JLR imports vehicles.
JLR said 5,800 of its cars were in Tianjin at the time of the explosions.
Carmaker Renault said the blast burned 1,500 of its imported cars and Volkswagen said 2,700 of its cars were damaged.
Dr Simon Boxall said there was insufficient wave activity to build up rip currents at the Sussex beach.
But he believed the men got into trouble amid a fast, incoming tide.
Dr Boxall told the inquest in Hastings there would have been strong currents that would have had a significant impact even on a strong swimmer.
He said he believed the friends, all from London and of Sri Lankan origin, went to find somewhere to play with a ball "to get away from the crowds and head out to a sandbar that would appear safe".
"As the tide comes in, they want to head back into shore," he said.
"They were some distance away and no-one at the shore-side would be able to see they were in distress."
Kenugen Saththiyanathan, 18, known as Ken, died alongside his brother Kobikanthan Saththiyanathan, 22, known as Kobi, both from Erith, south-east London.
Their three friends who also died were Nitharsan Ravi, 22, from Plumstead, Inthushan Sriskantharasa, 23, from Grays, Essex and Gurushanth Srithavarajah, 27, from Welling.
Two other people had also died there a month earlier.
On 24 July, Mohit Dupar, 36, from Hayes, west London, attempted to reach Brazilian Gustavo Silva Da Cruz, 19, after he got into difficulty.
Mr Silva Da Cruz died at the scene. Mr Dupar died in hospital four days later.
The senior lecturer at Southampton university also said there would have been glare or reflection at that time of the day for people looking out to sea.
The inquest has heard that lifeguards were not deployed until after the five deaths, but Dr Boxall told the hearing he doubted whether they would have prevented the deaths.
Professor David Ball, a risk management expert at Middlesex University, told the inquest Camber did not stand out as "terribly risky, even after the terrible incidents of last year".
He said the cluster of seven deaths last year "looks suspicious" but added: "It is not totally impossible that it has happened by chance."
He highlighted a Canadian study which found people of Asian origin were more susceptible to drowning than Europeans and said it would be worth looking at.
But he added: "Camber Sands, from my point of view, is a very safe beach.
"It's not totally safe, because there are obvious hazards, but it's very safe and the risk is very low."
The inquest continues.
The 24-hour walkout is being staged by members of the Unite and Communication Workers unions.
A total of 118 of the 305 Crown offices in city and town centres were closed, the Post Office said.
But almost 99% of the 11,600 Post Office branches remained "open for business as usual", it said.
"We apologise to any customers who have been inconvenienced by the disruption to service in a very small number of branches," said Kevin Gilliland, the Post Office's network and sales director.
Dave Ward, general secretary of the CWU, said the Post Office was at "crisis point", and urged the government to stop the "cycle of closures, job losses and attacks on workers' terms and conditions".
Ivan Monckton, of Unite, accused the government of presiding over an "ill-managed decline" of the Post Office.
The unions said the strike had been supported by workers and warned of further action if talks planned for next week on averting further action failed.
Mr Gilliland said the Post Office was "successfully adapting to change and we are safeguarding the future of the network".
"More than 99% of people in the UK live within three miles of a Post Office branch and we are committed to secure that level of service for the future," he said.
Asked about workers' pensions, he said: "It is crucial that we safeguard the benefits that members of our defined benefit (DB) plan have already built up.
"The business's financial position is improving but we remain loss-making. The fund's surplus is currently being used to help subsidise the cost of the plan and, based on the advice of our actuary, it will run out in 2017.
"Once this happens, the costs to the business of meeting existing commitments will significantly increase and will not be sustainable. We therefore need to close the DB plan before the surplus runs out."
Evans, 19, was suspended last year after admitting to his use of EPO and cannot compete again until April 2019.
UK Anti-Doping chief Nicole Sapstead said Evans had acted "intentionally" but because of his "immaturity" the ban was reduced by six months.
"Everybody's motivations are different. Some do it for money, some to win, some because they are curious," she added.
"Here is a young man at the start of his sporting career whose decision to cheat has significantly impacted that career before it has really begun.
"Evans clearly acted intentionally when he decided to purchase and use EPO.
EPO, or erythropoietin, is used commonly to boost the production of red blood cells and encourage more oxygen flow in the body.
Evans, in an interview in December last year, said his use of EPO had been partly a result of curiosity from watching the BBC Panorama programme Catch Me If You Can, which explored the world of doping.
Around the same time, and writing in a separate statement on a cycling forum, the London-based rider also claimed he first bought EPO on 3 August 2015 before a training camp in France.
He said he only raced once after taking EPO, on 5 September 2015 when he finished first in the British National Junior 10-mile time trial - a title he forfeited.
Argentina striker Higuain drilled Juve ahead with a wonderful volley from Miralem Pjanic's clip over the away defence.
Paulo Dybala doubled their lead shortly before half-time, drilling in a penalty after Bologna's Marios Oikonomou clumsily bundled over Stefano Sturaro.
Higuain nodded Stephan Lichtsteiner's right-wing cross in after the break as Juve moved four points clear of second-placed Roma.
The Old Lady, who are aiming for a record sixth straight Scudetto, also have a game in hand on their nearest rivals.
Higuain, 29, again showed why Juventus were willing to pay £75m - the third highest transfer fee of all time - for his services last summer, clinically finishing the two chances that came his way against 15th-placed Bologna.
The former Napoli man has scored seven goals in his past six games, taking his tally for the club to 16 goals in all competitions.
Earlier, Roma moved within a point of Juve by earning their first away win since October with a narrow win at Genoa.
Match ends, Juventus 3, Bologna 0.
Second Half ends, Juventus 3, Bologna 0.
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Domenico Maietta (Bologna).
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Masina (Bologna).
Substitution, Bologna. Anthony Mounier replaces Federico Di Francesco because of an injury.
Substitution, Juventus. Tomás Rincón replaces Sami Khedira.
Attempt blocked. Federico Viviani (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Godfred Donsah.
Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marios Oikonomou (Bologna).
Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Juan Cuadrado.
Foul by Mario Mandzukic (Juventus).
Federico Viviani (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Juventus. Mario Mandzukic replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
Attempt missed. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
Foul by Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus).
Mattia Destro (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Bologna. Luca Rizzo replaces Ladislav Krejci.
Substitution, Bologna. Erick Pulgar replaces Blerim Dzemaili.
Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sami Khedira following a fast break.
Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Miralem Pjanic.
Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Juventus).
Federico Viviani (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Domenico Maietta.
Foul by Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus).
Federico Di Francesco (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Miralem Pjanic (Juventus).
Godfred Donsah (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Bologna. Federico Di Francesco tries a through ball, but Mattia Destro is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Stefano Sturaro.
Goal! Juventus 3, Bologna 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephan Lichtsteiner with a cross.
Foul by Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus).
Federico Viviani (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second Half begins Juventus 2, Bologna 0.
First Half ends, Juventus 2, Bologna 0.
Attempt blocked. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a cross.
Federico Di Francesco (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Plaid Cymru's slogan for the forthcoming election on 8 June is "defending Wales". To some this may well conjure up images of Llywelyn the Last and Owain Glyndwr. The party's rhetoric has focused on protecting Wales from Conservative attacks and their immediate threat. This is a message that is likely to play well in the seats the party currently holds, but can the party venture beyond west and north west Wales?
The problem facing Plaid Cymru is that it has tended to do much better in elections to Cardiff Bay than it has at Westminster. To illustrate this point, the party holds six constituencies in the assembly, but only three in Parliament. If the latest Welsh Political Barometer poll is anything to go by, this snap election shouldn't deviate from this trend for the party.
If Plaid Cymru is to buck this trend, it will need to win beyond its heartlands of Gwynedd and Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. The party is making a big play for seats in Ynys Mon, where a former party leader and MP is standing, and for Ceredigion where the party fell 3,000 seats short in 2015. The party may well fancy its chances here against a lacking Lib Dem fightback.
In addition to the two heartland seats, the party is also targeting Rhondda and Blaenau Gwent- one they won in triumphant fashion last year, and the other where they came within a whisker of winning.
But Plaid Cymru has been here before. It was only seven short years ago, with the Gordon Brown-led Labour Party in the doldrums after the financial crash, that Plaid Cymru were talking about returning seven MPs. This never happened. It also failed to happen in 2015. So, it does beg the question, if Plaid Cymru can't break through at a time when the Labour party, at a UK level at least, is weak, when can it?
The recent Welsh Political Barometer poll also suggested that Plaid Cymru, as well as other parties outside of the big two, were being squeezed as a result of the May v Corbyn framing of this election. If that is happening, how does Plaid Cymru get its message heard? It might be that the party reverts to the good old-fashioned method of door knocking; it might also hope that the TV debates will have a positive impact.
In 2015, the impact of the television debates was obvious. Leanne Wood's popularity rose, the increased publicity perhaps being a factor in her winning the Rhondda seat in the 2016 Welsh Assembly election. But the appearances on national television have so far failed to boost the party's wider profile.
Two years on and the party will be hoping that this time their leader's appearances translate into an upturn in support for the party nationally. At a time when Plaid is finding it hard to cut through the presidential-style election we are enduring, the television debates may be the best opportunity it has of achieving this breakthrough.
Another challenge for Plaid Cymru is policy differentiation. In the past, it has tried to tackle Labour hegemony from the left in Wales. The party will argue that it will stand up for Wales better than Labour, and may point to its opposition to the recent Wales Bill in Westminster as an example. But does this provide enough of a difference for the electorate to be able to distinguish the value in voting for Plaid Cymru over Labour? Labour in Wales is determined to present itself as "Welsh" Labour in this election and as the party which will stand up for Welsh interests. Not only does Plaid face a battle on the left with Labour but also in terms of standing up for Welsh interests.
Of course, the focus of this election has been Brexit. Plaid has vowed to stand up for Welsh interests, arguing that a vote for the party will make sure Wales' voice is heard in the negotiation process. However, as the BBC's Welsh affairs editor Vaughan Roderick pointed out, there are not many differences between Plaid and Labour on the key issue of this election. On Brexit, "the two parties signed up to a common policy", referring to Welsh Labour and Plaid's joint white paper on Brexit. He points out that whilst Plaid is "Defending Wales", Labour is "Standing up for Wales".
Plaid Cymru will stress that it is standing up for Wales just as Llywelyn and Glyndwr did. But there are two parties claiming to stand up for Wales in this election - Plaid will be hoping its battle cry is the loudest.
Both country's militaries have been on alert after a brief exchange of fire at the border last Thursday.
The North had threatened to use force to stop propaganda broadcasts by the South, started after two of its soldiers were injured by a landmine.
High-level negotiators have been meeting since Saturday to agree a deal.
Yonhap reported that the deal, to be announced later on Monday, would see North Korea express "regret" over the landmine incident earlier this month.
In return, it said South Korea would stop the loudspeaker broadcasts that were resumed after an 11-year hiatus, in apparent retaliation for the landmine attack.
North Korea has refused to deny it hacked Sony Pictures, following claims it was behind leaks of films such as Annie.
While the FBI is investigating the cyber-attack, a spokesman for North Korea's UN mission said: "The hostile forces are relating everything to the DPRK (North Korea). I kindly advise you to just wait and see."
A film starring Seth Rogen and James Franco has caused the row. The Interview, an action-comedy about a TV show host recruited by the CIA to assassinate current North Korea leader Kim Jong-un, has been described by the secretive state as an "undisguised sponsoring of terrorism".
Although Kim Jong-il (Jong-un's dad) famously loved films, reportedly owning more than 20,000 videos and DVDs. His son appears to be much less of a movie fan.
Kim Jong-un complained to the United Nations and the US over the comedy film in June, asking for it to be withdrawn.
But it's hardly the first time North Korea has been stereotyped as a bit of a crazy, possibly very scary place. Here's Newsbeat's guide:
The two main baddies in this Bond film are North Korean: Colonel-turned-playboy Tan-Sun Moon and his henchman Zao, with his gem-studded face.
Portrayed as thugs and playboys, Moon and Zoa both meet a sticky end; Zao in freezing water, impaled on a chandelier while Moon is electrocuted at the hands of his own hi-tech suit, activated through Bond's cunning.
The opening scene sees a North Korean guard have his coffee cup shot out of his hand and the North Korean flag replaced with the GI Joe banner.
North Koreans, while not actually the main bad guys, seem to be the go-to villains for opening scenes. (see Salt)
The opening scene from this 2010 film sees Angelina Jolie (Evelyn Salt) being tortured at the hands of the North Korean government, which suspects she is a spy.
Despite this, the film as a whole looks at the tense relations between Russia and the US.
In this film starring Gerard Butler, North Korean terrorists are portrayed as the biggest threat to international security since 9/11.
In semi-apocalyptic scenes, the White House burns, the skies turn black with smoke as bombs hit Washington and the threat of nuclear destruction at the hands of fictional North Korea comes terrifyingly close.
However at the time the film was released, Gerard Butler told The Washington Times: "We made a point about not making it about North Korea.
"These bad guys could have been from the Middle East, could have been from an African country.
"They could have been from anywhere. The point is it's an attack on the freedom and sovereignty of America."
The remake of Red Dawn, featuring Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas and Josh Hutcherson, made a conscious decision to change the nationality of the baddies, from Chinese to North Korean, reportedly spending $1m on tweaking various flags and badges after a backlash from the Chinese government.
According to the LA Times this was a commercial decision, with Chinese audiences seen a valuable export market for US films.
The original 1984 film, set in the Cold War era, saw Charlie Sheen and Patrick Swayze battle against Cuban and Soviet insurgents.
Kim Jong-il was mercilessly mocked in this satire, his song I'm So Ronery playing on the racist stereotype that people from Asia cannot say their Ls. The Kim puppet sang that he was "sadry arone... sitting on my rittle throne".
The true situation in North Korea is not funny. As many as two million people have starved to death since the mid-1990s, according to aid agencies.
A United Nations report from earlier this year found the regime guilty of "systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations" and "crimes against humanity".
And the totalitarian regime forbids speaking out against conditions.
One North Korean defector told the BBC how her grandfather had been incarcerated in a prison camp for a "slip of the tongue".
He said that in the camps prisoners were fed to the dogs as punishments and dead bodies were left to rot where they fell.
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The first version of the sign appeared opposite a main route into the city, the Portway, in January.
It was thought to pay tribute to the sign in the Hollywood hills which had originally spelt out Hollywoodland.
The National Trust said the change was "not appropriate" and the sign had been removed.
"We can see the funny side of Bristoland, but we always said the sign had a finite life and the change to It's Bland was the point to remove it," said Bill Morris, National Trust head warden for the site.
It is not known whether its creator, who remains anonymous, had anything to do with the recent change.
"I certainly wouldn't have liked to have put them up - it's a pretty steep slope so it would have been a difficult job," said Mr Morris.
"It was fun while it lasted and I hope they can come up with something new."
The organisers of arts festival Upfest first brought the sign to public attention.
Spokesman Stephen Hayles said there were plans to make it a "more permanent" feature.
The Holywood native has been cast as an Irish soldier who led his men through a siege during a UN peacekeeping mission.
The actor is best known for starring as the sadomasochist Christian Grey in the film version of the erotic novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.
Dornan also currently plays a sadistic, sexually motivated serial killer in the BBC TV drama, The Fall.
So was it difficult to move on from such characters to take on the role of a man Dornan considers to be a real-life Irish war hero?
"It's your job, I guess. That's what I'm paid to do" the actor said.
"You can never allow any character that you've played before to seep into a new project."
His new film, the Siege of Jadotville tells the true story of Irish UN troops who were attacked and taken prisoner in Congo in 1961.
"I actually just couldn't believe the story, I couldn't believe that I didn't know it, coming from this island," Dornan said.
He plays Comdt Pat Quinlan, who was leading a company of about 150 inexperienced Irish troops when they came under attack from thousands of tribesmen and mercenaries.
Against overwhelming odds, the Irishmen held out for six days, before surrendering and being taken as prisoners of war.
"To have a chance to play the man who led them through it - such an inspirational figure in Irish history should be more known," Dornan said.
About 40 of the Irish troops involved in the battle are still alive today, and have campaigned for the role they played to be recognised by the state.
"Rightly so, they've had such a bad rap," Dornan said.
"There's a whole derogatory term 'Jadotville Jacks' that was pinned on them all.
"Any sort of acts of cowardice in the military going forward - they were known as Jadotville Jacks, which is a total disgrace to be honest.
"So hopefully, we're showing them in the right light."
The film's director, Richie Smyth, agreed, saying: "Basically, within the army itself, which is a closed community, they were made to feel ashamed."
The film is due to be released in cinemas next month.
In a bid to channel the soldiers' spirit, the cast were sent to "boot camp" in South Africa before filming began.
"The most valuable part of that was just bonding with the lads," Dornan said, speaking of his fellow actors.
He added the training was also useful for "safety reasons".
"You've got to know how to handle a gun."
The film's director said that even in the boot camp, he put Dornan in charge of the other actors, so he could "create the dynamic" of leading men.
Dornan is soon to return to the small screen in the third and final series of The Fall.
However, there is no need for a spoiler alert as he is giving nothing away.
"I can't say anything, you'll just have to watch it.
"There's a lot of big twists this series," he added
"There are big things that happen that I just couldn't touch upon without ruining it.
"I've been trying to work out ways of leaking stuff but I actually don't know how to say it without wrecking the story."
Miller clipped the ball over keeper Graham Stack and soon added another from the penalty spot after he was brought down by the Bees' goalkeeper.
Alex Kenyon sneaked in unmarked to head a third before Barnet hit back through substitute Michael Gash's low strike.
Cole Stockton's fine finish made it 4-1 before Gash added a stoppage-time consolation, his ninth of the season.
Barnet manager Martin Allen told BBC Radio London:
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"Within five minutes we could have been 2-0 down, which is a real surprise after the whole squad had done us proud over the Easter period with four points away at Exeter and at home to Luton.
"We looked too open and to be fair to them, they played well.
"When we stepped up in the second half, we probably had four good chances where we could have got back in the game.
"It didn't really work for us today."
The parliament will have no formal role in shaping the Brexit talks. The negotiations will be led by the European Commission on behalf of the EU's remaining 27 member states. Their draft negotiating guidelines were issued last week.
But the parliament's views still matter because under the Article 50 rules it will get a vote on the final EU-UK "divorce" deal and if it does not like what has been agreed it could demand changes and delay the process.
BBC Reality Check correspondent Chris Morris teases out some of the key sentences from the resolution and explains their significance.
- A revocation of notification needs to be subject to conditions set by all EU-27, so that it cannot be used as a procedural device or abused in an attempt to improve on the current terms of the United Kingdom's membership;
This is interesting. It implies that the European Parliament thinks the UK can change its mind about Article 50 (whereas the UK government has implied the opposite). The truth is that irrevocability is the subject of legal dispute and, as this is a matter of interpreting a European treaty, the ultimate arbiter would be the European Court of Justice. Either way, the parliament makes clear here that it would not allow the UK to plead for a better deal if it tried to return - even the package of measures offered to David Cameron in February 2016 (remember this?) is now null and void.
- Reiterates the importance of the withdrawal agreement and any possible transitional arrangement(s) entering into force well before the elections to the European Parliament of May 2019;
In theory the two-year Article 50 negotiating period could be extended if all parties agreed, but no-one really wants that to happen. And this is one of the reasons why the timetable is so tight. If the UK was still part of the European Union in May 2019, it might have to hold elections to elect British MEPs, despite being on the verge of leaving. It would raise all sorts of complications that the European Parliament is determined to avoid.
- Stresses that the United Kingdom must honour all its legal, financial and budgetary obligations, including commitments under the current multiannual financial framework, falling due up to and after the date of its withdrawal;
Another reminder of the looming fight about settling the accounts (also known as the divorce bill). Parliament insists that the UK must honour all its commitments under the current multiannual financial framework - a kind of long-term budget - which runs until 2020. Because of the way the EU budget process works, that would mean the UK would have to help pay for things like infrastructure projects in poorer EU countries several years after it had left the Union.
- States that, whatever the outcome of the negotiations on the future European Union-United Kingdom relationship, they cannot involve any trade-off between internal and external security including defence co-operation, on the one hand and the future economic relationship, on the other hand;
I think this is probably cleared up by now, but the implied link between security co-operation and trade in Theresa May's Article 50 letter raised a few eyebrows elsewhere in the EU. Cooler heads suggested it was there for domestic consumption and the UK government said it was all a misunderstanding. But the parliament is putting down an explicit marker that trade-offs between security and the future economic relationship won't be acceptable.
- Stresses that any future agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom is conditional on the UK's continued adherence to the standards provided by international obligations, including human rights and the Union's legislation and policies, in, among others, the field of the environment, climate change, the fight against tax evasion and avoidance, fair competition, trade and social rights, especially safeguards against social dumping;
The resolution suggests that the future relationship could be built upon an agreement under which the UK would have to accept EU standards over a wide range of policy areas from climate change to tax evasion. In some areas that might be exactly what the UK government wants to do anyway, given that the UK has played a leading role in forging those policy positions in the first place. But domestic politics in the UK means any wholesale acceptance of EU policies could be a tough sell.
- Believes that transitional arrangements ensuring legal certainty and continuity can only be agreed between the European Union and the United Kingdom if they contain the right balance of rights and obligations for both parties and preserve the integrity of the European Union's legal order, with the Court of Justice of the European Union responsible for settling any legal challenges; believes, moreover, that any such arrangements must also be strictly limited both in time - not exceeding three years - and in scope, as they can never be a substitute for European Union membership;
Two important points here. Firstly, the parliament is determined that the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice would continue to run during any transition period. The draft guidelines produced by the European Council last week made the same point but in less explicit language. If it wants a transition, the UK will have to accept a role for the ECJ. Secondly, the parliament says the transition should last no longer than three years, which is a shorter period than some might think necessary.
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The 8 ft (2.5m) venomous snake was discovered about half a mile from its enclosure in Orange County, Florida.
Homeowner Cynthia Mullvain called authorities after hearing hissing sounds whilst doing her laundry Wednesday night.
Local media report that the snake has now been returned to its owner, who runs an exotic animal sanctuary.
Mike Kennedy discovered his snake, named Elvis, missing on 2 September after returning from a trip.
Authorities identified the snake as the missing cobra using a microchip inside the animals's body.
Mr Kennedy has permits for all the animals on his property, including snakes, crocodiles, alligators, and a leopard.
Nearby school children were banned from playing outdoors in the early days of the search.
He has been fined by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for not reporting the snake missing in a "timely manner", which he is contesting.
The king cobra is native to Asia and is the world's longest venomous snake. It can grow up to 16 ft (5m). A single bite contains enough venom to kill an adult elephant.
Read more about king cobras at BBC Nature
Christopher Patrick Keenan, of no fixed abode, appeared at Coleraine Magistrates Court.
The body of Mr McErlain, 48, was found at a house in the Broombeg View area of Ballycastle on Thursday.
The court heard that police could connect the accused to the charge. He will appear again at the same court on 29 February.
His defence lawyer did not apply for bail.
Meanwhile, police have been granted extra time to question a 50-year-old man who has also been arrested in connection with the murder of Mr McErlain.
World leaders, including US President Barack Obama, have held a special meeting, to try to stop the problem getting worse.
During the meeting, the President warned that a failure to act on climate change is a "betrayal" of future generations.
He said climate change was moving faster than efforts to address it, and the US and China had a responsibility to lead other nations.
China has now pledged to take firm action on climate change for the first time.
The summit, which took place in New York, was the first major gathering of high-level leaders since 2009.
Scientists say a rise in man-made greenhouse gases has resulted in some shrinking of glaciers, sea levels going up slightly and the temperature of some seas around the world rising. Greenhouse gases are produced by many things including burning fossil fuels like oil, natural gas and coal.
Animals like polar bears, seals and penguins could be under threat if there isn't enough food as a result of changing conditions. Small islands may be also be lost, if sea levels rise in the future.
Leonardo DiCaprio, who has been appointed as a United Nations representative on climate change, told the UN audience that climate change was not ''a fiction''.
The Hollywood actor said there was ''evidence that accelerated climate change is here, right now''.
The meeting was hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
As he closed the summit, Mr Ban hailed the meeting, saying "never before have so many leaders gathered to commit to action on climate change".
He said: "Today, we must set the world on a new course," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "I am asking you to lead".
Many protestors demonstrated outside the meeting. They're angry at some businesses who they claim can use too many fossil fuels. Protestors want them to use cleaner, more environmentally friendly fuels for the future.
After a goalless first half, American teenager Christian Pulisic slotted in Ousmane Dembele's pass.
Andre Schurrle converted from close range before captain Marcel Schmelzer added a third with a late free-kick.
Dortmund, who have not won the competition since 2012, will play holders Bayern on 25 or 26 April.
"We took a bit of time to get into the game, but we didn't make any major mistakes before half-time," Dortmund left-back Schmelzer said. "Then we put in a very good performance in the second half."
The tie against third-division side Lotte was originally scheduled to be played on 3 March but was called off after snow made the pitch unplayable.
Cornet took the first set on a tie-break before Belarus's Azarenka recovered to win 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 6-2.
In the men's draw, Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal made straightforward progress into the second week as he defeated Ivan Dodig 6-4 6-3 6-3.
Five-time champion Roger Federer swept aside Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-0 6-2.
Azarenka, last year's runner-up at Flushing Meadows, will now face Ana Ivanovic for a place in the last eight after the Serbian beat Christina McHale of the United States 4-6 7-5 6-4.
Caroline Wozniacki's indifferent form continued as the Danish sixth seed was defeated 4-6 6-4 6-3 by Italian world number 136 Camila Giorgi.
A Ivanovic (Srb) [13] bt Christina McHale (US) 4-6 7-5 6-4
Former world number one Ivanovic survived a major scare to reach the fourth round.
Her opponent, McHale of the United States, was serving for the match at 5-4 in the second set but the 2008 French Open champion broke back and claimed victory.
R Nadal (Spa) [2] bt I Dodig (Cro) 6-4 6-3 6-3
Nadal struck 37 winners to his opponent's 19 as he remained on course for a possible quarter-final meeting with Roger Federer.
The 2010 champion has won 56 of his 59 matches this year.
C Giorgi (Ita) bt C Wozniacki (Den) [6] 4-6 6-4 6-3
Former world number one Wozniacki suffered her fourth loss of the season to a player ranked outside the top 100 as qualifier Giorgi advanced to the last 16.
Giorgi reached the same stage at Wimbledon earlier this year, but had not played a match between the two Grand Slams as she recovered from a shoulder injury.
She will play fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the fourth round after the tenth seed beat Karin Knapp 6-4 6-3.
R Federer (Swi) [7] bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 6-3 6-0 6-2
World number seven Federer, ranked lower than he has been since October 2002, wrapped up victory in one hour and 21 minutes.
The Swiss lost only 11 points in the second set and will play Spain's Tommy Robredo, who he has beaten in their 10 previous meetings, in the next round.
S Halep (Rou) [21] bt M Kirilenko (Rus) [14] 6-1 6-0
In-form Romanian Simona Halep continued her impressive run with a demolition of the Russian number 14 seed Maria Kirilenko.
Halep, who won her fourth title in the past three months last week at New Haven, took just 51 minutes to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time.
"I'm really happy that I played so well," Halep said. "It was incredible. I played my best match ever.
"It's an incredible period for me. I'm more confident and more aggressive on court. I want to take the pleasure from every moment."
V Azarenka (Blr) [2] bt A Cornet (Fra) [26] 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 6-2
Azarenka said she had a lot to work on after being to made to battle for her third-round victory over Cornet, who saved 10 break points on the way to winning the first set.
"I couldn't keep my rhythm early in the match," said Azarenka. "I tried to keep my head down, stay calm and keep playing aggressive.
"I was too passive with my feet early in the match. For sure I'm going to work on that in practice."
Azarenka beat US Open defending champion and world number one Serena Williams in the final of the Cincinnati Open in her preparations for Flushing Meadows.
P Kohlschreiber (Ger) [22] bt J Isner (US) [13] 6-4 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7-5)
Wildcard Tim Smyczek is the only remaining American in the men's singles draw after John Isner was defeated in two hours 42 minutes in front of a partisan crowd.
If Smyczek loses to Marcel Granollers on Sunday, there will be no Americans in the men's singles last 16 for the first time in US Open history.
T Robredo (Spa) [19] bt D Evans (GB) 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 4-6 7-5
Match report
D Ferrer (Spa) [4] bt M Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-4
David Ferrer was the first man through to week two after defeating Kazakhstan's qualifier Kukushkin.
The fourth seed dropped a set for the second match in a row, but was otherwise largely untroubled.
J Tipsarevic (Srb) bt J Sock (US) 3-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 6-2
R Vinci (Ita) [10] bt K Knapp (Ita) 6-4 6-3
M Raonic (Can) [10] bt F Lopez (Spa) [23] 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-3 6-4
A Riske (US) bt P Kvitova (Cze) [7] 6-3 6-0
2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, hampered by a fever, folded in just 65 minutes against American world number 81 Alison Riske.
"I tried to play, tried to fight. But my body wouldn't let me fight," said Kvitova.
R Gasquet (Fra) [8] bt D Tursunov (Rus) [32] 6-3 2-6 6-4 4-2 Retired
F Pennetta (Ita) bt S Kuznetsova (Rus) [27] 7-5 6-1
Svetlana Kuznetsova, who won the title in 2004 and finished as runner-up in 2007, was beaten in straight sets by Flavia Pennetta, who has now made the last 16 of successive Grand Slams for the first time in her career.
D Hantuchova (Svk) bt J Glushko (Isr) 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7-4)
Former world number five Daniela Hantuchova saved four match points to deny Israeli qualifier Julia Glushko a place in the fourth round.
Glushko has never won a main draw match at Tour level before beating American Sachia Vickery and Russian 20th seed Nadia Petrova this year at Flushing Meadows.
Alison Riske, 23, has been discussing her main source of emotional support as she reaches the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time.
"The blankie story is out. I can't deny it now. It's getting smaller by the week. It can fit in the palm of my hand. My siblings always used to hide it. It used to make me so mad. It's been there since the second I was born. It's been around the world. Originally it started out like forest green and now it's like mint green. I don't know if it's a colour now."
Caroline Wozniacki looks back at where it all went wrong in defeat to Camila Giorgi: "I had many break-point opportunities in the second I didn't take, and all of a sudden she came into the rhythm and just started hitting everything and it was starting to go in."
Rafael Nadal aims to improve still further on his excellent form. "To be able to win against him [Dodig] in straight sets is great news. I played better today than in the previous matches. Always a positive thing. Tomorrow I have another day for practise and to be better for the match of Monday. So that's all."
"I don't know who was it, but one guy was, really between first and second serve, always saying, 'Come on' and 'Let's go John', like really aggressive during my motion," said Philipp Kohlschreiber of one of the spectators on his match against American John Isner. "I turned around and said to him, 'Well, I don't think that's a nice thing what you do'."
John Isner responded: "I didn't notice that. I don't know what was said or who said it, but, you know, if it affected Philipp in any way, I apologise. I haven't seen that too much. I didn't even see it today, actually."
The image was revealed for the first time on the BBC's Crimewatch programme as part of a new appeal to identify the unknown murder victim.
The man's remains were discovered at Pentrellyncymer near Cerrigydrudion last November.
The body is thought to have been in the forest for several years.
Forensic tests showed he had suffered a serious head injury.
It was discovered by two brothers camping in the forest ahead of the Wales Rally GB.
Police launched a large scale forensic search and were able to recover virtually an entire male skeleton.
Det Supt Iestyn Davies said the man was probably in his sixties when he died and was between 5ft 8in and 5ft 10.5in (1.73-1.78m) tall.
His nose had been fractured at some point and he suffered from arthritis.
Two items of badly decomposed clothing were also discovered at the scene.
In June 2016, police appealed for help from dentists to identify the man but have so far drawn a blank.
The new, detailed image of what the victim may have looked like was produced with the help a forensic artist and an odontologist.
"There will be a loved one, friends, family that may recognise this person," Mr Davies told the programme.
"Once we get the name, we can work on why did this person become a victim, who would be responsible for that and why would they want to have killed him."
Update 10 June 2016: Following an investigation by the party, Mark Gettleson and the other volunteer were cleared.
One volunteer has resigned and another is understood to have left over the claims, in the Independent on Sunday.
The paper says some party members claim they were polled by phone by someone they believed to be from Lib Dem HQ rather than Mr Lamb's personal team.
The party is considering referring the matter to the Information Commissioner.
Mr Lamb, the MP for North Norfolk and former care minister, is running against Tim Farron, former party president, for the Lib Dem leadership following the resignation of Nick Clegg.
Mark Gettleson, a strategic communications and research professional, confirmed he had resigned, saying he regretted "any harm done to Norman Lamb and his campaign".
The Independent on Sunday reported accusations that the line of questioning in the apparent "opinion poll" may have gone into territory which could have cast doubt on Mr Farron's suitability.
A Liberal Democrat spokesperson said: "We have been made aware of an alleged breach of party rules and are looking into the issue as a matter of urgency.
"The Liberal Democrats take any alleged breaches of party rules extremely seriously. The party has contacted both teams to reiterate rules on the leadership process."
Mr Lamb told the newspaper: "Volunteer members of my team acted without my authority. As soon as it was clear what had happened, I had to be decisive and removed them from my campaign.
"As soon as I saw Tim I talked to him about it and said I won't tolerate it from my campaign.
"In a situation we [the Lib Dems] are in at the moment we cannot allow ourselves to fall out or behave irresponsibly."
It is understood there will be a formal discussion with the party's data controller on Monday regarding a potential referral to the Information Commissioner.
Mr Gettleson said the poll in question - which was conducted on Thursday and Friday last week - had been carried out to gauge the state of the race between the two candidates on issues.
He said the poll was "within the appropriate boundaries of campaigning and research practice", but said he regretted any offence caused to Mr Farron.
"I think that as long as the questions asked and points made are fair and factual, then Liberal Democrat members deserve to know the full facts about their leadership candidates - and they should know them before they vote, not after," he said.
He added: "I wrote questions about these issues to see if there was empirical evidence that other members also share that view - a view that has been unquestionably confirmed by the poll's results."
Shetland MSP Tavish Scott said he felt "let down" by Mr Carmichael's actions.
However, he said his colleague should "walk that road" and continue as MP for Orkney and Shetland.
Mr Carmichael has faced calls to resign over the leak of the memo, which wrongly suggested that Ms Sturgeon wanted David Cameron as prime minister.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have said that Mr Carmichael will not face any disciplinary action, and he has also won the support of his local party.
The SNP have been calling on Mr Carmichael - the only remaining Lib Dem MP in Scotland - to consider his position.
An official Cabinet Office inquiry found he approved the leak of an official memo by his special adviser to a newspaper during the campaign.
The document, written by a civil servant in the Scotland Office, claimed Scotland's First Minister told the French Ambassador to the UK that she would prefer Mr Cameron as prime minister rather than Ed Miliband - comments Ms Sturgeon has always insisted she never made.
Mr Carmichael said the first he had heard of the memo was when he was contacted by a journalist.
He has since acknowledged that while he had not seen the document before it was published, he was aware of its content and agreed that it should be made public.
Mr Scott said on Wednesday that he was "very disappointed" by his colleague's actions.
He said: "We have worked together for 14 years for Shetland. People come to see both of us to solve problems. I too feel let down. No wonder many people across the islands do too.
"But Alistair's handling of this matter is not the Alistair I know."
He claimed there was a "political motivation" behind the calls for Mr Carmichael to resign.
And he added: "If he can demonstrate that he can get back to being a determined, effective local MP then people will accept that.
"Alistair has a long road to recovery with many people. But he should walk that road."
The executive committee of Shetland Liberal Democrats held a meeting on Tuesday night to discuss Mr Carmichael's involvement.
In a statement, it said members had expressed "surprise and disappointment at Alistair's actions and his lack of judgment.
"However, the members agreed that Alistair has rightly taken full responsibility and has apologised to all concerned, not least to the people of Orkney and Shetland.
"The members agreed that Alistair is an excellent constituency MP.
"He has achieved much for Shetland in the last 14 years, particularly during his five years in government, where his experience and expertise were used to great benefit for the Northern Isles.
"He has reinforced his commitment to carry on representing this constituency, as he was elected to do, and he retains the full confidence of the executive."
The parliamentary standards commissioner has received a number of complaints about Mr Carmichael's conduct and is considering whether they fall within her remit.
A member of the public has made a complaint to Police Scotland, who said inquiries were being carried out to establish whether there had been any criminality.
Meanwhile, an online fundraising campaign has been launched to raise money for legal representation to seek to overturn the election result in the seat.
It has reached more than half of its £60,000 target.
The poll tax (or community charge) was supposed to make local council finance fairer and more accountable. Instead it triggered civil disobedience and riots and a rebellion in the Conservative Party.
Cabinet papers for 1989 and 1990, released today at the National Archives in Kew, reveal the reaction to the crisis at the heart of government. They show how involved the prime minister herself was.
And they pinpoint the moment it dawned on her that her flagship policy had turned into a political disaster which was hitting, not Labour local councils, but her natural supporters.
The size of the files alone - there are nine thick manila folders compiled over 18 months - are evidence of how far the poll tax dominated government thinking. Mark Dunton, a specialist in modern records at the National Archives, calls it a "juggernaut".
Though simple in principle the tax proved to be immensely complex in practice. The files are full of highly technical papers - many of them annotated by Mrs Thatcher.
They also include a warning from April 1989 that she risked a fine if she didn't complete her own registration form on time.
But the technical challenges of introducing the tax paled beside the political problems it threw up.
The government had expected opposition to a measure specifically targeted at high-spending, mainly Labour-controlled, councils. What they hadn't expected was the reaction from their own supporters, as the April 1990 date for its introduction in England and Wales drew near.
In September the previous year her environment secretary, Chris Patten noted "a good deal of pressure developing" and Nigel Lawson, who was to resign as chancellor the following month, told Mrs Thatcher: "We are faced with a potentially difficult Parliamentary situation."
By January, Patten was telling her there could be as many as 83 rebel MPs on the Tory benches. And she got a powerful sense of the anger among formerly loyal Conservative voters in March when a constituent of the Norfolk MP Ralph Howell wrote to her.
Mr WE Jones and his wife were in their 70s, living on modest pensions, and under the poll tax would be paying more than twice what they paid under the old system of rates, while better-off people in large houses would be paying less. He accused the prime minister of being uncaring.
"You have taken advantage of your position to impose your will upon us to the point where you are now virtually a Dictator riding roughshod over anyone who opposes you," he wrote on 3 March.
In the files released today the couple's address has been redacted, though a later memo reveals they lived in a house called Dream of Delight in the village of Great Snoring.
Howell asked for a meeting. The prime minister's adviser Mark Lennox-Boyd suggested he should be granted an audience: "The meeting will be a waste of time, but I am afraid she will have to do it to keep his frustration at bay."
Yet the files suggest it may not have been a waste of time, for this was the point when Mrs Thatcher finally realised that something must be done.
She turned not to her environment secretary Chris Patten, who had the job of bringing in the new tax, but to her recently-appointed chancellor, John Major. On 25 March (six days before an enormous demonstration against the poll tax in London which developed into serious rioting) the files contain a "note for the record" of a phone conversation between the two.
Instead of the tax shining a spotlight on spendthrift local councils, she said, the government was getting the blame for high charges, and the impact was falling on those in middle income groups, what she called the "conscientious middle".
Major agreed with the need for what he called a "radical review" to find a way to cap charges and give local authorities more money, but without increasing overall public expenditure.
Over the next two months the files reveal a succession of crisis meetings as ministers desperately tried to find a way out of their predicament, including the perceived unfairness of a system in which "Dukes and dustmen" both paid the same.
One idea was to raise more money. Should councils be allowed to use cash from the sale of council houses to subsidise the poll tax? Or should people on higher incomes pay more? That idea was floated by the prime minister herself in an unusual signed "personal minute" to Major on 9 April.
And she had another idea: putting an extra penny on a gallon of petrol and distributing the proceeds to councils. She wrote in the suggestion by hand three times on a memo of 10 April listing options. But none of her colleagues seems to have paid any attention and the idea went nowhere.
Meanwhile there was a growing split. Patten and the local government minister Michael Portillo wanted to increase central government grants to local authorities. Mrs Thatcher wasn't having it. "No," she wrote firmly in the margin on one occasion.
Then she and Major, without apparently consulting Patten, came up with an idea for allowing local councils to levy a higher poll tax than stipulated by central government, provided they first put it to a local referendum (a "poll tax poll").
Patten was opposed, believing the necessary legislation would be "massive in its political significance" and difficult to get through Parliament. One of Mrs Thatcher's private secretaries, Barry Potter, suggested that Patten was feeling "bruised" at being ignored.
By the end of June Potter told the prime minister that Patten and Portillo, still arguing for more government funds, were now "isolated".
Today Michael Portillo says he and Chris Patten really wanted to find a way effectively to abolish the poll tax: "We wanted to take the guts out of it, take the bits that were hurting out of it… but we recognised for her sensitivity that it would still have to be called the poll tax."
They also believed the problem would take central government money to resolve. "It's worth remembering that when the poll tax was eventually replaced by the council tax, it cost about £6bn in money of the day - an enormous amount. And I'm pretty sure that Chris Patten and I were asking for only a fraction of that," says Mr Portillo.
As to the lessons to be learnt from the debacle, he draws a parallel between the decision to introduce the poll tax "without thinking it through" and David Cameron's decision to hold a referendum on Europe without thinking through the consequences.
"The lesson ought to be, think carefully before you do things. But the chances of prime ministers learning that are, I think, slim."
But nothing worked. The practical difficulties and the political pressures were too great and Mrs Thatcher's career was foundering. In November Michael Heseltine, an outspoken critic of the poll tax, triggered a leadership contest from which John Major emerged the winner.
He appointed Heseltine as environment secretary, increased VAT to generate extra cash for councils and announced the abolition of the community charge, and its replacement by council tax, in March 1991.
Hogan, 24, joined fellow Championship side Aston Villa on Tuesday for a fee that could rise to £12m.
In a statement posted on Twitter by former team-mate Harlee Dean, Hogan apologised for how the move unfolded.
"Thanks for everything, it's been a couple of years which I will never forget," Hogan said.
Hogan was the centre of speculation for much of the January transfer window, with West Ham the initial favourites to secure his signature.
Brentford boss Dean Smith was forced to admit the striker had had his "head turned" by the speculation.
"I understand the last few weeks haven't been ideal and I can only apologise," Hogan added. "It was out of my hands and all I wanted to was play football and score goals."
Hogan joined Brentford from Rochdale in the summer of 2014 for £750,000 but two cruciate knee ligament injuries saw him miss 18 months of action.
"Brentford will always be a club close to me as they helped get my career back on track," he said. "For this, I will forever be grateful to you all."
The Ofqual exam regulator has launched a consultation on a grading system that will rank from nine at the very top down to one for the lowest performers.
The changes, to be introduced from 2017, will also link exam grades to international Pisa tests.
Ofqual's Glenys Stacey says it will improve the "calibration" of exams.
But head teachers leaders suggested there were still "parts of the puzzle missing".
The substantial changes, being put out for consultation, would provide a much clearer distinction between high-flying pupils currently achieving A and A* grades.
The highest grade - to be described as a grade nine - will be awarded to only half the pupils now achieving an A*, according to Ofqual's proposals.
In last summer's GCSE exams, there were 6.8% of pupils graded as A*. The new highest grade would be awarded to only the top 3%, or about 20,000 pupils.
Under the new system, an A grade would equate to a grade seven - and the current C grade, widely seen as the pass level, would become a grade four.
For the first time, there will be a link between England's exam grades and international benchmarks.
The results of Pisa tests in competitor countries, which have become an influential measure for international comparisons, will be used to establish grade five.
It will be expected to be set at about half or two-thirds of a grade higher than the current grade C.
And it remains to be decided whether grade four or grade five will become the expected level in future, for measures such as school league tables and minimum standards for schools.
A sample of pupils will also take a new test - the National Reference Test - which will be used to monitor the performance of each cohort, so that examiners will have a reference point for differences in ability between different year groups.
These changes will begin with three subjects - maths, English language and English literature.
These will be the first wave of tougher GCSEs, to be taught from September 2015, with the first awards under the proposed new system in summer 2017.
Other subjects are planned to follow, including history, geography and some sciences.
If adopted, the proposed changes would mean that GCSEs in England would have a different grading system and structure from GCSEs in Wales and Northern Ireland, extending the differences between the systems.
Ofqual chief Glenys Stacey says the changes are intended to "strengthen awarding" and to give greater accuracy in grades.
Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, "broadly welcomed" the proposals and hoped the consultation would help to address some of the "discontent" over marking and grades.
But a high-performing independent school rejected the plans - and said it would be more likely to make them switch to International GCSEs.
"For years governments of different political complexions have mistakenly tried to use GCSE qualifications as a measure of both a young person's learning and a school's performance," said Helen Stringer, vice-principal of the Stephen Perse Foundation school in Cambridge.
"This current proposal simply aims to extend this flawed system so that the qualification also has to become a measure of the quality of the national education system."
Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association for School and College Leaders, said there were still "parts of the puzzle" missing in how the new system would work.
"Until it is made clear to teachers what students need to know in order to achieve a grade, and they have detailed specifications and sample questions, they will not be able to plan for these examinations.
"While we understand the government's wish to raise the bar by aligning some grades to Pisa, this raises all kinds of issues. Pisa is a completely different kind of exam than the new GCSEs.
"We welcome the proposal to introduce a reference test, which will help to make an objective judgement about whether standards have improved or not year or year. The careful consideration being given to different ways of awarding grades is also welcome."
Chris Keates, leader of the Nasuwt teachers' union, warned that: "Schools, parents and pupils are being thrown into further confusion over yet more reform to the qualifications system."
Special dedications for PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone were read at the York Minster service.
The two officers died in a grenade and gun attack while responding to a call-out in Mottram earlier this month.
The annual National Police Memorial Day service pays tribute to officers killed on duty throughout the UK.
More than 2,000 people attended Sunday's service, including 40 chief constables, other serving officers and the relatives of those who have died.
The names of all the officers who had died this year were read out at the service.
Petals were dropped from above inside the cathedral and the hymn Abide With Me and The Last Post were played.
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, who gave the address, described those officers who had given their lives as "the bravest of the brave".
Home Secretary Theresa May read a prayer during the service as did Emma Barker, the young daughter of PC Bill Barker who died when a bridge was washed away during floods in Workington, Cumbria, in 2009.
Greater Manchester Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said, as he arrived at the service: "It does give it a special poignancy because it's close after the deaths of Fiona and Nicola, but the important thing today really is remembering all the officers who have given their lives during the year.
"I cannot tell you how much we have been uplifted by the public response, it has been quite extraordinary. It really does show the level of support for ordinary officers going about their day-to-day business."
Police Federation chairman Paul McKeever said: "It's a chance for us to get together as a police family and bond and say we remember those who are no longer with us. That's very important to us."
Earlier, delegates at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester held a minute's silence in honour of the two officers.
Mottram's MP Jonathan Reynolds, speaking about the deaths of the two police officers, told the conference: "It serves as an all-too-dreadful reminder of the danger that our policemen and women face in every force, on every day, every time they get called out."
During the modern policing era, which stretches back over 180 years, more than 4,000 officers have been killed in the line of duty.
A total of seven have died this year - among them PC Ian Dibell, from Essex Police, who was shot dead in July while intervening in a dispute in Clacton. He was off-duty at the time.
Also remembered was PC David Rathband, who died in February. He was left blind after being shot in the face by fugitive Raoul Moat while sitting in his patrol car on the outskirts of Newcastle upon Tyne, in July 2010.
Det Con Andrew Stokes, of Greater Manchester Police, died of a heart attack while on duty in January, at the age of 46.
Det Con Karen Paterson, who was 43, was killed in a road accident as she travelled to work at Thorpe Wood police station in Peterborough in January.
And in April, Insp Preston Gurr, of the Metropolitan Police, was killed while on his way home from a shift on his motorcycle. He was 53 and had two children.
The first National Police Memorial Day service took place at St Paul's Cathedral in 2004 and it has since been held in Cardiff, Belfast, Liverpool and Glasgow.
The event was founded by Sgt Joe Holness, of Kent Police, in response to the killing in 2000 of PC Jon Odell who was fatally wounded when a car hit him as he carried out traffic checks.
Sgt Holness said: "This annual memorial was long overdue when we set it up. Since 1792 officers have been giving their lives in order to protect the community, and we felt that it was time to pay tribute to them in the same way members of the armed forces honour their fallen colleagues.
"It is only right and proper that when someone gives their life in this way, we recognise them."
The funeral of PC Nicola Hughes is due to be held on Wednesday, while that of PC Fiona Bone takes place on Thursday.
Dale Cregan, 29, has been charged with their murder, and the murders of two men. The case at Manchester Crown Court has been adjourned until November.
Kevin Gregson and Peter Hilton were sacked despite using "reasonable force" against the unidentified patient, said the Prison Officers' Association (POA).
Ashworth is home to some of Britain's most notorious criminals including Moors murderer Ian Brady.
Mersey Care Trust said they were working to resolve to the matter.
Steve Gillan, general secretary of the POA, said the nurses had an "unblemished record" at the hospital, which treats some of the UK's most dangerous and disturbed individuals.
He claimed the patient had a "high propensity for violence against staff" and had head-butted and spat at the nurses.
"POA members are outraged at the decision of Mersey Care Trust to dismiss [them] for defending themselves in a violent situation," he said.
"It is ironic that the patient was convicted of several assaults against nurses in the incident and had to pay compensation, yet Mersey Care Trust sacked our members even although the police stated they had no case to answer."
A meeting between the POA and the trust is scheduled on Wednesday to discuss the union's plans.
The POA said the "likely scenario" was a 24-hour strike on Friday 6 November, and a possible period of work-to-rule.
A spokesman for Mersey Care Trust said: "We are happy to work with the POA representatives in a constructive manner to try and achieve a resolution to this matter, to ensure we continue to deliver a safe and effective service for the benefit of our patients."
Ashworth Hospital is one of only three high-security psychiatric hospitals in England and Wales, along with Rampton and Broadmoor.
It has, though, been known to mean so much more than that.
The third round has witnessed the turning point for at least two legendary managers, as well as the decline of a once great club and the resurgence of another.
Here, BBC Sport looks at some third-round ties whose influence stretched far beyond progression to the next stage.
With two league titles, an FA Cup and a European Cup Winners' Cup, Howard Kendall oversaw the most successful period in Everton's history.
However, had a result in an FA Cup third-round game at Stoke City in 1984 turned out differently, it might never have happened at all.
Kendall, in his third year as Everton boss, appeared to be on borrowed time as another campaign threatened to end without success.
Prior to the trip to Stoke, the Toffees were 16th in the old First Division and had drawn 0-0 at home to Coventry. They then scraped past Chesterfield 3-2 on aggregate in the League Cup.
The fans were becoming frustrated. Just 8,067 turned up at Goodison Park to watch the Chesterfield tie, where leaflets were handed out by supporters making their feelings known about Kendall.
"Kendall and Carter Out - 30,000 stay at home fans can't be wrong. Bring back attractive, winning football to Goodison Park," they read.
He needed a win, and it came at Stoke as goals from Andy Gray and Alan Irvine sealed a 2-0 victory.
"Many Everton fans happened to be standing and singing on the road outside the Toffees' dressing room as Kendall prepared to address his players before the game," says BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty, a journalist at the Liverpool Daily Post at the time.
"Kendall later revealed he simply opened the dressing room window to let his players listen to the chants of hordes of fans and said 'there's your team talk - don't let those fans down'."
A win against Oxford United in the Milk Cup followed and the pressure eased on Kendall, who went on to lead Everton to FA Cup triumph that year. The Toffees secured a league and European Cup Winners' Cup double the next season, and another domestic title was won in 1986-87 - their last league title.
No-one would have predicted that such success would follow what had been a rocky start to Kendall's managerial career at Everton. No-one, it seems, except for Kendall himself.
"Howard was convinced early on," remembers Kevin Ratcliffe, Everton's captain under Kendall.
"I remember he said to me after one game, 'you do know what year it is, don't you? It is the Chinese year of the Rat. We are going to win the cup'."
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While that FA Cup tie helped keep Kendall at Everton, another might well have seen him appointed to one of the most coveted managerial positions in football.
In January 1990, with Manchester United struggling in the league without a trophy in three years under Sir Alex Ferguson, the pressure was mounting on the Red Devils boss.
The FA Cup was United's only chance of silverware and, if the newspapers at the time were to be believed, defeat by high-flying Nottingham Forest in the third round would have spelled the end of Ferguson at Old Trafford, with Kendall believed to have been considered as a potential replacement.
Defeat, though, never materialised, as a solitary Mark Robins goal ensured victory. Four months later, United lifted the FA Cup.
So did Robins save Ferguson from the sack?
"Sir Alex wrote a book and, in it, he was asked the question 'did the goal save his job?'," Robins said in 2009.
"He wrote that in training I would have missed it - but because I got a push in the back from Stuart Pearce it went in! So did I save his job? Yes, I did."
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"We will start and end our FA Cup run in Cardiff," David O'Leary proudly proclaimed when he was manager of Leeds in 2002.
They did indeed do just that, although not the way O'Leary had anticipated.
The Irishman's comments came ahead of a third-round match at Cardiff, and with the FA Cup final being held at the Millennium Stadium in the Welsh capital, it was clear O'Leary fancied his side to win the competition.
Instead, Leeds - Champions League semi-finalists the previous year and top of the Premier League at the time - suffered a shock early exit.
Cardiff, then a third-tier side, beat Leeds 2-1. O'Leary's team, perhaps stunned by the upset, failed to win any of their next nine games, losing to PSV Eindhoven in the Uefa Cup and finishing fifth in the Premier League, thus missing out on Champions League qualification for the second successive season.
The club had not banked on failing to make Europe's elite competition two years in a row and as a result the squad was rapidly dismantled. Star players such as Rio Ferdinand were sold as the club's budget was cut, and relegation to the Championship followed in 2004.
This season marks their 11th out of the Premier League.
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Wintry weather causing havoc with the fixture list in British football is not uncommon, but the effect that the Big Freeze - one of the coldest winters on record - had on the 1963 FA Cup third round schedule will take some beating.
Heavy snow, freezing fog and temperatures as low as -20C meant that a round that began on 5 January that year did not end until 11 March - 66 days, and 261 postponements, later.
Fourth Division side Lincoln's match against Coventry was the most hit by the conditions, having to be rescheduled 15 times.
"The ice underneath and the snow on top made it absolutely unplayable," recalled Norman Saywell, a former referee who inspected the Sincil Bank pitch on seven occasions.
"It dragged on and on. You couldn't play, simple as that."
Norwich, in an effort to get their cup tie with Blackpool played, attempted to thaw out their pitch with flamethrowers. At Stamford Bridge, hot tar was used while some teams just gave up trying to get games played altogether - Halifax turned their Shay stadium pitch into an ice rink.
The football pools - a betting system based on predicting the outcome of football matches - was particularly affected by the near-empty fixture schedule and to combat the financial loss the Pools Panel was created.
The panel, which back then consisted of six men including former England players Sir Tom Finney and Tommy Lawton, met to deliberate how they thought the games would have gone, with the results announced on BBC television.
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The FA Cup. The oldest domestic cup competition in the world and arguably the most prestigious.
That status took a hit in 1999 when Manchester United, the FA Cup holders, pulled out of the competition to compete at the Club World Cup.
Under pressure from the Football Association and the government to boost England's doomed bid to host the 2006 World Cup, Sir Alex Ferguson's side were encouraged to take part in Fifa's new showpiece club event in Brazil.
"I understand the meaning of the FA Cup now but I had only come to England a few weeks before so back then I did not know what I was missing," said former United defender Mikael Silvestre.
"It was only the year after that I realised we had not been part of this massive cup. But the FA Cup is played every year so it was the right choice to miss it that year."
Not everyone agreed. Many saw the absence of the holders from the world's oldest knockout tournament as a national scandal.
David Mellor, chairman of the National Football Taskforce at the time, said he was "personally very strongly opposed" to the move.
The then BBC radio presenter and Tory MP said: "I do understand the pressure of 2006, but I don't see why domestic competitions - particularly the most prestigious domestic cup competition in the world - should be downgraded so United can participate in what we would otherwise regard as a Mickey Mouse tournament."
No club has done anything similar since.
Despite the bad press from a decision which Ferguson later described as "without doubt a catastrophe", United didn't have a bad season in the end, winning the Premier League title at a canter.
It was one of the greatest third-round shocks and arguably the biggest upset Liverpool have been on the wrong end of in the FA Cup, but it may ultimately have been the catalyst for a period of great success for the Reds.
Knocked out of the competition by non-league Worcester in 1959, the result marked the beginning of the end for then manager Phil Taylor.
Liverpool may have been a Second Division side at the time but they were desperate to return to the top flight. After failing to achieve that in 1959, Taylor departed and was replaced by the legendary Bill Shankly from Huddersfield Town.
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"I just about remember the game and Liverpool were humiliated," said BBC commentator John Motson.
"Very few people had heard of Worcester City and that result was a bit of an earth shaker.
"Liverpool were on a downer and I think it was then that the directors thought to go to Bill Shankly and went to him to rebuild the club."
Rebuild he did as promotion back to the top flight came in 1962 and a great period of success followed as Shankly led Liverpool to three First Division titles, two FA Cups and one Uefa Cup.
He told the crowd in Melbourne the media did not want "to report the truth" and had their own agenda.
He also defended the achievements of his presidency so far, insisting that a spirit of optimism was sweeping the US.
Mr Trump had attacked the media at a press conference on Thursday, as pressure mounted on his presidency.
His national security adviser Michael Flynn quit earlier in the week. Mr Trump is to interview candidates for the role on Sunday.
Before Air Force One landed, President Trump came to the back of the aeroplane. He shook our hands and told us we'd see "a fantastic crowd of people" at the rally. He was warm and friendly to us on the aeroplane but things changed at the rally.
Standing on stage, he said reporters "are part of the corrupt system". When he attacked the media, people in the audience screamed their support.
I sat with other journalists in an area that was surrounded by metal gates. At times the animosity towards the media felt personal: my colleague was taking photos, and one man held his hand in front of her lens.
As we left the hangar, another man said to us: "Goodbye, lying media."
On Saturday, President Trump and his wife Melania were greeted by thousands of supporters at the rally in a state he won in November's election, while hundreds protested outside.
In his speech, Mr Trump said he wanted to speak to Americans "without the filter of fake news".
Describing the media as "dishonest", he repeated his assertion that some outlets "don't want to report the truth" and were making up their stories about him.
"We will continue to expose them," he said, pledging to "win, win, win".
In his speech, the president also:
It is unusual for a sitting president to hold a rally in the style of those held during election campaigns.
One supporter, Gene Huber from West Palm Beach, said the decision to hold a rally was not a concern. "No jitters at all," he told the AFP news agency. "This is a world leader now who's taking control."
Throughout the week, Mr Trump launched attacks on the media while indicating his excitement at facing crowds in Florida again.
On Thursday, he held a 76-minute press conference where he told reporters their level of dishonesty was out of control, citing coverage of his campaign's alleged contacts with Moscow.
Michael Flynn, Mr Trump's national security adviser, resigned on Monday after he misled Vice-President Mike Pence about whether he had discussed US sanctions with Russia's ambassador before his own appointment.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reported earlier this week that members of Mr Trump's campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election.
While in Florida, Mr Trump is staying at his Mar-a-Lago resort for the third weekend in succession. In a tweet, he referred to the property as the "Southern White House", although the private club is part of Mr Trump's portfolio and is not government property.
While there, he will interview four candidates for the role of national security adviser. They are:
One man tipped for the job, General David Petraeus, is no longer a candidate, a presidential spokesman said.
Steven Wood, 27, had been chatting to road workers after delivering a load of tarmac before the incident happened in Largs, Ayrshire, in September 2013.
John Woods, 86, died after the lorry rolled down Waterside Street and collided with a car, which struck a house and garage before hitting him.
A jury found Mr Wood not guilty of causing death by careless driving.
Giving evidence at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, Gary McRoberts, who had been driving a road roller when the lorry started to move, said: "Steven tried to run after it but it was going too fast by that time. Everything happened quite quick.
"By the time I turned around Steven was chasing it but it was going too fast and getting away from him. It was picking up speed all the time."
Mr Woods suffered fatal injuries in the incident.
Prosecutors had claimed Mr Wood, from Hurlford in Ayrshire, left his engine running and failed to properly apply the handbrake or turn the wheels to the kerb when he stopped.
Warren Gatland is coaching the Lions with Rob Howley one of his assistants, so regular forwards coach Robin McBryde is in charge of Wales for the matches against Tonga in Auckland on 16 June and Samoa in Apia a week later.
With 12 senior internationals, including captain Alun Wyn Jones on Lions duty, and a number of players such as experienced prop Gethin Jenkins forced to withdraw injured, McBryde has been forced to call upon less familiar faces.
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The 46-year-old has 14 uncapped players in his 32-man squad, all aiming to make the grade at international level.
Seven uncapped players were named in Wales' Six Nations squad - rewarded for promising domestic displays - but none of them were involved in any match-day 23.
Just three players - Ellis Jenkins, Cory Hill and Sam Davies - have won first caps since the 2015 World Cup.
Wales' coaches have received criticism for that, accused of relying on the same old faces and not giving new players chances to shine.
The matches against Tonga and Samoa offer perfect opportunities for the likes of Ospreys wing Keelan Giles, Wasps flanker Thomas Young and Gloucester bound fly-half Owen Williams.
Only three of the players who featured under McBryde four years ago when Wales headed to Japan for two Tests - Liam Williams, Dan Biggar and Scott Baldwin - were involved in the 2017 Six Nations.
With preparations already well underway for the 2019 World Cup in Japan, the aim for Wales will be to head there with a squad of experienced international stars, rather than relying too much on a starting side that has brought success to Welsh rugby under Gatland.
This tour, though, is without doubt a tough test for McBryde's inexperienced squad, with Welsh wins rare down under.
Samoa are clearly capable of mixing it with the game's best, while Tonga have the potential to be much more than just a nuisance as they proved last year in beating Italy 19-17 in Padova.
Tonga will not have 'home advantage' - as their Teufaiva Sport Stadium in Nuku'alofa is being redeveloped - they will undoubtedly have plenty of support in Auckland.
Still, Wales have never lost to Tonga in seven previous meetings and it would be a shock were they to suffer a first defeat on Friday.
A week later McBryde's squad visit Apia to take on Samoa, who have a history of inflicting humiliating defeats on Wales.
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Samoa have won four of the nine matches between the two sides, including famous World Cup wins in 1991 and 1999 as well as a comfortable 34-9 victory at home in Apia the last time Wales toured the Pacific Islands in 1994.
New Zealand were the last tier-one nation to visit and were pushed to the limit by a fired-up Samoa, before holding on for a 25-16 victory in 2015.
It was ample proof that the small country deserves to be recognised as a force in the global game and worthy of more visits from the elite.
It may sound like a nice way to end the season for Wales. History, though, suggests otherwise.
Wales squad:
Prop: Nicky Smith (Ospreys), Wyn Jones (Scarlets), Gareth Thomas (Ospreys), Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Rhodri Jones (Ospreys), Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Blues).
Hooker: Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Ryan Elias (Scarlets), Kristian Dacey (Cardiff Blues)
Second-row: Adam Beard (Ospreys), Seb Davies (Cardiff Blues), Cory Hill (Newport Gwent Dragons), Rory Thornton (Ospreys).
Back-row: Ollie Griffiths (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ellis Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues), Thomas Young (Wasps), Aaron Shingler (Scarlets).
Scrum-half: Aled Davies (Scarlets), Gareth Davies (Scarlets), Tomos Williams (Cardiff Blues).
Fly-half/full-back: Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), Sam Davies (Ospreys), Rhys Patchell (Scarlets), Owen Williams (Leicester Tigers).
Centre: Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), Scott Williams (Scarlets), Tyler Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons), Cory Allen (Ospreys).
Wing: Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), Steff Evans (Scarlets), Keelan Giles (Ospreys).
It comes after parents at one primary school reported that their children suffered nose bleeds, allergies and dry eyes after using the sports track.
Tests showed toxic substances present on the track, reported the Xinhua state news agency.
There have been reports of several similar cases in recent years.
All construction of new school athletic tracks has also been suspended, according to a statement by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission on Thursday.
However, this has done little to ease parents' concerns who protested against the safety standards last week.
"I can't stop worrying because this is just an order to examine all school tracks," Li, who participated in the protest told the BBC.
Her 8-year-old child attends the Baiyunlu campus of the Beijing No.2 Experimental Elementary School.
Another parent who did not want to be named said: "They haven't decided to remove the current one that's causing the sickness. My son still has to go to this school every day."
Netizens alike have been expressing anger at the health and safety standards present in schools within the city.
On Chinese micro-blog Weibo, #ToxicSchoolTrackResurfaced and #ToxicSchoolTrack were trending, as users complained about poor standards.
One user said: "These people would do anything to gain profit. They are poisoning our next generation."
Another post mentioned that "similar cases had happened recently", but that none of the "responsible parties were punished".
The Education Commission has ordered that the track be covered in protective coating, and promised to track down those responsible, said the Global Times.
However, more attention must also be paid to other schools outside Beijing, said Li demanding that the Ministry of Education "set up a special team to investigate all sports fields and ban problematic contractors from building school tracks around the nation".
Similar cases have occurred in provinces like Changzhou, Sichuan and Jiangsu.
Last November, authorities in Shenzhen tore up an athletics track after tests showed it contained more than 140 times the permitted level of methylbenzene, a toxic chemical, according to the Beijing Bulletin.
In what was reported to be an even more severe case, nearly 500 Chinese students allegedly developed dermatitis, blood abnormalities, leukaemia and lymphoma at a school in Changzhou in April, thought to be a result of air, soil and water toxins.
The school is located next to a former industrial site.
Shares in the health food-focused supermarket chain shot up more than 23% after the announcement.
The Fresh Market- which has 186 stores across the US - said in October it was looking for potential buyers.
The Fresh Market's founder, Ray Berry, and his son Brett Berry agreed to roll over their 9.8% stake in the company and will stay on after the purchase.
The Fresh Market's chief executive officer, Rick Anicetti, said the deal "recognises the value of The Fresh Market's strong brand and significant growth prospects, while providing stockholders with an immediate and substantial premium".
Apollo will pay $28.50 a share, a 24% premium on the stock's closing price at the end of last week.
The Fresh Market has been working to grow its footprint and challenge high-end competitors like Whole Foods.
The deal is expected to close in the second quarter for 2016.
Officers were called to reports of an altercation between two men on Shakespeare Avenue in the town at about 01:50 on Sunday.
The injured man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
The suspect was believed to have been carrying a weapon. He was described as wearing a black hooded top and black trousers.
Detective Constable Bruce Fyfe from Clydebank CID said: "Inquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances surrounding how this man came about his injuries.
"Officers are currently examining CCTV footage to try and trace the suspect and I would ask anyone who saw a man matching the description in the area around the time of the incident to get in touch."
The midfielder, 24, has penned a three-year deal at the Stadium of Light.
He was Blues' top scorer last season with 10 goals in all competitions, and helped the side win the Carling Cup in February before they were relegated to the Championship in May.
Gardner has joined Ji Dong-won, Connor Wickham, Seb Larsson and Keiren Westwood in moving to Wearside.
Gardner told SAFC TV: "It's unbelievable, to be honest. As soon as I found out Sunderland were interested, it was a no-brainer.
"Obviously, I have heard so much about [manager] Steve Bruce and his backroom staff and how good a chairman Niall Quinn is.
"It's such a massive club and their ambitions for this season meet my ambitions, and it was too good to turn down."
South Korea striker Dong-won completed his transfer from Chunnam Dragons to Sunderland for an undisclosed fee just hours before Gardner sealed his move on Thursday.
Dong-won, 20, is the second striker to join the Black Cats in as many days following 18-year-old Wickham's £8.1m switch from Championship outfit Ipswich.
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce signed goalkeeper Westwood and winger Larsson from Coventry and Birmingham respectively on free transfers.
Gardner believes the signings demonstrate the club's desire for success.
"It means that the club wants to go places," he added. "Obviously, we want to finish as high up the table as we can. We want to be in Europe next year and it's a great task to go and chase.
"It's a good goal for us. We can go and do it, and I am sure we will."
Shabina Begum and her grandchildren Adyan Parwaiz Kayani, nine, Amaan, seven and nine-week-old Minahil, died along with their aunt Anum Parwaiz.
Mrs Begum had the opportunity to escape the fire on Wake Road in Sheffield but wanted to rescue the children.
Det Con Joe Hall described her actions as "immensely brave".
Giving evidence at the inquest in Sheffield, another of Mrs Begum's daughters Sadaf Parwaiz described how she and her mother unsuccessfully tried to fight the fire in the lounge of the terraced house last April.
She said her mother opened the front door and had a chance to escape but wanted to save the children.
Ms Parwaiz told the inquest she noticed a "sparkle" in the lounge when she came down to collect her mobile phone shortly after midnight.
She said it quickly developed into a fire after electrical equipment in the room exploded.
Firefighter Barry Ainsworth said it was the hottest domestic fire he had been to in his 25 years of service.
Fire investigator Andrew Strelczenie told the inquest it was the largest loss of life South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue had had to deal with for a number of years and "it's taken quite some time to get over it".
The inquest continues.
Bradley Logan, 10, from Lisburn, died from a condition known as catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT).
He collapsed at a funfair in Newcastle in County Down in August 2015.
But Belfast Coroners' Court heard he had collapsed twice in the months before his death.
Doctors at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children were unable to diagnose his condition.
The coroner said that on the balance of probabilities the outcome for Bradley Logan would have been different if a diagnosis of CPVT had been made on either of his two visits to the hospital.
In a statement the Logan family said: "Unfortunately, two very clear opportunities were missed by the Belfast Trust to diagnose and treat Bradley's condition".
They added: "It is our sincere wish that the inquest will help to raise the profile of this hidden killer and that the protocol will be stringently enforced across all of the local health care trusts to help avoid the possibility of another young life being lost."
In the UK, Andrew Heys is searching for news of his wife Lanicar, who lived with her family in the Philippines while waiting for her UK visa to be approved.
She was in the city of Tacloban in Leyte province when Typhoon Haiyan hit - one of the worst-affected areas.
For the moment, all Andrew can do is wait in his home near Leicester and hope for good news.
"I have not heard anything at all from Lanicar since the typhoon hit on Thursday night.
"I've contacted the Red Cross by email and haven't heard anything back, but I suppose they are just so busy trying to locate people.
"I managed to speak with her cousin who lives in Cebu city, but it's the same in the Philippines as it is here - no-one can get in touch with Tacloban.
"Lanicar is still a Filipino citizen, so the UK Embassy can't help.
"We only married on 26 September, so we've only been married a month.
"Lanicar is a paediatric nurse and was going through the visa application process to get here to the UK.
"It's a very difficult and time-consuming process and she is living with her family in Tacloban while we go through it. We speak on the internet every day.
"Her father died a year ago and she went with her family to the island of Biliran where her father lived to be there for the anniversary.
"Her mother and one of her brothers are on this small island and I would imagine they have been badly affected also.
"Lanicar returned to Tacloban on Thursday with her brother and aunt, but because they had been away to a remote area for such an emotional event they weren't aware of the typhoon alerts.
"We knew that Tacloban would lose power as the government had said there would be a power outage due to the concern of flooding.
"I was speaking with her on the internet until the power went down on Thursday, and we were prepared for that.
"But we weren't expecting the devastation caused by the typhoon to be this horrific.
"Now the news just gets worse and worse.
"I'm seeing footage on the TV constantly showing areas that I know are just streets away from her home.
"Lanicar is strong and highly intelligent and I am sure she will be very resourceful for her family.
"She is a wonderful woman who is admired and loved by everyone who knows her.
"I am the luckiest man on earth to have her in my life.
"I should be by her side now, whatever the conditions there.
"I'm on the brink of getting on a plane to Cebu city and seeing if I can get across to Tacloban on a boat.
"It's so difficult to know what to do. Would I be allowed to do that?
"And once I got there, would I just be another mouth to feed?"
Now it seems the main point served by the discussions was to provide unionist negotiators with something to boycott.
Although it might be desirable to find a long-term resolution to the entrenched problems of flags, parades and the past, the main priority over the next few weeks and months will be keeping people safe and keeping the wheels of government turning.
The suspension of the North South Council meeting in Dublin is potentially more alarming than the talks walkout.
The North/South Ministerial Council is one of the institutions linked under the Good Friday Agreement to the assembly and the executive, and the failure to hold the meeting meant the postponement of an announcement on two cross-border rail projects.
From a public relations perspective, though, it's clear unionist leaders wouldn't have relished a photo opportunity with their Sinn Féin counterparts and Irish government ministers just when they want to be seen reflecting the anger of ordinary loyalists over the Parades Commission's Ardoyne determination.
Another political pressure point worth keeping an eye on will be next Tuesday's planned meeting of the Stormont Executive.
Does that go ahead and, if not, what impact might there be on outstanding budgetary decisions, known in the jargon as 'June monitoring'?
The Stormont institutions have survived protest action before - for example Sinn Féin's five-month boycott of executive meetings over the delay in devolving justice back in 2008.
Unionists say they want to provide a "safety valve" showing loyalists there is an alternative to violent street disorder.
If the UDA and UVF honour assurances the unionists claim to have been given to ensure all protests are peaceful, then the boycott of rudderless inter-party discussions may seem a small price to pay.
However, once political parties embark on protests it can lead to tit for tat responses from their opponents.
Let's hope Stormont doesn't fall foul of Robert K. Merton's law of unintended consequences, one of the causes of which the American sociologist defined as a tendency to allow immediate concerns to override long-term interests.
Note: Since I wrote this blog the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson told me the decision to postpone the North/South Council meeting was not part of the joint unionist "graduated response", but the consequence of unionist ministers being too busy in meetings in Belfast about parades to attend the Dublin gathering.
That said, we have yet to have any clarity on whether executive meetings will be impacted as a result of the proposed unionist protest action.
However an statement from the Orange Order has emphasised the need for any protests to be "lawful and peaceful" adding that violence will "only play into the hands of our enemies".
Officers made the discovery in the Hossack Drive area on Friday, following an intelligence-led operation.
A 31-year-old woman has been charged in connection with being concerned with supplying controlled drugs. She is expected to appear at Elgin Sheriff Court later.
Ch Insp Stewart Mackie said he wanted to make Moray a "hostile area" for those involved in illegal drug supply.
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More than half of cases related to people that had gone missing at least once before, with one person reported missing 170 times.
The figures were revealed during a two-day conference on missing people, being held at Abertay University in Dundee.
Police Scotland said the figures showed that more support was needed for vulnerable people who go missing.
More than three quarters of missing people are located within 24 hours, according to the figures. However, about 1% are never traced.
Police Scotland said it had recorded about 40,000 missing person "incidents" in the past year, with men accounting for 58% of missing people, while 53% were aged between 13 and 16.
Speaking at the conference, Assistant Chief Constable Andy Cowie, said: "Since April 2016, we have been compiling data on missing persons and the first full year of information provides us with a very clear picture of who goes missing and the locations from which they go missing.
"It is also illustrative of the non-crime related demand on Scotland's police service.
"People go missing for a broad range of reasons and usually voluntarily. But we also know that the majority of people who go missing are vulnerable."
99%
Traced safe and well
54%
Repeat missing person
54% Males
53% Aged between 13 and 16
76% Returned within 24 hours
Mr Cowie said the issue showed the kind of pressure that was being placed on police resources.
He added: "We recognise we simply cannot do that alone. We need our partners and communities to work with us to protect those most at risk of going missing and prevent missing person episodes wherever possible."
The conference features speakers and delegates from across the world.
Dr Penny Woolnough, from Abertay University who works as an adviser to the police on missing people, said the event was the first of its kind to be hosted in Scotland.
She added: "It is the only international conference which sees multi-disciplinary academics, practitioners and policy makers come together to explore and discuss the full range of issues associated with the challenges faced by those who are missed, those who are charged with responding to missing and those who are affected by missing in its broadest sense."
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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.
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For George Osborne today, there was another word that both leapt out and summed up what the Budget was all about.
By my calculations, he used it five times in the first two-and-a-half minutes.
That word: "Choose."
Which is just what the country has to do in 50 days' time - polling day.
He even used the phrase "we choose the future".
Literally, it's something we all have little option but to do.
Rhetorically, it amounted to this: it's them (Labour) or us.
Think of today as the equivalent of you or me being able to turn up at a job interview a day early - and have a crack before anyone else at trying to get the gig.
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That's the opportunity the chancellor had, to try to translate an increasingly perky-looking economy into votes for the Conservatives in May.
So that is why very early on there were direct, specific references to those he needs to court: "This Budget backs... savers and pensioners... the self-employed, the small business-owner and the homebuyer."
He also aimed to close off the attack lines the Tories anticipate from Labour during the election campaign, particularly over the scale of cuts to come.
Ever since the Autumn Statement in December, the chancellor's mini Budget, Labour has regularly been quoting the independent Office for Budget Responsibility's projection at the time.
The OBR said the spending plans Mr Osborne set out then would see "government consumption of goods and services" - or government spending - fall to its lowest level, as a share of national income, since 1938.
But today the chancellor said the squeeze on public spending would end a year earlier than previously announced and it would rise in line with economic growth in 2019/20 - meaning, as he put it, "state spending as a share of our national income the same size as Britain had in the year 2000".
Or, when Tony Blair was prime minister.
And, sure enough, those referees the OBR agree. On page five of their document published today, it says: "Public spending as a share of GDP no longer falls to a post-war low in 2019-20."
So what else was in there?
The electoral biscuit tin was out, and a few jammy dodgers offered to marginal constituencies, name checked here and there.
Burton, Keighley, Castle Point, Norwich North - they all got a mention.
So what did Labour have to say in response?
It is arguably the hardest day in the job for a Leader of the Opposition - being forced to reply to something he has only just heard, reliant on scraps of paper being handed to him in the chamber, the brain waves of his backroom team holed up somewhere nearby.
In essence, and as you would expect, he wanted to play what he sees as Labour's greatest hits in the election campaign: the NHS and the potential scale of cuts to come under the Tories.
Those cuts, he insisted, would still be "extreme" under the Conservatives.
Of course, there would be cuts under Labour as well.
And he picked up on George Osborne barely mentioning the health service - something Mr Miliband described as a "glaring omission".
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The cryoshape procedure, carried out at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, involves pumping liquid nitrogen through a special needle into the scar.
Marc Jenkins, 43, was one of the first patients to have the treatment, which takes about one hour to complete.
He said he was "really happy" after scarring on his left earlobe, which was pierced when he was younger, vanished.
So far, four patients have undergone treatment and six more are due.
Mr Jenkins, of Pyle, Bridgend county, said his scarring had not responded to several operations and treatments over the past 15 years.
"Psychologically, the last 15 years have been difficult. Hopefully all that is over now," he said.
"I'm really happy with what they've done. It's amazing. The idea of it is brilliant, I'm fascinated by it."
Max Murison, plastic surgeon and laser specialist, said: "We are now able to remove abnormal scars with a new technique that was developed in Scandinavia.
"It was discovered that people who get frostbite don't get bad scars. They heal beautifully."
He carried out the first procedure in January after receiving approval for funding by Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board.
Neath Port Talbot Hospital is currently the only hospital in Wales carrying out the procedure, and one of few in the UK.
The 34-year-old father-of-two died after being hit by a vehicle that mounted a central reservation in Wallasey on 5 October.
Clayton Williams, 18, appeared via videolink at Liverpool Crown Court and a trial date of next March was set.
He is also accused of attempting to wound another officer, aggravated theft of a motor vehicle and burglary.
Mr Williams is due to be tried in Preston alongside four other defendants in connection with PC Phillips' death.
They also appeared via videolink at the preliminary hearing. No pleas have yet been entered.
Philip Stuart, 30, of Prenton, Wirral, is accused of burglary and aggravated vehicle-taking and death caused by an accident.
Georgia Clarke, 19 and Dawn Cooper, 34, of Wallasey, and Michael Smith, 19, from Liverpool, are all accused of assisting an offender.
A trial, expected to last three weeks, has been set for 7 March at Preston Crown Court.
All five defendants were remanded in custody.
A further plea and case management hearing will be held at Liverpool Crown Court on 8 January.
Nearly 40 bottles of Scotch are now shipped overseas each second, contributing nearly £4bn to the UK's balance of payments.
But its success has come at a price.
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) now works 24/7 blocking attempts by companies around the world to pass off their products as "Scotch" in order to boost their own profits.
In a new report, the industry body revealed proceedings were authorised against 19 different brands last year, covering Belgium, China, Curacao, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Scotland.
Scotch whisky is protected as a Geographical Indication (GI), meaning it can only be produced in Scotland, according to UK rules.
But that hasn't stopped imitators, who have come up with ingenious ways to try to get around protection laws.
Scotch whisky facts and figures 2014
•Exports generated about £3.95bn - the equivalent of £125 every second
•Thirty-eight bottles bottles were shipped overseas each second
•More than 10,000 people are directly employed in the industry
•Some 115 distilleries are licensed to produce Scotch
•Scotch whisky accounts for around a quarter of all UK food and drink exports
Source: Scotch Whisky Association
SWA director of legal affairs, Magnus Cormack, says his organisation currently has 60 to 70 active legal cases in 30 different countries, as well as about 300 trademark oppositions in upwards of 20 nations.
He says issues can range from simple fraud - passing off drinks as Scotch whisky when they are not - to subtle attempts to dress up products to look like Scotch.
Last year it acted against a brand called Highlander in Bulgaria.
The labelling stated that the product was a "Grain Alcoholic Drink with Malt", depicted a Scottish bagpiper in full Highland dress and used one of Scotland's most famous castles, Eilean Donan, as its background.
Having reached the conclusion that the product was being passed off as Scotch whisky, legal proceedings were taken against the company before the Sofia City Court. The SWA succeeded in having the Highlander mark removed from the country's trademark register.
"The means by which somebody can pretend that a product is Scotch whisky defy numeration," says Mr Cormack.
"Sometimes it will be very subtle indeed - it may just be the use of an English language brand name in a country where English is not the main language spoken. In those countries, people assume that a whisky labelled in English must be a Scotch whisky."
SWA's legal department has a team of eight working on protecting Scotch, including five lawyers.
It also employs a specialist trademark watching service which generates about 400 alerts per month from all over the world.
In addition, it picks up information from Scotch whisky producers who have spotted potentially fake products in overseas markets.
"With the litigation internationally we have to draw on the expertise of lawyers in other countries to actually do the groundwork," says Mr Cormack.
"I like to put it by saying that we fashion the bullets and the lawyers abroad fire them."
India has kept the lawyers busier than most other countries over the past decade. SWA is currently opposing more than 100 trademark applications there.
Last year, SWA launched a court action over the proposed launch of an Indian whisky with the name Scotia Imperial, or Scosia Imperial, which also featured a tartan design.
The company involved claimed that, according to the dictionary, "Scotia" was an architectural term relating to "a concave moulding, especially at the base of the column" and that "in conventional distilleries the distillation columns have a concave base".
It also argued that "every design with a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical is not a tartan design".
SWA subsequently secured a court order which included a ban on the drink producer using the words "Scotia" or "Scosia" or any tartan design on any whisky other than Scotch.
Mr Cormack says: "There are a number of ingenious arguments that people come up with.
"My favourite is a brand in India called Scotch Terrier. The defendant in that particular case argued that this had nothing to do with trying to pass the product off as Scotch whisky, it was just the name of his dog.
"The court did not accept that argument."
But problems can also arise in more mature markets.
According to Mr Cormack, Australian local authorities have been reluctant to take action against companies accused of producing fake whisky, forcing the trade body to take on litigation by itself.
He added: "In other countries we find that we can rely very heavily on the administrative authorities.
"China is a good example. As the Chinese market took off, so imitators followed. A lot of products were falsely described as Scotch whisky and we would report those to the local authorities, who would take action.
"And in China the penalties can be quite high and people can go to prison. So that's been quite a deterrent factor."
Mr Cormack agrees that SWA's attempts to stamp out deceptive behaviour can resemble the old arcade game whack-a-mole.
"That is a very fair analogy," he says. "Sometimes we will take action against a particular company and a particular brand, and the company will re-emerge in another guise with another brand and we have to do it all over again.
"There are certain companies that we've had to take proceedings against on a number of occasions, and each time the penalty the company suffers tends to get higher, and we hope that eventually they will see that the profits are not worth it, or non-existent."
Mr Cormack adds: "The value of the brand Scotch whisky is really incalculable.
"At the moment Scotch whisky can only be produced in Scotland.
"If the geographic description Scotch whisky came to mean simply that it was just a type of whisky which could be distilled anywhere, that would be a disaster for the Scottish economy and for the British economy.
"It's what happened to London Gin. At one time it was only produced in London - now it just means a type of gin which is produced worldwide, and London distillers have missed out on an opportunity.
"So I think the value of protecting Scotch whisky is essential. But for a protected name, there would be no industry."
Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team will keep vehicles and equipment at Durham's Community Fire Station.
It will also be based at a new £3.78m quad station in Barnard Castle incorporating the county's fire, police and ambulance services.
Deputy team leader Steve Owers said finding people in semi-urban areas now accounted for half of its call-outs.
Tracking down children and people with dementia or depression, who were unlikely to survive another night outdoors, had doubled the team's workload, he said.
Having a base in Durham, the centre of the county, means rescuers have easier access to equipment, cutting response times.
"Building a relationship with police officers and firefighters on the ground that we're going to be meeting in incidents is really important," Mr Owers said.
The new rescue centre in Durham is named after former rescuer Chris Scott, who died in 2014, aged 75.
They said that the bomber was on foot and targeted a bus carrying the troops.
The Taliban say that they carried out the attack, the first by them in the capital for more than a week.
Kabul's police chief resigned at the end of last month following a surge in attacks by Afghan militants on foreigners in the city.
President Ashraf Ghani, who took power in September, has vowed to bring peace after decades of conflict.
But Kabul has been regularly subjected to Taliban bombings, with the military, police and government officials all targeted.
The Taliban have stepped up attacks in Afghanistan as most foreign combat troops prepare to leave the country later this month.
As part of the agreement on the withdrawal of foreign combat troops, some 12,000 Nato soldiers will remain to train and advise Afghan security forces from 1 January.
A separate US-led force will assist Afghan troops in some operations against the Taliban.
From 6 May, the road will be reduced to one lane at weekends, between Newhouse and Baillieston, for three months.
This will allow for demolition of Bo'ness Road bridge, which crosses the A8 at Chapelhall, and construction of a widened bridge at Shawhead junction.
Work to upgrade the M8, M73 and M74 is due to be completed in spring 2017.
Graeme Reid, project manager for the M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project, said: "These works have been scheduled to take place over the weekends to avoid disruption to commuters during the morning and evening peaks.
"Two lanes will be reinstated in each direction ahead of the Monday morning rush hour."
A contraflow will be introduced on approach to the Chapelhall and Shawhead junctions, reducing traffic to one lane in each direction from 20:00 on Friday to 06:00 on Monday, for the next two weekends - 6-9 May and 13-16 May.
Following the initial two weekends, the contraflow at Chapelhall junction will be removed.
However, the weekend reduction to one lane in both directions on approach to Shawhead junction will remain in place for about three months.
Mr Reid added: "We're working closely with our contractor, Scottish Roads Partnership, to minimise the disruption to road users as a result of this work, and these restrictions will not be in place during the May Bank Holiday weekend (28-29 May), or during the weekend the Scottish Cup Final takes place at Hampden Park (21-22 May).
"Whilst we're doing everything we can to minimise the disruption, delays will be inevitable, so we're asking motorists to check the Transport Scotland and Traffic Scotland websites for updates on this key route between Glasgow and Edinburgh, to plan their journeys in advance and to look at taking an alternative route if possible."
The motorway improvements project began in February 2014 and is scheduled for completion in spring 2017.
The work will upgrade the M8, M73 and M74 near Glasgow.
The work will see upgrading of the M8 between Baillieston and Newhouse to motorway standard.
This will require upgrades to the connections to the M73 motorway at Baillieston and a new junction at Shawhead, which will connect to the A725 East Kilbride road.
There will also be new junctions at Eurocentral and Chapelhall.
Improvements to the Raith Interchange near Hamilton in Lanarkshire include realignment of the A725.
There will be an underpass for the A725 and bridges carrying the Raith roundabout.
The improvements are expected to cut journey times by up to 18 minutes for the busiest sections of the M8.
Europe is estimated to have 10-12 million Roma, many of them concentrated in eastern, former communist countries.
Back in 2005 the Decade of Roma Inclusion was launched - a global initiative by the EU, UN and World Bank to improve housing, jobs, health and education for the Roma.
The BBC's Delia Radu visited Roma in Romania and Slovakia to find out what, if anything, was achieved by that initiative.
The top picture shows Constantin Moldovan and his children on the outskirts of Ocna Sibiului, a town in Romania's central Transylvania region.
Desperately poor, they often skip meals and the family of 11 squeezes into a two-room, crumbling house.
The community lives under steep slopes prone to landslides - so locals call them "People of the Ravines".
"Of course we're scared whenever the earth comes down," said Mr Moldovan, as a hissing noise accompanied a minor shower of sand and clay.
"But what can we do? The local authorities aren't interested in giving us any help," he complained.
Across the road lives Petruta Paraschiva Otvos. When I visited 10 years ago she told me how she had been buried alive in a landslide in her backyard, then dug out by her neighbours and taken to hospital.
Since then she has done menial jobs in Spain, together with her four children, and they managed to build this new home, with four rooms for four families.
She is proud to have a two-storey house, but told me they often skipped meals, too, to save money. She often borrows money from neighbours to buy bread and medicines for her disabled husband, who lost a leg many years ago and has only a meagre pension.
The poorest of the poor in Ocna Sibiului carve out a hole in the hillside and call it home: social housing from Mother Nature.
A Roma woman in her 40s lives in this cave dwelling. She works as a cleaner.
The local authorities say anyone who lives in a cave dwelling isn't a native of the town. They say the poor Roma get a lot of aid but waste it.
When I asked about the landslide danger, the authorities said they had provided plots of safer land elsewhere in the town.
But that begs a question: if the poorest Roma cannot afford decent food and clothing, how can they afford to build a new house from scratch?
The cave dwellings are not new: they were featured in a 1936 magazine article entitled "The poorest people in Romania".
The plight of the "troglodytes" back then was recorded by The Illustrated Reality.
Roma have had settled communities in Europe for centuries, but are often treated as outsiders. Their roots go back to India - their nomadic ancestors brought with them a language related to Sanskrit.
Some of Transylvania's Roma have prospered.
Ilie and Rodica Ciociu and their grandson live in Apoldu de Sus. They are among the minority of Roma who have stable jobs.
Ilie runs his own small business, having finished a business course. Ten years ago he was in the wool trade, constantly fearing that the police would seize his merchandise. But now he is in the Roma Party and a local councillor.
Rodica handles Roma health issues. But in the summer she picks strawberries in Germany, like some other Roma in the village who get seasonal work on German farms. That earns them enough to improve their homes - and sometimes they can live off their earnings for months.
Many other Roma in Apoldu de Sus live in ramshackle mud houses. Ilie Pasu's mud house collapsed and now he lives in a shipping container, to which he added a flimsy roof.
A report on the Decade of Roma Inclusion acknowledged that poor housing remained a persistent problem in Roma communities.
Ilie Pasu shares this cramped container with five children and his pregnant wife. He is looking for work.
In a 2013 survey by the EU's Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), 27% of Roma men complained of discrimination when looking for work, based on their ethnicity.
Ten years ago when I visited Apoldu de Sus I met Roma who said Romanian employers avoided them because of their Roma identity.
The bleak district of Ferentari is not far from the centre of Romania's capital Bucharest.
About half of Ferentari's residents are Roma. Most people call this street "the ghetto", though its real name is "Orchards Alley". It is the most deprived and arguably the most dangerous street in Bucharest.
The locals live in overcrowded flats, mostly in one room without any central heating or gas. The area is rife with drugs and in the park nearby there is a bin for needles. Rubbish uncollected for weeks litters the streets.
In Slovakia more than 5,000 Roma live crammed into a shanty town in Jarovnice, separated from their Slovak neighbours.
It is the largest Roma settlement in Slovakia, where Roma complain that ghettoisation is particularly deep-rooted.
Sometimes walls keep Roma out of ethnic Slovak neighbourhoods.
In Jarovnice's case, the dividing line is a polluted creek.
According to the UN children's agency Unicef, in Eastern Europe only 20% of Roma children are enrolled in primary school.
In 2005, many Roma children in Jarovnice skipped school, especially during the winter. The reason was very simple: they had no shoes.
A decade on, extreme poverty still keeps many Roma children away from school. Those who do attend do not mix with their Slovak peers. Most Slovak parents bus their children to a school outside the village.
That segregation prompted the EU to launch a discrimination case against Slovakia.
A rare success story in the The Decade of Roma Inclusion was the creation of a fund providing grants for Roma children. As a result, the number of Roma children who finish secondary school is growing.
Delia Radu's radio documentary was broadcast on BBC World Service.
The move follows the nomination of Hindu hardline politician Yogi Adityanath as chief minister.
Most are owned by Muslims who make up 18% of the state's population.
Mr Adityanath opposes the slaughter and consumption of cows, considered sacred by India's Hindu majority.
Reports say that immediately after taking office, one of his first acts was to instruct police officials to crack down on "illegal" slaughterhouses in the state.
Locals allege, however, that many of the businesses did not kill cows, but animals like goats and buffalo, the slaughter of which is legal.
India traders fear 'meat crackdown'
They say shops are being shut on technicalities, such as environmental norms. They also say that despite applying for licences they are yet to receive them.
Atul Kumar, a senior official in the state government, earlier told the BBC that the administration was mulling a simplified system to address concerns about granting licences.
Many families say that their livelihoods are at stake, as they have been owning and running these shops for generations.
Chaudhry Iqbal Qureshi, the head of a meat traders association, told BBC Hindi that people were being harassed by authorities which was also why they were striking.
Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, is also the largest meat-producing state.
The state government is estimated to earn more than 110bn rupees ($1.7bn; £1.3bn) a year from the industry.
The Ospreys lock, 31, has seen it all in his 105 caps for his country - two Grand Slams and the dubious honour of being the only member of the current squad to have been on the losing side against the Azzurri.
When it comes to being named captain of his country for the Six Nations tournament, however, he believes it should be straightforward.
"I'm going to sound like a broken record but if I'm playing well then hopefully it's easy to captain a side," said Jones, who succeeds Sam Warburton as skipper.
"With the strong leadership group we have, it is a pretty easy job.
"The only comparison I have to [captaining] over a period of time is with the Ospreys.
"In times of transition it can be difficult when you lose senior players - but I'm fortunate to have a strong senior player base here."
Interim head coach Rob Howley has named a starting XV to face Italy averaging more than 45 caps a man, and including Jones' predecessor Warburton on the blind-side flank.
With Wales attempting to adopt a more open, attacking style and seven uncapped players named in the squad for the tournament, many had expected a younger-looking team.
Jones defended the decision to opt for experience over youth against the weakest team - statistically - in the tournament.
"I vowed not to talk too much about selection, but we did say we've been respectful to Italy but also put the pressure on the players who have been selected," said Jones.
"There's been cries for more changes and blooding of youngsters, which will happen in time, I'm sure of it.
"But do we want to expose them to a potential banana skin?
"And then it's a vicious circle and selection becomes more of a talking point than the team. Hopefully we won't get to that."
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Jones was in the team that lost 23-20 to Italy in 2007 when captain Gareth Thomas opted to kick for touch rather than take a shot at goal to draw the match.
Having told Wales they had time for the line-out, referee Chris White then ruled time was up and Italy celebrated their second win over Wales.
In the same situation today, and with a revised point system for this year's championship, Jones would take the draw.
"These are the decisions that potentially arise for a team and you'd potentially take the two points rather than a loss and get nothing," he said.
"Hopefully we don't get to those circumstances but we've got to be aware of the points system that's in place and the implications it could have later in the tournament."
With bonus points being introduced to the Six Nations this year, what would Jones do if Wales were leading by a few points having already scored three tries and had a penalty that could potentially make the game safe?
"With this I can wholeheartedly say I'd have to feel it in the game - if I feel we're in the ascendancy, and depending how many players they've got on the park," he said.
"I know what I'd lean to because I know what the fallout would be and you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't."
Would he lean towards being conservative?
"Potentially, because you look how wide open the tournament is. But it's definitely a feel thing. You have to justify the decisions when you make them and hopefully we won't have to make them."
Italy captain Sergio Parisse was man of the match in their controversial win against Wales in 2007 and is still their key player a decade later.
Jones is full of admiration for the back-row legend, but says Wales cannot concentrate on him alone.
"If you focus on one person or any player too much you can potentially open holes for other members of the opposition," he said.
"We have a defensive system in place that will defend the ball not the player.
"I think the thing now is they've got [coaching team] Mike Catt, Conor O'Shea and Brendan Venter who will potentially make them more dangerous.
"And you throw in the fact they had a good win over South Africa in the autumn, so it's a tricky one to call."
Jones has been there with Ospreys, Wales and Lions and has all the T-shirts.
He might just be the ideal man to guide a team through a Roman field full of banana skins - and he can rely on the fact most of them have done it successfully before.
Since January four fire services have worked with the North East Ambulance Service to respond to life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrests.
During the trial, firefighters attended 2,904 patients - more than 1,800 in the Durham and Darlington area.
Ambulance service bosses have now agreed to extend the trial until at least February 2017.
Fire crews have been equipped with a medical kit with the aim of helping to improve survival rates when they are first on the scene.
Ambulance service operations manager Gareth Campbell said: "Demand on the ambulance service has increased by nearly 20% since 2007, meaning we receive a new 999 call every 65 seconds.
"Over the last six months, fire crews have been able to reach the scene of many incidents and deliver lifesaving care in those first critical minutes until an ambulance clinician has arrived, thereby improving the survival rates of our patients. "
He said the programme would continue to be monitored closely.
The Newport rap act was due to appear at the Cardiff lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender festival on 25 August.
However, organisers said they were "deeply troubled at the thought that any members of our community might be left upset by one of our acts".
A spokesman for the band has been asked to comment.
In a statement, event organisers said: "Since announcing the act we have received feedback from the general public regarding the appropriateness of this booking - and want to listen to these concerns and act upon them."
The statement added organisers were "deeply troubled" an act might leave some attendees upset "during a time when they should be feeling most celebratory and proud".
They apologised for the "misjudgement" but when asked about specific reasons, a spokeswoman refused to elaborate further.
Goldie Lookin' Chain have had singles including their 2003 song Your Mother's Got a Penis.
The event takes place between 25 and 27 August.
More than 1,000 people took part in a parade at last year's event.
Thomas Bow City Asphalt built landmarks including the Raleigh factory extension and the University of Nottingham's Trent Building.
It was set up after founder Lawrence Bow arrived in Nottingham in 1867.
Chairman Alistair Bow said the company's connection to the city was a source of pride for the family.
Mr Bow, who is among the sixth generation to run the firm, said: "You can't drive more than a quarter of a mile without going past an old Thomas Bow landmark.
"It's something I'm immensely proud of and I know my dad would have been, to think you could still be working and operating with the same company name 150 years later."
The company, which was named after the founder's son, is trying to track down former employees to help extend the Thomas Bow archive.
Commercial manager Andrew Jackaman said: "It could be as simple as a picture of a relative on a building site or it could be anecdotes.
"All this pieced together to give us a bit more of a history."
The firm was responsible for the Raleigh factory extension, which was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1952, and the extensions to the former Wilford Power Station.
The company also built a number of smaller buildings all over the city including the former branch of Barclays Bank in the Old Market Square.
Thousands of homes and some schools were also built by Thomas Bow in Nottingham city between 1921 and 1960.
John Clayton, 72, said he wanted to halt the race during 2013's Snowman Rally because motorsport enthusiasts were standing too close to the track.
Mr Clayton managed to have the rally stopped but there were still cars on the track and one of them crashed.
Spectator Joy Robson, 51, from Skye, died after being injured in the crash.
A joint fatal accident inquiry is being held into the death of Mrs Robson as well as the deaths of three people - Iain Provan, Elizabeth Allan, both of Barrhead, and Len Stern, of Bearsden, - at the Jim Clark Rally near Coldstream in the Borders in 2014.
Mr Clayton, from Mull, said he wanted to stop the stage of the Snowman Rally near Drumnadrochit, south of Inverness, in order to keep enthusiasts standing at "inappropriate locations" safe.
He said there had not been an incident at this point, but felt he could not handle the situation if the rally continued.
Crown lawyer, advocate depute Andrew Brown QC, asked if people were "screaming" at him for trying to halt the event.
Mr Clayton replied: "Yes they were. And at other events people are screaming at you because you are spoiling their fun."
The inquiry heard how Mr Clayton was one of two marshals at a hairpin bend close to where Ms Robson was struck by a vehicle being driven by 31-year-old Graeme Schoneville.
The marshal asked for the rally to be stopped because he was concerned about the number of spectators arriving at the location, who were standing where it was not safe.
Mr Clayton told Mr Brown that he contacted the rally stage manager to convey his request.
He added: "I felt it was getting too dangerous. I was not happy with how things were developing."
The inquiry heard that Mr Clayton's request to stop the stage resulted in cars that had not started being stopped immediately.
However, there were six cars heading for the hairpin. The car which crashed was the fourth vehicle.
Mr Clayton said he heard a "bang bang" and saw the car spiralling up in the air.
The inquiry heard that the car went over the top of small trees before losing momentum and heading straight down..
The inquiry heard that people were running in all directions.
Mr Clayton told Mr Brown that following the collision involving Ms Robson, he helped a police inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
He said: "I gave a statement to the police. I spent about two hours in a police car speaking to officers back at the car park."
Mr Clayton told the inquiry that the incident had left event organisers traumatised.
He added: "I think everybody was in so much shock."
The inquiry, which is being heard before Sheriff Kenneth Maciver QC, continues.
The development on Herbert Street, near Atlantic Wharf, will feature a 25 storey tower and include study rooms, "dinner party rooms", a cinema and a "sky bar".
It was given approval by Cardiff councillors on Wednesday subject to conditions being met.
The council report noted the land had been vacant for about 20 years.
Linfield's encounter with Lurgan Celtic was scheduled for Friday, 1 April but it will now take place a day later.
The Friday night slot is now filled by the meeting between Premiership leaders Crusaders and Glenavon.
The reasons for the request include "potential public disorder, raised community tension and other events in the city on the evening of 1 April."
"After careful consideration the Challenge Cup Committee of the Irish FA has agreed to the formal request," said the IFA on Wednesday.
Lurgan Celtic provided a major upset in the quarter-finals with a 3-2 victory over Portadown at Shamrock Park.
Tennent's Irish Cup semi-finals (at Windsor Park)
Friday, 1 April - 19:45 BST
Glenavon v Crusaders
Saturday, 2 April - 15:00
Linfield v Lurgan Celtic
The person raised issues with the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme with the then Minister of Enterprise Trade and Investment, Arlene Foster.
She asked her officials to investigate.
But they did not believe the informant and the scheme continued until earlier this year when it was closed.
A subsequent investigation has upheld allegations that it was abused to raise money, an assembly committee has heard.
The Renewable Heat Incentive was intended to encourage businesses to switch from oil to wood pellet boilers.
An overgenerous subsidy, poor oversight, and guaranteed payments for two decades saw the costs rack up.
It saddled the taxpayer with a bill of up to £660m over 20 years to be paid out of the Stormont budget when the Treasury confirmed its support was limited.
Money saved from training and skills programmes has already been used to help offset the cost.
The assembly's Public Accounts Committee was today taking evidence from the permanent secretary of the Department of the Economy, formerly DETI. which was responsible for the scheme.
Andrew McCormick said it was a "cause of great concern" to him that departmental officials had not believed the allegations of abuse raised by the whistleblower.
They were brought to Ms Foster's attention in October 2013.
A team of around 10 officials had oversight of the allegations but they dismissed the claims and did not report back to the minister.
When officials realised there was a problem in the summer of 2015, and moved to cut the subsidy, there was a huge spike of applications in an attempt to beat the change.
It was finally shut in the early 2016.
The whistleblower was one of two to bring forward allegations. The other sent an anonymous letter to the first minister in January 2016.
It claimed that an empty farm shed was being heated for the subsidy and factories which did not need the heat were running large boilers 24 hours a day to earn money.
Carlisle's Brunton Park home was rendered unusable, and they are playing games at three alternative venues.
Coleman was frustrated because Stanley have had two League Two games postponed because of waterlogging.
"Can I start by apologising if I have caused any offence," he said.
In an open letter on the Accrington website he continued: "The quotes published were just a small snippet of a longer interview.
"In that interview, my sympathy for the people who have suffered massively from the floods was made abundantly clear.
"I have no issue with your football club, this was a catastrophic flood and I wish you the best of luck in overcoming the hardship it has caused."
Carlisle have been given a boost in their attempts to restore Brunton Park to a playable state after learning they are eligible to apply for contributions from the Premier League Fans Fund.
Keith Curle's side played the first of their 'home away from home' games at Preston's Deepdale ground last weekend, beating Notts County 3-0 in front of 3,067 fans.
They will also play matches at Blackburn's Ewood Park and Blackpool's Bloomfield Road.
"My main point over this whole affair is that it is now pot luck over whether a team plays Carlisle as an away fixture or on a neutral ground - how can this be fair?" Coleman continued.
"I am not suggesting for one minute that this is favouring Carlisle in the actual game - it clearly favours the opposition, which makes the victory over Notts County even more creditable.
"Could you imagine the league sanctioning the game on 6 February [between the two teams] being played at Ewood Park, which would be tantamount to a home game for us?
"The main benefactors from this whole situation are the possible handful of teams that will not have to face Carlisle United on their home pitch."
National League side Gateshead were forced to play games away from their International Stadium home at the end of the 2012-13 season after their pitch was deemed unsuitable for matches.
They played matches as far afield as Boston in Lincolnshire, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and coincidentally, Carlisle.
Meanwhile, Carlisle have released striker Kevin Osei, although the former Marseille player only started one of nine appearances for the club.
Steven Davidson admitted shaking the baby girl to her severe injury and danger of life at a house in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, on 3 October 2012.
The 23-year-old was looking after the child while her mother was asleep.
The child, now aged two, cannot sit upright or communicate and needs round-the-clock care.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lady Scott said Davidson's actions had resulted in truly tragic consequences for the child.
The judge said: "She suffered truly catastrophic injuries, causing very real danger to her life."
Defence counsel Ronnie Renucci said first offender Davidson had accepted full responsibility for the offence in "a truly tragic case".
He added that Davidson would regret it for the rest of his life.
He said Davidson had been suffering from toothache and had been up most of the night. The baby had been changed and was then sick and had to be changed again.
Mr Renucci said that in "a single moment of madness" he shook the child once and threw her down on a sofa.
He did not think that a soft sofa would cause such injuries.
The defence counsel said that it was a one-off isolated, catastrophic incident. He added: "It is a matter he deeply regrets."
A previous hearing was given medical evidence which showed that the child had been shaken and may have been hit against something.
Davidson was originally charged with attempted murder, but the Crown accepted his plea to a reduced charge.
Advocate depute Paul Kearney, prosecuting, outlined the consequences of the girl's injuries.
He said: "She has an acquired brain injury which has left her with a severe physical disability. She is not able to sit unaided and has restricted movement in her upper limbs.
"Although aged two she functions at the level of a child of four or five months. She can make sounds, but cannot speak. She is described as an engaging child and can smile, laugh and cry and use facial expressions, but is otherwise unable to communicate, even though she clearly wants to.
"The child cannot take solid food and will need a wheelchair."
The figures from exam regulator Ofqual showed a 10% increase in such cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
There were 374,000 requests approved for "special consideration" in marking this summer's GCSEs and A-levels.
The most common adjustment was worth 3% of the maximum exam mark.
The figures from Ofqual show that there was an even higher level of requests from schools for such special consideration - rising by 13% on the previous year to 415,200.
Only about 10% of these requests were rejected.
The extra marks are allowed because an exam candidate has faced an unexpected disadvantage, which could range from a minor illness to something more serious, such as a bereavement.
The exam regulator describes the criteria as "temporary injury, illness, indisposition or another unforeseen incident immediately before or during the exam's period".
It could also allow a student to receive a grade reflecting their ability if they were unable to attend an exam.
The maximum adjustment is 5%, such as a close family bereavement. A "minor illness on the day of the exam" could gain a pupil an extra 2%.
As well as these adjustments for unexpected problems, Ofqual says that candidates taking a further 209,900 exam papers were given special access arrangements because of a disability or a medical condition.
These numbers of special access cases are falling, both in terms of request and approvals.
But the most common request remains asking for an extra 25% time for candidates, which was allowed for 107,400 exam papers.
Other types of help included using a reading device or someone to act as a scribe, such as for people with problems with their sight.
The exam report from Ofqual also shows a sharp year-on-year rise in penalties on staff for "malpractice" in exams, up 62% to 97, although this was lower than in 2011.
The most common type of staff malpractice was giving "inappropriate assistance to candidates" and the most common penalty was a written warning.
There were also 135 penalties for exam malpractice for schools and colleges, almost all of which were written warnings.
Among pupils, there were 2,590 penalties from this summer's exams - similar to last year. The most common form of cheating was using "unauthorised material", which usually meant a mobile phone.
But there have been declining numbers caught trying to use mobiles - down for the fourth consecutive year to 814 cases.
More then 4,000 cannabis plants - enough to produce £2m of drugs each year - were seized in a raid on RGHQ Chilmark in February.
Martin Fillery, 45, Plamen Nguyen, 27, and Ross Winter, 30, pleaded guilty at Salisbury Crown Court to conspiracy to produce class B drugs and abstracting electricity.
They will be be sentenced on 11 August.
The former Ministry of Defence bunker was built in the 1980s to protect local dignitaries and government officials in the event of a nuclear attack.
Following a midnight raid Wiltshire Police made their biggest ever cannabis factory discovery.
Det Insp Simon Pope said: "The bunker itself had approximately 20 rooms inside over two floors, and almost every single room had been converted for the wholesale production of cannabis.
"In addition to the growing rooms, there were drying rooms, nurseries and living quarters for the growers - it was a sophisticated set up.
"In all it took approximately 10 days to completely search and clear the site."
Police said the gang had illegally abstracted approximately £250,000 worth of electricity for a setup "capable of producing a crop every six weeks".
Fillery, of Pedwell Hill, Ashcott, Bridgwater; Nguyen, of Bartholomews Square, Horfield, Bristol; and Ross Winter, of Maytree Avenue, Bristol, also faced charges of conspiring to hold another person in slavery/servitude.
But Wiltshire Police said these charges had been dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Steven Cook, from Sandbach, was 20 when he was last seen outside a pub in Malia asking for directions to his hotel.
Greek police have failed to find any concrete leads in their investigation into why he went missing in 2005.
His father Norman said posters with the new image would be circulated around the island.
Cheshire Police used photographs of different members of Steven's family when they were in their 20s to help construct the enhanced image.
Norman said that his family had never given up hope of finding Steven.
"It takes over your whole life. For the last five or six years we've led an unreal life.
"Every day, several times a day, either myself or members of my family are looking to see if any bit of information has come through on the internet and emails.
"We always look positively at what we can do. That way, it gets you through the dark days."
The image has now been posted on the Find Steven Cook website and anyone with any information in regard to Steven's disappearance - his whereabouts or his movements since 2005 - is asked to contact Cheshire Police.
The path between Four Crosses and Carreghofa, near Llanymynech, is open to walkers, cyclists and anglers. Canoe access points have also been created.
It is the final section of towpath to be upgraded as part of a £1m investment linking Newtown and Welshpool.
The work has been carried out by the Canal and River Trust in Wales, with help from Powys council and the Welsh government.
But her efforts have helped scientists in India devise a unique, non-invasive way to monitor the physiological health of wild elephants.
The key has been freeze-drying dung in the field to preserve the elephant's hormones.
As a result, scientists found stress levels in females were more conspicuous than in male elephants.
Over five years, Sanjeeta and her colleagues collected more than 300 samples from 261 elephants in the biodiversity-rich Western Ghats area.
She explained her technique: "I used to hide and observe till the elephant defecated and moved away."
She told the BBC: "These samples mean a lot to me."
The aim of the research was to evaluate the influence of the elephants' body condition on glucocorticoid metabolites.
Animals such as elephants are subjected to various stressors in their lives, with factors including threats from predators, food shortages, drought and illness.
Whenever any animal faces stressful events, their body secretes hormones known as glucocorticoids.
These hormones are released into the circulatory system which eventually breaks them down into metabolites that are excreted through urine or faeces.
The researchers say that collecting blood samples to assess stress levels is neither ethical nor feasible, since immobilising the animals will cause additional stress, thus biasing the study.
"So glucocorticoid was measured using faecal or dung samples," said Sanjeeta.
The team found the glucocorticoid metabolites in the dung remained relatively stable up to six hours after defecation, though collecting samples as fresh as possible was preferred.
After six hours the dung starts to degrade through microbial activity. To prevent this, the collected samples were freeze-dried in the field and stored at -20 degrees Celsius for further analysis.
Stress levels for all elephants peaked during the dry season, when resources were low.
Senior researcher Prof Raman Sukumar said: "In a natural environment, large and long-ranging herbivorous mammals such as elephants may have to face various ecological challenges or stressful conditions.
"One such challenge that might impact their health is forage resource limitation, either in terms of quality or quantity."
Higher amounts of glucocorticoids generally indicated that the animal was more stressed, he said.
"Stress levels in female elephants were more conspicuous than in male elephants."
All mammalian systems would show a similar trend, the researchers say.
Dr Sukumar and his team claim that their study is the "first to examine the relationship between body condition, seasonality and stress in wild Asian elephants using large-scale faecal sample collection for assaying glucocorticoid metabolites".
The study also focused on finding possible answers to how elephant populations react to chronic stress and if superior nutrition from feeding on cultivated crops could help them reduce their physiological stress levels that may otherwise be enhanced through harassment by farmers trying to protect their fields.
They also examined the idea that body condition alone could act as an indicator of physiological health and fitness of an animal.
In the study, the animal's body condition was scored on a scale from one to five, with one indicating the animal was in a very poor state and five indicating the animal was obese.
The study conclusively found that the stress levels in the Asian elephants peaked during the dry season when resources were low. They also concluded that very poor or poor body condition was a good visual indicator of stress.
The research has been published in the Oxford Journal Conservation Physiology.
The brigade said between 5 March 2013 and 12 October 2016, emollient cream had been found to be present in the deaths of 15 people.
It is believed the creams, which contain paraffin and petroleum bases, can act like a wick if ignited.
Medicine regulators say emollient creams should carry warnings.
Hilda Batten, from Earlsfield, died after she accidently set herself alight in 2016.
Ms Batten, who was a regular smoker, suffered from multiple sclerosis (MS) and had creams applied to her skin every day for a number of years.
Hilda's niece, Val Hamilton, said nobody had ever warned her aunt about the dangers of using emollient creams while smoking.
"Knowing about the risks now is too little too late. They should put a warning on the packaging, people should be given guidelines about its usage," Ms Hamilton said.
Dan Daly, LFB's assistant commissioner for fire safety, said: "It's a horrific reality but if you're wearing creams with flammable ingredients and you accidently drop ash or a match, you are literally setting yourself on fire.
"Dropping cigarettes or matches onto clothing is dangerous but when flammable creams are involved, this really increases the chance of a fire starting and becoming much more intense."
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which regulates medicines and medical devices in the UK, said all creams containing paraffin should carry a flammability warning.
The agency said the creams "are important skin treatments used by many patients" and it was working with companies to ensure safety messages are included in product information.
The Nutbrown Review looked at the standards of qualificationsneeded to work with young children.
It points out students do not need to demonstrate competence in English and Maths to complete their qualification.
The report was commissioned by the government and carried out by Professor Cathy Nutbrown.
It was published by the Department for Education.
The report says that it was a "potential weakness" that those training to work with children were not asked to show they reached a competent level in English and Maths.
It also says concerns have been expressed about whether students are equipped to work with children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Professor Nutbrown also has concerns about whether qualifications that can be completed in a year give what she describes as "sufficient time to develop proper understanding of child development".
She quotes one academic who says higher standards are demanded of people working on their own with animals, than of those left alone with a baby.
Professor Nutbrown said: "Getting qualifications right will help to ensure that women and men enter the profession with the skills and experiences they need to do the best work with young children and their families.
"Well-taught courses and learning routes which lead to reliable qualifications can help early-years practitioners to improve their skills, knowledge and personal qualities, constantly developing in their roles.
"This can only benefit young children, both in terms of their day-to-day experiences in the Early Years Foundation Stage and future learning outcomes."
Children's Minister Sarah Teather said Professor Nutbrown's interim report "recognises the passion and professionalism of those working with our youngest children".
She added: "We know the earliest years of a child's life are so important to their development so it's vital we have a workforce with the right knowledge and skills. I look forward to receiving Professor Nutbrown's recommendations in the summer."
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg accused the government of trying to bury the report's recommendations.
"Parents of young children will be concerned if their childminders or nursery workers do not have sufficient skills," he said.
"The worry is that the government's plans to reduce standards and regulations could make the situation worse."
Children and family charity 4Children said the industry was "changing dramatically" regarding the importance of early education on children's development, so it was "fit and proper" that qualifications be reviewed.
Chief executive Anne Longfield said: "Clearly there are some areas that show up some real gaps, some areas that need urgently addressing, one of those being about entry level qualifications."
She described qualifications as very swift, with students unable to work in childcare centres with skilled professionals.
She said literacy skills made a big difference to children's learning experiences.
"If you're trying to read a story and you just kind of say, or make it up in a very kind of pedestrian way, it's one thing. If you actually bring it to life then that just changes the dynamics of that whole learning experience.
"To do that you need confidence, you need to be able to actually read what you're looking at in the first place, but also have the confidence to translate that to children."
Conservative MP Elizabeth Truss, who wants deregulation in childcare, said quality needed to be improved in the sector.
She cited the example of the Netherlands where quality had improved and there was "better regulation". There was also on-the-job training in the Netherlands, with more frequent inspections than in the UK.
One company which provides early years teaching qualifications, Pearson, said it agreed with the Nutbrown review that "the quality of care our children receive in their early years can have a dramatic impact on a child's start in life."
Pearson said a new vocational qualification in Children's Play, Learning and Development, for teaching from September, aimed to raise standards in the sector.
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David Brook tells the BBC why he swapped his conventional car for an electric car for his commute between Falkirk and Edinburgh.
BBC Scotland spoke to the Morton manager and their star player from that 1979-80 season, and to a fan who was at the match.
I went to Morton as player-manager in 1976. I was 33 but only played half a dozen games. I decided there was so much needing done that I'd stick to being the manager and we went on a good run. We got promoted to the Premier Division and were top of the table for a while, above Aberdeen, Celtic, Rangers and Dundee United.
I can remember the main team we'd generally put out: Baines in goal; Hayes and Holmes; Rooney, McLaughlin and Orr; McNeil, Brown, Russell, Ritchie and Thomson.
Bobby Thomson was a terrific player. We sold him for about £100,000. Neil Orr was from Greenock, he went down to West Ham for £350,000. I was ready for packing it in when the chairman Hal Stewart told me were selling Bobby but when I heard the amount I agreed we just couldn't turn that money down.
We trained Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights and reported on the Saturday.
We had the hoodoo over Aberdeen at the time. Alex Ferguson was the manager and they had guys like Willie Miller and Alex McLeish. They would come to us on a good run and we'd beat them. Usually after the game you went into the boardroom and had a drink together. After he kept losing at Cappielow he gave up and just went on to the bus! He gave up, he was a bad loser. Aberdeen would go to different hotels before the game just to try to break the hoodoo.
However, that day at Hampden in the League Cup they got the better of us. We were 2-0 down before we got going.
I'm hoping we can put on a good show on Saturday. We can defend well and Jim Duffy will have them organised. If we can hit them on the break you just never know.
I went to Morton in '76 and somebody told me I scored 146 goals in six seasons there.
We had a lot of good pros down in Greenock.
We froze that day in 1979. I don't know why, because we had a good side. We were very confident even although we were a part-time club taking on a full-time team. None of us had ever been to Hampden before on semi-final or final duty.
We never played for an hour. For the last half hour, we hit the crossbar, John McNeil headed over the bar, we hit the post and I scored.
I maintained if we'd got the 2-2 draw we'd have beaten Aberdeen in the replay and beaten Dundee United in the final.
We had good success against Aberdeen. They were a very good side. I enjoyed playing against them but Fergie didn't enjoy it!
I'll be there on Saturday and I'm really looking forward to it. Morton have got a chance. If Aberdeen play as well as they can, they will win the game. If Morton turn up and play as well as they can and Aberdeen don't, then we'll have a game on our hands.
Jim Duffy has got a young team. We were much more experienced. They can play without any fear and not leave anything out there.
I was 11 in 1979 when we last played Aberdeen in a League Cup semi and it's amazing to think I've had to wait until I'm 48 to see my team at a major game at Hampden again. My dad took me to the game and the lovely thing is that on Saturday I'll be taking my own sons, one of whom, Adam, is now 11.
We were in the old family section of Hampden, a sunken terracing, and I distinctly remember my eye level being the same height as the pitch. It was a right cold day. The Morton and Aberdeen strips looked amazing under the floodlights.
I was spoiled as a kid going to see that Morton team - Andy Ritchie was my favourite, but there were great players throughout the team - John McNeil, Neil Orr, Bobby Thomson... I read that although we lost to Aberdeen we went top of the league that day on goal difference because Celtic lost to St Mirren. Imagine - a part-time team being top of the league for six Saturdays halfway through the season.
Aberdeen were two goals up from Mark McGhee and Gordon Strachan but Ritchie hit the post and then scored a penalty with about 10 minutes to go. Neil Orr had a screamer of a goal ruled out too. We had beaten Aberdeen at Cappielow and Pittodrie before that game and then again after they got to the cup final.
I really think we've got a chance on Saturday. Shocks have happened in the past and I think one can happen for us.
Aberdeen will be wary because we beat the league leaders Queen of the South 5-0 away last weekend. Jai Quitongo has got pace to trouble them.
Airdrie have been to a cup final, Queen of the South too; other provincial teams. My brothers and I have always wondered when it would be Morton's turn. Now we're at Hampden and I can't wait to walk up to the ground with my sons.
TV images showed smoke and flames shooting into the night sky over the Latvian capital.
The Baltic News Service said the fire started late on Thursday and raced through the attic and roof.
President Andris Berzins has not been staying at the castle, as it is being renovated.
There are no reports of injuries but it is not yet clear if any museum artefacts have been damaged or destroyed.
Fire service spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele told AFP news agency that the cause of the fire was not yet known.
"It is serious because it is an historic building in Old Riga," she said.
She added that 10 fire crews had helped tackle the blaze and that the army provided a helicopter to drop water from a nearby river.
Steve Finnigan, who has led Lancashire Constabulary for 11 years, will stand down in June.
Mr Finnigan has been with the force since 2001, when he joined as Assistant Chief Constable after rising through the ranks at Merseyside Police, for whom he had served since 1976.
He was appointed CBE in 2010.
During his time as chief constable, Mr Finnigan has been at the helm during high profile investigations into the Morecambe Bay cockle pickers' tragedy, as well as anti-terrorist operations.
He earned the Queen's Policing Medal in 2006 and was appointed CBE in 2010.
Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw said: "I want to thank Steve personally for his very dedicated service.
"Lancashire's position as one of the best in the country has been secured under Steve's watch and he deserves a great deal of credit for that."
Mr Grunshaw's spokesman said Mr Finnigan was the longest serving chief constable in the United Kingdom.
The closing date for applications for Mr Finnigan's successor is 13 February, with the successful candidate expected to start on 1 July.
The last phase of work, part of the Belfast on the Move initiative, focused on the streets around city hall.
The new bus lane will operate on Wellington Place, Donegall Square North and Chichester Street.
One lane will also be available for general traffic travelling eastbound between Fisherwick Place/College Square East and Victoria Street.
Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy said: "I am greatly encouraged that this important work in the city centre will be completed on time and to an extremely high standard.
"Although much of the work was carried out at off-peak times and overnight to minimise disruption, I would like to thank the travelling public, local businesses and residents for their patience over recent months.
"As a result of the works we are already seeing benefits to public transport users and pedestrians with a significant increase in the numbers of people opting to take the bus or train. "
The bus lane will be available for use by buses, permitted taxis, motorcycles and cycles only between 07:00-19:00 BST Monday to Saturday.
Drivers have been advised to allow extra time for their journey if using Wellington Place, Donegall Square North and Chichester Street until they get used to the new road layout.
Traffic that currently travels along the front of city hall to get to the east side of the city centre should consider using alternative routes.
Meanwhile, the Department of Regional Development has revealed that bus and train journeys have increased by 1.3m in a year.
Ulsterbus and Metro services all experienced major rises with NI Railways enjoying an increase of about 900,000 more passenger journeys.
Mr Kennedy said: "In 2011/12, over 77m people used public transport. During 2012/13, provisional figures show this number has risen to over 78.5m.
"This is an incredible rise and proves that when people are provided with a bus and train service that delivers on quality and efficiency then they will use it."
Catherine Mason of Translink said: "This is a great result - over a million more fare-paying customers compared to last year; customer satisfaction is also very high which shows we are getting it right."
Solomon Bygraves followed 92-year-old Stanley Evans into his block of flats in Soho and pushed him over as he lunged for his wallet.
Southwark Crown Court was shown CCTV footage of Bygraves running away as Mr Evans fell to the ground.
The pensioner remained lying in the entrance to the flats for several minutes after the attack on 31 January.
Mr Evans, a retired camera assistant who worked on films including the 1947 classic Brighton Rock, eventually managed to get to his feet and call 999.
Police described the attack as "totally unprovoked, callous and sickening".
The pensioner suffered a shoulder and arm injury in the incident.
In his victim impact statement, Mr Evans said: "He tried to con me by offering to help me with my bags, I believe purely to get into the block of flats to rob me."
He said he struggled to get to his feet following the attack by Bygraves, who at more than 6ft (1.82m) tall, towered over him.
"Due to my age I found it very difficult to get up," Mr Evans said.
Undeterred by the assault, he added: "I'm independently minded and determined not to allow this to change how I live or where or when I go out."
Bygraves, who is homeless and has 21 convictions for 49 offences, pleaded guilty to robbery via prison video-link last month.
The firm said its net profit was $14.2m (£9.46m) for the period, compared with $5.2m for the same period last year.
The US gun maker said net sales rose 32.1% to $143.2m, with its firearms division accounting for $124.9m - an increase of 15.2%.
Its shares rose 4.65% on the news and have jumped 125% this year.
Smith & Wesson reported higher orders for its polymer pistols ranges, as well as long guns such as bolt-action rifles.
The results had beaten expectations and the company said it would raise 2016 guidance for both profits and revenue.
Cash flow for the six months to October was also positive, despite a build-up in inventory ahead of the Christmas shopping season, the company said.
Chief executive James Debney said that the balance sheet remained healthy.
Some analysts have said the surge in gun sales across the US is due to growing crime rates together with worries over restrictions on gun ownership - particularly in the wake of mass shooting incidents.
Gun ownership in the US and the exact meaning of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms has been a heavily debated topic for years.
Following the latest shooting in the US that left at least 14 people dead after gunmen attacked a community centre in San Bernardino, US President Barack Obama said the country must make it harder for potential attackers to obtain guns.
Demands for tougher legislation, however, are constantly met with much anger from pro-gun civil libertarians. Analysts say the argument is complicated.
"The [number one] driver of firearms sales is fear," Brian Ruttenbur, an analyst at BB&T Capital Markets, told Bloomberg.
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In addition to being a leader in firearm manufacturing and design, Smith & Wesson said it provided "training to the global military, law enforcement, and consumer markets".
British conglomerate Tomkins owned Smith & Wesson from 1987 to 2001, while also owning baker Rank Hovis McDougall, earning Tomkins the sobriquet 'buns-to-guns'.
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Wales are top of Group B after their a 2-1 win over Slovakia in their opening game on Saturday.
"Thursday is like a cup final," Coleman told BBC Wales Sport. "Every game to us is a final.
"It's a great opportunity for us and a great experience."
Donnelly had to go off early in Sunday's win over Roscommon after taking a bang to the head so Peter Harte switches to centre half-back.
Padraig McNulty is called up while the other change sees keeper Niall Morgan replacing Mickey O'Neill.
Declan McClure switches from midfield to the half-forward line.
Monaghan manager Malachy O'Rourke has named an unchanged team from the line-up which started in the win over Mayo for Sunday's Division One derby against Cavan at Castleblayney.
Derry boss Damian Barton makes two changes from the opening Division Two draw against Clare for Sunday's game against Meath in Navan.
Goalkeeper Ben McKinless will make his first league start in place of Thomas Mallon while Mark Lynch is missing from the match-day squad as Danny Tallon is drafted into the full-forward line.
Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney makes three changes from the opening Division Three draw with Sligo for Sunday's game against Laois at the Athletic Grounds.
Paul Hughes, Aidan Forker and Aaron Findon replace Shea Heffron, Ciaran Higgins and Ben Crealey.
Tyrone (v Dublin): N Morgan, P Hampsey, R McNamee, C McCarron, T McCann, P Harte, J Munroe, C Cavanagh, P McNulty, C Meyler, N Sludden, D McClure, D McCurry, C McShane, R O'Neill.
Monaghan (v Cavan): R Beggan; F Kelly, D Wylie, R Wylie; K Duffy, N McAdam, C Walshe; D Hughes, K Hughes; K O'Connell, S Carey, G Doogan; C McCarthy, T Kerr, C McManus.
Derry (v Meath): B McKinless; N Keenan, C Nevin, R Murphy; N Forester, M McEvoy, P Hagan; C McAtamney, J Kielt; E Lynn, N Loughlin, C McWilliams; B Heron, E McGuckin, D Tallon.
Armagh (v Laois): M McNeice; M Shields, C Vernon, P Hughes; A Forker, N Rowland, A McKay; S Sheridan, A Findon; N Grimley, C White, S Campbell; A Duffy, E Rafferty, O MacIomhair.
This is the first time he has explicitly confirmed the bank is making plans for different outcomes that could impact financial stablity.
Mr Carney's comments came ahead of the 18 September independence referendum.
Scottish and UK ministers are in dispute over plans for Scotland to keep the pound under a currency union.
The Scottish government set out the scenario in the event of a "Yes" vote, but the leaders of the main UK parties have said they would not support a deal to share Sterling on a formal basis.
In a speech given in January in Edinburgh, Mr Carney outlined the criteria for a currency union.
He described his own speech as a "technocratic assessment of what makes an effective currency union between independent nations", rather than an assessment of Scotland's future economic options.
During a news conference in London on Wednesday, Mr Carney stressed the decision about whether or not an independent Scotland would form a currency union with the rest of the UK would be made by politicians.
In a carefully neutral comment, Mr Carney said it was the role of the Bank of England to implement whatever decision was made, and to ensure the financial stability of the whole of the UK.
Sources in the financial world have told me that the plans are likely to focus on two issues - currency uncertainty and what is known as "deposit flight".
I asked the Governor directly about both, and specifically fears raised in a recent report by UBS that in the event of a yes vote on independence, customers of financial institutions based north of the border may decide to move their money southwards.
Some leading executives in the financial world are so concerned they had been hoping for a message of reassurance from the Bank.
Mr Carney suggested he was across the issue, which I have been told by senior banking figures is of concern to at least four major financial institutions which are based in Scotland.
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To that end, he said that, as people would expect, the Bank had contingency plans for various possibilities.
"It's never good to talk about contingency plans in public other than to assure that we have contingency plans," he said, adding: "In terms of our responsibilities for financial stability - we have a wide range of tools and plans."
A key part of the role of governor is to provide reassurance both for the UK financial system and for markets. Mr Carney's latest comments were framed in that context.
If Scotland does vote for independence, it would still be the role of the Bank of England to ensure financial stability for the whole of the UK - including Scotland - until an official date for Scottish independence is reached.
The governor therefore repeated assurances that the institution would continue to act to ensure financial responsibility for the whole of the UK, whatever the outcome of the vote.
He said: "I will reiterate that we will implement whatever we're asked to implement and I'll add further, if I may, that we also have responsibilities, as you know, for financial stability in the United Kingdom and we will continue to discharge those responsibilities until they change.
"We will continue to discharge those responsibilities regardless of the outcome of the vote on the 18th September."
Mr Carney's comments strike a different tone to the UK government, which has repeatedly said it was not putting contingency plans in place for the possibility of Scotland voting for independence.
His remarks were welcomed by Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond who described them as "very helpful".
In an interview on the BBC's Reporting Scotland, he said: "It shows that he is seeking to ensure financial stablity and that the Bank of England remains in the charge for that transition period. What a contrast with the views of the Westminster parties.
"Secondly he has corrected once again the idea that he was against a currency union. He's said yet again he'll implement whatever is agreed."
The first minister was asked about a BBC report that four major financial institutions in Scotland are worried that a "Yes" vote could result in customers moving their investments south of the border.
Mr Salmond responded: "The fear of deposit flight is caused by a denomination risk. That is to say, you would use a currency other than sterling.
"What we've been saying is exactly to prevent a fear of deposit flight, helped now by the governor of the Bank of England who makes it clear they would be in charge of financial stability."
But Alistair Darling, the head of the Better Together campaign, said Mr Carney had undermined Mr Salmond's arguments.
Mr Darling added: "The governor has confirmed that a currency union would not work without shared taxation and spending, the very things that Alex Salmond wants to dismantle with a Yes vote.
"Mark Carney also confirmed that he will implement the decisions of the UK parties who have ruled out a currency union.
"The money we would use if we vote for independence isn't an academic matter, it is critical to everyone in Scotland. Alex Salmond has got to come clean and tell us what Plan B is."
It happened at a house on the Circular Road on Friday night.
Police said two men, one of whom was armed with gun, forced their way into the house at about 22:00 BST.
Det Insp Will Tate said the pair threatened the occupants of the house before fleeing with a sum of money and jewellery.
"The man and woman were left very badly shaken," he said.
The Spanish foreign ministry says the stopovers have now been cancelled.
Spain had been under pressure from Nato allies not to allow the refuelling of the Russian warships bound for Syria.
Russia's defence ministry later said no request had been sent for the main vessel, aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, to be refuelled in Ceuta.
In a statement (in Russian), the ministry said the Russian vessels had the necessary resources to carry out tasks.
The ministry added that it had considered - upon agreement with Spain - the possibility of a "business" docking of some of the ships or a maintenance ship into Ceuta's port.
Russia's battle group has been sailing for the past week from Russia to the Mediterranean.
"Given the information which appeared on the possibility that these ships would participate in supporting military action in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the ministry of foreign affairs requested clarification from the embassy of the Russian Federation in Madrid," the Spanish foreign ministry said earlier on Wednesday in a statement to the BBC.
It added that permission had been granted in September for three Russian ships to dock in Ceuta between 28 October and 2 November. It said such stops for Russian naval vessels had taken place for years in Spanish ports.
But following its request for clarification, the ministry said, the Russian embassy in Madrid said it was withdrawing its request for refuelling.
The Russian embassy has confirmed the withdrawal.
Nato had earlier expressed concern that the ships could be used to help bomb civilians in Aleppo, but said the final decision on resupply rested with Spain.
Nato's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg had warned that warships could be used to target civilians in Syria.
"We are concerned and I have expressed that very clearly about the potential use of this battle group to increase Russia's ability and to be a platform for air strikes against Syria," he told journalists on Tuesday.
In the end it was little more than a storm in a petrol pump.
Russia withdrew its request to refuel its warships in a Spanish port, and so Moscow and Madrid both found a diplomatic way to get themselves off a difficult hook.
But the passions aroused by Spain's apparent willingness to refuel Russian vessels were real, especially since this time the Russian task group was on its way - as the British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon put it - "to bomb Syrian civilians in Aleppo".
How would it look, just as Nato defence ministers met to strengthen their forces in the Baltic, in Poland and around the Black Sea, if one of their members was helping a Russian task group on its way to a conflict where many Nato governments have accused Moscow of carrying out war crimes through its indiscriminate bombing?
Led by Russia's only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, the naval group includes a nuclear-powered battle cruiser, two anti-submarine warships and four support vessels, probably escorted by submarines.
The battle group carries dozens of fighter bombers and helicopters and is expected to join about 10 other Russian vessels already off the Syrian coast.
Some 2,700 people have been killed or injured since the Russian-backed Syrian offensive started last month, according to activists.
Western leaders have said Russian and Syrian air strikes on Aleppo could amount to war crimes, an accusation rejected by Russia.
About 250,000 civilians who live in Aleppo have been trapped by the fighting. Moscow announced last week a "humanitarian pause" in attacks as part of a plan to allow civilians and fighters to leave the area.
The pair are accused of offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Brenn Walters and Terri Robinson, both from Enfield, are due to appear before Westminster magistrates later this month.
Nine people already charged in connection with the heist have appeared in court.
Police said a further three individuals, a man and two women, have also been interviewed under caution.
Mr Walters, 43, also known as Ben Perkins, of Manor Court, and Ms Robinson, 35, of Sterling Road, are due to appear in court on 27 August.
Items believed to be worth more than £10m were taken in the raid at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company in London's jewellery quarter over the Easter weekend.
Thieves broke into the vault and ransacked 73 safety deposit boxes.
Arrests followed in May and June after police raided addresses across London and Kent.
They say letters found at the scene may be an attempt to trick people into thinking there was an Islamist motive.
But they said it may have been the work of political extremists - from the left or right - or violent football fans.
Two people received medical treatment after three bombs exploded near the team bus, shattering glass.
Spanish footballer Marc Bartra underwent wrist surgery and a police officer was treated for shock.
Following the attack, Borussia Dortmund's Champion's League match against Monaco was rescheduled a day later, which led Dortmund fans to open their doors to stranded away supporters.
On Wednesday, a 25-year-old Iraqi "with Islamist links" was arrested.
But the three identical letters found near the scene - which said the attack was done "in the name of Allah" - may be fakes, intended to pin the blame on radical Islamists.
The developments came to light when two German state broadcasters - NDR and WDR - together with the Suedeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported the study on Friday.
When asked to comment, state prosecutor Frauke Koehler agreed the media reports were "accurate".
They highlight that "many things" from the letters are "untypical" for groups like so-called Islamic State (IS). These include a claim that sportspeople and other famous figures were in danger unless the Ramstein Air Base is closed and German warplanes withdrew from Syria.
IS normally does not negotiate in such a way, Mr Koehler added.
The Ramstein Air Base in southern Germany is a US base and a centre of drone operations.
Anonymous security experts quoted in the Sueddeutsche piece (in German) say the text of the letters was likely written by a native German speaker who built in mistakes to make it look like it was written by someone for whom German was their second language.
Investigators were still not clear about what kind of attacker might have wished to frame Islamists for an attack, but said the explosives used in the attack were professionally-made.
And another German newspaper, Tagesspiegel, said it had received an email from someone with right-wing motives, who said the attack was a warning and made racist threats.
The authorities are taking that email seriously, the newspaper reported.
The Gathering Place is one of six ideas for the River Ness where it flows through Inverness.
The public art project forms part of the River Ness Flood Alleviation Scheme, a multi-million pound effort to better protect the city from flooding.
Highland Council has invited the public to pick their favourite idea.
River Connections, another of the proposals, includes seating areas and poetry set into stones.
Sculptural Destination would see a new "iconic landmark" installed on the riverside, which people could visit and also view from a distance.
Rest Spaces involves "relaxation areas" for individuals or small groups, while The Trail would encourage people to explore the riverside from the Ness Islands to the river's mouth using a paper map or an app.
Children's Riverside Feature is an idea to involve secondary school pupils in helping to create an interactive play space.
Highland Council, City of Inverness Common Good Fund, Creative Scotland and Highlands and Islands Enterprise are funding the arts project.
Patriarch Kirill's four-day visit is seen as a breakthrough in efforts to reconcile the two countries, divided by politics and religion for centuries.
Poland has a small Orthodox community but is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic.
Kirill's stance on the punk group being tried over an obscene protest song in a Moscow cathedral is under scrutiny.
Verdicts in the trial are due on Friday.
Three of the musicians face imprisonment on charges of violating public order and inciting religious hatred, in a case which has sparked protests worldwide by musicians and human rights activists, who see their prosecution as being wildly disproportionate.
Sir Paul McCartney has written a letter of support to them.
"I would like you to know that I very much hope the Russian authorities would support the principle of free speech for all their citizens and not feel that they have to punish you for your protest," the former Beatle wrote.
Speaking after arriving by plane in Warsaw, Patriarch Kirill said: "It's a wonderful thing that the Christian faith dominates in both Russia and Poland and this provides us with common ground".
Roman Catholic bishops and members of Warsaw's Orthodox Christian congregation crowded into the city's Orthodox Mary Magdalene Cathedral to welcome the patriarch.
The four-day visit is the culmination of three years of talks between the two churches, the BBC's Adam Easton reports from Warsaw.
Relations have been difficult, our correspondent adds. The Russian Orthodox Church has accused Roman Catholic priests of trying to poach believers in Russia and Ukraine.
Patriarch Kirill is closely identified with the Kremlin, having backed Vladimir Putin's re-election as president this year.
However, both churches are united in what they see as the need to defend Christian values in an increasingly secular Europe, our correspondent says.
On Friday Patriarch Kirill and the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland, Archbishop Jozef Michalik, will sign an unprecedented document urging mutual forgiveness for past errors.
"Our message is a call to the faithful and all who support soul-searching followed by a mutual asking for forgiveness," Archbishop Michalik was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
Alexander Volkov, spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church, said the "brotherly and friendly visit" would have no political overtones.
Relations between the two countries have been soured by centuries of mistrust.
On the one hand, Poland was dominated by the USSR during the last century, and by the Russian Empire before World War I. On the other, Russians remember Poland's invasion in the early 17th Century and view with suspicion Warsaw's attempts to influence EU policy on Russia.
Patriarch Kirill will visit the north-eastern city of Bialystok, capital of the Podlasie region which is home to some 70% of Poland's 600,000 Orthodox Christians.
He will see the Suprasl Monastery, which houses an important museum of icons.
While the Polish Orthodox Church is an independent institution, links to its Russian counterpart are still strong and it is regarded with suspicion by many Polish Catholics, according to a report in France's Le Figaro.
Eugeniusz Czykwin, Poland's only Orthodox Christian MP, told the newspaper: "Stereotypes die hard.
"For most people, to be Polish is to be Catholic. Inversely, the Orthodox religion is automatically associated with Russia. As a result, Orthodox Poles have long been regarded as a Fifth Column."
Two women at Thursday's service in Warsaw, one Russian and the other Polish, told BBC News they were hopeful the visit would bring the nations closer.
"I hope it helps but of course our history is not so easy for many years and many different difficult situations but I think step by step we can make it better," said Olga, who is Russian.
Katarzyna, who is Polish, said: "I hope this visit makes relations better because Poland and Russia are neighbours. We should be friends, not fight each other."
But students from Queen's University in Belfast have taken inspiration from J.K Rowling's literary series by setting up a novel sports society.
They play Quidditch - a magical sport played on flying broomsticks in the book and film series.
It was first adapted for muggles (or non-wizards) in 2005 by students at a university in Vermont, but has exploded in popularity over the last five years.
Thousands now play it across the world, with official rule books and international championships.
Queen's University's team was founded in September by Conor Ardill, a politics student.
He first tried the sport during his time as an undergraduate at the University of Manchester but, surprisingly, he isn't much of a Harry Potter fan.
"I actually first started playing because I lost a bet with somebody who was on the team, and resisted turning up for a year," he said.
"Lots of people who play really love Harry Potter, but I just really enjoy the sport."
The sport itself is best described as a hybrid of rugby and dodgeball.
It can appear chaotic to the casual observer but is governed by simple rules.
Aside from the obvious lack of flying, it remains quite true to the fictitious game - players even run with broomsticks between their legs.
It is a full-contact sport with seven players on each team - a keeper, three chasers (who score through the hoops to win 10 points), two beaters (who aim to hit opposite chasers with 'bludger' balls), and the seeker (responsible for chasing the 'golden snitch').
In the books the 'snitch' is described as a gold sphere with wings. But in the muggle version it is a runner dressed in yellow with a velcro tail attached to their shorts.
They enter the game in the 18th minute and try to evade capture. If a seeker grabs their tail they win 30 bonus points for their team.
Confused? Well its the quirkiness of the sport which is the appeal for many of the competitors.
Muggle Quidditch has taken off across the UK and about 50 universities now have a team.
There is even a national premier league as the sport establishes itself in its own right.
Queen's University Belfast Quidditch Club (QUBQC) are now ready to head to Manchester with members of the Dublin Draiochta Dragons (DDD) for their first tournament at the weekend.
Players will be trying out for the all-Ireland team in April, hoping to represent them at the International Quidditch Association's European Games in Oslo in July.
Club President Conor said Quidditch is designed to be accessible to all.
"With university sports such as GAA or rugby, if you haven't played at school level it's really hard to get involved," he said.
"It's a mixed gender sport with strict rules so every team has a combination of players from all different backgrounds.
"This evens the odds up, so you can't have six foot ex-rugby players playing against five foot newcomers."
The nature of the sport means substitutions are continual and players rotate, so players at all fitness levels can get involved.
Literature student Rachel Ireland had never considered playing university sports before: "I hate going to the gym or running for the sake of it.
"It's great to be able to play a team sport that is just as much fun as it is a serious competition. It has everything in one.
"I only turned up at first to be polite, but got hooked on the sport in week one. I was a wreck after the first session but it was such a buzz."
The physical nature of the game means players can expect to leave the pitch with bruises from tackles.
But they insist it worth it for the friends they make for across the quidditch community.
Physics student Aaron Morrison said: "It's not just the game - a huge part of it is about meeting other teams and players.
"Everybody involved in it is as quirky as the sport itself. We haven't found a person yet who hasn't turned up and found something they loved and enjoyed."
Three main imported and unwanted offenders have been identified:
Also in the government's cross-hairs are:
"We have announced the predator-free New Zealand 2050 goal because we have no choice," Maggie Barry, the minister of conservation, told the BBC.
"If we delay, the problem will only get worse.
"More than 2,000 species are at risk because of these predators.
New Zealand's plan to save the kiwi
"The issue is particularly serious around possums.
"They spread bovine tuberculosis to both cattle and deer."
At a research facility at Lincoln University, near Christchurch, I come face to face with a cantankerous stoat.
He (or she) is in a large cage and, baring a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth, pokes its head out from a piece of industrial plastic piping.
It repeatedly shrieks in defiance at the intrusion, and this is part of the problem.
These aggressive animals, which climb, swim and kill indiscriminately, do not seem to be scared of anything or anyone.
Dr Elaine Murphy and her team are working on new techniques to catch and destroy these types of pests as humanely as possible.
There is a state-of-the art two-hectare (five-acre) enclosure - call it a fortified prison yard for predators - where they are let loose and their behaviour analysed, while lures, traps and deterrents are tested.
Dr Murphy demonstrates how rats and stoats are enticed into a box-like tunnel, where a weight-trigger sprays poison on to their stomachs.
Toxins, including aerial drops in larger, more remote regions, will play a part in the eradication process, but researchers insist that other scientific solutions will be needed.
"I know it worries people, but I think without some sort of biological control we won't really get there - not for eradication," says Dr Murphy, who believes genetic advances could also be pivotal.
"You would be just manipulating slightly the DNA in the pest species, so perhaps you could make it that stoats only gave birth to males not females.
"A technique like that could be really good."
New Zealand has been at war with invasive animals for decades, yet still unseen millions of furry invaders wreak further damage.
The government in Wellington is helping to pay for a new company that will oversee its predator-free ambitions.
The work of community groups will also be essential to this nationwide cleansing operation.
Near the South Island city of Nelson is one of the biggest predator-free enclosures in New Zealand.
A 14.5km (nine-mile) fence surrounds 700 hectares of forested hills that sweep down towards a fast-moving stream
The meshed barrier, which winds up and down this undulating landscape, is almost 2m (6ft 6in) high to keep out jumpers, such as deer and goats, with a flared wire skirt underground to prevent incursion by burrowers.
On its crown, sits a smooth roll of steel to deter climbers, including rats, cats and stoats.
Next winter, an all-out assault against pests inside this fortress begins with aerial drops of the brodifacoum toxin.
The head of the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary, Dr David Butler, tells me iconic flightless bird species will be re-introduced, bringing back a melodic chorus not heard in these parts for years.
"Birds like kakapo and kiwi would have been here in the past," he says.
"We are looking at bringing back kiwi quite soon, and kakapo are making great strides with a very productive breeding season, so in time, we hope to have the hills whistling with kiwi and booming with kakapo again."
Conservationists concede that New Zealand's predator-free plan is audacious.
Hudson Dodd, the general manager of the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary, likens it to the Apollo 11 mission almost half a century ago.
"I am an American immigrant to New Zealand, and it reminds me of John F Kennedy saying, 'We're going to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade,'" he says.
"When Kennedy said that, there was no plan on how that was going to be achieved. That is really the same situation here.
"There is no plan about how to make New Zealand predator-free by 2050, but there are a lot of good ideas and a lot of community groups out there doing the hard work to try to bring us closer to that vision."
New Zealand covers an area of 268,000 sq km (103,475 sq miles), similar to that of the United Kingdom.
So far, 150 offshore islands have been declared free of predators, following exhaustive work by scientists and volunteers.
Doing the same across an entire country, with its mountain ranges, farmland, rivers and coastal areas, as well as towns and cities might seem like an endless task.
Not so, according to Nicola Toki, the department of conservation's threatened species ambassador.
"We were the first country to give women the vote, we were the first to get up Mount Everest," she says.
"This is just another one of those goals that we have kind of looked at and said, 'Absolutely, we can do it.'
"And in all seriousness, the science tells us we can."
New Zealand has 35 years to do it, and the clock is ticking.
The tusks, found in a locked cupboard at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, are believed to be from an animal which lived about 400,000 years ago.
They were identified by the British Museum but then put into storage at the West Sussex museum.
Curators found them earlier this year during conservation work.
They had been put away as part of the museum's reserve collection.
The tusks were dredged up from the sea bed in fishing nets off the coast of West Worthing in November 1920 by local fishermen who sold them to the museum.
"We were very excited about the finds and after some research discovered the story of how they ended up in the museum," said senior curator Gerry Connolly.
"The tusks are of interest in themselves but the local story of them being dredged up from the sea bed is fascinating."
The museum said woolly mammoths, which were roughly the size of a modern African elephant, roamed the plains of northern Europe, including what are now the South Downs.
The English Channel, where the tusks were found, would have been vast grass plains 400,000 years ago.
Woolly mammoths were a food source for early humans who used their pelts for warmth.
The tusks are now on permanent display in the museum in Chapel Road.
Scientists have used the Suomi NPP satellite to see how energy use changes during these cultural festivals.
They found that in most US cities, night-time lights shone 20-50% brighter during Christmas and New Year.
In the Middle East, some cities saw a 100% boost in illumination during the month of Ramadan compared with the rest of the year.
Miguel Roman, from Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center, said: "For the first time, we've been able to examine changes in lighting at the country, city and neighbourhood scales."
He was speaking here at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Francisco.
The Suomi National Polar Orbiting Partnership satellite, a joint enterprise between the US space agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), uses infrared cameras to detect the glow of lights from night-time Earth.
In this study, the team used data collected over a period of three years from 2012 to the autumn of 2014.
In the US, they found that cities started to get brighter from Thanksgiving and continued to beam until the New Year.
The researchers found that while the amount of light from city centres tended to increase by about 20-30% compared with the rest of the year, in the urban outskirts and in the suburbs light-use rose by 30-50%.
Dr Roman said: "The lighting goes up for predominantly residential reasons. People are leaving work for the holiday and they are turning on the lights."
The scientists also looked at how light-use in the Middle East changed during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Eleanor Stokes, from Yale University, said: "It takes place over the summer.
"Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, and this shifts their activity to later and later in the day. People eat later, the markets stay open later, people go to work later."
Unlike the US, in the Middle East, the jump in illumination tended to be focussed around urban centres.
Some cities, such as Riyadh and Jeddah, experienced an increase in brightness of between 60% and 100% over Ramadan compared with other times of the year.
However, some countries saw light-use fall.
Cities in Iraq, for example, experienced a small decrease in light over the month.
"The dips are most likely the cause of vulnerable electric grids," said Ms Stokes.
Parts of Syria also saw the lights dim.
"There was a 50% decrease of brightness in Damascus - the effect from geopolitical conflicts is striking," said Ms Stokes.
However, during the festival of Eid, which marks the end of Ramadan, the lights throughout the Middle East peaked.
The researchers say that tracking the brightness of cities will help them to understand how cultural events can drive energy use.
Dr Roman said this should feed into policy discussions on how urban centres can become more energy efficient.
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CCTV operators called police when they spotted a man placing an object under a seat in the city's Whitefriargate in the early hours.
Officers said they found a "small device covered in camouflage material" under the bench.
It was identified as a being part of a Geocache game, where players track down online clues and hunt for hidden boxes using GPS devices.
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Ch Insp Darren Webb said: "If people want to Geocache we don't want to stop them or spoil anyone's fun.
"However, what I would say is that if you're placing the caches, please apply some common sense to where you put them - particularly in urban areas.
"I would suggest anyone who is planning to do to let us know who they are, where and when they are planning to place it, with pictures and a description of the container, so we can ensure there are no issues."
The 10-year-old, trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies, was treated on the course but then put down after assessment back at the stables.
Gullinbursti had earlier been put down after falling in the same incident.
It takes the number of horse deaths to four at this year's Grand National meeting after Clonbanan Lad and Marasonnien collapsed on Thursday.
Neither fell but they died after being pulled up in the Fox Hunters' Chase which, like the Topham Chase, is staged over the same course as Saturday's Grand National.
Thirteen horses have died at the Aintree meeting in the past five years.
The British Horseracing Authority said there was one fatality from 661 runners at the previous two National meetings.
Since modifications to the fences and other changes three years ago, there have been no fatalities in the Grand National itself.
"While you can't remove all risk from any sport, we acted on evidence to make significant changes here at Aintree, including to the cores of every fence on the Grand National course," said John Baker, the north-west regional director for Aintree's owners Jockey Club Racecourses.
"We've seen hundreds of horses compete safely since over the last few years."
Speaking on the opening day of the meeting, Eduardo Goncalves, chief executive of campaign group League Against Cruel Sports, said: "We've seen some improvements in some places, but not enough in many."
The League Against Cruel Sports recommends removing the Becher's Brook fence where Gullinbursti and Minella Reception were fatally injured and reducing the field of any race to a maximum of 30 runners.
Marasonnien was ridden by amateur jockey Patrick Mullins - son of Irish champion trainer Willie Mullins - while Clonbanan Lad, who won last time out at Fakenham, was from Louise Allan's yard.
Officers were called to reports of a robbery in Grove Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, just after 22:00 GMT on Sunday.
West Midlands Police says two men threatened a woman before driving off in her white Mercedes A-Class car. The woman was shaken but not injured.
Officers say a dedicated operation is in place to address a recent spike in car robberies in the area.
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The men are described as black, with one about 5ft 10in (1.8m) tall, of slim build and wearing a green and white mask.
The car - registration KW65 AXK - has black wing mirrors and black alloy wheels, police said.
Last month a woman was attacked in Kings Heath with a stun device during a carjacking - the sixth such attack in as many days.
Det Sgt Toni Holl, from the investigation team at Bournvillle Lane police station, said: "We have a dedicated operation in place to address the recent spike in car robberies and have arrested several people.
"Four of those - including two youths aged 14 - have since been charged and put before the courts.
"We do not believe Sunday's incident is linked to these offences."
John McAleer, 24, denied trying to kill Danielle Hammond, 21, at a property in Hemel Hempstead in June.
St Albans Crown Court heard McAleer, of Belsize Road, was seen lifting Ms Hammond before she went over a railing.
Judge Marie Catterson said he posed a "severe risk" and would serve 15 years in prison and five more on licence.
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Ms Hammond fell 45ft (14m) from a flat at Lord Alexander House and landed in bushes and on a manhole cover.
She survived the fall, but suffered a fractured skull, bleeding around the brain and major trauma to her abdominal organs.
Her wrists were also broken and her hearing and speech have been impaired. She has no memory of what happened.
McAleer was convicted of attempted murder in November.
In the witness box, he accepted the couple had rows but told the court: "I loved her to bits, I love her to bits".
Det Ch Insp Jerome Kent, from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, said: "Whilst the victim will never fully recover from what happened to her, the sentence which has been given to John McAleer fully reflects the severity of his actions and I hope will bring some comfort to her."
The Red Devils have achieved successive promotions since Carter and the late Bruce Winfield took over in 2010 and are currently 14th in League One.
"We're under no pressure to sell so we can make absolutely sure only the right people come in," she told BBC Sussex.
"Otherwise, if we didn't do our due diligence all our work will have been for nothing. There is no timescale."
After taking over the then Blue Square Bet Premier side in 2010, Carter and Winfield set the aim of playing League football within three years.
With the right recipe the demand is there for Championship football in Crawley. Look at Brighton - they didn't have 25,000 queuing up outside the Withdean
That target was reached at the end of their first season, alongside a run to the last 16 of the FA Cup, which ended in a 1-0 defeat away at Manchester United.
"I guess we've been a victim of our own success to an extent because we've achieved what we set out to so quickly," Carter continued.
"Now we need to be honest with ourselves and ask if we are the right people to take the club to the next level, because the last thing we want is to do it a disservice."
If the Sussex club were to achieve promotion to the Championship they would then have three years to make the necessary improvements to Broadfield Stadium.
Crawley usually attract crowds of between 2,000 and 4,000 spectators, with their highest league attendance of 5,058 this season coming against Portsmouth.
Broadfield currently has a capacity of 5,500 - 3,295 of which is seated.
"We have looked at options of expanding the stadium or moving to a new site and held tentative talks with Crawley Borough Council," Carter added.
"The club is a really good prospect for someone. We're financially sound, have a good team, an excellent manager, some valuable players that are assets and a great landlord.
"With the right recipe the demand is there for Championship football. Fans want a nice stadium and nice football - Brighton didn't have 25,000 queuing up outside the Withdean and look at them now."
It happened about 23:00 local time, during Ramadan nightfall prayers at the Masjid Maryam mosque, in Ballybrit.
Irish national broadcaster RTÉ is reporting the mosque's Imam Ibrahim Noonan believes it was a targeted incident after Saturday night's terrorist attack in London.
He said he initially thought the huge bang was caused by an electrical fault.
It is understood CCTV footage shows suspects fleeing the scene after shattering a window.
Garda (Irish police) confirmed they are investigating the criminal damage at the premises in Ballybrit, County Galway.
They are appealing for witnesses and reviewing the CCTV. No arrests have yet been made.
His comments came as official figures showed just 4.4% of full-time firefighters in England and Wales are from non-white communities.
In Greater Manchester the figure is just 2.8% - even though 16.2% of the population is from an ethnic minority.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said the figures were "totally unacceptable".
Mr Penning, who took over the fire and rescue portfolio in January, said diversity was "not an optional extra".
"Firefighters, like police officers and other local emergency services personnel, should reflect the communities they serve and we expect fire and rescue authorities to do much more to improve BME... representation," he said.
In West Yorkshire, which includes the cities of Leeds and Bradford, ethnic minority firefighters make up 3.8% of full-time firefighters, compared with 18.2% of the population, the figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government showed.
In the West Midlands - where the BME community makes up 29.9% of the population - only 8.1% of full-time firefighters are from ethnic minorities.
Mick Nicholas, the most senior black member of the FBU, told BC Radio 5 live the fire service had been "inconsistent" at recruiting from non-white communities.
Percentage of BME firefighters compared to proportion of local population
Greater Manchester - 2.8% (compared to 16.2% local population)
Merseyside - 3.6% (compared to 5.5% local population)
South Yorkshire - 2.6% (compared to 9.4% local population)
West Midlands - 8.1% (compared to 29.9% local population)
West Yorkshire - 3.8% (compared to 18.2% local population)
Greater London - 12.2% (compared to 40.2% local population)
Source: Department for Communities and Local Government
"I think BME people don't go for fire jobs because they don't know about them. It's still quite nepotistic. There's a dearth of information about the fire service in BME communities," he said.
"The figures for places like West Yorkshire and Manchester are totally unacceptable. Manchester has just recruited a load of fire officers but not one is BME."
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service confirmed to 5 live Breakfast that, out of 22 new recruits, none was non-white.
Last year Home Secretary Theresa May criticised police forces for not recruiting enough officers from ethnic minorities.
She said four forces did not have a single black officer - though two of the forces disputed her claim.
Mr Penning also said more must be done to improve female representation in fire services.
Figures show there are 1,262 full-time female firefighters in England, about 5% of the total 25,251.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service boss Peter O'Reilly said it was improving its recruitment of women.
"We recruited four female firefighters in the latest round, which is a really positive step in the right direction but we appreciate there's further work to be done," he said.
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He adopted "Pancake" and they have formed such a close bond that they go to see clients together and hang out in his office.
"If I leave him on his own he goes crazy so I just take him with me," said Mr Hutchinson, from Didsbury in Greater Manchester. "He follows me around everywhere - he thinks I'm his mum."
He said he hopes his office buddy will eventually become more independent and pursue a high-flying career of his own.
"We'll all miss him, but we won't miss the cleaning up."
BBC North West Tonight's Suzanne Hailey reports.
Data released by the operator shows in the last 32 working days the company has been hit by 1,066 days of absence.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) said an average of 83 services were being cancelled every day due to sickness.
The RMT union said cancellations were due to the firm's "continued mismanagement" of the franchise, and not enough staff were being employed.
"They do that because it saves them money and allows them to pump up the profits which can then be shipped across the Channel to subsidise their operations in France," general secretary Mick Cash said.
Union members staged their first strike action on 26 April, followed by a second day of action on 18 May.
The RMT opposes a new on-board supervisor role and plans for drivers to operate doors.
The operator has insisted there will be no job losses or pay cuts, and the proposals would be implemented.
GTR said in the two weeks prior to the first strike, there was an average of 23 conductors off sick each day.
Since the strike, that number had nearly doubled to 40 conductors a day, with the figure increasing to 45 in the last 10 days.
It added that the figures amounted to one-in-six conductors having had a day's sickness in the last month.
A GTR spokesman said it was offering support to "those conductors who are ill and working out how they can get back to work".
"These figures show a remarkable and unprecedented level of sickness absence which commenced at the time of the first strike.
"We are presently looking into what steps can be taken to investigate this deterioration in the health of conductors across the south of England."
The company operates services in London, Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire and employs 470 conductors across the network.
A local official in the area said that nearly 70 people were injured.
The officials said that those killed were miners in a tunnel trying to reach 32 miners trapped underground in the northern province of Golestan.
The mine blast is thought to have been caused by a gas leak.
Emergency crews are at work at the scene of the disaster, and have so far cleared about 600m (1,960ft) of the tunnel leading to the mine, officials say.
But there has so far been no news about the condition of the trapped miners.
They are believed to be at least 1,300m (4,265ft) underground at the Zemestan-Yurt mine, near Azadshahr.
The men are said to have limited space and to be in danger from volatile gasses. Earlier reports said that at least 50 miners were buried by the blast.
It remains unclear exactly how many miners are affected - with the authorities issuing different numbers throughout Wednesday.
Two people were reported to have been killed earlier on Wednesday, with 25 others wounded by the blast.
One emergency services spokesman said that 16 people had managed to escape.
There are some reports that the gas explosion may have been caused by someone attempting to start a lorry engine.
President Hassan Rouhani meanwhile has been criticised by conservative rivals and the media for what they describe as his government's "slow response" to the disaster.
He has sent Labour Minister Ali Rabei to the scene.
The incident could have political consequences for the government - coming less than a month before the 19 May presidential election in which Mr Rouhani is facing a strong challenge from conservative candidate Ebrahim Raisi.
The rescue operation has reportedly been hampered by concerns about gas in the tunnels.
Hamidreza Montazeri, deputy head of the provincial emergency services, told PressTV earlier on Wednesday that 25 people involved in the rescue had been taken for treatment after inhaling gas.
State media reported that the mine employed some 500 workers and that the explosion - which took place at about 12:45 (09:45 GMT) - happened during a change of shift.
Iran, which extracted 1.68 million tonnes of coal in 2016, mostly uses coal for domestic steel production rather than exporting it.
The message, 'Curry my yougrt (sic), oil my AK-47', was sprayed on a wall outside DUP councillor George Duddy's house on Sunday.
The police said the attack on Mr Duddy's home at Drumaquill Road was a hate crime.
The men, aged 26 and 37, were released on police bail on Wednesday night, pending further enquiries.
A number of properties in the Coleraine area were searched on Wednesday and items were taken away by police for examination.
Part of the graffiti refers to comments made in the Northern Ireland Assembly when DUP MP Gregory Campbell said: "Curry my yoghurt can coca coalyer."
The cash was supposed to be collected by other gang members on the ground in eastern Santa Cruz province, said Interior Minister Carlos Romero.
But they missed the target and the bag was seized by Bolivian anti-drugs police, who later made several arrests.
Bolivia is one of the world's top three cocaine producers.
The authorities say the money - in US dollar bills of various denominations - was wrapped with a seal from a bank in neighbouring Paraguay.
They believe it was going to be used either to build a cocaine production centre or to set up a fake commercial enterprise in Bolivia.
"Three Bolivian citizens have been detained in the operation," said Mr Romero.
Guns and vehicles were also seized near the town of Rincon del Tigre.
Bolivian police had been monitoring the gang, which is believed to be well organised and with links to several countries.
Peru, Bolivia and Colombia are the world's biggest coca leaf and cocaine producers, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Coca leaf production is legal in small amounts in Bolivia, where it is used to alleviate the effects of the high altitude. But the production of cocaine is banned.
The club has applied for permission to develop a 23-acre site on Beggar Bush Lane, Failand.
Plans include three grass training pitches, an all-weather 4G floodlit pitch and an indoor half-pitch training barn.
Chairman Chris Booy said the development "underlines our ambitions to be one of the leading clubs in the country".
"It's vital that we have a top-class facility for the squad to train at, not just to drive performance but also to attract the calibre of players we want at the club," he added.
"We already have the fantastic stadium at Ashton Gate and now the planning process has begun with North Somerset Council to build a training centre that matches those high standards."
Last week the club sacked head coach Andy Robinson after the board "lost confidence" that he would be able to retain the club's Premiership position.
Mark Tainton was appointed as acting head coach.
Former South Africa and Leicester boss Heyneke Meyer is a leading contender to replace Robinson, but no deal has been finalised at this stage.
Mr Aikman died earlier this month at the age of 31 after raising £500,000 for MND research following his diagnosis with the disease in 2014.
The scholarship will fund people who are developing improvements in the way people with MND are cared for.
It was announced by Health Secretary Shona Robison at Holyrood.
Ms Robison also said she had asked the Chief Scientist's Office to work with the NHS to take forward discussions on how to bring MND clinical trials to Scotland.
She was speaking during a Holyrood debate on the contribution Mr Aikman made to public life and to further raise awareness of MND.
Mr Robison said Mr Aikman had been instrumental in bringing about changes to the law around voice therapy and doubling the number of MND specialist nurses working in the NHS.
She added: "Gordon was an inspirational figure and I want to make sure that the momentum he created - and the good work that followed from that - continues to be taken forward, even now he's gone."
Mr Aikman was diagnosed with MND while working as director of research for the Better Together campaign ahead of the Scottish independence referendum.
He went on to win cross-party support for his Gordon's Fightback campaign, calling for funding to find a cure for MND and specialist nursing care.
Lawrence Cowan, a close friend of Mr Aikman and the chairman of MND Scotland, said: "Gordon's campaigning transformed MND care in Scotland. With this scholarship we can help inspire people to keep transforming MND care for years to come.
"It will help bring people together, try new things and ultimately improve how we fight back against this cruel disease."
Gordon's husband, ITV journalist Joe Pike, said: "We are delighted that this scholarship will continue Gordon's legacy. We must also work hard to make Scotland an international centre for clinical trials into MND.
"It is vital we find a cure for the disease that robbed Gordon of his future, and continues to affect hundreds of families across the country."
Motor neurone disease is a rare condition that progressively damages parts of the nervous system, leading to muscle weakness, often with visible wasting.
As the condition progresses, patients find physical tasks such as walking, speaking, swallowing and breathing increasingly difficult- and eventually they may become impossible.
The Scottish government said the Gordon Aikman Scholarship will be open to health and social care professionals, as well as those affected by MND and their carers.
It will be open for applications later in 2017.
It earlier named three dead helicopter crew as pilot David Traill, 51, and Police Constables Kirsty Nelis, 36, and 43-year-old Tony Collins.
Police have also named another of the six people who died in the Clutha bar as Samuel McGhee, 56, of Glasgow.
Gary Arthur, 48, of Paisley, was earlier named as one of the six.
Police Scotland said it could not rule out the possibility of more bodies being found.
The force's helicopter crashed into the pub as it was returning from an earlier operation at about 22:25 on Friday.
Deputy Chief Constable Rose Fitzpatrick, speaking at the crash scene early on Monday morning, said: "I can confirm that sadly a further body has tonight been located and removed from the scene."
She added: "Efforts are ongoing as we speak to establish the identity of the latest fatality.
She also named Mr McGhee.
"Our thoughts are with his family and friends tonight as they are with all those affected by this tragedy," she said.
Police Scotland's "absolute priority has been to locate the bodies of people who were within the pub at the time of the incident and recover them safely", she added.
"This process takes time as formal identification procedures have to take place before we can notify relatives and publicly confirm identities."
She said work would go on "throughout the night to stabilise the scene in order to continue to progress the search and recovery".
Her colleague, Chief Constable Sir Stephen House earlier paid tribute to the helicopter crew.
"Kirsty and Tony were members of the Police Scotland Operational Support Division," he said.
"They were part of the helicopter unit.
"Captain Dave Traill had worked with the police for over four years and was very much a part of our team."
Sir Stephen added: "I'd like to pay tribute to all of them and the work that they did over the years keeping people safe across Scotland.
"Both of the officers involved had previously been commended by the police for bravery and different acts."
Work is continuing to lift the wreckage of the helicopter from the roof of the pub. Sections of the rotor blade were hoisted away from the roof at about 10:30.
Sir Stephen said once the helicopter was completely removed from the scene, specialist personnel would be able to enter the pub and start completely searching, and clearing, the rubble.
It would not be until this was done that it would be possible to say for sure exactly how many people had died, he added.
Of the 32 people who were injured in the crash, 12 remain in hospital. Three of these casualties were being treated in intensive care, where their conditions were described as serious but stable.
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Glasgow Royal Infirmary where seven of the survivors were being treated.
She said she had spoken to two patients who were "upset and traumatised".
"Both of them expressed concern for others and described themselves as being lucky to be alive," she said.
The deputy first minister also revealed that she was surprised to discover that she knew one of the survivors.
She said they both enjoyed a "nice chat" and it was nice to speak to someone who was at the crash scene and was now recovering.
On Saturday night, Police Scotland said in a statement that the body of Mr Arthur had been recovered.
Mr Arthur's daughter Chloe, 18, who has played for the Scotland women's football team and for Celtic women, took to Twitter to thank everyone for their kind thoughts and to pledge that she would make her much-loved father proud.
The under-19 forward for Celtic and Scotland tweeted: "RIP dad. you'll always mean the world to me, I promise to do you proud, I love you with all my heart.
"Thanks to everyone who has tweeted me, text me etc, means so much, I have the most amazing friends ever."
Mr Arthur was a regular on the sidelines watching his daughter play at matches, according to Celtic women's manager David Haley.
He said: "It is a tragedy that Chloe's father was one of eight innocent victims in this terrible accident - he was regularly seen at Celtic matches, watching his daughter.
"Chloe and her family have the full support of everyone at Celtic and across the women's game at this very sad time."
A minute's silence will be held before Celtic's Scottish Cup tie against Hearts at Tynecastle.
'Beautiful friend'
Celtic FC and the Scottish Football Association also sent their condolences.
Social network tributes have been paid to the other victims.
A post on the Facebook page of Mr Traill's cousin Heather Lawson read: "RIP David Traill my lovely big cousin away far too soon xxx".
Many of Mrs Nelis's friends changed their profile pictures to a black square cut across by a thin blue line in remembrance.
Andrina Romano said: "For my beautiful friend Kirsty and all others involved. You will never be forgotten and I will miss you every day. RIP."
Brian Docherty, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, told BBC Radio Scotland the process of identifying and officially naming victims was taking time because it was a "very difficult balancing act".
He said: "There are formal identification processes to follow, so unfortunately we have to make sure we follow due process or we could leave ourselves being criticised very heavily by the families who have unfortunately lost a loved one in this incident."
The BBC's Scotland correspondent Colin Blane said emergency teams working through the wreckage had two main purposes.
They wanted to be sure they had located everyone who might have been trapped inside and they wanted to recover as much of the police helicopter as they could to help find out what went wrong.
Aviation expert Chris Yates told the BBC that after the helicopter was lifted it would be moved to a secure site for detailed investigation.
A special service to remember the victims of the crash was held at Glasgow Cathedral.
Police Scotland Chief Constable Sir Stephen House attended along with Nicola Sturgeon, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill and members of the emergency services.
Meanwhile, officers from Police Scotland's major investigations team have asked for any footage of the incident to be emailed to: [email protected]
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said the crash was the first major test of Scotland's new national police service and national fire and rescue services.
"I think, along with their colleagues in the ambulance and heath service, everyone knows and understands just how magnificent that response has been," he said.
In a separate inquiry, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) will try to establish what caused the crash.
Its team will be assisted by experts from Eurocopter, which manufactured the EC135 T2 aircraft.
Prof Graham Braithwaite, an air accident expert at Cranfield University, said the crash investigation could take more than a year.
He said: "If it's the Air Accidents Investigation Branch investigation then they're doing it, not to allocate blame or liability, but to try to find out how to make these aircraft safer in the future, so that can take many months."
David Learmount, from the aviation news website, Flight Global, said the crash looked likely to have been caused by a mechanical failure.
"We can deduce a fair amount about the nature of the problem that the pilot faced by the fact that this aircraft ended up hitting a pub," he said.
"If the pilot had had any control at all, he would have aimed it away from a building."
Helicopter operator Bond Air Services will assist Police Scotland and the AAIB with their investigations.
The Clutha: 'Very much a family bar'
'Utter disbelief' in Glasgow
The Clutha, in Stockwell Street by the River Clyde, was packed with about 120 people listening to live music when the helicopter crashed on to the roof.
Eyewitnesses outside described how the aircraft "fell like a stone".
Others described people working together to get out of the pub aided by others who were in the area.
Alleena Coupe, who was in the pub, told BBC Radio 5 live's Stephen Nolan: "I heard this 'whoosh' sound like when you take the seal off something, then this cloud of dust came down and, within five seconds, nobody could see anything."
She said she had a torch with her which she used to guide people out of the pub.
"The dust was choking, it burned our throats," she added. "People were running about and panicking while everyone was trying to help get anyone out."
Stand-up comedian Gary Faulds, meanwhile, told BBC News he had dropped his mother off at the pub shortly before the accident.
"My mum had just got inside and was hanging her coat up in a little alcove by the left door as you go into the bar when the crash happened.
"She said she thought it was a bomb going off because you never imagine it is a helicopter."
Both his mother and his aunt, who had 20 stitches to the back of her head, had been treated - and released - from hospital, he said.
"I've heard about the deaths so I guess they were one of the lucky ones," he added.
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Within the city, efforts continue to help survivors and the bereaved.
Glasgow City Council is operating a family reception centre, at 40 John Street, to help those affected.
The authority has also opened a book of condolence for people to sign at the City Chambers.
The Police Scotland Casualty Bureau number is 0800 092 0410 - for those concerned about relatives.
Elsewhere, flags are flying at half-mast across the city and on Scottish government buildings.
A special BBC Scotland documentary, The Crash That Shook Scotland, will be broadcast on BBC 1 Scotland at 22:35 on Monday.
The former RAF aircraft was leaving a runway at Brimpton Airfield near Reading on Sunday when it descended shortly after becoming airborne, crashing into parked cars.
The 60-year-old woman, believed to be sitting on the ground, was taken to hospital with serious facial injuries.
The pilot and his male passenger suffered minor injuries.
Chris Wheeler, social secretary for Brimpton Flying Club, said about 100 spectators were at the event to raise money for Thames Valley Air Ambulance.
"We are not yet aware of the cause but the aircraft had an accident on take-off and collided with two cars.
"Unfortunately one of the occupants was sitting on the ground between the two cars and she got hit by bits of the propellers which disintegrated on impact.
"Although she is badly hurt we believe she is not in a critical condition."
The pilot and his passenger were treated at the scene.
An investigation by the Air Accident Investigation Branch is being carried out.
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Tylicki was injured in a four-horse pile-up at Kempton on 31 October.
Speaking to the BBC's 5 live Daily, he says he was born to be a jockey and "wouldn't regret it one day".
The 30-year-old, who has not watched a replay of his fall, said "things were sometimes very difficult" but he was focused on staying positive.
Tylicki's life changed forever at what should have been a mundane Monday meeting at Kempton Park in Surrey.
He fell heavily from his mount, Nellie Dean, when appearing to clip heels with leader and eventual winner Madame Butterfly as the field rounded the home turn.
"A few of my colleagues have watched the fall - I haven't myself," he said. "They were saying I'm actually very lucky to be here.
"There's no point for me to watch it. I was there, that's enough. I do remember everything. Unfortunately that's racing in a way."
Tylicki spent a fortnight in intensive care and left hospital in late December to continue his rehabilitation at the London Spinal Cord Unit, with support from the Injured Jockeys' Fund.
"When you're in hospital things are very, very tough. You move on to rehab then and you get to learn these new skills and new ways of doing everything," he said.
The change cannot be overstated - from riding thoroughbreds at 30mph to life in a wheelchair. Tylicki is philosophical.
"You are having to accept things in a different way, which can trouble you. You've got good days and bad days, but at the moment I'm taking every day as it comes. For me that's the best way to handle the situation," he added.
"There's always someone worse than you. You've just got to do the best you can out of the situation. Staying positive is the main thing. It can be hard sometimes and easier other days. You've just got to learn how to deal with it."
Tylicki broke 18 ribs in the fall, but most significant of all was the T7 paralysis, which meant he no longer had movement in the lower half of his body.
"The first time I woke up after the operation - I was lying in bed and I knew I couldn't feel anything. That's when I knew I was in trouble," he said.
"Shortly after that, the doctor filled me in on what happened - the injuries I'd received. I just had to get cracking from then on."
The support I've been getting is tremendous and unbelievable
Exercises and physiotherapy now form part of his daily routine. Being shown how to dress himself, make his bed, go swimming and drive a car are all part of his rehabilitation.
"Each individual here has a timetable and you'll be kept busy until 5 o'clock," he said.
"You get to learn an awful lot. Having had a certain level of fitness before has helped me massively in some ways.
"I'm living my life day to day. The immune system is very low and infections can happen easily, but I'm concentrating on my rehab and physio."
He has been reading a lot, with a book on gambler Barney Curley - a present from trainer Jamie Osborne - next on his list.
Tylicki was born in Germany, the son of three-time German champion jockey Andrzej.
"I was born to do it. My father was a very, very good jockey and from a very young age I decided to go down that route," he said.
"I saw the ups and downs and the toughness of the job but from around 12 years of age I knew I was going to be a jockey."
Tylicki Jr was champion apprentice in Britain in 2009 and his career was on an upward curve, winning the Group One Prix de l'Opera race on Speedy Boarding at Chantilly in France just a few weeks before his Kempton fall.
"I had some very good years and some lovely winners, especially last year winning the Prix de l'Opera was definitely the icing on the cake," he said.
Tylicki said racing had given him "a tremendous way of life" and he was aware of the dangers despite falls being relatively rare in Flat racing.
"I think if you ask any Flat jockey they'd agree the jump jockeys are much braver than us Flat lads - one in every 10 rides is a fall. They're much, much tougher," he said.
"On the Flat you're going at great speed so when you do get a fall it's always 'how bad it is?' and this time I didn't get away with it.
"Accidents do happen in racing. It's a risky sport and you're aware of it as a jockey, but you don't think about it. Things can happen.
"When you've won on a few horses that absolutely took off with you - there's nothing better than that. I'm glad I've experienced that."
A GoFundMe page to raise money to help Tylicki's recovery, set up by At The Races television presenter Matt Chapman, collected more than £330,000.
He has been visited by a variety of jockeys and trainers, and received widespread support on social media from racing fans.
"The racing community is little compared to everything else in the world but there's some fantastic people in it - the support I've been getting is tremendous and unbelievable," he said.
"I don't quite know how to thank everyone. It's been absolutely amazing."
Tylicki's sister Madeleine won her first race as a trainer three weeks after her brother's accident.
"It really was just pretty amazing," he said. "I was listening to it on my phone in bed and when the horse crossed the line I Facetimed her. Davy Russell, who rode the horse, answered the phone to me and said: 'This one's for you Freddy.'
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The move was announced by two senior separatist representatives of the self-proclaimed republics in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Kiev says any polls held not according to Ukrainian law would be "fake".
The disagreements have hindered progress towards ending the conflict in which nearly 8,000 people have died.
Moscow denies sending troops and heavy weapons to the separatists.
However, the Kremlin admits that Russian "volunteers" are fighting alongside the rebels in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The fighting erupted in April 2014, a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula.
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Rebel representatives Denis Pushilin and Vladislav Deinego announced the move in a statement published on the separatist DAN news agency.
They said the elections - which had been originally planned on 18 October in Donetsk and 1 November in Luhansk - would be delayed until 21 February 2016.
In return, the rebels said the government in Kiev must fulfil its responsibilities in accordance with a peace deal agreed in Minsk, Belarus, last February.
They said this included a special status to the rebel-held areas, constitutional changes and an amnesty.
The rebel announcement comes just days after the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France discussed key elements of the Minsk agreement in Paris.
After the talks, French President Francois Hollande stressed that any elections in the east must be held according to Ukrainian law.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the four leaders at the Paris talks had supported the idea of the elections based exclusively on Ukrainian legislation and in the presence of international monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
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Waterman said he was selling the collection, which included 56 Gauge 1 steam models, to fund apprenticeships at the heritage trust he runs.
Two of the models sold for £124,000 each, while another went for £86,800.
He said the engines had realised what he wanted and he had raised "not far off" the amount he hoped.
A Beyer Goods, which Waterman said was "the greatest steam railway engine built in miniature", was one of the models to fetch £120,000.
The sale of 32 of the models fetched a total of £627,229, including buyers' premium.
The remaining 24 models failed to reach their reserve price and were not sold, but post-sale offers are continuing to come in, the auctioneers said.
Waterman described the engines, built from scratch for him, as "the Fabergé eggs of the railway world".
He said he had decided to sell what amounts to around a tenth of his collection in order to raise enough money to secure the future of the Waterman Railway Heritage Trust, which holds his collection of full-size steam engines.
He said the pieces he was selling no longer fitted "into his wider collection".
"I never run that stuff any more," he said. "Everything I'm selling is unique. It was all built for me.
"They are one-offs. They are not toys - they are works of art. That's why they are so pricey."
The sale was carried out by at Dreweatts and Bloomsbury Auctions.
The house's steam and model engineering consultant Michael Matthews said: "The collection is unique.
"These models were all built from scratch. They were commissioned over a period of 20 years and Mr Waterman got some of the best builders at the time to work for him - few other people would have had the wealth and enthusiasm to do that."
Poulter, second at last week's Players Championship, thought he had lost his PGA Tour card in April as he was ranked 197th after struggling with injury.
The 41-year-old got a reprieve after a discrepancy in the points structure used for players competing on major medical exemptions was highlighted.
"Thanks for the invite and help, European Tour," said the Englishman.
"Excited to now be playing. Heard good things about the west course. See you in a week."
The PGA Championship is the European Tour's flagship event, while the PGA Tour is a season of tournaments played mainly in the United States.
World number two Rory McIlroy will decide early next week whether he will play at Wentworth.
A scan has revealed the back problem the 28-year-old Northern Irishman had at the Players Championship was a recurrence of a rib injury from earlier this year.
India's Daughter tells the story of Jyoti Singh, 23, whose rape and violent death in India's capital in 2012 caused a public outcry.
Streep said at the New York premiere she was on the "campaign" for it to be nominated for best documentary.
"When I first saw the film I couldn't speak afterwards," Streep said.
The nominations for the 88th Academy Awards will be announced on 14 January.
The hour-long film is made by the BBC and directed by British-based actress and film-maker Leslee Udwin.
She also produced the film East is East but India's Daughter marks her debut as a movie director.
Udwin said she had found hope in the protests following Singh's rape but was dismayed at the relatively weak outcry after a four-year-old girl was raped and beaten with stones in Delhi earlier this month.
"Why are people not out on the streets now?" said Udwin.
There were 33,764 victims of rape in India in 2013, according to the country's National Crime Records Bureau.
Medical student Jyoti Singh was returning home from seeing Life of Pi at the cinema with a male friend in December 2012, when she was raped and murdered by a gang of men.
Udwin's film draws on footage of an interview in jail with one of the attackers, Mukesh Singh, who blamed Singh for being out in the evening with a male friend.
"A decent girl won't roam around at nine o'clock at night," he said.
"A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy."
Mukesh Singh and the other attackers have appealed against their death sentences.
India's Daughter was due to be broadcast in March in India but was banned while Udwin was in the country promoting it.
The government said it thought certain excerpts could "encourage and incite violence against women".
But a senior government minister, M Venkaiah Naidu, also described the documentary as "a conspiracy to defame India".
Another big area of debate has been whether Udwin and her team got proper permission to film in Tihar, the prison where Singh is being held.
The movie, which was screened on BBC Four in March, will open across the US on 23 October.
Screenings are also scheduled in a handful of countries from Iceland to China.
The 35-year-old centre-back was released by the Eagles this summer after making nine appearances for the Premier League club last season.
Hangeland, who won 91 international caps for Norway, joined Fulham in 2008 from Danish side FC Copenhagen.
He scored 12 goals in 272 appearances during six years at Craven Cottage, moving to Palace in the summer of 2014.
Hangeland was part of the Whites side which reached the final of the Europa League in 2009-10, losing 2-1 to Atletico Madrid after extra time.
Back-to-back victories over Fife Flyers, combined with rivals Coventry Blaze dropping points to Nottingham Panthers, mean the Tayside club are in the top eight with five weeks of the regular season to go.
And the Stars coach has his sights on keeping their Gardiner Conference hopes going when they visit Braehead Clan, who could have secured their place this week, next Saturday.
"It's been a massive week overall, starting with the Manchester game at the end of last week, and it means we've taken seven points out of eight," LeFebvre said.
"Our target was six, so we're pleased with that, plus some results have gone our way elsewhere too, so it's definitely nice to be in a play-off spot.
"But we have to keep trying to climb the ladder and going as far as we can. We're not settling for eighth and we'll see how things pan out for us.
"We're still in for the Conference as well and I was telling my players that. With some luck on our side, we'll head to Braehead looking to upset their parade."
Victory over Flyers on Saturday meant Stars leapfrogged Blaze into eighth place.
The Fifers took an early lead as Chase Schaber and Brendan Brooks struck in the opening six minutes.
By the end of the opening period, the Stars were level as Mikael Lidhammar and Felix-Antoine Poulin each scored.
Cale Tanaka put LeFebvre's side in front, but that was cancelled out by Justin Fox. However, with two minutes left, Poulin's second secured a huge victory.
The teams met again on Sunday in Tayside and Flyers again took the lead during the first period when Schaber found the net, but Justin Faryna levelled towards the end of that opening session.
Dundee then went ahead inside the opening couple of the minutes of the second when Joey Sides finished, with a tip-in from Kevin Bruijsten opening up a two-goal gap.
Schaber picked up his second early on in the third to bring Fife to within one, but Brett Switzer's late empty-net goal made it a great weekend for the Stars.
Dundee's victories meant they moved further ahead of Edinburgh Capitals, who didn't play this weekend but are seven points adrift of the play-off places as things stand.
The results between Fife and Dundee meant the Gardiner Conference title celebrations were on ice for Clan, who needed the Flyers to win in regulation time in either of the two games.
Victory over the Stars at home on Saturday night will secure the title for the third time in a row after they took care of their own business with a comprehensive 8-5 home victory over Fife on Friday night at Braehead Arena.
Scott Pitt's early lead for the Clan was turned over by Ryan Dingle, who scored twice before Cody Carlson levelled.
Dingle completed his hat-trick to restore Flyers' lead, but Matt Keith had the game tied before Corey Cowick put Braehead in front again - all in the first period.
Stefan Della Rovere made it 5-3, with two more from Cowick opening a 7-3 gulf by the end of the second period.
Early third-session strikes from Carlo Finucci and Matt Sisca gave Fife a glimmer of hope, but Pitt's second to bookend the scoring killed the game off in Clan's favour.
Friday
Braehead Clan 8-5 Fife Flyers
Saturday
Fife Flyers 3-4 Dundee Stars
Sunday
Dundee Stars 4-2 Fife Flyers
Tahnie Martin, 29, died from serious head injuries after she was hit by the 2m-long piece of timber amid high winds in Wolverhampton city centre.
The debris is thought to have broken away shortly before hitting Miss Martin, from Stafford.
Environmental health officers are investigating, the hearing was told.
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Solihull-born Miss Martin, who worked at the University of Wolverhampton, was struck by the cover while walking near a Starbucks cafe in Dudley Street last Thursday.
It is believed the cover was attached to a structure on the roof of the nearby Mander Centre shopping mall.
Det Sgt John Garbett, of West Midlands Police, told the Black Country Coroner's Court officers had recovered CCTV footage showing the moment the object fell from a roof and hit Miss Martin.
A joint inquiry with the Health and Safety Executive and Wolverhampton City Council established the cover was thought to have been attached to one of two brick structures on the uppermost roof of the shopping mall, Mr Garbett said.
Environmental health officers are investigating the cover's maintenance schedule, which caused Miss Martin's fatal head injuries, the inquest heard.
A small part of the cover that struck Miss Martin broke off before she was hit, the inquest heard, while a second cover is believed to have been blown on to a lower roof.
Mr Garbett confirmed formal contact had not yet been made with the owner of the building.
Adjourning the inquest until April, coroner Zafar Siddique offered his condolences to Miss Martin's family and described her death as an "absolutely tragic set of circumstances".
Jason Gregory, 46, was found at a property in Napier Close, St Helens, Merseyside at about 20:40 BST on Sunday.
He was taken to hospital but died from a single stab wound to the chest, Merseyside Police said.
Paul Largan, 34, of Birchfield Street, Thatto Heath, is due to appear before Liverpool City Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
Shannon Foudy made it across the line on 24 April in her first marathon but officials needed two weeks to check all 38,000 runners' results.
The 39-year-old from Hemel Hempstead said: "I knew about the #oneinamillion campaign and it's unbelievable.
"It is the most worthwhile thing I have ever done."
In January 2010, Shannon gave birth at just 26 weeks and Catrin, who weighed only 2lb 5oz, battled through organ failure and a brain haemorrhage at the Luton & Dunstable Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
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Shannon's daughter, now a thriving six year old, and her partner Jamie were in London watching and cheering along with members of her family.
"I ran to say thank you to the Luton & Dunstable NICU," said Shannon.
"Catrin, Jamie and my mum and dad were at the 14-mile mark so I stopped there for a few cuddles.
"Being surrounded by so many people running for great causes was amazing."
Shannon completed the 35th London Marathon in five hours 45 minutes and 18 seconds.
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Frank Le Villio was 19 when he was arrested by the Germans in Jersey in 1944 after taking a "joyride" on a German soldier's motorbike.
Historian Stanley Keiller began researching his story for a talk about his own occupation experience.
He tracked him down to a pauper's grave in Nottingham.
Mr Keiller said: "All the motor vehicles were confiscated; you can imagine a keen youngster couldn't resist the temptation to give a German bike a spin, they had no humour in them at all".
After the war Mr Le Villio made his way to Nottingham to live with his father, but died one year later of tuberculosis aged just 21, according to Mr Keiller.
The historian, who now lives in Devon, was looking into the story of Harold Osmond Le Druillenec, who survived Bergen-Belsen.
Mr Le Duillenec mentions Frank Le Villio in an account of his experience of travelling to the camp he gave to the BBC in 1946.
But in the account, recorded for a radio programme, Mr Le Duillenec says he parted ways with Frank before being taken to Belsen.
The family of Mr Le Villio say they are confident he also ended up in Bergen-Belsen at some point.
However, Historian Gilly Carr, from Cambridge University, said records show he was taken to the concentration camps at Neuengamme and Sandbostel - which she says was known as "Belsen in miniature" - but there is a lack of hard evidence to confirm he was sent to Bergen-Belsen.
After Mr Keiller discovered Frank survived the war and made his way back to Nottingham, he put out an appeal in the local newspaper.
Father Derek Hailes, of St Cyprian's Church in Nottinghamshire, then contacted him, and was able to confirm Mr Villio had been buried in Wilford Hill Cemetery, Nottingh
He told Mr Keiller that Frank Villio had been buried in a "pauper's grave" along with seven others.
Following an appearance on BBC Radio Jersey by Mr Keiller a relative of Frank Le Villio, Stan Hockley, approached him to express his gratitude, saying "we never knew where he was".
Mr Hockley said he would be considering ways to bring Frank Le Villio's remains back to Jersey to be buried with his father and aunt.
Mr Keiller said: "I'm absolutely delighted that we established a connection with a member of the family."
John Lloyd, who also produced QI and Blackadder, said BBC Two's Mock the Week was merely rude.
BBC One's Have I Got News for You provided "great remarks", he said, but there were no "considered" satires.
But Ian Hislop, the editor of Private Eye who was a writer on Spitting Image, said Lloyd was "unduly pessimistic".
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's the World at One, Lloyd said: "I don't see anything I would really call satire on television at the moment.
"Mock the Week can be very funny, but it's just rude boys, isn't it, poking fun at everybody.
"In the 1980s it was conviction politics, the Tories particularly, and Spitting Image was a conviction television programme.
"And it's interesting you don't get either now. There are very few conviction politicians it seems to me and very little conviction television."
A lot of the joy had gone out of television, he said.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of Spitting Image.
At its peak the show, broadcast between 1984 and 1996, drew audiences of 15 million people to ITV.
Hislop said: "I think Lloyd's being unduly pessimistic. I think satire has a tendency to break out all over the place."
He cited the work of Armando Iannucci, Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker as more recent examples of successful TV satire.
Spitting Image was, Hislop said, a Punch and Judy affair. "Essentially the puppets couldn't really deliver a line," he said.
"They looked great but they couldn't act."
In many of the sketches he created with co-writer Nick Newman: "We just wrote at the bottom: 'Puppets hit each other over head.'"
Satire was still available on television, said Hislop, but it was presented differently.
"Have I Got News for You is a sort of long-running soap opera and panel show but we manage to get some satire into it. There are other shows that do it as well.
"I think the days when a broadcaster said: 'This is satire now. It's That Was the Week That Was. Put on your dinner jackets and listen.' - You can't really do that any more."
Commentators suggested satire was dead on television in the 1960s after That Was the Week That Was - a satirical show starring David Frost - came to an end on British television.
"I think you have to be careful not to be sort of grumpy old man with a misty-eyed view of how great you were in the past and I don't want to be that," said Hislop.
"I was lucky enough to start work at Private Eye with people who had worked on That Was the Week That Was, and I used to say: 'That was amazing,' and they said: 'It wasn't that good.'
"These things are easily romanticised."
The male arrived on Sunday morning and the female a day later.
Other ospreys have also been spotted in the area, but Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Cymru officials said it was too soon to say if they were returning chicks.
Ospreys remain a scarce bird in Wales with only two confirmed breeding pairs, in Glaslyn and in the Dyfi Valley.
In the Cors Dyfi reserve, near Machynlleth, last year was believed to be the first time in 400 years that ospreys had bred in the Dyfi valley.
An RSPB spokesman said a few unpaired birds remained in Wales over the summer months and so there was some potential that the population may slowly increase over the coming years.
Over 180,000 people have visited the Glaslyn osprey project since the birds first arrived in 2004.
"The male arrived two days later than he did last year but he was exceptionally early last year, explained RSPB's Geraint Williams.
"The hen arrived on exactly the same day, nearly to the minute."
The birds, which spend the winter months in west Africa, have had 18 chicks in total.
While two other birds have been spotted in the area, experts have not yet been able to determine whether they are offspring returning to their birth place or merely stopping off en route to Scotland.
Eight platforms have been erected by north Wales-based Friends of the Ospreys, helped by over 100 volunteers, to try to encourage other birds to settle in the area - four of these show signs of one osprey having occupied it last year.
The RSPB viewing site near the nest will be open to the public every day from 10:00 to 16:00 GMT until the clocks go forward, after which it will be open every day from 10:00 to 18:00 BST.
In Scotland, after a 40-year absence, ospreys returned to breed at Loch Garten in the 1950s.
Since then the population has grown slowly north of the border to around 250 pairs.
There is also a very small population in England - a pair at Bassenthwaite in the Lake District and up to five pairs at Rutland Water in Leicestershire.
The rescues were the latest by a patrol of Italian, German and Irish ships operating in the Mediterranean.
Spring weather has led to a surge of people attempting the perilous crossing from Africa to Europe.
It is now the main migration route since an EU-Turkey deal curbed numbers sailing to Greece.
An Irish vessel saved 123 migrants from a people's smugglers' rubber dinghy on Saturday, the Irish military said, while the Italian coastguard said a German ship had carried out four rescue operations from similar unseaworthy vessels.
Meanwhile, about 4,000 migrants plucked from the sea earlier in the week arrived in Italy on Saturday. Many others are known to have drowned.
In one dramatic operation caught on camera by Italian rescuers on Wednesday, a migrant boat overturned after spotting a patrol boat. The Italian navy rescued 562 people, whil five died.
The same patrol boat rescued a further 108 migrants in another incident later that day.
On Tuesday, another 3,000 people were rescued from smugglers' boats.
Most migrants are fleeing conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East.
Under a European Union plan, tens of thousands of those rescued at sea were supposed to be relocated to other EU countries from Italy and Greece, where most land.
However anti-migrant sentiment in other countries have meant that few of have actually been transferred.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
In addition, the amount the Welsh Government can borrow for capital spending - funding for building and infrastructure - will double to £1bn.
Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford said agreement on the fiscal framework guaranteed "fair funding" for Wales.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns hailed the deal as a "significant milestone in the Welsh devolution journey".
It follows negotiations over how the Welsh budget will be adjusted to take account of the transfer of some responsibility for tax raising.
The Welsh Government has already been granted powers over stamp duty - to be replaced by a Land Transaction Tax - and the tax on landfill sites, both of which will take effect in April 2018.
It is also responsible for business rates and council tax.
The income tax powers would allow ministers to cut or raise rates by 10p within each tax band, and will no longer require a referendum.
"I am pleased we have been able to reach agreement about a new fiscal framework which puts our funding on a stable and long-term footing," Mr Drakeford said, as the deal was announced on Monday.
"This is an agreement which is fair to Wales and the rest of the UK.
"It ensures fair funding for Wales for the long-term, something we have consistently made the case for and builds on the work of the Holtham Commission and the cross-party Silk Commission.
"This package of measures paves the way for partial income tax devolution in Wales.
"But crucially it protects our budget from the range of undue risks that could arise following the devolution of tax powers from 2018 and provides additional flexibility to manage our resources."
There have been groundhog day arguments for years about the perceived lack of adequate funding for the assembly from Westminster.
For some it has been a genuine grievance while for others it has created an "excuses culture" at Cardiff Bay.
Now it appears that particular battle is over, and the political debate at the assembly can at long last move on.
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Tax devolution will give Welsh ministers powers over about 20% of the money they have available to spend on public services.
But most of their budget - currently around £15bn a year - will continue to come in an annual block grant from the Treasury.
Included in the details of the framework is a new way to calculate changes to that grant which is designed to reflect Wales' needs.
Those changes are determined by the Barnett formula. This framework does not scrap the formula, which the Welsh Government has said leaves it short-changed.
Instead, there will be new protections for the Welsh budget within the Barnett formula.
Mr Cairns said: "Agreement on the fiscal framework is a significant milestone in the Welsh devolution journey.
"It lies at the heart of the Wales Bill's determination to provide secure long-term funding for the Welsh Government and give Cardiff Bay greater visibility when looking at spending decisions."
The agreement on funding also paves the way towards the transfer of other powers, including over energy and water, included in the Wales Bill.
First Minister Carwyn Jones has said the assembly should not consent to the bill before an agreement on long-term funding.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke said: "The path is now clear for the Welsh Assembly to consent to the implementation of the Wales Bill.
"We are delivering on our commitments and the Welsh Government can now decide how to use their greater powers and responsibilities to grow and support the Welsh economy."
Labour's Shadow Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens MP welcomed the deal as a "positive step forward" but claimed "serious questions remain unanswered by the Tory Government around funding for Wales post-Brexit".
Meanwhile Plaid Cymru's business spokesman Adam Price said the Welsh Government should be allowed to cut taxes without losing any Treasury grants.
"This agreement marks the moment when the focus in Welsh politics has to shift from funding to powers," he said.
"The Welsh Government must argue for a tax revolution, on the basis of an enlightened regional policy for Wales."
Ruth Davidson said she recognised the popular support of the policy, introduced by the SNP government in 2011.
However, the Conservatives said they would examine the use of "low value prescriptions" currently available from GPs.
Political opponents described it as a "humiliating shift" by the Tories.
Prescription charges were abolished in Scotland in 2011, when First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was health secretary. England is the only part of the UK to charge for them.
At the time, the Scottish Tories said the policy was "politically irresponsible and a drain on public resources".
Last year the Scottish Conservatives fought the Holyrood election on a pledge to bring back the charges in Scotland, with Ms Davidson saying the policy had cost the NHS in Scotland £60m and that an £8.40 fee should be introduced.
Reversing the position, she said: "We know there is a large amount of support for this policy and we recognise that."
The party's health spokesman Donald Cameron added: "Pharmacy services have the potential to help reduce the pressure on GPs and hospitals. But this has to be assessed thoughtfully."
"It means thinking about when prescriptions are the right answer and when they're not. It can't be right that the NHS spends £10m a year on over-the-counter drugs like paracetamol.
"So we need a comprehensive review of how drugs, medicine and prescriptions fit into the future of care."
He highlighted the use of "low value" prescriptions, such as shampoo and sun cream, which can be prescribed to patients including those with skin cancer.
Mr Cameron said the party's health advisory board, which would be set up in the coming weeks, would report back on the role of drugs, prescriptions and pharmacy services before the next Holyrood elections.
Alex Salmond said the SNP's free prescriptions policy had been an overwhelming success and was one of the reasons people continued to support the SNP after 10 years in government.
The SNP spokesman said: "Ruth Davidson used to describe free prescriptions as a 'publicly funded bribe' - but this Damascene conversion shows that even the Tories can reluctantly recognise that it is the SNP that pursues the right policies for Scotland."
Scottish Labour health spokesman, Anas Sarwar, described the move as an "embarrassing U-turn by the Tories".
He said: "Ruth Davidson has shown once again she will do and say anything to win votes - but even now she won't fully commit to ensuring everyone has access to the medicine they need.
"All this humiliating shift shows is that once again the Tories simply can't be trusted on the NHS. Just this week, Ruth Davidson lined up with the SNP to block a pay rise for our hard-working nurses."
Alison Johnstone, the Scottish Greens' health spokeswoman, said the Tories would have people "scratching their heads", wondering what the "real reasons" are for the U-turn were.
He added: "Following widespread condemnation of their abhorrent rape clause, this feels like a ploy to detoxify the Tories in Scotland and con the voters."
The International Committee of the Red Cross has been negotiating an agreement on taking DNA samples from the remains of men who died in the 1982 conflict.
The graves in the Argentine memorial cemetery, in Darwin, are currently marked as "soldier only known to God".
The two-month conflict saw 649 Argentine soldiers killed, while 255 British service personnel died.
The conflict saw a taskforce recapture the British overseas territory in the South Atlantic after an invasion by Argentina.
In total, 237 Argentine soldiers are buried in the cemetery. The work on identifying the unknown men is expected to take place between June and August next year, according to a report on the Argentine news agency Telam.
Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan signed the deal with Argentina's deputy foreign minister Pedro Villagra Delgado following talks in London.
Writing on Twitter, Sir Alan also said a "way forward" had been agreed on new flights from the Falkland Islands to Latin America.
It comes after Sir Alan held talks with Argentina's President Mauricio Macri on a visit to Buenos Aires last week.
Tensions between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands had flared up under former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
She had restated her country's demand for sovereignty over the archipelago, known in Argentina as Las Malvinas.
In a 2013 referendum, only three Falklands residents out of 1,517 who voted were against remaining British.
The Foreign Office has stressed the recent discussions with Argentina do not affect the sovereignty of the islands and says the UK remains "absolutely clear" in its support of the rights of its residents.
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A gutsy run saw Farah become the first Briton to win a world medal at 10,000m.
But it had looked like being gold and not silver as the 28-year-old stormed to the front with less than two laps remaining of a thrilling 25-lap race.
Farah told BBC Radio 5 Live: "At the end I just didn't have anything left. It's agony. You always want the gold."
Farah, the fastest man in the world over 10,000m this year, kept pace with the leaders throughout and looked comfortable as he kicked for home with around 600 metres left.
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But Jeilan slowly clawed back Farah's healthy advantage and overtook the Briton as they entered the home straight to win in a time of 27 minutes 13.81 seconds, with Farah just 0.26secs behind.
Jeilan's fellow Ethiopian Imane Merga claimed the bronze but Kenenisa Bekele, winner of the last four 10,000m titles, dropped out with 10 laps still to go.
Three-time Olympic champion Bekele had been sidelined since January 2010 through injury and never looked likely to challenge for a medal.
Farah had said he would be battling his nerves but showed no signs of anxiety as he cruised into contention. The pace varied during the early stages but he made sure he kept in touch.
It appeared as though Farah had got his tactics spot on as he powered to the front in the closing stages, only for Jeilan to move ahead with 35 metres left.
It was a very deliberate strategy by Farah. He ran a 53-second last lap but had the legs run off him. He will only look at his strategy retrospectively and wonder whether he got it right.
However Farah, who has made huge improvements since moving with his family to Oregon at the start of the year to be coached by Alberto Salazar, could not hide his disappointment
He became only the second British global medal winner over 5,000m following a bronze by Jack Buckner in 1987.
But Farah, who also won Britain's first medal at this year's World Championships, said: "You give it 110% and it's not enough sometimes.
"I thought I'd got it right but it wasn't enough. I'll have a chat with my coach, analyse it and see what happened. It's nice to win a medal but I am disappointed with silver."
And Farah denied he burst for home too early.
"I always wanted to go at 400, 500m," he insisted. "That's my best tactics. I thought I had that speed at the end but he was finishing quicker.
That was a gutsy performance. He left nothing on the line, he did everything, he really did, he didn't quite get away from Jeilan and there was a slight opening of the door. That was agony to watch.
"I thought to myself if I could run 52 or 53 seconds (for the last lap) that would be enough. But it wasn't enough."
"It means a lot winning a major medal. It would have been nicer with a gold but the better man won on the day and fair credit to him.
"I'll see how I go from here, hopefully see what I can do in the 5k."
The heats of the 5,000m are on Thursday, with the final on Sunday.
Farah has been in superb form this season, stunning a top-class field to set a new British and European 10,000m record of 26 minutes 46.57 seconds at the Diamond League meeting in June.
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Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said tests showed Strontium-90 was present at 30 times the legal rate.
The radioactive isotope tritium has also been detected at elevated levels.
The plant, crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, has recently seen a series of water leaks and power failures.
The tsunami knocked out cooling systems to the reactors, which melted down.
Water is now being pumped in to the reactors to cool them but this has left Tepco with the problem of how to safely store the contaminated water.
There have been several reports of leaks from storage tanks or pipes.
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Detecting increasing levels of the highly radioactive substance Strontium-90 indicates that Tepco is still struggling to contain the Fukushima reactors.
Water continues to be a massive problem as the company is running out of storage space for the large amounts of the liquid they use every day as to cool the plant.
On top of that around 400 tonnes of groundwater flow into the reactor buildings every day. They have even dug up 12 relief wells near the site in an effort to halt the ingress.
As to the high levels of Strontium-90 detected, it has a half life of 29 years. This means that in humans it can continue to irradiate them for many years. It can be ingested from food or water and tends to concentrate in the bones and is believed to cause cancer there.
In animal studies, exposure to Strontium-90 also caused harmful reproductive effects. These effects happened when animals were exposed to doses more than a million times higher than typical exposure levels for humans.
Strontium-90 is formed as a by-product of nuclear fission. Tests showed that levels of strontium in groundwater at the Fukushima plant had increased 100-fold since the end of last year, Toshihiko Fukuda, a Tepco official, told media.
Mr Fukuda said Tepco believed the elevated levels originated from a leak of contaminated water in April 2011 from one of the reactors.
"As it's near where the leak from reactor number two happened and taking into account the situation at the time, we believe that water left over from that time is the highest possibility," he said.
Tritium, used in glow-in-the-dark watches, was found at eight times the allowable level.
Mr Fukuda said that samples from the sea showed no rise in either substance and the company believed the groundwater was being contained by concrete foundations.
"When we look at the impact that is having on the ocean, the levels seem to be within past trends and so we don't believe it's having an effect."
But the discovery is another setback for Tepco's plan to pump groundwater from the plant into the sea, correspondents say.
Nuclear chemist Michiaki Furukawa told Reuters news agency that Tepco should not release contaminated water into the ocean.
"They have to keep it somewhere so that it can't escape outside the plant," he said. "Tepco needs to carry out more regular testing in specific areas and disclose everything they find."
The Fukushima power plant has faced a series of problems this year. Early this month, radioactive water was found leaking from a storage tank.
The plant also suffered three power failures in five weeks earlier this year. A leak of radioactive water from one of the plant's underground storage pools was also detected in April.
The bull seal, who is surrounded by females on the Norfolk coast, has a deep neck wound but vets do not want to approach him during breeding season.
The RSPCA said he did not appear to be in "imminent" danger, but they hoped to remove what was believed to be the embedded netting in January.
It said it did not want to disturb the mothers while they nursed their pups.
The public beach at Horsey, about 12 miles (19km) from Great Yarmouth, has had breeding grey seal colonies since 2003, according to the Friends of Horsey Seals.
Peter Ansell, chairman of the group, which patrols the beach to try to prevent people disturbing the animals, said: "The poor old boy does look pretty gruesome.
"At this time of year, all the bulls want to do is dominate their competitors and mate, so he's among the ladies and full of testosterone.
"You could never catch him and if you tranquilised him with a dart there's a risk he could bolt into the sea, lose consciousness and drown."
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He said the breeding season would not finish until mid-January.
An RSPCA spokeswoman said they wanted to remove any netting, but the bull still seemed "strong and mobile".
"Although we are concerned for the seal's welfare, he does not appear to be in imminent danger," she said.
"We have to be very cautious as we do not want to disturb the pups and nursing mothers.
"As soon as it is safe to do so, once the pup season is over, we are planning to try to catch him so we can remove the netting from his neck."
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In the case of Stephen Adly Guirgis's play, it is because it contains a swear word.
For the purposes of this article we'll refer to it as The Mother with the Hat. The National Theatre prints the swear word on the programme with two asterisks.
Guirgis's play received six Tony nominations on Broadway and opened at the NT's Lyttelton Theatre last week to enthusiastic reviews. It runs until 20 August.
It is directed by Indhu Rubasingham and the cast includes Desperate Housewives star Ricardo Chavira as Jackie, a recovering addict just out of jail who has landed a job to impress his childhood sweetheart Veronica (Flor De Liz Perez).
But things take a turn when he notices another man's hat in their apartment.
On a recent visit to London, Guirgis told the BBC about the play's title, winning the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and his new Netflix project with Baz Luhrmann.
The reviews have been very good, so how does it feel to have a play at the National?
This is an important season at one of your most important theatres, so the fact they chose to do a play of mine is a real honour and the fact that it is apparently being well received makes me feel a sense of relief that it didn't let anybody down.
Does it bother you that the theatre has put asterisks in the title?
I get it. When I wrote the play originally I didn't think it was going to Broadway or the National. It felt like the right title for this play.
The title is a blessing and a curse. It's a curse because sometimes that's where the conversation begins and ends.
It's a blessing because it's like a disclaimer. You can't walk into a play with this title and be offended.
What I'd hoped for in London and New York is that when you come and see the play you'll have an experience that transcends your experience of the title.
Have producers ever suggested that the title might hurt the play's commercial prospects?
Initially producers didn't have any problem with it, but then they discovered it's difficult to figure out what to call it for the internet.
No-one ever told me to change it, so I didn't.
What sparked the idea for this play?
Some of the play I've experienced, for sure, other parts I haven't.
I'm interested in codes of conduct. When we're younger, our friendships are probably the things that are most prized, We have an organised set of rules built around them that we mostly follow.
But then when we get older, life gets more complicated and those loyalties and codes can be broken.
I'm interested in what is acceptable behaviour amongst friends.
Most of my plays, if you break them down, are about people who are past the age where they should have already grown up still trying to grow up.
How does it feel to have the Pulitzer Prize for Drama on your CV?
It's a little surreal. It's not tattooed on my arm but you're right, it's on my resume, and I figure in the worst-case scenario if I bomb out as a playwright I'll be able to get a job teaching.
If I'm in a plane crash maybe they'll put "Pulitzer Prize winner Guirgis dies".
I'm glad it happened. I have the plaque, I went to the ceremony and I'm grateful - but I've got to get on with what's next.
And that's a Netflix series called The Get Down with Baz Luhrmann about the birth of hip hop?
It's a coming-of-age story of these five kids in the south Bronx in the 70s and the cultural and artistic revolutions that came out of New York: hip hop, punk rock and the graffiti and breakdance scenes.
I grew up in New York, so I know a bit about it, but doing the research has been great.
Has it been a very different experience from writing a play?
I've done some television work before. There's less autonomy.
Working with Baz I learn so much about the execution of story.
We'll be talking about a character like a breakdancer or a drug dealer and he'll reference the Greeks and Shakespeare and connect the story to a continuum that's been going on for thousands of years.
As a Pulitzer Prize winner, what will your next play be about?
It's a boxing play, a period piece that goes from the late 40s to the early 70s.
It tells the story of a boxer who was great enough to become a champion for a minute, but lacked some of the intangibles and good fortune to stay a champion.
Most of my plays are set in New York but in this play there are scenes in the French Riviera and they go back in time; so it might take a little while.
Does it have a title?
Right now it's got the mundane title of Untitled Boxing Play. When you use boxing expressions as titles it either sounds really good or really stupid.
So far I've only been able to come up with the stupid ones.
Christopher Halliwell, 52, is charged with strangling sex worker Becky Godden and burying her in a field in Eastleach, Gloucestershire, in 2003.
He is serving a life sentence after admitting murdering Sian O'Callaghan, 22, in 2011.
Halliwell told Bristol Crown Court he "never knew Rebecca," who was 20-years-old when she disappeared.
The jury has heard the defendant initially confessed to strangling Miss Godden before leading police to the exact spot of her burial.
Halliwell, formerly of Ashbury Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, has since pleaded not guilty to murder and is representing himself at his trial.
In his closing speech from the dock, the defendant said: "The forensics evidence so poorly presented to the forensic lab, so poorly examined it is not worth mentioning. It is rubbish."
Earlier, he told the jury two drug dealers were responsible for burying Miss Godden in 2003.
He said he regularly drove the men, who he has refused to name, while they delivered drugs and they would pay him "three of four times" the usual fare.
He told the court he had received a call from the men saying they "needed to get rid of something".
He said he drove the pair to Oxo Bottom Field and returned to collect them an hour later.
"I didn't know at the time they had buried Rebecca. I was under the impression it was drugs, money or weapons," he said.
Prosecutors allege Halliwell was one of Miss Godden's clients and murdered her after becoming possessive.
Retired High Court judge Sir John Griffith Williams is due to sum up the case to the jury on Monday.
The 19-year-old won the Junior World Championship in 2014 alongside Bath's Charlie Ewels and Tom Woolstencroft.
Walker became the youngest forward to appear for Carnegie in 2013, playing against Bristol, and became their youngest-ever captain a year later.
"Now is the time for me to take the next step and I'm confident I've got what it takes to succeed," he said.
"DUP's day to make history," the paper proclaims with a picture of leader Arlene Foster and deputy Nigel Dodds at the iconic door of No 10.
The paper says Mrs Foster is poised to sign a historic deal with Prime Minister Theresa May that will put the DUP centre stage at Westminster.
Inside, the paper says the DUP will be "at the heart of government". Its commentators are swift to comment on how a leader who faced calls to quit over a heating scandal is now "kingmaker" or should that be "queen maker"?
Ruth Dudley Edwards opts for a more measured and utterly British approach: "Let's all just keep calm and carry on."
And David Gordon reaches for the "immortal and profound" words of country singer Kenny Rogers to underline the importance of not overplaying your hand.
"You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the deal is done."
Politicians should know how quickly fortunes can rise and fall in their game, he writes. He issues a little warning: "There is a tendency among some in the party to swagger and bluster when things are going their way. They should know by now that doesn't always end well."
The Mirror does not spare readers with its front-page headline.
"Chopped up body is a woman," it proclaims, telling how walkers found a head in a plastic bag on a remote mountainside in County Wicklow.
Inside, the paper features former prime minister and "Tory grandee" John Major talking about his fears for the peace process as the DUP takes a key role in government.
"Major warns of Trouble ahead", reads the headline, close to a picture of the DUP's 10 MPs .
The Mirror has thoughtfully added a few speech bubbles, so that we have Mrs Foster saying: "The future's bright..." and Ian Paisley Jnr adding: "The future's Orange."
The News Letter carries the same front-page picture as the Belfast Telegraph - the DUP leader and deputy at the door of Downing Street - below a headline: "Let's seal the deal".
The paper says the party was, last night, "on the cusp of a deal" and it quotes the headline from the London Standard: "We are the masters now".
In his analysis, the paper's political correspondent notes that this is "no shotgun marriage" and the public relationship this week is "the culmination of much preparatory work", predating Theresa May's time in No 10. The DUP has been preparing the ground for this sort of moment for a long time, writes Sam McBride.
The paper also carries that interview with John Major warning of "Northern Ireland hard men lurking in corners".
The News Letter also quotes Sinn Féin saying it has 250,000 reasons not to go to Westminster, dismissing speculation that they could help Labour block Theresa May's Queen's Speech.
The paper quotes West Belfast MP Paul Maskey who argues that the people who voted for his party gave them a mandate not to take their seats.
The Irish News opts for a front-page lead bound to raise temperatures.
It claims that Belfast City Council is storing 1,500 pallets for loyalists building bonfires for 12 July.
The paper says council vans were spotted removing the pallets from a site close to Sandy Row after "an agreement with the local community".
The Irish News has learned that the pallets are being stored and are expected to be returned in time for the Twelfth.
The paper quotes Alliance councillor Emmet McDonough-Brown who calls the plans "deeply disappointing".
"Such actions are clearly more expedient than strategic and they send the wrong message about dumping in the city," he says.
A council spokesman is also quoted, stating that no arrangements have been made for the return of the pallets back to the bonfire site.
Commentator Brian Feeney is rolling his eyes about the state of Stormont talks and the idea of Secretary of State James Brokenshire chairing them,
"It's self-evidently ridiculous, an insult to the intelligence of people here, for her (Theresa May's) re-appointed clone to propose to chair all-party meetings when the government he's in depends for its existence on one of the parties.
"C'mon. Peddling that preposterous balderdash to interviewers invites having them laugh in his face," he writes.
Finally, it is Novena time in west Belfast. The paper says the nine-day Clonard Novena draws more than 100,000 visitors every year.
The marquees are up, the toilets have been installed and the flags are flying, says the Irish News.
It quotes one of the organisers who says that everybody is welcome... of all religions and none.
God moves in mysterious ways and for those who cannot make the journey, there's always the webcam.
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Fifty people turned up to take part in the 'ice golf' tournament which happens every year on the frozen Lake Baikal.
The rules are just the same as normal golf, except that the balls are red to show up against the snow.
Helen Ward's long-range shot evaded keeper Carly Telford and nestled in the top left corner to give the visitors the lead after only seven minutes.
The hosts equalised through Clarke's penalty after Fern Whelan handled in the box, but Kirsty McGee's header restored Reading's lead.
Clarke's deft lob on 64 minutes meant both side's settled for a point.
The result means both teams are still looking for their first league win of the season.
St Johnstone 2-4 Celtic
Aberdeen 2-1 Partick Thistle
Heart of Midlothian 5-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Rangers 2-1 Motherwell
Ross County 2-0 Kilmarnock
President Trump named the Colorado appeals court judge on Tuesday to replace the late Antonin Scalia.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he had "very serious doubts" about Judge Gorsuch's nomination.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren accused the nominee of siding with large companies over American workers.
Two of Judge Gorsuch's most high-profile appeals court rulings saw him side with business owners who objected on religious grounds to funding birth control via staff insurance plans.
If confirmed by the Senate, Judge Gorsuch, 49, would restore the court's conservative 5-4 majority, lost when Justice Scalia died.
The court has the final legal word on many of the most sensitive US issues, including abortion, gender rights and gun control.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi called Mr Trump's nominee "a very hostile appointment" and "a very bad decision, well outside the mainstream of American legal thought".
Former Democrat presidential contender Bernie Sanders said Judge Gorsuch "must explain his hostility to women's rights, support of corporations over workers and opposition to campaign finance reform".
Republicans would cry foul over a concerted effort to block Judge Gorsuch's confirmation, but it was the Republicans who blocked Barack Obama's nomination for the seat until Mr Obama left office.
Justice Scalia's seat became available 10 months before the end of Mr Obama's presidency, but Republicans refused even to debate his pick of Judge Merrick Garland, claiming it was too close to an election.
There is no law that says a Supreme Court justice cannot be nominated by a president close to the end of his or her term in office.
Even if Judge Gorsuch makes it through the Senate Judiciary Committee, he will face challenges when the entire chamber convenes for a final vote.
Democrats may seek to prevent that second vote by prolonging, or filibustering, the debate. In that case, the nomination would need 60 votes rather than a simple majority.
With Republicans only holding 52 Senate seats, they may have to change Senate rules in order to approve Mr Trump's nominee.
Abortion: He has not spoken out about Roe v Wade, the case which legalised abortion nationwide in 1973, making it difficult to pin down where he stands on the issue.
Birth control: Judge Gorsuch has supported religious institutions which objected to requirements for employers to provide access to contraception. In one of his most high-profile cases, he defended the religious owners of retailer Hobby Lobby who refused to fund birth control via staff health insurance.
Gun rights: He hasn't ruled directly on firearms restrictions, but is thought to be generally pro-second amendment. He once wrote in a legal opinion that a citizen's right to bear arms "must not be infringed lightly".
Euthanasia: He has been vocal about assisted dying, writing a book in 2009 which opposed legalisation.
The highest court in the US is often the ultimate arbiter on highly contentious laws, disputes between states and the federal government, and final appeals to stay executions.
It hears fewer than 100 cases a year and the key announcements are made in June.
Each of the nine justices serves a lifetime appointment after being nominated by the president and approved by the Senate.
The court already has cases this term on the rights of transgender students, gerrymandered voting districts and on the Texas death penalty determination.
It is also likely the court will hear cases on voter rights, abortion, racial bias in policing and US immigration policy, and possibly on Mr Trump's controversial executive order banning refugees.
Arifa, 25, dared to stand up to her family, running away with the man she fell in love with and secretly marrying him.
The following day in a busy street in Karachi, Pakistan's most populous city, her male family members surrounded the newlyweds and, at gunpoint, dragged Arifa away.
It was five days before her husband, Abdul Malik, heard any news of his wife.
"I got a message that she had been murdered. That was the most difficult day of my life," he tells me, holding back the tears. "After great difficulty I managed to establish that my wife was alive and had been hidden somewhere."
Fearing for his life, Mr Malik has lived in hiding for three months.
"In Pakistan, love is a big sin. Centuries have passed, the world has made so much progress - men have reached the heavens. But our men are still following age-old customs and traditions from the dark ages," he explains.
It is these traditions and customs - which focus on denying women freedom - that have growing acceptance in Pakistan and are encouraged by hard-line religious scholars.
The rule of law is often ignored.
This is a world where a woman has few rights in practice - she is the property of her family until she marries.
Then ownership passes to her husband's family, with the risk of death if she brings dishonour to the family.
This year alone, more than 1,000 women have been murdered for so-called honour crimes - and these are just the ones of whom the authorities are aware.
In May, the case of the young, pregnant woman Farzana Parveen shocked the world. She was stoned to death by her family for marrying the man she was in love with, rather than the man they had chosen for her.
What was most shocking was that it happened outside Lahore's high court, in front of policemen and passers-by.
In November, following worldwide media attention, Ms Parveen's father, brother, cousin and former fiance were all found guilty of murder and given the death sentence, while another brother got 10 years in jail.
But more often than not, those who commit these brutal acts against women are never charged, protected by tribal laws.
Some hard-line religious scholars believe that only through the killing of an offending family member - usually a woman - can honour be restored to the rest of the family and tribe.
The most surprising point is that few people in Pakistan nowadays are willing to challenge these tribal traditions and customs. In fact, according to a recent survey from the Pew Research Centre, an overwhelming majority of Pakistanis support the full implementation of Sharia - Islam's legal system.
In the backstreets of Karachi, I find a madrassa where thousands of boys and young men receive their religious instruction. I want to ask the local clergyman about his thoughts on adultery, for which women have also been murdered in "honour killings".
"The punishment is what is prescribed in Sharia, which is stoning and lashes," the mullah tells me.
One of his pupils backs his teachings: "Once it is proved, in Sharia, the punishment is either lashes or stoning."
At this madrassa, I find little sympathy for women who stray - punishing adultery is a clear-cut duty.
But what does the country's law say? In 1979, Gen Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan's military dictator, introduced the so-called Hudood Ordinance - a controversial set of laws that attempted to Islamise Pakistan. Among other things, it made adultery punishable by stoning and lashing.
In 2006, the then President, Pervez Musharraf, tried to liberalise some of these laws to protect women, but the enforcement of his reforms has been limited and adultery is still a crime.
Karachi's central prison for women is where many of those accused of adultery end up.
Sadia is 24. She arrived at the prison four months ago after her husband of nine years accused her of sleeping with another man. She is still awaiting trial.
"My husband divorced me, beat me and then kicked me out of home," she explains. "Then he went to the police and told them that I'd run away with another man. In reality he and his family beat me and kicked me out."
Sadia tells me she does not have access to a lawyer and is not sure when she will be able to leave. At the time of my visit, there are 80 women in the prison - many have no idea why they are there and end up languishing in jail for years without trial.
Some of the more lucky women end up at a handful of shelters across the country.
I travelled to the Edhi shelter for women, a heavily guarded compound in one of the most notorious and dangerous neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Karachi, known for its Taliban sympathies.
Most of the women here have run away from abusive relationships or have been thrown out on to the streets by their families.
The women live at the Edhi shelter peacefully, sharing chores, helping with the cooking, cleaning and taking care of each other's children. There are never any questions asked about why a woman has sought refuge at the home.
There is one strict rule that everyone abides by - nobody is allowed in without the say of the women, including the authorities.
"If she is having an affair outside of here, we don't care, we don't ask. She can stay as long as she likes," Samina, a volunteer at the shelter, tells me. "If her family come to take her and she goes willingly, then she is free to go."
What if the police are after her for adultery charges, I ask. "No, we won't hand her over to the police," says Samina.
Draped in a red headscarf, Ayesha says she has left her home five times with her two young children, fleeing to the safety of the shelter.
Each time, her husband comes to collect her. But she tells me the abuse and torture she is subjected to when she returns with him force her to run away again.
Ayesha says her husband accuses her of having an affair. "My husband would lock me up and then he would start to beat me, beyond any limit, forcing me to say that I was having an affair.
"My children would scream, 'Please someone save our mother.' But no-one would listen, no-one would come."
Ayesha tells me she has no intention of returning to her husband now. Although the future remains uncertain for her, she says she feels lucky to be alive.
Despite a growing middle class, attempts at modernity and secular condemnation, combating ingrained institutional misogyny has become increasingly difficult in Pakistan.
In a society fighting to preserve patriarchal and tribal traditions, women face brutality and gender-based violence in both urban and rural districts.
And as religious fundamentalism continues to gain ground, the freedoms of women are increasingly attacked.
BBC Our World's Pakistan's Women - Punished For Love broadcasts on the BBC News Channel at 21:30 GMT on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 December - or catch up online.
Internationally, you can see the programme on BBC World News on Saturday 13 December at 11:30 GMT and Sunday 14 December at 17:30 GMT.
The 26-year-old will return to his first club in a deal which sees England fly-half George Ford rejoin Tigers.
"I am really happy but I would be lying if I said I was happy with how it came about," Burns told BBC Radio Leicester.
"I had a year on my contract. I'm a man of integrity and wanted to see it out."
Burns said that he is filled with "immense pride" by the prospect of playing for Bath, despite the circumstances of his Leicester exit.
"The direction the club wanted to go in was told to me and then I made the best decision to go home and represent my childhood club," he added.
"Everything keeps moving and I am really excited. I am disappointed with the way it came about and the way it was dealt with, but you cannot affect those things sometimes and you have to crack on."
Burns joined Tigers from Gloucester in 2014 and said it will be "tough to walk away".
"I have a lot of motivation in the last part of the season," he explained. "Hopefully I can make it a successful one and I can leave with my held up high and with people thinking a lot of me."
The UK prime minister, who had promised not to call an election before 2020, said she planned to call a snap general election on 8 June.
But European Council President Donald Tusk's spokesman said the 27 other EU states would forge ahead as planned.
"The UK elections do not change our EU27 plans," Mr Tusk's spokesman said.
He added: "We expect to have the Brexit guidelines adopted by the European Council on 29 April and following that the Brexit negotiating directives ready on 22 May. This will allow the EU27 to start negotiations."
Mr Tusk and Mrs May had a "good" conversation on the phone following the announcement, the council president tweeted.
Using his personal account, Mr Tusk also tweeted: "It was Hitchcock, who directed Brexit: first an earthquake and the tension rises."
An EU official on the negotiating team told the BBC that they were hopeful the outcome may even improve negotiations.
"This is a domestic matter for the UK. But we have some hope that this will lead to a strong leader in London that can negotiate with us with strong backing by the electorate," the official said.
"This does not change things. We are ready. Early June was always the calendar."
The European Union won't have much to say on the record about Theresa May's decision to call a snap election - the UK is still a member state after all and it's not the done thing to comment on internal political manoeuvrings.
But no British election campaign will ever have been watched quite so closely from Brussels.
That's not because Mrs May, if she wins, will have a clear personal mandate for her vision of Brexit. The European side would always have assumed that whoever was in Number 10 had the authority to negotiate for the UK.
It's more because they expect to learn a lot about Mrs May's vision for Brexit in the heat of campaigning - and also about the visions of the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the other parties who'll make their presence felt.
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German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel echoed the sentiment, saying "predictability and reliability" were "more important than ever" in the wake of the Brexit vote.
"Any extended period of uncertainty is surely not good for the political and economic relations between Europe and Great Britain," he said in a statement. "Hopefully, the elections announced today by Prime Minister May can lead to more clarity and predictability in the negotiations with the European Union."
But others were less positive, with many focusing on the risk Mrs May and the Conservatives are potentially taking.
Belgian MEP Tom Vandenkendelaere, of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) grouping, tweeted: "Understandable choice to strengthen negotiation mandate for #Brexit, but at the same time huge gamble and risk of even greater instability."
There was also speculation among European politicians over what impact the election result would have on Britain's approach to Brexit.
Jo Leinen, a German MEP in the Party of European Socialists (PES), tweeted: "The elections in #GB on the 8th June are the perfect opportunity - especially for the young generation - to avert hard #Brexit."
Polish MEP Ryszard Czarnecki, of the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists political group, tweeted: "The Tories probably win, and GB will have a stronger mandate for the negotiations with the EU on Brexit."
In Russia, meanwhile, the Kremlin has said it has "no particular interest" in the election.
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Hosting Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House, Mr Trump said the threat of terrorism had underlined the alliance's importance.
He called on Nato to do more to help Iraqi and Afghan "partners".
Mr Trump has repeatedly questioned Nato's purpose, while complaining that the US pays an unfair share of membership.
The Nato U-turn wasn't Mr Trump's only change of heart on Wednesday.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he said he would not label China a currency manipulator, despite having repeatedly pledged to do so on his first day in office.
At a joint press conference with Mr Stoltenberg, Mr Trump said: "The secretary general and I had a productive discussion about what more Nato can do in the fight against terrorism.
"I complained about that a long time ago and they made a change, and now they do fight terrorism.
"I said it [Nato] was obsolete. It's no longer obsolete."
But Mr Trump reiterated his call for Nato member states to contribute more funding to the alliance.
"If other countries pay their fair share instead of relying on the United States to make up the difference we will all be much more secure," said the US president.
Mr Stoltenberg thanked Mr Trump for "an excellent and very productive meeting".
Earlier this week Nato welcomed Montenegro as its 29th member nation.
The meeting at the White House comes hours after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Russian President Vladimir Putin during a trip to Moscow.
"Things went pretty well. Maybe better than anticipated," Mr Trump said about that meeting.
"Right now we're not getting along with Russia at all. We may be at an all-time low in terms of relationship with Russia."
The selling price is believed to have been about £150m.
It has been bought by Ennismore, a private investment company, which already owns the small Hoxton chain of boutique hotels.
The new owner said it would retain the existing staff and make a "significant" investment in "one of the world's most prestigious and recognisable venues".
Gleneagles' most recent published accounts showed turnover of £43m, and operating profit of £2.5m
It hosted the Ryder Cup last September and a G8 summit 10 years ago.
Ennismore is thought to have paid about £150m the Perthshire hotel, which has three golf courses.
So, for around £150m, Ennismore, the private investment group in the hospitality industry, has bought itself a national institution.
Founded ten years ago, what the new owner currently does is take rather ugly buildings in central and east London and give them a cool boutique vibe as hotels and restaurants.
It has the Hoxton hotel, which it plans to scale up to a branded chain, already including an Amsterdam property.
The cross-over clientele will probably be limited. But what Ennismore offers is a bit more imagination. It professes to be about design, and "taking the path less travelled".
That could be just what Gleneagles needs next. But it also needs a company that understands how to apply the most modern marketing to a doggedly traditional tourism product, clad in sober tartans and flavoured with single malts.
What Ennismore has yet to prove is its ability to market a hotel as a resort. Gleneagles' prestige is established, which is why it paid quite a prestige price. Diageo's ownership has shown that it doesn't need to be part of a chain, but it does need an owner with the means and the willingness to invest and keep its five-star status.
It is important to the wider economy that the new owner succeeds with one of the Crown Jewels of Scottish tourism.
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Diageo chief executive Ivan Menezes said: "Diageo is proud to have been the owner of Gleneagles but the hotel is not a core business for us and therefore following the success of the Ryder Cup we feel this is an appropriate time to realise value through this transaction.
"I am pleased that Diageo's brands, especially our scotch brands, will continue to be an important feature at this iconic Scottish hotel.
"We wish Ennismore and all the staff at the hotel a successful future."
Ennismore said the existing Gleneagles staff and management would be kept on, and that "significant sums" would be invested at the estate.
Chief executive Sharan Pasricha said: "We are delighted to be acquiring the iconic Gleneagles Hotel, which is one of the world's most prestigious and recognisable venues.
"We plan to operate Gleneagles as a standalone business, alongside The Hoxton, to ensure that its management team can preserve the special appeal of this Scottish landmark."
VisitScotland chief executive Malcolm Roughead added: "We are delighted that Ennismore will be the new owners of the Gleneagles Hotel, and look forward to welcoming this new and significant investor to Scotland.
"Following the success of the Ryder Cup last year and the G8 summit in 2005, Gleneagles has established itself as one of Scotland's most iconic resorts, delighting visitors from across the world with its commitment to quality and excellence - something we are sure Ennismore will strive to continue."
The proposal would see the carrier docked next to aquarium The Deep, for Hull's City of Culture celebrations in 2017.
The 20,000-tonne carrier is due to be retired, after 32 years of service.
Mr Johnson, the Hull West Labour MP, said there was a "pressing need" to secure the future of the vessel.
As part of the plans, the 700ft long (215m) ship would be based on the River Tyne, at the former Holburn Dock, for the "next two years" before berthing in Hull for two years, from 2017.
A statement on the MP's website said if the plans were a success, HMS Illustrious would be available as an "immersive, inspiring and exciting visitor experience" during 2017 and 2018.
A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: "HMS Illustrious has a long and proud history with the Royal Navy.
"During her 32 years of service she has protected our nation's interests in the Falklands, Bosnia, Iraq, Sierra Leone and most recently the Philippines."
The ministry was considering bids to re-home HMS Illustrious and preserve the carrier as a "lasting tribute" to the personnel who served on all three of the Invincible-class aircraft carriers, introduced in the 1980s, the spokesperson added.
It is a condition of sale that HMS Illustrious must remain in the UK, the ministry said.
Last month, the ship returned to its home port in Portsmouth for the final time.
The man died after stepping into the path of a galloping horse during a race in honour of the girl's 15th birthday.
Local media said the 66-year-old owned one of the horses taking part in the amateur race.
About 1.3 million people earlier vowed to attend the party, which also featured local bands and food.
In a video message recorded earlier this month, Crescencio Ibarra announced that he would be organising a 15th birthday party for his daughter Rubi on 26 December in La Joya community, central Mexico.
"Hello, how are you? We invite you this 26 December to the 15th birthday party of our daughter, Rubi Ibarra Garcia," Mr Ibarra said while standing next to Rubi and his wife Anaelda Garcia.
He then went on to announce that the winner of the horse race to be held as part of the event would win 10,000 pesos ($490; £390).
One of those drawn by the invite, and the horse race in particular, was Felix Pena of the local Coyotes Negros (Black Coyotes) stables.
Mr Pena told local broadcaster Hora Zero that he was entering his horse, Oso Dormido (Sleeping Bear), in the race and that he expected it to win.
"I'm not doing it for the [prize] money, I'm doing it for the fame and the glory."
In a video taken of the race he can be seen rolling in the dust kicked up by the horses and then lying unconscious on the ground.
Emergency workers said he died on the way to hospital.
It is not clear why Mr Pena, who regularly raced horses, stepped into the path of the galloping animals.
Some bystanders said he may have misjudged the distance as he tried to cheer on Oso Dormido.
Another man who also stepped into the path of the horses broke a leg.
Police said apart from the accident during the horse race, the party went off peacefully.
Throwing a large party for a girl's coming-of-age is not unusual in Mexico, but Rubi Ibarra Garcia's party was unique in the attention it drew.
Mr Ibarra's message was posted publicly on Facebook and was widely shared on social media, prompting countless memes and imitations.
Mr Ibarra later said that the idea had been to invite neighbours and friends only, but promised that he would not turn anyone away.
On the day, thousands of people showed up and relatives had to move away an army of waiting reporters so Rubi could attend an open-air Mass.
Dozens of tents and tables filled with food were prepared for those who made the journey.
They were met by Rubi, who looked serene despite the crowds, wearing a fuchsia dress and a tiara.
Her father was at one point exasperated by the media and threatened to end the party if reporters did not give his daughter some space.
Nikolai Pankov announced a review of the decision to close the two bases more than a decade ago.
The two served as pivots of Soviet military power during the Cold War.
It comes amid growing tensions between the US and Russia, and as Russia's parliament approved a longer term military presence at a Syrian airbase.
Mr Pankov told the Russian parliament on Friday they were "dealing with the issue" of the two bases, Russian news agencies reported.
He declined to go into detail.
It comes two years after Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu first revealed they were looking into bases in both Vietnam and Cuba, as well as countries including Singapore and Nicaragua, according to The Diplomat.
Russia lowered its flag at the Lourdes signals intelligence base in Cuba and the deepwater Cam Rahn naval base in Vietnam in the early 2000s as part of a drawing down of Russia's military presence around the world after the demise of the Soviet Union.
During the same session, Russia's parliament voted to approve an "indefinite" deployment of forces in Syria at the Hmeimim airbase.
The facility had been supporting Russian troops since August 2015 on a temporary basis, but Friday's vote could lead to a permanent base.
Here is a transcript of what he had to say on Wednesday morning:
"Here's what happened with me and Top Gear.
"Last Thursday Will [Macdonald] and I from [Channel 4 show] TFI Friday were in my house and we were writing the penultimate draft of the TFI Friday script and running order.
"We'd been doing it all day and it was seven minutes past four.
"I got a text from Mark Linsey who is the head of entertainment at BBC TV. [Mark Linsey's full title is Controller, Entertainment Commissioning.] It basically said, 'would you be interested at all in having a Top Gear conversation?'
"Now, I had never ever been offered the Top Gear job before that.
"I had one brief text exchange about Top Gear with somebody very high up at the BBC, when what has now become infamous happened.
"That was very short, very concise, saying 'if anything happened in the future would you be up for a conversation?'
"So the text I received on Thursday was pretty similar to the one I received three months ago or whenever it was.
"I had some time, so I called Mark Linsey back. Mark explained to me that the situation had changed in the last 24 hours, because Richard [Hammond] and James [May] had finally ruled themselves out of a return to Top Gear.
"Before that they were very much considering returning, the BBC had made an offer to them and I was aware of that.
"I wanted them to return. I wanted Top Gear to carry on, as a fan.
"I wanted Top Gear to carry on with those guys and I thought it was going to happen.
"Whenever I said 'I categorically rule myself out of running for office', it was because I didn't want to be a pawn in a chess game involving three of my friends.
"A few weeks ago James and I went on holiday together, me and my family and him and his partner, for three days in France.
"We talked about what he might do, what Jeremy might do and what Richard might do for most of the three days if I'm honest with you.
"[But] I did not want to be involved in bookies' odds and all that kind of stuff - that was not what the situation needed.
"I wanted to be out of that madness. That for me was going to contaminate the situation.
"But it all changed, as I say, on Wednesday. Mark phoned me up and said 'that's not going to happen - are you up for it?'
"At which point I said 'can I think about it? I'll call you back.'
I" talked to Will and my wife about it - they were the only two people I told - and we decided what I do for a living is radio and television and a bit of writing.
"[Top Gear] is the biggest television show in the world, my favourite television show of all time - you know how much of a fan I am of the show.
"I love producing TV, you know the kind of TV I love to produce, and so I said yes.
"We had our first meeting about it on Friday and that was basically that.
"The weekend was strange and calm and exciting and all the different things it could be.
"Yesterday [Tuesday] was a very interesting day, because we decided we were going to announce it [at 19:15 BST] on the BBC Two twitter feed.
"We literally pressed the button at seven fifteen and waited for our phones to melt, which is exactly what happened.
"Before it was announced I texted Jeremy and James and Richard and Andy [Wilman, Top Gear's former producer] and I heard back from all of them.
"James called me back within a minute of me texting him - we're going to meet up today and tomorrow and talk about things and who knows what might happen there.
"Then Jeremy texted me. He said 'I knew they would [offer the job to you], best of luck' and then he gave me a piece of advice which I'm not going to repeat on the radio.
"Then Richard texted me back. He said 'You were designed and built for that job - it'll be great. It was always the BBC's very best option.
"'I certainly don't blame you [for taking the job] - good luck Richard.'
"So that's basically it. Now what I need to do is remember to breathe."
It is understood that the 35-year-old mother of two, who had been living in Convoy in County Donegal, is originally from China.
Her husband, Stephen McKinney, is from Strabane in County Tyrone.
Police received a 999 call at about 01:15 BST on Thursday from Mr Mckinney who said his wife had fallen overboard near Devenish Island.
They believe Mrs McKinney may have slipped as she was securing ropes to a jetty.
Her body was recovered before 02:00 BST.
The couple's two children, aged 13 and 11, were asleep on board at the time.
Sinn Féin's Liam Doherty, a councillor in Convoy, told the BBC that Mrs McKinney's death had come as a shock.
"The local people here, and the local shop owners who knew Luna and her husband Stephen, just couldn't believe it.
"Stephen is bearing up well but it's very tough on him," Mr Doherty said.
An investigation is under way and a post-mortem examination is due to be carried out.
Police believe the woman was not wearing a life jacket.
Moya, 40, will join Toni Nadal and Francis Roig in working with the 14-time Grand Slam champion.
Moya, who parted with Milos Raonic last month, said he and world number nine Nadal's team had a "common project".
"To have someone like Carlos who is not only a friend but also a very important person in my career is something special," said Nadal, 30.
Moya will also work at the Rafa Nadal Academy.
He said: "Rafa is a special player and, above all, a great person and friend."
Five detainees took control of a residential unit at Oberstown Youth Detention Centre after keys were taken from a member of staff.
The detainees were joined by three others, and gained access to the roof.
A fire began on the roof at 20:00 BST causing extensive damage to the building.
Six fire engines were used as rescue workers battled the flames, said the Dublin Fire Brigade.
A Garda (Irish police) emergency response unit and ambulances also attended the scene.
A Garda police investigation is under way into the cause of the fire.
The detention centre had been operating with minimum staff coverage due to strike action, said its director, Pat Bergin.
A number of staff had came to the assistance of colleagues from the picket line, but the strike action continued, added Mr Bergin.
Irish Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has ordered a report following the fire, called on the facility's staff, management and the unions to resume discussions to resolve their industrial relations dispute as soon as possible.
Bats and golf clubs
Earlier this month, five detainees escaped overnight from the campus armed with bats and golf clubs.
The boys, aged between 15 and 17, were returned to the centre following a police search involving air and dog units.
The campus caters for residents under the age of 18, including young offenders and criminals with multiple convictions for serious offences.
Sir Benjamin Slade, owner of 17th Century Woodlands Castle in Somerset, thinks the animals migrated from the River Otter in Devon.
Sir Benjamin said: "I can't cope. I won't have any trees left."
However, a beaver expert who has visited the estate said the marks on the trees were not typical of them.
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Sir Benjamin said there were at least two beavers on his property and he fears they could start breeding.
"Every time I go out there's another one [tree] gone down, it's terrible," he said.
The posters on the 12-acre Woodlands estate read: "Beaver sightings! At Woodlands Castle. Wanted dead or alive. £1,000 reward! For crimes against trees. Beavers have been cutting down our trees!"
Natural England, which licensed a pilot beaver release on the Otter, said trapping and possessing beavers would require a licence but shooting them humanely did not. However, the group added it was "not encouraging people".
The Woodlands estate has requested people ask permission to kill the beavers, which are not a protected species, before going onto its land.
However, Derek Gow, who breeds beavers in Devon, said after visiting the site he was convinced the trees had not been damaged by the animals.
"Beavers produce distinctive scalloped chips when they gnaw trees and there weren't any," he said.
"It looks as if it has been done by humans with an axe."
They also called for a work permit and cap system to control the number of EU migrants coming to the UK.
Led by Leave campaigner John Redwood, the "Brexit Blueprint" urges a "take it or leave it" attitude to EU trade.
Mrs May, who is due to tackle Brexit at the Tory conference on Sunday, says the right deal may not be the quickest one.
She has already stated that Article 50, the formal mechanism for Britain leaving the EU, will not be triggered this year - but faces calls to clarify the government's demands.
'Make a success of this'
The so-called Blueprint was compiled at a private conference in Oxford's All Souls College earlier this month.
It was convened by former Cabinet minister Mr Redwood with other contributions from former Iain Duncan Smith, Owen Paterson, Peter Lilley and Sir William Cash.
Mr Redwood told the meeting there was no reason why negotiations over the terms of British withdrawal from the EU should take anything like the two-year maximum laid down by Article 50.
"It is in both sides' interest to reach an earlier agreement to reduce business uncertainty," he said.
"If there is a breakdown or no likelihood of agreement, then the UK should withdraw and after the two-year period the UK will be formally out. Trade will revert to World Trade Organization rules."
But in an inteview ahead of the Conservative Party conference Mrs May told BBC political editor for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Tim Iredale: "We need to ensure we're getting the right deal for Britain and that means not necessarily the quickest deal.
"So we're taking time to prepare before we formally start the negotiations - what's called this triggering of Article 50... We're going to make a success of this - there are opportunities for us when we leave the EU - but we need to ensure we're taking our time to get the deal right."
The Blueprint says that as Article 50 is triggered, a Bill should be brought forward repealing the 1972 European Communities Act, which gave legal force to the country's membership of the then European Economic Community.
The Bill would convert EU law into British law "and so help ensure a smooth Brexit, minimising disruption to industry and commerce," the Blueprint says. "Subsequently, it would be open to this government and its successors to scrap aspects of EU law not considered in the UK's interests."
It also suggests Britain should either continue tariff-free trade with the bloc post Brexit, but without any obligation to accept free movement of EU citizens - or trade freely under the "relatively light" WTO standard tariffs. "The onus would be on the remaining 27 members of the EU either to accept the current arrangements or insist on a WTO deal," it said.
'Nothing to lose'
While EU migrants should come under the same work permit and cap system as the rest of the world, students, EU tourists and intra-company transfers would be exempt.
Permits would only be issued to lower skilled and lower paid workers if the government judged there were not enough British applicants for such jobs, it said.
Former work and pensions secretary Mr Duncan Smith said migrants should not be eligible for in-work or out-of-work benefits post-Brexit until they have lived in the country for five years, or made National Insurance payments over a four-year period.
Former social security secretary Mr Lilley said outside the EU, the UK could be a leader for free trade worldwide, with the agriculture and manufacturing sectors of developing countries gaining better access to the UK market in return for the UK having better access to markets for their services and high-tech products.
The Brexit Blueprint was published by the Centre for Social Justice and the Legatum Institute. The London-based think-tanks also produced a report suggesting that many supporters of Leave had "nothing to lose" and were disproportionately poorer, older and less well educated than those backing Remain.
Of people living in households earning more than £60,000 a year, 65 per cent backed Remain, the report suggests, but this figure plunged to 38 per cent among those earning less than £20,000 a year.
Earlier this week, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox claimed the UK's trade with the European Union will be "at least as free" after Brexit as it is now.
But Sir David Edward, a former judge at the European Court of Justice, retorted: "Nobody who understands trade law could have possibly have said what he said... When the UK notifies its intent to leave the bloc, the country won't be in the 'driving seat' or be able to 'insist on anything' when negotiating a possible deal with the EU."
John Rees-Evans courted controversy in 2014 when he was filmed telling a story about a male donkey raping his stallion, in answer to a question about homosexuality.
Mr Rees-Evans told the BBC that the comments were "playful banter" and he was sorry if he offended anybody.
He is the eighth person to announce their candidacy for the party.
Mr Rees-Evans told the BBC Two Daily Politics programme: "I am proposing to transfer power from the leadership to the membership.
"I believe in a process known as direct democracy, where the leadership doesn't have any authority to move the party in any direction it wants to go without direct consent."
He said: "Right now I won't deny the fact there is infighting. The situation you have with UKIP is that you have fighters, you have freedom fighters without an enemy.
"They've just won the last battle. I can tell you in my own personal experience, when fighters don't have a common enemy they turn against each other."
He added that he hoped to "direct all that aggression towards the enemy".
Mr Rees-Evans stood as a candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth in the 2015 general election.
It was then that he made headlines after a video appeared online of him asked by anti-UKIP protestors to respond to comments - apparently made by another of the party's candidates - that "some homosexuals prefer sex with animals".
In the video footage he said: "I've witnessed that", before telling the donkey story.
But asked about the donkey comments, he said it was a "bit of playful banter with a mischievous activist".
"It was an error of judgement. I was very early coming into politics. I'm sorry if I offended anyone by doing that," he said.
The court in the city of Jodhpur said the prosecution had been unable to prove that Khan used firearms to kill endangered black bucks two decades ago.
The actor, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, has already been acquitted in two cases of poaching. A fourth case is still being heard.
Khan, 51, is one of Bollywood's biggest stars, appearing in more than 80 films.
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The actor was charged with killing two black bucks, a protected antelope species, and keeping firearms illegally during a trip to a forest in 1998.
The original case against him was filed by the local Bishnoi community, who revere and worship the black bucks.
In 2006, a trial court convicted the actor in two cases of poaching and sentenced him to five years in prison.
The Rajasthan high court suspended the sentence the following year, and eventually acquitted him last year.
The state government has appealed against that order in the Supreme Court.
In 2015, Khan was also acquitted after being charged with running over and killing a homeless man in a driving accident in Mumbai. The Maharashtra state government has challenged the order in the Supreme Court.
The government is facing calls to reconsider the changes, which come into force in April, or to soften the impact on the people affected.
In the House of Lords, cross-bench peer Baroness Meacher is tabling a motion to amend the reforms.
The government says people's incomes will be protected by other measures.
Ministers point to the new National Living Wage, increased free childcare and a larger personal income tax allowance.
Mr Osborne is due to address Conservative MPs later, with a Commons debate about tax credits triggered by Labour taking place on Tuesday.
Some Conservatives have expressed concern about the impact of the changes, and former minister Andrew Mitchell has suggested a "tweak" is needed before April.
Speaking BBC Radio 4's PM programme, Conservative MP Stephen McPartland - one of two Tories to vote against the reforms last month - said he was unhappy they had not been mentioned in his party's general election manifesto.
"There are still a number of Conservative MPs who are very unhappy," he said, adding that it would have helped if those now questioning the changes had spoken out earlier.
Mr McPartland, the MP for Stevenage, said he believed "mitigation" would be put forward by the Treasury.
"My understanding is that they are going to be looking at a range of issues to try to calm the situation down," he added.
Mr Johnson told the BBC tax credits, which supplement low earners' incomes, were "extremely cumbersome".
"Many people come to see me saying they've got an unfair situation, in that they are finding if they work more than a certain period every week, they get their tax credit withdrawn, so it's got to be sorted out," he said.
"We need a way forward. Obviously what I would like to see is working with the tax and benefits system and the living wage to make sure that hard-working people on low incomes are protected, and I'm sure the chancellor can do that."
The Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip also told BBC Radio 4's The World at One programme he believed the tax credit changes were under "intensive review".
"Let's see what they come up with," he said. "I'm sure that they are working on it now."
Tax credits debate: Finding your way
From April, the threshold at which tax credits begin to be withdrawn will fall from £6,420 to £3,850, and people's income over this amount will be reduced more steeply.
MPs approved the changes in a vote last month. They were introduced using a statutory instrument, so did not need to pass through the House of Lords.
But Baroness Meacher is expected to table a rare "fatal motion" challenging the policy which would mean it is debated and voted on in the Lords, where the government does not have a majority.
She told The World at One she expected Conservative peers as well as Church of England Bishops would join her in opposing the measures.
"The most vulnerable people in our society are going to lose money," she said.
Baroness Meacher said it was "unbelievable" people earning as little as £3,850 were going to lose out and called on the government to "think again and protect people at the very very bottom".
Former Labour minister Frank Field has proposed his own alternative solution which he says would mitigate the effects of the reforms at no extra cost.
Mr Field told the BBC's Daily Politics he hoped the Lords would defeat the government and claimed that pressure from Conservative MPs to soften the cuts was also "being applied in the most intense form" to the prime minister and the chancellor.
Dessie Mee, 45, died in hospital after an incident at an apartment on Regent Street in Newtownards on Tuesday night.
Police said he left the flat by an upstairs window but they did not know whether or not he had been pushed.
One of the men and the woman have been reported to prosecutors for class B drug possession.
The Telegraph reported that Harris Associates had cut its stake in Tesco from more than 3% to about 1.4%.
And in an email to the FT, Harris criticised the UK supermarket giant for operating an "incoherent strategy".
Overall, the FTSE 100, rose 5.56 points at 6,825.31, led by ITV on speculation it could be a takeover target.
On Friday, Tesco issued its second profit warning in two months and cut its interim dividend by 75%.
The comments from Harris Associates come on the day that Tesco's new chief executive Dave Lewis begins his job, after his start date was brought forward by the supermarket.
"If new Tesco CEO Dave Lewis was under any illusions that the markets would afford him a 'honeymoon period' upon taking over the reins at the UK food retailing giant, then this morning's share price action should have put paid to that," said Alastair McCaig, market analyst at IG.
Shares in Tesco's rivals were also hit, with Morrisons down 2.25% and Sainsbury's 0.28% lower.
HSBC shares were down 1.5%. One of the UK's most high-profile fund managers, Neil Woodford, said he had sold his stake in HSBC over worries of "fine inflation" in the banking sector.
"I am worried that the ongoing investigation into the historic manipulation of Libor and foreign exchange markets could expose HSBC to significant financial penalties," he said.
ITV shares rose 3.5% on speculation it could be a takeover target for Liberty Global, the owner of Virgin Media.
The Telegraph reported that Liberty Global was canvassing support from major ITV shareholders after it bought a 6.4% stake in the broadcaster this summer.
In the FTSE 250, shares in Perform - which supplies online sports news and clips to media groups and bookmakers - jumped 26% after investment group Access Industries said it planned take full ownership of the firm. Access already owns 42.5% of Perform.
On the currency markets, the pound slipped slightly after the release of weaker-than-expected manufacturing PMI figures.
However, the pound was up 0.09% against the dollar on the day at $1.66120 and was 0.10% higher against the euro at 1.26520 euros.
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Beijing is now interpreting one of Hong Kong's laws to ban Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching. A decision is due on Monday.
China is acting within its legal rights, but many in Hong Kong accuse Beijing of ruling by decree.
The top legislative panel in China said Beijing must intervene in the dispute.
It added that it should deter advocates of Hong Kong independence, as their actions were a threat to national security, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Some demonstrators scuffled with police in front of the office of China's representative in the territory. Protesters used umbrellas to shield themselves from the spray, and some threw bottles at police.
Organisers said there were at least 10,000 protesters in the march. Police said there were 8,000 people at the peak of the demonstration.
Two men were arrested for obstructing police duties and refusing to show their identification cards, police added.
There was a lot of anger directed at Beijing during the protests. Various demonstrators told me they felt Beijing was acting as a "big brother" or ruling by decree, and undermining the rule of law in Hong Kong.
The clashes that broke out after dark also fit a recent pattern. Protests organised by pro-democracy groups tend to be orderly and family friendly during the day, with police and demonstrators co-operating to some extent to allow traffic to pass through at certain times.
But more confrontational groups may stay on after the official march ends, staging sit ins or, as in this case, marching away from the route agreed with police and scuffling with officers.
It reflects a change in Hong Kong politics. In the past, many saw peaceful protest as the best way to bring about change. But in the last few years, some protesters have become more confrontational - arguing that playing by the rules has not achieved anything.
The issue started when the two lawmakers pledged allegiance to the "Hong Kong nation" and displayed a "Hong Kong is not China" banner during a swearing-in ceremony of the city's Legislative Council, the territory's parliament, last month.
Their oaths were not accepted, and a local Hong Kong court has been looking into the case.
However, China announced that its parliament would invoke its rarely used power to interpret Hong Kong's mini constitution, the Basic Law, to prevent them from taking office.
The case has been seen by many in Hong Kong as a risk to the freedoms granted to the former British colony when it was handed back to China in 1997, which included a high degree of autonomy, and judicial independence.
Glenn Ford, 64, had been on death row since August 1988.
He had been found guilty of killing 56-year-old Isadore Rozeman, a jeweller for whom Mr Ford occasionally worked.
US media reports say that he is one of the longest-serving death row inmates in modern US history to be exonerated.
Mr Ford had always denied killing Mr Rozeman.
Asked by a reporter how he was feeling as he left the high security prison in Angola, Louisiana, Mr Ford said: "My mind is going in all kinds of directions but it feels good."
He said that he did harbour some resentment because he had been locked up for almost 30 years "for something I didn't do" and had lost years of his life.
"Thirty years, 30 years of my life if not all of it. I can't go back and do anything that I should've been doing when I was 35, 38 and 40 - stuff like that. My son when I left was a baby, now they're grown men with babies."
State District Judge Ramona Emanuel on Monday overturned Mr Ford's conviction and sentence because of new information that supported his claim that he was not present or involved in Mr Rozeman's death, Mr Ford's lawyers said.
He was convicted over the 1983 killing and sentenced to death.
"We are very pleased to see Glenn Ford finally exonerated, and we are particularly grateful that the prosecution and the court moved ahead so decisively to set Mr Ford free," a statement by the freed man's lawyers said.
They said that his trial had been "compromised by inexperienced counsel and by the unconstitutional suppression of evidence, including information from an informant".
They also drew attention to what they said was a suppressed police report related to the time of the crime and evidence involving the murder weapon.
The family of the murder victim have also welcomed his release, US media has reported.
The many flaws in the case against Mr Ford have been listed by the US press:
There are 83 men and two women serving death sentences in Louisiana.
State law entitles those who have served time but are later exonerated to receive compensation.
It sets out payments of $25,000 (£15,000) per year of wrongful incarceration up to a maximum of $250,000 (£150,000), plus up to $80,000 (£48,000) for loss of "life opportunities".
Mark Hewes, 43, sent the sixth form pupil at Plymouth's Eggbuckland College a series of texts, a panel heard.
The pupil said the messages made her feel "emotionally blackmailed" by Hewes and "uncomfortable".
The National College for Teaching and Leadership panel found him guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.
Other texts included "As in a friend whose willy you touch?" and "Not sure that was for me love! Way too many clothes if it was."
The disciplinary panel heard the college considered the girl, referred to in the panel's report as Pupil A, was vulnerable "and all teachers at the college, including Mr Hewes, were aware of this".
Despite this "he sent messages which contained language of a sexual nature and had sexual innuendo".
Pupil A told the panel she did not consider that Mr Hewes had any "adverse motive" behind the texts but Mr Hewes "misconstrued the friendliness of the relationship that they had".
Hewes said his language was over-familiar but said the messages were meant to be "humorous" and that "out of context" could be misread as "something altogether different".
The panel heard the texts were sent over eight months in 2014. After the girl alerted the college there was an investigation and Hewes resigned in September 2014.
The college said in a statement: "Safeguarding our students is of the utmost importance."
The college had taken "immediate action" after the allegations emerged which had led to an internal investigation, Hewes's resignation and the disciplinary authority being involved.
But one band is boycotting the nudity and sexual choreography. And that band is Little Mix.
"There's no need to do that kind of dancing," protests Jade Thirlwall.
"Obviously, sometimes we do do a bit of sexy dancing but it's more empowering."
"Yeah, it's sassy," agrees her bandmate Perrie Edwards. "Not gyrating on the floor thrusting our vaginas."
Sex may sell - but Little Mix prove modesty is marketable. The quartet have sold 7.5 million records in four years, even scoring a top 10 album in the US with the clattering R&B of their second record, Salute.
But surely they must come under pressure to show skin and sing suggestively?
"Do you know what? I think it's different for girl bands," says Jesy Nelson. "Fans can find it intimidating if you're being sexy.
"I think that's why, a lot of the time, girl bands haven't really worked - because it's too sexy and girls are like, 'mmm… no, I'm a bit worried you're going to steal my boyfriend off me'. I think that's why we have done quite well."
Perrie chips in: "We're not about that anyway. We're in our own lane, we know what we stand for. We want to inspire people.
"If we're a bit sexy, we're a bit sexy, if we're not, we don't really care. We don't feel like we have to have really skimpy outfits. We do whatever the heck we want. "
Incredibly for a "manufactured" pop group, that statement contains a kernel of truth.
Little Mix have just spent a year recording their third album - an aeon in the quick turnover world of girlbands - after they scrapped the first draft.
"We wrote 100 or 200 songs," says Jesy. "We thought we had an album, and we sat down together as a group and we listened to them and we were like, 'They're very mismatched. It doesn't work together as an album.'"
Crucially, they lacked a killer single - a problem that became increasingly urgent as time went on.
"Without a single what are you going to do?" asks Leigh-Anne Pinnock. "We had so many deadlines we kept missing. We didn't want to get to a time where everyone forgot about us. It was really scary."
So the band set up writing camps in the hope of finding a lead track.
"We gave out all our concepts, lyric ideas, where we are in our lives, what we want to talk about," says Perrie.
"But then," Leigh-Anne says, "Black Magic came and everything just fell into place."
The single, out this week, is an instant classic: Effervescent, 80s-inspired pop with more hooks than a butchers, it is directly inspired by Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Want To Have Fun.
"When we got it we all cried," Jesy admits.
The only sticking point for the band was their lack of involvement.
"We've always written all our singles," says Leigh-Anne. "It's the first time we've been handed a single and asked 'do you want it?'"
"But we just knew," adds Jade. "You can't deny it's a hit song."
With the single selected, the rest of the album coalesced around a late-80s, early-90s sassy pop sound. They finally finished recording sessions last week.
"I'm not going to lie, we are very happy to see the back of it," laughs Jesy.
Little Mix were formed, somewhat reluctantly, after auditioning as solo artists for the 2011 series of X Factor.
"We got put together at boot camp," explains Perrie. "They based it on our height, but it just so happened we all loved each other."
"They literally could not have picked three better girls."
Luckily, they found their voices worked as a quartet, Jesy's tremulous vibrato complementing Perrie's three octave ad-libs, while Jade and Leigh-Anne took the lead lines.
"We've all got such different voices, but the first time we sang together we all went 'wow'," says Leigh-Anne.
"We practice over and over," adds Perrie. "Then we record it on our phones so that when we go to sleep we can listen to it in bed."
But things nearly fell apart three weeks into the X Factor live shows when the band were forced to change their name after it was discovered a charity was already using their chosen moniker, Rhythmix.
"We were so upset," says Perrie. "We weren't really seen that much, anyway, on the show. Nobody knew who we were. So when we had to change our name we just thought, 'oh great we may as well just go home now.'"
Jesy adds: "I can never imagine being Rhythmix now. It just doesn't feel like us at all. It feels a bit boyish."
"And it sounds too much like the Eurythmics," laughs Jade.
They went on to win the show - and remain the only band ever to do so. Their winner's single, a cover of Damien Rice's Cannonball, has been airbrushed from history. On their arena tour last year, they introduced its follow-up, Wings, as "our very first record."
That song - a juddering, multi-layered girl power anthem - set the Little Mix template; while the lyrics, about overcoming bullies, spoke directly to their teenage fanbase, known as Mixers, who the girls have been careful to cultivate.
They are all over social media, setting challenges, recording video messages and even, for the Black Magic promotional campaign, performing a series of illusions.
"We know how important it is, especially for our kind of fanbase," says Jade. "It's important that they always feel special."
"They love knowing what we're up to and they love feeling involved," adds Perrie. "But we do it because we want to."
The band's online presence has helped them crack the rest of the world, too. While Take That and Girls Aloud struggled in the States, Little Mix were already a known quantity by the time they released a single in America, thanks to their presence on YouTube and Twitter.
Perrie explains: "It's really hard to find the balance between everyone in Japan or Australia and America. That's why social media is so powerful, because it helps."
Their popularity isn't just about marketing, though. Little Mix are the first girl group since the Spice Girls who have that un-fakeable air of camaraderie.
The band finish each other's sentences, whisper secrets and happily digress into discussions about toilet seat etiquette and she-wees ("It'd be great when we're on the road on tour," says Jade. "Instead of having to stop for a toilet break we could just do it out the window.")
But there's a downside to their activity on social media.
"Back in the Spice Girls era, you never had to see those negative comments," says Jade. "Anyone can say whatever they want."
As Zayn Malik's fiance, Perrie gets the bulk of the abuse, but Jesy has been left in tears by trolls criticising her weight.
"People just hide behind the computer," she says. "They'd never say it to your face. If you went up to them and said, 'tell us what you said on Twitter to my face' they'd be like, 'I'm sorry'."
So if they really could practice Black Magic, who would they cast a spell on?
"I've got a good one," says Leigh-Anne.
"You know all the evil Daily Mail commenters? The disgusting people that sit there and spew out awful things about everyone? I would make them fart all the time. All the time, they would just fart."
"I feel like you could have a better punishment than that," taunts Jesy. "Make them have no fingers so they can't type."
Sensing the tone is shifting, Jade attempts to play peacemaker.
"I'd mix a potion to make everyone positive. No more negativity," she says.
"The ingredients would be the sound of laughter, a bit of kindness, a bit of compassion... And a lot of vodka."
Black Magic is out now on Sony Records
Melbourne Cup winner Mark Kavanagh and Danny O'Brien appealed after being banned by Racing Victoria for three and four years respectively last year over the use of cobalt chloride.
Four of O'Brien's horses and one trained by Kavanagh failed urine tests.
However, a tribunal said the testing procedure "departed from requirements".
Justice Greg Garde of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) added: "The legal consequence is that the test results are inadmissible in evidence against the trainers."
O'Brien criticised Racing Victoria following the decision, saying that he and Kavanagh, who won the 2009 Melbourne Cup with Shocking, are "completely innocent".
He added: "Once we understand the ins and outs of [the judgement], we will be reserving all our rights."
Racing Victoria's acting chief executive Giles Thompson said the governing authority were "disappointed" with the outcome and would review the reasons behind VCAT's judgement before deciding on future action.
"It is important to remember that we took action because the horses involved returned cobalt readings that were excessively above the legal threshold that was set to protect both the integrity of the sport and the welfare of the horses," said Thompson.
He needs to do just that. Otherwise this family affair could have grave consequences indeed on his chances to be the next French president.
"Judicial time is not political time is not media time," says BFMTV's political commentator Laurent Neumann.
"The prosecutors may take weeks examining the allegations. [Mr] Fillon needs to squash them now," he added.
According to Mr Fillon's lawyers, the documents currently being fast-tracked to the prosecutors' office will demolish the central charge that for more than eight years Penelope Fillon was paid for non-existent work as his parliamentary assistant.
But the problem for Mr Fillon is that even if he provides proof that his wife did indeed earn her 500,000 euros (£430,000; $534,000), that does not mean the end of the affair.
All may have been done strictly according to the law - and indeed to common parliamentary practice - but the image many voters will retain is of yet another senior politician feeding from the public trough.
Add in the second allegation carried by Le Canard Enchaine - that Mrs Fillon was paid 100,000 euros for a sinecure publishing job provided by a billionaire friend of her husband's - and you can see why right now Republican Party eyes are distinctly unsmiling.
Thursday's French media were full of what is now inevitably being called Penelope-gate - with Mr Fillon's enemies relishing what they hope will be an embarrassing fall from grace.
For the left-leaning French newspaper Liberation, Mr Fillon has "built his political personality around an image of rigour, sobriety, financial sacrifice and public morality.
"A bit like the sinning preacher, Francois Fillon now has to his explain his contradictions to the faithful. Three months from a decisive election, it is a perilous exercise."
Le Monde recalls that successive presidential elections in the past have been rocked by "boules puantes" (stink bombs) - allegations of corruption stored up by political enemies and then released at the most damaging moment.
The paper says it is "anything but evident" that Mrs Fillon did the work that earned her the large salary. In its original report, Le Canard Enchaine quoted another of Mr Fillon's assistants as saying: "I never worked with her. For me she was the minister's wife."
But it is not just Mr Fillon's image as a man of probity that is in danger, says Le Monde.
There is also the fact that in his economic message he is urging the French to tighten belts and prepare for tough times. In the nation's current mood, there is little tolerance for politicians who come across as hypocrites.
Less has been made of the second part of Le Canard Enchaine's story - the 100,000 euros allegedly paid to Mrs Fillon for work as literary adviser on La Revue Des Deux Mondes.
The highbrow magazine is owned by the billionaire businessman and patron of the arts Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere, who is also a friend of Mr Fillon.
According to Le Canard Enchaine, the only work Mrs Fillon produced between May 2012 and December 2013 consisted of two 400-word book reviews.
And it quotes the then-director of the magazine, Michel Crepu, as saying: "I am stupefied. I have never met Penelope Fillon and I never saw her in our office."
Less has been made of the allegation, because there is no public money involved. But the potential damage is no less real.
Mr Fillon's supporters are furious that the allegations have been made public just now - a sign, they are sure, that the affair is politically orchestrated.
They are right: the timing is almost certainly deliberate, and Mr Fillon's enemies may indeed be responsible.
But that in itself is not an answer.
Former Russian sports minister Vitaly Smirnov, head of Russia's anti-doping commission, said it has never conducted a state-sponsored doping programme.
Wada pushed for a complete ban on Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee decided instead to leave the decision to individual sports federations.
It came after an independent report found evidence of widespread state-sponsored doping in Russia in the lead up to the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014.
At Sunday's foundation board meeting in Glasgow, Wada announced that the second part of the independent report, compiled by Professor Richard McLaren, is to be released on 9 December.
Sir Craig Reedie, who has been re-elected as Wada president for a second three-year term, said he was confident Wada was "making progress" with Russia.
"The facts are that the McLaren commission indicated that there had been breaches of the code involving the Moscow lab and the ministry of sport," said the 75-year-old Scot.
"To that extent, that's the scale of the issue we have to deal with. I'm really, really keen to move forward. We need to have Russia compliant."
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Wada also announced proposals to seek greater powers to impose sanctions, as well as a new whistleblower programme aimed at protecting and encouraging athletes or officials who seek to highlight doping.
"What we started today was a roadmap on compliance," added Reedie.
"People have been saying to us that non-serious compliance needs non-serious sanctions - and that serious non-compliance needs serious sanctions.
"There is quite clearly a feeling within the athlete community that this should be done. There is much work to be done. It will take massive consultation before we get to the finished article."
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The body said at its board meeting in Glasgow that people are still at risk from cyber-hackers who are trying to access athletes' medical records.
A hacking group known as Fancy Bears has been releasing records of therapeutic use exemptions, which allow athletes to use otherwise-banned drugs because of a verified medical need.
I suspect that in the coming weeks I'll be found sulking around the Commonwealth Games venues, surviving on memories.
The 4,500 athletes will be scattered around the globe and the 15,000-strong army of Clydesiders will return to Civvy Street.
There will be no more Cameroonians playing their drums in the east end: the normal rhythm of the city will resume.
Police officers won't always say hello, pot holes will once again take weeks to be mended and fewer visitors will need a hand with directions.
So it's with a heavy heart that I watch these marvellous guests heading through the departure gate at Glasgow Airport. I really don't want the party to end.
For the past eight months I've had the privilege of meeting many of the Scottish athletes who were hoping to compete.
Although some were full-time athletes, the majority were part-time amateurs trying to juggle work or study commitments with the rigours of making the qualifying standard for selection. None was rich.
Over and over, the athletes told me that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent their country at a home Games, and that they were desperate to play their part.
Some, like weightlifter Craig Carfray, cyclist Ben Peacock and boxer Conor Law, missed out by fractions.
Many, though, were part of their sports' elite group and satisfied the stiff criteria set down by Commonwealth Games Scotland.
To see these same athletes attend media conferences with their place in Team Scotland confirmed was wonderful, but nothing compared to witnessing the excitement on their faces as they entered Celtic Park to a wall of noise in the opening ceremony.
Here, at last, was recognition of the sacrifice they had made for their sport - for the time they have missed with friends and family, for the lack of earnings in careers otherwise pursued, for the physical strain on their minds and bodies.
I was incredibly lucky in my role leading up to the Games. I was able to spend hours filming and speaking to boxers, weightlifters, cyclists, netballers, judoka, squash and badminton players giving their all for Scotland.
I saw friends pushing one another on to hit harder, move faster, lift more and I caught glimpses of the torment of trying to be your country's best.
When their big moment came to perform at Glasgow 2014 there were, of course, mixed fortunes for the athletes I'd met in the build-up.
I interviewed boxer Lewis Benson moments after he walked from the ring, his Games ended after nine minutes of action by a damaging left hook. That he stopped to speak was impressive; that he returned to the arena to roar on his team-mates says everything about his character.
It didn't work out for weightlifter Peter Kirkbride, the talisman of the Scottish scene after his silver medal in Delhi, but he too was sporting in the aftermath.
Judo player Connie Ramsay was in tears when her chances of gold disappeared at the SECC but she came back out to nail her bronze medal contest.
Kirsty Gilmour won a silver medal in the badminton women's singles on the final day of the Games and Charlie Flynn is now a Commonwealth boxing champion.
Their personalities may differ but common themes underpin their success - a camaraderie with their training partners, a willingness to learn, determination, an ability to withstand pain, a desire to win, a calmness under pressure, a positive mindset, and a lot of skill.
Their medal-winning feats and the contribution of the other 308 athletes, whether they helped Scotland to the record-breaking tally of 53 or not, should be lauded long after these Games.
They have shown what they can achieve through sport and what sport can do, for Team Scotland has boosted civic pride and made a nation feel good about itself.
When the schools go back and the football season returns, we should remember that in gyms, rings and pools, on courts, tracks, pitches, greens, roads, apparatus and platforms, there are athletes striving to create future moments for us all to enjoy.
They deserve the country's support.
The research was commissioned by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, which deals with complaints about bodies including NHS England, who says the process should be simpler.
The most common reason not to complain was feeling it would be "pointless".
The Department of Health said it had improved complaints procedures.
The research found:
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Julie Mellor said the findings showed concerns were going "unheard or unaddressed".
She said complaining must be made "simple and accessible" or public services would "lose opportunities to learn from mistakes".
Complaints must go to the organisation being complained about before the ombudsman service - which looked into almost 8,000 complaints last year - can get involved.
Its role is to make the final decision on complaints about UK government departments and other public organisations, and the NHS in England.
Healthwatch, which champions consumer rights in health and social care, said its own research suggested just one in five people who had a poor experience of the NHS wrote a letter of complaint.
Its chairwoman, Anna Bradley, said: "At the moment we estimate that more than 2,000 incidents of poor care a day occur across the country's health and social care services, yet the system only hears about a fraction of them because of the sheer effort it takes for patients to make themselves heard."
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "Listening to patients and staff is vital to improving care.
"That's why we have made it easier for people to know how to complain through clearer information, we've made hospitals legally obliged to apologise to patients when mistakes happen and introduced complaints handling as a crucial element of tougher hospital inspections."
The demonstrators, who are Shugden Buddhists, chanted "Dalai Lama stop lying" as he arrived at the complex in Aldershot, Hampshire.
In response, the Dalai Lama said he had turned away from the Shugden form of Buddhism because it had denied him "religious freedom".
He blessed the site, which includes a monastery and is billed as the UK's first Buddhist community centre.
The development is located in Aldershot as the area was identified as having the largest population of Buddhists in the UK, and has strong links to the Gurkhas and Nepalese community.
Centre spokesman Damar Ghale said they were "deeply honoured" by the visit of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
A spokesman for the International Shugden Community said there were more than 700 protesters campaigning against "religious persecution".
They say the Dalai Lama has suppressed their form of Buddhism.
Supporters for the Dalai Lama mounted a counter-protest.
Hampshire Police declined to confirm how many protesters were involved.
During the visit the Dalai Lama called for an end to religious division, saying "killing in the name of religion is totally wrong".
He spoke following Friday's attacks in Kuwait, France and Tunisia, where as many as 30 British tourists were killed by an Islamist radical.
After opening the centre, the Dalai Lama gave a talk on Buddhism in the 21st Century at the ground of Aldershot FC.
On Sunday, the Dalai Lama's visited the Glastonbury festival where singer Patti Smith gave him a hug and presented him with a cake on the Pyramid stage.
He will celebrate his 80th birthday on 6 July.
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The win saw the Republic lie level on four points with Wales, Austria and Serbia in World Cup 2018 qualifying Group D after two rounds of fixtures.
"Seamus came up with a wonder run and a goal that befits the captain of the side," said O'Neill after the game.
"I'm delighted to get three points but we can play a lot better than that."
The Republic struggled to find top gear against the Georgians at the Aviva Stadium in a match which saw goalmouth action at a premium.
Everton defender Coleman's strike 10 minutes after the interval, his first for his country, proved the difference between the sides. It came after a run down the right which was followed by several lucky ricochets and then a tap-in.
"They had by miles the better of the first half but we came into it in the second half," argued O'Neill.
"We pressed them better and we were actually getting some second balls which we didn't get in the first half.
"The players have a great desire to do well but when things are not going well you need to re-energise.
"We needed a spark in the second half to get ourselves going and the players did get themselves going in the second half."
The Irish twice defeated Georgia by a single goal in qualification for the Euro 2016 finals and O'Neill was wary of the threat posed by Vladimir Weiss' side for this game.
"We have played them three times in a year and a half and we have found all three matches very difficult indeed.
"I watched their game against Austria and if they had a natural goalscorer in their side, they could cause teams lots of problems."
Goalscorer Coleman echoed the sentiments of his manager after scoring his first international goal on winning his 40th cap.
"In the first half we weren't good enough and we were lucky to go in 0-0 at half-time.
"It's all about three points but we know the performance wasn't good enough - we're happy to come out of it with three points.
"The manager just gave us a rollicking and said 'nowhere near good enough'.
"We came out second half, played slightly better, scored the goal, defended better. I thought the man of the match was our keeper who was immense. He was unbelievable at the back, won everything in the air."
On scoring his first international goal, Coleman added: "It's a special feeling that to score for your country. It's an amazing feeling, growing up as a kid you want to play for Ireland."
The Home Affairs Committee said police were being hampered in identifying and arresting offenders because they were not being given up-to-date information.
The killing of schoolgirl Alice Gross, who was murdered by Latvian Arnis Zalkalns last August, highlighted the danger of border failings, it said.
The Home Office said "every resource" was being used to root out criminals.
In a new report on immigration controls, MPs cited a number of recent high-profile crimes committed by foreigners with existing criminal records and said administrative and IT failings were making it harder for officials to keep track of them.
Zalkalns served seven years in jail in Latvia for murdering his wife and burying her in a shallow grave, but moved to the UK in 2007.
MPs were told that in Zalkalns' case, the information that was available about him at the time was not entered into the Home Office's database.
"The Home Office, the police and Border Force are clearly reliant on access to timely information to enable them to intervene when criminals attempt to enter the UK," the cross-party committee said.
"The murder of Alice Gross and the violence inflicted on Professor Paul Kohler show that such reliance is inadequate."
Mr Kohler was savagely beaten by a group of Polish men at his home in Wimbledon, south west London, last year. The gang were career criminals with a long history of violent attacks in their native country.
The MPs said the Warning Index system used by UK border staff to identify terrorists and criminals, is "considerably overdue to be renewed".
While coverage is good for those entering the country by air, the MPs warned that it was poor for people arriving by rail or boat.
The committee said only 67% of foreign criminals who had entered the UK had had their details checked by local police forces against the national police database. The committee said anyone arrested should be immediately subject to such checks.
"We support the government's efforts to improve the data it receives from other countries on people with criminal records who the UK may consider undesirable.
"However, we are unconvinced that the Home Office's IT systems are fit for purpose given the ever increasing volume of data."
The Home Office said foreign criminals "have no place in the UK".
"This government is using every resource available to root them out and protect the British public.
"Police criminal records checks on EU nationals have gone up over 700% under this Government, with just over 60,000 requests made to European partners in 2014.
"We already have an outstanding system of public protection that is rightly held up as an example across the world but we are not complacent.
"We are leading the way in Europe to improve the exchange of information in cases involving dangerous criminals."
The spokesman added: "At the border, all passengers are checked against police, security and immigration watch lists and where we are aware of individuals who pose a risk, Border Force officers can - and do - refuse them entry."
The 30-year-old is a free agent after being released by Crystal Palace and is open to the possibility of playing abroad.
Ledley, capped 73 times, has been linked with moves to two former clubs, Championship side Cardiff City and Scottish champions Celtic.
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The kidnapper approached the family on Thursday morning outside their home in the Castlerobin area.
He punched the father and forced him to drive to Ravenhill Road post office.
The kidnapper stayed in the car with the child as the father went inside, but then left the scene. The child was not harmed during the incident.
Det Insp Harry Colgan said: "While the suspect did not take any money, this was a despicable act carried out by someone with absolutely no regard for the safety of the victim or his child."
The father told police that during the incident, the kidnapper poured an unknown liquid over him.
He was approached at about 10:30 BST after putting his child in the back seat of his green VW Golf.
The kidnapper punched him through an open window as he got into the driving seat, and told him to drive along the Ormeau Road, towards Ravenhill Road.
When they parked the car in Dublin Street, the kidnapper gave the father a bag and told him to rob the post office.
When the father returned to the car, the suspect was gone but his child remained in the car unharmed.
Police were then called to the scene.
They have appealed to witnesses to contact detectives on the non-emergency number 101.
Michael Young met Nicola Sturgeon after the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) refused to approve Translarna to treat his condition.
It said there was too much uncertainty about its benefits in relation to cost.
About 139,000 people have now backed Michael's online petition.
It calls for a rethink of the decision and asks Ms Sturgeon for help.
Michael's mother Michelle Young, 43, said: "There was about 20 people at SMC who voted and assessed it and said 'no', and we have 140,000 saying 'yes, the boys in Scotland should get this medicine'.
"I think that's a clear message to the SMC that they actually need to reconsider their decision."
Five boys in Scotland could benefit from Translarna, with the drug giving them the possibility of being able to walk for longer, according to Muscular Dystrophy UK.
While the SMC rejected the drug, the charity said it had been approved for funding by Nice, the equivalent body in England.
The drug is also available in some European countries, including France and Germany.
Mrs Young said the family, from Larbert, near Falkirk, has "serious concerns" about the SMC process when they are assessing medicines for ultra-rare conditions.
Most of those who suffer from Duchenne muscular dystrophy have to use a wheelchair before the age of 12 and only a few with the condition live beyond the age of 30.
Michael put his case to Ms Sturgeon on Wednesday after having met her at Holyrood in January.
Speaking after the meeting, Ms Sturgeon said: "I am pleased to note that the pharmaceutical company has already committed to going back to the Scottish Medicines Consortium.
"Today, I have written to the company to urge that the resubmission is submitted as a matter of urgency.
"Also, the pharmaceutical company confirmed at a public meeting in Parliament in June last year that it would continue Michael's treatment after the end of the clinical trial."
It was only the second time builder Aaron Hughes, 26, had used the gift from his father, Brian, who was with him at Gilfach, near Rhayader, along with his girlfriend Charlotte Croudace.
Police cordoned off the area and called in a bomb disposal team from Hereford.
Mr Hughes joked that the bomb was "nice to find," but he would have rather have discovered a pot of gold.
It is understood the device was a mortar bomb, but why it was buried on a nature reserve is a mystery.
The trio were walking along a path on the reserve when they made the discovery.
"It was the first time I'd properly used the metal detector," Mr Hughes said.
"I had been out on New Year's Day and I'd found a few coins near a playground - a few coppers and a couple of pound coins.
"The following day on the Gilfach reserve we'd only been there 10 minutes when the detector started beeping.
"I thought I'd discovered a can or a metal lid. I never imagined I would find a bomb.
"I scratched down into the ground and saw the tip of the what we now know is a bomb.
"I wasn't sure what it was to start with, so I started digging down with a spade and flicked it out of the ground and onto the grass. It was about 2-3in (5-7cm) deep.
"We were shocked because it was pretty obviously a bomb.
"We weren't sure whether or not to phone the police because 999 is only for emergencies - but this was sort of an emergency.
"It was a nice thing to find, but I obviously would have rather have found a big pot of gold."
The new buildings in Monmouth and Caldicot will cater for 3,100 pupils between them and will replace existing schools in both areas.
It is part of the 21st Century Schools programme which will eventually replace four secondary schools in the county and improve local primary schools.
The work will be part-funded by the Welsh government.
Councillors gave the go-ahead for building work to start on a £33m school to replace Monmouth Comprehensive School for 1,600 pupils at a meeting on Thursday.
Also approved was a 1,500-student school costing £31m to replace Caldicot Comprehensive School.
Additional funding will be allocated to refurbish feeder primary schools in both areas.
In 2011 Monmouthshire council considered using the money to refurbish its secondary schools.
But a report to councillors said those plans were scrapped in favour of new builds claiming they were better value for money in the long term.
The new schools will provide modern teaching and learning environments and more sustainable buildings, it said.
The total £80m cost will be split between the council and the Welsh government under its 21st Century Schools programme.
This is a joint initiative with local authorities to improve the standards of schools in Wales.
The West Indies player used the bat, which has a black blade and pink handle, while playing for Sydney Thunder last week against the Sydney Sixers.
Cricket Australia banned it after it left black marks on the match ball.
"A clear laminate cover has been applied to the bat," explained Big Bash chief Anthony Everard.
Players can use a coloured bat in the Big Bash as long as it is the same colour as their team's primary kit colour, or black.
General secretary Mick Cash said the rail operator had "walked out of talks" in a dispute over driver-only trains and the role of conductors.
A 24-hour walkout by union members took place this week and two further strikes have also been announced in May.
The rail operator has confirmed that talks have ended without resolution.
The union has said the dispute is about safety, with the company prepared to axe guards on "some of the most overcrowded and potentially-dangerous services".
Mr Cash said Southern management had also "dished out forms" asking members not to take part in any further industrial action during this dispute.
He said the union had issued guidance to members that they are under no obligation to sign the form, with a recommendation they "bin it".
"Southern know that our members are determined to see justice is won in this dispute. Southern management also know that the public are on our side," he said.
A spokesman for Southern said the operator had hoped to have "serious constructive talks" but the RMT was "not prepared" to discuss details of the new role.
He said the firm tabled principles on which to move forward but the union "dismissed them out of hand".
"This is a snub to every commuter on the Southern network who now seem condemned to more days of strikes early next month," he said.
"All we are doing is shifting responsibility for closing a train's doors from the conductor to the driver, so the conductor, in their new role of onboard supervisor, can focus on customer service on the train."
Sam Jones opened the scoring midway through the opening 45 minutes before James Collins levelled for Crawley on the stroke of half-time.
The Mariners ended the game with 10 men after Danny Collins was dismissed with nine minutes left but the visitors could not force a first win in six games.
Other chances before the break saw Grimsby's Jamey Osborne curl wide of the target, while the at the other end Jimmy Smith was denied by home goalkeeper James McKeown.
But the deadlock was broken in the 22nd minute when the visitors failed to clear a cross and Jones netted at the second attempt.
The lead lasted until first-half added time when James Collins was on hand to prod home the rebound after McKeown had flung across to his right to save from Josh Payne.
In the second period, a wayward attempt from Dominic Vose was followed up by a close effort from Jones as Grimsby began on the front foot.
But home hopes took a hit in the 81st minute when Danny Collins picked up his second booking for a foul on Enzio Boldewijn.
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Match ends, Grimsby Town 1, Crawley Town 1.
Second Half ends, Grimsby Town 1, Crawley Town 1.
Tom Bolarinwa (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Matt Harrold replaces Kaby.
Attempt missed. Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Josh Payne (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Danny Andrew.
Akwasi Asante (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe McNerney (Crawley Town).
Foul by Sam Jones (Grimsby Town).
Joe McNerney (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Scott Vernon replaces Craig Disley.
Attempt missed. Josh Lelan (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Shaun Pearson (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Shaun Pearson (Grimsby Town).
Kaby (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Josh Payne (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Second yellow card to Danny Collins (Grimsby Town) for a bad foul.
Foul by Danny Collins (Grimsby Town).
Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Payne (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.
Akwasi Asante (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Yorwerth (Crawley Town).
Shaun Pearson (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town).
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Zak Mills.
Shaun Pearson (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Foul by Shaun Pearson (Grimsby Town).
Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Akwasi Asante (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Tom Bolarinwa replaces Brandon Comley.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Akwasi Asante replaces Callum Dyson.
Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Foul by Brandon Comley (Grimsby Town).
James Collins (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.94% at 17,828.76 points, while the Nasdaq was 1.45% higher at 5,127.15 points.
At the same time, the S&P 500 index was up 1.19% at 2,104.05 points.
Data from the Commerce Department showed construction of new homes and highways reached a seven-year high.
Petroleum companies had a strong day. ExxonMobil was up 3.1% and Chevron was up 4.5%.
Credit card firm Visa failed to impress investors with its plan to buy Visa Europe, currently under separate ownership.
The firm, which also announced lower than expected quarterly profits, topped the losers' list on the Dow, falling 3%.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals was up 7.2% after weeks on a downward streak.
The drug maker was accused by short seller Citron, of using a speciality pharmacy to misprice drugs. Shares rebounded on the news Citron would not publish new allegations.
Catriona Barr was wild swimming in the sea near Lerwick when she spotted the bull orca underneath her.
Her attention was drawn to the mammal after she noticed people on the shore were watching her.
Erik Isbister, who was watching from the shoreline, believed the orca may have mistaken Ms Barr for a seal.
The encounter happened at Da Sletts at Breiwick on Wednesday and was filmed from shore.
Ms Barr swims in the sea almost every day and said she was used to seeing people walking along the nearby shore.
She also said she was aware of the risks of swimming in the sea, but had never before come across orcas on her swims.
Ms Barr told BBC Scotland: "I was a aware of a lot of people on the banks.
"I thought they were watching me swim, but then I thought - 'well, I swim every day'.
"Then I looked underwater and there was a huge orca about five feet away swimming underneath me."
Ms Barr swam to rocks and got out of the water. She said: "It circled around a bit and then it was as if it said 'show's over' and headed to the harbour at speed."
Mr Isbister said he had his head on his hands as he watched the orca "speed" towards Ms Barr before disappearing beneath the surface.
He said the animal may have initially mistaken Ms Barr, who was wearing a wetsuit, for a seal.
Scotland has a resident pod of older orcas, but these animals are usually seen off the west coast.
However, Scottish waters are frequently visited by orca from Iceland.
In May, a pod of orca from Iceland was photographed in the Moray Firth off Findhorn, the furthest south the group has been recorded.
They were the same animals previously seen off Caithness.
The group is known in Scotland as the Northern Isles community and moves between Iceland and Scotland to hunt and raise young.
The contest is a battle of robots on an obstacle course meant to simulate conditions similar to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster.
Team Kaist's DRC-Hubo humanoid robot defeated 22 others to win the top $2m prize from the US Department of Defense's Darpa research unit.
The robots had an hour to complete a series of tasks, such as a driving a car and walking up steps.
The challenge involved a series of tasks for the robots to complete, somewhat autonomously, with intermittent connectivity with their operators to simulate real disaster conditions.
The challenge was the first where robots performed without being tethered and there were plenty of hard falls, soliciting groans and laughter from the crowds at the contest in Pomona, California.
The other tasks the robots were set included getting out of a car, opening a door, drilling a hole in a wall, turning a valve and crossing rubble either by clearing a path or walking over it.
Team Kaist was the fastest, completing all the tasks in 44 minutes and 28 seconds.
Team IHMC Robotics came second, winning $1m, and Tartan Rescue's Chimp robot was third, winning $500,000, a day after taking a hard fall and then wowing the crowd by getting back up and back to work without human help.
The contest also included two mystery tasks over two days - on day one the mystery was pulling a lever and on day two it was pulling a plug out of one socket and inserting it into another.
Each team was given two attempts to complete the course.
There were meant to be 25 teams competing, but Japan's team Hydra dropped out at the last minute because of an electronics accident during training.
A Chinese team was also due to compete but reportedly couldn't get their visas in time.
Wales' 17-year-old substitute Charlie Estcourt had levelled on 75 minutes, after Henrietta Csiszar's early opener.
The result saw Wales end the friendly tournament with two draws and two defeats, with four goals scored.
Hungary, ranked six places below Wales in 42nd in Fifa's rankings, beat the Republic of Ireland 1-0 on Monday.
That result saw Hungary finish third in Group A, while Wales finished third in Group B after their 1-0 loss to the Czech Republic.
Group winners Austria and Poland meet in the final in Larnaca later on Wednesday.
Eight teams are involved in the tournament.
Wales Women line-up: Price, Ladd, Ingle (Jenkins 45), Jones (Ward 60), Green, Fishlock, Lawrence, Cousins (May Walkley 34), Curson (Harding 45), O'Connor (Dykes 34), Chivers (Estcourt 45).
The blaze broke out at a shop on Finchley Road on Monday morning.
Twenty-five people were evacuated, including a pregnant woman and a two-year-old child who was taken to hospital after inhaling smoke.
Investigators will move in once the scene has been made safe, the London Fire Brigade said.
Twelve people were treated at the scene after breathing in smoke.
The LFB said the fire badly damaged the shop, with the flats above heavily smoke-logged.
A spokesman for Camden Council said none of the residents were council tenants and they had been found alternative accommodation by their landlord.
Finchley Road remains closed to traffic in both directions while firefighters continue to work at the scene.
The LFB explained its crew were likely to remain there throughout Tuesday morning in order to tackle "deep-seated pockets of fire" in the voids between the floors of the building.
It ended up being more like an extended end-zone dance, an "in your face" primal scream at all his critics and naysayers.
He boasted about how he shattered Hillary Clinton's perceived strangle-hold on the Electoral College.
"That blue wall is busted up," he said. "I'll never forget it because it felt so good."
When he remarked about how much fun he had "fighting" his Democratic opponent, the crowd responded with "lock her up!" chants, just like old times.
He bemoaned the reluctance of some in his own party to support his anti-establishment candidacy - including Ohio's own governor, John Kasich, the mere mention of whose name elicited a chorus of boos.
"We didn't have much help at the top levels, you know that," Mr Trump said. "And it turned out it didn't matter."
It certainly didn't. And Mr Trump isn't going to let anyone forget it.
He even found time to belittle Evan McMullin, referring to the independent candidate who was advanced as a conservative alternative to the Republican nominee only as "that guy".
"We trounced him," he said. "What the hell was he trying to prove?"
Mr Trump's greatest scorn, however, was once again reserved for the media.
He said the press was "dishonest" and its coverage "brutal". He mocked a network news reporter - Martha Raddatz, although not by name - for what he alleged was an emotional response to his victory.
"How about when a major anchor who hosted a debate started crying when she realised that we won?" he asked.
"No, tell me this isn't true," he said, in a mocking voice.
An ABC News spokesperson told the BBC: "This is ridiculous and untrue. Martha is tough and fair and not intimidated by anyone."
Mr Trump won in spite of them all. And while he said he had come to Ohio to talk about an "action plan" for his presidency, it was clear that he enjoyed careening off-script.
"We're going to reduce the regulations," he said at one point, when he was still more or less on message.
"But if a company wants to still leave a state like Ohio or Pennsylvania or... how about North Carolina? How well did we do in North Carolina?"
Then it was off to the races, reliving his election night triumph, where he proved all the haters and losers wrong.
It was Candidate Trump again, in all his glory. A bird's got to fly, a fish has to swim, and Donald J Trump has to open his mouth and let the words stream out as the cheers grow louder.
Throughout the course of his year-and-a-half campaign, huge arena rallies served as Mr Trump's lifeblood. The adulation of the masses nourished and sustained him through his stumbles and gaffes.
There were moments, when Mr Trump was closing in on the Republican presidential nomination, when advisers both inside and outside the campaign urged him to abandon the free-wheeling, carnival-style events, hew more closely to teleprompter-driven speeches and focus his effort on key constituencies in battleground states.
He gave a scripted foreign policy speech in April. Another before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in May. An economic speech in Detroit in August.
Mr Trump balked.
"I miss flying around and giving rallies when it was just a couple of us on the plane," the candidate told campaign manager Kellyanne Conway in August, according to New York magazine.
So the rallies resumed full-throttle, and Mr Trump endured - through debate stumbles, "live mic" recorded boasts of sexual aggression and predictions of his impending political demise.
Now, after nearly a month of post-election sequestration in his eponymous tower, having phone conversations with foreign leaders, meeting with those vying for plum positions in his administration and receiving vanquished foes on bent knee, he was back in his element.
The music was the same - Elton John, Pavarotti arias and the Rolling Stones.
The souvenir vendors still plied their "Hillary for Prison" T-shirts, Trump buttons and "Make America Great Again" hats, with a few new presidential knick-knacks thrown in.
The enthusiastic, overwhelmingly white crowd was the same, chanting "USA", "build the wall" and "drain the swamp".
Talk to them, and you hear the same unadulterated admiration for his unconventional ways.
"He's spontaneous," said Christopher Kidney, a high school student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. "He says what's on his mind, and that's what we need in a president."
And then there's the same anger that fuelled Mr Trump's successful campaign.
"You live in small town America, you see all these foreign folks that are buying people's little family country stores. You get tired of that stuff," said Brian Busam, a heavy machinery worker from Marathon, Ohio. "Trump is rocking. It's nice to hear a different voice."
He sported a T-shirt emblazoned with "Guns don't kill people, Clintons do."
It's as if the campaign had never ended.
Indeed, that may be the goal. After his win in 2008, Barack Obama tried to keep the energy and enthusiasm of his own massive crowds alive, to harness and focus it into a governing force. His team founded Organising for America, a political action committee to support the newly elected president's legislative agenda.
It turned out, however, that running the country isn't nearly as glamorous as campaigning and the Obama magic of 2008 was impossible to recreate.
Now, Mr Trump and company could be hoping to turn his mega-rallies into a permanent fixture of his presidency - a way to reach directly to his supporters, like a modern-day testosterone-fuelled version of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's fireside radio chats.
At the very least, the goal for this multi-state "thank you" tour over the next few weeks seems to be to give Mr Trump a platform to outline his presidential goals and, perhaps, smooth over some ruffled feathers from a contentious campaign.
"We're a very divided country," Mr Trump said early in his speech. "We are going to bring our country together."
Only a few minutes later, however, Mr Trump was winging it, with little regard for goodwill-building.
"We had people running our country that truly didn't know what the hell they were doing."
At that point any Democrats listening probably weren't in the mood for a group hug.
Meet the new Donald Trump. Same as the old Donald Trump.
Mr Ellis died from a stroke in Lincoln Hospital early on Saturday. He was 82.
He began his acting career in 1952 at Belfast's Group Theatre before moving to England in the early 1960s.
His first big break came when he was cast as Bert Lynch in police drama Z Cars, which ran from 1962 to 1978.
His son, Toto, said it was extraordinarily hard to watch him die.
"It was sad to watch him slip away. The last words he heard were that he was a hero, a legend and we all loved him," he said.
Speaking about the funeral arrangements, he said: "We are taking him home to Belfast - Belfast meant the world to him.
"He blazed a trail for Northern Ireland actors, in that he was the first character not to change his accent. Dad was so proud of his roots and his beliefs."
Paying tribute to him, Sir Kenneth Branagh said Ellis had been "a great inspiration" to him and many other actors from Northern Ireland.
"I was blessed to begin my career working with him, and I will never forget his generosity to me. He was a highly intelligent, funny, and kind man, and a tremendous actor," he said.
Actor Adrian Dunbar, who is also from Northern Ireland, said he had known Jimmy Ellis as a friend and a companion for many years.
"It is a big loss. He was a wonderful actor and a warm and generous man. He blazed a trail for many actors in Northern Ireland."
Actor Maggie Cronin said: "A good actor treats everybody with great respect. He was fun. He played complex characters and made them look very easy."
Peter Johnston, director of BBC Northern Ireland, said: "We are saddened to hear about the death of Jimmy Ellis. He was a major talent from Northern Ireland, famous for his roles in Z Cars and the Billy plays.
"He will be deeply missed by all his colleagues on screen and on stage."
Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, tweeted: "Very sorry to learn of the passing of Jimmy Ellis, one of our own, great actor & opponent of censorship."
Northern Ireland Culture Minister Carál Nà ChuilÃn said: "James was a man of great character and was never afraid to tackle difficult issues as we witnessed with his direction of the Sam Thompson play, Over The Bridge, in 1960, at a time when many believed that sectarianism, which the play addressed, was too controversial for a stage performance.
"I am deeply saddened by his passing and my thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time."
In a statement, Queen's University offers its deepest sympathies to his family circle.
The statement said Jimmy Ellis was "one of the most gifted actors of his generation". He received an honorary doctorate from Queen's in July 2008 for services to the performing arts.
James Ellis was born in Belfast on 15 March 1931.
He studied at the city's Methodist College and Queen's University, and then the Bristol Old Vic.
He soon graduated to leading man after joining the Group Theatre.
After starring in such plays as The Playboy of the Western World, he was appointed director of productions at the theatre in 1959.
However, he resigned in 1960 to direct and stage Sam Thompson's play Over The Bridge, which the Group Theatre's board had deemed too controversial.
Northern Ireland playwright Martin Lynch paid tribute to Mr Ellis, and said his support for Over The Bridge, which dealt with issues of sectarianism, was a courageous move.
He said: "He broke the back of conservatism in the establishment at that time and very, very courageously stuck to his guns. Him and Sam Thompson were a great team together to create and produce Over The Bridge when the establishment didn't want it to happen."
Aside from Z Cars, a police drama set on Merseyside, he starred in some of the UK's best-known and much-loved programmes, including Doctor Who, In Sickness And In Health, Ballykissangel and Only Fools And Horses.
He returned home in 1982 to star as the bullying father Norman Martin in Too Late To Talk To Billy, the first of a trio of Graham Reid plays that exposed a national audience to the authentic voice of working-class Ulster Protestants for the first time.
Sir Kenneth Branagh, who was just out of drama school, played his son Billy, and the pair later reprised their partnership in A Matter Of Choice For Billy and A Coming To Terms For Billy.
He suffered personal tragedy in 1988 when his son Adam, then aged 28, was murdered in west London.
In a March 2012 interview with the Express, the actor recalled: "I went berserk. I wasn't in possession of my senses. I kicked open the doors of every pub in the street shouting 'Who knows who murdered my son?"'
Mr Ellis was awarded an honorary doctorate from Queen's University in 2008 for services to the performing arts.
Away from the acting profession, he was also a writer of poems and prose.
Although he had lived in England for decades, his family has said that, in line with his wishes, he will be buried in his home city.
The messages labelled "racist, misogynistic and homophobic" were posted in a chat app and revealed on Bwog, a student-run blog.
A statement from the university described the messages as "appalling".
The university has been at the centre of a debate on how colleges handle sexually aggressive behaviour.
"Seeing that dialogue happening behind closed doors with our classmates and our peers was very, very shocking," Claire Fry, a student at Columbia, told the New York Times.
The university said that the wrestling team would not compete "until we have a full understanding of the facts on which to base the official response to this disturbing matter".
The revelation comes weeks after Harvard University suspended its men's soccer team following a report in the student newspaper that players made sexual comments about members of the women's team.
It said students were rating the attractiveness of female players as well as using sexually explicit comments.
James Fast, a student, who is Bwog's publisher, said he was encouraged by the university's quick response and its investigation, including its decision to cancel the wrestling team's participation in its first match, the New York Times reports.
The recent revelations are at the milder end of what has been dubbed US college "rape culture".
Banners regularly appear at the beginning of the academic year bearing slogans such as: "Rowdy and fun. Hope your baby girl is ready for a good time".
Studies have found that members of US college fraternities are three times more likely to commit rape than other male students while members of sororities were 74% more likely to experience sexual assault.
Past scandals include an email sent around one fraternity entitled "Luring your rapebait" and fraternity members chanting "No means yes".
The most recent case involved a Stanford University swimming champion who sexually assaulted an unconscious female student before being jailed for six months - a term condemned by many as too short.
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A Rugby Football League statement said the alleged breaches concern "contractual arrangements made with Salford players in 2014 and 2015".
No date has been set for a hearing.
If Salford are found to have exceeded the £1.825m wage ceiling in the last two years and are docked 20 points, it would wreck their season when it has started with some promising displays.
However Wigan, the last club to be found in breach of the salary cap in 2007, were only docked four points.
The Red Devils, coached by Ian Watson, lie sixth in the table after collecting four points from their opening five games.
Their points tally would have been higher had it not been for last-minute defeats by Wigan and Warrington.
The RFL's announcement comes six weeks after Bradford chairman Marc Green raised questions over Salford's use of the cap over the last two years and in particular their signing of Tony Puletua from St Helens in 2014.
Green claimed he was prevented from raising his concerns at a RFL Council meeting in December and called on the governing body to fully investigate the transfer of Puletua.
Salford have yet to comment on Thursday's news although owner Marwan Koukash tweeted: "I do not know what all this fuss is about. Calm down!"
In January Koukash said his club had been fully co-operating with the RFL investigators since early October.
The 31-year-old Australia keeper, who joined from Reading in May 2015, will remain at the Vitality Stadium until the summer of 2019.
Federici made six Premier League appearances in his first season.
He played a further six games during the club's FA Cup and League Cup runs, saving three penalties in a fourth-round shootout win against Preston.
RWE Innogy UK has proposed erecting up to 20 turbines at Glen Kyllachy near Tomatin south of Inverness.
Highland Council's south planning applications committee unanimously rejected the application last year.
Members of the committee said the development would have "a significant detrimental visual impact".
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Van Gaal dismissed claims he offered to resign after losing to Southampton on Saturday, and his team were more positive against the Championship side.
Wayne Rooney curled in from 20 yards to put United ahead before George Thorne cut through their defence to equalise.
Daley Blind then finished low into the net from Jesse Lingard's cross before Juan Mata sealed victory late on.
Derby, who have not won a league game in 2016 and are fifth in the Championship, caused problems towards the end of the first half when Thorne latched on to Chris Martin's delightful through ball.
But that aside, it was a confidence-boosting win for Van Gaal's team who, after a winless December, have lost once in January and registered a two-goal victory for the first time in 15 matches.
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It has been a troubling week for Van Gaal, who has trained his fire on the media and sarcastically said losing to Derby could cost him his job for a fourth time this season.
But in the first half-hour and after the break, United showed the kind of swagger that has been missing in recent months.
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Buoyed by more than 5,000 visiting fans, much of United's improvement centred around Anthony Martial, who captured some of his early season form with a superb performance.
Stationed on the left wing, the 20-year-old caused problems for Derby right-back Cyrus Christie and capped an effervescent display when he set up Mata for the final goal after skipping through the home side's defence.
With better control, the French forward could have scored either side of Rooney's clinical finish. Although the United striker appeared offside when he collected the ball, he turned inside before finding the top corner to move within six of Sir Bobby Charlton's club record 249 goals.
Derby have had their own problems in the Championship under manager Paul Clement, who was assistant to Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid, Paris St-Germain and Chelsea before he took his first step into management at the start of the season.
The former school teacher has overseen £25m of spending on players since taking over and, until Boxing Day, it seemed to be paying dividends with Derby on course for the Premier League.
But like last season, when the Rams faltered in the promotion push under Steve McClaren, their form has nosedived.
The hosts looked bereft of confidence as United began the game strongly, missing out on an opportunity to pressurise Van Gaal's side.
Yet once they pressed United higher up the pitch they began to give their expectant supporters something to cheer about.
Thorne's goal was well worked, and had Nick Blackman kept two efforts on target either side of the break, they might have caused real worry for the visitors.
However, Blackman and fellow winger Thomas Ince were well shackled by United's young full-backs Guillermo Varela and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, and once Blind put the 11-time FA Cup winners ahead, Derby's challenge faded.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal: "It was maybe better than we had trained. We played at the right time against the resistance of Derby. We gave their goal away but at half-time I said that it was a good performance, keep it up and we will win. And we did.
"Daley Blind's goal? You have to sniff it and he sniffed it. It was a great goal. The Premier League is very important but the FA Cup is the greatest cup in England with a long and important history. We haven't won it for a long time so we dream of it. After two wins you can't say that we will win it."
Derby boss Paul Clement: "You're always worried about those quality players, like Juan Mata and Anthony Martial, off the back of our midfield. They were clinical, their movement and finishing was the difference.
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"I thought we gave them a good game, it wasn't an easy game for them. We had some good passing spells and our goal was an excellent goal, a good finish from our holding midfielder - although I don't know what he was doing up there!
"I'm disappointed we didn't keep it tighter for a bit longer so we could go into the last 15-20 minutes with a chance. For a team who is lacking confidence they played well tonight."
Derby host Preston on Tuesday as they hope to get their Championship title challenge back on track, while Manchester United welcome Stoke to Old Trafford on the same evening.
Match ends, Derby County 1, Manchester United 3.
Second Half ends, Derby County 1, Manchester United 3.
Offside, Derby County. Jacob Butterfield tries a through ball, but Johnny Russell is caught offside.
Guillermo Varela (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Ince (Derby County).
Substitution, Manchester United. Ander Herrera replaces Juan Mata.
Goal! Derby County 1, Manchester United 3. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Chris Smalling.
Foul by Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).
Richard Keogh (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Derby County. Jeff Hendrick replaces Bradley Johnson.
Substitution, Derby County. Johnny Russell replaces George Thorne.
Offside, Manchester United. Juan Mata tries a through ball, but Anthony Martial is caught offside.
Substitution, Manchester United. Michael Carrick replaces Morgan Schneiderlin.
Attempt missed. Jacob Butterfield (Derby County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Abdoul Camara with a cross.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Guillermo Varela.
Foul by Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United).
George Thorne (Derby County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by George Thorne (Derby County).
Attempt blocked. Chris Martin (Derby County) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Cameron Borthwick-Jackson.
Foul by Chris Smalling (Manchester United).
Chris Martin (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bradley Johnson (Derby County).
Goal! Derby County 1, Manchester United 2. Daley Blind (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.
Attempt saved. Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Daley Blind with a cross.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Tom Ince.
Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Daley Blind following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Richard Keogh.
Substitution, Derby County. Abdoul Camara replaces Nick Blackman.
Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Hand ball by Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United).
Stephen Warnock (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Guillermo Varela (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Stephen Warnock (Derby County).
Attempt missed. Nick Blackman (Derby County) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Cyrus Christie with a cross.
The coach, owned and operated by Lochs and Glens Holidays, is thought to have been blown off the road by a gust of wind and came to rest near a small loch at about 14:10.
A total of 51 people were on board.
The 23 being treated at three NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde hospitals are all said to be in a stable condition.
About 20 others were described as "walking wounded".
Road Policing Inspector Adam McKenzie said: "A tour bus which was heading through Argyll was struck by a very strong gust of wind which unfortunately blew it on to the muddy verge, causing the bus to flip on its side and roll down the hill coming to a rest at the side of Loch Restil."
Ch Insp Fraser Candlish added: "This has clearly been a terrifying experience for all of those involved and officers have been working closely with our partners to provide support to those effected and ensure everyone's safety.
"All 52 people on board the coach have been accounted for and we are currently working to ensure those who have not been taken to hospital are transported to a suitable location to spend the night.
"Inquiries are ongoing to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the incident, however early indications would suggest that the high winds may have been a factor.
"We are currently working to recover the vehicle and reopen the road."
Police said a multi-agency response had been "critical" in the aftermath of the crash.
Officers were joined at the scene by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the Ambulance Service, Argyll and Bute Council, the Royal Navy and the Mountain Rescue team.
BBC presenter Euan Mcllwraith, who was at the scene shortly after the crash, said emergency services cut the side off the coach to help passengers inside.
"Although there have been injuries, and serious injuries, these people are very, very lucky," he told BBC News.
Some of the more seriously injured passengers were taken to hospital by Royal Navy helicopter.
They are being treated at the Southern General, Western Infirmary and Royal Alexandra hospitals.
An RAF helicopter from Lossiemouth was also at the scene along with a mountain search and rescue team. The A83 is closed and a lengthy diversion is in place, along the A82.
A spokeswoman for Lochs and Glens said: "We are providing all necessary support for those passengers who were on board and the relatives of those who have been injured.
"The driver and the company are co-operating fully with the police investigation to establish the exact cause."
Transport Minister Derek Mackay said: "Scottish ministers have been kept fully informed of this serious incident across the afternoon and our immediate thoughts are with the passengers who have been transported to hospital.
"The emergency services have been working closely with helicopters from both Prestwick and Lossiemouth as well as mountain rescue teams and a rest centre has been set up in Three Villages Hall in Arrochar to help the walking wounded."
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The statement, issued jointly by owners Stefan Rupp and Edin Rahic, McCall, Greg Abbott and James Mason, also says transfer funds will be available.
McCall led the Bantams to the League One play-offs last season, losing 1-0 to Millwall in the Wembley final.
"Stuart is our manager and will be staying," the statement reads.
Much of the speculation regarding McCall - a boyhood fan who went onto play and manage at Valley Parade - related to the ambition of the club after missing out on promotion to the Championship.
The departure of key players such as Billy Clarke and James Meredith heightened the rumours that McCall, 53, could stand down.
"In the wake of our disappointing defeat in the play-off final there has been a lot of discussion between us about how best we take the football club forward. The pain of that defeat has hurt us all," the statement continued.
"It wasn't the outcome we wanted, however we have taken some time to reflect and regroup. Recent speculation has been unfounded, hurtful and unhelpful.
"The money received from player transfers and our trip to Wembley will be re-invested in the squad, on the right players when the time is right.
"We have shown our commitment to investing money in players as recently as January with the £250,000 signing of Charlie Wyke.
"After constructive talks were held today we are now busy building a squad capable of challenging for promotion next year. This work has never stopped but we are not prepared to rush into any decisions. News will be released as when the time is right."
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His death sparked a series of claims and counter-claims over who was responsible, and even led to a political row between the UK and Russia, resulting in diplomats and officials being expelled on both sides.
Here are some of the key events leading up to and since Mr Litvinenko's death.
Mr Litvinenko meets two Russian men at the Pine Bar in London's Millennium Hotel - Dmitry Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB officer.
He also meets Italian academic Mario Scaramella at a Itsu sushi bar in central London, where he is said to have received documents about the death of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
Several hours after his meetings, Mr Litvinenko complains of feeling sick and spends the night vomiting.
After three days of sickness and stomach pains Mr Litvinenko is admitted to Barnet General Hospital, north London.
Mr Litvinenko is transferred to the University College Hospital, in central London, as his condition worsens. He is placed under armed police guard.
It is reported Mr Litvinenko was poisoned with thallium, a highly toxic chemical once used to poison rats.
Mr Litvinenko is moved to intensive care. Pictures are released of the ex-agent in hospital, showing how he has suffered dramatic weight and hair loss.
Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism unit takes over the investigation into what made him ill. Police say they are treating the case as a suspected "deliberate poisoning" but await toxicology test results.
The Kremlin dismisses allegations that the Russian government poisoned Mr Litvinenko because of his criticisms of its policies as "sheer nonsense".
Mr Litvinenko is described as "critically ill" and has a heart attack overnight.
Russia's foreign intelligence service denies involvement in the apparent poisoning of Mr Litvinenko.
Mr Litvinenko dies in intensive care.
Scotland Yard says it is now investigating "an unexplained death".
A statement made by Mr Litvinenko before he died is read out by his friend Alex Goldfarb outside University College Hospital, London.
In it he accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of involvement in Mr Litvinenko's death and says his killer was "barbaric and ruthless".
Friend Andrei Nekrasov says that just hours before Mr Litvinenko fell unconscious, he told him: "The bastards got me but they won't get everybody."
Mr Putin, at a press conference, says Mr Litvinenko's death was a tragedy, but he saw no "definitive proof" that it was a "violent death".
Mr Litvinenko's father, Walter, tells reporters his son was killed by a "tiny little nuclear bomb".
Health experts say they believe Mr Litvinenko was deliberately poisoned by radioactive matter, believed to be polonium-210.
Police find traces of radioactive material at the sushi bar and the hotel where the former spy had meetings on 1 November, and at his north London home.
An inquest into the death of Mr Litvinenko is opened and adjourned at a London court.
Italian academic Mario Scaramella tests positive for a significant amount of polonium-210, although he has not suffered any symptoms of poisoning.
It is also revealed that Mr Litvinenko's wife, Marina, has tested positive for the alpha particle-emitting substance, although she is not admitted to hospital and is not believed to be in any danger.
Nine British police officers travel to Moscow to pursue their investigation into Mr Litvinenko's death.
Russia's prosecutor general, Yuri Chaika, says he will not extradite suspects in the poisoning of Mr Litvinenko to Britain.
Mr Chaika says any trial of a Russian citizen must take place in Russia and that it would be "impossible" for British officers to arrest Russians in their home country.
Russian prosecutors say they intend to question former KGB bodyguard Andrei Lugovoi.
British police say they are now treating the death of Alexander Litvinenko as murder.
Mr Scaramella is discharged from University College Hospital. Doctors say he had not shown any sign of illness.
Russia says it is investigating the attempted murder of Dmitry Kovtun, the contact of Mr Litvinenko who met him at the Pine Bar.
All seven bar staff working at the Pine Bar at the time test positive for low levels of polonium-210.
Meanwhile, about 50 mourners - including his wife, son and parents - see Mr Litvinenko buried at North London's Highgate Cemetery.
Police in Germany say they have found indications of radiation in two properties apparently used by Mr Kovtun - the Hamburg flat of his ex-wife, and her mother's home outside the city.
Mr Litvinenko's widow, Marina, says she believes the Russian authorities could have been behind his murder in an interview with the Mail on Sunday.
She tells the paper: "Obviously it was not Putin himself, of course not."
But she says what President Putin "does around him in Russia makes it possible to kill a British person" in Britain.
Former spy Yuri Shvets claims Mr Litvinenko was murdered because of information he held on a powerful Kremlin figure.
Mr Shvets, a former business associate of the murdered former KGB man, says he was poisoned after the dossier, which had damaging details, was deliberately leaked to the high-ranking Moscow figure.
Russian prosecutors ask the UK for permission to question more than 100 witnesses over the poisoning of Mr Litvinenko.
BBC One's Panorama programme reports there may have been multiple attempts to kill Mr Litvinenko before he died.
It says the first attempt to poison him may have come two weeks before he met Mr Scaramella in the sushi bar.
The programme says it may have been at the same restaurant, but occurred when Mr Litvinenko met Andrei Lugovoi and Dimitri Kovtun on 16 October.
Mr Litvinenko's widow tells the programme her husband's poisoning could not have been carried out without Russian President Vladimir Putin's knowledge, but Mr Putin's spokesman, Dimitry Peskov, vehemently denies this.
Mr Lugovoi and Mr Kovtun, the two Russians questioned by British police over the poisoning of Mr Litvinenko, deny being suspects in the case.
They tell a Russian TV station that UK press reports describing them as suspects were "a lie".
Scotland Yard hands a file on the investigation into the death of Mr Litvinenko to the Crown Prosecution Service.
The BBC's security correspondent, Frank Gardner, says police sources have told him that the "finger of suspicion" pointed "clearly" at former KGB officer Mr Lugovoi.
But Mr Lugovoi has said he was also a victim of radiation poisoning.
The Home Office confirms Russian detectives investigating Mr Litvinenko's death have asked for permission to come to the UK.
Boris Berezovsky breaks his silence to tell BBC's Newsnight that Andrei Lugovoi was responsible for the death of his close friend, Mr Litvinenko.
He says Mr Litvinenko told him: "I think Lugovoi is involved in my poison," but the former KGB agent denies any involvement.
The number of people affected by polonium-210 and facing possible health risks reaches 15, after two more people test positive, the Health Protection Agency says.
Mr Lugovoi should be charged with the murder of Mr Litvinenko, the director of public prosecutions recommends.
Sir Ken Macdonald says that Mr Lugovoi, who denies involvement in the death, should face trial.
Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Mr Lugovoi says Mr Litvinenko was not his enemy and that he had nothing against him. He claims that Mr Litvinenko was a British spy.
Mr Lugovoi also says the British secret service tried to recruit him to provide "compromising information" on President Putin.
Russia officially refuses a UK extradition request for Mr Lugovoi.
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office says the constitution did not allow for the extradition of its citizens.
The government announces it is to expel four diplomats from the Russian embassy in London, after Moscow refused to extradite Mr Lugovoi.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband also says co-operation with Russia on a range of issues was under review.
Russia announces it is to expel four British embassy staff, mirroring the UK's decision to expel four staff from the Russian embassy in London.
The four are given 10 days to leave the country, and Moscow says it is also to review visa applications for UK officials.
Foreign ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin says co-operation in counter terrorism will no longer be possible.
A inquest into Mr Litvinenko's death is delayed as the coroner decides a public inquiry would be preferable, as it would be able to hear some evidence in secret.
UK government ministers rule out a public inquiry into Mr Litvinenko's death, saying an inquest would be an effective investigation into his death.
Marina Litvinenko takes up a case in the High Court to force the UK government to hold a public inquiry into her husband's death.
The High Court says the Home Office had been wrong to rule out a public inquiry before the outcome of an inquest.
A public inquiry into Mr Litvinenko's death is announced by UK Home Secretary Theresa May. It is due to conclude by the end of 2015.
Many spoke of Spacey's "incredible" work in revitalising the London venue during his 11 years in charge.
Guests at Sunday's event included Downton stars Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern, Jeremy Irons, Eddie Izzard and singer Beverley Knight.
There were also musical tributes from Sting and Annie Lennox.
Sting performed two songs including Every Breath You Take, while Lennox's set featured No More I Love Yous and Here Comes the Rain Again.
In his closing speech, Spacey referred to the Old Vic's lack of government subsidy wondered why the theatre was not treated as "a national treasure".
He also said the "best thing about the Old Vic is its future".
There were recorded tributes from James Bond director Sam Mendes, former US president Bill Clinton and singer Elton John.
During his time at the Old Vic, Spacey has directed two productions and starred in nine - including an acclaimed version of Richard III.
The Hollywood star has also continued with screen projects such as Netflix's remake of House of Cards, which won him an acting Golden Globe this year.
Mark Gatiss, who starred in All About My Mother at the Old Vic in 2008, said Spacey had been "amazingly supportive" during the run.
"He's done an incredible job, he's totally revitalised this place and it's the end of an era."
McGovern, who was at drama school with Spacey, recalled: "He was the brilliant person he is today. We always knew that he had it."
A week ago Spacey was honoured at the Olivier Awards for his contribution to British theatre.
Sunday's gala show at the Old Vic included a cast reunion of some of the cast of Spacey's inaugural production at the theatre in 2004.
Bonneville and Drop the Dead Donkey stars Neil Pearson and Stephen Tompkinson had appeared in Cloaca by Dutch playwright Maria Goos.
The Downton actor recalled how the play - the title is the Latin for sewer - had garnered poor reviews.
"It didn't get the best critical reaction, but we had an absolute blast," he told the BBC on the red carpet before hosting the show.
He recalled that not everyone had been keen about Spacey taking over at the theatre, with some thinking he would "scurry back the Hollywood".
"There was snide undercurrent from the British asking who's this Yank who thinks he can come over here and run our hallowed Old Vic? But he's proved them wrong.
"There were troubled times, programming a theatre like this is a delicate thing and you make mistakes sometimes. But think of the fantastic hits he's had over the years.
"This place is in good nick now, and is a fantastic platform for [incoming artistic director] Matthew Warchus to build on."
Warchus, who directed the hit musical Matilda and the film Pride, is set to reveal his opening season at the Old Vic this week.
Dotcom, accused of copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering, said he will appeal.
He founded the now-defunct file-sharing site Megaupload where millions of people downloaded movies and songs.
US authorities say Dotcom and others cost film studios and record companies more than $500m (£322m).
But Dotcom, a German national who has been living in Auckland and describes himself as an "internet freedom fighter" on his Twitter page, has fought the case arguing that he was not responsible for the copyright infringement.
The 39-year-old, born Kim Schmitz, told reporters outside the courtroom he would fight the ruling, adding: "I'm disappointed."
Three other men, who co-founded the site with Dotcom and face similar charges, have also been ruled as eligible for extradition.
The BBC visits Kim Dotcom at his mansion
The hearing which began in September was not to determine Dotcom's guilt, but whether he should be sent to the US to be tried.
Judge Nevin Dawson told the court in Auckland that the US has a "large body of evidence" supporting the case and that the defendants "fall well short of undermining the case", reported news outlet Stuff.
After the ruling, Dotcom said on Twitter: "Thank you for your support. The fight goes on. Enjoy the holidays. I'm happy to be with my kids. There are bigger things than copyright."
A member of Dotcom's legal team, Ira Rothken, said on Twitter: "The @KimDotcom team looks forward to having the US request for extradition reviewed in the High Court."
"We believe the (district court) was wrong... Justice was not served today."
In an interview with New Zealand Herald earlier this week, Dotcom said he plans to take separate legal action in Hong Kong, where he founded Megaupload.
He said he plans to sue the Hong Kong justice department and seek more than $2bn in damages for taking down his site. Earlier this month a Hong Kong court allowed him to access some of his frozen assets held there.
"I now have the opportunity to fight back in Hong Kong and take legal action against those who have destroyed what I have built there and that means I can sue, indirectly the US government by suing the Hong Kong Department of Justice," he was quoted as saying.
The picture shows a sunlit portion of the planet, together with three of its big moons - Io, Europa and Ganymede.
The fourth major satellite - Callisto - is out of view.
Juno is currently moving away from Jupiter on a large arc, but will sweep back in during August, enabling its "JunoCam" to take even better images.
At the moment, scientists are just relieved to know that the equipment is in good health after its encounter with Jupiter's harsh radiation environment during the spacecraft's orbit insertion manoeuvre on 5 July (GMT).
The mission team is now turning on all the probe's instruments to check their status.
A period of calibration lies ahead before the serious business of studying Jupiter begins in October.
It should be mid-way through that month that a further engine burn puts the spacecraft in a tight, 14-day orbit around the planet.
There will then follow a good 30-plus revolutions of the massive world, with many passes getting under 5,000km from its cloud tops.
The image on this page was acquired on Sunday, when Juno was some 4.3 million km from Jupiter.
Evident in the picture are the gas giant's coloured atmospheric bands. Unmistakable, also, is the famous Great Red Spot - the colossal storm that has raged on the planet for hundreds of years.
Juno's goal over the next 18 months will be to try to understand what makes Jupiter tick.
Scientists plan to use the spacecraft's instruments to sense the planet's deep interior. They think the structure and the chemistry of its insides hold the essential clues to how this giant world formed some four-and-a-half-billion years ago.
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Swansea's Morriston Hospital would double in size and become a regional centre for specialist treatments.
The city's other hospital, Singleton, would be a centre of excellence for diagnostic and same-day care, working with GPs, opticians and dentists.
On-the-job training and the development of a medical science park also form part of the plans.
The project, known as Arch, is a collaboration between Abertawe Bro Morgannwg and Hywel Dda health boards along with Swansea University.
It spans six local authority areas, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea - covering about one million people.
If the Welsh government backs the plans by sponsoring them, it could lead to funding from Europe, NHS capital funding and public-private investment.
"It breaks free from an outdated healthcare system designed more than 50 years ago and replaces it with an accessible one specifically planned for today's needs, in purpose-built or refurbished accommodation," said ABMU's director of strategy, Sian Harrop-Griffiths.
"It focuses on keeping people healthy, or better managing disease when they're ill."
She added: "Arch is more than abstract ideas. It represents a potentially huge regional investment."
Professor Marc Clement, chief executive of Swansea University's Institute of Life Science, said Arch will help south Wales and the region have a "global reputation for best practice, health care and patient well being".
He said: "The partnership will provide world-class health care delivering skills, talent development and innovation.
"It's really important we start immediately to deliver this project and have a fully integrated service by 2020.
"The aim is to attract the best talent and give people the highest quality of service we can."
Known as Medi-Park, it will set up:
Radovan Krejcir was arrested on Friday at his home in Johannesburg on a charge of kidnap and assault.
His lawyers filed a court application, saying he needed medical attention and risked kidney failure.
Krejcir has repeatedly denied having links to the criminal underworld.
The police have been accused of reacting slowly to reports of his alleged involvement in the killing of underworld bosses, reports the BBC's Pumza Fihlani from Johannesburg.
A number of his associates have been killed in separate incidents in recent months, local media report.
In July, Krejcir survived an attempt to kill him carried out by guns hidden behind a car number plate operated by remote control opened fire on him in Bedfordview, a suburb east of Johannesburg.
Krejcir reportedly described the shooting as "something out of a James Bond film".
He is challenging the government's attempts to extradite him to the Czech Republic, where he was convicted in absentia last year on tax fraud charges.
He moved to South Africa in 2007.
Our correspondent says South Africans have been keenly watching Krejcir's extraordinary career over recent months and the series of gangland shootings and killings with which he is allegedly linked.
They are worried that it might show that a well-connected, sophisticated and violent underworld still exists on the streets of Johannesburg, she says.
On Saturday, police chief Riah Phiyega said Krejcir's arrest was a major breakthrough.
"There are many investigations that are taking place, even on the charges that the suspects have been arrested for. We hope to arrest more suspects as the investigations unfold," she told reporters in the capital, Pretoria.
She did not reveal details of the charges against him.
The police watchdog, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid), said it had launched an investigation into Krejcir's claim that he had he had been tortured.
Police are accused of taking him to an open field where he was "allegedly shocked with a taser and a plastic bag was placed over his head to suffocate him", Ipid said in a statement.
The High Court in Johannesburg ordered that Krejcir be transferred to hospital after his doctor testified that his injuries were consistent with those of someone who had been assaulted.
He could face renal failure if he was not taken to hospital, the doctor said.
In his ruling, Judge Ramarumo Monama said the doctor was a credible witness.
"He has provided more than enough evidence," local media quotes the judge as saying.
Staff at the reserve near Dunkeld had been awaiting the return of "Lady", the female which has nested at the site for 24 consecutive years.
However, a younger bird has instead moved in and mated with the resident male, known as "Laddie".
Rangers at the reserve said Lady may yet return, but would face a competition for her nest and mate.
Lady would be 30 this year, and is thought to be the world's oldest breeding osprey, having reared 50 chicks at Loch of the Lowes.
Scottish Wildlife Trust Perthshire ranger Charlotte Fleming said everyone at the reserve was "so excited" by the new development.
She said: "Many people have been asking if this means that our famous osprey - affectionately known by many as Lady - will not return this year, but we simply do not know.
"There is still a possibility that she will return - and dramatic scenes could unfold if Lady were to begin to compete for her nest and her mate."
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The UN said it would name a successor "in due course" and "spare no efforts to relaunch the peace process".
The Moroccan diplomat is believed to have come under pressure to resign from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.
A Saudi-led coalition is conducting air strikes against Houthi rebels who forced the president to flee abroad.
The UN says more than 70 people have been killed in escalating violence since 26 March, but officials believe the actual death toll may be far higher.
The instability has been exploited by jihadist militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), who on Thursday seized Riyan airport, near the south-eastern port city of Mukalla, officials said.
They briefly took over Mukalla, the provincial capital of Hadramawt province, earlier this month only to be driven back by local tribesmen.
In 2011, Mr Benomar brokered a Gulf Co-operation Council-backed political transition plan after a popular uprising forced long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power.
However, the transition gradually unravelled, and a dispute between Mr Saleh's successor, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, and the Houthis turned into a war.
After the Houthis swept into the capital Sanaa last September, toppling the widely unpopular transitional government, Mr Benomar negotiated a peace accord between the rebels and President Hadi that analysts say neither honoured.
In January, arguments over a draft constitution led to the Houthis taking full control of Sanaa and placing Mr Hadi and the prime minister under house arrest.
The president subsequently took refuge in Aden, but the rebels and allied army units loyal to Mr Saleh reached the southern port city at the end of March, prompting him to flee the country.
Western diplomats said Mr Benomar had faced mounting criticism from Saudi Arabia and other members of the GCC for his failure to persuade the warring parties to attend peace talks.
Both the Houthis and President Hadi had also grown impatient with him, Yemeni political sources told the Reuters news agency.
On Wednesday evening, a UN spokesman revealed that Mr Benomar had told Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that he was interested in "moving to another assignment".
"A successor shall be named in due course. Until that time and beyond, the United Nations will continue to spare no efforts to relaunch the peace process in order to get the political transition back on track," Stephane Dujarric said.
In December, a joint Spanish-Chinese operation busted what police said was a massive international phone scamming syndicate.
Although most of the 269 suspects arrested were Taiwanese nationals, Beijing asked for the entire group to be sent to China. Last month, the Spanish government approved the request.
Taiwan, which China sees as a breakaway province that will eventually be reunited with the mainland, has protested that the decision violates historical European human rights norms and the "principle of nationality".
But the reality is that it can do little to stop the transfer. Spain, like most countries, doesn't formally recognise Taiwan as a state.
Analysts say China's stance on the issue reflects the tougher line it has taken towards Taiwan since President Tsai Ing-wen, whose party leans towards formal independence, won elections in January last year.
The mainland has also spoken of its frustration with Taiwan, accusing it of failing to rein in thousands of its nationals who dupe Chinese people via phone scams from abroad.
From luxury villas in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante, the mostly Taiwanese scammers are said to have called endless lists of telephone numbers in China.
Behind curtained windows and fuelled by energy drinks, members of the crime syndicate worked through the night, hoping to deceive victims on the other side of the world.
The scam, according to Spanish police, operated in three stages. First, a fraudster would call a would-be victim, presenting themselves as a neighbour or friend, and offering a seemingly well-meaning warning about a rising incidence of scams in the area.
Later, another operator would pose as a policeman, telling the person that they were a potential target for fraudsters or, in some cases, that they had already been defrauded.
Then the final ruse: Posing as a police or judicial investigator, a scammer would ask the victim to transfer money into a special bank account, so the "fraudsters" could be tracked.
Using this method, more than €16m (£13.9m; $17m) was stolen from thousands of victims in China. Seven people have committed suicide as a result, according to Chinese media.
The scam schemes vexing China and Taiwan
China claims jurisdiction in the case because the victims are mainland Chinese. This is what it stresses, rather than arguments about sovereignty.
"They are not necessarily making a nationality argument that the Taiwanese [suspects] are Chinese," says Ernest Caldwell, a Chinese law expert at London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). "The lynchpin of their argument is that the victims are in China."
He adds that this is a common reason for extradition in many places, and what Spain is doing is permissible under international law. But China also cites the supposedly lenient treatment given to Taiwanese phone scam suspects when they are sent back home as another reason why the judicial process needs to occur in China.
Last year, a group of 20 alleged scammers arrested in Malaysia were returned to Taiwan, but quickly released by the authorities, who cited a lack of evidence.
Beijing reacted angrily, accusing Taiwan of hurting victims "a second time". Most of the suspects were then re-arrested, but the case allowed Taiwan to be pummelled in the Chinese press.
Spain signed an extradition treaty with China in 2005, becoming the first developed Western country to do so. Like most countries it follows a "one China" policy, and does not formally recognise Taiwan.
Spain's Justice Ministry, in a statement to the BBC, referred to all of the 269 suspects held as having "Chinese nationality".
What's behind the China-Taiwan divide?
Although the alleged crimes are not death penalty offences in China, there are human rights concerns. Amnesty International researcher Patrick Poon said China's conviction rate of up to 99%, questions about fair trial rights and longstanding fears about torture or ill-treatment should give Spain pause for thought.
Mr Caldwell adds that Spain actually does have the option of sending the suspects back to Taiwan, given they were presumably admitted to the country on Taiwanese passports. Spain says that judicial processes are continuing, and its National Court could still decide to block the extradition.
But the approval of the extradition request "does suggest that the Spanish government is trying to put commercial interests ahead of the human rights of those deported", said Dafydd Fell, a Taiwan expert at SOAS.
Before President Tsai won the election in January 2016, there was better cross-strait co-operation in tackling organised crime. In overseas fraud cases, the Chinese nationals were sent to China, and the Taiwanese to Taiwan, even if that was sometimes via China.
But Beijing scrapped this tacit agreement between the two sides last April. Police in Kenya forced 45 Taiwanese, some of whom had actually been acquitted of crimes, onto a plane to China. Taiwan called it an "illegal abduction".
Taiwan's first female leader: Shy but steely
The highly publicised episode was widely interpreted as Beijing heaping pressure on Ms Tsai to recognise, like her predecessor, that both sides are part of "one China".
China changed its policy because of "political factors", Chen Ming-tang, a deputy minister in Taiwan's ministry of justice, told the BBC.
He said that Taiwan's strategy now "is to be faster" than the mainland and get hold of Taiwanese criminal suspects abroad first before Beijing can.
"But China is now very actively trying to find them," he says. "It's not necessarily just to put pressure on Tsai, they told us these cases are on the rise in the past and a lot of mainlanders have been victimised."
Between April 2016 and 22 February this year, 223 Taiwanese phone fraud suspects had been sent to China from countries including Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Armenia, according to Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council.
China's demand in the Spanish case is being similarly seen as a show of power, and another opportunity to embarrass Taiwan for its citizens' alleged criminal actions.
But the mass extradition of such a large group of people from a European Union country will also be seen as a new victory for Beijing over Ms Tsai.
It was sometime in 2012 that Mei*, an IT professional working in Shanghai, received the first call. The man on the other end of the line had a southern Chinese accent, possibly Taiwanese. He said was from the ministry of justice.
He told Mei that someone was using her credit card "to do something bad". She hung up, not trusting the caller. The young woman then started receiving more calls, and text messages, saying that money laundering was the crime in question and that she needed to co-operate.
The callers told her that to win her trust they could send her a message from an official government number. They did and she looked it up online. It was the same, apart from one digit.
"That made me really confused," she said. "I thought that maybe they were actually the officers and they were just trying to get some information to help [with the investigation]."
They asked if she had any friends or relations who might be involved in illegal activities like money laundering. It just so happened that a previous relationship had gone sour, and financial issues were involved. If it was anyone she knew, she said, it was him.
"They told me yes, that guy is very bad."
To prove she was not involved in money laundering, she was asked to transfer some money to an "official account". After a check, the money would be returned, they promised. Mei sent them 100,000 Chinese yuan (£11,700; $14,500).
It soon became apparent that she had been scammed. Mei was devastated. She told the police what had happened, but otherwise kept it to herself. She felt ashamed.
She wants justice, but says it doesn't matter where the suspects are tried.
"They need to know they are doing something wrong, and evil, and need to take responsibility. Whether it's in Taiwan or China I don't care."
*The victim's name has been changed.
Additional reporting by the BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei and Yashan Zhao of BBC Chinese
Temi Fagbenle, recently drafted by WNBA team the Minnesota Lynx, returns after missing the past four qualifiers because of US college commitments.
A defeat in Lucca almost certainly eliminates GB, who qualified for the previous three European finals but are ranked third in their qualifying group.
They are also awaiting decisions on future funding for GB basketball teams.
"As players, we're trying not to worry about the funding side," said leading scorer Johannah Leedham at the team's training camp in Manchester.
"We're here representing our country, trying to do family and everyone in the country proud and get the win.
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"And if we do, hopefully the funding will jump on board."
Fagbenle and captain Stef Collins were both absent from the team that lost to Italy in Manchester a year ago, but are in the squad for both Saturday's game, and Wednesday's in Tirana, Albania.
"We learned a lot from that - it was a game we felt we should have won," said Collins. "I feel like we're in a good position right now."
Only the top team in each of the nine qualifying groups is certain to qualify for Eurobasket 2017, with the six best second-placed teams joining them.
GB lost in Montenegro and at home to Italy before securing victory over Albania and a thrilling comeback win over Montenegro.
"We've got to work off the momentum we got from the Montenegro game," said Leedham. "It was huge, so it's another opportunity for us to do something special and everyone's excited about it."
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Midweek first aired in 1982, with Purves joining the following year.
She signed out on Wednesday morning by dedicating a song to "all of us tough broads who have been around a while and don't give in".
Midweek is being replaced with a pre-recorded arts programme.
Purves defended the importance of live radio in a tweet after the final show.
When a fan tweeted to say "another bit of live radio bites the dust", Purves replied: "Live radio does matter. We need some that is not purely news. Is about the trust and dignity given to guests, unedited."
She started the final programme by referring to the "elegant parallel" that Article 50 had been triggered on the same day as what she branded "Midwexit".
Purves said her last guests on the morning show were all "impressive survivors", as she introduced actress Dame Harriet Walter, former jockey Declan Murphy, singer Suzi Quatro and writer and director Richard Curtis.
When she signed off, she told listeners: "We are sadly out of time. I say goodbye because this has been the last Midweek on Radio 4.
"It has been a blast I have to say. After nearly 34 years, I want to thank all the thousands of guests and dozens of programme teams who have made it so much fun and diverse and surprising and always live."
She was applauded by the guests, after Curtis shouted "thank you, Libby!", before a short clip of Quatro's Devil Gate Drive was played.
Purves, 67, said it was for "all of us tough broads who have been around a while and don't give in - come alive on Devil Gate Drive".
After the show ended, the Radio 4 continuity announcer told listeners: "Rock on, Libby."
But could it be the last we've seen of Purves - also a theatre critic - on the station?
When the Today programme cut across to Purves on its broadcast and she was asked if she'd return, she laughed: "I'm an old Radio 4 cockroach - watch your backs!"
When it was announced Midweek would be ending, Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams described Purves as a "formidable broadcaster" and praised her for doing an "outstanding job" of presenting Midweek.
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He said eurozone rates would "stay at present or lower levels for an extended period" and there would be "no limits" to action to reflate the eurozone.
His comments followed the ECB's regular meeting, where it kept the bank's benchmark rate unchanged at 0.05%.
The overnight deposit rate was also left unchanged at -0.3%.
At the ECB meeting in December, this rate had been cut from -0.2% in an attempt to push banks to lend instead of parking money at the ECB.
In December, the ECB had also extended its €60bn-a-month stimulus programme by six months to March 2017.
Eurozone inflation is currently running at 0.2%, way below the ECB's target of near 2%.
"We have the power, willingness and determination to act. There are no limits how far we are willing to deploy our policy instruments," Mr Draghi said.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, said "the stimulus trigger looks cocked and ready to pull as soon as the March ECB meeting".
Mr Draghi told a news conference: "As we start the new year, downside risks have increased again amid heightened uncertainty about emerging market economies' growth prospects, volatility in financial and commodity markets and geopolitical risks."
He said that could make it necessary to review - and possibly reconsider - monetary policy at the next meeting in early March.
Analysis: Andrew Walker, economics correspondent, in Frankfurt
Mario Draghi most definitely doesn't do panic. In fact, his demeanour in the news conference after the ECB's governing council meeting didn't even suggest mild anxiety. Still, his words made it plain that he and his policy-making colleagues have been watching the new year's financial market gyrations very warily.
It's not the ECB's job to stabilise stock markets. The Bank's job is to keep inflation in check, but it is currently too low: 0.2% compared with the ECB's target of below, but close to, 2%.
The financial market turbulence, especially the fall in oil prices is one reason why, as Mr Draghi said, "inflation dynamics continue to be weaker than expected". He told us the ECB will review policy at its next meeting in March. There is a strong chance of more action, probably extra quantitative easing, to stimulate inflation a bit more (yes really).
That meeting will have a new set of ECB macroeconomic projections to work with.
He said that the recent falls in the oil price meant that inflation was likely to be "significantly lower" compared with the outlook in early December.
Eurozone inflation was below zero - that is, prices were falling - as recently as September, mainly due to falls in international energy prices, particularly crude oil.
In December, Mr Draghi said that eurozone inflation was expected to reach 1% in 2016. However, the ECB's forecasts were based on the assumption of oil prices averaging more than $50 a barrel this year, and oil is currently below $30.
Mr Draghi's latest comments were seen as helping to calm stock markets, with shares in Europe rising as his news conference was under way.
His comments also weakened the euro, which briefly fell below $1.08 against the dollar before regaining ground.
"ECB president Draghi once again saw the equity markets confirm his 'super' status as they jumped almost as soon as he started his speech," said Alastair McCaig, market analyst at IG.
"The emphasis shifted from 'whatever it takes' to 'no limits' where action is concerned, with the small caveat that nothing will happen until they have had their March meeting."
Arjen Robben put the home side ahead when he cut inside from the right channel to curl into the far corner.
Robert Lewandowski tapped in when Arturo Vidal's deflected shot fell to his feet inside the six-yard box, adding the third when he diverted Muller's long-range shot past away keeper Diego Benaglio.
The victory was sealed when Germany forward Muller scored his first Bundesliga goal of the season before substitute Douglas Costa rifled in a cutback for the fifth.
"Of course I'm delighted for Thomas. But he does a good job on the pitch even when he doesn't score," said Bayern manager Carlo Ancelotti.
Bayern, aiming for a fifth successive Bundesliga title, started the weekend three points adrift of surprise leaders RB Leipzig.
But Ancelotti's team moved back to the summit after the leaders, who lost 1-0 at bottom club Ingolstadt, suffered their first top-flight defeat.
Lewandowski scored five goals in nine minutes after coming on as a substitute during the same fixture last season - and the Poland striker again helped put five past the visitors.
Wolfsburg reached the Champions League quarter-finals last season, but look a shadow of the side who remain the last to beat Spanish giants Real Madrid, back in April.
The Wolves stay fourth bottom with 10 points from 14 matches, now level on points with third-bottom Hamburg after they won 1-0 against Augsburg.
Darmstadt replaced Ingolstadt at the bottom of the table after losing 1-0 at Freiburg, who moved up to eighth.
Sixth-placed Borussia Dortmund's erratic Bundesliga form continued as a late goal from Marco Reus, who scored an equaliser at Real Madrid in midweek, nicked a 1-1 draw at Cologne.
Third-placed Hertha Berlin are six points behind the top two after they lost 1-0 to Werder Bremen, who earned their first away win of the season.
Match ends, FC Bayern München 5, VfL Wolfsburg 0.
Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 5, VfL Wolfsburg 0.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Jeffrey Bruma.
Goal! FC Bayern München 5, VfL Wolfsburg 0. Douglas Costa (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ricardo Rodríguez (VfL Wolfsburg).
Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Vieirinha replaces Jakub Blaszczykowski.
Attempt saved. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Xabi Alonso.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Rafinha replaces Thiago Alcántara.
Attempt missed. David Alaba (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Douglas Costa with a cross following a corner.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Josuha Guilavogui.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Caligiuri (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Daniel Caligiuri (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Gomez.
Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Javi Martínez.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Douglas Costa replaces Franck Ribéry.
Goal! FC Bayern München 4, VfL Wolfsburg 0. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Daniel Caligiuri (VfL Wolfsburg).
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Xabi Alonso replaces Arturo Vidal.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Diego Benaglio.
Attempt saved. Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Arjen Robben.
Offside, FC Bayern München. Arjen Robben tries a through ball, but Juan Bernat is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Franck Ribéry with a cross following a corner.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Ricardo Rodríguez.
Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Justin Möbius replaces Borja Mayoral.
Attempt missed. Mario Gomez (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Yannick Gerhardt.
Goal! FC Bayern München 3, VfL Wolfsburg 0. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
Attempt missed. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Thiago Alcántara.
Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Juan Bernat.
Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
Foul by Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München).
Josuha Guilavogui (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München).
Yannick Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
Foul by Arturo Vidal (FC Bayern München).
Mario Gomez (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Second Half begins FC Bayern München 2, VfL Wolfsburg 0.
First Half ends, FC Bayern München 2, VfL Wolfsburg 0.
The disease is so hard to treat that survival rates have barely changed for decades.
But data, presented at the world's biggest cancer conference, showed long-term survival could be increased from 16% to 29%.
The findings have been described as a "major win", "incredibly exciting" and as offering new hope to patients.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly cancers, with patients often given just months to live after diagnosis.
It is aggressive, resists treatment and, because pancreatic tumours cause nondescript symptoms, is often found only after it has spread throughout the body.
In the UK alone, 9,400 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 8,800 die from the disease each year.
The trial on 732 patients - in hospitals in the UK, Sweden, France and Germany - compared the standard chemotherapy drug gemcitabine against a combination of gemcitabine and capecitabine.
The results, released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual conference, showed that average survival times increased from 25 to 28 months.
But there was a far more dramatic impact on long-term survival with 29% of patients alive for at least five years with combination therapy compared with 16% normally.
There was no difference in side-effects.
Prof John Neoptolemos, from the University of Liverpool, who led the study, said: "This important trial shows that this drug combination could give pancreatic patients valuable extra months and even years and so will become the new treatment for patients with this disease.
"The difference in short-term survival may seem modest but improvement in long-term survival is substantial for this cancer.
"This drug combination will become the new standard of care for patients with the disease."
It is not entirely clear why there is the difference in survival rates, but one idea surrounds the new drug being less toxic allowing patients to tolerate higher doses.
Alex Ford, chief executive of Pancreatic Cancer UK, said: "These are incredibly exciting results from a major trial for those diagnosed with this dreadful disease.
"The outlook for pancreatic cancer has been grim. With few treatment options, survival rates have barely changed in 40 years in the UK. Currently just 5% of pancreatic cancer patients can expect to live for five years.
"At the same time, incidence is set to soar by a third to more than 12,000 people being diagnosed every year by 2030.
"The possibility of increasing survival for those who have undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer will give great hope to hundreds of patients and their families who may benefit. The importance of clinical trials to help transform the outlook for pancreatic cancer cannot be over-estimated.
"We now need to see these results quickly translate to a change in approach by clinicians so that patients start to benefit more widely straightaway."
The study was funded by the charity Cancer Research UK.
Its chief clinician Prof Peter Johnson said: "Pancreatic cancer remains a very difficult disease to find and treat.
"Despite this, we are making steady progress, through trials like this one, where the use of better chemotherapy after surgery was able to increase the number of people surviving the disease."
Around 340,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year with the highest incidence in North America and Europe.
Dr Smitha Krishnamurthi, from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, said: "Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most hard-to-treat cancers.
"It is a major win to find that adding a generic chemotherapy not only improves survival for these patients, but does so with little effect on patients' quality of life."
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Salto the robot can perform multiple vertical jumps in a row - making it a champion robot athlete.
Bush babies, or galagos, can jump five times in four seconds, to reach a combined height of 8.5m.
Writing in Science Robotics, the researchers say the prototype could be used for search and rescue in disaster zones.
The bush baby (Galago senegalensis) is a nocturnal primate native to Africa. It has the unusual ability to store energy in its tendons, enabling it to jump to heights not achievable by its muscles alone.
Duncan Haldane and his colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley, describe the bush baby's special skill as "vertical jumping agility".
To compare robots and animals, the roboticists developed a new metric to measure vertical agility.
This is defined as the height something can reach with a single jump in Earth gravity, multiplied by the frequency with which that jump can be made.
Their robot is 26cm tall and weighs 100g. A motor drives a spring, which loads via a leg mechanism to create the kind of crouch seen in the bush baby.
Salto mimics the way energy is stored in the tendons of the nocturnal mammal, which means it doesn't need to wind up before a jump. As soon as it leaps, the robot is ready to go again.
With a vertical jumping agility of 1.75 metres per second (m/s), Salto was able to achieve 78% of the bush baby's score; the mammal has a jumping agility of 2.24 m/s.
However, the Californian-built robot was able to beat a bullfrog on the same metric.
"By combining biologically inspired design principles with improved engineering technology, matching the agile performance of animals may not be that far off," said co-author Prof Ronald Fearing.
The research has been backed by the US Army Research Laboratory among other funders.
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The firm, which has 126,000 staff, will reduce layers of management, it said.
Dalton Philips, Morrisons' chief executive, said the changes would "lead to simpler, smarter ways of working".
The former chairman, Sir Ken Morrison, told the BBC that the announcement was "very disappointing" and that a more hands-on approach was needed.
"Shop in your own shop, talk to customers and don't make presidential visits - go as an ordinary member of the public," he said.
Earlier this month he also attacked the chief executive at the company's annual meeting, telling shareholders he thought the results were "disastrous".
Morrisons said it had tried out the new structure and that it led to better performance.
Mr Philips said: "This is the right time to modernise the way our stores are managed. These changes will improve our focus on customers and lead to simpler, smarter ways of working."
The roles at risk include department manager and supervisory positions in stores, says the company.
The supermarket will also create 1,000 jobs in Morrisons M local convenience stores and 3,000 in new supermarkets. Morrisons will "look to offer displaced colleagues the opportunity to work in these growing businesses", it said.
Joanne McGuinness, Usdaw's national officer representing Morrisons workers, said: "The next few weeks will be a worrying time for our members in Morrisons and we will do everything possible to support them. Today marks the start of a 45-day consultation period, where we will look in detail at the company's business case.
"Our priority will be to safeguard as many jobs as possible, maximise employment within the business and get the best possible outcome for our members affected by this restructuring."
The changes come amid increasing pressure on Mr Philips after the Bradford-based chain posted an annual loss of £176m in the year to February and recently announced a 7.1% drop in quarterly sales.
The supermarket has already announced £1bn in price cuts over three years, launched an online operation, expanded its presence in the convenience store sector and moved to update antiquated IT systems.
It is not the only supermarket struggling. In March, Sainsbury's reported its first fall in sales for nine years.
Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King said the supermarket had continued to invest in reducing prices and improving quality in a "challenging market".
The big four supermarkets - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons - are being squeezed by low-cost rivals such as Aldi and Lidl, as well as upmarket chains such as Waitrose.
Morrisons' shares rose 2.3% to 192.6 pence apiece.
The German Klemm Kl35D, built to train Luftwaffe pilots before the World War Two, was flying from Southend to Old Warden in Bedfordshire last July when the pilot declared an emergency.
It came down heavily in a field next to Earls Lane near South Mimms as the pilot tried to avoid a line of trees.
The 70-year-old pilot was seriously injured.
The pilot "noticed a change in the sound of the engine" just as he was about to contact air traffic control at Luton Airport, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report said.
He immediately decided to declare an emergency and headed towards the nearest airport at Elstree, but after about five minutes the engine lost power.
The pilot selected the one field into which he felt it was possible to make a forced landing.
During impact, both wings and the undercarriage became detached from the fuselage.
Both the pilot and passenger got out of the cockpit by themselves, but the pilot was taken to hospital.
The former frontman of Race Horses came top of a shortlist of 12 albums ranging from folk to metal, and alternative Welsh language to pop.
The 29-year-old went to Rome in 2013 following the break up of the band and the visit inspired the album.
"Winning was a big shock, I really had no idea - I am nervous but overall, it is great to have won," he said.
"I made the record on my own, away from the industry with the help of my family and my good friends. It meant I got to really explore and experiment."
From ballads to art house pop, the album captured the judges' attention with its 30-strong orchestra, sounds of three trombonists in a cemetery and recordings of birds.
Jones, who divides his time between his home town Aberystwyth and London, said of making the album: "I had no expectations, all I wanted to was experiment and explore the length of my imagination and all my interests from Renaissance music, to pop music, to art, Duke Ellington and dance.
"I didn't think of it as an album, I wasn't expecting to make an album.
"I wanted to make a record like Frank Sinatra with an orchestra, but they were all people I knew and friends of friends, so it wasn't like hiring an orchestra.
"From video to stage, I always wanted to feel different."
Jones joined an impressive line-up of successors including Gwenno Saunders, Future of the Left and Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys, after all being given the chance to showcase their original music on a national level.
Organiser John Rostron said: "It's been a terrific year for Meilyr Jones, and it's great that what felt like many peoples' favourite to scoop the accolade did indeed manage to impress the 12 judges and claim the Welsh Music Prize.
"It wasn't an easy win though - the strength of this year's shortlist made for a very long discussion and it could have been one of several records written inside the winner's envelope."
Co-founder of the prize, Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens, described Jones as a "one off", adding: "It's an ambitious, bold, beautiful album. Meilyr has been making music for 10 years now and I'm very happy for him, he's worked very hard and made a real statement."
As well as debut albums and first solo records for established artists, there was a strong presence for Welsh language music in the shortlist for the awards which were held in Cardiff.
This included the return of alternative duo Datblygu, favourites of the late John Peel and revered for their role in the emergence of the new wave of Welsh music more than 30 years ago.
Others already known beyond Wales included 9Bach, whose previous album was a BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winner, the critically acclaimed Cate Le Bon and Jones, attracting his fair share of BBC 6 Music airplay this year.
THE OTHER NOMINEES
She said global risks were not expected to have a deep impact on the US, but caution was still appropriate.
Global developments and risks had led policymakers to project a slower path of rate rises than initially expected in December, Ms Yellen said.
US markets rose during her speech at the Economic Club of New York.
Her tone was similar to the Fed's statement in mid-March, when the central bank made no change to rates and guided expectations towards a slower pace of increases after December's increase.
Ms Yellen repeated her message from earlier public speeches that volatile oil prices and China's slowing growth, along with how soon inflation would reach the Fed's 2% goal, were key factors guiding the Fed towards taking a gradual approach on raising rates.
Omer Esiner, chief market analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange, said her caution was not surprising, but stood in contrast to support for rate rises from other Fed speakers in recent days.
He added: "On balance, [Yellen's] comments do not sound consistent with a looming rate hike in April and leave considerable doubt about whether rates will rise in June.
Earlier on Tuesday the head of the San Francisco Federal Reserve, John Williams, said the US economy was doing "quite well".
As she has done in past speeches, Ms Yellen said the market should be open to the possibility of news that boosts confidence.
"We should not ignore the welcome possibility that economic conditions could turn out to be more favourable than we now expect," she said.
The audience in New York laughed when Ms Yellen was asked how long the Fed expected to take to reach "normal" interest rates and whether she felt the market had failed to understand the bank's plan.
The Fed chief has been trying to reassure markets of its "gradual" plan since taking action in December.
Following Ms Yellen's speech, Wall Street climbed sharply . The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and the Nasdaq index jumped 1.5%, although the Dow Jones Industrial Average added just 0.1%.
Although the focus of her speech was on interest rates, Ms Yellen did address the other tools the Fed has at its disposal if the US economy was to suffer a downturn.
These unconventional tools - including asset purchases, forward guidance and negative interest rates, which have been used in Europe - have been criticised for helping banks and not stimulating economies.
Ms Yellen defended the use of these tools, saying they helped prevent the recession from becoming worse.
"They have been effective policy, they have made a difference and inflation may have been lower and unemployment higher - by noticeable amounts - had we not employed those policies," she said.
Up to 25 hot air balloons were tethered at Ashton Court on Thursday to take part in the nightglow on the opening day of the festival.
The event, now in its 38th year, is Europe's largest balloon festival.
More than 150 balloons are at the festival, but flights planned for Thursday night and Friday morning were cancelled due to high winds and cloud.
The event is due to run through Sunday with another nightglow and fireworks display planned for Saturday night.
The 29-year-old will be a substitute for the Premiership match against Partick Thistle.
Agustien has English Premier League experience with Swansea City, for whom he played between 2010 and 2013.
He has also played for Crystal Palace and Brighton, but was most recently with Vendsyssel in Denmark.
Victory in Monaco was his first in seven months and cut Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg's title lead to 24 points.
"I've proven that I'm just as strong as I've ever been and I will be for the rest of the year," said Hamilton.
"There's a long way to go yet, though. We've seen from the first six races that anything's possible."
Rosberg won the first four races as Hamilton's title defence started with a series of problems, errors and technical failures.
But the Englishman said he was optimistic of a strong showing at this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, the track where he took the first of his 44 grand prix victories back in 2007.
"Montreal has always been a good track for me, so hopefully I'm able to shine like I did the first time I went there in that great city atmosphere," he said.
Rosberg had a poor race in Monaco, lapping well off the pace in the early stages before being ordered to let Hamilton by so the Briton could compete for the win with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
As the race went on, he slipped further down the field and was passed on the run to the line by Force India's Nico Hulkenberg to finish seventh.
"I expected and prepared myself for some difficult races after the awesome start to the season," said the German.
"In the last grand prix, I hopefully got all of my bad luck out of the way in one race, so onwards and upwards again from now."
The ambitious, three-act Before the Dawn show played for 22 nights at Hammersmith's Apollo in 2014, her first full live performances since 1979.
Speaking about the shows for the first time, the star told BBC 6 Music she was "nervous every night" of the residency.
Her biggest fear was losing her place mid-song, she told Matt Everitt.
"I naturally tend to race ahead in my mind," Bush explained. "I'm always thinking about situations and running them through.
"I think, maybe it's that kind of primeval thing where you're trying to think, 'Can I get to that tree before the tiger gets me?'
"So my head is always moving ahead, just trying to get to the conclusion of whatever this journey is. And once we started running the show I had to be absolutely in that moment.
"But I was so terrified that if my mind wandered off that when I came back I wouldn't remember where I was."
Bush has spent the last two years preparing a live album documenting the show, which will be released on 25 November.
Like the concert, the album is divided into three parts - the first covering hits like Hounds of Love, Top Of The City and Running Up That Hill; while the second and third more conceptual movements were focused on two suites of songs: The Ninth Wave and A Sky Of Honey from her Hounds Of Love and Aerial albums respectively.
Bush declined interview requests before and after the concerts but will delve into the shows on a special hour-long programme, Kate Bush on 6 Music, at 13:00 GMT on Sunday 20 November.
In these exclusive excerpts, she speaks about her decision to perform live again, the problems she experienced and whether she has started working on new music.
What changed your mind about doing the live shows? This is the first big question, isn't it?
I'd done two albums in really quite quick succession and I felt like doing something different. I really wanted to do something that wasn't going to mean sitting in the studio for a couple of years just putting an album together. So it just felt like the right time.
Can you recall that moment of thinking, "Okay, this might interest me"?
Well, I suppose there'd been odd moments when I'd thought this before: "It might be nice to do some shows". But actually pushing the button to go was something that I had to really seriously build up to.
Were you quite nervous?
Yeah, I was terrified. The idea of putting the show together was something that I found really interesting and really exciting... but to actually step into it was something that I had to really work hard on because I was terrified of doing live work as a performer again.
As opposed to the studio, the disciplines involved with live work are very, very different. The ability to exert control is wrested from your hands. How did you cope with that?
I was really nervous every night as a performer, but had complete faith in everybody on the stage, everybody in the team, all the sound guys.
The most difficult thing for me was to be continually in the now because I naturally tend to race ahead in my mind. I think maybe it's that kind of primeval thing where you're trying to think, 'Can I get to that tree before the tiger gets me? Will I be able to get up high enough?'
So my head is always moving ahead just trying to get to the conclusion of whatever this journey is. And once we started running the show I had to be absolutely in that moment.
But I was so terrified that if my mind wandered off that when I came back I wouldn't remember where I was. So I had to really fix myself, so that I would remember where I was in the song.
It was obviously a really creatively fulfilling thing to do the shows - and you're smiling at me already because you know the question that's going to come in a second. You enjoyed it and you managed to achieve something very special, something that maybe hadn't been done with a live pop music show for a long time. Is there the temptation to do it again in some form?
The thing about that show is that most of the material was already written. And to start something like that from scratch is another whole world of work, isn't it?
It was an extraordinary thing to be involved in, especially to have got the response that we did. It was really magical. But I don't know. I don't know what I'm going to do next. I want to just do something new. I've been working [on] this project for a really long time now.
In terms of your songwriting at the moment, how has that been affected by the political state the world finds itself in? Because it's difficult to avoid - no matter what side of the political fence you sit on. Is that something that you've been inspired to write about?
No! [laughs]
That was a really well thought-out question and it was just shot down! Nothing?
I haven't written a song for ages. I haven't been writing.
How come?
Well, sir, I've been quite busy. I've been putting a live album together.
I mean, tell me there's going to be another album at some point. This is not a full stop or anything, is it?
Oh no, I don't think so. I think it's just a rather big comma.
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At a meeting this morning, Tata Steel confirmed claims from union sources which were first reported on Friday.
Tata said it would close its two plants in Scotland with the loss of 270 jobs - 225 at Dalzell and 45 at Clydebridge.
The move comes after the coke ovens have already cooled in Thai-owned Redcar, much of Capuro industries has gone into administration, and Scunthorpe - heavily dependent on steel - has also taken the brunt of today's Tata announcement.
In these circumstances, governments want to look busy. The UK Business Secretary was exiting a summit in Rotherham as the Tata Steel reports surfaced. Nicola Sturgeon has promised a task force. No stone will be left unturned, etc.
Both governments will be pressured by Labour, in opposition, which ought to know how little ministers can do.
This can be played out for party political advantage. Or it can be seen in a global context.
Britain's steel competes in a worldwide market. It has successfully sought out high-value, high-quality markets, and become much more efficient than in the days when 200,000 were employed in it.
But it faces three major disadvantages. One is that China is accused of dumping cheap, subsidised steel into western markets, because demand for China's vast output has dropped sharply with the nation's downturn. It is reckoned that China's overcapacity is roughly double the entire output of Europe's furnaces.
So the timing of Indian-owned Tata Steel's announcement will put more urgency into David Cameron's discussions with the Chinese president today, as he starts his state visit to Britain.
While asking for lots of investment in infrastructure and co-operation on trade, the Prime Minister has to put what pressure he can on his visitor to pull back on cheap steel.
The UK government can also take action to offset the high cost of electricity, but within the constraints of state aid rules and its targets on climate emissions. And the industry complains that business rates are far too high.
Ministers could go out to find new customers for British-made steel, but such customers will be more attracted to cheaper steel made in remninbi or euros.
Or they could find a buyer. Tata Steel had a buyer for its European operations last year - Klesch Group, controlled by Gary Klesch, a steely American billionaire.
He wanted Tata's expertise, particularly in railways, and its reach into European markets. And he argued that his business model worked better in a bear market.
Not well enough, though. Although from the Land of the Free and the free market, he now says he pulled out of the deal because the British government didn't seem interested in helping with energy costs or Asian dumping.
And then there's sterling. Foreign travel looks relatively cheap, as do imports. And that means it is more difficult for British firms both to export and to compete with imports.
There are several reasons for sterling being strong against most currencies. The main ones revolve around decisions taken on monetary policy in the Bank of England.
It's worth noting that the Scottish government is going easy on that monetary policy. Unlike Alex Salmond in opposition days, the Bank of England is not being given the blame for allowing sterling to become so strong.
Why? Perhaps because the SNP has yet to find a new policy on relations with the Bank of England, having become mired during the independence referendum campaign in the currency argument and joint controls over the central bank.
Instead, it is Labour's new shadow chancellor, fresh from a humiliating U-turn on fiscal policy, who has announced an approach to the Bank of England which steals from the SNP policy book.
John McDonnell is saying that the key rate-setting committee in the Bank of England, the monetary policy committee (MPC), should be reviewed.
While making it clear he wants to see the MPC remaining independent (something that wasn't at all clear before), he's got a former member, Prof David Blanchflower, to carry out a review.
Along with a call for a broader remit than solely an inflation target, the ideas being floated include the appointment of people from outside the City of London, with perspectives from Scotland and the English regions. All that and gender balance too.
The Bank of England already has a network of "agents" around the country, including one in Scotland. They published a "summary of business conditions" at the end of last week.
It showed that the Bank has, at least, clocked manufacturing is suffering from the strengthening of the pound.
So here's one question for Professor Blanchflower's review: if there were different voices around the MPC table, what difference would their non-London perspective make to decisions, as they affect women, nations and regions, the manufacturing and exporting sectors, and to the steel industry?
Robbie Willmott's early goal was cancelled out by ex-Exile Andy Sandell.
Striker Marlon Jackson won the game for Newport with 15 minutes to go as five trialists featured for the visitors.
Newport travel to Merthyr Town on Wednesday before another friendly at Gloucester City on Saturday.
Shannley Leaver, 16, from Great Yarmouth in Norfolk and Ronald Gates, 55, from Knodishall in Suffolk, died in the collision near Lowestoft last year.
Daniel Watts, of North Denes Road, Great Yarmouth, admitted causing both deaths at Ipswich Crown Court.
He is due to be sentenced on 22 January.
Ms Leaver was a passenger in Watts' Citroen Saxo which collided with Mr Gates's Peugeot 106, at Frostenden, on 8 October 2013.
Four other people were injured.
Watts was released on bail while awaiting his sentence.
"I want you to go on a charisma master class," said my editor one morning, out of the blue.
Immediately sensing my awkward bewilderment, he quickly explained that he didn't think I needed help.
Instead he had a job for me - he wanted me to explore whether it is possible to be taught to become more charismatic.
That's how I found myself trotting down to Mayfair in central London to see a psychologist called Richard Reid.
Nicknamed "Mr Charisma", he runs regular sessions teaching people how to be more charismatic.
Increasingly in demand, his clients range from businessmen and women who want to be better leaders, to grooms preparing for their wedding speeches, and people who simply want to be more successful with the opposite sex.
While I'm naturally chatty, enjoy public speaking and smile quite a bit, I wouldn't describe myself as charismatic. But as I walked into his office, what would Mr Reid think of me? And what exactly is charisma?
"First impressions are that you have lots of positive attributes," he says. "You have a likeable energy, and I feel energetic being around you."
Better than I was expecting, but then came the inevitable "but".
"That energy needs to be tempered slightly, slowing down and pausing..."
Sensing that I was about to interrupt, Mr Reid adds: "And allow the other person to engage in the conversation.
"When people express themselves they feel good about themselves, and they're more likely to feel well disposed towards you."
Mr Reid goes on to talk about the importance of making eye contact, and asking people questions.
"By using open-ended questions you're showing far more interest in that person and you'll engender trust and enthusiasm."
He adds: "Charisma is about the [positive] feeling you engender in other people. A true sign of charisma is being able to connect with someone on a deeper level."
After spending an hour with Mr Reid I'm interested to hear what successful business leaders think about charisma, and whether they believe it can be taught.
So back at the office I start by calling Lord Digby Jones, a former UK minister for trade and investment.
"I'd say charisma is the confidence to constantly communicate and articulate a positive message," he says.
"People are kind enough to say I'm a good communicator, that I speak in a language they understand.
"And I have a reputation for always answering a question, not ducking it. If you do that and articulate with consistency and fluidity, people listen."
But does Lord Jones think you can learn to be more charismatic?
"You can become better [at it]," he says. "People who make things look easy work harder, prepare more, and take nothing for granted.
"I can make a speech and people think I just stood up and did it, because I never use notes. They don't know that for an hour sometime that day I've quietly sat on my own thinking, 'How am I going to structure this, what does my audience look like?'"
Across town I meet Lady Barbara Judge, chairman of the Institute of Directors business organisation. A formidable woman, her unique style seems to be an amalgam of Tudor monarch and steely grande dame of commerce.
I'm rather taken aback when she says: "For me, charisma is about smiling, you need to smile a lot."
"Charisma is about body language, making people feel included. It's not about you, it's about the people you're talking to and leading.
"If you can make people feel important, you can carry them with you."
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Lady Judge adds that you have to believe in what you are saying. "If you want people to think you're strong, you have to look strong.
"I'm very thin-skinned, my feelings get hurt easily, and I'm kind of a marshmallow," she says. "You have to get over that: look strong, sound strong, act strong."
So does she believe you can teach charisma?
"I would like to think you can," she says, adding that as a younger women she received training in public speaking.
"If I can go from being terrible to reasonable by being taught, I'd like to think you can teach charisma."
However, not everyone agrees. One such naysayer is psychologist Prof Richard Wiseman, who like Mr Reid is an expert on charisma.
"I have never tried to train it [charisma], but my guess is that it would be very tricky," says Prof Wiseman.
"Charisma depends on a unique mix of passion, an ability to transmit that passion to others, the ability to convey a message in a simple way that people get, etc.
"My guess is that it is very tricky to teach charisma without it sounding terrible."
While there are other such sceptics, Mr Reid continues to run charisma classes for a host of businesses including accountancy group Ernst & Young, and IT firms Sophos and Cap Gemini. He has also worked with the City of London Police and the UK Ministry of Defence.
"Generally it's people who are looking for a promotion, or looking to get to grips having stepped up in role. Or people who are running businesses and organisations, who are looking to influence and steer the people who work under them," he says.
When it comes to who Mr Reid thinks are some of the world's most charismatic people, he is quick to cite Oprah Winfrey and the Dalai Lama.
He says that Oprah has "the whole package", while the Dalai Lama is "humble, approachable and warm".
The Office for National Statistics data showed there were 697,852 live births in 2015.
There were 15.2 births per 1,000 women aged over 40, compared with just 14.5 per 1,000 women in their teens.
The last time the over 40s had the higher fertility rate was in 1947, in the wake of WWII.
The figures show two key trends in who is having children and when in England and Wales.
The teenage pregnancy rate has been in long-term decline and has more than halved from the 33 births per 1,000 teenagers in 1990.
Meanwhile, pregnancies have soared in older age groups from 5.3 per 1,000 in 1990.
The average age of having a child is now 30.3 - a figure that has been increasing since 1975.
Advances in fertility treatment as well as more women in higher education and attitudes around the importance of a career and the rising costs of childbearing are behind the rise, the ONS says.
Liz McLaren, head of vital statistics outputs at the ONS, said: "The trend for women to have babies at older ages continued in 2015.
"Over the last 40 years, the percentage of live births to women aged 35 and over has increased considerably.
"Women aged 40 and over now have a higher fertility rate than women aged under 20 - this was last recorded in the 1940s."
The data also shows that fertility rates have dropped in all age groups under 25 while increasing for all age groups 30 and over.
Women aged between 30 and 34 have the highest fertility of any age group - with 111 births per 1,000 women.
The number of births to women born outside the UK has also continued its rise, reaching 27.5% of all births.
Prof Adam Balen, the chairman of the British Fertility Society, said: "We know that female fertility starts to decline gradually from the late 20s and more rapidly from the mid-30s onwards.
"While the risks should never be overplayed, men and women should be aware that reproductive outcomes are poorer in older women.
"As well as it potentially taking longer to get pregnant, later maternity can involve a greater risk of miscarriage, a more complicated labour, and medical intervention at the birth."
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service said: "The trend towards older motherhood is here to stay, and there are many understandable reasons why women today are waiting longer to start or expand their families than those in previous decades.
"Rather than bemoaning this development, we should seek to understand and support the decisions women make.
"More affordable childcare and improved maternity rights may make it easier for some women to start their families earlier if they wish, but we also need to ensure we have high quality reproductive healthcare services configured to meet women's needs, whatever the age at which they conceive."
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The 33-year-old former Cambridge United and Northampton player was a free agent after having his contract with Luton cancelled by mutual consent on Tuesday.
Guttridge links up again with Daggers manager John Still, who signed him when he was in charge of the Hatters.
"If there was one word to describe him in his time at Luton it would be 'magnificent'," said Still.
"He will be influential in terms of quality and knowledge on the pitch. He is a great addition."
Guttridge, who scored two goals in 11 appearances for Luton this season, becomes Dagenham's fifth signing of the January transfer window.
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Noujain Mustaffa is a disabled 16-year-old Syrian migrant with an unwavering smile who made the odyssey to Europe in her wheelchair.
She told journalists she had learnt English by watching the US soap opera, Days of Our Lives.
Now one of its characters - played by James Scott - has "returned from the dead" in a spoof paying tribute.
Noujain was one of hundreds of thousands of Syrians who have undertaken the arduous 4,000-mile (6,400km) journey to Europe in recent months.
But her courage in attempting the journey in her wheelchair - and her unshakeable optimism - captured the attention of the world's media, initially the BBC's Fergal Keane.
Noujain revealed that her accomplished English was down to watching her favourite TV show, the long-running US daytime drama Days of Our Lives, back in her home town of Kobane.
"I was waking up at 08:00 some days to watch it. That's a great show," she told BBC partner ABC. "But they killed the main character that I loved!"
That lament came to the attention of comedian John Oliver, who picked up on Noujain's story at the end of a segment examining Europe's treatment of the migrants on the latest edition of his late-night show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
"How could you not want this girl in your country?" he asked.
"We have a surprise that is literally just for you," he went on - introducing a specially filmed spoof scene in which Noujain's favourite character, EJ DiMera, played by Scott, returns from the dead to be reunited with his former lover, Sami.
"Coming back from the dead, that's not hard," EJ tells Sami - played by Alison Sweeney - during the scene. "You know what's hard? Getting from Syria to Germany."
"Have you seen what those migrants are going through?" Sami responds.
Later, EJ says: "I read about this incredible 16-year-old girl from Kobani called Noujain Mustaffa. Yes, Noujain Mustaff," he says, looking into the camera with a smile.
Scott later tweeted his thanks to Last Week Tonight, Alison Sweeney and Noujain for "one last DiMera dance!"
Noujain, meanwhile, succeeded in reaching Germany where she was reunited with her brother. She has now applied for asylum in Dortmund.
They were in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. All around them, reminders of historic innovations that began with research at this legendary college.
As the photographer clicked away, I wondered - what place in history would this photograph have? Will we look back at these 30 smiles and say, "That was the team that changed the world!"?
If that is to be the case, there is a long road ahead. And indeed, it is long roads that are the motivation for this project. The MIT team is one of several working on Hyperloop, a vision for rapid travel put forth by Silicon Valley's most interesting man, Elon Musk.
He says the commute from San Francisco to Los Angeles - currently a five-hour drive or an hour of flying - could be cut to 30 minutes.
Hyperloop is a conceptual transport system in which passengers are loaded into pods and fired through vacuum tubes at more than 600mph (1,000km/h).
Prototype pods have been tested running along magnetic tracks, much like the maglev trains used in countries such as Japan today.
Pumping the air out of the tubes reduces resistance, allowing high speeds to be achieved, potentially using less energy than a train.
The idea could reduce journey times over long distances, but there are many challenges for the rival developers to overcome before any such project can become a reality.
Mr Musk is the boss of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, and when he published in 2013 a white paper outlining a way to use airtight tubes to propel pods at speeds of up to 700mph (1130km/h), he set a challenge to anyone and everyone who wanted to try and build the technology.
Mr Musk isn't paying the firms, but he has committed to funding a series of tests. The hope is that these will happen in August this year. The target is that by 2021 humans will be travelling on Hyperloops around the world.
The MIT team is one of more than 20 non-commercial groups also designing a Hyperloop pod - with money coming from SpaceX in the form of a competition.
That was split over two phases - a design contest, which MIT won in January, and an on-track test coming up in the summer.
But it all could be a colossal waste of time. The barriers to Hyperloop becoming a reality are enormous - and it's not just about technology.
Part of any visionary's CV is the ability to ignore the naysayers and focus on your vision. If and when you succeed, everyone backtracks and says they knew you were a genius all along.
Elon Musk is the sort of chap that is used to people telling him he's wrong. When he set out to make electric cars appeal to petrolheads, he had a lot of people to convince - but somehow, and on the brink of bankruptcy, he got some investors on board.
Yet an awful lot stands in Hyperloop's way. Literally.
Christopher Merian, chief engineer on MIT's effort, told me that the key problem with his pod - and the Hyperloop concept in general - is that it can't handle corners.
So the Hyperloop tube would need to take a rather Roman approach, and go in an almost complete straight line from A to B.
If the proposed route of San Francisco to Los Angeles is to be realised, you're looking at slicing through some of the most beautiful sights the natural world has to offer, not to mention acre after acre of land belonging to people who may not be too keen on a big fat tube being plonked outside their front door.
Philippe Kirschen, MIT's team captain, told me he thinks this will lead to Hyperloop being built in a different part of the world with a less strenuous regulatory environment.
Indeed it's hard to imagine anywhere in the US that would be suitable for Hyperloop, short of shelling out monstrous payouts and a free Tesla or two to people whose lives have been uprooted.
But let's put that aside and, for the sake of argument, say an agreement has been made and a route between San Francisco and Los Angeles is built. It works, it's safe and it's pretty darn marvellous, all told.
Except it is really, really expensive.
Mr Musk says the cost of building the route would be in the region of $6bn (£4.1bn), an estimate most agree is extremely conservative.
Some are calling Hyperloop the new Concorde which, despite being a glorious piece of innovation, ultimately failed due to regulations - it wasn't allowed to fly at supersonic speeds over land - and a lack of profitability.
A return ticket on Concorde would see you part with several thousand pounds or dollars. Which over time was not considered to be worthwhile trade to save a few hours.
How much will a ticket for Hyperloop cost?
MIT's pod design - which they said can be scaled up - will likely be able to carry around 20 people at once.
Unless the Hyperloop system can handle a great number of pods leaving a station in very quick succession, tickets for those pods will need to be extremely high in order to make the system economically viable.
Furthermore, if Hyperloop runs from San Francisco to Los Angeles, it will be competing with the currently under-construction California High Speed Rail. The network - due to open in 2025 - promises a journey time of two hours and 40 minutes. Each train will be able to carry well over a thousand people. Tickets, surely, will be a lot cheaper than Hyperloop.
It would leave Hyperloop as an option only for the rich. Public support no doubt would evaporate.
I was something of a partypooper at MIT's event, I'll admit - putting all these points to the team on a night designed to celebrate their outstanding efforts thus far.
The math(s) not adding up was a concern, they said - but at the very least, the hope is that developing Hyperloop will create something, even if it's not the transportation of the future.
There could be many industrial uses for an environmentally friendly Hyperloop-style system.
In 50 years, when we look back at the hopeful, expectant faces in that photograph, it seems unlikely that we'll see them as the team that changed the way we travel.
But that's not to say developing Hyperloop - a clean, perhaps revolutionary technology - won't have been worth it.
Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC and on Facebook | The UN's special envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, has stepped down from his post amid criticism of his failure to broker an end to the conflict in the country.
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Great Britain's women are at full strength for Saturday's crucial Eurobasket 2017 qualifier in Italy.
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Broadcaster Libby Purves has hosted her final Midweek on Radio 4 after more than 30 years, saying it had been "a blast" to front the show.
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European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi has said the bank will "review and possibly reconsider" monetary policy at its next meeting in March.
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Thomas Muller ended a 999-minute goal drought as Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Bundesliga with a comfortable win against struggling Wolfsburg.
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Singer Meilyr Jones has been crowned the winner of the sixth Welsh Music Prize for his debut solo album 2013.
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US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said the Fed should "proceed cautiously" before raising interest rates.
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In a letter seen by Reuters, Iraq's envoy to the UN said nearly 40kg (88lb) of uranium compounds were seized.
The letter appealed for international help to "stave off the threat of their use by terrorists in Iraq or abroad".
But the UN atomic agency IAEA said the material was "low grade" and did not pose a significant security risk.
US officials have also reportedly played down the threat, saying the materials were not believed to be enriched uranium.
They added that it would be difficult for the rebels to use the materials to make weapons.
"Terrorist groups have seized control of nuclear material at the sites that came out of the control of the state," Ambassador Mohamed Ali Alhakim said in the letter.
"These nuclear materials, despite the limited amounts mentioned, can enable terrorist groups, with the availability of the required expertise, to use it separately or in combination with other materials in its terrorist acts," he added.
However, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spokesperson Gill Tudor said on Thursday it "would not present a significant safety, security or nuclear proliferation risk".
But she said that "any loss of regulatory control over nuclear and other radioactive materials is a cause for concern".
Mosul, some 400km (250 miles) north-west of Baghdad, was last month seized by Isis-led (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) insurgents.
The letter comes a day after Iraqi officials confirmed that the rebels were in control of a disused chemical weapons factory.
Iraq said the Muthanna complex, north-west of the capital Baghdad, housed remnants of rockets filled with sarin and other deadly nerve agents.
The UN and US have said the munitions are degraded and the rebels will be unable to make usable chemical arms from them.
Meanwhile, tensions are building between the central Iraqi authorities and the autonomous Kurdistan regional government, one day after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Isis militants were being harboured in the Kurdish city of Irbil.
A spokesman for Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani said that Mr Maliki had become hysterical and urged him to step down.
He said: "You have destroyed the country and someone who has destroyed the country cannot save the country from crises."
Kurdish ministers have also said they would not attend cabinet meetings until further notice in protest at Mr Maliki's comments.
In recent weeks, Isis insurgents have seized huge swathes of north-western Iraq. Kurdish troops moved into areas abandoned by the Iraqi forces during the Isis onslaught, including the oil-rich region of Kirkuk.
The UN has said at least 2,417 Iraqis, including 1,531 civilians, were killed in "acts of violence and terrorism" in June.
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The blood-sucking creatures have been linked to a rise in Lyme disease in humans in the past 10 years.
Untreated tick bites can result in neurological problems and joint pain months or years later.
The local authority has set up a page on its website giving advice on how to avoid tick bites and what to do if bitten.
Ticks are small arthropods related to spiders, mites and scorpions and Britain has a number of different species.
People are most likely to come across sheep ticks, which feed on mammals and birds, in open spaces with long grass or bracken.
Highland Council's tick project co-ordinator Bob Murdoch said he knew of people who had fallen ill because of Lyme disease.
He said: "I feel it vital that we raise awareness of the issues surrounding ticks.
"Increasingly, more people are aware of someone among friends or family who has been bitten or affected by ticks.
"This is a widespread issue across the country and we should all take simple precautions like avoiding walking though long grass with bare legs or arms in the tick season of May to September.
Mr Murdoch added: "Tuck trousers into socks and inspect yourself when you get home. If you haven't already got a tick tool, this is a great idea and something we should all have handy in the car, wallet or handbag."
The council's campaign is the latest effort in the Highlands to tackle the threat posed by ticks.
In May, the European Space Agency gave £180,000 to a project to test a new app mapping tick hotspots.
NHS Highland, the University of the Highlands and Islands and Scotland's Rural College are involved in the initiative which will test the LymeMap app.
People out walking or cycling have been asked to use the app to upload information about where they find ticks.
Using GPS technology, the application also gathers details such as the height, temperature and vegetation cover of the location where a person uploads their information.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is spread to humans by infected ticks.
Flu-like symptoms and fatigue are often the first noticeable signs of infection.
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In the $2.15bn (£1.3bn) deal, Coca-Cola will transfer its worldwide energy business to Monster.
In exchange, Monster will transfer its non-energy business, which includes Peace Tea and Hansen's Natural Sodas, to Coca-Cola.
The deal gives Monster access to Coca-Cola's global distribution system.
For Coca-Cola, the partnership will give it the opportunity to increase its market share in the fast-growing energy drinks market.
In a statement, Muhtar Kent, chairman at Coca-Cola said: "The Coca-Cola Company continues to identify innovative approaches to partnerships that enable us to stay at the forefront of consumer trends in the beverage industry."
Mr Kent added that "investment in Monster is a capital efficient way to bolster our participation in the fast-growing and attractive global energy drinks category".
Also in the same statement, Monster chairman Rodney C. Sacks said the deal gives the company "enhanced access to the Coca-Cola Company's distribution system, the most powerful and extensive system in the world. At the same time, we become The Coca-Cola Company's exclusive energy play".
The deal is subject to regulatory approvals, and both companies hope the transaction will close by early next year.
Monster shares surged 22% in after-hours trading on the news, while Coca-Cola shares rose 1.2%.
Coca-Cola is the world's largest beverage company, with more than 500 brands to its name, including Diet Coke, Fanta and Minute Maid.
The deal comes as consumers in developed economies and more mature markets are turning health-conscious.
One effect of that is they are staying away from fizzy drinks and soda which have high sugar content and are widely known to cause weight gain and in some cases, lead to obesity.
Coca-Cola has been grappling with falling sales from products that used to be its core revenue driver. | US drinks giant Coca-Cola has bought a 16.7% stake in Monster Beverage in a cash deal, as it looks for growth away from fizzy drinks. | 28,799,318 | 413 | 37 | false |
The 90 second advert by Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 showed the removal of bowel polyps which, if left untreated, can develop into cancer.
Patient Philip McSparron from Barry wanted to show the procedure was not nothing to be frightened of.
The live advert aired at about 15:25 GMT and was to be repeated at 21:30.
The procedure was performed by Dr Sunil Dolwani at the University Hospital Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan, on Wednesday.
The advert was part of Cancer Research UK's Right Now campaign.
Ed Aspel from the charity said the broadcast gave them the opportunity to show one of the many people who are benefitting from procedures that would not be possible without research.
"We want viewers to experience the unique insight of seeing live inside the human body, and witness a procedure that can actually prevent cancer from developing," he said.
Mr McSparron said he undergoes regular screenings after his brother was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2010.
"By allowing my colonoscopy to be shown live, I hope to show that it's a simple procedure and not something to be frightened of," he said.
"Hopefully people will be interested in seeing the live footage and it will encourage them to be more willing to talk about cancer and think about taking up regular screening when offered."
First Minister Carwyn Jones is unhappy that key parts of the Trade Union Bill relate to devolved public services such as health and education.
A vote will be held in the Senedd early in 2016 that would seek to effectively veto some clauses.
The UK government said the bill was being introduced "to make strike laws fairer for working people in Wales".
The clauses the Senedd vote would seek to veto include a requirement for a 40% turnout threshold for strike ballots in "important public services".
The legislation would also end the "check off" system, where union subscriptions are taken direct from pay packets.
"We've said repeatedly that the Trade Union Bill which the UK government has introduced to Parliament has the potential to cause significant damage to the social and economic fabric of the UK," Mr Jones said.
"In particular, I have grave concerns that it will prove socially divisive, lead to more confrontational relationships between employers and workers, and ultimately undermine rather than support public services and the economy."
"We have made clear to the UK government that, as significant parts of the bill relate specifically to public services which are devolved, it is not acceptable for them to impose it on Wales," he added.
UK Business Secretary Sajid Javid has said the bill was "not a declaration of war" against unions but necessary to stop "endless" threats of industrial action.
A UK government spokesman said the bill was about "balancing the rights of trade unions with the rights of working people and businesses".
"They have a right to expect that essential services won't be disrupted at short notice by strikes supported by only a small proportion of union members," the spokesman added.
Denmark's centre-right government had wanted to abandon some Danish opt-outs from EU home affairs legislation.
But with all votes now counted, more than 53% said No to the proposals.
The vote comes weeks after the Paris attacks and as Europe struggles to deal with record numbers of migrants.
"It is a clear no," Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said, adding he had "full respect" for the voters' decision.
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The government, backed by the opposition, had campaigned for Yes, saying it would help Danish authorities in the wake of the Paris attacks.
Ultimately, voting No means Denmark remains exempt from large parts of the EU's criminal justice and home affairs system, a position it negotiated in 1993.
It risks losing access to Europol, Europe's crime and intelligence-sharing agency, a service frequently used by Denmark.
The confusing wording of the referendum question seems to have been a factor.
One voter described it as "the most baffling in the history of the EU", and on the foggy, wet streets of Copenhagen, that sentiment seemed to be shared by voters as they left polling stations, saying the question was too complicated and technical, and that explanations from politicians were not comprehensive.
For Denmark's government, urgent talks will now take place between Copenhagen and Brussels, to work out the ramifications of what the No vote means.
The result is likely to have been monitored by British politicians, interested to see with the upcoming UK referendum battle about to play out, how the gut instinct of the voters can be tied to current European events, and how the particular phrasing of the question can discourage or influence how tied-in to the European project Britons want to be.
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Several of the Paris attackers were French nationals who had been living in neighbouring Belgium. At least one surviving gunman, Salah Abdeslam, is thought to have fled across the French border in the aftermath of the shootings and suicide blasts in Paris on 13 November.
The result means Denmark will have to negotiate a special agreement to stay inside Europol, the EU's law enforcement agency which tackles organised crime and terrorism.
"We will work very hard for the Danes to get the best possible agreement. But it will be difficult," Soren Gade of the governing Venstre party told the Ritzau news agency.
The anti-immigration Danish People's Party (DPP), which props up Mr Rasmussen's administration in parliament, had urged voters to say No to avoid giving away further sovereignty to Brussels.
Although a Yes vote would not have affected Denmark's opt-out on immigration, the DPP argued that it could eventually have led to immigration policies being dictated by the EU.
Unlike Denmark, the UK and Ireland have opt-ins on justice and home affairs legislation, which enable them to choose whether to accept or reject legislation on a case-by-case basis.
The result of the referendum is likely to be of interest in Britain, whose government is trying to renegotiate its relations with the EU before holding a vote on whether to remain in the bloc.
The 30-year-old man was discovered in the House of Fraser shop on Princes Street at 09:15 on Tuesday.
Police said the death was being treated as unexplained and next of kin had been informed.
House of Fraser said bosses at the store were helping police with their inquiries. The shop reopened at 09:00 on Wednesday.
A spokesman for House of Fraser said: "We are deeply saddened to confirm the death of one of our employees at our Frasers store in Edinburgh.
"Our thoughts are with the family during this difficult time. The cause of death is still being investigated and we are fully supporting the police with their investigations.
"We have decided that Frasers Edinburgh will remain closed today out of respect for the individual and our staff. We will be offering full support to our employees over the coming days and weeks."
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: "Inquiries into this matter are ongoing and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal."
Participants' brain scans revealed that artists had increased neural matter in areas relating to fine motor movements and visual imagery.
The research, published in NeuroImage, suggests that an artist's talent could be innate.
But training and environmental upbringing also play crucial roles in their ability, the authors report.
As in many areas of science, the exact interplay of nature and nurture remains unclear.
Lead author Rebecca Chamberlain from KU Leuven, Belgium, said she was interested in finding out how artists saw the world differently.
"The people who are better at drawing really seem to have more developed structures in regions of the brain that control for fine motor performance and what we call procedural memory," she explained.
In their small study, researchers peered into the brains of 21 art students and compared them to 23 non-artists using a scanning method called voxel-based morphometry.
These detailed scans revealed that the artist group had significantly more grey matter in an area of the brain called the precuneus in the parietal lobe.
"This region is involved in a range of functions but potentially in things that could be linked to creativity, like visual imagery - being able to manipulate visual images in your brain, combine them and deconstruct them," Dr Chamberlain told the BBC's Inside Science programme.
Alice Shirley - artist
"I had a very arty family. My mother was an art historian and my dad a photographer.
"I grew up surrounded by art and was encouraged to draw from a very young age, and I liked it so I did more of it. It was a combination of encouragement and enthusiasm that made me interested in pursuing art.
"It's just in the blood."
Alice spoke to BBC Radio 4's Inside Science Programme
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Participants also completed drawing tasks and the team looked at the relationship between their performance in this task and their grey and white matter.
Those better at drawing had increased grey and white matter in the cerebellum and also in the supplementary motor area - both areas that are involved with fine motor control and performance of routine actions.
Grey matter is largely composed of nerve cells, while white matter is responsible for communication between the grey matter regions.
But it is still not clear what this increase of neural matter might mean. From looking at related studies of other creative people, such as musicians, it suggests that these individuals have enhanced processing in these areas, Dr Chamberlain added.
"It falls into line with evidence that focus of expertise really does change the brain. The brain is incredibly flexible in response to training and there are huge individual differences that we are only beginning to tap into."
Another author of the paper, Chris McManus from University College London, said it was difficult to distinguish what aspect of artistic talent was innate or learnt.
"We would need to do further studies where we look at teenagers and see how they develop in their drawing as they grow older - but I think [this study] has given us a handle on how we could begin to look at this."
Commenting on the small sample size, Prof McManus said: "Since the results were statistically significant then clearly there was the power to find something, which almost by definition means it was large enough.
"And also of interest is that other people have also had hints at effects in similar locations. Obviously in an ideal world we'd like 1000 subjects, but that isn't realistic. It's always a compromise between cost, practicality and interest."
Ellen Winner of Boston College, US, who was not involved with the study, commented that it was very interesting research.
She said it should help "put to rest the facile claims that artists use 'the right side of their brain' given that increased grey and white matter were found in the art group in both left and right structures of the brain".
"Only a prospective study could get at the question of innate structural brain differences that predispose people to become visual artists, and this kind of study has not been done as it would be very difficult and very expensive to carry out."
They were found at St Luke's Church of Ireland in Northumberland Street on Saturday morning.
Police are treating it as a "race hate incident". The church is not currently in use.
There had been social media rumours the church had been sold to the Islamic community for a mosque, but that has been denied by local representatives.
A spokesperson for the Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor said: "It is completely untrue that St Luke's has been sold. Any sale would only take place after a process involving the select vestry, diocesan council and representative church body.
"The highly distasteful act which has taken place is profoundly saddening."
PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Stephen Martin tweeted: "This is disgusting and must be condemned in the strongest terms. There is no place for race hate. Info to us on 101."
Ch Insp Gavin Kirkpatrick added: "Officers are currently carrying out enquiries into this incident which must be condemned by all."
Sinn Féin assembly member Fra McCann also condemned the incident.
"This is a building that is used for community events and it would no doubt have been distressing to come across such a gruesome sight," he said.
"The fact that anti-Islamic slogans were written on the pigs' heads makes this all the more sinister and disgusting."
DUP assembly member William Humphrey said: "Those responsible for this sickening incident are not representative of the Shankill community."
The North Belfast MLA added: "Those who have started and spread false rumours about the future of this church building bear a major part of the responsibility for what has occurred."
Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson said the incident was "absolutely reprehensible".
"The incident highlights the dangers of rumour and speculation and also reinforces the need for further education to challenge negative attitudes towards people from other backgrounds," he said.
The SDLP's Alex Attwood said it was disgraceful.
"Hate and intolerance should have no space in our community and those responsible should have no hiding place on our streets," he said.
They were signed during Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's first visit to China since his election in March.
Mr Kenyatta's "vigour" would lead Kenya to "greater accomplishments", China's President Xi Jinping said.
Mr Kenyatta has a strained relationship with the West as he is facing violence-related charges at The Hague.
He is due to go on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) later this year for allegedly fuelling violence after disputed elections in 2007, charges he denies.
During Kenya's election campaign, the European Union said it would have limited contact with him if he was elected president.
The US warned Kenyans of "consequences" if he was voted into office.
Mr Kenyatta accused them of meddling in Kenya's internal affairs, and pledged to strengthen ties with the East.
In a statement, his office said the deals with China were a "massive boost" to his government.
"The rail link, particularly, is important in the context of East Africa's shared goal of ensuring quicker movement of peoples, goods and services," it quoted Mr Kenyatta as saying.
It will link the Kenyan border town of Malaba with the port of Mombasa, one of the busiest in Africa.
Mr Xi said China was also exploring other areas of investment, including in agribusiness, irrigation, fertiliser production and purchases, and technology.
"These agreements deepen our practical co-operation. China supports Kenya's quest for industrialisation," he said.
The two presidents also pledged to increase contact between China's ruling party and Kenya's ruling Jubilee coalition.
"They agreed that party-to-party contact was essential to bolster political and economic partnerships," Mr Kenyatta's office said.
The statement did not give details about the energy-related projects that China would spearhead or how it would help improve wildlife protection in Kenya, where criminal gangs often ship elephant tusks and rhino horns to east Asia for use in ornaments and medicines.
The Berlin ceremony honoured the year's best and most creative TV and radio shows with nine Golden Rose Awards.
Toast of London, starring Matt Berry as eccentric middle-aged actor Steven Toast, won Channel 4 the sitcom award.
Gogglebox, which won the reality and factual entertainment category, films real people watching and discussing the week's TV in their own living rooms.
The Channel 4 show returns for a new series on 26 September.
It has made stars of many of its sofa-dwellers, such as 'posh' couple Steph and Dom Parker and George Gilbey, who recently entered the Celebrity Big Brother house without mother Linda and step-dad Pete.
Comedian and actor Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman host popular early evening game show Pointless, which is made by Endemol for the BBC. It has aired several celebrity specials.
BBC Radio 4 comedy Bridget Christie Minds The Gap, featuring the comedian's personal take on the state of modern feminism, was also honoured at Wednesday night's ceremony, hosted by Croatian TV entertainer and journalist Aleksandar Kostadinov.
Winners from other countries include Israel's Little Mom, which won the comedy award, after what organisers called "a record-breaking year" for entries from TV companies around the world.
That's kind of what Mencap gave disabled voters, their families and carers the chance to do in a hustings with a difference in County Tyrone on Thursday.
Rather than pitching questions to a panel of prospective politicians, the disability support charity called on constituents to chat to candidates over a cup of coffee.
Seven election hopefuls put their points forward, with a bell ringing after 10 minutes to signal that it was time to switch to the next table for another conversation in a speed-date-style.
Mencap's Barry McMenamin said the cafe-style chats gave people the chance to raise their issues directly with those hoping to win their vote.
"Candidates go around the tables - the people with learning disabilities and their families are sitting at the tables," he explained.
"They are looking the candidates in the whites of their eyes and asking them: 'When you get to Stormont, what are you going to do for us?'"
Health issues were high on the agenda, along with knocking down barriers to employment, and enabling easier transport to appointments and to work.
Most families pointed out that the Western Health and Social Care Trust was "at the bottom of the barrel" when it came to disability funding, with the uncovering of a multi-million black hole in cash for support services.
Bob Henry, who has two adult sons with disabilities, said they had "nobody to lobby for them".
"What I see here in this area, people with a mental or learning disabilities are on the bottom rung of the ladder," he added.
"They don't get away from the bottom rung, because they're an easy target because they have no comeback, nobody to speak for them, nobody to lobby for them."
Joanne McDonald, who has a learning disability and works as an equality officer for Mencap in Omagh, said disabled people "need our voices heard".
"Bear in mind that people with a learning disability do need access to the same services as everybody else," she said.
"But maybe we might need the right services in place that meet the needs of people with a learning disability, and don't forget about us."
"Listen to young people, because they are the future."
That was the message directed at politicians at the Upper Springfield mock assembly poll in west Belfast on Thursday night.
About 60 children and teenagers from youth clubs in the area gathered at Whiterock Leisure Centre to speak to election candidates, before casting their votes for their favourites.
Michael McAllister, a youth worker at the Upper Springfield Development Trust, said the event was organised because next week's election "is going to affect them", even though most won't be able to take part in it.
"It's about politicians coming down to young people's level, and young people having their say," he added.
First up, the candidates made their opening pitches with their parties' priorities, but those lacked entertainment value for much of the audience, with some "near falling asleep in their seats", as Michael explained.
But that soon changed, when the election hopefuls spoke to the young people in small groups to take questions on the issues important to them.
And no topic was off limits, with children as young as 10 asking about Brexit and the Irish language, while others pushed for answers on LGBT rights and abortion reform.
Seventeen-year-old Leah won't get to mark a real ballot paper on 2 March, but she said young people "need to get involved more" in politics.
"In the future, they're going to be the people to make the world go around, so why not have their opinion when their young?" she asked.
And her friend Chloe, who'll also miss out on a vote, urged those who don't intend to exercise their democratic right to think again.
"Have a real good think about who you would love to vote for, and honestly, just go for it, give your point."
Watching on was Koulla Yiasouma, the Northern Ireland commissioner for children and young people, who said that just because younger people can't vote "doesn't mean they don't have a voice".
"We have nearly 500,000 young people living in Northern Ireland - what happens in Stormont affects them very intimately, so it's absolutely right that they engage with the politicians," she said.
"These kids will remember what happened today, and when it is their turn to vote they will have built up those skills to take part in the democratic process."
And Michael said the candidates should leave the mock election with plenty on their minds.
"Young people want to develop themselves, develop their area, they want to improve for the better," he said.
"But are they being left behind? That's the question the politicians need to ask themselves."
BBC News NI's Campaign Catch-up will keep you across the Northern Ireland Assembly election trail with a daily dose of the main stories, the minor ones and the lighter moments in the run up to polling day on Thursday 2 March.
Hear more on BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle's The Breakfast Show at 07:40 GMT, and on BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra at 17:40 each weekday.
It is for refurbishment and forms part of upgrading work that is ongoing until February 2018.
The closure lasts from 20:00 BST on Saturday until 06:00 Monday.
Traffic Wales said the A48 Southern Distributor Road around Newport is the dedicated diversion route but local people can use other alternatives.
Motorists travelling westbound will be unaffected by the work.
Burgoyne, 19, has made two Championship appearances for Wanderers, deputising for injured pair Carl Ikeme and Andy Lonergan against Fulham and Cardiff.
Ronan, 18, made his senior debut as a substitute in Saturday's 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest.
Young striker Donovan Wilson has also extended his stay at Molineux.
Wilson, a former Bristol Rovers trainee, is yet to feature at first-team level for Wolves.
Jordan Renwick, 24, was accused of assaulting an employee and stealing money from the Gala Park Post Office in Balmoral Place, Galashiels, on Sunday.
He was also charged with robbing a customer and being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug.
He made no plea or declaration at Selkirk Sheriff Court and the case was continued for further examination.
Mr Renwick was remanded in custody and is expected to appear in court again next Friday.
He has praised the record of Health Minister Mark Drakeford but acknowledged "issues about speciality treatment".
He said these were being tackled by link-ups with large English hospitals.
Mr Corbyn said the Welsh government's record on schools was improving.
A YouGov poll of voters in Wales for Cardiff University and ITV Wales suggested support for the Labour party had risen since Mr Corbyn was elected as leader.
42% of the 1,010 people questioned said they would vote Labour in a general election, a rise of five percentage points since June, while 39% would choose the party in an assembly election, up four points.
Speaking in his first interview in Wales since being elected, Mr Corbyn said where Wales has lagged behind the other UK nations in international performance league tables for schools, its record would improve further.
The new leader told BBC Wales he would be campaigning in Wales "plenty of times" in the run-up to next year's assembly elections as Labour fights to stay in power in Cardiff Bay.
Asked if he is "fiercely pro-business" - as First Minister Carwyn Jones says his administration is - he said he was pro-economic expansion and development.
Mr Jones denied his pro-business principles were at odds with Mr Corbyn.
"It's the same thing. If you're pro-business you're pro-economic development," he told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales.
He added: "If you're pro-economic development, you're pro creating jobs and you're pro-business. There's no conflict between saying we want to support business to create jobs and at the same time saying we want to have good public services."
Mr Corbyn, who is opposed to nuclear weapons, dismissed a suggestion from Mr Jones that Britain's Trident nuclear submarine system would be welcome in Wales if forced to leave their current base in Scotland.
"I don't think it could be placed anywhere in Wales anyway and it's not going to be placed anywhere in Wales," he said.
Challenged on Labour's record on the NHS, with the independent Nuffield Trust suggesting performance in key areas has declined since 2010, he said: "There's a 95% approval rating from patients using the NHS in Wales.
"Mark Drakeford has done very well on ending the internal market, thus creating greater efficiencies.
"There are issues about speciality treatment in Wales because of the size of the population and the size of the hospitals that are needed for very specialist treatment.
"Therefore the link-up with big hospitals in Bristol or Liverpool or indeed in Shrewsbury to achieve that kind of service for everybody in Wales.
"And so that's the importance of an NHS for the whole of the UK as well as obviously within Wales, but I think Wales should be very proud of the fact that it produced the founder of the NHS."
On schools, he said: "It's improving and it will improve and it will improve further.
"I think everyone accepts that because if we don't provide the best education for children during their school years then clearly all their other life chances become more limited as a result of that.
"And so, there are issues surrounding why some children do better than others in school, issues surrounding accessibility, issues surrounding home poverty but Welsh Labour is working very hard to provide the best possible opportunities for all young people and an improving environment."
Danielle Marr, 18, was in a science class at Waid Academy in Anstruther, Fife, when her pager sounded in school for the first time.
The teenager, who is in her final year, was called out to Anstruther lifeboat station at 10:40 on Wednesday, where she was joined by fellow volunteers.
They set off to help a 28ft vessel that had suffered mechanical failure.
Another new volunteer, mother-of-two Louise McNicoll, 30, was also involved in the rescue which happened off the coast of Crail.
Danielle said: "I was assisting a junior pupil in a science class when my pager sounded.
"It was a strange feeling as it's the first time I have heard the pager go off in school and the teachers and staff were great to allow me to exit so quickly.
"The shout itself went exactly to plan as we regularly practise towing the all-weather lifeboat with our D class and vice versa, so it wasn't the first time that myself or Louise have worked on this task, but it certainly was a different feeling doing it in a shout scenario."
The teenager has permission to leave class for rescues.
She is following in the footsteps of her older brother Anthony, who has volunteered at the station since Danielle was six.
The two women have volunteered at the lifeboat station for several months.
During the rescue, the volunteers secured a towing line to the boat under the supervision of the coxswain and senior crew before the short journey back to Anstruther harbour.
Ms McNicoll said: "I was getting my son ready for nursery when my pager sounded.
"I had the added extra of dropping my son at my mum's house on the way to the station.
"It was great to see the training we practise put into action and having my first shout alongside Danielle was an added bonus.
"The senior crew assisted us in what we had to do and all in all it was a job well done."
The rail operator has urged the RMT, which is planning another 11 days of strikes before Christmas, to put its offer to a referendum of its members.
Southern said increasing numbers of staff were turning up to work during strikes.
The £2,000 lump sum was originally offered if conductors accepted new contracts by 6 October.
Charles Horton, chief executive of Southern's owner Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), said: "Everyone wants to see an end to this dispute but it is clear that there is currently little prospect of a negotiated settlement between us, however much we've tried."
"There is a full and fair offer on the table and it's time to stop the strikes and move forward," he added.
However, the RMT said the renewed offer did not move the dispute on "a single inch".
"Southern have rehashed the £2,000 bribe to our members even though the company have been told repeatedly that money is not the issue and that the safety of passengers and staff is not for sale," said general secretary Mick Cash.
"The RMT disputes the bogus figures on the number of staff working.
"Our reps at all locations report that morale is high and that support for the strike action remain rock solid."
Southern is introducing driver-only operated trains and has offered existing conductors new roles as on-board supervisors.
The company's offer comes after a pensioners' group warned driver-only trains that stop at unstaffed stations could be committing an offence under the Equality Act.
The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) said a "mystery traveller" experiment in August revealed problems for pensioners or passengers with mobility problems.
The NPC said "mystery travellers" including a wheelchair user, a blind passenger and a pensioner took a series of train journeys on Southern from East Croydon to Chichester and back to test the practicalities of travel.
Its report highlighted concerns over the lack of toilets on some trains, the absence of a ramp at one station, lack of platform staff and poorly-sited help points.
Dot Gibson, NPC general secretary, said: "Our concern is that if a driver-only train runs to an unstaffed station with a passenger who is unable to exit the train unassisted, an offence will be committed under the Equality Act 2010 by putting that person at a substantial disadvantage."
A spokesman for Southern said the new on-board supervisor role provided the opportunity to improve support for disabled passengers.
"All staff will have dedicated accessibility training supported by new ways of working across teams," a spokesman said.
"In line with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010, adjustments will be in place to ensure that any passenger requiring accessibility assistance to reach an unmanned/partially manned station will be supported in doing so without unreasonable delay or inconvenience."
The 23-year-old scored made 46 Super League appearances for the Dragons, scoring 10 tries, before returning to Australia this season.
Despite signing a two-year contract with the Panthers, Garcia failed to break into the first team.
"I had a great year down under but I couldn't refuse the contract offered by the Dragons," he told the club website.
"The Dragons has a great season so far and I hope I can bring my contribution to its success."
Catalans head coach Laurent Frayssinous added: "Ben is a talented young player and his qualities and his versatility will help the team to move forward.
"He always kept the club in his heart and, after his experience in Australia, he is really motivated to add his contribution."
Trefeglwys Community Council will cease to function after the polls close on 4 May with its responsibilities taken over by Powys Council.
It comes after a three-year dispute initially sparked by plans to build pylons in the area.
Councillors said the row was having "a detrimental effect" on their ability to serve the community.
Powys Council said temporary councillors may be appointed as an interim measure. A meeting about its future will be held on 18 May, after the elections.
The dispute, between a former clerk and the community council, sparked investigations by the Information Commissioner, local councils organisation One Voice Wales and the police.
A letter sent to Powys Council on Wednesday, on behalf of Trefeglwys Community Council, said two clerks had resigned and the ongoing dispute was causing "disruption and distress".
"The councillors feel that they are not in a position to best serve the community whilst having to deal with this matter as it is continuing to cause distress and has been extremely time consuming and disruptive to the smooth running of the community council," it reads.
"Bearing in mind that this is a small community, this ongoing issue is having a detrimental effect on the councillors and clerks personal and business dealings and has cost the community money due to the use of solicitors and extra hours paid to clerks etc.
"It is not fair on the community to continue spending its money on resolving this matter which the council feels has become vindictive in nature."
Chris Henry is available again however after being absent for the Kingspan Stadium encounter with a niggle.
Munster duo Conor Murray and CJ Stander are likely to be ruled out as they continue their recovery from injury.
Murray has not played since suffering a shoulder injury when in action for Ireland against Wales on 10 March.
Stander sustained an ankle problem during the Irish province's Champions Cup quarter-final win over Toulouse.
Both players are now in a race to be fit for Munster's Champions Cup game against Saracens in Dublin on 22 April.
Munster Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus conceded on Monday that scrum-half Murray's 'stinger' is more severe than first feared.
The Ireland international has been reported to be close to a return on a weekly basis but has not been available for selection and pulled out of his side's emphatic last-eight 41-16 win in Europe.
Stander was photographed wearing a prototype boot last week but Erasmus believes he is the more likely of the two to be fit to face the Champions Cup and Premiership champions.
Munster remain cautiously optimistic that the pair, who are both very much in the frame for selection for the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, will make it with 11 days to go until the Aviva Stadium encounter.
Fly-half Ian Keatley is likely to return for the visit of Irish interprovincial rivals Ulster this weekend, while Donnacha Ryan and Tyler Bleyendaal are undergoing return to play protocols after suffering concussions.
Munster are challenging for honours on both the European and domestic fronts and boosted their chances of securing a home Pro12 semi-final by seeing off Glasgow 10-7 on Saturday night.
That victory left them seven points clear of third-placed Ospreys in the standings.
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Ulster have dropped to fifth in the table, level on points with the Scarlets, who moved above them into fourth by defeating Treviso with a bonus point on Saturday.
Payne could return to face the Ospreys on 29 April as his side continue their quest for a place in the end-of-season play-offs.
Props Ross Kane and Kyle McCall are also nearing a return to full fitness.
Finance Minister Jun Azumi said eurozone countries needed to come up with a rational plan to ease global concerns.
Mr Azumi's comments come a day after the Nikkei 225 index fell to a two-and-a-half year low amid fears that the debt crisis may slow global growth.
However, on Tuesday, the Nikkei rose, giving further proof of volatility.
"If there is a scheme that is based on a firm process, involves a reasonable amount of money and could provide the world and markets with a sense of security regarding a Greek bailout, I would not rule out the possibility of Japan sharing some of the burden," Mr Azumi was quoted as saying by the Reuters news agency.
The finance ministry confirmed those comments to the BBC.
Analysts said Japan's willingness to consider sharing some of Greece's bailout burden stemmed from the fact that it wanted to ensure stability in the region.
Europe is a key market for Japanese exports and there are concerns that if a solution to the debt crisis is not found soon, it may hurt growth and dent demand for Japanese goods.
"If the financial turmoil spread from Europe to the rest of the world, Japan will not be immune," Masaaki Kanno of JP Morgan told the BBC.
Growing uncertainty in Europe may also see investors flock to traditional safe havens such as the yen.
That may result in the Japanese currency strengthening even further against the US dollar and the euro.
A strong currency not only makes Japanese goods more expensive, but also hurts the profits of companies when they repatriate their foreign earnings back home.
At the same time, the crisis has resulted in sharp falls at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Mr Kanno added that if the falls continued, it could be detrimental for the Japan's economy.
"Japanese banks and insurance companies are big investors in stock markets and if the Nikkei continues to plunge, it will send the domestic financial system in turmoil."
Eurozone governments are in talks to discuss how best to stop the crisis spreading from Greece to the rest of the continent.
Toby Fairclough had "suffered a medical condition" on playing fields at North Marston, Aylesbury, early on Saturday, police said.
He was taken by ambulance to Stoke Mandeville Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
A post-mortem examination due to be carried out will include toxicology tests, Det Insp Brendan Murray said.
"It is likely to be several weeks before the results of these tests are known.
"Late on Friday night or in the early hours of Saturday morning, we believe that Toby digested a substance which he believed to be the illegal drug MDMA," Det Insp Murray said.
In a statement, his family said: "Toby Fairclough was a cherished, sporty, ebullient child who we both loved dearly.
"Toby has left a huge hole in all of our lives. He was brilliant.
"He also was a caring and loving big brother to Xavier."
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The world number five led 4-1, but breaks of 92, 74, and 56 got Scotland's Maguire level at 4-4.
Trump edged back ahead in the ninth and a Maguire error in the 10th let the Englishman in to seal a second-round tie with Neil Robertson or Marco Fu.
Barry Hawkins beat Joe Perry 6-3 to book a meeting with Mark Allen.
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With the first six frames shared, Hawkins rolled in an 81 to edge back into a lead he would not relinquish to claim his first ever win at the tournament.
The world number eight will meet Trump in the last four if both win their respective quarter-finals.
For Trump, an appearance in the last eight is his first at this tournament for three years.
"I just tried to stay calm," Trump, who won two frames on the final black, told BBC Two. "I was very nervous at 4-4 because I've not had a good last few tournaments and my confidence was very low.
"For me, it's an amazing win. My game is attacking, but everything in my head was negative. My lack of form has put pressure on because I was used to going out there and expecting to play well.
"I've played every day over Christmas - that's the first time I've ever done that - and I think that's what got me through in the end.
"I've always enjoyed myself off the table, but now I'm at an age when I don't enjoy going out as much. Now I can give snooker four or five years of complete dedication and see what happens."
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forecasters correctly predicted cloudy and cool conditions with rain across much of the UK.
In Chapel Allerton, Leeds, street party organiser Matt Tamplin said they had experienced rain at parties before and it would not put them off.
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He said: "We'll carry on, we've got two big marquees and a few umbrellas so we'll be fine."
Almost 9,500 roads shut across England and Wales for parties, while others held smaller get-togethers in gardens and parks.
The rain did not put people off in Morecambe, Lancashire, where a Jubilee party took place along a mile-and-a-half of the promenade.
Fire brigade sirens rang out to signal the event's opening where about 3,000 people enjoyed the atmosphere.
The centrepoint of the party was a statue of the comedian Eric Morecambe, with tables stretching out either side.
Hundreds of thousands of people were in London for the
River Thames Jubilee Pageant
.
More than 1,000 boats, traditional and modern, escorted the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh aboard a specially decorated royal barge down the river.
A number of spectators viewed the pageant from what organisers said was "the highest street party in London", close to the top of Millbank Tower in Westminster.
The 28th and 29th floors were decked out in bunting with hundreds of guests enjoying the Jubilee Pageant as it sailed past.
In Battersea Park, a right royal "knees-up" was staged to mark the Jubilee.
Designer Wayne Hemingway helped to mastermind the eclectic festival by the Thames, that celebrated music, food, fashion and art from the past 60 years.
Not all travel arrangements went to plan. Many rail passengers were unable to get on packed Chiltern trains to London in Warwickshire and Oxfordshire earlier.
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire reporter Sian Grzeszczyk said she had seen lots of
disappointed people left on platforms
, including about 150 at Banbury, Oxfordshire.
In Grimsby, two events were cancelled because of wind and rain.
The Waltham Windmill Preservation Society was set to hold a fun day but said it would be rearranged for a future date.
Organisers of the Asian and Cultural Mela, which was due to take place in People's Park, also called the event off.
In addition to the main events in London, hundreds of of celebrations that took place across England included:
In Hertfordshire, members at the Spielplatz Naturists Centre at Bricket Wood, near St Albans, hosted a naked teddy "bares" picnic.
Tina Yates, one of the directors of the centre, said although the rain had prompted some members to put on clothes, "the teddies won't be".
In Hertfordshire, a
council bought in water
from a local landscaping company so a town fountain could be switched on for the celebrations.
The Coronation Fountain, a landmark in Welwyn Garden City, had been turned off due to the hosepipe ban.
A West Sussex village has marked the celebrations with a royal-themed scarecrow contest.
Up to 100 straw effigies lined the streets in and around West Hoathly and Sharpthorne.
See all the latest Diamond Jubilee news and features at bbc.co.uk/diamondjubilee
The crash at Meenaduff, between Buncrana and Clonmany in July 2010, was Ireland's worst ever road incident.
Hugh Friel, 66, and seven men, aged between 19 and 23 who were travelling in another car, were killed.
Shaun Kelly, of Hill Road in Buncrana, has been sentenced to four years in prison, two of those suspended.
He was also disqualified from driving for 10 years.
Kelly was driving a black Volkswagen Passat with seven passengers when it collided with the car driven by Mr Friel.
The passengers in his car were 21-year-old Mark McLaughlin, from Fahan; Paul Doherty and Ciaran Sweeney who were 19 and from Ballyliffin; Patrick McLaughlin, 21, from Burnfoot; 22-year-old Eamonn McDaid and 21-year-old Damien McLaughlin, both from Buncrana, and James McEleney, 23, from Clonmany.
Kelly was the only survivor of the crash and sustained serious injuries.
In July, he changed his plea to guilty of causing death by dangerous driving as a jury was being sworn in at Letterkenny Circuit Court on Tuesday.
The court heard from witnesses on Thursday that Kelly had been driving in a reckless fashion, having driven off at speed from a pub in Clonmany shortly before the crash. No-one in the car was wearing a seatbelt.
The vehicle struck a silver car before he lost control and went into a spin, colliding with a second oncoming vehicle. All the victims were killed instantly.
The court heard victim impact statements from the families of the dead men.
A number of them called for the judge to not to send Kelly to jail.
Paul Doherty's father Felix said: "We feel Shaun is serving his own life sentence, we don't believe a prison sentence is needed."
The driver's father, Liam Kelly, told them he was "deeply sorry for what happened" and "for the pain they are suffering".
He said that despite their loss, they had shown his family "comfort and support" and demonstrated a "Christian attitude".
A defence lawyer said the case was "a monumental tragedy for all involved".
The jobs were to go over two years starting next year.
The local authority announced the delay at a briefing held ahead of a meeting of the full council on Thursday when a range of savings will be debated.
Highland Council is trying to find savings of £55m over the next five years. Councillors will meet in Inverness to discuss planned cuts.
The chief inspector of England's schools added he had set out plans for unannounced inspections in 2012.
But he had decided instead on a half-day notice period after representations from "head teachers and others".
On Monday he had said the education secretary had halted snap inspections.
Now, amid concerns about the "Trojan Horse" claims, Michael Gove has asked Ofsted to introduce snap inspections.
In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, Sir Michael said: "When I first became chief inspector in early 2012, I set out plans to introduce no-notice inspections for all schools as part of a wider package of reforms to improve the inspection system.
"As a result of representations I received from head teachers and others during the consultation, I decided to move instead from two days' notice to much shorter half-day notice inspections from September 2012.
"Events of recent weeks have served to reinforce my original view that no-notice inspections for all schools are the best way to make sure that, for every school we visit, inspectors see schools as they normally are.
"I recognise that the secretary of state's commitment to this principle is also long standing.
"The prime minister and the secretary of state have asked me to look at the practicalities of moving to a system of routine no-notice inspections, and today I can confirm my intention to take this issue forward as part of our wider review of the future of school inspection, which I have already set in train."
The Department for Education also issued a statement on Tuesday, saying: "The chief inspector confirmed that the education secretary did not ask Ofsted to halt its plans for no-notice inspections in 2012.
"Ofsted took the decision after considering the response to their consultation.
"The secretary of state yesterday commissioned the chief inspector to examine the practicalities of extending the use of no-notice inspections, so that any school can expect an unannounced visit.
"Both look forward to working together to implementing this important reform."
BBC political correspondent Norman Smith said sources in the DfE say Sir Michael and Mr Gove discussed the idea two years ago and jointly agreed not to proceed with snap inspections because of opposition from some of the teaching unions.
But the sources also stressed the Ofsted chief already had the power to introduce snap inspections but had chosen not to, our correspondent said, and this was the reason Mr Gove had now written to him urging him to introduce the checks.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told BBC Radio 4's Today programme no-notice inspections had an important part to play in cases where the leadership of a school had changed suddenly.
Mr Clegg said ministers might have to look more widely at what is taught in schools, including academies, which have a high degree of autonomy.
"Maybe one of the things that we need to think about is how do we make sure that... a core curriculum, not a great sprawling one, is taught in all schools in our country regardless of the nameplate at the school gate," he said.
When Sir Michael delivered his findings on claims of hard-line Muslim takeovers, he said "a culture of fear and intimidation has taken grip".
The Ofsted chief said there was evidence of an "organised campaign to target certain schools".
Ofsted carried out inspections of 21 schools, following claims in an anonymous letter that hard-line Muslims were trying to impose their views on a group of schools in Birmingham.
Five "Trojan Horse" schools - including three academies from the Park View Educational Trust - are being placed in special measures. A sixth school is also labelled inadequate for its poor educational standards.
Ofsted says 12 schools will need to improve - three others emerged with praise rather than criticism.
Mr Gove told the House of Commons the funding agreements for these academies will now be terminated - with new sponsors lined up to take them over.
Local authority schools will have their governing bodies replaced.
Mr Gove says that he wants all schools to "actively promote British values", such as democracy, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths.
Speaking to MPs, Mr Gove also called for teachers who invited extremist speakers into a school to be banned.
He also promised a review of how the Department for Education had responded to previous warnings - after claims from school leaders that they had raised concerns with ministers in 2010.
Labour's Tristram Hunt said that "warring egos" had left the government's education policy in "disarray".
David Hughes, vice-chairman of the Park View Education Trust, said there was no extremism and attacked the "knee-jerk reaction of politicians".
"The Ofsted reports found absolutely no evidence of this because this is categorically not what is happening at our schools."
Head teachers' leader Brian Lightman said: "Extremism of any kind has no place in education."
But he warned that the "constant cycle of leaks and accusations over the last few weeks will have been demoralising and damaging for students and staff caught up in this ongoing drama".
MSPs have been informed of the increased security following last week's Westminster attack.
Police Scotland said the measure was an operational contingency matter and was not based on any intelligence threat in relation to Holyrood.
However, calls for all police officers in Scotland to be equipped with Tasers have been rejected.
The request came from rank and file officers at the Scottish Police Federation (SPF) which was debating whether there should be more armed officers.
The calls were rejected by Deputy Chief Constable Johnny Gwynne who told BBC Scotland the police response to terrorism and organised crime needed to be more nuanced than that and depended, to a large extent, on community co-operation.
He said: "For the avoidance of doubt, we as a command team in Police Scotland pride ourselves in being an unarmed service with the ability to draw on armed capability when we need it.
"We are committed to remaining what looks like an unarmed service, because that's what we believe makes policing work here.
"It is, in essence, a policing model that works right across the UK and that's what we're committed to.
"Where we need armed capability, we can draw on it at speed and in numbers."
He added: "Bernie [Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins] and his team were able to mobilise at incredible speed last week after the events at Westminster."
Mr Gwynne described the Scottish force as being "match-fit" to deal with events such as those which unfolded in London last week.
Mr Higgins said Tasers should not be looked at "in isolation". He said the force's ability to respond to every level of threat was the central factor.
He said: "It's not just about Tasers, it's about Police Scotland's ability to mitigate every threat level.
"When we look at the threat level, we assess it throughout the country.
"My firm belief is that the number of officers we have trained in the use of Taser and firearms is proportionate to that level of threat."
The emergency motion at the federation's annual conference asks whether the fight against terrorism risks being undermined by cuts to the policing budget and whether officers have enough personal equipment - including firearms - to be able to protect themselves in the event of a terrorist incident.
Calum Steele, the SPF's general secretary, said more police officers should have the full range of equipment they needed to do their jobs. He said every single officer had the right to be protected.
He said the attack at Westminster took less than 90 seconds, and it would take up to 90 seconds to deploy tactical officers in Scotland.
"This has got to be about more than tactical police responses," he said.
"It's got to be about more than machine guns. It's got to be about more than police officers with ballistic helmets, wearing their balaclavas and carrying out a very dangerous role.
"The terrorist attack in Nice, with the truck, was brought to an end by ordinary armed police officers.
"The terrorist attacks at Charlie Hebdo and the Bataclan theatre were brought to an end by tactical firearms officers. There is room for both. You need both."
Khalid Masood killed three people when he drove a car into pedestrians last Wednesday. The 52-year-old then fatally stabbed PC Keith Palmer before being shot dead.
In the aftermath of the Westminster attack, the number of armed response vehicles on Scotland's streets was increased for 36 hours.
Police Scotland said they had reviewed intelligence resulting in the increased presence around Holyrood.
However, they said the response was proportionate to the level of threat.
In a letter to Holyrood staff ahead of the Police Scotland announcement, Holyrood chief executive Paul Grice said: "Police Scotland will announce this morning that police officers carrying Tasers will patrol the public area outside of the Scottish Parliament building with effect from today.
"Police Scotland has assured us that the move is an operational contingency measure and is not based on any intelligence threat in relation to the parliament or Scotland.
"Following on from the Westminster attack, Police Scotland will undertake a review of its security arrangements at Holyrood. The results of that review will be reported to the SPCB (Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body) for its consideration."
The "black box" was damaged and had to be pulled out in several stages but its memory unit was intact, they said.
A search vessel with an underwater robot has been scouring the crash site and has sent back images of wreckage.
Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo crashed on 19 May, killing all 66 people on board.
It is not clear yet what caused the aircraft to go down.
EgyptAir flight MS804: What we know
In a statement, investigators said: "The vessel's equipment was able to salvage the part [of the recorder] that contains the memory unit, which is considered the most important part of the recording device."
The recorder will now be taken to the Egyptian city of Alexandria to be studied.
The plane's manufacturer, Airbus, previously said that finding the black boxes was crucial to understanding what happened when radar lost track of MS804.
Electronic messages sent by the plane revealed that smoke detectors went off in the toilet and the aircraft's electrics, minutes before the radar signal was lost.
According to Greek investigators, the plane turned 90 degrees left and then 360 degrees to the right, dropping from 11,300m (37,000ft) to 4,600m (15,000ft) and then 3,000m (10,000ft) before it was lost from radar.
A terror attack has not been ruled out but no extremist group has claimed to have downed the plane.
Analysts say human or technical error is also a possibility.
The crew on board do not appear to have sent a distress call.
The cockpit voice recorder should allow investigators to hear what the pilot and co-pilot were saying to each other, plus any alarms in the background.
If the flight data recorder is recovered, it should show what the plane's computers were recording at the time.
Experts have warned that signals emitted by the data recorder are expected to expire by 24 June.
What happens next, by Richard Westcott, BBC Transport Correspondent @bbcwestcott
Investigators will begin with something they call "the four corners". It means that, before touching anything, they will map exactly where every single piece of the aircraft ended up.
If debris is spread over a large area it tells them the plane broke up in mid-air. If it is more intact, it suggests it hit the water then broke up.
They will also look for what is missing. If, for example, an engine or the tail is two miles away, it clearly broke off earlier in the flight.
The little evidence so far suggests a fire broke out in the front of the aircraft, so they will be keen to film and photograph that area. One experienced investigator who worked on the Lockerbie bombing told me bomb damage looks very different to fire damage.
Ultimately, investigators will probably have to retrieve wreckage to know for sure what brought this plane down. And that could take weeks, even months.
The area in which flight MS804 crashed is one of the deepest in the Mediterranean - more than 3,000m (10,000ft) deep in some parts.
Days after the search began, debris and body parts were found to the east of the plane's last known location. Egypt's military released images of debris including a lifejacket, pieces of fabric and metal fragments.
On 15 June, Egyptian investigators said the deep sea search vessel John Lethbridge had found wreckage of the fuselage of the plane in "several main locations" and had taken the first images of it.
A map of the distribution of the wreckage is being drawn up so a recovery operation can begin.
The European Space Agency (ESA) said one of its satellites detected what appeared to be a 2km-long oil slick in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the same area the plane disappeared.
What do we know so far?
Who were the victims?
Originally written about Salisbury, where the 21-year-old grew up feeling like an outsider, it perfectly captured the series' suffocating small-town politics.
It also showcased the singer's ground-shaking vocals. Smoky, deep and expressive, they set her apart from the shrill divas that currently populate the charts.
Her new EP, Into The Glass, highlights the range of her writing - from the propulsive electronics of the title track to the stripped back and mournful Beautiful Undone, inspired by the starlings that swarm around the old pier in Brighton.
Speaking to the BBC ahead of a headline slot at Radio 1's Big Weekend Festival, she talks about her frustration with modern pop lyrics, and the injuries she sustained on the set of her latest video.
Into The Glass is an extremely dramatic story about a woman fleeing an abusive relationship, but it's told with such economy. The line "both arms around your neck" tells you everything you need to know. How much work did those lyrics take?
That song's been on a big journey. At first, I was writing it quite romantically - like the arms were thrown around the neck, and then I decided, no, it's more about fighting.
When I play it live, I can't help but put both arms around the mic, quite aggressively.
I love the song because it's post-leaving. It starts when the car leaves the drive and she says, "I'm not coming home tonight".
In hthe video, you run through a window. Was it dangerous?
It was sugar glass, but it was quite scary because it looked just like a real window.
The main thing I had to do was not hesitate - because obviously it's so unusual to run full pelt into a pane of glass!
Did you get any injuries?
Only tiny little ones. A few cuts. They were quite surprised because it's not supposed to [cut]. Everyone was like, 'we're not doing that again' - even though we had two panes in case I messed up.
A lot of people know you now because of Broadchurch. How did it feel when your song was picked for the trailer?
Oh man, it was insane. I was so happy and honoured it fit Broadchurch - because it's about small-town communities. It found its emotional match through a completely different story.
I remember we were sitting around the table at Christmas and it came on TV. I was like [throws hands in the air] "aaaarrrrgh!" That was my first taste of anything like that.
Have you had any other "pinch me" moments?
When I was supporting Years & Years in March, there was a 14-year-old girl at the front, singing all the words to Old Faces. That's the first time that's happened. And for someone to turn up specifically to see me, as a support act, was a really big stepping stone.
Have you always wanted to be a musician?
As soon as I did GCSE music, that's when I realised. I was doing drama and music and I couldn't decide which one I wanted to do. And then it just happened.
I applied for the Brit school and didn't get in, so I moved to Bath for a BTEC in music. It was just what I had to do.
What did you play for your GCSE course?
I played flute, but I was only grade 2. I love the flute, I still have it. But every time I play, people in the house get angry!
Were you studious at school?
Oh absolutely, definitely. I have a thirst for knowledge. Which now I'm really annoyed about - because there's so much I want to learn.
I pretend I have no time, but there's definitely time. I just don't have the drive. Maybe I'll do an Open University course on tour.
Which one?
I think I'd like English Literature.
Do you read a lot?
Absolutely. Books are a really big part of my songwriting. I love The Beach [by Alex Garland] and there's a song on my EP called Eskimo Twist, which is loosely based around it.
What are you reading right now?
At the moment, I'm reading Caitlin Moran's How To Build a Girl. She's hilarious.
You've talked about feminism informing your music. Is Caitlin's book part of that?
Actually, as a 21-year-old, I haven't felt at all oppressed in my life. I'm lucky because people before me have fought all the battles.
But as I grow and learn about the subject, it's true - there's things we don't talk about as women because they're not seen as proper. How do we learn about stereotypes? Where in our lives do we make these decisions? That all feeds into songwriting.
Do you think women write different lyrics to men?
Interesting. I haven't thought about it before - but I'd probably say no.
At the moment, I find a lot of lyrics quite safe, whether they're by men or women. But maybe that's always been the way?
Someone like Tracy Chapman, she stood up and tried to make a social change - but then her biggest song is Baby Can I Hold You Tonight, which is beautifully written but ultimately about a relationship.
You've worked a lot with Matt Johnson, Jamiroquai's pianist. How did that come about?
When I first met my publisher, they were like, "Laura, you're writing poetry to piano... you need melody, so we're going to put you together with Matt".
I was shocked. And terrified. But I went in and played him some of my songs and we changed them together. He's shaped my learning of how to write. So now I can also say, "OK, if I want more people to hear this and like it, I can put a chorus here".
What's the best piece of advice he's given you?
When I was 16 I was angry at a lot of things - how we treat animals and how we treat the planet. I couldn't understand why no-one wanted to talk about these serious things and I had a lot of judgments.
Matt just said, "make observations in your lyrics, not judgments, because nobody wants to be judged." It changed my whole approach to life.
You're headlining the BBC Introducing Stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend on Sunday. Do you know who you're up against?
We're just before Taylor Swift which is amazing. They don't programme anyone at the same time as her - which is a bonus because if I was on against her, there'd be no-one there!
And we're playing with her again at Hyde Park so I'm going to be like, "Hi, remember me?!"
Are you going to shove a copy of your EP under the dressing room door?
Apparently she has heard it - because she approves all of her support acts. So I was jumping up and down when I heard that.
Laura's Into The Glass EP is out now on RCA Records. Her debut album is due later this year, and she plays the BBC Introducing Stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend on Sunday, 24 May.
Mumbles RNLI lifeboats were called to the scene on Gower on Saturday.
Crew member Josh Stewart said the casualty, who also suffered head injuries, was in "a very difficult position" and could not be reached by the coastguard cliff rescue team.
The lifeboat was able to move him to a position where he could be winched and flown to Morriston Hospital.
More than 500 businesses receiving the subsidy are opposed to Simon Hamilton's bid to reveal their identities.
They have launched a High Court challenge against the proposal.
Their lawyer had said it was an attempt "to divert" attention from "ministerial and departmental responsibility" for the botched energy scheme.
However, a lawyer for the minister told the hearing that there is no proper evidential basis for him to be accused of acting capriciously.
He said the department engaged in the "proper discharge" of its public function "to ensure accountability".
The barrister said the political consequences of the issue - the collapse of the Stormont Assembly - were "seismic" and that the fallout was "so grave" that a public inquiry has been established.
Flaws in setting the scheme's subsidy rate left it open to abuse, with the overspend estimated to cost taxpayers almost half a billion pounds.
The court heard that 834 firms had replied to a letter from the department seeking permission to publish their details, and that 94% of them objected.
More than 500 firms are members of the Renewable Heat Association, which is taking the High Court action.
The hearing had been told that media organisations risked committing contempt of court if they published the names of RHI recipients.
The lawyer representing members of the Renewable Heat Association said it appeared that the energy regulator OFGEM "unlawfully put this information into the public domain".
If this was the case, he added, any third party is bound by a confidentiality clause not to publish.
"I am not a conspiracy theorist, but the Department of the Economy should have done something about this when it is in breach of its data protection protocol," he said.
However, the lawyer representing the department said it was assured by OFGEM last night that it did not release the information.
The judge commented that there was "clearly a risk of damage to anyone who chooses to publish the list".
They've today gone some way to answering that charge by recruiting some of the world's most influential left-wing economists to an advisory panel.
The panel includes Joe Stiglitz, the US Nobel prize-winner, Simon Wren-Lewis, Mariana Mazzucato, Danny Blanchflower and Thomas Piketty.
These are economists who've written powerfully about the need for new taxes, especially on the wealth of the rich (Piketty most famously) and on the role that governments can play in sparking wealth-creating innovation (a tour de force by Mazzucato).
And they are all opponents of austerity, or public spending cuts in a recession (Wren-Lewis in particular has been waspish about Osbornomics).
While their views are not shared by many economists of the centre and right, none are lightweight.
Which means that for the first time perhaps since Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Tories, when she sought intellectual ballast for her policies of controlling the money supply and shrinking the state from the likes of Friedman and Hayek, a leading British party is trying to establish an economic ideology outside the mainstream.
It means there will be a properly emotional debate between Labour and the Tories about how to maximise growth and prosperity.
What is striking is that Labour under Blair, Brown and Miliband never set up an equivalent panel of distinguished and ideologically left-wing economists drawn from all over the world.
It is also intriguing that Piketty is prepared to help Corbyn but has maintained a certain distance from the French socialist government of Francois Hollande.
The composition of the panel probably also tells us that the ultra formulation of "quantitative easing for people not banks" - till now seen as the quintessence of Corbynomics - is dead.
Or to put it another way, this group of economists would not sign up to a policy of the Bank of England providing cheap loans to a new state investment bank on a permanent continuous basis - for fear that the anti-inflationary credentials of the Bank of England would be destroyed.
If People's QE survives - which it may - it will be as a contingent rainy-day monetary tool, for when the economy is next in direst straits.
That said I would expect all these economists to back the notion of the government taking advantage of prevailing low interest rates to borrow considerably more for investment in infrastructure.
Even so Mr McDonnell has chosen not to have a public punch up over the government's proposed bill to make it mandatory for the government's deficit to be closed.
Labour will vote for the bill - while reserving the right in the next parliament to borrow whatever it thinks necessary for investment (as opposed to so-called "current spending" on the day-to-day bills of government departments).
As one of Mr McDonnell's colleagues told me, "we see no mileage in playing the chancellor's game and allowing ourselves to be painted as having no interest in the health of the public finances".
Paramedics were called to an address in the Undercliffe area at about 11:30 GMT after reports of an injured child.
They discovered two girls, aged three and one, with stab injuries. Both received treatment at the scene but were pronounced dead a short time later.
A 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being questioned by West Yorkshire Police.
Updates on this story and more from Leeds and West Yorkshire
Police said post mortem examinations would be taking place later.
Family members were being spoken to by officers "to establish the circumstances of what appears to be a very tragic case", said a force spokesman.
People living near the street have been putting flowers near the building.
One woman said she came to lay flowers out of "respect for the children".
Michael Jameson, strategic director of Children's Services at Bradford Council, said: "This is a very tragic and shocking incident.
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Mageean will compete over 800m and it will be interesting to see if she opts to chase the European Indoor Championship standard of 2:03.75.
US-based Siofra Cleirigh Buttner achieved the Belgrade mark with a 2:02.97 clocking last weekend.
Kerry O'Flaherty (1500m) and Emma Mitchell (3000m) also run in Dublin.
Mitchell was just over a second outside the European Indoor 1500m standard of 4:15 when she clocked a new personal best of 4:16.20 when winning the Scottish title last weekend.
Hurdler Ben Reynolds and county Derry long jumper Adam McMullen will also be competing at Abbotstown.
North Down's Reynolds will chase the European Indoor 60m hurdles standard of 7.80 seconds while McMullen will need to add six centimetres to his outdoor best set last year to achieve the Belgrade mark of 7.90m.
In her new film thriller Eye in the Sky she plays an army colonel, a role originally written for a man.
The actress said it made her "cross" that many roles were given to men regardless of whether it was the lead character.
"You look at a scene and it's going to be all men around a table and you think at least half of those could have been women," she said.
"It's so hard to get a job as an actress, let alone as a star but just a job - to be a working actress it's so much more difficult than it is for men".
Sandra Bullock last year revealed she had got her agent to find scripts with interesting male roles and then pursued them for herself. One of those roles was political drama Our Brand is Crisis, released in January, in which she played a campaign manager.
Dame Helen said the lack of roles for women was also markedly noticeable in the film industry when it comes to extras.
"The only time that there is more women on the set as extras is a swimming pool scene and they're all in bikinis - any swimming pool scene and suddenly it's full of women."
In Eye in the Sky Mirren plays an army intelligence Colonel remotely commanding a top secret drone operation from London, attempting to capture a group of terrorists from their safe-house in Nairobi, Kenya.
Although the role was originally written for a man the film's producers, who include actor Colin Firth and director Gavin Hood, had changed the part to a woman before it was offered to Dame Helen.
Something she thinks was an "astute decision" because it opened up debate.
"The film is about the discussions people have when they leave the cinema and having a woman in that role allows you to make that discussion," she said.
"As opposed to saying 'well that's men, that's what men do in war' ... I think Gavin very astutely understood and realised putting a woman [in the role] just changed the discussion."
The film follows the decision making process almost in real time as the mission turns from a "capture" to a "kill" operation as Colonel Powell realises that the terrorists are about to embark on a suicide bombing mission.
The debate becomes more complicated when a nine-year-old girl selling bread enters the kill zone.
Also involved in the decision making is British Lieutenant-General Frank Benson played by Alan Rickman in his last on-screen role.
Dame Helen and Rickman did not act in any scenes together, but she said they had spoken about why they wanted to appear in the film.
"For him like me he wasn't doing it to play this wonderful role that 'ooh I might win an award with that role' - they're not those sorts of roles at all - both of us wanted to do it because of the nature of the film," she said.
The actress said she thinks the movie is a fitting tribute to him.
"I don't want it to be his last film, he left us much, much too early. It would've been wonderful to see his next 20 years of performances but I think it's a great way to say goodbye to him.
"Because I think it's a film that would appeal to his intelligence, his humanity - I'm sure why he did it in the first place."
Eye in the Sky is released on 15 April in the UK.
Bath and North East Somerset (Banes) Council voted through the plans, but the specific location was not decided.
A cross-party review into the three proposed sites at Bathampton Meadows will now take place.
It follows a council meeting that lasted until the early hours, which was attended by about 200 members of the public.
A final decision on the specific location is now due to be made early next year.
A group of campaigners staged a protest outside the Guildhall in Bath, where the meeting took place.
The park-and-ride site is needed to help alleviate traffic congestion in the city, according to the Conservative-led council, but more than 5,500 people have signed a petition against the plans.
Mark Stephens, from the Save Bathampton Meadows campaign group, said he believed the city was "being really let down".
"My principal concern is that this scheme is being sold as busting congestion and improving air quality, but there's no evidence it's going to do that."
Anthony Clarke, cabinet member for transport, said: "We remain committed to an east of Bath Park and Ride as it has an important role in improving transport, tackling congestion and supporting our local economy.
"We look forward to seeing the recommendations that come back from the cross-party working group, which will assist the cabinet in coming to a decision early next year."
Conservative MP for Bath, Ben Howlett, said he was "delighted" with the decision to allow the project to go ahead.
"I know there have been vocal opponents of the scheme, but as the MP for Bath it is important I continue to champion what is best for Bath," he said.
"From the numerous conversations and correspondence I have received it is clear to me that the majority of Bath residents are in favour of a fourth park-and-ride scheme for the city."
But it wasn't all good news. An unwelcome guest halted proceedings at a League One match and a reunion with former work colleagues didn't go so well in League Two.
BBC Sport reflects on five things that may have passed you by from Saturday's EFL action.
Derby County could be forgiven for forgetting how to celebrate the glorious goalscoring moment.
But, having netted just once in seven Championship matches this season, Ikechi Anya struck late in the first half against Bristol City to double their tally with one deft finish.
Aaron Wilbraham's injury-time equaliser ultimately spoiled the feeling for Rams fans and manager Nigel Pearson, whose side have still only one league win this season.
The former Leicester boss said his side were "mugged" in the midweek home defeat against Ipswich Town and the feeling remained after another painful setback.
Pearson told BBC Radio Derby: "We have to be clinical. The reality is we know have had four very good chances in the second half to bury the game and we have continued to miss pretty straightforward chances."
Eight matches, two goals, one win, six points, fifth from bottom. But, Derby fans, as Goodbrand Stats so brilliantly put it in Oasis hashtag-style.....
Exeter City against Plymouth Argyle is always a big deal in Devon. So important locally that Argyle gave the occasion a boxing-style introduction on their Twitter account.
But there was added interest to this one. The fact that Argyle won the lunchtime kick-off 2-0 ensured the team in the Green corner would drift off to sleep for their Saturday night slumbers as, still, League Two leaders.
And, just to spice it up further, former Plymouth striker Reuben Reid had a debut to forget against the club he left in the summer after rejecting a new contract.
Reid was the Pilgrims' top scorer for two of the last three seasons, but made little impact after coming on as a substitute for the Grecians at St James Park.
The 28-year-old scored a hat-trick for Argyle in the fixture two seasons ago. This time around, his "warm" reception was far from welcoming, with a 'Judas' banner and some heated exchanges with former team-mates.
A first league victory of the season in game number eight is hardly time to open the champagne, buy party streamers and get the bunting out.
But having started with a 4-1 home loss to Norwich and defeats in five of their first seven Championship fixtures, Blackburn Rovers fans at last have something to smile about.
At 1-0 down to fellow strugglers Rotherham United, it seemed an uphill task for the former Premier League champions.
But three goals turned things around for Owen Coyle's men and - despite a late scare - they clinched a 4-2 win to move off the bottom of the table, albeit only on goal difference.
Security scares, pitch invasions, rain of biblical proportions, streakers and now... drone stops play.
And no, in case you were thinking as much, it wasn't the latest technological advances in assessing player performance. It was simply an unwanted space invader.
Bradford's 1-1 draw with Bristol Rovers was a pretty unremarkable 1-1 draw in many ways. Rovers did score late on to deny the Bantams the chance to go second in League One.
But the appearance over the stadium of a drone that began circling the pitch will probably live longer in the memory for most people at the Northern Commercials Stadium.
Referee Andy Haines took the players off the pitch 20 minutes into the second half but three minutes later the unwanted guest had disappeared. The teams re-appeared and it was a case of 'as you were'.
Fifty seven years ago, drones were not really a thing. In fact, in 1959 photocopying wasn't really a thing - that was until the Xerox machine entered the mainstream market and cheered up many a worker.
Coventry City were not really a force in football terms either. But Saturday's 0-0 draw at home to Oldham, coupled with Rochdale's victory against Fleetwood Town, saw the Sky Blues sink to the bottom of the third tier - their lowest point since the final year of the 50s.
In 1959 they were promoted as Division Four runners-up behind Port Vale - that was their only season in the fourth tier of English football in their 97-year history.
Coventry did play in both Division Three North and South at various times, in the days of regional lower league divisions.
But it's not good news whichever way you look at it, so here's a video of one of the great Wembley goals to cheer up glum Coventry fans, and anyone else who loves a brilliant diving header.
It's a cracker and will take some copying.
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PwC said companies should be looking to deploy fresh strategies, following a sustained fall in the price of oil.
It suggested they should look to reduce costs "in a sustainable manner" and find efficiencies by keeping tax costs in control.
Other suggestions included divesting non-core parts of their business.
PwC argued that firms might also want to identify and invest in strategic acquisitions to secure market position in key areas.
The report's authors said the UK oil and gas sector would have been in a much better place "to weather the oil price maelstrom", had it heeded 30%-40% cost reduction warnings which surfaced 12-18 months ago.
The report said there was still time for firms to "learn the harsh lessons of past languor" by adopting fresh strategies.
But it also warned that to achieve that, they needed to get away from "short term knee-jerk reactions" seen in previous downturns - or risk damaging the long term future of the industry.
PwC cited significant downsizing undertaken during the downturn of 1999-2000, arguing that the industry had struggled since then with talent retention.
It said "aggressive price negotiation" and contract revisions with the oil services sector would also do little to create a collaborative environment.
The report argued that companies must answer "hard questions" about whether they can continue to invest in the sector, or if they should instead "move on".
But it stressed the need for the industry to take a long-term view, adding that "intelligent and strategic cost-cutting" could "position players well through this turmoil".
Brian Campbell, oil and gas capital projects director at PwC and co-author of the report, said: "With economists predicting low oil prices throughout 2015, UK oil and gas firms are not out of the woods by any means.
"They are still at risk of an economic triple-whammy: as the falling oil price reduces income, incremental investment may no longer be economic with a risk that field life diminishes and decommissioning is accelerated.
"The stark reality is that firms need to be able to operate in an environment where oil averages at $50 per barrel - only then can it be truly fit for the future."
He added: "We've been talking about cost reduction and restructuring within the industry for several years now, and the harsh truth is that if many larger exploration and production and oil field services firms had implemented programmes before the oil price crisis hit, then the industry would be in a much better place to weather the storm that is currently raging.
"But it's not too late to glean some good out of adversity and for businesses to work together to create their own new dawn for the North Sea.
"There are a series of levers business leaders can pull, which, as we've seen in the past, can lead to long-term sustained efficiencies and opportunities for their business and the wider industry."
A former head of social services has told the inquiry he saw extreme poverty in the island in the 1970s and 1980s.
Anton Skinner started as a Childcare Officer in 1973 and was acting chief executive of health when he retired.
He said until recently Jersey was not a particularly democratic society led by the wealthy elite.
Bergerac ran on BBC television from 1981 to 1991 and starred John Nettles as detective Jim Bergerac, solving crimes among often glamorous people on what was portrayed as a busy and exciting island.
"Regarding the image Bergerac portrayed, it certainly wasn't like that. There was enormous poverty," Mr Skinner said.
"Until recently it was a sort of patrician community where the good and the great and the monied decided how the feckless and poor should be dealt with."
Haut de la Garenne was the fictional setting for a police station in Bergerac, but the now-closed children's home has since been examined as part of the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry following abuse allegations.
In 2008, the Guardian reported a ground radar search revealed a number of locations where digging had taken place close to the home, leading to fears children may have been buried there.
However, detectives were later told a number of full-size "graves" were dug for an episode of the TV programme.
Speaking to the inquiry, Mr Skinner described visiting one family in the 1970s who lived in a corrugated iron building with a bare earth floor.
Mr Skinner retired from the States of Jersey in 2004 and estimated there were 360 children in care in the 1970s.
Despite the island's problems, he said social workers had limited options for dealing with troubled children in the 1970s and 80s.
The former Brazil midfielder, 43, was for pushing a referee in May.
He later - ruling him out for all next season - but has now decided to leave.
PSG said: "We regret his choice but respect his decision and wish him all the best for his future career choice."
Leonardo was filmed using his shoulder to make contact with referee Alexandre Castro in the tunnel after being angered by Thiago Silva's red card in PSG's 1-1 draw with Valenciennes.
He appealed but was then banned from all official duties until 30 June, 2014.
The French champions were also given a suspended three-point deduction for the 2013-14 campaign.
A club statement said: "Leonardo has informed Paris St-Germain of his desire to resign from his position as sporting director at the end of the current transfer window.
"We thank him greatly for his important contributions towards the project of building a top European club in Paris."
Leonardo, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994, denied barging the official but was found guilty of pushing him. He had claimed that another official accidentally pushed him into Castro.
French champions PSG last month, as Carlo Ancelotti left to take over at Real Madrid.
There is a history of modern jihadists experimenting with and sometimes using chemical weapons, dating back to al-Qaeda's training camps in Afghanistan in the 1990s.
There is also a clear link between those experiments at the time and the IS leadership's strategy against its enemies today.
"The thing that surprised me is that they haven't used it (mustard gas) earlier," says Aimen Deen, a former al-Qaeda operative who witnessed chemical experiments first-hand.
"The experiments date back to 1997 in Afghanistan. They experimented with many different varieties of chemical weapons."
He says the gasses tested were homemade and included phosgene, chlorine and hydrogen cyanide. Rabbits and dogs were the most common animals to be used.
"They used to bring in these kind of aquariums, fishing aquariums, basically, one meter by half a metre and they will put a rabbit inside, or a small dog or puppy inside.
"And then they seal it with silicone and they insert first the powder element - I'm not going to name them for obvious reasons - and then they will add later the liquid element in order to see if there is a reaction."
The term "mustard gas" is commonly used to describe the agent, but it is liquid at ambient temperature.
Sulphur mustard sometimes smells - like garlic, onions, or mustard - and sometimes has no odour. It can be clear to yellow or brown.
People can be exposed through skin contact, eye contact or breathing if it is released into the air as a vapour, or by consuming it or getting it on their skin if it is in liquid or solid form. It causes blistering of the skin and mucous membranes on contact.
Though exposure to sulphur mustard usually is not fatal, there is no treatment or antidote to mustard which means the agent must be removed entirely from the body.
"Once the gas is materialised due to the reaction then you will immediately see the animals writhe in pain and then die. Sometimes within seconds and then others longer."
Al-Qaeda were able to operate freely in Afghanistan for five years, from 1996-2001.
Thousands passed through its training camps, learning about firearms and explosives, before dispersing to countries all over the world.
After the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and the subsequent US-led Operation Enduring Freedom, the jihadists fled from the camps, mostly over the border into Pakistan, leaving behind videotaped evidence of their chemical experiments.
But one key leader survived to take his knowledge to a new theatre of war.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a Jordanian jihadist who was released from prison in Jordan in 1998. He went straight to Afghanistan where he was intensively trained by a master bomb-maker before setting up his own camp at Herat in the west of the country.
After 9/11, al-Zarqawi fled westwards through Iran to a Kurdish region of northern Iraq where he joined forces with a jihadist group called Ansar al-Islam.
Once the Americans invaded Iraq in 2003 al-Zarqawi was instrumental in forming the al-Qaeda cell that eventually morphed into today's self-styled Islamic State.
Al-Zarqawi, who is believed to have murdered the British engineer Ken Bigley as well as other prisoners, was killed in 2006 in a US air strike in Iraq.
Chlorine was and still is readily available in Iraq and has been used frequently in truck bombs by jihadists there and also in Syria in barrel bombs dropped from the air by President Assad's forces against rebels.
"It was the easiest of all the gases al-Qaeda experiments on to make," says Mr Deen.
"Since the substances that are necessary for chlorine are easily available everywhere, it was his (al-Zarqawi's) weapon of choice.
"Since it wasn't lethal, (it was still) potent enough to cause irritation or cases of severe respiratory problems and difficulties and that will drive an enemy away and cause casualties."
Mr Deen, who is now an international consultant on jihadism, believes that IS leaders are being cautious in their use of chemical weapons as they are wary of retaliation by the US.
But I asked him what he thought was behind IS's recent use of mustard gas against opponents in the Middle East.
"In Syria," he says, "where their opponents are other jihadists who are as suicidal and as stubborn as they are, the best way to dislodge them is to use chemical weapons.
"So I think it was a strategic choice and they felt that to some extent using the chemical weapons on other jihadists will not invite the wrath of the US at this stage."
Ms Dugdale said Mr Corbyn was "absolutely and categorically" against Scottish independence.
The Labour leader said he would allow a second vote "if the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish people want it".
But Ms Dugdale told the BBC the UK and Scottish Labour manifestos "could not be clearer" in opposing a referendum.
Responding to a question about independence on BBC Scotland's Ask The Leader programme, the Scottish Labour leader said: "I think it's very easy and clear to go and look this up in the Labour manifesto on our website.
"We think that a second independence referendum is unnecessary and unwanted. We don't support it and we don't support independence either.
"Why? I know what additional Tory austerity is doing right now. Take that and an additional £15bn of cuts on top of that and that's what you'd get with independence."
She said Mr Corbyn had warned against independence every time he had been in Scotland and told the programme it was "not correct" that they held fundamentally different positions.
"You picked one 10-second quote there," she said. "I'm pointing you to an entire record, a manifesto and a programme for government that says we're opposed to independence and a second independence referendum.
"It couldn't be clearer than that."
Mr Corbyn said earlier on Tuesday: "What I've said is that if the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish people want a referendum, they have the right to do that.
"That was the whole point of the devolution agreement of the 1990s.
"I think the referendum should take place, if there is to be one, after the Brexit negotiations are concluded because this is the most important thing."
But Ms Dugdale did not categorically say she would attempt to block a Section 30 order - the order allowing a second Scottish independence vote - if one came before the Scottish Parliament.
She said: "Both myself and Ruth Davidson actually, the leader of the Scottish Tories, have said if it was to get that far where you're in the position of having a Section 30 order you'd have agreed there was going to be a referendum and there'd be a negotiation between two governments of course.
"You'd be talking about a different situation in regards to blocking it."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that a vote should be held "not now, but when the final terms of the deal are known".
The SNP leader has previously called for a second vote on Scotland's constitutional future between autumn 2018 and spring 2019.
The charity warns that the children are severely malnourished, and living in some of the areas of the country worst hit by the disease.
The number of people infected with the disease during the country's civil war has already reached more than 430,000.
Malnourished children are at least three times more likely to die if they are infected with cholera.
It is because their immune systems are weakened and they become less capable of fighting off the water-borne disease.
Out of the million severely malnourished children under five living in Yemen's cholera hotspots, the charity says 200,000 are at imminent risk of starving to death.
More than 1,900 people have died of the disease since April, a third of them were under 15 years old.
Cholera is easy to treat, but with two years of war destroying much of the health system, and continued restrictions on urgently needed medical and food supplies, the charity says Yemen's children are "trapped in a cycle of starvation and sickness".
Tamer Kirolos, Save the Children's country director for Yemen, said: "The tragedy is both malnutrition and cholera are easily treatable if you have access to basic healthcare.
"But hospitals and clinics have been destroyed, government health workers haven't been paid for almost a year, and the delivery of vital aid is being obstructed."
The warning comes as a senior UN official in the country described the situation in Yemen as "very bleak" with "no end in sight".
The UN says 70% of the population - about 20 million people - are in need of humanitarian aid and 60% do not know where their next meal is coming from.
Auke Lootsma from the UN Development Programme said the situation was like a bus "racing towards the edge of a cliff."
"Historically, Yemen has been one of the poorest Arab nations, if not the poorest, with poverty and corruption, poor governance and poor infrastructure. The war has simply made it much worse," Mr Lootsma said.
She crashed during a practice run over the weekend, injuring her knee and thumb.
Her departure was announced hours after former Girls Aloud member Sarah Harding left the reality show because of a ligament injury.
Channel 4 launched an urgent safety review earlier this month in light of the number of injured contestants.
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom has also received a number of complaints about the show and is said to be considering a formal investigation.
Other celebrities to have pulled out include Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle, actress Tina Hobley, and Made In Chelsea's Mark-Francis Vandelli.
Linford Christie and Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington have also left the programme.
EastEnders actor Joe Swash chipped a bone in his shoulder, but decided to proceed with the show despite his injury. However, he was eliminated last weekend.
Mills - who is the former wife of Sir Paul McCartney - was brought in to fill one of the vacancies created by the departure of injured contestants.
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards said earlier this month that the contestants who have had to pull out "must bear the brunt of the blame" for their injuries.
"They signed up for this, they're being paid for this. If they are hurting, it can often be self-inflicted," he said.
The current season of The Jump began on 31 January and is due to conclude this weekend, with The Wanted's Tom Parker, socialite Tamara Beckwith, actor Sid Owen, rugby player Ben Cohen and singer Dean Cain competing to be crowned the winner.
Remains of the soldiers, who were imprisoned in Durham Cathedral after the 1650 Battle of Dunbar, were discovered in a mass grave in 2013.
A minute's silence and a lecture about the soldiers were also held on Friday.
The battle took place during the Civil War when English Parliamentarian forces defeated the Scottish army.
An estimated 5,000 Scottish soldiers were taken prisoner and marched miles from the south east of Scotland to Durham.
Many died en route, some were executed and some escaped but about 3,000 were imprisoned in the cathedral.
During the hard winter of 1650-51, it is thought up to 1,700 of those incarcerated there died of malnutrition, disease and cold.
The remains of between 17 and 29 soldiers were discovered during work on Durham University's Palace Green Library near the cathedral.
They will be reburied in Durham once research has been completed.
Professor Stuart Corbridge, vice-chancellor of Durham University, said: "The plaque will serve as a permanent memorial to the soldiers' presence here on Palace Green."
The plaque is mounted on stone quarried from the site of the Battle of Dunbar and has been placed in the library's cafe courtyard.
Another plaque within Durham Cathedral, installed in 2011 in memory of the Scottish soldiers, has also been updated to remove the reference to the soldiers' place of burial being unknown.
Hodgson resigned after four years as manager following the humiliating Euro 2016 last-16 loss to Iceland in Nice on Monday.
FA chief executive Martin Glenn, sitting alongside an emotional Hodgson in Chantilly, even suggested the search could take months - bringing Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger into the equation as he enters the final year of his contract at Emirates Stadium.
Glenn, asked if England Under-21 boss Southgate could take charge for the opening qualifier against Slovakia in September, said: "We'll see.
"We'd like to get one for the first World Cup qualifier, but if we don't we have an interim plan in mind.
"We are not talking about names but it would be a pretty obvious one to pick."
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The selection process will be led by Glenn, FA board member David Gill and technical director Dan Ashworth - and they plan to conduct a widespread consultation process before narrowing down the contenders.
Glenn said: "It's such an important decision. We have got to get the right person. To wait a few months - if that's what we had to do - would be the right decision.
"You might get a few interim solutions, where a few managers come to help."
Wenger would be a prime candidate if the FA could tempt him - so would the FA wait a year for any manager, not necessarily the Arsenal boss, to see out a deal?
Glenn said the FA would not delay that long if it jeopardised the World Cup qualifying campaign, but added: "It would be unlikely. A lot of things can happen in a year which may undo your plans.
"So what I am saying is it is hypothetical. I wouldn't rule it out but I would say it would be less likely."
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Glenn also refused to restrict the search to English coaches and insisted choosing a foreign coach would not impact on the production of home-grown players.
"It has to be the best person for the job," he said.
"You have to make trade-offs. If there were the perfect English manager you would pick them. I am not sure there is, but we would take a good look and make a rational assessment.
"The Premier League clubs all want home-grown players to get through because it makes financial sense. If I were to pick a foreign coach I don't think that would change anything materially or somehow lose face."
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He was backed by outgoing manager Hodgson, who said: "I don't have a problem with it. It would be very hypocritical of me to do so having been coach of Switzerland, Finland and the United Arab Emirates.
"I think I should be the last person to say it's got to be a national. It's got to be the best person.
"I think it would be nice if it was an Englishman. I have been proud as an Englishman to do the job and I have had a lot of support from the general public as an Englishman - but Martin will have to find the best person available."
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Brooke, 25, is believed to have broken his collarbone and suffered a suspected collapsed lung when riding Old Storm in a novices' handicap chase on Saturday.
Racing was delayed for almost two hours as medical staff treated Brooke after his mount's fall.
"Hope not to be out for too long," he posted on social media on Monday.
"Thank you so much for everyone's support and well wishes!"
The Injured Jockeys' Fund released a statement on Sunday saying the doctors at Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, where Brooke was transferred by air ambulance, were "pleased with his progress".
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This week, Vivo became the third Chinese company to sponsor Fifa, with a suggestion China could bid for 2030.
But, with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, that would go against the governing body's continental rotation policy.
Ceferin says rules "cannot change just because we have some big sponsors".
Speaking to BBC Sport in Cardiff before the Champions League final, he added: "It's simply time for us [Europe] to host the World Cup in 2030.
"I cannot say which country will place a bid from Europe, but we cannot just sell the World Cup to the ones who want to pay the most."
Asked about China's commercial grip on Fifa, Ceferin told BBC Sport: "I didn't want to speak just about China, but the most important thing is that the World Cup should go to the country that has the best bid."
Russia will host the next World Cup in 2018, making a European bid for the 2030 tournament viable.
Ceferin says an English or pan-British bid would be welcomed.
"It just has to be a decision not just of the FA, probably also the government and others too. But they deserve to have a World Cup in the near future," the head of European football's governing body said.
"They are capable of organising the World Cup, of that I'm sure. If they decide to go, we will strongly support them."
Cerefin was speaking the day before Cardiff hosts the Champions League final and said Wales hosting the final was "very important for the development of football".
"For Cardiff, it's a fantastic experience," he added. "For us it's a bit of a challenge in terms of infrastructure and hotels but I'm sure Wales will never forget the event.
"It's very important for the development of football. [Wales] made some fantastic results last year [at Euro 2016], they have one of the best players in the world - for a small country it is a fantastic result."
Gianni Infantino, head of world governing body Fifa, has also called for more transparency around transfers, and his Uefa counterpart Ceferin agrees.
The issue of agents' fees has been in the spotlight after claims Mino Raiola earned £41m from Paul Pogba's world record move to Manchester United last summer.
"First of all, there's crazy money around," said Ceferin. "But we have to speak to all the stakeholders and to speak to Fifa and in the end, it has to be a Fifa decision.
"We were the ones who were pushing against third-party ownership [of players] and we succeeded with that, so we will have to work on this as usual. It's a problem."
However, Ceferin says it is "not a simple decision".
"As a lawyer, if somebody agrees to an agreement about a certain amount it's hard to say he cannot get it," he added.
"I don't have a miracle solution but we have to react, otherwise hundreds of millions of money goes out of football."
A disagreement between Fifa and Uefa has also emerged over the flow of information between the two, with Uefa saying they were kept in the dark over certain issues.
Although not mentioned by Ceferin, it is understood that previously unknown financial details of TV rights contracts for the 2026 World Cup, which is expected to be held in North America, form part of the complaint.
In addition, a Fifa monitoring committee uncovered evidence last year of North Koreans working in alleged "appalling" conditions on a stadium that will host World Cup games in St Petersburg next summer.
Infantino only confirmed the presence of the workers and concerns over their living and working conditions in a letter to the presidents of the Nordic FAs earlier this month, a copy of which was seen by several media organisations.
Ceferin says he "condemns" such treatment and welcomed the fact follow-up inspections found no evidence of other North Koreans working on World Cup stadiums.
However, Uefa intends to send a letter next week to Fifa outlining its concerns over the lack of information, with Ceferin warning his organisation will refuse to make decisions at key meetings unless they receive timely updates.
"What disturbs me is that we have to read about that in the media," he said. "It's not a criticism towards the president of Fifa, it's a criticism towards an organisation which is the world governing body of football and doesn't give us very important information.
"In the end, Fifa will have to change completely or it will hurt all the football organisations around the world."
Ms Dorrian, 25, was last seen at a party at a caravan site in Ballyhalbert on 28 February 2005.
Despite land and sea searches, her body has never been found.
In a statement, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the latest search was the result of "new information" being provided to them.
The general area had been searched in 2012 when police were looking for a vehicle.
This time, the search is concentrated on a different area of farmland and specialist search teams are looking for human remains.
The detective leading the investigation said police would be deploying a significant range and amount of resources over the next few days.
"These will include search teams, body recovery dogs and ground probes," Det Ch Insp Justyn Galloway said.
"Other equipment and experts are available, if required."
The officer added: "Lisa's family are being kept fully informed about our inquiries.
"The search may yield nothing but we feel it is appropriate to act on this new information."
Last February, a reward of up to £5,000 was offered by the Crimestoppers charity for information about Ms Dorrian's murder.
This reward was in addition to one of £10,000 previously put up by the family.
Police have previously made several arrests, but no-one has been charged with her murder.
The 30-year-old clocked 47.73 seconds to streak away from Kenya's Boniface Mucheru, who took silver, with Turkey's Yasmani Copello winning bronze.
Clement, who holds the seventh-fastest time ever, is twice a world champion, but managed only Olympic silver in 2008 and was eighth four years ago.
Ireland's Thomas Barr missed out on a medal, finishing fourth.
Barr, looking to win Ireland's first track and field medal since 2000, finished strongly, only to be edged out by Copello by just 0.05secs.
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For Clement, the fastest time in the world this year gave him a second Olympic gold to go with the 4x400m relay title won as part of the American team eight years ago in Beijing.
Puerto Rico's Javier Culson, a bronze medallist in London, was disqualified for a false start.
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A police spokesman said it happened at The Old Mill housing estate in Ratoath at about 19:45 local time.
State broadcaster, RTÉ, said two cars have been found burnt out nearby and it had "hallmarks of a gangland attack".
It said the victim was a friend of Dublin criminal Gerry Hutch, whose family was caught up in a feud that led to a hotel gun attack in February.
One man died when gunmen posing as police officers opened fire inside Dublin's Regency Hotel on 5 February, during a boxing weigh-in event.
Days later Gerry Hutch's brother, Eddie Hutch Sr, was shot dead in his Dublin flat, in a suspected reprisal for the hotel gun attack.
Their nephew, Gary Hutch, was shot dead in Spain last September, reportedly as part of the same feud.
The man who was killed in the Ratoath shooting was in his 50s but his name has not yet been released and a motive for the attack has not been confirmed.
His body remains at the scene which has been cordoned off by police.
A state pathologist has attended and a post-mortem examination is due to be carried out on Thursday,
The Dons moved above Rangers into second on goal difference on Saturday.
"There's still a lot of football to play, but the table is probably what we thought it would be like," said McInnes after his side beat Partick Thistle.
"There's no surprises. We always felt we were going to be competitive and, as long as we're there in 15 games' time, that's all I'm concerned about."
McInnes' men, who have finished second in the last two seasons, beat Thistle thanks to second-half goals from Jayden Stockley and Ryan Christie.
Meanwhile, in Glasgow, Rangers drew 1-1 with Ross County and the Ibrox side and the Dons now trail Celtic by 27 points.
"There's still a lot of football to play, but we recognise we're in a fight," McInnes said.
"Celtic were going to be ahead of others if they played to their potential.
"A lot of our players are playing, individually, well, but I'm fortunate I've got different players available to suit what's needed.
"We've a settled team, but it's important to stress the ability and capability of the rest of the squad because they're team players, but they're itching to play their part."
Rangers fans voiced their discontent following the Ibrox side's draw, which followed a 4-1 loss to Hearts on Wednesday.
Manager Mark Warburton said: "They are going to boo. They expect Rangers to win at home.
"I thought the support were generally good in the second half. I don't think they can accuse the players of not giving everything in the second half. It was wave after wave going forward."
Jon Toral set up Lee Wallace's equaliser for Rangers, cancelling out Alex Schalk's opener.
The on-loan Arsenal midfielder said: "We need to win these types of games, we know that.
"It is a big club. Everyone expects to win every week and we have to do that and we have to perform at the levels to win the game.
"Obviously we haven't in the last two and we are very disappointed about it."
The BBC understands the finding is contained in a highly critical report into the July 2012 accident.
It is due to be published on Monday by the Military Aviation Authority (MAA).
The 18-month investigation concluded last year.
The MoD has been under intense pressure to publish the conclusions.
But defence ministers said it would not be made public until the Crown Office had decided whether to hold a fatal accident inquiry.
That is still undecided but the MoD has now confirmed the report will be published.
MAA investigators went to great lengths to simulate the accident which happened over the Moray Firth, including carrying out a radar trace, and believe that a system similar to those fitted to some other aircraft would have prevented the tragedy.
This week marks the second anniversary of the accident which killed three airmen, based at RAF Lossiemouth.
They were: Flt Lt Hywel Poole, 28, from Bangor; Sqn Ldr Samuel Bailey, 36, from Nottingham; and Flt Lt Adam Sanders, from Lancashire. Sqn Ldr Paul Evans, from RAF Lossiemouth, survived was badly injured.
The 300-page report is particularly critical of the processes within the MoD, which meant that procurement of a collision warning system for the Tornado fleet was repeatedly delayed, deferred and at one point deleted.
The authors talk of "smoke and mirrors" within the MoD over the potential cost of cancelling the system.
The report describes 19 contributory factors in the mid-air collision occurring and makes more than 50 recommendations - chief among them that the completion and operation of the collision warning system (CWS) should be concluded urgently.
The CWS was finally approved after the crash but is still not due to be fully functional until the end of this year.
Last year, it emerged that kit designed to prevent mid-air collisions was recommended for the Tornado fleet in the 1990s and identified in 2008 but wasn't approved until months after the accident.
Although the MAA's conclusions focus solely on the 2012 crash, the BBC understands that concluding remarks by the director general of the Military Aviation Authority encourage the MoD to fit warning systems in all RAF fast jets.
There is no such system currently in the Typhoons, which will eventually replace the Tornados and which are now also based at RAF Lossiemouth.
Campaigners fear that because the report is so thorough, the Crown Office may reject calls for a fatal accident inquiry.
The MoD's critics say they are determined to keep the pressure up.
SNP defence spokesman Angus Robertson MP, whose Moray constituency includes RAF Lossiemouth, said the report was a "terrible indictment" of the way the MoD cared about personnel.
He added: "It is scandalous that the MoD committed to a Tornado collision warning system in 1998, bizarrely cancelled it 12 years later, then changed its mind - but it was all far too late to potentially avert the fatal crash in 2012.
"As in all tragic cases which involve the death and injury of service personnel, our thoughts must be with those directly and indirectly affected.
"It is imperative that all lessons are learnt from the Tornado collision and I know that this has been a top priority for personnel at RAF Lossiemouth.
"It is pressing that there is a fatal accident inquiry."
The MoD said it would not comment until the report had been published.
The truces will allow food and medical supplies to be delivered to the rebel stronghold of Zabadani, on the border with Lebanon, and to government-held Fuaa and Kafraya in the north-west.
They were agreed by the rebel group Ahrar al-Sham and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, an ally of Syria's president.
Meanwhile, dozens of people have been killed in fighting around Damascus.
Rebel fighters fired dozens of rockets at several central districts of the capital on Wednesday morning, killing four civilians and a soldier, officials said.
Activists said the government had responded by carrying out air strikes on the suburbs of Douma, Kafr Batna, Saqba, Hamouriya in the Eastern Ghouta agricultural belt, killing at least 31 civilians and wounding more than 120 others.
It comes after Amnesty International alleged in a new report that the government had committed war crimes against the 163,000 people living under siege in the Eastern Ghouta, with relentless aerial bombardment and shelling magnifying their suffering.
Between January and June 2015, Syrian government forces carried out at least 60 aerial attacks on Eastern Ghouta, killing some 500 civilians, the report says. Many others are believed to have died from starvation or lack of access to adequate medical care.
The 48-hour ceasefires in Zabadani, Fuaa and Kafraya began at 06:00 (03:00 GMT), according to Hezbollah's al-Manar TV.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said no fighting was reported on Wednesday morning. However, the UK-based monitoring group added that talks were continuing on evacuating rebel fighters from Zabadani and ending the sieges of the two government-held towns.
"The ceasefire will begin and some [people] who are in critical condition will be evacuated. Talks will discuss further steps," a source close to the Syrian government told the Reuters news agency.
Zabadani has been under attack for weeks by the Syrian army and fighters from Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shia Islamist movement allied to President Bashar al-Assad.
About 45km (30 miles) north-west of Damascus, it is the last significant town held by rebel forces in the Qalamoun mountains, which run along the border with Lebanon.
Last month, the UN envoy for Syria said government barrel-bomb attacks on Zabadani had caused "unprecedented levels of destruction and many deaths among the civilian population".
Fuaa and Kafraya, two neighbouring Shia towns in the province of Idlib, have meanwhile been besieged by a rebel alliance that includes Ahrar al-Sham, a hardline Islamist group, and the jihadist al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria.
The rebels have driven government forces out of much of Idlib in the past six months, and are now advancing on the coastal province of Latakia, the heartland of the heterodox Shia Alawite sect to which the president and his family belongs.
On Tuesday, a military source confirmed that government troops had been forced to retreat and take up new defensive positions in the Sahl al-Ghab plain in eastern Latakia.
Last month, President Assad acknowledged the army faced a manpower shortage and had withdrawn from some areas in order to defend those he considered most significant
More than 230,000 people have been killed since the uprising against Mr Assad erupted in 2011. Some 11.5 million others - more than half of the country's population - have fled their homes.
The local ceasefires were announced hours before the arrival of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Damascus.
On Wednesday, Mr Zarif discussed regional crises with Hezbollah's leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, including attempts to "find solutions in more than one country", al-Manar reported.
He died from a severe infection after going to hospital on Thursday following complications to a shoulder injury.
Parfitt's musical partnership with Francis Rossi, which spanned five decades, made Status Quo one of British rock's most enduring acts.
He had been due to launch a solo career with an album and autobiography planned for 2017.
Status Quo found global success with hits including Rockin' All Over The World and Whatever You Want.
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In a statement, Parfitt's manager Simon Porter said the family was "devastated" to announce the musician's death.
"He will be sorely missed by his family, friends, fellow band members, management, crew and his dedicated legion of fans from throughout the world, gained through 50 years of monumental success with Status Quo."
Parfitt had suffered a series of health problems including having to undergo a quadruple heart bypass in 1997.
In October, he said he would no longer be performing with his band after suffering from a heart attack in the summer.
Drummer Jeff Rich, who played in Status Quo with Parfitt for 16 years, said he was "just a really good musician, very under-rated, great rhythm player", but his health problems were "a big issue for him".
"I'm sure he wanted to give his all on stage and eventually he just couldn't do it any more," he told the BBC.
Fellow rockers have been quick to pay tribute to Parfitt.
Queen guitarist Brian May tweeted: "Shocked and so sad to hear of the passing of Rick Parfitt. Hard to find words, You truly joyfully rocked our world. RIP dear buddy."
Former Ultravox frontman Midge Ure tweeted: "Dreadfully sad. Lovely man. Thoughts go out to his family and friends."
Ure co-organised Live Aid in 1985, which was memorably opened by the Quo performing Rockin' All Over The World.
By Nick Serpell, BBC obituary editor
With his flowing blond locks, denim gear and Fender Telecaster, Rick Parfitt was one of rock's most recognisable guitarists.
His partnership with Francis Rossi became the core of Status Quo, one of Britain's most enduring bands.
Their brand of boogie-woogie rock survived changes in musical fashion and made them one of the best-loved live acts of their generation.
As well as driving the Quo sound on stage, Parfitt penned many of the band's biggest hits.
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Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp tweeted: "RIP you lovely man Rick Parfitt! You rocked all around the world and back again! One of rock's great characters you will be missed."
Singer Boy George also paid tribute on Twitter: "R.I.P Rick Parfitt. Love Status Quo. My thoughts are with the band and Rick's family."
And novelist Ian Rankin wrote that he would be "playing air guitar" in memory of Parfitt.
Parfitt is survived by his wife Lyndsay, their twins Tommy and Lily, and his adult children Rick Jnr and Harry, a statement from the family said.
Rick Jnr tweeted: "I cannot describe the sadness I feel right now. To many he was a rock star, to me he was simply 'Dad', and I loved him hugely. RIP Pappa Parf."
In 2015, the band passed a milestone achieved by only a handful of musicians, spending a total of 500 weeks in the UK album charts.
Status Quo superfan and secretary of the band's official fan club Yvonne Hanvey told the BBC: "It's just absolutely devastating.
"We knew it would happen at some point. It does with everybody obviously, but Rick was almost invincible.
"He believed he was invincible. And this is just absolutely unbelievable."
It happened on Forthriver Road about 10:15 BST. Police said the two people were not injured, but were left shaken.
Officers responded and searched a nearby property in Forthriver Crescent, where number of suspected cannabis plants were found.
A man was arrested on suspicion of common assault, possession of an offensive weapon and a drugs offence.
The 30-year-old was questioned about cultivation of a Class B drug and abstracting electricity.
He has since been released on bail pending further inquiries.
With crime having fallen in most of the Western world in the 1990s, he said the decline may have been due to economic growth and high employment levels.
Meanwhile, the Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales, Dame Anne Owers, warned that "overpopulated" prisons are "increasingly brittle".
She said the government should invest in alternatives to locking people up.
Does prison cut crime?
Mr Clarke told judges at their annual Mansion House Dinner in London that "no-one can prove cause and effect" for why crime fell in the 1990s.
His comments come after former Tory home secretary Michael Howard recently criticised him for attacking high imprisonment rates.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the justice secretary's comments appeared to be a swipe at Mr Howard, who coined the phrase "prison works" in 1993.
In his speech on Tuesday night, Mr Clarke said: "There is and never has been, in my opinion, any direct correlation between spiralling growth in the prison population and a fall in crime.
"Crime has fallen in Britain throughout a period of both rising prison populations, and throughout the same period of economic growth, with strong employment levels and rising living standards.
"No-one can prove cause and effect. The crime rate fell but was this the consequence of the policies of my successors as home secretary or, dare I gently hint, mine as chancellor of the exchequer at the beginning of a period of growth and strong employment? We will never know."
The justice secretary, who favours rehabilitation and community sentences, said crime had fallen in Canada in the 1990s after the prison population was cut by 11% and that crime did not rise significantly in Finland when similar measures had been taken there.
Dame Anne Owers' warning that prisons are now increasing brittle came in her valedictory lecture to the Prison Reform Trust on Tuesday night.
She said prisons "had become better places" but progress in rehabilitating offenders was slow because of the growing prison population.
She called upon ministers to "do things differently" in the "age of austerity" and invest in alternatives to prisons.
"We now have an inflated prison system in a shrinking state. It [is] crucial to invest in 'not prison' - both instead of and after prison," she said.
She also issued a warning over the number of inmates - one in six of the prison population - serving indeterminate sentences, saying they were a source of "increasing volatility and potential disruption".
"This is and will continue to be a significant upward driver of the prison population," she said.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said as part of the "rehabilitation revolution", the government was working towards providing a "fit for purpose prison estate" by building new prisons and closing "inefficient and worn out places".
"The government has announced its intention to conduct a full assessment of sentencing policy to ensure that it is effective in deterring crime, protecting the public, punishing offenders and cutting re-offending," he added.
Heritage campaigners objected saying the plan to shut off Library Walk - a curved walkway between the two buildings - closed a right of way.
A 1,300 signature petition, was handed to the city's planning committee.
The £3.5m scheme, drawn up by Beetham Tower architect Ian Simpson, was approved by the committee on Thursday.
The Friends of Library Walk argued that the plan, which would see the walkway closed between 22:00 and 06:00, had effectively privatised public space and robbed the city of a "much loved" right of way and landmark.
A spokesman for the group said: "We made clear and well-argued arguments against the proposed development, and a great number of people are now feeling very let down that the most contentious aspects of the plans were only given passing scrutiny by the committee."
He added: "We're disheartened but not defeated - the fight to save Library Walk does not end here."
Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, said: "A crucial aspect of the vision in transforming the Central Library and the town hall extension was to link the two buildings as a single complex that would integrate the services across both and deliver radically improved services.
"It is estimated that up to a million visitors each year will use the Library Walk connection once the buildings have reopened and so it is important that we create a quick and easy access, but also a striking and ambitious architectural statement."
The walk is currently sealed off due to renovation work taking place at the library.
There have been media allegations that doctors had given banned substances to runners at a high-altitude Rift Valley training base.
In June, distance runner Mathew Kisorio failed a drugs test at Kenya's national championships and said doping was rife.
Athletics Kenya head Isaiah Kiplagat said most athletes were "clean", but that he took the claims seriously.
"We are carrying out an investigation," he told the BBC. "We are working with other authorities to ensure that we uncover if this true, and then take action appropriately on the culprits."
Kisorio, who ran the fourth-fastest half-marathon time ever in 2011, was suspended after testing positive for an anabolic steroid in June.
He subsequently alleged that many of his fellow Kenyan athletes were doping.
Sara Connor, 46, had denied playing any role in Wayan Sudarsa's fatal assault on Bali's Kuta beach last August.
She and her UK boyfriend, 34-year-old David Taylor, were jailed on Monday. He will not contest his six-year sentence.
Taylor, originally from Halifax, was found guilty of hitting Mr Sudarsa with a bottle and binoculars.
Connor has seven days to decide whether she will appeal. With time already served and good behaviour, she could be free within three years.
But a court could impose a lengthier sentence or reinstate her original, more serious charges on appeal.
The pair have always insisted they were acting in self defence. Connor said she had only tried to separate the men when they fought.
The court had heard Taylor and Connor were enjoying a night on the beach on 16 August when they became aware her handbag was missing, and separated to search for it.
Taylor has said he approached Mr Sudarsa believing the policeman may have stolen the bag, and the encounter escalated into a fight.
Mr Sudarsa's body was found a day later with dozens of wounds to his head, chest and neck.
Taylor's parents, John and Janet, hugged him in Denpasar Court as the verdict was handed down.
"We believe that our son David feared for his own life that night and his actions reflect that," John Taylor said outside court.
"But at the end we are content with the sentence."
But Mr Sudarsa's widow, Ketut Arsini, said she was disappointed.
"What they have done caused my husband to die," she told News Corp Australia.
"A family needs a father, mother and children. But now the father has died. It is very hard for us, not only economically but we have lost his love."
The aerospace company said in February that it was axing 1,080 posts over two years, about 20% of its Northern Ireland workforce.
But it now says up to 630 will go in 2016 - as opposed to the 580 stated initially.
Bombardier is cutting 7,000 jobs across its global workforce.
A Bombardier spokesperson said: "We have advised our employees that, having reviewed our requirements, regrettably, we need to pull forward some of the workforce reductions.
"We appreciate this is a very difficult time for our workforce and their families and we are doing all we can to mitigate the numbers of compulsory redundancies."
The company has been under severe financial pressure as cost overruns on its new C Series jet have drained cash out of the company.
The C Series programme received $1bn (almost £700m) from the state government in Quebec last year.
The firm has also been hit by a downturn in the business jet market.
Bombardier is the largest manufacturing employer in Northern Ireland and supports hundreds more jobs through its supply chains.
More than half of the jobs being cut this year come from the firm's "complementary labour force".
That part of the workforce is made up of temporary and contract workers and tends to fluctuate depending on demand.
Late last year the Northern Ireland workforce was asked to accept pay cuts and other changes to terms and conditions with the firm saying it was "in serious financial crisis".
However the proposal was overwhelmingly rejected in a ballot of union members.
Edward Wood, 50, was injured close to the Oceans Eleven chip shop in Railway Road, Leigh, on 4 May.
He was taken to hospital where he later died.
Dwayne Turner, 28, of Railway Road, Leigh, has been charged with murder and is due to appear before Wigan Magistrates' Court on Friday.
The actor is one of the stars of Hail, Caesar!, from the Coen Brothers. Scarlett Johansson and Tilda Swinton also star.
The premiere will take place on 17 February at the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) - fresh from its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival - as part of the Glasgow Film Festival.
Tickets will go on sale to the public on Monday 18 January.
The film also features other well-known faces such as Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.
The comedy is set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age, and follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.
A spokeswoman for Glasgow Film Festival said guests attending are still to be confirmed.
If Clooney attended the UK premiere, it would be his second visit to Scotland recently.
In November, he visited Edinburgh, where he visited a sandwich shop which helps homeless people and addressed the Scottish Business Awards.
The annual Care of Police Survivors (COPS) service was held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire.
A roll of honour of police officers who have died on duty over the past year was read out, along with readings by family members.
Force representatives laid remembrance wreaths.
Jan Berry, chairman of COPS, said: "The Service of Remembrance is a chance for us all to remember those no longer with us - and also to celebrate the memories we have of them.
"It is a culmination to a weekend of 'healing, love and life renewed' and is all part of the COPS mission - to help rebuild shattered lives."
The victims were in the Castaway Camp playground on 11 August 2016 when they were inappropriately touched inside a tower, hidden from parental view.
The girls' mothers made an appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch programme in September but the leads have run cold.
A boy and a 22-year-old man arrested separately in connection with the attack were released without charge.
Police previously issued an E-fit of a suspect, who was described as a white man in his teens or early twenties.
Officers said he was white, under 5ft 8in (1.7m) tall, wearing dark slim-fitting trousers, a dark t-shirt and trainers.
They appealed to the 14,200 visitors to Legoland on that day to check their photographs for anyone resembling the suspect.
Thames Valley Police urges anyone with information to call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Ancient settlements were found on the nature reserve off the Pembrokeshire coast using a number of techniques, including taking "X-rays" of the land.
Tests on a mound of stones used for cooking date one site to around 500 BC.
Experts from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) said the island appears to have been "well settled and farmed".
Skomer, famed for its bird life and particularly its puffins, also has some of the best preserved prehistoric field systems and hut settlements anywhere in Britain.
A geophysical survey carried out in 2012 used technology to measure through the earth, creating an "X-ray" picture of what is under the ground.
It found that unrecorded prehistoric fields and settlements survive beneath the modern fields in the centre of the island.
In April 2014 a small team had permission to cut an excavation trench at a prehistoric mound of burnt and fire-cracked stones outside the remains of a roundhouse on north Skomer.
Such mounds are found at these dwellings as the stones were heated in a fire and then dropped in a trough of water to bring it to boil for cooking purposes.
Dr Toby Driver from the RCAHMW said: "Despite half a century of modern archaeological interest, we still had no scientific dates for the roundhouses and fields on Skomer.
"Our excavation discovered a cattle tooth from within the mound of stones, which has now been radiocarbon dated to the late Iron Age.
"Beneath the mound we found a sealed land surface containing Neolithic or Bronze Age worked flint tools.
"A second radiocarbon date from blackthorn charcoal in the upper soil layers gave an early Iron Age date."
The tests - dating the mound to between 520-458 BC - are accurate to within 62 years, he said.
Dr Driver added: "These new dates confirm pre-Roman settlement on Skomer.
"Even so, the burnt mound covers a substantial earlier field wall showing that the island was already well settled and farmed in previous centuries."
Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48, appeared at an extradition hearing in Accra.
He said he voluntarily submitted and would have returned to the UK previously had he not been arrested.
He left the UK on 19 December following the deaths of his former partner Ms Blake, 43, and their two young sons, Zachary, eight, and four year-old Amon.
During the hearing he told the court he had not travelled to Ghana to run away and was not fleeing justice.
He was arrested at a Ghanaian beach resort on 9 January.
Ms Blake, who had motor neurone disease, and her sons died from neck and head injuries, post-mortem tests found.
She played Frankie Pierre in 56 episodes of EastEnders between 1996 and 1997.
The Metropolitan Police launched a murder investigation after Ms Blake, who was last seen in public on 13 December, was found buried in the garden of the family home in Erith, with the two children, on 5 January.
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Belgian police are meanwhile raiding six properties in and around Brussels, linked to suspected Paris attackers Bilal Hadfi and Salah Abdeslam.
It remains unclear whether the suspected organiser of the attacks was killed in Wednesday's raid in Paris.
Friday's attacks killed 129 people.
Joaquin Gomez Hernandez, 24, attacked 33-year-old escort worker Vanessa Santillan, then tried to blame one of her clients, the Old Bailey was told.
The court heard Gomez Hernandez, who denied murder, launched the attack after earlier finding Ms Santillan with a client at her London flat in March.
He was told he must serve a minimum of 14 and a half years in prison.
The court heard unemployed Gomez Hernandez was jealous and resented having to rely on Ms Santillan for money since their arrival in London from Mexico, two months before her death.
He became angry when Ms Santillan entertained a client after the pair had been out with friends, later attacking her, inflicting massive head and neck injuries, the jury was told.
The court heard he then pretended to find her body and suggested to police that one of her clients had killed her.
Sentencing him to a mandatory life term, Judge Richard Marks QC told Gomez Hernandez: "Vanessa had extensive head injuries and suffered manual strangulation.
"You left her on the floor, naked from the waist down. You then engaged in a pretence and lied to the police.
"Your subsequent conduct - taking Vanessa's property including money and telephones and visiting prostitutes after the attack - was callous in the extreme."
An impact statement from Ms Santillan's family said: "This loss cannot be remedied or changed. It is something that has greatly affected us and hurts a lot.
"Our family will never be the same again without Vanessa. We cannot stop thinking how unjust her death was."
Autonomy's ex-chief financial officer Sushovan Hussain said HP wanted to "cover up its mismanagement of the Autonomy integration".
Mr Hussain's San Francisco court filing is the latest salvo in an ongoing legal battle between HP and Autonomy.
HP dismissed Mr Hussain's complaint as "preposterous".
HP paid $11.1bn for Autonomy, but a year later said it was worth $8.8bn less.
HP and its shareholders have been fighting a legal battle, accusing both Autonomy's founder and former chief executive Michael Lynch, as well as Mr Hussain, of misleading them over the true value of the company.
On 5 August, in a San Francisco court filing, HP said that shareholders and management agreed "that [Mr] Hussain, along with Autonomy's founder and CEO, Michael Lynch, should be accountable for this fraud".
And it accused Mr Hussain of being "one of the chief architects of the massive fraud on HP".
In Tuesday's response, Mr Hussain said he wanted to "shine a light on what HP wants to keep in the dark" and address its "ploy to falsely accuse others".
"HP's opposition swells with bile, but its sound and fury signify nothing," he wrote.
But HP countered Mr Hussain's filing in strong terms.
"The bottom line is that Sushovan Hussain's interests and those of HP and our shareholders are diametrically opposed," the company said in a statement.
"It's preposterous for him to complain about HP and our shareholders joining forces and holding him accountable for the massive fraud that both believe he perpetrated upon the company.
"If [Mr] Hussain is truly interested in clearing his name, he should welcome the coming suit."
More than a year ago, the UK's accounting regulator, the Financial Reporting Council, (FRC) began an investigation into Autonomy's reporting for the accounting period of January 2009 to June 2011, before it was bought by the US firm HP.
That is still under way.
The UK's Serious Fraud Office and the US Department of Justice are also investigating.
Autonomy said at the time it was "fully confident in the financial reporting of the company".
The HP board members that championed the takeover have since left the company.
Meg Whitman took the helm at HP in September 2011, as the Autonomy takeover was being completed.
HP is currently in the middle of a restructuring plan that involves deep job cuts.
Philip Hollobone made the plea in the Commons in support of the wholegrain rectangles, which are produced in his Northamptonshire constituency.
He said the "great British breakfast cereal" should be served at all early meetings held by environment ministers.
Environment Secretary Liz Truss told him she kept a box of the cereal on her desk "for all visitors to see".
"It's a real example of linking farm through to fork," she said.
However, she did not go quite as far as agreeing to the request made by Mr Hollobone, the Conservative MP for Kettering.
In response to the exchange, Speaker of the House, John Bercow, quipped: "We've learnt more about [the secretary of state's] domestic arrangements."
The House of Commons website said it "actively champions the producing, buying and eating of British food".
The seed is from a pumpkin which weighed 2,323lbs (1,054kg) - believed to be a world record.
Ipswich-based seed company Thompson & Morgan won the auction which took place at the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth World Conference held in Hampshire.
Paul Hansord, a company director, said: "Getting hold of this seed is the equivalent of buying Red Rum for stud use."
The 2,323lb pumpkin was grown in Switzerland in 2014 by Beni Meier and it holds the world record for weight, according to the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth organisation.
Thompson & Morgan sponsored the conference which took place in Lymington.
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The company is now looking for a grower who can nurture the seed on its behalf.
Mr Hansord said: "Our spend on the Swiss seed may seem a high price to pay, but it will boost the genetics of UK plants moving forward and give us the best chance of seeing the world title brought to the UK for the first time.
"We're looking for someone with the passion, dedication and time to produce a giant specimen."
The firm said the world record holder needed feeding with 150 gallons (680 litres) of fertilized water each day at its peak.
Real were again without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo, who also missed the goalless first leg of their Champions League semi-final at Manchester City.
Striker Karim Benzema was also absent but Bale filled the void with his 19th goal of the season.
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Bale had missed a number of chances as Zinedine Zidane's side chased a 10th successive league win to keep the pressure on title rivals Atletico Madrid, who later beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0, and Barcelona, who went back to the top after beating Real Betis 2-0.
But the Wales international, 26, who scored twice as Real beat Rayo Vallecano a week earlier, enhanced Real's chances of a first title success since 2012 when he powerfully headed home a cross from Lucas Vazquez.
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane: "I am happy for him (Bale) because he has had problems this season with injury. But when he is fit you notice.
"We could have scored earlier in the first half, but we had to work until the end against a difficult side.
"I am happy with the performance and to get three points once again."
Rabbis Mendel Epstein and Martin Wolmark asked for more than $50,000 (£32,000) to hire "tough guys" to attack a recalcitrant husband with cattle prods, authorities said.
The men and eight other suspects appeared in federal court on Thursday.
Under Orthodox Jewish belief, a husband must grant permission for a divorce.
The permission comes in the form of a document known as a get.
In some Orthodox communities a woman who has not obtained a get may not marry again even if a civil divorce is finalised.
She may sue in rabbinical court, but some men ignore an unfavourable ruling, even if it means being estranged from the religious community.
The FBI investigation took place in Ocean and Middlesex counties in New Jersey and Rockland County in New York, and involved raids in both states, according to agency officials.
Two undercover FBI agents posing as a woman seeking a divorce and her brother called Rabbi Wolmark for help, and he connected them to Rabbi Epstein, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in New Jersey.
The undercover agents videotaped their meeting.
"Basically, what we are going to be doing is kidnapping a guy for a couple of hours and beating him up and torturing him and then getting him to give the get," Rabbi Epstein is quoted as saying during the conversation, according to the complaint.
He added that the "tough guys" would use electric cattle prods and handcuffs and place a plastic bag over the man's head, according to the complaint.
Rabbi Epstein also allegedly told the undercover agents that such instruments were unlikely to leave a mark, avoiding attention from authorities.
"Basically the reaction of the police is, if the guy does not have a mark on him then, uh, is there some Jewish crazy affair here, they don't want to get involved," he said, according to the criminal complaint.
The FBI said the price was more than $50,000, including $10,000 for a rabbinical court to approve the action. They had wired $20,000 to the accused before the arrests.
"They did it for money," Assistant US Attorney Joseph Gribko said during a hearing on Thursday.
"They didn't do it out of religious conviction."
Rabbi Wolmark's lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, argued his client was caught up in a case where religious law involving "an old tradition" collided with federal statutes.
No pleas were entered for the suspects, and all ten have been ordered held in federal custody until a hearing currently scheduled for next week.
The Egyptian-born Google marketing executive first played a role in organising the opposition through Facebook, only to disappear into police custody for 12 days.
Emerging again, he denied he had done anything heroic at all, instead paying tribute to the young activists who had been on the streets since 25 January.
But his return to the public eye - marked by an emotional TV interview on 7 February which gripped Egyptian viewers - re-energised the movement just as it seemed to be losing steam.
The fact that hundreds of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Cairo the day after he spoke testifies to his appeal.
He was hailed on Facebook and Twitter as a hero, Egyptian blogger Issandr el-Amrani noted.
"You know how this has been a leaderless movement and they're saying they want to designate him as a leader of the youth component in this movement," Mr Amrani told the BBC World Service.
Mr Ghonim walked free after a campaign waged by Google on behalf of its marketing manager for the Middle East and North Africa.
The search engine giant may not have been aware that its Dubai-based manager had been running a popular Facebook page, with 400,000 Egyptian followers, outside of office hours, BBC technology correspondent Mark Gregory reports.
Named after Khaled Said, a businessman who died in police custody in Alexandria last year, the page played a crucial role in organising the protests.
The "We are all Khaled Said" website became a rallying point for a campaign against police brutality. For many Egyptians, it revealed details of the extent of torture in their country.
The 30-year-old executive says he was blindfolded for most of his time in custody, threatened with torture but not actually hurt.
Soon after being freed, he appeared live on one of Egypt's most watched talk shows, on the Dream 2 television channel.
"This is the revolution of the youth of the internet, which became the revolution of the youth of Egypt, then the revolution of Egypt itself," he said.
"I'm not a hero, I slept for 12 days," he continued.
"The heroes, they're the ones who were in the street, who took part in the demonstrations, sacrificed their lives, were beaten, arrested and exposed to danger."
He was shown video of some of those who had died during the protests, events he was seeing for the first time.
He burst into tears, insisting it was the fault of the authorities, not the campaigners, and left the studio - a human response that provoked a wave of sympathy.
"Ghonim's tears have moved millions and turned around the views of those who supported [Mubarak] staying," the website masrawy.com wrote two hours after the interview.
At least 130,000 people have joined a Facebook page titled "I delegate Wael Ghonim to speak in the name of Egypt's revolutionaries" since the interview, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Addressing the giant rally on Tahrir Square on 8 February, Mr Ghonim declared: "We won't give up."
Fifi Shawqi, a 33-year-old upper-class housewife, said she had come to the square with her three daughters and sister for the first time after seeing the interview with Mr Ghonim, whom she had never heard of before the TV appearance.
"I felt like he is my son and all the youth here are my sons," she told AP.
During his TV interview, the Google executive came over as a passionate Egyptian patriot, who even expressed some empathy for the officers who had interrogated him because they, too, seemed to love their country.
"They were 100% convinced that foreigners are behind us, that someone manipulates and finances us," he said.
"But if I was a traitor I would have stayed in my villa with my swimming pool in the Emirates. We are not traitors."
Google issued a statement welcoming its employee's release, without commenting on his political role.
Mr Ghonim has thanked Google for its support, explaining that he tricked the corporation into allowing him to return to Egypt from Dubai last month, citing a "personal problem".
It is not yet clear what, if any, political ambitions the young executive harbours, beyond "putting an end to all the rubbish" in Egypt.
Shaun Maloney's deflected shot off John O'Shea just after half-time clawed the Scots back into a match they had barely been part of in the opening period.
Jon Walters had given the Irish a deserved lead, tapping in from an offside position.
The result leaves Scotland third, on 11 points, and Ireland fourth on nine.
Poland lead the group on 14 points, with world champions Germany second, two points above the Scots, after thrashing Gibraltar 7-0.
The result in Dublin certainly favours the visitors, particularly after they were under the cosh for the first 45 minutes.
Republic boss Martin O'Neill had spoken all week about the need to begin the match on the front foot and from the outset the hosts looked sharper, stronger and hungrier for victory.
They snapped into challenges, pressurising the Scots who appeared nervous, none more so than defender Craig Forsyth, starting his first competitive international.
The Irish exploited that, with Seamus Coleman consistently finding space and time on the right, the only saving grace the full-back's poor delivery.
David Marshall had not had a save to make, however, until he tipped over a Daryl Murphy header.
From the resultant Robbie Brady corner, Murphy again forced a save from the keeper, but this time it fell beautifully for Walters to tap in, with the officials failing to notice he was in an offside position.
It was no more than the Republic deserved, but the match turned on the first moment of class from Scotland, seconds after the interval.
Maloney combined with Steven Naismith and the man whose goal beat the Irish in November curled the ball goalwards and into the back of the net via O'Shea's back.
That buoyed the Scots, though they could have fallen behind again minutes later, Marshall blocking Murphy's shot with his legs.
The tension was palpable as the match wore on, with the home side still dominating, though Given had to claw away a deflected Ikechi Anya cross that might have found a way into the net.
But to the anguish of the majority of the crowd inside the Aviva Stadium, there was to be no late goal as there had been here against Poland.
At the end of a pulsating battle, Scotland remain better positioned to challenge for an automatic top-two qualification spot for next summer's finals in France.
But the major winners of the day in Group D were leaders Poland, who are now three points above the Scots, after beating Georgia 4-0. Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick in the final two minutes of the game.
After arriving with other leaders of G20 nations for a summit in the city of Hangzhou, Mr Obama said: "History will judge today's effort as pivotal."
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Members of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee adopted "the proposal to review and ratify the Paris Agreement" on Saturday morning at the end of a week-long session.
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Before China made its announcement, the 23 nations that had so far ratified the agreement accounted for just over 1% of emissions.
The UK has yet to ratify the Paris deal. A spokesman for the prime minister told BBC News that the government would ratify as soon as possible - but gave no date.
The White House issued a statement on Saturday morning announcing the US move.
In a speech in Hangzhou, Mr Obama said the Paris deal was the "single best chance that have to deal with a problem that could end up transforming this planet".
He praised US and Chinese leadership on the climate issue, saying: "We are moving the world significantly towards the goal we have set."
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised Mr Obama for what he called "inspiring" leadership.
Mr Ban said Mr Obama and China's President Xi Jinping had both been "far-sighted, bold and ambitious".
However, analysts warn that the target of keeping temperature rises below 2C is already in danger of being breached.
For 14 consecutive months meteorologists have recorded the hottest month on record, and the UK's Met Office has forecast that 2016 is likely to hit temperatures 1.1C above pre-industrial levels.
Average temperatures worldwide are likely to increase more in the coming years as the effect of previous carbon emissions makes itself felt.
Environmental campaigning group Friends of the Earth welcomed the move by China and the US.
But spokesman Asad Rehman added: "The Paris agreement is a step in the right direction, but the reality is it's too weak and delays action to the next decade.
"What's needed is comprehensive and urgent action now to slash emissions and build a low-carbon future."
The G20 summit in Hangzhou starts on Sunday.
This is expected to be Mr Obama's last trip to Asia as US president.
However, as he arrived there was a security dispute on the tarmac at Hangzhou airport as White House officials, including National Security Adviser Susan Rice, and reporters tried to get closer to the president. A Chinese official shooed them away shouting: "This is our country! This is our airport!"
Anthony Grainger, 36, from Bolton was killed when he was shot in the chest during a Greater Manchester Police operation in Cheshire on 3 March 2012.
He was shot through the windscreen of a stolen Audi in a car park in Culcheth.
The inquiry into his death heard firearms officers involved did not give full statements for six days.
Liverpool Crown Court heard an officer, referred to as W9 to protect his identity, told the court that on 8 March 2012 there had been a meeting with firearm officers involved in the investigation which led to Mr Grainger's shooting death and V53, the officer who fatally shot 29-year-old Mark Duggan in Tottenham, north London in 2011.
W9 said it was held to discuss their welfare and post-incident procedure.
Q9 - the officer who shot Mr Grainger - also attended.
W9 told the inquiry he could not recall if Q9 and V53 went for a private meeting.
Leslie Thomas QC, representing Mr Grainger's family, asked W9 if he thought it "a bit odd" the man who shot Mark Duggan - came up to Manchester for a meeting with all the firearms officers in this case.
W9 said: "No, because we'd not been in that situation before.
"He's saying what's happened to him, he's not giving, or he wasn't giving me, advice."
The inquiry heard details of the meeting had only come to light on Tuesday.
W9 told the court some officers were getting a "bit frustrated" at the delay in giving statements.
The inquiry heard the officers were all taken to the same room - which had a flip chart with details about the day on - to write statements on 9 March.
W9 said it only had information such as timings which could have been found on logs.
Q9 a serving officer who had be began giving evidence to the inquiry earlier. He said he had been an authorised firearms officer for six years when Mr Grainger died.
The inquiry continues.
Luis Enrique confirmed he will leave Barcelona at the end of the season, and former defender Koeman is being linked with a return to the Nou Camp.
The Everton boss, 53, won four league titles and the European Cup in his six years there as a player.
"For me personally and the lads, we obviously hope he stays," said Toffees defender Williams.
"He's started building a team here and we're all confident the future looks good for Everton.
"But he might have his own ambitions. I can't speak for what he wants from his managerial career but from our point of view, definitely we enjoy working with him," the 32-year-old added.
Koeman took over as Everton boss in June 2016 and his team are on course to finish in the top seven of the Premier League for the first time in three years.
Until Sunday's 3-2 defeat at Tottenham, they were unbeaten in nine league matches.
Thirteen factory workers were forced off a bus and executed by shabiha members in a village near Qusair, in the west of the country, they said.
Correspondents say the video shows a group of bodies with hideous injuries.
The UN Human Rights Council has meanwhile begun an emergency session to discuss the violence in Syria.
It is expected to blame pro-government forces for last week's massacre in Houla, in which more than 100 people died, including 49 children.
On Thursday, a Syrian government investigation into the killings blamed armed rebel groups seeking to trigger foreign military intervention.
The US permanent representative to the UN, Susan Rice, dismissed the finding as a "blatant lie", for which there was no factual evidence.
On Thursday evening, activists posted on the internet two videos showing the bodies of the 13 men who they said had been killed in al-Buwaida al-Sharqiya, a village between Qusair and the city of Homs, earlier that day.
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One video showed a group of bodies sprawled on the ground, with hideous injuries consistent with their having been shot dead at close range in the head or stomach, reports the BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut.
Another video showed the bodies laid out on the floor of a building, with relatives grieving over them, our correspondent adds.
Activists said the murdered men were workers from a fertiliser factory whose bus was intercepted by shabiha members. They first of all robbed the workers, then took them off the bus, forced them to chant pro-government slogans and executed them, the activists added.
The account cannot be independently verified, but twice in the past week, UN ceasefire observers on the ground have corroborated similar claims from activists - most recently the killing of 13 men in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, and before that, the massacre in the Houla area of Homs province.
Residents of the village of Taldou said the shabiha had been sent into their village early on Saturday after the Syrian army unleashed a barrage of heavy weapons late on Friday in response to a local anti-government protest.
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said most of the 108 victims had been shot at close range or stabbed. No more than 20 had been killed by tank and artillery fire preceding the raid, it added.
The UN Human Rights Council, the world's top human rights body, is
meeting in emergency session to discuss Syria
and is expected to condemn the Houla massacre in the strongest possible terms.
A draft resolution refers to "the wanton killings of civilians by shooting at close range and by severe physical abuse by pro-regime elements and a series of government artillery and tank shellings of a residential neighbourhood", and demands that Syria allow in human rights investigators and aid agencies immediately.
But the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says the 47-member council has no real power. It cannot impose sanctions on Syria, neither can it order the UN Security Council to act.
And, our correspondent adds, with continued disagreement within the UN - neither Russia nor China supported the council meeting - and continued fighting in Syria, the prospect of an end to human rights violations, let alone the prosecution of those responsible, seems a very long way off.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to face pressure over Syria from the leaders of Germany and France when he visits Berlin and Paris. Russia has blocked Security Council action against Syria's government.
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague is meanwhile scheduled to meet representatives of the Syrian opposition in Turkey.
Mr Hague told the BBC that the situation was so grave and deteriorating so rapidly that all options were still on the table.
He warned that military intervention would have to be on a much bigger scale than in Libya and have to have "very broad international support".
Bale, 25, was the subject of criticism from fans and media as Real failed to win La Liga and the Champions League.
The Wales forward was linked with a return to the Premier League but has said he will stay at the Bernabeu.
"My own opinion is that we will probably see, for one reason or another, Cristiano move from Madrid before Gareth," Toshack said.
Forward Ronaldo, 30, has been a Real Madrid player since signing from Manchester United for £80m in 2009.
Bale joined Real from Tottenham for a world-record fee of £85.3m in 2013, helping the Spanish club claim their 10th European title in his first season.
The Welshman scored 22 goals in his debut campaign followed by 17 in his second.
"You do need time to adapt and obviously for the money they paid for Bale and at the age that he is, he's still got a lot to do," Toshack added.
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"I hope Gareth will get the opportunity to play in an area of the field where he can do most damage.
"I'm not so sure wide is Gareth's best position. I think Cristiano has got a bit do with that.
"He was always a number seven, but likes to play left side and I think Gareth suffers a bit for that."
Toshack, who was Wales manager when Bale made his debut as a 16-year-old in 2006, had two spells at Real Madrid. The Spanish side appointed Rafa Benitez as their new coach on 3 June.
Former Liverpool and Chelsea manager Benitez was in Cardiff recently to see Bale score in Wales' 1-0 win over Belgium in a Euro 2016 qualifier.
Ex-Liverpool and Cardiff City striker Toshack now coaches Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca and believes Benitez is a good choice as Carlo Ancelotti's successor.
"Rafa's got all the credentials, there's no question about that," Toshack added.
"Rafa was at Madrid at the time I was there, working with the junior sides.
"They're full on with Benitez now in Spain, in particular the newspaper Marca.
"Everyday it's 'Rafa's going to do this and Rafa's going to do that' but we just have to wait and see."
The Great Tapestry of Scotland is officially the world's largest embroidered tapestry, at 469ft (143m) long.
It uses 300 miles (483km) of yarn to show everything from the Battle of Bannockburn and the Act of Union to Andy Murray winning at Wimbledon.
The tapestry is on show in the castle's Great Hall until 8 March.
Stirling Castle is featured on a number of panels in the tapestry, including one of former resident Mary Queen of Scots.
The castle's Great Hall of James IV is one of the few places where the enormous tapestry can be displayed in its entirety.
Lorna Ewan, head of visitor experience, content and learning for Historic Scotland, which runs Stirling Castle, said: "To date more than 200,000 people have had the chance to view The Great Tapestry of Scotland on its national tour.
"Now, through a carefully designed exhibition, the public will see the full extent of the tapestry - all 160 hand-embroidered panels - in the surroundings of Stirling Castle's Great Hall.
"This exhibition will allow visitors to follow the journey of Scotland's history, and we look forward to welcoming people to Stirling Castle to view this impressive piece of art."
The initiative is part of a nationwide electricity rationing plan.
Vice-President Jorge Arreaza said there had been a surge in energy demand due to extremely hot weather. He said state employees would now work from 07:30-13:00 to save on air conditioning.
On Monday, local media reported blackouts across the country.
Mr Arreaza said private companies would be asked to use their own generators to reduce pressure on the national grid.
But he said it was private homeowners who consumed the most energy, and he called for everyone to turn the dial down on their air conditioners.
"We are appealing to everyone's conscience, to use energy efficiently."
Last week the government claimed that energy problems were due to maintenance issues, but the opposition criticised the government for not investing enough in the energy sector, BBC Venezuela correspondent Daniel Pardo reports.
Power outages are common in Venezuela, which is a big oil producer but depends heavily on hydro-electric power.
Venezuela is also struggling with an economy in recession that has been hard hit by the fall in the price of oil. Some 96% of its export revenues are reported to come from oil.
Inflation is also high, and stood at more than 60% in 2014.
In 2010, 405 children were subject to a child protection plan compared to 545 in 2014 - a rise of 35%, the biggest increase in south-west England.
The plans are designed to protect the most vulnerable children.
Plymouth City Council said the rise was due to "heightened public awareness".
The figures, released in a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, show 67 unborn babies were added to the register in 2014, compared to a low of 47 in 2011.
Most of them were subject to a plan because of the risk of neglect or physical injury.
Chris Cuthbert, from children's charity the NSPCC, said the rise may look "alarming" but it actually means "children are receiving help early on".
"Even though some authorities face huge budget pressures and increasingly challenging caseloads, recognising risks and providing services before birth can give parents the best opportunity to change their behaviour before the baby is born."
The charity said the rise was "significant" but it appeared the council had "focused on the problem" of children being at risk by issuing more plans.
2010 - 405
2011 - 383
2012 - 421
2013 - 480
2014 - 545
Source: Freedom of Information response
Some other councils in the South West also reported a rise over the five-year period but not to the same extent as Plymouth.
Torbay Council saw an increase of 22% from 345 children in 2010, to 421 in 2014, while in 2010 Devon County Council had 436 children subject to plans compared to 515 in 2014 - a rise of 18%.
Cornwall Council saw a drop of 16% from 355 plans in 2010 to 297 in 2014.
Plymouth City Council said: "We have received a substantial increase in the number of referrals from the public and professionals and this seems to be a national trend."
The authority said it believed the rise was due to "heightened public awareness", following several high-profile national cases.
"This, coupled with other current influencing factors like the economy, which has put pressure on family finances, has resulted in a marked increase in the number of children in need of some form of safeguarding."
Source: NSPCC and South West Child Protection Procedures
The competition commissioner said she had issued a "statement of objections", stating that the firm's promotion of its own shopping links amounted to an abuse of its dominance in search.
Margrethe Vestager said Google now had 10 weeks to respond.
The firm said it "strongly disagreed" with the allegations and looked forward to making its case.
Ms Vestager also revealed that she had launched an investigation into whether the way Google bundled apps and services for its Android operating system was unfair.
And the commissioner said the EU would continue to monitor other activities by Google that its rivals had complained about.
It follows a five-year investigation into the company and marks the start of a formal legal process that could ultimately lead to billions of euros of fines.
Google accounts for more than a 90% of EU-based web searches.
The European Commission has investigated the antitrust allegations - made by Microsoft, Tripadvisor, Streetmap and others - since 2010.
Among their complaints was an objection to Google placing adverts from its Shopping service ahead of others' links in relevant searches.
Ms Vestager said the Commission's preliminary findings supported the claim that Google "systematically" gave prominence to its own ads, which amounted to an abuse of its dominant position in search.
"I'm concerned that Google has artificially boosted its presence in the comparison shopping market with the result that consumers may not necessarily see what's most relevant for them, or that competitors may not get the the commercial opportunity that their innovative services deserve," she told a press conference in Brussels.
Ms Vestager said that she was not seeking a wider redesign of Google's search results or asking it to change its algorithms.
But she added that the case could set a precedent that would determine how the EU handled other complaints about Google favouring its own mapping, hotels and flights services.
Google has rejected the idea its Shopping service distorts the market.
"While Google may be the most used search engine, people can now find and access information in numerous different ways - and allegations of harm, for consumers and competitors, have proved to be wide of the mark," wrote its search chief Amit Singhal on the firm's blog.
"It's clear that: (a) there's a ton of competition - including from Amazon and eBay, two of the biggest shopping sites in the world and (b) Google's shopping results have not the harmed the competition.
"Any economist would say that you typically do not see a ton of innovation, new entrants or investment in sectors where competition is stagnating - or dominated by one player. Yet that is exactly what's happening in our world."
Many of Google's rivals welcomed the EU's action.
"Google's abuse of dominance distorts European markets, harms consumers, and makes it impossible for Google's rivals to compete on a level playing field," said lobbying group Icomp.
"We see this statement of objection as a crucial first step towards ensuring that European consumers have access to vibrant and competitive online markets."
The EU has also launched a separate investigation into Google's Android operating system, used by smartphones and tablets, which will focus on three topics:
"These issues are distinct from the Google comparison shopping case and the investigations will of course be different," Ms Vestager said.
In response, Google stressed that Android devices could be offered without its services.
"It's important to remember that [our partner agreements] are voluntary - you can use Android without Google - but provide real benefits to Android users, developers and the broader ecosystem," said lead engineer Hiroshi Lockheimer.
"Our app distribution agreements make sure that people get a great 'out of the box' experience with useful apps right there on the home screen. This also helps manufacturers of Android devices compete with Apple, Microsoft and other mobile ecosystems that come preloaded with similar baseline apps."
Google could ultimately face huge fines and be ordered to reshape its business in Europe because of the shopping complaint.
In recent years, the Commission has imposed antitrust penalties on other tech giants, ordering Intel to pay €1.1bn (£793m; $1.2bn) in 2009, and Microsoft €516m in 2013.
However, Ms Vestager said she was "open" to Google's response, and would listen to its case before deciding how to proceed.
One independent expert said that the matter could take years to resolve.
"I can't see that this will be a fast process given the complexity of the subject matter, what's at stake and the likely level of the fine," said Paul Henty, a lawyer at Charles Russell Speechlys who has previously worked for the European Commission.
The EU's investigation is not the only one Google is facing.
Investigators at India's Competition Commission delivered a report last week after carrying out a three-year probe into claims of unfair business practices.
Their counterparts in Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan and Canada have also opened investigations.
However, the US Federal Trade Commission dropped its own probe at the start of 2013 after Google made several non-binding commitments.
Even more so when you're in the middle of a Grand Final.
But that's exactly what happened to Wigan's Ben Flower during Super League's showpiece with St Helens at Old Trafford on Saturday night.
He'd barely got his shorts dirty, when in the second minute, he punched Lance Hohaia to the floor and then landed a second blow while on the ground.
The 26-year-old became the first player ever to be sent off in a rugby league Grand Final.
He's not the only player to have got caught up in the big occasion.
We have to start with this one.
Eager to impress his Spice Girl girlfriend and millions of fans, David Beckham got a little carried away during a World Cup match in France.
After being tumbled to the ground, the former Manchester United midfielder kicked out at Diego Simeone.
England eventually lost on penalties after a 2-2 draw.
The fastest dismissal in the history of Test rugby league.
Great Britain's Adrian Morley was shown a red card for a high tackle on Robbie Kearns after just 12 seconds.
His side eventually lost the game and Morley was was fined £2,000 at a disciplinary hearing.
A red card for Wales captain Sam Warburton at the 2011 World Cup arguably cost them a place in the final.
His side were reduced to 14 men for nearly an hour after he was dismissed for a dangerous tackle in the semi-final.
Referee Alain Rolland deemed a tackle on Vincent Clerc worthy of a red card much to the surprise of the crowd and Warburton himself.
Wales eventually lost 9-8.
Its one of the Premier League's most talked about red cards.
After a scuffle with Arsenal's Martin Keown, the Italian ended up being shown a red card.
But that wasn't the end of it.
The striker lost his temper and gesticulated at the official before pushing him in the chest.
What happened next was once described by Buzz Lightyear as "falling with style". Referee Paul Alcock lost his balance and fell to the floor.
Di Canio was banned for 11 matches and fined £10,000.
Ok so Gazza didn't receive a red card at Italia 90, but a booking picked up in the semi-final did mean he would miss the final.
And boy, did he feel it.
Gascoigne broke down in tears when the referee showed him a yellow card.
Luckily for him, England lost on penalties and never reached the showpiece.
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The bank reported a profit of €278m (£248m), a big turnaround from a €6bn loss in the same period last year.
Deutsche Bank said the "tough interest rate environment" and "unsettling effect" of negotiations with US authorities had been felt.
Concerns persist over the position of the bank as the size of a fine in the US remains undetermined.
Deutsche has been threatened with a $14bn (£11.5bn) fine from the US Department of Justice over the mis-selling of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the financial crisis.
And earlier this year, the International Monetary Fund described it as the biggest risk to the global banking system.
The bank has been cutting costs and selling businesses in attempt to reassure investors.
Chief executive John Cryan said that the bank's restructuring work had been "overshadowed" by the attention being paid to the bank's talks concerning the "matter" in the US.
"The bank is working hard on achieving a resolution of this issue as soon as possible," he said.
But in a letter to staff he added that "unfortunately, we have to assume that the situation will stay difficult for a while".
Mr Cryan said the bank's latest results demonstrated the strength of its operating business.
Deutsche Bank reported a 2% rise in sales in its third quarter to €7.5bn, which was better than analysts had been expecting.
"Deutsche has done better than anticipated, but that was against very low expectations, which has really been the banking story so far this quarter," said Peter Hahn, a professor at the London Institute of Banking and Finance.
Operating profit for the April-to-June quarter fell 5.4% to 53.32bn yen ($430m; £275m).
Mazda said that earnings were mostly pulled down by depreciation costs for new factories in Thailand and Mexico.
However, global sales rose by 16%, boosted by demand for the Mazda2 and CX-3 model. Sales in China jumped 31%, and were 5.6% higher in North America.
Europe was the only region that saw sales fall.
The company left its forecast for full-year operating profits unchanged at 210bn yen, up from 203bn yen last year.
Rival carmaker Nissan reported results on Wednesday, with first quarter operating profit up by 57% to 193.71bn.
It said the weak Japanese yen had helped to boost sales in the US.
The two men, Manuel Lopez Ambrosio and Mauricio Lopez Bonilla, have been accused of using public funds to buy a helicopter that was given as a gift to former President Otto Perez Molina.
He was arrested in September after standing down amid widespread anti-corruption protests.
Mr Perez Molina denies all the charges.
Mr Lopez Ambrosio served as defence minister and Mr Lopez Bonilla as interior minister in Mr Perez Molina's government.
They are facing several charges, including money laundering and conspiracy.
The government was brought down last year by a scandal involving Guatemala's customs services.
Vice-President Roxana Baldetti was forced to resign in May after the scandal became public, prompting Guatemalans to take to the streets in anger.
Ms Baldetti was accused of running the bribery scheme. She has denied the accusations.
The scandal has been dubbed "La Linea", or "The Line", after the hotline businesses allegedly rang to clear their imports through customs at cut-price rates.
Protests demanding the resignation of the president went on for months in the impoverished Central American nation last year.
Mr Perez Molina finally stood down on 2 September, four months before the end of his term. He was arrested a day later.
A former television comedian with no previous experience in government, Jimmy Morales, was elected in the scheduled October presidential elections.
He took office in January promising to fight corruption in Guatemala.
The corruption investigations are being headed by the UN-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG).
The commission was set in 2006 to help Guatemala reform its justice system and confront criminal gangs that had infiltrated the state.
Over a decade, the All Wales Ethnic Minority Association (Awema) received £7m, much of it from Welsh ministers.
On Wednesday, the commission said Awema was vulnerable because trustees did not put the right safeguards in place.
Chief executive Naz Malik was cleared of two counts of fraud against the charity at Swansea Crown Court in 2014.
Awema, which was based in the city, was created to help people from ethnic minorities access public services and give them more opportunities in life.
But in January 2012 serious concerns were raised about how the charity was run by Mr Malik.
That year, BBC Wales revealed how allegations were raised by staff members about sexual harassment as well as a conflict of interest arising from Mr Malik's daughter being employed and promoted within the organisation.
A Wales Audit Office (WAO) report into the scandal in that year concluded it should be seen as a "wake up call" for the Welsh Government's grant funding approach.
The report said warnings about Awema were not heeded for a decade and millions of pounds were awarded.
On Wednesday, a Charity Commission report highlighted its concerns about Awema's trustees.
The report said: "The failure of the trustees to put appropriate safeguards in place left the charity vulnerable to its resources being misused, which did in fact materialise."
The 2012 WAO report highlighted how Awema funds were used to pay for gym membership for staff worth £2,120, rugby and cricket tickets totalling £800, and a £110 parking fine for Mr Malik.
Other revelations included:
In 2014, Mr Malik was cleared of two counts of fraud against the charity at Swansea Crown Court.
A jury failed to reach a decision on a third count, relating to the credit card debts.
Mr Malik insisted that the payments were made to himself for expenses.
On Wednesday, the Charity Commission also revealed that Mr Malik had used the charity's expenses to pay for "luxury hotel" stays and would "spend large sums at business cost at restaurants on food and alcohol".
The report said: "Records and invoices examined as part of the inquiry indicate that whilst travelling on charity business, the CEO [chief executive officer] and other staff members would stay in hotels costing in excess of £150 per night, whilst staying overnight in places such as Kent and Llandudno.
"They would simultaneously spend large sums at business cost at restaurants on food and alcohol."
The Charity Commission said Awema's trustees were not given enough training about their roles and responsibilities, and this led to a "lack of clarity amongst the trustees over who had authority to authorise the CEO's expenses".
The report continued: "This uncertainty resulted in poor controls over the authorisation of expenses resulting in a situation where the CEO was potentially able to issue himself cheques for large sums, including projected future expenses, with no meaningful oversight from the trustees."
Senior figures from the BBC, New York Times and CNN are among the signatories.
Peter Greste, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed were detained by Egyptian authorities on 29 December.
The letter calls for an end to their "arbitrary imprisonment".
It also calls for the release of fellow journalists, some of whom have been held in Egypt for over five months.
"The arrest of these journalists has cast a cloud over press and media freedom in Egypt," the letter says.
"We strongly believe that upholding the rights of journalists and permitting the free flow of information is vital to bringing about greater understanding and serves the best interests of all Egyptians and the world."
The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen and chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet are among the senior media figures who have signed the statement.
They also include CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour, Associated Press senior managing editor for international news John Daniszewski, the New York Times international editor Joseph Kahn and the Middle East bureau chief for the Economist, Max Rodenbeck.
Mr Greste, Mr Fahmy and Mr Mohamed were remanded in custody for 15 days on 31 December, and their detention was extended for a further 15 days last Thursday.
They are being held in "harsh prison conditions", says a news release accompanying the statement.
No charges have been brought, but reports suggest the men are accused by prosecutors of belonging to an illegal terrorist group - the Muslim Brotherhood - and helping promote its objectives.
They are also accused of broadcasting "false news... that undermines the national interest".
At least five other journalists have been detained for over five months in Egypt, says the Committee to Protect Journalists - Metin Turkan of Turkish Radio and Television Corporation; Abdullah Al-Shamy and Mohamed Badr of al-Jazeera; Mahmoud Abdel Nabi of Rassd Online News; and freelance photographer Mahmoud Abou Zeid.
Al-Jazeera spokesman Ghassan Abu Hussein has called the journalists' detention an attempt "to stigmatise us, and further incite violence against our journalists working on the ground".
Egyptian authorities have accused al-Jazeera of bias in favour of the Muslim Brotherhood since the army overthrew President Mohammed Morsi in July.
Devon and Cornwall Police wrote a letter to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) after it said the force "requires improvements".
The watchdog said changes had been made but "significant work" had to be done.
However, the force accused the HMIC of making "inaccurate, adverse comments".
The report looked at how England's police forces protected and supported vulnerable people, including victims of domestic abuse.
In relation to Devon and Cornwall, it said "there is still significant work to do" but the force has "acted on the messages" of the previous report in 2014 and is now tackling domestic abuse as "an important priority".
Wendy Williams, HMIC Inspector, said: "The force effectively identifies vulnerable victims.
"Its sexual offences and domestic abuse investigation teams provide a specialist response to crimes committed against vulnerable victims.
"However, the teams are not yet fully resourced which means that some vulnerable victims do not receive this tailored support."
In the six page letter, Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said the HMIC was "failing to understand" work that had been done since the previous assessment, and called its conclusions "unfathomable".
He wrote: "The positives far outweigh the negatives and do not appear congruent with the overall grading given.
"I formally ask that the assessment is reviewed."
Ms Williams told the BBC: "It's undoubtedly the case that Devon and Cornwall Police has invested significantly in the needs of vulnerable victims.
"However, when we inspected, which was admittedly six months ago, the force was in a state of transition.
"We inspect at a point in time and we acknowledge that many of the processes that had been put in place were in their transitional phase."
Across the country, the HMIC judged 12 forces to be 'good', 27 forces to 'require improvement' and four forces to be 'inadequate'.
Police sources said no reply to the letter had been received by the force.
About 4,000 demonstrators gathered in the centre of the western city. Some smashed shop and car windows, threw firecrackers and set rubbish alight.
Police declared a riot and made 26 arrests. Oregon voted in favour of Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's election.
After blaming unrest on "professional protesters", Mr Trump tweeted to commend their "passion" for America.
"Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country," he wrote. "We will all come together and be proud!"
In his earlier tweet, he had accused the media of inciting the protests.
The protesters, mainly young people, say a Trump presidency would create deep divisions along racial and gender lines.
In another development, the incoming president also tweeted that Friday would be "busy", and he would "soon be making some very important decisions on the people who will be running our government".
Mr Trump met President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday.
Police in Portland accused some demonstrators of carrying bats and arming themselves with stones. Objects were thrown at the police, who responded with pepper spray and rubber baton rounds.
Protesters in the city centre could be heard chanting "We reject the president-elect!"
Spencer and Kristen Foxworth, who left the protest before it turned violent, told the BBC most of the demonstrators were just ordinary people like themselves who were horrified by some of the things Mr Trump stood for.
"This is not any sense of a hangover, this is more like the galvanising effect," Mr Foxworth told Outside Source. "People who were quiet, were polite or not activists by any means - I mean myself, for example - are now galvanised by this. Trump now has the Senate and the House, and there will be very little checks and balances on his actions."
There were no reports of violence at the other protests:
Senior Trump adviser and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, tipped by some to be the next attorney general, called protesters on college campuses "a bunch of spoiled cry-babies".
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said anti-Trump protesters had to accept the election results.
"Everyone needs to just take a deep breath, take the weekend... count our blessings, and let's come back on Monday," he told ABC News.
Mr Trump's team is understood to be focused on quickly filling key national security posts.
It is not yet clear who will sit his cabinet or fill senior posts in his administration, such as chief of staff, but several figures in his inner circle have been mentioned.
The president-elect's transition team for the 10-week period until inauguration will be led by Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey.
After meeting President Obama at the White House, the president-elect said it had been a "great honour" to meet him.
Mr Obama said his priority was to "facilitate a transition that ensures our president-elect is successful".
Despite their cordiality, Mr Trump has vowed to dismantle much of President Obama's legacy. That includes Obamacare, the act extending medical insurance to more Americans than ever before.
Mr Trump also met Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, with whom he had strained relations during the campaign. Mr Ryan described it as a "fantastic, productive meeting".
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The incident, which also involved a car, left both carriageways completely blocked.
The road was closed between junction 6, A5 / A5114 (Llangefni), and junction 5, A4080 (Gwalchmai).
Earlier on Thursday, a motorcyclist was left with serious injuries following a crash on the A55 at Bodedern.
It will be an "absolute" cap, based on the way limits for pre-payment meters have worked since the beginning of April.
The party has rejected the idea of a relative cap, which would limit the difference between the cheapest fixed-price deal and the more expensive Standard Variable Tariff (SVT) to, say, 6%.
That model was particularly controversial, as critics said suppliers would simply increase the price of fixed-rate deals, to maintain the differential with SVTs.
The idea of any form of capping was rejected by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last summer.
However, when it issued its final report, the CMA admitted its members were divided on the issue.
If the Conservatives win the election, the regulator Ofgem would be asked to introduce a price cap along the lines of one introduced in April to cap prices on households with pre-payment meters.
Currently 16% of consumers are forced to buy their energy in advance, usually because their credit rating is poor.
The CMA ordered a cap on their charges because such households do not benefit from the competition that exists for all other consumers.
Under this system, the CMA has come up with an initial maximum figure for prices in each region of the UK, usually in line with the cheapest existing pre-payment meter tariff.
That number is adjusted every six months, taking into account wholesale energy costs, inflation, environmental obligations and the cost of transporting energy around the network.
But the CMA has always stressed that the pre-payment meter cap is temporary. By the time every home has a smart meters installed, it expects competition between suppliers to be working properly. As a result this cap is due to expire in 2020.
The cap is also designed to allow suppliers to price below the level of the cap if they want to.
However, critics say that suppliers would be likely to increase their prices up to the level of the cap.
"In New Zealand, a price cap resulted in price bunching up around the cap, and a loss of competition," said Iain Conn, chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica.
He also said that a cap in Spain resulted in a shortfall in infrastructure spending, which had to be plugged by the government.
An absolute cap would be fundamentally different to the controls advocated by Labour leader Ed Miliband in the run-up to the 2015 election.
He had proposed a price freeze for just 20 months. As far as we know, the Tory cap would be permanent.
Consumer groups are generally opposed to the idea of any sort of cap, as it would tend to give consumers a false sense of security.
Householders might think they are getting a good deal, so would make even less effort to switch suppliers.
"They're really difficult to get to work in practice," says Richard Neudegg, head of regulation at comparison site Uswitch.
He also believes that a cap would create higher prices in the long term, and entrench the position of the big six suppliers.
At the end of its two-year enquiry the CMA rejected the idea of a price cap on standard variable tariffs, saying that a cap would run an "excessive risk" of undermining the competition process.
Nevertheless the economist Martin Cave, a member of the enquiry, argued that a broader cap was necessary "to address the scale of detriment" because millions of the poorest consumers are still paying too much for their gas and electricity.
In December 2016 Ofgem said that 66% of consumers were still on expensive SVTs, and paying up to £260 a year too much.
Since then, five of the big six suppliers have announced plans to raise their SVT prices, or have already done so.
There is also some evidence that fixed-price deals have also risen, closing the gap with SVTs.
But whether that is because of increasing wholesale costs - or because suppliers have been acting to mitigate the effects of a cap in advance - is hard to determine.
While Ofgem has repeatedly said there was no justification for them doing so, it has so far refused to comment on the Conservative idea of a cap.
Four-time world champion Higgins hit a break of 131 to go 2-0 ahead and Allen stayed in touch at 4-2 before the Scotsman pulled clear.
Higgins added a 123 break as he eased through to a decider against Stuart Bingham, who beat Shaun Murphy 9-8.
Allen defeated world number one Mark Selby 6-5 in the quarter-finals.
A City Link courier was making a house delivery in Sketty Park, Swansea, when the robber drove off in the green and yellow Transit van, but then panicked.
The vehicle was later found dumped in a lane a mile away, still with the packages destined for dozens of people.
South Wales Police are appealing for witnesses who saw the van being driven after it was taken from the courier.
The 25-year-old midfielder bundled the ball in at the third attempt after a dramatic goalmouth scramble, sending the home support delirious.
The Lions had emerged from the tunnel rueing not taking a first-half lead as Will Hatfield had a goal-bound shot clawed away by Graham Stack. Instead, James Constable capitalised at the other end and rifled in a shot to put the away side in front.
Substitute Sam Muggleton missed a gilt-edged chance for Eastleigh in the second half, blazing wide from close range following an accurate cross by Sam Matthews, and it proved costly.
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Match ends, Guiseley 1, Eastleigh 1.
Second Half ends, Guiseley 1, Eastleigh 1.
Goal! Guiseley 1, Eastleigh 1. Jake Lawlor (Guiseley).
Substitution, Eastleigh. Ayo Obileye replaces Ben Close.
Sam Matthews (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Guiseley. Adam Boyes replaces Michael Rankine.
Substitution, Guiseley. Jordan Preston replaces Derek Asamoah.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Ben Strevens replaces James Constable.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Sam Muggleton replaces Chinua Cole.
Second Half begins Guiseley 0, Eastleigh 1.
First Half ends, Guiseley 0, Eastleigh 1.
Goal! Guiseley 0, Eastleigh 1. James Constable (Eastleigh).
Jake Cassidy (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Adam Dugdale (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
He will be playing bad boy "Woody" Woodward when he hits Albert Square in the next few weeks.
As a member of Blue, Lee brought us anthems such as One Love and Too Close and even represented the UK at Eurovision in 2011. Quite the musical CV.
Lee is also no stranger to acting, having previously appeared alongside Vinnie Jones in The Heavy and in Holby City when he was a teenager.
But now he's set to pop up in Albert Square. And he's off to a great start, having successfully located the Albert Square road sign on some railings.
Lee Ryan isn't the first pop singer to leave music behind for the world of soaps.
Come to think of it, he isn't even the first singer in his own band to leave music behind for the world of soaps.
Duncan James
Lee's former Blue bandmate Duncan James joined Hollyoaks last year.
He plays Ryan Knight in the soap, a character who is "cool, calm and incredibly good-looking," according to the show's website.
It might be hard to spot him if you watch Hollyoaks, since basically everyone in it is incredibly good-looking.
Duncan has previously said joining the soap saved his life, adding: "It's nice to get a regular pay cheque."
Kym Marsh
Kym Marsh first shot to fame on Popstars, the ITV singing contest show that paved the way for shows like The Voice and The X Factor.
The five-piece group that came out of it, Hear'Say, saw Kym help to bring us hits like Pure and Simple, and, erm, that other one they did.
But now she can be found on the cobbles of Corrie, having joined the ITV soap as Michelle Connor in 2006.
Keith Duffy
"I set the trend for boy bands going into soaps," joked Keith Duffy to ITV's Lorraine Kelly on Thursday morning.
When he joined Coronation Street in 2002, the former Boyzone singer's stint playing Ciaran McCarthy was initially supposed to last three weeks.
He ended up staying on the soap for three years. Not bad going.
Duffy has now returned to music though as one half of Boyzlife - a pop duo which also features Westlife's Brian McFadden. Amazing.
Shayne Ward
He's not here to say he's sorry, he's not here to lie to you.
Shayne Ward was just quite simply ready for a role in Coronation Street after 10 years of being a singer.
He won The X Factor in 2005 but now he can be found helping to run an underwear factory in Weatherfield.
His character, Aidan Connor, is described by ITV as a third cousin of Kym Marsh's character.
Must be quite a musical family, that.
Sarah Harding, Matt Willis and Suzanne Shaw
Other singers to have ventured into the world of acting include Sarah Harding (left), who recently starred in the stage adaptation of Ghost.
The Girls Aloud singer also cropped up in Coronation Street as the ex-wife of Tracy Barlow's ex-husband, Robert Preston (keep up).
Busted's Matt Willis, meanwhile, hit Albert Square as Luke Riley - the boyfriend of Stacey Branning, played by Lacey Turner.
And Kym Marsh's Hear'Say bandmate Suzanne Shaw got her wellies on to appear in Emmerdale in 2010.
Of course, we haven't mentioned the numerous actors who have done things the other way around - starting out in soaps and moving into singing.
Kylie Minogue and Adam Rickitt (who admittedly may not be quite on the same level of fame) both went into the recording studio after leaving Neighbours and Coronation Street respectively.
In summary, soaps and pop like to share.
Clearly it will only be a matter of time before Rihanna becomes a regular at the Woolpack.
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The prime minister's visit came as election campaigning got under way again following Saturday night's terror attack in London.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon faced questions from the public in a BBC Question Time special in Edinburgh.
The programme also featured Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron.
It had originally been scheduled to be broadcast on Sunday evening, but was postponed in the wake of the London attack.
Speaking at a rally in Edinburgh, the prime minister warned of Labour taking power with the backing of the SNP in the event of a hung parliament.
She said: "The fact is, if we lose just six seats, the government loses its majority. That means Jeremy Corbyn in Number 10, and Nicola Sturgeon pulling the strings from Bute House.
"But I think there is another question as well - who do you trust to strengthen the bonds across this United Kingdom? Who do you trust to stand up for our precious union?
"Me - I'm a passionate unionist. I want to ensure the United Kingdom stays together, and we strengthen those bonds across the whole of the United Kingdom.
"Or Jeremy Corbyn, negotiating with the SNP for a second referendum which he says is 'absolutely fine' by him. I think he's going to find out there's a different view from the Scottish people."
Nicola Sturgeon, who spent the day campaigning in a number of seats, said she was not in favour of coalitions but she would want the SNP to be part of a "progressive alternative" to the Tories.
However, speaking on BBC Radio Four's Women's Hour programme, she said she believed the Conservatives were still on course to win the election UK-wide.
She said: "If the parliamentary arithmetic after the election supported this, I would want the SNP to be part of a progressive alternative to a Tory government.
"I don't favour formal coalitions, I'm talking about something which would be much more on an issue-by-issue basis to make sure we had a government which invested in public services not cut them, and supported pensioners' rights not undermined them.
"But I've also said very clearly that, albeit the polls have narrowed, I still think the likelihood is that the Tories will win this election. But it's no longer inevitable that Theresa May will have a bigger majority, and Scotland could stop that happening by making sure we don't elect Tory MPs."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has previously said Mr Corbyn has "absolutely 100% refuted any prospect" of any pact or deal with the SNP.
Launching a new party election broadcast, she said: "On Thursday, people can send Nicola Sturgeon a message that she should focus on the day job, rather than forcing another independence referendum that people in Scotland don't want.
"After 10 years of the SNP campaigning for independence, Scotland's schools and hospitals have suffered. Nicola Sturgeon's answer is another referendum - she is playing a broken record.
"On Thursday, voters can elect a Labour MP who will spend every day fighting for local services, or they can elect an SNP MP who will spend every day campaigning for another divisive independence referendum."
Meanwhile, Mr Farron visited two of the Liberal Democrats' key target areas, Edinburgh West and East Dunbartonshire, as his party fights to win the seats back from the SNP.
He said his party was the only "plausible alternative", both to the SNP and to the Conservatives.
He said: "In many parts of Scotland we are the only plausible alternative to a divisive nationalist government, who does nothing in Westminster but bang on about independence.
"But across the whole of the UK let's remember this is an election Theresa May called herself and is expecting a landslide majority. Let's just remind ourselves that unless Nicola Sturgeon goes on an aggressive foreign policy south of the border, she can only gain one seat off the Tories.
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Along with the NHS, taxes and housing were the issues that were mentioned most frequently.
One parent that I met was particularly irate that her adult children were still living at home because they couldn't afford to move out, which she attributed to expensive housing as well as low wages.
Others were concerned about tax rises, an issue that my colleague Robert Peston has written about.
Nationwide reports that house prices have risen strongly by 1% over the past month and average house prices have exceeded £190,000 for the first time. Those are the sorts of headlines that lead many to worry about "Generation Rent," ie, young people who can't afford to buy their first property.
It's been a decade since the Barker Review which concluded that 120,000 new homes were needed each year to reduce house price inflation to 1.1% per annum. That's per year, and not the monthly increase recorded by Nationwide and others which have similarly tracked the rise in house prices despite a slow recovery.
To address the needs of social housing requires around 20,000 new homes to be built each year. Altogether, it means that £1.2-1.6bn of investment is additionally required.
It's well known that home building has lagged demand, particularly in the past few years. In 2012-13, there were only around 108,000 completions in England, which is one of the lowest house building rates since 1923.
Policies that ease the demand side, including helping first time buyers, without increasing the supply of housing risks generating more upward price pressure. This debate is well-trodden ground as buyers appreciate the help while economists fret over the impact given the supply constraint.
In terms of affordability, there's certainly an income dimension.
It's another long-standing issue made worse by the fact that wages that haven't kept up with inflation, which has been a feature for most of this recovery. To sustain higher wages requires greater productivity. In other words, firms can pay more if there is higher output per worker.
The productivity puzzle in the UK that centres on why output per hour remains below what it was in 2008 when the rest of the G7 is now about 5% above that pre-crisis level is a persistent one.
I've written before about this puzzle and part of the explanation is the dramatic fall in investment since the 2008 recession. But, there's likely to be more to it since other post-banking crisis countries like the US have recovered better.
In any case, the end result is a squeeze on incomes, and thus the irate voter that I met whose children can't afford to live outside the family home. It's an all too familiar tale.
The budget deficit and Europe were also mentioned, but these weren't of the greatest concern for voters.
By contrast, these are major worries for business.
In terms of the fiscal deficit, there continues to be a divide between those working in markets - which want to see a clear plan to close the gap between government spending and revenues - and some academic economists who fault austerity for prolonging the recovery. This is certainly well-covered ground.
In terms of Brexit - Britain's potential exit from the European Union - it figures prominently among the concerns of the business community. Grant Thornton conducted a survey among global businesses and found that Brexit was more of a concern than Grexit - the potential exit of Greece from the eurozone.
That may be surprising since Greece and the euro crisis have dominated headlines for years, and has triggered some fairly seismic changes in Europe, including the formation of a Banking Union and now a Capital Market Union.
Yet, Grant Thornton finds that nearly two-thirds (64%) of businesses believe that Britain's exit from the EU would negatively affect Europe, as compared with just under half (45%) who believe that Grexit would have a negative impact. Among non-euro EU members, the figures are even higher where nearly four out of five businesses (72%) believe there to be a negative impact from Brexit.
This is consistent with research from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the LSE which finds that Brexit would cause a loss of national output of 1-3% per annum for Britain. A study by two German think tanks, Bertelsmann Stiftung and the ifo Institute, concurs and also finds that there will be a negative impact on German income until 2030.
For businesses such as those represented by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), there is support for re-negotiating the terms of Britain's membership of the European Union. But, that is short of Brexit.
In the City, I've heard repeatedly that a potential referendum by 2017 leaves the situation uncertain for too long. After all, it's a frequently heard phrase that markets don't like uncertainty.
We may get some clarity about an EU referendum after the election, but the questions around Britain's relationship with a reforming eurozone are likely to linger.
Former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told me to not underestimate the institutions that have developed in the euro zone. He says it'll take time for Europe to evolve and it won't be entirely like the United States, but he described it as eventually evolving into more of a federal structure. So, it won't be the United States of Europe anytime soon, but that is one direction of travel.
If the euro zone moves in that direction, then it raises a number of questions about where that leaves the non-euro European countries like Britain. Does it mean negotiations each time there is a new institution or major policy decided in the euro zone? How much sway would Britain possess when the euro zone decides on a rule for capital markets, for instance? Recall that Britain failed to block a financial transaction tax in Europe.
Thus, for the UK, there are certainly long-term economic challenges that will need to be addressed - by whichever party (or parties) come into power after the General Election.
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Matt Grimstone and Jacob Schilt were among the 11 who died on 22 August.
The club normally plays in front of about 100 people, but more than a thousand tickets were sold for Sunday's FA Vase match against East Preston.
Manager Nigel Geary said people wanted to pay their respects.
He said not everyone could attend the funerals and people wanted to come to the match and show their support.
Vice-chairman Mark Sanderson said it had been a remarkable day and the club had never seen anything like it.
Memorial scarves were printed with the names of the two players, and 2,500 programmes were produced.
Proceeds are being used to pay for a permanent tribute to the players, who were travelling together to a game when a vintage jet crashed on to the A27 in West Sussex.
An initial report into the Shoreham air show disaster said the Hawker Hunter jet showed "no abnormal indications" during its flight.
Andy Hill, the 51-year-old pilot, remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
Babafemi Junaid, known as Femi, was found stabbed at about 17:30 GMT on Friday in Clapham Road, near Stockwell Tube station, south London.
Officers believe the 22-year-old was stabbed in Clapham Road and had then got into his car which was then in collilsion with the bus.
No-one else is thought to have been injured in the incident.
The Metropolitan Police force said it believed the stabbing might be linked to an earlier report of a fight on a nearby bus.
Mr Junaid was taken to hospital after he was found but died later in the evening, police said.
No arrests have been made.
A post-mortem examination will be held in due course.
Zane Lowe is giving up his evening show after nearly 12 years and heading to Los Angeles to work for Apple in a role which is so far unknown.
Newsbeat has spoken to some of the bands who got their first play through Zane.
From the "ignition in his head" to his domination of indie and rock music, here's what they said.
Listen to what they had to say.
"He'll be sorely missed, I've never met anyone more enthusiastic," Serge from Kasabian tells Newsbeat.
"He cares and he knows more about tunes and music and especially about new artists than anyone.
"He turned me onto things I would have never listened to and he would be there at the front and always supportive, that is the thing about Zane.
"He is like positive, positive, positive and that energy will be massively missed but God bless him and good luck to him."
"I was sad about it because he is such an institution," says Lauren Mayberry from Chvrches.
"The first time I did a phone interview with Zane Lowe, I was really worried and very nervous because I remembered leaving school early when I was younger so I could get home in time to see him interview Queens of The Stone Age.
"But never tell him that because it is embarrassing.
"He has been really supportive of the band and I think it will be sad for the UK music scene but maybe it will be good news for Apple iTunes streaming - that's what my bet's on."
"For us, I feel like he is the John Peel of our time," Laurie Vincent from Slaves tells Newsbeat.
"We used to do band practice and then I'd drive home listening to Radio 1 and be annoyed that we weren't being played by Zane Lowe.
"So getting played by Zane Lowe was my first goal with radio.
"Gutted, sad news but I am glad he is not just sticking with what he is doing, I think moving on and reinventing yourself is an important part of life."
"The thing I found about Zane when we first met him is that he genuinely is as enthusiastic as he comes across on the radio," Felix from The Maccabees says.
"He genuinely does hold that much information and I thought that was a really heart warming thing about Zane, from getting to know him.
"Zane is a really wonderful person."
"I think Zane is incredible," Big Sean tells Newsbeat.
"He is one of those voices that so many people are familiar with. I feel like he brought out the best in people which made for the best interviews.
"I personally have never interviewed with him, maybe I met him once but you feel like you know him just because of his personality, how he is
"Some of his interviews are and probably will be some of my favourite interviews of all time, so shout out to Zane and congratulations on a new chapter, you dominated this so congrats."
Peace are another band who got early support from Zane.
"Over the past two years I've kind of kept in touch with him via email, I've sent him tracks that we've been working on," frontman Harry Koisser says.
"It's really enjoyable to listen to someone talk about any band, especially your band, where you can tell when he likes something.
"There's this ignition in his head and he suddenly becomes really passionate.
"I sent him an email to say thanks for everything while I've got a chance to say it, best of luck in the future.
"He emailed back straight away and was genuinely thankful.
"I just wish him the best of luck and whatever he does he is going to be himself and he is just going to bring that somewhere else.
"I think a big part of it is just the length and the quality of quantity he has given in the past and he takes risks as well."
"It's definitely a shame, he was a big supporter of my music from the very start, I do believe he gave Trouble Town its first play," Bugg says.
"He knows a lot about his music and he is certainly a character that I think is going to be missed.
"He created memories and now we get to create new ones in the future."
"I have nothing but good things to say about Zane Lowe," says Frank Turner.
"He helped out a Million Dead, he's helped me out, he has helped out countless bands.
"Something a friend of mine said about Zane Lowe ages ago which I think is very true, is he could have collected his pay check and done about a quarter of the work he actually did.
"He worked hard to find new music.
"I just love the way one week he would be interviewing Foo Fighters and the next some band you had never heard of and it was a genuine music nerd's passion."
"Zane was one of the main guys at Radio 1 who has his ear to the pulse and is able to play some of the newest stuff," Bipolar Sunshine tells Newsbeat.
"He ripped my first song off SoundCloud and started playing it so I hold high regard for him."
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The Independence party polled 26.7% and the Progressive party 24.4%, putting them on track to win 38 of the 63 seats.
The ruling Social Democrats' share of the vote dropped to below 13%.
It is a dramatic comeback for the parties widely blamed for Iceland's economic meltdown in 2008.
Iceland saw its prosperity evaporate, as the country's three banks collapsed, and the Social Democrats came to power a year later, with a programme of austerity tailored to international lenders' requirements.
"The Independence party has been called to duty again," said leader Bjarni Benediktsson, who looks likely to become prime minister.
"We've seen what cutbacks have done for our healthcare system and social benefits... now it's time to make new investments, create jobs and start growth," he said.
But the party seen as the major winner of the election was the Progressives, whose vote almost doubled. "I'm very pleased," said leader Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson.
The centre-right camp has promised debt relief and a cut in taxes.
The two leading parties, which will now enter coalition negotiations, are also seen as Eurosceptic, and their poll success could slow down Iceland's efforts to become a member of the European Union.
The Eurosceptics argue that Iceland already gets most of the benefits of full membership through existing free trade arrangements with the EU and by being part the Schengen visa-free travel zone.
Many Icelanders have become frustrated with the outgoing Social Democrat government, saying that its austerity policies were too painful.
Two new parties performed particularly well: Bright Future, which won six seats, and the Pirate party, with three.
The Social Democrats saw their share of the vote fall dramatically to 12.9% (nine seats) while the Left-Greens' vote fell to 10.9% (seven seats).
Social Democrat leader Arni Pall Arnason, while disappointed, refused to acknowledge that the two centre-right parties had been given a major vote of confidence. "Their democratic mandate to change society is absolutely zero," he said.
The men, who are both medical students, flew from Sudan to Turkey last week.
In March a different group of nine British medical students from the same college in Sudan also disappeared after going to Turkey.
One of the men in that group later appeared in an Islamic State (IS) propaganda film.
The students from both groups attended the University of Medical Sciences and Technology in Khartoum, Sudan and the latest group flew to Istanbul last Friday.
The brothers feared missing, Ibrahim and Mohamed Ageed, are aged 20 and 22 respectively.
Their mother, Nawal Salih, spoke to the BBC from her home in Leicester and said she was "very worried and very upset" because her sons had suddenly left in the middle of taking their exams.
She said she did not understand the reasons for their behaviour, and confirmed that her husband, who is also a doctor, had travelled to Turkey to try to get them back before they crossed the border.
Ibrahim is a Manchester United fan who started his studies in Khartoum in 2012. His elder brother Mohamed was due to graduate this month.
Dr Ahmed Babikir, a dean at the fee-paying university, said the brothers were joined by five other British students.
Sudanese social media reports suggest they may have travelled as part of a larger group of students, including an American from the university.
There are claims in the Sudanese press that some members of the group have been detained in Turkey, although that has not been confirmed officially.
A man claiming to be the father of one of the British students has used social media in a bid to stop his son falling into the hands of IS.
He claimed that one of the group was a 20-year-old woman believed to be from south London.
The departure of the students has raised concerns that their university has become a hotbed for Islamist extremists.
The group that left in March included Ahmed Sami Khider, who graduated in July 2014. Within weeks of leaving he appeared in a propaganda film produced by IS urging more British medics to join him in Syria.
In the film, and wearing a stethoscope around his neck, he says: "Here I've found a great cause and I ask you all to join this cause".
In the sleekly produced film, which includes footage of what is claimed to be state-of-the art IS medical facilities, Khider directly addresses Muslims in the UK - especially specialist doctors - urging them "to leave the land of England and make the hijra (migration) here and help your brothers and sisters".
"There is a great cause being fought here and the caravan is leaving," he adds.
Addressing the camera he then says: "Use your skills and come here… We are always in desperate need of doctors."
The programme told the real story of abuse and then failings by authorities in Rochdale between 2008 and 2012.
The portrayal of the real people was "outstanding", according to lawyer Richard Scorer, who has represented the girl known as Holly in the show.
He said: "In terms of character acting I think it's extremely true to life."
Mr Scorer represented "Holly" in a civil case following the criminal trial that saw nine men convicted of running a child sexual exploitation ring in the Greater Manchester town.
He told BBC News: "In terms of awareness raising of the issue it's an outstanding piece of drama."
It was difficult for the producers to "delve into the complexities of the grooming process" but "they've done it as well as you could do in this sort of programme".
Nazir Afzal, who was chief prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in the north-west of England at the time, described the programme as "true and terrifying in equal measure".
He told BBC News: "Three Girls was a landmark film for a landmark case. It did not minimise the impact of the crimes on the victims and was a harrowing but ultimately rewarding watch.
"Brilliantly acted, written and directed, it can only have enhanced awareness of child protection issues in the 21st Century and, by doing so, offered hope and confidence to others who may have suffered similar abuse."
Maxine Peake played Sara Rowbotham, Rochdale's Crisis Intervention Team co-ordinator at the time, who repeatedly tried to raise the alarm.
Ms Rowbotham told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme: "It was really accurate. It was absolutely the truth.
"What the writer was able to do was combine all our truths… the parents, the young people… Maxine played me but I was actually a combination of the team I managed at the time. Everything Maxine said was a true reflection and a true scenario."
Many viewers were incredulous to discover just before the end credits of Thursday's final episode that Ms Rowbotham was made redundant after the events.
But the drama was widely praised on social media.
Emma Jackson, who wrote a book about her experiences of being exploited in Rotherham, wrote: "There is no words to describe #ThreeGirls its been a hard 3 days. Well done to Holly, Amber & Ruby. There is 1000's of them across the UK."
ITV News presenter Alastair Stewart said: "#ThreeGirls The closing shots of the three victims must be among the strongest I have ever seen. Soul destroying. A brilliant docu-drama."
TV blogger Elliot Gonzalez wrote: "#ThreeGirls is one of the most harrowing dramas I have ever seen on television, but a necessary watch. Well done to all involved."
But in The Telegraph, Ben Lawrence wrote: "I can't help feeling that the series fell slightly short of expectations. Real-life dramas are a TV trend but to succeed they have to tell us something new and I'm not sure Three Girls did."
The drama didn't explore the mainly Pakistani perpetrators' stories fully enough and the BBC was "too timid" to address their backgrounds directly, he said.
"Only briefly did we see what might have caused them to treat underage white girls as if they were prostitutes.
"A braver, more provocative, more pioneering work would have got to the root of the problem and made men such as 'Daddy' its focal point."
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Although the 6,833 houses and flats completed is slightly down on the previous year, it is the second highest figure in nine years.
It includes 1,243 social and council homes, according to Welsh Government figures, which are based on National Housing Building Council returns.
This is the second highest number of new homes for social and housing association landlords since 1998-99.
Newport and the Vale of Glamorgan are where the largest numbers of houses were built in 2016-17. Cardiff had the largest number of flats - nearly a third of the total completed in Wales.
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB), in its programme for government, has called for 14,000 new homes a year to be built in Wales over the next five years.
But it said the figures on Wednesday showed "a lot of room for improvement" and believes smaller building firms should be brought into the mix more, particularly those parts of Wales less attractive to the big house builders.
Ifan Glyn, director of FMB Cymru, said: "Around 75% of homes in Wales are now built by five big companies. House building on small parcels of land needs to be made more attractive to small and medium sized construction companies, who are at the moment working on things like house extensions."
The FMB wants small building firms brought into the local development plan process and for an end to social housing stipulations for small private developments.
Community Housing Cymru, which represents the social housing sector, welcomed the figures.
With the Welsh Government and Welsh Local Government Association, it set a target last year for 20,000 affordable homes to be built by 2021, including 12,500 by housing associations.
AMs discuss housing need
Stuart Ropke, chief executive of Community Housing Cymru, said: "Our members completed 1,224 new homes in 2016-17, 98% of new homes in the social sector. While we have an excellent delivery track record and, in fact, over-delivered on the previous target, continued investment in the sector is vital to ensure that we meet this new target."
It has also highlighted welfare issues facing tenants and support for the construction industry in its Homes for Wales campaign for the general election.
Two men, both aged 21, were attacked in the Grassmarket area of the city between 01:30 and 01:45 on Sunday 27 November.
One man was punched several times and suffered serious facial injuries. The second man was uninjured.
The three men police want to speak to were last seen heading in the direction of Victoria Street.
The first man is described as in his 20s, 5ft 10in tall, of medium build, with black hair, stubble and wearing a light blue, long-sleeved shirt and black trousers.
The second man is described as in his 20s, 5ft 7in tall, of slim build, with dark hair, and wearing a light-coloured jumper and dark jeans.
The third man is described as in his 20s 6ft tall, of medium build, with dark hair, and wearing a black shirt and black trousers.
Det Con Andy Cory, of Gayfield CID, said: "We've conducted numerous inquiries in the area since the incident, but are today appealing for the public's help.
"Anyone who recognises these men is urged to contact us as soon as possible.
"Likewise, if the men see this appeal, they are asked to get in touch with us themselves."
The contract got the go-ahead after international sanctions on Iran were lifted earlier this year, following a deal over its nuclear programme.
Israel, the US and Saudi Arabia are all opposed to the missile contract.
Russian officials say the first batch could be delivered 18 months after Iran has specified the S-300 type that it wants. Technical talks are continuing.
"The deal to supply the S-300 to Iran has not only been signed between the parties but it has already come into force," said Sergei Chemezov, head of Russia's Rostec arms firm, speaking at the Dubai Airshow-2015.
The $800m (£545m) contract, signed in 2007, was frozen by Russia in 2010 because of the international sanctions. President Vladimir Putin unfroze it in April.
Israel and the US fear the missiles could be used to protect Iranian nuclear sites from air strikes.
The S-300 can be used against multiple targets including jets, or to shoot down other missiles.
The S-300B4 variant - delivered to the Russian armed forces last year - can shoot down any medium-range missile in the world today, flies at five times the speed of sound and has a range of 400km (248 miles), Tass reports.
Profile: Russia's S-300 missile system
When the Russian deal was suspended Iran filed a lawsuit seeking billions of dollars in damages.
Mr Chemezov said Saudi Arabia had asked Rostec repeatedly not to supply the S-300 to Iran.
But he insisted that it was a defensive weapon. "So if the Gulf countries are not going to attack Iran... why should they be threatened? Because this is defence equipment," Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.
Financial Fraud Action, a body set up by the financial services industry, said that fraudsters were impersonating major companies to steal money.
They claim they are fixing a slow internet connection, but trick firms into allowing funds to be transferred.
Some claim to be calling as a result of recent high-profile data breaches.
"You should never let someone else have access to your computer remotely, especially if they have contacted you via an unsolicited phone call," said Katy Worobec, director of Financial Fraud Action UK.
"If you are in doubt, then call the organisation back on a number you trust; if they are legitimate they will understand."
While "working" on the internet fault, the fraudster claims the victim is entitled to compensation and asks them to log into their bank account.
The scammers still have access to the computer and will put up a fake screen which makes it appear the money has arrived. Working in the background, they will take money from the victim's bank account.
Financial Fraud Action said that con-artists were preying on concerns over recent data breaches. Hacks have compromised businesses such as Talk Talk, Sony and Carphone Warehouse.
GSK wants to sell the Horlicks business in the UK, where it is marketed as a bedtime drink.
The company wants to keep the Horlicks business in India where it marketed as a nutritional drink to children and has seen strong growth.
A sale would be the first major move by chief executive Emma Walmsley who succeeded Sir Andrew Witty in April.
Earlier this year, when revealing her first set of results as GSK's boss, Ms Walmsley said that she wanted to prioritise GSK's drugs business.
"I want to make that more at the heart of where we spend our leadership time and what we spend our time talking about," she said at the time.
Pharmaceuticals makes up the bulk of GSK's revenue, accounting for £16.1bn of a total £27.8bn in annual sales.
The Horlicks brand, which is more than 100 years old, is housed within the consumer healthcare division, which Ms Walmsley led prior to taking over the top job at GSK, and it generated £7.2bn in sales over 2016.
Although Horlicks is popular in India, GSK noted when it announced its full year figures there had been a general slowing of the health food drink category in the country "which impacted the performance of the nutrition category and Horlicks in particular".
This continued in the first quarter of the year.
Officers were called to the Premier Store in Busby Road at about 13:40.
Police said a man brandishing a knife threatened two male members of staff but fled empty-handed.
One of the men sustained a slight injury but did not require treatment. Officers were checking CCTV and inquiries are continuing.
The suspect was described as a white Scottish man, over 6ft in height and was wearing a woollen hat and carrying a black bag.
Keates, who made over 150 league appearances and captained the club to an FA Trophy win in 2013, has been handed his first managerial role as Gary Mills' successor.
Arfon Griffiths, Brian Flynn and more recently Andy Morrell were all former players given their first chance of management by the north Wales club.
All three left their own mark on a club which is now in its eighth season outside the Football League.
Wrexham have not mounted a serious play-off challenge since the reign of Morrell, who had Keates as club captain.
Morrell, now manager of National League North side Tamworth, was one of the first to message Keates with congratulations on his appointment.
"He's perfect for it," Morrell told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"He's somebody who is ambitious, enthusiastic and has got Wrexham at heart.
"He fought tooth and nail when he was a player for them and put his body on the line and he'll do exactly the same thing in the manager's job as well.
"It's a great opportunity for him because these don't come along very often."
Morrell, like Keates, initially took over on an interim basis in September 2011 when Dean Saunders left for Doncaster Rovers and was later made permanent.
However, Morrell took over a side that was second in the Conference while Keates' Wrexham are currently 14th and eight points off the play-off places.
"I was in a better position because we had won seven out of the 10 games," Morrell recalls.
"All I had to do was carry on doing what we were doing and the lads were great.
"Dean has got to somehow change the mind-set of the players.
"They've got to change that mentality into one that's a winning one and he can do it.
"He'll lead from the front and he'll tell them exactly what he wants."
The appointment has also drawn comparisons with another diminutive midfielder turned Wrexham manager Flynn. Although 5ft 5ins, Keates joked at his press conference: "I'm a bit taller than Flynnie though."
Flynn, the former Wales international, made the switch from player to manager at Wrexham as Dixie McNeil's successor in November 1989.
He transformed a side which finished bottom of the Football League to FA Cup giant killers, with notable wins over Arsenal and West Ham United during his 12-year tenure.
"It's a very similar situation to when Brian Flynn came in and look at the success he had at the football club," said Peter Jones, chair of Wrexham Supporters' Trust.
"We felt the opportunity for Dean was the right time. He knows the club, he knows everyone here."
Flynn was renowned for giving young players their chance at Wrexham and Morrell says home grown talent is key to the club's development and sustainability.
"I hope they can get a plan in place not just to try and make the play-offs this season or next season," Morrell told BBC Wales.
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"It's got to be a longer term plan. What are they going to do with the academy? Are they going to use that properly and get players from that and bring them into the first team?
"You've got assets there that you can sell whereas at the moment they seem to be ignoring that. If they can get those players through then that gets the fans on board.
"If there's a plan in place there's no reason why in a few years' time you can't be pushing again.
"There's so many big teams that are struggling to get back to where they should be and Wrexham are a Football League club in mine and a lot of people's eyes.
"Keatsy will be positive and he'll push them on and make them play well."
The Australian first arrived in England with Saracens in 2008 following a six-year spell with NSW Waratahs.
After a season under Eddie Jones at Saracens, he moved on to Wasps in 2009, spending two years at Adams Park before joining Japanese side Kyuden Voltex.
He returned to Australia with Western Force before rejoining Wasps at the start of the 2014-15 season.
Jacobs said: "I'd like to thank Bob Dwyer, who signed me to my first pro contract, Ewen McKenzie for giving me my first cap as a Waratah, Eddie Jones for bringing me over to Europe, Tony Hanks and Shaun Edwards for convincing me to sign with Wasps, and Dai Young in bringing me back to Wasps."
Jacobs, who has recently become a father for the first time, plans to stay in England in a coaching capacity.
Sydney-born Jacobs played 57 times for Wasps in his first two seasons with the club, scoring 10 tries, but he has been more of a squad player over the past three years, making just 31 further appearances.
He has not played since suffering a knee injury in the 15-11 Champions Cup defeat by Toulon in January.
Eddie Jones, the man who brought Jacobs to England, was full of praise for his fellow Australian.
"Ben's a lovely guy," said the England coach.
"He played a lot of good Super Rugby in Australia, particularly for the Waratahs. And, when I took over at Saracens, he was one of the guys I brought over.
"Unfortunately, Ben had a few injuries for Saracens, but since then he's done really well for Wasps and has played superbly for them.
"Guys like Elliot Daly have benefited enormously from playing with him. I'm sure, for the rest of his life, Ben will look back at his rugby with affection and enjoy those memories."
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young added: "Ben has been a key figure within Wasps' squad during his two stints with the club.
"He has been a great influence within this group on and off the field and has made a big contribution over the past few seasons as we've worked our way up the table."
The manager has been physically and emotionally drained by events at the club, including the departure of long-standing administration and ground staff.
McCoist was also assured that no employees at Murray Park would be affected, only for some to later be told that they would be losing their jobs.
He will now work his 12-month notice period, unless the board decide to settle his contract or put him on gardening leave.
The BBC has learned that the decision has been playing on McCoist's mind for several weeks. He has grown increasingly concerned at events at the club, with several staff being made redundant in recent weeks.
The accounts revealed an £8m loss for the financial year to the end of June 2014 and the directors outlined that at least £8m will be required in fresh funding from January to keep the business going for another 12 months.
Derek Llambias, the former Newcastle United managing director and long-time ally of Mike Ashley, has been playing a prominent role at Ibrox ever since the Magpies and Sports Direct owner provided the club with £3m in loans.
Ashley holds a stake of around 9% in Rangers International Football Club and Llambias has since been appointed to the board as a non-executive director.
Yet, when Ashley took his initial shareholding in RIFC, he agreed an undertaking with the Scottish Football Association that he would not hold more than 10% and would not have influence on the board. McCoist has revealed that discussions in recent weeks on possible transfer activity in January were held with Llambias.
Llambias, along with Sports Direct's Barry Leach, have been assessing the financial and staffing arrangements at Ibrox in recent weeks and been prominent around the stadium as staff were made redundant.
The staff who lost their jobs were not high earners - among them were the long-standing secretary to the manager and a groundsman - and McCoist came to feel that he should hand in his own notice.
He is also aware that some board members have long wanted him replaced and McCoist wanted to take the initiative himself rather than wait for others to eventually decide his fate.
If the board keep him in place, McCoist is comfortable with the challenge of trying to gain promotion and remains confident he can guide the team to that ambition
"He's had enough of seeing decent, honest people with Rangers in their heart losing their jobs," a source told the BBC.
"The club has been haemorrhaging money and these people losing their jobs won't make a significant difference to that.
"This is not him walking away. He has just handed in his notice. He needs some time out to recharge his batteries, but he will continue to help Rangers and Rangers supporters as much as he can.
"If someone with Rangers in his heart feels he has to take this step then he hopes others who have been in and around events at the club in recent years will do the same.
"I can't think of any other manager who has had to put up with administration, liquidation, Whyte, Green and everything else that has gone on at Rangers."
McCoist has been drained by events behind the scenes at Rangers but remains emotionally committed to the club. He is also a shareholder in Rangers International Football Club.
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Tries from Iain Henderson and Stuart McCloskey put Ulster in control, but Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour crossed for Warriors to seal the win.
"We've got a game in hand and we're right back in it," Townsend said.
"We have four away games out of our five remaining games so the next two weeks are going to be important."
Glasgow struggled to live with Ulster in the opening exchanges. Having lost Hogg to the sin-bin with just two minutes on the clock, Henderson strolled over after relentless Ulster pressure.
Three Finn Russell penalties kept the home side in touch at 10-9 down at the break, but McCloskey's controversial try early in the second left Glasgow in trouble.
Terrific tries in quick succession from Hogg and Seymour turned the tide, and Hogg's long-range penalty with the last kick of the game sickened Ulster by denying them a losing bonus point.
Townsend was thrilled with the way his players responded in adversity.
"The players kept the belief and a couple of great opportunities we took as well," the Warriors head coach told BBC Scotland.
"I just said to the guys in the changing room, last week we showed our character defending a lead and tonight we showed our character in having to go out and attack and score the points to see home the victory.
"We weren't as fluent as we would like to be. A big reason was the Ulster defence. They put so many bodies into the contact area. It did upset our rhythm but I felt there was space all the time. When teams put so many bodies into that area there's going to be less bodies defending outside the rucks.
"I think we only gave away four penalties so our discipline in such an important game with such a physical team up against us was great."
Jonny Gray returned to captain the side after missing Scotland's final Six Nations match against Ireland through injury, and Townsend was thrilled to have him back leading his charges.
"He's a great player and he's growing into that captaincy role. He was asking the right questions, you could hear him speaking to the players, inspiring those around them.
"He's played well every game he's played this season so that was just another one."
Possessed of forthright opinions and a fine disregard for the art establishment, he succeeded in sharing his fascination for all things cultural in a manner that was extremely contagious.
The combination of his high-pitched plummy voice and singular style of presentation made his television programmes compulsive viewing for millions.
His gleeful and often scathing dismissal of anyone who held a view other than his own made his newspaper columns delightful and infuriating in equal measure.
Brian Sewell was born on 15 July 1931. Brought up in London, he discovered much later in life, that his father was a minor composer named Philip Heseltine, better known by his alter ego Peter Warlock.
His mother, whom Sewell described as something of a "girl about town", was one of a number of Warlock's mistresses and the couple never married.
Perhaps because of the circumstances of his birth she refused to let her son out of her sight and even prevented him going to school.
She did, however, imbue the young Sewell with a love of art, taking him to the National Gallery.
It was only after she married that his new step-father insisted he had an education.
He fell in love with Murillo's painting of The Holy Family when he was six and insisted his mother buy him a robe like the one worn by Jesus.
He attended the independent Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in North London before being offered a place to read history at Oxford.
However, he turned it down, preferring to study for a degree in art history from the Courtauld Institute, where he was tutored by the art historian Anthony Blunt.
"A vulgar prankster" David Hockney
"Second-rank" Bridget Riley
"Art's Jade Goody" Tracey Emin
"Intelligence-insulting" Turner Prize
"A minor museum" Tate Gallery
Sewell worked as a dealer at the auctioneers Christie's, despite finding it almost unbearable to sell pictures to those he thought undeserving.
His first taste of the limelight was in 1979 when Blunt was exposed as "the Fourth Man" in the Burgess-Maclean spy scandal.
Although Sewell always denied that he and Blunt were intimate, it was Sewell who helped his mentor flee the press and, in the process, found himself in the media spotlight.
His long career as an art critic gave him the opportunity to vent his extreme opinion. He lamented the dearth of great women painters, who he said simply "lacked the creative faculty".
He called other art critics "a feeble, compliant, ignorant lot". Of the Turner Prize for contemporary art, he said: "Ignoring it is the kindest thing one can do."
Sewell's foray into television brought his distinctive appearance - a whip-whirl of white hair, dark currant-bun eyes, a defiantly unfashionable mode of dress and what one critic called his "mouse-like quiverings" - to an audience much wider than the arts circles he so frequently pilloried.
In programmes such as The Naked Pilgrim and The Grand Tour, he took viewers on cultural tours of Europe. If audiences tuned in for his comic turn, they stayed for his accessible expertise.
Beyond his singular enunciation, complete with seductive sibilance and unbelievably extended "oooohs", his explanations were vibrant, rich in detail and meticulously researched.
Despite its success, Sewell found no joy in this "moronic" television work, accusing his own production crews of being "fundamentally unserious". They, in their turn, called him "hell to work with".
This was mild compared with the attitude of many of his arty peers. On one occasion, 36 assorted art world figures wrote collectively to the Evening Standard, demanding he be sacked.
They accused him of "virulent homophobia and misogyny" and being "deeply hostile to and ignorant about contemporary art".
Sewell responded: "We pee on things, we pee into things, we pee over things and we call it art. I don't know what art is, but I do know what it isn't."
His disdain for many living artists was famous. David Hockney was described as "a vulgar prankster" while he scorned Bristol's promotion of the street artist Banksy.
"The public doesn't know good from bad. For this city to be guided by the opinion of people who don't know anything about art is lunacy. It doesn't matter if they [the public] like it."
He was serially evicted from those galleries and museums he had besmirched in print, and on one occasion was attacked with an umbrella in Bond Street by an outraged art dealer.
Sewell reacted to these debacles with equanimity, sometimes with a fit of the giggles.
Away from the canvas, he proved equally idiosyncratic in his pronouncements on everything from Palestine to pornography. He lived in a vast Wimbledon mansion, alone with only his beloved dogs and copious paintings for company.
He rarely spoke about his sexuality but said he preferred to be called queer rather than gay. "I never came out," he once said, "but I have slowly emerged."
And he condemned the legislation of gay marriage, saying that resources had been wasted on the wrong campaign.
"The battle still to be won is against prejudice, the most insidious of enemies."
He harboured a great love for classic cars and was an aficionado of stock car racing, making a programme on the subject for BBC Radio 4.
Sewell was also a patron of NORM-UK, a charity that campaigns and distributes information on human circumcision.
He was a figure both of fun and authority; his refusal to compromise or dumb down often alienated him from his art world peers, but bizarrely ensured his enduring mainstream appeal.
Brian Sewell himself always claimed confusion with this paradox. He said: "People are terrified of me. I'm really quite cuddly."
Memorial is famous for documenting human rights abuses in Russia.
The US embassy in Moscow has voiced concern and asked the Russian government for an explanation.
A new Russian law says foreign-funded non-governmental groups (NGOs) linked to politics must register as "foreign agents" - a term which suggests spying.
In the worst repressions of the Soviet period the label "foreign agents" was used to denounce dissidents - or simply political rivals of Joseph Stalin - and could lead to execution.
Memorial says inspectors returned to its Moscow offices on Friday, having already seized 600 documents including accounts on Thursday.
A statement on the Memorial website said the inspections were directly linked to the new law on NGOs and the targeted groups' compliance with it.
Memorial director Arseny Roginsky, quoted by the Russian news website Vesti, said it was "a complete check on everything concerned with our sources of funding".
He insisted that the NGO law "will not change our position at all". "We won't refuse foreign donations, nor will we register as a 'foreign agent'," he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused foreign-funded NGOs of meddling in politics on behalf of foreign powers.
Two investigative reporters from state-controlled NTV television also turned up at Memorial's offices uninvited on Thursday. Memorial complained to police, who escorted the journalists out.
Last October NTV broadcast a controversial documentary called Anatomy Of A Protest 2, which alleged that anti-Kremlin protest leaders in Russia were funded by a Georgian MP. The leaders denounced the allegations as a fabrication. NTV is owned by Russia's Gazprom gas monopoly and is seen as close to the Kremlin.
A member of the Russian presidential Human Rights Council, Pavel Chikov, said up to 2,000 organisations had been targeted with inspections and searches this month, in connection with the NGO law.
Speaking to the Associated Press news agency, he said "it goes full circle across the whole spectrum - they're trying to find as many violations as possible".
Memorial has a representative on the Human Rights Council - Sergei Krivenko. Four other groups searched by the police also have representatives on the council, the Russian news website Vedomosti reports.
The council has complained to Russian Prosecutor-General Yuri Chaika about increased checks carried out on NGOs in 13 regions.
Last September the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced it had been ordered by the Russian authorities to shut down its operations. USAID has worked in Russia for two decades, spending nearly $3bn (£1.8bn) on aid and democratic programmes.
This year, American troops will join their French allies in the annual parade, to mark 100 years since the US intervened in World War One.
It is not every president who can resist a military parade, especially one with a bit of revolutionary fervour thrown in.
And two months after sweeping aside France's old political order in his bid for the presidency, who better for Emmanuel Macron to invite to his first Bastille Day parade than another political revolutionary from across the Atlantic?
Especially as this year's parade comes with the added benefit of refocusing attention away from their current personal and political squabbles on to a time when French and American soldiers fought side by side for common values.
Solidarity seems harder these days.
In fact, few allied leaders have managed to pack so much antagonism into such a short relationship.
When the two first met ahead of a Nato summit in May, President Macron treated the US leader to a gripping handshake in front of the cameras, which he then refused to release for several long moments.
He was seen as snubbing President Trump again later in the summit, when he appeared to swerve away from Mr Trump's open arms, making the US president wait while he greeted other leaders first.
President Trump then announced he was pulling out of a key climate change agreement brokered in Paris, which prompted Mr Macron to release a video, in English, inviting US scientists to come and live France, and parodying the Trump campaign slogan with a call to "Make Our Planet Great Again".
Perhaps it is not surprising that things have been difficult between them.
Both men see themselves as unconstrained by the old style of established politics, both are keen to portray themselves as strong leaders, and there are real political differences too.
Mr Trump openly supported Mr Macron's far-right rival Marine Le Pen during the French presidential election, and allegations over possible Russian influence in both the US and the French elections hang heavily over this visit.
Nevertheless, at times, they almost seemed to be enjoying their little PR feud.
"It is high time to finish with the juvenile rivalry of handshakes," said an editorial in Le Monde last month. Mr Macron may have "stolen the American president's monopoly on being unpredictable…. [but he] wants to become the European leader of the international political scene. To achieve this, he'll have to go beyond images and symbols."
Mr Macron is good at flattering world leaders, and he has made more of an effort recently to woo Mr Trump.
The young, inexperienced French president has been keen to increase France's influence on the world stage - and boost his standing at home, where political loyalties are still divided.
The secretary-general of the Socialist Party, Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, told a French newspaper that Mr Macron was "looking for the company of the world's big leaders" because he needed to "legitimise his victory", having secured less than a quarter of the vote in the first round of France's presidential election.
Having already hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at Versailles, Mr Macron will now treat his American counterpart to an old-fashioned display of pomp and military might.
Mr Trump's acceptance of the invitation is a chance for him, also, to showcase transatlantic ties and highlight the shared challenges nestled alongside the two countries' disagreements: the conflict in Syria, the military alliance, and the fight against terrorism.
Friday's commemorations will be a poignant reminder of the terrorist threat here, marking one year since France's last major attack, in Nice.
Eighty-six people were killed in that attack, when a Tunisian-born man drove through crowds gathered to watch Bastille Day fireworks on the Promenade des Anglais. President Macron is due to fly down to Nice later on Friday to take part in the commemorations there.
Security around the event in Paris has been boosted this year, with Mr Trump's attendance adding an extra dimension to preparations in the capital.
It is a visit showcasing the many sides to Franco-American links: past victors, future allies, current targets.
Richard Loach performed CPR on Phil Nunnerley, 69, who had a suspected heart attack on a bus after the match against Fiji at Twickenham last Friday.
Mr Nunnerley launched a social media campaign to try to track his saviour down. He only knew he was wearing a Gloucester Rugby shirt.
The men have now spoken.
Dr Loach, a GP on the Isle of Wight who used to live in Gloucester, got in touch with Mr Nunnerley after reading about his story in a BBC News website article.
He said: "Phil's a very lucky man. It was so great to see him looking so well on that short video [in the BBC story].
"I've spoken to him and he sounds so great. My wife and I were both involved and we were so chuffed to see him so well."
Dr Loach said he and his wife realised Mr Nunnerley was ill while they were travelling on the bus.
"We were just minding our own business and we heard someone say 'stop the bus'.
"He didn't look very well. I had seen it before. We thought we'd better help out."
Dr Loach said Mr Nunnerley, from West Harptree in North Somerset, had no pulse when they started carrying out mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest depressions.
Four paramedics then continued to treat him when the bus got to the park and ride.
"Normally the outcome is not usually so good. I'm sure anyone else would have done exactly the same," said Dr Loach.
Mr Nunnerley said he is planning to meet soon to say thank you in person.
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Officers were called to Sydenham Hill on Friday evening and the paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said officers also found a firearm nearby but he would not comment on the nature of the man's injuries.
He added that no-one had been arrested and a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.
The 35-year-old left his role as player-assistant manager of National League South's Truro City by mutual consent last December.
Fallon, who scored six goals in 23 New Zealand appearances, has not played a competitive match since March 2016.
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The minister, Alexandre de Moraes, is one of Mr Temer's closest allies.
He replaces Judge Teori Zavascki, who died in a plane crash last month.
There have been calls for a less politically sensitive nomination, as many senior politicians are facing charges in the corruption scandal.
Mr Temer said he had chosen Mr Moraes for his "solid academic credentials".
The 49-year-old lawyer is a member of the PSDB party, which is part of Mr Temer's governing coalition.
He joined the cabinet in May, when Mr Temer replaced President Dilma Rousseff, who was facing impeachment proceedings.
Earlier this year, Mr Moraes had to deal with his most serious crisis since taking office, when more than 100 prisoners were killed by fellow inmates in a series of prison riots.
He announced a plan to set up police intelligence units and increase cooperation with neighbouring countries to reduce the power of the gangs that control most Brazilian prisons.
Mr Moraes's nomination needs to be ratified by the Senate.
He asked for a 30-day leave of absence to prepare for the ratification process.
But analysts say the government does not expect the nomination to be rejected, as it has a broad majority in the Senate.
Later this month the Supreme Court is due to begin ruling on the extensive evidence gathered during an investigation into corruption at the state oil company, Petrobras.
Judge Zavascki had been overseeing the investigation, known as Operation Car Wash.
He had prepared a list with the names of dozens politicians who allegedly took bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht to make sure the company won lucrative contracts with Petrobras.
Odebrecht has admitted paying $1bn (£800m) in bribes to obtain contracts in 12 different countries.
Mr Zavascki was a well-respected judge and the Car Wash investigation gained much credibility when he was appointed to oversee it in the Supreme Court, says the BBC's Daniel Gallas.
The plane he was travelling on plunged into the sea in heavy rain near the town of Paraty on 19 January.
The opposition said it suspected foul play and called for a thorough investigation.
Since Judge Zavascki's death, the Supreme Court has been operating with 10 judges.
His role overseeing the corruption probe was allocated last week to Judge Edson Fachin.
He was chosen at random from a shortlist of five Supreme Court judges.
Leslie Paul, 64, of Clephane Road, north London, committed the offences between 1980 and 1988 at a Lambeth children's home, where his four male victims lived.
He was convicted of a string of assaults at Blackfriars Crown Court.
Jailing him, Judge John Hillen said Paul used his position, power and charisma to groom and abuse the boys.
Paul was last month found guilty of 15 indecent assaults, one count of indecency with a child under 14, and one count of aiding and abetting indecent assault on a boy under 14.
He pleaded guilty to one count of making an indecent image of a child on or after 1 January 2005.
The court heard that one victim was subjected to "vile group sexual abuse" by Paul and other unidentified men.
The judge told him: "If you were not part of a paedophile ring, you were at least knowledgeable about and in contact with a group of paedophile men."
Paul had also been jailed for offences against children in 1994 and 2002 - and in 2002 a sentencing judge said he believed Paul had achieved rehabilitation following the historic offences.
But the most recent investigation started in October 2012 after a victim came forward with allegations against Paul.
An inquiry was launched by detectives from the Met's Operation Trinity and further victims were identified.
Det Supt Ang Scott said: "Paul was responsible for the care of his victims; the ultimate position of trust. He used that power to take advantage and commit the most serious of crimes against them."
One victim said the abuse he suffered as a teenager ruined his life.
He said: "I didn't speak about it until I was contacted by the police in 2014 as I thought nobody would believe what happened to me."
But he added: "I can finally start to move on with my life knowing that everyone now believes me."
Jason and Christy Zielsdorf, who have five children and ran a shop in the small Highlands community of Laggan, are to return to Canada next month.
The Home Office said the family's application to continue living in Scotland had failed to meet immigration rules.
The Zeilsdorfs have been fighting to stay, saying they have sought to meet all requirements of their visa.
Laggan Stores Coffee Bothy and Wayfarer's Rest, the shop the family ran in Laggan in the Cairngorms, closed on 14 April and has been put up for sale by the family.
Mr Zielsdorf has criticised the Home Office's handling of their case.
He told BBC Radio Scotland: "I am being treated less than a criminal because I have no status in this country.
"Providing it is not a traffic violation, you can be a criminal and still maintain your driver's licence, which they have now stripped both my wife and I of.
"We live in a rural area that is quite public transport bereft."
Mr Zielsdorf added: "We follow the rules, we didn't come here to sponge off the system or come under some false pretence."
The Home Office said Mr Zielsdorf's application for an extension of leave to remain under the Tier 1 Entrepreneur route was refused as it did not meet the immigration rules on several counts.
These included providing evidence of self-employment, evidence of National Insurance contributions and the requirement to employ two people full-time for 12 months.
A Home Office spokesman said: "All visa applications are carefully considered on their individual merits, in line with the UK immigration rules and based on evidence provided by the applicant."
The Zielsdorfs' deportation comes about six months after an Australian family that had been facing deportation was granted permission by the Home Office to continue living in the UK.
Gregg and Kathryn Brain and their son Lachlan, who live in Dingwall in the Highlands, had been trying to qualify for a new visa.
The family initially moved to the UK in 2011 on Mrs Brain's student visa.
They had intended to move to a post-study visa but this scheme was withdrawn by the UK government.
However, Mrs Brain managed to secure a job that met visa regulations and the Home Office allowed her to remain in the UK.
Also in the last six months, a mother of two who was at risk of being deported because of an issue with her visa was granted leave to stay in the UK.
Gloria Macleod, who has an Indian passport and is married to a Scot currently working in Dubai, was also living in Dingwall.
The couple's young daughters were attending a local school and the family was planning to set up home in the area.
The Home Office had previously said she that she did not have the correct visa.
The body of 42-year-old Steven Quail was discovered at the property in Greenend Avenue, Johnstone, at about 10:45 on Saturday.
Police Scotland said Mr Quail had suffered "significant" injuries.
Detectives believe there was a disturbance after someone came to his door in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Det Insp Mark Henderson, who is leading the murder inquiry, said: "Mr Quail was found with significant injuries and as such extensive police enquiries are ongoing to establish how he came about these injuries and trace the person or persons responsible.
"We believe that there was a disturbance at the house around 00:50 hrs on Saturday 25 February when a person or persons came to the door and I appeal to anyone who may have heard anything at this time or anyone who saw anyone hanging around Greenend Avenue to contact police immediately.
"I understand that crimes of this nature can cause concern in the local community and I would like to reassure local residents that additional officers will be on patrol in the area and anyone with any concerns or information can speak to these officers."
Mr Quail's relatives have been informed of his death and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
The building in Wicksteed Park, Kettering, opened in 1923 and hosted conferences and parties and served as a military base during World War II.
Edwardian features, including its clock tower, are to be restored and new lighting will be installed.
The refurbishment is expected to be finished by the middle of March.
The work is part of a £1m restoration project at Wicksteed Park, which was developed by Charles Wicksteed and claimed to be the UK's first leisure park with children's play equipment.
Mr Wicksteed died from pneumonia in 1931.
His grandson, Oliver Wicksteed, is chairman of the Wicksteed Charitable Trust and said the pavilion had provided "90 years of wonderful memories for the people of Kettering".
He said: "As with all buildings which serve a multitude of purposes, some adaptations have been made over the years which have meant guests and visitors haven't been able to fully appreciate what a unique, treasured and elegant old building we have.
"The 90th anniversary is an ideal opportunity to do this and show off the many unique features which the building has."
The annual Dream Toys chart, from the Toy Retailers Association, features toys ranging in price from £7.99 mini-figures to a £99.99 dinosaur.
Toys that have featured on the industry group's list in previous decades have included drawing set Spirograph in 1967 and the Nintendo Game Boy games console in 1991.
BJ Botha burrowed over in the fourth minute for Munster with fellow South African Braam Steyn replying with a terrific solo effort for the visitors.
Treviso's resolute defence was worn down after the break as captain CJ Stander got Munster's second try.
Replacement hooker Duncan Casey and Zebo added the further two tries.
Zebo's touchdown was his 40th for Munster, leaving him within one of equalling the province's record try scorer Anthony Horgan.
The win sees Munster join Leicester at the top of Pool Four on five points.
The home side were quick out of the blocks, setting up a purposeful maul. Scrum-half Conor Murray almost nipped over from close range before prop Botha got in under James Ambrosini's tackle.
Treviso, with the wind advantage, gradually gained a foothold in the game and scored their try in the 16th minute.
The Italians' number eight Steyn charged down Keatley's attempted clearance kick and dribbled through to the left of the posts before acrobatically dotting down just before the ball went dead.
Jayden Hayward made it 7-7 with the conversion, although Keatley responded with a penalty three minutes later.
Treviso lost their captain Alessanndro Zanni to concussion, and Munster hooker Mike Sherry had his first European appearance in over two years cut short by a knee injury.
The conditions worsened on the restart with the rain teeming down.
Keatley's 48th-minute place-kick was followed by Stander's unconverted try seven minutes later, the Irish-qualified number eight outmuscling Matteo Zanusso and Ludovico Nitoglia from a couple of metres out.
Munster went the direct route again for their third try, Ryan winning a line-out near the left corner and Casey piling over on the end of a well-executed forward drive.
Keatley converted and further pressure from the home pack saw Matteo Muccignat sin-binned for not rolling away.
Barely a minute later, Zebo was handed a simple finish and Keatley added the extras for a 25-point winning margin.
Munster: Conway, Earls, Saili, Hurley, Zebo, Keatley, Murray, Kilcoyne, Sherry, Botha, D. Ryan, Chisholm, D. O'Callaghan, O'Donoghue, Stander.
Replacements: Gonzalez Amorosino for Conway (77), R. Scannell for Keatley (77), O'Leary for Murray (77), Cronin for Kilcoyne (50), J. Ryan for Botha (72), Foley for Chisholm (66), Copeland for D. O'Callaghan (56).
Not used: Casey.
Treviso: McLean, Nitoglia, Hayward, Bacchin, Iannone, Ambrosini, Gori, Zanusso, Gega, Harden, Naude, Montauriol, Minto, Zanni, Steyn.
Replacements: Smylie for Nitoglia (56), Giazzon for Gega (41), Filippetto for Harden (50), Budd for Naude (50), Muccignat for Montauriol (71), De Marchi for Steyn (78).
Not used: Barbini, Christie.
Sin bin: Muccignat (74).
Att: 12,348
Ref: Matt Carley (RFU)
The stray stunned staff at Feline Care Cat Rescue, in East Harling, Norfolk, with the "peculiar" birth defect.
Manager Molly Farrar said the centre's vet had not seen a cat with an extra ear in 30 years of practice.
Staff at the centre floated a number of names but settled on Brian, the Eastern Daily Press first reported.
The cat was named after the owner of the garage where he was found.
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"It's obviously a really rare thing as our vet hasn't seen it as well," Ms Farrar told the BBC.
"We see plenty of cats with no tails, some tails, only a little bit of tail missing, cats with three legs, one eye, cats with all kinds of disabilities, but this is something quite special."
Brian, who is thought to be between four and eight years old, almost ended up with a more outlandish moniker, Ms Farrar said.
"We have had suggestions of Spock or Captain Kirk because he's got a left ear, a right ear and a final front-ear," she said.
Brian was discovered on Monday near the remote cat sanctuary, which is on the edge of an industrial estate, and it is thought he may have been dumped or ended up on the back of a lorry.
If Brian's owner cannot be found, he will be re-homed, Ms Farrar said.
The sculptures were bought by the Pinault family, who own French luxury group Kering, and donated to the Chinese government.
The rabbit and rat heads were looted from Beijing's Old Summer Palace at the end of the Second Opium War in 1860.
China had tried to stop their sale when they came up for auction in 2009.
That auction ended in controversy when a Chinese man bid successfully for them, but did not pay, as a "patriotic act".
The statues had come up for sale following the death of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.
Kering's brands, which include Saint Laurent as well as Gucci and Alexander McQueen, are popular in China's booming luxury market.
In a statement in April announcing their donation of the statues, the Pinault family said they had gone to "great efforts to retrieve these two significant treasures of China and strongly believe they belong in their rightful home".
At a ceremony at the National Museum on Friday attended by Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong, Francois Pinault was awarded a certificate of donation, according to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
The bronze animal heads were among 12 which previously adorned a zodiac fountain in the destroyed Old Summer Palace.
The palace, known as Yuanming Yuan, was sacked by British and French forces.
The heads disappeared, but it remains unclear when, how and by whom they were taken out of China.
Of the 12, the ox, monkey, tiger, pig and horse heads have already been returned, the state-run China News Service reports.
The whereabouts of the other five animal heads, the dragon, dog, snake, sheep and chicken, are currently unknown, it adds.
They say their call follows a new insight gained into black holes as a result of producing the visual effects for the Hollywood film.
Experts have also confirmed that the portrayal of "wormholes" is scientifically accurate.
Scientific papers have been published in the American Journal of Physics and in Classical and Quantum Gravity.
Dr David Jackson, who printed one of the papers in this month's AJP, said "publishing this paper was a no-brainer".
He added: "The physics has been very carefully reviewed by experts and found to be accurate. The publication will encourage physics teachers to show the film in their classes to get across ideas about general relativity."
The director of Interstellar, Christopher Nolan, told BBC News that Dr Jackson's comments and the two journal publications were "very important" to him.
"Right from the beginning we all really believed it's time to inspire another generation to really look outwards and to look to the stars again.
"We hoped that by dramatising science and making it something that could be entertaining for kids we might inspire some of the astronauts of tomorrow - that would be the ultimate goal of the project," he said.
Mr Nolan worked with Kip Thorne, a professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) who was also one of the film's executive producers. Prof Thorne's vision was to produce a sci-fi film with real science woven into the fabric of the story.
"Films such as Interstellar or Contact or 2001: A Space Odyssey are inspirations for young people. A number of people I trained as a physicist with got involved with science because of movies like these. So if you are going to have a film that really does attract young people to science it had best be scientifically accurate," he said.
Designers drew on scientific equations when creating their computer-generated effects. Particular attention went into the representation of the super massive black hole in the film and a wormhole that connects our Solar System to another in a different galaxy.
The visual effects company Double Negative developed a new suite of software that enabled them to calculate the way light rays travel across the warped space around the black hole.
The software was developed to produce extremely high resolution images suitable for a Hollywood film. The resulting pictures revealed delicate filigree patterns never observed before.
These raised new questions that were of sufficient scientific interest that they prompted a publication in the Institute of Physics journal Classical and Quantum Gravity.
The wormhole produced in the film is unlike any other seen in Hollywood films. Typically, they are shown as a giant cosmic drain with material falling into them. But by turning to physics the scientists determined that it would look like a crystal ball hanging in space. Inside was a distorted image from the galaxy on the other side.
These new discoveries prompted Prof Thorne and the visual effects team at Double Negative to publish two scientific papers.
"What was really exciting was that we were able to show the reality of the Universe was stranger than anything we could imagine," said Paul Franklin, the film's visual effects supervisor.
"You can tell an exciting story in all sorts of different ways. But by incorporating the reality of how extraordinary the Universe can be in Interstellar we ended up with a more exciting film than if we made it all up."
Christopher Nolan told BBC News that scientific accuracy helped him tell a better story.
"The importance of the science was baked in, very much in the DNA of the project from the beginning. And we tried to be true to that initial impulse of looking at reality and what's available to us in terms of the body of knowledge, real physics, real astrophysics and the narrative possibilities that those amazing concepts offer."
Mr Nolan told BBC News that he has always been interested in science and was inspired by Carl Sagan's popular science TV programme Cosmos when he was younger.
"I got a lot of fascinating insights into the possibilities of the Universe and so we felt a real responsibility with the film to try to inspire young people in the same way," he explained.
And he added that getting the science wrong in films these days is no longer an option.
"Consumers have a lot more immediate access to information. If you go and see a film about a particular subject, particularly a true life story, you can go home and look it up on Wikipedia and see if the basic things portrayed in the film are true or not and the same is true of science in the films."
In general, Hollywood does seem to be getting better at portraying science in its blockbuster films. This may partly be due to an initiative by the US National Academy of Sciences called the Science and Entertainment Exchange. This puts scientists in contact with film-makers and TV producers in order to get more accurate science on the big and small screens.
Prof Kip Thorne believes that it has been a successful initiative and recalls how films used to be.
"My only pet peeve is the Disney movie, The Black Hole, which was both a bad movie and a bad depiction of the science. I understand Disney is remaking it and presumably this time it will do a far, far better job," he said.
Prof Thorne may have some insight into how attitudes at Disney have shifted because he was giving a talk at the corporation's studios two weeks ago about the science of Interstellar.
"There is a lot of interest from Disney in this movie and the methods we used to get the science right," he said.
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Correspondents said he was aiming to win back young voters there who had backed the far right National Front in May's European elections.
Last week, Mr Sarkozy announced he would seek the leadership of the centre-right UMP party.
The rally comes a day after a court suspended an inquiry into allegations of corruption against Mr Sarkozy.
He denies the allegations and has requested that the case be dismissed.
The BBC's Lucy Williamson, who was at the rally in Lambersart, a suburb of the northeastern city of Lille, says Mr Sarkozy, 59, appeared to be adopting a softer, more humble image.
Although he was launching his campaign for leadership of the UMP, his speech at times felt more like a bid for the nation's presidency, she says.
"My dear friends, it is a long walk that we are starting in the service of France," he said.
"I have had time to think about what we did, and to you the people of France, I wanted to say thank you."
Mr Sarkozy's leadership bid for the UMP is considered by many as a first step towards a presidential bid in 2017.
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The case suspended on Wednesday relates to an alleged attempt to influence judges who were looking into his affairs.
Other inquiries include one into his links with late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi and another into illegal campaign funding in 2012.
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The prospect of an embarrassing parliamentary defeat will have focused the minds of ministers on a compromise.
But what do the unimpressed Tory MPs dislike about the academy plans? And what will be the sticking points in negotiations with ministers?
Very well-placed Tory backbenchers have highlighted some of the main areas of concern:
Compulsion: These MPs are supporters of the achievements of academies and the principle of autonomy. But if there is a high-achieving school that doesn't want to become an academy, where is the justification in forcing such an unwanted change? This carries the risk of damaging rather than improving schools and it goes against the grain of school choice and parental involvement.
There is already legislation to turn struggling schools into academies and successful schools can already choose to convert. So why would the government want to force good and outstanding schools, against the wishes of heads and parents, to change status? The MPs would prefer more carrot than stick.
And compulsion, above all else, would be the line in the sand - as many of the other concerns would be diminished if one-size-fits-all academy status became something that was encouraged rather than compulsorily required.
The suggestion that local authorities could become chains is not seen as a positive step, but something that reverses autonomy, giving them more power with less electoral accountability.
The timetable: If thousands of schools, many of them primary schools, are put under a deadline to become academies, there will need to be hundreds more academy trusts to accommodate them. Where are these going to come from? What will be quality of these rapidly-assembled trusts? Will they have to be unmanageably large to take in the number of new academies? Will they be strung across the country in a way that doesn't take into account local needs.
If the pace is forced, is there a danger that excellent schools will have to be stuck into not-so-excellent academy chains?
Accountability: If all schools were put into academy trusts, operating across many different parts of the country, how will individual schools remain accountable to parents and their local community?
Standalone academies have found that they can be better connected to their local community than when they were part of the local authority system. But if many schools are pushed into big academy chains, the opposite might happen.
Another complicating factor is the proposal that academy trusts would no longer have to have parent governors in individual schools or at the trustee level.
And overseeing this new structure would the regional schools commissioners. If these were the decision makers in which academy remained open and which closed, could this see the closure of types of schools which were not to their liking?
This opens another sub-set of specific concerns about the long-term implications for small schools, rural schools and the protection of the ethos and character of schools, whether church schools or grammar schools, all of which would come under academy chains and the regional schools commissioners.
What's likely to happen next?
Ministers can expect the frosty backbench response to continue and might be told some home truths by disgruntled MPs. But the government can side-step a decision.
They could announce a vaguely worded plan for legislation in the Queen's Speech and then sit tight, neither accepting changes or pressing ahead with their original plan.
Lying ahead in the summer is the European Union referendum and decisions about academies would then become part of the unpredictable political terrain that will follow.
Firefighters and paramedics were called to Fredrick Road in Gorleston, Norfolk, at 11:00 GMT amid reports of the blast.
A man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s were treated for burns to their arms, upper bodies and face.
Three fire engines and a search and rescue team were called to the scene. An investigation is now underway, the fire service said.
Norfolk deputy fire officer Roy Harold said the building was unsafe and "literally coming apart at the seams".
It was too early to identify a cause of the explosion, he said.
The man and woman, who were taken to nearby James Paget Hospital, were not thought to have suffered life-threatening injuries, he added.
Local resident Kim Aeger said she thought a lorry had crashed on the nearby main road when she heard the explosion.
"I heard a woman screaming," she said.
"I saw her and a man with burns so we called an ambulance.
"The woman was concerned about her cat and a lizard still in the house.
"The whole side of the building had gone and there was a strong smell of gas.
"The wall had collapsed onto the drive next to the house and had damaged a car parked there."
Andrew Warren, 56, and his alleged accomplice, American Prof Wyndham Lathem, 42, have been urged to turn themselves in by police.
Restrictions are in place to prevent the pair leaving the country.
Trenton Cornell-Duranleau was found dead in Prof Lathem's flat on 27 July.
Officers say the victim, a hairdresser who lived in Chicago, was found with multiple stab wounds in the 10th floor apartment.
Andrew Warren is a senior treasury assistant at Oxford's Somerville College.
Court files give his address as the Oxford college but he says on Facebook that he lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, and is a former cashier and driver for Stagecoach.
Wyndham Lathem is a microbiology professor at Northwestern University in Illinois, who specialises in the bacteria that caused the bubonic plague.
According to the Times, the pair met online.
A Thames Valley Police spokesman said Mr Warren was reported missing on 25 July having left the UK the day before.
US police warned that the suspects were believed to be "armed and dangerous".
"We do have an idea of their whereabouts and efforts to locate them are only intensifying from here on in," a spokesman said.
"Our primary focus is to facilitate a safe surrender and we strongly encourage Professor Lathem and Mr Warren to do the right thing."
It is thought the pair have left Chicago.
Oxford University said it had been in contact with police in the UK about Mr Warren and was "ready to help the US investigating authorities in any way they need".
The statement added: "Andrew Warren's colleagues at Somerville College have now all been informed and are shocked to learn of the case.
"Whatever the circumstances, we would urge him to contact the US authorities as soon as possible, in the best interests of everyone concerned."
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The Spaniard, 34, won his second title in 2006 with Renault and has come close three times since - in 2007 with McLaren and 2010 and 2012 with Ferrari.
Asked on Spanish radio if he thought he could be champion again, he said: "Yes, I think so.
"I compete to win. If there was no chance, I wouldn't do it."
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has predicted the team will make "massive progress" in 2016.
Alonso, whose best result last year was fifth place in Hungary, said: "I do not think we are far from achieving a podium.
"I would be surprised if we managed it at the start of the season, because in the first few races not everything will be in place."
He said his feelings for the 2016 car were "good", adding: "When everything is in place, we will make a very big improvements."
But he said Mercedes are still ahead of everyone else.
Asked about the Honda engine's performance compared to that of Mercedes, the Spaniard said: "We will certainly have less power, between 30 and 80bhp, but not 200, no."
Alonso said he had "never considered either retiring or taking a year out", adding that this was "unthinkable".
This is a direct contradiction of remarks by McLaren chairman Ron Dennis, who said at the final race of last season that the idea of a sabbatical for Alonso had been discussed at one point in 2015.
Alonso believes McLaren are the only team who could ultimately beat Mercedes but said: "We are starting a project and we are still some way off."
He said he had "never regretted" leaving Ferrari at the end of 2014, despite the team's upturn in fortunes.
Alonso's replacement, four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, won three races in 2015 to finish third in the standings.
"I was offered to renew until 2019 and did not want to take it up," said Alonso. "I would never have been world champion there. Now I enjoy Formula 1 more being 10 positions further behind."
Almost 20,000 candidates are running for more than 11,000 posts on nine levels of government, and results are expected in the next few hours.
Critics say the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party is too close to China, while its supporters say Taiwan needs good relations with its powerful neighbour.
China sees Taiwan as a renegade province which it should re-unite with.
China and Taiwan have been ruled separately since the end of a civil war in 1949.
Results are expected in the next few hours. More than 18 million eligible voters were registered to vote, choosing from among 20,000 candidates are running for more than 11,000 positions.
The posts being contested in the elections include city mayors, councillors and magistrates.
The KMT currently holds the presidency, a legislative majority, and most of Taiwan's cities and counties, although recent opinion polls have suggested that it risks losing its traditional strongholds such as Taipei and Taichung.
Some voters fear that if the KMT is allowed to continue building strong ties with China, Taiwan may become too economically dependent on the mainland and vulnerable to its pressures to reunify one day, the BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei reports.
They distrust the KMT, regardless of whether the deals signed with Beijing are good for Taiwan, our correspondent says.
KMT supporters, on the other hand, feel that Taiwan needs good relations with its biggest trade partner to breathe new life into the island's ailing economy.
They fear a victory by the opposition DPP party could cause relations with China and Taiwan's economy to regress, our correspondent says.
The DPP supports Taiwan's formal independence from China, something Beijing strongly opposes.
In 2016, Taiwan will hold the more important presidential and legislative polls.
Taiwan only began allowing truly democratic elections - with opposition party candidates and universal suffrage - in the late 1980s.
Police said they were called to Bentley Avenue in Jaywick at 06:40 GMT, where the man's body was found.
They believe he may have been assaulted on New Year's Eve. His death is being treated as suspicious.
A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are being questioned by police in Colchester.
The new holding company will pay UK tax on the royalties the firm receives outside the US.
McDonald's said it had chosen the UK due to the "significant number of staff" it has in London.
The Luxembourg tax affairs of the burger giant are currently under formal investigation by the European Commission.
McDonald's said that the holding company would have "responsibility for the majority of the royalties received from licensing the company's global intellectual property rights outside the US".
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A McDonald's spokesman said the shift in the tax domicile for its non-US operations was not to do with obtaining a better rate of corporation tax, but was more to do with making its operations more efficient.
"This unified structure will be administratively simpler and will reduce expenses and enhance flexibility," the firm said.
Prime Minister Theresa May's official spokeswoman said: "We welcome continued investment from companies around the world into the UK, particularly where that's securing growth and increasing jobs."
The office in Luxembourg will remain responsible for the restaurants in that country, but "other functions will transfer to the new UK-based holding company," McDonald's said.
On Tuesday, the European Commission began a formal investigation of Luxembourg's tax deal with McDonald's.
The Commission's preliminary view is that the deal may have breached European state aid rules.
It said that since two tax rulings given by Luxembourg in 2009, a McDonald's subsidiary had effectively paid no corporation tax, despite recording substantial profits - for example, of more than €250m (£210m) in 2013.
Heather Self, a tax expert at law firm Pinsent Masons, told the BBC that European Commission investigations into corporations' tax affairs were starting to make life more difficult.
"It's getting increasingly difficult to maintain very low tax structures around Europe," she said.
Companies were also "deciding it's no longer worth the hassle and the risk" of using low-tax arrangements due to work by the OECD on "base erosion and profit shifting" - or corporate tax avoidance, according to Ms Self.
Governments are being encouraged to adopt the OECD proposals to stop companies dodging tax.
The UK could be attractive to McDonalds as it has a relatively low rate of corporation tax and a pool of highly-skilled potential employees, she added.
The UK's corporate tax rate is 20% and the government plans to cut it to 17% by 2020.
The Republic of Ireland, which has attracted US multi-nationals such as Apple, has a corporate tax rate of 12.5%.
Today, wine remains an important part of both the Georgian economy, and the Caucasus nation's sense of identity, with thousands of winemakers together typically producing more than 100 million bottles a year.
Back on 27 June, many corks were popped for a celebratory drink when crowds of people took to the streets of the capital Tbilisi to celebrate Georgia signing a free trade agreement with the European Union.
The deal means that from 1 September, Georgian produce and products which meet EU standards will no longer be liable for tariffs when imported by EU member states.
For Georgia's winemakers, predominantly family-run businesses, their wines should become more widely available in Europe - and at slightly reduced prices.
"It means that we will be on equal level with other competitors," says Irakli Cholobargia, head of marketing for the Georgian government's National Wine Agency (NWA).
The NWA calculates that EU importers of its wine had to pay a total 367,823 euros ($488,109; £294,421) in tariffs last year, which will soon be removed.
Malkhaz Jakeli, who runs the Jakeli winery in Georgia's Kakheti region, says that thanks to the free trade agreement he expects to boost exports to the EU.
"I think it will be easier for importers in the EU [without the tariffs]," he says.
He also says that increased sales to the EU will inevitably boost the quality of Georgian wine, as winemakers have to compete more with producers from other countries.
For Georgia's wine producers, the opening up of the EU market will also give them a stronger insurance policy against any future problems with their largest export market - Russia.
Russia has traditionally always been the biggest buyer of Georgian wine, but exports stopped overnight in back in 2006 when Moscow introduced a ban.
More than 400 different indigenous grape varieties - a greater diversity than any other country
The wines were traditionally fermented in large clay jars called kvevri, which were placed underground over winter
In terms of volume, it is the second largest wine producer in the former Soviet Union after Moldova
All types of wines are made - white, red, rose, sweet, sparkling, fortified
There are 18 main wine-producing areas
The Kremlin said the embargo on Georgian wine was due to quality concerns, but it was widely seen as a political move, as a means for punishing the then Georgian government for making overtures to join Nato.
Matters were not helped - to say the least - two years later when Georgia and Russia fought a short war after Georgian troops invaded the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia.
Russian imports of Georgian wine did not eventually resume until 2013, seven years after the ban started.
While Russia is now once again importing Georgian wine in vast quantities - 17 million bottles in the first six months of this year, 66% of total exports during the period - Georgia wants to build up other markets.
For although there is now hesitant consensus that Georgia is unlikely to see any immediate backlash from Russia for signing the EU free trade agreement, some Georgians remain concerned that Russian barriers could go up again in the future.
NWA chairman Levan Davitashvili says: "We want to diversify our market structure. We have to be less dependent on Russia."
The biggest EU importers of Georgian wine are Poland and the Baltic states, and those countries are where Mr Davitashvili is hopeful of seeing a big rise in sales.
By contrast, he does not expect to see increased penetration in western Europe, because he says "the space is already occupied" by wine produced within the EU.
However, Eric Livny, an economist at Tbilisi State University, says most Georgian wine producers will continue to focus on Russia, because of the enduring popularity of Georgian wine among Russian consumers.
"Georgian wine exports go to Russia with very little effort... simply because Georgia has an established brand in Russia. In Europe it's an uphill battle."
In the wider agricultural sector, which accounts for half of Georgia's labour market, and is again dominated by family run farms, there are both hopes and concerns about the implications of the EU deal.
Nino Zambakhidze, chairman of the Georgian Farmers Association, a group of 900 farmers from across the country, says some members are concerned about the costs of getting the internationally-recognised quality certification which is required before they can start exporting to the EU.
Yet she says the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.
"If we deliver proper information and messages to the farmers, and at the same time, if a lot of business-orientated people move to rural regions in order to make businesses and work with farmers, it's going to give us the opportunity to enter the EU market without any problem," says Ms Zambakhidze.
"The most important thing we'll get from the EU is their education, and the new technologies that the EU uses with their farmers."
Ms Zambakhidze is herself also hoping to start exporting to the EU from next year in her day job as co-owner of the Tsnisi Dairy Plant, near the city of Akhaltsikhe.
The dairy currently produces 500kg (1,100lb) of Georgian cheese per day.
Another Georgian small businessman with his eyes firmly on exports to the EU is Irakli Partsvania, who is planting what he says will be Europe's largest blueberry farm.
Mr Partsvania currently has 70 hectares (172 acres) of blueberries, but is in the process of adding a further 450.
"Georgia is a very small market, so from the start we were talking and thinking about the supply of the European and American markets," he says.
So far Mr Partsvania has already harvested one crop of blueberries, of which he exported 10% of the 75 tonnes to the EU, including two tonnes which went to the UK.
With tariffs about to be removed, he plans to substantially increase what he sends to the EU.
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The 35-year-old reached the last four in Melbourne for a 13th time with a 6-1 7-5 6-2 win over Zverev, who upset world number one Andy Murray on Sunday.
Federer, seeded 17th as he seeks an 18th Grand Slam title, faces compatriot Stan Wawrinka in the last four.
Fourth seed Wawrinka beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 6-2.
Wawrinka won his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2014.
The 31-year-old has since added victories at the French Open in 2015 and the US Open last September, and is rated by many as the favourite in Melbourne following surprise defeats for Murray and Novak Djokovic.
Federer, playing his first competitive event since Wimbledon six months ago following a knee injury, brushed aside Zverev with the minimum of fuss.
He blitzed through the first set in just 19 minutes, and soon levelled in the second when he was broken by the world number 50.
Federer won 23 of 32 points at the net (72%) as he reached his 41st Grand Slam semi-final.
"My expectation was not to play Stan Wawrinka in the semis. I thought maybe I could get to the fourth round or quarters - that's what I told the Swiss press," he said.
"For me to play against Stan I have to play aggressive, the more time I give him the better he is. I'm happy he's got this far but he doesn't need to go a step further - Stan knows I'm joking."
Federer is the oldest men's singles semi-finalist at the tournament since Arthur Ashe in 1978, and the oldest at any Grand Slam since Jimmy Connors reached the 1991 US Open last four aged 39.
Wawrinka edged a tight opening set against Tsonga, with the pair exchanging words after the tie-break.
"What did you say? You're the one looking at me and talking to me. What are you looking for?" Wawrinka said to Tsonga in French. "Come on, let it go. Did I look at you once?"
It appeared as though Tsonga was fighting back when he finally broke serve to lead 4-3 in the second set, but Wawrinka snuffed out the danger with two successive breaks for a two-set lead.
An early break was enough to give Wawrinka the final set and he closed out a straightforward win to reach an eighth Grand Slam semi-final.
On the possibility of facing friend and compatriot Federer, he said: "Playing in a semi here is always special - I won my first Grand Slam here in front of amazing fans. If it's against Roger, I hope a few will cheer for me."
Asked about the exchange after the first set, Tsonga replied: "Sometimes it happens. We can talk during the game. Nothing special, yeah.
"We just spoke about things that I think is only between him and me, and that's it."
Wawrinka added: "You can have some tension during the match between players. Sometimes it can happen. Most important is that after the match it's all good."
The authorities said police responders shot Wade Michael Page, 40, in the stomach, but they did not fire the fatal shot, as they had initially said.
At a news conference, the FBI also confirmed Page's ex-girlfriend had been arrested on a weapons charge.
There is no suggestion Misty Cook, 31, was involved in Sunday's attack.
FBI Special Agent Teresa Carlson confirmed on Wednesday that she had seen video footage in which a police officer shot Page in the stomach.
"It's an amazing shot, and thank goodness," she said.
"Subsequent to that wound, it appears that Page died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head," Agent Carlson added.
She said Page, a heavily tattooed Army veteran who performed in white-power bands, was still the only suspect.
Dozens of people who knew him were being interviewed, although officials have not yet "clearly defined a motive" for the shooting in a Milwaukee suburb, Agent Carlson added.
Federal officials were not investigating Page before the shooting, she said. He bought the gun used in the attack at a nearby gun shop days after he moved to Cudahy, Wisconsin.
His relationship with Misty Cook, a nursing student, ended earlier this year.
She was found to have a firearm at her Milwaukee home when police called to interview her about Page.
Cook is prohibited from keeping a gun because she has a previous conviction for fleeing and eluding a traffic officer.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama called Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is a Sikh, to express his condolences over the tragedy, the White House said.
Hundreds of people held another vigil on Tuesday night for the victims.
Temple member Karan Singh Toor said he felt proud to be an American when he saw people of different races attending.
Other temple members have said they knew of no previous threats to the place of worship, and that Page had never been seen there before.
The dead were five men and one woman, who ranged in age from 39 to 84.
Three others injured in the attack remain in critical condition.
On Wednesday, Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said Lt Brian Murphy, who was shot multiple times as he tried to help a victim, was improving.
"He was up walking yesterday," Mr Edwards said. "He's progressing amazingly and we're very, very thankful for that."
Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw says elite public schools have been opening up branches abroad, leading to a boom in international schools.
More people left the UK (18,000) to teach than trained (17,000) on English post-graduate routes, he adds.
Ministers cited figures saying just a tiny fraction of teachers left the UK.
The Department for Education also said it was disingenuous to suggest its approach to teacher recruitment was not working.
Why are teachers quitting the UK to work abroad?
But Sir Michael's claim comes after the government missed its teacher trainee recruitment targets for the past four years.
This has led to shortages of teachers in most subject areas, and many schools are finding it hard to recruit staff.
Sir Michael said it was not surprising that the demand for UK-trained teachers was soaring as English was the most common language used in the estimated 8,000 international schools, many of which follow a British-style curriculum.
He added that the demand for UK-trained teachers was only likely to increase as the number of international schools is projected to nearly double to more than 15,000 by 2025.
He quoted International School Consultancy figures which suggested 18,000 people had left the UK to teach abroad in 2015, although he acknowledged not all of these would have been fully qualified teachers.
Recruitment agencies were actively targeting newly qualified teachers, he claimed, as well as more experienced classroom professionals - with "enticing offers of competitive, usually tax-free salaries, free accommodation and often the prospect of working in warmer, sunnier climes".
He added: "Shouldn't we also ask the question: at what cost to our own state education system?
"Are we in danger of overlooking one of the consequences of this expansion - a teacher 'brain drain' from this country just when the supply issue is reaching situation critical?
"At a time of well-documented shortages, should we not be putting more effort into holding on to those who have gone through their teacher training in England?"
And he called for policy makers to consider financial incentives, often referred to as "golden handcuffs", to retain teachers working in the UK state system.
Sir Michael also said there was a need to "talk up" the profession and highlight the "nobility of teaching" and how it can transform lives.
"The idea of 'golden handcuffs' to keep teachers in this country for a period of time is an interesting one which deserves more examination."
A Department for Education spokesman said: "Despite the challenge of a competitive jobs market, the proportion of trainee teachers with a top degree has grown faster than in the population as a whole, and there are more teachers overall.
"But we are determined to continue raising the status of the profession.
"That's why we're investing hundreds of millions in teacher recruitment, backing schemes like Teach First and the National Teaching Service to get great teachers where they are most needed, and why we've given schools unprecedented freedom over staff pay, to allow them to attract the brightest and the best.
"The number of former teachers returning to the classroom has increased year on year - further evidence of the popularity of the profession. Recent research shows that the number of teachers leaving the profession to work abroad is 1%."
This percentage is based on separate figures from research based on England's Labour Force Survey. Wales does not compile figures on teachers leaving the country.
A teacher training certificate in British education has always been a passport to rewarding work in interesting parts of the world.
What is worrying is that this alleged "brain drain" comes amid a growing teacher recruitment crisis in England.
Because of high staff turnover, the equivalent of an entire British Navy of teachers has to be recruited every year, just to stand still.
So financial incentives or "golden handcuffs", that might staunch the flow of those leaving may well tip the balance.
A scheme to attract and retain teachers in challenging schools began in 2009 but was axed in 2010.
Official "golden hellos" or cash bonus schemes, to attract teachers into shortage subjects and tough areas, were used by the Labour administration.
These were scrapped in 2011 and new bursary schemes giving trainee teachers money off their higher university tuition fees became the key incentive.
But teaching unions say, fee-waivers do little to address the low starting salary for teachers - £21,000 outside London - and the pressures of increasing workload and accountability.
Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said: "Whilst ministers continue to deny the crisis in teacher shortages, we are seeing more and more evidence that this serious issue is threatening standards. Sir Michael Wilshaw is right to highlight the detrimental impact this is having on schools right across the country."
Leora Cruddas, director of policy at the Association of School and College Leaders, said: "Our view is that more needs to be done to incentivise teaching as a career.
"We would suggest that government undertakes to write off, over a period of time, the undergraduate tuition fees of students who become teachers, as long as they remain in the state system in this country during that period.
"This would help with both the recruitment and retention of newly qualified teachers."
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said performance-related pay and an "utterly punishing" workload that leaves little time for family or friends is driving teachers out in droves.
"Add to this the punitive and often pointless accountability system overseen by Sir Michael Wilshaw alongside his regular disparaging comments about the profession, it is no surprise teaching in England has become an unattractive option."
There were celebrations in Europe after Germany surrendered.
But on the other side of the world in the Pacific Ocean, Japan was still fighting against America, Britain and their allies.
The Americans, however, had a secret plan to end the war - by using the most powerful weapon ever created.
On 6 August 1945, at 8.15am Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber plane, called 'Enola Gay', dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
The devastation was beyond anything seen before. The city was immediately flattened.
80,000 people were killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 were injured.
Even then, Japan didn't surrender.
Three days later, another nuclear bomb was dropped by the Americans on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
Shortly afterwards, on 15 August 1945, Japan finally admitted defeat.
World War Two was over.
When the bomb exploded in Hiroshima, the city has struck by a flash of blinding light then a giant cloud shaped like a mushroom.
The blast flattened buildings within a 2.5 km radius of the bomb.
There were 90,000 buildings in Hiroshima before the bomb was dropped but only 28,000 remained after the explosion.
Thousands and thousands of people were killed. Many were badly injured.
But the suffering didn't end there because it wasn't just a normal bomb.
The nuclear radiation released when it exploded caused people to suffer horrible illnesses.
Thousands more people died from their injuries and radiation sickness in the weeks, months and years that followed.
Japan was at war with America and its allies, which included Britain and Soviet Union (a nation made up of modern-day Russia and other countries).
The allies were winning the war and the Japanese forces had been pushed back from many locations.
However fighting was still very fierce and soldiers and civilians were dying every day.
Japan had been at war for many years.
It had invaded the countries near to it such as China and the Japanese had attacked America.
Everywhere the Japanese soldiers went, they were known for their cruelty.
They treated prisoners of war very badly, including American and British soldiers who had surrendered.
US President Harry S Truman wanted the Japanese to surrender as quickly as possible so he could save lives.
The atomic bomb was a deadly new weapon.
President Truman hoped the massive destruction it caused would shock the Japanese into realising they had to surrender.
US President Truman wanted to avoid a land invasion of Japan.
There were 2.5 million Japanese troops stationed there and Truman's staff estimated that defeating them would cost the lives of 250,000 US soldiers.
Some historians also say that the US wanted to avoid Japan being occupied by Soviet troops.
America and the Soviet Union were allies but they did not really trust each other.
It was the first and only time that atomic bombs have been used in a war.
Although the scientists who made the bombs were proud of what they'd achieved, it scared them as well.
The way the atomic bomb was built meant it had huge power - enough to destroy whole cities on it's own.
Many people now believe that the devastation caused in Hiroshima, and in Nagasaki, was so awful that the bombs should never be used again.
Today, a small number of countries around the world, including USA, China and the UK, have nuclear weapons.
Some campaigners argue that there is no place for nuclear weapons and that all countries should get rid of them immediately.
Others say that having such terrible weapons will keep a country safe, even if they are never used.
Bernard Jenkin, chairman of the House of Commons Public Administration committee, says the Kids Company saga is a tale of "an extraordinary catalogue of failures of governance and control at every level: trustees, auditors, inspectors, regulators and government".
While Camila Batmanghelidjh, the former chief executive, is criticised in a new report by the committee, MPs have aimed their fire on the trustees to whom she was supposed to answer.
Alan Yentob, a long-serving chairman of the trustees and former BBC creative director, receives particular scorn.
In a statement, the former trustees have stated that, were it not for the parliamentary privilege enjoyed by MPs, defamation claims "would inevitably follow" in response to the remarkably damning verdicts that the report delivers.
They also say that this is an inappropriate message to publish in the midst of a Charity Commission investigation, and say their evidence has been ignored.
Many of the MPs' conclusions will be familiar to people who followed the Newsnight-BuzzFeed News investigation into Kids Company - or the work done by Radio 4, the Spectator and the Mail on Sunday.
It struggled with its finances. Its client numbers made little sense. Favourite clients enjoyed extravagant support. There were safeguarding concerns.
But there is much worth picking out.
For example, in November 2014, Ms Batmangheilidjh turned away a donor who wanted to give significant support "to develop the charity's infrastructure".
At that time, when the charity had a £4m deficit, she decided that this potential donor lacked "emotional authenticity", was not "in a space" where they could "authentically think about what somebody else needs" and was "not ready to be genuinely philanthropic".
Ms Batmangheilidjh had no such qualms about taking money from government. The committee is scathing about how political pressure seemed to override any concerns about whether spending on Kids Company represented a good use of more than £40m. They have called for a change to how grants are administered.
The Cabinet Office has broadly accepted this point, but Oliver Letwin, the minister who overruled Civil Service advice to give Kids Company a £3m bailout just days before it closed, is not repentant.
He said: "As I said to the committee, I believed it was the right thing to do to give this charity one last chance to restructure."
For the trustees, the report makes some very grating comments about safeguarding. The trustee's press statement notes - correctly - that the Metropolitan Police last week said it had failed to identify "any failings by the charity in respect of them carrying out their duty to safeguard children or vulnerable adults".
But the MPs' report, based on listening to former staff members and local government officials, paints a very different picture. David Quirke-Thornton, social services director in Southwark, told them that "children's services purposefully seek to achieve a safe distance between vulnerable children and young people and adults" but "boundaries appeared to have become blurred" at Kids Company.
One worker reported "inappropriate relationships between key workers and clients" due to "untrained key workers [having] no idea about boundaries". Another referred to "two very serious incidents of unprofessional clinical and safeguarding practice in the past three years".
The committee was alarmed by the charity's whistle-blowing procedures: it cites the case of an employee who witnessed a Kids Company therapist supplying a class A drug to a client in the toilets of a Brixton nightclub. As a first response, the MPs report, the whistleblower was told to "confront" the therapist by Ms Batmangheilidjh.
Its conclusion on safeguarding is stark. Citing "a number of safeguarding issues which have come to [the committee's] attention during the conduct of this inquiry into Kids Company", the MPs suggest that the whole sector might need new rules.
Kids Company as a whole was not supervised by Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission nor local government. "There is… a strong case for statutory regulation of charities who have safeguarding responsibilities for children or vulnerable adults", the MPs recommend.
MPs note that the charity closed in the wake of the announcement of a police investigation into the charity - one sparked by interviews conducted by Newsnight and BuzzFeed News.
That police investigation was actually wound down last week. After a six-month investigation, Scotland Yard could not establish the evidence required to bring criminal charges.
Some sympathetic to the charity argue it might still be open but for those whistleblower reports. Perhaps. But other problems were already emerging and the Charity Commission was already investigating the finances of the charity when it collapsed.
Stories of excess were already bleeding out and even the government was toughening its line. We may learn about these issues from a BBC documentary airing on Wednesday.
Furthermore, as the report notes, "if the trustees had not allowed the charity's weak financial position to persist for so long, Kids Company would not have been so vulnerable to the impact of the allegations". So ultimately, the MPs say, the trustees' failure to keep it in a fit state is why it collapsed.
That's just one criticism that is made of them on a host of issues. On safeguarding, the trustees' failure to have "appropriate processes for handling allegations" was "a serious failure". They were alarmed by "a lack of relevant trustee expertise in the field of youth services or psychotherapy".
On money, the "trustees repeatedly ignored auditors' clear warnings about Kids Company's precarious finances". The trustees failed to rein in Ms Batmangheilidjh. The case of the donor turned away in 2014 illustrated "how unaccountable and dominant trustees had allowed her to become, and how far she was able to insist on maintaining personal control".
Mr Yentob attracts particular personal criticism - as does the BBC. The MPs state that he should not have attempted to affect the reporting of BBC journalists who were looking into this saga - and the BBC should have responded more robustly to his attempts to do so.
In response, the BBC says BBC News had concluded that Mr Yentob did not influence its journalism on the reporting of Kids Company.
The trustees say MPs have "naively accepted allegations made in the media and by a small number of individuals, some with vested interests in damaging Kids Company".
But it is hard to escape the conclusion that had Mr Yentob not already resigned as BBC creative director over Kids Company, this parliamentary report would have forced him to do so.
Brian Sherrard said there was a "very significant risk to the administration of justice if anyone else observes this process".
The 15-year-old disappeared in 1994 after a school disco in County Donegal.
She was last seen in a car driven by convicted killer Robert Howard.
On Tuesday, Mr Sherrard said any redactions made by the PSNI legal team are likely to be modest.
The coroner will make a general statement to the inquest on Wednesday about the nature of the material that has been held back.
He said the risk of disclosure is an exceptionally serious one and relates to the right to the life and the right to privacy of the individuals involved.
Lawyers for the Arkinson family raised a number of concerns with the coroner, before being asked to leave the court, along with members of the press and members of the public.
Henry Toner QC said the documents he had seen, which were heavily redacted, seemed to imply that at one stage the police believed there was a link between the murderer of Sylvia Fleming in Omagh in 1998, and the Arkinson inquiry.
He said this was the first time the Arkinson family had heard of any such connection, and that evidence as to why that line of enquiry was then considered not credible should be made public.
Mr Toner added that the documents also say somebody was abducted by the INLA and interviewed at length as a suspect in the Arlene Arkinson disappearance.
The name of that individual has been redacted at the request of the PSNI, along with the name of an individual who made an allegation to the police that Arlene was buried in her sister Kathleen's garden.
Mr Toner expressed his frustration that the redactions had come so soon before the start of the inquest and requested that any further public interest immunity applications be made as quickly as possible.
Michael Forbes - who refused to sell his land to Trump - scooped the Top Scot prize in a public vote for the whisky brand's Sprit of Scotland award.
Mr Trump said tennis player Andy Murray would have been more deserving.
William Grant and Sons, which owns the brand, said it was a public vote.
Mr Trump said: "Michael Forbes totally lost his battle, in that he tried to stop the Trump Organisation and its many supporters from building what is now recognised as one of the greatest golf courses in the world.
"To think that a product like Glenfiddich would recognise a man like Michael Forbes, who lives in a property which I have accurately described in the past as a total pigsty, a man who loves the attention he has gotten because of his so-called fight with Donald Trump, would receive an award over someone like Andy Murray.
"Glenfiddich's choice of Michael Forbes, as Top Scot, will go down as one of the great jokes ever played on the Scottish people and is a terrible embarrassment to Scotland.
"I make a pledge that no Trump property will ever do business with Glenfiddich or William Grant and Sons."
However, a William Grant and Sons spokesperson said: "We understand that there may have been some confusion and misunderstanding concerning the structure and running of the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards.
"Working with Scotsman Publications as our media partner, Glenfiddich established the awards 15 years ago. From the outset it was made clear that winners would be chosen by public vote.
"Top Scot is a totally open category in which the people of Scotland can vote for whomsoever they choose and Glenfiddich has no influence on this decision.
"In the history of these awards, we are not aware of the Top Scot award causing any offence or upset to anyone and it is not our intention to do so now. These awards were set up to give the people of Scotland a vote and we must respect their decision."
Mr Forbes featured heavily in the You've Been Trumped documentary.
Design work for a second golf course close to the Trump International Links is now under way.
The barrister was appointed to the role of independent reviewer of terrorism legislation on 11 September 2001 - hours before the US attacks.
Lib Dem MP Bob Russell and Conservative MP Roger Gale were both knighted while Labour's Joan Ruddock becomes a dame.
And Baroness Hayman - the first elected Speaker of the House of Lords - becomes a Dame Grand Cross (GBE).
Thousands of honours are awarded each year - at New Year and the Queen's official birthday in June - to recognise "merit, gallantry and service", with recipients nominated by an individual or organisation, or a government department.
Lord Carlile spent a decade as the government's terrorism legislation reviewer - largely under the previous Labour government - in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks.
The period saw much controversy over terrorism laws - including efforts to extend the time terrorism suspects could be held without charge to 90 days - which resulted in Tony Blair's first Commons defeat as PM.
The 63-year-old QC has warned about the dangers of laws undermining human rights and criticised the increased use of police "stop and search" powers.
But he also supported the government's controversial control orders, which put terrorism suspects under close supervision, and has criticised human rights rulings in Strasbourg which he said had made the UK a "safe haven" for suspected foreign terrorists.
He was replaced in the role by David Anderson at the start of 2011 and has since led an inquiry into child protection at Ealing Abbey in west London.
The peer said the honour was unexpected: "I was never looking for such a thing, but it's nice for one's work to be recognised.
"It was challenging and I had to be conscious every single day that I was independent of the government and independent of any lobbying or special interest group.
"In my view the task was to get it right, even if that involved satisfying nobody. Over the years I've been cited on both sides of most arguments, which satisfies me of the independence I sought to keep."
Three MPs made it onto the list.
Mr Russell becomes a knight in recognition of his public service. The former journalist has been MP for Colchester since 1997, used to be the Essex town's mayor and served as a borough councillor for 31 years.
Former TV producer and director Mr Gale, MP for North Thanet in Kent, was first elected in 1983 and has served on various committees - including home affairs and a former Conservative Party vice chairman.
He has been honoured for public and political services, as has Ms Ruddock, MP for Lewisham Deptford since 1987, who made her name as a CND campaigner, environmentalist and feminist.
And Baroness Hayman was honoured for services to the House of Lords, where she became the first elected speaker in 2006, chairing debates in the upper chamber - a role that was previously carried out by the lord chancellor.
The former Labour minister, now a crossbench peer, is also a former chairwoman of Cancer Research UK and was made a life peer in 1996.
The country's gross domestic product rose by 0.6% in the three months to June, the Federal Statistics Office said, which was slightly lower than analysts' forecasts.
Growth was driven by consumer and state spending plus company investment.
However, the strong domestic economy sucked in a higher rate of imports dampening overall growth.
The Federal Statistics Office, Destatis, said that "the development of foreign trade... had a downward effect on growth because the price-adjusted quarter-on-quarter increase in imports was considerably larger than that of exports".
Alexander Krueger, an economist at Bankhaus Lampe, said: "The German economy is proving its staying power, the upswing continues."
He said the European Central Bank's low interest rates were boosting the eurozone's largest economy.
Destatis also revised upwards its growth estimate for the first quarter of the year to 0.7% from the initial estimate of 0.6%.
Carsten Brzeski, analyst at ING Bank, said Germany's economic success just went "on and on and on" but he cautioned that exports could be dented by a stronger euro, weaker-than-expected US growth and Brexit uncertainty.
The French economy, the second largest in the eurozone, grew 0.5% in the second quarter, helped by stronger exports according to preliminary data.
Spain's economy grew by 0.9% in the April-to-June quarter, while Italy's preliminary data is expected on Wednesday.
The benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 5.93 points to 6,864.88.
Shares in Taylor Wimpey rose 1.6% while rival housebuilder Berkeley Group added 1.5%. Persimmon, which is due to release results on Tuesday, rose 1.1%.
Gold and silver miner Fresnillo was the biggest faller in the FTSE 100, down 3.9%, as the gold price fell to its lowest level for nearly two weeks.
Elsewhere there was little company news about to move the market.
Analysts will be eyeing the annual meeting of central bankers at Jackson Hole in the US later in the week. The speech from Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen on Friday will come under particular scrutiny for any clues as the timing of a US interest rate rise.
On the currency markets, the pound edged down 0.1% against the dollar to $1.3068 but rose 0.3% against the euro to €1.1584.
UN agencies and their partners hope to replenish desperately needed supplies of food, water, medicine and fuel.
Ships bearing aid have docked at a Red Sea port and planes are standing by.
The ceasefire has broadly held since it began on Tuesday night, although intermittent clashes were reported across the country on Wednesday.
The Saudi-led coalition has said the pause in its seven-week-old air campaign is conditional on the rebels reciprocating and not exploiting it for military advantage.
Residents said there were clashes in the southern city of Aden, the nearby provinces of Daleh, Shabwa, Lahj and Abyan, as well as the third city of Taiz, after the ceasefire started at 23:00 (20:00 GMT) on Tuesday, but that they ended soon after midnight.
"Sanaa had a quiet night as the noise of bombs and anti-aircraft fire that had terrified everyone came to a halt," a resident of the capital, Tawfiq Abdul Wahhab, told the AFP news agency.
Later on Wednesday, the US state department said it had received reports of some clashes and anti-aircraft fire, but that it understood that the ceasefire had "broadly held".
The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator Valerie Amos called on all parties to the conflict to respect the "vital pause in hostilities", which she said would provide "respite for civilians".
12,000,000
people are food insecure
300,000
displaced from their homes
1,500 civilians killed since Saudi-led air campaign against Houthi rebel movement began on 26 March
6,200 civilians injured, with many lacking access to basic medical care
There are currently 12 million people without access to sufficient food, clean water, fuel or basic medical care. As many as 300,000 have fled their homes.
Two cargo ships chartered by the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) are docked at the rebel-controlled Red Sea port of Hudaydah. Other supplies are ready to be brought in and planes are standing by to help evacuate the wounded.
The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was sending medical and surgical supplies for 700 patients by boat to Aden, which has seen some of the fiercest fighting. Medical supplies and water would be distributed to other provinces in the south if the situation allowed, it added.
However, the charity Oxfam has warned that five days is "not enough time to move supplies into and around the country, particularly with fuel supplies dangerously low".
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has meanwhile doubled the money pledged by the kingdom for the aid effort to $530m (£340m).
Baroness Amos requested that aid be routed through existing UN and international humanitarian organisation channels and stressed: "It is essential that humanitarian assistance is not politicised."
Her warning came as Iran's foreign ministry insisted it would not allow Saudi-led naval forces to inspect an aid ship bound for Hudaydah under military escort.
The US has urged Iran to redirect the ship - said to be carrying 2,500 tonnes of food, medicine, tents and blankets - to Djibouti, where the UN has set up a hub.
Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of providing military assistance to the Houthis, a charge it denies.
In the days leading up to the ceasefire, the coalition stepped up its air strikes in an apparent attempt to inflict as much damage as possible on the Houthis and allied security personnel loyal to the ousted former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The UN says at least 828 civilians have been killed and 1,511 injured since the start of the coalition air campaign on 26 March to restore exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. The six days from 4 to 10 May were the deadliest, with at least 182 civilians reported killed.
Luis Arroyo was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to mistreatment of an animal and domestic abuse.
The 40-year-old attacked the two-month-old Chihuahua puppy and punched his girlfriend in the western mountain town of Lares on 4 February.
Judge Carlos Lopez Jimenez also fined Arroyo $3,000 (£2,400) in the case.
According to El Vocero newspaper, jobless Arroyo had been living with his 38-year-old girlfriend for six months.
The puppy died instantly, the daily reports.
No motive was given for the attack.
Assistant Chief Constable Stephen Martin was speaking after a bomb exploded under a prison officer's van.
The device partially detonated when he drove over a speed ramp at Hillsborough Drive in Belfast, at 07:10 GMT.
The 52-year-old man, a father-of-three, is in a stable condition in hospital.
It is understood he works in the Prison Service Training Centre at Hydebank College in Belfast.
The van has been removed from the scene for examination and the road has reopened.
ACC Martin, of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), said the threat from dissidents is "severe".
"That means an attack is highly possible," he said.
"In recent weeks we have been increasing patrols across Northern Ireland and we intend to do that in the coming weeks up to and through Easter.
"[This year] is the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
"That's a very important date, particularly for people from the nationalist/republican community."
The rising was a short and ill-fated republican rebellion in 1916 against British rule in Ireland.
In spite of its military failure, it is seen by many historians as a significant stepping-stone in the partition of the island and the eventual creation of the Republic of Ireland.
ACC Martin said: "There are people within dissident republican groupings who want to mark the anniversary in an entirely sinister way, who want to kill police officers, prison officers or soldiers."
He appealed for the help of the community to deal with the dissident threat.
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said the attack showed "how lethal the terrorist threat continues to be".
"Thankfully these incidents happen very rarely but that is only because of the outstanding work of the PSNI and their security partners," she added.
Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said it was a "disgraceful and despicable attack".
"Our thoughts and prayers are with this senior prison officer and his family as he is treated for his injuries in hospital," they said in a joint statement.
"We join all right-thinking people in condemning these cowardly actions.
"As a prison officer, he is someone who serves and protects our community and we are united in our rejection of this attack."
Finlay Spratt, from the Prison Officers Association, said officers had continued to be targeted since the ceasefires in Northern Ireland's Troubles and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
"There is no let up for prison officers, we can't live a normal life, we're not allowed to live a normal life by these thugs," he said.
"It doesn't matter how often you condemn it, it just seems to go on and on and they're attacking people who are serving all the community."
Three years ago dissident republicans shot and killed prison officer David Black on the M1 motorway as he made his way to work.
Mr Black was the 30th prison worker to be murdered in Northern Ireland since 1974.
The bus was carrying at least 50 people, most of them members of Argentina's border police, when it came off the road and fell about 20m (65ft) into a riverbed.
Emergency workers are trying to free a number of trapped passengers.
They said that so far, six passengers had been rescued from the wreck.
The bus came off the road at about 02:00 local time (05:00 GMT) near the town of Rosario de la Frontera in Salta province, police officials said.
It was one of three police buses travelling on national highway 34.
A local police statement said there were indications that one of the bus's tyres had burst and caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
Speaking at a public event, President Mauricio Macri, expressed his condolences.
Jim Logue, who took the helm in March, leads a minority Labour group at the local authority.
Police Scotland have confirmed they have begun an investigation into a member of the council.
Councillors are set to hold a vote on the issue within the next fortnight.
On Wednesday, SNP councillors submitted a formal request for a special council meeting to determine Mr Logue's future.
A spokesman for North Lanarkshire Council said: "I can confirm that a request has been received for a special meeting which will be dealt with in accordance with the council's standing orders."
The request came after police said they were looking into claims of corruption.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Police received a complaint of alleged corruption regarding an individual at North Lanarkshire Council. Inquiries are ongoing to establish any criminality."
In April last year, Mr Logue announced that he had ordered an investigation into allegations of corruption at the council.
It followed the receipt of an anonymous letter highlighting issues with procurement processes and contracts related to the council's corporate property portfolio.
The results of that investigation were reported to council managers in September 2016.
Since then, SNP members have called for the findings to be made public.
SNP councillor Tom Johnston said: 'The SNP has not taken this decision lightly but we made a promise to the people who elected us to fight for openness, transparency and accountability within this council.
"North Lanarkshire Council has developed a poor reputation over the years and Councillor Logue's refusal to step aside is a further example of everything that is wrong in this area."
Labour councillor, Paul Kelly described the investigation as a "smear campaign".
He added: "Jim Logue has spent his political life fighting the type of practices he is now being falsely accused of being involved in.
"As much as 30 years ago he was exposing those in his own party in Monklands and he instigated the investigation into malpractice in procurement last year.
"No other council leader would risk the challenges of forcing an investigation into anonymous allegations and, as a result, procurement practice has changed completely."
Labour's 32 councillors retained control of North Lanarkshire despite SNP rivals returning 33 members in May's local elections.
The council also has nine Conservative and two independent members.
The 24-year-old centre-back had surgery on cartilage damage in February, but had another operation last week.
He has not played for the Shakers since the 0-0 draw at Coventry on 16 August.
Cameron recently signed a two-year contract extension with the League One side after reaching 100 appearances for the club at the end of last season.
The first round of funding for Poole Park follows a fundraising campaign by the Friends of Poole Park.
The cash will be spent over the next two years while a detailed research and monitoring project on the boating lake is carried out.
Borough councillor Xena Dion said it was a "huge step" in the revamp plans.
The development phase of the project is expected to be completed in late 2016, with the second phase of the bid submitted shortly after.
The park was opened in 1890 by Edward Prince of Wales.
Thomas James Lewis, 22, was involved in the accident on the A483 near Penllergaer at 17:25 BST on Tuesday.
In a statement released by police, his family said they are devastated and he will be greatly missed.
An investigation into the one-vehicle crash involving Mr Lewis' Dacia Sandero is continuing and police have appealed for witnesses.
Roy Whiting, 52, was injured in the eye during the assault at Wakefield Prison, in West Yorkshire, on Friday morning.
The Ministry of Justice confirmed an attack took place but said it would not discuss specific cases.
In a statement, the MoJ said the prisoner was treated in the prison's healthcare wing.
"HMP Wakefield manages violent and dangerous prisoners every day and events such as this are rare," it said.
"The bravery and speedy response of staff ensured that this incident was dealt with swiftly and effectively."
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police confirmed officers were called to an incident involving two prisoners at the jail, at about 0839 BST.
"We were contacted by prison staff who informed us there had been a fight between two prisoners," he said.
"One of the inmates received injuries but they are not thought to be life threatening."
Police said the injured inmate received treatment at the prison, before staff took him to Pinderfields General Hospital in Wakefield for further care.
A force spokesman said no criminal complaints had been made by the injured person, so the incident was not being investigated.
"There was no criminal allegation of assault made to the police so we will not be investigating," he said.
Whiting, a convicted sex offender, was sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for the murder of Sarah Payne, who disappeared while playing near her grandparents' home in Kingston Gorse, West Sussex, in July 2000.
Her body was found in nearby Pulborough 17 days later.
In 2002, Whiting was attacked with a razor blade by fellow Wakefield inmate Rickie Tregaskis.
Last year, a High Court judge reduced Whiting's minimum jail term of 50 years by 10 years.
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"I started dabbling in triathlon and it meant I wouldn't have to choose between my two loves of swimming and running," she says.
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The M27 was congested westbound near Downend Road bridge, causing long delays for motorists.
Hampshire Constabulary was called at 13:30 GMT to reports of a body between junctions 11 and 12. The motorway was closed but has since reopened.
The death is being treated as unexplained and it is unclear how the body got there, police said. Motorists were advised to avoid the area.
Sons' Lewis Vaughan clipped the bar with a first-half effort and Sam Stanton had a shot well saved by Falkirk keeper Robbie Thomson.
Austin bagged the winner five minutes from time, nodding home from Luke Leahy's fine cross.
The result means Falkirk face one less play-off round as they look to secure promotion to the Premiership.
The Bairns will meet the winner of the two-legged tie between third-placed Dundee United and fourth-placed Morton, for the chance to face the side finishing second bottom of the top flight.
Match ends, Dumbarton 0, Falkirk 1.
Second Half ends, Dumbarton 0, Falkirk 1.
Foul by Calum Gallagher (Dumbarton).
Lee Miller (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe McKee (Falkirk).
Substitution, Falkirk. Robert McHugh replaces Nathan Austin.
Christian Nade (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Craig Sibbald (Falkirk).
Goal! Dumbarton 0, Falkirk 1. Nathan Austin (Falkirk) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke Leahy.
Samuel Stanton (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Miller (Falkirk).
Substitution, Dumbarton. Mark Docherty replaces Stuart Carswell.
Calum Gallagher (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Craig Sibbald (Falkirk).
Substitution, Dumbarton. Calum Gallagher replaces Lewis Vaughan.
Substitution, Falkirk. Fraser Aird replaces James Craigen.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by David Smith.
Substitution, Dumbarton. Christian Nade replaces Garry Fleming.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Darren Barr.
Samuel Stanton (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Miller (Falkirk).
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by David Smith.
Attempt saved. Samuel Stanton (Dumbarton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Lewis Vaughan (Dumbarton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Peter Grant (Falkirk) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by David Smith.
Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lee Miller (Falkirk).
Attempt missed. Mark Kerr (Falkirk) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Samuel Stanton.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Gregor Buchanan.
Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Leahy (Falkirk).
Foul by Robert Thomson (Dumbarton).
Lee Miller (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Lee Miller (Falkirk) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Garry Fleming (Dumbarton).
Peter Grant (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
The comments, which are likely to hike tensions with Beijing, were made by Rex Tillerson at his confirmation hearing.
Beijing has been building artificial islands on reefs in waters also claimed by other nations.
Images published late last year show military defences on some islands, a think-tank says.
Mr Tillerson, appearing before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, likened China's island-building to Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
"We're going to have to send China a clear signal that first, the island-building stops and second, your access to those islands also is not going to be allowed."
China's island-building has caused dismay in the region. Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea, but Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei all have competing claims.
In July an international tribunal ruled against Chinese claims, backing a case brought by the Philippines, but Beijing said it would not respect the verdict.
The Obama administration has spoken out strongly against the island-building and has sought to build ties with, and among, the South East Asian nations whose claims overlap those of China.
It has also pledged to ensure freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and has sent navy ships to sail in contested areas.
But it has not threatened to block access to the islands, a step likely to enrage Beijing.
Mr Tillerson did not explain how the US might block access to the islands.
But he said China's actions in the South China Sea, and its declaration of a special air zone over East China Sea islands controlled by Japan that Beijing also claims, were "illegal".
"They are taking territory or control or declaring control of territories that are not rightfully China's," he said.
China says it is doing nothing wrong by building in what it calls its territory.
It has said in the past that it has no intention of militarising the islands, but has acknowledged building what it calls necessary military facilities for defensive purposes.
Responding to Mr Tillerson's comments, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said China had the right to conduct "normal activities" in its own territory.
Asked about the remark on blocking access and China's response, he said he would not respond to hypothetical questions.
There have been sporadic incidents between US and Chinese ships in the South China Sea. Late last year, a Chinese ship seized a US navy underwater drone off the Philippines, but later agreed to return it.
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Nathan Austin scored the only goal as Falkirk beat Dumbarton to ensure they finished second in the Championship.
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Police were called to the Parkway Sports and Social Club in Plymouth on Sunday after about 15 people were reported to be fighting in a bar.
"A number of people suffered minor injuries following the brawl," police said.
Two men, aged 23 and 29, and 24-year-old woman were arrested for affray and have been bailed to 23 May.
Club managing director Chris Carwithen said the fracas started in the bar after the event.
"There was an altercation that escalated out of control," he said.
"We are holding our own investigation and anyone involved will be banned for life. We don't tolerate that kind of behaviour."
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Marc-Antoine Fortuné set up on-loan Newcastle United striker Armstrong to fire home left-footed on 26 minutes.
Fortuné then converted a penalty on the stroke of half-time after being brought down by Nat Knight-Percival.
Armstrong added his second when he was set up by Reda Johnson for a left-foot shot midway through the second half.
Tony Mowbray's Coventry, still unbeaten at home this season, climb to fifth, just three points shy of an automatic promotion place.
Shrewsbury, unbeaten in their first four away league matches, are now kept out of the relegation zone only on goal difference after a second successive defeat on the road.
Sky Blues boss Tony Mowbray told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:
"It is satisfying. We did a fair bit of work on that during the week.
"It's an important win, a performance that hopefully gives everybody confidence and keeps the crowd on board.
"We hopefully are going to keep the consistency and the confidence levels high, but we warranted a victory.
"We should enjoy it and then get back to work on Monday and then try and go to Yeovil and get through to the next round of the JPT."
Shrewsbury manager Micky Mellon told BBC Radio Shropshire:
"It is a disappointing scoreline against a difficult side. They looked like one of the better sides we will come up against this season.
"We know we can be better but it's funny against teams like this. You know when you have a lapse of concentration they will punish you.
"When you lose a goal so close to half time, it is really disappointing. We have given away far too many penalties this season. We need to show a bit more composure in the area.
"We always know we have a chance, even when three down. You can't say that effort levels weren't good enough but we lack that bit of quality." | League One top scorer Adam Armstrong took his goal tally to eight for the season as Coventry comfortably beat Shrewsbury Town at the Ricoh Arena. | 34,366,232 | 442 | 36 | false |
She told BBC One's Breakfast she had been asked to pose for a lot more than when she was home secretary.
"I do do quite a few of them but I can't manage to do all of them. I'm afraid time doesn't allow me."
David Cameron was a keen selfie participant but was criticised for joining Barack Obama for a snap at Nelson Mandela's memorial service.
Mrs May, who succeeded Mr Cameron in July, will make her debut leader's address to the Conservative conference on Wednesday.
Ahead of this, Mrs May - who has rarely spoken about her life outside politics - took part in the traditional pre-speech round of broadcast interviews where she was pressed on political and personal subjects ranging from Brexit to baking.
Asked what the biggest difference she had noticed since about becoming prime minister she said she seemed "to be asked to do a lot more selfies these days".
"There have been quite a few selfies here at the party conference, as you can imagine."
On ITV's Good Morning Britain, Mrs May was asked about her recipe for scones - details of which she shared in a newspaper interview on Sunday - and her collection of shoes.
Mrs May, who says she likes to relax by cooking and hill walking, told the Sunday Times over the weekend that she had used both butter and margarine to make scones in the past - a technique which got a rise among some home bakers on social media.
She told ITV she didn't make scones so often since being diagnosed with diabetes but said using hard butter was best: "You have to rub it in with the flour. It's often easier if it's hard, you can get a good rub in. If it's too soft it starts to become a bit claggy."
Mrs May, who famously wore a pair of leopard print kitten heels when addressing a Conservative conference in opposition, said she was often amused by the amount of press coverage her choice of footwear attracted.
"It is interesting people focus on my shoes. I don't think they focus on Philip Hammond's or Boris Johnson's in quite the same way. Do I regret the fact that people look at my shoes? Hey, it gives me an excuse to go and buy new shoes."
And interviewed on LBC Radio, Mrs May was asked about former colleague Ken Clarke's description of her as a "bloody difficult woman".
"I stand by doing what I believe to be the right thing," she replied. "If standing up for what you believe to be right is being 'bloody difficult', then so be it."
Questioned about her political ambitions on Radio 4's Today, Mrs May says she could not remember declaring as a teenager that she wanted to be prime minister - as some old friends have said - but added that she decided from an early age to be an MP to "make a difference" to people's lives.
McGrath, 60, of Grantchester Street, Cambridge, pleaded guilty at Huntingdon Magistrates' Court, in Cambridgeshire.
He had been charged with following the woman, sending electronic messages and approaching her in the street.
McGrath was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail suspended for 18 months.
He was also given a five-year restraining order and ordered to pay £200 in costs.
McGrath originally denied a stalking charge but admitted harassment when the charge was changed.
The offences happened in Cambridge over a 14-month period between June 2015 and August last year.
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Prosecutors said McGrath sent letters to the woman's husband.
The court heard his victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had a physical relationship with McGrath between November 2010 and May 2015.
"Both the defendant and the complainant were married to other people and their relationship had managed to be kept secret from their respective spouses," Anthony Abell, prosecuting, told magistrates.
By August 2014 the victim had begun to "find Mr McGrath difficult and unpleasant company" and wanted to end the affair, he said.
Mr Abell said: "She made it clear to him that she wanted it to end towards the end of May."
At this time she asked McGrath to delete intimate photos of them together, which he had on his phone and other devices, the court heard.
Mr Abell said McGrath "seems to have found it very difficult to deal with" and became "unstable and tempestuous".
He said the pair met a few times afterwards, but in July the victim "made it clear to him the relationship was over".
In a statement read on his behalf by his solicitor Nick Barnes, McGrath said: "This has been a dark time and thankfully it's now over.
"I wish to thank the judge and to apologise to my wife and family and to thank them for their incredible support during this time. I now want to move on with my life. Thank you."
The TV star has appeared in programmes including BBC panel show They Think It's All Over and comedy documentary Three Men In A Boat.
Mark Barnes said the attack on some versions of the Echo let him do almost anything he wanted to it.
Mr Barnes managed to enter the device's software innards via connections found on its base.
He said taking over the device was "trivial" once an attacker had access to an Echo.
Amazon's Echo uses artificial intelligence (AI) to respond to voice commands from users to carry out many different functions, including answering queries, playing songs and ordering goods from a retailer.
The hack started by peeling off the rubber base of the Echo to expose a grid of electrical contacts, wrote the researcher from MWR Info Security in a blog.
Connecting to one of the contacts let Mr Barnes watch the Echo's boot-up procedure and work out how it was configured. Armed with this knowledge Mr Barnes wrote software that, once loaded on a small memory card and connected to one contact pad, gave him control over the device.
Using this he examined how it handled audio and then created attack code which forwarded everything it heard to a remote server.
That deep access meant he had complete control over the code the device ran and what it did with customer data, he said.
Amazon did not comment directly on Mr Barnes' findings but said in a statement: "Customer trust is very important to us.
"To help ensure the latest safeguards are in place, as a general rule, we recommend customers purchase Amazon devices from Amazon or a trusted retailer and that they keep their software up-to-date."
The security researcher acknowledged that the requirement to get physical access to the device to carry out the attack was a "major limitation".
However, he added, it was possible that Echo owners would take their devices with them on holidays or business trips - situations that could expose them to attack. Second-hand devices may also be compromised in some way.
The attack was carried out on the versions of the Echo that were released in 2015 and 2016. More recent versions of the Echo are not susceptible to the same attack.
Mr Barnes recommended that hardware makers start assessing novel gadgets on their ability to resist physical attacks "as early as possible".
"Product recalls and modifications can be expensive in post-production, so physical security should be considered throughout the development life cycle," he said.
Holyrood has taken on a range of new devolved tax and spending powers, including the ability to set a Scottish rate of income tax.
The Scottish government, the parliament and external experts will take part in the review and draft recommendations.
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said the budget process needed to "evolve".
Mr Mackay is to delay his draft budget this year, citing uncertainty following the Brexit vote.
Scotland has inherited a range of new fiscal powers in recent years, from the ability to set a Scottish rate of income tax and power over air passenger duty to a share of VAT receipts.
A Scottish Fiscal Commission has been set up to scrutinise new tax and borrowing powers, and is to carry out forecasts of tax revenues and GDP.
The review group will look at the changes needed to make sure there is proper oversight and scrutiny of how the new powers are used.
Members of the group include civil servants working on the finance committee, government managers and external experts such as the Auditor General Caroline Gardner, Revenue Scotland chief Elaine Lorimer, and Sean Neill of the Scottish Fiscal Commission.
Finance committee convener Bruce Crawford said: "Holyrood's budget process was designed nearly 20 years ago, at a time when the Scottish government's budget was largely determined by Westminster through the Barnett formula.
"With Scotland's new tax powers, the Scottish government is about to become responsible for raising much more of what it spends, and will rely on tax forecasting in order to set out its draft budget before parliament each year.
"Understandably, the government will want to rely on the most accurate forecasts of tax revenue possible in order to ensure confidence and credibility in its budget. Equally, however, the finance committee will want to ensure that any new budget process still includes sufficient time for proper parliamentary scrutiny."
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said he was "very supportive" of the group's establishment.
He added: "Scotland's budget process needs to evolve to take account of the complexities and opportunities associated with the Scottish Parliament's new powers.
"It is important to ensure that we develop a process that balances the time required for proportionate and effective parliamentary scrutiny with the need to ensure that the information being scrutinised is as accurate as possible and based on the most up-to-date forecast information."
Natalia Sharina was arrested in 2015 after a search of her Library of Ukrainian Literature found what officials described as anti-Russian propaganda. She denied the charges.
Her arrest came amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine following the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Rights groups have condemned the case.
Natalia Sharina, who is Russian, was charged with inciting hatred against Russians and also of embezzlement of library funds.
A judge in a Moscow court gave her a four-year suspended sentence. She said she would appeal.
Speaking in court, Natalia Sharina, 59, said she was shocked, and insisted that the banned literature had been planted in the library by police.
"The state prosecutor admitted herself during the proceedings that this was a political case," she told reporters after the ruling.
"A librarian is such a good, peaceful profession. You sit there, reading books. So the fact that this is happening in the 21st century will probably be remembered in decades to come - like we remember the doctors plot and 1937," she said, referring to Stalin-era public show trials.
It took the judge well over two hours to read her guilty verdict. Every argument presented in the librarian's defence was dismissed, including testimony by witnesses who said they saw police planting the controversial material.
The prosecutor described Natalia Sharina as an agent of Ukrainian nationalism. Her lawyer, Ivan Pavlov, called the high-profile case a farce that was seeped in politics.
She will now have her electronic tag removed, after 20 months under house arrest.
But the library she once ran - that was a symbol of Russian-Ukrainian friendship - has been dismantled. "I'm sorry for the library. That what was created has been destroyed. The books have been packed up and removed," she said.
Her library was closed in October 2015, and her trial started in November 2016.
Human rights group Amnesty International said the case "highlights serious flaws in the independence of Russia's judiciary".
"The prosecution has exploited the highly charged anti-Ukrainian atmosphere that is prevalent in Russia at the moment, while the court simply dismissed key evidence for the defence," Amnesty's Denis Krivosheev said in a statement.
Edith Burton, formerly of Loughanhill Park in Coleraine, County Londonderry, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to boxer puppies.
She also pleaded guilty to docking the tails of another litter of puppies.
The thirty-six-year-old was sentenced to 160 hours of community service and must pay costs of £216.
Coleraine Borough Council brought the charges after an investigation by its animal welfare officers.
The offences took place between June and August 2013, Coleraine Magistrates' Court was told.
The district judge said if Burton had pleaded not guilty and been convicted she would have been facing a prison sentence of at least two months.
Burton was also disqualified from owning or keeping certain dog breeds, including Jack Russell terrier-type, springer-type and boxer-type dogs.
A spokesperson for the council said the sentence sent out a clear message that no form of animal cruelty would be tolerated.
"[Tail docking] is an outdated and now illegal practice which causes unnecessary suffering, in this case to boxer-type pups only a few days old," the spokesperson said.
"Animal welfare service teams take the welfare of domestic pets very seriously and will, where necessary, rigorously enforce the law against animal cruelty."
The 36-year-old edged a streaky four before he was bowled fifth ball by a yorker from paceman Tymal Mills.
Gayle scored 328 runs in three matches for Somerset last year, with 29 sixes.
"I need to keep warm and then get acclimatised as quickly as possible - I expect this weather so it's no excuse," Gayle told BBC Radio Somerset.
"I came in on Tuesday, played the next day and the weather was a bit nippy as well."
Gayle will play another five matches for the county before leaving after their game against Hampshire on 19 June.
However, he could return to Taunton if they qualify from the group stage.
Somerset lost by 48 runs at Hove on Wednesday, despite a half-century from former Sri Lankan international Mahela Jayawardene, after Sussex piled up 222-3.
Their next match is against Essex at Taunton on Friday.
"It's not like the start I got last time, when I played my first game, but these things do happen," added Gayle.
"Hopefully I can contribute to the next game, and it's a home game so I'm looking forward to actually being there.
"Hopefully I'll have a few days I can hit a few balls in the river, so I'm looking forward to that definitely."
More than £72m of government money is to be spent strengthening defences for 4,300 homes as well as improving reservoirs to hold more water.
The Environment Agency said the plan also included restoring peat bogs to hold water upstream for longer.
The Cumbria Flood Action Plan was unveiled by Floods Minister Rory Stewart.
Thousands of properties were battered by Storm Desmond in December, depositing a record month's worth of rain in just one day.
Environment chiefs consulted residents in Eden, Derwent and Kent about the best way to manage land above the villages to reduce the risk of flooding.
The Environment Agency's Flood Risk Manager, Andy Brown, said: "This action plan represents a step change in the way we manage flood risk in Cumbria.
"It sees local communities at the heart of the process, working with organisations to reduce flood risk along the length of Cumbrian river catchments, from the Fells to the coast."
Sacha Dench is tracking the birds on their 7,000km (4,500 miles) journey to Slimbridge in Gloucestershire.
She left the Aeroclub du Boulonnais, France, at 11:00 GMT and landed to the north of Dover at 12:38.
Ms Dench will eventually make her way to Slimbridge. She is expected to arrive there by 12 December.
Speaking before she took off she said the cross-Channel flight was "the big one".
"If there's an engine out, or the motor fails, you're landing in the water which no paramotorist ever wants to do," she said.
Ms Dench works at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust headquarters in Slimbridge.
After Monday's flight she plans to fly across Kent, take a boat trip through London - as she is not allowed to fly over the capital - before flying up the Thames Valley to Slimbridge.
RBS, NatWest, and Ulster Bank customers were affected in June 2012 after problems with a software upgrade.
The Financial Conduct Authority fined RBS £42m, and the Prudential Regulation Authority fined the bank £14m.
RBS chairman Sir Philip Hampton said the problems "revealed unacceptable weaknesses in our systems".
He said it "caused significant stress for many of our customers," adding: "As I did back then, I again want to apologise to all customers in the UK and Ireland that we let down two and a half years ago."
In 2012, RBS, 80%-owned by the government, set aside £125m in compensation and costs because of the disruption. Sir Philip said that since then, RBS had invested hundreds of millions of pounds to improve its computer systems.
The FCA said that the IT failure had affected more than 6.5 million customers in the UK over several weeks.
"Modern banking depends on effective, reliable and resilient IT systems," said Tracey McDermott, director of enforcement and financial crime at the FCA.
"The banks' failures meant millions of customers were unable to carry out the banking transactions which keep businesses and people's everyday lives moving.
"The problems arose due to failures at many levels within the RBS Group to identify and manage the risks which can flow from disruptive IT incidents and the result was that RBS customers were left exposed to these risks," she added.
Over the weeks of disruption, the FCA said customers could not:
In addition, the banks applied incorrect credit and debit interest to customers' accounts, and produced inaccurate bank statements.
Some organisations were unable to meet their payroll commitments or finalise their audited accounts, FCA said.
Meanwhile, the Bank of England regulator the Prudential Regulation Authority, which jointly investigated the computer incidents with the FCA, said that 92% of the customers affected had been retail customers.
Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the PRA, said: "The severe disruption experienced by RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank in June and July 2012 revealed a very poor legacy of IT resilience and inadequate management of IT risks.
"It is crucial that RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank fix the underlying problems that have been identified to avoid threatening the safety and soundness of the banks."
The FCA regulates financial services in the UK, and the PRA regulates banks.
Richard Lloyd, executive director of consumer group Which? said that RBS should "pay the price for letting their customers down with unacceptable IT failures".
"These multi-million pound fines rightly reflect how important it is to consumers that banks properly maintain the payments system we all rely on," he said.
BBC Radio 4 presenter Paul Lewis tweeted: "RBS fines are just £8.60 per affected customer. Better surely to make bank give them all £100. This was a fundamental failure of banking."
The fines come on top of a £217m FCA penalty for RBS last week over attempted foreign exchange rate rigging.
Last week, US regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission also fined RBS a total of $290m (£185m) over forex rate-rigging.
The marathon was scheduled for Sunday and would have been Gaza's third.
Hamas said the marathon could go ahead if "local traditions" were respected.
Conservative elements in Gaza have sometimes complained about mixing between the sexes, especially in schools and at sporting events.
The UN Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) said in a statement that it had taken "the disappointing decision" after "discussions with the authorities in Gaza who have insisted that no women should participate".
Unrwa "is working on a programme of other events, which will be forwarded to those interested as soon as possible," the statement adds.
"We regret this decision to cancel the marathon but we don't want men and women running together," Abdessalam Siyyam, cabinet secretary of the Hamas government, told AFP news agency.
"We did not tell Unrwa to cancel the marathon and we haven't prevented it, but we laid down some conditions: We don't want women and men mixing in the same place," he added.
The Palestinian territory is almost exactly marathon length from top to bottom.
Last year, thousands of runners braved freezing conditions to take part, including some women. Palestinian runner Nader al-Masri won the event on its first two occasions.
In previous years, Hamas has supported the race and provided security.
In the past there have been attacks on the UN's summer camps for children in Gaza after complaints that boys were allowed to mix with girls, the BBC's Jon Donnison reports.
The marathon was due to be part of the UN's fundraising efforts in order to run those camps, our correspondent adds.
It has also released figures which suggest Cardboard could be a serious competitor to more expensive headsets.
Google Cardboard is now available in more than 100 countries and Cardboard-ready apps have been installed 15 million times, it said.
One analyst said Street View was a "natural fit" for virtual reality.
Google also announced that it has a growing number of certified viewers - including the Mattel View-Master and the Zeiss VR One GX - on sale, which are made of plastic and are more robust that the original cardboard viewer.
Google has also updated the software development kit to overcome some of the reported problems.
"This update includes a major overhaul of the sensor fusion algorithm that integrate the signals from the gyroscope and the accelerometer," it said in a blogpost.
"Google Cardboard is bringing virtual reality worldwide," it added.
Piers Harding-Rolls, an analyst with research firm IHS, said that Street View was a "natural fit for VR".
"Google has lots of information and services on the market and some of it will be relevant for VR," he said.
"Street View is 360-degree videos so it is one of the easiest things to get on VR."
Street View via Google Cardboard will not be true VR as the images will not be 3D but users will be able to see street images in 360-degrees, offering a new way to explore cities and landmarks around the world.
Support for Cardboard will be available on both iOS and Android.
The move represents another big push for Google into virtual reality.
Last month, Google announced Expeditions, an app that lets teachers create virtual school trips for students using Cardboard.
It teamed up with content providers such as the American Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian and others to create the virtual reality experiences and plans to offer the service to thousands of schools.
Mr Harding-Rolls said it was interesting that Google had chosen an educational route with VR while other firms concentrated on gaming and other forms of entertainment for the technology.
"Google Cardboard is currently the biggest VR headset out there but it is a double-edged sword. It is basic and cheap, which draws in lots of users, but the experience is a bit hit-and-miss and the quality of the different apps varies enormously," he said.
"When it was released it was seen as a bit of a gimmick but it is playing a role in educating consumers about virtual reality," he added.
While Cardboard is often given away free, Mr Harding-Rolls thinks Google's next step may be to produce a more robust and more expensive headset.
The track is leading the chart after selling double that of its closest competitor, Justin Bieber's What Do You Mean?, in the first half of the week.
Smith's theme divided opinion when it was unveiled last week, being labelled both "bland" and "beautiful".
Out of 23 Bond themes, Adele's Skyfall and Duran Duran's A View To A Kill performed best, peaking at number two.
Smith is the first solo male British act to perform a Bond film's theme song since 1965, when Tom Jones was heard over the opening credits of Thunderball.
Smith could be surprised to find himself at the top of this week's official chart when it is revealed on Friday 2 October.
"I don't think it's a number one friendly song if you know what I mean," Smith told BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw last week.
"Who knows, but I don't think it will [get to number one] at all - but I'm not looking for that."
Other new entries this week include Rudimental and Ed Sheeran's collaboration Lay It All On Me, currently at number 10, plus Little Mix single Love Me Like You, currently at 14, and Sia's Alive at 20.
Meanwhile, dance duo Disclosure, who provided production work on Smith's Bond theme along with songwriter Jimmy Napes, are set to score their second number one album later this week.
Caracal features another collaboration with Smith as well as tracks with The Weeknd, Gregory Porter, Kwabs, Lorde, and Miguel.
Disclosure topped the chart in 2013 with their debut Settle, one of the year's biggest albums.
Combined sales and streaming figures put it 7,000 copies ahead of nearest rival New Order, who return with their tenth studio album, Music Complete.
Scottish synth-pop group Chvrches are currently at three with their second studio album Every Open Eye.
David Grevemberg, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation, said the city did not meet the criteria set by his organisation, and the search for a new host city had already begun.
Durban was awarded the Games in September 2015 and was due to be the first African city to host the event, which was first held in 1930.
Liverpool and Birmingham have expressed interest in staging the 2022 edition.
The Commonwealth Games are held every four years and feature athletes from more than 50 countries, mostly former British colonies.
Last month, South Africa's sports minister Fikile Mbalula indicated Durban may not be able to host the 2022 event because of financial constraints.
"We gave it our best shot but we can't go beyond. If the country says we don't have this money, we can't," he said.
Grevemberg said: "We are disappointed but it does not diminish our commitment to the African continent.
"We have had to postpone these ambitions to a later time. We all share disappointment that this ambition needs to be postponed right now.
"We remain committed to the inspiring potential of a Games in the continent."
Grevemberg said the South African government had never signed off on the decision for Durban to host the Games.
"We have a host city contract," he said. "It was signed by all parties on the day except for the South African government.
"We have engaged with the government to really try to work with their current circumstances but also uphold the commitments that were outlined in their bid. They were unable to do that at this time and we have had to look after the citizens and communities that our events serve."
Grevemberg said an announcement on a new host city would be made by the end of the year.
"Discussions with a number of interested parties are under way," he said. "I am confident an alternative host city will be found and that we will have an inspirational Games for the athletes and fans across the Commonwealth."
A spokesperson for Liverpool City Council said: "We had heard rumours that Durban might be unable to deliver the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and have already indicated to the government that we are very willing to host them instead."
Birmingham had already expressed an interest in hosting the 2026 Games.
Councillor Ian Ward, deputy leader of the city council, said: "We are aware of the decision from the Commonwealth Games Federation to seek a new host for the 2022 Games.
"Here in Birmingham we are already in the advanced stages of producing a detailed feasibility study on what would be needed for a truly memorable Games in the city.
"That is due to be completed in the coming weeks and we are in close contact with the government about the developing situation."
The Warriors led by two at the break thanks to tries from Tom Davies and Lewis Tierney, in between Ryan Morgan and Zeb Taia efforts for Saints.
Joe Burgess touched down to extend Wigan's lead before the hosts levelled through Percival's first score.
Tommy Leuluai's drop-goal looked like it would win it for Wigan but Percival went over with two minutes left.
Victory for Saints saw them record a second successive win under new coach Justin Holbrook and move to within one point of the Warriors.
It had looked like it would not be their night, firstly after Burgess went over from a George Williams grubber kick after the visitors had shown resolute defence to keep the home team out and then when Leuluai landed the first drop goal of his Warriors career to nudge Shaun Wane's side back in front.
However, Percival rose highest to grab Matt Smith's kick and go over in the corner and, after consultation with the video referee, the try was awarded.
St Helens: Makinson, Swift, Percival, Morgan, Grace, Fages, Smith, Walmsley, Roby, Amor, Taia, Wilkin, Knowles.
Replacements: McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Douglas, Thompson, Lee.
Wigan: Tierney, Davies, Forsyth, Burgess, Marshall, Williams, Leuluai, Nuuausala, McIlorum, Sutton, Isa, Farrell, O'Loughlin.
Replacements: J. Tomkins, Powell, Tautai, Wells.
Referee: Phil Bentham (RFL)
The 22-year-old became the first British athlete to win a Telemark World Championship medal earlier this year with bronze in the sprint race.
Hailing from Ipswich, a place notoriously hill-less, her pre-season destinations have been in Switzerland and on a French glacier where the highest altitude is 3,737m.
"It's ridiculous - living at 2,000m and training at about 3,500m is quite full-on," she told BBC Radio Suffolk.
"Sometimes it affects you worse than others. I can get nosebleeds or headaches, you get hungry a lot because you're using a lot more energy, you need to drink more.
"Just generally it's a bit more fatiguing, for anyone, but especially when you live at sea level it's definitely a shock to the system.
"There are times when it doesn't affect you at all, but certainly some days you can feel the symptoms and it pressing on you somewhat. It's bizarre."
The Telemark sprint race includes jumps, similar to ski jumps, and Taylor has quickly established herself among the world's best in the sport since competing in her first World Junior Telemark Championship in 2011.
The world number eight and British number one is determined to be crowned British Champion again this season, having missed the chance to defend her 2014 title due to other commitments.
"My goals for the coming season are 'input' goals rather than 'outcome' goals," she continued. "But of course you always want to see an improvement in timings and results.
"I'm extra intent on improving elements of my technique, fitness and mentality, which should in theory improve results but without that being the immediate process."
Now they have a complete picture of the missing face of one of nature's most bizarre animals called a Hallucigenia.
It lived 500 million years ago, but all the fossils that have been found so far appeared to be without heads.
Now new specimens unearthed from the Burgess Shale in Canada.
They have revealed its strange face for the first time.
Dr Martin Smith, from the University of Cambridge, said: "It is like something from another world."
The first fossil was discovered more than 100 years ago, and it baffled scientists.
The creature was tiny - less than 2cm long and thinner than a hair - but very strange.
One side of its thin, tube-like body was covered in pairs of enormous spines, while stick-like claws dangled from its other side.
But by delicately chipping away at the rocks in Canada, scientists have now found a spoon-shaped head.
"When we put it into the electron microscope, we were delighted to see not just a tiny pair of eyes looking back at us, but also beneath them a really cheeky semi-circular smile.
"It was as if the fossil was grinning at us at the secrets it had been hiding," said Dr Smith.
Inside the creature's mouth, the researchers found a ring of teeth and then a second set of teeth running from its throat towards its stomach.
The scientists believed the tiny sea creaturesucked up food, then moved it down to its gut.
Scientists say the creature is helping them to learn more about the Cambrian Period - an important point in the history of life on Earth when most of the major groups of animals first appear in fossil records.
Steven Conway had been sent to clean out the tank at Diamond Wheels (Dundee) Ltd in August 2011.
In an earlier hearing at Dundee Sheriff Court, following his death. the firm admitted breaking health and safety laws.
Diamond Wheels is owned and operated by former Dundee FC director of football Paul Marr, son of the club's former owner Peter Marr.
The firm specialises in restoring alloy wheels for cars.
Mr Conway, a 33-year-old father of two, was sent in to remove debris created from the process of stripping wheels using a chemical known as EFX Strip.
That chemical contains methlyene chloride, methanol and hydrofluoric acid and is described as a "highly volatile organic compound".
Mr Conway went in to the tank wearing trainers, tracksuit bottoms, a t-shirt and a fleece.
He was not provided with overalls or any other protective clothing - and wore a mask that did nothing to protect him from the toxic fumes let off by the chemicals.
Fiscal depute Emma Stewart told the court: "Mr Conway was found wearing the face mask, kneeling inside the stripping tank. He was slumped against the side of the tank and appeared to be unconscious."
Mr Marr and another colleague removed Mr Conway from the tank and tried to resuscitate him. He was later pronounced dead.
A subsequent post-mortem examination found he had suffered chemical burns to his thighs, knees, shins and feet "typical of chemical burns from contact with hydrofluoric acid".
Pathologists concluded he had died from inhaling industrial paint stripper.
Defence advocate Gavin Anderson said the company had undertaken extensive efforts to adhere strictly to health and safety standards since Mr Conway's death.
Mr Anderson said: "I express publicly in open court that Mr Conway's tragic death is genuinely and deeply regretted by all associated with the company."
Yes, Mrs Clinton has built-in advantages in electoral maths and organisation and Donald Trump's controversial views and propensity for wandering woefully off-message are political liabilities - but what if there were a headline-grabbing Islamic militant attack on US soil before November's election? Would that significantly alter the state of the presidential race?
We may be about to find out.
Mr Trump was quick to take to Twitter after news spread that the assailant in the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was a child of Afghan immigrants and had apparently "pledged allegiance" to so-called Islamic State.
Like many Trump tweets, it instantly provoked both praise from his supporters and outrage from others including gay rights activist George Takei.
Following Barack Obama's short speech in which the president called the Orlando attack an "act of terror and an act of hate" and said it was "a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people", Mr Trump doubled-down on the rhetoric that has fuelled his rise to the Republican nomination.
He called for Mr Obama's resignation for his "refusal to even say the words 'radical Islam'".
"If we do not get tough and smart real fast, we are not going to have a country anymore," he wrote. "Because our leaders are weak, I said this was going to happen - and it is only going to get worse. I am trying to save lives and prevent the next terrorist attack. We can't afford to be politically correct anymore."
What we know
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Who was Omar Mateen?
Left to the imagination is what, exactly, that means. Should the children of second-generation Muslim immigrants - like the alleged assailant, Omar Mateen - receive special screening? Trump critics will surely assume the worst. His allies will imagine the greatest.
Mr Trump went on to assert that Mrs Clinton - who supports resettling 65,000 Syrian refugees in the US - wants to "dramatically increase admissions from the Middle East" and that the US has "no way to screen them, pay for them, or prevent the second generation from radicalising".
Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton sent out her own press release - which largely dovetailed with Mr Obama's public statement.
"We need to redouble our efforts to defend our country from threats at home and abroad," she wrote on Facebook. "That means defeating international terror groups, working with allies and partners to go after them wherever they are, countering their attempts to recruit people here and everywhere, and hardening our defences at home. It also means refusing to be intimidated and staying true to our values."
She also told the LGBT community that she was one of their allies and renewed her call for new gun control measures, saying that "weapons of war have no place on our streets".
Mrs Clinton has made gun control a key talking point for much of her campaign - the one area in which she was successfully able to position herself to the left of her Democratic Socialist opponent, Bernie Sanders. Her latest statement is part of an attempt to frame these views as a national security issue.
Such a strategy has yet to work for Mr Obama and congressional Democrats, who advanced similar arguments after the attack last December in San Bernardino, California. Gun control in the US - at least up until now - is one of the areas where the partisan divide is most firmly entrenched.
The duelling press releases and social media posts from the two major party presumptive nominees puts immigration, militant attacks and gun control squarely in the centre of the general election.
Mr Trump had been quietly backing away from his call for a temporary ban on Muslim entry into the United States. Now he is explicitly referencing it - even boasting of his prescience.
He spent most of his California victory speech last Tuesday focusing on his economic message and previewing attacks on the Clintons he said he would expand on in a speech this Monday.
Now that speech will be on "this terrorist attack, immigration and national security".
Mr Trump appears to be calculating that the American public will determine that, after Orlando, the status quo is untenable; that he has the upper-hand in a contest between his unprecedented border-security and immigration proposals and Mrs Clinton's calls for moderation, continuation of Mr Obama's foreign policy and increased regulation of firearms.
Just yesterday, the prospect of the election turning on such a face-off was purely theoretical. Now it's very real.
The state interior minister described the incident as "deeply shameful".
Video footage from the scene late on Thursday in Clausnitz in Saxony has been widely shared.
Clearly upset children can be seen on board the bus, which was prevented from reaching its destination for two hours.
A voice from the crowd can be heard shouting "go home" in English.
German talk show host Jan Boehmermann was one of those to share the video on Twitter.
"The German mob of fear greet those who have cheated death," he wrote.
Saxony police said a group of around 100 people prevented the bus from arriving at the asylum shelter, and three vehicles were used to block the entrance to it.
Those on board the bus were the first refugees to be accommodated at the shelter in the village, 30km (19 miles) south of Dresden.
Around 30 police officers attended the incident which started at 19:20 local time (18:20 GMT).
The protesters dispersed by about 22:00 and the asylum seekers were able to enter the shelter, it added.
The police have come in for criticism for their handling of events, particularly after a second video emerged on Friday evening showing what appeared to be police handling the same child - a boy in a blue jacket - roughly and dragging him into the accommodation as the crowd jeers and yells.
Saxony Interior Minister Markus Ulbig said in a statement (in German) that he had seen the footage and "the pictures spoke for themselves".
The ministry would be evaluating the police deployment, he said.
According to German media reports the video was first posted on Facebook by an anti-foreigner group. Neither the group nor the video exist on Facebook anymore, the reports said.
The slogan which the protesters chanted, "Wir sind das Volk" (We are the People), was used in the peaceful demonstrations against the dictatorship in East Germany which preceded the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The historic slogan has since been used - misused, according to German President and GDR-era civil rights activist Joachim Gauck - by the anti-Islam Pegida protesters in Germany.
Germany received over a million asylum claims in 2015.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
Sharp's goals in the second half came after strike partner Leon Clarke had put the visitors ahead before the break, and it was a lead that never looked like being challenged by the mid-table Dons.
Backed by over 7,000 travelling fans, United started on the front foot and should have taken the lead through Sharp inside nine minutes, but his effort smacked against the post following good work from Chris Basham.
Chris Wilder's team went ahead on the stroke of half-time, though, as Clarke rose highest to head home from John Fleck's inviting corner.
And Sharp added a brace for the Blades in the second half after confusion in the Dons defence twice saw the forward race through on goal before firing home.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, MK Dons 0, Sheffield United 3.
Second Half ends, MK Dons 0, Sheffield United 3.
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Chris Basham.
Substitution, MK Dons. David Martin replaces Lee Nicholls.
Foul by Billy Sharp (Sheffield United).
George Baldock (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Harry Chapman replaces Kieron Freeman.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Dean Lewington.
Foul by John Fleck (Sheffield United).
Ben Reeves (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, MK Dons. Ben Reeves replaces Robbie Muirhead.
Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stuart O'Keefe (MK Dons).
Attempt missed. Harvey Barnes (MK Dons) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Goal! MK Dons 0, Sheffield United 3. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paul Coutts.
Attempt saved. John Fleck (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Kieran Agard (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, MK Dons. Brandon Thomas-Asante replaces Darren Potter.
Samir Carruthers (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by George Baldock (MK Dons).
Attempt saved. Samir Carruthers (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
Attempt blocked. Harvey Barnes (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal! MK Dons 0, Sheffield United 2. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Kieran Agard (MK Dons) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Paul Coutts (Sheffield United).
Ed Upson (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Paul Coutts (Sheffield United).
Dean Lewington (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Matt Done replaces James Wilson.
Foul by Kieran Agard (MK Dons).
Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leon Clarke (Sheffield United).
George Baldock (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Samir Carruthers (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ed Upson (MK Dons).
Foul by Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United).
George B Williams (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Leon Clarke (Sheffield United).
Dean Lewington (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
"It's really at the centre of everything I do," she told a press conference for her film Wonderstruck.
She plays a mother in Wonderstruck, by Carol director Todd Haynes, and she and co-star Julianne Moore were also full of praise for its young cast.
Part of the film, which had its first screening at Cannes on Thursday, is a black and white silent movie.
Wonderstruck has dual narratives, set in 1927 and 1977, telling the stories of a young deaf girl, Rose, and Ben, a 12-year-old living 50 years later, and how their lives connect in ways that only become clear at the end.
Williams related the Mother's Day card message she received from daughter Matilda, saying it speaks to what she tries to achieve as a parent.
The card read: "Mom, thanks for letting me be me" and featured a picture of someone with high heels on a skateboard.
The actress said she had the same attitude towards the actors at the centre of Wonderstruck, saying: "What I find most interesting about motherhood in this film is being responsive to the child, to the child you're parenting personally and professionally."
Williams, who was nominated for an Oscar for Manchester by the Sea, said: "There is no area of my life it leaves untouched. Every choice I make in the films I do, every choice I make about what we have for breakfast in the morning - but I think it's what becoming a parent does to you."
Millicent Simmonds stars as Rose. It is her first film, with Haynes having sought to fill the role from the deaf community.
"We wanted somebody fantastic, but we wanted to start the search within the deaf community and really search far and wife to find the best person," he said. "It was incredibly good fortune to find this girl. There was something about her as a person that shone through."
Simmonds said she had to get up early every morning to work on the script - often reading ahead as she was enjoying it so much.
"I never dreamed my life would come here to this," she said to an at-times emotionally charged press conference. Haynes also appeared to have a tear in his eye.
Jaden Michael, who plays Ben's friend, added it had been a great honour to be in the film.
Williams said: "I'm just listening right now - which is actually what it's like working with kids. I love working with kids and for kids. I remember being that age, when you're so porous you just absorb on so many levels."
Moore said she treated Simmonds, along with Oakes Fegley - who plays Ben - and Michael as if they were adults.
"An actor is an actor, despite their age or experience," she said. "When you meet an actor on set you're meeting a peer. Everything dissolves - the way you categorise each other according to age, gender and colour completely disappears and you meet people on a personal level."
She called the three young stars "extraordinary" and also said she had jumped at the chance to work with "genius" Haynes again.
Moore's character hardly utters a word in the film, and she learned sign language for it, a process she said was "incredible".
"You're always, as a human being, looking for a way to connect, be it verbally, physically or with sign," she said.
Moore added it was her "first experience with deaf culture", and that this had been a "great gift".
Michael said he hoped children would want to learn sign language after seeing the film, and also "go out and build forts and play Lego instead of playing Call of Duty" - as the 70s child he plays loves exploring the Natural History Museum in New York with his friend.
Wonderstruck, based on an illustrated children's novel, has already been tipped for awards season success, with early reviews deeming it an early Cannes favourite.
Indiewire called it an "immaculately crafted fable" and The Hollywood Reporter said it was a "genuinely affecting story of children and family that doubles as a work of fabulous cinematic artifice".
But Variety, although lauding its "aura of unusual innocence", complained that the film, to be released later this year, "winds up being less than the sum of its parts".
It is in contention for the Palme d'Or at the festival in the south of France.
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The Barcelona player, 29, is unpopular with some Spain fans for his support of independence for Catalonia.
In Sunday's 2-0 win in Albania, his shirt - unlike his colleagues - did not have a Spanish flag trim on the sleeve.
After social media criticism, the Spanish FA released a statement to explain why, and defend Pique.
Pique was wearing the long-sleeved shirt - as was Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos - which does not feature the flag trim.
The statement said that Pique had cut the sleeves off his shirt, "the same way other players have done on many occasions," for comfort.
Pique, who won the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012, said: "I have tried everything, but I can't bear this anymore.
"Today's issue of the sleeves is the the straw that breaks the camel. They've managed to make me lose the excitement of coming here and although after Russia I'll only be 31, I'll leave."
Sho-Silva's brace came either side of Jordan Higgs' strike to give the hosts a 3-0 lead just after half-time.
Jordan White began the visitors' comeback before Ntumba Massanka got his on the scoresheet on the hour mark.
Blair Turgott claimed Bromley's fourth before Massanka's second for Wrexham, who dropped from 10th to 12th.
Match ends, Bromley 4, Wrexham 3.
Second Half ends, Bromley 4, Wrexham 3.
Shabazz Omofe (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Shabazz Omofe replaces Jordan Higgs.
Goal! Bromley 4, Wrexham 3. Ntumba Massanka (Wrexham).
Goal! Bromley 4, Wrexham 2. Blair Turgott (Bromley).
Substitution, Wrexham. Leo Smith replaces Iffy Allen.
Martin Riley (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces Tobi Sho-Silva.
Substitution, Bromley. Lee Minshull replaces Connor Dymond.
Goal! Bromley 3, Wrexham 2. Ntumba Massanka (Wrexham).
Substitution, Wrexham. Ntumba Massanka replaces Izale McLeod.
Goal! Bromley 3, Wrexham 1. Jordan White (Wrexham).
Goal! Bromley 3, Wrexham 0. Tobi Sho-Silva (Bromley).
Second Half begins Bromley 2, Wrexham 0.
First Half ends, Bromley 2, Wrexham 0.
Goal! Bromley 2, Wrexham 0. Jordan Higgs (Bromley).
Goal! Bromley 1, Wrexham 0. Tobi Sho-Silva (Bromley).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Police said the couple were murdered by an upper caste grocer on Thursday when they told him they needed time to pay for biscuits they had bought from him.
The grocer has been arrested.
Dalits, formerly known as untouchables, form the lowest rung of India's caste hierarchy.
Police told the Press Trust of India news agency the incident took place in Mainpuri district early on Thursday as the couple were on their way to work.
They were stopped by Ashok Mishra, the owner of a village grocery, who demanded that the couple pay the money for three packets of biscuits that they had bought for their three children a few days ago, reports say.
The couple reportedly told him they would pay after they received their daily wages later in the evening.
"While Mishra kept shouting for the money, the couple started walking towards the fields. Mishra then ran to his house nearby and returned with an axe. He hacked Bharat repeatedly and then attacked Mamta who was trying to rescue her husband. The couple died on the spot," Nadeem, a local villager, told The Indian Express newspaper.
The Dalit community in the village have blocked roads and protested over the incident.
Earlier this month four low-caste Dalit men were assaulted by cow protection vigilantes while trying to skin a dead cow in western Gujarat state.
Many Hindus consider cows sacred and the slaughter of the animal is banned in many Indian states.
In March, a Dalit man was murdered for marrying a woman from a higher caste in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
The woman's father handed himself in and admitted to carrying out the attack on a busy road in daylight, police said.
The incident happened at a motocross track in the area on Thursday.
Daniel was airlifted to Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry, but later died.
Investigations into the circumstances of the accident are continuing.
Martin Barr, a friend of Daniel's family, said the teenager had been on the track "loads of times".
"Myself, his brother and himself have done many's a lap round there together," he said.
Mr Barr said that Daniel loved life and always had a smile on his face.
Daniel's school - St Killian's Senior School in Tallaght - will be open from noon on Saturday for people to gather in remembrance of Daniel.
The schools's parents' association extended its deepest sympathies to the teenager's family and friends.
The local community has been left stunned, SDLP MLA Gerry Mullan said.
"There's an air of disbelief and shock after an accident which resulted in the death of a young 13-year-old lad from Dublin.
"I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the family at this very tragic time," he said.
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald also expressed her sympathy.
"My thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult and sad time," she said.
A statement by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council said: "Officers from the council attended the scene immediately and investigations into the circumstances of the accident are ongoing."
The Canaries started well and Jacob Murphy soon scrambled them in front.
After Murphy was fouled in the box by Harlee Dean, Graham Dorrans tapped in the second on the rebound after his penalty was saved by Daniel Bentley.
Robbie Brady slotted in from Alex Pritchard's pass, Nelson Oliveira smashed home and Pritchard stabbed in to seal victory.
Norwich's win, which temporarily took them back into the top six before Leeds beat Aston Villa, eases the pressure on manager Alex Neil after they slipped from top to eighth, prompting chairman Ed Balls to publicly back his manager.
Brentford, however, have won only one of their past nine games and are now 18th after a fourth straight defeat.
The Canaries, who had not won since beating Rotherham 3-1 at Carrow Road on 18 October, led when Murphy was credited with the opener, although Bees defender Josh Egan may have got the final touch.
Brentford came into the game after Dorrans tucked in the second, with Scott Hogan twice heading off target and Egan volleying at Norwich keeper John Ruddy.
But their hopes of a comeback were thwarted as Brady, Oliveira and Pritchard struck in the second half to complete an emphatic Norwich win.
Norwich manager Alex Neil:
"Today was in complete contrast to our recent performances - we played really well. It was our best performance of the season - every player responded.
"It's only one win, though, and we need to build on it. November was a really tough month for us. Hopefully that is us seeing the back of that and we can push on.
"The players knew the importance of the game for everyone connected with the club - myself, the fans, the staff - and they responded in the perfect manner."
Brentford manager Dean Smith:
"I've told the players it's the worst performance I've had as a manager.
"The players have to look in the mirror. I'll look in the mirror as well. I'll look at the selection; did I get that right?
"But after the third goal I thought a few of us gave up. We have to make sure it doesn't happen again."
Match ends, Norwich City 5, Brentford 0.
Second Half ends, Norwich City 5, Brentford 0.
Attempt missed. Philipp Hofmann (Brentford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sullay Kaikai with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Josh Murphy.
Goal! Norwich City 5, Brentford 0. Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jacob Murphy.
Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh McEachran.
Attempt saved. Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Youssouf Mulumbu.
Graham Dorrans (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nico Yennaris (Brentford).
Attempt missed. Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Norwich City. Youssouf Mulumbu replaces Jonny Howson.
Foul by Jacob Murphy (Norwich City).
Yoann Barbet (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Norwich City 4, Brentford 0. Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josh Murphy.
Substitution, Brentford. Philipp Hofmann replaces Romaine Sawyers.
Josh Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Maxime Colin (Brentford).
Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sullay Kaikai (Brentford).
Offside, Brentford. Yoann Barbet tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
Substitution, Norwich City. Josh Murphy replaces Steven Naismith because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Steven Naismith (Norwich City) because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Scott Hogan (Brentford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
Attempt missed. Steven Naismith (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alex Pritchard.
Sebastien Bassong (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John Egan (Brentford).
Foul by Graham Dorrans (Norwich City).
Josh McEachran (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Sullay Kaikai (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nico Yennaris.
Substitution, Norwich City. Russell Martin replaces Ivo Pinto because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Ivo Pinto (Norwich City) because of an injury.
Foul by Ryan Bennett (Norwich City).
Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Steven Naismith (Norwich City).
Josh Clarke (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Yoann Barbet with a through ball.
Substitution, Brentford. Josh McEachran replaces Ryan Woods.
Substitution, Brentford. Sullay Kaikai replaces Lasse Vibe.
Claims of abuse are being made by 170 former pupils of St William's in Market Weighton, East Yorkshire.
Judges said the De La Salle Brotherhood was liable along with the Middlesbrough diocese which owned the school.
The BBC's Danny Shaw said it was a landmark ruling which could affect other claims of abuse at institutions.
St William's, which looked after boys aged 10 to 16 with emotional and behavioural problems until it closed in 1992, had been owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough, but many of the staff were members of the De La Salle Brotherhood.
A former principal at the school and former De La Salle member, James Carragher, was jailed in 2004 for abusing pupils.
Brother Aidan Kilty, from the brotherhood, said they accepted the court's decision.
He said: "We deeply regret what happened at St William's and the harm that was done there through the behaviour of James Carragher.
By Clive ColemanBBC News legal correspondent
Civil claims for compensation for historical sexual abuse can be brought against organisations in two ways.
Organisations are automatically liable for the acts of people they employ. It's known as vicarious liability. They can also be sued in negligence if they failed to act to prevent sexual abuse when they had enough knowledge to know that it was a real threat.
However, negligence is not automatic. It has to be proved and that can be a complex process involving proof of complaints, the knowledge the organisation had of the issue, and whether any measures it put in place to prevent abuse were sufficient.
Claims in vicarious liability are therefore quicker and easier, and so the preferred route for claimants.
Today's judgement is of real significance because it broadens the traditional vicarious liability of organisations.
In the past this has largely been confined to the employer/employee relationship.
Today's ruling makes it clear that that can be an artificial distinction, and that liability can arise from other relationships which are akin to employment. That could have a bearing on claims arising out of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
"Even before this matter first came to light, the De La Salle Order completely reorganised its safeguarding procedures and remains committed to robust compliance with the procedures laid down by the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission on behalf of the Catholic Church in England and Wales."
Graham Baverstock, who says he was repeatedly attacked at the home from the age of 14, said it was a relief to now know who was liable.
Mr Baverstock, from Bridlington, said he felt it was time for both the diocese and brotherhood to make settlement offers to stop the "protracted suffering" of the claimants, but feared the process of claiming compensation would be drawn out.
"They'll continue this game until all of us are dead, simple as that. We are all getting old, we have to live daily with the nightmares, with the knowledge of what went on."
The Court of Appeal ruled in 2010 that the Middlesbrough diocese was solely responsible for an £8m compensation claim.
But the Supreme Court judges said it was "fair, just and reasonable" for the De La Salle Brotherhood to share liability.
In a statement, the diocese said it appealed against the 2010 ruling because "there was an important principle of justice at stake, that those who ran St William's on a day-to-day basis at the time the alleged abuse took place should share the burden of compensating its victims".
"We are also pleased that, now that the question of who is legally liable for the historic abuse at St William's has been decided, the individual claims for compensation can begin to be examined by the courts."
Humberside Police began an investigation in 2001, which focused on child abuse at the home.
Former principal Carragher was jailed for 14 years in 2004 for abusing boys in his care over a 20-year period.
Compensation claims on behalf of former pupils were first submitted in 2004. The alleged abuse is said to have taken place between 1958 and 1992.
Solicitor David Greenwood, who is representing the claimants, said: "This case should have been settled years ago.
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The Labour leader's opponents said his actions had torpedoed talks on having some shadow front bench positions elected by MPs, rather than appointed.
Ms Thornberry said negotiations were continuing and Mr Corbyn should not be criticised for acting decisively.
Parliamentary Labour Party chairman John Cryer said he was not informed.
Mr Cryer said in a letter to MPs that the party leadership had not told him, or sacked chief whip Rosie Winterton, about the changes.
The PLP had held talks with party leaders over possible shadow cabinet elections.
A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said he was willing to continue the discussions on the idea of the party electing some of the shadow cabinet.
Ms Thornberry told BBC Radio 4's Today programme criticism of Mr Corbyn was unfair.
"On the one hand people criticise Jeremy for being weak and taking too long on his reshuffles and yet when he decides that he needs to do one in order to fill vacancies and reach out, people then criticise him for being too decisive and too strong. You can't play it both ways," she said.
"We stop fighting among ourselves".
"We have a job to do. We were elected to be MPs, represent our constituents and stand up to the government. That's what our priority ought to be and we need to get on with it."
In this week's reshuffle several MPs who quit the shadow cabinet in the summer in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership returned to the fold.
In other appointments, deputy leader Tom Watson was appointed shadow culture secretary and Jon Ashworth became shadow health secretary. John Healey returned to housing and Diane Abbott became shadow home secretary.
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In his letter to Labour MPs, Mr Cryer said the PLP in early September voted "overwhelmingly" for the return of elections to the shadow cabinet.
"This led to negotiations involving myself and the then chief whip, Rosie Winterton, and people from the leadership team," he wrote.
"As far as Rosie and I were concerned, the talks were held in good faith with the aim of striking an agreement which would allow some places to be filled through elections while the leader would retain the right to appoint others."
Mr Cryer said it then became clear on Wednesday that a reshuffle was under way, which "had not been discussed or mentioned" during the talks.
"It now seems to me that the party's leadership did not engage in the talks in any constructive way," he added. "Obviously, I deeply regret this turn of events."
Ms Winterton was sacked as part of the reshuffle.
But a spokesman for Mr Corbyn, who was re-elected as labour leader in September, said shadow cabinet elections were still to be considered by the party's national executive committee.
Labour's former home secretary, Alan Johnson - a former critic of Mr Corbyn - said he was still not up to the job of being leader of the opposition.
He told the Today programme "me and many of my colleagues" believed Mr Corbyn was not up to the job, adding: "Perhaps he'll prove me wrong."
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said while some of Mr Corbyn's critics had been welcomed back to the front bench, very few of his allies had departed.
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Tsunamis are triggered by earthquakes, hundreds of which strike Japan each year.
An offshore quake in 1707 is said to have caused a tsunami that hit the island of Shikoku, leaving several thousand people dead.
Further back, in the 15th century, a giant wave is said to have swept away a hill-top hall housing the Daibutsu, a huge bronze Buddha, in Kamakura, a town south of Tokyo.
Japan is perched on top of several converging tectonic plates. Geological instabilities cause around 1,000 tremors each year.
Many of the small ones go undetected by the public, and residents are used to taking medium-sized quakes in their stride.
Some earthquakes, however, are etched in the national consciousness.
In 1923 a huge earthquake struck Tokyo. Known as the Great Kanto Earthquake, the 7.9 magnitude tremor and subsequent fires that blazed through wooden houses killed around 100,000 people.
Seventy-two years later, another powerful 7.3 magnitude quake hit the port city of Kobe in western Japan.
Highways were toppled and thousands of buildings damaged. Some 6,400 people were killed and more than 400,000 injured; fires blazed across the city.
It is widely thought that Tokyo is expecting another powerful quake - and that this quake is now overdue.
So Japan puts considerable effort into preparing its response systems, its infrastructure and its citizens for potential disasters.
The government has invested heavily in monitoring systems. Founded in 1952, the Tsunami Warning Service is operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
It monitors activity from six regional centres, assessing information sent by seismic stations both on and off-shore known collectively as the Earthquake and Tsunami Observation System.
Using this system, JMA aims to send out a tsunami warning within three minutes of an earthquake striking.
When a quake hits, data concerning the magnitude and location are immediately flashed up on television by national broadcaster NHK.
The message then adds whether a tsunami warning has been issued and if so, for which areas.
In most towns and cities, loudspeaker systems can broadcast emergency information to residents.
In some rural areas, residents also have radios distributed by the local government over which instructions to evacuate can be broadcast.
Children practise ducking under the desk in earthquake drills throughout their school years. All adults are told where their closest evacuation centre - a park or sports field, for example - is located.
Infrastructural checks are also in place. High-rise buildings in major cities are designed so that they sway rather than shake during earthquakes, making them safer.
In the wake of the Kobe earthquake, new regulations for quake-proofing buildings came into force, and some local governments offer citizens a structural health check on their homes.
Some coastal areas have tsunami shelters, while others have built floodgates to withstand inflows of water from tsunamis.
And if an earthquake above a certain magnitude strikes, the bullet train will stop and nuclear and other plants will automatically go into temporary shut down.
All in all, Japan is widely acknowledged to be one of the most earthquake-prepared nations.
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"JT coming in, you couldn't get any better for this level," the 26-year-old Irishman told BBC WM 95.6.
"It will give everyone a boost. That certainly looked like that was the case out in our training camp in Portugal."
Despite a decent start when Steve Bruce took over as manager last October, Villa ultimately finished only 13th.
And, at the Championship's second-best supported club, in their second season back in the second tier, Hourihane is well aware of the renewed pressure on Bruce's Villa to perform better this time round.
"I got a taster of that from January to the end of the season," says Hourihane, who was signed by Bruce from Barnsley in the January transfer window for an undisclosed seven-figure fee.
"It kind of fizzled out a little bit with some poor results but things are looking good now. We have some good players in this squad for this level. There'll be more leaving and more coming in but we'll be ready to go.
"We had a long, hard 10 days out in Portugal, where we did a lot of running and hard graft. With a strong pre-season and some good names coming though the door, ultimately, we need to produce.
"We need to do better away from home. If you look at Newcastle and Brighton who got promoted last season both had very good away form. And that's something we need to improve on."
Meanwhile, Villa winger Carles Gil, 24, has rejoined La Liga side Deportivo La Coruna on a second season-long loan. The January 2015 signing made 34 Villa appearances in 18 months before first being loaned to Deportivo in 2016.
Villa's average league attendance last season was 32,107 - the second-best in the Championship, bettered only by champions Newcastle United (51,106).
Conor Hourihane was talking to BBC WM's Mark Regan.
Numbers of elephants in the wild are still falling; it's estimated 100 of them are killed by poachers every day for their tusks to meet the continuing demand for ivory.
There are now only around 415,000 African elephants across the continent, down from as many as five million a century ago, according to global campaign group WWF (formerly known as the World Wide Fund for Nature).
While the worldwide sale of new ivory was outlawed in 1989, the animals are still being slaughtered to fuel an illegal trade led by continuing demand in China.
So what exactly is Mr Heerma van Voss, a 48-year-old Dutchman, doing to help protect the African elephant? He sells seeds.
Yes, you read that correctly, but these aren't any old seeds, they are instead rather special ones from South America called tagua.
They are the off-white coloured seeds of six species of palm trees. They can reach up to 9cm (3.5 inches) in length and when dried become very hard indeed. So hard in fact that they are also known as "vegetable ivory".
And like ivory, tagua can be polished and carved, and turned into ornate carvings or jewellery.
From his base in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, Mr Heerma van Voss's company Naya Nayon has been exporting tagua for 16 years, and he says that sales are booming.
He now sells to 70 countries, including China, Japan and Singapore, as tagua grows in popularity as an alternative to ivory.
And with China pledging to end its domestic trade in elephant tusks by the end of this year, Mr van Voss is hopeful that demand is going to jump even further.
Using tagua as a substitute for ivory is nothing new. Indeed exports to Europe began in the 19th Century in order to meet the demand for an ivory-like raw material. This was used to produce ornamental items such as buttons, chess pieces, and decorative handles for canes.
In fact, the scientific name for the six species of palm trees that produce tagua is Phytelephas, which means elephant plant, a nod to the ivory-like quality of the seeds.
However, tagua fell into obscurity, so much so that Mr Heerma van Voss had never heard of it when he first visited Ecuador in 2000.
Very much liking the country he decided to stay and set up a business, launching Naya Nayon to make and export wooden furniture. Then a year later he had a phone call.
"In the beginning of 2001, a France-based British lady contacted me if I could supply hand carved tagua figurines," he says.
"Anyhow, you listen to clients to make a company work. So I did it, and I started to like the tagua and slowly it took off.
"I always joke that I am a forced ecologist, but I actually really like this product."
Mr Heerma van Voss now sells $200,000 (£160,000) worth of tagua per year that he buys from farmers. He and his four members of staff dry and slice the seeds ready to be turned into jewellery, with France being his largest market.
The sliced tagua typically retails for $30 a kg, while the raw seeds sell for $6 a kg. By contrast, a kilogramme of ivory is worth as much as $1,100 in China.
While Mr Heerma van Voss is preparing for a big upturn in exports to China, tagua does face two hurdles in the country.
Firstly, even the longest tagua seeds are much shorter than the average elephant tusk, which limits the size of the ornaments that can be made from the material. And secondly, it lacks ivory's exclusivity.
Hongxiang Huang, a Chinese journalist and anti-ivory campaigner, explains: "As people become wealthier they want to buy luxury items, and ivory is one of the many things that people desire. This is the situation in China."
For buyers wanting an alternative to elephant ivory that still comes from a mammal but is ethically sourced, the answer comes from under the frozen Siberian tundra in the north east of Russia.
It may sound bizarre, but the tusks from woolly mammoths that died tens of thousands of years ago are mined on a regular basis. While official figures are not available, an estimated 60 tonnes of mammoth ivory is harvested each year.
Mammoth ivory sold for an average $350 a kg in 2014, according to the charity Save the Elephants. This is about a third of the price of elephant ivory, but giant mammoth tusks in good condition can fetch far more.
John Frederick Walker, an expert on ivory, says: "Master carvers tend to prefer elephant ivory because fresh elephant ivory is easier to carve.
"But in fact, you can make wonderful things from mammoth ivory."
Yet with tagua far easier to get hold of than mammoth ivory, and considerably cheaper, it is the South American seeds that is increasingly being used by jewellers, and not the Siberian tusks.
Marion Andron is co-owner of French jewellers Nodova, which sold more than 300,000 euros ($320,000; £256,000) of tagua jewellery last year.
Ms Andron, 27, travels to Ecuador twice a year to oversee the production of the tagua that is done by seven local women at a cooperative.
While Nodova's largest markets are France and the UK, it sells to stores across Asia and Ms Andron says that the forthcoming blanket ban on ivory sales in China offers a huge opportunity.
"I think tagua has helped diminish the demand for animal ivory, and I honestly don't think someone today can be ignorant about the slaughter of elephants with all the media coverage," she says.
Writing in journal Nature, they project that an increase of 1C (1.8F) will release an additional 55 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere by 2050.
This could trigger a "positive feedback" and push the planet's climate system past the point of no-return.
Previous assessments have not taken carbon released by soil into account.
In their Nature paper, an international team of scientists said that the majority of the Earth's terrestrial store of carbon was in the soil.
They warned that as the world warmed, organisms living in the planet's soils would become more active, resulting in more carbon being released into the atmosphere - exacerbating warming.
"There have been concerns about this positive feedback for a long, long time," said lead author Thomas Crowther, who conducted the research while based at Yale University, US, but now at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology.
"For the past two or three decades there have been literally thousands of studies trying to address this topic and trying to identify whether there are going to be increases or decreases in carbon uptake of the soil in relation to warming or increases in carbon loss."
Dr Crowther said the uncertainty surrounding the exchange of carbon between the atmosphere and the planet's soils had led to "sizeable differences in the projections of future climate conditions".
He told BBC News: "We are the first study to take a global perspective and then map the variability and able to say that in these areas there are going to be huge losses and in these areas there are going to be some gains.
"Using this approach we can get a robust idea of the whole picture. We show that, actually, the losses are going to be really considerable."
Using data stretching over 20 years from 49 sites across the globe, the team observed that global carbon stocks would fall by up to 55 petagrams (55 billion tonnes) under a business-as-usual scenario, which is roughly equivalent to adding the emissions from a nation the size of the US.
Dr Crowther, whose team had produced a short video on the subject, added: "I do not positive as in 'good' but positive as in it is reinforcing, so it is a process that once it has kicked off, it leads to the acceleration of itself.
"Carbon comes out of the soil, which leads to more warming, which leads to more carbon out of the soil, it is a reinforcing cycle. The concerning thing is that our projection is that we are going to lose 55 petgrams, that's 55 trillion kilograms by 2050. This process is only going to accelerate and accelerate.
In the global carbon cycle, soils act as a depository, a place where carbon is stored in a state that does not directly influence the global climate system.
He observed: "The carbon is trapped in the soil because it is taken from the atmosphere by plant material through photosynthesis. Particularly in cold places, it get stored in the soil for a very long time, and this minimises the atmospheric concentrations.
"In the soil, there are microbes and soil animals, as well as plant roots, and they all use that soil carbon for their growth and activity.
"Where it is really cold, the activity and growth is limited but when it warms, and warming is likely to be disproportionately happening in cold areas, then the more active they are set to become."
Dr Crowther said the increased activity by the organisms would mean that they would consume greater volumes of the carbon in the soil, and this would be released as carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
"It is very similar to the way we respire and produce carbon dioxide. Because there is such a huge biomass of microbes and soil animals, that respiration really can be massive," he said.
One of the latest milestone in the global effort to curb climate change was the Paris Agreement, which was signed at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit, known as COP21, in the French capital city in December 2015.
In it, nations agreed to keep the increase of the average global temperature to below 2C (3.6F) of pre-industrialisation levels.
Dr Crowther said that the soil carbon study highlighted the importance of politicians and policymakers to heed the results of scientific studies on the issue of climate change.
"I really do want to get the message across that the strength of feedbacks like this really do stress the need to meet the targets of COP21," he urged.
"The feedback will exist and it will occur even if we do meet these targets but the magnitude of this feedback is going to be minimised hugely and it is really going to dampen the strength of it and it would prevent these enormous losses we expect by the end of the century if greenhouse gases are cut.
"These findings really do reinforce the necessity to meet those targets."
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If passed by both houses, the two-year deal will increase spending by $80bn (£52.1bn).
It will also be the last budget deal reached by President Barack Obama, lasting until March 2017.
The government needs to raise its borrowing limit by 3 November or risk defaulting on its debts.
The Treasury Department had already postponed two bond sales as it waited for an agreement.
The deal is the last to be reached by House Speaker John Boehner before he retires from Congress. He is expected to hand the reins of Speaker to Rep. Paul Ryan on Thursday and retire on Friday.
On Tuesday, Mr Ryan criticised Mr Boehner and President Obama for reaching the terms behind closed doors, saying the "process stinks".
Mr Ryan said he was reserving judgement on the agreement because he had not yet reviewed it. But he added, "this was not the way to do the people's business and under new management we are not going to do it this way".
Both Democrats and Republicans had been eager to reach a longer-term deal. President Obama had said he would not sign any more short-term budget agreements, while Republicans in the House of Representatives were concerned that a potential shutdown would harm them in an election.
The agreement addresses two financing issues at once, raising the debt limit and increasing the budget.
The debt ceiling allows the US government to make payments on debt it has already borrowed. Reaching a financing deal prevents automatic budget cuts that were a result of the 2011 budget deal.
Republicans who were keen to defend the military budget were particularly concerned about these automatic cuts.
Committees in the House and Senate still need to produce an omnibus spending bill by 11 December, detailing budgets and spending limits for individual government agencies.
Conservative Republicans who oppose increasing the budget could still stand in the way of the deal. Some may attempt to add provisions known as "riders" to the bill that allow them to push through parts of their agenda, such as defunding Planned Parenthood.
Kevin Wilson, 22, kicked and stamped on Malorie Bantala's stomach when she was eight months pregnant with his son after she refused to have an abortion.
He was found guilty of child destruction and GBH on 17 December.
Wilson will serve at least 16 years in prison. His accomplice, Taffari Grant, 17, was given a 10-year custodial sentence, plus four years on licence.
Miss Batala, 22, suffered life-threatening injuries when she was attacked in Peckham on 15 June 2015.
The Old Bailey had heard how Wilson, a teaching assistant, recruited Grant to help him attack Miss Bantala.
On the day of the assault, she had been buying decorations for her baby shower, returning home at about 20:00 BST.
As she approached her flat, Wilson and Grant emerged from some bushes where they had lain in wait disguised in crash helmets.
They launched a vicious attack, kicking and stamping on Miss Bantala's stomach as she lay curled up on the ground, trying to protect her unborn child with one hand.
The pair fled on a scooter. Family and neighbours ran to her aid, but her baby was stillborn later in hospital.
Miss Bantala lost six pints of blood and was also left with two broken fingers in the hand she had used to try to shield her baby, whom she had named Joel.
"The moment Joel died inside me I lost everything, literally. Life as I knew it no longer made sense," she said in a statement.
Once a white-dominated party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) seems to have extended its appeal to attract the support of black South Africans. The party has shown impressive gains in areas that have historically voted for the African National Congress (ANC).
The party's election in 2014 of a black leader, Mmusi Maimane, seems to have worked even though at the time, the ANC ridiculed him as a stooge.
The ANC had banked on its historic appeal among the black majority. But it lost among other places in Port Elizabeth municipality, which the party had renamed the Nelson Mandela Bay, despite invoking anti-apartheid messaging in its campaign.
It is now clear that there has been a paradigm shift in South Africa's politics - voters are now more interested in issues rather than race.
The ANC continues to attract huge support in South Africa's rural areas. However it will struggle to maintain its national majority with only rural voters.
The party also needs to hold and attract the support of urban voters, who are mostly young and educated and seem to be gravitating towards the DA.
This may be difficult after President Zuma dismissed them as "un-African" for not supporting the ruling party.
Julius Malema's radical Economic Freedom Fighters did well for a new entrant to the political scene, gaining 8% of the national vote.
This was the party's first municipal election. The electorate rewarded it for its enthusiasm and for energising young voters.
It could be set to become the king-maker as the politics of coalitions takes root in South Africa, for example in cities like Johannesburg and Pretoria where it looks as though no party will win an outright majority.
But despite attracting a decent share of the vote, it was not enough to win control of a single council.
As the party engages in some soul searching to find the reasons for its relatively poor performance, many would point to in-fighting and corruption.
But there have been other scandals and missteps that highlight what many see as the party's arrogance and seeming belief that it is pre-ordained to govern the country:
So for the next general election due in 2019, changing the face of the leader may not be enough. It will take more than just getting rid of Mr Zuma to bring back the ANC to its former glory days.
In a joint statement, both clubs said the move could be a "win-win solution".
United needs a long-term training ground after BMW Mini got permission to expand its plant onto the site.
Oxford City said the deal would help secure its future, months after an inquest into its chairman's death heard he was worried about the club's finances.
The clubs plan to create a joint trading company which will lease and operate the Marsh Lane facilities, providing income for both Oxford United and Oxford City.
Oxford United previously trained on the 24-acre site of the Oxford Sports and Social Club and Oxford Cricket Club for six years.
However, following a £4.9m deal between BMW Mini and Oxford City Council the land is set to be built on.
United and the council have been at odds over who would run a new complex on Horspath Road, leaving the football club to seek its own solution.
The U's would still play league and cup games at the Kassam Stadium and the facility in Marsh Lane would remain Oxford City's match day home.
United chairman Darryl Eales said: "This really is a win-win solution.
"We are delighted to be able to help Oxford City whilst also establishing a broader base for Oxford United commercially, as well as hopefully for our first team and our women's team."
The news comes after the death of former Oxford City chairman Colin Taylor, who took his own life in July last year.
An inquest heard Mr Taylor, whose body was found at Oxford City's ground, was worried about the club's financial difficulties.
Oxford City Council leader Bob Price said: "The council initiated these discussions in the wake of Colin Taylor's sad death and the realisation of OCFC's financial position."
It is understood the agreement will allow the construction of an artificial surface, which will replace Oxford City's Court Place Farm pitch.
Addressing the crowd, Mr Obama said that Dr King was now among the founders of the American nation.
The 30 ft (9m) granite statue lies near the spot where Dr King delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech in 1963.
The ceremony had been due to take place in August but was postponed due to Hurricane Irene.
President Obama toured the monument with his wife, Michelle, and his two daughters.
Speaking to an audience of tens of thousands, he said Americans were right to celebrate Dr King's dream, and vision of unity.
"On this day, in which we celebrate a man and a movement that did so much for this country, let us draw strength from those earlier struggles," he told the crowd on the National Mall in the US capital.
"When met with hardship, when confronting disappointment, Dr. King refused to accept what he called the 'is-ness' of today. He kept pushing for the 'ought-ness' of tomorrow," Mr Obama said.
"In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it."
The statue is situated between the memorials for Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929, Martin Luther King was a clergyman and leading figure in the US civil rights movement.
He was assassinated in 1968 during a visit to Memphis, Tennessee, aged 39.
Twenty-five crew members went to local hospitals as a precaution but were later discharged, said BA spokeswoman Michele Kropf.
The crew were not treated for smoke inhalation as reported, she said.
The airline did not say what the cause of the problem was or what their symptoms were.
There has been no confirmation over how many people the Airbus A380 carried.
Images showed emergency vehicles surrounding the plane on the tarmac.
The flight BA286 departed at 19:13 on Monday (02:13 GMT) and landed in the Canadian city several hours later.
BA said passengers had been put up in hotels and would be rebooked on other flights.
Gavin Wilson, public affairs director for Vancouver Coastal Health, said all 25 crew members have been released as of 5am local time (12:00 GMT)
"They were brought into hospital as a precaution and they were subsequently discharged early this morning," he told the BBC.
Various crew members were sent to three separate Vancouver-area medical centres: Vancouver General Hospital, Delta Hospital and Richmond Hospital.
At the moment there are no further details on the reason for their hospitalisation.
"I can't tell you at this point what they were assessed for," Mr Wilson said.
The 48-year-old had been favourite to take over after Feeney was sacked with the club bottom of League Two.
He will assume his duties on Monday with joint caretaker managers Sean McCarthy and James Bittner remaining in charge for Saturday's League Two game at Colchester United.
Westley was in charge at Peterborough from September 2015 until April.
Hounslow-born Westley managed Stevenage on three separate occasions, leading the club into the Football League and then into League One.
He also been manager at Preston North End, Rushden & Diamonds, Farnborough Town, Enfield and Kingstonian.
Newport revealed they interviewed five shortlisted candidates for the vacancy following Feeney's sacking after just over eight months in charge.
"The board were unanimous in their decision to appoint Graham due to his extensive managerial experience in the Football League," Newport said in a statement.
Royston Pratt, of Wickham, was driving a Land Rover Defender on 22 December when he hit Robert McQueen, 37, at Staples Cross near Fareham, Hampshire.
Pratt, who earlier admitted causing death by driving without due care and attention, was given a 16-weeks sentence, suspended for 12 months.
He was also handed a five-year driving ban at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court.
Pratt was told he must take an extended driving test at the end of the disqualification period before his licence can be returned.
He was also ordered to pay costs and charges totalling £165.
Mr McQueen, 37, from Port Solent, was pronounced dead after his Triumph motorbike hit the Land Rover on the B2177.
Speaking after the case, Hampshire Police road safety Sgt Rob Heard recommended people "regularly assess their abilities to drive safely on the road".
He had been on trial on war crimes charges at an international tribunal but was provisionally released last year after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Hadzic led Serb separatist forces in the 1991-1995 war in Croatia, and was charged with the murder of non-Serbs.
He had pleaded not guilty and died at a hospital in Novi Sad in northern Serbia.
"After a severe illness Goran Hadzic died today," the regional hospital of Vojvodina said, according to Serbia's state-run Tanjug news agency.
In 2011 Hadzic became the last remaining wartime fugitive to be captured for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia after almost seven years on the run.
He was a central figure in the self-proclaimed Serb republic of Krajina in 1992-1993, leading the campaign to block Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia.
Serbs controlled nearly a third of Croatia at the height of the war.
The former wartime leader faced 14 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including persecution, extermination, and torture.
He was held responsible for the massacre of almost 300 men in Vukovar in 1991 by Croatian Serb troops and for the deportation of 20,000 people from the town after it was captured.
The Hague-based tribunal had ordered an indefinite halt to his trial in April given his medical condition.
The 20-year-old has made 15 appearances for the Chairboys since joining in October, helping his side to five clean sheets from those games.
McCarthy, who has played once for Southampton, also went in goal against Morecambe on Saturday following the sending-off of keeper Matt Ingram.
He will remain at Adams Park until 3 February.
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It just happened to be Roger Federer, rather than a woman two years older than him who had not won a Grand Slam singles title for nine years.
Some elite athletes project an image of impregnability. Venus Williams takes on the world by appearing to be oblivious to it
By taking Britain's Johanna Konta apart in straight sets before a wilting Centre Court crowd, 37-year-old Venus Williams has moved within one match of becoming the oldest ladies' singles champion in more than a century.
If that makes a mockery of time, it is worth considering that when the American turned professional in October 1994, Konta was three years old.
Should Williams beat Garbine Muguruza on Saturday, it would come 17 years after her first Wimbledon singles title. Martina Navratilova, whose own longevity was once considered remarkable, had a stretch of 12 years here, Steffi Graf eight.
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This was not supposed to happen.
It is nine years since Venus beat her younger sister Serena in straight sets for the most recent of her five singles title here. It is five since she lost in straight sets in the first round to Elena Vesnina.
She had three and a half years after that when she failed to make it even to the second week of a Grand Slam tournament.
You might expect her to be giddy with adrenaline afterwards, thrilled to be back for one last shot at the title that defined her career.
Being Venus, she instead looked like someone who had just woken from a long restorative nap, as bashful as the teenager who first played on these courts in 1997, as softly spoken as a kid thrust into a news conference for the very first time.
Asked how excited she was, she blinked slowly, thought about it and sighed. "Yeah, um… yeah." Asked about the double-fault Konta had produced on her first service of the match, she had no recollection of it.
Someone suggested there might be lessons to be taken from Serena's defeat of Muguruza in the final of 2015. Venus had no idea when it had taken place.
Some elite athletes project an image of impregnability. Venus takes on the world by appearing to be oblivious to it.
Three years from her fifth decade, she is a warrior who keeps a shield up at all times.
In the Royal Box on Thursday afternoon were two other great veteran entertainers, Shirley Bassey and Elaine Paige. History might be repeating for Venus, but we still don't know her so well.
Some of that comes from a life lived in the spotlight, some from the influence of her sister.
Serena has a name for the personalities she deploys on court: Summer, who is all smiles and thank-you notes; Psycho Serena, the feisty competitor; Taquanda, the one who screams and shouts and says things to line judges that no line judge should expect to hear.
Venus prefers to stay as distant as a planet. Only occasionally does the guard drop, as when she left a news conference earlier in this tournament after being asked about the crash in Florida which led to the death of a passenger in a car that collided with hers.
All other questions are met with a stop volley.
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With the years comes experience, not only of these sorts of hype-heavy Grand Slam occasions, but of how to find the holes in the defence of an opponent who has just beaten the world number two and who had beaten Williams herself in three of their past four meetings.
Centre Court was ready to celebrate on Thursday, Henman Hill so packed that spectators were reduced to queuing for a gap in a hedge at the back that was itself 50 metres from the video screen.
Williams had let Konta walk out ahead, comfortable in herself, confident in her chosen tactics.
For a while it was tight. At 4-4 in the first set, Konta had two break points, one of them on a second serve.
Venus slammed shut the fly-trap and then tucked into Konta's serve. Big depth on the first return, more power and depth on the second. She broke the Briton in a run of seven points in a row, and home hopes went south with the set.
Konta would win just a third of the points on her second serve, and just 26% of receiving points. In a second set that accelerated towards its end, the American's groundstrokes pulled her opponent around in a way that shattered the sweet rhythm she had sat in all tournament.
By reaching the final of the Australian Open in January, 20 years on from her maiden US Open final, Williams had already set a record for the longest span between singles Slam finals in the open era.
That seemed like a comeback enough, six years on from being diagnosed with the debilitating autoimmune disease Sjogren's syndrome.
Much of her time has been spent preparing for the next chapter - expanding her fashion label EleVen, graduating with a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Indiana University East in August 2015.
She puts some of that durability down to her 'chegan' diet (mostly vegan, with the occasional bit of cheating). There has been a sense here too of wanting to compensate for the absence of Serena, away preparing for the birth of her first child.
While she will never show it publicly, there is something else too: a love for the game at a point when most have happily slipped into sporting retirement, an ability to keep fighting when quite enough has already been won.
Federer in the semi-finals on Friday, Venus returning to Centre Court on Saturday. Wimbledon, a championships awash with history, is going back to the future once again.
A search for the 29-year-old was launched after the baby was found at Silcock's Amusements in Southport, Merseyside, last Thursday.
Nurses at Ormskirk Hospital in Lancashire later named the girl April. Police said she is now "safe and well".
Her mother, from Prescot, is due before South Sefton Magistrates later.
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The former Tottenham manager, 47, has been without a job since being sacked by Aston Villa in October 2015.
Swindon head coach Luke Williams, who signed a five-year deal in March, will remain in his role at the club, who are in the relegation zone after 16 games.
"This is one of the biggest appointments the club has ever made," chairman Lee Power told BBC Wiltshire.
"We're still a bit shocked that we've managed to persuade Tim to take it on.
"We're very mindful not to use the title 'manager' - it's not a demotion for Luke Williams. He'll be head coach still. Tim will be running training alongside (Luke)."
Sherwood added: "I like this club. I've got a soft spot for it. This is a good opportunity for me to get back onto the training field.
"I started this morning. I'll be in the dressing room, I'll be talking to the boys and giving them some words of wisdom."
Power said that Sherwood will "head up all aspects, including transfers, the way we play, the formations and the picking of the team", implying a strong level of day-to-day involvement.
"A director of football is normally someone who doesn't put their tracksuit on and doesn't interact with the team - that won't happen here," said Power.
"Luke (Williams) is thought of in the football world as a top, top coach - that will continue.
"Something needed to change and happen. This season, it hasn't been good enough."
Power continued: "Everyone knows Tim has been a friend of mine for 25 years. So there won't be a contract.
"It's a special relationship that we've had for a very long time - he definitely isn't coming for the money.
"Tim has had opportunities to work for two Championship clubs this year, that he has turned down."
In his eight months in charge at Aston Villa, Sherwood reached the FA Cup final before he was sacked with the club bottom of the top flight.
Sherwood, who won the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers in 1995, was a team-mate of Power at Norwich City in the early 90s.
John Baird and Tom Taiwo were on target as previously high-flying Rovers had their wings clipped.
Baird opened the scoring 30 minutes in, crashing in after Mark Kerr played him through with a deft ball.
Taiwo added a second midway through the second half, tucking in after Bob McHugh did well to get to the by-line and cut the ball back.
Match ends, Raith Rovers 0, Falkirk 2.
Second Half ends, Raith Rovers 0, Falkirk 2.
Foul by Kevin McHattie (Raith Rovers).
Lee Miller (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rudi Skacel (Raith Rovers).
Mark Kerr (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Kevin McHattie.
Attempt missed. Rudi Skacel (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Hand ball by Tom Taiwo (Falkirk).
Iain Davidson (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
David McCracken (Falkirk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Declan McManus (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David McCracken (Falkirk).
Mark Kerr (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers).
Jason Thomson (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Miller (Falkirk).
Attempt saved. Luca Gasparotto (Falkirk) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Lee Miller (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kevin McHattie (Raith Rovers).
Attempt missed. Iain Davidson (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
Foul by Mark Kerr (Falkirk).
Joel Coustrain (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Joel Coustrain replaces Ross Matthews.
Lee Miller (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross Matthews (Raith Rovers).
Substitution, Falkirk. James Craigen replaces Craig Sibbald.
Goal! Raith Rovers 0, Falkirk 2. Tom Taiwo (Falkirk) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
Substitution, Falkirk. Lee Miller replaces John Baird.
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Rudi Skacel replaces Lewis Vaughan.
Foul by Luke Leahy (Falkirk).
Iain Davidson (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Ross Matthews.
Attempt saved. Scott Roberts (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Declan McManus (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Falkirk. John Rankin replaces Myles Hippolyte.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Iain Davidson.
Attempt blocked. John Baird (Falkirk) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Scott Roberts replaces Jordan Thompson.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Luke Leahy.
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The world champion was 0.141 seconds ahead of Rosberg, the pair well clear of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in third.
Raikkonen was 0.746 seconds behind and 0.202secs ahead of Red Bull's fourth-placed Daniil Kvyat, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel fifth.
Force India's Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez were sixth and eighth, split by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
McLaren's Jenson Button was 13th, one place and 0.092secs ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso.
Lotus reserve driver Jolyon Palmer, who is being promoted to a race seat in 2016, was unable to run until the final 12 minutes of the session as his team fixed a water leak in his car. The Englishman ended up 18th fastest, after a quick and harmless spin at Turn 18.
On a warm, sunny day, with more clouds in the sky than are normal in Abu Dhabi and the occasional patch of shade on the circuit, it was a largely uneventful session, befitting the fact much of the focus of the weekend is off-track rather than on it.
The championships are settled, to the extent that the top three in the drivers' title race cannot change and nor can the top five in the constructors' table.
The one area of title-related interest is whether Williams driver Valtteri Bottas can hang on to fourth place behind Hamilton, Rosberg and Vettel and ahead of Raikkonen.
The Finn has said that whatever happens is "not going to change our world", but Bottas has admitted that: "It doesn't matter if it's Kimi or anyone else, but it would be nice to be ahead of one quicker car in the championship.'"
Off track, there are question marks about the future of various teams.
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Red Bull have still not confirmed their engine supplier for next season, although team boss Christian Horner has said that a deal has been agreed.
This is known to be that they will continue with current supplier Renault, with whom the team were planning to split two months ago, but doubts remain over the French company's future in the sport.
Renault's expected takeover of the Lotus team has still not been announced, although the team is working back at its Oxfordshire base as if it is a de facto done deal.
But insiders say it is being held up by a dispute over prize money with F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone, which has been ongoing for some time.
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The Pension Tracing Service will have its headcount tripled to 49 by April.
Last year, the service was contacted 145,000 times - double the number of contacts it dealt with in 2010.
It helps people to find providers of pensions they have lost contact with, often after switching jobs.
Estimates by the National Association of Pension Funds suggest that there could be as many as 50 million dormant and lost pension pots by 2050.
Pensions Minister Steve Webb said: "Whilst we have plans to help people combine their pension pots in future when they change jobs, there are still too many scattered and lost pensions.
"We are working hard to make sure people get what they are entitled to."
Jill Scott, operational manager at the PTS, pointed out that recovering this money can help people enter retirement "in a much better position".
"While it may sound strange, losing track of a pension is easily done, as people tend to move around the jobs market far more frequently than might have been the case in the past," she said.
From April pension holders will also be able to access the government's new "pension wise" service, which offers guidance to people over 55 about how they can make the most of the new pension freedoms which will come into force the same month.
Changes announced by George Osborne last year will mean that around 300,000 people a year will be able to access their defined contribution (DC) pension savings on demand, subject to their marginal tax rate in that year.
It replaces the current system in which people are directed towards a retirement annuity.
Concerns were raised earlier this month on Radio 4's Money Box that the new advice service will not have enough staff to deal with the demand expected when the new rules come into force in April.
The hosts went ahead through Zlatan Ibrahimovic's deflected free-kick.
But John Mikel Obi scored a precious away goal, capitalising on some terrible defending to sweep home a deserved leveller from six yards.
Chelsea's stoic defending had them on course for a draw, before Cavani steered home Angel di Maria's pass.
The 29-year-old Uruguay striker, who has been used primarily as back-up to Ibrahimovic this season, scored moments after substitute Oscar spurned a chance for the visitors.
But with the second leg to come at Stamford Bridge on 9 March, the Blues are still very much in contention thanks to Mikel's goal - and Thibaut Courtois' late save from Ibrahimovic.
Some have called this a make-or-break week for Chelsea, with this match followed by an FA Cup tie against Manchester City on Sunday.
With their Premier League title defence already over, Guus Hiddink's men will know by the end of the weekend whether they can salvage anything from a disappointing domestic season.
But whatever happens against City, they will be hopeful of progressing in this competition after a promising performance in the French capital.
This is the third successive season these teams have been drawn against each other, and both previous ties were decided on away goals. Chelsea progressed in 2014 despite losing the first leg 3-1 in Parc des Princes - though admittedly they were a more formidable outfit than this vintage - but were beaten last season.
This was Chelsea's first defeat since Hiddink took charge after Jose Mourinho's sacking in November, leading his team to a 12-match unbeaten run.
The Blues thumped Newcastle 5-1 at the weekend, but Laurent Blanc's men were a step up in class.
The Ligue 1 leaders are unbeaten in 44 league games and lead second-placed Monaco by 24 points, though before the match Hiddink questioned the quality of the French top flight.
There is no doubting the quality of players at PSG's disposal, however, with Blanc able to recall the likes of of Ibrahimovic, Marco Verratti and Lucas Moura after resting them at the weekend.
The hosts were by far the superior side in the opening 17 minutes, enjoying 74% of possession, but all they had to show for it was a long-range Lucas strike.
As the visitors dragged themselves back into the match, Ibrahimovic scored against the run of play. Indeed, were it not for Kevin Trapp's fingertips diverting Diego Costa's header onto the crossbar, the Blues would have been ahead before the Swede scored his first goal against them.
Ibrahimovic's free-kick struck Mikel en route to beating Courtois, but the Nigeria midfielder quickly made amends by capitalising on poor PSG defending from a corner.
With John Terry and Kurt Zouma injured, Chelsea were without their first-choice centre-backs.
But the makeshift partnership of Gary Cahill - who blocked bravely from Blaise Matuidi - and Branislav Ivanovic withstood wave after wave of second-half PSG attacks until they were eventually breached in the closing stages.
They were ably supported by Courtois, who made a series of saves, though he was culpable for allowing Cavani to thread the ball between his legs and in at the near post.
Terry's hamstring injury resulted in a promotion for Ghana defender Baba Rahman, and the left-back played his part in the Blues' rearguard display.
Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink said: "Scoring away is always good. I'm never happy with a loss but it's not a dramatic loss."
Paris St-Germain counterpart Laurent Blanc said: "The return game will probably be open and, hopefully, with some goals."
Chelsea host Manchester City in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday before travelling to Southampton in the Premier League on 27 February.
Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Chelsea 1.
Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Chelsea 1.
Attempt missed. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Willian.
Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Javier Pastore with a cross.
Foul by Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain).
Diego Costa (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain).
Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Gary Cahill.
Attempt blocked. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gary Cahill (Chelsea).
Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Javier Pastore tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Baba Rahman (Chelsea).
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Javier Pastore replaces Blaise Matuidi.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Adrien Rabiot replaces Marco Verratti.
Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Willian (Chelsea).
Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Chelsea 1. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Oscar (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas with a through ball.
Foul by Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain).
Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Pedro (Chelsea).
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Edinson Cavani replaces Lucas Moura.
Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Oscar (Chelsea).
Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Diego Costa (Chelsea).
Offside, Chelsea. Willian tries a through ball, but Branislav Ivanovic is caught offside.
Substitution, Chelsea. Oscar replaces Eden Hazard.
David Luiz (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain).
Baba Rahman (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
David Luiz (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea).
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
Danny Rowe scored the game's only goal after 21 minutes when he unleashed a superb left-footed strike when he was given time to shoot.
Bromley came close to cancelling out Rowe's goal - his second in as many games - as Tobi Sho-Silva headed against the crossbar before Rob Swaine hit a post shortly after half-time.
Macc defender John McCombe was also needed to clear a Blair Turgott shot off the line as the visitors claimed a win to move them three points behind new leaders Lincoln.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bromley 0, Macclesfield Town 1.
Second Half ends, Bromley 0, Macclesfield Town 1.
Mitch Hancox (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces Blair Turgott.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. David Fitzpatrick replaces Chris Holroyd.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Jack Sampson replaces Ollie Norburn.
Danny Whitaker (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Alfie Pavey replaces Adam Cunnington.
Ollie Norburn (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Bromley 0, Macclesfield Town 1.
First Half ends, Bromley 0, Macclesfield Town 1.
Goal! Bromley 0, Macclesfield Town 1. Danny M. Rowe (Macclesfield Town).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Previews of Cleansed by Sarah Kane at the National Theatre on London's South Bank saw people pass out due to the scenes of torture, rape and violence.
People were warned of "graphic scenes of physical and sexual violence" in promotional material, the theatre said.
Up to 40 people reportedly walked out of the production which depicts a character having their tongue cut out.
Sarah Kane has been described as one of Britain's most influential playwrights and killed herself aged 28, a year after Cleansed was first staged at the Royal Court in 1998.
The play is set in a university campus and draws on the torture chambers of the former Yugoslavia, during the civil war, for inspiration. It features a gay couple, a young woman and a dancer who are tortured by a doctor on stage in an attempt to test their love.
In a Front Row interview for BBC Radio 4, the play's director, Katie Mitchell said the cast had experienced nightmares as a result of the performances.
She said: "We have to laugh a lot, in order to balance the despair and the darkness of the material."
"We all dream huge nightmares, everyone has very strange nightmares, where very extreme events takes place," she continued.
The reason for wanting to stage the play now, she said, was partly as a result of a new political structure at the National that sought to promote women's work.
"Reviving a play as powerful as Cleansed, by a young woman, is very much fulfilling that new, feminist remit," the director said.
Although it depicts a character having their tongue cut out and placing their hands in a shredder, she said the play was "not about violence, it's about love."
"All of the torture going on is led by a doctor who is making tests about love, its durability. The gay couple in it, the durability of their love is being tested and they are being tortured to see whether their love will survive."
Responding to claims that up to 40 people had already walked out of the performances at the National, she said culturally there was very little tradition in Britain of portraying the violence and atrocity on stage of world events.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Buttler, 25, scored an unbeaten 73 in the Twenty20 win over Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
All-rounder Stokes, 25, is unable to bowl following knee surgery but has been playing as a batsman for Durham.
"They have to be in contention, I would think," said Bayliss before the first Test, which starts on 14 July.
"There's Buttler, [Surrey's Jason] Roy, Stokes playing as a batter - he made 250 [258 in 198 balls against South Africa in Cape Town in January] just a few Tests ago.
"It will be an interesting selection meeting."
Next week's Test is the first of four Tests England will play against Pakistan, before five ODIs and one T20 international.
Buttler was dropped from the Test side after a run of poor form, with his last five-day appearance coming in the second game against Pakistan in Dubai last October.
He has not played a first-class match for county Lancashire since his last Test, while Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow has taken over the gloves with the national side.
However, he has impressed with the bat in limited overs cricket, scoring 93 and 70 in the one-day series with Sri Lanka prior to his match-winning knock in the T20 in Southampton.
"Personally, I think he'd be better in Test cricket if he played like he does in the white-ball game," said Australian Bayliss. "That would be devastating, him coming in at six or seven, and being able to play that.
"He certainly looks like he has a lot of confidence at the moment - this series [against Sri Lanka] has probably been as consistent as he's played since I got here.
"I'm sure he'd love to be in the Test team, and I'm sure he'll play a lot more Test cricket."
England must make a change further up the order, after out-of-form number three Nick Compton's decision to take a break from all cricket.
Yorkshire's Joe Root or Hampshire's James Vince will move up from their positions, unless England bring in a new number three such as Durham's Scott Borthwick, who has scored three hundreds and averages 58.50 in the County Championship this season.
Bayliss said: "Long-term, I think Root is our number three.
"Rooty would have to want to do it - it's a big change, and he's done well at number four.
"My way of thinking is you put your best batter at number three.
"From what I've seen of Vince, I think he could handle number four also. In a way he's a similar style of player to Rooty - a classical player, plays nice and straight - so there's no reason why he couldn't make a success of number three."
There are still fitness concerns regarding England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson.
The 33-year-old has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the shoulder blade in his bowling arm.
"I'm not sure the medical team know exactly how long it will take to come back," added Bayliss.
"There will be an ongoing assessment between now and the Test, giving him every chance to make himself available."
Pakistan seam bowler Mohammad Amir is set to make his Test comeback at Lord's, the venue where his bowling of deliberate no-balls during the 2010 tour of England earned him a five-year ban after pleaded guilty to spot-fixing.
The 24-year-old impressed in the recent tour match with Somerset, taking 3-36 in the first innings and 1-42 in the second.
England captain Alastair Cook is expecting England fans to give Amir hostile reception.
"I'm sure there will be a reaction and that is right," said Cook.
"That is part and parcel, that when you do something like that there are more consequences than just the punishment - that is something for him to cope with, whatever comes his way.
Alex Hopkins, currently director of Northamptonshire, will take control of the Sunderland service in July.
Two separate case reviews in November 2015 found the council's failings may have contributed to the death of one baby and the injury of another.
A council spokeswoman said more frontline staff had also been taken on.
Last year Ofsted found the council did not respond quickly enough to concerns over a child, Baby Penny, who fell and drowned in the bath in 2014.
It also found information about risks to a child - Baby N - whose father was later convicted of neglect and ill treatment, was not properly shared.
The service is to be run by a new company and is expected to run in shadow form from September and be fully operational by April 2017.
Commissioner for children's services, Nick Whitfield, said: "Alex's success in leading the transformation in Northamptonshire has resulted in Ofsted recently finding improvement across all areas and I believe he has the ability to truly transform children's services in Sunderland."
PepsiCo gained 2% after reporting stronger numbers than expected.
Bond prices, gold and utilities stocks fell as investors braved their way out of these safer assets.
The Dow Jones rose 40 points to 17,960, while the wider S&P 500 index was up 6 points at 2,105 while the tech-focused Nasdaq climbed 20 points to 4,879.
The 29-year-old limped off during the first half of Friday's Premiership win over local rivals Bristol.
The former Scarlets player - who switched to the English club in 2015 - will see a specialist on Wednesday, Bath head coach Tabai Matson said.
"It is not looking really good. He is going to be out for a chunk of the winter," Matson told BBC Points West.
"For us, it is a big loss and a big blow for the squad."
Priestland was omitted from Wales' squad for the autumn Tests, as he was not one of their three players selected from outside Wales, a decision he "expected".
Bath are second in the Premiership after winning seven of their first eight league games this season.
Team Scotland won 10 medals, including four golds, to claim third place in the medal table.
England leads the table with six golds out of 17 medals on day one, with Australia second.
Much of the Scottish success came in judo, with six medal winners, including golds for sisters Kimberley and Louise Renicks.
Sisters Kimberley and Louise Renicks won Scotland's first gold medals with victories before a raucous home crowd.
Kimberley, 26, secured her country's first gold, beating India's Sushila Likmabam courtesy of an ippon in the 48kg weight category.
The Lanarkshire native's crowning move sparked jubilant scenes at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC).
Louise, 31, overcame England's Kelly Edwards in a nervy 52kg final.
There was more medal success for Scotland in the judo hall with Stephanie Inglis taking silver in the under 57kg category while Glasgow fighter Connie Ramsay secured bronze.
John Buchanan won bronze in the men's under 60kg category while James Millar took bronze in the under 66kg competition.
In one of the shocks of the Games so far, Ross Murdoch broke the Commonwealth Games record as he easily beat fellow Scot Michael Jamieson to claim gold in the men's 200m breaststroke final.
Murdoch finished nearly a second ahead of Jamieson - the poster boy of Glasgow 2014 - in two minutes 7.30 seconds, with England's Andrew Willis third.
A thrilled Murdoch, 20, said: "There's no way that just happened. I can't believe it. That was amazing.
"I didn't think I could do that if I'm honest. I'm so surprised."
Hannah Miley won the gold medal ahead of England's Aimee Willmott in the women's 400m individual medley.
Scotland's first medal of the games went to Aileen McGlynn and pilot Louise Haston who won silver in para-cycling.
The pair came second in the women's sprint B2 tandem at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
The race was won by Sophie Thornhill and pilot Helen Scott, who picked up England's first Commonwealth Games track gold after beating the Scottish pair 2-0 in a best-of-three final.
English success started with Triathlete Jodie Stimpson, who won the first gold medal of the Games to banish the pain of missing out on the London Olympics.
Stimpson sprinted to victory at Strathclyde Country Park while team-mate Vicky Holland took a surprise bronze behind Canada's Kirsten Sweetland.
Stimpson went into the race as the top-ranked competitor and justified that position with a commanding performance, pulling away from Sweetland over the closing 500 metres.
Alistair Brownlee added Commonwealth triathlon gold to his Olympic, world and European titles to complete the full set and make it a perfect opening day for England.
Brownlee ran away from a splintered field as younger brother Jonny took silver and South Africa's Richard Murray bronze.
Stewart Harris, chief executive of sportscotland, said: "Congratulations to all Team Scotland athletes who gave their all for their country today, and what an outstanding achievement it is to win 10 medals on the opening day.
"Four gold, three silver, and four bronze medals has exceeded all expectations. Spurred on by an incredible home crowd, Team Scotland is on track to deliver its best ever medal haul at a Commonwealth Games.
"This is a historic and proud day for Team Scotland."
In total, about 4,500 athletes from 71 nations are taking part in the Games, which run until 3 August.
The group, which includes the former CIA director Michael Hayden, said Mr Trump "lacks the character, values and experience" to be president.
Many of the signatories had declined to sign a similar note in March.
In response, Mr Trump said they were part of a "failed Washington elite" looking to hold on to power.
The open letter comes after a number of high-profile Republicans stepped forward to disown the property tycoon.
Mr Trump has broken with years of Republican foreign policy on a number of occasions.
The Republican candidate has questioned whether the US should honour its commitments to Nato, endorsed the use of torture and suggested that South Korea and Japan should arm themselves with nuclear weapons.
"He weakens US moral authority as the leader of the free world," the letter read.
"He appears to lack basic knowledge about and belief in the US Constitution, US laws, and US institutions, including religious tolerance, freedom of the press, and an independent judiciary."
"None of us will vote for Donald Trump," the letter states.
In a statement, Mr Trump said the names on the letter were "the ones the American people should look to for answers on why the world is a mess".
"We thank them for coming forward so everyone in the country knows who deserves the blame for making the world such a dangerous place," he continued.
"They are nothing more than the failed Washington elite looking to hold on to their power and it's time they are held accountable for their actions."
Also among those who signed the letter were John Negroponte, the first director of national intelligence and later deputy secretary of state; Robert Zoellick, who was also a former deputy secretary of state and former president of the World Bank; and two former secretaries of homeland security, Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff.
The letter echoed similar sentiment shared by some Republican national security officials in March, but the new additions came after Mr Trump encouraged Russia to hack Mrs Clinton's email server, according to the New York Times.
Mr Trump later said he was "being sarcastic" when he made the remarks about hacking his rival's emails.
Missing from the letter were former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, James Baker, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.
Some of the latest letter's signatories plan to vote for Mr Trump's Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton while others will refuse to vote, but "all agree Trump is not qualified and would be dangerous," said John Bellinger, a former legal adviser to Ms Rice who drafted the letter.
The open letter follows a fresh round of Republican defections in the wake of recent controversy surrounding Mr Trump.
Lezlee Westine, a former aide to President George W Bush, announced her support for Mrs Clinton in a statement to the Washington Post on Monday.
Wadi Gaitan, a prominent Latino official and chief spokesman for the Republican party in Florida, announced he would leave the party over Mr Trump's candidacy.
Meanwhile, George P Bush broke with his father, Jeb Bush, to lend his support to Mr Trump on Sunday, the Texas Tribune reported.
The Texas land commissioner urged party members to unite behind his father's former Republican primary rival.
Other Republicans not voting for Mr Trump
An initial 150 soldiers are to be followed by a further 450 within days.
US President Barack Obama has warned Russia it faces new sanctions if it refuses to implement an agreement to reduce tensions in eastern Ukraine.
Reports are coming in of violent incidents overnight between pro-Russian militants and Ukrainian forces in Mariupol and Artemivsk.
Mr Obama accuses Russia of flouting last week's deal on Ukraine while Moscow has warned it will respond to any attack on its "interests" in Ukraine.
Speaking on Russian state TV channel RT on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov drew a parallel with the 2008 Georgian war, saying that if "the interests of Russians have been attacked directly.... I do not see any other way but to respond in full accordance with international law".
Mr Lavrov also accused the US of "running the show" in Ukraine, and that it was "quite telling" that Kiev had re-launched its "anti-terrorist" operation in the east on Tuesday during a visit by US Vice-President Joe Biden.
US state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki dismissed his comments as "ludicrous". "Our approach here is de-escalation. We don't think there's a military solution on the ground," she said.
The 150 soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrived in the Polish town of Swidwin from their base in Vicenza, Italy.
Stephen Mull, the US ambassador to Poland, said the US had a "solemn obligation in the framework of Nato to reassure Poland of our security guarantee".
President Obama told a news conference in Japan that Moscow had failed to halt actions by pro-Russian militants in Ukraine.
The US had further sanctions against Russia "teed up", he added.
The US troops are expected to be carrying out military exercises in Poland as well as in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for the coming months.
There has been growing concern in those countries at the build-up of thousands of troops in Russia along its borders with Ukraine in recent weeks.
Elsewhere, the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed that Russian military aircraft had been identified approaching the north of Scotland, but they turned away shortly after fighter jets were scrambled to investigate.
Military officials in the Netherlands and Denmark confirmed they too had scrambled jets to escort the jets away from their airspace.
And in the seas around the UK, a Royal Navy warship is shadowing a Russian destroyer in what the MoD described as a "well established and standard response" as it sails past British territory.
But the focus of the tension remains eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists have taken over administrative buildings in at least a dozen towns in a bid to seek closer ties to Moscow.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced on Thursday that the city hall in Mariupol, a port on the Sea of Azov, had been "liberated" overnight without any casualties.
"Civic activists" played a major part in the operation, he said.
However, local news website 0629 reported that the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk was still claiming control over the mayor's hall after a struggle with attackers.
Mr Avakov also reported that Ukrainian troops in Artemivsk had fended off an attempt by dozens of pro-Russian militants to seize weapons from a military unit. One soldier was wounded, he said.
Unverified footage of military helicopters, said to be flying over Artemivsk, was posted by a blogger on YouTube.
Unrest began in Ukraine last November over whether the country should look towards Moscow or the West.
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Downes, 29, left Plainmoor last month following a three-year stay, during which time he made 115 appearances, scoring 16 times.
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The Reverend Rufus Noy called in the animals to clear plots at St Peter's Church, Blaenavon, after volunteers fell behind with their chores.
Mr Noy said maintaining the site was not the council's responsibility and volunteers had struggled.
Farmer Nick Prewett-King said his South American goats were happy to help.
Mr Noy, 53, said: "We have struggled for too many years in fighting the worsening state of the graveyard and although a lot of people won't know this, bringing animals to eat the grass has happened before, as I believe we had horses doing a similar job in the early 1980s."
Mr Prewett-King, 58, said the overgrown plants, grass and brambles were perfect for the goats because the area is pesticide-free and they "go mad for it".
"Because of the climate they are used to, the weather has to be just right for them to be happy to be outside and eat so we had to wait a day but it's excellent for them and really supplements their diet around the oats, wheat and berries we give them," he said.
Mr Noy said he hoped the goats would continue to help out, adding: "It's a great idea as we both benefit from it, anything that can help with the overgrowth is good as it's hard work."
St Peter's is the earliest industrial church in the area and was built in 1804 by Samuel Hopkins and Thomas Hill, who owned the town's ironworks.
The former double world champion was beaten by fellow-Brit Kay Marchant.
James was competing for GB for the first time in nearly two years following injury and illness.
"I'm a long way off but I'm hoping I'm going to keep progressing," said the 24-year-old from Abergavenny.
"I've got a lot more work to do so hopefully in the next few months I'll be back to my best."
James last rode for GB in 2014, but since then has had surgery to remove abnormal cells following a cervical screening, and suffered a knee injury after winning the sprint and keirin titles at the 2013 World Championships in Belarus.
She returned to competition in August this year, and says she was happy to be back in a GB vest.
"It's been really nice to be back racing again in this environment," she added.
"I was a little bit nervous and didn't really know what to expect, but I'm happy to gave got to this level in such a short time so it's a good step forward."
James is hoping to gain selection for the GB team at the Rio Olympics in 2016, but missed out on qualifying points and will not compete in Sunday's keirin.
The court, which is dominated by government loyalists, said Luisa Ortega Díaz had committed serious errors.
Ms Ortega, once a staunch government ally, broke ranks in March when she said an attempt by the Supreme Court to strip the opposition-controlled Congress of its powers was unlawful.
Critics believe President Nicolás Maduro is trying to push Ms Ortega out.
She faces a hearing on 4 July - some analysts say she may eventually be put on trial. The move comes amid growing political turmoil in Venezuela.
According to reports, the accusations against her refer to the appointment of judges.
The Supreme Court recently transferred Ms Ortega's powers of investigation to the national ombudsman.
On Wednesday, she strongly criticised President Maduro following an incident in which a stolen police helicopter flew over government buildings in the capital, Caracas, dropping grenades and firing shots.
Mr Maduro called it a "terrorist attack" but Ms Ortega said Venezuela was suffering from "state terrorism" due to the harsh response by authorities to anti-government protests.
The suspected pilot, a rogue elite police officer identifying himself as Oscar Pérez, posted Instagram videos admitting the attack and calling on Venezuelans to rise up against the government.
Venezuelan security forces later said they had found the helicopter, near the north coast in the state of Vargas. There was no sign of the pilot.
Andrew Rosati, a Caracas-based journalist for news website Bloomberg, said some people doubted the government's version of events.
"I spoke to people today on the streets and some are absolutely mystified by the whole affair," he told the BBC's Newsday programme.
"This idea that a helicopter almost vanished into the air, flew off into the sunset. Many think this whole thing is staged by the government."
Opposition politician and parliamentary Speaker Julio Borges also raised the possibility that the incident was a hoax but said more information was needed.
"Whatever it is, it is very serious," he said. "It all points to one conclusion: that the situation in Venezuela is unsustainable."
There have been almost daily anti-government protests in Venezuela for more than two months as the country's economic and political crisis worsens.
Christiana Figueres has called on investors to pull their money out of fossil fuel linked funds.
She said institutional investors would be in blatant breach of their fiduciary duty if they ignored the "clear scientific evidence".
Ms Figueres said that they should put their money into green assets instead.
The issue of investing in oil, gas and other fossil fuel-backed funds has provoked a heated debate over the past 12 months.
Environmental campaigners have argued that if the Earth is to avoid dangerous climate change, defined as temperature increases above 2C, then up to three quarters of the coal, oil and gas that remains must be left in the ground.
Some financial experts have argued that if these resources are essentially declared worthless, this will have a major impact on the share values of the fossil fuel corporations that own them.
Now the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has joined the voices calling on investors to get out of high carbon assets.
"The continued and dangerous rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is in large part the direct result of past investments in energy and mobility systems based on the use of fossil fuels," Ms Figueres told an audience of investors and corporate leaders in New York with more than $20 trillion in combined assets.
"New investments must now assist in reversing this unsustainable trend, and quickly if the world is to have a chance of staying under a 2C temperature rise," she said.
Ms Figueres argued that investment decisions needed to reflect the science. Climate change, if left unchecked, could devastate the lives, livelihoods and savings of billions of people into the future.
Last November in Warsaw, Ms Figueres lambasted the coal industry and challenged them to divest from carbon.
She is now concerned that too few companies have disclosed the full picture of their holdings in fossil fuel resources. Ms Figueres says that huge opportunities exist for investors in climate friendly assets.
According to the International Energy Agency, the world will need to invest $36 trillion in clean energy by 2050 to keep the Earth on track to stay below a 2 degree rise.
However the move into green investments is uneven. Last year around $10bn of green bonds were issued, with many of the leading global banking groups such as HSBC, Zurich Insurance and JP Morgan involved.
But while around $281bn was invested in 2012, this is much lower than the estimated trillion dollars a year that experts say are required.
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On Wednesday, the High Court approved the £84m takeover by utilities giant Severn Trent.
The shareholders of the Wrexham-based company, who called it a "David versus Goliath" dispute, had planned to appeal.
Shareholders said they had dropped the legal challenge so uncertainty "can come to an end."
Dee Valley Water employs about 180 people and has 230,000 customers across the Wrexham and Chester areas.
Severn Trent Water said it plans to build on Dee Valley's customer service record and make a "significant" investment in the region, but some staff and customers opposed the move amid fears for jobs and an increase in bills.
Shareholders had been granted leave to appeal the ruling and had until Monday to launch their application.
In a letter, seen by BBC Wales News, shareholders said the legal process had taken up a "significant amount of time and energy".
"After much consideration, the opposing shareholders have decided that it is now appropriate to end their legal challenge to the takeover so that the uncertainty which has been hanging over employees and our local community for some time can come to an end," the letter reads.
The letter adds: "Although this is not the outcome that the opposing shareholders would have wanted, we sincerely hope that Seven Trent Water can retain the local workforce and suppliers.
"We wish the company every success under its new ownership in continuing to provide the high levels of service to the community we care so strongly about."
Plaid Cymru AM for North Wales Llyr Gruffydd said jobs had to be safeguarded in the area.
He said: "Before the takeover, some promises were made by Severn Trent about jobs and I now call on the company to maintain a presence in Wales and to ensure that the skills and services provided in Wales are not lost."
Noye, 69, was convicted of murdering 21-year Stephen Cameron in an attack on the M25 in Kent in 1996.
Afterwards Noye went on the run and was arrested in Spain two years later.
In September 2015 the parole board refused to order his release but recommended he be transferred to an open prison, which was rejected by the then Justice Secretary Michael Gove.
Noye had argued Mr Gove's decision was "unlawful and irrational".
The challenge had been contested by the current Justice Secretary Liz Truss who said there was "nothing irrational" about Mr Gove's decision.
Mr Justice Lavender over-ruled the former justice secretary saying: "It will be for the current Secretary of State to take a fresh decision whether or not to transfer the claimant to an open prison."
Millers defender Will Vaulks turned in Albert Adomah's ball across the face of goal to give Villa a deserved lead.
Jonathan Kodjia sealed victory late on, firing a shot in off the post from the edge of the area.
Rotherham keeper Lewis Price made a string of fine saves to limit the damage as Villa chalked up their third win in eight days.
It was also their third successive clean sheet - and the first time since April 2010, when Martin O'Neill was still in charge, that Villa have won three league games on the trot.
Villa went after the Football League's leakiest defence straight from the kick-off, as Price saved Conor Hourihane's low shot and denyied Adomah when one-on-one, before defender Aymen Belaid hooked Adomah's lob off the line.
The visitors' failure to put the result beyond doubt almost came back to haunt them as Anthony Forde tested Villa keeper Sam Johnstone with a low effort. But Villa held off a spirited fightback to condemn the hosts to their ninth home defeat of the season.
Villa's first away win in five league matches - and only their third of the season - lifted them two places to 13th, while Rotherham's ninth game without a win left them 18 points adrift of safety with only 11 matches left.
Rotherham interim boss Paul Warne:
"We are doing everything to stop the rot, so as long as people can appreciate it. Hand on heart, they were better than us and deserved to win.
"My job and remit off the chairman is to win as many games as I can and send the fans home happy. The lads gave me everything but it wasn't enough to get the goals to win.
"I don't claim to be a super manager. The lads are giving me everything they have got, but we haven't possibly got that little bit of class."
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce:
"When I look back at the Ipswich and Nottingham Forest games, we did enough to win. We had 50 shots on goal and I thought this was going to be something similar.
"We had missed so many opportunities, we could have been three up in the first half. In the end it took an own goal to make the breakthrough.
"I was always confident we could get one because of the law of averages, but there was a nagging worry that it might be another one of those afternoons."
Match ends, Rotherham United 0, Aston Villa 2.
Second Half ends, Rotherham United 0, Aston Villa 2.
Offside, Rotherham United. Aimen Belaid tries a through ball, but Joe Newell is caught offside.
Foul by Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United).
Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Jonathan Kodjia.
Goal! Rotherham United 0, Aston Villa 2. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Conor Hourihane following a fast break.
Joe Newell (Rotherham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa).
Attempt blocked. Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jerry Yates.
Attempt blocked. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Amavi.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Conor Hourihane.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Mile Jedinak.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
Attempt saved. Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aimen Belaid.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Frecklington.
Attempt missed. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a headed pass.
Offside, Aston Villa. Neil Taylor tries a through ball, but Jonathan Kodjia is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Henri Lansbury.
Attempt blocked. Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Lewis Price.
Attempt saved. Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Aimen Belaid (Rotherham United).
Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Purrington with a cross.
Own Goal by Will Vaulks, Rotherham United. Rotherham United 0, Aston Villa 1.
Offside, Aston Villa. Jonathan Kodjia tries a through ball, but Albert Adomah is caught offside.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Anthony Forde.
Offside, Rotherham United. Richard Smallwood tries a through ball, but Jerry Yates is caught offside.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Anthony Forde.
Attempt blocked. Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Aimen Belaid (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Aimen Belaid (Rotherham United).
Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Joe Newell replaces Jon Taylor.
Offside, Aston Villa. Mile Jedinak tries a through ball, but Henri Lansbury is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mile Jedinak with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
Foul by Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United).
Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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The Black Cats suffered their heaviest Premier League loss, and biggest defeat in 32 years, in the game at St Mary's.
"It's the most embarrassing time I've had on a football pitch. I cannot watch it again," said Poyet, 46.
"I learned a lot about the players - the bad side as some gave up and I know who they are for the future. I feel very sorry for the fans."
Poyet said he may tell his players to watch a recording of the game, and expects a reaction from them when they face Arsenal next Saturday.
"Maybe the players will watch it. Maybe it will be good therapy for them to watch themselves," said the Uruguayan.
"It's going to be a difficult week. The players who are on the pitch next week are going to do something about it."
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Match of the Day pundit and former Southampton striker Alan Shearer said: "Southampton were brilliant but they were allowed to play. Sunderland were absolutely woeful. Embarrassing. And the players downed tools far too early for anyone's liking.
"Players weren't chasing back, they were turning their backs on the ball and it was so sloppy it was incredible. I'll be fascinated to see Gus Poyet's team next week because he could leave any of them out."
Sunderland scored two own goals in the defeat, including a spectacular volley from Santiago Vergini, whose attempted clearance flew past keeper Vito Mannone.
The points were all but sealed at half-time thanks to the own goal and close-range efforts from Graziano Pelle and Jack Cork.
But the hosts added five more goals in the second half to complete the rout for Ronald Koeman's men.
Despite the margin of victory, the Southampton boss felt his side have room for improvement.
"That 8-0 is not a normal result," said the Dutchman. "I was surprised after 20 minutes about the score. We were 2-0 up and we didn't start the game well. Sunderland were dominating and we had problems.
"Lucky the first one, the own goal, gave us a little bit more confidence and we woke up after that."
Shearer said: "Ronald Koeman deserves a tremendous amount of credit because the players have gelled very quickly."
The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee also voted unanimously to keep interest rates at historic lows.
Many now believe that the first interest rate rise will not come until next year and that rates - currently at 0.5% - will not rise above 1% until 2018 or even 2019.
Fears are growing that inflation will remain low until next year.
In its Inflation Report, the Bank said that persistent low inflation, increases in population and therefore labour supply and changes in taxes meant that it was unlikely that incomes would increase at the rate suggested last autumn.
It said that wage growth had "eased significantly more" than anticipated.
It will be 2018 before average weekly earnings are increasing at the rate experienced before the financial crisis, the Inflation report suggested.
So, nearly a decade after the start of the financial crisis, the feel good factor is still pretty muted.
"Wage growth has been weaker than anticipated," the report says.
"Labour costs are expected to rise a little less quickly than thought at the time of the November Inflation Report."
The Bank now expects average weekly earnings to increase by 3% this year, down from the 3.75% it predicted three months ago.
Earnings increases are likely to rise to 4.25% a year by 2018, matching the average increase figure between 1997 and 2007, the report said.
The Bank said that although inflation had begun to rise - the December figure was 0.2% - the fall in the price of oil, food and other imported goods meant that it was "likely to remain low in the medium term".
The Bank said that inflation was predicted to be back to the target of 2% in "around two years".
The report also pointed out that economic growth in the UK "has slowed by slightly more than expected".
"Since the November report, global output and trade growth have slowed further and the latest data suggest a softer picture for UK activity in 2015 than previously assumed," the report says.
"The path for Bank Rate implied by market interest rates was lower, and implies that Bank rate remains at its current level until the end of the year before rising to only 1.1% by 2019."
Although that is good news for mortgage holders, savers who have been struggling with ultra-low interest rates for seven years are likely to be disappointed.
"Past falls in oil and other commodity prices have dragged directly on headline inflation rates across many countries," the Bank said.
"Global growth has been muted in recent years, reflecting slowing in emerging market economy growth and below average growth in advanced economies."
The Bank said that growth in the euro-area was "slightly slower" and that US growth was "moderate".
Despite the gloomy global economic news, the Bank said that surveys revealed that consumer confidence about the outlook for the UK economy had improved.
Investment by businesses has also been "significantly faster", the Inflation Report says.
Welsh ministers had refused to support Plaid Cymru AM Dai Lloyd's attempt to introduce a bill that would protect the names of houses and farms, fields, natural features and landscapes.
Mr Lloyd said there had been strong support for his proposed bill from external organisations.
But the Welsh Government's Ken Skates said the proposals were not feasible.
All the opposition groups - Plaid Cymru, UKIP and the Conservatives - supported the proposal, but with Labour opposed AMs voted 28 against to 25 for.
Mr Lloyd's bill would have deployed a range of measures to protect names, including establishing a system where people who want to change a historic name must seek consent to do so, and a general prohibition on changing a historical place name.
The proposal had followed a series of rows over changes to names over the years, including a dispute where the Grade I-listed Plas Glynllifon near Caernarfon was referred to as Wynnborn mansion in online marketing material.
Mr Lloyd had won an assembly ballot to introduce the law earlier this year.
During a debate on the bill Mr Skates, Welsh Government culture secretary, told AMs: "I do not see how any system of general consent or control for changes can be feasible or affordable."
He explained that, from May, Wales will have the only "statutory list of historic place names" and that in guidance set to be issued, public bodies will be directed to take account of the list when considering the name of streets, properties and other places.
"I struggle to see what the legislation that the member proposes will achieve beyond the actions that we are already taking," he said.
"Although I cannot support this motion I believe the ground breaking measures that we are about to introduce are vital steps in appreciating and valuing this precious inheritance", he said, adding this was where "our energies and our resources should be directed".
Mr Skates's intervention prompted an angry response from Mr Lloyd, who told the minister that it was Plaid Cymru amendments to a previous assembly law that had "got you to the position of having the register that you have today".
"The fact is there is no statutory protection for our historic place names, be they of any language - English, Anglo Saxon, Viking, Latin, Old Welsh, New Welsh, Norse, Flemish, the rich smorgasbord of our history is going down the tube."
He added: "We're talking history of nation here. Pride in the history of that nation, pride that deserves to be enshrined in law."
Former Plaid Cymru leader and independent AM Dafydd Elis-Thomas voted with Labour and against the bill in Wednesday's vote.
Three opposition assembly members - the suspended Plaid Cymru AM Neil McEvoy, independent AM Nathan Gill and Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood - did not take part in the vote.
Two government AMs - First Minister Carwyn Jones and Environment Secretary Lesley Griffiths - were also not present.
The Spanish side protested to Uefa after the referee ruled Alberto Gil's penalty had hit the post when it had in fact rebounded from inside the goal.
Valencia boss Gary Neville called it "scandalous" while Chelsea said the ball "clearly crossed the line".
On Monday, Valencia said their appeal had been dismissed.
"The club regrets the decision taken by Uefa," said a statement on Valencia's website.
"We want to encourage our young players to continue to be motivated and continue believing in fair play."
Chelsea scored all five of their penalties to go through after the game finished 1-1 in normal time.
The Valencia players and staff urged the referee Adrien Jaccottet to consult the television replay at Chelsea's Cobham training ground.
It is believed the Swiss official refused.
Reigning champions Chelsea will host Lyon or Ajax in the next round, which is due to be played on 8-9 March.
In a speech to airline staff, the PM said a weaker pound, coupled with increased air fares and mobile phone roaming charges, would push up costs.
The claim comes amid mounting anger from Leave campaigners about the exit warnings produced by the government.
Vote Leave accused the PM of "talking down our country".
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And UKIP's Nigel Farage said the PM was trying to "turn the truth on its head".
He said rises in air passenger duty and taxes on carbon emissions were the reason for expensive holidays.
The UK's EU referendum takes place on June 23.
Speaking to Easyjet workers in Luton, Mr Cameron picked up on Monday's warning that leaving the EU could spark a recession - which was dismissed as "propaganda" by Leave campaigners.
He claimed there were "very strong retail arguments" in favour of staying in.
The PM was introduced on stage by Easyjet chief executive Carolyn McCall, who earlier told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was "highly likely" fares would rise if the UK left the EU.
According to the government's calculations, by 2018, four people travelling together on a nine-night break to Spain could pay £225 more, with eight nights in France up £210, a fortnight in the US £620 and 10 nights in Portugal £325.
Vote Leave chief executive Matthew Elliott said Mr Cameron had not listened to warnings from Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon about negative campaigning.
"It's remarkable to see the Prime Minister talking down our country and our economy day after day," he said, adding that the UK economy would grow outside the EU as a result of new trade deals with India and China.
The war of words between the two sides of the referendum debate has become increasingly bitter in recent weeks.
On Twitter, former No 10 aide Steve Hilton attacked "pathetic, patronising scares".
Mr Hilton, who is backing a vote to leave the EU, also told Today both sides were "treating people like imbeciles".
Taking questions after his speech, Mr Cameron said there were always going to be arguments within his party, which he said was "finely balanced" on the EU question.
But he said he "absolutely believed" his party could "come together afterwards and accept the result".
He rejected accusations of government scaremongering about the consequences of leaving the EU, saying he was doing the "totally responsible thing" by setting out his case.
On Sunday, the PM intervened to say the UK did have a veto after pro-Brexit Defence Minister Penny Mordaunt said the migrant crisis would hasten talks over Turkey's EU bid and the UK was powerless to stop it.
Mr Cameron rejected the idea he had been accusing Ms Mordaunt of lying, saying: "The person who made these statements got it wrong - that's life.... the record is now properly corrected."
In other referendum news, Labour's former deputy leader Harriet Harman complained that the debate so far had been dominated by men, saying broadcasters should be giving more airtime to female voices.
Ahead of a news conference on the issue, she said the most commonly-heard voices in the debate were "three white, male, Tories" - Mr Cameron, Boris Johnson and George Osborne.
The centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme is being marked with more ceremony and international attention than was given to the half-century in 1966, though there were many veterans there who could remember the sounds of the fighting. Now there are none.
Maybe it's because we live in warring times. Or, just as likely, because increasingly the Great War hasn't been seen as one awful sprawling event - the four years that bloodied and scarred a generation - but as the opening of a conflict that shaped the whole of the 20th Century, through World War Two to the division of Europe and the Cold War that followed.
That's why, when you watch visitors pointing to headstones in the cemeteries on the Western Front, you see them putting together the story of one solider - a great-uncle, grandfather, maybe even a father - with a broader understanding of the cost of modern warfare.
Live coverage: Battle of the Somme centenary
Part of the loss of innocence after 1914 was the realisation that a new kind of battle had begun, on a scale unimaginable to a generation who thought that Waterloo was the grandest of struggles.
The British line on the first day of the Somme was only 14 miles long.
Within a few hours more than 19,000 had died and more than double that number lay wounded.
It was the worst day in the history of the British army, before or since. They fought on for 141 days, through the mud and slime of the autumn, and when it was over the line had advanced seven miles.
Walking through those fields this week, with slender poppies colouring the barley with drops of red, I was struck again by the awful intimacy of the struggle.
The gentle rise outside the village of La Boiselle where the German and British lines were less than a mile apart when the first charge was made at half-past seven in the morning.
The tiny stone shrine that was the machine-gun post; the small cemetery in the trees where they buried the men of the Devonshires on the very ground where they had sheltered in their trenches before 1 July, waiting for the order to go over the top.
Along the road, I found a small plot where the dead from the Gordon Highlanders were buried after that first day.
It was a regiment that recruited from the towns and villages that I knew as a boy in north-east Scotland, and the names on the white stones were like a call from home.
For anyone visiting these places, there are similar sharp shafts of memories.
When "pals' battalions" went forward on some parts of the line, men recruited from the same streets or workplaces fell together in their dozens at the same moment, so that whole communities took the blow.
Never mind that about nine out of 10 of those who went to war came home in the end; these wounds cut deep, and never healed.
I spoke to schoolchildren coming here for the first time, thanks to a British Council project.
They had been trying for a few months to learn how the war had affected families in their community, in east London within the sound of Bow Bells.
They'd found relatives still living in the same streets, as if a century hadn't passed after all.
After the two-minute silence on Friday, and the act of remembrance at the huge stone memorial at the Thiepval cemetery later in the day, that generation might still want to keep the story of the Western Front alive.
They might understand that if the last century has been shaped by war above all, and our Europe forged in that furnace, this is where you can still feel the fire.
Speed, who died in 2011 aged 42, is Wales' most capped outfield player with 85 appearances and captained the national side.
Ex-Everton keeper Southall won a record 92 caps between 1982 and 1997.
Double Olympic rowing champion Tom James and former Glamorgan captain and coach Alan Jones were also honoured.
The world champions will still be the team to beat despite new rules and the problems they are having replacing title winner Nico Rosberg, Horner says.
"Mercedes have a few things going on with drivers and technical staff but they have a very strong team," he said.
"It will be interesting to see who they opt for in their spare seat because their options look relatively limited."
Rosberg announced his retirement five days after winning his first world championship last month and Mercedes have approached Williams in the hope of persuading them to part with their Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas.
But so far no agreement has been reached and Mercedes' fall-back option remains their reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein.
Horner, who was speaking to BBC Radio 5 live for the BBC F1 Christmas review show, was also referring to the likely departure of Mercedes executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe to Williams.
But he said that he believed either Bottas or Wehrlein were potential front-runners if the Mercedes car is competitive.
"You give these guys a chance," Horner said. "Let's see what people can do in a front-running car.
"If they did take Wehrlein or Bottas, both are probably both capable of running right at the front, you just don't know until you give them the chance, which is what we did with Sebastian Vettel, and Daniel Ricciardo.
"A lot of people were saying we should take Kimi Raikkonen at the time we took Ricciardo. Until you give them the chance, you don't really get to see if they can cut it at the front."
Carlos Sainz, who races for Red Bull junior team Toro Rosso, has also been linked to the Mercedes seat. The world champions are said by a source to have expressed some interest but have not made a formal approach for him.
But Horner said neither he nor lead Red Bull drivers Ricciardo and Max Verstappen were available.
"Why would we do that?" Horner said. "Carlos has done a great job. He is a Red Bull driver. We have invested in him to get him into F1 and they are all on long-term contracts so it wouldn't make any sense to feed one of your main opponents with one of your assets."
Horner said that the team may have approached differently the last race of 2016 has they known of Rosberg's decision - Mercedes ordered Hamilton to speed up when he was trying to back Rosberg into rivals.
"The problem is this call has come so late in the day and they obviously weren't expecting it. They would probably have supported Lewis a bit more in the last race if they'd known this was going to happen.
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"They will now the contractual situations of the drivers they are involved with but their choices are pretty limited."
Asked for his view on Rosberg's decision, which came only four months after he signed a new contract with Mercedes to the end of 2018, Horner said: "It's a personal thing.
"He was probably concerned that if he told them before the event they would perhaps have not been as enthusiastic for him to win the championship.
"So you can understand it from a personal point if view.
"But of course that doesn't serve the best interests of the team, it's a very late call. He only signed a contract a couple of months ago. Then he was obviously happy to continue and then had a change of heart."
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The Scot, who won the title in 2013, starts his latest campaign on Tuesday against fellow Brit Liam Broady.
"Yes, of course he's got the ability," Delgado told BBC Scotland. "He's done it before.
"And the form he's coming in with is exceptional. So, of course, we believe he can win it. He's obviously had a great few months on the clay."
Murray, 29, has reached the finals of the both the Australian Open and French Open this year, losing to Novak Djokovic in both, before retaining the Aegon Championships title at Queen's Club last week on his return to grass.
Immediately prior to his four-set Roland Garros defeat, he contested the finals in Madrid and Rome with world number one Djokovic, prevailing in Italy.
"With the amount of balls that you hit, the amount of matches that he's won and the intensity that he's played at over the clay, all that will help him on the grass," said Delgado.
"And then just confirmation of that obviously at Queen's. So, yeah, he's coming in with great form and hoping to play well here."
For his campaign at Queen's, Murray was reunited with coach Ivan Lendl, who has stepped in after the breakdown of the Scot's partnership with Amelie Mauresmo.
Delgado says it's "been good" working with the multiple Grand Slam-winning Czech.
"He showed up on the Tuesday of Queen's, so we've been together, what is it; a week-and-a-half, nearly two weeks now?" said the 39-year-old Englishman.
"And it's been working well. We see the game in a similar way and agree on how Andy should be playing and practising."
Delgado believes it is important how Murray paces his way through the tournament to avoid what happened in Paris, where his team believes he expended too much energy in his first couple of matches and ran out of steam in the final.
Murray is in the more favourable half of the men's draw.
"We've talked about that," said Delgado. "You've got to respect every single opponent that you play.
"I think possibly in Paris a couple of the matches, not through lack of respect at all but rather the way the matches panned out, they took a little bit more energy out of him so that, when he got to the final, he had maybe a little bit less left in the tank, so that's something that we'll be looking to put right here."
Murray beat fellow Britons Aljaz Bedene and Kyle Edmund on his way to victory at Queen's and begins his campaign against Broady in a draw that means he will avoid defending champion Novak Djokovic and seven-time title winner Roger Federer until the final should they progress that far.
"It's very notable, obviously, that Federer's in the other half of the draw," added Delgado.
"Its weird, isn't it; we were just laughing with Andy because he hasn't played a British guy for years on the tour and then he played a couple at Queen's Club and now first round here at Wimbledon.
"Obviously he knows Liam Broady well and he'll be looking forward to that for sure."
The sports carmaker, owned by VW, is pushing to get its battery-powered model on to the market in 2019 and is spending about €1bn (£836m; $1.1bn) to get it on the road.
It wants to compete with the pioneering California-based Tesla for a share of the market.
Porsche admitted that finding staff for the project is tough.
"I'm not denying the battle for talent is tough," said Andreas Haffner, human resources boss at Porsche.
"One can in fact describe what is going on now as a 'war for talents'. We are in direct competition with other automakers and suppliers and IT firms in our global search for talented experts. Money alone is not enough to attract these creative minds."
Battling to overcome its diesel emission scandal, parent company VW has said it plans to launch 30 all-electric models to reposition itself as a leader in "green" transport.
The new jobs will be based at Porsche's plant in Zuffenhausen. Overall the company currently has more than 24,000 employees.
The Kenyan, 32, clocked 2:00.25 but because in-out pacemakers were used, the time will not be recognised as a world record, meaning Dennis Kimetto's mark of 2:02.57 is still the quickest.
But Kipchoge said: "This is history."
Eritrea's Zersenay Tadese and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia also raced in the behind-closed-doors Nike event in Italy but faded earlier in the attempt.
The three athletes chased the landmark time running 2.4km laps on the Monza Grand Prix circuit, 63 years to the day since Britain's Roger Bannister ran the first ever sub four-minute mile.
Monza was chosen by the sportswear company for its gentle corners and favourable climatic conditions. Small groups of pacemakers ran pre-defined segments of the circuit before handing over to another group, and the trio did not have to slow down for feed stations as drinks were delivered by scooter.
Kipchoge ran each mile at an average pace of around four minutes and 36 seconds. To achieve a sub-two clocking, the Olympic champion would have effectively had to run 17 seconds for 100 metres 422 times in a row.
He lapped 27-year-old Desisa, who finished in 2:14.10, while Tadese, 35, came home in 2:06.51. Kipchoge always looked the stronger and was on target pace with around seven miles to go but he began grimacing in the closing stages and though he tried to sprint up the home straight, his fatigue was obvious.
Pacemakers applauded and encouraged him as he approached the line and the clocking comfortably outstrips his recognised personal best of 2:03.05, set at the London Marathon in 2016.
"I'm happy to have run two hours for the marathon," added Kipchoge. "My mind was fully on the two hours but the last kilometre was behind the schedule. This journey has been good - it has been seven months of dedication."
Women's world-record holder Paula Radcliffe called Kipchoge's run "truly inspiring".
Only a select few media were allowed in to witness the attempt at the race circuit near Milan and Kipchoge's time was initially reported to be a second quicker until Nike confirmed the 2:00.25 clocking.
The brand paid the three runners to forgo the London and Berlin Marathons this year prompting some criticism of the event given the resources invested and the fact it will not count as a legitimate record.
Nike's big corporate rival, Adidas, is planning its own sub two-hour marathon attempt but wants to do so in a race setting.
BBC athletics commentator Ed Harry
Eliud Kipchoge is, I believe, the greatest physical specimen ever to line up on a marathon start line. If he can't run sub-two, then I don't see another athlete that will do it any time soon.
Kipchoge ran close to the legitimate world record in London in 2016, and perhaps would have broken it in Berlin the year before if his shoes that day hadn't lost their insoles.
He's made history of sorts in Monza, and he's right to be proud of pushing the boundaries. What he needs to do now is break the world record on an IAAF-recognised course.
He has the talent to do that and the world record is all that's missing from a phenomenal career.
The firm said there was strong demand for its premium product range, launched to compete with higher-end retailers such as Waitrose and Marks and Spencer
Aldi does not publish like-for-like figures, which exclude sales from new stores, but last year it opened 70 new outlets, an 11% increase.
The big four supermarkets will all give their trading updates this week.
Morrisons will report on Tuesday, with Marks and Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury's following on.
Aldi plans to open another 70 stores across the UK this year, with its 700th due to open in February.
The supermarket added that it predicted sales from its "Specially Selected" lines would exceed £750m in 2017.
Matt Walton, analyst at Verdict Research, said: "Early indications are that the value players were Christmas 2016's big winners, with shoppers already bracing themselves for the challenging economic conditions ahead.
"With a continued focus on price and improving value perceptions, Aldi is well placed to maintain its momentum into 2017," he said, adding that planned store refurbishments would help create "a stronger first impression for new customers".
Last week, Next supplied a shock to the retail sector when it reported a disappointing Christmas trading period and warned that conditions would continue to be difficult this year.
Next shares lost almost 20% in two days, and the warning also hit shares in Marks and Spencer and Debenhams.
Analysts think that Marks and Spencer, which publishes its trading update on Thursday, can hardly fail to improve on 2015's Christmas trading, when sales at its non-food business fell almost 6%.
Andrew Wade, from Numis Securities, thinks that M&S could report sales growth in clothing and homewares of 1%.
"M&S performed so poorly in clothing and homewares through the third quarter last year, we see a good possibility that the division reports a small positive LFL [like-for-like] outcome this time," he said.
Morrisons releases its figures for the Christmas period on Tuesday, followed by Tesco on Thursday.
Analysts are expecting both of those supermarkets to report growth in like-for-like sales of about 1% for the Christmas trading period.
Earlier, a report from payment card company Visa suggested that the final three months of last year saw the strongest quarterly growth in consumer spending in two years.
Its research, which reflects cash and card spending, showed expenditure rising at an annual rate of 2.8% in the fourth quarter, the quickest quarterly growth rate since the end of 2014.
For December, Visa's report showed overall spending increasing at an annual rate of 2.6%, with shops recording a modest 0.7% growth rate, but online spending growth rising by 5.5%.
Of all the categories measured, hotels, restaurants and bars saw the strongest expenditure growth, up 7.3%.
"Growth was once again led by the experience sector, with consumers going to Christmas markets, travelling to visit loved ones, or venturing to various parts of the country to celebrate," said Kevin Jenkins, UK and Ireland managing director at Visa.
The 10 original sculptures became a social media sensation and the artist was described as a "literary Banksy".
The artist, whose identity is still being kept secret, has produced the new works as part of Book Week Scotland.
The new sculptures, inspired by classic Scottish stories, have been hidden at secret locations across the country.
Clues released online each day this week will help literary fans to track them down and win their own sculptures.
The first was found on Monday by Emma Lister at Glasgow School of Art. It is a Lanark book sculpture inspired by Alasdair Gray's classic.
The original 10 sculptures were left at locations across Edinburgh between March and November last year.
They returned to the Scottish Poetry Library at the weekend after being seen by thousands of visitors while on display in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Dunfermline and at the Wigtown Book Festival.
The first of the sculptures appeared in March 2011, when the artist left an intricate paper 'Poetree' sculpture at the Scottish Poetry Library.
The work was based on the Edwin Morgan poem, A Trace of Wings, and had a gift tag attached which proclaimed that it was "in support of libraries, books, words and ideas".
Over the next eight months, a further nine "gifts" were left at locations around Edinburgh, including the National Museum of Scotland, the Writer's Museum, the Scottish Storytelling Centre and the city's international book festival.
The book sculptures caused a sensation and were discussed around the world.
The identity of the artist remains a secret but she did reveal in a note to Poetry Library staff that she was a woman, who believed free access to libraries, art galleries and museums made life much richer.
After being contacted via an anonymous email address, the woman agreed to make five new sculptures for Book Week Scotland.
Marc Lambert, chief executive of the Scottish Book Trust, which organises Book Week, said: "It's an ideal time to celebrate these unique pieces of art, inspired as they are by a love of books, reading, and libraries.
"We are delighted that the artist has agreed to come out of retirement, if not hiding, to give booklovers across Scotland a chance to own one of these amazing homages to literature."
More than 350 free events will take place throughout book week.
Highlights include:
The day of Winston Churchill's funeral - 30 January 1965.
Not since the extravagant state funeral for Wellington, in 1852, had a commoner been given such a grand send-off.
Although Churchill was a man known for his eloquence with words, his funeral is perhaps best summed up in numbers.
A million mourners lined the route in London, while 25 million people in the UK - just under half the entire population of the country - saw it on television. About 350 million viewers, a tenth of the world's population, watched around the globe.
Most of those would have seen it in black and white on the BBC, the richness of the visual pageantry enhanced by the distinctive words of Richard Dimbleby. The commentator was facing his own mortality, a victim of the cancer that would claim his life later the same year.
Barry Barnes, from Blackpool, chose to witness Churchill's funeral in person.
"I remember the cold and the quietness", says Barry, " Despite all those people, it was very hushed".
Barry was just 17, but even for a teenager, Winston Churchill was an important person. The war had only been over for 20 years, rationing for 11.
For young people like Barry, whose parents had lived through Churchill's inspirational wartime leadership, the hinterland of the former Prime Minister's historical presence was vast and meaningful.
"He was old, he had made mistakes, but it was a moment I will never forget", Barry says.
The service at St Paul's Cathedral attracted 112 foreign leaders, but still managed to convey the intimacy of a family funeral.
Churchill's grand-daughter, Celia Sandys, was among the mourners in St Paul's.
"It was sad, and very moving", she says.
She later recalled the epic journey that followed, down the Thames, when Churchill's coffin was conveyed on board the teak barge, the 'Havengore'.
It was a voyage that generated perhaps the most iconic and touching image of the day: the cranes of London's docks lowering their gibs, in an act of unparalleled synchronized reverence.
Celia says members of her family could barely believe the sight.
"It was very special", she says.
She had come to know Churchill well in his later years, often travelling with him.
"Not long before he died, I remember him down on his knees playing with a train set, but by the end he was tired of life, he was ready to go", she said.
It was a rather more sumptuous locomotive awaiting Churchill's coffin at Waterloo station on the day of his funeral.
Barry De Morgan, the adjutant of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, was in charge of the bearer party whose role was to place the coffin on the train.
Newsreel footage captures Barry's nervous demeanour. They had practised, he says, but his men found the coffin heavier than they had expected.
"You don't think about your fears at a moment like that ", he says. "What I remember is that the crowds were silent. It was very sombre, but a very nice end".
After the delicate manoeuvre to put the coffin on the train, Barry and his party travelled to Bladon, near Oxford, for the private family burial.
The contrast between the splendour of the London state occasion and the tranquil setting of an English country churchyard could hardly have been greater.
Though the strain of heavy hearts bore down on those present, there was, briefly, a moment of levity, according to Barry De Morgan.
During the lowering of the coffin into its plot, he says, one of the pall bearers snagged his uniform on a rope.
Later, the sheepish figure at the centre of this mishap approached Barry to inform him that one of his medals was missing.
Mortified by the prospect of the offending item being interred along with the great man, Barry quickly headed back to the graveside and recovered it from its unintended resting place, thereby averting an embarrassing footnote to the historic day.
"It's amusing now", says Barry, "less so, then" - an observation Churchill, himself, would probably have agreed with.
For historians, Churchill's funeral provided the opportunity to officially bookend an extraordinary life.
Those like Professor Sir David Cannadine, one of Britain's most prominent authorities on Churchill, argue he was a complicated man, who had enemies, but in the final 10 years of his life, "came to be loved, even revered".
But he describes Churchill's funeral as "a poignant requiem for Britain".
Amid the entirely justified homage, Professor Cannadine says that the event exposed a less comfortable reality for Britain.
He says it represented the symbolic moment when any residual claim to empire ended, "and, as a country, to this day, we're still not sure where we're headed".
That aside, I asked Professor Cannadine if, as a distinguished scholar, he lends his intellectual weight to the ultimate accolade to emerge from Churchill's funeral, that he was the greatest Englishman who ever lived.
"I won't quarrel with that", he replied.
BBC History: The life of Winston Churchill
Our oceans cover more than 70% of the earth's surface and contain 97% of its water.
But the energy needed to achieve this seemingly simple process has been costly.
Now, thanks to new technologies, costs have been halved and huge desalination plants are opening around the world.
The largest seawater desalination plant ever, Israel's Sorek plant near Tel Aviv, just ramped up to full production.
It will make 624 million litres of drinkable water daily, and sell 1,000 litres - equivalent to a Brit's weekly consumption - for 45p.
Nearby in Saudi Arabia, the Ras al-Khair plant reaches full production in December.
Based in the peninsula's Eastern Province, it will be even bigger and will speed a billion litres a day to Riyadh, whose population is growing fast. A linked power plant will yield 2.4 million watts of electricity.
Then over in the US, San Diego's Carlsbad desalination plant - the country's largest - will be operational from November.
The traditional way to extract drinking water from sea or brackish water is to boil it then collect the evaporated water as a pure distillate.
This uses a great deal of energy, but works well if combined with industrial plants that produce heat as a by-product.
Saudi Arabia's new desalination plant pairs with a power plant for this reason.
But reverse osmosis - a technology that has been around since the 1960s - uses less energy and has been given a new lease of life in recent years.
This involves pushing salt water at high pressure through a polymer membrane containing holes about a fifth of a nanometre in size. A nanometre is a billionth of a metre. The holes are small enough to block the salt molecules but big enough to allow the water molecules through.
"This membrane strips all the salts and minerals completely from the water," explains Professor Nidal Hilal at Swansea University, editor-in-chief of the journal, Desalination.
"You have clean water coming down as permeate, the concentrate on the other side is brine, with high salt content."
But these membranes could get easily clogged and lose performance.
Now, better materials technology and pre-treatment techniques keep them working more efficiently for longer.
And in Israel, Sorek's designers saved energy by using double-sized pressure vessels.
"You then need fewer pressure vessels to generate the water, meaning fewer pipes and fewer connections," says Dr Jack Gilron, head of Desalination and Water Treatment at Ben Gurion University.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have even experimented with semi-permeable membranes made from atom-thick graphene.
These should need a lot less pressure to work, thereby saving energy, although the technology is not ready for mass production yet.
Forward osmosis, according to Professor Nick Hankins, chemical engineer at the University of Oxford, is an alternative way to remove the salt from seawater.
Rather than pushing the fresh water through the membrane, a highly concentrated solution is used to draw it through, effectively sucking it from the sea water.
Afterwards you remove the diluted solutes, yielding pure water.
"If you design your draw solution in a very clever way, it can be possible to separate water out with very little energy," he says.
Another potential method is capacitive deionisation - essentially a magnet for salt.
Dr Michael Stadermann of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, believes "we should be able to do brackish water desalination at between half and a fifth of the energy of reverse osmosis".
That's if the technology makes it out of the laboratory.
One issue with desalination is what to do with the leftover salt.
Water in the Persian Gulf historically was 35,000 parts per million (ppm) salt. But according to the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Environment and Water, some areas nearest desalination plants now measure 50,000ppm.
"You have to make sure the very salty water is pushed away far enough into the sea that you don't have recirculation of the water, because otherwise it will be getting saltier and saltier," says Floris van Straaten of Finnish engineering company Poyry, the firm overseeing construction of the Ras al-Khair project.
Jessica Jones from Poseidon Water, the firm building California's Carlsbad Desalination Plant, says: "Our plant is co-located with a power plant which uses sea water for cooling. Our discharge gets blended in, so by the time it goes into the ocean, the salt has been dispersed."
But US environmental groups have fought construction of new desalination plants in the courts, saying the consequences of reintroducing brine to the ocean have not been adequately studied.
"And when water is being drawn from the ocean, it brings fish and other organisms into the machinery - and that has an environmental and economic impact," says Wenonah Hauter, head of Food and Water Watch in Washington DC.
Desalination may be getting cheaper but it is still prohibitively expensive for poorer countries, many of whom also suffer from water scarcity.
More than two-fifths of Africa's 800 million people live in "water-stressed" areas, defined as providing less than 1,700 cubic metres of water per person, taking the needs of industry and agriculture into account as well.
And the United Nations predicts that in 10 years 1.9 billion people will live in water-scarce areas - struggling on less than 1,000 cubic metres of water each.
What water-stressed regions most need is a desalination device than can supply 100 to 200 people - the size of a village.
Capacitive desalination is one potential solution, as is solar-powered desalination, with costs reducing threefold in 15 years.
So while desalination has gone big in wealthier countries, it also needs to go small to benefit those unlucky enough to be poor in both money and water.
It was among 200 items from the liner sold at an auction in Devizes.
The key had been predicted to fetch up to £50,000. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the amount the key finally sold for "reflected its importance and unique nature".
A postcard sent by the ship's "heroic" chief wireless operator sold for £19,000.
The locker key had belonged to third-class steward Sidney Sedunary, from Berkshire, who perished when the Titanic went down in April 1912, after hitting an iceberg.
Mr Aldridge said: "Without a doubt [he saved lives]. Here's a man who sacrificed his life to save others."
The auction in Devizes was one of the biggest involving Titanic memorabilia for many years.
RMS Titanic had been four days into a week-long transatlantic crossing from Southampton to New York when the supposedly "unsinkable" ship struck an iceberg on 14 April 1912.
The ship sank less than three hours later at about 02:20 on 15 April; 1,500 passengers and crew died and 710 survived.
A collection of letters written by Chief Officer Henry Wilde, who was second in command on the vessel, fetched £5,000 at the auction.
In one of the letters, written onboard Titanic and posted at Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland, Wilde indicated he had misgivings about the new ship.
"I still don't like this ship... I have a queer feeling about it," he wrote.
He had been expecting to take command of another ship, the Cymric, and only signed on to the Titanic on 9 April 1912, the day before it sailed.
On 31 March 1912, he said he was "awfully disappointed to find the arrangements for my taking command of the Cymric have altered. I am now going to join the Titanic until some other ship turns up for me".
After the collision, Wilde took charge of the even-numbered lifeboats, and oversaw their loading and lowering into the water. He was among those who died in the tragedy.
Mr Aldridge said: "It is without doubt one of the finest Titanic-related letters, written by one of the liner's most senior officers on Olympic stationery.
"This lot reveals previously unknown details and shows Wilde's obvious disappointment in being transferred to Titanic.
"What is certain is that he worked diligently to load the boats once the seriousness of the situation was clear to him."
Also included in the sale was a postcard from the ship's senior wireless operator, 25-year-old Jack Phillips, from Farncombe in Surrey, who carried on sending distress messages to other ships as the Titanic sank.
Phillips, who drowned, was described as "the man who saved us all" by survivor and fellow wireless operator Harold Bridge.
The card, signed "Love all, Jack", describes the weather as the ship left Cowes on the Isle of Wight. It was sold for £19,000.
The 23-year-old was the first Scot to win the English Hockey prize.
"It's nice to get that, especially with it being voted by the players you play against week in, week out," Forsyth told BBC Scotland.
"Individual awards are nice but you play in a team sport and you always look forward to trying to win titles."
Paisley-born Forsyth was also named in the Premier Division's team of the year.
He scored 21 goals this season for Kingston-upon-Thames-based club Surbiton, who suffered play-off semi-final defeat to Reading on Saturday.
It was only an hour or so before that match that Forsyth was made aware of his award.
"I had no idea I'd won it and I wasn't expecting it at all," he said.
"The pre-match programme had the team of the year and told you who the player of the year was.
"I was actually sitting with one of my team-mates, Jonny Gall, in the changing room reading through the programme and we both just noticed it there and then that I'd got it.
"As a forward you obviously want to be scoring goals because you feel that's part of your job.
"Surbiton create a lot of chances and we are a very attacking side. I have been lucky enough that the boys have set me up when I've been in the right position."
Forsyth is also a former Scotland player of the year and was recently capped by Great Britain at the World League Finals in India.
He hopes a place in Team GB at Rio 2016 is within his reach ahead of the squad being selected in the summer.
"That would be a dream come true but to be honest I'll just take it week by week with the training," Forsyth added.
"I am new to the system and I've only been in the centralised programme for six months now. I'm just getting used to being in full-time training Monday to Friday."
Saltley School head teacher Balwant Bains said he left last Friday, in a letter sent to parents.
Ofsted inspectors said a "dysfunctional" relationship between the head and governors was hindering the school.
In September, the school was criticised for its handling of a knife incident.
Mr Bains's statement said: "I have made the brave and difficult decision to leave Saltley School with effect from Friday, 15 November.
"I have... concluded that I cannot carry out my roles and responsibilities as head teacher here."
The knife row was sparked when a pupil excluded in May for threatening other children was allowed to return.
Several months on, staff voted to refuse to teach the teenager.
During the last general inspection in May, Ofsted found Saltley School, a specialist science college with about 950 pupils aged 11 to 16, to be good.
However, concerns over leadership and management prompted a monitoring inspection, which was carried out on 5 November.
A report published on Wednesday found: "The dysfunctional relationship between the governors and the head teacher is damaging the school's capacity to improve."
Ofsted said there was a "lack of trust" between both parties, with each holding contradictory views about their work and performance.
"As a result there is no cohesive drive or shared vision on how to improve the school," the report said.
"Communication between the governors and the head teacher is ineffective."
Despite the issues, the report said Mr Bains had been able to improve teaching and learning but had not always sufficiently informed governors of his findings, which had exacerbated the poor relations.
It also said governors had "failed to act upon local authority advice about their roles and responsibilities" despite training.
Intervention by Birmingham City Council has also so far failed to resolve matters.
In a statement, the local authority said it was continuing to work with both the leadership team and the governors.
A council spokesperson claimed Mr Baines was "currently on leave and will not be returning to the school".
"All parties are working together to ensure the school not only remains 'good' but continues on its journey to 'outstanding'," they added.
The governors of the school said they were "working very hard in developing an effective action plan to address the issues raised by Ofsted and to ensure good relationships between all staff, senior leadership and the governing body".
In a statement, they said: "We are recruiting an interim executive head teacher in light of Balwant Bains leaving the school last Friday.
"That person will play a key role in helping ensure there are effective working relationships and that collectively we are able to achieve outstanding outcomes for all of our students."
Inspectors said immediate action must be taken and Ofsted would continue to monitor the situation and bring the next inspection forward if progress was too slow.
Reacting to the news of the resignation, one parent said: "I think the head teacher was made a scapegoat."
Birmingham MP Liam Byrne urged parents not to take their children out the school.
"The city council and Ofsted are very much on the case and our determination is very simple and clear… the issues are known they are on the table," he said.
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Many are comparing it to the podcast Serial. But is the picture they are presenting the full one?
Filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi spoke to BBC Newsnight's Evan Davis in their first UK TV interview.
The Scotland forward, 29, has signed a two-year contract at Loftus Road with the option of a further year.
He established himself as a fans' favourite at Rangers during a three-year spell in which he played a key role in their promotion to the Premier League in 2010-11.
Mackie, who left to join Forest in a £1m deal in 2013, spent last season on loan at Reading.
He made 39 appearances for the Royals, scoring six goals, and netted five times in 49 outings as a Forest player.
Mackie returns to QPR with the club looking to rebuild under head coach Chris Ramsey and director of football Les Ferdinand following last season's relegation from the top flight.
"People say never go back, but I feel as though I've got some unfinished business here and under the guidance of Les and Chris, I can only see a bright future for this club," Mackie told the QPR website.
"They know I'll come in and give my absolute maximum and, having played in front of the QPR fans before, I know that's exactly what they love to see. It's great to be back."
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The Arnold Palmer Group is collaborating with Castle Stuart Golf Links on the building of the course near Inverness.
It will complement the existing Castle Stuart course on the Moray Firth.
Palmer, 85, said: "When it comes to locations we'd like to work, Scotland has always been at the top of our list."
He added: "Needless to say the bar is set pretty high. Accordingly, we've been careful not to jump at the first opportunity to come along, deciding instead to wait on the right project."
It is understood the course could cost £5.5m to construct.
Ailish Tynan arrived at the canal at Walthamstow Marshes, east London, as Jack Susianta, 17, was "treading water".
An onlooker told Ms Tynan "the police have chased that fella into the water", she told St Pancras Coroner's Court.
The Met Police deny claims they refused to save the teenager in July 2015.
She told the inquest: "There did not seem to be any sense of urgency, which made me think 'Gosh, maybe he has got a knife' and 'Why is nobody doing anything?"'
She saw Mr Susianta, of Hackney, east London, "treading water like he was trying to stay in one spot" as police looked on from the grassy bank.
"Everyone seemed very hesitant," she added.
"I thought 'Gosh, this might be some kind of dangerous individual' because they had no-one going after him."
The inquest continues.
United Utilities said the hole appeared overnight at the junction of the A565 Cambridge Road and Preston New Road in Southport, Merseyside.
Tankers are being used to pump out the water, which is "struggling to flow through the collapsed pipe".
Wastewater network manager Nicola Williams said recent heavy rain "is making our job extremely difficult".
"We will not be able to assess the damage or begin to plan repairs until the rain subsides and we can get a proper look at what has happened," she added.
Charles Hughes, who was 60 and from Warrington, Cheshire, lost control of his 1000cc BMW near the Les Graham memorial on Mountain Road on 31 May.
Douglas courthouse heard he suffered multiple injuries and died the same day in Noble's hospital.
Coroner John Needham recorded a verdict of accidental death.
One witness described how Mr Hughes collided with a grass bank after losing control of his bike on a left-hand bend near the Verandah.
The married welder was visited the island with his friend Andrew Webster, also from Warrington.
Mr Webster, who was following his friend at the time of the accident, said he went in a "bit hot" and that his "tyres were not gripping".
He said he saw his friend's bike "somersaulting down the road" with "debris thrown everywhere".
Mr Needham said Mr Hughes was "clearly passionate about bikes and followed his passion right to the end.
"As a former [Manx] Grand Prix racer he was very familiar with the TT course but drifted wide on the left hand corner, losing the back end of the bike.
"He would not have suffered after losing consciousness."
No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which happened the day after the opening practice session of the annual TT races.
The 23-year-old sustained an injury during the Welsh region's European Rugby Challenge Cup match against Pau on 12 December.
The Dragons say the player will be out for "several months".
Prydie has played five times for Wales, scoring two tries, but has not appeared in an international since the 23-8 loss to Japan in June 2013.
It is a major blow to the Dragons ahead of the derby match against Cardiff Blues on 27 December.
Fellow Wales international backs Hallam Amos and Tyler Morgan are long-term injury absentees while Jack Dixon is also out.
Businessman Donald Trump was under a lot of pressure going into it, after a video of him saying some terrible things about women was made public.
Mr Trump apologised again: "This was locker room talk, I'm not proud of it, I apologise to my family, I apologise to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it."
However, Mrs Clinton said it showed he wasn't fit to be president: "He has said that the video doesn't represent who he is, but I think it's clear to anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he is."
Mr Trump went on to attack Mrs Clinton's husband, Bill, who was US president from 1993-2001, for his past behaviour. But Mrs Clinton did not comment.
In the end, after debating several different issues, the two were asked to say one positive thing about one another.
Mrs Clinton said she admired Donald Trump's children, while he said he respected the fact she never gives up.
The US presidential election takes place on 8 November, when one of them will be voted into one of the most powerful jobs in the world.
The video was posted online and shows a man dressed in an orange jumpsuit, while five other men in black stand around him - one holding a fake knife.
The Sun said the employees were members of the bank's legal division in Birmingham on a team building exercise.
The bank said it did not tolerate "inappropriate behaviour".
"As soon as the Sun brought this video to our attention we took the decision to sack the individuals involved," the bank said.
"This is an abhorrent video and HSBC would like to apologise for any offence caused."
The bank did not specify how many people had been sacked.
The newspaper has posted an eight-second clip of the video on its website in which one man shouts "Allahu Akbar" - Arabic for "god is great" - while others laugh.
Paul Newcombe, 35, of Llansamlet, Swansea, drove a stolen car into the front of Mond Valley Golf Club in Clydach near the city in May last year.
Swansea Crown Court heard he then made off in a van, which was later found to contain stolen golf equipment.
He admitted burglary, theft, dangerous driving and handling stolen goods.
During his getaway, Newcombe was pursued by police and drove off-road on to waste ground, where his van got stuck.
He was then arrested for the golf club burglary and other thefts.
Speaking after the case, Det Con Craig Earley of South Wales Police described Newcombe as a "prolific offender" who had led police on a "dangerous pursuit".
The 24-year-old from Omagh, County Tyrone, was killed alongside County Londonderry man Gerard Bradley.
A concrete slab fell on them at a construction site in Perth. An investigation into the accident has begun.
Mr McDermott's funeral is taking place at Sacred Heart Church in Omagh.
Mr Bradley, who was 29 and from Ringsend, was buried after Requiem Mass in St Malachy's Church in Coleraine on Saturday.
It follows complaints by the three-year-old's mother that the images had been used as part of a scam. They dated from last year when the boy had a bad case of chickenpox.
The posts claimed Facebook would donate money for surgery if users "liked" them or left comments.
One security expert warned that users who did so had put themselves at risk.
More than a million people had engaged with one of the messages since it was posted at the start of the month.
Sarah Allen, from St Neots, Cambridgeshire, believes the Facebook accounts had sourced the photos from online news stories published about her son's chickenpox in August 2016.
Jasper Allen's illness drew attention because of its severity and the fact that his mother had called on the government to make the chickenpox vaccine free for all.
"We were warned people might take his pictures... because if you Google chickenpox his pictures are there," Mrs Allen told the BBC.
"So, we were well aware that might happen, but not in this respect, to say he had cancer."
She added that some friends had contacted her after seeing the posts to ask if her son indeed had cancer.
Mrs Allen said she repeatedly messaged Facebook to complain about copyright infringement and was told on 10 February that one of the accounts had been removed for breaching the site's rules.
However, she said, it was back online within 24 hours, without explanation.
It was only after the media, including the BBC, covered the affair that Facebook instructed its complaints team to revisit the case.
The US-based company initially only removed the posts featuring Jasper before it decided to close the associated accounts completely.
The accounts had also featured posts with identical text that showed images of other children. One example featured a bearded youth - despite the words referring to a "little baby [that] has cancer".
Other posts from the accounts showed images of children in hospital claiming that viewers would experience years of bad luck if they scrolled down without liking and sharing.
One security blogger said it appeared to be have been a case of "link farming", in which scammers seek to make people interact with a Facebook post so they can either direct further messages to them or sell on the profile and all its contacts.
"There are a lot of scams that use these kind of emotional images - oftentimes it's done to make money," Graham Cluley explained.
"They may later post something that claims you've won a prize and try and get you to enter your mobile phone number and then sign you up for a premium rate service, or ask for other personal information.
"The problem is that people just believe things that are posted online, and they need to be a lot more careful about what they like and share."
Ben Threlfall, 31, was riding down a "very fast" forest trail in Ton Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taff, on Saturday when he was injured.
He said: "I saw it at the last minute and rode right into it, flat out and snapped it with my throat."
South Wales Police is investigating the incident at Mynydd Ton Forest.
The collision threw Mr Threlfall off his bike and he had to unwrap the wire from around his neck.
He said: "Thankfully the main impact was taken by my shoulders. I'm 6ft 3in, so it cut across my chest and shoulders first, before sliding up to my neck.
"I don't know how I survived. It was a very, very, scary experience."
After the incident, he said he "just wanted a cup of tea to calm down" and carried on his work as a mountain bike guide for the rest of the day.
He added: "I'm not going to be scared off from this area, we just have to be more vigilant now. I would like to put a sign up on the trail saying 'you've nearly killed someone'."
South Wales Police said mountain bikers should be aware of the incident and asked anyone with information to contact the force.
The 10-day-old baby had been given a dose of Uvesterol D, widely given to French children under the age of five to prevent vitamin D deficiency.
France's medical safety agency said there was a "probable link" to that particular supplement.
But officials said there were many other products that could be used.
Health Minister Marisol Touraine said children were not in danger by taking vitamin D supplements in general as "it's the specific way the product is administered that poses risks". She promised parents "transparent, objective and reliable information."
In a statement (in French), the national medical safety agency (ANSM) said "only Uvesterol D administered with a pipette is involved". The product is not sold in the UK.
The baby died at home on 21 December, apparently after being given a dose of the substance orally through a plastic pipette. It showed immediate signs of suffocation before dying two hours later of cardio-respiratory arrest.
News of the baby's death was not disclosed by France's health authorities immediately but emerged in French media on Monday.
ANSM said that in 2006 it had imposed measures to reduce risks from taking Uvesterol D after adverse effects became known. However, until December there had been no deaths since it went on the market in 1990, it added.
French daily Le Monde has revealed that Uvesterol D has for years been at the centre of fears over how it has been ingested, with several cases documented of serious illness. The paper cited the oily nature of the substance as being different from other types of liquid vitamin D.
The supplement's producer Crinex changed the pipette in 2006 to prevent the liquid being administered too quickly.
Then, in 2013, the medical safety agency urged parents to give the supplement drip-by-drip before feeding and ensure the baby was in a semi-sitting position. It also reduced the recommended dosage.
In 2014, health journal Prescire called for an end to the use of Uvesterol vitamin supplements for newborn babies, complaining of half-measures and procrastination from both the company and the medical safety agency.
The injury to her right shoulder hampered the world number one batter during the recent World Cup.
The Ashes start in Brisbane on 22 October with the first of three one-day internationals, followed by one Test and three Twenty20 internationals.
"It's very disappointing to be unavailable," said Lanning, 25.
"It's an incredibly special occasion for any cricketer to be a part of and I wish the team all the best as they set out to retain the Ashes.
"I'm looking forward to getting stuck into my rehabilitation and returning to cricket as soon as possible."
Lanning's return date will "become clearer once she has commenced rehabilitation", said team physiotherapist Kate Mahony.
Cricket Australia have not yet announced who will replace Lanning as captain.
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Murtaza Ahmady, who is now six made the headlines back in February when he was pictured wearing a Lionel Messi shirt which he'd made himself out of a bin bag.
Messi heard about it and arranged through UNICEF for a signed shirt to be sent to him.
Murtaza was invited to walk onto the pitch with his hero, took part in the team photograph and placed the ball on the centre spot before kick-off. He was so pleased to meet his hero that he didn't want to leave his side.
The year-long project explores how the NHS can use cheap solutions to ease patients' frustration.
Psychologists helped identify why people who are normally calm might flare up in casualty departments.
The Department of Health commissioned the work to find out how the units could become calmer.
Figures published last week revealed there were 57,830 physical assaults on NHS staff in England in 2010-11, a rise on the previous year.
The Design Council briefed experts to find simple solutions that would make A&E patients feel less alienated, and help them understand why they might be having to wait.
The psychologists helped the designers identify six profiles explaining why patients might become violent (such as being drunk or confused), and nine factors that could trigger violence - such as inhospitable environments.
Solutions include a new approach to greeting patients when they arrive and answering their questions, as well as clearer signs and maps explaining the different stages of A&E treatment.
Another suggestion is to use screens to give live updates about how many cases are being handled by the staff at that time.
There is also specific advice about lighting, decor and seating for managers who are planning major refurbishments.
It's now expected that three hospitals in Chesterfield, Southampton and London will test the ideas.
The head of the Design Council, David Kester, said: "This is design at its best - solving a long-standing, high-cost problem through creativity, simplicity and collaboration.
"For not much more than £60,000 hospitals can now quickly and easily install this system which could significantly reduce the burden of aggression from patients."
Attacks on NHS staff are thought to cost at least £69m a year through victims needing time off work and legal costs in pursuing cases.
The health minister, Simon Burns, said: "Despite an increase in the sanctions taken against people who assault NHS staff, more needs to be done - and we are taking action.
"These are practical solutions - and are ways in which hospitals can easily redesign the environment according to their budget.
"Difficult situations can be diffused by simply giving patients more information."
A consultant in the emergency department at Southampton General Hospital, Dr John Heyworth, said: "Violence and aggression towards staff and other patients in the emergency department is a major nationwide issue.
"It has been getting worse and has not shown any signs of letting up in recent years.
"While there will always be a small minority intent on causing trouble, there are others who can resort to aggressive behaviour because they don't feel they have been communicated with effectively and they don't know what to expect.
"Some emergency departments haven't changed since the 1960s and 70s. Improvements in the design can help to take the tension out and create a calmer environment."
This is a place where everything is bent towards justifying and upholding that assertion of sovereignty, from government and military policy, to fishing and tourism, and even history itself.
We came to the fishing port of Tanmen, on Hainan's east coast, because of recent state media reports about the existence of an extraordinary document - a 600-year-old book containing evidence of vital, national importance.
The book, in the possession of a retired fisherman called Su Chengfen, is said to record the precise navigational instructions by which his long-distant forefathers could reach the scattered rocks and reefs of the far-flung Spratly islands, many hundreds of nautical miles away.
China's insistence that these features are Chinese territory rests largely on a "we were there first" argument. So 81-year-old Mr Su's book, "cherished" and "wrapped in layers of paper" is apparently a kind of maritime Holy Grail.
In fact, the reports suggest, it offers nothing less than "ironclad proof" of China's ownership of the South China Sea.
So we went to meet Mr Su and found him busily building a model boat in his front yard, a short walk from the beach.
"It was passed down from generation to generation," he tells me when I ask about the book. "From my grandfather's generation, to my father's generation, then to me."
"It mainly taught us how to go somewhere and come back, how to go to the Paracels and the Spratlys, and how to come back to Hainan Island."
But then, when I ask to see the document - the existence of which was, just a few weeks ago, being so widely reported in China and beyond - there's a surprising development.
Mr Su tells me it doesn't exist.
"Although the book was important, I threw it away because it was broken," he says.
"It was flipped through too many times. The salty seawater on the hands had corroded it... In the end it was no longer readable so I threw it away."
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Whatever it was, Mr Su's book is not, it seems, any longer ironclad proof of anything. Except perhaps China's Communist Party-controlled media's willingness not to let a few facts get in the way of the official narrative.
We leave Mr Su's house, a little baffled by the experience, and are given another glimpse of Hainan's readiness to control the message when it comes to the South China Sea.
Everywhere we go, we're followed by a number of blacked-out government cars; from the port where we try to interview fishermen, to the fish market where we speak to traders, and all the way back to our hotel.
The attention seems a little unnecessary as almost no-one we approach wants to talk anyway.
And those that do, tell us nothing more controversial than a simple repetition of the official line, that the South China Sea belongs to China because Chinese fishermen were there first.
But the authorities are taking no chances. We learn soon afterwards that one of those who did agree to answer a few of our questions, a boat captain, was immediately picked up and questioned by the police.
All of this comes, of course, amid the much-anticipated international court ruling on the South China Sea, expected some time in the next few weeks.
The Philippines has gone to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to ask for a technical ruling about the extent of the territorial waters that can be claimed on the basis of the possession of various coastlines, islands and rocks.
The ruling is not widely expected to favour China, and may even go so far as to invalidate its most expansive claim - the "nine-dash line" that encompasses up to 90% of the disputed Sea.
China has, perhaps unsurprisingly, said it will neither take part in the tribunal nor accept the authority of its ruling.
Which is why it has instead been vigorously defending its position by other means; ratcheting up the propaganda - particularly its insistence that history is on its side - and engaging in a diplomatic push to win allies to its cause.
This may help to explain why a foreign journalist's presence in Hainan at this particular moment in time is likely to attract such close attention from the authorities.
Although in our case there may have been another reason: we were, perhaps, asking too many questions about Hainan's notorious "maritime militia".
China has been known to be giving its fishermen military training for decades.
But in recent years, the number of militiamen on fishing boats is reported to be increasing and their actions appear to be becoming more assertive in helping to underwrite and enforce China's sovereignty claims.
Their strategic advantage is that they can be, and often are, used for irregular military engagements - occupying territory at sea, carrying out surveillance or harassing other vessels - while operating under the guise of civilian fishing boats.
The activities of the militia units in the port of Tanmen have been well documented.
They even have their own headquarters inside the town's government compound, honoured with a visit in 2013 by the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Despite our efforts though no-one would talk about the role this shadowy force plays within China's fishing fleet, and the more we ask, the more intense the tailing and government surveillance seems to become.
Prof Andrew S Erickson from the Chinese Maritime Studies Institute at the US Naval War College believes the presence of the militia in already troubled waters raises risks.
"I see a tremendous risk of miscalculation and escalation," he told me.
"The current approach that China is taking to the use of its maritime militia not only puts them in danger, [it] puts any other individuals and vessels around them in danger and it indeed imposes a risk of force being used against them by the US and other forces in legitimate self defence or to ensure the legitimate passage of vessels."
And that risk may rise even further, he suggests, after the Permanent Court of Arbitration Ruling.
"When the arbitral tribunal finally hands down some sort of a ruling I think China is going to try to find a way to concretely register its opposition, its resolve and its displeasure.
"And I think using maritime militia forces to further approach in close proximity and potentially harass US, Philippine and other vessels is something that policy makers from those countries must be prepared for."
So, while the Philippines could well soon be given a ruling that will vindicate its position, it may turn out to be something of a pyrrhic victory.
The international arbitration will not constrain China in regard to its expansive claims in the sea. It has already made that very clear.
But it may instead further convince the government and military leaders in Beijing that there is only one way forward - force.
We end our trip to Hainan in the southern city of Sanya, watching a cruise ship set sail for the disputed Paracel Islands.
The five-day package tour began operating in 2013 and thousands of Chinese tourists have since taken the trip, which is not open to foreign passport-holders.
It's a bizarre holiday concept - a long voyage to take in a few reefs and largely uninhabited rocks, many miles out to sea.
They are the same rocks, of course, that retired fisherman Su Chengfen's forefathers very likely did visit all those centuries ago.
There is certainly some evidence that complex navigational knowledge from ancient times has indeed been passed down, orally, from one generation to the next.
But the need to make all facts fit the official history appears to have magically turned Mr Su's heritage into hard, concrete evidence which is then published in national newspapers in the service of an argument which itself doesn't stand up to much interrogation.
Even if Mr Su could produce a 600-year-old book to show us, it would be proof only of the ancient use of the South China Sea, not necessarily ownership of it.
Many other South China Sea nations can, of course, also point to evidence that fishing communities along their coastlines have long been using the waters too.
But in China there is only one narrative and our experience in Hainan is a perfect illustration of how effectively that narrative is being defended and reinforced.
I ask one woman, as she prepares to board the cruise ship, why on earth she has chosen to spend her valuable vacation time visiting a few barren rocks.
"We're not going to enjoy ourselves," she replies.
"We've been educated since birth that it's our motherland's sacred territory. It's our duty to go and see."
In his first visit to a US mosque as president, Mr Obama said anti-Muslim rhetoric had "no place in our country".
He praised Muslim-Americans as "some of the most respectful and patriotic Americans you'll ever meet".
Mr Trump has called for Muslims to be banned from entering the US.
Mr Obama was speaking at the Islamic Society of Baltimore mosque in Maryland. He has visited mosques in other parts of the world on official trips abroad during his seven years as president.
The White House said the visit was intended as a defence of religious freedom and a statement against bigotry.
"The first thing I want to say is two words that Muslim-Americans don't hear often enough, and that is: thank you," Mr Obama said at the start of his speech.
"Thank you for serving your community, thank you for lifting up the lives of your neighbours, and for helping keep us strong and united as one American family."
The president said he recognised that Muslim-Americans were being "targeted and blamed for the acts of a few".
"Most Americans don't know of don't know they know a Muslim person," he said.
"Many only hear about Muslims and Islam from the news after an act of terror, or in a distorted media portrayal on TV or in a film.
"Since 9/11, but more recently since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, you have seen too often people conflating the horrific acts of terrorism with the beliefs of an entire faith."
Barack Hussein Obama has had a complicated relationship with Muslims. Early in his presidency he vowed to reshape relations with Muslims overseas after the disastrous fallout from the Iraq War.
That fizzled out in the tumult of the Arab revolutions. Back at home, he faced persistent allegations that he was a secret Muslim pretending to be a Christian, fuelled by his name and his Muslim relatives.
That came to a head with a satirical 2008 New Yorker cover depicting Mr Obama and his wife as terrorists - the presidential candidate in traditional Islamic clothes. Mr Obama has dismissed rumours about his Muslim faith as silliness. He's focused instead on refusing to link Islam with terrorism, for which he is praised by American-Muslims and excoriated by Republicans campaigning for his job.
It's not clear if any of this history prompted him to delay visiting a mosque until his last year in office: American presidents rarely pay formal visits to houses of worship and he waited until last May to attend a synagogue in his presidential capacity.
Advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it has tracked a growing number of attacks on mosques and Muslims since the Paris and San Bernardino attacks.
A report by the group warned that "levels of anti-Muslim sentiment follow trends in domestic US politics", highlighting Mr Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the country.
Ibrahim Hooper from CAIR said: "I don't think there's ever been this level of fear and apprehension in the Muslim-American community.
"For some time, we've been asking for pushback. Perhaps this will start a trend."
Mr Obama is in his final year as president. A week ago, he became the first sitting president to speak at the Israeli embassy, where he warned of growing anti-Semitism.
Akbar Ahmed, an Islamic studies specialist at American University, said Mr Obama had left it "literally to the last" to visit a US mosque, but he added: "Better late than never."
In 2010 the White House blamed a "misinformation campaign" for a growing belief that Mr Obama was a Muslim. Over the course of his presidency, some people have said he is a Muslim pretending to be a Christian.
Thomas Evans, 25, from Buckinghamshire, died in the thwarted attack on a military base on 14 June.
Police now say he was also the group's cameraman, and captured images of the incident up until his death.
Kenyan security forces killed 11 gunmen and two soldiers died after the raid in Lamu County, near the Somali border.
Al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia, has been behind a series of high-profile attacks including the Westgate shopping centre siege in Nairobi in 2013, and a violent assault on a university earlier this year in which nearly 150 people were killed.
BBC News correspondent Karen Allen said police had confirmed Evans was second in command on the day of the latest raid.
He can apparently be heard in a recording shouting orders over a radio to younger al-Shabab fighters, our correspondent added.
Kenyan security forces believe about 100 British nationals have joined al-Shabab.
Evans, a Muslim convert who changed his name to Abdul Hakim, had contacted his family in Wooburn Green in January 2012, to say he had travelled to Somalia to join the group.
British police had stopped him at Heathrow Airport in 2011 as he tried to board a plane to Kenya.
A few months later, he flew to Egypt, telling his family it was to learn Arabic.
It is now understood that, before he arrived in Somalia, Evans had tried to reach the Kenyan port of Mombasa from Egypt, but was stopped before he reached the border.
His mother, Sally, told the BBC her "whole world has fallen apart" when she heard of his death.
Speaking from her home on 15 June, she said he had met "some people with some very twisted, warped ideas of Islam" in the local area to begin with, and was later influenced by online material.
Ms Evans had previously told a committee of MPs that there had been a "massive failure" by UK authorities in allowing her son to leave Britain.
Meanwhile, the Kenyan government has released photographs of 38 fighters believed to have been involved in al-Shabab's latest attack. Among them is a German man, Andreas Martin Muller, who has been on a watch-list for the past six years.
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Roedd rhybudd melyn gan y Swyddfa Dywydd, i bobl fod yn "ymwybodol", ar gyfer gogledd orllewin Cymru tan 11:00 ddydd Mawrth.
Mewn ardaloedd eraill, mae coed wedi cwympo yn achosi problemau ar rai ffyrdd yng Ngheredigion a Chasnewydd.
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Yn y cyfamser, mae Heddlu'r Gogledd yn dweud fod y gwasanaethau brys wedi eu galw i gynorthwyo dau wersyllwr, wedi i'w pabell gael ei 'sgubo i ffwrdd yng nghanol tywydd garw yn ardal Caernarfon.
Fe gafodd swyddogion o'r gwasanaeth tân, ambiwlans a heddlu eu hanfon i afon Glyn ger Waunfawr am 06:00, wedi i ddau berson ifanc fynd i drafferthion tra'n gwersylla ar dir fferm.
Dywedodd yr Arolygydd Owain Llewelyn o orsaf heddlu Caernarfon: "Diolch i'r ymateb cyflym a phroffesiynoldeb y gwasanaethau brys, fe lwyddom i achub y ddau berson ifanc ac osgoi'r hyn allai fod wedi bod yn drychineb, a hoffwn fynegi fy niolch i bawb.
"Mae'r ddau wedi eu cludo i ysbyty lleol i gael archwiliad ac rydym yn o broses o roi gwybod i'w teuluoedd.
"Er nad ydym yn gwybod yr holl amgylchiadau eto, fedra i ddim pwysleisio ddigon y peryglon o wersylla ger ffynonellau dŵr mewn ardal fynyddig gan y gall amodau'r tywydd a'r ddaear newid yn sydyn heb rybudd."
Italian reports say the 11-year-old girl had been playing in the sea with her grandfather at a beach at Ostuni on the south-east coast near Brindisi.
When the pair struggled in a strong current, the girl's father and the local worker rushed to their aid.
They too were overcome by the waves and rescuers struggled to reach them.
The girl and her grandfather were eventually brought to safety.
The British tourist has not been officially identified, but local media named him as 48-year-old Simon Alessandro Pearson.
The UK foreign office said in a statement it was "supporting the family of a British man following his death".
The local worker has been identified as Martino Maggi, 49.
They were both rescued alive but died shortly afterwards despite attempts by rescue workers to save them, Ostuni Notizie website reports (in Italian).
The incident unfolded at about 10:00 (08:00 GMT) on Tuesday, at Bosco Verde beach.
Officials say the sea there is notorious for a strong north-easterly wind and local reports suggest the two men who died were unable to get back to the shore because of the strength of the current.
"That stretch of coastline unfortunately isn't new to this kind of tragedy," Giuseppe Chiarelli of Brindisi port authority told Rai TV.
The Venezuelan navy had boarded the Teknik Perdana on Thursday in disputed waters off the coast of Guyana and sailed it to Venezuela's Margarita island.
Caracas accused the crew of operating illegally in Venezuelan waters.
Its owners said all 36 crew, among them five US citizens, had been released.
Owners SapuraKencana Petroleum said they wished "to express their gratitude to the Venezuelan government for caring for the safety and welfare of the crew, which comprises multiple nationalities, during the time they were at Margarita island and also for releasing the vessel".
The Venezuelan government has not given an indication as to why it decided to let the ship sail.
The Venezuelan foreign ministry had accused the Teknik Perdana of "carrying out illegal activities" within a maritime area claimed by Venezuela.
Its Guyanese counterpart said that "the Teknik Perdana was in Guyana's waters when this incident took place".
The two foreign ministers were due to meet on Thursday in Trinidad and Tobago to discuss the ship's seizure.
The Teknik Perdana, which had been contracted out to Texas-based company Anadarko Petroleum, had been carrying out a survey of the seabed off the coast of Essequibo.
Venezuela has been claiming the Essequibo region as its own since the 19th Century, when Guyana was still a British colony.
President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart, Donald Ramotar, said in August that they would seek help from the United Nations to solve the dispute.
17 February 2016 Last updated at 06:45 GMT
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It found 38% of contractors were more optimistic about their activities on the UK Continental Shelf in the current year.
This compared with just 10% who were less optimistic.
The figures were well up on "historic lows" six months ago when only 12% were more confident and 47% less confident.
However, 52% reported no change in their outlook.
Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce (AGCC), which commissioned the survey, said that indicated there were still "significant challenges" in the marketplace.
On a positive note, 52% of contractors and operators thought the sector had already reached the bottom of the downturn.
A further 26% predicted it would do so within the next year.
The survey also suggested that investment was "moving in a positive direction". More contractors (26%) said they expected to increase investment than reduce it (19%) while 36% forecast no change over the next two years.
Operators and licensees, on balance, also forecast a rise.
However, AGCC said the increases were "limited to certain areas and again cannot be seen consistently across all parts of the industry".
While more firms reported working at or above optimum levels, operators and licensees reported a 2.5% decline in their workforce in the 12 months to March 2017. Contractors reported a 6% decline.
On sector-specific activity, the majority (81%) of contractors said they expected to be involved in decommissioning in the next three to five years.
Just over half of respondents (54%) reported a similar interest in renewables.
Just under 70% of firms said they expected to be involved in unconventional oil and gas activity in the UK in the medium term, with 65% expecting to be involved outside the UK.
James Bream, research and policy director at AGCC, said: "We're seeing some signs of recovery for the industry and the global outlook is certainly more positive than it was six months ago but it is clear that most companies are still suffering.
"We are hopefully stepping into a more prosperous period in due course but that is not upon us for now.
"It seems clear that many believe that we won't return to previous levels of activity and that perhaps we shouldn't call this a downturn. This isn't a 'new norm', it is just normal."
The 26th AGCC oil and gas survey of 100 firms was conducted by the Fraser of Allander Institute in April.
People there have to pay around £6 get to spend up to an hour with a hedgehog and customers have been queuing up to get in.
Hedgehogs aren't originally from Japan, so it's a rare to see them.
The owners are hoping the cafe will show people that hedgehogs are actually gentle, and not as spiky as they look.
Central Bedfordshire councillors have backed proposals for the smaller of two schemes suggested for Grovebury Road, south of the town.
They said the plan for a DIY unit, four other shops and a restaurant could "bring benefits" to the town.
Protesters said councillors had "betrayed" the town centre.
Environmental campaigner Victoria Harvey said she was "incredibly disappointed".
She said: "Shops are likely to move out to the out-of-town retail park, and then why would other shops want to move into Leighton Buzzard [High Street]?"
The Claymore Group said: "Our guiding principle from the outset of this project has been to offer real retail choice which complements the town centre rather than competes with it."
Manchester United midfielder James Weir, 21, has also signed a three-year contract with the Premier League club.
The 30-year-old Mbokani, who will be with Hull until the end of the season, scored seven goals in 29 games for Norwich City last season.
Attacking midfielder Henriksen, 24, arrives from AZ Alkmaar in a deal that will become permanent in January.
Hull had not made a summer signing until Tuesday, when United striker Will Keane, Spurs midfielder Ryan Mason and Cardiff keeper David Marshall joined.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
Stornoway Airport is on a UK government shortlist of potential sites that could host commercial space plane flights and satellite launches.
Angus Campbell said Lewis's geography and access to research and development facilities were suited to a spaceport.
UK ministers are keen to see the spaceport established by 2018.
Mr Campbell said: "Stornoway has a number of critical features that make it an ideal location.
"Amongst these are the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean around us.
"We are only one hour away from a host of research and development facilities, we have the University of the Highlands and Islands on our doorstep and our northerly location gives more daylight for more of the year than any other location and we have extremely low air traffic levels."
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is among organisations working with Comhairle nan Siar (Western Isles Council) in exploring the opportunity for Stornoway to host a spaceport.
Rachel Mackenzie, HIE area manager, said: "Stornoway Airport is an ideal location for commercial spaceplane operations in the UK.
"We have the environment, the people, and the ambition to realise the spaceport's full potential to deliver economic benefits for the whole country as well as boosting local regeneration in the Hebrides."
Also on the shortlist are Campbeltown and Prestwick in Scotland; Newquay in England and Llanbedr in Wales. RAF Leuchars was confirmed as a potential temporary facility.
Ministers are keen to see the spaceport established by 2018.
The emphasis will be on the expected emergence of a new breed of low-cost rocket planes that can launch fare-paying passengers to sub-orbital altitudes and also satellites into orbit.
Most of potential vehicles are still quite some time away from flying.
About 13,000 people attended the first Hull Street Food Nights in April in Trinity Square.
Organisers said police told them to relocate the monthly event to Zebedee's Yard because "there were too many access points for a vehicle to be driven at speed" into the plaza.
Police stressed there had been no specific threat to the event itself.
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They said public safety was their main priority.
More than 20 people were killed when 22-year-old Salman Abedi carried out a suicide bomb attack at Manchester Arena on 22 May.
Eight people were killed in the London Bridge attack on 3 June and five killed in the Westminster attack on 22 March.
The current national threat level is severe, which means an attack is highly likely.
Kathryn Shillito, city centre manager of event organisers Hull BID (Business Improvement District), said: "Post-Manchester and London, and in consultation with the police, safety and security was paramount so on taking their advice, we relocated the event to Zebedee's Yard and Princes Dock Street."
She said the move would mean a bigger festival with more stalls.
The organisation said there would be security checks of bags at various entry points to the festival, including Princes Dock Street, Whitefriargate, Dagger Lane and Posterngate.
In a social media post, it said: "Really sorry for any inconvenience but we're sure you'll appreciate that with the recent tragic events - and after consulting with the police - security has to be tight.
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The Duchess of Cornwall Inn, due to open in early 2016, is a joint development by the Duchy of Cornwall and brewer Hall & Woodhouse.
The village, on Dorchester's outskirts, has been built according to the architectural ideas of Prince Charles.
Launched in 1993, it is now home to 2,500 people and 170 businesses.
The inn, being built in Queen Mother Square, will have 20 rooms. Prince Charles made the name suggestion to the brewery.
The blaze broke out at the Woodgreen furniture store on Broughshane Street at about 17:00 BST on Tuesday and spread to several other units.
Part of Broughshane Street remains closed on Wednesday.
Ronan McCann said: "People's livelihoods are without doubt going to be affected.
"It's devastating. The only positive is there were no fatalities," he added.
He said the local business community would help in any way they can. One firefighter has been slightly injured while tackling the blaze.
Eyewitness Emma Hamilton had been shopping in Broughshane Street just minutes before the fire was spotted.
She filmed the flames from a car park on the roof of a nearby shopping centre.
"We could see a large plume of black smoke and straight away ran over to see what it was", she told BBC Radio Ulster.
"We could see, over into Broughshane Street, two buildings heavily ablaze, with the roofs of the adjoining properties on either side starting to disintegrate, and flames coming through those as well."
Houston Bell, who works in Ballymena, was driving home when he spotted the blaze and stopped his car to film the incident on his mobile phone.
He told BBC News NI that several shoppers walked past the shop just as the fire was taking hold, unaware of the flames above them.
Mr Bell said warnings were shouted at people on the street to get back from the shop front, and he described hearing the sound of breaking glass as he drove away from the scene.
An estate agent, whose premises was damaged in the blaze, has said that all its diaries and contact details for clients have been destroyed.
Writing on Facebook, Rainey & Gregg thanked "everyone for their kind words and offers of help".
The locks were introduced after VR fans made software called Revive that let people move or port Oculus games on to the HTC Vive.
A software update for the Oculus Rift released over the weekend has stripped out the software controls.
Revive developers said they were still in "disbelief" about the change.
Oculus worked closely with many studios and developers to ensure that there was a significant library of games available for owners of its Rift headset when it launched in March.
Many of these games became available on the rival HTC Vive via the Revive software which was released in April this year - soon after the headset itself went on sale.
Shortly afterwards, Oculus sought to thwart Revive by updating its core software to carry out a headset check to ensure a Rift was being used to play the games. The decision stood at odds with statements by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey who said it did not want to succeed by "locking" people into using only its hardware.
Online, many VR headset owners criticised Oculus's efforts to keep people playing games with only its headset.
The developers behind Revive sought to get around the Oculus check to ensure games still ran - though some users reported problems because each headset uses different types of controllers to let people play with objects in virtual worlds.
The headset check has now disappeared from the software needed to get the Oculus working. The change was noticed by Revive developers who posted a message about the update on their page on the Github code-sharing website.
In a statement to tech news site Ars Technica, Oculus confirmed that it had stripped out the headset checks and added that it would not use them in the future.
It added: "We believe protecting developer content is critical to the long-term success of the VR industry."
12 April 2017 Last updated at 16:51 BST
They were joined by more than 200 Alaskan and Siberian Huskies on the Fjallraven Polar expedition from Norway to Sweden in Europe.
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The Daggers took little time to get their next potential promotion campaign under way. Morgan Ferrier was felled in the box and Corey Whitely made no mistake from the penalty spot after 18 minutes.
Michael Cheek doubled the advantage before the midway point of the first half with a decisive finish. The away side however responded with determination after the break.
Paul Cox's visitors imparted late pressure with an 86th-minute goal. Alex-Ray Harvey found the onrushing Dan Jones with a delectable lofted pass, and the defender reduced the arrears with a deft lob.
Barrow had half-chances to equalise, but Dagenham held on.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Barrow 1.
Second Half ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Barrow 1.
Goal! Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Barrow 1. Dan Jones (Barrow).
Substitution, Barrow. Daniel Cockerline replaces Jordan White.
Substitution, Barrow. Harry Panayiotou replaces Asa Hall.
Jack Barthram (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
Adi Yussuf (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
Thierry Audel (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Oliver Hawkins replaces Morgan Ferrier.
Second Half begins Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Barrow 0.
First Half ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Barrow 0.
Goal! Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Barrow 0. Michael Cheek (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Goal! Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Barrow 0. Corey Whitely (Dagenham and Redbridge) converts the penalty with a.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Dywedodd y Gweinidog Ynni Greg Clark y byddai ymchwiliad annibynnol yn cael ei gynnal, gyda'r posibilrwydd o gymryd camau disgyblu i ddilyn.
Roedd y cytundeb ariannol yn ymwneud â 12 pwerdy Magnox, gan gynnwys Wylfa ar Ynys Môn, a Thrawsfynydd yng Ngwynedd.
Yn 2014 rhoddwyd cytundeb 14 mlynedd i bartneriaeth Cavendish Fluor i reoli a dad-gomisiynu'r gorsafoedd.
Ond yn ôl y Gweinidog Ynni doedd y gwaith yn y cytundeb tendr ddim yn cyfateb i'r gwaith oedd angen ei wneud.
Fe ddaeth y gweinidog i'r casgliad fod nam sylweddol yn y broses dendro ac mae hyn wedi arwain at gostau ychwanegol sylweddol.
Dywedodd Mike Clancy, ysgrifennydd undeb Prospect: "Mae hyn yn sefyllfa ryfeddol o gofio pwysigrwydd a maint y cytundeb Magonx i'r diwydiant niwclear
"Bydd y cyhoedd a'n haelodau yn awyddus i gael eglurhad a sicrwydd ynglŷn â dyfodol y broses gomisiynu."
Mae'r wrthblaid yn San Steffan wedi herio gallu'r llywodraeth i ddelio â'r cytundeb ac wedi cwestiynu eu strategaeth dadgomisiynu niwclear.
Dywedodd llefarydd Llafur ar ynni Rebecca Long-Bailey: "Mae'r llywodraeth wedi dangos lefelau dramatig o ddiffyg gallu".
Mae disgwyl i'r gwaith ymarferol o ddadgomisynu'r safleoedd niwclear barhau wrth i'r llywodraeth geisio datrys yr anghydfod ariannol.
Emergency admissions due to the effects of alcohol, such as liver disease, have also risen by more than 50% in nine years to 250,000 a year in England.
Rates were highest in deprived areas and in the north, and among men aged 45-64, the Nuffield Trust revealed.
The government said it had banned the lowest priced drinks.
The Nuffield Trust said their figures were an underestimate of the impact of drinking because they did not include alcohol-fuelled falls and fights, just illnesses such as alcohol poisoning and liver disease.
Nor do they count people who come to A&E drunk and are then sent home without being treated or admitted as a patient.
Half of all A&E attendances likely to be due to alcohol poisoning - when a person drinks a toxic amount of alcohol, usually over a short period of time - took place on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, peaking between midnight and 2am.
Three in four arrived by ambulance - putting a strain on already stretched resources, said the Nuffield Trust.
Young women aged 15 to 19 were admitted to hospital for alcohol poisoning 1.4 times as often as young men in the same age group.
A&E attendance rates that are likely to be due to alcohol poisoning and emergency hospital admissions linked to alcohol were three to four times higher in the poorest fifth of the population, the figures showed.
There were also more hospital admissions in the north of England and in urban areas.
The report also reveals the number of people actually being admitted to hospital with alcohol-related problems, such as liver disease.
Men aged between 45 and 64 made up the largest share of this group.
Occurs when a person drinks a toxic amount of alcohol, usually over a short period of time.
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Joint author of the report Claire Currie said: "With the Christmas party season in full swing, it's worth considering the full burden over-indulgence in alcohol is placing on our NHS, as well as the obvious human cost.
"Our research has uncovered a picture of rising and avoidable activity in hospitals, representing a stark challenge for the Health Service at a time when it's already great pressure. Hospitals alone cannot tackle this issue - the government must consider measures such as minimum unit pricing, restricting availability and limiting marketing and advertising."
In England in 2013, approximately 18% of men and 13% of women drank at a level considered to be putting them at increased risk of harm.
In 2013/14, approximately 1 in 20 emergency admissions in England were related to alcohol.
In recent years, alcohol admissions have been going down in Scotland and stabilising in Wales.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest binge-drinking among young adults in Britain is continuing to fall, and more than a fifth of UK adults now say they do not drink alcohol at all.
Jackie Ballard, of Alcohol Concern, said middle-aged and older people drinking above recommended limits, often in their own homes, were of particular concern.
"These are the people who tend to require the most complex and expensive health care due to the mental and physical problems caused by drinking too much and alcohol's impact on the ageing body.
"Alcohol is linked to over 60 medical conditions and unless society and the government starts to take this seriously and acknowledges the health problems too much alcohol can cause, the situation will only get worse and the NHS will continue to strain under the burden of alcohol harm."
A government spokesman said: "People should always drink alcohol responsibly - very busy ambulance services and A&E staff can do without this extra demand.
"The government has taken action to tackle cheap alcohol by banning the lowest priced drinks and we are already seeing fewer young people drinking on a regular basis."
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) survey of 2,500 people also found 57% did not trust the companies to handle their data responsibly.
And 51% complained that they had been contacted by organisations that had misused their data.
The CIM says personal data policies on websites should be clearer and simpler.
It says businesses have failed to persuade people to read their online terms and conditions to understand what they do with personal details.
Instead, according to its research, people are in the dark about data and scared of being spammed or scammed.
The CIM questioned more than 2,500 consumers and marketing professionals, to help businesses looking for new ways to sell to us over the internet.
But rather than discovering an army of well-informed consumers who were happy to share their data, the research unearthed a wall of public bewilderment and mistrust.
Some 92% of respondents did not fully understand how information that companies gleaned about them was being used, and they were highly sceptical about marketing practices.
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Most said they did not trust the way organisations handled data, and most also complained that they had been contacted by someone misusing their personal information.
"People are nervous about sharing personal data," said Chris Daly, from the Institute. "Fear of data breaches and misuse has them on high alert."
Businesses are keen to cash in on our individual wants and needs by learning from our previous shopping habits and internet activity.
But there is a mismatch between public feeling and commercial ambition.
For instance, 71% of consumers did not feel comfortable with businesses tracking their whereabouts through their smartphones. Yet, 20% of businesses are already collecting this geo-location data.
Most people do not like sharing data from their social media profiles. Yet, 44% of businesses are collecting it.
The bewilderment about what happens to our data is made worse by lengthy and turgid terms and conditions and privacy policies.
Only 16% of people read them, the CIM found.
The danger is that most internet surfers agree to a website's terms without mugging up on how any information they give away will be exploited.
The CIM says organisations will have to be simple and clear about their policies in order to have any chance of improving trust and confidence.
Among the results discovered by the CIM:
State media and activists said troops, backed by Russian air strikes, had seized the towns of Mahin and Hawwarin.
They lie to the east of a strategically important motorway connecting Damascus with major cities to the north.
The army has launched a series of offensives since Russia launched an air campaign to bolster President Bashar al-Assad's government on 30 September.
Russia has said it has targeted only "terrorists", but activists say its strikes have mainly hit Western-backed rebel groups which are opposed to IS.
On Monday, the official Sana news agency reported that army units and local pro-government militiamen had taken full control of Mahin and Hawwarin, about 65km (40 miles) south-east of the city of Homs, after destroying IS positions in the towns.
A military source said a large number of IS militants had been killed and that soldiers were dismantling bombs planted on roads, in farmland and homes.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said Syrian and Russian aircraft had carried out dozens of strikes in support of the ground assault.
In addition to lying to the east of the north-south motorway connecting Damascus and Homs, Mahin and Hawwarin are close to the roads that link the IS-held town of Palmyra.
In a separate development on Monday, civilian flights in the Middle East faced further disruption as a result of Russian missile strikes in Syria.
Airports in northern Iraq have been closed for two days, and flights in and out of the Lebanese capital Beirut are being routed around an exclusion zone in the northern part of the eastern Mediterranean.
The Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq has protested to Moscow about the flight of cruise missiles launched in the Caspian Sea over its territory.
Russian warships in the Mediterranean are also firing eastwards into Syria.
Talks in Tehran on Monday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were expected to focus on the conflict in Syria and renewed international efforts to negotiate a political solution.
Iran and Russia have been staunch allies of President Assad throughout the four-year war, which has left more than 250,000 people dead and forced more than 11 million from their homes.
They were among 19 countries which signed a UN statement setting a deadline of 1 January for the start of peace talks between the government and opposition.
The 35-year-old, fifth in the world rankings, says he made the decision in an attempt to continue playing on the ATP Tour "for many years to come".
The Swiss added he will now prepare for the grass and hard-court seasons, which begin in June.
"I need to recognise that scheduling will be the key to my longevity," he said.
"Thus, my team and I concluded that playing just one event on clay was not in the best interest of my tennis and physical preparation for the remainder of the season.
"I will miss the French fans, who have always been so supportive and I look forward to seeing them at Roland Garros next year."
Federer missed last year's French Open through injury - the first time he did not compete in Paris since his debut in 1999.
He won the tournament for the only time in 2009 and is a four-time runner-up.
Federer has won three titles so far this season, including the Australian Open - his first Grand Slam success in five years.
He also claimed the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in March and, two weeks later, won the Miami Open.
The French Open begins on 28 May.
Former Olympic champion Marc Rosset backed his compatriot, saying it was a matter of Federer prioritising tournaments he can win.
"The chances of him winning on clay at the French Open were quite low," Rosset told the BBC's World Service.
"Roger is the kind of guy who goes to a tournament to win. If he doesn't feel he is capable of winning the tournament, I don't see any sense in him attending.
"I don't think it is a matter of age, it is one of priority. He is going to play the two tournaments on grass before Wimbledon."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
Federer was in such devastating form in the first three months of the year that an eighth Wimbledon title seems very much within his grasp. Trying to win a clay-court Grand Slam at the age of nearly 36 without playing any other tournament to prepare would surely have been beyond even him, and I say that with memories of Australia still very vivid.
Federer is talking like a man who would still love to be competing at 40, and to do so the clay-court season may need to become a permanent casualty.
I suspect he will want to play Roland Garros at least once more before he is done, and he says he looks forward to returning next year.
But he did say exactly the same thing 12 months ago when making a very late withdrawal because of concerns about his back.
Footage recorded by one of the students shows a bouncer agreeing they were being barred "because they were black".
A statement from Ghost Nightclub said it welcomed people "from all walks of life" and had suspended the doorman.
In the mobile phone video, the bouncer says he was enforcing the club's rules and claimed it was not his decision.
Kosi Orah, a 19-year-old University of Leicester student from Essex, who was celebrating his birthday on a night out with friends, said they were turned away from the nightclub.
But the owners of Ghost Nightclub said: "We reiterate that we only have a shoes-only, 18-plus door policy.
"I urge people to take a look at our Facebook page to see that we welcome people from all walks of life.
"This is a 45-year-old business - the oldest nightclub in the city - which has been owned by the same family for all that time.
"We urge the group of students who were turned away to get in touch with the management of Ghost Nightclub so that we can resolve this."
Leicestershire Police said it took hate crime seriously and was looking into the complaint.
"The incident has been reported and recorded and inquiries are ongoing," a police statement said.
"We take reports of racism extremely seriously and would encourage anyone who has been a victim of such a crime to contact us."
In the video, the doorman, who has not been identified, is heard to say: "I have no problems with you guys at all, but that is the rules of the club."
One of the group asks: "It is because we're black?", followed by the doorman's reply of: "Yes, that's what I am saying."
Mr Orah said he was shocked by what happened and the experience had "tainted my view of the city as a whole".
Claire Lewis, from Tonypandy, saw what she thought was a small snake trapped in the packaging of a chocolate cake from Asda.
It was later confirmed to be a slow worm - a limbless lizard.
The supermarket has apologised and sent Ms Lewis a "goodwill" gift voucher, which she will donate to her local food bank.
"It scared me before I knew it was a harmless slow worm," said Ms Lewis. "They're very snake-like."
Ms Lewis released it into her garden.
"Sadly the cake and the bag's other contents went in to the bin... but the slow worm was free to live another day," she said.
Asda refunded Ms Lewis £6 for the contents of her shopping bag and sent her a £30 gift voucher.
An Asda spokeswoman said: "We're really sorry that there was an unexpected visitor tagging along with Ms Lewis' home shopping.
"We have given Ms Lewis a refund and have offered a gesture of goodwill to go some way towards making up for any upset caused."
21 January 2016 Last updated at 17:33 GMT
A massive hole has been left in the wall of the bank in Basildon and a cash machine strewn on the floor, after the smash during the early hours.
Police do not yet know if any money was taken and have appealed for witnesses.
The body of Jiri Ulman, 52, was discovered with "multiple serious injuries" near Ten Acres Lane in Newton Heath, Manchester, on 8 August.
Miroslav Kolman, 35, is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
Josef Janda, 57, of Kenyon Lane, Moston, was also charged earlier this week with Mr Ulman's murder.
A 60-year-old woman held on suspicion of assisting an offender was released while inquiries continue.
The last major episode to grab the headlines came a year ago when many areas of Britain were blanketed in a noxious brew that turned the skies grey-brown for several days.
At the time, all eyes were focused on the most exotic -sounding ingredient - dust that had been blown up from the Sahara.
Tiny grains from the desert had indeed made the long airborne trek from the desert but most of the problem was caused by a nasty mix of pollutants created here and abroad.
Britain frequently finds itself on the receiving-end of pollution wafted in from the Continent - and more of that is forecast tomorrow with a current of air circling from central Europe across southern France and over the English Channel.
A computer model from the American weather agency NOAA calculates where the air that will be over London tomorrow has come from.
A so-called "back-trajectory" plots the position of a single parcel of air every six hours so you can see its path over the past four days.
The chart also shows that the pollution cloud will generally remain below 500m in altitude which means it is concentrated in a relatively small air space and therefore packs more of a punch.
As often happens, this shows that much of the contamination comes from the industrial sites and major cities of northwest Europe.
But farmers in those regions may also be to blame. April often sees them spreading fertiliser on their fields which releases plumes of ammonia that are lofted into the atmosphere and carried on the air currents.
How much of this stuff actually reaches Britain all depends on the precise pattern of the winds - a slight shift in one direction can despatch it all over the ocean, a tweak the other way could see it billowing our way.
But continental pollution is only one part of the story. A major and awkward factor behind dirty British air is Britain itself - home grown pollution from our factories and power stations and traffic.
Scientists have an array of instruments to tease out the different sources of pollution - a version of CSI forensics that can pick out where the muck has come from.
The tiniest particles are known as PM2.5 - because they're smaller than 2.5 microns across.
If these are more than a few days old, they are known as "aged particulates" and were produced across the Channel before being sent our way.
If they are identified as sulphates they will have been emitted from industries; nitrates on this scale come from the exhaust fumes of traffic.
Taking a breath of these "aged particulates" means you may well be inhaling a blast of pollution generated when someone accelerated away from traffic lights in northern France. Dirty air knows no boundaries.
But the same techniques can nail which pollution has been produced here. "Fresh" or "primary" particulates - only several hours old - serve as a smoking-gun to identify sources in Britain.
And research indicates an ugly truth: that we export more air pollution than we receive. An infamous "London plume" of contaminated air frequently stretches eastwards to northern France.
This clearly showed up in instruments deployed by a pollution research plane that I joined during the London Olympics in 2012.
According to Dr Ben Barratt of King's College London, the problem is worst in urban areas and is both chronic and serious.
"We can't solve the problem merely by reacting to every episode - we need to change our behaviour every day because it's the long-term exposure that matters for your health."
All this comes as the British government faces another stage in a long legal battle for breaching European Union standards on nitrogen dioxide, one form of air pollution.
An environmental campaign group, Client Earth, has brought a series of challenges. Next Thursday, the Supreme Court will hold a hearing on whether the government should be ordered to produce a more radical pollution reduction plan than already outlined.
Under current proposals, Britain will meet EU standards by 2030, with the conurbations of London, the West Midlands and North West England forecast to be the last to fall into line.
None of this is remotely on the scale of what Chinese city-dwellers have to put up with. A couple of years ago I saw for myself how grim the situation can be in China and what the authorities are now trying to do.
But nothing attracts attention like your own skies turning a slightly funny colour, and yet again hearing the health warnings to the aged, the asthmatic and the infirm to keep out of harm's way.
Only minor work will take place along a contested section of the route near the home of Seamus Heaney, which is set to face a further legal challenge.
The development of a stretch of the A6 at Toomebridge was the subject of an unsuccessful court case over concerns about its environmental impact.
The £160m road was a flagship project for the former NI Executive.
Work will begin on sections between Randalstown and Toomebridge and from Moyola to the Castledawson roundabout.
The A6 Hillhead Road in Toomebridge will be closed from 20:00 BST on Friday until 18:00 BST on Saturday for work on a 350m-stretch from Blackpark Road to the Creagh roundabout.
Environmentalist Chris Murphy lost a court case challenging part of the route around Toomebridge on the basis that a proper assessment had not been completed in to its impact on protected swans.
The part of the route he challenged runs close to the key wetland of Lough Beg, which has internationally protected status.
Mr Murphy plans to lodge an appeal next week.
The authorities have said the project will reduce peak journey times by a quarter and improve safety on a busy road used by 18,000 vehicles a day.
They hope the entire scheme will be substantially complete in early 2021, with the Randalstown to Toomebridge section open to traffic by 2019.
The Department of Infrastructure said it had met all of its environmental commitments to ensure no adverse impact on protected flowers or animals, including the whooper swans.
It said that along the contested section of route only "essential work involving alterations to utility supplies, minor archaeology/geotechnical testing and ground preparation to the south of the existing bypass will be completed at this time".
It added that it would work to conclude any further legal challenges as soon as possible.
Roedd Dr Felix Aubel wedi ymateb i neges at Twitter gan flogiwr asgell dde eithafol o Sweden drwy ofyn a ddylai Cristnogion yn Ewrop wneud yr hyn a wnaeth pobl Sbaen ar ddiwedd yr Oesoedd Canol.
Roedd yn cyfeirio at Chwil-lys Sbaen, pan gafodd Mwslemiaid ac Iddewon eu herlid a'u harteithio wrth gael eu llosgi.
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: "Barn Felix Aubel ei hun yw hyn ac ni yw mewn unrhyw ffordd yn cynrychioli barn y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig.
"Ni allwn esgusodi'r defnydd o'r math yma o iaith."
Mae Dr Aubel, sydd yn weinidog ar nifer o gapeli yn ardal Caerfyrddin, wedi dileu'r neges oedd yn cynnwys ei ymateb ar Twitter, ond dywedodd wrth BBC Cymru fod camddealltwriaeth wedi bod.
"Roeddwn i'n gofyn cwestiwn pen agored am sylwadau gwrth-grefyddol y trydariad, ac nid yn gwneud datganiad," meddai.
"Rwyf o dras cymysg fy hun ac nid ydw i'n cytuno gydag unrhyw ragfarn grefyddol neu hiliol."
Fe ddaeth teulu Dr Aubel i dde Cymru fel ffoaduriaid wedi'r Ail Ryfel Byd.
Mae'r teulu'n hanu o Slofenia, ac fe wynebodd aelodau erledigaeth gan Serbiaid yn yr Iwgoslafia newydd gafodd ei chreu yn dilyn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf.
Mae Dr Aubel wedi sefyll fel ymgeisydd mewn nifer o etholiadau'r Cynulliad a San Steffan, ond ni fydd yn sefyll fel ymgeisydd ar ran y Ceidwadwyr yn yr etholiadau lleol ym mis Mai.
A study rejects the idea that such determination is linked to extreme behaviour, such as missing out on sleep or working excessive hours.
Four thousand teenagers took part in the research project by Wellington College and Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Researchers want to help other schools to teach about building "character".
There has been much recent interest in the idea of whether pupils should be taught about resilience and a sense of well-being, as well as academic subjects.
It follows warnings that pressure on exam results is neglecting harder-to-measure ideas such as self-reliance and determination.
Last week, the think tank Demos called for more teaching of character in schools.
In this study, the researchers argue that "grit" could be a better way of predicting academic success than a student's intelligence.
They define grit as a set of qualities such as "determination, courage and persistence".
But they challenge the popular belief that displaying grit "goes hand-in-hand with unhealthy behaviours such as sacrificing sleep or adopting poor eating habits in a quest for achievement".
Instead the research found that such determined pupils were more likely to be well balanced and with healthy lifestyles.
For example, these pupils would not miss a night's sleep to enhance their exam performance.
"We are very good in this country at measuring performance but we're bad an unseen variables of a student's life," says Carl Hendricks head of research at Wellington College.
"This project is an attempt to measure the more unmeasured aspects of student progress."
Neuroscientist Christina Hinton, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, says: "Our results suggest that grit does not require pushing yourself at all costs, but rather cultivating healthy emotional regulation skills and effective learning strategies."
The researchers are working towards an intervention programme that other schools will be able to use, studying the effects of targeted teaching on student self-regulation and grit.
The Border Force said it discovered 380 kilos of the drug during a search of a British-registered lorry at Dover docks on Tuesday.
A 46-year-old man from Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, has been bailed while enquiries continue.
The investigation has been passed to the National Crime Agency.
They say a number of people from the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) group were injured at Camp Liberty in Baghdad.
Baghdad has in the past repeatedly denied attacking the group.
MEK members fought with Iraq against Iran in the 1980s, but have since fallen out with the current Iraqi government.
In an emailed message, the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the MEK's parent group, said dozens of missiles hit the camp on Thursday evening.
It said two residents were killed and a third later died in hospital of his wounds.
The US condemned the attack "in the strongest terms" and urged Iraq to better protect the camp.
An Iranian-backed Shia militia, al-Mukhtar Army, said it had fired rockets at the camp, Reuters news agency reported.
The camp is located in a former US military base, near Baghdad's airport.
The Iraqi authorities have made no public comments on the report. However, one security official was quoted by the Associated Press as saying four rockets hit the camp, injuring two people.
In September, the MEK accused Iraqi forces of attacking Camp Ashraf north-east of Baghdad and killing 52 of the group's members.
In recent years, Baghdad has been trying to dismantle MEK camps and eject the group.
Iran considers the MEK a terrorist group.
The group was removed from the US state department's list of terrorist organisations last year.
Council leaders have been asked to agree a new charging structure for social care services in the county, in a bid to ease budget burdens.
An analysis shows about 40% of those using services, such as help to dress and clean, could be affected.
However, the council stresses no-one will be charged more than a £60 weekly cap set by the Welsh Government.
A report to the council's cabinet will be considered at a meeting on Tuesday in Caernarfon.
It warns that failing to implement new charges will mean money must come from other parts of the council budget.
"If members do not approve the charging policy, then it would be necessary to offer alternative savings in its place which could lead to an adverse impact on some services for the citizens of Gwynedd," stated one council officer in the report.
Under the plans, anyone receiving more than a set minimum income will have to pay charges on a sliding scale, up to the £60 a week limit.
It means any retired or out-of-work resident in Gwynedd using non-residential care services with a weekly income above £226 will have to pay.
For those in work, the minimum income before charges is lower, at £148 a week.
According to the council, it could mean someone earning about £269 a week and working would see a bill for care charges rise from £16 a week to £43 - an extra £1,400 a year - an increase of 168%.
"Clearly, as a result there will be a significant impact especially in some cases," accepted the council's chief executive, Dilwyn Williams.
"However, the wider context for all this is that the council cannot maintain its services without a robust charging regime that can be adequately defended and justified. Clearly, these proposals seek to do so."
The report stresses that the changes have been part of widespread consultation across the county, with over 500 responses on the matter.
It states that 58% of those who took part "agreed that those who could afford to pay for adults care service should contribute to the cost of their social care".
Huddersfield-born Ellis, 27, was part of Great Britain's first men's doubles medal-winning partnership at Rio 2016, along with Chris Langridge.
However, UK Sport named it as one of five sports to lose financial support.
"I'm quite scared for our future," Ellis told BBC Look East.
"People coming up, wanting to have a good career in badminton, who are 16, 17, 18 years old and just starting out, without this funding, they have no chance at all.
We are going to fight for this - we're not just going to take this lying down
Speaking at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes, the world number 20 continued: "The Athlete Personal Award funding goes a long way to helping me play every single day, it's not the money for myself.
"It pays for the programme, the shuttlecocks, the courts - so it won't just be me that is affected.
"It's the people coming up, wanting to get involved, without this funding effectively they have no chance at all to make it."
Archery, fencing, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby have also lost their funding.
However, the next step for badminton will be to appeal and fight the decision, something Ellis says is down to the sport's administrators.
"It's not the players' role that we can get involved. We've got a fantastic support term who will fight to the very end, we've got faith in our support team," he added.
"We have faith in our chief executive and our performance director have got what it takes to get this decision turned around in our favour."
Syrian and Russian planes were pounding eastern Aleppo, according to activists. A rescue worker described what was happening as "annihilation".
The government has urged people to avoid positions held by rebels. Russia has not confirmed its involvement.
US-Russian talks to revive a collapsed truce have broken up without progress.
Russia supports the Syrian government, while the US backs the opposition. The two powers accuse each other of failing to rein in their respective allies on the ground.
The White Helmets, a Syrian volunteer rescue group, says dozens of air strikes were carried out in Aleppo on Friday morning.
The group says the centres set up to help victims of bombardments were being targeted, and three out of four had been put out of action.
The Al Jazeera news agency tweeted that its bureau in the city had been partly destroyed.
Announcing the new offensive on state television late on Thursday, the Syrian government warned Aleppo residents to "stay away" from "terrorist positions".
Syrian military sources said a ground offensive would follow.
One told the Agence France-Presse news agency that the bombardment "could go on for hours or days before the ground operation starts. The timing of the ground operation will depend on the results of the strikes".
Army officials said there would be exit points for anyone, including rebels, who wanted to flee.
Russian and Syrian commanders - always sceptical about the merits of the ceasefire - now appear to have been given a green light to sort out the Aleppo problem once and for all.
Imagery of the shattered city presents a gaunt vista in which thousands of innocent people remain trapped on both sides. Targeted attacks by government forces against medical and civil defence facilities add another element of horror to the situation.
The fact that this new onslaught is taking place against a backdrop of the total failure in the US and Russian brokered efforts to implement a ceasefire in Syria is also significant. In the wake of this failure there is a good degree of bitterness on all sides.
This provides space for the stepping up of military action on the ground. Indeed the pause may well have enabled government forces to reposition in key areas and to improve intelligence gathering.
The government's warning came after days of air strikes on Aleppo. Syria declared the week-long ceasefire over on Monday.
Residents told the BBC earlier this week that barrel bombs had struck rebel-held districts, causing many fires. Dozens of civilians were reported to have been killed.
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps
Thursday night's meeting in New York brought together members of the International Syria Support Group, which includes the US, Russia and other powers.
After the talks broke down without agreement, UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura described them as "painful and disappointing".
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington could not be the only one trying to hold open the door to peace.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused US-backed rebels of ignoring the truce, and said a new one would amount to a "unilateral pause".
Also on Thursday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied claims that he was responsible for the ongoing fighting.
In an interview with the Associated Press news agency, he reaffirmed his government's position that a deadly strike on an aid convoy in Aleppo on Monday had not been carried out by Syrian or Russian planes.
Mr Assad also ridiculed concern about the army's use of barrel bombs, saying: "What's the difference between different kinds of bombs? All bombs are to kill, but it's about how to use it. When you use armament... you kill terrorists in order to defend civilians."
More than 100 18-24 year olds took on five politicians in the debate organised by BBC's Newsbeat.
Trust was the main issue but tuition fees, gender equality and the voting age also dominated.
Voters were joined by politicians from five major parties at Leeds City Museum on Tuesday evening.
Sam Gyimah, from the Conservatives, Sadiq Khan of Labour, Sal Brinton from the Liberal Democrats, Mhairi Black of the SNP and Rhun ap Iorwerth, from Plaid Cymru were all in the line of fire.
BBC Wales followed six Welsh audience members to hear their views on the debate.
Guto Gwilym, 21, Lampeter
"It was brilliant to have that one hour that was purely focused on young people and the issues we have. It was very much a night where politicians heard what we have to say and I very much hope that they've been taking notes.
"For me - one thing we do need to tackle urgently now is diversity among MPs."
Aled Illtud, 20, Aberystwyth
"It was nice to see a different kind of debate - it was much more energetic.
"I did feel like there were more questions than there were answers but that maybe reflects how passionate the audience members were.
"We seemed to have a battalion of questions thrown at the politicians. It was beautiful to see but I would have liked more answers from the politicians."
Peter Gillibrand, 18, Carmarthen
"I think the debate concentrated too much on tuition fees. I would have liked to hear more about what politicians would do for disabled people like my brother. He's severely autistic but the funding for lots of the services he uses has been cut.
"I'm a Plaid Cymru voter but I think the real people who won this debate were the SNP and Lib Dems.
"The SNP lady was really inspirational and the lady from the Lib Dems came across well too. She said 'look we made a mistake on tuition fees' but you felt she did really care about young people."
Robyn Holley, 21, Cwmbran
"It was everything I expected it to be - people shouting, lots of opinions whirling around and politicians just being politicians. I wasn't impressed by what they had to say - it was just a lot of hot air.
"I have considered not voting but I think I will probably turn out if only to try and change things."
Gwion Dafydd, 20, Pembrokeshire
"I think a couple of politicians said the right things. I liked that Labour, Plaid Cymru and the Lib Dems all supported lowering the voting age for 16 and 17 year olds. It shows they care about what young people have to say.
"I have more respect for some of the parties now."
Rhys Taylor, 21, Bangor
"I stood up and made a comment during the discussion on tuition fees. I think it's important that politicians admit when they've made a mistake and apologise if they can't carry through with their promises.
"It's not often that we hear politicians apologising but the more we can get them to own up to their mistakes the more we will be able to trust them."
It the latest stage of a bitter row over UK ministers' Trade Union Bill.
Welsh ministers want some clauses removed - including a required 40% turnout of members to make a public sector strike ballot valid.
They say the reforms involve devolved services such as the NHS, although employment law is not devolved.
Carwyn Jones told AMs on Tuesday that the Welsh government could put that issue to the test in the courts.
"If it comes to the point where that bill is passed, and its provisions are applied to devolved public services, we will seek to introduce a bill in this chamber to overturn the sections of the bill that impact on devolved areas," he said.
"It's a matter for the UK government if they then want to go to the Supreme Court in order to frustrate the will of this democratically elected assembly."
UK ministers have said they want to ensure that essential services are not disrupted at short notice by strikes supported by a small proportion of union members.
If an agreement is struck, crippling sanctions which have affected everyday life in Iran will be lifted.
BBC Persian heard from ordinary Iranians about what they think will happen in the talks.
The nuclear negotiations affect every Iranian's life. The reason is inflation caused by sanctions. Many families can no longer afford to live the way they used to.
If they don't reach an agreement now while President Rouhani is in office, both sides will face many troubles in the future.
Iran's economy has been crippled since the last set of sanctions on the oil and banking sectors.
I own three factories. Eight years ago they were working at full capacity, now all three are shut.
About 400 workers, technicians and engineers have lost their jobs. There are many people like me who used to have small manufacturing companies in industrial cities.
These days our cemeteries are growing faster and doing better than our industrial cities.
I was following every single minute of the last round of negotiations. If you remember, you could really see the stress on John Kerry's face. It shows Mr Obama needs to find a way to resolve this matter.
However strong the lobbies are on the other side, I believe the US president is determined to make a deal and he can achieve that.
I'm not optimistic. As our leader says we don't trust the US, the UK or the West in general. Now we see that some people in Iran have put their trust in them and think they can move things forward by negotiation, and the [Supreme] leader has agreed to that.
It's happening but personally, I believe the process will fail. It is just a question of when.
I don't think a deal is possible. There are a lot of entrenched groups in Iran like the Basij [volunteer paramilitary force] and most importantly those who are linked to the office of the Supreme Leader.
These groups won't let it happen and people will keep feeling the pressure.
I'm a farmer but I can't sell the rice I produce. It's not fair on our people.
I am a teacher. I'm following negotiations with excitement. But sometimes it feels like it's dragging on and on.
Either way I don't think we will witness any major changes straight away.
Change will take time to achieve. It won't happen the day after an agreement.
He said little but, through his translator, this dark haired young man did offer a brief glimpse of an underworld which Germany is only just beginning to confront.
Younis is a 23-year-old Moroccan. There is no way to verify that because he says he has no papers or passport. And no way to substantiate his claims that he has a degree and some training in mechanics.
He entered the country illegally about a year ago and recently applied for asylum. He now lives in a refugee home where he says drugs are passed around - he was found with amphetamine on New Years Eve - and where he has acquaintances rather than friends.
The police have picked him up before for travelling without a rail ticket and say they have also caught him before in possession of stolen goods.
He is living in limbo, in a shadow world of petty crime. It will be months, probably years, before his asylum claim is even examined. The German authorities admit to a backlog of some 700,000 asylum applications.
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Younis admits he snatched a phone from a young woman in the crowd on New Year's Eve in Cologne. He stood briefly in the courtroom to mumble an apology in her direction. On Wednesday he became the first person to be convicted in connection with the New Year's Eve attacks. Another Moroccan and a Tunisian were also found guilty of theft.
Police have identified more than 70 other suspects. Most, they say, are like Younis: from North Africa and here either illegally or because they are seeking or have been granted asylum.
And, like Younis, most are suspected of theft. Detectives have only arrested one man on suspicion of sexual assault. Yet nearly 600 women say they were groped, even raped, that night.
Cologne's police chief told me it was possible that many of the perpetrators will never be caught. He wearily cites lack of evidence.
Officers, including so called "super recognisers" from Scotland Yard, are largely reliant on CCTV and mobile phone footage from the night. But they have found that while the cameras can pick up a bag being snatched, they do not often capture sexual assaults in a crowd.
It is not what Germany wants to hear. The attacks have affected this country profoundly, shaken its sense of security.
Younis A's case took place amid intense media scrutiny. And perhaps it was unsurprising that his lawyer felt it necessary to deliver a passionate speech accusing the court of turning his client into a scapegoat.
New Year's Eve, he said, was "a terrible event with terrible consequences".
"People are now buying pepper spray, vigilantes run through the city and beat up foreigners. But do not hold my client responsible for that."
But, arguably, simply by committing his crime in the crowds on New Year's Eve, while all around him women were being molested, Younis A was part of a phenomenon that has altered this country.
The young woman whose phone was stolen and her friends say they were sexually assaulted too, although they cannot identify the perpetrator.
The government - previously so welcoming - has hardened its rhetoric on asylum. Ministers are trying to toughen deportation laws and want to make it all but impossible for people from Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria to claim asylum.
And public perception has shifted. It does not help that Angela Merkel has failed to negotiate a meaningful European response to the refugee crisis. And that, in January, well over 90,000 people arrived in Germany seeking asylum. A recent poll found that more than 80% of Germans no longer feel the German government is in control.
It was an Afghan refugee who brought Younis A to justice. He saw the theft, helped the woman get her phone back and then testified in court. Afterwards Mr A's lawyer thanked him.
"There is a debate about foreigners going on in this country. I think it is really good that you, as an Afghan, supported the victim. I thank you for trying to protect her from my client."
London's mayor revealed the line's name and purple logo as he visited Bond Street station with the monarch.
Trains on the railway will travel under the centre of the city, linking parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to Essex when it opens in December 2018.
Mr Johnson said it was "wonderful" the line had "such a significant name".
"The Elizabeth Line will provide a lasting tribute to our longest-serving monarch", the mayor said.
The Queen visited a station construction site 28m (92ft) below ground where she viewed part of the tunnel and met construction apprentices.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin, who was also at the event, said the name was "very fitting" given the Queen's long association with UK transport.
About 24 trains an hour will travel both ways on the new Elizabeth Line when it opens.
Rosemary Caskin, from Gloucestershire, began sending letters 10,193 miles (16,400km) to Edith Dawson in Australia when she was nine-years-old.
Ms Dawson, three years her senior, has now made the journey from Kapunda in South Australia, to Wotton-under-Edge, for Mrs Caskin's 60th birthday.
The pair said it was a "very exciting" point in their lives.
A celebratory cake was made for the occasion featuring a map of the UK and Australia, an airmail letter and some flying '50' banners.
Ms Dawson said: "When we were [nine] and 12 you couldn't even imagine being 50, let along actually corresponding with someone for that time."
Reflecting back to the 1960s, Mrs Caskin said: "It was the thing to have pen friends. Schools were encouraging it and my school friend had a pen pal."
That pen pal was actually Mrs Caskin's sister, she added.
The two have shared much of life for half a century, corresponding through hand-written letters, emails and sending gifts.
"We've both had two marriages so there was the joy of our first marriage, the joy of having children, the sadness of when our first marriages failed and identifying one with another over that and really feeling for each other," added Mrs Caskin.
Thousands of people joined a march and the rally in Trafalgar Square.
Labour leader Mr Corbyn said peace was not achieved by "planning for war", while Scottish First Minister Ms Sturgeon described Trident as "immoral" and "impractical".
The MoD estimates renewing the Trident system will cost £31bn over 20 years.
That involves acquiring four new submarines to carry the missiles, while a further £10bn has been earmarked for any unexpected costs.
Mr Corbyn told campaigners: "We live in a world where so many things are possible. Where peace is possible in so many places.
"You don't achieve peace by planning for war, grabbing resources and not respecting each other's human rights."
He added: "Today's demonstration is an expression of many people's opinions and views. I'm here because I believe in a nuclear-free Britain and a nuclear-free future."
Mr Corbyn has asked shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry to carry out a review of Labour defence policy, including its stance on Trident renewal.
The Labour leader supports unilateral disarmament but some members of the shadow cabinet, including shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, are in favour of Trident.
SNP leader Ms Sturgeon said the norm in the world today was to be nuclear-free.
"It is the exception to the rule to possess nuclear weapons, let that message ring out loudly and clearly," she said.
"The use of Trident nuclear weapons would bring about human devastation and suffering on an unimaginable scale."
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said: "The world has been and continues to be an unstable and unpredictable place but there are some values that we should hold on to through peace, through war, through instability and unpredictability.
"It is never acceptable, it is never justifiable to unleash weapons of mass destruction on a population. Nuclear weapons belong in the dustbin of history alongside the Cold War."
Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas described nuclear weapons as "a Cold War relic".
"To contemplate using nuclear weapons is both illegal and immoral," she said.
Actress and campaigner Vanessa Redgrave also spoke at the Stop Trident event, which was organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Supporters say Trident is indispensable for protecting the UK's security, and the nuclear defence industry is also a major employer.
Replacing Trident was a Conservative manifesto pledge at the general election.
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It now expects full-year profits of 30bn yen ($296m; £227m), compared with a previous forecast of 34.5bn yen.
Shiseido said earnings would be hit by the recent strength of Japan's currency and the cost of recent acquisitions.
The 140-year-old firm is buying make-up brand Laura Mercier and skincare line ReVive to try to lift sales.
Shiseido shares fell 7.5% in reaction to the lower forecast.
"There is a growing sense of uncertainty regarding the future," Shiseido said in a statement.
"This largely reflects further appreciation of the yen and a drop in stock prices, mounting anxiety toward overseas economies, and signs that corporate-sector earnings and consumer spending have stalled."
Andrew Hall, retail consultant at Verdict Retail said: "If you remove currency fluctuations from the picture you see that sales are flagging in international markets such as the U.S.
"Recent acquisitions will also be taking its toll on profit as Shiseido must invest in restructuring these acquisitions to align with the rest of the business, these costs have come sooner in the year than many analysts expected.
"However the brand still has a number of strengths including licence agreements with coveted brands such as Dolce & Gabbana."
"Like all multinational companies, geopolitical turbulence represents an ongoing obstacle to success as uncertainty creates a volatile currency market and changing tourists dynamics.
"For such a large company as Shiseido and one for which tourism has been an important source of sales, these issues are particularly pertinent."
Shiseido has been taking steps to boost its sales from overseas markets by either signing licensing deals or buying rival brands.
It bought Gurwitch Products, which owns the Laura Mercier and ReVive brands, for an undisclosed amount in June.
The company is also the licensee for fragrances by Dolce & Gabbana, Issey Miyake and Elie Saab.
Shisheido said it was "making every effort to become a global beauty company... with its roots firmly entrenched in Japan". The company is aiming to increase its sales to more than $9bn by 2020.
It is currently ranked the fourth-largest company in the US beauty market behind Estee Lauder, L'Oreal and LVMH.
The sector is thought to be on the cusp of making history by becoming the first nation to push the boundaries of space travel by about 60,000 miles.
Its success depends on attracting the right individual from an international pool of only 29 potentials.
This, according to industry research, is the number of people wealthy enough to travel into space within the next 10 years.
To fit the bill this person needs an appetite for adventure and an enormous bank account- the price tag for the dream trip is £100m.
The space company selling the dream is Excalibur Almaz and the chairman, Art Dula, said the firm was hoping to attract all 29 individuals eventually.
"What they will be buying is a private expedition and they will have to tell us how long they would like to stay there and exactly where they would like to go," he said.
"It will either be a sovereign government who want their astronauts to go to the moon or it will be a private individual or individuals, who want to fly there in the spirit of exploration and discovery."
Whoever they are, the space pioneers can expect to travel in one of the company's space capsules - renovated Russian crafts.
"One capsule has already flown in space two times, it went up and it stayed in space for a month," said Mr Dula.
"It came back down and was re-launched again, so it's actually a little space shuttle of about 4.5 cubic meters. You make it small because it is actually very expensive to lift mass off the earth. It costs about £11,000 per kilogramme.
"We are offering people the chance to travel 60,000 miles beyond the moon."
Only 28 people have ever been to the moon and this distance is further than any human being has ever travelled.
If all goes well, it could be a Manx company leading the way, although the competition from India, China, Russia and the United State, the current leaders in the space race, is fierce.
The Isle of Man government's director of space commerce, Tim Craine, said the global space industry is currently worth about $300bn a year and, as the host to 30 of the 54 international companies, the Isle of Man's share will be significant.
"If you look at the projected turnover of all the companies based on the island over the next three years, it has been conservatively estimated to be in excess of £1.7bn," he said.
"Over the last eight years it has brought in over £36m in direct exchequer benefits.
"It has been quite a surreal journey at times, on one business visit to the States I found myself having breakfast with Buzz Aldrin.
"We have many, many aspects to our industry and I think now we have reached that critical mass where things will only continue to grow."
And it is that predicted growth which has led to the European Space University basing part of a masters course in the island.
The graduates hope to one day take part in future space missions and they will have the Isle of Man to thank for their training, but in order for the space business to take off in the Isle of Man, the first astronaut must be found.
"There have always been people who have wanted to do something for humanity, and the exploration of space is an activity humanity is going to do. The people who do it will be remembered forever," said Mr Dula.
"They will be remembered in the same was as some of the intrepid heroes of the past, like Christopher Columbus."
The Bristolian's semi-mythical status has seen prices for his works skyrocket, his biggest pieces topping £1m at auction.
His rare large-scale shows are staged events in warehouses, rather than staid gallery spaces, but now a former associate has taken it upon himself to put on an unauthorised retrospective in the rather more sedate surroundings of Sotheby's S2 gallery in London.
Steve Lazarides, who worked with Banksy as his first art dealer up until 2008, has brought together 70 authenticated, career-spanning pieces for an exhibition and sale.
Some of the art has never been seen in public, having gone straight in to private ownership, and Sotheby's is hoping Banksy's fans will flock to see the free show - alongside the big spenders.
For those with deep pockets, the most expensive pieces for sale in the show come with a price tag of £500,000, which means someone, somewhere is making a hefty profit.
Among the works on offer are early canvases that came in editions of 25 and were sold for between £50 and £250. As Banksy has become more notorious, they have gone up and up in value.
"For the people who had paid £50 for them, as soon as they got to £1,500 they exchanged it, because it was a life changing amount of money to them," says Lazarides.
"And then it went to £5,000 so all the people who had paid £1,500 thought all their Christmases had come at once. And that went on for a few years until it got to the £50,000 mark and if you've got £50,000 to spend on a painting you probably don't need to sell it."
Banksy started out as a graffiti artist on the streets of Bristol, before moving into creating canvases for the commercial market.
"A lot of the questions in the old days were 'is it not a weird juxtaposition that a street artist is making canvases'," says Lazarides.
"But the point is, if these guys can't make things and sell things, the only people that can be street artists are the children of the rich and famous."
Much of Banksy's meteoric rise came from a series of high-profile stunts, such as surreptitiously placing his works in established galleries and museums - including Tate Britain.
"He did a whole series of interventions in museums," recalls Lazarides. "I think his theory was 'if they are not going to show my work then I'm going to put it in myself'."
Banksus Militus Vandalus, a rat with a spray can in a glass box, was briefly nailed to the wall of the Natural History Museum to look like one of the exhibits.
It is one of the pricier pieces in the retrospective, with a price tag in excess of £500,000, although Sotheby's is keeping quiet about the actual sums involved in the sale.
None of the works are Banksy's trademark graffiti pieces that have been removed from walls or buildings.
"The show being here at Sotheby's is almost a validation of the whole scene,'' says Lazarides.
"When we were doing this 15 years ago, everyone told us this was impossible, no one would buy the work, no-one would pay the prices, no-one would take it seriously, it wouldn't pass the test of time. Yet here we are 15 years later."
Another of the show pieces in the exhibition is Avon and Somerset Constabulary (2001).
"Avon and Somerset Constabulary goes to the core of his [Banksy's] anonymity," says Lazarides.
"When I was growing up in Bristol in the 80s I was friends with a lot of graffiti artists. Even then, Avon and Somerset Constabulary had a very draconian policy towards graffiti happening.
"Banksy was prolific in Bristol and I think this whole thing with the anonymity was self-preservation rather than self-promotion."
The charismatic Lazarides calls himself an "accidental art dealer" who helped Banksy "make his vision happen".
The pair parted ways more than six years ago, and Lazarides is slightly cagey about the reasons.
"We just moved apart. A decade is a long time to be working alongside someone hand in glove. And I like working with lots of new artists and giving them a hand at the beginning.
"It's very difficult to represent a whole group of artists when you have one artist that you have such an intense relationship with."
Although they no longer speak, Lazarides refuses to divulge any details about Banksy's appearance or his personality.
But he is honest enough to admit Banksy would not approve of this exhibition.
"He'd hate it. He's never done an exhibition in a gallery, never done one in my gallery - even when when we working together.
"When he puts shows on it's been an event rather than an exhibition, the whole thing is an performance piece. This is just not something he would do."
But, adds Lazarides: "I think someone will eventually do a retrospective, at least I have a love of his work, I know him and I've made sure the I've put stuff in that covers his whole career."
Banksy: The Unauthorised Retrospective runs at Sotheby's S2 gallery from 11 June to 25 July.
So the European Commission ruling - that the country should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes - is a serious blow.
It is damaging in two ways: It hits the Republic's international reputation and it could make it less attractive as a destination for foreign direct investment (FDI).
Tax has been a key part of Ireland's success in attracting investment, particularly from US technology firms.
The 12.5% corporation tax rate is among the lowest in the developed world.
Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan makes no apologies for that rate, saying: "We do not hide it, in fact, we broadcast this rate as the defining element of our corporate taxation system.
"The Irish tax regime is fully transparent as our rules are clearly laid down in statute."
But aside from that headline rate Ireland has, on occasion, appeared very accommodating to the tax-planning needs of multinationals.
'Double Irish'
Most notoriously there was the "double Irish" structure which allowed multinationals to legally shift profits from Ireland to countries that are considered tax havens.
It worked by allowing one Irish-registered subsidiary to make payments, for using intellectual property, to another subsidiary which is tax resident in a country like Bermuda or the Cayman Islands.
Mr Noonan closed that scheme to new entrants in 2015 and it will be phased out by 2020.
So expect Irish ministers to emphasise the efforts they have made to close down loopholes.
At the same time, they will have to reassure companies that they will not be the next to face a huge tax bill based on historical arrangements.
There are also some tricky domestic politics in Dublin.
The minority centre-right government will appeal the ruling, in effect saying it does not want the money.
This comes on top of growing anger at the behaviour of so-called vulture funds in Ireland.
These funds bought billions of euros of property in the wake of the financial crash and have used perfectly legal loopholes to pay very little Irish tax.
The announcement came as the bank unveiled the designs for its new £5 and £10 polymer notes.
Scientist Mary Somerville had already been selected for the £10 note, which is due to enter into circulation next year.
They will be the first women to appear on the bank's main issue notes.
The decision to feature Aberdeen-born Ms Shepherd, who died in 1981, was taken by the RBS Scotland board.
Ms Somerville had already been chosen by the bank, despite finishing second to Thomas Telford in a public vote.
Nan Shepherd was born in the village of Cults on the outskirts of Aberdeen.
In 1915, she graduated from Aberdeen University and spent the next four decades at Aberdeen College of Education, where she taught teachers how to teach.
Between 1920 and 1933, she published three novels set in small rural communities in north east Scotland.
The Scottish landscape and weather featured prominently in her novels and poetry.
She also wrote a non-fiction book on hillwalking - the Living Mountain - based on her experiences of walking in the Cairngorms.
The reverse of the £5 note features two mackerel, the Scottish fishing industry's single most valuable stock, as well as an excerpt from Sorley MacLean's poem The Choice.
Behind the portrait sits a picture of the Cairngorms, which she celebrated in her writing, as well as a quote from her book The Living Mountain.
The £10 note shows two otters at play on the reverse and an excerpt from the poem 'Moorings' by Norman MacCaig.
Burntisland Beach, where Mary Somerville lived as a child, features behind the portrait, along with a quote from her work The Connection of the Physical Sciences.
RBS Scotland board chairman Malcolm Buchanan said: "I am delighted that we have been able to involve the public throughout this process; from the workshops and surveys that helped to decide on the theme, right through to the public vote that resulted in Mary Somerville being chosen to feature on the £10 note.
"People in Scotland will be using this money every day and it is quite right that they got to play an important role in designing it. This truly is the people's money.
"The Royal Bank of Scotland has never before featured a woman on its main issue bank notes.
"It gives me enormous pleasure that we are able to celebrate the fantastic, and often overlooked, achievements of two great Scottish women. Both made huge contributions in their respective fields."
Robert Macfarlane, writer and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, welcomed the choice of Ms Shepherd for the £5 note.
He said: "It is thrilling to see Nan Shepherd celebrated and commemorated in this way.
"Nan was a blazingly brilliant writer, a true original whose novels, poems and non-fiction broke new ground in Scottish literature, and her influence lives on powerfully today."
Ms Shepherd and Ms Somerville are the latest women to feature on main issue bank notes.
Last month the US Treasury announced that anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman would be the first woman to appear on a US bank note for more than a century.
Ms Tubman, who was born a slave in about 1820 and helped hundreds of others escape, will feature on the new $20 bill.
On Friday, the Bank of England revealed that artist JMW Turner and his painting The Fighting Temeraire will feature on the new design of its £20 note, to enter circulation in 2020.
The note, to be made of polymer, will eventually replace the current £20 note featuring the economist Adam Smith.
The choice means all but one Bank of England bank note character will be men.
The Belgian club expect 9,000 of the 29,000 seats at Jan Breydel Stadium to be empty for the Foxes' European debut.
"Maybe [fans] have the wrong perception of the quality of the opponent," said Preud'homme, whose side play their first group-stage game for a decade.
"The Belgium press says it's not a big team but I say they are."
Premier League champions Leicester have sold out their ticket allocation for the match (19:45 BST).
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"If we get Roma, everyone will say 'Roma, we want to see it' but they might eliminate us," added Preud'homme, whose team are 10th in the domestic league after three defeats in six games.
"If Arsenal are here, everyone will want to see Arsenal, but Leicester won against Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea and so on.
"At this moment it means this team are better than the others. Maybe tomorrow people are expecting less from us because on paper they are better."
Porto welcome FC Copenhagen in Wednesday's other Group G fixture.
Rian O'Neill put Cross two points up going into three additional minutes but Cullyhanna captain Malachy Mackin fisted a goal with 30 seconds left.
The result means Cross are denied a tilt at a 20th title in 21 years.
Derrygonnelly are Fermanagh champions again after defeating Erne Gaels 0-11 to 1-7 in the Brewster Park decider.
The holders led 0-6 to 0-3 at the break but Erne Gaels moved in front with a Ryan Lyons goal - Derrygonnelly levelled before Declan Cassidy won it.
Scotstown defeated Clontibret 2-13 to 1-12 to retain the Monaghan title.
Cullyhanna will play Maghery in the Armagh final, the latter having defeated Clann Eireann in the first semi-final on Friday night.
Pauric Boyle netted for Clontibret in the first half to leave it 1-6 to 0-9 at the interval.
Scotstown netted twice in a minute, with Orin Heaphey and Kieran Hughes on target, to secure a four-point success.
Coalisland defeated Clonoe 0-15 to 0-8 in the Tyrone semi-final at Dungannon to set up a decider against Killyclogher.
Cargan progressed to the Antrim final with a 1-21 to 2-12 win over St John's in Glenavy.
It was semi-finals day in Donegal with Glenswilly earning a 0-9 to 0-7 victory against Malin at O'Donnell Park before Kilcare beat Naomh Conaill 5-10 to 1-11 in Letterkenny.
WEEKEND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS/FIXTURES
FRIDAY
Donnelly Group Armagh SFC semi-final
Clann Eireann 1-09 Maghery 2-17
SUNDAY
Quinn Building Products Fermanagh SFC final
Erne Gaels 1-7 0-11 Derrygonnelly
Greenfield Foods Monaghan SFC final
Clontibret 1-12 2-13 Scotstown
Donnelly Vauxhall Tyrone SFC semi-final replay
Coalisland 0-15 0-8 Clonoe
Donnelly Group Armagh SFC semi-final
St Patrick's Cullyhanna 1-15 0-17 Crossmaglen
Northern Switchgear Antrim SFC semi-final
St John's 2-12 1-21 Cargin
Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal SFC semi-finals
Malin 0-7 0-9 Glenswilly
Kilcar 5-10 1-11 Naomh Conaill
WEDNESDAY
Northern Switchgear Antrim SFC semi-final
Lamh Dhearg v St Gall's, Ahoghill, 19:30
Thousands of actors and participants are taking part in the Green Fields Beyond event.
It also focuses on the role of the women, dubbed "Munitionettes", who worked on the production lines
The tank was designed by William Tritton and Walter Wilson while working for Lincoln agricultural engineering firm Fosters.
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A small number of Mark 1 tanks from Lincoln were used for the first time on 15 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme.
The name of the event is taken from the unofficial tank regiment motto "Through Mud and Blood to the Green Fields Beyond".
Celebrations began on Friday night with a preview of tonight's performance at Lincoln Castle attended by 1,500 people.
Elsewhere, crowds were being entertained with music, storytelling, poetry and historical talks.
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They held match point in the third set of their mixed doubles semi-final, but Chris Adcock suffered a broken string and they eventually lost it 22-20.
The Adcocks had taken the opening set 21-19, but lost the second 21-12.
"It's so tough to have been so close," Gabby Adcock told BBC Sport.
"We were quite a way down in the third set and fought back up to get the match point and then for that to happen to Chris is really, really unlucky."
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The Commonwealth champions - who also reached last year's semi-finals - were bidding to become the first British finalists in the event since Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg in 2007.
Their defeat comes just weeks after British Badminton failed to overturn UK Sport's Olympic funding cut.
Badminton England's chief executive Adrian Christy said on Thursday that the loss of around £1.25m per year in financial support would mean players and staff would now have to leave the programme.
"As you can imagine the atmosphere has been a bit flat at our training centre with the situation and it's a sad time for badminton," said Gabby Adcock.
Badminton England hopes to raise around £600,000 per year in order to help provide some funding support to the Adcocks and Olympic bronze medal-winning pair Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis.
"It's been a tough patch, but we've shown how resilient we can be on and off the court," Chris Adcock told BBC Sport.
"We really believe we've still got the ability to win majors as well as world and Olympic medals so we'll fight through and no doubt we'll be able to prove a lot of people wrong."
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Alex Goodwin was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer only affecting children, in his right thigh.
His family is now hoping to raise money to pay for proton beam therapy outside the UK, because the NHS may not fund his treatment.
NHS England said it based decisions on "clinical evidence" and "what is in the best interest of the patient".
Alex's cancer spread after his first round of chemotherapy, which his family said leaves him with limited options.
He has been sharing his progress with his thousands of followers on Twitter and on his blog.
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Alex's family, from Dunton Bassett in Leicestershire, say he has faced months of "constant pain and discomfort" and now relies on a wheelchair to get around.
Alex took to social media to speak to others suffering with cancer and said his experience has been overwhelmingly positive.
"I just love people so much and its great to see everyone helping me out," he said.
Alex's father, Jeff, was initially against him creating an online profile but said it acts as a force for good.
"Almost everyone has been supportive on social media. It's been a very positive thing for Alex and that's all that matters," he said.
Jeff, a Warwickshire police officer, and his friends also plan to record a charity single to help raise the money.
Macmillan Cancer Support fewer than 30 children a year are diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma in the UK.
The Department of Health has said that from April 2018 proton beam treatment will be offered to up to 1,500 cancer patients at hospitals in London and Manchester, following investment worth £250m.
Andargachew Tsege, who is also a British national, is secretary-general of the banned Ginbot 7 movement.
The Ethiopian government allegedly requested his extradition after he was arrested in Yemen last month.
European MEP Ana Gomes told the BBC the UK needed to use its political leverage to ensure his release.
The Ethiopian government has not commented on the alleged extradition.
US-based Ginbot 7 spokesman Ephrem Madebo told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme that Mr Andargachew had been on his way from the United Arab Emirates to Eritrea when he was detained during a stopover at Sanaa airport.
Mr Ephrem said that he had spoken to Mr Andargachew's family who had been contacted by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Thursday.
British officials told the family that the Yemeni ambassador to the UK had informed them that Mr Andargachew had been handed over to Ethiopia, Mr Ephrem said.
In a statement the UK Foreign Office said it was aware that Mr Andargachew had been missing in Yemen since 24 June.
"Since then UK officials have pressed the Yemeni authorities at senior levels to establish his whereabouts, including meeting with the Yemeni ambassador in London this week," a Foreign Office spokesman said in a statement.
"We are aware of reports that he may now be in Ethiopia and we are urgently seeking confirmation from the relevant authorities given our deep concerns about the case. We are continuing to provide consular assistance to his family."
Ms Gomes, who led the European Union observer mission to Ethiopia during the 2005 elections, said she had written to UK Foreign Secretary William Hague about the case.
"If the British government is not complicit with this kidnapping and this rendition of Mr Andargachew Tsigue to the Ethiopian regime - [which] will obviously torture him, accuse him of all sorts of things and eventually kill him - then the British government has to get immediately the release of Mr Andargachew," she told BBC Focus on Africa.
"If there is a country that is extremely influential in Ethiopia, it is Britain - it's a major donor and it's a major political backer of the regime in Ethiopia."
Mr Ephrem said that the UK government should have intervened in the case earlier.
"The UK government looks like a collaborator because the UK government never acted," he said, adding that it was ridiculous to consider Mr Andergachew a terrorist.
"To the Ethiopian government even bloggers are terrorists [and] journalists are terrorists," he said.
Ginbot 7 (15 May) was named after the date of the 2005 elections, which were marred by protests over alleged fraud that led to the deaths of about 200 people.
In 2009, the year before the last elections, Mr Andergachew was among a group of Ginbot 7 leaders sentenced to death in absentia for planning to assassinate government officials; they denied the charges.
There has been criticism by players of some Six Nations referees only being able to speak in English.
However, Barnes, 37, says RFU officials "want to be better communicators".
"We are not just training and reviewing, we are actually doing some French lessons as a group," he told the BBC Rugby Union Weekly podcast.
One of the world's leading referees, Barnes has been taking charge of international matches since 2006.
And while he argues that speaking a range of languages fluently is unfeasible for a referee, he feels steps can be taken to improve communication.
"If you take the Six Nations and the Rugby Championship, there is English, Italian, French and Spanish - and you could put in Welsh on top of that - it's quite difficult to cover them all," Barnes added.
"I try to use my French as much as I can, but I have had French captains ask me to speak in English because they will understand me better.
"The best referees can communicate with a nod and a wink, or one crisp, clear line - you don't have to go into too much detail."
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Wright believes 33-year-old Bravo, who has replaced England's Joe Hart at City, should have been punished for a second-half challenge on Wayne Rooney.
"It's is a penalty. His studs are up," Wright told Match of the Day.
"He jumps in off the ground. He is out of control of his body. It is reckless. It wasn't given and he was lucky."
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Bravo was signed for £15.4m this summer which signalled Hart's departure to Italian club Torino on loan.
But Bravo, making his debut against United, was also at fault when he dropped a free-kick with City leading 2-0, which allowed United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score.
"The way Joe Hart was jettisoned from the squad, I'm thinking Claudio Bravo must be unbelievable," said Wright.
"He has to catch it or punch it and doesn't do either. The communication has to get better. For me, that is terrible."
He added: "I fancy City for the league this season but with him in goal, especially off today's showing, he's going to give people a chance."
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Mark Thomas, 54, from Swansea, has been shortlisted for the theme tune to the transatlantic comedy series Episodes.
Mr Thomas, who won a Bafta for his score of cult film Twin Town, is competing against dramas including The Borgias, The Kennedys and Camelot.
The Somerset-based composer said: "I'm going there to enjoy the moment."
Mr Thomas left for Los Angeles on Thursday for the ceremony on Saturday, where he was nominated in the Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music category in the creative arts section of the Emmys.
From Penclawdd on the Gower peninsula, he is a trained classical violinist who studied music at Cardiff University.
He has worked as a freelance violinist for the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Ballet Orchestra and has worked on film scores - including three James Bond films - with composers such as John Barry, Jerry Goldsmith and Michael Kamen.
Episodes stars British comedy actors Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig as a script-writing husband and wife team who try to develop a US version of their successful sit-com and have Le Blanc forced on them as the main character.
Mr Thomas said he plumped for a typewriter-based theme tune after one of the show's executive producers, Jimmy Mulville, described how the opening credits would show paper being blown from a typewriter in a London office across the Atlantic and America before being shot down in to a "Hockneyesque" Hollywood swimming pool.
He said: "The imagery of it was the typewriter. There are many people who still use typewriters, so I'm told.
"I did try more modern typing sounds but they were kind of characterless, whereas with a typewriter there is more variety, a palette of sounds that are more akin to an organic percussion instrument than a modern word processor.
"It's a relatively simple piece of music in terms of its ingredients but it seemed to work."
Episodes is the only comedy programme to be nominated in title music category for the 63rd Emmy Awards.
The show also has two nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards held a week later.
Former Friends star Le Blanc is in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category for his depiction of himself, while writers David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik are also shortlisted for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.
Mr Thomas, who now lives and works in Somerset, said he was pleased to be returning to Hollywood, where he has worked, as a nominee.
He said: "I'm not expecting to win but I'm very proud of be nominated in the category and proud to be maybe one of the few Welsh composers to have been nominated in this category.
"If you can win something for Wales, it's a good think. To be included in such a prestigious group of nominees is enough in itself."
* The Emmy was won by Trevor Morris for his theme for the series The Borgias.
The demonstration in Balcombe is now in its 10th day but energy firm Cuadrilla began drilling at the site on Friday after being held up by the protests.
Campaigners fear the test drilling could lead to hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.
More than 100 Balcombe residents walked from the village to the protest site.
Helen Savage said: "Local villagers wanted to meet the protesters.
"Overwhelmingly we are against fracking and it is important to get our views across.
"We want our land to remain frack-free."
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It was billed not as a protest march but as a weekend stroll.
One of the villagers said that Balcombe was typically middle England. They even sang their own version of 'Jerusalem' as they walked down to the protest site.
One villager joked that all that was missing was the cream and scones.
There are some voices raised against the semi-professional protesters on their doorstep. But the villagers who marched today say 85% of Balcombe's population of roughly 2,000 are against fracking - even though the drilling at the moment is conventional and exploratory.
Most of them say they are not "Nimbys" - they say there's no justification for fracking anywhere in the UK.
There have been no arrests on the site so far on Saturday, and the BBC's Andy Moore described the mood on site as "good natured".
Charles Metcalfe, a TV wine expert who lives in the village, has formed the No Fracking in Balcombe Society with his wife.
He said: "As far as I'm concerned, I'm a Sussex resident who thinks this is a poisonous process which will do us a lot of harm and not a lot of financial good."
A survey carried out by No Fibs claimed 85% of local people were opposed to Cuadrilla's operation in the village.
Katy Dunne, who lives in Balcombe and organised the survey, said: "We spoke to every household in the village and the overwhelming majority of people who live in Balcombe don't want fracking.
"We've done petitions, over 800 of us responded to the Environment Agency's consultation, the parish council has come out against and now we can say with confidence that the residents don't want it.
"We've been backed into a corner and we now feel we have no option but to take matters into own own hands and protect our village."
Vanessa Vine, from Frack Free Sussex, said any future fracking would be "a violation of our geology that could threaten our water, fresh air and our children".
Friends of the Earth spokeswoman Brenda Pollack said: "It threatens their environment and quality of life and will mean more climate-changing emissions are pumped into the atmosphere.
"And there's plenty of evidence that it won't lead to cheaper fuel bills."
On Friday, two protesters were arrested on suspicion of assaulting police.
Sussex Police said an officer was punched and kicked by a woman who claimed she was 14, but turned out to be a 19-year-old from Portsmouth.
A 22-year-old man from Bexhill was also arrested after a police officer was hit in the face with a placard, officers said.
Six people were arrested on Thursday after protesters blocked the site entrance with an antique fire engine.
More than 30 people have been arrested since last Friday, mainly on suspicion of obstructing deliveries, including the daughter of Kinks star Ray Davies and Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde, Natalie Hynde.
The 30-year-old glued herself to her boyfriend, veteran environmental activist Simon "Sitting Bull" Medhurst, 55, to form a "human lock" at the site entrance on Wednesday.
Cuadrilla said drilling started at 11:15 BST on Friday. Spokesman Matt Lambert said: "We have had a significant amount of disruption from protesters and the police have been dealing with that in the proper way.
"They have a perfect right to make their point of view known."
The firm has said it would need fresh permission to carry out fracking.
The SEC, which oversees US financial markets, was forced to investigate when it found out that staff were not encrypting sensitive data.
It feared that data had gone missing after realising unencrypted laptops were taken to a hacker conference.
The probe suggested no data had been lost as a result of the mistake.
The unprotected computers at the heart of the investigation were being used by staff in the SEC's Trading and Markets Division, Reuters reported.
One of the responsibilities of that division is advising US financial exchanges about dangers from hackers and ensuring they follow guidelines to steer clear of cyberthreats.
The employees were found to be flouting standard procedure within the SEC that demands that data on laptops be encrypted to protect it in the event of that device being lost or stolen. The laptops contained sensitive information about the inner workings of many US financial markets.
To compound the mistake, the unprotected laptops were taken when some SEC staff travelled to the Black Hat convention which gathers security hackers together to talk about the latest security threats.
The $200,000 bill was run up as the SEC paid a security firm to carry out forensic tests to ensure that the data had not been tampered with or booby-trapped.
The report into the security lapse was co-ordinated by the Jon Rymer, the SEC's interim inspector general. The SEC has declined to comment on Reuter's findings.
The FTSE 100 rose 116.68 points to 5,824.28, after a 3% gain on Friday.
Household products maker Reckitt Benckiser was one of the top risers, up 6.8%, after posting better-than-expected annual results.
That increase gave the firm's share price its biggest one-day rise since October 2013.
Bernstein analyst Andrew Wood said: "These were a phenomenal set of results. RB blew away consensus on every major metric."
British Airways owner IAG was another top riser, adding 5.2% to 504.5p.
Mining companies led the fallers, with Fresnillo shedding 2.6% and Randgold Resources slipping 2%.
Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy at AMP Capital Investors in Sydney, said: "Shares have become oversold again and due for at least a bounce which may now be getting under way. But with global growth worries remaining, it's still premature to say that shares have bottomed."
The FTSE was still 7% lower than it was at the start of the year and about a fifth below last April's record high despite a rebound over the last two sessions.
Share markets in Frankfurt and Paris also enjoyed strong rises on Monday, adding 2.7% and 3% respectively.
After double-digit rises on Friday, Brent crude rose a further 0.8% to $33.64, while US light crude was up 1.3% to $29.81.
On the currency markets, the pound was up 0.55% against the euro at €1.2953, but 0.43% lower against the dollar at $1.4442.
It could mean predictable results in the first of six match days as 52 teams across 13 groups begin their quest to reach the tournament in Gabon.
Fifteen places are up for grabs - with hosts Gabon already given one automatic place and involved in the qualifiers only in a non-competitive capacity.
Three of the teams looking to book their place will have extra incentive to book their place - Morocco, Tunisia and The Gambia were given reprieves having been excluded by the Confederation of African Football for various misdemeanours.
Morocco had been punished for failing to host the 2015 Nations Cup because of their fears over Ebola, Tunisia had been banned for their behaviour during the tournament, while The Gambia had been suspended for fielding over-age players.
Tunisia got off to the perfect start on Friday, the former African champions were 8-1 winners over Djibouti, the third lowest ranked national football team in the world and 178 places behind the North Africans.
Also on Friday Morocco beat Libya 1-0, while Guinea suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Swaziland - the match played in Casablanca because Guinea are banned from competing at home over the threat of Ebola in their country.
Record seven-time African champions Egypt, who failed to qualify from the 2015 finals in Equatorial Guinea, host Tanzania near Alexandria.
New Argentina-born coach Hector Cuper insists he will not underestimate the east Africans, whose build-up included losses to Swaziland, Madagascar, Lesotho and Rwanda.
"I respect all our opponents equally and my aim is book the automatic place for the finals," he said.
The Gambia travel to South Africa, hoping Bafana Bafana have not yet recovered from failing to win any of their matches in Equatorial Guinea.
South Africa coach Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba has even warned that the west Africans could prove a "banana skin".
And recently appointed Senegal coach Aliou Cisse, whose side will face Burundi, says 'favourites' in football matches are a figment of journalists' imaginations.
"Favourites belong in newspapers," he said, scornfully dismissing the popular term as he announced a squad to play Burundi in Dakar.
However, Algeria at home to the Seychelles is another fixture that has a home victory and a glut of goals written all over it.
One hundred and sixty six places divide them on the world rankings and while Algeria are regular Nations Cup tournament participants, Seychelles have never come close to qualifying.
Seychelles coach Ulrich Mathiot admits his team are likely to defend with 10 men for most of the match in Blida, south of Algiers.
"We have no choice," he conceded. "All-out attack would be suicidal against Algeria, a great team with great individual footballers."
Ghana, runners-up to the Ivory Coast in the 2015 Cup of Nations last February, and three-time champions Nigeria are other countries facing countries ranked far lower.
Mauritius go to Accra with goalkeeper Kevin Jean-Louis in excellent form, but there is no evidence to suggest they can bridge a 142-place gap in the rankings.
Arch-predator Asamoah Gyan has recovered from injury to lead the Ghana attack, although injured creator Andre Ayew misses out.
There is considerable excitement among Ghanaians over Bernard Mensah, a 20-year-old midfielder with a venomous shot who plays in Portugal and is reportedly being watched by Manchester United.
Burkina Faso, four-time title-holders Cameroon and shock 2012 champions Zambia all need to erase bad memories of Equatorial Guinea as they propped up standings.
All start with home games and should collect maximum points as Burkina Faso play the Comoros Islands, Cameroon meet Mauritania and Zambia face Guinea-Bissau.
Democratic Republic of Congo, the surprise 2015 bronze medalists, start in Kinshasa against Madagascar, a side boasting a prolific scorer in Sarivahy Vombola but a suspect defence.
Reigning champions Ivory Coast have a bye in the only three-team group and visit automatic qualifiers Gabon for a friendly minus injured talisman and record four-time African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure.
All but two countries, Eritrea and Somalia, have entered the preliminaries of the competition in a record turnout for the Nations Cup, with 26 qualifiers taking place this weekend.
The winner of each of the 13 groups will qualify for the finals plus the two best runners-up and 2017 hosts Gabon.
Gary Timoney had parked the Mercedes estate near a CCTV camera before a failed Glasgow petrol station robbery where he had appeared to have a gun.
He had later made off with £6,296 from a bank in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.
The 41-year-old was given a four and half year jail sentence after pleading guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh.
The court heard how police discovered the only car matching the description, registered in Glasgow, belonged to Timoney.
Further checks showed images of him on Facebook with pictures of the car.
Timoney, from Ryehill Road, Barmulloch in Glasgow, had gone to Balmore petrol station on 2 August and exposed the handle of what appeared to be a handgun.
One of the staff pressed a panic alarm prompting him to leave.
Five hours later he went to the Royal Bank of Scotland in Stonelaw Road and made demands for money.
He had warned staff: "Don't do anything stupid, don't press any buttons."
He told one of the bank tellers: "I'm so sorry, it's a desperate time. Let me see your hands. Don't do anything silly, it's not worth your life."
Lord Boyd of Duncansby said that he accepted that it was an imitation firearm involved in the attempted robbery at the petrol station.
The judge said testimonials suggested the offences were out of character and that they were driven by drug debt.
They were received by both the emergency 999 number and the non-emergency 101 line, police said.
Cumbria Police said nuisance calls can prevent people getting an urgent response.
The campaign will inform people of the best ways to contact the police without causing a demand on services.
"We are going to ask people to really think before they pick up the phone.
"We get many people calling us to ask for the number of a taxi firm or to ask directions, and we even recently had a caller ask what temperature they should put the oven on to cook a chicken.
"This may seem amusing, but it could have prevented us from speaking to someone who required an urgent response," Ch Supt Steve Johnson said.
The 22-year-old was recalled by City on Monday from his loan spell at Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen.
The Wales Under-21 international spent three months on loan with the Cod Army last season where he scored five goals.
"It's been a long process on getting the deal done and over the line," he told the club website.
"It's good to be able to concentrate on this and hopefully reach the form I showed last season."
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Strauss takes over from club-mate Ryan Wilson, a late replacement for David Denton in the 36-20 win over Italy.
Wilson drops to the bench, with Denton out of the match-day 23.
The other change sees Dunbar take over from fellow Warrior Mark Bennett, who is dropped, with Duncan Taylor moving from inside to outside centre.
Dunbar, 25, won the last of his 14 caps against Italy in last year's Six Nations before rupturing his knee ligaments in training.
He missed the World Cup and two further injury setbacks recently delayed his return to Test duty until he was recalled to the squad this week.
Taylor's strong showings since coming into the side against Wales mean Bennett - who was sent back to play for Glasgow last week - is the one to miss out.
"I think Duncan Taylor has played very well for us," said head coach Vern Cotter. "We're hoping that the change will pose them a few headaches to prepare for us.
"Alex hasn't played for a year and he is very, very keen and will bring the qualities that he has. It will change the way we look and change the way we play."
South Africa-born Strauss, 29, will start only his third Test for Scotland, and his first in the Six Nations, after becoming eligible just before last autumn's World Cup.
He was drafted onto the bench in Rome in the wake of Wilson's promotion to the starting line-up and impressed in a late 12-minute cameo, having played 75 minutes for Glasgow two days earlier.
"Ryan [Wilson] finished the game with a badly sprained ankle," explained Cotter. "Josh was fully fit and able to prepare over the last two weeks.
"He provides a different profile, probably a bit more carry and a bit more presence and power in the game.
"We want to start well against the French and if we can keep the ball from them and stop them accessing the game then that would be good."
Scotland are aiming for a first home Six Nations victory for three years, a run stretching back seven matches since a 12-8 victory over Ireland in February 2013.
They are also targeting a first win over France in a decade, their last victory a 20-16 victory at Murrayfield in 2006.
Scotland team: Stuart Hogg; Tommy Seymour (both Glasgow), Duncan Taylor (Saracens), Alex Dunbar (Glasgow), Tim Visser (Harlequins); Finn Russell (Glasgow), Greig Laidlaw (Gloucester, capt); Al Dickinson, Ross Ford, Willem Nel (all Edinburgh); Richie Gray (Castres); Jonny Gray (Glasgow); John Barclay (Scarlets), John Hardie (Edinburgh), Josh Strauss (Glasgow).
Replacements: Stuart McInally, Rory Sutherland (both Edinburgh), Moray Low (Exeter), Tim Swinson, Ryan Wilson (both Glasgow), Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh), Peter Horne, Sean Lamont (both Glasgow).
Officials in south-eastern Minas Gerais state say one person is confirmed dead. But there are reports that up to 16 have died and others are missing.
Rivers of thick red mud surged down the valleys of the hilly area outside the old colonial city of Mariana.
It engulfed cars and lorries, and destroyed homes.
Authorities in Mariana said the dam had ruptured on Thursday afternoon and sent torrents of mud and debris into the small town of Bento Rodrigues, about 7km (four miles) away.
The BBC's Julia Dias Carneiro in Rio de Janeiro said the area affected is home to about 500 people.
The rescue operation has been hampered by fears of landslides but helicopters have taken several stranded people to safety, she adds.
Authorities have warned that the water mixed with residue from mining operations could be toxic.
A spokesman for the Samarco mining company, which owns the dam, said the cause of the breach was not yet known.
1 February 2017 Last updated at 16:25 GMT
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A report posted on the website of the Nato-led Isaf force had claimed that there had been a 7% drop in Taliban attacks in 2012.
However, after being queried the figure was removed from the site.
The error is likely to embarrass Isaf which has been insisting the militants are in decline, correspondents say.
The Associated Press news agency reports that it inquired about the missing figures when they were taken down from Isaf's site without explanation.
Isaf spokeswoman Erin Stattel told the BBC that "during a quality control check, Isaf recently became aware that some data was incorrectly entered into the database that is used for tracking security-related incidents across Afghanistan.
"This was a record-keeping error that we recognised and have now corrected."
The correction shows no change in the number of attacks during the period concerned.
"In spite of this data adjustment, our assessment of the fundamentals of campaign progress has not changed," Ms Stattel went on. "The enemy is increasingly separated from the population and the ANSF [Afghan National Security Force] are currently in the lead for the vast majority of partnered operations."
US and Western officials have often pointed to decreasing violence in Afghanistan as a sign that Isaf's mission is meeting with success.
Earlier this month the outgoing commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, Gen John Allen, insisted the alliance is on the road to winning the war.
But correspondents say the Taliban are a long way from being defeated. They still mount regular attacks with devastating effect and are in de facto control of many parts of the country.
Most foreign troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014 and hand over responsibility for security to Afghan forces, but serious questions have been raised over whether they will have developed sufficient capability for the task.
PSG's all-time top scorer is leaving the club this summer and after 10 minutes the game with Nantes was halted while fans applauded their number 10.
By scoring twice, he broke another club record - for most goals by a PSG player in a league season, with 38.
He chested in an opener, and headed home to make it 4-0 late on.
His 89th-minute goal saw him overtake Carlos Bianchi's 37-goal league haul of 1977-78.
The 34-year-old Swede has scored 154 goals in 179 appearances in his four years in France. Next Saturday's French Cup final against Marseille will be his final game for the club.
PSG have won Ligue 1 in each season Ibrahimovic has been at the club, with the veteran - who has been linked with a move to LA Galaxy - winning the golden boot three times.
His 38 goals in 31 league games this season saw him finish 17 goals above second-placed Alexandre Lacazette of Lyon.
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Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 4, Nantes 0.
Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 4, Nantes 0.
Attempt missed. Johan Audel (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ermir Lenjani with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Marquinhos.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic went off injured after Paris Saint Germain had used all subs.
Delay in match (Nantes).
Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Nantes 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Javier Pastore.
Attempt missed. Ermir Lenjani (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya.
Attempt missed. Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Johan Audel.
Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Ángel Di María tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Javier Pastore with a through ball.
Substitution, Nantes. Valentin Rongier replaces Rémi Gomis.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Maxime Dupé.
Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Javier Pastore.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Maxime Dupé.
Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Guillaume Gillet (Nantes).
Attempt saved. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Attempt missed. Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Maxime Dupé.
Attempt saved. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
Corner, Nantes. Conceded by David Luiz.
Attempt missed. David Luiz (Paris Saint Germain) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right following a corner.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. David Luiz replaces Gregory Van der Wiel.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Edinson Cavani replaces Lucas Moura.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Koffi Djidji.
Substitution, Nantes. Enock Kwateng replaces Léo Dubois.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi replaces Adrien Rabiot.
Foul by Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain).
Youssouf Sabaly (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Ermir Lenjani (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain).
Léo Dubois (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Moura.
Attempt missed. Guillaume Gillet (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Koffi Djidji.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Koffi Djidji.
The book, Becoming Steve Jobs, excerpts of which have been published online, throws light on life inside Apple as it grew into one of the world's most powerful technology companies.
It also charts the relationship between Mr Cook and Mr Jobs.
According to the book, Mr Jobs angrily turned down Mr Cook's offer.
In 2004, Mr Jobs announced that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer and by 2009, the Apple chief executive was very ill, unable to come into the office and waiting for a liver transplant.
Mr Cook regularly visited Mr Jobs at home and after one visit he "left the house feeling so upset that he had his own blood tested", according to excerpts published by Fast Company executive editor Rick Tetzeli, who co-authored the book.
Fellow author Brent Schlender is a journalist who interviewed Mr Jobs several times throughout his life.
Mr Cook found out that he, like Steve Jobs, had a rare blood type, and guessed that it might be the same.
According to the book, he went through a series of tests and discovered that a partial liver transplant was feasible.
But when he shared the news with Mr Jobs, the dying Apple boss reacted angrily, according to the book.
"He cut me off at the legs, almost before the words were out of my mouth," an excerpt says.
"'No," he said. 'I'll never let you do that. I'll never do that.'"
"Steve only yelled at me four or five times during the 13 years I knew him, and this was one of them," Mr Cook added.
Mr Jobs did go on to have a liver transplant, in March 2009.
He resigned as Apple chief executive in August 2011 and died in October at the age of 56.
The book also reveals that Mr Jobs contemplated buying Yahoo as a way for Apple to get into the search business.
But parts of it contradict an earlier biography written by Walter Isaacson. In that book Mr Isaacson claims that Apple was contemplating creating a television - but according to Becoming Steve Jobs, the Apple founder had little interest in this.
He tells Apple designer Jony Ive in the book: "I just don't like television. Apple will never make a TV again."
It's much shorter, with the key text of the actual agreement running to just 14 pages - the number of square brackets, indicating areas of disagreement, has reduced significantly to around 300 from more than 900.
But the deal is far from done. Here's my guide to the five key questions that still need to be answered if the Paris deal is to live up to the hype.
You would think that this late in the game, people would have a clear idea about the purpose of the agreement. Alas not quite. There is still a significant question over whether the deal will look to limit warming to 1.5 degrees or 2 degrees C.
It mightn't seem like much of a difference but it's hugely important for island states and very vulnerable countries. For several years the idea of having 1.5 in the text was seen as just a platitude to these nations. But when the national plans for climate action, submitted by more than 180 countries were submitted, they added up to warming of around 2.7 degrees.
This has prompted negotiators here to re-visit the idea of 1.5 and it has gathered some political momentum. But expect the final text to "accommodate" the idea, rather than commit people to achieving it. If it was the goal of a legally binding treaty and temperatures went above this level, small island states might seek redress through the courts.
Whether the target is 1.5 or 2 degrees, the world's use of fossil fuels will need to be reduced. In the text right now, the undecided question is how much of a reduction and by what date.
One option asks for specific amounts of carbon cuts (70-95% of 2010 levels by 2050) or alternatively, a "long term global low emissions [transformation toward [climate neutrality][decarbonisation]. The square brackets mean the words are not agreed.
Some scientists say that more effort and more clarity are needed.
"The mention of the necessity to achieve net zero carbon is great as that's essential to limit the warming at any level," said Prof Corinne Le Quere from the University of East Anglia.
"Still it is only an optional text at this point, and could be replaced by a far more nebulous 'climate neutrality'.
COP President Laurent Fabius highlighted the lack of progress on finance - and everyone knows that this is one of the most intractable issues.
In the current text it takes up more than one page of the 14-page agreement. While rich nations have promised $100bn a year from 2020 and are on course to meet that target, the issue is actually much broader.
Developing countries want more money from 2020 and they want more of it in the form of grants rather than loans. But there are other key questions, such as what that money should be spent on (should more of it go on helping countries to adapt or helping them to greener energy sources?) and how the money will be tracked and measured.
Observers believe that getting the money right will unlock the door to the deal.
"Countries are looking for that fuel in the system, the finance and investment to achieve their ambitions," said David Waskow from the World Resources Institute.
"Finance is one of the key spurs to having an upward cycle in the negotiation dynamic that will help unlock a high ambition deal."
If money is a key, then what's termed transparency in these talks is one of the locks. Transparency means a method of measuring, reporting and verifying that countries are doing what they commit to do. Right now there are quite a few options and the text almost runs to two pages.
Related to the issue of transparency is a global stock take and review of what countries are doing. In the text right now this is pencilled in for 2023/4 and every five years after that.
The outcome of the stock take shall inform and guide the future carbon cutting plans of the parties. Many countries feel that this is both too late and too lax.
It may seem trite but this is one of the most crucial questions. Many of the 40,000 plus people involved here have been following the process for decades. After so many false dawns and the desperate disappointment of Copenhagen in 2009, there is tremendous war weariness and an almost pathological desire to get to the finish line.
This desire for an end has combined well with a strict approach to time adopted by the French as well as significant political pressure for a deal from a whole host of political leaders. The hosts seem determined to get it all done by close of play on Friday. So far it seems to be working.
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Andrew Young, 40, suffered a head injury and died in hospital after the assault in Bournemouth in 2013.
Lewis Gill, of Sutton, south London, admitted manslaughter and was jailed at Salisbury Crown Court on Friday.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said the attorney general was considering seeking a longer sentence.
He called it a "repugnant crime", adding: "I think most of the public will feel justice hasn't been done."
"In a case where [the attorney general] judges the sentence to be too lenient, he can go back to the courts and seek a longer sentence," Mr Grayling said.
"He may choose to do this in that case."
Dorset Police described the killing outside a Tesco Express store in Charminster Road as a "violent attack on an innocent man".
CCTV showed Mr Young, who had Asperger's syndrome - a form of autism - apparently challenging Gill's friend, who was cycling on the pavement.
Moments later, Gill, 20, who was walking along behind, was shown punching Mr Young in the face.
Mr Young fell backwards and hit his head on the ground.
Conservative MP David Davies told the Daily Mail it was an "outrageously lean sentence".
"In two years he will be out walking the streets after taking somebody's life," he said.
"He has attacked someone unprovoked and should be properly punished.
"People need to realise if you punch someone like that, and they fall backward, they can die."
Gill, who carried out the assault on 6 November, had an extra six months added to his sentence after admitting an unrelated charge of handling stolen goods and breaching a suspended sentence order.
Neither of the destinations has been served from Northern Ireland for a number of years.
Speaking in Belfast, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary also announced five other European routes would run from Aldergrove later this year.
They are Malaga, Alicante, Krakow, Tenerife and Lanzorote.
The airline had previously announced the hub would open later this month with services to Gatwick.
Belfast International chief executive Graham Keddie said the Berlin route "fulfils a major ambition".
The Northern Ireland tourism sector has been pushing for a direct link because of the growth potential for visitors from Germany.
Mr Keddie added: "This new route network comes at no cost to the taxpayer or support from the government."
Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell said the Ryanair announcement is "fantastic news," adding some of the routes will help Northern Ireland grow tourism.
He also remained hopeful about establishing an air route development fund to help expansion at Northern Ireland airports.
"There is a pot of money I am looking at and I hope to announce our plans before the end of this financial year," he said.
The Kiwis posted a total of 283-9 from their 50 overs, with Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson making half-centuries.
Rain in the interval restricted England's innings, and they quickly stumbled to 45-5.
But Jonny Bairstow's unbeaten 83 led the hosts to a victory over the World Cup runners-up with an over to spare.
The sides now meet again on Tuesday in a Twenty20 international at Old Trafford, which is England's final outing before the first Ashes Test in Cardiff on 8 July.
But before England turn their attentions to Australia, they can look back at a remarkable transformation in their one-day fortunes, after a disastrous period which culminated in their failure to get out of the group stages at World Cup just three months ago.
This game, which sealed a first home ODI series win for England since 2012, lacked the explosiveness, and runs, of the previous four in the series, but was not short on drama as England at one stage needed 54 off 35 balls with three wickets remaining.
Captain Eoin Morgan has tried to epitomise a new, attacking mentality for England, but his first-ball duck, finding the hands of Guptill with an attempted slog, summed up his side's struggles early on in their innings to chase down a target formulated by the Duckworth-Lewis method.
There was also a memorable moment for New Zealand debutant Andrew Mathieson, who has played just 19 first-class matches and has been representing Sidmouth in the Devon League, when he had Jason Roy caught with his first ball in international cricket.
But it took an 80-run sixth-wicket stand from Sam Billings, who contributed 41 from 40 balls, and Bairstow to spark England into life.
Bairstow, only in the side because of a hand injury to Jos Buttler, was in a destructive mood, crashing 11 fours on his way to a first one-day international half-century. He received support from Yorkshire team-mate Adil Rashid, who scored 12, to get over the line.
However, it was Rashid's bowling earlier in the day that may have piqued the interest of England's selectors ahead of the Ashes.
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Sheffield City Council contractors began removing eight trees in Rustlings Road at about 05:00 GMT on Thursday.
An independent report found no "arboricultural reason" to remove seven of the trees.
A councillor said removing the trees would save £50,000 needed to repair pavements which he claimed they were damaging.
Bryan Lodge, the council's cabinet member for environment, said: "I think this is the right decision to tackle these trees now and not leave it for the future."
The felling by the council's contractor Amey was carried out early in the morning on the advice of police and to "keep it as low-key as we could", he said.
The £50,000 estimated cost of carrying out remedial work to tree-damaged pavements and kerbs in the street was "not viable", he added.
The council said the work needed to be done as part of the £2bn Streets Ahead scheme to get rid of diseased, damaging or dangerous trees.
Residents in Rustling Road said the trees were healthy and should remain.
The Independent Tree Panel's report on Rustling Road was written in July and posted online about the time work started to remove the trees.
It said seven of the trees were "in good condition with good life expectancy" although some were causing damage to kerbs and pavements.
Three protestors were arrested on suspicion of preventing lawful work but were later released without charge.
Cllr Hodge said he would "rather people had walked away" than be arrested over the tree-felling, although he admired the protestors' passion.
Jenny Hockey, a retired sociology lecturer, was one of those arrested and said she was held in a cell for eight hours.
She was fast asleep at her house in Rustling Road when somebody "hammered on the door" and she saw two police officers.
She said: "You assume something horrific has happened.
"Out in the road it was the full works, police everywhere."
In April a High Court judge dismissed a bid for a judicial review into the tree-felling programme.
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Noriega recently underwent an operation after suffering a haemorrhage following brain surgery.
Noriega had been a key US ally but was forcibly removed when American troops invaded in 1989 and was later jailed in the US on drugs and laundering charges.
He spent the rest of his life in custody, latterly in Panama for murder, corruption and embezzlement.
But the former leader was released into house arrest in January to prepare for an operation in early March to remove a brain tumour.
He underwent further surgery after cerebral bleeding but died late on Monday local time in Panama City's Santo Tomas hospital, Secretary of State for Communication Manuel Dominguez announced.
President Juan Carlos Varela tweeted: "The death of Manuel A Noriega closes a chapter in our history; his daughters and relatives deserve a funeral in peace."
Although he was never elected to office, Noriega became the de facto leader of Panama, serving a six-year tenure as military governor in the 1980s.
A strong supporter of the United States, he became a key ally in Washington's attempts to battle the influence of communism in central America.
But the US tired of his increasingly repressive role internally in Panama, and there were indications he was selling his services to other intelligence bodies, not to mention drug-trafficking organisations.
Noriega was indicted in a US federal court on drug-trafficking charges in 1988 and, after US observers declared he had stolen the 1989 election, President George HW Bush launched the "Operation Just Cause" invasion, sending in nearly 28,000 troops.
Noriega sought refuge in the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Panama City.
US troops flushed him out by playing deafening pop and heavy metal music non-stop outside.
By 3 January 1990, Noriega surrendered and was flown to the US to face drug-trafficking, money-laundering and racketeering charges, serving 17 years in jail there.
While in prison he was convicted in absentia in France of money-laundering and sentenced to seven years. After the US extradited him to France, a court there approved a request from Panama in December 2010 to send him back home, where he was convicted again.
In an interview on Panamanian TV two years ago, Noriega read out a statement of apology.
He said: "I apologise to anyone who feels offended, affected, harmed or humiliated by my actions or those of my superiors whilst carrying out orders, or those of my subordinates, during the time of my civilian and military government."
A US Senate sub-committee once described Washington's relationship with Noriega as one of the United States' most serious foreign policy failures.
Two Palestinian survivors told the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) that the boat had been intentionally sunk by traffickers.
They said the boat had left Damietta in Egypt in early September.
The IOM says that more than 2,500 people are now believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean this year.
News of the sinking near Malta emerged as another vessel carrying 250 people sank off the coast of Libya.
Over 200 people are feared to have drowned in that incident.
IOM spokeswoman Christiane Berthiaume said that the two survivors from the Malta sinking were rescued on Thursday, the day after their boat sank.
They said traffickers rammed the boat after a "violent confrontation" on board. The IOM said there were nine known survivors in total.
The boat had been carrying Syrians, Palestinians, Egyptians and Sudanese, the survivors said.
The passengers, who included women and children, were reportedly told to move to a smaller, less safe boat. When they refused, the traffickers sank the larger vessel, the eyewitnesses said.
The Maltese authorities have not yet commented on the incident.
The UN says more than 130,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea this year, compared with 80,000 last year. Italy has received more than 118,000 migrants, the UN said.
Many attempt to cross from North Africa and the Middle East in unsafe and overcrowded vessels.
The UN's Andrej Mahecic told the BBC that more than half of those arriving by boat were refugees from Syria and Eritrea.
The seven-time Marine Harvest Premiership champions had not lost since the corresponding third week of the 2015 season, when they were defeated by Inveraray, who would eventually be relegated.
After the opening three games of the campaign, More now have only a 50% record and sit in fourth place, two points behind local rivals Kingussie, who won 2-0 at home to Glenurquhart.
In the only other Premiership game to survive the weather, Lovat collected their first points with a 4-2 win at Balgate over newly-promoted Kilmallie.
Skye went top of the National Division with a 3-1 away win over Oban Celtic.
Andrew McCuish got Oban Camanachd's opener after 18 minutes, then Lorn Dickie made it 2-0 before the half-hour. And it remained that way until midway through the second half, when Newtonmore talisman Glen MacKintosh pulled one back.
This was as much as the champions could muster, with a Andy MacKintosh red card hindering their cause. Newtonmore have now dropped three points in their first three games, compared with just four during the previous two complete seasons.
Unbeaten Kingussie and Glenurquhart met at The Dell, and it looked as both sides would preserve their successful starts to the season when the game entered its final quarter still goalless.
However, Ryan Borthwick and Roddy Young got the goals which sent Kingussie, who were in a relegation play-off two seasons ago, to the top of the table.
In Kiltarlity, Kilmallie looked to be on easy street Ryan Stewart, then Mark Graham gave the Lochaber side a 2-0 lead over Lovat. But Graham's strike seemed to galvanise their opponents, and Greg Matheson had them level within six minutes before Lorne MacKay put the home club ahead before half time.
MacKay's second, midway through the second period, then put the game beyond Kilmallie and prevented Lovat from suffering a third straight defeat.
Skye took advantage of being in the only National Division game to survive waterlogging, going top of the table with their 3-1 success over newcomers Oban Celtic.
An Iain MacLellan hat-trick which included a first-half double did the trick for Skye, while Celtic's consolation from Neil Carmichael came too late at 3-0.
Thomas Docherty, new MP for Dunfermline and West Fife, raised a point of order suggesting several MPs had been spotted wearing denim in the House.
Later he told the BBC the point had been "semi-serious" but some women MPs had been "rocking up in a mixture of denim and knee length boots".
Deputy Speaker Dawn Primarolo said all MPs knew they should dress smartly.
MPs laughed as she suggested Mr Docherty speak to those concerned directly, adding "I'm sure they would welcome it".
Mr Docherty had raised the point that some MPs were wearing "such items as denim in the House of Commons and catching the Speaker's Eye" and, as a new MP, asked for guidance "as to what is an appropriate dress code for the mother of Parliaments?"
Ms Primarolo said it wasn't for the deputy Speaker to comment on MPs' "sartorial elegance" - but all MPs knew they should dress smartly. Mr Docherty suggested the dress code be circulated "so all members on both sides of the House so that we don't have dress down Thursday in future".
Later he said he had noticed a "handful" of female MPs on the Tory and Lib Dem benches - who sit opposite Labour MPs - wearing black denim, knee length boots and leather jackets.
He said MPs taking part in debates should dress in "what most people would regard as business attire" - although he added that those in the division lobbies sometimes turned up in gym kits, due to the short notice given for votes.
He said he was not looking for a "return to coat and tails" but had raised it as a "semi serious point about dress codes" as he had noticed more MPs were going "smart casual".
"If the Speaker allowed, for argument's sake, women to wear dark denims and then gentlemen rocked up in, as the Americans now often do, chinos and a sports jacket - would the Speaker pull them up?," he said.
"If we don't have a standard it will continue to gently drift," he said.
In 2002 Labour MP Kevin Brennan officially called for "dress down" Thursdays and took off his tie in the Commons chamber - only to be ticked off by then Speaker Michael Martin after Tory MP Michael Fabricant raised it in a own point of order.
A House of Commons spokesman said the dress rules for the Commons were actually quite vague.
The 2004 edition of Erskine May, the official parliamentary rule book, states: "Members are not permitted to wear decorations in the House. The wearing of military insignia or uniforms inside the chamber is not in accordance with the long-established custom of the House.
"The Speaker has also stated that it is the custom for gentlemen members to wear jackets and ties."
Parliament's own guidelines point out that the Speaker has "on a number of occasions, taken exception to informal clothing, including the non-wearing of jackets and ties by men".
Men are also not allowed to speak in the chamber while wearing a hat however, until 1998, MPs wishing to raise a point of order during a vote had to wear a hat - a collapsible top hat was kept in the chamber in case it was needed.
The former Rangers midfielder is one of several candidates the new manager has interviewed for the role.
"He's obviously clearly got a way he wants to play," Ferguson told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
"He plans training out. He decides on virtually everything from training, to the warm-up into the possession games."
Caixinha, who joined Rangers after leaving Qatari club Al-Gharafa earlier this month, spent time in Scotland previously on a coaching course.
But he said on his arrival at Ibrox that he would wish an assistant with local knowledge.
Ferguson, who resigned as Clyde manager in February, has been interviewed along with fellow former Rangers players Peter Lovenkrands, Alex Rae, Jonatan Johansson and John Brown.
"It was an interesting meeting because he's a foreign coach with his own ideas about the way he wants to play," he said.
"The meeting went fine, but I know there's about another four or five guys been in since, so I have not heard anything since last Wednesday."
The crash on Stockbridge Road involved a lorry and two motorbikes and happened shortly after 17:15 BST on Wednesday.
The 63-year-old biker from Southampton died at the scene.
Hampshire Constabulary said the lorry driver, a 57-year-old man from Tidworth, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following the crash.
He was later bailed pending further inquiries.
The second motorcyclist was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Officers have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
In 2003 Nick Newlife, from Oxfordshire, made a wager of £1,520, at odds of 66/1, that the Swiss tennis star would win seven Wimbledon titles by 2019.
Mr Newlife died in 2009 but had left the betting slip to Oxfam in his will.
Federer's defeat of Britain's Andy Murray in Sunday's Wimbledon final means the charity will now collect a payout from William Hill of £101,840.
Andrew Barton, from Oxfam, told
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that it had been a difficult match to watch because his loyalties were split.
"It's just so unfortunate that he nailed it against Andy Murray," he said.
"I was just sitting there watching the tennis and I kept finding myself calling for Murray, particularly in that long game in the third set.
"And then my head is telling me: Andrew, remember Oxfam gets the money if Federer wins."
Mr Newlife, from Tackley, who was 59 when he died, had written to William Hill requesting the bet in 2003.
Spokesman for the bookmaker Graham Sharpe has described the wager as "unique".
William Hill said it had already paid out £16,750 to Oxfam from another bet placed by Mr Newlife, of £250 at 66/1, that Federer would win 14 Grand Slam events.
The Swiss reached that mark at the 2009 French Open and is now a 17-time Grand Slam champion.
A draft statement leaked ahead of the meeting calls on countries to stop waving through migrants without the agreement of their neighbours.
Bottlenecks have formed, leaving thousands out in the cold at night.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who called the meeting, told German newspaper Bild: "Every day counts."
If no agreement is reached, he added, "we will soon see families in cold rivers in the Balkans perish miserably".
Leaders from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, are taking part in the summit.
The draft statement calls for the "gradual and controlled" movement of people through the migration route.
It also proposes to bolster EU patrols at Greece's borders and to send 400 extra guards to Slovenia.
Hungary announced it was closing its borders with Serbia and Croatia last weekend.
As a result, Slovenia saw 58,000 arrivals in the week leading up to Saturday, and many people are waiting in wet and cold conditions.
The Slovenian government has accused Croatia of deliberately dumping thousands of migrants on the border.
Croatia says it has no choice because Slovenia is allowing far less into the country than it should be.
Fears of Germany and Austria closing their own borders have led Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia to threaten to do so.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said the three countries would not "become buffer zones".
Slovenia's President Borut Pahor said on his Facebook page, Mr Pahor said the success of Sunday's summit would be measured partly on whether stricter controls are implemented to stop migrants travelling from Turkey to Greece.
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said such controls were the only solution. "Everything else is a waste of time," he said.
The International Organization for Migration said that more than 9,000 migrants arrived in Greece every day last week - the highest rate so far this year.
Most of the migrants - including many refugees from the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan - want to reach Germany to claim asylum.
Germany says it expects to take in 800,000 asylum seekers this year.
Ms Villiers sent letters to relatives of the 12 people killed in the La Mon bombing in 1978 and relatives of 11 people who died in Ballymurphy in 1971.
The secretary of state said she did not believe reviews would uncover evidence not already in the public domain.
She said she knew this was not what the families wanted to hear.
Ten people were shot dead by the parachute regiment in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, in August 1971, while an 11th person died of a heart attack after allegedly confronting soldiers.
Twelve members of the Irish Collie Club were killed in the La Mon House Hotel in 1978 in an IRA firebomb attack.
Relatives wanted a review of the police investigation into the bombing.
Regarding her statement about Ballymurphy, Ms Villiers said: "In reaching this decision, I have sought to balance the strong and clear views of the families with the need to ensure that existing legal mechanisms can continue to carry out their functions without being impeded by an additional process."
Speaking about La Mon she said: "I understand that this is not the decision they were hoping for, but I do not believe that an independent review would reveal new evidence or reach a different conclusion from the investigations that have already taken place."
Andrea Nelson was 14 when her parents Paul and Dorothy were murdered in the La Mon bomb.
She said she wanted justice for them.
"Ideally it would be good if people could be brought to court in Northern Ireland - why don't we have the justice that we deserve?" she said.
"That might not be possible, there might not be the level of evidence, but to simply say there's not going to be that further investigation is a slap in the face for victims of that night.
"To say that we're not important enough to have that level of scrutiny that other families have had from other atrocities, just makes us believe that we are the forgotten victims, the La Mon victims, and that we've simply been put in the 'far too difficult to do box'."
In a statement, the Ballymurphy families said they were "shocked and outraged" at the government's response.
"We have led our campaign for truth and justice in a dignified but determined manner and deserve the opportunity to have the innocence of our loved ones proven," they said.
"We feel that the Conservative-led British government is treating us in a disrespectful and shameful manner.
"We have demonstrated flexibility in that our proposed approach is not a 'costly and lengthy public inquiry'. It is a tried, tested and cost effective model."
The families said that they may legally challenge Ms Villiers decision.
The families wanted a seven-member panel to examine all documents and papers.
They wanted it to be modelled on the one that examined the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. Then, 96 people lost their lives during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.
They proposed that it would be chaired by former Northern Ireland police ombudsman Nuala O'Loan and funded by the British and Irish governments.
Ivan Lewis, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, said: "The Ballymurphy families have waited too long to learn the truth about the killing of their loved ones and they will be disappointed by Theresa Villiers decision. They have a right to the truth and justice which has been denied to them for too long."
Mr Lewis said he would be meeting with the families in the weeks ahead to "consider the best way forward".
Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Enda Kenny met the Ballymurphy families in Dublin in January and said he was "disappointed" that Ms Villiers had turned down their request.
"I told the families that the government supported their case, and that I intend to visit Ballymurphy and meet with the families there during a future visit to Belfast," he said.
"Following our meeting in January, I wrote to Prime Minister Cameron asking that the families' request for a limited review be granted. I also raised the matter with him at our meeting in London on 11 March.
"Consequently, I am disappointed with today's news, which I know will come as a blow to the families."
Members of the Parachute Regiment claimed they opened fire after being shot at by republicans during Operation Demetrius, when people suspected of paramilitary activity were interned.
A Catholic priest and a mother-of-eight were among those killed over a three-day period.
After an application from the families the attorney general directed the coroner to re-open inquests into the deaths in November 2011.
"I am Chelsea Manning," Pte First Class Manning said in a statement to NBC's Today programme. "I am a female."
The 25-year-old said he had felt female since childhood, wanted at once to begin hormone therapy, and wished to be addressed as Chelsea.
Pte Manning faces 35 years in prison for crimes including espionage.
The soldier could be released on parole after at least seven years in jail, his civilian lawyer David Coombs has said.
Mr Coombs has asked President Barack Obama to pardon Pte Manning, and has pledged to appeal against the verdict and sentence.
How do people who change gender choose a name?
Pte Manning will serve the sentence at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and on Thursday, Mr Coombs indicated the soldier was willing to take legal action to force the prison to provide hormone therapy if authorities refused.
He said Pte Manning had not indicated whether he wanted to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
"The ultimate goal is to be comfortable in her skin and to be the person that she's never had an opportunity to be," he said.
Asked why Pte Manning was making this announcement now, the day after sentencing, Mr Coombs said: "Chelsea didn't want to have this be something that overshadowed the case."
Pte Manning's struggles with gender identity formed a key part of the defence through the weeks-long court martial.
Defence witnesses, including therapists who had treated Pte Manning, testified that the soldier had spoken of wanting to transition to being a woman, suggesting that these problems had affected his mental health.
Pte Manning's former Army supervisor testified that the accused had sent him a photograph of himself wearing a blond wig and lipstick.
US military prosecutors, meanwhile, described Pte Manning as a notoriety-seeking traitor and asked for a 60-year sentence in order to deter future intelligence leakers.
Pte Manning, who grew up in the US state of Oklahoma and in Wales, joined the Army in 2007 to help pay for university and, according to court martial defence testimony, to shake off a desire to become a woman. The soldier trained as an intelligence analyst and was deployed to Iraq in 2009.
There, Pte Manning became disillusioned with the war and felt increasingly isolated from friends and family.
In May of that year, Pte Manning initiated what subsequently became one of the largest leaks of classified US government documents ever - hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and battlefield reports from Afghanistan and Iraq.
With the number of cyclists in the capital almost trebling in a decade, what is it like running the gauntlet of the capital's roads each day for a cyclist and a bus driver?
Ed Davey, 30, a BBC journalist, cycles in London daily.
You have to put the risk of death to the back of your mind - or you would definitely go mad.
Given the vast number of cyclists, your chance of becoming one of the few annual fatalities is actually tiny. And you can halve it by being super-aware of lorries turning left.
Not finding yourself on the left side of a lorry as it turns after moving off is something in every cyclist's power. Alarm bells should be ringing every time you see a lorry waiting at a red - even if it's not indicating, because the driver might simply have forgotten.
But bad drivers are beyond your control. Last year a lorry went past me so fast and so close, the air nearly buffeted me off my bike. It's especially grim cycling past places where you know people have lost their lives, often more than one person. Old Street roundabout. Bow roundabout.
Strangely, though, I worry much more about my loved ones on bikes in London than I do myself. I'm able to think about my own potential death in the abstract, but I worry myself sick about friends and family.
That said, when my bike's off the road and I'm forced to get buses or the Tube, I realise there is no alternative. Cycling really is the best way to get about London.
Jason Rumsey, 45, has driven seven London bus routes for 18 months.
As a bus driver, you've got so much to deal with. We've got CCTV cameras, passengers, other road users. We're under a lot of pressure and get a lot of stick from drivers. We have to stick to a tight time schedule.
Sometimes I can have up to 10 cyclists around me. I can be in a bus lane and have them in front, behind and on each side of me.
A lot of bus drivers hate cyclists because they slow them up and they get in their way. Personally, I always give them plenty of space. It can be difficult at times.
Sometimes young ones ride in front of me without holding their handlebars. I had two the other day in Harrow Road. They wouldn't pull over to the side.
The bikes that really get up my nose are the Boris bikes because they are not regular bike riders. Usually they have no head protection and they don't know how to ride them.
It's all about attitude. I don't get angry with cyclists. I give them space - I'm aware. I'm driving a 12-tonne vehicle. If you hit someone they are dead. You haven't even got to hit them hard.
Captain Eoin Morgan criticised the umpiring in England's defeat in the second T20 after Joe Root was given out lbw in the last over of the match despite an inside edge.
Shamshuddin will act as third umpire in Bangalore, switching with Nitin Menon.
The three-match series is level at 1-1, with Wednesday's match the decider.
In 2007, 80 refugees who fled war in the Democratic Republic of Congo were brought to Scotland to start a new life in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.
BBC Scotland's Fiona Walker followed their journey at the time.
More than eight years on, she hears how they have overcome fresh challenges and feel very grateful for the lives they have in their new homeland.
When thousands of refugees fled from war-torn DR Congo, one Scottish council - North Lanarkshire - volunteered to take them under a United Nations/UK government system which resettles some of the most vulnerable people on earth.
Justin Kasakota was a preacher in DR Congo and supplied medicines to the sick and injured with the help of the Red Cross.
He and his family survived by crossing the border into Zambia where they lived in a refugee camp.
Recalling his arrival in North Lanarkshire, Justin said: "People here were very kind to us and in general they welcomed us very well. We are very well settled here. It is a good place for us to live because it is a very safe place."
He praised the work of the Scottish government, the police and North Lanarkshire Council in helping them adapt to life here.
Justin has been volunteering and trying to find work. As someone who was at the centre of community life in DR Congo, he finds it difficult not having work to go to each day.
"We are happy but not very happy because I need also to contribute to something and I am working hard to do something myself so that I can contribute in the community, in the society and help other people as well."
Justin told me he is trying to set up his own business.
Some of the settled Congolese refugees said they do suffer racist abuse and believe it would be wrong to paint a picture that ignored this.
Both adults and children said they have been called "monkeys" and told to "go back to the jungle".
They fear speaking out about it because they say it simply attracts more abuse.
Crucially, they feel that Syrian people should be prepared for this when they arrive.
All the Congolese refugees who have spoken to the BBC say they are extremely grateful for the second chance in life that Scotland has given them.
They hope that their experiences can help inform the authorities in preparing for Syrian arrivals "because they have come from war too and need safety and the generosity of native people like we did".
North Lanarkshire Council, which resettled the Congolese refugees, is now getting ready to accept people from Syria.
Councillor Pat O'Rourke, who is leading the council's working group on resettling people from Syria, said: "Our successful involvement in the Gateway Protection Programme saw 80 Congolese refugees resettled in Motherwell.
"Being part of this programme gives North Lanarkshire unique experience in all aspects of working with partners to provide all the support services that refugees need to settle fully into a local community.
"We are committed to working with the Scottish Government and partners to support Syrian refugees coming to Scotland."
It happened at a roundabout between Marlowes and Combe Street in Hemel Hempstead on Thursday night shortly before 22:30 GMT.
Hertfordshire Police said the man, who is in his 40s, was working on the manhole when he was hit by a small white Kia type car.
Officers believe the car was then driven along Leighton Buzzard Road.
Police said the vehicle may have a possible oil leak and damage to the bodywork.
They want to hear from anyone who's been asked to repair a similar car or has any information about the crash.
A report from the Gorwel think tank had said most AMs come from politics or the public sector, and do not accurately reflect the Welsh workforce.
It said 44% of AMs had been councillors before they were elected.
The report calls on parties to review selection procedures to encourage wider entry from private firms.
Written by Gorwel's Russell Deacon and Ellen McDonnell, the study also found:
The report says that 68% of the overall workforce work in the private sector, making it the largest source of employment in Wales by two to one over the public sector.
But only 16% of AMs were found to have entered the assembly from private firms, compared to 41% who came from full or part-time politics, 14% the public sector and 11% education.
Councillors are "over a thousand times more represented... than in the general Welsh population as a whole", the report said. Only 0.04% of the overall population have been councillors.
"By a large majority, most AMs with a background in politics and the public sector are Labour AMs", the report said.
The authors recommended that being a councillor should not be the main pre-requisite of selection, and there should be alternative routes to gain skills that would be obtained through serving on a local council.
Tony Conway from Newtownstewart suffered injuries to his back and legs after the bull, which weighed around a tonne, attacked him while he was working in the field.
Mr Conway told BBC Radio Foyle only he only survived by pulling on the bulls nose ring.
"He came running towards me and I was on the ground within seconds", he said.
"I was unconscious for a while and he was goring me with his head.
"He was on my hips and back and legs. I was wondering what I was going to do.
"I tired to get up but he kept pulling me back. I tried to grab the wire fence but kept sliding.
"I thought it was the end of me. I asked him in that moment if he was going to kill me.
"I'm really lucky to be alive. I could be getting buried today.
"I grabbed the bulls nose ring and I pulled at it leading him up the field. I was knackered.
"He knocked the phone out of my pocket so I couldn't call anyone."
A man was killed after an attack by a bull on a farm in County Donegal in September.
Police were called to investigate the sudden death of Patrick Dowds, a man in his 60s, on the farm in Toulett, near Burt.
He was attacked by the bull as he was inspecting fields.
Ross Workman, former head of Oldswinford C of E Primary School in Stourbridge, appeared at Dudley Magistrates' Court.
The 50-year-old, of Low Fold Close, Worcester, was charge with six counts of making indecent images of a child between January and March 2011.
He was bailed to be sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 2 March.
Workman was arrested in November 2014 and parents were informed about the investigation by letter.
Jenny Birchall, head teacher at Oldswinford CE Primary School, said: "We are aware of the court case involving a former employee, who resigned over a year ago.
"I would stress that there is no suggestion that the school, its staff, or the pupils of our school are involved in any way."
Councillor Ian Cooper, cabinet member for children's services at Dudley Council, said: "Mr Workman resigned from his post in January last year and therefore is no longer employed by the local authority."
An NSPCC spokesman said: "As a headteacher Ross Workman was trusted by children and parents.
"His crimes have only helped fuel this disgusting crime which destroys children's lives."
Fewer international journalists come here nowadays, she tells me. There is less interest now that the city is no longer murder capital of the world.
Back in 2011, Honduras had a murder rate of 86.5 per 100,000 people, according to the National University's Violence Observatory.
The country's industrial capital, San Pedro Sula, was the worst-hit.
But by 2015, the national murder rate had decreased to 60 per 100,000. Still not low, but quite a drop.
At the same time, neighbouring El Salvador has been climbing the ladder of violence.
Its national murder rate last year was closer to 100 per 100,000 people. El Salvador is currently the most deadly country outside a war zone.
Ms Cruz points out how much has changed in the past couple of years. Security cameras have been installed on street corners across San Pedro Sula.
More than 2,000 in the past few months.
"The Honduran government has real political will to clean up," she tells me.
"To heal the wounds of the violence, the statistics and deaths through drug trafficking and organised crime."
Ms Cruz says funding from the United States has helped too; programmes that have helped bring the violence down.
Latin America makes up just 8% of the world's population but accounts for nearly a third of all murders.
How did Central America in particular get so bad?
A combination of organised crime and weak institutions has played a huge part, as well as regional instability.
"We've practically got two generations who've grown up in an environment of ideological warfare," says Ramon Renaud, a political analyst who explains that even though Honduras - unlike many of its neighbours - escaped civil war, violence has made its mark.
"The violence in Honduras doesn't have its roots in social issues or a class war. It's more about the bridge that drug-trafficking has formed in Honduras and the Northern Triangle of Guatemala and El Salvador.
"Previous governments have not taken the right decisions to tackle this problem head on. So what happens? It's infiltrated and rooted itself in all the state institutions," Mr Renaud adds.
But state institutions are, it seems, trying to change.
I pay a visit to the 911 National Emergency System which has installed all the cameras around the city and has been in operation since late September.
Luis Estrada is the director for San Pedro Sula. He shows me around the fancy new operations room linking up all the emergency and justice systems.
"We're becoming the eyes and the ears of the city and we have to use technology to the benefit of the people," he tells me.
"People complain a lot about violence and that the authorities don't react, so this project makes it easier for us to be able to react and try to combat crime in an organised and directed manner."
But speak to people in poorer neighbourhoods and they don't believe a word of it.
I visited Lopez Arellano, a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula that has heavy gang presence and high levels of violence.
We drove in with our car windows down so people could see our faces.
We stopped at the bus depot which last year was the scene of a shooting that left at least eight people dead when drivers refused to pay what's known as "war tax" - basically extortion.
There, I met a driver whose brother was killed in that shooting. He did not want to be named.
"It's worse than before," he told me. "They came to get their money and nobody wanted to pay so there was a massacre. I carry on working here but I'm scared. The authorities don't do anything."
And that is part of the problem - impunity.
"This country doesn't really have a functioning justice system so we have a situation where impunity rates are 90% to 95%. Almost nobody gets convicted," says Salil Shetty, the Secretary-General of Amnesty International.
"People are in many cases more scared of the police than they are of the gangs. For ordinary people who are living in poverty and fleeing from violence, it's definitely got worse."
Marta, a mother of five, agrees. Her three sons have been killed in the past 14 years - two of them in gang-related violence.
"The president says violence has fallen X% but that's a lie. Violence continues," she tells me, adding that she fears for her daughters' lives.
On the other side of town, I visit the city's main public hospital, Mario Catarino Rivas.
Armed soldiers at the door are checking people's ID.
Hospital director Ledy Brizzio explains that the military has been in charge of hospital security for the past two years.
"The conditions, especially in terms of personal security, have improved greatly," she says.
"Before, there was lots of violence and insecurity within the hospital. There were assaults, robberies towards the staff. Now we don't see that anymore because security is under the control of the military."
While authorities are no doubt celebrating that Honduras is no longer in the headlines, the fact that the military is even needed in hospitals is worrying.
The country's president Juan Orlando Hernandez has got tough on organised crime - murder statistics certainly paint Honduras in a better light - but how do you accurately count the incidences of violence such as extortion or rape, in a country where impunity is high and most crimes go unreported?
It seems the reality, for many, is still no better than it was.
A shot was fired at the front door of the house at Aspen Walk, Twinbrook, at about 21:35 BST on Thursday.
Minor damage was caused to the door. The police have appealed for information.
Insp David McBride said: "Three men wearing dark clothing and masks were seen in the area at the time of the incident."
He added: "I would appeal to anyone who saw these men or who has any information about the incident to contact detectives."
Residents took to the streets in protest and one was killed as the rebels fired on them and used tear gas.
The insurgents already hold the capital, Sanaa, after overthrowing President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi in February. He fled to Aden in the south.
Instability has been growing in Yemen, where al-Qaeda and Islamic State sympathisers also pose a threat.
On Saturday, the US said it was withdrawing its troops from the country due to the worsening security situation.
The US evacuated a southern military base seen as key to its use of drones against al-Qaeda militants.
Dozens of tanks and military vehicles were reported to be heading from north Yemen towards Taiz, which lies between Sanaa and Aden.
The seizure of the Taiz brings the Houthis to within 140km (86 miles) of President Hadi's new base in Aden - a southern port city.
The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on Yemen's security situation on Sunday.
The rebels declared a new government in February and said a transitional five-member presidential council would replace President Hadi.
However, the Houthis are from the north, and their declaration has not been recognised by southern leaders.
On Sunday, Houthi leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi vowed to pursue Islamists militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and IS.
Both al-Qaeda and IS are Sunni groups and consider the Shia Muslim Houthis to be heretics.
IS said it was behind the suicide bombings of two Houthi mosques on Friday in Sanaa, which killed 137 worshippers.
Mr Houthi also accused Qatar and Saudi Arabia of "funding all conspiracies in the region" and accused Mr Hadi of "being a puppet in the hands of other actors to implement their agendas in Yemen".
This crisis is deepening fast, says BBC Middle East analyst Alan Johnston, and there's a danger of northern and southern Yemen eventually being torn apart.
Susanne Wilson, 72, smothered 70-year-old Henry with a cushion at their home in Ayr in September.
Wilson had been a carer for her housebound husband, who suffered from chronic heart disease.
The court heard she had believed her husband wanted her to help him take his own life.
Wilson - who had previously been facing a murder charge - admitted culpable homicide at Glasgow High Court last month.
Prosecutors accepted the plea on the basis of her diminished responsibility at the time due to the strain she was under.
When Wilson appeared for sentencing at the High Court in Dumbarton on Thursday, judge Lady Rae said: "Mr Wilson suffered serious ill health both physically and mentally and it transpires he previously tried to commit suicide.
"In addition you had been confronted with distressing information about the husband you had lived with and loved for 50 years".
The judge said it was impossible to imagine the mental torment Wilson had been going through at the time she killed her husband, and said it had clearly distorted her decision making.
Lady Rae added: "While recognising that in most cases such a crime would merit a very significant custodial sentence, I am prepared in the unusual and complex circumstances of this case to impose a non-custodial disposal.
"There is no suggestion whatsoever that you are a risk to the public, I have come to the view therefore that punishment is not appropriate and having reached that conclusion I consider a community payback order is not justified nor is it required."
Sentence was deferred until January for good behaviour and for Wilson to continue receiving treatment from her psychiatrist.
Wilson had been a Labour councillor in Troon, South Ayrshire, in the late 90s.
The couple had been married for 50 years and had three children together but, their eldest son Jonathan died in 2001 after battling cancer.
She first became aware of allegations that her husband, a retired Butlins shop manager, had sexually abused children in September 2015.
On 3 September last year, Mr Wilson suddenly asked his wife to contact one of the people who had accused him and went on to speak to the individual on the phone.
After the call, his wife was described as being "very angry" and went on to smack her husband with a plastic jug, leaving him bleeding.
The court heard that Mr Wilson then spoke about ending his life with drugs.
His wife left out medication she had previously been prescribed, but did not administer it to him and instead left for a neighbour's home.
When she returned, Wilson noticed her husband had taken some of the medication and was struggling to breathe.
Her husband reportedly said "help me" as his breathing worsened, and she took that as a request that she should help him die.
The court heard that she then smothered him by placing a cushion over his face and holding it there until he died.
The prosecutor said Wilson went on to dial 999 "to report what she had done".
David Tuohy, 83, of Oxford, took charge of Eccles Hall, a special school at Quidenham, in the 1970s.
At Norwich Crown Court in February he was found guilty of 15 counts of indecent assault on five boys with special needs aged as young as 10.
He had been due to be sentenced but was found dead in the river at Oxford on Tuesday. The death is not suspicious.
Norfolk Police said Tuohy's victims had been told.
His body was reported near Osney Lock and he was declared dead at the scene after he was pulled from the water.
During the trial, the court heard Tuohy was "obsessed with spanking".
Prosecutor Andrew Shaw said: "You may think from the evidence presented he had a particular deviant sexual fascination with the bottoms of very young boys."
Tuohy liked to discipline boys who came to the school from different parts of the UK and found themselves alone, isolated and separated from their families, the court heard.
"As one of the people charged with the duty of caring for these children, he abused the trust placed in him and used these children for his own sexual gratification," Mr Shaw said.
Pupils at the boarding school had found life difficult in mainstream education, the court heard.
The attacks came to light when a man who suffered abuse in the 1970s reported Tuohy to police.
As a result of the publicity several other victims came forward.
He won 50.07% of the vote, officials said, narrowly avoiding a run-off.
But his main challenger, Raila Odinga, alleged massive fraud and said he would challenge the results of the "tainted election" in the Supreme Court.
Mr Kenyatta is set to face trial at the International Criminal Court over violence that followed the 2007 polls.
By Karen AllenBBC News, Kibera, Nairobi
Kibera slum is not normally considered friendly turf for Uhuru Kenyatta. Yet residents remained calm after the election of Kenya's richest man as their next leader. People are placing their faith in the new constitution and recent judicial reforms.
Raila Odinga is challenging the results in the Supreme Court and people say they will wait for the legal process to run its course.
Some point to the reforms as a reason for the relative calm compared with five years ago, when Kibera was a flashpoint. "Our behaviour is being shaped by the new constitution," said Steve, a Kibera resident.
But there are worries about the future. Many hope Mr Kenyatta will uphold the new constitution and continue to co-operate with the International Criminal Court, where he is fighting charges of crimes against humanity.
While the mantra across Kenya is "amani" (peace), some campaigners are warning against a "peace coma" - a failure to address past injustices which would prevent Kenya from moving on.
He is accused of fuelling the communal violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed and 600,000 forced from their homes.
After the results were announced, Mr Kenyatta told cheering supporters he would serve all Kenyans "without fear or favour".
Speaking at the Catholic University in Nairobi, he called on Mr Odinga and other leaders to "join us in moving our nation forward."
Earlier, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said the latest elections had been complex, but also credible and transparent.
It said the turnout, at 86%, was the largest ever
IEBC chairman Issack Hassan praised the candidates who had already conceded victory and urged others to follow suit.
However, Mr Odinga, the current prime minister, said the electoral commission had "failed Kenyans" and that democracy itself was "on trial".
But after announcing his Supreme Court challenge, he also appealed for calm, saying: "Any violence could destroy this nation forever."
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The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Nairobi says this was the tightest of races with the narrowest of margins.
He says that how Mr Odinga now handles his supporters will determine whether his dispute stays in the courts or spills out on the streets.
Mr Kenyatta's Jubilee Coalition party said it was "proud and honoured for the trust" bestowed on it, adding that it had taken a message to the people and that "we are grateful to the people of Kenya for accepting this message".
Early on Saturday, small groups of Kenyatta supporters celebrated in Nairobi, hooting car horns and singing.
But the newly confirmed president could face difficult relations with Western countries.
In July, he is due to go on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for alleged crimes against humanity.
Mr Kenyatta's running mate, William Ruto, also faces similar charges. Both men deny the accusations.
In his victory speech, Mr Kenyatta restated his promise to co-operate "with all nations and international institutions".
The ICC has agreed to postpone Mr Ruto's trial by a month until May after his lawyers complained of not having enough time to prepare his defence.
Countries including the US and UK have hinted that Mr Kenyatta's election as president would have consequences for their relations with Kenya. The comments have been dismissed in Nairobi as foreign interference.
A new electronic system for transmitting vote results was designed to eliminate the risk of fraud, and thus avoid a repeat of the post-poll violence of 2007.
But the count has been plagued with technical glitches, including a programming error that led to the number of rejected votes being multiplied by a factor of eight.
Mr Odinga's Cord alliance had earlier complained that votes from 11 constituencies were missing, in effect leaving him more than 250,000 votes short.
A lift from the cells was broken and security staff would not bring Douglas Slade, 74, up using the public lift.
The hearing was told Mr Slade was too overweight to walk up the stairs to the fourth-floor courtroom.
Mr Slade, charged with eight offences against children, was remanded in custody until a hearing in February.
The offences which were allegedly carried out in the 1970s and 1980s, mainly in the Bristol area.
At a previous hearing, his solicitor indicated he would be pleading not guilty.
When Judge Mark Horton asked why the defendant could not be brought up to the courtroom using another lift, he was told it was against the rules.
A spokesman for GEOAmey, which provides security at the court, said it had an agreement with the Ministry of Justice that prevents defendants being escorted through a public area.
"In line with our operating procedures, the defendant could not use the public lift.
"The safety of the general public, our officers and the defendant is the priority for GEOAmey," they added.
The fire broke out in the ground-floor flat in Baird Crescent, Leven, at about 11:10.
Police said they were trying to identify the person found in the house.
A spokesman appealed for anyone who was in the area at the time who may have information to contact them.
"Inquires are at an early stage but following a joint assessment of the house by the police and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, along with an investigation into the circumstances leading up to the fire being discovered, this would appear to be a tragic accident with no suspicious circumstances," the spokesman said.
"We are continuing to make inquiries to identify the person found within the house.
In a separate incident, a man was rescued by firefighters from a bungalow in Sydney Park, Edinburgh, just after 08:30 and taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Elements of the malicious software used in Friday's attacks were part of a treasure trove of cyber-attack tools leaked by hacking group the Shadow Brokers in April.
One of the tools contained in the Shadow Brokers leak, codenamed EternalBlue, proved to be "the most significant factor" in the spread of Friday's global attack, according to cyber-security firm Kaspersky Lab.
The tool was said to have been created by the NSA - though, as is typical, the agency has neither confirmed nor denied this.
EternalBlue was made public on 14 April, and while Microsoft had fixed the problem a month prior to its leak, it appeared many high-profile targets had not updated their systems to stay secure.
Friday's attack has reignited the debate over whether or not governments should disclose vulnerabilities they have discovered or bought on the black market.
"It would be deeply troubling if the NSA knew about this vulnerability but failed to disclose it to Microsoft until after it was stolen," said Patrick Toomey, a lawyer working for the American Civil Liberties Union.
"These attacks underscore the fact that vulnerabilities will be exploited not just by our security agencies, but by hackers and criminals around the world.
"Patching security holes immediately, not stockpiling them, is the best way to make everyone's digital life safer."
Edward Snowden, who famously leaked many internal NSA files in June 2013, criticised the NSA on Friday in a series of tweets.
"In light of today's attack, Congress needs to be asking [the NSA] if it knows of any other vulnerabilities in software used in our hospitals," he wrote.
"If [the NSA] had privately disclosed the flaw used to attack hospitals when they found it, not when they lost it, this may not have happened."
However, others focused the blame at institutions for being too slow in updating their systems, given that this attack happened almost two months after a (free) fix was made available by Microsoft.
"Say what you want to say about the NSA or disclosure process," said Zeynep Tufeki, a professor at the University of North Carolina.
"But this is one in which what's broken is the system by which we fix."
For the UK's National Health Service, the problem is perhaps more acute.
Security firms have continually raised alarms about the NHS's reliance on Windows XP, an operating system that is no longer supported by Microsoft.
Copthall House, at the railway station entrance at junction six of the ring road, is being cleared so new Coventry City Council offices can be built.
Lanes on the ring road and Manor Road and will be closed until Monday. Work on the site is expected to continue into 2015.
A large section of the five-storey block is due to be removed on Sunday.
Work is scheduled for between 05:00 and 09:30 BST. The council said it had planned for the most disruptive work around the station to take place at off-peak times.
Ian Stringer, from site property agents GVA , said the buildings being demolished were "not particularly good brutalist examples".
Councillors will continue to be based at the Grade II-listed council house but will move some departments and administration to Friargate as part of plans to move from 27 council buildings to nine.
Public council services will move to a new "one-stop centre" in Broadgate.
Kevin Maton, cabinet member for business, enterprise and employment said: "The start of demolition on site is an exciting point in the Friargate project. We are witnessing a period of massive change in Coventry."
He said the development had potential to create up to 15,000 jobs.
Twenty-seven new buildings are planned for the site, including offices, hotels, houses and shops, and a new bridge will link the city centre and railway station.
Property agent Mr Stringer said: "Nothing of this style, scale and quality has happened in Coventry for three or four decades. Businesses will want to be there."
The 25-year-old joined Eibar in January on an 18-month deal, but the Bees have ended it six months early.
He has made 51 appearances for the west London club since arriving from Celta Vigo in August 2014 and is contracted to them until the end of the 2017-18 season.
Jota will return in time for their FA Cup tie against Eastleigh on 7 January.
The impressive Lucas Joao gave the hosts an early lead with a good header from Alex Lopez's free-kick before Jose Semedo headed home a first goal since October 2011.
Ryan Tafazolli bundled in for the Stags just before the interval.
Kieran Lee slotted home after the restart and debutant Modou Sougou finished well from Jeremy Helan's pass.
The 21-year-old forward becomes the 15th new player to join the Pilgrims since they were beaten in the League Two play-off final in May.
The Cameroon-born forward moved to City from French side Chateauroux for £50,000 in January,.
He has made just one substitute appearance for the Robins, in the EFL Cup win at Wycombe earlier this month.
"We've been working individually with Arnie and he's really shown improvement in his game," City head coach Lee Johnson told the club's website.
"We feel he is now ready to go and fight for regular first-team football in League Two with Plymouth."
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The 61-year-old claimed the £25,000 award for his novel Days Without End, which begins in 1850s America.
It tells the story of two Irish soldiers who go to fight in US wars, including the civil war. Judges described it as a "glorious" story with a powerful narrative voice.
Mr Barry's previous novel On Canaan's Side was a winner in 2012.
He returned to the Borders Book Festival in Melrose at the weekend to receive his prize from the Duke of Buccleuch.
Mr Barry said: "It's difficult to itemise my simple childish joy at receiving this prize; that the judges did all this work to make a 61-year-old man feel 12 again."
The judges included Elizabeth Buccleuch, journalists James Naughtie and Kate Figes, writers Katharine Grant and Elizabeth Laird, the Abbotsford Trust's James Holloway, and historian and Borders Book Festival director Alistair Moffat.
They said the decision was one of the hardest the Walter Scott Prize had ever made.
"The very books themselves seemed to fight tooth and nail for the accolade," they said.
"Eventually, Days Without End took the lead, for the glorious and unusual story; the seamlessly interwoven period research; and above all for the unfaltering power and authenticity of the narrative voice, a voice no reader is likely to forget."
The Walter Scott Prize is awarded to the best UK, Irish or Commonwealth novel of the previous year, which is set more than sixty years ago.
The six other short-listed novels included: Francis Spufford's Golden Hill, Graham Swift's Mothering Sunday and Rose Tremain's The Gustav Sonata.
The Walter Scott Prize is Mr Barry's second book prize double this year - he also won the Costa Book Prize, making him the first novelist to win the award twice.
East Midlands Airport broke competition law by telling Prestige Parking Limited not to charge below a minimum price.
The airport, which has now apologised, imposed the minimum price as a condition of allowing Prestige to access its facilities.
The fine was reduced to zero because the airport confessed ahead of a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) investigation.
Richard Moriarty, director of markets and consumers at the CAA, said: "Competition at airports is crucial to ensure that consumers benefit from choice and value for the whole passenger journey, including for services such as car parking at the airport.
"The fact that an airport operator owns land at the airport on which an independent business operates, does not mean that the airport can dictate the price of services sold by that independent business."
Prestige Parking was located next to the East Midlands Airport terminal, and operated what the airport described as a "small premium parking facility" between October 2007 and September 2012.
The minimum price - which has not been disclosed - was linked to the price of the airport's own car parking services.
The CAA also found that the companies exchanged information about their prices and that East Midlands Airport "actively monitored" Prestige's prices.
East Midlands Airport is owned by Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which is the UK's third largest airport operator and also owns Stansted, Bournemouth and Manchester.
The operator said in a statement: "We are sorry that this situation occurred and have introduced procedures to ensure that this cannot happen again.
"As soon as we became aware of the issue in 2013, we immediately informed the competition authorities and we have subsequently cooperated fully with their investigation."
The CAA said the fine would have been £12.5m, but the airport had "proactively disclosed details of the agreement" under the Competition and Market Authority's (CMA) leniency programme, "confessed to participation in the illegal agreement" and also "co-operated throughout the investigation".
Prestige Parking also confessed to having broken competition law and co-operated with the CAA's investigation.
It is no longer trading, and the CAA said it would therefore not impose a fine on it.
Manchester Airports Group has now agreed to set up a programme making sure it complies with competition law across all of its business.
It is also reviewing other East Midlands Airport contracts, to make sure they do not break the law.
A small drone will be trialled by the agency at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.
The President is expected to make a long visit to the club.
The Secret Service has said that it is experimenting with various drones for security monitoring.
In this case, the drone will fly at an altitude of between 300 and 400 ft (91 to 121 metres), observing the perimeter of the protection zone at the club.
It is equipped with optical and infrared cameras and will be physically linked via a microfilament tether to a power source.
The Secret Service has said it will notify people at the club that the vehicle is in operation.
It is also aware that private residences will be within range of the drone's surveillance equipment.
Images and video recorded by the drone will be overwritten within 30 days unless they are part of a law enforcement investigation at that time.
The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones tested a number of consumer drones last year, although one that he was holding via a tether did not survive.
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Precision medicine is one of the big themes at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Doctors say "breath-taking" advances in the understanding of tumours are being used to unlock new treatments.
But there are also concerns that patients are not getting access to the precision medicines we already have.
The premise of precision medicine is that cancers are not all the same - even those in the same tissue - so a tailored approach is needed.
It is the same approach as in football - you modify your tactics to face Barcelona, Newcastle United or Skegness Town.
Cancers are normal cells that have become corrupted by mutations in their DNA that leads to uncontrolled growth.
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy kill everything, including healthy tissue.
The idea of precision medicine is to test every patient's tumour, find the mutations that have become essential for it to survive and then select a targeted drug to counter-act the mutation - killing the tumour.
This concept is not new. Women with breast cancer already have their tumours analysed to decide on treatment.
Tumours whose growth is fuelled by oestrogen have drugs to block the female sex hormone, while the drug Herceptin works in only the 20% of tumours that have specific mutations.
But a revolution in genetics - allowing scientists to rapidly and cheaply interrogate a cancer's corrupted DNA - is leading to huge excitement about a new generation of precision drugs.
Prof Peter Johnson, the chief clinician at the charity Cancer Research UK, argues: "The idea of taking something which is particular to cancer cells and targeting them isn't hugely new, what is new is our depth of understanding.
"I think it is a new era of understanding and it's driven by the technology changes which have allowed us to decipher the cancer cells genetic codes at a level of detail that was unimaginable 15 or 20 years ago.
"So in that sense we have a fantastic range of new opportunities for treating cancers."
The world's largest cancer conference - a meeting of 30,000 doctors and scientists - has already heard how a precision approach is helping to beat cancer.
Dr Maria Schwaederle, from the centre for personalised cancer therapy at the University of California, San Diego, has presented data on 346 highly experimental clinical trials involving 13,203 patients.
Of the studies, 58 used a precision approach. Even though the trials were designed to test only for toxicity, they also uncovered huge benefits for patients.
Cancers shrank in 31% of cases when a drug was matched to the tumour's weaknesses compared with just 5% of the time without.
And the time before the disease worsened increased from three months to nearly six months with precision medicine.
Dr Schwaederle said the findings were "striking" and praised the "breath-taking advances in our ability to perform genomics" that was revealing the inner workings of tumours.
The UK's National Lung Matrix is already trying to match a new generation of targeted lung cancer drugs to the unique flaws in patient's tumours.
Meanwhile, another trial has been announced with the aim of testing 4,500 women's breast cancers to see which patients need chemotherapy.
Dr Robert Stein, a consultant from University College London, said: "We would expect to reduce chemotherapy within the trial population by about two thirds."
Further data on treating patients with precision medicine is due to be presented later.
Dr Daniel Hayes, who will take over as president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, told the BBC News website: "There's a lot going on, we're still in our infancy, but this is really starting to hit the fan.
"And frankly we're starting to become more precise in our precision medicine."
Precision medicine should be hugely beneficial for patients as it also has far fewer side effects than either chemotherapy or radiotherapy which kill healthy tissue as well as the tumour.
However, there are concerns that patients are already missing out on established drugs like crizotinib in lung cancer, or dabrafenib in melanoma, that work effectively in a subset of patients.
An analysis by the charity Cancer Research UK found patients were not getting tested in order to get a precision treatment.
It said that in England alone there were 10,900 cases of bowel cancer each year, but 4,900 were not offered a test to see if a precision drug would help.
It estimates that at least 2,100 patients would have been suitable for a precision medicine that had already been developed.
And in lung cancer 1,400 missed out on drugs.
But Prof Johnson concluded: "I think we're just in the foothills of precision medicine at the moment, but we're really starting to get a grip on how treatments will work in the future."
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Stephen Power, from Cardiff, is thought to be one of the first trauma patients in the world to have 3D printing used at every stage of the procedure.
Doctors at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, had to break his cheekbones again before rebuilding his face.
Mr Power said the operation had been "life-changing".
The UK has become one of the world's pioneers in using 3D technology in surgery, with advances also being made by teams in London and Newcastle.
While printed implants have previously been used to help correct congenital conditions, this operation used custom-printed models, guides, plates and implants to repair impact injuries months after they were sustained.
Despite wearing a crash helmet Mr Power, 29, suffered multiple trauma injuries in the accident in 2012, which left him in hospital for four months.
"I broke both cheekbones, top jaw, my nose and fractured my skull," he said.
"I can't remember the accident - I remember five minutes before and then waking up in the hospital a few months later."
In order to try to restore the symmetry of his face, the surgical team used CT scans to create and print a symmetrical 3D model of Mr Power's skull, followed by cutting guides and plates printed to match.
Maxillofacial surgeon Adrian Sugar says the 3D printing took away the guesswork that can be problematic in reconstructive work.
"I think it's incomparable - the results are in a different league from anything we've done before," he said.
"What this does is it allows us to be much more precise. Everybody now is starting to think in this way - guesswork is not good enough."
The procedure took eight hours to complete, with the team first having to refracture the cheekbones with the cutting guides before remodelling the face.
A medical-grade titanium implant, printed in Belgium, was then used to hold the bones in their new shape.
Looking at the results of the surgery, Mr Power says he feels transformed - with his face now much closer in shape to how it was before the accident.
"It is totally life-changing," he said.
"I could see the difference straightaway the day I woke up from the surgery."
Having used a hat and glasses to mask his injuries before the operation, Mr Power has said he already feels more confident.
"I'm hoping I won't have to disguise myself - I won't have to hide away," he said.
"I'll be able to do day-to-day things, go and see people, walk in the street, even go to any public areas."
The project was the work of the Centre for Applied Reconstructive Technologies in Surgery (Cartis), which is a collaboration between the team in Swansea and scientists at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Design engineer Sean Peel has said the latest advance should encourage greater use of 3D printing in the NHS.
"It tends to be used for individual really complicated cases as it stands, in quite a convoluted, long-winded design process," he said.
"The next victory will be to get this process and technique used more widely as the costs fall and as the design tools improve."
Mr Power's operation is currently being featured in an exhibition at the Science Museum in London, called 3D Printing: The Future.
Up until now we've only had media leaks to go on, plus rebuttals from the White House.
But on Thursday Mr Comey goes on the record before the Senate Intelligence Committee with his version of events.
His opening statement puts a sharper focus on discrepancies between his and the White House's accounts of their meetings.
What Comey statement says: "The President said, 'I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.' I didn't move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. We simply looked at each other in silence."
What Trump says: He was asked in a Fox News interview on 12 May if he asked Mr Comey for loyalty, and responded: "No, I didn't, but I don't think it would be a bad question to ask. I think loyalty to the country, loyalty to the US, is important. You know, it depends on how you define loyalty, number one. Number two, I don't know how it got out there because I didn't ask that question."
What Comey's statement says: He alleges Mr Trump asked him to drop investigation into then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. "[Trump] said, 'I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.' I replied only that 'he is a good guy.'"
What the White House says: Denies Mr Trump asked for the inquiry to be dropped, but the House committee asked the FBI for relevant memos.
What the Trump administration said: Mr Trump said he was told by the director "on three separate occasions" that he was not being investigated by the FBI.
What Comey's statement says: He backs the president's account: "I discussed with the FBI's leadership team whether I should be prepared to assure President-Elect Trump that we were not investigating him personally. That was true; we did not have an open counter-intelligence case on him." Mr Comey says he repeated that assurance in two subsequent meetings.
What media leaks said: Mr Comey reportedly told Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he did not want to be left alone with the president.
What Comey's statement said: "I took the opportunity to implore the Attorney General to prevent any future direct communication between the President and me."
A number of fire engines have been deployed to West Nile Street to deal with the incident in a basement next to Vroni's wine bar.
Part of the road has been cordoned off and some businesses in the area have been evacuated.
The injured person had suffered an electric shock, according to the emergency services.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said they were still dealing with a small fire, and that the large number of fire engines present was so that crews could be easily rotated in the small space where the blaze broke out.
It said rapid progress could be made if there was better communication and collaboration between researchers and public health and land-use officials.
A global research project was recently launched to examine the impact of urban policies on human health and wellbeing.
The findings have been published in the journal Ecosystem Services.
"This is something that had held my interest for some time, that is the condition of the general environment and human wellbeing in the broadest sense," explained co-author Paul Sandifer, former chief science advisor for the National Ocean Service at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).
Helping hand
"I have long had a feeling of that there were connections between exposure to the natural environment and improved physiological and psychological health."
Dr Sandifer said he and his fellow co-authors decided if it was possible to "tease out" peer-reviewed examples of "biodiversity providing advantages for human health".
"If there was, how we might usefully categorise those relationships - what were the characteristics and mechanisms that brought about that change," he told BBC News.
One of the main challenges the team faced was attempting to identify key literature from a vast quantity of different sources.
"A little bit comes out in landscape literature, a little bit comes out in psychology literature, a little bit comes out in ecological or city planning publications but rarely are these things put together and assesses what one could do with the knowledge from around the scientific sphere," explained Dr Sandifer, who has recently retired from his Noaa post.
"One of the main findings of the review for me and for my colleagues was the huge amount of information indicating mostly positive health responses of some kind - mainly psychological," he observed.
"Among the vast array of research, there are a number of carefully crafted studies that truly demonstrate cause and effect.
"These carefully define the characteristics of biodiversity or nature that might be of interest and what the effect might be on mental or physiological wellbeing or health. Finally, they looked at what the process was in which that possible effect might be mediated.
Patchy landscape
"The one area we identified where there was a fair amount of new evidence was the study of microbiota and its influence on inflammatory diseases.
For example, a study in 2012 suggested a lack of exposure to a "natural environment" could be resulting in more urban dwellers developing allergies and asthma.
Finnish scientists said certain bacteria, shown to be beneficial for human health, were found in greater abundance in non-urban surroundings.
But Dr Sandifer said his team's review found that there was still "a lot left to be done" even in this field of research.
He added that there was a considerable amount of research looking at the difference between good and bad green spaces in urban areas but almost no data at all when it came to marine or coastal environments.
"Probably the one area where rapid progress could be made is improving communication and collaboration between land-use and city planners, people involved in public health - both research and application, and their connection to ecological science.
"Ecologists are within their field and rarely reach outside it. Biomedical researchers, it seems, rarely have the time to reach out. There is a gap between the two where we really need to do a much better job of communicating.
But there were signs of progress in the right direction, he suggested: "The American Public Health Association has a new policy recognising the value of nature."
But he added: "This needs to be international - the UK, such as the University of Exeter's European Centre for Environment and Human Health, has done a vast amount of research on the value of green spaces."
At the end of 2014, a global scientific research programme was launched in China to examine the unintended consequences of urban policies on human health and wellbeing.
The Urban Health & Wellbeing Programme aimed to better understand what made a "healthy urban environment".
Dr Sandifer concluded: "The communication links is the first step to getting well-rounded policies and getting the value of nature out to wider communities, such as policymakers, than it does at the moment.
"I think that would then drive the availability of resources to do more studies."
Union representatives met ScotRail management, Transport Minister Derek MacKay, and Transport Scotland officials over the issue.
The RMT said about 40% of the ScotRail fleet should be fitted with controlled emission tanks by April 2016.
The remainder are due to be fully fitted by December 2017.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: "The fact the programme for the elimination of the filthy, disgusting and dangerous practice of dumping sewage on our railways is further advanced in Scotland is 100% down to the hard work and campaigning over several years by representatives, members and officials of RMT.
"Network Rail in Scotland are also in the process of arranging briefings to frontline maintenance staff and offering vaccinations to reduce the risk to staff from untreated human excrement which is another important development resulting from the RMT campaign.
"If real targets can be laid down for ending the scandal of sewage on our railways in Scotland then they can be achieved across the whole network."
The government is planning to increase fixed penalty fines from £100 to £150, as well as increasing the number of penalty points drivers receive.
Penalty points would rise from three to four - and from three to six for drivers of large vehicles such as HGVs.
Motoring groups broadly welcomed the news, but some questioned whether the plans would be an effective deterrent.
The proposals, which are part of the government's Road Safety Plan, are aimed at targeting those who repeatedly offend. A consultation will be held on the plans in 2016.
Most first-time offenders will still be offered an educational course to help them change their behaviour.
The larger increase in the penalty points proposed for HGV drivers reflects the fact that accidents involving large vehicles can be much more severe, a government spokesman said.
The proposals follows a previous increase in the fixed penalty for using a hand-held mobile phone while driving, from £60 in 2013 to £100.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "Using a mobile phone at the wheel is reckless and costs lives - I want to see it become a social taboo like not wearing a seatbelt.
"The message is clear: keep your hands on the wheel, not your phone. If you keep taking calls while at the wheel, you could end up being banned from the road."
The use of a mobile phone was a contributing factor in 21 fatal accidents and 84 serious accidents in 2014, the government said.
A total of 1,775 people were killed and 22,807 people were seriously injured in reported road accidents in 2014, government figures showed.
Suzette Davenport from the National Police Chiefs Council said the organisation fully supported the crackdown and was determined to keep all road users safe.
"Drivers must continue to be aware not only of the risks posed by being distracted by mobile phones while in control of a car but the serious penalties which they will face if they are caught," she said.
But Tim Shallcross from the Institute of Advanced Motorists said evidence shows previous increases in fines did not change driving behaviour.
"The Department for Transport's own research this year showed that when they doubled the penalty from £50 to £100 in 2013 it made no discernible difference whatsoever," he said.
"What deters people from using mobile phones is the fear of being caught and, frankly, with fewer police on the roads that possibility is becoming less and less."
Nazan Fennell's 13-year-old daughter Hope was killed in 2011 when she was hit by a lorry on her way home from school.
The driver of the HGV was texting behind the wheel at the time of the crash.
She told the BBC: "Hope was trapped under the wheels at the front of the vehicle for about 20 minutes and nobody could help because of the size of the vehicle. She was only little - it was just terrible.
"None of those texts of calls are really worth someone's life - especially a child's."
Other motoring organisations broadly approved of the measures.
David Bizley, the RAC's chief engineer, said: "There is still a surprising number of motorists who think it is acceptable to take a short call with a hand-held mobile whilst driving - it isn't, and is a real danger.
"Our report on motoring this year showed motorists are increasingly worried about other drivers being distracted by mobile phones whilst at the wheel."
Edmund King, president of the AA, said the majority of drivers "will welcome" the proposals.
"This epidemic of hand-held mobile phone use while driving has already cost lives.
"Three quarters of drivers see others using mobile phones on some or most journeys, with one quarter seeing it on every journey, according to our polls," he added.
Football's world governing body has written to the Premier League club "to seek clarification on the deal".
It is believed to concern who was involved in the £89.3m transfer, and how much money was paid to them.
A United spokesman said: "We do not comment on individual contracts. Fifa have had the documents since the transfer was concluded in August."
Pogba is in his second spell at Old Trafford, having left the club for Juventus for £1.5m in 2012.
The France international first joined United from French side Le Havre in acrimonious circumstances in 2009.
He returned to the club last summer for a world-record fee of 105m euros.
United also agreed to pay Juventus 5m euros (£4.5m) in performance-related bonuses, and other costs, including 5m euros if Pogba signs a new contract.
When they confirmed the transfer, Juventus said the "economic effect" to their club was "about 72.6m euros".
The filing could come next week in both Japan and the US, where it has a subsidiary and is seeking a buyer.
Shares of Takata were temporarily suspended on the Tokyo stock exchange because of the news.
Takata faces billions of dollars in liabilities over the recall.
So far about 100 million Takata airbags, which can rupture with deadly force and spray shrapnel at passengers, have been recalled globally.
The faulty airbags have been linked to at least a dozen deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide.
Japan's Nikkei newspaper estimates the firm faces liabilities exceeding 1 trillion yen ($9bn; £7bn).
Takata has not commented on the reports in Japan, from sources close to the case, of imminent bankruptcy.
The company is said to be in talks about a potential deal with US auto parts maker Key Safety Systems. The latter may buy some of its assets under a restructuring plan.
In January, Takata agreed to pay $1bn in penalties in the US for concealing dangerous defects in its exploding airbags. It also pleaded guilty to a single criminal charge.
The firm paid a $25m fine, $125m to people injured by the airbags and $850m to carmakers that used them. But it still faces the possibility of more lawsuits.
Most major carmakers, including General Motors and Volkswagen, have been affected.
Honda Motor, which as Takata's biggest customer is one of the worst affected, started recalling their popular Accord and Civic models in 2008 because of the airbags.
Against all odds, the west African nation contested Gabon 2017 - despite having won a total of just four competitive qualifiers in their history prior to the tournament.
"When we called people to the national team before, many said they weren't coming - because we never qualify," Manuel Nascimento told BBC Sport.
"Since we qualified, those playing in England, Portugal, France are all now ready to come and join our national team.
"This is going to bring good results because uniting people brings only good results."
One of the world's poorest countries, Guinea-Bissau made light of political instability, poor sports infrastructure and a disastrous qualifying record to edge out 2012 champions Zambia, Kenya and Congo in Group E.
Home-and-away victories over Kenya paved the way before a stunning 3-2 home victory over Zambia in June 2016 - despite a player strike over allowances in the run-up and with a 96th-minute winner - achieved the most unlikely of qualifications.
"I can tell you we worked very hard and as I always say, things are difficult but not impossible," Nascimento added.
"When I arrived at the federation for the first time, I said I would take Guinea-Bissau to the Nations Cup. Those that didn't believe said I was crazy and that I didn't know what I was talking about.
"Later they came to apologise and to say I did something good, and I will continue to do it as long as I am president of the federation."
That is a moot point since Nascimento told the BBC last week that he would resign if then Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou failed to win re-election in Addis Ababa. He didn't but Nascimento has stayed.
At the Nations Cup itself, Guinea-Bissau picked up a point against hosts Gabon in the opening game of the tournament - with an injury-time goal earning a 1-1 draw - before suffering narrow defeats to eventual champions Cameroon (1-2) and semi-finalists Burkina Faso (0-2).
Nascimento says the quality in a side largely made up of players from Portugal's lower-tier sides, and which includes several former Portugal youth internationals, is such that the team nicknamed the Djurtus (Wild Dogs) should be going even further.
"I always said Guinea-Bissau should be in the quarter-finals given the talents we have but one thing caused us not to reach that moment of glory - a lack of experience," said Nascimento, before asserting that his side will qualify for the 2019 finals.
"I can guarantee you that at the next tournament in Cameroon, in 2019, you will see our perfection, talent and (improved) results.
"After repairing the mistakes that we made in Gabon, you will see us differently. We will be more courageous, with more energy, perfection and creativity. We are looking to challenge the big teams - because we have to dream."
Locals say a three-day party ensued for three days following the historic Nations Cup qualification - while the opening draw against Gabon sparked wild celebrations and, also, tragedy.
"The day we succeeded to score against Gabon, four people died," said Nascimento. "They were happy but weren't in control and suffered accidents which led to their deaths."
On Saturday, Guinea-Bissau play their first game since the finals - a friendly against South Africa in Durban - which Nascimento says he is largely funding out of his own pocket since the government lacks the funds to send the team across the continent.
And on the question of money, he is hoping that increased funds from football's world governing body Fifa may help improve what Nascimento describes as limited infrastructure.
"I have to be sincere - our facilities are very poor," he freely admits.
"We only have two stadiums. The other 'stadiums' are just normal fields. Now we need to create more constructive cooperation to see exactly what Fifa can do for us.
"We are going to play South Africa now and after that, we will plan some more."
The English League One club are understood to have offered £100,000 up front, with add-ons which could have taken the deal to £200,000.
But Kilmarnock's board rejected what Charlton have indicated will be their final offer for the 25-year-old, who is in the final year of his contract.
"It is fantastic news for me," said Lee Clark after their loss to Motherwell.
The manager told BBC Scotland: "Josh was honest enough to say he didn't feel right for today's game, and when you have a player of his quality out of the squad, it has a big effect.
"The board has spoken to Josh, who has said that if the club have turned down the offer, he will give everything for as long as he is here. Whether that is until the end of the August window, or the end of his contract, we will see.
"But I am hoping to have him in the group next week for the Hamilton game."
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The Ayrshire club turned down a slightly smaller bid from Oldham for the player earlier in the week.
Magennis, who featured as a substitute in all of Northern Ireland's games at Euro 2016, was Killie's top scorer last season with 13 goals.
Manxman Cavendish was pipped by German Greipel, Peter Sagan and Swiss Fabian Cancellara, who took the yellow jersey.
Froome placed seventh on stage two, four seconds ahead of Alberto Contador in 13th and one minute 28 seconds ahead of Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana.
Team Sky's Froome, champion in 2013, is up to 10th in the overall standings.
Spanish two-time winner Contador, Italy's defending champion Nibali and Colombian Quintana have been billed as Froome's main rivals for overall victory at this year's race.
But over an unpredictable 166km along the Dutch coast, the 30-year-old was able to stake an early claim on the yellow jersey as high winds split the peloton.
"I'm really thankful to my team-mates for keeping me in front, especially when that split happened," Froome said.
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"It was chaos out there for a few minutes, with the storm, with the winds. One second Nibali was next to me so I couldn't believe it when he was distanced."
Czech time trial champion Jan Barta was the first of four breakaway riders past the day's intermediate checkpoint, where John Degenkolb got out of his saddle to take fifth and three more points than Cavendish, who rolled over in eighth.
By the time the peloton reached within 60km of the stage finish, where high winds had been blowing all afternoon, the breakaway was caught and teams organised themselves in protection of their key riders as conditions worsened.
Quintana and Nibali were just two of dozens of riders distanced by crosswinds, while Froome's team-mate Geraint Thomas was involved in a minor crash.
The Welshman recovered to finish 12th and move up to fifth overall ahead of Monday's third stage from Antwerp to Huy, where he will have an outside chance of victory himself.
"During the storm it was hard enough to see where you were going," Thomas told ITV. "I didn't realise the gap was as big as a minute and a half. It's perfect, I wouldn't turn that down."
For Lotto-Soudal's Greipel, it was an eighth Tour de France stage victory, while Cavendish of Etixx-Quick Step is still searching for his 26th.
Had Cavendish held on for third place his team-mate Tony Martin would have taken the yellow jersey, but the 30-year-old appeared to run out of energy just before the line.
"The day Cancellara beats me in a sprint I've gone too long. I've gassed it," Cavendish said.
"I think Mark [Renshaw] went too early and kind of left me hanging. We died. It's disappointing, Tony's disappointed."
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 3hrs 29mins 03secs
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo Same time
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
4 Mark Cavendish (GB) Etixx - Quick-Step
5 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
7 Christopher Froome (GB) Team Sky
8 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
9 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step
10 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 3hrs 44mins 01sec
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step +3secs
3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin +6secs
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo +33secs
5 Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky +35secs
6 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team +42secs
7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step Same time
8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team +44secs
9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team +48secs
10 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky Same time
14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo +01min 00secs
20 Ian Stannard (GB) Team Sky +01min 20secs
21 Mark Cavendish (GB) Etixx - Quick-Step +01min 24secs
29 Alex Dowsett (GB) Movistar +02mins 02secs
33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana +2mins 9secs
44 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar +2mins 27secs
96 Stephen Cummings (GB) MTN - Qhubeka +05mins 34secs
108 Simon Yates (GB) Orica GreenEdge +05mins 48secs
123 Peter Kennaugh (GB) Team Sky +06mins 10secs
137 Adam Yates (GB) Orica GreenEdge +06mins 20secs
139 Luke Rowe (GB) Team Sky +06mins 21secs
Mr Beckenbauer is being investigated along with three other members of the competition's organising committee.
The four are suspected of fraud, criminal mismanagement, money laundering and misappropriation.
Mr Beckenbauer, who headed the bid in 2000, has previously denied corruption.
"Today I was interviewed as part of a long scheduled hearing by the Swiss federal prosecutor," Mr Beckenbauer, 71, said, adding: "I answered his questions."
The former Germany captain said he would not share more details of the case "out of respect for the prosecutor's office".
The Swiss attorney general's office told the Associated Press news agency that Mr Beckenbauer had been "co-operative".
The investigation into allegations that four members of the 2006 World Cup organising committee were involved in fraud and money laundering began in 2015.
The other three suspects under criminal investigation are former presidents of the German Football Association (DFB) Wolfgang Niersbach and Theo Zwanziger, and former secretary-general of the DFB Horst Rudolf Schmidt.
Tax authorities raided the DFB headquarters after it emerged that a secret payment of 6.7m euros (£4.6m; $7.2m) was made to Fifa in 2005.
The case first made headlines in October 2015, when German news magazine Der Spiegel accused Germany of using a secret slush fund to buy Fifa votes in support of its bid to host the 2006 World Cup.
The money allegedly came from the late Robert Louis-Dreyfus, who in 2000 was head of German sportswear giant Adidas.
It was allegedly provided at the request of Mr Beckenbauer, who led the committee seeking to secure Germany's right to host the event.
He has previously admitted to making errors in relation to the bid but has denied deliberate wrongdoing.
Mr Beckenbauer played his first World Cup for West Germany in 1966 in England and captained the team to victory as hosts at the 1974 tournament.
The former defender went on to manage French side Marseille and German giants Bayern Munich.
The party said electronic voting in the Scottish Parliament - which allows MSPs to vote without leaving their seats - takes "just a matter of seconds".
But it can take 15 to 20 minutes for up to 650 MPs to funnel through the lobbies during divisions in the House of Commons.
The SNP said it was now time to ditch the "antiquated Westminster tradition".
SNP MP Hannah Bardell said the time "wasted" during divisions would have been "much better spent representing our constituents and tackling the issues that impact on their lives".
The Scottish Parliament has used electronic voting since it was reconvened in 1999. A similar system is also used in the Welsh Assembly.
Ms Bardell said: "Electronic voting has been shown to work in Scotland, Wales and in parliaments around the world.
"But the House of Common's reluctance to modernise its outmoded procedures is part of the reason that parliament is far from family friendly and continues to be considered alien and remote by the public."
Ms Bardell said the UK Parliament could get through much more business if it chose to "live in the 21st century, not the 17th".
The Livingston MP added: "As we move towards the start of 2016, it's well and truly time to create a modern parliament that is fit for a modern democracy."
The UK Parliament website states that proposals to adopt an electronic means of voting have been been considered in the past.
But it says alternative to the present system did not appear to command any great support among MPs.
It adds: "Many members view the procedure of voting in person through the lobbies as an essential opportunity to speak to or lobby senior colleagues".
The Bluebirds were second from bottom when Warnock took charge in October.
But Tuesday's remarkable 4-3 win away at Derby lifted Cardiff up to 12th place in the Championship table, 13 points clear of the relegation zone and 13 points adrift of the top six.
"This is the same group of players," Warnock told BBC Wales Sport.
"I don't think they realise yet how good they can be. It is amazing what you can do really - this is why I am in football so long, to get the best out of what you have is fantastic.
"We played against the teams who have spent millions and yet we compete with them. That is what its all about."
Warnock has said he will meet Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman to discuss his future after Saturday's home game against Rotherham.
The 68-year-old has previously stated he would like to challenge for promotion with the Bluebirds.
But asked about his upcoming talks with Dalman, the ex-Sheffield United and Crystal Palace boss preferred to focus on the fixture against his former side Rotherham.
"It'll probably be a horrible game on Saturday - it's all about trying to get the three points," said Warnock.
"It does not matter how we play on Saturday because they will not give anything. I have been there, they are a good group of lads. We have to get our minds on that.
"It's nice to get the points. Eight points and we are safe and we move on. We have gone to two difficult places in the last three days and we have stood up and been counted."
Instead scientists have found that clapping is contagious, and the length of an ovation is influenced by how other members of the crowd behave.
They say it takes a few people to start clapping for applause to spread through a group, and then just one or two individuals to stop for it to die out.
The Swedish study is published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Lead author Dr Richard Mann, from the University of Uppsala, said: "You can get quite different lengths of applause - even if you have the same quality of performance. This is purely coming form the dynamics of the people in the crowd."
Chain reaction
The research was carried out by studying video footage of groups of undergraduates as they watched a presentation.
The scientists found that it took just one or two people to put their hands together for a ripple of applause to spread through the crowd.
These claps sparked a chain reaction, where, spurred on by the noise, other audience members joined in.
"The pressure comes from the volume of clapping in the room rather than what your neighbour sitting next to you is doing," explained Dr Mann.
But the performance that had been witnessed - no matter how brilliant - had little effect on the duration of the noisy acclaim.
In fact, the researchers found the duration of applause varied greatly.
Dr Mann told BBC News: "In one case an audience might clap on average 10 times per person. Another time they might clap three times as long.
"And all that comes from is that you have this social pressure to start (clapping), but once you've started there's an equally strong social pressure not to stop, until someone initiates that stopping."
The scientists believe that clapping is a form of "social contagion", which reveals how how ideas and actions gain and lose momentum.
Studying this, they say, could shed light on other areas, such as how trends come in and go out of fashion or how ideas spread on the internet.
Dr Mann said: "Here we tested whether you are more driven by the total number of people in the room or the people sitting next to you.
"And the equivalent on Facebook or Twitter would be whether you are more likely to join in a trend if you see lots of people in the wider world mentioning it or if just your closer friends mention it."
Paul Maguire was one of 18 members who quit in North Antrim last month.
He alleged Mr McKay was forced to resign as an MLA over claims he "coached" a loyalist blogger who gave evidence to a Stormont inquiry.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said the party wants to engage with former members in the hope they will return.
Paul Maguire, a member of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council and a former chairman of Sinn Féin in North Antrim, said the party knows the 18 members who resigned were "significant" in the local party.
He told BBC One's The View programme: "There are people left but they would be more card-carrying members than activists.
"I know there has been one further resignation and from what I can hear, or what I'm told, there will be more to follow."
"I would find it impossible to think that Daithí McKay would or could be brought back into the party because of the way in which he was made resign and the attitude from the Cúige (Sinn Féin's Ulster Council) since his resignation.
"I'm aware of communication between the Cúige and Daithí McKay since and it hasn't been at all pleasant.
"I can't read Daithí McKay's mind. He resigned because he was made resign. He's suspended by the party.
"There's an inquiry going on at the moment. I can't see that being a meaningful inquiry. I think it's just a box-ticking exercise."
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams told The View it was "always a negative" when people left the party.
"We are going to engage with every single one of those former members," he said.
"We hope that they will reflect and that they will come back into the party.
"At least one has already done so. I hope others will do so."
In a statement, the party dismissed the claims as "nonsense".
"Daithí McKay resigned and stated clearly that his contact with Jamie Bryson was 'inappropriate' and 'wrong'," Sinn Féin said.
"That was Daithí's decision and was the correct decision."
Daithí McKay has not commented publicly since his resignation as an MLA last month.
The former North Antrim MLA resigned after claims he and another Sinn Féin member "coached" loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson before he gave evidence to a Stormont inquiry, chaired by Mr McKay, into the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) scandal.
The allegations followed leaked Twitter messages between Mr Bryson, Mr McKay and Sinn Féin member Thomas O'Hara.
Mr McKay said he accepted the messages were "inappropriate, ill-advised and wrong".
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In June 2013, bells at St Mary's in Bramshott fell silent after plans were unveiled to bring forward services from 11:15 to 09:15.
Campanologists said that as the bells were pealed 30 minutes before the service, villagers would be disturbed.
A later service time of 09:30 has now been agreed, which means the bells will ring again, the church warden said.
The church posted a message on its website saying a special communion service would be held on 3 January to mark the return of the bell ringing team.
The bells in the village church were a gift from the widow of Boris Karloff, the actor best known for playing Frankenstein's monster.
He lived in the village until his death in 1969, aged 81.
Bird, who was assistant head coach last season, replaces Mo'onia Gerrard, who stepped down at the end of the 2017 campaign, their first in Superleague.
"She's got a wealth of experience as a coach, with Hertfordshire Mavericks previously," said Severn Stars co-founding director Dr Anita Navin.
"We're pleased Sam will take the helm. It's continuity. Our players know her."
Navin told BBC Hereford & Worcester: "We've been through a rigorous process. Sometimes it's harder being an internal candidate than external but Sam's experience as head coach was what shone through."
Bird, who works as a solicitor for the Metropolitan Police, is also a national selector and England's mid-court technical coach.
In her 11 years with Hertfordshire Mavericks, they twice finished top of the Superleague table.
Severn Stars co-founding director Dr Anita Navin was talking to BBC Hereford & Worcester's Dan Wheeler.
The ex-PM told the BBC that Brexit was a bigger issue than party allegiance for the general election on 8 June.
He said the Tories were likely to win but a big Labour vote could constrain the PM, whose "unreasonable" policy was being driven by her party's right wing.
And he said he felt so passionately about Brexit he was "almost motivated" to re-enter British politics himself.
Mr Blair stepped down from frontline politics in 2007 but has become more politically active in recent months, setting up a think tank in London to make the case for the centre ground and for continued EU membership.
He told the BBC that the opinion polls suggested Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives were on course for a landslide victory and he "wasn't totally sure" what Labour's position was on Brexit.
Speaking to Radio 4's World This Weekend, he said that voters need to know where candidates stood on leaving the EU.
He described Theresa May as "very sensible" and "a perfectly decent person" but said her policy on leaving the EU was "not reasonable" and that it was driven by the right wing of her party.
He said: "The point is whether I'm Labour or I'm not Labour - even if there's Conservatives or Liberal Democrats - I will work with anyone to get this argument across in the country."
He pledged to put pressure on candidates in each constituency to force them to declare where they stood on the mandate Mrs May should have when negotiating the terms of Britain's exit from the EU.
And he said he was supporting a campaign, also backed by anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller, to fund candidates who want to see another, "final" vote on the exit deal.
Mr Blair said he feared that winning a large majority would effectively hand Theresa May "a blank cheque for Brexit at any costs", which was not in the interests of the country.
Although he has previously ruled out standing for Parliament again after an absence of 10 years, Mr Blair said:
"I look at the British political scene at the moment and I actually almost feel motivated to go right back into it," he added. "We're just allowing ourselves to be hijacked by what is actually quite a small group of people with a strong ideology."
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In a tweet posted just after midnight Mr Trump wrote "despite the constant negative press covfefe".
The tweet stayed up all night, trending worldwide to much merriment.
Asked by a reporter if people should be concerned, Mr Spicer said, "No, the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant."
Mr Trump, who presumably had meant to write "press coverage" and failed to finish his sentence, later deleted it and, acknowledging the jokes, wrote, "Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? Enjoy!"
That follow-up appeared at 06:09 (10:00 GMT) on Wednesday, more than six hours after the original message (posted at 00:06).
"Do you think that people should be concerned that the president posted something of an incoherent tweet last night and that it then stayed up for hours?" a reporter asked Mr Spicer.
"Er, no," he replied.
"Why did it stay up so long? Is nobody watching this?" he was asked.
"No," Mr Spicer said before giving his cryptic explanation.
Others at the briefing simply asked, "What does 'covfefe' mean?" and "What is 'covfefe'?" without getting an answer.
Mr Trump has continued tweeting from his personal account since becoming president in January, arguing that it helps him speak directly to Americans.
Aside from the frequently controversial content, the account is known for its spelling mistakes such as "unpresidented" for "unprecedented", and "honered" for "honored", as this Business Insider article recalls.
But few Trumpisms have spread like "covfefe"...
Beyond Twitter, rail operator Eurostar got in on the joke, suggesting passengers might enjoy a "covfefe" (and even a coffee too).
Hillary Clinton, who fought and lost the election against Mr Trump, joked in a speech to the annual Code Conference in California: "I thought it was a hidden message to the Russians."
Mae'r Goruchaf Lys wedi dyfarnu bod yn rhaid i ASau bleidleisio dros danio Erthygl 50, fyddai'n dechrau'r broses o adael yr UE.
Fe wnaeth AS arall Llafur, Jo Stevens, ymddiswyddo fel llefarydd y blaid ar Gymru ddydd Gwener, ac mae hi'n bwriadu mynd yn erbyn gorchymyn yr arweinydd Jeremy Corbyn i gefnogi'r mesur.
Ond dywedodd AS Aberafan, Stephen Kinnock y dylai aelodau'r blaid gefnogi'r mesur a dechrau'r broses o adael yr UE.
"Fe wnes i ymgyrchu yn angerddol i aros, ac rwy'n gefnogwr brwd o Ewrop," meddai wrth raglen Sunday Supplement BBC Radio Wales.
"Rydw i'n teimlo y byddai'r DU yn well pe bai'n aros mor agos â phosib at ein partneriaid Ewropeaidd."
Er hyn, fe wnaeth yr ardal y mae Mr Kinnock yn ei gynrychioli - fel rhan o Gastell-nedd Port Talbot - bleidleisio o 56.8% i adael yr UE yn y refferendwm ym mis Mehefin.
Dywedodd ei fod yn parchu safbwynt Ms Stevens, ond ei fod yn credu mai'r peth cywir i'w wneud yw cefnogi'r mesur i adael yr undeb.
Ychwanegodd bod hyn nid yn unig oherwydd bod ei ardal ef wedi pleidleisio dros adael, ond bod y 52% o'r DU gyfan wedi gwneud hefyd.
"Rydyn ni wedi cymryd risg enfawr gyda dyfodol ein gwlad trwy bleidleisio i adael," meddai Mr Kinnock.
"Ond dydyn ni ddim yn gallu mynd yn ôl at y bleidlais nawr, ac felly mae'n rhaid i ni symud 'mlaen."
The 21-year old made his Swans debut in their stunning 2-1 win at Arsenal last season and featured regularly towards the end of the campaign.
Having impressed under Francesco Guidolin, Kingsley made his debut for Scotland in June in their friendly with France.
"It's great to get the new contract done," the signing from Falkirk said.
"I now have the next four years to look forward to and it is time for me to push on.
"I'll definitely not be getting carried away. It's been a long journey to get to this position and I know I still have a long way to go.
"I am not taking anything for granted - the hard work starts now for me."
After loan spells at Yeovil Town and Crewe, Kingsley made his Swansea debut as a substitute in the FA Cup defeat at Oxford back in January.
"The last six months have been a whirlwind," added Kingsley, who joins fellow Scot Adam King in signing a new deal at the Liberty Stadium.
"Everything has happened so quickly. But this is just the start for me. I am just looking forward to getting into the new season and trying to push on."
Pakistan's military said the 13-year-old girl and 55-year-old man were killed late on Thursday in the Nakyal sector, near the Line of Control.
It said Pakistani troops returned fire and shelling was continuing. There has been no official comment from India.
Pakistan and India have overlapping territorial claims in Kashmir and have fought two wars over the region.
In recent years violence has abated from its peak in the 1990s, but the causes of the insurgency are still far from resolved.
A ceasefire agreed in 2003 remains in place, but the nuclear-armed neighbours often accuse each other of violating it.
In 2014 there was an escalation in hostilities along the disputed border , with some of the worst violence in a decade. Both sides accuse each other of initiating the clashes.
The Scottish SPCA said it was caring for more than 100 of the auks at its National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Fishcross.
Centre manager Colin Seddon said: "Little auks breed in the high arctic areas such as Greenland and Iceland, so it is unusual to see them up close."
Any other auk sightings can be reported on 03000 999 999.
Mr Seddon explained: "We have just over 100 little auks in our care at the moment which have been caught out by the recent storms.
"It is not uncommon for little auks to be found in the North Sea over winter but they have been blown off course and are landing in areas up and down the county, predominately along the east coast.
"The little auks we have rescued were found weak and thin and would have had great difficulty taking off once grounded."
As a group, we know how privileged we are to play cricket around the world and sometimes we get to meet some amazing people along the way.
The day after our group game against India, we were lucky enough to get the opportunity to meet the 14th Dalai Lama, who lives up in the hills in Dharamsala. What an amazing experience.
Beforehand, we weren't entirely sure how to greet him, as we had heard he sees himself as no more superior to anyone else and doesn't like special treatment.
I was second in line to meet him behind Danni Wyatt, who had snuck to the front and nominated herself as captain for the day. I'll bet it's the first time he's been greeted in true Stoke fashion with an 'Ayup'!
He asked me if we had won the previous day and after telling him we had, he gave me a big slap on the back. With remarkable force for an 80-year-old man, may I add.
After that I took the opportunity to give him a high five; I think that might be a story for the grandkids!
Once he had greeted everyone, he spoke to us enthrallingly about how compassion is a basic human nature and although we are different, we are all human and should show solidarity. He was riveting to listen to, and it won't be an experience I will forget for a while.
Maybe the Dalai Lama was on our side for our game against West Indies the following day, as we managed to sneak over the line and win off the final ball of the game.
Another nail-biter watching from the dug-out, and after clinging on to a drinks bottle while watching the last few overs, I managed to fling it straight at the head of poor Matt, the Getty Images photographer who had been snapping our match!
After writing about the good old stories of "Delhi belly" from previous tours in my last column, I think I may have been victim of a bit of karma… as I was struck down with a pretty bad dose of sickness after the West Indies game, which caused me to miss the next game against Pakistan in Chennai.
Not fun! I've certainly learnt my lesson. Although our media manager Beth Barrett-Wild took a lot of delight in being able to use the "poo emoji" in an official @Englandcricket tweet to inform people about my plight. Thanks Beth!
After keeping our 100% win record in the group stages by beating Pakistan, it was back on another flight up to Delhi for the semi-final against Australia. Unfortunately it wasn't to be and we fell five runs short in the run chase.
After being in a great position, it was a disappointing end that hurts a lot, but we just couldn't get over the line on the day. Once the dust has settled, I think we'll take a massive amount from this tournament.
There's a lot of work to put in to be where we want to be as a team, and make sure next time in that same situation we do get over the line.
Despite the end, I really enjoyed the tournament in India. It's a testing, but great place to play cricket. Although watching the women's final from a sofa back home wasn't the easiest, I was really pleased that the final was a cracker of a game.
Congratulations to Stafanie Taylor and the West Indies on winning the trophy, they put together a great run chase to beat the Australians.
It was nice to see my Hobart Hurricanes team-mate Hayley Matthews pick up the player of the match award - she's a seriously talented cricketer and one of the cleanest strikers of a ball I've seen.
It was also gutting to see the men's final finish like it did for England. I really felt for Stokesy, but it takes guts to put yourself out there and bowl that last over.
It was some serious striking by Carlos Brathwaite and at the end of the day that's Twenty20 cricket for you. What a final it was, though.
The next ICC Women's World T20 is a standalone event in the West Indies in 2018, as the men's tournament now moves to a four-year cycle, and I think it's a massively exciting opportunity for the women's game.
The semi-finals and finals, which were played as double-headers this year, had worse crowds than some of our standalone group games and it's exciting to see how the tournament will go when it stands by itself.
Last of all, thanks to everyone for their support during the competition, it's been unreal. Roll on the English summer.
Heather will be captaining the Western Storm in this summer's inaugural Kia Super League - read more from her on the BBC Sport website during the summer, when England will also host Pakistan in a limited-overs series.
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Sunday will be the Welsh judoka's first big event of the year, with the world's top 10 fighters all competing.
After finishing fifth at the Havana Grand Prix, Powell knows she must put a marker down.
"It's a really important event and one of the biggest in the calendar," she said.
"This close to Rio, obviously everyone's going to be there.
"It will be the same standards as the Worlds really and everyone is wanting to get those last points early on as they can in the season so they can have a break before the Games.
"I'm capable of beating all these girls on my best days, it's just beating them all on the same day that I'm yet to do.
"A win in Paris would be a massive step forward and put me in a great position."
Gemma Gibbons, who Powell beat to win 2014 Commonwealth gold in the -78kg class, is her main rival for the only Team GB slot available for Rio 2016.
Powell is currently eighth in the International Judo Federation rankings, with 2012 Olympic silver medallist Gibbons 16th.
She returned to action at January's Havana Grand Prix in Cuba following a 10-week absence because of a knee injury.
There were "fundamental flaws" in the working practices of some of the groups that handle tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money, said the MPs.
The International Development Committee also criticised a "complete lack of enforcement" of procurement rules.
The government said it was already undertaking a "root and branch" review.
International Development Secretary Priti Patel has warned suppliers against "excessive profiteering or unethical practices".
With official figures due this week showing the UK's aid budget continuing to grow, ministers are facing more scrutiny than ever before about how value for money is achieved, the BBC's global affairs correspondent Naomi Grimley said.
Funding and distributing foreign aid is the responsibility of the Department for International Development (DfID).
According to the International Development Committee, the department has become a "commissioning organisation rather than one of delivery".
Private contractors can be an "effective channel for aid delivery", it said.
But it raised concerns about the way the supply chain was being policed.
"Serious examples of sub-contractors being mistreated by lead contractors point towards an insufficient level of oversight that DfID should take concrete steps to improve," the report said.
"We are also greatly concerned about the appalling conduct of some contractors who have behaved in a way that is entirely misaligned with the department's purpose," the MPs added.
"We recognise that not all contractors have behaved poorly, though we also stress that recent examples highlighted in the media should not be viewed as isolated cases."
Earlier this year, the committee was particularly critical of one contractor, Adam Smith International.
In its latest report the committee says this was not an isolated incident, and argues there is something "inherently wrong" with the culture in some of the profit-making companies which bid for overseas aid contracts.
In an anonymous evidence session, two contractors raised concerns about the system, with one saying firms were trying to "squeeze out every last penny and ripping off" the department.
According to the MPs' report, the way the market is set up means contractors are rewarded for winning contracts, rather than delivering them, the MPs say.
And while firms are required to agree to the department's rules, "there is a worrying over-reliance on self-regulation and a complete lack of enforcement", they add.
The Department for International Development said Ms Patel had already launched a review of the department's work with suppliers with a view to achieving "root and branch" reform based on principles of accountability and transparency.
"The secretary of state has been crystal clear that she expects all suppliers to deliver results for the world's poorest, provide value for taxpayers' money and that she will not tolerate anything less," a spokesman said.
The fancy dress theme for the 51st Christmas morning swim was pirates and parrots - along with the usual Santas and elves.
The event, which included carol singing and Christmas music, raised money for lifeboat charity, the RNLI.
Organisers thanked volunteers and swimmers for their "unquestionable dedication and support".
South Wales Police made the most arrests with 572 - the 14th highest in the UK.
Gwent Police saw the biggest rise in Wales with 184 arrests from 2013 to 2015, an increase of 73%.
The Home Office said it wanted "long-term solutions" to illegal migration and its strategies were working.
More than 27,000 suspected illegal immigrants were arrested by forces across the UK during the same period.
Many of those detained were found at motorway service stations and truck stops, having hidden in lorries.
Three of the four Welsh police forces responded to the BBC's Freedom of Information request.
In the Dyfed-Powys force area, there were 84 arrests - up 14% over the three years. North Wales Police did not provide a full response.
Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner, Jeff Cuthbert, said the numbers in Wales were quite small but admitted the problem would "probably get worse".
"We've seen an enormous amount of people fleeing persecution and terror. It's very important we have a mix of planning and compassion," he said.
"I am very concerned about the impact of modern slavery and people trafficking on Gwent.
"We have seen some very high-profile cases, with many illegal immigrants forced into prostitution, particularly in Newport."
He said many people were entering Wales via the Severn crossings, and border force and police needed to be better funded to tackle the problem.
"We have to make sure public services are resourced - and the cutbacks are not helping," he added.
"It's going to get harder. We have to cooperate with other European countries."
The Home Office said it would take action to remove anyone who did not have the right to remain in the UK.
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The exploration is being carried out by US oil giant Exxon Mobile.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez called the exploration "a dangerous political provocation".
Venezuela has been claiming the disputed mineral-rich region west of the Essequibo river as its own since the 19th Century.
An international tribunal ruled in 1899 that the area formed part of Guyana, which at the time was a British colony.
Venezuela never accepted the ruling, arguing it was unfair.
On 20 May, Exxon Mobil announced "a significant oil discovery" in the disputed area.
A week later, President Maduro issued a presidential decree claiming sovereignty of the disputed waters.
Guyana's newly elected President, David Granger, in turn released a statement on Sunday calling Venezuela's decree a "flagrant violation of international law".
He also accused Venezuela of wishing "to trample on the rights of a smaller country in order to obstruct the sovereign right of Guyana to develop its natural resources".
President Granger insisted that Guyana would continue to develop the offshore natural resources it considered its own.
On Tuesday, the Venezuelan leader blamed Exxon Mobil for the diplomatic row.
He advised Guyana "not to take bad advice from Exxon Mobil or from (local officials) bribed by Exxon Mobil".
Speaking on state television, he said that "with dialogue and diplomacy we should be able to iron our these historical differences".
Relations between Venezuela and Exxon Mobile have been tense since 2007, when the country's then-president Hugo Chavez nationalised the company's assets.
Last year, an international arbitration tribunal ruled that Venezuela must pay Exxon Mobil $1.6bn (£1bn) in compensation for the expropriated assets.
Guatemala says the 13-year-old boy was attacked by Belizean soldiers. Belize says its troops shot in self-defence after coming under fire.
Belize also accuses Guatemala of "amassing" troops along the border.
Guatemala's claim to parts of territory governed by its neighbour dates back to when Belize was a British colony.
Belize's government said the Guatemalan teenager was shot dead on Wednesday in the Cebada area of the Chiquibul National Park, on the western border with its larger neighbour.
Guatemala said the incident happened in a community which is on the border between the Guatemalan department of Peten and Belize.
Guatemalan President Jimmy Moralles later described the incident as a "cowardly and excessive attack", and called for those responsible to be brought to justice.
Defence Minister William Mansilla said Guatemala had deployed 3,000 troops on the border, according to the AFP news agency.
"It is a preventive measure, it is not a declaration of war," he was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, Belize's government said Mr Moralles' comments were "inflammatory".
Belize said its patrol came under fire and was forced to shoot back in self-defence.
It added that the body of the teenager was found just inside Belizean territory.
The territorial dispute between the two Central American nations dates back more than 150 years.
Belize became independent in 1981, however Guatemala did not recognise it for another decade because of the land dispute.
Earlier this week, Luis Almagro, the head of the Organization of American States, visited both countries in an effort to resolve the situation.
Ex-Zimbabwe paceman Kyle Jarvis took 6-67, well backed by South Africa's Ryan McLaren, all the wickets falling from the Statham End at Old Trafford.
It could have been worse for the Bears but for a ninth-wicket stand of 76 from Jeetan Patel (47) and Olly Stone (32).
Liam Livingstone then made an unbeaten 41 to help Lancashire close on 112-3.
With nightwatchman Stephen Parry seeing it through on 15 from 21 deliveries, the hosts still have Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Jos Buttler to come in the morning.
Lancashire, in second place at the start of play, were actually closer to the top flight's drop zone, 40 points clear of danger with five games left, but 41 points behind leaders Essex.
Warwickshire began the game 31 points adrift of safety, although boosted by their first Championship win of the summer in their last game, against Middlesex at Lord's three weeks ago.
Since then, former Lancashire boss Ashley Giles' Bears have shown their greater aptitude for the shorter form of the game by reaching T20 Blast finals day for the third time in four years.
But, although former Northants paceman Stone has so far had a decent first-class debut for his new county after his year out with a knee injury, it was pretty much a case of normal service being resumed for the Bears on their return to Championship duty,
From 89-3 at lunch, including the loss of both new Championship captain Jonathan Trott and his predecessor Ian Bell to McLaren (4-45), Warwickshire slumped from 89-3 to be bowled out for 200 by tea. All Jarvis's wickets came in the afternoon session, including a run of four in 24 balls.
Lancashire seamer Kyle Jarvis told BBC Radio Manchester:
"It came after a pretty shaky start this morning when I didn't bowl well at all. I had a few tough words at lunch time and then got six in the session.
"It was two sessions completely different. I bowled terribly and had no rhythm from the James Anderson End, which is where I normally bowl from.
"I decided to switch it around. It then came out really nicely. I've not got many wickets from this end in my four-year career here. That's just the way it goes."
Bears first-team coach Jim Troughton told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:
"We spoke to Ashley Giles - and he said there were times when they might have bowled first on these types of pitches because they are a little bit tacky.
"Batting first was the right option, especially with them going in with three seamers and two spinners. We'll have to see over the four days how it behaves if there's a lot of sun on it.
"They bowled well and in good areas, but we didn't have that skill to stem the bleeding. Jeetan did well and Olly. That was a good effort to get us to 200."
The Netherlands international led Ajax to the Eredivisie title before joining United on a six-year deal in July 2014.
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De Jong, 27, has not featured for Rafael Benitez's side since their relegation to the Championship.
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The majority still say the UK is better off in the EU, but the number backing moves to leave has risen from 2% to 6%.
But research from Britain Stronger in Europe suggested £236bn of UK exports, which is about 80% of the total, would be at risk if Britain left the EU.
An in-out referendum on the UK's EU membership is due by the end of 2017.
Deloitte surveyed 137 chief financial officers (CFOs) of FTSE 350 and other large private companies including 24 CFOs from top 100 companies between 11 November and 2 December 2015.
The decision of 28% of those who were surveyed depends on the outcome of the renegotiation of UK membership, up from 23% in the second quarter of last year.
The final 4% are uncertain of their position, up from 1% in the middle of last year, meaning the total of "don't knows"' and those whose decision will depend on the results of the renegotiation has risen to 32% of all CFOs, up from 24% in Q2.
David Sproul, senior partner and chief executive of Deloitte, said: "A clear majority of CFOs continue to favour the UK remaining in the EU, but the proportion of those expressing unqualified support has fallen. This mirrors what we have seen from the broader public in opinion polls in the last six months.
"With around one-third of CFOs undecided on their position or awaiting the outcome of renegotiation discussions, the eventual deal may well significantly affect business attitudes to EU membership."
The Britain Stronger in Europe pressure group says that the EU accounts for half of UK goods exports, worth £148bn in 2014, and that trade would be put at risk by leaving the EU.
It says that taking into account deals currently being negotiated by the EU takes that figure to 80%, which brings the total to £236bn.
"If we leave, those exports would be at risk, facing trade barriers and fees - hitting British businesses hard and increasing prices in the shops," said Stuart Rose, chairman of the Stronger In campaign.
"These are the stakes. Those proposing leaving the EU must show how this damage can be avoided."
Robert Oulds, director of the Bruges Group, a Eurosceptic think-tank whose founding president was Margaret Thatcher, said the Deloitte survey was significant: "Business leaders are beginning to think outside of the box and recognise that we do not have to be part of an EU political union to enjoy mutually beneficial trade links.
"If this trend continues then businesses will be firmly in favour of 'Brexit'."
Will Straw, executive director of Britain Stronger In Europe, the umbrella organisation lobbying to stay as part of the EU, said the result still showed a clear preference from business for the status quo: "An overwhelming majority of business leaders think Britain is stronger and better off in Europe. Just 6% think it would be better to leave.
"Being part of the largest market in the world allows Britain's economy to thrive, supporting jobs across the country and lower prices in the shops. Leaving Europe would put all that at risk, which even Leave campaigners admit would cause economic 'pain' to Britain."
The Deloitte survey also asked financial officers for their views on the direction of the economy in 2016.
It found that businesses' attitude to risk had slipped and business confidence had fallen back to 2012 levels.
Only 12% said they were more optimistic than three months ago, down from 36% six months ago.
Expectations for inflation was fairly split, with 51% of CFOs expecting inflation to remain below 1.5% in two years' time and 44% expecting it to be between 1.6% and 2.5%.
On interest rates, those surveyed seemed well prepared for a move upwards, with 64% saying they could withstand a rise in rates of one percentage point to 1.5% before they would need to trim jobs or investment.
A small percentage - 10% - said a rate rise would be good for their business.
Meanwhile another survey by business lobby group the CBI found economic growth across the private sector picked up in the three months to December.
The survey of 766 respondents, which comprises economic activity across manufacturing, retail and business and consumer services sectors, found growth improving following weaker figures reported last month.
Police were called to the Smethwick area of Sandwell at about 12:50 BST on Saturday.
A 38-year-old man, who has not been formally identified, was pronounced dead at the scene at the internet cafe on Cape Hill.
West Midlands Police said a suspect, described as black and of a large build, is still at large.
Det Insp Justin Spanner, from the force's CID, said: "This happened in broad daylight on a Saturday afternoon in a busy area and we are aware that several witnesses were at the scene and as yet have not come forward.
"The suspect was wearing a dark quilted patterned jacket, blue jeans and trainers."
Mr McCauley died nine years after he was severely beaten in a sectarian attack in the city in 2006.
He died in a care home on Saturday.
Among those attending his funeral at St Columb's Church on Thursday afternoon were Bishop Donal McKeown and Bishop Ken Good.
Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown said the family had shown "enormous dignity", particularly in the days since Mr McCauley died.
He said the attack had been particularly "savage" and "sectarian".
"I think we need to have some ability to know what happened, why it happened and clearly there are many people who are aware of the background to this," he said.
"This wasn't a secret thing done by one person up a dark alleyway, this was done by a large group of people. Large numbers are aware of what happened.
"I think we all need to have the truth out on the table so that the McCauley family can know what happened and then move on, and that those who were responsible for the death of another human being can accept responsibility for that and take whatever is coming at them."
The Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry and Raphoe Ken Good said: "This day has struck a really deep chord in the hearts of the community and in my own heart too.
"There's a lot of soul-searching going on, there's a lot of deep wondering about what kind of society we are and we want to be and I think it is a time for examining of conscience.
"It's a time of grief, it's a time of sadness. I feel particularly for the McCauley family, for Jim and Cathy.
"They have responded to this whole situation with dignity over the years, with remarkable inspiration for all of us and yet now we have to ask the question about our society as we examine our consciences of why have people not been brought to justice.
"Are there people who need to face deep realities about what has happened?
"It's a sobering time."
Bishop Good appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
"It's too late for Paul but it's not too late for the family, nor us as a society for people to come forward," he said.
During the funeral service, Father Michael Canny told mourners that Mr McCauley's life had been cruelly cut short and his death was a poignant tragedy.
Fr Canny said it was only natural that there was an air of denunciation and an outraged sense of injustice.
"There is a pervading righteous anger here, but let it be the anger of a heart of love, a heart broken by the bitter brutality of men," he said.
Mr McCauley was 30 in 2006 when he was attacked by a mob at a barbecue in the Waterside in Derry, and never regained consciousness.
The civil servant suffered multiple injuries, including a brain haemorrhage and a fractured skull, when he and two friends were beaten by a gang of youths.
He also had two heart attacks on the way to Altnagelvin Hospital.
The Dons' 2-1 win at Hearts leaves them nine points ahead of Rangers with three games left, but with a superior goal difference of +34 to Rangers' +11.
It means they are poised to finish runners-up for a third straight year.
"We are punching totally above our weight to get to 70 points again, with three games to go," McInnes said.
"I think we are the first team outside the Old Firm to do that three years in a row. Everyone said with Rangers coming back in we would get pushed aside. So it's great to answer a lot of those questions that people had.
"We are not second mathematically yet but we have taken a huge step towards it today, and we have also got to two cup finals and we want to go and win it [the Scottish Cup final against Celtic].
"My players gave me everything today, I couldn't have asked anymore. But we are still searching for that perfect performance we will probably need to win the Scottish Cup."
Victory at Tynecastle means Aberdeen have now won 22 of the 23 games - with one draw - in which they have taken the lead this season.
They led through Adam Rooney's opportunistic strike, and responded to Hearts' leveller from Esmael Goncalves to score the winner within three minutes through substitute Anthony O'Connor's header.
"It was important we showed strength and resilience after Hearts scored, and composure and confidence to get the next goal, and we killed any momentum right away that Hearts could have got," McInnes said.
"We are disappointed not to get the clean sheet and disappointed not to score more goals, but I've said to the players we have got to search for those perfect performances.
"There was total commitment, and a real honesty about what they give to the club."
The only downside for McInnes was another injury, this time to midfielder Peter Pawlett, who was substituted at half-time after "stretching his Achilles".
"We are hoping he is OK," said the Dons boss, who revealed before Sunday's match that captain Ryan Jack is a doubt for the Scottish Cup final on 27 May after suffering a slight tear to his groin in training.
"It is a real blow for us at this stage of the season," McInnes told BBC Scotland. "We are hoping he will be back in two-to-three weeks but he will be touch-and-go for the cup final.
"It is hard for Ryan but hopefully he will recover in time. There is a slight tear there but at this stage it is impossible to tell."
Around 6,000 premises in Montford Bridge, Montford, Bicton, Ford, Shrawardine, Pontesbury, Albrighton and Minsterly will benefit during the first phase, Shropshire Council said.
It is costing £24.6m, which is funded by the government, the council and BT.
Details on which other parts of the county will get superfast broadband are to be released in January.
The village of Albrighton (between Telford and Wolverhampton) and business premises in Harlescott will also get superfast broadband in the first phase.
About 1,300 kilometres (808 miles) of optical fibre will need to be laid for the project, which aims to connect 130,000 homes and businesses by the end of Spring 2016.
The plans had previously been in doubt, after Telford and Wrekin Council said it could not justify the spending required and pulled out of the joint project with Shropshire Council.
The government approved Shropshire's superfast broadband plans last year.
Thousands of people have been visiting the site in the Waterside area of Derry where the 70-foot carved tower has been built.
People have been leaving personal messages inside the structure.
Around 15,000 people are expected to watch the burning of the tower on Saturday.
The aim behind Temple was to bring together the artist at the centre of the USA's Burning Man Festival in Nevada, David Best, and the people of Derry, to offer an alternative perspective on bonfires.
Rev Graeme Orr from Magheramason said he fears the burning could leave people open to the "influence of the occult and Satan".
"I have a deep love for the people in Derry," said Mr Orr.
"I didn't know an awful lot about the Temple but it is about worship, and the idea that flames would bring healing or restoration is not an idea found in the Bible.
"True healing is looking to the son of God. We should be thinking more about his death on the cross coming up to Easter.
"I do believe that there is a dangerous element involved in this. There is great community spirit in this yes, but as I researched it I got more worried.
"I looked into the Burning Man which is similar to this and a culture has developed that anything goes.
"The Burning Man is linked to orgies and things.
"My fear that is that we go down a similar route to this in the future.
"Dealing with loss is extremely difficult but the burning of the temple is contrary to what the Bible says.
"It's not the way to God."
The company organising the event, Artichoke, has declined to comment on Mr Orr's comments.
The artist David Best said the idea for the structure originally came to him after he lost a close friend.
Presbyterian Minister David Latimer said he disagreed with Mr Orr.
"My initial scepticism was to do with its location. I didn't think it would be inclusive for all communities.
"I visited the site recently and it is totally clear that people from everywhere and all traditions are visiting.
"Their messages represent the pain and loss that people have went through. It's a great form of expression.
"I don't think this is pagan.
"I know of girls who have been up to leave a message at the Temple on behalf of their mother who lost to babies recently. That's what this about."
A statement on Schoolcardshop's website said its parent company, digital and personalised print supplier Dynamic Colour, was no longer trading.
In an email to customers, the Edinburgh-based firm said the news had come "as a shock to all of us".
"It is not about the money. It is the fact they have images our children took time to do," one mother told the BBC.
Meg Bennett, from Brierley Hill in the West Midlands, said she "had the foresight" to scan her six-year-old son's image of reindeer before submitting it to Schoolcardshop via his school.
But she said: "There's a group of us who have been chatting about this all day and I know other mums did not do that."
Schoolcardshop allows families to create and personalise cards, and schools retain a proportion of the money spent by families on the products.
Mrs Bennett said: "I just feel bad because our children's school are going to get a lot of flak for this."
No-one was available for comment at Dynamic Colour on Wednesday evening.
In an email received by customers, the "Schoolcardshop Team" apologised but said it would not be able to produce this year's products.
It said Dynamic Colour was its parent company but had ceased trading and was in the process of appointing a liquidator.
"This has come as a shock to all of us and we've been trying hard to bring operations to a clean conclusion...
"Unfortunately due to the situation we find ourselves in we are unable to continue in any form."
Other parents have also expressed their upset on Twitter, and are worried they may not get their money back.
It added: "We are all deeply upset to have to give you this news. We are sorry that all participating children and parents will not now receive their cards and gifts but the matter is completely out of our control."
One parent told the BBC: "My daughter's school was one of those that had signed up with this company to produce cards drawn by its pupils.
"We've already paid £12 for two packs that we won't now be receiving. Have been told we'll get our money back. I remain to be convinced."
Recent posts from the company's social media accounts mention the launch of an online store, while another tweet from the company's account on 11 November says what "a busy week" its team had.
After James Brophy forced an early save from Angus Gunn, Oliver Lancashire headed home a free-kick to put the visitors in front at Carrow Road.
But Cameron Jerome quickly levelled and Wes Hoolahan played a one-two with James Maddison before making it two.
Maddison soon added the third and, although Paul Mullin pulled one back after the break, it was not enough.
Norwich made three changes to the side that drew at Fulham on Saturday, with Hoolahan, Ivo Pinto and Josh Murphy coming in to the side, but it was Maddison who was at the heart of most of their attacking play in the opening half, as well as clearing off the line from Harry Smith.
Swindon, though, refused to give up despite the two-goal interval deficit and, after Mullin headed in from a Chris Hussey set-piece, Gunn had to make an excellent save to deny him a second and keep out late efforts by Ellis Iandolo and James Dunne to prevent Town taking the tie to extra-time.
Match ends, Norwich City 3, Swindon Town 2.
Second Half ends, Norwich City 3, Swindon Town 2.
Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Mario Vrancic (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mario Vrancic (Norwich City).
James Dunne (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Josh Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Oliver Lancashire (Swindon Town) header from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Mario Vrancic (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Chris Hussey.
Substitution, Norwich City. Marley Watkins replaces Wes Hoolahan.
Attempt missed. Harry Smith (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Angus Gunn.
Attempt saved. Paul Mullin (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
James Husband (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by James Brophy (Swindon Town).
Attempt missed. Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Conor Thomas (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Chris Hussey.
Attempt missed. James Maddison (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Substitution, Norwich City. Alexander Tettey replaces Harrison Reed.
Substitution, Norwich City. Russell Martin replaces Ivo Pinto.
Lawrence Vigouroux (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lawrence Vigouroux (Swindon Town).
Ellis Iandolo (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mario Vrancic (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ellis Iandolo (Swindon Town).
Harrison Reed (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Harry Smith (Swindon Town).
Foul by James Maddison (Norwich City).
Paul Mullin (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ivo Pinto (Norwich City).
Paul Mullin (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ivo Pinto (Norwich City).
Ellis Iandolo (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Oliver Lancashire.
Josh Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Paul Mullin (Swindon Town).
Goal! Norwich City 3, Swindon Town 2. Paul Mullin (Swindon Town) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Hussey following a set piece situation.
Inside, workers are busily installing new multi-media exhibits while outside a team of builders is laying the concrete patio and painting the museum entrance.
The grand reopening is set for April, which marks the 55th anniversary of the landing on the shores at Playa Giron of hundreds of CIA-trained Cuban exiles in a doomed attempt to bring down Fidel Castro and his socialist revolution.
The failed invasion was a low ebb in the US-Cuba relationship, only surpassed by the Cuban missile crisis a year later, and remains a watchword for Washington's covert intervention in Latin America.
Many of the original Cuban fighters - both militias and regular army troops - are still alive today. But in Playa Giron itself just a handful are left, and several of those are in poor health.
83-year-old Dolores Vic Hernandez might not have fought the invading forces, but she can recall in vivid detail having to escape from them, fleeing her home in the little coastal town into the surrounding hills with her sister-in-law and their children.
"We only had the clothes we were wearing and the babies were in nappies. We collected our friend who had six children and whose husband was in Havana and we took her with us to the mountains."
Dolores can't move as freely as she used to and her sight is failing, but it isn't hard to imagine how determined she must have been as a young mother trying to protect her family from the escalating conflict.
"I'm a person who's never been afraid of anything," she says with defiance as she describes entering an abandoned house to take "a little coffee and sugar, some biscuits for the children" for their journey.
Eventually of course, Fidel Castro took control of the revolutionary forces at Giron and masterminded a famous victory, one which would embarrass Washington for decades.
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Since the thaw with the US was announced, Fidel Castro - the elder statesman of the Cuban Revolution - has only made the shortest of pronouncements about the new relationship:
"I don't trust in the United States' policy nor have I exchanged a word with them," he wrote in an editorial in the state-run newspaper, Granma, published a little over a year ago.
His lack of trust is not surprising, considering he survived scores of assassination attempts by the CIA during his time in power.
He continued to say that the president, his brother Raul, was taking "the pertinent steps in accordance with his prerogatives and the faculties bestowed on him by the National Assembly and the Cuban Communist Party".
To some readers, it didn't sound like a ringing endorsement.
But Cuban academic, Esteban Morales disagrees: "That didn't mean to say he doesn't support the process," argues Dr Morales who has written extensively about Cuba's relationship with the United States.
"I think Fidel is someone who's wise enough to know that this is the only possible path. What is the alternative? Stand against the US canons firing across the bow like we did in the past? No. That's why Fidel intellectually understands that this is a moment to advance."
Rather, Dr Morales believes that Castro was "alerting" the Cuban people to Washington's true motives: "Fidel knows perfectly well that international relations is a wide battlefield.
"We don't expect the United States to turn into our best friends or allies overnight, not by a long way. But perhaps in time they might become trusted neighbours."
But it is not only Fidel who has his doubts.
"There are Cubans who are nervous about (the opening)," says Jon Lee Anderson of the New Yorker and author of the definitive biography of Che Guevara.
"They seem to be people who were already of a certain age when the revolution came along and this has been their life, the true believers in Fidel Castro's long project of socialism."
Their concerns for Cuba are as much social and cultural as economic and political, he argues.
"They worry about what will happen to their way of life. They worry about 'will the Miami Cubans come and buy everything and shut them out?' And they worry about the influence of capitalism in eroding their values."
But they may already be too late in that regard: "Most people in Cuba are aware that in the 25 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the changes that already began in Cuba, that erosion began some time ago."
While it might seem improbable to many of Fidel's generation that the relationship with the US could move so far so fast, the vast majority of young people in Cuba are impatient for even quicker change.
There can be little better expression of that change than President Obama walking the streets of Old Havana with his family.
He is also expected to talk to private business owners, meet dissidents and deliver a major speech during his trip, in which he intends to underline the importance of young people in shaping Cuba's future.
Earlier this month in Havana, tens of thousands of young people turned out on the Malecon for a concert by the American dance music group, Major Lazer - intended to promote 'Musicabana', a landmark electronic music festival in Cuba later this year.
"This is the first international music band to come to Cuba at the top of their game," says Fabien Pisani, the concert organiser and director of 'Musicabana'.
"What is interesting here is that this is the music that every kid who is 12 through to 17 is listening to right now.
"So you can see the degree of excitement here, to be able to touch that and dance and sing together."
The concert was held just metres from the US embassy, in the 'Anti-Imperialist Plaza', a site previously synonymous with government-organised demonstrations against US policy.
On this occasion, an estimated 150,000-200,000 people turned out in the square, not to protest but to dance in the late afternoon sun.
Back in Playa Giron, Dolores Vic would happily describe herself as a "true believer" in Fidel Castro's socialist project, five-and-a-half decades after the Bay of Pigs debacle.
"Fidel is like a god to me," she says from her home in Playa Giron, before recounting how she once cooked him a traditional Cuban meal of rice and beans and chicken fricassee when he visited the region.
To an extent, Dolores shares his unease about the new relationship with the US.
"I have a few doubts as there are always a few bad people over there who'd want to harm us. But there are a lot of good ones too," she concedes.
Still, she can't help but be excited about President Obama's imminent visit.
"I never dreamt I'd see this," she says, her eyes shining.
"I never thought that in my lifetime a US president would come to Cuba."
On one side Iain 'The Bear' Milne; on the other, his wee brother, Kenny. A prop and a hooker, a pair of veterans of a combined 17 Tests against Les Bleus - alive and well and telling the tales like they were only yesterday.
If you scan the history of Scotland versus France from 1979 right through to 1995 you're going to find a Milne in there in all but a couple of seasons. Before we delve into the darkness we do a roll call of characters they have faced, direct rivals in those scrums and rucks that make them smile even now.
In 1979, in Iain's second cap for Scotland and his first against the French, his opposite number was Gerard Cholley, widely accepted as the most terrifying of all French forwards and, arguably, the most intimidating rugby player of all-time. Then it was Armand Vaquerin, the hero of Beziers and a man who years later blew out his own brains in a game of Russian Roulette.
"Aye," growls The Bear. "Unfortunate."
Among others, he faced Pierre Dospital, Philippe Marocco and Pascal Ondarts. Some of the most storied names right there. Kenny's turn. His first experience playing France in a Test match came 10 years after his big brother, the Five Nations of 1989.
His rival hooker was Philippe Dintrans, then it was Louis Armary. In 1993 he faced Jean-Francois Tordo. In 1994 and 1995 it was Jean-Michel Gonzalez. These names, and the names of those around them, conjure memories and laughter and gently mocking humour.
"Which of us played against them more times?" asks Iain.
It's 9-8 in his favour.
"Who won more games?" he continues.
Iain did, 4-3.
He turns to his younger sibling. "You only beat them three times? Pathetic."
They're a double act you could listen to all day, a pair of wise-cracking Grand Slam winners - Iain in 1984 on a famous day against the French, Kenny in 1990 on an even more famous day against the English - that were steeped in the game as young men and are still steeped in it now with their beloved Heriot's, where it all started.
"I'm three years younger than Iain," says Kenny. "I can remember going down to Goldenacre (Heriot's ground) with my father to watch him playing for the seconds and then the firsts and then watching him play for Scotland. I remember him playing France for the first time. Over in Paris. A world away."
That was the Cholley game - March 17, 1979. It was Cholley's 31st, and last cap. "Two years earlier he had laid out five Scotsmen in Paris and his reputation was ferocious," says Iain.
Some of the footage of that match still exists. There's Cholley decking Scotland's No 8, Don McDonald. There he is again, flooring Scotland's stand-off, Ron Wilson. The look of confusion on Cholley's face as he's penalised for the Wilson incident is priceless. He gestures to the referee that it was a mere hand-off that had sent Wilson spinning into next week and, to Cholley, it was. To everybody else it was a punch in the face.
"I was pretty apprehensive," says Iain. "Not scared, but wary. I remember standing at the tunnel in Paris and looking at Cholley and the rest of them and they were like a gang of people who'd just been released from the Bastille prison. Then I looked at our lads - Ian McGeechan, Andy Irvine and Alan Lawson, with their beautiful combed hair and their white shorts and I said, 'How are we going to survive this?'"
"In that match you got the ball and you kicked it," says Kenny.
"I did. The only time I ever kicked the ball in an international match."
"Why did you kick it?"
Iain pauses for a moment, remembering the emotion of the time. "Panic," he replies.
Scotland lost that game 21-17, but The Bear would have his revenge the following year in Murrayfield when Vaquerin was opposite him in the scrum. "Up to that point he was the toughest man I ever scrummaged against. Immensely powerful. Andy (Irvine) played in that game and he had a horror show in the first half. We were something like 10 points behind at the break."
"Andy was booed off, wasn't he?" asks Kenny.
"He was. First time any of us had ever seen anything like that. Then he came back out and he won the game single-handedly. That was the end of the booing."
Iain's last appearance against the French was a 20-20 draw at the 1987 World Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand. Two years later, the second wave arrived from the Milne family.
"Before I got capped, I'd played for Edinburgh against a French touring side and the famous Daniel Dubroca was their captain and hooker. I took five or six against the head from him. Every time I won their scrum-ball their second-row punched me. I went up to him afterwards and said, 'Hey, I knocked hell out of your fist today'. All you could do was duck.
"My first time playing France in a Test was in 1989, in Paris. I just loved the atmosphere. I loved the bus journey to the ground with the police out-riders knocking cars out of the way unlike here where you have police outriders who still stop at the traffic lights.
"I played against Dintrans and he was my hero in terms of how he played. That was quite special. We were still in it at half-time but, to a man, we were absolutely spent. The French had done a systematic job on us, standing on our calf muscles and all the rest of it. We had nothing left for the second half and lost 19-3.
"Another time, I took a scrum against the head from Dintrans right on our own line and a few scrums later I took another one against the head. The Scottish front-row ran away downfield after the ball and Jean-Pierre Garuet, a famously scary prop, grabbed me by the neck and shouted, 'Non!' I went, 'OK!'"
Dubroca, Dintrans, Dospital, Garuet - such names.
"We had these dinners after Five Nations games," says Iain. "Each table would have a mixture of players from both sides but it was all different with the French. They'd sit on their own, because the language barrier made it difficult.
"Over the years, though, as their respect for us grew they'd come over and tap you on the shoulder and ask you to join them. I remember Garuet doing that to me. We couldn't speak each other's language but we still shared a couple of bottles of red wine."
"They took such pride in the scrummage," says Kenny, "that when they'd ask you over then you knew you'd achieved something. You'd either broken even or had won the battle and they respected that."
Kenny begins to laugh at this point. He wants Iain to tell the story about the time, three or four years ago, when he was invited over to France for the end-of-season club awards. Every year the annual ceremony has a segment where players from foreign countries are celebrated. This particular year the awards organisers drew up a list of half a dozen props from around the world who had excelled against the French over the years and The Bear was among them.
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"He got a lovely framed picture," says the younger brother.
"Yeah, it was a lavish bash. It was actually a great honour. We went up on stage and they had video on the big screen of the other props in action but there was just a black and white photo of me, probably because they couldn't find any film of me with the ball in my hands.
"I got presented with a framed photograph and that was great. It's lovely to be remembered. I looked at it and then I looked at it again. The picture was of Kenny, not me. I didn't say anything, of course. I just scored-out Iain and wrote in Kenny and gave it to him for his 50th birthday."
By now, Kenny is chuckling madly. "He goes up on stage and gets his photo and it's his wee brother. Absolutely brilliant."
Cherished memories of a golden era that keeps them smiling after all these years.
Elise Lam, 21, of Vancouver drowned in the water tank atop the Cecil Hotel.
Her body was found in February after guests complained of low water pressure. The coroner found no signs of trauma nor anything in toxicology tests that contributed to her death.
But the Los Angeles coroner's office said bipolar disorder was considered a "significant condition" in Lam's death.
She was travelling alone, arriving on 26 January. Hotel workers last remembered seeing her five days later.
Hotel security footage showed her behaving erratically, pushing buttons in the lift, and leaning through the doors and looking both ways.
Guests at the Cecil Hotel said they had bathed in and drunk water from the tank while her body remained in it.
Los Angeles health officials said at the time tests of the water showed it to be safe - from a "microbiological standpoint".
Two hotel guests have sued the Cecil for providing water "not fit for human ingestion".
And American actor Robert Conrad gave a British couple that had stayed at the Cecil during the time Lam's body was inside the cistern $500 (£320), after hearing their story on the radio.
Artist Alpana Ahuja said she had used bananas and other food to lure Phoolkali to create the artworks.
The elephant, who was rescued from abusive owners, dabbed paint with its foot and pressed it against the canvas.
India is home to some 25,000 elephants. Their numbers are dwindling due to poaching and habitat destruction.
Ms Ahuja told the AFP news agency that she had to catch the elephant in a good mood, dab paint on its foot and press it against a canvas to create giant footprints in bright colours.
The money raised from their sale - the paintings are priced between $165 (£99) and $400 - will be used towards elephant conservation, said Babita Gupta, the art director of Delhi's ArtSpice gallery, said.
The show coincides with the 10-day festival to celebrate the birth of the Hindu god Ganesh, which begins on Friday.
"The idea in our culture is that the elephant is glorified as Lord Ganesha... yet the animal that represents the lord is abused," Geeta Seshamani of Wildlife SOS, which collaborated with the art gallery in the exhibition, said.
Richard Jones was walking with his family in the Ocala National Forest when they spotted the alligator.
He believes his son startled the raccoon while trying to take a picture of the reptile.
The image has become an internet sensation since the photo was taken on Sunday morning.
Mr Jones told local television station WFTV that he "snapped a lucky picture right when the gator slipped into the water and before the raccoon jumped off and scurried away".
"Without the context you'd think the raccoon was hitching a ride across the river," he told the television station.
The photo was met largely with humour and a degree of admiration for the raccoon.
"The raccoon riding an alligator is the most Florida thing since mortgage fraud," tweeted Benjamin Freed, a writer for the Washingtonian, alluding to the financial crisis that began in 2007.
While Mark Di Stefano found a deeper meaning in the image: "Some days you're the raccoon. Some days you're the alligator." he tweeted.
The debate also moved to how this compared to previous internet animal stars.
One Tweeter put out a call for a meme.
Which thankfully the internet answered.
Meanwhile, Steve Drew suggested that this was actually the beginning of an improbable Hollywood plotline.
"Someone took a photo of raccoon riding an alligator in FL. That or Guardians of The Galaxy II is off to a good start," he tweeted.
Whilst one tweeter counselled that this was actually a far more serious matter than it first appeared.
The National Farmers' Union said Welsh Government proposals to extend countryside rights of way access would "have major repercussions for farmers".
It said allowing more activities would impact the day-to-day running of farms.
The Welsh Government said the plans were meant to help rural businesses thrive.
NFU Cymru claim the proposals are "radical" and could affect the 460,000 hectares (1,1m acres) of farmland in Wales.
Open access land includes areas of open country, registered common land and private land where people are able to walk, run and explore without having to stay on paths.
Geraint Rowlands, Meirionnydd NFU Cymru county chairman, said changing the access could particularly affect farmers who have "diversified" into camping.
"Meirionnydd [in Gwynedd] is an area that relies heavily on income from tourism and many farmers in particular have diversified into camping businesses, for supplementary income," he said.
"If the proposals to allow camping on any access land came into force, members of the public could camp anywhere on those 460,000 hectares…for free."
NFU Cymru said the proposals were "buried" within the Taking Forward Wales' Sustainable Management of Natural Resources consultation.
"Along with the obvious monetary impact and the increased liability on farmers, there is also concern that these additional activities could disrupt wildlife habitats, scare animals, create ruts on land and injuries could occur whilst carrying out these activities in remote areas," added Mr Rowlands.
"Whilst we wish to see the public and their pets enjoy their time in this beautiful area of Wales, we do have concerns that allowing access to camping, organised games, hang gliding and paragliding could impact on the running of farming businesses."
A Welsh Government spokesman said the purpose of the consultation was to "gain a better understanding of views on a more modern, streamlined and effective regulatory framework" following the UK's exit from the European Union.
"By bringing proposals together into one consultation we are delivering exactly what our stakeholders asked for - a more joined-up approach," he added.
"A consultation workshop was held at the Royal Welsh Show in July with further events planned across Wales during September. We have also extended the closing date until the end of September to provide stakeholders more time to respond.
"Access proposals relating to where people can go and what they can do are intended to help individuals and businesses in rural areas to thrive following our exit from the EU."
Nadal, 27, was leading fourth seed Tomas Berdych 4-2 in the first set of their semi-final when his Czech opponent retired with a back injury.
"This is a great year, one of the best of my career," said the Spaniard, who won the French Open and US Open and was last top of the rankings in July 2011.
Nadal will play current world number one Novak Djokovic in Sunday's final.
The Serb breezed past France's Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-2 in his semi-final.
Nadal broke serve in the fifth game and Berdych, who said he injured his back while reaching for a shot, retired a game later after receiving treatment.
"It is special to be back to the top position of the rankings after more than half a year without playing tennis," added Nadal.
"What makes me happy is everything I did to be back where I am."
Berdych praised Nadal's achievement in regaining the top spot from Djokovic, who had taken over from the Spaniard more than two years ago.
Nadal returned to action in February after seven months on the sidelines with knee problems and has won 10 of the 12 finals he has contested since making his comeback, taking his Grand Slam victories up to 13.
"With Rafa, well, just all the credit," said Berdych. "It is really incredibly well done in the short time that he has become a number one again. That's really an achievement for an athlete like him."
Djokovic has spent 101 weeks as world number one.
He was knocked off top spot in July 2012 by Roger Federer, after the Swiss player beat Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final, but returned to number one in November.
Nadal had been assured of reclaiming the top spot if he reached the final in Beijing or Djokovic failed to defend his title.
He has not lost a match since he was beaten by Belgian world number 135 Steve Darcis in the first round at Wimbledon in June. He has won his last 21 matches and 65 of the 68 he has played this season.
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It's been apparent from the start of the 2016 campaign that all the leading mayoral candidates appreciate that - for the first time in five contests for City Hall - housing could be a major determinant of how people end up voting.
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So - what are the early signals?
The housing issue is dense, and the policy questions complex. It's hard to see many voters getting beyond the bold-type pledges made with nice round numbers.
But genuine credibility established over the next few weeks - based around detailed solutions - could achieve cut-through.
Mainly so far the turf for this particular war has been publicly owned "brownfield" land.
It's difficult to say yet how much there might be to play with. But it was reported this week that the London Land Commission set up last year has so far identified enough for 130,000 homes.
There's a fairly big caveat attached. Much of this land is owned by agencies like the NHS, the Ministry of Defence or local government. And they have to weigh up the pressure for immediate disposal against predicting future operational needs.
Cross-department land assembly won't be easy. But the mayor does have a direct say over land owned by Transport for London.
It claims it has now identified about 300 acres, across 75 sites, which could deliver 10,000 homes over the next decade. Two thirds of them would be in Zones 1 and 2.
There are already plans for developments at Parsons Green, Northwood and above the proposed new Tube link at Battersea power station, where affordable housing is badly needed.
Most sites are what TfL describes as "operationally constrained", adjoining or above stations or track, making development more tricky.
It means the new mayor could have, optimistically as things stand, around 1,000 new homes a year to shape directly.
We've learned so far that Labour candidate Sadiq Khan will apportion an unstipulated amount of this new housing to shared ownership where you typically start by buying 25% of a property's value and pay rent on the remaining 75%.
He says he will give priority to people who've been renting privately for more than five years, and claims he will be able to cut the typical rent element because TfL will retain the freehold.
Conservative Zac Goldsmith has said that he would ensure the land is used for a mixture of affordable rented, shared ownership and market housing which would go to people who had lived in the capital for three years.
The Liberal Democrats' Caroline Pidgeon has called for a new mayoral building company, the Greens' Sian Berry for a "community" homes agency, and UKIP's Peter Whittle for a social housing building programme alongside a debate on the pressure of migration on the current housing stock.
And what of previous experience? Over the last few years, the Greater London Authority (GLA) under Boris Johnson has sold off - rather than retaining a stake in - around 1,500 acres of land.
According to the latest GLA figures 27,300 homes have received planning consent, of which 7,590 were deemed affordable, either to rent or buy.
Mr Khan has described this as a "fire-sale" and said public assets need to be "sweated more".
In recent years, too, more than a hundred Metropolitan Police buildings have been sold, raising around £1bn.
Mr Goldsmith says that the limited physical and monetary resources available in the future means regeneration needs to combines transport and housing, and new ways of raising money for infrastructure like the mayor taking a slice of stamp duty will be necessary.
It follows the introduction of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure in 2012 which aims to improve the treatment of people with mental health problems.
Since then, Gofal has asked more than 3,600 people about their experiences and said "we are far from job done".
The Welsh Government said 90% of patients evaluated the services "very positively".
Gofal's report compared data from four Wales-wide surveys of people's experiences of primary mental health services since part one of the measure came into force.
It looked at four key areas:
Jayne Lutwyche, from Cardiff, told BBC Wales about her two very different experiences of mental health treatment.
She said her first was when she was 18 years old and went to her GP with an eating disorder.
"I plucked up the courage to go to my GP and they really weren't very helpful at all. They weren't worried about my mental health," she said.
"The GP actually came out and said 'at least you're not cutting', which I think is just about the worst thing you could say."
She said her health deteriorated over the following weeks to the point where she attempted to take her own life.
Miss Lutwyche is now seeing a new GP who works to a care plan designed by a community mental health team.
"When I went to my GP at the age of 18 and asked for help with bulimia, if they had referred me to somewhere appropriate, there was absolutely no way I would have attempted suicide," she said.
"It could have saved heartache not just for myself, but for my family and friends who had to see me go through some really dark times."
Gofal chief executive Ewan Hilton said it was "extremely concerning" that outcomes did not appear to have improved since 2012, and that the report showed "we are far from job done".
"Although there appears to have been improvements in the range of advice, treatment and support offered to patients, all other treatment options still trail behind the huge proportion of people offered prescription medication," he said.
Mr Hilton added that waiting times appeared to have improved but that many survey respondents told them they are still waiting too long to access one-to-one psychological therapies.
A Welsh Government spokesman said nearly 100,000 people have been seen in a new local primary mental health service, which was introduced as part of the measure.
More than half then received local interventions to help with their mental health problems, the spokesman said.
He said: "Over 90% of service users evaluated these service very positively... and while good progress has been made, we know there is still more work to be done by health boards to end inconsistency in mental health care."
The Met Office's yellow "be aware" warning is in force until midday on Sunday, with the most frequent sleet and snow showers expected in west Wales.
Up to 2cm of snow could fall on low ground and untreated roads may be icy as temperatures drop.
Forecasters also said gusts of up to 60mph could hit exposed northern and western coasts.
There was some disruption overnight into Saturday with reports of hazardous driving conditions on the A487 and A486 around Synod Inn in Ceredigion.
There was also a heavy hailstorm and two crashes on the A40 in Carmarthen.
In Denbighshire, the A542 Horseshoe Pass reopened on Saturday morning as most of the overnight snow fell on high ground.
The latest warnings follow hazardous conditions on some mountain roads in Wales in recent days.
Several cars were left stuck in snow on the A470 in Gwynedd on Thursday on the Crimea Pass near Blaenau Ffestiniog.
In Rhydymain, Gwynedd, a 50-year-old man had to be airlifted to hospital after his car crashed in snowy conditions.
Six schools in Gwynedd and Anglesey also closed on Thursday due to the severe weather.
The Pirates have impressed in the Championship, winning three and drawing one of their opening six games.
"It's not just the trophy, it's putting on that shirt and that performance," joint-head coach Cattle said.
"It's progression and another opportunity for us to build," Cattle added to BBC Radio Cornwall.
Cattle and fellow Pirates coach Alan Paver were part of the Pirates side which won the inaugural British and Irish Cup in 2010.
"The cup's a great competition, it's a change of scenery, but in terms of how you go about your business, nothing changes for us," added the Welshman.
"After six games anybody would have taken being around that top four, that's where everybody endeavours to be.
"But actually doing it is another story, but the boys have put worthy performances in to be there and the challenge now is to keep us in that physical shape so that we can compete with those teams which we're doing so far."
Five of the eight candidates attended the live debate on BBC Somerset on Wednesday at Berrow Medical Centre in Berrow, north of Burnham-on-Sea.
Candidates said the GP shortage could be tackled by training more GPs, waiving tuition fees and making the career "more attractive".
All of the parties agreed waiting times were a problem.
The NHS is expected to see 95% of A&E patients in four hours. Nationally, this has not been met on a weekly basis since September.
In Somerset, Yeovil District and the Royal United Hospital in Bath have both been on "black alert" this winter with Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton on "red alert" due to the pressure on A and E services.
Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt said the most important thing was to "get people out of acute hospitals as soon as possible and as soon as it is safe, and into community hospitals".
James Heappey for the Conservatives, agreed with Ms Munt, saying patients need to be moved out of wards to convalesce at home and be visited by a carer, or moved into community hospitals.
Chris Inchley from Labour said bed blocking was "a major issue" and said the social care system in Somerset and the health service needed to be "joined up better".
UKIP candidate Helen Hims said her party would bring in "a pilot programme to put GPs on duty in A&E departments seven days a week".
Green candidate Jon Cousins said the issue of how to relieve pressure on A&E was "a huge question" he did not know the answer to, and said anyone who claimed to know the answer would "probably not be telling the truth".
The candidates for the constituency are:
Paul Arnold - Independent
Jon Cousins - Green
Dave Dobbs - The Birthday Party
James Heappey - Conservative
Helen Hims - UKIP
Chris Inchley - Labour
Tessa Munt - Liberal Democrat
Gypsy Watkins - Independent
Prime Minister David Cameron was flanked by ex-Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown and Labour's Neil Kinnock for the telephone campaigning session.
It comes ahead of the first official day of the EU campaign, which brings in new spending limits for both sides.
EU exit campaigners have criticised the amount already spent by the government promoting its case.
They say the £9m government pro-EU leaflet campaign exceeds the £7m the Out campaign is allowed to spend during the official campaign, and have accused ministers of misusing public money on "one-sided propaganda".
But the government says it is "not neutral" in the referendum and has a duty to set out its case and provide voters with the "facts".
Manning the phones at the Britain Stronger In Europe headquarters with Lord Kinnock and Lord Ashdown, Mr Cameron said there was a "great team" getting behind the In campaign.
The prime minister said that while he and his political rivals disagreed on a lot "we all come together to support the idea of Britain staying in a reformed EU".
Lord Kinnock said he thought it was "very good" taking part in a multi-party event because "it underlines this issue goes way beyond the usual boundaries of partisan politics".
The campaign push came a day ahead of the start of the official referendum campaign period, when restrictions on campaign spending will come in to play.
Stronger In and Vote Leave - the official Remain and Leave campaigns - will be allowed to spend up to £7m each, with other campaign groups restricted to £700,000.
While the internet and social media have opened up new methods of campaigning, the more traditional methods - such as leafleting and phone canvassing - still play a vital role.
Earlier on in the campaign trail, Leave campaigners hit the phones to encourage voters to back an EU exit.
The line-up at the Vote Leave launch included several cabinet ministers including Iain Duncan Smith - who has since resigned as work and pensions secretary - Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers and Commons leader Chris Grayling.
Meanwhile, London mayor Boris Johnson - one of the high profile figures backing a vote to leave - opted for a more eye-catching large red lorry to spread the Vote Leave message.
The lender, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that property prices were 8.1% higher than a year ago.
This was slightly down on the 8.3% annual house price growth recorded by the Halifax in February.
It said that demand for property was being maintained by earnings growth and low mortgage rates.
However, Halifax's housing economist Martin Ellis said that rising house price and activity in the UK housing market should slow throughout the year as wage growth remained at a comparatively low level.
The lender, which uses data from its own mortgage lending is sticking with its prediction that annual house price growth will end the year at between 3% and 5%.
This would still mean many potential first-time buyers are likely to see property become increasingly unaffordable. The average home in the UK was now valued at £192,970, the Halifax said.
Traditionally, the UK housing market sees a "spring bounce" as potential buyers view homes during the lighter evenings. Some analysts have suggested that this could be dampened or delayed by the political uncertainty caused by the general election.
The Nationwide Building Society recently reported a similar slowdown in the annual growth of house prices. It said this measure had slowed for seven consecutive months.
Earlier this week, a survey of lenders by the Bank of England suggested that demand for mortgages had slowed in the first quarter of the year, especially for the purchase of high-value properties.
Mohammed Rehman, 25, discussed targeting the London Underground and Westfield shopping centre on social media under the name "Silent Bomber".
He and his wife Sana Ahmed Khan were convicted of preparing terrorist acts.
Jailing them both for life at the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Baker told Rehman he had been "determined to fulfil the Islamic State's call for jihad".
The couple's trial had heard how bomb-making chemicals were found at Rehman's Reading home, where he had filmed himself setting off a small explosion in the back garden.
He had been planning an attack to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the 7 July London bombings, the trial was told.
The role of 24-year-old Khan was to fund the chemicals needed to make a "huge" bomb.
Rehman, who was also convicted of possessing an article for terrorist purposes, was a "prolific" user of Twitter, the trial was told, posting extremist rhetoric alongside images of homemade devices and instructional material.
One tweet from his account read: "I have rigged my house to blow at the push of a button by my bedside if the popo [police] try to raid man. Nobody gets in the way of my jihad."
The judge told Rehman that the reason for his conversion "may never be fully known", adding that he was satisfied he had intended to carry out an act of terrorism within the United Kingdom.
"The type of act which you envisaged not only encompassed the use of explosive substances which would be used to maximum effect so as to cause multiple injuries and fatalities, but specifically included a suicide bombing; an act which envisaged martyrdom, a notion specifically resurrected by Islamic State in order to encourage this type of venture," Mr Justice Baker said.
Ahead of the sentencing hearing, Khan had sent the judge a handwritten letter saying she had divorced Rehman a couple of weeks previously and that she should have "distanced myself from him a long time ago".
The judge rejected her argument, telling Khan: "I am satisfied that it was you who became interested in the theological justification of its aims, and thereafter encouraged Mohammed Rehman to pursue its ideology."
Cllr Peter Fox said the county must "rise to the challenge" of becoming a more popular place to live.
Fees will drop to £3 when the crossings go into public ownership by early 2018, under UK government plans.
Property prices have been rising in the county as Bristol workers "capitalise" on lower house prices.
"It's really exciting and unlocks a huge amount of opportunity for people and businesses in Monmouthshire as the gateway to south Wales," Mr Fox told the BBC.
"The bridge toll was like an economic barrier but now we have a huge chance of tapping into the booming Bristol market.
"But there are challenges - as this area will become very popular and desirable, pressure will be put on housing demands and our infrastructure."
Bristol is the UK's fastest-growing economy outside of London and its house prices are the fastest-growing in the country.
Chepstow, Caldicot and Magor in south Monmouthshire are becoming popular commuter towns and estate agents say around 80% of home buyers are now coming from the Bristol area.
As a result, property prices have been rising quicker than the Wales average, figures have suggested.
"We'll have to rise to the challenge as we've got a lot of thinking to do," said Mr Fox, who is also vice-chairman of the Cardiff Capital Region.
"One of the dilemmas we'll have to face is the need to increase housing in Monmouthshire to cope with the expected increased demand from commuters from Bristol.
"As house prices rise as a result, we'll need to deliver more affordable homes to ensure local youngsters can afford to remain here. That is a concern.
"We'll need extra infrastructure like doctors surgeries, schools and roads with extra capacity but that will be funded by developers."
Two large housing developments are planned at Chepstow's old dockyard and near its hospital while a new estate is heading for Undy, bordering the M4 motorway near Magor.
The Severn Tunnel Junction railway station in Rogiet has recently undergone an £8m refurbishment, while a new train station at Magor has the backing of Monmouthshire council and is part of the new South Wales Metro proposal.
Mr Fox said he hoped the toll reduction can attract business back to the county and keep local youngsters in Monmouthshire.
"I'm excited about the extra jobs we can possibly create," he said.
"We want our children to have the opportunity to remain here, bring up their family and have a high-paid job rather than leaving the county to fulfil their aspirations.
Train services to London Paddington were disrupted on Wednesday morning after an engine fire near Twyford.
According to the RMT, a train guard got passengers safely off the service.
Emergency services were called at 08:55 BST to the Great Western Railway train travelling from Paddington to Oxford.
The fire was safely put out and no passengers or staff were hurt, but the train line between Reading, Slough and Maidenhead was closed for about an hour.
RMT general secretary Mike Cash said: "If there had been no guard on this train the potential consequences would have been horrendous.
"The fire was put out under the direction of the guard who also safely evacuated the passengers on this busy service."
An investigation into what caused the fire is under way.
The RMT emphasised the importance of train guard's roles in safety of passengers.
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The College of Policing study said the devices gave police more confidence.
Taser law enforcement technology firm has won a three-year contract to provide 22,000 cameras by next spring.
The police watchdog, the IPCC, said the position of the body-worn video cameras on firearms officers made the footage they recorded "unfit for purpose."
The roll-out follows an 11-month trial in 10 London boroughs, which the Met said was the largest trial of its kind in the world.
The report, jointly commissioned by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and the College of Policing, concluded that wearing cameras had no impact on the number of stop and searches, but made arrests slightly less likely.
"There was no evidence that BWVs (body-worn video cameras) changed the way police officers dealt with victims or suspects," it said.
Officers reported it could be useful in domestic violence incidents where physical evidence was hard to collect.
Ninety-two percent of the people questioned in a Public Attitude Survey, carried out by a research group for the Met, thought BWVs would make police more accountable for their actions.
The devices have a 30 second video-only pre-buffer, so that when an officer presses the record button, the camera captures the previous 30 seconds of visual information.
Data is deleted after 31 days, unless it is marked as evidence.
The College of Policing report said officers complained about the bulkiness of the equipment, poor battery life, "and the camera positioning on their vest, which was particularly awkward when driving".
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) analysed footage from the non-fatal shooting of Nathaniel Brophy, 34, in Clapham on 21 August.
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Horwood has not played this term, with fellow left-back David Buchanan the only ever-present for the Cobblers.
The 29-year-old has made 26 appearances for the League Two side since joining permanently in 2014 and is out of contract in the summer.
He has joined a Grimsby side third in the National League, 12 points off the top, but with two games in hand.
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Pupils will be taught to hide, escape and help each other and there will be three security drills a year including simulated attacks.
Security is also being beefed up at the entrance to school buildings.
The new measures coincide with major education reforms which have come in despite widespread protests.
France has been under a state of emergency since the coordinated militant Islamist attacks on Paris in November 2015 which claimed the lives of 130 people.
Further jihadist attacks saw 86 people murdered on the seafront at Nice and a priest killed in a church in Rouen.
President Francois Hollande wrote on Facebook that it was an important day for teachers and pupils, and that the circumstances "justify the security measures that have been taken".
The tightened measures require local education officials to have crisis cells and emergency phone lists, schools to have regular patrols and secure entrances, and for pupils to be prepared for an attack.
Schools introduced greater security after the 13 November attacks, but, with the introduction of three compulsory drills every year, the biggest question has been how to prepare very small children for a crisis without traumatising them.
Among the suggestions for teachers are a series of games to help children learn to hide quietly, including:
Teenagers at French schools will be given greater tasks which include learning how to save lives.
One head teacher told French TV that his school had already stopped parents from gathering inside the building along with other measures, but it was impossible to have a police officer posted at every school.
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The Swans have conceded 44 goals this term, a figure matched only by Hull City, who are also struggling in 19th.
After Bob Bradley's sacking by the club following an awful spell of form, Paul Clement has been tasked with stopping the rot at the Liberty Stadium.
But what can Swansea fans expect from the former Derby County manager?
The 44-year-old never played professionally but, while working as a PE teacher in Sutton during the 1990s, Clement studied for his coaching badges and obtained his Uefa 'A' licence.
Clement became a member of Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink's backroom staff in 2009 before his association with Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti began.
After his appointment as Chelsea manager in 2009, Ancelotti made Clement one of his assistants and in their first season they helped the club to the Premier League title and FA Cup.
Following a short stint with Steve Kean at Blackburn in 2011, Clement joined up with Ancelotti again at Paris Saint Germain where together they won Ligue 1 in 2012-13
He then rejoined him to Real Madrid in 2013 where they won the Champions League in 2013-14.
Clement was appointed Derby County head coach in June of 2015 on a three-year deal but lasted just eight months in the role before he was sacked.
The Rams were fifth in the Championship at the time of his dismissal in February 2016, but had gone seven league games without a victory.
The club twice broke its transfer record during Clement's time in charge, first signing winger Thomas Ince from Hull for £4.75m before Norwich midfielder Bradley Johnson joined for £6m.
Derby's chairman Mel Morris said at the time of his sacking that under Clement the club had "not made enough progress".
The Swans are halfway through the season and have another 19 Premier League games to play with 57 more points available, but face Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City in their next five league games.
One thing Clement will need to put in place is stability. After Francesco Guidolin's departure in October and Bradley's unimpressive tenure, Clement will need to find his best side and fast.
In his 11 games in charge, Bradley played the same starting XI just twice - in their 1-1 draw with Everton and dramatic 5-4 win against Crystal Palace - with players in key positions coming in and out of the side during his reign.
Former Wales and West Ham defender Danny Gabbidon
"I think it's a happy medium for Swansea. You look at him. A good pedigree as a coach and Swansea is a team that needs coaching. They've been all over the place this season and really disorganised.
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Butcher finished calmly from inside the box at the end of a first half delayed by an injury to Spireites defender Liam O'Neil at the Pirelli Stadium.
The home side had the best of the chances, with forward Stuart Beavon denied by goalkeeper Tommy Lee.
Defeat leaves Chesterfield just a point above Fleetwood and the bottom four.
The train partly left the tracks as it was pulling away from a platform at low speed at 05:40 BST, Network Rail said.
Three people were checked over by London Ambulance Service but nobody was taken to hospital.
Trains are unable to access 13 of the station's 24 platforms as 10 were already closed owing to engineering works to enlarge its capacity.
Public transport in London was further disrupted when a passenger train crashed into buffers at King's Cross station and Holborn Tube station was evacuated because of a fire alert.
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Emergency services including police, paramedics and fire crews were called to Waterloo.
Insp Sean McGachie of British Transport Police (BTP) said "very few passengers had been on board" and officers were "working with industry partners to investigate the circumstances".
The passenger train was carrying 23 passengers and two staff members when it crashed into a "barrier train" which had been in place to separate engineering works from operational trains, according to Network Rail.
Chris Denham, a spokesman for Network Rail, told the BBC the partially derailed train had blocked three of the platforms so only very limited services could run.
"If you don't have to travel to Waterloo today, please don't," he said.
South West Trains said there would be a very limited service running to and from Waterloo until Thursday and have advised travellers not to use their entire network.
Many of the trains running have been cancelled or are stopping or starting short of the station, the rail operator said.
Passengers have been warned other stations in the area will also be "very busy".
Some stations including Waterloo, Vauxhall, Clapham Junction and Wimbledon all have queuing systems in place to manage the number of people on platforms.
The ongoing £800m engineering project at Waterloo will prepare the station for longer trains and provide space for 30% extra passengers during the busiest times of the day.
The station is usually one of the busiest in the UK, with an average of 270,000 journeys made to and from it each day.
In north London, a Great Northern train hit the buffers at King's Cross station at 06:20.
Natasha Coella, who had boarded the train at Stevenage, said passengers "went flying" as the train arrived at the station.
"No-one expected it and people just went from one end of the carriage to the other," she said.
A spokesperson for the rail company said it had happened at low speed and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch had been informed.
In a separate incident, Holborn Tube station was evacuated for a short period after reports that smoke had filled carriages on a Central line train.
BTP said the problem had been caused by a defective train.
The "very loud bangs" were heard across the capital at about 08:15.
Residents speculated on social media that the explosions could be fireworks, thunder, TNT - or even "artillery fire".
The Army later confirmed on Twitter that soldiers at the Dreghorn barracks were being given demolition training.
A spokesperson tweeted: "Sincere apologies to everyone in #Edinburgh for the bangs this morning. Soldiers in #Dreghorn barracks were doing demolitions training."
After one Twitter user pointed out that "Advance warning might be nice, given recent events", the Army in Scotland account responded: "Indeed. Many apologies."
Earlier, one Edinburgh resident tweeted: "I'm directly opposite the barracks. Felt it in my chest. No idea what that was but more than fireworks...."
Sales of the caffeine-fuelled wine made at Buckfast Abbey in Devon make up most of the income to its charitable trust.
A Scottish sheriff said last week there was a "very definite association between Buckfast and violence".
The abbey said it was "saddened" by the "judge's opinion" that a "small number of people in Scotland are not enjoying Buckfast in a responsible way".
Figures from the Charity Commission showed Buckfast Abbey Trust's income was £8.8m in 2014-15, the latest year for which figures are available.
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The caffeinated wine, sometimes known as Bucky, has been made at the Benedictine abbey since the 1920s.
The abbey trust is a shareholder in the wine's distributor and seller, J Chandler, based in Hampshire, and gets a royalty fee for every bottle sold.
The monks have invested millions of pounds in the restoration of the abbey and visitor facilities and have also earmarked £3m for updating its 33-bedroom hotel and its conference centre.
The abbey declined to give figures for income directly from wine sales, saying it was "commercially sensitive" and said the hotel and conference centre "also contributed to the increase in income".
It also said the trust "strives to work with J Chandler and Co to ensure that the tonic wine is marketed and distributed responsibly".
"The majority of people who drink the tonic wine do so responsibly," it said, adding that it supported charities such as Drinkaware.
Last week Dundee Sheriff Court heard about an attack on a boy by a teenager who had downed two-and-a-half bottles of the caffeinated tonic wine.
Sheriff Alastair Brown told the court: "Someone who drinks two-and-a-half bottles of Buckfast is drinking something which is often seen as a feature of cases involving violence.
"I'm aware that the monks of Buckfast Abbey advertise this as something to be taken in moderation.
"The fact is that some people drink far too much of it and get violent."
Between 2010 and 2012, Strathclyde Police said Buckfast was mentioned in almost 6,500 crime reports.
Alcohol Focus Scotland, the national charity on preventing alcohol-related harm, said consumption of Buckfast was "very small" compared with overall alcohol consumption in Scotland.
But there was "increasing international evidence about the specific risks associated with caffeinated alcoholic drinks", said chief executive Alison Douglas.
"We know from police figures that Buckfast is mentioned in thousands of anti-social behaviour and crime reports in certain parts of the country," she said.
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) said it was concerned a focus on caffeinated alcoholic drinks, and specifically Buckfast, "might encourage complacency about other products".
Eric Carlin, SHAAP director, said there was a "need for changes in drinking behaviours of many people across all of our communities".
Police declined to comment further.
The 23-year-old returns to the Scottish Championship after a season with the Edinburgh club in the top flight after switching from Queen of the South.
"It's a chance for Gavin to play regularly and continue his development," said Neilson.
"Hopefully he'll come back an even better player."
Reilly, who signed a three-year contract last summer, made 32 appearances for Hearts on their return to Scotland's top flight, scoring four goals, but more than half of those were as a substitute.
His departure from Tynecastle came as Hearts signed Robbie Muirhead on a one-year contract after the 20-year-old's release by Dundee United.
Neilson told his club website that Reilly would be playing in "an extremely competitive environment".
"It's a good move for Gavin," he said. "Dunfermline are a big club and will still be on a high after winning League One."
Dunfermline are likely to lose top scorer Faissal El-Bakhtaoui, the Moroccan 23-year-old being out of contract after rejecting a new deal at East End Park.
Pars manager Allan Johnston worked with Reilly when he was in charge of the Doonhamers and was delighted to be reunited with the striker.
"He's got pace and he's a finisher," he told Dunfermline's website.
"He played a lot of games under me and he's still got hunger and desire to do well. That's the type of player we're looking for.
"He's desperate to do well and I'm sure he'll be hungry to score more goals.
"He's proven at Championship level. I'm sure he'll be a big asset to us.
"It's a massive season for Dunfermline and for him."
About 30,000 local students received their 2016 exam results on Thursday.
Overall, the number of entries awarded A* to C grades in Northern Ireland increased by 0.4% to 79.1%.
That is much higher than the overall performance of students across the UK, where 66.9% of all entries achieved A* to C grades.
Northern Ireland entries achieving A* and A grades also improved on 2015, up by 0.5% to 29.1% and 9.3% of entries received the top A* grade, up from 9% in 2015.
There were also improvements in GCSE English results, but the Maths results worsened.
Girls continue to outperform boys across the UK, with the gap widening by 0.5% since 2015.x
While 75.3% of entries from boys achieved A* to C grades, slightly up from last year, 82.9% of entries from girls attracted those grades.
In 2016 the proportion of entries in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) grew again, meaning they now make up almost a third of all GCSEs taken.
There were also more students taking GCSEs in biology, chemistry and computing.
However, entries for most languages fell again in 2016, with declines in the number taking French, Spanish and Irish at GCSE.
Many of those getting their results will go on to further study in their schools or in FE colleges.
However a significant number of pupils, especially from disadvantaged areas, will leave school with few qualifications.
A four-storey building collapsed at Wood Flour Mills in Tunstall Road, Bosley, at 09:10 BST, with large fires breaking out, the fire service said.
The fire service said it was a "scene of devastation". A search team is due to go into the site at first light.
Cheshire East Council said the blast has left 50 workers without jobs.
Cheshire Police said 35 people on the premises were assessed at the scene with four people treated for breathing difficulties and another four people taken to hospitals in Birmingham, Merseyside and Stoke.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "A 29-year-old woman has sustained serious burns and blast injuries to her head, face, arms and chest."
She was taken by air ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
Cheshire Police's Assistant Chief Constable Guy Hindle said: "Four people remain unaccounted for and urban search and rescue teams are assessing the scene to see whether it is safe to go into the property to locate them.
"We are working with the four families."
Earlier, firefighters said they could not rule out further explosions.
Steve Barnes, from Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "When we arrived it was a scene of devastation. The surrounding area is unsafe and hazardous to firefighters."
He said the crews were trying to make the area safe to be in a position to carry out any potential rescue.
Chief fire officer Paul Hancock said: "We are still dealing with four unaccounted people. We believe they are somewhere in the building.
"We will endeavour to deal with that issue in a few hours' time once we get the incident under full control."
A search team is planning to go into the site at first light on Saturday, but there are still pockets of the building on fire.
The building contains heating oil, kerosene, acetylene and asbestos. There is also a silo containing highly flammable wood flour used for making wood laminate flooring.
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) sent six ambulances and two rapid response vehicles. An air ambulance was also at the scene.
An NWAS spokesperson said: "Two patients have been taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital and one patient has been taken to Whiston Hospital in Merseyside."
Emergency services said it was too early to ascertain what had caused the blaze.
Shift worker Patrick Jones, who clocked off his shift just over three hours before the blast, said: "I am still worried about my mates. There are four of them that are still missing."
He said he was not able to get through the cordon.
Police said smoke was drifting north east, with residents 15 miles away in Wildboarclough advised to close doors and windows.
More than 40 pupils at Bosley St Mary's C of E Primary School, which is about a mile from the explosion site, were kept inside the school building.
Raj Barard, headteacher, said: "We heard and we felt the explosion just after 09:00 BST. Police told us to keep the children indoors.
"It felt like an earthquake. We had our leavers service in the school instead of at the church over the road."
BBC Radio Manchester reporter Jonathan Ali
Six hours later, the smoke plume is still hanging over this factory.
At around 14:40 there was the brief sound of popping noises as things continued to explode.
This was a four-storey factory which, in the words of the fire service, has now collapsed to one storey.
Basically it has collapsed in on itself.
Sarah Nixon, from Bosley Cloud, said: "I live less than half a mile from the wood flour mill and the explosion sounded as if a car had just crashed into the house with a very deep bang.
"The explosion shook the whole house rattling windows and doors, just like an earthquake.
"The black and grey smoke plummeted up along with flames and has engulfed the valley below."
Electricity North West said power was cut to 165 homes in Bosley to "allow firefighters to carry out their work safely". Power has since returned to the majority of homes.
Angela Shuker, who lives one farm along from the wood treatment works, said: "Our doors in the house just banged. We could see the flames rising not far from us down the road from the mill."
Charli Alston, 18, was walking her dog when she witnessed the explosion.
She said: "I was walking down my drive and there was just a huge bang. It sounded like a thunder cloud, we didn't know what it was.
"We looked over and there were massive plumes of flames. Almost as high as the hill next to it."
A blaze broke out at the wood flour mill in 2012.
31 March 2017 Last updated at 07:34 BST
Different groups who can't agree on the way the country should be run have been fighting against each other.
Life has changed a lot for children living here. Many have had to leave Syria and and many of those who's families stayed have had to stop going to school because it wasn't safe.
A team of BBC journalists went to the city of Homs to find out what life is like for the families who are still living there.
If you want to understand more about what's happening in Syria, you can read Newsround's guide here.
David Cameron said it was a "dangerous" issue for a prime minister "to dive into" but he wanted action.
Gulls reportedly killed a pet tortoise and a Yorkshire Terrier in two separate attacks in Cornwall in recent weeks.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said it recognised gulls were a nuisance but warned against any "knee-jerk reactions".
Speaking on a visit to Cornwall, Mr Cameron said: "I think a big conversation needs to happen about this and, frankly, I think the people we need to listen to are people who really understand this issue in Cornwall and the potential effect it is having."
It is illegal to injure or kill any species of gull or damage or destroy an active nest or its contents.
Gulls killed Yorkshire terrier Roo in Newquay last week and in May a Chihuahua puppy was killed in Honiton, Devon, according to a local newspaper.
The birds also swooped on tortoise Stig who died two days later from his injuries, according to his owner Jan Byrne, 43, from Liskeard.
A spokesman for the RSPB said the number of herring gulls had declined by more than half over the past 30 years.
He said: "We feel a long-term solution is to try and find a way of encouraging these birds to areas where they nest naturally and where they can be celebrated and not regarded as a nuisance."
The RSPB said any "big conversation" should involve local authorities, the public, the government and conservation groups.
Sims, 34, has captained her state New South Wales as well as her country, and is now classed as 'semi-professional'.
The deal coincides with the proposed launch of an Australian women's competition in 2017, and the World Cup to run alongside the men's tournament.
"It's a hugely exciting moment," Sims said. "I feel very privileged."
Sims is the sister of Warrington prop Ashton Sims and Newcastle Knights duo Tariq and Korbin Sims.
"It's so exciting to be in a position where we'll be considered semi-professional and to be paid to play the game that we love," she added.
Rega said it had asked Swiss prosecutors to investigate, but believed its staff were not involved.
The ex-F1 champion suffered a head injury in a skiing accident last December and was moved to a Swiss hospital last month.
His records were allegedly stolen and offered for sale to several newspapers.
Schumacher, 45, was transferred on 16 June from a hospital in the French city of Grenoble to Lausanne in Switzerland.
His medical documents were shared with the medical and rescue teams involved in planning his move, including Rega.
Schumacher's manager, Sabine Kehm, said last month that the F1 ex-champion's medical files had been "clearly stolen" and were being offered for sale.
The records were apparently being offered to media across Europe for 50,000 euros (£40,000, $68,000).
Ms Kehm warned that criminal charges would be pressed if such "confidential files" were bought or published.
On Monday, French police said they had tracked down the IP address of a computer used to share his medical records to a Swiss helicopter firm.
In a statement in French, Rega said it had "found itself at the centre of speculation" as a result of revelations published by French daily Dauphine Libere that the information was sent from one of the computers of an "important helicopter company based in Zurich".
It had filed a complaint with prosecutors in Zurich to ensure "absolute clarity" in this case, it said.
"Rega has no evidence that any of its employees failed in this regard. At this stage, we assume that the rights of the patient to medical confidentiality have been preserved."
The company also said it had no knowledge of the ongoing inquiries being conducted by the authorities.
Michael Schumacher retired from racing in 2012 after a 19-year career.
The investigation into his accident at the Meribel resort on 29 December said he had been skiing off-piste when he fell and hit a rock.
He had been going at the speed of "a very good skier" at the time, they said.
His family has said very little about his medical progress, preferring to avoid the gaze of the international media.
Peter Ferris, now teaching drama in Belfast, is one of four UK teachers included in the shortlist for a $1m (£790,000) prize.
Mr Ferris taught Louise Redknapp at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.
There were more than 20,000 teachers nominated from 179 countries.
Mr Ferris, who grew up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, went to the drama school as a student - and then went on to become a teacher there.
Among his students, as well as Louise Redknapp, were performers including Russell Brand, Claire Sweeney and Martine McCutcheon.
He is currently teaching at the Mercy College in Belfast.
The award, run by the Varkey Foundation, is intended to recognise the importance of teaching and to help raise the public status of the profession.
There are three other UK teachers in the running for this year's prize, which will be announced next March.
Adnan Mahmood, a business and enterprise tutor from Barking and Dagenham College, London; Nathan Atkinson, head teacher at Richmond Hill School, Leeds, and Raymond Chambers, a computer science teacher from Brooke Weston Academy in Corby, Northamptonshire.
The current holder of the Global Teacher Prize is Hanan Al Hroub, who grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp and is now a teacher of refugees herself.
Her win was announced at an awards ceremony in Dubai, with video messages from Pope Francis and Prince William.
UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said the prize was a recognition of the importance of teachers.
"I count my teachers as among the most influential people in my life. Teachers are entrusted with nurturing the potential of the young and helping them blossom as productive and responsible members of society.
"It is hard to underestimate their value."
The founder of the Varkey Foundation, Sunny Varkey, said the prize would help to "return teachers to their rightful position as one of the most respected professions in society".
He said the number of nominations from "every corner of the planet is testimony to the achievements of teachers and the enormous impact they have on all of our lives".
Gwent Police said a man, 47, from Pontypool, Torfaen, received stab wounds to his torso following the attack on a street at Mill Court, Hafodyrynys, near Crumlin, on Tuesday.
He remains in a critical condition at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.
Two men, aged 35 and 32, were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and are currently in police custody.
"She supported all of us, including my son who killed her," Mohammad Azeem told reporters, according to Dawn newspaper.
Ms Baloch's brother said he drugged and strangled her because she "dishonoured the family".
The controversial social media celebrity was buried on Sunday.
Ms Baloch, 26, whose real name was Fauzia Azeem, gained notoriety for posting suggestive or outspoken photographs, comments and videos on social media. She recently caused controversy by posting pictures of herself alongside a Muslim cleric.
Her death has sparked a debate over "honour killings" and what is acceptable behaviour online for women in Pakistan.
How the murder reflects a divided country
Ms Baloch, who was also a model and actress, was killed at her family home in Multan early on Saturday. Her 25-year-old brother Waseem was arrested and confessed to the murder.
He said he decided to kill her after she uploaded images of her posing with the Muslim cleric, which were widely shared online.
"I believe I am a modern day feminist. I believe in equality. I need not to choose what type of women should be. I don't think there is any need to label ourselves just for sake of society. I am just a women with free thoughts free mindset and I LOVE THE WAY I AM." (Facebook, 14 July)
Love me or hate me both are in my favour. If you love me I Will always be in your heart, if you hate me I'll always be in ur mind (Facebook, 3 July)
Ms Baloch's funeral was held near her family home in Dera Ghazi Khan, about 130km from Multan. Media reports said thousands of people attended, including rights campaigners. She was buried at her ancestral graveyard.
Ms Baloch's parents lodged a report with police accusing her brother of killing her, and another brother of being complicit, according to Dawn.
He said his sons were unhappy over "her achievements" and turned against her even though she supported them, the paper added.
The residents of her village also condemned the killing.
The council has named Care UK as its preferred company to manage its 16 care homes and eight wellbeing centres.
Care UK has committed to build 10 new care homes but would not comment on how this would affect the existing homes.
Councillor Colin Noble said it was "absolutely possible" that some of the 16 would be closed.
Mr Noble, portfolio holder for adult and community services, said: "Care UK is nationally recognised as specialists in dementia care with a proven track record of meeting the needs of the most vulnerable in society."
Staff currently employed by the council will be transferred to Care UK.
Mr Noble said staff and residents at the existing homes would be consulted about the proposed changes but he could not guarantee all of the homes would remain open.
"We need to look at the provision that is there at the moment, look at what Care UK are proposing in terms of how they're going to invest hundreds of millions of pounds into Suffolk, and then we need to sit down and work out what we need to plan for in each of those communities.
"We've got to plan for the future and how we're going to provide more care homes for more people in the future."
Care UK said it would not comment on details of the plans as a contract was yet to be signed.
Toby Siddall, Care UK's residential care services managing director said: "We are delighted to reach the final stage of this opportunity to work in partnership with Suffolk County Council.
"We look forward to completing the outstanding discussions with the council so that we can start getting to know the residents, relatives and the teams that deliver the services in the council's homes today."
A shed and summer house were destroyed, and heat damage was caused to a house in a fire in Blackfield in the early hours of Friday.
Police said the homeowner, in his 80s, could have been in "life-threatening danger" if the fire not been spotted.
They are linking it to a blaze at a takeaway and a car fire in the village earlier this month.
Dereck Harrison, 22, was captured in the state of Wyoming hours after his father Flint, 55, gave himself up.
They are said to have tied the woman and her teenage daughters up in a basement in a suburb of Salt Lake City on Tuesday.
However the alleged victims broke free after a fight involving a baseball bat.
The Harrisons are accused of imprisoning the woman and her daughters - who were friends of Dereck Harrison - in the false belief that the women had reported their drug use to police.
After the women escaped, the Harrisons fled to Salt Lake City and then Sublette County in western Wyoming as police launched a manhunt.
Both men face 16 charges including aggravated kidnapping and possession of a controlled substance.
The visitors were set to resume their first innings on 349-6, a lead of 116, with Ben Foakes on 140 not out.
But the weather in Bristol kept the players off the field throughout the morning session at Nevil Road.
And umpires Russell Evans and Graham Lloyd decided at 14:45 BST that there was no realistic prospect of play.
With only one day's play remaining, a draw is now the most likely result, barring a Gloucestershire collapse in their second innings.
Surrey began the game in second place in Division Two, 54 points clear of Glamorgan, with Gloucestershire fourth, a further nine points adrift.
This year's focus is to draw attention to the importance of toilets in supporting better nutrition and improved health.
Here, a woman passes near the entrance to a toilet in a makeshift shelter used by a Palestinian family in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The UN says 2.4 billion people do not have adequate sanitation. Globally, 15% of the population still defecates in the open.
This pictures shows an open toilet in a field in Gorba, in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
The main aim of the campaign is to raise awareness about the people in the world who don't have access to a toilet, despite the fact that it is a human right to have clean water and sanitation. This sheltered pit latrine (below) stands in a low-income neighbourhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), inadequate sanitation is estimated to cause 280,000 diarrhoeal deaths annually and is a major factor in several tropical diseases.
This toilet stands outside the Llamocca family home, at Villa Lourdes, in Villa Maria del Triunfo, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru.
Poor sanitation is also linked to transmission of diseases such as cholera, typhoid and polio.
Toilets donated by Unicef and World Vision stand near tents at a Syrian refugee settlement camp in Qab Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, near Baalbek, Lebanon.
Posters, including those advertising treatments for sexually transmitted diseases, are stuck to the walls of this public toilet in a residential area for migrant workers in Shigezhuang village, Beijing, China.
The main issue of concern in this restaurant toilet in Brooklyn, New York, appears to be graffiti rather than a deficiency in hygiene.
A UN report, Women and Girls and Their Right to Sanitation, says: "Women place a higher value on access to private sanitation facilities than men but often remain unheard." Urinals inspired by the Rolling Stones logo are seen in a bar in Paris.
"There is a real need for facilities that meet women's physical and psychological demands and preferences, and these can be readily achieved by including women in the design and placement of these facilities," the report adds. This photograph below shows a public toilet in London Fields, in east London.
The festival, held at Donington Park in Leicestershire since 2003, has hosted some of the biggest names in rock including Iron Maiden and Motörhead.
Download organiser Andy Copping said Donington was the "spiritual home" of rock.
The festival saw extra security following the recent terror attacks.
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Armed officers patrolled the site but Leicestershire Police and festival organisers were determined it would not affect Download's famous "friendly" atmosphere.
It led to the force using the hashtag "copaselfie" - an attempt to get revellers to engage with officers by taking selfies with them.
Supt Martyn Ball, from Leicestershire Police, said armed police were there to make people "safe and secure" following the recent attacks in Manchester and London.
Mr Copping, one of the founders of Download, said the festival is one of the UK's "friendliest" but also the "biggest" of its type in the world.
He told the BBC that fans treat it as their holiday.
About 80,000 people attended the festival over the weekend which saw performances from System of a Down, Every Time I Die, Rob Zombie, Biffy Clyro and Aerosmith.
The American rockers made Download their "swansong" in the UK, according to Mr Copping.
Michael Fludgate, 20, was being pursued as he drove through Luton on 9 August.
He ignored pleas from Wanessa Lewandowska, 15, and another passenger to slow down and hit speeds of 80mph (128km/h) in a 20mph (32km/h) limit.
Judge Richard Foster told him: "This was a piece of flagrant and obvious dangerous driving."
Luton Crown Court heard Wanessa and the other passenger had been screaming at Fludgate to slow down or stop as he sped through Luton at 22:20 BST.
He hit a speed hump and crashed the VW Golf into a TV repair shop in High Town Road.
Wanessa was pronounced dead at the scene. Fludgate was seriously injured and airlifted to hospital.
A man, 24, who fled the scene but later went to police was seriously injured.
Fludgate, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, causing death while uninsured and causing death while unlicenced.
Judge Foster told him: "To any common sensed bystander the outcome was perhaps almost inevitable - that there would be a serious accident.
"You ignored the blue lights, and you disregarded your passengers screaming at you to slow down. Sadly Wanessa was killed. Nothing this court can say or do can bring back her life."
The court heard police attempted to stop Ludgate after seeing him "larking around" but he sped off.
Nicola Shannon, mitigating, said Fludgate "does not minimise the part he played".
He was sentenced to eight years in prison, banned from driving for four years after his release and will have to take an extended driving test.
After the crash, the Independent Police Complaints Commission set up an inquiry, which is ongoing.
The deal ends 50 years of conflict that left hundreds of thousands of people dead and millions displaced.
A ceasefire began on Monday but the deal must still clear two hurdles before it is formally ratified.
President Juan Manuel Santos called this "perhaps the most important announcement" of his life.
He said: "Peace will be signed on 26 September in [the Colombian city of] Cartagena."
There had been speculation that the deal would be signed at the UN headquarters in New York.
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Colombians will vote on the deal in a referendum in October before it is fully made into law.
At least 13% of people have to answer "yes" to the question: "Do you support the final accord to end the conflict and build a stable and lasting peace?"
The Farc group, which is on US and European lists of terrorist organisations, will hold a separate vote at a national conference.
Other groups in the armed conflict have not been part of these peace talks.
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The peace deal was reached after years of negotiations in Colombia. It includes:
Campaigners from North Wales Deaf Association (NWDA) said they do not know who placed it there on Tuesday, but "appreciate the support".
The group has been left "frustrated and angry" at a £50,000 annual funding cut from Conwy council.
But the authority said talks took place 18 months before funding was cut and it is probing a bench being "defaced".
Raymond Manners, 56 from Leeds, admitted raping a woman in the Chapeltown area of the city on 23 February 1991.
The cold case was solved thanks to advances in DNA profiling.
Manners, who is already serving 10 years for two 1979 rapes, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court.
West Yorkshire Police said other criminals should be "dreading that knock on the door" due to forensic advances.
Det Ch Insp Jim Dunkerley said: "This is a fantastic result. It has brought justice and hopefully some closure for the victim and sent a message to any criminals still out there who think the passage of time has meant they have got away with what they did.
"I want them to be dreading that knock on the door and to always be looking over their shoulder for the police to come."
The court heard that officers were unable to identify the rapist in 1991.
But specialist cold case investigators later reviewed it and found similarities with two other unsolved rapes dating back to 1979.
In 2012, the same team linked Manners to the 1979 rapes through forensic evidence and he was jailed for 10 years.
At the time, there was insufficient evidence to successfully link him to the 1991 rape.
However, the team reviewed the case again in 2016 and thanks to new techniques in DNA profiling, Manners was linked to the crime scene.
Manners, who was described by police as a "serial rapist", was jailed for a further 12 years on Thursday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.
The Ibrox club were ejected from the first qualifying round of the Europa League by a team that finished fourth in their domestic league last season.
"It's an embarrassing result, given the investment (in the squad)," said Rae of his former club's 2-1 aggregate defeat.
"I have never seen them lose to a team of this calibre."
Rae, now 48, told BBC Scotland that he felt Pedro Caixinha's new-look team lacked the drive he would have expected to see as Rangers returned to European football for the first time in six years.
They had won the Ibrox leg 1-0 and in the starting XI in Luxembourg fielded four of their summer signings - Fabio Cardoso, Ryan Jack, Daniel Candeias and Alfredo Morelos, with a further two, Dalcio and Eduardo Herrera, making substitute appearances.
"They are only three or four weeks into their pre-season but with the quality that Rangers have allegedly brought in you would expect them to go through in a tie like this," said Rae, who played in the Champions League and Uefa Cup with Rangers in 2004 and 2005.
"It's OK if it's a one-off, you can lose cup games, but over two games you would expect them to get through.
"I was disappointed with the manner in which they played. They never got any combinations, there was no tempo or intensity and you could actually see it coming. It's as bad a performance and result as you're going to get.
"They just didn't create enough good chances. They had a couple of headers that you would have expected them to score, with (Niko) Kranjcar and (Josh) Windass and Kenny Miller hitting the bar.
"It would have to be up there with one of their worst performances and results in Europe. I think everybody is in shock.
"The way Scottish football is going, we're going to be a laughing stock."
Rae predicted that the Portuguese manager would come in for scrutiny in the coming weeks but he did not think Caixinha would resign or be sacked.
"He seems quite a confident guy in his ability and what he's trying to do," he said.
"The board have backed him to the hilt. I would expect them to back him and give him time to turn it around.
"The eight signings are just in the door. The season starts in four weeks. This will give Caixinha time to work with them. They will need to hit the ground running."
Many fail the psychology test, one of several designed to weed out inappropriate applicants.
Several YouTube videos with a recruitment theme have disabled all comments. Where comments are still possible, one failed applicant complained that visible tattoos were a criterion for rejection.
Xenophobia is at record levels in Hungary, after two years of anti-migrant rhetoric from the conservative Fidesz government.
Work is continuing on a second, electronic fence parallel to the first, designed to prevent illegal entry. Hungary now accepts only 10 applicants for asylum a day from Serbia, where up to 7,000 asylum seekers are waiting for the chance to move on to western Europe.
Under new legislation, all asylum seekers will be kept in detention while their applications are considered, to prevent them absconding across the western border into Austria.
There is no lack of interest in joining the new "border-hunters" unit. But police officers admit privately that the name is part of the problem, as it attracts the wrong kind of applicant.
Only 1,000 of the 2,700 people who applied from last August to January this year were accepted. Nearly 400 failed the psychology test, police told the BBC. Police commanders say quality is more important than quantity, and they will keep recruiting for as long as necessary.
The formation of the 3,000-strong unit, part of the national police, was announced in August 2015. It is designed to take the pressure off the regular police, 18,000 of whom served on the Serbian border at different times last year, alongside 6,000 soldiers.
The border-hunters receive normal police training, including firearms use, with extra modules about Islam and other cultures they might come into contact with.
Because of the EU-Turkey deal of March 2016, and the deterrent effect of police measures in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary, the earlier flow of refugees through the West Balkan route has slowed to a trickle. This is largely tolerated by most countries, but Hungary spares no expense to block it.
In January an average 80 migrants were caught each night trying to enter Hungary, two-thirds after successfully climbing or cutting through the fence. They were then "escorted" by police back to the gates, and sent back into Serbia.
The UN refugee agency UNHCR and human rights groups allege this push-back practice is illegal, and have gathered evidence alleging excessive use of force by the Hungarian police. Hungary granted just 427 asylum requests in 2016.
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In the border-hunters classroom at Barcs in southern Hungary, 30 uniformed male and female police cadets practise arrest techniques.
Working in pairs, they twist the arms of their partners behind their backs and march them across the room, bent double.
"We don't hunt down anyone, migrants or others," Hungarian police chief Karoly Papp told the BBC. "The police have to keep strictly and humanely to the rules laid down in the Hungarian constitution, the police law, and the [EU] Schengen border regulations.
"Of course there are some to whom we say, 'We cannot let you into the training course, because you are not suitable for a career in the police.' And there are others who would be suitable, but at the last minute have second thoughts."
"I always wanted to join the police, but until now, the opportunity didn't present itself," said Adrienn Heronyanyi, who has a four-year-old son. "The psychological and medical tests were hard, but I'm happy I passed."
She took her oath, with 531 other recruits, at a swearing-in ceremony in Budapest on 12 January.
"Terrorist attacks, violence and crime, ethnic and cultural clashes all warn us," Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the recruits, "that those who come here do not want to live our way of life. They want to continue their own ways of life - but with the standard of living of the people of Europe.
"We know that the migrants are also victims. Victims of the people-smugglers; victims of European politicians who promise admission and invitation; and victims of their own illusions. We understand them, but we cannot yield to their demands, and we cannot let them into Europe."
According to the State Prosecution Service, nine police officers are currently under investigation for alleged violence against migrants. For the chief of police, this is proof that such behaviour is the exception, not the rule.
"I will defend my officers against every unprincipled attack, but at the same time I refuse to defend anyone who does not keep to the high standards of the Hungarian police," said Karoly Papp.
The inquiry by Sir John Chilcot was set up in 2009 and took evidence from its last witness in 2011.
However, there have been prolonged discussions over the disclosure of secret documents.
Nicola Sturgeon has written to all Scottish party leaders urging them to unite in seeking publication.
Both Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie have said they back the earliest possible publication of the findings.
The Chilcot Inquiry was commissioned by the previous government at Westminster to investigate the background to Britain's involvement in the Iraq war, which began in 2003 when Tony Blair was prime minister.
There have been growing calls for the findings to be made public before the general election in May.
In the past week, a cross-party group of MPs secured a Commons debate on the issue which will take place on 29 January.
In June last year, Sir John announced he was satisfied that the "gist" of talks between Tony Blair and former US President George Bush could be made public, removing a major obstacle to publication of his report.
He then intended to write to those who were to be criticised to give them an opportunity to respond before publication.
Mr Blair has previously said he wanted the Chilcot report to be published as soon as possible and that he "resented" claims he was to blame for its slow progress.
UK government ministers have conceded that if the final report is not completed by the end of February, it would be wrong to release it in the heat of a closely-fought election campaign.
The first minister told BBC Scotland: "The report was meant to be published in 2012.
"Surely we can't go through a general election without people having the answers to the questions on the Iraq war that they still don't have.
"That has to happen before some of these MPs that voted for the Iraq war are back up for election."
Scottish Labour leader Mr Murphy, who was a minister under the government of Mr Blair, said: "The Chilcot Inquiry is a crucially important piece of work that must be conducted thoroughly and forensically.
"The inquiry was initiated by Labour in July 2009, because it is vital to identify the lessons that can be learned from the conflict.
"There is rightly real public interest in the findings of such an important inquiry and I think it is right that there is the earliest possible publication of the report."
In response to Ms Sturgeon's letter, Scottish Labour Scottish Lib Dem leader Mr Rennie said his party was pushing for the government to release the report within one week of receiving it.
He added: "We agree with Nicola Sturgeon. It is important that the lessons learnt from the Chilcot report are learnt whilst there are people involved in Parliament who are in a position to answer for their actions.
"It has been over five years since the Iraq Inquiry began taking oral evidence.
"Politicians from all parties across the UK must push for these findings to be finally brought into the light."
A spokeswoman for the Iraq Inquiry said: "We will not be commenting further on the process or the progress of the report."
The leader of the suffragette movement, who was born in the city, gained over half the votes in the WoManchester Statue Project poll.
A statue of Queen Victoria in Albert Square is currently the only woman portrayed across 17 city centre works.
The statue, which will be privately funded, is due to be unveiled in 2019.
Mrs Pankhurst beat five other women shortlisted to be commemorated with 56% of the 5,301 votes cast.
Didsbury councillor Andrew Simcock, who started the project, said none of the funding for the £200,000 memorial would come from Manchester City Council's budget.
Mrs Pankhurst, who was born in 1858, was instrumental in the movement for women to get the vote and founder of the Women's Social and Political Union.
The group held its first meeting at Mrs Pankhurst's Chorlton-on-Medlock home on 10 October 1903. The building has since become a museum and community centre named in her honour.
•Organised campaigns for women's suffrage began in 1866
•When Parliamentary reform was debated in 1867, John Stuart Mill proposed an amendment to give the vote to women on the same terms as men but it was rejected by 194 votes to 73.
• Women's rights activists were involved in direct action, including chaining themselves to railings and jail hunger strikes
• In 1918 the Representation of the People Act gave women over 30 the vote, which was extended to all women over the age of 21 in 1928.
Manager Rachel Lappin said she was "thrilled to bits [that] the legacy of Mrs Pankhurst's campaign and the movement she led lives on".
The other nominees were author Elizabeth Gaskell, anti-racism campaigner Louise Da-Cocodia, Manchester councillor Margaret Ashton, businesswomen and writer Elizabeth Raffald and MP Ellen Wilkinson.
Leigh Griffiths scored either side of Anthony Ralston's first senior goal for the club to make it 3-0 at half-time.
Captain for the night Kieran Tierney netted a wonderful strike from distance that will long live in his memory and the fans who witnessed it.
Stuart Armstrong tapped in to cap a straightforward night for Celtic and a sore one for Kilmarnock.
It was not a birthday to remember for Kilmarnock's Kirk Broadfoot as he and Gordon Greer looked to forge their new central defensive partnership in testing circumstances.
Only Craig Gordon, Tierney and Griffiths continued with starting berths from the Celtic 11 that began the weekend's 4-1 Premiership victory over Hearts.
Manager Brendan Rodgers offered more first-team experience to Ralston (18), left-wing-back Calvin Miller (19) and recent signing from Ipswich Town Kundai Benyu (19).
Kristoffer Ajer (19) and Eboue Kouassi (19) were the others under the age of 20 handed the responsibility of helping Celtic get off to a smooth start in defending one part of the domestic treble they captured last season.
Tierney was deployed as a centre-back beside Ajer, who spent much of the 2016-17 campaign on loan at Kilmarnock, but the home defence had little to do.
Not so at the other end, and a silly foul from winger Jordan Jones on Jonny Hayes handed the hosts an early penalty that Griffiths fired into the bottom corner.
A memorable moment for Ralston soon followed when he headed in Griffiths' corner kick after being given too much space by the Killie defence.
Goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald could not stop that one but he did well to beat away a stinging effort from Griffiths and he went on to make an even better stop from Armstrong later.
The visitors had started Lee Erwin up front in place of Kris Boyd but the ball rarely made its way that far up the pitch as Killie were pinned back.
Tierney highlighted his ever-increasing skill-set in many ways in this match. Playing as captain and centre-back was only the beginning, as he impressed with a nice threaded pass to set up Griffiths for his fourth goal in two games - the striker springing a half-hearted Killie offside trap before calmly slotting in to give his team a 3-0 lead at the break.
Tierney then sent a 40-yard screamer high into the top corner for Celtic's fourth. It was a terrific strike that the man, already capped four times for Scotland, will struggle to better in what promises to be a bright future.
The busy Hayes scampered down the right for his second assist of the night, sending an inviting low cross for Armstrong to side-foot home from close-range.
One negative for Celtic was a nasty looking injury for Kouassi, who was taken off after jarring what looked like his knee or ankle.
Match ends, Celtic 5, Kilmarnock 0.
Second Half ends, Celtic 5, Kilmarnock 0.
Attempt missed. Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jamie MacDonald.
Attempt saved. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Gordon Greer (Kilmarnock).
Attempt blocked. Chris Burke (Kilmarnock) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Delay in match James Forrest (Celtic) because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Callum McGregor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by William Graham (Kilmarnock).
Tomas Rogic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alan Power (Kilmarnock).
Goal! Celtic 5, Kilmarnock 0. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Ralston.
Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Kundai Benyu.
Foul by Kundai Benyu (Celtic).
Alan Power (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Anthony Ralston (Celtic).
William Graham (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Celtic 4, Kilmarnock 0. Kieran Tierney (Celtic) left footed shot from more than 35 yards to the top right corner. Assisted by Anthony Ralston.
Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Leigh Griffiths.
Attempt saved. Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Kirk Broadfoot.
Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock).
Calvin Miller (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Burke (Kilmarnock).
Foul by Tomas Rogic (Celtic).
William Graham (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Kilmarnock. Stephen O'Donnell replaces Iain Wilson.
Attempt blocked. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Gordon Greer.
Matt Dunham is a 33-year-old British photographer who studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales in Newport and has worked on the staff at AP since 2005. He is best known for his picture of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla when their car was attacked during the student protests in London in December 2010.
Here's Matt's selection, starting with a series from Japan following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the country in March.
People residing in the earthquake-prone regions of the world live day-to-day with the reality that one could hit at any time. The earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan on 11 March was the biggest to hit the country since modern records began and killed more than 15,000 people.
I was covering an ice skating event in Sheffield when I received a call from my regional boss at AP, Tony Hicks. The Department for International Development were organising a flight for British search and rescue teams to deploy to Japan and they had room for a number of media to go with them. The flight was due to leave fours hours later from Manchester Airport.
I wasn't exactly kitted out with the necessary equipment for such an assignment as all my camping stuff was at home in London. However my text colleague David Stringer was making his way to the airport from London with a Bgan (Broadband Global Area Network), a satellite internet connection device, which would enable us to transmit our pictures and copy, and I eventually managed to get us some gear at a camping shop.
We landed at a US military base in northern Japan and along with the rescue teams we were driven to the tsunami affected area so we could co-ordinate with the Japanese emergency services.
We set up camp in a gymnasium that was absolutely freezing. We asked ourselves how anybody trapped in the remains of a building could survive the freezing temperatures at night.
The rescue workers were desperate to find survivors. But after three days of finding nothing but bodies, the decision was made that they would leave Japan as they deemed the chances of finding anyone still alive extremely low.
This was not the end for me though as I was assigned to join AP's team of Japanese staffers. My photographic colleague Shizuo Kambayashi and reporter Foster Klug picked me up and we drove to Kesennuma where a giant vessel had been washed ashore. It was unbelievable seeing the strange places where cars and boats had ended up, coming to rest on some of the concrete buildings that remained on their foundations. It was a way of indicating just how high the tsunami waters rose.
I've purposefully chosen to reflect on this image of Kate looking back rather than the kiss picture, as that was something everyone was expecting to happen, drawing the inevitable comparisons with the kiss Charles and Diana shared on the same balcony 30 years earlier.
I like this frame as it is an unexpected moment where Kate gives the assembled masses a conspiratorial look of happiness and confidence as she turns away with William to walk into her new life as a future queen.
The picture was taken from a tiered platform put up on the Queen Victoria memorial, where 64 positions had been carefully marked up for photographers directly opposite the balcony where the royal couple were expected to share their first public kiss as husband and wife. We were asked to arrive at the memorial at 6am with the royals expected to make their balcony appearance just under seven and a half hours later. One relief was that a toilet had been put in our media enclosure which meant we could take drinks and snacks to last the day.
This picture was shot on a Canon 1D MkIV camera with an 800mm long lens to give a close-up view of the couple, from what I'd guess was the 70-or-so metre distance between us. One problem with taking photographs on such a long lens from a distance like that is having to deal with atmospheric heat haze. This makes the images appear less sharp than if you were standing much closer. The heat haze was also intensified by the crowds that were standing between our elevated platform and the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.
I had also set up three other remotely triggered cameras with different lenses to give a wide, medium and another tight view of the balcony scene. They were all connected with cables so that when I took a picture with the main 800mm camera all the others would fire at the same time, capturing the same moment.
When working for an international news agency on an event with such a global interest the images need to arrive at the picture desks of AP's subscribers as quickly as possible. This was particularly important for countries in different time zones where the timing of the kiss meant that it needed to make their late night printing deadlines.
To make our delivery as timely as possible, AP and the other large news agencies paid to have broadband speed internet lines installed beside our platform. Trying to send pictures using the mobile phone network would have been virtually impossible. When crowds of thousands assemble it tends to overload the nearest mobile phone masts, but by plugging the internet cable into a module attached to my main camera I was able to transmit pictures directly to our office in Camden where a team of editors were waiting to crop, edit and caption before transmitting the pictures to our clients.
I'm pleased to say everything went well with the photography that day, which was a huge relief for me. Text journalists can reflect on things after they have happened but as a news photographer if you miss an historic moment there is no second chance to capture it again, which is why it was very kind of William and Kate to kiss twice that day. We still needed to capture both kisses, and it turned out the second kiss made a better picture as it had the little bridesmaid covering her ears.
In Britain we have a genre of photography that is regularly practiced by news and celebrity photographers alike, the car shot. When waiting for a person in the news agenda sometimes the only way to take a photograph of them is through the window of the vehicle they are travelling in.
Car shots are not the kind of pictures individuals would hang on their walls as they often capture people at a low-point or time of crisis in their lives. In many other countries, photographers are given access to take pictures inside courts, parliaments and committee hearings but in Britain this is not the case.
If people choose to drive away from gated entrances or underground car parks the only visual possibility left by that stage is a car shot for the photographers, and footage of photographers taking the pictures for the broadcasters. Stories need visuals as readers and viewers want to see what's happening.
The two most important technical aspects to get a good result in these situations are the flash settings you need to penetrate the window, and the focus of the lens.
When word came through of the News of the World's closure amidst the phone-hacking scandal, the media descended on the Wapping site to report on it. As a photographer you need to think of everything you can use to illustrate it as effectively as possible. Images of the building, News of the World signs, the multitude of television sat' trucks, television correspondents speaking on live broadcasts, News of the World employees hugging and drinking outside the pub next door and ideally you'd capture the main protagonists, Rebekah Brooks and James Murdoch (Rupert Murdoch was at a conference in the US on that day).
On this day a number of photographers were standing on a street corner with a view of the building's underground car park exit as we suspected Brooks and Murdoch would depart from there. Members of the Sunday tabloid's staff had told us they were still in the building so we had to wait it out. It took a fair while for them to leave and it was getting later into the evening by which time some of our group had left.
James Murdoch was the first to leave and then a little while later Brooks came out. Her departure caught us by surprise as word got out that she had already left and so with British newspaper deadlines approaching we were sitting on the pavement with heads in laptops sending the photos we'd taken of Murdoch. One observant member of our group spotted a vehicle pull out from the car park and shouted to the rest of us, something it's always nice to do for one another.
The focus of my picture is off, it's a muzzy, but that doesn't lessen the fact that her gaze comes from a time of crisis in the history of British newspapers.
I'd been in Norway for three days covering the aftermath of Anders Behring Breivik's attack in Norway. Breivik had set off a bomb in Oslo before heading to the island of Utoeya where he killed at least 68 people at an island youth camp run by the ruling Labour Party.
This campsite jetty across the water from the island had become a place people came to lay floral tributes in memory of the victims. The beautiful scenery and calm sound of the water were so at odds with the horror that took place on the island.
By the time I took this picture AP had flown in four photographers to Oslo so we could spread ourselves around, each one covering different aspects of the story. On this day when Breivik was due to appear in court for the first time, a minute's silence was planned across Norway and thousands of people were expected to attend an Oslo 'Rose March' memorial in the afternoon. Utoeya was an hour or so drive from Oslo where we were all staying. I'd taken our shared hire car down to the mainland area opposite the island and had spent most of the morning using a 500mm lens with a 1.4x converter to watch the police who were still carrying out investigations on the island.
As the time for the silence approached another British photographer Jeff Mitchell and I went down to the jetty to see what would happen for the minute's silence. Various people were gathering at the water's edge, a mixture of campers, relatives and members of the media.
Photographing a solemn scene like this is emotionally tough. We are very aware of how people are feeling and have to find a balance for how close to stand when taking our pictures. How can you do anything else but empathise with their loss, or reflect on how you would feel if one of your loved ones had lost their lives on that island?
The one track and field competitor even non-athletics fans have heard of is Usain Bolt. The men's 100m final is billed as the showpiece of any high-profile athletics meeting, and at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, it was reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder Bolt who was the man the spectators came to see.
Sports are interesting to photograph in the sense that there is always the potential for something unexpected to happen, even with an event that lasts less than 10 seconds.
We covered this race with a team of photographers, all from different parts of the globe, and each taking a different vantage point dotted around the track. The prime photographer position, and number one pressure spot, is sitting head-on to the finish line where you will get the clean picture of the winner crossing the line towards you. My colleague Anja Niedringhaus, who's also a hugely talented and experienced conflict photographer, was doing the job for AP on this occasion.
My job that night was to be at the start, to shoot the competitors coming out the blocks and to keep an eye on Bolt as he likes to showboat for the fans and cameras alike. It was, I felt, the least pressured position to be given and one I was very happy with. My Texan colleague David Phillip, who is a top-notch sports photographer and technical whiz, was waiting on the infield beside the finish line to trigger his set of remote controlled cameras on the line, and then do the celebration lap of honour run-round with the winner.
We'd talked about the fact that the rule change meant that one false start and the athlete is disqualified. However slim, there was always a chance that it could be Bolt in that unfortunate position, and on this occasion that is what happened.
The photo here shows Bolt, disqualified, running vest thrown off in frustration, and gesturing as he watches the race on the stadium's big screen by the start. He later overcame the disappointment to take the gold medal in the 200m race and helped set a new world record for the Jamaican men in the 4x100m relay on the last day of the competition. It's not hard to guess where all eyes will be pointing next summer when the Olympics comes to London, and I hope to be by the start for the 100m again, this time not seeing anyone disqualified.
Britain's Met Office said maximum temperatures were around ten degrees above normal for September and Londoners flocked outdoors to soak up the sun. The swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath are not heated, and though the temperatures were fine to sunbathe in, the water was incredibly cold. I stayed at the pond for a while chatting to different people and becoming part of the landscape so they were comfortable with my being there.
The longer you spend photographing a scene, the more people become immune to a camera pointing at or around them. To begin with people are usually curious as to why you are taking pictures and ask questions, like who you work for, or how much your cameras are worth. Once satisfied they sometimes pose in a snapshot manner asking you take a picture of them, and finally the novelty of being photographed wears off and they go back to acting naturally again.
The best unposed pictures of daily life happen either when people don't notice your camera or because their attention is focused elsewhere, in this case her attention was on the cold water.
Tomorrow Max Houghton, course leader in MA Photojournalism at the University of Westminster and editor of 8 magazine looks at the ethics of photojournalism.
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Nasri, 29, was dismissed for a second yellow card in Sevilla's 2-0 last-16 second-leg defeat, as the Foxes reached the quarter-finals 3-2 on aggregate.
Nasri and Vardy clashed in the second half and were booked for butting heads.
But the on-loan Manchester City star believes Vardy's response convinced referee Daniele Orsato to take action.
"For me he's a cheat because if he was a foreign player you, the English press, would be saying he's a cheat," he said.
"They were winning 2-0, play the game like a man. You are not better than us but you are winning 2-0 and will qualify, just play the game."
But England striker Vardy refuted Nasri's allegation, saying: "I'm not a cheat and I never have been. That's all I've got to say on the matter."
A Leicester spokesman added: "The club refutes entirely any allegation that questions the professional integrity of Jamie or any of its players."
Sevilla were already 2-0 down on the night after goals from Wes Morgan and Marc Albrighton.
And they were forced to play the final 20 minutes with 10 men as they chased a crucial goal.
France international Nasri needed to be escorted off the pitch by his team-mates, which took over three minutes.
"For an international player you don't need to do that. Look at the image. Yes he did it, but he did it well," he said.
"He played it well. I thought the English players were tougher than that. He is the one who came to my face.
"It was a foul or something and then he pushed me and I said 'what are you doing?' and then he came to my face. That's what happened.
"If I tell the truth I don't think you will be able to write it. I would love to speak to him - there are too many cameras and security and I have to think about next year and not getting a big suspension."
Brian Reader, 76, was jailed over the £26m Brinks Mat armed robbery in 1983.
Terry Perkins, 67, was jailed for 22 years for robbing the vaults of Securicor, also known as Security Express, in the same year.
Reader and Perkins have already admitted conspiracy to burgle the Hatton Garden safe deposit.
Reader, of Dartford Road, Dartford, was jailed for eight years for conspiracy to handle stolen goods after the gold bullion robbery in Hounslow, west London, in 1983.
Jurors at Woolwich Crown Court were told he was also sentenced to a further year in prison for dishonestly handling £66,000 in cash.
Perkins, of Heene Road, was part of a gang which broke into the Security Express depot in Shoreditch, east London, and escaped with £6m on Easter Monday, 1983.
The jury also heard details of the previous convictions of the other men who have already admitted their role in the Hatton Garden raid.
John "Kenny" Collins, 75, of Bletsoe Walk, Islington, has convictions for offences including breaking in, theft and handling stolen goods.
Daniel Jones, 60, of Park Avenue, Enfield, has been sentenced for offences of robbery, burglary and handling stolen goods.
Four other men are on trial accused of being involved in the Hatton Garden raid:
Collins, Jones, Perkins and Reader are due to be sentenced at a later date.
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The routes will connect the Greater Manchester town's centre with surrounding residential areas.
Wigan Borough Council has been awarded a grant from the Department for Transport for the scheme.
The plans will be on show during a drop-in session on 18 July, so people in the town can offer feedback on the project before work begins later this year.
The drop-in session will be held at Newtown Working Men's Club in Anson Street between 14.00 and 19.00 BST.
The routes will be added to parts of Robin Park Road, Warrington Road, the Wallgate/Queen Street junction, Saddle junction and Pemberton cycleway.
The work is expected to be completed by summer 2018.
Councillor David Molyneux, cabinet member for regeneration, said: "These routes inbound to Wigan town centre are flat and short in distance, making them perfect for commuters who live close by.
"The plans are still in their design stages so I'd encourage people, whether you're a keen cyclist or not, to have a look at the routes and tell us what you think."
Gaby Zakuani nodded Erhun Oztumer's corner home to take the lead, before Oztumer then tapped in a second.
Callum Elder found a third for Posh two minutes after the break before Conor Washington's drive secured victory.
Rovers came close to a consolation through Andy Butler but Michael Bostick cleared his header off the line.
Lawyers for the child claim the picture was blackmailed from her and repeatedly published online as a form of revenge.
The girl is taking legal action against Facebook and the man who posted the photo in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the world.
A judge in Belfast refused Facebook's bid to end proceedings.
The case will now advance to full trial at a later date.
The girl's photograph was said to have been posted on a so-called "shame" page on Facebook several times between November 2014 and January 2016.
A lawyer for the teenager likened it to a method of child abuse.
It was contended that Facebook had the power to block any republication by using a DNA process to identify the image.
The court heard it should have been a "red-line" issue for the company.
The girl, who cannot be identified, is seeking damages for misuse of private information, negligence and breach of the Data Protection Act.
A lawyer for Facebook argued the claim for damages should be dismissed, saying the company always took down the picture when it was notified.
Facebook's lawyers relied on a European directive, claiming it provides protection from having to monitor a vast amount of online material for what is posted on one page.
They claim the ban on Khat, popular in Cardiff's Somali and Yemeni communities, has had little effect - but community leaders disagree.
Khat, grown in parts of Africa, has been chewed for centuries in the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsula.
It was classified as a Class C drug and penalties for possession with intent to supply can be up to 14 years.
The leaves are chewed over several hours and have a stimulatory effect.
Many from the Somali and Yemeni communities across the UK continued the tradition, including those in the Butetown and Grangetown areas of Cardiff.
It led to concerns about the impact of Khat on the health of users, and on social cohesion and family life.
Users in Butetown told BBC Radio Wales' Eye On Wales programme since the ban more than two years ago, Khat "has just gone underground like any other illegal drug".
"It's everywhere," one person told reporters.
Another user told the programme the price had increased from £3 to £10 a bunch, and that it is now being sold dried.
Khat is most effective when it is fresh and within a few days of being picked. Prior to the ban, it was flown into airports across the UK and then transported by road to cities with substantial Yemeni and Somali populations.
According to researchers studying the Khat ban at the University of Hertfordshire, seizures of the plant in England and Wales have continued to rise - from 299 in 2015-16 up to 510 so far this year - amounting to over 11,500 kilos of Khat in 2015-16.
Community development worker Saeed Ebrahim said: "The ban has been excellent. Families are working together and men have gone back to work.
"However, services should have followed for those left in limbo… there's a huge gap that needs to be filled."
Det Chf Insp Dan Howe of South Wales Police said that there had only been four incidents of Khat possession in the police force area since the ban.
He said: "What we saw prior to the ban is that Khat was a factor in a lot of antisocial behaviour reports within the Cardiff Bay area.
"People would chew Khat in public places for several hours and that would lead to people loitering and depositing litter. Since the ban we've seen far fewer of those incidents reported."
You can hear the full programme on BBC Radio Wales on Sunday, 12 February at 12:30 GMT - or listen again on the BBC iPlayer.
The man, 71, was injured at about 21:25 BST outside Earl's Court Tube station on Friday night. He died in hospital.
Met Police said the driver did not stop at the scene and it is not known if the individual was aware of the collision.
Officers have urged the driver of the large, white, articulated lorry, to contact them.
The Scottish Building Federation's latest quarterly construction monitor saw confidence fall 22 points to -19.
It was the first negative overall confidence rating by employers since the second quarter of 2013.
SBF said employers were unsettled by the economic volatility seen following last week's vote to leave the EU.
There was also concern that investment decisions could be postponed indefinitely.
The federation's survey responses were collected during June, with firms being given the opportunity to update their confidence rating following the EU vote.
SBF managing director Vaughan Hart said: "The results of our latest quarterly survey reflect much of the informal feedback I have received from individual members.
"Construction employers are unsettled by the economic volatility we have witnessed following the vote to leave the European Union last week.
"General uncertainty about the economic outlook has prompted concern that investment decisions could be postponed indefinitely.
"The potential impact on interest rates also risks provoking a sustained slowdown of activity across different sectors of the property market."
He added: "If the current economic volatility is sustained over a longer period of time, the UK Treasury may be forced to take evasive action come the time of the autumn statement with a knock-on impact on the Scottish government's budget and on local government funding.
"There is also a more general concern that the process of negotiating the UK's withdrawal from the European Union could result in paralysis within government that means important priorities such as the delivery of more housing, the development of skills, training and apprenticeships and critical improvements to the country's infrastructure risk being sidelined."
Visitors to the free event have been told to check social media before visiting on Sunday evening.
The organiser, Artichoke, and the Met Police sent tweets on Saturday asking people to come on Sunday instead.
It is the first time the festival of lights, featuring installations from 30 artists, has been held in London.
The illuminated art has been placed in locations around the city including Piccadilly, Mayfair, King's Cross, Trafalgar Square and Westminster.
It will be lit up from 18:30 GMT to 22:30.
Advice on the festival will be tweeted using the hashtag #LumiereLDN.
People in St Dogmaels might also have low water pressure, Welsh Water said.
The company is using "ice pigging" to clean six miles (10km) of pipes in the next few weeks as part of its investment in the area's drinking water system.
The work involves injecting a pipe with "slushy ice" to pick up any debris.
Boss Ian Christie said: "With some parts of the water network laid over a century ago, the time has come for us to undertake some essential work to cleanse the pipes."
Aged 38, the oldest player on the field marked his 300th one-day international with his 18th century to help the hosts to 302-6 in the final match in Colombo.
Dinesh Chandimal struck 55 not out and Thisara Perera flayed 54 off 26 balls.
Although Joe Root made 80 despite an ankle injury, England were bowled out for 215 with 4.1 overs unused.
The tourists never threatened to overhaul an imposing target, allowing Sri Lanka legends Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara to savour a comfortable victory in their final ODI on home soil.
Defeat was England's 11th in their last 15 completed ODIs, and leaves them palpably short of form and confidence with a maximum of five competitive matches - a triangular series against hosts Australia and India - before the World Cup starts in February.
The squad for the tri-series will be named on Saturday, but England's performances in Sri Lanka have done little to make the selectors' task easier.
Only twice in seven attempts did they pass 250, they were bowled out five times, they never fielded the same team two games in a row, and questions continue to be asked of captain Alastair Cook's place in the side.
"I would feel very wrong to walk away from it," Cook told Sky Sports. "If it's taken away from me, I'll feel very disappointed, but I certainly won't be giving it up."
Cook was dropped twice on Tuesday before he fell for 32, the third wicket in a top-order collapse to 78-5 from which England never recovered.
Moeen Ali was bowled first ball by off-spinner Dilshan, who had Alex Hales comfortably taken at long-on for seven.
After Cook edged Suranga Lakmal to slip, James Taylor gloved the seamer down the leg side and Eoin Morgan was lbw sweeping Dilshan.
Root, who turned his ankle while fielding, overcame obvious discomfort to take his tally for the series to 367 runs at an average of 73. Moeen was the only other batsman to score more than 185.
Root received fleeting assistance from Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes, who made 23 and 34 respectively, but the last four wickets tumbled for only 23 runs as England's tour ended on a sorry note.
Fittingly, Jayawardene and Sangakkara - the two greatest batsmen in Sri Lanka's history with 824 ODI caps between them - completed the rout when they combined to have James Tredwell stumped.
Root aside, no England batsman showed the application demonstrated by Dilshan after Sri Lanka chose to bat first on a pitch of little pace.
He struck nine fours and a straight six off 124 balls, and was largely content to play the supporting role in half-century stands with Jayawardene, Sangakkara and Chandimal.
Dilshan's departure in the 44th over - he swung a Chris Jordan full toss to deep mid-wicket - heralded the arrival of Perera, whose meaty half-century was central to Sri Lanka adding 93 in the last 10 overs.
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Almost 50 designs from architects in the UK, France, Sweden, Germany and the United States were submitted as part of a competition.
Two finalists will be chosen and the winning design will be announced in September.
A planning application was submitted for the £100m development in January, but it will not be looked at by council planners until the autumn.
The 85-year-old has written to the Grand Prix Drivers' Association in response to its own open letter.
The letter, seen by BBC Sport, says: "It is not always easy to agree with you but you are correct.
"We must, as you have stated, urge the owners and all stakeholders of F1 to consider restructuring its governance."
Ecclestone has asked the drivers to come back to him with ideas about how to improve the situation.
"It is easy to analyse what is wrong. At least it is better to think before you wish," Ecclestone writes.
The drivers were not explicit about the detail of their concerns, but they said some recent decisions are "disruptive", avoid "the bigger issues" and "could jeopardise F1's success".
It is known that they are unhappy about recent gimmicky rule changes, with the fiasco over the adoption of elimination-style qualifying just the latest example.
The move towards pay TV is another concern - and their letter came on the day it was announced that F1 would no longer be shown on free-to-air TV in the UK from 2019 as a result of a new deal with Sky.
Among other issues, the drivers do not like the fact that the tyre supplier is chosen on financial grounds alone when many teams and drivers have misgiving about Pirelli.
But the focus of their concerns is believed to be the inability of the strategy group of leading teams, governing body the FIA and Ecclestone to come up with a clear plan for the future.
The strategy group was set up by Ecclestone in an attempt to give himself more power, but in the current decision-making process he has found it impossible to make change because he can be out-voted by the teams.
Ecclestone has complained that what he sees as the stranglehold of Mercedes and Ferrari on rule-making risks "destroying" F1.
Other insiders see decisions emanating from him - such as double points for the 2014 finale, changing qualifying and an attempt to impose last year a cheap alternative engine to race against the current turbo hybrids as the real problem.
Northern Ireland's deputy first minister was invited by the Flemish government to Flanders, where the Battle of Messines took place in 1917.
On Thursday, he will visit the Somme in France, where soldiers of the 36th (Ulster) and 16th (Irish) divisions fought together.
Mr McGuinness said his visit was "part of a journey towards reconciliation".
"I hope my visit here is seen as reaching out the hand of friendship to unionists, but also saying to unionists and to everybody else that many of the people who died here were as much part of what we [nationalists] as they were part of what they are," he said.
"If I am to be true to my desire to see peace and reconciliation, then visits like this are enormously important."
Mr McGuinness was accompanied to the Island of Ireland Peace Park at Messines by the party's vice-president Mary Lou MacDonald and its chairman Declan Kearney.
The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916 and did not end until 18 November that year.
More than 3,500 soldiers from the 36th (Ulster) and 16th (Irish) divisions were killed and thousands more were injured.
The official centenary commemorations next month will be attended by First Minister Arlene Foster.
The Battle of Messines started on 7 June 1917, and more than 40,000 men lost their lives in the fighting.
His comments come after President Barack Obama vowed the US would not be intimidated after IS militants released a video showing the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff.
Mr Obama said the US would build a coalition to "degrade and destroy" IS.
Another US journalist, James Foley, was similarly killed last month.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Biden echoed Mr Obama's comments, saying the US would not stop until the militants are brought to justice.
Mr Biden said the American people "are so much stronger, so much more resolved" than any enemy can understand.
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel also reiterated the Mr Obama's comments, saying the US mission was to "degrade and destroy the capability of Isil to come after US interests all over the world, and our allies". Islamic State is also often referred to as Isil or Isis.
He also told CNN that air strikes in Syria was one of the options the Pentagon had presented to the president for his consideration.
Separately, the UK held a meeting of its emergency Cobra committee after threats to kill a British hostage who was also shown in the latest video.
Islamic State has seized large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria in recent months, declaring a new caliphate, or Islamic state, under leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The US has launched more than 120 air strikes in the past month to try to help Kurdish forces curb the IS advance.
After the latest video emerged, Mr Obama ordered the deployment of another 350 troops to Baghdad to protect US diplomatic facilities.
His announcement came as campaign group Human Rights Watch said it had uncovered new sites of Islamic State mass killings in the Iraqi city of Tikrit.
The militants are believed to have murdered more than 500 Iraqi soldiers after taking over a large Iraqi army base in June.
Speaking in Estonia, Mr Obama said the beheading was a "horrific act of violence and we cannot begin to imagine the agony everyone who loves Steven is feeling right now. Our country grieves with them".
"Those who make the mistake of harming Americans will learn that we will not forget, that our reach is long and that justice will be served," he said.
Analysis: BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel
If you are a president or prime minister, one of the most difficult waves to ride is the cry that "something must be done". From both Republicans and Democrats here in Washington the killing of Steven Sotloff has brought those calls to an understandable crescendo.
There is revulsion and shock over this second killing. But what to do is the question that the president and his advisors have been wrestling with.
What Mr Obama has said is that there will be no hiding place for those who perpetrated the murder, and the reach of the US is long.
To answer the "something must be done" question the famously cautious president has said he would build a coalition to "degrade and destroy" Islamic State. So now we're left with two other not insignificant questions - when and how.
And we have to conclude that despite the calls for action, it's not going to happen any time soon.
A spokesman for the Sotloff family had earlier indicated they believed the video was genuine, issuing a statement that said: "The family knows of this horrific tragedy and is grieving privately. There will be no public comment from the family during this difficult time."
US state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said intelligence had determined that the Sotloff and Foley beheading videos were not shot at same time, with the Sotloff video shot after Foley.
Mr Sotloff, 31, who also held Israeli citizenship, was abducted in northern Syria in August 2013.
He had appeared in a video last month which showed James Foley being killed.
The latest video, entitled "A second message to America", is about two-and-a-half minutes long and was apparently recorded in a desert.
Next to a masked figure, Mr Sotloff reads out a text addressed to President Obama saying: "You've spent billions of US taxpayers' dollars and we have lost thousands of our troops in our previous fighting against the Islamic State, so where is the people's interest in reigniting this war?"
The militant spoke with a British accent similar to that of the man who appeared to carry out the beheading of James Foley.
The man says: "I'm back, Obama, and I'm back because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the Islamic State... despite our serious warnings."
He also threatens to kill the British hostage shown in the footage. The family of the British hostage have asked the media not to release his name.
Conservatives, Labour, Greens and the SNP say they will restart low-key local campaigning on Thursday before resuming national events the next day.
UKIP's Paul Nuttall will be launching his party's manifesto on Thursday.
Theresa May will not be taking part in Friday's events as she will be in Sicily for the G7 summit.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed there will be a minute's silence at 11:00 BST on Thursday to honour the victims of the suicide bombing in which 22 people, including children, were killed.
Announcing Labour's plans, leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "The British people are united in their resolve that terror will not prevail. It will not prevent us going about our daily lives or derail our democratic process.
"Resuming democratic debate and campaigning is an essential mark of the country's determination to defend our democracy and the unity that the terrorists have sought to attack."
All the major parties suspended national campaigning after Monday's bombing at the Manchester Arena.
Local Labour activists did some low-key campaigning on Wednesday, such as delivering leaflets, but nothing which involved contact with voters.
Mr Nuttall, who is a UKIP Member of the European Parliament for the North West of England said everyone was "horrified by the horrific events that took place in Manchester" and it had been "right and proper" for political parties to suspend their election campaigns "for a short period as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives or suffered appalling injuries".
"But we cannot be cowed or allow our way of life to be undermined by those who wish to do us harm," he said.
"These people hate the way we live, hate our freedom and hate our democracy.
"The best response we can make is to ensure that the democratic process continues and therefore I have decided that we must to go ahead with the launch of the UKIP general election manifesto tomorrow.
"For those who say that nothing must change, but then complain, it is by prolonging the disruption to normality that we allow the terrorists to win. Politics has never been more important, politicians must deal with these issues."
Other joiners include Informa, Mediclinic International and Paddy Power Betfair.
Sports Direct, Smiths Group, Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Aberdeen Asset Management leave the ranking.
The list of top 100 companies is redrawn every three months to reflect changes in companies' market values.
A rise or fall in the share price is multiplied by the number of shares in issue to assess a companies' market worth.
Once a company enters the list, its share price can receive a further boost from index tracker investment, which has to include all the shares in the top 100, and other investment vehicles that favour the best-known and biggest company shares.
Sports Direct shares have been a poor performer this year, losing 27% since the start of the year.
Aberdeen Asset Management's shares have lost 10% since the start of 2016, as the fund management firm has been affected by a fall on emerging markets.
The changes will be implemented on 21 March.
A helicopter winchman was lowered on to the car before rescuing the man who was clinging on to its side at Meifod. He was not seriously hurt.
Meanwhile, a search has resumed after a woman went missing in the River Usk at Brecon, Powys, on Monday.
Witnesses said they saw the 51-year-old in the water near Usk bridge just after 18:30 GMT.
Dyfed-Powys Police said specially trained mountain rescuers and firefighters were involved in the search on Tuesday along the river banks from Brecon and downstream.
At the incident in Meifod, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said its helicopter winchman was lowered on top of of the vehicle to help the man who was holding on to the downstream side of the car as water poured through a smashed window and open door.
A spokesperson said the helicopter pilot had to carefully lower the winchman between trees and nearby overhead cables to carry out the rescue.
The man was then airlifted to Wrexham Maelor Hospital for treatment at about 19:30 on Monday.
It is believed the man's car was swept off the road and into the water for about 150m (492ft) before being pinned by trees.
Flood warnings remain in place around Wales following the bad weather which continues to affect roads and transport.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service took 50 calls related to floods between 19:00-04:00 overnight.
Early on Tuesday morning, firefighters used a boat and ladder to rescue two people and a dog from a property under 4ft (1.21m) of water near Welshpool (Mid Wales) Airport.
Eight people were rescued from their vehicles in separate incidents by the service's swift water teams.
Dyfed-Powys Police described road conditions overnight as "treacherous" with roads blocked in Powys on the A483 at Welshpool and Four Crosses, A495 Meifod to Llanymynech, and the Builth Wells area.
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Cars were left stranded at Builth Wells after the river Wye burst its banks on Monday evening.
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society tweeted that localised flooding affected some motorists at its winter fair on Monday evening, although that has since gone.
Roads are also affected at Ceredigion and Gwynedd with the A5/A483 at Chirk, Wrexham, also flooded.
Arriva Trains Wales said a replacement bus service was running between Llanrwst and Blaenau Ffestiniog due to flooding as well as between Machynlleth and Newton due to flooding between Machynlleth and Caersws.
In south Wales, three roofs were torn off houses in Newport due to high winds.
In Cardiff, Pentyrch Primary School will reopen on Wednesday following "extensive water damage" while there has also been flooding of property in Rhondda Cynon Taff.
The London-born sprinter, who was a kit carrier at the 2012 London Olympics, said: "It was an amazing experience.
It is the volunteers who will make the event feel truly special
"I would say to everyone they should get involved as it will be one of the most amazing experiences of your life."
Up to 4,000 volunteers will be needed to deliver the events in the stadium, Olympic Park and across London.
It will be the first time that the two championships will be taking place in the same city in the same year.
Anyone interested in becoming a 'runner' for the events can register their interest from 28 June here and details of the application form will be sent in early Autumn 2016.
Asher-Smith is the fastest-ever British woman and will be representing Team GB at the 2016 Rio Olympics from 5-21 August.
"The athletes at London 2017 will produce incredible moments which will last a lifetime," she added. "But it is the volunteers who will make the event feel truly special."
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Richard Whitehead, the reigning Paralympic, world and European T42 200m champion said: "In 2012, the Games Makers were instrumental in creating the incredible atmosphere at the Paralympic Games.
"I am both grateful to and passionate about supporting the volunteer programme."
Volunteers will be required in a range of roles during the 20 days of the events including transport, way-finding, meet and greet and accreditation.
"Hundreds of thousands of people will come from all over the world to the British capital next summer for the championships and the 'runners' will be a key part of their experience," said IAAF president Lord Coe.
The 29-year-old joined the English Premiership club on a three-year deal in 2013 but only made five appearances for Sale last season.
Edinburgh head coach Alan Solomons said: "He is a big, powerful ball carrier with international experience.
"I have no doubt that he will add huge value to the team and look forward to working with him."
Fihaki, who joined Sale after four years with New Zealand provincial side North Harbour, made his international debut for Tonga against Japan in May 2013 and now has eight caps for his country, with two tries to his credit.
Through his involvement with previous clubs and his country, Fihaki is familiar with a number of his new team-mates.
"I've played against a few of the squad - Nasi Manu back in New Zealand and Will Helu in the Premiership - though I've also played with him in the Tongan team," he said.
"Of course I've played alongside Fowlesy [Nathan Fowles] at Sale and also with Phil Burleigh in a Chiefs development side.
"The move will be a great adventure for me and my family.
"I'm mainly a number eight, but I can play on the blindside too.
"I think my physicality will help the club, especially carrying the ball into contact."
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O'Sullivan, 40, had to battle to open up a 3-1 lead against Hong Kong's Fu, who responded with a century and breaks of 85 and 59 to level the match at 4-4.
Fu pinched the ninth frame on the black to go 5-4 up, but missed a costly green in the next and O'Sullivan won the decider with a break of 130.
World champion Selby, 33, advanced with a 6-2 win over Shaun Murphy in York.
He now has the opportunity to collect a second UK title and become just the sixth player to win snooker's two biggest events in the same year - the last was O'Sullivan in 2001.
I will be the underdog going into the final for the first time in a long time
O'Sullivan, who was far from at his fluent best, said: "I don't know how I held myself together - you just find something.
"I stayed focused and professional and did not beat myself up. I just had to grind it out and blag it.
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O'Sullivan has never lost a UK Championship final, and victory at the Barbican on Sunday would equal Steve Davis's record of six titles between 1980 and 1987.
"I will be the underdog going into the final for the first time in a long time," said O'Sullivan.
"I would rather be the favourite. I don't mind that pressure; I enjoy it but I will have to go out there and stay professional and patient."
Fu, the runner-up in 2008, said: "Ronnie was too good on the day. I put him under pressure but it was not good enough."
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World number one Selby, who beat compatriot O'Sullivan to win his first world title in 2014, made breaks of 83, 58 and 55 against Murphy.
"I felt good out there," said the Leicester player. "I felt if I got a chance I was going to score. I got to 40 and 50 and then missed a silly shot.
"Whether I am the favourite or not, if I play my own game I am capable of winning. To get in the elite group of players of winning the World and UK in the same year would be great."
Despite starting well, Murphy's often loose tactical play and poor long potting allowed Selby to gain an advantage among the reds.
"I could not have started better and it was the best I felt all week, but the mistakes against Mark are magnified so much," said Murphy.
"If you don't kill him off, he has a way of getting himself back in the match. He is so difficult to crack."
World Snooker announced the Triple Crown event will remain at the Barbican until 2018 after agreeing a two-year contract extension.
He first suffered kidney failure while playing for German side Werder Bremen in 2006, but resumed playing after his father provided a replacement.
The 36-year-old scored 24 goals in 77 games for Wanderers between 2009 and 2012 after signing from Nantes.
Bolton released a statement sending "support and best wishes" to Klasnic.
The Vermont senator still trails Hillary Clinton in the overall contest for delegates but this win keeps his slim hopes alive.
"We are going to fight for every last vote," he said in a victory speech that also attacked Republican Donald Trump.
Mr Trump was declared the winner in West Virginia and in Nebraska.
His last remaining rivals dropped out last week but remained on the ballot.
But Mr Trump faces a huge task in trying to get the Republican party behind him, as doubts persist about his substance and style.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, the party's highest-ranking elected official, has said he is unable to endorse the New York businessman because he lacks conservative principles.
With victories in Indiana and now West Virginia, Bernie Sanders has started another winning streak against Hillary Clinton. Like his five-state run in April, however, it will do little to slow her steady march to the Democratic nomination.
Exit polls show the West Virginia vote was particularly quirky. Almost 40% of Democratic voters there said they wanted a president less liberal than Barack Obama - and that group favoured avowed socialist Sanders by more than a two-to-one margin.
Mr Sanders also overwhelmingly carried the 27% who want a president more liberal than Mr Obama.
Such a result makes sense if some of Sanders's support is, in fact, an anyone-but-Clinton vote.
At this point the Vermont senator will likely take help wherever he can get it. He should be competitive in the next four contests, but could hit a wall in the June mega-prize, California. Its diverse electorate favours Mrs Clinton, and anything but an unprecedented Sanders win there would seal his fate.
Until then, however, Mr Sanders will continue to be a constant and unpleasant reminder to Mrs Clinton that there are Democratic voters still unwilling to fully get on board her campaign.
With Mr Trump now the Republican presumptive nominee, it was the Democratic race that provided the focus for Tuesday's primaries.
Mr Sanders's victory in West Virginia, where Mrs Clinton convincingly beat Barack Obama in 2008, will prolong the Democratic contest.
In a speech delivered in Salem, Oregon, which holds its primary next week, Mr Sanders vowed to fight on.
"We have now won primaries and caucuses in 19 states and let me be as clear as I can be - we are in this campaign to win the Democratic nomination."
He pointed to polls as evidence that he remained the best Democratic candidate to beat Donald Trump.
And he turned his fire on the billionaire property developer for insulting women, Hispanics, Muslims, African Americans and veterans.
Despite his differences with the former secretary of state Mrs Clinton, Mr Sanders said, they had one common goal - defeating Mr Trump.
Exit polls in West Virginia suggested one-third of those who voted for Mr Sanders would switch to Mr Trump in a general election between the two men.
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On Wednesday police found people ranging in age from five to 47 after hearing a report from a distressed relative of missing migrants.
Conditions in the house were squalid, and the people were stripped of clothes and shoes to hinder their escape.
The former captives face deportation at the conclusion of the police inquiry.
"The smell and conditions were just awful," Houston Police Department spokesman John Cannon told the Houston Chronicle.
He said investigators found rooms littered with trash and said the house had no hot water and just a single toilet.
Federal agents and local authorities found the roughly 110 people hungry and thirsty after being locked in the house, some for weeks, with windows boarded from the inside.
A tipster is said to have contacted authorities on Tuesday, saying he was being extorted by migrant smugglers and that a scheduled "coyote" drop of a mother and her two children had not occurred as planned.
Police have not yet indicated what led them to the house, which was raided on Wednesday morning. Five suspects are believed to have been arrested.
The raid is the biggest in the region in seven years, and many in the home are believed to hail from Central America.
The Lincoln rower was named in the squad last week, although she is still unsure if she will be part of the team.
Taylor, 24, told BBC Lincolnshire: "Last year they won a bronze medal at the World Championships so we are definitely in with a chance of a medal.
"I don't see why we can't get gold if we have a perfect race on the day."
Taylor was born in Lincoln on 28 June 1987
She swam to regional standard and was a cross-country runner at county level
Taylor won her first GB vest in 2007
She won gold at the 2009 Under-23 World Championship in the women's eight
She added: "We have a lot to work on from our World Cup performances this year.
"But I think that is due to changing the crew around a lot and not being able to gel, which we will be able to do at a training camp after the final World Cup."
Taylor took up rowing seven years ago when she went to a training session while on freshers' week at Durham University.
"I went along to the first training session, which was a horrendous circuit session," Taylor recalled. "I got into a boat on the second training session and fell in love with it - it took over my life."
The journey to Olympic selection started in October 2005 and Taylor will get one final chance to stake her claim for a place when she takes part in the latest World Cup event in Munich, Germany.
"It's still a bit stressful because the boat hasn't been selected," Taylor added. "There are ten of us going but only eight will be rowing so the other two will be reserves.
I got into a boat on the second training session and fell in love with it - it took over my life
"The coaches will hopefully have more of a solid decision after the next World Cup event. I will be rowing in a pair because they are trying out different combinations.
"We will do a bit more internal testing after the World Cup and then put together a team we believe will be the Olympic boat.
"The women's squad is so strong and everyone is saying how much stronger it is than the last Olympics. There is such depth."
But whatever the decision, Taylor said the crew could change and the two not selected must play their part and be ready to step in at short notice.
"In the last Olympics in Beijing there was a lot of illness and there were a couple of subs in the boat, so anything can happen," she added.
"Even if I am a reserve it will still be an important job and I will be excited but obviously I would rather be in the eight.
"Hopefully it will go the right way but even if it doesn't there will be more of a sense that it will definitely happen.
"It will be a fantastic experience whatever."
The unregulated exams have to be taken by primary school children to enter most grammar schools.
They have been in operation for seven years since the 11-plus exam was scrapped by Martin McGuinness, who was then education minister.
There have been attempts to create a single, unofficial exam.
However, efforts to find a common transfer test have so far failed.
Ms Foster said change was possible.
"People have felt that because there are two tests that it can be quite pressurised for children when they are taking those tests," she told the BBC's Inside Politics programme.
"Children have to take tests over a long period of time.
"We will look at that, we will talk to the people involved, we will see if that can be done for this year.
"It's something that I think can be done."
Most grammar schools have been using unregulated tests to select pupils since 2008, when the 11-plus exam was scrapped.
The numbers of entrants taking the transfer tests rose again in 2015-16.
There are two testing systems - GL assessment exams are mostly used by Catholic schools, while AQE exams are mostly used by controlled schools.
Currently, children aged 10 and 11 in primary seven can opt to sit either exam, both GL and AQE tests or none.
The 2015-2016 academic year is the seventh year the unregulated tests have been run and the number of children taking them has increased.
There were a total of 14,575 entrants to the tests this year, although some children will have sat both tests.
A total of 7,772 pupils sat this year's AQE exam - the exam body's highest number of entrants since the unofficial tests began - and an increase from 7290 in 2014-15.
The number sitting this year's GL assessment decreased from 7061 in 2014-15 to 6803, but this was due to Ballymena Academy switching from GL to the AQE exam.
A number of grammar schools in the Catholic sector have announced that they will no longer decide their intake by academic selection in recent years.
Richardson scored 2,061 runs in 34 Tests between 1956 and 1963, making five centuries, and was named Wisden cricketer of the year in 1957.
He made 104 at Old Trafford in the Ashes Test of 1956, the match in which Jim Laker took a record 19 wickets.
The left-hander played 161 first-class games for Worcestershire between 1949 and 1958, when he left to join Kent.
He made a further 162 first-class appearances before his retirement in 1965.
The tape is of Kim Philby giving a secret lecture to the Stasi, the East German Intelligence Service, in 1981.
It is the first time the ex-MI6 officer can be seen talking about his life as a spy from his recruitment to his escape.
He describes his career rising up the ranks of MI6 whilst providing its secrets to the Soviet Union's KGB.
He ends with advice to the East German spies.
"Dear Comrades."
With those two words spoken in an impeccable upper-class English accent, one of Britain's most famous spies and its greatest traitor begins a masterclass in betrayal to a select audience of East German spies.
Philby's hour-long address was preserved on video tape and never seen in public until now.
The BBC unearthed it in the official archives of the Stasi in Berlin.
It was never made for public consumption (and the grainy video and poorly synchronised sound shows the limits of technology at the time), but that means the former MI6 officer is open about his career in a way never heard before.
After an introduction from East German spymaster Markus Wolf, who was so elusive to western spy agencies that he was known for many years as "the man without a face", Philby makes his way to the lectern to a hero's welcome.
"I must warn you that I am no public speaker," Philby says.
"I've spent most of my life trying to avoid publicity of any kind."
That much is true. Previously the best known video of Philby was him giving a 1955 press conference in his mother's London flat.
On that occasion he said very little, only denying he was a communist.
In this newly discovered video, for the first time, we hear Philby himself boast about what he calls his "30 years in the enemy camp".
He describes himself as born into "the ruling class of the British Empire" and explains how he first was drawn towards communism at Cambridge.
He details his recruitment by the Soviet intelligence service, later known as the KGB, after he returned from working with activists in Austria.
The most surprising thing about his recruitment, he says, was that it happened at all since he had no real job or prospects at that moment.
"It was essentially a long range project. No immediate results were expected or could have been expected."
He says his Soviet contact did express his ambitions for his recruit.
"It was made perfectly clear to me that the best target in the eyes of the Centre in Moscow would be the British Secret Service."
Philby details how he spent years trying to work his way in - turning to journalism, working for The Times newspaper, covering the Spanish Civil War, building up contacts in the establishment and then as war came dropping hints about his desire to work for government.
At last, he was interviewed and accepted in to the inner sanctum of the British state - the Secret Intelligence Service - SIS (or as it is popularly known MI6).
In one of the most remarkable sections of the talk, Philby then reveals just how easy it was to steal secrets from Britain's secret service.
He says that he simply made friends with the archivist who managed the files by going out two or three times a week for a drink with him.
This allowed Philby to get hold of files which had nothing to do with his own job.
"If there had been proper discipline in the handling of papers in SIS that would have been quite impossible.
"But there was, in fact, no discipline."
Philby goes on to explain what he did with all the documents.
"Every evening I left the office with a big briefcase full of reports that I had written myself, full of files and actual documents from the archive.
"I used to hand them to my Soviet contact in the evening.
"The next morning I would get the files back, the contents having been photographed and early the next morning I would put them back in their place. That I did regularly year in year out."
Philby, a Soviet agent, is then appointed number two in a new MI6 section, devoted to countering Soviet espionage.
His KGB handler next instructs him to get the top job by removing his boss, Felix Cowgill.
"I said 'Are you proposing to shoot him or something?'" Philby recalls asking.
Instead his instructions were to use bureaucratic intrigue.
"So I set about the business of removing my own chief. You oughtn't to listen to this," he tells the audience of secret service officers to considerable laughter.
He succeeded.
"It was a very dirty story - but after all our work does imply getting dirty hands from time to time but we do it for a cause that is not dirty in any way," Philby explains.
"I have to admit that was the most blatant intrigue against a man I rather liked and I admired but the instructions stood and nothing I could do would alter them."
There is one episode which is usually cited to illustrate the human cost of Philby's treachery.
When he was posted to Washington DC as MI6's liaison with the CIA and FBI, he betrayed an operation to secretly send thousands of Albanians back into their country to overthrow the communist regime.
Many were killed.
In his lecture, Philby tries to turn it to his credit - even claiming he helped prevent World War Three.
He claims that if he had not compromised the operation and it had succeeded, the CIA and MI6 would have tried it again in countries like Bulgaria.
He says the Soviet Union would then have become involved, leading to an all-out war.
While he was in Washington, two fellow Cambridge spies, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, fled to Moscow, leading to suspicions about Philby and his interrogation.
He says there were two reasons why he got away with his espionage for so long.
The first was the British class system, which could not accept one of their own was a traitor.
The second was the fact that so many in MI6 had so much to lose if he was proven to be a spy.
Philby did officially leave MI6 but remarkably was soon taken back.
He became an agent based in Beirut under cover of being a newspaper journalist. This allowed him to resume his spying.
Philby ends the formal section of his talk with an account of his escape from Beirut which he uses to mock MI6.
In 1963, an MI6 colleague came to confront him with new evidence pointing to his work for the Soviets.
Philby bluffed and stalled. Another MI6 officer was then left to watch over him.
But that man was an avid skier.
Philby says that news came in of a fresh snowfall and the officer could not resist heading off to the Lebanese mountains to make the most of it.
At that point, Philby got the signal from the KGB for his departure and was able to slip away.
Philby then sits down and takes questions from the East German spies.
A fascinating first answer explains how he first acquired his communist beliefs and was then able to hold on to them despite living in the West.
He praises his Soviet handler and advises his audience that they need to take care of the political as well as physical health of any agents they run.
Philby finishes with one piece of advice to the spies gathered before him that had served him well: never confess.
"If they confront you with a document with your own handwriting then it's a forgery - just deny everything…
"They interrogated me to break my nerve and force me to confess.
"And all I had to do really was keep my nerve. So my advice to you is to tell all your agents that they are never to confess."
This video, designed to be secret, is a chance to see Philby giving his own account of his life as a spy.
The tone is one of total self-confidence.
Philby died in Moscow in 1988 just before the collapse of the Communist ideal which he had spent his life serving.
Hear "The Philby Tape" on BBC Radio 4 on Monday at 20:00 BST.
The meeting will "further strengthen the party... and enhance its leading role", an official announcement said.
It is unclear how significant the gathering will be as the body holds no official power, BBC Korea correspondent Stephen Evans reports.
There have been six congresses since the party came to power in 1945 - the last being held in 1980.
At the time, current ruler Kim Jong-un's grandfather, Kim Il-sung, was in charge. Kim Jong-il's appearance at the congress confirmed that he was in line to succeed his father as leader.
The meeting will be an opportunity to gauge whether policy in North Korea is changing, our correspondent says.
Other congresses have seen party officials elected, party regulations adopted and discussion of major policies.
The official announcement added the party was facing "the heavy yet sacred task" of building a "thriving" nation.
The peer resigned in July after being filmed by the Sun allegedly taking drugs in the company of prostitutes.
The case led to calls for reform of the House of Lords.
The BBC's home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the Met Police had closed its inquiry as there was "insufficient evidence to proceed".
The police raided a property in central London during their investigation, which was prompted by a complaint made about Lord Sewel's conduct.
Scotland Yard said in a statement: "The Met launched a criminal inquiry into allegations of drug-related offences involving a member of the House of Lords on Monday, 27 July.
"The investigation, led by officers from the Special Enquiry Team of the Homicide and Major Crime Command, has now concluded.
"Following a review of all the material, including a forensic examination of an address in central London, there is insufficient evidence to proceed with this investigation and the matter is now closed."
Danny Shaw said the decision had seemingly drawn a line under the episode.
Following the expose, Lord Sewel, 69, quit as deputy speaker of the Lords and chairman of the Lords Privileges and Conduct Committee, then quit Parliament altogether.
In a statement to parliamentary officials announcing his resignation, he apologised for the "pain and embarrassment" caused and said his exit would "limit and help repair" the damage to the reputation of the Lords.
Darran Hunt, 36, was arrested in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, on 8 February 2015.
He was sprayed by officers to bring him "under control" when they saw him put the bag in his mouth.
The Milford Haven inquest heard pepper spray can make someone cough or inhale, and returned a narrative conclusion.
The jury said the spray and "strong physical contact on Mr Hunt" may have been contributing factors in his death.
The coroner has retired and will issue his recommendation at a later date.
In a statement issued after the hearing, Mr Hunt's family said he was "was badly let down by the police" and that there was a "dangerous gap" in training about how to deal with people who put something in their mouths.
"The officers knew that Darran was at risk of swallowing when he was approached, yet they still used what we believe is inappropriate force on him to try to restrain him," the statement said.
"There is currently no police training at all about the use of pava [pepper] spray in these circumstances, and we are very pleased that the coroner is taking action to address this issue nationally with the National Police Chiefs Council and the College of Policing.
"We miss Darran terribly and we hope lessons will be learned from his death so that no more families have to be in this tragic position again."
Assistant Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police, Pam Kelly, said: "Immediately after the incident we referred the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which carried out an investigation and has concluded there is no case to answer in respect of any use of force or use of pava spray.
"Incidents of this nature are difficult to deal with and I appreciate the inquest's recognition of such professional challenges and in particular the efforts of officers and paramedics to resuscitate Mr Hunt."
IPCC Commissioner for Wales Jan Williams said: "All efforts by police officers to retrieve the package from Mr Hunt failed and when the package was eventually recovered by the paramedic it was unfortunately too late to prevent his death."
His death "demonstrates how attempting to conceal drugs in this way from police can all too easily have fatal consequences", she added.
Dyfed-Powys Police and Ms Williams said their thoughts were with Mr Hunt's family.
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The 83-year-old went on trial in Munich in April, charged with bribery and incitement to breach of trust.
He is accused of paying a German banker 33 million euros to ensure a company he favoured could buy a stake in F1.
If found guilty, the F1 boss could face a 10-year jail term and the end of his decades-long dominance of motor racing.
On Tuesday, Mr Ecclestone's defence team called for proceedings to be stopped because of a lack of evidence and said the F1 chief was prepared to pay a settlement fee.
Sven Thomas, one of Mr Ecclestone's lawyers, was reported as saying that state prosecutors were open to the proposal but said they would have to review it in detail.
Under German law, prosecutors may withdraw charges during certain criminal trials if all parties agree to a settlement.
In a statement, the court said talks between prosecutors and the defence team "on a potential early end to the proceedings have not yet reached a conclusion".
It did not confirm details of Mr Ecclestone's settlement offer.
Gerhard Gribkowsky, the BayernLB banker Mr Ecclestone is alleged to have paid, was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison in 2012 for accepting bribes.
The prosecutors say Mr Ecclestone wanted to ensure the F1 stake was bought by a company that he favoured so he would remain in charge of the sport.
Mr Ecclestone says the payment was given to Gribkowsky after he threatened to make false claims about the F1 boss's tax status.
Mr Ecclestone has run the sport for almost 40 years, turning it into a huge global commercial success.
He is the long-time commercial rights holder of F1, but sold off a majority of the ownership in the 1990s.
Opener Rohit Sharma, fast bowler Mohammed Shami and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin all return after recovering from injury.
Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and stylish left-hander Yuvraj Singh are also in the 15-man squad.
India won the previous edition of the one-day tournament, beating England by five runs in the final in 2013.
The squad was announced the day after India's cricket board temporarily set aside its differences over revenue sharing with the sport's international governing body the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had missed a deadline to name a squad but said on Sunday said it "unanimously decided that the Indian cricket team will participate".
India squad: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (captain), Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami
The Old Bailey was told PC Gordon Semple, 59, had made a date with his alleged murderer Stefano Brizzi on the dating app Grindr.
The policeman then went to Mr Brizzi's flat in south London for sex on 1 April, the jury heard.
Mr Brizzi denies murder claiming the PC died accidentally during a sex game.
Opening the trial, prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC told jurors the case called for "broad minds and strong stomachs".
PC Semple, originally from Inverness, shared an interest in sado-masochistic sex with his alleged killer, jurors at the Old Bailey were told.
While he was on duty, the officer texted the Italian and arranged to go to his flat on the Peabody Estate in Southwark for "hot, dirty, sleazy" sex, the court heard.
They had also arranged for other men to come to the flat for a sex party, the jury heard.
The Old Bailey was told that hours later, Mr Brizzi was allegedly in the middle of throttling him when a man turned up on his doorstep.
The man was put off by the defendant by saying someone was "ill", the court heard.
Over the next few days, neighbours noticed a "revolting smell" coming from the flat and when one complained, Mr Brizzi put it down to cooking for a friend, the prosecution said.
By 7 April, a neighbour alerted police, who visited the flat and found Mr Brizzi wearing only sunglasses and underpants.
They also found a bath full of acid with "globules of flesh" floating in it, the court heard.
Mr Brizzi was said to be obsessed with the US television drama Breaking Bad.
The prosecution told the court his attempt to dissolve the body in an acid bath was inspired by the plot from the hit drama.
He allegedly told an officer: "I've tried to dissolve the body ... I've killed a police officer.
"I killed him last week. I met him on Grindr and I killed him. Satan told me to."
However, jurors were told that the defendant was not claiming a psychiatric defence and now says PC Semple died accidentally during a "sex game gone wrong".
PC Semple's last communication on Grindr was a few minutes before at 19:04, the court heard.
Twenty minutes later, his partner tried to call his mobile phone but got no response. He later reported him missing.
The court heard that Mr Brizzi was a user of crystal meth - referred to as Nutella - which had led him to lose his job at US investment bank Morgan Stanley.
He allegedly told a support group he believed in the Devil, and liked "satanic rituals".
The court heard he also liked to boast of his sexual exploits and told one meeting he had tied a man up, treated him like a dog and made him go into a cage.
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After resuming on 224-8, despite the early loss of Tim Ambrose (89), the Bears added a further 30 before being bowled out for 254 - a 47-run lead.
Jeetan Patel then struck three times to leave Middlesex in trouble on 105-5.
But all-rounder Neil Dexter hit 43 to shore things up before hands were shaken with his side on 173-6.
Dexter, who had also been the visitors' top scorer in the first innings with 53, again supplied the resistance required in a 74-ball knock spread over an hour and a half.
While Tim Murtagh was Middlesex's most successful bowler with 4-55, spinner Ollie Rayner's three wickets were more of a collector's item, having all been taken on different days - one on Wednesday, one on Thursday and one on Friday.
But, in the end, the loss of the entire first day to rain, allied to further interruptions on days two and three, took too much time out of the game for either side to force victory.
Middlesex's nine points strengthened their chances of finishing runners-up to likely champions Yorkshire, who they now host at Lord's, beginning next Wednesday.
Warwickshire, in fourth place, 26 points behind Middlesex, have a 10-day break before they play again, at home to Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston, starting on Monday 14 September.
Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown told BBC WM 95.6:
"Despite the loss of so much time to the weather we still had a decent game on our hands. Another wicket just after tea and who knows what could have happened.
"It was always going to be difficult to manufacture a result. But we deserve quite a bit of credit for getting as close as we did. Batting was never easy and Tim Ambrose's batting, in conjunction with Keith Barker and Chris Wright, was exceptional. That gave us a bit of a chance with a slender lead.
"The title is out of our reach now so all we can do is try to dominate the game we are playing in. In the latter parts of this game we showed that we are a very good side. And we had not shown that in the previous two four-days games."
Middlesex head coach Richard Scott told BBC London 94.9:
"We showed some good battling qualities against some high-quality spin on a wearing pitch. Without the loss of a whole day in the match it could have been a very good contest.
"It wasn't an easy pitch to bat on. We were probably 50 shy in the first innings when it was probably at its best and then when Warwickshire were 86-6x on the third day we just missed a trick with our accuracy, although Tim Ambrose played tremendously well and played the innings of the match.
"They put us under pressure but we handled it well. Neil Dexter batted very well again. He looks on top of his game and is back in control of everything he's doing. He has played three key innings for us in the last two games and really held us together."
The Baggies have ended a period of exclusive negotiations with the bidder, reported to be a Chinese consortium.
"It is now clear to me that this potential purchaser is unable to fulfil the terms of that agreement at this time," said chairman Jeremy Peace.
Peace, who owns 88% of the club, has been chairman for 13 years and would sell "if it was right for the club".
He continued in a club statement: "The club's long-term stability and continued development is of paramount importance and I am not satisfied that the interests of West Bromwich Albion would have been best served by my continuing discussions at present.
"It is important that I re-emphasise that the possible sale of the club does not and will not impact upon its day-to-day running and that this applies particularly in an area which I know concerns all supporters - team strengthening."
"As for the club's long-term future, it is true that both before and since the exclusivity announcement was made, other parties have expressed strong interest in a purchase of the club and therefore that process remains ongoing."
Peace said earlier in July the club hoped to have new owners by the end of the month after entering a period of exclusivity with the bidder.
Since Peace became chairman in 2003 the Baggies have spent only four years outside the top flight.
The club reported pre-tax profits of £14.7m on an income of £86.8m for the year ending 30 June 2014.
The 34-year-old pace bowler played three Tests - two against England in the 2005 Ashes - but has plied his trade exclusively in Twenty20 for the past couple of seasons.
He has suffered a number of injuries in his career, including a chronic elbow problem that has prompted his decision to end his career.
"I wanted to play a couple more years," Tait told Cricket Australia.
"The elbow has pretty much gone off a cliff now, it's done and dusted. I'm 34 years old and I suppose when you're not contributing on the field as much as you'd like to, it's time to finish up.
"The game's getting quicker and better and I'm getting slower and a bit older. It's that simple."
Tait was a key player as Australia lifted their third successive World Cup in 2007, finishing as the second joint-highest wicket-taker with 23, while 11 of his 35 one-day appearances came in this tournament.
He also featured in 21 T20 internationals, most recently in a couple of matches against India in January 2016.
He represented Glamorgan in last summer's T20 Blast, having previously played for Durham and Essex, and was most recently with Hobart Hurricanes during the Big Bash League.
Members will be able to add multimedia to tweets - including pictures and videos - without eating into the 140-characters-a-post limit.
The service is also changing the way it handles conversations between users.
Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey told the BBC his aim was to ensure that "when people tweet, it makes sense".
One analyst said the moves marked a "positive change", but added that they only addressed "one symptom" of Twitter's difficulty in increasing its audience.
Despite constant references to tweets in the news, over the past year Twitter has struggled to attract fresh users to its platform - a problem partly blamed on it being confusing.
"One of the biggest priorities for us this year is to really refine our product, to make it simpler," Mr Dorsey said.
"I think there's a story to be told about what Twitter's for, and to continue to strengthen why you would use Twitter."
Some of the details were reported by the Bloomberg news agency a fortnight ago, and were, for the most part, welcomed by users.
The changes, as outlined by Twitter, will be:
In addition, any new tweet - ie one that isn't a reply to someone else's tweet - that starts with a username will now be seen by all of a person's followers.
That last change does away with one of Twitter's more baffling systems, in which posts beginning with a username would only be seen by a person's followers if they too were following the member mentioned at the start of the tweet.
To override the rule, people have been adding a full stop to their tweets, so that they read ".@username".
"It doesn't make sense to anyone," Mr Dorsey told the BBC. "And people have had to work around it. That just looks ugly, and it's confusing."
Brian Blau, an analyst at the consultancy Gartner, said Twitter's problems in gaining new users would not be solved with these changes.
"The core problem is attracting new users and getting them to be loyal users over time," he explained.
"And we haven't seen anything from Twitter yet that leads me to believe that they're addressing that fundamental problem."
The changes will not be made until later this year.
This is to allow developers to integrate the new rules into their third-party apps and websites.
A longer interview with Jack Dorsey will be published on Wednesday.
Talal Alkassab, 39, from west London, hired the Lamborghini Gallardo in July 2015 but, within hours, Diyaa Lababidi had smashed it into some shops.
Alkassab told police a stranger had taken his keys, unbeknown to him, and crashed the car while parking.
He admitted conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over the crash, which caused damage in excess of £100,000.
Lababidi, 33, of Peninsula Apartments, Praed Street, west London - who had no driving insurance - pleaded guilty on 22 December to the same offence.
Southwark Crown Court heard Lababidi crashed into the shop frontages in Woodstock Street, Mayfair, as he was accelerating and then walked away without reporting the crash.
Although the two men had claimed ignorance of the accident of 23 July, police found texts between them that led Alkassab, of Holland Park Road, to confess it was his friend who had been driving the car.
The pair are due to be sentenced on 11 April.
Mr Hofer is aiming to win a rerun of the presidential election on 2 October after his Freedom Party won a court challenge over voting irregularities.
After UK voters backed Brexit, he said Austria might also hold a referendum.
However, he has now made clear he thinks leaving would be a "mistake".
"I'm not in favour of an Austrian exit from the European Union; I've been annoyed for days that people have assumed I am," he told Die Presse newspaper (in German).
Mr Hofer was recently narrowly beaten by Alexander Van der Bellen, a Green Party-backed candidate, in a presidential election - but the vote was overturned a week ago after the Freedom Party (FPOe) argued that postal ballots were illegally handled in 94 out of 117 districts.
The far-right leader distanced himself from French National Front leader Marine le Pen, saying he did not share her clear anti-EU policy.
Mr Hofer's party hopes the rerun will boost his chances on 2 October, but the entire process has been overshadowed by the UK referendum vote to leave the EU.
Although latest polls give him a lead over Mr Van der Bellen, a Gallup poll of 600 Austrians suggested 60% opposed any referendum and only 30% favoured an "Oexit".
Another survey by the Austrian Society for European Politics suggested that only 23% wanted to leave the EU, a decline of eight percentage points since its last poll in late April and early May.
Mr Van der Bellen said on Thursday that his opponent and the FPOe were playing with fire if they "fantasised about an Austrian exit from the EU".
The far-right leader had appeared to back a referendum late last month when he said that Austrians should be given a vote "if within the next year the [EU's] course is towards centralisation".
But in his interview for Die Presse, Mr Hofer made clear he thought that leaving the EU would "undoubtedly be damaging" for Austria.
Leaving the EU would be a "last resort", he stressed, if Turkey joined the bloc or if there were new, centralised EU treaties.
Austria's outgoing president, Heinz Fischer, finally stood down on Friday after 12 years in office, leaving the country without a ceremonial head of state until late November at the earliest.
In his final address to parliament, he spoke of the UK's decision to leave the EU as "very regrettable and short-sighted".
Councils spend £60m a year removing trodden-in gum from streets, said the Local Government Association (LGA).
The LGA, which represents 370 councils in England and Wales, has for years urged producers to help remove what it called a "plague" on pavements.
Wrigley, Britain's leading gum manufacturer, said it was investing in campaigns to discourage littering.
More than 95% of the UK's main shopping streets are gum-stained, according to Keep Britain Tidy.
The campaign group said 64% of all UK roads and pavements are "stained" by chewing gum - where chewed gum has been squashed into the street.
Councils have repeatedly asked for financial help to get rid of the problem, insisting gum manufacturers should take more responsibility.
Councillor Judith Blake, the LGA's environment spokeswoman, said it was "ugly, unsightly and unacceptable".
"Chewing gum is a plague on our pavements," she added. "This is a growing cost pressure councils could do without."
Cllr Blake said the chewing gum industry "needs to go a lot further, faster, in tackling this issue" by contributing to the clear-up costs and switching to biodegradable gum.
"Councils have no legal obligation to clear up the gum," she said. "They do it for the benefit of their shoppers, town centre users, businesses and residents."
Wrigley, which makes Extra, Hubba Bubba and Airwaves gum, said that it was making a "significant investment" in anti-litter campaigns.
This includes a "Litter Less" campaign in some schools, as well as research into tackling gum-dropping using behavioural science, Wrigley said.
"Only changing individual attitudes to littering will keep our streets clean," a company spokesman said. "We are committed to playing our part in making that happen."
The LGA claims that gum costs 3p per piece to buy, but that it costs councils £1.50 to clean up each square metre of pavement.
It said the £60m annual bill for eliminating gum could be used to fill "more than a million potholes" instead.
A number of local councils have launched initiatives to cut down on gum littering.
These include posters advertising fines for littering and flyers which double as a wrapper for used gum.
The 29-year-old was taken off on a stretcher in his third appearance since joining from Fiorentina in January.
In an Instagram post, Zarate said scans revealed an "anterior cruciate ligament rupture plus an injury grade one of [the] medial collateral ligament".
The typical recovery period for a cruciate ligament injury is six months.
However, it can be longer if surgery is required on the knee.
"Thank you everyone for all the messages in this horrible moment," former West Ham and QPR striker Zarate added.
"I will face this with all my strength and will be back stronger than before."
Watford are 12th in the Premier League with 12 league matches remaining.
League leader Van Gerwen took three points from his two games, drawing with Dave Chisnall before whitewashing Adrian Lewis 7-0.
Wright beat Phil Taylor 7-3 to stay second in the table.
Gary Anderson and Taylor are third and fourth, but Lewis' qualification chances were damaged by two defeats.
Having lost 7-4 to James Wade in Thursday's opening match, Stoke-on-Trent thrower Lewis had no answer to an imperious performance by defending Premier League champion Van Gerwen.
Anderson's 7-4 victory over Raymond van Barneveld left the veteran Dutchman one point outside the top four.
However, with each player having only two matches left in the group stage, only four points separate third-placed Anderson and Wade, who stayed bottom of the table despite his victory.
James Wade (Eng) 7-4 Adrian Lewis (Eng)
Dave Chisnall (Eng) 6-6 Michael van Gerwen (Ned)
Phil Taylor (Eng) 3-7 Peter Wright (Sco)
Gary Anderson (Sco) 7-4 Raymond van Barneveld (Ned)
Adrian Lewis (Eng) 0-7 Michael van Gerwen (Ned)
The Farc leader, known as Timochenko, said he was prepared to review and "fix" the agreement, after many in the "no" camp said it was too lenient.
Talks between rebel leaders and government negotiators were due to take place in Cuba on Monday.
The deal was signed last week after nearly four years of negotiations.
It is not yet clear what can be done to save the deal. President Santos earlier said there was no "Plan B" for ending the conflict, which has killed about 260,000 people.
"I will not give up, I will keep seeking peace until the last minute of my term," he said in address after the results were announced.
The chief peace negotiator for the government, Humberto de la Calle, offered to resign on Monday, saying he took "full responsibility for any errors in the negotiation". He was earlier ordered back to the Cuban capital of Havana to work with rebel leaders on modifying the deal.
Former President Alvaro Uribe, who led the "no" campaign, is demanding prison sentences for rebel leaders found guilty of crimes and wants them banned from politics.
Colombians were asked to endorse or reject the peace agreement in a popular vote.
The "yes" campaign had the backing not just of President Santos but of a wide array of politicians both in Colombia and abroad. But there was also a vocal campaign for a "no" vote, led by Mr Uribe.
Pre-election polls had indicated a strong victory for the 'yes' camp.
But in a surprise result, 50.2% of voters rejected the agreement compared with 49.8% who voted for it.
The difference was about 54,000 votes out of almost 13 million ballots. Turnout was low with fewer than 38% of voters casting their votes.
Colombia was divided regionally with most of the outlying provinces voting in favour of the agreement and those nearer the capital and inland voting against it.
In Choco, one of the provinces hardest hit by the conflict, 80% of voters backed the deal. The capital, Bogota, also voted "yes" with 56%.
But in the eastern province of Casanare - where farmers and landowners have been extorted for years by the Farc - 71.1 % rejected the deal.
Most of those who voted "no" said they thought the peace agreement was letting the rebels "get away with murder".
Under the deal, special courts would have been created to try crimes committed during the conflict.
Those who confessed to their crimes would have been given more lenient sentences.
Many Colombians also balked at the government's plan to pay demobilised Farc rebels a monthly stipend and to offer those wanting to start a business financial help.
"No" voters said this amounted to a reward for criminal behaviour while honest citizens were left to struggle financially.
Many also said that they simply did not trust the rebels to keep their promise to lay down arms for good, pointing to previous failed peace talks when the rebels took advantage of a lull in fighting to regroup.
Others were unhappy that under the agreement, the Farc would be guaranteed 10 seats in Congress.
Read more about the deal's most contentious points
President Santos said that the ceasefire between government forces and the Farc would remain in place.
The Farc leader known as Timochenko says he is ready to review the peace deal.
"There are various ways to read (the referendum result) and we must analyze them to see what needs to be fixed," he said in a radio interview on Monday.
Government negotiators are travelling to Cuba to consult Farc leaders on the next move.
Following the vote Mr Uribe, the main opponent of the deal, insisted that he was not opposed to peace but that it needed "corrections".
His demands include:
One of surprise, as even Mr Uribe had predicted that the "yes" vote would win.
Some of those who had gathered to watch the result on giant screens expressed their disappointment.
One woman in Medellin told Caracol radio: "I never thought I could be this sad (...) I think of my country, of the young people and my heart breaks into a thousand pieces."
Farc leader Timochenko expressed his disappointment, and blamed the result on "the destructive power of those who sow hatred and revenge".
Opponents of the agreement, however, took to the streets to celebrate. One Colombian woman told BBC Mundo that Colombians had not forgotten that the path of the Farc was "paved with kidnappings, killings and drug trafficking".
"There was so much panic and fear that a friend of mine jumped from the university building," an unnamed student told Reuters.
"The building is very high, yet he jumped from it because he was so scared."
Another student also spoke of somebody jumping from the building.
"We saw three terrorists shouting, 'Allah is great!' and rushing towards the stairs of our department," he told the AFP agency.
"One student jumped out of the classroom through the window.
"We never saw him get up."
Geology student Zahoor Ahmed said his chemistry lecturer Syed Hamid Hussain warned him not to leave the building after the first shots were fired.
He told AFP: "He was holding a pistol in his hand. Then I saw a bullet hit him. I saw two militants were firing. I ran inside and then managed to flee by jumping over the back wall."
Witness Farooq Khan survived the attack.
"I saw three terrorists, one was on the roof, he was firing from there," he told AFP.
"I saw four university security guards, they were injured and we took them to ambulances."
Shabir Khan, a lecturer in the English department, told Reuters:
"Most of the students and staff were in classes when the firing began. I heard one security official talking on the phone to someone and he said many people had been killed and injured."
An unidentified witness told the local channel GeoTV:
"I personally heard two explosions near hostel number one. We don't know if they were suicide bombers or grenades. I personally saw two explosions and smoke was rising."
Botany teacher Mohammad Ishtiaq told the AP agency that he jumped out from the second floor of the building and broke his leg when he heard gunshots.
Two attackers were on the first floor and three on the ground floor, he said, and both were using automatic assault rifles.
He said: "I locked myself in a washroom.
"I jumped out when I saw one of the attackers coming toward me and shooting straight ahead of him."
Student Aiziz Khan escaped unhurt. He told Reuters that he stayed inside to avoid the shooting:
"We heard firing from the back of the campus. We thought maybe some people were fighting. Then the shooting got worse.
"We said 'get in the rooms, don't go out'. Then the security forces came.
"They showed great bravery."
The TV entertainer is currently on trial on four counts of alleged indecent assault against three teenagers between 1971 and 1983 - but has been appearing via video link.
Mr Harris, who denies all charges, will attend the trial at Southwark Crown Court in person from Monday.
Jurors have already been told that Mr Harris, 87, was convicted and sentenced following a trial in 2014.
The current trial, which began on 15 May, is not sitting on Friday.
The former England captain's 78-run first-wicket stand with Suzie Bates saw the Vipers chase down 141.
Despite a middle-order wobble, seasoned internationals Sara McGlashan and Lydia Greenway powered the Vipers home with seven balls left at Chelmsford.
Current England skipper Heather Knight - who starred in the semi-final - could only score six as Storm posted 140-5.
Bates and Edwards have spent the summer living with each other, while playing county cricket with Kent Women before the start of the Super League.
With the pair having also batted together for Women's Big Bash League side Perth Scorchers, they looked at ease and reassured together at the crease as they picked off the Storm bowlers.
Edwards played second fiddle to the attacking Bates and, having made a classy 24 off 18 balls, the ex-England international was bowled by Jodie Dibble.
Bates reached her half-century off 43 balls but Georgia Adams' disastrous decision to call for a quick single saw the New Zealand captain run out.
However, McGlashan and Greenway remained calm as they took their side to victory in front of the 1,353 spectators in Essex.
With player of the tournament Stafanie Taylor and Rachel Priest threatening to propel Storm is a huge first innings score, former England all-rounder Arran Brindle induced a collapse as she had West Indies captain Taylor caught at mid-off.
Despite playing no professional cricket since 2014 prior to the Super League, Brindle continued her impressive form in the competition, having Knight caught at square leg.
The experience of the Vipers' senior players told with Bates removing the dangerous Priest to stunt Storm's progress as they lost 4-32.
Warwickshire all-rounder Georgia Hennessy blasted nine off three balls to give some late impetus to the innings but the total would prove to be little trouble for the impressive Vipers.
Southern Vipers captain Charlotte Edwards: "It's been a really special few months.
"It's been brilliant to be part of this group for the last three or four months, and watch them grow and develop as people and players.
"We'll all enjoy celebrating what was a brilliant win. You couldn't have made up my summer so far really, with getting knocked on the head and missing the Lancashire game.
"But everyone's shown a lot of faith in me and I've kept backing myself and I actually really enjoyed today. This is what I miss playing in, these sort of occasions."
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The blaze at Llandow Industrial Estate started on Thursday and is continuing to burn under supervision.
Residents are being advised to keep windows closed.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the risk to health is thought to be low but the smoke could cause nose and eye irritation, and coughing.
On Friday night, three crews were still on site and the fire is expected to continue through the weekend.
The service tweeted "slow progress being made due to poor water supply".
Vale of Glamorgan council said a minor road leading to the site had been closed but others had reopened.
Nearby schools were advised to open as usual and there is no impact on the water supply.
Public Health Wales (PHW) experts said they were monitoring the situation.
Andrew Kibble said: "If you live in an area affected by smoke, stay inside and close all doors and windows. This will greatly reduce your exposure to the smoke.
"If you have to go outside, try to keep away from the areas affected by visible smoke or ash."
He added motorists should keep their windows shut, turn off air-conditioning and keep air vents closed.
He said PHW was not aware of any reports of people experiencing ill-effects from the fire as yet.
The council's emergency planning team is also working to limit disruption.
In an interview with Foreign Policy magazine (FP), Mr Hagel described long, tedious policy meetings that often concluded without decision.
The moderate Republican served as Mr Obama's defence chief for two tumultuous years from 2013 to 2015.
His tenure ended, he said, with backstabbing and character destruction.
Mr Hagel believes that a coherent US strategy for Syria still has not been fleshed out.
"The administration is still struggling with a political strategy, but Secretary Kerry is making some progress toward the right strategy," Mr Hagel tells the magazine, in reference to talks with Russian, Iranian and Arab leaders.
Mr Hagel's tenure in the Obama administration was marked by contention from the start.
Some of Mr Hagel's criticisms come across as minor or personal. "There were way too many meetings" at the White House, he says. And people there said mean things about him behind his back, "vilifying me in a gutless, off-the-record kind of way".
But his criticism of Mr Obama's strategy towards Syria and the fight against the Islamic State group is sharp - and is likely to resonate. In short, says Hagel: "We don't have a policy."
As Washington prepares to enter another election campaign, his remarks will provide fellow Republicans with yet more proof - from a trusted insider- that Mr Obama is a weak leader without a Middle East strategy.
Among those Mr Hagel had the worst relationship with was National Security Advisor Susan Rice.
He alleged that meetings chaired by Ms Rice, were long, frequent and fruitless.
"We kept kind of deferring the tough decisions. And there were always too many people in the room," he is quoted as saying.
He contrasted these meetings with those run by President Barack Obama, which he said were more effectual.
However, Mr Hagel seemed to be most critical of Mr Obama's Syria policy.
Joining his boss in opposing a large troop deployment to Syria or Iraq, he insisted however on a clearer diplomatic stance.
In particular, he pointed to an embarrassing Senate hearing, where he was grilled over whether the US would defend the rebels it was training and equipping in Syria from attacks by Assad forces.
"We had never come down on an answer or a conclusion in the White House," Mr Hagel told FP. "I couldn't say 'No'. Christ, every ally would have walked away from us in the Middle East".
In a memo penned a month later, Mr Hagel called on the administration to formulate a clearer policy. He said memo was not well received.
A month later, Mr Obama accepted his resignation amid reports of differences over policy.
Some have suggested that those antagonistic relationships may have led to Mr Hagel being pushed out.
The White House has declined a BBC request for comment on this story.
According to a report from the World Cancer Research Fund, half a glass of wine or a small beer a day increases the risk of breast cancer.
It also backs up research showing that regular intensive exercise can reduce the risk of the disease.
Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer in women in the UK with one in eight women developing the disease during their lifetime.
But scientists say they can't explain why the cancer occurs in some people and not in others.
There are numerous causes and lots of factors to take into account, including lifestyle, hormone levels and other medical conditions.
Basically, it's a complex picture and there's no point focusing on one factor only.
For a start, there are some factors you cannot control such as your sex, age, height, genes and when you started your periods.
Being a woman, over 50 and past the menopause, and having a history of breast cancer in your family, all increase your risk of getting the disease.
Being tall and starting periods before the age of 12 are thought to increase the risk too.
Cancer Research UK lists 18 different factors which could cause breast cancer to some degree. Alcohol is only one of them.
It says there are ways women can lower their risk of breast cancer by focusing on factors they can control, like diet, weight and exercise.
After analysing more than 100 studies that examined the medical history of 12 million women, the report backs up current advice to be aware of alcohol consumption.
The report found evidence that drinking an extra small glass of wine every day (10g of alcohol) increases a woman's risk of breast cancer after the menopause by 9%.
It means that in a group of 100 women, around 13 would be likely to develop breast cancer anyway.
And if they all drank an additional small glass of wine every day, one extra case might develop among the original group.
When it comes to exercise, the report found that doing more vigorous exercise, like cycling or running, cut the risk of post-menopausal breast cancer by 10% compared to the least active women.
Breastfeeding was also found to lower the risk of the disease before and after the menopause.
And there was limited evidence that eating more leafy vegetables, such as cabbage, spinach and kale, decreased the risk of a less common kind of breast cancer.
We already know that regular physical exercise, eating a balanced diet and maintaining a healthy weight are important for reducing the risk of lots of diseases, including cancers.
But scientists say all these factors interact with each other and that makes it difficult to tease out which ones are driving the cancer and to what extent.
New guidelines were introduced in 2016 which said that men and women should drink no more than 14 units a week - equivalent to six pints of beer or seven glasses of wine - and some days should be free of alcohol altogether.
The UK's chief medical officers' advice was based on research which showed that any amount of alcohol can increase the risk of cancer.
Pregnant women are advised not to drink at all.
Cancer experts say the findings don't tell us anything new about the link between alcohol and breast cancer, which is already well known.
But if you can, to stack the odds in your favour, they say it is a good idea to have some alcohol-free days during every week and not to increase your drinking.
However, Cancer Research UK says there is no need be alarmed and "go teetotal".
It is also important to look at the bigger picture.
Drinking alcohol has a greater effect on the risks of several other cancers - including mouth, liver and bowel - than it does on breast cancer, so there is no reason to become fixated on alcohol.
Kevin McConway, emeritus professor of applied statistics at the Open University, says the risks have "to be set against whatever pleasure women might obtain from their drinking".
The report does not provide absolute risks and as such, Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter, from the University of Cambridge, said it did not seem a good basis for recommending that women give up alcohol completely.
However, Dr Anne McTiernan, lead report author and cancer expert at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, said the evidence regarding breast cancer was clear.
"Having a physically active lifestyle, maintaining a healthy weight throughout life and limiting alcohol are all steps women can take to lower their risk."
Leicestershire Police, which used facial recognition technology on revellers at Download, said it had now destroyed the information it gathered.
It was believed to be the first time the software had been used at an outdoor event in the UK.
The trial was criticised by campaign group Big Brother Watch as "worrying".
Images of people were compared against a database of criminals who target music festivals across Europe, the force said.
Ch Supt Chris Haward said no one who came to the festival to enjoy themselves had anything to worry about.
"The software provided an efficient and effective way of picking known offenders out of a crowd - something that officers would previously have been done using paper briefings," he said.
"While it is too early to give definitive crime figures, early indications are that it has remained low."
Officers would "use their discretion appropriately" in the unlikely event of someone being wrongly identified, police said.
But Renate Samson from Big Brother Watch said the way police went about the scheme was "a great worry".
"We're very keen for bad people to be caught but we're also keen for innocent people to go about their day-to-day business, have a good time at festivals they've paid good money for, and not feel as though they're being surveyed by police," she said.
A cashless payment system was put in place for the first time in a bid to cut crime.
Thousands of revellers braved the rain at Download, held at Donington Park, to see headliners Slipknot, Muse and Kiss.
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The 41-year-old Northern Irishman, who retired in April after a record-breaking career, was honoured at a star-studded ceremony in Belfast.
He joins a list of winners that includes Pele and Seve Ballesteros.
"It's a huge honour and I'm thrilled to be accepting it so close to home in Belfast," McCoy told BBC Sport.
The former jockey, from Moneyglass in County Antrim, joked: "Like the main award, it's very prestigious, only with the lifetime award, you aren't going to win any more after that. That is the only disappointing thing about it."
McCoy, who rode more than 4,300 winners, revealed he had put on nearly two stone in weight after retiring but had come to terms with a decision he took reluctantly.
"I got pretty heavy but I've lost a bit of weight in the last six weeks or so. I'm about just over a stone above my riding weight now," said McCoy, who is 5ft 10in tall, but wasted down to as low as 10 stone during his career.
"I'm quite a stubborn, forward-thinking person so I don't really ever look back.
"It happens to everyone, it's time to move on. Sure, I'd like to be riding and some days I go to the races and I'd like to be having a go, but my time has been. I'm fine. I'm over it."
McCoy was the first jockey to be crowned Sports Personality of the Year, after winning the Grand National at the 15th attempt on Don't Push It in 2010.
He was champion jockey every year of a professional career that saw him overcome a succession of injuries, including puncturing his lungs twice.
"A previous Sports Personality of the Year winner and widely regarded as one of the greatest jockeys of all time, AP was the biggest superstar of racing until his retirement this year," said Barbara Slater, BBC director of sport.
"It's an honour to celebrate his illustrious career in Belfast, Northern Ireland, his home nation, with the lifetime achievement award."
As well as his Grand National success, McCoy won the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice, three Champion Hurdles and the Champion Chase.
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"It's great to receive the lifetime achievement award. There's some fantastic names on the trophy, like Sir Alex Ferguson and George Best," he said.
The Sports Personality awards, hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan in front of a crowd of 7,500 at the SSE Arena, was held in Northern Ireland for the first time.
"It will be nice to receive the award there," said McCoy, who finished third in the main category in both 2002 and 2013. "Sport has done a lot for Northern Ireland.
"I'll be very proud. I'm going to have four Sports Personality of the Year trophies in my house so that's kind of a nice thing to have.
"The main award is voted for by the public and it's nice to have that respect for what you've achieved.
"I felt very lucky that the racing public got behind me, and it was pretty much down to them that I was able to win it. It's a great occasion and a great trophy and the best sportspeople have won it."
Time away from racing has given McCoy, a father of two and occasional TV pundit, more time with his family, to follow his beloved Arsenal and play golf.
"I run and still ride out, and I'm still involved with [racehorse owner] JP McManus and school his horses some mornings. My golf handicap is probably down to 12 now," he said.
However, suggestions McCoy might take up competitive amateur cycling appear to be wide of the mark.
"I've been cycling a few times, but I had a friend who was cycling and was knocked off his bike by a lorry. I like the idea of cycling, but it's the dangers of it that I'm not too sure about," he added.
Thistle fought back from a goal down to draw with champions Celtic on Wednesday and can secure a top-half place by beating Motherwell on Saturday.
Edwards' side have a four-point lead over seventh-placed Kilmarnock with two games until the league splits.
"We need to focus on Saturday's game and put it to bed," he said.
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"Four points in between sixth and seventh, six points to play for, anything can happen in this league.
"Three points from fifth, you have to say, 'we have to look up'. We have to be really positive and say, 'yeah, why not? Why can't we go catch them?'
"But first and foremost, we have to win on Saturday."
The Firhill side are three points behind Hearts, eight points off St Johnstone and 14 behind Rangers.
Thistle were promoted to the top flight for the inaugural season of the Premiership - previously the Scottish Premier League - and have finished tenth, eighth and ninth.
"When we missed out [on the top six] last season, it hurt a lot so we'll be giving everything to make sure it's in our hands and that we get the job done and make sure we win the game," said Australia Under-23 cap Edwards on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
"The way this league's gone this season - us being last at Christmas and now we're sixth, Dundee being way off it and then they were pushing for the top six - it's never over until it's over.
"We've shown that we can take points from Celtic. Kilmarnock can do it on Saturday.
"Rangers and Hearts showed that they're beatable now, they're not world beaters like they used to be so it's far from over but it's in our hands and it's important to go to Firhill on Saturday and beat Motherwell."
The man, in his 20s, got into difficulty at Alton Water reservoir in Tattingstone at about 20:00 BST. His body was later recovered from the water, police said.
The fire service has issued a warning to take care swimming in open water.
"We are asking people to stay safe following a tragic incident at Alton Water near Ipswich last night," they said.
"The best way to stay safe in or near the water is to take some sensible precautions and prevent accidents from happening," the force said on its Facebook page.
"Water is often a lot colder than you expect and it can impact on your physical capabilities. Just because you can swim well in a warm water pool doesn't mean you'll be able to swim well in cold water."
Suffolk Police said the man's death was currently being treated as unexplained "as is standard procedure".
"At this stage there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances," a spokesman added.
Alton Water is a man-made reservoir and water sports centre offering sailing and windsurfing courses.
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Figures from 2016 show that just over 33% of top-flight players are English.
"The more English players we have in the Premier League, and at the highest level, gives us the best depth to pick from," Southgate said.
He also said youth players need more games in the league, on the back of England Under-20s' World Cup win.
"It's key, you can have the best education system going but if people don't have the opportunity to display what they can do, then it's difficult for them to develop onto the next bit," said Southgate, speaking at an FA sponsor event in Milton Keynes.
"Hopefully the clubs have seen this summer that our young players are as good as any from across Europe and the rest of the world."
Southgate was appointed England manager on a four-year contract in November last year, after a spell as caretaker boss.
He says a change in mindset is needed for England to play better at major tournaments.
"Over 25 years we've only won three knockout matches, so that shows the size of the task ahead of us," he said.
"That's what we're working towards. Trying to get the players to think a bit differently, work a bit differently."
Aston Villa 1-2 Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich
Southampton 3-1 Newcastle
Swansea 1-0 Chelsea
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Five from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and one from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment had been on patrol in Kandahar province on Tuesday. Their families have been told.
It is the biggest single loss of UK life at one time in Afghanistan since a Nimrod crash killed 14 in 2006.
The explosion is thought to have been caused by a very large Taliban bomb.
The number of British military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 is now 404.
By Caroline WyattDefence correspondent, BBC News
This is the worst single loss of life in one incident due to enemy action for UK troops in Afghanistan since the start of the war in 2001.
The last time a similar number of UK casualties was caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) was in the summer of 2009, when five British soldiers died in an IED blast.
The device remains the deadliest weapon in the Taliban's arsenal. It is effective on a psychological level, as well as causing deaths and severe injury, and is relatively cheap and simple to manufacture.
The level of suspected casualties suggests a large amount of explosives were used.
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Prime Minister David Cameron said it was a "desperately sad day for our country".
"Every death and every injury reminds us of the human cost paid by our armed forces to keep our country safe," he said, at the start of Prime Minister's Questions.
In a statement, the Ministry of Defence (MoD)said the six soldiers were on a security patrol in a Warrior armoured fighting vehicle when it was caught in an explosion in Kandahar province.
Brig Patrick Sanders, commander of Task Force Helmand, said it suffered "catastrophic damage".
They had been travelling as part of a two Warrior patrol when the vehicle was hit at the junction of a road travelling east from Gereshk and another heading north to Lashkar Gah, the MoD said.
The BBC's Orla Guerin, in the Afghan capital Kabul, said there must have been a "massive explosion" to damage such a robust and heavily protected vehicle.
The area, she said, was sparsely populated and particularly unstable, according to Afghan officials, and insurgents were known to have planted roadside bombs there.
The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul said a police official in Lashkar Gah named IEDs as the biggest threat to his forces and told him insurgents were now planting them on key roads in a clear change of tactics.
Meanwhile, BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt said the six soldiers had been in the country for less than a month, having flown out of the UK on Valentine's Day.
She added that the ongoing operation to recover the bodies would have been slowed down as rescuers would have faced the risk of being injured themselves by further bombs.
News emerged earlier on Wednesday that the six were missing, presumed dead. It is understood the MoD has not formally identified them.
Most of the 9,500 UK troops in Afghanistan are expected to be withdrawn by the end of 2014, when 13 years of combat operations in the country are set to cease.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the timetable for withdrawal remained on track despite this "cowardly attack".
"This will not shake our resolve to see through the mission - I believe we owe that to all the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives and put themselves at risk over the last few years," he told the BBC.
In the Commons, Mr Cameron told MPs "every possible support" had to be given to a political settlement in Afghanistan.
He said a clear message had to be sent to the Taliban that - whether UK troops or Afghan troops were there - they "will not win on the battlefield - they never win on the battlefield".
Mr Cameron said he had spoken to the UK's leading military officers, who had stressed the commitment of troops to "getting the job done".
He also said he would discuss the Afghanistan situation with President Barack Obama on his visit to the US next week to ensure they were "in lock step" about the importance of training up the Afghan army and police, and making sure all Nato partners had a properly co-ordinated process for transition.
Labour leader Ed Miliband expressed his "profound sadness" over the latest deaths and said the UK owed those who put themselves in harm's way for our benefit "an immense debt of gratitude".
Chief of Defence Staff General Sir David Richards said he was "deeply saddened" by the news.
"The courage, fortitude and determination of those servicemen and women currently in Helmand is inspirational," he said.
The Archbishop of York John Sentamu said his heart went out to those affected, and we owed a debt of gratitude to our "brave soldiers".
The last British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan was Senior Aircraftman Ryan Tomlin, of 2 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment, who died from gunshot wounds in Helmand on 13 February.
The Hear'Say star claimed the tax would hit "little grannies" in modest London homes rather than the super-rich.
But the Labour leader insists the tax on homes worth ??2m or more would help fund more NHS doctors and nurses.
Accusing the PM of failing the NHS, he said: "If you've got big money you've got a friend in this prime minister."
He added: "If you haven't - you couldn't care less."
The clash came just two days after Ms Klass attacked Mr Miliband on ITV's The Agenda for proposing a tax that conjured up thoughts of "Barbie-esque houses", when really the homes she claimed it would affect were often "like a garage".
Six-point plan
"When you do look at the people who are going to be suffering this tax, it's true a lot of them are grannies who have had these houses in their families for a long, long time," she said.
"The people who are the super-super-rich who are buying their houses for ??140m, this is not necessarily going to affect them because they've got their tax rebates and their amazing accountants.
"It's going to be the little grannies that have lived in those houses for years and years."
This prompted Mr Miliband to outline a six-point response on Twitter, using a play on Hear'Say's biggest hit: "Here's why our NHS needs a mansion tax. It's Pure and Simple."
The Labour leader returned to the subject during a rowdy PM's question time by asking Mr Cameron why he backed a bedroom tax, but was against a mansion tax.
The PM said a spare room subsidy was not available in the private sector, so should not be available in public sector accommodation.
No 'Klass-act'
This prompted Mr Miliband to ask if the PM believed a person living in a ??140m Hyde Park penthouse should pay the same property tax as others.
Mr Cameron argued that his government had taken measures to address the differential, by putting up stamp duty and charging foreigners who invest, adding: "What you've had in the last week is a pasting from a pop star."
Mr Miliband hit back: "That's exactly what I expect from this prime minister - you only feel the pain of people struggling to find a ??2m garage.
"We need a mansion tax because the NHS is going backwards on your watch."
The PM taunted Labour MPs by quipping: "They are certainly not seeing a Klass-act opposite."
He said there were more nurses and doctors under his government and accused Labour of missing NHS targets in Wales.
"This was the week when Myleene Klass wiped the floor with you on TV and this is the week when a poll in Scotland showed more people believe in the Loch Ness monster than in your leadership. The only problem for the Labour Party is you actually exist."
Earlier, Mr Miliband told his 358,000 followers on Twitter that the mansion tax would contribute ??1.2bn towards Labour's goal of raising ??2.5bn a year for the NHS to help pay for thousands more doctors, nurses, midwives and homecare workers.
It would also "guarantee that patients in England will wait no longer than one week for cancer tests and results by 2020", he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he backed the plan, adding that treating higher value properties in the same banded way as lower value ones was a policy the Liberal Democrats "had advocated for a long time".
UKIP are opposed to the idea, describing it as an attack on aspiration.
The deal, agreed at talks in Tunis, is intended to lead to a single government and elections within two years.
It needs to be endorsed by both the internationally recognised parliament in eastern Libya and the Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC).
The agreement is separate from UN efforts at mediation in Libya.
The United Nations special envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, called it a very good basis for going forward.
In October, the UN submitted its own blueprint for a deal leading to a unified government, but neither side has endorsed it.
The UN is due to host peace talks between the two factions next week in Rome.
Libya has been unstable since long-serving strongman Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in October 2011, with militias ruling various parts of the country.
"This is a historic moment the Libyans were waiting for," Awad Mohammed Abdul-Sadiq, the first deputy head of the GNC, said after the deal was signed on Sunday.
"If this solution receives real Libyan support - from the people and institutions - we will surely arrive in no more than two weeks or a month to a solution to solve the political crisis," he told reporters.
Under the "declaration of principles" agreed in Tunis, the two sides would set up a committee to nominate a prime minister pending elections, while another panel would review the constitution.
The GNC is supported by a loose alliance of armed groups, including Islamists, that seized the capital in August 2014.
This forced the existing, internationally recognised government to flee to the eastern city of Tobruk.
Yassar Yaqub, 28, of Huddersfield, was shot when police stopped a car on the sliproad of the motorway on Monday.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said a gun was found in Mr Yaqub's car. The officers involved had not worn body cameras.
Tests are being carried out by investigators on the two vehicles stopped and an unmarked police car.
Police officers had been travelling in four unmarked vehicles before the shooting.
The car was stopped at Ainley Top near J24 of the M62 in West Yorkshire.
A non-police issue firearm, found in the Audi in which Mr Yaqub was travelling, was secured in the presence of investigators at the scene and is undergoing ballistics and forensic testing, the IPPC said.
None of the police officers involved had been wearing cameras.
So far no relevant CCTV footage of the incident has been found, the police watchdog said.
Derrick Campbell, IPCC Commissioner, said: "I would like to reassure the local and wider community that this will be a thorough and detailed independent investigation.
"We will be carefully examining all the circumstances leading up to Mr Yaqub's death, including the planning of the police operation, and the actions of the officers involved that evening."
Mr Campbell also called for patience, asked any witnesses to come forward and said Mr Yaqub's family were being regularly updated on the investigation.
Dozens of people attended a vigil on Wednesday at the spot where he was shot dead.
About 100 people, including the dead man's parents, gathered near the site to lay flowers and light candles.
Mohammed Yaqub, Yassar's father said he felt his son who he said did not have "a bad past" was "killed unlawfully".
In 2010, Yassar Yaqub was cleared of attempted murder and a firearms offence after it was alleged that he opened fire on a car in Birkby Hall Road, Huddersfield.
On Tuesday evening, protesters carrying banners reading "stop the killings" brought traffic to a halt in Bradford.
It said limits had been repeatedly exceeded in 16 areas including London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Glasgow.
Germany, France, Spain and Italy were also served with warnings over nitrogen dioxide levels.
The commission said if countries did not take action within two months it could take the matter to the European Court of Justice.
Nitrogen dioxide comes from sources including factories and vehicles, particularly diesel engines.
The commission said more than 400,000 people died prematurely in the EU every year as a result of poor air quality and that millions more suffered respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
Under EU law, when air pollution limits are breached member states have to implement air quality plans to bring the levels back down.
Friends of the Earth said it was "shameful" that the UK had breached the limits and called for new domestic legislation to protect people from pollution once it leaves the European Union.
Asked whether the UK would remain bound by any legal proceedings after Brexit, Commission spokesman Alexander Winterstein said: "For as long as the UK is a member of the European Union, rights and obligations apply.
"European law applies fully."
DUP leader Arlene Foster said although some work has been done, there was no evidence of compromise from Sinn Féin.
Conor Murphy of Sinn Féin said the talks were about "process not progress" and a "step change" was needed.
NI Secretary James Brokenshire has said he will bring in legislation after Easter to collect rates if there is no agreement.
Most of the parties reported no progress after a week of meetings.
Mike Nesbitt of the Ulster Unionist Party said it was "deeply, deeply, deeply frustrating".
Mrs Foster, on the other hand, said progress had been made "on a wide range of areas".
Mr Murphy said he could report no progress "in relation to implementation of the key issues around Irish language, legacy and equality".
"The British government have continued to pander to the DUP attempts to block equality and to block progress and that's not acceptable," the Sinn Féin representative added.
Mrs Foster accused some other parties of "holding up the process in terms of their political demands".
The DUP deputy leader, Nigel Dodds, said the real issues were health, education and public services and that "some of the parties in this process have yet to mention these issues".
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the parties were "miles away" from agreement.
"If this process doesn't ratchet up in the early stages of next week then there won't be a deal," he said.
Mike Nesbitt said the DUP and Sinn Féin could "cobble together some sort of agreement in five minutes" but it would be "worthless" if the parties could not build trust and respect for each other.
NHS England said based on its latest data, 54% of women screened are getting their results on time.
Delays are being blamed on cytology labs struggling to keep staff as the screening process is replaced with another - which will need fewer staff.
A cervical cancer charity said waiting for results is "an anxious time".
Robert Music, chief executive of Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, said it was "concerning".
"This [the wait] may cause additional stress and potentially result in delays in treatment commencing for those needing it," he said.
Information supplied by NHS England to BBC Coventry & Warwickshire said the process measure is that at least 98% of screening results letters should be received within two weeks.
It also said based on the latest data available, 20% of CCG areas are meeting that standard and that 54% of women screened receive their results within two weeks. The longest recorded wait for a woman to receive the results from her cervical screen is 59 days, it said.
Source: NHS England
Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, had to be regularly tested after her smear test showed up pre-cancerous cells. She was pregnant at the time and could not be treated until after giving birth.
After that, she was tested every six months and then annually.
She said delays in waiting for her results would make her fear the worst.
"I always, and there is no rationale behind this, but I always thought the worst when my results have not come in and I would pester my GP and no doubt cause them trouble," she said.
Experiences like hers are not uncommon, she said, and it is an incredibly stressful time when waiting for results.
"I think this (the delays) could have been foreseen and things could have been put in place for a transition period," she said.
Dr Suzy Lishman, president of the Royal College of Pathologists, said although less than 50% of women were not getting their results within two weeks, 83% were getting theirs within three weeks.
"The effect is mainly anxiety but it is very unlikely to have an effect on their health as cervical cancer can take decades to develop."
Figures issued by NHS Digital for the year 2115-16 showed 89.1% of women across England got their results letters within the two weeks.
An NHS England spokesperson said cervical screening turnaround times are closely monitored.
"A way of analysing tests which will identify more women who are at risk and save more lives is being introduced. However, the transition is impacting on turnaround times as new system is implemented.
"This will be completed in 2019 and in the meantime NHS England is working with hospitals to increase capacity and cut backlogs."
John Crossley, the deputy chief examiner in cytology, said uncertainty leading to the changes in testing had been a difficult period.
Labs were unwilling to train staff in the current screening process when it was going to be replaced with a different process, HPV screening.
"It's been a balancing act and the scales are starting to tip, he said.
Mr Music said HPV primary screening had been shown to be a more effective test.
"However while the change from cytology to HPV testing as the primary screening method will inevitably mean changes to the workforce, we must not let this impact turnaround times for tests or let the situation get worse," he said.
Mitigation plans, where larger labs help out the smaller ones, have been put in place which Mr Crossley said was the best Public Health England could do.
"I understand the psychological effects of waiting for results, the anxiety it can cause," he said, "but patient care is not being affected."
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Six Danish MPs will visit Nauru and Australia to find out if a similar hard-line immigration regime could work in Europe.
The proposed visit follows publication of more than 2,000 reports revealing widespread abuse at the centre.
Australia's government has dismissed many of the reports as "unconfirmed".
One of the Danish politicians attending the trip will be Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen from the socialist-green unity party Enhedslisten.
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"We are really worried by the reports about conditions on Nauru and Manus Island," she told the Guardian.
"For me the visit is an opportunity to ask critical questions about the model."
Martin Henriksen, a member of the anti-immigration Danish People's Party, explained that Denmark could maintain refugee camps in Kenya or Greenland.
"Australia has found an interesting model," he told Danish radio station 24syv.
"The government will continuously assess different migration policies by looking at the experiences of other countries - including Australia."
Jacob Mark, from the Socialist People's Party, emphasised the trip was a fact-finding mission, not a policy endorsement.
"It is also important for those of use who do not agree with the policy to see it with out own eyes," he said.
Marcus Knuth from the ruling Venstre party, Dan Jorgensen from the Social Democrats and Simon Emil Ammitzboll from the centre-right Liberal Alliance will also attend the trip.
Over two-thirds (68%) of people with asthma who responded to a survey by the charity said their sex lives have been directly affected by their condition.
Callie-Anne, 31, said her sex life with her husband was put "on hold" because of her severe asthma.
The charity said it may be a sign that people do not have the disease under control and they should seek advice.
Callie-Anne said she was not surprised at the results of the survey as "people are suffering in silence".
"It's just not spoken about. I've been asked how it affects my children, my work, my studying, my social life by many doctors, consultants, healthcare workers and just general people even on the asthma forums.
"It's very rare anyone asks how it affects my relationship with my husband and no-one would ever ask how it affects the intimate part of our relationship."
But she said her condition has a significant effect on her love life.
"I often start wheezing loudly during sex and feel like my chest will explode because I can't get air out of my lungs. I have to stop so I can take my inhaler and catch my breath.
"This can be really embarrassing and frustrating and for a long time after I was diagnosed I was too scared to have sex or be intimate."
The charity said a number of respondents echoed Callie-Anne's experience and reduced the amount of sex they had, or stopped having it altogether.
Nearly half (46%) of the 544 people who responded said they would be more sexually confident if they did not have asthma.
The survey found that just under 15% felt their asthma had contributed to a relationship finishing, with one respondent revealing that theirs had been ended in an ambulance, during an asthma attack "because my boyfriend said I was causing him stress and he couldn't cope. I ended up going to the hospital alone".
A number also said they have been admitted to hospital because an orgasm triggered an asthma attack, while others reported problems with performing oral sex because of breathing difficulties.
The charity is hoping more asthma sufferers will now talk about how it affects their love lives.
"We were not expecting the level of response we received to our survey, nor the degree to which so many people are struggling with their asthma," said Dr Andy Whittamore, Asthma UK's in-house GP.
"The condition can have a tremendous impact on people's ability to have fulfilling love and sex lives, causing embarrassment and discomfort.
"As a result, some people may feel too embarrassed to speak to their GP or asthma nurse, but if their asthma symptoms are preventing them from having a healthy love life their asthma may not be under control and they need to seek help."
Callie-Anne said an honest conversation between her and her husband put them back on track.
"We had been keeping our feelings to ourselves out of fear of burdening each other with more stress. But this was making things worse.
"One day I sat him down and explained how I felt about my severe asthma and that I was worried he no longer wanted me. He looked at me like I was crazy.
"He said he was scared to initiate sex because once when he did, it triggered my symptoms and I had an asthma attack. He also said he didn't know how to approach the issue with me because of my mood swings and felt helpless that he couldn't help me.
"We're now more open and honest with each other and, when it comes to sex, we've learned to just roll with it. If I start getting symptoms and I need to stop to use my nebuliser or inhaler, we just laugh and joke about how hot I look with a nebuliser mask on."
Don't be embarrassed: Remember that asthma is a common condition and it is likely that your date/partner will not mind if you need to use your inhaler on a date or during sex. If you are in a relationship, communication with your partner is key and can help you both feel more confident about your asthma and better understand each other's needs.
Know your triggers: If you get any difficulties with triggers such as alcohol, different smells and even an allergy to latex, it is worth talking it through with your partner in advance so you can make any necessary adjustments.
Take note of your symptoms: If you notice that you are getting asthma symptoms during sex, such as coughing, wheezing or shortness of breath, it is probably an indication that your asthma is not as well controlled as it could be. If this is the case, you should make an appointment to see your GP or asthma nurse.
Reduce your risk: The best way to avoid getting asthma symptoms during sex is to manage your asthma well. There are several ways you can keep your asthma in check, including: taking your medicine as prescribed, checking your inhaler technique with your GP or asthma nurse, using a written asthma action plan and going to regular asthma reviews.
Speak to someone: Do not be afraid to speak to your GP or asthma nurse about how asthma may be interfering with your personal life, your relationships, or your sex life. You can also call to speak to nurses on the Asthma UK Helpline.
Source: Asthma UK
The disorientated male pup was spotted at Liverpool's Ice Festival at Pierhead on Wednesday morning and was coaxed back into the water.
RSPCA animal welfare officer Matt Brown said he was uninjured but needed help finding his way.
He added: "He was a little reluctant, perhaps he wanted another go on the ice, but after some encouragement, off he went and we watched him swim away."
Mr Brown said no-one knew how the pup made his way to the ice rink.
An RSPCA spokesperson said animal welfare officers believed the seal may have come from the Mersey.
Anyone finding stricken seal pups that appear not to be in immediate danger is advised to monitor the animal, but to call the RSPCA if the mother does not return within 24 hours.
A healthy pup will look big and fat without a neck, whereas a poorly pup will look thin, the organisation said.
He averaged 20.4 points and 6.6 rebounds in five games.
The 28-year-old last played in the NBA in 2012 with the Dallas Mavericks.
He has spent the past four seasons playing in the Chinese Basketball Association and is considered the second most popular player on the mainland, after Yao Ming.
The LA Lakers did not disclose Yi's contract details, but reports say he is signed for one year, with a veterans' minimum of $1.1m that could reach $8m with bonuses.
"We're excited to have a player of his worldwide accomplishments," LA Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said in a statement.
"We look forward to bringing him to training camp and hopefully having him make an impact on our team."
The LA Lakers has been trawling the bottom of the NBA table for the past few seasons and recently lost their top player, Kobe Bryant, to retirement.
Basketball has a huge following in China, where an estimated 300 million people - the population of the United States - play the sport.
The mainland is a highly-lucrative commercial market for many NBA teams, where stars like Lebron James and Kobe Bryant are household names.
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The Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) aims to slash the amount of pirated content on the internet.
But signatories including Google co-founder Sergey Brin claim it amounts to China-style censorship.
The bill has the backing of Hollywood and the music industry.
Sopa was introduced by Judiciary Committee chairman Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, who said the legislation was designed to "stop the flow of revenue to rogue websites... that profit from selling pirated goods without any legal consequences".
It would give content owners and the US government the power to request court orders to shut down websites associated with piracy.
Sopa aims to stop online ad networks and payment processors from doing business with foreign websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement.
It could stop search engines from linking to the allegedly infringing sites. Domain name registrars could be forced to take down the websites, and internet service providers could be forced to block access to the sites accused of infringing.
A similar law, the Protect IP Act, is making its way through the US Senate.
Critics argue that the proposals are too broad and could lead to the closure of a range of sites.
The latest letter, published in several US newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and the New York Times, reads: "We've all had the good fortune to found internet companies and non-profits in a regulatory climate that promotes entrepreneurship, innovation, the creation of content and free expression online.
"However we're worried that the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act - which started out as well-meaning efforts to control piracy online - will undermine that framework."
The letter said that the legislation would require web services to monitor what users link to or upload.
The bill would also "deny website owners the right to due process" and "give the US government the power to censor the web using techniques similar to those used by China, Malaysia and Iran", the letter goes on.
"We urge Congress to think hard before changing the regulation that underpins the internet... Let's not deny the next generation of entrepreneurs and founders the same opportunities that we all had."
The letter was signed by Twitter co-founders Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams; Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake; Yahoo! co-founders David Filo and Jerry Yang; LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman; YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley; PayPal co-founder Elon Musk; Craigslist founder Craig Newmark; eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.
Another appeal, signed by 83 key internet engineersincluding father of the internet Vint Cerf, has also been sent to Congress.
"We cannot have a free and open internet unless its naming and routing systems sit above the political concerns and objectives of any one government or industry," it reads.
"Censorship of internet infrastructure will inevitably cause network errors and security problems. This is true in China, Iran and other countries that censor the network today; it will be just as true of American censorship."
A group of US politicians is proposing an alternative to Sopa that would see funding cut off to foreign websites accused of copyright infringements in a similar way to how the US ended Wikileaks' commercial operation.
They argue that the International Trade Commission (ITC) should take charge of combating piracy, instead of judges. The ITC would be tasked with reviewing claims of online infringement against foreign website owners, ordering them cut off from funding if the claims prove true.
While the US moves to tighten its copyright laws, the UK is aiming to relax its own.
The Intellectual Property Office has launched a consultation exercise intended, among other things, to allow the ripping of CDs to digital music players.
It follows recommendations from Professor Ian Hargreaves inhis review of intellectual property.
Other plans include allowing data mining of scientific research for non-commercial use and a licensing scheme to make it easier for digital services to gain access to copyrighted works. It also proposes relaxing copyright rules around "parody" videos which are increasingly popular on YouTube.
The move was welcomed by the British Library and watchdog Consumer Focus, but The Publishers' Association said it was concerned that the relaxation could make intellectual property theft easier.
The blaze at Wokefield Park, broke out at about 17:30 GMT in a ground floor linen area and spread to the roof.
The hotel, which features an 18th-Century building and modern executive centre, sits in 250 acres of land featuring a championship golf course.
Twelve fire engines were initially called to the hotel, near Mortimer, but they were scaled back to six at about 23:30, the fire service said.
Up to 100 guests of the hotel, part of the De Vere group, had been evacuated safely, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue group manager Chris Bunyan said.
By midnight, he said the fire had been "fully surrounded and under control".
"There are six fire appliances still on site and crews are damping down and checking for hotspots," Mr Bunyan said.
"About 30 staff in total remain at the scene - I would say they will be there until at least three or four o'clock in the morning, with some there into the daylight hours."
The fire service said the initial fire was centred around a newer building on the site.
A spokesman from the hotel company said: "We can confirm that there has been a fire within a section of Wokefield Park.
"Our priority at this time is the safety of our guests and staff and we are working very closely with the fire brigade who are on site now.
"We will provide further information as it becomes available."
Fire engines that battled the blaze are from Whitley Wood, Dee Road, Caversham Road, Wokingham Road, Bracknell, Wokingham, Ascot and Newbury.
A further four are from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service.
A spokesman for South Central Ambulance said there were no reported casualties.
The hotel's modern executive centre has 222 bedrooms and 30 meeting rooms, along with a pool, gym and sauna.
The historic mansion house has 87 bedrooms, 21 meeting rooms and a restaurant.
The islands are marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Dr John Rae.
He was born in 1813, and later signed up with the Hudson's Bay Company - with the fur trade in Canada at its peak - and charted huge areas of unmapped territory using his surveying skills.
A statue of Dr Rae will be unveiled on the Stromness harbour front.
It was in his search for traces of Capt Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition of 1845 - he and his entire crew perished - that Dr Rae condemned himself to obscurity.
In 1854, he recorded accounts from local Inuits, who said that some of Franklin's crew had resorted to cannibalism in a last desperate effort to stay alive.
He reported his findings in confidence to the British admiralty, but was horrified when they appeared in a newspaper article.
Franklin's widow - and much of Victorian society - was horrified at some of Dr Rae's finding, and his reputation never recovered.
The controversy overshadowed the fact that, during his searches for the Franklin expedition, Dr Rae had mapped out a navigable shipping route linking the north Atlantic to the Pacific.
He died in 1893 in relative obscurity.
Canada's native Cree called him 'Aglooka' - meaning 'he who takes long strides'.
His memorial lies in Orkney's St Magnus Cathedral.
Onyekuru, 20, scored 22 goals for the Belgian top-flight club last season and has been linked with Arsenal, West Ham United and clubs throughout Europe.
However, the player is understood to have had a medical with Everton on Monday.
Onyekuru is expected to be loaned to Anderlecht for the next 12 months to continue his development in Belgium.
He is regarded by Everton director of football Steve Walsh and manager Ronald Koeman as one for the future.
Onyekuru made his senior debut for Nigeria in the 3-0 friendly win over Togo earlier this month.
Everton are also hoping to make a formal announcement soon on their deal for Malaga's Spain Under-21 striker Sandro Ramirez, who has also had a medical and agreed personal terms.
They will pay £5.2m for 21-year-old Sandro, the transfer fee release clause inserted into his contract when he left Barcelona last summer, but official confirmation has been delayed by his involvement in the European Under-21 Championship, where Spain face Italy in the semi-final on Tuesday.
Everton have already signed England Under-21 goalkeeper Jordan Pickford from Sunderland for £30m and Ajax captain Davy Klaassen in a £24m deal.
Toffees boss Koeman and director of football Walsh are now expected to intensify their pursuit of Burnley's £25m-rated England defender Michael Keane and Swansea City's Iceland midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson.
They are also considering a £10m for Burnley striker Andre Gray.
The Tunisian criminal fired on police who asked him for ID during a routine patrol in the Sesto San Giovanni area in the early hours of Friday.
German authorities say fingerprints they provided have confirmed the dead man is Amri. They are trying to find out if he had accomplices.
Monday's attack on a Berlin Christmas market left 12 people dead and 49 injured.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was "relieved" that the attacker had been neutralised but added that terrorism was "a recurring threat to us".
Her government's main priority was to protect German citizens, she told journalists, adding that this case had raised "many questions".
"Further changes to our laws and regulations will have to be made," Mrs Merkel said at a news conference.
But leading Eurosceptics - including French National Front leader Marine Le Pen - have criticised open European borders, a result of the Schengen pact, for allowing a fugitive to move between countries.
Meanwhile, the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group has released a video showing Amri pledging allegiance to its leader, Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi.
He does not make any reference to the Berlin attack, which IS claimed soon afterwards. It is not clear when or where the video was filmed.
Shortly before releasing the video, IS acknowledged Amri's death in Milan.
When Italian police stopped the suspect, who was on foot, at 03:00 (02:00 GMT), he "immediately drew out a gun" and shot at the two policemen, Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti said.
Officer Cristian Movio was injured in the shoulder but his injuries are not life-threatening.
His junior colleague, Luca Scata, who had been in the police for just nine months, was the one who fired the shot which killed Amri.
German officials found Amri's fingerprints inside the truck that was used in Monday evening's attack.
Federal prosecutor Peter Frank said the focus of the criminal investigation into the killings now was to establish whether Amri had had a network of supporters who helped him to plan and carry out the attack or to flee.
Investigators are also trying to establish whether the gun used in the shooting in Milan is the same weapon used to kill the Polish driver of the truck, who was found dead with stab and gun wounds in the cab.
The attack took place at a busy Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the west of the German capital.
According to the Italian news agency Ansa, Anis Amri travelled by train from France to Turin, and then took another train to Milan.
From the central station he travelled on to Sesto San Giovanni, a working-class area.
Amri, a Tunisian national aged 24, had served a prison sentence in Italy after being convicted of vandalism, threats and theft in 2011.
He was known to Italian authorities for his violent behaviour while imprisoned.
After his release he was asked to leave the country. He later arrived in Germany where he applied for asylum in April of this year.
His application was rejected by the German authorities but they were unable to deport him to Tunisia because he had no valid identification papers.
Chancellor Merkel has talked with the Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi about the case.
"I told my Tunisian counterpart that we need to speed up the deportation process," she told reporters.
Anis Amri was named as a suspect in the Berlin attack by German federal prosecutors, and a reward of up to €100,000 (£84,000; $104,000) was offered for information leading to his arrest.
The German authorities issued an alert for Amri on Wednesday after immigration documents identifying him were found in the cab of the lorry used in the deadly attack.
Amri's family had urged him to give himself up, and on Friday his mother criticised Italian and German security officials for not sending him back to Tunisia, where the rest of the family still live, in an interview with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
A spokesman for Germany's interior ministry would not comment on reports in the German media that Amri had been filmed at a mosque in Berlin in the hours after the attack.
Separately, police arrested two people in the German city of Oberhausen on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping centre.
Mr Minitti praised the two police officers who had apprehended Amri, and said the operation showed how Italy's security system was working well.
"As soon as this person entered our country, a fugitive wanted across Europe, we immediately identified him and neutralised him," the minister said.
German Interior Minister Thomas Maiziere said the case again highlighted the importance of close European and transatlantic co-operation in combating terrorism.
The end of the manhunt was not the end of the investigation, he said, as the authorities were still seeking Amri's "network of accomplices".
Mr de Maiziere added: "The terrorist threat facing Germany has not changed, unfortunately it remains high."
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Correction 5 January 2017: An earlier version of this article reported Angela Merkel's warning that Islamist terrorism was "a recurring threat to us". It has since been amended to clarify that she was referring to the "general threat" of terrorism.
A federal judge certified the legal proceedings, Reuters reports, saying investors who claim they lost money could pursue their claims as groups.
Facebook told the BBC that it was disappointed with the decision and it has launched an appeal against it.
The firm's initial public offering (IPO) in May 2012 raised $16bn (£10bn).
The investors say that by purchasing the firm's shares at inflated prices they lost money.
That year, its shares began trading on 18 May in New York at $38 per share, but the price fell to almost half the amount of $17.55 on 4 September.
The price stayed below the IPO price for more than a year, but shares ultimately rebounded and closed up at $107.26 on the Nasdaq index on Tuesday.
District judge Robert Sweet gave the lawsuits class action certification on 11 December, but the order was made public on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
Investors claim that Facebook omitted information about revised revenue projections and the impact that increased mobile usage, at a time when there was little advertising on mobile devices, would have on its revenues.
But Mr Sweet said Facebook provided "an impressive amount of evidence" to indicate that shareholders knew how mobile usage would affect the firm's revenue.
However, he rejected the tech giant's argument that shareholders should pursue their claims individually.
In a 55-page decision, Mr. Sweet said that given the extraordinary size of the case, allowing two subclasses "in fact adds more weight to the predominance of common questions and answers, practically negating the individualized questions raised".
Facebook told the BBC that it believes the class certification is "without merit".
The tech giant also said the decision "conflicts with well-settled Supreme Court and Second Circuit law", and it has already filed an appeal seen by the BBC.
"The suggestion that class members' knowledge might be inferred on a class-wide basis flouts due process," the appeal said.
O'Reilly retired from international duty last year with 231 caps, three Olympic gold medals and victory in the 2015 World Cup.
The 32-year-old has joined from FC Kansas City, having previously played for New Jersey Wildcats, Sky Blue FC and Boston Breakers.
The Gunners won the Women's FA Cup in 2016 and finished third in WSL 1.
O'Reilly, whose contract length has not been disclosed, told Kansas City's club website: "I will have conversations about my potential future in the NWSL when those conversations need to happen."
She made her international debut in March 2002 at the age of 17, is the second American to join a WSL club so far in January, following winger Crystal Dunn's move to Chelsea Ladies from Washington Spirit.
The 21-year-old had recently been on trial with the Championship club and played against them for Cheltenham Town in a pre-season friendly on Monday.
The former Austria Under-19 player made one league appearance for Austrian Bundesliga side Ried before joining German champions Bayern in 2014.
"We'll look to get him a loan," head coach Lee Johnson told City's website.
"There's no compensation for actually playing games. I believe he needs to earn his stripes and previously he's been a training goalkeeper really at a top club."
Speaking after Monday's friendly win, Johnson told BBC Radio Bristol: "He's athletic, he kicks the ball well and it's interesting to take a punt on one like that, because he's got a really good pedigree."
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The Lions play 10 matches on the tour, with the first game taking place at the start of June, just a week after the Premiership and Pro12 finals.
"It is ludicrous they are playing 10 games," Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall told BBC Radio 5 live.
"No-one talks about it, because it's the Lions, and the Lions are special."
Lions chief executive John Feehan said the schedule is the same as 2009 and 2013 in terms of number of games and timing of the opening match.
Do they have to have 10 games? Could they start a week later?"
A number of Saracens players are set to be included in the Lions squad, and McCall is concerned about the physical impact the schedule could have on those involved.
"It's going to be tough, and something that needs to be looked at," he insisted.
Because of the schedule, the Lions will have limited preparation time and will be forced to fly out in separate parties, with those involved in domestic finals travelling to New Zealand in the week of the tour opener.
The third and final Test against the All Blacks takes place on 8 July, when clubs will be starting pre-season training ahead of the 2017-2018 campaign.
The Wasps boss Dai Young - a former Lions prop - agrees that the schedule is incompatible with the oft-stated priority of player welfare.
"It seems a bit dull really to have the first game [on that date], when they know the finals are in place," Young told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I'm a big supporter of the Lions, it's a fantastic thing which I was lucky enough to experience, and it's something that should be kept on.
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"But do they have to have 10 games? Could they start a week later?
"I know what it meant to me as a player, and I'm sure they can give New Zealand a run for their money.
"But if our players are lucky enough to go, what are we going to pick up at the end? Players are going to need a lot of patching up."
Feehan said: "The season structures have been set in place for many years and the period between the end of the domestic/European season and the first tour match is the same as it was in 2009 and 2013.
"Likewise, the number of matches (10 games in New Zealand in 2017) was agreed with Sanzar [governing body of Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship in the southern hemisphere] a long time ago and is the same as the 2009 and 2013 tours.
"Ideally we want as much preparation time as possible but the domestic and European season is complex and we understand the pressures on clubs, provinces and regions who are hugely supportive of the Lions."
2017 British and Irish Lions tour fixtures:
3 June - Provincial union team (Toll Stadium, Whangarei)
7 June - Blues (Eden Park, Auckland)
10 June - Crusaders (AMI Stadium, Christchurch)
13 June - Highlanders (Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin)
17 June - Maori (International Stadium, Rotorua)
20 June - Chiefs (Waikato Stadium, Hamilton)
24 June - New Zealand (First Test, Eden Park, Auckland)
27 June - Hurricanes (Westpac Stadium, Wellington)
1 July - New Zealand (Second Test, Westpac Stadium, Wellington)
8 July - New Zealand (Third Test, Eden Park, Auckland)
Listen to 5 live on Tuesday evening from 1930 BST for a comprehensive preview of the Premiership and Pro 12 seasons. James Haskell and Jamie Roberts are among the studio guests.
Set up 50 years ago, Strawberry Studios in Stockport was one of the few UK recording spaces outside London.
Big names including The Stone Roses, Paul McCartney and The Buzzcocks all recorded there before it shut in 1993.
On Friday, memorabilia from the studio which was co-owned by 10cc, will be on display at Stockport Museum.
Music historian Peter Wadsworth said the exhibition would help people "understand the role Strawberry played in the Manchester music narrative", something he said "has been missing for too long".
Set up in 1967 in a 20ft square room above a record store in the town centre, it was initially called Inter-City Studios.
But after Peter Tattersall bought it for about £500 and Eric Stewart, then a member of the Mindbenders, became a partner, it was renamed Strawberry Recording Studios.
They moved it to a building in nearby Waterloo Road and began to offer technical facilities that were previously unavailable in the north of England.
Backing from 10cc's Graham Gouldman and artist-management firm Kennedy Street Enterprises then turned it into a hub of northern recording until it shut in 1993.
Factory Records producer Martin Hannett later used Strawberry as his studio of choice, paving the way for a new generation of post-punk Manchester music.
"The vision of people like Peter Tattersall and 10cc, who challenged the London dominance of the recording studio industry from their studio in Stockport, deserves to be recognised and remembered," Dr Wadsworth, from the University of Manchester, said.
Strawberry Studios: I Am in Love opens on Friday and will run for a year.
Father Gary Donegan said the threats were made against people accused by some individuals in their communities of "anti-social or criminal activity".
Two men have been shot dead in the city within the last month, while others have been injured in gun attacks.
"The people that perpetrate the crimes are coming out of the shadows to do these things," Fr Donegan said.
"And they disappear back in again."
On Monday night, takeaway deliver driver Dan Murray was murdered after being lured into a part of west Belfast by a bogus call, in what was a third shooting in the city in 24 hours.
Police have said it is too early to comment on a motive for the killing.
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on Wednesday.
And last month, Michael McGibbon was killed in an alleyway shooting close to his north Belfast home.
Fr Donegan, of Holy Cross Church in Ardoyne, said he had been aware of 15 threats in the last few days.
He added: "That's on top of nine previous ones, and there was a mother who came to me whose son was out of the area she came from for 10 weeks.
"The people [making the threats] are saying these people are involved in either alleged anti-social or criminal activity.
"We have, in a civilised society, a way of dealing with that.
"Nothing justifies [murder], no matter what people have been involved in.
"If your way of dealing with alleged anti-social or criminal activity is to shoot the problem away, it's a very strange way of dealing in a civilised society."
Fr Donegan called for those responsible for the threats to speak publicly.
"What I've been saying is: 'Put somebody forward - what exactly do you actually stand for?'"
Under the scheme, migrants will be moved from Italy, Greece and Hungary to other EU countries.
But Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary voted against accepting mandatory quotas.
Czech President Milos Zeman said: "Only the future will show what a mistake this was."
The BBC's Europe correspondent Chris Morris says it is highly unusual for an issue like this - which involves national sovereignty - to be decided by majority vote rather than a unanimous decision.
The scheme to take in migrants appears on the surface to be voluntary, he says, although countries are likely to be given little choice in the matter.
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Under the EU's rules, a country that does not agree with a policy on migration imposed upon it could have the right to appeal to the European Council.
But Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, who chaired the meeting, said he had "no doubt" opposing countries would implement the measures.
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Finland abstained from the vote. Poland, which had originally opposed the proposal, voted for it.
"We felt that it was much better to negotiate, to negotiate all these conditions, which for us are important," Poland's Europe minister, Rafal Trzaskowski, told the BBC.
"We preferred to be an active member of this debate."
The scheme must now be ratified by EU leaders in Brussels on Wednesday.
Source: European Commission
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Under the plan, Hungary will have to take in a share of migrants. Had it not opposed the scheme, it would have been exempt.
Hungary's anti-immigration Prime Minister Viktor Orban could present his own proposals before EU leaders on Wednesday.
The UN refugee agency said the scheme would be insufficient, given the large numbers arriving in Europe.
"A relocation programme alone, at this stage in the crisis, will not be enough to stabilise the situation," , UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said.
The number of those needing relocation will probably have to be revised upwards significantly, she said.
The UN says close to 480,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea this year, and are now reaching European shores at a rate of nearly 6,000 a day.
Criticism is already ringing out from countries that voted against the relocation scheme, but under EU law they are now obliged to take part. It is highly unusual - unprecedented, really - for a majority vote to be used in a situation like this, which involves basic issues of national sovereignty.
But the European Commission says it is determined to enforce what was agreed. What's not yet clear is what will happen if any country simply refuses to comply - and that has certainly been the suggestion from some capitals.
Will financial sanctions be sufficient? It is another sign that this crisis is testing European unity like no other.
After the meeting, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said: "Today is an important building block, but no more than that."
A statement from the European Commission said foreign ministers would now discuss reforms to the Dublin regulation, which demands that migrants register as refugees in the first EU country in which they arrive.
The UK has opted against taking part in the relocation scheme and has its own plan to resettle migrants directly from Syrian refugee camps.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
Converted first-half scores from captain Paul O'Connell and scrum-half Mike Phillips, and three Owen Farrell penalties put them 23-3 up at half-time.
Phillips's second try took the Lions 30-3 clear before Kahn Fotuali'i replied for the Baa-Baas.
But further scores from Jonathan Davies, Alex Cuthbert (two), Dan Lydiate and Alun Wyn Jones completed an underwhelming rout.
In conditions where humidity levels touched a stultifying 94%, it was difficult to read too much into a one-sided, stop-start affair.
But head coach Warren Gatland will have been heartened by the manner in which his Lions debutants acquitted themselves, and the manner in which they persisted for the full 80 minutes.
Their fitness was vastly superior to a flagging Baa-Baas outfit, and despite some rustiness in the first half-hour, the Lions took a reasonable percentage of their try-scoring chances.
A dominant scrum also earned them a string of penalties, while the line-out improved after some early wobbles and the defence was impressively resolute.
Farrell kicked his opening penalty after two minutes, but the England fly-half then enjoyed some uncomfortable moments, a sliced clearance and a kick charged down by his opposite number Nick Evans preceding the first controversial moment of the tour.
Barbarians hooker Schalk Brits took exception to Farrell holding onto his jersey at a ruck and launched a swinging left arm into the Englishman's face. Farrell, unwisely perhaps, responded but fortunately didn't connect.
Referee Steve Walsh, who had initially awarded the Baa-Baas a penalty, reversed it after referral to his television match official, and sent Springbok star Brits to the sin-bin.
But the Lions were unable to profit from their man advantage. Wing Sean Maitland showed good pace to almost reach a kick to the left corner from the lively Davies, but Barbarians full-back Jared Payne just reached it ahead of the New Zealand-born Scot.
The Lions then won a penalty at a scrum 10 metres from the Baa-Baas line, but Farrell pulled it wide.
Instead Wasps centre Elliot Daly landed a superb 45-metre penalty to bring the Baa-Baas level, the cue for the first water break after 16 minutes. "Feeling hot, hot, hot" blared out of the stadium PA, and more drinks followed two minutes later.
"The Lions were made to sweat - profusely - in the energy-sapping conditions, but ultimately it was a job well done and a satisfactory start to the tour. Some tries went begging, but a 51-point margin was ultimately impressive, despite the Barbarians' limitations. Just as importantly, the tourists suffered no further injury setbacks. They are up and running, and the cooler climes of Australia await."
Read Warren Gatland's post-match reaction here
The staccato nature of the contest continued with every scrum in the first half resulting in a free-kick or penalty for the Lions, Farrell kicking the Lions 6-3 ahead from one.
After the impressive Richie Gray's pass just eluded Stuart Hogg metres from the line, and O'Connell cut inside rather than releasing Maitland in space outside him, the Lions got their opening try in the 28th minute.
After a series of pick-and-drives, Phillips appeared to have stretched over. But after the scrum-half was held up by Sergio Parisse, captain O'Connell burrowed through, the try awarded after referral to the television match official.
But minutes later Phillips did get his reward, powering through a gap and holding off Bayonne team-mate Joe Rokocoko's tackle to score.
Farrell converted both tries, and a sweetly struck long-range penalty with the last kick of the half gave the Lions a comfortable 23-3 interval lead.
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The Lions' line-out showed signs of rustiness in the first half, but Richard Hibbard found Lydiate at the tail with a perfect throw on the resumption, and the flanker's tap down saw Phillips dummy and sprint through for his second try.
Justin Tipuric - after a sweet offload from Mako Vunipola - was denied a try by Rokocoko's superb tackle, and the Lions might have scored one of the great tries in their history after a length-of-the-field counter attack, only for Farrell's try-scoring pass to Maitland to be intercepted.
Instead, after a poor pass from Farrell to Davies gave the Baa-Baas a first sniff, Rokocoko stretched his legs, stood up Toby Faletau and released replacement Fotuali'i for a try.
But it was a brief riposte, Davies pouncing for a poacher's try immediately, before Faletau and Jamie Roberts sent Cuthbert racing in for the fifth.
The giant Wales wing celebrated his first outing since 16 March with a second score after a smart break from Irish replacement scrum-half Conor Murray.
Amid a flurry of changes on both sides, James Hook came on for the Barbarians to become only the second player - after Riki Flutey - to play for and against the Lions in the professional era.
But that was just a historical footnote to an occasion lacking in vibrancy and atmosphere, with Lydiate and Jones strolling over for late tries.
The Lions will leave Hong Kong - with some relief, one imagines - on Sunday evening to fly overnight to Perth, where they begin their Australian tour with a match against Western Force on Wednesday.
Lions: Stuart Hogg, Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts , Sean Maitland; Owen Farrell, Mike Phillips; Mako Vunipola, Richard Hibbard, Adam Jones, Richie Gray, Paul O'Connell (capt), Dan Lydiate, Justin Tipuric, Toby Faletau.
Replacements: Tom Youngs (for Hibbard, 43), Cian Healy (for Vunipola, 55), Matt Stevens (for Jones, 55), Alun Wyn Jones (for O'Connell, 29-36, then 62), Jamie Heaslip (for Faletau, 62), Conor Murray (for Phillips 57), Jonathan Sexton (for Farrell, 57), George North (for Roberts, 67).
Barbarians: Jared Payne, Joe Rokocoko, Elliot Daly, Casey Laulala, Takudzwa Ngwenya, Nick Evans, Dimitri Yachvili; Paul James, Schalk Brits, Martin Castrogiovanni, Marco Wentzel, Dean Mumm, Samu Manoa, Sam Jones, Sergio Parisse (capt).
Replacements: Leonardo Ghiraldini (temp for Manoa 10-19, for Brits, 45), Duncan Jones (for James, 58), Andrea Lo Cicero (for Castrogiovanni, 69), Jim Hamilton (for Wentzel, 59), Imanol Harinordoquy (for Jones, 53), Kahn Fotuali'l (for Yachvili, 53), James Hook (for Laulala, 68), Mike Tindall (for Ngwenya, 60).
Referee: Steve Walsh (ARU)
Attendance: 28,643
Prifysgol Caerdydd yw'r unig un o'r wyth prifysgol yn y wlad sy'n gyflogwr cyflog byw.
Mae busnesau a sefydliadau yn medru cael y statws hwnnw drwy dalu isafswm cyflog o £8.45 yr awr - sy'n fwy na'r isafswm statudol.
Dywedodd y corff sy'n cynrychioli addysg uwch, Prifysgolion Cymru, bod nifer o sefydliadau "yn talu cyflogau sydd gyfystyr â'r Cyflog Byw gwirfoddol".
Mae Ms Williams hefyd yn galw am bwyll wrth bennu cyflogau uwch swyddogion y prifysgolion.
Ar hyn o bryd, mae is-ganghellor pob prifysgol yng Nghymru yn ennill dros £200,000 y flwyddyn.
"Dwi'n gobeithio bod prifysgolion yn ystyried rhoi cyflogau da i'w holl staff fel rhan o'u cenhadaeth ddinesig", meddai Ms Williams wrth raglen Sunday Politics BBC Cymru.
"'Dyn ni angen i'r prifysgolion hynny gydnabod cymaint o dda y maen nhw'n gallu ei wneud i'n cenedl ni, Cymru.
"Ie, addysgu pobl, ond hefyd defnyddio eu grym, adnoddau a chyfleusterau i gyfrannu tuag at y genedl gyfan, ac mae talu cyflog byw yn ffordd bwysig o wneud hynny."
Yn ei llythyr blynyddol at Gyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (CCAUC), mae Ms Williams yn galw am "welliant buan" ar gyflogau byw a mwy o bwyll o ran maint cyflogau'r rheiny sy'n ennill fwyaf.
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Prifysgolion Cymru: "Mae gan nifer o brifysgolion Cymru raddau cyflog sydd gyfystyr â'r Cyflog Byw gwirfoddol."
"Bydd cyrff llywodraethu yn teimlo ei bod hi'n bwysig iddyn nhw gadw'r hawl i wneud penderfyniadau am gynyddu costau cyflogau, ynghyd â'r buddion a'r amodau arbennig maen nhw'n eu darparu, sy'n golygu yn aml mai nhw yw'r cyflogwyr mwyaf deniadol yn eu hardal", meddai'r llefarydd.
Dangosodd adroddiad gan CCAUC y llynedd fod cyflogau uchaf prifysgolion Cymru yn "lled debyg" i weddill y DU.
Mewn datganiad, dywedodd y corff: "Rydyn ni wedi cadarnhau gyda [Ms Williams] y byddan ni'n gweithio gyda'r prifysgolion i geisio sicrhau'r gwelliant buan y mae hi eisiau ei weld yn y maes hwn."
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Sources told BBC Sport that discussions between Sharapova's team and the Lawn Tennis Association are under way.
The move has the blessing of outgoing LTA chief executive Michael Downey.
Asked about the issue on Tuesday, Andy Murray said: "They've obviously done what they think is right for that event and maybe haven't thought as much about the wider implications of it."
Sharapova has not played a Wimbledon warm-up event since she reached the final in Birmingham in 2010.
Her presence in the field is likely to boost ticket sales at a tournament that is perpetually overshadowed by the ATP tournament at The Queen's Club in the same week. Tickets are still available for all days of the tournament which runs from 19-25 June.
The LTA will expect criticism for their decision, which appears to have been made purely on commercial grounds.
Britons Murray and Heather Watson are just two players who have expressed their uneasiness about the quantity of wildcards being offered to Sharapova since she returned from a 15-month ban for taking meldonium.
"I've spoken about this at length pretty much for 15 months now," added Murray, speaking after his opening win in Madrid on Tuesday.
"I feel like I've made myself pretty clear how I felt about that. I do think the tournaments clearly are going to do what they think is going to sell the most tickets, give them the most coverage, get the most people into watch.
"I'm sure the LTA saw the coverage that was given to last night's match and was given to Maria's run in Stuttgart as well - the amount of media that were over there covering it - and think that's what's best for the tournament in Birmingham. But I'm sure it split a lot of opinion.
"I'm sure the discussions about whether to give it or not were long and I'm sure there were some disagreements."
Watson, who will receive a wildcard of her own into the Birmingham draw, said during March's Miami Open that from "a moral standpoint you should have to work your way back up if you've been on a ban".
There is unlikely to be swift confirmation that Sharapova will play in Birmingham, where she won the title in both 2004 and 2005. That is because all eyes are currently on Roland Garros, which will announce next Tuesday whether they are to offer Sharapova a wildcard for either qualifying or the main draw of the French Open.
That, in turn, will have implications for how much Sharapova wishes to play on the grass. The five-time Grand Slam champion has already been offered a wildcard into the event in the Dutch town of Rosmalen in the week after the French Open.
Sharapova's participation in the rival Nottingham tournament should not be completely ruled out if she loses early in Paris, or a French Open invitation fails to materialise.
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The All England Club will not meet to finalise their wildcards until 20 June, but despite her second-round defeat by Eugenie Bouchard in Madrid, Sharapova can still gain direct entry into Wimbledon by reaching the semi-finals in Rome next week.
Johanna Konta, Garbine Muguruza, Agnieszka Radwanska and Simona Halep headline the entry list in Birmingham, which will be confirmed later this week.
"We are currently in the process of deciding which players will receive wildcards for our summer season grass court tournaments" an LTA spokesman told the BBC.
"It's a carefully considered process which happens at this time every year. We will announce the names of wild card recipients in due course, before the start of each tournament."
The Crime Survey for England and Wales included the offences for the first time in its annual report, which covered the year to September.
Separate figures recorded by police showed an 8% rise in offences overall.
The Office for National Statistics said crime recording improvements meant the police figures could not reveal trends.
John Flatley, from the ONS, said: "In the past, burglary and theft of vehicles were the high-volume crimes driving trends but their numbers have fallen substantially since then.
"When the crime survey started [35 years ago], fraud was not considered a significant threat and the internet had yet to be invented.
"Today's figures demonstrate how crime has changed, with fraud now the most commonly experienced offence."
Sir Tom Winsor, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales, told the You and Yours programme on BBC Radio 4 that many frauds went undetected and a great deal never got reported to the police.
"The amount of fraud that is taking place now is probably in epidemic proportions," he added. "The police are having to work very, very hard to keep up with even the ones they know about.
"The capability at police forces is quite skeletal and that needs to change and change a great deal."
The National Police Chiefs' Council lead for crime and incident recording, Chief Constable Jeff Farrar, said forces were working with the Home Office, police and crime commissioners, and industry experts to develop new tactics to fight cybercrime.
"The ability to commit crime online demonstrates the need for policing to adapt and transform to tackle these cyber challenges," he said.
There are two broad categories of "computer misuse" crimes:
Des Dillon, who runs a student accommodation company, told BBC Radio 5 live he had become a victim of cybercrime after being tricked into giving away information that led to the loss of £230,000 from his company bank account.
"Over a couple of phone calls, he asked me for various [information], third number, fourth number and ninth letter, that type of thing, and obviously he put it together very quickly," he said.
"We've recouped [over] £100,000, we're outstanding £113,000. We managed to block and recoup the balance and now we're fighting [with the bank] about the other portion of it."
Katy Worobec, director of Financial Fraud Action UK, said banks had managed to stop £6 in every £10 targeted by criminals in the first half of 2016, but that people needed to be aware of the threat.
"While the industry invests in new systems to stop the criminals, fraudsters are increasingly targeting people directly," she said.
"Customers and businesses need to be alert to the threats posed by the continued rise in impersonation scams attempting to trick them out of their personal details and money."
All but one police force - Nottinghamshire - recorded an increase in violent crime last year.
The largest percentage increases were logged by Northumbria Police, up 95%, Durham Police (73%), West Yorkshire Police (48%) and Avon and Somerset Police (45%).
"Violence against a person" offences now include revenge pornography and internet trolling, which the ONS believes contributed towards the 22% rise from last year.
Police recorded 695 homicides in the 12 months to the end of September - 125 more than the previous year.
This included the 96 cases of manslaughter resulting from the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, because the inquest verdicts were returned during the last recording period. Excluding those deaths, there was still a 5% rise in homicides.
The figures for fraud and computer misuse show how behind the curve our statistics have fallen.
It is undeniable that the overall level of crime has been falling across the industrialised world for a quarter of a century, as report after report on our experiences show we are less and less likely to be victims.
However, while traditional crimes such as burglary and theft fall, criminal gangs look for new opportunities by exploiting gaps in online and banking security.
The brutal fact is that nobody knows how big the problem is. It is massively underreported and, outside of London, it is arguable that national policing hasn't yet got the skills or the expert manpower it needs.
A good detective must have the skills to catch a burglar or killer, but very few of them have the skills to analyse screens of information and find criminals who have taken the digital road to a life of crime.
While there was a 23% increase in attempted murders, the ONS said this may have been "influenced" by improved crime recording.
Recorded offences involving a knife or sharp weapon hit their highest level for five years, up 11% up on the previous year to 30,838.
There was a 7% rise in gun crime, which BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said had been mainly driven by an increase in offences involving handguns and shotguns, but added that some of the increase might be accounted for by better firearm identification processes.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said the crime figures were akin to "the warning lights flashing."
Policing minister Brandon Lewis said reforms of the police were "working" and the offences "traditionally" measured by the survey - before the inclusion of fraud and cybercrime - had fallen by 370,000.
Mr Lewis said the government was investing £1.9bn in cybersecurity over five years, adding that the survey helped inform efforts.
"Understanding more about these crimes will help us continue to protect those who are vulnerable," he said.
The duo were forced off inside the first 25 minutes at the KCOM Stadium on Sunday and manager Mike Phelan said "the signs aren't very good".
Keane limped off with a knee injury while Hernandez has a groin problem - both will be assessed on Monday.
"Keane is the worst of the two, it's a case of wait and see," said Phelan.
"They are crazy injuries. There is no reason why, it's just the wrong place at the wrong time."
The injuries took some of the shine off Hull's first Premier League win since 20 August, a result that also spared them the ignominy of losing seven straight league games for the first time in 36 years.
Second-half goals from Robert Snodgrass and Michael Dawson cancelled out Charlie Austin's early penalty for Southampton as Hull signed off before the international break with three much-needed points.
"There's a bit of everything - relief and happiness and concern at the injuries," added Phelan.
"It's a time to enjoy the moment over the next few days and we will kick on again next Monday when everyone comes back."
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Hull began the season with just 13 fit senior squad members, but the return to fitness of several players allied to six new signings late in the transfer window eased their plight.
However, they recently lost Andrew Robertson to a calf injury while fellow full-back Moses Odubajo has suffered a setback in his recovery from a knee injury and will miss a further six months.
With goalkeeper Allan McGregor and defender Alex Bruce still recovering from long-term injuries, the loss of Keane and last season's top scorer Hernandez leaves Hull with just 18 fit recognised senior players - three of those goalkeepers.
Ibrahim Halawa, now 21, was 17 when he was arrested with three of his sisters during a siege at a Cairo mosque.
He has been on hunger strike and has become so weak that jail staff used a wheelchair to bring him to see his relatives last week, his lawyer said.
On Wednesday, his trial was adjourned for the 20th time in almost four years.
In a statement after Wednesday's hearing, his sister, Somaia Halawa, said: "The sad reality is my brother is dying in an Egyptian prison, facing a mass trial, which at this rate will take over 10 years.
"Given Ibrahim's current mental and physical state we don't believe he will be strong enough to survive that delay."
She added: "The flawed trial process and conditions to which Ibrahim has been detained can no longer be accepted."
The family has called on the Irish government to begin legal proceedings against the Egyptian state at the International Court of Justice.
Mr Halawa, who was born and raised in Dublin, is the son of the most senior Muslim cleric in the Republic of Ireland.
Before the latest hearing, Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny said he was "disturbed" by reports that Mr Halawa is in a wheelchair and wanted his health to be assessed "from an Irish medical point of view".
On Sunday, Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan said that after more than three years in custody, the prisoner's spirit had finally been "broken".
Speaking to Irish broadcaster, RTÉ, she said he was being "kept alive" with glucose injections.
Mr Halawa's Belfast-based solicitor, Darragh Mackin, said on Wednesday: "It is inarguably clear that the current trial process does not meet the standards required by international law."
His firm, Kevin Winters Law, intends to lodge a legal opinion with the Irish government within days on how the claim should be lodged.
The trial has been adjourned until 5 April.
For several years, Mr Halawa faced the death penalty if he was found guilty, but in January, President Sisi's told a delegation of Irish politicians he would offer a pardon Mr Halawa once his trial is over.
The Egyptian parliament has previously objected to calls from the Irish parliament to release the Dublin man, saying the request would interfere in the affairs of the Egyptian judiciary.
He had been through a "horrific experience", said Amnesty International, spending 1,313 nights "unjustly incarcerated".
"Amnesty International continues to be gravely concerned for his mental and physical wellbeing," said the charity in a statement.
"We reiterate our call on the Egyptian authorities to drop all charges against Ibrahim and to order his immediate and unconditional release. We also urge the Irish government to continue working on his behalf and to use every means at their disposal to secure his release" .
At the time of their arrests, the Halawas were on family holiday in Egypt.
Their trip coincided with violent anti-government protests in Cairo, staged in support of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
The family were arrested, along with many others, when Egyptian security forces stormed the Al-Fath mosque in August 2013.
Mr Halawa's three sisters were released after about three months and were allowed to return home to Dublin, but he has remained in jail.
They were among a group flown from Athens to Islamabad on Thursday.
Nineteen verified migrants were allowed to disembark while the rest were flown back to Athens, officials said.
Pakistan is one of the top countries of origin of illegal migrants to Europe, according to statistical institute Eurostat.
Islamabad had suspended its agreement with the European Union to accept repatriation of illegal Pakistani migrants, citing misuse.
However, the dispute was settled last week after meetings with the EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos.
The EU's representative office in Pakistan said all those on board had travel documents issued by Pakistani embassies.
But Pakistan's interior ministry said those sent back to Greece had lacked Pakistan-issued identification cards. and thus their nationalities could not be verified.
"Despite having settled all issues with the European Commissioner, Pakistani laws have been violated, which absolutely cannot be allowed," said Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.
Greece has been facing pressure from EU partners to directly deport migrants arriving from Turkey instead of allowing them to move to elsewhere in Europe.
Europe is in the midst of a migrants crisis as hundreds of thousands of people have arrived on its shores, many of them fleeing fighting in Syria.
Shares were buoyed by the energy sector as oil prices recovered from falls.
The Dow Jones rose 75.9 points, or 0.42%, to 18,053.58, while the S&P 500 gained 9.35 points, or 0.45%, to 2,108.95. The Nasdaq added 33.38 points - 0.66% - to 5,104.89.
The rise was despite Commerce Department data showing that US retail sales fell 0.3% in June.
Analysts had not been expecting retail sales to fall, and the figures were the weakest reading since February.
Core sales - which exclude cars, petrol, building materials and food services - also fell, dipping by 0.1%.
Shares in JP Morgan Chase rose 1.4% after the bank reported a 5.2% rise in second-quarter earnings to $6.3bn.
Wells Fargo also rose by 0.9% after it reported second quarter earnings of $5.7bn, unchanged from a year earlier.
News of a nuclear deal between the US and Iran lifted oil prices. The S&P energy sector advanced 0.8%, led by a 0.84% gain in Exxon Mobil.
Gains were broad, with nine of the 10 major S&P 500 sectors ending higher, led by a 1% gain in the healthcare index.
This elderly woman took refuge here last year, in a tarpaulin cabin between the army base and the United Nations peacekeepers' camp.
Ituri saw some of the most intense violence in DR Congo's successive wars, prompting the European Union and then the United Nations to send peacekeeping troops.
Four alleged warlords from Ituri are currently facing trial but despite the valid claims by government and international forces that they have defeated the bulk of Ituri's militias, small groups of gunmen continue to kill and loot in the south of the district.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is holding daily hearings into the trials of three suspected Ituri warlords, after DR Congo sent four prisoners to testify as witnesses in the Hague in March.
The ICC has been trying Thomas Lubanga for the war crime of child soldier conscription.
In another case, Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo are charged with the same offence, as well as crimes against humanity of mass murder, rape and sexual enslavement.
Meanwhile, on 25 March, another trial opened before a military court in Kinshasa.
Gen Jerome Kakwavu, a militia leader who was integrated into the government army as part of a peace deal in 2004, is facing accusations of rape.
Yet another former rebel leader from Ituri, Bosco Ntaganda, is still a general in the Congolese armed forces despite an ICC warrant for his arrest.
Theodore Mukendi, a lawyer representing the victims for the non-governmental organisation Lawyers Without Borders, said the prospect of Gen Kakwavu's trial had encouraged more victims to come forward.
He also worked on the trial of Bernard Kakado last year, which he said was the first one in which a militia leader was jailed for crimes committed in Ituri.
"The opening of this new trial and the ones that are continuing at the International Criminal Court are strong signals that those who have been involved in atrocities in Ituri can expect to be held accountable before their victims and the judiciary," Mr Mukendi said.
Yet the southern part of the district is still not at peace.
Ms Anyasi says that she fled fighting and looting by the militiamen that still roam the hills around Bukiringi.
"I did not even have the time to take food or clothes with me."
Her village remains under threat from attacks by remaining members of the FRPI militia (Forces for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri) - the group formed by Mr Kakado and allegedly led by Gen Katanga.
The FRPI was one of the players in the ethnic conflict that flared up here 10 years ago.
Tens of thousands were killed, many by child soldiers or in cannibalistic rituals.
In June 2003, a French-led European offensive stopped the massacres.
After three months, EU peacekeepers left and gave way to UN and national efforts to disarm the rest of Ituri's rebel groups, which continue to this day.
"The militia is no longer organised in a military way," said Col Fall Sikabwe, the Congolese army commander for operations in Ituri.
"We have been carrying out numerous combat operations and totally destabilised that insurgent organisation. They now operate as small groups of bandits."
During a recent visit to Ituri, the UN's deputy representative in DRC, Fidele Sarassoro, said that the rebels' "operational capacity is virtually wiped out".
Yet he admitted that the bands of remaining guerrillas "still represent a large threat to the population".
"We are continuing joint operations with the Congolese army to finish off those groups," he said.
But UN and Congolese forces alike are stretched over a vast territory and face competing demands from more active flashpoints, such as the Kivu region further south.
When they clear an area of guerrillas, the police do not have enough resources to move in and maintain order.
On 20 April, gunmen killed two government soldiers in Aveba, just 40km (25 miles) from Bukiringi.
According to the UN's humanitarian coordination office, the number of rebel attacks against civilians in southern Ituri has been on the increase since February.
Avezi Abezo, another of the 3,000 displaced people in Bukiringi said: "We don't believe in the purpose of the militiamen."
"Whatever their objective is, we only see them arrive somewhere to wreck havoc and destroy whatever community facilities the population was benefiting from. Up until now, we don't know what their goal is."
Some local sources mention gold mines, but Ituri's main deposits are further north, in areas free of rebel activity.
The area is caught in a grim limbo between war and peace.
"The donors that fund emergency relief are turning away from Ituri while those that fund development projects are not yet convinced of the necessity to move into Ituri because of the lack of stability in some areas and of generalised corruption in the region," said Severine Ramis of the aid agency Save the Children.
Aid workers here say that what Ituri needs is long-term partnerships between government and international agencies to restore education, agriculture and economic networks, as well as a robust strategy to tackle land disputes that often plunge stabilised areas into fresh waves of violence.
But they add that what Ituri has been getting is mostly short-term assistance projects - and unrealistic expectations from its vast oil and gold deposits.
Mixu Paatelianen said his team's performance was "flat" and "unacceptable". That turned out to be merely the prelude to stronger criticism from Tannadice chairman Stephen Thompson.
In a statement that addressed the team having "failed miserably on the pitch", Thompson admitted to mistakes made in the boardroom.
He finished with a withering remark: "The current playing squad now have 13 matches to preserve the club's Premiership status and redeem their own professional reputations."
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The 3-0 home loss was chastening, not least because United seemed to have embarked upon a revival, with two wins and a draw in their three games prior to Motherwell's visit.
It was the moment in the season when Paatelainen's side had to show that they could recover, that resilience and purpose would underpin a revival.
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It fell short - jarringly so for supporters as much as the manager and the chairman - and has left United now feeling as though they are in the last throes of this campaign.
It might already feel lost, although Thompson's strong, blunt words can be read as an attempt to provoke a sudden burst of defiance.
Even so, desperation has invaded every aspect of the club. The boardroom mistakes Thompson admitted to might include not engaging in a more critical overview of the recruitment decisions made in the last two transfer windows.
Supporters inevitably first turn their frustrations on the manager and it seemed as though the opinion of some of the fans had turned implacably against Jackie McNamara before he was relieved of his position last September.
McNamara had endured a disappointing 2015 after the winter transfer window closed with the club selling Gary Mackay-Steven and Stuart Armstrong to Celtic on deadline day.
United played 30 league games under McNamara in 2015, losing 17 of them and winning seven (23%), while his overall record was played 99, lost 39 and won 38.
The team's record in the Premiership under Paatelainen is played 15, lost 10 and won two - a win rate of 13%. When the Finn took charge, United were bottom of the table, but only one point adrift of Partick Thistle. Only 12 points separated United from Hearts in third place.
Now, United are 13 points behind second-bottom Kilmarnock, albeit they have a game in hand. The run of results under Paatelainen has been poor and there has been little sign of any kind of resurgence.
The team was already in wretched form when he succeeded McNamara but Ross County were also bottom when Jim McIntyre was appointed as manager in September 2014 and once the January transfer window closed, he steered his side to 10 victories from their remaining 15 league game and finished ninth - eight points clear of the relegation play-off place.
The comparison is damning for Paatelainen, because it shows that alternative was possible to the growing sense of resignation about the club's fate.
Supporters, in the main, seem to have almost accepted relegation is inevitable, although the inconsistency of all the sides in the bottom half of the Premiership means that nothing can be taken for granted.
There are more fundamental issues to be addressed, though. Thompson has previously been adamant that he sees Paatelainen as the right manager for United in the longer term.
January signings were underwhelming, with only Eiji Kawashima and Guy Demel starting regularly, although it is generally a difficult window to do business in.
In his statement, Thompson says that United have the third-highest wage bill in the top flight, which means that in the space of less than two seasons Hearts have built a squad of better ability and value for money.
That ought to alarm a club that has been established in the top six until this season and has a large playing squad.
There is also the potential financial consequences of relegation for a club that runs at a loss and has been reliant on player sales to counter that.
Thompson's statement admits to failings, by the board and by the team. It also represented a last attempt by the chairman to rebuke the players into a response.
Whatever happens, though, United need to improve their recruitment. Two managers have failed to wring more out of the squad, or improve it across two transfer windows. The legacy of that could be a spell out of the top flight.
The Brighton and Hove Supporters Club (BHASC) and the Gay Football Supporters' Network (GFSN) compiled a dossier detailing abuse.
They submitted the report to the Football Association on Tuesday.
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The report says they have been subjected to some form of homophobic abuse in at least 57% of their matches.
Brighton is well known for having a substantial lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and is often referred to as "the gay capital of Britain".
The report says chants range from "does your boyfriend know you're here", to "you're just a town full of faggots".
A joint-statement from the BHASC and GFSN reads: "It wouldn't be described as 'banter' if the taunts and chants were about skin colour and something would have been done by now to stop it.
"Brighton & Hove Albion Supporters' Club has spent over 15 years trying to get the authorities to take this regular abuse of one club's fans seriously.
"We would like our fans to be able to go to games with kids or their grandparents and not hear much of the stuff we are subjected to - it's our basic human right.
"Our campaigning with the help of the Football Supporters' Federation has led to 'homophobic abuse' being included in the list of unacceptable behaviour in ground regulations, yet many clubs, their stewards and their fans do not seem to know what constitutes 'homophobic abuse'."
The FA stepped up efforts to fight homophobia in football by providing clubs with a toolkit, backed by Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson, in February.
The resource was sent to the 92 clubs in the Premier League and Football League as part of the Football v Homophobia campaign and 29 of the 92 clubs signed up to the scheme in the first month.
The 43-page document carries advice on how to create good relations with the LGBT community.
In addition, all 92 professional clubs last year signed the government's voluntary Sports Charter against homophobia and transphobia.
Former Leeds winger Robbie Rogers told the Guardian this week that remaining in football after publicly declaring your homosexuality is "impossible".
The American also admitted he was concerned by the reaction of opposition fans and the media, adding: "I wouldn't want to deal with the circus. Are people coming to see you because you're gay?"
He has also been secretary and a director at Nethermoor Park, and has overseen the club's rise to the National League from the ninth tier.
Rogerson initially resigned in 2012 but continued as chairman despite moving to Cornwall last year.
Meanwhile, centre-back Elliot Green has signed a new contract keeping him at Guiseley for next season.
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Without the boost from the Uruguayan footballer - which the club invested in eight new players - Liverpool would have broken even for the year.
This compares to a £900,000 profit in the previous 12 months.
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Scott, 30, picked up a second yellow card of the tournament in the 1-0 quarter-final win over France.
"I'm disappointed I can't put myself up for selection," she told BBC Sport.
"But I'm very confident in this team and I know we will carry on this journey on Thursday."
When we play well we are unstoppable.
Manchester City midfielder Scott scored an extra-time winner when England beat Netherlands 2-1 in the Euro 2009 semi-final.
And she played in the 1-0 win over them in Tilburg in November, when Euro 2017 top scorer Jodie Taylor earned the Lionesses victory.
The Dutch, who like England have a 100% record in the tournament, are set to have a sell-out crowd behind them in Enschede, but Scott says her team-mates will cope with the pressure.
England, who are now the highest-ranked team left in the competition, overcame France for the first time in 43 years on Sunday, having lost to them at their three previous major tournaments.
"The win over France was one of the best feelings I've had in football," said Scott, who has played for England for 11 years and has 124 caps. "I'll never describe how I felt after that game.
"This team thrives on pressure. We have done so much work on pressurised situations and when I woke up on Sunday, I knew this team wasn't ready to go home.
"Netherlands have played some exciting football and they deserve to be in the semi-final as much as we do.
"But when we play well we are unstoppable. We said that before the tournament and it's a big statement, but we knocked France out.
"I think we can match Netherlands in all areas and I think the girls would like to play them on Tuesday rather than Thursday. They just want to get back out there."
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On picking up a second yellow card for a foul on Amandine Henry, Scott said she had no regrets but admitted watching the semi-final would be "difficult".
"Coming into the game I knew I was one yellow card away from missing the semi-final but my aim was to help the team get through," she said.
"I'm the type of player who is all or nothing and if I went into the game shying away from tackles then I wouldn't have been able to put in a competitive performance and it is all about the squad.
"I'm not very good at watching games. I'll just try to enjoy it the best I can and learn something about the game and not get involved too much emotionally." | Midfielder Jill Scott is confident England can progress to the Euro 2017 final without her after being suspended for Thursday's semi-final with hosts Netherlands. | 40,781,346 | 587 | 33 | false |
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The pair finished behind Belgium's Lotte Kopecky and Jolien D'Hoore, with Australia third, as women raced in the event for the first time at a Worlds.
"I was nervous because we'd only ridden one each before. We didn't know what to expect," Barker, a double team pursuit world champion, told BBC Sport.
It was GB's fourth medal of the Worlds.
Katie Archibald won omnium gold on Friday, adding to silver for Barker and bronze for Chris Latham in the scratch races.
"I'm not surprised at all by the Belgians winning - they are a madison nation, so hats off to them, they were impressive," said Barker, 22.
Nelson, 20, added: "I'm really happy. That was such an exciting race. I can't wait to do more of them. I think it should be in the Olympic programme."
Australia's team recovered from a crash with about a third of the race to go - Amy Cure knocked into her partner Alexandra Manly - and there was a close call for Barker, too.
She remonstrated angrily with Kopecky after the Belgian came close to tipping her over as she cut in sharply round a bend.
The madison is a mixture of sprinting prowess and endurance - with teams typically picking a specialist in each.
Points are available for the top four places in intermediate sprints - held every 10 laps - with double points on offer at the end of the race.
Teams can also earn points by gaining a lap on the main field.
Women race over 30km (120 laps), while the men's race is 50km (200 laps).
In the men's sprint, 21-year-old Ryan Owens' impressive run at his first Worlds ended with defeat by New Zealand's Ethan Mitchell in the bronze-medal match.
The gold was taken by Denis Dmitriev of Russia, who beat the Netherlands' Harrie Lavreysen.
"It was a tough evening, I'm not going to lie. I've not been beaten like that before, but you have to look at it with some perspective," Owens told BBC Sport.
"Even a year ago if I thought I would be getting fourth in the World Championships I would have taken that and more.
"Two years ago I think I was still at school, so it wasn't even on the horizon. Yeah, I'm happy."
Earlier, in the women's individual pursuit, Archibald - who won Britain's first gold of the championships - missed out on one of four spots for the final by 0.258 seconds.
"I don't feel fantastic, I woke up in agony. Maybe I would have slept better if I hadn't had so many messages," she told BBC Sport.
"I thought I could still give it a good go but I'm pretty disappointed and a bit embarrassed if I'm honest, I put in a lot of work.
"On paper it looks like I've not moved on in two years, so I don't feel so good about that. But it's amazing to have won the omnium world title."
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Chloe Dygert of the United States went on to win gold by beating Ashlee Ankudinoff of Australia into silver, with American Kelly Catlin taking bronze.
Britain's Katy Marchant, 24, was 13th in qualifying for the women's 500m time trial, missing the cut for the final.
That was won by Russia's Daria Shmeleva, with her compatriot Anastasia Voynova - the 2015 and 2016 world champion - third behind Germany's Miriam Welte.
In the men's omnium, 23-year-old Latham, who won bronze in Thursday's scratch race, finished 18th out of 21.
Benjamin Thomas won gold - France's first in Hong Kong - with New Zealand's Aaron Gate taking silver and Albert Torres Barcelo of Spain the bronze.
Double Olympic gold medallist Joanna Rowsell Shand
I was over the moon for Elinor Barker and Emily Nelson - it was a brilliant ride.
Katie Archibald is clearly disappointed but she shouldn't be. The omnium win was fabulous, and she would have had to go really deep again. It was an understandable performance. There are a lot factors you can't control after winning a world title, and that affects your recovery.
For Chris Latham, to already have a World Championship to his name at this stage, that is really impressive, so he shouldn't be too disappointed. | Elinor Barker and Emily Nelson won a historic madison silver for Great Britain at the World Track Cycling Championships in Hong Kong. | 39,609,308 | 1,079 | 31 | false |
The UK is holding its breath, waiting for the results in the coming weeks of the long-delayed Chilcot enquiry into those events.
It is also agonising over whether to join the Americans and others in extending its bombing campaign from Iraq to Syria against the militants of the self-styled Islamic State (IS), whose rise is widely seen as a consequence of the 2003 invasion and the ensuing upheavals.
Since the outset of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the Americans and their Western partners have been mesmerised by the chaos in Iraq as an object lesson for how not to deal with Syria.
That is the overriding reason why they have long tiptoed around the prospect of embroilment in the Syrian affair.
US President Barack Obama was elected specifically on a platform of ending such foreign adventures, not getting caught in yet another one.
It was only with extreme reluctance that he found himself drawn into the air campaigns against IS in both Iraq and Syria, with limited and cautious engagement of advisers and special forces on the ground.
It was all very different back in 2002 and 2003, when the neo-conservatives then in the ascendant in Washington were looking for any pretext to move against Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein, as part of a broader ambition to shape a "new Middle East".
Ahmed Chalabi, who had left Iraq in 1956, at that time headed the umbrella opposition grouping in exile called the Iraqi National Council (INC).
Viscerally dedicated to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, Chalabi found himself point man for an opposition effort to persuade the Americans to invade and rid the country of the feared dictator, having despaired of other methods such as trying to engineer an internal coup.
He found himself knocking on an open door.
If he knowingly misled Washington with dodgy intelligence on Saddam's non-existent weapons of mass destruction and links with international terrorism, he knew that powerful American circles were willingly taking the bait without scrutiny as they prepared for their war of choice.
They were using him, and he was using them.
With the Chilcot conclusions looming, Tony Blair, who led the UK into the Iraq war alongside the Americans, came out recently in a CNN interview with a qualified apology for the fact that the intelligence on which the invasion was based was false and that insufficient thought had been given to what should happen next.
But Chalabi entertained no such misgivings. In conversations late last year, he was still exultant at his own role in triggering the invasion which unseated Saddam Hussein. For him, that was the overarching goal that justified any possible means.
But it was not just the removal of the dictator that plunged Iraq into the chaos which has continued to shake and fragment the country ever since.
In the months that followed, every political and security structure holding the country together was dismantled, including the all-pervasive Baath Party (a process in which Ahmed Chalabi played a role), the army and the intelligence services.
Thousands of highly experienced officers and officials from Saddam Hussein's minority Sunni community were sent home with a burning grudge, setting the scene for the subsequent Sunni-based insurgency, sectarian fragmentation and blood-letting, and the eventual emergence of IS.
IS began in Iraq and later spread to Syria, where it could exploit the chaos and vacuums caused by the civil war to entrench and grow, eventually erupting back into Iraq with the storming of Mosul last year.
Now it is firmly entrenched in both countries, and the prospects for pulling both of them back together as unitary states are daunting, given the degree of fragmentation in both.
That is the spectre haunting the West, as it ponders how to deal with a crisis that has sent millions of refugees into neighbouring countries, and hundreds of thousands flooding into Europe.
Doing nothing may increasingly not be an option. But the fate of Iraq since 2003 underscores the potentially disastrous dangers of ill-conceived meddling. | The unexpected death of Ahmed Chalabi has highlighted the burning issues still haunting the UK and the West, long after the key role he played in manipulating the US-led invasion and overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003. | 34,713,891 | 900 | 51 | false |
But he added the club will strive to keep Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall and defender Bruno Ecuele Manga.
Choo confirmed there had been interest in players the club wants to sell, but warned fans to be patient over new arrivals.
"We could see a lot of movement in the last week of August, when the transfer window is about to close," said Choo.
Cardiff face Birmingham City on Saturday in their first Championship game since the appointment of new head coach Paul Trollope.
But Choo said the team could change considerably before the summer transfer window closes on 31 August.
"Everything is still up in the air," said Choo.
"We have a few targets to go but it really depends on players leaving as well, players who we feel should move on."
Trollope has said Adam Le Fondre and Federico Macheda are free to leave and has told Kagisho Dikgacoi he can seek another club.
"We have interest and we are talking," said Choo.
"They have value in them as well, but we have to look at the best value for the club. We don't sell anyone cheap.
"At this point it is still quite quiet, but you can feel the interest is coming."
Earlier in the summer highly rated keeper Marshall and Gabon centre back Ecuele Manga were the subject of transfer speculation.
Asked whether the club were keen to hold on to those players, Choo said: "We will try, but if a big offer comes in we have to look at it from a business point of view, like everything else."
Cardiff finished eighth in the Championship last season, with Russell Slade removed as manager on the final day.
Choo says the club are targeting promotion this term.
"We are trying to improve from the last two seasons but we are trying to do it progressively," he added.
"Rather than pumping in £15m we are trying to do it in stages and sensibly. Previously things were not so smooth.
"The last few years we have been trying to make more sensible decisions and Vincent Tan (the owner) is taking his time and studying things a lot more. He is learning, since this is his seventh year owning this club.
"Promotion is the target, there is no point being in the play offs without being promoted. No owner in the Championship wants to stay in the Championship - they want to get promoted from this league." | Cardiff City chief executive Ken Choo says the club will consider "big" offers for senior players in August. | 36,976,914 | 518 | 23 | false |
A solitary Spix's Macaw was caught on video flying through trees in the state of Bahia.
Pedro Develey, head of the Brazilian Society for the Conservation of Birds, said he believed it had been freed by a poacher trying to avoid arrest.
A search of the area had just been concluded.
A colony of Spix's Macaw - the breed made famous in the animated "Rio" films - is being bred in Qatar and Brazil plans to reintroduce some of them into the wild.
The latest sighting was made by residents in Curaca, Bahia.
Mr Develey said the news was "amazing".
"You should have seen the joy of the people when I got there, saying the macaw was back," he said.
However, since the initial sighting, the whereabouts of the bird is unknown, the newspaper Estadao de Sao Paulo reported.
Women's number one Williams thrashed Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei 6-1 6-2 while men's top seed Djokovic beat France's Quentin Halys 6-1 6-2 7-6 (7-3).
Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova also made it through safely.
But two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova lost 6-4 6-4 to 21-year-old Australian Daria Gavrilova.
British number ones Andy Murray and Johanna Konta resume their campaigns in the second round on Thursday.
Giant-killing Gavrilova, the world number 39, said she was "just really happy" after her win over Kvitova.
"It was unreal. I was so nervous in the end, you probably could tell," said the Russian-born Australian, who only switched nationality in December.
She now plays France's Kristina Mladenovic on Friday for a place in the fourth round.
Kvitova made 35 unforced errors and was broken five times in the 89-minute contest on Margaret Court Arena.
The Czech joined second seed Simona Halep and eighth seed Venus Williams in suffering a shock early exit.
Federer was rarely troubled by Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov, hitting 39 winners and wrapping up a 6-3 7-5 6-1 victory in an hour and 33 minutes.
The result sets up an intriguing third-round clash with Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who was once considered a potential successor to Federer but has struggled to fulfil his potential.
"It's a tough draw," the Swiss said. "He's got the game to be really dangerous."
Agnieszka Radwanska said her confidence was soaring after she overcame Canada's Eugenie Bouchard 6-4 6-2 to reach the third round.
Bouchard, rebuilding her career after a head injury at last year's US Open, showed glimpses of her old form but could not match the Pole's consistency.
Radwanska, who will play Monica Puig of Puerto Rico in the third round, said: "I'm very happy with my game today because getting Genie in the second round was not an easy match."
Japanese seventh seed Kei Nishikori was another early winner on day three as he beat American Austin Krajicek 6-3 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, and Czech sixth seed Tomas Berdych beat Bosnia and Herzegovina's Mirza Basic 6-4 6-0 6-3.
Australian Nick Kyrgios reached the third round with a 6-4 7-5 7-6 (7-2) win over Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas, after overcoming wardrobe trouble.
The 20-year-old needed to change his shorts midway because his first pair apparently did not have pockets deep enough to hold balls while he was serving.
"Just a bit of a mix-up before the game. I guess it will be fixed by the next round," shrugged the 29th seed, whose next opponent Berdych has reached the last two semi-finals at Melbourne Park.
Kyrgios learnt before his match that he had been fined $3,000 (£2,100) for uttering an obscenity in his first-round win over Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta.
Czech Kristyna Pliskova - twin sister of Karolina Pliskova - served 31 aces, the most aces in a single match in WTA history (the previous record was 27) but still went out in the second round.
The left-hander ended up losing 4-6 7-6(6) 9-7 to Puerto Rico's Monica Puig, who saved five match points before progressing.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga came to the aid of a ball girl in distress during his 7-5 6-1 6-4 win over Omar Jasika of Australia.
The ninth seed said he noticed the ball girl was unwell during the third set of his match so he walked over to see what was wrong.
He put his hand on her back, and she passed Tsonga a ball she was holding. He then looped his arm through hers and escorted her off the court.
"I saw she was in trouble," the Frenchman said. "It was normal to help her out of the stadium. I hope she's OK."
The ball girl was fine, just feeling under the weather, according to tournament organisers.
World number 10 and seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams was given a $5,000 (£3,532) fine for failing to appear at a news conference on Tuesday.
The American, 35, did not fulfil her post-match media commitments after losing in straight sets to Britain's Konta.
Asked whether her elder sister would return to Melbourne in 2017, defending champion Serena Williams said: "I would assume. She's never mentioned anything about not being here."
"I'd say it was pretty mediocre today. It's actually something that I had to add, because I was getting really frustrated losing to my hitting partner all the time." Maria Sharapova reveals the motivation behind her new willingness to play the drop shot after beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-2, 6-1.
"They don't get so excited watching me play yet." Roger Federer on why his twin daughters were reading books rather than watching dad.
"Oh, I don't do those. I'm not good at those. I did when I was younger, and I was terrible at it. I know what I'm good at, and I know things I'm not going to excel at. I'm definitely not going to excel at that shot." Serena Williams will not be attempting a between-the-legs shot any time soon.
Eugenie Bouchard described her lightweight tank dress for the Australian Open as having "red and white stripes like an American flag or something." The Canadian then paused, before saying: "Actually, red and white like Canada, I should say. Whoops!".
"Quentin is new on the tour but definitely today he hasn't been playing like he's been just on the tour for under a year," Novak Djokovic said after beating French 19-year-old Quentin Halys. "He played some great tennis and I want to congratulate him for fighting and especially in the third set."
It also emerged the cause of his death on 22 July in east London has still not been determined.
Opening the inquest, senior coroner for Inner North London Mary Hassell said the full inquest would be held in front of a jury next June.
Mr Charles, 20, died after being apprehended by police in Dalston.
She added the inquest was likely to last "weeks rather than days".
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the circumstances in which Mr Charles died having been chased into a shop by police officers.
The coroner told Mr Charles' family: "I'm sorry that seems a long way away - it is a long way away.
"But it is my experience that when the IPCC is investigating a death like this, it's impossible to have the inquest sooner."
The police watchdog's investigation has so far shown that, after Mr Charles was detained, attempts were made to remove an object from his mouth or throat.
It was later revealed that a package removed from his throat contained a mixture of caffeine and paracetamol.
The inquest opening at Poplar Coroner's Court heard that two post-mortem examinations had been carried out - the second on behalf of Mr Charles' family and the police.
But coroner's officer David Brereton told the hearing that "no medical cause of death has been offered at this time" as results of toxicology and other tests were pending.
He added the London Ambulance Service paramedic who took Mr Charles to hospital noted a "foreign body was found in his airway".
Mr Charles's father Esa, a great-uncle and family friends were in court for the brief hearing.
They left without saying anything although they have previously expressed concern over the "openness and transparency" of the IPCC investigation.
Separately the Met Police has released photos of three people it wants to trace following the violent clashes and criminal damage in east London which followed Mr Charles' death.
The ex-Espanyol coach, 45, met Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu last week as speculation increased that he might take over from Luis Enrique.
However, BBC Sport understands that he is not under consideration for the job.
"I'm an Espanyol supporter - I think then I don't need to speak too much," the Argentine said, highlighting the rivalry with city neighbours Barcelona.
He also played 216 games for Espanyol.
At Thursday's news conference, Pochettino said: "It is like one day if [Spurs chairman] Daniel Levy sacks me in a few years, it would be impossible to manage Arsenal."
Reports say Spurs were aware of the Argentine's meeting with the Barcelona president.
Barca assistant manager Juan Carlos Unzue is favourite with the bookmakers to take over from the departing Enrique, with Athletic Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde also thought to be in contention.
Allegations about the abuse of the penalty points system, raised by two whistlebowers, eventually led to the resignation of the then Garda commissioner Martin Callinan in 2014.
Since then, an alleged smear campaign against one of the whistleblowers, as well as news that almost one million recorded breath tests did not take place and that a separate error caused almost 15,000 wrongful traffic convictions, have resulted in increasing pressure on the current commissioner Noirín O'Sullivan.
Strain shows on Irish police in crisis
An interim report on gardaí terminating penalty points, in many cases for no stated reason, is sent from Garda headquarters to then justice minister justice Alan Shatter. It follows allegations made by two officers described as whistleblowers - former Garda John Wilson and Sgt Maurice McCabe.
Sgt McCabe is ordered to cease using the Garda computer system at Bailieborough in County Cavan after he had looked at files linked to the alleged wiping of driving penalty points of well-connected people by other officers, mainly in 2007 and 2008.
A subsequent internal Garda investigation failed to interview the sergeant.
A report by the public spending watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General, found that the Irish state had lost significant revenue because of irregularities in the penalty points system.
The head of the force, Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan, tells the Dáil's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that he personally finds what Garda whistleblowers have been saying as "quite disgusting".
Sgt Maurice McCabe gives evidence in private to the Dáil PAC about the cancellation of penalty points. The committee finds him to be credible.
Martin Callinan resigns as Garda Commissioner shortly after two cabinet ministers, Eamon Gilmore and Leo Varadkar, call on him to withdraw his comment that Garda whistle-blowers were "disgusting". Deputy Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan succeeds him, initially on an acting basis.
Ireland's Justice Minister Alan Shatter resigns following receipt of a report into allegations made by the whistleblower Sgt McCabe.
The report compiled by the barrister, Sean Guerin SC, criticises the Garda treatment of Sgt McCabe and recommends a Commission of Investigation into the affair. Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald agrees to such an enquiry which carries out its work in private. It's led by the former High Court judge, Kevin O'Higgins.
The O'Higgins report upholds a number of Sgt McCabe's complaints about serious failings and commends him, but also notes he was prone to exaggeration on occasion. He also finds no evidence to substantiate claims of corruption by gardaí. Commissioner O'Sullivan says she "never had regarded Sgt McCabe as malicious". But, despite her public praise, opposition politicians say leaked documents show her lawyers challenged his "credibility and motivation" right to the end. Earlier suggestions of "malice" seem to have been based upon senior Garda officers' reports to the commissioner of their interviews with Sgt McCabe but he was able to debunk their assessment because he had secretly recorded his interviews.
Supt David Taylor, the former head of the Garda press office, makes a "protected disclosure" under whistle-blower protection laws saying that he was directed by senior Garda officers including, Martin Callinan and Nóirín O'Sullivan to blacken Sgt McCabe's name. Commissioner O'Sullivan strongly denied involvement in any campaign of spreading smears. Justice minister Fitzgerald asks retired Judge Iarfhlaith O'Neill to compile a report to her on whether the matter requires further investigation.
Judge O'Neill recommends in an unpublished report that a Commission of Investigation should carry out a private enquiry into who was telling the truth about what Supt Taylor had to say.
February 2017
The Irish government announces that Supreme Court judge, Peter Charleton, will the head the inquiry that will have to look at Commissioner O'Sullivan's mobile phone and text records. She resists calls to stand aside for the duration of the inquiry saying that she was innocent and had done nothing wrong.
It publicly emerges under Dáil privilege that senior Garda officers are accused of spreading a false smear that Sgt McCabe had been linked to a case of child sex abuse. It also emerges that the alleged victim was a daughter of one of the officers disciplined because of Sgt McCabe. It was a false claim with no evidence to support it. RTÉ's Prime Time programme reports that the state's child protection agency, Tusla, had created a file on Sgt McCabe and on his family after an employee copied and pasted an allegation of child sex abuse against someone else into the McCabe file. Tusla says it was an "error".
February 2017
The McCabe family reject apologies and say they intend to sue the state. The government also announces a sworn public inquiry to be headed by Judge Charleton after the McCabe family say they are totally opposed to another private investigation. The announcement is made in the midst of a political crisis that temporarily threatens a general election and seems set to result in Enda Kenny's period as taoiseach coming to an end.
27 February 2017
The Disclosures Tribunal - set up to investigate the alleged smear campaign against Sgt McCabe - opens its first public sitting. Chaired by Supreme Court judge Peter Charleton, it will examine allegations that senior police officers were involved in the smear campaign. The tribunal is scheduled to report in nine months, and provide an interim report to the Irish government in three months.
The Garda publishes a report on financial irregularities at its training college.
The force's internal audit section examined financial transactions over a number of years at the college in Templemore, County Tipperary. Its report revealed that money was being spent on gifts and entertainment, and identified a non-transparent system of accounting.
It emerges that almost one million drink-driving tests recorded by gardaí did not actually take place.
Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin calls for Commissioner O'Sullivan to be replaced after officers admitted to a data "discrepancy". Senior police admit it was likely some of the 937,000 non-existent tests were simply made up by officers.
In addition, they have admitted a separate error that caused almost 15,000 wrongful traffic convictions. About 14,700 people had been prosecuted without a fixed-charge notice first being issued - which was required to bring them before the courts.
Officers now have to appeal all those convictions; have the court-imposed penalties removed; and the state has to cover all costs.
The government announced two investigations into the Garda, while at the same time reaffirming its confidence in Commissioner O'Sullivan.
Appearing before an Irish parliamentary justice committee, Commissioner O'Sullivan acknowledges gardaí may have acted dishonestly by inputting false breath test figures into the force's computer system.
She said gardaí have still not established the reasons why almost one million false breath tests were recorded. Ms O'Sullivan said she apologised "for the grave mistakes and wrongdoing during the last decade that have led to the two controversies we are here today to discuss" - the other being the wrongful traffic convictions.
A few days before the commissioner appeared, Micheal Martin, the leader of the Republic's Fianna Fáil party said Ms O'Sullivan should consider her position.
On 12 April, Sinn Féin is to table a Dail motion of no confidence in Commissioner O'Sullivan's leadership of the force with a vote the following day.
And almost a quarter (23%) of the 1,018 UK adults questioned said they would love to learn a musical instrument.
Half told researchers for the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), they would be willing to take a course to boost their skills.
Learning was "part of who we are", said NIACE chief executive David Hughes.
"This shows how much we all want to learn new things... but it also shows that people need help to take steps to find where and how to learn."
The top 10 skills respondents expressed an interest in acquiring also included learning a language, singing and photography.
Among 25- to 34-year-olds, the proportion interested in taking up a course in their favoured subject rose to 60%.
Mr Hughes said the survey results showed how important it was to encourage people "to take the leap and go for it, whatever their level of education".
"All of the top skills people would love to learn most are about people expressing themselves, who they are, what they stand for," he said.
"The confidence learning those skills brings are crucial for everyone in life and in work."
He said the purpose of the festival was to help make lifelong learning more accessible, with a series of have-a-go events in cities throughout England.
Comedian Joe Pasquale, a supporter of the festival who is currently studying for an Open University natural sciences degree, said his only regret was not doing it earlier.
"I was worried I was too old at first, but I love it," he said.
Chef Rachel Khoo said the best thing about cooking "is anyone can do it and you don't need a big space or all the latest gadgets".
"Once you've learnt the basics you won't look back.
"It's never too late to get cooking."
The NIACE Festival of Learning will run from 1 May, culminating in adult learners' week, from 13 to 19 June.
Seventeen-month old Blue was on a walk with his elderly owner in Bradford when he sniffed out a bag of heart-shaped pills and started eating them.
The owner took the bag and Blue home, but the dog started foaming at the mouth and was rushed to Bradford's pet hospital.
Blue made a full recovery and the incident has been reported to police.
The pet hospital is run by the animal charity PDSA.
Head nurse Miriam Wilson said Blue was in a critical condition when he arrived at hospital.
She said: "He'd collapsed and the toxins were causing organ failure. Life-saving treatment was started straight away.
"He was put on an IV drip and received activated charcoal to absorb the toxins. Without the treatment, he would not have survived the night."
West Yorkshire Police collected the remaining pills and disposed of them.
A selection of photos from across the African continent this week:
It means the disease is not thought to be a significant public health threat to countries outside of those affected in West Africa.
A small cluster of cases are still occurring in Guinea, but Sierra Leone and Liberia have not had any in months.
But experts say countries must remain vigilant for new flare ups of Ebola.
There have been 12 of these to date - the most recent on 17 March in Guinea. The WHO says countries have been able to react to these clusters quickly to contain them.
And all original chains of Ebola transmission have ended in the three West African countries that were plagued by the disease.
Ebola is spread by close physical contact. The virus is carried in bodily fluids - blood, vomit and saliva - which means people who care for the sick are vulnerable to catching the infection.
It has also been detected in the semen of male survivors, and the WHO says national and international efforts must be intensified to ensure such men can have their semen checked to know if they might still be able to spread the infection.
And work must continue on the use of Ebola vaccination for intimate and close contacts of those survivors who still carry the virus, says the WHO.
But there should be no restrictions on travel and trade with Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - any such measures should be lifted immediately, it says.
All 54 sitting SNP MPs will be put forward for election.
Labour said their candidates for the 8 June ballot will be in place by next week, while the Tories vowed to "put their strongest team out on the pitch".
The Lib-Dems have confirmed they will be operating all-female shortlists in a number of target seats.
Scottish Labour have received 150 applications after issuing a call for prospective parliamentary candidates over Twitter.
Speaking on the campaign trail in South Queensferry, party leader Kezia Dugdale said: "Applications have flooded in from across the country to stand in this election, such is the determination of Labour members to work tirelessly to kick Theresa May out of office and elect Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister.
"Labour will run a positive campaign that rejects the divisiveness of the Tories and their plans for a hard Brexit, and the divisiveness of the SNP's plans for a second independence referendum."
The SNP confirmed all their sitting MPs would be on their list but Michelle Thomson and Natalie McGarry, who have had the party whip withdrawn, will not.
Nicola Sturgeon visited a a new development of fully-accessible flats in Stenhousemuir while campaigning for the 4 May local elections.
She promised that SNP councils would build "their share of at least 50,000 new affordable houses across Scotland by March 2021".
Ms Sturgeon said the party would work with housing associations "to ensure at least 35,000 of these are homes for social rent".
"We believe that everyone in Scotland deserves a warm, affordable home," she added.
"That is why SNP councils will commit to three key pledges to ensure everyone has access to a safe home."
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson launched a poster campaign in Edinburgh.
It highlighted the Tories' message of opposition to a second independence referendum, with the slogan: "We said no, we meant it."
Ms Davidson said: "We are going to fight hard in every seat in Scotland at this election.
"That means putting our strongest team out on the pitch."
Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie also hit the poster campaign trail in Dundee.
The party is operating all-female shortlists in a number of target seats, some of which - Edinburgh West included - may be decided over the weekend.
Mr Rennie said: "In Dundee, we have fantastic candidates taking the fight straight towards the SNP in their heartlands and come May we are ready to claim a few scalps.
"The announcement of the general election last week has only added to that and activists in Dundee and around Scotland are relishing the upcoming elections."
The women, all in their 20s, were hit on York Way in Islington at about 04:00 BST on 29 August.
One woman is in a critical condition, the second is in a serious condition while the third is being treated for a leg injury.
A woman, 33, has been arrested in connection with the incident.
The Met said she was arrested after voluntarily walking in to a police station.
One out of every six albums sold around the world was by a British artist, but the money generated for the UK economy dropped from £615m in 2014 to £610m.
The value of live music also fell from £924m to £910m, UK Music said.
However, the total contribution of the UK music business to the British economy remained static, at £4.1bn.
Money earned through publishing and licensing songs to films and advertisements helped make up the shortfall; while the money earned by British producers and recording studios rose from £116m to £119m.
Overall, music industry revenues grew just 0.5% in 2015, falling behind GDP growth.
However, UK Music said the business was "strong" and "resilient", having recorded growth of 17% since 2012, outpacing the economy as a whole.
"There is every sign that the recorded sector will return to growth in 2016," said chairman Andy Heath, pointing to the continued success of Adele's album, as well as increased vinyl sales and higher revenues from streaming services.
The money generated by subscription streaming - from the likes of Spotify, Google Play and Apple Music - leapt by £83m, from £168m to £251m.
UK Music said the figure would be higher if free-to-access sites like YouTube paid fairer rates.
"The revenues from certain ad-funded digital services... effectively devalue our music," said Heath.
"The challenge is to convince all services to properly value the brilliantly gifted music we make available."
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They said it was about the message in support of gay marriage that he had wanted on his cake.
"Now we're being told that we have to promote the message, even if it's against our consciences," Mr McArthur said.
"Other businesses will have to take advice about whether they can refuse orders that conflict with their consciences or whether they have to be coerced as well into promoting other people's views."
But there was nothing in the court's decision requiring Ashers or any other business to promote a view with which the company's directors disagreed.
Ashers can keep within the law and not promote "other people's views" by confining its custom-made service to birthday cakes -- which is what it has said it will do.
A Jewish or Christian shopkeeper is not required to trade on the Sabbath just as a Muslim butcher is not required to sell pork.
But if a business does supply a service, it must not discriminate on grounds of sexual orientation — which means it must not refuse to provide a gay person with goods that it would provide to others.
In this case, said the courts, the correct comparison was not with a straight man who wanted a "gay" cake, which Ashers would have refused.
It was with a gay or straight person who ordered a cake celebrating traditional marriage -- which the company would have supplied.
And, as the appeal judges said, "the fact that a baker provides a cake for a particular team or portrays witches on a Halloween cake does not indicate any support for either."
In the end, the appeal ruling turned out to be surprisingly straightforward.
Had District Judge Brownlie been right as a matter of law to hold that Ashers had discriminated against Mr Lee directly on the grounds of his sexual orientation, contrary to regulations made in 2006?
Yes she had, the appeal judges said.
Had the district judge been right to decide that the regulations were not affected by the McArthur family's rights -- under article 9 of the human rights convention -- to hold and manifest their religious beliefs?
Yes, she had been right about that too.
And had the district judge been wrong to find, without any evidence, that Mr Lee had been perceived by Ashers as a gay man?
That was irrelevant, said the appeal court: Ashers had cancelled Mr Lee's order not because he was perceived as being gay but because the company's directors opposed gay marriage.
It is because the district judge had simply posed a series of questions to the appeal court — what lawyers call an "appeal by way of case stated" — that there may be procedural difficulties in Ashers appealing once more to the UK Supreme Court in London.
One way round these problems might be for the Attorney General of Northern Ireland to seek permission to appeal — either from the court in Belfast or from the Supreme Court itself.
John Larkin QC had argued, unsuccessfully, that the 2006 regulations were discriminatory and therefore unlawful under devolution legislation.
In the end, an appeal may depend on whether the Christian Institute, which has been supporting Ashers, can fund the cost of an appeal — and afford the risk of paying Mr Lee's legal costs if they lose again.
It may also depend on whether the Supreme Court regards this case as having wider implications, not just for people in Northern Ireland but for the rest of the United Kingdom as well.
It is hard to imagine a similar case occurring in any other part of the UK, not just because same-sex marriage is legal in Great Britain but also because it is unusual to find companies operating in the same way as Ashers.
There are plenty of shops and restaurants in Great Britain that sell only kosher or halal food but their religiously-observant owners will normally serve any customer who comes through the door.
That, after all, is what the law requires.
Senegal forward N'Diaye, signed on loan from Villarreal, tapped home unmarked after Simon Mignolet dropped the ball at his feet.
Despite striker Sadio Mane's first start since 2 January, Liverpool failed to force a single save in the first half and were poor throughout.
Hull, who have won all four home games under new manager Marco Silva, sealed victory when Oumar Niasse, on loan from Everton, kept his composure after the Reds defence had been carved open.
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Hull were bottom of the table and three points from safety when former Sporting Lisbon and Olympiakos boss Silva took charge on 5 January.
Fast forward four weeks and the Tigers have a win over Liverpool and a draw at Manchester United, as well as an EFL Cup semi-final home win over United under their belt.
Hull are an organised and well-drilled unit at the back while the arrival of N'Diaye, as well as Poland winger Kamil Grosicki, has provided them with an added threat.
They overcame the loss of captain Michael Dawson, who was injured in the warm-up, to produce their most complete performance so far under Silva.
Hull are 18th in the table - one point from safety - and now have seven points from a possible 12 under Silva's reign.
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With Arsenal losing earlier in the day and Tottenham kicking-off late, Liverpool would have climbed to second in the table with victory.
Yet they ended the day 13 points behind leaders Chelsea. In the last 14 days Jurgen Klopp's side have been knocked out of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup, and seen their hopes of a first league title since 1990 all but vanish for another season.
While Jurgen Klopp remains unbeaten in seven games against the top-six, the German has now seen his side lose to Burnley, Bournemouth, Swansea City and Hull City.
This was as bad as any of them; an abject, disjointed performance sprinkled with individual errors and a lack of cutting edge.
Liverpool's defenders were as much to blame for the first goal despite Mignolet's mistake, leaving N'Diaye completely unmarked when he steered the hosts ahead.
The Reds enjoyed 72% possession but as Klopp said afterwards: "Possession is only good when you create something from it."
Hull manager Marco Silva: "It is a fantastic afternoon for us. Our supporters were fantastic, we need them and they support our team always.
"I am sure in the future we will play better, but at these moments we need to keep our focus and our organisation, because every game it is possible to get valuable points.
"In the Premier League it is fantastic to get clean sheets, to do that against Manchester United and Liverpool is fantastic."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "I don't want to find excuses, it is hard to think of intelligent things to say after a match like this.
"It is not the time to talk about these things [qualifying for the Champions League], we have to show our best and then people can judge us.
"We all know how good we can be, and it's still there, but not if we play like we did in the first half today."
Hull will make the journey to face Arsenal next Saturday (12:30 GMT) with confidence sky high. Liverpool need to find some confidence for their home game with Tottenham on the same day (17:30) in a game which could go a long way to deciding who qualifies for the Champions League.
Match ends, Hull City 2, Liverpool 0.
Second Half ends, Hull City 2, Liverpool 0.
Foul by Lucas Leiva (Liverpool).
Oumar Niasse (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alfred N'Diaye (Hull City).
Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Oumar Niasse (Hull City).
Offside, Liverpool. Sadio Mané tries a through ball, but Roberto Firmino is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Eldin Jakupovic.
Attempt saved. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrea Ranocchia.
Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
Foul by Roberto Firmino (Liverpool).
Oumar Niasse (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alfred N'Diaye (Hull City).
Goal! Hull City 2, Liverpool 0. Oumar Niasse (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Ranocchia with a through ball following a fast break.
Offside, Hull City. Oumar Niasse tries a through ball, but David Meyler is caught offside.
Substitution, Liverpool. Alberto Moreno replaces James Milner.
Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Adam Lallana.
Foul by James Milner (Liverpool).
Oumar Niasse (Hull City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Hull City. David Meyler replaces Kamil Grosicki.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Josh Tymon.
Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Lallana with a headed pass.
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Alfred N'Diaye (Hull City).
Attempt missed. James Milner (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sadio Mané following a set piece situation.
Josh Tymon (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Josh Tymon (Hull City).
Attempt saved. James Milner (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Omar Elabdellaoui.
Substitution, Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge replaces Emre Can.
Attempt missed. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left following a corner.
Attempt blocked. James Milner (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrew Robertson.
Substitution, Hull City. Oumar Niasse replaces Abel Hernández.
Philip Tartaglia, 61, outgoing Bishop of Paisley, will be installed in his new office in September.
He has been no stranger to controversy, however, having recently criticised ministers over anti-bigotry legislation and proposals for same sex marriage.
His 37-years as a clergyman has taken him from Glasgow to Rome and back.
Archbishop-elect Tartaglia was born in Glasgow on 11 January 1951 - the eldest son of Guido and Annita Tartaglia.
He has five sisters and three brothers, one of whom is a priest of the Archdiocese of Glasgow.
After attending St Thomas' Primary in Riddrie, he began his secondary education at St Mungo's Academy before moving to the national junior seminary at St Vincent's College, Langbank.
He later attended St Mary's College, at Blairs, Aberdeen, before completing his ecclesiastical studies at the Pontifical Scots College, and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
Philip Tartaglia was ordained by then Archbishop Thomas Winning in the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Dennistoun, on 30 June 1975.
He then returned to Rome where he completed his ordinary course of studies in 1976 before beginning his research for his Doctorate in Sacred Theology.
In 1978 he was additionally appointed as Dean of Studies at the College in Rome, and was also acting Vice-Rector at that time.
On completing his Doctorate in 1980, he was appointed assistant priest at Our Lady of Lourdes, Cardonald, while at the same time becoming visiting lecturer at St Peter's College, Newlands, Glasgow.
A year later, he was appointed lecturer at St Peter's College, Newlands, becoming director of studies in 1983.
When Chesters College, Bearsden, opened in 1985 he was made vice-rector, becoming rector two years later.
He served in this position until 1993 when he was sent to St Patrick's, Dumbarton, as assistant priest before being appointed parish priest of St Mary's, Duntocher, in 1995.
In 2004, he was appointed Rector of the Pontifical Scots College, Rome.
The following year, after being nominated by Pope Benedict, he was ordained as Bishop of Paisley.
His highest-profile public statement in this role came last year when the Bishop wrote to First Minister Alex Salmond, criticising the Scottish government's stance on anti-bigotry legislation and proposals for same-sex marriage.
In the letter, Celtic fan Bishop Tartaglia, warned against the "hasty introduction of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Bill", following on-field and off-field trouble at a so-called Old Firm "shame game".
He stated that official figures "show conclusively that sectarian criminality is made up predominantly of acts of intolerance and hostility towards Catholics".
The Bishop expressed concern "that the Bill's introduction has served as a distraction from the real nature of sectarianism in Scotland".
His letter also strongly condemned ministers over "plans to dismantle the definition of marriage in Scotland".
It said: "As you will know by now, Scotland's Catholic bishops are dismayed that your government has seen fit to launch a consultation on same sex marriage and declare itself minded to introduce legislation which would permit it."
Bishop Tartaglia warned the first minister that any "commitment to such a course, will, I fear, bring about a serious chill to relations between the Scottish government and the Catholic Bishops' Conference".
He later met Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to discuss his concerns over both issues.
The Archdiocese of Glasgow is the largest of Scotland's eight dioceses with an estimated Catholic population of 200,000. It comprises 95 parishes and is served by 203 priests.
Archbishop-elect Tartaglia will be the eight person to hold the office since the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in Scotland in 1878.
He follows Archbishop Mario Conti and Archbishop Thomas Winning, who later became Cardinal Winning.
On 5 December 1766, young Scotsman James Christie opened the doors of his first sale house, in Pall Mall, London.
His first auction included a pair of sheets, two pillowcases, two chamber pots and four Indian glassworks.
The following year, he held his first of what would be many auctions devoted entirely to pictures.
Jussi Pylkkannen, global president of Christie's International, said its 21st Century auctioneers still have the expertise that enables them to "source outstanding collections and deliver extraordinary sales".
"Ever since James Christie first opened his doors 250 years ago, innovation and passion have driven our business, creating different perspectives of the art market and collecting trends," he said.
Here are 10 landmark sales from the auction house's illustrious past.
The Hamilton Palace sale of 1882 is described by Christie's as "one of the most important house sales of the 19th Century".
The auction took place over 17 days and included furniture made for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
The collection sold for £4,620, which in today's money is about £415,000.
In 1927, a painting of James Christie was sold for 7,200 guineas - the equivalent of £403,000 today.
The 1788 portrait was by British painter Thomas Gainsborough, who was a close friend of the auctioneer.
In 1993, a blue plush-covered "Elliot" teddy bear, manufactured by Steiff in 1908, was auctioned.
It went for £49,500 - triple the pre-sale estimate.
In 1995, a gold-plated Royal Quiet de Luxe portable typewriter, owned by James Bond author Ian Fleming, came up for auction.
The typewriter, produced in 1952, sold for £55,750.
In 2002, the football shirt worn in the 1970 World Cup Final by Edson Arantes do Nascimento - otherwise known as Pelé - was sold at the London auction house.
The distinctive number 10 jersey fetched £157,750 - even though it was only estimated to fetch £30,000 to £50,000.
In 2006, Christie's New York auction house sold the Starship Enterprise-D from the 1987-94 television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
It sold for $576,000, which was the equivalent to £307,600. (Exchange rates have changed since the Brexit vote.)
In 2009, a red and blue laced gold-lacquered Japanese suit of armour was sold at the same venue.
The Honkozane Nimai do Gusoku armour was from the early Edo period (1600-1868).
It fetched $602,500 - equivalent to £362,285.
In 2012, this RML Leyland AEC London Routemaster bus, made in 1966, was sold in London.
It was estimated to fetch up to £30,000, but eventually went for £67,250.
In July 2015, an imperial black felt bicorn campaign hat belonging to French Emperor Napoleon I was sold.
The hat, believed to date back to 1806, fetched £386,500.
In 2015, an Aquascutum royal blue wool crepe suit, worn by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1989, sold at the London auction house.
The fetching power suit fetched £27,500, smashing the pre-auction estimate of £2,000-£3,000.
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After reaching the semi-finals at their first major international tournament for 58 years, Wales have won once in four World Cup qualifying games since.
Chris Coleman's side are third in Group D and face leaders the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Friday.
"There is a long way to go, but of course, the next two games are vitally important," Davies said.
He continued: "There has been no hangover from the Euros. It was always going to be hard to match our efforts from the summer, but as a group we are determined to give it every effort and to push as far as we can.
"It is difficult to say what exactly has been going on in this group, we've put our best foot forward in every game and hopefully our luck will be in going forward and we can pick up a few wins."
After beating Moldova 4-0 in their first qualifier in September of 2016, Wales have gone on to draw against Austria, Georgia and Serbia.
"We are not surprised Ireland are top, they are a good team and it is a good group, any one of us could have been leading at this stage," Davies added.
"We will do what we usually do. We've been in games of massive magnitude, we've been there before."
The historic debate in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia allows the five candidates to outline their vision for Africa.
It is the first time such a debate has been organised by the AU but the actual decision will be made by African heads of state next January.
Current AU chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is stepping down after declining to serve a second four-year term.
The debate gives the candidates the "opportunity to present their various perspectives in the area of leading the continental agenda for the upcoming four years," the AU commission said on its website, which is streaming it live.
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Organisers asked people to send their questions to the candidates using the #MjadalaAfrika hashtag.
Mjadala means debate in Swahili.
The candidates to be the next AU commission chairperson are:
The challenges for the African Union are numerous - civil wars, terrorism, poverty, hunger, unemployment and migration are just some of the issues the aspirants will have to tackle.
They will have a town-hall style debate with a live audience drawn from the AU commission, diplomatic corps, media and some invited guests.
It is also being streamed live as the AU encourages people across the continent and beyond to participate.
It is indeed a historic moment for the continental body, which has hyped this as an opportunity for the candidates "to speak to African citizens".
But how significant will the debate be in finally deciding who takes over the leadership of the African Union?
Not very. Voting is usually done behind closed doors and it will only be the 54 heads of state and government who will cast their ballots. So in essence, they will have the final say.
As in previous elections, the divide between Anglophone and Francophone countries has again emerged, with candidates from Eastern Africa and Western Africa being seen as the top contenders.
This one has all the signs of being a tightly contested election, as it was four years ago when Mrs Dlamini-Zuma won after several rounds.
The candidates and their supporters have been travelling across the continent to lobby for support from member states.
The Kenyan government, for instance, has launched an intensive campaign to canvas for votes for its Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed.
"Kenya is putting a lot of weight into it, it is calling in a lot of favours to get member countries to support her candidacy," Andrew Weir of Africa Confidential magazine, told Germany's Deutsche Welle.
But by tradition, the post rotates between Anglophone and Francophone countries. Mrs Dlamini-Zuma, from English-speaking South Africa, succeeded French-speaking Jean Ping in 2012.
Candidates from French-speaking Chad and Senegal would be in prime position if this principle is observed once more.
Critics have rejected the notion that choosing a successor should be based on a rotational system, saying that the best candidate should be chosen irrespective of their origin.
Christian Willoughby posted several pictures from inside the cell after being locked up for what he described as a "misdemeanour".
He said it was the "ideal place for winding down after a hard day" and said he would "definitely come back".
Humberside Police said it was treating the incident as a serious breach of security.
Mr Willoughby's message said: "I've given this place 4 stars. It's the all day breakfast that lets it down really. Apart from that the staff are pleasant enough."
He posted a number of images including pictures of the toilet, window and a meal.
Asked how he had taken the photos he said he used an iPad.
He added: "Room was nice, the minimalistic idea was a nice touch. It was secure and safe. Quadruple glazing and security door. Ideal place for winding down after a hard day. I'd definitely come back."
The force said it was aware of the pictures "apparently of the Grimsby Custody Suite", saying they "appear to have been taken by a prisoner while in custody on Wednesday, 9 March".
Ch Insp James Glansfield said: "We take any such breach of security and detainee safety extremely seriously and will be carrying out a review of our detainee management to identify any lessons learned and prevent further reoccurrences in the future.
"The force's Professional Standards Branch are investigating the circumstances of the incident."
But the British and Irish Lions coach would not confirm if the incident will affect the England captain's chances of leading the 2017 tour in New Zealand.
"For me it's about picking the squad first and looking afterwards ... who can do a good job and in terms of captain," said Gatland.
Hartley finds out on Wednesday if he can lead England in the Six Nations.
The 30-year-old was dismissed six minutes after coming on as Northampton lost to Leinster in the European Champions' Cup on 9 December.
Hartley will appear at an independent hearing on Wednesday to discover the length of the ban to be imposed.
After leading England unbeaten through 2016, Hartley is regarded as one of the prime candidates for the Lions captaincy.
But he has a history of indiscipline and has served a total of 54 weeks suspension in his career.
Gatland, on secondment from his Wales role with the Lions, said: "Dylan will be incredibly disappointed with being sent off last week.
"Look, he's had a great 12 months, done a great job in captaining and leading England and the success that they've had.
"He'll be disappointed and hopefully he reflects on that and takes his punishment and gets back and has a good Six Nations, and for me after that it's just looking at him and first of all is his form good to be selected [for the tour] and then maybe some of the other things come into consideration."
Stuart Lancaster, now part of the Leinster coaching staff, dropped Hartley from England's 2015 World Cup squad after he head-butted Saracens' Jamie George.
But he was reinstated as captain when Eddie Jones succeeded Lancaster and captained them to the 2016 Six Nations Grand Slam.
Gatland said he understands media interest in the Lions captaincy, but says he is a long way from deciding who will lead the Lions on the field.
"Yes it's an important role," he said.
"I don't mind that edge, but it's important they don't cross the line and with someone like Dylan it's been disappointing and hopefully he reflects on what's happened last week.
"I think Dylan will be more concerned about his ban and getting on the field and playing for England than worrying about [next] June.
"Those things will take care of itself in terms of we'll see what happens over the next few months.
"And let's not get too carried away and not make too much of an issue of it and I'll just sit back and see what happens."
The world's biggest carmaker said net profit rose 14% in the July to September quarter to 611.7bn yen ($5bn; £3.2bn).
Its quarterly sales increased by 8.4% to 7.1tn yen, thanks to a weaker yen.
But despite robust sales in its biggest market of North America, Toyota cut its annual sales target because of slowing sales in Japan and emerging markets.
It now expects to sell 10 million vehicles worldwide in the year to March 2016, down 150,000 vehicles from its previous forecast.
"The auto market especially in developed economies will remain strong, but Asia may not recover as much as we are hoping to see, so we are more cautious on our emerging market forecast," said managing officer Tetsuya Otake.
The lower outlook comes despite Toyota regaining the crown of the world's largest carmaker by sales in the first nine months of this year from Germany's Volkswagen.
Toyota's second quarter operating profit rose 26% to 827.4bn yen. The carmaker has been trying to cut costs and improve productivity at its manufacturing plants as it faces a downturn in many markets.
The company recalled 6.5 million vehicles globally last month over a faulty window switch, which was the latest in a string of recalls for the auto giant.
Philip Spence, 33, was convicted at Southwark Crown Court in October of three counts of attempted murder.
Spence attacked the sisters from the United Arab Emirates at the Cumberland Hotel in Marble Arch on 6 April.
He hit one of his victims with such force that she lost part of her brain and can no longer speak.
Spence, from Harlesden in north-west London, had admitted the attack, but denied attempted murder.
He hit one of his victims, Ohoud Al-Najjar, 34, with such force her skull split open as her nine-year-old nephew cowered under the sheets beside her.
She survived the attack but was left with just 5% brain function, lost sight in one eye and can no longer speak.
Her sisters Khulood, 36, and Fatima, 31, were both left with life threatening injuries and still require medical treatment.
In victim impact statements read to the court, Fatima Al-Najjar said the injuries to Ohoud had left her with a "living dead sister".
Sentencing him to life with a minimum term of 18 years, Judge Anthony Leonard QC said: "It is nothing short of a miracle combined with the finest medical attention that led to Ohoud surviving the attack.
"You used deliberate and gratuitous violence over what was needed to carry out the robbery."
"The ferocity of that attack was such you left one woman so badly injured she will never walk again unaided."
Earlier, prosecutor Simon Mayo QC said: "Spence's intention, as the jury concluded, was to kill them."
He fled the scene with a suitcase containing iPads, gold jewellery and mobile phones. He dumped the claw hammer just outside the hotel in Marble Arch, the court heard.
Mr Mayo said CCTV footage captured Spence on a bus as he examined the stolen items.
"Bearing in mind that less than an hour earlier he had carried out a vicious and sustained attack with a hammer on three defenceless women, his concern appears to have been the profit that he might make from his awful crime, rather than the plight of his unfortunate victims," the prosecutor said.
Judge Leonard said it was relevant that Spence carried out his attack in front of Khulood's three children, aged seven, 10 and 12.
"It is impossible to say what long-term affect this incident will have on the children," the judge said.
"Hardened police officers and paramedics who attended the scene said what they saw was horrendous and the worst they had seen across their careers.
"I'm sure you represent a significant risk to the public of serious harm."
Following the sentencing, Det Ch Insp Andy Chalmers said: "The level of violence Spence chose to use was extraordinary and completely unnecessary for him to steal, as he had set out to do that night."
Spence has 37 convictions for 62 offences going back to 1993 including theft, drug offences, grievous bodily harm, robbery and burglary.
In October, he was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary during the attack.
Neofitos "Thomas" Efremi, 57, from Islington, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary.
He was sentenced to 14 years and told he would serve half of his term before being released on licence.
James Moss, 34, of Hanley Road, north London, who pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods, was sentenced to 21 months, suspended for two years.
Remploy said no acceptable offers had been made for its furniture business, so it will close sites in Blackburn, Sheffield, and Baglan near Port Talbot.
A total of 196 employees now face losing their jobs.
Remploy said a potentially viable bid had been made for its automotive plants in Birmingham, Coventry and Derby.
Negotiations will now be held to complete that purchase as soon as possible.
At the factories now set to be closed, workers will be invited to "at least two individual consultation meetings over the next 30 days to discuss the options and the support that will be available to them".
At Baglan, 54 disabled workers will lose their jobs, at Blackburn 18 will be made redundant, of whom 17 are disabled, and at Sheffield 77 will lose their jobs, of whom 74 are disabled.
In addition, 47 office, sales, and other staff will be made redundant, of whom 15 are disabled.
Commenting on the offers that it received for the furniture business, Remploy said there were a number of guidelines it used.
"The Remploy board has given careful consideration to the bids which were assessed for viability on a series of criteria including continued employment of disabled people, value for money for the taxpayer and the sustainability of the business," it said in a statement
"The board has determined that no viable business bids meeting these criteria were received for the Furniture business and as a result it will close and all its factories will now move to closure."
Last year, the government announced that 27 Remploy factories, which provide employment opportunities for disabled people, were to close.
The closures followed recommendations by an independent review into the way the government spent its disability employment budget.
It recommended that the government should divert funding to supporting individuals, rather than subsidising factory businesses.
The person on the boat reportedly dialled numbers with a Rome prefix and eventually got through to a 67-year-old man in the Marconi district.
The man said the caller had spoken some English and French and the sea could be heard lapping in the background.
Police alerted the coastguard who then launched a rescue mission.
It came as the Italian navy and coastguard said their vessels had rescued more than 1,300 migrants in several operations on Tuesday in the Mediterranean.
So far this year, more than 11,000 migrants have arrived in Italy by sea and about 100 have died making the crossing from the North African coast.
The EU is seeking to limit the numbers reaching Greece via Turkey.
The pensioner told Italian media he had been woken early on Tuesday by the telephone and, despite not being able to understand the caller, had contacted the police as he believed the person was in trouble.
A police officer was at hand when the person called back. The caller, who said he was Sudanese, shouted "we are in trouble" amid the sound of an engine and the wind and the sea in the background, Italy's AGI news agency reports.
Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera says the coastguard later rescued about 600 migrants on a boat and four rubber dinghies close to the coast of Italy.
The number of people risking the perilous crossing from North Africa to Europe is expected to increase as the weather improves, correspondents say.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants have arrived in Italy in recent years, seeking a better life in the West.
The EU and Turkey recently struck an agreement aimed at halting the influx of "irregular migrants" through Greece.
About 144,000 irregular migrants have arrived in Greece this year alone, and more than 360 have died, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Last year, more than one million migrants and refugees, many fleeing war in Syria and Iraq, reached Europe by sea.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
Point of Ayr, near Prestatyn, was the last remaining deep pit in north Wales when it closed in 1996.
Coal was mined from beneath the seabed there for more than 100 years.
The colliery was one of the last to be mechanised and pit ponies were used until 1968, with four underground stables housing around 70 animals.
The average working life of a pit pony was 20 years and they were trained on the surface to get them used to the rattling of chains.
"Driving the ponies" was often the first job given to young miners and many formed close bonds with their pony.
Retired miner Glyn Hughes, from Gronant, said: "My horse's name was Turpin. On my first morning, I went 'gee up horse', and he wouldn't move.
"The old collier said to me 'Glyn, it's no good, they don't understand English. You'll have to learn Welsh and speak Welsh to them.' So that's why I started learning my Welsh. I had to speak Welsh to the pit ponies."
The unveiling of the sculpture - created by local artist Mike Owens, whose own grandfather was a miner - was part of an open day celebrating the history of the colliery.
A £40,500 Heritage Lottery grant has helped fund a project to preserve the mine's legacy, including a miners' trail and circular walk using the Wales Coast Path between Ffynnongroyw and Talacre.
A new app for the trail, with images and audio, was also launched on Sunday.
John Wiltshire, chairman of the Point of Ayr Community Heritage Group, said: "We are all really excited to bring the mine back to life and to educate both local people and visitors about the mine's importance, not just locally but also to the heritage of Wales as a whole."
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke as the EU is poised to consider more sanctions on Russia.
Russia has denied claims by Nato that its forces illegally crossed into Ukraine to support separatists there.
Some 2,600 people have died in fighting between rebels and Ukrainian troops.
The conflict in Ukraine's eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk erupted in April following Russia's annexation of Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula a month before.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed Ukraine for the crisis, comparing its siege of the rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk to the siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany in World War Two.
On Friday, Mr Steinmeier warned that the "already dangerous situation" in Ukraine had now entered "a whole new dimension".
"Our hopes that direct talks between [Ukraine and Russia] would contribute to de-escalating the situation have been disappointed," he said in Milan.
"The border infringements have intensified, and raised concerns that the situation is slipping out of control.
"This needs to stop, especially if we want to avoid direct military confrontation between Ukrainian and Russian military forces."
His sentiments were echoed by other foreign ministers:
Russia could face new restrictions after a summit of the European Union's 28 heads of state in Brussels on Saturday.
The EU and the US have already imposed sanctions against dozens of senior Russian officials, separatist commanders and Russian firms accused of undermining Ukrainian sovereignty.
In late July, the EU also blacklisted some key economic sectors, prompting Russia to retaliate by banning food imports.
Russia's energy minister has warned that the Ukrainian crisis could lead to a disruption of gas supplies to European countries this winter.
Earlier on Friday, Nato held an emergency meeting after releasing satellite images it said showed columns of Russian armed forces inside Ukrainian territory.
Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called on Russia to "take immediate and verifiable steps towards de-escalation".
Mr Rasmussen also indicated Nato could consider Ukraine's application to join the alliance, shortly after Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced he was putting Ukraine on course for Nato membership.
Meanwhile, heavy fighting has continued near the strategic port of Mariupol on the Azov Sea. Rebel forces are trying to capture the city but Ukrainian government troops are digging in.
On Thursday the separatists seized the nearby town of Novoazovsk.
The separatists' advance toward Mariupol has raised fears that the Kremlin might seek to create a land corridor between Russia and Crimea.
Rebels are also reported to have surrounded government soldiers in several places further north, near Donetsk city.
A new UN report found that serious human rights abuses had been committed by rebels and Ukrainian forces.
The abuses include the deliberate targeting and killing of civilians trapped in urban areas or trying to flee the fighting via government-established "safe corridors", the study found.
It said that an average of around 36 people had been killed on a daily basis between 16 July and 17 August.
Federal Judge Sergio Moro said prosecutors' evidence suggested Nestor Cervero spent bribes on an apartment in Rio de Janeiro.
Cervero is the second Petrobras executive to be convicted amid an ongoing investigation.
He was fired in 2014 and arrested in January.
More than 100 people have been indicted and 50 politicians are under investigation for taking bribes.
Paulo Roberto Costa, former Petrobras director of refining and supply, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison last month. He signed a plea bargain agreement with prosecutors and will serve one year, under house arrest.
The authorities have accused former Petrobras executives and a handful of engineering firms of inflating the value of service contracts and banking the excess funds.
Cervero's lawyer, Edson Ribeiro, denied the charges at the time and did not immediately respond to a request for comment, according to the Reuters News agency.
Cervero can still appeal.
Last month Petrobras took a $2bn (£1.3bn) charge for costs related to corruption and published accounts for last year showing an overall loss of $7.2bn.
The company's results also bore an impairment charge of $14.8bn reflecting the decreased value of its assets.
An unannounced inspection found Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust failed to make reports of the X-rays.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) raised concerns of potentially delayed treatments.
The trust said it is commissioning an "independent peer review into radiology services".
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The CQC inspected the radiology departments of the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Kidderminster Hospital on 27 July.
It has not yet published its findings. The trust was rated inadequate by the CQC in December.
Chris Tidman, chief executive of the trust, said it accepted the delays were "unacceptable" and it was using the issue as an "opportunity" to put arrangements in place for "stronger governance" of the radiology team.
"Due to increasing pressures on our radiology department, priority has been given to the more complex scans, such as CT, MRI and ultrasounds, leading to a recent increase," he said.
"As a result, we have now provided increased capacity such that the reports overdue by more than two weeks has now reduced to 6,300, and a plan is in place to clear this backlog by October."
Mitchell, scorer of 19 goals for the County Tyrone club this season, has attracted interest from a number of other Premiership clubs.
Glenavon are favourites to land the 22-year-old but Dungannon say the player has not signed a pre-contract deal.
But McAree accepted Mitchell had just a few months left at Stangmore Park.
"Andrew will be a Dungannon player until the end of the season of the season," said the Swifts manager.
"Next season, though, I expect he will be gone. He is at the stage when it is time for him to test himself at a bigger club and to win some medals."
Glenavon player-manager Gary Hamilton has made no secret of the fact that he is trying to sign the sought-after star.
Mitchell has links with the Mourneview Park, as he comes from Lurgan and is known to be a fan of the club.
"He is a home town player and has supported Glenavon all his life - his father is a steward at the club," said manager Hamilton.
"We have spoken to Andrew, but until everything is done and dusted we cannot speak any more on that. He is a player we would love to have at Glenavon."
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Robert Newsham, 78, was found guilty at Exeter Crown Court of two counts of indecently assaulting the 11 year old.
Judge Phillip Wassall warned he faced "a substantial" jail term.
Newsham previously admitted 10 charges of raping or indecently assaulting another girl and of having 256 indecent images of young girls on his computer.
Newsham, of Attwill Almshouses, Exeter, worked as a coach and bus driver for many years and his work included school runs and taking school parties all over the country, the court heard.
During a two-day trial, the court was told Newsham abused his position to offer the 11-year-old a trip to Disneyland Paris in 1998 and assaulted her at a hotel where they stayed.
Despite dismissing the charges as "ludicrous" and claiming his victim was lying, he was found guilty by a jury within an hour.
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Remanding him in custody, Judge Phillip Wassall said: "You fall to be sentenced for these two indecent assaults and another series of sexual assaults including rape. You will receive a substantial custodial term for these matters."
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It means record cap-holder Gethin Jenkins drops to the bench against the defending champions.
Sam Warburton is selected on the blind-side with Ospreys' Justin Tipuric at open-side and Dan Lydiate on the bench.
Gareth Anscombe starts at full-back, with Cardiff Blues team-mate Tom James preferred to Alex Cuthbert on the wing, almost six years after his last cap.
The team shows four changes from the one which started the World Cup quarter-final against South Africa in October.
There is no place in the match-day squad for Scarlets full-back Liam Williams, who made his return after injury against Connacht last weekend.
Warburton starts in spite of having played only one hour of rugby since November, while James returns to the squad for the first time since November 2010.
Coach Warren Gatland said the decision to pick Evans ahead of the vastly-experienced Jenkins reflected the Scarlet player's good form.
And with British and Irish Lions Jenkins, Lydiate and Cuthbert on the bench, it means the Wales replacements can boast 364 caps between them.
"We are excited by the make-up of the squad, it's very experienced along with one eye looking to the future," said Gatland.
"Rob [Evans] gets a start at loose-head, he's played well for us before and deserves a chance looking ahead to the next few years.
"We have been impressed with Tom James' form for Cardiff Blues and we are excited by the mix of the back-row which has played well together before.
"It's great to see Jonathan [Davies] back and alongside Jamie Roberts, which makes a pretty experienced midfield.
"We have a very experienced bench, with a lot of caps there and hopefully they will come on and make an impact."
Wales team: Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues); George North (Northampton Saints), Jonathan Davies (ASM Clermont), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), Tom James (Cardiff Blues); Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Gareth Davies (Scarlets); Rob Evans (Scarlets), 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), Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Bradley Davies (Wasps), Dan Lydiate (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues), Rhys Priestland (Bath Rugby), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues).
Beattock Station Action Group has joined forces with the regional transport partnership, SWestrans, to commission a feasibility study.
The move follows a meeting with Keith Brown, who was Transport Minister at the time, in September last year.
Beattock station closed in 1972 when the West Coast Main Line was electrified.
The action group hopes to tap into a £30m fund set up by the Scottish government to bring stations back into use.
Supporters claim the station's position, 45 minutes from both Glasgow and Edinburgh, could open up commuter and leisure opportunities and boost the economy of the area.
Findings from the feasibility study are expected to be published early next year.
Taoiseach (prime minster) Enda Kenny said Mr Barry passed away in his home town of Cork surrounded by his family.
Mr Kenny said Mr Barry had given "outstanding service to his country and his native city".
He added that the former Irish foreign minister had played a "central and pivotal role" in negotiating the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Outside politics, Mr Barry was a successful businessman with the family firm, Barry's Tea, serving as chairman of the Cork-based company, which claims to have 40% of the tea market in the Republic.
Irish President Michael D Higgins said Mr Barry would be deeply missed.
"His view of Irish history was a long one and he brought all that wisdom to bear in his contributions to achieving the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985," said Mr Higgins.
"As a person he was immensely popular across all parties and, of course, he had a deep commitment to Cork city and its heritage."
Seamus Mallon, a former deputy leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and ex-deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, also paid a warm tribute to Mr Barry.
"He had a very clear picture of the problems in the north and he had that well-ordered expertise at the negotiating table," Mr Mallon said.
"If you ally that to his great tenacity, I think it adds up to a very substantial reputation for a man."
Former SDLP leader Dr Alasdair McDonnell said Mr Barry had been a "special friend to Northern Ireland during some of the most challenging days of the Troubles".
"Peter towered above his peers in terms of his integrity, sincerity and commitment to ensuring that we could break free from the cycle of political instability and violence," Dr McDonnell added.
"Peter played a massive role in moving the north away from conflict and his personal kindness to all of us that dealt with him will never be forgotten."
The Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed on 15 November 1985 by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
The agreement gave the Republic of Ireland a consultative role in Northern Ireland for the first time, a move opposed by many unionists.
It is credited as the beginning of co-operative talks that would eventually lead to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
Micheál Martin, the leader of the Republic of Ireland's biggest opposition party Fianna Fáil, said Mr Barry had distinguished himself in a number of ministerial roles during his tenure in government.
He also paid tribute to the part Mr Barry played in Anglo Irish relations, saying "at a time of great violence and uncertainty, his role in helping to chart a way forward was critical and his contribution will stand the test of time".
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Ospreys controlled the opening 20 minutes and Nicky Smith rumbled over for a converted try.
Ulster gained a foothold in the game with Jackson's penalty leaving the visitors 7-3 ahead at the break.
Jackson added a penalty but Ulster failed to capitalise on their dominance and an excellent Ospreys defence held out until Jackson's winning kick.
The Welsh visitors were aiming to bounce back from last week's defeat by Leinster and they made the early thrusts at a sun-kissed Kingspan Stadium.
They were rewarded when Smith went over from close range on six minutes and Dan Biggar slotted over the extras.
Ospreys pressed for a second try before the momentum switched to Ulster midway through the first half.
Jackson drifted a penalty wide and Darren Cave fumbled as he charged towards the line.
The gap was narrowed by Jackson but he missed another penalty early in the second half before making it two from four after 50 minutes.
Ulster were boosted by the introduction of classy scrum-half Ruan Pienaar and Ireland wing Tommy Bowe, who was making his first appearance since April following a knee injury.
Ospreys soaked up Ulster pressure with resolute defending and they almost scored a try on the counter-attack on 66 minutes.
Eli Walker raced on to a clever Rhys Webb kick but the wing was denied by Jared Payne's last-ditch tackle.
Ospreys continued to threaten on this rare visit to the Ulster 22, which ended when Biggar dragged a drop-goal attempt wide.
Ulster made a final surge and Jackson made no mistake from a penalty in front of the posts with two minutes left.
Ulster: C Piutau, C Gilroy, J Payne, D Cave, L Ludik, P Jackson, P Marshall; : K McCall, R Best, R Ah You, A O'Connor, F van der Merwe (capt), I Henderson, S Reidy, R Wilson.
Replacements: J Andrew, C Black, R Kane, K Treadwell, R Diack, R Pienaar, B Herron, T Bowe.
Ospreys: D Evans, J Hassler, B John, J Matavesi, E Walker, D Biggar, R Webb; N Smith, S Parry, D Arhip, B Davies, A Wyn Jones (capt), J King, J Tipuric, D Baker.
Replacements: S Baldwin, P James, M Fia, R Thornton, O Cracknell, T Ardron, T Habberfield.
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Footage of the 10 July arrest shows Sandra Bland's car being pulled over for failing to signal and then an ensuing confrontation with the officer.
There are several jumps during the 52-minute film, which has had more than one million views on YouTube.
But Texas authorities say it was not edited and that it will be re-uploaded.
The coroner said the 28-year-old hanged herself in her cell but her family has demanded an independent post-mortem examination.
State officials and the FBI are both investigating her death.
In the video, released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the policeman is seen issuing a ticket and then asking her to stub out her cigarette, which she refuses.
When she refuses to step out of the car, he tries unsuccessfully to pull her out. He then appears to threaten her with a Taser and says the words: "I will light you up."
She gets out of the car and they move out of vision, but the audio suggests the confrontation becomes physical before more officers arrive.
Several breaks in the video were highlighted on social media shortly after the film was released with many using the broken footage to question the entire film's authenticity.
At 25:01 a man is seen walking away from his pick-up truck and out of shot, before reappearing at the door of the vehicle a few seconds later.
Later, at 32:37, a white car comes into shot and then disappears before reappearing a couple of seconds later. The audio doesn't appear to break during this time, with the officer heard discussing the incident.
The same footage of the white car is looped again at 33:04, again with no noticeable break in the audio.
In a statement to The Texas Tribune, DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said the video "has not been edited".
"Some of the video... was affected in the upload and is being addressed. We are working to repost the dashcam video," he added.
The arresting officer, who has been on the force for just over a year, said he was kicked. He has been put on administrative leave.
Texas DPS director Steven McCraw said his officials have "an obligation to exhibit professionalism and be courteous" but that "wasn't the case in this situation".
Authorities also released surveillance video from the jail showing officers responding to Bland's death but it does not show the cell.
Jail Sheriff Glen Smith said his staff checked on Bland less than an hour before she was found dead.
Her death is one of several under scrutiny in the US in which a black person has died while in police custody.
Other high-profile cases, since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson last summer, have sparked protests and sometimes unrest.
On Tuesday prosecutors in Cincinnati, Ohio, said they were probing the fatal shooting of a black motorist by a white police officer who had stopped him over a missing licence plate.
Samuel Dubose apparently refused to co-operate with Officer Ray Tensing, leading to a struggle.
Dubose, 43, was then shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene.
The police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while the investigation continues.
Official figures for the first quarter of 2014 showed sanctions on Employment and Support Allowance claimants were some 4.5 times higher than in the same quarter in 2013 - although the 2014 figure still includes those appealing.
Under the sanctions, benefits can be docked temporarily.
Ministers said they were a last resort.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) was introduced in 2008 to replace incapacity benefit.
It is intended for people who are unable to work due to sickness or disability. Claimants undergo tests, called work capability assessments, before learning whether they are eligible for the payment.
Some of those deemed eligible for the payment are given regular interviews to help them find work, depending on their level of disability.
In the first three months of 2014, there were 15,955 sanctions on ESA claimants, compared with 3,574 in the same period last year.
Only ESA claimants in the work-related activity group, where an adviser assists them with training and skills, can be subject to sanctions, which are handed out for failing to attend a mandatory interview or failing to take part in a work-related activity.
There are 552,000 benefit claimants in the ESA work-related activity group and they receive up to £101.15 a week, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said.
Matt Downie, director of policy and external affairs at Crisis, said: "This is a shocking escalation in the use of sanctions and we are deeply concerned about the impact on people's lives.
"Sanctions are cruel and can leave people utterly destitute - without money even for food and at severe risk of homelessness. It is difficult to see how they are meant to help people prepare for work.
"Our own research has shown that many homeless people face unfair and inappropriate sanctions, often handed out due to errors on the part of the job centre or work programme provider.
"We want the government to commit to an urgent, wide-ranging review looking at the appropriateness and effectiveness of sanctions, especially for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness."
Disability charity Scope said the increase "raises serious questions".
Chief executive Richard Hawkes said: "We back the government's commitment to getting more disabled people into work.
"But such a dramatic increase in the use of sanctions raises serious questions.
"Disabled people are being sanctioned for things like missing interviews with advisers. How often do sanctions take into account the reality of disabled people's lives?
"Interviews with advisers can clash with medical appointments and inaccessible transport can make attendance extremely difficult."
He called for more advisers with specialist understanding of disabled people's conditions and added: "We need a system that works for disabled people, that supports them to find a job they want, and that takes seriously the barriers they face."
A Department for Works and Pensions spokeswoman said: "People who are in a job know that if they don't play by the rules or fail to turn up in the morning, there might be consequences, so it's only right that people on benefits should have similar responsibilities. However, sanctions are used as a last resort."
The sanctions are temporary and the vast majority last for a week, said the DWP, with about 99% of recipients not receiving sanctions.
Claimants can apply for hardship payments, which would allow them to receive 60% of their payment for the duration of the sanction. They are also entitled to part of their ESA benefit which is not affected by sanctions, which is £28.75, the spokeswoman added.
The DWP figures also showed that Jobseekers' Allowance (JSA) claimants had benefits suspended 920,000 times in the year up to March 2014.
A spokeswoman said that around 6% of all JSA claimants receive a sanction, with the most common reason being the benefit claimant failing to actively look for a job.
The Liberal Democrats have said too many benefits claimants are unfairly punished and called for a "yellow card" system.
This proposal, to be included in their general election manifesto, would see jobseekers who breach the terms of their benefits given a warning for a first offence rather than having payments suspended.
Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions Minister Steve Webb said producing a card showing details of the issue would help claimants understand what they had to do to keep receiving payments and seek help from people such as GPs or social workers.
The DWP has agreed a series of reforms to the sanctions system after a Government-commissioned review warned of significant inadequacies in official communications with claimants.
Former civil servant Matthew Oakley said some only discovered their benefits had been stopped when their bank cards were refused at cash machines and recommended that a guide to benefit sanctions must be easily accessible in hard copy and online.
She said women were a resource that Wales could not afford to waste.
Dame Rosemary said it was important women were "not just implementing decisions that men had made".
Ahead of International Women's Day on Sunday, she said she had tried to get women as school governors, magistrates, health board members and politicians.
Speaking to BBC's The Wales Report, the Newport West AM said she agreed with political parties prioritising women, but warned opportunities were being missed.
"When the assembly started in 1999 we had a blank canvas. They were empty seats, so women were not seen to be taking men's seats.
"And I think that we missed the boat as women, that we didn't continue the momentum to try and encourage more women."
The Wales Report with Huw Edwards is on at 22:40 GMT, 4 March, on BBC One Wales.
Among the 67 Britons killed was Gavin Cushny from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
His best friend for the previous 29 years was Joyce Lewis, whom he met at the University of St Andrews, where he was studying classics and philosophy.
Joyce describes the 47-year-old Scot as "very intelligent, very funny, loved arguing, and loved getting out and doing things".
She explains that he actually nearly survived the attack on the World Trade Center.
"Six weeks after 9/11 his body was identified on the second floor of the building, along with some firefighters. He'd been killed by falling masonry.
"So he almost did get out - I think he didn't make it all the way to his floor and sensed that he should turn around and get out the building. He had a fantastic sense of self-preservation."
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Gavin's love for America had seen him move there in 1982, after his graduation. He later became an American citizen.
"He had a lot of American friends at St Andrews and he was very drawn to American people," Joyce said. "He liked their sense of optimism."
Gavin took a maths degree and began working for banks in their computer departments.
In 2000, he began working for Cantor Fitzgerald, a capital markets investment bank based on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center's north tower.
"He called me on 8 September to say he was getting married in October and inviting me to the wedding.
"So he certainly would have been married and he probably would have started a family. He was great with kids, and my own children adored him.
"Gavin would have had a happy family life and would have been a great father.
"I think he would have moved out to the west coast of America. I think it would have given him a sense of freedom. He loved New York, but he was ready to do something new."
Joyce said she could imagine Gavin setting up a business "somewhere like Los Angeles, maybe doing something with computers.
"He'd probably have been a consultant for companies, creating great websites for them. He also took acting classes and he would probably have done more acting."
Joyce says she did not attend his funeral on the Isle of Lewis because she was too upset.
"On the anniversary this year I will feel total sadness and a huge sense of loss. No anger, more like a kind of horrible emptiness that Gavin - who was extraordinary to me but also just a person who wanted to have a great life - died in such an extraordinary global event.
"It's always a day when it only makes sense to think of Gavin and remember him and be glad that I knew him for as long as I did."
Joyce says she will continue her annual ritual this year of leaving flowers in Gavin's memory at the 9/11 memorial at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square in London.
Neil Cudmore died in the north tower of the World Trade Center, having arrived there for a conference which started at 0830 in the Windows on the World restaurant on the tower's top floors. The first aircraft hit at 0846.
The 39-year old, born in Greenwich and raised in Essex, was killed along with his partner, Dinah Webster, 49, who was from Dorset. The couple both worked in publishing for Risk Waters Group.
Neil's father Jim Cudmore, 74, lives in Little Houghton in Northamptonshire. He describes his eldest son as a "gregarious, popular, very social man who loved meeting people".
"One of his lifelong passions was fishing," Jim said. "He fished from a young boy. Wherever he lived, he could escape the pressure of his life by spending time alone on a river.
"He did love the finer things in life, but he also loved a couple of pints in a country pub and long walks in the countryside. He was ambitious and competitive, but he never let it get the better of him and never stopped being a gentleman."
Neil had met Dinah while working for Risk Waters in Hong Kong, where he was posted in 1996. The two were later posted to New York in January 2000, where Neil was the company's marketing director and Dinah its advertising manager.
The company's offices were in the SoHo district, a safe distance away from the twin towers, but the conference appointment on September 11 meant both Neil and Dinah were caught up in the terrorist attack.
They had announced their engagement while working in Las Vegas the week before 9/11.
Jim says that the anger he initially experienced has long since dispersed.
"What anger I did have was not particularly aimed at the terrorists who carried out the attacks - they were merely puppets - but against those who financed them. After all, without funds from likely Middle East sources, the attacks in the USA would not have taken place.
"My emotions are always heightened approaching each 9/11 anniversary and although this year's 10th anniversary is an important landmark it is, in reality, no different to any other.
When thinking about their possible future lives, Jim is certain that Neil and Dinah would have started a family, and probably branched out into a business of their own together.
"Time was against them for having children, as Dinah was in her late 40s - although she already had a daughter, Zoe - and they were talking about adopting a child.
"Neil was desperate to have children, and he loved his nephews and nieces. Any child they had would not have been robbed of love and affection."
Aside from a property in America's Long Island, Neil had already bought a cottage in Dorset, and Jim believes that it "wasn't his plan to work into old age - I think he would have retired back to the UK if an opportunity arose.
"Dorset is where Dinah's mother and father live and Neil would have wanted to return there, with all the opportunities to go fishing in that area."
Neil was not destined to transform his cottage into a family home - but his youngest brother Keith has done just that, moving in some years ago with his wife, who in January of this year gave birth to twins.
"If Neil is able to see all that, he'll be pleased that the cottage is now a family home," Jim said. "He'll be delighted to see his dream fulfilled."
There will be four points, rather than six, on offer for winning the Test, and two for each of the three one-dayers and three Twenty20 internationals.
"The weighting's about right," said Mott.
"Whether you win or lose the Test match, it doesn't really disadvantage or advantage you."
England have won both Ashes series since the multi-format system was brought in, crushing the Southern Stars 12-4 in England in 2013, before winning 10-8 down under early last year.
However, in that series, England won the Test to take a 6-0 lead, which helped them retain the trophy - despite Australia winning two of the three ODIs and two of the three T20 games.
This year's event starts with an ODI in Taunton on Tuesday, 21 July.
Since England triumphed in the Women's Ashes in 2005, they have won or retained the trophy five of the six times it has been contested, but the Australians have come out on top in limited-overs cricket - winning the 2013 World Cup and the last three World Twenty20 tournaments.
"The team's record over the last 10 years speaks for itself, but the one thing that's eluded us is the Ashes," said Mott, whose squad left for the UK on Monday.
"I think 2001 was the last time the team won in England, so there's a lot of payback ready, and the first couple of games will be critical."
However, Southern Stars captain Meg Lanning feels the tourists need to concentrate on their own game, rather than be motivated by retribution for the 2014 series.
"I'm not too sure about 'revenge'. We're just focused on what we can do," she said.
"It's the one thing we haven't been able to win, which the group is very fired up about. We've been able to introduce a couple of new players as well, which is great."
Excitement has been building down under after the announcement by Cricket Australia this week that a Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) will take place in December and January, featuring eight city-based franchise teams aligned with the men's sides.
The WBBL hopes to feature top international players from around the world - as does the Women's Cricket Super League, which will start in England next summer.
BBC Radio will have commentary on all matches of the Women's Ashes series.
The Irish government has worries about how the UK vote will affect the common travel area that preceded both states joining the European Union, the estimated 1bn euros a week in trade between the UK and Ireland, but perhaps most importantly of all about Northern Ireland, the implications for the peace process and whether there will be a hard or soft border.
As of now, nobody knows the answers to the issues raised by those concerns but the government in Dublin says it is difficult to imagine a situation where there will be no border controls on the movement of goods.
But will it be like the past when there were frequent queues on the border?
Hugh McAnulty, whose Warrenpoint-based family coach business dates back to 1819, doesn't think so.
"I can't visualise it because with the computer system they have now they should be able to recognise who is legal and who is not legal, and what should be going across the border," he said.
Looking to the future Mr McAnulty doesn't see major border delays but, as for the past, he doesn't think the British and Northern Ireland authorities have used EU membership at all well for developing the road system.
"Whenever the South were in the EEC, look at the road system they built up, the best motorway system now in the country," he said.
"Our motorway system is till the M1 and parts of the M2. The worst part of it is coming from Belfast to Newry, where the speed limit changes maybe six or seven times. And you're still on dual carriageway.
"We didn't get out of the EEC what we should have got while we were still in it."
The Norwegians, outside the EU, and their Swedish neighbours, inside it, know all about these problems.
There are random customs checks and some video cameras on cross-border roads noting the registrations of ordinary vehicles and trucks.
But Solve Steinhovden, from the Norwegian Embassy in Dublin, says there are special rules for heavy goods vehicles.
"It is compulsory for the drivers of lorries to report to customs offices along the border, there are 10 of those but approximately 70 border crossings. So, it's just a small selection of those.
"There they will have to declare the cargo they are carrying. And if customs officers find anything suspicious with the declaration, they have the right to inspection of the cargo."
The new technology that may help the authorities deal with future customs issues already exists.
Traffic along the M50 motorway used to have to stop at toll plazas but not anymore.
There are cameras in the gantry above monitoring the 135,000 plus vehicles using the road every day.
The images are sent back to a site to see if the user is a registered customer and if payment is not forthcoming then the matter is handed over to those seeking to enforce the system.
Cathal Masterson, head of tolling at Transport Infrastructure Ireland, believes the fewer delays the less the cost to business.
"We use the new technology to reduce the queues at the toll plazas. What we're doing is we're automatically processing those vehicles without those vehicles needing to stop at the old toll plaza.
"There's no reason why that same technology couldn't be used at border crossings and customs points again to allow vehicles to freely move across the border but also to enable the authorities to keep track of those vehicles and make sure they can process them in an efficient way."
Although we don't yet know what Brexit will actually mean and it is still largely speculative, at least some thought has been given as to how the customs issue might be dealt with in future.
Ian Burkhart from Ohio in the US can even move individual fingers to play a guitar-based computer game.
The chip reads brain signals, which are interpreted by a computer. It then precisely stimulates his muscles with electricity to restore movement.
The researchers hope the technology will eventually help millions of people with paralysis, stroke or brain damage.
Ian, 24, was seriously injured in a diving accident nearly six years ago.
The damage to his spinal cord left messages from his brain unable to reach the rest of his body and he was paralysed below the elbows and left unable to walk.
But now he is celebrating the "big shock" of being able to move his hand again after a procedure at Ohio State University.
A sensor was implanted inside his brain to read the activity of hundreds of neurons in his motor cortex.
It then took hours of practice to teach a sophisticated computer program how to understand the myriad signals in his brain.
Ian also wore a stimulating sleeve with 130 electrodes primed to stimulate and contract different muscles in his right arm.
The results, published in the journal Nature, showed he can grasp and move large objects, pour the contents of a glass and even swipe a credit card.
Ian described the early sessions as like seven-hour exams that left him "completely and mentally fatigued and exhausted".
"You really have to break down each part of that motion and think about it in a more concentrated way. For the first 19 years of my life it was something I definitely took for granted."
However, with practice he is learning new movements more quickly.
Ian is now dreaming of regaining the full function of both his hands as "that allows you to be a lot more independent and not have to rely on people for simple day-to-day tasks".
The study marks a significant moment in the field of using computers to bypass spinal cord injuries.
In 2012, a woman used her own thoughts to control a robotic arm, but now patients can control their own body again.
Dr Ali Rezai, the neurosurgeon who implanted the brain chip, said: "We're thrilled that Ian has progressed significantly with this technology.
"This really provides hope, we believe, for many patients in the future as this technology evolves and matures to help people who have disabilities from spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury or stroke to allow them to be more functional and more independent."
One of the big challenges for the field will be to turn the spectacular feats in the laboratory into something that can be used in everyday life.
The approach requires surgery and then there are lots of trailing and bulky cables. It also needs a large computer to perform the complex algorithms to read the brain.
Also Ian's movements are not as deft as natural movement, even if they would have been unthinkable immediately after his accident.
However, the motor cortex has millions of neurons and only a few hundred are being read by the chip. It is hoped improvements in the technology will get closer to restoring true full function.
The approach of electronically bypassing an injury is just one frontier triggering excitement in the field of reversing paralysis.
Cells taken from a patient's nose have been used to repair a patient's spinal cord.
Darek Fidyka, a 40-year-old from Poland, can ride a tricycle after previously being paralysed from the waist down.
Dr Mark Bacon, from the charity Spinal Research, told the BBC: "It is encouraging to see a number of therapeutic options to restore function being explored clinically, but these clinical forays are in their infancy and largely still remain at the level of proof of concept.
"Recent reports of cell and nerve grafts, this research and numerous trials and studies now point to progress.
"Is it time to accept the bar is now set higher? Should we now measure success when we see changes in clinical practice and these proof of concepts end as standards of care?
"I don't think it is too early or unhelpful to think along such lines, even if this some way off."
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The 41-year-old, who was dressed in the Scotland away top and a tartan hat and ginger wig, was seen on TV waving a Saltire and cheering with Uruguay fans.
Mr McConville has been doing charity work in Brazil, donating football strips to children.
He was criticised by some England fans after their team lost 2-1.
Mr McConville is said to have also travelled to South Africa to support Uruguay in the 2010 World Cup.
His brother Damien McConville took to Facebook to share a picture of him.
"The Tartan Army Fan partying with the Uruguayans is Mark McConville who brought lots of fitba strips for weans in the Amazon region," he said.
Another friend, Billy Mclaughlin said: "Mark McConville I just seen you on TV."
Carol Anne Barr said: "Lookin good cousin Mark!"
Some England fans were not amused by the sight of a Scot celebrating their team's defeat and posted their thoughts on social media.
England's 2-1 defeat means Roy Hodgson's men have lost their opening two games and have only a slim chance of qualifying for the knock-out stages of the World Cup.
"The flags are missing from the cars. British newspapers aren't heralding imminent victory. In pubs from Penrith to Plymouth there's a distinct lack of gaiety, optimism and hope.
"I for one couldn't be happier.
"As a Scotsman resident in London, I've come to dread the wildly delusional over-confidence that grips my adopted homeland every time an international football tournament is staged...
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A bomb squad was called after the historic ammunition was uncovered on Folly Beach on Sunday.
Residents nearby were warned that they might hear a small boom as the area is made safe.
The first shots of the civil war were fired at nearby Fort Sumter in 1861.
The cannonballs could not immediately be reached because of rising tides but operatives will get to work when the ocean level drops, Charleston County Sheriff spokesman Eric Watson said.Clay County Sheriff's Office shows a bald eagle wedged in a vehicle near Green Cove Springs, Florida
Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes when Hurricane Matthew approached America's east coast last week.
The storm brought heavy flooding to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina.
Meanwhile, a bald eagle became wedged in the grille of a vehicle in Florida during the storm.
A photo taken by Clay County Sheriff's Office near Green Cove Springs shows the stuck bird.
The eagle was noticed by a passing motorist and freed unharmed.
Officials have confirmed that the cause was a higher than normal level of traffic.
It has been suggested this may have been caused by US citizens exploring their options following Donald Trump's victory.
The tycoon confounded polls predicting he would lose to Hillary Clinton.
"The Government of Canada is committed to secure and reliable IT infrastructure to‎ ensure high-quality services to all users," a spokeswoman told the BBC.
"The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship website became temporarily inaccessible to users as a result of a significant increase in the volume of traffic.
"Shared Services Canada worked through the night and continues to work to resolve the issue to ensure that the website is available for users as soon as possible."
The problem was widely commented about on social media.
The issue is not the only glitch linked to the US elections.
Officials were unable to access Colorado's voter registration database for about half an hour on Tuesday afternoon.
"Clerks can't process mail ballots that need to have the signature verified," tweeted Lynn Bartels, spokeswoman for Colorado's secretary of state, at the time, adding that in-person votes also had to temporarily be treated as being "provisional" while the fault endured.
"Unfortunately our system goes down now and then," she said.
North Carolina's State Board of Elections was also forced to switch from using an electronic voting check-in system to a paper-based one at several of its precincts after experiencing "technical problems".
It later reported a delay in uploading about 93,000 of its voting results before solving the problem.
There were also unverified claims that some machines had switched votes for one candidate for another.
"The machines, you put down a Republican and it registers as a Democrat, and they've had a lot of complaints about that today," Donald Trump told Fox News.
However, officials had blamed earlier reports of such problems on "user error".
Elsewhere, the Verge has reported that a company that had provided a get-out-the-vote telephone and texting service to the Clinton campaign had suffered a cyber-attack causing "brief periods of unavailability".
The news site reported that members of the 4chan chat site had said they had intended to carry out a denial-of-service attack - which involves flooding a target with internet traffic - which might have been responsible.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg has acknowledged "an internal issue" caused its instant messaging tool to stop working for about an hour on Tuesday morning.
The service is used by financial traders and money managers to discuss market-moving events.
The Financial Times reported that users temporarily switched to WhatsApp, but that the fault "frayed nerves" ahead of the election results.
The Spaniard struck from the spot after Blair Spittal felled Sam Nicholson.
The home side finished the game with 10 men as Spittal was shown his second yellow card of the game in stoppage time for another foul on Nicholson.
It was Hearts' first league victory since August, taking Robbie Neilson's side into third place.
The only goal came after 16 minutes, as Nicholson collected the ball on the left wing and cut inside the area, eluding the challenge of John Souttar.
Spittal bundled him to the ground leaving referee Kevin Clancy no option but to point to the spot.
Striker Juanma stepped up and dispatched the ball low into the right-hand corner of Luis Zwick's net.
The home side felt they also had strong claims for a penalty midway through the half, when Hearts' scorer had a tug on the shirt of Ryan McGowan as he attempted to challenge for the ball, but the incident was missed by all of the officials.
Former United player Danny Swanson was proving to be a real thorn in the home defence.
He tested Zwick with a rasping free-kick from 25 yards that the United keeper tipped over the crossbar, before being set-up by Osman Sow, his strike on this occasion smothered by Zwick at the second attempt.
There were very few chances in the second half but the busiest man inside Tannadice was referee Clancy.
In all he showed seven yellow cards during the afternoon in a match that threatened to boil over.
A number of Hearts players were struggling with cramp towards the end of the game with Nicholson, Sow and Jordan McGhee able to finish the match, but Juwon Oshaniwa and Miguel Pallardo having to be replaced.
United piled the pressure on the Hearts goal towards the end of the game but it was a relatively easy afternoon for Neil Alexander who barely had a save to make during the 90 minutes.
Their fate was sealed in the third minute of stoppage time when Spittal was shown his second yellow after tripping Nicholson as he sprinted forward with the ball.
And despite having a couple of long-range free kicks United found the road to goal blocked leaving them rooted at the bottom of the Premiership table.
Match ends, Dundee United 0, Heart of Midlothian 1.
Second Half ends, Dundee United 0, Heart of Midlothian 1.
Attempt missed. Aaron Kuhl (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Ryan McGowan (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Blazej Augustyn (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt saved. Aidan Connolly (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Ryan McGowan (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan McGhee (Heart of Midlothian).
Second yellow card to Blair Spittal (Dundee United) for a bad foul.
Foul by Blair Spittal (Dundee United).
Sam Nicholson (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Dundee United. Conceded by Jordan McGhee.
Blair Spittal (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt missed. John Rankin (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Adam Taggart (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan McGhee (Heart of Midlothian).
Ryan McGowan (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Juanma (Heart of Midlothian).
John Rankin (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Juanma (Heart of Midlothian).
Substitution, Dundee United. Aidan Connolly replaces Scott Fraser.
Ryan McGowan (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Juanma (Heart of Midlothian).
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by John Souttar.
John Rankin (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by John Rankin (Dundee United).
Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mark Durnan (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mark Durnan (Dundee United).
Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Billy McKay (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Morgaro Gomis replaces Miguel Pallardó because of an injury.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Liam Smith replaces Juwon Oshaniwa because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Juanma (Heart of Midlothian) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Miguel Pallardó (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Aaron Kuhl (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Sean Dillon (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Juanma (Heart of Midlothian).
It took off from the Spanish city of Seville at 04:20 GMT on Monday, taking just over 48 hours to make the trip.
The zero-fuel aircraft is now in the home straight of its bid to circumnavigate the globe.
Its final stop is Abu Dhabi, where the challenge began in March 2015. The two pilots sharing flying duties are each taking one more turn at the controls.
Andre Borschberg did the Seville-Cairo stage, soaring over the pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza before landing.
"The final approach to Cairo was a bit tough but I made it," he tweeted.
Bertrand Piccard will complete the challenge by taking Solar Impulse back into the United Arab Emirates in the next few days, depending on the weather.
Towards the end of the flight, it was the first time the plane's battery levels had gone under 30%, mission managers said.
They organised to land in Egypt, where they were greeted by the country's ministers of aviation and energy, in the morning when the winds and temperatures were most favourable.
Before taking off from Seville International Airport, Mr Borschberg said he inevitably felt the emotion of making his last journey in the plane.
"It's meaningful obviously because it's my last flight in this round-the-world epic. I've started to think about it. I'm happy that we get close to the end but also prudent knowing that it is not done yet. I have to stay really focussed."
The penultimate leg crossed seven countries, negotiating some very busy air routes.
The slow-moving plane also had to take account of a number of military operations in the Mediterranean/North Africa region.
For Mr Piccard, reaching Egypt is an important milestone for the project he founded.
It was in the North African nation that he landed 17 years ago in Breitling Orbiter 3 - the first balloon to make a non-stop, round-the-world flight.
"We arrived there with so little fuel left - you know, the propane gas you have to burn in your envelope to stay airborne. I landed there with less than 1% of our reserves, and I was really scared to fall short of gas before the end. And that's when I said I want to fly around the world again but with no fuel," the Swiss adventurer said.
Mr Piccard and Mr Borschberg have been working on the Solar Impulse project for more than a decade.
Their plane is wider than a 747 jumbo jet but weighs just 2.3 tonnes, which poses some unique challenges:
LEG 1: 9 March. Abu Dhabi (UAE) to Muscat (Oman) - 772km; 13 Hours 1 Minute
LEG 2: 10 March. Muscat (Oman) to Ahmedabad (India) - 1,593km; 15 Hours 20 Minutes
LEG 3: 18 March. Ahmedabad (India) to Varanasi (India) - 1,170km; 13 Hours 15 Minutes
LEG 4: 18 March. Varanasi (India) to Mandalay (Myanmar) - 1,536km; 13 Hours 29 Minutes
LEG 5: 29 March. Mandalay (Myanmar) to Chongqing (China) - 1,636km; 20 Hours 29 Minutes
LEG 6: 21 April. Chongqing (China) to Nanjing (China) - 1,384km; 17 Hours 22 Minutes
LEG 7: 30 May. Nanjing (China) to Nagoya (Japan) - 2,942km; 1 Day 20 Hours 9 Minutes
LEG 8: 28 June. Nagoya (Japan) to Kalaeloa, Hawaii (US) - 8,924km; 4 Days 21 Hours 52 Minutes
LEG 9: 21 April. Kalaeloa, Hawaii (US) to Mountain View, California (US) - 4,523km; 2 Days 17 Hours 29 Minutes
LEG 10: 2 May. Mountain View, California (US) to Phoenix, Arizona (US) - 1,199km; 15 Hours 52 Minutes
LEG 11: 12 May. Phoenix, Arizona (US) to Tulsa, Oklahoma (US) - 1,570 km; 18 Hours 10 Minutes
LEG 12: 21 May. Tulsa, Oklahoma (US) to Dayton, Ohio (US) - 1,113 km; 16 Hours 34 Minutes
LEG 13: 25 May. Dayton, Ohio (US) to Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania (US) - 1,044 km; 16 Hours 47 Minutes
LEG 14: 11 June. Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania (US) to New York (US) - 230km; 4 Hours 41 Minutes
LEG 15: 20 June. New York (US) to Seville (Spain)
LEG 16: 11 July. Seville (Spain) to Egypt (Cairo) - 48 Hours 50 Minutes
The event moved to Kinsgton Maurward House near Dorchester, having outgrown the village of Cattistock where it has been held since its inception in 2008.
Despite the rainy conditions, more than 4,000 people attended with participants hurling the locally-made buns in pursuit of a new record.
Organiser Katharine Wright described it as "quirky and unique".
It was set up to raise money for village causes and now incorporates a food festival.
More than 4,000 of the buns were brought in for the throwing, along with other games including knob archery, knob and spoon racing and pin the knob on the Cerne giant.
During the throwing competition, the savoury biscuits must be thrown underarm and one of the competitor's feet must remain on the ground.
Pete Asher threw his bun the furthest in the rainy conditions at 22.70m (74.4ft)
Samuel Chinchen won the children's event, with a throw of 16.04m (52.6ft); while Catrin Vaughn topped the women's contest with a 18.65m (61.2ft) throw.
The record remains held by Dave Phillips with an astounding 29.4m (96ft) throw in 2012.
Ms Wright said: "People come from far and wide. It's grown every year - this is our 10th year so no better time to move to a bigger venue."
But Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry has now introduced 12 scalp cooler machines which can reduce or even prevent hair loss in patients receiving chemotherapy treatment.
The cooler works by pumping a liquid coolant around a silicone cap which the patient wears before, during and after each treatment session.
Emma Hassan was 29 when she was diagnosed with cancer. She found about the scalp cooler but it wasn't available in Northern Ireland.
With the help of a charity Emma was able to secure scalp coolers not only for her own treatment but for others as well.
"Being able to go out and face the world knowing that I didn't look like a sick cancer patient, but a survivor, helped me.
"Especially being a woman, and a young woman your hair represents your femininity and your identity, it's a lot more than just a physical feature.
'Postcode lottery'
"I just thought if this can make my journey easier I wanted to use it, not only that but to bring the opportunity for everyone to use it if they wanted to.
"I have to say being able to retain my hair was instrumental during my treatment and recovery."
Claire Beare from breast cancer charity Walk the Walk said bringing the scalp cooler to Northern Ireland highlighted the postcode lottery of treatments.
"What we want to do is make this treatment available to anyone that wants it, so when Emma contacted us and said it wasn't available in Northern Ireland we arranged for it to happen.
"We feel that anyone who wants the treatment should be entitled to have it," Ms Beare added.
The cooling cap works by reducing the blood flow and chemotherapy agent to hair follicles.
Una Cardin, who is in charge of chemotherapy treatment at Altnagelvin Hospital, said the scalp cooler is not suitable for all cancer patients.
"It really depends on the type of cancer you have and the type of treatment you are receiving.
"So when a patient comes to the clinic and their treatment options are discussed that's when the scalp cooler is offered to the patient, if it will benefit them and if it is safe for them to use."
The 12 scalp coolers at Altnagelvin Hospital are available for patients in Northern Ireland for the first time.
Welfare changes introduced across the UK on 6 April limit tax credits to the first two children in a family.
But an additional clause means mothers who have a third child as a result of rape can be exempted so long as evidence is provided.
Critics argue it is wrong to "force" women to prove they have been raped.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, who is also Scotland's first minister, has called the clause an "abomination".
And Kezia Dugdale, the Scottish Labour leader, has said that Ms Davidson would have to "defend the rape clause every single day of the general election campaign".
The Conservatives have accused opposition parties of spreading misinformation about how the clause works.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Emma Barnett, Ms Davidson said she would be willing to examine whether there were "better ways of doing it" if it was felt to be necessary.
She said: "I think that it's right that child tax credits are limited to the first two children.
"I also think that it's right that if you are going to have that limit, that you have exceptions in exceptional cases.
"In terms of how that works on the ground, if there are issues with that, then I am completely open - if there are better ways of doing it - to reviewing that."
Ms Davidson said that the verification system the rape clause is based on is one that "already works elsewhere and had broad support elsewhere".
She added: "If there is an issue with how that's done - and we don't know yet, because it's only just coming in - then let's review that."
In previous interviews, Ms Davidson has defended the operation of the system, telling the BBC: "All they have to do is write their name.
"A third-party professional does everything else for them. I think some of the misinformation that has been put out about this is really deeply damaging. I think it scares people."
Ruth Davidson's talk of "reviewing" the operation of the so-called rape clause is not a change in her position.
She continues to support the two child limit on tax credits. And she continues to support an exception for women who conceive a third child as a result of rape.
In a Holyrood debate, Ms Davidson committed to "monitor how the policy works on the ground", and she has previously told the BBC: "If we can do it more sensitively, then let's look at how we do that".
In her Five live interview, she said: "I am completely open - if there are better ways of doing it - to reviewing that".
She's not in a position to announce a review. She's not even calling for one - just reminding us that she's not against improving the administration of the policy, if that can be done.
Responding to Ms Davidson's latest comments, Ms Sturgeon said: "I don't think you can operate the rape clause in any way that is acceptable because it's wrong in principle that any woman should have to prove that she's been raped in order to claim support for one of her children.
"The rape clause is wrong in principle, the two-child cap is wrong in principle and I think it is shameful that Ruth Davidson can't bring herself to say so.
"The fact that she's being mealy-mouthed about reviewing how it works, I think, shows that she knows she's on the wrong side of the argument."
And Ms Dugdale said a Labour prime minister would mean "an end to the rape clause and to the bedroom tax" and ask "the richest people to pay more tax to fund our public services."
The UK government has said it wants to limit child tax credits to the first two children because it wants "people on benefits to make the same choices as those supporting themselves solely through work".
As well as rape victims, exemptions to the changes have been put in place for people who adopt children, are involved in kinship care or who have multiple births.
The advice from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is that women affected by the rape clause should get support from Women's Aid, Victim Support or Rape Crisis.
The DWP said it would operate a "third-party model" so that women did not have to describe the details to a member of its staff.
Instead, women would talk to healthcare professionals, a social worker or an approved rape charity.
A DWP spokeswoman said: "We have always been clear this will be delivered in the most effective, compassionate way, with the right exceptions and safeguards in place."
A campaign group - Scrap The Rape Clause - was set up by SNP MP Alison Thewliss, who fought against the clause in the House of Commons, and a petition calling on the UK government to abandon the plans was signed by 10,000 people.
Last month, MSPs from the SNP, Labour, Scottish Greens and Liberal Democrats strongly condemned the rape clause during a debate in the Scottish Parliament.
Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer said Ms Davidson's defence of the clause showed she was "just another cruel member of a cruel party".
And Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton said the policy had "no place in a civilised society".
The full interview with Ruth Davidson has been broadcast on the 5 live Daily programme.
Yasir Beshira, 21, was shot in the abdomen and collapsed in front of shoppers during the evening rush hour on Kilburn High Road on 8 December.
The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, will appear in Willesden Youth Court later.
Four others were arrested in connection with the shooting. Two men, aged 20 and 22, remain in custody.
A 22-year-old man arrested on 10 December has been bailed until later this month and 17-year-old boy was bailed until a date in March.
Payet took possession on the left, turned past Antonio Barragan and weaved his way across goal, past four defenders, before angling in a shot.
His effort cancelled out Cristhian Stuani's opener for Boro, the Uruguayan heading home from a Viktor Fischer corner.
Hammers captain Mark Noble had earlier gone closest to breaking the deadlock when his curling shot hit the crossbar.
Neither side threatened a winner in the latter stages as Boro secured a point after three defeats in a row.
After Sunday's defeat by Southampton, Hammers boss Slaven Bilic told Noble to take the players out for dinner on Monday as a team-bonding exercise.
There were claims a couple were still out drinking the following day, but the Londoners looked more of a team here, though they were still well short of their impressive form of last season.
Having seen his side concede 16 goals in six league games, Bilic went for a 4-5-1 formation. Despite right-back Sam Byram going off injured early on, they looked more secure, apart from a lapse of concentration for the goal.
They let Boro have 60% of possession, which affected their attacking play, but in Payet they have a constant threat, and the Frenchman's first league goal of the season rescued them.
"It's been terrible the last four, five weeks," said centre-back James Collins. "We knew we needed to stop conceding goals. It's a step in the right direction.
"We can't depend on Dimi. We need to be better defensively and going forward as it is a lot to ask Dimi to keep coming up with goals like this."
Bilic added: "I don't see many players scoring these type of goals. You see free-kicks, you see volleys, scissor kicks, all different types of goals, but this was like Lionel Messi's goals."
The draw gave Boro their first point from their past six Premier League games in London and, while they had a high work ethic and more of the ball, they lacked a creative spark.
Jordan Rhodes, making his first top-flight start, was a willing runner and caused some moments of concern for the West Ham defence, but Boro rarely looked like scoring from open play.
They did have three shots on target to West Ham's two, but their ambition seemed affected by recent results.
Their goal came from a set-piece - referee Neil Swarbrick alerted by the goal decision system after Stuani's effort was cleared by Noble.
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic: "I feel pressure because I am not happy with our position in the table and because we lost four matches on the trot. It is below my standards.
"But I believe in my team and I'm a hard worker. Although we didn't win, we showed that the team is alive. We are together. We have to show it more often."
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Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka: "It is a good point, especially after three defeats. It is important that our attitude has been good.
"West Ham have not been in the best moment but they have amazing players. So I'm pleased to add one more point and play with that intensity."
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Both teams return to Premier League action following the international break, with West Ham facing a trip to London rivals Crystal Palace on Saturday, 15 October at 17:30 BST, and Middlesbrough hosting Watford at 13:30 BST the following day.
Match ends, West Ham United 1, Middlesbrough 1.
Second Half ends, West Ham United 1, Middlesbrough 1.
Álvaro Arbeloa (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gastón Ramírez (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Álvaro Arbeloa (West Ham United).
Foul by Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough).
Winston Reid (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Middlesbrough. Gastón Ramírez tries a through ball, but Álvaro Negredo is caught offside.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ben Gibson.
Antonio Barragán (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Antonio Barragán (Middlesbrough).
Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United).
Attempt missed. Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
Attempt missed. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Adrián.
Attempt missed. Gastón Ramírez (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Winston Reid.
George Friend (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
Offside, West Ham United. Angelo Ogbonna tries a through ball, but Simone Zaza is caught offside.
Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough).
Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Simone Zaza.
Attempt missed. Simone Zaza (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Manuel Lanzini.
Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Simone Zaza (West Ham United).
Substitution, West Ham United. Manuel Lanzini replaces Mark Noble.
Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pedro Obiang (West Ham United).
Attempt blocked. Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Álvaro Arbeloa.
Offside, West Ham United. Mark Noble tries a through ball, but Simone Zaza is caught offside.
Foul by Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough).
Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Álvaro Negredo replaces Jordan Rhodes.
Víctor Valdés (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United).
Attempt blocked. Winston Reid (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross.
The streets of Northern Ireland's capital have been built on top of rivers that still flow far below the city's pavements.
Both the Farset and the Blackstaff rivers determined the shape of the city that grew up around the narrowest bridging point of the Farset, where High Street is today.
And the little-known river even gave Belfast its name, Béal feirste (the mouth of the Farset).
Farset itself comes from the Irish word for sandbar.
The history of these hidden rivers is explored in a BBC Newsline series.
Reporter Ita Dungan discovers what the city's defining waterways are like above ground, and what those that are hidden are like below ground.
Old photographs and computer-generated images bring the rivers' histories to life and reveal regeneration plans that are benefitting Belfast's residents and wildlife.
In its heyday, the River Farset powered the linen mills on the Crumlin and Falls Roads.
Its journey takes it from a spring at Squires Hill, far above the city, down into Ballysillan, before cutting across the Crumlin and Shankill Roads.
It then roughly follows the peaceline before heading under the Westlink motorway and into Belfast.
It runs under the city centre in large pipes, some of which big enough for a bus to go through them.
Belfast grew up around the narrowest bridging point of the Farset, where High Street is today.
The Farset also determined High Street's curving shape.
At Great Victoria Bus Station, as buses and passengers come and go, deep underground, the Blackstaff river is making its way towards the River Lagan.
A fresh clear spring, the Blackstaff rises south of Black Mountain, flows along the bog meadows where it joins up with the Clowney River and divides.
The original river then heads north into the city centre towards the gas works, and the 1960s relief culvert runs south towards the Lagan at Botanic.
Today, it may flow quietly along the Boucher Road, but many will remember the Blackstaff's power during the 'big flood' of 1952, when parts of Tates Avenue were completely submerged.
The destruction forced a changing of the river's course and a huge underground culvert was constructed under Broadway roundabout to contain any overflow.
Now, the Blackstaff runs under the bus station, the Europa hotel, the BBC Blackstaff Studios, the gas works and then into the Lagan.
With Titanic Quarter on one side and east Belfast and Victoria Park on the other, the River Connswater is another of Belfast's defining waterways.
The opening of the Sam Thompson Bridge last year was one of the first steps in transforming the landscape of the river's entire course.
The bridge links the Harbour Estate and Titanic Quarter.
The river itself rises in the Castlereagh hills and runs northwards through east Belfast, getting wider until it reaches the sea at Belfast Lough.
The sea shows its full force from time to time, flooding nearby houses, but designating the area as a place of scientific interest has done more than protect the birds and mud flats.
A raised bank of wild flowers acts as a giant sponge soaking up floodwaters and protecting residents.
Follow the Connswater upstream to Mersey Street, and the banks of this once rubbish-filled part of the river are under regeneration.
There are also plans to put reinforced concrete floodwalls all the way down to the Sydenham bypass to protect homes and businesses.
Off the Beersbridge Road, the Knock and the Loop rivers join and become the Connswater.
Van Morrison sang about this part of the river in his song Brown-Eyed Girl, but the area has a lot more history; a 400-year-old bridge and water that made something quite a bit stronger.
In Victorian times, two-thirds of whiskey exported from Ireland came from Belfast, and around half of that came from two distilleries - the Connswater distillery and the Avoneil distillery.
Further upstream at Orangefield Park, Connswater's transformation is even more apparent.
The river used to run along fences at the back of the houses, which were susceptible to flooding. Instead of building floodwalls, here the river has been 'moved' to become a central feature of the park.
A heron, a little egret and a kingfisher have already been spotted along the banks, along with all of the birds normally associated with wetland areas.
It's now become an asset to the area and a place for people to come and relax.
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An independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has been investigating the allegations and will publish its findings on Monday.
Any adverse revelations could increase pressure on Russia to be banned from the Rio Olympics entirely.
Its track and field athletes are already barred from the Games.
The 2016 Olympics get under way on 5 August.
The commission looking into Russia's conduct at Sochi is led by Dr Richard McLaren and has been examining claims made by Dr Grigory Rodchenkov.
A former anti-doping chief, Rodchenkov has alleged that dozens of athletes, including at least 15 medallists at the 2014 Winter Olympics, were part of an extensive state-run doping programme.
He has also implicated Russia's security service and the sports ministry.
Russia sports minister Vitaly Mutko has condemned the allegations as "a continuation of the information attack on Russian sport".
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
If ever sport needed its most illustrious event to provide some inspiration, escapism and relief from its various troubles, it is now.
With just three weeks until the start of the Rio Olympics, the focus should be firmly on the squad selections, the venues, the spectacular backdrop that the city will provide, the medal prospects, the glittering opening ceremony and the unique anticipation that usually accompanies the build-up to the Games, the first to be held in South America.
A time to revive cherished memories of London's golden summer of 2012, alongside hopes for new images of national pride.
Instead, at a news conference in Toronto on Monday, the integrity of the Olympic movement will receive one of its most shattering blows when Canadian law professor Richard McLaren reveals the findings of his independent investigation into more lurid allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russia.
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The SoloSnack-branded products, which are produced by Eat & Go Co in Kirkcaldy, issued the voluntary recall on Saturday.
However, on Monday, Food Standards Scotland officials found the shelf life of the food was still being extended.
People have been told to return them to the shop they bought them from.
The products are thought to have reached shops in Edinburgh, Fife and Dundee.
The SoloSnack range includes Scotch pies, curry pies, steak pies, sausage rolls, steak bridies, mince bridies, Cornish pasties and mixed vegetable pies.
It also includes sandwiches with fillings such as chicken mayo, egg mayonnaise, tuna mayonnaise and ham and cheese.
Further SoloSnack products include broccoli and lentil slices, chilli bean slices, tuna pasta salads, pasta bakes, cheese burgers and microwavable ready meals.
Eat & Go Co managing director Naji Yassen said he was told for the first time on Friday the products should have a three-day shelf life, lower than the shelf life he has been operating under over several years.
He said such a shelf life would, in effect, mean the products are in the shops for one day only - a situation he said would mean there is "no way" his business could survive.
Mr Yassen said he had called in microbiologists to carry out testing on Wednesday and is hopeful the longer six-day shelf life will be reinstated following the results of those tests.
He claimed the health authorities were wrong to issue the notice, and added: "I feel absolutely upset and angry because I have been doing this for 20 years.
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Oliver Hawkins put Dagenham ahead after 32 minutes when he headed in Jordan Maguire-Drew's cross, but the hosts levelled just three minutes later through Michael Cheek.
Akinola's penalty on the stroke of half-time put Braintree ahead at the break but two minutes after the interval the Daggers were awarded a spot-kick of their own and, while Hawkins' effort was saved, Maguire-Drew smashed home the rebound.
The away side had Scott Doe sent off for a second booking, and Braintree took advantage as Akinola scored his second.
Braintree's Manny Parry was also given his marching orders but Dagenham were reduced to nine men when Magnus Okuonghae went off injured with all three substitutions made.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Braintree Town 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 2.
Second Half ends, Braintree Town 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 2.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Zak Jules replaces Ian Gayle.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Harry Lee replaces Reece Hall-Johnson.
Ebou Adams (Braintree Town) is shown the red card.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Paul Benson replaces Jordan Maguire-Drew.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Scott Heard replaces Sam Ling.
Goal! Braintree Town 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 2. Simeon Akinola (Braintree Town).
Second yellow card to Scott Doe (Dagenham and Redbridge) for a bad foul.
Reece Hall-Johnson (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Magnus Okuonghae replaces Tyrique Hyde.
Goal! Braintree Town 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 2. Jordan Maguire-Drew (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Second Half begins Braintree Town 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
First Half ends, Braintree Town 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
Goal! Braintree Town 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Simeon Akinola (Braintree Town) converts the penalty with a.
Sam Ling (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Braintree Town 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Michael Cheek (Braintree Town).
Goal! Braintree Town 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Oliver Hawkins (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Ebou Adams (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
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It was flown inside a small lantern on a special flight from the Swiss city of Geneva to Brasilia.
President Dilma Rousseff lit the Olympic torch which will be carried around Brazil by 12,000 runners.
But it could be one of President Rousseff's last public acts ahead of a possible impeachment trial.
The Senate is expected to vote next week on whether proceedings against her should go ahead.
If a simple majority votes in favour, Ms Rousseff will be suspended from office for up to 180 days and Vice-President Michel Temer will take over.
Ms Rousseff is accused of manipulating government accounts ahead of her re-election in 2014.
She has denied the charges and says the impeachment proceedings are a "coup d'etat" designed to remove her Workers' Party from office.
The BBC's Wyre Davies in Brasilia says that generating public support for the Rio Games will be one of the main challenges during the torch's 95 day journey around Brazil.
Aside from the political crisis Brazil's economy has slumped.
The torch will pass through more than 300 towns and cities from the Amazon to Brazil's southern border, arriving at the Maracana Stadium in Rio on 5 August.
Among the first torchbearers will be a Syrian refugee who now lives in Brazil.
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Jackson, 25, converted all nine Ireland tries in Saturday's 63-10 thumping of Italy and also starred in open play.
"This window has allowed Paddy to put his hand up and say 'well, that shouldn't be an automatic choice'," said the Ireland coach.
Sexton is expected to be fit for the France game in Dublin.
British & Irish Lions star Sexton, 31, has missed Ireland's first two Six Nations games because of a calf muscle injury.
Schmidt added: "Johnny has proven that he can come straight back into a side and hit the ground running, and he's done that for us on other occasions.
"I think Paddy certainly learned a lot in South Africa through that summer series.
"He learned a lot in November as well, particularly in that game against New Zealand where he came under a lot of pressure and had to make some decisions with very little time and space.
"And then again last week he did very well to lead us back into the game. He kicked well again today."
After last weekend's surprise opening defeat by Scotland, Ireland could afford no slip-ups in Rome and Schmidt was pleased by his team's display.
"It was a good performance. We looked after the ball well and asked a fair bit of the Italians defensively," added the Ireland coach.
After the concession of three first-half tries contributed massively to the Murrayfield defeat, Schmidt was pleased with his team's fast start at the Stadio Olimpico as they went on to score nine tries.
"The players felt that [they needed to make a statement]. We know how good they can be."
Keith Earls and CJ Stander both scored two first-half tries to secure the Six Nations' first ever win bonus point with the flanker going on to complete a hat-trick - a feat later matched by replacement Craig Gilroy.
Schmidt was also delighted with centre Garry Ringrose's try-scoring display after the Leinster youngster's nervous first half at Murrayfield.
"I felt sorry for him in the first 20 or 30 [minutes] last week when he was in a Six Nations game for the first time and it probably freaked him a little bit," said Schmidt.
"But it's great that he built a bit of confidence from his second-half performance last week and I thought he was super today."
Jamie Heaslip, who captained Ireland after Rory Best was ruled out by illness, felt the victory margin flattered the visitors as they notched four tries in the final 12 minutes.
"The final score put a nice shine on it," said the number eight.
Italy coach Conor O'Shea admitted they had faced a team "better in every department than us".
"It was a tough day," added the Italian boss, who played 35 times for Ireland.
"In the first 20 minutes we took a battering. We talked about Ireland's ability to hold the ball through the phases, and the first 20 minutes took a physical and mental toll on us.
"But we will never hang our heads. We have to get ready in one week's time and be focused for England at Twickenham."
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Firefighters believe the fire started accidentally just before 24:00 GMT in the spare bedroom of her semi-detached bungalow at Iniscarn Court.
Gemma McDaid became aware there was something wrong when her lights flickered in the kitchen as the fire was affecting the electrics.
A man who was passing by helped her to safety.
"He saved my life and I wouldn't be here today but only for him", she said.
"I must have turned on my electric fire and there must have been something near it.
"It took me a while to realise that the fire was coming from my house."
Fire officer David Nicholl said that the house did not have a working smoke alarm.
"I cannot stress enough the need for everyone to have a working smoke alarm," he said.
"It gives you an early warning which can save lives."
Matthew Whelan, 30, was said to be high on drink and drugs when he beat and stabbed Imtiaz ul Haq at the Costcutter store in Queensferry on 8 December last year.
Mold Crown Court heard Mr Haq, 59, was "lucky to be alive" after he suffered stab wounds to his throat and head.
Whelan, from Mancot, admitted attempted murder and robbery.
The court was told he took a knife to the shop to commit robbery and when Mr Haq went to press the alarm button, he was determined to prevent him "at all costs".
Judge Rhys Rowlands said Whelan used a knife to inflict "the most terrible injuries".
Giving evidence, Mr Haq said he knew he only had a few minutes left until "he would be no more".
A surgeon told him he had never previously seen anyone survive such an injury.
Defence barrister Andrew Green said Whelan had little recollection of what happened because he had been binging on drink and drugs, but was "genuinely remorseful".
Whelan was sentenced as a dangerous offender and must serve two thirds of his 20-year sentence before he can be considered for release.
Chloe Gilbert, 15, from Seend, Wiltshire, died in Southgate shopping centre in Bath, on Sunday 5 March.
Her family described her as "beautiful and talented".
"The cause of Chloe's death has yet to be ascertained, however we believe it may have been as a result [of] something she had eaten," they said in a statement.
"Chloe was diagnosed from an early age with an allergy to dairy products.
"Our whole family and so many of Chloe's friends have been left devastated at this sudden and tragic event.
"We urge anyone who has an allergy to seek immediate medical assistance if they believe they are suffering any form of reaction."
Emergency services were called to the shopping centre just before 15:00 GMT on Sunday but Chloe died a short time later.
Investigations into the cause of death are ongoing.
Trotters forward Zach Clough had the best chance of a tame first half as his ambitious overhead kick went just wide.
Wanderers started the second period brightly and were rewarded when Clough curled home an unstoppable strike.
However, deep in injury time Phillips' low strike squeezed past home keeper Ben Amos to steal a point for QPR.
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The result means Bolton move up to 23rd place as a result of Charlton's defeat at Fulham, whilst QPR move up to 12th position.
It was an emotional afternoon at the Macron Stadium as Bolton, who were playing at home for the first time since the death of their chairman Phil Gartside, were visibly distraught with Phillips' last-minute leveller.
The visitors' dreadful form under Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink will be of real concern for Rangers fans, having now won just two of the Dutchman's 13 league games in charge.
Bolton manager Neil Lennon:
"It feels like a defeat, it's heart-breaking. We've managed to get a point out of the game but we needed three.
"The manner in which we conceded the late goal is disappointing. It was poor from us at a time when we should be seeing the danger out.
"There are plenty of games left and we all believe we can still get out of the position we are in. We don't look like a team languishing at the bottom of the league right now."
Queens Park Rangers manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink:
"They were a little bit more desperate as they needed the three points because of where they are.
"I feel like we didn't really create but neither did they it was that kind of game.
"It was not pretty, it was not a classic but just two teams trying to find their way who couldn't really find their way."
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Now they simply must beat Scotland, with the visitors also knowing that anything less than a victory will leave them with an uphill struggle to reach the play-offs.
BBC Scotland's Alasdair Lamont was at Saturday's match in Ljubljana and pinpoints some of Slovakia's strengths and weaknesses.
Jan Durica: The veteran defender is at once a key component of Jan Kozak's defence and a potential liability. In the absence of the suspended Martin Skrtel against Slovenia, Slovakia reverted to a back three, which looked flustered by the pressing of their opponents.
On one such occasion, the 34-year-old made an outstanding last-ditch challenge to prevent a likely goal. But though he looks assured in bringing the ball out from the back, any pace he once had is fading and on more than one occasion the alertness of the Slovenian attack left him struggling.
He was posted missing at the winning goal and if he partners Skrtel against Scotland, some of his frailties could be exploited.
Juraj Kucka: The experienced midfielder worked energetically, without ever earning any significant reward for his efforts. But the Milan player did display evidence of his undoubted class at times, principally when working back the way to assist his under-pressure defence.
Like many of his team-mates, though, he failed to hit the heights he is capable of, something he will surely look to put right against Scotland.
Marek Hamsik: The same goes for captain-for-the-night Hamsik. The Napoli star showed only fleeting glimpses of his creative brilliance, shackled as he was by Rene Krhin.
Given the chance, Hamsik, 29, has shown at both club and international level he can both create goals and score them himself from an advanced midfield role.
Against Slovenia, he had virtually no opportunity to impose himself in that manner and with Steven Pressley in attendance to file a report for Scotland boss Gordon Strachan, a man-marking job on one of Serie A's biggest talents might be a worthwhile recommendation.
31 May 2016 Last updated at 15:51 BST
Many of her pieces make use of recycled technological waste like mobile phones and computer parts, epoxy resins, vinyl and PVC.
Ribeiro, who has lived in both Angola and Paris, says she uses her artwork to explores the relationships between the past and present.
Her current exhibition is "an African message for the world, we can't live without humanism, without love", she says.
In a first half of few chances, Burton midfielder Lloyd Dyer was denied by the legs of David Button, while Scott Malone fired inches wide for Fulham.
The visitors went ahead through Stefan Johansen's shot from the edge of the box three minutes after the break.
Johansen twice went close to grabbing a second before Malone fired into the roof of the net to secure the victory.
The game was Burton manager Nigel Clough's first in charge since ruling out a return to former club Nottingham Forest.
The Brewers remain in relegation trouble in 21st place and only three points clear of the drop zone.
Fulham move up to ninth after they secured their first Championship away victory of 2017.
Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough:
"Fulham were too good for us tonight. There was a big gulf in quality and the disappointing thing was that we gave the first goal away with a mistake and you can't afford to do that against such good players.
"We got through the first half by being solid without doing that much ourselves and we restricted them to not very much.
"We have to be better on the ball ourselves and our set-plays weren't great. When you don't have that much possession you have to make the most of set-plays and tonight we didn't."
Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic:
"I can be satisfied with our performance. We tried to play our style and move the ball from side to side in the first half but Burton closed us down. We had possession of the ball but we could not create much.
"Fortunately we tried to open the field up a bit in the second half and we got a goal early at the start of the half and that made it easier for us to win the game.
"I am not talking about the top six. That is for 7 May and when we know where we are going to finish this competition. I prefer to think about the next step and the next chance to get three points."
Match ends, Burton Albion 0, Fulham 2.
Second Half ends, Burton Albion 0, Fulham 2.
Attempt saved. Stefan Johansen (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Lucas Piazon (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Turner (Burton Albion).
Attempt missed. Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Flanagan with a headed pass.
Substitution, Fulham. Denis Odoi replaces Ryan Fredericks.
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Kevin McDonald.
Attempt blocked. Lucas Akins (Burton Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris O'Grady.
Attempt missed. Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Damien McCrory.
Foul by Kevin McDonald (Fulham).
Tom Naylor (Burton Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Fulham. Floyd Ayité replaces Sone Aluko.
Attempt missed. Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tom Naylor.
Foul by Tom Cairney (Fulham).
Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Lucas Piazon (Fulham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stefan Johansen.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Will Miller replaces Lloyd Dyer.
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by John Mousinho.
Attempt blocked. Chris Martin (Fulham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sone Aluko with a cross.
Offside, Burton Albion. Damien McCrory tries a through ball, but Chris O'Grady is caught offside.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Tom Naylor replaces Luke Murphy.
Lucas Piazon (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion).
Goal! Burton Albion 0, Fulham 2. Scott Malone (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lucas Piazon.
Offside, Burton Albion. Jackson Irvine tries a through ball, but Lucas Akins is caught offside.
Offside, Fulham. Sone Aluko tries a through ball, but Chris Martin is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Sone Aluko (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
Attempt saved. Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Akins with a cross.
Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tomas Kalas (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion).
Attempt missed. Tom Flanagan (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matthew Palmer following a set piece situation.
Foul by Kevin McDonald (Fulham).
Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Burton Albion. Damien McCrory tries a through ball, but Ben Turner is caught offside.
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Tomas Kalas.
Attempt blocked. Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Flanagan.
Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey will bring the Welfare Reform Bill back to the assembly next week, alongside a new implementation plan.
But Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy said this was "a mistake".
He said his party was already exploring a petition of concern to block the bill.
Mr Robinson said if the bill is not passed he will ask the secretary of state to take control of welfare.
If she refuses to do so, the devolved institutions are likely to collapse.
However, Mr Murphy said the proposal that Theresa Villiers could take control of welfare powers would be "unacceptable" to Sinn Féin.
In the politics of Stormont, the next crisis is just around the corner. Or make that next week.
If the DUP carries out the threat to bring the welfare bill back to the assembly then it will surely fall, short of a Sinn Féin about-turn of mammoth proportions.
What the secretary of state will do is less clear. Taking control of welfare, as Peter Robinson wants, is unlikely to be her first choice.
Her meetings with the party leaders this week could be fraught, And possibly fruitless as well.
This may still drag on and on.
In the short term, the head of the civil service could direct that an emergency budget be drawn up of up to 95% of the real budget.
But that is a sticking plaster. Short of political agreement, of the Stormont House variety or something else, the prospects for Stormont look bleak.
Mr Robinson said the welfare reform issue had "run out of road" and was making Stormont's finances unsustainable.
He said the implementation plan being produced by the social development minister could be "tweaked" by the other Stormont parties.
However, he added that Sinn Féin's continuing insistence that all current and future claimants should not lose out was "an impossible ask".
He said the welfare bill could be debated on Tuesday, and if it fails to pass he would formally ask the secretary of state to take back welfare powers or to legislate.
He added that if the assembly was to collapse, Westminster would still have to legislate for welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
Finance Minister Arlene Foster said she will also produce a budget that would show how each Stormont department would be impacted if welfare reform is not passed.
Mrs Foster has already said failure to agree will open up a £500m hole in the budget as it would prevent the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement.
Theresa Villiers said she would be meeting the parties this week to try to find a solution.
"I've said repeatedly that it's crucial the parties resolve the welfare reform impasse and press ahead with implementing the Stormont House Agreement, which includes putting the executive's finances back on a sustainable footing for the future."
She added: "The consequences of the executive not being able to meet its commitments could put the institutions at risk, which is in no-one's interests."
Cambridge University students first posted rules for the game in a city centre park in 1848 with elements later adopted by the Football Association.
A granite sculpture inscribed with the original rules in several languages will go on display on Parker's Piece.
It will go up next Spring and has been funded by S106 cash from developers.
It has been claimed the original rules of football were developed by students playing on Parker's Piece with some people suggesting the park in Cambridge is therefore the birthplace of football.
A plaque at the park already celebrates how the "Cambridge Rules" became the "defining influence on the 1863 Football Association rules".
Artists Alan Ward and Neville Gabie won a commission from the city council to create a piece of commemorative art, a large stone cut into nine pieces engraved with the original 1848 laws of the game in different languages.
The four cornerstones will stay on Parker's Piece, but the others will go to a location in five continents of the world.
"It will be a sculpture that is really worldwide, literally," said Mr Gabie.
Both the artists have gone to Portugal to see the block of granite to be used for the artwork being cut.
In order to explore the international significance of the game, a website, Cambridge Rules 1848, was launched asking for people's football stories from around the world, including personal anecdotes.
"I guess what's so exciting about this is that we have a patch of green grass in the middle of Cambridge where those first rules were written but now football is so international and we felt it was really important to recognise that," Mr Gabie said.
As well as S106 funding managed by Cambridge City Council, the artwork is also being supported by the National Football Museum in Manchester.
It leaves them two points behind Livi, having played a game more.
Meanwhile, Albion Rovers edged a five-goal thriller with Stranraer at Cliftonhill.
And, at Hampden, Queen's Park were held to a goalless draw by 10-man Peterhead, who remain one point ahead of the seventh-placed Spiders.
Airdrie were awarded a penalty against Brechin when Dougie Hill handled in the area.
Iain Russell stepped up to convert, with City's Paul McLean later dismissed for violent conduct.
At Cliftonhill, Albion Rovers opened the scoring on the quarter-hour through Ross Stewart, who coolly slotted home following a defence-splitting pass from Stevie Boyd.
Stranraer were back on level terms courtesy of a Willie Gibson effort from just outside the box, but the hosts regained the lead before the interval through Ryan Wallace's penalty following a foul by Scott Robertson.
The visitors equalised through on-loan Aberdeen striker Joe Nuttall before Wallace grabbed his second of the game from close range to wrap up the points for the hosts.
Peterhead earned a point away to Queen's Park despite being reduced to 10 men when Simon Ferry was dismissed late on.
The league leaders, third-placed Alloa Athletic and bottom two sides East Fife and Stenhousemuir were not in league action due to Alloa and Livi's Challenge Cup matches this weekend.
The Wasps lost their quarter-final tie against Queen of the South, while Livingston host Welsh side The New Saints on Sunday.
It comes a day after Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz announced it was suspending gas purchases from Russia.
That announcement came after EU-brokered talks aimed at keeping supplies running for three to six months broke down without agreement.
Gazprom said it halted the supply because Ukraine did not make an "advance payment" for July's delivery.
CEO Alexei Miller said Russia stopped delivering gas to Ukraine at 10:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
"Gazprom won't deliver gas to Ukraine at any price without prepayment," he was quoted by Russian media as saying.
Naftogaz said on Tuesday: "Since the additional agreement between Naftogaz and Gazprom is expiring on 30 June, and the terms of further Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine were not agreed at today's trilateral talks in Vienna, Naftogaz is suspending purchases from the Russian company."
The Ukrainian firm said it would continue transporting Russian gas supplies to other European customers.
It is the second time in a year that Russian fuel supplies have stopped running to Ukraine.
Russia cut off gas supplies in June 2014 as the conflict between the government in Kiev and pro-Russian rebels in the east of Ukraine escalated.
It also hiked prices after Ukraine's Kremlin-backed leader Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February 2014.
For the past year, the European Union, which mediated at the price negotiations in Vienna, has forged a series of temporary agreements that need to be renewed every three months.
Ukraine consumes about 50bn cubic metres (bcm) of gas per year, producing about 20bcm but importing the rest.
On average, Kiev experiences four months a year when the average temperature is below 0C.
The two countries have fought several gas price wars in past years with Russia cutting supplies in 2006 and in the winter of 2008-09.
However, they remain confident the Games, which start on 7 September, will go ahead as planned.
Rio 2016 spokesman Mario Andrada said he hoped a new advertising push would help with ticket sales.
Rio chiefs also remain in talks with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) over unpaid travel grants to national Paralympic bodies.
Andrada said the organising committee had experienced poor initial sales for the Olympics, too, and he expected growing local interest to boost Paralympic sales "as we have seen with other hosts before".
"We want to stage a very successful Paralympics, and we met our sponsors and broadcasters yesterday to confirm this," added Andrada.
The IPC has cancelled a news conference planned for Thursday, when they had intended to give a progress report on the Paralympics funding crisis.
The striker, 30, played just 12 games for Ipswich after signing last summer.
Goalkeeper Jacob Marsden, defenders Joe Robinson and Christophe Berra and midfielders Paul Digby, Jonathan Douglas and Giles Coke are leaving too.
New deals have been offered to Kundai Benyu and Harry Wright, while boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed he wants to keep Jordan Spence and Steven Taylor beyond their short-term contracts.
More than 1,000 people have been killed in the earthquake.
The 7.8 magnitude quake struck an area of central Nepal between the capital, Kathmandu, and the city of Pokhara.
Barry Torrens, from Portrush, said his party were crossing a river when the earthquake struck.
"It was a tremendous rumble and the local guides were quite concerned. It was a very guttural shake underneath the feet, the top of the mountain started to fall down onto the highway - rocks and bricks and half the mountain started to come down into the river," he said.
"We stepped onto the other river bank, they brought out their mobile phones - the lead guide and the second in command, their houses had been destroyed as quick as that.
"We made our way back to Kathmandu and it was just a scene of devastation the whole way through."
Mr Torrens said buildings they had been in earlier that day were gone when they returned to their hotel.
"We left this morning at 10 o'clock to go on the trek and bought lunch from a shop on the corner from our hotel," he said.
"That shop is no longer there, the whole corner of our block just dropped."
He said his thoughts were with the local people affected by the disaster.
"It's the Nepali people - who are a lovely, lovely people - that we feel for. They just don't have the infrastructure to deal with this at all," Mr Torrens said.
"It's irrelevant what happens to us, we will be safe. It's an absolutely devastating tragedy for the Nepalese."
He said there had been further tremors since the earthquake.
There were also victims in India, Bangladesh, Tibet and on Mount Everest, where avalanches were triggered.
The government has declared a state of emergency in the affected areas, and help has been offered by countries around the world.
Little information has emerged from the epicentre, where extensive damage has been reported, and there are fears the death toll could rise yet further.
He says loosening regulation would not be a good idea: "We should not disarm at a moment when we're out of the last financial crisis, but still in a world with substantial financial risks.
But Mr Lew, an adviser to Barack Obama during the financial crisis in 2008, says no to tighter rules.
"I don't personally believe we should do more than we need to."
Looking back on the unfolding financial crisis, he told the BBC's Today Programme the bad news had kept on escalating.
"I have never seen a situation where every single day the numbers were so much worse than the day before that you literally had to keep revisiting how much fiscal stimulus the economy would need in order to stimulate a recovery," he said.
He said action taken then, both in supporting the financial system and tightening up regulation, had borne fruit: "What our reforms of Wall Street after the crisis did was, for the first time since Great Depression, give us the tools to safeguard the evolving financial system."
The Dodd-Frank Act was the key piece of law-making designed to ensure there would never be another 2008-style meltdown.
Its aim is to keep a closer eye on the institutions that are "too big to fail" and to limit the risks they take.
President Donald Trump thinks regulation of the financial sector is now too onerous.
One part of the Dodd-Frank act is the Volcker Rule, which is designed to prevent banks from using their own money to trade.
Last week, that was officially opened up for review, after Trump appointee Keith Noreika announced he wanted views on how to define better which activities are prohibited by this rule.
Mr Lew gave a warning on making significant changes to the rules: "There's been a big push back saying this has gone too far.
"I fear that as the memory fades, some of the simple nostrums about clearing away regulation start to take on salience, as if the stakes weren't high enough in 2007-08."
But although he thinks the level of regulation is currently sufficient, he says there are no guarantees that these existing rules will prevent a new major financial shock.
"The risks in the future are unlikely to come from the places they've come from in the past," he said.
"We all know crises will come in the future, what we don't know is when and how."
Are we, the taxpayers, safe from having to bail out a bank ten years on from the credit crunch? The short answer is: safer than we were ten years ago. But not 100% safe.
Reforms brought in since the global financial crisis are supposed to mean a bank could simply go under without causing a collapse of the financial system or requiring the government to bail them out. The idea is that banks should be like normal private companies which take their own risks; if executives screw up, shareholders and creditors might lose money - but taxpayers shouldn't.
But buried in the Bank of England's recent financial stability report is an admission that that's not yet the case. We are merely "on course" to achieve that by 2022. The implication is that if a bank went under now, taxpayers would still probably have to intervene.
Is that at all likely? For a bank to go under, its losses would have to exceed its capacity to absorb them. Post-crisis reforms have required banks to have more capital set aside to absorb losses. The Bank of England's highlighted the fact that they now have to hold "10 times" more capital in case things go wrong. Which sounds reassuring until you realise how little they had to hold before the crisis. Under the old regime (known as Basel II) there was no "leverage ratio" - no cap on the amount banks could lend for every £1 they had in loss-absorbing capital. Now there is a cap of 3.25% - so that, put simply, banks have to have £3.25 set aside in capital to absorb potential losses for every £100 they lend. Ten times hardly anything is still not a vast amount.
Having said that, for banks to chalk up losses of £3.25 for every £100 they have lent would require an economic calamity on a scale to beat even the crisis of 2008. That risk seems comfortably remote - or at least, we had better hope it is.
She was beaten and threatened by her Maoist cult father but fought back against his control after reading the books, jurors heard.
Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, let her read the novels because he identified with the characters, it was claimed.
He denies cruelty to a child under 16 and false imprisonment.
Southwark Crown Court heard there were no records the woman was taken to a doctor, except for her inoculations, or had attended school while living at the south London commune.
She suffers from chronic post traumatic stress disorder and low self esteem, and was also found to have gone through a high degree of emotional trauma.
Prosecutor Peter Clement said: "Post traumatic stress disorder is a recognised mental disorder, namely an anxiety disorder caused by a very stressful, frightening event.
"From birth (the woman) never spent a night away from the collective until 25 October 2013."
She was also found to have a Vitamin D deficiency and probable type one diabetes, he added.
The accused's name was not on his daughter's birth certificate but he was confirmed to be the father after DNA tests.
Mr Balakrishnan, from Enfield, also denies seven counts of indecent assault and four counts of rape against two women during the 1970s and 1980s, and also pleaded not guilty to three counts of actual bodily harm.
None of his alleged victims can be named for legal reasons.
The trial continues.
When the big day came, she posted about the gear, the energy gels, and the coconut waters that would sustain her through the 26.2 miles (42.1km)
Cindy ran the race of her life, finishing the New York Marathon in just 3 hours 17 minutes and 29 seconds - a lot faster than her pace in previous half-marathon finishes, which each took a little over two hours.
"Ran my heart out today and left everything on the course. All the training paid off and qualified for the Boston Marathon!" she posted on Instagram, along with a post-race selfie and a photo with the finisher's medal.
But Cindy's incredible marathon time seemed just a little too incredible to a man sitting at his computer nearly 640 miles away.
Derek Murphy, a former marathoner and business analyst who lives outside Cincinnati, has made a name for himself exposing marathon cheats on his blog, Marathon Investigation.
During his racing days, he frequented online message boards about big races, which occasionally featured a high-profile cheating scandal.
"There was so much tension from those specific cases, I just wondered how many other people cheated," he said.
Murphy's investigative process has evolved since he first started looking at race results.
He has gone from looking at missed split times in public race results to peering into other clues like suspiciously fast race times, starting line and finish line photos, and bystander video footage recorded at races.
When Murphy heard about Cindy's speedy personal record, he started scrolling through the New York race photos looking for evidence that she had honestly run her improbably fast race.
He didn't find any photos of the petite brunette running on the course. However, he did find a photo of a tall, athletically-built man running with Cindy's bib pinned to his shirt.
After Murphy sent the photos and Cindy's former half-marathon times to the New York Marathon organisers and published a story on his blog, Cindy was disqualified.
She is one of about 30 runners identified by Murphy who sought entry into the 2017 Boston Marathon using fabricated times.
At least 15 of those runners were disqualified from showing up at the starting line in Boston's Hopkinton neighbourhood when the starting gun goes off on Monday.
Some of the remaining 15 might get to run the race, but their results will be closely scrutinised. Murphy expects to identify many more people who cheated to get to Boston after the race is completed.
Only the fastest amateur and elite runners can earn a spot in the iconic Boston Marathon.
Men under 35 need a finish better than three hours and five minutes in an earlier marathon to earn a spot. Women under 35 have 30 extra minutes.
While around 30,000 people are fast enough to run the marathon each year, more than 4,500 qualified runners were turned away in 2016 because too many people registered for the race.
"The integrity of the sport is enormously important to us, and to the athletes who run in our races," said a spokesperson for the Boston Athletic Association in an email statement.
"When it comes to qualifying for Boston, we rely on the race organisers and timing systems they employ to produce accurate results, and we also rely on the honesty and integrity of 99.99% of competitors who compete fairly in pursuit of their personal records."
Murphy said he thinks the actual number of cheaters is probably higher than the 0.01% cited by Marathon officials - which would be just three people - but he thinks it is still a small percentage.
Finding those rare cheats can be tough.
"There's no governing body for marathons per se to look at results," Murphy said. "Most of the time race timers and directors definitely do care, but there's a lack of resources."
Cheating in a marathon can come in many forms. Some cut a few miles out of their qualifying race. Others give their racing bib to someone a bit faster. In rare cases, people pay to have their results altered.
Most races have methods in place to detect the most obvious examples of cheating. The race bibs have tracking devices that log a runner's split time at mats placed strategically throughout the course.
Sometimes missed mats and unbelievably quick splits will alert race officials to the foul play. But cheaters often slip across the finish line and into race results unnoticed by race timers. Some of these people claim amazing times - good enough to get into Boston.
Mr Murphy has caught cheats by looking at the distances displayed on GPS watches in finish line photos and by matching finish times with time stamps on video recordings of races.
When a runner whose qualifying time places them in an early corral position at the Boston Marathon but finishes in the back of the pack, Mr Murphy marks their race result as a priority for investigation. Often, if someone's Boston time is much slower than their qualifying time they may have cheated in an earlier race.
Instead of looking back at runners after the Boston Marathon happens as he has in the past, this year Murphy tried to find people who cheated to qualify before race day. He hopes that more honest runners with qualifying times near the cut-off will be able to run the race because of his analysis.
Not everyone agrees with Mr Murphy's methods. On the Marathon Investigation Facebook page, sandwiched between encouraging comments, the occasional criticism pops up, taking the blog to task for going after amateur runners and giving them too much attention.
Women's Running magazine published a critical opinion piece arguing that novice runners who cheat should not make the news.
Mr Murphy isn't always in the business of getting people disqualified from races. Sometimes, he does just the opposite.
Last year, Ryan Lee ran the London Marathon in just over four hours and 13 minutes, but after he finished a race official contacted him to tell him that he was disqualified for missing a timing mat. The race organisers thought he had cut the course.
One missed mat doesn't always mean someone cut a course - sometimes the mats don't cover the entire width of the course and a runner might accidentally run around it. But Mr Lee's time also seemed to be too fast - he appeared to catch up to runners who had started more than 15 minutes before him, very early in the race.
"It really was draining," Mr Lee said. "I raised quite a bit of money for my chosen charity and I put 110% into the actual marathon. To be then called a cheat after that really does make you feel distraught."
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Mr Lee and his mother, Elizabeth Lee, set out to try and prove that he had run the entire race. They tracked down photos of Mr Lee on different points on the course and sought out other runners who had seen him race. But finding sufficient evidence to convince the race director that Mr Lee was innocent was difficult.
"I thought I would never be able to prove that I never did cheat," Mr Lee said.
Mr Murphy heard about Mr Lee's case and began to look at the evidence - video footage of the race, photos, and Mr Lee's split times - and he noticed that Mr Lee appeared with runners who had a start time about 15 minutes before the London Marathon claimed he had started racing.
Crucially, Mr Lee was photographed beside those other runners before race officials said he had crossed the starting line.
Mr Murphy used these photos to prove that Mr Lee had actually started the race much earlier, and ultimately run a race about 15 minutes slower than the London Marathon had recorded.
Even with the missed mat at the 10km mark, Mr Lee's results made sense if his start time had been recorded incorrectly. When the race was presented with all of the evidence, they reinstated Mr Lee's official race times.
Proving foul play on the race course often requires more than just number crunching. Mr Murphy said that Mr Lee's case is a great example of why he looks at more than just race times.
"I was able to vindicate somebody, but if I had just looked at the data, I would have thought he cheated," Mr Murphy said.
Mr Lee still runs, in part because his racing record was cleared. He is planning to run the 2017 London Marathon later this month.
"I would love the do the marathon in America and meet Derek to say thank you for all the help." Mr Lee said.
"Without the help, I would still be known as a cheat."
In fact, the epidemic killed five times more than all other known Ebola outbreaks combined.
More than 21 months on from the first confirmed case recorded on 23 March 2014, 11,315 people have been reported as having died from the disease in six countries; Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the US and Mali.
The total number of reported cases is about 28,637.
But on 13 January, 2016, the World Health Organisation declared the last of the countries affected, Liberia, to be Ebola-free.
11,315
Deaths - probable, confirmed and suspected
(Includes one in the US and six in Mali)
4,809 Liberia
3,955 Sierra Leone
2,536 Guinea
8 Nigeria
The World Health Organization (WHO) admits the figures are underestimates, given the difficulty collecting the data.
There needs to be 42 days without any new cases for a country to be declared Ebola-free.
The outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal were declared officially over by the WHO in October 2014. Sierra Leone and Guinea both had much larger outbreaks and it took a little longer. Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free on 7 November 2015, Guinea followed in December.
Liberia has been the worst-hit, with more than 4,800 dead and 10,672 becoming infected. The WHO said that at the peak of transmission, during August and September 2014, Liberia was reporting between 300 and 400 new cases every week.
The epidemic seemed to abate and the outbreak in Liberia was declared over on 9 May 2015 - only to re-emerge seven weeks later when a 17-year-old man died from the disease and more cases were reported. The same happened in September, which is why the latest declaration of Liberia being Ebola-free, while welcome, should be treated with caution, say correspondents.
The WHO has warned that West Africa may see flare-ups of the virus.
Researchers from the New England Journal of Medicine traced the outbreak to a two-year-old toddler, who died in December 2013 in Meliandou, a small village in south-eastern Guinea.
In March, hospital staff alerted Guinea's Ministry of Health and then medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). They reported a mysterious disease in the south-eastern regions of Gueckedou, Macenta, Nzerekore, and Kissidougou.
It caused fever, diarrhoea and vomiting. It also had a high death rate. Of the first 86 cases, 59 people died.
The WHO later confirmed the disease as Ebola.
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The Gueckedou prefecture in Guinea, where the outbreak started, is a major regional trading centre and, by the end of March, Ebola had crossed the border into Liberia. It was confirmed in Sierra Leone in May.
In June, MSF described the Ebola outbreak as out of control.
Nigeria had its first case of the disease in July and, in the same month, two leading doctors died from Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
In August, the United Nations health agency declared an "international public health emergency", saying that a co-ordinated response was essential to halt the spread of the virus.
Senegal reported its first case of Ebola on 29 August. A young man from Guinea had travelled to Senegal despite having been infected with the virus, officials said.
By September, WHO director general Margaret Chan said the number of patients was "moving far faster than the capacity to manage them".
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US, Thomas Frieden, said in October that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was unlike anything since the emergence of HIV/Aids. But Senegal managed to halt transmissions by mid October.
Authorities in Mali confirmed the death of the country's first Ebola patient, a two-year-old girl, on 25 October. The girl had travelled hundreds of kilometres by bus from Guinea through Mali showing symptoms of the disease, the WHO said.
An infected Islamic preacher from Guinea, who was initially diagnosed with a kidney problem, was treated at a clinic in Bamako. The preacher died a few days after entering the country.
Two health workers who cared for the preacher also died after contracting the virus. In total, Mali recorded six deaths from Ebola. By January 2015 however, the country was declared ebola-free.
*In all but three cases the patient was infected with Ebola while in West Africa. Infection outside Africa has been restricted to health workers in Madrid and in Dallas. DR Congo also reported a separate outbreak of an unrelated strain of Ebola.
The first case of the deadly virus diagnosed on US soil was announced on 1 October. Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, who contracted the virus in Liberia before travelling to the US, died on 8 October.
He had not displayed symptoms of the disease until 24 September, five days after his arrival. Other people with whom he came into contact are being monitored for symptoms.
Two medical workers in Dallas, Texas, who treated Duncan tested positive for Ebola since his death but have both recovered. The second death on US soil was surgeon Martin Salia, from Sierra Leone. He was flown back to the United States in November and treated for Ebola at a hospital in Nebraska. But Dr Salia, who had US residency and was married to an American, died a short time later.
Spanish nurse Teresa Romero was the first person to contract the virus outside West Africa. She was part of a team of about 30 staff at the Carlos II hospital in Madrid looking after two missionaries who returned from Liberia and Sierra Leone after becoming infected.
Germany, Norway, France, Italy, Switzerland and the UK have all treated patients who contracted the virus in West Africa.
Ebola was first identified in 1976 and occurs in regions of sub-Saharan Africa. There are normally fewer than 500 cases reported each year, and no cases were reported at all between 1979 and 1994.
In August 2014, the WHO confirmed a separate outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By the beginning of October there had been 70 cases reported and 43 deaths.
However, the outbreak in DR Congo was a different strain of the virus and unrelated to the epidemic in West Africa, which now dwarfs all previous outbreaks.
The 21-year-old hit a final-round two-under 72 to win the English Women's Amateur Championship on Thursday.
But Giles, who is part of the England Performance Squad, said she would lose the chance to play for her country if she turned professional.
"Turning professional is something I want to achieve in the future," Giles told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"At the moment I'm in the England Performance Squad, I'm really enjoying that and I want to see how far I can get playing for their teams."
Giles also won the English Women's Open strokeplay title last year and claimed the English mid-amateur Championship in 2014.
After winning the three top accolades in England Giles now wants to move up a level in the amateur game.
"I've won all the English titles but I'd really like to win a British title," she added.
"At the end of August it's the British strokeplay championship in Belfast. I'm really hoping I can put a good performance out for that one."
It is why David Cameron worked so hard in opposition to convince voters that the NHS was safe in his hands - he knew without credibility on health the Conservative party would struggle to win votes.
And it is easy to understand why. Polling consistently shows that the NHS is near to the top if not right at the top of the public's priorities.
Last year, a survey by MORI and the Nuffield Trust asked people which areas should be protected from cuts.
At the top, by a clear margin, was the NHS. Nearly eight in 10 suggested it should be protected, compared to 51% for both schools and care of the elderly, the next areas on the list.
Defence, local authority services and benefits were all hovering around the 10% mark.
But does this mean the NHS is completely sacrosanct?
Perhaps not - as research by the King's Fund shows.
The think-tank has been working with Ipsos Mori to carry out some in-depth polling work with members of the public.
Rather than simply asking them a series of questions, the King's Fund held two day-long events with a total of 80 people.
The sample size was deliberately small to allow longer discussions to explore some of the challenges the health service is facing.
What it showed was that while most felt the NHS should remain free at the point of need and any reduction in quality was judged to be "unacceptable" there was still an appetite for quite radical changes.
For example, the events showed there was some support for charging people for cosmetic surgery or elective caesareans, while many agreed people who abuse services, such as drunks who end up in A&E, should be penalised.
There was also a consensus that some form of top-up, perhaps for better accommodation in hospital, should be considered as a way of raising money.
The are obviously caveats. Eighty people is not many and - as any politician will no doubt warn - there are few opportunities in modern politics to debate a single issue in such depth.
But that does not mean there should be no attempt to engage the public in a wider debate about the NHS.
This is arguably the most challenging period for the health service since it was created. Never before has there been such as sustained period of so little growth in the budget.
And it comes at a time when demand is growing from factors such as the ageing population, development of new treatments and rise in conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.
Anna Dixon, director of policy at the King's Fund, hopes it acts as a wake-up call.
"Although difficult choices lie ahead, politicians have been reluctant to discuss the future funding challenge facing the NHS.
"This research shows that people want to engage with these issues.
"With pressures to spend more on health care growing and the public finances likely to be under considerable strain for the foreseeable future, it is time for an informed public debate about how much we should spend on the NHS and how this should be funded."
The Exiles led at half time through Ben Tozer's header as they chased a first win under Graham Westley, but were pegged back in the final exchanges.
A nine-minute double from John Akinde looked to have won it for the Bees, before Rigg struck with a minute remaining.
Newport remain bottom and six points adrift in League Two. Barnet are 18th.
Barnet had led 1-0 when the original clash at Rodney Parade was abandoned on 3 September due to heavy rainfall.
Newport County manager Graham Westley told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "Possession was 50/50, but we had the better of the chances.
"But we are taking steps in the right direction. We are developing a character and desire to win points.
"We could have won it late on. The players are trying very hard to give the fans what they want, which is winning football."
Match ends, Newport County 2, Barnet 2.
Second Half ends, Newport County 2, Barnet 2.
Attempt missed. Ben Tozer (Newport County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Sam Muggleton.
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro.
Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County).
Attempt saved. John Akinde (Barnet) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Tom Champion (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Tozer (Newport County).
Attempt missed. Ryan Watson (Barnet) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ryan Watson (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County).
Attempt missed. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Goal! Newport County 2, Barnet 2. Sean Rigg (Newport County) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Barnet) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Newport County. Jennison Myrie-Williams draws a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, Newport County. Jazzi Barnum-Bobb replaces Paul Bignot.
Goal! Newport County 1, Barnet 2. John Akinde (Barnet) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro.
Attempt saved. Jordan Green (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Newport County. Jennison Myrie-Williams replaces Reece Grego-Cox.
Attempt missed. Sean Rigg (Newport County) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
John Akinde (Barnet) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Jordan Green (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by James Bittner.
Attempt blocked. Michael Nelson (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Shaun Batt (Barnet) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high.
Substitution, Newport County. Jordan Green replaces Mark Randall.
Goal! Newport County 1, Barnet 1. John Akinde (Barnet) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bondz N'Gala.
Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sean Rigg (Newport County).
Alex Nicholls (Barnet) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Alex Nicholls (Barnet).
Sean Rigg (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Alex Nicholls (Barnet) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Reece Grego-Cox (Newport County).
Attempt missed. Mark Randall (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Valverde had topped the standings after Movistar won Tuesday's time trial, only for officials to broaden an initial penalty to team-mate Jose Joaquin Rojas across the whole team.
Valverde then outsprinted Ireland's Daniel Martin to win stage three.
He moves to fourth overall, behind Team Sky's Geraint Thomas in third.
Sky's Chris Froome was dropped in the finale and lies in fifth place, 49 seconds back, with fellow Briton Adam Yates of Orica in eighth after finishing third in the mountainous 188.3km stage from Mataro to La Molina.
Welshman Thomas came sixth and is 44 seconds behind new leader Tejay van Garderen of the US.
Samuel Sanchez of Spain is in second place, 41 seconds behind his BMC Racing team-mate Van Garderen.
"It was a little bit of a shock to the system," said Froome.
"It's the first mountain stage I've done at a WorldTour race since the Vuelta last year but it's good, that's why I'm here, I'm here to suffer this week - to gain from hard racing and soak it all up.
"As a team we're in a good place. We did a strong team time trial yesterday, but we've still got quite a bit of time to make up on the BMC guys."
Valverde had finished at the head of the general classification after Movistar's impressive time trial, but Rojas was initially penalised three minutes for pushing by a team-mate.
Following a protest from other teams, the penalty was then widened to 60 seconds for each of the remaining Movistar riders, including Valverde.
"The Movistar team wants to express its complete disagreement towards the sanction received," the Spanish team said in a statement.
"It's a penalty due to an infringement which we consider absolutely non-existent."
Stage Three result:
1. Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar) 5 hours 7 minutes 12 seconds
2. Daniel Martin (Ireland / Quick-Step) Same time
3. Adam Yates (Britain / Orica) +3 seconds
4. Romain Bardet (France / AG2R) Same time
5. Ilnur Zakarin (Russia / Katusha) Same time
6. Geraint Thomas (Britain / Team Sky) Same time
7. Alberto Contador (Spain / Trek) Same time
8. Tejay van Garderen (U.S. / BMC Racing) Same time
9. Michael Woods (Canada / Cannondale) +8 seconds
10. Davide Formolo (Italy / Cannondale) Same time
General classification:
1. Tejay van Garderen (U.S. / BMC Racing) 10 hours 24 minutes 33 seconds
2. Samuel Sanchez (Spain / BMC Racing) +41 seconds
3. Geraint Thomas (Britain / Team Sky) +44 seconds
4. Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar) +45 seconds
5. Chris Froome (Britain / Team Sky) +49 seconds
6. Marc Soler (Spain / Movistar) +1:10 seconds
7. Alberto Contador (Spain / Trek) +1:13 seconds
8. Adam Yates (Britain / Orica) +1:18 seconds
9. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek) +1:25 seconds
10. Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia / Trek) Same time
Further tests are needed to confirm the identity of the 41-year-old due to the extent of his injuries.
Detectives say at present they have no motive for the attack and are keeping an open mind.
The man who lived at a house in Glendhu Road was killed at the weekend.
The 28-year-old Netherlands international has extended his contract with the Championship club until 2018.
He has not played since last October when he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Krul has joined Ajax after goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen moved to Barcelona to replace Claudio Bravo.
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Using technology from Sweden, visitors to the museum will be able use an interactive touch screen to examine his body and internal organs.
The mummified man was buried in a crouching position around 3500 BC in Egypt and was discovered in 1896.
New evidence suggests he was stabbed in the back by a weapon, said curator of physical anthropology Daniel Antoine.
Dr Antoine said: "There's a wound on the surface of his skin, which people have been able to see for the last 100 years, but it's only through looking inside his body we've seen than his shoulder blade is damaged and the rib under the shoulder blade is also damaged.
"All of this suggests a violent death."
Thought to be between 18 and 21-years-old when he died, he was wrapped in linen and matting and placed in a shallow grave.
Direct contact with the hot, dry sand in which Gebelein Man was buried, naturally dried and mummified his remains.
He was found at Gebelein, about 25 miles (40km) south of Thebes, in Egypt in 1896 and was acquired by the British Museum in 1900.
The digital autopsy table has come courtesy of the Interactive Institute and Visualization Center C based in Norrkoping, Sweden and visitors will be able to view it until 16 December.
The technology has made it possible to expose his skeleton and make virtual slices in order to explore his internal organs and brain, which is still present.
Spokesman David Hughes said: "This powerful visualisation system has enabled not just remarkable new revelations about one of the British Museum's most iconic mummies, but also brings the thrill of discovery straight to the gallery for the public.
"Using exactly the same technology that the scientists use, visitors to the museum can now explore for themselves and, who knows, perhaps even make their own new discovery with the exhibit."
The Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum houses the largest collection of Egyptian objects outside Egypt.
The artefacts illustrate every aspect of the cultures of the Nile Valley, from the Neolithic period in 10,000 BC until the twelfth century AD.
But the shortlist is dominated by surprise hit Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble), which has 13 nominations.
The crowd-pleasing comedy follows a young woman who goes back in time to her teenage years.
Emmanuelle Riva - recipient of one of Amour's five Oscar nods - will be up for best actress at next month's Cesar ceremony.
So is Rust and Bone star Marion Cotillard, who has also been nominated for a Bafta for her performance.
Rust and Bone, about a whale trainer whose life is irrevocably changed by a tragic accident, has nine nominations in all.
They include citations for best film, best music and best director (Jacques Audiard).
Dark fantasy Holy Motors, which divided critics at Cannes last year, also received nine nominations, including best film and best actor (Denis Lavant).
The latter faces competition from Amour's Jean-Louis Trintignant, while Holy Motors' Edith Scob competes with Amour's Isabelle Huppert in the supporting actress category.
Ken Loach's The Angel's Share, Ben Affleck's Argo and Denmark's A Royal Affair are among the titles shortlisted in the foreign film category.
Some 3,400 people from across the French film industry took part in the voting process to determine this year's nominations.
The awards, hosted by actor and former Eurotrash presenter Antoine du Caunes, will be presented on 22 February in Paris.
The Academy Awards take place two days later in Los Angeles, two weeks after the Bafta Film Awards in London.
The Belgium defender played 45 minutes of the International Champions Cup match in Limerick as manager Brendan Rodgers named an experimental line-up.
Boyata, 25, had been out since being injured in the Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Rangers last season.
Eder headed Inter's first before Antonio Candreva's sublime chip over Leo Fasan made it two.
Nadir Ciftci had Celtic's best chance at Thomond Park when he volleyed off the crossbar, while Ryan Christie was threatening on a number of occasions.
Boyata's return is a boost to manager Brendan Rodgers ahead of Wednesday's Champions League play-off first leg against Hapoel Beer Sheva at Celtic Park.
Fellow defenders Erik Sviatchenko and Jozo Simunovic are likely to be missing.
The match in Limerick was former Rangers defender Frank De Boer's first game in charge of Inter.
Dutchman De Boer took over from former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini earlier this week.
An Arab film icon, she was only a child when she made her screen debut. She went on to appear in almost 100 films.
Ms Hamama was the former wife of Egyptian actor Omar Sharif. They were married for nearly 20 years and appeared in many films together in the 1950s.
She died on Saturday after health problems, according to Egypt's official news agency Mena.
Her son Tarek Sharif confirmed that she had passed away but did not give a cause of death.
Born in 1931, Ms Hamama was known as the "Lady of the Arabic Screen" and was a star of the golden age of Egyptian cinema.
Her career was at its peak in the 1950s when she met fellow actor Omar Sharif.
Born a Christian, he converted to Islam to marry Ms Hamama and described her as the only love of his life, reports the AFP news agency.
After their marriage they went on to star in many films together, including the 1961 film River of Love which was based on the Russian classic Anna Karenina.
The couple divorced in 1974.
Ms Hamama also starred in romantic films with the Arab singer Abdel Halim Hafez.
She appeared in films advocating women's rights and condemning social injustices, reported AFP.
Ms Hamama is survived by her son Tarek Sharif, her daughter Nadia Zulficar, and third husband Mohammad Abdel Wahab Mahmoud.
Leading by 32 points after a one-sided first leg, Irish extended the lead when David Paice bundled over from close in.
But Jack Ram replied and the teams exchanged further tries as the Exiles took a 17-15 half-time advantage.
Tries by Ben Franks, Dave Porecki and Scott Steele ensured Irish progressed to the final with Yorkshire Carnegie.
Carnegie, who beat Ealing Trailfinders in their two-legged Championship play-off decider, are at home in the first leg on on Wednesday, 17 May, with the return fixture on Wednesday, 24 May.
The prospect of Irish winning through was never in doubt but Knights were much improved and threatened to inflict a rare defeat on a side who had lost just once in the regular season.
Doncaster's spirited first-half efforts efforts continued after the interval and, after forwards tries from Franks and Porecki, the visitors were rewarded with a close-range score for replacement Joe Sproston.
But Irish had too much quality and Steele's late score gave a convincing look to the scoreline.
London Irish: Bell; Lewington, Tikoirotuma, Mulchrone, Cokanasiga; Marshall, McKibbin; Hobbs-Awoyemi, Paice, Franks, De Chaves, Sinclair, Coman, Cowan, Treviranus.
Replacements: Porecki, Court, Hoskins, Robson, Gilsenan, Steele, Tonks.
Doncaster: Jarvis; Flockhart, Bulumakau, Hayes, Lewis; Humberstone, Heaney; List, Hunter, W. John, Challinor, Williams, Ram, Hills, Shaw.
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The incident happened after Derry City lost 2-1 to Dundalk in an FAI Cup semi-final replay at Brandywell Stadium.
There are reports a Dundalk supporters' bus was vandalised during the trouble that happened outside the grounds.
Police have yet to confirm the incident. Derry City have yet to comment.
Derry councillors have condemned the attack.
Councillor Gary Donnelly said a group of Dundalk fans were cornered by a gang of youths outside a pub on the Lecky Road.
"When I arrived the crowd had dispersed and the Dundalk fans' mini-bus, which had been attacked, had been repaired and they were about to leave the area but they were visibly shaken," he said.
Mr Donnelly told BBC Radio Foyle that the supporters' mini-bus had its tyres slashed and graffiti sprayed on windows.
"Residents told me that after the game a number of Dundalk fans were making their way back to the bus when one of them was assaulted.
"A young boy of about 14-years-old was hit on the back of the head with a bottle before locals intervened and the four guys ran off."
Sinn Féin councillor Patricia Logue, who lives in the area, said extra security may now be needed during match nights.
"This is criminal behaviour by youths who are causing mayhem in our community," she said.
"The people of the Brandywell, the visiting fans, Derry City Football Club, do not want this happening in the area.
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Police were called to an address in Prince Edward Avenue at about 03:00 BST on Sunday.
A 37-year-old man, from Manchester, was taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, with stab wounds but later died.
North Wales Police said three other men were being treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
Officers have arrested a 43-year-old man, from Rhyl, along with four boys; two aged 16, one 15 and one 17.
Five men from outside the north Wales area have also been arrested on suspicion of affray and wounding.
The road was cordoned off for forensic investigators to work at the site.
Supt Sian Beck said an investigation was under way, adding: "I would like to reassure the public not to be alarmed by the increased police activity in Rhyl as we carry out our investigations.
"There will also be extra reassurance patrols in the area.
"I am appealing for anyone who may have information which could assist our investigation to come forward."
Barbara Phipps, 73, of Lynsted, died in the collision with a lorry on the A2 London Road in Teynham on 13 February.
The road has been closed between Station Road and Frognal Lane for approximately four hours for further investigations at the scene.
Kent Police said the reconstruction would assist officers investigating the circumstances of the collision.
The driver of the HGV, a 58-year-old man from Essex, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop.
He is on bail until 5 July while enquiries continue.
The 19-year-old from Coventry was held on suspicion of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism.
Ali Kalantar, Mohammed Ismail and Rashid Amani, all from the city, were believed to be engaged in the conflict. Kalantar and Amani have since been reported killed, police said.
West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit officers have bailed the man.
He was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism over the disappearance of the three men, who travelled to the Middle Eastern country in March last year, West Midlands Police said.
The force said the man was questioned under section 38 of the Terrorism Act 2000, thought there was no risk to the public.
Stephen Nolan and Tara Mills hosted Election 2016 - The Good Friday Agreement Generation.
Abortion, the economy and same-sex marriage were among the issues raised.
The DUP, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionists, SDLP, and Alliance were on the panel.
They were represented by Alastair Ross, Chris Hazzard, Doug Beattie, Daniel McCrossan and Naomi Long.
Jordan Armstrong of the TUV, Ellen Murray of the Green Party and David Jones of UKIP also featured on the programme.
Political parties will always tell you that sometimes it is difficult to get people involved in the democratic process.
This audience of first-time voters seems different - they are engaged and interested and on Wednesday night they were full of questions.
Audience member Aoife McBride from County Armagh was interested in the controversial issue of abortion.
"Why is it that the abortion laws in NI have remained the same despite the fact that in the rest of the UK they've been changed and adopted since the 1960s?" she asked.
Megan Donaldson from Magheralin, County Down, took a very different view.
She said that she thought that the law should stay the same.
Others like Matthew Wilson from Glengormley, County Antrim, wanted to know if this year's election was going to be different.
James Milliken from Lisburn, County Antrim, was frustrated.
He wants to vote but is not sure who to back.
The next major televised election debate will be the BBC leaders debate on 3 May.
The group said it had documented at least 450 locations targeted in the southern province of Deraa and another 1,000 in Aleppo in the north alone.
Barrel bombs are large cylindrical containers filled with explosive.
In an interview with the BBC two weeks ago, President Bashar al-Assad denied his forces used barrel bombs.
Dismissing the allegation as a "childish story", he insisted: "There are no barrel bombs. We don't have barrels.
"There are no indiscriminate weapons. When you shoot you aim, and when you shoot, when you aim, you aim at terrorists in order to protect civilians... You cannot have war without casualties."
But Human Rights Watch said evidence it had collected through analysing satellite images, photographs, videos and witness accounts contradicted Mr Assad's assertion.
The group documented attacks in Deraa and Aleppo provinces from 22 February 2014 - when a UN Security Council resolution insisted all parties end "indiscriminate employment of weapons in populated areas, including shelling and aerial bombardment" - until 25 January of this year.
Barrel bombs are typically dropped from helicopters - which only government forces are believed to operate - at high altitudes to avoid anti-aircraft fire. At that distance, it is impossible to target with precision.
HRW says the attacks had a "devastating impact on civilians, killing or injuring thousands of people".
On Sunday, the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported separately that 6,163 civilians, including 1,892 children and 1,720 women, had been killed in barrel bomb attacks since 22 February.
The Security Council is scheduled to meet on Thursday to discuss last year's resolution.
"For a year, the Security Council has done nothing to stop Bashar al-Assad's murderous air bombing campaign on rebel-held areas, which has terrorised, killed, and displaced civilians," said Nadim Houry, HRW's deputy Middle East and North Africa director.
"Amid talk of a possible temporary cessation of strikes on Aleppo, the question is whether Russia and China will finally allow the UN Security Council to impose sanctions to stop barrel bombs."
Last week, the UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said Mr Assad had agreed to halt the aerial bombardment of Aleppo for six weeks as part of a proposal for a local ceasefire.
HRW also noted that non-state armed groups had also conducted indiscriminate attacks in government-held areas, using car bombs and explosive weapons.
The Security Council should impose an arms embargo on the government as well as non-state groups implicated in widespread or systematic indiscriminate attacks, the New York-based organisation said.
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Steven Anderson broke the deadlock when he drifted in at the back post to get his boot to Liam Craig's free-kick.
Danny Swanson doubled the lead from the penalty spot after Kevin Gomis brought down Steven MacLean.
Michael Coulson's header hit the bar as Saints sought a third, before Rory Loy gave Dundee late hope with a penalty after Yordi Teijsse was bundled over.
Although they were under the cosh in the opening proceedings, it was Dundee who had the first real opportunity of the game, but Teijsse's effort from Paul McGowan's fine pass was poor and straight at Zander Clark in the Saints goal.
The home keeper was again called into action when he parried a Tom Hateley free-kick behind for a corner.
Dundee striker Fassail el Bhaktaoui was not having the best of days and, when he took a knock on his calf just before half-time, manager Paul Hartley decided to make the change with Michael Duffy the replacement.
Swanson was posing a real threat for Saints down the left hand side and forced a save out of Scott Bain in the visitors' goal early in the second half.
Just after the hour mark the home side deservedly made the breakthrough.
Craig floated a free-kick deep into the Dundee box and Saints captain Anderson volleyed the ball high into the roof of the net.
The hosts then doubled their advantage when referee Andrew Dallas pointed to the spot after a challenge by Gomis on MacLean.
Swanson stepped up and blasted the ball home, piling more misery on the Dundee fans who made the short trip to Perth.
The influential Swanson had teased the Dundee defence all afternoon and in the move of the game he set up Coulson for a header that came back off the crossbar with Bain rooted to his line.
With two minutes left Dundee pulled one back when Teijsse was pushed to the ground by Anderson and substitute Loy sent Clark the wrong way from the spot.
Despite a spirited onslaught, Saints held on for victory with Dundee - who have now lost five in a row - remaining at the bottom of the table.
St Johnstone's Tommy Wright: "It would have been a travesty if they had equalised. We totally dominated the game. I'm really pleased with how we played, how we moved the ball, but in the last few minutes we put ourselves in a position we shouldn't have been in.
"He (Swanson) is a key player for us, he knows that, and we do give him the freedom when the ball is in the opposition half to go and play as he sees it."
Dundee's Paul Hartley: "It's a reality check in terms of where we are. We're in a fight just now and we can't get away from that. We've not got enough points, not good enough. We have to all take responsibility. We've got to start doing our talking on the pitch.
"I'm frustrated how we played today. I'm angry, in the second half we didn't perform whatsoever.
"We've got a strong enough squad and on our day we can compete with anybody. But just now it's not happening for us."
Match ends, St. Johnstone 2, Dundee 1.
Second Half ends, St. Johnstone 2, Dundee 1.
Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rory Loy (Dundee).
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Paul Paton replaces Danny Swanson.
Goal! St. Johnstone 2, Dundee 1. Rory Loy (Dundee) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Dundee. Yordi Teijsse draws a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Dundee. Conceded by Joe Shaughnessy.
Attempt saved. Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone).
Rory Loy (Dundee) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Michael Coulson (St. Johnstone) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box.
Attempt missed. Danny Swanson (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Michael Coulson replaces Christopher Kane.
Foul by Richard Foster (St. Johnstone).
Craig Wighton (Dundee) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Dundee. Rory Loy replaces Tom Hateley.
Goal! St. Johnstone 2, Dundee 0. Danny Swanson (St. Johnstone) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Kevin Gomis (Dundee) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty St. Johnstone. Steven MacLean draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Kevin Gomis (Dundee) after a foul in the penalty area.
Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yordi Teijsse (Dundee).
Paul McGowan (Dundee) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone).
Foul by David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone).
Yordi Teijsse (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Brian Easton (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Hateley (Dundee).
Foul by Joe Shaughnessy (St. Johnstone).
(Dundee) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kevin Gomis (Dundee).
Substitution, Dundee. Craig Wighton replaces Nick Ross.
Goal! St. Johnstone 1, Dundee 0. Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Liam Craig following a set piece situation.
Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Danny Williams (Dundee).
Attempt blocked. Danny Swanson (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Danny Swanson (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Abandoned cases seen by the charity include a desert iguana and a pair of bearded dragons.
Keith Simpson-Wells from the RSPCA Reptile Rehoming Centre in Brighton says people don't know enough about how to keep the animals.
"People don't do their research completely on the animal before they get it and I think sometimes they can become scared of the animal," he said.
In 2011 the RSPCA collected 1,390 reptiles. By 2014 the number had increased to 1,853.
(Source: RSPCA Website)
Kilmarnock-born Eric Cyl, 62, was last seen heading off into the Mamore mountain range near Fort William at the end of May.
Tom Brown, 65, was last seen leaving his Lanarkshire home on 1 July.
RAF and Lochaber mountain rescue teams made searches of Meall Cumhann over the weekend.
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team said: "We have now covered all potential routes that either of these missing persons could have taken from their last known locations.
"We would ask any walkers in Glen Nevis, Mamores, Grey Corries, Aonach Beag and Carn Dearg areas to keep their eyes open for items of gear and clothing.
"We will keep looking."
The team added: "The family also wish us to pass on their thanks to all the teams/dogs/people who have contributed to the massive effort so far."
Mr Cyl, who was walking alone, was last seen wearing a light grey jacket and dark trousers and was carrying two walking poles.
A rucksack belonging to Mr Brown was found less than a mile east of Steall Falls in the Glen Nevis area on 9 July.
Mr Brown is 5ft 10in and has grey/brown hair.
Saturday saw a record that stretched back more than a century finally broken, a landmark goal and a spectacularly-premature Man of the Match decision.
Here are six stories you may have missed from Saturday's EFL action.
After Chelsea loanee Tammy Abraham scored his 11th goal of the season one day before his 19th birthday, Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson's thoughts quickly turned to hoping his side's star striker returns from international duty unscathed.
The teenager, who is the Championship's top scorer so far this term, received his first England Under-21 call-up ahead of the Euro 2017 qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Bosnia-Herzegovina on 6 and 11 October.
"I am thinking of ringing up whoever I can in the England set-up to beg them not to allow Tammy to be injured," said Johnson after City's 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest.
"It's his birthday tomorrow and I'll send him a text. If I don't send him a cake I hope he won't get the hump like Yaya Toure!"
Until the past two tournaments, if you had said 'England' and 'major championships' you would probably then have said 'penalties' - the Three Lions do not thrive from 12 yards.
But perhaps Cambridge United have supplied whoever succeeds Sam Allardyce with the answer - step forward Will Norris.
Norris is not just a goalkeeper, but a penalty-saving machine. On Saturday the 23-year-old saved not one, but two penalties in their League Two win over Accrington.
And these weren't just any old penalties - they came one after another in the second minute of stoppage time.
First Chris Eagles saw his spot-kick blocked by Norris and then, from the resulting corner, Brad Halliday handled in the area, prompting a red card and another penalty.
But again Norris saved, this time from Terry Gornell, for his fourth, (yes, fourth) penalty save of the season - and it's only the start of October.
"That's why you're in the game, for moments like that," said an inspired Norris to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire after the game.
"I can only do my job when called upon and thankfully I delivered for everyone at the football club."
So if you were the sponsors, there would be only one choice for the Man of the Match award, surely?
Yes, you've guessed correctly, it was given to Leon Legge, who gave away the first penalty, and got sent off as a result.
In fairness to Legge, it was announced before Norris performed his stoppage-time heroics - let's hope he shares his bottle of bubbly with his goalkeeper...
On 21 February, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was still in charge in central Europe, Winston Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty and Babe Ruth had yet to make his Major League debut.
It was also the date that Brighton and Hove Albion first played Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. Since then they have visited Wednesday 17 more times, but they had never come away from the Owls' home with a win until Saturday - that's a wait of over 102 years.
But Sam Baldock and Anthony Knockaert were on target as the Seagulls won 2-1 at Wednesday to end more than a century's wait for a Hillsborough victory.
No doubt those plucky chaps on the Pools Panel thought they would have an easy afternoon, sitting back watching the videprinter - it is only the start of October after all.
But the rain put paid to that as we saw two games called off. First Newport County's clash with Stevenage went under at 13:15 - three days after the Welsh side sacked boss Warren Feeney.
But at Notts County they soldiered on despite what seemed to be a monsoon, only for their game with Morecambe to be abandoned after 10 minutes as the Meadow Lane turf resembled the set of the 1995 film Waterworld starring Kevin Costner.
If you did do the Pools and you had either match on the coupon, then the panel decreed that Newport v Stevenage would have been a scoreless draw, while Notts County's game was also a scoreless draw as they take the result at the time the game was called off.
Peter Hartley's one of those centre-halves who you can rely on for a few goals every season.
He grabbed a last-minute winner for Plymouth Argyle in the League Two play-off semi-finals in May and, since his summer move to Bristol Rovers, he's hit the target three times in 10 appearances.
His goal on Saturday against Northampton was the 1,000th scored in the EFL's three divisions so far this year.
You'll remember that for the pub quiz, won't you?
The days of Keith Houchen, Micky Quinn and Peter Ndlovu are very much in the past for Coventry City.
The Sky Blues, who were a Premier League side at the turn of the century, have gradually spiralled downwards and are now in their fifth season in League One.
They seemed to be at their lowest ebb going into Saturday's games - they were the only side in the EFL yet to get a win and saw boss Tony Mowbray quit on Thursday.
But at the 11th attempt, and under the guidance of caretaker manager Mark Venus, Coventry got that elusive victory as they won 2-0 at Port Vale - and went off the bottom of the table to boot.
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Saturday school Latvian lessons have been introduced by the Guernsey Latvian Association.
Class organisers use music and games to educate children with one or both Latvian parents.
Daiga Pabijuta, of Latvian descent and living in Guernsey, said she wanted future generations to have some knowledge of the language.
She said: "I think it's important for my son to attend because it's somewhere where he can meet other Latvian children and I think they have something between them.
"They all know everything in English and most of the time they don't know about Latvian traditions and the way people live in Latvia."
The classes are held at St. Joseph's Church Hall Library room on Saturday mornings for children aged from 2 to 12.
Lilita Kruze, president of the association, said it was important for children of Latvian parents to be able to speak the language when visiting relatives.
She said: "I think it's ok for Latvians to go abroad and have experiences and live somewhere else but also it's important to keep our traditions and keep our language so we can give it to our children and grandchildren."
The figures, covering the year ending 31 May 2015, show the Gunners spent a record £114m on new players.
But they have been criticised by some fans for only making one signing - keeper Petr Cech - over the summer.
"We're focused on delivering more success," said Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis.
The cash reserves of £193.1m are intended to cover costs for a full season and are not solely designated for player transfers.
However, the Arsenal Independent Supporters' Association insists the strong financial figures must be matched by positive results on the pitch.
Arsene Wenger's team lost 2-1 at Dinamo Zagreb in their Champions League opener on Wednesday.
"The financial figures will only add fuel to the fire for those calling for further squad investment," said AISA chair Lois Langton.
Profit before tax was £24.7m, up from £4.7m in 2014, while the north London club say they have no short-term debt.
Total turnover was £344.5m - an increase of £42.6m from the previous year, boosted by a new kit partnership with Puma.
"We continue to look to develop every aspect of our operations while remaining true to our principles around being self-funding, investing in youth, our style of play and our commitment to our fans and to our place in the community," added Gazidis.
The proposed service allowing drug-users in Glasgow to consume drugs under supervision would be the first of its kind in the UK.
A business plan identifies potential sites in the south-east of the city.
It argues that money would be saved in the long-term by improving health and reducing offending in the city.
Members of the health board, city council and police agreed the proposals in principle last October in a bid to address the problems caused by an estimated 500 users who inject on Glasgow's streets.
A report to the Glasgow City Integration Joint Board reveals that the costs of the facility (SDCF) and a separate heroin assisted treatment (HAT) service are estimated at £2,355,680 a year.
It said it would be funded by redirecting existing resources and using contingency funding for three years.
Under the HAT service, some heroin users would be prescribed diamorphine by specially-licensed doctors.
The report also reveals that the facility would house 12 individual "injecting booths" and possibly a small drug inhalation room. There would also be a reception and an after-care area.
It argues that the facility is needed in a city where 90 new HIV cases have been diagnosed in Glasgow since 2015 among people who inject drugs.
Susanne Millar, of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, said: "The need for a safer consumption facility is about improving the health of those involved in public injecting.
"Our aim is to provide a route to recovery for a group of people often disengaged from support services and improving the general amenity of Glasgow city centre.
"Public injecting of drugs places considerable financial costs on the health, social care and criminal justice systems.
"Existing research suggests the average monthly spend on health, addictions, housing and criminal justice service for people in Glasgow with complex needs ranges from £1,120 and £3,069 per individual per month.
"These proposals are backed by evidence indicating SDCFs not only improve health outcomes for people who inject drugs, but are also highly cost effective and contribute to savings for health and social care services."
President De Gaulle did not attend the 50th anniversary in 1966. Nor have his successors been at any subsequent event.
In fact the last time a French head of state went to a Somme commemoration was in 1932 when the long-forgotten Albert Lebrun helped inaugurate the Thiepval memorial alongside the future King Edward VIII.
In a way this is very odd, because the 1916 Battle of the Somme was not just a British battle - it was a French battle too.
The broad outlines of the Somme offensive had been drawn up by the Allies the previous winter - and initially the plan was for a joint attack on the German front with the British and French contributing roughly equally.
But then came the German attack on Verdun in February, which forced the French to divert resources to the east. In the end their share in the Somme was about one-third, to the British two-thirds.
In mid-1916, the British and French lines on the Western Front met just above the River Somme near the village of Maricourt.
The British line headed west towards Albert, then turned north alongside the little river called the Ancre. The French line went south across the River Somme.
At dawn on 1 July both armies went into action. The disaster that befell the British, Irish and Commonwealth troops is well known.
Less celebrated are the successes of the French. In the first 10 days they achieved most of their objectives, advancing several miles at some points and taking 12,000 German prisoners.
"The French were more realistic in their ambitions, and they were also more experienced," says historian Marjolaine Boutet.
"Many of the British troops were Kitchener volunteers, for whom the Somme was the first experience of fighting. The French had the battles of 1914 and '15 behind them."
Above all the French army seems to have been better at advancing under supporting artillery.
British units, less experienced, moved forward at a set rhythm - theoretically timed to match the slow advance of the rolling barrage. Hence the famous descriptions of Tommies walking into machine-guns.
The French expected less of their artillery, and their troops were encouraged to use terrain and "duck and run".
The other factor behind the French success was that they faced a lesser enemy.
"The Germans were not expecting a French attack. They were far more worried about the British, so they had concentrated their reinforcements on the northern part of the sector. That meant that the French had an easier time of it," says historian Stephane Audoin-Rouzeau.
In the end the Somme settled into a dreadful four-month battle of attrition, in which the French suffered, just as the British and the Germans did.
Most estimates put the number of French casualties at about 200,000 (killed, missing or wounded). The British and Germans had more than 400,000 casualties each.
As Audoin-Rouzeau points out, this makes the Somme a more costly battle than the simultaneous battle of Verdun - in which about 300,000 men died.
The Somme was also vastly more significant, from a strategic point of view.
In the end, Verdun had virtually no impact on the course of the war. But historians now believe that the Somme convinced German generals of growing Allied strength, and thus tipped them into the submarine war on shipping - which in turn brought in the Americans.
So how come the French care so little about a battle of such importance, in which so many of their own troops were killed?
"The Somme has been completely forgotten in France," says Audoin-Rouzeau.
"Sometimes I take groups of French people around the battlefields, and they are dumbfounded. They are discovering it for the first time."
The main reason is that the Somme was completely overshadowed in the nation's narrative by Verdun.
"Verdun fits much better into the story France told itself after the war," says Boutet.
"Verdun was a defensive battle. It was France fighting for survival against the invading Germans. And years later, Verdun became the perfect symbol for the new Europe - built on Franco-German reconciliation.
"The Somme is much more complicated. Not only was it an offensive battle. It was also fought alongside another army, the British. That has always made it a more awkward memory for the French."
President Hollande's decision to attend the centenary was taken at the very last minute. Right up until the middle of this week, he was to be replaced by Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
Oddly, the Brexit vote last Friday may have been a factor in his change of heart.
Had he stayed away, it might well have been interpreted as a distasteful snub. In fact it merely reflects the Somme's relative unimportance in France's national memory.
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Dylan Hartley will be captain after being left out of the Lions squad.
Flanker Sam Underhill, New Zealand-born cross-code convert Denny Solomona, and fly-half Piers Francis - who will join Northampton from Auckland Blues in the summer - are included.
There are also call-ups for Sale twins Ben and Tom Curry, 18, as well as Saracens forward Nick Isiekwe, 19.
London Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga and Harry Mallinder of Northampton are included too.
After missing out on selection for the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand, the likes of Joe Launchbury, James Haskell, Chris Robshaw, George Ford and Mike Brown all are included, but there is no place for Danny Cipriani, Christian Wade or Semesa Rokoduguni.
Harlequins player Jack Clifford and Sam Jones of Wasps are unavailable through injury.
"We are looking forward to going to Argentina and winning 2-0," said head coach Jones.
Australian Glen Ella, who coached England on tour last summer, will again join Jones' backroom team.
On the tour, England will face their hosts in San Juan on Saturday 10 June and in Santa Fe a week later.
At a news conference, Jones said he did not want to get involved in debate about the Lions squad.
"You miss out on a Lions tour and you get an England tour - it's not a bad second prize," said the Australian.
"If I can develop three or four of these guys to be better than the Lions guys, it will be a successful tour.
"It's going to be a tough tour, but my job is to improve the squad. It's a great opportunity where we can bring a bunch of young, enthusiastic and potentially good players into the squad at one time."
Forwards: Will Collier (Harlequins, uncapped), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 4 caps), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks, uncapped), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, uncapped), Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 3 caps), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap), Dylan Hartley - captain (Northampton Saints, 84 caps), James Haskell (Wasps, 75 caps), Paul Hill (Northampton Saints, 5 caps), Nathan Hughes (Wasps, 8 caps), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens, uncapped), Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 42 caps), Matt Mullan (Wasps, 15 caps), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, 55 caps), Sam Underhill (Ospreys/Bath Rugby, uncapped), Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 50 caps)
Backs: Mike Brown - vice-captain (Harlequins, 60 caps), Danny Care - vice captain (Harlequins, 71 caps), Joe Cokanasiga (London Irish, uncapped), Nathan Earle (Saracens, uncapped), George Ford - vice captain (Bath Rugby, 35 caps), Piers Francis (Auckland Blues/Northampton Saints, uncapped), Sam James (Sale Sharks, uncapped), Alex Lozowski (Saracens, uncapped), Harry Mallinder (Northampton Saints, uncapped), Joe Marchant (Harlequins, uncapped), Jack Maunder (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 25 caps), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 4 caps), Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks, uncapped)
BBC Radio 5 live rugby reporter Chris Jones:
Even though 16 men are away with the Lions, this is a startling squad from Eddie Jones, with almost half of the touring party uncapped.
There are four men who helped clinch the Under 20s Grand Slam, one who recently qualified in Denny Solomona, while Sam Underhill and Piers Francis will both tour before they have played for their Premiership clubs.
Jones will lean on a wealth of experience - with all the main Lions casualties on this trip - but the abundance of youth points to a healthy future for English rugby.
Fry made his Boro debut in August last season, and has since made a further seven appearances for the club.
The Middlesbrough-born 19-year-old has won England caps at under-16, under-17 and under-19 level.
He could make his debut for the MIllers when they host Bristol City in the Championship on 10 September.
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On Monday, Ms Dolezal resigned from the anti-racism organisation NAACP, after her parents said she was pretending to be black.
Speaking to NBC, she said that from the age of five she "was drawing self-portraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon".
She added that she "takes exception" to suggestions she had deceived people.
"This is not some freak-show, Birth of a Nation blackface performance," she told NBC's Matt Lauer. "This is on a real connected level how I've had to go there with the experience."
Hours beforehand, her mother Rutheanne Dolezal told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme that her daughter had become "disconnected from reality".
Ms Dolezal's estranged parents say her origins are mostly white, with a small amount of Native American ancestry. They say that she has no black origins.
They have produced childhood pictures of her daughter with pale skin, freckles and fair hair.
US media reported on Tuesday that in 2002 she sued the historically black Howard University for discriminating against her for being white.
She subsequently claimed to be the victim of hate crimes for being black.
Ms Dolezal, then known as Rachel Moore, received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Howard University 13 years ago.
Court documents obtained by the Smoking Gun website show that she sued the university for "discrimination based on race, pregnancy, family responsibilities and gender".
As part of her claim, she alleged that some of her artwork had been removed from an exhibition in order to favour black students.
She said the art was removed from the 2001 exhibition because Howard University was "motivated by a discriminatory purpose to favour African-American students over".
The case was dismissed in 2004, with no evidence found that Ms Dolezal had been discriminated against. That decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal in 2005. She was ordered to pay costs of $2,728.50 (£1,752) to Howard.
It is estimated that 93% of Howard University students are black, while only 1% are white. Its alumni include the writer Nobel Prize winning novelist Toni Morrison.
On Monday, Rachel Dolezal announced her resignation as president of the The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Spokane Chapter in Washington in the wake of the race row.
An online petition calling for her to step down received hundred of signatures. She had already lost her job as a lecturer in African-American studies at a local university.
According to the Spokesman-Review newspaper, Ms Dolezal said she was a mix of white, black and American Indian on her application to serve on Spokane's citizen police ombudsman commission in January.
The city's ethics committee said it was investigating the allegations, in addition to a separate investigation related to Ms Dolezal on a different matter.
A Kushner Companies spokesperson told the BBC that it and Anbang Insurance Group have "mutually agreed to end talks" over 666 Fifth Avenue.
The potential deal had raised questions about a conflict of interest.
Mr Kushner plays an influential role at the White House.
The potential $4bn (£3.2bn) investment deal would have netted Kushner Companies more than $400m, Bloomberg had earlier reported.
Some real estate experts were said to have considered the terms of such a transaction unusually favourable for the US company.
Five Democratic lawmakers wrote to the White House on 24 March to raise concerns about what they called a "highly troubling transaction", which they said if executed "would appear to present a clear conflict of interest" for Mr Kushner.
They asked if Jared Kushner had been directly involved in talks with Anbang and for more details regarding his reported divestment of ownership of the building.
Kushner Companies spokesman James Yolles has said that Mr Kushner sold his ownership stake in 666 Fifth Avenue to family members, meaning that any transaction would pose no conflict of interest with his role at the White House.
The ageing 41-floor property, which occupies a full block that fronts Fifth Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Street, was purchased by Kushner Companies in 2006 for $1.8bn. At the time, it was the highest price paid for a single building in Manhattan.
Anbang is yet to comment. Kushner Companies, owned by Jared Kushner and his father Charles, says it is in "advanced negotiations" with a number of other potential partners.
Jared Kushner, 36, is married to Mr Trump's daughter, Ivanka.
He has found himself in the spotlight this week after volunteering to speak to the Senate Intelligence Committee about meetings with Russian officials, as alleged ties between the Trump team and Moscow continue to dog the president.
The committee is examining Russia's alleged interference in last year's election.
Russia has always denied any interference.
United States Olympians win their places through one-off races against their domestic rivals rather than rely on previous success at major events.
The British Olympic Association (BOA), which runs Team GB, said talks are in their "very early stages".
The idea would not come in until 2020 at the earliest, with some sports welcoming the chance to boost revenues.
"There is a shared belief that Olympic trials events, such as those seen in the US, have the potential to be successful in the UK, helping to sustain the profile and public interest in Olympic sport," said a joint statement issued by the BOA and UK Sport, the agency that allocates lottery and public funding to Olympic and Paralympic sports.
Some sports have already dismissed the idea but athletics and swimming, the two sports that usually send the most athletes to the Games, are keen to keep talking about the feasibility of the proposals.
Both, however, already have their own televised trials, as well as lucrative sponsorship deals that do not always complement the BOA's.
The BOA has denied it wants to bring in the "first-past-the-post" trials that generate so much drama - and therefore interest - in the US.
"A trials format wouldn't work for cycling," said British Cycling boss Ian Drake.
He outlined concerns over the already complicated process of qualifying riders for the Games and the crowded calendar.
"As the national governing body, we're responsible for our riders' ability to produce inspirational performances against the world's best and on the biggest stages," he added.
"A key part of the success British Cycling has achieved over the last four Olympic cycles has been the way our performance staff have prepared and selected riders.
"So we know holding trials means potentially asking our team to peak numerous times within a short space of time - to qualify places, for the trials and then for the Olympics - and puts medal-winning performances at risk."
It is a stance shared by several other governing bodies that the BBC has spoken to in recent weeks, including GB Boxing.
"The qualification process is long and complicated and it is very difficult to see how an event of this nature could be fitted into what is already a very demanding schedule," a GB Boxing spokesman said.
There is support for the BOA idea from some quarters.
A senior figure from British Rowing told the BBC the organisation liked the concept, providing some leeway on selection could be reserved for its coaches.
Rowing is currently holding its Olympics trials effectively in private.
But the challenge will be to marry the wish for more publicity - and satisfy any potential broadcasters' demands for drama - with the sports' primary purpose of arriving at the Olympics in the best shape to win medals.
High-profile examples of the American trials system include defending champion Carl Lewis failing to qualify for the 100m at the Barcelona Olympics while Allyson Felix needed team-mate Jeneba Tarmoh to give her America's third 100m slot at London 2012.
The 31-year-old, identified as Tiziana, sent the video to her ex-boyfriend and three others, who put it online.
More than a million people watched it, and she became the subject of jokes and abuse.
Tiziana killed herself in her aunt's home in Mugnano near Naples on Tuesday.
Local prosecutors have opened an investigation into her death, which came more than a year after the video was circulated on Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media.
The four men are being investigated for defamation.
How Italy viewed Tiziana Cantone's death
After the video went viral, Tiziana left her job, moved to Tuscany and was in the process of changing her name, but the story kept following her.
The words "You're filming? Bravo", spoken by her in the video, have become an online joke and the phrase has been printed on T-shirts, smart phone cases and other items.
In a court case, Tiziana won a "right to be forgotten" ruling, ordering the video to be removed from various sites and search engines, including Facebook.
But she was also ordered to pay 20,000 euros (£17,000; $22,500) in legal costs, which local media have called a "final insult".
Italy has reacted to Tiziana's suicide with a mixture of shock and shame. Her death has provoked a debate about the corrosive effects of the public shaming of young women.
"As a government, there's not a lot that we can do," said Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. "It's mainly a cultural battle - also a social and political battle. Our commitment is try to do everything we can... Violence against women is not an ineradicable phenomenon."
The procession of the hearse carrying Tiziana's body was broadcast live. A reporter offered commentary in a hushed voice as the vehicle drove by, followed by dozens of mourners.
The woman who wanted to be forgotten is now remembered across the country.
The woman's family have called for justice and for an end to shaming.
"Now we call for the justice system to act so that her death was not in vain," the family said, quoted by Italian media.
The 32-year-old, who made his debut for the county in 2002, has scored 9,590 runs in 157 first-class games at an average of 38.20.
"Chris is an integral part of the squad and has a significant role to play," said head coach Mark Davis.
"His influence and leadership is vital to our future success."
Nash's highest first-class score of 184 came against Leicestershire in 2010 and the Cuckfield-born right-hander is closing in on 3,000 runs in List A cricket for Sussex and 2,500 runs for the Sharks in the T20 format.
He has also taken 151 wickets across all formats with his off-spin.
"It is nice to know that I'm going to be here at least until I'm 35," Nash said.
"It's an exciting time with Luke Wright taking over as captain. I'm looking forward to playing under him and hopefully over the next three years I can really hit my best form."
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But how has the rendition gone down in his Sheffield Hallam constituency?
BBC Political Editor for Yorkshire Len Tingle reports.
Two trips to Madagascar to pick up what might be debris from the plane have been cancelled at the last minute, according to the man that found them.
The potential clues have been left untouched for weeks, with no prospect of them being gathered and examined.
"Credible evidence is turning up, why are they not investigating it?" Grace Subathirai Nathan told the BBC.
Her mother, Anne Daisy, was on MH370 when it disappeared in March 2014.
"From day one we've had the notion they want an end to it, to sweep it under the rug. How can potential evidence be unattended for a month? It's becoming a farce."
American Blaine Gibson sold the family home to fund his own search for parts of MH370. Having found one piece in Mozambique that investigators say is "almost certainly" from the plane, he travelled to Madagascar where he uncovered more potential evidence.
Blaine says a Malaysian investigator was initially due to fly to Madagascar to retrieve the debris on 16 June. That was then changed to 21 June. A press conference was lined up, then the trip was cancelled at the last minute.
Blaine even offered to take the finds to Malaysia himself but says his offer was turned down.
Grace is not the only frustrated MH370 family member.
"It's been nearly a month, but the Malaysian response has been bordering on indifferent", K S Narendran, known as Naren, told the BBC.
"The point is, these are all pieces of a puzzle, that pieced together might tell us a story." Naren lost his wife Chandrika on the plane.
The official reason is that they don't have enough money for the trip, but Naren suspects something else.
"I wonder if it's just a way to bring it to a quiet close."
The Australian Transport Safety Board told the BBC: "Australia is leading the underwater search for MH370 but it is Malaysia, as the investigating body, that retains authority for coordinating the examination of debris."
The BBC contacted both the Malaysian authorities and ICAO, but was unable to get a response.
The few pieces of MH370 that have emerged so far have told us nothing about why the plane crashed. So why is it so important to collect more?
"Their examination can reveal information about how the aircraft hit. For example, are all the pieces from the left or right side of the aircraft?" said Anne Evans, an accident investigator with the highly respected British Air Accidents Investigation Branch for 23 years.
She told the BBC that debris could answer other questions too.
"Was the aircraft intact when it hit the water, so do we have pieces from the entire fuselage, front and rear? Although the information gleaned from these items may be extremely limited given their small number, the documentation and analysis of all pieces can still yield some clues".
It's important to note than these Madagascan finds may have nothing to do with MH370, although various experts I've spoken to suggest there is a good chance at least some are from the plane.
"I don't understand why they won't even take a look at it," Naren said. "I understand members of my family won't come back, but it doesn't take away my need to know. I wonder if the families have become an afterthought or an irritation."
Grace, who runs a support group for the families, says they have tried to raise the issue elsewhere.
"We have written to the ICAO [International Civil Aviation Organization - the UN body in charge of aviation] but they don't write back. The Malaysians shun us."
"We have absolutely no communication with investigators. We still don't know what they found from analysis on the flaperon [the first confirmed piece of MH370 debris to be found]."
They are also upset that the Malaysian government recently said that the possible personal effects found in Madagascar were nothing to do with the plane. "How do they know" Grace said, "without examining them?"
Where confirmed or suspected MH370 debris was found
1. A section of wing called a flaperon, found on Reunion Island in July 2015 - confirmed as debris in September 2015
2. Horizontal stabilizer from tail section, found between Mozambique and Madagascar in December 2015
3. Stabilizer panel with "No Step" stencil, found in Mozambique in February 2016
4. Engine cowling bearing Rolls-Royce logo, found in March 2016 in Mossel Bay, South Africa
5. Fragment of interior door panel found in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius in March 2016
6. Fragments including what appears to be a seat frame, a coat hook and other panels found on Nosy Boraha island in north-east Madagascar.
Grace and Naren both support the expensive, complex and dangerous sea search now combing the ocean floor six days sail from Australia. But that could be wound up in a matter of weeks or months.
If no new clues come to light, the Malaysian and Australian governments have said they will call it off.
That is why the families want the search extended, to the beaches on the other side of the Indian Ocean, where more than two years later, the only solid clues to this whole mystery are washing up.
Grace says not knowing what happened is torture.
"My biggest fear is that the whole thing will be forgotten. We've all gotten' worse in our own way, we need to be able to understand something before we can accept it".
Naren says if you don't solve the mystery, you can't stop it happening again: "Do we have to wait for more unfortunate incidents to bring the focus back?"
This brings the number discovered since last August to 23.
The UN has been unable to examine the mass graves and cannot say if they were recently dug.
It estimates that over 400 people, including women and children, have been killed in clashes between the army and a rebel group.
Jose Maria Aranaz, the director of the UN's joint human rights office, told the BBC that it is important that "a transparent independent investigation take place" in order to reassure the population and to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice.
The government is fighting to put down a rebellion by a group called Kamwina Nsapu, which began after a regional chief was killed.
Both sides have been accused of committing human rights violations.
Late last month two UN experts who were abducted after going to investigate reports of abuses in the region were found dead in shallow graves.
Mr Hutch was shot dead at about 10:00 local time on May 24 at the Avondale House flats on North Cumberland Street in Dublin, where he lived.
He was the nephew of Gerard Hutch, the man known as 'The Monk'.
His murder is thought to be linked to an ongoing feud between two Dublin families.
King has made 23 appearances for League Two side Stevenage this season after joining on loan in August.
The 31-year-old returned to the Iron at the end of his loan deal, but failed to break back into the first team.
Hinds, 19, has yet to feature for Arsenal's first team.
He has represented England up to under-18 level, and was part of the Three Lions' 2015 Under-17 World Cup squad.
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Dyma fyddai'n tro cyntaf i swyddogion arfog grwydro maes y Brifwyl, fydd yn cael ei chynnal eleni ger Bodedern rhwng 4 a 12 Awst.
Dywedodd prif weithredwr yr ŵyl, Elfed Roberts fod yn rhaid i'r Eisteddfod gymryd camau "oherwydd beth sydd 'di digwydd dros y misoedd diwethaf".
Yn gynharach eleni fe wnaeth yr Urdd amddiffyn y penderfyniad i gael heddlu arfog yn yr eisteddfod ieuenctid ym Mhencoed, gan ddweud eu bod yn rhan o "gamau diogelwch angenrheidiol".
Daeth y presenoldeb arfog yn Eisteddfod yr Urdd ddiwedd mis Mai wythnos yn unig wedi'r ymosodiad terfysgol ym Manceinion ble chafodd 22 o bobl eu lladd gan ffrwydrad.
Mae'r brifwyl hefyd wedi gorfod ystyried eu trefniadau diogelwch o ganlyniad i'r hinsawdd presennol, yn ôl y prif weithredwr.
"Mi fydd 'na fesurau yn y fynedfa o ran chwilio bagiau wrth fynd i mewn," meddai Mr Roberts.
"Oherwydd beth sydd 'di digwydd dros y misoedd diwethaf, dwi'n meddwl bod hi'n anorfod bod rhaid i ni edrych ar y mesurau diogelwch. Rydan ni wedi bod yn trafod hyn efo'r heddlu a'r cyngor sir."
Ychwanegodd: "Mae'n debyg y byddan nhw [heddlu arfog] yna. 'Da ni wedi cael trafodaethau gyda Heddlu Gogledd Cymru, a phenderfyniad yr Eisteddfod ydi beth bynnag mae Heddlu'r Gogledd yn ei gynghori, yna 'da ni'n barod i fynd efo hynny.
"Nhw sy'n gwybod beth sydd orau, nhw ydi'r arbenigwyr, ganddyn nhw mae'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf, ac felly os 'dyn nhw'n teimlo bod rhaid cael heddlu arfog, yna bydd 'na heddlu arfog yna.
"Sut mae'r heddlu arfog yn cerdded o gwmpas y maes, ydyn nhw'n cerdded yn agored ta be', mae hynny eto fyny i'r heddlu."
The Foxes narrowly avoided relegation last season but are two points clear at the summit after 15 games.
But Mahrez, who took his goal tally to 11 with Saturday's treble at Swansea, is more concerned at getting the eight more points needed to reach 40, a total usually enough for survival.
"I don't think we can win the league," he told BBC World Football.
"We just need to get the 40 points and then after that we will see."
The Algeria international's form, along with that of 14-goal team-mate Jamie Vardy, has been instrumental in Leicester's rise.
"I'm not surprised because I knew I could do the things that I have done," Mahrez, 24, added.
"Football is just confidence. When you start scoring and you carry on it gives you more confidence so maybe that has helped me."
Marseille president Vincent Labrune reportedly dismissed the idea of the French club signing Mahrez when the player was suggested to him as a potential target in December 2014.
"Do you really think that Leicester players now have a place at Olympique Marseille?" Labrune is quoted as saying. "I don't put up with people taking me for a sucker."
"He thinks what he thinks. I know what I am, I know what I'm doing in the football, I know what I can do," Mahrez said.
"The people who don't know football - I don't want to speak about them.
"Everyone's not going to love you. Sometimes some people love you, some people hate you, some people don't like your football. That's life so I don't care, I don't mind."
They were escorted to the reception in the capital Abuja by armed soldiers, after a check-up at a medical centre.
Mr Buhari said he was joyous that they were free. He is now travelling to London for medical reasons as concern grows for his health.
A spokesman said there was "no cause for worry" and that he was travelling for a "follow-up" consultation.
Mr Buhari, 74, returned from the UK in March after seven weeks of sick leave. When he returned home he said he had never been so ill in his life.
What illness he has remains undisclosed but concerns about his condition grew in recent weeks after he missed several cabinet meetings.
The girls were handed over on Saturday in exchange for Boko Haram suspects after negotiations.
They were from a group of 276 abducted in north-eastern Nigeria in 2014. Before the latest release, about 195 of the girls were still missing.
The number of Boko Haram suspects released by authorities remains unknown.
"I cannot express in a few words how happy I am to welcome our dear girls back to freedom," Mr Buhari told the girls in Abuja, according to his office.
"On behalf of all Nigerians, I will like to share my joy with you," he said.
Mr Buhari would have left earlier on Sunday to London but wanted to receive the schoolgirls, his spokesman Femi Adesina said.
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Arriving in Abuja earlier, some of the girls looked tired and confused by all the attention after spending three years in captivity.
Before being taken to the capital, they were brought by road convoy from a remote area to a military base in Banki near the border with Cameroon.
Our reporter says that many families in Chibok will be rejoicing at this latest news, but more than 100 of the girls taken have yet to be returned.
"This is good news to us. We have been waiting for this day," Christian pastor Enoch Mark, whose two daughters were among those kidnapped, told Agence France-Presse.
"We hope the remaining girls will soon be released." It was unclear whether his daughters had been freed.
A statement from a spokesman for President Buhari earlier said he was deeply grateful to "security agencies, the military, the Government of Switzerland, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and local and international NGOs" for playing a role in the operation.
In a later BBC interview, presidential spokesman Garba Shehu added: "With all of these things together we negotiated over a period of several months, and at the end of it some of their [Boko Haram's] members were exchanged for the 82 girls."
After the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state, was raided in April 2014, more than 50 girls quickly escaped and Boko Haram then freed another 21 last October, after negotiations with the Red Cross.
The campaign for the return of the girls drew the support of then US First Lady Michelle Obama and many Hollywood stars.
Last month, President Buhari said the government remained "in constant touch through negotiations, through local intelligence to secure the release of the remaining girls and other abducted persons unharmed".
Many of the Chibok girls were Christian, but were encouraged to convert to Islam and to marry their kidnappers during their time in captivity.
Boko Haram has kidnapped thousands of other people during its eight-year insurgency aimed at creating an Islamic caliphate in north-eastern Nigeria.
More than 30,000 others have been killed, the government says, and hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee from their homes.
Ofgem said it was the largest penalty paid to date by a UK energy supplier.
Its investigation found "extensive poor sales practices" amongst staff selling on the doorstep and by phone.
E.On has apologised to its customers, and has promised to pay compensation to anyone who was mis-sold an energy package.
The company has estimated that the bill for compensation payments is likely to be between £3m and £8m, on top of the £12m penalty.
"I am personally absolutely devastated by this, and I'm sure my colleagues across the country are equally devastated" said Tony Cocker, E.On's chief executive.
He told the BBC he took full responsibility for the failings, but said he would not be resigning as a result.
However he said his bonus for the year to 2013 would be cut by "around 25%", resulting in a payment of £510,232.
His bonus in 2012 was £687,300.
In total pay was cut from over a million pounds in 2012, to £945,286 in 2013.
By John MoylanBBC News
From the earliest days of retail energy competition, when households were given a choice of their energy supplier, consumer groups have warned about sharp practices and pressurised selling techniques.
The firms and the regulator repeatedly claimed that they were addressing the issue. Yet today's news suggests problems continued right up to the end of last year.
E.On insists that there was no organised attempt to mislead or misinform customers. Yet at a time when energy prices were soaring, the fact remains that the actions of E.On and other firms meant that hundreds of thousands of customers did not get the best deal.
The industry says the days of pressurised telephone sales and doorstep selling are behind it. But today one of the leading consumer groups has warned that we can't simply draw a line under the affair and that we should remain vigilant.
Consumer trust in the energy suppliers has collapsed in recent years. Few issues can have done more to erode that trust than the prolonged and sustained mis-selling of gas and electricity to hard pressed households.
Other directors have had their bonuses cut by up to 50%.
The mis-selling took place over a three-and-a-half year period, between June 2010 and December 2013.
Customers were misled by sales staff, and some may have been sold more expensive tariffs than they were already on with other companies.
E.On was the last of the big six energy suppliers to stop doorstep selling, in September 2012.
It said it had now stopped all cold-calling by telephone as well.
The £12m penalty will be distributed to 333,000 of the company's poorest customers.
Those who receive the Warm Home Discount - pensioners, disabled people and low income families - will receive £35 each, even though they were not necessarily affected by the mis-selling.
Other vulnerable customers will also receive automatic payments.
In addition, the company will be writing to 465,000 other customers to advise them how to complain if they believe they were the victims of mis-selling.
Or they can call the company directly, on 0800 0568 497.
The regulator said that E.On had opportunities to improve its sales practices long before 2013, but its response was inadequate.
In addition, Ofgem said that E.On had
Sarah Harrison, senior partner in charge of enforcement at Ofgem said: "The time is right to draw a line under past supplier bad behaviour and truly rebuild trust so consumers are put at the heart of the energy market.
"E.ON has today taken a good step by accepting responsibility for its actions and putting proper redress in place."
The energy watchdog has imposed nearly £100m in fines and redress on energy companies for various rule breaches over the last four years, £39m of which have been for mis-selling.
E.On was itself fined £1.7m by Ofgem in November 2012, for overcharging customers. The company blamed a computer error.
The Blades came from behind to earn their point, with Jay O'Shea's fine strike cancelling out a first-half effort from home striker Tope Obadeyi.
Oldham, whose own good form has lifted them out of the relegation zone, wasted a great chance to open the scoring when Josh Law headed over from Lee Erwin's far-post cross.
But they made no mistake in the 44th minute as Paul Green combined with Law, whose cross from the right gave Obadeyi a simple tap-in from two yards.
Erwin went close to doubling Oldham's lead, glancing a header inches off target after he was well found by Chris Taylor.
Instead the visitors levelled five minutes into the second half as James Hanson's touch set up O'Shea for an excellent finish from just inside the box.
United's goal lifted their game, but they struggled to create openings until the closing stages when Billy Sharp fired over before being denied by home goalkeeper Connor Ripley.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Oldham Athletic 1, Sheffield United 1.
Second Half ends, Oldham Athletic 1, Sheffield United 1.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic) because of an injury.
(Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Billy Sharp (Sheffield United).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Connor Ripley (Oldham Athletic) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Leon Clarke replaces Caolan Lavery because of an injury.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Ryan Flynn replaces Ousmane Fane.
Attempt saved. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic).
Chris Basham (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Michael Ngoo replaces Lee Erwin.
Attempt missed. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Chris Basham (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic).
Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ethan Ebanks-Landell (Sheffield United).
Attempt missed. James Hanson (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Caolan Lavery replaces Matt Done because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Oldham Athletic).
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by John Fleck.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Simon Moore.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Paul Coutts replaces Jay O'Shea.
Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Chris Taylor (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United).
George Edmundson (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jay O'Shea (Sheffield United).
Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Basham (Sheffield United).
Attempt missed. Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic).
Chris Basham (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Jake M Wright.
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Lubanga, who led one side during fighting between two Congolese communities, was the first person to be convicted by the ICC, in 2012.
He was sentenced to 14 years for using child soldiers and raping girls.
He is eligible for release after serving two-thirds of his sentence.
He has been in custody since being arrested in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2005.
Lubanga told the hearing at The Hague that he wanted to return to DR Congo and pursue a doctoral thesis in the city of Kisangani, to identify a new form of sociology to help "tribal groups to live together in harmony".
He led a militia in the gold-rich Ituri region of DR Congo during a conflict between the Hema and Lendu communities, in which an estimated 50,000 people died and hundreds of thousands were made homeless.
His legal team argued that in general, "convicts are systematically released once they have served two-thirds of their sentence" in international justice.
Prosecutors objected to his request, saying he had been interfering with witnesses in another case linked to the conflict in DR Congo.
Lubanga denied the accusation.
The judges did not say when they would issue their decision.
Thomas Lubanga
•Leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), an ethnic Hema militia
•Head of the UPC's military wing, the Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (FPLC)
•Accused of recruiting children under the age of 15 as soldiers
•Arrested in Kinshasa in March 2005
•Held by the ICC at The Hague since 2006
•Born in 1960, has a degree in psychology
Lubanga profile
David and Angela Cockburn, 48 and 49, his daughters Carley Ann, 21, and Bethany, 18, and Bethany's one-year-old daughter Lacie died on the A18 near Grimsby two years ago.
The family, from County Durham, were on their way to a dance competition.
Humberside Police confirmed the family had made a formal appeal.
Ch Supt Judi Heaton said: "The Cockburn family has made a formal appeal to the Crown Prosecution Service to review their initial decision not to prosecute.
"We are awaiting the outcome of this appeal."
Inquests are due to take place next year.
In July, the CPS said no criminal charges would be brought in connection with the incident.
Three members of the family, from Ouston, died at the scene in Laceby, North East Lincolnshire. Two others later died in hospital.
The 24-year-old was attacked as she walked along Adderlane Road in Prudhoe at about 05:00 BST on Sunday.
Northumbria Police said the assault happened in a rear alley between Holyoake Street and Neale Street.
A force spokeswoman said the attacker was described as being white, in his early 30s, about 5ft 11in (1.8m) tall and of broad build. He was wearing a blue hooded top.
15 September 2015 Last updated at 14:48 BST
Can they repeat their success of 2003? Or will New Zealand, Australia or South Africa claim a record third win?
The competition first started back in 1987 and since then has grown in size and significance with 20 teams due to battle it out this time round.
But if you're new to rugby and are wondering what it's all about then check out this brief history of the World Cup.
The Family and Childcare Trust's survey of Britain's nurseries and childminders suggests a week's childcare in holiday periods now averages £109.23.
This is a rise of 9.2% since last year and more than £100 for the first time.
Charity chief executive Anand Shukla said with many nurseries closing for holidays, and cuts to youth services, more children may be left unsupervised.
Holiday childcare can be a particular problem for parents with schools, school-based nurseries and playgroups closed. And as prices continue to rise, many may find it difficult to find holiday cover.
The trust surveyed the 161 family information services based in local authorities across England, Wales and Scotland in May, asking them the average cost of holiday childcare in their area. Some 77% of authorities responded.
Its report suggested paying for childcare for two children over four weeks of the holidays would cost parents more than £850 - a price beyond the reach of many on modest incomes.
Six local authorities reported average costs per child of £175 a week.
The report found older school-age children were likely to be hardest hit with cuts to youth services leading to reductions in the availability of play schemes and youth clubs.
Mr Shukla said: "We seem to be moving to a situation where childcare is increasingly thought of as something that affects only the under-fives.
"Our research shows that many local authorities are failing to fulfil their obligations to working parents, in particular those with school-age children who are poorly served or priced-out in many areas."
He added that it was "deeply disappointing to learn that such little progress has been made to meet the holiday childcare needs of older children".
The impact of cuts to youth services, which at one time provided an alternative to formal childcare, adds to the burden faced by working parents.
Mr Shukla added: "With holiday childcare costs rising faster than wages, and with the average weekly rate in Britain now breaking the £100 a week threshold, we are likely to see more parents forced to take unpaid leave - or unable to afford to enter the labour market - and more children left without adult supervision during the summer break.
"We need to ensure that recent proposals to allow schools to determine their own term times do not add to the problem."
The government has set up a Childcare Commission to look at making childcare more affordable. It is expected to report imminently.
Education minister Elizabeth Truss said the charity had raised some important issues.
"The government wants to make sure that good quality, affordable and reliable childcare helps parents to work. We will shortly set out plans to tackle the affordability and availability of childcare, before and after school and during school holidays.
"Our reforms are already helping working parents. We are making it easier for new providers to enter the market, and enabling childminder agencies to give parents more choice - these agencies will be a one-stop shop for parents and childminders providing holiday cover and training."
Shadow children and families minister Sharon Hodgson said: "Labour tripled the number of places for holiday childcare between 2003 and 2010. But under David Cameron, costs are up by over 12%, local services have disappeared, and financial support has been cut.
"David Cameron promised to make Britain the most family-friendly country in Europe, but after three years ministers still have no plan to help parents out during the school holidays. Instead of helping mums and dads to get affordable help with childcare over the Summer, the Tories prioritised tax cuts for millionaires."
Chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association Purnima Tanuku said every year the issue of expensive summer childcare came up.
"We are currently facing a difficult economic time and for providers the cost of delivering childcare has had to go up due to increased running costs such as business rates, utilities and rent.
"There have also been funding cuts at local authority level which has impacted on the amount of provision available to working parents."
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After claiming and golds, he anchored Jamaica to victory in the in a new world record time of 36.84 seconds.
"I like to push the barriers," said the 100m and 200m world record holder.
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"I like to do things people have never done before because it sets you apart from everybody else."
Bolt, Yohan Blake, Nesta Carter and Michael Frater became the first relay team to ever run under 37 seconds as they left the United States trailing to win gold on the last full day of athletics action inside the Olympic Stadium.
Blake said: "Basically, we are not human, we dropped from space like Mr Bean. Mr Bean is not a normal guy, he makes jokes. We are not normal guys. We are from space, I am from Mars."
But Bolt replied: "Yohan is crazy. If he keeps talking like that, someone is going to put him in a straitjacket one day."
Bolt, who was part of the Jamaica team that set a new 4x100m relay landmark at last year's World Championships in Daegu, was delighted to have broken the record again.
"It is the second time of running a world record with my team-mates and to do it again is an honour," said the 25-year-old. "To have passed that line in a world record time is wonderful. These guys really pushed themselves to make sure we ran fast and broke the record."
The relays are always the favourite part of the championships for me because it's much more relaxing
Bolt became the first man to ever defend the 100m and 200m Olympic titles, beating Blake into second in both races.
Jamaica also completed a clean sweep in the 200m, with Warren Weir taking the bronze medal.
"There is great talent coming out of Jamaica," said Bolt. "To be on the podium with my team-mates was wonderful. The relays are always the favourite part of the championships for me because it's much more relaxing. We can laugh and talk about other stuff.
"Individual sports are lonely but when you compete with the team you get to laugh and share a world record together."
Bolt declared himself a "living legend" after his double Olympic title defence but says he will continue to race the rest of the season.
"The rest of my races are for my fans," he said. "It will be the first time running as a living legend, so I'm going to see my fans, wave to them, do some crazy stuff. It's going to be fun."
Bolt is expected to compete at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on 23 August but is yet to decide whether to run the 100m or 200m.
The Department for the Economy has been unable to appoint a company to carry out the work "as none of the bids fully met all of the tender requirements".
The programme of 100% inspections had been due to start this week.
The move is seen as part of an attempt to crack down on abuse of the scheme and reduce an overspend initially put at £490m.
A spokesperson for the department said it "is now considering other options" for taking forward the inspections.
The RHI scheme was set up in 2012 in a bid to encourage energy production from renewable sources.
However, overly generous subsidies for the fuel used to power wood pellet boilers meant it was oversubscribed and costs spiralled out of control.
A row over a public inquiry into the scandal led to the collapse of the coalition government, led by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin.
The issue has not yet been resolved and Northern Ireland has remained without a devolved government since January.
The department advertised the inspection contract in March, with the tender thought to be worth in the region of £2m.
It involves 1,200 site visits and could ultimately lead to numerous court actions to claw back money paid to some claimants.
The department is now seeking "constructive feedback" from companies who expressed an initial interest in the contract, but who did not submit a bid.
The companies have been told one of the options may involve a re-tender of the contract.
It is unclear what impact the set-back will have on the department's intention to have been presented with a final report on inspections by December.
The 24-year-old moves in the opposite direction to Wales international Rhys Patchell, who is leaving the Arms Park for Parc y Scarlets in the summer.
Like Patchell, Shingler can also play at both centre and full-back.
Blues head coach Danny Wilson said: "His goal-kicking and kicking in general play is very strong and he has a lot of experience."
Shingler, brother of Scarlets' Wales flanker Aaron, is a former Wales Under-20 fly-half.
He has scored 322 points in 63 appearances for Scarlets, but remains uncapped.
Shingler had a two-season stint at London Irish in the English Premiership before returning to Scarlets for 2013-14.
He was also at the centre of a dispute between Scotland and Wales over his international eligibility.
That was settled in Wales' favour by what is now World Rugby after Shingler was named in Scotland's squad for the 2012 Six Nations.
His fly-half rivals in Cardiff will include Wales utility backs Gareth Anscombe and Matthew Morgan, with the latter also among Blues' new recruits.
Ulster number eight Nick Williams and Saracens' Wales prop Rhys Gill will also join the club from next season.
Shingler said: "Danny Wilson is assembling a great squad, recruiting strongly and I hope I can play my part and help the region achieve its long-term aspirations."
The supporter was considering spending £175 on a shirt he thought Tierney wore during Celtic's 3-3 draw with Manchester City in the Champions League.
But when he contacted the 19-year-old full back on social media, the player replied saying he still owned the shirt and it was likely to be a scam, the Daily Record reported.
Experts claim the sports memorabilia market has been flooded with thousands of fakes in recent years.
Auctioneer David Convery and Det Sgt Kevin Innes told The Stephen Jardine Programme on BBC Radio Scotland how to spot the genuine article.
Mr Convery, a sports memorabilia expert from Great Western Auctions in Glasgow, said the market is huge.
"I've been selling sporting items since 1987," he said. "I've seen the market grow and grow especially since the advent of the internet."
But he reckons 90% of items that are sold at charity auctions or online are a "fake or a copy" - very few are authentic match-worn shirts.
"At the start of every week, the majority of the big clubs will farm out 40 to 50 replica shirts signed by the team to various good causes, charity," he said.
"The majority of the time, people are buying a replica signed shirt. There are very few genuine shirts that are actually out there to be bought on the market."
He said he knows of one shirt signed by David Beckham, which was sold at a charity auction for £27,000 - even though it had never touched his back.
"It's fantastic for the charity," he said. "But in the real market it is only worth about £70."
Earlier in his career, Mr Convery said he sold the shirt worn by Jim Baxter during Scotland's 1967 win over England.
But he fears there are many copies of the historic item.
"I've seen subsequent shirts selling as being worn by Jim Baxter on that particular day when we became unofficial world champions," he said.
"However, he had the only shirt and I sold it. All the other ones - be wary. "
Price should be the first indicator of authenticity, according to both Mr Convery and Det Sgt Kevin Ives, of the City of London Police intellectual property crime unit (PIPCU),
"If you're buying online, I'd echo the old cliche - if it looks to good to be true, then it probably is," said Det Sgt Ives.
He also urged buyers to be wary of the websites that they're using.
He said: "My unit shut down over 23,000 of these counterfeit goods websites since 2013.
"Some of the trends that we've noticed is that these are not run by people in the UK, so you can look out for spelling or grammatical errors.
"The websites will take longer to load up on screen and some of the hyperlinks won't work."
Mr Convery suggested that people looking for match-worn shirts check out the sleeve length preferred by particular players as well as the badges used.
"Really, for a professional like myself, I need to touch it," he said.
"Material is very important - professional footballers like good, breathable material... if it's not the same material, just be wary."
He also likes to check the provenance of goods, preferring to buy from a trusted dealer or family of the sports person in question.
"The bulk of the modern stuff I see these days - and I see a lot of stuff, the majority of which I turn away - I just don't like the provenance, I can't guarantee it."
Det Sgt Ives said the sale of counterfeit goods affects jobs and industry in the UK - but it can also put the personal details of the buyer at risk.
"There's actually a real danger to the people buying these goods," he said.
"What can happen, and does happen a lot, is that if you buy these goods from a counterfeit website, the website needs people's fake details to open up new websites when they've been shut down.
"We've had people who have bought a pair of trainers and ended up with 500 counterfeit goods websites opened up in their name.
"And that opens you up to lots of issues because if the next person realises their goods are counterfeit, it's your name and address behind the website."
Some goods may also be shoddily made and even dangerous, he warned.
If buyers have used online market places like Ebay and Amazon, they should report report it to them, said Det Sgt Ives.
"Generally speaking they are pretty good at following the dispute," he said.
The police officer also recommended buyers get in touch with their credit card company, if that has been used to purchase the product, as they may be able to help obtain a refund.
He added: "I would urge people to report these things to the police if there's a counterfeit seller or to their local trading standards."
The 21-year-old closed his second round on 14 under, a new record score after 36 holes, with world number one Rory McIlroy in a tie for 19th on two under after flirting with missing the cut before shooting a 71.
Only Spieth's fellow American Charley Hoffman, who bogeyed the last for a 68 to finish on nine under, was initially able to cling on to his heels.
But England's Justin Rose (70) and Paul Casey (68) made charges late on a sticky afternoon to share a tie for third on seven under with Dustin Johnson, who had a Masters record three eagles in his 67, and will hope to pressure the callow leader over the weekend.
Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson produced a series of remarkable escapes from off the fairways to battle to a four-under 68 and six under total, while four-time winner Tiger Woods finished two under after picking up three shots in his round of 69.
But it was Spieth - playing with remarkable poise for a man of his years - who set Augusta National alight.
Eight under overnight, he birdied the par-five second and difficult fifth before hitting a 229-yard approach to within three feet on the par-five eighth, having found a fairway bunker off the tee.
Further birdies followed on the 10th, 13th and 15th as a nerveless display with the putter backed up relentless accuracy with his irons.
A year ago he excelled on his Masters debut, holding a share of the lead going into the final round before becoming the youngest golfer to finish in second place.
But that was with a cumulative five under, three shots off champion Bubba Watson. This week he has been almost unstoppable, conceding only one bogey in his first 36 holes.
And while the history of the tournament is littered with the tales of players who blew big leads at a far later stage of the tournament - Greg Norman spurned a six-shot advantage in 1996, McIlroy four in 2011 - Spieth has so far shown minimal sign of struggling under the weight of expectation.
Not since Ray Floyd in 1976 has a Masters champion led from start to finish, indicative of the way this course can snare and punish even a man in rare form.
McIlroy, chasing his third consecutive major and attempting to become only the sixth man in history to complete the career Grand Slam, endured a tough day.
His putting was fragile - he double-bogeyed the ninth and three-putted the 14th when well placed - and his temperament tested.
Having drifted beyond the projected cut mark of two over on the ninth, he picked up a birdie on the par-four 10th before hitting his second shot on the par-five 13th to a couple of feet for an eagle that saw him back to level par.
A further birdie on the 15th and two more on the 17th and 18th holes saw him end the round with some momentum to take into the weekend.
Meanwhile, Rose began the day five under only to bogey three of the first four holes, but birdies on the eighth and 10th reignited his round before another on the par-three 16th moved him level with compatriot Casey.
Casey was four under for the day, his two rounds containing just one bogey and signalling a continued revival in his form after some difficult times.
It was left to Hoffman, with three consecutive birdies on 12, 13 and 14, to keep up a chase that just after lunch looked in danger of becoming a romp.
The unheralded 39-year-old finished down in 27th on his only previous appearance at Augusta and despite that bogey on the final green continues the late blossoming that saw him bag five top ten PGA Tour finishes in 2014.
Four-time major winner Ernie Els had four birdies and four bogeys in a level-par 72 and at five under is nine shots adrift in seventh.
Woods again struggled off the tee but continued to impress with his under-fire short game to make a cut that many thought he would miss when he arrived.
Should Spieth go on to win he would become the second youngest man behind Woods to win the Masters, while it is not inconceivable that Woods' record low score - his 18-under 270 in his remarkable first win in 1997 - could be broken.
That is for the weekend. But with Spieth having won one of his last three tournaments and finished runner-up in the other two, he is in the mood and form to make history.
So far there's been punctured talk of pacts, "blonde" bombshell bickering and a promotional "printing error", but little in the way of significant substance.
Maybe it's due to election fatigue on the part of both the prospective politicians and the public after a volley of votes in the past few years.
This year, of course, was scheduled to be election-free, but nothing generally goes to plan in the political business.
And there's still the chance of another Northern Ireland Assembly poll in the second half of 2017, should Stormont's summer talks stutter.
Back in March, a lunchtime trip to Belfast's Electoral Office on the final day of voter registration revealed a line of eager electors snaked all the way down the stairwell and out on to the street.
There was no queue when we visited on Monday - the final day for anyone hoping to register for the general election - but there was certainly a steady stream of people dropping off their forms.
Along with those updating their records with new addresses, for example, there were more than a few people putting their name down for the first time.
Among them was William Thompson. Too young to cast a ballot in March's assembly election, he said he was glad of the chance this time around.
"The vote in my area was very close last time, so I do think it'll make a difference where I live," said the 18-year-old.
"I can see some people's disillusion with voting - this is the third big vote in a year, with Brexit, the assembly and the general election."
William is doing his A-Levels and said the lack of an online service to register was a hindrance to him.
"I left this to the last moment because I didn't know where the Electoral Office was.
"It would be far simpler to do it online, rather than having to fill it in and come down and interrupt study leave."
Another student, originally from China, was registering for the first time after living in Northern Ireland for four years.
As she is a future junior doctor, healthcare and Brexit are her primary concerns.
"I saw a thing on Facebook about how young people don't really vote and if you do you can actually sway election results," she said.
"Politics is complicated - it can be really difficult to understand what's going on.
"If you don't know what's going on it's really hard to get interested."
Another man had recently returned home to Northern Ireland after a long spell of globe-trotting.
"I have never voted in any election, surprisingly, in all the years I've been eligible to vote," he explained.
"Whether I choose to in this election I'm as yet unsure - with regards to political processes and politicians, I don't put much faith in them."
And he wasn't the only returning traveller - one woman who was back in Belfast after time spent in the Middle East said she wanted to "have my say" for the first time.
"It's only in the aftermath of the Brexit vote that I've really been a lot more conscious and a lot more politically engaged," she said.
"I've been actively seeking out more and more information for myself and forming my own opinions, rather than just accepting what I'm being told."
But she's not up for a rerun of the Brexit referendum, as the Liberal Democrats suggest, even though she said last June's result was "disappointing".
"I think that you just have to leave it now - everyone will be going around the bend if we have to vote for anything else this year."
One disillusioned man in his late-20s was submitting his form after not voting for the past four years.
He said: "I'm hoping there is a neutral party out there that is thinking 20, 30 years ahead as opposed to 20, 30 years behind."
And another had a message for those who chose not to exercise their democratic right at the ballot box.
"I feel there's more damage to be done by people not making their voices heard," he said.
"Sure what harm could it do to vote?
"There's no point crying about how: 'Oh, I don't like how this certain MP got elected.'
"Well, did you vote against them? If not, you probably conceded your right to complain."
If you want to have your say on 8 June but you're not on the electoral register yet, you still have a little bit of time to sort that out.
Electoral Office buildings have closed for the day, but if you slip your registration form through the letterbox of one of the offices across Northern Ireland before midnight on Monday your name will be added to the list.
You can find more details on the Electoral Office website.
Elsewhere on the campaign trail on Monday...
BBC News NI's Campaign Catch-up will keep you across the general election trail with a daily dose of the main stories, the minor ones and the lighter moments in the run up to polling day on Thursday 8 June.
Hear more on BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra at 17:40 each weekday.
Mr Watson secured the seat he has held since 2001 with a 7,713 majority over Conservative candidate Emma Crane.
In a shock result, the West Midlands' longest serving MP David Winnick lost his seat.
The Labour candidate, 83, who has held his Walsall North seat since 1979, lost out to Conservative Eddie Hughes by more than 2,000 votes.
There are 62 constituencies in the West Midlands region and they have all now declared. The Conservatives have 39 seats, Labour 24 and the Liberal Democrats have none.
Following his defeat, Mr Winnick said it had been an "honour and privilege" to have served his constituents.
The 83-year-old candidate congratulated his opponent and said: "Democracy works in various ways. Rough with the smooth. It's rough for us tonight."
Labour held Birmingham Ladywood with Shabana Mahmood securing a majority of 28,714, with 34,166 votes, followed by Conservative Andrew Browning with 5,452 votes.
Preet Gill became the first female Sikh to be elected and held Labour and Co-operative for Birmingham Edgbaston, while Labour held Northfield with Richard Burden securing 23,596 votes - a majority of 4,667.
Labour retained Dudley North by 22 votes, as Ian Austin, with 18,090, held off the challenge of Conservative Les Jones and UKIP's Bill Etheridge.
Jack Dromey held Birmingham Erdington for Labour with a majority of 7,285 and said the Tories "failed" in Labour heartlands.
Elsewhere, Steve McCabe held the Birmingham Selly Oak seat for Labour, taking double the number of votes as his Tory counterpart, Sophie Shrubsole, while Jess Phillips held her seat in Birmingham Yardley with 25,398 votes, followed by Conservative Mohammed Afzal with 8,824.
In Wolverhampton, Labour held all three of the city's seats.
Emma Reynolds held Wolverhampton North East with a majority of 4,587 after securing 19,282 votes, while Pat McFadden held Wolverhampton South East with a majority of 8,514 votes after gaining 21,137 votes.
Newly-elected Eleanor Smith held Wolverhampton South West for Labour with 20,899 votes, a majority of 2,185, followed by Conservative Paul Uppal who secured 18,714 votes.
Mr Watson's majority was down by 1,757 from 9,470 in 2015. Liberal Democrat Karen Trench was third with 625 votes.
Mr Watson got 22,664 votes and Ms Crane had 14,951 votes - more than 13,000 votes than the Tories received two years ago.
The Green Party's John Macefield was fourth with 533 votes and Colin Rankine of UKIP gained 325 votes.
Mr Watson said after the ballot: "The next few hours, maybe the next few days look very uncertain but one thing can be sure, Theresa May's authority has been undermined by this election.
"She is a damaged prime minister whose reputation may never recover."
He added the public had "responded to a positive campaign".
"We don't yet know how this election will turn out, but we know the people voted for hope."
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Lorenzo Gallucci, 60, also known as Spud, was hit at just after midnight on Sunday at Splash swimming pool in his home town of Rushden, Northamptonshire.
He died later in the day at the University Hospital in Coventry.
A 25-year-old man from London, who was arrested shortly after the incident, has been bailed.
A statement from Mr Gallucci's family said: "Dad was a much loved character in the area and was well-known socially.
"He was a best friend to many and a drinking buddy to the rest.
"We loved him and would like anyone out there who saw anything to come forward and help the police with their investigation."
Officers are keen to speak to people who were around the Splash car park at the time Mr Gallucci was hit and also those drinking in the nearby band club during the night.
Selby had been due to face Hermogenes Castillo, also of Nicaragua, but the 21-year-old has pulled out at the last minute with a hand injury.
The 27-year-old became the fastest Welsh boxer to a British title with victory over Louis Norman in May.
He is undefeated in five fights since turning professional in 2015.
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby says brother Andrew is a "natural fighter".
"I'm not saying it because he's my brother but he's one of the most talented boxers I've seen," he said.
"He does stuff in the gym that you cannot teach. He's just a natural fighter."
Former world featherweight champion Barry McGuigan said Selby is "one of the best talents" he has ever seen.
Older brother Lee has sparred against his sibling in the build-up to Friday's fight at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh.
"He's looking brilliant and I've got a black eye to prove it," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"It's like trying to swat a fly and you get stung by a bee. That's what it's like chasing round the ring - you just can't hit him.
"He hits you about five times before you move your hands."
After the Edinburgh fight, the younger Selby will face a yet to be announced opponent on 18 November at London's Wembley Arena.
Lee Selby has said he is likely to defend his IBF featherweight title against Jonathan Victor Barros in mid-December in the United States.
The single platform stop on the Inverness to Aberdeen line and parking spaces for 150 cars have been proposed for a site at Dalcross.
A station close to the airport has been a long standing aspiration of Hitrans, which promotes improvements to public transport in the Highlands.
It has been proposed to open the station next year.
The British world number three announced on Monday that he would no longer be working with the Frenchwoman.
Murray won Wimbledon, the US Open and Olympic gold during two years with the ex-world number one from 2012 to 2014.
"I'd certainly consider it. I had fantastic results working with Ivan," the 28-year-old told BBC Sport.
"Both of us, I think, enjoyed it enough to at least consider that.
"Whether or not it's something that could work, I'm not sure. We'll have to wait and see - but I'm not against that idea at all."
Lendl, 56, is employed by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), working with its junior players.
The Czech-born American is known to dislike the prospect of travelling for the 25 weeks a year Murray is likely to require.
Asked on Tuesday about the prospect of a return, Lendl told several newspapers: "I don't like to deal with 'ifs'."
Murray is at the Italian Open, where he beat Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-3 in his opening match on Wednesday - but he is keen to make progress on finding a new coach.
"If not, you get into the French Open, it's another couple of weeks and four or five weeks go past quick," said the Scot, who turns 29 on Sunday.
"You're into the grass-court season and that's obviously a pretty important and fairly stressful time of year too - so I'll try and make some progress with that in the next week or two."
"Ivan Lendl is very unlikely to agree to spend 25 weeks a year on the road, but if Murray is prepared to compromise on the time they spend together, then the phone call may not be a wasted one. Lendl's part-time role with the USTA would not prove a stumbling block, although his family and his strong dislike of travelling might.
"In the past 18 months, Lendl has at least spoken to both Tomas Berdych and Grigor Dimitrov about the possibility of coaching them. Nothing came of it, but he has hinted he would like to return to the fray given the right opportunity. The question is whether Lendl considers helping Murray try and win his first Grand Slam for three years to be the right challenge."
The vehicle is one of the six French-designed diesel-powered submarines being built at the dockyard.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said one Scorpene submarine "will be delivered every nine months" and all will be inducted into the navy by 2018.
The submarines are part of moves aimed at modernising India's armed forces.
India's navy has 13 ageing submarines powered by diesel and electricity, and only half of them are operational at any given time because of maintenance work.
India is also building a new class of nuclear-powered boats intended to carry nuclear-armed ballistic missiles.
India's naval build-up has been gaining pace in recent years.
Correspondents say is both a sign of widening maritime horizons and a response to the potential threat posed by the Chinese navy's expansion.
The move follows North Korea's repeated tests in recent months of mid-range ballistic missiles.
Most tests have ended in failure, but the apparent success of the sixth last week alarmed the region.
North Korea, which has also conducted four nuclear weapon tests, said the drills were "military provocation".
State media said the US and other "hostile forces" were a "constant threat" to North Korean security and reinforced its commitment to pursuing ballistic and nuclear weapons.
The US military said the drills, called Pacific Dragon, would enhance the "already strong relationship of all three nations participating".
No missiles were fired, said the US Third Fleet, but each country tested its Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and tested communications and data collection.
The Aegis system allows warships to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles while they are still in space, before there is any danger of causing any damage.
North Korea is banned by UN resolutions from any use of ballistic missile technology.
But it launched two missiles within hours of each other on 22 June, with one flying about 400km (250 miles) and reaching an altitude of 1,000km.
Both launches are thought to have been intermediate-range Musudan missiles, whose range of about 3,000km is enough to hit South Korea, Japan and the US territory of Guam in the Western Pacific.
The move was seen as significant progress for North Korea's weapons programme, with Japan saying it posed "a serious threat".
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Pheasants and partridges, used to breed chicks for shooting estates across the UK, are being confined in barren, wire mesh cages, under conditions that are worse than those allowed for chickens.
Inside Out London discovered shocking conditions at three breeding sites.
Watch the full report on BBC Inside Out London on Monday 31 October at 19:30 on BBC One.
Only students from England had worse literacy skills, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The analysis of 23 countries also found that only students in England and the United States of America had worse numeracy skills.
This means that around one in five Northern Irish students struggles with more than basic reading, writing and maths tasks.
The report says this means they can do little more than "read the instructions on a bottle of aspirin, or understand a petrol gauge".
The findings are contained in a detailed analysis of skills in England, which contains comparative data for 23 countries including Northern Ireland.
The report warns that "university teaching gives limited attention to low levels of literacy and numeracy."
"Graduates with low basic skills gain modest returns from their qualifications and will often not be able to repay their student debts."
The report also says that students with poor basic skills should not normally take university degrees, and need to be offered better options in further education.
The OECD also found that, out of the 23 countries, only the Slovak Republic had a higher percentage of 16-29 year olds who were not in education or work than Northern Ireland.
However, Northern Ireland fared better when it came to the percentage of teenagers with poor reading, writing and maths skills.
Around 13% of 16-19 year olds in Northern Ireland had low literacy skills, while around 19% had low numeracy skills.
Countries like France, USA, Italy, England and Ireland had higher numbers of teenagers with low basic skills.
However, better-performing countries like Japan, the Netherlands, Finland and Korea had very low numbers of 16-19 year olds with poor literacy and numeracy skills.
The report calls for stronger basic schooling, and early intervention to ensure more young people have better skills in literacy and numeracy.
It also says young people should be offered "good quality apprenticeships and traineeships", and that more needs to be done to help adult learners.
Businessman Sindika Dokolo told the BBC that the conviction was politically motivated and that he will appeal against the one-year jail term.
Neither Mr Dokolo nor his co-accused and brother Luzolo, attended the hearing, over a property dispute.
Mr Dokolo is married to Isabel dos Santos, reported to be Africa's richest woman.
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In recent months, Mr Dokolo, also a keen art collector, has repeatedly criticised DR Congo President Joseph Kabila and has signalled his support for opposition figure Moise Katumbi.
Relations between President Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola and President Kabila have cooled as the Congolese leader has signalled his reluctance to step down after 16 years in power.
Mr Dos Santos, who has been in power in oil-rich Angola since 1979, is not seeking re-election in the August poll.
On Wednesday States members rejected amended proposals for the introduction of a width and emissions vehicle tax.
An Environment Department spokesman said signing the contract, due to take place on Friday, would be put off until a meeting with treasury next week.
Dai Powell, from preferred bidder CT Plus, said it would not cause issues.
He said: "We understand the position of the States and they have kept us informed during their process.
"Whilst obviously disappointed with the delay as we want to start moving things forward as soon as we can, a short delay in signing the contract will not have a material impact on the roll out of the new contract."
CT Plus is the current operator of the island's public bus services and some school bus services.
Its contract is due to finish on 31 March.
Footage from Channel 9's 60 Minutes programme in Australia shows the moment Rebekah Aversano sees - and touches - the face of her dead brother.
The recipient, Richard Norris, from Virginia, US, was severely injured in a shotgun accident 15 years ago.
Until the operation he had rarely gone outside and lived as a recluse.
Transplant recipients do not normally meet the families of their donors.
But Ms Aversano, from Maryland, came face to face with the man who received some of her brother's facial tissues and structures.
She touched his face and said: "This is the face I grew up with."
Her brother, Joshua Aversano, had been killed in a road traffic accident, at the age of 21.
The decision to donate his face had been difficult, but would have been what he wanted, said his mother Gwen Aversano in a separate interview with CTV News.
She said: "Knowing our son he would have wanted someone else to go on with their lives if he wasn't able to.
"After meeting Mr Norris, seeing him and speaking to him we can definitely see our son in him.
"We were just so pleased we were able to help Mr Norris even though we had such a tragic loss," she added.
The extensive transplant surgery took place at the University of Maryland three years ago. It lasted more than 36 hours.
Mr Norris had lost his lips and nose in a shotgun accident and had limited movement of his mouth.
James Partridge, founder of the charity Changing Faces which supports people with facial disfigurements, told the BBC he did not know of another case where the family of the donor had met the person who had received the face.
And Mr Barry Jones, former president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said there were many issues to consider.
"It must be rather difficult for any relative to meet a recipient but it must be particularly difficult for faces," he told the BBC.
"On this occasion it seems to have been a happy outcome. But that might not always be the case."
Mr Jones said a family would have to ponder how they would feel about the personality of the person with the new face.
"I am not against recipients meeting donor families if both parties want too, but I hope they have been counselled properly before their meeting," he said.
Elsie Frost, 14, was found dead on a towpath, in Wakefield, in 1965. She had been stabbed in the back and head.
Since launching their re-investigation West Yorkshire Police has received 40 calls, including a report of a man in a duffel coat near the murder scene at about the time Elsie's body was found.
Det Ch Insp Elizabeth Belton said the response had been "highly encouraging".
Elsie was attacked on 9 October 1965 as she walked through a railway tunnel, which now leads onto Monckton Road, just off the Calder and Hebble Canal towpath.
Her body was found near a flight of stairs known locally as the ABC steps.
According to a new witness, the man in the duffel was seen near the steps at about 16:15 BST and in the surrounding area later that afternoon.
Mrs Belton said: "A common description of a person of interest which has come from some of the calls has been of a man wearing a brown, potentially duffel, type coat with dark hair who was seen on the canal towpath.
"He was of medium to thin build and in his early 20's. He was described as carrying a bag by some witnesses, and was possibly of what was described as a scruffy or 'student type' appearance.
"Witnesses describe seeing potential suspects in the area of the canal at around the time of the murder and then in the Denby Dale road area after 4.45pm, and then into the evening."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Major Investigation Review Team on 101.
Crowds had gathered on the beach in Queensland to see the amazing sight of the sun being blocked out by the moon.
Lots of people took photos and others just stared into the sky in wonder at what they were seeing.
It was important that the weather was clear so that the sun could be seen, luckily there weren't too many clouds so people got a good view.
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The diabetes drugs bill was £75.7m in 2013-14, £73.2m last year and £74.2m in 2011-12. Another £6.1m went on obesity prescriptions in the three-year period.
The figures were obtained by the Tories, who said the conditions were harming both sufferers and the NHS.
The Scottish government said obesity and diabetes were on the rise across Europe and Scotland was no exception.
It said the problem was being taken seriously and a range of measures had been implemented to try to tackle it.
The most recent statistics suggested nearly a quarter of a million people in Scotland now have diabetes, almost 5% of the population.
The majority of sufferers, about 220,000, have type 2 diabetes.
Obesity is the biggest risk factor driving the disease, which develops when the insulin-producing cells in the body are unable to produce enough insulin, or when the insulin that is produced does not work properly.
A different form of diabetes - type 1 - is caused by the body's own immune system rebelling and destroying the cells needed to control blood sugar.
A total of 3.34 million items were dispensed to treat diabetes in Scotland in 2013-14.
The official figures revealed that obese patients were prescribed more than 52,000 items in the same period - about 1,000 a week - at a cost of £1.9m.
That is up from the cost of £1.5 million in 2012-13, but lower than the previous year, when £2.7 million was spent on obesity prescriptions.
Conservative health spokesman, Jackson Carlaw, who obtained the figures, said: "Of course, not every case of diabetes is related to weight, there are a range of reasons.
"But the fact prescriptions for both diabetes and obesity are rising at an alarming rate year-on-year cannot be ignored.
"While we need the NHS and Scottish government to do all they can to force through messages on healthy living, it isn't just down to them.
"There has to be a level of personal responsibility.
"Obesity generally isn't something you catch on a bus, and people know that a healthy diet and active lifestyle are what's required to keep the weight down.
"If they don't, diabetes is just one of the serious conditions lurking round the corner."
A Scottish government spokesman said: "Our diabetes action plan, which will be updated this summer, sets out a clear commitment to the prevention and early detection of diabetes and to improve the treatment and care of people with diabetes.
"Although the number of people with Type 2 diabetes has increased in the last year, the number of prescriptions per person has remained at the same level.
"We recognise that obesity is a serious issue and are taking a range of measures to make it easier for people to be more active, to eat less, and to eat better.
"We are supporting child healthy weight interventions and are increasing opportunities for children to get involved in sport and physical activity, through active schools and our target of all primary children having two hours of PE lessons a week.
"We also recently announced a £50m investment in school sport."
The poll, triggered by the death of long-serving Labour MP Michael Meacher, is the first major electoral test for party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Labour is defending a 14,738 majority from May's general election.
But it faces a threat from UKIP in what is the first by-election of the current Parliament, with results expected early on Friday morning.
Full list of declared candidates:
Conservative: James Daly
Green Party: Simeon Hart
Labour: Jim McMahon
Liberal Democrat: Jane Brophy
Monster Raving Loony: Sir Oink A-Lot
UKIP: John Bickley
General Election 2015 result
Murders of public figures have been on the rise since the 1970s with about 15 political targets murdered each year between 1970 and 2013, a report from the Combating Counter Terrorism Centre says.
Most government officials were killed by "sub-state" violent groups while most opposition politicians were killed by ruling elites and their proxies, the report said.
Last week, 11 German MPs of Turkish origin were given police protection after receiving death threats for supporting a move to describe the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.
Here's how countries around the world have reacted to recent killings.
Boris Nemtsov - a reformer and a democrat who became fiercely critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin - was shot in the back as he walked home late at night in February last year.
His allies say it was meant to terrify them into silence. Five Chechens are accused of carrying out a contract killing.
Mikhail Kasyanov, who co-led the People's Freedom Party alongside Mr Nemtsov, employs bodyguards and other opposition figures have also upped security.
In January, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov - a key ally of Mr Putin - posted a picture on social media of Mr Kasyanov in the sights of a gun, which Mr Kasyanov says was a death threat.
He says thugs have disrupted his party's events amid an atmosphere of mounting nationalism fuelled by the government.
"People don't feel secure at all," he told the BBC earlier this year.
Mr Nemtsov also employed guards, but they were not with him at the time he was killed. His daughter has since fled the country over concerns for her safety.
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Mrs Bhutto, a former prime minister, was leaving a campaign rally in Rawalpindi in an armoured car with her head exposed above the open roof hatch when an attacker opened fire and a bomb went off.
Pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda militants had made little secret of their desire to target her after she returned from exile in the UK.
Her son Bilawal Bhutto and husband, former President Asif Zardari, now speak from behind bulletproof glass, employ teams of bodyguards and people attending their events are searched.
However, risks remain. In 2011, Punjab governor Salman Taseer was assassinated by his own bodyguard over his stance on Pakistan's blasphemy laws. And last year, Punjab's Home Minister Shuja Khanzada, who was in charge of an anti-terror drive in the province, died in a suicide attack.
South Asia has seen the biggest spike in assassinations worldwide, with 50 killings - most in Afghanistan and Pakistan - taking place between 2006 and 2013, the Combating Counter Terrorism Center said.
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Lindh, a 46-year-old widely tipped to be the next prime minister, was fatally stabbed in a Stockholm department store by a 25-year-old man who later told a newspaper that he had hated politicians because he blamed them for his own failures.
Her case echoed the killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986, shot dead on his way home from the cinema, although that murder has never been solved.
Neither were protected by Sweden's intelligence service Sapo - Lindh was considered low-risk while Palme refused bodyguards on the night of his death.
Palme's death marked the end of an era in which Sweden's leaders "lived like ordinary people", Jonas Hinnfors, a sociology professor, told the New York Times.
Critics said Lindh should have had protection because she was a leading advocate of Sweden joining the euro currency. Her killing prompted Norway to review its procedures while Finland's leader said it was a setback for Nordic openness.
Sapo has since said increased security is now the norm for all prominent Swedish politicians, The Local reported.
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head at close range and left in a critical condition in an incident that has some parallels with Jo Cox's murder.
The 40-year-old was meeting constituents when 22-year-old Jared Loughner shot her and then killed six others including a nine-year-old girl and a district judge.
Mrs Giffords was initially placed in an induced coma before having part of her skull replaced and then had long-term therapy to help her speak and walk.
Loughner, who had mental health problems, reportedly held views associated with the far right and distrusted and disliked the government. He also had a longstanding dislike of Mrs Giffords, friends said.
Although her office had been vandalised over support for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, there had been no threats against her and there were no metal detectors at her event.
Members of Congress enjoy 24-hour protection provided by 1,800 officers at the US Capitol in Washington, but have no such arrangements in their districts.
Some members and former members of Congress told The Hill newspaper they had started carrying a gun at constituency events after the attack on Mrs Giffords.
Mrs Giffords has since campaigned for stricter gun control laws in the US. She condemned the killing of Jo Cox on Twitter.
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The gay, 54-year-old sociology professor scorned Islam as a "backward culture" and wanted to cut immigration.
He was shot in the city of Hilversum by animal rights activist Volkert van der Graaf, days before a general election in which his party was expected to make big gains.
Van der Graaf - who was released from prison in 2014 after expressing remorse - said he had seen Fortuyn as a threat to minority rights.
Although most Dutch politicians did not then have personal security, Fortuyn employed private bodyguards but could not afford round-the-clock protection.
His party paved the way for the Freedom Party (PVV) of Geert Wilders, who campaigns on a similar platform.
Mr Wilders has had 24-hour security since 2004, when two men armed with grenades were caught in The Hague and later accused of planning to murder him and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who was then a Dutch MP and now lives in the US.
Mr Wilders wears a bulletproof vest much of the time and has moved between safe houses to evade attack. His name appeared on an al-Qaeda hit list that also included the Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Stephane Charbonneau, who was killed in the attack on the publication's office in Paris in January last year.
"I haven't had personal freedom now for 10 years. I can't set one foot out of my house or anywhere in the world without security," he told Newsweek magazine in 2015.
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Police were contacted by the ambulance service at 10:45 BST on Monday after staff found a woman seriously injured at an address in Main Road, St Lawrence, on the Dengie peninsular.
Despite the "best efforts" of paramedics the woman died at the scene, police said.
A man arrested in connection with the incident remains in police custody.
Vale of Glamorgan Labour AM Jane Hutt had a 3,775 majority over the Tories in 2011.
The Conservatives have held the seat at Westminster level since 2010, with an assembly election to take place in May.
On Tuesday, Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant said the suggestion of electioneering was "foolish".
Boverton was one of two south Wales communities to learn it will receive money for flood prevention in 2016-17.
Another £2m will be spent on Porthcawl seafront in the neighbouring Bridgend constituency, replacing ageing coastal defences to protect 260 properties.
The cash, more than £4m in total, followed December's announcement of £3m for extra work at St Asaph, Denbighshire.
Speaking to the BBC Wales' radio programme Good Evening Wales, Mr Sargeant said: "While 17 houses will be protected in Boverton, there are road networks and infrastructure important to many more people in that area which will be of equal importance - you can't balance it on one thing only."
He said Ms Hutt had "worked incredibly hard to raise the profile" of the issues at Boverton.
Asked if Tuesday's announcement was electioneering, he said: "It's rather foolish to say that, when we've got people in crisis across Wales.
"We take this very seriously, we're providing £240m of investment."
The team from Australia's national science agency (CSIRO) made the discovery during a search for larval lobster breeding grounds.
The cluster of volcanoes is believed to be around 50 million years old.
The researchers say the discovery may hold clues to how Australia separated from New Zealand.
The volcanoes were discovered about 250km (155 miles) off the coast of Sydney.
"This is the first time these volcanoes have been seen," volcano expert Richard Arculus told AFP.
"We know the surface topography of Mars better than we know our backyard because there's no water in the way.
"I think every time we turn the spotlight on the sea floor we see things that we've never seen before."
It is hoped the discovery will help scientists to better understand the Earth's crust, and the composition of the underlying mantle layer.
"It's a bit like going through somebody's garbage bin and determining what they've been eating," Richard Arculus said.
"They tell us part of the story of how New Zealand and Australia separated around 40 to 80 million years ago."
Scientists say the biggest of the four volcanoes rises 700m off the sea floor, with a crater spanning 1.5km across.
The BBC's Jon Donnison in Sydney says while New Zealand has a few active volcanoes, the last eruption in Australia is thought to have been more than 5,000 years ago.
The governing VMRO-DPMNE party secured 51 out of 120 seats in parliament in Sunday's election, according to preliminary results.
The opposition social democrats (SDSM) took 49 seats, the state election commission said on Monday.
The result was expected to be close, with both parties earlier claiming victory.
With just two more seats than the SDSM, the result provides the VMRO-DPMNE party with a very fragile parliamentary majority.
Of the 123 seats in Macedonia's assembly, 120 are elected from six 20-seat constituencies in Macedonia through proportional representation. The remaining three are single-member constituencies representing Macedonians living abroad - these are elected by a first-past-the-post system.
A coalition with smaller parties will need to be formed to create a governing coalition.
The polls passed without incident, but the political uncertainty in Macedonia was highlighted when rival parties earlier declared victory.
Supporters of both parties took to the streets in celebration prior to Monday's announcement of the final distribution of parliamentary seats.
Vlatko Gjorcev, a senior official in Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's party, told supporters at the group's headquarters: "We won once again. Tonight, today on December 11, the 10th victory in a row."
Meanwhile SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, quoted by AFP news agency, told a cheering crowd. "We are the winners!"
The result was expected to be close, with Monday's papers from both sides predicting a win.
"Tightest difference ever," read the pro-government Dnevnik newspaper headline, adding: "VMRO-DPMNE's 10th victory."
But a headline from the pro-opposition Sloboden Pecat read: "The government in Skopje has fallen."
There were no exit polls for Sunday's election, which was called two years early as part of a Western-brokered agreement to end a paralysing political crisis.
Lancashire County Council referred a senior officer's conduct over the tendering of a £5m fleet contract with One Connect Ltd to police in 2013.
Liverpool City Council's contract with Liverpool Direct Ltd is also being examined as part of the investigation.
A Liverpool councillor is urging police to take action and "speed up justice".
Lancashire County councillor Bill Winlow and leader of the Liberal Democrats in Liverpool Richard Kemp, have been calling for Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw to reveal the cost of the investigation and provide details on its progress.
Mr Grunshaw said 22 police officers are involved in the "complex" probe which is "currently ongoing".
Preston West Liberal Democrat councillor Mr Winlow, chair of Lancashire County Council's (LCC) executive scrutiny committee, said: "The fact police are directing a resource of this size into this investigation from other policing priorities in Lancashire reveals the complexity of the investigation and the scale of the necessary researches."
Councillor Kemp said: "Whilst justice must take its course it is also true that justice delayed is justice denied.
"We urge police to speed up the inquiry so that wrong doing can be made public and those who benefited made to pay."
He added, in their experience the probe which was launched in November 2013 was "the most extensive and expensive inquiry ever made into local councils".
This has come to light after councillors Bill Winlow and Richard Kemp asked for the information from Lancashire's police and crime commissioner Clive Grunshaw.
Mr Grunshaw's take on the matter is that the investigation is complex in nature and therefore - he says - it's important the force is given the opportunity to conduct inquiries properly.
He says because it's a live investigation, it's inappropriate for him to comment any further.
I've spoken to a few different members from across the political spectrum and what they seem to agree on is that they don't want this to be about criticising the police.
They say it's about highlighting the fact that this investigation is taking up police resources - at a time when we all know they're precious and force's budgets are stretched.
From what I understand though, what councillors want to know is whether or not there has been any wrongdoing and if so... when is it likely people will be held to account?
LCC has declined to comment as it is an "ongoing investigation".
The authority's neutrally suspended chief executive Phil Halsall left LCC in October 2013 by "mutual consent".
He had been suspended in August 2013 pending the outcome of a disciplinary investigation.
The deal to run the council's fleet services had been agreed in April of that year by the Conservative administration.
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Kevin Small and Declan Cassidy starred for Mary's as they held off a second-half fightback to pull clear again.
St Mary's led 0-8 to 0-6 at half-time and extended their advantage to five points after the resumption.
Colman's cut the margin to three and had a strong 55th-minute penalty claim turned down when three in arrears.
Instead, the referee awarded a 13-metre free after Rian O'Neill looked to have been hauled down in the large square.
After O'Neill got up to point the placed ball to reduce the margin to 0-15 to 0-13, Magherafelt hit back with the final four points to seal a deserved victory after losing two previous finals.
Goalkeeper Odhran Lynch performed heroics for St Mary's as he made three great saves, in addition to delivering a series of accurate kickouts.
St Mary's full-forward Small showed a portent of what was to come as he slotted the opening score after soaring to win possession.
However after lead 0-3 to 0-1, St Mary's were held scoreless for 15 minutes as a Matthew McCreesh point nudged Colman's into a 0-4 to 0-3 lead.
But a superb Conall Devlin point from a tight angle got St Mary's back on track as they hit five out of the remaining seven scores before the break to take a 0-8 to 0-6 lead.
Despite playing against the wind, St Mary's hit three unanswered points on the resumption to move five ahead as Small continued to wreak havoc in the Colman's defence.
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The scrum-half takes over with London Irish back-row Ofisa Treviranus not included in the match-day squad.
Fotuali'i is one of seven British-based players named by Samoa head coach Stephen Betham in his starting XV.
Betham has ensured that all but one of his squad will have had a taste of World Cup finals action.
Should fly-half Patrick Fa'apale come off the bench, only prop Jake Grey will not have played at the finals.
Scotland will secure a place in the quarter-finals with a victory, but Samoa cannot qualify.
Centres Rey Lee-Lo, of Cardiff Blues, and George Pisi, of Northampton, combine for the first time for Samoa.
And Betham names a new back-row combination of Bath duo Maurie Fa'asavalu and Alafoti Fa'osiliva, plus Bristol's Jack Lam.
Fa'atoina Autagavaia, the former Northampton wing now with French club Nevers, replaces Alesana Tuilagi, the Newcastle Falcons player who is suspended for foul play in the weekend defeat by Japan.
Aurillac hooker Manu Leiataua, who made his debut for Samoa in their only ever win over Scotland - 27-17 during the 2013 Quadrangular Tournament in South Africa - will make his first World Cup appearance.
Northampton wing Ken Pisi drops to the bench, while Sale Sharks centre Johnny Leota, Waikato hooker Ole Avei, and flankers Josh Ione and Faifili Levave drop out the squad.
Samoa: Tim Nanai-Williams (Ricoh Black Rams), Paul Perez (Coastal Sharks), George Pisi (Northampton Saints), Rey Lee-Lo (Cardiff Blues), Fa'atoina Autagavaia (Nevers), Tusi Pisi (Suntory Sungoliath), Kahn Fotuali'i (Northampton Saints, captain); Sakaria Taulafo (Stade Francais), Ma'atulimanu Leiataua (Aurillac), Census Johnston (Toulouse), Teofilo Paulo (Benetton Treviso), Kane Thompson (Newcastle Falcons), Maurie Faasavalu (Bath), Jack Lam (Bristol), Alafoti Faosiliva (Bath).
Replacements: Motu Matu'u (Wellington Hurricanes), Viliamu Afatia (Agen), Anthony Perenise (Bristol), Faifili Levave (Wellington Lions), Vavae Tuilagi (Carcassonne), Vavao Afemai (Manu 7s), Patrick Faapale (Manu 7s), Ken Pisi (Northampton Saints).
He was guest of honour as the annual parade this time marked 100 years since the Americans entered World War One.
French President Emmanuel Macron said "nothing will ever separate" France and the US, and Mr Trump's presence showed "a friendship across the ages".
Earlier Mr Macron stood in a military jeep and inspected the troops.
He is now in Nice, attending a commemoration for last year's Bastille Day terrorist attack, in which a Tunisian-born man drove a huge lorry into a celebrating crowd on the beachfront, killing 86 people.
At the start of the ceremony people were honoured for their heroism on the night.
They included Franck Terrier, the man who drove his scooter alongside the speeding lorry and jumped on to its cab, punching the driver through the window in a desperate attempt to force him to stop.
Mr Terrier was given a lengthy ovation and awarded the Légion d'honneur - France's highest order of merit.
France remains under a state of emergency, following a spate of terror attacks by jihadists.
In Paris earlier, President Trump and First Lady Melania warmly embraced their French counterparts - Mr Macron and his wife Brigitte.
Mr Trump called Bastille Day "a wonderful national celebration".
"Our two nations are forever joined together by the spirit of revolution and the fight for freedom," he said.
Earlier, he suggested he could review his position on climate change, after Mr Macron argued in defence of the 2015 Paris accord.
"Something could happen with respect to the Paris accord," Mr Trump said. "We'll see what happens."
Last month he had said the US would withdraw from the Paris accord, citing moves to negotiate a new "fair" deal that would not disadvantage US businesses.
On Thursday, Melania Trump toured Notre Dame cathedral with Brigitte Macron, and prayed before a statue of the Virgin Mary.
Mairi Holden wanted to create a "snowball effect" from the "random act of kindness" by raising money for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
The 35-year-old had parked in Sylvan Place on Wednesday.
On returning to her car on Thursday she found £25 towards the ticket.
Ms Holden had been rushing her son, Oscar, 4, to the hospital after he developed breathing difficulties and had not thought she would have to stay the night when she parked her car on a single yellow line.
She returned to find two parking tickets but also a note from a mystery person, which read "Pay it then forget it happened!" with £25.
Ms Holden, from Restalrig, told BBC Scotland how she did not want to take all the credit for the fundraising effort which came after she opened a Just Giving page.
She said: "It's a collective effort of everyone who has donated.
"We have all done this and we should all feel proud, it's not about me.
"Everyone who has donated should be feeling good about themselves. It shows the kindness of people.
"It also shows the effect a random act of kindness can have and how it can snowball.
"I can't believe the reaction I've had, so many people have been touched by the story all around the world."
Ms Holden said the money was left on the windscreen of her pink Honda Jazz.
An Edinburgh city council spokeswoman said: "Anyone is entitled to appeal a parking ticket, and we do take a sympathetic view of those fines incurred as a result of a medical emergency and other extenuating circumstances."
Some of the big names stepping down include former chancellor George Osborne and veteran Labour MP Alan Johnson, who had been tipped as a potential party leader in the past.
But while some doors are closing, others are opening.
Sir Vince Cable is among several Lib Dems hoping to return to Parliament, alongside Sir Simon Hughes and Sir Ed Davey.
Here are the latest Westminster comings and goings...
George Osborne
The former chancellor once feted as the successor to David Cameron as prime minister has announced he will not seek re-election as an MP.
He was elected as MP for the Conservatives in Tatton, Cheshire, in 2001.
After roles as shadow chief secretary to the Treasury and shadow chancellor, he became chancellor in 2010 when the coalition government with the Lib Dems came to power.
He was widely seen as one of the favourites to succeed his friend David Cameron as the next Conservative prime minister.
But following the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, Mr Cameron stood down as leader and Mr Osborne was sacked as chancellor the following month when Theresa May became the leader.
He has since taken jobs as the editor of the London Evening Standard newspaper and for the fund manager BlackRock, among others, prompting calls for him to stand down as an MP, which he had resisted.
Announcing his decision not to seek re-election in the 8 June election, the 45-year-old said he was stepping down "for now".
Eric Pickles
Former Conservative Party chairman Sir Eric Pickles is standing down as MP for Brentwood and Ongar after 25 years.
He announced the news on Twitter, saying he was looking forward to the election "as a canvasser, not a candidate" and thanked his constituency for its "support and friendship".
The 65-year-old said he was going to "miss it dreadfully" but that there always came a point when things must end.
Sir Eric was also communities and local government secretary between 2010 and 2015 before being ousted in David Cameron's post-election reshuffle in 2015. He went on to become anti-corruption tsar.
He said he had enjoyed "success and setbacks" as an MP but had "always been sustained by the friendship back home in the patch".
Sir Eric added: "I have served in elected office, either as a councillor or a Member of Parliament for just short of 40 years, starting with the wonderful Margaret Thatcher up to and including Theresa May.
"I strongly believe that it is in the national interest for Theresa to receive the clear endorsement of the British people for her difficult task of removing this country from the EU."
Douglas Carswell
Douglas Carswell, the former UKIP MP who became an independent, will not be seeking re-election in Clacton.
Instead, he'll be lending his support to the Conservatives, the party from which he defected in 2014.
A political maverick, Mr Carswell joined UKIP saying he wanted to see a "fundamental change in British politics".
He made history when he became the party's first elected MP but fell out with its leadership, and quit last month.
If Mr Carswell had defended his seat, he would have faced former UKIP party donor Arron Banks.
In a statement, he said: "I have done everything possible to ensure we got, and won, a referendum to leave the European Union - even changing parties and triggering a by-election to help nudge things along.
"It is sometimes said that all political careers end in failure - it doesn't feel like that to me.
"I have stood for Parliament five times, won four times, and helped win the referendum last June. Job done. I'm delighted."
Alan Johnson
Regarded by some in Westminster as the best leader Labour never had, Mr Johnson was a former home secretary and health secretary, serving in the governments of Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.
A former postman and union official, he was elected as MP for Hull West and Hessle in 1997.
He ran for the job of deputy to Gordon Brown in 2007 but was pipped to the post by Harriet Harman by the slenderest of margins.
Mr Johnson was seen as a possible successor to Mr Brown but ruled himself out of the contest in 2010, instead backing David Miliband, who was ultimately defeated by his brother Ed.
Mr Johnson led Labour's fight to remain in the European Union but clashed with Jeremy Corbyn, claiming that the leader's office had been "working against" the party's efforts.
Speaking about his decision not to fight the next election, Mr Johnson said it was "best for the party".
Gisela Stuart
Labour's Birmingham Edgbaston MP, who was a key figure in the campaign to leave the EU, has decided not to seek re-election.
Ms Stuart, who has represented the Midlands seat since 1997, told local supporters it was "time to stand down and pass on the baton".
She chaired the victorious Vote Leave campaign, touring the country with Boris Johnson, and was seen as a key figure in winning Labour voters over to the Brexit cause.
"Whomever is selected as the Labour candidate will have my full backing," she told Labour members.
"I will be with them and you, not just in spirit but on the campaign trail."
Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham, a former health secretary and now tipped as favourite to become Mayor of Greater Manchester, says he will not stand again in June.
Mr Burnham, MP for Leigh for 16 years, had two shots at party leadership, coming fourth in 2010 and second to Jeremy Corbyn in 2015.
In a message to constituents, he said there was now "a crisis in politics" and the Westminster system was a "major part of the problem".
"We could hold as many general elections as we like and yet Westminster would still be structurally incapable of developing a real response to the deep-rooted issues revealed by last year's referendum," he said.
Real change was needed, he added, and devolution in England was the best chance to secure a more equal country.
The election for Greater Manchester mayor is on 4 May.
Sir Vince Cable
Sir Vince, who served as former business secretary in the coalition government from 2010-2015, is one of a batch of Lib Dems who have confirmed they will stand again.
A former Labour councillor, the 73-year-old was first elected as MP for Twickenham in 1997 but was defeated by Conservative Tania Mathias in 2015 after the Lib Dems lost dozens of seats.
Announcing his decision to stand again, Sir Vince said "Bring it on!".
Sir Simon Hughes
A former Lib Dem deputy leader and minister of state for justice and civil liberties in the coalition government, Sir Simon Hughes said he intends to be the party's candidate to fight the Bermondsey and Old Southwark seat in south London, which he lost in 2015.
Making the announcement, the 65-year-old said: "In Bermondsey and north Southwark we are determined to win back the seat from Labour and really clear we can do so."
Sir Ed Davey
Sir Ed, 51, is another Lib Dem heavyweight to announce their return to the political fray.
Confirming his intention to stand again for election, the former energy secretary in the coalition government told the Independent: "We will be the surprise in this election, we will do far better than people currently think.
"Clearly the Tories are going to hammer Labour. But we can take some [seats] back."
He plans to attempt to retake his Kingston and Surbiton seat, which he held from 1997 until 2015.
The former Liberal Democrat MP for Colchester, Sir Bob Russell, is to stand again, despite retiring from politics after his defeat in 2015 to Conservative Will Quince. Sir Bob, who is 71 and had served his constituency for 18 years, denied he was too old to stand, adding he was younger than the region's longest-serving MP, Saffron Walden's Sir Alan Haselhurst.
Ed Balls
Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls will not be standing in his former Morley and Outwood constituency. He is not expected to stand anywhere else.
Mr Balls, who was MP for the constituency for five years, lost his seat in the 2015 general election.
Since leaving Parliament, he has become a visiting professor of King's College London, a senior fellow at Harvard University, and was appointed chairman of his hometown football club Norwich City.
But he perhaps has become best known for his dance moves on the last series of Strictly Come Dancing, in which he became a fan favourite.
David Miliband
It is a long shot but there has been speculation about whether David Miliband might stand again.
The former foreign secretary under Gordon Brown was expected to become the leader of the Labour Party after Mr Brown stood down, but was surprisingly defeated by his brother Ed in 2010.
In 2013 he stepped down as MP for South Shields in Tyne and Wear to become president of the US humanitarian aid charity International Rescue Committee.
In February the 51-year-old said Labour was at its weakest point in half a century in an interview with the Times and declined to rule out a return to UK politics.
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Adele Bellis had "life changing injuries" after the assault in Lowestoft, Suffolk in August.
Leon Thompson, 38, of Alma Road, Lowestoft has pleaded not guilty at Ipswich Crown Court to assault and wounding.
Anthony Riley, 25, of Raglan Street, denied conspiracy to wound and false imprisonment.
The attack happened in the London Road South area on 14 August.
Mr Thompson has also been charged with possessing a knife.
Both defendants have been remanded in custody and their trial is due to take place in March.
A Suffolk Police spokeswoman said Ms Bellis was continuing to undergo treatment for "serious, life-changing injuries".
17 December 2015 Last updated at 23:08 GMT
In her first speech as leader, she denied there was an old DUP and a new DUP saying there was only one party.
Gareth Gordon reports.
A Pegida Facebook page in Baden-Wuerttemberg asked: "Is this a joke?"
But after being told the photos were childhood photos of Germany's footballers being used in Euro-2016-linked marketing, they admitted they had "dived into a wasps' nest".
Kinder said it would not tolerate "xenophobia or discrimination".
A photograph of two chocolate bars was circulated by the person behind the Bodensee Facebook group of Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West).
For decades, Kinder packaging has featured a blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy.
But in a marketing campaign ahead of the Euro 2016 football tournament, Kinder has started to use photographs of the German team's players when they were children.
The two that the Pegida group complained about were Ilkay Guendogan and Jerome Boateng, both German nationals who play in the Bundesliga as well as the national team.
Seemingly without realising this, the group's admin wrote: "They'll stop at nothing. Can you really buy these? Or is it a joke?"
One commenter responded: "Do the Turks and other countries use pictures of German children on their sweets or groceries? Surely not."
Soon the comments filled with explanations of the marketing campaign, and a backlash against the Pegida group.
One person wrote: "Close the borders and have no exports, no migration! Then you'll get unemployment and local league football."
Another wrote: "If one of those men scores a goal he'll be celebrated."
The negative reaction forced the original poster to write that it was "best not to respond" and that they had "really dived into a wasps' nest."
After being alerted to the ongoing discussion on Facebook, Kinder's manufacturers Ferrero wrote: "We would like to explicitly distance ourselves from every kind of xenophobia and discrimination. We do not accept or tolerate these in our Facebook communities either."
Corden is voicing the lead role of Peter, with Byrne playing the female lead, Bea. Ridley's role has not yet been announced.
The announcement comes in the year that marks the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth.
Production begins in January, with the film set for release in April 2018.
The Night Manager star Elizabeth Debicki has also joined the voice cast.
'New audience'
The movie will be a collaboration between Columbia Pictures and Penguin Random House UK.
Penguin CEO Tom Weldon said: "We at Penguin Random House UK are delighted to be working with Columbia Pictures.
"As custodians of Beatrix Potter's brand and legacy, we are excited about the opportunity this production will bring to engage a whole new audience with the world of Beatrix Potter and one of her best-loved characters, the mischievous Peter Rabbit."
Potter is one of the best-known children's authors, with her most famous creation, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, having sold in excess of 45 million copies globally since it was first published in 1902 by Frederick Warne & Co - now part of Penguin Random House UK.
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Michael Carrick has been in south Wales meeting potential investors and representatives of potential employees.
The circuit aims to create 6,000 jobs and host the MotoGP from 2017.
A week ago, the Welsh government said it was "minded to grant" a take over of common land for the circuit.
Mr Carrick, chief executive of the Heads of the Valleys Development Company (HVDC) told BBC Wales that now the £300m project has been given the green light by the government he is "actively reaching agreements" with organisations who have said they are interested in investing.
He said he has all money needed from the private sector pledged but now needs formal agreements with all those bodies.
Circuit of Wales has had initial public money too - £2m from the Welsh government - and Mr Carrick says he has applied for another £18m.
Mr Carrick said he expects to have all the finance signed and sealed by the end of this year when they will start work on the site.
A public inquiry was held earlier this year over the issue of the 250 hectares (600 acres) of common land in Blaenau Gwent needed for the complex. It will be replaced with land elsewhere.
The Scots scored three tries - including a stunning touchdown from Hamish Watson - to register a 24-19 win over Australia in Sydney.
Barclay, while pleased with Scotland's defence, says the foundation for the victory was outstanding attacking play.
"We're scoring tries any team would be happy with," said the Scotland captain.
"A lot of people talk about how the Scots are brave. I don't think we speak enough about the skills that the guys have.
"Look at the tries we're scoring - I think it's brilliant. I think it's underplayed sometimes the skills the guys have."
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Duncan Taylor and Finn Russell scored first-half tries that were cancelled out by two from Australia full-back Israel Folau.
Will Genia's try after the break nudged the Wallabies in front. However, Watson finished off a stunning attack from deep to go over for what proved to be the match-winning score.
"That's length-of-the-pitch stuff," Barclay continued. "That takes a lot of skill, that's not bravery. That's what we work on at training and I think that's something we're starting to reap the rewards of.
"I think confidence grows from within. We're scoring some fantastic tries now and we're competing against the best teams in the world. We've got to take from that and build on that.
"Momentum is a really overused word but you have to use it and I think we have. We were confident coming down here. We don't come down here thinking maybe we can beat them. We came down here knowing if we play well, we felt like we can beat them today."
The win moves Scotland up to an all-time high of fifth in the world rankings. Head coach Gregor Townsend singled out Russell - called into the British and Irish Lions squad - for particular praise.
"Finn Russell was outstanding today," Townsend said. "He leads our attack but I thought he led our defence well, the amount of tackles he put in, body on the line stuff.
"If you've got your half-backs playing really well then that helps you in your attack.
"There were a couple of times Finn moved the ball from his own line. To do that in a Test match environment, when you are away from home against a very good side, just shows that he's confident enough that it's the right decision and the players will back him."
Barclay echoed his coach's assessment of Russell's performance, and believes the fly-half has matured into one of Scotland's leaders on the pitch.
"He's always had the skills but his composure on the pitch and the way he leads the team now, I think it breeds confidence to those around him," he said.
This is not to underestimate the contribution of traffic emissions but wood burning, according to the experts, was making up half of the pollution readings at some monitors at some sites - all exacerbated by low winds not blowing away pollutants.
So isn't London a clean air zone which is meant to prevent their use? Well, yes.
The Clean Air Act means local councils can set up Smoke Control Areas where only smokeless fuels should be burnt, or wood is burnt only in "exempt appliances".
Homeowners can be fined £1,000, although I haven't found any records of people being fined in London.
Enforcement may be an issue, as it is not usually a priority for London's councils.
But wood stoves are becoming more popular and it seems the emissions from wood burning have increased.
The air quality campaigners Clean Air in London say: "Solid fuels are considerably more polluting that natural gas (the main heating fuel used in London).
"In 2009 coal and wood burning in the home was thought to be responsible for 12% of UK PM10 emissions [source - National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory], whilst research by King's College London suggests around 12% of the PM10 in London's air during winter 2010 arose from wood burning."
That is quite a leap from 12% to 50% in the levels of wood burning on Monday.
Also it is worth noting that even the exempt appliances are not completely clean.
In fact, according to a presentation by The Danish Ecological Council which has looked into the use of wooden stoves: "Just 16,000 wood stoves in Copenhagen (600,000 inhabitants) emit as much fine-particles pollution in one winter, as all traffic emit within one year."
It also says: "New low-emission stoves cause much higher emissions (above 500.000 part/cm3) than new trucks with particulate filters (below 1.000 part/cm3)."
So far mayoral policies have been aimed at cleaning up traffic in particular NO2, but perhaps some attention should focus on the burning of wood in homes.
Simon Birkett from Clean Air In London says: "We need the mayor to educate people and local authorities to enforce the existing Clean Air Act while it's updated."
ClientEarth's air quality lawyer Anna Heslop said: "When pollution is this high then we need to tackle all major sources of it. The biggest cause of chronic and dangerous air pollution all year round comes from diesel vehicles.
"Wood burners can contribute to the most serious smog episodes which we see in winter, like those which Londoners are experiencing at the moment.
"During the worst episodes of very high pollution, people need to be advised not just on the levels but on how they can avoid adding to the pollution, and that means everything from using cleaner transport options and leaving their cars at home to avoiding using wood burners."
The National Day Nurseries Association said many of the nurseries may not help to provide the additional nursery care the Scottish government is planning.
If re-elected, the SNP wants to double the current 16 hours-a-week provision.
About 86% of private nurseries in Scotland currently deliver free places for three and four-year-olds.
Many toddlers, including all three and four-year-olds are entitled to 600 hours a year of free nursery provision.
The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has claimed that private nurseries typically get about £40,000 a year less than the true cost from councils.
They can recoup this through the fees charged for younger children or from additional hours.
The association said many nurseries do not feel confident about offering more free hours in the future.
Launching its annual nursery survey, NDNA chief executive Purnima Tanuku said: "This enormous shortfall is a huge burden on private and third sector nurseries.
"They have no choice but to try to absorb these costs themselves or pass them onto parents by increasing fees for additional hours or for younger children.
"Their main concern is that if free early learning and childcare is expanded, far fewer parents will need any additional hours, so they will struggle to make up this shortfall, especially with the National Living Wage being introduced next month."
She added: "The vast majority of nurseries are small businesses and can't afford these losses. They want to offer parents these free hours, but at the same time they have to be sustainable. Almost half of the nurseries who responded expected only to break even, with 11% expecting a loss.
"Nursery owners are keen to support families and make free childcare a success for everyone, but need to know their costs will be covered."
According to the survey, only half of respondent nurseries would be likely to extend their funded hours and 22% were unlikely, or very unlikely, to increase the amount of funded places they offered.
Council organisation Cosla said it was not the role of councils to offer public money to achieve a profit for private nurseries.
Education spokeswoman Councillor Stephanie Primrose said: "Councils have a responsibility to ensure the quality of the provision, but also to ensure that good value is achieved from the public pound.
"It is also a pity that no account is taken in the campaign of those costs that NDNA members don't have to bear, because of the free or subsidised support provided by councils in terms of training and awareness-raising for private provider staff.
"NDNA members enter into partnerships with councils of their own volition, so there should be absolutely no expectation that council commissioning or procurement processes to contract for the provision of early learning and childcare services will focus on the needs of their businesses, rather than the needs of the child."
Children's Minister Aileen Campbell said: "We have provided an additional £500m since 2014 to fully fund the extra costs of expanding free early learning and childcare to almost 16 hours a week - 45% more than in 2007 - and extending this entitlement to around 27% of two-year-olds.
"We will continue to increase funding year-on-year to support increasing flexibility and choice and we would fully expect local authorities to fund partner providers appropriately to support the delivery of high-quality provision."
The governing body said it would offer a greater share of surpluses for domestic players, as well as international players.
But in a statement, the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) says the two bodies remain "far apart".
"The parties have not reached agreement on many fundamental issues," it said.
Players have until 30 June to come to an agreement with Cricket Australia (CA) or face not being paid.
Australia's men's team have a two-Test series in Bangladesh scheduled for August, before a home Ashes series against England which runs from 23 November to 8 January 2018.
The women's team are in England for the Women's World Cup, which starts on Saturday. They are under contract until the end of the tournament.
In March, CA proposed salary increases for men and women - as part of a revised memorandum of understanding (MoU) - but that meant players would no longer receive a percentage of the organisation's revenue. The ACA players' union rejected the offer.
Earlier on Friday, a letter from CA executive general manager Kevin Roberts to ACA chief Alistair Nicholson outlined details of a revised offer.
"CA has listened to feedback from players and has also invited the ACA to explore the flexibility we are prepared to offer in order to conclude a new MoU," wrote Roberts.
"Player feedback suggests that the sharing of international cricket surpluses with male and female domestic players and the level of pay increases for male state players are critical issues for them."
However, in response, the ACA said: "The letter provided to players today from CA does not accurately reflect how far apart the parties remain with a week to go.
"The contract offers do not contain revenue sharing for all players, and are not what they appear to be. They do not include crucial information regarding terms and conditions.
"Further, as has been requested since August 2016, critical financial and forecasting information has yet to be provided so the ACA can properly assess the offers and advise the players accordingly. This remains unacceptable."
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper called for more urgency and said the UK should also take in some of those who have already reached Europe.
Home Secretary Theresa May said the government was doing "everything it can" to help refugees most in need.
MPs were holding an emergency debate on the UK response to the migrant crisis.
David Cameron announced on Monday that the UK will accept up to 20,000 refugees from camps surrounding Syria.
The prime minister said the UK had a "moral responsibility" to those displaced by the conflict in Syria.
But he said taking people from camps in Syria, Turkey and Jordan would provide a "direct and safe" route to safety, instead of encouraging them to make the "hazardous" journey across the Mediterranean by boat.
The new arrivals will be offered five-year humanitarian visas, under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme, and their resettlement will be paid for in the first year from the overseas aid budget.
20,000
more refugees will be resettled in the UK by 2020
4,980
Syrian asylum seekers have been allowed to stay since 2011
25,771 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to end June 2015
2,204 were from Syria
87% of Syrian requests for asylum were granted
145 Syrian asylum seekers have been removed from the UK since 2011
Opening the Commons debate, Ms Cooper said plans to resettle 20,000 more refugees from the camps in and around Syria, while welcome, did not go far enough.
She said ministers needed to be more clear about how many Syrians could settle in the UK now.
"The crisis is now and helping 4,000 refugees this year isn't enough," she told the House of Commons.
Ms Cooper added: "If they can help a full 10,000 in the first year, then why not say so? And if they can, then why set a cap for the whole parliament when we have no idea what the circumstances will be in a few years time. In fact, why set a cap for the parliament at all?
"And I'm afraid that this 20,000 over a parliament figure does have the feel of coming up with a plan to maximise the headline number but to to minimise the impact year on year. And it's the wrong approach. We need to know how many the government will help this year."
The government has refused to take part in a proposed EU-wide quota system to resettle those people already in Europe, instead pointing to the UK's contribution of £1bn in humanitarian aid to Syria.
But Ms Cooper argued: "I don't agree we should turn our backs. I don't agree we should say that the crisis in Europe is nothing to do with us and the only people that we will help will be from the Syrian camps themselves."
She urged the government to collaborate with UK councils, charities and faith groups to assess what level of support could be offered to refugees and to then help them to deliver it. A target for how many people to take in one year could then be set, and assessed on an annual basis, she argued.
Responding for the government, Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs "no-one chooses to be a refugee", and that families were being "driven out" of Syria by the civil war.
"It is a brutal conflict, one which does not shudder from the use of torture or sexual violence and which has seen the first use of chemical weapons this century," she added.
Mrs May declined to put a figure on how many refugees would be relocated to Britain this year, saying the priority was to work with the UNCHR and UK local authorities to identify the most vulnerable refugees and to ensure appropriate support was available to them when they arrived in the UK.
Addressing Ms Cooper, she said: "I cannot put a figure on for the number in the first year.
"If she thinks about the need to ensure that UNCHR are able to identify the most vulnerable people, the need to ensure that the accommodation and support provided to those people here in the UK will be appropriate for their needs, then it would not be right simply to be chasing some sort of figure in the first year."
Former Lib Dem coalition minister Alistair Carmichael added his voice to criticism of the government's approach.
He said it was "false" and "offensive" to distinguish between refugees in the camps and those travelling to Europe, and added: "Surely our contribution to helping people in need should be based on the need, and not a decision that they might have made in desperation."
MPs are to debate the matter again on Wednesday in an SNP debate that will be followed by a vote.
Meanwhile, the Petitions Committee has decided not to grant time to debate a petition calling for the UK to accept more refugees - which has more than 425,000 signatories. It said Parliament will have considered the subject "extensively" this week.
An estimated 340,000 asylum seekers have arrived in Europe so far this year, most braving dangerous sea journeys from North Africa and Turkey.
France said on Monday it would take in 24,000 refugees over the next two years, while about 18,000 people arrived in Germany last weekend alone.
But Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania have all joined the UK in rejecting the idea of official resettlement quotas.
Maurice Wren, Refugee Council chief executive, said the government's programme must be "frontloaded" as people "cannot wait until 2020 to reach safety".
Save the Children said the UK announcement would "make a real difference", but it must also take some of the thousands of unaccompanied Syrian children who have already travelled to Europe.
David Clarkson knocked in a Cammy Smith delivery from close range to give the Buddies a half time lead.
But Christian Nade was given time and space to power in a header from a corner on 56 minutes.
Harry Davis nodded in a debut goal for the visitors but Robert Thomson later finished after a smart turn.
The draw keeps Dumbarton, in eighth spot, 11 points clear of the Paisley side, who could not make up any ground given ninth-placed Ayr United's surprise draw away to leaders Hibernian.
Match ends, Dumbarton 2, St. Mirren 2.
Second Half ends, Dumbarton 2, St. Mirren 2.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Robert Thomson.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Daniel Harvie.
Daniel Harvie (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Storie (St. Mirren).
Attempt missed. Tom Lang (Dumbarton) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Dumbarton. Conceded by Craig Storie.
Lewis Vaughan (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Craig Storie (St. Mirren).
Foul by Lewis Vaughan (Dumbarton).
Craig Storie (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Christian Nade (Dumbarton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Christian Nade (Dumbarton).
Gary Mackenzie (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gary Irvine (St. Mirren).
Goal! Dumbarton 2, St. Mirren 2. Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Josh Todd replaces David Clarkson.
Attempt saved. Lewis Vaughan (Dumbarton) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Clarkson (St. Mirren).
Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gary Mackenzie (St. Mirren).
Substitution, St. Mirren. Stelios Demetriou replaces Adam Eckersley.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Tom Lang.
Goal! Dumbarton 1, St. Mirren 2. Harry Davis (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephen McGinn.
Foul by Lewis Vaughan (Dumbarton).
Craig Storie (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Alan Martin.
Attempt blocked. David Clarkson (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Christian Nade (Dumbarton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Daniel Harvie.
Substitution, St. Mirren. John Sutton replaces Lewis Morgan.
Foul by Robert Thomson (Dumbarton).
Gary Irvine (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Irvine (St. Mirren).
Harry Davis (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christian Nade (Dumbarton).
Snap40 plans to expand its engineering and data science team, complete clinical trials and gain regulatory clearance, opening up the EU market.
The Edinburgh-based firm also aims to move into the US market next year.
The funding round was led by Edinburgh-based investment firm Par Equity.
It is thought to be one of the largest seed rounds achieved by a Scotland-based start-up.
The company is led by chief executive and co-founder Christopher McCann, a former medical student at the University of Dundee.
He started the company after working on hospital wards where patients were only intermittently monitored.
Mr McCann said he formed the business after witnessing patients "avoidably deteriorating" because of late recognition of warning signs.
Snap40 uses a single medical wearable device to continuously monitor patients from the upper arm.
According to the company, it covers more health indicators than any other single device on the market.
The company then uses the data to identify, in real-time, patients at risk of deteriorating.
The company said: "By alerting doctors and nurses early, they can take action, potentially saving the patient's life, improving outcomes, and allowing them to return home sooner."
Mr McCann added: "We have a product that can save lives, while providing clinical and economic benefits to health services."
Par Equity partner Robert Higginson said: "We are delighted to be supporting Snap40, a business with an ambitious vision for the future.
"The team has already demonstrated the ability to deliver to its plan, which is why we are supporting the business from such an early stage."
Snap40 is currently demonstrating the performance of its product in a major clinical trial at an unnamed UK hospital.
The girl was discovered at the bus stop near the Magpie and Stump pub in Towyn, Conwy county, at 07:15 BST on Tuesday.
She is being cared for by staff at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, where she is receiving treatment.
Police are concerned about the welfare of the baby's mother and have urged her to come forward.
Helen Douglas, of North Wales Police, said: "We are concerned about the health of the mother of the baby girl and are appealing for her to come forward by contacting me, Helen on 07835 923787.
"Likewise if you are a concerned friend, relative or neighbour of the mother you can also contact me on the same number.
"Alternatively, if anyone knows who the mother is or can provide any information which may assist in identifying her please contact North Wales Police by calling 101, quoting reference number V103529.
"We want to ensure that the mother is provided with the medical support she needs."
Lawrence, 20, joined the club on a season-long loan in search of regular football after playing just four times for the Premier League champions.
"When they won the league you look elsewhere. They're buying players for stupid amounts of money," he said.
"They look abroad quite a lot and hopefully I get my chance next year or whenever the time comes."
The former Manchester United player joined the Foxes in 2014 but found opportunities limited at the club and has spent time on loan with Rotherham United, Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City.
"This is what I've done now, I've come on loan and hopefully I can show everyone there what I can do," Lawrence told BBC Radio Suffolk.
"I've got this season and next season left [under contract at Leicester] so we will see what happens."
Lawrence made his debut for Wales in their Euro 2016 qualifier against Andorra in October 2015 and has played four games for the senior team.
"Another reason why I want to be playing regular football is to push on with Wales," he continued. "They had a great start [against Moldova] and hopefully there's more to come for me."
Six women in total have told us they've been touched inappropriately or had indecent conversations with the ex-Big Brother contestant.
Some have asked to remain anonymous while others have posted their claims on YouTube.
Sam Pepper has yet to respond to any of the allegations.
Dottie Martin was the first to go online.
The 18-year-old, who has waived her right to anonymity, claimed she had felt uncomfortable during a date to the cinema with the YouTube star.
"He tried to touch me around my chest area and I moved his hand away because I wasn't comfortable with that," she told Newsbeat.
She said they did kiss and were holding hands, but the 25-year-old went too far.
"He had his other hand on my leg and started moving it further up my leg which I really wasn't comfortable with," she said.
Dottie says she pushed him away a number of times.
"He was holding my hand and he put it on his crotch area and moved it closer, but I pulled it away," she said.
"Unfortunately I felt like that was to be expected. I felt I was doing something I wasn't meant to be doing, which was refusing."
Another YouTuber went online to say she had received messages on Facebook from Sam Pepper when she was 15.
We have removed the woman's name from the messages.
She claims he is listed as a 'Facebook User' in the picture because he blocked her.
We have been unable to independently verify the messages.
The woman, who is now 18, says the conversations then went onto Skype.
The Skype user speaking to the woman appears to ask for a "naked dance" then says "needs more boobs".
Following Newsbeat's coverage of the backlash following Sam Pepper's Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank, one woman in her 20s got in touch to say she was sexually assaulted by the star at his home two years ago.
She said she didn't want to go public because she works in the industry.
Three other women have spoken exclusively to Newsbeat to claim they were indecently groped or assaulted at a YouTube gathering in London.
In a written email, one of these women wrote: "It is one thing that has greatly upset me over the years."
Another said: "It was all in a playful way which made me think I couldn't complain.
"I complained to the organiser who said they had received many complaints about him and told me they would get him off the site."
We have contacted the organisers who are yet to respond.
Out of the six women who have come forward, only one woman says she is considering going to the police.
The others say they will not speak out for fear of getting online abuse.
The initial backlash began after Sam Pepper posted his Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank online.
The video received a number of complaints saying that it was a form of sexual harassment and it was taken down after a few days.
His co-star Mazzi Maz spoke to Newsbeat at the time to say he had "gone too far".
Sam Pepper then uploaded another video of a woman doing the same to men and that was also removed within minutes.
Finally the star released The Reveal, where he claimed the videos were all part of a social experiment to highlight sexual harassment against men.
Laci Green has a sex education show on YouTube with more than one million subscribers.
She wrote an open letter to Sam Pepper asking him to stop assaulting women, which has received more than 100,000 signatures.
She told Newsbeat: "Harassment and bullying is bad on the online community.
"Big powerful YouTubers are connecting through social media with fans, some of whom are very young.
"So, the power dynamics are very off and that creates an environment where some people that are predatory will take advantage of the situation."
Pepper has more than two million YouTube subscribers and has made a name for himself filming prank-style videos.
Following the allegations Newsbeat has tried to contact Sam Pepper, but so far we have had no response.
If you are worried about sexual harassment visit Radio 1's advice page to find out ways to stay safe as well as who to contact if you need help.
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The Brewers, 18th in the table, have all but secured a second season in the Championship, just eight years after winning the National League title.
"As a collective I think we've proved a lot of people wrong," Australian Irvine, 24, told BBC Radio Derby.
"We've shown we're capable of not just staying at this level but competing."
Irvine's 10 goals for the Brewers this season include the injury-time winner at Huddersfield and the decisive strike against rivals Derby.
And the former Celtic and Ross County player is not surprised that he and his team-mates have been troublesome opposition for even the best sides in the division.
"We've always been aware of the talent we've got in our dressing room," he said.
"We know that when we perform to our highest levels that we're capable of beating teams at both ends of the table."
The Australia international is understood to have attracted interest from top-flight sides after an impressive campaign and says he would jump at the chance to play Premier League football.
But he added he remains fully committed to Burton, who made him their record signing last summer.
"Every footballer strives to reach the top level and if that opportunity ever arose you'd bite someone's arm off for it," he said.
"But it is only my first season at this level and you want to prove yourself.
"I've got two years left on my contract here and at this point in time I'm fully focused on being a Burton Albion player."
From 8 September, the maximum draft - or depth in the water - will be cut to 39ft (11.89m), which may affect up to 20% of traffic.
A similar restriction was imposed for the same reason in 1998.
The authorities say a further cut could be imposed on 16 September if the situation does not improve.
The authority has taken the action because water levels in the Gatun and Alhajuela lakes have fallen as a result of the El Nino weather phenomenon.
The current draft limit is 39.5ft, which will be cut to 39ft on 8 September and then potentially to 38.5ft on 16 September.
Shipping companies had been warned the cuts could be coming.
The Panama Canal celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, having seen more than a million ships pass through.
Panama took control of the canal from the US in 2000, and has since been widely praised with the way it has handled the operation.
Transit fees now bring in about $1bn (£645m) a year for the government.
The Guthrie Castle website has been taken down and replaced with a message asking anyone who has booked a wedding or event to get in touch with them.
It is not known what happened to the deposits paid for bookings.
The castle has not made any comment about the allegations, which appeared on social media.
The Green Deal offers loans to spend on energy-saving home improvement work with no upfront costs.
But trading standards officers have reported that cold callers are posing as Green Deal assessors while charging "administration fees".
Energy Minister Greg Barker told BBC Radio 4's You & Yours that this was simple criminality.
Green Deal loans are only available through government contracted assessors who are identifiable through an allocated number.
Complaints about fraudulent callers have so far been registered with trading standards officers in South Wales and West Yorkshire, where 12 complaints are being investigated.
One 76-year-old said she had been offered an "old age pensioner discount" for double glazing - with a 20% discount if she signed up that day.
Tim Keohane, senior trading standards officer in Caerphilly, said they were dealing with more than 20 complaints across south-east Wales.
"People are handing over up to £400 and not seeing anything again," he said.
"The sort of thing being said is that the Green Deal is absolutely free to householders and that they'll get £10,000 of work for nothing."
Door-to-door sales are permitted under Green Deal legislation.
In February, when asked if this was a safe method of promoting the scheme, Energy Minister Greg Barker said there were strict guidelines and a cooling-off period, but people "at the bottom of society" were unlikely to respond to the internet and newspapers.
Mr Barker has now told the BBC that potential victims are being protected by the rules.
"We have very strong consumer protection, these are fraudsters and if we catch them we will come down on them like a tonne of bricks," he said.
"It would be terrible if we allowed these fraudsters to hijack the Green Deal and prevent it being offered to those at the bottom of the heap in society."
He added the situation would be monitored closely but his inclination was to continue with the policy of contacting people in poor-quality accommodation directly.
Consumers are advised to look out for the Green Deal Approved quality mark which proves assessors and installers are government registered.
The Energy Saving Advice Service can also confirm valid assessors on 0300 1231234.
The Sutton Trust says the cost of working for nothing rules out all but the wealthy and wants most interns to be paid at least minimum wage.
A third (31%) of graduate interns are unpaid, according to the charity's analysis of official data.
The CBI warned that banning unpaid internships could reduce opportunities.
The report uses government figures to suggest that some 22,000 interns may be working for nothing.
It analyses the costs of living in London and Manchester for interns on sixth-month work placements.
Taking into account rental for a room in a shared property, household bills, council tax, food and miscellaneous spending on items such as broadband, cleaning products and clothing, a Londoner would pay, £5,556 for the period and a Mancunian £4,827, amounting to £926 and £804 each month.
The researchers excluded transport costs as these are often paid by interns' employers.
"Internships commonly represent a first step in the ladder towards a professional career in the most competitive sectors, including fashion, journalism, politics, law, finance and the charity sector.
"Because these areas are so competitive, employers are often able to offer internships as completely unpaid positions," says the report.
"These issues make unpaid internships a serious and pressing problem for social mobility."
The trust says all interns on placements of over a month should be paid at least the national minimum wage of £6.50 an hour, and preferably the national living wage of £7.85 - or £9.15 in London.
It wants internships to be advertised publicly, rather than being filled informally and recruitment processes to be fair, transparent and based on merit.
Dr Lee Elliot Major, the trust's director of development and policy, said taking an unpaid internship was "beyond the means of the vast majority of individuals".
"Paying all interns who work for over a month the minimum wage would significantly improve access to these placements for those from more modest backgrounds, offering them a stepping stone into many coveted jobs, thus increasing social mobility."
An Ipsos Mori poll of 1,700 adults in England for the charity suggested 70% felt unpaid internships were unfair as only the wealthy could afford to take them.
Some 55% agreed internships of up to six months should pay at least minimum wage, with 73% supporting it for placements of over a year.
Katja Hall, deputy director of the CBI, said: "The law is clear. Someone doing a job should be paid, but it's important to distinguish between that and informal workplace experience or work shadowing.
"Banning unpaid internships would only reduce the number of opportunities available."
Ms Hall said internships boosted young people's chances of permanent employment and businesses should be encouraged to offer them.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills said getting a job for the first time could be "daunting" for any young person.
"Internships can provide an important first step and are often a valuable way of helping young people start work. They should be open to everyone in a fair and transparent way.
"Anyone who is a worker is entitled to be paid at least the minimum wage, this includes interns who fall into the worker category.
"The government is cracking down on employers who break the law by not paying the minimum wage - we are naming and shaming offenders and increasing penalties."
The spokeswoman urged anyone who felt exploited to contact the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.
Stephen Isherwood, chief executive of the Association of Graduate Recruiters, said the majority of its members paid their interns.
"We don't agree with long-term unpaid internships as a general rule; they aren't good for social mobility as they exclude people who can't afford to work unpaid. Talented graduates expect to be paid for their work."
Sevastova needed heavy strapping on her right ankle after falling awkwardly in the second game, and Wozniacki raced to a 6-0 6-2 win.
The Dane, 26, is unseeded in New York after slipping to 74th in the world, having been seeded fourth last year.
She will play German second seed Angelique Kerber in the semi-final.
Kerber, 29, defeated Italy's Roberta Vinci, the 2015 finalist, 7-5 6-0.
In the men's draw, France's Gael Monfils outplayed compatriot Lucas Pouille in a 6-4 6-3 6-3 win.
Monfils, seeded 10th, will play fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or top seed Novak Djokovic in the last four.
The decisive moment of the second women's quarter-final came as early as the second point of game two, when Sevastova moved to her right and tumbled over while trying to make a service return.
She had threatened to break serve in the opening game but once the ankle was strapped up by the trainer after game three, Sevastova was unable to pose any challenge to Wozniacki.
The two-time finalist simply had to keep the ball in play and her opponent on the move, with the first set wrapped up after 31 minutes and an early break following in the second.
By the time the trainer returned at 6-0 3-0, Sevastova had won just 15 points, and it took 52 minutes for her to finally get on the scoreboard - prompting a relieved smile.
Wozniacki finished the job on serve after little more than an hour, and said: "This year I was out for three months with a sprained ankle - I feel real sorry for her, it happened early in the match.
"I always believe in myself, no matter what my ranking. I've beaten pretty much everyone in the draw before."
Sevastova said: "It was tough, but what can I do? I tried my best. I don't like to retire, but Caroline played great tennis. Even if I had no injury it would be tough to beat her."
Kerber remains in with a chance of overtaking Serena Williams as world number one at the end of the tournament, and she is also on course for a third Grand Slam final in 2016.
Williams, who plays Simona Halep later on Tuesday, must reach the final again in New York to have a chance of staying world number one and if she plays Kerber, the American would have to win.
"When I was a kid I was always dreaming to being the number one," said Kerber.
"Let's see. I mean, there are still matches to go. Also, Serena has to play as well very good."
Vinci caused one of the greatest upsets in tennis history when she ended Williams' calendar Grand Slam hopes in last year's semi-final, but a foot fault on set point all but ended her challenge against Kerber.
The Italian, 33, broke Kerber's serve three times in the first set but each time was broken back - and Vinci was then called for a foot fault facing set point with a second serve.
She sarcastically applauded the line judge, before Kerber raced through the second set in 24 minutes.
Allegations of the sum allegedly paid to a firm linked to the son of Lamine Diack had appeared in the Guardian.
Both Lamine and his son, Papa Massata Diack, already face a corruption inquiry in France.
The Japanese government has insisted its Tokyo bid in 2013 was clean.
In March, French prosecutors had announced that an investigation into corruption in athletics was being widened to include the bidding and voting processes for the hosting of the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.
The latest development involves 2.8m Singapore dollars allegedly paid to a company based in the city state and linked to Papa Massata Diack.
A statement said the French "National Financial Prosecution service was informed of two financial movements alleged to have been carried out in July and October 2013".
The money was labelled as 'Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Bid', coming from an account opened at a Japanese bank, for the profit of the 'Black Tidings' company in Singapore.
The statement added that payments "so close to the International Olympic Committee's designation of the organising city for the 2020 Olympic Games, important parallel purchases by Black Tidings in Paris", and other related issues had sparked a new inquiry.
Lamine Diack, 82, was formerly the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
He left the IOC soon after voting, in 2013, on whether Tokyo, Istanbul or Madrid should host the 2020 games.
He is now banned from leaving France pending the investigations.
Papa Massata Diack is believed to be in Senegal.
Last December, he told the BBC he and his father were innocent of the allegations against them.
The Tokyo bid first came under scrutiny in January when the second part of a Wada (World Anti-Doping Agency) commission report into corruption included a footnote detailing a conversation between another of Lamine Diack's sons, Khalil, and Turkish officials heading up the Istanbul bid team.
A transcript of the conversation cited in the report suggested a "sponsorship" payment of between $4m and $5m (£2.8m and £3.4m) had been made by the Japanese bid team "either to the Diamond League (the annual series of track and field athletics meetings) or IAAF".
The footnote claims the Istanbul bid "lost Lamine Diack's support because they did not pay". Wada's independent commission said it did not investigate the claims "for it was not within our remit".
A Tokyo 2020 spokeswoman described the note in Wada's report as "beyond our understanding", adding that "Tokyo's bid was about Japan's commitment to address issues around the integrity of sport".
Lamine Diack is already being investigated by French authorities. He was arrested last year on corruption and money laundering charges, over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against Russian drugs cheats.
His son Papa Massata, who was employed by his father as a marketing consultant for the IAAF, is also under investigation, and a warrant for his arrest has been issued by Interpol.
Diack Jr has been banned for life by the IAAF.
The IOC overhauled its rules - and regained trust in the integrity of its bidding process - since the 1999 Salt Lake City bribery scandal exposed systematic corruption.
In February, Wada commission chief Dick Pound said he was "fairly certain" the IOC was free of organised corruption, but just a month later the French prosecutors opened their investigation into the bidding processes for 2016 and 2020.
Crews were called to the three-storey building in the North Ayrshire town's Canal Street at about 00:40.
They kept in touch by phone with people in the upper floors before firefighters were able to bring them out safely.
The two men and two women were given precautionary check-ups from paramedics who decided that none of them needed to go to hospital.
Officials in Mislata, near Valencia, say police will take samples of dog excrement collected by street cleaners to a local lab for analysis.
Owners have until 31 December to take their dogs to a vet so that a blood sample can be taken free of charge.
Those who fail to register their dog's DNA will face fines of €300.
Similar, but more limited, schemes exist in the US and UK.
Mislata municipality warns owners that they face a €200 fine for failure to remove their dog's mess from the pavement.
Once a dog is registered on the DNA database, the owner will get a name tag that must be worn by the dog.
Valencia has also introduced another method to keep the pavements clean: disposable cardboard tongs that allow a dog owner to remove the mess more hygienically, Spain's ABC news reports.
By what distance will Celtic leave the rest of the teams behind in the league? Can Aberdeen mount a sustained and convincing title challenge? And who amongst the rest will be discarded as also-rans?
Yet the fortunes of Aberdeen, Hearts and Dundee United provide an interesting diversion. The Premiership plays out to familiar themes, but intrigue can still be found lurking in its midst.
The expectation is of Celtic confirming, again, that no team can bridge the gap to their greater resources, and it is in Europe that the champions will be exposed to more gruelling challenges.
Under Derek McInnes, Aberdeen have become reliably strong, assertive and consistent.
The signing of Graeme Shinnie, the retention of Ryan Jack and Adam Rooney and the hope that Kenny McLean will recover his poise and decisiveness following his move to the club in January, all suggest the team could yet be more effective this campaign.
The players ought to be hardened to the mental challenges that come with their prominence.
Aberdeen had an excellent record against all the top-flight teams other than Celtic last season, but the squad should be better prepared for the expectation level that comes with being the team best equipped to at least pressurise the reigning champions.
At Dundee United, the fascination is with the constant process of rejuvenation. Can a team shorn of its three best players - Gary Mackay-Steven, Stuart Armstrong and Nadir Ciftci, all of whom joined Celtic in 2015 - find the means to recover?
Jackie McNamara has to marshal diminishing funds and the brittle promise of youth.
Flaws need to be managed, too, since Rodney Sneijder joins the club from a period of effective exile in the Dutch second tier after initially breaking through at Ajax, and at 24 the midfielder needs to show he has the character and spirit to accompany decent technique and speed.
The challenge for Hearts is to maintain their progress, having galloped so relentlessly to the Championship title last season that their rivals could only wilt in response.
The recruitment strategy has been agreed, since the new signings are all arguably better than those they have or will replace in the side, with only Gavin Reilly from Queen of the South being captured for his potential.
Juwon Oshaniwa, in particularly, is a thoroughbred footballer and worth the drawn-out process of seeking a visa for the Nigerian left-back.
More grimly, the wonder is which established sides will find themselves in a battle for survival? Finances remain tight across the division and many of the teams have had to struggle just to try to maintain their squads.
Even so, it is possible to assume improvements at most apart from Partick Thistle and Hamilton Academical.
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Nicholas Iliff was forced to clean up dog mess and tie the shoelaces of his captors in Oxford.
Christopher Joyce, 81, and daughters Mary Joyce, 60, and Helen Collins, 45, all of Redbridge Hollow were convicted after a trial.
Mr Joyce and Ms Joyce were both jailed for 21 months.
Collins received a seven-month suspended sentence and was ordered to pay £2,000 in compensation.
All three were convicted in June of forced labour offences after a four-week trial at Oxford Crown Court.
They were convicted of conspiracy to defraud Mr Iliff of benefits at a trial at the same court in November last year.
Mr Joyce and Ms Joyce were jailed for 21 months for the forced labour offence and 21 months for conspiracy to defraud, to be served concurrently.
Thames Valley Police said between April 2010 and February 2015, 52-year-old Mr Iliff lived in a brick shed that was "unfit for human habitation", on a travellers' site.
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The defendants were collecting his benefits, a total of £139,000 from 2002 to 2015.
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The Canaries started well and Jacob Murphy soon scrambled them in front.
After Murphy was fouled in the box by Harlee Dean, Graham Dorrans tapped in the second on the rebound after his penalty was saved by Daniel Bentley.
Robbie Brady slotted in from Alex Pritchard's pass, Nelson Oliveira smashed home and Pritchard stabbed in to seal victory.
Norwich's win, which temporarily took them back into the top six before Leeds beat Aston Villa, eases the pressure on manager Alex Neil after they slipped from top to eighth, prompting chairman Ed Balls to publicly back his manager.
Brentford, however, have won only one of their past nine games and are now 18th after a fourth straight defeat.
The Canaries, who had not won since beating Rotherham 3-1 at Carrow Road on 18 October, led when Murphy was credited with the opener, although Bees defender Josh Egan may have got the final touch.
Brentford came into the game after Dorrans tucked in the second, with Scott Hogan twice heading off target and Egan volleying at Norwich keeper John Ruddy.
But their hopes of a comeback were thwarted as Brady, Oliveira and Pritchard struck in the second half to complete an emphatic Norwich win.
Norwich manager Alex Neil:
"Today was in complete contrast to our recent performances - we played really well. It was our best performance of the season - every player responded.
"It's only one win, though, and we need to build on it. November was a really tough month for us. Hopefully that is us seeing the back of that and we can push on.
"The players knew the importance of the game for everyone connected with the club - myself, the fans, the staff - and they responded in the perfect manner."
Brentford manager Dean Smith:
"I've told the players it's the worst performance I've had as a manager.
"The players have to look in the mirror. I'll look in the mirror as well. I'll look at the selection; did I get that right?
"But after the third goal I thought a few of us gave up. We have to make sure it doesn't happen again."
Match ends, Norwich City 5, Brentford 0.
Second Half ends, Norwich City 5, Brentford 0.
Attempt missed. Philipp Hofmann (Brentford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sullay Kaikai with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Josh Murphy.
Goal! Norwich City 5, Brentford 0. Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jacob Murphy.
Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh McEachran.
Attempt saved. Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Youssouf Mulumbu.
Graham Dorrans (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nico Yennaris (Brentford).
Attempt missed. Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Norwich City. Youssouf Mulumbu replaces Jonny Howson.
Foul by Jacob Murphy (Norwich City).
Yoann Barbet (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Norwich City 4, Brentford 0. Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josh Murphy.
Substitution, Brentford. Philipp Hofmann replaces Romaine Sawyers.
Josh Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Maxime Colin (Brentford).
Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sullay Kaikai (Brentford).
Offside, Brentford. Yoann Barbet tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
Substitution, Norwich City. Josh Murphy replaces Steven Naismith because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Steven Naismith (Norwich City) because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Scott Hogan (Brentford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
Attempt missed. Steven Naismith (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alex Pritchard.
Sebastien Bassong (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John Egan (Brentford).
Foul by Graham Dorrans (Norwich City).
Josh McEachran (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Sullay Kaikai (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nico Yennaris.
Substitution, Norwich City. Russell Martin replaces Ivo Pinto because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Ivo Pinto (Norwich City) because of an injury.
Foul by Ryan Bennett (Norwich City).
Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Steven Naismith (Norwich City).
Josh Clarke (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Yoann Barbet with a through ball.
Substitution, Brentford. Josh McEachran replaces Ryan Woods.
Substitution, Brentford. Sullay Kaikai replaces Lasse Vibe. | Norwich City ended a run of five successive Championship defeats with a comprehensive win over Brentford. | 38,113,514 | 1,415 | 22 | false |
We do not like science very much in this country.
We prefer to ascribe spiritual and miraculous explanations to all things that happen in our lives. Accidents, deaths, ill health, passing and failing exams, finding a partner, wealth, poverty, good fortune - none of them have scientific explanations.
The rest of the world has probably heard that Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite into space. It certainly made headlines on the BBC, but you would have missed it completely if you were depending on the news outlets in our country.
I concede I have not been following the news very keenly in the past three weeks, for reasons we had better not get into, and therefore would admit it was likely I would miss some stories.
But I imagined the launch of our first satellite would be such big news it was unlikely to pass me by.
When I heard the news on BBC radio I immediately switched to a local station, but there was no mention of the story.
I checked the websites of my favourite local stations and there was no mention. When the story eventually appeared, it was to report that President Nana Akufo-Addo had congratulated the All Nations University on the launch of GhanaSat-1.
The next morning there was no mention of the story in either of the two widely-read daily newspapers that I buy. There was nothing vaguely interesting or attractive about the story as reported on their websites either.
It was obvious that apart from the official congratulatory statement there was no local flavour to the story as carried in the Ghanaian media for the first three days. The language of the reports sounded like scientific mumbo-jumbo to be understood only by nerdy scientists.
Elizabeth Ohene:
I had dared to even imagine that maths and science were getting a grip on the popular imagination
Here is a statement from the report on the website of one of our local radio stations: "Ghanasat-1 is of Cube Standard shape with a dimension of 100mm x 100 mm and was launched by Nasa to the International Space Station via Space X CRS Flight 11 on 3 June, 2017 at the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, USA and then released into orbit using Japan KIBO on board the ISS."
Make of that what you will but I certainly could not understand a word of it.
There was no mention that All Nations University in Koforidua is not exactly one of the fancy universities in Ghana. There was no word about the $500,000 (£380,000) reported cost of the project, the kind of money that is routinely reported as embezzled by officials.
I must say that social media did its bit and there was enthusiasm on Facebook and Twitter about the launch but it took until Monday morning for the newspapers and many of the radio stations to wake up to the story after the launch on Friday morning.
I confess I was saddened and put it all down to our national antipathy towards science and maths.
And yet the week before, the entire country had been caught up in genuine excitement over the National and Science and Maths Quiz. This is an annual quiz contested by secondary schools and this year it had been particularly keen.
I was caught up in the general enthusiasm that greeted the competition and I had dared to even imagine that maths and science were getting a grip on the popular imagination and would eventually manifest in our everyday lives.
The final between three schools was carried live on radio and television and the viewing and audience figures challenged the most popular telenovelas on our television sets.
But I am cheering up slowly and something tells me that the local media will catch up and accord the satellite launch story the importance it deserves.
The project coordinator of the launch has certainly hit the right note by placing the satellite right in the midst of the things that currently capture the imagination of the people.
He says the satellite will be used to monitor illegal mining, or galamsey as we call it. Galamsey guarantees the front page.
The satellite might not have made it to the front pages on its launch but if it is going to monitor illegal mining, then GhanaSat-1 is guaranteed to stay on the front pages forever.
We might yet accord science the importance it deserves.
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Ben Hiscox, 30, was playing for Stoke Gifford Utd in March when he hit the building, near Bristol.
He was rushed to hospital but died days later.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, Deputy Avon Coroner Terence Moore described it as a tragedy which should not be repeated.
The inquest heard that Mr Hiscox, from Stoke Gifford, was a "much loved son, brother, partner and step-father".
He was playing at his club's home ground against Mangotsfield Sports in the Bristol and Suburban Association Football League on 28 March when, 10 minutes into the second half, he made a tackle, stumbled and fell backwards into the club house, banging his head, causing serious injuries.
Although no-one was blamed for Mr Hiscox's death, Mr Moore said he would write to the FA, Stoke Gifford United and the parish council, which owns the ground, about the size of the "run-off" around the pitch.
The clubhouse was about two metres from the edge of the pitch - the FA recommends a minimum of three metres for lower league clubs.
Mr Hiscox's father Clive said his son's death had been "an awful freak accident".
He added: "My main concern really is seeing where the actual pitch is sited and the clubhouse. I would just hate anybody to have to experience the pain and suffering we have since Ben's death."
A spokesman for the club, Ben Bennett, who was also a friend of Mr Hiscox, said they would make changes, possibly using crash mats, to avoid a repeat of the accident. | A coroner has raised concerns with a football club after a player died after sliding into its clubhouse while making a tackle. | 33,431,621 | 367 | 30 | false |
Former Newcastle United striker Nile Ranger, 22, is accused of raping the woman after the pair had been out together in January last year.
The player, who is now with League One Swindon Town, denies the charge.
Newcastle Crown Court heard the woman woke naked next to Mr Ranger not knowing where she was.
Christine Egerton, prosecuting, said the alleged victim could remember being with the footballer at Empress bar in Newcastle, where he bought them drinks, but could remember nothing more until she woke up naked in a hotel room the next day.
She told the jury: "She has no recollection that evening of going to a different place, but when she woke up she knew she had been there because she had a stamp on her hand."
Ms Egerton told the court that Mr Ranger told her they had had sex and that she needed to take the morning after pill. She said she then got dressed, called a taxi and left.
Ms Egerton said it was "crystal clear that she was not consenting" as "she was so incapacitated by drink or something unknown that she found it difficult to walk and has no memory whatsoever of what occurred".
The court was played an interview the alleged victim conducted with the police, where she said: "I was feeling really sick, I cannot explain how I felt, I have never felt like that before. I did not feel like I was there."
CCTV footage was also shown of the pair arriving in a taxi at the Carlton Hotel in Jesmond, Newcastle, where she can be seen falling out of the car.
The jury heard Mr Ranger had been messaging her in the weeks before and would always come and talk to her when they met in clubs.
But the court was told she had always told him she was not interested and said she had a boyfriend.
Ms Egerton added: "As far as he was concerned he wanted something more and it went further than that because he had been pestering her for some time.
"In the days and weeks before this allegation they had been communicating by text and in these communications he had asked her to be his girl."
The court was told on a previous occasion she had gone back to a hotel with him as he said he wanted to talk to her.
The jury heard he had started kissing her neck and touching her leg, but she had not wanted him to do that, so when he went to the bathroom, she had left the hotel and got a taxi home.
After being arrested Mr Ranger told police they had twice had sex and she had consented "whole heartedly" and "enthusiastically".
The trial continues. | A former Premier League footballer raped a woman in a hotel after pestering her for weeks "to be his girl", a court has heard. | 26,322,393 | 590 | 36 | false |
They included allegations that the CIA had developed ways to listen in on smartphone and smart TV microphones.
The CIA has been criticised by civil rights groups who say the agency "stockpiled" security flaws in devices to use them for its work, but left the population at risk by doing so.
"Our digital security has been compromised because the CIA has been stockpiling vulnerabilities rather than working with companies to patch them," said Nathan White, from the civil liberties group Access Now.
"It's not a surprise that people who have a mission to find bad guys and protect nations are using every means at their disposal to gather intelligence on a focused target," said Don Smith from cybersecurity firm SecureWorks.
"If the CIA doesn't have capabilities for eavesdropping, it's not doing its job."
Alan Woodward, a security researcher who advises Europol and previously advised UK spy agency GCHQ, said the public should be "encouraged" by the information published.
"Most of the leaked documents are about targeted attacks. This is not about mass surveillance and vacuuming up a haystack of data to search for a needle," he told the BBC.
"They need warrants, they can't just tap in to any phone - it doesn't work like that. One of the reasons people have faith in the security services is that they tend to obey the law, and when they don't it comes out.
"If Wikileaks has the code behind these exploits, it has a responsibility not to publish that. To do so would expose the public to the very real danger of criminals reusing those exploits still working. These were kept in a controlled environment for a reason."
However, Access Now said the CIA's decision to keep security flaws to itself had "significant repercussions for human rights and digital security".
Whistleblower Edward Snowden criticised the scope of the CIA's methods.
"Imagine a world where the actual CIA spends its time figuring out how to spy on you through your TV," he wrote on Twitter. "That's today".
Homes are becoming increasingly "smart", with everything from light switches to voice-activated kitchen appliances connected to the internet. If unsecured, these could reveal our activities in the home.
"The concept that intelligence agencies are doing broad personal surveillance using these devices is not realistic," said Mr Smith.
"I would be amazed if that was the case because the resources to make sense of all the data just aren't there.
"My concern is much more what online criminals might be able to achieve with these devices. There are plenty of examples of things such as baby monitors being open to the wider internet."
The documents published by Wikileaks detail ways in which some Samsung televisions could be used to spy on their owners. Mr Woodward said it was unlikely the exploit was widely used.
"They're talking about a few models of Samsung TV. If you read the documents, they have been vulnerable for a while. It would be surprising if the CIA was not looking into that," he said.
"Has the CIA remotely hacked them? No. They have to get into your home and plug a USB drive in to them. It's a high risk. If you have to get in to somebody's house you can give yourself away."
Mr Woodward said anybody worried that their appliances were spying on them could "unplug them at the wall".
That advice may not help those with a modern voice-controlled fridge-freezer, the likes of which have started to go on sale.
However, SecureWorks' Mike McLellan, who previously worked at the UK government's National Cyber Security Centre, said the average household should have "bigger concerns".
"You are more likely to be a victim of cybercrime or ransomware, than happen to become a subject of interest for an intelligence agency."
Encrypted messaging apps offer people some peace of mind that their private messages cannot be intercepted as they travel across the internet, as the messages are scrambled.
The CIA documents describe methods to compromise smartphone operating systems such as Android and iOS, which could let agents read messages sent via encrypted services such as WhatsApp and Signal.
Mr Woodward said the documents did not suggest the CIA had "cracked" the encryption of either platform. Instead, messages could be read by compromising the "end point" - the sender or receiver's smartphone - where the messages are already decrypted.
He said the documents indicated that governments "accept that encryption is going to become commonplace on networks" and that they must focus efforts on "getting in to the end points to read messages".
"They know banning encryption is not going to work," he said.
Mr Snowden has described the CIA as "reckless beyond words", for keeping knowledge of security holes in devices such as smartphones to itself.
"The CIA reports show the [United States government] developing vulnerabilities in US products, then intentionally keeping the holes open," he wrote on Twitter.
"Why is this dangerous? Because until closed, any hacker can use the security hole the CIA left open to break in to any iPhone in the world."
Mr Woodward said he was not surprised that the CIA had not disclosed security holes it had found to manufacturers such as Apple and Google.
"If your mission is to spy, are you going to tell people something only you know about?" he asked.
"This is the CIA, not a computer security agency. If they have [exploits] they are going to use them. It's somebody else's job to fix them."
Mr McLellan said it was "a fact of life that intelligence agencies will look for security vulnerabilities", but added that private companies were also searching for flaws and "selling them to the highest bidder".
That concerns Mr White, who suggests keeping flaws secret puts ordinary citizens at risk.
"It's simply a fantasy to believe that only the 'good guys' will be able to use these tools," he said in a blogpost.
"It is critical for governments, law enforcement, technologists, and civil society to have an honest conversation about the impact of government hacking in the digital age."
However, Mr Woodward said it was likely that many of the security flaws in the leaked documents had already been fixed.
"The idea that the CIA is hoarding [security flaws] is not true. These things are relatively rare... and fixes for them move so quickly that a year or two is almost another era in technical terms," he said.
"I would be surprised if they were 'stockpiling' such exploits. I think you'll find they use them while they still can."
Routine recording of the population would be a huge, and potentially unfeasible, undertaking for an intelligence agency. However, developments in artificial intelligence could make processing data faster and easier.
Companies - including Amazon and Google - already sell voice-controlled speakers and smartphones that can understand commands and transcribe speech. Such technology could one day be used to help monitor citizens.
"There is the ability to collect telephony en masse now," said Mr Smith. "AI may speed it up and make more sense of the data, but I don't think it's something the average person should be worried about. It could be a future risk, among many future risks."
Mr Woodward added: "Think of the volumes of data you'd be dealing with. They don't have the ability to record every phone conversation in the world, let alone every conversation within ear-shot of a phone.
"If you're not a person of interest, they just don't have the capacity."
Hodson, who has been vice captain this season with the Championship side, signed off with two tries in his final league outing for the club - Saturday's
"I've really enjoyed the season here so just want to focus on that for now," said the 25-year old Australian.
"I'm going to London Welsh, so I'll be back in Jersey at least once."
He should face his old club next season, the Exiles having already been relegated from the Premiership.
Jersey, who recorded their highest-ever finish in the English rugby pyramid by finishing seventh, can now prepare for a fourth successive campaign in the Championship.
Sarah Mulholland was with James Conlon when she rushed into the 72-year-old's Birmingham flat in June 2016 shouting "where's the money?".
But Mulholland had once lived at the shared accommodation block in Handsworth and the victim recognised her voice.
Mulholland and Conlon were jailed for four and eight years respectively.
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West Midlands Police said Mulholland, 34, and Conlon, 28, threatened the pensioner before he slapped her across the face and the pair escaped with cash.
The victim told police she recognised Mulholland's voice and, when the robber returned to the block the following month, officers were alerted and she was arrested on site.
Both admitted robbery and were jailed at Birmingham Crown Court on 8 June.
Det Con Laurence Green said: "The level of threats and violence they used against this vulnerable lady was grotesque - she escaped with minor bruising but it could have been much worse."
The body of Ian Goodall, 54, was discovered at a property in Minto Cresent at 09:40 on Saturday.
A 25-year-old man appeared in court on Monday charged with murder.
Mr Goodall's relatives have urged anyone who can help police with their inquiries to get in touch.
In a statement, they said: "We are devastated by the sudden loss of Ian who was a loving father, grandfather and brother.
"We will miss him and didn't expect him to be taken from us so soon."
Det Insp Stuart Wilson, of Police Scotland's major investigation team, said: "An investigation is still ongoing to establish the full circumstances leading up to Ian's death.
"We're appealing for those with any information that may help with our inquiries to contact us."
Electoral officials say polling in the affected areas will resume on Saturday.
Many voters endured long queues before the polls closed at 17:00 GMT. Counting has begun where voting was completed.
A tight race is expected between President John Mahama and Nana Akufo-Addo in the new oil producer - one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
Mr Mahama took over as president after John Atta Mills died in July.
The 2008 election was decided by just 30,000 votes in the run-off.
Mr Akufo-Addo, from the then governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), gained most votes in the first round but lost in the run-off.
He was praised for peacefully accepting his defeat, in the second peaceful transfer of power since military rule ended in 1992.
Mr Mahama's National Democratic Congress is also defending a narrow parliamentary majority.
Ghana is seen by many observers as model for democracy in Africa.
The BBC's David Amanor in Accra says concerns have been raised that some polling stations failed to process a single vote five hours after officially opening.
Others experienced very slow-moving queues and this agitated voters, some of whom stood or sat in line since before dawn, but voting was peaceful, he says.
The delays are being blamed on late arrival of officials, the absence of polling materials in some constituencies, and some technical problems with a new biometric registration system.
By Sammy DarkoAccra
The streets of the capital were virtually empty, with only a few motorists.
There were long queues of voters at most polling centres. Many people arrived a 0300 - five hours before voting began.
Enthusiasm and passion could be seen in the eyes of voters as they chatted, giggled and watched the voting process with vigilance - some shouted at people who attempted to by-pass the queue to vote.
Some secured their place in the line using objects such as chickens, chairs and plastic containers to represent their position.
There were a few hitches with voting in some polling centres starting up to three hours late, prompting anxiety among the expectant voters.
On Friday evening, electoral commission spokesman Christian Owusu-Parry told local radio: "Voting will continue tomorrow (Saturday) so that these people will have the opportunity to cast their ballots."
Despite the delay, local Ghanaian observers said no serious incidents were reported.
In one polling station in Accra, prayers for peace were held before voting began, Reuters news agency reports.
"We are proud of Ghana and hope that whoever wins will win without complications," said Haruni Safiyu, a 26-year-old labourer just before casting his ballot.
A special website, Ghana Votes, has been set up to report any problems such as fraud or violence.
Whoever wins will oversee the continued oil-fuelled spending boom in the coming years.
Both candidates have promised to use the money to improve education provision.
Mr Mahama is expected to do well in his home area in the north, while Mr Akufo-Addo draws much of his support from urban areas and the eastern Ashanti region.
The NPP candidate is the son of a former president but denies that his privileged background means he does not care about the poor in a country where the average income remains less than $4 (£3) a day.
On Thursday, electoral commission head Kwadwo Afari-Gyan told the BBC that the biometric fingerprinting system had been extensively tested over two months and again earlier this week, when security personnel voted.
Some 14 million people were registered to vote in 26,000 polling stations nationwide.
Both Mr Mahama and Mr Akufo-Addo have promised to accept the result, but 5,000 soldiers have been put on standby just in case.
A run-off will be held on 28 December if no candidate wins more than 50%.
There are six other presidential contenders and hundreds of candidates for the 275 parliamentary seats.
It will affect CrossCountry and Great Western Railway (GWR) trains travelling between Didcot, Oxford and Banbury.
Chiltern Railways services from Oxford use a different line and will not be impacted by the project which is designed to enable trains through Oxford to reach higher speeds.
James Davis from GWR said it was the operator's "quietest period".
Chiltern Railways will be adding extra carriages at peak times but has warned passengers its trains may be "busier than usual".
Replacement bus services will be brought in on some services.
Network Rail said it had worked with the rail operators to minimise the impact on passengers during the project, which ends on 30 July.
Dora Strickland, 90, jumped from a window at Red Lodge, New Earswick near York, in 2011 and died in hospital.
The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust was convicted on Thursday of failing to have a proper risk assessment in place in relation to the home's windows.
In addition to the fine the trust was also ordered to pay £28,000 in costs.
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The trust was cleared by a jury of a second charge of failing to protect the safety of residents.
It emerged during the trial at York Crown Court, that Mrs Strickland had informed staff she was depressed and wanted to take her own life just weeks before she jumped from the second floor window.
The trust said since 2011 it had implemented a "robust" risk assessment relating to windows in the care homes it managed and had fitted restrictors, which prevent windows from being opened fully.
12 October 2015 Last updated at 07:44 BST
Their initial report found that houseflies, crickets and worms are good for us to feast on. They could even be more nutritious and environmentally friendly than pork, beef or chicken.
The scientists say that's because insects contain a lot of protein - an important part of your diet. Farming the creatures would take up much less space than cattle and they would produce less carbon dioxide and methane.
It's thought that insects already form part of the diets of at least two billion people around the world.
Remember NOT all insects are suitable for you to eat - only eat those that have been bought from the shops and properly prepared for eating.
Mzee Mohammed, 18, became unwell at Liverpool One and was pronounced dead in hospital on Wednesday night.
Friends and supporters walked from Liverpool Lime Street station towards the spot where he collapsed.
In a statement, his family said: "He was more to us than a son, brother and nephew, he was our friend."
They added they wanted the community to come together to support them in "a peaceful and quiet" event.
A post-mortem examination into Mr Mohammed's death was inconclusive and further tests are to be carried out.
His mother Karla said she wanted "a full transparent investigation" to take place.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is already investigating, as it does with all deaths in custody.
If the Labour Party has an aristocracy, then the Benn family must take pride of place.
Ever since Hilary's grandfather abandoned the Liberal Party almost 90 years ago, there's been a Benn in Labour's highest counsels.
Each Labour prime minister, all six of them, has had a Benn in his cabinet.
Clement Attlee made that grandfather an hereditary peer; Hilary's father Tony fought an ultimately successful battle to disclaim the Stansgate title.
After Tony's death, Hilary's older brother took it up, though these days being Viscount Stansgate no longer carries with it an automatic seat in Parliament.
Hilary entered the Commons in 1999 after winning a by-election in Leeds. Yet, 16 years an MP, he's continued to toil in the shadow of his late father.
That, according to Steve Richards, political columnist with the Independent, adds an extra tension to the relationship between Hilary and the party leader.
"Jeremy Corbyn idolised his [Hilary's] father Tony, and remains close to many members of the Benn family," says Richards.
"And yet, one way or another, Corbyn's rise to the leadership has given Hilary Benn definition against this figure who so adored Tony."
Tony Benn famously and frequently excoriated those who called for war.
After Hilary's Commons performance on Wednesday, social media was awash with descriptions of Benn senior "turning in his grave".
Yet the speech would not have surprised him; after all, Hilary voted for the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
David Blunkett, who employed Hilary as one of his advisers when he became a cabinet minister in 1997, thinks those who seek to reproach the son by invoking the father misunderstand the relationship.
"I remember when Hilary made his first frontbench speech as a member of my team. His dad was in the gallery - people were describing the tears in his eyes.
"He was so proud of Hilary, and he was proud of him being his own person. I think there is a real message in that for so many people in the Labour Party, including those in Parliament, which is they've just got to be their own person."
Besieged by reporters the morning after his now famous Commons speech, Hilary drew attention away from the politics, and the gaping wound of Labour division: "Now that the House of Commons has made its decision, having heard all of the arguments, all of our thoughts today are with the brave men and women of the Royal Air Force and we pray for their safe return."
His father had been an RAF pilot in World War Two; even his grandfather, then in his 60s, had flown combat missions. So Tony Benn, always a devoted parent, would probably have approved that sentiment.
Still, he calls himself a Benn but not a Bennite, a phrase that helped him as he began his parliamentary career, poised in a politically precarious way between his left-wing antecedents and new New Labour in its pomp. He's steeped in the party - first a union official then a London councillor.
His instinct is loyalty, his manner courteous and low key.
"Unlike some of us, he doesn't drink, he doesn't swear, and he doesn't smoke. And there's only one of those I don't do and I'm not telling you which one it is," says David Blunkett.
That might make him seem a little dull. He's certainly reliable and remarks like these, just after Jeremy Corbyn was elected, may have reassured Labour's new leader that he could be trusted: "It's a much more honest and open approach... Jeremy will treat those who have a different view to him with respect, as we will treat him with respect."
That respect must have been sorely tested in recent days. Hilary doesn't lack for ambition; eight years ago, he ran for deputy leader.
Even the most loyal of politicians could be forgiven for letting their imagination soar after the sort of reception Hilary Benn received on Wednesday night.
Spontaneous applause erupted around the Commons chamber; "outstanding" one MP cried. The minister Hilary Benn shadows, Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary, called it "one of the truly great speeches in parliamentary history".
During that speech, as he became more impassioned, arms subconsciously jerking just as Tony Benn's used to do, as he invoked Labour's internationalist tradition, its historic opposition to fascism, Jeremy Corbyn sat to his side with barely concealed fury.
He shifted his bottom to accommodate Benn as he sat back down but, at least until the TV cameras cut away, the two men did not acknowledge one another.
Steve Richards, of the Independent, isn't the only one wondering if Jeremy Corbyn stumbles whether a Benn might finally grab the Labour crown.
"I think he's probably got more of those qualities than the relatively young figures being talked about as alternatives, but it doesn't mean that he becomes ready-made as a leader capable of uniting a deeply divided party.
"But he might be better placed than anyone else."
Students at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich claim the figures, by the acclaimed artist Sir Antony Gormley, resemble people contemplating jumping off.
The work is part of an exhibition by the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and will be on display for five years.
UEA said it "is proud" to be hosting "thought-provoking work".
One student told BBC Look East: "I really did think it was someone who was going to jump off a building."
Another student said of the cast iron figures: "I can see why they might startle someone, especially if they haven't been forewarned they're there."
In a statement, UEA said: "The university is proud to be hosting though-provoking work by an artist of such international acclaim.
"The reaction of the university community... has been overwhelmingly positive and we are sure the three figures will become much-loved focal points in our campus landscape."
Gormley is one the UK's leading artists and is probably best known for his Angel of the North.
However, his Event Horizon work - a touring exhibition which features human forms placed on top of buildings - has previously provoked fearful reactions.
In 2010, police in New York received calls from people who mistook human-shaped sculptures on the top of tall buildings for people about to jump.
There were similar concerns when the work was shown on London's South Bank in 2007 and the project was cancelled in Hong Kong in 2014 because a banker had jumped to his death the same year.
Teacher shortages will be high on the agenda as the Association of School and College Leaders meets this weekend.
Flexible working could bring thousands of teachers back into the profession, argues the Policy Exchange paper.
A government spokesman agreed too many women teachers were leaving the profession.
Schools face a dual threat posed by funding cuts and severe teacher shortages, ASCL's annual conference will hear.
"These problems are so acute that there is a serious danger we will not be able to maintain current standards, let alone raise them further," union president Alan Foulds will warn in a speech.
The report, written in conjunction with ASCL, explores teacher recruitment and supply in a series of essays.
Policy Exchange's head of education, Jonathan Simons, points out that of 45,000 to 50,000 teachers joining the state sector each year, "around a third are actually returners".
Mr Simons says official figures suggest more than a quarter of the teachers of working age who left the profession between 2008 and 2012 were women aged 30 to 39 - some 6,000 a year.
"The most obvious conclusion to be drawn here is that this is maternity related," writes Mr Simons.
Of those who quit the labour force completely, perhaps to look after family, only about half return to the classroom, he points out.
Mr Simons says the answer, both to attracting mothers back into classrooms and to the issue of burnout for both male and female teachers, could be flexible working in the form of part-time work or managing timetables to fit in with caring responsibilities.
"Schools and the government both need to recognise the need for flexibility, and that flexible working means more than just working part-time," he said.
"In particular, we know that younger graduates tend to want portfolio careers which enable them to come in and out of professions, and teaching is no different.
"Our education system needs to embrace a new way of working.
"If it doesn't, schools are going to continue to struggle to attract and retain the best talent."
An ASCL spokeswoman called the suggestion "eminently sensible".
Flexible working could also boost the numbers of women teachers reaching leadership roles - currently 62% of secondary teachers are female, but only 36% of heads, said the spokeswoman.
The National Union of Teachers said many teachers were already seeking part-time work in an attempt to balance "unsustainable workload with family responsibilities".
"We need to see real and significant changes to teachers' working lives, both in terms of pay and conditions as well as reducing the punishing accountability system that is overburdening the profession and blighting children and young people's education," said NUT deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney.
In a statement, the Department for Education said the latest figures showed a rise in numbers of former teachers returning to the profession.
"But we know that a lack of flexible options creates a barrier, in particular for women who take career breaks, and we will soon be encouraging further work to support flexible working for female teachers and to encourage women to return to the classroom."
Lucy Powell, Labour's shadow education secretary said the report was more evidence of an "undoubted" teacher shortage.
"Yet, whilst the Tory government continues to deny there is a problem, they can't come up with a solution... this means growing numbers of pupils are not getting the education they deserve," said Ms Powell.
Separately, a survey of 900 ASCL members in England and Wales, indicated 84% felt funding failed to meet the "essential needs" of their school or college, while 77% said financial pressures were having a detrimental impact on pupils' education.
The deal marks F1's first commercial tie-up with a major digital service that appears on mobile devices first.
The partnership will kick-off this weekend, with coverage of the British Grand Prix on Sunday via Snapchat's Our Stories format.
F1 is currently looking to develop the sport on several digital platforms.
The new arrangement will see footage from the racing season hosted on Snap's editorially-curated Our Stories platform.
It will feature compilations of videos and pictures submitted from users at F1 events and locations around the world.
The material is intended to give a different type of coverage from that seen via more traditional broadcasters.
Material from the British Grand Prix that features on the Our Story stream will be made available to users in the UK and US.
Snap will then go on to cover other F1 races in Singapore, Japan, the US, Mexico, Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
"Our Stories allow Snapchatters at the same event to contribute their unique perspectives through video and photo Snaps to one collective Story, capturing the atmosphere and excitement," Snapchat said.
Frank Arthofer, head of digital at F1, said: "This is the first step towards expanding our social media strategy.
"We need to continue to bring new fans to the sport - by reaching out to them on social media platforms with behind the scenes, fun and engaging content. Snap's platform is one of the most popular among 'millennials,' a sector we are particularly keen on attracting, as it represents the future of our sport."
Straddling the continents of Europe and Asia, Turkey's strategically important location has given it major influence in the region - and control over the entrance to the Black Sea.
Progress towards democracy and a market economy was halting after Ataturk's death in 1938, and the army - seeing itself as guarantor of the constitution - repeatedly ousted governments seen as challenging secular values.
Joining the European Union has been a longstanding ambition. Membership talks were launched in 2005, but progress has been slow, as several EU states have serious misgivings about Turkish EU membership.
Kurds make up about a fifth of the population. Kurdish separatists who accuse the Turkish state of seeking to destroy their cultural identity have been waging a guerrilla war since the 1980s.
Population 74.5 million
Area 779,452 sq km (300,948 sq miles)
Major languages Turkish (official), Kurdish
Major religion Islam
Currency Turkish lira
President: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power in 2003 in the wake of a sweeping electoral victory by the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP), of which he was a founding member.
He spent 11 years as Turkey's prime minister before becoming the country's first directly-elected president in August 2014 - a supposedly ceremonial role.
To his supporters Mr Erdogan has brought Turkey years of economic growth, but to his critics he is an autocratic leader intolerant of dissent who harshly silences anyone who opposes him.
In July 2016, the AKP government survived an attempted coup which saw clashes on the streets of Istanbul and Ankara that left 256 people dead. The authorities subsequently detained thousands of soldiers and judges on suspicion of involvement in the attempt that President Erdogan said was inspired by his exiled opponent Fethullah Gulen.
Turkey's parliament approved a new draft constitution paving the way for a presidential system of government in January 2017, in a move which would significantly increase Mr Erdogan's powers.
The bill will be put to a referendum, probably in April, and will become law if more than 50% of voters back it. Critics say the move could usher in authoritarian rule, and amounts to a power grab.
Mr Erdogan says the changed system will resemble those in France and the United States.
Turkey's airwaves are lively, with hundreds of private TV and radio stations competing with the state broadcaster, TRT.
Television is by far the most influential news medium; both press and broadcasting outlets are operating by powerful business operators.
For journalists, the military, Kurds and political Islam are highly-sensitive topics, coverage of which can lead to arrest and prosecution.
Some of the most repressive restrictions have been lifted on the path to EU entry, but it remains a crime to insult the Turkish nation and president, and a wave of prosecutions of journalists under Recep Tayyip Erdogan has prompted new concern for press freedom.
Some key dates in Turkey's history:
1453 - Sultan Mehmed II the Magnificent captures Constantinople, ending Byzantine Empire and consolidating Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor and Balkans.
15th-16th centuries - Expansion into Asia and Africa.
1683 - Ottoman advance into Europe halted at Battle of Vienna. Long decline begins.
1908 - Young Turk Revolution establishes constitutional rule, but degenerates into military dictatorship during First World War, where Ottoman Empire fights in alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary.
1918-22 - Partition of defeated Ottoman Empire leads to eventual triumph of Turkish National Movement in war of independence against foreign occupation and rule of Sultan.
1923 - Turkey declared a republic with Kemal Ataturk as president. Soon afterwards it becomes secular.
1952 - Turkey abandons Ataturk's neutralist policy and joins Nato.
1960 - Army coup against ruling Democratic Party.
1974 - Turkish troops occupy northern Cyprus, partitioning the island.
1984 - Kurdish PKK group launches separatists guerrilla campaign which develops into a major civil war that simmers on for decades.
2011 - Syrian civil war breaks out, resulting in tension along the countries' border and a huge influx of refugees into Turkey.
2016 - Attempted coup fails.
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Jeb Corliss performed the jump and dive in the Langshan Mountain in Quzhou.
It was tight stuff - the gap he flew through was only 3.5m wide at its narrowest point.
Two years ago he performed a similar stunt through Tianmen Hole - an actual hole through a mountain in China's Hunan province.
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Nicklaus said his celebrated final round with Watson at Turnberry "was really good, theirs was even better".
Five-time Open champion Watson, 66, agreed with his fellow golfing great as he prepared for this week's Senior British Open at Carnoustie.
"They played better golf than Jack and I did," Watson told BBC Scotland.
"It was very similar, in that two men were fighting it out at the end.
"What Henrik did was absolutely remarkable. The way he played was terrific. And the way Mickelson made those key par putts on 12 and 17 to keep him in it, that was vintage Mickelson."
Watson, who bade an emotional farewell to the Open at St Andrews last year, was at Troon on Saturday, doing some analysis work for American television.
But he was playing the new Trump Turnberry course on Sunday and listened to the thrilling finale unfold on the radio.
A final-round 65 gave Mickelson a four-round total of 267, which would have been good enough to win 140 of the 145 Open Championships.
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But Stenson's record-equalling final Open round of 63 denied the American a second Claret Jug, and a sixth major title.
"Henrik played great golf and it will go down as one of the greatest Open Championships ever," Watson noted.
"It was one for the ages. People will remember this Open Championship throughout their lives. It was spectacular."
Colin Montgomerie fared less well at Troon in his first Open appearance for six years, finishing 78th of the 81 players who made the cut, on 17 over par.
While the 53-year-old Scot, who came through Open qualifying, has not ruled out trying to do the same ahead of next year's Championship at Royal Birkdale, he believes this week's Senior British Open presents a more likely route back into the main event.
"It was my home course at Troon and I would have regretted it if I hadn't tried - I am not going to play another Open at Troon at my age," he told BBC Scotland.
"Whether I try to qualify for Birkdale is another thing. Thirty-six holes in a day is a bit of a lottery, 72 guys going for three spots. That is the only chance I have - apart from trying to win here.
"I have played The Open 23 times and loved every one, so I'd love to do it again. This is my first opportunity to try to get back in it, and probably as good a chance as any to get there."
Montgomerie has won three senior major championships in the last three years.
Another on home soil at Carnoustie this week would be extra special, but he is not looking at it as a last chance.
"The next time it comes to Scotland is in 2018 when we play St Andrews, which will be phenomenal. I would like to think I am still competitive then.
"I am looking at Bernhard Langer at 58 and he is still the favourite here. I am 53 so hopefully there will be opportunities again, but why not take it while it is here."
Penman Engineering employed about 140 people at its Heathhall site on the outskirts of Dumfries.
Commercial vehicle builder Martin Williams (Hull) agreed a deal to buy the company this week to allow it to move into "new sectors".
Director Nick Williams said the aim was to bring the company back into operation as soon as possible.
"We are looking to re-employ as many of the previous workforce as possible," he said.
"We anticipate that the return to full staffing will be a gradual process, however we are hopeful to have a considerable number back in employment by Christmas.
"We are very keen to engage with all former employees and the local supply chain as quickly as possible to offer employment and subcontract opportunities moving forward."
A company spokesman said it intended to remain on the Heathhall site "for the foreseeable future".
Mark Ranson, of administrators Armstrong Watson, said: "We are delighted that we have been able to secure a successful sale for Penman and wish Mr Williams every success in the future.
"We must thank all of the Penman staff for their help and cooperation during the period of administration trading, which we appreciate will have been difficult for them."
The Tiantong-01 satellite will establish a mobile network serving China, the Middle East, Africa and other areas, the state run Xinhua news agency reported.
It was sent into space after midnight local time in Beijing (16:00 GMT) on Sunday.
The ground service will be operated by China Telecom, which is owned by the Chinese state.
The country is also preparing for the next round of its manned space mission.
China's science revolution
On Saturday two launch rockets arrived at a launch centre in northwest China. They will carry a second module of the country's planned space station - replacing Tiangong 1 which has ended its service - and a staffed spacecraft called Shenzou-11.
China sent its first astronaut into space in 2003, and since then has taken huge advancements.
The head designer of China's lunar missions told the BBC earlier this year that China plans to settle on the Moon and explore Mars.
The country's space programme is led by the military.
Four goals in 18 second-half minutes from Roddy MacDonald swung a previously tight tie the way of the Tighnabruaich side.
With just three minutes on the clock in Oban, Colin MacDonald fired Kyles ahead and gave them the lead again after Glen MacKintosh equalised. Fraser MacKintosh just beat the half-time whistle with More's second equaliser and Sandy MacKenzie got Kyles' third soon after the restart.
The hour marked the start of MacDonald's goal rush which took Kyles to 5-2 before Glen MacKintosh pulled one back and MacDonald responded with two more. MacKintosh immediately completed his hat-trick to round off an 11-goal final matched only by Oban Camanachd's 8-3 victory 60 years previously.
Kyles' success, however, came at the expense of losing top spot in the Marine Harvest Premiership after Kinlochshiel took a two-point lead with a 5-1 defeat of bottom side Glasgow Mid Argyll.
Once again MacRaes scored all five of the Kinlochshiel goals which put them two points clear of Kyles in the Premiership but with an extra game played. In a fixture switched to neutral Inverness, Keith MacRae scored a hat-trick while Oliver was on target in the first half and John in the second. Calum McLay responded for Mid Argyll at 3-0.
Glenurquhart's relegation concerns deepened after they lost 3-2 at home to Oban Camanachd. The National Division title became an almost certain two-horse race between leaders Skye and Caberfeidh after they disposed of their two nearest challengers. The island side beat Fort William 4-0 while it was 5-2 for Cabers over Inveraray.
Malcolm Clark got an early goal for Oban Camanachd and Paul MacKintosh equalised late in the first half. Strikes midway through the second from Daniel Cameron and Willie Neilson swung the game firmly in Camanachd's direction before Daniel MacKintosh got one back for Glen late on.
With two to go down, Mid Argyll have five points and Kilmallie, whose game was postponed, have seven, both with four matches to play. Glenurquhart and Lochaber have eight and nine points respectively, but both with only two matches left.
In the National Division, an early goal from Iain MacLellan and a late one from Jordan Murchison bracketed a James Pringle double for Skye without response from Fort William in Portree.
At Strathpeffer, Craig Morrison's hat trick after Colin MacLennan's first minute opener laid the foundations of Cabers' victory. Graham Bartlett was Cabers' other scorer in a game where Inveraray's response came from two Fraser Watt penalties.
Skye remain three points clear of Caberfeidh in the promotion places while Fort and Inveraray, albeit with two games in hand, are a further seven points adrift making the top two look virtually unassailable.
Bob Crane, 61, who had bipolar disorder, suffered fatal smoke inhalation at his Bristol flat.
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership said it was cooperating with the inquest.
After Mr Crane's death in 2014, Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board (BSAB) launched a serious case review.
In a report presented at Flax Bourton Coroners' Court, the BSAB said he died because his mental health history was "overlooked" and his risky anti-social behaviour was not seen as a symptom of his psychiatric condition.
The inquest heard Mr Crane had cooked on barbecues with liquid gas, because his gas and electricity supplies had been cut off.
In the six months before his death, firefighters were called to his flat in Carolina House in Dove Street, Kingsdown, four times after neighbours reported he was lighting fires, the inquest heard.
It was also told Mr Crane had been treated in hospital for a bipolar disorder, in 2012.
The safeguarding report found Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health partnership (AWP) failed to see his "risky and chaotic lifestyle" was a symptom of his underlying mental disorder.
AWP felt his anti-social behaviour was "down to choice - rather than a symptom of his condition", the report stated.
Agencies lost sight of the fact that he had been detained under the Mental Health Act and was entitled to ongoing support, it said.
Louise Lawton, independent chair of the BSAB, said: "The findings of this review highlight a number of key things, particularly around how agencies recognise and deal with the complex issues of self-neglect and mental capacity.
"There are lessons for all agencies involved with Mr Crane and this review has generated important learning which will be disseminated accordingly."
Mark Dean, AWP's adult safeguarding lead, offered condolences to relatives and friends of Mr Crane.
"We are committed to doing all we can to safeguard people in our care and we will be fully cooperating with the Coroner's inquest."
An inquest into Mr Crane's death is expected to last until Friday.
The affected Norfolk homes - Heathfield, Mountfield, Somerley and Philadelphia House - met all standards in their most recent inspections.
NorseCare, the Norfolk County Council-owned firm which runs the homes, is to consult staff and residents.
It said the 1970s buildings lacked some facilities and it wanted to move residents to a facility in Bowthorpe.
The other options to be consulted on include leaving the homes as they are, admitting no more residents and allowing them to close over a number of years, refurbishing the homes or selling them to another care provider.
But NorseCare says its preferred option is to close the homes and transfer residents to an £18.9m care village being built in Bowthorpe, or to another care home or housing with care scheme in the area.
Between them, the four homes can cater for about 150 people. They were each praised by residents and staff in the most recent Care Quality Commission inspection reports.
Karen Knight, managing director of NorseCare, said: "These are people's homes and we recognise that the prospect of potentially moving out of them may be daunting.
"We want to reassure our residents, and their families and carers, that we will support them and listen to their concerns through the consultation.
"I hope they understand that we are suggesting these changes in order to provide better care accommodation for people in Norfolk, now and in the future."
The US firm will separate its better-performing computer and printer business from its corporate hardware and services operations.
Shareholders will be given a stake in both businesses.
The split is part of a radical restructuring plan, which has already resulted in tens of thousands of job cuts in recent years.
Investors cheered the news, sending HP's shares up nearly 5% in early trading on Wall Street.
The firm is now in the fourth year of its five-year turnaround plan, aimed at helping the firm adapt to the new era of mobile and online computing.
Current chief executive Meg Whitman, who has the job of reviving the fortunes of the 75-year-old firm, will head the new spin-off, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
This will house the corporate hardware and services operations.
She will also be chairman of HP's printing and PC business, HP Inc, which last quarter accounted for about half its revenue and profit.
Ms Whitman said the split would give both firms the "flexibility they need to adapt quickly to market and customer dynamics".
"We can [now] more aggressively go after the opportunities created by a rapidly changing market," she added.
HP said it expected the division to be complete by the end of the 2015 financial year.
Analysts said it was still unclear how the split would help HP to compete against its rivals, and whether the two divisions would ultimately end up competing with one another.
"Both operations have seen declining revenue, and many are likely to question whether independence can change their fortunes," said Arnaud Gagneux at analyst firm CCS Insight.
"The cost of the separate marketing, finance and purchasing departments for the two entities will increase HP's spending, and the loss of some economies of scale may affect HP when purchasing components."
However, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White said that separating into two companies would give HP the option to sell off one or even both businesses if an attractive offer was made.
The division of HP's businesses comes at a time when other large tech firms are being urged to break up.
Last week, online auction site eBay announced it was splitting off its payments system PayPal into a separate company.
HP has been under pressure from newer rivals such as Chinese firm Lenovo, which overtook HP as the world's largest PC maker in 2012. Third-ranked US rival Dell was taken private last year.
Founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in 1939, HP helped usher in the PC revolution and now has more than 300,000 employees globally.
Kieran McDade was taken to hospital after collapsing while on the pitch at Dunbeth Football Club in Coatbridge on 18 August.
The club confirmed on Facebook that the teenager died in hospital on Friday morning.
It is now raising funds to help Kieran's family through a JustGiving page.
His sister, Amy, has said that Kieran donated some of his organs, which had already saved the lives of two other people.
A statement posted on the Dunbeth FC Facebook page said: "It is with a broken heart that I have to inform you all that Kieran McDade of our 2003 squad passed away this morning.
"Kieran collapsed at training last Thursday and although all efforts by coaching staff, paramedics, doctors and all the prayers that people said it just wasn't enough.
"This is the most heartbreaking situation that any parent could go through and all the people connected to Dunbeth FC send their condolences to Bernie, Gemma, Amy and all extended family and friends."
The club said Kieran was a "big happy go lucky boy and all his team mates and coaches will miss him terribly."
It added: "A popular boy who gave his all for his team and will forever be remembered for the League Championship he proudly won with his team mates and all the good memories that came with that.
"He was a founder member of the 2003 squad and secured his place as our No 8 which we all knew he treasured dearly.
"It doesn't matter what words I use they will never explain the feeling we have for Kieran or the loss that we share with his family.
"He has left us all with cherished memories but ones that will forever be tinged with sadness that he is not here to relive them with us. Rest in peace KM8."
The Forth Valley Football Development Association (FVFDA) announced on Facebook earlier that as a mark of respect a minute's silence will be held at all youth games on Saturday and no games will be cancelled as "Kieran loved his football".
Following the incident last week messages of support from friends, family and Scottish football players flooded in for the youngster, hoping that he would pull through.
Kieran's sister Amy paid tribute to her brother on Facebook earlier and revealed that he donated some of his organs which have saved two lives.
She wrote: "My family would like to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for the overwhelming prayers and support you have given us.
"Our beautiful boy is now with the angels and will forever live on in our hearts.
"Would also like to let everyone know that Kieran has remained the most sensitive and generous boy that he is and donated some of his organs which has saved two peoples lives today. What a brave soldier, he will be truly missed."
A collapse in the roof of a gigantic tunnel being driven into a hillside sounds like a pretty dramatic event.
But the entrepreneur TJ Rodgers is calm as he recalls what happened.
"It's not like you see in the movies with rocks flying, and stuff like that.
"It will kill you but it's kind of a slow motion thing, and you can walk [away] and stay in front of it," he explains.
He is speaking inside one of three giant caves that house his winery high in the Santa Cruz mountains in California.
The construction of the facility was a monumental task, taking years and requiring advice from experts in digging tunnels under the Austrian Alps.
Occasional cave-ins were just one of many challenges.
The location was so remote that it was impossible for concrete to be driven in without it setting first. Instead, they had to drive in a concrete-making plant which they assembled on site.
And the reason for all this intense effort? "Our mission statement is to make the best Pinot Noir [wine] in the New World," says Mr Rodgers.
He is certainly not someone to do anything by halves. He founded the huge silicon chip maker Cypress Semiconductors in 1982, and subsequently built it into an enterprise worth billions of dollars.
The silicon chips that Cypress makes are found in millions of mobile phones and many other devices. Chips are also found on the bottles produced at the winery, which is called Clos de la Tech.
TJ Rodgers, who recently stood down from Cypress, first became interested in wine in his youth. Pinot Noir proved to be his favourite, in particular that made in Burgundy.
He wanted to know more, so he travelled to France, visiting vineyard after vineyard in Burgundy.
Despite the bemused responses from some vineyard owners, Mr Rodgers says he learnt a lot from his time in France.
Back in California, his interest blossomed into a passion. He set about trying to make wine himself, and he enlisted the help of his wife, Valeta Massey, who now spends much of her time on wine-making.
Mr Rodgers first experimented with a vineyard at his home. Later, after the purchase of the site in the Santa Cruz mountains, the venture became more ambitious.
The plan was to aim for the highest possible quality. The best way to do that, Mr Rodgers decided, was to copy the wine-making process used in Burgundy in the 1830s.
This meant using techniques such as foot-crushing the grapes, and being as gentle as possible with the wine at every stage.
Pumps are avoided. Instead, the facility is a "gravity winery", explains Mr Rodgers. The three enormous caves are arranged one above the other, so after fermentation in the topmost cave the wine flows through pipes downhill into barrels in the second cave for the next stages of the process.
Despite the emphasis on traditional methods, technology also plays a role. For example, many real-time measurements are taken during fermentation, and special devices are used to measure moisture levels in the field, helping to ensure the crops get exactly the right amount of water.
But Mr Rodgers is quick to add that modern techniques are only used where appropriate: "the technology is not to supplant the old process, the old guys were pretty smart."
TJ Rodgers is far from the only wealthy individual to try his hand at pushing the boundaries of wine-making in California. But are ventures like his little more than the wine-making equivalent of vanity publishing?
Not necessarily, says Aaron Pott, a wine-maker and consultant who has worked at the top end of the industry in France and California. With the right vineyard, and skilled staff, he says, it is perfectly possible to make excellent wine.
Mr Pott adds it would also be a mistake to assume that only ancient vines can produce good output. "Great wine can be made from young vineyards," he says.
But while it may be feasible to make high quality wine, making money in the process is more difficult, according to both Mr Rodgers and Mr Pott.
For one thing, there is the high cost of setting up facilities like those built by Mr Rodgers and other wealthy people in California. Quite apart from the cost of the land and buildings, the equipment can be expensive.
Take, for instance, the French oak barrels used at Clos de la Tech - these cost $1,000 (£774; 876 euros) each.
Then there is the question of yield. The downside of aiming for high quality, says Mr Rodgers, is that output will be small.
"Our yield up here is one tonne per acre. If you go to a commercial farm in Napa you see five tonnes per acre, and if you go to Modesto you see 12 tonnes per acre. Ok so right there, the war's over with regard to economics. Your wine's going to be expensive," he explains.
Nevertheless, although economics may present a challenge, benefits can flow from what Mr Rodgers and others like him are doing, says Mr Pott.
Whilst in some ways it may make it harder for smaller concerns like his own to compete, Mr Pott believes that the emergence of wealthy wine-makers in California has helped "to raise the bar" of quality - and that ultimately is a good thing for the industry.
TJ Rodgers and Valeta Massey say they have enjoyed their venture immensely, and that they have learnt a lot about wine in the process.
Perhaps the biggest lesson for them has been the prime importance of the starting point - the grape.
"The French have a phrase - 'the wine is made in the field'.
"The wine has a certain potential defined by the grapes in the field and… the best you can do is take 100 per cent grapes and make 100 per cent wine. And all wine making is downhill from there," he says.
Youth worker Mik Smith, 49, from Haverforwest, was sacked by Pembrokeshire council in 2012 but went on to abuse the boy in 2013.
The victim's mother said if the council had properly investigated complaints in 2005 her son may not have been abused.
Last week, Smith was jailed for six years at Swansea Crown Court.
"If people had taken the time and the care to do their jobs properly, what we've been through might have been avoided," the boy's mother told BBC Wales programme Week In Week Out.
"We've been through hell. We're still going through it."
She wants an inquiry into how the council handled the complaints - and wants its chief executive Bryn Parry Jones to go.
"He is in a position of huge responsibility for the people of Pembrokeshire who need to live in a safe way," she said.
"He shouldn't keep his job, no - not at all."
In 2005, whistleblower Sue Thomas warned the council Smith was behaving inappropriately with children and could pose a risk.
But he was only given a verbal warning at the time.
"I still can't get my head round it because there were so many good hard working professional people that came forward with complaints," she said.
"I cannot understand why we were not listened to."
Children's Commissioner for Wales Keith Towler wants the 2005 case reopened to determine whether children were left at risk.
'I'll take a look at it because I think what you're [Week In Week Out] raising there are very serious allegations," he said.
"If I take the view that things that happened to children in the past could help to improve the lives of children today then I certainly have powers and remit to take look at it."
Council chief Mr Jones said the 2005 investigation revealed no evidence of criminality but, since then, the council had changed its procedures and management of the education department.
He said past failings would not be repeated.
Week In Week Out: The Monster the Council Failed to Stop Tuesday 15 July BBC One Wales, 22:35 BST.
The Skerries Tidal Stream Array, which could power 10,000 homes, was suspended by developers Siemens in September.
But the scheme could now be taken forward by Atlantis Resources which has acquired Marine Current Turbines Ltd from Siemens in an all-share deal.
The Skerries project, one of six acquired by Atlantis, would be Wales' first commercial tidal energy farm.
Tim Cornelius, CEO of Atlantis, said: "It is one of the primary projects we would like to drive forward now we have it."
The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect will allow investors to trade across the border for the first time and is set to begin on 17 November.
It means global investors will now have access to Chinese stocks from Hong Kong, potentially resulting in $3.8bn (£2.3bn) worth of trades a day.
The system was expected to begin in October, but was delayed last month.
The tie up is seen as a key milestone in the capital market liberalisation of China - the world's second largest economy - where authorities keep a strong grip on the yuan currency.
Chinese regulators finally gave their approval on Monday.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the territory's de-facto central bank, issued a statement saying it was "pleased" with the approval after "intensive discussions and preparations."
"The linking of the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock markets will also propel the development of offshore renminbi (yuan) business in Hong Kong to new heights," it said.
The Somerset seamer reduced Middlesex to 242-7 in pursuit of a target of 305 as he dismissed Stevie Eskinazi (44), James Franklin and James Harris.
But wicketkeeper John Simpson (89 not out) shepherded the tail home through testing bowling from Overton, Lewis Gregory, Mason Crane and Jack Leach.
Simpson pulled Overton for four over square leg to see Middlesex to victory.
County champions Middlesex had earlier made light work of wrapping up the MCC's second innings, which resumed the third day on 145-7, a lead of 298.
Tom Helm claimed both wickets as just six runs were added. Yorkshire and England bowler Liam Plunkett was absent with a calf injury sustained earlier in the game.
Nick Gubbins (52) and Nick Compton (59) both made half-centuries in a strong start to Middlesex's chase, before Eskinazi and Simpson added 84 for the fifth-wicket as the champions progressed steadily towards tea.
But Overton exploited the twilight conditions and the swinging pink ball to trap Eskinazi and Harris leg before and find the outside edge of Franklin in successive balls.
Leg-spinner Crane (4-95) then snared the wickets of Harry Podmore and Tom Helm after the interval to leave Middlesex still requiring five runs when last man Ravi Patel joined Simpson in the middle.
But Simpson latched on to a rare loose ball from Overton to seal victory under lights with a day to spare.
Somerset bowlers Overton, Gregory and Leach finished the game with 15 wickets between them, while Simpson's match-winning 89 not out came on the back of a first-innings 49.
Middlesex begin their County Championship defence against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl on 14 April.
Middlesex wicket-keeper John Simpson told BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra: "We (Middlesex) don't do boring, do we? It was another exciting finish, but nice to get a win over the MCC.
"Starting the day, we thought we could sneak a win and obviously, we're very excited to have got it over the line.
"It felt a little bit like déjà vu from last season at one stage in the run-chase and very, very exciting for the supporters who travelled over here.
"It was just a case of staying in the moment and trying to play each ball and pick my options. I was fortunate to get a few out of the middle of the bat.
"It was a great experience to play with the pink ball, I've never faced one before and that will be really useful going forward into this season."
The group, known as the "hooded men" were interned in 1971.
Their lawyers were granted leave to seek a judicial review at the High Court in Belfast on Thursday.
They are calling the chief constable, secretary of state and Department of Justice to account over alleged failures to order a full inquiry.
Fourteen men said they were subjected to torture techniques after being held without trial back in 1971.
They said they were forced to listen to constant loud static noise; deprived of sleep, food and water; forced to stand in a stress position and beaten if they fell.
They said they were hooded and thrown to the ground from helicopters - despite being at near ground level, they had been told they were hundreds of feet in the air.
In 1978, the European Court of Human Rights held that the UK had carried out inhuman and degrading treatment.
However, the court fell short of defining this treatment as "torture".
Last year, the Irish Government said it would ask the European Court to revise this judgement.
Eleven of the men are now working with lawyers to secure a full inquiry.
Separate proceedings have also been lodged by the daughter of Sean McKenna, another of the group whose death has been blamed on his treatment.
Granting leave to seek a judicial review in both applications, Mr Justice Treacy ruled that they should proceed "in tandem".
He listed the cases for full hearing over four days starting on 30 November.
The Scottish champions crushed Kilmarnock 5-0 on Tuesday in the League Cup as Thistle beat St Johnstone 3-0.
The Glasgow sides meet at Firhill on Friday in the Premiership with Archibald believing last season's domestic 'Invincibles' are even better.
"I think they are. I think that [5-0 win] just reinforced it with the amount of changes they made," he said.
"I think they made a few changes against us last year, and they weren't as strong as they were the other night.
"They are like a machine with the guys that come in. They just looked the same. They played a similar way in terms of tempo, pressing the ball and with the ball. They are certainly stronger squad-wise."
Celtic made eight changes and started with five teenagers against Kilmarnock, after opening the defence of their Premiership title with a 4-1 win over Hearts.
Thistle have never beaten Celtic in the Scottish Premiership, losing all but one of their 19 meetings - a 1-1 draw at Parkhead in April ending a run of 24 consecutive defeats overall in the fixture.
Partick have also struggled against Rangers, their opponents in next month's League Cup quarter-finals, having lost all four league meetings last season.
Archibald admits there is a degree of trepidation when it comes to taking on their Glasgow neighbours, but insists his players are ready for the challenge.
"I think that fear factor is always there," he added. "They bring such big crowds. But I think the players will still embrace it - I think we have got to.
"You see that with Motherwell on Saturday, they were really unlucky against Rangers after Rangers' good start.
"It is down to the rest of the teams in the league to make sure we put the challenge in and make sure it isn't so easy for the top two - if they are going to be the top two and it's not going to be Aberdeen [runners-up for the last three seasons] this year."
Natalie Ross' close-range finish gave Celtic a deserved lead, but SWPL champions City fought back and an own goal gave them a share of the points.
That result allowed Hibernian to go top with a thumping 6-0 win over Aberdeen.
Rangers are still looking for their first point after a 5-3 loss to Stirling University, while Spartans beat Hamilton Accies 1-0.
It was only the second game of the season, but it was a chance to see if Celtic have what it takes to be the ones to end City's 10-year stranglehold on the league championship.
In the early stages, they looked like they had spent the whole of pre-season waiting to get a crack at the champions.
City had to dig deep against a Celtic side who dominated the first half and they could have been more than a goal behind at the break.
Ross gave the hosts a 17th minute lead when she drifted in between the City defence to knock Sarah Ewens' cross past goalkeeper Lee Alexander.
Lauren Silver had a firm shot held by the goalkeeper in a rare City attack, but they were being pinned back for long spells and Jaclyn Poucel, one of two new American signings who joined Celtic on Friday, was unfortunate to miss the target with a header from Heather Richards' corner.
Ruesha Littlejohn's dipping shot was just over, but for all their pressure, Celtic were not testing the goalkeeper and Nicola Docherty hit the side netting for City just before the half-time whistle.
The champions were on the ropes, but it was a different City that emerged after the break.
Celtic goalkeeper Megan Cunningham pulled off the save of the match to tip Savannah Jordan's stabbed shot wide.
Leanne Ross' long free-kick was then pushed past the post and, from the resulting corner, City pulled level with the ball hitting off Celtic's Kerry Montgomery and into the net.
After controlling so much of the game, the hosts were now hanging on.
Keeva Keenan headed just wide with five minutes to go and, as the late onslaught continued, Megan Foley scraped the bar with a long-range effort.
Glasgow City captain Leanne Ross said they were disappointed not to claim all three points as they relinquished top spot to Hibs.
"Towards the end of the game, we were coming more and more into it and we were looking more likely to get the winner, but we're disappointed in the performance today and the result," Ross told BBC Scotland.
"It's the result that counts in the end. We've not got the result that we wanted, so it's disappointing.
"We had to be more competitive, be more composed, keep the ball.
"We were giving the ball away under little or no pressure. It's just about trying to pass the ball and create chances for ourselves."
City head coach Scott Booth echoed his captain's comments and said it was a "frustrating" afternoon for his side.
"We improved the longer the game went on, but we know we can play much better," he said.
SWPL 1
Celtic 1-1 Glasgow City
Hamilton Accies 0-1 Spartans
Hibernian 6-0 Aberdeen
Stirling University 5-3 Rangers
SWPL 2
Buchan 2-1 Edinburgh University Hutchison Vale
East Fife 0-1 Hearts
Glasgow Girls 2-1 Motherwell
Jeanfield Swifts 1-2 Forfar Farmington
The DUP's 90-member executive has ratified her appointment.
Mrs Foster replaces Peter Robinson, who announced his plans to step down as DUP leader and Northern Ireland first minister last month.
She said it was an "enormous honour and an even greater responsibility" to take up the role.
Mrs Foster was the only candidate for leader.
"It is truly humbling to follow in the footsteps of political giants like Ian Paisley and Peter Robinson," she added.
"For much of the last 40 years this party toiled in the political wilderness but today we stand tall as the largest unionist party and the party of Northern Ireland.
"That is down to the hard work and efforts of those who have gone before me.
"And as a result of that labour this role is not just as leader of the DUP but the leader of unionism.
"I want to build on the firm foundations that have been laid and take this party from strength to strength."
Prime Minister David Cameron and Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said they looked forward to working with Mrs Foster "in building a brighter, more secure, future for everyone in Northern Ireland".
"I am sure that Arlene will be committed to doing the right thing for everyone in Northern Ireland," Ms Villiers said.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness, who is Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister, congratulated Mrs Foster.
"I will work positively with her for the benefit of all our people," he added.
Who is Arlene Foster?
Arlene Foster has experience of some of the most high-profile posts in Northern Ireland politics and has long been tipped for Stormont's top job.
The Fermanagh politician has had a rapid rise through the DUP ranks since joining the party from the Ulster Unionists in 2004.
She was born Arlene Kelly in Roslea in 1970.
Her first experience of Troubles violence came when she was just eight years old.
Her father was a part-time policeman and was shot by the IRA at the family farm.
When she was a teenager in 1988, a bomb exploded under her school bus.
Profile of Arlene Foster
Mrs Foster has represented the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency since 2003.
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From getting the Snapchat effect on your t shirt to translating sign language into speech.
The wearable tech show in London had over 6,000 people showing off new technology you can wear.
Things that may change the way we do things in the future.
Newsround has been looking at some of the new ideas that the designers have come up with.
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Pyongyang said on Wednesday it had a plan to fire four missiles near the US territory of Guam.
US President Donald Trump warned North Korea it should be "very, very nervous" if it does anything to the US.
Mr Turnbull said Australia would fulfil its obligations under the Anzus Treaty if an attack on the US took place.
"America stands by its allies, including Australia of course, and we stand by the United States," Mr Turnbull told local radio 3AW on Friday.
"So be very, very clear on that. If there is an attack on the US, the Anzus Treaty would be invoked and Australia would come to the aid of the United States, as America would come to our aid if we were attacked."
Tensions between North Korea and the US have escalated in recent weeks after North Korea tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles in July.
Mr Turnbull described the US alliance as "the absolute bedrock of our national security".
"Now, how that manifests itself obviously will depend on the circumstances and the consultations with our allies," he said.
The prime minister said he had discussed North Korea with US Vice-President Mike Pence in an overnight phone call.
However, he would not say if the pair had spoken about the prospect of Australian assistance.
The additions are part of the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) annual revision of the basket.
The cost of music streaming services has been added as well, but sat-navs have been dropped.
The basket of goods currently contains 703 items and services, of which 13 are new this year after eight were removed.
The inflation rate currently stands at a record low of 0.3%, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index.
IN
Specialist craft beers
IN
E-cigarettes
OUT Frozen pizza - we're buying chilled ones instead
OUT White emulsion - we're decorating with more coloured paints
OUT Sat nav - people are using their smart phones to navigate
The ONS said that e-cigarettes had been added because many smokers were using them.
Sales of "craft" beers have been brought in because more money is being spent on them, along with a rise in the shelf space devoted to those beers in shops and supermarkets.
Although only around 700 items have their prices tracked each month, many are measured in several places. So 110,000 prices are collected from 20,000 shops in the UK, with another 70,000 prices measured online.
Revisions to this year's basket continue to reflect the fast-moving change in the use of technology.
For 2015, the cost of music streaming services has been included, along with subscriptions to online console computer games.
Headphones have been added too, as well as mobile phone accessories such as covers and chargers.
However, sat navs are no longer included. "Partly because many drivers now navigate using smart phones, but also because some new cars now come with sat-navs built in," the ONS said.
Recent years have seen additions to the basket of the cost of video streaming services, e-books, tablet computers and smartphones.
Out have gone DVD recorders, Freeview set-top boxes, the cost of developing colour films and mobile phone downloads.
Items in the basket may be introduced or dropped to reflect changes in how much people are spending on them, and also to reflect new categories of spending.
So the cost of protein powders for gym-goers is now being measured to reflect the wider group of sports food supplements.
The ONS said this was "a distinct and growing sector not previously covered within the class".
Other changes are made each year to improve the coverage of an existing category of goods.
That explains the introduction of headphones to improve the coverage of audio-visual equipment.
In a similar move, sweet potatoes have been added to the vegetable category.
"This is an area of the basket where there is much variability in price changes so it is beneficial to collect across as broad a range of items as possible," the ONS said.
Likewise, melons have been added to the fresh fruits whose prices are measured.
Yoghurt drinks have been dropped, partly because less is being spent on them.
But other items, such cut lilies, have been left out because they are simply a variation on other items still in the index and it has been judged that dropping them will have no effect on the accuracy of the overall basket.
The explosion, about 49 miles (80km) north-east of the capital, Baghdad, was "very strong" a provincial official told a private TV station.
Hospital sources said the death toll was expected to rise, Reuters reports.
The blast comes a day after IS said it was behind a suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Baghdad.
At least 20 people were killed in Sunday's attack.
Khalis is a predominately Shia town about eight miles north of Baquba, the main city of Diyala province.
In recent months, IS has lost control of some major towns and cities it seized in Iraq in 2014 and has stepped up suicide attacks in apparent response.
The militant group follows an extreme form of Sunni Islam and often targets Shia Muslims, who it regards as apostates.
A security source told the BBC that 22 people had also been injured in the explosion on Monday morning at a checkpoint about two miles west of Khalis town centre.
A police officer at the scene said a suicide car bomber was responsible.
"We still have charred bodies inside many vehicles including a minibus packed with women and children," the captain told Reuters.
Adi al-Khadran, the representative of Diyala province, told the private al-Sumaria TV that several vehicles had been set ablaze in the blast.
The right-back, 27, has joined until the end of the season, after leaving Greek outfit PAS Giannina, Hearts confirmed.
Struna made his Slovenia debut in 2012 and has earned 25 caps for his country.
"I'm an attacking full-back and I think I'll be a good fit based on the ideas presented to me by the club and the head coach," he said.
"I like possession football and I understand that is the way Hearts want to play, so I am optimistic."
Head coach Ian Cathro has been seeking to add to his defence after Igor Rossi left Hearts to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Faisaly Harmah.
Hearts also lost Alim Ozturk to Turkish club Boluspor, while full-back Callum Paterson is out for the rest of the season with knee ligament damage and Faycal Rherras will be at the Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco.
Meanwhile, Paterson has undergone surgery on the knee injury he sustained in the 4-0 win over Kilmarnock on 27 December.
Scotland cap Paterson, 22, will be out of contract in the summer and scored 10 goals in 24 appearances this season.
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Gwent Police was called to the collision involving two cars on the A4048 at Markham near Blackwood just after 10:30 GMT on Thursday.
A male driver and female passenger were taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil where she later died.
Two women travelling in the second car were taken to Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport.
Wales Air Ambulance and three ambulances also attended.
The road remains closed and diversions are in place.
St Wulfram's has installed the rink to bring a bit of early festive cheer to the Lincolnshire town.
There are also more than 100 decorated Christmas trees adorning the 14th Century building.
The rink - which is not real ice - was installed as part of the church's first Christmas tree festival.
Fr Stuart Cradduck took to his skates wearing his vicar's cassock for but recovered after falling on his first outing.
"No-one expects an ice rink inside a church," he said.
"So let's do something unexpected. Be something different and challenge people's conceptions about who we are and what we are doing.
"We're not at Christmas of course, it doesn't start until 25 December, but life is so full and bonkers for people so let's start it now or at least give people a glimpse of the joy of Christmas."
The Ivorian made 139 league appearances for Newcastle after joining them in August 2010 from Dutch side FC Twente.
The 30-year-old featured just three times for the Magpies this season.
Tiote was also part of the Ivory Coast squad that won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Pre-tax profits fell to $1.82bn (£1.17bn) in the first half of the year as "adverse loan impairment trends continued to impact performance".
Revenue for the first half of 2015 was $8.5bn, down 8% from the previous year.
The UK-listed bank halved its dividend to 14.4 cents per share, and did not rule out the possibility of raising more money from investors.
As well as declining revenue, higher charges for bad loans hit its profits, the bank said.
Hit by slowing growth in emerging markets, the bank hired former JP Morgan banker Bill Winters as chief executive, replacing former chief Peter Sands in June.
Mr Winters used his first results presentation in charge to outline some of his plans for the bank. He said he would simplify Standard Chartered with a "new management team and simpler organisational structure".
The bank has already exited some businesses in Hong Kong, China and Korea, booking a gain of $219m dollars and improving its capital position.
The bank hired Mark Smith from Asia-focused rival HSBC to join as new chief risk officer.
The dividend cut will help the bank strengthen its capital base - a safety net protecting it from unexpected financial knocks.
The lender's core tier-1 measure of high-quality capital compared with assets rose to 11.5%, hitting its target six months early.
Even so, Mr Winters would not rule out raising more if needed.
"If we decide we need capital for the long-term benefit of the group, we will raise capital," he said.
Fifteen carriages of the Ajmer-Sealdah Express came off the tracks early on Wednesday. All remaining passengers have now been rescued, officials say.
It was India's third major accident on its creaking railways in recent months.
Earlier senior Kanpur police official Zaki Ahmed said two people had died but Indian Railways did not confirm this.
"There were no casualties and 53 passengers were injured in the derailment," said railway spokesperson Anil Saxena.
He said two people had been seriously injured.
Train accidents are fairly common in India, where much of the railway equipment is out of date. More than 140 people died last month when another train derailed near Kanpur.
In July a train smashed into a van full of schoolchildren at a level crossing, killing eight of them.
The cause of the latest accident is not yet known and an inquiry has been ordered.
The derailment happened when the train was crossing a bridge over a dry canal. Eyewitnesses told local TV channels that there was dense fog when the carriages derailed.
"Our coach tilted to one side. I jumped out and saw a few coaches were derailed," passenger Rizwan Chaudhary told the Associated Press.
Last year, the government announced investments of $137bn (£111bn) over five years to modernise and expand the railways.
Researchers sequenced the genome of the coelacanth: a deep-sea fish that closely resembles its ancestors, which lived at least 300 million years ago.
The study found that some of the animal's genes evolved very slowly, giving it its primitive appearance.
The work also shed light on how the fish was related to the first land-based animals.
The coelacanth has four large, fleshy fins, which some scientists believe could have been the predecessors of limbs.
It had been suggested that this fish was closely related to early tetrapods - the first creatures to drag themselves out of the ocean, giving rise to life on land.
But the study, published in the journal Nature, suggested that another fish called the lungfish, which also has four limbs, had more genes in common with land-based animals.
Slow to change
The coelacanth can reach up to 2m-long and is found lurking in caves deep beneath the waves.
It was thought to have been extinct for millions of years, until it turned up in a trawlerman's net off the coast of Africa in 1938.
Its ancient appearance has earned it the title "living fossil" - but it is so elusive, that it has been hard to study.
To find out more, an international team of researchers sequenced the coelacanth's genome, which contained nearly three billion DNA bases.
Professor Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, from the University of Uppsala in Sweden and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in the US, said: "What we can see is that while the genome as whole changes, the protein-coding genes - that make the living fish - are much more stable and much more unchanging.
"And if you think about it, this might be correlated to the fact that the coelacanth lives in a rather extreme and stable environment.
"It lives several hundred metres down in the ocean, and it may also be in an environment where it doesn't have a lot of competitors. So maybe it adapted to that environment a long time ago and it doesn't have a huge need for change."
The researchers also used the study to try and solve the long-standing question of whether the first tetrapods were more closely related to the coelacanth or the lungfish.
They compared DNA profiles of both of these fish with modern land-based animals, including mammals, birds and lizards.
"We selected 251 genes that were very similar in all these genomes so we could build this picture of how closely related these species were," Prof Lindblad-Toh explained.
"From that picture it was clear the lungfish is closer to tetrapods than the coelacanth."
Commenting on the research, John Hutchinson, professor of evolutionary biomechanics from the Royal Veterinary College, said it was an interesting study.
"The lungfish-coelacanth question has gone back and forth over the years; the lungfish answer is not new, but this is a much better, bigger dataset so it does tip the balance a bit," he said.
"They are missing some critical animals - it would be interesting to see what addition of salamander or more ray-finned fish would do to their analysis, but it might not change anything important."
This study is not the only one attempting to understand the coelacanth.
Since the fish was rediscovered in the 1930s, only a few hundred have ever been found, many of these dead caught up in trawls.
Scientists from the French organisation Andromede Oceanology are working with the Natural History Museum in Paris to attach acoustic tracking devices to the fish in order to study their behaviour and capture 3D moving images of their fins as they swim.
With 17 days until the election, much of the recent focus has been on controversies linked to his campaign.
But in a speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he sought to highlight changes he would introduce.
Among them were restrictions on lobbyists and a renegotiation on trade and climate change deals.
Mrs Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine appeared at events on Saturday in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state in the race for the White House.
Mr Trump's advisers indicated before his speech that the measures announced would serve as the focus for the remaining two weeks of his campaign.
Among the key details he announced were:
So there you have it, Donald Trump's final pitch to the American people.
It was a mix of Republican boilerplate (Lower taxes! Less regulation!), anti-establishment populism (Axing trade deals! Extreme vetting of immigrants!) and the kind of off-message asides that have bedevilled his candidacy (I'm going to sue all my sexual harassment accusers!)
It wasn't exactly the Gettysburg Address, but it did have some lines that could have been the foundation of a compelling outsider campaign.
"I am asking the American people to rise above the noise and the clutter of our broken politics, and to embrace that great faith and optimism that has always been the central ingredient in the American character," Mr Trump said. "I am asking you to dream big."
Americans love big dreams and candidates who, in Abraham Lincoln's words, appeal to the "better angels of our nature".
With just over two weeks left before election day, however, it is probably much too late for Mr Trump to make "faith and optimism" the focus of a campaign that has often been typified by darkness and anger.
The speech was one of the most detailed by Mr Trump during his candidacy, and also touched on matters of security, economy and trade.
He said the country was facing a "fork in the road" over its future.
While some polls have shown he has eaten into Mrs Clinton's lead over the past week, after the third presidential debate, she is still leading him in a number of the key swing states.
Before his speech, Mr Trump again attacked leading media outlets and suggested they were biased against him.
He vowed to break up media conglomerates, saying he would scrap the rumoured purchase of the Time Warner company, the owner of CNN, by AT&T. However, those comments were made outside of his main speech, and it was not clear if they were being put forward as policy.
Mr Trump also said he would sue every woman who has accused him of sexual assault or inappropriate behaviour as soon as his presidential campaign was over.
Ten women have come forward to accuse him of inappropriate behaviour, in the weeks after a video emerged of him boasting of groping women and kissing them.
"Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign," he told the audience in Gettysburg.
He said the media was fabricating stories to make him "look as bad and dangerous as possible".
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Murray, 29, beat Rosol 4-6 6-3 6-2 in a heated match at the 2015 Munich Open.
British number eight Laura Robson set up a first-round match with fellow Briton Naomi Broady after a straight-sets win over Germany's Tatjana Maria in the final qualifying round.
British number two Dan Evans faces American Rajeev Ram while Kyle Edmund will play France's Richard Gasquet.
Johanna Konta, seeded a career-high 13th in the women's singles, meets American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, while Heather Watson plays Dutch qualifier Richel Hogenkamp.
Top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic begins the defence of his men's title against world number 120 Jerzy Janowicz, while Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the 2010 and 2013 champion, meets Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
Rosol, 31, shocked Nadal in the second round at Wimbledon in 2012.
Olympic silver medallist Juan Martin del Potro has been drawn against fellow Argentine Diego Schwartzman.
Women's world number one Serena Williams, a beaten semi-finalist last year, begins her campaign against Russian Ekaterina Makarova.
Williams is aiming for a seventh US Open crown and a record 23rd Grand Slam singles title in the Open era.
Murray, the second seed, said there is no ill feeling between him and Rosol after a dispute in Munich last year.
"I have actually got along fine with him apart from that day and he's a tough, tough opponent," said Murray.
"He's a big, strong guy, he goes for his shots and he takes a lot of risks. It's a tough opening round, for sure."
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Djokovic said he hopes to be close to full fitness for the start of the tournament, but admitted his left wrist has not healed fully.
He first felt pain in his wrist in the week before the Rio Olympics, where he lost in the opening round to Del Potro.
"I'm doing everything in my power to make sure that I'm as close to 100% as possible during the course of this tournament," said the 29-year-old.
"I'm just hoping that when the tournament starts I'll be able to get as close to the maximum of executing my backhand shot as possible."
Djokovic also said he was dealing with "private issues" when he lost to Sam Querrey in the third round at Wimbledon this year, but that those issues have now been resolved.
He added: "I am in a position, like everybody else, like all of you.
"We all have private issues and things that are more challenges than issues, more things that we have to encounter and overcome in order to evolve as a human being."
BBC Sport tennis correspondent Russell Fuller:
"Rosol is the man who beat Rafael Nadal on Wimbledon's Centre Court in 2012, and was told by Murray that "nobody likes you" after the Czech bumped into him while changing ends at an event in Munich last year.
"Murray could face Kei Nishikori in the last eight and Stan Wawrinka - or even Juan Martin del Potro - in the semi-finals, while chief rival Djokovic, still troubled by a left wrist injury, could play Marin Cilic and Rafael Nadal at the same stages.
"It would be wrong to describe Djokovic as an unknown quantity at this US Open. He is the defending champion and has a sensational record on hard courts, but he has had an emotional few months after completing the career Grand Slam at Roland Garros."
Rashid was last man out, caught at cover from a mistimed drive, to end England's stubborn resistance on day five with just 6.3 overs remaining.
Prior to that, the 27-year-old spinner had batted 242 minutes for 61.
"I am sure he is reflecting on the shot he played at the end and kicking himself," said Bayliss.
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"I thought he did sensationally well with the bat and showed his all-round qualities. He took five-for in the second innings of the first Test and now his batting in this - the potential for him going forward is very good.
"No-one is blaming him for that shot. If a few of our boys had played in a similar fashion to him throughout the match we wouldn't have been in that situation.
"There are certainly no negatives with Rash. It was a fantastic effort from him and three or four guys at the end of the innings."
Yorkshireman Rashid's 172-ball innings was the backbone of England's late innings resistance after they had stumbled to 193-7 in pursuit of 491.
He was ably assisted by Stuart Broad (30) and Mark Wood (29) but was unable to see the innings out.
The defeat leaves England needing to win the third Test in Sharjah, which starts on Sunday, to draw the series in the United Arab Emirates.
Bayliss revealed that England are likely to stick with Moeen Ali as opener in Sharjah, despite a return of 48 runs in two matches since his elevation to the top of the order.
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However, he admitted that there will be discussions over the position of wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler, who struggled with the bat in the previous series against Australia and has scored just 34 runs at an average of 8.50 in the current one.
"He's [Buttler] disappointed with the amount of runs he's scored," said Bayliss. "I don't think he's far off scoring runs.
"We know he's a class quality player and I believe he'll play a lot for England going forward. We're certainly not concerned about him long term."
There had been suggestions that England could bring in Samit Patel to form a three-strong spin attack in Sharjah, but Bayliss suggested there had been a change of mind following a strong showing from the seam attack in the first two matches.
"We thought about the possibility of playing three spinners there originally," he added. "The difficult thing is I think our pace bowling has been our strength. So if we were to drop one of those guys it might create its own problems."
Meanwhile, England batsman Joe Root has returned to the top of the Test batting rankings.
His 159 runs in his two innings in Dubai, which also took him past 3,000 runs in Tests, moved him three points above Australia's Steven Smith.
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah took eight wickets in the second Test, which has taken him above England seamers James Anderson and Stuart Broad into second place in the bowlers' rankings behind only South Africa's Dale Steyn.
The Tory leader is in Wales as the party prepares to launch its Welsh manifesto for the general election.
Mr Cameron has made Labour's record in office in Cardiff Bay a big part of the general election campaign, with references to the NHS's performance.
"The dragon on our flag may be red, but our country will always be better off blue," he will say.
"The people of Wales already know more than most the damage Labour can do.
"Cutting health spending and taking their eye off the ball on education.
"This is the way Labour treats the nation of Nye Bevan and Dylan Thomas.
"Seriously, where is it written that Wales votes Labour?"
Mr Cameron will say that jobs and the economy are the issues that matter most to voters at the election.
And he will use the growing aerospace industry as an example of Wales's economic success over the past few years.
In the next parliament, the Conservatives are pledging to increase the tax free personal allowance to £12,500, benefitting 1.4m tax payers.
Secretary of State for Wales Stephen Crabb said this shows a Tory government will "get things done for Wales."
There is also a commitment to make people working 30 hours on the minimum wage exempt from paying income tax.
As part of the launch, the Tories will highlight their record in Wales during the last five years of government.
This includes 52,000 new jobs and 22,400 businesses created since 2010, as well as 1.2m people getting a tax cut.
Welsh Conservatives have also said that the £8bn extra pledged to fund the NHS in England will result in more money for the Welsh government.
Mr Crabb said: "By rolling up our sleeves and facing Wales' challenges head on, our ambitious programme for the next five years will create new and better jobs for Wales."
UKIP will also launch its Welsh manifesto on Friday.
Mark Lehain was one of the pioneers of free schools. A maths teacher in Bedford, he believed a small teacher-led school could provide a better education for children in disadvantaged areas where results have been poor.
He began planning his new school in 2010 and became a prominent and public advocate of this new idea.
His was one of the very first free schools to be approved by the Department for Education in September of that year.
But that was just the first step. As with many would-be free schools, finding a site was the most difficult problem. The school was delayed for a year.
In 2011 Mark Lehain described his vision for the free school: small, friendly, a place where every teacher knew every pupil, where standards were high, where there was a longer school day. Three years later, he believes he has achieved it.
On Friday afternoon he showed me round the converted office building that is home to his free school on a busy road in the heart of Bedford.
All 400 pupils were taking part in extracurricular clubs. There are nearly 50 separate activities, run by staff. There is German, chess, and computer coding, also "nail art" and "fondant icing" - with a room of pupils learning how to make cake decorations.
There was a relaxed and friendly but also respectful air about the place. The pupils I spoke to were proud of their school, of their smart black and purple uniform, though one boy complained there were too few GCSE options, a disadvantage of a smaller school.
However in February Ofsted visited the school for the first time and decided that despite the "good" leadership the school should be graded "requires improvement" - Level 3 - because they had concerns about some elements of teaching.
Mark Lehain frankly described the verdict as "a bit of a shock" and "disappointing". He had brought in external assessors to judge the school before the Ofsted inspection and they had been more positive.
Mark Lehain told me that he had acted on Ofsted's findings and the school was already "very different" from what the inspectors had seen in February. He believes the school should be judged on its GCSE results. Bedford Free School students will sit their first set of exams next summer, 2015.
Bedford is one the 45 open free schools inspected by Ofsted, and not the only one to be disappointed. Overall analysis by the Times Educational Supplement suggests that, while a higher proportion than average were graded "outstanding", a higher proportion were also graded "inadequate".
However, this analysis relies on a relatively small sample. And Mark Lehain told me he has the full support of parents, who trust their own experience of the school rather than the Ofsted grade.
Leaving the school building, I came across a man waiting for his granddaughter, sheltering in the rain. He seemed genuinely surprised to learn about the Ofsted verdict, telling me that the school had been "amazing" for his granddaughter. She was a different girl, far more confident, he said, and the whole family was very happy with the school.
If the first set of GCSE results are disappointing, Mark Lehain has no Plan B. The experience of other free schools suggests the Department for Education may act quickly.
The Discovery School in Crawley, for instance, was closed just a few months after it failed its Ofsted inspection: schools are usually given far longer to improve. Pupils at the Crawley school had to find places at other local schools at short notice, creating difficulties for many parents.
Mark Lehain told me he was "very confident" that he would get the pupils the best GCSE grades they could. "I have to" he said. "They've all taken a gamble… the kids, the staff, the families."
With the current controversy over Ofsted, supporters of free schools argue that the only way to judge this flagship policy is by external examination results - but no brand-new free school will take GCSEs before next summer and no results will be available before the general election.
The 19-year-old has scored five goals in 26 appearances for the U's but has not featured for Michael Appleton's side this season.
Roberts had a loan spell at Chester earlier this term, scoring once in six National League outings, and has also spent time at Oxford City.
He could make his debut for the Bees against Plymouth on Tuesday.
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Supt Norman Haslett was speaking after a family from west Belfast left their home following a threat against their three teenage children.
The level of threats can vary, Supt Haslett told the Stephen Nolan Show.
Trevor Lunn, the Alliance party's justice spokesman, said the threats showed paramilitaries were still active.
"It's a very depressing statistic," he said.
"It gives the lie to any suggestion that paramilitaries organisations have gone away.
"They're still taking the law into their own hands issuing these threats.
"It's disgraceful".
Mrs Foster described it as a "grandstanding exercise" and said she had better things to do than be a "lone voice among remoaners".
She has already declined an invite to attend next week's "civic dialogue" event in Dublin.
The forum was established in the wake of the EU referendum result.
"It's a complete grandstanding exercise," said Mrs Foster.
"It will be full of people who quite frankly haven't accepted the referendum result going down to talk about how dreadful it is and how awful it is.
"Mark my words that's exactly what will happen at the grandstanding forum that will come about.
"I'm not going to be a part of that. I am in this to do real business and to have outcomes, not to sit around talking about how dreadful it is."
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has said the event will facilitate an all-Ireland conversation among the business community, wider civic society and politicians.
Asked if it would be valuable to put the argument in favour of Brexit to forum delegates, Mrs Foster replied: "To be a lone voice amongst a whole lot of remoaners?
"No thank you - I have better things to do with my time."
It would have been the first chance for the Labour leader, a life-long republican, to be sworn in to the historic group which advises monarchs.
A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said he was unable to attend due to "other commitments".
Labour said it was not a snub and pointed out David Cameron took three months to be sworn in to the council.
Conservative MP Alan Duncan said Mr Corbyn had to decide whether he was a serious political figure.
Opposition leaders can receive briefings from the security services through their membership of the group.
The Privy Council's role is to advise the monarch of the day in carrying out their duties, such as the exercise of prerogative powers and other functions assigned to them by Acts of Parliament.
Much of its business is rather routine and is concerned with obtaining the monarch's formal approval to orders which have already been discussed and approved by ministers or for the arranging for the issuing of royal proclamations. Queen Anne was the last monarch to refuse an order.
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Last month Mr Corbyn refused to say whether he would kneel to the Queen as part of the traditional swearing-in ceremony.
His spokesman said the Labour leader could not make Thursday evening's meeting because of prior commitments and had sent his apologies.
Mr Corbyn's team has not said what the engagement preventing his attendance, although it is understood he may be travelling to a fundraising event tomorrow in Scotland.
"Although Jeremy was unavailable for today's meeting, he has confirmed he will be joining the Privy Council.
"As the prime minister and others did, it is far from unusual to miss the first meeting due to other commitments," said the spokesman.
The council has about 600 members - although only a handful usually attend the monthly meetings.
Prime Minister David Cameron was sworn in as a Privy Counsellor in March 2006, three months after he became leader of the Conservatives.
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Jeremy Corbyn's team say he hasn't snubbed the Queen by declining to attend today's meeting of the Privy Council. They say he simply couldn't attend and is awaiting a further invitation. He won't be alone in his non-attendance today.
Usually only about half a dozen ministers attend, and the quorum - which makes the meeting official - is just three. Not every leader of the opposition rushes to be sworn in at the first opportunity - David Cameron took three months to attend.
The ceremony involves a rather elaborate form of lowering yourself to the monarch. It also involves the extensive oath to the Queen, which as a republican, he might find more objectionable. The question is whether Jeremy Corbyn is delaying his swearing in, or trying to avoid it.
Mr Duncan, who is also a Privy Counsellor, said Mr Corbyn seemed to want to put politics above the Queen.
He also added that the new Labour leader needed to decide if he wanted to be a serious political figure or a perpetual rebel.
Shadow Cabinet Office minister, Jon Ashworth told the BBC's Daily Politics that he had been told Jeremy Corbyn "had a private appointment today that he couldn't get out of - but he is going to go and see the Queen".
"He is going to do it and I'm sure he will do it in an appropriate and respectful way and he will get on with it soon."
Meanwhile, the SNP's leader at Westminster Angus Robertson - who has also been appointed to the Privy Council - confirmed he would be attending the meeting on Thursday.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the MP had said it was essential in order to receive intelligence briefings.
Manchester had already said it did not want to host on its own, but the city could still stage some events as part of a successful bid from Liverpool.
Australia, Canada and Malaysia are also interested in hosting the Games, which were stripped from Durban in March.
A decision on a formal UK bid will be made later in 2017.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has said a final decision on a replacement for the South African city is unlikely to be made before early autumn.
"It is great that four countries - including several UK cities - have expressed an interest in bidding to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games," a statement from the Mayor of London's office read.
"While London remains focused on delivering the biggest sports event of this year - the IPC and IAAF World Athletics Championships - we wish the UK bidders every success in winning the rights to host the Games in 2022."
The Commonwealth Games are held every four years and feature athletes from more than 50 countries, mostly former British colonies.
Britain last hosted the Games in Glasgow in 2014, while the 2002 event was staged in Manchester. The next edition takes place on Australia's Gold Coast in 2018.
Jay Liptrot, 43, from Prestatyn, Denbighshire, was on trial for manslaughter but the case was dropped after he admitted a lesser charge.
Lee-Anna Shiers, 20, Liam Timbrell, 23, their son Charlie, Ms Shiers' nephew Bailey, four, and niece Skye, two, died in his flat in Prestatyn in 2012.
He was sentenced at Caernarfon Crown Court on Friday.
Melanie Smith was jailed in 2013 for their murder after starting the fire in a row over Ms Shiers' pushchair, which was left in a shared hallway.
Landlord Liptrot denied manslaughter but admitted one count of failing to take general fire precautions, exposing people to risk, which the prosecution accepted after consulting the family of the victims.
The court heard he was one of the firefighters who "was at the forefront of brave efforts" to rescue the five from the flat after the blaze was started.
In a statement read in court, Steve Allen, who lost two children, his sister and nephew in the fire, said: "We hope Jay learns his lesson, not just for him but all landlords."
Ms Shiers' father Peter Shiers also read a statement which said: "That night was horrendous. But Jay has been a great guy to the family for 18 years. He's been an honest and loyal friend.
"We don't think he's to blame for the fire but was responsible for the safety measures."
Liptrot's defence barrister Gordon Cole said all of his client's other properties have now been brought up to the required safety standard but said he will never forget the events of that night.
Passing sentence, Mrs Justice McGowan said: "Jay Liptrot has generally been a good and conscientious landlord. However, his culpability must be categorised as high."
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service's chief fire officer Simon Smith said Liptrot would now be the subject of an internal investigation, adding a custodial sentence meant he "cannot continue as an employee".
"As a responsible employer whose priority is the safety of the public, it is of course of deep concern to us that an employee, as a landlord, failed to take precautions to ensure this property was safe which not only goes against legislation but also against the core values of our service," Mr Smith said.
Andrea Gada died after the crash in Eastbourne, on 17 December.
Her funeral was postponed in the hope her grandparents and aunt from Zimbabwe could attend, but the Home Office refused temporary visas twice.
Her relatives were finally granted temporary visas "on compassionate grounds" earlier this month.
Scores of people attended her funeral at Kings Church in Hampden Park, Eastbourne, earlier.
Mourners dressed in pink and white followed the coffin, which was also pink, as it was taken to the church in a horse-drawn hearse.
They also sang songs when the pall bearers carried it inside.
"The main aim is to have a perfect funeral for Andrea because that's the only final thing that we can do for her," said Charity Gada, Andrea's mother, before the ceremony.
The Home Office said it initially rejected the visas because there were concerns Andrea's aunt Mona Lisa Faith and grandparents Grace and Stanley Bwanya might try and stay here permanently.
That decision was reversed after Prime Minister David Cameron intervened and new visa applications were submitted with the help of Eastbourne's Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Lloyd.
Mr Cameron wrote to the family to say he had asked the home secretary to look into their case, after a 120,000-signature petition supporting their plight was handed in to Downing Street.
Following the decision, Andrea's father, Wellington Gada told the BBC: "The pain is just unbearable.
"My wish would be if something could be changed when there are circumstances like this one and for no-one to have to go through the same thing."
Mr Miliband called the prime minister's refusal to take part unless the Green Party was involved a "pathetic excuse".
He said he would debate with "anyone invited by the broadcasters".
But Mr Cameron said the Labour leader was "chickening" out of facing the Greens and all "national parties" must be represented.
The exchanges came after Mr Miliband, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and UKIP leader Nigel Farage urged broadcasters to press ahead with televised debates before the 7 May poll even if Mr Cameron refuses to take part.
The three leaders have written to Mr Cameron saying it would be "unacceptable" for the prime minister to refuse to appear, saying an empty podium should be provided in his absence.
In response, the BBC, Sky News, ITV and Channel 4 said they "remain committed" to staging debates before the poll on 7 May.
Raising the issue in Parliament, Mr Miliband said Mr Cameron had argued back in 2010 that it would be "feeble" for any party leader to walk away from the debates but was now threatening to do just that.
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"It is not for him, it is not for me, it is not for any party leader to decide who is in the debate," he said. "It is up to the broadcasters, that is the country we live in.
"I think he does protest too much. He has run out of excuses, he is running scared of these debates and in the words of his heroine Margaret Thatcher 'he is frit'".
Mr Cameron said Mr Miliband wanted "to debate having a debate" because he did not want to talk about the economy and other issues.
He said he was keen to defend his record during the campaign, suggesting he would support the idea of two debates, one a head-to-head encounter between him and Mr Miliband and another in which all "national parties" were represented.
"The more time he and I can spend on television and in the television studio, the happier I will be," he said.
But Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who was sitting next to the prime minister, was heard shouting "excuses, excuses" as Mr Cameron answered one of Mr Miliband's questions.
In identical letters to Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband, Mr Clegg and Mr Farage called for a repeat of the 2010 debates - the first ever leaders' TV debates in a British election - and insisted they "not the property of the politicians".
They wrote: "I believe it would be a major setback to our democratic processes if these debates were not repeated in 2015 because of one politician's unwillingness to participate."
The added: "Therefore, if you are unwilling to reconsider, the three party leaders who have committed to participate will ask the broadcasters to press ahead with the debates and provide an empty podium should you have a last-minute change of heart."
Under plans put forward by the BBC, Sky News, ITV and Channel 4 in October, the pre-election live TV debates would include the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and UKIP.
Mr Cameron would take on Labour leader Mr Miliband head-to-head in one debate, another would feature Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Lib Dem leader Mr Clegg, and a third would also include UKIP's Mr Farage.
The suggested schedule is for debates on 2 April, 16 April and 30 April, ahead of the general election on 7 May.
Mr Farage said the BBC would be "within its rights", under the terms of its editorial guidelines, to stage a debate without Mr Cameron and providing an empty podium would be "entirely appropriate".
"If David Cameron chooses not to turn up that is his hard luck," he told the BBC News Channel. "My guess is that if the broadcasters hold firm, Mr Cameron will buckle and say yes."
Lord Ashdown, who is leading the Lib Dems' general election campaign, urged broadcasters to "stick to their guns" or else he feared the impetus for the debates would "ebb away".
He told Sky News: "You just can't let the prime minister or anybody else basically hold the country and our democracy to ransom by saying no."
But Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said she backed Mr Cameron's stance and said it was in the interest of the three other leaders to help persuade broadcasters that her party should be included in one of the debates.
Ms Bennett said ITV had not yet made a final decision and she hoped to hold talks with the broadcaster in the near future.
"Staging the debates without the prime minister might score a point but would not serve the public, who rightly expect the political parties and the broadcasters to find a format that is acceptable to all concerned," she wrote in a letter to the trio.
"If you indicated that you were open to the inclusion of the Greens, then I feel sure that ITV would respond."
John Curtice, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, said that having "nailed his colours to the mast" over the Green Party's participation, it would be difficult for Mr Cameron to shun the debates if they were invited.
The three debates in 2010 were watched by a total of 22 million people, and they have been cited as one reason for the increase in turnout at the election, which rose for the first time since 1992.
While the debates were a "good test of political leadership", Prof Curtice told the BBC that they had dominated the campaign and "not necessarily succeeded in reaching out to more marginal voters".
The SNP and Plaid Cymru, which have more seats in Parliament than either UKIP or the Green Party, also say they should be represented in any series of debates.
SNP deputy leader Stuart Hosie said: "The idea that the SNP, bigger than UKIP and the Lib Dems combined in terms of membership, should be excluded from debates which are broadcast into people's homes in Scotland is just simply quite unacceptable."
In a statement, the four broadcasters said: "The debates played an important role in informing millions of our viewers in 2010 and we will continue to work with all the parties to ensure that they happen again in 2015".
The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and YouTube are proposing a separate digital debate, which they suggest could reach up to 55 million internet users. They have invited the Greens, UKIP, the Lib Dems, Labour and the Conservatives to take part.
Jordan Sinnott gave Alty the lead from a free-kick but Danny Livesey levelled, heading in Jordan Williams' corner.
Andy Cook gave Barrow the lead with a solo effort and almost scored again but Ben Tomlinson headed in after visiting keeper Tim Deasy parried his effort.
James Lawrie scored a consolation off the post after Damian Reeves' lay-off.
Altrincham remain in the National League's relegation places in 21st place following the defeat, while Barrow stay in 15th after winning their second consecutive league game.
Tolson was placed in temporary charge of Alty for the rest of the season following Lee Sinnott's dismissal on Wednesday after five years in charge of the club.
The advisory warns citizens to not get involved in protests and avoid crowds.
It comes after two black men were shot dead by police in Minnesota and Louisiana, and five officers were killed at a protest in Dallas.
Some 90% of the Bahamas population is black, according to the CIA.
The advisory comes as the country, a former British colony, celebrates its Independence Day holiday, on 10 July, a time when many locals travel abroad, including to the US.
The statement, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tells citizens to "exercise appropriate caution", especially in cities affected by "tensions... over shootings of young black males by police officers".
"In particular young males are asked to exercise extreme caution in affected cities in their interactions with the police. Do not be confrontational, and co-operate," it says.
"Do not get involved in political or other demonstrations under any circumstances and avoid crowds."
The US regularly issues travel advisories for Americans visiting other countries, but it is rare for nations to issue warnings for their citizens travelling to the US.
United dominated early on, Thibaut Courtois producing a fine one-handed save to keep out Anthony Martial.
David de Gea saved well from Nemanja Matic's header before Jesse Lingard's fine turn and shot put United ahead.
Costa rescued a point in the 91st minute after rounding De Gea following Cesc Fabregas' pass.
United were moments away from moving to within four points of the top four when Costa scored his seventh goal in eight games.
Chelsea, who lost defender Kurt Zouma to a serious injury, remain 13th in the table.
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This will feel like a defeat for United after a bright start and a wonderful goal to give them the lead in what was an entertaining draw between two teams struggling for form.
Apart from the late equaliser, Louis van Gaal's side produced a display full of positives after recent criticism about the team's style and reports linking former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho with the United job.
They started well and offered more zip and energy than their cumbersome hosts.
Courtois' flying save to keep out Martial's curling attempt was excellent, while United forced 10 corners before the end of the first half.
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The visitors looked set for a rare win over Chelsea when Lingard displayed terrific balance and agility to break the deadlock with a sublime spin and shot inside the area.
However, United backed off after scoring and invited pressure, Costa pouncing from close range after a terrific Fabregas pass.
Instead of closing the gap on fourth place to four points, they now find themselves six points adrift.
De Gea was at his magnificent best to keep out a thunderous attempt by Branislav Ivanovic and then Fabregas as Chelsea surged forward in the final quarter in search of an equaliser.
When Costa blazed over the bar after a free-kick it looked all up for the hosts.
Yet for the second league home game in a row, they rescued a point in stoppage time.
Hiddink's sixth draw in eight league games in charge leaves the defending champions seven points above the relegation zone with 13 games remaining.
This was Chelsea's first game back at Stamford Bridge since captain John Terry announced he was set to leave at the end of the season.
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There was no mention of Terry leaving in the captain's programme notes and Blues fans will still be hoping he may yet extend his stay.
They chanted his name throughout as Terry produced an assured performance at the heart of the defence, while he was denied a penalty when his goal-bound shot at the end of the first half struck the arm of Daley Blind.
Terry's importance to the team was underlined by Zouma's nasty-looking injury, the France international landing awkwardly on his right knee after volleying the ball away.
Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink:
"I am happy with the reaction of the team. Manchester United did a good job in the first half and in the beginning of the second, they are not an easy team to beat.
"But we deserved a point. We dropped too far back after the first 20 minutes when they dominated us but later on we closed a little more.
"They made a beautiful goal - without good marking from our side - but after I think the team reacted very well."
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal:
"I feel we didn't reward ourselves with a victory because we were the better team. Until the last quarter we played very well and could have scored more goals. But you have to control the game better and we did not do that.
"It isn't a lack of concentration it is not being composed when you are defending. When we have the ball we have to keep the ball.
"You need to give the right pass at the right moment and we did not do that [before Chelsea scored]. Chelsea are a very good team and you play like we played and don't reward yourself, it is frustrating."
Both teams are in Premier League action on Saturday at different times of the day. While Chelsea entertain struggling Newcastle United (17:30 GMT), Manchester United travel to Wearside to face relegation-threatened Sunderland (12:45 GMT).
Match ends, Chelsea 1, Manchester United 1.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Manchester United 1.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Daley Blind.
Attempt saved. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Substitution, Manchester United. Ander Herrera replaces Juan Mata.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United).
Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Chelsea 1, Manchester United 1. Diego Costa (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Attempt missed. Diego Costa (Chelsea) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Willian with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Matteo Darmian (Manchester United).
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Manchester United. Memphis Depay replaces Jesse Lingard.
Attempt missed. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Juan Mata (Manchester United).
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Jesse Lingard.
Chris Smalling (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Chris Smalling (Manchester United).
Foul by Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United).
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Manchester United. Matteo Darmian tries a through ball, but Wayne Rooney is caught offside.
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Manchester United. Morgan Schneiderlin replaces Marouane Fellaini.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Matteo Darmian with a cross.
Attempt blocked. John Terry (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas with a cross.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by David de Gea.
Attempt saved. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Chris Smalling.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Cameron Borthwick-Jackson.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by David de Gea.
Attempt saved. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a headed pass.
Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Nemanja Matic.
Attempt missed. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cameron Borthwick-Jackson.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Michael Carrick.
Daley Blind (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Daley Blind (Manchester United).
A further 19 servicemen were rescued. Some have been flown to Moscow for medical treatment.
All of those killed were conscripts, with some reports giving the age of the youngest victim as just 18.
Investigators are examining whether repairs carried out on the building in 2013 are linked to its collapse.
An investigation into possible negligence has been launched.
The soldiers, who were stationed at a paratrooper training camp, had just gone to bed when the wall fell down and parts of the roof caved in.
Russia's defence ministry has been quick to announce generous compensation payments for those affected, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow.
But the barracks collapse will be a political blow for Mr Putin, she says, as he has invested heavily in modernising the military and burnishing its image.
The 302ft (92m) long aircraft, which is part plane and part airship, nosedived after a test flight at Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire on 24 August.
No-one was injured in the accident, but the cockpit was effectively destroyed.
The auxiliary landing system has "airbags" which are stowed during flight, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) said.
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It is one of a number of changes which have been made since the crash when Airlander climbed to an excessive height because its mooring line became caught on power cables, an Air Accidents Investigation Branch report found.
"We had to look at how you stop 35 tonnes of airship coming down and squashing that composite flightdeck area," programmes director Nick Allman said.
"It will give us no drag [and] no change in how the aircraft flies normally."
As the craft comes in to land air from inside the craft's body will inflate the airbag feet in "about 15 seconds".
"What we've done is put in 63 changes - some to the aircraft but most to process, procedure, and training - so that sort of event is extremely unlikely to ever happen again," Chris Daniels from HAV added.
The company said the repairs and changes were now complete and, following "an extensive test phase", it is hoped Airlander will take to the skies again by the end of April.
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Once applied, the formula dries to form a film that "mimics the properties of youthful skin", Nature Materials reports after a series of small trials.
At the moment it is being explored as a commercial cosmetic product.
But the US scientists say their "second skin" might eventually be used to deliver medicines and sun protection.
The team from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have tested their prototype product on a handful of volunteers, applying the formula to their under-eye bags, forearms and legs.
The polysiloxane polymer was made in the lab using molecules of silicone and oxygen as the building blocks.
Although it's synthetic, it's designed to mimic real skin and provide a breathable, protective layer.
According to the researchers, the temporary film locks in moisture and helps boost skin elasticity.
They performed several tests, including a recoil test where the skin was pinched and then released to see how long it takes to ping back into position.
As skin ages, it becomes less firm and less elastic and so performs less well in this sort of test.
Skin that had been coated with the polymer was more elastic than skin without the film. And, to the naked eye, it appeared smoother, firmer and less wrinkly.
The researchers, who have a spin-off company that could eventually market their patented formula, say the film is essentially invisible, can be worn all day without causing irritation and can withstand things like sweat and rain.
But more studies are needed before then. The polymer would also need safety approval from regulators.
Dr Tamara Griffiths of the British Association of Dermatologists says bags under the eyes are caused by the protrusion of fat pockets associated with ageing.
While entirely natural, some people see it as undesirable and seek ways to reverse it - sometimes resorting to surgery.
Dr Griffiths said: "The results [with the polymer film] appear to be comparable to surgery, without the associated risks. Further research is needed, but this is a novel and very promising approach to a common problem. I will follow its development with interest."
Prof Robert Langer, who led the work at MIT, said: "Developing a second skin that is invisible, comfortable and effective in holding in water and potentially other materials presents many different challenges.
"It has to have the right optical properties, otherwise it won't look good, and it has to have the right mechanical properties, otherwise it won't have the right strength and it won't perform correctly.
"We are extremely excited about the opportunities that are presented as a result of this work and look forward to further developing these materials to better treat patients who suffer from a variety of skin conditions."
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With more than half a million people in the UK dying each year, the funeral industry makes about £2bn in annual revenues, according to market research company Ibis World.
Nearly 1,500 businesses employ 20,105 people, and industry revenue is expected to grow by 4.7% by the end of 2014, as increased competition for burial space is slowly pushing up the price of cremations.
With such a large and lucrative market, it's no surprise that tech firms have been eyeing up the death care and funeral industry.
Your Last Will, for example, is an iPhone app that lets anyone create a last message for loved ones in the form of a "video will", to be viewed after death.
You create and upload a private video will and are then issued your own QR code - a kind of smartphone readable bar code - which you give to a trusted confidant who is likely to outlive you.
After your death, your confidant signs in to the app using the specified QR code and receives an email containing a link to your last message video. This link is automatically sent to your chosen list of recipients.
The company acknowledges that "in most countries video wills cannot replace written wills", but for an additional fee, Your Last Will does provide the opportunity to have your video submitted for legal review in what it describes as "an easy process".
"Death is obviously an unpleasant but unavoidable part of life and it's much easier to leave a last message or last will via video than in the traditional way, which involves a lawyer and witnesses," Wolfgang Gabler, chief executive and founder of Your Last Will, told the BBC.
He believes technology will continue to influence death care in the UK and across the world.
"There will be many new businesses around this theme in the near future. I already met with other start-ups that are working on other issues of life and death," he says.
"Our goal is to make it really easy and comfortable for people dealing with this important subject."
Some firms are more creative with their ideas. Celestis, for example, is a US-based company that uses rocket technology to blast human remains into space.
The first "memorial spaceflight" took Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary to the stars in 1997.
Since then, the company has added a variety of options. A simple Earth orbit service will cost $4,995 (£2,930), but something more fancy, such as a lunar orbit, will cost $12,500.
And in 2016 the Voyager service will truly go where no-one has gone before.
Using solar sail technology - which uses radiation pressure from the sun as a means of propulsion - to power the flight, the idea is that the craft will travel on indefinitely into deep space.
Appropriately enough, the remains of Gene Roddenberry and his wife Majel, and James Doohan who played Scotty in the series, are part of the crew on this continuing mission.
Once the remains have been launched into the stratosphere loved ones can track the deceased in real time with live satellite feeds on the Celestis website.
Biographies may also be uploaded and DVDs of the launch are available as part of the package deal.
"We don't think of our services as an expensive novelty, with prices beginning at $1,000 and the average cost of a funeral in the US reaching $8,000," Celestis founder Charles Chafer told the BBC.
"But rather, we offer a compelling tribute for someone who has longed to travel in space as their final wish.
"We do believe that as humanity becomes a multi-planetary species we will take all of our rituals and memorials with us, including our funeral and memorial services, not as a solution to reduced available space on Earth but as part of a natural evolution."
Technology is also being used in less bombastic ways, with some individuals paying for funerals with bitcoins, the digital crypto-currency.
One user of popular news aggregator Reddit described last year how he paid for his grandmother's funeral with the currency.
Kadhim Shubber, who writes for Bitcoin news site CoinDesk, is not surprised a funeral has been paid for with bitcoins, particularly as the currency is already being used in healthcare in various parts of the world, including London.
"On the whole we find that committed bitcoiners are keen to pay in bitcoin wherever they're able. Already there are doctors in California and elsewhere who accept bitcoin payments for privacy reasons and a private practice in London does too," he says.
The traditionally conservative funeral business is certainly becoming more technology aware, the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) believes.
"There is an increasing number of apps being used by funeral directors, and the NAFD has an arrangement with a company providing apps to our members," a spokesman said.
"The vast majority of members have websites, so there is a growing number of ways funeral directors can reach and inform the public."
For example, the NAFD's free online obituary service, Forever Online, enables relatives and friends to inform everyone of a bereavement via the internet, complementing the usual newspaper announcements.
While "smart funeral software" from the likes of Cemneo is on the increase, the NAFD, which represents 80% of all funeral homes in the UK, says it has yet to see the swathes of new funeral and death-care-focused start-ups that Your Last Will's Mr Gabler believes are on the horizon.
"Bereaved families are becoming more involved with funerals - how they should be conducted and the content of the ceremony - and there is a lot more personalisation of funerals than there has been previously.
"So the vast majority of funerals are still arranged face-to-face between the bereaved families and the funeral director," the spokesman said.
It seems that for the time being, funerals will remain relatively traditional.
But it may not be long before many of us are booking funerals on our smartphones, watching pre-recorded "wills" on our tablets, and blasting loved ones into space, quietly monitoring their ashes orbiting the earth on our smart TVs, instead of visiting a dreary graveyard.
Mersane Warria, 37, is talking to officers. She has not been charged.
She was found at her home with stab wounds, alongside the bodies of the eight children. A coroner is due to conduct post-mortem examinations.
The victims were aged 18 months to 14 years. Police have not said how they died. The eighth child was her niece.
Confirming the arrest, Cairns Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said: "The 37-year-old mother of several of the children involved in this incident has been arrested for murder overnight and is currently under police guard at the Cairns Base Hospital."
Identified by the local media, Ms Warria remains in a stable condition in hospital recovering from stab wounds.
"She is awake and lucid and able to speak," Detective Inspector Asnicar said.
"At this stage we're not looking for anybody else - we're comfortable that the community at large is safe," he added.
Police found a number of weapons at the scene, including knives, which are being examined.
The bodies were reportedly discovered by the mother's 20-year-old son arriving at the home on Friday morning.
Police have dismissed reports the family had been investigated by social services saying it was "not a problem house".
Memorials have sprung up outside the home in the Manoora district of Cairns.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said in a statement it was an "unspeakable crime".
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The science establishment expressed its "disappointment" on Friday with the referendum's outcome.
It had been in the "remain" camp.
The decision to leave the EU now means new structures will have to be put in place if the science sector is to continue to enjoy favourable access to the union's programmes and funding.
Jo Johnson, the minister for universities and science - an "in" supporter - was one of the first to react.
He took to Twitter in the early hours to say: "Big decision. Let's make it work."
Britain's science sector has done increasingly well out of the EU in recent years, receiving €8.8bn in research funding in 2007-2013 versus the €5.4bn it paid in over the same period. And UK-based scientists have won about a fifth of all the grants, in terms of value, from the top-tier programmes run by the European Research Council.
This funding flow-back has been described as being akin to having another Research Council to go with the seven national bodies that presently distribute UK government monies.
To maintain access to the EU stream, Britain will likely now have to get itself some kind of "associated country" status, similar to the positions held by other non-EU countries such as Norway, Switzerland and Israel.
Associated countries pay a GDP membership fee to "join the club", after which, in principle, their scientists can bid for support in the same way as those from full EU member states.
But the exact arrangements will need to be worked out, and are going to depend on wider economic and political factors.
Switzerland, for example, only has "partial" associated status currently because it is not allowing Croatian citizens free access to its labour market.
And having free movement to work collaboratively is central to the way modern science is done.
Scientists for Britain is the group of researchers that has most prominently lobbied for Brexit.
It has argued that the policies of "political union" - and the regulations that flow from Brussels - are not a prerequisite for the UK playing a full role in European scientific collaborations.
The UK can survive and thrive outside full union membership, it contends.
And on Friday, its spokesman Dr Lee Upcraft said he was confident a new settlement would be found to maintain UK involvement in EU programmes and by extension the country's world-leading position in European and global science.
But he also urged the research establishment to hold government to account on national funding.
He echoed a recent complaint from Stephen Hawking, that "we've become reliant on EU funding. We get back a little more than we put in, and associated status will need to address this. But the other thing we need to do, and what UK academia needs to do, is get much better at lobbying government."
EU funding had masked a stagnation in national support, he told BBC News.
Dr Sarah Main from the neutral Campaign for Science and Engineering said there would inevitably be a big uncertainty factor going forward - which comes on top of sector changes already being pushed through parliament in the form of the Higher Education and Research bill (this will bring the seven Research Councils into a single body).
"In the run-up to the referendum, people talked a lot about associated status," she said. "To what extent the EU will make a clear path to enable the UK to obtain associated status and join science programmes back in the EU, I think will be driven by the politics.
"You have to remember that every associated country that people have quoted in the arguments up till now - none was previously a member of the EU that then exited. So, it won't necessarily be straightforward, but it would be welcome because we do want to compete in EU competitive funding streams, and as far as possible influence EU regulations, markets and the conditions for doing science and the training of scientists."
Prof Venki Ramakrishnan, the president of the Royal Society, agreed with Dr Main that ministers must not lose sight of science as they renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU.
"In the upcoming negotiations, we must make sure that research, which is the bedrock of a sustainable economy, is not short-changed, and the government ensures that the overall funding level of science is maintained," he said in a statement.
Areas that should not be affected directly by the Brexit vote include the big intergovernmental research organisations.
The likes of the European Space agency; the European Southern Observatory, which operates major telescopes; and Cern, which runs the Large Hadron Collider - these are all separate legal entities to the EU.
However, EU money has increasingly been directed at some of their work. For example, Brussels is now the largest single contributor to Esa's budget, using the agency to procure the Galileo satellite navigation system and the Copernicus/Sentinel Earth observation constellation of satellites.
Britain's science-related companies working in these kinds of fields will want re-assurance that a renegotiated future does not turn into a competitive disadvantage.
Patrick Wood is the managing director of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, which assembles the navigation payloads for every Galileo spacecraft.
He told BBC News on Friday: "We are days away from submitting the proposal for the next follow-on order, to complete the Galileo constellation, and we will continue to work hard with our supply chain to do this.
"I would look for our UK politicians to unite together to continue to support this flagship European project containing key UK technology, knowhow and to help protect jobs here in the UK."
Likewise, the chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology committee, Nicola Blackwood MP, wanted to highlight the care now needed to ensure the commercial science sector was properly supported.
"My committee's recent report into EU regulation of the life sciences pointed out that this sector alone comprises almost 5,000 companies employing 200,000 people in the UK, generating an annual turnover of £60bn. The Science and Technology Committee will want, in the coming weeks and months, to look at the consequences of this vote for British science," she said.
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"It's the best kind of innovation - the problem-solving innovation born out of necessity," says Toby Shapshak, editor and publisher of the South African version of Stuff magazine says.
As Technology of Business embarks on a month-long series of features exploring some of these innovation stories, we kick off by looking at Africa's main technology trends and the challenges facing this vast 54-nation continent of 1.1 billion people.
You cannot talk about Africa without talking about mobile. Most innovation involves mobile devices and wireless technology in some way or another.
It's not hard to understand why.
Installing a traditional fixed-line telecoms infrastructure made no economic sense across huge, sparsely populated, and sometimes difficult to cross terrains.
The mobile phone - particularly cheap "feature phones" such as the Nokia 1100 and the Samsung E250 - offered sufficient functionality combined with long battery life.
In a continent where access to electricity is still patchy, particularly in non-urban areas, battery life and energy-frugal applications are key. This is why so many essential mobile services in Africa are based around the SMS texting platform.
Information is power, and before mobiles came along, access to data was limited for millions of Africans.
But by the end of 2014 more than 600 million people - about 56% of the population - are likely to own a mobile phone, with some researchers estimating penetration could reach 80%.
When you consider that just 1% owned a mobile in 2000, the rate of growth seems all the more astonishing. There are now more than 35 mobile network operators in Africa busily extending their base station networks to improve coverage.
Foreign companies are waking up to the commercial opportunities this presents.
"Large, multinational consumer goods companies are now looking for ways to reach their customers and employees in Africa through mobile channels, and are viewing South Africa as a gateway to the rest of the continent," says Tielman Botha, South Africa country lead for Accenture Mobility.
Even though nearly two-thirds of these phones will be accessing 2G and SMS networks rather than the faster 3G and 4G, the range of services they can access is impressive.
Whether it is farmers accessing local market prices for their produce to arm themselves against profiteering middlemen, or nurses, doctors and patients accessing medical monitoring and data services, mobiles and wireless devices are transforming lives.
But it is as a payments platform that the mobile has really blossomed in Africa.
Vodafone and Safaricom's M-Pesa mobile payments system, launched in 2007, now handles about 1.15 trillion Kenyan Shillings (£7.72bn) a year - that's 35% of Kenya's gross domestic product.
The concept sprang from resourceful Africans using and swapping mobile airtime as a form of currency.
M-Pesa is now expanding across Africa, and has also launched in India, Afghanistan and Romania, while other mobile network operators have launched their own mobile banking services.
People can pay for solar lighting, water, groceries and other goods, and also receive credits and person-to-person money transfers via their mobiles.
Such payment systems - and the digital audit trails they leave - are also proving useful for governments tackling tax evasion and corporations combating fraud.
In Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, about 42% have some form of internet access, according to the country's Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT).
But with broadband costing about 30% of a household's income, and half the country's 167 million people living in unconnected rural areas, take-up of high-speed services is understandably slow.
Mrs Omobola Johnson, FMCT minister, believes information and communication technology (ICT) is "the fourth pillar of the Nigerian economy, contributing about 7.8% to the country's GDP".
Her department is working on a broadband strategy that aims to achieve 30% penetration by 2017 through public-private partnerships, in the belief that a 10% increase in broadband connectivity could lead to a 1.3% increase in national GDP.
While mobile phone operators, such as Unitel in Angola, are beginning to roll out high-speed cellular broadband, this does require users to upgrade to more expensive smartphones and tablets.
So Microsoft's 4Afrika initiative is trying another way to bring broadband to rural and other unconnected communities.
It is using so-called TV white spaces, those unused parts of the wireless spectrum usually used for television, to provide internet connectivity.
Radio signals in the TV bands travel over longer distances than other radio signals and are less prone to interference from obstacles in their way. This means fewer base stations are needed, reducing costs.
Lack of widespread broadband internet is one problem; lack of education, training and skills is another.
"There's a disconnect between employers and educators - a skills gap," says Njideka Harry, president and chief executive of the Youth for Technology Foundation, based in Owerri, Nigeria.
"We fundamentally believe that technology should be a basic human right - accessible and affordable and available to every human on the planet."
About 21 million children are not in school across Africa, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).
In the Central African Republic there can be 86 pupils to a classroom, while schools in other countries can lack water, basic sanitation and electricity. Textbooks are often in short supply, as are qualified teachers.
While technology would seem to offer some answers, electronic libraries, digital textbooks, online exam marking and distance learning projects can only flourish once faster wireless connectivity has been rolled out.
"Without this connectivity we will never be competitive - ever," says Farouk Gumel, partner at consultancy PwC Nigeria.
As and when such ubiquitous connectivity is achieved, young people also need to be taught how to use these technologies and understand their potential, Ms Harry believes.
Her academy teaches "technology, entrepreneurship and life skills to young people" and is looking at the potential for "3D printing to transform the African continent from an 'Aid to Africa' to a 'Made in Africa' model".
By using low-energy, low-cost kit, such as the Raspberry Pi computer and inexpensive laptops and tablets, "our young people are creating an ecosystem of relatively inexpensive, yet innovative, technologies," she says.
Projects by her entrepreneurial students include domestic security systems and LED lighting programs.
"Technology is also enabling more people to create, record and edit their own content then distribute it cheaply via Facebook and Twitter," says Chichi Nwoko, chief executive of Hey What's On? - a media company based in Lagos and New York.
Home-grown companies like Jumia, Konga and Iroko TV are beginning to give global brands like Amazon and Netflix a run for their money, she believes.
Innovation is happening in other sectors, too.
For example, satellite mapping, GPS tracking systems, civilian drones and mobile cloud-based databases are helping farmers monitor their livestock against disease and theft, track pesticide residues in their crops and study weather patterns.
For Africa, it seems, necessity may be the mother of invention, but technology is its father.
A huge police operation was mounted and three weeks after her disappearance in February 2008, the youngster was found hidden in the base of a divan bed in a flat in Batley Carr.
She was being held by her stepfather's uncle, Michael Donovan.
The subsequent arrest of Donovan and the child's mother Karen Matthews led to one of the most notorious cases of child abuse.
In court it emerged the pair had planned the kidnap in order to claim a £50,000 reward being offered by a national newspaper.
The schoolgirl had been "drugged, subdued and hidden from public view".
Matthews, then 33, was convicted in December 2008 and jailed for eight years for her part in the kidnapping.
Donovan, who was aged 40 at the time, was given the same prison sentence.
After the trial it emerged the abuse and neglect of Shannon started long before she went missing.
The BBC's Panorama programme learnt the youngster was well known to Kirklees social services and had been put on the "at-risk" register years before she disappeared.
The programme claimed she was later removed from the register because she was not considered to be at risk of significant harm.
Former neighbours said they had raised concerns about the family with social services but nothing appeared to be done.
Matthews' cousin Vicky Saunders, who contacted the authority on two separate occasions, said: "To me I feel let down with it."
She added: "They could have done more to help Karen but they weren't there for her."
Claire Wilson, a former neighbour when Matthews lived at Batley Carr, said: "We just kept reporting it but nothing seemed to be getting done.
"We were saying that something's going to happen to those children. How can you leave them in those conditions because the house was filthy, it stank."
Now 17 months after the investigation was first launched, Kirklees Council has published a long-awaited report looking at whether the kidnap could have been prevented.
Oxford University-educated David Jenkins died when his Edge 360 plane crashed at the Old Buckenham airfield on Wednesday.
Mr Jenkins, from Stanton, Suffolk, was in his 60s and first flew as a teenager in Welwyn Garden City.
It is understood Mr Jenkins' next of kin has been informed of his death.
Norfolk Police were called after witnesses reported the aircraft falling suddenly to the ground.
The investigation into what happened will be handed over to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) and a file into the death of Mr Jenkins will be prepared for the coroner.
Mr Jenkins was a member of the Wildcat Aerobatic Team, based at Old Buckenham Airfield, near Attleborough, where the event was taking place.
He was named British Advanced Champion in 2012 and 2013 and had won more than 40 medals in aerobatic competitions.
Mr Jenkins was a member of the UK team at the 2012 aerobatic world championships.
Adrian Willis, a close friend of Mr Jenkins and a chief instructor with the British Aerobatic Academy, said: "We are all really, really sad. He (Mr Jenkins) was a really top bloke.
"He helped others and spent his time generously."
Alan Cassidy, chairman of the British Aerobatics Association, said Mr Jenkins was a "great mentor" adding: "Dave helped people whenever he could.
"He was a very experienced pilot and a genuine and thoroughly nice man. It is a tragic loss."
He said the cause of the crash was not yet known.
Even if Mr Jenkins had been wearing a parachute, said Mr Cassidy, he was flying too close to the ground at the time to have deployed it in time.
"If you fly these aeroplanes in this kind of way, some of the margins of safety you expect in everyday life will be reduced a little bit."
The announcement came as UK Prime Minister Theresa May met the Turkish president and prime minister in Ankara.
Mrs May said the defence agreement "underlines once again that Britain is a great, global, trading nation".
She said the UK would enhance trade relations with Turkey, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country would increase trade to $20bn (£16bn).
The defence agreement between BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace Industries is for the Turkish Fighter Programme.
The deal would pave the way for a deeper defence partnership and help to safeguard key roles at BAE Systems, the announcement says.
Mrs May said: "It marks the start of a new and deeper trading relationship with Turkey and will potentially secure British and Turkish jobs and prosperity for decades to come."
BAE Systems chief executive Ian King said it "signals an exciting next step in relations between both Turkey and the UK".
The contract was announced after talks with Prime Minster Benali Yildirim.
With trade top of the agenda, this defence deal will be welcomed by Theresa May as a sign of what post-Brexit Britain can achieve in bilateral talks.
Her government has been keen to increase British trade with another big economy on the cusp of the EU - so expect enhanced dealings with Turkey to come.
Security cooperation too was under discussion, with Europe depending on Turkey to defend its eastern flank.
And importantly, Mrs May raised the issue of human rights, perhaps placating her critics in the UK who said she was wrong to go cap in hand to Turkey.
More than 140,000 people have been arrested, suspended or dismissed since the failed coup and Turkey is the world's biggest jailer of journalists.
She will have had to broach the topic carefully with a president who gives critics short shrift.
But after talks with two controversial leaders, Mrs May will emerge from these two days more versed in delicate diplomacy than ever.
Mrs May stated that Turkey was one of the UK's "oldest friends" but much more could be done to build on that relationship.
For his part, Mr Erdogan announced that Turkey aimed to increase trade with the UK to $20bn a year from $15.6bn.
Mrs May said Britain and Turkey would establish a joint working group to prepare the ground for the UK's post-Brexit trading relationship.
As they spoke to the media, she said: "You mentioned, Mr President, the opportunities for enhancing the trade between our two countries. And we've discussed that.
"And we both want to build on our existing links. And I believe that doing so will be to the benefit of both our countries and for the prosperity of both our nations."
Mrs May described the discussions as "very fruitful".
Mr Erdogan said: "The UK and Turkey will enjoy a very different nature and a very different position."
Mrs May had come under pressure to raise human rights issues with Mr Erdogan on her first prime ministerial visit to Turkey.
A state of emergency has been imposed, involving waves of arrests, numerous media outlets closed and many public officials removed since the failed military coup in July 2016.
Mrs May said: "I am proud that the UK stood with you on July 15th last year in defence of your democracy.
"Now it is important that Turkey sustains that democracy by maintaining the rule of law and upholding its human rights obligations as the government has undertaken to do."
Mrs May and Mr Erdogan also discussed Cyprus, Syria and aviation security.
The prime minister said Turkey and Britain were working together in Syria to fight so-called Islamic State and create the conditions for peace.
Nearly a month ago, 39 people were killed in an attack on a New Year's Eve party at a nightclub in Istanbul.
IS said it was behind the assault and the militant group was linked to at least two other attacks in Turkey last year.
The prime minister arrived in Ankara from the US where she met US President Donald Trump.
Earlier, Brexit Secretary David Davis predicted a "round of global trade deals" would be "fully negotiated" within 12 to 24 months, coming into force when the UK left the EU.
The government plans to begin the formal two-year Brexit process by triggering Article 50 by the end of March.
Iker Casillas misjudged Juraj Kucka's 30-yard free-kick as the hosts took the lead in the Euro 2016 Group C clash.
Substitute Paco Alcacer equalised for Spain with a composed low finish from eight-yards.
But Stoch won it with a close-range header after a cross by Michal Duris.
The final whistle was greeted by a huge roar as the visitors, who defeated Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final, lost for the first time in 37 World Cup and European Championship qualifying matches, a run stretching back to 2006.
"We showed patience but we were not effective and their keeper was superb," said Spain manager Vicente del Bosque.
Diego Costa, who has scored nine goals in seven Premier League games for Chelsea, has not found the net in six appearances for his country.
Spain, who travel to Luxembourg on Sunday, have three points from two games, while Slovakia head the group with two wins from two.
Elsewhere, England's Group E rivals Lithuania and Slovenia both won.
Switzerland lost for the second straight game as a 79th-minute penalty by Milivoje Novakovic earned Slovenia a 1-0 win.
Lithuania made it two wins out of two as Saulius Mikoliunas struck 14 minutes from time to sink Estonia, who host England on Sunday.
Ola Toivonen's second-half goal earned battling Sweden a 1-1 draw with Russia in Group G after Alexsandr Kokorin had given the visitors the lead in Stockholm.
In the same group, Austria secured a 2-1 win away to Moldova.
Ukraine scored two late goals to win 2-0 away to Belarus in Group C, while Besart Abdurahimi struck deep into stoppage time as Macedonia left it late to beat Luxembourg 3-2.
Also in Group C, Montenegro were held to a goalless draw away to Liechtenstein.
His Vauxhall Astra convertible collided with an Isuzu pick-up on the A467 between Bassaleg roundabout and Rogerstone.
The road was closed following the crash on Friday at about 16:30 BST.
The driver and passenger of the truck are being treated at the city's Royal Gwent Hospital.
It is understood their injuries are not life threatening.
Gwent Police are appealing for witnesses.
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Lawro's opponents for the FA Cup fourth-round weekend are indie-rock band The Libertines.
Pete Doherty is well known for being a QPR fan, while band-mates Carl Barat and Gary Powell both support Arsenal.
"The closest QPR have come to winning the FA Cup was when we lost in the final to Tottenham in 1982," Doherty told BBC Sport. "I was three and I remember crying a lot afterwards, which was strange because I was a happy child, but even then I knew what was what.
"It is a hard thing for me to admit, because I am not a Spurs fan, but the best FA Cup final song is 'Spurs are on their way to Wembley' by Chas and Dave in 1981.
"There is a certain beautiful melodic lyrical quality to the lyrics 'Ossie's going to Wembley, his knees have gone all trembley, tra-la-la-la, tra-la-la-la'."
The Libertines did not manage a prediction for Derby vs Man Utd on Friday night, and think Nottingham Forest's tie with Watford will be postponed because of a waterlogged pitch (which seems especially unlikely because very little rain is forecast in Nottingham in the build-up to the game).
But they backing the Gunners and Manchester City to reach round five, and think QPR's west London rivals Chelsea will lose 6-0 at MK Dons.
"All form goes out of the window on FA Cup day," added Doherty.
* Away team to win at home in the replay
** Postponement predicted (because of a waterlogged pitch)
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Lawro's prediction: 1-1 (United to win the replay)
The Libertines: No prediction made
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
The Libertines: 2-3
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Lawro's prediction: 2-0
The Libertines: 3-1
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
The Libertines: 1-3
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Lawro's prediction: 1-2
The Libertines: 1-0
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Lawro's prediction: 1-2
The Libertines: 0-2
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Lawro's prediction: 1-1 (Stoke to win replay)
The Libertines: 1-1 (Stoke to win replay)
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Lawro's prediction: 0-1
The Libertines: P-P (Postponement predicted, because of waterlogged pitch)
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Lawro's prediction: 1-2
The Libertines: 4-0
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Lawro's prediction: 1-2
The Libertines: 2-2 (Bournemouth to win replay)
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Lawro's prediction: 2-1
The Libertines: 2-0
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
The Libertines: 0-1
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Lawro's prediction: 2-0
The Libertines: 4-0
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Lawro's prediction: 2-1
The Libertines: 2-0
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Lawro's prediction: 1-2
The Libertines: 0-2
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
The Libertines: 6-0
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Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro's best score: 160 points (week 19 v Guy Mowbray)
Lawro's worst score: 20 points (week one v Graeme Swann and week 23 v Ice Cube and Kevin Hart)
Shanay Walker died of a brain injury at a house in Nottingham while in the care of Kay-Ann Morris in July 2014.
Lisa Hyland, of Southglade Primary School, told Nottingham Coroner's Court she had suspicions someone was "deliberately causing injuries" to her.
The aunt and grandmother Juanila Smikle were jailed for child cruelty in 2015.
The assistant head teacher, who taught Shanay a year before her death, said she was a "lively, bubbly" child who was happy and enthusiastic about school.
"[Shanay] had a cheeky smile... but behind the smile there was sadness," Mrs Hyland said.
She added she also felt "very intimidated" by the schoolgirl's paternal aunt.
A trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard Shanay was placed in Morris's care after her mother, Leanne Walker, suffered post-natal depression after another pregnancy.
Before she lived with Morris, she was fostered by Alison Robinson.
She told the inquest she was desperate to live with her mother and often repeated over and over "I want to be good, but I don't know how".
Mrs Robinson added Shanay had tantrums and sometimes asked to be smacked.
A post-mortem report showed Shanay had more than 50 injuries to her body.
Morris, of Beckhampton Road, was cleared of murder but both she and Smikle were convicted of "about the worst case" of child cruelty.
Morris was jailed for eight years. Smikle, of Easegill Court, was found guilty of cruelty at a retrial and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
The inquest continues.
O'Neill, 33, won three All-Ireland titles in a stellar career which also saw him pick up three All Stars awards.
The Clann na nGael forward, who made a comeback after retiring in 2008, has struggled recently with injuries.
Penrose enjoyed All-Ireland triumphs with Tyrone in 2005 and 2008 to go with three Ulster titles.
The Carrickmore forward also won the Dr McKenna Cup four times under manager Mickey Harte.
O'Neill was a key player for Harte's team in a golden era for Tyrone and he won an All-Star in 2001, two years before winning the first of three All-Sam Maguire successes in five years.
The 2005 season brought not just team glory for O'Neill, for he went on become Footballer of the Year.
O'Neill announced his retirement in January 2008 but he returned for the All-Ireland final, although he refused to receive his medal as he said he "did not earn" it.
He won his final All Star award a year later before suffering a string of injuries, including dislocating an elbow in the 2010 McKenna Cup final.
Tyrone were knocked out of the All-Ireland qualifiers by Ulster rivals Armagh at Healy Park in July.
Men are more likely to be in safer seats while women are defending most of the marginals in May, according to the Electoral Reform Society (ERS).
It fears there could be as few as 22 female AMs out of 60, compared to 25 at the 2011 election and 31 from 2005-7.
It calls for women to be selected for safer seats, and extra regional AMs to be created giving more opportunities.
An ERS report on Monday identified 11 eleven "battleground" constituencies that might change hands in 2016, of which women were defending ten.
By contrast, women were holding just eight of the 29 constituency seats judged by the society to be safe for the sitting party.
As a result, the ERS claimed the number of women AMs could "flat line", projecting between 22 and 28 women elected.
Prof Laura McAllister of Liverpool University said the Welsh Assembly and Welsh Government had been "world leaders" in women's representation.
"From 2000-2005 over half of all cabinet ministers, and from 2005-2007 over half of all Assembly Members were women - a global first," she said in the foreword to the report.
"But that early promise has stalled and, as this report shows, Wales now risks falling back."
Steve Brooks, director of ERS Cymru, said: "This report makes clear that we are at risk of seeing a stagnating Senedd when it comes to female representation this May.
"Parties need to take action to ensure that women are selected in winnable constituency seats, particularly when sitting AMs retire.
"But overall, we need a larger assembly to give space for the diversity of Wales to be represented - with more proportional list AMs, where women are more likely to be selected."
Darren Gilpin, from Edinburgh, was in the boat with another man when it capsized in the Killin area on Saturday evening.
His companion made it to the shore and raised the alarm. A major operation was launched, involving shoreline patrols and a search and rescue helicopter.
But on Sunday night, police said they had recovered a body.
Only goal difference separates the Seagulls in third and second-placed Boro in the Championship table.
Albion must win to finish in the top two, while a draw will be good enough for Boro to reach the Premier League.
"You can't get carried away or overwhelmed as you'll start getting tense in the game," he told BBC Sussex.
The 30-year-old added: "We will go there and play our normal game.
"We have to say it is another game and go and get the three points. One more win and we are in the Premier League."
Burnley sealed the first promotion place on Monday following a 1-0 win over QPR, after Brighton drew 1-1 at home to Derby County earlier in the day.
The Seagulls knew four points from their last two games would be enough to reach the top flight for the first time since 1982-83, but needed a late equaliser to secure a point against the Rams after centre-back Lewis Dunk was sent off.
The draw extended Brighton's unbeaten run to 13 games, and full-back Liam Rosenior is remaining positive about their chances of promotion ahead of Saturday's encounter at the Riverside.
"The bigger picture is we are still right in it and we still believe we can do it," the 31-year-old said.
"If you'd said at the start of the season we'd need one win to get to the Premier League we'd have been delighted with that.
"We can't get too down. We dust ourselves down and get ready for what is probably the biggest game of all of our careers.
"We have got to have one of those games where we do everything right. We have had a few of those this season."
At the moment, the country is one of seven in the 28-nation EU without a minimum wage level.
Germany has relied on trade unions and business groups to fix pay instead.
Mrs Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats approved the change as part of a power-sharing deal with the Social Democrats (SPD).
The SPD was in favour of the move, but the conservative CDU and CSU parties had been keen to keep the status quo.
Parliament is expected to debate the proposal this summer. It will then move to the upper house for approval in September.
Economists said higher wages in Europe's biggest economy could help people spend more and stimulate the economy, promoting economic growth.
The SPD's labour market policy spokesperson, Katja Mast, said: "Labour has got its dignity back with a fair payment of 8.50 euros, whether in the East or West and with no industry exceptions."
But the wage does not cover minors, interns, trainees or long-term unemployed people for their first six months at work.
Some employers, such as those using temporary or seasonal, workers, will have two years to phase in the new minimum wage.
For the rest of Germany's employers, the regulations will come into effect on 1 January 2015. The wage will be reviewed annually from 1 January 2018.
The couple decided to tell the world about their plans in the births, marriages and deaths column of the Times newspaper.
It's thought they met making the film Burlesque Fairytales in 2009.
There were reports last month that he'd gone to Edinburgh to ask for her family's approval.
The notification method was popular years ago, so it's a bit of a shock that one of the world's most eligible men has used this method to announce he is now officially off the market.
That's led to broken hearts on Twitter.
But some people on Twitter were more interested in pointing out just how posh it all seems.
Some loved the fact that his mum is called Wanda.
Some people have used the outbreak of sadness and associated banter to remind the world that the actor can't say penguin.
If you missed this little Cumberbatch gem, it comes from a nature documentary which the actor narrated where he repeatedly failed to say the word.
It's been a sad day for Cumberbatch fans.
However, after seeing the news this fan realised it was time to get real.
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The car manufacturer is offering the money as a gesture of goodwill to 482,000 US owners of the faulty cars.
It is also offering free roadside assistance to those who have owned their cars for three years.
Volkswagen said its Audi luxury brand would launch a similar program on Friday.
The offer is designed to mollify the owners of the 2-litre diesel powered VW cars as the car manufacturer works on repairing the vehicles affected.
The US Environmental Protection Agency says the cars emit 10 to 40 times the allowable amount of harmful nitrogen oxide while being driven.
"We are working tirelessly to develop an approved remedy for affected vehicles," said Volkswagen US chief executive Michael Horn in a statement.
"In the meantime we are providing this goodwill package as a first step towards regaining our customers' trust."
VW owners will not be required to sign anything giving up their right to sue the car manufacturer or forcing them into arbitration, a VW spokeswoman added.
Volkswagen has already offered $2,000 to current VW owners to trade their cars in for new vehicles as well as the $1,000 gift cards and vouchers.
It has admitted that four-cylinder diesels from its 2009 to 2015 model years have the software that can cheat on pollution tests.
About 11 million cars worldwide have the software.
Last week, the EPA accused VW of cheating with different software on larger six-cylinder diesels in about 10,000 vehicles.
The company also has admitted finding irregularities in carbon dioxide emissions in 800,000 other vehicles, all outside the US some of which it said were likely to be petrol engine powered cars.
A 40-year-old man was walking his dogs in the woods near Wallace Crescent at 07:10 on Sunday when he became involved in a dispute with another dog walker.
The victim was assaulted by the man and bitten by his dog, which was a tan-coloured Boxer type dog.
The suspect was 5ft 8in (1.72m) tall, in his late 30s or early 40s, and was wearing a red shirt and dark trousers.
He spoke with an Aberdeenshire or Inverness accent and had short grey hair. Officers have appealed for information.
Network Rail has unveiled new designs for how the station will look as it begins an initial three-month process to gather passenger and public views on the project.
Queen Street is Scotland's third busiest station with 20 million passengers a year.
The work is due to begin this year and will be completed by 2019.
There will be a number of major new developments at the station and surrounding areas, including an extension of the east side of the building into the Buchanan Galleries shopping centre.
The current entrance will also be replaced with a glass facade.
The project is part of the Scottish government's £650m Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP), which aims to reduce journey times and increase capacity on Scotland's main rail routes.
Transport Minister Keith Brown said: "Queen Street station is at the heart of Glasgow's railway network and passengers using the station should enjoy an experience befitting of that role.
"The EGIP scheme will result in 30% more seats and around 20% faster journey times on our flagship route.
"It's already delivered the stunning new-look £25m Haymarket station in Edinburgh and this complete transformation of Queen Street means passengers will benefit at both ends and at all points in between."
The first part of the public consultation will run from 25 February until 31 May, with a second phase taking place between September and December 2014.
The seven-year legal dispute between the Scottish club and the taxman - known as the "Big Tax Case" - ended on Wednesday.
The UK's highest court of appeal ruled in favour of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over Rangers' use of tax-free loans to pay players, managers and directors more than £47m between 2001 and 2010.
Instead of paying players a salary - which is subject to Income Tax and National Insurance - Rangers put millions of pounds into trusts (called Employee Benefit Trusts or EBTs) which were then taken as tax-free loans by staff.
Several clubs in England used similar schemes to reward players and directors and, although some have made settlements, the ruling means HMRC can now demand receipt of that unpaid tax without taking them to court.
David Richardson, the director general of HMRC's Customer Compliance Group, said: "The decision has wide-ranging implications for other avoidance cases and we encourage anyone who's tried to avoid tax on their earnings to now agree with us the tax owed."
Andy Wood of Enterprise Tax Consultants, who worked with one English club to strike a deal, said "the indications are that the sums involved could run into tens of millions of pounds".
Earlier this year, HMRC set up a "specific football compliance project" after suggestions from the House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee that image rights payments made to players appeared excessive.
A HMRC spokesman has told BBC Sport that more than the tax affairs of 67 players, 39 clubs and 13 agents are now being looked at "concerning a range of issues, including image rights abuse".
He added that more than 100 footballers are being investigated "in relation to the use of tax avoidance schemes".
"Clubs argue that payments are made in accordance with the law and arrangements with HMRC," tax expert Wood explained.
"That's because, in 2000, a court ruled that clubs could use companies to handle image rights payments on behalf of players such as Dennis Bergkamp and David Platt.
"And some Premier League clubs have reached a 'gentleman's agreement' with HMRC about what is an acceptable percentage image rights payments can be of a footballer's overall earnings."
Over the next three years, Revenue experts are to visit every English Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premier League club to review those arrangements.
Both Newcastle United and West Ham United were subject of raids by the Revenue in April this year - although Newcastle claim HMRC removed documents incorrectly.
Last week a coroner ruled soldiers were not justified in their use of lethal force against Bernard Watt.
Teresa Watt said her husband was a good man, who was just "looking after his home, like everyone else".
The 28-year-old died after being shot by the Army during a riot in Ardoyne, Belfast, in February 1971.
The coroner ruled he was not a member of a paramilitary organisation and was not holding a bomb before he was shot, as soldiers had told the court.
"I've been hearing [he was a bomber] for 46 years, and they can't say that any more," Mrs Watt told Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.
"I always knew, because I knew what sort of fella he was - he was never part of any organisation.
"He went out to riot, he got out like the rest of them. But he was looking after his home, like everyone else"
She described him as a man's man with plenty of friends who liked dog racing.
Mrs Watt said it had been incredibly hard to give evidence at the inquest into her husband's death.
"You learn to live with it," she said. "Everyone has their problems."
The first inquest into his death was held in July 1971 and resulted in an open verdict.
The latest inquest was ordered in 2012 by Attorney General John Larkin QC - one of a number of controversial Troubles killings by the security forces which are being re-examined.
Counsel for the coroner told the court there had been difficulties in tracing and identifying soldiers involved in the case.
In February, the Ministry of Defence defended a Parachute Regiment Facebook appeal asking former soldiers for information about Mr Watt's killing.
But Mrs Watt told the BBC she was "not out for vengeance".
"Let them run on," she added. "They'll face their own maker yet."
Ten months after her husband was killed, Mrs Watt's brother Joe was also killed by the Army and an inquest into his death is due to take place later this year.
They say that jointly with the FBI they questioned the boy in Pittsburgh, who "confessed having committed the acts". Media reports say he is 14 years old.
The attack had "no terrorist motives" and was not related to the bombings.
Thirty-two people died when suicide bombers attacked Zaventem airport and a metro station on 22 March 2016.
Many more were injured in the attacks. The toll did not include three bombers who died.
So-called Islamic State said it was behind the attacks.
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In a statement on Thursday, Belgium's federal prosecutors say the attempt to take down Zaventem's website and hack into the airport's computer system on the night of 22-23 March 2016 was unsuccessful.
They say that after a request for legal assistance the FBI "interrogated a minor of American nationality" and that "he confessed having committed the acts".
"From the investigation and the first analyses of the seized hardware it appeared that there were no terrorist motives," the statement added.
The prosecutors say that "in the interest of the investigation" no further information will be released.
The firm, TCB, won a contract to operate a new container terminal on Guatemala's Pacific coast for 25 years.
Mr Perez Molina was arrested in September after standing down amid anti-corruption protests.
He is due to appear in court next week. He and Ms Baldetti deny wrongdoing.
Attorney General Thelma Aldana said Mr Perez Molina started the approval process for the $225m project immediately after his election in November 2011. There were no competing bids.
Mr Perez Molina and Ms Baldetti "formed a criminal group", Ms Aldana added.
She made the announcement alongside the head of the UN-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), Ivan Velasquez, who headed the investigation.
The commission was set in 2006 to help Guatemala reform its justice system and confront criminal gangs that had infiltrated the state.
The Spanish executive in charge of the local branch of TCB (Terminal de Contenedores Barcelona), Juan Jose Suarez, has been arrested.
Mr Suarez said he had no idea why he had been detained, EFE news agency reported.
Mr Perez Molina resigned on 2 September and was arrested a day later. He said the contract offered the best deal for the country.
Anti-corruption protests had forced Ms Baldetti to stand down in May.
In a separate scandal, the two were accused of running a bribery scheme at Guatemala's customs, which became known as La Linea, or The Line.
A former television comedian with little political experience, Jimmy Morales, was elected president in the wake of the scandal.
Guida and Maia, both over 40 years old, are the first residents.
They will be provided with veterinary care and live out their lives in forested areas with pastures.
A US-based group bought the land to give the elephants a refuge as zoos in the region close and more laws prohibit the use of animals in circuses.
Both elephants are thought to have come from Thailand, where they were illegally taken to be used in circus, Brazil's G1 website reports (in Portuguese).
The Global Sanctuary for Elephants bought the land of 2,800 acres, for $1m (£820,000) to be paid over five years.
The area is located in the western state of Mato Grosso.
The first phase of the project will host up to six animals. The sanctuary will not be open for visitors.
In three previous forays in the 50-over World Cup and two in its Twenty20 counterpart, the Saltires have exited in the opening group stage.
They have suffered 17 defeats in 18 matches, with one no-result.
But Bradburn insisted: "I think we've proved we've got a very, very good white-ball team."
Scotland came close to a breakthrough against New Zealand, Bangladesh and Afghanistan at the 2015 World Cup.
"We all feel that our skills are improving and we just need to get those confidence booster wins under our belt just to really get among the best sides in the world," said Bradburn.
Scotland have largely stood by the same squad as last year, with Preston Mommsen once again captaining a team that includes experienced Northamptonshire batsman Kyle Coetzer and Sussex's Matt Machan.
Young bowlers Gavin Main and Mark Watt are among the new inclusions.
While Bradburn says he and his players have moved on, last year's high-profile defeat in Dunedin still rankles, with Afghanistan having reached their victory target of 211 with one wicket and three balls to spare, despite being reduced to 97 for seven and 132 for eight.
Asked if vengeance was on Scotland's mind in their qualifying round opener on 8 March in Nagpur, Bradburn said: "I think there's definitely that feeling in the camp.
"The whole World Cup experience was so valuable for us.
"We were absolutely gutted not to come back with at least one win in that tournament, but it wasn't to be.
"What it did show us is where the line of international cricket is.
"At times, we were able to touch that line, but we weren't able to cross it."
Scotland will also face Hong Kong and Zimbabwe - and, with only one team progressing from Group B, Bradburn, a former off-spinner and lower-order batsman who played seven Tests and 11 ODIs for New Zealand, knows his side need to hit the ground running.
"They're all big threats," he added. "We have a simple task: to go and win three games and that's what we're preparing for.
"We know that we can beat Afghanistan, we know that we can beat Hong Kong, but we hugely respect them.
"Zimbabwe, we don't know much about, but we're certainly doing our homework on them.
"They are tough associate nations and they're very, very good T20 sides."
The 34-year-old from Lambeth was arrested on Thursday and has been bailed until a date in December.
The Met said women should "remain vigilant" when travelling at night.
Police are appealing for information over a series of attacks, including one on a 26-year-old woman sexually assaulted on her doorstep.
Officers first arrested another man on Monday, but launched an appeal after the assaults continued.
The attacks in Clapham and Brixton Hill areas started at 23:30 on 9 October and were followed by a second nearly two hours later.
A third assault occurred on 22 October, prompting police to arrest a man on 26 October, but while he was in custody three more incidents took place that evening.
On Thursday, officers appealed for witnesses, which led to the recent arrest.
During the first incident, a 23-year-old woman was grabbed and sexually assaulted on Clitheroe Road, Clapham, she managed to raise the alarm and the suspect ran off.
Two hours later, a 30-year-old woman was grabbed in Deauville Court when a man approached her and tried to talk to her.
She asked him to leave her alone but he assaulted her before walking away.
On 22 October, a man put his hand up the dress of a 32-year-old woman walking along Trent Road.
Four days later a further three incidents occurred, police said.
About an hour before the woman was assaulted on her doorstep, a 35-year-old was grabbed from behind on Arodene Road as she walked home.
An hour later a man exposed himself to a 28-year-old woman on Sandmere Road as she entered her house.
Two more incidents were reported to police on Wednesday, when at 19:20 GMT a 28-year-old woman was grabbed on Southwell Road.
Hours later a 31-year-old woman was pushed into a nearby block of flats along Sudbourne Road and sexually assaulted before the suspect ran away.
Police patrols in Clapham and Brixton Hill have been increased.
Det Sgt Gordon Barclay, leading the investigation, said: "We would still like to advise women to remain vigilant when travelling at night."
The man arrested on 26 October has been bailed until a date in November.
The body of Carl Scott, 37, was found by a member of the public at a property in Birch Court in the Stanmore area on Wednesday afternoon.
Police said a 58-year-old man from the city has been bailed until 7 June.
Detectives have appealed for information from anyone who had recently been in contact with Mr Scott.
A witness known as Mr K, aged 50, gave evidence to the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry (ICJI) by video link from the UK.
Mr K said he was at the home for 13 years, and described the time as "horrific".
He told the inquiry he felt he missed out on his childhood completely.
He said: "I learned a lot of terrible, bad behaviour and habits that I carried on into adult life."
Mr K said he was sexually abused from a young age while at another home, Aviemore, and later by Michael Aubin who was convicted as an adult of assaults of children at Haut de la Garenne.
He also described being raped by a member of staff and two residents while at Haut de la Garenne.
During the inquiry Mr K was shown a memo dated August 1977 to the former head of the children's service detailing how Michael Aubin had made advances to Mr K and that he was reprimanded by officials.
Mr. K said he was angry, saying: "This record clearly shows I was at risk of sexual abuse from other residents, but nothing appears to have been done about it.
"This is a good example of the abuse taking place when other children and staff were out of the way."
Mr K said corporal punishment at the home was excessive, that he had been given three or six lashes with a cane for misbehaving, and then put in a detention cell.
"Staff went overboard and I actually think some of them enjoyed it; one time I was hit so much that the cane broke on me," he said.
The inquiry continues.
The offenders entered the property on Hemming Way on the Britwell estate in Slough between 07:00 and 07:30 GMT and ordered them into a van parked outside.
The boys, aged six and 10, got into the vehicle which travelled to Upper Lees Road, where they were able to escape and run back to Hemming Way uninjured.
Other people who were inside the property were not disturbed during the abduction, police said.
Det Insp Nicola Hurdley said police were in the "early stages" of working to establish a motive.
She said: "The incident itself only lasted for several minutes and violence was not used against either victim, however it is understandably upsetting for them and their relatives, given their young age, and officers are currently providing support to them."
Police said the suspects had their faces covered and were wearing dark clothing.
The van is described as white and may have been a Ford Transit.
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Officers spotted the disturbance as they drove along Bury New Road near HMP Manchester in the Strangeways area of the city at about 15:40 GMT.
One man suffered a stab wound to his hip, one has a cut to his head and the other has an arm injury, police said.
None of the men's injuries was believed to be life-threatening, said a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police (GMP), whose inquiries are continuing.
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) said three ambulances and one rapid response vehicle were deployed to the incident.
Some 183,541 people paid £25 to become registered supporters and qualify for a vote in the contest between existing leader Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith.
Mr Smith was nominated by 162 Labour MPs. The party ruled last week that Mr Corbyn did not need to get nominations.
The winner of the contest is due to be announced on 24 September.
Later on Wednesday, Mr Corbyn told supporters his campaign would focus on economic policies.
Speaking to an audience in central London, he said he was not going to "get in the gutter" with anybody during the campaign, insisting he wanted a discussion about the "kind of world we want to live in".
He said he wanted to see people come together to challenge housing shortages, the inadequacy of public services, and to give people "hope and inspiration".
The new registered supporters will vote alongside more than 380,000 party members who joined before 12 January and members of affiliated unions.
The 48-hour period for people to sign up as a registered Labour Party supporters closed at 17:00 BST, when the deadline for contenders in the election also passed.
A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said it was "reasonable to assume" that the majority of the new registrations come from supporters of the Labour leader.
By the deadline, MP for Pontypridd Mr Smith had secured the nominations of more than 70% of the party's representation in the House of Commons - as well as 10 MEPs.
Among his nominators were former rival Angela Eagle, who withdrew from the race on Tuesday, and ex-leader Ed Miliband.
Mr Corbyn did not require the backing of Labour MPs to get on the ballot paper, following a ruling by the party's National Executive Committee earlier this month.
Labour Party members, affiliated trade union supporters and so-called registered supporters are able to vote, although there are some key differences from the 2015 contest which Jeremy Corbyn won.
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Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Smith said if he won the election he would offer Mr Corbyn the role of party president.
He said his rival was "not a leader", saying Mr Corbyn had "sloganised" on austerity without setting out what he would do instead.
He said Labour would split if Mr Corbyn was re-elected, saying he had personally warned the leader the party was "teetering on the brink of extinction".
The former shadow work and pensions secretary also described as "nonsense" criticism of him over the NHS, based on comments made while working for pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
Unnamed allies of Mr Corbyn in the Times seized upon the 2005 remarks that choice in the NHS was a "good thing".
It is alleged that companies were set up as fronts in order for the striker to pay a lower rate of tax.
Officials in Brazil say the allegations against the Barcelona striker cover a seven-year period from 2006.
The allegations are separate from a case heard in Spain on Tuesday.
Neymar appeared in court in Madrid in connection with fraud allegations surrounding his transfer. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
The case in Brazil relates to the time when Neymar was still in Brazil and his income came from Brazilian sources.
Government prosecutors - who are recommending his prosecution on four charges of fraud - claim that companies were set up as fronts, and money that should have been taxed at the rate of a private individual was channelled into these companies and subject to a lower rate.
It is very early stages. The prosecutors claims will go to a judge who will decide if there is a case to answer or not. At the moment Neymar is not formally a defendant.
At the time of his transfer he was a rising star at Brazilian club Santos.
Brazilian prosecutors are reported by the AFP news agency to have also framed fraud charges against Neymar's father Neymar da Silva Santos, Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu and his predecessor Sandro Rosell.
Barcelona said it paid €57m (£43m) for Neymar in 2013 but investigators say the fee was closer to €83m and the club concealed part of the deal.
Neymar spent an hour and a half before a Spanish judge on Tuesday.
Mr Santos, who arrived at court with his son on Tuesday evening, acts as his agent.
The Spanish case was brought by Brazilian third-party investment fund DIS, which owned 40% of the Brazilian player's sports rights.
DIS alleges it was financially harmed by the transfer when it received €6.8m of Mr Santos's €17m fee and argues it was deprived of its full share.
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Hanley made his debut for Blackburn aged 18 and went on to make 201 appearances, scoring nine goals.
Now 24, he has won 23 caps for Scotland since playing his first game against Wales in 2011.
"I am very pleased to bring Grant Hanley to our project to add his hard work and potential to our squad," Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez said.
"Grant is a young player with a lot of ambition to improve and keep growing with us."
Hanley, who remained at Blackburn despite relegation from the Premier League in 2012, was captain last season under Paul Lambert.
"It is a fantastic opportunity to come and play at such a big club and one that I couldn't turn down," he said.
"It is an exciting step in my career but it doesn't stop there. This is just the start and I am looking forward to helping Newcastle get back into the Premier League."
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Daniel Beaumont of Springfield, Ipsden, Oxfordshire, admitted causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst over the alcohol limit.
Beaumont crashed into Michael Dix, 27, from Reading, on the A4074 near Ipsden, in November, Oxford Crown Court heard.
Police said Beaumont's driving "could easily have caused greater loss of life that night".
Beaumont had passengers in his car at the time. The crash also involved a lorry.
He was disqualified from driving for five years and must take an extended driving test at the end of that period.
PC Julia Stroud said: "Daniel Beaumont got into his vehicle while drunk and drove, regardless of the safety of other drivers or his own passengers.
"He could easily have caused greater loss of life that night.
"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Michael Dix at this time."
Tributes were paid to Mr Dix weeks after he died.
A family statement said: "Mike was a devoted and loving husband to Steph, doting father to their beautiful son Tommy aged three, and a loving son and brother.
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Following a late sell-off, the FTSE 100 index closed 23 points, or 0.4%, lower at 5,877.
Leading the losers was Kingfisher, which slumped 6% after announcing a five-year plan that involved returning cash to shareholders but also hefty exceptional costs.
Shares in Lloyds Banking Group fell 5.6% after analysts at JP Morgan cut their target price for Lloyds' shares.
Other banks also fell, with Barclays down 4.7% and RBS down 4%.
"Fundamentally, the situation is no different to how it was a number of weeks ago," said Brenda Kelly, head analyst at London Capital Group.
"The FTSE, having initially started proceedings oscillating the 5,900 level has already begun to falter, with the materials sector providing what has become a fairly habitual drag on the UK benchmark," she said.
Oil prices fell again, with Brent crude dropping 4% to $30.86 a barrel, reversing some of Friday's surge.
Earlier in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 managed to stay positive, closing up 0.9% at 17,110.9.
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His story was uncovered by students at Dunoon Grammar School when they were researching former pupils who died in World War 1.
They found that 20-year-old Walter was killed by a German sniper late on Christmas Day after an accidental gun shot prompted a return to hostilities.
The unofficial Christmas Truce, which took place at several places across the Western Front, is often celebrated as a symbolic moment of peace in an otherwise devastatingly violent war.
Along the front, a scattered series of small-scale ceasefires took place between some German and British forces.
Accounts suggest that men sang carols and in some cases left their trenches and met in No Man's Land to exchange gifts. There are even claims that a game of football was played.
At the time of the truce, Walter Smith was serving with the 5th Cameronians Scottish Rifles in the trenches near Armentieres in Northern France.
Joe Rhodes, former head teacher of Dunoon Grammar School, told the BBC's World War 1 at Home that the Smith family were well-known and respected in Dunoon.
Walter's grandfather had been provost and his father was an elected councillor.
Walter and three of his brothers had volunteered to go into the army. His youngest brother was not old enough.
Mr Rhodes says: "The four brothers were at the front Armentieres at Christmas and there was a truce.
"Such a thing had never happened before. The British were sitting in their trenches. They are damp, they are cold, they are miserable. All of a sudden they hear Silent Night being sung from the German trenches.
"Everyone started to get up and wander over this killing ground. When they went up they started to shake each others hand and they started to exchange gifts.
"This was something everyone was saying 'you can't do this'. 'You can't fraternise with the enemy, for heavens sake'. But it was Christmas Day."
Mr Rhodes adds: "A gun went off on the British side. It was by accident. Nobody was hurt.
"But someone in the German side fired and it was Walter Smith who was shot. He died the next day."
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According to Mr Rhodes, the Germans apologised for Walter being shot.
He says: "Walter was a Cameronian, which was part of the Scottish rifles, and they were opposed by a regiment from Saxony in Germany.
"What the Saxons said was it was not they who had shot him, it was the Prussians who were further down the line.
"A Prussian sniper had fired deliberately at somebody and it happened to be Walter Smith. But they said sorry."
Walter was buried by his comrades in a quiet area behind the lines. His grave was marked by a simple wooden cross with a small evergreen tree planted behind it.
It is unknown if any of the three of his brothers who were serving in the same battalion at the time, witnessed his death or attended his funeral and burial.
Source: BBC History
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Greg Gianforte is accused of attacking a reporter from the UK's Guardian newspaper a day before his election.
He has donated $50,000 (£38,000) to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) as part of an apology.
Mr Gianforte will plead guilty on Monday to a criminal charge of misdemeanour assault, AP reports.
It carries a maximum penalty is a $500 fine and a six-month jail term.
Gallatin county attorney Marty Lambert told AP the congressman had requested the court hearing after reaching a civil settlement this week.
Alicia Acuna, a reporter from Fox News who witnessed the attack, said Mr Gianforte grabbed reporter Ben Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground", before he began "punching" Mr Jacobs.
The politician had initially claimed Mr Jacobs had grabbed his wrist, pulling them both to the ground. His spokesperson called it "aggressive behaviour from a liberal journalist".
But in his formal apology to Mr Jacobs on Wednesday, he said: "Notwithstanding anyone's statements to the contrary, you did not initiate any physical contact with me, and I had no right to assault you. I am sorry for what I did and the unwanted notoriety this has created for you.
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Manchester coroner Nigel Meadows heard claims officers fear retribution if their identities are revealed at an inquest next year.
Five officers want to give their evidence anonymously at the inquest of Jordan Lee Begley, who died after police used a stun gun in July 2013.
But their request has been challenged by four news organisations.
Mr Meadows reserved his decision, which is expected before the Christmas break.
Ice cream factory worker Mr Begley, 23, died two hours after being shot at his home in Gorton, Manchester, with a Taser gun on 10 July 2013.
An interim order means the officers are currently identified only as PCs D14, J1, H4 and H1 - who were involved in restraining Mr Begley - and E21, who fired the Taser.
On Monday, lawyers from the Press Association, The Guardian, Associated Newspapers and ITV told the pre-inquest hearing the fears were unsubstantiated "assertions".
The coroner also heard a report by Supt Leor Giladi which said the firearms officers "would be vulnerable to reprisal and attack".
He added: "Members of the organised criminal fraternity had put up a substantial reward of £50,000 for anyone that kills a GMP firearms officer."
Ben Brandon, representing the officers, said naming would "severely hinder" their covert operations.
But Caoilfhionn Gallagher, representing the media, and Mike Dodd, the Press Association's legal editor, said the ban was "a major derogation from the open justice principle" and interferes with the right to freely report matters of public interest.
Peter Edwards, representing the Begley family, said they wanted a "completely open and transparent" process, adding the officers made "some fairly bold assumptions without any evidence".
GMP's lawyers backed the anonymity order but the Independent Police Complaints Commission opposed it.
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The two countries were the only ones to submit a declaration of interest before the 3 March deadline.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland had considered a joint bid but did not proceed.
Both federations must produce a bid dossier by April 2018, with European football's governing body choosing the winner the following September.
"It's clear that there will be two strong bids for Uefa's showcase national team competition, and it will be a tough decision to make," said Uefa general secretary Theodore Theodoridis.
The tournament will return to a single-host format, after Euro 2020 will be held around 13 cities across Europe.
West Germany hosted the 1974 World Cup and 1988 European Championship, with the 2006 World Cup being held in a reunited Germany.
"With our vast experience, our current stadium infrastructure and the basic conditions in Germany, we can stage an economic, first-class tournament," said Germany federation (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel.
Turkey has never hosted a major tournament, after unsuccessful bids to host Euro 2008 with Greece and the 2012 finals on its own.
Grindel's counterpart, Yildirim Demiroren, is hoping it will be third time lucky for Turkey.
"Over the past few years, about 32 new stadiums have been built or are currently being constructed around the country," he said.
"With this level of investment, Turkey is proving that it is one of the world's leaders in its commitment to football infrastructure."
As a native Hawaiian, he has special interest in the second and as a medic is shocked by the fact that most of those who have so far contributed to the study of human genes are of European descent.
The Human Genome Project, which set out to identify and map all of the genes in a human body was completed in 2003 and since then there has been an explosion in the way medicine has used genetic sequencing to help treat and identify diseases.
"I started to study those things and I noticed some staggering trends. 96% of people who have their genes sequenced are of European ancestry," said Mr Fox.
"That means that the future of medicine, moving towards using genome sequencing as a tool for prediction, prevention and personalisation of disease and treatments is not going to include minority people. You begin to set the scene for social stratification, and the gap in health disparities will widen."
Mr Fox, who is a fifth year PhD student at University of Washington, is at TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) to talk about his new project IndiGenomics and he is particularly excited about a small box that he pulls out of his pocket on the stage.
The MinION, a palm-sized gene sequencer made by UK-based Oxford Nanopore Technologies, might not seem like the sort of shiny gadget that people would shout about.
But then most of the audience at the TED conference are not geneticists.
"I had a genome sequencer delivered to my house. Stop and think about how remarkable that is. No other time in history have we been able to democratise genomics in this way," Mr Fox tells the BBC.
He and his team aim to go out into the community with their mobile gene testers.
"We are de-blackboxing the technology - bringing it into the community, so that there is an understanding of how it works. Because of remote access to the internet, you can have a genome centre in your backpack.
"One of the first services of IndiGenomics will be a tribal consultation resource for indigenous groups. We will be educating indigenous communities about the potential use and misuse of genetic information with the hope that we begin to democratise genome sequencing so that indigenous people are partners not subjects of gene research," he said.
This work is crucial as indigenous populations often have unique health issues, some of which are down to cultural and societal influences but some of which may be genetic.
Polynesians, including Hawaiians, are more likely to suffer from Type 2 diabetes and obesity for example, while native Hawaiians die, on average, a decade earlier than their non-native counterparts.
"We want to understand the root cause of disease and your genome contributes to it" said Mr Fox.
There has been a long history of genetic research into indigenous communities but not all of it has gone down well.
"The reason that indigenous communities are wary of engaging Western research organisations is a history of mistrust," he said.
One of the most famous examples of this is a 1990s Arizona State University study of the North American Havasupai tribe.
"They took blood samples to alleviate Type 2 diabetes and then used those samples to assess schizophrenia, inbreeding and migration patterns which challenged their origin stories. The community were furious," said Mr Fox.
They successfully sued the university for $700,000 and banned the researchers from their land.
Vence L Bonham, a senior adviser at the US National Human Genome Research Institute agreed that "most genomic studies involve European ancestral populations" and that previous studies of indigenous populations have not always worked out well.
"One of the causes of the distrust are researchers, who conduct "helicopter research" where biological samples and health information are taken from the community, and there is no benefit to improving the health of the tribe or continued engagement with the tribe to provide information to the communities that participated in the research," he said.
He added that the organisation was "seeking to enhance the participation of ancestral diverse populations in genomics research including American Indian and Alaska Native communities if they desire".
The NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is currently the only area in England not to support IVF treatment.
The U-turn comes after the CCG scrapped plans in August to offer the treatment, over claims it could not afford it.
The CCG's governing body will now give immediate access to one cycle of IVF for people meeting certain criteria.
Dr Emma Broughton, of the group, said: "I'm so proud to be part of the team at the CCG that has championed the provision of local IVF services and helped to change, for the first time in several years, the commissioning position for the Vale of York."
Funding for IVF in the Vale of York was suspended in 2010 by the former primary care trust, in a bid to save money.
Plans to fund the treatment for couples in the city were agreed in principle in June, but shelved again in August.
York resident Karen Boardman has already paid for IVF treatment in Leeds but welcomed the news.
She said: "It gives me hope. If I'm not successful in this cycle, and the first doesn't always work, then I've got an extra chance,"
According to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), eligible women aged under 40 should be offered three cycles of IVF treatment on the NHS.
One cycle costs the NHS £3,600, with additional drug charges.
The stables on the Shorncliffe camp in Kent housed the original war horses before they were shipped across the English Channel to the Western Front.
The barracks are now being redeveloped for housing and campaigners are trying to save the stables from demolition.
Roger Joyce, of the Shorncliffe Trust, said he did not want the heritage lost.
"We know that countless thousands of Canadian troops, for instance, used these stables. They had veterinary stables up here and horse stables, and they trained the horses.
"The Canadians want to come back and see that story. If they're demolished there's nothing to show them," he said.
"They want to come back and see where their forebears came and where the horses were trained.
"We're very desperate. We get one chance. Once it's gone, it's gone. The heritage has gone."
The work by home-builder Taylor Wimpey is well under way, and in a statement it said its "conservation strategy" had been approved by Shepway District Council with some structures, such as a library and officers' mess, being preserved, but not the stables.
The stage show of War Horse, which tells the story of Joey taken from a farm to the World War One battlefields, ended its eight-year run at the New London theatre in London on Saturday night.
The Shorncliffe Trust said its leaflets were aimed at raising awareness and funds to save the stables.
Everton looked set for victory when goals from Ramiro Funes Mori and Romelu Lukaku put them 2-0 up at half-time.
Adam Smith rifled in a sizzling strike from 25 yards and Stanislas converted Joshua King's cut-back to make it 2-2.
Ross Barkley swept a shot in on the turn in the 95th minute but Bournemouth responded through Stanislas's header.
Only five minutes of added time had been signalled, but in truth few could begrudge Bournemouth their last-gasp equaliser after a hugely spirited second-half display.
They remain in the relegation zone but move up one place to 18th, while Everton remain seventh after twice squandering winning positions.
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Everton boss Roberto Martinez will be disappointed but there was plenty to admire once again from his enterprising young team, particularly in an impressive first-half display.
The Toffees had already racked up five corners by the 25th minute when they eventually scored their first set-piece goal of the season, Funes Mori rising highest to plant a firm header into the top corner.
Gerard Deulofeu was a constant menace down the right flank and it was his superb teasing cross that set up the second goal as he provided an assist for Lukaku for the fifth time this season.
The Belgian took one touch across Steve Cook and blasted the ball past Adam Federici to register his fifth goal in four matches.
Facing a fifth defeat in six matches, Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe wasn't afraid to take action at half-time - replacing Cook with Smith, and shifting Simon Francis from right-back to central defence.
The substitute was at the heart of the hosts' best attacking moves and it was he who reduced the arrears with a stunning goal.
When a corner was cleared to him 25 yards out, he took two touches and unleashed a stunning strike which dipped in and kissed the inside of the post on its way into the top left corner.
With three minutes of normal time remaining, Bournemouth drew level. A free quick was taken quickly to King, who beat Brendon Galloway down the right and centred for Stanislas to fire in.
By now, Bournemouth were exerting all the pressure, but it seemed that they would be denied a point by familiar defensive failings in the most heartbreaking fashion.
Seamus Coleman drove into the area and the ball fell kindly for Barkley, who netted his third goal in two games with a shot on the turn.
Everton looked assured of victory, but Bournemouth were not to be denied their first come-from-behind point of the season.
Charlie Daniels clipped in a cross from the left and Stanislas buried a nerveless header past Tim Howard.
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Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe: "It's unbelievable how football can play with your emotions. To score in the manner we did at the end was one of the biggest highs I've had in football. An incredible day, though this game is no good for your health. I'll be having an early night tonight.
"The character we showed today was excellent. We've shown our resolve and our willingness to improve, which we will need if we are going to get through this tough season. We are improving week on week. We have to now build on today's result."
Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "Our first-half performance was very good. We were in control, dominant and scored two goals. But in the second half we lost control, though you must expect the home side to come at you.
"We lacked that instinct to put the game to bed. With a two-goal lead you feel very comfortable. After the equaliser we showed good character to score a third. But it was a massive, massive blow to concede so late in the game, and it's a feeling of dropping two points.
"I don't know why the referee allowed play to continue for so long, but maybe it was luck for Bournemouth which they haven't had all season."
Bournemouth visit Chelsea next Saturday, while Everton host Crystal Palace on Monday, 7 December.
Match ends, Bournemouth 3, Everton 3.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 3, Everton 3.
Charlie Daniels (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Bournemouth 3, Everton 3. Junior Stanislas (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Charlie Daniels with a cross.
Substitution, Everton. Darron Gibson replaces Arouna Koné.
Goal! Bournemouth 2, Everton 3. Ross Barkley (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Seamus Coleman.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Ramiro Funes Mori.
Attempt missed. Charlie Daniels (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Glenn Murray following a corner.
Attempt missed. Glenn Murray (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Ramiro Funes Mori.
Joshua King (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Brendan Galloway (Everton).
Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gareth Barry.
Goal! Bournemouth 2, Everton 2. Junior Stanislas (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Joshua King.
Glenn Murray (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gareth Barry (Everton).
Substitution, Everton. Aaron Lennon replaces Gerard Deulofeu.
Attempt missed. Charlie Daniels (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Dan Gosling (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Joshua King (Bournemouth).
Arouna Koné (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Bournemouth 1, Everton 2. Adam Smith (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner following a corner.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Ramiro Funes Mori.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Glenn Murray replaces Harry Arter because of an injury.
Delay in match Harry Arter (Bournemouth) because of an injury.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Ramiro Funes Mori.
Attempt blocked. Junior Stanislas (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Arter.
Attempt saved. Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Charlie Daniels with a cross.
Substitution, Everton. Tom Cleverley replaces James McCarthy because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Arouna Koné (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gerard Deulofeu.
Attempt blocked. Andrew Surman (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charlie Daniels.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by John Stones.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match James McCarthy (Everton) because of an injury.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Brendan Galloway.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Gareth Barry.
Attempt blocked. Junior Stanislas (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Arter.
Foul by Adam Smith (Bournemouth).
Ross Barkley (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The Communists ruled the state for three decades until they were defeated by regional Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 2011.
The TMC, led by Mamata Banerjee, ended the rule of India's longest-running state government in what was seen as a "massive blow" to left politics in India.
She is confident of retaining power but the Communists seem to be betting on their alliance with the Congress party.
The Congress, which was an ally of the TMC in 2011, is now in a seat-sharing agreement with the Left Front alliance led by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
"This changes the equation quite a bit," says CPI-M lawmaker Mohammed Salim.
The Congress has about a 10% vote share in West Bengal and it managed to win four parliament seats in 2014.
"We have a clear 30-35% vote share and the Congress has close to 10%. Now the alliance chemistry is playing on the huge anti-incumbency suffered by the Mamata government and we are back with a bang," said Mr Salim.
Recent pre-poll surveys indicated that the alliance was just 1-2% behind the TMC's anticipated vote share of 45-46%
"A slight swing towards us and Mamata could be gone," added Mr Salim.
But other Communists are not so confident.
"We anticipate huge vote rigging and use of terror. We would win if we stop such actions, otherwise we would not win," said a top CPI-M leader on condition of anonymity.
Analysts said a win in the state was important for left parties' presence in national politics.
The Communists' presence has sharply dwindled in the Indian parliament in the last decade, down from more than 60 in 2004 to just over 10 in 2014.
"That largely happened because of their poor showing in West Bengal. Now if they lose the state again this time, they would face a serious crisis of relevance in Indian politics," said political analyst Ranabir Samaddar.
Analyst Binoda Mishra argued that a loss for the alliance would force both the Congress and left parties to have a rethink on their political strategies.
"Not only the alliance would be questioned by Communist hardliners who prefer equidistance from Congress and the BJP, but a defeat may prompt many in the Congress to try a fresh realignment with regional forces like the TMC," said Mr Mishra.
Mr Mishra added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would prefer a victory for the TMC, but not with a majority.
"The BJP is desperate to win more than 10 seats and it suits them if the TMC emerges as the single-largest party without securing a clear majority. They can then work out a power-sharing deal with the TMC," said Mr Mishra.
It seems that the BJP, despite its aggressive anti-TMC rhetoric, does not want the Congress and left parties to win because it fears that the alliance may turn into a national anti-BJP secular platform.
The Congress party, however, seems optimistic because of its alliance with left parties.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has urged West Bengal voters to throw out the TMC, saying that Ms Banerjee "has a huge record of corruption and complete failure of governance".
"We supported the TMC against left parties for similar reasons in 2011 but we are now supporting the Left Front because Ms Banerjee has failed to deliver," Mr Gandhi recently said during a campaign rally.
Left leaders, specially from CPI-M, have been seen with Mr Gandhi during such rallies.
"The surge of popular support after the alliance is very encouraging," said CPI-M leader Surjya Kanta Mishra.
"The alliance is working. If their is a fair election, nothing can stop us," he said.
Subir Bhaumik is a former BBC correspondent and author, most recently, of The Agartala Doctrine, published by the Oxford University Press
The city's Guildhall is the backdrop to new film trailer Their Finest, starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Clafin, Bill Nighy and Jeremy Irons, due for release in April.
Set in the early 1940s, it tells the story of filmmakers trying to make a patriotic film about Dunkirk, to boost British morale during the Blitz.
It is not the first time the building has featured on the big screen.
In 2014, Elijah Wood graced the Guildhall in Set Fire to the Stars - a story of Dylan Thomas' New York years.
It also featured in many scenes in The Collection, a TV series on Amazon Prime, set in a post-war Paris fashion house.
Based on a 2009 novel by Lissa Evans, the cast and crew in Their Finest spent several weeks filming at the Guildhall last autumn.
Councillor Robert Francis-Davies, cabinet member for enterprise, development and regeneration, said TV and movie filming was "very positive news for the city".
"It raises Swansea's profile, helps attract tourism and offers direct economic benefit," he added.
Other sites around the city to appear in the film include Glamorgan Street and areas of Brynmill, close to Rhyddings Park Road.
Blues' run of just two wins in 15 league games since Zola took charge on 14 December has been alarming.
"If we play like this, we cannot say we are safe," he told BBC WM after Tuesday's 1-0 home defeat by 23rd-placed Wigan Athletic.
"I have got a lot of anger inside. We looked childish in what we did."
From being level on points with sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday when they won at home to Ipswich Town on 13 December, the night before Gary Rowett was sacked, Blues have picked up nine points under Zola out of a possible 45 and are now only eight points clear of the relegation zone.
Now they face being further sucked into trouble with a testing four-match run of three away games, starting at Neil Warnock's Cardiff this Saturday, and the visit to St Andrew's of Championship leaders Newcastle United, who knocked Zola's side out of the FA Cup after a replay in January.
"Too many players are hiding," Zola said. "But I am not going to hide from my responsibilities. This is an ambitious club and it deserves better."
After failing to earn a win in his first 10 league games in charge of Blues, it looked like Zola's side had turned a corner when they beat promotion-chasing Fulham at home on 4 February.
But three more defeats then followed before Blues enjoyed their first away win under the Italian, the local derby win with 10 men against Wolves at Molineux.
Although his side played very well for an hour and had enough chances to have won comfortably in Friday night's 3-1 home defeat by Leeds, Tuesday's 1-0 loss to Wigan was generally considered to be their worst performance of the entire campaign. They managed just two shots on target against a side in the relegation zone who had won just once in eight matches.
Asked whether he would consider resigning, Zola admitted: "If some of the supporters feel the manager needs to change I totally understand that."
But, with 10 games of the season left, six of which are away from home, he said he needs time to assess the way forward for both him and the club.
"It's too early to say something like that," he added. "I don't want to consider it now. I am too disappointed and angry. I need to analyse the situation. It is not that I want to change. I am responsible and I want to do the right thing.
"The fans are staying behind us. They are staying behind me. So far I haven't given them what I promised to give them. We need to change, otherwise they are going to change us."
Gianfranco Zola was talking to BBC WM's Tom Marlow.
Shane Long's early strike for the Republic was cancelled out by an Igor Bugaev equaliser, but two James McClean goals secured a second successive win.
"We played excellently in the first half. We should have maybe been two or three in front," said O'Neill.
"The goal knocked us back for a while but we came around in the second half."
The Republic's win leaves them level on seven points with Group D leaders Serbia, who edged out Austria 3-2 in Belgrade. Wales are two points back after drawing 1-1 with Georgia in Cardiff.
O'Neill acknowledged his side had made a "nice start" to the campaign, but added there was a "long way to go".
"We've come through three difficult games," he said. "We've got seven points on the board but it's too early to call."
O'Neill said he was very disappointed by Moldova's equaliser on the stroke of half-time, with central defender Shane Duffy exposed as Alexandru Gatcan's long ball released Bugaev to shoot past Darren Randolph.
"It was a very poor goal from our point of view," he said. "Losing the ball three or four yards from their touchline and for them to score just before half-time was ludicrous."
The Republic were criticised after a laboured 1-0 win over Georgia on Thursday - and McClean urged the Irish media to be more "realistic".
"The Irish press need a realisation... we're not going to blow things away, said the Derryman.
"We've always been a team that works hard and when has a win never been enough?"
The West Brom winger, 27, said he was "fortunate enough to be in the right position twice" for his second-half goals in Chisinau.
"I'm delighted - more so for the team than myself," he added.
Trevor Gibbon, 48, is accused of murdering Alison Morrison, 45, in Harrow, on 18 December 2014.
Ms Morrison said in a statement from an earlier magistrates' case the "constant unending harassment" was draining.
Mr Gibbon denies murder but has admitted the killing, arguing he was suffering a mental abnormality.
The Old Bailey heard Mr Gibbon said he was "suffering from an abnormality of mental functioning", which impaired his ability to form rational judgment and exercise self-control.
The mother-of-one was stabbed 33 times as she made her way to work after a four-year dispute over noise, the jury previously heard.
The day before he ambushed Ms Morrison, Mr Gibbon had pleaded guilty to harassing her family and was issued with a restraining order, the court heard.
The prosecution said the dispute started when Ms Morrison, her husband Cedric and their son moved next door to Mr Gibbon and his partner, Maria Perrett, in Windsor Crescent, Harrow, in 2011.
Almost immediately, Mr Gibbon began complaining about the teenage boy's skateboarding, the court heard.
In the handwritten notes, read out in court, Ms Morrison said the police did not initially believe her after she complained about how Mr Gibbon was treating her family.
She said: "It felt like I was being stalked, that any time Cedric or my son left or returned to the house he was waiting and watching for us and planning what he would do next."
Ms Morrison said she was worried about Mr Gibbon's inability to stop despite the police "constantly visiting him".
"Even now I don't believe he knows how to stop doing what he did and fully expect him to start again when he knows things have quietened down," she wrote.
Ms Morrison also said she was forced to to install £2,000 of CCTV equipment and buy a camera for her husband's bike helmet because of the harassment.
She added: "I have suffered a great financial loss to protect my family from my neighbour and to make sure they are safe."
The case continues.
Sidiki was elected on Monday and will take over from the Fifa-appointed Normalisation Committee that has run Fecafoot since July 2013.
"We must all sit together and talk if we want to rebuild," he told BBC Sport.
"I will bring everybody to the project to work together to make Cameroonians proud of the football we all love."
By successfully holding elections on Monday, Cameroon met a Fifa deadline to avoid a ban from world football.
And Sidiki has been quick to make a start on healing the divisions that have threatened Fecafoot and Cameroonian football.
He reached out to former international goalkeeper Joseph-Antoine Bell, a vocal critic of the Cameroonian game who failed in his bid to stand as a presidential candidate, to work with the new Fecafoot.
"I would call on those who nursed ambitions in different sectors with contradicting views, Joseph Bell Antoine among them, to collaborate because football is made up of 11 players but requires teamwork.
"Nobody would be left aside but they are free to accept the hand of fellowship or not - and we welcome constructive criticism that would help us advance."
As part of an 11-point agenda, Sidiki revealed he would ensure there is development of infrastructure in regions that would not benefit from the 2019 Nations Cup, as well a plan to construct new Fecafoot offices.
The 52-year-old also intends to place an emphasis on youth football and develop an programme of of social responsibility that would apply particularly to former footballers.
Kenny Shiels' side led at Turner's Cross through Niclas Vemmelund's first goal for the club after 54 minutes.
Cork rallied in the last quarter and equalised through sub Danny Morrissey's header in the 84th minute.
Derry were sunk by another set-piece header, Kenny Browne climbing highest to score the winner in stoppage time.
Aaron McEneff cleared Karl Sheppard's shot off the line after 16 minutes while Sean Maguire and Gavan Holohan also went close to breaking the deadlock for Cork.
Derry almost took the lead on 37 minutes through Danish defender Vemmelmund, whose curling shot was brilliantly tipped round the post by Mark McNulty.
Shiels' Danish import did find the net after the break, tucking home Barry McNamee's corner from close range.
Visiting skipper Ryan McBride made an excellent last ditch tackle to prevent Maguire from scoring, and Derry looked set to hang on for their third win over of the season over Cork.
However the home team equalised with six minutes remaining when Morrissey headed home Greg Bolger's free-kick.
Browne headed home a corner in the first minute of stoppage time to leave Derry in third place, 10 points behind leaders Dundalk.
But Kezia Dugdale, who has been a critic of Jeremy Corbyn, insisted it included "a lot of really good ideas".
The document includes policies on renewing Trident nuclear weapons and opposing Scottish independence.
The SNP said the document showed the "chaos inside Labour", while the Conservatives said it was a "shambles".
The manifesto had been due to be finalised at a Labour meeting on Thursday, before being unveiled early next week.
But a draft version was obtained by media outlets, including the BBC, on Wednesday evening.
Labour's shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, has said he does not know who was behind the leak, which he called "disappointing".
Ms Dugdale told BBC Scotland that she had been "working very closely with the UK-wide team" on creating the manifesto, and said it was "very far from ideal" that it had been leaked.
The final contents of the manifesto were said to have been unanimously agreed at a meeting of the party's national executive committee (NEC) on Thursday afternoon.
Ms Dugdale did not take part in the meeting as it clashed with first minister's questions in the Scottish Parliament.
Speaking ahead of the NEC meeting, she added: "There's a lot of really good, solid ideas in there that all deserve to have their own ideas discussed in the pubs and town centres and streets of the country. It is a shame it has all been leaked in that sense."
According to the draft, Labour would:
The document also says Labour supports the renewal of Trident nuclear weapons, which are based on the Clyde, but that any leader should be "extremely cautious" about using the weapons - which are opposed by Mr Corbyn.
It commits Labour to opposing a second Scottish independence referendum, saying the party will "campaign tirelessly to ensure that the desire to remain a part of the UK is respected".
And it pledges to establish a Scottish National Bank, "under Scottish control", and backed by the National Investment Bank with £20bn of lending power to deliver funds to local projects and Scotland's small businesses.
Ms Dugdale said the renationalisation of rail and energy companies would "come with a price tag".
But she insisted: "The reality is that this is the message we have heard from the British people.
"They want to see these services work in their interests - they are fed up of private profits being the number one priority of the Tory government.
"That is why this represents a radical transformational plan for our country, and it is one that every labour candidate will be proud to stand behind."
Scottish Labour opposes Trident renewal - although Ms Dugdale has been in favour - but she said it had not been overruled by the UK-wide party.
And she said Mr Corbyn had made his opposition to both independence and a second referendum "very clear" as it would bring "turbo-charged austerity" in the form of "£15bn of additional cuts".
Responding to the manifesto leak, SNP candidate Tommy Sheppard said it demonstrated how "divided and chaotic the Labour party are".
He added: "Most of their MPs do not even support these policies.
"By contrast, the SNP have a strong track record of delivering for the people of Scotland, who are already benefitting from policies such as no tuition fees, free school meals, and votes at 16 - often in the face of resistance from Labour in Scotland.
"In particular, Labour have broken every manifesto promise they have made on tuition fees, so no one will believe a word they say now."
Scottish Conservative candidate Miles Briggs said: "Labour's leaked manifesto claims the party is opposed to a second referendum - yet we know Jeremy Corbyn has said he is "absolutely fine" with a referendum.
"Just as Labour can't seem to publish a manifesto properly, nor can we trust a word they say on the Union."
Tom Brake, the Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman, said: "This manifesto became meaningless the day Jeremy Corbyn ordered his MPs to vote with the Conservatives and UKIP to give Theresa May a blank cheque on Brexit."
An investigation was launched after an employment agency complained that the church had made fake job offers to recruit new members.
A conviction could see the Church banned in Belgium.
Two organisations affiliated with the group are facing similar charges. All parties deny the allegations.
Belgian investigators first began investigating the Church in 1997, the AFP news agency reported.
A second investigation was launched in 2008 when an employment agency in Brussels alleged that the Church was recruiting new members by offering fake jobs.
The Church said last week that it "goes to court with the firm intention of seeing the fundamental rights of its Belgian members finally recognised", AFP reported.
Created by science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard in 1954 and based in Los Angeles, California, the Church has generated controversy around the world.
Critics say that it is a cult and that it scams its members, while supporters maintain that it provides spiritual support to its followers.
Dr Arackal Manu Nair, who appeared on television show Embarrassing Bodies, resigned after the General Medical Council put restrictions on his work.
Lawyers for the patients allege one man Mr Manu Nair operated on did not have cancer, while another was left incontinent and infertile.
The trust apologised for the distress.
A 63-year-old man who was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery to remove it was later told he did not need the operation, said medical negligence solicitor Adam Wright.
He represents another patient who said he was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer and told he faced a "life or death situation".
The man, who did not wish to be named, said he paid ??12,000 to receive the treatment privately to avoid NHS waiting times.
He said he underwent a laser treatment by Mr Manu Nair in 2012 that left him infertile and incontinent.
He said: "My whole way of life has changed and being told that I can no longer have children is just soul-destroying."
He said another urologist has since told him he was "misled to some extent that this was aggressive cancer".
Heart of England, which runs Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham, shared concerns with private hospitals, Spire Parkway in Solihull and BMI The Priory in Birmingham.
The hospital bosses asked the Royal College of Surgeons to independently review Mr Manu Nair's surgical practices and he was suspended.
It is understood the General Medical Council banned Mr Manu Nair from private practice and stated any NHS work must be supervised.
He was also told he must not carry out procedures to remove the prostate or Green Light Laser treatment to reduce its size.
She was stabbed 15 times and shot three times outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, on 16 June - a week before the EU referendum.
Jurors were told Thomas Mair, 53, killed the mother-of-two for "political and/or ideological reasons", and had researched "far right" material in the weeks beforehand.
Mr Mair, from Birstall, denies murder.
Mrs Cox, 41, had supported the Remain side during the EU campaign, and was due to hold a constituency surgery in a library after visiting a local school and care home when she was attacked.
Mr Mair told police officers "I am a political activist" when he was arrested less than a mile from the murder scene, the court heard.
Prosecutor Richard Whittam QC said: "Thomas Mair clearly held views that provided him with a motive - utterly misplaced of course.
"The prosecution suggests that motive was such that he killed her because she was an MP who did not share his views."
It was as Mrs Cox arrived for her constituency surgery that Mr Mair approached her from behind and stabbed her before shooting her, the court heard.
Fazila Aswat, the MP's manager, allegedly heard the defendant shouting, "This is for Britain. Britain will always come first," the prosecution told the jury.
Items found at Mr Mair's home showed he had "strong political and ideological interests", Mr Whittam said.
The court heard the accused had used computers to look up websites at the same library where Mrs Cox was due to hold her surgery.
In May, he had accessed the Wikipedia page of an online publication called the Occidental Observer - a "far-right" publication "that covers politics and society from a white nationalist and anti-Semitic perspective", the prosecutor said.
Jurors were told that in the days leading up to the killing that Mr Mair also looked at Twitter and Wikipedia pages for Mrs Cox and went on to view information on former Foreign Secretary William Hague.
And he viewed websites on Nazi material, the death penalty in Japan, political prisoners and the human liver and spinal column.
On the eve of the attack, say prosecutors, Mr Mair researched right-wing politicians, as well as the Ku Klux Klan and civil rights activists killed by its supporters.
The court heard Mr Mair was arrested following the attack and told officers he had a knife and gun in a black holdall he was carrying.
Jurors were shown photographs of a German-made .22 Weihrauch bolt-action weapon and were told Mrs Cox's blood was found on the barrel during forensic examination.
Mr Whittam told the court a knife found in Mr Mair's backpack also had blood on the handle which contained "a major DNA profile matching that of Jo Cox and a minor DNA profile of the defendant".
Mrs Cox was shot three times, once in the chest and twice in the head, and stabbed 15 times including in the heart and lungs.
She had wounds to her hands showing she raised them to try to defend herself, the court heard.
Jo Cox was a self-proclaimed "proud Yorkshire lass" whose work for charity took her around the world and whose political success led her to Westminster.
The 41-year-old mother-of-two was elected as MP for Batley and Spen in the 2015 election and increased Labour's majority to 6,051 (from 4,406 in the 2010 election).
She described herself as "proud and humbled" to be the Labour MP for the place where she was born.
Mrs Cox first worked in politics after graduating from Cambridge University in 1995, but then built a career working for charities including Oxfam, Save the Children and the NSPCC.
She was described by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as "a much loved colleague, a real talent and a dedicated campaigner for justice and peace."
Tireless campaigner turned political 'star'
Jurors were shown CCTV footage of the defendant making his way along the road after leaving his home on the morning of the killing.
The court heard Mrs Cox arrived for her surgery with her manager Ms Aswat and senior caseworker Sandra Major at 12:50 BST.
The prosecution claimed that Mr Mair attacked the Labour MP two minutes later in what it described as a "dynamic, fast-moving and shocking incident".
Jurors were told that passer-by Shelly Morris reported hearing "a loud bang like a popping sound" and a "loud piercing scream".
She said she saw a man with a large steak knife with a jagged blade which he wielded in a "stabbing motion".
Jurors were told that 77-year-old Bernard Carter-Kenny was also injured as he tried to save Mrs Cox.
Mr Mair denies murder, grievous bodily harm with intent, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon - a dagger.
The trial continues, and is expected to last for up to three weeks.
Peers are currently debating a change to the law which says channels including BBC One, ITV and Channel 4 must appear top of on-screen listings.
Major broadcasters argue public service channels should be protected as people adopt more personalised viewing habits.
But Sky says the networks are acting in "blatant self-interest".
The Department for Media, Culture and Sport says that with users "increasingly able to personalise their own homepage for on-demand services, it would not be in their interests to legislate against this progress".
James Purnell, the BBC's director of radio and education, wrote in the Daily Telegraph that "sensible action" needed to be taken, or "we're at serious risk of losing something very special about our British culture".
The House of Lords is debating whether there should be an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill, to protect the place of public service broadcasters (PSBs).
The BBC argues that new set-top boxes offer limited options on their homepages - which means there's no space for on-demand services from public service broadcasters like iPlayer, ITV Hub and All4.
Mr Purnell said: "Some pay-TV platforms are already making 'free to air' services harder to find. There's no point being top of the programme guide if it's difficult to find the guide.
"This isn't about forcing people to watch public service programmes, or stopping viewers watching American shows we love. It's about making sure you can find them easily."
He also points out that in channel listings on Sky, the BBC's children's channels, CBeebies and CBBC - which he describes as "safe, trusted, educational, British programmes without adverts" - are below a dozen US cartoon networks.
ITV says the prominence of PSBs on electronic programme guides (EPGs) "needs to be preserved". It said: "In a changing environment, people are watching television differently and viewers need to be able to continue to easily find PSBs channels."
Channel 4 agrees, adding: "It's important that the regulation of broadcasting keeps pace with the changing ways that viewers are now watching television."
Scotland's STV says it "fully supports this amendment to guarantee our consumers can readily access our regionally differentiated content on air and via the STV Player".
However Sky has described the BBC's arguments as "disingenuous" because the corporation denies Sky customers access to BBC on-demand content "in ways which are convenient to viewers".
The Sky statement continued: "On Sky Q, for example, they will not allow us to promote their shows on our home page. And on the SkyGo and Sky Q mobile app, the BBC has refused to grant Sky the rights to show any content whatsoever.
"The BBC needs to get with the times and allow consumers to view content they have already paid for alongside the content of other PSBs and commercial broadcasters."
Virgin says BBC content is already prominent on its platform, the EPG is accessible via a button on its remote, and BBC on-demand content is "easily found".
The government argues that viewers are getting more choice over what appears on their own homepages - and protecting PSBs would be anti-competitive.
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Cox scored in each half and was joined on the scoresheet by Will Atkinson as the Shrimpers made it 11 matches in League One without defeat.
The Dons had striker Lyle Taylor sent off midway through the second half and visiting manager Neal Ardley was also ordered from the dug-out for protesting.
Wimbledon could have taken an early lead had Ted Smith not impressively denied Dominic Poleon when the striker was clean through on goal.
Southend hit back to go ahead in the 10th minute when Cox slammed the ball home from close range after a long throw from Ryan Leonard.
Cox then struck another effort against the crossbar before Atkinson slotted home after great approach play from Marc-Antoine Fortune.
After the break, Smith did well to deny Tom Elliott before Taylor was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Anton Ferdinand in the 72nd minute.
Cox completed the scoring with a brilliant long-range chip six minutes from time.
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Match ends, Southend United 3, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Second Half ends, Southend United 3, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Attempt saved. Stephen McLaughlin (Southend United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Stephen McLaughlin (Southend United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Ryan Leonard (Southend United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ryan Leonard (Southend United).
Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Anton Ferdinand (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, Southend United. Jermaine McGlashan replaces Marc-Antoine Fortuné.
Marc-Antoine Fortuné (Southend United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Southend United 3, AFC Wimbledon 0. Simon Cox (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Stephen McLaughlin (Southend United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Barry Fuller.
Foul by Paul Robinson (AFC Wimbledon).
Stephen McLaughlin (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Stephen McLaughlin (Southend United) header from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Adam Thompson.
Attempt missed. Ryan Leonard (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Second yellow card to Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) for a bad foul.
Anton Ferdinand (Southend United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Foul by Ryan Leonard (Southend United).
Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Paul Robinson.
Attempt blocked. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Marc-Antoine Fortuné (Southend United).
Foul by Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon).
Michael Timlin (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Will Atkinson (Southend United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Adam Thompson.
Attempt blocked. Simon Cox (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Sean Kelly (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Will Atkinson (Southend United).
(AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Marc-Antoine Fortuné (Southend United).
Foul by Marc-Antoine Fortuné (Southend United).
The C36 gives the first indications of how teams will approach the major rule changes introduced this year aimed at creating faster, more dramatic cars.
The Swiss team, who finished 10th of 11 teams last season, have introduced a new blue, white and gold livery along with the new-look machine.
These are the first pictures of a 2017 car following Williams releasing graphics of their model last Friday.
Sauber's new technical director Jorg Zander says he expected "a clear improvement compared to last year".
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The car looks superficially similar to the one used in 2016 but features the delta-shaped front wing, the lower, wider rear wing and bigger tyres.
Underneath, the cars feature a wider and revised floor area to enable them to generate much more downforce - predictions are of at least 30% increases, which will lead to vastly increased cornering speeds.
Zander, 53, joined Sauber after two years as technical chief of Audi's successful programme in the World Endurance Championship.
He previously worked for the Toyota, BAR, Williams and Brawn F1 teams as well as Sauber.
Zander said: "Our objective is to establish ourselves in the mid-field. In comparison to last year, we will implement our development plan for the whole season, but we have to be realistic as our reference is at a lower level than the ones of our competitors."
The car will be driven by Swede Marcus Ericsson, who enters his third season with the team, and German Pascal Wehrlein, a Mercedes protege.
Wehrlein is to miss the first pre-season test next week because of a neck injury sustained in the Race of Champions event in Miami in January. Ferrari third driver Antonio Giovinazzi will stand in for him.
The new Sauber features many of the design cues expected of the new 2017 cars - a tail fin [disguised in black], and reshaped front and rear wings.
Additionally, for the aficionados, the rules around aerodynamic appendages have been tweaked.
Expectations are not high, though. After a difficult few seasons, Sauber is now on a surer financial footing and consolidation is the name of the game for now.
The Origin sculpture overlooks Belfast and was unveiled in September to coincide with Culture Night.
It now has the unhappy honour of winning the "What's That Thing?" award for the worst piece of public art to be erected in the UK over the past year.
The vote was held by the Spectator magazine, which condemned the sculpture as "clumsy" and "cheap-looking" - despite costing £100,000 to build.
But as Oscar Wilde nearly said - there is only one thing in the world worse than a piece of public art being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Those who helped to create the artwork are trying to see the positive side of their dubious victory, despite being accused of cultural "fly-tipping".
The 11-metre high sculpture is perched on Squire's Hill in Cavehill Country Park.
While its official title is Origin, unlike most public art on the island of Ireland it has yet to be saddled with a popular rhyming nickname.
Perhaps it is a good thing for the designers that nicknames such as the Balls on the Falls, and the Doll on the Ball are already taken, given that the Spectator was less than flattering in its description of Origin.
The latest sculpture is in the shape of a raindrop and its design was inspired by the Farset, the river running beneath Belfast which gave the city its name.
The structure was erected last year as part of a joint project between the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Belfast City Council.
Three tonnes of steel, two tonnes of granite and 250 kilos of glass were used to create the piece and the project received £100,000 in lottery funding.
It was designed by a team of artists from the organisation Solas Creative, with input from both unionist and nationalist community groups.
Explaining the concept at the time of the launch, Tracey McVerry from Solas Creative said: "The importance of the Farset River, and the life force which it gives to the people of Belfast is portrayed in the form of a granite 'ripple' at the sculpture's base."
She added: "The ripples represent the linen industry, foundries, the hard-working communities that built and shaped Belfast."
The Arts Council promised the raindrop would be illuminated at night and would be "visible from a number of different points throughout the city".
But the Spectator was less than impressed by the result and asked: "Haven't the people of Northern Ireland suffered enough?"
"The creators claim the six-metre 'raindrop' stuck on top of a five-metre pole represents the 'elegant flow' of the Farset River and 'appears to hover'. Hover? Do you think they know what the word means?" the magazine sneered.
It added: "In the name of 'peace' and 'economic regeneration', the Arts Council of Northern Ireland has littered the region with tat. If they were a person, we'd lock them up for fly-tipping."
The vote was held in partnership with the Architecture Foundation, which said: "Works of art increasingly inhabit and too often wreck the British public realm."
In response to the result, a spokesperson for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland said: "Through the engagement between artists and community groups, a legacy was created for Belfast city through this piece of public art, Origin.
"Not everyone will react in the same way to this piece of art, but the fact that it is attracting interest and discussion is positive."
The apparently unremarkable painting was found hanging in Holy Trinity in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, in 2006 and identified as Quentin Metsys' Christ Blessing.
Given to the church in 1940 by a couple from the nearby village of Holt, the small oil was sold for about £1.5m.
The church has now reopened after the year-long revamp.
The small oil panel depicting Jesus was discovered in the Norman church by art conservator Kiffy Stainer-Hutchins and art historian Simon Watney a decade ago.
Painstaking research found it to be the work of Metsys - an influential painter who worked in Antwerp in Belgium in the 16th Century.
Further investigation also found the work was one half of a larger work that had been sawn in two - the other part depicted the Virgin Mary at prayer.
Churchwarden Judith Holland said 75% of the windfall had contributed towards the much-needed restoration work at the church.
"It was such a gift and such a blessing," she said.
"We've put in under floor heating, new lighting and moved the font so it's very spacious and the whole building has been cleaned - and the difference is amazing.
"Some people - if they've been worshipping there for many years - suddenly it's all changed and that can take a while to get used to but on the whole it's been a positive feedback."
The church re-opened on Tuesday for its annual Christmas Tree Festival of 60 decorated trees representing the schools, businesses and groups from across Bradford-on-Avon.
Residents have been without mains water for nearly two months since the so-called Islamic State group cut it off.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces "took over the area of Al-Khafsa and seized the water-pumping station".
It said the jihadists had fled in the face of a Syrian government offensive backed by Russian air strikes.
The state-run Sana news agency, quoting a military source, said that dozens of militants had been killed in the operation.
The fighting in Aleppo province has featured heavy strikes and shelling, and the UN says at least 26,000 people have fled since 25 February.
Syrian government forces are now said to be closing in on the Jarrah military airport.
The facility was seized by IS in January 2014, after rebels first wrested it from the government in February 2013.
In another development on Tuesday, senior generals from the Russian, Turkish and US military met in Turkey to discuss closer co-ordination in Syria.
The three-way talks focused on how to avoid clashes between rival forces in the fight against IS.
While Russia, Turkey and the US are all fighting against the jihadist group, they support different camps in the Syria conflict.
Turkey's opposition to the involvement of Syrian Kurdish militia has been a source of ongoing tension.
The meeting in Turkey took place as Russia announced a two-week long ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta, the last opposition stronghold near Damascus.
The area has faced a fierce army offensive in recent months, as the Army of Islam (Jaysh al-Islam), a powerful rebel faction, has its headquarters there.
The ministry said a "regime of silence" had been introduced from midnight on 6 March until 20 March.
Hamza Bayraqdar, a spokesman for the Army of Islam, told the AFP news agency it had not been notified about a ceasefire, but would not "reject any agreement to stop the bloodshed and suffering of our people".
In a statement, McMahon said his "injuries over the last two years and the struggle to respond to treatment...compelled me to call time".
"I have pushed myself to the limits working closely with the Tyrone medical team," added the versatile McMahon.
"I have to accept the reality that my body is saying it's game over."
McMahon has been badly affected by a groin injury over the past couple of seasons and he opted out of the squad for a period in the early part of last year.
The Omagh St Enda's clubman made his Tyrone debut in the 2004 Dr McKenna Cup final against Donegal and won his first All-Ireland medal 20 months later as the Red Hands beat Kerry.
Three years later, McMahon clinched a second All-Ireland medal as the Kingdom were defeated again in the Croke Park showpiece.
McMahon and his brother Justin were particularly impressive in Tyrone's 2008 campaign.
While Justin was named in the 2008 All-Star team, Joe missed out and despite being nominated again in 2011, his career remained without that particular honour.
In his statement, McMahon said that he was "very fortunate to have played with and against some of the greatest players to have graced the game" and paid tribute to Tyrone boss Mickey Harty, whom he described as "one of the GAA's greatest managers".
"I must mention my children Aoibhe, Anna and Joseph, my parents, family, friends and my club Omagh St Enda's, my former schools Omagh CBS and St Conor's PS and St Mary's College Belfast.
"I acknowledge the support of the Tyrone backroom teams and the friendship of Mickey Moynagh over the years. The GPA has also been a great help in time of need."
McMahon also paid tribute to the "elements that make Tyrone such a passionate county for its football - the county board, Club Tyrone and the loyal supporters".
"I thank all of them for the generosity of their time and resources and for the brilliant memories shared.
"I wish all my colleagues in the 2017 squad every success for the championship ahead. I say to them, enjoy all your days with Tyrone. There is no greater honour than pulling on the jersey."
McMahon also won four Ulster senior medals with Tyrone in addition to a Division Two Football League medal last year.
He was also part of Tyrone's Ulster and All-Ireland winning minor team in 2001 and helped Tyrone lift the Ulster Under-21 title in 2002 and 2003.
Xixi Bi, 24, was attacked by Jordan Matthews in August 2016 suffering a broken jaw, ribs and widespread bruising. She died in hospital after a cardiac arrest.
Matthews had admitted manslaughter but denied murder.
But a jury at Cardiff Crown Court found him guilty.
Following the verdict Miss Bi's family branded Matthews as a "selfish, mindless and gutless" man who "ripped the heart out of our family".
Matthews had told police he was a black belt in karate but did not think the incident was bad enough to cause the injuries Miss Bi suffered.
But the court heard he regularly beat her and called her "worthless".
Matthews said he had hit Miss Bi, believing she had cheated on him and cried when he was later told she had died.
He told Cardiff Crown Court he had planned to marry Miss Bi.
Matthews accepted he was smoking "quite a lot" of cannabis at the time, and the court heard he felt "insecure" when his girlfriend went to visit her family in China.
He said he became "paranoid" about Miss Bi being unfaithful to him, and believed at the time she had received a message from someone called "Ben" on the Tinder dating app.
Both prosecution and the defence agreed that Miss Bi did not have the Tinder app, nor any contact called "Ben".
Analysis from pathologist Dr Ryk James said: "The assault upon her was severe and involved dozens of impacts.
"She had died as a result of the multiple blunt force injuries."
Born in China, Miss Bi was educated in the UK from the age of 15 and was a post-graduate student at Cardiff Metropolitan University at the time of her death.
In a statement following the verdict Miss Bi's family described her as an "intelligent and energetic person who had a very bright future and her whole life in front of her".
"All this was taken away from her, and us, by the selfish, mindless and gutless actions of Jordan Mathews, who brutally killed her for no other reason than jealousy," they said.
"He has wallowed in self-pity and refused to accept the truth."
Her family said they hoped the sentence would prevent Matthews from ever having the opportunity to hurt anyone else and give him time to reflect on his actions.
Cardiff Metropolitan University said they were offering support to students and staff affected by her death.
A spokesman said: "The University offers its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Xixi at this very difficult time."
University of Leeds research examined NHS data on about 600,000 heart attack cases over a period of nine years.
Women were 50% more likely than men to have an initial diagnosis different from their final diagnosis, it said.
NHS England said it was working to improve the diagnosis of heart attacks.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is urging people to be aware of the symptoms of a heart attack.
The study, which appears in the European Heart Journal - Acute Cardiovascular Care, looked at the UK national heart attack register and was carried out between April 2004 and March 2013.
It involved 243 NHS hospitals in England and Wales which cared for patients who were aged between 18 to 100 years old when they were admitted.
Researchers found that 198,534 patients were initially misdiagnosed.
Up to 28,000 women die from heart attacks each year in the UK, according to the BHF. There are also about 275,000 female heart attack survivors in the UK.
Dr Sarah Clark, consultant cardiologist at Papworth Hospital, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the symptoms of a heart attack can be "very subtle" and, in her experience, men are more likely to report problems than women.
"I have to say I think women tend not to present as frequently as men do, they tend to play down their symptoms... and present later," she said.
Lisa Price, from Bolton, had an ankle operation which resulted in a blood clot which led to a heart attack.
She said women should be made more aware of the differing symptoms.
"The symptoms are not falling to the floor and clutching your chest, they are very different," she said.
"At first the feeling was a real tightness and a crumbling of my ribcage - it was as if I had a small child sitting on me - a child that just would not move. There was such a heavy weight.
"As the actual symptoms progressed it actually turned into a burning. It was as if a burning cannonball had actually been pushed through me and I could feel a huge hole burning right through from my front to my back."
Doctors initially said her symptoms were a result of the operation and told her to take paracetamol, she said.
Although the chest pain is often severe, some people may only experience minor pain, similar to indigestion. In some cases, there may not be any chest pain at all, especially in women, the elderly and people with diabetes.
Source: NHS
The BHF, which part-funded the study, says heart attacks can be classified into two main types - STEMI (ST segment elevation myocardial infarction) and NSTEMI (non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction).
NSTEMI, the more common type, involves a partial blockage of one or more arteries and can cause serious damage to the heart muscle.
A STEMI, which the NHS calls the "most serious type of heart attack", occurs when there is long interruption to the blood supply.
"This is caused by a total blockage of the coronary artery, which can cause extensive damage to a large area of the heart," the NHS explains.
Women who had a final diagnosis of STEMI had a 59% greater chance of a misdiagnosis compared with men, while women who had a final diagnosis of NSTEMI had a 41% greater chance of a misdiagnosis when compared with men.
The BHF's associate medical director Dr Mike Knapton said the diagnosis differences were "alarmingly high" but said better tests were being developed for female heart attack diagnoses.
"This new study highlights the current scale of the issue and confirms more research is urgently needed into tests that will enable earlier and more accurate diagnosis of a heart attack, particularly in women," he added.
Researcher Dr Chris Gale said: "We need to work harder to shift the perception that heart attacks only affect a certain type of person.
"Typically, when we think of a person with a heart attack, we envisage a middle aged man who is overweight, has diabetes and smokes.
"This is not always the case - heart attacks affect the wider spectrum of the population - including women."
An NHS England spokesman said: "Survival rates for heart attacks are the best they have ever been and swift diagnosis and treatment is key to this.
"We are working hard to continually improve tests for accurately diagnosing heart attacks in both men and women so that correct treatment can begin without delay, ensuring the best possible recovery for patients.
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Some of the killings took place in a museum yard near the city's Unesco-listed ancient ruins, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Four teachers and state employees, four government soldiers and four captured rebels were killed, it added.
IS retook the site and nearby city last month, after being pushed out in March.
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A report from a local activist group, the Palmyra Monitor, said some of the killings were carried out in the site's Roman amphitheatre.
The group has previously carried out killings in front of crowds in the ancient stone auditorium, including 25 Syrian government soldiers who were shown being shot dead in a video released in 2015.
In August the same year, the jihadists also beheaded the 81-year-old archaeologist, Khaled al-Asaad, who had looked after the Palmyra ruins for 40 years.
IS had seized control of the archaeological site and nearby city, known locally as Tadmur, three months earlier.
They destroyed a number of monuments and, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, killed an estimated 280 people in the 10 months before Russian-backed government forces recaptured the area.
A Russian conductor led a classical concert in the amphitheatre in May 2016.
But while forces allied to President Bashar al-Assad were focused on battling for the city of Aleppo in December, the militants returned and regained control.
US-backed Iraqi forces have pushed the Islamic State group out of large swathes of northern Syria and Iraq in the past year and have been battling to retake the city of Mosul in northern Iraq since October.
On Wednesday, a Russian Defence Ministry official, Lt Gen Sergei Rudskoi, said the Mosul offensive was pushing IS fighters back into eastern Syria.
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The four-day convention in Manhattan normally attracts tens of thousands of people, many dressed as their favourite fictional characters.
Peter Capaldi has previously attended San Diego Comic Con, but his appearance this weekend will be his first at the New York event.
He will be joined by Pearl Mackie, who plays the Doctor's new companion Bill.
The show's writer Steven Moffat and actor Matt Lucas will also appear alongside the shows's stars.
Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith and his ex-castmates Jenna Coleman and Alex Kingston will take part in a separate panel called Tales from the Tardis.
New footage from the show will be screened at the event, ahead of this year's Doctor Who Christmas special and the new series set to air in 2017.
Several other TV shows will also be previewed as part of the event.
The new Doctor Who spin-off series Class, set in Shoreditch in east London, and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, starring Lord of the Rings actor Elijah Wood, will be previewed by the BBC.
Other highlights include:
Last year's New York Comic Con attracted approximately 167,000 fans.
The event, now in its 11th year, is vying with San Diego Comic Con, which takes place in July, for the title of the world's most popular comic convention.
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Most men over the age of 60 have non-cancerous growth of the prostate gland.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence says many of these, if they are having symptoms, could have the new therapy rather than conventional surgery.
The treatment delivers a beam of green light to vaporise overgrown tissue.
The standard care currently is to cut away the tissue using a thin, hot loop of wire during a procedure known as TURP.
While TURP is effective, experts say the new laser treatment could be more convenient for patients.
Unlike TURP, it can be done as a day treatment, meaning the patient does not have to stay in hospital overnight.
This should save the NHS money too - up to an estimated £3m, says the NICE.
For the laser treatment, a thin length of laser fibre is passed up the urethra (the tube in the penis that carries urine out of the body) until it reaches the target - the prostate gland that sits just below the bladder and enwraps the urethra.
The laser is then turned on to blast the tissue.
This should reverse any blockages and alleviate the patient's symptoms.
Prof Carole Longson, from the NICE, said: "Whilst benign enlarged prostates may not be life-threatening, the condition can impact on men's lives significantly.
"A procedure to reduce the amount of excess prostate tissue can improve the quality of life for men."
Higher risk men with very large prostates (bigger than 100ml) or severe symptoms, however, should still be treated with TURP or stronger lasers.
The prostate gland is part of a man's reproductive system, and its job is to make the fluid to carry and nurture sperm.
An enlarged prostate - known as BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia) - is very common, particularly as men get older, and will not always need treating.
Left untreated, it can get in the way of emptying the bladder, meaning you have to go to the toilet more often or need to strain to pass urine.
In the long term, this could potentially cause other problems such as urine infections or damage to the bladder or kidneys.
BPH can sometimes be managed with medication, but a procedure, such as TURP or a laser treatment, may be recommended. | Some 13,000 men in England could benefit from a laser treatment to manage symptoms from an enlarged prostate, the NHS is being advised. | 36,515,401 | 514 | 29 | false |
Arvind Kejriwal accused the government and police of not doing enough to protect minors in the city.
The latest attacks come after a four-year-old girl was raped in Delhi last week.
Two years ago, India tightened its laws on sexual violence after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a student.
Mr Kejriwal criticised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung for failing to provide adequate safety and security in the city.
The responsibility for the Delhi Police comes under the national government's home ministry.
"Repeated rape of minors is shameful and worrying. Delhi police has completely failed to provide safety. What are PM n his LG doing?" Mr Kejriwal said on Twitter.
He said the prime minister should either act or transfer the control over the police to the state government.
Police say one of the victims in the two separate attacks, a two-and-a-half year old girl, was abducted in west Delhi on Friday night by two men.
She was sexually assaulted before being dumped in a park near her home.
According to police reports, she was bleeding profusely when she was found. Tests showed she had been raped at least once.
"We have launched a manhunt for the suspects. So far no-one has been arrested," west Delhi police chief, Pushpendra Kumar, told AFP.
In a separate incident, a five-year-old girl was gang-raped by three men in the east of the city.
Police say she was lured to a neighbour's house where she was repeatedly raped.
Both girls are undergoing medical treatment but are believed to be out of danger, police said.
The incidents come one week after a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped before being abandoned by a railway track in the capital.
The girl, who was found near her home in a poor neighbourhood in the north of the city, had been slashed with a sharp object and had severe internal injuries.
Police have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with the attack.
The head of the Delhi Commission for Women, Swati Maliwal, has visited all three girls and said they had received horrific injuries that left them in an extreme amount of pain.
She said not enough was being done to punish those responsible for such crimes. Of 11,000 crimes against women registered with Delhi police in 2014, she said, only nine had been prosecuted.
"There is this complete lack of fear because if the convictions are not happening... if people are not having to pay the price for what they have done, then how is it that things will change in Delhi?" she told the BBC.
The latest attacks have caused outrage in the Indian capital, with many people taking to social media to express their disgust at the crimes.
The gang rape and murder of a student in 2012 in Delhi led to protests and new anti-rape laws in the country.
However, brutal sexual attacks against women and children continue to be reported across the country. Delhi alone had more than 2,000 rapes reported in 2014. | Two young children have been raped in the Indian capital of Delhi, drawing strong criticism from the city's chief minister. | 34,560,257 | 692 | 28 | false |
Some people may find these photographs upsetting.
It is an upfront and in-your-face portrayal of how cancer can ravage a body, but the stories behind the pictures are uplifting and reassuring.
Cancer survivor and exhibition organiser, Nina Cristinnicce, from Bangor, says she hopes it will trigger a conversation about the disease.
"Our final goal is to encourage everyone to talk more about cancer, talk about fears, practical matters, financial worries, dealing with emotions, daily challenges and facing physical changes, finding solidarity with other cancer patients and finding humour along the way," she told BBC News NI.
Joan McCartney, who has also been involved in organising the project, is urging people to visit the exhibition and hopefully break the stigma of having cancer.
"It is essential that we support each other in times of distress and with this in mind our long-term goal is to set up Here I AM as a registered charity," said Joan.
When cancer visits a person's life it can be devastating - physically and mentally.
Take Paul Hutchinson, 44, who calls cancer "the beast".
He was diagnosed with a brain tumour while seeking help for headaches. He received a six to 12 month prognosis - over two years ago.
He said: "They told me that the tumour appears to be gliosarcoma, very aggressive and grade IV cancer.
"I looked at my partner's face, shocked. I, on the other hand, lifted my notepad and started with a list of questions, cause, treatment plan, follow up and prognosis.
"Now, this bit I felt was weird. I asked for the typical prognosis for this stage of the tumour and they were reluctant to say. I asked them if I don't know how long I am expected to live how I can fight properly.
"They said anywhere from six to 12 months. 'Thank you', I said, now I have a target, first six months, then a year, then two, and so on. "
Can there be humour during a cancer journey? Paul says humour is essential.
"What a great holiday, fear forgotten and life is normal again, apart from the obvious, that little beast called cancer taking up free room in my brain."
The youngest person taking part in the exhibition is 14-year-old Georgia Cocking.
When she was four, she was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia. Already she has endured a bone marrow transplant, full body radiation and chemotherapy.
She advises - "Never look back always look forward, one day at a time."
There are many women in the exhibition embracing life and revealing more than their scarred chests and bald heads.
Linda McIlwrath, 47, is battling a very rare and aggressive cancer of the connective or supportive tissues of the body more commonly known as LMS. Despite having a hysterectomy, losing her hair, eyebrows and eyelashes, her zest for life is simply amazing.
"Between the scars and the continuing side effects of my operations - and now with hair loss - these are all constant reminders of what I have endured over the last number of years.
"Cancer has given me such a different outlook on life which I can actually be thankful for. It has given me a determination and a sense of urgency to do things. To me life is about making memories and the more I can make the better. "
This exhibition will challenge all your senses and might even leave you exhilarated.
It will run in the Titanic exhibition centre this weekend, but will then travel across Northern Ireland. | The "Here I am" photographic exhibition is as shocking as it is beautiful. | 36,287,662 | 812 | 18 | false |
Blatter, 80, and former Uefa president Michel Platini were last year found guilty of ethics breaches over a 2m Swiss Franc (£1.3m) "disloyal payment".
Platini resigned from European football's governing body after failing to have a six-year ban from football overturned in May.
Both deny wrongdoing.
They had their original bans reduced from eight to six years by the Fifa appeals committee, and Platini's was further reduced to four years by CAS.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter's appeal against a six-year ban from football is to be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 25 August. | 36,746,172 | 132 | 38 | false |
Lia Tweedie and Abi Harrison both scored in quick succession in the second half to give the visitors a comfortable lead.
Sarah Ewens pulled one back and sparked a late onslaught, but Celtic could not find a second as their title hopes suffered a hammer blow.
Hibs lead Glasgow City by two points, though City have played a game fewer.
For Celtic, they now sit seven points behind Hibs, though have the chance to exact swift revenge and get their hands on silverware when the two sides meet again in Sunday's SWPL Cup final.
It was asking a lot of both teams to produce a show just over 48 hours on from their last fixtures.
That told in a first half of few chances, though both could have taken a lead into half-time.
A great double save from Celtic goalkeeper Megan Cunningham denied Lucy Graham, standing up well to two powerful efforts from close range.
Then at the other end Ruesha Littlejohn saw her goal-bound shot blocked in a crowded penalty box.
Katey Turner screwed her shot wide from inside the area for Hibs before Suzanne Mulvey cut inside and hit the side netting as Celtic finished the half on top.
Mulvey again had an opportunity 15 minutes into the second half when she found space on the edge of the box, but Hibs goalkeeper Jenna Fife was able to push away her fierce shot, with no-one in green and white hoops able to get to the rebound quickly enough.
And, a minute later, Hibs took the lead after a mix-up in the Celtic defence.
Both Courtney Whyte and goalkeeper Cunningham went for Rachel McLaughlan's cross, smashing into into each other in the process.
The ball squirmed invitingly into the path of the grateful Tweedie who had the easy task of knocking the ball home.
It seemed to be the goal Hibs needed, and they pushed on for a second.
Siobhan Hunter headed Emma Brownlie's free-kick at the goalkeeper, but it was not long until it was 2-0.
Harrison lost her marker on the right and thumped a shot past Cunningham.
That sparked Celtic into life. Mulvey's shot somehow stayed out from a goalmouth scramble, then Littlejohn's shot deflected over.
Substitute Ewens, who scored twice from the bench on Sunday against Aberdeen, again found the net when she raced away down the right and goalkeeper Fife could not get enough on her effort.
Celtic continued to press but Hibs defended well enough to earn a confidence boosting victory ahead of Sunday.
Hibernian head coach Chris Roberts admitted it was "a horrible game" after Sunday's excursions for both sides.
However, Roberts felt both deserved great credit, his in particular for digging out the win.
"That was a really tough game, Celtic played very well," Roberts told BBC Scotland. "At 2-0 up we were comfortable and when they get the goal back it's nerve wracking, but I'm really pleased the girls managed to dig out a good win.
"We accepted we might not have as much possession as them but we were looking to play a counter-attacking game, looking to get in behind them.
"We're buzzing for the cup final, but we've got a few girls who picked up a sore one tonight so we'll try and nurse them fit for Sunday." | Hibernian went back to the top of the Scottish Women's Premier League with a 2-1 win away to Celtic. | 39,944,649 | 788 | 27 | false |
Dallas, 25, has returned to his club because of a calf injury.
Forward Jamie Ward is already out after fracturing his wrist while playing for Burton Albion on Saturday.
Manager Michael O'Neill has not opted to call up any replacements at this stage for the game against the second-placed team in Group C.
Ward sustained the injury in Saturday's game against Barnsley, while Dallas has not played since sustaining his calf problem during last month's international break.
Dallas played in the win over San Marino at Windsor Park on October 8 but was then forced to miss the defeat by table toppers Germany three days later.
After three rounds of fixtures, Azerbaijan stand on seven points, three ahead of Northern Ireland, with Germany leading the table on a maximum nine points.
Ward has started Northern Ireland's Past six competitive games and scored in the 4-0 win over San Marino.
The striker's absence could increase Kyle Lafferty's chances of earning a recall.
Lafferty scored within four minutes of coming on as a substitute in Norwich City's 3-2 defeat by Leeds United in the Championship on Saturday - his first league goal since January 2015.
Chris Brunt and Will Grigg are back in Northern Ireland's squad for the World Cup qualifier.
Brunt, 31, missed Euro 2016 because of a serious knee injury sustained in February but he has returned to West Brom duty in recent weeks.
Wigan's Grigg asked to be left out of recent squads for personal reasons.
Northern Ireland squad
Goalkeepers: M McGovern (Norwich City), A Mannus (St Johnstone), T Carson (Hartlepool United)
Defenders: A Hughes (Kerala Blasters), G McAuley (West Brom), J Evans (West Brom), C Brunt (West Brom), R McGivern (Shrewsbury Town), C McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town), L Hodson (Rangers), T Flanagan (Burton Albion)
Midfielder: S Davis (Southampton), N McGinn (Aberdeen), O Norwood (Brighton), C Evans (Blackburn Rovers), S Ferguson (Millwall), P McNair (Sunderland), P Paton (St Johnstone), M Lund (Rochdale).
Strikers: K Lafferty (Norwich City), J Magennis (Charlton Athletic), C Washington (QPR), W Grigg (Wigan Athletic) | Leeds midfielder Stuart Dallas has become the latest withdrawal from the Northern Ireland squad for Friday's World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan. | 37,889,511 | 558 | 31 | false |
Summer Grant, seven, from Norwich, died in Harlow, Essex, on 26 March.
A crowdfunding page set up the next day received 350 donations and has already beaten its £5,000 target.
Summer's uncle Shawn Grant said the messages, donations, flowers and teddy bears left in her memory were "important for the family".
"It's such a tragic thing to happen. She was a little angel - so kind, so loving, so polite - adorable little girl," he told the BBC.
"On social media, the messages we've received, it's just been wonderful, it really has.
"I just want to say, on behalf of the family, thank you so much for all the flowers, gifts, donations towards the funeral costs."
Dozens of teddy bears have been left at the entrance to the park where Summer was injured, along with bunches of flowers and other tributes.
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A comment thought to be left by Summer's father, Lee, said the money raised on the crowdfunding page would be used to "give my beautiful daughter the send off she deserves".
A 24-year-old woman and a man, 27, have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence and bailed until May.
Paramedics were called to Harlow Town Park on Saturday afternoon where they treated Summer, but she later died from multiple injuries in hospital.
It is believed a strong gust of wind swept the dome-shaped inflatable she was playing on 150 metres across the park, over the top of a number of trailers and caravans.
Police have asked anyone with mobile phone video footage of the incident to get in touch.
The crowdfunding page was set up by a man called Ken Spooner, whom the BBC has tried to contact.
Other messages attributed to family members, including Summer's grandmother, thanked those who had donated.
"I want to say thank you all who donated and for the heartfelt messages here. It will give our beautiful angel a good send off," she wrote.
Many of those who donated left messages of support, with one writing: "No amount of money can help but I hope at least we can help with some of the financial burden of what comes next."
It has reported increases in emergency ambulance call-outs, A&E admissions, emergency admissions, diagnostic tests and treatments.
However, the NHS is failing to meet some key targets, including those for cancer treatment, ambulance response times and A&E waiting times.
NHS England acknowledged the increases were part of a continuing trend.
"The long-term trend is one of greater volumes of both urgent and emergency care and elective activity," it said.
It is the first time NHS England has published its data from a wide range of services on the same day.
The snapshot provided by "super-Thursday" shows that in the year up to June 2015:
However, two out of the eight targets for cancer treatment were missed.
They included only 81% of patients starting treatment within 62 days of being referred by GPs, when the target is 85% of patients.
That target has not been met since the last three months of 2013 and is now the worst since records began in 2009.
Emma Greenwood, the head of policy at Cancer Research UK said: "Today's figures yet again show thousands of cancer patients are being failed.
"England's cancer survival already lags behind comparable countries and will only get worse if the target continues to be breached.
"This cannot be allowed to continue."
Three NHS standards for ambulance waiting times were also missed.
The pressures on A&E do appear to be easing slightly with 94.8% of patients being dealt with within four hours.
The 95% expectation was missed for the whole of winter and dropped below 90%, but throughput in A&E departments is now close to the target.
And there was also a big increase - of more than 12% - in what are known as delayed transfers of care (moving patients out of hospitals and back into their own homes).
Anna Bradley, the chairwoman of the patient group Healthwatch England, said: "Yet again, the number of people being kept in hospital when deemed fit to leave has increased.
"What is frustrating is that we know that in some places services work really well across boundaries and patients are discharged safely with the care and support they need.
"With a few basic changes to discharge planning, this good practice could be replicated across all services."
Meanwhile, the GP National Recruitment Office figures show that one in five GP training places are currently unfilled.
Dr Chaand Nagpaul, from the British Medical Association, said: "With medical graduates turning their backs on general practice, there is no sign that the government will be able to fulfil its pledge to recruit 5,000 GPs and open all surgeries seven days a week.
"Whatever the rhetoric, on the ground these plans are completely undeliverable."
The system has been used five times so far in Russia, causing confusion - at times - for spectators.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino said: "We have seen how video assistance has helped referees to make the correct decisions.
"I am extremely happy with VAR so far. This is a milestone tournament."
Video assistance was introduced for the first time in a Fifa competition at the Club World Cup in Japan last December, and is being used in selected competitions.
England had their first experience of the technology last week when France defender Raphael Varane was sent off after a referral in their friendly match in Paris.
Portugal defender Pepe had a goal disallowed for offside after a referral to VAR against Mexico, while Chile forward Eduardo Vargas had a strike correctly ruled out for a very marginal offside against Cameroon.
His goal in the 91st minute was also referred to the video assistant referees - presumably to check on another possible offside - but it stood.
On Monday, Tomi Juric's goal for Australia against Germany was allowed to stand despite a suspected handball after a review by the VAR.
Fifa said all five incidents were goal situations: four related to offsides, and one to a handball.
Infantino added: "The VAR tests during this Confederations Cup are also helping us to improve the processes and fine-tune communication.
"What fans have been waiting for over so many years is finally happening."
Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's Monday Night Club:
You can't blame the referees at all [for referring to VAR], because if they don't look up what the players are claiming and it turns out it did happen then they're going to get in an awful lot of trouble.
The problem you've now got is players will claim for absolutely anything, any reason to review the goal and have a look. It's going to cut down the amount of goals being scored, because every time a goal goes in, it will get reviewed.
There will be 10, 15, 20% of goals that they find a tiny reason why they should rule them out. It frustrates me already, I dislike it completely.
There will be teething problems but it's on the way to becoming part of football and I just can't see it being stopped.
Pippin, a cross between a Yorkshire terrier and a poodle, was taken from his home in Wigston, Leicestershire, last Tuesday.
The 54-year-old actor met Pippin and owner Jane Wilson on the set of the TV show Doc Martin while they were on holiday in Cornwall.
The total has doubled to £4,000 as the family had already offered a reward.
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Mrs Wilson's son, Gareth, said he contacted Mr Clunes's agent to help find Pippin after the actor showed "genuine interest" in him when he met him a few years ago on set in Port Isaac.
"We are so incredibly grateful for Martin Clunes's help and wish to thank him from the bottom of our hearts... [his] intervention has been a ray of light in the clouds," he said.
"The focal point of our lives was ripped away last week and I am incredibly worried for my mother.
"She does not eat, nor sleep and is so distraught... it makes the situation unbearable."
In a statement, Mr Clunes's agent said: "Martin can't think what he can do to help except add another £2,000 to their existing reward offer."
Mrs Wilson discovered the 15-year-old Yoodle was missing when she arrived home to find "glass shattered everywhere".
She said he was "really ill" and would not "last long" as he is dependent on prescribed pills and medicated food to survive.
Pippin, who is partially deaf and blind, is black with silvery hair on his face and beard. The tip of his tail is bald and he has a noticeable lump where the tail joins the body.
The family has urged anyone with information to contact Leicestershire Police or Crimestoppers.
The single-car crash happened at Old Chapel shortly before 07:45 local time on Monday.
The man, who was alone in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The road has now been re-opened.
Mining giant Glencore dropped sharply, ending down 9.7% after it reported a half-year loss of $676m (£431m), blaming falling oil and metal prices.
Insurer Admiral rose 3.8% as investors welcomed results showing first half pre-tax profits were up 1%.
The FTSE 100 index closed down 122.84 points at 6,403.45.
Other commodity stocks were largely lower, except for Kaz Minerals which was up 6.50% after the central bank of Kazakhstan allowed its currency to devalue.
Oil shares suffered after figures showing larger than expected US stockpiles of crude pushed the price of oil lower.
US crude fell $1.80 to $40.82 a barrel, while Brent crude dropped $1.75 to $47.06. Among the UK oil firms, shares in BP fell 1.7% while Royal Dutch Shell dropped 2%.
China's stock markets were highly volatile on Wednesday despite government efforts to stabilise them. The Chinese market ended higher after the central bank injected more funds into the financial system for the second day in a row.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.1% against the dollar to $1.5646 and dropped 0.37% against the euro to €1.4148.
While the result raised hopes that Greece would stick to austerity measures and stay in the euro, analysts said that much uncertainty remained.
The fall in bank shares was seen across Europe, with Germany's Commerzbank and France's BNP Paribas both down 4.4%.
Spanish bond yields remained volatile, rising through the 7% danger level.
Wider share indexes were mixed. France's Cac 40 closed down 0.7%, while Germany's Dax was 0.3% higher. Both had earlier risen 1%.
London's FTSE 100 closed up 0.3% after falling in early trading, while in New York, the Dow Jones closed down 0.2%.
Among other banking shares, Deutsche Bank fell 1.1%, while Credit Agricole dropped 3.4%. In the UK, Royal Bank of Scotland dropped 5.0% and Lloyds Banking Group fell 3.6%, making them the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100.
The interest rate on the government bonds of Spain - the eurozone country said to be most at risk of needing a full international bailout in the future - hit another new high. The yield on Spain's 10-year bonds had initially fallen as low as 6.767%, before rising to 7.144%.
Italy's 10-year bond yield also rose, hitting 6.08%, after earlier falling to 5.85%.
The main share indexes of Spain and Italy also fell.
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Spain's Ibex closed down 3.0%, while Italy's FTSE MIB lost 2.9%.
In the currency markets, the euro was slightly lower against the dollar, at $1.2579 from $1.2637 late on Friday.
Asian shares had earlier posted strong gains, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index and South Korea's Kospi both closing up 1.8%, while Australia's ASX 200 added 1.9%.
Antonis Samaras, the leader of the New Democracy party, said on Sunday that "the Greek people voted today to stay on the European course and remain in the eurozone".
"There will be no more adventures. Greece's place in Europe will not be put in doubt."
Adrian Slack, head of equities at Bastion Capital, said the initial reaction to the Greek election result was "too euphoric".
He added: "Fundamentally, the problems [in Greece and the eurozone] haven't changed."
Peter Schiff, of the brokerage Euro Pacific Capital, added: "How long is it going to take for people to worry about Spain again?"
Spain's borrowing costs have been hitting euro-era record levels, indicating that lenders were concerned about Madrid's ability to repay its debts.
Last week, the ratings agency Moody's cut Spain's credit rating to one notch above "junk".
Yet other analsyts were more optimistic.
Masayuki Doshida, a senior market analyst at Rakuten Securities, said the victory of Greece's New Democracy party had allayed eurozone fears for now.
"There'll be a definite sense of relief spreading around today," said Masayuki Doshida, she said.
Fellow analyst, David Lennox of Fat Prophets, told the BBC that the worst of the Greek crisis could now be over.
"We think that early punters are already taking the view that a floor has been put under the crisis for now," he said.
The elections in Greece were being watched closely, not just by eurozone leaders but also investors all across the globe.
Greece, which is suffering from a sovereign debt crisis, has received two bailouts in the past two years.
It was given an initial package worth 110bn euros (£89bn; $138bn) in 2010, followed by another one agreed last year worth 130bn euros.
However, the EU and IMF have attached tough austerity measures, including state spending cuts, as pre-conditions to those packages.
There have been various demonstrations against these cuts in Greece and the Syriza party had said that it would renegotiate the conditions if it came to power.
It had led to fears that if eurozone leaders and Athens did not agree on the existing terms, Greece may be forced to leave the eurozone.
There were concerns that such a move may spread contagion to other eurozone countries and result in turmoil in the global economy.
However, the BBC's business editor, Robert Peston, said the new Greek government still faced an uphill challenge.
He said that bankers had told him Greece needed "eurozone governments and the European Central Bank to write off a big slug of what they are owed".
The British number one, 26, won 6-4 6-1 in only an hour and 14 minutes to reach the quarter-finals in her first grass-court tournament of the year.
Konta, who is ranked eighth in the world, will play 21-year-old Australian Ashleigh Barty in the last eight.
She will be the first home top-10 female player at Wimbledon since 1984.
Konta and Belgium's world number 81 Wickmayer won together in the second round of the doubles on Tuesday, before facing each other in the singles on Wednesday.
Top seed Konta raced into a 4-0 lead in the opening set, Wickmayer pulling one break of serve back before the Briton served out.
Konta also dominated the start of the second set, leading 5-0 before Wickmayer broke her serve, going on to wrap up a comfortable win.
Meanwhile, British number three Naomi Broady moved into the last eight of the Aegon Trophy on her home court in Manchester.
The 27-year-old from Stockport, who is currently ranked 115th in the world, won 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (9-7) against American Maria Sanchez.
She will play top seed Kai-Chen Chang of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals.
However, world number two Simona Halep - who lost in Saturday's French Open final to unseeded Latvian Jelena Ostapenko - has pulled out of next week's Aegon Classic in Birmingham with an ankle injury.
It means Broady and fellow Briton Heather Watson will join Konta in the Birmingham draw after being given wildcards.
World number one Angelique Kerber, 2016 French Open winner Garbine Muguruza and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova are also competing at the event which starts on Monday.
They will continue to listen for the little probe in the days ahead, hopeful that it will somehow become active again.
On each pass overhead, the Rosetta satellite will try to detect and lock on to any sort of blip being transmitted from below.
The mission has faced up to the odds before, and won. It bounced and probably scraped across the surface during its historic touchdown on Wednesday.
Philae survived all that. People will now want to believe it can hunker down in the darkness and ride out its present predicament.
It would be very useful to know where exactly the probe is right now on the surface of Comet 67P.
This would give controllers a better sense of whether it is ever likely to come back to life.
The robot's own pictures show it to be rammed up against walls that throw a deep shadow over its solar panels for most of 67P's 12-hour day.
But the conditions that currently prevent Philae from charging its batteries could change.
It is not inconceivable that as the comet moves in closer to the Sun, the amount of light made available to the probe will increase, in amount and in intensity.
There could be structural changes on the comet, too. Obstructions that look hard and imposing today could crumble in time as 67P warms and becomes more active.
The jets of gas and dust that are generated as the comet's internal ices are heated could disturb the robot in such a way that it is bumped to a more favourable lighting location.
For sure, Philae will be very cold in the long nights it is experiencing, but the assessment of the thermal status of the probe is encouraging. It can survive.
If this is the last we hear from the robot, history will be very quick to judge this mission as an astonishing success.
Yes, the robot had some systems failures in its landing mechanisms, but it would be churlish in the extreme to dwell on these shortcomings.
The robot delivered almost 100% of its primary goals, returning the first-ever pictures and other science data from the surface of a comet.
And it has been a blast. This past week's events really caught the world's attention.
So how about we do it again? This is the dream certainly of many who control Philae's mothership, Rosetta.
It will continue to orbit and observe 67P for at least another year, but after that there is a desire to put the satellite on the surface of the comet as well.
"I would like to land on the surface of the comet with the full spacecraft - definitely," says European Space Agency flight director Andrea Accomazzo.
"In the end, we can design an approach trajectory to the comet. We just slow down the spacecraft and it falls on to the comet.
"The touchdown will not be as soft as the lander. There's no landing gear; the spacecraft would be mechanically damaged. But we can do it."
And Paolo Ferri, Esa's head of mission operations, added: "We would plan such a manoeuvre so that we could follow Rosetta down to the surface. But once it touches down, we cannot control anymore the attitude. So, the antenna will not be pointing to the right direction.
"We would lose the contact when it touches down, but we would still be able to control it down to the last metre, to get signal, measurements and pictures. It would be spectacular. That's the right way to die."
You can hear more from Accomazzo and Ferri in the BBC Radio 4 Frontiers special we recorded from mission control on Wednesday night - if you haven't already caught the programme.
And there'll be a special Sky At Night edition dedicated to Philae's exploits on BBC Four television this Sunday at 2100 GMT.
Volunteers from the Snowdonia Society are taking GPS devices out on their regular litter picks across the national park.
They are using them to record where the litter was found and to build up a computer map of the messiest areas.
These areas will then be targeted for more regular clean-ups.
Project officer Owain Thomas told BBC Radio Wales: "When you compare the amount of visitors that Snowdon has with other popular mountain areas in the UK, the amount of litter that accumulates is quite low.
"But there are certain hotspots in popular picnic lunch areas where you'll find the majority of the litter, and winds sometimes blow it around the mountain."
The GPS tracking device is a small gadget not much bigger than a person's thumb. Each time a piece of litter is picked up, a button is clicked, and the device logs the location where the rubbish was found.
Helen Pye, warden with the Snowdonia National Park Authority welcomed the innovation.
She said: "Litter can be a problem in some areas. We've found everything from tents and barbecues to 60 Euros in cash, a false nail and even a Coke can from the 1960s."
Joe Jackson began proceedings against Conrad Murray exactly one year after his son's death, in June 2010.
He sought civil damages for a variety of issues, including loss of income and emotional distress.
A federal judge had refused to hear but it was later re-filed in a state court in Los Angeles.
Court documents show the request for dismissal was granted on Monday.
The filings do not elaborate on the reasons for dropping the case, but two lawyers involved with it were recently ruled ineligible to practice law in California.
Murray's attorney, Charles Peckham, welcomed the decision.
"It's good finally that this case is dismissed and gone," he said on Wednesday.
"It's pretty clear that Joe Jackson intelligently and smartly dismissed this case so he, his wife and children can focus on Michael Jackson's life instead of the circumstances of his death."
He added that Murray, who remains jailed while he appeals his conviction for involuntary manslaughter, was still pained by Jackson's death and feels sorry for his family.
"His heart goes out to them," Peckham said.
Joe Jackson's case claimed Murray repeatedly lied to paramedics and doctors about giving Jackson the anaesthetic propofol and that he did not keep adequate medical records, both issues that prosecutors raised against Murray during his trial last year.
Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, continues to pursue a case against concert company AEG Live alleging it negligently hired and supervised Murray, whose treatments were administered while the pop star was rehearsing for a 50-date comeback show at London's O2 arena.
Her case is scheduled for trial in April.
Prosecutors allege Dr Kermit Gosnell killed babies born alive after late-term abortions by snipping their spines at the neck with scissors.
His defence lawyer said it was "ridiculous" to say the foetuses had survived in utero injections of a heart-stopping drug.
Jury deliberations began on Tuesday.
Dr Gosnell faces the death penalty or life in prison if convicted.
Several former clinic employees have pleaded guilty to murder and testified against Dr Gosnell and an unlicensed doctor, Eileen O'Neill.
The defence has separately argued that Dr Gosnell is not responsible for the overdose death of 41-year-old Karnamaya Mongar, a refugee from Nepal, saying that was caused by medical complications.
During closing arguments in Philadelphia on Monday, prosecutor Ed Cameron asked jurors to deliver justice on behalf of Dr Gosnell's alleged victims.
"Are you human?" Mr Cameron asked Dr Gosnell, who sat calmly during the proceedings. "To med these women up and stick knives in the backs of babies?"
Calling the clinic an "assembly line with no regard" for patients, the prosecutor argued Dr Gosnell was grossly incompetent as an abortion provider and had sought to get rich by employing unqualified staff and keeping a dirty, out-of-date clinic.
He alleged that two mentally unstable medical assistants and a teenager were on duty delivering anaesthesia the night Mongar came in.
"If that doesn't tell you right away what kind of practice Dr Gosnell ran, nothing will,'' Mr Cameron said.
Defence lawyer Jack McMahon told jurors on Monday prosecutors had manipulated former employees of the clinic into testifying, while creating "the most extraordinary hype and exaggeration in the history of the justice system".
Mr McMahon acknowledged jurors had seen horrifying images during the trial, but argued that prosecutors did not have definitive proof the foetuses were viable and alive.
"Abortion, as is any surgical procedure, isn't pretty," he said. "It's bloody. It's real. But you have to transcend that."
He also called prosecutors "elitist" and "racist" for pursuing Dr Gosnell, who is black and served mostly poor minority women.
"We know why he was targeted,'' Mr McMahon said. "If you don't see that reality... you're living in some sort of la-la land."
During the trial, Judge Jeffrey Minehart threw out three other murder charges involving aborted foetuses, citing insufficient evidence that they were born alive and then killed.
Prosecutors have argued Dr Gosnell would not have cut the foetuses' spines unless he feared they had survived abortion.
Former staff have testified they saw aborted foetuses move after the procedure on at least two occasions, only to have Dr Gosnell explain the movements as an involuntary response.
In one case, Ashley Baldwin, a former employee said, "the chest was moving".
Abortions in Pennsylvania are illegal if not performed by a licensed doctor and if done past the 24th week of pregnancy when the mother's life is not in danger.
According to a grand jury report, records of the length of the pregnancies at the time of the abortions were falsified by non-medical staff. Other records were lost entirely.
Despite winning no trophies again last season the Old Trafford club's brand is estimated to be worth $1.2bn (£789m).
Six of the top 10 most valuable club brands were English.
Barcelona, who won the Champions League final on Saturday, slipped two places from last year to sixth most valuable club, worth $773m.
A recent report in Spanish newspaper Sport had suggested that Man Utd's global fan base had fallen because of its couple of barren seasons.
But the Brand Finance report said: "Even if recent reports of fan losses are to be believed, United retains legions of followers in India, South East Asia and China, contributing to a total of over half a billion individuals and the news certainly does not appear to have deterred sponsors."
They point to the club's lucrative shirt sponsorship deal with Chevrolet and "record breaking" kit supply deal with Adidas, which was signed in 2014 and is worth £750m to United over 10 years.
They added that "the huge windfalls that Man Utd can expect, will see both revenues and brand value continue to increase in the coming years".
They also say that the club's brand value has increased by 63% since 2014.
"The most critical success factor in the Manchester United brand's renewed financial potency has been this year's record-breaking, £5.1bn deal for the UK broadcast rights of the Premier League."
Bayern slipped to second in the football brand table, with Real Madrid third, and Paris St-Germain in ninth. There were no Italian clubs in the top 10.
According to the Unite union, the strike will leave its headquarters in the City of London without security and maintenance staff and "effectively inoperable".
However, the Bank says it has contingency plans in place.
It will be the first time in more than 50 years that the Bank has faced a walkout by staff.
The Bank of England has 4,000 staff, but it is unclear how many of them will walk out at the end of this month.
The move follows a ballot which produced a 95% vote for strike action.
The union said its members were angry that, for the second year in a row, they had been offered a pay rise that was below the rate of inflation.
This year's pay rise was capped at 1%, with up to one-third of staff due to get no pay increase at all this year, the union said.
In a statement, the Bank of England said: "The Bank has been informed of industrial action being called by Unite the union.
"The union balloted approximately 2% of the workforce. Should the strike go ahead, the Bank has plans in place so that all sites can continue to operate effectively.
"We will continue to have discussions with Unite and hope that there will be a positive outcome."
The union said it was prepared to escalate the dispute if Bank chiefs failed to settle the pay row.
"The result of the Bank's unwillingness to negotiate fair pay will be that the Bank's sites, including the iconic Threadneedle Street in the City of London, will effectively be inoperable without the maintenance, parlours and security staff," said Unite regional officer Mercedes Sanchez.
The parlours department welcomes guests to the bank and makes arrangements for refreshments.
The new offer values Spirit at 109.5p per share, up from an original offer of 100p that was rejected last month.
Spirit, which was split off from Punch Taverns in 2011, runs the Chef & Brewer and Flaming Grill chains.
Spirit says it will recommend the offer to shareholders if other terms of the deal can be agreed.
Suffolk-based Greene King runs 1,900 pubs, restaurants and hotels across the UK, including the Loch Fyne and Hungry Horse chains.
The planned deal is part of Greene King's shift into restaurants and pubs that serve food.
Under chief executive Rooney Anand, Greene King has been cutting the number of pubs it owns, including a deal in May which saw 275 tenanted and leased pubs sold to Hawthorn Leisure.
In July, Greene King announced preliminary annual profits of £105m, down 5% on the previous year.
Restaurants saw a 4.1% rise in profit, while profit growth at pubs was up just 2.2%.
Scotland left-back Robertson, 23, joins on what the Reds describe as a "long-term contract" for a fee which could rise to £10m.
Midfielder Stewart, 23, signs a three-year deal with the Championship club.
Robertson said: "It feels a bit surreal. There are not more special clubs than Liverpool."
The defender joined Hull from Dundee United for £2.85m in 2014 and made 39 appearances last season as the Tigers were relegated from the Premier League.
He added: "When you grow up as a kid you dream of playing with big clubs such as Liverpool and to make that a reality is a dream come true for me.
"I just want to prove to people that I can do it at this level, and hopefully I manage to do that this season and do good things for this club."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp added: "For Andrew, this is another big step on what has been a quite incredible personal journey in a very short space of time.
"I know our environment will benefit him and help him push himself even more than he has already. This is a player who does not limit his ambition."
United will receive about £600,000 from the deal - paid over the next two or three years - as a sell-on clause for a player they signed from amateur club Queen's Park in 2013.
Robertson is Liverpool's third summer signing following the arrival of Roma winger Mohamed Salah and Chelsea striker Dominic Solanke.
Eight other Premier League sides, as well as PSV Eindhoven and Sporting Lisbon, were reportedly interested in the left-back.
Having played as an amateur in Scotland's fourth tier as recently as 2013, a move to Liverpool tops a rapid rise for Robertson.
Within nine months of moving from Queen's Park in Scottish League Two to Premiership side Dundee United, Robertson made his Scotland debut as a 19-year-old.
He was voted PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year in his only season at Tannadice - scoring five goals in 44 games - before moving to Hull.
Robertson became a regular for the Tigers - making 115 appearances in three seasons. He has twice suffered relegation from the Premier League, but also won promotion via the play-offs in 2016.
Former Tottenham player Stewart made 20 appearances for Liverpool, including 11 in the Premier League, and has played for Crewe, Cheltenham, Burton and Swindon on loan.
Stewart could make his first Hull appearance in Saturday's friendly against Benfica.
"I'm delighted to sign for the club. I can't wait to get started and get my boots on," he said.
"It's an exciting move for me and I'm looking forward to the challenge."
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Whelan, 78, told the Jewish Telegraph he used to refer to a local Chinese restaurant as "chingalings".
He is already under investigation by the FA over remarks about Jewish and Chinese people in an interview where he was trying to defend the appointment of Malky Mackay as the club's new manager.
Whelan has been given until 12 December to respond to that charge.
It is understood the latest remarks have so far not been under consideration by the ongoing investigation.
Whelan has denied making racist remarks and insists he was misquoted.
He has also apologised for any offence caused and warned he will resign from his position at Wigan if punished.
Whelan was quoted using the term "chink" in a newspaper interview with the Guardian last month.
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Asked by the Jewish Telegraph whether he himself had ever used the term, he replied: "When I was growing up we used to call the Chinese [restaurant] 'chingalings'.
"We weren't being disrespectful. We used to say: 'We're going to eat in 'chingalings'.
"The Chinese weren't offended by that. That was the name everyone in Wigan called it."
Michael Wilkes, a spokesman for the British Chinese Project, described Whelan's comments as "extremely unhelpful".
He added in the Guardian: "Once again, Mr Whelan, rather distressingly, believes he can speak on behalf of Chinese people.
"Once more, he is using a public platform to tell a wide audience what Chinese people find offensive.
"Contrary to what Mr Whelan may believe, the vast majority of our community deem the terms 'chink' and 'chingaling' highly offensive."
The new controversy comes on the same day Wigan warned supporters not to use racist, sexist or homophobic language during Saturday's match against Norwich City.
"Wigan Athletic are reminding supporters that it is illegal to swear or use racist, homophobic or sexist language," a statement read.
"The club has a zero tolerance on this and any supporter found to be using inappropriate language runs the risk of being ejected from the match, with further sanctions being available depending on the severity of the case."
Although the programme's existence has been well-known for years now. the level of detail contained in the 480-page summary offers a new insight into the work of the CIA.
It also probes the extent to which the programme was accepted at the highest levels of government.
The authors of the report describe how Mr Bush began to set the foundation for a secretive detention programme within a week of the terrorist attacks.
They wrote: "September 17, 2001, six days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W Bush signed a covert action Memorandum of Notification (MON) to authorize the director of central intelligence (DCI) to 'undertake operations designed to capture and detain persons who pose a continuing, serious threat of violence or death to U.S. persons and interests or who are planning terrorist activities.'"
One of the biggest questions about the CIA detention programme is who knew what - and when - about the harsh treatment of detainees and the use of "enhanced" interrogation methods.
The report says: "The CIA did not brief the leadership of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques until September 2002, after the techniques had been approved and used."
Former CIA officials - those who were involved in the programme - agree on the timing of their briefings to Congress about the programme.
Yet the former CIA officials describe things a bit differently. Several years ago John Rizzo, the former acting general counsel of the CIA, told me that the leaders of Congress knew exactly what the CIA officers were doing with the detainees at the black sites - and didn't object.
President Bush has said that he supported the harsh interrogations. He wanted to protect the US from another al-Qaeda attack.
Yet the report states he was not always enthusiastic about the tactics: "According to CIA records, when briefed in April 2006, the president expressed discomfort with the 'image of a detainee, chained to the ceiling, clothed in a diaper, and forced to go to the bathroom on himself.'"
One of the most important case studies in the report is the one about a Saudi-born detainee named Abu Zubaydah - one of the first prisoners to be subjected to waterboarding.
The report provides new details about his treatment and says CIA officers concluded that he "should remain incommunicado for the remainder of his life".
This could have given the CIA officials more freedom to subject him to harsh treatment, since they believed he would never have a chance to provide an account of what happened to him.
Zubaydah, who was captured in Pakistan in 2002, is now held at Guantanamo's Camp Seven, an area that is off-limits to journalists.
John Rizzo, formerly of the CIA, has acknowledged that videotapes made of the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah were "tough to watch".
Yet the report reveals new details about what the videotapes portrayed - and why they were disturbing.
In a heavily redacted section, the authors write that during one interrogation Zubaydah became "unresponsive, with bubbles rising through his open, full mouth".
The videos have been destroyed. As of this date, the Senate report provides the most comprehensive account of what the videos showed.
Democratic Party Senator Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is the first woman to hold the vaunted position of overseeing 16 intelligence agencies.
The California native, born in 1933, attended Stanford University and began her career in politics in 1969 when she was elected to the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors.
During her career, Ms Feinstein has championed legislation banning the manufacture, sale and possession of military-style assault weapons as well as bolstering security measures at more than 300 US seaports.
She has also been a staunch critic of US intelligence over-reach, publicly criticising the National Security Agency's monitoring of the national leaders of American allies.
But her most high-profile fight of late was the committee's six-year review of thousands of CIA documents, which concluded the rendition, detention and interrogation practices of the George W Bush administration were ineffective.
Libyan Islamist Abdul Hakim Belhaj told the BBC two years ago that he had been tortured:
"I was kidnapped at Bangkok airport and my family and I were tortured by the CIA and of course this continued when I was handed to the Libyan authorities.
"I was tortured but what was more agonising is what happened to my ill and pregnant wife back then.
"When we were detained in Bangkok airport we stayed for days in a small cell that was very crowded. My wife was brutally tortured. I was beaten, hanged from a wall. I was put under so much psychological pressure during my interrogation. "
As ex-CIA lawyer John Rizzo wrote in his book, "the bipartisan leadership of Congress (the so-called Gang of 8) had been briefed by the CIA on the newly approved techniques, including waterboarding, and expressed no concern whatsoever".
His account raises questions about the congressional leadership. Why didn't they say at the time that they believed the harsh interrogation methods were wrong?
Members of Congress could have told Rizzo and the other CIA officials that they didn't want the detainees to be treated like this.
Grenades were thrown at La Chaumiere restaurant in the capital of the Horn of Africa country, officials said. At least another 11 people were wounded.
Unconfirmed reports said that two employees had been killed and several foreigners wounded.
No group has said it carried out the attack and the motive was not immediately clear.
Colonel Omar Hassan, head of police in Djibouti City, told Reuters: "It's a criminal act. We have two people dead and 11 wounded. It was grenades."
Djibouti's ADI news agency reported several explosions around 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) and said that the area was quickly sealed off by police.
Djibouti, a former French colony, is home to US and French military bases and also contributes troops to the African Union force fighting al-Shabab militants in Somalia.
Its port is also used by foreign navies protecting the Gulf of Aden's shipping lanes from Somali pirates.
The overtime bill for PSNI officers and staff was down by £11.5m, from £59.2m in 2013/14 to £47.7m in 2014/15.
In England and Wales it totalled almost £1bn over three years and went up by £6m last year, a freedom of information request by BBC Radio 5 live found.
One individual within the PSNI was paid almost £44,000 in overtime in 2014/15.
Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said the PSNI is facing "unprecedented budgetary pressures".
He said the service was having to find ways to "live within our reduced means".
But he denied that budget cuts were having a negative impact on frontline policing.
"We have been looking very carefully at every aspect of our service delivery to identify and implement ways of providing those services within our reducing budget," he said.
"This has not meant a reduction in frontline policing services, rather it is simply a change to what that service looks like.
"We have made significant efforts, based on research and examination of demand, to ensure that we have the right people in the right place at the right time to effectively deliver our services."
A recent shake-up of the PSNI's policing districts, local policing teams and support services was part of the process, he said.
In 2011, the PSNI said a 13% rise in overtime spending was due to the terrorist threat.
But the decrease in 2014/15 is not a suggestion that the threat has reduced, it said.
"The threat posed by violent, terrorist criminals remains severe," ACC Todd said.
"While this threat persists, keeping people safe, is and always will be of paramount importance to the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
"This task continues to require significant policing resources."
He added that the PSNI would be keeping its resources "under regular review" as it faces "significant challenges".
Figures for 39 forces in England and Wales show the overtime bill rose from £307.1m in 2013/14 to £313.2m in 2014/15.
Police Scotland spent £18.2m on overtime in 2014/15, a reduction of £6m on the previous year.
Brian "the guv'nor" Reader was one of the ringleaders of what is said to be the largest burglary in English history.
He was given a prison term of six years and three months in March for his role in the £14m break-in.
He had sought leave to appeal the sentence due to ill health.
Two Court of Appeal judges were urged to show "mercy" and cut the 77-year-old's sentence following what was described as a "dramatic" deterioration in his health.
But Mr Justice Flaux and Mr Justice Edis rejected Reader's application for leave to appeal his original sentence.
Mr Justice Flaux said: "The sentence passed was not in any sense manifestly excessive."
Reader of Dartford, Kent, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.
The Hatton Garden gang carried out the meticulously planned crime over the Easter weekend last year.
They ransacked 73 boxes at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit after using a drill to bore a hole into the vault wall.
Valuables worth up to £14m, including gold, diamonds and sapphires, were taken.
Two-thirds of those valuables remain unrecovered.
The Co-op in Long Furlong Drive, Britwell, was raided on Friday evening by two people carrying what appeared to be a handgun and a chisel.
After filling a carrier bag with cash, the offenders got into a "scuffle" with staff resulting in the handle falling off the gun, police said
It is thought one of the robbers may have been involved in a collision as he attempted to escape on a bicycle.
Thames Valley Police said an off-duty police officer tried to follow the offenders and saw one being helped up from the road at the junction of Wentworth Avenue, as if he had been hit by a vehicle.
The force said the gun was thought to be an imitation firearm. The bicycles used in the escape were a gold-coloured mountain bike and a bright green BMX with red handlebars and pedals.
Officers are trying to trace the driver of the vehicle that collided with one of the cyclists following the robbery at 21:10 GMT.
Police said two men, aged 33, had been arrested and bailed until 31 December.
Williams, who was playing for the first time since injuring a foot at the 2015 World Cup, came through unscathed.
He is currently the only regular full-back in Wales' squad.
Fly-half Rhys Priestland played throughout Bath's 19-13 loss at Saracens on Saturday while lock Dominic Day came off in the second half.
Williams, Priestland and Day were among those playing eight days before Wales' tournament begins against Ireland in Dublin on Sunday, 8 February.
Elsewhere, lock Luke Charteris was brought on from the replacements bench for the final 20 minutes of Racing 92's convincing 26-3 win over Oyonnax in the French Top 14
Kicking coach Neil Jenkins has said Wales have had concerns about fly-half Priestland's lack of game time going into the Championship.
Prop Tomas Francis will play for Exeter against Worcester Warriors on Sunday.
And Utility back Matthew Morgan is on Bristol's bench for their Championship clash against Jersey on Sunday.
However, centres Jamie Roberts (Harlequins) and Jonathan Davies (Clermont Auvergne) as well as wing George North (Northampton) are not in action this weekend.
Lock Bradley Davies was absent from Wasps' team to play Northampton on Friday night, while Gloucester did not select back-rower Ross Moriarty against Leicester.
Wales earlier announced captain Sam Warburton would not appear in Cardiff Blues' back-row in Saturday's Pro12 game against Edinburgh.
Warburton, 27, played in Blues' win over Calvisano, his first game since injuring an ankle in November.
Blues team-mate Gareth Anscombe also remained with Wales.
Hallam Amos, 21, played the full game as Newport Gwent Dragons beat Leinster in the Pro12 on Friday after recovering from a shoulder injury.
Wales head coach Warren Gatland says players' game-time needs have been assessed on an individual basis.
"It depends on the individual, how they feel physically," said Gatland.
"Some players like to get a few games under the belt, others are a bit more flexible and can go straight into it."
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Amos injured his shoulder as Wales beat England in the World Cup, but returned to action in Dragons' win over Castres on 15 January.
Blues back Anscombe, 24, suffered an ankle injury during Wales' World Cup quarter-final loss to South Africa.
But Anscombe, who has three caps, has played twice for the region in recent weeks.
Forwards: Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Luke Charteris (Racing 92), Bradley Davies (Wasps), Dominic Day (Bath Rugby), Ross Moriarty (Gloucester Rugby).
Backs: Rhys Priestland (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Davies (Clermont Auvergne), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), George North (Northampton Saints), Matthew Morgan (Bristol Rugby).
When she was appointed on 23 January 1992, Nicholas Coleridge - the then managing director of Vogue - said "Vogue is almost in her blood", referring to the fact her mother, father and brother had all worked at the publication.
So how will her tenure be remembered and why was she such a great ambassador for the fashion world? We asked industry figures for their views.
"Her contribution has been amazing, she had some fantastic covers. She has a love for fashion, but never in a precious way.
"I worked with her on the Sunday Telegraph many years ago, and she wasn't your expected type of fashionista. She wasn't like [US Vogue editor] Anna Wintour - she was her own person.
"She has her own style, slightly bohemian, and had a sense of humour. She was funny. She was really committed to her job and she loved Vogue."
- Hilary Alexander, editor-at- large of Hello! Fashion Monthly and former fashion director of the Daily Telegraph
"There are many stylists out there and people who have a wonderful take on fashion but few have such a good eye for a story as Alex has.
"She was one of the first people to realise, years back, that supermodels were becoming stars in their own right. She championed the Naomis and the Kates [Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss].
"To this day, Kate Moss has still appeared on the cover more than anyone else. It was Alex who recognised the story, as much as others recognised the fashion."
- Robert Johnson, GQ fashion director
"She supported British fashion massively. She believed in it as almost a brand in itself and she stuck up for it all the time. As editor, I think she saw it grow in stature.
"The British fashion industry has become a bit more respected for being viable and less thought of as 'the crazy place', and actually acknowledged that it is a very creative place. She supported both sides of it."
- Alison Lloyd, the founder of accessories brand Ally Capellino
"Alexandra Shulman is an exceptional editor and has been an instrumental ambassador to British fashion internationally.
"During her 25-year tenure at British Vogue, the magazine has evolved into one of the leading fashion publications in the world, bringing the fashion industry ever closer to the reader.
"The British Fashion Council are so grateful for the support Alex has given to our young designers through initiatives like the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, steered by her eye for the best designers and creative influencers."
- Caroline Rush, chief executive of the British Fashion Council
"Alex Shulman is one of the great editors of her time.
"Magazines are driven to a large extent by the nature of their character, and Vogue's character for the last 25 years has been defined by Alex's intelligence, surface smarts, elegance, as well as by a genuine sense of respect.
"Vogue is a big brand, maybe the biggest magazine brand of them all, and she has been a great gatekeeper, keeping all reductive forces at bay."
- Dylan Jones, editor of GQ
"She was interested in promoting a broader range of beauty and body image.
"I wrote to her in the very early days when she published a set of pictures of a curvaceous model in the late 1990s. I said I'd be interested in the response, and she understood where I was coming from and wanted to talk about it.
"[Fashion designer] Amanda Wakeley and I approached her at the beginning of setting up Fashion Targets Breast Cancer in 1996 and she really saw the value of it and helped us create two big fashion industry photos.
"She could see the bigger picture and wanted to broaden what fashion could do. Fashion is often derided as a superficial part of people's lives but it feeds into larger issues like identity and self-esteem."
- Fashion commentator Caryn Franklin
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More than once he tried to escape out of a first-floor window, convinced his teacher was criticising him.
He is not alone - research among 700 children aged 10 and 11 for the mental-health charity Place2Be suggests almost two-thirds worry "all the time".
Concerns about family and friends and fear of failing at school are the top causes of anxiety, says the charity.
The school referred Tom and his mother for counselling sessions, run by the charity at the school.
Tom felt he could not learn and his mother could not get a job as she was so worried about what would happen if he ran home from school and found her gone.
Tom was taught breathing exercises to control his anger and reduce his anxiety - techniques he used for the rest of his school career.
"It helped me get through," he said.
Eight years on he applied for a place on a performing arts course and says he owes his progress to the counselling sessions.
Place2Be surveyed children in the top primary year at 20 schools across England, Scotland and Wales at the end of 2016.
The entire year group in each school took part.
Their top concerns were:
In addition:
There was a gender divide, with 36% of girls worrying about being bullied, compared with 22% of boys.
More girls (28%) worried about their looks than boys (18%).
But boys (24%) were more likely to worry about being angry than girls (16%).
The most common coping strategies were talking to family members (72%) or to friends (65%), while 65% of boys calmed themselves by playing computer games compared with 39% of girls.
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More than 80% of the children surveyed said the best way for adults to help was to listen sympathetically and pupils said it was important to be kind to anxious classmates. .
"I give them a hug and tell them not to worry and everything is OK," said one 10-year-old.
The charity's chief executive, Catherine Roche, said primary school was often characterised as innocent and happy.
"But in reality we know that young children can worry about a lot of things, whether it's something going on at home, with their friends, or even about bad things happening in the world.
"It's perfectly normal to worry from time to time, but if these worries become more serious or persistent, it's important that children know where they can turn for help.
"Schools and families play a crucial role in ensuring that children learn to look out for each other and know how to get help if they need it."
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Lincolnshire Police said recruits had to have lived in the county for the past 12 months.
Last month, the job advert to replace Chief Constable Neil Rhodes was promoted overseas.
One employment lawyer described the force's policy as "potentially discriminatory".
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In a statement on the force's website, Mr Rhodes said he wanted "the force to reflect the community it serves and for applicants to have an understanding of the county and issues facing the public of Lincolnshire".
Lincolnshire Police said it was planning to recruit "around 150 [officers] over the next couple of years".
A spokeswoman for the force said the recruitment of the chief constable was a matter for the county's police and crime commissioner and that other ranks in the force "are promoted internally or from time to time we accept transferees from other forces".
Mary Walker, a partner at Andrew Jackson Solicitors and an expert in employment law, said the force would have to decide if the locals-only policy was "proportionate" and "legitimate".
"Does the need for that local knowledge outweigh the potential of discrimination on other potential recruits?" she said.
Some other forces in England and Wales have a similar policy.
The Metropolitan Police said since 2014 recruits had to have lived in London for three of the past six years.
Meteorologists said some 17.6in (44.7cm) of rain fell on Houston on Monday alone, levels national officials said were "historic".
Rivers burst their banks in downtown Houston and 1,200 people were rescued from rising floodwaters.
Close to 70,000 people were left without power in the city, the fourth-largest in the United States.
At least 1,000 homes have flooded, with the number likely to rise. City officials have turned a large shopping centre into an evacuation centre.
As well as telling people not to drive in the fast-flowing waters, city officials warned against allowing children to play in waters that are likely to contain snakes and ants.
Among the worst-hit areas is Greenspoint, a poor, mainly Hispanic district of more than 112,000 people to the north of the city centre.
Footage broadcast in Texas showed Greenspoint families moving belongings and children through floodwaters on air beds and inside a refrigerator.
"Do not think the city is not seeing you," Mayor Sylvester Turner told Greenspoint residents in a press conference.
"It's a situation where all throughout the city, and quite frankly all throughout our region, we're dealing with high water."
At least one of those who died was found in a submerged car, local media reported.
Close to 70 horses were rescued from a flooded stable before police officers were able to lead them to safety through floodwaters.
One Houston flood official said waters recorded in one area were 40ft (12 metres) higher than the previous record.
The city, on the Gulf of Mexico, is prone to heavy rains, and has seen a number of major flooding events in the last year alone. However, this flood is the largest to strike the city since Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, which led to 23 deaths across the state, the City of Houston Twitter account said.
Mayor Turner said rains were expected to ease on Tuesday.
At one stage on Saturday it said there were delays of up to five hours, partly caused by migrants entering its terminal in France on Friday night.
It says there is now a 60-minute waiting time to board in Kent. Services from Calais are on schedule.
Passengers have been advised to arrive on time when they travel on Sunday, rather than turning up early.
Eurotunnel services have been hit by strikes and migrants trying to stow away on lorries, in their attempts to cross from France to the UK, for several weeks.
Shortly before midnight on Friday, Eurotunnel briefly suspended services after migrants accessed the Eurotunnel terminal on the French side.
The operator said this caused a backlog of delays, on top of traffic issues, which it had been working through on Saturday.
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John Keefe, Eurotunnel spokesman, told the BBC a normal service was now being run and any remaining delays were being caused by the large volume of traffic to the Eurotunnel site, in part because of Operation Stack.
The operation involves the parking - or stacking - of lorries on the M20 in Kent when cross-Channel services are disrupted.
Mr Keefe said it was also one of the busiest days of the year for travel.
It is hoped the remainder of the backlog will be cleared overnight and a normal service without delays will be run by Sunday morning.
Passengers have been advised to check for traffic updates before travelling and not turn up early, to avoid too many people crowding the terminal.
On the issue of migrants, Mr Keefe said Eurotunnel had already spent 13m euros (£9.2m) on security in the first six months of the year - more than its usual 10m euros (£7.1m) annual budget.
In total, 38 people died in the hour-long gun attack near Sousse in June 2015.
But local units deliberately "slowed down" as Islamist gunman Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire, said the counsel to the inquest into the British deaths.
The attack was the deadliest on Britons since the 7 July 2005 London bombings.
A senior Foreign Office official also defended the government's decision not to raise the level of its terror alert in Tunisia following shootings at a museum in the capital city of Tunis four months earlier.
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The hearing at London's Royal Courts of Justice - set to last for seven weeks - began with a minute's silence and the names of all the victims being read out.
The 38 tourists who visited Tunisia for "relaxation and enjoyment" were "systematically" gunned down from around 11:30 local time on 26 June 2015, said Samantha Leek, counsel to the inquest.
She said the attack could have been stopped sooner, citing a Tunisian judge's report into failings by local security units.
Alison and Baron Caine, who were on the beach when the attack began, told the BBC that they escaped the gunfire and barricaded themselves in their hotel room.
"We started hearing screams, people were running," Mrs Caine said. "It was like a complete warzone."
The couple heard a knock on their hotel room door and a man saying he had their key.
"We looked at each other and we just thought this is it, we're going to die."
A lone armed guard was on the beach when Rezgui opened fire. The gunman also threw a grenade and left the guard "seemingly unconscious".
A second armed guard on duty was patrolling the nearby sea in a speedboat. He attempted to shoot Rezgui but could not work his gun.
Nearby security forces "had an ability to put an end to the attack" before the police arrived, Ms Leek said, but they "deliberately and unjustifiably slowed down to delay their arrival at the hotel".
Meanwhile, witnesses telling of the man with the gun in the speedboat may have led to confusion over how many attackers there were, she added.
Rezgui was shot dead by police about an hour after the attack began.
The court hearing the inquest's opening day of evidence was filled with relatives and friends of the British dead, who were aged between 19 and 80.
Three people from Ireland, two Germans, one Russian, a Belgian and a Portuguese woman were also killed.
They were all holidaymakers staying in the popular resort of Port El Kantaoui, just north of Sousse.
Three generations of a family - a young man, his uncle and grandfather - were among them.
At the time of the shootings, official travel advice from the UK Foreign Office did not specifically advise holidaymakers against going to Tunisia.
Instead the advice available on its website stated "further attacks are possible", following the killing of 24 people at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis on 19 March 2015.
Jane Marriott, the Foreign Office's Middle East and North Africa director, told the inquest that the level of the terror alert relating to Tunisia had not been raised, with officials deciding "we should not discourage tourism to Tunisia".
The government did persuade Tunisian authorities to step up security in tourist areas, she said.
Ms Marriott said the UK was powerless to force Tunisia to improve its security, but "what we can and we do say is that we want to see an improvement in your security."
Over the next seven weeks, the court will examine whether the UK government and travel firms failed in their responsibility to protect British tourists.
The coroner, Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith, will look at travel advice issued for Tunisia by the Foreign Office, as well as the security put in place at the hotel by tour operator Thomson.
The inquest was shown CCTV footage of Rezgui as he was dropped off in a white van.
Photos of the Imperial Marhaba Hotel, including its beach where the attacks started, were also shown as evidence.
Live TV feeds of the proceedings were also shown in courts in Cardiff and Stirling for survivors and relatives to watch.
The government has applied for some details to be kept private over national security concerns.
The Islamic State militant group said it was behind the attack by the Tunisian student.
The BBC's Panorama programme this month reported that the suspected "mastermind" behind the shootings is believed to be on the run in Libya.
Chamseddine al-Sandi recruited and directed Rezgui, according to documents obtained by Panorama.
And confessions from suspects arrested by Tunisian police state that al-Sandi ran a militant cell responsible for both shootings - the attacks at Sousse and at the Bardo National Museum.
Shula Coward was in the foyer after the Ariana Grande concert when Salman Abedi detonated the bomb which killed 22 people on 22 May.
She said she instinctively grabbed her 11-year-old daughter Acacia and her friend and they ran.
"There was a bang, then firecracker noises, lights flashing and smoke... and it went very quiet," she added.
Ms Coward said her daughter's friend was crying so she took her hand and they ran for the exit.
She told BBC Radio Manchester: "We stopped for a spilt second when it was quiet. I remember looking up at the ceiling and you could see like all black pieces coming down.
"I realised straight away. I saw my daughter being lifted up the air and land on the floor.
"I reached forward and dragged her up off the floor. I didn't even look to see if she was injured.
"As we reached the exit door I could see my daughter was slowing up and she said 'I can't run anymore, my leg is really hurting'.
"I realised then she had been injured."
Ms Coward said it was like being in a "war zone" with people being stretchered out and others frantically searching for their loved ones.
The bolt from the bomb imbedded in her daughter Acacia's knee but the force of the blast pushed it two inches down into her leg, damaging an artery.
Acacia is now recovering at home and the netball fan was cheered up by a surprise visit from some of the members of her favourite team Manchester Thunder.
Albert Adomah's first-half strike was enough to stretch Boro's winning league run to four games and edge them four points clear of third-placed Brighton.
David Nugent had chances to add to the lead, but Preston made life tough for the home side with dogged defence.
North End find themselves 12 points off the top six with five games to play.
Burnley's 1-0 home win against Leeds in the early kick-off ensured Aitor Karanka's outfit could not go top, with one point now separating the two sides.
Despite a formidable home record and a return to form since Spaniard Karanka missed the Charlton game to consider his future at the Riverside, Preston were able to frustrate the Teessiders in the first-half.
There was tangible anxiety around the Riverside before Adomah finally cracked the tension just after the half-hour mark with a shot from the right of the box.
Nugent and Grant Leadbitter had good chances to add to Boro's tally either side of the break but Simon Grayson's 10th-placed Preston stayed in the contest.
Visiting defender Marnick Vermijl might have added further concern had his fiercely struck effort not been directed at goalkeeper Dimi Konstantopoulos.
There was a scuffle between the two coaching teams late on, but Boro kept their lead intact to nudge closer to promotion and secure a 21st clean sheet of the season.
Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka:
"It is important to win at this time of the season. Now we have our game in hand but we cannot think we have the three points in our pocket already. Every point is gold.
"We don't want to be in the Championship next season. At the beginning of the season. the aim was to get in the play-offs.
"With the experience we have had from last season, with six games to go, we are there but now we have to forget the play-offs and promotion and just concentrate on the next game.
"The key was the crowd. Sometimes, when you don't feel their support, you are going down but, with them behind us, the team is confident. We are more than together."
Preston manager Simon Grayson:
"We are hugely disappointed that we haven't got a result. We had four players out from the other night.
"We didn't have a full bench but we created them problems and not many sides can say that about that when they come here.
"We really played well and, but for some misses and good saves, we could have got something out of the game.
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They say that Sabzar Bhat was killed when police raided a hideout.
His death will be regarded as a triumph by the Indian security forces but has already led to a wave of protests.
The security forces used tear gas and fired in the air to try to disperse stone-throwing crowds.
Police told the BBC that two other militants were killed with Bhat in a gun battle that raged throughout Friday night.
Six other militants, described by officials as foreign, were killed in a separate incident near the Line of Control, the de-facto border between India and Pakistan in the disputed territory.
Clashes between militants and the security forces have continued into Saturday.
Many shops and businesses have closed and thousands of people are reported to be heading to Bhat's home village in the Tral area of Kashmir, about 30 miles (48km) south of Srinagar, to attend his funeral.
News of his death has also triggered a spontaneous strike across the valley with officials likely to restrict mobile phone and internet access as a precautionary security measure, the BBC's Riyaz Masroor in Srinagar reports.
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Bhat became one of the leaders of Hizbul Mujahideen while serving as an aide to top militant Burhan Wani - who was killed in July 2016.
His death plunged Indian-administered Kashmir into one of the worst episodes of violence in recent years.
The security forces are struggling to prevent a repeat of that this weekend, official sources said.
The group is mostly active in south Kashmir and its paramount leader, Zakir Musa Bhat, is an engineering graduate from a wealthy family in the Tral area.
Hizbul Mujahideen is one of the Kashmir region's largest rebel groups and is believed to favour all of Kashmir being part of Pakistan.
The straw and wood structure was put up on Sunday, the first day of Advent, but was burnt down soon after despite extra security measures.
Last year the famous goat survived until 27 December before arsonists set it alight.
It is the 35th time in 50 years that the goat has been destroyed.
This year the town reportedly spent 2.3m kronor (£200,000; $250,000) on constructing the goat and subsequent festivities.
Closed-circuit TV had been set up to monitor the structure.
Local council official Helene Akerlind told newspaper Gefle Dagblad (in Swedish).: "We'll have more guards. We're going to try to have a 'goat guarantee' the first weekend."
But despite Gavle's best efforts, The Local reports, an arsonist managed to get past a security guard who had briefly left to use the toilet.
The police launched a preliminary investigation but there were no immediate arrests.
The "Gavlebocken" went on Twitter hours after the fire to say it hoped for better luck next year.
The 36-year-old is a free agent after leaving Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy in November.
The Republic of Ireland record appearance holder played for 10 different clubs during his career including Leeds, Liverpool and Celtic.
"I'm not going to dismiss it, but I'm not going to say that the interest is full on," said Grayson.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "If Robbie Keane is available then he is a player that is going to attract a lot of interest from a lot of clubs.
"Would we be interested? I'm sure every club in the Championship would be looking forward to an opportunity speak to him."
Asked if he had spoken to Keane, Grayson responded: "I'm not telling you that."
Jamie Frater, 43, of Weymouth, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993 for the murder of teacher Geoffrey du Rose in Bournemouth.
He had been released on licence but was wanted after a breach on 17 January.
Detectives said Frater had surrendered to police in Bournemouth on Monday night and was now back in prison.
While Frater was on the run, police warned the public not to approach him as he "could present a risk to the public".
He went on the run after failing to return to prison in 2012, but later gave himself up. He also absconded from open prison in 2001.
New York University's Jerry Hultin lists 10 "green future" priorities - such as green energy and innovation - as key areas to ensure future growth.
He also wants to see a system to accelerate the time it takes for ideas to appear in the marketplace.
Mr Hultin outlined his priorities at a high level forum in San Francisco.
"Young people are very excited about the chance to make the world a better place," explained Mr Hultin, who was under-secretary of the US Navy during Bill Clinton's presidency.
"The clock is ticking as far as population growth, consumption etc is concerned. We need to come up with solutions.
"As an under-secretary for the navy and thinking about the stability and defence of the world, solving this challenge is a great opportunity for young people around the world."
Mr Hultin's 10 priorities include:
He said conventional fuel would be one of the "three big things" that will be in short supply in the future.
"Food, fuel and [water] are going to be in short supply when the population rises to nine or 10 billion people by 2050," he told BBC News.
"So green energy, both in terms of how you create it and how you use it, is a critical issue.
"In the United Arab Emirates, there is a lot of interest in green energy because they do not want to consume what is their most valuable source of revenue, which is oil and gas.
"They want to be sure that they have alternative ways to generate and use energy."
Networking key
Mr Hultin will be among speakers at the High Level Forum on Green Future in San Francisco, organised by the Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC) - a joint initiative between the Malaysia Industry-Government Group for High Technology and the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS).
Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Abdul Razak, will be among the speakers at the event.
Mr Hultin identified an area that he felt needed to be unlocked in order for emerging economies to advance.
"The key that I think it missing to (unlock) innovative economies and societies is networking and communication," he suggested.
"We need an open system of ideas getting into the marketplace and tested so then we can see if they are successful or quickly determine that they are not going to work.
"So I put a high value on what I call networking because it is the flow of information, the flow of ideas and the flow of capital."
Art, design, fashion, science and technology will be showcased in the new space at the Edinburgh museum.
More than 3,000 objects will be on display in the galleries, ranging from a bionic hand to ornate furniture.
Around three-quarters of the artefacts have not been exhibited in over a generation.
The redevelopment marks the 150th year of the national museum in Edinburgh's Chambers Street and it is part of an £80m masterplan to transform the building.
The latest stage of the project restores the original Victorian layout and sightlines, but with modern interpretation.
A network of digital labels, audio visual programmes and interactive exhibits have been installed as part of the upgrade.
Science and technology will be the focus of six new galleries and a dramatic atrium in the west wing of the building.
Early aircraft, a three dimensional print of the human brain and Dolly the Sheep are among the items going on display.
Art and design will be showcased in four new galleries at the heart of the museum.
Curators said the collection represents creativity and innovation in sculpture, metalwork, ceramics, glass, furniture, woodwork, dress and textiles.
A new gallery dedicated to fashion and style will feature historic material and the work of eminent designers such as Jean Muir, Mary Quant, Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood.
It is being widely predicted that George Osborne may decide to abandon any further increases in the Carbon Price Floor, introduced in April 2013.
Any freeze in the tax could cut as much as £50 from consumer bills by 2020.
Meanwhile, a BBC survey has suggested that energy bills are the biggest worry for households.
The Carbon Price Floor (CPF) is designed to penalise companies who create pollution, and to encourage investment in green energy.
The merits of freezing the tax have been advocated by an unusual array of allies, including the CBI, manufacturers' organisation the EEF, energy suppliers and consumer groups including Which? and Consumer Futures.
However, those in favour of more investment in green energy are likely to be disappointed. Environmentalists say it could mean fewer wind turbines or solar farms being constructed.
The Carbon Price Floor (CPF) ensures that polluters pay a minimum price for the gas or fossil fuels they burn.
In effect, it is a surcharge on the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EETS), which was designed to tax polluters across the EU.
However, the market price of the right to emit carbon has fallen so much that the EETS is no longer as strong a disincentive to pollute as it was.
But the implementation of the CPF has left many big British companies paying more in tax than their counterparts elsewhere in the EU.
Last year, the CPF added £5 to a typical UK energy bill, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
But as the tax is due to be ramped up over the next few years, so too is the contribution from consumers.
"The Carbon Price Floor is set to become a bigger and unnecessary burden on struggling consumers in coming years and we think it should be scrapped," said Richard Lloyd, the executive director of Which?
A BBC survey, meanwhile, has suggested that energy bills are the top worry for consumers.
Cost of living survey
28% say their personal financial situation is causing them stress
19% say they spend more than they earn each month
60% say they have money left over
71% say they don't have more to spend on non-essentials than last year
The survey, conducted by ComRes for BBC Breakfast, concluded that more people worry about paying utility bills or council tax than any other household expenditure.
The cost of food came second, with the cost of petrol and diesel in third place.
The survey also asked whether consumers were expecting their finances to improve in the next 12 months.
Of the 1,000 adults questioned, 28% thought there would be an improvement in their financial situation.
Some 19% of respondents thought their situation would get worse.
A majority (51%) expected it to stay the same.
The expectations contrast with the improvement in the economy, although with wage increases still running below inflation, most people are not yet experiencing an increase in living standards.
More than a quarter of people questioned said their financial situation was causing them stress.
David Henshall told the Manchester Evening News that he came home from work and "found they had barricaded my wife and daughter inside".
He emailed pictures of the work to Virgin Media chief executive Tom Mockridge.
The firm apologised for the inconvenience.
In a statement it said: "Virgin Media expects the very highest standards of work from all its contractors. We will be discussing the matter with the contractors as a matter of urgency."
The home in Bolton was completely surrounded by fencing which in turn protected a newly-dug trench.
"My wife informs me that the workmen left at 2pm with no thought to the fact she could not move her car from our drive and it is stuck now," he told the paper.
The incident does not appear to be an isolated one. On the Virgin Media community website, a member complained last month that workmen "have dug right across the driveway", blocking in a car and covering it in dust.
Another asked this week: "I am trying to find out who to speak to about Virgin laying cables and constantly digging up the road, then making a mess."
In February 2015, Virgin Media announced that it was to invest £3bn in improving its cable broadband service, increasing its network's reach from 13 million to 17 million homes.
The woman, who is now 58, said she realised the nun enjoyed it when she cried so she stopped crying when she was hit.
She lived in Nazareth House in Bishop Street, Londonderry from 1957-1969.
The inquiry is investigating abuse claims against children's residential institutions in NI from 1922 to 1995.
The witness also told the inquiry she was sexually assaulted by two foster carers she was placed with.
When she went back to the home and told the nuns, they said she was talking nonsense.
The woman's evidence also included an allegation of being lined up for baths along with 100 other young girls, and of the same water being used to wash them all.
She said she did not know she had a sibling in the home until one day, when she was six, another of the residents said to her: "I'm your big sister."
Her sister left the home aged 16, the witness claimed, and wanted to take her with her, but that she was too young to go.
She told the inquiry: "I've been trying to search for my sister for a long time since I left the convent but I just can't find her."
The woman said she also searched for her mother but has never found her either.
She said she did not know what age she was or her birthday while she lived in the home.
She also told how she discovered, three years ago, that she had three other siblings, a brother and two sisters, who had been raised by their grandparents.
On Monday afternoon, another former resident, who is now 46, told the inquiry that the nuns put the fear of God into him by locking him in a cupboard as punishment for truanting.
He said he was traumatised when a nun would not let him attend his mother's funeral.
"It was like she ripped my heart out," he said.
The Historical Abuse Inquiry also heard that children at the Sisters of Nazareth Home in Londonderry were routinely given scalding or freezing showers.
The inquiry, being held in Banbridge, County Down, is chaired by retired judge Sir Anthony Hart and is considering cases in 13 residential institutions.
Public hearings are due to finish in June 2015, with the inquiry team to report to the Northern Ireland Executive by the start of 2016.
Mark Golubovic's was travelling in the opposite direction to the lorry on Llanharry Road, Llanharry, when they crashed at about 08:30 BST on Saturday.
The 32-year-old died at the scene and his mother, Irene, was taken to Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales after being seriously injured.
His family said they were "heartbroken" over the death.
In a statement, they added: "Mark was a loving dad, son and a great friend to many."
Mr Golubovic's mother is still in intensive care.
All front desks, apart from the one at Sunderland, will only be open during daytime hours from Monday.
The force said most people now reported crime online or via the phone, rather than in person at a police station, and the move would save money.
But Unison said the timescale was too tight and called for a consultation.
The union's regional organiser, Peter Chapman, said the plans would "inevitably" lead to redundancies.
"There may well be a need to discuss how stations provide this service in the future, however Unison believes the plans due to be implemented within the next few weeks are far too radical and the timescale far too tight," he added.
"We call on the force to abandon the current proposals and embark upon a more timely and meaningful consultation with all those involved. "
Northumbria Police said the changes would not affect the availability of officers, and the savings would be used to support operational policing and invest in greater accessibility.
There would also be further investment into the 101 contact centres.
Chief Constable Steve Ashman said: "We are still wrestling with the impact of austerity and the cuts [which] has meant that we have to make difficult decisions whilst striving to deliver the best possible service to our communities.
"We know that the public want to see police officers on the street and we are changing the way we work in order to protect this.
"We also know that residents don't want to have to go to a police station in order to report information; but rather report it in their own home and at a time that is convenient for them."
A machine that can "smell" dollars - like a sniffer dog senses narcotics - is being developed.
For the first time, chemists have captured the unique fragrance of US paper money.
They announced their discovery at the American Chemical Society meeting.
"Money sniffing is an unknown art. No-one had ever tried to find these aromas," said Dr Joseph Stetter, of KWJ Engineering.
"We found that US currency emits a wide range of volatile organic compounds that make a 'fingerprint' we can identify in less than a minute."
His firm is developing a handheld cash detector for border police, called the Bulk Currency Detection System (BCDS).
In the past fiscal year, US officials seized more than $106m in smuggled cash heading to Mexico - the bulk of it laundered drug money.
But that's only a whisker of the estimated $39bn that crosses the border undetected every year - hidden in clothing, baggage and vehicles.
Current checks are done by guards with dogs - but training is expensive and time-consuming.
Airport-style X-ray scanners have had some success detecting currency - but they are large and impractical for busy border checkpoints.
To find a swifter solution, the US Department of Homeland Security made a public challenge to scientists to develop "a device that will search for and identify bulk quantities of currency - secreted on persons, in hand baggage and luggage, and/or in privately owned vehicles."
This money-sniffing machine must pass three intimidating challenges.
First - it must be precise enough to pick up the whiff of dollar bills amid a cacophony of background aromas.
"It has to work even in the presence of car exhaust, perfumes, food, and at a range of temperatures and humidity," said Dr Suiqiong Li, a researcher at KWJ.
"You need a smart algorithm to sort the needle from the haystack."
Next - it has to deliver a reading within seconds at hectic border crossings. There is no time to send samples off to a lab.
And finally, the probe has to be portable - light enough for a guard walking up and down a line of people, and flexible enough to reach inside vehicles or shipping containers.
KWJ has already developed sensors for carbon monoxide detectors and alcohol breathalysers - as modelled by their company mascot panda "Sensor Bear".
To capture the fragrance of money, they collected one hundred used $1 bills in various states - from crumpled and smelly to crisp and shiny.
They sealed the notes in a chamber and warmed them to release vapours at two temperatures: 24C and 40C.
"We saw tremendous variability and contamination - every one of the notes was different," said Dr Stetter.
But a signature common to all of the bills was eventually teased out.
It turns out this odour comes from a set of trace chemicals, including aldehydes, furans and organic acids.
"The amounts are tiny - at best a small fraction of a ppm [part per million]. This presents a formidable analytical challenge," the researchers say.
So does the "smell of dollars" come from the ink? Or the bank note itself? The precise source is not likely to be revealed in a published scientific journal - for security reasons, the researchers say.
But having found the perfume, they now face another daunting technical challenge - building a practical device for border police.
Their design is a backpack with a handheld probe. The pack will house a miniature GC-MS (gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer) of the type already used to detect drugs and explosives.
Ultimately, this could be superseded by an "electronic nose" - a sophisticated sensor array.
To sniff for hidden currency, border guards would pass the probe over clothing or into baggage.
A high-intensity reading would indicate that a large stash of money is concealed.
"You smell like a million dollars" may not be a compliment for much longer.
Officers were called to the Royal Bank of Scotland branch in the town's High Street at about 09:30.
A spokeswoman for the force said officers were at the scene and inquiries were continuing.
It has not yet been established if any cash was taken or if anyone was injured in the incident.
Police said she was hit in the face with a wooden object as she walked with a friend on the Ballymacarrett Road.
The girl, Shannon Thompson, was taken to hospital to be treated for cuts and bruising to her face.
Her attacker was aged 16 or 17, had 5'7", had brown hair and wore a white, red and blue tracksuit.
Shannon Thompson said she and some friends were taking a walk when she heard them screaming and some boys "came out of nowhere".
The teenager said she was then hit with a piece of wood.
"It happened so fast that I actually just blanked out and didn't even know what happened," she said.
"I screamed because I saw the blood coming everywhere."
Shannon said a friend then brought her to her home to be cleaned up.
Her mother, Roseanne Thompson, said she was in a shop when she got a phone call telling her to come home quickly.
"I found her sitting outside my garden. I just cracked up and just wanted revenge, seriously, because I was so angry," she said.
"For the past couple of weeks here, we have constantly been getting attacked in the street, and then this here happens."
Ms Thomson said she believed the attackers were from the nearby Short Strand area.
"I am sick and tired of it. It's a hate crime," she said.
"I can't get the image off my head, the fact of somebody hitting her like that.
"Next time it could be ten times worse."
Sinn Féin councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile said all incidents at the interface that brought hurt, injury and trauma were "to be utterly condemned without reservation".
"News of last night's attack is another incident, in a series of incidents, that have been orchestrated and carried out by gangs of youths on both sides of the interface for weeks now.
"Anyone with any information on last night's attack on this young girl should bring it forward to the PSNI, because it is they who now need to act on bringing an end to these violent incidents.
"The reality of all of this is that it's our neighbours on both sides of the interface who are left to pick up the pieces.
"Last night's attack in no way represents the people of the Short Strand and my thoughts are with the young girl concerned and I wish her a very speedy recovery."
Ulster Unionist MLA Michael Copeland said he felt "a mixture of sadness and anger" at the incident.
"Shannon lives on a street which itself is attacked on a fairly regular basis by golf balls, bolts, stones and slates.
"She doesn't feel safe in her own home. She goes out to leave a couple of friends home and finds herself attacked in the street.
"I suppose the question is, what are the police doing?"
Police have appealed for anyone with information about the incident to contact Strandtown police station.
Theo Walcott's cool fifth-minute finish from Alexis Sanchez's pass put the Gunners in control at the interval - but the second half brought a familiar painful fate for manager Arsene Wenger and his players.
As at Everton on Tuesday, they were overpowered and the credits were rolling once Leroy Sane ran on to David Silva's pass to beat Petr Cech with Arsenal appealing in vain for offside.
Mesut Ozil shrank from the occasion and wandered around aimlessly and ineffectively
City were on a roll and Arsenal were on the rack, the winner coming 19 minutes from time when Raheem Sterling was the beneficiary of Kevin de Bruyne's brilliant pass to arrow a low finish past Cech at his near post.
It bolstered City's title ambitions, although they are still seven points behind leaders Chelsea and completed a damaging double for Arsenal as they now lie nine points behind Antonio Conte's side.
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Manchester City needed their main man when they trailed at half-time - and in the absence of the suspended Sergio Aguero that role is assumed by De Bruyne.
And how the Belgian responded, delivering a virtuoso second-half performance crowned by that superb pass that led to Sterling's winner.
De Bruyne was the driving force behind City's second-half transformation that saw Pep Guardiola's team wrestle control from Arsenal with a change of tempo and intensity that was simply too much for Arsenal to resist.
The same could not be said for Arsenal's elite players and the main culprit was Mesut Ozil who, as in the fierce atmosphere of Goodison Park on Tuesday, shrank from the occasion and wandered around aimlessly and ineffectively on the game's periphery.
Ozil is in the middle of what are likely to be very lucrative contract negotiations. Performances like this will diminish his hand in the bargaining rather than strengthen it.
Manchester City and Guardiola knew a lot was riding on two home games this week after the result, and the manner of the 4-2 defeat at Leicester City last Saturday.
City simply had to beat Watford and Arsenal, the stakes even higher after Chelsea stretched their lead to nine points with victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
A draw was no use to either side here - so the notion of defeat was even more unpalatable.
City were on the brink as they were behind at half-time but Guardiola responded by sending on Bacary Sagna for Pablo Zabaleta and Sane, who had been out on the wing, was soon racing through to score from a central position.
It was a win City needed desperately and its importance was illustrated by the celebrations at the final whistle.
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Just when some of the old doubts about Arsenal's resilience and resistance to pressure seemed to be receding, all the familiar questions will return after the way they have lost a lead and slumped to defeat at Everton and now at Manchester City.
Arsenal looked in calm control holding the advantage on both occasions but have twice found themselves broken by physical presence and the greater intensity of opponents who were simply prepared to dig deeper.
Wenger was wearing a familiar frustrated expression at the final whistle.
And at the back of many Arsenal minds will be the familiar tales and pain of previous seasons when promise and potential ended in title under-achievement.
It's Boxing Day action for both teams. Arsenal are at home to West Brom (15:00 GMT) and City are at Hull (17:15 GMT).
Match ends, Manchester City 2, Arsenal 1.
Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Arsenal 1.
Fernando (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Fernando (Manchester City).
Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Gabriel (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
David Silva (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gabriel (Arsenal).
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
Jesús Navas (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nacho Monreal (Arsenal).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Fernando (Manchester City) because of an injury.
Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fernando (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal).
Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
Mesut Özil (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City).
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
Gabriel (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Gaël Clichy (Manchester City).
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gabriel (Arsenal).
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross.
Substitution, Manchester City. Jesús Navas replaces Leroy Sané.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mesut Özil (Arsenal).
Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Francis Coquelin.
Goal! Manchester City 2, Arsenal 1. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Petr Cech.
Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bacary Sagna.
Offside, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne tries a through ball, but Leroy Sané is caught offside.
Sarah Outen, from Rutland, had been travelling around the world using only a kayak, bike and rowing boat.
But she was forced to abandon her craft Happy Socks after 143 days at sea because of worsening weather conditions and hurricane Joaquin.
She is now aboard the Federal Oshima which will reach Montreal in a week.
The 30-year-old had been expected to reach the UK in September after setting off from Cape Cod in May but strong winds slowed her progress.
On Saturday it was announced she had taken the decision to seek help after winds of up to 60 knots (69mph), large waves and two low pressure system predicted to hit in the coming days.
Close to tears in a recording for her website, Ms Outen said: "In the next few hours I'm going to get a call from passing ships to say they are coming to pick me up.
"That's right. I'm getting off this ocean... because we have a hurricane forecast heading this way next week.
"With conditions more severe than those that led to me being rescued from the north Pacific, it felt like there wasn't really much of a choice."
She added that she shed "lots of tears" at the thought she might have to abandon her trusty boat but was smiling at the amazing memories.
Since recording the message she was rescued by the cargo ship which is en route to Canada but Happy Socks had to be left behind.
Ms Outen was the first woman to row solo across the North Pacific in 2013 having previously failed in an attempt because of a tropical storm.
They leave "smelly footprints" behind on the plants that they've already eaten from, so that other bees know whether it's a good source of food.
For example, the invisible, smelly markers can let other bees know if a flower is full of good food.
Or it could signal that the food has already all been eaten.
Researchers said that bees can also tell the difference between footprints left by themselves, their family, or strangers.
Clever bees!
Dr Will Bowden of Nottingham University is trying to identify the settlement as a market town or an armed camp and said evidence indicates it could be either.
The Latin town name Venta Icenorum at Caistor St Edmund, near Norwich, is translated as the market of the Iceni, the tribe that lived there, he said.
The modern name Caistor comes from the Latin Castrum, a military camp.
Experts have been digging test pits in gardens of the modern village.
Evidence has already been uncovered that shows an early Iron Age town well beyond the protective walls of the known Roman settlement.
Dr Bowden, working with the Norfolk Archaeological Trust. said: "Most Roman towns were built up on existing Iron Age settlements or were newly established military centres.
"Our surveys have shown defensive ditches enclosing a much larger area than is covered by the street grid of the Roman town.
"This indicates the earliest nucleus of the town extended to the north and is under parts of the modern village."
Dr Bowden said the Iceni occupied most of Norfolk and parts of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire so this town was in the heart of their territory.
The digging is going to continue to get an insight into the life of the town both during the Iron Age and after the Roman occupation.
Dr Bowden said: "Often in test pits very little is found but in Caistor we have found coins and pottery from as early as the 1st Century AD.
"This has been quite exciting for us and the villagers who are discovering archaeology in their own gardens."
The document commits the party to attempting to "change the direction of our country on independence and Brexit".
Party leader Willie Rennie said the Lib Dems would strongly oppose another "divisive" independence referendum.
But the party wants a referendum on the final terms of the Brexit deal.
The Liberal Democrats had one MP in Scotland after the 2015 election, but are hopeful of picking up more seats in the election on 8 June.
The party has proposed adding a "modest" penny on income tax in order to invest additional money in education and mental health.
The manifesto calls for new mental health services in every GP practice, A&E department, police division and school, and sets out a new five-point offer on mental health for new mothers.
It also pledges to keep the triple-lock on the state pension, and to scrap the Conservatives' two-child rule for tax credits - including the controversial "rape clause".
Among the other key proposals are:
The Liberal Democrats say they are now the only party campaigning for Scotland to remain in both the UK and EU single markets.
As he unveiled the manifesto, Mr Rennie said: "This is the chance to change the direction of the country and to build a brighter future.
"We can turn away from another divisive independence referendum and a damaging hard Brexit. Instead with a modest penny on tax we can invest in our people.
"This will get Scottish education back up to the best in the world again so that people have the skills to drive our economy. It will get people the mental health treatment they need so they can contribute too."
The Lib Dems they took comfort from some constituency gains in last year's Holyrood elections.
And this time around, back with a Westminster contest, they are quietly hopeful about picking up two or three seats to add to their island redoubt of Orkney and Shetland.
As with the Tories and Labour, they are targeting the SNP. The choice of target is, of course, rather delineated by the result in 2015 when the Nationalists won 56 out of 59 Scottish seats.
As with the Tories and Labour, they are targeting the SNP's core objective of independence, to be achieved via a referendum.
Spin doctors for said parties have been competing with each other to condemn indyref2 in suitably strident tones of disgust.
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Mr Rennie also said his party could not work in a coalition government with Labour or the Conservatives, or support either party in an unofficial arrangement, because they both back Brexit.
And he claimed voters were switching to his party from the SNP in target seats as he accused the nationalists of hitting a "low" in personal campaigning.
He added: "I've been astonished at the rage that there is out there, including from some people who did vote for the SNP last time, and they want to stop it now.
"They are just spitting mad at the SNP at how they have banged on about independence all the time and think it's got to stop, and they are going to use this election to do so."
When he launched the party's UK manifesto earlier this month, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said the public had the choice to "change Britain's future".
He said that while he accepted the result of last year's EU referendum, he still believed the UK would be "better off and safer" within the EU.
Mr Rennie has claimed there is no contradiction between supporting another EU referendum while opposing one on independence, arguing that people knew what they were voting for when they rejected independence in 2014.
The Liberal Democrats are the last of Scotland's five major parties to launch their manifesto.
The SNP unveiled theirs on Tuesday, with Nicola Sturgeon calling for a second independence referendum to be held at the end of the Brexit process in order to prevent it being "imposed on Scotland, no matter how damaging it turns out to be".
Ms Sturgeon was campaigning in Fife on Wednesday, where she said SNP MPs would push for immediate action to "restore fairness" for people on low income.
She added that the SNP would support increases in the minimum wage to match the real living wage, an end to the public sector pay cap, and restoring fairness in the social security system.
The Conservatives and Labour are opposed to second referendums being held on either independence or Brexit.
Responding to the Lib Dem manifesto launch, Scottish Labour's James Kelly said a vote for the Mr Rennie's party would "just let the SNP back in".
He added: "In the vast majority of seats across Scotland the Lib Dems are not at the races, and every Lib Dem supporter who wants a MP who will fight both a second independence referendum and a hard Brexit must back Labour - or they will end up with a Nationalist MP once again."
The Scottish Conservatives highlighted social media posts by a current Liberal Democrat candidate who said in 2014 that she would be voting Yes in the independence referendum.
Tory candidate Kirstene Hair said: "If Willie Rennie wants to re-brand himself as the defender of the Union, he should explain why he's backing independence-supporting candidates."
A video purporting to show the 47-year-old taxi driver being beheaded has been released by Islamic State (also known as IS, ISIS and ISIL) militants.
He had been delivering aid to Syria in December when he was kidnapped and then held hostage by IS.
When I arrived here about half an hour after the news broke on Friday night, people who knew Alan Henning well said they simply couldn't comprehend what had happened.
With Islamic clerics and so many other people around the world putting pressure on Islamic State to release Mr Henning there was a modicum of hope - people genuinely thought he would survive.
And so it was such a crushing blow on Friday night when they discovered that he had apparently been murdered in such a horrible way.
Speaking to taxi driver Mike Hyde - one of Mr Henning's former colleagues - he broke down in tears. He said he had had to come out on his own and drive around to try to get his head around what had happened.
Mr Hyde, a man usually known to Mr Henning as "Rambo", said: "I am just heartbroken - I can't speak, really. He was just doing his best, you know?
"He was just a nice ordinary man, making a living like all of us. I've never heard him say a bad word about anybody."
Mr Hyde described what his friend, who was widely known as Gadget or Gadge because of his uncanny ability to fix anything, as "fun to be with - we used to work nights all the time together and he'd cheer you up.
"I spoke to him about these convoys and he just wanted to make a difference. When he went on one, he enjoyed it and said 'you should come on one too'."
Many other cabbies I spoke to were too upset to speak on tape, but they just could not understand why anybody would do this to a man who had gone out to Syria to help refugees displaced by a terrible civil war.
They pointed out that Mr Henning didn't have to go out to Syria - he didn't have any political connections and he just wanted to help people in their hour of need.
While there was understandably a degree of anger here, with comments like "the Islamic State are just barbarous killers" and "they are psychopaths", people were at pains to tell me they did not want any comeback for Muslims living in Eccles and the wider Greater Manchester area.
"They [Islamic State] don't represent Islam," was something I heard time and again, echoing a statement from the Manchester Council of Mosques, which said: "This was a cowardly and criminal act of appalling brutality by a group who do not represent Islam and are an insult to the Islamic faith.
"We will remember him as a tireless and selfless humanitarian aid worker whose only concern was to help people in need."
Mr Hyde said: "There's quite a big Muslim community here - everybody gets on fine, really, and let's hope that continues.
"I just hope there's no backlash over here - but the people who are responsible for this should get everything that is coming to them.
"You've just got to throw the book at these people now - gloves are off. Enough's enough. They've obviously got no heart whatsoever, no humanity."
That view was shared by many others.
One former soldier urged the government to extend its military remit from solely carrying out airstrikes in Iraq. He said: "It's time for boots on the ground."
For now though, the community here just wants to come to terms with what has happened, and to respect a man they will always fondly remember as somebody who paid the ultimate price while trying to make a difference in a faraway land.
Wolves, beaten by St Helens and bottom-of-the-table Huddersfield in their past two games, never looked like losing again as they led 30-6 at half-time.
Kevin Penny, Joe Westerman and Stefan Ratchford all scored twice as Wolves went above Wigan on points difference.
Kurt Gidley and Ben Westwood also crossed, with Joe Mellor, Stefan Marsh and Corey Thompson replying for Widnes.
Gidley landed seven goals and Ratchford one as Warrington converted all eight of their tries.
The Vikings had won their past three home games against Tony Smith's side but never looked like making it four in a row as Warrington completed the double over their local rivals after winning the reverse fixture 28-10 last month.
That victory on Good Friday was Warrington's seventh in a row in a perfect start to the season, but they have wobbled since with three defeats in four games before this convincing win.
Widnes also started the season well, winning six of their first seven games but have slipped into mid-table after five successive league defeats.
Denis Betts' side were soon behind as Gidley sped past Chris Dean and Penny scored in the corner. Mellor cut the deficit only for Warrington to ease clear as Westerman touched down either side of Westwood stretching for the line.
Thompson went in at the corner after the restart to give Widnes hope, but Penny darted over before Ratchford grabbed a late brace either side of Marsh's consolation.
Warrington coach Tony Smith: "We were flat last week and this was a very good response.
"We had no energy last week but we did tonight. We started well, controlled the game and were full of energy.
"The players wanted to respond and they did it emphatically. Widnes defended strongly in patches and I don't think their effort reflected the scoreline."
Widnes coach Denis Betts: "We were poor and gave them too many opportunities.
"We lost the game because we couldn't tackle or defend and I don't know where our confidence has gone.
"Joe Mellor and Chris Houston worked their socks off but this is a tough one to take.
"Warrington were very good but we allowed them to be very good. We lacked energy and Kurt Gidley did just what he wanted."
Widnes: Hanbury, Thompson, Bridge, Runciman, Marsh, Mellor, Brown, O'Carroll, White, Dudson, Dean, Houston, Cahill.
Replacements: Heremaia, Manuokafoa, Sa, Leuluai.
Warrington: Russell, Penny, R. Evans, Atkins, Johnson, Gidley, Ratchford, Hill, Clark, Sims, Hughes, Currie, Westerman.
Replacements: G. King, Cox, Jullien, Westwood.
Referee: Robert Hicks (RFL)
The changes fall short of a fully global season but the northern and southern hemisphere schedules have been more closely aligned.
It means tier-two nations - such as Fiji, Japan and Georgia - will get more chance to play the world's elite teams.
There will be fewer matches, particularly in the year after a World Cup, but the Six Nations is unchanged.
The BBC reported exclusively on the draft proposals back in September, and the final agreement is very similar to that first revealed on this website.
World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont had suggested in May that the annual Six Nations Championship could move to April to help ease pressure on the calendar.
It will instead remain in its traditional February-March slot, although discussions continue about changing the length of the tournament.
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The five rounds are currently spread over seven weeks with two 'rest' weekends.
As well as France and England's tours of the Pacific Islands, Georgia and Romania have been guaranteed home matches against Six Nations teams each July.
The Six Nations teams will also collectively guarantee a minimum of six matches against tier-two opposition during each set of autumn internationals.
World Rugby's plan sets out a minimum of 110 matches between tier-one and tier-two nations between 2020 and 2032, which it claims is an increase of 39% on the previous schedule.
Margaret Drozdowicz has agreed to resign from her post under the terms of a settlement at Belfast High Court.
The Trust is also to pay Dr Drozdowicz's legal costs.
Dr Drozdowicz sued for alleged breach of contract linked to her exclusion from the South West Acute Hospital in County Fermanagh in 2013.
But after a week-long hearing, Mr Justice Stephens was told the parties had arrived at a settlement, with no admission of liability.
The anaesthetist, a Polish national, came to Northern Ireland to work within the NHS in 2005.
By 2009 she had become lead consultant in obstetric anaesthesia at the hospital.
But by 2011, her relationship with some medical colleagues was said to have broken down.
She was subjected to restrictions following a number of complaints from other staff at the hospital, who accused her of unprofessional behaviour.
Her exclusion came after a medical colleague was no longer prepared to supervise her.
Dr Drozdowicz claimed she had been isolated and ostracised by colleagues after she performed an audit on the efficiency of theatres within the hospital.
She alleged it raised serious concerns about the value for money from theatre use and employment of consultants.
According to her, the trust failed to properly investigate her complaints.
She also claimed that her actions led to 13 unfounded grievances against her from colleagues.
She alleged the complaints were an attempt to discredit her after she raised issues about theatres being used for private practice during NHS hours and the use of a drug to counteract deep vein thrombosis.
The Trust disputed her allegations and the court was told an investigation has not upheld her concerns.
There is no suggestion of any harm to patients.
During proceedings, Dr Drozdowicz alleged that a dying patient had received substandard care after being brought to the hospital in 2013.
The 64-year-old man was suffering from complaints including pneumonia.
In cross-examination, it was alleged that Dr Drozdowicz was raising her voice and frantically waving ECG forms about within the critical care unit.
A nurse was said to have told her to keep her voice down amid concerns the patient's relatives may witness her actions.
Following out-of-court discussions, it was announced that the breach of contract action has been resolved.
Dr Drozdowicz's solicitor said: "My client is relieved at the outcome, which will see her make a clean break from her employment with the Trust."
The Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) is one of three organisations set to benefit from a memorial fund set up following the death of Mrs Cox in June.
The Batley and Spen MP 41, was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire.
The latest tranche of fines will also be used to fund D-Day veteran visits to Normandy and to help excavate the HMS Invincible shipwreck in the Solent.
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Announcing the donation to the RVS, chancellor George Osborne said: "It is right that funding from those in the banking industry who demonstrated the worst of values goes towards people who display the very best of British values.
"Jo Cox dedicated her life to bringing people together and making a difference.
"She was an inspiration to people across the world and I am proud to give the Royal Voluntary Service this funding in her memory to continue their vital work."
The memorial fund - which is also supporting Hope not Hate and the White Helmets - has raised nearly £1.5m since it was set up.
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An inquest into Mrs Cox's death was opened and adjourned last month after hearing she died from multiple stab and gunshot wounds.
Thomas Mair, 52, from Birstall, faces charges of murder, grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon in connection with the attack on Mrs Cox.
The 21-year-old led by a set and 4-2 but could not convert his lead into victory and Gasquet came through 3-6 7-5 6-2 in Antwerp.
Edmund was playing in his first ATP semi-final, having lost quarter-finals in Doha, London and Beijing this year.
He is still set to break into the top 40 for the first time on Monday.
That would see the Englishman join Australian Nick Kyrgios and Germany's Alexander Zverev as the only players aged 21 or under that high in the world rankings.
Gasquet will face Diego Schwartzman in the Antwerp final after the Argentine saved two match points on his way to beating Belgian top seed David Goffin 7-5 2-6 7-5.
In the doubles semi-final, Britain's Dom Inglot and Brazilian Andre Sa lost 6-3 6-2 to French top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.
Suzanne Hughes was last seen at about 22:30 BST on the 17 July in Cromer, Norfolk, where she was holidaying with her husband, daughter and grandson.
Her husband Alan claimed it was "out of character" for the 67-year-old, from Solihull, to go missing.
He said he woke at about midnight to discover his wife was not in the house and the front door was open.
Coastguards and a police helicopter have been involved in the search for Mrs Hughes, and Norfolk police said "a large amount" of CCTV footage has been examined.
Shelbie Forgan, 22, and two former colleagues deny child cruelty offences at Bright Sparks nursery in Taibach before it closed.
A work placement student has told Swansea Crown Court she saw a child "flung" by the wrist by a staff member.
But on the defence case's second day, Ms Forgan rejected cruelty claims.
She told the jury: "If I had witnessed something that caused me concern I would have reported it.... even if it meant losing my job."
The prosecution has claimed young children were force-fed and manhandled.
It said, while children were not badly injured or beaten, the treatment of some was so heavy-handed it amounted to "wilful assault".
But giving evidence on Tuesday, co-defendant Christina Pinchess, 31, the former deputy manager, told the court she felt "shocked and surprised" when allegations were made against her.
Jurors have been told she voluntarily attended the police station on a number of occasions and answered detectives' questions.
During cross-examination by prosecuting counsel David Scutt, Ms Pinchess was asked if she had ever force-fed a child after losing her patience.
She replied: "No. If they didn't want the food then it would be taken away."
Bright Sparks' former owner Katie Davies, 32, who is also on trial, said more than £100,000 had been spent on setting it up - which she said was her "lifelong dream".
She told jurors she had taken great care in running the business and would never have jeopardised it by "doing anything half-baked".
On claims of mistreatment, she said: "I would have never let it happen at my nursery."
The court was also told the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales had been "impressed" with the nursery, after two unannounced inspections.
All three defendants deny causing cruelty to a person under the age of 16.
The trial continues.
Delegates will be gathering with next year's Holyrood elections just six months away, and polls suggesting the party is trailing far behind the SNP.
Scottish Labour has said it wants to use the conference to encourage voters to "take a fresh look" at the party.
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is also due to address the conference.
Labour remains committed to renewing the Trident nuclear weapons system, which is based at Faslane on the Clyde, despite it being strongly opposed by Mr Corbyn.
Delegates at the party's UK conference in Brighton voted to debate other issues rather than Trident last month.
Scottish members are to decide on Friday morning whether a motion opposing Trident renewal should be discussed on Sunday.
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale told the BBC she understood the strength of feeling on the issue.
And she said that if a new fleet of nuclear-armed submarines was not ordered, the money saved should go to the communities that lose out.
She seemed relaxed about Scottish Labour potentially having a different position from the UK party, and said there would be a process for reaching agreed manifesto positions on contentious issues, and where this is not possible, there could be a system of "agreed abstention".
Labour's only surviving Scottish MP has also insisted the party could have different policies on the renewal of Trident north and south of the border.
Shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray said moves to make the party north of the border more autonomous meant it could "have a different position on anything it wants".
Ahead of the conference, Lothians MSP and former Scottish Labour leadership contender Neil Findlay, who is an ally of Mr Corbyn in his opposition to nuclear weapons, said the party cannot take a "a head-in-the-sand approach" when delegates are asked to decide on Friday whether or not to hold a Trident debate.
Writing in the conference bulletin of the Labour Campaign for Socialism, Mr Findlay warned his party: "If we shy away from discussing this issue, we can be sure that others won't be slow in pointing out our reluctance to do so."
The GMB union has also written party members warning that cancelling the Trident replacement would threaten thousands of defence jobs in Scotland.
Scottish Labour suffered a devastating defeat in May's general election, with the party losing 40 of its 41 seats to the SNP, which has pledged to remove nuclear weapons from Scottish waters.
But it has reported a jump in membership since Mr Corbyn became UK party leader last month.
In his speech, Mr Corbyn is expected to present Labour as a socialist alternative to the SNP. He will also challenge Conservative tax credit cuts and Scottish government cuts in education.
He will add: "If you're satisfied with rising inequality, rising child poverty and widening health inequalities, then Labour is not for you. If you're satisfied that nearly a million people in Scotland are in fuel poverty or that half of all housing in Scotland falls short of official quality standards, then Labour isn't for you."
Mr Corbyn last week backed Ms Dugdale's proposals for Scottish Labour to be given greater autonomy over areas such as policy making, candidate selection and membership.
Debate over the position of the party in Scotland has raged since last year's independence referendum, after which former leader Johann Lamont resigned after claiming the London leadership treated it like a "branch office".
Ms Dugdale, who will also use the conference to announce new plans to help more youngsters leaving care to go on to university, will say that Labour is "well aware of the challenges we face" after receiving a "resounding message from the voters in May".
She will add that while that message was "painful", there is "now a new generation of leadership has taken up the challenge of renewing our party".
And she will insist that the party saying the party is "confident about the future" and "upbeat about the opportunities that come in a changing world".
Ms Dugdale will say: "I'm of a generation that has grown up with the Scottish Parliament as the centre of Scottish politics.
"We start this conference more ambitious for our parliament, more upbeat about the future, more determined than ever to stand up to the Scottish establishment.
"We can be the party that people put their trust in once again. It won't happen overnight. But the changes we are making under my leadership will make us fit for the future."
Plans for young people leaving care to receive full grant support, worth £6,000 a year, if they make it to university will also be unveiled by Ms Dugdale.
She will tell a fringe event at the conference that youngsters who are in care "are some of the most vulnerable in our communities", adding that the "reality is that they are more likely to go to jail than university".
The Scottish Labour conference can be watched live online from 09:50 to 11:50 and from 14:05 to 16:05 on Friday, and from 13:40 to 15:40 on Saturday. Conference 2015: Scottish Labour Party will also be shown on BBC Two Scotland on Saturday.
After buying the Ayrshire resort in 2014, the US presidential hopeful vowed to spend £200m on renovating it.
Accounts filed last week with Companies House revealed that his organisation had invested just £18m by the end of 2015.
But on Friday, his representatives said that figure had now risen to £150m.
In a statement, a spokesman for the Trump Organisation said: "The accounts submitted to Companies House reflect the financial year from 2015 and the first phase of the renovation, which included the clubhouse, the Wee Links pitch and putt and selected function spaces within the hotel.
"To date, the total expenditure equals around £150m, with the large majority of the work taking place through the year of 2016."
The spokesman said work had included "transforming" the Ailsa golf course, introducing a grand ballroom, refurbishing the 103-bedroom Turnberry hotel and adding a two-bedroom luxury suite and halfway house to the Turnberry Lighthouse.
He added: "Construction is currently taking place on Trump Turnberry's second course, following consultation with golf architect Martin Ebert, with further, extensive, renovation planned for The Spa at Turnberry and the Villas at Trump Turnberry."
Meanwhile, representatives of Mr Trump have blamed "exhaustive red tape" and planning system "obstacles" for hampering progress in developing his Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire.
The Trump Organisation had envisaged about 6,000 construction jobs and 2,000 operational posts over the long-term, multi-phased development at Menie, which Mr Trump opened in July 2012 after a lengthy battle with local people and environmentalists. Mr Trump also attempted to block plans for an offshore wind farm near his course.
Company accounts up to the end of 2015 showed only 95 people were employed on average last year.
Sarah Malone, from Trump International Golf Links, told BBC Scotland that in addition to "core staff", the company provided work for more than 50 caddies and supported "countless businesses and service providers locally and nationally".
She said: "To date over 500 people have been engaged in the first phase of construction and development, and we continue to retain a leading team of regional and national consultants including planners, engineers, architects, designers and environmental experts on the creation of future phases.
"I should highlight that had it not been for the exhaustive red tape and obstacles presented through the planning system, the pace of our project would have been accelerated."
Ms Malone said it was "nothing short of ridiculous" that it had taken 40 planning applications, 24 planning hearings, a full public inquiry and parliamentary hearing just to build phase one.
She also said the company had also been forced to "waste valuable resources, money and time" on fighting the location of an offshore wind farm near the property.
"The system has not supported big investment, it has made it extremely difficult," she added.
Donald Trump's two Scottish golf courses together lost about £9.5m last year.
Trump Turnberry made a loss of almost £8.4m, while Menie lost nearly £1.1m.
Investors are expecting the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in June and figures on home sales, durable goods and first quarter economic growth will give a more precise sign.
The Dow Jones fell 8 points to 17492.9, while the wider S&P 500 index lost 4.2 points to 2048.
The tech-focused Nasdaq slid 3.78 points to 4765.7.
Monsanto shares were up 4.4% as Bayer offered $62bn to buy the company, which would create the world's largest agricultural firm.
Apple shares climbed 1.3% after reports it ordered at least 72 million units of the upcoming iPhone 7 - more than the 65 million predicted by analysts.
Microsoft and Verizon both fell by 1% on Monday, while shares of Tribune Publishing dropped by 15% after it rejected a second takeover offer from Gannett.
Gannett shares dropped 2.3%.
The state prosecutor has described the shooting as "chilling" and warned that the video will "tear at the hearts" of people in Chicago when it is made public on Wednesday.
She set out the state's case against the officer, Jason Van Dyke, and what she has ascertained about his actions that night in 2014.
Mr Van Dyke maintains he feared for his life when he opened fire, because the teenager was armed with a knife.
Here is what prosecutors say happened, in numbers.
McDonald was holding a knife with a three-inch blade when police spotted him and pulled over. Officer Van Dyke was not among the first officers to attend.
The teenager had slashed the tyre on one of the patrol cars and there was a stand-off between him and the officers.
There were no words spoken by McDonald during the incident. He said nothing in response to numerous verbal commands to drop the knife, police said.
The first responding officer said he did not see the need to use force.
But an officer armed with a Taser was requested to attend and deal with the situation but none arrived.
Officer Van Dyke, who arrived in a patrol car with a partner, was at the scene for less than 30 seconds before he started shooting.
He was out of his car for approximately six seconds before he opened fire.
According to police dashcam video, the time was exactly 9:57:36 on the October 2014 night when the officer opened fire.
There were eight officers present but only one fired his or her weapon.
Officer Van Dyke's gun was a nine-millimetre calibre semi-automatic pistol with a capacity of 16 rounds.
Officer Van Dyke shot the teenager 16 times. The 16 fired cartridge cases police recovered at the scene were all from his weapon.
About 14-15 seconds elapsed between the time the first shot was fired and the last. An eyewitness told police he heard a pause after the initial shots, and then more gunfire. The prosecutor says the video shows how McDonald's body jerked and his arm moved slightly.
McDonald was lying on the ground for 13 of these seconds as the shots were fired. Officer Van Dyke was preparing to reload when his partner, who could hear McDonald struggling to breathe, told him to hold his fire.
The prosecutor said the teenager still had a pulse when paramedics arrived but was declared dead at the hospital.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles wants to ease planning restrictions in England for three years to boost the building trade.
But MPs argued that there would be little economic benefit to the plans.
Mr Pickles told MPs he was willing to find a "sensible compromise", as he sought to appease coalition rebels.
The new approach would be set out in the House of Lords when the Growth and Infrastructure Bill returns there next week, Mr Pickles said, after discussions with MPs.
However, he did not give any further details on what the compromise might look like.
Ministers announced last year that they wanted a three-year relaxation of the planning rules to allow single-storey extensions of up to eight metres for detached houses and six metres for other houses to be built without planning consent being required.
The proposal, which is still under consultation, has angered some local authorities and is opposed by Labour.
Mr Pickles said he had listened to the concerns expressed by peers and MPs and said he believed "even at this late hour we can actually establish a broad consensus on these practical reforms".
He added: "I can announce today that in the spirit of consensus, we will bring forward a revised approach on the contentious question of permitted development rights for home extensions when the bill returns to the Lords.
"I believe that this is eminently bridgeable and I would like the opportunity to make that bridge."
He said MPs would get the opportunity to vote on the new plans when the bill comes back to the Commons on 23 April.
The Growth and Infrastructure Bill was amended last month by the House of Lords to stipulate that individual councils should be given the right to opt out of the planning rules changes.
Many Tory and Lib Dem rebels wanted to keep this change in the bill, but the government wanted to reject the amendment and instead to reach a compromise with MPs.
The government won vote by 286 votes to 259, a majority of 27.
But not all MPs were convinced by Mr Pickles promise of a new approach.
Former cabinet minister Cheryl Gillan said she would not believe Mr Pickles until she saw the new plans "in black and white".
Zac Goldsmith, MP for Richmond Park, a vocal critic of the plans, was among 16 Conservative MPs and 10 Liberal Democrats who voted against the government.
He said the government needed to "give greater clarity" about how it plans to reach a compromise.
Conservative rebel, Stewart Jackson said it was "very bad legislation" which "offends against the principle of localism", while fellow Tory rebel Anne Main said it was "potentially going to be extremely divisive in communities".
But another Conservative MP, Heather Wheeler, insisted that the government's plans would create jobs.
She said: "We are desperately short of family-sized houses. This is an opportunity to kick-start local economies."
For Labour, shadow communities and local government secretary Hilary Benn said: "He (Eric Pickles) tries to suggest this is about empowering people, but what he is trying to do is take away the rights of neighbours to object to developments that they think are going to affect their rights and their amenity."
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The ceremony to award him an honorary Doctor of Literature degree was held in Bute Hall, at the University of Glasgow.
Fellow crime writer Val McDermid and actor David Hayman paid tribute to the "tartan noir" author, who died in 2015, aged 79.
McIlvanney is best known for his Laidlaw trilogy.
The service was introduced by his longtime friend, journalist and broadcaster Ruth Wishart.
Mr Hayman read an excerpt from Shakespeare's King Lear, which he said was McIlvanney's favourite play.
After also reading part of a McIlvanney poem from Weddings and After, he said: "Willie you embellished and enriched our lives. Thank you.
"A light has gone from the earth with that passing. Take care big man."
He then blew a kiss.
Traditional musician Sheena Wellington, who sang the Robert Burns song A Man's A Man For A' That at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, was also expected to perform.
Mr McIlvanney's daughter Siobhan McIlvanney and his brother, the sports journalist Hugh McIlvanney also spoke at the service.
The son of a miner from Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, William McIlvanney studied English at Glasgow University, graduating in 1960.
He worked as a teacher before devoting himself full-time to writing. His crime novel Laidlaw, published in 1977 is credited as being the first example the Scottish crime fiction genre known as tartan noir.
Siobhan McIlvanney said the last piece of writing her father did was an acceptance note for the honorary degree and she was proud to accept it on his behalf.
Prof Roibeard O Maolalaigh, vice-principal and head of the college of arts, who will confer the degree, said: "He was one of Scotland's most accessible intellectuals who captured accurately and gracefully so many facets of the human condition.
"It is entirely fitting that his alma mater should honour and recognise his extraordinary contribution."
Less than seven weeks after giving birth to daughter Alexa-Rose, 25-year-old striker Wiltshire will spend her first Mother's Day on the football pitch playing for Cambridge United Women.
"She will be there with my mum and that will mean a lot to me because they are my two favourite ladies," Wiltshire told BBC Sport.
"She seems to be sleeping every time that I play or train, but at some point she will have to watch."
Meanwhile, versatile Team Bath attacker Francis, 31, will spend part of Mothering Sunday coaching the netball Superleague club's feeder side before returning home to her five-month-old daughter Paige and three-year-old Elise.
Francis, a former England and Singapore international, returned to action in Britain's top-flight competition less than five months after giving birth to her second daughter.
"I want the best of both worlds. I've given it a go and it seems to be going alright so far," Francis told BBC Radio Bristol.
"It is nice to have something for myself because I do spend a lot of the day looking after the girls.
"It is nice to have those few hours to yourself when you are not responsible for anyone and you can just be the person you were before the children."
For Wiltshire, turning out for Cambridge on loan in the Women's Premier Division One South East - the fourth tier of women's football in England - is a tentative return to the sport as she aims to play a part in Yeovil Town's upcoming Women's Super League One campaign.
For husband Steven Edwards, who also manages Cambridge, Alexa-Rose's birth has turned into an amazing bit of transfer business for the lower-league club.
Wiltshire was WSL 2's top scorer when she stopped playing 13 weeks into her pregnancy, with her goals helping the Glovers win promotion to the top flight as champions.
"It has panned out well for all parties," said Edwards after his wife scored twice in her first start for Cambridge, which came just six weeks after giving birth.
"She hasn't had to return to the highest level straight away, instead she has had an opportunity to play at a good level and one where she can find her feet and fitness.
"It has helped me and the club having her around and what Yeovil end up getting will be a more confident and fitter individual."
Throughout the latter stages of her pregnancy Wiltshire was a constant presence at her husband's training sessions, as she wanted to keep her skills sharp - even though the diminutive forward had slowed down considerably by that stage.
"I did a little bit of training," she said. "I just wanted to keep my technical skills up and only lose fitness really.
"I tried to stay on the ball for as long as possible. At 35 weeks I was really big and wouldn't really be able to do anything."
From the early surprise of pregnancy to playing on through the first trimester, staying active in the third and plotting her return to action, Wiltshire has been able to seek guidance from health professionals and fellow footballers.
Helen Ward, a Wales and Yeovil team-mate, helped fire Reading to the top tier in 2015 having begun the season on maternity leave before returning for the end of the season. On Saturday she announced she is pregnant again and will miss the club's first top-flight campaign.
Yeovil manager Jamie Sherwood is also well versed in having expectant mothers on the books, with his own wife and former player Katie twice returning to the sport to play internationally after the birth of their children.
"As a coach, manager and even more as a friend I made sure Sarah was correct on and off the pitch - we made a medical team and sports psychologist work with her to make sure she was okay," said Sherwood.
"Now she is coming back, I know exactly what the player needs. It is exciting she is playing again and she is ahead of schedule.
"She wants to be playing, she lives and breaths football. It is her first love, which I'm sure will be overtaken by daughter - but she is a footballer at heart."
Wiltshire admires those footballers who have returned to the pitch as mothers before her, and now she is determined to set a lasting example for her daughter.
"That little baby motivates me in a way," said Wiltshire. "I want her to grow up knowing she can chase her dreams.
"Having a baby does make you feel like you can do anything. Since I started playing football it was always my dream to play at the highest level and to get to do that with Yeovil, a club the means a lot to me, is my goal.
"I have a little one that is my whole world now, she makes me happy and when I'm happy and playing football, that makes me play better."
Francis' return to elite-level sport so soon after childbirth was a little more unexpected, as she was recalled to Team Bath as an injury replacement earlier in March, having initially opted just to train with the West Country side after squad sizes were trimmed from 15 players to 12.
The three-time Superleague champion admits the conversation with coaches about her playing future was a hard one, with the season coming so soon after Paige's arrival.
"It was a difficult decision for me," she admitted. "I didn't want to commit to being in the 12 then find out that I really couldn't cope with it.
"We don't have family nearby, I didn't know if I was going to be fit or what I would have been like, so I was lucky enough that I could be a training partner.
"I wasn't personally expecting anything this season. I was just looking forward to training, getting some fitness back and doing what I love doing."
She has gone on to feature in three of Team Bath's six matches so far this season, admitting it takes a lot of teamwork to coordinate life with husband Rob - something they worked hard at when she first returned after Elise's birth in 2014.
"During the season you do almost sacrifice seeing each other because he works evenings," said Francis.
"It's a lot to juggle and you have to have a lot of people around you who are willing to help out.
"With Elise, she breastfed for 11 months so when I did start that season she was still feeding, so my husband and Elise had to travel with me to play.
"Paige is bottle-fed, which is a little more freedom. If she was feeding from me, that potentially would have been a game changer because of the amount of time I would have had to spend away from her, or asking Rob and Elise to travel to away games with me, which would have been a bit more difficult."
And some things about being an elite athlete and parent of a toddler and newborn just do not tally - namely peace and quiet.
"The big difference is the amount of recovery time I have," said Francis. "During the week, if sessions are changed to afford us more rest or a lie-in, that is not the reality of my situation.
"If I'm lucky, Paige has a nap and I might get an hour's kip. If I'm up in the night then Elise is awake in the day wanting to play, then we have got to play."
Afternoon swimming lessons with Paige, followed by evening training sessions, mixed in with those all-important play dates with toddler Elise is a snapshot of a hectic day in the life of Francis.
Every moment of which she relishes.
"If you want it bad enough, you definitely can have children and make the most of what you really enjoy doing," she said. "It is tough and tiring, but it definitely worth it."
But unlike previous disputes between the government and the public sector, some of the most acrimonious exchanges have come over statistics.
Doctors by definition are experts on assessing evidence and data and coming to rigorously worked out conclusions.
They have been quick to forensically analyse and challenge any arguments by ministers based on statistics. Nowhere has more heat been generated than in the debate over the so-called "weekend effect" in the NHS and whether patients receive inferior care on Saturdays and Sundays compared to weekdays.
Ever since the row over junior doctor contracts first flared up last autumn, ministers have pointed to research suggesting higher death rates after admission to hospital at weekends. This, they claim, highlights why more doctors are needed in hospitals on Saturdays and Sundays.
This has been rebutted by junior doctors who say they already work at weekends.
The issue rose rapidly up the agenda after the publication in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) of a study last September by Prof Nick Freemantle of University College, London and other academics.
It covered patient data on deaths within 30 days of hospital admission in England in 2013/14. It suggests there were 11,000 excess deaths between Friday and Monday compared to mid-week.
For Saturday admissions, there was a 10% higher risk of death than those on a Wednesday - and for Sunday a 15% higher risk. The study adjusts for the fact that patients tend to be sicker at weekends.
The study became a political football, much to the irritation of the authors who argued it was a statistical analysis and they were not attempting to draw firm conclusions on whether hospital staffing was a factor in higher weekend death rates.
Junior doctors have consistently criticised ministers' use of the study to back up their rhetoric over a seven day NHS.
Now a new study on weekend death rates has been published and junior doctors highlighted it.
The research by the University of Manchester, published in the Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, concluded that those attending A&E (as opposed to those actually admitted to a hospital bed) at weekends were no more likely to die than those arriving during the week.
The Manchester study showed that those who were unwell enough to be admitted to hospital did have a higher chance of death within 30 days if this happened at a weekend.
But they point out the percentage rate was higher simply because it was calculated from a total number of admissions which was lower than during the week.
The authors say in effect there is a higher bar for admission at weekends.
Like the research for the BMJ, the Manchester work also took account of the fact that patients who arrive on Saturdays and Sundays are usually sicker.
There are differences between what the two studies analysed.
The Manchester research looked at patients who died in hospital (including those who had been discharged and then had to go back to hospital).
The BMJ work included those who were discharged and died away from the hospital.
The Manchester piece included the sickest patients who died within three days of getting to hospital while the BMJ research did not.
The Manchester work spanned 11 months of data, the BMJ article covered 12 months.
Both articles used Hospital Episode Statistics (known as HES) covering hospital patient data. Some have questioned whether this data is collected consistently and robustly across all hospitals in England.
So what are we to conclude? Articles with different methodologies can come to differing results. The use of statistics in a highly charged dispute can lead to misleading claims and counter-claims.
The government and NHS England believe there is a "weekend effect". What is still far from clear is what the underlying causes of that are.
The 33-year-old Welshman has impressed as Exeter have secured their first-ever place in the play-offs.
"It's just one of those things, for some people it happens and other people it doesn't, I'm pretty happy playing for the Chiefs," Welch told BBC Sport.
"I would have loved to have had a chance to play at the highest level, but if it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be."
Welch joined Exeter in 2012 from Scarlets and has been a regular starter for over three years at Sandy Park.
"I'm getting on a bit in years now and I think I'd probably be behind the pecking order from Phil Dollman in terms of the guys who missed out on their international call-ups," added Welch, who missed 12 weeks of this season after suffering a torn pectoral muscle.
Exeter boss Rob Baxter believes Welch's late start to his professional rugby career - he only began playing professionally a decade ago - could have contributed to his lack of a call-up.
"He probably started to get the frontline recognition in Wales relatively late, when you think of some of the players that broke through in Wales like Alun Wyn Jones, Luke Charteris and some of the other guys," Baxter said.
"There's been some stiff competition there and by moving out of Wales I think you do take yourself out of the international selection spotlight a little bit in Wales.
"The time he's played with us he's been fantastic.
"I've wondered really a few times about this, but I wonder whether in Wales they've looked at him and thought 'well that ship has sailed for him', probably a bit too early, and I think that's the case.
"With Damien, now age is probably against him, although physically he's still in great nick having come relatively late to rugby and having not played those years of frontline rugby that a lot of other guys have done when they get to his age."
The Canadian departs after two trophyless seasons with the Giants second in the league this year.
As the coach he posted 85 wins, 38 losses and one tie in 134 games.
"I know how challenging it can be and Derrick should be proud of his achievements," said Steve Thornton, Head of Hockey Operations.
He added: "I would like to thank Derrick for his hard work as Head Coach over the previous two seasons. We will endeavour to fill the position of Head Coach as soon as possible."
"Player recruitment is already underway for the 2017/18 season where competing for all Elite League trophies will be our main aim."
It was Walser's first taste of coaching and his time with the Giants ended with the loss against the Sheffield Steelers in last Saturday's play-offs semi-final.
Walser amassed 18 goals and 76 assists, good for 94 points and 32nd place in the Giants all-time player list.
"The Giants organisation would like to thank Derrick Walser as well as recognise the passion and dedication he brought to the Player/Coach role," said the SSE Arena side.
"We wish Derrick and the Walser family well for the future."
They claimed the local authority had a "moral duty" to spend the money needed to retain Haulfre in Llangoed.
Anglesey council has started a consultation on its future, amid concern about the building's condition.
Residents at the meeting on Friday were told the council will make a final decision in October.
A report to councillors highlighted a detailed fire risk assessment, commissioned by the county council, which found a number of serious deficiencies within the building.
It is home to 18 residents.
Anglesey council's community director Gwen Carrington said: "It's acknowledged that there has been under-investment over the years.
"The overall assessment is that the current facilities are not suitable and that it will become more and more difficult to ensure safe care within the building.
"Our priority, first and foremost, must be to ensure safe and appropriate care of Haulfre's residents and the staff who look after them."
Dumfries and Galloway Council turned down the scheme because of seismic and radar concerns.
Developer RES said both those objections had now been withdrawn.
A Scottish government reporter has upheld their appeal and ruled the wind farm, near Langholm, can proceed.
Ruth Elder, development project manager, said: "RES is delighted that consent has been granted for Solwaybank wind farm which will be capable of generating enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent average demand of more than 19,000 households.
"As well as providing homegrown, secure and affordable energy, onshore wind farms like Solwaybank contribute cleaner, greener energy - particularly important when the world's eyes are focusing on international efforts to urgently tackle the long-term threat of global climate change."
Smith, 26, has made 113 appearances for the club since joining them on a permanent basis from Tottenham in 2014, having also spent the 2010-11 season on loan with the Cherries.
"There is nowhere else I want to be at the moment," he told the club website.
Manager Eddie Howe said: "When we first brought Adam to the club we believed he had huge potential. Adam has taken his opportunity."
A 1996 law estimated the number of islands in the world's biggest archipelago at 17,508.
But the government is now hoping to get a definite number in time for a United Nations meeting in August.
They hope registering them all with the UN will help protect Indonesia's vast territory and its rich fishing resources.
Under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), an island is defined as a naturally formed area of land, surrounded by water, which is still exposed at high tide.
The name of an island can be officially recognised if it is known by at least two local people.
Indonesia covers 1.9 million sq km (741,052 sq mi) so counting all the islands that fit the UN criteria is no small task.
Off the coast of Jakarta, for example, there are the stunning Thousand Islands - where the capital's residents go on weekends. But no-one really knows exactly how many islands are even in that area.
The number of total islands in Indonesia listed under the 1996 law was just an estimate, and not verified by the UN criteria.
But at the last UN Conference on the Standardisation of Geographical Names in 2012, the Indonesian government registered 13,466 islands that it had located and named.
The counting team from the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries told the BBC's Indonesian service they wanted to add at least 1,700 new islands at the next meeting in August.
"That's our list at the moment but the number will probably go up because we are in the process of validating and verifying islands right now and we will keep doing this till the end of July," said Balok Budiyanto, a ministry official leading the team.
"We have to visit every one of these islands, and then we note the coordinates, the name, the meaning of the name, the history of the land and describe the landscape and its geographical history. We document all that in great detail and bring it back to the central team," he explained.
The move to count the islands and registering their names is aimed at protecting territory and resources.
If outlying islands are recognised by the UN, it could help Indonesia claim sovereignty over the surrounding waters - which are disputed by neighbouring countries.
The government says illegal fishing in what it considers its waters is costing the country billions of dollars in lost revenue each year.
As a warning, they have been blowing up foreign boats found in their waters.
Susan Herawati from the Coalition of People for Justice for Fisheries (Kiara) told the BBC that "60% of islands in Indonesia don't have a name or officially have legal status, so they can easily be taken or claimed by another country".
But it's not just territorial disputes with other countries - listing the islands with the UN will also mean they won't be "so vulnerable to being taken over by a private company", she says.
As an example, Ms Herawati cites an island near the Gili islands off Lombok, a popular tourist spot, where one small island has been taken over by a private resort.
"There were 109 families who were kicked out of the area because it was being developed for tourists," she explains, adding that the families were made to leave without receiving any compensation.
"This is about our identity as a nation. By clearly listing our islands then our fisherman have legal protection and rights over the islands and our ancestral seas," she explains.
In 2002, Indonesia lost two islands to Malaysia - after the International Court of Justice ruled against it in a territorial dispute - and two to East Timor when it became independent.
Environmentalists have warned that Indonesia could lose thousands of islands if sea levels continued to rise due to climate change.
But keeping track of the islands could be an endless task, as Mr Balok says the counting group continues to find new islands "created due to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions".
Reporting by BBC Indonesian's Rafki Hidayat
The 19-year-old from the Isle of Man achieved the qualification standard when she won the 200m butterfly final at the British Championships.
The Loughborough swimmer said she was "over the moon" to be chosen.
Atkinson also won the 50m butterfly and came second in the 100m butterfly events in Sheffield.
She told BBC Sport: "I am over the moon with my results from last week and I am happy to be British champion for the first time!
"To set personal bests and medal in all my events was incredible, and hopefully this is just the start with a lot more to come in the summer.
"I am so proud to represent Great Britain at the World Championships and can't wait to show what I can do there."
The strong team also involves Rio Olympic champion Adam Peaty.
The World Championships will take place between in Budapest between 14 and 30 July.
Men: Nick Grainger, Luke Greenbank, James Guy, Calum Jarvis, Daniel Jervis, Max Litchfield, Stephen Milne, Ross Murdoch, Adam Peaty, Ben Proud, Duncan Scott, Mark Szaranek, Chris Walker-Hebborn, James Wilby.
Women: Freya Anderson, Charlotte Atkinson, Jazz Carlin, Georgia Davies, Kathleen Dawson, Holly Hibbott, Hannah Miley, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, Molly Renshaw, Rosie Rudin, Alys Thomas, Jocelyn Ulyett, Sarah Vasey, Aimee Willmott, Abbie Wood.
No one provider dominated, with EE coming out best in England, Vodafone the overall winner in Northern Ireland and Three in Scotland and Wales.
The study, from mobile network performance firm RootMetrics, also suggests that England has the highest amount of 4G while Wales trails behind.
Operators will bid for fresh spectrum for faster services later this year.
"These latest results have really shaken things up and show the increasing competitiveness in the UK, particularly over the last six months," said Scott Stonham, general manager of Europe for RootMetrics.
"EE continues to lead the way, but Three and Vodafone are close behind. What is clear is that each operator showed strong performance in at least one particular country, while nobody was able to sweep the board at the four-nations level.
"UK consumers have strong mobile options depending on how and where they use their devices most," he added.
The report assessed availability of 4G services across the UK, examining six categories, including network reliability, network speed and data performance.
In the UK's 16 largest cities, EE received the highest scores in all categories. It was also judged the UK's overall best-performing network, due to England's larger population.
Three won the award for reliability.
Ian Fogg, an analyst at research firm IHS Markit said: "To succeed, mobile operators must balance the amount of spectrum they own with how they manage their networks."
O2, which did not win in any category may have been hampered by its planned merger with Three, which was blocked.
"It may have been a distraction which meant things like discussions around network planning were put off," he said.
"Added to that, O2's challenge is that it has less spectrum than some of its competitors but a large customer base."
In response the company said: "We spend over £2 million every day improving network service and expanding coverage", adding "different network surveys produce different results".
Although 5G is still some years away from commercial availability, Ofcom is due to auction 3.4GHz spectrum in October, which will be used for the next generation of mobile networks.
The regulator has capped the amount of spectrum each operator can bid for. EE is not allowed to bid in the 2.3GHz category, which will be auctioned at the same time and can be used to enhance 4G.
EE currently has around 45% of the UK's usable spectrum, following its acquisition by BT, which bid for spectrum in 2013 even though it did not have a mobile division at the time.
Further auctions of spectrum suitable for 5G are expected in 2019.
The timeframe for the auctions could be delayed because of legal challenges from Three.
The 29-year-old former Southport player has signed a deal he was offered by the club in February.
"I know it's been on the table for a while, but it wasn't a case of dragging things out," Rutherford said.
"I just wanted to carry on with the football side, then get it over the line, once the season had finished."
Rutherford follows Mark Carrington and goalkeeper Chris Dunn in signing new contracts with the north Wales club.
Manager Dean Keates has also made his first signing of the close season with versatile full-back James Hurst joining on a one-year contract.
UK financial regulators have opened an investigation into Barclays boss, Jes Staley, over the whistleblowing case.
Mr Staley asked the bank's security chief, Troels Oerting, to find the author of an anonymous letter.
The letter questioned the past conduct of a senior recruit, Tim Main, who was a former colleague of Mr Staley.
The Barclays chief executive had worked with Mr Main for several years while they were at the investment bank JP Morgan.
Mr Staley has now received a formal reprimand and a personal financial penalty - which could exceed £1m - from his own board.
Mr Oerting formerly worked for Europol and is more familiar with being asked to tackle issues of fraud, money laundering and cyber crime.
As one insider put it: "He's a former cop - he calls other cops".
The anonymous letter had a US postmark and Mr Oerting contacted US federal law enforcement agencies to help track down its origin.
His enquiry has attracted the attention of the Department for Financial Services in the US.
He joined Barclays in 2015 after heading up Europol's Cyber Crime Unit. The BBC is awaiting comment from Mr Oerting.
The attempt by Mr Staley to identify the person who sent the anonymous letter has been referred to the Financial Conduct Authority, and the Prudential Regulation Authority, as a potential breach of strict new rules concerning the treatment of whistleblowers.
Mr Staley has admitted he made an error of judgement by getting too personally involved in a matter which should have been left to bank compliance staff.
He has apologised to the board and tried to explain himself in a letter to staff.
Mr Staley told Barclays employees that he mistakenly did not consider the issue as one of whistleblowing, and instead saw it as an attempt to maliciously smear someone with previous personal problems.
The BBC understands that the anonymous letter did not raise any issues of which the personnel department at Barclays were unaware before Mr Main was hired.
The whole episode is an unusual and unwelcome distraction for a bank that is trying to put reputational problems behind it.
The bank's board held a four hour meeting on Sunday to consider the appropriate penalties for Mr Staley - including his potential dismissal.
Mr Staley is popular within the firm and with investors.
Whether that, and the penalties already imposed on him, will be enough to pacify regulators who value, and protect, whistleblowers is yet to be seen.
Jordan Devine, 22, is alleged to have driven a car at Brian McNulty, 32, "at speed" on Jamaica Street on 11 January.
He also faces charges under the Road Traffic Act of failing to stop, and failing to report an accident.
Devine, from Newlands, Glasgow, appeared in private from custody at the city's sheriff court. He made no plea or declaration and was granted bail.
Papers from the court claim that Devine drove a car "deliberately and at speed" at Mr McNulty, causing the car to hit him.
The charges alleges that "as a consequence Brian McNulty was thrown in to the air and landed on the road to his severe injury".
Friends said Trudy Moorhouse, from Badingham, had been at the Co-op in Laxfield for eight years without any complaints about her appearance.
Yolanda Howard said after a shop refit Mrs Moorhouse was asked to "dress more appropriately".
The Co-op said it had a "clear dress code". Mrs Moorhouse would not comment.
Hundreds of people have signed a "Let her be the person she is" petition launched by Mrs Howard, who is also a customer at the Co-op store.
She is calling on the supermarket giant to reverse its decision.
The employers of Trudy Moorhouse, the pink-haired woman who was told to wear a wig and cover her piercings while at work, say they have reached an "amicable agreement".
A Spokesman for The Co-operative Food said: "There is a clear policy in place regarding dress code and how colleagues present themselves in our food stores. An amicable arrangement has been put in place at the store with Trudy."
A petition has been set up calling for the store in Laxfield to change its policy.
She said: "Trudy is being made to change who she is after eight years of working for the Co-op.
"The shop was recently refurbished and afterwards they just wanted Trudy to be more 'normal'."
Mrs Moorhouse chose to wear a black wig as she "did not want to get rid of her pink hair", Mrs Howard said.
She is also wearing long sleeves to cover her tattoos and has put sticky plasters on her face to cover her piercings.
Customers considered Mrs Moorhouse "one of the most caring, helpful, gentle and kind people you could meet," she added.
A spokesman for The Co-operative Food Group, said: "There is a clear policy in place regarding dress code and how colleagues present themselves in our food stores.
"An amicable arrangement has been put in place at the store with Trudy."
On Muslim marriage websites he sounded like the perfect catch - an unmarried surgeon who was rich and owned property across the UK.
A profile photo of "Stylish Farhan" showed him dressed in scrubs with a stethoscope around his neck. He told women he was a virgin not looking for "fun", but a wife.
In reality Farhan Mirza, 38, was a three-time divorced part-time taxi driver going by the name "Frank" and living with his mother in a run-down terraced house in the south Wales valleys, owned by his one of his ex-wives.
He was a sexual predator who secretly filmed women before using the intimate videos to extort money from them.
The threat of shame and bringing dishonour to their families was devastating for the women, who feared they might be disowned by loved ones.
Some women he was in contact with genuinely believed Mirza wanted to marry them. But as his mask slipped the promises of £25,000 diamond rings and a future together turned into demands for money.
He started threatening and blackmailing them with videos and photos he had secretly taken of them in his house.
Some were of sexual activity, others were topless, all of them would have been compromising to each woman's reputation if sent to other people.
During this time Mirza got married for the fourth time to a woman in Pakistan. Despite this he kept meeting women, and carrying out his campaign of blackmail while his new wife studied in Lahore.
One of his victims, a doctor who he met after she gave his mother health advice as a favour has spoken of fearing for her life because of the threats he made to circulate a video of them having sex - taken without her knowledge.
His scam was uncovered when she found the video along with "hundreds" of photos and videos of other women on his computer and £70,000 in a box in the wardrobe of his house in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent.
After the discovery, she found herself the target of blackmail as he threatened to send the video to friends and family.
She told Cardiff Crown Court: "He said: 'I'm a very bad person, you have messed with very bad guys.
"These things are to keep women like you on a straight path. I can send it to anybody, to your family members, if you don't comply with my demands.'"
She was worried if the video got out the Taliban would kill her on her visits home to Pakistan to visit family, and that her family would disown her.
For six months she was at Mirza's beck and call. Unknown to her he had switched on location services on her phone so he always knew where she was.
He forced her to give him £2,000, buy him groceries and clothes for his mother, as well as regularly paying for his family to eat out at restaurants. He also tried to get her to buy him a £14,000 BMW as a "gift".
This was on top of thousands of pounds she gave him to help him pay bills and university fees during the course of their relationship.
Eventually, after receiving a lengthy video from Mirza featuring people apparently dying from heart attacks and in car crashes, she was so terrified he was threatening her life that she went to the police.
Officers discovered two other women who had been targeted by Mirza.
Mirza was found guilty at Cardiff Crown Court of nine charges of sexual assault, voyeurism, blackmail, fraud and theft.
During his trial, he broke down in the dock when talking about making the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, but, despite professing to be a devout Muslim, swore on the Bible rather than Koran before giving evidence.
He declared the women were just upset and seeking revenge as he had ended their relationships, and said any intimate videos he had filmed were taken at their request.
Mirza also claimed he only had copies of the woman's identity documents as he was concerned she was "affiliated with the Taliban", despite the fact she was very liberal and lived in the UK, and that the photo of him in scrubs was an "April 1 prank".
His threats started from the modest three-bedroom terraced house he lived in with his mother.
The college IT worker was born in Sargodha, Pakistan, one of four children. He claims to have a studied for a BSc in Maths from a government college in Pakistan, before obtaining a Masters in Maths and Business from the National College of Business Administration and Economics in Lahore.
He has claimed his mother had a philosophy degree, his father was an executive and his brother was head of security at a major airport. Jurors heard these were all lies and his brother was actually an airport porter.
Mirza claimed he got a job in marketing with a civil engineering company in Pakistan. But in 2001 he moved to Glasgow as his maternal grandparents lived there.
He married a woman from Abertillery in 2002, and they had a child. He became a part-time student at Glamorgan University, now the University of South Wales, studying for a BSc in Information Technology.
When his marriage broke down after six years and ended in divorce, Mirza quickly moved on.
He boasted to police he had "loads and loads" of one night stands. He added: "I don't know what you think, I'm not a desperate guy. Touch wood, girls like me."
Mirza had two arranged marriages in Pakistan, one which ended after a week, another lasted a day.
He said he started looking for his fourth wife because of pressure from his mother.
However, his use of marriage dating websites proved to provide a lucrative sideline enabling him to target Muslim women who were looking for a husband.
On his dating profile, he claimed he was a doctor. The reality was at that time he worked as a health and safety officer for catering company, later becoming an IT worker at a further education college.
He would start by asking his targets for gifts of money, which he said was a cultural tradition.
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But Mirza was said by his victims to be very convincing. Whenever he stepped over the line he would beg for another chance and for them to trust him.
One victim told the court: "I was told he was single, never married and that he was a virgin."
She believed the "very manipulative" Mirza was a surgeon and gave him £3,500 as a gift to buy a motorbike after he pressured her for a gift to show she was serious about marrying him.
"He was always apologising," she said. "Every time he makes a mistake he puts on this innocent face where you just feel sorry for him."
She added: "It is like he has got two sides to his personality, one side he was very rude and very sex-driven, the other side he is being so polite and angelic, you just look at his face and you believe everything he says - and I believed him."
She said he repeatedly tried to get her to have sex with him, promising they would marry after that. She now believes he was waiting to get her in a situation where he could film her and then threaten her.
On the one occasion, she stayed the night at his house believing they would sleep separately, he refused to leave her room and removed her top against her wishes. She believes he did this expressly to try to get more money from her.
"I felt he only built a relationship with me in order to get money and after I gave that to him, he wanted to get more money," said his victim.
"I was scared I didn't know what he was planning and what sort of pictures he had of me."
Faeeza Vaid, Executive Director at Muslim Women's Network UK, said: "Matrimonial sites are used across the UK.
"That's the same in the Muslim community. I think what's common to this case is that there are men who are seeking to manipulate women. They do that by entrapping them into relationships, taking photographs of them either during sexual activity like in this case it was secretly recording images and then trying to use those images to blackmail the women in the case.
"I think it's really important to know that in the Muslim community and in Asian communities, shame and honour are added factors which are used to emotionally blackmail the victim in these cases."
She added: "On the Muslim Women's Network helpline we have received a number of calls like this case, of victims who have been defrauded, on matrimonial websites, by individuals who have actually sought them out, sought the victims out, to manipulate and commit these crimes against these victims."
In East Dunbartonshire, Nicola Sturgeon vowed to put young people at the centre of the SNP's manifesto.
In Perth, Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson said the SNP should take a second independence referendum off the table.
Ex-Labour leader Gordon Brown branded the Tories and SNP as "collaborators" in rising child poverty.
And Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie promised to "stand against the political dividers of our time", as he hit out at the SNP and the Conservatives.
Out on the campaign trail, Ms Sturgeon said her party would be "a strong voice at Westminster standing up for Scotland's young people".
She was speaking ahead of the official launch of the SNP's manifesto on Tuesday.
Ms Sturgeon said: "Young people are our future - the most valuable resource that we have - and it's important that we create the best opportunities for them to get ahead in life and to achieve their potential.
"The Tories think they can get away with passing the burden of deeper cuts and further austerity on to families, which can often hit children the hardest.
"The SNP will never sit idly by and let them take those opportunities away.
"In government, we have made education our priority in Scotland - investing in a transformation in early years education and childcare and making sure that university students don't get lumped with a £27,000 bill just for the opportunity to learn."
During her visit to Perth, Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson called on the SNP to "take a second independence referendum off the table."
She said: "The people of Scotland don't want it, we voted to stay part of the United Kingdom, and what we want is a government in Edinburgh that can work with the government in London to make sure we make our country better.
"It is about getting back to the day job, improving our schools and not trying to split our country up again."
During a visit to Greenock, former Labour leader and prime minister Gordon Brown said the SNP government in Scotland should be doing more to tackle inequality north of the border.
He said: "In the 1980s under Mrs Thatcher, three million children were in poverty. By the time the Tories left office in 1997, there were four million children in poverty.
"We brought poverty down by raising child benefit, with child tax credits, the minimum wage, but then after 2010, poverty started rising again.
"Last year, it was 3.9 million in Britain, 4.1 million this year and it's going to rise according to all forecasts to 5.1 million children by 2022 - more poverty under Mrs May than Mrs Thatcher.
"A Britain that she says she's going to unite but will be more socially divided and economically polarised than ever.
"The Scottish National Party are collaborators in this rise in poverty and this attack on living standards."
Meanwhile, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said that every Lib Dem MP would "stand against the political dividers of our time".
On a visit to an alpaca farm on the outskirts of Edinburgh, he said: "A majority of people in Scotland want to keep the United Kingdom but the SNP want to divide it. They do not speak for Scotland.
"The SNP should cancel their plans for a divisive referendum on independence.
"And a majority of people in Scotland want to keep the European Union but the Conservatives want to divide that. They do not speak for Scotland."
He added: "No-one else stands with the majority of Scotland - for the United Kingdom and for the European Union. Liberal Democrats do.
"We are pro-UK, pro-Europe and progressive."
Mr Zuma was responding to allegations that he had "unduly benefitted" from an upgrade to his private home in Nkandla which cost taxpayers about $23m (£14m).
MPs from the new Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were not satisfied with his explanation and started chanting: "Pay back the money."
Parliament was suspended and security called to oust the EFF group.
Police entered parliament in Cape Town carrying riot shields, tear gas and batons but then aborted their plans to forcibly remove the EFF MPs.
The governing African National Congress (ANC) said it was "appalled" by the behaviour of the EFF parliamentarians.
The Democratic Alliance, the largest opposition party, said the EFF's "theatrics" meant South Africans "did not get answers from the president, to which they were rightfully entitled".
South Africans may be divided over the behaviour of the EFF in parliament but its leader Julius Malema posed questions many here still want answered.
Nkandla remains a sore point for many citizens and the president has been accused of failing to account to the public that elected him into power.
So while they may not support the chanting and disruption to a formal sitting, many are quietly applauding their stand.
Mr Malema has never been one to shy away from confrontation; it was with tough talking that he defended President Jacob Zuma before their fall-out.
However uncomfortable to watch, many see this as South Africa's democracy at work.
It is not clear when the session will resume - possibly on Friday.
Many MPs were waiting to question the president when the session was suspended.
After being pressed by Mr Malema on when he would repay the Nkandla money, Mr Zuma said he had "responded appropriately to parliament" and said it was now in the hands of the government.
The EFF has 25 MPs in the 400-member parliament after gaining 6% of the national vote in May's election.
It was the first election contested by the EFF, led by controversial former youth leader Julius Malema.
He formed the EFF last year following his expulsion from the ANC in 2012.
A one-time ally of Mr Zuma, he had been sacked after the pair fell out, with Mr Malema calling for radical policies to ease poverty.
The EFF often wear red workers' overalls in parliament.
Johnny McCarthy, who sits on Lisburn and Castlereagh Council, said he made the decision "after a long period of consideration".
He added: "I feel I can work better outside of the party."
His departure leaves party leader Basil McCrea as NI21's last remaining elected representative, although he won his seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly on an Ulster Unionist Party ticket.
Mr McCarthy was the only member of NI21 to be elected since the party was formed in 2013, winning his seat at the 2014 council election.
He said he regretted having to make the decision, but it was "the right thing for me to do".
"Some people may wonder why I have stayed as long as I did," he added.
"It is because I fully believed in the idea of NI21 and the need for a party that is non-sectarian and promotes the use of evidence to create policy and not ideology."
Mr McCarthy's announcement is the latest blow to the party, set up by Mr McCrea and another former Ulster Unionist, John McCallister, in its short history.
The party's executive split bitterly on the eve of the council and European elections in May 2014.
Tina McKenzie, NI21's initial chairperson, quit after standing in that European election, with Mr McCallister leaving less than two months later.
Claims that the placenta contains vitamins which could benefit a woman's health have increased interest in the practice in recent years.
But a review by Northwestern University found no proven benefits and no research on the potential risks.
The Royal College of Midwives said it should be the woman's choice.
The researchers said the popularity of eating placentas had risen in the last few years but this may have been due to women being influenced by media reports, blogs and websites.
Their review, published in Archives of Women's Mental Health, looked at 10 published studies related to placenta eating.
But it could not find any data to support the claims that eating the placenta raw, cooked or in pill form carried any health benefits.
Placentophagy, as the act of eating placentas is known, has been said to reduce pain after delivery, increase energy levels, help with breastmilk production and enhance bonding between mother and child.
Some are also convinced that it replenishes iron stores in the body, but the research team said this was based on subjective reports rather than scientific research.
The review also said there were no studies which looked at the risks of eating the placenta.
The organ acts as a filter to absorb and protect the developing foetus from toxins and pollutants.
As a result, the scientists said, bacteria or viruses could remain within the placenta tissues after birth.
Lead study author Cynthia Coyle, a clinical psychologist at Northwestern University, said: "Our sense is that women choosing placentophagy, who may otherwise be very careful about what they are putting into their bodies during pregnancy and nursing, are willing to ingest something without evidence of its benefits and, more importantly, of its potential risks to themselves and their nursing infants.
"There are no regulations as to how the placenta is stored and prepared, and the dosing is inconsistent.
"Women really don't know what they are ingesting."
Louise Silverton, of the Royal College of Midwives, said there was not enough evidence for them to be able to advise women about eating their placenta.
"It must be the woman's choice if she chooses to do so.
"Women should be aware that like any foodstuff, placentas can go off, so care will be needed about how they are stored."
She added: "If woman is intending to do this, they should discuss it with their midwife ahead of the birth so that arrangements can be made to ensure she gets her placenta."
Dr Daghni Rajasingam, spokesman for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said although the placenta is very rich in blood flow, there were potential risks to ingesting it.
"What women do with their placenta is up to them - but I wouldn't recommend they eat it."
The 25-year-old has won 25 caps and was part of the Wallabies squad that reached the 2015 World Cup final.
Toomua will join from Super 15 side Brumbies, where he has played 75 games.
Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill said: "It is no secret we have been looking to sign a top-class player to add to our backline resources and Matt is in that category."
Toomua, who can play at fly-half or inside centre and made six appearances at the World Cup with one start, added: "I'm very excited to be joining the Tigers.
"It's a great opportunity for me to be a part of such a successful organisation with such a proud history.
"After meeting with Richard Cockerill and Aaron Mauger, I feel very fortunate to be able to further develop as a rugby player in such a great environment."
With 11 games left, one of Worcester Warriors, London Irish and Newcastle Falcons look odds-on to be relegated to the Championship in May.
BBC Sport takes a closer look at the trio's fortunes so far and how they might turn them around in the second half of the campaign.
P11 W2 L9 - 13 points
Dean Ryan's Worcester side won promotion to the Premiership last season after a last-gasp victory against Bristol in the Championship play-off.
Life back in the top flight got off to a bright start for Warriors when Tom Heathcote kicked an injury-time drop-goal to seal a 13-12 win against Northampton at Sixways in October.
But only one more victory has come since - against fellow strugglers Newcastle - and perhaps of more concern, Worcester have won just one Premiership match away from home since January 2012.
That success on the road came at Kingston Park in March 2014, and Worcester will already have an eye on their next trip to the north east on Friday, 4 March as being potentially decisive.
Their performance in the 20-13 defeat on Sunday at London Irish was labelled as "unacceptable" by director of rugby Ryan.
"We're now in a real fight. We can't hide from it," he told BBC Hereford & Worcester following his side's seventh straight Premiership defeat.
"Sunday was the opportunity to put some space between us and the other two teams below us and we missed it.
"They (London Irish) now have the momentum. We had ours at the beginning of the season and didn't capitalise on that by getting another win on the back of it to keep some distance."
P11 W3 L8 - 12 points
Tom Coventry arrived in the summer as new head coach of the Exiles after time with Super Rugby franchise Waikato Chiefs in his home country of New Zealand.
He inherited an Irish side that had finished 10th in its two previous Premiership campaigns.
Coventry would no doubt bite off any hand that offers him a repeat finish now after he saw his side lose their first six Premiership matches.
It was an introduction to northern hemisphere domestic competition the 49-year-old called "tough".
"What I've learnt is the teams are all very different," he told BBC Sport. "They all have their own individual styles, which is quite unique.
"The home and away concept, playing on different sorts of pitches, they're all learning experiences for me.
"Getting my head around the competition and getting to know my team has been a big change.
"But we're only at halfway and the key thing is not to panic. We certainly need to be cleverer with what we're doing and think smart about what we're trying to achieve with this group."
Irish's three wins have all come at home - against Northampton, Newcastle and Worcester - but Coventry has seen his defence ship an eye-watering 322 points, 45 more than both their fellow strugglers.
They currently sit above Newcastle by virtue of those three home successes, but significantly have failed to pick up a bonus point of any description in the first 11 games.
P11 W2 D1 L8 - 12 points
Like London Irish, Newcastle would also presumably take a repeat of their 11th place from last season come May.
The Falcons have shown promise in recent weeks. A dramatic late home victory against Harlequins was followed by a narrow defeat at Wasps as the boot of former fly-half Jimmy Gopperth denied them a first away win of the season.
"Hopefully we can learn from it," attack coach Dave Walder told BBC Newcastle at the Ricoh Arena.
"If we face the same situation in the weeks ahead, we'll be better for it, be more clinical and come away with the win.
"We've had lapses for big parts of games this season that have cost us and we've had lapses for certain parts of games and been lucky to come out the other side of it with a win."
Director of rugby Dean Richards prised Andy Goode out of retirement during the festive season.
The former England, Leicester, Wasps (and briefly London Irish) stand-off has contributed some crucial points already with his kicking, even if his fitness is still slightly off the pace.
Like Worcester and London Irish, Newcastle's only victories have come at home. But the Falcons have picked up vital losing bonus points and a 15-15 draw at Sale's relative fortress of the AJ Bell Stadium.
Significant focus will be on when the three sides play each other in the second half of the season.
Perhaps crucially, Newcastle will play both of those games at home, while Irish still have trips to Sixways and Kingston Park.
If the second half of the season mirrors the first for all three, the teams who win the most games at home between now and 7 May are likely to stay safe.
Added to that, London Irish also cross the Atlantic for a "home" game on 12 March against defending champions Saracens in New York.
The trip could take its toll between matches at Bath and at home to Gloucester. The Exiles also have a European Challenge Cup quarter-final against Harlequins to come in April and a lengthy injury list.
For Worcester, the memory of relegation is the most recent after they failed to cling on to their Premiership status in 2014.
With wins likely to be at a premium for all three, bonus points could decide the equation. On that basis, it makes grim reading for London Irish, who have none so far.
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The power went off shortly before 15:00 GMT, causing businesses to shut on one of the busiest days of the year.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said about 18,178 properties in the SO22 and SO23 areas were initially affected by the fault.
It said its engineers had established the cause of the fault and restored power shortly after 16:00.
Donna Bache-Holleran, who owns a jewellery shop off the High Street said the power cut was "a major headache".
She said: "The High Street was absolutely packed, then all the lights went out and everyone had to empty the public out of their shops and lock up."
The 22-year-old has had previous loan spells at Gillingham and Dagenham & Redbridge, playing 19 times for the Daggers last campaign.
He is new Iron manager Hakan Hayrettin's first signing since he replaced Jamie Day at the helm.
Muldoon could make his Braintree debut on Saturday against Lincoln City.
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Andrew RT Davies criticised Carwyn Jones's plan for a panel of advisers to help him respond to Brexit as a "last-minute scramble for ideas".
Business leaders and Europe experts will be asked how Wales can prosper.
Mr Davies - who backed Brexit - hailed "an invaluable opportunity to shape a new future for Wales outside the EU".
The Welsh Government said the advisory group would be made up of "business people, politicians and experts with a detailed understanding of the European Union" but would not reveal any names.
Mr Jones - who supported the Remain campaign - has been accused by a senior academic of a "lethargic" response to the June referendum vote for the UK to leave the EU, backed by a majority of voters in Wales.
The first minister is keen to ensure the nation's exporters can still sell their goods tariff-free via the single market.
"My immediate focus since the EU referendum result has been on protecting our economy and providing assurance to Wales' business community," he said.
"We will ensure our national interests are set out clearly and the best possible outcome for Wales is secured."
Mr Davies was scornful of the announcement of an advisory group, saying: "This last-minute scramble for ideas is really something the Welsh Government should have been planning for in the weeks leading up to the referendum.
"It is a shame that the first minister is only now consulting the business community on this crucial matter, given that in the build up to the leave vote he met with a paltry nine business leaders, betraying his arrogance and complacency about the result.
"Any advisory group pertaining to our departure from the EU must involve all viewpoints to ensure the opinions of those who campaigned on either side of the referendum can be taken on board.
"There is now an invaluable opportunity to shape a new future for Wales outside the EU and Welsh Conservatives stand ready to support the delivery of this exciting transition."
The first minister has also pledged to involve Plaid Cymru in Brexit planning via a "new dialogue" under the existing agreement which keeps Welsh Labour in power in Cardiff Bay.
Labour and Plaid already have liaison committees on finance, legislation and the constitution.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said: "We are committed to making Wales a success story, regardless of the challenges we face."
Invitations to join Carwyn Jones's advisory group on Brexit have been sent, but formal responses have not been received yet. That is why no names have been announced.
The Welsh Government stresses this is not a political group. Ministers want advisers with expertise and experience, rather than gathering opinions for and against staying in the EU, one official said.
That might not please Brexiteers like the Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies, who said the first minister must speak to campaigners from either side of the referendum.
We can expect some of the usual suspects to be involved. The CBI and TUC will be asked to nominate representatives of the business lobby and trades unions, for example.
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The 23-year-old is also British and European champion going into Rio 2016, when para-triathlon will make its Paralympics debut.
"I didn't ever believe I'd have such an achievement, but everyone trains as equally as hard so I can't sit back and relax," she told BBC Look East.
"I just get it in my head that the rest of the world is chasing me."
Peterborough-born Steadman continued: "If that's not enough then I don't know what is."
She competed at the London 2012 and Beijing 2008 Olympics as a swimmer, but since 2013 has won three European and two World titles in para-triathlon.
"To stand here undefeated for 14 months feels like a phenomenal achievement; I never dreamed of being so successful," said Steadman, who is currently training in Portsmouth.
"But with having the other titles, to have one more, especially as para-tri makes its debut, it would be fantastic, my name would go down in history and I shall definitely give it my best shot.
"But I've got some fierce rivals, so I'm not going to say anything until I cross that line."
When the musician returned to pick up the vehicle after nearly two hours, the attendant said he had given it to someone else thinking he was the owner.
The incident happened in a Manhattan garage on the evening of 16 July and is being treated as theft.
The DJ said the missing Dodge Charger had contained valuable vintage records.
Grandmaster Flash, 57, whose real name is Joseph Saddler, tweeted that the attendant "gave the car to somebody that was dressed like me, minus the Pumas".
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were at the forefront of developing hip-hop with their celebrated album The Message in 1982 and the hit White Lines.
They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Wyness retweeted a video of Villa being denied a penalty with a caption asking if referees had "disabilities".
He admitted a Football Association charge that the comment was "abusive and/or insulting and/or improper".
The 59-year-old has also been fined £10,000 for what the FA deemed was an "aggravated breach" of its rules.
Wyness deleted the tweet following the 1-1 draw with Brighton on 7 May and told the Birmingham Mail he was "both surprised and disappointed at the severity of the punishment" for what he described as an "honest mistake".
The current run of the Channel 4 show, set in Kingston Road, Stockton-on-Tees, aired on Monday night.
Cleveland Police said some scenes may have caused concern about criminality.
The force said programme makers Love Productions had not "actively engaged" with them during filming.
Ch Supt Gordon Lang said police had been aware the show was being filmed "for some time", but it had not worked with Channel 4 or the production company.
"Like viewers across the country, we saw the episode broadcast tonight for the first time and some viewers will be concerned about the drug misuse and criminal activity being shown," he said.
"We will assess the footage as to whether it can assist us in any live investigations or whether new investigations will be launched as a result of the programme."
Love Productions said it followed "strict guidelines" about filming illegal activity.
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham said he was "very concerned" about some of the reactions of the residents on the first show.
He said: "I think it's important they investigate.
"We saw some silly things happen in the programme, children playing up to the cameras, youths trying to throw buckets of paint over reporters.
"All that sort of thing is not typical of the people who live in the area and I'm very sorry we had an influx of people who came in and acted for the cameras and of course created this show."
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said that Brexit Secretary David Davis did not make a commitment to underwrite the funding during their meeting on Thursday.
The finance minister said that up to £300m could be lost.
Mr Davis also met First Minister Arlene Foster on his first Belfast visit.
'Frank exchange'
Mr Ó Muilleoir told BBC Radio Ulster that he and Mr Davis had "a very frank exchange", but on the subject of Brexit "we are as far apart as Belfast is from Boston".
"I believe we should respect the vote to remain, that the people here in the north voted to remain in the heart of Europe," he said.
Mr Ó Muilleoir said he asked the Brexit secretary "to make a real effort" on behalf of bodies that are dependent on EU peace funds.
He said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, had said he would guarantee EU "letters of offer" issued before his autumn statement.
Mr Ó Muilleoir said this was "probably the first week of December. That leaves up to £300m with a question mark over it".
The finance minister said the best Mr Davis could do was "to say that he would feed that back in".
'Not good enough'
He said he told the Brexit Secretary that "in my view that isn't good enough, you need to press harder than that".
Speaking after his meeting with Mrs Foster, Mr Davis underlined the importance of controlling immigration and said that "we have to take control of our borders".
He identified the single energy market, exports and the skills base as "things which are important to making Brexit a success in Northern Ireland".
Both Mr Davis and Mrs Foster campaigned for a leave vote in the EU referendum and believe Brexit offers excellent potential trade opportunities.
Nasa has extended contracts to existing commercial cargo carriers, Orbital ATK and SpaceX, but has added a third team: the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC).
This new entrant will fly an automated mini-shuttle called Dream Chaser.
Esa has agreements to co-operate with SNC, which should now lead to European companies providing components.
Chief among these contributions will be the International Berthing and Docking Mechanism (IBDM) - a new system developed in Europe to join spacecraft together.
Dream Chaser will have one at its rear to make a sealed connection to a free port on the orbiting platform.
Astronauts will move through the IBDM to access the vehicle's several tonnes of supplies.
The selection of SNC by Nasa to run at least six cargo sorties to the ISS, starting no earlier than 2019, should trigger a multi-million-euro contract between Esa and QinetiQ of Belgium.
The firm will lead a consortium in the production of the first IBDM - a prototype model that will flight-qualify the design.
This would be given to the American spacecraft operator, but all future units would have to be purchased on a commercial basis.
"This is not solely institutional funding; it's a public-private partnership," explained Thomas Reiter, Esa's director of human spaceflight and operations.
"Esa member states are investing, but so too are the companies themselves.
"They are thinking about the recurring units, and you can imagine in view of huge co-operation in future space exploration that docking mechanisms will be key elements in demand."
Esa and the German space agency (DLR) signed memoranda of understanding with SNC back in 2014, when Dream Chaser was being touted as a possible astronaut carrier.
At the time, the then head of DLR, Jan Woerner, spoke of his interest in seeing the vehicle launch on Europe's Ariane rocket.
However, he qualified his comments by stating that for this to happen, Dream Chaser would need to be modified to have folding wings. This would enable it to fit under the protective fairing on the top of Ariane. Any other configuration would require costly aerodynamic research.
SNC has accepted this design change for the forthcoming cargo version of the spacecraft, and Prof Woerner, now Esa's director general, has as a consequence re-stated his earlier interest.
"There is already a plan to have folded wings, like fighter planes on aircraft carriers," he told the BBC. "It's the same: you can fold them (for launch) and then unfold them later (in orbit).
"So these are the different aspects (being studied): using European technology to upgrade Dream Chaser, using the Dream Chaser for European microgravity experiments, and the third one - launching Dream Chaser from Kourou with a European launcher."
Esa has a particular interest in developing techniques to remove old or broken hardware in orbit. Dream Chaser could have a role in this, said Prof Woerner, by carrying up the robots or lasers needed to capture and dispose of the "space junk".
Nasa's selection of Dream Chaser adds a second re-usable vehicle to the fleet of ships currently ferrying cargo to the station.
The SNC vehicle will employ its wings to glide back to a runway, most probably at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
With little servicing, it should then be possible to put it back on top of a rocket to fly again.
SpaceX's Dragon capsule also has a re-use capability, but at the moment Nasa insists on flying a brand new ship on every mission.
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Inspectors found Metro Court in West Bromwich did not have a working fire alarm, while doors and insulation to stop fire spreading did not meet safety standards.
Sandwell Council and the fire service are pursuing a prosecution against leaseholder First Job Ltd.
The BBC has been unable to contact the leaseholder.
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First Job Ltd is responsible for failing to meet building and fire safety regulations when the building, owned by Metro Court Ltd, was converted from offices to flats.
Sandwell Council Deputy Leader Councillor Syeda Khatun said: "Our inspectors found a long list of problems in this building, including the fire alarm not working properly.
"If there had been a fire, the building would have been incredibly dangerous."
The council has offered temporary accommodation to 14 families with children until they find somewhere else to live and is seeking to close the building.
West Midlands Fire Service said officers made a number of visits to Metro Court and identified several fire safety deficiencies.
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